A little photoshop fun! Photo: egarc2 , Flickr, CC Many of Them From Endangered Species According to a new report by Oceana , an important ocean conservation organization, more than 1.3 million highly migratory sharks were caught in the Atlantic Ocean during 2008, without international fisheries management. The actual number is probably significantly higher than that, but many countries aren’t reporting shark catches or underreporting them, so it’s hard to know exactly how bad the… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Mention social good to generation Y — or other generations for that matter — and the focus easily turns to high tech innovation. It’s an angle emphasized by big events like TED, which emit a steady feed of technology-heavy ideas. Take the recent Rolex Young Laureates Program , the watch company’s newly-inaugurated register of some of the most promising projects making a difference in the world. High tech was in full attendance at the ceremony, thanks largely to the venue: the EPFL
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Disaster in north: Paramedics treat gravely hurt victims at site of Haifa Bay gas leak
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The FDA has approved Xgeva, an osteoporosis drug reformulated to reduce the risk of bone fractures and bone pain in patients with cancer that has spread throughout the body.
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Just how much is the promise of anywhere, anytime cellphone reception worth to you? If you answered “one thousand, one hundred and fifty dollars,” well… your time has finally come. After initially launching through business channels alone for $800 , TerreStar’s unique GSM / HSPA Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphone for AT&T with satellite connectivity is now available to consumers from all walks of life, as long as you’ve got $1,149.99 lying around. The Genus features Bluetooth, WiFi, GPS, a 2 megapixel camera, and pretty much every other amenity you’d expect form a circa-2008 WinMo 6.5 smartphone, with the obvious exception that it can be used anywhere you can see TerreStar’s satellite pretty much anywhere in North America. Of course, we’d be a little hesitant about buying a four-figure phone that operates on a bankrupt service , but if you need coverage in the boondocks, your options are pretty limited. Follow the break for TerreStar’s full press release. Continue reading TerreStar Genus now available to anyone who wants one for just $1,150 TerreStar Genus now available to anyone who wants one for just $1,150 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 23 Nov 2010 15:27:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Jewish residents take possession of home in Jabel Mukaber neighborhood after Arabs evicted. Peace Now says police cooperating with ‘most delusional settlers,’ city councilor slams leftist group’s ‘racist campaign’ against Jews
Continue reading …WaPo Does It Right This Time: Hires Jennifer Rubin to Cover Conservatives
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The Washington Post announced Tuesday that it has hired Commentary Magazine contributing editor Jennifer Rubin to write a blog on the conservative movement and the Republican Party. The move suggests that the Post has learned its lessons from the short run it gave blogger Dave Weigel, who resigned in May after emails surfaced showing him viciously attacking some prominent conservatives. The emails suggested that Weigel was hostile to large segments of the conservative movement, the beat he had been assigned to cover. read more
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Image: U.S. EPA These Numbers Don’t Tell the Whole Story, Though… Nissan has announced that it has got the final LEAF electric car ratings from the EPA. As you can see on the sticker above, the LEAF is rated at 106 MPG-equivalent in the city and 92 MPG-equivalent on the highway, for a combined rating of 99 MPG-equivalent (more below on what “MPG-equivalent” actually means in this case). The electric driving range of the car as measured by the EPA is 73 miles, almost 30% lower than Nissan’s own estimate of 100 miles. In real-world driving, the LEAF’s range should vary quite a bit depending on … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …The new TSA policy is awful and will have ramifications until the Obama administration does something about it. More and more people will be filmed to cause attention to themselves and also the new rules. We know that the right wing will exploit this as much as they can. If a Republican was in the Oval office they would be doing and saying the exact opposite. They’d give up their dignity in a second to prove that Conservatives are the only real Americans and care more about our safety than the left, but implementing a bad, bad policy only makes things easier for them and causes videos like this to explode on Drudge. Duncan: …it really should be obvious to our overlords that taking pictures of and fondling peoples’ genitals aren’t really acceptable security measures. Is that so hard to understand?
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Oregon’s only coal-fired power plant. Photo: Tedder , Wikimedia, CC There’s currently only one lonely coal-fired power plant in all of Oregon. But by 2020, there will be none — Portland General Electric Co., which operates the plant, has announced that it will either shutter the 585 megawatt Boardman plant or convert it to burn biomass. In less than 10 years, the state of Oregon will be coal-free…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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