TreeHugger fave Sarah Wigglesworth goes on the attack: At the recent free schools conference, Michael Gove said: “We won’t be getting Richard Rogers to design your school. We won’t be getting any ‘award-winning architects’ to design it, because no one … is here to make architects richer.” The Con-Dems don’t mind bankers getting richer, but demonise architects as freeloaders…. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: Kelly Rossiter All the stores were closed yesterday, it being a holiday, and I decided not to worry about what to eat. Usually I like to make sure that I have lots of food on hand, but this time I just decided to use whatever I had in the pantry. Spring cleaning is about to commence in my house, so I figured I could get a jump on it and start cleaning out my kitchen cupboards. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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The results are in, and well over 100,000 of you voted in the 2010 Engadget Awards . We’ll have our own Editors’ picks later this week, but for now, head on after the break to see who won our Readers’ Choice awards. You can check out the voting results right here . Continue reading The winners of the 2010 Engadget Awards — Readers’ Choice The winners of the 2010 Engadget Awards — Readers’ Choice originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …See if this sounds familiar: Democratic lawmakers in Indiana who don’t want to vote on an anti-union bill have fled to Illinois, reports the Indianapolis Star , which notes that a few might head to Kentucky. Like their counterparts in Wisconsin, the Democrats are seeking sanctuary out of state so the…
Continue reading …Watch the Sofia Coppola-directed Miss Dior Cherie TV Commercial Starring Natalie Portman
February 22, 2011 No Comment
[1] While it’s not that unusual for big-name directors to do commercial work on the side, there seems to be something about fragrance ads in particular that really draws them in. (“Bucketloads of money” is definitely part of it.) A new ad for the Miss Dior Cherie fragrance has premiered online, directed by Sofia Coppola and starring “brand ambassador” Natalie Portman. It looks like typical perfume… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : /Film Discovery Date : 22/02/2011 19:00 Number of articles : 4
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Combining a standard noninvasive test that measures electrical activity in the brain with high-tech computer analysis may help determine the risk of autism spectrum disorder in infants, according to a new study.
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Office workers trapped under their collapsed buildings sent messages to the outside as rescuers with dogs scrambled to save them and dozens of others following a powerful earthquake that killed at least 65 in one of New Zealand’s largest cities. (Feb. 22)
Continue reading …America is engaged in a massive fiscal battle, and nowhere is it more intense than in Wisconsin, where leaders “have done everything possible to maximize conflict,” writes David Brooks of the New York Times . On the one hand, Scott Walker was right: There’s a very good argument for curtailing public…
Continue reading …New York Fashion Week: Costello Tagliapietra Slashes Water Consumption For Fall 2011 (Slideshow)
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Costello Tagliapietra, New York Fashion Week Fall 2011. Photo: Getty Images Next up in our on-site coverage of the best green fashion emerging from New York Fashion Week Fall 2011 is Costello Tagliapietra . The brand debuted their 4th collection employing AirDye technology — a dyeing and printing process that uses 88-95% less water than typical textile production — … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Architect Eric Owen Moss writes in Huffpo: The Department of the Interior and its surrogate, the Department of Energy, has pulled the Solar plug on the promised Mall site, in the name of the Interior Department’s “save the grass” campaign [which begins in 2012]…. In the end, hard working teams of intelligent, dedicated students committed to re-imagining a changed role for housing and energy technology in America are simply asked to acquiesce in the face of a faceless government authority that, for its own reason… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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