The National Center For Science Education (now at its new ncse.com address) is offering a free pdf of a chapter from my book, The Tangled Bank: An Introduction to Evolution. The chapter, called “Radiations and Extinctions,” is about the two sides of biodiversity

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Tangled Bank: Read the Excerpt And Then Stuff That Stocking! | The Loom

Many newspapers have reported that scientists have ”cracked the code” of cancer with the analysis of the entire genetic sequence of malignant melanoma skin cancer and an aggressive form of lung cancer. In the past researchers were only able to look at smaller sections of DNA, as sequencing the entire DNA of a cell would have taken a very long time. Recent advances in technology have allowed the analysis of the entire sequence of DNA within a cell much more quickly.However, cancer is a complex…

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A curious tweet this morning from personal genomics company deCODEme, barely a few weeks after the declaration of formal bankruptcy of parent company deCODE Genetics:@decodegenetics: Migrate to deCODE this winter! Upload your genetic data for free. http://www.decodeme.com/data-uploadHere’s a description of the service from the URL in the tweet:deCODEme wants to give even more people the chance to enjoy the best in personal genomics. Our bioinformatics team has just launched a simple system to…

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deCODEme opens its doors to free data upload from 23andMe customers

I am slowly getting back to converting niche review templates and setting them up in WordPress format (the last I was active online taking up WordPress related tasks was in August). In the coming few days, I shall work on getting ready to taking up orders for setting up templates that were released since August. One of the two November’s templates from Niche Review Templates is on Stop Sweating Guides Reviews.

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Stop Sweating Guides Reviews Niche Review Template Now Available in WordPress Format

Victorian Snow Day Put together a mixed media portrait using crafting scraps and this tutorial from Margot Potter. Cookies in a Jar Fun article with recipes and gift tags for making cookies in a jar. Christmas Crackers Make your own Christmas crackers this year (don’t forget to add your favorite terrible joke for an authentic touch)! Striped Stocking A stocking knit in tow colors on large needles is a quick and easy way to hold gifts for the holiday

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Make it Merry Week Seven

Back when I was in Chicago I got to hear many conversations about paleoclimate, a field that is phenomenally rich (literally, there are lots of phenomena to explain) and increasingly data rich, but for all the things to explain and all the data to bring to bear, it struck me that conversations that didn’t involve CO2 greenhouse forcing as a crucial mechanism, on time scales from millenia to eons, were few and far between.Faced with this every day, and faced with an internet burbling about “no…

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Richard Alley Talk

Arctic summers ice-free ‘by 2013′ That’s the headline from a December 2007 BBC story on Professor Wieslaw Maslowski’s American Geophysical Union talk about “Our projection of 2013 for the removal of ice in summer.”  In fact, I heard Maslowski in a May 2006 seminar predict that we could be ice-free in the Arctic by 2016 (search my book, Hell and High Water for “ice-free”). So the flap over the former Vice President’s accurate statement of what Maslowski said is, indeed, symptomatic of an un…

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Gore Derangement Syndrome

Each organization is unique. Today, I just want to share about Zoho Recruit’s different customization options, which allows organizations to customize Zoho Recruit as per their requirements

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Customization Options in Zoho Recruit

Imagine there are accountability mechanisms and no one knows how to use them. Development practitioners in Peru wrestled with exactly this problem in the early 2000s when transparency and accountability became integral parts of government agencies – but citizens had no way of knowing what made public service delivery good and what should be complained about.

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From Inertia to Participation: The Case of RECURSO in Peru

When Michael invited me to write a post on his site, I wanted to talk about some of the changes that are happening online and the speed in which everything is moving. As an outspoken member of Gen-Y (you know the Under 30 crowd), we are experiencing this change and adapting quicker than ever

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Why Gen-Y Is Going To Win The Branding War

It is generally accepted that independent news media are one of the main building blocks for good governance. Ensuring media’s independence from the control of the powerful is a difficult task, however

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A Delicate Dance between Distance and Access

I have long thought that the rental listing niche is ripe for the picking and practically begging someone to give it a decent home.  Zillow has done just that and just in time for the holidays. From Zillow’s very own press release: SEATTLE (Dec.

