For the 17th consecutive year, Wolfgang Puck is cooking for the stars at the Governors Ball following the Oscars. (Feb. 22)
Continue reading …TCE Contamination Lingers & Little Is Done About It – Canadian Class Action Suit Seeks to Change That
February 22, 2011 No Comment
Image: SaferChemicals.org Some problems just won’t go away. That’s what a lot of companies probably think about people who gripe about issues the companies would rather not deal with —as well as what the people griping think about the actual problem. TCE, or trichloroethylene , contamination of water supplies is one… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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The Blaze : Shocking Level of Influence Exposed: Union Boss Trumka Talks to White House EVERY DAY and Visits a Couple Times A Week Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Infidel Bloggers Alliance Discovery Date : 22/02/2011 15:53 Number of articles : 5
Continue reading …The four Americans on a yacht captured by Somali pirates Friday have been shot and killed by their captors, NBC News reports, and US forces killed two pirates and captured the remaining 13. Phyllis Macay, Robert Riggle and the yacht’s owners Jean and Scott Adam were captured on a round-the-world…
Continue reading …Autoblog drives the 2012 Fisker Karma, deems it ‘best handling large premium car’
February 22, 2011 No Comment
Karma, in a religious sense, is the sort of divine retribution or cause for your deeds or misdeeds. In an automotive sense it’s a $95,900 plug-in luxury performance car that Fisker has been teasing since 2007 . That machine is finally nearing production and Autoblog was lucky enough to take an early model for a spin around California Speedway, a brief test-drive that left the pilots concluding “the Fisker Karma is a rolling dream machine for anyone who wants something very different that works and drives exceptionally well.” For the rest of the impressions on this $100k plug-in hybrid that offers a combined 657hp and 981lb-ft of torque from three motors and will go 50 miles on batteries alone you’ll need to click on through the source link below. For the details on what’s in store from your own karma you need only look inside yourself. Autoblog drives the 2012 Fisker Karma, deems it ‘best handling large premium car’ originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 22 Feb 2011 10:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …It may often seem that wind power is still in its infancy, or at least its childhood, adolescence (or some other metaphor implying there’s still lots of growth and development but not nearly doing all that it could and should), but commercial wind farms have been around a good long while. An example: As BBC News reports a 20 year old wind farm off the coast of Cornwall, UK has just gotten a refurbishment and relaunch. The Delabole wind farm , originally launched in 1991 with ten 50′ tall turbines, was the U… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …NASA Launching Glory Satellite Tomorrow, Part of $424 Million Mission to Measure Aerosols
February 22, 2011 No Comment
The A-Train series of satellites collecting aerosol information; Image via NASA Last month, we reported on the Glory Satellite from NASA . Intended to measure airborn grit from volcanoes, forest fires, smokestacks and tailpipes, the satellite, named Glory , is part of a $424 million mission to discover more about the health of our atmosphere. NASA will launch Glory at Vandenberg Air Force Base early tomorrow morning. The scientists behind the… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image credit: Plane Stupid , used under Creative Commons license. From occupying airport runways to scaling the House of Parliament , the direct action anti-aviation activists of Plane Stupid are well known for courting controversy. With a number of protesters now facing trial for chaining themselves to a plane (yes, really), an int… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Sofia Vergara is what one might call a “hottie,” but before the Modern Family star was well-known, she was regarded more as a “fattie.” “They would send me the dresses” to wear to awards shows, usually in size zero, “and it was impossible. I mean, no matter what I did”…
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African mercenaries are gunning down civilians in Libya, say Egyptians crossing the border
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