One Million Robots: Our Replacements Have Arrived

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One Million Robots: Our Replacements Have Arrived

Foxconn is a Chinese electronics manufacturer of mobile devices and gaming consoles. The company has been the target of negative news lately about work conditions that have led to mutiny and suicides. They are a supplier of Apple, Kindle, Xbox 360 and others, so the spotlight has been shining.

Now it seems that Foxconn would like to replace these

troublesome humans demanding rights and fair pay with robots.

The first fleet has arrived …

Foxconn’s plants have the population of entire cities; the largest is known as “Foxconn City” and is estimated to have upwards of 450,000 workers and covers 1.6 square miles. The Foxconn plants are together responsible for the assembly of 40% of the world’s consumer electronic products. What happens at Foxconn should signal a trend for what is likely to happen elsewhere. (Source)

As Singularity Hub reports, Foxconn’s president Terry Gau did not hide the fact that his company was seeking to replace parts of his human force with robots; he indicated last year that he intended to replace 1 million workers within 3 years:

It appears as if Gou has started the ball in motion. Since the announcement, a first batch of 10,000 robots — aptly named Foxbots — appear to have made its way into at least one factory, and by the end of 2012, another 20,000 more will be installed. (Source)

International pressure on Foxconn seems to be a valid excuse for human replacement rather than actual fundamental policy changes. Globalization and outsourcing have forced American companies doing business overseas to account for some of the human rights abuses occurring there.

There is no doubt that robots are changing the world; it is an industry that is growing magnificently. In China alone the industrial robotics market has grown 136% in three years between 2008-2011, with an additional 15% projected for 2012. This trend is leading to predictions that by 2014 China will become the world’s top consumer of robotics as well.

With such outstanding results in both production and consumption beginning to transform China’s economy, will this force a “reshoring initiative” in America as some proponents of robotics suggest? Or is this merely the first salvo fired against the increasingly expensive employment and management of the human race?

Robots can often perform complex or difficult tasks impossible for their human counterparts, and can also improve energy efficiency — a top priority in China’s developing economy. In addition, as education rates rise, fewer young people may be happy to work in basic labor jobs, especially when improved healthcare means that working-age Chinese people may also have to support their ageing parents. (Source)

While robots are still being sold as replacements only for menial jobs that humans supposedly don’t want, there is every indication with the rise of artificial intelligence that we are likely to see more skilled jobs going to robots in the future. And with advances in autonomous robots, even the current corporate management who seeks to replace their employees might one day find themselves out of a job.

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Third World Guinea Pigs - Dengue Vaccine to be tested in India

Dengue vaccine to be tested in India

French health care giant Sanofi Pasteur will soon test a vaccine against dengue fever in India amid concerns about the increasingly global spread of the disease, reports said on Monday. The vaccine will be tried on about 120 adults followed by trials on children before it will be made available internationally, which can be as soon as 2015, the Times of Indi

a newspaper said.

"Sites for the vaccine's final trials will stretch from Thailand to India as this vaccine has to work on populations across countries. We will test it in India soon," Sanofi's CEO Christopher Viehbacher was quoted as saying.

Dengue causes a flu-like illness for most victims but one of its strains can cause life-threatening internal bleeding.

There is no licensed vaccine to protect against dengue. Efforts to develop one have been complicated by the fact that there are four different strains, all of which may circulate in an outbreak zone.

Dengue also seems to be exclusive to humans, which means it is impossible to test vaccines on lab animals first.

Jean Lang, head of the vaccine's research and development programme, said Sanofi had been asked to conduct "phase two safety trials" in India by the national drug controller.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Dengue-vaccine-to-be-tested-in-India-reports/Article1-961397.aspx

In a Setback, Sanofi’s Dengue Fever Vaccine Falls Short of Its Goal

The leading candidate to become the world’s first vaccine against dengue fever was only 30 percent effective in its first large clinical trial, dealing at least a temporary setback to efforts to control a disease that threatens half the world’s population.

The trial, conducted by Sanofi and Thailand’s Mahidol University, involved 4,000 schoolchildren, ages 4 to 11, in Thailand’s Ratchaburi Province. Two-thirds of the children received three injections of the vaccine over the course of a year, while the other third received three injections either of a rabies vaccine or a placebo.

