Welcome to LifeTime BlogWelcome to LifeTime BlogThere is no biological law that says the body must wear out, that we must age, that we must die. Hypothetically, it should be easy enough to live forever as the energy expenditure for maintaining the present structure pales in comparison to the expen Articles
Shot of lethally poisoning your child
2007-08-22 15:27:00 Despite efforts to decrease lead in children's toys and jewelry, "recent surveys by health officials and children's advocates in Massachusetts, Maryland and Ohio, [.....] found lead contamination in children's jewelry as often as 40 percent of the time" according to a New York Times ......... More About: Shot , Child , Ally , Poison
Music Player WidgetsRUs
2007-08-22 10:57:00 Music widgets have now moved into the mainstream with many powerful features that you can add to jazz up your web site in a snap. CNET's article Eight (and a half) free Web music players focuses on music players that you put on your web site and program with a playlist. ......... More About: Music , Player , Layer
Network Reinvents Itself With Interactivity
2007-08-11 07:33:00 The Game Show Network (err, excuse me they were renamed with the ever so trendy new moniker: GSN) has a new program called Without Prejudice? The New York Times describes it this ......... More About: Interactivity , Vent , Tera , Interact
New Artworks Unveiled in Montreal
2007-08-05 23:56:00 If only I had more walls to hang them on, I'd be a serious collector of automobile art. No, make that transportation art, as I'm also a fan of trains, planes, ships and boats. (Yes, one of these days I'll grow up.) Unfortunately my 1-bedroom condo has limited wall space and without spoiling the clean-lined modern decor, there's no more room. But that doesn't stop me from admiring other works and recommending them to viewers who may have gallery space available or are willing to squeeze one more piece onto a den wall. I'm already using my laundry room as an ......... More About: Montreal , Artworks , Veil , Mont
Passiflora lutea
2007-08-05 23:50:00 Thank you again to David Smith for sharing a photograph of a Delaware native wildflower (original plus more photos via the BPotD Submissions ......... More About: Flor , Passi
Drought - an Evil of Sunshading
2007-08-04 22:15:00 In the wake of climate change, geoengineering in the form of sun shading was beginning to give some hope, however the idea seems to be losing its appeal among its prospective users. Fears are that domino effect of sun shading would be ......... More About: Evil , Drought
California May Soon Get Its First cellulose-waste to Ethanol Production Pla
2007-08-04 17:19:00 With the world plunged into suffocation from global warming leading to chocking the cities across the world, the need to lower the overall greenhouse gas emissions is growing in ......... More About: California , Ethanol , Production , Waste , Prod
UN Asks Developed Nations to Further Cut Emissions
2007-08-03 07:17:00 A UN special meet on climate change harped on the developed world to carry more of the burden of tackling greenhouse emissions. Warning that if let loose to envelope the planet, these carbon emissions will choke the atmosphere poisoning the man-friendly environment, the UN also called for less-developed nations to contribute their bit in cooling the atmosphere. ......... More About: Emissions , Nations , Develop , Missi
Fund of Endangered Children: Listen to Teddy
2007-08-03 07:03:00 Fund of Endangered Children , a non-profit making organization had launched this thought provoking direct campaign in the Czech Republic with a view to raise funds. The campaign was launched with a view to address the largest companies in the country and persuade them to contribute generously for a noble cause. The second aim of the campaign was to engage the general public as well to initiate a general discussion about the issue of tortured children. ......... More About: Listen , Fund , Teddy
Camera and Digital Picture Frame All-in-one
2007-07-28 19:11:00 Certainly you can see the practicality to the Samsung SS700, which is both a Camera as well as a digital picture frame. The designer, Jin Woo Han, figured why shoot and pics and mount them on different devices. ......... More About: Picture , Digital , Frame , Picture Frame
Oasis on the Plains
2007-07-28 12:47:00 Palm trees in western Kansas? Pablo in western ......... More About: Oasis , Plains
Jodie Sweetin Weds Best Friend
2007-07-28 08:38:00 When actress Jodie Sweetin had met Cody Herpin she did not have even the slightest idea that her best pal would one-day turn out to be her better half. The couple exchanged vows at the Little Church of the West on the Vegas Strip in the presence of just some close ......... More About: Friend
Watches Penguin Behavior to Learn About Antarctic
2007-07-24 23:54:00 Can you guesstimate how old antarctic ice sheets are? Well, Steven D. Emslie has. The North Carolina university professor uses a particular species of penguins and radio carbon dating methods to determine the age of the Antarctic ice sheets. The prof. estimates that Ross Ice shelf advanced northwards about 13,000 years ago and it started to retreat end of the ice age. ......... More About: Watches , Behavior , Learn , Penguin , Guin
Is Hunting Whales Affecting the Diet of Penguins?
