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“Bloomfield admits he’s getting in on the act on a personal level and has forged an ongoing agreement with two Second Life-based stock exchanges, the International Stock Exchange and the SL Capital Exchange (formerly AVIX) that will provide him with compr
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“He bought some mice, bred them and produced the first inbred strain of genetically identical rodents. In coming decades he bred more strains and eventually founded the Jackson Laboratory, the world’s foremost lab mouse breeder.
Today, the descendants
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“Measuring only six inches long and weighing a mind blowing 10 grams, the virtually pocket size Picco Palm is a Fascinating flying machine that is very stable and easy to fly in the smallest of spaces. This is the 2006 model Version 3. The Picco Palm Micr
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“Dr. Henrik Ehrsson, a neuroscientist that headed the experiments to recreate the out-of-body sensation, points out that while such experiences have indeed been reported as occurring across a variety of clinical situations, understanding of the out-of-bod
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“The Kalman filter produces an optimal (H2) estimate of the system state based on the different sensor inputs. It uses a user-defined noise estimate matrix that allows tuning for different sensor process noise levels, as well as a “trust factor” that defi
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“# Successful navigation tests: When the autopilot was engaged, the cyclic stick became an absolute north/south position with 10 meters of authority in each direction. Test 1, test 2 and interpretation of the data.
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“So seated volunteers were fitted with head-mounted video displays that allowed them to view themselves from behind, using a pair of video cameras, one for each eye.
A researcher would stand behind them and extend a plastic rod which they could see tow
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” Located next to the Post Office in downtown Brunswick, this comfortable eatery is focused on serving fresh, local foods and fine teas and herbs. Owner Jessica Gorton and Chef Josh DeGroot will be cooking up delicious soups, salads, pannini sandwiches, a
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“a not-for-profit storytelling organization, was founded in New York in 1997 by poet and novelist George Dawes Green, who wanted to recreate in New York the feeling of sultry summer evenings on his native St. Simon’s Island, Georgia, where he and a small
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“Many of Greenland Cove Cabins’ guests have made the annual trek here from 10 and up to 40 years! The peaceful solitude, the exquisite beauty of the untamed outdoors, the memorable call of the loon. Each of these make fishing here a reason you’ll want to
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“dedicated to the users of the PiccoZ, wishing to get the most out of their Heli’s!”
“do such things as install replacement RC helicopter parts, and LED’s. Build RC MicroJets and other RC planes from RC components, as well as unique craft like flying cu -
“Zippi offers an amazing self-starter independent business opportunity that allows you to FREE YOURSELF! From the office, from the average day commute, and from the BOSS! Make a living the zippi way… free others from the clutter! Clutter out. Cash in. L
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“New service offers worldwide command and control via any authorized internet-connected PC. Control anything anywhere including sensors, actuators, CCTV cameras, security systems, gates and lights.
Domain Operations Controller Software: Learn about ou
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“Wynn’s decision to use Ubuntu made a big impact on her library’s
pocketbook and the resources she offers her community. With the money
she saved using Linux, Wynn recently purchased twice as many new
computers and upgraded her equipment considerab -
“physics behind vertical flight is described by the author as ‘momentum theory’, which was developed for marine propellors in the late nineteenth century. As the name implies, this is just an application of the principle of conservation of momentum. The r
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“Using the quite simple momentum theory, we can already deduct important information about the performance of propellers. We can study the influence of the propeller diameter on efficiency as well as how it depends on flight speed or the density of the ai
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August 23, 2007-
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1953-1966 yellow springs ohio,
island of avant-garde culture in sea of cornfieldsnyc magazine and newspaper subscriptions:
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“Certainly, there should be a vision of what you intend to replace the bad old system with–European-style social democracy, Latin American-style socialism, or how about just American capitalism with some regulation thrown in?
