BEAST SYSTEM UPDATE: Psychopharmaceuticals: Pills set to make you WANT to exercise more and eat less | Mail Online: "Science fiction writers have often imagined a world where pop pill to cure or curb a range of ills.
But, according to a new book The Compass Of Pleasure, that futuristic world may not be far off.
The book, by Johns Hopkins University neuroscientist David J. Linden, explores the search for drugs that may alter behaviour by working on the brain"
Sword Of The Lord With Electronic Edge
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Riker Electric Vehicle Company of Brooklyn, N.Y. First Plug In Electric Car In 1898
In a Deep Sleep, an E.V. Ancestor Awaits a Jolt - NYTimes.com: "Despite being a pioneer of the plug-in car, the Riker Electric Vehicle Company of Brooklyn, N.Y. (and later, New Jersey), is barely remembered today, partly because it existed for only a very short time. Andrew Riker, the company’s founder and a pioneer in electric motor design when he was only a teenager, sold the company to Colonel Albert Pope, the bicycle and electric-car magnate of Hartford, Conn., for a reported — and quite remarkable if true — $2 million in 1901."
Plutonium Is Spread Out All Around Fukushima
Vivian Norris: Deadly Silence on Fukushima: "About Japan: the problem is that the reactor uses 'dirty' fuel. It is a combination of plutonium and uranium (MOX). I suspect that the old fuel rods have bean spread out due to the explosion and the surrounding area is contaminated with plutonium which means you can never return to this place again. It is like a new Tchernobyl. Personally, I am not surprised that the authority has not informed people about this."
U.S. ‘Underwater’ Homeowners Increase to 28 Percent, Zillow Says - Bloomberg
U.S. ‘Underwater’ Homeowners Increase to 28 Percent, Zillow Says - Bloomberg: "Homeowners with negative equity increased from 22 percent a year earlier as home prices slumped 8.2 percent over the past 12 months, the Seattle-based company said. About 27 percent of homes with mortgages were “underwater” in the fourth quarter, according to Zillow, which runs a website with property-value estimates and real-estate listings."
No Breakfast For Kids Wearing ‘Wrong’ Shoes At Grade School « CBS Chicago
No Breakfast For Kids Wearing ‘Wrong’ Shoes At Grade School « CBS Chicago: "Chicago Public Schools is apologizing to a Chicago mother and her two young sons, ages 5 and 6, after they were denied breakfast because they came to schools wearing the wrong kind of shoes.
CBS 2’s Dorothy Tucker reports.
The Nicholson brothers only grab a quick snack before heading to class because they qualify for a full free breakfast at Adam Powell Grade School. It’s something they look forward to every day, and it hurt when they were recently turned away.
They were wearing black athletic shoes. The boys told their mom that the assistant principal, Angela Peagler wouldn’t let them eat because their shoes didn’t fit the school uniform, which calls for a regular black dress shoe."
CBS 2’s Dorothy Tucker reports.
The Nicholson brothers only grab a quick snack before heading to class because they qualify for a full free breakfast at Adam Powell Grade School. It’s something they look forward to every day, and it hurt when they were recently turned away.
They were wearing black athletic shoes. The boys told their mom that the assistant principal, Angela Peagler wouldn’t let them eat because their shoes didn’t fit the school uniform, which calls for a regular black dress shoe."
Memphis braces for Mississippi River flood crest | Reuters
Memphis braces for Mississippi River flood crest | Reuters: "The Mississippi River likely began to form a crest on Monday at a near-record level in Memphis, and downstream the U.S. government opened a spillway and prepared to open a second to relieve flooding pressure on low-lying New Orleans."
Al Franken: Smart phone and app privacy no joke - Tony Romm - POLITICO.com
Al Franken: Smart phone and app privacy no joke - Tony Romm - POLITICO.com: "As the senator's new privacy subcommittee prepares for its first hearing, the Minnesota Democrat told POLITICO in an interview he's particularly concerned that some people 'have no knowledge, and no way of knowing, where their information' shared on a smart phone or through an app 'is going.'
That's why Tuesday's session is 'not designed to be the last hearing' on smart phone privacy concerns, Franken said, as the panel explores whether legislation is needed.
'I think there is concern there,' Franken said of the smart phone industry and app makers. 'And I think somehow we're going to have to have some kind of rules of the road that will give direction [on privacy].' The senator added that those rules may 'have to involve apps' too."
That's why Tuesday's session is 'not designed to be the last hearing' on smart phone privacy concerns, Franken said, as the panel explores whether legislation is needed.
'I think there is concern there,' Franken said of the smart phone industry and app makers. 'And I think somehow we're going to have to have some kind of rules of the road that will give direction [on privacy].' The senator added that those rules may 'have to involve apps' too."
National Emergency Alert System Set To Launch In NYC « CBS New York
National Emergency Alert System Set To Launch In NYC « CBS New York: "The announcement of the new emergency alert system came Monday in the wake of Osama bin Laden’s death and an uptick in security and safety concerns around New York City.
For now, the system is capable on certain high-end cell phones but starting next year, all cell phones will be required to have the chip that receives alerts."
For now, the system is capable on certain high-end cell phones but starting next year, all cell phones will be required to have the chip that receives alerts."
China Claims Air Supremacy With Its New J-20 Stealth Fighter
China Claims Air Supremacy With Its New J-20 Stealth Fighter: "With no refueling of the J-20, Japan, South Korea, and former Air Force bases in the Philippines will all be open to attack; with refueling, United States operations in Guam become easily acquired targets.
Image: Global Security
This capability allows China to take full control of both 'island chains' that form the country's self-defined, maritime defense perimeter.
The study suggests that J-20s will be the tactical equal of U.S. F-22A Raptors as well as F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, and be capable of delivering large 'glide bombs' that will 'remain unseen through the whole delivery maneuver, effecting complete surprise.'"
Image: Global Security
This capability allows China to take full control of both 'island chains' that form the country's self-defined, maritime defense perimeter.
The study suggests that J-20s will be the tactical equal of U.S. F-22A Raptors as well as F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, and be capable of delivering large 'glide bombs' that will 'remain unseen through the whole delivery maneuver, effecting complete surprise.'"
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