Image: 303cycling.com Looks like Google was feeling generous toward Boulder—and toward bike-sharing—this week! The company gave a $25,000 donation to B-cycle “as part of Google’s commitment to support innovative ways for using Internet-based technology to reduce environmental impacts andimprove the quality of life in the communities where it operates,” Boulder B-cycle said in a press release…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Couples can still be intensely in love even after many years of marriage and experience the same types of intense romantic feelings as people who have recently fallen in love, a study using brain scans shows.
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A slew of new economic data shows that the economy is clearly on the mend, but higher energy costs could dampen any enthusiasm consumers are feeling.
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The Wall Street Journal covers the big NAHB International Builders Show and looks at the future of housing for Generation Y , the twenty-somethings. Not surprisingly, they want to walk and cycle to work, want to live in urban settings and don’t want McMansions. It is pretty silly; it was ever thus. Young people almost always want to live near the pubs and the restaurants and their friends, and don’t have a lot of money for cars and parking. But what happens when they get older? Do they move to the ‘burbs? Not necessarily…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image: Rudi In other words, London’s bike superhighways are incredibly successful , as the front-page GOOD story remarks. According to the findings in study by Transport for London , there were 70% more cyclists out on the streets of London… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …The official GOP house organ, Fox News, is all over this , of course: Beleagured GOP Chairman Michael Steele on Friday dropped his bid stay atop the party for another two years after falling further behind top challenger Reince Priebus on following several rounds of voting. Steele, whose tenure has been marked by controversy and embarrassment, realized he was fighting a losing battle. Now he is urging supporters to vote for Maria Cino. Priebus, the Wisconsin Republican Party chairman, won the fourth round with 58 votes. Maria Cino moved into second place with 29. Steele and Ann Wagner both got 28 votes followed by Saul Anuzis with 24. Ballots are being cast by 168 committee members. Eighty-five votes are needed for victory. Ah, Michael, we’ll miss ye, laddie. You were always good for the entertainment. Video will be up shortly.
Continue reading …Time Warner, Disney and News Corp. bigwigs speak up against FCC stipulations in Comcast-NBC deal
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Hello, inevitable. It simply had to happen, and now, it is. As Comcast, NBC and the FCC attempt to work out stipulations over Comcast’s proposed 51 percent buyout of NBC Universal, a smattering of major media companies are paying close attention to the play-by-play . Naturally, the precedents that are set from this deal will affect future agreements of this caliber, and lobbyists for both Disney and News Corp. (as well as Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes) aren’t standing over on the sidelines any longer. All three outfits have reportedly been “voicing their concerns this week with the FCC, worried that such conditions could undermine their own efforts to profit from the nascent online video industry.” We’re told that the media mega-corps are worried that the rules — if hammered down — could interfere with ongoing negotiations with online video providers, and in turn, give them less leverage to monetize and control their content on the world wide web. In other words, if NBC Universal is forced to provide content fluidly to all ISPs (and not just Comcast), what’s to say other content makers and internet providers wouldn’t also be forced into similar deals, regardless of whether or not they’re involved in takeover negotiations? Needless to say, we’re nowhere near the end of this journey, and while the nuts and bolts are pretty dry to think about, the outcomes could have a serious impact on our future viewing habits. Time Warner, Disney and News Corp. bigwigs speak up against FCC stipulations in Comcast-NBC deal originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Jan 2011 17:09:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Michael Steele finally conceded what everyone else pretty much knew: He won’t get another term as chairman of the Republican National Committee. Steele dropped out of the race today after trailing badly in the first rounds of voting, reports Politico . Those remaining in the race are front-runner Reince Priebus, who…
Continue reading …Tucson survivor: ‘It looks like Palin, Beck, Sharron Angle and the rest got their first target’
January 14, 2011 No CommentAmy Goodman at Democracy Now interviewed one of the survivors of Saturday’s tragedy in Arizona, and we heard a familiar observation : We speak with Tucson shooting survivor Eric Fuller. A 63-year-old disabled veteran, Fuller had campaigned for Arizona Democrat Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in her reelection campaign and was at the supermarket in Tucson on Saturday to meet with her. He was shot in the knee and also wounded in the back. “It looks like Palin, Beck, Sharron Angle and the rest got their first target,” Fuller says. “Their wish for Second Amendment activism has been fulfilled.” Cue the right-wing waaaaaahmbulance. I wonder if Megyn Kelly or Bill O’Reilly will bring Fuller on Fox to browbeat him as they did Sheriff Dupnik for expressing the same view.
Continue reading …Google Launches International Science Fair With a Most Amazing Grand Prize
January 14, 2011 No CommentGoogle’s launched a new science fair that looks like a lot of fun not only to enter but to witness. They state, “Google is looking for the brightest, best young scientists from around the world to submit interesting, creative projects that are relevant to the world today.” We’re glad the company is trying to encourage more young people to get involved in the sciences. Goodness knows we need ‘em. And the grand prize is pretty phenomenal… … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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