Out of fresh fruits and juices for your cocktails? Want to add the distinctive flavor of preserved fruit? Turns out marmalade isn't just for breakfast. Marmalade - Scotland - United States - World War II - Omar Bradley...
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Whole Earth Catalog founder Stewart Brand on the future, the environment, libertarianism, and the Merry Pranksters
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Bees stung by ‘climate change-linked’ early pollination: Climate change may be causing flowers to open before bees emerge from hibernation leading to declines in pollination, new research suggests Climate change could be affecting pollination by...
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Last week, I blogged on David Brooks’ counterfactual in which Obama tackled energy before health care. I broke a cardinal rule of blogging — well, it would be a cardinal rule if blogging had any — in that I made a sweeping statement, but sent folks...
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E.P.A. to Study Chemicals Used to Tap Natural Gas The Environmental Protection Agency sent letters to nine drilling companies on Thursday requesting detailed information about the chemicals contained in fluids used to crack open underground rock formations...
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New York Fashion Week kicked off Thursday, September 9, with more than 90 of the world’s best known and up-and-coming designers ready to display their Spring 2011 Collections.It’s an exciting time for industry heavyweights and fashion lovers alike,…...
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by RL Miller. I’m tracking Climate Zombies: every Republican candidate for House, Senate, and Governor who claims that global warming is a hoax, doubts the science of climate change, and wants a new Dark Ages for America. First, a brief note on why....
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Grist | Friday, September 10, 2010
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These 50 green pioneers only scratch at the surface of those whose work is not yet widely known. Who else should we be celebrating?Faced with the mind-numbing bad news about the environment over recent months, a couple of us at the Guardian decided to...
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It's only been a day but already I'm filled with collections bring to mind a weird, complicated and simmering summer. Not a summer that is just full of fun and games but one that will have some hardship to it....
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Historical photo research points to a man named Steve Frankfurt -- the original Don Draper, more or less.
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NPR | Friday, September 10, 2010
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This week brought more Subprime Stimulus from an administration attempting to ignite the economy with a burnt-out match. The Obama proposal to allow the expensing 100 percent of investment in plant and equipment is fine, but something that might’ve...
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A staggering volume of evidence suggests eating wholesome food and mostly plants will help you live long, and well.
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"Your mobile phone should be free." That was Google CEO Eric Schmidt talking to Reuters in November of 2006. It was just about a year before the Android project was first unveiled. It was also just a few months before the iPhone was introduced (Schmidt...
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Image via Red, Green, and Blue What just a year ago seemed to be a weak alternative or a mere support beam to good carbon-reducing energy policy is now a pie-in-the-sky longshot. Pricing carbon emissions was the bedrock of the climate bill that passed...
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If you travel internationally it is very hard not to have a stop-over at some point in Hong Kong. Chances are that you are on a long-haul flight so it is the perfect place to take a break in your journey. But it has never seemed to me like a kid-friendly...
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Was the subprime crisis inevitable? This column looks at how the last mortgage crisis in the 1930s shaped the policy landscape in the US, arguing that it eventually led to the emergence of private securitisation in the 1990s, a surge in homebuilding...
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To harness the power of digital social networking for India’s poor, Sean Blagsvedt created the job search site Babajob.com. In this interview with TED, Sean talks about the importance of developing technology for social good, the fun of designing building...
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China is now the most attractive market for investing in renewable energy; today the U.S. is ranked number 2 on the list, but where will we be in ten years if we repeal the most aggressive clean energy policy we have?
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There are two doomsday numbers in climate change discussions: 2 degrees Celsius and 450 parts per million. Groups of climate scientists like the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change generally agree that if the world warms more than 2 degrees above...
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Photos: Christian Siriano Spring 2011 NEW YORK (AP) — New York Fashion Week brought its cutting-edge style uptown on Thursday, opening its spring-collection previews in a new location at Lincoln Center. Gone are the tents at Bryant Park where hundreds...
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The whole point of the Internet is that customers choose what they want to do online, and companies, which offer services and features, have the opportunity to supply them. It is not a cable system; it is the "sacred Internet."
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JR Hevron, author of a new guide to energy efficient mortgages (EEMs believes the information he is providing is a good fit for those looking at financing green improvements on homes.
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We know that the iPad is (mostly) great for video playback, as long as you can be bothered to convert it to the right format or buy your movies and TV shows from Apple. But what if there were a way to play not just H.264 MP4 files with AAC audio (yes,...
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Eager to keep the streets of Gotham safe from drunk drivers, transportation officials in the Big Apple have created an iPhone app that makes finding a cab so easy even the drunkest fool can do it. The app is called “You the Man” — we’re not making...
