Carbon storage? Not under my house! Nov 11, 2009
Blowout not likelyCarbon dioxide, which provides the fizz in soft drinks, is naturally present in the atmosphere although levels have soared since start of the industrial revolution. Plants take it in and people breathe it out. (MSNBC -- International)
* The seeds of the next economic crisis are being sown now Nov 10, 2009
Digital technology and bioscience will drive the third industrial revolution, but these changes take place at a time when the spread of the market has vastly increased the reserve army of labor. US hegemony is being threatened by the rise of China. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Africa: China Offers Billions in Loans to Continent Nov 9, 2009
However, for the last 500 years we have lagged behind in social economic development," he told the meeting. Relevant Links "Europe went through industrial revolution but Africa, including Uganda, has remained in the pre-industrial times. We must work together to end protectionism. (allAfrica.com)
As oceans fall ill, Washington bureaucrats squabble Nov 8, 2009
-Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, the oceans have absorbed 525 billion tons of carbon dioxide. They're now absorbing about 22 million tons of carbon dioxide a day. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Historic vote looms on Capitol Hill today Nov 8, 2009
During the Industrial Revolution, workers who got sick didnt earn money, so they formed what they called friendly societies. These were cooperatives into which workers paid monthly premiums, pooling their resources so they could continue the cash wages of workers who got sick. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Cotton, slavery and then some Nov 8, 2009
Cotton was the country s leading export for more than 100 years, and it caused the Industrial Revolution, the American Civil War and the Fashion Revolution. In addition, severe racism existed in the North before the U.S. Civil War, and there was a direct and indirect containment policy of keeping blacks in the South after the Civil War, according to Dattel. (Greenville Delta Democrat Times, MS)
Huckaby: Reminiscing about the sick days of yore Nov 8, 2009
I would much rather have been at school talking about the ins and outs of the Industrial Revolution. As I lay there under a heavy quilt while chills racked my aching body, I found myself thinking back to those rare days of my youth when my mother let me stay out of school. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Unemployment's black October Nov 7, 2009
" Kelley bellows back at him. Typically I hate this tough-love routine. But financial planners yelling at self-pitying former child stars? That's entertainment. After the dust has settled, Aames holds a yard sale. Strangely, when he sees all of his neighbors gathered outside to buy all of his furniture and his DVDs and his gigantic flat-screen TV, he seems to find it touching rather than flatly depressing. As they clamor around him to buy his stuffed deer and buffalo heads, as women ask him to... (Salon)
Soil scientists warn of worsening food crisis Nov 7, 2009
Laryea said those farming practices coupled with industrial revolution had led to an increase in greenhouse emissions causing high atmospheric temperature which had resulted in the current rising sea surface levels and erratic rainfall pattern globally. He said the increasing effects of climate change meant that there would be decrease in vegetation growth leading to less addition of biomass to the soil which would lead to increased organic matter decomposition and loss, the effects of which... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Unemployment Nov 7, 2009
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* Looking for the birth of modern Asia in Berlin Nov 6, 2009
To be sure, rapid economic growth also occurred during the Industrial Revolution and in the post-WWII period. But in the post-Cold War period, economic growth by itself has contributed to altering global power relations. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
That's the funniest thing I have ever heard. Charter puts the customers first? ... Nov 5, 2009
Charter is the worst cable company in the world, and the worst organization since the advent of the industrial revolution. They should be dead and buried by now. (Multichannel News)
King Cotton has not so royal past Nov 5, 2009
Cotton was the country s leading export for more than a hundred years and it caused the Industrial Revolution, the American Civil War and the Fashion Revolution. In the 1850s, within a decade of the beginning of the Civil War, and at a time when slavery was long past in the North, the largest international slave market was financed and funded from New York City. (Greenville Delta Democrat Times, MS)
Bernanke learns fromthe wrong crash Nov 4, 2009
This legislation has been held by some economists to have held back Britain's industrial revolution by half a century or more. The lessons of 1720 are thus that it is essential to maintain confidence in the financial system, and that misguided corrective legislation can damage the economy for decades. (Asia Times Online)
