oldephartte(in training): 25 Feb

A Chocolate Maker’s  Big Innovation

In transforming the way cacao farmers supply manufacturers, a  San Francisco startup is creating a superb

June 17, 2013
The Library of Utopia

Google’s ambitious book-scanning program is foundering in the courts. Now a Harvard-led group is launching

April 24, 2012
A Smart Watch Pioneer Has an Answer for Apple

As the Apple Watch casts a shadow across the smart-watch market, Pebble preps a wrist-worn gadget with a

12 hrs ago

Remember when the @nytimes promoted skepticism?

Wednesday, May 5, 1897, page 4 “PROMINENT MEN. Some of the Leading Scientists Agree Upon an Important

February 16, 2015
A Day in the Life of a #climatechange Alarmist

By commenter Parma John on Steven Goddard’s “Dana Nuttercelli Says There Never Was A Global

February 13, 2015
Mother Jones vs Science

Unsurprisingly asinine piece on Mother Jones purportedly in defence of Science (confirming the saying…

February 9, 2015

The Real Cost of Walmart’s Low Prices

Nearly two years since the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory in Bangladesh that killed over 1,100 people,

February 23, 2015
The End to Industrialized Farming

In 2013 the United Nations released a report indicating that the world’s food needs could be met through

February 23, 2015
Peter Byrne and Nate Mudd

Mickey Huff and his guests discuss two major public health issues. First, investigative journalist Peter

February 22, 2015

Watch the full video of our PandoMonthly fireside chat with Lyft cofounder

No privately-held tech company made more headlines in 2014 than Uber. For every breathless post about the

2 hrs ago
Math does not bow to guns: Bitcoin poker site to relaunch after founder’s

Bryan Micon is having a tough month. The co-founder and chairman of the now-defunct bitcoin poker site

3 hrs ago
Silicon Valley’s War on Sex continues as Google bans adult blogs

The Internet used to be such a sexy place. To users of a certain age who remember the hell of dial-up

4 hrs ago

busted and broken … solar power

In the not too distant future, expect to see solar panel carcases abandoned everywhere. Panels in Australia

1 hr ago
climate science, crying wolf …

Recent cyclones have been wildly exaggerated by the authorities, hoping for once for a catastrophe to

21 hrs ago
global warming causes more ice, but the Smithsonian doesn’t know why …

The Smithsonian know there’s more ice, but can’t tell you why, except it’s global warming

February 22, 2015

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The Economic Opportunity of Greece’s Exit

The adoption of a common currency has undermined the European Union's founding vision, threatening the

9 hrs ago
Steady on the Renminbi

As China's exports sag and the risk of deflation grows, many believe that a reversal in currency

10 hrs ago
The Not-Ready-for-Prime-Time Republicans

Shortly after last year's midterm congressional elections in the US, Mitch McConnell, the new Senate

11 hrs ago

A galactic vampire

AS EVERY horror fan knows, the secret of eternal youth is to suck the lifeblood of others. If you are a

February 19, 2015
Yoo-hoo, we’re over here!

You rang? ONE of the sessions of the AAAS meeting was dedicated to planets in other solar systems, a field

February 19, 2015
Scent off

Smells red to me THE Maniq have a word for it—and so do the Jahai. Each sort of smell in their environment,

February 19, 2015

Chicago rights activist: Local reporters didn’t cover police ‘black site

Chicago reporters failed to cover a police “black site” where suspects were held without access

22 mins ago
Israeli PM Netanyahu declines Senate Democrats’ invitation to meet during

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declined on Tuesday an invitation to meet with U.S. Senate

1 hr ago
Sec. of State John Kerry: Russia is lying ‘to my face’ about having troops

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday accused Russian leaders of lying “to my face”

2 hrs ago

The Holocaust, Climate Science and Proof

I’ve been a student of history for a long time and have read quite a bit about Nazi Germany and WWII.

February 3, 2015
Natural Variability and Chaos – Eight – Abrupt Change

In one stereotypical view of climate, the climate state has some variability over a 30 year period –

January 3, 2015
Natural Variability and Chaos – Seven – Attribution & Fingerprints Or

In Part Three – Attribution & Fingerprints we looked at an early paper in this field, from 1996. I was

December 29, 2014

Would You Brave Brazil’s Island of Deadly Venomous Snakes?

