Images via Wastewater Compliance Systems Inc Poo-gloos is the, um, affectionate nickname given to Bio-Bomes, the igloo-shaped pollution-eating devices that could mean miracles for waste water treatment in areas that can’t afford multimillion dollar installations. They’re cheap, easy to install, and a new study shows that for areas with existing lagoon systems to clean up, retrofitting with poo-gloos could mean saving millions of dollars. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: Michael Graham Richard The State of the Auto Industry Another year, another Detroit Auto Show (officially known as the North American International Auto Show — open to the general public between Jan. 15-23). I’ve been to a few of them, and I’ve followed green(er) transportation for even longer, so I want to begin by sharing my thoughts about the current state of the auto industry, or at least the part that they reveal to the public. The main questions that I always ask myself when I go to these shows are: Are we moving in the right direction? Is it real or… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Watch a Man Follow Target Shoppers and Narrate Their Actions, to Great Effect
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Jack Vale has a gift, and that gift is following shoppers around and freaking them out while keeping a straight face. He has several more “Paranoid” videos here. [ Urlesque ] Read more posts by Amanda Dobbins Filed Under: clickables , jack vale , pranks , video Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Vulture Discovery Date : 11/01/2011 16:26 Number of articles : 8
Continue reading …Watch a Man Follow Target Shoppers and Narrate Their Actions, to Great Effect
January 11, 2011 No Comment
Jack Vale has a gift, and that gift is following shoppers around and freaking them out while keeping a straight face. He has several more “Paranoid” videos here. [ Urlesque ] Read more posts by Amanda Dobbins Filed Under: clickables , jack vale , pranks , video Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Vulture Discovery Date : 11/01/2011 16:26 Number of articles : 8
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KABUL, Afghanistan — Visiting Vice President Joseph R. Biden met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai here Tuesday and promised a lasting American commitment to the country well beyond 2014, when NATO forces are scheduled to turn over security of the nation to Afghan forces. “The United States, if the Afghan people want it, are prepared and we are not leaving in 2014,” the vice president said during an unannounced visit to Kabul. “Hopefully we will have totally turned over the to the Afghan security forces the ability to maintain the security of the country, but we are not leaving if you don’t want us to leave.” At a news conference at the presidential…
Continue reading …We all know that everyone wants to live in a city that is affordable but accommodating. Based on the data from Altos Research, a San Fransisco-based real estate research firm. Here is the 5 most affordable cities in America. Short preview of Omaha Stakes As the home of major corporations like Union Pacific, ConAgra Foods and Most affordable cities in America as of January 2011 is a post from: Daily World Buzz
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Would you look at that, Verizon’s iPhone 4 has four notches punctuating its external antenna array — one more than you may find on AT&T’s version , with the top notch migrating to the side. Before you all jump on conspiracy theories about fixes and such, Tim Cook has just confirmed on stage that changes had to be made to work on the CDMA network, meaning that for users this is pretty much an aesthetic alteration. Otherwise, you’re looking at an almost identical device to what AT&T users have been enjoying since June of last year — savvy nerds will just be able to tell the CDMA version apart at one glance. Verizon’s iPhone 4 has a CDMA-specific antenna, no other changes made originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 11 Jan 2011 11:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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It’ll probably be subject to an additional fee as usual, but Verizon and Apple have just revealed that the new CDMA iPhone 4 will act as a mobile WiFi connection for up to five devices. It’ll come with an iOS-specific version of the Verizon 3G Mobile Hotspot that folks have been enjoying on their Droids for many moons now. That should allowing for laptops, tablets and the like to get online via iPhone without a pesky cord , and almost certainly make the long-verboten iPhone – iPad tethering connection finally attainable. Joy to the world! Update: Verizon called it an app, but getting hands-on we can see that’s not the case at all — Personal Hotspot is built right into the CDMA iPhone 4′s build of iOS 4.2.5. Perhaps we’ll see it migrate to other devices as well? Verizon iPhone 4 will have 3G mobile hotspot (update) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 11 Jan 2011 11:16:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Alassane Ouattara, the man recognised by the international community as the winner of Cote d’Ivoire’s presidential poll, has rejected an offer from Laurent Gbagbo, the incumbent president,
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The unrest in Tunisia cannot, and must not, be looked at as an isolated case. The ongoing clashes between the security forces and angry young people, described by the international media as “frustrated”, can happen in any place in any Arab country that suffers from underdevelopment and high unemployment. Sure, the lack of…
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