Scratches to Sketches
Saturday, 6 September 2014
Bluetooth Radiation - How To Minimize The Dangers | www.electricsense.com
"Is Bluetooth Radiation Really Dangerous?
Yes I believe it is. I do not use a Bluetooth earpiece, or a cell phone for that matter. But I do occasionally come into contact with Bluetooth and Bluetooth radiation. I have a friend who has a car with Bluetooth installed and for me when I sit in his car with Bluetooth enabled it sets off exactly the same symptoms in me as using a cell phone.
Bluetooth radiation is particularly dangerous in so far as earpieces and headphones go because of the proximity to the head of these devices."
- See more at: http://www.electricsense.com/1791/bluetooth-radiation-lets-be-clear-on-the-dangers/Bluetooth Radiation - How To Minimize The Dangers | www.electricsense.com
"Cell phone radiation is definitely being talked about more and more, but it's not as if there is widespread awareness on the issue. And even if there is some awareness, there is little to no appreciation of the magnitude of the dangers.
So what about Bluetooth and more importantly Bluetooth radiation? Now these really are unchartered waters. Most people when they go out looking for a Bluetooth headset have no concept of the radiation issue."
- See more at: http://www.electricsense.com/1791/bluetooth-radiation-lets-be-clear-on-the-dangers/Krugman: Paranoia over possible inflation exacerbated economy's slump - Houston Chronicle
"On Thursday, the European Central Bank announced a series of new steps it was taking in an effort to boost Europe's economy. There was a whiff of desperation about the announcement, which was reassuring. Europe, which is doing worse than it did in the 1930s, is clearly in the grip of a deflationary vortex, and it's good to know that the central bank understands that. But its epiphany may have come too late. It's far from clear that the measures now on the table will be strong enough to reverse the downward spiral.
And there but for the grace of Bernanke go we. Things in the United States are far from OK, but we seem (at least for now) to have steered clear of the kind of trap facing Europe. Why? One answer is that the Federal Reserve started doing the right thing years ago, buying trillions of dollars' worth of bonds in order to avoid the situation its European counterpart now faces.
You can argue, and I would, that the Fed should have done even more. But Fed officials have faced fierce attacks all the way. Pundits, politicians and plutocrats have accused them, over and over again, of "debasing" the dollar, and warned that soaring inflation is just around the corner. The predicted surge in inflation has never arrived, but despite being wrong year after year, hardly any of the critics have admitted being wrong, or even changed their tune. And the question I've been trying to answer is why. What is it that makes a powerful faction in our body politic - call it the deflation caucus - demand tight money even in a depressed, low-inflation economy?"
We Must Out-Educate and Out-Innovate Other Nations | Group Think | BillMoyers.com
"Let us recognize here and now that public education is an essential institution of our democratic society. We must make it better, not privatize it.
We will improve education by improving the lives of children. The United States leads the advanced nations of the world in child poverty. This is a scandal, and we must dedicate ourselves to reducing it."
US Middle Class Has Become Poorer Than Those of Other Wealthy Countries | Blog, What We're Reading | BillMoyers.com
Malaria diagnosed by measuring blood magnetisation (Science Alert)
Friday, 5 September 2014
Scientist maps supercluster of galaxies, names it Laniakea : University of Hawaiʻi System News
"The Milky Way resides in the outskirts of one such supercluster, whose extent has for the first time been carefully mapped using these new techniques. This Laniakea Supercluster is 500 million light-years in diameter and contains the mass of 1017 (a hundred quadrillion) suns in 100,000 galaxies."
NATO to boost presence in east, approves rapid reaction force
"Rasmussen gave no further details of the new unit's structure or size but a spokesman for British Prime Minister David Cameron said London could contribute 1,000 troops, while press reports put the total number at around 4,000."
http://www.rappler.com/world/regions/europe/68306-nato-boost-presence-east-approves-rapid-reaction-forceBritain ready to commit 3,500 troops to new NATO force
"NEWPORT, United Kingdom - Britain said on Friday, September 5 it could contribute 3,500 troops to a NATO rapid response forcedefending against new threats like the Ukraine crisis and Islamic militants in Syria and Iraq."
Ancient behemoth: Meet Dreadnoughtus, a supermassive dino
Ukraine truce takes hold as West lines up Russia sanctions
"But highly sceptical Western leaders nonetheless decided to punish Russian President Vladimir Putin for his efforts in supporting the rebels by beefing up sanctions on Russia's most crucial state firms.
"The only reason that we're seeing this ceasefire at this moment is because of both the sanctions that have already been applied and the threat of further sanctions," US President Barack Obama claimed."
ISIS Ultra-extremists with EU Passports Pose Threat.
"WASHINGTON, USA - Islamic State extremists fighting in Iraq and Syria pose an "immediate" threat to Europe as a significant number carried European passports, top US intelligence officials said Friday, September 5.
The danger presented by jihadists potentially returning to the West to carry out attacks has prompted more cooperation between US and European intelligence agencies in a bid to track terror suspects, the officials said."
http://www.rappler.com/world/regions/europe/68314-isis-europe-threat