Research from Imperial College London is now taking cloaking invisibility using metamaterials into the fourth dimension — time — creating the potential to hide whole events, so an object could move from one region of space to another, completely unseen by anyone watching.
Research published today (November 16, 2010) in IOP Publishing’s Journal of Optics explains how the propagation of light can be manipulated to create a “temporal void,” allowing undetectable moments of… Continue
Scientists building the case against free thought and how to spread through media.
Has the scientific consensus about the increasing scale and pace of climate change rendered traditional journalistic concepts of fairness and balance obsolete?
Global governance — the collective management of common problems at the international level — is at a critical juncture, according to a new report issued jointly by the ODNI’s National Intelligence Council (NIC) and the European Union’s Institute for… Continue
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The US government is preparing to appoint a privacy czar and introduce legislation to address growing concerns over Internet privacy. The announcement is expected to come within weeks along with a report from the US Commerce Department, though at this point, the details are apparently far from being hammered out.
The government has historically taken a largely hands-off approach to online privacy, leaving the industry to self-regulate except in extreme cases. According to unnamed… Continue
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November 18th, 2010 by maxkeiser
1 – JP Morgan has a huge short position in Silver – estimated to be 3.3 billion ounces – tied to an enormous, extremely precarious derivatives position (estimated to represent 1.5 trillion in risk to its balance sheet at $500 Silver).
2 – Various exchanges around the world have been caught… Continue
CALLING ALL PATRIOT RESPONDERS TIME TO STEP UP AND FIGHT THE TSA! SUPPORT H.R. 6416: The American Traveler Dignity Act Introduced by Congressman Ron Paul - Nov…
"My greatest fear here is with the advent of the Internet, and with the advent of social media, that a small vocal minority of individuals who are perhaps misinformed are able to reach a great number of people." So said dentist Harry Hoediono, the incoming head of the… Continue
* Philadelphia has the highest poverty rate of any major city, with one out of four people living in poverty. One-third of that population is under 18.
* In September, about 70,700 Philadelphians were unemployed and looking for work. In December 2007, when most economists say the recession began, 39,500 people were unemployed.
* More than 900,000 residents of the Delaware Valley are at risk for chronic hunger and malnutrition.
America has been accused of illegally spying on hundreds of people in Norway, Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Iceland.
Officials in the five countries expressed their unhappiness at surveillance tactics that were conducted without the knowledge of the individual nations' governments.
America claims officials informed the Norwegian government about the operation which was aimed at terror suspects.
In other instances, it has stated it has 'nothing to hide'. But… Continue
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Obama to Honor Buffett, George H.W. Bush With Freedom Award
By Nicholas Johnston and Traci McMillan - Nov 17, 2010 5:00 PM GMT-0600
Obama to Honor Buffett, George H.W. Bush, Merkel
U.S. President Barack Obama. Photographer: Yuri Gripas/Pool via Bloomberg
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett, former President George H.W. Bush and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be among this year’s recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the White House… Continue
Mr. Speaker, today I introduce legislation to protect Americans from physical and emotional abuse by federal Transportation Security Administration employees conducting screenings at the nation’s airports. We have seen the videos of terrified children being grabbed and probed by airport screeners. We have read the stories of Americans being subjected to humiliating body imaging machines and/or forced to have the most intimate parts of their bodies poked and fondled. We do… Continue
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Ireland’s young flee abroad as economic meltdown looms
Posted on November 15, 2010 by afteramerica
Many young people are seeking to emigrate rather than face a life of hardship as the republic lurches towards financial collapse
Homeless man Ireland
A homeless Irish teenager begs on Merrion row, just around the corner from government bulidings in Dublin, Ireland.
Photograph: Kim Haughton for the guardian.
On the Glenn Beck show 11/17/2010 about halfway through the show after whitewashing the issues as usual. He brought out a top Israeli Secret Service operative that now oversees security for El AL Airlines. Beck explained how it took 3 HOURS for him to get through their INTERROGATION, thats right lets dump the radiation machines for get this, returning vets interrogating you on top of all the normal searches, that is if Glenn Beck where running things. Returning vets and Israeli style… Continue
In light of flaring controversy over the Transportation Security Administration's enhanced pat-downs and nude body scan imaging systems, officials have continued to stress that detailed photographs of passengers' anatomy are not saved and do not get passed around.
But, that's not true in all cases. An attorney for the US Marshals admitted in August that over 35,000 images from a body scanner in an Orlando, Florida courthouse were… Continue
Obsession with killing microorganisms is dangerous for humans and planet, scientist warns
Wednesday, November 17, 2010 by: S. L. Baker, features writer
We need to start creating our own internet infrastructure backup and this is a great way to start before Sen. Joe Lieberman has his way with an internet "kill switch" like the one China has that he loves so much.
The investigation into the sinking of the Cheonan--A documentary about unknown story behind the mysterious sinking of the warship.
On March 26, 2010, the South Korean Navy's patrol combat corvette Cheonan sank, and with it took the lives of 46 of the 104 sailors aboard.
Journalists have worked to uncover the facts behind what happened, and this documentary is a gathering of our investigation findings to date.
Our findings uncovered significant flaws in the… Continue
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DW Description: Chris Langan is known to have the highest IQ in the world, somewhere between 195 and 210. To give you an idea of what this means, the average...