After a break in routine operation following the Tucson shooting rampage, the House of Representatives was ready for another round of debate over health care reform on Tuesday, with the newly emboldened GOP at the ready to push for a repeal. But will they prevail?
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Dominic Cooper and Talulah Riley reveal this year’s nominations for the BAFTAS. The shortlist sees ‘The King’s Speech’ leading the pack with 14 mentions, followed by Darren Aronofsky’s ballet thriller ‘Black Swan’ which is up for 12 awards. (Jan. 18)
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Haitian police took ex-dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier out of his hotel Tuesday without saying whether he was being detained for crimes committed under his brutal regime. (Jan. 18)
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Images credit Stephen Holl Ronald Rael of Earth Architecture shows us yet another great example of rammed earth construction. It’s only one of the oldest building materials known to humanity, its main ingredient is as cheap as dirt, it doesn’t get any more local and it is gorgeous to look at, particularly in the hands of an architect as talented as Steven Holl. He has used it at the Nanjing Museum of Art and Arch… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Four ministers quit Tunisia’s day-old government on Tuesday, undermining its hopes of quelling unrest by sharing power with members of the opposition to the old regime. (Jan. 18)
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Photo credit: mybulldog / Creative Commons Last year, Sweden ended a 45 year ban on wolf hunting , allowing 27 wolves to be killed during a short open season. The goal was to control the animal’s population by reducing it from 237 individuals to 210. This year, the hunt has commenced once again, this time with an allotment for 20 wolves. In the first two days of the hunt, 14 wolves have been killed—and… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …ABC Touts Ron Reagan Jr.’s Alzheimer ‘Revelations’ About his Father for 24 Minutes Over Four Days
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Over a span of four days and three programs, ABC donated 24 minutes of coverage to Ron Reagan's new book and the allegations that his father had symptoms of Alzheimer's while being President. On Tuesday, he appeared on Good Morning America for almost eight minutes of promotional coverage. Guest co-host Elizabeth Vargas teased the segment by proclaiming, “Coming up in just a moment, new revelations about President Reagan and when he developed Alzheimer's .” Wouldn't “allegations” have been a more fair way to describe the claims of Ronald Reagan's liberal son? In addition to appearing on Tuesday's GMA, the book was discussed on the Monday, Sunday and Saturday edition of the program. Vargas interviewed Ron Reagan for almost nine minutes on Friday's 20/20. Additionally, World News anchors highlighted the insinuations on Friday, Sunday and Monday. The grand total comes out to 24 minutes and 12 seconds of interviews or coverage.
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Oh, hello. A trusted tipster just sent in these internal renders of HP / Palm’s “Topaz” webOS tablet , which is one of two tablets currently being developed in Sunnyvale. That’s right, two tablets: the 9-inch Topaz and a 7-inch model codnamed Opal — a lineup that fits nicely into Palm’s “Something big, Something small, Something beyond” tagline for its upcoming February 9th event . Looking at the render, we’re seeing the no-button design we’d previously heard about (we’re assuming the gesture area rotates with the display), a front-facing camera, a micro USB port on the bottom, and what appears to be a Vizio Tablet-style three speaker arrangement for stereo audio in both landscape and portrait modes — that’s two speakers along the left side and a third on the right. (That’s just a guess, though.) We’d also note the back appears to be a glossy material, which might rule out a giant Touchstone for charging — Touchstone backs have heretofore been soft-touch, but anything can change, we suppose. We’re told that units will start to arrive at Palm HQ in June as production ramps up for launch later this year — a timeline backed up by an internal marketing slide we received that lists WiFi-only, AT&T 3G, and Verizon LTE versions of the Opal arriving in September 2011, and on AT&T LTE in July 2012. The slide also indicates the Opal will have a particular e-reading focus, which makes sense for a 7-inch device, and there’s a mention of “premium audio,” which nicely reinforces our speaker hypothesis. Unfortunately, we don’t have any word on specs or pricing yet, but these things had better be packing some serious heat for cheap if Palm is really planning to wait until September to launch them — they’ll be going head-to-head with the Xoom , the PlayBook , and presumably the iPad 2 . We’re still digging for more, so keep an eye out — things are going to get crazy leading up to February 9th . Gallery: Exclusive: HP / Palm’s webOS tablets — pictures, plans, and more Exclusive: HP / Palm’s webOS tablets — pictures, plans, and more originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 18 Jan 2011 13:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Amy Chua angered many— to the point of death threats —with her espousal of a strict “Chinese” parenting style and denouncement of the “weak, cuddling” American variety. But as far as David Brooks is concerned, it’s actually Chua who is “coddling her children.” By refusing to allow her daughters to…
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