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Guilt-free downloads and a whole lot more is coming soon from a new UK based multi-media company Kerchoonz,
and they’re inviting you to sign up now and join their innovative revolution.
Kerchoonz.com pays musicians to give their music away for free.
No DRM, no fuss, no adverts attached! just the music!
What’s more, musicians will also be paid every time their music is listened to on the site.
With the breaking news that the six biggest internet service providers - BT, Virgin Media, Orange, Tiscali, BSkyB and Carphone Warehouse along with the government committing to clamping down on illegal file-sharing, this site ticks all the right boxes with a service due to launch September 2008.
Social Networking, Free Music, Video, Gaming, Television, Film, Blogging and a whole lot more all under one funky new network: Kerchoonz.com
For more information sign up for our newsletter at: Kerchoonz.com
For Press & Media Information contact:
Ann Boyd
email: press@kerchoonz.comGuilt-free downloads and a whole lot more is coming soon from a new UK based... more
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IT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE THE VOLUME OF POEOPLE ON LINE AT CURRENT ON A REAL TIME BASSIS, THEN SUBMISSIONS WOULD NOT BE LOST UNDER THE DAILY TRICKEL OF NEWS, NEWS COULD BE RELEASED AT PRIME TIME, BY THE SUBMITER..???IF THEY DEMED IT URGENT..
WHAT DO YOU THINK...?????? IT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE THE VOLUME OF POEOPLE ON LINE AT CURRENT ON A REAL TIME... more
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~I BELIVE THAT WORDS ARE VERY POWERFUL~COMBONATIONS OF WORDS,
USED WORD,NEW WORDS,OLD WORDS,WORD PHRASES~
~A LANGUAGE EVOLVING~
~PERHAPS A KEY CAN BE DESIGNED WITH A COMBONATION OF WORDS TO
COMUNICATE DIRECTLEY WITH YOU ,EACH OF YOU,
THEN YOU CAN COMUNICATE WITH EACHOTHER AND
UNLOCK THE HUMAN POTENTAL~
~WORDS ARE FUNNY THAT WAY,
~WHEN COMBONATIONS OF WORDS CREATE VISIONS ,
THE WORDS VANISH AT SOME POINT AND
THE VISION IS ALL YOU CAN SEE~
~VISIONS ~BY MINDSTORM~
~I BELIVE THAT WORDS ARE VERY POWERFUL~COMBONATIONS OF WORDS,
USED WORD,NEW WORDS,OLD... more
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California is moving forward in ways to bring renewable energy to homes and business.
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America's institutions of higher learning are some of the best incubators of sustainable solutions to myriad problems, and they are molding and inspiring the bright minds that will inherit the environment from the current generation of polluters.
Hopefully these bright students will help generate the political will it will take to implement these technologies on a national level. America's institutions of higher learning are some of the best incubators of... more
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They laughed and said it couldn't be done. as deserts spread we need a way to halt and reverse that growth, permaculture provides that way.They laughed and said it couldn't be done. as deserts spread we need a way to... more
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Is CurrentTV Becoming the same News Tabloid TV?
I can flip 10 Th(s) of channels and see the same sensationalism and meaningless news on some TV Stations. Nothing is wrong, everything is just beyond believe. Why should I watch current TV or see the count down "n-e-w-s" happening here on the web? In the end of the day the real news gets barrier, my head is empty and I can hardly understand the real issues that affects human life happening around me.Is CurrentTV Becoming the same News Tabloid TV?
I can flip 10 Th(s) of channels and... more
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Suckers pay retail, these urban shopping stars get hip for free.
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UC Berkeley has begun to publish its lectures on YouTube, the first university to team up with the video-sharing site to offer full courses online. It's the latest move to bring higher education to the masses through the Web.UC Berkeley has begun to publish its lectures on YouTube, the first university to team... more
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Hybrid vehicles too expensive for your budget? Biodiesel not revving your engine?
This pod introduces us to Veg Rev, a San Francisco-based company turning your old petroleum-fueled diesel car into a friendlier ecological alternative.
See what it takes to make your car vegetable-oil compatible. You'll be running on grease in no time!Hybrid vehicles too expensive for your budget? Biodiesel not revving your engine?... more
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"A turbine designed to be the forerunner of the UK's first commercial wave power station has been officially switched on in Argyll and Bute.
