Ponca City, We Love You writes "The Department of Defense has announced the creation of the Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine to 'harness stem cell research and technology... to reconstruct new skin, muscles and tendons, and even ears, noses and fingers.' The government is budgeting $250 million in public and private money for the project's first five years, and the NIH and three universities will be on the team. The military has been working on regrowing lost body parts using extracellular matrices and scientists in labs have grown blood vessels, livers, bladders, breast implants, and meat and are already growing a new ear for a badly burned Marine using stem cells from his own body. Army Surgeon General Eric Schoomaker explained that our bodies systematically generate liver cells and bone marrow and that this ability can be redirected through 'the right kind of stimulation.' The general cited animals like salamanders that can regrow lost tails or limbs. 'Why can't a mammal do the same thing?' he asked."
Photobucket, acquired by Fox Interactive Media in May 2007 for $300 million, is releasing their API to the public today and will allow third party developers to build photo/video storage and visualization... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 22 Apr 2008 | 12:00 pm
The worlds largest mobile phone manufacturer is offering a free one year subscription to the worlds second largest music label to buyers of certain music phones. Sony BMG hosts musicians such as Beyonce,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 22 Apr 2008 | 11:47 am
Back in February we discovered that a Blue Centro was going to be released by Palm and we suggested that the most likely carrier for this would be Verizon but the months went by without any additional... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 22 Apr 2008 | 11:36 am
To: GARDEN EDITORS Contact: Emilee Garber of The Cleaning Authority, +1-410-740- 1900, emilee@thecleaningauthority.com COLUMBIA, Md., April 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The global climate crisis has caused people to re-evaluate how their everyday activities affect the environment. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 22 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
By Donna Freydkin When you're shopping for lotions and potions, experts caution that you shouldn't assume a product is "all natural" just because that's what the label says. Sophie Uliano, author of Gorgeously Green, suggests studying ingredients. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 22 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
RELIANCE INDUSTRIES, India's biggest listed company, posted a 24 percent rise in quarterly net profit. The petrochemicals and refinery giant is expected to report better earnings this fiscal year after it begins to pump gas from its deep-sea fields off India's east coast. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 22 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
The Japanese trading house Marubeni said that it and two partners would spend yen39 billion on a property development project in Shenyang, in northeastern China. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 22 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
By The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. Apr. 22--The state Department of Ecology will accept public comment through May 20 on Tacoma's proposed building height amendment on the Thea Foss Waterway. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 22 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
By Victoria Sizemore Long, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Apr. 22--Kansas City wheat and Chicago wheat, corn and soybean futures prices tumbled Monday, pressured partly by good growing conditions. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 22 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
By Angela Curry, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Apr. 22--I noticed a significant increase on my water bill, from $30 to $40 to $342.52. My normal usage is about 1,700 gallons per month, but this bill showed 42,200 gallons for the month. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 22 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
By Rona Kobell, The Baltimore Sun Apr. 22--Maryland natural resources officials proposed new crabbing rules yesterday that were not as strict as watermen had feared, but will disproportionately hurt crabbers on the Lower Eastern Shore. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 22 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
BATON ROUGE, La., April 22 /PRNewswire/ -- A federal court decision in February unrelated to the Little Gypsy 3 repowering project may require Entergy Louisiana, LLC, to submit another layer of environmental analysis for approval before starting physical construction of its project in Montz, La. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 22 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
By Lindsey Slater, Journal-World, Lawrence, Kan. Apr. 22--Slimy. That's how one local sixth-grader described his experience with worms at EARTH Field Day. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 22 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
By Dwight Silverman, Houston Chronicle Apr. 22--In December I reviewed the Gateway One, a new all-in-one PC with a sleek, innovative design. I really liked it, but at the time I lamented that I also couldn't get my hands on another system with the word "One" in its name. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 22 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
Chip maker AMD has announced that it plans further restructuring, over and above the 10% staff cuts announced last week, in the wake of its first-quarter results when it posted a net loss of $358m and an operating loss of $264m. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 22 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
The U.S. computer giant International Business Machines shed more of its stake in Lenovo, the top Chinese maker of personal computers, offloading up to $85 million worth of stock at a discount to its last trading price. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 22 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
By The Paducah Sun, Ky. Apr. 22--The search continued Monday for the Rev. Mickey Carpenter, Paris, Tenn., District superintendent of the United Methodist Church. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 22 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
