Archive for April, 2011
Shortage of Japanese Parts Puts U.S. Economy at Risk
April 7th, 2011Via: Yahoo – Daily Ticker: The devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan last month is slowly starting to have a bigger impact on U.S. manufacturing. Toyota announced Monday that its North American plants would likely have to close later this month due to supply disruptions in Japan. Honda, Nissan and Ford have already announced […]
Georgian Woman Looking for Scrap Copper Cuts Off Web Access to Whole of Armenia
April 7th, 2011Via: Guardian: An elderly Georgian woman was scavenging for copper to sell as scrap when she accidentally sliced through an underground cable and cut off internet services to all of neighbouring Armenia, it emerged on Wednesday. The woman, 75, had been digging for the metal not far from the capital Tbilisi when her spade damaged […]
Drugs for Moral Improvement?
April 7th, 2011Via: The Age: Researchers have become interested in developing biomedical technologies capable of intervening in the biological processes that affect moral behaviour and moral thinking, says a Wellcome Trust research fellow at Oxford University’s Uehiro Centre, Dr Tom Douglas. He is a co-author of Enhancing Human Capacities, published this week. “Drugs that affect our moral […]
Israel: Oil Shale
April 7th, 2011Via: Energy Tribune: Harold Vinegar, the former chief scientist of Royal Dutch Shell, has devised an ambitious plan that would, if successful, turn Israel into one of the world’s leading oil producers. Now chief scientist for Israel Energy Initiatives (IEI), Vinegar maintains that the 238 sq km Shefla Basin holds the world’s second largest shale […]
PORTUGAL NEEDS EMERGENCY BAILOUT
April 7th, 2011Via: Washington Post: Portugal asked for a bailout from Europe’s trillion-dollar rescue fund Wednesday, becoming the third European nation in a year to need outside financial help to overcome a crisis driven by high public debt, weak banks and slow growth. The request to the European Commission came as Portuguese officials acknowledged that escalating borrowing […]
Screen Based Public Education
April 7th, 2011Public education in the U.S. is a weapon of mass mental destruction that has resulted in a sort of national lobotomy. Increasingly, the screens are being used to deliver the payload with greater efficiency. Via: Los Angeles Times: Jack London was the subject in Daterrius Hamilton’s online English 3 course. In a high school classroom […]
Fukushima: Dealing with Highly Radioactive Water Could Take Decades, Cost Tens of Billions of Dollars
April 7th, 2011Via: Los Angeles Times: For nearly four weeks, Japanese emergency crews have been spraying water on the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors, a desperate attempt to avert the calamity of a full meltdown. Now, that improvised solution to one nuclear nightmare is spawning another: what to do with the millions of gallons of water that […]
Interpol Chief Calls for Global Electronic Identity Card System
April 6th, 2011Papelles. Via: Help Net Security: The head of INTERPOL has emphasized the need for a globally verifiable electronic identity card (e-ID) system for migrant workers at an international forum on citizen ID projects, e-passports, and border control management. Speaking at the fourth Annual EMEA ID WORLD summit, INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble said that […]
Solar Costs May Already Rival Coal, Spurring Installation
April 6th, 2011Barring a major wildcard event (global nuclear war, massive asteroid impact, etc.), the horror show will grind on, now with even more Clean and Green. Via: Bloomberg: Solar panel installations may surge in the next two years as the cost of generating electricity from the sun rivals coal-fueled plants, industry executives and analysts said. Large […]
Gold Climbs to Record for Second Day on Inflation; Silver at 31-Year Peak
April 6th, 2011Via: Bloomberg: Gold gained to a record for a second day in New York and London as rising inflation spurred demand for an investment haven and the dollar slumped against the euro. Silver advanced to a 31-year high.
