Your Hound vs. Your Hummer | Animal Welfare | Change.org
By Stephanie Feldstein
Besides, dogs aren't entirely bad for the environment. They tend to bring people closer to nature on an emotional level -- they help us connect to non-human species; they get us outdoors; their happiness romping through nature helps us ...
Change.org's Animal Welfare Blog - http://animalwelfare.change.org/
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A recyclable phone with eco-awareness alerts | MNN - Mother Nature ...
By Melissa Hincha-Ownby
The business idea must be both beneficial to the environment
and to Verizon. More than 100 students in a Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR) course participated and the winning idea was a
recyclable phone that comes with a special
environmental add-on package. Recyclable cell phones aren't new but the winning team, comprised of students Aaron Copeland, ... About Melissa Hincha-Ownby. Business guru blogs about the latest in green biz. Melissa's RSS · Melissa's profile
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All MNN Content - http://www.mnn.com/
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Field Notes from the Future » Blog Archive » Last Child in the ...
By Richard Louv
These selected articles and recent writings by Richard Louv expand on events and initiatives in the children and nature movement, its leadership, strategies and vision for the future. ... Building on the great work of environmentaleducators,
conservationists, camp directors and others, the leaders of this
movement range from policymakers to health care professionals, from
builders to urban planners; from educators to business people, from
parents to the young ...
Field Notes from the Future - http://www.childrenandnature.org/blog/
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Toscanini's » Blog Archive » Man in Infinite Corridor
By admin
This showcase is a mix and mingle style poster session at which
students who have been doing research or who belong to groups on campus
that revolve around energy, environment, and sustainability will share and explain their work. ... This
highly illustrative talk will compare and contrast the approach to fusion from a laboratory perspective with that taken by nature in forming and operating the Sun. The progress towards energy's holy grail will be part of the ...
Toscanini's - http://www.tosci.com/
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Why do I like Avatar? Because it helps me sleep at night ...
By Leah Lamb
After all, it's just thrilling to see a powerful movie about the state of the environment
that isn't made or marketed for environmentalists. Perhaps that's why I
can sleep at night, because the chapter of feeling like ... I apologize, but
this blog
is very poorly written. I hope you are still in high school. As for the
content, have you ever seen the movie 'Dances with Wolves?' That was an
extremely popular movie that had the same story line, and the impact it
had was nil
...
Current Green Blog - http://blogs.current.com/green/
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Dezeen » Blog Archive » Hoto Fudo by Takashi Hosaka Architects
By Rose Etherington
Giving 60 mm thick urethane insulation to the outside of the
RC shell and keeping a stable RC temperature secures a stable
temperature environment for the building like inside and outside, and also reduces the deformation volume due to ...
In this place like the middle between nature
and art, people eat hoto rich in natural ingredients. Click for larger
image. *HOTO is traditional local noodle food. ARCHITECT: TAKESHI
HOSAKA STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS: OVE ARUP & PARTNERS JAPAN ...
Dezeen - http://www.dezeen.com/
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A sonata a day keeps the doctor away | Science Blog
By BJS
"Medical practitioners are aware that by changing the environment,
we can create a whole new treatment paradigm for babies in neonatal
care," says Dr. Mandel. "That's our main goal -- -- to improve their
quality of life. "The point of our
research is to quantify ... Internationally recognized for the scope and groundbreaking nature
of its research programs, Tel Aviv University consistently produces
work with profound implications for the future. Link:
http://www.aftau.org
...
Science Blog - http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/frontpage1
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Average Brain Size for the Three Races : Greg Laden's Blog
By Greg Laden none@example.com
Nature Blog Network ..... Specifically, AFricans have an
averag IQ of around 70, Whites of 105, and African Americans of ca 85,
this is caused mainly by genes, is not affected by environment,
and maps to the indicated races very very well.
I've been asking Bryan Pesta to confirm or deny that this is the model
and he absolutely refuses to answer that question. Maybe you'll answer
the question. Is that the model? Where do I have it wrong? Posted by:
Greg Laden | January 7, ...
