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Posts on ‘October 31st, 2006’

This Sat: Blackout London

Oct 31st, 2006 | | 3 comments |

From now on, I'll be regurgitating info and announcements posted on the EnvTech WebCT.  
This one's from Workface, a Climate and Energy group:
"You are invited to take part in the largest demonstration of People Power that London has ever seen on Saturday 4th November 2006, by turning off all your lights, and switching off all [...]

The power of the glance

Oct 31st, 2006 | | No comments yet |

In his book blink: the power of thinking without thinking, Malcom Gladwell (2005) has half a page explaining the power of the glance in birdwatching:
The ornithologist David Sibley says that in Cape May, New Jersey, he once spotted a bird in flight from two hundred yards away and knew, instantly, that it was a ruff, [...]