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Thursday, August 13, 2009

The Coming India/Asia Drought War? and More for Thursday, August 13, 2009


World population to hit 7 billion in 2011

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/08/12/world.population/index.html

India's water use 'unsustainable'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8197287.stm

India Drought War

http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2009/08/india-drought-war.html

Drought in India

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

France and Germany exit recession

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8198766.stm

US retail sales in surprise fall

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8199881.stm

Oregon Rep. Fights Palin, Gingrich Attacks

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/08/13/politics/main5239178.shtml

Fact or Fiction? The Truth About Four Health Care Fears (ABC News)


http://abcnews.go.com/Health/HealthCare/story?id=8317197&page=1

NYT: Roots of rage at a town hall meeting

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32381149/ns/politics-the_new_york_times/

Sarah Palin doubles down on 'death panels' claim

http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20090813/pl_politico/26078;_ylt=AsUrwzz2H_bPywmsMK.GwCGs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTNmbTRtbWwwBGFzc2V0A3BvbGl0aWNvLzIwMDkwODEzLzI2MDc4BGNjb2RlA21vc3Rwb3B1bGFyBGNwb3MDNARwb3MDMQRwdANob21lX2Nva2UEc2VjA3luX2hlYWRsaW5lX2xpc3QEc2xrA3NhcmFoc

CNNMoney: Little Tikes recalls 1.6 million toys

http://money.cnn.com/2009/08/13/news/companies/little_tikes_recall_workshop/index.htm

Government Grant Seekers Warned of Scams

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/08/13/earlyshow/main5239494.shtml

Lockerbie bomber 'to be released'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/8198603.stm

Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi

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

Gaza white flag deaths probe call

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8198863.stm

Judge Rebuffs Attempt to Change Mining

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/08/12/tech/main5238393.shtml

NASA budget too slim to reach moon by 2020

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32403431/ns/technology_and_science-space/


NASA can't track dangerous asteroids: report

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/13/asteroid-threat-earth-collide-detect-nasa.html

Judge Rules in Palin E-mail Case

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_palin_e_mails;_ylt=Avh74lFOMMGu0KYtcydjaFcDW7oF

Man charged with infecting 3,000 computers

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32402494/ns/technology_and_science-security/

China scales back net filtering plan

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8198931.stm

Palm criticised over Pre privacy

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8198921.stm

Palm Pre

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

Exploding iPhones in France (CBS News)

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5239346n

iBlower or iBlast

http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2009/08/iblower-or-iblast.html

iPhone

http://www.apple.com/iphone/

Blower (Definition 1., Urban Dictionary Link)

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=blower

Blast (Definition 2.3, Urban Dictionary Link)

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=blast

Food giants say U.S. running out of sugar

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090813/bs_nm/us_sugar;_ylt=Ami.8pxQqzmpp2FEcREdFyWs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTNjbjVoN25rBGFzc2V0A25tLzIwMDkwODEzL3VzX3N1Z2FyBGNjb2RlA21vc3Rwb3B1bGFyBGNwb3MDNgRwb3MDMwRwdANob21lX2Nva2UEc2VjA3luX2hlYWRsaW5lX2xpc3QEc2xrA2Zvb2RnaWFudHNzYQ--

‘Family Cast’ Performs Abortion Episode

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090813/ap_on_en_tv/us_tv_family_guy;_ylt=AtfLpiW.CM0oDRdgcYR2cfADW7oF
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Rollover Authority, MRSA in Your Food and What is a Bee Worth? and More for Wednesday, July 15, 2009


http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/07/15/ont-electric-cars511.html

Mars crew return after three month mission... to Moscow

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8150385.stm

Tagging technology to track trash

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8149183.stm

Trash Track (Blog)

http://senseable.mit.edu/trashtrack/

Snooping through the power socket

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8147534.stm

Help call for vanishing honeybees

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8148999.stm

Public Accounts Committee

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Accounts_Committee_(United_Kingdom)

Newsweek: Raids, rage at puppy mills across U.S.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/206163

Puppy mill

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


Brothel offers 'green' discount‘A German brothel goes green to boost its business, offering customers money off if they arrive by bicycle’.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8149334.stm
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Friday, April 3, 2009

Rocket Chemical in Baby Formula and 2M 2009 Job Losses and More for Friday, April 3, 2009

CDC: Rocket fuel chemical found in powdered baby formula

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1052958

Rocket fuel chemical found in baby formula

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30028134/

Perchlorate

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

2 million jobs lost in 2009

http://money.cnn.com/2009/04/03/news/economy/jobs_march/index.htm?postversion=2009040308

