“For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple and wrong.”
A big Full Moon will rise at sunset on Sunday. Its exact full phase (June 23, 11:32 UT) will occur shortly before it reaches perigee, the closest point to Earth in the Moon's orbit, and make it the largest Full Moon of 2013. The full lunar phase falls near the Moon's orbit perigee about every 14 lunar months.
Current U.S. solar capacity is nearing 9,000 megawatts. This year 4,000 to 5,000 megawatts will be installed. Forbes reports, by 2016, solar will install in one year approximately 9,000 megawatts. That will produce an amount of electricity equal to about 2 new 800 megawatt nukes.
Maybe we are safer than we think. Apple vs. The Government: In the Apple price-fixing case the government doesn't stack up well in technology, despite your concerns about the IRS and NSA. According to the NYT, "Apple's legal team used a MacBook to shuffle between evidence documents, stacking them side by side in split screens and zooming in on specific paragraphs. By contrast, the Justice Department's lawyers could show only one piece of evidence at a time. One video that Mr. Buterman played as evidence failed to produce the audio commentary needed to make his point."
This week, world leaders are gathered in Northern Ireland for the G-8 conference. It is hard to believe such a thing could happen there before the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, which brought Catholics and Protestants together in a new, power-sharing government. That agreement declared an official truce between the Protestant loyalists who want Northern Ireland to stay in the United Kingdom and the Catholic Republicans who want all of Ireland to be united. How things are changing. Game of Thrones is being filmed there. Sixty cruise ships will be stopping at Belfast Harbour this season. Can "Honeymoon in scenic Syria!" be far away?
Germany has agreed with 13 other European Union nations to label goods made in factories owned by Jews in Judea and Samaria. The purpose is to harm Jewish businesses that dare to locate on ground disputed by Palestinian groups. Boycotting Jewish businesses has ugly echoes. In 1933 there was a German program to boycott Jewish businesses with yellow Star of David painted on the storefronts.
The diagnosis of depression did not become popular in Japan until Glaxo-SmithKlein got approval to market Paxil in the country.
Doppelganger Alert:
"We reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals," Obama declared in his first inaugural address.
When caught with his hand on your phone data President Obama offered this defense: "You can't have 100% security and also then have 100% privacy. ... We're going to have to make some choices as a society."
Soooo......?
Coal consumption is up worldwide but down in the U.S. where consumption and production dropped 11.9% and 7.5% respectively. Globally, 2012 was coal's greatest year since 1970. Coal provided the world 29.9% of all its energy, its highest market since 1970.
Some improvements in solar panels might improve efficiency and cost. Modifications to the surface of the solar cell in order to trap more light could nearly double solar panel efficiency. Another interesting technology involves applying the anti-reflective layer to solar panels at room temperature, rather than in high-temperature furnaces. The anti-reflective layer process accounts for a significant portion of each solar panel's cost, so the savings here would be significant.
Can a country that understands mean regression believe in exceptionalism?
Police dog bites cop: The Daily Beast reports that the woman nominated to be the CIA deputy director, Avril D. Haines, owned a small bookstore in the '90s and would occasionally host erotica readings. This has sparked accusations of sexism. Laura Miller at Salon called the article "an impressively sleazy bit of reporting." In fairness, while the account is pretty racy the poor girl was between college and law school just trying to make a buck in a difficult business. Probably the only one in the White House who has ever had a real job.
In the Amazon, a single tree can serve as home to forty different species of ants, hives can number as many as a million members, and some beetles are so strong that it requires two men to pry them off a human limb.
The Oxford English Dictionary added "tweet" to its list of defined words breaking at least one OED rule, namely that a new word needs to be current for ten years before consideration for inclusion. But it seems to be catching on. Another entry is "dad dancing," which is defined as an "awkward, unfashionable, or unrestrained style of dancing to pop music, as characteristically performed by middle-aged or older men."
Who is....Craig Livingstone?
Some believe we have become an "Amusement Culture." The origin of the word is provocative.
Origin: Middle English, from Old French amuser, to stupefy : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + muser, to stare stupidly ; see muse
Most of "the largest and most important group of William Faulkner material ever to appear at auction" failed to sell at auction in New York earlier this week. Notably, no one bought Faulkner's Nobel Prize medal. Faulkner reportedly stuffed it in a potted plant at the American ambassador's residence in Stockholm, where it was later found by a valet.
When does an "unending campaign" stop being a campaign and become propaganda?
According to CBS News spokeswoman Sonya McNair: “A cyber security firm hired by CBS News has determined through forensic analysis that Sharyl Attkisson’s computer was accessed by an unauthorized, external, unknown party on multiple occasions late in 2012. Evidence suggests this party performed all access remotely using Attkisson’s accounts. While no malicious code was found, forensic analysis revealed an intruder had executed commands that appeared to involve search and exfiltration of data."
More people bought a Tesla Model S than bought any of the similarly priced gasoline-powered cars from the top three German luxury brands, according to data from LMC Automotive. About 4,750 buyers bought a Model S while just over 3,000 people bought Mercedes' top-level sedan.
– H. L. Mencken
A big Full Moon will rise at sunset on Sunday. Its exact full phase (June 23, 11:32 UT) will occur shortly before it reaches perigee, the closest point to Earth in the Moon's orbit, and make it the largest Full Moon of 2013. The full lunar phase falls near the Moon's orbit perigee about every 14 lunar months.