ScienceBlogs Channel : Brain & Behavior - http://scienceblogs.com/channel/brain-and-behavior/
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Life Beyond Workplace Bullying: Guest Blog
By Dr. Gary Namie
All this experience yet nothing prepared me for the unexpected environment I entered into at age 48. "Borrow trouble for yourself, if that's your nature, but don't give it to your neighbor.” –Rudyard Kipling .... Back to blog ...
Workplace Bullying Institute - http://www.workplacebullying.org/
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The Melting of America « AfterAmerica's Blog
By afteramerica
It's in places like China, South Korea, Sweden, Holland, Switzerland,
and (until recently) the United Arab Emirates — some not even open
societies — that you find people hard at work on the challenges of
education, transport, energy, and
the environment. .... For me, such manifestations of real winter are signs that nature
may not yet have totally surrendered to us, that global warming is
still being challenged, and that things may not be as far gone as I
sometimes fear.
...
AfterAmerica's Blog - http://afteramerica.wordpress.com/
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Important Work in 2009: Climate Action Hotline, Jan. 7 | USCAN Blog
By Rhys Gerholdt
Despite the non-binding nature of the Copenhagen
Accord, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva recently signed
domestic legislation requiring a 39 percent reduction in greenhouse gas
emissions by 2020. The law matches a voluntary
... The White House is considering expanding the scope of the National Environmental Policy Act to require federal agencies to consider climate change as part of the environmental impact review process for major federal actions. ...
USCAN Blog - http://blog.usclimatenetwork.org/
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Best Interests of the Child – The Quality of the Parent Child ...
By liz
The parent/child relationship factor requires the court to
examine three broad characteristics of each parent's relationship with
the child(ren) – strength, nature, and stability – and then compare/contrast the parents to determine how much
.... The court ultimately found that Tracy's home would be the most stable environment
for the Magnuson children. Robbie appealed the decision, arguing that
the court improperly considered his transgender status in making its
decision. ...
Decoupling Seattle Family Law... - http://decouplingblog.com/
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Veganism: not for everyone? | NutritionData.com Blog by Monica ...
By Monica Reinagel, MS, LD/N
I follow the restrictive nature of the paleo diet
(with heavy veggie servings), but for optimum vegan nutrition see part
5: http://tinyurl.com/drgreger. Posted by: Dominic Wells | Jan 7, 2010
10:07:24 AM. Wow I just discovered your blog ...
NutritionData.com Blog by Monica... - http://blog.nutritiondata.com/
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Re: A Walk to the Moon » First Thoughts | A First Things Blog
By Stephen M. Barr
Increasing complexity, integrated at that, is problematic for a Blind
Watchmaker constrained to using perishable resources in a hostile environment. While it is certainly possible that we may discover some previously unknown process or ...
Rather than a space alien from Alpha Centauri, it would likely be
credited to a non-supernatural intelligent agent that developed outside
the normal laws of nature (possibly in another universe that is able to interact with our own). ...
First Thoughts - http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/
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Jamaica Focused Blogs | Truth about Vegas
By alex
Earthtalk. You don't have to be an environmental enthusiast to enjoy this blog
from the same people who host the annual Jamaica Beach Cleanup. It's
highly informative and relevant in today's world, especially in light
of the ongoing debate
on climate change. ... I wake up the next morning and my cell phone provider is doing what they do best annoy me, mother nature won a free ticket to Vegas so here we are, period, cramps, mood swings and lots of alcohol for cheap. ...
Blog Jamaica - An aggregator... - http://blogjamaica.com.jm/
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Newz Source » Blog Archive » Pat Dollard | Young Americans | Blog ...
TV's Ashley Martella: "Think about the mind-set here. think of the utter illogical nature
of that statement. What she's saying is that, if Mary Jo Kopechne were
to know what her death ultimately would mean for Ted Kennedy's career, ...
She's cheerleading Al Gore for his radical environmental
agenda. "To her it is perfectly acceptable, it is perfectly mainstream,
and it should be seen by the American people as that, the only problem
being that the American people don't see
...
Newz Source - http://www.newzsource.com/
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Local Green Building Expert Leads Discussion on Trends in Green ...