The device on Islay was set in motion by Scottish Energy Minister and local MSP Jim Mather.
Inverness-based Wavegen plans to install 40 of the turbines off Siader on Lewis in the Western Isles.
It would produce enough power for 1,500 homes and create a much-needed breakwater for boats.
Wavegen has been developing wave power devices for more than a decade. The newly-designed turbine converts the action of Atlantic breakers into electricity which is fed straight into the National Grid.
The turbine has been installed at the company's Limpet facility and was developed with support from the Scottish Government's Wave and Tidal Energy Support (Wates) scheme.
Mr Mather said: "The Scottish Government is determined to help make Scotland a world leader in the development and deployment of wave and tidal technologies."
Dr Roland Muench, of Voith Siemens Hydro - Wavegen's parent company - said he believed harnessing ocean energy would become a growth sector. "
Hell yeah alternative energy!"A turbine designed to be the forerunner of the UK's first commercial wave... more
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Great for home, school or sales presentations. Excellent balance of skill and imagination.
I know what a great teaching tool an interactive board can be it would be great to get the kids in the class involved in helping set this up. A wii remote is so identifiable to kids, I could imagine some girl or boy getting really inspired by using this.
It is also a good way to show the boss how thrifty you are.
I would like to her from anyone who has used this. Tell current what you think.Great for home, school or sales presentations. Excellent balance of skill and... more
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It's another breakthrough in bio-fuels according to an article in EcoGeek.
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MIT researchers say they have discovered a way to use solar energy cheaply even after the sun goes down, which could make it a mainstream source of power within the next decade.
Solar energy has been expensive and inefficient to use after dark, said Daniel Nocera, 51, the Henry Dreyfus professor of energy and professor of chemistry at MIT. But in an article published in the July 31 issue of the journal Science, Nocera and other Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers say they have found a simple, inexpensive process for storing solar energy.
"How the heck are you going to build an economy or a business only if the sun is shining?" said Nocera, the senior author. "What you really need to do is when the sun is shining, figure out how to store some of that energy so you can unleash it when the sun isn't shining."
Nocera and the other researchers based their work on a compound made from cobalt and phosphate, both readily available. When the sun is out, electricity from solar panels can be fed to the compound in water, causing the water to split into hydrogen and oxygen. The elements create a chemical fuel that can be recombined to create energy later, when the sun is not shining.
The discovery breaks "the connection between energy and fossil fuels because my energy is coming from water," said Nocera, "unleashing the solar energy, not in real time, but when you want to."
The researchers said the findings open the door for large-scale use of solar energy around the clock - not right away but within 10 years. The next step is engineering the system to create and use the solar power. That task will be part of an engineering design project at MIT during the upcoming semester, Nocera said.
Cost is the biggest challenge facing the solar energy industry, said Monique Hanis, spokeswoman for the Solar Energy Industries Association, an industry trade group in Washington, D.C.
"The industry is trying to cut costs and improve efficiency all along the supply chain," Hanis said. "The cost of solar should be on par with sort of traditional fossil sources in about eight years," based on the rising costs of other forms of energy and the trends the association has seen in cost reductions in solar over the last decade, she said.
Nocera and the MIT research group said they opted to publish their findings to allow the science community to work on the technology.
"The challenges confronting the world in energy are too big to let anybody's single ego or money get in the way," Nocera said. "And we're talking about some really challenging problems."
MIT researchers say they have discovered a way to use solar energy cheaply even after... more
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Britain's first eco-nightclub is to open in King's Cross.
The venue will sell organic spirits served in polycarbon cups and will be powered with renewable energy.
There are also plans to install a recycled water system to flush its lavatories and an energy-generating dancefloor, which would harness power from the pounding of clubbers' feet and convert it into electricity.
Although entry to the club costs £10, those customers who can prove they travelled there by foot, bicycle or public transport will be allowed in free.
Before they are let in they will be asked to sign a pledge promising to work towards curbing climate change.
The club, due to open on 10 July, is based at Bar Surya in Pentonville Road, which is owned by property millionaire and Tory donor Andrew Charalambous.
Mr Charalambous, the head of a new climate change organisation called Club4Climate, said he hoped to use clubbing to inspire young people to tackle global warming.
"This is a new way to draw in the young generation," he said.
