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Tuesday, October 05, 2010
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
...in the Rain.
A short linguistic tripsichord to tantalize you indelicate sensibilities...
Rain
Mahatma Gandhi, as you know, walked barefoot most of the time, which produced an impressive set of calluses on his feet. He also ate very little, which made him rather frail and with his odd diet, he suffered from bad breath. This made him ……. A super calloused fragile … mystic hexed by halitosis.
Rain Chacon, March 5th, 1972–September 22nd, 2010. RIP.
I did not know her and I am less for it.
Monday, September 27, 2010
the echo chamber resounds
Now, finally, the echo chamber resounds...
Iranian nuclear programme targeted by computer virus
Maryam Sinaiee, and Michael Theodoulou
- Last Updated: September 27. 2010 12:32AM UAE / September 26. 2010 8:32PM GMT
In the tech community and in the automation/manufacturing community we have been reading about this for weeks. I wonder what aspect of it finally gave traction to the mainstream media to pay attention. Could it be... nuclear programmes? It is about flipping time.
TEHRAN // Iran revealed yesterday that a so-called computer worm – which experts say shows unprecedented ingenuity and is unique in its ability to seize control of industrial plants – has infected the personal computers of staff at its first nuclear power plant.
The Face Behind The Book
Ha ha ha ho ho ho...
Ok, this just in... Mark Zuckerberg is the perfect 'Bad Boy' front man to be running FB. He may well have come up with the idea (or borrowed/stolen it like another 'Bad Boy' wonder, perhaps your remember him, Bill G.) But my point remains... Mark Z is the perfect diversionary carnival barker. He is the guy who creates all the noise - that is essential for any real business to survive and grow. All the while cadres of very smart, quiet people are running the FB machine.
So, lets all love/hate the loud guy out front. And please remember to pay your admission at the door for the greatest show on earth.
Step right up...
Step right up, step right up, step right up,
Everyone's a winner, bargains galore
That's right, you too can be the proud owner
Of the quality goes in before the name goes on
One-tenth of a dollar, one-tenth of a dollar, we got service after sales
You need perfume? we got perfume, how 'bout an engagement ring?
Something for the little lady, something for the little lady,
Something for the little lady, hmm
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Friday, September 24, 2010
Poverty
Income, Poverty and Health Insurance in the United States: 2009
The data presented here are from the Current Population Survey (CPS), 2010 Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC), the source of official poverty estimates. The CPS ASEC is a sample survey of approximately 100,000 household nationwide. These data reflect conditions in calendar year 2009.
The official poverty rate in 2009 was 14.3 percent — up from 13.2 percent in 2008. This was the second statistically significant annual increase in the poverty rate since 2004.
In 2009, 43.6 million people were in poverty, up from 39.8 million in 2008 — the third consecutive annual increase in the number of people in poverty.
Between 2008 and 2009, the poverty rate increased for non-Hispanic Whites (from 8.6 percent to 9.4 percent), for Blacks (from 24.7 percent to 25.8 percent), and for Hispanics (from 23.2 percent to 25.3 percent). For Asians, the 2009 poverty rate (12.5 percent) was not statistically different from the 2008 poverty rate.1
The poverty rate in 2009 (14.3 percent) was the highest poverty rate since 1994 but was 8.1 percentage points lower than the poverty rate in 1959, the first year for which poverty estimates are available.
The number of people in poverty in 2009 (43.6 million) is the largest number in the 51 years for which poverty estimates have been published.
Between 2008 and 2009, the poverty rate increased for children under the age of 18 (from 19.0 percent to 20.7 percent) and people aged 18 to 64 (from 11.7 percent to 12.9 percent), but decreased for people aged 65 and older (from 9.7 percent to 8.9 percent). 2
Footnotes:
1 The poverty rate for Blacks was not statistically different from that of Hispanics.
2 Since unrelated individuals under 15 are excluded from the poverty universe, there are 460,000 fewer children in the poverty universe than in the total civilian noninstitutionalized population.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Tiny Albino Hedgehog
This tiny albino hedgehog is currently being cared for by the Kuziomski Igliwiak Foundation in Krakow, Poland. The hedgehog centre, which is run by animal lover Andrzej Kuziomski, is the only one of its kind in the country. Dedicated Andrzej mans a 24-hour helpline and ambulance service dedicated to helping injured hedgehogs
Picture: EAST MEWS / REX FEATURES (via Pictures of the day: 21 September 2010 - Telegraph)
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Great is as great does!
America will not regain its preeminent position on the world stage simply by saying that it is "Number 1". Simply saying that one is great does not make it so... Being great on the other hand is irrefutable.
Great is as great does! We must be 100% right 100% of the time.
Almost is not good enough. Make-do-get-by is not good enough. A country torn asunder is not good enough.
When we clean up our own house. When we take care of _all_ of our own. Then we will be great.
America, we have let bipartisan politics polymerize us. Right now we are a country of Us and Them.
We must become one country of US. United for the greater good.
Stop allowing derisive and disingenuous factions to split us apart.
America unite!
One America, complete, healthy and whole.
Saturday, September 18, 2010
John Lennon
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