"Moscow is preparing draft regulation that spells out how companies would handle the fallout from an oil spill on the arctic continental shelf, a minister said.""Sergei Donskoi, the deputy natural resources minister for Russia, said authorities were examining environmental protection measures for the arctic when considering developments on the continental shelf, Russia's state-run news agency RIA Novosti reports."The disaster in the Gulf of Mexico once again highlighted nature's vulnerability from humans," he said. "In the extreme environment of the arctic with its permanent glaciers, even smaller disasters could lead to serious problems.""http://www.upi.com/Science_News/Resource-Wars/2010/08/27/Moscow-considers-arctic-oil-spills/UPI-36221282926096/
"Moscow is preparing draft regulation that spells out how companies would handle the fallout from an oil spill on the arctic continental shelf, a minister said."
"Sergei Donskoi, the deputy natural resources minister for Russia, said authorities were examining environmental protection measures for the arctic when considering developments on the continental shelf, Russia's state-run news agency RIA Novosti reports.
"The disaster in the Gulf of Mexico once again highlighted nature's vulnerability from humans," he said. "In the extreme environment of the arctic with its permanent glaciers, even smaller disasters could lead to serious problems.""
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/Resource-Wars/2010/08/27/Moscow-considers-arctic-oil-spills/UPI-36221282926096/
http://www.seattleglobaljustice.org/2010/08/for-immediate-release-gates-foundation-invests-in-monsanto/News of the Foundation’s recent Monsanto investment has confirmed the misgivings of many farmers and sustainable agriculture advocates in Africa, among them the Kenya Biodiversity Coalition, who commented, “We have long suspected that the founders of AGRA—the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation—had a long and more intimate affair with Monsanto.” Indeed, according to Travis English, researcher with AGRA Watch, “The Foundation’s ownership of Monsanto stock is emblematic of a deeper, more long-standing involvement with the corporation, particularly in Africa.” In 2008, AGRA Watch, a project of the Seattle-based organization Community Alliance for Global Justice, uncovered many linkages between the Foundation’s grantees and Monsanto. For example, some grantees (in particular about 70% of grantees in Kenya) of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)—considered by the Foundation to be its “African face”—work directly with Monsanto on agricultural development projects. Other prominent links include high-level Foundation staff members who were once senior officials for Monsanto, such as Rob Horsch, formerly Monsanto Vice President of International Development Partnerships and current Senior Program Officer of the Gates Agricultural Development Program.Transnational corporations like Monsanto have been key collaborators with the Foundation and AGRA’s grantees in promoting the spread of industrial agriculture on the continent. This model of production relies on expensive inputs such as chemical fertilizers, genetically modified seeds, and herbicides. Though this package represents enticing market development opportunities for the private sector, many civil society organizations contend it will lead to further displacement of farmers from the land, an actual increase in hunger, and migration to already swollen cities unable to provide employment opportunities. In the words of a representative from the Kenya Biodiversity Coalition, “AGRA is poison for our farming systems and livelihoods. Under the philanthropic banner of greening agriculture, AGRA will eventually eat away what little is left of sustainable small-scale farming in Africa.”
http://www.seattleglobaljustice.org/2010/08/for-immediate-release-gates-foundation-invests-in-monsanto/
News of the Foundation’s recent Monsanto investment has confirmed the misgivings of many farmers and sustainable agriculture advocates in Africa, among them the Kenya Biodiversity Coalition, who commented, “We have long suspected that the founders of AGRA—the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation—had a long and more intimate affair with Monsanto.” Indeed, according to Travis English, researcher with AGRA Watch, “The Foundation’s ownership of Monsanto stock is emblematic of a deeper, more long-standing involvement with the corporation, particularly in Africa.” In 2008, AGRA Watch, a project of the Seattle-based organization Community Alliance for Global Justice, uncovered many linkages between the Foundation’s grantees and Monsanto. For example, some grantees (in particular about 70% of grantees in Kenya) of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)—considered by the Foundation to be its “African face”—work directly with Monsanto on agricultural development projects. Other prominent links include high-level Foundation staff members who were once senior officials for Monsanto, such as Rob Horsch, formerly Monsanto Vice President of International Development Partnerships and current Senior Program Officer of the Gates Agricultural Development Program.
