from http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2012302516_proton08.html … European researchers dropped a potential bombshell on their colleagues around the world Wednesday by reporting that sophisticated new measurements indicate the radius of the proton is 4 percent smaller than previously believed. … If the standard model turns out to be wrong, “it would be quite revolutionary. It would mean that we [...]
Archive for July, 2010
I highly recommend the 2007 film “Lions for Lambs”. While the film can be watched from the perspective of fighting terrorism; it can also be watched from a spiritual perspective. The title is from a remark by a German fighting the British during World War I. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lions_for_Lambs One such composition included the observation, ‘Nowhere [...]
from http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2010/07/13/cancer-patient-loses-coverage-over-a-penny/ … Larosa Carrington of Colorado Springs, Colo. was treated shabbily by Discovery Benefits, the administrator of her COBRA benefits. Since she never received a bill, the laid-off college admissions counselor was forced to calculate how much she owed on her own. By Carrington’s reckoning, she figured that $165.15 was the correct amount and [...]
November 2007. From http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2007/11/09-01.html Top climate scientists have cautiously endorsed the need to study schemes to reverse global warming that involve directly tinkering with Earth’s climate. Their position on geoengineering, which will likely be controversial, was staked out at an invitation-only meeting that ended here today. It’s based on a growing concern about the rapid [...]
from http://blogs.wsj.com/developments/2010/07/09/bella-and-edward-who-a-real-estate-tycoon-deconstructs-twilight/ Tom Barrack is one of the biggest real-estate deal-makers in the world… But recently, it turns out, Mr. Barrack has also been doing some soul-searching—… Bella and Edward Who???? July 02, 2010 Gang, The last few weeks have been an incredible adventure. Thanks to you, Colony is on fire across the globe and [...]
from http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/13/business/energy-environment/13bprisk.html … Mr. Browne’s fall from grace really began on March 23, 2005, when 15 people died and more than 170 were injured in America’s worst industrial accident in a generation: a huge fire and explosion at Texas City. … the Texas City plant was America’s second-largest refinery, turning 460,000 barrels of crude oil a [...]
Self justification often uses logic as a basis for resisting evolution or change. The universe is full of gray. From http://www.gospeloutreach.net/whychristianity.html …The law of non-contradiction is the foundation for all logical thinking. It is known by a couple different names: the law of contradiction, and the law of non-contradiction. No matter what you call it, this law is [...]
from http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/06/what-economists-can-teach-world-cup-coaches/ … in a paper issued by the Ifo Institute for Economic Research in Munich, Alexander Ebertz and Marc Gronwald argue that the notion of evolutionary finance may help explain why certain styles of soccer seem indomitable for a time, only to eventually be usurped by a new strategy. As described by the authors, evolutionary [...]