Friday, June 03, 2005
Weekend Reading
Deep Throat, EU Non!, Etc. Edition:
Wow, a rainy day has put me into a Carter-era malaise. So, no real unifying theme for this weekends reading selection. Merely, a potpouri of articles.
Dream machines
CHINA has begun to enter the age of mass car consumption. This is a great and historic advance.” So proclaimed the state-run news agency, Xinhua, last year. Environmentalists may feel a twinge of fear at this burgeoning romance with motoring. But a rapid social and economic transformation is under way in urban China, and the car is steering it.
http://economist.com/business/displayStory.cfm?story_id=4032842
Ditch euro and bring back lira, says Italian minister
As Europe reels from two 'No' votes against the EU constitution, an Italian minister caused a further stir today by calling for Italians to be polled on ditching the euro and bringing back the lira.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13509-1639872,00.html
Man sues over exploding toilet in West Virginia
A man who says he was severely burned when a portable toilet exploded after he sat down and lit a cigarette is suing a general contractor and a coal company, accusing them of negligence.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/3209721
Fossil solidifies T. rex link to birds
Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaur that died 68 million years ago has provided some of the strongest evidence yet that birds are the closest-living relatives of dinosaurs, scientists said Thursday.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8072396/
Wow, a rainy day has put me into a Carter-era malaise. So, no real unifying theme for this weekends reading selection. Merely, a potpouri of articles.
Dream machines
CHINA has begun to enter the age of mass car consumption. This is a great and historic advance.” So proclaimed the state-run news agency, Xinhua, last year. Environmentalists may feel a twinge of fear at this burgeoning romance with motoring. But a rapid social and economic transformation is under way in urban China, and the car is steering it.
http://economist.com/business/displayStory.cfm?story_id=4032842
Ditch euro and bring back lira, says Italian minister
As Europe reels from two 'No' votes against the EU constitution, an Italian minister caused a further stir today by calling for Italians to be polled on ditching the euro and bringing back the lira.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13509-1639872,00.html
Man sues over exploding toilet in West Virginia
A man who says he was severely burned when a portable toilet exploded after he sat down and lit a cigarette is suing a general contractor and a coal company, accusing them of negligence.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/3209721
Fossil solidifies T. rex link to birds
Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaur that died 68 million years ago has provided some of the strongest evidence yet that birds are the closest-living relatives of dinosaurs, scientists said Thursday.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8072396/
