Northland Power Inc. Announces OPA for Wind Farm in the Grand Bend Area

Oh dear!

http://w.leadhoster.com/?134

Promote your local Arts Council

Help the Lambton Shores Community in their efforts to form an Arts Council!

See example below:

http://thelyricharrison.org/

US debt default fears grow as UK becomes safest haven for bondholders | Business | The Guardian

What will drive interest rates up? It looks as though the world economy correction begins slowly in Britain!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/jul/27/us-debt-default-uk-bondholders?CMP=EMCGT_280711

Libya: Britain cuts last ties with Gaddafi regime | Politics | The Guardian

It's a very strange story!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/jul/27/libya-britain-gaddafi-regime?CMP=EMCGT_280711

Boehner: ‘A Lot’ Of Republicans Want To Force Default, Create ‘Enough Chaos’ To Pass Balanced Budget Amendment | ThinkProgress

It seems to be a strategy of the GOP, but it is an immoral one! The ethics of political tactics have hit a new low! One watches the Republican party, referred to as the GOP and one thinks of with sadness of how far the political process has arrived at the gutter!

This is not America, it's a zoo manufactured by a mistaken attitudes of crazy people like Palin of Alaska and who knows what depressed minds are out there plotting horrible futures for America. It is a war of a group of activist right winged politicians towards the plight of less fortunate people.

It makes Rupert Murdoch seem angelic in comparison, except that the names of the right wing Americans involved are so very forgettable. They are to be denied power because they abuse it.

What happens in America affects us all, and when we see the emptiness of the political debate going on there, we can only hope it does not destroy the rest of the world because it really is destructive of America.

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2011/07/27/280754/boehner-gop-want-chaos-debt-ceiling/

HTML 5 is the new world of business!

That's an interesting take on technology!

Guardian Tech (@guardiantech) 27/07/2011 12:48 PM Here's the future: The beginning of the end of Google, and why Apple is the creator's friend http://bit.ly/q98Iih

Scaling dominates everything almost

http://video.ted.com/talk/podcast/2011G/None/GeoffreyWest_2011G.mp4

Al-Qaeda could collapse, U.S. officials say - The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/al-qaeda-could-collapse-us-officials-say/2011/07/21/gIQAFu2pbI_story.html?wpisrc=al_national

Pissed-off Whole Foods employee writes tremendous resignation letter - Food on Shine

This letter of resignation is very helpful to Whole Foods. The guy should be rehired, given a promotion and placed in a position where he can influence operational policies for the good of the company.

Give your critical and thinking person a promotion and responsibility!

http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/food/pissed-off-whole-foods-employee-writes-tremendous-resignation-letter-2515696

How The Government Screws Over Savers

The government is subsidising the housing industry excessively because it is seen as a job creator.

Unfortunately, it is the one sector that should pay it's way and if it can't the rest of the economy suffers. If the market has any role at all it is in seeing that the core housing sector can be self sustaining without government support in the form of interest tax rebates, low interest rates and spending above a sustainable rate linked to migration and demographics.

What Bush did was make the 1980s Texas mistake for the whole country encouraging land speculation and excessive growth in the housing sector. That pushed up housing prices and has as we are seeing reduced overall housing and industrial growth. It was a fool hardy policy and unsustainable.

The danger is that some idiots may take the situation to a stage beyond repair. If taxes don't rise then interest rates will.... My prediction!

http://www.businessinsider.com/how-the-government-screws-over-savers-2011-7

The Firefox People Are Building A Mobile OS

Interesting development!

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-firefox-people-are-building-a-mobile-os-2011-7?utm_source=alerts

Dan Loeb Blasts Obama's Leadership In Second Quarter Investor Letter

US taxes need adjustment and more targeting of subsidised interests who don't need subsidies. Suppose America were to withdraw the interest subsidy on mortgages?

Obama! Well, perhaps one has to redefine leadership to include making choices that don't continue business as usual. President Obama leads in a very different way from Bush in that he asks people to consider Americans first, and not the profit margin.

