A rebound in retail sales in July helped the stock market push higher Friday. The week has been marked by seesaw trading. (Aug. 12)
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After being assured he could do no additional damage, Rory McIlroy played Friday in the second round of the PGA Championship with a heavily taped right wrist. Afterward, he talked about his 3-over 73 which puts him 3-over for the tournament. (Aug. 12)
Continue reading …Mitt Romney used to tout his pro-life bona fides by relaying the story about a family friend of his who died in 1963 from an infection due to an illegal abortion. In a 1994 debate he offered, “On the idea of ‘multiple-choice,’ I have to respond. I have my own beliefs, and those beliefs are very dear to me. One of them is that I do not impose my beliefs on other people. Many, many years ago, I had a dear, close family relative that was very close to me who passed away from an illegal abortion. It is since that time that my mother and my family have been committed to the belief that we can believe as we want, but we will not force our beliefs on others on that matter. And you will not see me wavering on that.” Well, he did waver from that. Luckily, Justin Elliot from Salon.com did a story about that “family relative” Romney has stopped talking about. This week on TYT Now we talk to Elliot about his story. Below is the whole show from this week. We talk about President Obama having the audacity to put the wars on the books so it looks like he single-handedly spiked the deficit. And wages. And the lack thereof. And I talk about why Congress and this Congress specifically has earned our hate.
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If you want to buy an e-reader, you have to make a choice: should you grab today’s bargain or wait for tomorrow’s new model? The right answer depends on who you ask. E-readers, such as Amazon’s Kindle and Barnes & Noble’s Nook, are designed primarily for reading books. One thing that makes these devices stand out from other consumer technology is the average age of their owners: nearly a year ago, Nielsen reported that 26% of Amazon Kindle owners were 55 or over, compared to 9% of iPad owners. E-readers have grown in popularity over the last year, according to a Pew Internet Report released in May, and that growth is likely to continue because, in recent days, both have made fairly significant price drops on refurbished versions of their latest models. A pre-owned Nook Color, the current top model, is now available from B&N for $199 (compared to $249 for a new version) while refurbished Amazon Kindles are now on sale for $99. Both come with warranties and guarantees. They sound like great deals. But are these price drops a sign that new models are about to be unveiled? Each company keeps its e-reader release dates top secret, but TeleRead predicts that a new Amazon Kindle will come out in October, – and perhaps it will be a full-color version that runs Google’s Android operating system. That, at least is what the New York Times has been speculating will be Amazon’s next move. While making fun of the speculation, the website IT World recommends hanging on until at least September if you want the “latest and greatest” device. The popularity of the Nook Color certainly suggests that some form of color screen is likely on a new Kindle, as well as more integrated social reading features, such as those recently proposed by paidContent.org. Barnes & Noble is sure to have its own new features planned as well. But as for when these unconfirmed new devices will appear? Nobody knows – or at least, those who know aren’t telling. So should you take advantage of the low prices, or wait for something better? The truth is, there is no right answer. After all, your latest and greatest gadget won’t be the latest device for long. The most important questions to consider are: “What do you need an e-reader to do?” and “By when do you need it?” If the answers are “Everything an e-reader already does,” and “Now,” then this is a great time to make a purchase. Otherwise, perhaps it’s worth waiting to see if a new generation of Kindles and Nooks will satisfy your needs – whenever they appear in the marketplace. What do you think? Is now a great time to buy an e-reader? Or are you an existing e-reader owner who wants more from your device? Let us know in the comments!
Continue reading …If you want to buy an e-reader, you have to make a choice: should you grab today’s bargain or wait for tomorrow’s new model? The right answer depends on who you ask. E-readers, such as Amazon’s Kindle and Barnes & Noble’s Nook, are designed primarily for reading books. One thing that makes these devices stand out from other consumer technology is the average age of their owners: nearly a year ago, Nielsen reported that 26% of Amazon Kindle owners were 55 or over, compared to 9% of iPad owners. E-readers have grown in popularity over the last year, according to a Pew Internet Report released in May, and that growth is likely to continue because, in recent days, both have made fairly significant price drops on refurbished versions of their latest models. A pre-owned Nook Color, the current top model, is now available from B&N for $199 (compared to $249 for a new version) while refurbished Amazon Kindles are now on sale for $99. Both come with warranties and guarantees. They sound like great deals. But are these price drops a sign that new models are about to be unveiled? Each company keeps its e-reader release dates top secret, but TeleRead predicts that a new Amazon Kindle will come out in October, – and perhaps it will be a full-color version that runs Google’s Android operating system. That, at least is what the New York Times has been speculating will be Amazon’s next move. While making fun of the speculation, the website IT World recommends hanging on until at least September if you want the “latest and greatest” device. The popularity of the Nook Color certainly suggests that some form of color screen is likely on a new Kindle, as well as more integrated social reading features, such as those recently proposed by paidContent.org. Barnes & Noble is sure to have its own new features planned as well. But as for when these unconfirmed new devices will appear? Nobody knows – or at least, those who know aren’t telling. So should you take advantage of the low prices, or wait for something better? The truth is, there is no right answer. After all, your latest and greatest gadget won’t be the latest device for long. The most important questions to consider are: “What do you need an e-reader to do?” and “By when do you need it?” If the answers are “Everything an e-reader already does,” and “Now,” then this is a great time to make a purchase. Otherwise, perhaps it’s worth waiting to see if a new generation of Kindles and Nooks will satisfy your needs – whenever they appear in the marketplace. What do you think? Is now a great time to buy an e-reader? Or are you an existing e-reader owner who wants more from your device? Let us know in the comments!
