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We've been waiting for these to come in, and now they are here. We are talking about the MOVA Solar Powered Spinning Globes!
These globes sit on their base and with just a little bit of light will spin. If you pick up the globe it will still spin! Put it on the table and it continues to spin! There is no cord, no batteries, and really odd is no obvious solar cells.
You may have heard about the crazy meteor that shattered windows with its sonic boom this morning. Well, an asteroid's passing Earth now, and NASA is livestreaming its progress.
The asteroid, known as 2012 DA14, is set to fly very close to Earth -- it will come within 17,200 miles of us today. Experts say that while the asteroid will not hit Earth, it's one of the first asteroids this big to come this close to our planet.
President Obama just concluded a group interview with a handful of bloggers on Google+. The 40-minute follow-up to the State of the Union covered a broad range of new issues: drones, Mark Zuckerberg, patent trolls, immigrant gay rights, gun control, the distribution of wealth, and even why the president is so "chill." More than any interview I've seen in recent memory, the Google+ hangout gave a deeper insight into his own philosophy and process, even if it was when he deliberately dodged questions.
While serious questions have been raised about the stability and sustainability of the solar energy players in India, a few segments of this industry do offer good business opportunities
By Richa Chakravarty
Since the Indian solar market took off with close to 1.1 GW of photovoltaic (PV) projects during the fag end of 2010, it is experiencing a lull with allocations of only 350 MW under the…
New satellite technology has yielded a stunning new set of views of the Earth at night. And a surprise -- in North Dakota, near the Canadian border, there is a bright spot. It's not a city. It wasn't there six years ago. It, too, is new. You'll see it in the video below as the US comes into view.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Q3YYwIsMHzw…
Last month, we attended the Modern Language Association's annual conference in Boston, Massachusetts, and had a great time talking to educators about how WordPress.com encourages in-class conversations to keep going and keeps students and parents up to date. Today, we're taking a closer look at how some tech-savvy teachers are using WordPress.com to create educational experiences that seamlessly blend the traditional and virtual worlds.
How to use social media to land your next job
Large companies want to save time in assessing potential employees, an easy way to do that is to view your profile(s) on social media.
This guide from Mashable will assist you to maximize your chances of being viewed in the most positive manner.
Things to consider
1. Ethics
2. Grammar
3. Bias you display in your posts
4. Politics, religion, racism, swearing, trolling
5. Attitude
“This plan will put Cincinnati on the map as a national leader for solar energy and our members who live and work in Hamilton County couldn’t be more excited. State leaders and other cities around Ohio should follow........Building a Solar City – EcoWatch: Uniting the Voice of the Grassroots Environmental Movement.
China has long been the world's supplier of low-cost solar panels, and now it's a major market for them, too. According to research firm NPD's SolarBuzz report, in the last quarter of 2012 China bought up 33 percent of the world's solar panel supply.
In contrast, two years prior China accounted for less than 10 percent of the world's solar panel sales.
This will open your eyes to a problem that many of us didn't even know about. Now that you do, what can you do about it? Your information may have been shared with someone via a copier and now it is on its way to a foreign country. Identity thieves can have a heyday.