Current U.S. solar capacity is nearing 9,000 megawatts. This year 4,000 to 5,000 megawatts will be installed. Forbes reports, by 2016, solar will install in one year approximately 9,000 megawatts. That will produce an amount of electricity equal to about 2 new 800 megawatt nukes.
Maybe we are safer than we think. Apple vs. The Government: In the Apple price-fixing case the government doesn't stack up well in technology, despite your concerns about the IRS and NSA. According to the NYT, "Apple's legal team used a MacBook to shuffle between evidence documents, stacking them side by side in split screens and zooming in on specific paragraphs. By contrast, the Justice Department's lawyers could show only one piece of evidence at a time. One video that Mr. Buterman played as evidence failed to produce the audio commentary needed to make his point."
This week, world leaders are gathered in Northern Ireland for the G-8 conference. It is hard to believe such a thing could happen there before the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, which brought Catholics and Protestants together in a new, power-sharing government. That agreement declared an official truce between the Protestant loyalists who want Northern Ireland to stay in the United Kingdom and the Catholic Republicans who want all of Ireland to be united. How things are changing. Game of Thrones is being filmed there. Sixty cruise ships will be stopping at Belfast Harbour this season. Can "Honeymoon in scenic Syria!" be far away?
Germany has agreed with 13 other European Union nations to label goods made in factories owned by Jews in Judea and Samaria. The purpose is to harm Jewish businesses that dare to locate on ground disputed by Palestinian groups. Boycotting Jewish businesses has ugly echoes. In 1933 there was a German program to boycott Jewish businesses with yellow Star of David painted on the storefronts.
The diagnosis of depression did not become popular in Japan until Glaxo-SmithKlein got approval to market Paxil in the country.
Doppelganger Alert:
"We reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals," Obama declared in his first inaugural address.
When caught with his hand on your phone data President Obama offered this defense: "You can't have 100% security and also then have 100% privacy. ... We're going to have to make some choices as a society."
Soooo......?
Coal consumption is up worldwide but down in the U.S. where consumption and production dropped 11.9% and 7.5% respectively. Globally, 2012 was coal's greatest year since 1970. Coal provided the world 29.9% of all its energy, its highest market since 1970.
Some improvements in solar panels might improve efficiency and cost. Modifications to the surface of the solar cell in order to trap more light could nearly double solar panel efficiency. Another interesting technology involves applying the anti-reflective layer to solar panels at room temperature, rather than in high-temperature furnaces. The anti-reflective layer process accounts for a significant portion of each solar panel's cost, so the savings here would be significant.
Can a country that understands mean regression believe in exceptionalism?
Police dog bites cop: The Daily Beast reports that the woman nominated to be the CIA deputy director, Avril D. Haines, owned a small bookstore in the '90s and would occasionally host erotica readings. This has sparked accusations of sexism. Laura Miller at Salon called the article "an impressively sleazy bit of reporting." In fairness, while the account is pretty racy the poor girl was between college and law school just trying to make a buck in a difficult business. Probably the only one in the White House who has ever had a real job.
In the Amazon, a single tree can serve as home to forty different species of ants, hives can number as many as a million members, and some beetles are so strong that it requires two men to pry them off a human limb.
The Oxford English Dictionary added "tweet" to its list of defined words breaking at least one OED rule, namely that a new word needs to be current for ten years before consideration for inclusion. But it seems to be catching on. Another entry is "dad dancing," which is defined as an "awkward, unfashionable, or unrestrained style of dancing to pop music, as characteristically performed by middle-aged or older men."
Who is....Craig Livingstone?
Some believe we have become an "Amusement Culture." The origin of the word is provocative.
Amuse:
To occupy in an agreeable, pleasing, or entertaining fashion; To cause to laugh or smile by giving pleasure: I was not amused by his jokes. Origin: Middle English, from Old French amuser, to stupefy : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + muser, to stare stupidly ; see muse
Most of "the largest and most important group of William Faulkner material ever to appear at auction" failed to sell at auction in New York earlier this week. Notably, no one bought Faulkner's Nobel Prize medal. Faulkner reportedly stuffed it in a potted plant at the American ambassador's residence in Stockholm, where it was later found by a valet.
When does an "unending campaign" stop being a campaign and become propaganda?
DeJour Magizine is writing an expose on...The National Enquirer. According to them, the Enquirer started to use targetted personalities as a source for other stories, starting with Ted Kennedy who had a liaison promise stories on Washington if they would leave Kennedy alone. Confidential sources confirmed to DuJour that celebrities were essentially blackmailed to work with the Enquirer or else risk their improprieties appearing on the front page. Ah, the essential free press.
Golden Oldie:
http://steeleydock.blogspot.com/2010/07/american-gigolo.html
Golden Oldie:
http://steeleydock.blogspot.com/2010/07/american-gigolo.html
According to CBS News spokeswoman Sonya McNair: “A cyber security firm hired by CBS News has determined through forensic analysis that Sharyl Attkisson’s computer was accessed by an unauthorized, external, unknown party on multiple occasions late in 2012. Evidence suggests this party performed all access remotely using Attkisson’s accounts. While no malicious code was found, forensic analysis revealed an intruder had executed commands that appeared to involve search and exfiltration of data."
More people bought a Tesla Model S than bought any of the similarly priced gasoline-powered cars from the top three German luxury brands, according to data from LMC Automotive. About 4,750 buyers bought a Model S while just over 3,000 people bought Mercedes' top-level sedan.
AAAAnnnnnddddd........a chart:
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