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How GIS is Helping Haiti

News from the ESRI: Redlands, California—January 20, 2010—ESRI is working closely with the geographic information system (GIS) community and agencies responding to the Haiti earthquake by providing software, technical support, GIS data, and personnel. In the immediate aftermath of the earthquake—characterized as one of the worst natural disasters ever in the Western Hemisphere—GIS- is assisting …

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Border Collies help keep up solar farms.

Sheepdogs may now be considered an important part of green energy. Solar farms in Europe have begun keeping sheep in the pastures beneath solar array farms. The sheep are a green way to keep the weeds and grasses from blocking the sunlight. A fence around the solar farm keeps the sheep in and the people out. Sheepdogs like Border Collies have hit the spotlight helping to move the sheep around. The sheep cut the grass for free and provide wool.

Atheists Anonymous – RecoveringReligionists.com

A new group has sprouted up to provide support for recovering religionists. It is a sort of AA for non-theists who need support in overcoming mental abuse as a child or religious follower. RecoveringReligionists.com offers support to those whose families might not welcome them anymore as an atheist or who might want the social aspect of an organiziation without the mythology.