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Monday, March 29, 2004

Darwin savior

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Darwin descendant aims to save Galapagos plants by Paul Brown, environment correspondent

The great-great granddaughter of the naturalist Charles Darwin was launching an appeal yesterday to help save the critically endangered plants of the Galapagos islands.

Sarah Darwin, a botanist and expert on the Galapagos tomato, is vice president of the Galapagos Conservation Trust, which needs Â£250,000 over the next two years to fund its work on the islands. via...The Guardian

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Monday, March 22, 2004

Great site! do something!

http://www.charitychoice.co.uk/ The Premier Guide to Charities in the UK.

Charity Choice Directory Online
Find a UK charity of your choice using a number of search options.

Charity Category Search Find a charity by category.

Charity Search Find a charity by name, location, category and /or keyword.

Charity Choice Publications View our wide range of charity publications and order online.

Charity Choice Services Directory Online Search for charity service providers.

Goodwill Gallery Click here to view FREE goods and services on offer to charities or register your offer of help.

Make a Will Have you made a will? Charities rely on legacies however big or small.

Advertising Options Click here for our wide range of advertising options both online and within our print publications.

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Saturday, March 20, 2004

Extiction...

Loss of birds and butterflies may be a sign of major global extinction
The Associated Press Thursday, March 18, 2004
WASHINGTON A detailed survey of birds and butterflies in Britain shows a population decline of 54 to 71 percent, a finding that suggests the world may be undergoing another major extinction.

Researchers said the study helped support the theory that the sixth big extinction in Earth's history is under way, and this one is caused by humans.

In a series of population surveys that combed virtually every square yard and meter of England, Scotland and Wales over 40 years, more than 20,000 volunteers counted each bird, butterfly and native plant they could find. An analysis of the findings appears this week in the journal Science. via...IHT

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Thursday, March 18, 2004

Orkut you invite me?

Its a Small Planet After All
I saw a press release the other day, about a new social networking app called Small Planet. I pinged the contacts, begged entry to the 'by-invitation-only' service, and was surprised at what I discovered.via...Stowe Boyd - Corante

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Best Mate, the legend!

Best Mate rides into history Cheltenham 2004: Best Mate clung on to win his third Cheltenham Gold Cup - equalling the legendary horse Arkle. via...The Guardian

Simply the Best By Frank Malley, PA Chief Sports Writer
It was the sound of history in the making.

As Best Mate strode majestically into the winner?s enclosure a roar reverberated around Cheltenham to send a tingle up the spine and set the hairs on end. It was the sort of sound which indicated the presence of sporting greatness. via ...The Scotsman

MATE LEAVES CHELTENHAM BUZZING
They roared him to the post and roared him up the hill.

The Cheltenham crowd knew they were witnessing history and revelled in the moment.

Best Mate is a triple Gold Cup winner.

He now sits alongside the likes of Arkle and Golden Miller in the record books and people's hearts. via...Sportinglife

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Monday, March 15, 2004

Kewdos

Kew launches effort to record every plant of the British Empire By Michael McCarthy, Environment Editor

Scientists at Kew have embarked on a mission to ensure that the sun never sets on the floral heritage of what remains of the British Empire.

After successfully preserving the seeds of nearly all the native wildflowers and trees of Britain in a unique conservation project, the Royal Botanic Gardens is seeking to repeat the exercise with Britain's remaining Overseas Territories. via... the Independent

PIC A resource discovery engine giving access to multiple data sources via a single search. To find out what Kew knows about a given plant, start here.

Find out about the Kew Library collections by searching our catalogue, and gain access to botany libraries worldwide, starting from here.

Browse and search the complete range of scientific, horticultural and general interest books, journals and CDROMs published by Kew, and order them online.

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Wild Aid

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WildAid's Mission

WildAid provides direct protection for wildlife in danger.

Our driving goals under this mission are:
To decimate the illegal wildlife trade in our lifetimes
To bring wildlife conservation to the top of the international agenda
To effectively and affordably protect wilderness areas
To ensure that endangered species populations rebound
To enable people and wildlife to survive together

WildAid sends 100% of public donations directly to the field.