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U.S. health authorities have announced the first death by a vampire bat in the United States. According to the AFP, on July 15, 2010, a 19-year-old man was bitten by a vampire bat in Michoacan, Mexico. Ten days later, the migrant farm worker left for the U.S. to pick sugar cane at a Louisiana plantation. He fell sick, presenting symptoms of fatigue, shoulder pain, numbness in his left hand and a drooping left eye. MSNBC.com writes, “Despite ‘True Blood’s’ Louisiana setting, nobody thought of vampire bats because there are no vampire bats in the United States outside of zoos. But the young man had only just arrived in the United States.” Tests later confirmed that he was infected with rabies. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently wrote, “This case represents the first reported human death from a vampire bat rabies virus variant in the United States.” According to the CDC, the victim had a notably aggressive form of rabies. There have been 32 human rabies cases reported to the CDC since 2000. According to the CDC, “Although vampire bats currently are found only in Latin America, research suggests that the range of these bats might be expanding as a result of changes in climate. Expansion of vampire bats into the United States likely would lead to increased bat exposures to both humans and animals (including domestic livestock and wildlife species) and substantially alter rabies virus dynamics and ecology in the southern United States.” Reports suggest that other animals are and will continue to be affected by climate change — how that will impact humans remains to be seen. NPR recently asked if climate change could be “making the nation’s bears hungry.” Vampire bats made news earlier this week when researchers reported that these bats are able to find blood through a heat-detecting molecule covering nerve endings on their noses. According to ScienceDaily, once an adult vampire bat has found a vein to feed on, it can drink half of its body weight in blood. Although they may be feared, killing bats is not the answer, and the CDC writes, “the elimination of vampire bats to prevent human or animal rabies remains controversial.” A deadly disease, white-nose syndrome, has killed over one million bats of different species in the past five years. Flickr photo courtesy of diveofficer.
Continue reading …U.S. health authorities have announced the first death by a vampire bat in the United States. According to the AFP, on July 15, 2010, a 19-year-old man was bitten by a vampire bat in Michoacan, Mexico. Ten days later, the migrant farm worker left for the U.S. to pick sugar cane at a Louisiana plantation. He fell sick, presenting symptoms of fatigue, shoulder pain, numbness in his left hand and a drooping left eye. MSNBC.com writes, “Despite ‘True Blood’s’ Louisiana setting, nobody thought of vampire bats because there are no vampire bats in the United States outside of zoos. But the young man had only just arrived in the United States.” Tests later confirmed that he was infected with rabies. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently wrote, “This case represents the first reported human death from a vampire bat rabies virus variant in the United States.” According to the CDC, the victim had a notably aggressive form of rabies. There have been 32 human rabies cases reported to the CDC since 2000. According to the CDC, “Although vampire bats currently are found only in Latin America, research suggests that the range of these bats might be expanding as a result of changes in climate. Expansion of vampire bats into the United States likely would lead to increased bat exposures to both humans and animals (including domestic livestock and wildlife species) and substantially alter rabies virus dynamics and ecology in the southern United States.” Reports suggest that other animals are and will continue to be affected by climate change — how that will impact humans remains to be seen. NPR recently asked if climate change could be “making the nation’s bears hungry.” Vampire bats made news earlier this week when researchers reported that these bats are able to find blood through a heat-detecting molecule covering nerve endings on their noses. According to ScienceDaily, once an adult vampire bat has found a vein to feed on, it can drink half of its body weight in blood. Although they may be feared, killing bats is not the answer, and the CDC writes, “the elimination of vampire bats to prevent human or animal rabies remains controversial.” A deadly disease, white-nose syndrome, has killed over one million bats of different species in the past five years. Flickr photo courtesy of diveofficer.
Continue reading …For the first time in history, someone has died inside the US after being bitten by a vampire bat, according to a new CDC report. A 19-year-old Mexican man worked a single day at a Louisiana sugar cane plantation last year before fatigue, numbness, and pain in his shoulder sent…
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If you were waiting to get your hands on the $1 million sports car made by Italian company Pagani, you’ll have to wait at least until 2013. Also, we hate you. But the delay is for a good, sensible reason: the car doesn’t pass muster on federal auto safety rules. Pagani tried to skirt the
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