Tuesday, March 31, 2009

FDA Pistachio Warning and N Korean Nukes and More for Tuesday, March 31, 2009

FDA: Avoid pistachios

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1051345

Video: Salmonella scare hits pistachios

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Setton Farms Web Page

http://www.settonfarms.com/

Pistacia vera

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pistachio

U.S. military vows to track 800 satellites by October 1

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52u0mr-us-usa-satellites/

Eastern Congo volcanoes show eruption warning signs

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52t6za-us-congo-democratic-volcano/

Mount Nyiragongo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyiragongo

Mount Nyamuragira

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Nyamuragira

Expert: N. Korea Has Several Nuke Warheads

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/31/world/main4906036.shtml

Home price drops set records in January

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29971932/

UK troops begin Iraqi withdrawal

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7973403.stm

Lahore 'was Pakistan Taleban op'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7973540.stm

Pakistan Taliban claim responsibility for Lahore raid

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/sp426339-us-pakistan-violence/

India Election 2009

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/south_asia/2009/indian_election/default.stm

India general election, 2009 (Wiki page)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_general_election,_2009

Chicago Sun-Times parent files for bankruptcy

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52u3oz-us-suntimes/

Sun-Times Media Group

http://www.thesuntimesgroup.com/

Canadian economy contracted 0.7% in January

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/03/31/january-gdp.html

Big losers of Obama’s auto plan: workers

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29962730/

Obama sets tight auto aid terms

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7972464.stm

Ford to cover car payments if buyer loses job

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29970641/

Merkel gives assurances on Opel

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7974129.stm

Adam Opel Gmbh

http://www.opel.com/

Small business forced to change, or die

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29918791/

The Truth About Credit Scores

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=7188295&page=1

Here comes your stimulus bonus (…it may not be what you think…)

http://money.cnn.com/2009/03/31/pf/taxes/making_work_pay_credit/index.htm?cnn=yes

World Bank offers trade boost, OECD casts G20 shadow

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52u1yy-us-worldbank-zoellick/

Government policies will avert economic collapse: OECD report




http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/03/31/oedc-forecast.html

France threatens G20 walkout

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7974190.stm

Ghost towns Western Australia hit by global slowdown

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7973008.stm

Khmer Rouge leader admits crimes

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7973463.stm

Khmer Rouge torturer accepts blame for 14,000 deaths

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/bkk458269-us-cambodia-rouge-apology/

Emergency declared on Philippine island

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7973558.stm

Jolo island

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jolo_island

'Green' Hair Bleach May Become Environmentally Friendly Consumer Product

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324171420.htm

Cancer Genomics Browser Gives Cancer Researchers A Powerful New Tool

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090330142425.htm

UCSC Cancer Genomics Browser Site

http://genome-cancer.ucsc.edu

Fauci: Why there is no AIDS vaccine

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29898087/





































http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7972677.stm

Digital Rights Management

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management

Google to venture into start-ups

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7973783.stm

Skype on the iPhone

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7972613.stm

Skype

http://www.skype.com/

Facebook campaign to catch rapist

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/7973889.stm

Giant laser experiment powers up

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7972865.stm

US National Ignition Facility

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Ignition_Facility

How NIF Works

https://lasers.llnl.gov/programs/nif/how_nif_works/

National Ignition Facility homepage

https://lasers.llnl.gov/

Portable Energy Source Utilizes Microbes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090330111257.htm

Methanogen

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methanogenic_bacteria

Green power from algae?

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/30/1871113.aspx

'Alarming' Use Of Energy In Modern Manufacturing Methods

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090327112547.htm


Island nears energy independence

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7951286.stm

El Hierro

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Hierro

New Form Of Destructive Terrorist Material Unlikely, Chemists Report












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Monday, March 30, 2009

Crises in NKorea and Auto Industry? and More for Monday, March 30, 2009

USS John S. McCain (DDG-56) image licensed under Creative Commons by Matt Watts


U.S. deploys anti-missile ships before N.Korea launch

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52t0f8-us-korea-north/

Obama: We Cannot Let Auto Industry Vanish

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/30/business/main4903151.shtml

Auto Workers Uneasy Over Obama's Auto Plan

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/30/business/main4902920.shtml

Obama denies bailout funds for automakers

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29944834/

Car problems slam Wall Street

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/

World stock markets tumble on automotive, banking concerns

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/03/30/world-markets.html

GM, Chrysler rocked by Obama autos team hard line

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52s1vv-us-autos/

GM chief Wagoner ousted by Obama

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7971202.stm

Rick Wagoner

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Wagoner

Japanese Anxious Over U.S. Auto Woes

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/30/business/main4902178.shtml