Ilha de Queimada Grande off the coast of Brazil is a place that’s enough to strike fear into the heart. The

February 20, 2015
Icebergs Illuminated By Nature’s Most Awe-Inspiring Light Display

The colors of the northern lights are a more than sufficient spectacle on their own, but when they

February 18, 2015
Disappearing Camouflage Art That’ll Make You Look Twice

Laurent La Gamba‏ is a master of disguise – when it comes to both himself and others. The talented French

February 17, 2015

Russia: Egypt Enters Eurasian Union Orbit

Even with crippling Western economic sanctions over its military involvement in Ukraine, Russia continues

12 hrs ago
Talysh Identity and Geopolitics in the South Caucasus

In Azerbaijan, a sensitive debate is being reintroduced to the political foreground

February 17, 2015
The woeful strategic and military aftermath of the Minsk 2 agreement

On 11 February, a four-way meeting attended by Presidents Vladimir Putin, Petro Poroshenko, François

February 15, 2015

Someone else’s daughter: How women in prison led me back to my mother

Mom disowned me years ago. When I began working in prisons, people said I was compassionate. Really, it was

2 hrs ago
Ron Paul: Black lawmakers oppose war because they want the money for food

Former GOP congressman derides anti-war allies

2 hrs ago
HBO’s political call to arms: “Citizenfour” has more in common with “Girls”

The Academy Award-winning documentary about NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden premiered on HBO last night

3 hrs ago

Long-acting HIV medicine in the works

Scientists have created a new molecule that shows promise for controlling HIV without daily

13 hrs ago
Novel Pretreatment Could Cut Biofuel Costs by 30 Percent or More

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have invented a novel pretreatment technology

13 hrs ago
Ocean acidification threatens coastal communities across the U.S.

The first nationwide vulnerability assessment for ocean acidification, published today in Nature

14 hrs ago

International brain injury expert to present in Christchurch

Dr Nathan Zasler will present ‘Current Concepts in Brain Injury Update 2015’ at a seminar and workshop in

February 23, 2015
NZ-Singapore Study Uses Hair to Research Diet and Pregnancy

Can you eat a better diet to avoid complications in pregnancy? There is increasing evidence that the diet

February 23, 2015
Symposium on e-cigarettes for Auckland

A visiting expert on the effects of stimulant drugs will be the key speaker at a symposium on e-cigarettes

February 23, 2015

Postal Workers And The Public Want A Postal Banking Public Option

Contract talks between the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) and the U.S. Postal Service for a new

February 19, 2015
Audio: Taking On Fast Track, TPP And Free-Trade Talking Points

[fve]http://youtu.be/sfxMRWVJcrs[/fve] On Sunday I was the speaker on a regular Sunday call for the

February 17, 2015
Rallies And #FightFastTrack Twitter Storm This Week

Fast track trade promotion legislation is likely to be introduced soon and will be used to push through the

February 17, 2015

BREAKING: As Brussels signs off on the hands-tied Syriza reform plan

A piece at The Slog went up shortly before midnight CET last night (visual above) with this headline:

14 hrs ago
BREAKING: As Brussels signs off on the hands-tied Syriza reform plan

A piece at The Slog went up shortly before midnight CET last night (visual above) with this headline

16 hrs ago
Reality 2: HOW GERMANY & THE US GAVE UP IN UKRAINE

SEPARATING THE HEADLINES FROM THE PARTY LINES Having learned the lessons of German history well, Angela

February 23, 2015

Question of the Day

Suggested by Shaker SisterShimmy: " What do you like on your pizza? ('I don't like pizza'

3 hrs ago
Justice Department: No Federal Charges for George Zimmerman in Killing of

[Content Note: Racism; violence; guns; death.] Federal Officials Close Investigation Into Death of Trayvon

4 hrs ago
Drinking Beers with MRAs. Again.

[Content Note: MRAs; antifeminism; misogyny; rape culture; violence.] Earlier this month, Vox published a

5 hrs ago

Financial War: US Wants to Trigger Wave of Russian Bankruptcies!

Financial War: US Wants to Trigger Wave of Russian Bankruptcies! by http://rinf.com/alt-news Translated

16 mins ago
Palestine Accuses Israel of Opening Dams, Flooding Gaza, Forcing

We are witnessing the soon to be fulfilled prophecy of Revelation 12! 23 Sept 2017 is approaching rapidly!

