Monday, 11 April 2011
Sunday, 3 April 2011
Probably the right time to rename NATO as OOPS
Oh, NATO bombs have killed freedom loving Libyans! Gosh, who could have guessed that would happen when you bomb the shit out of a country.That's how you create an endless army of terrorists who hate you & why you have every reason to feel more insecure & unstable everyday.That's why you shouldn't do it! That's why there is Negotiation. Duh! The idiocy of arrogance is astounding & relentless.
Saturday, 2 April 2011
Representative World Government
It's interesting to note that the 5 countries who did not agree to the War on Libya account for well over half of the world's population. This points to the flaw within the UN in terms of it representing 'people' in the world. It only represents certain important people. China's Mr Hu, as he begins to hand over power to Mr Xi, and works towards more theoretical development and social engineering of the future, first calls for democracy in the world, across all borders, one person one value, otherwise what is the point?
Friday, 1 April 2011
Thailand Floods
The airline has added what it calls special flights to help get people out of the area, said Piyasvasti Amranand, Thai Airways president.
There were conflicting reports on the number of people who were killed in the floods. The Ministry of Public Health said 20 people were killed. The Interior Ministry said 21 were killed.
The flooding has affected more than 716,000 people, the country's disaster prevention agency said.
Villagers in one province, Krabi, have been asked to take shelter at temples or other areas, said a local official, Sombat Morakot.
"It rained severely in last couple of days," he said. "I have never seen something like this before. And when it rained, it flushed soil and logs down to villages."
Surat Thani, the largest of the southern provinces, has received at least 855 mm (34 inches) of rain since Saturday. The area typically gets 51 mm (2 inches) of rain during March.
Rain was expected to continue in the area but begin to lighten, the Thai Meteorological Department said.
obviously
This attack [on Libya] implies a setback in the current international order," IPS reports Uruguayan President José Mujica as saying. "The remedy is much worse than the illness. This business of saving lives by bombing is an inexplicable contradiction."
Tuesday, 29 March 2011
China Science Rising/BBC
China is on course to overtake the US in scientific output possibly as soon as 2013 - far earlier than expected.
That is the conclusion of a major new study by the Royal Society, the UK's national science academy.
The country that invented the compass, gunpowder, paper and printing is set for a globally important comeback.
An analysis of published research - one of the key measures of scientific effort - reveals an "especially striking" rise by Chinese science.
The study, Knowledge, Networks and Nations, charts the challenge to the traditional dominance of the United States, Europe and Japan.
The figures are based on the papers published in recognised international journals listed by the Scopus service of the publishers Elsevier.
'No surprise'
In 1996, the first year of the analysis, the US published 292,513 papers - more 10 times China's 25,474.
By 2008, the US total had increased very slightly to 316,317 while China's had surged more than seven-fold to 184,080.
Previous estimates for the rate of expansion of Chinese science had suggested that China might overtake the US sometime after 2020.
Continue reading the main story
“
Start Quote
There are many millions of graduates but they are mandated to publish so the numbers are high”
End Quote
Dr Cong Cao
Nottingham University
But this study shows that China, after displacing the UK as the world's second leading producer of research, could go on to overtake America in as little as two years' time.
"Projections vary, but a simple linear interpretation of Elsevier's publishing data suggests that this could take place as early as 2013," it says.
Professor Sir Chris Llewellyn Smith, chair of the report, said he was "not surprised" by this increase because of China's massive boost to investment in R&D.
Chinese spending has grown by 20% per year since 1999, now reaching over $100bn, and as many as 1.5 million science and engineering students graduated from Chinese universities in 2006.
"I think this is positive, of great benefit, though some might see it as a threat and it does serve as a wake-up call for us not to become complacent."
The report stresses that American research output will not decline in absolute terms and raises the possibility of countries like Japan and France rising to meet the Chinese challenge.
"But the potential for China to match American output in terms of sheer numbers in the near to medium term is clear."
That is the conclusion of a major new study by the Royal Society, the UK's national science academy.
The country that invented the compass, gunpowder, paper and printing is set for a globally important comeback.
An analysis of published research - one of the key measures of scientific effort - reveals an "especially striking" rise by Chinese science.
The study, Knowledge, Networks and Nations, charts the challenge to the traditional dominance of the United States, Europe and Japan.
The figures are based on the papers published in recognised international journals listed by the Scopus service of the publishers Elsevier.
'No surprise'
In 1996, the first year of the analysis, the US published 292,513 papers - more 10 times China's 25,474.
By 2008, the US total had increased very slightly to 316,317 while China's had surged more than seven-fold to 184,080.
Previous estimates for the rate of expansion of Chinese science had suggested that China might overtake the US sometime after 2020.
Continue reading the main story
“
Start Quote
There are many millions of graduates but they are mandated to publish so the numbers are high”
End Quote
Dr Cong Cao
Nottingham University
But this study shows that China, after displacing the UK as the world's second leading producer of research, could go on to overtake America in as little as two years' time.
"Projections vary, but a simple linear interpretation of Elsevier's publishing data suggests that this could take place as early as 2013," it says.
Professor Sir Chris Llewellyn Smith, chair of the report, said he was "not surprised" by this increase because of China's massive boost to investment in R&D.
Chinese spending has grown by 20% per year since 1999, now reaching over $100bn, and as many as 1.5 million science and engineering students graduated from Chinese universities in 2006.
"I think this is positive, of great benefit, though some might see it as a threat and it does serve as a wake-up call for us not to become complacent."
The report stresses that American research output will not decline in absolute terms and raises the possibility of countries like Japan and France rising to meet the Chinese challenge.
"But the potential for China to match American output in terms of sheer numbers in the near to medium term is clear."
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