By David Walker BBC News Contaminated water supplies are worsening the cholera outbreak Continue reading the main story Related stories Haiti confirms cholera in capital Clinic on cholera front line Fears rise in Haiti as cholera outbreak spreads Health officials and medical agencies in Haiti are racing to stem a cholera epidemic that has reached the crowded capital Port-au-Prince and threatens to spiral out of control. The World Health Organization (WHO) says it is struggling to get a clear picture of the situation. “I wouldn’t say it is out of control but it is a huge challenge,” said Claire-Lise Chaignat, head of the WHO’s global cholera taskforce. “We know that cases have now reached…
Continue reading …Looks like people who fly, whether for fun, business or for a living, are starting to fight back against an overly intrusive TSA: TSA Rejects Airport Molestation Complaints… OPT OUT: Pilots oppose naked scans, full-body searches… ‘Repeated doses of radiation’… Screeners touch passengers’ breasts, genitals… FLIGHT ATTENDANTS FIGHT BACK: HANDS OFF MY CROTCH! I think a little uprising against the groping government would be a very good thing. For awhile people were willing to put up with being treated as terrorists because we were all in the fight together. But after nine years has passed since 9/11 people just want to be able to fly where they want without being treated inappropriately or with undue suspicion.
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Even when they’re relatively easy to root, it usually takes a few weeks of elbow grease to get an Android device fully opened — but thanks to the hard work that’s been put into the T-Mobile G2 root recently, its just-released sister device has been cracked already, too. Sure enough, if you’re willing to put a little time into it, you can now break your myTouch 4G wide open, which presumably means it won’t take long before we see some stock ROMs become available (if you’re into that sort of thing). Seriously, judging from the list of instructions, this isn’t the easiest root in the world — so unless you want to be up on the bleeding edge, you might want to hold out until some awesome ROMs start floating in. Then again, we totally understand if you do it right this second. We’re the same way. [Thanks, Davis] T-Mobile myTouch 4G rooted, has G2 root to thank for it originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Nov 2010 14:16:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Trade union members display placards during a protest, in Lagos, Nigeria,… LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) – In oil-rich Nigeria, where tycoons race Italian sports cars down potholed roads and rents get paid years in advance, the minimum wage sits at only $50 a month. Labor groups say such wages cripple those working in Africa’s most populous nation while legislators and top officials receive salaries and perks often exceeding those in Western countries. Upset by the minimum wage, trade unions took to Nigeria’s streets Wednesday as part of a warning strike to bring the…
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House Republican leader John Boehner says extending all of the current tax rates and making them permanent will be the most important thing Congress can do to help create jobs. (Nov. 10)
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All schools in Florida’s second-largest county have been locked down as a precaution after receiving a threat. Broward County schools were locked down Wednesday after the unspecified threat was made. (Nov. 10)
Continue reading …Recovery or desperation? SEARS to be open T-giving for first time in 124-year history… Only 7am to noon, but I can’t imagine they’ll be able to do enough business to pay for the costs of being open, including the holiday overtime pay for the employees. There will be some other retailers open. My daughter works for Old Navy and they were looking for volunteers to work that day for time-and-a-half pay.
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In a follow-up interview to his prime time special with George W. Bush, NBC's Matt Lauer invited the former president on Wednesday's Today show and in the process got an education on how tax cuts can create jobs. During the wide ranging interview that covered everything from the Ground Zero mosque to Kanye West, it was Lauer's questions about Bush's tax policy where he revealed his bias. Noting that “there's a heated debate” over whether “we should continue in this country with your tax policies” Lauer pressed Bush “We've been living under that system for seven years now and we've seen incredibly slow growth…why should we continue down that path?” Bush shot back with a basic economics lesson for the Today co-anchor, as seen in the following exchange: MATT LAUER:
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Image credit: Glassian.org One has to wonder about the carbon footprint of 20,000 architects, engineers and builders flying off to a convention, but there is a lot to see and learn. This year the sustainable building event Greenbuild International Conference and Expo is back in Chicago, and speakers include TreeHugger founder Graham Hill , who will address the crowds on Thursday, November 18. In this slideshow I show some of the things I … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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