The Georgia Aquarium is opening its new dolphin exhibit in April after delays in debuting its first major expansion. Aquarium officials announced Wednesday that the $110 million exhibit will open to the public April 2. (Feb. 17)
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Click here to view this media In one of the better segments I’ve seen Rachel do in a long time, she explains the Republican Party’s all-out war on government and public-sector union members, and why they’re just fine with federal job losses. Rachel Maddow and Ed Schultz really have both done a great job of covering the protest in Wisconsin. And unlike their cohorts over at Fox News, they’re covering it from the workers’ and labor’s perspective instead of attacking the unions. Rachel also talked to former Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold about his new organization, Progressives United. Amanda Terkel at the HuffPo has more on that. Russ Feingold Launches ‘Progressives United’ To Combat Corporate Influences In Politics : When some senators retire, they decide to take lucrative lobbying jobs . Others go straight to Wall Street . But Wisconsin Democrat Russ Feingold, who lost his re-election bid in November, is continuing on his principled — and often lonely — path by starting an organization to combat corporate influence in politics, an effort he hopes will spark “a new progressive movement” that will truly hold elected officials accountable. Launching on Wednesday, Progressives United is an attempt to to build a grassroots effort aimed at mitigating the effects of, and eventually overturning, the Supreme Court’s infamous Citizens United decision that opened the floodgates to corporate spending in the U.S. electoral system. In addition to online mobilization, the political action committee (PAC) will support progressive candidates at the local, state and national levels, as well as holding the media and elected officials accountable on the group’s key priorities. “In my view — and the view of many people — it’s one of the most lawless decisions in the history of our country,” said Feingold of Citizens United in an interview with The Huffington Post. “The idea of allowing corporations to have unlimited influence on our democracy is very dangerous, obviously. That’s exactly what it does … Things were like this 100 years ago in the United States, with the huge corporate and business power of the oil companies and others. But this time it’s like the Gilded Age on steroids.” Go read the rest and here’s Feingold talking to Rachel Maddow about empowering U.S. workers and his new organization. Click here to view this media
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Just as we lay to rest the ghost of a phantom Tegra 2 chip inside the LG Revolution, here comes the specter of another unconfirmed appearance for NVIDIA’s dual-core application processor, this time inside Samsung’s Galaxy S II . If you’ll recall, we were initially informed by Samsung’s PR crew that their new Android flagship would run on NVIDIA’s hardware, however a subsequent correction informed us that the processor inside would in fact be Samsung’s own Exynos . Now, it turns out, both might be true. AnandTech have come across some benchmark results showing a GT-i9103 with Tegra 2 listed as its grunt provider, while Pocket-lint and others have noted that Samsung’s own spec sheet for the Galaxy S II states that the dual-core Exynos “may not be applicable in some regions.” The likeliest scenario here is that Samsung hasn’t yet reached sufficient volumes with its own processor production and will rely on NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 for handsets outside its critical markets — much in the same vein as it replaced Super AMOLED with Super Clear LCD screens in Russia and some other territories. Don’t fret too much, though, performance disparities between the two aren’t likely to be overly significant. Samsung’s Galaxy S II to have a Tegra 2 version? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 17 Feb 2011 17:53:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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As one of the most brutally cold winters on record drags on, most of us are pining for summer. But for many patients with multiple sclerosis, hotter temperatures may not be so welcome because they bring worsening symptoms.
Continue reading …They don’t call it tobacco country for nothing: A Kentucky County has bucked a national trend and repealed a smoking ban for bars and restaurants. Campbell County officials voted 3-1 to kill the measure, which had been adopted in December and was supposed to go into effect in April. Opponents…
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Secretary Clinton is deeply concerned – but not concerned enough to take similar actions to guarantee that US weapons and tax dollars are not spent on the bullets and batons that ravaged the Bahraini people last night. Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Firedoglake Discovery Date : 17/02/2011 22:35 Number of articles : 4
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After his passionate speech defending his two moms to the Iowa legislature went viral, 18 year old Zach Wahls has become a media sensation. Today he appeared on Ellen . (Tipped by JMG reader Iowa Mike) Subscribe to Joe.My.God. Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Joe. My. God. Discovery Date : 17/02/2011 22:32 Number of articles : 4
Continue reading …The Engadget Show returns tonight with GM head engineer Micky Bly, Watson’s creators, new products, and much more!
