The Democratic caucus is losing two veterans, a move that steps up the pressure for cap-and-trade legislation to be passed within the next six months, if it is to be passed at all.
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Check Out Google’s Other New Phone: The Fuck-You-iPhone [Humor]
This is basically what Google was really going for with the Nexus One, isn’t it? They were just way more subtle about it. [LandlineTV]
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Front Gate Tickets, Front Gate Tickets 2010 Information
Wilco’s April tour also brings the band to Lupo’s in Providence (April 4), the Orpheum Theatre in Boston (April 6) and the Capitol Center in Concord, N.H. (April 7). This will be Wilco’s first visit to Hartford in its 15+ year history. A web pre-sale will be held on Wednesday, with tickets going on sale to the general public on Friday. Tickets appear to be $35, and Wilco lists the show as an “Evening With” format.
In other Wilco news, the band is currently featured in the third installment of Beck’s “Record Club” project, covering Skip Spence’s “Oar” in its entirety with Jamie Lidell and Feist. Here’s the latest selection, featuring Jeff Tweedy and Feist playing “Broken Heart.”
Tickets for Belly Up Tavern can be purchased at http://bellyupsolanabeach.frontgatesolutions.com. Upcoming shows there include Average White Band (12/13), The Greyboy Allstars (12/23), and Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven (12/29). Tickets for Viejas Entertainment are available at http://viejas.frontgatetickets.com. Upcoming shows at Viejas include Tower of Power (12/12), Zapp (1/16), and David Sanborn (2/19).About Front Gate Tickets
Front Gate Tickets provides web-based ticketing solutions and event-management services to entertainment organizations in the United States. The company, based in Austin, TX, is one of the largest independently owned ticketing agencies with clients including C3 Presents (Austin, TX), San Diego Street Scene (San Diego, CA), Belly Up Aspen (Aspen, CO), The Long Center for the Performing Arts (Austin, TX), Warehouse Live (Houston, TX), and Boulder Theatre (Boulder, CO). Front Gate Tickets is owned by Front Gate Solutions), a software development company, whose mission is to make entertainment organizations more efficient.Contact:
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“Lost” The Last Supper Promo
The so-called “Lost Supper” cast photo promoting the sixth and final season of ABC’s Lost is heating up the blogosphere as fans anticipate what nail-biting storylines await them when new episodes premiere next month.
Lost returns to ABC Feb. 2.
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New Study Finds Low Mortality Risk Following Knee and Hip Replacement
Risks Lower 26 Days After Surgery
Total hip and total knee replacement surgeries are highly successful and very common procedures for people experiencing pain associated with degenerative joints.With a new hip or knee, and postoperative care prescribed by their doctors, most patients are able to regain a more active lifestyle with considerably less pain.
According to a new study published in the January 2010 issue of The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS), the risk of early postoperative mortality — or death following surgery — was slightly increased for the first 26 days after the elective surgery.
The risk of mortality was estimated to be 0.1 percent.
The size of the study and the precise statistical tools used show the increase in early postoperative mortality was highest immediately after the operation.
Then, 26 days after the surgery, the increased risk of death was negligible.
“Previous studies suggesting that increased mortality exists for as long as 60 or 90 days post hip or knee replacement surgery may be wrong,” said lead author of the study, Stein Atle Lie, PhD, MSc and professor in the Department of Surgical Sciences at the University of Bergen, Norway who led the study with colleagues from the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, and the Norwegian Arthroplasty Register at the Haukeland University Hospital in Bergen, Norway.
“We believe the risk is tied to a much shorter duration.”
The study included data on 81,856 patients with a total knee replacement and 106,254 patients with a total hip replacement from the Australian Orthopaedic Joint Replacement Registry and the Norwegian Arthroplasty Register.
Only patients between 50 and 80 years of age with osteoarthritis were included.
The study found the most important risk factors for increased early postoperative mortality were:
- Male gender; and
- Age, older than 70 years old.