By Rachel Leibrock, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Apr. 22--Shop Green goods: Reuse and recycle -- two of the main tenets of a green lifestyle. Sometimes, however, you need to buy new. That's where the GreatGreenGoods.com shopping blog comes in. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 22 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
By Brad Cooper, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Apr. 22--In a move to grab more riders, Kansas City is partnering with Google to make planning your next bus trip easier. The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority today will announce the new trip planner at www.google.com/transit. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 22 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
By St. Louis Post-Dispatch Apr. 22--PACIFIC -- The city will hold a public meeting tonight to discuss ways to reduce flood damage in the future, including the possibility of a buyout of flood-prone properties. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 22 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
By Brian Stelter Perhaps Internet metrics should come with a warning label: "Handle with care." Stock in the measurement firm comScore slid in after-hours trading Thursday after Google reported surprisingly strong first quarter earnings. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 22 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
By BEVERLEY LYONS AND LAURA SUTHERLAND LILY ALLEN has previewed two tracks from her new album on MySpace. The songs, I Don't Know and I Could Say, form part of the newlyblonde singer's "new direction". "They are just at a demo stage so don't be too hard on them," she said. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 22 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan President-elect Ma Ying-jeou said on Tuesday he plans to roll out lighter tax rates and simplify regulations for the island's technology companies to encourage... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 22 Apr 2008 | 10:54 am
New series Viralcom takes Dan Ackerman Greenberg’s theory of viral video one step further into a fully fledged viral video machine. The series comes from Warner Brother’s Studio 2.0 and takes... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 22 Apr 2008 | 10:52 am
Writers are pushing for legislation to guarantee the Internet's status as an open forum for communication. Partic Verrone, the president of the Writers Guild of America, West, is... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 22 Apr 2008 | 10:52 am
Stumpedia, a “human powered search engine” we’ve not covered before has added live search results ChaCha style. This is how they spin it: Stumpedia.com, the social search engine that... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 22 Apr 2008 | 10:37 am
By Evan Ackerman Solar power is definitely the new sexy when it comes to renewable sources of energy. The Solio solar charger combines form and function and is designed to charge just about any gadget... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 22 Apr 2008 | 10:34 am
Suzanne Goldenberg reports from Pennsylvania on the Democratic primary which has become the most negative and toughest battle yet Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 22 Apr 2008 | 10:29 am
SNES reset button Originally uploaded by Chris.JP. I've been in a funk for the past three or four days and I don't know why. I mentioned it to David Kidder, founder and... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 22 Apr 2008 | 10:28 am
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia will offer free 12-month access to music from artists of Sony BMG, the world's second-biggest label, to buyers of its particular music phones, the world's top... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 22 Apr 2008 | 10:27 am
I am not sure what I said, but apparently the Chinese authorities don't like this blog. I got this from a friend and reader:Hi Fred, Im in Shanghai, and it looks like aVC is now blocked in China (it wasnt... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 22 Apr 2008 | 10:08 am
Bevan Slattery writes "PIPE Networks has launched a blog and an online progress report on the construction of its $188M (AU$200M), 6,900-km submarine cable system connecting Sydney (Australia) to Piti (Guam). People can follow the many tasks required to construct a submarine cable and track the project's progress. The daily blog provides unique insight into PPC-1's construction, including for example the different types of cable installed in 'benign' and 'aggressive' seabed conditions."
By Andrew Liszewski For some people the Summer means long hours spent in a pool, lake or other equally refreshing body of water. But if you wanted to enjoy your music at the same time, it usually means... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 22 Apr 2008 | 10:02 am
By Andrew Liszewski My parents often wonder what their dog does while he's home alone. I've suggested they set up a digital camera to take some time-lapse photos while they're away, but I think something... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 22 Apr 2008 | 10:02 am
STAR CITY, Russia (Reuters) - Only the cool composure of her crewmates calmed South Korea's first astronaut when she saw flames swirling around their capsule during an unusually steep... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 22 Apr 2008 | 8:58 am
The prime minister has called for 'coordinated' international action to deal with a 'world food crisis' Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 22 Apr 2008 | 8:31 am
VonGuard writes "I was at the flea market in Oakland yesterday when a pile of EPROMs caught my eye. When I got them home I found that they were prototypes for Colecovision games. A few were unpublished or saw limited runs, like Video Hustler (billiards). Others were fully released, like WarGames. But the crown jewel is what look to be a number of chips with various revisions of Cabbage Patch Kids Adventures in the Park for Atari 2600. This game was never released and has never been seen. It was a port of the version for Colecovision, and this lot of chips also included the Coleco version. So now I have to find someone who can dump EPROMs gently onto a PC so we can play this never-before seen game, which is almost certainly awful."
