Showing posts with label Moon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Moon. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Introducing the fIrePod??? and More for Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Making the moon pay

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/07/28/2012537.aspx

Madoff ‘very candid’ with lawyer for victims

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32193175/ns/business-us_business/

China to cut number of executions

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8174306.stm

Uighur leader says 10,000 went missing in one night

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre56s1o0-us-china-xinjiang/

China bans online games that glamorize gangs

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32185286/ns/tech_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/

Iran to release prominent reformist from jail

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/29/iran.detainee.release/index.html

Saeed Hajjarian

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

Iran protesters 'to face trial'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8174507.stm

Ireland to take Guantanamo men

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8174262.stm

Carded for your care? Docs begin checking IDs

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32175003/ns/health-health_care/

CNNMoney: Detroit area jobless rate tops 17%

http://money.cnn.com/2009/07/29/news/economy/metro_area_unemployment/index.htm?postversion=2009072910

Woes continue for world carmakers

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8173807.stm

Durable goods orders tumbled in June

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32200846/ns/business-stocks_and_economy/

Microsoft and Yahoo seal web deal

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8174763.stm

Humans central in Spinvox patents

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8174721.stm

SpinVox

http://spinvox.com/

Is Apple hiding problems with fiery iPods?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32190181/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/

IPod

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

fIrePod

http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2009/07/firepod.html


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Monday, July 20, 2009

The Moon Landing Anniversary & More for Monday, July 20, 2009

We admit, we have been inundated - like you - by the broadcasting and re-broadcasting of the 40th Anniversary of the Moon landing, and the passing of the late, great Walter Cronkite (& his coverage of the same). But, we think a message has been lost here to the public at large. What we're missing is the coverage of the Moon Base, the Mars Colony and the L5 Station. What you say? We don't have any of those things? Yes, we don't. We ask, why, after 40 years we are not even close to having any of those things?

Instead, our flawed media circus has chosen to focus on the hero worship of the late Mr. Cronkite (which we understand, is more than necessary...) and the glorification of the landing that happened 40 years ago. Instead, they should also be covering the reasons why we have not had more moon missions (yes, we know that there have been other moon missions and the shuttle) and even missions to Mars since then. Why is this media circus so myopic? Has journalism truly become a subjective exercise and not the objective enterprise it was once meant to be (as in during the Cronkite-era of journalism)? Is this why so many of our newspapers are folding (pun intended), due to the loss of great journalism and the failure of the human species to meet two of its most basic drives - the need to know and the need to explore? Is it because we are truly getting dumber - as a species? (See the link: Kids' lower IQ scores linked to prenatal pollution ).

True, we have had the Space Shuttle program. But it has not been without its disasters (Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster and Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster). But, these disasters have served to educate us on the dangers and risks inherent in space travel and colonization. We think its very, very important to all (all life on earth, that is...) that we definitely relocate to more remote locations. For reasons of safe haven from potential further disasters and economic reasons. True, we may be a little late in delivering our little homily, but not many will pay heed to this message - until it is too late.

The potential for worldwide disaster is too often overlooked by our regular media. So is its connection to space travel and colonization. This is why we find the media's attention to past glories - decades ago - so troubling, so fatuous, so vacuous and so vapid - as if it were all over. But it shouldn't be. The arguments for safe passage to space and colonization should be as fast and furious as any other important topic of the day. This is one more reason we miss Cronkite and his kind. We need the message delivered by great people. It is vital, it is current, it is topical and it is now.

Moon astronauts urge Mars mission

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8158519.stm

Buzz Aldrin

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

Michael Collins

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Collins_(astronaut)

Mars Colonization

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

L5 Society

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L5_Society

Gerard K. O’Neill

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_K._O%27Neill

Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster

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

Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster

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

First Look At The Apollo Landing Sites

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090717150244.htm

Apollo 11 Moon Rocks Still Crucial 40 Years Later, Say Researchers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090717150254.htm

India's first unmanned moon probe malfunctions

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre56g1pz-us-india-space/

The Coming Space-Based Economy?

http://americanpoliticalhandbook.blogspot.com/2009/01/coming-space-based-economy.html

He sold you subprime loan, now he hawks fix

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32007521/ns/business-the_new_york_times/

Stimulus Funds Spent, but Where Are the Jobs?

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=8122651&page=1

RNC Chair Attacks Obama on Health Care

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/20/politics/main5173848.shtml

Geothermal To Deliver Clean Power Generation?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090716113356.htm

Geothermal Energy

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

Newsweek: How coal ruined one Tennessee town

http://www.newsweek.com/id/207445

Kingston Fossil Plant coal fly ash slurry spill

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

TVA

http://www.tva.gov/

Clean Coal?

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

U.S. halts uranium mining at Grand Canyon

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32004574/ns/us_news-environment/

Uranium Mining in Arizona

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

Western Reservoirs Could Be Dry By 2050

U.S. recession easing but likely not over: survey

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090720/sc_livescience/westernreservoirscouldbedryby2050;_ylt=AgfOknqrW9wxp8ezQ_ox_54PLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTNvbzdxcmI1BGFzc2V0Ay9saXZlc2NpZW5jZS8yMDA5MDcyMC9zY19saXZlc2NpZW5jZS93ZXN0ZXJucmVzZXJ2b2lyc2NvdWxkYmVkcnlieTIwNTAEcG9

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre56j0or-us-usa-economy-recession/

Late 2000s Recession in the Americas

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_2000s_recession_in_the_Americas

White House creates climate job

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31970467/ns/us_news-environment/

