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Writer, editor, photojournalist, cartoonist, Beverly Spicer is the E-Bits columnst at The Digital Journalist, a video and photojournalism webzine at http://digitaljournalist. org. She is a diarist and author of two books. Her undergraduate degree is in physiological psychology and biological sciences, and she has a interdisciplinary Master of Science in architectural studies combining architecture, neuroscience, and Middle Eastern studies. .
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- Microwave greetings of the season!
- December 12th: the biggest moon
- The Future
- Icebergs in antarctica of the striped kind — and more
- Up There - a poem by Tony Beckwith
- “Dear mr. president-elect: concerning food policy…”
- Chronophage - the grasshopper that eats time
- Imagining the future
- Population and exponential growth: dr. albert bartlett
- Consider this: solar power plants
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Why are they not condidered a type of solar power since they convert a small portion of the Sun’s energy and put this energy “In the Food Chain”.
Well, I think they ARE considered a type of solar power!