Archive for April, 2008
Japanese Oil Tanker Attacked Off Yemen
April 21st, 2008Monitoring… Via: Bloomberg: A Nippon Yusen K.K. crude oil tanker was fired upon by a small boat off the coast of Yemen. There were no injuries. The oil carrier named Takayama was hit at 4:40 a.m. Yemeni time by a “rocket-like weapon”, the Japanese Coast Guard said today in Tokyo. The vessel, which carries a […]
France: Camembert Wars Get Dirty
April 21st, 2008“The war against raw milk is very interesting and illustrative; it sums up the political and economic situation that has the world in a death grip.” —Raw Milk and Lifting the Veil that has Been Pulled Over Our Eyes Via: Guardian: In his tiny workshop with a view of his cows, Francois Durand stood lovingly […]
DARPA Building Insect Cyborgs
April 20th, 2008Via: DARPA: Animal world has provided mankind with locomotion over millennia. For example we have used horses and elephants for locomotion in wars and conducting commerce. Birds have been used for sending covert messages, and to detect gases in coal mines, a life-saving technique for coal miners. More recently, olfactory training of bees has been […]
British Dealers Supply Arms to Iran
April 20th, 2008NATO carried out aerial resupply of arms, food and water for the Taliban, and now… Via: Guardian: Investigators have identified a number of British arms dealers trading with Tehran, triggering alarm among government officials who fear Iran’s nuclear programme may be receiving significant support from UK sources. The probe by customs officers suggests that at […]
Some Ikea Warehouses Run 24 Hours Per Day, In the Dark, with the Work Being Done by Robots
April 20th, 2008Not so much news, but more of an eerie scene to visualize. Via: CNET: In Europe, some Ikea warehouses utilize robots to “pick the goods,” a term of art for grabbing products off very high shelves. These factories, Marston said, are dark, since no lighting is needed for the robots, and run 24 hours a […]
White Collar Job Market 2009
April 20th, 2008Research Credit: EG
Gripping Revelations from New York Times (Sarcasm): Media Military Analysts Are Shills
April 20th, 2008Thanks Captain Obvious! Via: New York Times: To the public, these men are members of a familiar fraternity, presented tens of thousands of times on television and radio as “military analysts” whose long service has equipped them to give authoritative and unfettered judgments about the most pressing issues of the post-Sept. 11 world. Hidden behind […]
“Operation Sudden Impact”
April 19th, 2008Via: Infowars: Federal law enforcement agencies co-opted sheriffs offices as well state and local police forces in three states last weekend for a vast round up operation that one sheriff’s deputy has described as “martial law training”. Law-enforcement agencies in Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas took part in what was described by local media as “an […]
T Boone Pickens Will Build World’s Largest Wind Power Facility
April 19th, 2008Imagine my shock. Via: Guardian: T Boone Pickens is famous for thinking big. He founded his Texan oil company, Mesa Petroleum, in 1956 with just $2,500 (£1,200) in the bank. After a string of audacious takeovers he turned it into an independent empire that challenged the big oil companies, and today he is worth $3bn. […]
Alexander Farrell, Berkeley Biofuels Expert, Dies At 46
April 19th, 2008Via: ktvu: Alexander Farrell, a University of California, Berkeley associate professor who was advising the state on the use of alternative fuels, died this week at his home in San Francisco, according to the university. He was 46. Colleagues and friends expressed shock and grief at Farrell’s death, noting that it came at a time […]
