Archive for the 'Collapse' Category
Professor Suspected of Being a Terrorist Because of a Math Equation
May 8th, 2016Via: USA Today: A math equation landed an Ivy League professor on an American Airlines flight in questioning Thursday under suspicion of being a terrorist. Guido Menzio, an economist at the University of Pennsylvania, was working on a differential equation while waiting for the Syracuse-bound plane to take off from Philadelphia, the Washington Post reported. […]
1 in 3 Antibiotics Prescribed in U.S. Are Unnecessary
May 4th, 2016Would you like some chicken with that? Via: Washington Post: Nearly a third of antibiotics prescribed in doctors’ offices, emergency rooms and hospital-based clinics in the United States are not needed, according to the most in-depth study yet to examine the use and misuse of these life-saving drugs. The finding, which has implications for antibiotics’ […]
Medical Errors Now Third Leading Cause of Death in United States
May 4th, 2016Via: Washington Post: Nightmare stories of nurses giving potent drugs meant for one patient to another and surgeons removing the wrong body parts have dominated recent headlines about medical care. Lest you assume those cases are the exceptions, a new study by patient safety researchers provides some context. Their analysis, published in the BMJ on […]
Puerto Rico Defaults
May 2nd, 2016Via: CNN: Puerto Rico is dialing 9-1-1 for any help it can get. The island was unable to make a $422 million debt payment due Monday. It’s another alarm bell of how bad the situation is getting on the island. Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla calls it a “humanitarian crisis,” which a step above an economic […]
State of Emergency Declared in Baghdad as Protesters Take Iraqi Parliament
April 30th, 2016Update: Protesters Leave Baghdad’s Green Via: CNN: Protesters who stormed Baghdad’s Green Zone retreated Sunday but organizers say the challenge to Iraq’s leadership isn’t over yet. — Via: Washington Post: Protesters stormed Iraq’s parliament Saturday in a dramatic culmination of months of demonstrations, casting uncertainty over the tenure of the country’s prime minister and the […]
The Suicide of Venezuela
April 28th, 2016While this is about Venezuela, I couldn’t help hearing “America” in my mind as I read. Via: Joel D. Hirst’s Blog: No, national suicide is a much longer process – not product of any one moment. But instead one bad idea, upon another, upon another and another and another and another and the wheels that […]
Not a Typo: Chinese Company Pays NZ$526 for 146 Million Litres of Water a Year… In a Drought Zone
April 27th, 2016I like to think of NZ as a sort of remote, limited bandwidth version of a Mr. Lee’s Greater Hong Kong franchise: Via: Radio NZ: A veritable drop in the ocean. No, we’re talking about fresh water. Forget it, Nick. This is Chinatown. Pardon? Nothing.
Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. Recalls Millions of Pounds of Poultry Products; “Class I Recall, Health Risk: High”
April 27th, 2016At the bottom of the article, it defines a Class 1 recall as follows: This is a health hazard situation where there is a reasonable probability that the use of the product will cause serious, adverse health consequences or death. Via: USDA: Pilgrim’s Pride Corp., a Waco, Texas establishment, is recalling approximately 4,568,080 pounds of […]
The Driverless Truck Is Coming, and It’s Going to Automate Millions of Jobs
April 26th, 2016Via: Tech Crunch: A convoy of self-driving trucks recently drove across Europe and arrived at the Port of Rotterdam. No technology will automate away more jobs — or drive more economic efficiency — than the driverless truck. Shipping a full truckload from L.A. to New York costs around $4,500 today, with labor representing 75 percent […]
Prescription Meds Get Trapped in Disturbing Pee-to-Food-to-Pee Loop
April 24th, 2016Via: Ars Technica: If you love something, set it free… so the old adage goes. Well, if the things you love are pharmaceuticals, then you’re in luck. Through vegetables and fruits, the drugs that we flush down the drain are returning to us—though we’ll ultimately pee them out again. (Love is complicated, after all) In […]
