Capitalism: bruised but still champion Nov 14, 2008
But it skyrocketed from the time of the Industrial Revolution, which was also the beginning of capitalism as we know it. The British economist Angus Maddison once calculated that the average inhabitant of the world in 1700 was producing just a third more than the average person in the year 1. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Report: Greenhouse gases imperil oceans' web of life Nov 11, 2008
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Pawlenty unveils "green jobs" program Nov 11, 2008
The development of green jobs will be one of the biggest changes in our economy since the industrial revolution, Pawlenty said in a statement. The proposals we are announcing today will fuel job growth by incentivizing new technology and innovation. (Twin Cities Business Journal, MN)
Spend Thanksgiving in the Poconos Nov 10, 2008
Birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, it is also home of the first railroad and the first rollercoaster. At the turn of the century, the village was a more popular resort destination than Niagara Falls. (Suite101.com)
Industrial Archaeology, Wiltshire C... Nov 10, 2008
Part of the eighteenth century transportation system which fuelled the industrial revolution, the 59-mile-long Kennet and Avon canal was opened in 1810. It runs between the River Kennet, in Newbury, Berkshire, and the beautiful old town of Bath, where it joins the River Avon. (Suite101.com)
* US faces realignment of world power Nov 10, 2008
By 1900, after the industrial revolution in Europe and America, Asia accounted for just one-fifth of world output. By 2040, Asia will be well on its way back to its historical share. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Rio and Fortescue cut iron ore output as China weakens Nov 10, 2008
Rio was one of the mining sectors' loudest voices predicting a "stronger for longer" commodities boom on the back of a modern-day industrial revolution that is now slowing down. To support its growth projections, Rio this year announced multi-billion-dollar expansion plans to take capacity to 220 million tonnes a year, and 320 million tonnes by 2012. (International Herald Tribune)
Obama likely to tap fresh faces, old hands Nov 10, 2008
A pick from California for the energy post would signal a turn toward Silicon Valley's vision of alternative energy as the next industrial revolution. Other prospects include well-known Bay Area attorneys Marissa Chun and Jeff Bleich, an Obama contributions "bundler" who has known the president-elect since law school. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Little trains have big pull Nov 10, 2008
"The railroad propelled this country into the Industrial Revolution, literally and figuratively," he said. or 919-829-4841. (News & Observer)
Views of Ireland, old and new Nov 9, 2008
The HFA notes that Boorman, who was born in London, has lived in Ireland for most of his life, and offers up this excerpt from Boorman's memoir "Adventures of a Suburban Boy," to explain his sensibility: "Although hag-ridden by priests and oppressed by the Church, I felt Catholicism was only skin deep [in Ireland], that underneath it was a pagan place. For all its sorrows and suffering, Ireland had at least escaped the brutalizing effect of the Industrial Revolution which, in England, had sucked... (Boston Globe)
In food crisis, Mexican valley offers lessons Nov 9, 2008
We applied the Industrial Revolution model to the green agricultural revolution and we went a little bit too far in that direction, and now we have to back off a bit and respect the fact that the plants and the soil are biological, he said. They are not engineering problems. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
Symptoms of global warming overrun Greenland Nov 9, 2008
The company markets the water it uses as purer than what is found in other parts of the world because it comes from melted inland ice formed thousands of years before the Industrial Revolution ... But the space agency also believes that Earth has been on a one-way warming trend triggered by human activity since the Industrial Revolution began about 1850. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
An eye for nutritious consumption is a necessity Nov 8, 2008
In August 2007, the New York Times dismissed the Malthusian catastrophe with the claim that the Industrial Revolution solved the impending food crisis [In dusty archives, a theory of affluence, Nicholas Wade, 08/07/2007. It seems that, at least here in America, a surplus has been maintained. (Yale Herald, CT)
Economics can opento new realities Nov 6, 2008
Importantly, the industrial revolution was overwhelmingly based on physics and chemistry, and both radically re-shaped human society. Today, we are at the forefront of a new scientific era, a biological one. (Asia Times Online)
Personalized Learning Puts Students In A Class Of Their Own Nov 5, 2008
In fact, the image of classrooms as knowledge factories has not changed much since the Industrial Revolution, despite the major advances in teaching methods that have occurred. This model holds that teachers input information, pupils process it, and out comes the learning in neat little packages. (Science Daily)
