TECHNOLOGY: Nuke power from Japan?

Thursday, October 29, 2009

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.314f8f63df41800c448cd89e0a88dd31.331&show_article=1

Japanese firms to develop small nuclear reactors

Oct 24 01:08 AM US/Eastern

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Japan’s major nuclear reactor manufacturers have begun developing small nuclear power systems for both developed and emerging countries, a report said on Saturday.

Toshiba Corp. is developing an ultra-compact reactor with an output of about 10,000 kilowatts and has started procedures for approval in the United States, the Nikkei business daily said.

The new reactor, the Toshiba 4S, is designed to minimise the need for monitoring and maintenance, with an automatic shutdown function to ensure safety in case of problems, the newspaper said.

Toshiba plans to market the reactor first in the United States, while foreseeing demand from emerging countries in Southeast Asia and Eastern Europe as well as in Africa, it said.

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For America’s “lost generation” of nuke engineers, I’m sure the approval of this will really put a knot in their shorts.

At one time, America “owned” the nuclear engineering niche.

France gets 80% of its power from nukes; we get near zero.

Argh!

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SOCIALISM: More GMAC aid?

Thursday, October 29, 2009

http://www.freep.com/article/20091028/BUSINESS01/91028022/1322/GMAC-may-get-3rd-helping-of-aid

Posted: 8:40 a.m. Oct. 28, 2009 | Updated: 9:51 a.m. today
GMAC may get 3rd helping of aid
BY GREG GARDNER
FREE PRESS BUSINESS WRITER

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GMAC, the financial lifeline for General Motors Co., Chrysler Group LLC and their dealer networks, is asking the U.S. Treasury for more federal aid beyond the $12.5 billion it’s already received, because it remains billions of dollars short of a capital reserve requirement all bank holding companies must meet.

The request, which is subject to ongoing negotiations, comes as GMAC is caught in a financial game of chicken with Chrysler Financial that could drive some large Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge dealers out of business or force them to sell their operations.

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More taxpayer participation required!

Argh!

More good money after bad.

Bankruptcy would have been so much cleaner.

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JOBSEARCH: Allan Hoving “GameChanging” podcast

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/GameChanging

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Change the Game

As fresh faced little kids we were all told … “It’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how you play the game.” Then we went out there and found out it really did matter.

More than that, we found out that life wasn’t always fair. You didn’t always get the breaks. Sometimes the game didn’t go your way.

There’s a lot of things in life you can’t change. You can always change the game.

We’re fascinated by people, ideas and events that do just that – change the game.

Join us every Monday night at 5 pm Pacific/8 pm Eastern and prepare to look at business, collaboration and the real time internet in a totally new way.

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Know Allan Hoving from my “love affair” with Execunet. (Not their fault that no one wants “old dogs”.) If Allan has something to say I’m sure it’s informative and interesting.

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RANT: Roach ruins a photo op for the gooferment skool!

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/education/2009/10/27/2009-10-27_kids_buggin_out_for_rays_tacos.html

Sixth-graders give dining diva Rachael Ray’s lunch menu passing marks
BY Mark Morales and Corky Siemaszko
DAILY NEWS WRITERS
Tuesday, October 27th 2009, 4:00 AM

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Dining diva Rachael Ray unveiled her healthy new lunch for students at Public School 89 in Tribeca on Monday before a gaggle of reporters – and one brazen cockroach.

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Speechless.

OK, not really.

The roach will survive a nuclear war. But, the liberals think that they don’t exist.

Why should the State be “educating” (aka indoctrinating) children?

Parents should be in charge; not overpaid bureaucrats.

Bet home schoolers don’t have this problem.

Finally, it’s sad when we allow the gooferment to run our lives.

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NEWJERSEY: Gooferment theft by stupidity

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20091025/NEWS/910250315&referrer=FRONTPAGECAROUSEL

Municipal workers’ unused sick, vacation time costing NJ taxpayers nearly $1 billion
By ANDREA CLURFELD • GANNETT NEW JERSEY • October 25, 2009

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CENTRAL JERSEY — Call it the billion-dollar retirement bill.

New Jersey’s taxpayers owe almost $1 billion to municipal workers for not taking sick, vacation and comp time during their careers, budget figures show.

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Time to welcome ALL gooferment workers into the “real world”.

Use it or lose it.

And the ever popular 401k.

No unfunded liabilities. No golden days.

Same as the rest of us shlubs.

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FUN: The next “cash for” program

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

“President Obama announced he wants to give every senior citizen $250 next year. This is part of his ‘Cash for Geezers’ program.”
–Jay Leno

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Probably will work as well!

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MONEY: M note; not C note

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&sid=aY6fyCTnmgh0

Dollar’s Doom Puts a Face on New $1 Million Bill
Commentary by David Reilly

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Oct. 23 (Bloomberg) — Forty years ago, the U.S. government said the $100 bill would be the highest-denomination note. With the Federal Reserve now trying to print its way out of the financial crisis, it may be time to revisit that decision.

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Guess we’ll need trillion dollar notes like Zimbabwe!

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FUN: My father is a civil servant

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Three boys are in the schoolyard bragging of how great their fathers are.

The first one says:”Well, my father runs the fastest. He can fire an arrow, and start to run, I tell you, he gets there before the arrow”.

The second one says:”Ha! You think that’s fast! My father is a hunter. He can shoot his gun and be there before the bullet”.

The third one listens to the other two and shakes his head. He then says:”You two know nothing about fast. My father is a civil servant. He stops working at 4:30 and he is home by 3:45!!”

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TECHNOLOGY: QIPIT down

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Thanks for signing up for the Qipit online service, the company that specializes in high quality mobile copy solutions. We are making a change in the focus of the company toward the development of smart phone applications and technology for the enterprise. In fact, our first application Qipit White, is available now for the iPhone, with more applications and platforms to follow. Starting this past Wednesday (October 21, 2009), the Qipit online mobile copy service stopped accepting new user registrations.

What this means to you?

As an existing user, you can still use the service as normal until November 9, 2009, at which time the ability to create new copies (using Web upload, our facebook applications, Shozu, copy@qipit.com, and color@qipit.com) and to share (by sending faxes and emails) will be discontinued. On December 6, 2009, the service will be completely taken offline. We encourage users to download all of the information you would like to keep, prior to this date. After the service is taken offline, your information will no longer be available.

As we say goodbye to Qipit the online service, Qipit will live on in a series of smart phone applications and as a technology for the enterprise. Back in September we launched our first smart phone application, Qipit White, for the iPhone, it shares much of the same functionality of the online service, but works much faster! We will continue to support Qipit White and future applications based on the technology behind Qipit for the iPhone, Android and other smart phone platforms. Be sure to keep an eye on http://www.qipit.com and the Qipit Blog for the latest news on new applications.

You can read more about the changes at Qipit at our blog. Please feel free to share your thoughts and farewells to the Qipit online service.

Many thanks,

~ the Qipit team

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TECHNOLOGY: A cost effective $23 stove

Monday, October 26, 2009

Wall Street Journal
Tuesday 20 Oct 09
Page A1 and A18

(behind a paywall)

Has an article about selling things to the poor at prices they can afford.

Here’s two of the products.  

http://www.instructables.com/community/Oorja-Stove-taking-off-in-India/ $28

http://www.naaptol.com/brands/WO-Brands-W77O-Brands-shopping-W139O/Godrej/Refrigerators.html $70

“Marketing ice to eskimos”?

Here are companies making stuff for poor people.

Since we in the good old US of A are poor, (just look at the dollar), maybe someone should be doing this here?

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