From the Atisgroup The aircraft industry in China has been dominated by Boeing and Airbus for the last decade or two but change is in the air. That change is in the form of Comac (Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China), as they are developing new aircraft models which are intended to directly com[...]
Archive for June, 2011
June 29th, 2011 - 1:10 am § in Misc.
Kim Il Sung’s Revolutionary Life Lauded by Guineans
Pyongyang, June 28 (KCNA) — The Guinean Society for the Study of the Juche Literary Idea held a lecture and the Guinea-Korea Friendship Association a reading session on June 14 and 20 to commemorate the 17th anniversary of the demise of President Kim Il Sung. Chairman of the Society Abdoulaye [...]
June 28th, 2011 - 10:25 pm § in Misc.
Gaddahfi Countdown
Diplomats Flock to Rebel City While the fighting continues in western Libya, diplomats from around the world are setting up shop in the rebel capital Benghazi. Their mission is to help force Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi to his knees. By Juliane von Mittelstaedt and Volkhard Windfuhr more…[...]
June 28th, 2011 - 9:48 pm § in Misc.
Plant Science Funded by Howard Hughes at UW
Hughes Expands Focus of Biology to Our Chlorphyllic Freiends. By Sandra Hines UW News & Information Keiko Torii, University of Washington professor of biology, is among 15 of the “nation’s most innovative plant scientists” selected to share $75 million for fundamental plant science resea[...]
June 28th, 2011 - 9:27 pm § in Misc.
$15,000 a month rent on Capitol Hill? Here’s what you get
An “extraordinary opportunity” has hit the Capitol Hill rental market. Capitol Hill developer Michael Malone is putting his 1905 St. Mark’s mansion up for rent, CHS has learned. You can make the nearly 9,000 square-foot 10th Ave E home with “dramatic views,” the [...]
June 28th, 2011 - 10:32 am § in America
The Free Market for Gasoline
From Carpe Diem Thursday, June 23, 2011 Gasoline prices have been dropping steadily for the last six weeks, and the current price of $3.62 per gallon (national average) is the lowest in three months and almost 8% below the recent peak of close to $4 per gallon in early May (see chart above). Ameri[...]
June 28th, 2011 - 10:13 am § in Politics
BREAKING NEWS: Libya
By Borzou Daragahi, Los Angeles Times June 28, 2011, 8:00 a.m. Reporting from Ghaaa military base, Libya— Rebels in Libya’s Nafusa mountains seized control of and pillaged a massive weapons depot Tuesday morning after a short desert battle with troops loyal to Moammar Kadafi, taking co[...]
June 28th, 2011 - 8:13 am § in Schools & Colleges
Koch Brothers Buy Into Universities
The Charles G. Koch Foundation has been making six-, seven- and eight-figure gifts to such public institutions as Florida State, Clemson University, George Mason University, Utah State University and West Virginia University. The Koch brothers’ involvement in the Tea Party has raised que[...]