Investors have a habit of migrating their money to places like China.

Had Bush been less keen to push forward a political agenda that really divided the rich from the poor, we / the world would not be in such a mess! If it's the blame game then look to past leadership!

http://www.businessinsider.com/dan-loeb-second-quarter-letter-obama-fiddling-away-while-washington-burns-2011-7?utm_source=Triggermail&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Clusterstock%20Select&utm_campaign=Clusterstock_Select_072611

Debt question!

ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) 25/07/2011 10:42 PM Ratings Agency Source: Boehner plan would lead to downgrade of U.S. debt, Reid plan would preserve AAA rating http://thkpr.gs/r8Vwps

Competition Issues for Electric Carmakers

Why the Market does not work as theory requires!

BNET (@BNET) 25/07/2011 05:15 PM Electric Cars Are Doing Fine, Electric Carmakers Struggle: http://bnet.io/nSOniu

The Norwegian Killer was Member of Secret Right Wing Organisation(s) with Ties to the UK and Europe

A new Hitler aspirant with racialist goals. Very sad development which hastens perceptions of a decline of democratic values across the globe. Creates so much misunderstanding and hatred worldwide and achieves very negative goals. Big concern is secret groups with a right wing or extremist  leaning determined to force negative change now the world is inching toward greater and greater financial and economic chaos! 

The Telegraph (@Telegraph) 25/07/2011 05:09 PM Norway killer Anders Behring Breivik had extensive links to English Defence League http://tgr.ph/q3PccJ

How to commission an artist

It's a matter of choosing!

http://www.gwennseemel.com/index.php/blog/comments/commission_an_artist/

A Breath of Fresh Air: New Hope for Cystic Fibrosis Treatment: Scientific American

Good news for Gordon Brown too and for my family and friends!

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=a-breath-of-fresh-air-aug-11

The Designers of the American Constitution Were Mistaken. America is not so great!

See how the Americans destroy what little they have in the way of cooperation and good will. If it's not guns in the streets is chaos in governance. Better to choose a different model from America. It's not really so good there because those well off are so greedy?

http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/appropriations/173237-markey-gop-wants-short-term-debt-increase-in-order-to-stifle-economy

Gwenn Seemel The context makes the art.

She is obviously right!

http://www.gwennseemel.com/index.php/blog/comments/context_art/

Learning How to Use Social Media?

Jeff Bullas (@jeffbullas) 25/07/2011 07:30 AM 5 Do's and 5 Don'ts of Social Media http://bit.ly/d56WFF

The Border's Story! My favourite book stores on a financial sand bar!

No, I won't be going digital, and it's because Borders was a positive social setting with coffee and a chance to meet readers! 

It's sad to see a housing crisis spawn a financial crisis and a book business crisis because Washington sleeps merrily away in another world! If are books are the basis of our democracy we are in deep lulu .... because I don't see any gun shops going out of business!

Publishers Weekly (@PublishersWkly) 25/07/2011 07:03 AM Bookselling After Borders: Where will book sales from the nation's #3 go? http://bit.ly/o5mfwx

Cut budget by billions by not subsidising the Taliban, the Enemy!

Breaking News (@BreakingNews) 24/07/2011 10:01 PM U.S. trucking funds reach Taliban, military-led investigation concludes - @washingtonpost http://wapo.st/ntWl93

As UK sells old aircraft carriers, China buyers circle | Reuters

Used guns get used! An aircraft carrier could be used for peaceful purposes, but it is designed for fighting!

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/22/us-britain-china-carriers-idUSTRE76L54J20110722

Phone hacking: prevent others having News Corp's influence, Cable says | Media | guardian.co.uk

The mystery to me is why Cable was treated in such a bad way! He seems to be the only one seeing the forest from the trees. Would that Cameron was so well informed or placed!

Do you read a Murdoch paper? Why? Well, the odds are that your views are a bit Murdoch like! And, maybe increasingly so over time, which would explain so much within a group behavioural psychology or sociology framework.

