13 of 14 warmest years on record occurred in 21st century – UN | Environment | theguardian.com: Ouch. As you look at the clock, you will see that we are only 14 years into the 21st Century. Yet we have 13 of the hottest 14 years in recorded history. You do have to take the whole of the earth into account, obviously, not just the USA, where we were ?fortunate? enough to have a exceptionally…
I fear that PWC was boozing it up a little too much when the rebranded their subsidiary to be now called: “Strategy &“. And what, you ask?Booz & Co is a buyout subsidiary of Price Waterhouse Cooper (PWC), the large accounting/consulting firm. It seems only right that the division with the boozy name should be revamped as something else, Right? But, in a drunken stupor, they couldn’t really come up with what the division will…
The STEM shortage: Crisis or myth? | Spring 2014: Wow, give a look at this on STEM jobs and education. (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math education). So how do we (u.s.a) stem the STEM shortage? This is an interesting article about the STEM PIPELINE that has a lot of leakingcouplings. This is an original article in UoP’s Faculty Matters magazine. Keywords: school, university, training, innovation, STEM, jobs, economic development,‘via Blog this’
IBM Seeks Patent on Software that Incorporates Human Emotion – IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Patent Law: IBM patents emotions. How does that make your feel? Sad? Mad? Glad?Well, let’s not get emotional about this. But it seems that our friends at IBM, the patent King, has a rather cleaver line on patents. IBM is making efforts to emulate the types of things done by the human emotions. Multiple channels, multiple inputs. One would assume the…
Mercedes or Ford, a Car Costs a Lot More Than You Think – WSJ.com: Here’s the breakdown of a car expenses is about $9,000 per year: Pretty Car Chart illustration 39% is depreciation 35% is associated with the miles driven: fuel, oil, tires, etc. That’s 3/4 of the cost of a car, if you are only driving 15,000 per year. Insurance, finance charges and tag/taxes are about 10% each. Time is not included here, but…
All, World water day slipped by without a splash! http://www.unwater.org/worldwaterday/ Check the blog here on the topic: World Water Day 2014 blog post. Most people don’t realize the Nexus of water and energy. Most people don’t realize the Nexus of water and energy and plastics. Most people don’t realize the Nexus of water and energy and paper. Most people don’t realize the Nexus of water and energy and trash. Most people don’t realize the Nexus of water…
