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Science Online London: FEAR of science blogging!

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How is the web changing science? Join Science Online London 2011 to find out. My brain tried to find out that with others on twitter the best brainstorming online tools on web. I tweet a lot of thoughts, and questions about science blogging and science policies during the live stream . And here is some of the problem that I'm interested in it. Personally i hate speaking on behalf of employers or organizations, I hate that fear of say something unprofessionally, specially when you wondering or blogging about your job or your career. You know that style of speaking/blogging "I'm awesome and my employer/organization is the best" we say that, because we don't want to loss our jobs.

Egypt Earthquake

A strong earthquake has hit the coast of the Greek island of Crete- aftershocks felt in Egypt .1 hour ago i felt earthquake at my home in Ismailia, Egypt but nothing damage here thanks god. Nile News report it's 5.9M. Actually this the third  earthquake i felt in my live. I still remember the first earthquake i felt in 1992 . thanks god!

It’s All Geek to Me! WordPress

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It's name of a session in ScienceOnline2011 the fifth annual international meeting on Science and the   Web. On January 13-15th, 2011. I delayed to blog about it, because I'm struggling lost circulation at depth 437m in limestone i fixed it previously but it revenge from us, we are now at 891m depth. It but me in bad mood to blog about what I'm thinking to improve my blog. During the online streaming of this session a pulse in my mind push me to ask; What is the best blogging service for scientist Blogger, Wordpress, etc.? you will see my question and the answer at time 48:12 Sorry geeks, it was confusing to me. Thank you for your answers. Here is the vid about that session "It’s All Geek to Me" enjoy watching [vimeo 21043520 w=400 h=225] Sorry This video does not exist. I found the best discussions for my question here on Discussing WordPress for Scientists . Also  here is my Q? on LinkedIn Answers http://linkd.in/gN3yPS. I blog to help my ca...

YES Network Africa Symposium 2011 2nd day

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This is my blog for the 2nd day of online YES Network Africa Symposium 2011 12 January 2011, i will continue with the same way i blogged the 1st day . i hope you like my blogging style. Actually i missed the starting, but what happened chronologically was: - Cecilia Mukosi - South Africa: Geo-hazards in the Vhembe Districts: Erosion, Landslides, and Earthquakes. Council of Geoscience S. Africa advises communities where to put cemeteries so that they are not put where geohazards occur. Need to conduct proper assesments in order to mitigate impacts from sinkholes in Pretoria - M. L. Diko, S. Africa - Community Engagement in Geohazard Management along the Cameroon Volcanic Line. Talk: Must encourage participatory approach between formal & informal education sectors for effective geohazard mitigation - Hassan Mdala talking about the social implications of the 2009 Karonga Earthquake in Malawi. 2009 Karonga earthquake was the largest and most destructive earthquake in the...

YES Network Africa Symposium 2011

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The YES Network is an international association of early-career geoscientists who are primarily under the age of 35 years and are from universities, geoscience organizations and companies from across the world. About the YES Africa Symposium I blog this event according to my opinions of the session i had participated in it online via Go To Meeting , i used twitter update to blog about this event, i arranged it chronologically. I hope this be useful. Twitter Hashtags for the event was #YESAfrica2011 Starting the event 1st day 8:30 Am Amel Barich from YES-Morocco talking about her PhD research

Google Day 3 gegypt event

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For the first time ever in Egypt and Jordan, Google hosted its Google Days in December 2010, in Egypt between December 8th and 10th and Jordan between December 12th and 14th, 2010. I attended to Day 3: for Tech Entrepreneurs, Small Businesses & Marketers. Friday 10th December 2010