Random links
- Return of the Vacuum Tube
- Doesn't really seem like it involves an actual vacuum. Would be interesting if they're able to get it working at an industrial scale, given that they mention the thing being capable of 10x the speed of transistors.
- NEXT Legacy Technologies
- An alternative to the normal hydraulic fracturingprocess : "NEXT requires 40 litres of water per fracture — or about 1,200 litres for 30 fracs — while current methods require up to 11 million litres for a similar well." Claims that injected compounds are non-toxic and that "this system doesn’t use pressure"
- Honour student who works two jobs to support her siblings after her parents split up and left town is put in JAIL for missing school due to exhaustion
- From Texas. No doubt throwing her in jail will solve a whole lot of problems.
- A schism over fair trade
- "Fair Trade USA last year quit the international Fairtrade Labelling Organizations, or FLO, an international federation of fair trade groups, to pursue a vision that Rice calls “Fair Trade for All.” He and his allies want to broaden the definition of Fair Trade, which when it comes to coffee now requires importers to buy from grower-owned co-operatives. The “Fair Trade for All” permits buying from collections of small farmers and even coffee estates, or plantations, that are deemed to be worker-friendly." This seems to be upsetting a lot of the rest of the fair trade folks, although I'm not sure that this is a bad thing. Remember that in some countries "fair trade" seems to bring lower profits and higher poverty for those small farmers due to a lack of infrastructure - something that larger business units would be less likely to suffer from.
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Ruffis
Tue, 2012-05-29 22:07
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NEXT Legacy Technologies
Pleased that your site picked up on this article as I have some involvement with the company. Thank you for taking the time to read it! There will be follow up articles in the Calgary Herald over the next several weeks. Keep watching and reading!