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McCain wants U.S. weaned from foreign oil by 2025
Presidential candidate John McCain said today that if he is elected he will set the US on a path to wean itself from a dependence on foreign oil by 2025. So he'll be almost 90 by then?"Calling U.S. dependence on...Cuba in fear of the unknown as Fidel Castro fades
" Fidel Castro's long goodbye is posing a delicate moral dilemma for Alfredo Hernandez, a member of one of the few Jewish families to remain in Cuba after the 1959 revolution."
No money, not enough food, rampant sickness, night-time raids. Darfur today
This is a really good article about the current situation in darfur. Once again we are somewhat helpless to provide any Major Assistance which is what they need, but I think it deserves attention.The first part of the article describes the detail of the human suffering in the... 40 Million Electric Bikes Spark Environmental Dilemma in China
You’ll be free from Road Tax and MOT tests, Driving License, a driving test and costly lessons, Congestion Charge, parking restrictions, petrol bills and the sweat of conventional cycling. But is it... Boom of “Village Bloggers” - A Big Thank You for “Chiliad minds”
"Boom of “Village Bloggers” - A Big Thank You for “Chiliad minds” Nov 2nd, 2007 by tbnandasiriwanninayaka Today I was very happy to see the post about “Village Bloggers” in “Chilliad minds” blog. Please visit...Shocking Inside DC Scandal Rumor: A Media Ethics Dilemma
Ron Rosenbaum is sitting on a ticking time bomb of a story that is about to break......"So I was down in DC this past weekend and happened to run into a well-connected media person, who told me flatly, unequivocally that “everyone knows” The LA Times was sitting on a...Life imitates art and creeps me out
In 1997, my artist friend Eduardo Kac, had a "pet locator" chip implanted in his leg. He produced a performance art piece which showed him being tracked by the chip and also showed the surgery that it took to implant the chip. Eduardo wanted people to stop and think about the... Putin: Mess with Me, I Mess with You
This is the sort of thing that makes me slowly start to sweat. It's not that I believe that either side will actually launch a nuclear missile at the other, but that level of brinkmanship is what leads to other...
created by Jordan Yerman | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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490 views | 5 recommendations | 3 comments
Food Footprints?
"AskPablo: Foodmiles foodmiles.jpgPerhaps spawned by the immense popularity of Michael Pollan's book The Omnivore's Dilemma or just the recent explosion of interest in both food safety and climate change, people are demanding locally grown. Such "locavores" are participating...Robotic age poses ethical dilemma
"An ethical code to prevent humans abusing robots, and vice versa, is being drawn up by South Korea. The Robot Ethics Charter will cover standards for users and manufacturers and will be released later in 2007. It is being put together by a five member team of experts that...What's next? Global pandemic of deadly strain ofTB
WMD? Nope. HN51 Bird Flu? Nah. HIV? Not even close. Global Warming? Wrong again. The latest entry into "what's going to kill us all now" is a deadly strain of TB that has already killed hundreds in South...
created by nukegingrich | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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594 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Compiled by Sai.R
"Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Contents 1. Quota system: Beginning of the end for IITs and IIMs Bhamy V Shenoy, Gulf Times, May 26, 2006-------------------------------------- 2. Meeting the challenge of Mandal II, Satish Deshpande & Yogendra Yadav, Hindu...Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Compiled by Sai.R
"Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Contents 1. Quota system: Beginning of the end for IITs and IIMs Bhamy V Shenoy, Gulf Times, May 26, 2006-------------------------------------- 2. Meeting the challenge of Mandal II, Satish Deshpande & Yogendra Yadav, Hindu...Bush's Iraq-Iran-Israel Dilemma
"Two visits to the White House earlier this week highlighted the key dilemma facing President Bush as he contemplates changes to his Iraq policy: One guest was former Secretary of State James Baker and the rest of the Iraq Study Group, which together with much of the...Token Booth Closings Start in April
The first nine of the 164 token booths scheduled for closing will be shut down in April. The Daily News says the first retired booths will include ones in Union Square and Penn Station, and then the remaining booths will close weekly until October. Then, 600 of the clerks...
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