Photo credit: eBay This guest post was written by Annie Lescroart, a member of eBay’s Green Team. We’re well aware of the importance of health when it comes to preparing foods in the kitchen—between Salmonella, E. Coli, and a variety of other food-borne diseases , we’ve learned to pay close attention to how we prepare our food. But what about the things we bring into the kitchen—and the kitchen itself?… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Isaac Mizrahi and Iman both serve as judges and Co-hosts on the second season of ‘The Fashion Show’ on Bravo. The pair talk about dividing the contestants into two fashion houses and the fine line between taking criticism and ignoring it. (Nov. 15)
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People with lupus given the first in a new class of experimental drugs that targets the disease process did better than those given standard treatment, according to one-year results of a large clinical trial.
Continue reading …FCC, Justice Department look to prevent Comcast from hogging NBC’s online video all for itself
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Ready or not, Comcast and NBC will walk down the aisle in matrimony — but it’ll not be without a few conditions. According to The Wall Street Journal , both the FCC and the Justice Department are expected to impose conditions on how NBC online video is distributed online, to ensure the cable operator (with online video distribution channels of its own) doesn’t withhold or threaten to withhold NBC Univeral content from rivals — both Netflix and Apple are specifically cited by WSJ . The FCC is additionally considering restrictions on Comcast slowing down / blocking “legal traffic” from its internet network, maintaining a pro-net neutrality stance. Chairman Julius Genachowski is currently meeting with staffers twice a week on the deal, with the timetable of circulating proposed conditions by mid-December — narrowly avoiding sweeps week, unless 30 Rock has an idea or two up its Kabletown-owned sleeve. FCC, Justice Department look to prevent Comcast from hogging NBC’s online video all for itself originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 15 Nov 2010 15:12:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Photo credit: Walmart This guest post was written by Beth Keck, senior director of sustainability at Walmart. Walmart customers—whether they live in Chicago or Tokyo—want locally grown fresh produce. Yet, while grocery sales make up more than half our business, we haven’t focused enough of our sustainability efforts toward the food we sell. We’ve set dozens of sustainability goals for the company during the past five years, but only four of our 39 public sustainability goals addressed food…A year ago, we realized we … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Making a move that, while certainly bold, may not help his case much in the end, Rep. Charles Rangel decided to peace out of a House ethics committee meeting as members deliberated over charges of ethics violations against Rangel himself.
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Miss out on Amazon’s LG Quantum-for-a-penny deal this past weekend? Well, good news.. sort of. LG has just announced that the QWERTY-enhanced Windows Phone 7 device is now officially available from AT&T for the decidedly ordinary price of $199.99 on a two-year contract. That will buy you a 3.5-inch display, along with the usual 1GHz processor, 16GB of built-in memory, a 5 megapixel camera, and ten free apps that are available in the LG app store within the Windows Phone Marketplace. Full press release is after the break. Continue reading LG Quantum brings its QWERTY slider to AT&T LG Quantum brings its QWERTY slider to AT&T originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 15 Nov 2010 14:51:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Image credit: Natalie Maynor , used under Creative Commons license. I’ve written before about the dangers of pious eco-religion and green living as passive aggressive preaching , and I’ve asked whether it is even possible to preach green without being pr… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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