In interview with Channel 2, Palestinian PM denies PA planning to unilaterally declare statehood
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Photo: Candice Reynolds, Red Queen Tarts, LLC With science pointing to all the pitfalls of sugar on human health and longevity, I have ever more reason to curb desserts and hidden sugars. Sadly, “reason” lacks in my vocabulary during the holidays. On the rare occasions I make an indulgence, it needs to feel like one. I’m practicing the avoidance of unfulfilling, mindless hand reaches into the relentless displays of Hershey’s and processe… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Firefighter Danny Hayat, who fought bravely to save Prison Service cadets, succumbs to wounds
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US woman, 46, found with hands bound, knife wounds in chest, stomach on outskirts of town near Beit Shemesh. After telling police she was assaulted by two Arab men, search is launched in Jerusalem area for culprits
Continue reading …AP Headline: Keeping 2011-2012 Income Tax Rates the Same Is ‘Big New Tax Law’
December 18, 2010 No CommentDid you know that the “big new tax law” signed by President Obama yesterday “will save taxpayers, on average, about $3,000 next year,” and that it will have “tax breaks for being married, having children, paying for child care, going to college or investing in securities”? Don't spend that extra $3,000 yet, because it mostly won't be there. With the only major exception being the 2-point cut in the Social Security payroll tax, and of course barring new legislation the next Congress may take on, the tax laws for the next two years will essentially be the same as they have been since 2003, when Congress lowered marginal income, capital gain, and dividend income tax rates. This lack of major change didn't stop the Ministry of Propaganda — er, the Associated Press — and reporter Stephen Ohlemacher from calling the new legislation “the most significant new tax law in a decade,” when there's almost nothing “new” about it, or from trumpeting how much certain American families will “save” as a result. Here are a few paragraphs from Ohlemacher's report : read more
Continue reading …Fur Flies As Canadian Politician Drapes Family In Coyote Skins And Fur Blankets
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Liberal MP Justin Trudeau’s Christmas Card. The blanket is a bit much… Up-and-coming politician and son of former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau Justin Trudeau says “it’s just a Christmas card.” That’s like former Governor General Michaelle Jean downing her bite of seal heart and calling it “just a snack.” It’s not just a card, it’s a statement. The Montreal Gazette … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …DIA Parrot digital photo frame by nodesign is not a digital photo frame
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How do you a frame a digital photo without framing it? That’s the mind-bending question considered by Parrot and the nodesign agency, and the “mysterious object” known as the DIA Parrot is their answer. Just what is it? We’ll let Parrot explain. What is striking is its 10×4 inch high resolution screen. Dismantled, deconstructed, disconnected from the frame as if there was nothing behind, this screen is transparency, is light. The picture, your photo, appears through this “light box” in a brand new aesthetic dimension… “The photo frame designed by Jean-Louis Frechin is very mysterious,” continues Henri Seydoux. “Jean-Louis was smart or ‘crazy’ enough to dismantle the LCD screen we get used to, and the result is quite simply magical. We don’t see where the photo comes from… It is simply there, on this transparent and half-dismantled screen… It is prestidigitation!” Look for it to set you back $500 when it launches in February. You didn’t expect a brand new aesthetic dimension to come cheap, did you? Continue reading DIA Parrot digital photo frame by nodesign is not a digital photo frame DIA Parrot digital photo frame by nodesign is not a digital photo frame originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 18 Dec 2010 10:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Photo: woodleywonderworks It’s one thing for adults to make the decision to eat vegetarian but what if you’re making that decision for someone else? And what if that someone else is your child? Well according to a recent article in the Washington Post , kids can thrive on a vegetaria… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Army spokesman says two ‘espionage devices’ found on Mount Sannine ‘flagrant violation’ of Lebanese sovereignty, international law and Security Council Resolution 1701
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After meeting Bahrain’s king, Adm. Mullen says Washington takes its security commitments in Gulf region ‘very seriously’; adds ‘there are real threats to peace and stability here, and we’ve made no secrets of our concerns about Iran’
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