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  • With this digital pen, you can spell check your handwritten notes

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    Originally posted on Gigaom: With a Kickstarter pledge of £109 (add £10 for overseas shipping) that equals about $162, I could never misspell potato or broccoli again on my grocery list. The Lernstift pen, a project created by two fathers hoping to help their children detect spelling and handwriting mistakes, looks like a pretty cool…

  • Small farms fight back: Food and community self governance

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  • This Week’s Rant

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    Howard Schnieder in the Washington Post posits that, with the fall of China’s superstar status, more rapid change in the relations between China and the US may be possible. It’s an informative piece that nevertheless leaves me in a sputtering, almost incoherent rage.  The author notes that “some members of Congress” still worry about  the…

  • Follow the money: new data-visualization tool helps track the world economy

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    Originally posted on Gigaom: The global economy can be difficult for the average person to understand. Money funnels towards and away different countries quickly, creating a delicate balance of economic power that can be knocked off its axis by a variety of factors. Nowadays, with a flagging Euro, a still-recovering U.S. and doomsday-style economic reports on…

  • Falconry

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    Originally posted on Joshi Daniel Photography: Falconry | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Falconry, an art in which a bird of prey is taught to hunt in its natural environment, has been practiced by the Arabic and Asian peoples for centuries. Covering the falcon’s head with a hood will prevent it from reacting to things…

  • Radical New Model of Earth’s Core

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    Simon Redfern tackles new ideas about the earth’s core puzzle in BBC News: Seismic data indicate that the western and eastern hemispheres of Earth’s inner core differ, and this has led some to suggest that the core was once subjected t an impulse – presumably from the collision of a space rock or planetoid which…

  • Life Teems in one of the most isolated places on earth

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    In Popsci, Francie Diep reports on a new study of Lake Vostok – Antartica’s largest sealed lake: For this study, the Ohio biologists examined ice gathered from just underneath Lake Vostok’s glacier, at the lake’s southern edges. Scientists think such ice, called accretion ice, represents water from the surface of the lake that froze to…

  • Wednesday Prayer

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    Adhan is the first call to prayer. The Adhan is uttered in a loud, albeit sweet melodious, voice to announce to the faithful that it is time for the Obligatory Prayer and to invite them to offer the prayers. Those who perform Adhan are known as ‘Muedhin.’ The honour of being the first Muedhin goes…

  • Amazon’s Unfulfillment Centers

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    Originally posted on The Dish: A Financial Times article spotlights Amazon’s shipping warehouse in the former coal-mining town of Rugeley, England. John Brownlee follows up: The issue at Rugeley is not that workers are ungrateful for the jobs Amazon has given them, or even that they find these jobs unpleasant. Most of Rugeley’s workers come from mining…

  • Mandela Family Feud and African Culture

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    Although this article by Nokuzola Mndende in IOL News centers on the family feud over the bones of the deceased children of Nelson Mandela, the information about African culture, family structure, clans and traditional religion is so fascinating I’ve post it in its entirety: The family feud over the bones of the deceased children of…