New massive solar power plant goes online in Japan
Posted by hipstomp / Rain Noe From Core77 Japan was once colloquially known as the Land of the Rising Sun, and it can’t be only environmentalists hoping that a country with such a moniker would take solar power to heart….
Cut-paper sculptures and illustrations by Elsa Mora
From Designer Daily Elsa Mora is a Cuba-born artist who now works and creates amazing cut-paper sculptures and illustrations. Via Colossal (http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/11/cut-paper-sculptures-and-illustrations-by-elsa-mora/) See more of Elsa Mora’s work at: http://www.artisaway.com/?s=elsa+mora&x=0&y=0 Elsa Mora’s speaking on “Papercut Patterns for my New Shop”…
An Antarctic bike ride to the South Pole
By Natalio Cosoy From BBC Mundo Since Roald Amundsen’s Norwegian expedition first conquered the South Pole in 1911 plenty of others have followed in his footsteps – but not necessarily by foot. The journey has been completed with dog sleds,…
FDA ruins everyone’s week with French fry health notice
By Chris Morran November From Consumerist Like many of you, I plan on enjoying yummy french fries this weekend, because they taste good. But in doing so, I’ll have to ignore the downer of a reminder from the FDA about…
HBO debuts comedy film “Clear History”
Miami, FL –HBO Latin America announced the premiere of Clear History, the feature-length comedy from HBO Films, on November 30th in the Caribbean. The comedy follows Nathan Flomm (Larry David), a marketing executive at a start-up electric car company who,…
Lancet: Antibiotic-resistant ‘Superbugs’ Grave Threat ‘In Very Near Future’
By Greg Richter From newsmax As the debate rages in Washington over the future of Obamcare, The Lancet is issuing a dire warning on “superbugs” that are resistant to antibiotics. Warnings about the overprescription of antibiotics are not new, but…
Sex, between the lines
From Trinidad Express Since the launch of a regional anthology in which Caribbean women writers explored their sexuality and expressed their thoughts and desires about sex through poetry and prose, there has been a lot of buzz. She Sex, the…
Alberta now has a lower tax rate on the super rich than the U.S.
By Erica Alini From Canadian Business “Even lower than states with no income tax” A few weeks into 2013, a tax report landed on Allan Walsh’s desk. What it showed gave the Montreal-born hockey agent pause: as of the beginning…
The Pepper Jelly story in Carol’s words
I’m not going to give you a hokey story about my pepper jelly being a guarded family secret passed down by generations dating back to the 1700s – heck who knows what my great great Granny got up to…
Cartoon of the Day
By Tony Zuvela, Cartoonist “It’s my own little World which I can escape to everyday and create a fun, weird, berserk Cartoon to whatever subject I like. I enjoy doing all the work myself, and all the aspects of Cartooning,…