Transnational corporations like Monsanto have been key collaborators with the Foundation and AGRA’s grantees in promoting the spread of industrial agriculture on the continent. This model of production relies on expensive inputs such as chemical fertilizers, genetically modified seeds, and herbicides. Though this package represents enticing market development opportunities for the private sector, many civil society organizations contend it will lead to further displacement of farmers from the land, an actual increase in hunger, and migration to already swollen cities unable to provide employment opportunities. In the words of a representative from the Kenya Biodiversity Coalition, “AGRA is poison for our farming systems and livelihoods. Under the philanthropic banner of greening agriculture, AGRA will eventually eat away what little is left of sustainable small-scale farming in Africa.”
"Sex shop and strip clubs near ground zero show double standard over Park51""When I walked from Park Place on the north side of the World Trade Center to Rector Street on the south side, what I encountered were a string of bars, betting parlors, and fast-food restaurants. And within this cluster of buildings, especially noticeable were two strip clubs, the New York Dolls Gentleman’s Club and the Pussycat Lounge, plus Thunder Lingerie and More, a sex shop with a peep show. This kind of commercial mix is typical of New York. Most of us who have lived in the city for any period of time take it for granted."http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20100824/cm_csm/321658
"Sex shop and strip clubs near ground zero show double standard over Park51"
"When I walked from Park Place on the north side of the World Trade Center to Rector Street on the south side, what I encountered were a string of bars, betting parlors, and fast-food restaurants. And within this cluster of buildings, especially noticeable were two strip clubs, the New York Dolls Gentleman’s Club and the Pussycat Lounge, plus Thunder Lingerie and More, a sex shop with a peep show. This kind of commercial mix is typical of New York. Most of us who have lived in the city for any period of time take it for granted."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20100824/cm_csm/321658
It really shows the real opposition to the Park51 project is really about: Islamophobia.
>>5626How very narrow minded of you.... The original name of the project was Cordoba Project, referring to Cordoba, Spain and the history of the mosque that was built there. That was a Victory Mosque, a mosque built on the site of a massive defeat of Christians in Spain. The location was a Catholic Cathedral. This type of mosque has been built when Muslims have conquered areas, and conquered other religions in an area. It is a sign of their dominance. quote from m u q a t a . b l o g s p o t . c o m / 2 0 1 0 / 0 8 / v i c t o r y - m o s q u e . h t m l [quote]In every other place in the world when the Moslems erect a Victory Mosque they do it on the exact site of the important and central cultural symbols they are trying to erase, replace and show they conquered for Islam.Whether the Bari mosque in India, the Fethiye Camii in Turkey, the Ummayad Mosque in Damascus, the Qutub Minar in Afghanistan, the Asqa Mosque in the Hague (formerly a Synagogue), and of course all in Israel: the Al Asqa Mosque/ al-Haram ash-Sharif, the Mosque in Tomb of the Patriarchs, the mosque attached to the Rambam shul (Hurva), to name just a few well known examples (and there are plenty more examples from all around the world). Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>5626How very narrow minded of you....
The original name of the project was Cordoba Project, referring to Cordoba, Spain and the history of the mosque that was built there. That was a Victory Mosque, a mosque built on the site of a massive defeat of Christians in Spain. The location was a Catholic Cathedral. This type of mosque has been built when Muslims have conquered areas, and conquered other religions in an area. It is a sign of their dominance.
quote from m u q a t a . b l o g s p o t . c o m / 2 0 1 0 / 0 8 / v i c t o r y - m o s q u e . h t m l [quote]In every other place in the world when the Moslems erect a Victory Mosque they do it on the exact site of the important and central cultural symbols they are trying to erase, replace and show they conquered for Islam.
Whether the Bari mosque in India, the Fethiye Camii in Turkey, the Ummayad Mosque in Damascus, the Qutub Minar in Afghanistan, the Asqa Mosque in the Hague (formerly a Synagogue), and of course all in Israel: the Al Asqa Mosque/ al-Haram ash-Sharif, the Mosque in Tomb of the Patriarchs, the mosque attached to the Rambam shul (Hurva), to name just a few well known examples (and there are plenty more examples from all around the world).