How you can help
Donate - Contributions large and small can be designated: Direct to the Field or Endowment for the Future.
In-kind Giving - services and technology
Volunteerism - Help in your local area - or from cyberspace
Educate - Learn what you can do to help

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Camden Arts Center

Art and Style Cross Borders: London By ALAN COWELL

London likes to boast that it caters to all tastes and pockets. In recent months, that appears to be true enough with renovations of an almost spartan art gallery and a luxurious hotel.

At the more frugal end of this spectrum, the Camden Arts Center in north London reopened in January after a two-year, $7.8 million refurbishment. The design, by the architect Tony Fretton, brings a new sense of space and light to the first-floor galleries. With its compact combination of a cafe, bookstore, studios and exhibits, it has been hailed by The Times of London as "the main place to see contemporary art in north London." via...NYT

About - Camden Arts Centre is a creative hub - a stimulating and welcoming place where you can actively engage with art, artists and ideas through a challenging and frequently changing programme of exhibitions and education.
Downloadable location and attractions map (pdf 103kb)

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Orkut Bill

Fancy joining Bill's network?
Technology analyst Bill Thompson has just signed up for the latest hot social networking site, but only in the interests of research, honest.
I have just joined the Orkut web-based networking service, after being invited to do so by an online friend who works at Greenpeace. via ...BBCi

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Have your say about carbon dioxide emissions in the 21st century.

The climateprediction.net experiment has been developed to allow a state-of-the-art climate prediction model to be run on home/ school/ work computers. By getting data from thousands of climate models, we will generate the world's largest climate prediction experiment.

[read more about the experiment]

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Whaling

Whaling 'too cruel to continue' By Alex Kirby BBC News Online environment correspondent

Animal welfare campaigners say methods of killing whales are so inhumane that all whaling operations should cease.

A coalition of 140 groups, Whalewatch, says many whales do not die quickly when hit, and tests to decide exactly when a whale is dead are inadequate.

The well-known UK naturalist Sir David Attenborough says in a foreword that Whalewatch's report shows "there is no humane way to kill a whale at sea". via...BBCi

International Whaling Commission
Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society
Whalewatch

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Sunday, March 14, 2004

Battersea Dogs Home

Dogpile UK the global search engine, has joined forces with Battersea Dogs Home and will donate money to the Home each time users download their toolbar and make searches.

Dogpile UK accumulates results from ten search engines and has recently improved its downloadable toolbar. By downloading the toolbar and using it to search the web, you can now help raise funds for Battersea Dogs Home!

The new toolbar installs in seconds and is immediately available for download at Dogpile's special new microsite Batterseasearch.

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More than six million useless torturous chemical tests on animals...

Fury at EU call for 'needless' chemical tests on animals By Rajeev Syal

Thousands of animals face laboratory tests involving industrial chemicals because of new European Union legislation.

Dogs, rabbits and rats will be among the animals used so that Britain can comply with tougher EU rules.

Some experiments will be repeats of tests carried out by private companies, the Government has admitted. via...The Telegraph

The new chemicals legislation

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Pollution news wins

Scripps Howard Foundation announces National Journalism Award winners
A Naples Daily News 15-day series about widespread pollution of the Gulf of Mexico won the national Edward J. Meeman Award for environmental reporting when the Scripps Howard Foundation ...via Topix

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Green Glass

A recycling phenomenon that started in South Africa in 1992 and rapidly spread throughout Europe is starting to turn notions of tableware fashion, art and environmentalism upside down in the United States as well.

What makes this the most unusual recycled glassware company in the world? Each goblet that is crafted is made from the actual bottle, with its intrinsic color and shape maintained in the finished glass!

Green Glass does not crush, melt and remold like traditional recyclers. Instead, see the image below which shows how differently this company does it!

