The Eleonora Maersk, is designed to carry one of the world’s largest payloads with only 19 crew on board. It can be run with as few as 13 people but with extras and cadets, it carries around 24. The vessel is specifically designed to ply the world’s most important trade route, the Asia-Europe run: this [...]
October, 2011:
The ethics of bankers
Thomas Friedman in the New York Times Citigroup is lucky that Muammar el-Qaddafi was killed when he was. The Libyan leader’s death diverted attention from a lethal article involving Citigroup that deserved more attention because it helps to explain why many average Americans have expressed support for the Occupy Wall Street movement. The news was [...]
When police go bad
Okay, is this disturbing to anyone else? As 16 police officers were arraigned at State Supreme Court in the Bronx, incensed colleagues organized by their union cursed and taunted prosecutors and investigators, chanting “Down with the D.A.” and “Ray Kelly, hypocrite.” As the defendants emerged from their morning court appearance, a swarm of officers formed [...]
Poverty leaves it mark on your DNA
From CBC News Adults who grew up in poverty show changes in the "programming" of their DNA that may be linked to health problems such as obesity and autoimmune diseases, Canadian and British researchers have found. Researchers had previously known that DNA is "programmed" in the womb to turn certain genes up or down, and [...]
Killing the Abraham
Caterina Fake has a great post on the role of Abraham in a company. I call the founder, founders or founding team of a company “The Abraham”. The Abraham influences all that follows, sets the vision and direction for the company, and the Abraham’s mores, habits, preferences, flaws and prejudices are often built, consciously or [...]
I want one of these
The "Throwable Panoramic Ball Camera," designed by Jonas Pfeil as part of his thesis project at the Technical University of Berlin, creates spherical panoramas after being thrown into the air. The camera "captures an image at the highest point of flight—when it is hardly moving." It "takes full spherical panoramas, requires no preparation and images [...]
Really? Is that all you got?
I was just surfing the National Newswatch and I noticed a Google Ad. Here is the larger version. That’s the best the NDP could come up with? Vote NDP and that’s it? Nothing witty? Nothing profound? Nothing at all expect Vote NDP. It’s like they aren’t even trying anymore. Off the top of my head [...]
What went wrong for the Saskatchewan NDP?
The view from Calgary (and the Toronto Star) “The NDP grassroots won’t even go door knocking anymore . . . the party only appeals to the mushy middle,” says Mitch Diamantopoulos, head of the journalism school at the University of Regina, a longtime activist and observer of Saskatchewan politics. For Diamantopoulos, the problems began in [...]
