Just how many cellphone users can be considered gamers these days? According to a new survey from PopCap Games and Information Solutions Group, about a quarter of adults in the US and UK have played a game on their phone in the past week, which makes them an “avid” gamer in their eyes, while about a third have played a game in the past month. If you dial things down to just mobile gamers with a smartphone, however, the number of avid gamers jumps to a hefty 83 percent, with 45 percent saying they play on a daily basis. What’s perhaps most telling, though, is that 55 percent of smartphone users say they play games in general most often on their on their phone, compared to just 22 percent who play most often on their desktop or laptop computer, and 20 percent who opt for game console. Hit up the link below to check out the complete results in PDF form. Continue reading Survey finds a quarter of adults in the US and UK are ‘avid’ mobile gamers Survey finds a quarter of adults in the US and UK are ‘avid’ mobile gamers originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 01 Mar 2011 13:23:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Three members of an Antarctic expedition are missing and presumed dead and the two survivors will have some tough questions to answer when they return to their native Norway. The survivors were dropped off by a yacht and planned to ride quad bikes to the South Pole, but were forced…
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Sweden, that sustainability superstar, really prides itself on being “green.” It is one of the few countries to decouple CO2 emissions from economic growth. It has switched a huge portion of its heating away from fossil fuels (district heating). It’s the best recycling nation on Earth. It consistently lands in the top ten of rankings of most sustainable nations. Sweden even has made the audacious claim that it will go fossil-fuel free by 2020 . It … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Disengage Steven Davies Exclusive SWISS-CONNECTION 2011 im TOP10 SINGEN The State Of The Nation UK: Steven Davies In the sports news yesterday morning, details of England drawing a thrilling match with India in the World Cup was followed by news that wicket keeper Steven Davies has come out of the closet. As I have said before, it’s tough coming … » Out in Sport: England Cricketer Steven Davies Goes Public … There are welcome exceptions – and England cricketer Steven Davies has just added to the number, becoming the second British member of a national squad in a major team sport to do so. (The first was Welsh rugby captain, Gareth Thomas). … Steven Davies has full backing of England squad after announcing … Steven Davies received widespread support from England colleagues as well as cricketing and public figures on Monday following his decision to publicly announce he is gay. In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, Davies revealed his … Out in Sport: England Cricketer Steven Davies Goes Public … Steven Davies , the 24-year-old Surrey and England wicketkeeper, has become the latest high-profile sportsman to announce he is gay. In today’s Daily Telegraph Davies becomes the first serving professional cricketer to ‘out’ himself. … Cricket backs Steven Davies after player announces he is gay … That does not change anything, says Ian Bell in India? Vikram Solanki: ‘Steve has full support of all his colleagues’ Steven Davies has received congratulations from present and former county… LucySweetman says: @AltCricket Nishant, we've moved on! Steven Davies is gay. Right, good. Next?
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Everlasting Pancakes at IHOP (commercial) Me and butch at ihop trying to take a pic IHop Dance Party IHOP Restaurant – Menu and Service | ihop coupons The International House of Pancakes, IHOP , is a US based restaurant chain that specializes in breakfast foods such as pancakes and French toast on its menu. ihop : Enjoy Free Pancakes on Tuesday for a Good Cause | The Family … As Paula pointed out, March 1st is National Pancake Day. In celebration of this fabulous day (I mean, it’s pancakes we’re talking about, how could it not be. IHOP Flip for Free Pancakes | The Family Kitchen Tuesday March 1st, 2011 is National Pancake Day. Celebrate with Free Pancakes at IHOP . IHOP : Free pancakes day IHOP : Free pancakes day Today, from 7 am to 10 pm local time, participating IHOP Restaurants will give you a free short stack of pancakes to celebrate National Pancake Day. In exchange, you’re asked to donate to your local children’s … GrubGrade | IHOP National Pancake Day Join IHOP on Tuesday, March 1, 2011, 7 a.m. – 10 p.m., for National Pancake Day and receive one complimentary short stack!* In return for the free flapjacks, we ask you to consider leaving a little something behind for Children’s … Wilymon says: Free pancakes at IHOP today!! www.ihoppancakeday.com
Continue reading …Juan Cole reports on the worsening situation in Libya as Qaddafi’s son incites supporters to attack protesters: Saif al-Islam Qaddafi, son of the besieged dictator, has been caught on a smart phone video whipping up a crowd of ‘police’ and other supporters last Saturday to massacre protesters (he asks them ‘do you need guns?’ They shout, ‘yes.’) Saif al-Islam Qaddafi had earlier given interviews in which he told Western reporters that there is nothing going on in Libya, everything is calm, everyone loves his father, and it is the media whipping up people and causing a potential civil war . Then later he accused the protesters of being al-Qaeda and terrorists. When Saif addressed the nation on t.v., his address was projected on a wall in Benghazi and people threw mounds of shoes at the image all the time he was speaking. Another indication of the murderous and duplicitous character of the Qaddafi regime was that it sent a fighter jet to bomb a rebel-held air base at Ajdabiya, though the Tripoli government immediately denied it . The BBC reporter in Libya, however, reports that the plane behaved suspiciously and did not in the end seem to bomb anything of value. This incident may be another indication that Qaddafi cannot actually depend on his officer corps, many of whom are probably looking for the first opportunity to defect. Muammar Qaddafi even said there were no protests in the streets of his country, drawing a charge from US envoy to the UN Susan Rice that the old dictator is ‘delusional.’ British Prime Minister David Cameron’s hopes of convincing his allies to establish a no-fly zone over Libya to prevent bombings like the one on Monday are running into resistance from other NATO members, many of whom already feel militarily stretched in Afghanistan and who appear to feel that a no-fly zone might draw them into use of land troops, which most don’t have to spare (not to mention the expense, at a time when Western budgets are broken). Analysts concur that any such operation would be complex.
