From Julian Bond, Chairman Emeritus, NAACP and Advisory Board member, American Foundation for Equal Rights , group behind the Federal Court Constitutional challenge of California’s Proposition 8: This Sunday, we celebrate the 44th anniversary of Loving v. Virginia, the Supreme Court’s decision that that struck down laws that forbade African Americans and whites from marrying. The Loving decision was… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Pam’s House Blend Discovery Date : 09/06/2011 23:00 Number of articles : 4
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From Julian Bond, Chairman Emeritus, NAACP and Advisory Board member, American Foundation for Equal Rights , group behind the Federal Court Constitutional challenge of California’s Proposition 8: This Sunday, we celebrate the 44th anniversary of Loving v. Virginia, the Supreme Court’s decision that that struck down laws that forbade African Americans and whites from marrying. The Loving decision was… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Pam’s House Blend Discovery Date : 09/06/2011 23:00 Number of articles : 4
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29 WAYS TO STAY CREATIVE from TO-FU on Vimeo. Even if you’re a creative type, sometimes you just get stuck. This quick little two-minute video by To-Fu Motion Graphics gives you 29 ways to get unstuck. I love the very first one – I’m a diehard listmaker. I bet #8 applies to a lot of us Broadcasting platform : Vimeo Source : Neatorama Discovery Date : 05/06/2011 06:00 Number of articles : 6
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New amateur video purports to show security forces opening fire in the Syrian capital of Damascus. The AP cannot independently verify the content, date, location or authenticity of this material. (June 11)
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Article by WorldNews.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. Before his execution on June 11, 2001, and in his last interview with “60 Minutes,” Timothy McVeigh, who was accused of the Oklahoma City Bombing in 2005 that killed 168 people, had just been asked if violence was ever an option. He made this statement: “If government is the best teacher…violence is then an option.” Years earlier and growing up during the Reagan Era, McVeigh learned to fear the “Evil Empire.” Thinking that the world would soon end in a nuclear holocaust, he acquired the mentality and skills of a “survivalist.” In high school, he built a bomb shelter in a wooded area. He was also introduced to guns and became fascinated…
Continue reading …Portable electronic devices may / may not make your plane fall out of the sky
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We’ve all no doubt mocked an in-flight call to shut off all portable electronic devices at some point — heck, we’ve all probably had a saucy flight attendant who’s done the mocking for us. After all, the idea that our plane might plummet 30,000 feet because we’re fiddling with our iPhone seems a bit silly, given all we know about portable electronics. A newly discovered study conducted by the International Air Transport Association, however, calls into question the flippant nature with which most of us dismiss those warnings. Between 2003 and 2009, the study found 75 incidents in which electronic interference may have affected flight controls, navigation systems, or set off engine indications. It’s far from definitive proof — it’s more along the lines of anecdotal evidence from crew members, but hey, anything we can do help our plane keep flying is probably a good thing, right? Portable electronic devices may / may not make your plane fall out of the sky originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 11 Jun 2011 11:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Smug alert: Google says it has largest corporate EV charging network in the US (video)
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Things are just getting greener and greener over at Google. Yesterday, the company triumphantly declared that its Mountain View campus now boasts the largest corporate EV charging network in the US, with some 200 chargers currently in place, plus an extra 250 that are on the way. It’s all part of El Goog’s RechargeIt sustainability initiative, launched in 2007, which has also given rise to the Gfleet — a set of company-owned plug-ins made available for employees. Now that Google has purchased some extra Chevy Volts and Nissan Leafs , this Gfleet will eventually expand to include a total of 30 EVs, which explains the expansion of its ChargePoint Network . The ultimate goal is to have charging stations at five percent of Mountain View’s parking spaces, all of which will be searchable on Google Maps , and available for employees to use for free. The company hopes this initiative will encourage more people to purchase EVs, and estimates that it’ll eventually save a total of 5,400 tonnes of CO2 per year — the equivalent to removing about 2,000 cars from the road. Head past the break for a video on the program, or hit up the source link if you’d like to help Google pat itself on the back. Continue reading Smug alert: Google says it has largest corporate EV charging network in the US (video) Smug alert: Google says it has largest corporate EV charging network in the US (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 10 Jun 2011 07:10:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Click here to view this media A day after his campaign staff resigned en masse , Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich attempted to change the subject. “I am a candidate for president of the United States because I think we are in the early stages of the Obama depression,” he told reporters Friday. “I’m prepared to go out and to campaign very intensely but I want a campaign on ideas and on solutions and I want to do it in a way that brings Americans together into a large movement,” ABC News quoted the former House Speaker as saying.
Continue reading …Click here to view this media A day after his campaign staff resigned en masse , Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich attempted to change the subject. “I am a candidate for president of the United States because I think we are in the early stages of the Obama depression,” he told reporters Friday. “I’m prepared to go out and to campaign very intensely but I want a campaign on ideas and on solutions and I want to do it in a way that brings Americans together into a large movement,” ABC News quoted the former House Speaker as saying.
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