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Giving up the Internet, cell phones, Facebook - experiences of people who took the NY Times Unplugged Challenge. On the other hand, there's this guy: http://www.boingboing.net/2010... -- doncha wanna hear him talk about being without Internet for a few days? LOL - Elizabeth Able

Given a thumbs up for the rambling comments. - Elizabeth Able

Impoverished Russian village bought by torrentreactor.net. - Elizabeth Able

From the page: Inglis says that conservatives "should be the ones screaming. This is a conservative concept: accountability. This is biblical law: you cannot do on your property what harms your neighbor's property." Which is why he supports placing a price on carbon and forcing polluters to cover it. Asked why conservatives and Republicans have demonized the issue of climate change and clean energy, Inglis replies, "I wish I knew; then maybe I wouldn't have lost my election." He points out that some conservatives believe that any issue affecting the Earth is "the province of God and will not be affected by human activity. If you talk about the challenge of sustainability of the Earth's systems, it's an affront to that theological view." - Elizabeth Able

Benches made of recycled material, with built-in solar panels, night light and wifi hotspot. - Elizabeth Able

Lots and lots of basil recipe ideas - Elizabeth Able

Six things to do with basil - nummy! - Elizabeth Able

Excellent post. - Elizabeth Able

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From the page: These women were asked to complete a memory test that doctors use to judge brain function. They were also weighed and measured, then scored on an obesity scale known as Body Mass Index or BMI. Over two-thirds of the women were overweight or obese. The researchers found that for every one point increase in a woman's BMI, her memory score dropped by one point. - Elizabeth Able

Pushmower & muscles, nuff said. - Elizabeth Able

From the page: Some of these chemicals cause irritability, mental vagueness, muscle pain, asthma, bloating, joint aches, sinus pain, fatigue, sore throat, eye irritation, gastrointestinal problems, laryngitis, headaches, dizziness, swollen lymph nodes, spikes in blood pressure, coughing, and burning or itching skin irritations. - Elizabeth Able

Neat concept - live streaming online yoga - Elizabeth Able

From the page: "Although the vessels have been praised by wildlife experts, including marine biologists at the University of Southern Mississippi, Castlow and Meador say they've run into dead ends trying to get their boats into the hands of animal rescuers. They've called federal authorities and BP too, but they say no one seems able to willing to tell them how and when the boats might be put to work." - Elizabeth Able

From the page: "Changizi has a different idea. According to his research, the cones in our eyes are optimized to detect changes in hemoglobin as blood varies in oxygenation. In other words, what happens when you blush with embarrassment or turn pale with fear, we can better see with the full human color spectrum. " - Elizabeth Able

101 blogs that accept guest posts, arranged by toolbar PR, with Alexa rank. - Elizabeth Able

An Israeli company developed a potato battery, using boiled potato slices to increase enzymes that help generate a small amount of electricity for up to five days. Potatoes could be boiled when other food is cooking, then, voila, infrastructure-free night light or cell phone charge. - Elizabeth Able

A young girl writes about what it's like to have her dad deployed in Afghanistan. - Elizabeth Able

Want links? Get to know your targets and pick up the phone. - Elizabeth Able

Bring on the laughing gas and keep me away from those sharp things. - Elizabeth Able

Very complete run-down on the new hydrogen fuel cell, complete with videos. - Elizabeth Able

What fun! - Elizabeth Able

Touching, beautiful. - Elizabeth Able

looks interesting - From the page: Each sketchcard on this blog is $10.00. The $10.00 is a donation to help the animal victims of the Deep Water Horizon Gulf Oil Spill. Every penny is donated. The two Non-Profits that are benefitting are The Institute for Marine Mammal Studies and The International Bird Rescue Research Center. You can purchase a card if you donate directly to one of the non-profits and email me the confirmation and your address to ripplesketches@verizon.net. The artist will mail you the signed card. - Elizabeth Able

Long article, fascinating read -- From the page: In her iconic 1949 book, TheSecond Sex, the French feminist Simone de Beauvoir suggested that women so detested their own "feminine condition" that they regarded their newborn daughters with irritation and disgust. Now the centuries-old preference for sons is erodingââ,¬”or even reversing. "Women of our generation want daughters precisely because we like who we are," breezes one woman in Cookie magazine. Even Ericsson, the stubborn old goat, can sigh and mark the passing of an era. "Did male dominance exist? Of course it existed. But it seems to be gone now. And the era of the firstborn son is totally gone." - Elizabeth Able

This makes Social Media sound like High School with a potential for litigation -- From the page: Without naming names, Lichtenstein says some of the NPR guidelines have "left staff members puzzled and unhappy about the network's reach into their personal self-expression are." He enumerates three points, the rule that staff "must not advocate for political or other polarizing issues online. This extends to joining online groups or using social media in any form (including your Facebook page or a personal blog) to express personal views on a political or other controversial issue that you could not write for the air or post on NPR.org"; the guideline stating that, "Your simple participation in some online groups could be seen to indicate that you endorse their views. Consider whether you can accomplish your purposes by just observing a group's activity, rather than becoming a member. If you do join, be clear that you've done so to seek information or story ideas. And if you "friend" or... - Elizabeth Able

Popup book w/ scale model of super collider (!) -- From the page: The scale of the paper particle detector is exact, and you put it together as you read through the book. The process mimics construction of the real collider (except you won't need an enormous crane). "I nearly created a political incident, because I almost missed one of the magnets," Sanders says. In the underground version, this magnet is made up of 5.5 miles of wire, but on paper it's practically imperceptible. "It's very skinny, but it's there." - Elizabeth Able

From the page: Put simply, whole libraries' worth of information is passing through our heads without our even noticing. - Elizabeth Able

From the page: even if Israel sends in troops to occupy the Gaza Strip 100 more times, no matter how often Israel deploys its military, police and covert power, force cannot solve the problem that we are not alone in this land, and the Palestinians are not alone in this land. We are not alone in Jerusalem and the Palestinians are not alone in Jerusalem. Until Israelis and Palestinians recognize the logical consequences of this simple fact, we will all live in a permanent state of siege - Gaza under an Israeli siege, Israel under an international and Arab siege. - Elizabeth Able