By Placer Nature Center
Blog of Placer Nature Center: What we're reading, doing and sharing *********************************** Placer Nature Center - 3700 Christian Valley Road, Auburn, CA 95602 -     (530) 878-6053 ...
Connecting People and Nature - http://placernaturecenter.blogspot.com/
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The Future of Education in Ramat-Gan, Israel - Fireside Learning ...
So far we have a school for nature and environment,
and a school for sciences and arts, and one for architecture and
design, another for leadership, and one for technology and computers,
one Waldorf education school, ... *Literature -
encouraging creativity through online books and blogs,
founding reading clubs (fantasy fans, Indiana Jones fan club etc. -
multi age), learning how to criticize, combining drama/theater and
literature by producing shows or recitals. ...
Latest Activity on Fireside Learning:... - http://firesidelearning.ning.com/
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Camp Flyover: Camp Kandalore | Our Kids Blog
By Travis Allison
In a highly personalized, fun-filled and supportive environment, Kandalore's aim is to develop in each camper an appreciation of nature, a healthy sense of self-esteem, an understanding of others and the necessary skills to become an ...
Our Kids Blog - http://www.ourkids.net/blog/
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BartBlog - The Blog of BartCop.com » Pitty those poor, poor ...
By Bob Patterson
We continued to challenge her debating skills by asking if Ansel Adams, who was well known for his love of nature and his work on behalf of the Sierra Club, had ever taken any pictures of polar bears. She couldn't give a knowledgeable ...
BartBlog - http://bartblog.bartcop.com/
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Jackson's New Book Tells the Story of a Parisian Catastrophe
By Office of Communications
As residents of New Orleans discovered during Katrina, urban infrastructure alone will not save us from nature, and the failure of the human infrastructure can lead to profound suffering. ... Jeffrey H. Jackson is Associate Professor of
History and Director of the Environmental
Studies Program at Rhodes College. Paris Under Water is published by
Palgrave Macmillan. For information about Jackson's upcoming
appearances, visit his blog: www.parisunderwater.blogspot.com. ...
The Dean's Blog: Celebrating... - http://connect.rhodes.edu/deansblog/
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Tikkun Daily Blog » Blog Archive » Pagans at the Parliament (1)
By Nancy Vedder-Shults
Like other indigenous religions, we practice an Earth-based Nature
religion. And like other indigenous religions, ours was persecuted by
conquerors, who forced us to go underground during the Christianization
of Europe. ... She's been
working for the federation on environmental
and interfaith issues for the past few years. (These personal
invitations were extended in addition to official sponsorships by the
PWF to Ainu spiritual leaders (from Japan) were as well as a ...
Tikkun Daily Blog - http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/
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12 'Scene Selected' Films of 2009 – Part 2 | MovieSet Behind the ...
By Alex Kartman
The stop motion animation built a fun environment
with the typical Anderson straight on camera style. Anderson also
brought many of his usual stars on board as support, including Bill
Murray, Jason Schwartzman, and Owen Wilson. The point is
that Anderson knows ... The focus is on the addictive nature
of war, and the need for the rush of adrenaline in life/death
situations. It is no hold barred with suicide bombs, improvised
weapons, and the best sniper battle I have seen. ...
MovieSet Behind the Scenes blog - http://blog.movieset.com/
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SELECT RAND() » Blog Archive » Upgrading from MySQL 4 – user stories
By Guillaume
If you are in a replicated environment you may want
to migrate one of your slaves first as a prototype. Dumping and
reloading is the recommended way because of many storage file format
changes between 4.0 and 5.0 versions. ... My customer
was using indexes on VARCHAR fields (that's usually a bad practice, but due to the historical nature of the schema, difficult to fix). MySQL 5 is extending the length of VARCHAR, so will be the key length for the optimizer. ...
SELECT RAND() - http://blog.adishatz.net/
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p2pnet news » Blog Archive » New Rednex partner: The Pirate Bay
By Jon
Who will want to work in such a desperate and depressing environment?
But most important of all it is the artists that should worry and act
to anticipate the record label collapse. Any artist who signs a
contract with a label today might be
stuck for more than 5 years. This includes the risk of ...
