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Intel Says Laptops and Tablets with 3-D Vision Are Coming Soon

Your next laptop or tablet may have 3-D sensors that let it recognize gestures or augment a real scene with

September 11, 2014
Cheap, Scratch-Resistant Displays

Ultrathin sapphire laminates could lead to new screen covers that are harder to break. Glass touch-screen

September 10, 2014
The Apple Watch May Solve the Usual Smart Watch Annoyances

Apple’s first smart watch seems like the best of its kind so far, but the user experience is still a little

September 9, 2014

Veteran’s Day: Story of Charles (and Anthony and Frank)

Since it’s Veteran’s Day in the USA, I am posting a recap of the story of Charles J Morabito

May 26, 2014
Luttwak on Italy and the Euro

From the LRB‘s “Opportunity Costs” by Edward Luttwak, Vol. 35 No. 22 · 21 November 2013 [

February 4, 2014
Savant Idiots

There was a commenter at a blog I shall not mention who simply could not get anything I mentioned. Anything

January 30, 2014

Ray McGovern

A Man of Conscience Peace Activist and Former CIA Analyst Speaking on: Human Rights and the National

September 10, 2014
Law Enforcement Related Deaths in the US: “Justifiable Homicides” and the

By Peter Phillips, Diana Grant and Greg Sewell Editors note: The full version of this study with all of the

September 9, 2014
WEALTH AND POVERTY IN THE UNITED STATES

Jeremy Cloward, Ph.D. “The…truth is that the rich are the great cause of poverty” Michael Parenti (American

September 9, 2014

The Economist figured out an appropriate name for slimy brand journalists:

Earlier this week I wrote about a curious job position at Storyful, a site that vets and verifies

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Uber NYC GM to striking drivers: “This was an experiment and we learned

After a week in which New York Uber drivers voiced their frustrations with the company’s recent policy

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Despite its long history of aggressiveness, Uber bows to protesting drivers

Uber has backed down from a controversial policy change that forced all drivers to accept requests for

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the astonishing mud reef … Pt5

Every time I look at these high resolution images from the mud reef at Cable beach, i am astonished. The

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Cable Beach marine life … Pt4

Some more life from Cable Beach, Broome, and the mud reef at very low tides. Click to enlarge, twice for

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blame CO2 …

An excellent result, showing why CO2 does this world a service increasing our biomass. Review finds

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Straight talk on coal

Today’s Wall Street Journal has a little Q&A with Greg Boyce, CEO of Peabody Energy, the nation’s

September 10, 2014
Remember When Billionaire Tom Steyer Was Going to Affect the 2014 Elections

His plan to spread climate alarmism is going too well. The National Legal and Policy Center reports

September 4, 2014
Tesla Chooses Nevada for its $5 Billion Battery Plant

Details here .

September 4, 2014

Asia’s Democratic Dark Spots

Democracy in Asia lately has proved to be hardier than many might have expected, with free and fair

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Parallels to 1937

The depression that followed the 1929 stock-market crash took a turn for the worse eight years later, and

September 11, 2014
Europe’s Juncker Revolution

Everyone is talking about the appointment of the relatively inexperienced Federica Mogherini as EU

September 11, 2014

Jerry Seinfeld questions Bill Maher: ‘What do you care’ if Hillary

Bill Maher and fellow comedian Jerry Seinfeld sparred on Friday when their panel discussion on Real Time

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Bill Maher levels GOP Rep. Kline: He embodies D.C’s ‘easily-swayed whores

Real Time host Bill Maher closed his season premiere on Friday with a scathing takedown of incumbent Rep

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Alabama Supreme Court lets class action lawsuit against CVS Health proceed

By Verna, Gates and David Adams BIRMINGHAM Ala. (Reuters) – The Alabama Supreme Court on Friday

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Turbulence, Closure and Parameterization

In Latent heat and Parameterization I showed a formula for calculating latent heat transfer from the

August 23, 2014
Latent heat and Parameterization

In Ensemble Forecasting I wrote a short section on parameterization using the example of latent heat

August 15, 2014
The Atmosphere Cools to Space by CO2 and Water Vapor, so More GHGs, More

The atmosphere cools to space by radiation. Well, without getting into all the details, the surface cools

August 11, 2014

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10 Iconic Movie Characters Played By Stars Who Could Barely Speak English

Jackie Chan could walk the walk in his debut English language film, The Big Brawl – but he couldn’t talk

