oldephartte(in training): 19 June - My Yahoo! II

Thursday, June 19, 2014

19 June - My Yahoo! II

Cloudy Comet Cloud over Indonesia

Cloudy Comet Cloud over Indonesia (Photo credit: sjrankin)

Cracking the Brain’s Codes

How does the brain speak to itself? In What Is Life? (1944), one of the fundamental questions the physicist

June 16, 2014
Shining Light on Madness

Drugs for psychiatric illnesses aren’t very effective. But new research is offering renewed hope for better

June 16, 2014
Neuroscience’s New Toolbox

With the invention of optogenetics and other technologies, researchers can investigate the source of

June 16, 2014

Hillary’s Haughty Hyperbole!

Last Sunday’s New York Times Book Review section featured a one page interview with Hillary Clinton, author

June 18, 2014
Can Progressives Learn from Eric Cantor’s Defeat?

The stunning upset defeat of House Majority Leader, Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) by Professor David Brat, an

June 13, 2014
Corporate Contractors’ Heavy Burdens on Taxpayers

Next time you hear federal officials say that there is no money to repair or build necessary public

June 5, 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

Reclaiming Father’s Day show

On the Reclaiming Father’s Day show Mickey Huff and Peter Phillips interview author and professor Tomas

3 hrs ago
Flashpoint Ukraine

On the June 6, the Project Censored Show on Pacifica Radio Mickey Huff and Peter Phillips discuss the

June 8, 2014
Revolution of genome scanning

For more than a decade scientists have discovered that a genomic revolution is transforming medicine, the

June 5, 2014

When it comes to crowdfunding, journalism is absolutely crushed by comic

Earlier this month, crowdfunding platform Kickstarter launched a dedicated section to house all of its

4 mins ago
Edward Snowden’s old employer is developing tech for the government to

Consider a world in which, thanks to your Fuel band, the US Center for Disease Control knows you’re

3 hrs ago
On Reddit, Assange answers questions on Snowden, leaks but dodges others on

In the now time-honored tradition of the democratic Internet, Julian Assange took to Reddit today to do an

5 hrs ago

climate disaster averted …

This scary scaremonger scared everyone just days after Climategate erupted. Looks like a disaster was

21 hrs ago
the tin ear …

Caligula’s spawn keeps golfing, or is it Nero: Glenn Reynolds posts an UPDATE: Barack Obama Golfs

June 18, 2014
winning for the environment …

My life’s work, traveling the Kimberley, while implementing environmental horticulture projects

June 16, 2014

Canada's Pipeline Fight

Canada has approved a nearly multi-billion-dollar pipeline to transport oil from Alberta through British

June 18, 2014
Tesla's Elon Musk Warns of 'Terminators'

Here’s Musk in an interview with Business Insider on the dangers of artificial intelligence: JB

June 18, 2014
'Saudi Dakota' Hits Oil Production Milestone of 1 Million Barrels

Good news on oil production in North Dakota, via Mark Perry at AEI: Oil drillers in North Dakota oil

June 18, 2014

Thought-Provoking Quantum Experiments Which Show That Reality Is Only An

No one in the world can fathom what quantum mechanics is, this is perhaps the most important thing you need

18 hrs ago
Raw Chocolate Cashew Tarts

This is a very easy, cheap and decadent recipe that will have you craving these goodies without the worry

19 hrs ago
To Increase Semen Quality, Avoid Dairy

Looks like "schools investing in milk" may not be such a good idea after all. That is, not unless

June 18, 2014

Rebooting China

Though China's government has expressed a willingness to accept slower growth for the sake of a more

19 hrs ago
Mexico’s Breakout Moment?

Mexico has a good chance to realize its impressive structural-reform agenda. Doing so would give the rest

June 18, 2014
China’s Arab March

At the recent China-Arab States Cooperation Forum, President Xi Jinping called upon his Arab counterparts

June 18, 2014

Elizabeth Warren on creating jobs: ‘This isn’t magic, we actually know how

An impassioned Sen. Elizabeth Warren appeared on MSNBC’s Hardball and made a strong case for fighting

1 hr ago
Tea Party ex-Congressman Joe Walsh says he was booted from his radio show

Former Illinois Congressman Joe Walsh, who lost his seat to Tammy Duckworth following revelations that he

