Members of Prison Service officers course almost all perished in Carmel fire disaster. Among few survivors: Three cadets who were late in catching bus; six mothers who stayed home; three who escaped fire
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Image credit: TED /Bonnie Bassler Earlier this week, I wrote a post wondering whether we should think of composting as animal husbandry —given the vast array of living organisms that exist in a compost heap. Now I am wondering whether the same term could apply to simply living. Because I’ve just come across a video that highlights the astounding role that bacteria play in keeping us alive. But be warned—viewing it made me fe… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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We’re aware of a few third-party products that pull off this trick by connecting to your cellphone via Bluetooth, but Verizon’s throwing weight behind its own system called Home Phone Connect that’ll connect your home phone into its wireless network. The system — which seems to be available only to residents of New York and Connecticut at the moment — includes some sort of base station that connects to Verizon’s network on one end and your existing landline on the other; T-Mobile’s now-defunct @Home service was similar, but used your internet connection to route the calls rather than the cellular airwaves. Subscribers pay $9.99 to add the landline to a Verizon family plan or $19.99 to grant it unlimited domestic minutes, which seems poised to cut into Verizon’s legacy landline business just as much (if not more) than the unique Hub unit that got killed off a while back. Hard to say when (or even if) Home Phone Connect will go national, but these trials are often set up to test the pricing model just as much as they are the underlying technology — so the question becomes, would you pay $10 more on your Verizon Wireless bill to use your old-school Slimline? Verizon trials Home Phone Connect, turns your landline into a cellphone originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 03 Dec 2010 09:14:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Celebrities Strip for Turtles, Royal Green Wedding for Kate Middleton and Prince William, and More
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Video: Oceana Sexy comedians
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Firefighters from abroad have traveled to Israel to help fight a blaze described as the worst in the country’s history. Dozens of guards were killed when their bus was trapped on a road in burning woodland. (Dec. 3)
Continue reading …Grammy Awards: Eminem Tops Nominations – Eminem is the leading contender for the Grammy Awards with 10 nominations including album of the year. The nominations crowns a solid comeback for Eminem who spent the past few years struggling with drug problems. The 38-year-old rapper was followed by Bruno Mars with seven nominations. Lady Gaga , Grammy Awards: Eminem Tops Nominations is a post from: Daily World Buzz
Continue reading …Nets Expound on ‘Cost’ of Maintaining Tax Rates, Stress How ‘Tax Break for the Wealthy Increases the Deficit’
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Framing the debate through a liberal prism hostile to continuing the current income tax rates, ABC and CBS worried Thursday night about the “cost” of not raising taxes, as if all money belongs to the government, as both expounded on how not ending the Bush rates will fuel massive deficits. “If all the Bush tax cuts end for the top two percent of earners, $700 billion will be added to government coffers,” CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric warned, and “if all the cuts stay in place, the deficit will soar by $3.7 trillion over ten years.”
Continue reading …FTC wants to fight tracking cookies with other cookies, create delicious sugary warfare
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We’re not sure that fighting fire with fire actually works outside of the metaphorical realm, but don’t let us tell the FTC how to do its thing. The federal body, which recently told Google ” it’s all good ” after the company apologized for stealing people’s private infos , is now asking for social networking sites and browser developers to create a sort of “do not track” cookie system. If this cookie was present the sites would not capture a user’s browsing habits and not deliver customized ads, a cookie that would be created and enabled by a simple browser button. As of now the FTC is not mandating anything, but did deliver this passive-aggressive threat: With respect to ‘do not track,’ we are giving companies a little time, but we’d like to see them work a lot faster in making consumer choice a lot easier. So there you have it: start playing nice, companies, or the FTC might possibly do something. Meanwhile, we might possibly eat the cute looking gingerbread man in the middle up there. He sure looks tasty. [Image courtesy of Fagles ] FTC wants to fight tracking cookies with other cookies, create delicious sugary warfare originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 03 Dec 2010 08:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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The alleged “Barefoot Bandit”, 19-year-old Colton Harris-Moore, faces new charges in Washington state, including plane theft. (Dec. 3)
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Photo by Tim Wilson via MNN Creating personalized gifts from scratch has always been a soft spot for me. Even when the gift turns out less than stellar, it’s the fact that someone worked hard on a project with you in mind that really matters. DIYing gifts helps curb a little of the the consumerism that tends to run rampant at this time of year, and can often be done using recycled materials. Even if you don’t tend to be the crafty type, Mother Nature Network has compiled a list of homemade gift… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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