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T-Mobile has announced the G2, the successor to the very first Android phone, the G1. The new handset loses the famous “chin” of the original, adds fast HSPA+ data and integrates Google Voice. With so many Android handsets either blocking or replacing...
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File this under: "There's an app for that? Really?" Tiffany & Co. has created an iPhone app to aid in selecting an engagement ring.
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“The wave of positive change can really sweep across our land with the election of Constitutional Conservatives who promise to use common sense and rein in the federal government spending! Please support Christine O’Donnell in Delaware," Sarah Palin...
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The Quest to put Solar Panels Back on top of the White House
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The Quest to put Solar Panels Back on top of the White House
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Sometimes we fall in love with the dumbest people. A lot of them happen to be in law school. Some of them don’t even own cars, which surprises me. Some of them make more money than us. Some of them are just wastes of life with no redeemable value,...
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I caught up with Josh Rosner, New Deal 2.0 contributor and managing director of the independent research consultancy Graham-Fisher, to discuss his ideas about reeducation and job training for the unemployed. His proposals could mean increased global...
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Apple is relaxing its rules for app developers. The changes allow programmers to use Flash to develop mobile applications for the popular iPhone and iPad. But Apple will still not allow its mobile products to access Flash-based websites. Critics have...
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NPR | Friday, September 10, 2010
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Unfortunately, the new report indicates little need for job growth. Wholesale - Inventory - Business - Salesmanship - Marketing and Advertising...
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Photo via NY Mag Earlier in the week, I looked at a hypothetical scenario laid out by columnist David Brooks in which he imagined Obama and the Democrats had gone forward with an energy bill instead of doing health care reform. Joe Romm of Climate Progress...
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Beauty bitchery pops up in the most unexpected places. I recently had a long conversation with a friend about the demise of one of her closest relationships. Her one-time BFF was no longer the loyal, supportive, funny woman she remembered and their relationship...
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Allure | Friday, September 10, 2010
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Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software The 18th Carnival of Nuclear energy is up at the ANS Nuclear Cafe Nextbigfuture provided an article about the General Atomic EM2 reactor which was presented at the...
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It’s a great day for TV fans: Our Fall TV Preview issue is now on stands (or in your mailbox). But it’s an even better day for fans of Alex O’Loughlin, because you can see this photo, larger, on page 47. I live in constant fear that O’Loughlin...
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Paul Krugman writes: Social Security - Paul Krugman - United States - Politics - Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003...
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Democrats should note that we've accomplished some wonderful things. Voters may not be paying as much attention now. But as health reform becomes a part of the fabric of American life, people will notice, and will embrace it.
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epic fail photos - ad placement FAIL
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After the Telluride Film Festival premiere of his latest film, I had the opportunity to sit down and interview director Mark Romanek for a long-form interview. It was a collaboration between Alex from FirstShowing and myself, which explains how we...
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THE soon-to-open London outpost of the W Hotel chain is looking for a hard-core socialite. It wants to hire a “W Insider” who will be a particularly 21st-century concierge able to tell guests what is hot and what is not on the city’s food, music...
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We touched upon it in our recap of The Vampire Diaries‘ season 2 premiere, but The Vampire Diaries first hint of homoeroticism — unless I’m forgetting something (Isobel’s gay cowboy minion doesn’t count) — deserves its own post. Uncle Mason...
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This week, we copped to wearing men's fragrances and decided to make Band-Aids our new fall accessory. Below, even more confessions and obsessions from some of our favorite websites. Most people think they're above-average in the looks department, according...
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Allure | Friday, September 10, 2010
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The network of blogs from 12 member stations launched this week. It's designed to strengthen the role public media plays in local journalism.
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NPR | Thursday, September 9, 2010
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This series is brought to you by HTC EVO 4G, America’s first 4G phone. Only from Sprint. The “First to Know” series keeps you in the know on what’s happening now in the world of…...
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Do you remember watching Face/Off and thinking, “If this movie didn’t have any slow-motion, it would be ten minutes long.” You get a similar, and far more aggravating, stretched-out feeling from Mafia II. The gangster video game is set in a lavishly...
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Terrific ad campaign by the World Wildlife Fund in South Africa and SASSI, the South African Sustainable Seafood Foundation to encourage people to eat fish caught in an environmentally friendly manner that avoids bycatch. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger...
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Posters—billboards, advertisements, impromptu signs—are the wallpaper of life in a city. Nowadays, many are dominated by photographs. Newly bunion-less feet emerge in harrowing detail from the windows of subway trains and monolithic, gap-toothed...
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There might be a tiny bit of upheaval up at the peaks of Nokia management today, but that doesn't mean we all need to stand around looking serious and forecasting who'll leverage what synergies in order to actuate the requisite paradigmatic shift in...
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