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City Unveils Facebook Page to Encourage Condom Use
2009-02-15 02:23:00 [From NYTimes.com] By SEWELL CHAN In a world filled with e-mail, e-cards and e-commerce, perhaps it was no surprise that the e-condom was next. The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, which introduced the city’s official condom on Valentine’s Day two years ago, has introduced a Facebook page and Facebook application to promote the use ... More About: News , Page , Condom
City Unveils Facebook Page to Encourage Condom Use
2009-02-15 02:23:00 [From NYTimes.com] By SEWELL CHAN In a world filled with e-mail, e-cards and e-commerce, perhaps it was no surprise that the e-condom was next. The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, which introduced the city’s official condom on Valentine’s Day two years ago, has introduced a Facebook page and Facebook application to promote the use ... More About: News , Page , Condom
Bonus limits in stimulus: Tougher, or less tough?
2009-02-14 23:57:00 [From Inside Long Island Politics - Spin Cycle] Chris Dodd, the Senate banking chairman who presided over the great collapse and got his own cut-rate mortgage but now portrays himself as the great reformer, gets big play this morning in both the NYT and the WashPost for pushing executive compensation limits into the stimulus bill. According to ... More About: News , Commentary , Bonus , Limits , Tough
Bonus limits in stimulus: Tougher, or less tough?
2009-02-14 23:57:00 [From Inside Long Island Politics - Spin Cycle] Chris Dodd, the Senate banking chairman who presided over the great collapse and got his own cut-rate mortgage but now portrays himself as the great reformer, gets big play this morning in both the NYT and the WashPost for pushing executive compensation limits into the stimulus bill. According to ... More About: News , Commentary , Bonus , Limits , Tough
MATHEMATICIANS DISCOVER LARGEST NUMBER
2009-02-13 16:10:00 From: iowahawk Number s in the News MATHEMATICIANS DISCOVER LARGEST NUMBER Stimulus: artist’s conception PALO ALTO, CA - An international mathematics research team announced today that they had discovered a new integer that surpasses any previously known value “by a totally mindblowing shitload.” Project director Yujin Xiao of Stanford University said the theoretical number, dubbed ... More About: Commentary , Largest , Discover
MATHEMATICIANS DISCOVER LARGEST NUMBER
2009-02-13 16:10:00 From: iowahawk Number s in the News MATHEMATICIANS DISCOVER LARGEST NUMBER Stimulus: artist’s conception PALO ALTO, CA - An international mathematics research team announced today that they had discovered a new integer that surpasses any previously known value “by a totally mindblowing shitload.” Project director Yujin Xiao of Stanford University said the theoretical number, dubbed ... More About: Commentary , Largest , Discover
Water Problems Worsten
2009-02-12 19:59:00 [From The future is Green] Water Problems Worsten Water shortages around the world continue to worsen, compounded by growing demand and increasing ecological damage that is lessening supply. An estimated one billion people lack enough clean water to drink, and at least two billion lack the water to drink, clean and eat. Lack of water is a one ... More About: News
Water Problems Worsten
2009-02-12 19:59:00 [From The future is Green] Water Problems Worsten Water shortages around the world continue to worsen, compounded by growing demand and increasing ecological damage that is lessening supply. An estimated one billion people lack enough clean water to drink, and at least two billion lack the water to drink, clean and eat. Lack of water is a one ... More About: News
Stimulus Winners and Losers
2009-02-12 19:56:00 [From Taegan Goddard's Political Wire] First Read looks at the winners and losers as the economic stimulus bill nears passage. “The obvious winner here, of course, is Obama, who will get the first big victory of his four-week-old presidency. Other winners are Collins/Snowe/Specter (who proved that they will control what passes in the 111th Congress), Harry Reid ... More About: Commentary , Winners , Losers
Stimulus Winners and Losers
2009-02-12 19:56:00 [From Taegan Goddard's Political Wire] First Read looks at the winners and losers as the economic stimulus bill nears passage. “The obvious winner here, of course, is Obama, who will get the first big victory of his four-week-old presidency. Other winners are Collins/Snowe/Specter (who proved that they will control what passes in the 111th Congress), Harry Reid ... More About: Commentary , Winners , Losers
Microwave vs conventional ovens
2009-02-12 03:57:00 [From Yes] Microwave Ovens I’ve always thought microwave ovens are energy-hungry and emit dangerous radiation, but now I hear that they are actually more sustainable than conventional ovens. Is this true? According to Louis A. Bloomfield, professor of physics at the University of Virginia, cooking with microwave ovens is neither energy-hungry nor dangerous. In fact, compared to ...
