AP Georgia proposes cease fire in S Ossetia

" Georgia's President Mikhail Saakashvili proposed Saturday to declare a cease fire in the breakaway province of South Ossetia. Saakashvili, speaking at a news conference Saturday, also proposed that the warring parties be separated. Georgia's Security...

Could animals be transformed into medical devices?

I thought this was such a fascinating project. Not totally sure it is a good idea! But so thought provoking, as good design projects are, and I love the imagery that accompanies the project. " Revital Cohen's  final project at the Design Interactions department looked at...

African Union: "Unite or Starve"

I can't really argue with this: if it means bargaining with a collective continental market in order to get a better deal on necessities, then so be it. SInce the various AU nations have such different agendas, both with the West and with each other, it's hard to predict how...

Canton Council proposes jail time for tall grass

"City Council wants to beef up its existing high-grass and weeds law by making a second offense a fourth-degree misdemeanor, which is punishable by a fine of up to $250 and up to 30 days in jail."

IBM Proposes One Computer to Run Entire Internet

"Dreaming big; IBM looks to host entire internet on a single modified Blue Gene supercomputer"

Give the Candidates the MLK Test

"Give the Candidates the MLK TestBARobamaClinton A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford "What would Dr. King do?" The corporate media-mangled Barack Obama/Hillary Clinton "debate" over the relative contributions of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and President Lyndon...

Amsterdam Mayor "Wait 3 Days For Magic Mushrooms"

A lot of people from the UK only visit for 2 days, this is one way of getting tourists to stay longer. " THE HAGUE (AFP) - A new proposal from the mayor of Amsterdam is sure to be considered a bummer by certain visitors to the Dutch city: a three-day waiting period to buy...

Defense Agency Proposes Outsourcing $1 Billion In Spying Tasks

"The Defense Intelligence Agency is preparing to pay private contractors up to $1 billion to conduct core intelligence tasks of analysis and collection over the next five years, an amount that would set a record in the outsourcing of such functions by the Pentagon's top...