Among children who got all three doses of either the vaccine or the control, there were 45 cases in the vaccinated group, representing 1.8 percent of that group, and 32 cases, or 2.6 percent, in the control group. The difference was not statistically significant. Using a different calculation the vaccine reduced the risk of getting dengue by 30 percent, well below the study’s goal of 70 percent.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/11/health/a-dengue-vaccine-falls-short-of-expectations.html?_r=0#h[]

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KALAMA SUTTA - Do not believe anything ...

The people of Kalama asked the Buddha who to believe out of all the ascetics, sages, venerables, and holy ones who, like himself, passed through their town. They complained that they were confused by the many contradictions they discovered in what they heard. The Kalama Sutta is the Buddha's reply.

– Do not believe anything on mere hearsay.

– Do not believe in traditions merely because they are old and have been handed down for many generations and in many places.
– Do not believe anything on account of rumors or because people talk a great deal about it.
– Do not believe anything because you are shown the written testimony of some ancient sage.
– Do not believe in what you have fancied, thinking that, because it is extraordinary, it must have been inspired by a god or other wonderful being.
– Do not believe anything merely because presumption is in its favor, or because the custom of many years inclines you to take it as true.
– Do not believe anything merely on the authority of your teachers and priests.
– But, whatever, after thorough investigation and reflection, you find to agree with reason and experience, as conducive to the good and benefit of one and all and of the world at large, accept only that as true, and shape your life in accordance with it.

The same text, said the Buddha, must be applied to his own teachings.

– Do not accept any doctrine from reverence, not even mine, but first try it as gold is tried by fire.

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The battle games between India and China continue on the disputed boundary between the two neighbours, with the two sides flirting dangerously close to an accidental conflict on the 50th anniversary of the 1962 War.

Sino-Indian Border Skirmish: Battle games on the boundary as Chinese scramble jets in Arunachal

The battle games between India and China continue on the disputed boundary between the two neighbours, with the two sides flirting dangerously close to an accidental conflict on the 50th anniversary of the 1962 War.

On October 30, the defence brass of the two countries had some anxious moments after n

uclear-armed Chinese fighter aircraft were dispatched to scramble Indian jets flying in the Tawang region of Arunachal Pradesh.

Sources say the incidents were reported by the Indian Air Force (IAF) to the defence ministry and a separate report by India’s external intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), was also filed on the affair.

Mail Today has in its possession the report on the incident.

Around 3pm on that day, some IAF jets were on a routine sortie mission in Arunachal Pradesh, when they were picked up on their Lhasa-based radar by the Chinese, senior officials privy to the deliberations following the incident said.

Alarmed by the Indian jets, the brass of the PLAAF, the Chinese Air Force, set off a chain reaction. This resulted in two Chinese Sukhoi-27 jets taking off from the Gonggar air base in Tibet within minutes.

After taking off around 3:04 pm, the Chinese aircraft flew southeast towards the direction of the Indian aircraft. There were some anxious moments on the Indian side when the Chinese aircraft were picked up on the radar at 3:29 pm near Cuona.

Officials say the drama lasted for around 50 minutes and just 30 km short of the international boundary- which is few seconds for a supersonic aircraft- the Chinese fighters, realising the IAF jets had no intention of an offensive move, turned back.

Sources said the RAW report, sent to the government on November 9, noted the unusual activity of the Chinese aircraft, which was described as a reaction of the Chinese against Indian activity in the Tawang sector.

While no actual scramble took place, what is scary about the affair is that the radars lost track of the Chinese aircraft twice while the Indian aircraft disappeared from the radar once. In a hostile situation, these incidents can lead to accidental triggers.

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Racism 

This happened on TAM airlines.

A 50-something year old white woman arrived at her seat and saw that the passenger next to her was a black man.

Visibly furious, she called the air hostess.

"What's the problem, mam?" the hostess asked her

"Can't you see?" the lady said - "I was given a seat next to a black man. I can't seat here next to him. You have to change my seat"

- "Please, calm down, mam" - said the hostess
"Unfortunately, all the seats are occupied, but I'm still going to check if we have any."

The hostess left and returned some minutes later.

"Madam, as I told you, there isn't any empty seat in this class- economy class.
But I spoke to the captain and he confirmed that there isn't any empty seats in the economy class. We only have seats in the first class."

