4.2.05
BBC NEWS | UK | Antarctic's ice 'melting faster'
BBC NEWS | UK | Antarctic's ice 'melting faster': "A team of UK researchers claims to have new evidence that global warming is melting the ice in Antarctica faster than had previously been thought."
3.2.05
t r u t h o u t - Dahr Jamail | Living Under the Bombs
t r u t h o u t - Dahr Jamail | Living Under the Bombs: "One of the least reported aspects of the U.S. occupation of Iraq is the oftentimes indiscriminate use of air power by the American military. The Western mainstream media has generally failed to attend to the F-16 warplanes dropping their payloads of 500, 1,000, and 2,000-pound bombs on Iraqi cities -? or to the results of these attacks. While some of the bombs and missiles fall on resistance fighters, the majority of the casualties are civilian ?- mothers, children, the elderly, and other unarmed civilians."
Bloomberg Printer-Friendly Page
Bloomberg Printer-Friendly Page: "Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft Corp., left no doubt of that, telling television host Charlie Rose ``I'm short the dollar.'' The world's wealthiest man called the record $7.62 trillion federal debt ``a bit scary'' and lamented that the U.S. is in ``uncharted territory'' fiscally.
And he's right. Just ask Warren Buffett, the world's No. 2 moneyman, who has been buying foreign currencies since 2002, citing concerns about the U.S. deficit. The bet is paying off, too. Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. reaped a $412 million pretax gain on the trade in the third quarter of 2004.
Gates and Buffett may not be reading from the same playbook as George Soros, though their investments bear some similarities. Financier Soros has long since given up on the world's reserve currency, and U.S. President George W. Bush's competence on economic matters."
And he's right. Just ask Warren Buffett, the world's No. 2 moneyman, who has been buying foreign currencies since 2002, citing concerns about the U.S. deficit. The bet is paying off, too. Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. reaped a $412 million pretax gain on the trade in the third quarter of 2004.
Gates and Buffett may not be reading from the same playbook as George Soros, though their investments bear some similarities. Financier Soros has long since given up on the world's reserve currency, and U.S. President George W. Bush's competence on economic matters."
2.2.05
Yahoo! News - Co. to Advertise on Neb. Man's Forehead
Yahoo! News - Co. to Advertise on Neb. Man's Forehead: "OMAHA, Neb. - A Web-page designer who auctioned off the use of his forehead for advertising space is letting it go to his head. Andrew Fischer, 20, of Omaha, who put his forehead for sale on eBay as advertising space, received $37,375 on Friday to advertise the snoring remedy, SnoreStop."
31.1.05
Boing Boing: More Googleable unsecured webcams
Boing Boing: More Googleable unsecured webcams: "More Googleable unsecured webcams "
Technology News: Plastic solar cell breakthrough
Technology News: Plastic solar cell breakthrough: "Jan 15, 2005 (AXcess News) Toronto - Scientists at the University of Toronto have invented a solar cell that's made of plastic which can be sprayed on and harnesses infrared light so it even works on cloudy days."
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