February 17, 2011 No Comment
Clear your calendars everybody, because tonight at 7:00pm ET , the Engadget Show is back in a big way! GM’s head engineer Micky Bly (the man responsible for the Volt) will be on hand for some frank conversation about the future of cars and a bunch of mind-blowing demos to go with it. Oh, and GM says they have a big announcement that they will be making exclusively on the Engadget Show, so be a part of tech history and come join us, won’t you? Engadget auto editor Tim Stevens will be joining the fun and we’ll also have a very special guest from IBM’s Watson team , fresh off the game-show-playing supercomputer’s three-day run on Jeopardy. It will be a night to remember, with some incredible chiptunes music by Note! with visuals from Batsly Adams . As usual, we’ll be streaming live at 7:00PM from SIR’s Stage 37 (a new venue!) and we’ve got around 350 seats available on a first-come, first-served basis if you want to join us in person. Also, trust us when we say that the giveaways for this taping are going to absolutely blow. your. mind. REMINDER: The Show will be taking place in a lovely new venue, the SIR Stage37 (ie. not the TimesCenter or Cooper Union), located in Manhattan at 508 West 37th Street, between 10th and 11th Avenues . Tickets are — as always — free to anyone who would like to attend, but seating is limited, and tickets will be first come, first served … so get there early! Also, because of the nature of the space, we won’t be able to do assigned seats so the seats will be first-come, first-served as well (we know, just after you got used to assigned seating!). Here’s the updated info on our new ticketing policy that you need to know: There is no admission fee — tickets are completely free The event is all ages Ticketing will begin at the SIR Stage37 at 5:00PM on Thursday, February 17th, doors will open for seating at 6:15PM, and the show begins at 7:00PM We can’t do assigned seating in this venue, so remember that your ticket guarantees you entry into the show, but where you sit is up to you. You cannot collect tickets for friends or family — anyone who would like to come must be present to get a ticket Seating capacity is limited (we’ve got room for approximately 350), and once we’re full, we’re full The venue is located at 508 West 37th St, between 10th and 11th Avenues. (map after the break) The show length is around an hour If you’re a member of the media who wishes to attend, please contact us at : engadgetshowmedia [at] engadget [dot] com, and we’ll try to accommodate you. All other non-media questions can be sent to: engadgetshow [at] engadget [dot] com. Subscribe to the Show: [ iTunes ] Subscribe to the Show directly in iTunes (M4V). [ Zune ] Subscribe to the Show directly in the Zune Marketplace (M4V). [ RSS M4V ] Add the Engadget Show feed (M4V) to your RSS aggregator and have it delivered automatically. The Engadget Show returns tonight with GM head engineer Micky Bly, Watson’s creators, new products, and much more! originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 17 Feb 2011 17:30:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …The Iowa state wrestling meet—a prestigious high school competition for the sport—has its first female victor. Along with controversy: Cassy Herkelman’s male opponent withdrew rather than wrestle her, the Des Moines Register reports. “Wrestling is a combat sport and it can get violent at times,” explained Joel Northrup….
Continue reading …Liberal Radio Talker Threatens Breitbart, Calls for Conservatives ‘To Be Crushed … Like a Cockroach’
February 17, 2011 No Comment
Yes, Virginia, there is someone in media more unhinged than Ed Schultz — left-wing radio host Mike Malloy. If you've heard of Malloy, most likely it's because of his bizarre, on-air fantasies of violence toward Dana Perino, Matt Drudge, Glenn Beck, and Rush Limbaugh, as described here with audio clips from Brian Maloney at The Radio Equalizer. Malloy has decided to remind us again of his pathologies, this time issuing a veiled threat against new media impresario Andrew Breitbart (embedded audio clip, courtesy of Maloney, after page break) — Remember Shirley Sherrod, the former Agriculture Department employee who was attacked in the media by another piece of white scum, Andrew Breitbart? She's decided to sue him. She's African-American, she initially lost her job. Everybody jumped all over her because of the piece of evidence, an edited videotape that the meaning of which had been
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