Scratches to Sketches
Monday, 13 October 2014
Monday, 6 October 2014
Pentagon program delivered Humvee, rifle and kayak to Arkansas coroner | World news | theguardian.com
"Grätzel was selected for his research in development of a new solar cell termed the Grätzel Cell, which imitates photosynthesis converting light energy into electric energy that can be used for electrical propulsion, or to split water into hydrogen and oxygen, a process useful for fuels. The cells have the highest efficiency in using solar energy, and are much cheaper than normal solar cells."
ISIS Will Try for Tunisia Next - Op-Eds - Arutz Sheva
"For the last two years, a group of Jihadists in the border areas between Tunisia and Libya are sporadically destroying Tunisian army vehicles and killing a good many of their occupants. This group calls itself – charmingly – "The Uqba ben Nafi Brigade". Its Jihadist agenda has been known from the first, as has its ability to recruit fighters, equip itself with varied weapons and sow fear and trembling in its ever-widening surroundings. The Brigade is seen as part of the widespread and familiar "Al Qaeda of the Islamic Magreb" – Al Qaeda's North African branch."
Israel Ready as 'Global Leader' in Alternate Fuels - Technology & Health - News - Arutz Sheva
"Grätzel was selected for his research in development of a new solar cell termed the Grätzel Cell, which imitates photosynthesis converting light energy into electric energy that can be used for electrical propulsion, or to split water into hydrogen and oxygen, a process useful for fuels. The cells have the highest efficiency in using solar energy, and are much cheaper than normal solar cells."
News is bad for you – and giving up reading it will make you happier | Media | The Guardian
"In the past few decades, the fortunate among us have recognised the hazards of living with an overabundance of food (obesity, diabetes) and have started to change our diets. But most of us do not yet understand that news is to the mind what sugar is to the body. News is easy to digest. The media feeds us small bites of trivial matter, tidbits that don't really concern our lives and don't require thinking. That's why we experience almost no saturation. Unlike reading books and long magazine articles (which require thinking), we can swallow limitless quantities of news flashes, which are bright-coloured candies for the mind. Today, we have reached the same point in relation to information that we faced 20 years ago in regard to food. We are beginning to recognise how toxic news can be."
Sunday, 5 October 2014
Resisting nationalist polarization and Russian invasion Building a Democratic Left Party; A leftist feminist point of view - International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine
"Nina Potarskaya is one of the leading Ukrainian leftist feminists, founder of the feminist squadron at Maidan, and member of the Left Opposition, which helped organize three successive conferences of left forces in Kiev, in November 2013, March 2014, and September 2014. The most recent conference decided to build a new democratic Left party, which is the first electoral effort of its kind in Ukraine. She was interviewed in Geneva by Jean Batou, with the help of Kirill Buketov, for solidaritéS."
Saturday, 4 October 2014
The Koch Brothers’ War on Transit | BillMoyers.com
"Transit advocates around the country were transfixed by a story in Tennessee this April, when the state chapter of Americans for Prosperity made a bid to pre-emptively kill Nashville bus rapid transit. It was an especially brazen attempt by Charles and David Koch's political network to strong-arm local transportation policy makers. But it was far from the only time the Kochs and their surrogates have taken aim at transit."
Thursday, 2 October 2014
Housing bubble will force Bank of Canada to renew rate hike warnings soon, Pimco says | Financial Post
What do bad governments do to stay in power pretending they have a growth economy?
"The Bank of Canada will be forced to renew warnings of the possibility for higher interest rates in order to halt a "bubble" from forming in the housing market, according to Pacific Investment Management Co.'s Ed Devlin."
Wednesday, 1 October 2014
Apple Upgrade and Backup a complete disaster
The Moscow Times about rich Russian dads and their sons being in America
Not a very happy individual, nor all that friendly...
Jailing Climate Deniers » EcoWatch
" Last week, that canard leapt from the wingnut echo chamber into New York magazine, which reported, under Jonathan Chait's by-line, that "Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. shares the opinion that climate denial should be criminalized."
It's Official: Plastic Bags Banned in California » EcoWatch
"California Gov. Jerry Brown added his signature this morning and made it official: single-use plastic bagsare being banned from many of the state's retail establishments. SB 270, passed by the legislature and sent to Gov. Brown's desk for final approval in late August, phases out the bags, starting with large grocery stores and pharmacies in July 2015, and in convenience and liquor stores one year later. California is the first state to ban the bags, although many cities across the country have done so. This came despite heavy lobbying and spending from "Big Plastic," led by out-of-state bag manufacturers."
Tuesday, 30 September 2014
Beijing says YES, GIVE US the iPHONE 6 even if it spies for the NSA • The Register
On its website (via Google Translate), the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said it was satisfied that the devices were not just elaborate ways for spooks to spy on the People's r..
Chinese Hackers Are Targeting Pro-Democracy Protestors In Hong Kong Through Their iPhones - Business Insider
"BOSTON (Reuters) - Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a computer virus that spies on Apple Inc's iOS operating system for the iPhone and iPad, and they believe it is targeting pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/chinese-hackers-are-targeting-pro-democracy-protestors-in-hong-kong-through-their-iphones-2014-9
The malicious software, known as Xsser, is capable of stealing text messages, photos, call logs, passwords and other data from Apple mobile devices, researchers with Lacoon Mobile Security said on Tuesday.
They uncovered the spyware while investigating similar malware for Google Inc's Android operating system last week that also targeted Hong Kongprotesters. Anonymous attackers spread the Android spyware via WhatsApp, sending malicious links to download the program, according to Lacoon."
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/chinese-hackers-are-targeting-pro-democracy-protestors-in-hong-kong-through-their-iphones-2014-9
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