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Alaska Gas Pipeline Project: FERC Public Meetings Begin Jan 30.

2012-01-30T12:23:00.001-07:00

Public meetings on gas pipeline project environmental issues start Jan. 30 Printer-friendly versionSend to friend Release Date: 01/25/2012 The public can offer input on the environmental review of the proposed $32 billion to $41 billion Alaska natural gas pipeline project during seven meetings scheduled over the next three weeks. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission staff

The Power of Good Genetics (Yahoo News)

2012-01-30T10:27:00.001-07:00

All Thoroughbreds Have Same Ancestor By Ned Potter | ABC News – Fri, Jan 27, 2012 Email 13 Print RELATED CONTENT Enlarge Photo All Thoroughbreds Have Same Ancestor (ABC News) The Bazzani Scully Brand Lawyers Handicap race, Melbourne, Australia, Jan. 26, 2012. Scott Barbour/Getty Images All the great names in thoroughbred horse racing - from Secretariat to Man

Unusual Circumstances lead to Changes in Typical Behaviour (DetroitFreePress)

2012-01-30T08:20:00.001-07:00

Snowy owls flock to Michigan in unusual numbers January 29, 2012 | 8 Comments A A Purchase Image A young snowy owl is recovering after it was found injured in Muskegon. / SUSAN TUSA/DETROIT FREE PRESS By Tina LamDetroit Free Press Staff Writer FILED UNDER Local News Metro Detroit Monroe County Grand Rapids Upper

Another Deal or Another Deal? Marshall Auerback (NakedCapitalism)

2012-01-30T07:49:00.001-07:00

MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2012 Marshall Auerback: Anschluss Economics – The Germans Launch a Blitzkrieg on the Greek Debt Negotiations By Marshall Auerback, a portfolio strategist and hedge fund manager News stories continue to suggest that Greece once again appears on the verge of reaching a deal with its private sector creditors on how much of a loss they would be willing to accept on their

Arctic Risks: Exploration of a different kind (Alberta Oil)

2012-01-29T12:23:00.005-07:00

Arctic drillers face no shortage of underwater risks Five geo-technical hazards that could trip up northern exploration January 25, 2012 Photo courtesy National Geographic The Beaufort Sea is arguably the last remaining untouched petroleum frontier in Canada. Much of the debate about whether the National Energy Board should reopen the icy waters to exploration has

LNG Export: High of the Agenda (FP)

2012-01-28T16:58:00.001-07:00

The race to China Claudia Cattaneo Jan 28, 2012 – 7:01 AM ET | Last Updated: Jan 27, 2012 2:03 PM ET Handout An artist's rendering of the proposed Kitimat Apache Canada's LNG facility. Comments Email Twitter inShare2 KITIMAT, B.C. — In a climate of growing hostility toward energy industry development across North America, Timothy Wall, president of the Canadian unit of

John Mauldin| Weekly E-Letter | The Transparency Trap

2012-01-28T08:38:00.005-07:00

The Transparency TrapTell Us What You Think We Want to HearA Very Soft GDP NumberCentral Banks: A High-Wire Balancing ActWhat Does It All Mean?A Few Thoughts on LTROGreek Exhaustion SyndromeCape Town, Stockholm, Geneva, Paris, and LondonBy John Mauldin | January 28, 2012This week we take a brief pause in our series on the choices facing the developed world to look at some items that are catching

Graphene: Another wondrous property revelation (GIZMAG)

2012-01-27T13:07:00.002-07:00

RESEARCH WATCH Graphene reveals yet another extraordinary property By Darren Quick 02:25 January 27, 2012 Ever since University of Manchester scientists Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov first isolated flakes of graphene in 2004 using that most high-tech pieces of equipment - adhesive tape - the one-atom sheet of carbon has continued to astound researchers with its remarkable

Banks: Not What They Were Meant To Be (Michael Hudson and Naked Capitalism)

2012-01-27T06:33:00.000-07:00

FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 2012 Michael Hudson: Banks Weren’t Meant to Be Like This By Michael Hudson, a research professor of Economics at University of Missouri, Kansas City and a research associate at the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College A shorter version of this article in German will run in the Frankfurter Algemeine Zeitung on January 28. 2012 The inherently symbiotic relationship

The Multi-Billion Affordable Housing Market (WorldHaus)

2012-01-26T11:47:00.000-07:00

Introducing WorldHaus To meet this growing demand, WorldHaus manufactures and builds customized, weatherproof homes that Indian families want and are willing to pay for. WorldHaus' modular building system allows families to build to any size and configuration they desire and include amenities like clean burning stoves, toilets, and solar electricity systems. WorldHaus' local manufacturing

DocMikeEvans: The Most Most Effective Approach to Preventative Medicine (CBCNews)

2012-01-26T09:28:00.000-07:00

Toronto doctor's 'magic pill' goes viral CBC News Posted: Jan 11, 2012 6:10 PM ET Last Updated: Jan 11, 2012 8:00 PM ET "My bankability with teenagers has increased significantly," Dr. Mike Evans told CBC News on Wednesday.An illustrated video with a simple message about health has received more than a million hits on YouTube, much to the delight of the Toronto doctor who

The Power of Introverts (Scientific American)

2012-01-26T07:39:00.000-07:00

Mind Matters | Mind & Brain The Power of Introverts: A Manifesto for Quiet Brilliance Author Susan Cain explains the fallacy of "groupwork," and points to research showing that it can reduce creativity and productivity By Gareth Cook | January 24, 2012 | 27 Share Email Print 123Next > Susan CainImage: Aaron Fedor Do you enjoy having time to yourself, but always feel a little

Unintended Consequences of QE & ZIRP (Philip Pilkington and Naked Capitalism)

2012-01-26T07:35:00.003-07:00

THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2012 Philip Pilkington: Is QE/ZIRP Killing Demand? By Philip Pilkington, a journalist and writer living in Dublin, Ireland Warren Mosler recently ran a very succinct account of why the Fed/Bank of England’s easy monetary policies – that is, the combination of Quantitative Easing and their Zero Interest Rate Programs – might actually be killing demand in the economy.

