Archive for January, 2013
V3Solar Spin Cell = 8 Cents/kWh?
January 28th, 2013At a minimum, it’s a neat looking design. Whether or not it will amount to anything more, who knows… Via: Clean Technica: “V3Solar has invented, and is now in the process of commercializing, the first major change to flat panel PV technology in over 50 years – the V3 Spin Cell. For too long, the […]
Another General Removed
January 27th, 2013Via: Foreign Policy: Word on the national security street is that General James Mattis is being given the bum’s rush out of his job as commander of Central Command, and is being told to vacate his office several months earlier than planned. Why the hurry? Pentagon insiders say that he rubbed civilian officials the wrong […]
Homeland Security Researching New Public Surveillance System
January 27th, 2013Via: Business Insider: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Secret Service have requested information to support the installation of a gunshot detection system in Washington D.C. Such a system is already in place in various cities, as outlined last May by The New York Times, and it records a whole lot more than […]
BPA Free: Experiments Show Bisphenol S Also Disrupts Hormone Activity
January 27th, 2013Via: ScienceDaily: The industry responded by creating “BPA-free” products, which were made from plastic containing a compound called bisphenol S. In addition to having similar names, BPA and BPS share a similar structure and versatility: BPS is now known to be used in everything from currency to thermal receipt paper, and widespread human exposure to […]
Tina Turner ‘To Become Swiss, Give up U.S. Passport’
January 27th, 2013Via: AFP: US pop legend Tina Turner, who has been living in Switzerland since 1995, will soon receive Swiss citizenship and will give up her US passport, Swiss media reported Friday. “I’m very happy in Switzerland and I feel at home here. … I cannot imagine a better place to live,” Turner told German language […]
A Production of the United States Information Agency
January 27th, 2013Via: YouTube: This trippy tribute to our country’s 200th birthday was funded by a Bicentennial Project Grant and animated by Vincent Collins who made other psychedelic cartoons. This film was produced by the United States Information Agency — the government’s propaganda agency.
China: Millions of People Getting Useless Degrees Wants Office Jobs that Don’t Exist
January 27th, 2013Wait until significant numbers of these men are unable to find wives and the option of working in the factories goes away… Via: New York Times: Jobs go begging in factories while many educated young workers are unemployed or underemployed. A national survey of urban residents, released this winter by a Chinese university, showed that […]
Chernobyl Exclusion Zone: ‘The Continent’s Biggest Animal Sanctuary’
January 26th, 2013Via: Independent: Sergei Gaschak’s photography offers an unparalleled glimpse at animal life inside “the zone”, the area of Ukraine and Belarus that has been officially closed off to human habitation since the Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe of 1986. Using camera traps to take photographs mechanically, as well as taking photographs personally, Gaschak has captured what few […]
U.S. May Give $32 Million to Train African Troops in Mali
January 26th, 2013Via: AP: The Obama administration is seeking an additional $32 million to train African troops to fight Islamic extremists in Mali.
Egypt Deploys Troops to Suez
January 26th, 2013Via: CNN: Egypt deployed troops to the coastal city of Suez on Saturday after a security chief declared the area “out of control” following deadly clashes on the second anniversary of the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak. The announcement on state-run EGYNews followed reports that at least seven people were killed Friday, six in Suez […]
