The popularity of the Indiana Jones movie character lead to the short lived TV show, Young Indiana Jones. The character spent a lot of time doing rogue archeology in Mexico, at the time of the First World War.
If you remember (oh well, most people don’t) the United States actually invaded Mexico at that time […] Continue Reading…
The Argentine officials announced that they have plenty of wheat. As a result of predicted high crop yields from upcoming harvests, the government decided to issue 450,000 tons of surplus wheat.
The surplus wheat will be split up among three provences of Argentina. Those provences can then sell the wheat on the export market. The […] Continue Reading…
“The involvement is significant, because they are threatening more than 7 million hectares of crops planted in the spring-summer 2011, which are at risk for losing a harvest of 20 million tons of basic grains as well as lost income and liquidity of more 3.5 million basic grain producers.”-Salazar […] Continue Reading…
In a hastily arranged press conference, on 04 August 2011, it was announced that the top three officials, in charge of nuclear power operations were fired.
More than four months after the nuclear disaster at Fukushima Daiichi, and with no end in sight, the Japanese government decided it was time for new blood.
Who’s being fired? […] Continue Reading…
Japan’s biggest paper maker, Nippon Paper Group, will lay off at least 1,300 workers and close at least five factories.
Part of the blame is on the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, which damaged three factories. Company officials say it’s not worth it to rebuild the damaged factories.
In fact business is so bad that Nippon […] Continue Reading…
In May the number of people getting help buying food hit record levels, again. This time more than 45 million individuals are on Food Stamps.
49 out of the 50 U.S. states recorded increases in Food Stamp recipients. Alabama leads the country with 36% of the people in that state needing help getting food.
Chemical weapons have been in use ever since recorded history. The substances used in chemical warfare are known as agents. Agents used for concealment or signaling, such as smoke, or for causing fires, called incendiaries, or those producing odors, have been used for ages prior to the 20th Century. No thanks to the industrial […] Continue Reading…
On Tuesday, August 2, the U.S. Army reported a mustard gas leak at their chemical storage site in Pueblo, Colorado. They also claim no one has been affected.
Today, August 3, personnel at the site are trying to find out where the leak is coming from. One official thinks it’s one or two old artillery […] Continue Reading…
Some government loans for college graduate students covered, or forgave, the interest payments while the student was still in school. Not anymore: “They will be responsible for the interest while they’re going to school, beginning in the 2012/2013 academic year.”- James Martin, Idaho State University Associate Director of Financial Aid
You can […] Continue Reading…
After decades spending millions of dollars to get Idahoan’s connected to the World Wide Web, Idaho has the slowest connection speed in the U.S.
Pando Networks surveyed 4 million internet customers across the country, and found Idaho’s average connection speed to be 318 kilobytes per second, with 83% completion rate.
Idaho’s northern neighbor, Montana, and eastern […] Continue Reading…