Sunday, April 5, 2009
Quote of the Day
From the New York Times Online:
QUOTATION OF THE DAY
"A girl is just not as good as a son. It doesn’t matter how much money you have. If you don’t have a son, you are not as good as other people who have one."SU QINGCAI, a tea farmer in China who paid $3,500 for a 5-year-old boy.
And folks...this is part of what is wrong with our world. And to think we live in the 21st Century. Sometimes I wonder how we ever made it out of the middle ages to where we are today.
And to add to the above quote is a video about the children being kidnapped in China to fill the needs of people like this guy:
Video: China’s Kidnapped Children
Thousands of Chinese children have been kidnapped and sold for profit in a crime authorities seem unable or unwilling to stop.
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Harley's CEO-Another Big Reason "Why we are in a Recession"
His name is James Ziemer and though his companie's stock fell 62% in 2008, his pay rose about 26%. Add to that he is paid almost $1 Million Dollars a year......while the company that he oversees just laid off hundreds and hundreds of people.
I for one will never buy a motorcycle from a company who treats it's rank and file employees like this while giving their CEO a huge pay raise and paying him an insane salary...more so because of what is going on with the economy right now and with the world.
This, to me, is one of the reasons we are in such a mess. High paid executives who keep getting more pay even though their companies are loosing money and shedding hardworking employees.
Read on for more:
Harley's CEO sees 26% boost in compensation - JSOnline
I for one will never buy a motorcycle from a company who treats it's rank and file employees like this while giving their CEO a huge pay raise and paying him an insane salary...more so because of what is going on with the economy right now and with the world.
This, to me, is one of the reasons we are in such a mess. High paid executives who keep getting more pay even though their companies are loosing money and shedding hardworking employees.
Read on for more:
Harley's CEO sees 26% boost in compensation - JSOnline
If the Sun Dissapeared or Went Out...
....What would happen to the Earth??
A brief article in New Scientist Magazine tries to answer that question.
This is one of the more "thought provoking" questions I have seen in a long time.
I have also wondered what would happen if the sun pulled a dissapearing act myself.
A few really good theories outlined in this little story:
New Scientist Last Word Blog: Put that light out - New Scientist
A brief article in New Scientist Magazine tries to answer that question.
This is one of the more "thought provoking" questions I have seen in a long time.
I have also wondered what would happen if the sun pulled a dissapearing act myself.
A few really good theories outlined in this little story:
New Scientist Last Word Blog: Put that light out - New Scientist
The Tide is Turning
You heard it here first folks..
(Well not first exactly. I did hear a bleep on this on of all things, WTMJ620 AM Radio, yesterday on my way to work.)
But it is good to know that some states are taking the lead in this important matter and trying to make sure that all people are treated equally regardless of their orientation.
Read on for more:
Iowa court ruling transforms the gay-marriage map
(Well not first exactly. I did hear a bleep on this on of all things, WTMJ620 AM Radio, yesterday on my way to work.)
But it is good to know that some states are taking the lead in this important matter and trying to make sure that all people are treated equally regardless of their orientation.
Read on for more:
Iowa court ruling transforms the gay-marriage map
:The Onngoing Recession: Unemployment Hits 8.5%; 663,000 More Jobs Lost
And that is on top of the couple million lost just a few months ago.
According to another article I read a few mintues ago: Since the recession officially began in December 2007, employers have severed 5.1 million jobs, with 3.3 million in the last five months, the government said Friday.
When will this all end?
When the government is totally "socialised"...what with "Government Motors" and the big banks and insurance companies. I bet the airlines are next and then some of the bigger factories and/ or Big Food Companies....
Take my word for it, this is just the beginning I think.
Unemployment Hits 8.5%; 663,000 More Jobs Lost - NYTimes.com
Another local story which highlights the recession and the hard time people are having finding jobs:
http://www.jsonline.com/business/42392572.html
According to another article I read a few mintues ago: Since the recession officially began in December 2007, employers have severed 5.1 million jobs, with 3.3 million in the last five months, the government said Friday.
When will this all end?
When the government is totally "socialised"...what with "Government Motors" and the big banks and insurance companies. I bet the airlines are next and then some of the bigger factories and/ or Big Food Companies....
Take my word for it, this is just the beginning I think.
Unemployment Hits 8.5%; 663,000 More Jobs Lost - NYTimes.com
Another local story which highlights the recession and the hard time people are having finding jobs:
http://www.jsonline.com/business/42392572.html
Friday, April 3, 2009
Just One Pulse and the Plane Drops from the Sky
At least that is the premise and the possibility where mircrowaves can easily disrupt a plane's elctronics with a simple EMP (Electrical Magnetic Pulse) which would fry the fragile electronics that make up the Plane's mechanics......and acccording to this article the basic materials to make such a weapon capable of doing such damage can easily be found in objects that are readily available to the public...such as components found in devices such as DIGITAL CAMERAS.