This is partly born out by the extreme conservatism shown by the
industry over the past 10 years, but also because it is not the nature of an establishment to make changes. ...
p2pnet news - http://www.p2pnet.net/
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Fossil footprints of earliest land animals found | ChattahBox News ...
By Bear
The results of the Polish-Swedish collaboration are published online this week in Nature.
"These results force us to reconsider our whole picture of the
transition from fish to land animals,” says Per Ahlberg of Uppsala
University, ... The
environment is also a major surprise: almost all previous
scenarios for the origin of tetrapods have placed this event in a
freshwater setting and have associated it with the development of land
vegetation and a terrestrial ecosystem. ...
ChattahBox News Blog - http://chattahbox.com/
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Interview with Poonam Sharma aka Alchemist Poonam of Visceral ...
By admin
Q: What topics do you generally blog about? A: My blog has no niche. I have written about social and political issues, consumer rights, environment, disability, human rights, movie and book reviews and occasional personal posts. ...
Beautiful reminders of nature in our daily, corporate lives that has nothing to do with nature.
Finance: Already said enough about it. :). Sex: I hate the prudishness
that is associated with the discussion of sex. However, a discussion
about ...
Best Resources for Indian blogs... - http://blog.blogadda.com/
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blog-thing : Polly Tommey and the Autism File
By Mike
It has a core readership amongst those parents who believe autism has environmental
causes that are treatable. These beliefs are never challenged.
According to Tommey. The Autism File exists to provide help and support
to parents,
professionals, and caregivers in ... Given the overwhelming nature
of the evidence against Wakefield's theories one could equally ask
similar questions of the Autism File itself and its continuing support
for Wakefield and anti-vaccine
quackery. ...
Action For Autism - http://actionforautism.co.uk/
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Pontydysgu – Bridge to Learning » Blog Archive » Paradigm change ...
By Graham Attwell
The aim of the workshop was to augment the work of the LMLG, in
particular around its socio-cultural ecology, and to extend the
interdisciplinary nature of its work through exposure to perspectives advanced by (TEL) researchers in cognate
fields from ....
It relates to a concern for the role of mobile learning for addressing
forms of deprivation and disadvantage and informing the relevant policy
environment. Overall it can be noted that the discussions during the two days
...
Pontydysgu - Bridge to Learning - http://www.pontydysgu.org/
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War Ravages Afghan Environmemt : Climate and Capitalism
By Ian Angus
Shipping off 30000 more troops to the land of the Taliban may be
infuriating to devoted antiwar activists, but the toll the Afghanistan
war is having on the environment should also force nature lovers into the streets in protest. ...
Climate and Capitalism - http://climateandcapitalism.com/
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The Nevada Sagebrush » 'Avatar' uses new technology to tell ...
By Steve Prior
The escapism that Cameron uses in the film makes it easy for the viewer
to feel what it means to be one of the Na'vi, including the tribe's
respect for the environment, and the impacts of the anthropocentric nature of the colonialists ...
The Nevada Sagebrush - http://nevadasagebrush.com/
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The End of Cyberspace: links for 2010-01-07
By Alex Soojung-Kim Pang
In environmental decision making, scenario
development tends to include participatory methods for engaging
stakeholders and is conducted at multiple scales. This paper presents
insights from participatory scenario development in two
separate ... This paper is concerned with the nature of
creativity and the design of creativity enhancing computer systems. The
research has multi-disciplinary foundations in human–computer
interaction and creative practice in Art, Design,
...
The End of Cyberspace - http://www.endofcyberspace.com/
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pubget—the blog: Hot off the presses! Jan 01 Trends Genet
By ian connor
Moreover, the semi-continuous nature of the
transcriptome prompts the reassessment of 'genes' as discrete entities
and indicates that the ! mammalian genome might be more accurately
viewed as islands of protein-coding information in a sea
of cis- and trans-acting ... One of the fundamental tasks in
biology is the identification of genes that control the structure and
developmental pattern of complex traits and their responses to the environment during trait development. ...
pubget—the blog - http://pubget.blogspot.com/
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The Happiest People - 最快乐的民族_English Reading
By Denver_space
Costa Rica has done an unusually good job preserving nature, and it's surely easier to be happy while basking in sunshine and greenery than while shivering up north and suffering "nature deficit disorder.” ... Rising education levels also
led the country to preserve its lush environment as an economic asset. Costa Rica is an ecological pioneer, introducing a carbon tax in 1997. The Environmental Performance Index, a collaboration of Yale and Columbia Universities, ...
