Students wear We Add Up action t-shirts. Photo: We Add Up We Add Up , a global campaign that uses organic cotton t-shirts with action messages to raise awareness on climate change, is launching a spring semester school contest, which will enlist the talent of students across the country to design their next t-shirt. The contest ends May 31, 2011. Read on for details. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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President Ronald Reagan born; Hillary Clinton launches Senate big; Britain’s King George VI dies, paving the way for his daughter Elizabeth to become Queen. (Feb. 6)
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Those of the young generation, people too young to remember the collapse of Soviet-bloc and other socialist states in 1989 and 1990, are fortunate to be living through another thrilling example of a seemingly impenetrable state edifice reduced to impotence when faced with crowds demanding freedom, peace, and justice. There is surely no greater event than this. To see it instills in us a sense of hope that the longing for freedom that beats in the heart of every human being can be realised in our time. This is why all young people should pay close attention to what is happening in Egypt, to the protests against the regime of Hosni Mubarak as well as the pathetic response coming from his…
Continue reading …Thirty-five animals at a zoo in the northern Mexico state of Chihuahua have frozen to death during the region’s coldest weather in six decades. Serengeti Zoo owner Alberto Hernandez says 14 parrots, 13 serpents, five iguanas, two crocodiles, and a capuchin monkey died. He said today that power failures cut…
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The latest government figures show casino revenue in Macau jumped 33 per cent in January from a year earlier to $2.3 billion. Much of those profits come from hordes of mainland Chinese gamblers, flocking to play in the nearby enclave, which is the only place in China where gambling is legal. Al Jazeera’s Rob McBride in Macau has more.
Continue reading …The American media’s attempts to link the Egyptian protests to the Internet and online networking are just another sign of America’s isolation and ignorance, writes Frank Rich in the New York Times . Rich calls the focus on Facebook and Twitter “implicit, simplistic Western chauvinism”—”How fabulous that two great American…
Continue reading …Two people were killed by police gunfire and 17 were injured in northwestern Tunisia yesterday, after a local police chief allegedly slapped a woman during a demonstration, causing protesters to turn against the police. About 1,000 people threw stones and small firebombs at the local police station, burning two…
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Screen Grabs chronicles the uses (and misuses) of real-world gadgets in today’s movies and TV. Send in your sightings (with screen grab!) to screengrabs at engadget dot com . It may not share the same level of name recognition as FaceTime (or heck, even Fring ), but Tango’s multi-platform videocalling app is still a very real alternative. So real, in fact, that it was just used in an episode of The Big Bang Theory as a highly fictional (and severely busted) character makes an outlandish videocall to a mythical group of friends. Or was it all just a dream? Hop on down to the source link (and fast-forward to the 13th minute) to find out. [Thanks, Sowmitra] Gallery: Tango videocalling app stars on The Big Bang Theory Screen Grabs: Tango supplants FaceTime for Big Bang Theory videocall originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 06 Feb 2011 06:24:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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As the Egyptian government tries to get the country back to work, security has been tightened around Liberation Square. Banks and businesses are planning to re-open, but the pro-democracy protestors are still there with their demand to ouster Mubarak. Muslim Brotherhood, country’s largest opposition group, is holding talks with the government and outcome of the talks will be crucial in the days to come. Al Jazeera’s Alan Fisher reports from Cairo.
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Lindsay Lohan’s attorney said Saturday that her client did not steal a $2500 necklace and would fight any charges if they are filed. (Feb. 5)
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