September 1, 2014
Storybook Worlds Laser Cut Into Pages That Fit in the Palm of Your Hand

Paper cutting isn’t a new art form, but Japanese designer Yusuke Oono, originally from Germany, is able to

August 29, 2014
Fish Out of Water: When Aquariums Become Amazingly Lifelike Landscapes

Many people keep aquariums in their houses. Some even go all out making them look pretty. However, few go

August 29, 2014

Putin’s Words and Kazakh History

Another summer passes, and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev grows that much closer to moving into his

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Road of Sorrow – Trafficking and Ethnicity on the Pamir Highway

Beginning in the Kyrgyz second city of Osh, the Pamir Highway – the second highest international road in

September 4, 2014
A Shot Across the Bow: The Biggest Thing in Kazakh-Russian Relations in

The video from yesterday of Putin answering a question about Kazakh nationalism is a really big deal. I

August 30, 2014

Why an all-female “Ghostbusters III” is the reboot we need

Hollywood acknowledging women’s rightful place in comedy today -- at the top of the food chain -- is long

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Why do we love prison movies?

"Shawshank Redemption." "Chopper." "Starred Up." Something about films set in

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My Air Supply nightmare: Soft rock, brain death and making art out of

I know that great culture should challenge and unsettle us. So why do I crave the comfort of "All Out

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Stanford-led study assesses the environmental costs and benefits of

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New Family of Materials for Energy-Efficient Information Storage and

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Yogic breathing shows promise in reducing symptoms of PTSD

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Notice of hearing for Solvigo application

Notice of hearing for Solvigo application The EPA advises a hearing is scheduled for an application to

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Wairarapa Farm’s Energy-Saving Efforts Recognised

The efforts he and parents Henry and Dorothy have made to improve the sustainability of their 527ha dairy

September 11, 2014
Childhood Mentors Have Positive Impact on Career Success

New research from North Carolina State University finds that young people who have had mentors are more

September 11, 2014

Hundreds Of Organizations Ask For Change In Trade Policies

Approximately 600 organizations have sent a formal, public letter to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron

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Why Is SEC Sitting On Corporate Transparency Rules?

Are We the People the boss of the corporations, or are the corporations the boss of We the People? The

September 9, 2014
Everybody Has an Opinion v 2.0

It seems like everybody has an opinion on world affairs and what this President should or should not do

September 7, 2014

At the End of the Day

Here at Sloggers’ Roost today, one switched around door openings, emptied rooms prior to further

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OPINION: the vexed question of surveillance being used against a media set

Some of us on the fringes of the Fourth Estate are getting tired of the hypocrisy about press freedom All

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ISIS BLACK-OPS: John McCain and the mounting evidence of US ‘identity

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Blog Note

[Content Note: Illness.] Shakesville will be on hiatus for the next couple of weeks, starting this evening.

August 28, 2014
Happy Dogs Are Happy

[Content Note: Animal cruelty, but happy endings.] A year ago, the ASPCA and responders from The Humane

August 28, 2014
Film Corner!

[Content Note: Christian Supremacy; racism. DoNotLink used in first paragraph to Glenn Beck's site

August 28, 2014

Mad Science: ‘Genetically Modified Micro Humans’ to be ‘Farmed’ for Drug

Mad Science: ‘Genetically Modified Micro Humans’ to be ‘Farmed’ for Drug Testing by 2017! by Christina

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Israeli Forces Arrest 7-year-old Kid in West Bank!

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US Created Ukrainian Crisis to Separate Russia from Europe!

Published on Sep 10, 2014 An American author and investigative journalist says the US created the crisis in

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Claim the Power of Happiness in Your Life Today

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Creamy Vegan Fennel Soup

Jason Wrobel whips up a vegan and deliciously creamy soup using one of his favorite ingredients, fennel.

