“He made me a better person. He made me know there are good men,” said 75-year-old Mavanell “Mavy” Stoddard yesterday at the memorial for her late husband, who took a bullet for her in the Arizona shootings. “He spoiled me rotten. And oh gosh, it was fun.” Mavy, who was…
Continue reading …Make room for a big shot of Starbucks. The caffeine-pushing franchise is unveiling a new 31-ounce “Trenta” cup size holding 7 ounces more than its current largest Venti cup. The new size will be only for iced drinks, including iced teas, coffees and lemonade teas. The drinks, selling for 50…
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The Just Green It! book recommends the Global Sun Oven in place of a microwave. Photos by R.Cruger Know someone who is green about being green? When Lisa Beres of Green Nest was touring the country for her children’s book, My Body My House , she discovered a lot of people who weren’t yet on board with eco-friendly products. “We’re in a green bubble ,” Lisa admitted. “They’d ask, ‘Bleach is bad, really?’” So … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Japan loves its 3D: more than half of all Blu-ray recorders sold last month had 3D, 3DTVs popular too
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Finally, we find a market that is truly enthusiastic about 3D . Tokyo-based researchers BCN, cited by CrunchGear , report that a cool 57 percent of all Blu-ray recorders sold in Japan last month had 3D playback functionality built in, while 23 percent of all 40-inch-plus TVs sold had the ability to relay stereoscopic imagery. Both those numbers are major leaps in popularity within the nation itself and also easily dwarf penetration rates for 3D hardware in other parts of the world. 3D has apparently grown a lot more affordable in Japan, but lest you think these data are just a symptom of people upgrading their equipment without regard to its third-dimension skills, word is that there’s still a chunky 30 percent premium associated with adding 3D to your BR recorder purchase. So, it would seem the trendsetting Japanese are leading from the front on this one — awkward, unstylish glasses be damned! Japan loves its 3D: more than half of all Blu-ray recorders sold last month had 3D, 3DTVs popular too originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 17 Jan 2011 06:09:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Photo: Guardian Green & Black Chocolate was the little organic company that grew and grew: so big and popular that it was bought out by Cadbury in 2005 to the tune of £20M. Then last year Kraft Foods bought Cadbury . Now it is rumoured that the marriage is not working so well and Green & Black’s current managers want to buy out Kraft and re-gain control of the chocolate br… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …A diplomatic battle is brewing in the most unlikely of places: a Columbian soap opera featuring a little dog Hugo that Venezuela President Hugo Chavez is convinced is him. The Venezuelan government has ordered a private TV company to stop showing the series in the nation because it’s insulting to…
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Tehran: Iran has suspended a sentence to hang a woman at the centre of a global outcry about stoning, a member of parliament was quoted as saying on Monday. Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani’s sentence to be stoned for adultery was suspended last year after condemnation from several governments, but she had still faced death by…
Continue reading …Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is “a fighter” who’s “improving every day,” said her hopeful astronaut husband in his first public comments since his wife was shot. Mark Kelly spoke to hundreds of mourners gathered at a memorial for Gabriel Zimmerman, the Giffords aide who was killed in the shooting. He…
Continue reading …Big Brother is watching in Britain. Scotland Yard is contacting universities for all their intelligence concerning student protests ahead of expected demonstrations against tuition hikes and education cuts. A counter-terrorism officer has already contacted 20 London universities seeking “all pertinent” information, reports the Guardian . The email advises universities to have…
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Animals left homeless in the massive floods in Brazil are being rescued and cared for in local shelters. (Jan. 17)
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