Dr. Anane called "Ayatollah" of Ghana's Politics Nov 5, 2008
IN ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT, the first Ghanaian born to SYMBOLICALLY run for Mayor of Los Angeles, who once bravery stood up against a (few) Political Terrorists --- "Enemies of Democracy", "Enemies of Freedom" and "Enemies of Human Rights" in America who used all available means of a Super Power to persecute and torture his life, but were morally and ethically defeated --- (Sincere thanks to the Civilized and Democratic White House government under former President Bill Clinton which once ordered... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Long-term Stabilization Of Carbon Dioxide In Atmosphere Will Require Major Cuts In Emissions Nov 4, 2008
By 2100 the models suggest that carbon dioxide concentrations could be as high as 590 parts per million (ppm) more than double the level of 280ppm that persisted for thousands of years before the industrial revolution, and significantly higher than today s level, caused by the burning of fossil fuels and deforestation, of 386ppm. By 2300 the worst-case scenario shows that carbon dioxide levels could be 980ppm with an accompanying rise in global temperature of 5. (Science Daily)
Letter from Europe Nov 4, 2008
By the 17th century, the world had largely forgotten Bruges; in the Industrial Revolution of the 19th century, thousands of inhabitants were reduced to begging, and it is said that more than 10,000 women eked out a living selling lace. Tourism, begun by the Brits who still flock in today, came to the rescue. (International Herald Tribune)
Next NPP Govt would establish a university at New Abirem - Nana Nov 4, 2008
Nana Akufo-Addo said the next NPP Government would reactivate industries in the country and establish more under an industrial revolution to process more primary products for export and create employment for the youth. He urged the electorate to avoid ethnic politics and vote massively for the NPP on December 7. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Your views: Weighing in on local, national issues Nov 3, 2008
The Constitution was written before the Industrial Revolution. Our founders knew nothing about electricity, trains, telephones, radio, television, automobiles, airplanes, rockets, satellites, the Internet, nuclear power, nuclear weapons, derivatives, and they had no health care system. (Florida Today)
Like feeling the hand of God Nov 1, 2008
The organised team game is a product of the English industrial revolution. It developed to satisfy the leisure needs of the working population of the new cities, created in the 19th century by the rise of the factory. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Guardians of the past uncover green lessons for the present Oct 31, 2008
Studying the systems of country estates, which were often self-supporting until the industrial revolution, has triggered modern versions, backed by new technology and energy-saving equipment. "We need to relearn the old wisdom of self-sufficiency and sustainability," said Maddy Jago, chair of the Yorkshire and Humber Historic Environment Forum, which is restoring the Dales hydroelectric plant, last used in 1946. (guardian.co.uk)
You Can't Stop These Stocks Oct 31, 2008
The Atlantic recently reported on a National Bureau of Economic Research paper by Gary Richardson titled "Brand Names Before the Industrial Revolution.". Richardson found that even in medieval markets, "Buyers were willing to pay more for goods that came from reputable outlets, and this encouraged manufacturers to fashion their products with identifying features.". (MSNBC -- Business)
Laissez-faire is not fini Oct 31, 2008
Just look at what is happening in China and India, where a dab of economic freedom has set off the greatest burst of progress since the Industrial Revolution, freeing hundreds of millions from the bondage of poverty. John Maynard Keynes, the great British economist, wondered at how pure "animal spirits" can lead pioneering entrepreneurs to put aside the fear of loss "as a healthy man puts aside the expectation of death." Bill Emmott, former editor of the Economist, notes capitalism depends on a... (Globe and Mail)
A nasty blizzard Oct 30, 2008
This revolution's new paradigm is very much how most Western urban areas handled their waste issues up to the industrial revolution. In many areas of Africa, it continues to be the unfortunate and unhealthy standard operating procedure. (Asia Times Online)
Climate Change Seeps Into The Sea Oct 30, 2008
The ocean has helped slow global warming by absorbing much of the excess heat and heat-trapping carbon dioxide that has been going into the atmosphere since the start of the Industrial Revolution. All that extra carbon dioxide, however, has been a bitter pill for the ocean to swallow. (Science Daily)
Climate action must proceed: UK, China Oct 30, 2008
" Ms Liddell said there were opportunities for those industries willing to seize the initiative. "We can either see this as an opportunity to stick our heads in the sand and hope that the turmoil goes away, that climate change goes away, or we can say here is the chance for a new industrial revolution," she said. "Here is a chance to regenerate our economies in a more carbon neutral way and the companies that seize the opportunity have great benefits to them. " ? 2008 Brought to you by send... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Tinned treat Oct 29, 2008