Do you have a personal core or are you just a fob 'fact of business', a statistical data point in a world of addictive allegiances!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/24/phone-hacking-vince-cable-murdoch-influence?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fmedia%2Frss+%28Media%29

Vince speaks out when America makes an ass of itself!

Reuters Top News (@Reuters_TopNews) 24/07/2011 08:15 AM Congress "nutters" risk global finance: UK minister http://reut.rs/nvcEz4

How do you claw back the huge interest rate and grant subsidies to home property speculators?

Raising taxes over the longer term makes sense, but it is unfair on those who didn't benefit from the subsidies given to speculators.

How and who do you tax? Seems a lot of people got cheap or free money they did not deserve and a lot of poor or honest working folk are still paying for other people's gambling habits.

Is the Republican party saying the subsidies to bankers, gamblers and speculators subsidies should now be forgotten? Who is accountable?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/no-hints-of-breakthrough-in-white-house-debt-talks/2011/07/23/gIQAdDxKVI_story.html?wpisrc=al_national

Scandalous News of the World phone hacking Stories Emerging

This is the news people making the news as well as following it!

There are a million stories in the big city and too many phone hacking crimes by news and related people for the London police to prosecute! Might as well close down the news industry....

Not enough judges or jury members!

New way to end unemployment! Have everyone serve on a jury. London where everyone is spying on you.

If it's not cameras it's listening devices.

Brave new world where police celebrate their inactivity with champagne!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/phone-hacking/8617707/News-of-the-World-phone-hacking-live.html

When there are so many crimes committed the London Met police commissioner who says to himself 'oh forget this'?

This is more than a can of worms! It is a full police car boot full?

Telegraph Politics (@TelePolitics) 24/07/2011 02:49 AM Phone #hacking: Police chief Andy Hayman paid for champagne dinners with #notw journalists http://tgr.ph/o14mfl

Tut Tut! There are enormous risks to using housing construction as an employment generator!

Think of housing as capital and think of the housing capital / labour employment ratio it partially represents over the longer term. Migration will alter the ratio, but the relationship over time could be rather stable in the sense that it self corrects. 

What we witness now is an automatic correction mechanism linking real demand and real supply for housing dependent on inward and outward migration and rising real disposable incomes. Real savings ratios will mitigate results, but be subject to self correcting mechanisms over the longer term. Thus if real savings do not improve employment will definitely fall and unemployment will eat up real resources pushing the economy onto a lower long term growth path.

If you thrown in monetary imbalance as a temporary phenomenon, it could exaggerate explosion in demand or implosion.

I don't think five years is correct. I would put it much longer and possibly as much as twenty, which would be really punishing. Why so long? Habits of excess don't change because of persistent consumption patterns and long term income spending relationships. 

Lowering interest rates is bad for life cycle economics since it begs a future income that won't be there. Savings come from higher disposable incomes not lower interest rates which do nothing but increase the wastefulness of stock market and commodity price speculation. Yes the business cycle does exist and it is stupid to deny it by assuming it away. 

NOT!

The Economist (@TheEconomist) 23/07/2011 05:37 AM How to survive a five-year slump: The US housing market is at an historic low. Eventually, it will bounce back http://econ.st/rfXGxM

Well! Tim is on the ball!

Tim Harford (@TimHarford) 23/07/2011 05:55 AM Competition improves the quality of newspapers. Or does it? http://bit.ly/nw4SP7

Al Gore does it again!

So the man who would be President has become the man who would be protector of the earth! It's a role that suits the personality and a bit like being a Justice of the Earth. Question is how everyone gets what they want when this conflicts with doing justice to man's visit to the earth. We are even staying here for a shorter visit because of cause and effect!

Publishers Weekly (@PublishersWkly) 23/07/2011 07:39 AM The Globe and Mail on book apps: A Reading Revolution, Or the End of Reading? http://bit.ly/rex7pJ

Norway Outrage!