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Overhead Press Assessment

Strength and Conditioning Coach Nathane Jackson asks the question, “Should you or should you not overhead

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Larger Apple iPhone shipments delayed amid record orders - Reuters

Reuters Larger Apple iPhone shipments delayed amid record orders Reuters (Reuters) - Customers may have to

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Farewell iPod... The music player that changed the world - Irish

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Intel Shows Skylake, Sets the Stage for 2015 Computers - PC Magazine

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Low Latency 108: Conflict of interest – [CNET.com]

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A Simple Equation: More Education = More Income – NYTimes.com

I magine if the United States government taxed the nation’s one-percenters so that their post-tax share

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What Can We Learn From The Wealth of Virtual Nations? – [CityLab.com]

M y friend is exasperated with her younger sister, who’s been crashing on her couch. Recently she

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Going To War With a Vengeance

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NY Times Finds Conclusions Where None Exist in Dutch Flight 17 Downing

Making the news fit the politics:

September 10, 2014
Satellite Images of Alleged Russian Artillery in Ukraine Come A-Cropper

Washington’s seedy propaganda campaign

September 9, 2014

Map shows the richest town in every state

Median household incomes in these wealthy California and Maryland suburbs exceed $250K. American Community Survey data »

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Scotland Yet

Scotland Yet asks what it means to be Scottish, using personal stories to explain the current push for

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America's Backyard: Colombia

It's a case of "the cure being worse than the disease" in this documentary about paramilitary

September 10, 2014
Never Get Busted

Former police officer and decorated U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency officer turned anti-drug-war lecturer

September 8, 2014

Possibly The Biggest Scam In History

In 1974 Richard Nixon struck a deal with Saudi Arabia that might go down as the biggest scam in US history.

September 6, 2014
Putin Arrives At Secret Bunker Fortress, Orders Nuclear Forces To “High

A foreboding report sent from the Office of the President (OoP) to all Kremlin departments today states

September 5, 2014
Obama Plan To Destroy Gulf Of Mexico Like Ukraine Horrifies Russia

A new report prepared by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNR) circulating in the Kremlin

August 31, 2014

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Liquid Lies Revisited.

By Craig Murray, July 3rd 2014. Find Article Here:- There never was a liquid bomb plot.

July 6, 2014
The UK’s Internet Filters Block Almost 1 in 5 Websites.

By Joseph Cox July 3rd 2014. Find Article Here:- Almost one in five websites are blocked by the UK&#

July 6, 2014
Scientists discover fragment of ‘missing link’ asteroid that led to

By James Vincent 3rd July 2014. Find Article Here

July 6, 2014

Scotland: Independence Is Not On The Table

Today the LibLabCon has joined forces to keep the Union together, they say. Very publicly “abandoning

September 10, 2014
A New Bill Of Rights -or- Why Human Rights Are So Dangerous

David Cameron intends to introduce a new "law" which will, according to the Daily Express, make

July 31, 2014
Abuse Witness Melanie Shaw Remanded: No Evidence Presented

Following an extraordinary Crown Court hearing in which Nottingham Police and the CPS failed to present

July 29, 2014

How to Take Great Pictures of the Northern Lights

A group of amateur photographers take pictures of an aurora display from a beach along Lake Superior near

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Will Aurora Strike Tonight? Here’s What to Expect

A bright arc and pink-topped rays stipple the northern sky and light up the Bowl of the Big Dipper last

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Weekly Space Hangout – Sept. 12, 2014

Host: Fraser Cain ( @fcain ) Guests: Morgan Rehnberg ( cosmicchatter.org / @cosmic_chatter ) Brian

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2 Steps to Land a Job as a Software Developer

Software development jobs are on the rise Software developer jobs are quickly on the rise and we all want

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Should I Learn Swift instead of Objective C?

Develop for the new Apple Watch with Swift Yes! It's no longer a secret. At today’s media extravaganza,

September 9, 2014
Not Just for Noobs: Refresh Your Programming Skills with Intro to Computer

Meet Pack! Meet Pack Heng, an Executive Search Consultant and a recent Udacity graduate from Intro to

September 8, 2014

MSM Ignore International and Constitutional Law

A previous article discussed Obama's open-ended Middle East war. It flagrantly violates international

8 hrs ago
US warplanes to fly from Iraqi air base: Pentagon

- Rear Admiral John Kirby said on Thursday that "armed and manned" US aircraft would fly from

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Hamas, Hezbollah fighting Israeli, ISIS terror: Pundit

Hamas and Hezbollah are fighting the world's most brutal terrorist organization: ISrael.

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Corruption of ‘Emily’s List’ Is Hidden by Liberals

Eric Zuesse A liberal website buried this huge scandal, by giving it the sleep-inducing headline “

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James Foley Is Not a War Ad

To the extent that the U.S. public is newly, and probably momentarily, accepting of war — an extent

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A Paradigm For Peace

Raise your hand if you weren’t surprised when fancy films of beheadings resulted in bombings

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A new Crimean War? Really?

