Submitted to Digg by AmyVernon 8/29/2008
Mental Floss takes a look at some ugly, even dangerous strikes that turned bad. Not much more description is needed - just a great read into history with a bit of interesting points made about today.
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As we head into Labor Day Weekend, we thought it would be fitting to revisit some notable strikes in American history —from the railroad industry to the Post Office, Disney to the NFL.
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Submitted to Propeller by jeremytoday and to Digg by diggboss 8/28/2008
While Popular Mechanics often gets too much social media love, this is one that probably deserved a front page more than some of the other submissions from theis (awesome) website. The only complaint - you have to click through all of the thumbnails to see them. Oh well - nobody’s perfect.
Click to the story to see all of the pics. The one below is my personal fave.
Ultimate Sand Castle
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Submitted by stevehl42 on 08/23/2008
Quite the choice of text from the article for the title and description by the submitter. Also, quite the feat.
Joseph Pujol, the fartiste, became the world’s first flatulence “musician.” The article describes a little of how he discovered this ability and his on stage performance.
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…and project it back out with great force.
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Submitted to Digg by life38 8/21/2008
Competition can cause many negative situations. This is one of those cases where a little competition is having an impact. It’s the kind of impact that, if done on a mass scale, can have tremendous results.
Check out Energy Smackdown. It pits families against one another in good-natured competition in hopes of increasing awareness and reducing each family member’s carbon footprint. Last year three families from Medford squared off against each other in the contest, which is taped and shown on local cable. This year BrainShift expanded the contest to Arlington, Cambridge, and Medford, where 10 families from each community will compete.
Live it and love it!
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Neighborly Competition can be a good thing.
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Submitted by nobody98 on 08/20/2008
What do Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain, and Jim Morrison have in common (besides drugs)? Wait; you cheated and looked at the title. Didn’t you?
It’s called the 27 Club, a group of musicians who all died at the same age: 27. From today (August 21st) to October 12th, the Proud Galleries will be holding an exhibition of photographs of the more iconic members of the 27 Club.
The linked video is of journalist Neil McCormick giving an overview of it.
Proud Camden presents Forever 27, a portrait of the much mythologised ‘27 Club’, the group of ill-fated rock stars whose lives have been tragically cut short at the age of 27. Featuring iconic images from a collaboration of world-renowned rock photographers, Proud Camden will present a definitive look at Rock & Roll’s most infamous member’s club… read more
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Music journalist Neil McCormick guides us through ‘Forever 27′ - a photographic exhibition of musicians who died at the age of 27.
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Submitted to Digg by jophillips 8/19/2008
For many, the prospects of “going green” can be appealing. Whether to be a true contributor to a worthy cause, to achieve a personal sense of activism, or to simply set an example to family and friends, there are those who want to start demonstrating their conscious understanding of the crumbling environment that surrounds us.
The problem is that many just don’t know how to get started. This story gives some great ways.
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Going green: where to start? If you are interested in living a more eco-friendly lifestyle, this is for you. We hope you will find WebEcoist to be pleasantly free of politics and we’ll never tell you to eat granola, hug a tree or vote for the Greens. You don’t even have to switch to tofu.
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Submitted to Reddit by SVOboy and to Digg by Sconathon 8/19/2008
The sun is everywhere. It heats everything on the planet.
Roads and parking lots are everywhere.
It just makes sense that someone would come up with a way to harness the power of the sun and the heat collection capabilities of asphalt to produce energy. Frankly, I’m surprised nobody thought of it before.
This article in GreenUpgrader, plus these articles on Science Daily and CleanTechnica, shed some light (pun intended) on the potential of using the abundant combination of road and rays and making a super-potential power supply for the world.
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They’ve figured out how to turn cobble stones into /solar panels. What’s next? It’s getting kind of ridiculous.
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Submitted by mklopez on 08/18/2008
I love Star Wars, but there’s no way in hell I’d pay to see this movie. Not with the reviews of it I’ve read. It seems no one liked this movie.
Perhaps, the producers went too far trying to create something different? Perhaps, they never saw the other flicks? Perhaps, they got beat up senseless prior to making the film?
But, George Lucas was involved in this project. Is this how he wanted the film?
The Film School Rejects ask three very important questions.
What’s up with that Purple Cross-Dressing, possibly Trans-gendered Ziro the Hutt?
Did we really need the Disney Channel subplot between Anakin and Ahsoka?
Why the hell was Ahsoka calling Anakin Skywalker, the man who would become Lord Darth Vader, “Sky Guy?”
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We enjoyed Star Wars:The Clone Wars. It was …not bad. Decent. Alright, it was sort of a let down. Although we enjoyed certain parts, certain characters, and certain aspects of the film, we walked out of the theater scratching our heads. [SPOILERS]
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Submitted by jstohler on 08/17/2008
Submitted for your approval, one economics professor with the uncanny ability to peek into the future and see horrible economic events unfold. A man labeled a pessimist and ignored by his peers. Soon, however, he will be listened to as his predicted events unravel before everyone. It’s a story that can only happen in: The Twilight Zone.
Sorry, the photo and the story (mostly the photo) brought to mind images of Rod Serling and old Black and White Twilight Zone episodes.
If you haven’t heard of Nouriel Roubini, you should read this. He was initially dismissed as a “career naysayer” and had his predicitons dismissed due to lack of using “mathematical models.”
Many of his predictions, however, have come true. And, his peers are starting to listen to him.
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He predicted the current economic crisis, and he says things are going to get worse.
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JD Rucker on August 30th, 2008