Maldives President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom made an impassioned plea Tuesday for a cut in global greenhouse gas emissions, warning that rising sea levels could submerge his paradise island... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 22 Apr 2008 | 7:56 am
Ship-borne activists said Tuesday they had targeted fishing boats from South Korea, Taiwan and the US in high-seas protests against the "plundering" of tuna in the Pacific. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 22 Apr 2008 | 7:49 am
TOKYO - Sony is delaying the start of its Home virtual world for its PlayStation 3 video game machine until the second half of this year. Sony Corp.'s gaming unit said Tuesday that Home Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 22 Apr 2008 | 7:46 am
GLENVIEW, Ill., April 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Anixter International Inc. (NYSE: AXE), a leading global distributor of communication products, electrical and... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 22 Apr 2008 | 7:30 am
SANTA ANA, Calif., April 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Raptor Networks Technology, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: RPTN), provider of the world's first distributed network... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 22 Apr 2008 | 7:30 am
SAN DIEGO, April 22 /PRNewswire/ -- OnlineBootyCall.com (OBC) reached a major milestone this year after giving away nearly half a million dollars in cash and prizes to... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 22 Apr 2008 | 7:30 am
The company may gain some leverage in talks with Microsoft if it delivers an upbeat earnings report today. Wall... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 22 Apr 2008 | 7:00 am
The Air Force and Lockheed Martin are giving a secret retirement send-off to the world's first radar-evading fighter. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 22 Apr 2008 | 7:00 am
Hugh Pickens sends us to Seed Magazine for an update on Earth's defenses against collisions with near-earth objects (NEOs). The bottom line is that government is moving slowly on cataloging NEOs but private bodies are picking up some of the slack. "In 2005, the US Congress directed NASA to catalog 90 percent of potentially hazardous NEOs greater than 140 meters in diameter by the year 2020 but NASA has yet to allot funds to the project. Increasingly, coordinated private efforts are working to fill the gap in Earth's NEO defenses. Earlier this year, Bill Gates and Charles Simonyi donated a combined $30 million to the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), keeping it on track for first light in 2014. LSST will survey the entire visible sky deeply in multiple colors every week with its three-billion pixel digital camera, probing the mysteries of Dark Matter and Dark Energy and by opening a movie-like window on objects that change or move, the LSST will also detect and catalog NEOs."
Netflix Inc. got off to a rousing start during the first three months of the year, but investors are worried about the online DVD rental service's script for the rest of 2008. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 22 Apr 2008 | 4:23 am
Texas Instruments Inc.'s first-quarter profit and sales were almost exactly what Wall Street expected, but the company's comments about a weak market for chips used in high-end mobile phones sent its shares... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 22 Apr 2008 | 4:18 am
Scientific American is running a major article on Science 2.0, or the use of Web 2.0 applications and techniques by scientists to collaborate and publish in new ways. "Under [the] radically transparent 'open notebook' approach, everything goes online: experimental protocols, successful outcomes, failed attempts, even discussions of papers being prepared for publication... The time stamps on every entry not only establish priority but allow anyone to track the contributions of every person, even in a large collaboration." One project profiled is MIT's OpenWetWare, launched in 2005. The wiki-based project now encompasses more than 6,100 Web pages edited by 3,000 registered users. Last year the NSF awarded OpenWetWare a 5-year grant to "transform the platform into a self-sustaining community independent of its current base at MIT... the grant will also support creation of a generic version of OpenWetWare that other research communities can use." The article also gives air time to Science 2.0 skeptics. "It's so antithetical to the way scientists are trained," one Duke University geneticist said, though he eventually became a convert.
