Photo: Guardian North Sea fishermen throw away almost a million dead and dying fish every year. Most are tossed back because they are too small or the wrong kind or will make the fishing boats over their quota. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall , national treasure, celebrity chef and serious food campaigner was so outraged at this “insane waste” that he has started a campaign, Fish Fight, to get this practice banned. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Inspectors on behalf of Industry, Trade and Labor Ministry investigating circumstances of Haifa refineries’ gas leak which claimed lives of three workers. Ben-Eliezer says will close site down he it continues to pose danger
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Amanda Knox returned to court in Italy on Wednesday for the start of her appeals trial, about a year after the American student was convicted of killing her British roommate in a case that drew global attention. (Nov. 24)
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All 29 miners trapped in a New Zealand mine after an explosion are presumed dead after a second blast occurred, rescuers said. The workers – who include two Scottish men – could not have survived the “horrific” second explosion and rescue teams were “now in recovery mode”, police said. Pete Rodger, 40, from Perthshire, and Malcolm Campbell, 25, from St Andrews, Fife, were among the men missing following Friday’s initial blast at Pike River mine in Atarau on South Island. Superintendent Gary Knowles said: “Today there was another massive explosion underground and based on that explosion no-one would have survived. We are now in recovery mode.” Family members…
Continue reading …Chinese man plays MMO on titanic screen, pleads for higher pixel density (video)
November 24, 2010 No Comment
Never mind your 103-inch plasmas or Guiness Word Record-holding stadium displays, real gamers do their thing on LCDs that span a cool seven thousand and five hundred square meters (translated into imperial measuring units, that’s… a lot! ). What you see above is a little glimpse of an MMO enthusiast with a big passion and no less sizable wallet. The gent in question was displeased by the fact a competing guildmaster in the Chinese MMO Magic World Online 2 got to play in an IMAX theater, and therefore decided to one-up him in the only way possible: by hiring Beijing’s crazily oversized display (titled “All Beijing, look up!”) for a little session of supersized gaming. Jump past the break to see it on video. Continue reading Chinese man plays MMO on titanic screen, pleads for higher pixel density (video) Chinese man plays MMO on titanic screen, pleads for higher pixel density (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 24 Nov 2010 04:55:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Young ultra-Orthodox woman enhances her breasts before wedding; 60-year-old gets nose job because ‘it’s accepted now’. Perceptions of plastic, aesthetic surgeries previously regarded as altering God’s creation, are slowly changing in haredi community
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Jennifer Grey was named the new “Dancing With the Stars” champ, despite painful neck and back injuries and a voting bloc for Bristol Palin. (Nov. 24)
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Today on the list: Bribing Israel, the possibilities of precognition, the value of banks (it’s complicated), and the incredible shrinking withdrawal date. On a regular basis, Truthdig brings you the news items and odds and ends that found their way to Larry Gross, director of the USC Annenberg School for Communication. A specialist in media and culture, art and communication, visual communication and media portrayals of minorities, Gross helped found the field of gay and lesbian studies. The links below open in a new window. Newer ones are on top. Bribing Israel: Enhancing the Swag The breathless will-they-won’t-they coverage wasn’t quite as extreme this time, but there’s still been way more attention paid to the latest U.S. “settlement freeze” offer to Netanyahu than it deserves. The Incredible Shrinking Withdrawal Date Going, going, gone!
Continue reading …iPhone gets UberTwitter client, BlackBerrys have one less reason to exist
November 24, 2010 No Comment
If the name UberTwitter sounds familiar, that’ll be because it’s one of the more popular mobile Twitter clients, accounting for 10 million tweets each day from BlackBerry users around the globe. And now it’s also available on the iPhone. Citing the “growing dominance” of Apple’s one-device-to-rule-them-all mobile platform, the UberTwitter crew has decided to expand its offering with a new open beta, which is available to download now. The major distinguishing feature being touted is something called UberView, which allows access to links within tweets without exiting the app or opening up a new window within it. Looks a pretty slick idea, but there are still some early issues to be ironed out — as with all beta iterations — and a final v1.0 should be ready to do battle with Twitter’s official app by the middle of December. Continue reading iPhone gets UberTwitter client, BlackBerrys have one less reason to exist iPhone gets UberTwitter client, BlackBerrys have one less reason to exist originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 24 Nov 2010 03:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Planners of Muslim community center in lower Manhattan apply for $5 million government grant from funds allocated for rehabilitation of businesses harmed by 9/11 attacks
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