The Economist | Nature's own design and functionality

2012-01-25T07:39:00.000-07:00

Solar energy Flower power In matters of clever design, nature has often got there first Jan 21st 2012 | from the print edition A virtuous spiral SOLAR-POWER stations take up a lot of room. They need either vast arrays of photovoltaic panels, which convert sunlight directly into electricity, or of mirrors, which direct it towards a boiler, in order to raise steam and drive a

Europe: Not surprisingly, the road is full of potholes (Naked Capitalism)

2012-01-25T07:22:00.000-07:00

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012 Germany Loses Its Grip By Delusional Economics, who is horrified at the state of economic commentary in Australia and is determined to cleanse the daily flow of vested interests propaganda to produce a balanced counterpoint. Cross posted fromhttp://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2012/01/greece-lines-up-portugal/“>MacroBusiness. And so we roll on… One of the things

AAPL blows the doors off expectations (The Business Insider)

2012-01-24T18:31:00.002-07:00

Do we not all dream of results like this in whatever wherever whenever business we might be engaged with? Wow! Apple Delivers Blowout Earnings On The Back Of Mammoth-Sized iPhone SalesAn Excerpt - Some additional numbers to chew on: iPhone sales were up 128% year over year iPads up 111% year over year Cash flow from operations was $17.5 billion Apple's profits are bigger than Google's revenues

MacDonalds (MCD) | Consistent Growth and Performance

2012-01-24T13:18:00.001-07:00

McDonald’s Profit Increases on U.S. Gains Q By Leslie Patton - Jan 24, 2012 10:11 AM MT inShare7 More Print Email Enlarge image The Ronald McDonald balloon floats in Macy's Legendary Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York. Photographer: Ben Hider/Getty Images McDonald’s Corp. (MCD), the world’s largest restaurant chain, fell the most in more than three months as it

Dearman Engine | Running on Air (GIZMAG)

2012-01-24T09:05:00.003-07:00

Another zero-emissions powerplant emerges - the Dearman Engine runs on liquid air A new zero-emissions engine capable of competing commercially with hydrogen fuel cells and battery electric systems appeared on the radar yesterday when respected British engineering consultancy Ricardo validated Dearman engine technology and its commercial potential. The Dearman engine operates by

Oil Spill Cleanup High Tech Soap | BBCNews

2012-01-24T08:19:00.002-07:00

23 January 2012 Last updated at 18:09ET Magnetic soap could help in oil spill clean-ups This means the soap and the materials that it dissolves can be removed easily by applying a magnetic field. Experts say that with further development, it could find applications in cleaning up oil spills and waste water. Details of the new soap, which contains iron atoms, are reported in the

2012-01-24T06:44:00.002-07:00

This is FREEintelligence for distribution. Forward this to your colleagues. Considering a U.S.-Iranian Deal By George Friedman | January 24, 2012 Last week, I wrote on the strategic challenge Iran faces in its bid to shape a sphere of influence stretching from western Afghanistan to Beirut on the eastern Mediterranean coast. I also pointed out the limited options available to the United

Crude Oil and Current Geopolitical Instability (circa 2012)

2012-01-23T10:55:00.000-07:00

Iran, China and Crude. WTI Chart (Bloomberg) Note that China is already the largest buyer or Iranian oil. If Iran defies the sanctions, it will mean they need to sell more oil to Asia. But does China, in particular, want to increase their dependence on Iranian oil as their domestic consumption slumps. If they want to be a major world player, they may look at this a bit more diplomatically and

Fidel Castro | OpEd | Global Peace is at Risk

2012-01-23T10:49:00.000-07:00

World Peace Is Hanging By A Thread By Fidel Castro (about the author) Yesterday I had the satisfaction of having a pleasant conversation with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. I had not seen him since 2006, more than five years ago, when he visited our country to participate in the 14th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement of Countries in Havana. During the summit, Cuba was elected for the second time as

Catalina foxes on the rebound (LATimes)

2012-01-23T07:11:00.000-07:00

Catalina Island fox makes astounding comebackSince falling to a low of 100 in 1999, the Catalina Island fox has rebounded to a number — 1,542 — above its previous level, thanks to conservationists' efforts. Comments0 Share2000 A Catalina Island fox awaits the attentions of biologists who trap the animals in order to inspect them for illnesses, vaccinate them, outfit them with telemetry

Stanford's Trail Set to Begin: From the 'Stealing Other Peole's Money' Category (Reuters)

2012-01-23T07:01:00.002-07:00

Stanford’s Trial to Begin as Indigent Ex-Billionaire Claiming Memory LossQBy Laurel Brubaker Calkins and Andrew Harris - Jan 22, 2012 10:00 PM MT inShare5 More Print Email Enlarge imageFinancier R. Allen Stanford, center in green, exits after a hearing at the Bob Casey Federal Courthouse in Houston, Texas. Photographer: Aaron M. Sprecher/BloombergThe R. Allen Stanford who’s due in a Houston

A Leading Change in Aboriginal Banking? (NNSL)

2012-01-22T19:34:00.000-07:00

'Aboriginal bank' flourishes in NorthFirst Nations Bank of Canada plans more Northern expansion following strong fiscal 2011 financial results Thandiwe VelaNorthern News ServicesPublished Monday, January 23, 2012 IQALUIT Times are good for the First Nations Bank of Canada, and have been for some time for the institution known as "the aboriginal bank." The First Nations Bank of Canada