August 25, 2011

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There were some amazing posts on the network today:

- Thies Lindenthal - On Rushes and Riches: The “Wild West” Era for Internet Domain Names Is Over as Efficient Markets for This “Virtual Land” Have Emerged

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- John R. Platt - Ecuadorian Hydroelectric Plant Could Cause Extinction of Rare PlantandEndangered Species Status Sought for ‘Don’t Tread on Me’ Rattlesnakes

- Bora Zivkovic - What is: NASW

- S.E. Gould - How cytomegalovirus evades the immune system

- Melissa C. Lott - Integrating Renewables Into the U.S. Electric Grid – a Discussion with Dr. Paul Denholm

- James Byrne - Donated to Science – Interview with Paul Trotman

- Scott Huler - The Earthquake App — circa 1859.

- Anne-Marie Hodge - Sumaco: Ecuador’s Beacon of Biodiversity

- Kate Clancy - Why do those who advocate home birth feel the way they do?

- Krystal D'Costa - Mobilizing The Urban Network

- Katherine Harmon - Jurassic Mammal Moves Back Marsupial Divergence

- John Matson - Steve Jobs Resigns as Apple CEO

- David Wogan - Technology for the rest of us

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