>>5627 It's not much of a Victory Mosque if it's not being built on the exact site of the twin towers then, is it?
>>5630The building was hit by the wheel structure from the second plane as it was breaking up on impact iirc and destroyed 3 floors of the building. Had there been people there, they would have died or have been severely injured. anywhere on the 3 floors.Many people consider the area at large as Ground Zero, not just the locations of the main Buildings 1,2, and 7. I think the public at large don't like the idea of the mosque there, and many feel that it could be built elsewhere. From Aug. 1961% Oppose it: http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2011799,00.htmlAnd even older July 23: 58% in New York Oppose Mosque Near Ground Zero : http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_state_surveys/new_york/58_in_new_york_oppose_mosque_near_ground_zeroI would be less opposed if the city of NY were to allow the Greek Orthodox Church that was destroyed by Bldg. 1 and 2 were to be allowed to be rebuilt, but they have denied that.
>>5630The building was hit by the wheel structure from the second plane as it was breaking up on impact iirc and destroyed 3 floors of the building. Had there been people there, they would have died or have been severely injured. anywhere on the 3 floors.
Many people consider the area at large as Ground Zero, not just the locations of the main Buildings 1,2, and 7.
I think the public at large don't like the idea of the mosque there, and many feel that it could be built elsewhere. From Aug. 1961% Oppose it: http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2011799,00.html
And even older July 23: 58% in New York Oppose Mosque Near Ground Zero : http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_state_surveys/new_york/58_in_new_york_oppose_mosque_near_ground_zero
I would be less opposed if the city of NY were to allow the Greek Orthodox Church that was destroyed by Bldg. 1 and 2 were to be allowed to be rebuilt, but they have denied that.
So how far away do they have to move it?
>>5631 Welcome to the United States of America. We are a constitutional republic, not a democracy.
>>5631
Welcome to the United States of America. We are a constitutional republic, not a democracy.
>>5631Nobody's prohibiting the rebuilding of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church. In fact, the Port Authority offered a SUBSIBY TO BUILD THE CHURCH. The two sides just can't agree over the details.http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/19/nyregion/19church.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
>>5631Nobody's prohibiting the rebuilding of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church. In fact, the Port Authority offered a SUBSIBY TO BUILD THE CHURCH. The two sides just can't agree over the details.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/19/nyregion/19church.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
>>5634 SUBSIBY should be SUBSIDY
I think it's pretty un-American that a mosque is being opposed. What it is is an interfaith community center that has a mosque inside it, the building as a whole is not a mosque. This building has been used as a makeshift Islamic worship center for a while now.It's also two blocks away. There's another mosque about 11 blocks away from where the twin towers were. Like >>5632 said, how far away does it have to be for this to no longer be on 'hallowed ground'? There's also a mosque in the Pentagon, which was there before the attacks.How is stopping the building of this mosque un-American? Because USA has always been about equality and tolerance. It's been like that since the founding of the country, and these values have permeated throughout the country's history. Civil war, women's suffrage, civil rights movement of the 1960's, and still today with gay rights.That being said, stopping the building of this mosque is like letting those extremist Islamic terrorists win. The objective of terrorism is to create change through fear. In this case, they have succeeded brilliantly. They haven't just changed airport security, they've changed the American public's values. 9/11 is carried out by Islamic extremists who do not represent the Islamic faith as a whole, and suddenly Islamophobia is rampant in USA. Suddenly Muslims are de-humanized and seen as the 'alien other'. Suddenly, many Americans have forgotten the secret ingredients that makes their country the powerhouse that it is: equality and tolerance. Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
I think it's pretty un-American that a mosque is being opposed.
What it is is an interfaith community center that has a mosque inside it, the building as a whole is not a mosque. This building has been used as a makeshift Islamic worship center for a while now.
It's also two blocks away. There's another mosque about 11 blocks away from where the twin towers were. Like >>5632 said, how far away does it have to be for this to no longer be on 'hallowed ground'? There's also a mosque in the Pentagon, which was there before the attacks.
How is stopping the building of this mosque un-American? Because USA has always been about equality and tolerance. It's been like that since the founding of the country, and these values have permeated throughout the country's history. Civil war, women's suffrage, civil rights movement of the 1960's, and still today with gay rights.
