GREGORY KATZ Associated Press= LONDON (AP) — Frustrated travelers in Europe expressed fury Monday at transportation officials’ inability to clear snow and ice from planes, runways and high-speed train tracks, failings that have caused holiday travel chaos and fears that many will not get home in time for Christmas. The continent’s worst bottleneck was London’s Heathrow Airport, where thousands of travelers were stranded overnight as flight cancellations increased even as other major European airports resumed normal operations after several days of four weather delays. London Mayor Boris Johnson summed up the exasperation as Britain suffered another day of travel setbacks. “It can’t be beyond…
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Shas leader says journalist’s popularity among seculars causing Likud ministers to ‘compete for the most anti-haredi headlines,’ adding that ‘major changes are taking place within the ultra-Orthodox community
Continue reading …The Engadget Show – 016: Mitsubishi’s Frank DeMartin, iRobot, Aldebaran’s NAO robot, Ubisoft Battle Tag, CES ’11 preview, and more!
December 20, 2010 No Comment
Get ready humans, because we have an all new Engadget Show that is you do not want to miss! First up, Josh sits down with Mitsubishi product chief Frank DeMartin for a talk about the future of television technology . Next, Paul gets a behind the scenes look at iRobot’s headquarters and test-drives military robots in an exclusive new Engadget Show segment. Then, Josh and Paul welcome Aldebaran Robotics to the stage for a never-before-seen demo of their humanoid robot NAO. Shots fly as Nilay joins the roundtable for a look at Ubisoft’s new laser tag game, Battle Tag ; and the guys recap the year in tech then preview what’s on tap for next year at CES 2011 . To round it all out, BIT SHIFTER rocks the house with some killer holiday chiptunes music with visuals by noteNdo . What are you waiting for? Watch it now! Hit up the video stream after the break or download the show in HD below! Hosts: Joshua Topolsky, Nilay Patel, Paul Miller Special guests: Frank DeMartin, Colin Angle, Jean-Michel Perbet, J
Continue reading …Finally, Local Community Radio Act Was Passed Saturday. Time For A Media Revolution!
December 20, 2010 No CommentIt took ten years , but they finally passed the act that will allow community radio to get a foothold in the community. This is really exciting, and just about anyone who can scrape together a few thousand bucks can pull it off: Little noticed but extremely important to progressives, on Saturday afternoon Congress also passed the Local Community Radio Act.This legislation opens up radio spectrum to hundreds, if not thousands, of local independent radio stations (also known as LPFM). Its passing will bring new choices and voices on the radio dial nationwide, but is especially relevant to a broadcast area reaching 160 million people who lived in areas where these stations had previously been barred from local airwaves. Anyone tracking the rise of radio personalities like Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh and Michael Savage understands the primary political significance of gaining access to spectrum. With the opening of the airwaves to LPFM stations, progressives can gain a small but consequential spot on the radio dial. The challenge now is to organize local groups to gain access to licenses. Follow and support the Prometheus Radio Project to learn more.
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Designer Lee Leong Chye of the Little Thoughts Group has designed this homage to the humble kerosene lantern, beautifully made of wood and powered by cranking the pump in and out. Hopefully the light from the LED is kinder than what comes out of the real thing, a harsh bright light that Yanko describes as “loving glowing glowing love”- clearly the writer has never seen one. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Via the Daily Caller , a nice dose of comedy for your Monday morning, this one from Saturday Night Live. read more
Continue reading …DIY Homes Using Recycled Pallet Wood – Appalachian Gothic Architecture (Video)
December 20, 2010 No Comment
Image credit: Fugue State Films From a $50,000 portable recycled house to a tiny green egg house for Chinese students , TreeHugger has already offered plenty of posts that prove that green living doesn’t have to mean high-end LEED certified luxury. Rollo, from Knoxville, Tennessee, is another such example. On 7 acres of … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …WikiLeaks cable: Shin Bet chief called Palestinian counterpart ‘psychopath’
December 20, 2010 No Comment
Newly released cables from 2007 reveal what Diskin thought of ‘desperate’ situation in Gaza and West Bank, lack of Palestinian leadership and ‘psychopath’ Palestinian counterpart. He also shares concerns over ‘last legs’ Fatah and ill-boding situation
Continue reading …Xerox shows off Smart Document Review table, a Surface that sifts through billions of docs (video)
December 20, 2010 No Comment
You have a lot of documents you’ve acquired over the years, hundreds or thousands in some semblance of order thanks to folders and whatnot. Now, imagine taking the output from hundreds or thousands of others, all with their own ideas about organization, and finding only those pages relevant to a certain topic. That’s what legal aides have to do in cases where a major corporation is being investigated, and we’re thinking that’s a major target market for Xerox ‘s Smart Document Review. It’s a prototype touchscreen table that enables users to collaboratively filter documents, starting by indexing a giant pool and then allowing for the creation of “magnets” that contain keywords or other heuristics and dynamically pull out matches, all happening courtesy of animations that look only slightly less sophisticated than those seen in Hackers . Search results can then be dumped to a thumb drive. The prototype table dates back to earlier this year, but Xerox is now making them available as part of a pilot program exclusively for trendy law offices with unisex bathrooms. [Thanks, Pradeep ] Continue reading Xerox shows off Smart Document Review table, a Surface that sifts through billions of docs (video) Xerox shows off Smart Document Review table, a Surface that sifts through billions of docs (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 20 Dec 2010 10:24:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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