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Saturday, March 13, 2004

Vladis Krebs Analysis

Study Finds a Nation of Polarized Readers By EMILY EAKIN

Bush at War" and "Sleeping With the Devil" are just two of the political books that have dominated the best-seller list of The New York Times in recent months. But according to Valdis Krebs, a social-network analyst in Cleveland, these volumes â€” the first a blow-by-blow account of White House deliberations in the aftermath of Sept. 11, the second an exposÃ© of corruption and hypocrisy in American-Saudi relations â€” share an unusual distinction. They occupy a sparsely populated middle ground, rare titles that have been bought by people who generally tend to shop for much more partisan polemics.

Could it be that readers of these books represent some of the coveted undecided voters in the November election? via...NYT

))) I think that the practice of offering clients a list of books bought by people who bought a certain book undully influences their buying patterns.

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Friday, March 12, 2004

Lifeblog

Log your life via your phone By Mark Ward BBC News Online technology correspondent

Lifeblog on a phone screen
Nokia is developing software that will help turn its phones into life loggers.
The Lifeblog software automatically arranges all the messages, images, videos and sound clips people capture with their phones.

The PC software organises information on a timeline and lets people add to the collection with images from other digital still and video cameras.

Eventually the software will let people publish some or all of the information they collect to the web to let them create their own biographical blog. via...BBC

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Wednesday, March 10, 2004

Michelangelo

David's ankle strained
Michelangelo's statue David may be clean in time for
his 500th birthday this year, but experts are concerned that his left
ankle may not be strong enough to keep him standing forever. via...The
Guardian - Arts

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Britart

Oh do look, a calf with six legs
Art: Seven years after Sensation, Tate
Britain mounts a Britart show, but what was once shocking is now stale.
via...The Guardian - Arts

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Trafalgar Square

Royal parade
Art: The arguments over Trafalgar Square's empty fourth plinth
have been raging for 160 years. But Simon Bradley knows just how to fill
it.via...The Guardian - Arts

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Modern Painters - Guardian prize

Situation critical
Art: The best criticism is stimulating, irritating - and
makes you look again. That's the kind of art writing Charles Saumarez
Smith is searching for as a judge for the new Modern Painters/Guardian
prize. More>
via...The Guardian - Arts

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WMD?

Not convinced by the intelligence
In exclusive extracts from his memoir of the search for weapons of mass destruction, Hans Blix casts light on Tony Blair's crucial role in the build-up to war and the bullying tactics employed by the US. via...The Guardian - Books

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Monday, March 08, 2004

Dipsie maniacs?

Think about how many times a day you use search. Now imagine it with better content, better ranking, delivered more intuitively; getting you where you want...in 2 clicks.

That's Dipsie. via...Interalia

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Sunday, March 07, 2004

Stars call for ban on snares

Stars call for ban on snares by MIKE MERRITT

ACTRESSES Jenny Seagrove and Annette Crosbie have written to the Scottish Executive in a last-ditch bid to get snaring in the Scottish countryside banned.

They want MSPs to reject the part of the new Nature Conservation (Scotland) Bill which will allow the "barbaric" trapping to remain legal. The bill is set to become law in a few weeks when MSPs vote on it.

But last week the environment and rural development committee - which is scrutinising the bill - refused to ban snaring. via...The Scotsman

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Saturday, March 06, 2004

ComDig

Mission - To collect and disseminate online complexity science related information to anybody interested in the topic.

Use the nature of connections about complexity to Speed up its evolutionary development.

Extend its interactions crossing over disciplines, levels of knowledge and geography to find new research and new applications.

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Ozone

U.S. Requests Exemptions to Ozone Pact for Chemical By ANDREW C. REVKIN

The United States is seeking to make more American farmers and industries exempt from an international ban on methyl bromide, a popular pesticide that damages Earth's protective ozone layer, Bush administration officials said yesterday.

Last year, the administration sought to exclude a variety of farmers and food producers from the ban, which takes effect next year under a treaty outlawing substances that harm the ozone layer. The exempt businesses would be allowed 21.9 million pounds of methyl bromide next year and 20.8 million pounds in 2006 in uses like fumigating stored grain and treating golf-course sod and strawberry fields. via...NYT

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Friday, March 05, 2004

We knew this

Warning: Blogs Can Be Infectious By Amit Asaravala

The most-read webloggers aren't necessarily the ones with the most original ideas, say researchers at Hewlett-Packard Labs.