English Reading - http://hi.baidu.com/denver_space
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A Real-Time Lesson in the Supply and Demand of Investing ...
By brad
Damien Hoffman from WallStCheatSheet.com has offered to share his market insight with Trader's Blog
readers today. Read on to learn what he thinks about gold, the US
dollar, and what he sees and predicts will and needs to happen in the
US
economy. ... Unlike gloom and doomers who say the dollar is headed to zero or gold will go to $10000 an ounce, we believe the dynamic nature of the world will soon present a reason for optimism and new sources of wealth. ...
MarketClub Trader's Blog - http://club.ino.com/trading/
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Pa. Judge's Request for New Sanctions Hearing Denied - Legal News
By admin
She nevertheless had to work with and among the parties to these
nefarious activities, and function in this polluted culture and environment." Lokuta's lawyers, Ronald V. Santora and George Michak, said Streib's dissent also addresses their
... "I also believe that the Supreme Court knows full well the
requirements for after-discovered evidence and did not gratuitously use
the phrase 'in the nature of after-discovered evidence' in remanding the case to us," Streib wrote. ...
Law Blog - http://lawyers-law.com/
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Blogging On Interest Rates, Economics & Business in New Zealand
By Bernard Hickey
If the Buffoon wants money invested in the NZX, that being the purpose
of his attack on property investment – one might fairly assume – then
he needs to advocate the business environment which encourages a wide range of lower risk
established ....
property investment, then perhaps 'ring fence' investment property
losses regardless of the structure used for the property investment,
but do not attempt to change the nature of the structure that is otherwise the LAQC.
...
The Rates Blog - http://www.interest.co.nz/ratesblog/
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Imagine a brighter 21st century | Science Matters | David Suzuki ...
By Jenny Silver
Our challenge is to imagine a world where our wealth is in human
relations and where we learn to live in balance with the rest of nature. By imagining a future, we can make it happen — as we always have. If we continue, though, ...
For
example, consider what Prime Minister Stephen Harper said in a speech
to South Korea's National Assembly in late 2009: "Without the wealth
that comes from growth, the environmental threats, the developmental challenges and the peace and ...
David Suzuki Foundation - http://beta.davidsuzuki.org/
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The Volokh Conspiracy » Blog Archive » A Future Wave of Speech ...
By Eugene Volokh
Who decides what constitutes "harassment” (perhaps under the
now-familiar but still extremely vague and broad "severe or pervasive
enough to create a hostile, abusive, or offensive educational environment based on race, religion, sexual
orientation, etc. ..... Does it occur to anybody that these loans are only possible because of their federally guaranteed nature? Without the demand that these loans drive, would any of the speakers at the forum even have a job? ...
The Volokh Conspiracy - http://volokh.com/
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EcoMeme: Media Missing the Green Point at CES 2010 | EcoSalon
By Lora Kolodny
Nobody was asking – or so it seemed – green questions, discussing environmental issues or highlighting eco-friendly features of the technologies on display. Not live, on blogs or in broadcasts. And certainly not in detail. ... To be fair,
there was a reference to nature reported by Gizmodo's live-blog
summing up the Sony keynote speech when executives promised a 3-D
version of Shark Week – brought to us by Discovery and IMAX (for
viewing on a Sony set). ...
EcoSalon - http://www.ecosalon.com/
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The Future of Decision Making: Less Intuition, More Evidence ...
By Andrew McAfee
Feedback from the environment is information about
what worked and what didn't. It exists in neonatal ICUs because babies
stay there for a while. It's hard, though, to build medical intuition
about conditions that change after the patient
has left the care .... Never miss a new post from your
favorite blogger again with the Harvard Business Review Daily Alert
email. The Alert delivers the latest blog posts from HBR.org directly to your inbox every morning at 8:00 AM ET. ...
HBR.org - http://blogs.hbr.org/
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