24 mins ago
RAW: ‘Normandy 4′ FMs Meet in Paris for Ukraine Talks!

Published on Feb 24, 2015 The foreign ministers of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany sat down for the

1 hr ago

Butter Up Your Coffee

First of all, this is definitely not vegan, but if you are vegan, you can still use half the recipe with

11 hrs ago
3 Phase Plyometric Training Workout

People are discovering the physical and emotional benefits of functional exercise, but you can also benefit

12 hrs ago
Grilled Pepper with Vegan Chili Mint Salt Shake

Grill up a plateful of peppers and dust 'em with a tangy chili mint salt that will have your taste buds

13 hrs ago

The New Pebble Time Smart Watch from Pebble Debuts on Kickstarter! - JBG

Wired The New Pebble Time Smart Watch from Pebble Debuts on Kickstarter! JBG News Pebble, the company

26 mins ago
FCC Net Neutrality Rules Shed Hurdle as Republicans Concede to Obama - New

New York Times FCC Net Neutrality Rules Shed Hurdle as Republicans Concede to Obama New York Times

34 mins ago
New images and video offer more clues about Samsung's Galaxy S6

Computerworld New images and video offer more clues about Samsung's Galaxy S6 Computerworld With less

February 23, 2015

Digital diaspora in the enterprise: Arrival of the CDO and CCO | ZDNet

Originally posted on I am a Bridge : Digital diaspora in the enterprise: Arrival of the CDO and CCO

February 23, 2015
A change that satisfies nobody | Un changement qui ne satisfait personne

Originally posted on plerudulier : It so happened that I recently acquired a new home. Until then

February 22, 2015
Robots are leaving the factory floor and heading for your desk – and your

It could be said that the job of bridge toll collector was invented in San Francisco. In 1968, the Golden

February 22, 2015

Time for TCBH!'s Readers to Make a Commitment to Support this Unique

It's a new year, and we need change! (yours)

February 20, 2015
It Takes a Life Cult to Beat a Death Cult

Civilization and Barbarism

February 20, 2015
We’re Already Losing Our Democracy and All Our Freedoms to the 2001 AUMF

No more AUMFs! No more 'unitary executives'

February 17, 2015

Curvy model Ashley Graham 'still on cloud 9' with sudden fame. (Yahoo News)

Curvy model 'still on cloud 9' with sudden fame

One Ashley Graham photo got the world's attention — and she's using it to empower others, she tells Katie Couric.  Ad censors nixed »

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Collaboration: On the Edge of a New Paradigm?

Collaboration is a documentary film that was created to record the

February 23, 2015
Robot Revolution

It's the stuff of science fiction. One day, robots will be

February 21, 2015
Private Armies

Private Armies gives viewers an inside look at the workings of

February 19, 2015

Top US Newsman Brian Williams “Destroyed”, 3 Others Killed Over Obama 9/11

An astounding new report circulating in the Kremlin today prepared by the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR

February 14, 2015
Putin Orders Largest Nuclear Weapons Exercises In History

Russia’s nuclear missile force staged large-scale exercises across the vast country Thursday consisting of

February 14, 2015
Russian Troops Move To Border As Catastrophic Ukrainian Army Defeat Looms

A new Ministry of Defense (MoD) report circulating in the Kremlin today ahead of the “last chance” peace

February 11, 2015

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Steve Bell’s If … on l’artiste who paints God.

By Steve Bell 12th January 2015.

January 22, 2015
Leon Brittan Videoed at Paedo Orgy.

By Dave Knight 22nd June 2014. Find Article & Video Here:- Former Thatcher Home Secretary

January 22, 2015
BBC retrospective on the Iraq War.

By Craig Murray 21st January 2015. Find Article Here:- The BBC led their 10 O’clock News today with

January 22, 2015

What Happens When We Try To Hack The Constitution?

