US Justice Department Avoiding Corporate Prosecutions?
Over the last three years, the United States Justice Department has put off prosecuting more than fifty companies suspected of wrongdoing . In 2005, a report released by the Corporate Crime Reporter profiled dozens of these cases and warned against their use. DemocracyNow has the entire story.
High Definition moon map
Japan’s lunar spacecraft,Selene is sending stunningly-detailed information from Moon. JAXA—Japan’s space agency—also announced that the Selene mission has gathered detailed information regarding the mineral composition of parts of the Moon’s surface, including thorium, potassium, and uranium sites.
Tracking Teens using GPS
In an effort to better understand the connection between specific locations and bad behaviour, Researchers at Indiana University’s school of medicine plan to use cellphones to track the movements of teen girls.The study, which will take place in Indianapolis, is scheduled to be finished in 2010. It will compare the girls’ geographic location with their reported activities, Once a pattern is established, the phones will be used to contact the girls when they are approaching a place where they tend to misbehave.
Shrinking city
Youngstown a city in Ohio United States, has seen its population shrink by more than half over the past 40 years. Youngstown used to be America’s third-largest steel producer; its mill workers earned among the highest factory wages in America. Since the steel industry left town and jobs dried up city’s population has been shrinking.
36 million Americans live in poverty
There are 36 million Americans live in poverty - earning less than $20,650 for a family of four. More than 12 million American children grow up in impoverished homes. Compared to 20 other wealthy nation on measures of health, safety and relative poverty, America’s children fare amongst the worst.
National Geographic’s Human Footprint’
National Geographic Channel’s latest documentary “Human Footprint“, shows how our wanton consumerism is choking the planet. Over the two-hour broadcast, the consumption of a lifetime is piled up and put on display. Show host Elizabeth Vargas believes everyone watching this show can see that as each of us has an impact, each of us has a footprint. We also each have a responsibility to monitor our consumption and work on reducing our footprint. Consider this show as an ecology lesson with the most creative, dazzling and ambitious visual aids imaginable. Quantity of some items an American consumes over the life time: 5 054 Newspapers, 12 888 Oranges, 3796 Diapers, 12 129 Hamburger buns, 31 350 Galons of gas
Disposable cell phone coming to Europe
Hop-on Inc’s new disposable cellphone HOP2001 is to be released on Europe soon. The GSM/CDMA Dual Mode PDA HOP2001 model features Wi-Fi support, Windows Mobile 6(R), built-in GPS for use with Telenav GPS Navigator(TM) and a sleek, lightweight design. The price of the phone will be around 14 Euros.
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‘World peace’ hitcher is murdered
She wanted to show that she could put her trust in the kindness of local people. Giuseppina Pasqualino di Marineo was hitch-hiking in white wedding dress for peace, from Milan to Israel and the Palestinian Territories. Di Marineo’s project was meant to bring peace to the war-torn areas like Mediterranean and the Balkansg. Her decomposing body was found in bushes near the city of Gebze,Turkey.
Hosting provider Cashing in unassigned subdomains
Network Solutions, domain registration and hosting service provider was found to be taking advantage of its customers by hijacking sub domains and profiting from them without the domain owners’ permission. This same company was sued over “domain front running “, a practice of locking up domain names as soon as a user searches for them, taking them off the market and forcing users to use their service to register the name they want.
Diesel from the tree
An acre of 100 mature Copaifera langsdorfii trees might be able to produce 25 barrels of fuel per year.These trees can grow trunks 30 metres tall and store the oil in their unusual capillary structure. A single Copaifera langsdorfii will continue to produce fuel oil for 70 years. The diesel produced from these trees can be placed straight into a diesel tractor or truck after a simple refining process.
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Braille Cellphone for the blind
This Cellphone uses six of the phone’s buttons to represent the six-point Japanese Braille system. Anyone who knows Braille, can keys in symbols which will be sent to other phones and will cause a connected keypad to vibrate, spelling out the words. Right now it may be impractical, in future it will be more helpful gadget for the blind. The device was created by an ex-teacher at a school for the blind and a professor from Tsukuba University of Technology,Japan.
No TV in Teens’ Bedrooms
A new study found that, teens with a TV in their bedroom ate fruits and vegetables less often, ate fewer meals with their family, and were twice as likely to watch at least five daily hours of TV. Nearly two-thirds of the study participants— 62% — had a TV in their bedroom. American Academy of Pediatrics’ recommends not to give teens a bedroom TV.
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