Sometimes the simplest recipes can be the most sublime. Combining just three kitchen staples of lentils , rice and onions with a dollop of spiced yogurt with lemon juice transported me to the Middle East. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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If the president, or anyone in Obama’s close advisory circles, has an opinion about Sarah Palin’s latest rhetorical creation—her already infamous “blood libel” zinger—the world will have to do without that information for the time being. During an exchange with the press Thursday, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs owned that he had watched Palin make her statement but purposefully left Obama out of that discussion.
Continue reading …With floodwaters starting to recede, the toll in Australia is at 25 and expected to climb given the dozens of people still missing, reports the AP . As the state’s premier put it: “Queensland is reeling this morning from the worst natural disaster in our history and possibly in the history…
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Photo credit: International Center for Tropical Agriculture / Creative Commons Our early 21st century civilization is in trouble. We need not go beyond the world food economy to see this. Over the last few decades we have created a food production bubble —one based on environmental trends that cannot be sustained, including overpumping aquifers, overplowing land, and overloading the … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Well, it was fun while it lasted, but it looks like Virgin Mobile customers in the US will soon have to make do without their truly unlimited $40 data plan . Starting on February 15th, that will be replaced with a new plan that gives you 5GB of unhindered data use, and throttled bandwidth for anything used beyond that limit. For its part, Virgin says that most customers who use the BB2Go plan for ” internet surfing and reasonable downloading will likely not be impacted/notice any difference,” but we’re sure there’s plenty of folks out there that will beg to differ. As you may recall, T-Mobile also introduced some bandwidth throttling of its own this past year, but it actually did so in lieu of overage charges , which is a bit easier to accept than throttling slapped on top of a once unlimited plan. [Thanks to everyone who sent this in] Virgin Mobile abandons unlimited data in favor of throttled 5GB plan originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …After rocketing to popularity and then just as quickly to scorn, Chatroulette has finally figured out a way to make money—off, of all things, all those naked chatters. New content control features were introduced last year, and even though you’ll still see the odd penis—about once an hour,…
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In the aftermath of Belarus’ presidential election, a three-year-old boy is at the heart of a battle with a secret service that still calls itself the KGB. (Jan. 13)
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Rep. Gabrielle Giffords continues to amaze her doctors with her recovery from the brain injury she sustained in Saturday’s shooting. On Thursday, the word “miracle” was once again invoked as her medical team reported her progress, announcing that she had opened her eyes and was communicating through gestures.
Continue reading …Kay Bailey Hutchison won’t be running for reelection in 2012, she announced today in an open letter saying she wanted to live “full-time in Texas with my family.” The three-term Republican said that announcing the move early “should give the people of Texas ample time to consider who my successor…
Continue reading …JVC’s 4K camcorder inches closer to reality, getting smaller all the time
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This most definitely isn’t the first 4K camcorder to leak out of JVC’s stable , but it sure feels like the company is getting further from fantasy and closer to reality. At CES last week, the outfit’s latest prototype was as small as we’ve ever seen, with that object shown here being capable of logging clips at 3840 x 2160 pixels. It’s just barely bigger than the 1080p models already on store shelves, and it’s equipped with new internal processors that are over twice as fast as the silicon used in the firm’s current lineup. Sadly, we’re no closer to learning a release date or price, but the results shown down in the source link have us all kinds of hopeful for something within the next dozen months. Right, JVC ? JVC’s 4K camcorder inches closer to reality, getting smaller all the time originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:15:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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