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“For Sunsweet, Freberg got novelist Ray Bradbury to appear in one commercial in which
Freberg boasted that Bradbury’s novels praised Sunsweet prunes. In the background,
Bradbury weakly protested, “I never mentioned prunes in any of my stories. What are
links for 2007-08-22
August 22, 2007-
“I believe in the absolute and unlimited liberty of reading. I believe in wandering through the stacks and picking out the first thing that strikes me. I believe in choosing books based on the dust jacket. I believe in reading books because others dislike
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“One reason for the selection of the LIM is to allow single
cars to negotiate steep grades up to 5.35 percent. The sharpest
curve has a 72-m (235-ft) radius. Traction power will be 750
Vdc distributed via a typical NYCT/LIRR third rail. The vehicles
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“Linear motors are electric direct drives whose rotor does not rotate but moves in a straight line (linear). Power is transmitted without physical contract by means of magnetic fields so that V-belts, pinions and drive shafts are dispensed with altogether
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” * The Official Transrapid Site – lots of information about workings of maglevs – Strongly Recommended
* Japanese Techincal Research Institute – plenty of information about Japanese projects – Recommended
* Scientific American – Maglev: Rac -
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What I wish someone had told me
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) Talk
Patient Navigators
9:30am Wednesday 18 July 2007Social Security Disability Insurance may be able to help with the financial strain of a cancer diagnosis, but it is
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“Last June we sued the Estate of James Joyce to establish the right of Stanford Professor Carol Shloss to use copyrighted materials in connection with her scholarly biography of Lucia Joyce. Shloss suffered more than ten years of threats and intimidation
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“James Joyce called his daughter, Lucia, the “giver of light.” Carol Shloss posits that Lucia did indeed shine brightly in her father’s eye, feeding him inspiration. Shloss’s assertion to this effect is bound to stir debate among Joyce scholars, consideri
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“Shloss is most convincing when she discusses Lucia’s influence on Ulysses and on Finnegans Wake. Both books, wisely or not, can be read as coded autobiographies. Incest themes are detectable. Scholars of Ulysses lave long noticed the incestuous ruminat
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“Shloss is most convincing when she discusses Lucia’s influence on Ulysses and on Finnegans Wake. Both books, wisely or not, can be read as coded autobiographies. Incest themes are detectable. Scholars of Ulysses lave long noticed the incestuous ruminat
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“In the midst of her fight with Stephen, Shloss met Lawrence Lessig, a law professor at Stanford, who was willing to take on her case pro bono. Lessig had just argued before the Supreme Court against Congress’s 1998 extension of copyright. He had lost t
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“As the guy who coined the term ‘weblog’, I wanna propose that this Flash app makes mp3-blogging practical for the first time. The basic features are identical to the archetypal weblog: you link your good finds in reverse order, and people who like your t
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August 21, 2007-
“Each ART vehicle is powered by two Linear Induction Motors (LIMs). This was the first major application of this type of motor on a rapid transit system. In simple terms the operating principles of LIM are similar to the conventional AC rotary induction e
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“The origins of modern people-movers date back to the 1960s, when Adtranz predecessor Westinghouse developed its elevated SkyBus system. The company was promoting the fully-automated, rubber-tire technology as a substitute for urban rail transit, and a de
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” Document A study of linear induction motor characteristics : the Mosebach model / Stickler, John J.
1976
2. Government Document Design and testing of a 12,000 KVA linear induction motor and power converter / 1977
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” These pages chronicle the construction of a home-built turboshaft engine. The GR-5 is an experimental gas turbine engine that I have built so I can learn firsthand about gas turbine engines. I am posting this information for other enthusiasts to p
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“The Light Rail Now Project is a charitable educational enterprise designed to support efforts both within North America and worldwide to develop and improve light rail transit (LRT) and other rail transit and mass transportation systems. This website –
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August 20, 2007-
“The following remote controll helicopters below are great helicopters for beginners who want to start in the helicopter hobby. We have mini helicopters that can fly inside a small bedroom. It is great fun for kids. The flight simulator for the persona
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For some reason this url doesn’t work from del.icio.us, but it does from gmail or pasted into the address line.
““Roadkill” is part of a major campaign initiated by Almighty for the NB Zip technology. It was made in conjunction with the site http://w -
“they discuss Mr Threader’s business investing the money of wealthy Whigs; Mr Threader recommends the South Sea Bubble scheme highly {g}, and recommends the satisfactions of investing in the slave trade over the risk factors of the steam engine.”
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“There’s an elaborate (everything in this book is elaborate) schematizing thematic that links gold, currency, the circulation of wealth, the economy and other things into a lacework web of signification. Characters infodump outrageously upon one another,
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“The story deals with the concepts of mindshare and evolutionary software; a Thai hotel worker named Jipi with an effervescent personality is recruited to track down sentient chips that were integrated with bombs and installed in civilian cars as part of
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“THIS IS THE highest-resolution video you can get, better than reality,” says Mr. Cardoza. He gropes across the dark table top for the joystick and zooms in on the face of a white woman sitting in the lobby, sipping tea and reading a magazine. Jipi taci
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The guy who runs the shop in Bar Harbor that sells Native American books and art said that his sister made the film.
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“As is well detailed in Dr. Meyer’s book, “Old Time Telephones!” (Chapter 19, page 199) the circuitry of the original 500 set was quite different from production 1951 or so onward. Current flow regulation (which was intended to balance transmission charac
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“The load coil uses inductance to increase the audio voltage (sound level) at voice frequencies, while rolling off higher frequencies. If you need to use the higher frequency capabilities of the phone line for high speed data (like a 56K modem or DSL), yo
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August 19, 2007-
See bikes and gallery
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“One of the most anticipated and exciting products at the show was the Trek Lime, a new family of stylish comfort bikes designed specifically for the non-cyclist, or the 65% of Americans who currently don’t own or ride a bike. The Trek Lime bikes feature
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“3d Models, Plugins, software, Textures, Training DVDs at Turbo Squid for purchase and free. Discreet 3ds max, 3d studio, Alias Maya, XSI, Lightwave, etc.”