3 hrs ago
Texas woman charged after children injured while riding outside of her car

By Jana J. Pruet DALLAS (Reuters) – A Texas woman suspected of being drunk put six children on the

4 hrs ago

The State Terrorism Factory

Governments can and have hidden themselves behind patsies and provocateurs to carry out terror attacks that

11 hrs ago
When Religious and Political Leaders don’t listen You have to Speak Louder

LETTER TO CANADA’S MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT Honourable representatives, I am writing to you from Rome

June 18, 2014
Iraq’s Descent into Chaos “Predicted” by Cheney in 1994

Iraq is not falling into sectarian hell because the United States and the British did not invade Syria, or

June 18, 2014

On Uses of A 4 x 2: Arrhenius, The Last 15 years of Temperature History and

As a friend of mine in Florida says: You can’t kill stupid, but you can dull it with a 4×2

June 15, 2014
Ghosts of Climates Past – Nineteen – Ice Sheet Models I

In Part Seven – GCM I through Part Ten – GCM IV we looked at GCM simulations of ice ages. These were

April 13, 2014
Ghosts of Climates Past – Eighteen – “Probably Nonlinearity” of Unknown

A while ago, in Part Three – Hays, Imbrie & Shackleton we looked at a seminal paper from 1976. In

March 3, 2014

THE ENDLESS INVASION OF AMERICA

by Patrick J. Buchanan | World Net Daily For 10 days, Americans have argued over the wisdom of trading

June 10, 2014
IT’S NOT JUST GEORGE SOROS ANYMORE

What does it mean when the capitalist vanguard starts talking about inequality? - - By CHRYSTIA

June 10, 2014
TEXAS GOP STAKES OUT PLATFORM THAT SUPPORTS/OPPOSES CON-CON

Written by Warren Mass | The New American A total of 5,941 delegates and alternates at the 2014 Texas

June 10, 2014

Monuments to Riches: The Flamboyant Towers of Post-Soviet Architecture

Since the conclusion of the Cold War, architecture in the former Soviet Union has transformed itself

May 14, 2014
13 Funniest Celebrity Movie Set Pranks

There’s nothing like playing a well-executed prank on a co-worker, and as this list proves, if you happen

April 8, 2014
Better Than Barbie? Meet the World's First Interactive Smart Doll

While anime-inspired dolls have been around for a while in Japan, TV presenter Danny Choo’s interactive

March 12, 2014

Gender Equality in Azerbaijan: Interview with an Activist

Before departing from Baku, I met with Sabina, a Project Management Assistant at the Women’s

7 hrs ago
New Interview on IMU Operations in Pakistan

I’ve had every intention of writing an IMU article this week after they claimed the Karachi airport

June 17, 2014
Uzbekistan signed a new document to end child labor: Time for real change?

© Uzbek-German Human Rights Forum Uzbekistan and the International Labor Organization (ILO) signed a

June 8, 2014

U.S. government’s civil war over civil liberties

The State Department is now touting itself as a proponent of Internet privacy. It's not as ridiculous

4 hrs ago
“Jersey Boys”: A surprisingly great summer movie for grown-ups

Loaded with pop hits and a hint of darkness, Clint Eastwood's Frankie Valli musical is a total treat

4 hrs ago
“Its color was its size”: The twisted myth of the small Asian penis

I grew up wanting to be average. Now I know the reason for the myth Asians are small: Making white men feel

4 hrs ago

Haters spend more time … hating?

We already know haters are predisposed to be that way. […]

11 hrs ago
An off-switch for drugs’ toxic side effects

When medications linger in the human body, they sometimes produce […]

11 hrs ago
Humans have been changing Chinese environment for 3,000 years

For thousands of years, Mother Nature has taken the blame […]

11 hrs ago

SMC Heads-Up: mining, new SAVVY pricing, AUT's giant squid

PCE Updates; Antarctic biodiversity; Breast cancer; SAVVY courses; Ocean sampling day; Quoted; Friday video

1 hr ago
Genetic Control Mechanism for Major Livestock Pest

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a technique to control populations of the

5 hrs ago
Research may help Motor Neurone Disease sufferers

New research into how different drugs can alter the development of Motor Neurone Disease is underway in

6 hrs ago

A Different View On Cantor’s Surprising Loss

Last week Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor was defeated in a primary. He not only won’t

June 17, 2014
No Prosecution For Obvious Bribery?