romantic exoticism Nov 4, 2009
It was in the Romantic period--not coincidentally also the period of the industrial revolution--that such concern with individualism became much more widespread ... It may seem paradoxical that it was just at the moment when the industrial revolution was destroying large tracts of woods and fields and creating an unprecedentedly artificial environment in Europe that this taste arose; but in fact it could probably have arisen in no other time. (Harper's Magazine)
British High Commissioner visits Upper West Region Nov 4, 2009
He said although countries like the US and Great Britain used migrants labour during the Industrial Revolution to develop their economies, the trend had now changed. Dr Westcott observed that uncontrolled migration could lead to political tension and violence in some countries. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Healthcare Reform Nov 4, 2009
Since the beginning of the industrial revolution more than two centuries ago, sectors that have adopted labor-saving machinery have shed labor to other sectors. The mechanization of agriculture and mining -- "primary production" -- freed up labor for factories. (Salon)
Display Balance And Win Nov 3, 2009
James Watt didn't invent the steam engine, but his innovations turned an obscure machine into a workhorse that powered the Industrial Revolution. The machine, invented by Thomas Savery and improved on by Thomas Newcomen, hadn't changed much in the 50 years before Watt began tinkering with it in the. (Investors Business Daily)
Watt? He Got Up A Head Of Steam Nov 3, 2009
James Watt didn't invent the steam engine, but his innovations turned an obscure machine into a workhorse that powered the Industrial Revolution ... "He basically almost single-handedly made the Industrial Revolution happen in the U.K.," Randall Brooks, vice president of collection and research at the Canada Science and Technology Museum, told IBD.. (Investors Business Daily)
INTERVIEW-Delaying UN climate deal makes no sense-Denmark Nov 1, 2009
Developing nations such as China and India say that the developed nations must cut emissions by at least 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2020 -- arguing they got rich by burning fossil fuels since the industrial revolution. Offers on the table so far from the rich total cuts of about 11 to 15 percent below 1990 levels by 2020. (AlertNet)
Climate change threat to shellfish Nov 1, 2009
As CO2 levels have started to climb since the Industrial Revolution of the 19th century, the oceans have gradually grown more acidic. That is expected to continue if CO2 emissions are not reduced. (Albany Times Union)
Kirkwood as alternative energy lab: Ski area joins fight against global warming Nov 1, 2009
Although Kirkwood is encircled by pristine wilderness, its current power station is more reminiscent of the dark days of the industrial revolution. Kirkwood is powered by a handful of dirty, noisy diesel generators that produce the valley's peak power needs of about four megawatts. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Expert advice on China and India Oct 31, 2009
In the 19th century, it took Germany, Britain and the United States 50 years of industrial revolution to double their per capita incomes. China and India are now doing it in around 10 years, he says. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Let the vampire backlash begin! Why do we keep regurgitating the same old... Oct 31, 2009
Let the vampire backlash begin. Why do we keep regurgitating the same old bloodsuckers. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
Letter: Butte documentary sends the wrong message Oct 31, 2009
CJR wrote on Oct 30, 2009 9:38 AM:" Enda,you've made some good points. However, most documentaries are not for telling upbeat stories. They are to chronicle the actual history in the context of the community,and how it relates to our nation. The industrial revolution was a world-wide event and Butte once played a predominant role. It would be impossible to tell the whole story in 60 minutes. A future documentary could feature other aspects of our uniqueness and how the spirit of the people... (Montana Standard, MT)
What recovery? Oct 29, 2009
More than 200 years ago, Slater Mill in Rhode Island helped kick-off America's industrial revolution. For centuries, manufacturing, mainly in textile mills, provided jobs in this small north-eastern state, but not anymore. (BBC News -- Americas)
U.K.s grave crisis: Share lot with a stranger? Oct 29, 2009
For centuries Londoners were buried in churches or small churchyard cemeteries, but when the Industrial Revolution brought a population boom, the existing spaces couldn't cope. Alarmed at the perceived health risks of overflowing graveyards, the government passed laws starting in the Victorian era that banned urban churchyard burials, outlawed exhumation without government permission and established large municipal cemeteries. (MSNBC -- International)