Our thoughts and love go out to this peaceful nation. Our prayers are with the many victims and their families!

Reuters Top News (@Reuters_TopNews) 23/07/2011 07:37 AM Man kills at least 91 in Norway shooting, bombing http://reut.rs/o4dR9d

Lucian Freud's perverse depictions of magnificent muck | Art and design | The Guardian

Much todo about nothing much! Maybe, I like a few of his paintings, but he will be regarded as a great artist!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/jul/22/lucian-freud-adrian-searle?intcmp=239

News America phone hacking - Google Search

Seems that someone is and was not telling the truth. Is phone hacking a daily tool of News Corp? The power of phone hacking tempts many to be dishonest. Who are these news and other people. Hacking phones is unethical, immoral, destructive of trust and confidence, and should be prosecuted aggressively with harsh punishments and under international laws set up for the purpose of prosecution.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=news+America+phone+hacking&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari

msnbc video: Norway reels after blast, camp attack

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/43861637#43861637

Five truths about the deficit and the national debt - The Washington Post

We all know America is bankrupt when it comes to cooperation. It's like having neighbours that are always fighting about money. The next step will be more serious because no one wants to sort out the real issues. Like kids not wanting to share their toys?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/five-truths-about-the-deficit-and-the-debt/2011/07/13/gIQAcjbFGI_story.html

Obama-Boehner talks collapse; each side blames the other - The Washington Post

The rich seem to be intractable?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/senate-rejects-conservative-budget-proposal-as-obama-boehner-reach-for-grand-bargain/2011/07/22/gIQAzskYTI_story.html?wpisrc=al_national

Slides of Bomb blast in central Oslo - Picture Stories- msnbc.com

Terrible!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43858715/displaymode/1247/?beginSlide=1

Who trusts who now?

In time, Pakistan may redeem itself, but nations do what they want!

Americagov (@americagov) 22/07/2011 08:00 PM #SecClinton vision of new Silk Road in Central and South Asia would especially boost #Afghanistan's economy. http://goo.gl/EMHCI

@britishroyals, 22/07/2011 08:11 PM

Quite right too!

British Royals (@britishroyals) 22/07/2011 08:11 PM Video: Finally, a video that captures the Queen's "horrid" remarks while viewing the royal exhibit with Kate today... http://t.co/7iPl4x6

rupert and Murdoch: I Guess They Discussed the Weather and other Things of Interest

Daily Telegraph News (@TelegraphNews) 22/07/2011 07:01 PM George Osborne had dinner with Rupert #murdoch two weeks before BSkyB bid decision http://tgr.ph/ndFJuS

Phone Hacking was Rampant?

How so?

BBC Newsnight (@BBCNewsnight) 22/07/2011 06:06 PM Former Sunday Mirror journalist "saw Liz Hurley's phone being hacked and a reporter listen to her mobile phone messages". #newsnight

Hacking is a Technology That Many Used

Now we are getting deeper into what and how technology enabled those willing to use it. I guess a lot of people are criminals?

BBC Newsnight (@BBCNewsnight) 22/07/2011 06:06 PM Former Sunday Mirror journalist told Richard Watson hacking took place "pretty much every day". #newsnight

Accountability for War Crimes in Sri Lanka

We all wonder how this will pan out given the secrecy and lack of transparency coming out of Sri Lanka? World Affairs (@WAJournal) 22/07/2011 05:45 PM #US votes to ban #Sri# Lanka aid unless govt shows 'accountability' for #civil #war bloodshed http://bit.ly/qPhH5g

I am sure that this is the case, but what are we to do to preserve our lakes?

Al Gore (@algore) 22/07/2011 05:15 PM The Great Lakes are in danger: http://t.co/21S9xOS

ATT doing better than Verison

Reuters Top News (@Reuters_TopNews) 22/07/2011 03:09 PM Verizon iPhone sales dash hopes; shares fall http://reut.rs/q7UBlD

PD James and Lifetime Award for Whodunnits

Such a marvelous achievement!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/jul/21/pd-james-lifetime-of-crime

Arts Council Funding and Poetry

Guardian Books (@GuardianBooks) 22/07/2011 03:19 PM Poetry Society annual meeting ends in no confidence vote http://gu.com/p/3vmzt/tf

Vodka and heat don't mix!

