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Archive for December 8th, 2006

Party with Al Gore

Gore’s next big push is to promote December 17 as watch “An Inconvient Truth”  day. He is encouraging people to form parties, invite your friends and watcth the movie. As a special treat Gore will be available at 7PM via conference call to awnser questions. To sign up for a party or view where the [...]

December 8th, 2006
Topic: Direct Action, Environment Tags: , ,

Taxes are good for YOU!

A study by the Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives released its report yesterday entitled, the Social Benefits and Economic Costs of Taxation: A Comparison of High- and Low-Tax Countries by Neil Brooks and Thaddeus Hwong. The report studies high-tax Nordic countries and low-tax Anglo-America countries on 50 social and economic measures and finds the high-tax [...]

December 8th, 2006
Topic: Body & Mind, Good Fact Tags: , ,

A Pelican Love Story

Its a story of rescue, heroism and love…..and it involves a pelican.
In Fife, Scotland a rescue worker, named Alexis saved a male pelican who had been found suffering from blood poisoning after it escaped from a wildlife park on the Isle of Man. She was the first to administer his antibiotics and put him to [...]

December 8th, 2006
Topic: Freedom, Mind Space Tags: ,

Robothink: Japanese Robot Museum

This a fun thing for this Friday. Japan now has a robot museum.
“Finally, scholars have a place to conduct Astro Boy studies. Robothink, Japan’s first bot museum, opened its doors this fall. The 28,000-square-foot facility is housed in a former used-car dealership in Nagoya. From Robby to Aibo, the droid depository features dozens of actual [...]

December 8th, 2006
Topic: Art, Fun, Technology Tags: , , , ,

Stained Art Tea Cups

Tea cups get stained and that’s a fact that once was bad and now is good. Thanks to artist Bethan Wood who has made a tea cup that shows groovy designs when it gets stained.
“Stain is a set of a teacups designed to improve through use. This project examines the assumption that use is [...]

December 8th, 2006
Topic: Art, Fun Tags: , , ,