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Zillow Plays Zanta – Craigslist finds a lump of coal

I bet you know someone who wants to work on a campaign next year. Maybe they are already a super volunteer or they want to get a job as paid staff? Maybe even this person is you

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The Perfect Gift for Someone You Know

If you’re like many online business owners today then you’ve set up your internet presence within the framework of a blog.  This is a smart move because, as any savvy internet marketer will tell you, blogs tend to perform better in the search engines than static sites.  This is due to a number of reasons, not the least of which is the fact that the major search engines place a higher value on sites that offer new information on a consistent basis. If your business model is centered around generating revenue with contextual advertising or affiliate programs then you may already know that churning out a large volume of posts and information is vital to increasing your profits.  It is true that you can still earn a decent amount with only a handful of high-ranking posts that target highly-searched keywords, but experienced bloggers know that going after so-called “long tails” is also worthwhile. By going after “long tail” keyword phrases I’m referring to those which tend to be three words or longer and have what could be considered relatively low search volume.  They are more obscure terms that are easier to rank for but deliver less revenue because few searchers use them when looking for information.  Thus, ranking highly for “cheap platinum wedding rings” is much easier than ranking for “wedding rings”, though the latter phrase might see a hundred times more search engine traffic than the former

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Increase Online Business Earnings With The Long Tail

Have you been searching for copies of my first two cookbooks, Room for Dessert and Ripe for Dessert , only to find out that they’re now out of print? Released in 1999, Room for Dessert had recipes for over 100 of my favorite desserts. Ripe for Dessert followed the same winning formula for easy-to-follow recipes, with a focus on using fruit

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Signed Collection of David’s Cookbooks: Menu for Hope 6

Hello all, We will be moving to Bangalore,India from NewJersey, U.S.A in June.  I am looking for a good school, international preferably, for my daughter, who is studying in 6th grade right now.  I have read through some blogs and also various school websites ( TISB, INDUS, Treamis, MallyaAditi…etc ).  The websites all seem very nice, however the blogs say a different story for some of them.  By the way we are not considering India curriculum (CBSE, ICSE) only because those schools start in June and school ends in June here for my daughter. My question is, how good is Treamis School

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I wrote yesterday about TMI (too much information), so this seems timely. A fellow Scripps Ranch agent wrote that “Scripps Ranch is still not feeling the impact of the housing crisis , with only one short sale closing in November.” To the agent’s credit, I believe he performed a search of the Sandicor MLS using the mandatory remarks field, that place where agents are supposed to indicate whether a home is subject to lender approval of the sale.

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Is Scripps Ranch feeling the impact of the housing crisis? It depends on who you ask.

Here’s what my favorite Crafty Bloggers have been up to this week! Stefanie Girard’s Sweater Surgery Die cut, stamped and shrunk deer Christmas necklace made with inspiration from the book Beyond The Bead The Artful Crafter Just look at the darling ornaments you can make from mini clay flower pots! The Impatient Crafter It’s Project #2 from Madge’s Retrofabulous Christmas Craftabration! Perky Pixie Ornament! About.com Family Crafts Do you make your own Christmas cards? If you do, please take a moment and share your designs and then browse through the pictures of other peoples’ creations. Aileen’s Musings Aileen’s found a great use for those left over cards you have! Check out her Recycled Christmas Card project

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The Elder Economic Security Initiative™ team at WOW is delighted to share our final newsletter of the year! This month, we chose to highlight the one-time $250 Social Security payment under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). We hope the overview, data points, policy update and resources are helpful! For more information about ARRA, sign up to receive the WOW weekly update on ARRA happenings

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The Department of Housing, in Partnership with the City of Canning, is in the process of creating a masterplan for the Brownlie neighbourhood in Bentley . The masterplan will help shape the redevelopment of the precinct over the coming years.

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New Consultation… Brownlie Neighbourhood Masterplan (Perth)