TIME.com (@TIME) 22/07/2011 03:20 PM Bad heat = bad air | http://ti.me/qOLOEs

The State of Publishing in Canada: Stormy Waters Both Sides

What's going on? Technology pushing forward...

Greg MacEachern (@gmacofglebe) 22/07/2011 09:38 AM Rebecca Eckler with an interesting glimpse into the state of Canadian publishing today http://t.co/q0I8DDV via @npbooks

Public Libraries and The Mayor of Toronto and His Short Sightedness ... Mr Ford you need a brain transplant?

Sounds as bad as Borders closing down. Maybe the world will destroy books by burning too. 

Who in this world would ever vote for someone like Mr. Ford?

I am sure this short brained fellow is not using his short brain!

Torontonians with children.  Get on your bike and petition!

Margaret E. Atwood (@MargaretAtwood) 22/07/2011 10:56 AM Here is direct link to the @torontolibrary petition http://t.co/hPNMV8P to stop closure & privatization. Thanks to all, pass it around..

Another Google technology to get you where you want to go!

This is a great way to plan your stay in London!

Grace Ioppolo (@ProfShakespeare) 22/07/2011 12:02 PM Android users: explore London's streets in 3D following an update to the Google Maps application: http://t.co/aSKuaII

Poetry for midlife! Why poetry?

What is it about poetry that gives meaning. Is it the words or is it the bridge between words and rhythm? Poetry goes beyond prose to imbed mathematical and auditory cues to words giving it a three or multi-dimensional quality. Poetry I like paintings or photos with depth of field. Enjoy Stephen Fry's pointer ====>

Stephen Fry (@stephenfry) 22/07/2011 07:51 AM Winning poems from @activagersUK midlife poetry competition announced http://t.co/EckeBNO

What is Spam in the Art World? Is Sham / Spam Art Real Art?

Art does not have to translate into value, money, worth. It's defined by space-time and it's uniqueness gives it a role! Art is about roles and meaning, nit necessarily excellence, value, beauty. That's the thing about art it is totally subjective, while at the same time it is not something very objective. Art is not an object, but rather a fleeting expression of something that gives meaning and has a role, be it frequently small! 

One can say a museum or art gallery should have standards, and then impose them. That is not to say, however, that any given acquisition is not art in the broad sense of the word. It would be quite sad not to have the ugly to compare beauty against. We need bad art as well as good art. We need to make comparisons. We need galleries full of stuff we don't particularly like, because that adds to our identification of who and what we are. Indeed, we also need tolerance of bad art so that we can point to a more refined direction in which the artist might be attracted!

Fact is, we are attracted to light. Art is like a light that draws us towards enlightenment. That this may not be excellence or beauty is interesting! We need also to understand why some people are drawn towards darkness and ugliness.

People often will say that a piece of art looks like junk. Denny Coates says that art can be divided into the groups of art and sham art. 

I don't like to always be a contrarian, but, perhaps, it's not so easy as Denny makes out, and that's the whole point.

I don't appreciate Denny's vantage point because it seems to me to follow a utilitarian view concerning art. 

No art that you don't like is just that. It just is! You may think a line drawn in the sand is not art, but that's only your viewpoint given you are inside your brain viewing it with your eyes. The same line to another being whether human or not may have meaning.

And, that's where I am going with this! Art is something that conveys meaning. Art is a medium of communication and interaction with the dimensions to which we belong.

So sorry, Denny, what is crap to you may have little utility, but to another sentient being be full of meaning! A worms meal, perhaps, or a fly's dinner!

