Archive for January, 2009

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Jan 4th

The other day I posted a Twitter message complaining about the pain I get from using the Microsoft Natural Wireless Laser Mouse 6000, part number 69K-00001 and I mentioned that – with a few changes – this mouse would work for me. The next day I received a reply from a company called Smartfish Technologies and they asked what changes I would make. They wanted me to check our their own ergonomic mouse called the ErgoMotion Mouse. I decided to reply via this blog and kill two birds with one post. More >

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Rick: Yet another update: Depending on who you read, the Summit was a step in the right direction, or...

Rick: Update: Word is they have reached a tentative agreement in Copenhagen. But as one Republican said,...
Alternet Headlines
- Big Oil Wreaks Havoc in the Amazon, But Communities Are Fighting Back
  This time it's not Chevron in Ecuador but Occidental Petroleum in Peru. And the local community has had enough of giveaways to corporate polluters. […]
- Was "Jihad Jane" a Real Terrorist Threat? Or a Mentally Unstable Loner?
  No one knows quite what to make of Colleen LaRose. But get ready to hear a lot more about "homegrown terrorism" -- and why we need more surveillance to stop it. […]
- Glenn Beck Thinks Jesus Was a Nazi Communist?
  Last week, Glenn Beck introduced his listeners to a previously overlooked menace: nazi, communist Christians. You know, the ones who’ve forsaken all the worthwhile parts of religion, like sexual shaming, violence and prejudice, and embraced its most pernicious aspect: helping the needy. “I beg you, look for the words ’social justice’ or ‘economic justice’ on […]
- Bernie Sanders to Introduce Public Option Amendment
  My man Bernie Sanders, the “Socialist” from Vermont, has committed himself to doing what no other senator on the Hill will do. Sanders confirmed today that he will introduce a public option amendment during the health care bill reconciliation debate. Greg Sargent at the Plum Line blog, who spoke directly to the senator, explains why this could [...] […]
- Latest Conservative B.S.: Immigration’s Bad for the Environment
  Originally posted on RaceWire By Jamilah King As the immigration reform debate heats up on Capitol Hill, right wing opponents are uping the ante with sensationalist and factually inaccurate claims. The latest? Immigration increases the country’s ecological footprint. This latest claim came as part of a new report released by Progressives for Immigration Refo […]
- Job Creation Begins at Home
  By Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, CEO, Green For All Originally published on TheRoot.com Today the Senate Energy Committee will begin debating a weatherization bill known as Home Star that aims to make American homes more energy efficient, while creating thousands of American jobs in the process. Home Star has the potential to significantly reduce residential energy […]
Ecological Internet Inc. Climate Ark
- EPA to let states address rising ocean acidity
  Associated Press: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it will consider ways the states can address rising levels of carbon dioxide in oceans. The agency on Thursday settled a lawsuit filed last year by the Center for Biological Diversity in San Francisco. The problem stems from oceans absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and results in the […]
- NYC judge allows Chevron arbitration to proceed
  Associated Press: A judge ruled Thursday that Chevron can proceed with an international arbitration claim against Ecuador related to a 17-year-old court battle over rain forest contamination in that South American nation. U.S. District Judge Leonard Sand in Manhattan rejected an attempt by Ecuador to block the arbitration but also said his decision was limit […]
- Aquatic 'dead zones' contributing to climate change
  Physorg: The increased frequency and intensity of oxygen-deprived "dead zones" along the world's coasts can negatively impact environmental conditions in far more than just local waters. In the March 12 edition of the journal Science, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science oceanographer Dr. Lou Codispoti explains that the incr […]
- Report says climate change threatens birds
  Associated Press: AUSTIN, Texas -- An Interior Department report says global climate change poses a significant threat to migratory bird populations already stressed by the loss of habitat and environmental pollution. U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar joined scientists and conservation organizers at an Austin news conference Thursday to release a study ent […]
- Italy to host Europe's biggest solar plant: company
  Agence France-Presse: Europe's most powerful solar power plant is set to start operations in Italy later this year, the US company building the installation on an area as large as 120 football pitches said on Thursday. The plant in Rovigo near Venice in northeast Italy will take up 850,000 square metres (9.15 million square feet) and produce 72 megawatt […]
- Fashion muses on global cooling
  Reuters: An event based around hundreds of fashionistas flying in from all over the world was never going to be a convincing platform for environmental campaigning, but designers in Paris haven't let that stop them. While British designer Vivienne Westwood regularly rails against global warming, fashion king Karl Lagerfeld trumped her with a rival theor […]
Science Daily
- Movement disorder symptoms are lessened by an antibiotic: Treating worms with ampicillin helps restore normal movement
  Discovery of an antibiotic's capacity to improve cell function in laboratory tests is providing movement disorder researchers with leads to more desirable molecules with potentially similar traits, according to scientists. […]
- Years of smoking associated with lower Parkinson's risk, not number of cigarettes per day
  Researchers have new insight into the relationship between Parkinson's disease and smoking. Several studies have shown that smokers have a lower risk of developing Parkinson's disease. A new study shows that smoking for a greater number of years may reduce the risk of the disease, but smoking a larger number of cigarettes per day may not reduce the […]
- Shocking recipe for making killer electrons
  Take a bunch of fast-moving electrons, place them in orbit and then hit them with the shock waves from a solar storm. What do you get? Killer electrons. That's the shocking recipe revealed by ESA's Cluster mission. […]
- If bonobo Kanzi can point as humans do, what other similarities can rearing reveal?
  You may have more in common with Kanzi, Panbanisha and Nyota, three language-competent bonobos living at Great Ape Trust, than you thought. And those similarities, right at your fingertip, might one day tell scientists more about the effect of culture on neurological disorders that limit human expression. A recently published pointing study supports the asse […]
- Inventing new oat and barley breads
  Scientists are working on a delicious new all-oat or all-barley bread. […]
- Massage eases anxiety, but no better than simple relaxation does
  A randomized trial shows three months after 10 massages, patients' anxiety symptoms were halved -- an improvement like that previously reported with psychotherapy, medications, or both. But the trial also found massage no more effective than simple relaxation. […]

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