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Driverless cars, pilotless planes … will there be jobs left for a human being?
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19.5.2013 |
The Guardian -- World Latest |
| Throughout history, economic upheaval has destroyed whole industries – and created new ones. But now, some fear automation may mean the death of mass employment
Suddenly a robotised, automated economic reality is moving off the science fiction pages and into daily life. The growing use of unmanned battlefield drones is encouraging the growth of pilotless commercial aircraft – the first ever flew in British airspace last month. Google's driverless car is completing ever more trials ever more successfully: the world's major car companies are all hot in pursuit, working on their own prototypes of their own versions. The automated checkouts at supermarkets are becoming as familiar as bank cash machines. From staff-free ticket offices to students who can learn online, it seems there is no corner of economic life in which people are not being replaced by machines.
This is the "Great Reset" – a cull of broadly middle-class jobs with middle-class incomes that is apparent across the west, but with ... |
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Center School study wins OK
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19.5.2013 |
Boston Globe: Massachusetts |
| Center School study wins OK |
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Town election Tuesday
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19.5.2013 |
Boston Globe: Massachusetts |
| Town election Tuesday |
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Patent filing claims solar energy 'breakthrough'
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19.5.2013 |
Twincities.com: Nation |
| WASHINGTON -- In a U.S. patent application, a little-known Maryland inventor claims a stunning solar energy breakthrough that promises to end the planet's reliance on fossil fuels at a fraction of the current cost -- a transformation that also could blunt global warming. |
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Silicon Valley-area hub becomes factory town
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18.5.2013 |
Boston Globe: Technology |
| Silicon Valley-area hub becomes factory town |
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Prototype: At Ministry of Supply, Teamwork in Making High-Tech Apparel
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18.5.2013 |
NY Times: Business |
| Prototype: At Ministry of Supply, Teamwork in Making High-Tech Apparel |
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IRS 'Scandal' Appears Nearly as Phony as Shirley Sherrod, Van Jones, ACORN 'Scandals'
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18.5.2013 |
BradBlog |
| "Listening to the nightly news, this appears to be just the latest example of a culture of cover-ups -- and political intimidation -- in this administration," declared the opportunistic Republican Chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee during a hearing today on the "scandal" related to the IRS use ... |
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Cannabis: Colorado's budding industry
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18.5.2013 |
The Guardian -- Front Page |
| Dispensaries selling cannabis bath salts, 'bud-tenders' advising on blends, even a marijuana university. As Colorado gears up for legalisation, we get the dope on Denver's 'green rush'
I'm being driven around Denver by America's first professional stoner. William Breathes is the marijuana critic for the award-winning local paper Westword . Every week for the past three years, his boss has been paying for his weed.
"I don't really drink wine, so if this reference is a bit off, please forgive me, but if you really like merlots, you know what a merlot should taste like," he says, drumming the steering wheel for emphasis. "A lot of marijuana strains are like that. If I'm offered Sour Diesel, and it doesn't look or smell like it should, I know it."
This morning, like every morning, Breathes woke up and got stoned. Now he's driving me through a snowstorm.
Getting stoned in Denver is as unexceptional as getting a cup of coffee or a beer. In some ways, it's easier: there are more marijuana ... |
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Biz Break: A year after Facebook IPO, Marketo and Tableau show how it's done
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18.5.2013 |
San Jose Mercury News: Breaking News |
| Today: Marketo and Tableau skyrocket higher in public debuts, one year after Facebook's IPO flopped out of the gate: What does that say about the IPO market? Also: SolarCity soars as markets end week with gains. |
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Since the GOP Isn't Telling You: Our Federal Budget Deficit Has All But Disappeared
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18.5.2013 |
BradBlog |
| Recall that "massive budget deficit!!!" which was to be the death of our nation, as Republicans described it during the 2012 election cycle? Yes, it's all but gone now -- but it seems the GOP forget to tell people, for some reason...
