NPR: If You’re Just Joining Us, The Republicans Are Dangerously Extremist
October 17, 2010 No CommentPerhaps the people at National Public Radio are worried
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Image: icelight , (cc) Ears are amazing. They help you keep balance, turn a newborn’s face towards its mother’s voice, and alert us to escape danger. Increasingly, these wondrous organs are the target of new frontiers in environmental protection. Human irritation from jet engines, lawn mowers, and wind turbines , much less SunChips’
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The third annual Quartet Night at Christ Community Church in Laguna Hills will take place on Saturday, November 13th, 6:30 pm.
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Fifa confirmed last night it will investigate allegations that two members of its committee have offered to sell their votes in the bid to stage the 2018 World Cup. The race to host the tournament became clouded in controversy after the Sunday Times reported that Amos Adamu, a Fifa executive committee member from Nigeria, was filmed negotiating a deal with an undercover reporter where he would be paid £500,000 for his vote. Adamu requested the money, which would be used to build four artificial football pitches in Nigeria, would be paid to him personally. The deal was allegedly finalised last month in Cairo when Adamu confirmed he would vote for the USA to host the 2018 World Cup. The USA…
Continue reading …Peek experiences permanent outage for older devices, vows to replace with free Peek 9
October 17, 2010 No Comment
Thinking of upgrading your Peek or Peek Pronto to a shiny new Peek 9 ? You may no longer have a choice — following an epic fail when migrating to a new network provider, loads of older devices were reportedly fried. Normally consumer outrage would run rampant at this news, but Peek CEO Amol Sarva has a plan — he’s offering brand-new Peek 9s to existing customers, free of charge. It’s not clear what will happen to the older units at this point, but a Peek customer service rep says that while fried QWERTY candybars are no more, the unscathed Peeks might possibly be turned back on. “We are currently waiting on T-Mobile to decide our fate,” the rep wrote, “There is still a CHANCE that the sky is not falling and older devices will continue to work.” In the meantime, Sarva has a rather difficult instruction for affected customers looking to get in on the deal: “Just check your email.” [Thanks, standingup] Peek experiences permanent outage for older devices, vows to replace with free Peek 9 originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 16 Oct 2010 21:54:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Saturday urged a roaring crowd of Republicans in California to exhaust themselves over the next two weeks to take back the state and the country for the “little guy.” (Oct. 16)
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Rescuers have found the bodies of two of four miners trapped underground in a gold mine in southern Ecuador. Rescuers were continuing to clear fallen rock to get to the area where the two missing…
Continue reading …NYT Write-up on Japan Ignores Decades of Stimulus, Fails to ID Causes of Deficit
October 16, 2010 No CommentOnly the New York Times could burn through 2,500 words about Japan's economy and not use the word “stimulus.” The Old Gray Lady's Martin Fackler did refer to Fed Chair Ben Bernanke's just-announced second attempt to “stimulate” economy, but dodged the central lession: The government created the Japanese people's malaise, and our government, despite Japan's experience, seems determined to do the same to us. The Times item is the first in a series, so I suppose Fackler may get around to it in subsequent reports, but it doesn't seem likely. Here are some paragraphs from Fackler's report that show how intent he and the Times were on not getting to the real root causes of Japan's nearly two-decade malaise (bolds are mine): read more
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Barbara Billingsley, who gained the title supermom for her gentle portrayal of June Cleaver, the warm, supportive mother of a pair of precocious boys in “Leave it to Beaver,” has died. She was 94. (Oct. 16)
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