Harry Potter bows out as thousands of fans attend world premiere of final film; Michael Jackson doctor’s LA court hearing postponed; 2 doomed ABC soaps may have won online reprieves. (July 8)
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Harry Potter bows out as thousands of fans attend world premiere of final film; Michael Jackson doctor’s LA court hearing postponed; 2 doomed ABC soaps may have won online reprieves. (July 8)
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Bossip caught up with the always-entertaining Jessica White, best known for her work with Victoria’s Secret, posing for the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue and her recent day in court after being picked up for assault. The model talked about her 18 tattoos, the scar she once got from sleepwalking and the type of guy she’s looking for: “I actually just made a comment, I did an interview with People magazine and I told them, I said, listen, ‘The only relationship that I’ve ever confirmed was the relationship with Sean [Penn].’ And that’s because we actually had a real relationship. Just because you see me hanging out with someone…I have male friends. I’m the type of girl that always had male friends, more male friends than female friends. So just because you see me with the person doesn’t mean that I’m kicking it with them, hanging out with them or we’re romantically involved in any way, shape or form. And, I know the world is going to be like, yeah, right, but I’ve been celibate now for almost a year. So, the next person that I’m with will be the person, hopefully, that I marry.” WATCH:
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Bossip caught up with the always-entertaining Jessica White, best known for her work with Victoria’s Secret, posing for the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue and her recent day in court after being picked up for assault. The model talked about her 18 tattoos, the scar she once got from sleepwalking and the type of guy she’s looking for: “I actually just made a comment, I did an interview with People magazine and I told them, I said, listen, ‘The only relationship that I’ve ever confirmed was the relationship with Sean [Penn].’ And that’s because we actually had a real relationship. Just because you see me hanging out with someone…I have male friends. I’m the type of girl that always had male friends, more male friends than female friends. So just because you see me with the person doesn’t mean that I’m kicking it with them, hanging out with them or we’re romantically involved in any way, shape or form. And, I know the world is going to be like, yeah, right, but I’ve been celibate now for almost a year. So, the next person that I’m with will be the person, hopefully, that I marry.” WATCH:
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Are you the switched-on environmental type who plans your Prius journey around how much air resistance you’re likely to encounter on the way to Whole Foods? Rejoice! Now you can stop worrying and learn to love your car stereo if you purchase Pioneer ‘s newest Navigation Unit designed specifically for electric vehicles, the AVIC-ZHO9-MEV. Hiding behind that easy to remember (and decidedly catchy) name is a device that estimates your car’s remaining battery, power consumption and opportunities for energy regeneration, planning your routes accordingly. Expect to be detouring down lots of short hills with slow moving traffic at the bottom, or maybe it’ll just give up on the whole idea of roads and demanding you switch to train tracks . It also has the usual things you’d expect from such a unit, so you can play DVDs on the 7-inch display, receive digital TV and radio and play MP3, WMA and AAC discs. The unit drops in Japan in ‘late July’ with an RRP of 246,750
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Raekwon & LRG premiere the official video to The Chef’s “Rich & Black” featuring Nas that consists of performance footage while the two were overseas in Oslo, Norway. The Sean C. & LV-produced cut is off Rae’s Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang album that’s out now! via LRG After the jump Raekwon & Nas talk fashion now versus their Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : MissInfo.tv Discovery Date : 07/07/2011 14:09 Number of articles : 5
Continue reading …Lufthansa to become first airline to start regular biofuel flightsLufthansa to become first airline to run regular biofuel flights
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Daily Hamburg to Frankfurt flight will be the first passenger service to run on a blend of biofuel and conventional fuel Lufthansa will next Friday become the first airline to run regular commercial flights powered partially with biofuel . Airlines have flown many demonstration biofuel flights, but Lufthansa’s LH013 11:15am Hamburg to Frankfurt flight will be the first passenger service to run on a blend of biofuel and conventional fuel. The company will use the novel fuel mix for six months on eight of its 28 daily 50-minute flights between the two German cities – a distance of 244 miles each way. The German airline says the 1,200 flights will save 1,500 tonnes of CO 2 . Biofuels could help airlines reduce carbon emissions. However critics say that biofuels take up land for growing food and raise prices. Worse, if they promote deforestation, they can actually raise emissions . “Our interest is to have sustainable resources in the future, to have an alternative to offer flights at affordable prices to everyone,” Aage Dünhaupt said. One engine of the 200-seater Airbus A321 will be fed with a 50-50 mix of biofuel and conventional kerosene-based fuel, the other engine will run on kerosene alone. That will allow Lufthansa to compare the engines’ performances under exactly the same conditions. It was not necessary to modify either engine. The trial will be expensive. Dünhaupt said Lufthansa paid “more than double” the price of kerosene and is spending €6.6m on the flights, a “large percentage” of which is fuel. The flights follow last Friday’s approval of jet biofuels by ASTM , a standards body. ASTM limits the biofuel component in the fuel mix to 50%. One reason for this is that biofuels lack chemicals that prevent leaks. Biofuels also have a lower density than ASTM’s minimum. Biofuels Travel and transport Airline industry Air transport Germany Europe Flights guardian.co.uk
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Hiring slowed to a near-standstill last month. Employers added the fewest jobs in nine months and the unemployment rate rose to 9.2 percent. (July 8)
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The wrap-up of the US shuttle program leaves a gap in space that other countries are moving to fill. China has an ambitious program for its own manned spaceflight. (July 8)
Continue reading …Progressives Are Holding All The Cards On Social Security Deal. Will They Blink?
July 8, 2011 No CommentProgressives are steamed at the news of a possible sellout on Social Security cuts, so let’s look at the politics of such a deal. If progressives block it, and the Republicans force the federal government into default, Democrats, the White House and the media will blame the progressives, not the Republicans . Remember how that worked with the public option? “Are you going to be the ones who stop this historic healthcare reform?” Much pressure was brought to bear. This time, it might be different. (For one thing, the caucus has new leadership.) If pissed-off Democrats let the members of the Progressive Caucus that we’ll have their backs if they stand up to Social Security cuts, our support may give them the cover they need. Time to hit the phones! We won’t know for a while what, if any, deal will emerge on the debt ceiling. Or what, if anything, that might mean for Social Security and other entitlement programs. But this much is clear: Liberals are livid that President Obama even raised the possibility of touching them, reports the Los Angeles Times . Two examples from today: Sen. Bernie Sanders reminded all that then-candidate Obama rebuffed John McCain’s proposal to hit Social Security. “The American people expect the president to keep his word,” said Sanders. Moveon.org, meanwhile, warned that Obama would have trouble drumming up volunteers for his 2012 run if he didn’t keep that promise. Negotiators better not dismiss such opposition, writes Nate Silver at the New York Times . The debt deal vote is a rare instance in the 112th Congress in which the liberal vote could sway the outcome. John Boehner will have trouble enough getting a majority of Republicans to approve any deal. By Silver’s reckoning, he also will need at least 12 of the 80 or so members of the liberal Congressional Progressive Caucus to go along . That makes a big deal on entitlement programs unlikely. In this case, “the views of liberal Democrats are far more than a token issue.” We saw how the caucus got in line for the health care bill. This time? Not so easy. We’ll see.
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