Think your hometown is tiny? Welcome to Buford, Wyoming — the smallest town in America, and at least tied for the smallest town in the world. Buford only has one resident: 60 year-old Don Sammons has been all alone in the southern Wyoming town on Interstate 80 since his son moved out over three years
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Do you see the legal problem with this Old Navy video? The model looks too much like Kim Kardashian , says her lawyer: “Kim Kardashian is immediately recognizable, and is known for her look and style. Her identity and persona are valuable. When her intellectual property rights are violated, she intends to enforce them,” adds her intellectual property attorney Gary Hecker. The part that trips me up… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Jonathan Chait Discovery Date : 23/02/2011 17:53 Number of articles : 11
Continue reading …MIT’s Backtalk project / art exhibit traces the unseen life of discarded gadgets
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Sooner or later, the device you’re reading this on will either be sold, donated, recycled or otherwise disposed of ; and unless you’re particularly nostalgic about old gadgets like us, you likely won’t ever give it much more thought. But no matter how you get rid of it, that device doesn’t just vanish off the face the Earth. It’s that extra life that got the folks from MIT’s SENSEable City Lab thinking, and the Backtalk project is what they’ve come up with. Part research project and part art exhibition (now on display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York), the effort involved using GPS tracking devices to trace where things like cellphones, batteries and printer cartridges end up after being discarded — and, in the case of 40 netbook computers, some tracking software and their built-in webcams, which recorded data and images that were sent back to MIT at regular intervals (with the new owners’ consent, of course). Some of the results can be seen in the video after the break and the site linked below, but you’ll have to check out the exhibit first-hand to see the full scope of their findings. Continue reading MIT’s Backtalk project / art exhibit traces the unseen life of discarded gadgets MIT’s Backtalk project / art exhibit traces the unseen life of discarded gadgets originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 20 Jul 2011 20:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Monica Crowley blames Obama, O.J. Simpson, Casey Anthony for student cheating ‘epidemic’
July 20, 2011 No Comment
Click here to view this media During a Tuesday segment about cheating in Atlanta schools, Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly declared that “secularism” was at the core of the problem. “Do you believe that 95 percent of kids cheat?” liberal radio host Alan Colmes asked O’Reilly. “I would put the number about 85 probably,” O’Reilly said. “It’s about how you’re taught. Look, once the public school system embraced secularism, Moses and his crew with the Ten Commandments were banished.” “We live in a secular society,” Colmes pointed out. “It used to be that Judeo-Christian ethics were taught. It used to be ethics classes. No longer!” O’Reilly exclaimed. “That’s what happened.” “So, you agree with me that this is an epidemic?” O’Reilly asked conservative radio host Monica Crowley. “I think it’s getting worse,” Crowley remarked. “I think with the proliferation of media, too, you get an echo chamber where kids out there, okay, see people in authority, whether it’s the president, whether it’s members of Congress, Anthony Weiner or Barack Obama saying I’m going to cut the deficit my first term and blows it out of control. Or if they see O.J Simpson walking away committing a double homicide, getting away with it, Casey Anthony. They are learning the lesson of what they see out there in the culture. They are constantly thinking, ‘Hey, I could get away with it too.’”
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Continue reading …Allen West refused to apologize today, after flipping out on fellow Florida rep Debbie Wasserman Shultz yesterday. Wasserman Schultz had criticized West—without mentioning his name—saying it was “unbelievable for a member from South Florida” to vote for the GOP’s “cut, cap, and balance” plan, because it “would increase…
Continue reading …Christie’s is set to auction off unknown images of John, Paul, George and Ringo circa 1964. For Beatles fans, this is big. The entire collection of photos is titled “The Beatles Illuminated: The Discovered Works of Mike Mitchell,” however, each photo will be auctioned off individually. The 46 photos were taken in D.C. and Baltimore
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Type: Book Title: The Deep Black Pond See all customer reviews Product Description: The children’s adventure The Deep Black Pond takes place on a very special tropical island. The fanciful creatures there inhabit a small pond situated in the middle of the island. Follow the misadventures of one of these tiny creatures named Mimi the peewee. Learn just how Mimi becomes the very first pink pearl in the world! At the same time, Mimi unknowingly brings together all the other creatures living in the pond by inspiring cooperation and friendship. This fable-like bedtime story will enthrall your little ones, as Mimi meets the Queen of the water lilies, Cuddles the fish, and the mysterious Baron. You will also see the mysteries of the deep through the talented eyes of author/photographer Morgan Kostival, who says, “I write to preserve my child-like imagination that, sadly, too many adults forget how to use.” Morgan Kostival plans to continue writing and illustrating children’s books. “I wrote this book while simultaneously creating and photographing the creatures that are featured in it. I was interested in creating a world that was hitherto unknown.” He lives in Lake Worth, Florida. Publisher’s Web site: http://www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/TheDeepBlackPond.html See the details
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