Saturday, December 4, 2010
GM Foods
"Botox Apples" Genetically Modified to Keep from Browning
The expression “one bad apple spoils the bunch” may soon have to be retired. Okanagan Specialty Fruits, a Canadian biotechnology company, has petitioned the USDA for approval of its genetically modified “non-browning apple.”
A look at the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture’s GMO Policy. The combination of Tom Vilsack, at USDA, and Michael Taylor, formerly at Monsanto, at the FDA, is a dangerous combination indeed.
Friday, December 3, 2010
Stats & Fun Facts: BrainPower
The 10 Brainiest Cities
>> Boulder, Colorado Brainpower index: 3.941
>> Ann Arbor, Michigan Brainpower index: 3.228
>> Washington, D.C Brainpower index: 2.573
>> Durham, North Carolina Brainpower index: 2.164
>> Fort Collins, Colorado Brainpower index: 1.961
>> Bridgeport-Stamford, Connecticut Brainpower index: 1.913
>> San Jose, California Brainpower index: 1.856
>> Boston, Massachusetts Brainpower index: 1.854
>> Madison, Wisconsin Brainpower index: 1.816
>> San Francisco-Oakland, California Brainpower index: 1.803
America's 10 Least Brainy Cities: Portfolio Study
>> Merced, California Brainpower index: -2.558
>> McAllen-Edinburg, Texas Brainpower index: ‐2.512
>> Brownsville, Texas Brainpower index: ‐2.456
>> Visalia, California Brainpower index: -2.372
>> Bakersfield, California Brainpower index: -2.110
>> Yakima, Washington Brainpower index: -2.049
>> Laredo, Texas Brainpower index: ‐1.998
>> Hickory, North Carolina Brainpower index: ‐1.878
>> Fort Smith, Arkansas Brainpower index: -1.756
>> Modesto, California Brainpower index: -1.717
>> McAllen-Edinburg, Texas Brainpower index: ‐2.512
>> Brownsville, Texas Brainpower index: ‐2.456
>> Visalia, California Brainpower index: -2.372
>> Bakersfield, California Brainpower index: -2.110
>> Yakima, Washington Brainpower index: -2.049
>> Laredo, Texas Brainpower index: ‐1.998
>> Hickory, North Carolina Brainpower index: ‐1.878
>> Fort Smith, Arkansas Brainpower index: -1.756
>> Modesto, California Brainpower index: -1.717
Stats & Fun Facts: Economics
World's 10 Best Economic Performing Cities: 2010 Global MetroMonitor
Lima - #3
Singapore - #4
Santiago - #5
Shanghai - #6
Guangzhou - #7
Bejing - #8
Manila - #9
Rio De Janeiro - #10
Istanbul - #1
Shenzhen - #2Lima - #3
Singapore - #4
Santiago - #5
Shanghai - #6
Guangzhou - #7
Bejing - #8
Manila - #9
Rio De Janeiro - #10
Global MetroMonitor: The Path to Economic Recovery
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Geoengineering #2
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Iron stimulates blooms of toxin-producing algae in open ocean, study finds
Climate Change
Cancún climate change summit: Is God determined to prevent a deal?
While the rich parts of the world are covered in snow and ice, the rest of the world cooks
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/georgemonbiot/2010/dec/02/cancun-climate-change-summit-monbiot
"Countries Least Responsible for Climate Change are the Ones Most Threatened by It": Island States Urge Binding Emissions Cuts at U.N. Climate Summit
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Censored Gulf news: UN scientists turn on UN-Al Gore's mind control (video)
Phenomenon Was Converted into a False World Emergency
WikiLeaks #2
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Here's how real journalists respond to the attacks on WikiLeaks
The WikiLeaks Cables: Small Revelations That May Cause a Big Idea to Take Hold
What makes the leaked cables so important: they provide another opportunity to turn the spotlight on the war in Afghanistan.
"We need to prepare ourselves," wrote Malcolm Gladwell in The Tipping Point, "for the possibility that sometimes big changes follow from small events, and that sometimes these changes can happen quickly... Look at the world around you. It may seem an immovable, implacable place. It is not. With the slightest push -- in just the right place -- it can be tipped."
State Department To Columbia University Students: DO NOT Discuss WikiLeaks On Facebook, Twitter
Attorney Confirms WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange in Britain, Responds to U.S. Attacks
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Jeremy Scahill: WikiLeaks Cables Confirm Secret U.S. War Ops in Pakistan
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Is WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange a Hero? Glenn Greenwald Debates Steven Aftergood of Secrecy News
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WikiLeaks debate with Steven Aftergood
Here's how real journalists respond to the attacks on WikiLeaks
The only point of leaking documents is to expose “corruption,” and by exposing such “corruption” then prompt “reform and change.”
The WikiLeaks Cables: Small Revelations That May Cause a Big Idea to Take Hold
The article says:
- They are not an attack on America's foreign policy interests that have endangered innocent people.
- They are not a reckless and dangerous action that puts at risk the cause of human rights.
- They do not amount to one of the sorrier moments in the history of hyperbole (or is it hysteria?), deemed the September 11 of world diplomacy.
- They are also not "top secret" since between 2 and 3 million government employees are cleared to see this level of "secret" document, and some 500,000 people have access to the Secret Internet Protocol Network (SIPRnet) where the cables were stored.
A tipping point, some say.
The funny thing about tipping points is that you never know what fact, image, or story will bring things to a critical mass -- what small moment will cause a big idea to finally take hold.
"We need to prepare ourselves," wrote Malcolm Gladwell in The Tipping Point, "for the possibility that sometimes big changes follow from small events, and that sometimes these changes can happen quickly... Look at the world around you. It may seem an immovable, implacable place. It is not. With the slightest push -- in just the right place -- it can be tipped."
The Shameful Attacks on Julian Assange
WikiLeaks cables reveal how US manipulated climate accord
WikiLeaks' 'insurance' file aimed at ensuring work goes on
Assange says it's aimed at ensuring secrets will be released if he's shut down; site continues to face technical issues
WikiLeaks: Brazil tried to distance itself from U.S. war on terror
Senators unveil anti-WikiLeaks bill
Julian Assange answers your questions
How the US media is dumping on WikiLeaks - and censoring the cable disclosures
Should WikiLeaks' Julian Assange be tried for espionage?
WikiLeaks loses major source of revenue
WikiLeaks cables: 'Aggressive' China losing friends around the world
WikiLeaks cables blame Chinese government for Google hacking
State Department To Columbia University Students: DO NOT Discuss WikiLeaks On Facebook, Twitter
Talking about WikiLeaks on Facebook or Twitter could endanger your job prospects, a State Department official warned students at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs this week.
How WikiLeaks altered the way we see the world in just a week
Europe officials target Assange, WikiLeaks
The Swiss strip Julian Assange of a key fundraising tool, and British media report an arrest warrant is in the hands of Scotland Yard, putting more heat on the WikiLeaks founder.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40526303/ns/us_news-wikileaks_in_security
Hero or terrorist, the Assange effect represents a real grassroots Internet rebellion
Don't shoot messenger for revealing uncomfortable truths
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