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Posted by Papayasalad, at 02:19AM 08/11/07 :
How curious! « ThinkingShift
Note: A collection of short but extremely curious stories - will the fish suffer? thinking of a new career? pride & embarrassment; leave your iPod at home; and McChimps.
Posted by Papayasalad, at 10:07AM 06/27/07 :
The Da Vinci Code (not a Dan Brown story)
Note: For those interested in history and anything Da Vinci: some of Leonardo's notebooks are now available online. The Madrid Codices and the Codex Atlanticus — two collections of scientific and technical drawings – are available for free via e-Leo.
Posted by Papayasalad, at 10:11AM 06/19/07 :
What Future Technologies Can We Expect?
Note: A look at the technologies of the future: robots that will help the elderly; mind-controlled interfaces; smart/green buildings; smart fabrics. How will these technologies help humans and contribute to human well being?
Posted by Papayasalad, at 10:50AM 06/14/07 :
World’s cultural heritage endangered
Note: The World Monuments Fund has just announced its Watchlist for 2008 - what historical, archaeological or cultural sites are being threatened by war, urban development, neglect and...climate change?
Posted by Papayasalad, at 05:56AM 06/10/07 :
Australia's natural disaster -one person's experience
Note: Australia's East Coast has just experienced a natural disaster - the worst storms in 30 years. This is the story of one person's experience. And is this one of the first signs of climate change impact for Australia?
Posted by Papayasalad, at 09:05AM 06/05/07 :
Talking CCTV cameras
Note: Are UK citizens the most watched in the world? UK introduces "talking" CCTV cameras.
Posted by Papayasalad, at 10:32AM 06/03/07 :
Comet may have doomed mammoth
Note: ACAPULCO, Mexico -- There's a new extraterrestrial suspect in the mysterious, highly debated disappearance of the woolly mammoth some 12,900 years ago. A team of two dozen scientists say the culprit was likely a comet that exploded in the atmosphere above North America.
Posted by Papayasalad, at 10:27AM 06/03/07 :
Pensioners with attitude!
Note: The latest created band is a bit different - it's a group of pensioners called The Zimmers. Bringing back life to the elderly, band members include 90 year old lead singer Alf and 100 year old Buster. They've just released a hit single - a cover version of The Who's My Generation.
Posted by Papayasalad, at 12:36AM 06/02/07 :
Stop and quizz powers
Note: Are UK citizens the most watched on Earth? why is there so much surveillance of individuals in society going on? does Google's new service, Street View, add to surveillance by allowing anyone to zoom in and see people's faces,license plate numbers etc on a given street?
Posted by Papayasalad, at 09:47PM 06/01/07 :
Fingers May Forecast Kids' Test Scores
Note: Students' fingertips may hold a clue to their academic test scores, a British researcher suggests.
Posted by Papayasalad, at 11:14AM 06/01/07 :
Thailand: Death toll of Thursday attacks is 21 : army spokesman
Note: The army suffered a great loss after suspected insurgents bombed and killed 11 army rangers in Yala on Thursday night, Army spokesman Akara Tiprote said on Friday. Eleven soldiers were killed on Thursday night when a powerful roadside bomb exploded in Bannang Sata district shortly before 10pm.
Posted by Papayasalad, at 11:04AM 06/01/07 :
Think! don't Blink!
Note: This article looks at whether we've lost the art of critical thinking.
Posted by Papayasalad, at 10:46AM 06/01/07 :
Japan: Kikkoman recalls food ingredient products over radiation fears+
Note: Kyodo News --Kikkoman Corp. said Friday it has begun recalling some of its supplement and health food products after it found that a raw material it bought from a U.S. company may have been exposed to gamma rays, a kind of nuclear radiation.
Posted by Papayasalad, at 12:46PM 05/31/07 :
Woman on oxygen machine dies after power cut: family
Note: Wellington - A New Zealand woman on an oxygen machine died shortly after a power company cut the electricity supply to her home over an unpaid bill, family members said Wednesday. The alarm on her machine went off after a contractor cut the supply Tuesday to the South Auckland home of mother-of-four Folole Muliaga, 44.
Posted by Papayasalad, at 12:26PM 05/31/07 :
Nepal rhino population decimated by poaching: official
Note: Kathamandu - Rampant poaching during Nepal's decade-long civil war has decimated the population of endangered one-horned rhinos in a national park in southwest Nepal, a wildlife official said Thursday.
Posted by Papayasalad, at 05:16AM 05/31/07 :
Thailand: Exiled Thaksin apologises to supporters over party dissolution
Note: Exiled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has urged his supporters to accept the constitutional tribunal's ruling that disbanded his Thai Rak Thai Party and revoked voting rights of the party's executives including him.
Posted by Papayasalad, at 03:06PM 05/30/07 :
Thailand: Constitution Tribunal orders Thai Rak Thai to be dissolved
Note: The Constitution Tribunal ruled that the Thai Rak Thai did not have enough political ideology to remain as a political party and had committed wrongdoings warranting dissolution. The tribunal found that the Thai Rak Thai-led government dissolved the House to help its party leader Thaksin Shinawatra over his personal problems.
Posted by Papayasalad, at 12:58PM 05/30/07 :
How curious! « ThinkingShift
Note: The report of many curious stories from many countries.
Posted by Papayasalad, at 12:46PM 05/30/07 :
The surveillance society is here « ThinkingShift
Note: As our current civilisation starts to collapse , we’ll see more regulations, more rules and more Government intrusion poking into the privacy of our lives. We’re already in the grip of a fear society.
