Photo credit: Tuesday Phillips/ecolutionist This guest post was written by Tuesday Phillips, founder and editor of ecolutionist . As the one and only time of year that you can put on just about anything you want and act completely out of character, Halloween is the paramount time for sending eco-inspired messages about the perils of the planet —without saying a word. Think about it: You are free to create any festive persona or character your mind desires;
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Photo: CNBC As the director of the US Geological Survey and leader of the scientific response to the BP Gulf spill, Marcia McNutt had some interesting things to say about the disaster when she spoke last week at this year’s Poptech conference . For one, she admitted that the Obama administration, in deciding to blast the gushing wellhead with hundreds of thousands of gallons of chemical dispersants, “didn’t know the impac… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Weeks before Gaza residents celebrate the Muslim festival Eid al-Adha, the tunnels leading to the Gaza Strip from Egypt are busy smuggling cows for the holiday feasts. (Oct. 26)
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Screen Grabs chronicles the uses (and misuses) of real-world gadgets in today’s movies and TV. Send in your sightings (with screen grab!) to screengrabs at engadget dt com . An eagle-eyed reader pointed this one out: Where do HD-DVD players go when they’re no longer hot items? That’s right: Hollywood, where they help make up the backdrop of Buy More’s in-store Halloween display. Chuck was involved in some horrifying shenanigans, and then we were horrified by sitting through most of an episode of Chuck . And the circle is complete. [Thanks, Ryan] Screen Grabs: Chuck cowers in the HD-DVD graveyard originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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In an interview with The Associated Press, David Beckham said he plans to play out the final year of his contract with the Los Angeles Galaxy in 2011. Beckham was in Hollywood promoting EA Sports Active 2, and showed off his workout moves. (Oct. 26)
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A storm drawing comparisons to a hurricane muscled across the Midwest, snapping trees and power lines, delaying flights at one of nation’s busiest airports. Some dubbed it ‘chiclone’ and ‘windpocalypse.’ (Oct. 26)
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Continue reading …State Department Asks Anti-Tea Party NYT Reporter to Brief Foreign Press on Movement
October 26, 2010 No Comment
When seeking political neutrality in a discussion of the Tea Party movement, it's probably best to avoid including – let alone promoting – a reporter who consistently suggests that racism undergirds the movement. But that is exactly what the State Department did in selecting New York Times reporter Kate Zernike to brief foreign journalists on the Tea Party last Friday. read more
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Indonesia’s most volatile volcano has erupted Tuesday, spewing smoke and hot ash into the air. The death toll was climbing at Mount Merapi, and also to the west where an earthquake triggered a tsunami Monday. (Oct. 26)
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California GOP Senate challenger Carly Fiorina is in the hospital to be treated for an infection associated with her reconstructive surgery after breast cancer. (Oct. 26)
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