A Virginia state senator took a bribe to resign , thereby throwing control of the state Senate to the other

June 15, 2014
8 Reasons Some CEOs Make 331 Times As Much As Their Employees

I have this up over at AlterNet: 8 Reasons Some CEOs Make 331 Times As Much As Their Employees We all know

June 13, 2014

At the End of the Day

The Slog piece on how appalling Microsoft is continues to build….record hits, and 107 comments the

9 hrs ago
OIL PRICE HIKES: Why they are manufactured rather than natural.

There’s an unusually large amount of baseless assertion and illogical drivel in the press today. The

June 18, 2014
If you want this to be your future as a customer, just keep on saying

Why the right time to dismantle Microsoft is right now Microsoft is a globalist company selling its

June 17, 2014

Question of the Day

Are you left-handed, right-handed, or ambidextrous? Did you come by your handedness naturally, or were you

5 hrs ago
Two-Minute Nostalgia Sublime

Shudder to Think: "Day Ditty"

5 hrs ago
An Observation

One of my favorite things about watching the World Cup is the classic camera cut to the spectators during a

6 hrs ago

New World Order Runs All Fake Terror Organizations!

See chart below. Terrorists/Terrorism organizations and Agent Provocateurs are under Intelligence Agencies.

12 hrs ago
DARPA Brain Chip Paves Way For Brave New World !

12 hrs ago
BOMBSHELL: Insider Reveals U.S. Training Of ISIS In Jordan!

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12 hrs ago

10 Ways to Exercise with Your Kids

Seems many of us lean on a long list of excuses to avoid exercising. Kids shouldn’t be one of these excuses

13 hrs ago
Lunges for a Simple, Fast, Anywhere Exercise

The lunge is a fantastic exercise for anyone who wants to work all the major muscles of the legs in one

14 hrs ago
10 Ways to Improve Your Relationships

I’ve learned that no matter what you put in your body, if you neglect other areas of your life and stress

June 18, 2014

Electric motorcycle could jolt Harley Davidson shares - USA TODAY

NPR Electric motorcycle could jolt Harley Davidson shares USA TODAY After rumbling up from about $41 a

1 hr ago
Amazon Fire Phone's Free Unlimited Photo Storage: Open to Abuse

TIME Amazon Fire Phone's Free Unlimited Photo Storage: Open to Abuse? Mashable In smartphones, there

2 hrs ago
Google buys MDialog, Alpental Technologies - SFGate

TechCrunch Google buys MDialog, Alpental Technologies SFGate Google Inc. is buying two small companies to

2 hrs ago

Starbucks to Provide Free College Education to Thousands of Workers

S tarbucks will provide a free online college education to thousands of its workers, without requiring

June 16, 2014
40 Years On, Woodward And Bernstein Recall Reporting On Watergate [npr.org]

M any people know All the Presidents Men as a film: a hit movie about the two young reporters who cracked

June 15, 2014
95% of all the additional national income in the U.S. goes to the top 1

Discussing the economy, Gore lamented that “we have rising levels of inequality and chronic

June 13, 2014

Washington’s Rats are Abandoning Maliki

Supporting Democracy is So Yesterday:

9 hrs ago
DA says Speaking Spanish in Public and Wearing Sportswear Signify

Labeling Latino Kids as Gangsters:

June 16, 2014
Dave Lindorff and Vietnam Vet and Long-Time Peace Activist John Grant

On ThisCantBeHappening! radio:

June 14, 2014

Scientists find 6,200-year-old parasite egg in skeleton. (AP)

6,200-year-old parasite egg found in skeleton

Archaeologists say the egg dates back to a time when societies first used irrigation systems to grow crops. Triggered outbreaks »

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The Evolution of Ecological Consciousness

Part of what Andrew Faust does is teaching how to apply permaculture in the urban landscape and part of

8 hrs ago
The Fake Trade

This is a documentary about an illegal activity that's engulfing the world. It's a narrative about

June 18, 2014
Why We Breathe: Yoga

Shot over a half year period across the US, in a diverse circumstances and interesting interviews, this

June 17, 2014

RAF Typhoons Intercept Russian Bomber And Fighter

RAF Typhoon fighter jets were scrambled into action to head off four separate groups of Russian aircraft