“This very low postoperative mortality after hip and knee replacements should be reassuring for patients considering these surgeries,” explains study co-author Lars B. Engesaeter, MD, PhD and Head of Norwegian Arthroplasty Register, Haukeland University Hospital in Bergen, Norway.
People considering hip or knee replacement should talk to their orthopaedic surgeon about any added risk in relation to their age and follow recovery guidelines closely. Other questions to consider prior to surgery can be found at orthoinfo.org.
“We conducted this study to help people contemplating hip or knee replacement,” continues Dr. Lie.
“As with all surgeries, there is some increased risk of postoperative mortality. However, we were pleased to find the mortality rate is so minimal — less than one percent — following hip and knee replacements.”
Disclosure: In support of their research for or preparation of this work, one or more of the authors received, in any one year, outside funding or grants in excess of $10,000 from the Norwegian and Australian governments and the Australian Orthopaedic Association.
Neither they nor a member of their immediate families received payments or other benefits or a commitment or agreement to provide such benefits from a commercial entity.
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Report: Details on 2011 BMW “M1” trickle out
Filed under: Coupe, Performance, BMW, Rumormill
BMW 1 Series Tii Concept – Click above for high-res image galleryA BMW 1 Series Coupe, tweaked by the company’s M-Technik division, is reportedly under development for UK release in mid-2011. Destined to slot beneath the M3 Coupe, the smaller 1 Series Coupe is said to feature a modified twin-turbocharged six-cylinder packing 350 horsepower. The aluminum engine will be mated to a standard six-speed dual-clutch gearbox with an electronically-controlled rear M differential. With a curb weight of just over 3,300 pounds and easily making more than 310 lb-ft of torque, the newest M-car will breeze past 60 mph in well under five seconds without breaking a sweat (for comparison’s sake, BMW claims the 135i takes 5.2 seconds but publications like Car and Driver have hit 60 mph in the 4.7-second range)
The 1 Series Motorsport variant will reportedly retain the current car’s standard MacPherson struts up front and the multi-link rear configuration, but the division’s engineers have fitted firmer springs and dampers (and new bushings) to improve handling. Lightweight 18-inch alloy wheels complete the hardware package. Cosmetically, the so-called “M1” will wear an M division body kit with a new front spoiler, flared wheel arches, larger side sills, a rear spoiler and an aggressive rear valance with four M-signature chrome exhaust tips.
The name is still not finalized. Understandably, BMW is hesitant to quickly slap the “M1” label on the rear decklid as that name originally adorned the company’s legendary road supercar in the late 1970s. Destined to become the M division’s most affordable model, we really don’t care what BMW calls it… just send it to our shores.
[Sources: Autocar; Car and Driver]
Report: Details on 2011 BMW “M1” trickle out originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Marvell to Make Future Phones Run Faster
Marvell Technology said today that it’s figured out a way to deliver the first-ever quad-core ARM-based application processor for cell phones and other mobile devices. More cores equals more performance, of course, and Marvell says its quad-core ARM chips will deliver “gigahertz-plus” performance.Currently Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chipset is the leader in ARM-based processors for phones, with 1 Ghz of performance. In terms of having identical processors working on the same computing problem, sometimes called symmetric multicore processing, there aren’t any chips doing symmetric multicore processing running in today’s phones. Rather most cell-phone applications processors have multiple cores, with one handling computing, another doing graphics and another taking on multimedia. Marvell’s quad-core would deliver four CPUs — or four times that of today’s applications processors.
That’s more than today’s cell phones need to run properly, but if gimmicky features like animated wallpaper, as well as useful ones like running multiple apps, take off, they’ll become essential. Plus, if today’s tablet hype actually results in user adoption, quad-core performance makes a lot of sense for those machines. I’m waiting to hear back as to how long it may be before we see quad-core ARM chips in real-world devices, or even if Marvell is starting to manufacture them. One way or another, I like where the company is headed.
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D-Link’s Pebble Streams but Doesn’t Skim [D-Link]
Oh D-Link Pebble, media streamer from the Boxee Box people. I think I love you, but you look a bit like one of those ergonomically-designed “back massagers” so popular with coy ladies. $119, so cheaper than this.