Jobless rate hits highest level since 1983

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30027181/

US loses 663,000 jobs

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7981607.stm

U.S. economy sheds 663,000 jobs

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/n03321597-us-usa-economy/

From Stress To Financial Mess: Acute Stress Affects Financial Decision Making

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090401134610.htm

Iowa gay marriage ban ruled unconstitutional

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30027685/

Robot scientists can think for themselves

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre53167k-us-robots/

Hungary on the ‘brink of ruin’

http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/04/03/1878205.aspx

Hungary

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

New world order emerges from financial chaos

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7979918.stm

Obama offers vision of world without nuclear arms

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre53184y-us-nato/

Bailed-out banks may buy toxic assets: report

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5320ok-us-banks-toxic-assets/

Geithner pressed but fell short

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30023759/

Obama adviser sees positive GDP growth by year end

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5323s1-us-usa-economy-jobs-romer/

Cars pile up after burst ‘bubble’

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30024711/

Buying Foreclosed Homes: Be Careful

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/03/earlyshow/living/ConsumerWatch/main4916014.shtml

Madoff Brother's Assets Partially Unfrozen

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/03/business/main4916095.shtml

Obama underlines al-Qaeda threat

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7980835.stm

UN appoints Gaza war crimes team

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7981538.stm

Richard Goldstone

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

Israeli FM questioned over fraud

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7979666.stm

Israel FM: No Peace Without War

http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=7237188&page=1

Shocking Video: Girl Beaten for 'Adultery'

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/International/story?id=7246780&page=1

Diplomats Scurry to Scuttle NKorea Launch

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=7245576

France 'to take Guantanamo man'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7981643.stm

Ex-Sailor Gets 10 Years In Terror Case

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/03/national/main4916655.shtml

Hassan Abujihaad

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

Blagojevich indicted by federal grand jury

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29999778/

Rod Blagojevich

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

N.J. warns 3,000 to get tested for hepatitis B

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30014025/

NY county ban on baby bottle chemical is official

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090402/ap_on_re_us/baby_bottle_ban;_ylt=Av4Ho4dlPLGXc4FbEXVoJIqs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFkYzZobDg5BHBvcwMxNDIEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9oZWFsdGgEc2xrA255Y291bnR5YmFubw--

FDA eyes N.Y. firm in pistachio recall probe
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Monday, March 23, 2009

Geithner's $ 1 Trillion Dollar Plan Unveiled and More for Monday, March 23, 2009

Alaska volcano erupts five times

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7959261.stm

Alaska volcano shoots ash 9 miles high

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29833845/

Mount Redoubt

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

N.D., Minn. seek sandbag help ahead of flood

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29833266/

ND univ cancels classes to help with sandbagging

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090323/ap_on_re_us/flooding_fargo;_ylt=AqN_hvGmiT45me7xZhWi9x.s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlM2NidGhkBHBvcwM1NwRzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3Vfc19uZXdzBHNsawNuZHVuaXZjYW5jZWw-

Fiery Tokyo plane crash kills two

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7958367.stm

The Cold Facts Of A Melting Arctic

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/22/sunday/main4882340.shtml

US unveils $1tn toxic asset plan

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7958501.stm

Geithner unveils plan to tame toxic assets

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29817617/

AIG changes its name

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29834658/

Your Tax Dollars at Work? Jets for JPMorgan

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/WallStreet/story?id=7146474&page=1

China To Keep Buying U.S. Debt

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/23/business/main4883530.shtml

Obama ponders Afghan 'exit plan'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7958447.stm

U.S. existing home sales rise in February

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52m3ms-us-usa-economy-housing/

IMF says clean up banks to tackle dire world crisis

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52m1yl-us-financial-imf/

Court says US asked detainee to drop torture claim

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090323/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_torture;_ylt=AheGLQ.mU4jjVeEbRqCwHYys0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFiMDlidmhzBHBvcwM0NQRzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3dvcmxkBHNsawNjb3VydHNheXN1c2E-


UN criticises Israelis over Gaza

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7958452.stm

Israeli soldiers' shirts joke about killing Arabs

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090323/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_army;_ylt=AoYu.jxu2at3yoiTKkcMaTas0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFidGk1djNhBHBvcwM0MwRzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3dvcmxkBHNsawNpc3JhZWxpc29sZGk-

Mumbai attack trial begins, gunman says from Pakistan

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52m13x-us-india-mumbai-kasab/

