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IEA’s World Energy Outlook 2013 Predicts Major Changes in Energy World

World Energy Outlook 2013.Technology and high prices are opening up new oil resources, but this does not mean the world is on the verge of an era of oil abundance, according to... Read more

Philippines Needs Your Help After Supertyphoon

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The Philippines Needs Your Help After a Supertyphoon

Recently, Supertyphoon Yolanda (international name: Haiyan) hit our country. While we here in Manila may have been unscathed, what has been surfacing just now over the internet... Read more

LATEST ARTICLES BY PAPERBLOGGERS

Walter Murch on Collective Creativity

Two summers ago I was working on a series of posts about Apocalypse Now. One day I got an email from one Walter Murch, a man I did not know. But I knew the... Read more

The 18 November 2013 by Bbenzon
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New Report Provides Information on Plasma Lighting Systems

LUXIM plasma lighting system. (Credit: National Lighting Product Information Program)The National Lighting Product Information Program (NLPIP) at Rensselaer... Read more

The 01 November 2013 by Dailyfusion
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False Equivalency

Objectivity Does Not Mean Neutrality: The Danger of False Equivalency in the Media David Guttman, Common Dreams, October 25, 2012What happens when public... Read more

The 18 November 2013 by Rvbadalam
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BOOK CHAT: Walking by H.D. Thoreau

Walking by Henry David Thoreau My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon page Thoreau paints a portrait of walking in such grandiose terms that one will cease to think of... Read more

The 07 November 2013 by Berniegourley
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DAILY PHOTO: Hanuman

Taken November 2, 2013 at Hampi. Among the many devotees of this Hindu deity are wrestlers, who admire the monkey-god for his reputed strength. Read more

The 19 November 2013 by Berniegourley
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Chief Rabbi Lau Meets with Zoglowek and They Keep the Hechsher

Zoglovek, or perhaps Zoglowek, is in a stew right now, though perhaps not in as much of a stew as it seemed just a couple days ago. Read more

The 03 November 2013 by Gldmeier
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Arab anti-Semitism

Michael L.Many westerners, including very many western Jews, think that the source of the ongoing Arab-Muslim war against us is Jewish aggression. Read more

The 04 November 2013 by Mikelumish
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INL Testing of Wireless EV Charging System Successful

A Plugless Power parking pad. (Credit: Plugless Power)Idaho National Laboratory (INL) researchers recently released independent testing results of a wireless... Read more

The 15 November 2013 by Dailyfusion
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Interlude: Dylan Thomas Constructs a WONDERFUL Chiasmus

Some years ago, before I got a computer, I read. R. G. Peterson, Critical Calculations: Measure and Symmetry in Literature (PMLA 91, 3, May 1976: 367-375). Read more

The 05 November 2013 by Bbenzon
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8-year-old Threatened with Expulsion for Drawings

KPHO: A couple pulled their sons out of Scottsdale Country Day School last week because they said the headmaster threatened to expel their 8-year-old for drawin... Read more

The 05 November 2013 by Eowyn
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