June 18, 2014
Putin Responds In Force After Obama Orders Atomic Bombs To Europe

A truly apocalyptic report issued hours ago by the Ministry of Defense (MoD) today says that President

June 16, 2014
4 Russian Bombers Flew Within 50 Miles Of The California Coast

Four Russian strategic bombers triggered U.S. air defense systems while conducting practice bombing runs

June 12, 2014

Edward Snowden: Former intelligence contractor interviewed in Brazil

6 Jun 2014 - Former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, wanted by US authorities and currently living

June 16, 2014
Mass Murderers Brazenly Hold Conference, Discuss Tools of Trade

7 Jun 2014 - A unique conference is planned in Charlottesville, Va., featuring the latest technologies for

June 16, 2014
An Appeal for More Whistleblowers

As more and more secrecy envelopes the U.S. government – with millions of hidden records concealing both

June 16, 2014

Steve Bell’s – IF on Putin with Prince Charles.

Steve Bell The Guardian , Monday 26th May 2014.

June 4, 2014
Doel, Belgium, the ghost town that’s a paradise for graffiti artists.

By Giovanna Dunmall 4th June 2014. Find Full Article and Photo Gallery Here:- How

June 4, 2014
World’s biggest cyber crime gang thwarted by police.

By Geoff White 2nd June 2014. Find Full Article and Video Here:- It was one of the most

June 4, 2014

Reset: The Savage Destruction Of Our Constitution

In February 2010, just three months before the last general election, David Miliband was widely reported as

17 hrs ago
Abdelbaset Al-Megrahi, Lockerbie – And The Lies We Have Been Told

On the 20th May 2012 the only person ever convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, Abdelbaset Al Megrahi

March 11, 2014
Call To Action - Budget Day, 19th March

The 19th March is Budget Day, and we will be gathering in London to promote the Bradbury Pound. Our purpose

March 5, 2014

Mountains Soar Above the Appalachians in this Dramatic NASA Photo

Giant storm clouds swirl over North Carolina (Credit: NASA / Stu Broce) Except these are mountains made

5 hrs ago
Powerful Starbursts in Dwarf Galaxies Helped Shape the Early Universe, a

GOODS field containing distant dwarf galaxies forming stars at an incredible rate. Image Credit: NASA/ESA

6 hrs ago
See This Orange Smudge? This Could Be NASA’s Target For The Asteroid

An image of asteroid 2011 MD — a candidate for a potential future mission to an asteroid —

8 hrs ago

New Mini Course: Website Performance Optimization

Ilya Grigorik explaining the Critical Rendering Path Modern consumers expect fast online experiences

June 18, 2014
Announcing nanodegrees: a new type of credential for a modern workforce

Introducing Nanodegrees In my role working with partners and external companies, people often ask me what

June 16, 2014
Sebastian Thrun: Lifelong Learning and Trustworthy Credentials

Growing need for lifelong learning and credentials Sebastian Thrun’s essay “ Credentials that work

June 10, 2014

A good 5¢ cigar and other urgent needs for America

Regardless of your political position...liberal, conservative, independent, or what-have-you, we have lost

6 hrs ago
Is ISIL really Sunni?

Should Sunni Muslims file a class action lawsuit against media outlets that are spreading this calumny.

7 hrs ago
My Dinner in Homs on Election Day

- "I was struck by their humbleness. They saw nothing heroic in defending their country from foreign

9 hrs ago

The Democratic Push to Bomb Iraq Again

People forget the extent to which Democrats, who controlled the U.S. Senate at the time, pushed for and

9 hrs ago
Independence Movement in Southeastern Ukraine Accuses Obama’s Agents of

In the United States, there appears to be a virtual news-blackout of what is happening in Ukraine and of

10 hrs ago
After 6 Years of Unprecedented Central Planning, the Economy Is More

We will all discover that the economy is much more fragile than advertised by the Central Planners and

11 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

Please Read Tom Wilner’s Op-Ed About the Bowe Bergdahl/Taliban Prisoner

I wrote the following article for the “ Close Guantánamo ” website, which I established in January 2012

7 hrs ago
“It Is All Theater, It Is All A Game,” Yemeni “Forever Prisoner” Says from

It is, I believe, impossible to argues with the logic of Muaz al-Alawi, a Yemeni prisoner in Guantánamo

June 17, 2014
Please Read My Latest Article About Guantánamo for Al-Jazeera, “Is Bowe

Dear friends and supporters, I hope you have time to read my latest article for Al-Jazeera, “ Is

June 16, 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

A Street in the Sun

I walk along Vloetiusstraat fairly often, as it’s the street that leads on from the side of the

19 hrs ago
Vino Veritas Is Finally Opening!

