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Posts Tagged ‘Ideas’
April 1st, 2012 - 10:00 am § in America
APPLE’s new iBracelet stores info about health, contacts
Apple has today announced release of its much rumored iBracelet. Going even beyond Apple’s legendary sense of design, the iBracelet is much more than a fashion accessory! Combining a gold bracelt with Apple’s new “Goldfinger” pointing device, the iBracelet is the ultim[...]
March 27th, 2012 - 6:40 pm § in America
Tax the Toys!
This past summer, billionaire Warren Buffett dusted off an old line about how his secretary pays a higher tax rate than he does, and ever since there’s been a running debate over tax fairness. ….From one angle of view, this seems absurd, particularly in a country that boasts of a progressive[...]
ANNIVERSARY: Triangle Shirtwaist Co. Factory Fire’s Legacy Under Threat
from Huffington Post, Andrea Stone .. last year. “We have been legislated to death.” – James T. Hoyle, Secretary of the Manufacturers’ Association, explaining his opposition to new laws proposed in the wake of the Triangle Shirtwaist Co. factory fire, May 19, 1914 “The [...]
Gay Marriage
“The state does not ‘own’ the institution of marriage. Nor does the church. The honourable estate of matrimony precedes both the state and the church, and neither of these institutions have the right to redefine it in such a fundamental way. If marriage is redefined, those who believe in t[...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Finding the lost tribe
The Book of Genesis has instilled wonder for 3,000 years, now it has been superseded by our ability to read the Deity’s own writing ……. Researchers Reconstructing Genome of Extinct Human Population Using 1000 Genomes Data By Andrea Anderson EXCERPTS MONTREAL (GenomeWeb New[...]
When the US Runs Out of Water
In 40 years, US could face water crisis Global warming and climate change are likely to unfold a water crisis in the United States within the next 40 years, says a new report. It concluded that seven in 10 of the more than 3,100 US counties could face risk of fresh water shortages. The report [&hell[...]
Judea Pearl … Turing Prize
Judea Pearl, a Big Brain Behind Artificial Intelligence, Wins Turing Award Judea Pearl, has been named the 2011 ACM Turing Award winner. The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) A.M. Turing Award, recognizes Pearl for his advances in probabilistic and causal reasoning. His work has enabled crea[...]
March 14th, 2012 - 1:00 pm § in America, The Ave Scene
Mulally, the Book
Remember Boeing? The aircraft company founded in Seattle that moved to Chicago to please McDonald Douglas? Oh yeh .. after Alan Mulally rebuilt the commercial aircraft division? What happened to Mulally .. the Seattle guy?[...]
Happy Waralda Day!
In this season of Republican extremism, the day after April Fools seems to me to be a good time to remember the myth that the Nazis were atheists. For more on their god Waralda, click here. “Atheism is the only world, or religious view that is not tolerated within the SS… I have not tole[...]