BrightBuilt Barn : An Eco-Smart Project on Spruce Mountain
2009-02-11 22:07:00 [From BRIGHTBUILT BARN] BRIGHTBUILT BARN: AN INTRODUCTION Completed in November of 2008 in Rockport, Maine, the BrightBuilt Barn , a project that pushes the envelope of sustainable design, is the practical outcome of an in-depth collaboration between a team of the Northeast’s top green professionals and builders, and a visionary client coming together to create a super-green, offsite ... More About: News , Environment , Project , Smart
NIreland environment minister bans climate change ads
2009-02-10 02:51:00 [From AFP] BELFAST (AFP) — Northern Ireland’s environment minister came under fire Monday after he banned a climate change ad campaign, saying it was “nonsense” to suggest people could save the world by turning off their lights. Sammy Wilson, a member of the Democratic Unionist Party which shares power with Sinn Fein in the British-ruled province, believes ... More About: Environment , Climate Change , Climate , Change , Minister
Build your own Mr.Fusion and say goodbye to rising gas prices
2009-02-09 22:42:00 [From dvice] In Back to the Future, Part II, Doc Brown figures out a way to run his time traveling Delorean on regular garbage thanks to “Mr. Fusion .” What an awesome idea. And now, one that you can make a reality by building your own Mr. Fusion on your car. And you don’t even need to ... More About: Environment , Gas Prices , Goodbye , Build
Prop 8 Donor Web Site Shows Disclosure Law Is 2-Edged Sword -
2009-02-09 17:10:00 [From NYTimes.com] J. Emilio Flores for The New York Times California’s Prop osition 8 drew protests last year. A Web site takes names and ZIP codes of donors supporting the measure and overlays data By BRAD STONE Published: February 7, 2009 FOR the backers of Proposition 8, the state ballot measure to stop single-sex couples from marrying in California, victory ... More About: Site , Sword , Disclosure
Rachel Maddow on Obama Throwing Gays Under the Bus?
2009-02-08 23:21:00 From back in December. -RS [From Mikhaela's News Blog] .msnbcLinks {font-size:11px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #999; margin-top: 5px; background: transparent; text-align: center; width: 425px;} .msnbcLinks a {text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px;} .msnbcLinks a:link, .msnbcLinks a:visited {color: #5799db !important;} .msnbcLinks a:hover, .msnbcLinks a:active {color:#CC0000 !important;} Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, ... More About: Commentary , Obama , Rachel , Gays
Too much Facebook makes teenage girls depressed
2009-02-07 05:33:00 [From CNET News ] The big question is: does your teenage daughter co-ruminate? Please check now, as this is a very serious matter. Researchers from Stony Brook University have declared that excessive co-rumination–perhaps you would refer to it as “chatting with your friends about your problems”–by text, e-mail and on social-networking sites leaves impressionable teenage girls more prone to ... More About: Girls , Facebook , Teenage , Depressed
Sweden lifts ban on nuclear power
2009-02-07 05:12:00 [From guardian.co.uk] Green light for new generation of reactors in Sweden reflects change in sentiment towards nuclear power, government says Terry Macalister Nuclear power received a significant boost today when the Swedish government announced plans to overturn a near 30-year ban on atomic plants as part of a new drive to increase energy security and combat global warming. Ministers ... More About: Power , Environment , Nuclear power
Safe energy now! No taxpayer loan guarantees for new nuclear reactors!
