Waterbiking with Dolphins

Posted: April 26th, 2011
at 11:03am by mnp
Categories: green,10th dan,ninjas are everyehere
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The Antarctic Time Zones
This ninja writes about the end of time zones, which may be a bit drastic- I believe a better way is for the Antarctic time zones! Time needs to be changed! For more information contact info@myninjaplease.com
Posted: April 26th, 2011
at 9:02am by mnp
Categories: myninjaplease,web,weaponry,2 hours on the internet,"ninja",travel,development,ir
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Demand Based Parking Pricing
San Francisco and parking have never been a great mix, nor has parking there been cheap. A new proposal to make it easier to park could have drivers paying $18 an hour at a street meter. This week, people’s parking habits could be changing. "We’re really excited about this new project, SF Park. we’ll be launching it on the 21st," said Nathaniel Ford, spokesman for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency SF Park is a two-year federally-funded experiment. The idea is to use demand-based pricing to influence where and when people park. The goal is to reduce traffic on the street.
How Much Time Do Scientists Spend on Obtaining Grants?
Computer scientist Matt Welsh said that one reason he left Harvard for Google was that he was spending 40% of his time chasing grants. (Source)
Posted: April 25th, 2011
at 5:04pm by mnp
Categories: business,science,education
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Reinventing the Shipping Container Part 6
Box Office which is currently 75% leased, built by Distill Studio and great for startups, is a Providence, Rhode Island feature that utilizes shipping containers in an actual application. Check out some of the photos below.
The building is a welcome addition to a blighted area and a model for the sort of green building that that Cicilline said he hopes to make Providence a national leader in. "This area has been long neglected," said City Councilor John Lombardi, who represents Federal Hill. "What they’re looking to do is certainly something different."
The movement to recycle old shipping containers has taken off primarily because there are so many of them in circulation.
Containers, while a cheap and efficient way for companies to send their goods internationally, are too costly to send back to their home ports empty. The result, according to Case, is that there are "literally hundreds of thousands of these things sitting in ports."
Some of the most recognized projects include Container City, a residential complex made of containers in London’s Docklands, that was built in 2001 and today has 37 live-work spaces.
Amsterdam boasts one of the world’s largest container residences: a dormitory complex completed in 2006 with 1,000 units of student housing. And in April, Boston’s Fan Pier played host to Puma City, a temporary collection of 24 shipping containers, arranged into a multilevel Puma retail store with a bar and event space. (Source)
:: All images courtesy of Distill Studio ::
Posted: April 25th, 2011
at 1:15pm by mnp
Categories: architecture,photo,development,entrepreneurship
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Innovation : Baking a Cake for America
David Muchow, the President and CEO of SkyBuilt Power, shared an article of his with me in which he lays out his vision of how the U.S. can foster green innovation.
Entitled "How to Bake the Green Technology Cake: The Missing Key to Technology Innovation," the article analogizes the process of getting an invention from conception to marketplace to that of baking a cake.
For small inventors, in particular, Muchow observes that the necessary ingredients are scattered, the cook takes too long, and oftentimes there’s no oven. So he lays out three steps for baking the "innovation cake."
The Ingredients: According to the article, the necessary ingredients - funding, legal advice, business advice, industry knowledge, customers - have to be collected from many different sources.
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Posted: April 25th, 2011
at 1:01pm by mnp
Categories: green,business,mnp is for the children,weaponry,development,blogs,internets,entrepreneurship,innovation
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