Woman occupy Vancouver drug overdose; Woman dies at Occupy protest

A woman dies at the Occupy Vancouver protest movement of a drug overdose. While the story seems to be focused on the girl named Ashlie Gough, age 23, who died November 5th, the bigger story seems to be on how the Occupy protest dealt with the death. (more…)

Indian President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, who is a scientist too, warned people against nuclear threats. While talking about the features of Kudankulam nuclear plant, Kalam emphasized on ways to avoid Fukushima-like accidents at this plant. Kudankulam plant is located in coastal area of Tamil Nadu State of India.

Kalam detailed about the plant, “Kudankulam plant has installed 154 Hydrogen recombiners across the plant which can absorb any leaked hydrogen and prevent any structural damage.” This development work of this plant has been under severe criticism by protesters and environmental activists.

The president stated that Kudankulam plant has separate controlling unit for every reactor, therefore the chances of reactor instability has been minimized.

Talking about the Japanese nuclear disaster, in which leakage of radioactive material from spent fuel caused a huge-scale destruction and casualties, the Indian president said that the structural collapse occurred after tsunami and failure of continuous power supply.

October in Memoriam; In October we said farewell to many noteworthy individuals, including Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and Indy driver Dan Wheldon. Read on to learn more about them and others who passed away this month. (more…)

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