Archive for January, 2011
Forum for the Future: Megacities On the Move, Four Scenarios
January 7th, 2011No thanks. Via: Forum for the Future: Megacities on the move presents four vivid scenarios exploring exploring how population growth, the energy we use, the strength or weakness of global institutions and other factors will shape our cities in 2040 and the way we access goods, services, information and other people. Megacities on the move […]
Germany: How the Left Took Things Too Far
January 7th, 2011I wish that Joël van der Reijden, of isgp.eu (mirror), was still looking at these issues. Via: Der Spiegel [WARNING: EXTREMELY DISTURBING]: Germany’s left has its own tales of abuse. One of the goals of the German 1968 movement was the sexual liberation of children. For some, this meant overcoming all sexual inhibitions, creating a […]
Four Previously Abundant Species of Bumblebee Close to Disappearing in U.S.
January 7th, 2011Via: Reuters / ABC: Four previously abundant species of bumblebee are close to disappearing in the United States, researchers reported on Monday in a study confirming that the agriculturally important bees are being affected worldwide. They documented a 96 percent decline in the numbers of the four species, and said their range had shrunk by […]
Germany: 4,700 Farms Closed Due to Dioxin Contamination of Animal Feed
January 7th, 2011Via: BBC: German officials are investigating possible “illegal activity” after a company allegedly supplied 25 animal feed makers with 3,000 tonnes of contaminated fatty acids. Tests from the Harles und Jentzsch plant in Schleswig Holstein found excessive levels of the poisonous chemical dioxin, officials said. Some 4,700 German farms have been shut. Officials say the […]
Czech Doctors Go for Broke
January 7th, 2011Via: BBC: Dozens of Czech hospitals could find themselves struggling to provide basic care on 1 March after almost 4,000 doctors – one quarter of the total number working in the country’s hospitals – tendered their resignations in protest at low wages. The resignations are being co-ordinated by the doctors’ union (Lok), which says successive […]
China Buys Up EU Government Debt
January 7th, 2011Via: Global Post: China has been increasing its holdings of European government debt, including that issued by Spain, amid the euro-zone crisis, Chinese Vice Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng was quoted as saying on Thursday. The Spanish daily El Pais on Thursday cited Spanish government sources as saying China has committed to buy about 6 billion […]
Number of Poor May Be Millions Higher
January 7th, 2011Via: AP: The number of poor people in the U.S. is millions higher than previously known, with 1 in 6 Americans — many of them 65 and older — struggling in poverty due to rising medical care and other costs, according to preliminary census figures released Wednesday. … Under a new revised census formula, overall […]
U.S. Sending 1,400 More Marines to Afghanistan
January 6th, 2011Via: AFP: The United States is sending an additional 1,400 Marines to southern Afghanistan to help counter a Taliban offensive ahead of mandated US troop reductions, a Pentagon official said on Thursday.
Drone May Be Coming to Miami-Dade
January 6th, 2011Via: WSVN: A new piece of technology may soon be coming to South Florida, but is already raising concerns from residents. The Miami-Dade Police Department recently finalized a deal to buy a drone, which is an unmanned plane that is equipped with cameras. Drones have been used for years in Iraq and Afghanistan in the […]
Documentary Film: Dreamland
January 6th, 2011Via: dreamland.is: How much unspoiled nature should we preserve and what do we sacrifice for clean, renewable energy? Dreamland gradually turns into a disturbing picture of corporate power taking over small communities. Dreamland is a film about a nation standing at cross-roads. Leading up to the country’s greatest economic crisis, the government started the largest […]
