Archive for April, 2011
Kings Point, New York: ‘The Most Extensive Municipal Surveillance System In The United States’
April 26th, 2011Via: CBS: The wealthy Long Island village is planning an extensive network of security cameras that scan license plates to help reduce the number of property and home invasion crimes. The 3.3-square mile North Shore community is home to 5,000 residents. The plan calls for 44 cameras to eventually be installed at the village’s 19 […]
Dollar: All Time Low vs. Swissy
April 26th, 2011Via: AFP: The euro struck a 16-month high against the dollar and the Swiss franc notched a record high versus the US unit Tuesday amid heightened investor nerves over this week’s busy economic calendar. The European single currency hit $1.4653 in morning trade, the highest point since mid-December 2009, as many dealers returned from a […]
Los Alamos National Laboratory Scientists Develop Inexpensive Catalysts for Fuel Cells
April 26th, 2011Read this one within the context of Daniel Nocera’s artificial leaf technology. Via: Science Daily: Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists have developed a way to avoid the use of expensive platinum in hydrogen fuel cells, the environmentally friendly devices that might replace current power sources in everything from personal data devices to automobiles. … Polymer-electrolyte […]
The U.S. State Department’s Proposed Biographical Questionnaire for Passport Applicants
April 26th, 2011Via: Papers Please: The U.S. Department of State is proposing a new Biographical Questionnaire for passport applicants. The proposed new Form DS-5513 asks for all addresses since birth; lifetime employment history including employers’ and supervisors names, addresses, and telephone numbers; personal details of all siblings; mother’s address one year prior to your birth; any “religious […]
U.S. Dollar: Make or Break
April 26th, 2011WARNING: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell of hold any financial instrument. Update: Next Leg Down 73.562 —End Update— 73.833; trying for the next leg down. Resistance is just ahead at 73.735. Pare it down, lock it in, don’t get greedy, etc. This is a local support, though, and probably not strong. Related: […]
Syrian Army Slaughters Anti Government Protestors
April 26th, 2011Via: Deutsche Welle: Syrian troops have stormed the city of Daraa, where anti-regime protests began last month. Four European countries, including Germany, have called on the UN Security Council to condemn the violence and urge restraint. Thousands of Syrian troops backed by tanks entered the southern city of Daraa early Monday, firing indiscriminately and leaving […]
17% of Full-Time Employed Americans Raiding Retirement Funds Early
April 26th, 2011I thought that this was worth mentioning, despite the cringe inducing consumers this, consumers that nonsense. Via: Bankrate: Nearly one-fifth of full-time employed Americans have raided retirement accounts in the past year to cover emergencies, according to a national Bankrate survey. Despite increasing signs of a stabilizing U.S. economy, 19 percent of Americans — including […]
Nearly 500 Taliban Break Out of Prison
April 25th, 2011Via: AFP: Almost 500 Taliban fighters and commanders tunnelled out of a prison in an audacious jailbreak in southern Afghanistan which the government admitted on Monday was a security “disaster”. The Taliban said it was behind the operation to free the inmates through a 360-metre tunnel into Kandahar prison which it been digging for five […]
Poul Thorsen, CDC Autism Researcher, Indicted for Wire Fraud and Money Laundering
April 25th, 2011Just another day at the office… *woops* Via: Age of Autism: We have a pdf of the indictment of Dr. Poul Thorsen the Danish researcher held in highest esteem for having “debunked” the autism vaccine connection many years ago. As Dr. Max Wiznitzer said about another doctor recently, “If you can’t trust the researcher, you […]
4 Years of Factor e Farm in 4 Minutes
April 25th, 20114 Years of Factor e Farm in 4 Minutes from Open Source Ecology on Vimeo. More: TED: Marcin Jakubowski: Open-Sourced Blueprints for Civilization opensourceecology.org Research Credit: applecidervinegar