DennyCoates (@DennyCoates) 22/07/2011 10:19 AM Ever stood in front of museum "art" and thought a grade-schooler could have done as well? Story... http://t.co/IF4sq9d #culture

@DennyCoates, 22/07/2011 10:50 AM

DennyCoates (@DennyCoates) 22/07/2011 10:50 AM "Art and sham Art - It's Important to Know the Difference" - article on my blog http://t.co/IF4sq9d #beauty

Wooh joins the Twitter World @wuhlax

Expect also moves to Facebook and Google+ .... It's all part of change. Follow commentary on @wuhlax and communicate directly.

@HumanClouds, 22/07/2011 06:01 AM

HumanClouds (@HumanClouds) 22/07/2011 06:01 AM @Apple moves to enterprise? http://t.co/jvnPypb @fastcompany #abouttime

@wwnorton, 21/07/2011 12:10 PM

Remember the great writers of the past from Canada! Those lost bois souls!

W. W. Norton (@wwnorton) 21/07/2011 12:10 PM Happy Birthday, Ernest Hemingway: http://bit.ly/qWlUh7

The Hazards of Height: Tall People May Be More Prone to Cancers - - TIME Healthland

http://healthland.time.com/2011/07/21/the-hazards-of-height-tall-people-may-be-more-prone-to-cancers/?xid=healthland-daily

US businesses don’t succeed in spite of government. They succeed because of it. - CSMonitor.com

http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2011/0719/US-businesses-don-t-succeed-in-spite-of-government.-They-succeed-because-of-it?cmpid=ema:nws:Commentary%20Weekly%20(07212011)&cmpid=ema:nws:NzQ4MDU4NDEwMgS2

Official Google Blog: More wood behind fewer arrows

Official Google Blog: More wood behind fewer arrows

Cameron refuses to deny discussing BSkyB bid with News International | Politics | guardian.co.uk

Very dangerous waters to be sailing in! It seems likely that all the big issues between the press and politicians could be done independently of formalities. It's party stuff, slap on the back, whose your best friend these days, etc. It would be naive to think that awareness of anothers money does not buy influence... that autobiography or the speeches that gleen fortunes on retirement from political office. It's not a question of short term contrivances but long term investments in people and strategies for wealth arising from the printed and spoken word over a good stretch of time!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/jul/20/bskyb-david-cameron-news-international?

The US Tax Burden Falls Disproportionately On Individuals and Small Business | The Big Picture

Makes you wonder!

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2011/07/the-us-tax-burden-falls-disproportionately-on-individuals-and-small-business/

Raging Inequality May Cause Unrest and Violence | The Big Picture

A very perceptive commentary on American politics since the country was formed out of revolution. The two facts that should worry any community are it's inequality and it's widespread distribution of firearms. Revolutions occur after tipping points that push people to act. The big gamble is that they remain ignorant to the real forces that cause them grief!

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2011/07/raging-inequality-may-cause-unrest-and-violence/

Rebels Move Toward Gadhafi Stronghold - WSJ.com

Freedom for Libya is just a matter of time and effort by those opposed to the nepotistic dictatorship!

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904233404576458154035344420.html?mod=djemTEW_h

Friends of the Earth: Coalition set to break promise to be 'greenest government ever', says Jonathon Porritt : Current year : Green Economy news

Is anyone there! Hello! Anyone home? Hello! Can you hear me?

http://www.foe.co.uk/news/greenest_government_ever__30665.html

Friends of the Earth: Government slashes funding for local solar power : Current year : Green Economy news

Not so friendly government!

http://www.foe.co.uk/news/government_slashes_funding_for_local_solar_power_31279.html

Friends of the Earth: Bonn climate talks show lack of ambition : Current year : Climate Change news

Who even knew they were occurring? Sad!

http://www.foe.co.uk/news/bonn_analysis_31835.html

Rising wheat prices raise fears over UK commitment to biofuels | Environment | The Observer

Will this help the people starving in the Sudan and Somalia?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/sep/05/wheat-price-fears-over-biofuels

