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01/23/12--05:15: ANTI-PROPAGANDA: Roundup: Argentina's human tragedy (chan 1523686)

ANTI-PROPAGANDA: Roundup: Argentina's human tragedy :

stopkillingourworld:

Since I’m on a MONSANTO roll this morning:

Claire Robinson
ISIS, 6 October 2010
http://www.i-sis.org.uk/argentinasRoundupHumanTragedy.php

*Ten years of GM soy and glyphosate poisoning have escalated rates of cancer and birth defects.

*GM soy a death sentence for humans and the environment

Argentina has become a…

via mamitah




01/23/12--05:21: Perché Napster aveva ragione | Il Post (chan 1523686)

Perché Napster aveva ragione | Il Post:

steff1024:

Assicurati i brevetti e iniziata la produzione (che tale non fu, come vedremo più avanti), Watt dedicò gran parte delle sue energie a combattere gli inventori rivali. Nel 1782 si assicurò un altro brevetto, reso «necessario come conseguenza […]. dell’essere stato così ingiustamente anticipato da [Matthew] Wasborough nel movimento a pedale». Nell’ultimo decennio del secolo, quando il motore di Hornblower, nettamente superiore a quello di Watt, venne messo in produzione, Boulton e Watt perseguirono Hornblower con tutti gli strumenti che il sistema legale metteva a loro disposizione. Durante i trentuno anni di validità dei brevetti di Watt, il Regno Unito aggiunse al proprio stock di macchine a vapore un totale di circa 750 cavalli di potenza: una cifra oggi risibile, ma all’epoca davvero considerevole. Nondimeno, nei trent’anni successivi alla scadenza dei brevetti di Watt, la potenza installata crebbe al ritmo di più di 4.000 cavalli all’anno. Inoltre, l’efficienza delle macchine a vapore nell’utilizzo del materiale combustibile cambiò assai poco durante il periodo di validità dei brevetti di Watt, mentre tra il 1810 e il 1835 si stima che sia aumentata di cinque volte. Dopo la scadenza dei brevetti di Watt si registrò un’esplosione nella produzione e nell’efficienza dei motori a vapore; la potenza da essi generata divenne la forza trainante della Rivoluzione industriale.




01/25/12--00:30: kv96ic28: This is yet just another example of the true and... (chan 1523686)





kv96ic28:

This is yet just another example of the true and realized injustices of our USA Justice System.  (Ya want more examples?  Ya still not convinced?)




01/25/12--00:30: nevver: Instructions:1. Stare at the red dot on the girl’s nose... (chan 1523686)





nevver:

Instructions:
1. Stare at the red dot on the girl’s nose for 30 seconds.
2. Turn your eyes to a plain surface (your ceiling or blank wall).
3. Blink repeatedly and quickly.
4. WTF! one+infinity




01/25/12--02:56: expose-the-light: This bizarre tulip-shaped creature is related... (chan 1523686)





expose-the-light:

This bizarre tulip-shaped creature is related to nothing else on Earth

This is Siphusauctum gregarium, a creature that lived in the ocean 500 million years ago. It’s so completely strange that it’s taken scientists 30 years just to figure out how to describe it. It’s literally like nothing else on Earth.




01/25/12--05:00: "I Greci avevano più termini per il mare: hals è il sale, il mare come materia; pontos è il mare come..." (chan 1523686)

“I Greci avevano più termini per il mare: hals è il sale, il mare come materia; pontos è il mare come distesa e viaggio; pelagos è il vasto e aperto mare; thalassa è un concetto di carattere generale (di origine sconosciuta, forse cretese), mare come esperienza o avvenimento; kolpos significa insenatura o riparo: una rientranza o un golfo. Nei testi dei grandi poeti e narratori questi termini potevano affiancarsi l’uno all’altro cosicché, messi insieme, moltiplicavano i rispettivi significati: materia-presenza, natura-spazio, via-avvenimento, distesa-spettacolo, e così all’infinito, come del resto le stesse visioni del mare si completano e trapassano l’una nell’altra.”