Officials: Waterboarding Foiled No Plot

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/29/politics/washingtonpost/main4901154.shtml

Abu Zubaydah

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Zubaida

2nd U.S. GI Convicted For Iraqi Executions

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/30/iraq/main4902039.shtml

North Korea rocket shown on launch pad

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/30/north.korea.rocket/index.html

China dismisses cyber-espionage claims

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/03/30/ghostnet.cyber.espionage/index.html

Israeli military rejects Gaza abuse claims

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/30/israel.gaza.abuses/index.html

Fargo braces as new storm nears

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29873706/

Obama monitors flooding, pledges federal help

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29938827/

Fargo Works To Protect Good Water From Bad

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/30/national/main4902624.shtml

'Torture' Could Haunt Bush Officials

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=7203966&page=1

Brown accused over green spending

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7971183.stm

Judge to rule whether British MP can enter Canada

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/03/29/galloway-mp--ruling-injunction.html

George Galloway

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Galloway

Hamas (Wiki page)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas

Spain bank bail-out hits shares

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7971582.stm

Japan debates digging itself out

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29951880/

Why wasn't I hired? How to deal with rejection

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29796678/

Court hears Khmer Rouge testimony

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7971231.stm

Thirty years on, Khmer Rouge torturer in dock

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52t0kz-us-cambodia-rouge/

Khmer Rouge

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmer_Rouge

Death toll cut in Australia fires

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7971270.stm

2009 Victorian Bush Fires

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_2009_Victorian_bushfires

Tibet reopens to foreign tourists

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7971445.stm

Border corruption US graft fuels the drugs war, Mexico's president tells BBC (…actually most Americans think/believe it’s the other way around…)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7971335.stm

Felipe Calderon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felipe_calderon

Fans blamed for Ivorian stampede

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7971596.stm

'Open cloud' computing sparks dissent

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7969458.stm

Cloud Computing Manifesto (Wiki page)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_Computing_Manifesto

Google China to push music tracks

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7972399.stm

Obama plans climate summit

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7970274.stm

Nasa man's 'extinction' warning


















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Sunday, March 29, 2009

Cyberspy Network Uncovered and Bushies Face Spanish Inquisition and More for Sunday, March 29, 2009






Anchorage Airport closed as volcanic ash falls

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/29/alaska.volcano/index.html

Mount Redoubt

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Redoubt_(Alaska)

Geithner defends bank relief plan


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Timothy Franz Geithner

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geithner

Want a Job? Ask a Billionaire

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=7183692&page=1

US school swamped by flood river

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7970760.stm

2009 Red River Flood

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Red_River_flood

Leaders stress need for G20 unity

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7970660.stm

EU warns Spain over development

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7965912.stm

Judge OKs investigation of Bush officials (...nobody expects the Spanish Inquisiton...)

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/03/29/gonzales.spain.gitmo/index.html

Ex-Official: Bush Panicked After 9/11

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/27/politics/main4897315.shtml?source=mostpop_story

Spanish court weighs U.S. torture case

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29933497/

Afghan leader 'can stay in power'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7970883.stm

Hamid Karzai

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamid_Karzai

10 colonoscopy patients have hepatitis, VA says

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29916792/

Hepatitis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepatitis

College closes after virus sickens 100

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29933995/

Babson

http://www.babson.edu/

Norovirus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norovirus

Film sheds light on shadowy world of germ warfare

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/27/f-tech-090327-anthrax-war.html

Anthrax War (documentary)














New Device Helps Control Disease-causing Ticks

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090328152625.htm

Ixodes scapularis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ixodes_scapularis

Amblyomma americanum

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amblyomma_americanum

U.S. to push for U.N. climate deal

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52q2ck-us-climate/

Solar Activity And Climate Change: New Sun-Watching Satellite To Monitor Sunlight Fluctuations

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090328163643.htm

Glory satellite mission profile

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/profile.cfm?MCode=GLORY

Atlantic Warming Mainly Due To Dust Reduction?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090326141553.htm

Airborne Acid May Help Soot Turn Into Cloud Seeds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090325155535.htm

Climate Change Redraws the Map

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/GlobalWarming/story?id=7191533&page=1

Recruited to serve and sniff — again (...it shouldn't happen to a dog of war...)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29941206/

Canis lupus familiaris

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canis_lupus_familiaris

Weekend Window: Sandhill Crane Migration

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Weekend/story?id=7189778&page=1

Grus canadensis























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Friday, March 27, 2009

The Coming Nuclear War with North Korea? and Russia Militarizes the Arctic and More for Friday, March 27, 2009



U.S., Japan mobilize for N. Korean launch (Hoping that a nuclear holocaust doesn’t follow….)

