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Jane Austen: A portrait of the artist as a young girl? | Books | The Guardian
Jane Austen: A portrait of the artist as a young girl? | Books | The Guardian: "Analysis points to painting being Jane Austen at 13 and no other professional likeness of the novelist exists"
Japan readies for reopening of nuclear reactors amid safety concerns | World news | guardian.co.uk
Japan readies for reopening of nuclear reactors amid safety concerns | World news | guardian.co.uk: "Prime minister Yoshihiko Noda assures citizens' safety and says reactors must be restarted to boost economy"
Women, children targeted in renewed Congo clashes | Reuters
Women, children targeted in renewed Congo clashes | Reuters: (Reuters) - "Rival armed groups in Congo's eastern provinces are targeting each other's families, killing children, women and the elderly in some of the country's worst violence in years, officials said on Friday."
Insight: Vatican bank-money, mystery and monsignors | Reuters
Insight: Vatican bank-money, mystery and monsignors | Reuters: "The IOR has been accused of everything from helping rich Italians avoid taxes to laundering money for the Mafia and for people who wanted to pay bribes to Italian politicians," Father Tom Reese wrote in his landmark 1996 book "Inside the Vatican".
Stop-and-frisk controversy prompts meeting with justice department | World news | guardian.co.uk
Stop-and-frisk controversy prompts meeting with justice department | World news | guardian.co.uk: "Lawmakers and activists urge action after NYPD's failure to rein in controversial and possibly ineffective policy"
Gay marriage in Washington blocked by opponents pending public vote | World news | guardian.co.uk
Gay marriage in Washington blocked by opponents pending public vote | World news | guardian.co.uk: "Same-sex marriage opponents are forcing a referendum after legislature legalized gay marriage earlier this year"
App allows tracking of New York police stop-and-frisk | Reuters
App allows tracking of New York police stop-and-frisk | Reuters: (Reuters) - "Determined to keep tabs on New York City police officers' "stop-and-frisk" campaign? There's an app for that"
JPMorgan trading loss shows danger in bank size: Volcker | Reuters
JPMorgan trading loss shows danger in bank size: Volcker | Reuters: (Reuters) - "Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker said JPMorgan Chase's recent multibillion-dollar trading loss may show that the nation's largest banks are too big to manage."
IPO whisper estimates may be heard after Facebook | Reuters
IPO whisper estimates may be heard after Facebook | Reuters: (Reuters) - "In the aftermath of the Facebook IPO, investor outrage - and lawsuits - have focused on "whisper" estimates of future results that underwriters shared only with some clients."
Would result in 40,000 job losses in the US this year.
Would result in 40,000 job losses in the US this year.
On Wall St, few places to hide as jobs ax hovers | Reuters
On Wall St, few places to hide as jobs ax hovers | Reuters: (Reuters) - "Wall Street bankers are bracing for another round of job cuts as a downturn in the global economy cuts into earnings from dealmaking, capital raising and lending."
Promethium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Promethium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Promethium was first produced and characterized at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 1945 by the separation and analysis of the fission products of uranium fuel irradiated in a graphite reactor. The discoverers proposed the name "prometheum" (the spelling was subsequently changed), derived from Prometheus, the Titan in Greek mythology, who stole fire from Mount Olympus and brought it down to mankind, to symbolize "both the daring and the possible misuse of mankind's intellect." However, a sample of the metal was made only in 1963.
There are three possible sources for promethium: rare decays of natural (primordial) neodymium (producing promethium-150), europium (promethium-147), and uranium (various isotopes). The most stable isotope, promethium-145, has a very low rate of alpha decay, so that the alpha half-life is long enough for the presence of primordial promethium to be theoretically possible; however, this has not been experimentally confirmed. The only isotope used in industry is promethium-147, which is used (as 147Pm2O3) in radioionizators, light producers, and atomic batteries; the last of these are used in guided missiles. Since natural promethium is exceedingly scarce, the element is typically man-made by bombarding uranium-235 (enriched uranium) with thermal neutrons (for promethium-147)." Wikipedia
There are three possible sources for promethium: rare decays of natural (primordial) neodymium (producing promethium-150), europium (promethium-147), and uranium (various isotopes). The most stable isotope, promethium-145, has a very low rate of alpha decay, so that the alpha half-life is long enough for the presence of primordial promethium to be theoretically possible; however, this has not been experimentally confirmed. The only isotope used in industry is promethium-147, which is used (as 147Pm2O3) in radioionizators, light producers, and atomic batteries; the last of these are used in guided missiles. Since natural promethium is exceedingly scarce, the element is typically man-made by bombarding uranium-235 (enriched uranium) with thermal neutrons (for promethium-147)." Wikipedia
Toxic fears in Malaysia over rare earth plant - Asia-pacific - Al Jazeera English
Toxic fears in Malaysia over rare earth plant - Asia-pacific - Al Jazeera English
Rare earth elements check Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare_earth_element
Rare earth elements check Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare_earth_element
BBC News - African migrants hurt in Jerusalem 'arson attack'
BBC News - African migrants hurt in Jerusalem 'arson attack': "Four African migrants have been hurt in a suspected arson attack on their home in Jerusalem, Israeli police say."
