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New 747-8F jumbo jet performs ultimate aborted takeoff
The new Boeing 747-8F is one majestic aircraft. Along with all the majesticness (yes I just made that a word) comes a lot of weight. The 747-8F can take off weighing nearly one million pounds and for the flight tests, Boeing needs to make sure the aircraft can successfully complete an aborted landing, fully loaded. … Continue reading »
Chart of the Day: What if Gross Domestic Product was Income-Based?
Chart of the Day: Income-Based GDP Daniel Indiviglio | Jun 9, 2011 An often-heard complaint about GDP is that the number reported is calculated by adding up all the money spent over some period of time, instead of the amount earned. Some economists complain that using spending to measure GDP doesn’t provide as accurate a result … Continue reading »
MPR: “Shoot First Bill” would encourage Minnesotans to shoot first
by Heather Martens, Minnesota Public Radio News In January, Rep. Tony Cornish, R-Good Thunder, tried to repeal the state’s background check system for gun sales. This week, he wants to legalize a kind of murder. House File 1467, which ought to be called “Shoot First,” will be heard in the House Public Safety Committee this Thursday. … Continue reading »
Mental health problems linked to higher heart heart attack risk
By Mary Elizabeth Dallas, HealthDay News FRIDAY, JUNE 3 – People with mental illness are more likely to die following a heart attack or serious cardiac event, a new study finds. One explanation for this increased risk is that people with mental illness are 14 percent less likely to receive lifesaving treatments for their heart … Continue reading »
Jonathan Bates: The Hundred Thousandaire
Fortune Magazine // September 27, 1999 Your intrepid blog host & writer was featured in the 1999 edition of Fortune Magazine’s Top 40 Under 40 issue, with the headline “The Hundred Thousandaire”… read on to see why it was appropriate given the timing of the issue. http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/09/27/266144/index.htm
Harold Camping Rapture Prophecy causes problems
The Haddad children of Middletown, Md., have a lot on their minds: school projects, SATs, weekend parties. And parents who believe the earth will begin to self-destruct on Saturday. The three teenagers have been struggling to make sense of their shifting world, which started changing nearly two years ago when their mother, Abby Haddad Carson, … Continue reading »
SHORTCHANGED: States Charging Unemployed Fees To Collect Benefits
WASHINGTON — Many states shortchange the jobless by distributing unemployment benefits on debit cards loaded with obnoxious fees, according to a new study by the National Consumer Law Center. Of the 40 states that have switched from paper checks to prepaid debit cards, 22 states’ cards charge ATM fees, 24 charge balance inquiry fees, and 28 … Continue reading »
The Tragedy of Sarah Palin – The Atlantic
IT’S HARD TO escape Sarah Palin. On Facebook and Twitter, cable news and reality television, she is a constant object of dispute, the target or instigator of some distressingly large proportion of the political discourse. If she runs for president—well, brace yourself! But there is one place where a kind of collective resolve has been able … Continue reading »
Finding android apps just got a lot easier
For all the improvements the Android Market has made recently, it’s still been a pain to find new and interesting apps—increasingly so, now that Google’s app storefront has grown to 200,000 programs strong. Not anymore. As part of the second day of Google’s I/O conference, the company introduced some much-needed discovery tools to Android Market: … Continue reading »