While the disappearing deficit seen above is not ... |
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As Tesla taps capital markets for cash, share price could top $100
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17.5.2013 |
LA Times: Business |
| As Tesla taps capital markets for cash, share price could top $100 |
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Switching supplier isn't enough - we need to talk about energy consumption | Katherine Portilla
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17.5.2013 |
Guardian: Environment |
| Ed Davey needs to do more on cutting energy consumption than the Green Deal. Looking to Germany would be a start
So Ed Davey, climate secretary, wants to "want to turn the non-switchers into savvy switchers", he said on Friday , talking about the importance of driving down energy bills. But switching supplier is never going to be enough. We need to start taking energy consumption seriously.
The UK currently has a handful of policies in place on this, in an attempt to catch-up with our European rivals on efforts to rein in energy consumption. The majority of UK energy programs are aimed at the housing stock. UK homes are among the least efficient in Europe, burdened by poor insulation, draughts and inefficient heating systems. They account for nearly a third of the nation's total energy use.
The Green Deal aims to tackle this issue. It's a finance scheme that helps people pay for energy-efficiency improvement in their home. It gets around the question of "why bother improving my home if ... |
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Caribbean Talks Conservation on Branson's Island
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17.5.2013 |
International Herald Tribune: Americas |
| Caribbean Talks Conservation on Branson's Island |
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Tipton high on Keystone Pipeline
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17.5.2013 |
Durango Herald |
| Witnesses at a House hearing Thursday on the Keystone XL Pipeline emphasized the pipelinex2019s safety compared with other methods of transporting fossil fuels.U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Cortez, led the House Committee on Small Business hearing, asking Congress to support the pipelinex2019s construction before other countries step... |
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Australia's 'unpopular' carbon price isn't to blame for Labor's poor polling | Alexander White
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17.5.2013 |
Guardian: Environment |
| Claims that Julia Gillard's unpopularity were linked to her introduction of carbon pricing in 2012 don't stack up
Since the disappointment of Copenhagen in 2009 , Australia has witnessed a concerted scare campaign against action on global warming. The scare campaign has been led by senior commentators in (Murdoch owned) News Limited papers, by conservative radio shock-jocks on the airwaves, and in parliament by extremist opposition party leader Tony Abbott.
From the moment Australia's carbon pricing legislation package, the Clean Energy Future Act, was announced Tony Abbott has barnstormed from one end of Australia to another, declaring a "blood oath" that repealing the carbon price would be his first priority if elected:
"I am giving you the most definite commitment any politician can give that this tax will go. This is a pledge in blood."
Behind this incendiary phrase is Abbott's own climate change policy, a mishmash of ineffective handouts to industry to "clean up" polluting power ... |
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Cupertino: De Anza College's MLC wins award for design, energy efficiency
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17.5.2013 |
San Jose Mercury News: San Jose/Valley |
| De Anza College's new Media and Learning Center has won a citation for energy performance from the San Francisco chapter of the American Institute of Architects and the Pacific Gas & Electric Company. The award honors built work that demonstrates how deep reductions in energy use are essential to good design in the 21st century. |
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Minnesota Senate sends jobs bill to Gov. Dayton
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17.5.2013 |
Twincities.com: News |
| A bill that increases spending on programs aimed at creating jobs, reduces tax rates for employers paying into the state's unemployment programs and adds new solar energy mandates for large utilities is now on its way to Gov. Mark Dayton's desk. |
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'Green News Report' - May 16, 2013
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17.5.2013 |
BradBlog |
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IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Hysterical Fox 'News' flip-floppery on Tesla; Consensus strikes again: 97% of climate scientists say global warming is man-made, but the public thinks it's evenly split; CO2 levels pass 400ppm; You're already paying a 'disaster tax'; PLUS: Thanks to renewable energy, one town now has too much ... |
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Texas tornado devastation includes Habitat homes
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17.5.2013 |
Twincities.com: News |
| GRANBURY, Texas—Habitat for Humanity spent years in a North Texas subdivision, helping build many of the 110 homes in the low-income area. |
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Biz Break: Cisco shoots for the sky, and may keep going; Elon Musk keeps winning
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17.5.2013 |
San Jose Mercury News: Breaking News |
| Today: Cisco hits its highest price in more than two years and may be poised for more gains. Also: Elon Musk continues to win and Apple turns back to green, but NetApp and AMD tumble. |
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