"Not only did our products fill European stomachs; they also got into European hearts and minds," said historian Rene Boretto, director of the Museum of the Industrial Revolution, which is on the site of the former abattoir. "In World War I, soldiers would say 'Fray Bentos' to indicate that something was good, the same way we nowadays say OK, " Mr Boretto said. (BBC News -- Americas)
The Minutes of the Lazarus Club T... Oct 29, 2008
With an archaeologists eye for historical detail, Tony Pollard's debut novel offers intrigue and insight into British life at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution ... Introduced into the group by Brunel and offered a role as club secretary, Phillips meets significant players in the years leading to the Industrial Revolution including Charles Babbage, Robert Stephenson, Joseph Bazalgette, Godsworthy Gurney and Isambard Brunel ... A Historical Drama set at the Beginning of the Industrial... (Suite101.com)
Will robots be taking your job? Oct 29, 2008
Brain presented recently at the in San Jose, where, according to Wired (see ), he claimed that unlike the industrial revolution of 150 years ago, in which similar fears of mass unemployment never materialized, the coming robotic revolution will be different. For the first time, he says, technologists could be creating a "second intelligent species" in robots. (EETimes)
Wearable technology Oct 28, 2008
Futuristic fashion gets smart - CNN.com. Futuristic fashion gets smart. (CNN -- International)
Modern molecules Oct 28, 2008
While the Industrial Revolution focused on big projects ---- steel mills, coal mines and oil fields ---- the molecular age focuses on manipulating the microscopic. By gaining fine-grained control over matter, scientists have cured diseases, invented new clothing material such as nylon, and transformed the way information is produced and stored. (North County Times)
Thoreau is rediscovered as a climatologist Oct 28, 2008
Thoreau died in 1862, when the industrial revolution was just beginning to pump climate-changing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. In 1851, when he started recording when and where plants flowered in Concord, he was making notes for a book on the seasons. (International Herald Tribune)
World Can Halt Fossil Fuel Use By 2090 - Green Study Oct 28, 2008
6 Fahrenheit) since before the Industrial Revolution. The report urged measures such as a phase-out of subsidies for fossil fuels and nuclear energy, "cap and trade" systems for greenhouse gas emissions, legally binging targets for renewable energies and tough efficiency standards for buildings and vehicles. (Planet Ark, United States)
Kohler: "We Need a Comprehensive Strategy for Implementing the Idea of Sustainability" Oct 27, 2008
At the presentation ceremony in the Rostock town hall today, German President Horst Kohler emphasised the necessity for a new industrial revolution in energy and resource productivity - away from fossil fuels towards renewable energy sources. Mr Kohler: "Small course corrections are no longer enough. We need a comprehensive strategy for implementing the wonderful, good idea of sustainability." Important Information for journalists: Please find long versions, photos, vitae, interviews of the... (PR Newswire)
Annual Beecher Lecture evokes Cole’s English heritage Oct 27, 2008
Barringer painted a picture of Cole during his talk, one born into a low to middle-class family of Bolton le Moors (present day Bolton, Lancashire) in the booming Greater Manchester area during the Industrial Revolution. As a young boy he witnessed the dark clouds of industrial smoke and red of the furnaces slither into what was once a lush forest and natural landscape. (Catskill Daily Mail, NY)
Rep. McGovern advocates for alternative energy Oct 26, 2008
Subsidies and incentives could lead to "another Industrial Revolution," McGovern said. "If in five years from now we're still talking about drilling for oil, we're in deep, deep trouble," he said. (Holliston Tab, MA)
* Sustainable development is the only way out of the worlds crisis Oct 24, 2008
We have experienced great economic transformations throughout history: the industrial revolution, the technology revolution and the era of globalization. We are now on the threshold of another X the age of green economics. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Thomas L. Friedman: Bailout (and buildup) Oct 23, 2008
It has to also include bridges to somewhere - targeted investments in scientific research, mass transit, domestic clean-tech manufacturing and energy efficiency that will make us a more productive and innovative society, one with more skills, more competitiveness, more productivity and better infrastructure to lead the next great industrial revolution: ET - energy technology. . (International Herald Tribune)
Kwame Mayor Appeals to President Jimmy Carter Oct 23, 2008
