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Jean-Christophe Nothias: Superbugs, Humans and the G8: A Global Reckoning
Let's ask the G8 to consider the case of Ms. D. She was a mother of six, her youngest child two years old. She caught a cold on a Sunday. The cold weakened her and led to a bacterial pneumonia. It was 1943, and the world was busy making war. Ms. D stood at the threshold of the antibiotic era. But she never crossed...
huffingtonpost.com (14 hours ago)
Syria opposition to fight on against Assad
Syria's main opposition bloc said Wednesday it will fight on to topple President Bashar al-Assad, and that any political solution to the conflict must lead to the fall of the regime. The National Coalition's statement comes after G8 leaders said they were "committed to achieving a political solution" to the Syrian...
foxnews.com (15 hours ago)
David Stockman's Non-Recovery Part 2: The Crash Of Breadwinners And The 'Born-Again' Jobs Scam
After exposing the faux prosperity of the immediate post-2009 "wholly unnatural" recovery and explaining the precarious foundation of the Bernanke Bubble, David Stockman's new book 'The Great Deformation' delves deeper (in Part 2 of this 4-part series) into the dismal internals of the jobs numbers and only the...
zerohedge.com (1 day ago)
The Guardian development flow
We're constantly seeking to find better ways to develop the software that's used to create and present the Guardian. One key element of developing software is a source control system, used to maintain a history of changes to code. Over the past year we've moved away from a trunk-based model to something much closer...
guardian.co.uk (1 day ago)
War crimes court says Kenya's Ruto 'can skip' trial
The International Criminal Court on Tuesday excused Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto from attending parts of his crimes against humanity trial in September because of demands placed on him in Nairobi. The Hague-based court's trial chamber "conditionally granted... the request of William Ruto to be excused from...
foxnews.com (1 day ago)
Vallas eliminates two jobs at Parent Center
Despite strong objections from parent leaders and some city school board members, the board voted 5-to-3 last week to let Schools Superintendent Paul Vallas restructure the center. In doing so, he eliminated the jobs of center coordinator Lisa Pavlich, who has been with the district for 16 years, and Dolores Mason,...
newstimes.com (3 days ago)
A Winnie the Pooh app? So much for the digital revolution
Earlier this week Winnie-the-Pooh was launched into the digital world. His publisher, Egmont Press, told us that Pooh is a "pioneer", an animal, who, in spite of his questionable intelligence, sits at the "forefront of this digital revolution". The digital revolution? Is that what book apps represent now? I've heard...
guardian.co.uk (4 days ago)
Rabbi Robyn Fryer Bodzin: Reviving our City
When Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast in the fall, faith leaders rose to the challenge of attempting to provide basic needs -- not only for our own congregants but for the greater community as well. Unfortunately, the families who were hit hardest were the most vulnerable. These families were already trapped in an...
huffingtonpost.com (5 days ago)
Proba-V shows space-based aircraft monitoring is possible
When the ESA’s Proba-V was launched on May 7, its main mission was to map land cover and vegetation growth across the entire surface of the Earth every two days. But the miniaturized ESA satellite is also casting its gaze higher, to test whether it is possible to track aircraft continuously from space. Proba-V has...
gizmag.com (5 days ago)
Christophe Lemaitre: 'At the start line-up, you have a one-track mind'
Sprinting is dominated by Americans and Jamaicans. What does the rest of the world have to do to catch up? Don't forget the Bahamas and Trinidad and Tobago. I had a quick look, out of curiosity, [to see who was] the last European medallist on a sprint competition on the Olympic Games and it was in 2004. Obikwelu in...
guardian.co.uk (5 days ago)
Google Disrupts Pre-Election Phishing Scheme In Iran
Google announced on its blog Wednesday that it had discovered an Iranian phishing scheme. The phishing attacks -- which aimed to convince "tens of thousands" of Iranian users to enter their Gmail usernames and passwords into a fake webpage -- have been happening for nearly three weeks, and "represent a significant...
huffingtonpost.com (6 days ago)
You Will Never Beat This Hustling Robot At Air Hockey
It doesn't matter how many hours you wiled away at college in the rec room, this air hockey-playing robot, developed by researchers at Chiba University's Namiki Lab, will beat you. And not only will it never lose, the robot has also been taught how to string along its human opponent so they think they have a chance...
gizmodo.com (6 days ago)
McCardel's Cuba to Florida swim comes to stinging end at the 11th hour
An Australian woman attempting to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage has ended her attempt after 11 hours in the sea because of severe jellyfish stings. Choe McCardel, 28, set out to become the first person to swim the Straits of Florida without a shark cage at 10am local time in Cuba on Thursday (1am...
guardian.co.uk (6 days ago)
National Theatre gets new start after neglect
WASHINGTON - The oldest continuously operating theater in the nation's capital that has drawn top performers dating back to decades before the Civil War is getting a fresh start and a makeover after years of struggle.A season of shows announced recen...
readingeagle.com (6 days ago)
Phoenixville council wants different options for new borough hall sign
PHOENIXVILLE - With the new borough hall project slated to wrap up in about two months, the majority of borough council members expressed a desire to see signs designed differently than the one currently drawn up. Plans for the sign at the new borough hall attached to the current district courthouse provided for a...
