Tweet In “Why We Still Need Nuclear,” the “op-ed” piece written in the New York Times, July 30, 2011, Tom Kilgore, the President and CEO of the Tennessee Valley Authority, seems to have made up his mind to attempt to complete the Bellefonte 1 nuclear power plant, in Hollywood, Alabama. Mr. Kilgore is in [...]
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Tweet The Associated Press via the Sacramento Bee reported that “Exxon Mobil Corp. earned $10.7 billion … its highest quarterly profit since the third quarter of 2008…. However, Exxon officials noted that sluggish business investment, lower consumer spending and high debt would continue to weigh on the economy.” Let’s do some math – Exxon earned [...]
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Tweet Below is an excerpt from Erik Eckholm’s piece in the Times, noting the settlement of litigation between Bunnatine “Bunny” Greenhouse and DOD for retaliatory action after her objections, in 2005, to the Halliburton/KBR no-bid contract for logistical support in Iraq. Greenhouse had been the Chief Contracting Officer for the Army Corps of Engineers. She’d [...]
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Tweet The battle raging today between Democrats and Republicans will not solve the nation’s debt problems, nor avert a financial catastrophe in the future. The politicians do not appear to have a handle on a comprehensive solution to our financial woes. I’m not certain that I do, either, but I feel an obligation as a citizen [...]
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Gunmen riding motorcycles fatally shot an Iranian scientist in front of his house in Tehran on Saturday, Iranian news agencies reported. It appeared to be the latest in a series of attacks that Iranian authorities have called an assassination campaign directed by Israeli, American and British intelligence agencies against the country’s nuclear program. The scientist, [...]
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Tweet A s they struggle to pay their bills, forced to work, the wealthy cope as only they can. By sending their children to summer camp in private jets. In “To Reach Simple Life of Summer Camp, Lining Up for Private Jets” Christine Haughney, in the New York Times, July 24, 2011, wrote: [...]
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Tweet It sounds too good to be true: * 100 gigawatts of offshore wind, $300 Billion, * 100 gw of landbased wind, $200 Billion, * 75 gw of solar, $300 Billion, * 75 gw of geothermal, $200 Billion. * 200 gigawatt equivalents of efficiency – $200 Billion. * 100 & Clean, Renewable, Sustaianble [...]
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Once again, Matt Wald of The Times explains what’s happening with our energy infrastructure: WASHINGTON — Federal regulators laid down principles on Thursday for planning and paying for new power lines, part of a long-term policy effort to help the nation’s electricity grid grow enough to meet the demands of renewable energy and a competitive [...]
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As the BBC reports further details, the Norway attacks have taken on a particularly cold-blooded and calculated character. It appears that, after bombing the government center in Oslo, dressed as a police officer, the killer went to an island on which the Labour Party was holding a recreational event for teenagers. Posing as a police [...]
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Via the BBC, Twin terror attacks shock Norway Norway has been hit by twin attacks – a massive bomb blast in the capital and a shooting attack on young people at a governing Labour Party youth camp At least seven people were killed in the bombing, which inflicted huge damage on government buildings in Oslo [...]
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Tafline Laylin, writing at Inhabitat – a brilliant blog whose work we should be bringing to our readers’ attention more often, describes how – instead of demolishing a water treatment plant’s structures to make space for housing – it was repurposed and made part of the housing. This is a multiple success – resources conserved [...]
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Tweet The rainbow in the grey skies is magical and alluring. But take a look at history before suggesting that the USA should operate under the limitations of a balanced budget. A good place to start is by searching on milestone wars that made or saved this country. Try a search such as “US Revolutionary [...]
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If terrorism can make Americans afraid of each other, they’ve advanced their agenda both by bring divisive, and also by diverting attention from real threats. From Dina Temple-Raston, NPR national security correspondent, on NPR’s Morning Edition. Audio available later today. Excerpted from NPR’s Terrorism Training Casts Pall Over Muslim Employee In the first of two [...]
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Cryptome has published a previously classified account of John T. Downey and Richard G. Fecteau, two CIA officers captured on a mission to exfiltrate a dissident from China in 1952. From Two CIA Prisoners in China, 1952-73, itself derived from Two CIA Prisoners in China, 1952-73, Extraordinary Fidelity, by Nicholas Dujmovic This article draws extensively on operational files and other internal [...]
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Tweet Be careful what you wish for. You just might get it. If, on August 2, 2011, the United States defaults on various debt obligations, then historians may well consider that date as the date on which the United States of America ceases to occupy the position it has held since the end of [...]
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The same messages can be communicated by signalling the letter "K" in Morse code via signal lamp. (While a proper signal lamp may be ideal, a flashlight, probably best employing red LEDs, will certainly fit the bill).
In Morse, the letter "K" is represent as Dash - Dot -- Dash.
The ICS also has a subset, the Medical Signal Code, which uses three-character phrases to communicate brief medical messages.