Supreme Court to Bush: You’re not above the law
For the third time in four summers, the U.S. Supreme Court has slammed the Bush administration’s detention policies at Guantánamo Bay — locking up terrorist suspects indefinitely and beyond the law. And this time, some real progress might even come out of it. In a 5-4 [...]
Tragic history unites the House
The federal government delivered yesterday a profound, comprehensive and, by all appearances, sincere parliamentary apology for a century of residential school nightmares inflicted on thousands of native children, finally giving some meaning to the money it has pledged to victims.
After a lone aboriginal stood high in the spectator seating waving [...]
Giant Greenhouse Complex
When it is complete it will include seven 140-metre long glasshouses covering a 220-acre site. Using the latest technologies the computer-controlled Thanet Earth complex will have the capacity to grow salad produce such as tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers which will be picked continuously 52-weeks per year. Operators Fresca Group Ltd., say it [...]
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A Fire Rainbow Over New Jersey Paul Gitto (Arcturus Observatory)
Explanation: What is that inverted rainbow in the sky? Sometimes known as a fire rainbow for its flame-like appearance, a circumhorizon arc is created by ice, not fire. [...]
Inside the Scandal That Rocked the Formula One Racing World
Of all the copy shops in all of England, Trudy Coughlan had the rotten luck of walking into Document Image Processing.
It was June 2007 in sleepy Surrey County, and Coughlan, a statuesque blonde, sauntered through the door of the shop holding a sheaf of 780 pages. [...]
Facing inflation, Asia gets more aggressive
Bangkok, Thailand – Across Asia, the bugbear of inflation is back, and it’s not just policy wonks who are feeling the strain. Faced with rippling social unrest over soaring prices for fuel and food, governments are struggling to cushion the blow, while keeping economic growth on track.
With inflation rates [...]
Lewis Calls For Protection For Women, Girls
It could be a strategy of war from among the most reviled of invading armies throughout human history: “If you want to destroy a nation, you do so by destroying its women.” But these are the words of a surgeon at the Panzi Hospital in the Democratic Republic of [...]
iPhone 3G is Official
It’s been a long, leak-filled wait, but Apple finally took the wraps off its 3G iPhone. Thinner edges, full plastic back, flush headphone jack, and the iPhone 2.0 firmware — Apple’s taking a lot of the criticisms to heart from the first time around. Obviously 3G is at the forefront, but they’re [...]
Kee and Oni withsome of their friends from Fleetwood Dance Studio
Oil, What, Where & When in North America Over the Next 3 Years
Many countries have very heavy crude oil and it can only be used to refine certain products. Saudi crude cannot be used for gasoline production because of this. Mexico and Venezuela also have almost all of their oil as heavy crude. It can [...]
The Future Is Now? Pretty Soon, at Least
Do you have trouble sticking to a diet? Have patience. Within 10 years, Dr. Kurzweil explained, there will be a drug that lets you eat whatever you want without gaining weight.
Before we get to Ray Kurzweil’s plan for upgrading the “suboptimal software” in your brain, let me [...]
