Tuesday, September 21st, 2010
DER SPIEGEL – World leaders are meeting in New York this week to discuss progress on the UN’s Millennium Development Goals. The world’s nations have failed miserably in addressing one of the main goals, the fight against hunger. Researchers believe that small farmers, not large-scale farms, are the key to feeding the planet. Read More
Monday, September 20th, 2010
COPENHAGEN POST – The government has announced it will head a global green growth initiative in Denmark in June 2011. The initiative is expected to kick-start a process that will bring together international politicians, business leaders, investors, researchers, experts and opinion formers. The government states that the goal is to promote change for a greener global
Monday, September 20th, 2010
TIMES OF INDIA – Oracle Corp, the world’s No. 3 software maker, unveiled a new all-in-one product to help companies manage so-called “cloud” computing. Chief Executive Larry Ellison opened Oracle’s annual technology and user conference by revealing Exalogic, which combines server, storage and networking technology with Oracle’s software, that companies will use to run their
Monday, September 20th, 2010
SEO BLOG – England is now the second most crowded country in the European Union, after Malta. It has, for the first time, inched past the Netherlands, with 402.1 people per square kilometre, compared with the Dutch 398.5. This statistic coincides with a rise in net migration, partly caused by a decline in outward emigration. Some
Monday, September 20th, 2010
EU – The European Commission today adopted a proposal to provide better rail services for passenger and freight users by: increasing competition on the railway market; strengthening the power of national regulators; and improving the framework for investment in rail. The proposal for a Directive establishing a Single Rail Area is an exercise in legislative simplification
Monday, September 20th, 2010
THE GUARDIAN UK – No TV. No internet. No air conditioning. Traffic lights off. Hospitals deprived of electricity. Tens of thousands of household fridges and freezers without power. Milk curdling. Vegetables rotting. The risks of delaying energy-saving measures have been all too apparent in a Chinese region where the authorities initiated draconian rationing last month to achieve
Monday, September 20th, 2010
CUBA STANDARD – Cuba plans to connect to Russia’s satellite-based navigation system, the Russian ambassador in Havana said, according to RIA Novosti. The Global Navigation Satellite System (Glonass) is the main competitor to the United States-based Global Positioning System (GPS). Read More
Sunday, September 19th, 2010
CALGARY HERALD – When South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham toured some of Alberta’s vast oilsands projects Friday, one thing immediately came to mind: “massive.” The Republican senator’s assessment is increasingly coming to summarize not only the size of the development, but also the importance of the oilsands and energy file to the Canada-U. S. trade relationship. Read
Sunday, September 19th, 2010
RURAL DELIVERY – From up above, the truth can seem so obvious. Satellite photographs of Earth taken from space show us where storm systems are located and in what direction they are headed. These images can tell us how thick the clouds are, their temperature and movements, and suggest a likelihood of precipitation. Read More
Sunday, September 19th, 2010
INFOWARS IRELAND – An East Coast software development company is seeking a court order from a judge in Boston that, if granted, could require the CIA to return “hacked” software it acquired for use in the agency’s Predator Drone program. The software firm, Intelligent Integration Systems Inc., or IISI, filed a motion recently for a preliminary injunction