Kwame Mayor, who was greeted at a recent CPP rally in Accra by thousands of Ghanaians at the rally ground, and perhaps, by millions of other Ghanaians glued to their television sets who roared with amazing joy as he (Kwame Mayor) was introduced on National Television, announced that he has formed a Non-Governmental Agency (NGO) with the acronym "A VOICE" on behalf of his Constituents --- has pledged to lead "Industrial Revolution" at Nhyiaeso Constituency aimed at bringing more jobs to the youth... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Nhyiaeso CPP candidate urges opponents to debate issues Oct 23, 2008
Mr Boateng said he would lead industrial revolution and bring more jobs to the people and appealed to investors to establish business in the area. He pledged to provide public safety, neighbourhood police post and contribute to the eradication of conflicts in the area. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
BHS graduate, author discusses ever-changing global economy with local students Oct 23, 2008
Throughout his life and career he has noticed drastic change - from America's industrial revolution to today's global economy. During America's period of industrial growth, the United States was right beside other first-world countries while the second world was communist and uninvolved and the third world provided raw materials to first-world nations. (Boone Today, IA)
Warming Up To The Issue Oct 22, 2008
"What we have to do is convert the ingenuity that created the Industrial Revolution and accidentally caused global climate change and use that ingenuity and apply it to finding solutions.". The show starts with a section on fossil fuels, and then looks at how the Earth has become warmer as more greenhouse gases have ended up in the atmosphere. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
In IT, all change is growth ... Oct 21, 2008
" Too true. Information technology has brought about much greater choice, in just about every aspect of our lives. That extends way beyond the infotainment revolution I have just described, to manufacturing. The "any-colour-as-long-as-it's-black" production line of the late industrial revolution has been replaced with a computer-controlled system that makes individualised items virtually on demand, marrying the economies of scale of mass production with the delights of bespoke handiwork. I also... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Green Guru Gone Wrong: William McDonough Oct 21, 2008
Long before the word "sustainability" was part of the average CEO's vocabulary -- and before, as McDonough puts it, "LEED [the green building standard] was even a twinkle in somebody's eye" -- he had begun postulating a third industrial revolution, one with the potential to transform how goods are made, cities are built, and literally everything is broken down and reused. His radical cradle-to-cradle philosophy demands that every product be designed for disassembly at the end of its lifetime,... (FastCompany)
The History of Medicinal Herbs Oct 19, 2008
As the industrial revolution of Britain materialized and took people away from the country to the cities in search of work, old values were left behind. However, in 1931, Maude Grieve of England wrote A Modern Herbal which brought together both science and tradition, indicating the value of both. (Suite101.com)
Museum hosts climate change exhibit Oct 18, 2008
NEW YORK - The red line starts low to the ground, showing how much carbon was in the atmosphere before the Industrial Revolution ... "What we have to do is convert the ingenuity that created the Industrial Revolution and accidentally caused global climate change and use that ingenuity and apply it to finding solutions.". (MSNBC -- Environment)
Random and beautiful Oct 13, 2008
Ever since the Industrial Revolution, designers and manufacturers have tried to translate advances in science and technology into things that improve the lives of millions of people. Mostly they've done so by standardizing design and production to ensure that those things can be made to a consistent quality and sold at affordable prices. (International Herald Tribune)
Wales Rides A Coal Renaissance Oct 13, 2008
Britain's Industrial Revolution drew energy and backbone from under its undulating hills _ iron ore, coal, limestone and water _ all the things needed for iron production. In the 18th century, industrialists came to the valley to dig mines, build factories and smelt iron. (CBS News -- World)
Karl Marx and his theory of alienat... Oct 12, 2008
Karl Marx was prompted to form his theory of alienation by his examination of the economic, social, and political developments brought about by the industrial revolution especially in Great Britain ... Machinery and factories that resulted from the growth and the subsequent expansion of the industrial revolution allowed the capitalist classes to reduce the wages paid to industrial workers, and make them endure terrible working conditions. (Suite101.com)
Technology's Education Gap Oct 11, 2008
Since the Industrial Revolution, America has invented its future. From the creation of the automotive and aviation industries to semiconductors and computers, technological innovation is the engine that drives our growth and prosperity. (Forbes -- Technology)
Is AMD the next big thing? Oct 11, 2008