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/27/north.korea.us.ships/index.html

Japan OK's deployment of missile defence system

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/03/27/north-korea-missile-japan-military-mobilization.html

Japan to 'destroy' N Korea rocket

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7967202.stm

Japan readies defenses for North Korea rocket launch

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52o4oc-us-korea-north/

Israel: 'Iron Dome' rocket shield test a success (...and speaking of North Korea...don't we need one of these?...)

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/27/israel.rocket.shield/index.html

New Wheat Disease Could Spread Faster Than Expected (...like the first few articles don't give us enough to worry about...)

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090325132147.htm

Puccinia striiformis var. striiformis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puccinia_striiformis_var._striiformis

Alarming New Data Shows TB-HIV Co-infection A Bigger Threat (...cancelling our trip to Sub-saharan Africa...)

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324131600.htm

CIA transnational health and economic activities

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_transnational_health_and_economic_activities

FAA Wants Bird Strike Records Confidential (….ummm, safety first guys?...Oh, and what was that thing President Obama said about transparency in government? We think he might have really meant that…)

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/27/national/main4897075.shtml

Residents flee as Red River rises

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29873706/

N.D. River 22 Feet Higher Than Flood Level

http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/Weather/story?id=7187050&page=1

Canadian military on standby to battle Manitoba flood

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2009/03/26/mb-flood-military.html

Deflation stalks Japan, resentment rises before G20

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52m16g-us-financial/

Obama's economic remedies may face pushback at G20

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52q0u3-us-obama-g20/

Obama to meet with bank CEOs on recovery

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29911655/

Key Senate panel backs Obama's budget plan

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29892867/

Senate Budget Committee

http://budget.senate.gov/

Senate Budget Committee

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate_Budget_Committee

Obama To Be On "Face The Nation"

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/26/link/blog/main4895696.shtml

What Good News? Pink Slips Still Pour In (…we got our last paycheck months ago…oh, and no ui benefits, either…)

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=7182496&page=1

More States See Double-Digit Unemployment

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/27/business/main4896889.shtml

Overcoming Being Over 55 When Job-Seeking

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/27/earlyshow/series/jobsquad/main4896796.shtml

Regulators (CA) investigating credit card industry

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/03/26/competition-credit.html

U.S. consumer spending rises 0.2 percent

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52q2xi-us-usa-economy-spending/

House price decline accelerates

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7967715.stm

Fed Reserve Ad Warns About Foreclosure Scams

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=7188462

US plans to rein in Wall Street

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7966023.stm

Death Threats and the Other AIG Outrage

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=7184097&page=1

Video: Lawmakers get cash from bailout firms

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Madoff’s U.K. outfit played big role in swindle

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29912610/

Madoff investment scandal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madoff_investment_scandal

CAW, Chrysler fail to reach deal, face March 31 deadline for public cash

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/03/27/caw-chrysler-bargaining.html

Quebec orders police to turn in Tasers

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2009/03/27/mtl-quebec-taser-recall-0327.html

Obama's new Afghan plan to target al Qaeda havens

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52p7co-us-afghanistan/

Obama's Afghan goal: Dismantle al-Qaida

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29898698/

Al-Qaeda (Wikipedia Page Link)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Qaeda

4,000 new troops, more civilian experts for Afghanistan, says Obama

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/03/27/obama-afghanistan-plan-troops.html

Watchdog rejects government bid to delay Afghan detainee inquiry

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/03/26/mpcc-detainee-transfer.html

U.S. Official: Mexico Not Near Collapse

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/26/world/main4895934.shtml

Dennis C. Blair

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_C._Blair

China ready to contribute to IMF

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7967706.stm

Hormone-mimics In Plastic Water Bottles Act As Functional Estrogens (...is this why I have moobs?...)

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090326100714.htm

Indonesia dam burst kills dozens

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7967205.stm

International torch relays banned

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympic_games/7967284.stm

Russian 'Arctic military' plan
Pourable batteries could store green power

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29900981/

New Nanogenerator May Charge IPods And Cell Phones With A Wave Of The Hand

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090326114403.htm

Flowing blood could power cell phones

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29900077/

New Listening Device Should Help Find Trapped Miners

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090326084756.htm

AT&T to start sending copyright warnings

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29904298/

North West Tidal Barrages Could Provide 5% Of UK's Electricity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090325092203.htm

Fuel efficiency standards hiked for 2011

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29903330/

Tesla unveils four-door electric sedan

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52p72y-us-tesla-models/

Tesla Motors

http://www.teslamotors.com/

Dewdrop-sized Motes Serve As Invisible Security Guards
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