D.C. police get out the handcuffs to arrest kids for selling lemonade near the U.S. Capitol. More information here . HT: Steve Bartin Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : CARPE DIEM Discovery Date : 22/08/2011 01:44 Number of articles : 2
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D.C. police get out the handcuffs to arrest kids for selling lemonade near the U.S. Capitol. More information here . HT: Steve Bartin Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : CARPE DIEM Discovery Date : 22/08/2011 01:44 Number of articles : 2
Continue reading …Eight days before the start of the US Open, world No. 1 Novak Djokovic was forced to retire in the second set Sunday because of a sore right shoulder in the final of the Western & Southern Open. (Aug. 21)
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Eight days before the start of the US Open, world No. 1 Novak Djokovic was forced to retire in the second set Sunday because of a sore right shoulder in the final of the Western & Southern Open. (Aug. 21)
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Kyle Busch beat Jimmie Johnson Sunday at Michigan International Speedway, winning his fourth Cup race of the year. Busch leads the series standings by 10 points over Johnson and is assured of a spot in the Chase for the Sprint Cup. (Aug. 21)
Continue reading …Kyle Busch beat Jimmie Johnson Sunday at Michigan International Speedway, winning his fourth Cup race of the year. Busch leads the series standings by 10 points over Johnson and is assured of a spot in the Chase for the Sprint Cup. (Aug. 21)
Continue reading …This is a very big deal. We have so many other things happening at once, but anything that accelerates the degradation of our environment is a priority: Saturday kicked off two weeks of sit-ins in Washington, D.C. for thousands of activists fighting the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. On the first day, over 70 people were arrested at the White House fence, including protest organizer Bill McKibben. Tar Sands Action is fighting against the Keystone XL pipeline, which is a pipeline from the tar sands in Canada to refineries on the Gulf of Mexico. Protestors are asking President Obama to reject a permit for the pipeline. According to the organization, the pipeline “will send 900,000 barrels a day of the world’s dirtiest oil to US refineries , allowing further development of the Alberta tar sands – development which could mean ‘game over’ for the climate, in the word’s of NASA’s James Hansen.” On the other side, Democracy Now! reports, “Supporters of the pipeline say the pipeline will create some 20,000 construction jobs, and the company behind it, TransCanada, has already signed agreements to employ the members of four international unions if the project is approved.” Some celebrities have joined the fight, including Mark Ruffalo, who recently said in a video, “I’ve seen the kind of damage that out-of-control energy development can do to water and to communities near my own home, where fracking for natural gas is causing widespread pollution … All these problems are connected — we need to get off fossil fuels.” So the only jobs the administration can come up with involve destroying what’s left of the environment? Not what we voted for! You can sign their petition and donate here.
Continue reading …This is a very big deal. We have so many other things happening at once, but anything that accelerates the degradation of our environment is a priority: Saturday kicked off two weeks of sit-ins in Washington, D.C. for thousands of activists fighting the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. On the first day, over 70 people were arrested at the White House fence, including protest organizer Bill McKibben. Tar Sands Action is fighting against the Keystone XL pipeline, which is a pipeline from the tar sands in Canada to refineries on the Gulf of Mexico. Protestors are asking President Obama to reject a permit for the pipeline. According to the organization, the pipeline “will send 900,000 barrels a day of the world’s dirtiest oil to US refineries , allowing further development of the Alberta tar sands – development which could mean ‘game over’ for the climate, in the word’s of NASA’s James Hansen.” On the other side, Democracy Now! reports, “Supporters of the pipeline say the pipeline will create some 20,000 construction jobs, and the company behind it, TransCanada, has already signed agreements to employ the members of four international unions if the project is approved.” Some celebrities have joined the fight, including Mark Ruffalo, who recently said in a video, “I’ve seen the kind of damage that out-of-control energy development can do to water and to communities near my own home, where fracking for natural gas is causing widespread pollution … All these problems are connected — we need to get off fossil fuels.” So the only jobs the administration can come up with involve destroying what’s left of the environment? Not what we voted for! You can sign their petition and donate here.
