Archive for June, 2011
Methane Contamination of Drinking Water Accompanying Gas-Well Drilling and Hydraulic Fracturing
June 29th, 2011Via: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: Directional drilling and hydraulic-fracturing technologies are dramatically increasing natural-gas extraction. In aquifers overlying the Marcellus and Utica shale formations of northeastern Pennsylvania and upstate New York, we document systematic evidence for methane contamination of drinking water associated with shale-gas extraction. In active gas-extraction areas (one or more […]
Florida: Condominium Association Requires DNA Database for Dogs
June 29th, 2011Via: AP: A Florida condominium association hopes dog DNA samples will help them determine which pet owners aren’t picking up after their pooches. … Starting Aug. 1, residents in the Jupiter community must each pay a $200 fee to keep the dogs’ genetic information on file at the DNA Pet World Registry. Dog droppings found […]
Greece Approve Austerity Measures as Protesters Clash with Police
June 29th, 2011This stream was showing some pretty hairy rioting as I posted this: LIVE STREAMING: Πεδ?ο μ?χης το Σ?νταγμα by News247 Via: Telegraph: The vote taken amid violent protests and a sense of growing social conflict, will this weekend unlock a £10.7 billion transfer to Greece, the fifth instalment in a £98billion EU-IMF bailout agreed 13 […]
Visions of Teen Angst, Then and Now
June 29th, 2011When I was a kid, films like Better Off Dead, The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, and many others, told stories about the seemingly infinite number of ways that being a teenager could suck.. I know these types of films are still made, and while I have no idea what the modern versions are […]
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‘Flying Lab’ to Monitor Smoke Near New Mexico Nuclear Lab
June 29th, 2011Via: Atlanta Journal Constitution / AP: Federal environment officials have dispatched a special twin-engine plane capable of detecting chemical and radiological materials as a wildfire continues to burn near a government nuclear laboratory in northern New Mexico.
French Woman Sues Opus Dei, Claims Brainwashing
June 29th, 2011[???] Via: AFP: A French woman claiming to have been brainwashed by the secretive Catholic society Opus Dei is suing it for allegedly keeping her illegally as a domestic servant, she told AFP Tuesday. Catherine T., who asked not to be identified by her family name, said she joined a hoteliers’ school in northeastern France […]
Congress May Allow Oversight of Investment Advisers by FINRA, a Financial Industry Corporation
June 29th, 2011Via: Bloomberg: Congress may hand oversight of almost 12,000 investment advisers to Wall Street’s self-funded regulator as a cost-saving measure. The price could be paid by investors. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, deputized by the government to oversee brokers, is lobbying to replace the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as a regulator of registered investment […]
Japan’s Newest Popstar Outed as CGI Creation
June 29th, 2011Via: Vigilant Citizen: Aimi Eguchi, the latest star of the popular girl band AKB 48, told fans on her website that she was a normal 16-year-old from Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo who enjoyed track and field sports. Her cute features made her a fan favorite and quickly created a buzz. … Miss Eguchi blogged […]
The First Advertising Campaign for Non-Human Primates
June 28th, 2011Via: New Scientist: Keith Olwell and Elizabeth Kiehner had an epiphany last year. At a TED talk, the two New York advertising executives learned that captive monkeys understand money, and that when faced with economic games they will behave in similar ways to humans. So if they can cope with money, how would they respond […]
