The Wired article describes how there is concern that the virus is being spread through pollen. Colony collapse disorder kills bees, resulting in fewer bees to pollinate crops. Less pollination results in a lower yield.
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Passengers Stuck On Planes Overnight
Passengers Stuck On Planes Overnight
Passengers were apparently stuck on planes on the runway of JFK airport for up …
21 hour trip and then a 11-1/2 hour wait until employees from Immigration could arrive.
Blizzard no way to spend 15 hours on the NYC Subway. NY Times article
Cold, hungry, ignored and angry - NY Times describes a worse than usual day.
New York City stays the same even in a blizzard. NY Times article
From the NY Times: On Second Avenue, near 44th Street, heaps of garbage bags circling a tree had been all but concealed by a snowdrift. But here, now, something came burrowing out of a white hole. A rat. Ah, yes, New York.
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Second Time Is Not the Charm for India's ISRO Rocket Program [Disasters]
290 Social Media Resources From 2010
Thursday, December 23, 2010
NY Times: Prichard, Alabama stops paying pensions. Fund ran out of money.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/23/business/23prichard.html "The city stopped paying its pensions. And no one stepped in to enforce the law."
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
This $271 Million Telescope Is Buried Under the South Pole [Astronomy]
Monday, December 20, 2010
Special Ops Tools
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Tough Tech: 10 Rugged Gadgets That Will Go the Distance
Thursday, December 16, 2010
New migrant workers: Living in your RV and following the jobs.
Walletpop.com describes how a lot of people are just getting work in their free time, following the jobs. How many do this as a new lifestyle? Walmart is a temporary parking lot for their motor homes.
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Thinking man
5 Fake Books Featured In Real Books
34 New Social Media Resources You May Have Missed
Six reasons to let it go
Friday, December 10, 2010
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Monday, December 6, 2010
It was almost normal that he screamed, that we worked 14 hours, that we ate on the floor," she said. "That was our America.
Yahoo article on J-1 visa abuse in the United States. "An Associated Press investigation found students forced to work in strip clubs instead of restaurants. Others take home $1 an hour or even less. Some live in apartments so crowded that they sleep in shifts because there aren't enough beds. Others have to eat on floors."
Sunday, December 5, 2010
37 New Social Media Resources You May Have Missed
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Friday, December 3, 2010
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Modern Day Hunt Brothers: Crash JP Morgan, Buy Physical Silver
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12 Fun Hacks for Getting More Out of YouTube
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