The Plus Side of Pissing People Off. Tim Ferriss, author of The 4-Hour Work Week.
How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less by Dr. Roger W. Grim, D.C. Chris Solinsky Training – Correct Your Form and Prevent Injuries. Earlier this year, Chris Solinsky stunned the nation as he shattered the American Record in the 10,000 meters.
Running 26:59 in his debut 10k, Solinsky became the first ever American under 27 minutes and the fastest ever non-African. A month later, Solinsky ran 12:56 for 5,000 meters – the 4th American under 13 minutes. It's Official- Cell Phones are Killing Bees. Scientists may have found the cause of the world’s sudden dwindling population of bees – and cell phones may be to blame.
Research conducted in Lausanne, Switzerland has shown that the signal from cell phones not only confuses bees, but also may lead to their death. Over 83 experiments have yielded the same results. With virtually most of the population of the United States (and the rest of the world) owning cell phones, the impact has been greatly noticeable. Led by researcher Daniel Favre, the alarming study found that bees reacted significantly to cell phones that were placed near or in hives in call-making mode. Most Americans hate their jobs or have ‘checked out,’ Gallup says.
By Ricardo Lopez of The Seattle Times: Seven out of 10 workers have “checked out” at work or are “actively disengaged,” according to a recent Gallup survey.
In its ongoing survey of the American workplace, Gallup found that only 30 percent of workers are “were engaged, or involved in, enthusiastic about, and committed to their workplace.” Although that equals the high in engagement since Gallup began studying the issue in 2000, it is overshadowed by the number of workers who aren’t committed to performing at a high level — which Gallup says costs companies money. The poll, released last week, examined worker engagement beginning in 2010 and ending in 2012. The previous poll period covered 2008 through 2010.
The survey classifies three types of employees among the 100 million people in America who hold full-time jobs. Loss of Biodiversity and Extinctions. Author and Page information Massive Extinctions From Human Activity Despite knowing about biodiversity’s importance for a long time, human activity has been causing massive extinctions.
As the Environment New Service, reported back in August 1999 (previous link): “the current extinction rate is now approaching 1,000 times the background rate and may climb to 10,000 times the background rate during the next century, if present trends continue [resulting in] a loss that would easily equal those of past extinctions.” (Emphasis added) A major report, the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, released in March 2005 highlighted a substantial and largely irreversible loss in the diversity of life on Earth, with some 10-30% of the mammal, bird and amphibian species threatened with extinction, due to human actions. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) notes in a video that many species are threatened with extinction. Ocean_Acidification_The_Untold_Stories.pdf. Mississippi Could Soon Jail Women for Stillbirths, Miscarriages.
On March 14, 2009, 31 weeks into her pregnancy, Nina Buckhalter gave birth to a stillborn baby girl.
She named the child Hayley Jade. Two months later, a grand jury in Lamar County, Mississippi, indicted Buckhalter for manslaughter, claiming that the then-29-year-old woman "did willfully, unlawfully, feloniously, kill Hayley Jade Buckhalter, a human being, by culpable negligence. " The district attorney argued that methamphetamine detected in Buckhalter's system caused Hayley Jade's death.
The state Supreme Court, which heard oral arguments on the case on April 2, is expected to rule soon on whether the prosecution can move forward. The Canadian War on Science: A long, unexaggerated, devastating chronological indictment – Confessions of a Science Librarian. This is a brief chronology of the current Conservative Canadian government’s long campaign to undermine evidence-based scientific, environmental and technical decision-making.
It is a government that is beholden to big business, particularly big oil, and that makes every attempt to shape public policy to that end. It is a government that fundamentally doesn’t believe in science. It is a government that is more interested in keeping its corporate masters happy than in protecting the environment. Good Will Hunting had it right 14 years ago. The Truth about School. How to Walk Away - Heidi Grant Halvorson. Phineas H/Flickr Most of us know what it's like to stay in a job or a relationship after it's stopped being satisfying, or to take on a project that's too big and be reluctant to admit it.
CEOs have been known to allocate manpower and money to projects long after it becomes clear that they are failing. Think of JP Morgan's "London Whale" Bruno Iksil, who doubled down on a losing bet rather than admit his losses and ultimately cost the bank over six billion dollars. Earth Engine. Earth Engine Access Develop, access and run algorithms on the full Earth Engine data archive, all using Google's parallel processing platform.
Access to Earth Engine is currently available as a limited release to a small group of partners. If you are interested in developing on the Earth Engine platform, let us know. Google Earth Engine brings together the world's satellite imagery — trillions of scientific measurements dating back almost 40 years — and makes it available online with tools for scientists, independent researchers, and nations to mine this massive warehouse of data to detect changes, map trends and quantify differences on the Earth's surface. 6 'Harmless' Fads That Caused Widespread Destruction.
Fads are almost never a good thing, but rarely are they ever truly harmful.