Biofuel demand in US driving higher food prices, says report | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Are we surprised by this? No! Will it help in the Sudan?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jul/19/biofuel-demand-us-fuel-prices?&CMP=EMCENVEML1631

Malware Affecting Google Search in Windows OS

Tired of Windows problems?

http://www.shoutmeloud.com/malware-affecting-google-search-in-windows-os.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Shoutmeloud+%28ShoutMeloud%29

How Repetitive Foods Can Mean Weight Loss – TIME Healthland

He likes the food but it is the same each day! Beans on toast!

http://healthland.time.com/2011/07/19/how-repetitive-foods-can-mean-weight-loss/?xid=healthland-daily

Apple Rolls Out OS X Lion, Faster MacBook Airs, Kills MacBook - Techland - TIME.com

Not surprising that we now have an iPad competitor from Apple! Do they ultimately fulfill different roles? Is the keyboard so different from touch! Do you really want a mouse? Do laptops need to undergo a fundamental transformation?

http://techland.time.com/2011/07/20/apples-rolls-out-os-x-lion-faster-macbook-airs-kills-macbook/?xid=newsletter-techland

Astronomers Discover Habitable ExoEarth Orbiting Binary Star - Technology Review

Searching for another earth? What are your chances of finding one? Why are you on this one, anyways? Why were you not on some other earth like planet in another galaxy?

http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/27005/

Massive Black Hole Smashed Into Milky Way 10 Million Years Ago - Technology Review

For those interested in the idea that our galaxy is not one but, at least, two galaxies?

http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/27007/?fb_ref=article

Better Fuel Cells Using Bacteria - Technology Review

How do we emulate our own biological nature to create more horse power?

http://www.technologyreview.com/Energy/16921/

Turning electrons into fuel - Google Search

How do they do that?

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=turning+electrons+into+fuel&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari

Semi-Solid Flow Cell, Flow Battery, Fuel Cell, Cambridge Crude, Hybrid Vehicles, Electric Vehicles, Electric Cars | Car battery in a bottle aims to obsolete gasoline

Turning electrons into fuel!

http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4217970/Car-battery-in-a-bottle-aims-to-obsolete-gasoline?cid=NL_SmartEnergy&Ecosystem=smart-energy-design

FBI Arrests 16 "Anonymous" Hacking Suspects Nationwide

In a world shaped by open communication networks, we have Anonymous, but not for long?

Our freedoms depend on fair dealing and honesty, but who is working to reveal the cheaters and dishonest!

In London England, we see an unhealthy relationship developed between the police and reporters. Why?

What should we expect in a world where terrorism exists as much fictional as real?

http://www.businessinsider.com/fbi-raids-a-dozen-of-homes-nationwide-seizes-anonymous-computers-2011-7?utm_source=Triggermail&utm_medium=email&utm_term=SAI%20Select&utm_campaign=SAI_Select_072011

History and Design of the Bathroom Part 6: Learning from the Japanese : TreeHugger

How badly designed are western culture toilets within the home? What lessons has western culture missed regarding bathing?

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/07/history-bathroom-learning-from-japanese.php?campaign=daily_nl

Bjarke Ingels talks Hedonism Sustainability : TreeHugger

What is hedonism sustainability? How does it fit in with designing a community lifestyle habitat? What should we be concerned about in planning long term development of our surroundings and community development?

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/04/bjarke-ingels-talks-hedonism-sustainability.php

Cycling Across Scandinavia: You Don't Have To Be A Starchitect Ambulance Chaser To Be Impressed : TreeHugger

Well! Well! Who would think that the Toronto waterfront projects would connect with cycling in Scandinavia!

