July 12, 2005 Purdue findings support earlier nuclear fusion experiments Source WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Researchers at Purdue University have new evidence supporting earlier findings by other scientists who designed an inexpensive "tabletop" device that uses sound waves to produce nuclear fusion reactions. The technology, in theory, could lead to a new source of clean energy and aby archive - Archive
Karl Rove's America By PAUL KRUGMAN Published: July 15, 2005 Source John Gibson of Fox News says that Karl Rove should be given a medal. I agree: Mr. Rove should receive a medal from the American Political Science Association for his pioneering discoveries about modern American politics. The medal can, if necessary, be delivered to his prison cell. What Mr. Rove understood, long before thby archive - Archive
Un-Spin the Budget By PAUL KRUGMAN Published: July 11, 2005 Source Later this week the White House budget director plans to put on an aviator costume, march up to a microphone and declare Mission Accomplished in the war on deficits. O.K., I'm not sure about the costume bit. Seriously, the administration is poised to do the same thing on the budget that it has done again and again in Iraq:by archive - Archive
Carnegie also was one of the first to call for a "league of nations" and he built a "a palace of peace" that would later evolve into the World Court. His hopes for a civilized world of peace were destroyed, though, with the onset of World War I in 1914. Andrew Carnegie PBS Source Andrew Carnegie One of the captains of industry of 19th century America, Andrew Carnegie helpby archive - Archive
1913 The Palace of Peace is dedicated. The Palace, or Temple, of Peace in the Hague, which was financed by Carnegie, has its grand opening. By PBS Source *** 1835 Carnegie born. Andrew is born in Dunfermline, Scotland, to Margaret and Will Carnegie. Will Carnegie is a skilled weaver, and the Carnegies are one of many working-class families in Dunfermline. A younger son, Tom, is born in 1843.by archive - Archive
“What is the chief end of man?—to get rich. In what way?—dishonestly if we can; honestly if we must.” -- Mark Twain (1871) America in the Gilded Age By Unknown Source The last three decades of the 19th century were marked by relentless capitalism, widespread corruption, vulgar tastes, and ostentatious displays of wealth. American know-how seemed able to overcome any obstacle; industrial expaby archive - Archive
Furthermore, the euro area's official inflation rate may well understate inflation, because the harmonised index of consumer prices, which the ECB tracks, excludes the housing costs of owner-occupiers, a large slice of the cost of living. Calculations by the OECD suggest that if such costs were added in, average inflation in the euro area last year would have been 2.7%, not the published 2by archive - Archive
In 1979-2000, the real income of the poorest fifth of American households rose by 6.4%, while that of the top fifth rose by 70% (and of the top 1% by 184%). As of 2001, that top 1% nabbed a fifth of America's personal income and controlled a third of its net worth. America's great sorting out The missing rungs in the ladder Jul 14th 2005 From The Economist print editionby archive - Archive
Mortgage Bankers: Desperate to Lend JUNE 27, 2005 By Peter Coy Source NEWS ANALYSIS By Peter Coy Refinancing volume has tumbled, as has profitability, so these lenders offer increasingly sweet deals in a scramble for market share One of the more puzzling aspects of the current housing boom is that mortgage lenders have been offering ever-sweeter deals on loans. These days it's increasinby archive - Archive
Enterprise computing Business's digital black cloud Jul 14th 2005 | LOS ANGELES From The Economist print edition Source New, faster computer chips are challenging the traditional structure of the huge business-software industry FOR the past 40 years, companies around the world have grown accustomed to a doubling in computing power every 18 months to two years—fulfilling a remarkable forby archive - Archive
Small spaceship to fly through gravity tunnel Spice, the final frontier By INQUIRER staff 12 juli 2005, 15:49 Source ANDREWS SPACE OF SEATTLE has awarded SpaceDev a contract to design a small spacecraft to travel through a gravity tunnel - part of the InterPlanetary Superhighway or IPS, a route that eats up less fuel than normal trajectories - to the moon, for the very first time ever. The oby archive - Archive
The Daily Reckoning London, England Wednesday, July 06, 2005 The Daily Reckoning PRESENTS: Despite the fact that you can't turn on the television, open a newspaper, or surf the web without being bombarded with talk of real estate, there seems to be little public concern over rising home prices and a growing bubble. John Mauldin explores... IRRATIONAL EXUBERANCE by John Mauldin Lookingby archive - Archive
Privacy is easy to breach By David Lazarus Friday, July 15, 2005 Source The fracas over whether Karl Rove, one of President Bush's most trusted advisers, publicly outed an undercover CIA operative highlights the ease with which personal information on virtually anyone can be obtained. It also points to the need for privacy laws -- and, in this case, national-security laws -- recognizing tby archive - Archive
Fujitsu Debuts Bendable Electronic Paper Posted: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 01:52:18 GMT Author: Matt Cameron Source Fujitsu today announced their joint development of the world's first film substrate-based bendable color electronic paper with an image memory function. The new electronic paper features vivid color images that are unaffected even when the screen is bent, and features an image memoryby archive - Archive
We live in a Plasma Cosmology (electric) Universe, not a Big Bang Universe. Our Universe is vast, 'old' (Trillions of years), stable and boundless, endless. Many current day theories based within a Big Bang Model like solar system formation, birth of a star, climate change etc are wrong. J. *** Astronomers detect 'Tatooine planet' CNN Thursday, July 14, 2005; Posted: 2:12by archive - Archive