Iron and railroads and the brawn of the Industrial Revolution muscled their way to the top of the heap in the local economy, but W. Douglas McCombs, curator of history at the Albany Institute of History and Art, finds that subtler, more diffuse developments can be equally transformative. McCombs pointed to thousands of women employed in the textile industry in the late 19th- and early 20th-century in Troy shirt-collar factories and Cohoes woolen mills. (Albany Times Union)
A very human story Oct 11, 2008
In England, applied science and technology ruled the day, and the Industrial Revolution was born. Not so in Germany, where post-Kantian Idealists tried to overcome the divide between subject and object, between self and the world. (Globe and Mail)
Avenue to Wonderland Oct 10, 2008
"It gives the figures that fantastic link with Victoriana and the industrial revolution, especially when it oxidises.". In a sense, Alice In Wonderland is a culmination of McRae's many and varied careers, all of which have found a place in his Darlinghurst home. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Blanket of snow is a poor man's fertilizer Oct 10, 2008
One study I read indicated that by the 1980s the amount of nitrogen deposited in the Colorado Front Range was 30 times greater than it was before the Industrial Revolution. Another study says that this number has since doubled. (Anchorage Daily News)
Action call on reefs comes from Honolulu Oct 10, 2008
It urges lower fossil fuel emissions, because carbon dioxide absorbed into the ocean is a major factor in the increasing seawater acidity since the Industrial Revolution ... In the 650,000 years before the Industrial Revolution, carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere were between 200 and 280 parts per million, Salm said. (Honolulu Advertiser)
NPP to make Tema Ghana's industrial base Oct 10, 2008
Tema, Oct 9, GNA - The New Patriotic Party (NPP), would embark on a national industrial revolution, starting from Tema, if retained in power in Election 2008. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, NPP flag bearer, said Tema, would be made the industrial base of the country, which would be critical to the party's vision of industrializing the country to create more jobs for the people. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Warmer World Threatens "Happy Feet" Penguins Oct 10, 2008
6 deg C since the Industrial Revolution, mainly through the burning of fossil fuels. The report said unless nations slash carbon emissions, the world would warm by an average 2 deg C in less than 40 years. (Planet Ark, United States)
Deer cull plan to boost woodland Oct 8, 2008
The 18th Century saw the beginnings of the Industrial Revolution and trees being felled to build ships and for the construction of sewers in London 6 ... " Fences would be used to protect seedlings in areas where new planting was required. The charity wants to revive what is known as riparian forest - trees next to water - to tackle erosion around the River Moriston but also to provide leaf litter which creates food and habitat for invertebrates. Mr Featherstone said an aim was to achieve a... (BBC News -- UK)
Nature Inspires New Products in 'Biomimic' Study Oct 8, 2008
BARCELONA - The Alpine edelweiss flower may hold clues to making better suncreams, while oyster shells could give hints about storing greenhouse gases in an emerging industrial revolution that mimics nature ... "Conserving habitats is a wellspring for the next industrial revolution," she said. (Planet Ark, United States)
Independent Voice: The natural world has changed, even here Oct 8, 2008
The industrial revolution compounded the problem by encouraging huge population growth that in turn fed at the industrial table. As people ate their resources, they disregarded the fact that industrial consumption produces toxic waste. (Hillsdale Independent, NY)
Tsongas goes down to the river Oct 8, 2008
Tsongas yesterday said the rivers give the region a common geographic identity, and have been instrumental in economic history, as one of the key sources of power at the start of the Industrial Revolution. "I think it's important I, as a member of Congress, commit to protecting them," she said. (Beacon Villager, MA)
China Grim on Prospects for Climate Pact Oct 7, 2008
It says despite high annual emissions, per-capita greenhouse pollution is well below that of rich peers and historically it pumped out much less than rich nations over the past two centuries since the start of the Industrial Revolution. With little over a year until the negotiators gather to seek final agreement, Yu also said he hoped the United States under a new president would take "a more constructive and positive approach to the fight against climate change". (Planet Ark, United States)
Introducing Earth 3.0 Oct 4, 2008
0, when the industrial revolution gave the human race the leverage to achieve unprecedented health and prosperity but at the price of wanton consumption of natural resources. Today we have unwittingly become the major drivers of potentially disastrous change. (Scientific American)
Slackers No More Oct 3, 2008
The economist who popularized--who really defined the term--was talking about the Industrial Revolution. And then you had this long period of stability once the tumultuous aspect of the Industrial Revolution sort of settled. (Forbes -- Technology)