We dump a few hundred bucks into Tamagotchis, Beanie Babies, or Rubik's Cubes, and then the craze is over and we put all that crap in a shoebox to confuse our future grandchildren. However, some fads have poisoned thousands, started wars, and enslaved entire nations, all for the sake of some dumbass thing people wanted to ride, wear, or eat. #6. France's Radium Craze Makes Paris Radioactive Photos.com/Photos.com/Getty Images. 6 'Harmless' Fads That Caused Widespread Destruction. #3. The Worldwide Love of Jeans Dyes China Blue Ciaran Griffin/Stockbyte/Getty Images The market for denim is absurd -- in 2006, over $15 billion was spent on jeans alone, and that's not even factoring in jackets, skirts, accessories, or acid wash (which, while technically just a style of jeans, presumably occupies its own wedge on the pie chart).
Earth's Endangered Creatures - List of All Endangered Snails. This TED Talk Was Banned For Attacking The Job Creator Myth; The Rich Don't Want You To See It (VIDEO. This TED talk is something which everyone needs to share. Both Democrats and Republicans believe that the rich are job creators, but it’s simply not true. Photo of Nick Hanauer screen captured from video. This TED talk isn’t posted on the TED website. 7 Dangerous Food Practices Banned in Europe But Just Fine in America. May 9, 2013 | Like this article?
Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email. The Sixth Extinction - The Most Recent Extinctions. While little has been documented about most historic extinctions, much more information is available on species that have been lost over the past few decades. This page lists (although incomplete) a selection of extinctions over the past centuries to provide greater insight into patterns of recent extinction and to highlight those species, subspecies and varieties that have most recently disappeared. The number of documented extinctions, according to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (version 2013.1) 709 species and 17 subspecies and varieties since the year 1500 CE, grossly under represents the true number of extinctions that have taken place in historic times, due to very incomplete and uneven sampling, both geographically and taxonomically.
Vietnamese rhino goes extinct. Vancouver Province Jon Ferry's Wonderful World of the Illogical. Climate change. Evidence. The Earth's climate has changed throughout history. Targeted Killing in International Law. The Last Time This Awful Thing Happened, We Didn't Even Exist. On 400 PPM, Mass Stupidity, and the Suicidal Language of Climate Lemmings. Carbon-dioxide levels are at their highest point in at least 800,000 years. Since 1956, the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii has been gathering data on how much carbon dioxide is in the atmosphere — a very basic measure of how humans are transforming the planet and setting the stage for future climate change.
Depression Part Two. Climate Change News Digest. List of threatened sharks. Einstein was right - honey bee collapse threatens global food security. Category:IUCN Red List critically endangered species. ENERGY: Overdevelopment and the Delusion of Endless Growth. Book:Pollution. Neonicotinoid. Earth's greenhouse gas levels approach 400 ppm milestone. Stop Coca-Cola trashing Australia. The World According to Monsanto (2008. I Thought Solitary Confinement in Iran Was Bad. Warming World. Meet the “family values,” anti-environment hypocrites. Guantánamo Prisoner's Memoirs Offer Rare First-Person Account of Torture. Do the Math - The Movie. 921720_10151462708218300_1854934749_o.png (PNG Image, 1139 × 799 pixels) Poachers have now killed all the rhinos in Mozambique. Republican Congressman Introduces Bill To Require Political Approval Of Scientific Papers.
Researchers create RFID-enabled paper, bringing us ever closer to traceable cash. 16-Year-Old Girl Arrested and Charged With a Felony For Science Project Mistake. Video Galleries : Jimquisition : The Creepy Cull of Female Protagonists. Nestle CEO: Water Is Not A Human Right, Should Be Privatized. Video: Collecting Rainwater Now Illegal in Many States. Gallery For 52 Shades of Greed. Budget bill gives Harper Cabinet new powers over CBC. Gorilla Youngsters Seen Dismantling Poachers' Traps—A First. Canada's environmental activists seen as 'threat to national security' Latest News. Should Everest be closed? Pristine Continent, Messy Problem.
Pay Day Loans. This Rapper Can Brag About Being Arrested. Because He Was Arrested For Doing Something Really Good. Progress and Contentment. 7 Reasons the 21st Century is Making You Miserable. Network Conversations: 06-07-2012. The Apparent Myth of the Noble Savage. Deep Green Resistance News Service. Take the Red Pill. "The task of an activist is not to navigate systems of oppressive power with as much personal integrity as possible; it is to dismantle those systems." -Lierre Keith.
Death Throes. Deforestation. Deforestation. Tree Deforestation Statistics. Home - Seeds of Freedom. Oil and Fossil Fuels. Denial of Death - Denial of Consequences. After the Beginning. Pre-Peeled, Re-Wrapped Bananas Are the Most Wasteful Sign of the Apocalypse Yet. Steward. Species we have made Endangered. Things We have Killed Forever. Boat filled with protected species hits coral reef. Four Horsemen - Official Trailer I. Safeguarding The Third Rock from the Sun. World Population - The Current World Population.
Has Middle America's Wages Stagnated? Average Home Price Tops $264,000 in October. Why Congress Is So Hilariously Awful At Its Job. Adam Kingsmith: The Slow and Painful Death of Freedom in Canada. Press Freedom Index 2002. Press Freedom Index 2013.