Pyramid scam ringleader convicted

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7958537.stm

Sudan leader visits Eritrea despite arrest warrant

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090323/ap_on_re_mi_ea/sudan_president;_ylt=AuwmczI7uqgyG6XHSjUhbq.s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFiajRoMzNxBHBvcwM0NARzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3dvcmxkBHNsawNzdWRhbmxlYWRlcnY-

South Africa bans Dalai Lama trip
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Thursday, March 19, 2009

Twitter4: Pandemics? Global Crises? Global Melts and Other Catastrophes? and More for Thursday, March 19, 2009

Will Twitter be the essential new technology tool to help us predict; Pandemics, Global Melting and flooding, Wildfires/Bushfires, Potential Extinctions, and other Catastrophes? (Too late for the Beddington 2030 Global Crisis Projection, see below...). Is this the "real" usefulness or utility for Twitter? Are these "Twittersentials"?
Global crisis 'to strike by 2030'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7951838.stm

Prof John Beddington

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

Big melt seen in Antarctic past, and maybe future

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090318/ap_on_sc/sci_antarctica_melt

Predicting The Next Pandemic Via Twitter?

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/18/tech/cnettechnews/main4874828.shtml

World economy 'to shrink in 2009'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7952377.stm

New Mexico Abolishes Death Penalty

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/18/national/main4874296.shtml

Poll: Americans fear losing their quality of life

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/19/poll.standard.of.living/index.html

Number Of U.S. Births Breaks Record

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/18/national/main4873969.shtml

Official: US to release data unless harm foreseen

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090319/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/obama_freedom_of_information

Fed launches $1.2 trillion bid to revive economy

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29707055/

Food industry safety inspections challenged

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090319/ap_on_go_co/salmonella_outbreak

Some AIG bonuses already repaid, says CEO ahead of Congress vote

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/03/18/aig-tax-back.html

The Cost of AIG 'Hysteria'

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theworldnewser/2009/03/the-cost-of-aig.html

How Fed failed to tell Obama of bonuses

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29767653/

Dodd: Administration sought bonus changes

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29771223/

13 firms receiving bailouts owe back taxes

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29773472/

Scientists grow diabetes drug in tobacco plants

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52i047-us-tobacco-medicine/

Interleukin-10

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interleukin-10

Nicotiana

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

GE sees finance unit profitable in 2009

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52i46a-us-ge-capital/

Dollar slides after US Fed plan

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7952319.stm

From Hedge Funds to Pizza: One Man's Fall


http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=7111098&page=1

Online game gets real-world banking license

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29760522/

Entropia Universe

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

Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority

http://www.fi.se/Default____3.aspx

EU to debate extra stimulus calls

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7952557.stm

U.S. workers on jobless benefits at record high

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52i3qc-us-usa-economy-jobless/

Weekly jobless claims fall more than expected

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29771904/

Oil: Low prices are behind us

http://money.cnn.com/2009/03/18/markets/oil_prices/index.htm?cnn=yes

Foreclosure hunters go in for the kill

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29744491/

What's hot at the pawnshop

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29762007/

FedEx profit tumbles on global slump

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52i3c8-us-fedex/

Big jump in online banking fraud

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7952598.stm

DNA test advances bring more to justice

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7951652.stm

Israel troops admit Gaza abuses

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7952603.stm

Political voice against Taliban killed in Afghan bombing

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/03/19/afghanistan-wrap.html

Dad Mohammad Khan

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

North Korea 'holds US reporters'


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7951982.stm

New nationwide strike hits France

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7951949.stm

Thousands in Argentina protest crime

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/03/19/argentina.crime/index.html

Iranian satellite completes mission: state TV

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52i34p-us-iran-satellite/

Moral dilemma A US Iraq veteran seeks asylum in Germany

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7951403.stm

Army suicides blamed on long deployments
Topple Somali leader - Bin Laden

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7952310.stm

Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed

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

Milder Atlantic hurricane season predicted

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/weather/03/18/hurricane.forecast/index.html

Lessons From Hurricane Rita Not Practiced During Hurricane Ike

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090313110752.htm

Hurricane Rita

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

Hurricane Ike

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

Drought, Urbanization Were Ingredients For Atlanta's Perfect Storm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311111013.htm

2008 Atlanta Tornado Outbreak

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Atlanta_tornado_outbreak

Ozone: New Simulation Shows Consequences Of A World Without Earth's Natural Sunscreen

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090319090754.htm

Ozone layer

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

Ozone depletion

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

Montreal Protocol
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