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Movie Reviews Via Tweets - Getcher crowdsourced movie reviews via fflick, a Web site that analyzes tweets to figure out what the masses think of the latest movies. The site’s available at http://fflick.com/. When you first get to the site it’ll invite you to sign in via your Twitter account. You don’t have to do that if you’re not comfortable; [ ]...
Feed Source: feedproxy.google.comNew Guide to 30,000 Nonprofits in Israel - A slice of coffee cake to The Chronicle of Philanthropy for the heads-up about GuideStar Israel, a new Web site that provides information on 30,000 nonprofits in Israel. It’s available at http://www.guidestar.org.il/default.aspx?c=1&l=en (that is the English link; the site is also available in Hebrew and Arabic.) The site is in beta. You can do an [ ]...
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Morning Buzz ? September 7, 2010 - This looks like it could be useful: a simple Excel data converter. Also useful, this time from LifeHacker: “Eight Clever Ways to Take Advantage of Free Calling in Gmail.” “On July 24, people around the world made history by capturing glimpses of their lives on camera and submitting the videos to Life in a Day, [ ]...
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Yahoo Has Geographically-Sensitive Search Suggestions - Yahoo announced last week that its search suggestions will now be sensitive to where you are. Read the blog post for examples of why searching for santa in one place will get you different results from searching santa in another place. I dunno. I tried it and it didn’t do that much for me. I [ ]...
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Google Revamps Its Translate Tool - Google announced last week some updates to its translate project. I normally don’t use Google Translate outside the regular Web interface, so I’m sure I’ve missed a lot as it’s evolved. Google Translate lives at http://translate.google.com/. It looks a bit different from what I remember, with more access to tools “up front” and an overt [ ]...
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Morning Buzz ? September 6, 2010 - Wow. The Consumer Product Safety Commission is now offering recall data via an API. Is that not cool? The state of Texas has begun investigating Google Search. “The examination involves the fairness of Google search results, a concept called search neutrality. Some companies worry Google has the power to discriminate against them by lowering their [ ]...
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Over 600,000 Restaurants in Allergy-Friendly Eats Database - I’m really lucky when it comes to food allergies; I’m not allergic to anything except pineapple on pizza. (Seriously. What are y’all thinking?) But I have lots of friends who aren’t as lucky, which makes eating out a bit of a research project, sometimes. AllergyEats, available at http://www.allergyeats.com/, is trying to build a database of [ ]...
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Jazz in an Archive, Jazz on Your Screen - I had never heard of Smalls Jazz Club until I read this item on JazzCorner.com. Now it’s my favorite jazz place in New York City. I’ve been to a few concerts and had a great time. No, I don’t live in New York City. I don’t have to; Smalls Jazz Club has a live video [ ]...
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Large Database of Children?s Books Now Available - The University of Arizona has put online a database of its collection of non-US children’s books — the world’s largest collection. The database, which contains information on more than 30,000 books, is called The World of Words: International Collection of Children’s and Adolescent Literature. It’s available at http://wowlit.org/. You can do a simple keyword search [ ]...
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Morning Buzz ? September 3, 2010 - New York City has a new database of the most neglectful property owners. Hey Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities, I personally can’t wait to learn more about the new Global Digital Archive of Existing Historic Theatres. Keep us posted! Nifty, cool NASA pictures on Flickr. On the day that the ability to make [ ]...
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PAMI Develops Anaerobic Biodigester - REGINA - Oct 2/06 - SNS -- The Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute (PAMI) has developed an anaerobic biodigester system at its facilities in Humboldt, which has the potential to turn common waste into heat and electricity. ...
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SWP Expands Wireless Network - SASKATOON - Sep 7/06 - SNS -- The Saskatchewan Wheat Pool Inc. (SWP) will off wireless high speed access points at 100 of its facilities under a seven year agreement with VCom Inc.' YourLink Inc. subsidiary. ...
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PDA For Dairy Operations - VANCOUVER - Jun 16/06 - SNS -- North American dairy producers now have available a rugged PDA for instantly entering data about individual cows in their herds. ...
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USDA Approves Plant-Made Vaccine - NEW YORK - Jan 31/06 - SNS -- Dow AgroSciences LLC received regulatory approval for a plant-made vaccine from the USDA's Center for Veterinary Biologics, the first time a plant-made product has been approved. ...
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USDA Proposes EDI Rules - WASHINGTON - Jan 27/06 - SNS -- The USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking in response to concerns raised by the industry regarding electronic invoicing. The concern is that sellers may lose their status as trust creditors when using electronic data interchange or electronic invoicing....
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Heads Up Display for Farmers - NEW YORK - Dec 16/05 - SNS -- Smucker Manufacturing is teaming with Motion Research Corporation to create the first Heads Up Display (HUD) guidance systems for agricultural applications. ...
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Alberta Invests in Food Residue Analysis - EDMONTON - Sep 29/05 - SNS -- Alberta Agriculture has invested in a new tandem mass spectrometer (LC-MS/MS) system so that it can rapidly test for chemical residue in food products. ...
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NIR Feed Grain Segregation Project - DES MOINES - Sep 8/05 - SNS -- Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. and CHS Inc. are working on a pilot project to evaluate the feed quality of incoming grain to develop more efficient channeling of defined grain to specific end-use customers. The projec t will be conducted over two years at a minimum of four CHS grain-handling locations, beginning in 2005....
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Hand-Held IRS Device for Forage - WASHINGTON - Sep 8/05 - SNS -- USDA researchers are working with two private companies in Oklahoma to develop hand-held devices which can measure the nutrient quality of forage. ...
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CBOT Upgrades Trading Platform - CHICAGO - Aug 29/05 - SNS -- The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) will upgrade its electronic trading platform on October 9, 2005. ...
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Biodegradeable Polymers Possible - WASHINGTON - Aug 24/05 - SNS -- Glycerol and citric acid can be chemically combined to produce biodegradable polymers that could be used in produce packaging and other products, according to Agricultural Research Service scientists. ...
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Beware of Charity Scams - SYDNEY - Jul 15/05 - SNS -- People should never respond to anonymous requests for charitable contributions and never click on submission links contained in email messages, warns the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). ...
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Chicken Manure Cleans Up Polluted Water - WASHINGTON - Jul 7/05 - SNS -- USDA researchers have found a way to convert chicken manure into a product capable of cleaning polluted waters. ...
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USDA Invents Artificial Bugs - WASHINGTON - Jun 22/05 - SNS -- Plant breeders will soon have a new tool available to simulate attacks by insects on plants to help breeders screen for resistance to insect-borne viral diseases of corn and soybean. ...
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Rapid Herbicide Resistance Tests - WASHINGTON - Jun 20/05 - SNS -- USDA researchers have developed two tests for rapidly screenings horseweed plants for resistance to the herbicide glyphosate. ...
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