That being said, stopping the building of this mosque is like letting those extremist Islamic terrorists win. The objective of terrorism is to create change through fear. In this case, they have succeeded brilliantly. They haven't just changed airport security, they've changed the American public's values. 9/11 is carried out by Islamic extremists who do not represent the Islamic faith as a whole, and suddenly Islamophobia is rampant in USA. Suddenly Muslims are de-humanized and seen as the 'alien other'. Suddenly, many Americans have forgotten the secret ingredients that makes their country the powerhouse that it is: equality and tolerance.
>>5637oh and to clear one thing up, when i say 'mosque' i mean 'Park51', which is not actually a mosque.and the pentagon doesn't have a mosque in it, but it does have a place for Muslims to worship in it, which is what Park51 is.so yeah, just wanted to say that, want to keep the facts straight.
>>5637oh and to clear one thing up, when i say 'mosque' i mean 'Park51', which is not actually a mosque.
and the pentagon doesn't have a mosque in it, but it does have a place for Muslims to worship in it, which is what Park51 is.
so yeah, just wanted to say that, want to keep the facts straight.
"Health-conscious shoppers looking for a cheaper alternative to antioxidant-rich blueberries and blackberries may want to buy a bag of black rice.Zhimin Xu, an associate professor at the Department of Food Science at Louisiana State University, told attendees of a recent conference in Boston that a spoonful of black rice contains more antioxidants than are found in a spoonful of berries.The rice also has less sugar and more fiber and vitamin E antioxidants than berries, Xu said in a statement.Much like some fruit, black rice contains anthocyanin antioxidants, which have been associated with fighting heart disease, cancer and other diseases."http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7019716894?Black%20Rice%20Found%20Cheaper%20Way%20To%20Get%20Antioxidants
"Health-conscious shoppers looking for a cheaper alternative to antioxidant-rich blueberries and blackberries may want to buy a bag of black rice.
Zhimin Xu, an associate professor at the Department of Food Science at Louisiana State University, told attendees of a recent conference in Boston that a spoonful of black rice contains more antioxidants than are found in a spoonful of berries.
The rice also has less sugar and more fiber and vitamin E antioxidants than berries, Xu said in a statement.
Much like some fruit, black rice contains anthocyanin antioxidants, which have been associated with fighting heart disease, cancer and other diseases."
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7019716894?Black%20Rice%20Found%20Cheaper%20Way%20To%20Get%20Antioxidants
"NASA's Kepler spacecraft, hunting for distant worlds by measuring the slight dimming of starlight as planets pass in front of their parent suns, has found its first multiplanet solar system, researchers announced Thursday.The Kepler-9 system includes two Saturn-class worlds orbiting in gravitational lockstep close to their star and a possible third planet just a bit larger than Earth that whirls through a hellish "year" in just 1.8 days.The announcement came just a few days after a European team, using a different technique with a ground-based telescope, revealed the discovery of a solar system with up to seven planets, including another candidate planet slightly larger than Earth."http://news.cnet.com/8301-19514_3-20014870-239.html
"NASA's Kepler spacecraft, hunting for distant worlds by measuring the slight dimming of starlight as planets pass in front of their parent suns, has found its first multiplanet solar system, researchers announced Thursday.
The Kepler-9 system includes two Saturn-class worlds orbiting in gravitational lockstep close to their star and a possible third planet just a bit larger than Earth that whirls through a hellish "year" in just 1.8 days.
The announcement came just a few days after a European team, using a different technique with a ground-based telescope, revealed the discovery of a solar system with up to seven planets, including another candidate planet slightly larger than Earth."
http://news.cnet.com/8301-19514_3-20014870-239.html
"Tiny charges gathered directly from humid air could be harnessed to generate electricity, researchers say.Dr Fernando Galembeck told the American Chemical Society meeting in Boston that the technique exploited a little-known atmospheric effect.Tests had shown that metals could be used to gather the charges, he said, opening up a potential energy source in humid climates.However, experts disagree about the mechanism and the scale of the effect."http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11100528
"Tiny charges gathered directly from humid air could be harnessed to generate electricity, researchers say.