Jon Finkel is maybe the best Magic: The Gathering player ever. He runs money-betting on stock market options and was once a scourge of Vegas. We talk with Finkel to learn why he's so good at making quick decisions -- and we share his tips with you.
If your IQ is hardwired, how can you get smarter? Lots of ways, and our guide to better brain power shows you how. Think of it as a software upgrade to maximize your "functional intelligence."
Piotr Wozniak has a technique to turn people into geniuses, and a portion of the technique is in a software program called SuperMemo. Users around the world apply it to learning languages and gaining language fluency. SuperMemo is based on the insight that there is an ideal moment to practice what you've learned.
We've all used the arguments to get away with playing Brain Age or doing crosswords. But how many of these "exercises" really sharpen your wits or fend off senility?
A judge dismissed charges against Steve Kurtz, professor and member of the Critical Art Ensemble, who has been in a four year legal battle after police discovered biological lab equipment and harmless bacteria in his home. The cops were at his house because he called 911 to report that his wife had died of heart failure. He had the biological gear and specimens for an art project. Kurtz was initially investigated for bioterrorism but later indicted for mail and wire fraud. From the New York Times:
U.S. District Judge Richard Arcara ruled that the 2004 mail and wire fraud indictment against Steven Kurtz, a University at Buffalo professor, was ''insufficient on its face..."
''Obviously this is a weight off his back, but he still had to suffer through this for four years,'' said Kurtz's attorney, Paul Cambria. ''The last thing this guy is is a bioterrorist.''
The U.S. Attorney's Office in Buffalo said it was considering an appeal but otherwise declined to discuss the ruling.
Previously on BB:
• Art attack update Link
• Art of bioterrorism? RU Sirius interviews Steve Kurtz Link
• Case against Steve Kurtz continues Link
• Battling for bio art Link
• Art attack Link
GUWAHATI, India Traders crowd around wooden desks in a huge dusty auditorium, poring over thick catalogs describing chests of tea. A broker seated at the front of the room calls out prices in a quick,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 22 Apr 2008 | 2:36 am
SEOUL Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee, indicted on tax evasion charges, announced Tuesday that he would step down after 20 years of leadership during which Samsung soared to become a global brand but... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 22 Apr 2008 | 2:36 am
Despite reports that PayPal may drop support for Apple's Safari browser because it lacks anti-phishing features, PayPal now says it ain't so. Though PayPal telegraphed displeasure with Safari last January, they're now unambiguous about their position: "We have absolutely no intention of blocking current versions of any browsers, including Apple's Safari, from our website."
Poison gas makes its debut on the Western Front. In a war characterized by the introduction of terrible new weapons none was as universally feared as gas, by soldiers on both sides of no man's land.
I just organized a bunch of snapshots from past Boing Boing tv shoots into a Flickr set. Link to photoset. Most of them I snapped and uploaded from my iPhone inbetween whatever we were shooting for the show, but the one above is kinda special. Here's the story, and the related episodes.
Two media units of Time Warner are teaming up in an effort to turn Essence magazine into a multimedia brand. The company announced on Monday that the Warner Brothers Television Group would work with Essence,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 22 Apr 2008 | 12:37 am
GRAND CAYMAN ISLAND As a doctor monitored his heart and his blood and breathing, David Blaine filled his lungs with pure oxygen and prepared to hold his breath for 16 minutes, he hoped. Mr. Blaine is... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 22 Apr 2008 | 12:37 am
mike_diack was one of many readers to send word that Windows XP SP3 been released to manufacturing. It will be available to OEMs and enterprise customers on April 29. Here is a summary of features and changes. The company will wait till "early summer" to enable SP3 downloads through Automatic Updates.
What's a MySpace page without a little bling? Flavorless and boring, that's what. Achieve social networking nirvana with some advice from Wired's How To Wiki.
eldavojohn writes "The FCC & Stanford hoped to host an on-campus debate over Net Neutrality and invited AT&T, Comcast, Verizon, and Time Warner to take part. None of them showed up. Unfortunately, only one side of the issue was voiced despite Stanford being home to people opposing Net Neutrality. At the hearing, the FCC Commissioner stated: 'Consumers have come to expect and will continue to demand the open and neutral character that has always been the hallmark of the Internet. The Commission is currently examining several petitions and complaints according to which broadband providers have intentionally and secretly degraded applications in a way that undermines the open and interconnected character of the Internet.'"
gurubaba writes "Google has announced the launch of iGoogle Developer Sandbox, which will allow developers to build and test applications. The Sandbox provides support for building social applications using the OpenSocial API. 'The iGoogle OpenSocial container will allow developers to build full page applications, just like the ones on Facebook, using the Canvas View. The applications built using the developer Sandbox can display profile information, post activity updates, send messages and gadget invites and add friends. The developers will also be able to monetize the applications through ads.'"
