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How to Design a Lunar Base Station; Practice Online
To promote space exploration with the next generation NASA is indeed stepping up its efforts to get kids interested in math and science and this is a positive step as our next generation will take us to new worlds for sure. NASA announced its new Program;Design your own Lunar Research Station right here on Earth!Read more…September 11 - Remembering the Heartbreak
When I started to write this week’s Tech Tips article, I was pretty well prepared. I even had an article idea before I sat down to write, and had actually even done some research into the topic. As I sat down at my desk, however, and logged into my Yahoo Instant Messenger account, I started chatting with Al, a fellow computer nerd and good friend of mine down in Atlanta.Read more…Some Side Effects of Modern Life
With in last fifteen years India has seen a tremendous growth in all the spheres of life. Today technologies in India are matching with the rest of the world. We have mostly all the latest technologies available.Read more…How To Approach Your Noisy Neighbors
It is certainly true that there may be no law that can put your noisy neighbors permanently behind bars, but there is still a way where you can achieve sweet justice. It is always a hassle when you are ready for your daily dose of sleep when all of a sudden your neighbor pumped up the volume of their stereo or are just plain boisterous and rowdy. You may feel that there is not much you can do since it’s a free world anyway.Read more…September 11th, 2001 - A Troubling Metaphor
At the time I watched the towers crumple from the sudden strike of the previously unimagined, I did not realize I was watching a metaphor for the great promise their soaring human achievement beaconed to the world. It is five years later, and I see the vast optimism our nation once promised the world at the tipping point.In the day’s wake, we have strayed from a nation united with many, to a nation on the brink of wandering a lonely, isolated trail.Read more…The Heroes of 9-11 and Their Tragedy
September 11 will always be remembered for its tragedy.It's no longer just the tragedy of its victims- but its heroes as well. I remember looking at pictures of groups of strong men, working, walking with their faces and uniforms covered in soot- or something that looked like soot.Read more…My Struggle to Explain 9-11
Much has been written, and will be written, to mark the anniversary of 9-11. Words flow from poison pens, from weeping pens, from indignant pens, from angry pens. Wise writers and foolish writers conjure word pictures to explain it all to us and to remind us of the horror of that day. Politicians on all sides use it, too.Read more…9/11: Still Suffering from the Affects 5 Years Later
Five years ago, thousands of innocent people lost their lives in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. After sifting through the rubble and painful memories, we are finding out that the attacks are stilling taking innocent lives. Many of the rescue workers as well as inhabitants living in New York at the time of the tragedy are experiencing severe lung problems from the attack.Read more…The Aesthetics of Atrocity: Remembering 9/11
Getting the aesthetics of atrocity right by committee has taken five years with nothing to show for it. Estimated costs of completing the 9/11 memorial at Ground Zero is closing in on a billion dollars. It has been our contention from the beginning that the inspiration was always right there in front of the committee's collective faces, staring back in stark, abject horror at them and anyone who looked back at it: the still standing remnant of shattered dreams and lives in a building once known as the World Trade Center.Read more…911 Attack Smoke Plume an Issue
Currently many scientists are studying the smoke plume, which occurred during the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center buildings in New York. You see, not only were due to workers affected by the smoke and debris from the fires and collapse of the buildings. The smoke Plume basically followed the New Jersey Turnpike all the way into Trenton New Jersey and it was about 50 miles wide.Read more…Why You Should Seriously Consider Online Florists For Your Flower Delivery Needs
There are many flower shops to choose from when shopping online. Ordering flowers online is easy and a lot faster then getting in your car, driving to the flower shop, waiting in line, placing your order, waiting for your order to be made, paying for your order and sometimes delivering your order, getting in your car and driving home.There are many websites for flower orders online.Read more…Why Balloon Gifts Are Exploding In Popularity
Balloons have been around for many centuries. They are a favorite at birthdays and other celebrations. Balloons make excellent gifts for almost any occasion.Read more…The Declaration of 9/11
The towers stood on New York soil in the land of the pilgrim’s pride. Lady Liberty cast her reflection in the windows, and many earned their way as Americans on the acre-long floors of Democracy. Once, people smiled through the windows and gazed at the waters and bridges that make America the land of the free, the land of many cultures, the land of many faiths.Read more…September 11th 5 Years Later
5 Year Anniversary of 9/11Where were you 5 years ago on September 11th? How has your world changed since that day, when New York City, Washington DC, and Pennsylvania were scarred by planes crashing, when daily life was disrupted by groups of people from far away cultures with anger toward the United States?The news media in the United States, and I suspect from around the globe, will be “hyping” this anniversary to improve their ratings and to maintain their controlling position over public anxiety and irrational hysteria.Read more…Steve Irwin: The Passion We All Want
The death of the "Crocodile Hunter," Steve Irwin, was a painful one for many people. His wife and family members will be devastated for life. His children will never know life with their father.Read more…Private-Public Sector Partnership Necessary in Biotechnology Research
There are very interesting developments in the field of agricultural biotechnology currently taking place in India.The Maharashtra Hybrid Seed Company (Mahyco) has offered to transfer the technology and basic breeding material of Bt Brinjal, a low calorie vegetable widely grown in India, to two public sector institutions; The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore (TNAU) and the University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad (UASD).The public sector institutions will not pay any royalty as long as they don’t commercialize the genetically modified Brinjal.Read more…Regionalization of Biotech Investments the Only Hope for Africa
Should Africa regionalize biotechnology investment? This is one of the key issues in the draft report on the future of biotechnology in Africa, prepared by a panel of eminent African scientists and policy makers.The panel, set up by the Africa Union and the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (Nepad), has “proposed a key biotechnology mission for each of Africa’s regions, where such investments will have the largest potential to boost development and nurture excellence.Read more…Code Industry Needs a More Proactive, Positive Approach
Recently I presented a training session at a local building department for their Building Safety Week activities. They had a speaker each day during the event.The topics and audiences were different each day, and one day they held an open question and answer session.Read more…Bald Eagles - The Official Symbol for the United States of America
The American Bald Eagle is also commonly referred to as the American Eagle or simply Bald Eagle and is native to the Americas. Its scientific name is Haliaeetus leucocephalus.The American Bald Eagle is not actually bald; the name alludes to the white feathering of the head that develops in adult eagles of this species.Read more…Weird Smoking Laws
As more and more states adopt laws that prohibit smoking in public, crushing the hopes of cigar smokers with the ease of crushing a used cigarette, people everywhere are calling "foul," restraining themselves from telling lawmakers to kiss their ash. The laws, to the avid cigar smoker, are avidly ridiculous. But, ridiculous laws are a part of worldly culture.Read more…
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