3 Jan 2014
Views of Pleasure and the Psychic On A Spiritual Journey - Sraddhalu Ranade
Putting Fukushima In Perspective
By There was no background radioactive cesium before above-ground nuclear testing and nuclear accidents started.Wikipedia provides some details on the distribution of cesium-137 due to human activities:
Small amounts of caesium-134 and caesium-137 were released into the environment during nearly all nuclear weapon tests and some nuclear accidents, most notably the Chernobyl disaster.
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Caesium-137 is unique in that it is totally anthropogenic. Unlike most other radioisotopes, caesium-137 is not produced from its non-radioactive isotope, but from uranium. It did not occur in nature before nuclear weapons testing began. By observing the characteristic gamma rays emitted by this isotope, it is possible to determine whether the contents of a given sealed container were made before or after the advent of atomic bomb explosions. This procedure has been used by researchers to check the authenticity of certain rare wines, most notably the purported “Jefferson bottles”.
The Story of Gaza
For five years, the world — just like Obama — has overwhelmingly been “looking forward” when it comes to crimes committed by nations aligned with the U.S. government. But the crimes in Gaza then and now, and in other countries, have been exposed to unprecedented “looking present” through immediate real-time blogging available to those actively looking, even in the places responsible for the far-away terrorism-too-big-to-call-by-that-name. If everyone turned off their television and searched on a computer for news about their own country as reported in other countries, injustice, rather than our natural environment, would be endangered.
Budget Fraud: MEP Spills Beans On €6bn Of YOUR Money EU Can't Account For
West's Debt Hits 200-Year High - IMF Paper Warns Of 'Savings Tax' and Mass Write-Offs
Debt burdens in developed nations have become extreme by any historical
measure and will require a wave of haircuts, warns IMF paper
The paper pointed to policy elites in the West who are still
clinging to the illusion that rich countries can chip away at their
debts with a blend of austerity cuts and growth.
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Ambrose Evans-Pritchard: Much of the Western world will require defaults, a savings tax and higher
inflation to clear the way for recovery as debt levels reach a 200-year
high, according to a new report by the International Monetary Fund.
The IMF working paper said debt burdens in developed nations have become
extreme by any historical measure and will require a wave of haircuts,
either negotiated 1930s-style write-offs or the standard mix of measures
used by the IMF in its “toolkit” for emerging market blow-ups.
“The size of the problem suggests that restructurings will be needed, for
example, in the periphery of Europe, far beyond anything discussed in public
to this point,” said the paper, by Harvard professors Carmen Reinhart and
Kenneth Rogoff.
A Voice for Men - Honey Badger Radio
AVfM: Calls broadcast unless requested by the caller and pre-recorded music, rants and adds.
The "Why Can't You Just Let This Go" Defense
NSA building a ‘quantum computer’ capable of breaking all forms of encryption
RT: The National Security Agency is reportedly building a ‘quantum
computer’ capable of breaking encryption used to protect the most vital
records around the world.
The US spy agency is seeking an advanced-speed,
“cryptologically useful quantum computer” that can
bypass encryption that currently shields global banking,
business, medical and government records.
The quantum computer is part of a $79.7 million research project called “Penetrating Hard Targets,” according to documents supplied by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden and reported by The Washington Post. Much of the program is hosted in a College Park, Maryland laboratory under classified contracts.
Past Snowden-fueled revelations have shown the NSA has worked to deliberately weaken common encryption standards.
Yet the NSA’s own technology capable of shattering all forms of public key encryption - including that which protects state secrets - is no closer to success than any other attempts in the scientific community, according to the leaked documents.
“The application of quantum technologies to encryption algorithms threatens to dramatically impact the US government’s ability to both protect its communications and eavesdrop on the communications of foreign governments,” according to one Snowden-leaked document.
The US spy agency is seeking an advanced-speed,
“cryptologically useful quantum computer” that can
bypass encryption that currently shields global banking,
business, medical and government records.
The quantum computer is part of a $79.7 million research project called “Penetrating Hard Targets,” according to documents supplied by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden and reported by The Washington Post. Much of the program is hosted in a College Park, Maryland laboratory under classified contracts.
Past Snowden-fueled revelations have shown the NSA has worked to deliberately weaken common encryption standards.
Yet the NSA’s own technology capable of shattering all forms of public key encryption - including that which protects state secrets - is no closer to success than any other attempts in the scientific community, according to the leaked documents.
“The application of quantum technologies to encryption algorithms threatens to dramatically impact the US government’s ability to both protect its communications and eavesdrop on the communications of foreign governments,” according to one Snowden-leaked document.