Using newly developed techniques for graphing the flow of information between blogs, the researchers have discovered that authors of popular blog sites regularly borrow topics from lesser-known bloggers -- and they often do so without attribution. via...WIRED

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Thursday, March 04, 2004

Cyber Times Navigator

Navigator is the home page used by the newsroom of The New York Times for forays into the Web. Its primary intent is to give reporters and editors new to the Web a solid starting point for a wide range of journalistic functions without forcing all of them to spend time wandering around blindly to find a useful set of links of their own.

Its secondary purpose is to show people that there's still a lot of fun and useful stuff going on out there.

The list is by its nature highly selective and constantly changing. Suggestions are always welcome.

Maintained by Rich Meislin. Revised January 28, 2004. via...NYT

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Got a Book in You? More Companies Than Ever Are Willing to Get It Out By GAYLE FELDMAN

Since September, the nation's second-largest bookseller, Borders Group, has quietly been conducting an experiment in six Philadelphia-area stores, not as a bookseller, but as a publisher.

"It's easy to publish your own book!" the "Borders Personal Publishing" leaflets proclaim. Pay $4.99. Take home a kit. Send in your manuscript and $199. A month or so later, presto. Ten paperback copies of your novel, memoir or cookbook arrive. via...NYT

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Wednesday, March 03, 2004

Ecademy, Europe's largest and most pervasive social network launches in the US

New York, N.Y. March 1st 2004 - Following quickly on the back of its ground breaking February 9th 2004 announcement with British Telecom in the UK, who are inviting 250,000 of its customers to join Ecademy and recognizing the infinite power of self-organizing networks, today sees the launch of Ecademy USA http://us.ecademy.com. Ecademy, Europeâ€™s largest and most pervasive social network, launches in the United States amid the looming spectre of peer-to-peer based social networks of trust.

Ecademy creates, hosts and organizes online trusted communities of people who share the same cause, situation or vocation. Fused by common experiences, challenges and purpose, these communities are aptly called, Ecademy Trusted Networks (ETNs). ETNs efficiently build virtual networks of natural relationships, which are reinforced at small and large offline gatherings in hotels, bars, restaurants and homes across the country.

Born in the mind of co-founder, chairman and visionary, Thomas Power said: "Ecademy is a global family where any subscriber can have a dialogue with the founders through to new members, to help, support and guide one another, learn from one another and trade with one another all within a Trusted Network operating under a simple ethos of Winning by Sharing".

Gordon Ebanks, Chairman Ecademy US: "I am extremely excited about the knowledge, business and social opportunities that the Ecademy platform will bring to our US members and corporate sponsors."

For further information about Ecademy, please contact:

Glenn Watkins, Chief Executive Ecademy:
glenn.watkins[at]ecademy[dot]com / Tel: +44 20 8342 9460

Thomas Power, Chairman Ecademy
Thomas.power[at]ecademy[dot]com / Tel: +44 7976 438285

For responses to this press release please contact:
Gordon Ebanks, Chairman Ecademy US:
gordon.ebanks[at]ecademy[dot]com / Tel: 646.526.8115

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Pass it on!

Over ten million animals are abused, neglected or abandoned yearly. You can help each day with a free click!

Visit The Animal Rescue Site at http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com daily and click the purple button. That simple action gives food to an abandoned or abused animal.

There is no cost to you! Funding for nutritious food is paid by site sponsors and goes to nonprofit animal welfare organizations who use it to feed animals living in their shelters and sanctuaries.

The Animal Rescue Site was launched in July of 2002 and generated 22.9 million bowls of food for animals in its first year, and more than 28 million bowls in 2003! your help, many more animals will benefit in 2004. It all depends on the number of people who visit the site.

Please click at The Animal Rescue Site once a day and forward this email on so more people can help give animals the happy, healthy lives they deserve!

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