BBC News - Dounreay staff offer advice on Japan's Fukushima
BBC News - Dounreay staff offer advice on Japan's Fukushima: "Efforts to clean up a seabed off Scotland's coast could provide Japan with solutions to dealing with its earthquake-hit Fukushima nuclear plant."
Analysis: In failed JPMorgan hedge, lessons from past missed | Reuters
Analysis: In failed JPMorgan hedge, lessons from past missed | Reuters: (Reuters) - "A well-regarded U.S. lender once lost a tidy sum on derivatives, and Jamie Dimon had to ride to the rescue."
Paul Krugman: 'I'm sick of being Cassandra. I'd like to win for once' | Business | The Guardian
Paul Krugman: 'I'm sick of being Cassandra. I'd like to win for once' | Business | The Guardian: "The American economist has a plan to escape the financial crisis, and it doesn't involve austerity measures or deregulating the banks. But will policy-makers, including our coalition government, heed his advice?"
MF Global trustee sees possible claims vs Corzine | Reuters
MF Global trustee sees possible claims vs Corzine | Reuters: (Reuters) - "The trustee liquidating MF Global Holdings Ltd issued a blistering report on Monday about how former Chief Executive Jon Corzine ran the broker-dealer and said he saw possible civil claims against top executives for breach of duties to customers."
Kuwaiti gets 10 years for Twitter blasphemy | Reuters
Kuwaiti gets 10 years for Twitter blasphemy | Reuters: (Reuters) - "A Kuwaiti man was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Monday after he was convicted of endangering state security by insulting the Prophet Mohammad and the Sunni Muslim rulers of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain on social media."
Insight: From Alabama, an epic challenge to voting rights | Reuters
Insight: From Alabama, an epic challenge to voting rights | Reuters: (Reuters) - "Four years ago, in this small city of gentle hills, tall oaks and nine stoplights, an invisible line was drawn a few miles north of the center of town. It stretched up beyond Highway 22 and looped west across Interstate 65, sweeping in recent housing developments, the brown-brick Concord Baptist Church and a new Wal-Mart. The narrow five-square-mile rectangle enlarged Voting District 2."
Libya armed brigade surrounds Tripoli airport, official says | Reuters
Libya armed brigade surrounds Tripoli airport, official says | Reuters: (Reuters) - "A Libyan militia surrounded Tripoli's international airport on Monday, forcing flights to be diverted to the capital's military airport, a security official said."
This is the result of the US led NATO arming of teenage thugs.
This is the result of the US led NATO arming of teenage thugs.
U.S. drone strike kills 15 in northwest Pakistan: officials | Reuters
U.S. drone strike kills 15 in northwest Pakistan: officials | Reuters: (Reuters) - "Rockets fired from a U.S. drone killed 15 people in northwest Pakistan on Monday, intelligence officials said, an attack likely to add to tensions between Washington and Islamabad amid a standoff over NATO supply routes to Afghanistan."
If it had been Bush doing these illegal bombings of sovereign peoples, "wars" not voted on by Congress, all the pseudo liberals would be on the streets; thus Bush did not authorized so many incursions and missile attacks. Therefore, Humanists have more control over a republican president than they have over a pseudo liberal president one who is violating international law and human rights with impunity.
If it had been Bush doing these illegal bombings of sovereign peoples, "wars" not voted on by Congress, all the pseudo liberals would be on the streets; thus Bush did not authorized so many incursions and missile attacks. Therefore, Humanists have more control over a republican president than they have over a pseudo liberal president one who is violating international law and human rights with impunity.
US drone attacks kill 12 in Pakistan | World news | guardian.co.uk
US drone attacks kill 12 in Pakistan | World news | guardian.co.uk: "Ten suspected militants killed as they gathered in mourning after two others were blown up by US missiles the day before"
Drone wars and state secrecy – how Barack Obama became a hardliner | World news | The Observer
Drone wars and state secrecy – how Barack Obama became a hardliner | World news | The Observer: "He was once a liberal law professor who campaigned against the Iraq war. Now, according to revelations last week, the US president personally oversees a 'kill list' for drone strikes in Yemen and Pakistan. Then there's the CIA renditions, increased surveillance and a crackdown on whistleblowers. No wonder Washington insiders are likening him to 'George W Bush on steroids'"
Analysis: How Morgan Stanley sank to junk pricing | Reuters
Analysis: How Morgan Stanley sank to junk pricing | Reuters: Reuters) - "The bond markets are treating Morgan Stanley like a junk-rated company, and the investment bank's higher borrowing costs could already be putting it at a disadvantage even before an expected ratings downgrade this month."
Job growth trips again, opens door to more Fed moves | Reuters
Job growth trips again, opens door to more Fed moves | Reuters: (Reuters) - "U.S. job growth braked sharply for a third straight month in May and the unemployment rate rose for the first time in nearly a year, raising chances of further monetary stimulus from the Federal Reserve to support the sputtering recovery."
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