2009-02-02 17:32:00 Image via Wikipedia The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee late on the night of January 27 snuck in a provision to President Obama’s economic stimulus package that would allow as much as $50 BILLION of your dollars to be used as loan guarantees for construction of new nuclear reactors. This would be on top of the $18.5 ... More About: Commentary , Nuclear , Energy , Loan , Safe
Iceland?s first female PM openly gay
2009-01-30 23:07:00 TheStar.com David Stringer INTS KALNINS/REUTERSIceland ’s social affairs minister Johanna Sigurdardottir speaks to media in Reykjavik on Jan. 26, 2009. Sigurdardottir has been picked to lead an interim government after the conservative-led government collapsed Jan. 26. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ... More About: Prime Minister , Female
Motorola Introduces First Phone Made From Recycled Water Bottles
2009-01-30 21:27:00 Motorola Introduces First Phone Made From Recycled Water Bottles By John Platt At last week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Motorola introduced its new MOTO? W233 Renew phone — what it billed as “the world?s first mobile phone made using plastics comprised of recycled water bottles.”Of course, the entire phone isn’t made of ... More About: Environment , Motorola
Tony Juniper selected as Green Party General Election candidate for Cambrid
2009-01-27 20:33:00 [From Rupert's Read] Radiohead star Thom Yorke backs Juniper to be “a great Green Party MP” The Green Party today announces that Tony Juniper, recent Director of Friends of the Earth, has been selected as General Election candidate for Cambridge. There will be a press launch at the Cambridge Corn Exchange, starting at 11.30am Wednesday 21st January ... More About: General Election
Is Peace Out Of Reach?
2009-01-27 16:45:00 Watch CBS Videos Online Has peace in the Middle East become nothing more than a pipe dream? As Bob Simon reports, a growing number of Israel is and Palestinians feel that a two-state solution is no longer possible. More About: Peace , Rights , Violence
Green ?in? at CES
2009-01-24 02:45:00 [From MAKE: Blog] The Pharos Lens: one “green nutrition label” project Companies at CES may be starting to equate being green with making green: Consumers will soon look for more information on how a product was manufactured, what the packaging consists of, and what materials are used inside, according to research published as CES begins. The report, prepared by ... More About: Environment , Green
Obama Bombs Pakistan
2009-01-23 23:39:00 [From Right Pundits] Keeping a campaign promise of sorts, the U.S. military bombed Pakistan today killing at least seven people on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. Barack Obama Continues Bush Policy One recalls that candidate Obama threatened to invade Pakistan during the primary campaign, a boast that was either laughed off by supporters or alarmed critics. The remarks caused a ... More About: News , Commentary , Bombs
Obama Sides With Bush in Spy Case
2009-01-23 20:45:00 Image by Getty Images via Daylife [From Wired.com] By David Kravets The Obama administration fell in line with the Bush administration Thursday when it urged a federal judge to set aside a ruling in a closely watched spy case weighing whether a U.S. president may bypass Congress and establish a program of eavesdropping on Americans without warrants. In ... More About: United States , Lawsuit , Sides
Inauguration: Ending Prayer/Benediction by Reverend Joseph Lowery
2009-01-22 04:35:00 [From On the Wilder Side] Live blogging of the Inauguration by Kimberly Wilder (one green’s perspective): Joseph E. Lowery did the ending prayer/benediction. Reverend Lowery was inspired and entertaining. He spoke of “inclusion, not exclusion” and “tolerance, not intolerance.” This seemed like a hidden message reflecting on the public attitudes of Reverend Rick Warren. Reverend Lowery’s speech was profound ... More About: Commentary , Prayer , Ending
In Final Legal Act, Bush Appeals Spy Ruling
2009-01-22 01:44:00 [From Wired] By David Kravets With a mere 64 minutes left in its last full day in office, the Bush administration asked a federal judge to stay enforcement of a ruling that would keep alive a lawsuit which tests whether the president can bypass the Congress and eavesdrop on Americans without warrants. The request was lodged with U.S. ... More About: News , Rights , Legal , Final
New White House Chief-of-Staff Rahm Emanuel greets a friend
2009-01-20 21:15:00 [From Dvorak Uncensored:] Daylife/Reuters Pictures More About: House , Chief , White House , White , Friend
South Australia bans plastic shopping bags
More articles from this author:2009-01-20 05:56:00 [From Popgadget: Personal Tech for Women] by shipley When I was in Australia last year, one thing I noticed in their stores was a real commitment to encourage customers to carry re-usable shopping bags rather than paper or plastic. So I’m not surprised to read that the state of South Australia has decided to ban plastic ... More About: Shopping , Environment , Bags 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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