Week in Animal Photos: Goat Kills Hiker, Squirrel Vandalism and More (Slideshow)
October 22, 2010 No Comment
Photo: Corbis Bright eyed and bushy tailed this squirrel may be, but in the community of North Swindon, England, a band of squirrels have been gnawing on car brake cables instead of acorns. We also have the story of an abused goat that killed a hiker, a video showing shocking footage from the Taiji dolphin slaughter, and more in our roundup of the week’s news from the animal kingdom.
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About three years ago Lady Antebellum performed at the crack of dawn at a Milwaukee gas station/restaurant for 15 people eating breakfast. Thursday the Grammy-winning trio did it again — this time for more than 1000 fans. (Oct. 22)
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Photo: etrenard , Flickr, Creative Commons There’s plenty of talk going on all the time about how people are planning on saving the world — and not so much of how not to save it. Yet we’d likely have more efficient, more effective world-saving systems in place if we focused on that second topic. And so it is that ‘How (Not) to Save the World” was the second discussion to take place at this year’s Poptech conference . A series of major players in the philanthropy and NGO world held forth on well-intentioned ideas and stra… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Apple responds on missing Flash in new MacBook Airs, says get used to it
October 22, 2010 No Comment
The other day, we reported on the fact that those tiny new MacBook Airs are shipping without a pre-installed version of Flash . Based on Apple’s recent, vocal anti-Flash opinions , we took it as a sign that the company was putting even more distance between itself and Adobe, but according to a statement we’ve just received, that might not be the case. Apple spokesman Bill Evans just pinged us with the official word on the situation, claiming that it has more to do with making sure users have the most recent version of the software and less to do with politics. Here’s the word from Apple: We’re happy to continue to support Flash on the Mac, and the best way for users to always have the most up to date and secure version is to download it directly from Adobe. Interestingly, he also notes that this will be happening across all Macs in the future, though there may be some models still in the channel with Flash pre-installed. Obviously this makes some sense, but it’s hard not to see it as a dig against Adobe — there must be other solutions for ensuring users are up to date (like, oh, putting the plugin into your auto-updater). Also, it would be nice if those “missing plug-in” messages actually worked as links to the Adobe install page (because they don’t, at least in Safari). Hey — at least we know it wasn’t a fluke! Apple responds on missing Flash in new MacBook Airs, says get used to it originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 22 Oct 2010 11:35:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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A New York father who walked out of his daughter’s life nearly 40 years ago, tracked her down on Facebook. (Oct. 22)
Continue reading …Just a day after getting Juan Williams fired and then propelling him to a new $2 million contract with Fox News, Media Matters, the lefty George Soros-funded dyspeptic media organization is going after another NPR reporter who appears on Fox News: Now that Fox News contributor Juan Williams has been dropped from National Public Radio, the liberal website Media Matters for America is now targeting Mara Liasson, the last remaining NPR correspondent who works with Fox News. “NPR’s Mara Liasson and her long-running association with Fox News has often raised questions. This might be the proper time for NPR to finally address that thorny issue,” wrote Media Matters columnist Eric Boehlert Thursday in a post entitled “What about Mara Liasson?” “[I]f you look at NPR’s code of ethics, there’s simply no way Liasson should be making appearances on Fox.” Media Matters and NPR both announced this week they were receiving million-dollar grants from left-wing billionaire George Soros. Both NPR and Media Matters are puppets dancing to George Soros’ tune.
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WASHINGTON – The United States will offer two billion dollars in fresh military assistance to Pakistan, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday, hailing Islamabad’s efforts against extremist groups. ‘The United States has no stronger partner when it comes to counter-terrorism efforts against the extremists who threaten us both…
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An electric van designed for La Poste, on display at the 2010 Paris Motor Show . Photo: Alex Davies Established in 1576, the French post office is the oldest mail delivery system in the world and one of the largest employers in France. Now, it’s going green. La Poste has made sustainability a major goal for the next several years, with its sights set on serious carbon … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo via Paul and Jill We’ve been hearing a lot of dire news about corals lately, and no wonder since many reefs are so sensitive to changes in water temperature. As the oceans warm, become more acidic, and experience more severe storms, corals are having a terrible time surviving, especially in the Caribbean where temperatures can get far too hot and bleaching occurs. But scientists show that perhaps this year will be the worst in recorded history for corals in the Caribbean, even worse than the devastation wrought in 2005 when 80% of corals were bl… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Google to beta test 1Gbps fiber internet service at Stanford’s Residential Subdivision
October 22, 2010 No Comment
Right after having a giant Christmas tree as your mascot comes the next best reason to be a Cardinal: the chance to have 1Gbps internet from Google . If you’ll recall, the Big G announced earlier this year that it was planning to rollout a 1Gbps fiber connection to between 50,000 and 500,000 homes in a given community , and while the search is still ongoing for the perfect fit (that’s expected to be announced by the year’s end), Google’s using a sliver of Stanford’s campus to trial things before heading public. The university’s Residential Subdivision — a group of approximately 850 faculty- and staff-owned homes on campus — will be the testing grounds for the aforesaid internet service, and the current plan is to break ground on the initiative in early 2011. El Goog chose Stanford for a couple of reasons: first, it’s bright enough to realize how awesome of a PR move this is, and second, this chunk of campus is spitting distance from Mountain View. Third, the Cardinal mascot was down with it — and seriously, who is Google to question that thing? Google to beta test 1Gbps fiber internet service at Stanford’s Residential Subdivision originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 22 Oct 2010 10:35:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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