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Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants [Snap Judgment]
Jezebel —
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[Washington, October 29. Image via Getty ] WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 29: Christina King Ferris , sister of Martin Luther King Jr. , stands next to a model of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial while attending a ceremony announcing the approval of the construction process for the memorial on the National Mall ...1 week ago -
Evolution Hall Planned for Smithsonian
AnAtheist.Net —
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Someone passed on to me a clipping from a newspaper (yes, a real one made out of actual paper and ink) that mentions the planned opening of a hall in the National Museum of Natural History dedicated to human evolution.: The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History plans to open a hall next year dedicated ...1 week ago -
Google Street View Trike: Nominate the National Mall
Around The Mall —
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Google has been busily snapping street-view photographs all across the country to add to Google Maps. As a result, many landmarks are just a click away. You can now take a virtual drive across the Golden Gate Bridge and spin around in Times Square . But just imagine if Google were to go off-roading. That’s just ...1 week ago -
All's Possible Under the Sun
loans-blog —
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A tidy village dedicated to the future of green, solar-powered living has taken over the heart of the National Mall, where 20 teams of college students are vying to see who can build the most appealing energy-efficient home. Source: Alls Possible Under the Sun2 weeks ago -
All's Possible Under the Sun
loans-blog —
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A tidy village dedicated to the future of green, solar-powered living has taken over the heart of the National Mall, where 20 teams of college students are vying to see who can build the most appealing energy-efficient home. Source: Alls Possible Under the Sun2 weeks ago -
Team Germany wins Solar Decathlon with Cube House
Electric.co.uk News —
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At the Solar Decathlon held this year at the National Mall in Washington D.C., Team Germany was declared the big winner, followed by Team Illinois, and then Team California. The winners were declared on October 16 and announced by DOE Deputy Secretary Daniel Poneman at the National Mall. Team Germany, comprised of ...2 weeks ago -
Solar Decathlon: Team Germany whups CA and IL
Cheshire Cat Photo Blog (... said the Cat: 'we're all mad here....') —
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Team Germany’s high-tech building covered on all sides with solar cells won an international contest for the best home powered only by the sun, beating teams from California and Illinois. For Team Germany, the win was a repeat of their win in 2007. The U.S. Department of Energy announced the winners today. The ...3 weeks ago -
And The Solar Decathlon Winner Is...
The New Republic - the vine Feed —
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Score another one for German engineering. Out on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., this week, the Energy Department has been hosting its fourth-ever Solar Decathlon —a competition among 20 designs for solar-powered houses from around the world. The houses compete across ten categories (hence "decathlon"), ...3 weeks ago -
Live from Washington, DC
Alaska TravelGram —
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Don’t make the same mistake I did: saving just a day to see some of the sites in our Nation’s Capital. In the end, though, I grabbed my cousin’s bike and rode all over the National Mall to check out the monuments. It was stunning. Lincoln Memorial. I had the chance to visit at night and during the daytime. ...3 weeks ago -
Gates Foundation Gives $10 Million to Smithsonian African American History Museum
Brave New Wave - Children of a Lesser Revolution —
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Does anyone else find it slightly funny that the United States is slated to begin construction on an African American History Museum the same year the world is supposed to end? In a major vote of confidence for the planned Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, the Bill and Melinda ...3 weeks ago -
U.S. House OKs National Womens History Museum on National Mall; Senate vote sought
Culture Monster —
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While the great womens rights advocates Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton (pictured) surely would be proud that the U.S. House of Representatives voted Wednesday to establish a National Womens History Museum in Washington, some, including our art critic, Christopher Knight, worry that the prime federal ...3 weeks ago -
The Biggest Gadget of All: The Solar Powered House
Gadgetreview —
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Solar powered house, anyone? Anyone looking for the house of the future should take note of the Solar Decathalon currently taking place at the National Mall in Washington DC. This event brings together college students from around the world to build a house, no larger than eight hundred square feet, that runs ...3 weeks ago -
Solar Decathlon: Last Three Days - Oct. 15-18
The GreenMan —
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The Solar Decathlon is a biennial competition where 20 teams of university students from around the world develop fully-functional houses that draw all their energy from the sun.After spending two years developing their homes, the students ship their partially completed homes to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., ...3 weeks ago -
All's Possible Under the Sun
loans-blog —
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A tidy village dedicated to the future of green, solar-powered living has taken over the heart of the National Mall, where 20 teams of college students are vying to see who can build the most appealing energy-efficient home. Source: Alls Possible Under the Sun3 weeks ago -
Solar Houses
juxtaexposed.com —
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On Saturday we checked out the Solar Decathlon houses on the National Mall. Impressive! The lines were long, so we only waited long enough to tour through the interior of the Virginia Tech house (pictured), and yes, it’s as innovative as it looks. There were custom kitchen drawers that folded out to ...4 weeks ago -
US Department of Energy Dishes Out $87 Million for Solar Technology and Deployment
CleanTechnica —
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Steven Chu, US Energy Secretary, announced at the start of the Solar Decathlon on DC’s National Mall on Friday that the Department of Energy (DOE) would be dishing out an additional $87 million in new funding for the development and rapid deployment of solar energy technologies. This money is being given to 47 ...4 weeks ago -
Free Monuments Tour for Just a “Tip”
The DC Traveler —
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Touring the National Mall in Washington, DC on your own can be so very fun, but sometimes you want the back story…the facts…the history…the dirt. And that’s where DC By Foot come in with their Free Monuments Walk Tour . Walking tours of the national Mall monuments, led by energetic, knowledgeable ...7 weeks ago -
LumenHaus
juxtaexposed.com —
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I took this photo of Virginia Tech’s solar decathlon house, LumenHaus, this past weekend as it was being constructed on the 5th St lawn outside the National Building Museum. It will be there until Sept 27th, when it will then move to the National Mall for October 9-13 and 15-18. The house features the ...7 weeks ago -
watch the video
ravings of a semi-sane madwoman —
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never in a million years, NEVER would i EVER imagine MY america to turn into this. NEVER. where are OUR voices? why arent WE speaking up? telling the TRUTH where were these people when king george and the big dick were interfering in all of our lives each and every way? why werent they protesting THAT? being spied ...7 weeks ago -
Counting Crowds In D.C.
ChrisWeigant.com —
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Crowd size means support for the issue being protested. A bigger crowd is supposed to translate into larger support in the general public. This is not always true, as sometimes the organization of busing people in to participate can only be called "Astroturf," because of the tactics and groups involved. This ...7 weeks ago