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Posted by Papayasalad, at 02:19AM 08/11/07 :How curious! « ThinkingShift
Note: A collection of short but extremely curious stories - will the fish suffer? thinking of a new career? pride & embarrassment; leave your iPod at home; and McChimps.
Posted by Papayasalad, at 10:07AM 06/27/07 :The Da Vinci Code (not a Dan Brown story)
Note: For those interested in history and anything Da Vinci: some of Leonardo's notebooks are now available online. The Madrid Codices and the Codex Atlanticus — two collections of scientific and technical drawings – are available for free via e-Leo.
Posted by Papayasalad, at 10:11AM 06/19/07 :What Future Technologies Can We Expect?
Note: A look at the technologies of the future: robots that will help the elderly; mind-controlled interfaces; smart/green buildings; smart fabrics. How will these technologies help humans and contribute to human well being?
Posted by Papayasalad, at 10:50AM 06/14/07 :World’s cultural heritage endangered
Note: The World Monuments Fund has just announced its Watchlist for 2008 - what historical, archaeological or cultural sites are being threatened by war, urban development, neglect and...climate change?
Posted by Papayasalad, at 05:56AM 06/10/07 :Australia's natural disaster -one person's experience
Note: Australia's East Coast has just experienced a natural disaster - the worst storms in 30 years. This is the story of one person's experience. And is this one of the first signs of climate change impact for Australia?
Posted by Papayasalad, at 09:05AM 06/05/07 :Talking CCTV cameras
Note: Are UK citizens the most watched in the world? UK introduces "talking" CCTV cameras.
Posted by Papayasalad, at 10:32AM 06/03/07 :Comet may have doomed mammoth
Note: ACAPULCO, Mexico -- There's a new extraterrestrial suspect in the mysterious, highly debated disappearance of the woolly mammoth some 12,900 years ago. A team of two dozen scientists say the culprit was likely a comet that exploded in the atmosphere above North America.
Posted by Papayasalad, at 10:27AM 06/03/07 :Pensioners with attitude!
Note: The latest created band is a bit different - it's a group of pensioners called The Zimmers. Bringing back life to the elderly, band members include 90 year old lead singer Alf and 100 year old Buster. They've just released a hit single - a cover version of The Who's My Generation.
Posted by Papayasalad, at 12:36AM 06/02/07 :Stop and quizz powers
Note: Are UK citizens the most watched on Earth? why is there so much surveillance of individuals in society going on? does Google's new service, Street View, add to surveillance by allowing anyone to zoom in and see people's faces,license plate numbers etc on a given street?
Posted by Papayasalad, at 09:47PM 06/01/07 :Fingers May Forecast Kids' Test Scores
Note: Students' fingertips may hold a clue to their academic test scores, a British researcher suggests.
Posted by Papayasalad, at 11:14AM 06/01/07 :Thailand: Death toll of Thursday attacks is 21 : army spokesman
Note: The army suffered a great loss after suspected insurgents bombed and killed 11 army rangers in Yala on Thursday night, Army spokesman Akara Tiprote said on Friday. Eleven soldiers were killed on Thursday night when a powerful roadside bomb exploded in Bannang Sata district shortly before 10pm.
Posted by Papayasalad, at 11:04AM 06/01/07 :Think! don't Blink!
Note: This article looks at whether we've lost the art of critical thinking.
Posted by Papayasalad, at 10:46AM 06/01/07 :Japan: Kikkoman recalls food ingredient products over radiation fears+
Note: Kyodo News --Kikkoman Corp. said Friday it has begun recalling some of its supplement and health food products after it found that a raw material it bought from a U.S. company may have been exposed to gamma rays, a kind of nuclear radiation.
Posted by Papayasalad, at 12:46PM 05/31/07 :Woman on oxygen machine dies after power cut: family
Note: Wellington - A New Zealand woman on an oxygen machine died shortly after a power company cut the electricity supply to her home over an unpaid bill, family members said Wednesday. The alarm on her machine went off after a contractor cut the supply Tuesday to the South Auckland home of mother-of-four Folole Muliaga, 44.
Posted by Papayasalad, at 12:26PM 05/31/07 :Nepal rhino population decimated by poaching: official
Note: Kathamandu - Rampant poaching during Nepal's decade-long civil war has decimated the population of endangered one-horned rhinos in a national park in southwest Nepal, a wildlife official said Thursday.
Posted by Papayasalad, at 05:16AM 05/31/07 :Thailand: Exiled Thaksin apologises to supporters over party dissolution
Note: Exiled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has urged his supporters to accept the constitutional tribunal's ruling that disbanded his Thai Rak Thai Party and revoked voting rights of the party's executives including him.
Posted by Papayasalad, at 03:06PM 05/30/07 :Thailand: Constitution Tribunal orders Thai Rak Thai to be dissolved
Note: The Constitution Tribunal ruled that the Thai Rak Thai did not have enough political ideology to remain as a political party and had committed wrongdoings warranting dissolution. The tribunal found that the Thai Rak Thai-led government dissolved the House to help its party leader Thaksin Shinawatra over his personal problems.
Posted by Papayasalad, at 12:58PM 05/30/07 :How curious! « ThinkingShift
Note: The report of many curious stories from many countries.
Posted by Papayasalad, at 12:46PM 05/30/07 :The surveillance society is here « ThinkingShift
Note: As our current civilisation starts to collapse , we’ll see more regulations, more rules and more Government intrusion poking into the privacy of our lives. We’re already in the grip of a fear society.
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