"It's a sexy and fresh approach as opposed to the way young people feel they are preached to by other more 'grown-up' charities.
"Our aim in opening the country's first ecological club is to get as many people as possible involved in saving their world.
"There is no greater platform than clubbing to reach out to young people. Having an energy-generating dancefloor is a very exciting and interesting-idea that we have been talking to people in Rotterdam about. Such a dancefloor could generate about 60 per cent of the building's energy."
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Going green does not have to be boring.. I love this.Britain's first eco-nightclub is to open in King's Cross.
The venue will... more
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Who would have thought dancing could become such a widespread force in combating global warming? After covering a Dutch dance-powered nightclub back in 2006, we wrote just the other day about the Orange Dance Charge for charging cellphones. Now, dance energy has popped up again in the form of an eco nightclub that’s slated to open next week in London.
On July 10, Club4Climate, an eco group led by real-estate magnate Andrew Charalambous, will launch a new sustainable nightclub at Bar Surya in King’s Cross. In addition to using a dance floor that captures enough energy to supply 60 percent of its power needs, the club will require that all patrons sign a pledge to help fight global warming; it will also waive the GBP 10 admission fee for those who can prove they travelled there by foot, bicycle or public transport. Low-voltage lighting and recyclable materials will be used throughout the club, which will reportedly also serve organic spirits in polycarbon cups and employ a recycled-water system for flushing the toilets. Club4Climate hopes to open similar sustainable dance clubs in New York, Cape Town and Rio de Janeiro, and has partnered with gap year organization Projects Abroad for the manpower to do that, according to its site. Part of Club4Climate’s profits will be donated to Friends of the Earth, though it should be noted that that connection appears to be tenuous at best: A disclaimer on the site notes that “Friends of the Earth in no way supports or endorses the activities of Club4Climate, but we’re going to give them the money anyway.” According to the Evening Standard, FoE has turned down Club4Climate’s donations in the past because it appeared to encourage international flights.Who would have thought dancing could become such a widespread force in combating... more
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According to an article in Mendo Coast Current, " MendoCoastCurrent, July 9, 2008
Efforts to harness the energy potential of Earth’s ocean winds could soon gain an important new tool: global satellite maps from NASA. Scientists have been creating maps using nearly a decade of data from NASA’s QuikSCAT satellite that reveal ocean areas where winds could produce energy.
The new maps have many potential uses including planning the location of offshore wind farms to convert wind energy into electric energy. The research, published this week in Geophysical Research Letters, was funded by NASA’s Earth Science Division, which works to advance the frontiers of scientific discovery about Earth, its climate and its future."According to an article in Mendo Coast Current, " MendoCoastCurrent, July 9,... more
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U.S. engineers say they've created a lightweight urban transit bus with double the fuel efficiency of conventional hybrid transit buses.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists, along with two Michigan companies and funding from the U.S. Department of Energy, developed the green 40-foot bus that features a high-strength stainless steel body and chassis, along with a hybrid power system that drives the bus primarily with stored electrical energy.
This approach reverses the paradigm of conventional parallel hybrid designs that use electric energy only to supplement the acceleration and torque requirements of a diesel engine, officials said. At the heart of the bus is a chassis made of Nitronic 30 -- a nitrogen-strengthened stainless steel that is stronger and stiffer than conventional steel.
Nitronic stainless steel is incredibly durable and enables our chassis designs to have significantly longer service life vs. ordinary steel vehicles, said Bruce Emmons, president of Autokinetics of Rochester, Mich., which helped developed the bus.
The vehicle also incorporates a number of advanced design features and advantages, said Gregory Fisher, chief executive officer of Fisher Coachworks, which licensed the technology.
Deliveries of the bus are expected to begin next year.U.S. engineers say they've created a lightweight urban transit bus with double... more
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"Despite the unpopularity of using most crops for biofuel sources, jatropha, an inedible plant, is getting a boost in popularity. The oily seeds of the bushy plant are used to create biodiesel, and nearly 2.5 million acres have been planted so far in India, one of the world’s largest producers. In fact, it is one of the most popular biodiesel crops around because harvesters can get a large output of oil from the seeds (producing four times as much fuel as soy, and 10 times as much as corn) while needing to put in only minimal care and resources for growth.""Despite the unpopularity of using most crops for biofuel sources, jatropha, an... more
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