- P. Matvejević - “Il Mediterraneo e l’Europa” (via alfaprivativa)


01/26/12--08:05: hannahkc: progressivefriends: Stockholm streets on 3 September... (chan 1523686)





hannahkc:

progressivefriends:

Stockholm streets on 3 September 1967, the day when Sweden switched from driving on the left to the right.

I love this story.




01/27/12--01:54: "What I hate is ignorance, smallness of imagination, the eye that sees no farther than its own..." (chan 1523686)

““What I hate is ignorance, smallness of imagination, the eye that sees no farther than its own lashes. All things are possible… Who you are is limited only by who you think you are.””

- Egyptian Book of the Dead  (via mademoiselleplaguedoctor)


01/28/12--04:11: The problem with lying (chan 1523686)

limoncellomusings:

is that you get used to it. and then you do it, when there’s hardly any need to.




01/28/12--04:18: Il Colorado per caso? (chan 1523686)





Il Colorado per caso?




01/28/12--05:00: "Il genere umano non può sopportare troppa realtà." (chan 1523686)

“Il genere umano non può sopportare troppa realtà.”

- Thomas Stearns Eliot - Quattro quartetti (via alfaprivativa)


01/28/12--06:18: Antibiotics Prove Powerless as Super-Germs Spread (chan 1523686)

Antibiotics Prove Powerless as Super-Germs Spread:

“In India, where poor hygiene and the availability of over-the-counter antibiotics encourage the development of resistance, an estimated 100 to 200 million people are reportedly already carriers of these virtually unbeatable killer bacteria.”




01/29/12--05:44: Photo (chan 1523686)








01/29/12--05:58: Photo (chan 1523686)






01/30/12--00:16: Climate-driven heat peaks may shrink wheat crops (chan 1523686)

Climate-driven heat peaks may shrink wheat crops:

More intense heat waves due to global warming could diminish wheat crop yields around the world through premature ageing, according to a study published Sunday in Nature Climate Change.




01/30/12--00:26: How wings really work (chan 1523686)

How wings really work:

A 1-minute video released by the University of Cambridge sets the record straight on a much misunderstood concept – how wings lift.




01/30/12--00:33: Optical Illusion experiment shows higher brain functions involved in pupil size control (chan 1523686)

Optical Illusion experiment shows higher brain functions involved in pupil size control:

We all know that our pupils contract when our eyes are exposed to increases in the brightness of light. The reason is to both protect the delicate inner workings of our eyes and to help provide for optimum viewing based on available light. But we also know that our pupils dilate, or become larger when we are aroused, regardless of the reason, which means that pupil size is not always just a reaction to lighting conditions. Now, new research by Bruno Laeng and Tor Endestad from the Department of Psychology at the University of Oslo, shows that our pupils also react based on what we think we see sometimes, rather than what is actually there. In their paper, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the two show that pupil constriction occurs when viewing an optical illusion that at first makes us believe one image is brighter than another, when in reality, they are the same.




01/30/12--00:36: Group settings can diminish expressions of intelligence, especially among women (chan 1523686)

Group settings can diminish expressions of intelligence, especially among women :


In the classic film “12 Angry Men,” Henry Fonda’s character sways a jury with his quiet, persistent intelligence. But would he have succeeded if he had allowed himself to fall sway to the social dynamics of that jury?




01/30/12--00:40: Experiences are better when we know they're about to end (chan 1523686)

Experiences are better when we know they're about to end:

People often view the “last” moments of an event positively simply because they signal the end of an experience, say University of Michigan researchers.




01/30/12--01:26: Multitasking may harm the social and emotional development of tweenage girls, researchers say (chan 1523686)

Multitasking may harm the social and emotional development of tweenage girls, researchers say