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BERLIN (Associated Press)– A German data protection authority is “unliking” Facebook’s “Like” button. The state of Schleswig-Holstein’s data protection commissioner, Thilo Weichert, on Friday ordered state institutions to shut down the fan pages on the social networking site and remove the “Like” button from their websites, saying it leads to profiling that violates German and European law. Facebook insisted Friday that is in full compliance with European data protection laws. On Friday, Weichert issued a statement saying technical analysis by his office shows Facebook violated German and European data protection laws by passing content data to the social network’s servers in the U.S. “Whoever visits facebook.com or uses a plug-in must expect that he or she will be tracked by the company for two years,” Weichert said. “Facebook builds a broad individual and for members even a personalized profile.” A Facebook spokesman conceded that the company can see “information such as the IP address” of users who visit a site with a “Like” button. “We delete this technical data within 90 days,” said the spokesman, who did not give his name in keeping with company policy. “That is in keeping with normal industry standards.” Weichert’s office ordered website owners in Schleswig-Holstein to “immediately stop the passing on of user data to Facebook in the USA by deactivating the respective services” and threatened to take legal action if they fail to comply. He also urged Internet users in general to “keep their fingers from clicking on social plug-ins” and “not set up a Facebook account” to avoid being profiled. The keepers of Germany’s strict privacy laws have repeatedly clashed on issues of privacy with international Internet giants, such as Facebook and Google – often with success. Last year Google allowed Germans who opposed its Street View mapping system to blur images of their homes, while Facebook in January granted members more control over their email address books, after a dispute over its “Friend Finder” service. Germany’s latest spat with the Palo Alto, California-based Facebook also comes a week after a leading member of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative party in Schleswig-Holstein stepped down after admitting to having an affair with a 16-year-old he met over the social networking site. Christian von Boetticher’s resignation sparked a debate about the role of social media in politicians’ lives, with German newspapers carrying reports from party members, angry that the state legislator spent more time posting personal information to Facebook than focusing on his job. He has since deleted his Facebook profile.
Continue reading …BERLIN (Associated Press)– A German data protection authority is “unliking” Facebook’s “Like” button. The state of Schleswig-Holstein’s data protection commissioner, Thilo Weichert, on Friday ordered state institutions to shut down the fan pages on the social networking site and remove the “Like” button from their websites, saying it leads to profiling that violates German and European law. Facebook insisted Friday that is in full compliance with European data protection laws. On Friday, Weichert issued a statement saying technical analysis by his office shows Facebook violated German and European data protection laws by passing content data to the social network’s servers in the U.S. “Whoever visits facebook.com or uses a plug-in must expect that he or she will be tracked by the company for two years,” Weichert said. “Facebook builds a broad individual and for members even a personalized profile.” A Facebook spokesman conceded that the company can see “information such as the IP address” of users who visit a site with a “Like” button. “We delete this technical data within 90 days,” said the spokesman, who did not give his name in keeping with company policy. “That is in keeping with normal industry standards.” Weichert’s office ordered website owners in Schleswig-Holstein to “immediately stop the passing on of user data to Facebook in the USA by deactivating the respective services” and threatened to take legal action if they fail to comply. He also urged Internet users in general to “keep their fingers from clicking on social plug-ins” and “not set up a Facebook account” to avoid being profiled. The keepers of Germany’s strict privacy laws have repeatedly clashed on issues of privacy with international Internet giants, such as Facebook and Google – often with success. Last year Google allowed Germans who opposed its Street View mapping system to blur images of their homes, while Facebook in January granted members more control over their email address books, after a dispute over its “Friend Finder” service. Germany’s latest spat with the Palo Alto, California-based Facebook also comes a week after a leading member of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative party in Schleswig-Holstein stepped down after admitting to having an affair with a 16-year-old he met over the social networking site. Christian von Boetticher’s resignation sparked a debate about the role of social media in politicians’ lives, with German newspapers carrying reports from party members, angry that the state legislator spent more time posting personal information to Facebook than focusing on his job. He has since deleted his Facebook profile.
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