In the year 2040 - 1.3 billion senior citizens

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32007564/ns/health-aging/

US 'seeks Afghan prison overhaul'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8158528.stm

American Expansion of Pul-e-Charkhi Prison

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pul-e-Charkhi_prison#American_expansion

Mumbai suspect changes plea to guilty

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8158741.stm

Mohammad Ajmal Amir Qasab

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

Khatami calls for Iran referendum

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8158692.stm

Mohammad Khatami

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

Spain, Portugal open nanotechnology research center

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre56g5ur-us-portugal-spain-nanotech/

Higher Speed Limits Cost Lives: Study

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090716164339.htm

260 Car Pile-Up on Germany’s Autobahn

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8159096.stm

Autobahn

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

Alarming Africa male gay HIV rate

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8158469.stm

Tourists warned of Thailand airport scam

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8154497.stm

Bangkok International Airport(s)

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

Zig-zag Scam
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Friday, July 3, 2009

Oil Price Culprit Found & Iran's Legal Threat to Journalism & More for Friday, July 3, 2009

"That which is done out of love, is beyond good & evil". Which is probably one of our favorite aphorisms, penned by Nietzsche. We thought of this when hearing some of the recorded interviews given by Mark Sanford. Based on those conversations, we tend to believe the man was truly, deeply in love with his Argentine mistress. Normally, we would link to a Wiki page of the woman in question, but the Wikipedia appears to have deleted the page link - something that they had openly discussed previously. We don't know if it is possible to fall into the trap of love with such a thunderous thud as did the governor. Love has been unknown to us and our staff for a long time. Our senior editor was in love - once - many years ago. But since Suzie (there's that name again) passed, we haven't felt anything like love for a long, long time. So it is hard for us to imagine what heights (or depths) drove this governor. We can only try to feel for him. But, if he is guilty of love, it should be no crime. Consider the aphorism noted above. Please do understand, we do feel (pity?) for the jilted wife of the governor. Whose pain and hurt cannot be measured by us. Men and women, we think, can and do fall in and out of love. Perhaps this will be the case between the governor and his wife. Or his mistress... At any rate, the police seem to be clearing him of other wrongdoing. Why did we even broach this subject? Perhaps because we were struck by the philosopher's aphorism written so long ago, when we heard the governor give his homilies. And, hence, ours - though we heard no sermon. The only sermon we can relate to is our own passion and the world's passion for lovers' caught in a forbidden embrace.

President's Choice beef recall updated

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/07/03/presidents-choice-beef-recall-steak-roast.html

Swift & Company (…President’s Choice contains E. Coli…what, is he insane?...or is this a case of false advertising?...)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swift_%26_Company


Seven banks fail, pushing 2009 tally to 52

http://money.cnn.com/2009/07/02/news/companies/bank_failure/index.htm?cnn=yes

Police: S.C. Gov. Sanford Didn't Break Law

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/02/politics/main5130258.shtml

Mark Sanford

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

Drug raids reveal 'sobering' mass of arms

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31722097/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/

Air France crash mystery deepens

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/07/03/air.france.analysis.daly/index.html

Flight 447

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_447

Scrub tech may have exposed thousands to hepatitis

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_he_me/us_surgery_tech_hepatitis;_ylt=AjEmH9Rikf4XT2PWam.DvcSs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFkNmwyNGYyBHBvcwMxNTQEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9oZWFsdGgEc2xrA3NjcnVidGVjaG1heQ--
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009

For Tuesday, January 20, 2009

China bird flu 'epidemic' warning

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7839099.stm

New death from bird flu in China

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7836791.stm

China announces third bird flu death this year

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50j2fn-us-birdflu/

Doctors report 'alarming' rise of MRSA in kids

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28736696/

FDA confirms salmonella in Kellogg's crackers

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28736688/

Guide to US inauguration day

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/obama_inauguration/7838095.stm

High-tech Solutions Ease Inaugural Challenges

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090115164619.htm

Ban 'appalled' by Gaza's damage

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7839863.stm

Gaza rebuild 'to cost billions'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7839075.stm

Russia opens gas taps to Europe

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7839053.stm

Records: Plane Suffered Previous Malfunction

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=6685593


Bank woes push pound below $1.40

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7839391.stm

Fiat taking large stake in Chrysler

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28747620/
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009

For Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Russian gas to Europe 'blocked'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7826142.stm

UN chief to meet Mideast leaders as Gaza conflict continues

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/01/13/gaza-tuesday.html

Diplomacy Resumes As Gaza Fighting Rages

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/13/world/main4717882.shtml

Israelis strike 60 Gaza targets

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7825684.stm

Israelis, Hamas battle near central Gaza City

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28633969/

Ten conflicts the world forgot

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28584056/

Newsweek: Adm. Mullen on Pakistan, Afghanistan

http://www.newsweek.com/id/179149

Michael Mullen

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

Obama to act early on Guantanamo

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7825902.stm

Newsweek: Obama faces national security dilemma

http://www.newsweek.com/id/178855

Report critical of former Justice Dept. official

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090113/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/justice_civil_rights;_ylt=Aj0VJ3bs0eHWLP3PnutZS7qs0NUE

Bradley Schlozman

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

Obama plan 'would lift economy'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7826552.stm

UK economy in 'frightening' decline

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7825213.stm

Germany agrees 50bn euro stimulus

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7825513.stm

Nov. trade gap lowest since 2003

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28636183/

China's exports in record decline

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7825573.stm

Sony Shock: Giant to Report $1.1B Loss

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/wireStory?id=6634457
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