A Heavy Dose of Pro-Obama Books (and Insider Favors) on the New York Times Top 100 Books List
November 27, 2010 No CommentTypically, The New York Times has released its annual book reviewers' list of the 100 Most Notable Books of 2010 , and they favor liberal authors, and most helpfully, current and former staffers of the New York Times. For people who may buy Christmas gifts or make Christmas lists based on this top-books list, Obama is still the hero. The Times recommended both The Bridge by David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker, and The Promise: Year One by Newsweek columnist Jonathan Alter, not to mention leftist Salon writer Rebecca Traister's book Big Girls Don't Cry: The Election That Changed Everything for American Women. The Times calls it “A colorful, emotional argument that 2008 gave feminism a thrilling 'new life.'” With Michelle Obama growing vegetables?
Continue reading …In Norway, a Landscape Hotel Surrounds Its Guests with Nature, But It’s No Cheap Trip
November 27, 2010 No Comment
Photos courtesy of JSA Architects + Juvet Hotel The Juvet Landscape Hotel in Gudbrandsjuvet, Norway is accurately named. Its seven rooms (each a separate building) offer spectacular views of the surrounding area: mountains, streams, valleys, and, no one room can be seen from any other. Once you get over staring out the window and get yourself outdoors, you can ski (even in summer), hike, go white water rafting, camp, and visit the Geirangerfjord Mountain Farm, a UNESCO World Heritage Site . … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: Stella Neptune Never one to let a quality, albeit moth-eaten, cashmere sweater go to waste, Eva Kisevalter, the designers behind Los Angeles-based design house Stella Neptune , breaths new life into these winter staples with moth-shaped appliques to cover the holes (via Magnifeco ). The patches are hand screen printed on recycled cashmere, hand cut, then hand sewn over the moth hole. Due to the varying snack habits of moths, the placement of the moths on … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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William Fox of the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey and John Vesecky, his colleague at UC Santa Cruz, are working on a modified radar gun that can identify suicide bombs worn under the clothing. To do this, they cataloged the most common arrangements of looped wires used to construct “suicide vests,” and developed software that can identify the radar cross-section of each. So far, results have been pretty good: according to New Scientist , “telltale factors in the polarisation of the reflected signals” allowed them to correctly identify volunteers dressed as bombers up to ten meters away, roughly eighty-five percent of the time. Of course, even with a success rate this high, such a system would be prone to kicking up false positives. In order to minimize this, the devices would have to combined with other technologies, such as smart surveillance camera systems and infrared imaging. Modified radar gun identifies suicide bombers up to ten meters away originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 27 Nov 2010 07:12:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Egypt’s Opposition leader says ‘illicit marriage with Tel Aviv’ will be scrapped if elections won
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Associated Press SEONGNAM, South Korea—South Korea’s marine commander vowed revenge at a funeral Saturday for two marines killed in a North Korean bombardment, as the country prepared military exercises with the U.S. that have enraged the North and concerned China. The commander, Maj. Gen. You Nak-jun, said the retaliation would be “thousand-fold” as dignitaries and relatives laid white flowers at a funeral altar following Tuesday’s attack on a South Korean island, which also killed two civilians in one of the worst artillery attacks on the country’s territory since the 1950-53 Korean War. As protesters in Seoul demanded their government take sterner action against North Korea, the…
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Atomic chief says country’s first nuclear plant will begin providing electricity within two months
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The Advent Vega seems to be gaining some serious traction overseas, but despite the low price, not having access to Google’s bona fide Android Market is a huge Debbie Downer . Well, it was . The fine folks over at MoDaCo have cooked up a custom ROM for the 10-inch tablet, and if you’ve nothing better to do on a Black Friday than tinker with software, the v1.04 build hosted in the source link promises a “full Google experience” including Gmail, Maps with Street View, Talk, Voice Search and even Android Market access. All the steps you’ll need to follow are just a click away, so allow us to ask you this: what’s the holdup? Advent Vega nabs Android Market access courtesy of MoDaCo custom ROM originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 27 Nov 2010 05:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Oregon resident arrested after attempting car bomb attack that turned out to be sting operation
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