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March 3, 2014
Yiddish Theater: Don't Forget Molly Picon

Yiddish is not beautiful. Harsh and gutteral, it makes you twist your face to get the sounds out

February 1, 2014
Guest Post: David Taylor on Anzia Yezierska, Part II

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January 23, 2014

Calling for the Closure of Guantánamo on the 13th Anniversary of the 9/11

I wrote the following article, under the heading, “On the 13th Anniversary of 9/11, It’s Time

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Video: Andy Worthington Discusses the Need to Close Guantánamo on CCTV

Yesterday, I was delighted to be asked to take part in CCTV America’s half-hour show, “The Heat

September 10, 2014
Humiliating Tory Defeat in Parliament Over the Reviled and Unjust Bedroom

On Friday, there was some rare good news regarding the British government’s assault on the unemployed

September 9, 2014

A sustainability assessment tool for rural water services

Ryan Schweitzer and James Mihelcic from the University of South Florida have developed a Sustainability

March 6, 2013
Renewed research call for faecal sludge secondary treatment options in

IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre announces a renewed research call for: Faecal sludge

November 25, 2012
UNESCO-IHE and partners offering twenty PhD positions on pro-poor

Twenty PhD Positions are available in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Funded Project on Pro-poor

December 2, 2011

Scientists report first "semiaquatic" dino

A huge dinosaur discovered over a century ago turns out to have been adapted for living and hunting in a

September 11, 2014
Parrot found to "teach" tool use to others

Goffin's cockatoos can not only make and use tools but also teach others to do it, a study concludes.

September 10, 2014
Study suggests delaying aging may be easier than thought

Research on people and fruit flies has renewed attention on a process of cellular "garbage disposal

September 9, 2014

Houston pump prices could tumble below $3 per gallon

As fall approaches and gasoline prices continue to tumble, some Houston-area pumps could soon start selling

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Poland resumes gas deliveries to Ukraine

The spat between Poland and Russia came amid concerns that Moscow is ready to use its energy exports as a

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German firm buys shares in North Sea oil, gas

Wintershall's deal is with Norwegian company Statoil for $1.25 billion. Norway, along with Russia, is a

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The Curse Of Gove

After giving the impression that it would rather not have put the information in the public domain, the

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Don’t Menshn Child Sex Abuse

If anyone needed proof that former Tory MP Louise Mensch should never have been allowed near elective

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Littlejohn Recycles Asylum Seeker Whopper

Back in September 2010, the Daily Mail’s tedious and unfunny churnalist Richard Littlejohn was called out

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Fed change unlikely to blunt equities' appeal over bonds

By Akane Otani NEW YORK (Reuters) - The recent wobbly stretch in both stocks and bonds may persist for the

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Microsoft needs Minecraft to boost mobile ambitions

By Bill Rigby SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft’s impending purchase of Mojang, the Swedish developer with 100

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Bets on hawkish Fed lift dollar, U.S. bond yields

By Richard Leong NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar ended higher for a ninth straight week against the

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What Owen Jones gets wrong (part 1 of 2: Landlords and rent controls)

Jones is

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Cost of living crisis: causes and solutions

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September 11, 2014
Planning and licensing rules impose heavy costs on businesses and consumers

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September 10, 2014

Opponents Spar In Court Over Texas Clinics That Do Abortions

Three federal judges heard arguments Friday over whether a Texas law that would, in effect, shutter 11

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Do Americans Support President Obama's ISIS Plan?

Of all the variables in the U.S. battle against the Islamic State, public opinion in America may be one of

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Discovery Channel Finds A New Way To Cover Politics

The reality series Rival Survival sends 2 senators to a desert island. Republican Jeff Flake of Ariz. and

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U.S. intensifies sanctions on Russia over Ukraine

By Arshad Mohammed and Bill Trott WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States hit Russia's largest bank,

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By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - A candidate for a county commission seat in Colorado said on Friday he

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Plan to divide California into six states fails to qualify for ballot

A long-shot effort to break California into six separate states failed to collect enough signatures to put

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Taiwan FDA head changes health risk assessment of oil scandal

The head of Taiwan's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Yeh Ming-kung on Friday changed the health risk
Academia Sinica, UC Davis ink cooperation pact

Taiwan's top research institution, Academia Sinica, and the University of California, Davis (UC Davis),
Taiwan affirms Hong Kong's fight for democracy: premier

Taiwan's government is happy to see any social movement pushing for greater democracy, Premier Jiang Yi