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Bolivian gets 7 years for Mexico plane hijacking
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Bolivian pastor was sentenced to seven years in prison for the 2009 hijacking of a plane as it landed in Mexico City, authorities said Thursday.A federal court convicted Josmar Flores of attacking a means of transport and illegally retaining people, a lesser form of kidnapping, the Attorney General’s Office said … Continue reading
China car sales fall in April, 1st drop in 2 years
SHANGHAI (AP) — Auto sales edged lower in China in April, the first such decline in over two years, as dealers were dealt a double whammy from weakening demand and the spillover from Japan’s earthquake disaster.Automakers delivered 1.55 million vehicles to buyers in April, down 0.25 percent from a year earlier, the China Association of … Continue reading
Myanmar warns no ‘decadent’ dress for New Year’s
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Revelers who wear “decadent” clothing during Myanmar’s upcoming New Year’s celebrations can face up to a month in prison, a news report said Sunday.The four–day festival begins April 13 and marks the traditional New Year on the lunisolar calendar that is also used in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia. It’s one of … Continue reading
SeaWiFS’ 13 years of observing our home planet
ScienceDaily (Apr. 4, 2011) — Mary Cleave left the NASA astronaut corps in the early 1990s to make a rare jump from human spaceflight to Earth science. She was going to work on an upcoming mission to measure gradations in ocean color — something she had actually seen from low-Earth orbit with her own eyes. … Continue reading
Climate projections show human health impacts possible within 30 years: Potential increases in waterborne toxins and microbes
ScienceDaily (Feb. 20, 2011) — A panel of scientists speaking Feb. 19 at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) unveiled new research and models demonstrating how climate change could increase exposure and risk of human illness originating from ocean, coastal and Great Lakes ecosystems, with some studies projecting … Continue reading
Two severe Amazon droughts in five years alarms scientists
ScienceDaily (Feb. 3, 2011) — New research shows that the 2010 Amazon drought may have been even more devastating to the region’s rainforests than the unusual 2005 drought, which was previously billed as a one-in-100 year event.Analyses of rainfall across 5.3 million square kilometres of Amazonia during the 2010 dry season, recently published in Science, … Continue reading
Humans have been provoking climate change for thousands of years, carbon history shows
ScienceDaily (Jan. 24, 2011) — The Roman Conquest, the Black Death and the discovery of America — by modifying the nature of the forests — have had a significant impact on the environment. These are the findings of EPFL scientists who have researched our long history of emitting carbon into the environment.“Humans didn’t wait for … Continue reading
China to promote auto imports in next five years: official
School budgets hit hard as districts make deep cuts This is part one of Laura McCutcheon’s two part roundup of school news for 2010. Read more on Sonoma West Times & News To switch or not to switch: Will Pennsylvania leave PECO? (Part 2) This is part 2 of a three-day look at electricity deregulation, … Continue reading
Siemens to open its own bank by year’s end
BERLIN (AP) — German industrial conglomerate Siemens (News – Alert) AG says it has received the regulatory clearing to start its own bank, possibly by the end of the year.Siemens said Tuesday the bank will boost its sales finance division and enhance its risk management. It says Siemens Bank GmbH will also add flexibility to the … Continue reading
8a. Climate Change – Phil Jones and the ‘no warming for 15 years’
The perfect example of what I was saying in my last video appeared soon after it was uploaded. The Internet was abuzz with a quote from Professor Phil Jones that there has been no global warming since 1995. But is that what he actually said? Once again, we need to go to the source — … Continue reading