“We accept our responsibilities as a corporate citizen in community, national, and world affairs; we serve our interests best when we serve the public interest…. We want to be at the forefront of those companies which are working to make the world a better place.” IBM CEO Thomas J. Watson, Jr, IBM’s Basic Beliefs & [...]
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Mark Landler and Edward Wong, covering Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping’s trip to the US, in the New York Times, Feb 14, With Edge, U.S. Greets China’s Heir Apparent, wrote, “On the list of American concerns, Mr. Biden said, were China’s artificially depressed currency and conditions imposed by the Chinese that require foreign companies to [...]
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I drew four conclusions after reading Hiroko Tabuchi’s article, A Confused Nuclear Cleanup, in the NY Times, and looking at the US Government’s evacuation map, pictured above (obtained at the National Post, here. The Fukushima disaster is bad, really bad. The Japanese want to clean it up; but don’t know how. The nuclear industry in [...]
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NRC, has voted to allow Georgia Power to spend $14 Billion of ratepayer monies to build two reactors, Vogtle 3 and 4 near Waynesboro, Georgia. These would be the first new nuclear plants in the US in 35 years. Opponents say “we don’t need the power, but the utility wants the [...]
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While water covers 73% of the earth’s surface, clean water is, in many parts of the world, a scarce and expensive resource, and is increasingly becoming more scarce and more expensive. It is common in the eastern and central parts of the US, however, even here we experience water shortages. Frakking, coal processing, cooling [...]
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In Jobless Rate Fell To 8.3% in January, 2012, as, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, approximately 243,000 new jobs were added in the economy, here. This is good. But an unemployment rate of 8.3% means there are 13 million people out of work and looking for jobs. That doesn’t count the millions that [...]
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Tweet While it ain’t over till it’s over, 2011 is over. A lot that could have happened, didn’t. Obama didn’t resign, Donald Trump didn’t throw his hat into the ring or divorce his current wife and marry one or more Kardashians. Newt Gingrich threw his hat into the ring, but also didn’t divorce his [...]
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In “The World Will Not End, and Other Predictions for 2012,” I wrote “Apple and IBM will continue to thrive. Microsoft will grow, slightly. Dell and HP will thrash. A share of Apple, which sold for $11 in December, 2001, and $380 in Dec. 2011, will sell for $480 in Dec. 2012.” Apple has already [...]
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Does Freedom of Speech imply the responsibility to speak honestly – even when what is not what people want to hear? John Ehrenfeld, on his blog, in discussing the US Presidential Campaign, noted (here), “[M]y concerns and consternation at the virtually complete absence of truth from [a GOP debate in New hampshire]. Not only was the [...]
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“Think Global, Act Local,” – Anonymous. “Re-localization is a critical step in moving toward sustainability. The “global economy” is one of the culprits of our present mess,” – John Ehrenfeld. “Sustainability is the possibility that human and other life will flourish on the planet forever,” – John Ehrenfeld. Ehrenfeld, author of “Sustainability by Design,” here, [...]
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While the editors of Popular Logistics understand that it is important to prepare for emergencies – and carry flashlights, per the 911 Commission, we also understand that it is important to avoid emergencies. We also note that President Theodor Roosevelt once said “Speak softly but carry a big stick.” ABC News reports the statements made [...]
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Let us remember the Blue Marble. There would be no food – and no life – without sunlight and clean water. The whales, and the dolphins, the deer and the polar bear, are our cousins. Let us return to the UN on March 20, May 9, June 20, September 3, and December 21 with delegations [...]
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I just bought some LED bulbs at Home Depot. The bulbs, from Cree and Lighting Sciences, are sold under the “ecosmart” ™ brand. The Lighting Sciences bulbs will go into my bathroom. The CREE bulbs will go into the bedrooms, family room, and the kitchen. Over their 35,000 lifespan, each LED bulb will outlast 14 [...]
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Here are my top 10 predictions for 2012. These are less readings of the tea leaves or the entrails of goats and chickens and more simple extrapolations of patterns in progress. Altho that may be the way effective oracles. They just masked their observations with hocus pocus, mumbo-jumbo, and guts. This list runs a gamut [...]
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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.