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Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Chicken Manure to power 90,000 Homes in the Netherlands!
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Here at Inhabitat we love to see innovative reuses for organic waste, and so we’re perpetually fascinated by the potential of poo to be used as a renewable source of energy. Last week Dutch agriculture minister Gerda Verburg announced a groundbreaking development for the field as she unveiled the world’s largest biomass power plant to run exclusively on poultry manure. The plant will convert a third of the nation’s chicken waste into energy while running at a capacity of 36.5 megawatts - enough to power 90,000 homes!
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Crimes of Fashion
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The arrival of Fashion Week and a controversial Vogue India photo shoot featuring poor rural villagers decked out in designer bling have Jeff Yang thinking about globalization, extreme consumerism and the perils of cultural criticism.
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Tuesday, September 09, 2008
North Korea’s Kim ‘has collapsed’
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The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il, “almost certainly” has health problems, a South Korean government official has told the country’s Yonhap news agency.
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Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Photo Essay: North Korean Propaganda Posters
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“When provoking a war of aggression, we will hit back, beginning with the US!”
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Tuesday, September 09, 2008
What do we sing about, when we sing about the body?
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What do we sing about, when we sing about the body? The chart below, based on a sample of thousands songs, tells the story. The size of a circle corresponds to how often that part is mentioned in each genre. Click on a genre name to see a close-up that shows exactly what words were used.
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Monday, September 08, 2008
A Great New Way to Break Your Ankles!!
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Motorcycles are pretty dangerous. Skateboards are pretty dangerous as well. You got your peanut butter on my chocolate! You got your chocolate in my peanut butter!
I want one for Christmas.
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Monday, September 08, 2008
Sumo Marijuana Scandal
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I suppose this is one of the few sports where marijuana may be considered a performance enhancing drug
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Monday, September 08, 2008
Algae-dyed polar bears puzzle Japan zoo visitors
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Green polar bears are drawing questions from puzzled visitors at a Japanese zoo.
Three normally white polar bears at Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens in central Japan changed their color in July after swimming in a pond with an overgrowth of algae.
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Monday, September 08, 2008
Christian Bale is the new Kermit the Frog!
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The resemblance is uncanny!
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Monday, September 08, 2008
Download Michael Moore’s new movie… Slacker Uprising
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“This is being done entirely as a gift to my fans. The only return any of us are hoping for is the largest turnout of young voters ever at the polls in November.” - Michael Moore
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