In less than 24 hours, we will officially be opening the doors (well, one door, but you get the point) of

June 16, 2014
18 Things to See, Do, Taste, and Experience in Utrecht

I’m always singing the praises of Utrecht and encouraging people to visit this beautiful, historic

June 13, 2014

NASA sizing up "weird" asteroid candidates for capture

Asteroids being looked at for a proposed NASA mission may have rubble-pile like compositions.

4 hrs ago
New dino species has "winged crest"

Scientists have named a new species of horned dinosaur based on fossils collected from Montana and Alberta.

June 18, 2014
New method could detect alien life, scientists claim

Scientists say they have developed a new model to detect methane on planets outside of our solar system.

June 17, 2014

Prosecutors get time to decide on retrial for BP figure

The judge ruled last week that Kurt Mix was entitled to a new trial on an obstruction-of-justice charge

2 hrs ago
Oil gains as Iraq violence weighs on supply fears

The price of U.S. benchmark crude for July delivery rose 46 cents to $106.43 per barrel.

6 hrs ago
US oil spending could hit $165B on global conflicts, report says

Oil and gas producers could boost their annual spending to $165 billion in the United States as conflicts

6 hrs ago

Ian Hislop, You’re Wrong

The uber-smug Daily Mail “ diarist ” Sebastian Shakespeare is beside himself with glee today as he reports

11 hrs ago
Del Boy’s Desperate Sales Pitch

In the aftermath of yesterday’s events at the Telegraph , which included the departure of deputy political

16 hrs ago
Big Tobacco Plain Pack Attack Falters

Following its being called out by ABC Media Watch the other day over its crude attempt to pretend

18 hrs ago

World stocks at record high, gold holds gains as dollar dips

By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) - An index of global stocks was near record highs on Friday while gold

1 hr ago
Exclusive: TPG, Carlyle seek about $2.4 billion in Australia Healthscope

By Stephen Aldred HONG KONG (Reuters) - Private equity firms TPG Capital and Carlyle Group CG.O are

1 hr ago
GE reshapes Alstom offer to appease France

By Natalie Huet and Benjamin Mallet PARIS (Reuters) - General Electric GE.N revised its bid for the power

3 hrs ago

The Maggie Simpson delusion: the NHS is not ‘ours’

20 hrs ago
New private monies can outcompete government monetary systems

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June 18, 2014
It's nonsense to argue that the UK tax system isn't progressive

June 17, 2014

House Republicans' Top Leadership Gets A Red-State Member

While California Rep. Kevin McCarthy was picked as the new House majority leader, more conservative members

6 hrs ago
GOP Completes Leadership Shuffle, As McCarthy And Scalise Step Up

House Republicans voted on leadership positions. While Rep. Kevin McCarthy stepped up to the role of

7 hrs ago
House GOP Picks McCarthy For Majority Leader; Scalise Gets Whip

California's Kevin McCarthy replaces Rep. Eric Cantor in the No. 2 leadership post. Steve Scalise of

8 hrs ago

Obama extends family leave rights of gay couples

By Mark Felsenthal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday will announce a rule that makes

14 mins ago
Republicans elevate Boehner ally to No. 2 House job

By Susan Cornwell and Emily Stephenson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Republicans on

5 hrs ago
Fiscal battles loom for new House Republican leaders

By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Congress faces more big fights over funding for highway

3 hrs ago

China, UK vow to enhance cooperation in finance, RMB business

Chinese premier Li Keqiang said Wednesday that China and the UK will work together to lift their financial
DPP should freeze 'stumbling block' independence clause: academic

The Democratic Progressive Party's manifesto on Taiwan independence is an obstacle to the party's
Huang Ching-tai scandal spells end to KMT's election hopes

Taiwan's ruling Kuomintang has destroyed its own image as the ruling party as well as that of President

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