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Lakes on Mars a half-billion years later than expected
There’s pretty widespread acceptance now that many of the features of Mars are best explained by the presence of liquid water, but that water seems to have frozen in the distant past. We can spot what appear to be glacial features on the planet now, but the local conditions are such that, instead of melting to liquid, this water will go directly into the vapor phase. The main question that has been up for debate is how long water lasted on the red planet; a paper in the latest issue of Geology suggests that the answer is much longer than we’d generally thought.
The paper focuses on features in an area of the planet called Ares Vallis, a drainage channel cut in the early history of Mars when an area called Iani Chaos (can I just say I love that name?) melted. Some flat, rimless features in the Ares Vallis formed long after this channel was cut, and have been the topic of much debate. Some have argued that they formed as subsurface ice underwent sublimation into vapor, causing the surface to collapse; others argue the basins were dry basins that had been occupied by ancient lakes.
The new paper takes advantage of images obtained by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, which carries some of the most sensitive cameras ever sent away from Earth. The new images reveal details down to six meters/pixel, and clearly show channels that travel among the depressions, generally linking one basin with another one that’s lower in elevation. The authors are confident that these once carried water between what they now feel must represent ancient lakes.
Based on a model that incorporates the rates at which Martian features are obliterated by impact craters, the authors estimate that these features date from about 3.3 billion years ago—well into Mars’ Hesperian period, and long after the Martian atmosphere should have been able to support liquid water. The authors argue that a climate fluctuation, possibly linked to the period’s intense volcanism, may have produced a temporary warming. They highlight the similarity of nearby features with those found in areas where permafrost has melted.
Why is this of interest? The results push the era in which Mars supported (at least sporadically) liquid water to over a billion years. “The extension of warm and wet surface conditions on Mars from the early Noachian (4.5 Ga) into the late Hesperian (3.0 Ga) may have facilitated long-term evolution of microbial life in isolated pockets of stable near-surface and subsurface water,” the authors conclude.
Geology, 2010. DOI: 10.1130/G30579.1
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Volkswagen Was Awarded Automotive Company of the Year 2010 in India
At the first edition of the Indian Auto Bild Golden Steering Wheel Awards, namely the Automotive Company of the Year 2010 award went to Volkswagen India. The award was accepted by Prof. Dr. Jochem Heizmann, Member of Board of Volkswagen AG.During the ceremony, Prof. Dr. Jochem Heizmann said: The Auto Bild Golden Steering Wheel Awards are held in high esteem across the globe. We are honored to be the first recipient of the Automotive Company of the Year in the Indian edition of th… (read more)
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Tom Joyner Morning Show Live Streaming 2010
BlackAmericaWeb.com reported that more than 255,000 children are served by Big Brothers Big Sisters’ donor-funded program. However, Black boys comprise a disproportionate number of those waiting to be matched with mentors in nearly 400 agencies around the nation.
The fraternities’ leaders have agreed to use their social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace and Twitter, to encourage men to visit Big Brothers Big Sisters’ Web site and donate or volunteer.
But the neighborhood is in the midst of a profound and accelerating shift. In greater Harlem, which runs river to river, and from East 96th Street and West 106th Street to West 155th Street, blacks are no longer a majority of the population — a shift that actually occurred a decade ago, but was largely overlooked.By 2008, their share had declined to 4 in 10 residents. Since 2000, central Harlem’s population has grown more than in any other decade since the 1940s, to 126,000 from 109,000, but its black population — about 77,000 in central Harlem and about twice that in greater Harlem — is smaller than at any time since the 1920s.
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Why rates are improving; Why the value of the dollar impacts originators; News from GMAC, California
Why can’t automated answering services at mortgage companies be more like the one at Nestle Crunch’s Hotline at 800-295-0051? When asked if you want to continue in English or Spanish, just wait for about 10 seconds, listen to the options and press “4”. Listen to the options again, and then press “7”. (It is worth trying a few times if the line is busy.)
