Poll Finds Public Support for Climate Hacking
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27 ott 2011
Poll Finds Public Support For Climate Hacking
Support among the public for scientists deliberately altering the Earth’s climate on a vast scale to counteract global warming is at 72 percent, according to a recent survey that appeared in the journal Environmental Research Letters.
25 ago 2011
Free Public Service Games For Young People About Sweatshops And Death
My wife Alice quit her day job (commissioning public service games for the UK's Channel 4) in January to do a start-up, but some of the games she got underway are still coming out. Two new ones that are of particular interest are Sweatshop, a tower defense game that "highlights the abject horror and terrible exploitation of sweatshop factories – and the most dangerous enemy in the game is your own impulse to succeed"; and The End, a game about death, existentialism, and the afterlife, released into the increasingly atheist population of young Britain. All free, of course!
Free public service games for young people about sweatshops and death
21 ago 2011
Japan: Rare Public Apology By Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Manager
Japan: Rare public apology by Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant manager
“We sincerely apologize to all local residents, the people of Fukushima prefecture, and the general public for the anxiety and inconvenience caused by the accident,” says Masao Yoshida, general manager of TEPCO's radiation-spewing Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, in the video above.
The rest of the video is pretty thin on progress details, and the upbeat "getting things done" tone conflicts with what is reflected in independent reports (see links below).
At the WSJ's Japan Realtime blog, Kenneth Maxwell writes:
Scenes from inside Fukushima Daiichi exist but are rare enough. But scenes from within the ravaged Tepco plant featuring its general manager making a direct apology for the consequences of the March 11 disasters, along with several bows, are even rarer. Non-existent until now, in fact. While TV cameras have caught up with Mr. Yoshida before, his public appearances have been extremely rare, and the video released by Tepco Wednesday featuring Mr. Yoshida’s direct, on-camera apology–a matter of considerable sensitivity in Japan–is his first such comment within the context of an official company document.
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Japan: Rare public apology by Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant manager
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4 gen 2011
Chief Says Fiat May Try to Add to Stake in Chrysler Before a Public Offering
Fiat Industrial and Fiat’s auto business met analysts’ expectations Monday in their trading debuts as separate entities.
Chief Says Fiat May Try to Add to Stake in Chrysler Before a Public Offering
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3 gen 2011
What Are Some Public Speaking Tips?
For many people, only the fear of death trumps the fear of public speaking. Indeed, delivering a speech in front of a group of classmates, business colleagues or complete strangers can be one of the most stressful activities imaginable for those who are not experienced or trained speakers. There are a number of public speaking tips, however, which can make the experience much more bearable. The most important of...
What Are Some Public Speaking Tips?
What Are Some Public Speaking Tips?
28 dic 2010
DealBook: Focus on Private Shares Could Push a Public Offering
While it is unclear what exactly the S.E.C. is focusing on, legal experts say that one clear area of inquiry relates to a federal law that establishes a limit for private companies of fewer than 500 shareholders. Once a company has 500 shareholders, it must register its private shares with the S.E.C. and publicly disclose its financial results.
DealBook: Focus on Private Shares Could Push a Public Offering
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DealBook: Newly Public G.M. Gets Boost From Analysts
The initial public offering of the year, without question, was General Motors’ return engagement to the stock market, selling more than $23 billion in shares amid strong demand. Now, the newly public company has received additional plaudits from Wall Street.
DealBook: Newly Public G.M. Gets Boost From Analysts
Backlink: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=ba4498ad91daa304c99dfb3993e6d68d
18 dic 2010
Wikileaks/Cablegate: Cuba banned Michael Moore's "Sicko" for fear of public backlash (UPDATE)
UPDATE: Michael Moore responds here. In short, he says Sicko was not banned in Cuba, and describes the cable referenced below as "[A] stunning look at the Orwellian nature of how bureaucrats for the State spin their lies and try to recreate reality." Jon Schwartz of Moore's production company tells Boing Boing, "The online references are clear, it really did play on national Cuban TV, and it really is still playing on a Cuba website." US diplomatic cables released by Wikileaks show that the government of Cuba banned Michael Moore's 2007 documentary, Sicko, "because it painted such a 'mythically' favourable picture of Cuba's healthcare system that the authorities feared it could lead to a 'popular backlash', according to US diplomats in Havana." What, those gleaming hospitals aren't available to everyone in Cuba? And you can't believe everything you see in a Michael Moore movie? Say it ain't so! Snip: The revelation, contained in a confidential US embassy cable released by WikiLeaks , is surprising, given that the film attempted to discredit the US healthcare system by highlighting what it claimed was the excellence of the Cuban system. But the memo reveals that when the film was shown to a group of Cuban doctors, some became so "disturbed at the blatant misrepresentation of healthcare in Cuba that they left the room". Castro's government apparently went on to ban the film because, the leaked cable claims, it "knows the film is a myth and does not want to risk a popular backlash by showing to Cubans facilities that are clearly not available to the vast majority of them." WikiLeaks: Cuba banned Sicko for depicting 'mythical' healthcare system (Guardian, via Michael Moynihan)...
