A traveller from Australia in southern China claims to have seen a live koala for sale and consumption at a restaurant. Diners could have it either braised or stewed, and while that may sound appetizing to a few strange gourmands, this Australian tourist was none too horrified. For a mere $20 Australian, one could have […]
Read MoreOf 1405 cities surveyed, barely over half had any kind of indoor plumbing or waste management system present. The lack of indoor plumbing and municipal waste management systems is cited as one of the primary reasons for the high prevalence of poverty-related water borne illnesses in Indian cities. India relies upon water imports as well […]
Read MoreAn absolute furore surrounding Miami-Dade County police officer Fausto Lopez after he was pulled over for doing 120 mph in a police squad car while on his way to a second job. Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado said that Officer Lopez’s actions brought many things into question and that no one should ever be driving 120 […]
Read MoreThe holding company MF Global, run by former New Jersey governor and Goldman Sachs co-chairman Jon Corzine, has gone bust following bad bets on European sovereign debt. Discussions over the weekend were held to attempt to sell the firm to avert failure but these did not prove fruitful and the firm’s trading with the New […]
Read MoreIn an increasing trend ever since the Fukushima disaster in Japan, Belgium will join the ranks of those abandoning the use of nuclear power in the future. While only possessing two nuclear plants at Doel in the north and Tihange in the south, Belgium’s steps forward to end the use of nuclear power represents both […]
Read MoreThe Global Post has an awesome interview with Dr. Victor Shih, assistant professor in political science at Northwestern University. The article is part of Global Post’s series “Cracks in the Wall” about the challenges facing Chinese economic growth in the future and details why, according to Harvard educated Dr. Shih, Chinese public and state-owned debt […]
Read MoreOn the heels of the saving of the Euro comes fresh news of Greek disorganization and economic mismanagement. According to this article by Ian Cowie from the UK’s Telegraph, there are more Porsche Cayenne SUVs in Greece than people who can afford them according to their income tax declaration forms. An income of 50,000 euros […]
Read MoreA Saco, Maine gentleman is the proud owner of a new 2012 Honda Accord after trading up his original million mile 1990 Accord. Purchasing his 1990 Honda Accord in 1996 with 75,000 miles on it, Joe LoCicero kept the car running on its original engine and transmission for over one million miles, a first according […]
Read More“A variant of the Correspondence Theory, and akin to Redundancy Theory. It was developed by the Polish logician Alfred Tarski (1902-1983), and applied to language by British philosopher D. Davidson. (See also Montague Grammar). Semantic theory for sentences rather than words (see also Semantics, Lexical). We know the meaning of a sentence if we know […]
Read MorePierre Haski of French news blog Rue 89 was called by Christian Denisot, an unemployed 45 year old man, who had taken two people hostage at gun point inside a government employment center. Although Pierre initially thought it all a bad joke, these suspicions were quickly allayed upon his receiving an email from the address […]
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