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“a rough procedure of how to perform many of the tasks required of students in 16.810 (temporary class number 16.682 in IAP 2004). Basic procedures of how to model a part in SolidWorks, perform structural analysis using CosmosWorks, and how to use the com
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“CAD demonstrated through an ever-growing number of common sense, informative, helpful and entertaining videos. It’s like having a collection of CAD gurus at your fingertips 24/7.
And you can contribute your own knowledge, experience, wisdom and tips t
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“Social mobility, G/TRAX concept using magnetic levitation and dynamic stabilization”
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“When external forces conspire to change the helicopter’s orientation against the pilot’s wishes, the flybar acts to damp these forces.
This can be demonstrated (dangerously) by holding onto an LMH while the rotors are spinning at flying speeds, and ro
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“The remote sensor is connected to a central circuit board that hosts the speed control of the main and tail motors. A penny-sized Lithium Polymer cell provides the power, typically giving flight times of around 6 – 8 minutes after a 15 minute charge from
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August 18, 2007-
“Maine steamboats existed in two different arenas: the ocean steamers that traveled up the coast and the inland steamers, which are the focus of this book. The Maine wilderness once witnessed an enormous movement of people, goods, and mail through steambo
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“Written for everyone from motorcycling greenhorns to technical experts, this illustrated tour of motorcycle physics and mechanics offers a complete presentation of concepts which have never before been so thoroughly and comprehensibly presented in print.
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“Actress and photographer Kris Carr thought she had a hangover, but a Jivamukti yoga class didn’t provide its usual kick-ass cure. A visit to her doctor confirmed her “liver looked like Swiss cheese,” covered with cancerous tumors. She entered trenc
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“1. At the top of the Piston Stroke the Engine waits for the air to be ejected from the Cylinder.
2. When this happens, the Buoy Piston rises and turns on the Water Valve. This enables water to flow into the Injection Nozzle and spray the steam under the -
“Late Spring is a perfect time to visit Frank Lloyd Wright’s Pope-Leighey House. I had some spare time over the weekend so I took advantage of one of the few days this month without rain to take an in-depth tour. I thought this would be a good opportuni
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“From Publishers Weekly
After careers in the construction, utility and nuclear industries, Wilson takes a lay-off as an excuse to live out his “little boy” dream of driving a big truck. So he signs up for truck-driving school and hits the road with his i -
” Showing a model Newcomen Atmospheric … Showing a model Newcomen Atmospheric Engine from Sussex Steam Co. operating in Live Steam Mode”
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Lusso TrimThe first of the Ferraris built as a dual-purpose sports/racing car, the 166 MM was named “Mille Miglia” in honor of the previous years victory in that most prestigious event. T
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River boats, not oceangoing.
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“But then there is the Venezuelan reality, which is what Chavez and his government really care about. While most Americans and Europeans can be swayed by their one-sided media, Venezuelans get to hear both sides of this story. Venezuelans can turn on thei
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“This is a great resource, however its value is limited because there is no answer key for the workbook. The publisher says that the only way to get the answers is to spend $104.95 on the instructors CD. Thi -
“Programmers toolkit, designed to help create PDF files that will go directly out to Adobe Readers so users can manipulate 3D views of objects. Can also include animation, multiple objects, multiple views. Developer SDK packaging.”
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“Blanca Eekhout, the head of Vive TV, the government’s cultural channel, launched two years ago, coined the slogan “Don’t watch television, make it”. Classes in film-making have been set up all over the country. Lil Rodríguez, an Afro-Venezuelan journali
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“Alexandria, VA – August 14 – A new study released today by the National
School Boards Association and Grunwald Associates LLC exploring the
online behaviors of U.S. teens and ‘tweens shows that 96 percent of
students with online access use social netw -
“Book Description
A highly illustrated, step-by-step guide to constructing a range of simple model steam engines, aimed at both beginners and the more experienced.This book details the construction of a range of simple miniature steam engines and boi
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” Today, we find a 2000-year-old computer on the ocean floor. The University of Houston’s College of Engineering presents this series about the machines that make our civilization run, and the people whose ingenuity created them.
Just before Easter in
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August 16, 2007-
Joho: “Where can I get a free blog?” got 664 results. ” “How do I tune up a bicycle?” got 11 hits. Where can I get vegetarian omega 3?” pulled up three answers, all pretty relevant. “Should I reply to spam?” got 372 hits, some generic and some specific to
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“The new engine was called the Baby Bee. Even though it had a brand new extruded-machined
crankcase, it was easy to tell that it was a Cox engine by the black cylinder glow head
arrangement. This basic configuration was the standard for all time. The ta -
“Using a broad definition of “motor” as meaning any apparatus that converts electrical energy into motion, most sources cite Faraday as developing the first electric motors, in 1821. They were useful as demonstration devices, but that is about all, and
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August 15, 2007-
“he Maine Department of Transportation is seeking a consulting engineer to help it plan for the removal of the old Waldo-Hancock Bridge.
The department is preparing a request for proposals from suspension bridge specialists that could go out as early a
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