Photo: First Solar Building 2 New Factories by 2012, Creating 1,200 New Jobs First Solar is the 800lbs gorilla of the thin film solar industry, and the gorilla isn’t on a diet! The company has announced the construction of two new factories, one in the U.S. and one in Vietnam, by 2012. This should raise its total production capacity to about 2.7 gigawatts per year…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar, ‘The View’ co-hosts who walked off-stage during an interview with guest Bill O’Reilly say they did the right thing, despite critics who claimed they were rude to their guest who himself spoke ill of muslims. (Oct. 18)
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Photo: Kelly Rossiter I went to my local farmers’ market last Saturday for the first time in weeks. I was so happy to see fresh chanterelles still available. They are so expensive that I only buy them once or twice a year as a treat, but I think they are worth it. Often I don’t do anything more complicated with them than sautee them and have them on toast , but last night I was feeling like something a bit more elaborate …. Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …How backwards have things become in this country, where wrong is celebrated and right is condemned?
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Photo via Bigpresh Newsweek released it’s top picks for environmentally-focused companies in the US, naming what it sees as our 100 greenest. Ranked at the top is Dell — and in fact IT companies were the clear leaders in the rankings with HP taking second and IBM third, which helps put the focus on technology and electronics, both as a benefit and problem. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Come October 21 , European smartphone buyers will be faced with the enviable choice of having to pick between two 4.3-inch handsets from HTC bearing the latest and greatest OS from their respective camps. The HD7 will be one of the flag-bearing Windows Phone 7 devices, whereas the Desire HD — which is already sneaking out into retail in some small quantities — offers the finest Froyo dessert Google has yet cooked up, replete with some extra sprinkles of Sense -ible enhancements. We’ll have full reviews of both in the coming days, but for now, we thought we’d whet your appetite with a tour round their oversized bodies, both in pictorial form below and on video, right after the break. Gallery: HTC HD7 versus Desire HD: size comparison Continue reading HTC HD7 versus Desire HD: battle of the 4.3-inchers HTC HD7 versus Desire HD: battle of the 4.3-inchers originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 18 Oct 2010 14:19:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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By Kim Sengupta 5:30 AM Tuesday Oct 19, 2010 Share Email Print The final and critical phase of the offensive to clear Kandahar, the spiritual home of the Taleban, began yesterday with hundreds of troops carrying out an air assault on the main insurgent base in the region. The attack on the “Horn of Panjwaii” by American, Afghan and Canadian troops – with British special forces – is part of a plan to drive militant fighters towards Nato and Afghan forces positioned to intercept them and towards a wide “tank trench” designed to force them away from the orchards and vineyards and on to the main roads. Retaking the Kandahar hinterland is a key part of the West’s exit strategy from the war….
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The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation isn't backing down when it comes to bullying its way into protected-class status. The gay advocacy group has rejected actor Vince Vaughn’s defense of using the term “gay” to describe electric cars in his yet-to-be released movie, “The Dilemma.” According to the Hollywood Reporter , a post on the official GLAAD website rebutted, “Vince is right. Comedy does bring us together, unless one of us is the punchline. Then it pushes us apart.” Last week the Culture and Media Institute reported that Vaughn defended his character’s use of the term “gay” by saying, “Comedy and joking about our differences breaks tension and brings us together.” read more
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Okay, look, guys — we know putting a satellite into space is a pricey endeavor — just ask Sirius XM — but you literally just launched your first commercial device, the Genus , and we don’t think that “launch a device then immediately declare bankruptcy” is a particularly sound business model. They’re not there yet, but sure enough, the WSJ is claiming that newly-minted satphone operator TerreStar could be just days away from filing for Chapter 11 as it bears the brunt of around $1 billion in debt, possibly in the form of a well-structured and prearranged bankruptcy on the heels of discussions with the company’s creditors. Seeing how restructuring does seem like the most likely scenario here, we wouldn’t necessarily let this scare anyone off from buying a Genus — but at $799, we doubt many of you were planning on running out this week and picking it up anyway. Echoes of Iridium, anyone? TerreStar teetering on bankruptcy? originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 18 Oct 2010 13:57:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Arianna Footing Bus Fare for 14,000 People – 250 Buses – to ‘Restore Sanity’ Rally
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Astroturfing when committed by conservatives — as contemptible as it gets, according to liberals. Astroturfing when committed by liberals — problem, what problem? In other words, do as we say, not as we do too. read more
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