artifactor
Saint Paul, MN
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First born of eleven, raised in Appleton, MN. High School class of 1967. University of Minnesota B.S. in physics Education. Taught ninth grade physical science for ten years at Delano, MN. Lived in the woods for 20 yrs. Got married at age 30. Received a Doctor of Chiropractic degree from N.W.C.C. and practiced Chiropractic in Appleton, MN. for ten years. Also owned, rented, and sold about a dozen real estate parcels in Appleton. Moved to Como Park, Saint Paul, MN. 1996. Did hospice care for my father-in-law until he died. Volunteer at the Japanese Garden in Como Park. Also volunteer at Collector's Corner at the Science Museum of Minnesota. Sold antiques and collectables for about ten years. Currently, I blog for the SMM "Buzz Blog" as ARTiFactor.
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Feds Inject $620M into Smart Grid Projects · Environmental Leader · Green Business, Sustainable Business, and Green Strategy News for Corporate Sustainability ExecutivesFeds Inject $620M into Smart Grid Projects Smart grid demonstration projects should benefit from the $620 million in Department of Energy funding announced Nov. 24. In addition to smart meters, the 32 demonstration projects range from large-scale energy storage to distribution and ...
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One for the Ages: Bristlecone Pines Break 4,650-Year Growth Record: Scientific AmericanBristlecone pine trees dot the White Mountains in eastern California, giving the stark and rocky landscape one of its few highly visible signs of life. These gnarly-barked trees can survive at altitudes of up to 3,470 meters, although their growth rate at these heights is limited because of ...
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In Search for Intelligence, a Silicon Brain Twitches - WSJ.comFor the last four years, Henry Markram has been building a biologically accurate artificial brain. Powered by a supercomputer, his software model closely mimics the activity of a vital section of a rat's gray matter. Dubbed Blue Brain, the simulation shows some strange behavior. The ...
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Blue Brain ProjectThe Blue Brain Project is the first comprehensive attempt to reverse-engineer the mammalian brain, in order to understand brain function and dysfunction through detailed simulations. Computer simulations in neuroscience hold the promise of dramatically enhancing the scientific method by ...
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China executes 2 for role in tainted milk scandal - Yahoo! NewsPopular Searches: Choose a search type from the items below All News Yahoo! News Only News Photos Video/Audio News Search China executes 2 for role in tainted milk scandal Buzz up! Send Share Print AFP/File – Grandmother Zheng Shuzhen holds a portrait of her deceased ...
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59The Singularity: A Special ReportOne of my first experiences with the internet (back in 1997?) was to ask Jeeves "What is the purpose of life". The answer was to explain "the singularity" and that ones purpose in life should be ensuring that the self learning seed program for AI would somehow have coded into it the protection ...artifactor added to Solar Soyuz Zaibatsu 18 months ago
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5910M children worldwide die from lack of health care - Yahoo! NewsUse of existing, low-cost tools and knowledge could save more than 6 million of the 9.7 million children who die yearly from easily preventable or curable causes, the report said. They include antibiotics that cost less than $0.30 to treat pneumonia, the top killer of children under 5, and oral ...artifactor added to Health and Medicine 18 months ago
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59DailyTech - Cheapartifactor added to Current Science 19 months ago
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59.::: Cleveland BioLabs, Inc :::.Radiation antidoteartifactor added to Current Science 19 months ago
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59NASA Science - Science Mission DirectorateI think theoretical carbon 14 ratios were off in the past by as much as 1000 years (don't quote me on that). The bristle cone pine tree remnants provided a test for carbon dating back about 12000 years (dendrochronology) and now a correction factor is used. Here is a link (bottom 2 paragraphs) - ...artifactor added to Current Science 19 months ago