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Greensburg GreenTown
Posted on March 3rd, 2008 on MetaFilter
Greensburg, Kansas was destroyed by an F5 tornado in May, 2007. The city council and Governor Sebelius decided to rebuild as a "green" ...

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Liquid Bounce
Posted on March 3rd, 2008 on MetaFilter
At the University of Texas, researchers have produced some amazing videos and photos of liquid bouncing on liquid. This was one of nature.com's...

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Posted on March 3rd, 2008 on MetaFilter
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Honky Tonkin’ on Flickr
Posted on March 3rd, 2008 on MetaFilter
A fantastic photoset capturing the life and times of country western artists Carl Butler and Pearl. There are a few people you may recognize as well. ...

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Minimalist Sky Diving
Posted on March 3rd, 2008 on MetaFilter
Please refrain from all activity while we re-calibrate the Cojones Scale. (single link youtube post) ...

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Hypertexopia - a sort of new type of Wiki for publishing on the net
Posted on March 3rd, 2008 on MetaFilter
Hypertextopia is a hypertext authoring site with some new twists on interface and design concepts. Example stories include The Seven Voyages o...

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Comment on Will All The Votes Be Counted In The Next Primaries? by Teddi Curtis
Posted on March 3rd, 2008 on Comments for News Dissector Blog
Joe Wilson goes from national hero in his fight for his wife’s reputation to Obama basher because he points out just how shallow Obama is...

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Social networks are like the eye
Posted on March 3rd, 2008 on MetaFilter
Social networks are like the eye: A talk with Nicholas A. Christakis. Dr. Christakis' current work is principally concerned with health and social networks. This work takes seriousl...

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Looking ahead to Tuesday
Posted on March 3rd, 2008 on On Deadline
Tuesday's big events: • It's Primary Election Day in Texas, Ohio, Vermont and Rhode Island (and, as CQPolitics notes, the winner in Texas might...

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Comment on THE BLOG IS BACK: POLITICS HOT, ECONOMY COLD by Allene Swienckowski
Posted on March 3rd, 2008 on Comments for News Dissector Blog
I am not an illustrious economist, but I believe that Mr. Eric Janszen is misguided in his thinking that Goldman Sachs could resuce the economy. &#...

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Knut the polar bear hits the silver screen
Posted on March 3rd, 2008 on On Deadline
We've written so often here about Knut the German polar bear that he should have his own category by now. And here's more Knut news: His documentary...

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