Lindsay, Lindsay Lindsay: You just can’t stay out of trouble, can you? La Lohan is now accused of stealing a $2,500 necklace—and as police were requesting a search warrant for her house last night, one of LiLo’s friends turned the jewelry over to authorities. Investigators say they have…
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(vimeo link) Kirby Ferguson’s series Everything is a Remix started with a look at how songs are recycled from past tunes. This second installment is about movies, and how everything old is new again. Among other movies, you’ll see visual illustrations of the influences you read about in the article In The Beginning: Star Wars. Note: Broadcasting platform : Vimeo Source : Neatorama Discovery Date : 02/02/2011 16:31 Number of articles : 4
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A massive storm billed as the worst in decades barreled through Chicago, dumping up to 17 inches of snow. Drivers were left stranded for more than 10 hours waiting for help. (Feb. 2)
Continue reading …And now things have taken a nasty turn. Reading the Guardian and the New York Times, my sense so far is that the violence isn’t terrible: clashes and teargas, yes, and some people beat up, but no police or soldiers shooting at people or things like that. Night is beginning to fall there now, so maybe this will end and prove to have been a one-off. But someone is orchestrating the pro-Mubarak forces, and this could turn very ugly. What does Washington do now? Does Obama just keep going out there making new statements every day? No. When I wrote last night that Obama’s statement didn’t quite go far enough and he shouldn’t even have bothered, this is the kind of thing I had in the back of my mind. Don’t say anything unless you really have something to say that can impact the situation. Now, I worry that the White House has set up a dynamic where people are going to be expecting public statements every day. The important work now, it seems to me, has to be done behind the scenes. Try to ensure that this doesn’t get any worse tonight, and that it does not happen again tomorrow. That’s it. And do it quietly. Obama stood up there yesterday and said “no violence,” and now there’s violence. Nobody’s going to blame him of course, but there’s more risk now in big public statements than reward, in case things spin out of control. Barack Obama Egypt Michael Tomasky guardian.co.uk
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Rupert Murdoch’s iPad -only magazine The Daily , once described as ” The New York Post Goes to College ,” is now a go. Launched at a New York event this morning , it pledges to offer “the best of traditional journalism” with “the best of contemporary technology” like 360 degree photos and, naturally, lots of fancy multimedia content that is all pushed directly to the iPad every day. It’s priced at $.99 per week or $39.99 annually and launches today, unsurprisingly with Egypt taking the “cover” image. The team behind the new-age zine showed off plenty of that technology, including a magazine-like reading interface, letting you flip through pages or access a “carousel,” that gives you a higher-level view of the pages for easy, virtual flipping. The Daily also includes audio versions, with professional voiceover so you won’t have to worry about GPS voice. It also features video overviews of all the content if you just don’t have time for reading or listening. You can share stuff you like on Twitter or Facebook and others will be able to read those stories for free via the web, but not all the content, naturally. The site will offer app reviews and features with links right to the App Store . Sports fans get full schedules and news updates for the teams they like. Again, The Daily launches today, and we’re told that the first two weeks will be courtesy of Verizon . Good on ya, VZW. Update : It’s now available in the App Store . Continue reading The Daily iPad ‘newspaper’ launches, $.99 weekly or $39.99 per year The Daily iPad ‘newspaper’ launches, $.99 weekly or $39.99 per year originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 02 Feb 2011 11:14:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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http://www.youtube.com/v/mMbAx_fYVcs?f=user_uploads&app=youtube_gdata See the original post: Clashes
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Female anti-government protester telling Al Jazeera that they cannot leave the square even if she wanted to – she is crying on air and sounds very scared and emotional. Telling Al Jazeera not to refer to the pro-government group as “demonstrators” because they are actually “violent thugs”.
Continue reading …Good news for those of you who really, really wanted to watch JFK (or at least, Greg Kinnear’s version of him) discussing his need for “strange ass” : The Kennedys has found a home. After getting booted from the History Channel (reportedly by two of the Kennedys themselves ), the controversial…
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Running battles have broken out in Cairo between supporters and opponents of beleaguered president Hosni Mubarak
Continue reading …Frog’s Leap Winery: Saves 64,000 Gallons of Water a Year with Dry-Farming
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The eco-renovated Red Barn from the 1880′s. Photos by Jaymi Heimbuch Frog’s Leap Winery is an organic and biodynamic vineyard located in the heart of Napa’s Rutherford region . Back in 1975, owner John Williams was living in St. Helena on a property that was a frog farm during the 1800s. Yes, a frog farm ! In 1981 he began working for Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars, an opportunity that ena… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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