The planting season is way behind schedule in the U.S. state of Idaho; at least two to three weeks according to some farmers. The weather has been too cold, and too wet. Here in eastern Idaho the Snake and Portneuf rivers are flooding, making it worse.
The flooding Portneuf is hitting farmers in Inkom: “We’ll […] Continue Reading…
Sony says it will try, again, on May 31 to fully connect the U.S., and European markets with the PlayStation network.
Sony has tried before, but ran into trouble with its new security program, and even got hacked again.
Sony says its latest attempt will fully connect most of the world, except Japan, Hong Kong and […] Continue Reading…
The heavy rains from a tropical storm that hit Japan, are flooding the damaged reactor buildings with more water.
That is creating the potential for even more contaminated water getting into the Pacific Ocean. Radioactive water continues to pour from the reactors, TEPCo has failed to stop it..
According to NHK, to date only 40% of workers at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, have been given radiation check ups.
Tokyo Electric Power Company didn’t start testing until 11 days after the 11 March disasters.
Japanese standard safe limits for radiation exposure is 100 millisieverts. So far two workers have been exposed to more […] Continue Reading…
The Hokkaido Railway Company has been raided by police, after one of their passenger trains jumped the tracks in a tunnel and caught fire. The police took all the company maintenance and operations records.
Investigators say they found a part that fell off before the train jumped the tracks. Also, the train conductor called HRC […] Continue Reading…
China is a land of extremes, literally.
In Central China the drought has become so bad that people are being told not to expect any water for another year. It has drastically cut rice production. The area is normally flooded at this time of year: “Usually it’s the season to fight floods, local villagers […] Continue Reading…
French Agriculture Minister Bruno Le Maire reporting that rain fall is only half what it was at the same time last year. French wheat harvests will be down by at least 11%, and exports will be cut in half.
Russia is banning fresh produce from Germany and Spain. At least 14 Germans died from e-coli. […] Continue Reading…
“I can say that the Libyan leader is ready to implement what is in the roadmap by the AU.”-South African President Jacob Zuma
For the second time, Gaddafi has accepted an AU cease fire and peace plan. The first time U.S. led NATO, and the rebels, rejected the offer. The South African president said: “…the […] Continue Reading…
In the Philippines 800 tons of fish, on a fish farm, died suddenly because of a drop in water temperature.
The fish began dying last week. Officials say the fish died from a combination of low temperatures, and low oxygen levels.
“The absolute overbearing audacity of the federal government in threatening Texas while Texas is trying to protect their citizens should really offend any red-blooded American.”-Carl Wimmer, Utah State Representative
Texas tried to make it a crime if Transportation Security Administration screeners touched your fiddly bits during a pat downs. The U.S. Department of […] Continue Reading…