The plight of the bluefin Oct 29, 2009
We the human species have been exploiting the worlds resources more and more since the industrial revolution of the 1800's, buying and aquiring things including food items which are made available to purchase and aquire by the industrial complex, and we will continue to do so unabaited until the resource no longer exists, or until there occurs a natural catastropie of such propo. rtions that it deletes the worlds ever growing population to such an extent that all major industry, including the... (BBC News -- Science)
Fideo, a.k.a. the Climate Criminal Oct 28, 2009
Yes, CO2 levels and global temperatures have risen since the Industrial Revolution, and that's something to take seriously. But the political reality is that truly meaningful global restrictions on CO2 emissions in the near future simply will not happen, and pretending otherwise is a waste of time, money and political capital. (Townhall.com)
How climate change will effect economy and more? Oct 26, 2009
In the last two centuries since the advent of industrial revolution human activity has led a persistent rise in concentration of CO over and above the natural concentration of the gas in the atmosphere. This means more COmolecules are in the atmosphere to heat up earths atmosphere and that is precisely happening. (India Times)
Wen plays major role in success of ASEAN-related meetings Oct 26, 2009
He also proposed that these countries try to facilitate trade and investment, expand trade and investment within the region and urged them to keep abreast with the latest global industrial revolution, and enhance cooperation in green economy, recycling economy, modern agriculture and manufacturing industry. Leaders attend the 4th East Asia Summit (EAS) in the southern Thai resort town of Hua Hin, Oct. 25, 2009. (Xinhuanet, China)
'Climate change will be an election issue in five years' Oct 25, 2009
We are on the verge of a technological breakthrough, a revolution again that would have more impact than the industrial revolution perhaps. Is global warming something that politicians across the world really bother about honestly or are they just protecting their turf. (India Times, India)
Activists in Delray Oct 25, 2009
"We got ourselves into this trouble by creating the industrial revolution, and we need to get ourselves out of trouble by creating a new green revolution.". Related Subjects. (The Palm Beach Post)
China begins to step up on greenhouse gases Oct 25, 2009
China has also noted the cumulative emissions of advanced economies since the Industrial Revolution. And some Chinese commentators have accused Western nations of using a carbon cap as a way to contain China's advancement. (MSNBC -- International)
Can A Number Solve the Climate Change Conundrum? Oct 24, 2009
For the millennia before the industrial revolution, when humans started pumping industrial emissions into the atmosphere, carbon dioxide levels had held fairly steady at about 280 parts-per-million. Carbon dioxide concentrations rose gradually but steadily to the mid-20th century, when they started to skyrocket. (Scientific American)
Bells to ring Saturday as global climate warning Oct 24, 2009
Somebody should let Mr. McKibben know that the glaciers have been receding since long before the industrial revolution. (See the map). (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Teaching Ideologies of the Industri... Oct 24, 2009
Teaching Ideologies of the Industrial Revolution. Teaching Ideologies of the Industrial Revolution ... Lesson Plans and Activities for Teaching the Industrial Revolution. (Suite101.com)
Bring Back The Rope Oct 23, 2009
He attributes this to modern man s physical inactivity since the industrial revolution. man boobs for all. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Darwin Lives! Modern Humans Are Still Evolving Oct 23, 2009
Since the Industrial Revolution, modern humans have grown taller and stronger, so it's easy to assume that evolution is making humans fitter. But according to anthropologist Peter McAllister, author of Manthropology: the Science of Inadequate Modern Man, the contemporary male has evolved, at least physically, into "the sorriest cohort of masculine Homo sapiens to ever walk the planet." Thanks to genetic differences, an average Neanderthal woman, McAllister notes, could have whupped Arnold... (Time.com)
Subterranean sojourns: Coal mine opens to tourists Oct 23, 2009
"As long as I can hear your song, I know I'm safe," Marzelli says in a heavy Italian accent as he explains the ins and outs of coal mining as it was done in the early days of the Industrial Revolution, when miners used canaries as air monitors. Marzelli is one of a crew of animatronic miners who greet visitors inside Portal 31, an underground coal mine that folks here have transformed into a tourist attraction. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
"State Legacy" moves to Shenzhen from Manchester Oct 22, 2009
