By Vernon Freeman Jr. RICHMOND, Va. – At Virginia Commonwealth University, classrooms are equipped with yellow alert boxes. Campus buildings are surrounded by sirens and emergency telephones. Text messages are sent to keep students informed. Those are just some ways VCU seeks to promote safety. Over the past five years, VCU has joined other colleges […]
Space-based repair of the ozone layer, a policy answer for Geoengineering
Ozone layer depletion is old news, but not really. The knowledge of its existence over our heads, in the upper atmosphere, leaves it as an environmental risk that should be tackled until nearly or completely repaired. The ozone layer is a space containing gases whose reactions, protects us from harmful Ultra Violet (UV) rays […]
Nicaragua: Telecom Company CLARO Censors Clients
Written by Norman Garcia This past November 29, some less-than-satisfied customers decided to start a blog complaining about the telecommunications company CLARO Nicaragua [1] [es], a subsidiary of América Móvil [2] consortium which belongs to the most wealthy man in the world, Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim Helú. The blog is called Claro que NO! [3] [es], a play on words in Spanish meaning ‘of […]
Solar Radiation Management and Ozone Layer Geoengineering
One big wish on the minds of the SPICE ̶ Stratospheric Particle Injection for Climate Engineering ̶ team is that “if only another volcano in magnitude of Mount Pinatubo that erupted in 1991 erupts again” more evidence will go to the world for their experiment. SPICE, a sectional experiment of Solar Radiation Management (SRM) […]
Amanda Knox, Raffaele Sollecito and internet hatred – the new pastime of the mob
Schadenfreude and confirmation bias – coming soon to a computer near you Internet hate is the new hobby of the bored and ignorant. Nowhere is this better illustrated than in the case of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito, writes Nigel Scott. At the time of writing, a Google search for ‘Amanda Knox’ comes up with […]
WikiLeaks Ceases Publishing Operation in order to Fundraise
by Matthew L. Schafer (Note: This post first appeared at the media website LWR.) On Monday, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange announced that WikiLeaks would cease publishing in order to pursue fundraising. In a statement, WikiLeaks blamed the “unlawful financial blockade . . . imposed by Bank of America, VISA, MasterCard, PayPal and Western Union.” The statement went on to […]
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