Greenify Your Home: 100 Tips to Make Your House Environmentally Friendly

29 November 2007

“You can increase your home’s marketability and safety by making changes now. To save money, focus on remodeling one room at a time, and look for federal or state (even local) incentives and tax credits that may be available for certain features of your green remodeling project. These tax deductions could help shorten the payback period…”

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Pictures: 25 Real Life Cavemen

20 November 2007

Did you know that millions of people worldwide live underground? In fact, over twenty million people live in caves in China alone. These numbers don’t count the numbers of individuals who work in underground laboratories, urban cities, and on construction sites as more and more underground facilities are being built.

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The Memory Toolbox: 75 Tips and Resources to Go from Amnesic to Elephantic

18 October 2007

Many people expect increasing memory loss as they age, but this memory loss can be reduced or stalled with some simple memorization techniques, physical exercise, and a reduction of stress.

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250+ Killer Digital Libraries and Archives

17 October 2007

This list contains over 250 libraries and archives that focus mainly on localized, regional, and U.S. history, but it also includes larger collections, eText and eBook repositories, and a short list of directories to help your research efforts.

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Comparison: Presidential Candidates on Major Healthcare Issues

10 October 2007

“Americans have lost patience with a failing healthcare system in our divided government, but some answers - such as a universal healthcare system - meet resistance in some quarters. The dissatisfaction is so palpable that other countries have picked up on the raw statistics to use as comparisons to their systems…”

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Comparison: Presidential Candidates on Major Healthcare Issues

10 October 2007

“Americans have lost patience with a failing healthcare system in our divided government, but some answers - such as a universal healthcare system - meet resistance in some quarters. The dissatisfaction is so palpable that other countries have picked up on the raw statistics to use as comparisons to their systems…”

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Dan Lockton: A Fanatic About Architectures of Control

10 October 2007

While Lockton’s blog and his writings might spur a paranoid person into believing that this architecture of control is a mass conspiracy, the thoughtful person might see beyond this narrow vision to understand Lockton’s open-hearted concerns…

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Out of This World Architecture: 25 Incredible (Real) Abodes

9 October 2007

If you’re in the market for a home but nothing seems to satisfy your taste, then perhaps the homes listed below will fire your creative urges. Or, maybe you’ll just be satisfied with an office space inside a building built like a basket. From small buildings to constructions shaped like flying saucers, you’ll be amazed at these…

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The Fourth Amendment

27 September 2007

The reason I wanted to post this amendment, which was added to the Constitution in 1791, is because the Patriot Act (HR 3162 RDS) clearly violates this amendment - but no one has seriously challenged this violation until recently…

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Where the Presidential Candidates Stand on Major Education Issues

21 August 2007

In case you’re tired of hearing about gay marriage and flag burning, here’s a comparison of their positions on charter schools, DOE, funding, No Child Left Behind, teacher testing, etc. Includes candidates Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, Rudy Giuliani, John McCain, Barack Obama, Ron Paul, Bill Richardson, Mitt Romney and Fred Thompson.

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