This is the question asked by London School of Economics lecturer Conor Gearty, an Irish citizen driving

February 9, 2015
The Rotherham Common Purpose Effect

By blurring the boundaries between people, professions, public and private sectors, responsibility and

February 4, 2015
Repossession Fraud Exposed

Last year some 47,000 homes were repossessed by the banks leaving devastated home owners and wrecked

January 29, 2015

Peer Into the Distant Universe: How to See Quasars With Backyard Telescopes

Seen at the James and Barbara Moore Observatory in Punta Gorda, Florida: a scope worthy of a quasar hunt

5 hrs ago
A New Sungrazing Comet May Brighten in the Evening Sky, Here’s How to See

Photo taken at 20:00 UT (2 pm. CST) Feb. 19 with the SOHO C2 coronagraph, a device that blocks the Sun

5 hrs ago
Incredible “Birdman”-like Tracking-Shot Timelapse of Earth from Space

The Academy Award winning film “ Birdman ” used what’s called tracking shot to create

9 hrs ago

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Fahrenheit 451, and Dollars–Part 2: Bar the Exits!

Even kings are no match for the Power of Paper

2 hrs ago
Incompetence and death on the Debaltsevo retreat

Jim W. Dean..."We have a Ukie colonel here devastating Poroshenko's claim of no army being

4 hrs ago
De-fund Homeland Security Now !

Right now there is a quiet battle in Congress over the re-funding of Homeland Security which is set to

5 hrs ago

The next generation of antibiotics might be right under our feet

By Andrew Beattie The discovery of a new antibiotic called teixobactin was announced by international

1 hr ago
14 Signs That Most Americans Are Flat Broke And Totally Unprepared For The

By Michael Snyder, Economic Collapse Blog . When the coming economic crisis strikes, more than half the

2 hrs ago
Forced Blood Draws, DNA Collection and Biometric Scans: What Country Is

By John Whitehead , constitutional and human rights attorney, and founder of the Rutherford Institute. “

4 hrs ago

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

Photos and Report: Celebrating Magna Carta and Habeas Corpus and

See my photo set on Flickr here! Yesterday, I was delighted to be a speaker at the Not the Global Law

6 hrs ago
Defending 800 Years of Habeas Corpus: We Stand With Shaker Attends Not the

The following is a version of a press release I wrote and sent out on behalf of the We Stand With Shaker

February 22, 2015
Photos: 13 Years in Guantánamo – Protest for Shaker Aamer Outside 10

See my photo set on Flickr here! February 14, 2015 was the 13th anniversary of the arrival at Guantánamo

February 20, 2015

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Study: publicizing hospital ratings doesn't always spur improvement

The well-intentioned idea of rating health centers is having showing disappointingly little benefit so far,

21 hrs ago
Fire ants spread globally on 17th-century ships, study finds

Some little ant conquerors, too, put humankind's Age of Discovery to good use, scientists report.

February 20, 2015
Little star probably grazed our solar system, astronomers conclude

The event could have triggered a deadly "comet shower" had the star come much closer, a study

February 18, 2015

A victim of the industry downturn asks for advice

This week I answer a reader email from someone who has unfortunately been caught up in the industry's

3 hrs ago
Cameron LNG applies for approval of project expansion

The project is among several proposals to tap into ample supplies of gas from shale rock in the U.S. and an

4 hrs ago
Crestwood Equity Partners to cut jobs

The CEO of Crestwood Equity Partners told investors Tuesday the company will ax an undisclosed number of

4 hrs ago

.IEA.org.uk - Blog feed

Forget cutting tuition fees – student finance needs a complete overhaul

While a

19 hrs ago
Choice at a price: A response to Civitas’ ‘NHS Contribute Extra’ proposal

There is

February 23, 2015
Sock puppets: a step in the right direction

As

February 23, 2015

Falklands Reporter Wasn’t There

Becoming part of the story is bad for anyone who is meant to be bringing news to readers or viewers. Being

13 hrs ago
Mail Uses Cliff Richard - Again

[Updates, two so far, at end of post] You know when the Daily Mail refuses to go along with the rest of the

18 hrs ago
The Empty Monty

On occasion, when I’ve passed adverse comment on Tim Montgomerie, now ensconced at the Murdoch Times , the

20 hrs ago

Cross-strait trade-in-goods pact worthwhile: SEF head

The chair of Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), Lin Join-sane, said Tuesday that signing a
MH370 steered off course toward Antarctica: expert

Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which disappeared on March 6 last year on a routine flight from Kuala
Acer unveils two cloud solutions in diversification drive

Taiwan's Acer unveiled two new cloud application solutions Tuesday for enterprises and individual