Dr Fernando Galembeck told the American Chemical Society meeting in Boston that the technique exploited a little-known atmospheric effect.
Tests had shown that metals could be used to gather the charges, he said, opening up a potential energy source in humid climates.
However, experts disagree about the mechanism and the scale of the effect."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11100528
Man plunges to death after ramming through elevator door with motorized wheelchair.http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LPOD&mid=tvh&oid=052&aid=0000312821Video:mms://navernews.hvod.nefficient.co.kr/navernews/0001/2010/0826/00312821.wmv
Man plunges to death after ramming through elevator door with motorized wheelchair.http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LPOD&mid=tvh&oid=052&aid=0000312821
Video:mms://navernews.hvod.nefficient.co.kr/navernews/0001/2010/0826/00312821.wmv
And my anti-virus is saying the site is full of malicious code.
>>5615Really? Mine didn't pick anything up, Then again, I use Firefox with noscript and adblock.
"Airport body scanners now have its street version as law enforcement agencies have deployed more than 500 vans equipped with the backscatter x-rays to look for car bombs and check suspicious vehicles in neighborhoods across the country.American Science & Engineering sold the Z Backscatter Vans to undisclosed U.S. and foreign government agencies in the U.S., according to Joe Reiss, the company’s vice president of marketing.Reiss describes the ZBVs as the hottest selling cargo and vehicle inspection system today."http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7019697779?Vans%20With%20Full-Body%20Scanners%20Out%20In%20U.S.%20Streets
"Airport body scanners now have its street version as law enforcement agencies have deployed more than 500 vans equipped with the backscatter x-rays to look for car bombs and check suspicious vehicles in neighborhoods across the country.
American Science & Engineering sold the Z Backscatter Vans to undisclosed U.S. and foreign government agencies in the U.S., according to Joe Reiss, the company’s vice president of marketing.
Reiss describes the ZBVs as the hottest selling cargo and vehicle inspection system today."
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7019697779?Vans%20With%20Full-Body%20Scanners%20Out%20In%20U.S.%20Streets
"Representatives from the energy companies tied to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill resorted to finger pointing during testimony before U.S. government officials."http://www.upi.com/Science_News/Resource-Wars/2010/08/26/More-finger-pointing-in-oil-spill-probe/UPI-95631282821794/
"Representatives from the energy companies tied to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill resorted to finger pointing during testimony before U.S. government officials."
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/Resource-Wars/2010/08/26/More-finger-pointing-in-oil-spill-probe/UPI-95631282821794/
"An unmanned aircraft went off course during testing and entered restricted airspace near the nation's capital earlier this month, the Navy said Wednesday.The craft, an MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned aerial vehicle, is one of six the Navy is testing for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations. It was supposed to fly a preprogrammed route over the Webster Field Annex at the naval air station at Patuxent River, Md., a Navy spokesman, Lt. Myers Vasquez, said.During testing on Aug. 2, controllers lost the link to the aircraft and it flew off route into the restricted area. Vasquez said the craft was about 40 miles away from Washington. The Federal Aviation Administration was notified that it was a Navy craft so they were aware and monitoring it, Vasquez said.The controllers were able to reprogram the craft and bring it back to the field about 20 minutes after they lost contact with the craft, Vasquez said. During that time, there was no communication between the controllers and the helicopter-like aircraft."http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100826/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_airspace_violated
"An unmanned aircraft went off course during testing and entered restricted airspace near the nation's capital earlier this month, the Navy said Wednesday.
The craft, an MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned aerial vehicle, is one of six the Navy is testing for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations. It was supposed to fly a preprogrammed route over the Webster Field Annex at the naval air station at Patuxent River, Md., a Navy spokesman, Lt. Myers Vasquez, said.
During testing on Aug. 2, controllers lost the link to the aircraft and it flew off route into the restricted area. Vasquez said the craft was about 40 miles away from Washington. The Federal Aviation Administration was notified that it was a Navy craft so they were aware and monitoring it, Vasquez said.
The controllers were able to reprogram the craft and bring it back to the field about 20 minutes after they lost contact with the craft, Vasquez said. During that time, there was no communication between the controllers and the helicopter-like aircraft."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100826/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_airspace_violated
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