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North Korea Conducts Nuclear Test
viyh writes "North Korea conducted a nuclear test on Monday, South Korea's Yonhap news agency quoted a ruling party official as saying.
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake was recorded by the USGS in North Korea.
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak has called an emergency meeting of cabinet ministers over the test, Yonhap said."
More information about this can be found on the official news website of North Korea:
http://www.kcckp.net/en/news/news_view.php?6+510
New Mushroom Cultivation Technologies Developed
The mushroom institute of the State Academy of Sciences has achieved a lot of successes in scientific research, which are helpful towards the improvement of dietary life.
They make it possible to popularize and intensify the mushroom production without much effort to suit the natural and climate features of Korea and the raw-materials and cultivation conditions. The researchers there are striving to introduce the technologies on an expansion basis.
In particular, the agaric cultivation technology in a semi-vaulted greenhouse is popular, with which a large quantity of mushroom can be produced even in the temperature below zero.
They made quality supplementary nutrients and substrate ferment with deposit of sewage from pig farms, which considerably increase the mushroom yield.
The researchers have completed the method of cultivating agaric with waste matters after its cultivation as the main raw materials and proved successful in the research into introducing two-crop farming of mushroom.
This method, which doubles the utility rate of raw-materials, brings about a great huge profit upon its application.
Now, here's an scenario for you:
Citizen A introduces a bill. Citizen B votes yes. Citizen C votes no. Citizen D and E vote for C.
Now it gets ugly. Citizen F, G, H, I and J are employed by A. Citizen A is very rich and the owner of a big corporation. Citizen A tells F, G, H, I and J: "If you don't vote for me, you'll lose your jobs and you won't be able to work anywhere in this town". Citizens F, G, H, I and J vote for A and A can do anything he wants.
Lesson: The secrecy of the vote is not there because it's fun.
Ok. Lets continue this scenario out. I'll be Citizen K.
I've hitchiked across the entire continent and lived in the woods for months with nothing more than I can carry, and I'm definitely not scared of Citizen A's punk ass.
I introduce a bill that states that the laws that reinforce private ownership of corporations are no longer in effect, and that they are to be run democratically. Citizens F, G, H, I and J are all over that action.
Now Citizen A has no authority over his factory. He can't fire anyone, and no one will ever vote for him, because he's an asshole. Now Citizen A sweeps the floors and brings people coffee, because he's demonstrated that's all the responsibility he can be trusted with.
Now Citizen A decides he wants to tamper with the voting system to get what he wants. He no longer has the resources of a small nation at his disposal, and he fails and gets caught. We try him for treason, we find him guilty and we hang him from the neck until he is dead. Bye bye, Citizen A.
-1 Uncomfortable Truth
Are you American by chance? I only ask because I sense a hint of that "right to bear arms" philosophy there.
I'm sorry to inform you, but you've been brainwashed. There have been many studies done by reputable groups showing a direct correlation between firearm availability and gun deaths. (Staring point: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/research/hicrc/firearms-research/guns-and-death/index.html)
I think it's a valid extrapolation to apply such logic to nuclear weapons, since world leaders are pretty much like children (but with infinite money, power, and weapons).
Simply put the more of these we have, the more chance we have of using them. And no I am not happy the US has a ton of them, but it's a lot better to have as few countries as possible with the ability to destroy the planet, rather than the other way around.