Kyoto Protocol Participation Map
December 28, 2007
The Kyoto Protocol is a protocol to the international Framework Convention on Climate Change with the objective of reducing Greenhouse gases that cause climate change. It was agreed on 11 December 1997 at the 3rd Conference of the Parties to the treaty when they met in Kyoto, and entered into force on 16 February 2005.
The Kyoto Protocol now covers more than 170 countries globally and more than 60% of countries in terms of global greenhouse gas emissions. As of December 2007, the United States and Kazakhstan are the only signatory nations not to have ratified the act.
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100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know
December 28, 2007
The editors of the American Heritage® dictionaries have compiled a list of 100 words they recommend every high school graduate should know.
“The words we suggest,” says senior editor Steven Kleinedler, “are not meant to be exhaustive but are a benchmark against which graduates and their parents can measure themselves. If you are able to use these words correctly, you are likely to have a superior command of the language.”
The following is the entire list of 100 words Every High School Graduate Should Know:
abjure
abrogate
abstemious
acumen
antebellum
auspicious
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Scientists to recreate Big Bang with Large Hadron Collider
December 28, 2007
Scientists are putting finishing touches to the Large Hadron Collider, the most complex scientific instrument ever constructed with which they hope to recreate the conditions right after the Big Bang.Scientists are hoping to unravel the deepest secrets of our universe by recreating the conditions of Big Bang and revisiting the beginning of time. The experiment is scheduled to run in May 2008. With this experiment, we can witness the first building blocks of the Universe and reveal the ultimate goal of physics … the God Particle and the Theory of Everything
Large Hadron Collider Video 1
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December 27, 2007
The force was strong in Luke Skywalker and his R2-D2. Now, it is passed on to some 40 Star Wars fans led by amateur rocketeer Andy Woerner and the San Diego Tripoli Rocket Association built an actual working Star Wars X-Wing Fighter.
For any Star Wars fan, the X-Wing Fighter is the symbol of Luke Skywalker and the Rebellion’s Starfighter corps. [Read more]
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December 27, 2007
For users of Mozilla Firefox, you have an inbuilt Google Search box on the top right corner of your browser. This Google Search box, based on Google suggest feature, can be used as your personal online calculator.
Online Calculator using Firefox
To use Google’s built-in calculator function, simply enter the calculation you’d like done into the search box and hit the Enter key or click on the Google Search button. The calculator can solve math problems involving basic arithmetic, more complicated math, units of measure and conversions, and physical constants.
Now, with the Online Calculator using Firefox, you don’t have to press Enter or anything else to get the Google Calculator results.
Create Virtual Reality Set-Up With Nintendo Wii Controller
December 26, 2007
Johnny Chung Lee, a Graduate Student at the Human Computer Interaction Institute of Carnegie Mellon University demonstrates an awesome new use for the Wii Controller, Head Tracking.
Using the infrared camera in the Wii remote and a head mounted sensor bar (two IR LEDs), you can accurately track the location of your head and render view dependent images on the screen. This effectively transforms your display into a portal to a virtual environment. The display properly reacts to head and body movement as if it were a real window creating a realistic illusion of depth and space.
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December 26, 2007
Last year Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the US Federal Reserve, earned $183,500. With bonuses included, this is almost exactly what a graduating MBA now expects to be paid to create PowerPoint slides for a bank or consulting firm. But don’t expect them to look happy about it.
We (I graduated four days ago from Insead) have taken our core negotiation course, plus optional salary-negotiation masterclasses and we know that all first offers, no matter how generous, should be viewed as only inching their way into the ballpark of respectability. No wonder recruiters think we are arrogant.
According to the 2007 survey of recruiters run by the Graduate Management Admissions Council, the key gripes of MBA recruiters are about our unrealistic expectations, both in terms of salary and level of job. MBA hires are routinely perceived to be strong on analysis but weaker on interpersonal skills.
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