From the article:
It isn't much of a leap to build a device that can produce that sort of disruption in aircraft...
For example, government labs use high-energy EMP devices to test what would happen to critical electronic systems if a nuclear weapon detonated, generating a vast electromagnetic pulse, says Robert Iannini, founder of Information Unlimited in Amherst, New Hampshire, which sells EMP test systems.
EMPs can be created in a number of ways. A machine called a Marx generator can quickly dump an extremely high charge stored in a bank of capacitors into an antenna, which then releases a highly energetic radio pulse. Devices like this are often used to test power lines for their resistance to lightning strikes. An alternative, known as a flux compression device, uses a small explosive to push an armature through a current-carrying coil that is generating a magnetic field. This compresses the magnetic field, again producing a devastating EMP.
Iannini says his company only sells such devices to legitimate buyers. "The only people that buy these things are qualified researchers at labs like Sandia. They never find their way into the labs of pseudo or amateur scientists," he says. "If we get any unknown overseas purchaser we immediately alert the office of export enforcement at the US Department of Commerce."
But Shahar told delegates at the annual Directed Energy Weapons conference in London last month that security at some labs can be lax, while basic EMP generators can be built from descriptions available online, using components found in devices such as digital cameras. "These are technologically unchallenging to build and most of the information necessary is available," she says.
Read on for more in this interesting article:
Aircraft could be brought down by DIY 'E-bombs' - tech - 01 April 2009 - New Scientist
From the article:
It isn't much of a leap to build a device that can produce that sort of disruption in aircraft...
For example, government labs use high-energy EMP devices to test what would happen to critical electronic systems if a nuclear weapon detonated, generating a vast electromagnetic pulse, says Robert Iannini, founder of Information Unlimited in Amherst, New Hampshire, which sells EMP test systems.
EMPs can be created in a number of ways. A machine called a Marx generator can quickly dump an extremely high charge stored in a bank of capacitors into an antenna, which then releases a highly energetic radio pulse. Devices like this are often used to test power lines for their resistance to lightning strikes. An alternative, known as a flux compression device, uses a small explosive to push an armature through a current-carrying coil that is generating a magnetic field. This compresses the magnetic field, again producing a devastating EMP.
Iannini says his company only sells such devices to legitimate buyers. "The only people that buy these things are qualified researchers at labs like Sandia. They never find their way into the labs of pseudo or amateur scientists," he says. "If we get any unknown overseas purchaser we immediately alert the office of export enforcement at the US Department of Commerce."
But Shahar told delegates at the annual Directed Energy Weapons conference in London last month that security at some labs can be lax, while basic EMP generators can be built from descriptions available online, using components found in devices such as digital cameras. "These are technologically unchallenging to build and most of the information necessary is available," she says.
Read on for more in this interesting article:
Aircraft could be brought down by DIY 'E-bombs' - tech - 01 April 2009 - New Scientist
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Board sustains Walker veto of Randall's consulting deal
I am finally pleased with the Milwaukee County Board for once. This guy (Randall) has been taking taxpayer money with no "solid return or good benifits to the taxpayers" got years and it is about time that someone called the County on this and chose to do the right thing in not renewing his contract.
And to Cogg's statement about continuing to use the money for what she says in the following paragraph: "The county's high poverty among African-Americans and high jobless rate for black men justifies continuing the program, said Supervisor Elizabeth M. Coggs, the chairwoman of the task force. She said the task force had made progress on the issue and needed an ongoing effort."
.......I say this: The high poverty among african americans and thus the high jobless rate for black men does NOT justirfy continuing to pour money into any program. These men need to get off their asses, get educations and jobs like the rest of the millions of americans instead of dealing drugs, impregneting their girlfiriends and thinking they can cut a record and become the next "Konye West".
I wish Mr. Randall well in finding other opportunities to "feed at the public trough" as I am sure he will succeed in some fashion somewhere. If not there is always a possibility of a position in other local politics....say on the city council....I wont even go into that one (Think Hamiliton)
Board sustains Walker veto of Randall's consulting deal - JSOnline
And to Cogg's statement about continuing to use the money for what she says in the following paragraph: "The county's high poverty among African-Americans and high jobless rate for black men justifies continuing the program, said Supervisor Elizabeth M. Coggs, the chairwoman of the task force. She said the task force had made progress on the issue and needed an ongoing effort."
.......I say this: The high poverty among african americans and thus the high jobless rate for black men does NOT justirfy continuing to pour money into any program. These men need to get off their asses, get educations and jobs like the rest of the millions of americans instead of dealing drugs, impregneting their girlfiriends and thinking they can cut a record and become the next "Konye West".
I wish Mr. Randall well in finding other opportunities to "feed at the public trough" as I am sure he will succeed in some fashion somewhere. If not there is always a possibility of a position in other local politics....say on the city council....I wont even go into that one (Think Hamiliton)
Board sustains Walker veto of Randall's consulting deal - JSOnline
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