"Manchester and Shenzhen are two cities with special meanings as the former is the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, and the latter, the experimental field for China's reforms and opening up," Huang said as the exhibition opened in the city Friday ... "To have brought them to Manchester, the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution and a relatively regenerated post-industrial city, is to construct a critical examination of the legacy of the industrialization and modernization of China... (Xinhuanet, China)
A tale of how it turned out right Oct 22, 2009
I would like to see governments invest heavily in green industries:- I personally see them as the next industrial revolution, if economists and governments would only do the sums and realise that there needs to be a significant shift in our emphasis from consumption to sustainability. We really need to question whether the Western World can sustain the kind of growth and reliance on consumerism that we have grown accustomed to. (BBC News -- Science)
Karen Armstrong on the Case for God Oct 20, 2009
" This is extremely distressing in my opinion, and a danger to our democracy, which she insists is compatible with religion. How can one have freedom if some insist on laws based on their particular religious views that apply to all? Maybe God is here to stay, but that is not necessarily the best thing for the world's security, freedom and contentment. ERIC 5:43 PM ET October 19, 2009 Believing in God, immortality, transcendent meaning would be wonderful, if only there were a particle of... (Slate)
What's holding India back Oct 19, 2009
The answer to that question may determine whether India will see a new industrial revolution, one broad enough to provide the jobs needed to lift millions out of poverty ... Business is battling farmers over land, putting $98 bn in investments, and an industrial revolution, on hold. (India Times)
A brief history of climate change Oct 18, 2009
1712 - British ironmonger Thomas Newcomen invents the first widely used steam engine, paving the way for the Industrial Revolution and industrial scale use of coal. 1800 - world population reaches one billion. (BBC News -- Science)
The noise about 350 Oct 17, 2009
First, 275 PPM is the historical level of carbon in the atmosphere throughout humankind s stay here on Earth up until the start of the Industrial Revolution. About 200 years ago the number began to rise in an ever-steeper curve as we began burning fossil fuel. (Concord Journal, MA)
6 Charged in $20M Insider Trading Case Oct 17, 2009
Just one tip watch how "mesa airline stocks trades on nasdaq...unbelievable manipulation in front of your eyes... by cadred October 16, 2009 2:52 PM EDT Take out the over the top greed and endemic dishonesty and capitalism becomes a beautiful thing. As it is now it takes on a slimy maloderous countenance. by stillwaters6 October 16, 2009 3:05 PM EDT rich get richer and the poor get more screwed. Michael Moore's Capitalism, anybody??? by jtdev1 October 16, 2009 2:48 PM EDT Wall street has always... (CBS News)
Catskill author Talbott honored as Hudson Valley Hero Oct 17, 2009
River of Dreams, a colorful 40-page hardcover published by Penguin Young Reader s Group, portrays a vivid timeline of the Hudson River from its earliest Native American inhabitants through to the Industrial Revolution and today. The book also focuses on the environmental movement to preserve the river in the 1960s. (Catskill Daily Mail, NY)
* Anthropologist says modern athletes no match for past men Oct 15, 2009
We are so inactive these days and have been since the industrial revolution really kicked into gear, McAllister replied ... At the start of the industrial revolution there are statistics about how much harder people worked then, McAllister said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Reading takes action for International Climate Day Oct 15, 2009
Prior to the Industrial Revolution, our atmosphere had about 280 ppm of CO2, contributing to the stable and mild climate conditions that we have enjoyed. However, current measurements show that the atmospheric concentration is nearing 390 ppm. (Reading Advocate, MA)
Letters to the editor Oct 15, 2009
The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased by 39 percent since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. 2. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Path finders Oct 15, 2009
Then, of course, it was an avenue toward the Industrial Revolution; now, it represents a little escape route from the demands of modern life. Praised by the Sierra Club's New Jersey chapter, restoring the canal path's continuous swath will also complement various efforts to revitalize Trenton as a residence and a destination with an unparalleled recreational opportunity. (NJ.com -- Times)
Copenhagen must result in more aid to poor countries Oct 12, 2009
The climate crisis has been caused by the rich - emitting since the dawn of the industrial revolution. The increase in deaths from natural disasters is caused by the emissions of the developed world. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Climactic time Oct 9, 2009
