UT Cave Explorers Found
October 14, 2007
Three University of Texas, Austin students who were missing since Saturday at about 6 a.m Eastern Time, in the popular Airmen’s Cave in Austin, Texas were found, the Austin Fire Dept said.
These UT Cave Explorers were found in an area of the Airmen’s cave called Karen’s crawl. A friend of these students called local authorities after the cave explorers did not return by Saturday midnight.
Airmen’s Cave is nearly 12,000 foot long comprising of tight twists and turns. The entrance measures less than 18″ in diameter. It is impossible to stand up inside the Airmen’s cave, which in turn forces the cave explorers to crawl on their hands and knees. The temperature can get low and the rescuers were worried that these UT Students might have gotten tired, cold and disoriented.
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BP Solar Decathlon
October 9, 2007
20 university teams from around the world design, build and operate livable, every-efficient, and completely solar-powered houses
BACKGROUND INFO
BP is a proud to partner with the U.S. Department of Energy and sponsor the Solar Decathlon. In this event that occurs every other year, 20 university teams from around the world design, build and operate livable, every-efficient, and completely solar-powered houses. The event culminates in a week-long competition on the National Mall in Washington, DC. This year, the even occurs from October 11–19.
BP is sponsoring this special event as part of their commitment to discovering cost effective, clean energy solutions for everyday living. They are one of the main corporate sponsors, and the only energy company sponsor, of the 2007 Solar Decathlon and have been involved since the first competition in 2002.
As part of their support for the competition, BP has created a blog in which all of the teams as well as an on-site reporter will write posts throughout the competition. Visit the site: www.bpsolardecathlon.com for BP Solar Decathlon.
Energy and Environmental Policy Options
September 14, 2007
The mission of Energypolicytv.com is to educate decision-makers, stakeholders, thought-leaders and the public about energy and environmental policy options, as well as progress about various forms of energy and ways of protecting the environment.
Energypolicytv.com provides a way for energy and environmental organizations to communicate directly with these audiences without third-party comment.
Energypolicytv.com hosts your videos at no charge. Video content can include speeches, seminars, presentations, news conferences, facility tours, technology demonstrations and other events. However, they do not accept video news releases (VNRs) or product or service commercials. The accepted video formats include .wmv, .mpg, .mpeg, .mov, .mp4, .mpeg4, .avi, .flv, .asf, .qt, .3gp, and .3gpp.
If we go to the climate change channel, one of the most compelling videos I liked in that section was the speech by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-CA). California is one of the largest generators of Green house gases in the United States and it is good to see that the California administration headed by Governor Schwarzenegger are outlining actions his administration is doing to solve climate change on a state level.
There is a growing need for change in the current energy policies to save our environment. And, present Energy Policy TV’s Climate Change Channel serves as the prime source for on-demand video pertinent to these issues.
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August 7, 2007
This is a very good graphic compilation of all the religions in the world right now. This list was compiled using the population and statistics of the year 2002.
The top three religions in the world right now based on the number of followers are Christianity with 29.9% of the world’s population( this percent includes Catholics and Protestants) followed by Muslims with 19.8% and then by the Hindus with 13.3%.
If you wish to view a larger image of religions of the world, click on the link below
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April 8, 2007
PC Mag teamed up with the Princeton Review to find the most connected, plugged-in and the most high tech campuses in the United States.
Although certain aspects of the college experience will probably never change—slob roommates, all-night cram sessions, painful Jägermeister-induced lessons—the 21st century campus is a very different place. Students can stay connected wirelessly anywhere on campus, post ride requests and bikes for sale on the virtual bulletin board, listen to lectures via podcast, and store their psych papers in their own online storage repository. What was ridiculed in Revenge of the Nerds is now the definition of cool.
Obviously, not all campuses are made equal. There are certain schools that strive to provide the best technology for students. So, here is the list of the best schools which offer their students a high-tech environment to prepare for the real world. If you wanted to see how the survey was done, check out Top Wired Colleges: Methodology. Also, here is a list of all the 240 schools that completed the survey.
So, if you are scouting colleges for yourself or your children, check out this list below
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April 6, 2007
Easter, the Sunday of the Resurrection, or Resurrection Day, is the most important religious feast of the Christian liturgical year, observed at some point between late March and late April each year (early April to early May in Eastern Christianity). It celebrates the resurrection of Jesus, which his followers believe occurred on the third day after his death by crucifixion some time in the period AD 27 to 33.
Some Important tidbits about Easter
Observed by: most Christians, although many non-Christians observe secular practices, especially in the Western world
Type : Christian
Significance : Celebrates the death and resurrection of Jesus as the basis for the salvation of mankind.
Date : The first Sunday after the first full moon of spring
2006 date April 16 (Western), April 23 (Eastern)
2007 date April 8 (both Western and Eastern)
2008 date March 23 (Western), April 27 (Eastern)
Celebrations : Religious (church) services, Easter egg hunts, gifts (USA)
Observances : Prayer
Dates for Easter Sunday from the year 2000 to year 2020
In Western Christianity, Easter always falls on a Sunday from March 22 to April 25 inclusive. The following day, Easter Monday, is a legal holiday in many countries with predominantly Christian traditions. In Eastern Christianity, Easter falls between April 4 and May 8 between 1900 and 1970 based on the Gregorian date.
Click here to check the dates for Easter Sunday from the year 2000 to the year 2020
Easter Recipes :
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April 6, 2007
Date of Easter Sunday from the year 2000 to 2020.
This year, in 2007, Easter Sunday falls on April 8th.
In Western Christianity, Easter always falls on a Sunday from March 22 to April 25 inclusive. The following day, Easter Monday, is a legal holiday in many countries with predominantly Christian traditions. In Eastern Christianity, Easter falls between April 4 and May 8 between 1900 and 1970 based on the Gregorian date.
Easter and the holidays that are related to it are moveable feasts, in that they do not fall on a fixed date in the Gregorian or Julian calendars (which follow the motion of the sun and the seasons). Instead, they are based on a lunar calendar similar—but not identical—to the Hebrew Calendar. The precise date of Easter has often been a matter for contention.
The calculations for the date of Easter are somewhat complicated. See computus for a discussion covering both the traditional tabular methods and more exclusively mathematical algorithms such as the one developed by mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss.
In the Western Church, Easter has not fallen on the earliest of the 35 possible dates, March 22, since 1818, and will not do so again until 2285. It will, however, fall on March 23, just one day after its earliest possible date, in 2008. Easter last fell on the latest possible date, April 25 in 1943, and will next fall on that date in 2038. However, it will fall on April 24, just one day before this latest possible date, in 2011.
Dates for Easter Sunday, 2000-2020
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