Month: March 2014
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Threats Did Not Sway Putin, Now US Tries Pain
from @afp: US President Barack Obama’s threats of “costs” did not sway Vladimir Putin’s calculations on Crimea. Now he must see if the pain he plans to escalate on Russia will be sufficiently acute to do any better. The White House’s initial strategy of seeking to defuse the crisis, offering Russia an “off-ramp” and warning…
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Start-Ups Aim to Conquer Space Market
from nytimes.com: Silicon Valley, not content with changing how retailers, taxi companies and hotels do business, is taking its disruptive ways into outer space. Several young companies with roots in Silicon Valley are trying to elbow their way into a business long dominated by national governments and aeronautics giants like Boeing.
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Rising Food Prices Bite Into Household Budgets
from usatoday.com: Prices are rising for a range of food staples, from meat and pork to fruits and vegetables, squeezing consumers still struggling with modest wage gains. Food prices rose 0.4% in February, the most since September 2011, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Tuesday. Beef and veal shoppers were socked with some of the…
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Ripple Effect: James Evan Pilato on Traditions and Passions
Episode 19 with James Evan Pilato, producer, host of NewWorldNextWeek & creator of alternative news website *MEDIA MONARCHY* We talk about everything from music & media to why we should or shouldn’t continue traditions & chasing your passions. Download/Subscribe
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Space Waves Further Proof Universe Was Born in Big Bang
from adn.com: One night late in 1979, an itinerant young physicist named Alan Guth, with a new son and a year’s appointment at Stanford, stayed up late with his notebook and equations, venturing far beyond the world of known physics… On Monday, Guth’s starship came in. Radio astronomers reported that they had seen the beginning…
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The Dark History Of Green Food On St. Patricks Day
Why Dyeing Food And Beer Green For St. Patrick’s Day Is Actually Kind Of Sad* from npr.org: Green food may mean party time in America, where St. Patrick’s Day has long been an excuse to break out the food dye. But in Ireland, where the Irish celebrate their patron saint on March 17, green food…
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Github Puts Co-Founder On Leave, Begins Investigation Into Discrimination
from techcrunch.com: Amidst claims of sexism and intimidation at the startup, Github is making moves to quiet the uproar surrounding the departure of engineer Julie Ann Horvath. This evening in a blog post, CEO and co-founder Chris Wanstrath said the company had begun an investigation into the reasons for her leaving. On Friday, Horvath announced…
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Crimea Set to Leave Ukraine and Join Russia After Referendum
from euronews.com: As many as 95.5 percent of the electorate in Crimea have voted to join Russia. That comes after 50 percent of votes had been counted. According to the head of the electoral commission the turnout was as high as 83 percent. Pro-Russians in the Crimean capital Simferopol gathered in Lenin Square soon after…
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Disney’s ‘Frozen’ is Satanic Tool for ‘Indoctrinating’ Young Lesbians!
from rawstory.com: Religious right-wing radio host Kevin Swanson used the animated film Frozen as his argument for attacking Disney’s opposition to the Boy Scouts of America’s ban on gay troop leaders, in audio published by Right Wing Watch on Monday. “Friends, this is evil, just evil,” Swanson said. “I wonder if people are thinking, ‘You…
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Smart Tags Change Color When Food Goes Bad
from cbsnews.com: You might not have to smell sour milk for much longer. Chinese scientists have developed “smart tags” that stick to containers and change color when a food has gone bad. The gel-like tabs — which are about the size of a corn kernel — are safe and inexpensive, according to the creators, and…
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IBM Latest Tech Company to Deny Links with NSA Spy Program
from pcworld.com: IBM said it has not provided client data to the U.S. National Security Agency or any other government agency under surveillance programs involving the bulk collection of content or metadata. The enterprise-focused company is the latest among U.S. tech companies to distance itself from NSA surveillance, which has raised concerns among customers worldwide…
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@PumpUpThaVolume: Episode102 – Secret Message
“♫Makin’ a soundtrack for another planet to hear♫ on Episode102 – Secret Message which features brand new sounds from Liv Warfield, Eagulls, Kins, Jessica Lea Mayfield, Big Data, Supreme Cuts, Honeyblood, Bear Hands, Quilt, Lambchop, Courtney Barnett and Wimps… Download/Subscribe Previous: Episode101 – Ready To Go **************************************** ♬Liner Notes♬: Spring has pretty much sprung (at…
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Video: ‘The Botany of Desire’
from therealfoodchannel.com: It’s astonishing how little we learn about plants in school or through the media. We’re dependent on them – 100% dependent on them – yet the average person knows more about Hollywood celebrities and football scores than he or she knows about the plants within a hundred yard radius of where they live.
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Navy Submarine Drones Will Predict the Weather Months In Advance
from Strat Risks: In the next decade, Navy scientists will be able to predict the weather as far as 90 days into the future with the help of mathematical models, satellites, and submarine drones. The mathematical models are the most important element in the ocean and weather prediction cocktail. But making those models perform at a…