pottsmerc.com (7 days ago)
UltraRope could make kilometer-high elevators possible
As architects continue to design taller and taller buildings, a certain limitation of elevators is going to become more of a problem – using traditional steel lifting cables, they can’t go farther than 500 meters (1,640 ft) in one vertical run. Any higher, and the weight of all the cable required is simply too much....
gizmag.com (7 days ago)
Hands-on review: Pentax K-500
Pentax has announced two new DSLRs, but in a disappointment for many Pentax rumour followers, neither has a full-frame sensor. Furthermore, the two cameras are remarkably similar and both use the same APS-C format, 16.2 million pixel CMOS sensor as the existing Pentax K-30. The Pentax K-500 is the entry-level model,...
techradar.com (7 days ago)
Map: Colorado wildfires real-time social media response 2013
A continuously updated map of US wildfire locations, perimeters, fire potential areas, global burn areas, and precipitation. See the real-time effects of the fires via social media posts, photos and videos.
denverpost.com (7 days ago)
Australian attempts Cuba-Florida swim without shark cage
Australian endurance athlete Chloe McCardel jumped feet-first into calm, balmy waters off Cuba on Wednesday and began stroking steadily out to sea in a bid to make a record swim from Havana to Florida without a protective shark cage. A smiling, upbeat McCardel had arrived in the morning at a rocky jetty in Havana's...
guardian.co.uk (7 days ago)
Get your designer Fiat 500 and 500c Gucci editions
There are those who only wear labels, so why not try a designer car on for size too? The 2013 Fiat 500 and 500C are being reintroduced this summer for only a limited time, as couture on wheels a-la- Gucci Editions . The Italian automaker's little scoot-abouts were big sellers here in the States and the company is...
examiner.com (7 days ago)
AICPA Wastes More On Conferences Than IRS
It was only a matter of time before I heard from my friend James about the IRS conference scandal. James is a lot like me, except his career has been a lot more checkered. I was continuously employed for over 33 years. I don't think James has ever been continuously employed for 33 months. I don't know how many...
forbes.com (8 days ago)
She’s a human hourglass! Woman wears corset every day for 3 years to achieve 16-inch waist,...
Itty-bitty Berliner Michele Kobke, 24, has worn a corset continuously for three years, dropping nine inches off her waistline in her quest for a slim, hourglass figure.
nydailynews.com (9 days ago)
Woman has 16-inch waist from nonstop corset-wearing
Forget dieting - this German woman has found a new way to achieve the shape she wants. Itty-bitty Berliner Michele Kobke, 24, has worn a corset continuously for three years, dropping nine inches off her waistline in her quest for a slim, hourglass figure.
nydailynews.com (9 days ago)
Michael Kaiser: What to Do if a Season Is Boring
One of my DeVos Fellows at the Kennedy Center asked an important question in class recently. She wanted to know, "What do you do if the current season is not so interesting artistically but future seasons are scheduled will be far more exciting?" This is a problem many arts organizations face, especially in light of...
huffingtonpost.com (9 days ago)
Oil drifts slightly up, remains near $96 a barrel
The price of oil rose slightly Monday, extending gains posted late last week on the heels of a positive U.S. employment report. Benchmark oil for July delivery rose 5 cents to $96.08 per barrel at midday Bangkok time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract for benchmark crude rose...
foxnews.com (9 days ago)
Report: Iran sets up space monitoring center
Iran's media says that it has set up its first center to monitor objects passing in orbit overhead. A Sunday report by the semi-official Irna news agency quotes Defense Minister Gen. Ahmad Vahidi as saying the center will continuously track objects moving in space, and that it is ready to share data with other...
foxnews.com (10 days ago)
Nestle and Mars Accused of Massive Candy-Bar Price-Fixing Conspiracy in Canada
The evidence is stacking up. Canada's Competition Bureau has charged Nestlé, Mars, and a group of independent wholesalers with conspiracy to commit price-fixing of chocolate bars in the country. From the looks of the government's statement, this thing went wider and deeper than a cavity in a molar. We're talking...
nymag.com (12 days ago)
Kenya overhauls wildlife laws following rise in elephant and rhino deaths | Paula Kahumbu
Kenya's Cabinet has approved a complete overhaul of the country's national wildlife legislation by approving the Wildlife Bill and Policy, in one of the swiftest responses to the recent reports of escalating poaching of elephants and rhinos. Parliament is expected to quickly ratify this decision which will open a...
guardian.co.uk (12 days ago)
Smartphone users were the real killers of Google Reader
The reason Google Reader is to be axed isn't just because of dwindling numbers - it's because of a change in the way people consume news, according to a Google executive. The popular RSS reader suffered continuously dwindling numbers since its launch in 2005, with many people believing that was the reason for its...
techradar.com (12 days ago)
SummerKeys Concerts to Begin Soon!
The SummerKeys’ Mary Potterton Memorial Concert season will commence Wednesday, June 19th, 7:30 pm, with a performance by faculty member and organist Richard McIntyre. Mr. McIntyre has worked almost continuously as a church musician since the age of 16, and has conducted both choral and instrumental ensembles, as...
bangordailynews.com (13 days ago)