And before the woman said anything, the hostess continued

"Look, it is unusual for our company to allow a passenger from the economy class change to the first class.
However, given the circumstances, the commandant thinks that it would be a scandal to make a passenger travel sat next to an unpleasant person."

And turning to the black man, the hostess said:

"Which means, Sir, if you would be so nice to pack your handbag, we have reserved you a seat in the first class..."

And all the passengers nearby, who were shocked to see the scene started applauding, some standing on their feet."

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Sky-High: Prince Al Walid Bin Talal owns a handmade Mercedes SL600 car made from diamonds and Swarovski crystals.

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The Myth of a GMO-Free European Union
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GMOs are already in the EU, and now Séralini’s study on GM’s effects on rats has been savaged by the EU’s Food Agency in the mad rush to give Monsanto and Agribusiness what they want: free rein to sell any and all GM products they choose.

Man, sad, painted as EU flag by Heidi Stevenson

It’s commonly believed that the European Union (EU) is a holdout against genetically engineered organisms (GMOs). Sadly, that’s never been entirely true, and what truth has existed is rapidly disappearing. Genetic engineering is on the verge of becoming as rampant in the EU as it is in the US.
Séralini’s GM-Feed Study Savaged

Witness today’s decision by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) that declares Séralini’s groundbreaking study, which clearly documents that GM corn causes cancer in lab rats, fails to meet “acceptable scientific standards”.

It is ludicrous to suggest such a carefully crafted study (reported by Gaia Health here) is inadequate. The study was done to the same kind of design that Monsanto-funded studies were, with major differences that made it far more rigorous than has ever been demanded of industry for approval of GM products.

So what are the EFSA’s complaints about Séralini’s study? They claim serious defects in the study’s design and methodology, specifically:

Unclear study objectives, the low number of rats used in each treatment group, a lack of detail on the feed and treatment formulation, key information missing on the statistical methods employed and incomplete endpoint reporting.

Let’s take a look at those claims:

Unclear study objectives: The introduction of their report clearly documents the reasons for their study, sources supporting their concerns, and the fact that they were doing a more thorough and longer term study than had previously been done, that they would do detailed blood and urine samples on the animals, that they would check for more parameters than are required by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), that they were doing a lifetime study, and that they were testing 3 different doses of the GM corn, plus they were testing the effects of glyphosate alone. What’s unclear?

Low number of rats used in each treatment group: The Séralini study states, “This remains the highest number of rats regularly measured in a standard GMO diet study.” There is also the fact that any study using a small number of rats is significantly less likely to demonstrate a statistically significant number of adverse effects, so the fact that so many of their rats did suffer severely bad effects clarifies its significance.

Lack of detail on the feed and treatment formulation: The Séralini study goes into great depth to describe the feed, even to the point of specifying the particular feed used and measuring both food and water fed to the rats, which is well beyond the standards followed by industry-controlled studies. To suggest that the study was lacking in this area is farcical.
Key information missing on the statistical methods employed: In this area, Séralini himself agrees. However, he never stated that his study was, or was intended to be, the final say—but that it does indicate the pressing need for further studies and pulling back from the mad rush towards wholesale use of GM crops.
Incomplete endpoint reporting: Seriously, what do they want to know? Rats died, and the conditions under which they died were clearly noted. Rats developed horrific tumors, and they were carefully noted. Tissue samples were examined and documented. Lab results were recorded.

They even provided a table documenting distinctions between their study and two others that were considered acceptable by regulators. Here it is:

Séralini’s study clarified more detail than industry standard studies and was considerably more rigorous. Yet, the EFSA claims the opposite!

Séralini’s detractors have frequently questioned whether his study has any relevance to humans. Interestingly, though, they don’t seem particularly concerned that similar, but less thorough and shorter-term studies on the same kinds of animals, even down to the particular genetic line used, were used to falsely demonstrate that GM corn was safe.

Corn with poison symbol
The EU GM Reality

The reality is that the EU is rapidly becoming GM-friendly. In fact, according to Greenpeace International’s Executive Director, Kumi Naidoo, the EU is close to opening the GM Pandora’s box. As many as 26 GM crops could soon be approved by the EU Commission, and 19 of them are genetically engineered to be glyphosate (Roundup) tolerant.