2007-07-24 16:22:00 Adeline penguins live on the Antarctic continent and on many small, surrounding coastal islands. They spend the winter offshore in the seas surrounding the Antarctic pack ice. Initially these birds feasted on a diet based only on fish, which now includes a major portion of krill. They have substituted easier-to-catch krill as a preferable high-energy food ......... More About: Diet , Whales , The D , Penguin , Hunting
HOLLY HUNTER TO PLAY DRUNK SLUT OKLAHOMAN ON TV
2007-07-24 13:16:00 Academy Award winning actress, Holly Hunter , makes her debut on TV in a prime time series tomorrow night, Monday, July ......... More About: Play , Drunk , Slut
Solar Energy: Future Bright.....not Quite!
2007-07-19 02:34:00 Some scientists had calculated a long time back that energy rained down on Earth by Sun in an hour is the same as the amount of energy consumed by humans worldwide in a year. This calculation led to the birth of the first conventional devices that harnessed solar ......... More About: Future , Energy , Solar , Bright , Solar energy
Hit That Lady One More Time.....
2007-07-15 02:03:00 On every magazine cover, on every channel, on the radio, and the newspaper a running theme has recently ensued! No, not more on the war, instead we receive a daily report on the on again, off again rehabilitation of Ms. Britney Spears. Amazingly enough with billions of people on this planet, the media cannot seem to find anyone else as newsworthy.Okay, I admit my life is not “flashy” and the two dirty diapers I changed and seven hungry months I fed last night may not be exciting, but at least it is a dose of normalcy! Don’t get me wrong, I do not loathe ......... More About: Time , Lady
The Method.
2007-07-11 13:52:00 James van Maanen's got a recommendation for you. Notes'll ......... More About: Method
Tires Dumped to Create Artificial Reefs
2007-07-10 01:19:00 Earlier when tires were being dumped into the oceans people thought it was a good idea to get rid of waste and to create artificial reefs, but it completely backfired. In the rough and corrosive environment of the ocean, nylon straps wore out and snapped, cables rusted, and tires broke ......... More About: Reefs , Create , Tires , Tire
Economics of Immigration
2007-07-09 21:26:00 Glenn Loury, professor of Econ omics at Brown University, poses a very interesting point on immigration. While there is little to no evidence that immigration is actually doing any harm whatsoever to job availability for documented, legal citizens - what would this country look like if we had no illegal ......... More About: Immigration
Fiat Topolino Returns, North Americans Want It!
2007-07-09 14:16:00 Americans love their big, brawny muscle cars. Europeans have a similar affection for tiny vehicles that graduated their owners from two to four wheels. In Italy, the most-loved was Fiat 's 500, manufactured from 1936 to 1948 and affectionately known as the Topolino or "Little Mouse." It had a diminutive 4-cylinder engine, two seats, a roll-back canvas roof; the latter well-suited to the warm Italian climate. The Fiat 500(Cinquecento in Italian) was an instant success and is regarded as one of the great designs of automotive ......... More About: North , Americans , Turn
Now you can become a micro lender too .....
2007-07-09 09:58:00 Certainly it was about time for that to happen - kiva.org is seemingly the worlds first liquid marketplace for micro loans. Actually the site is around for some years now but only now gets a bit more press (and this is how I found it ......... More About: Micro , Ender , Lend
BMW 135i Set To Tear Asphalt
2007-07-03 22:29:00 [Image Source: ......... More About: Tear , Asphalt
McDonald's to Use Its Cooking Oil As Biofuel
2007-07-03 19:29:00 McDonald’s is all set to lend a helping hand in the struggle against global warming as it is has announced to use its cooking oil as biodiesel for its various UK delivery ......... More About: Cooking , Biofuel , Cookin
Gradually Vanishing Wilderness
2007-07-03 12:28:00 With the spreading of civilization, the most concerned topic of todays environment scientists is domestication of forest. People have domesticated the forest to such an extent that now there is hardly any place left untouched by humans. A recent article published in Nature says a lot about ......... More About: Wilderness , Wilde , Adua , Shin , Vanishing
Importing Labor
2007-07-03 06:53:00 So about this immigration for labor thing - is it good? Is it bad? It's hard to ......... More About: Labor , Import
Be Censored or Be Secret
2007-07-01 06:17:00 "there's nothing to keep your employer from firing you, or taking other disciplinary action, for what you say at the water cooler, in a company newsletter, or even on your own personal blog." ~Delaware Online (Apr ......... More About: Secret
Next Phase of Social Networking
2007-06-28 00:32:00 Everything moves in phases, the moon, kids, moods, everything. So be it for social networking sites. ......... More About: Social , Social Networking , Networking , Working , Phase
Sunday reflections
2007-06-28 00:30:00 One of the unforeseen consequences of staying in a really fine bed and breakfast with a lovely garden is the desire to fix up your own house and garden when you get home. I had hoped to go to Roundrock today, but . . ......... More About: Reflections , Sunday
Shorts, 6/25.
More articles from this author:2007-06-28 00:28:00 "Anyone tempted to dip a toe into dramatic silent waters might profitably begin with America." At Greenbriar Picture Shows, John McElwee tells the remarkable story behind DW Griffith's take on the Revolutionary War and ......... More About: Shorts , Short 1, 2, 3 |
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