As Energy Secretary Steven Chu has said, if Congress doesn't act on climate change "we will lose an opportunity to lead in this next industrial revolution.". We will also further endanger our well-being and that of everyone on this Earth with our selfish negligence. (NJ.com -- Times)
Why the US will survive this recession Oct 8, 2009
Consider this: The dramatic downturn laid the foundation for the second phase of the Industrial Revolution. One of the most prominent inventions of the 1800s was the railroad. (Christian Science Monitor)
Executives Urge Lawmakers to Pass Climate Bill Oct 8, 2009
The business executives from more than 30 states argued that climate legislation and a shift of energy priorities away from fossil fuels could lead to a new industrial revolution and create 1. 7 million jobs related to clean energy technologies from developing new batteries to building windmills and the next generation of solar panels. (ABC News -- Wire)
America's national parks: another idea Oct 7, 2009
He was an "aginner," at odds with modernity and especially opposed to the allegedly dehumanizing effects of industrialization - though, ironically, he had reached Fort Pierre by ascending the Missouri River on the steamboat "Yellowstone," an early fruit of the Industrial Revolution. Yet he yearned for a preindustrial era that was already receding into history. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Supersize families Oct 7, 2009
Mr Carlson - who advocates a reversal of the industrial revolution and a return to home-based businesses centred on the family - says there is a strategic motivation behind the Quiverfull movement. "There is a sense in which these intentionally created large families are seeing themselves as the foundation of a counter-culture, which could grow, and should grow," he said. (BBC News -- Americas)
SpaceShipOne, Five Years Later Oct 6, 2009
"Hundreds of Virgin Galactic, Scaled and Spaceport America people are working towards a true industrial revolution in space," Whitehorn concluded. "I, for one, can't wait, but will never forget the fact that the Ansari X prize was a real catalyst for these events.". (Fox News)
* EDITORIAL: Obama blinks, freedom suffers Oct 6, 2009
For a number of reasons, including politics and geography, China lost steam around the time that Europe, led by Britain, embarked on the Industrial Revolution. Warlordism and colonialism ensured that for the next 200 years or so, China would stay behind while the West, and then Japan, modernized. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* Hardcover: UK: Some people make money, others make history Oct 4, 2009
The home of the industrial revolution was at a low ebb and the only people who believed any kind of revolution was now possible were the romantic idealists behind Factory Records. Emboldened by the spirit of punk and an excess of civic pride, Factorys founders, in particular Tony Wilson and Robert Gretton, believed in Manchester more than they believed in themselves. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
The Varied Fashions of the Gothic S... Oct 3, 2009
The steampunk aesthetic stems from a type of fantasy fiction that uses science fiction elements cross-pollinated with the iconography of Victorian England, particularly the Industrial Revolution (hence the "steam" in steampunk, taken from steam engines or steam power). The works of Jules Verne and H.G. Wells are touchstones, and fashions may feature long leather coats, aviator goggles, and old clocks, gadgets and dials attached to clothing. (Suite101.com)
Marching to world domination... Oct 2, 2009
And deep in the heart of Africa, acres of forest are ripped down every day as timber for China's industrial revolution ... And for the past 20 years, the Chinese have been modernising at a staggering rate - ploughing the fruits of their industrial revolution not into welfare programmes, health care or the environmental protection their people so badly need, but into guns, guns and more guns. (The Drudge Report)
Will the Manhattan Project Always Exist? by Sam Kean, 3 Quarks Daily Oct 1, 2009
Since the industrial revolution, far more technology has been developed in any quantifiable sense than in any period in human history (the rise of agriculture and the accompanying city states being more of a gradual change, though the social structure established surely is as significant as the ability to download pornography at ever-increasing speeds ... maybe we've mined enough of the Earth's metals and oil that a new industrial revolution would be difficult). (Harper's Magazine)
A setback, not failure Oct 1, 2009
This is because such bold conquests across the world hold the promise of liberation from the sense of smallness and inadequacy that two centuries of colonial rule had imposed on a civilisation that was one of the most advanced in the world, before the onset of the industrial revolution in the west ... Britain pioneered the industrial revolution but today has sold off virtually all its original national champions to foreign buyers. (India Times)