How Linux beats Windows in ID management ease Paul Murphy 13 Jul 2005 Rating: --- (out of 5) Source Pop quiz: What's the hardest thing to do in Windows systems management? Backups, you say? Yes, well, I wanted something people actually do. So, here's a hint: It goes by a multitude of different names, depending on which Microsoft product generation formed the basis for the speakerby archive - Archive
In space: Seeking higher ground By Catherine Auer July/August 2005 pp. 11 (vol. 61, no. 04) © 2005 Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Source For decades, people have dreamed about the potential of the five LaGrange points, intersections in space where gravitational and centrifugal forces balance out to provide orbital stability. One of the earliest visionaries was Sir Arthur C. Clarke, whose 19by archive - Archive
The Filtered Future China's bid to divide the Internet. By Tim Wu Posted Monday, July 11, 2005, at 8:20 AM PT Source The end of June marked the deadline for independent Chinese bloggers to register with the government. That requirement is another sign, along with Microsoft's recent admission that its Chinese blog site would block titles like "freedom" and "democracy,&qby archive - Archive
Hurricane season set to be stormy BBC News 11 July, 2005 Source Hurricane Dennis could be an ominous sign of tempestuous times ahead, with more storms than usual set to pummel the Atlantic, British scientists warn. Researchers from the Benfield Hazard Research Centre in London used a new model to predict a very active season. Between July and October, they say, nine hurricanes will probably hby archive - Archive
Attack of the Weasel Words In a witty polemic, best-selling Australian author Don Watson says it’s time to protest the mind-numbing business jargon that infests our schools, churches and political speech. WEB EXCLUSIVE By Susanna Schrobsdorff Newsweek Updated: 9:09 p.m. ET July 8, 2005 July 8 - Does the idea of a water-cooler company saying that it sells “workplace refreshment solutions” seemby archive - Archive
Hedge fund has-beens Here's what has happened to the guys accused of swindling millions. July 11, 2005: 5:51 AM EDT CNN Source NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Corporate America has had more than its fair share of indictments in the last few years. Not to be outdone, hedge funds coughed up their fair share of colorful candidates in the white-collar crime canon. While many of the scams were small,by archive - Archive
Look Who's Talking The Amish are famous for shunning technology. But their secret love affair with the cell phone is causing an uproar. By Howard Rheingold Source Technology is my native tongue. I'm online six hours a day. I have a cell phone, voicemail, fax, laptop, and palmtop. I'm connected - and lately, I've been wondering where all this equipment is leading me. I'by archive - Archive
New drug blocks HIV from entering cells 07/07/2005 The Asahi Shimbun Source A durable new drug that prevents HIV from entering human cells and causes almost no side effects has been developed by a team of researchers at Kumamoto University. The new drug, code named AK602, was reported by the research team's leader, Hiroaki Mitsuya, at the International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacby archive - Archive
Australian researchers find pineapple crush can fight cancer Thu Jul 7, 1:12 PM ET Source SYDNEY (AFP) - Australian scientists have discovered pineapple molecules can act as powerful anti-cancer agents and said the research could lead to a new class of cancer-fighting drugs. Scientists at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR) said their work centred on two molecules from bromelaiby archive - Archive
Internet Chatroom Helps Keep City of London Open By Jane Merriman, Reuters and Alistair MacDonald Reuters July 8, 2005 Source LONDON, July 8 (Reuters)—A secret Internet chatroom run by Britain's financial regulators helped keep London's financial markets open after Thursday's bomb blasts, while financial firms activated security measures in case of further attacks. The Bank ofby archive - Archive
"China’s mission would instead be mainly aimed at protecting the planet from being hit by a comet or asteroid..." After US, China plans 'Deep Impact' mission REUTERS Source BEIJING: China is drawing up its own version of the US-built Deep Impact probe, media reported on Wednesday, two days after the American spacecraft smashed into a comet. The third natioby archive - Archive
Deep Impact—The Smoking Guns? Jul 08, 2005 Source We’ll hold off on a celebration for now, but the pictures above appear to exhibit some of the “smoking guns” that the electric theorists have predicted. The single most dramatic prediction of the electric comet model is this: on close inspection an active comet nucleus will reveal the electrical arcs that progressively etch away the surface andby archive - Archive
washingtonpost.com Help From France Key In Covert Operations Paris's 'Alliance Base' Targets Terrorists By Dana Priest Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, July 3, 2005; A01 Source PARIS -- When Christian Ganczarski, a German convert to Islam, boarded an Air France flight from Riyadh on June 3, 2003, he knew only that the Saudi government had put him under house arrest for anby archive - Archive
Europe Parliament Nixes Software Patent Law July 06, 2005 01:57 PM ET Source STRASBOURG, France (AP) - The European Parliament overwhelmingly rejected a proposed law Wednesday to create a single way of patenting software across the European Union, calling instead for comprehensive rules for granting patents to inventions in all fields. The vote, 648-14 with 18 abstentions, was a defeat for bigby archive - Archive
Reconsidering Comet Wild 2 Jul 06, 2005 Source The spectacular close-up photographs of Comet Tempel 1 invite us to look back at clues provided by the earlier Stardust mission to Comet Wild 2, culminating in early 2004. The photographic evidence of electrical hot spots on Wild 2 now takes on much greater significance. Among the most stunning pictures returned by the Deep Impact mission was a clby archive - Archive