Earth Portation News October 19th

CLIMATE - World's Most Powerful Supercomputer Devoted to Climate Change Turns On
http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/worlds-most-powerful-supercomputer-devoted-climate-change-turns-on.html


EARTH - Earth-sized planet found just outside solar system
http://phys.org/news/2012-10-earth-sized-planet-solar.html

EARTH - World's Largest Earthquake Drill: JPL Scientists Participate in Great California ShakeOut Exercises
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121019114821.htm


ECONOMICS - Four Warning Signs That Small Businesses Need to Become Big
http://www.forbes.com/sites/sap/2012/10/19/four-warning-signs-that-small-businesses-need-to-become-big/

ECONOMICS - Could this be the end of stock market crashes?
http://phys.org/news/2012-10-stock.html

ECONOMICS - Sick Of Wall Street Scandals? Then Invest Like Warren Buffett--In Local Entrepreneurs
http://www.forbes.com/sites/joshuarogers/2012/10/19/know-a-half-crazy-entrepreneur-invest-like-warren-buffett-did-in-furniture-mart-lady/


ENERGY - Saudi Arabia to Transition to 100% Renewables
http://www.treehugger.com/renewable-energy/saudi-arabia-transition-100-renewables.html

ENERGY - Automated meter reading systems make life easy for intruders
http://phys.org/news/2012-10-automated-meter-life-easy-intruders.html

ENERGY - Energy Efficiency May Run out of Gas
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kensilverstein/2012/10/18/energy-efficiency-may-run-out-of-gas/
http://phys.org/news/2012-10-air-fuel-synthesis-petrol-future.html

ENERGY - Healthy Current
http://www.ecofriend.com/healthy-current.html

ENERGY - Smart Grid Saves $1.4 Million During Storm
http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/smart-grid-saves-chattanooga-utility-14-million-during-storm.html

ENERGY - German Electricity Tax Rises 50% to Support Renewable Energy
http://www.treehugger.com/green-investments/german-electricity-tax-rises-50-support-renewable-energy.html


ENVIRONMENT - Forest Fires Linked to High Temperatures Two Years Before
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121019094516.htm


HOMES - Teen Finishes 130 Sq. Ft. Mortgage-Free Home
http://www.treehugger.com/green-architecture/teen-finishes-130-sq-ft-mortgage-free-home.html


PEOPLE - When Leaving Your Wealth to Your Sister's Sons Makes Sense
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121016162843.htm


PLANTS - Scientists Create Top Ten List of Plant-Damaging Fungi
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121018100125.htm


SCIENCE - Training light to cool the material it strikes
http://phys.org/news/2012-10-cool-material.html#ajTabs


SOLAR - Butterfly Wings Inspire Holographic Solar Panel Coatings
http://www.treehugger.com/solar-technology/butterfly-wings-inspire-holographic-solar-panel-coatings.html


SPACE -Dark matter filament studied in 3-D for the first time
http://phys.org/news/2012-10-dark-filament-d.html

SPACE - NASA Pursues Atom Optics to Detect the Imperceptible
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121018185947.htm

SPACE - Preventing Infection On Long Spaceflights
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121018130927.htm


SUSTAINABILITY - The Art of Sustainable Development
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121019130606.htm


TECH - The Good, Bad And Ugly Of Different Mobile Printing Solutions
http://www.forbes.com/sites/sap/2012/10/19/the-good-bad-and-ugly-of-different-mobile-printing-solutions/

TECH - EPEAT Defends Certification of Notebooks
http://www.treehugger.com/gadgets/epeat-defends-decision-certify-ultrathin-notebooks.html

TECH - Warning: New SimCity Will Take Over Your Life
http://www.treehugger.com/gadgets/warning-new-simcity-will-take-over-your-life.html

TECH - Robots That Perceive the World Like Humans
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121018100131.htm

TECH - New Route to Large-Scale Quantum Computing?
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121019141254.htm


URBAN - Helsinki Converts Old Abattoir into Culinary Hotspot
http://www.treehugger.com/green-food/helsinki-converts-old-abattoir-culinary-hotspot.html

URBAN - Can You Build an All-American Home? It's Hard and Expensive, and It's All About the Details
http://www.treehugger.com/green-architecture/can-you-build-all-american-home-its-hard-and-expensive-and-its-all-about-details.html

URBAN - Suburbia Is Back: Meet the New Housing Market, Same as the Old Housing Market
http://www.treehugger.com/green-architecture/meet-new-housing-market-same-old-housing-market.html

URBAN - BuildingGreen Tells You Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Concrete
http://www.treehugger.com/green-architecture/buildinggreen-tells-you-what-you-need-know-about-concrete.html

URBAN - Quote of the Day: Weil Arets on the Future of Architecture
http://www.treehugger.com/green-architecture/quote-day-weil-arets-future-architecture.html

URBAN - Adobe Playground Designed by Children
http://www.treehugger.com/green-architecture/playground-children-architects.html

URBAN - Detroit Tops The 2012 List Of America's Most Dangerous Cities
http://www.forbes.com/sites/danielfisher/2012/10/18/detroit-tops-the-2012-list-of-americas-most-dangerous-cities/


WIND - Portable 50kW Wind Turbine Folds Itself into Shipping Container
http://www.treehugger.com/wind-technology/50kw-wind-turbine-folds-itself-shipping-container-portable-power.html


WORK - Join The 1% And Become A Content Creator
http://www.forbes.com/sites/sap/2012/10/18/join-the-1-and-become-a-content-creator/


WORK - Forget Work-Life Balance: It's Time for Work-Life Blend
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ronashkenas/2012/10/19/forget-work-life-balance-its-time-for-work-life-blend/