by Leroy Hurt | Dec 23, 2013 | Uncategorized
Via Business Insider: Kalashnikov [inventor of the AK-47] had mixed feelings about his success. “I would prefer to have invented a machine that people could use and that would help farmers with their work — for example a lawnmower,” he said on a visit to...
by Leroy Hurt | Dec 23, 2013 | Uncategorized
Via Newgeography.com: Living well should not be about where one lives, but how one lives, and for whom. Families can thrive in many places, but these bearers of the next generation are not the primary focus of much of the urbanist community. I am referring here to...
by Leroy Hurt | Dec 23, 2013 | Uncategorized
Via Drudge and The Independent: Some of the world’s most eminent scientists have severely criticised the arguments used by some influenza researchers who are trying to make the H5N1 bird-flu virus more dangerous to humans by repeatedly infecting laboratory...
by Leroy Hurt | Dec 23, 2013 | Uncategorized
Via The Associated Press: Castro has legalized small-scale, private businesses in nearly 200 fields since 2010, but has issued tighter regulations on businesses seen as going too far or competing excessively with state enterprises. In recent months, the government has...
by Leroy Hurt | Dec 23, 2013 | Uncategorized
Via Drudge and Fox: …the niche that Las Vegas and Atlantic City once offered as a gambling and entertainment hub is heading toward the dustbin of history.Time will tell if these two cities will end up like Detroit. However, the fact that they are losing their biggest...