Solar power plant company eSolar has received $130 million in venture capital, putting it firmly in the battle to build gigawatts of renewable energy in the southwestern United States.
My next novel, Little Brother, is coming out in a couple weeks -- it's a young adult novel about hackers who use technology to challenge authority. The folks from Instructables saw an early copy of the book and were really inspired by all the ingenuity demonstrated by the book's heroes, so they've made a series of HOWTOs in the voice of M1k3y, the techno-guerrilla who tells the story in Little Brother.
The first one has just gone live: Photo-Emulsion Screen Printing, a HOWTO for making t-shirts for your movement's wardrobe needs.
The general idea: After stretching fine-mesh cloth over a wooden frame, you spread a thin layer of photosensitive emulsion on the screen and let it dry. You then take a black image on transparent or translucent surface, place it against the screen, and then expose the screen to light. The light causes the emulsion to harden and bind to the fabric. Where the light strikes the screen, the emulsion will bind, making a solid layer. Where the light is blocked (ie where your black image is placed) the emulsion remains water-soluble. After exposing the screen, you spray down the screen with water, washing off the emulsion only where your image was placed; this clear area is where ink will be pressed through the screen when you print. Finally, you lay the screen on your t-shirt, other fabric, or paper, spread ink on the inside of the screen, and press the ink through the screen. If you use textile ink, you can heat-set the ink after it dries, and it'll be permanent and washable.
Roman sez, "When I was a kid in the USSR, my parents got me a fun comic book about how robots work. It's a translation of a book by a french roboticist, and it's remarkably accurate even now (the first chapter describes a Roomba). Recently, I found it again, scanned it in, and wrote a translation into english. After getting permission from the author, I put it up online, so enjoy."
Link
(Thanks, Roman!)
WFMU's Beware of the Blog has seven peppy tunes from a 1960s LP designed to perk up employees. I'm listening to it now, and my fingers are blazing over the keyboard.
Employers came to realize that perks could be as effective as threats in motivating the workplace. Vending machines became a common site in lunchrooms, many of them built by Automatic Canteen, one of the first large-scale producers of cigarette and snack machines.
Automatic Canteen began looking to add music to its list of vending machines, and in 1959 it bought William Rowe's jukebox company, naming the new enterprise AC Rowe. With an established list of corporate clients (Automatic Canteen exists today simply as Canteen), they sought to tap the motivational music business with a product called Customusic. This could be run from a dedicated jukebox in the supervisor's office and pumped out to the rest of the building.
Customusic was a direct competitor of MUZAK and offered the same variety of sonic atmospheres. Today's selections come from the "Productivity" portion of the sampler. Year unknown for this one, but the line art and lettering on the cover suggest the early1960s. These are bright, fully orchestrated covers having more in common with the "Beautiful Music" format than the horn-heavy (yet scrupulously recorded and engineered) offerings of MUZAK. Also absent is MUZAK's trademark Stimulus Progression concept, where tracks are arranged to enhance and heighten the positive effect of the music.
Bibek Paudel writes "Comcast on Tuesday announced that it would partner with Pando Networks to create a P2P bill of rights for file-sharing networks and Internet service providers. Comcast and Pando will meet with industry experts, other ISPs, and P2P companies in order to come up with a set of rules that would clarify how a user can use P2P applications and how an ISP can manage file-sharing programs running on their networks. Last month, Comcast announced that it had reached an agreement with BitTorrent whereby Comcast agreed to alter its network management practices, and BitTorrent acknowledged that Comcast has the right to police its own network. Comcast's battle with P2P networks started last year after the Associated Press published an article that accused Comcast of blocking peer-to-peer services like BitTorrent. Comcast admitted to delaying P2P traffic during peak times, but denied that any file-sharing applications were being completely blocked."