Wikileaks/Cablegate: Cuba banned Michael Moore's "Sicko" for fear of public backlash (UPDATE)
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Wikileaks/Cablegate: Guardian reports Cuba banned Michael Moore's "Sicko" for fear of public backlash (UPDATE)
UPDATE: Michael Moore responds here. In short, he says Sicko was not banned in Cuba, and describes the cable referenced below as "[A] stunning look at the Orwellian nature of how bureaucrats for the State spin their lies and try to recreate reality." Jon Schwartz of Moore's production company tells Boing Boing, "The online references are clear, it really did play on national Cuban TV, and it really is still playing on a Cuba website." US diplomatic cables released by Wikileaks state that the government of Cuba banned Michael Moore's 2007 documentary, Sicko, "because it painted such a 'mythically' favourable picture of Cuba's healthcare system that the authorities feared it could lead to a 'popular backlash', according to US diplomats in Havana." What, those gleaming hospitals aren't available to everyone in Cuba? And you can't believe everything you see in a Michael Moore movie? Say it ain't so! Snip: The revelation, contained in a confidential US embassy cable released by WikiLeaks , is surprising, given that the film attempted to discredit the US healthcare system by highlighting what it claimed was the excellence of the Cuban system. But the memo reveals that when the film was shown to a group of Cuban doctors, some became so "disturbed at the blatant misrepresentation of healthcare in Cuba that they left the room". Castro's government apparently went on to ban the film because, the leaked cable claims, it "knows the film is a myth and does not want to risk a popular backlash by showing to Cubans facilities that are clearly not available to the vast majority of them." WikiLeaks: Cuba banned Sicko for depicting 'mythical' healthcare system (Guardian, via Michael Moynihan)...
Backlink: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/XfuNVO6dbkE/wikileakscablegate-c.html
17 dic 2010
Wikileaks/Cablegate: Cuba banned Michael Moore's "Sicko" for fear of public backlash
US diplomatic cables released by Wikileaks show that the government of Cuba banned Michael Moore's 2007 documentary, Sicko, "because it painted such a 'mythically' favourable picture of Cuba's healthcare system that the authorities feared it could lead to a 'popular backlash', according to US diplomats in Havana."
Wikileaks/Cablegate: Cuba banned Michael Moore's "Sicko" for fear of public backlash
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12 dic 2010
Public Broadcaster Is to Sell Current, a Trade Publication
The American University School of Communication has agreed to buy Current, the trade newspaper that covers public broadcasting.
Public Broadcaster Is to Sell Current, a Trade Publication
Backlink: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=7e3fcd064fe7af86fc92f12480c59251
9 dic 2010
TSA subjects India's US ambassador to public grope because of her sari
The TSA is refusing to apologize to India's ambassador to the USA, who was flagged for an extended public grope because she was wearing a sari.
The Clarion-Ledger writes Ambassador Meera Shankar was in Jackson last weekend as a guest of Mississippi State University.It all goes to show you: security theater means never having to say "your sari.""While in town, Shankar met with Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant, representatives from the Mississippi Development Authority and members of the Indian community in Jackson, and she spoke to more than 100 people at the Executive Lecture Forum of Jackson," the paper writes.
Shankar apparently was selected for enhanced screening, even though she did not set of the airport's metal detectors. Witnesses tell the Clarion-Ledger security agents told Shankar she was singled out because she was wearing a sari, which the paper notes is as "a traditional Indian robe that is draped across the body..."
The Clarion-Ledger writes "witnesses said Shankar asked for a private screening, but she was led to a clear box where two officers searched her in clear view."
"She is a very strong woman, but you could see in her face that she was humiliated," Tan Tsai, a research associate at MSU's International Security Studies center who witnessed the screening, tells the paper. "The Indian culture is very modest."
TSA subjects India's US ambassador to public grope because of her sari
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8 dic 2010
In Tax Deal, Many Public Employees Will Pay More
President Obama’s plan would end the Making Work Pay credit, which gave a tax reduction of up to $400 to workers with low and middle incomes.
In Tax Deal, Many Public Employees Will Pay More
Backlink: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=f71484ec21e2692bd2a32070136b6e19
5 dic 2010
A Bleak Budget Outlook for Public Broadcasters
Public broadcasters are grappling with deep cuts at the state level, while facing the possibility of losing federal financing, too.
A Bleak Budget Outlook for Public Broadcasters
Backlink: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=5d8352798e912c2d31ee423822219c6b
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