Why American Public Policy Is Biased Against Transit Based High Density Living
February 3, 2011 No Comment
On Mother Jones, Kevin Drum asks why there is a suburban bias in America’s political institutions? Is it because the Senate overrepresents the residents of sparsely populated states? Or is it mostly due to geography and the relatively recent founding of our country, which have produced fairly low-density urban areas and therefore a naturally weaker constituency for high-density living? On the Bellows , economist Ryan Avent responds. The whole thing is worth reading, but some of the key responses: … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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In Easton, Mass., Triton Technologies employees heard cracking and metal bending and escaped before their building collapsed under the weight of heavy snow. Everyone got out safely. (Feb. 3)
Continue reading …Somali pirates beat, tortured, and threatened to kill captured South Korean sailors, the Telegraph reports. “Pirates trampled and beat me whenever I talked with my captain,” said one of the seven rescued sailors, who went home yesterday. “I lost my four front teeth after being hit by the elbow of…
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Poor Samsung can’t catch a break. First executive Lee Young-hee was misunderstood, saying that sales of the Galaxy Tab were ” quite smooth ” but the transcript of that conversation saying that they were instead ” quite small .” Now the company is refuting another claim, that return rates for the Tab are near 16 percent . The company did so in a statement so tersely worded we can feature its entirety right here: The return rate of the Galaxy Tab in the US as claimed by an North American market research firm is incorrect. According to Samsung Electronics Mobile Communications Business the return rate is below 2 percent. So, there you have it. Below two percent, and right on par with what we’ve heard for the iPad . Samsung refutes high Galaxy Tab returns, says rate is ‘below 2 percent’ originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 03 Feb 2011 11:49:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …The GOP wants to limit federal funding for abortions to cases of “forcible rape” only, and, not surprisingly, Jon Stewart was there last night to heap his scorn on the idea. “All rape is by definition forcible,” he pointed out, but correspondent Kristen Schaal wasn’t convinced. “You’d be surprised how…
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The National Republican Senatorial Committee didn’t waste any time going after Sen. Joe Manchin (D., W.V.). Last night, Manchin sided with Democrats in rejecting a full repeal on Obamacare, prompting this (quite clever) new ad: Andrew Stiles Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Corner Discovery Date : 03/02/2011 16:39 Number of articles : 4
Continue reading …Esper Dominoes topple without touching, we fall all over ourselves (video)
February 3, 2011 No Comment
Quick, what’s wrong with this picture? Oh, that’s right — dominoes don’t topple all by themselves , do they? But these aren’t your average tiles. Constructed by Japanese interaction researchers in 2009, these “Esper Dominoes” each have ZigBee radios inside, and as each stone falls it wirelessly tells the next to follow suit, all down the line. Of course, knowing all that, why would you ever settle for a boring row of five? Hit the break to see what these bones are really capable of, and join us in praying that some entrepreneur mass produces these perfect stocking stuffers before another two years fly by. Continue reading Esper Dominoes topple without touching, we fall all over ourselves (video) Esper Dominoes topple without touching, we fall all over ourselves (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 03 Feb 2011 11:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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A mother has given birth to a baby girl in an evacuation centre as a cyclone battered Cairns, in northeastern Australia. Akiko Pruss wouldn’t name her infant after the storm. (03 February 2011)
Continue reading …There are mysterious animal deaths , and then there are just tragic ones. In California, the weekend bust of a cockfighting ring led to the deaths of about 1,000 roosters. The Ventura County Star reports that the roosters had to be euthanized due to their aggressive nature. Two men were…
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