It’s already clear from the United States’ experience that glyphosate-tolerant crops result in devastated soils and truly Frankensteinian weeds that grow enormously big and aggressively.

If there was any doubt before today about the EU’s intentions, surely there cannot be any now. It’s full speed ahead for GM crops in the EU. According to Naidoo:

If we are to learn anything from the experiences of the American farmers, European farmers can expect inflated seed prices, more expenses for buying much more pesticides and the heavy labour and increasing costs trying to get rid of resistant weeds that inevitably follow HTGE crops.

The EU and GM Beets

It isn’t yet legal to grow GM beets in the EU. However, the EFSA drafted a statement saying that:

… products produced from sugar beet H7-1 are unlikely to have any adverse effect on human and animal health or the environment in the context of its intended uses.

This is obviously deeply flawed reasoning. Nonetheless, the EU has allowed the importation of genetically engineered beet sugar and GE beets for animal feed since 2008! While it’s [still] necessary to label any products with sugar made from genetically engineered beets, animals fed this poison feed do not have to be labeled! Field tests to grow GE beets in the EU are scheduled for 2015.

Clearly, things are not quite as most people, both European and non-Europeans, have believed.
The EU and Genetically Engineered Animals

According to Public Service Europe, earlier this year the EFSA:

… took steps to open our markets to genetically modified animals, by publishing guidelines for their introduction. The guidelines, commissioned by the European Commission on behalf of the European Food Safety Authority give biotech companies the capability to seek permission to develop GM animals like salmon, pig, sheep and chicken.

No, the citizens of the EU don’t want GM animals or dairy products. But that is meaningless to the EFSA and EU Commission. In spite of a broad coalition of environmental and animal welfare groups, food producer and processor associations, breeders, family farmers, consumer cooperatives, and organic food organizations writing to the EU Commission to ask that drafting of such guidelines be stopped until the people with a stake in the GM issue can decide whether they want such foods produced.

John Dalli, the EU Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy, simply confirmed that the work on these technical guidances would continue as they’d planned. He and the Commission acted as if the people of the EU who have the most to lose, whose very existence may be at threat, are worth no more than a fly to be swatted and then ignored.
The EU Commission

Although the EU has, in the past, been a holdout against genetically engineered crops and foods, the fact is that something major has happened to change the dynamics of how decisions are made. That change was the Lisbon Treaty and the subsequent writing of the EU Constitution.

The people of the EU did not vote for the finalization of a European Union. When it became obvious in Ireland and France that the people weren’t cooperating with their betters and blindly voting to join the EU and give up national sovereignty, an end-run around them was organized in the form of the Lisbon Treaty. That treaty did not require the vote of the people, because treaties have traditionally simply been organized and signed by their leading politicians.

So the people were cut out of the final formation of the EU. That led to the drafting of the EU’s constitution, a most pernicious document. It enshrines personhood for corporations. That’s a clear statement placing the desires and will of international business interests before the will and needs of the people.

The EU Commission, originally intended to be one of three balancing legs of the EU government, is an extremely bureaucratic organization headed by an appointed commissioner. It is, to all intents and purposes, equivalent to a dictatorship. If one writes a letter to a Member of European Parliament who’s in sympathy with the issue brought out, one will receive an enlightening response. The fact is that, though the EU Parliament was meant to be the originator of laws, the reality is that the Commission does what it wishes. Thus, the only elected portion of the EU government, Parliament, is toothless.

The EU Commission answers only to multinational corporations, like those of Agribusiness. As a result, what Agribusiness wants, Agribusiness will get.

And Agribusiness wants GM crops. So the EU Commission is working with alacrity to give it to them. The result is already less than what the people want—a GMO-free continent. We already have been invaded by GM beets. It’s merely a matter of time before our land, food, and bodies are thoroughly contaminated by the monstrosities produced by Monsanto, BASF, Syngenta, Dow, and just a small number of other masters of the economics of agriculture.

Whatever it takes will be done, from fraudulently savaging a superb and badly-overdue study by Séralini to ignoring the people’s wishes and simply approving whatever Agribusiness wants, the EU Commission and its minions will provide it.

A GMO-Free European Union is a myth.
http://gaia-health.com/gaia-blog/2012-11-29/the-myth-of-a-gmo-free-european-union/