Continue reading …Stern to WaPo: Labor Movement ‘Had Socialist and Communist Tendencies’; Change the Tense, Andy
March 1, 2011 No CommentRetired Service Employees International Union President Andy Stern was recently interviewed by Journolist organizer and Washington Post staff writer Ezra “the Constitution is confusing because it was written more than a hundred years ago” Klein. In response to a question from Klein about “the animosity between unions and workplaces” (that is what Klein says he said), Stern made an interesting assertion that most readers probably took at face value: We grew up in that culture. In the '30s, people didn't want us to exist. We had to do sit-down strikes . . . we had socialist and communist tendencies. We grew up, to speak in Marxist terms, in a world with a lot more class struggle. It's not viewed through that light anymore. Really? “Permit” me to disagree. Stern's statement about the relative lack of socialist and communist tendencies was arguably true of the U.S. labor movement until the mid-1990s. It was then that Lane Kirkland, famous for orchestrating aid for Poland's Solidarity movement in the 1980s, stepped down as head of the AFL-CIO, after which the organization, according to an Arch Puddington column at Freedom House, deliberately disengaged from international involvement with worker organization efforts in totalitarian countries. Since then, the leadership of the U.S. labor movement has lurched steadily leftward. That this directional shift has occurred as public-sector union representation has grown, while private-sector representation has declined, is hardly a coincidence. So what other evidence is there that Big Labor in the U.S. and world socialists have once again become quite cozy? On Friday, Meredith Jessup at The Blaze, Glenn Beck's online journalism outlet, provided some (bolds are mine): Last fall, leftist ideological groups of socialists and communists teamed up with American labor unions to march together for “One Nation.” Now, as labor leaders struggle to maintain a stranglehold on collective bargaining privileges in Wisconsin, the same groups are once again marching together under a banner claiming unions are the heart of the American dream.
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Of course, it’s not all about new TVs , as Panasonic also took the opportunity today to bust out MSRPs for a slew of other home theater products. As it mentioned at CES , the connected features of its 2011 Blu-ray players are taking center stage, with Skype access through Viera Cast , while they also claim to feature the industry’s fastest playback, measuring at half the booting and loading time of the 2010 lineup. One other key feature is the ability to use an iPhone as a WiFi connected remote and load movies, music or pictures onto the phone then play them on the HDTV. The top of the line DMP-BDT310 should arrive in May while the rest are already making their way to store shelves, check the press releases after the break for full details on those, a soundbar and a few HTIB systems. Continue reading Panasonic puts pricetags on 2011 Blu-ray players, HTIB & soundbars Panasonic puts pricetags on 2011 Blu-ray players, HTIB & soundbars originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 01 Mar 2011 13:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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We’ve already had some indication that Amazon’s own app store for Android devices would be launching fairly shortly, and it now looks like it could be coming as soon as this month. That word comes from the seemingly in-the-know ad network Millennial Media, which tweeted earlier today that the Amazon Appstore for Android is “launching this month,” and linked to a blog post that details what’s in store for developers. Unfortunately, that post doesn’t actually contain a ton of specific details, but the ad network apparently sees the store as a “great opportunity,” particularly when it comes to the additional exposure apps would get through Amazon.com. In case you weren’t aware, Amazon’s also been maintaining an official developer blog for the Appstore (yeah, it’s all one word), which does provide quite a few technical details for those interested — check it out at the link below. Amazon Appstore for Android launching this month? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:08:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …A bullhorn-toting New Orleans pastor known for disrupting the city’s annual gay festival by loudly denouncing “sinful behavior” has been arrested and charged with masturbating in a public park. Christian fundamentalist Grant Storms was taken into custody after two women complained that he was masturbating in his van while staring…
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