|
Why do the Koch brothers want to end public education? |
| Uploaded by bravenewfoundation on 14 Aug 2011 This film and investigation connects the dots and reveals why the Koch brothers are trying to end public education and how their wealth winds up in the hands of Jim Crow. Watch the video, then call David Koch and tell him to stop funding school resegregation now. |
| Date: 2011-08-15 22:05:44 - Added by: KMC |
| Views: 801 - Votes: 2 - Rating: 5 |
| |
|
Geoengineering Climate Control: Who Gets the Keys? |
| Published on 15 Aug 2011 by ForaTv Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/09/03/Jamais_Cascio_Hacking_the_Earth Jamais Cascio, writer and co-founder of WorldChanging.com, examines various risks involved in the pursuit of mass-scale geoengineering as a response to global warming. Along with unknown scientific considerations, Cascio warns that geoengineering could be fertile ground for international political conflict. -----Jamais Cascio is a San Francisco Bay Area-based writer and ethical futurist specializing in design strategies and possible outcomes for future scenarios. Cascio received his undergraduate degree from UC Santa Cruz and his ABD at UC Berkeley. Selected by Foreign Policy magazine as one of their Top 100 Global Thinkers, Jamais Cascio writes about the intersection of emerging technologies, environmental dilemmas, and cultural transformation, specializing in the design and creation of plausible scenarios of the future. His work focuses on the importance of long-term, systemic thinking, emphasizing the power of openness, transparency and flexibility as catalysts for building a more resilient society. Cascio's work appears in publications as diverse as Metropolis, the Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, and Foreign Policy. He has been featured in multiple television programs discussing foresight and environmental issues, including National Geographic Television's Six Degrees, its 2008 documentary on the effects of global warming, the History Channel's Science Impossible, its 2009 series on emerging technologies, and the 2010 Canadian Broadcasting Company documentary, Surviving the Future. |
| Date: 2011-08-15 19:37:07 - Added by: KMC |
| Views: 850 - Votes: 1 - Rating: 5 |
| |
|
New e-paper can be reused over 250 times |
| Uploaded by NTDTV on 10 Aug 2011 For more news and videos visit ? http://english.ntdtv.com or Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/NTDTelevision Taiwanese researchers are taking recycling to a whole new level with a rewritable electronic paper that can be re-used up to 260 times. The developers say it will soon replace the conventional paper used for signs and posters. Researchers in Taiwan say the resolution of their "i2R e-Paper" makes it ideal for use in shops and public areas to update signs and posters. The paper was developed by Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI). At a recent demonstration, technicians showed off the paper's printing ability using a thermal printer, the same kind used in fax machines. And with the flip of a switch, the paper can be erased - and is ready for reuse. While there have been other forms of e-paper developed, researchers say this is the first of its kind to use a thermal printer. [John Chen, Vice President, General Director, ITRI]: (Mandarin, male) "I think the greatest breakthrough was that traditional display devices usually require electricity to write, our technology made it closer to how we would use normal paper -- first it does not require patterned electrodes, it is very light, soft, and rewritable. From this perspective, this is a true e-paper." The paper thickness is less than 5 thousandths of an inch. It's made by putting a layer of Cholestric Liquid Crystal, a type of liquid crystal structured similarly to cholesterol molecules, onto a plastic film. Chen says the advantage of using Cholestric Liquid Crystal is that it does not require a backlight, and by adding optical agents of different pitches, it can produce blue, red and green colors - ideal for use in signs or posters. The new paper is more than just tree friendly - Chen says that in the long run, "i2R e-Paper" will save energy too. [John Chen, Vice President, General Director, ITRI]: (Mandarin, male) "So far, it can be rewritten and cleared 260 times. In many cases, such as transportation tickets or ID badges, it will save you from printing the same thing 259 times. In terms of environmental protection, this is very meaningful." Chen says the e-paper's print-out resolution can reach 300 dots per inch (dpi), and its application may extend to scrolls of unlimited length, digital billboard, or ambient wallpapers. An A4-sized piece of "i2R e-Paper" costs approximately $2.00 U.S. The technology has already been transferred to a local company for mass |
| Date: 2011-08-15 13:56:29 - Added by: KMC |
| Views: 853 - Votes: 0 - Rating: 0 |
| |
|
America's Nuclear Nightmare |
| Uploaded by TheYoungTurks on 12 Aug 2011 A Rolling Stone article by Jeff Goodell shares shocking facts about the dangerous state of many nuclear power plants and lack of oversight in America. Is a Fukushima type meltdown inevitable in the United Sates? Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian discuss. http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/america-s-nuclear-nightmare-20110427 |
| Date: 2011-08-15 12:45:40 - Added by: KMC |
| Views: 863 - Votes: 0 - Rating: 0 |
| |
|
Bill Maher: New Rules - Socialism |
| 0 Jul 2011 Bill Maher speaking on that dirty word, |
| Date: 2011-08-15 10:35:38 - Added by: KMC |
| Views: 937 - Votes: 2 - Rating: 5 |
| |
|
HinkleGate: (Another) Anti-Gay Rep. Busted At Hotel |
| Uploaded by TheYoungTurks on 12 Aug 2011 State rep. Phillip Hinkle (R-IN) was busted looking for gay sex with a young man at a hotel. Shockingly Hinkle was openly anti-gay and opposed to gay marriage. Cenk Uygur breaks it down. |
| Date: 2011-08-15 09:41:55 - Added by: KMC |
| Views: 794 - Votes: 0 - Rating: 0 |
| |
|
McConnell's Master Plan |
| Uploaded by zinasaundersdotcom on 11 Aug 2011 See more at www.zinasaunders.com. Obama should have learned from the old movies that kidnappers, blackmailers and extortionists are never satisfied with just one hit. |
| Date: 2011-08-15 09:22:35 - Added by: KMC |
| Views: 795 - Votes: 0 - Rating: 0 |
| |
|
Sarah Posner Comments on Iowa Straw Poll & the GOP Presidential Race |
| Uploaded by democracynow on 15 Aug 2011 DemocracyNow.org - The race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination heated up this weekend as Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann won the Iowa straw poll and Texas Gov. Rick Perry formally announced his candidacy. Bachmann led the Iowa contest with more than 4,800 votes out of almost 17,000 votes cast, and Texas Rep. Ron Paul placed a close second. Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty placed a distant third, and on Sunday he announced he was leaving the presidential race. Democracy Now! speaks with Sarah Posner, senior editor of Religion Dispatches, who spent the weekend covering the poll in Iowa for The Nation magazine. "Bachmann is much more than the rest of them going to use the language, rhetoric and ideology she learned at Oral Roberts [University] to meld the fiscal conservatives small government message with her religious message," Posner says. |
| Date: 2011-08-15 07:27:50 - Added by: KMC |
| Views: 850 - Votes: 0 - Rating: 0 |
| |
|
Palestinian refugee camp in Latakia 'under fire' by Syrian army |
| Uploaded by AlJazeeraEnglish on 15 Aug 2011 Chris Gunness, a spokesman for the UN agency handling Palestinian refugees says the Syrian army has fired at a refugee camp in the city of Latakia. He condemns the violence and calls for immediate access to the site. |
| Date: 2011-08-15 01:33:55 - Added by: KMC |
| Views: 813 - Votes: 0 - Rating: 0 |
| |
|
Scary politics: Christine O'Donnell's new book |
| Published on 13 Aug 2011 by Current Christine O'Donnell's new book reeks of hypocrisy |
| Date: 2011-08-13 08:58:04 - Added by: KMC |
| Views: 814 - Votes: 1 - Rating: 5 |
| |
