Site launched in protest of Creative’s actions against volunteer driver coder! “If you’re of the same opinion as many people, NOW is the time to boycott Creative until they can pull their heads out of their asses!” źródło
Since zinc has soared in value, producing a penny now costs about 1.7 cents. Since the Mint currently manufactures more than seven billion pennies a year and “sells” them to the Federal Reserve at their face value, the Treasury incurs an annual penny deficit of about fifty million dollars—referred to as “negative seigniorage.” źródło
The two top executives at struggling Countrywide Financial Corp., the nation’s largest mortgage lender, are slated to receive a combined $19 million in payouts, a regulatory filing shows. źródło
“I am a supporter of Obama because I believe he is the right person to lead the country at this time. He offers a rare opportunity for the country and the world to start over, and to do better. It is a deep sadness to me that many of my feminist white women friends cannot see him. ” źródło
Today’s Gallup tracking poll puts the Democratic nomination race at Barack Obama 52%, Hillary Rodham Clinton 42%. That’s his largest lead of the year, Gallup says. “The latest results are based on Gallup Poll Daily tracking conducted March 27-29. źródło
Mobile phones could kill far more people than smoking or asbestos, a study by an award-winning cancer expert has concluded. He says people should avoid using them wherever possible and that governments and the mobile phone industry must take “immediate steps” to reduce exposure to their radiation. źródło
NEW ORLEANS - Imagine that your home was reduced to mold-covered wood framing by Hurricane Katrina. Desperate for money to rebuild, you engage in a frustrating bureaucratic process, and after months of living in a government provided-trailer that gives off formaldehyde fumes you finally win a federal grant. źródło
A Royal Marine who threw himself onto an exploding grenade to save the lives of his patrol has been put forward for the UK’s highest military honour. Lance Corporal Matt Croucher, 24, a reservist from Birmingham, survived because his rucksack and body armour took the force of the blast. źródło
Europe’s “Jules Verne” freighter has demonstrated the ability to navigate itself to a point just 3,500m from the International Space Station. źródło
The OpenLearn website gives free access to course materials from The Open University. The LearningSpace is open to learners anywhere in the world from Arts to Technology - FREE!. źródło