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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Infographic: The Debt That All PIIGS (Won't) Pay

Extra Large Original: http://demonocracy.info/infographics/eu/debt_piigs/images/demonocracy.info-who_loaned_piigs_the_money-watermark-large.jpg

Monday, January 30, 2012

Volcanic origin for Little Ice Age


Plants trapped under Iceland's icecaps store a record of ancient temperatures

Story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16797075

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Survival Insights of an American Genius: Walden

"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close, to drive life into a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms, and, if it proved to be mean, why then to get the whole and genuine meanness of it, and publish its meanness to the world; or if it were sublime, to know it by experience, and be able to give a true account of it in my next excursion." -- Henry David Thoreau

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Story: http://www.survivalblog.com/2012/01/survival_insights_of_an_americ.html

Jetman Flight at Grand Canyon West

In May 2011, Jetman achieved a beautiful and memorable flight in the Grand Canyon in Arizona, USA... and here's the official souvenir video! Many thanks to all who were involved in that adventure!

Aerials by http://www.h5productions.com and http://www.principalphoto.com

More info on http://www.jetman.com

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Dutch teenager sails into the record books, unofficially

Story: http://m.smh.com.au/world/dutch-teenager-sails-into-the-record-books-unofficially-20120122-1qc6g.html

Friday, January 20, 2012

the fifth order house: the future as it happens

Website: http://www.fifthorderhouse.com/

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Homestead Water Systems: Collection

Homestead water systems: Collection Part 1

Part 1 of our new series on Homestead Water systems covers basic collection devices and strategies everyone can use whether rural or suburban.

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