Picture this touching moment: You’re in the hospital, aglow from the birth of your first child … when a Disney rep accosts you, offering you free stuff in exchange for signing up on an email list. That’s basically the plan Disney came up with after realizing, to its utter dismay,…
Continue reading …Silvio Berlusconi is not most people’s idea of a sexy hunk, but photographs allegedly showing the 74-year-old Italian prime minister naked—reportedly taken by one or more of the showgirls who entertained the PM in the “bunga bunga” party room of his mansion—have prompted a bidding war between tabloids…
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Photo: Dmitry Noskoff Do you really know what your factory-farmed meat went through before it ended up on your plate? (Warning: Many of the images and stories in this slideshow are beyond disturbing.) The fact is, this journey is not for the faint of heart, and these stories — from the 400,000 baby chicks killed when a farm went bankrupt, to the 150,000 male chicks ground up alive each day to the baby piglets left to die in manure bins — are shocking. But they might also help you truly understand the impact of your diet.
Continue reading …More than a quarter of Americans on antidepressants haven’t been diagnosed with ailments like depression and anxiety order that the drugs are intended to treat, a study finds. That means millions could face side effects without getting the drugs’ benefits, a researcher tells Reuters . In surveys of more than 20,…
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Details have emerged in the Buy Back program that Best Buy previewed on a commercial ad during the Super Bowl. For a limited time (this week only) the buy back program will be free with a supporting electronic purchase and then after which, there will be a $100 optional buy-in to become part of the Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Android Community Discovery Date : 07/02/2011 14:54 Number of articles : 6
Continue reading …Man, isn’t the plight of the Tibetan people hilarious ? Groupon hit a real nerve last night with a Super Bowl commercial that seemed to exploit said plight for yucks. “The people of Tibet are in trouble. Their culture is in jeopardy,” says narrator Timothy Hutton. “But they still whip…
Continue reading …Thai and Cambodian troops faced off for the fourth consecutive day today, trading shells and gunfire in a border dispute. At least two Thais and three Cambodians have died in the clashes, as “yellow shirt” nationalist protesters in Bangkok call for the government’s resignation. The 2-square-mile area in question surrounds…
Continue reading …The New Yorker ’s massive, 26-page takedown of Scientology is here, and it discloses—among other things—that the FBI has been investigating the church on suspicion of human trafficking for more than a year. Staff writer Lawrence Wright offers an extensive profile of ex-Scientologist Paul Haggis, the writer-director whose…
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Image Credit TD Bank It’s the first net zero energy bank branch in the USA, and one of 17 branches of the bank with LEED certification; this one is going platinum, with all kinds of green gizmos. will be rated DOE Class B, meaning that it will generate sufficient energy for its own needs on site from its ground and roof mounted solar panels: about 100,000 kWh, while projected to use 97,000. So what’s wrong with this picture? … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Images Credit Matteo Thun We’re all for getting back to basics and cooking like grandma used to do, but Matteo Thun, Maurizio Riva and friends go back a few more generations yet to come up with La Cuchina, shown at IMM Cologne’s Living Kitchens. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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