Now that former Weather Undergrounder Bill Ayers is back in the news, this 2001 Slate profile of him is worth reading. He comes off as an extremely unsavory character.
Much of what Ayers self-interestedly leaves out of his book is more personally embarrassing than illegal. Ayers takes care not to dwell on his own Establishment credentials. (His father was chairman of the energy company Commonwealth Edison, a fact Ayers conveys only by writing, "My dad worked for Edison.") Ayers omits any discussion of his famous 1970 statement, "Kill all the rich people. Break up their cars and apartments. Bring the revolution home, kill your parents, that's where it's really at." He also omits any discussion of his wife Bernardine Dohrn's famous reaction to the Manson killings, as conveyed by journalist Peter Collier: "Dig it. First they killed those pigs, then they ate dinner in the same room with them, then they even shoved a fork into a victim's stomach! Wild!" (In a 1993 Chicago Magazine profile, Dohrn claimed, implausibly, that she'd been trying to convey that "Americans love to read about violence.")
You know all those traffic-cams throughout the UK that capture your license-plate and correlate it with your identity? The British coppers have found a spirit of sharing and will hand over their data to pretty much anyone:
THE UK Home Secretary secretively signed a "special certificate" last year that gives foreign security agencies real-time access to traffic camera images and related data monitoring British motorists on highways throughout the UK.
Opposition politicians and civil liberties advocates yesterday accused Gordon Brown's government of attempting to hide from Parliament its covert plans to facilitate international surveillance of UK citizens in violation of privacy laws.
Under the authorisation signed last July 4 by Jacqui Smith, video feeds and still images captured from roadside TV cameras, along with personal data derived from them, can be transmitted out of the UK to countries such as the US, that are outside the European Economic Area.
Home Secretary Smith failed to mention the exception in a statement she made to Parliament less than two weeks later on July 17, 2007 outlining Metropolitan Police exemptions to the 1998 Data Protection Act.
The Wall Street Journal reports that gun-clingers are not, in fact, bitter.
According to the 2006 General Social Survey, which has tracked gun ownership since 1973, 34% of American homes have guns in them. This statistic is sure to surprise many people in cities like San Francisco – as it did me when I first encountered it. (Growing up in Seattle, I knew nobody who owned a gun.)
Who are all these gun owners? Are they the uneducated poor, left behind? It turns out they have the same level of formal education as nongun owners, on average. Furthermore, they earn 32% more per year than nonowners. Americans with guns are neither a small nor downtrodden group.
Nor are they "bitter." In 2006, 36% of gun owners said they were "very happy," while 9% were "not too happy." Meanwhile, only 30% of people without guns were very happy, and 16% were not too happy.
In 1996, gun owners spent about 15% less of their time than nonowners feeling "outraged at something somebody had done." It's easy enough in certain precincts to caricature armed Americans as an angry and miserable fringe group. But it just isn't true. The data say that the people in the approximately 40 million American households with guns are generally happier than those people in households that don't have guns.
The gun-owning happiness gap exists on both sides of the political aisle. Gun-owning Republicans are more likely than nonowning Republicans to be very happy (46% to 37%). Democrats with guns are slightly likelier than Democrats without guns to be very happy as well (32% to 29%). Similarly, holding income constant, one still finds that gun owners are happiest.
Employers came to realize that perks could be as effective as threats in motivating the workplace. Vending machines became a common site in lunchrooms, many of them built by Automatic Canteen, one of the first large-scale producers of cigarette and snack machines.
Much of what Ayers self-interestedly leaves out of his book is more personally embarrassing than illegal. Ayers takes care not to dwell on his own Establishment credentials. (His father was chairman of the energy company Commonwealth Edison, a fact Ayers conveys only by writing, "My dad worked for Edison.") Ayers omits any discussion of his famous 1970 statement, "Kill all the rich people. Break up their cars and apartments. Bring the revolution home, kill your parents, that's where it's really at." He also omits any discussion of his wife Bernardine Dohrn's famous reaction to the Manson killings, as conveyed by journalist Peter Collier: "Dig it. First they killed those pigs, then they ate dinner in the same room with them, then they even shoved a fork into a victim's stomach! Wild!" (In a 1993 Chicago Magazine profile, Dohrn claimed, implausibly, that she'd been trying to convey that "Americans love to read about violence.")
