President Barack Obama said Friday that ‘putting the economy into overdrive’ is a top priority. Speaking at a General Electric plant in upstate New York, he also named GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt as the head of a Council on Jobs and Competitiveness. (Jan. 21)
Continue reading …For-profit schools, some of which are accused of failing to properly educate while loading students with debt, have banded together to fight the introduction of three federal reforms. The reforms at stake are to stop deceptive advertising by educational institutions, to stop the practice of recruiters being paid according got the number of students they enroll, and a move to force states to authorize post-secondary schools. —JCL Reuters: A group of for-profit schools—some accused of failing to properly educate students while loading them with debt—filed a lawsuit against the federal government on Friday to stop implementation of three reforms. The Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities, which represents more than 1,500 for-profit schools, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia asking for the Education Department to voluntarily withdraw three rules that are due to go into effect on July 1. APSCU spokesman Bob Cohen said the suit was filed on Friday. If the department refuses, the group asked for a preliminary injunction stopping them. Read more Related Entries January 14, 2011 Some Americans, Under Certain Conditions, May Soon Visit Cuba December 22, 2010 Undocumented Students Give Congress an F
Continue reading …Multi-Meter Sea Level Rise by 2100 Certain With Business As Usual Emissions: James Hansen
January 21, 2011 No Comment
photo: Julie G / Creative Commons James Hansen may be as much as a celebrity as one can be in the world of climate change science, so when he and colleague Makiko Sato say that we’re in for multi-meter sea level rise by 2100 you have to … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Wounded Rep. Gabriele Giffords has been moved from the Tucson, Arizona hospital where she has been treated since January 8th and to a Houston hospital for rehabilitation and continued recovery. —JCL CNN: Rep. Gabrielle Giffords on Friday left the Tucson, Arizona, hospital where she has been treated since a January 8 gunshot wound, traveling under police escort down streets lined with well-wishers. She then boarded an aircraft at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base for a flight to Houston, where she is expected to continue her recovery. Although previous reports had indicated she would move directly to a rehabilitation facility affiliated with Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston, she will instead be taken to the hospital’s trauma center for evaluation and treatment, said Dr. Dong Kim, a neurosurgeon at the hospital. Read more Related Entries January 14, 2011 Some Americans, Under Certain Conditions, May Soon Visit Cuba December 22, 2010 Undocumented Students Give Congress an F
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Image: Paques Unilever is taking a Ben & Jerry’s factory in the Netherlands a green step forward: constructing a bio-digester that will convert the waste products from ice cream production and provide for 40 percent of the factory’s green energy requirements. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Bradley Manning’s lawyer is accusing the military of mistreating his client, saying that he was forced to spend two days virtually naked in his cell after the Army placed him on suicide watch against the recommendation of the jail’s forensic psychiatrist. Manning was confined to his cell around the clock…
Continue reading …Mark Visser surfs massive waves on moonlit night with LED vest and surfboard
January 21, 2011 No Comment
Via Dangerous Minds, where there are links to more about how this happened, and a documentary to come of it, “Very early this morning surfer Maker Visser rode 30-40 foot giant waves in Maui in complete darkness lit only by LED lights built into his life vest and surfboard while helicopters hovered overhead filming the event. ” [Video Link]… Broadcasting platform : Vimeo Source : Boing Boing Discovery Date : 21/01/2011 20:09 Number of articles : 3
Continue reading …HTC profits leaping and bounding up, Peter Chou promises tablet and production expansion
January 21, 2011 No Comment
HTC’s fourth quarter of 2010 has gone exactly the same way as the first three : the company reports a 160 percent rise in profits (to $500 million) year-on-year and a 31 percent increase relative to Q3 2010. Total revenue for the final three months of last year rounded the $3.5 billion mark, having been a trifling $1.4 billion the year before. Company CEO Peter Chou sees no end to this dramatic growth, forecasting it’ll remain in double digits through 2011, and he plans to match up to it by doubling monthly production capacity at HTC’s Shanghai plant to two million handsets. If necessary, he says he’ll even outsource manufacturing. Even more intriguing, however, is Chou’s admission that HTC is strategizing an entry into the tablet realm : “It’s a new market with many competitors, and we don’t want to rush into it.” Hardly a surprise, but good to have it from the horse’s mouth. HTC profits leaping and bounding up, Peter Chou promises tablet and production expansion originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 21 Jan 2011 15:09:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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A crocodile at a Ukraine zoo snaps up a mobile phone after a visitor drops it while trying to get a picture. Now, doctors say the croc is not eating and seems sluggish. If it does not get better, they may have to operate. (Jan. 21)
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