Monthly Archives: May 2009

HP Notebook Batteries Fire Hazard

HP Recalls Notebook Computer Batteries Due to Fire Hazard WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Name of Product: Lithium-Ion batteries used in Hewlett-Packard and Compaq [...]
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EPA Orders Scotts to Stop Selling Certain Pesticides

* Twenty-Four Pesticide Products Affected * What happened? o Pesticides containing unapproved ingredients o Pesticides containing false, misleading or unsubstantiated label claims o Pesticides with improper or insufficient labeling o Pesticides sold before EPA registration approval and containing false or misleading label claims or lacking proper safety instructions o Unregistered pesticide products + EPA Analysis [...]
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Introducing The Waterfall House

Prelude Introduction Q: Is a waterfall house possible? 1. Is it physically possible? 2. Is it economical? A: Yes. The escalating global energy crisis, and resulting climate crisis, is a problem worth solving. My preference would be nuclear fusion; however, the scientists have told me it is many years away. In fact, it may not [...]
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The Hydro Fusion Heating and Cooling System

Introduction Yes. For many years, I have imagined different types of living environments, such as “Tunnel Under.” Tunnel Under living has to do with living underground. It would be a last resort to escape from environmental threats. As a child, I did imagine these events would occur in my life time. Sorry to say, most [...]
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Forecasting: The Impact of Governance and Globalization

Traducción al español Based on The Economics Of Y2K Abstract: The Tunnel Under Thesis Planning and control are two traditional functions of management. Once a plan has been determined, it must be carried out. The cost involved in controlling the plan is dependent on the quality of the plan. The quality of the planning function [...]
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The Economics Of Y2K

The following thesis was started in 1998. As a group heavily involved in IT (information technologies), we were curious as to the implications of the Y2K (year 2000) computer “bug”. At that time, most computers had been built with the ability to handle dates using two digits for the year. When the clocks in computers [...]
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Biggest Health Threat: Global Warming

Human induced climate change is “the biggest global health threat of the 21st century,” according to a group of experts. “This is a bad diagnosis not just for children in different lands. It’s for our children and grandchildren,” Anthony Costello, a professor of international child health and director of the Institute for Global Health at [...]
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Long, Long, Long Walk In Space

Outer Space — Astronauts completed one of NASA’s top six longest spacewalks over the weekend. The Atlantis’ Mission to Hubble was not suppose to have a spacewalk of this length; however, a problem arose while working on a bolt interface. Astronaut, Mike Massimino, had to remove over 100 screws by hand. NASA reported: In the [...]
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Disbarment of Bush-Cheney’s Torture Lawyers?

Two orginizations are seeking the disbarment of Bush-era lawyers. Voters For Peace asks you to sign their petition: I am writing you to urge you to hold torturers, their enablers and those who formulated the policy accountable to the rule of law. Three steps are needed: 1. Lawyers who used their license to practice law [...]
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Influenza A(H1N1) Update

As of 06:00 GMT, 17 May 2009, 39 countries have officially reported 8480 cases of influenza A(H1N1) infection. Mexico has reported 2895 laboratory confirmed human cases of infection, including 66 deaths. The United States has reported 4714 laboratory confirmed human cases, including four deaths. Canada has reported 496 laboratory confirmed human cases, including one death. [...]
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