Daily Kos: The American Dream Is a Virus Like AIDS, and Rick Perry is Satan
November 14, 2010 No Comment
How much do the bloggers of the Daily Kos hate conservatism and the limited-government ideas that informed America's founding? They associate them with Satan…and with disease. Blogger Kevin Tully is really angry about the election returns and wondered if
Continue reading …California Attorney General Takes On Formaldehyde-Laden Brazilian Blowout
November 14, 2010 No Comment
Photo: Gala.Fr Last month we were shocked by the news that Brazilian Blowout formula–favored by celebs like Jennifer Aniston — contains between 4.85 percent and 10.6 percent formaldehyde . At that time, it was under investigation by the California Bureau of Labor and the Department of Public Health in California and on November 10, California Attorney General … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …EU providing $21 million grant to IBM and others, funding research into cloud storage
November 14, 2010 No Comment
Clouds are beautiful things that fill our skies with wonderment, and as it turns out they make awfully good places to store our precious data, too. In that way European Union wants to make them even better, providing a €15.7 million (that’s $21.4 million US) research project called Vision Cloud. It’s set to tackle a number of related storage issues, including the ability to run applications within cloud storage , proper auditing and access restriction, and mobility of said data, so that it can be accessed from anywhere. IBM ‘s Haifa, Israel think tank is going to be leading the effort, while Siemens and SAP will be playing nice too. Really, when you’re getting paid to think about clouds, how would it be possible to not play nice? EU providing $21 million grant to IBM and others, funding research into cloud storage originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 14 Nov 2010 06:25:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Myanmar’s democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, freed from seven years of house arrest, told thousands of wildly cheering supporters Sunday that she would continue to fight for human rights and the rule of law in the military-ruled nation. Aung San Suu Kyi receives flowers over the fence of her house and waves to her supporters as she is set free Photo: EPA She spoke to about 5,000 people who crowded around the dilapidated headquarters of her political party, the first stop for the Nobel Peace Prize laureate after leaving the lakeside residence that had been her prison. “I believe in human rights and I believe in the rule of law. I will always fight for these things,” she said. “I want to work…
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JUAN CARLOS LLORCA Associated Press= GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — In this nation whose murder rate more than triples that of Mexico, judges and prosecutors are underpaid, underprotected and under attack by organized crime. Guatemala teeters on the edge of failed-state status. Yet a U.N.-backed investigative team that has by all counts been highly effective in prosecuting criminals is suddenly meeting stiff resistance from the very people who should stand to gain from a stronger rule of law: Guatemala’s political and business elite. The pushback comes as nearly half the territory in a country of 14 million is controlled by drug gangs and other criminals, with violence even at the capital’s swankiest…
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YOKOHAMA, Japan (AFP) – Pacific Rim leaders including the US and China pledged Sunday to turn their dreams of a vast free-trade zone embracing more than half the world's economic output into reality. The 21-member Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum resolved to resist the forces of protectionism as the world recovers from a painful downturn, and to work together to regain the growth momentum. “We remain committed to maintaining open markets and fighting protectionism. We reaffirm our common resolve to support the recovery in a collaborative and coordinated way,” they said in a statement. APEC's grand plan is for a Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific (FTAAP)…
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Top-ranked Oregon only scored 15 points but beat California. No. 5 LSU forces five turnovers in a blowout win over Louisiana-Monroe. No. 7 Stanford rallies for win at Arizona State. No. 11 Alabama defeats 17th-ranked Mississippi State 30-17. (Nov. 14)
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President Barack Obama is capping a 10-day trip to Asia meeting with Russia’s president. Associated Press correspondent Mark Smith reports on Obama’s role in international politics after a tough mid-term election. (Nov. 13)
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