Archive March 2010

When Protest Was Cool

Evan Coyne Maloney archives the days of dissent when words were calm, rational and designed to facilitate dialogue, leaving the MSM nothing to report on.brain terminal via Ace of Spades

Saving Time-lapse of Butterfly Lifecycle

Saving time-lapse close up of Monarch caterpillar pupating and later the butterfly braking out of its chrysalis. Notice how the wings expand as the belly fluids are pumped into them. Save a Monarch, grow a Milkweed!

BRAVE MEN, BRAVE MEN! – ERNIE PYLE

Brave Men, Brave Men!by Ernie PyleNORTHERN TUNISIA, April 22, 1943 – I was away from the front lines for a while this spring, living with other troops, and considerable fighting took place while I was gone. When I got ready to return to my old friends at the front I ...

Saving the Monarch Butterflies

(CBS) Every spring, blue skies in Michoacán, Mexico, turn orange. For centuries, millions of monarchs have gathered in these same ancient forests, traveling from as far away as Maine, North Dakota, and even Canada. They weigh just a fifth of a penny, but so many flapping wings can ...

Stephenie Meyer to release Twilight novella on 5th June

Mark your calendars, Twilight fans: Stephenie Meyer will release a new Twilight-related novella on June 5, the author announced on her website Tuesday.The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner will be told from the point of view of Bree, a newborn vampire introduced in Eclipse, the third book in the ...

More WiFi in Sky

US Airways introduces inflight Internet access -- for free at firstI like wireless access while I'm waiting at the airport and in fact have written any number of posts on this blog from terminals -- and of course, checked E-mail too. And I totally love  the growing number of airports ...

DIGGING AND GROUSING – ERNIE PYLE

Digging and Grousingby Ernie PyleON THE NORTH AFRICAN DESERT, March 23, 1943 – When our Sahara salvage expedition finally found the wrecked airplanes far out on the endless desert, the mechanics went to work taking off usable parts, and four others of us appointed ourselves the official ditch-diggers of the ...

Circus News Channel Outdraws CNN

LAS VEGAS, NV - Prime-time CNN hosts continue to shed viewers as they lost audience to the Circus News Channel for the first time in network history. Even with healthcare expansion and Haiti coverage, CNN was solidly outdrawn, despite CNC's narrow focus on events of interest to the circus ...

new samsung atheros wireless lan resolve solutions

Atheros Communications, the leading developer and marker share leader in advanced wireless LAN (WLAN) chipsets, today announced that the first open source Linux and FreeBSD software drivers for 802.11b/g and universal 802.11a/b/g products are now available as a free download from the Internet.Atheros, a mobile Wireless LAN (WLAN) chip maker, ...

Modes of Transmission Virus HIV/AIDS

HIV is the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, a virus that attacks the human immune system. AIDS stands for Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome. AIDS develops after a virus (HIV) attacks the immune system for five to ten years or more. Immune system becomes weak, and one or more diseases can occur. Because ...

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