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/07/cycling-across-sweden-starchitect-impressed.php?campaign=daily_nl

Salt: How Bad Is It, Really? – TIME Healthland

People like salt!

http://healthland.time.com/2011/07/12/salt-how-bad-is-it-really/?iid=WBeditorspicks

Scientists Discover Drug-Resistant Gonorrhea ‘Superbug’ – TIME Healthland

Oops!

http://healthland.time.com/2011/07/11/scientists-discover-drug-resistant-gonorrhea-superbug/

More Evidence that Exercise Is Key to Brain Health – TIME Healthland

Of course, exercise, especially walking, helps remove toxins of many forms!

http://healthland.time.com/2011/07/19/more-evidence-that-exercise-is-key-to-brain-health/?xid=healthland-daily

The Google+ Project

Check it out!

http://www.google.com/intl/en/+/learnmore/index.html

The British press and the phone hacking scandal: Why David Cameron is not about to resign as prime minister | The Economist

The 2012 olympics! Ho hum! Where did you say they were?

http://www.economist.com/blogs/bagehot/2011/07/british-press-and-phone-hacking-scandal-6

From the archive: Tory scourge, Labour's inspiration | The Economist

Makes one think seriously about the power of the press!

http://www.economist.com/blogs/blighty/2011/07/archive&fsrc=nwl

Europe's banks: Ignoring the obvious | The Economist

A fuller test is obviously needed as Greece plunges into the abyss!

http://www.economist.com/blogs/schumpeter/2011/07/europes-banks&fsrc=nwl

London's Police Chief Quits Amid Scandal, Brooks Arrested - WSJ.com

Good summary article!

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304567604576451732627388162.html?mod=djemITPE_h

UK banks dragged into eurozone crisis as global markets take fright | Business | The Guardian

Seems we are another step closer to a massive world depression! If only there were a way to climb out of the trap made from past mistakes in monetary and fiscal policy.

We are mired in an unfair world economy in which banks and borrowers are subsidized while working people are laid off. The screw has turned and we will see negative consequences.

It's not a question of possible steps toward what a world central bank could accomplish, it's a question of massive maturity mismatch and the mathematics of business cycles!

Having made monstrous policy mistakes, there is no easy exit like waving a magic money wand!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/jul/18/banks-eurozone-losses-rbs-lloyds-barclays?CMP=EMCGT_190711

Another Top Police Official Resigns in British Scandal - NYTimes.com

Ed Miliband with his dogged approach towards fighting the Murdoch Empire resonated stupendously with the British Public who have moved politically as a block because he had hit upon a hidden truth!

Cameron would do well to resign!

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/19/world/europe/19hacking.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha2

What U.S. Economic Recovery? Five Destructive Myths - TIME

Yes!

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2076568,00.html

Why GOP vows to block Obama nominee for consumer-watchdog agency - CSMonitor.com

Go figure! It's really hard to get into the mindset of a nut case political party that the Republicans have become. Seems they are moving towards the extremes of irrationality!

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2011/0718/Why-GOP-vows-to-block-Obama-nominee-for-consumer-watchdog-agency

Kids Are Safer in the Car With Their Grandparents Behind the Wheel - - TIME Healthland

Not too surprised!

http://healthland.time.com/2011/07/18/kids-are-safer-in-the-car-with-their-grandparents-behind-the-wheel/?xid=healthland-daily

How to Invite all Your Facebook Contacts to Google+

Now you will get confused as to who is where?!

http://www.shoutmeloud.com/how-to-invite-all-your-facebook-contacts-to-google.html

Why Fighting Energy-Efficient Light Bulbs Is So Stupid - Ecocentric - TIME.com

That's the word I used about five times! It suggests that some Republicans are sabotaging intelligence or the use of it!

http://ecocentric.blogs.time.com/2011/07/15/why-fighting-energy-efficient-light-bulbs-is-so-stupid/?xid=newsletter-daily

Is this the world's sexiest woman (and the most powerful)? | World news | The Observer

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jul/17/christine-lagarde-worlds-sexiest-woman

Scientists Fight a Deadly Oak-Tree Disease - NYTimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/17/us/17bcoak.html?src=recg

Obama Is Missing - NYTimes.com

America is in deep sh....!

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/11/opinion/11krugman.html?src=ISMR_AP_LO_MST_FB