“I know what you’re thinkin’
We were goin’ down.
I can feel the sinkin’
But then I came around.”
What do the Foo Fighters know about mortgage banking? Maybe not much. But bond prices have certainly moved higher (and interest rates lower) since New Years, as has the stock market. According to one trader, the 10-yr note “caught a bid” on speculation that the Fed will leave rates low for an extended period of time. Interestingly, the odds of that happening have been dropping, and now the futures market is pricing in a 79% chance that the Fed will keep rates somewhere between 0% and .25% through April. After hitting 3.91% last Thursday, we’re back down to 3.77% this morning (mortgages prices are better by about .125).
Another story making the rounds is that the Fed may/will continue to buy mortgage-backed securities after its self-imposed March deadline if needed (the release of the FOMC minutes may help shed some light on this). Lately, most of their interest has been 4.75%-5.125% mortgages. Regardless, when you combine continued buying by the Fed, along with some interest shown by banks & servicers, with slowing supply (some mortgage banks are crying for new locks), the laws of supply and demand come into play and the prices go up. -
Sling drops four new devices, all of which are worth a passing, if mention
Slingbox has released four new placeshifting devices. They are, in order of appearance:
Slingbox 700U
This box allows HD receivers to “sling” their “content” over the “Internet” directly, cutting out the laborous process of videotaping TV, converting it at one of those strip mall conversion places, and mailing it in the post. It connects to any set-top box with a USB port, a strange requirement to be sure..
Sling Receiver 300
The Sling Receiver connects to any other Sling HD cable box and grabs HD streams over the local home network.
Sling Monitor 150
Wait, what? A TV? The wireless sling monitor is a portable TV that can grab sling streams. You can carry it from room to room or, if you’re daring, into the bathroom.Sling Touch Control 100
And now the piece de resistance or the most resistant piece! A touchscreen remote control! I would sleep with this one.We’ll take a look at all the devices tomorrow but until then, thank us for making your morning.
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MyDitto is the cloud-accessible NAS for people who don’t know what NAS stands for
There are plenty of ways to get your datas online, more coming online by the moment, but if you’re the type who doesn’t know your WAN port from a MAC address you’re probably looking for the most straightforward solution. As of now the myDitto from Dane-Elec looks about the simplest. It’s a dual-bay device that can manage RAID 0 or 1, also sporting a pair of USB ports for when internal storage just won’t cut it and DLNA and iTunes support for media accessibility. If you don’t know what any of that means here’s the important bit: to access that storage all you need to do is connect it into your network and then plug a myDitto USB key into any internet-attached machine. Then, hey-presto, your storage will be accessible and you won’t have to configure a thing. In practice these fire-and-forget sort of implementations can often create more headaches than they solve, but if this one works it could be an ideal way for non-networkers to get networked. Mind you, at $249 for a 1TB model that simplicity will come at a premium when it launches in March.MyDitto is the cloud-accessible NAS for people who don’t know what NAS stands for originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 06 Jan 2010 10:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Immerz KOR-fx ‘acousto-haptic’ gaming tech gets a ship date
The kids at Immerz want you to know that KOR-fx, the “acousto-haptic technology” that you never knew you wanted, is set to make its all star debut at CES this week. Compatible with any machine that sports audio, the device is essentially a set of speakers that deliver “nearly imperceptible vibrations” to areas of the chest — activating various neural pathways and creating “a more immersive entertainment experience” somewhat akin to “an uncanny ‘7th Sense’ awareness,” reinventing “all forms of multi-media entertainment” in the process. Never mind 3D, your gaming experience just got exceptionally creepy! This bad boy has been available for pre-order for a while now at the princely sum of $190, so if you already made the leap you can expect delivery sometime in May. PR after the break, yo.Continue reading Immerz KOR-fx ‘acousto-haptic’ gaming tech gets a ship date
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Copia promises to blend e-books and social networking into set of new readers
Brace yourself, more e-readers on your way! First up the open platform: DMC Worldwide announces Copia, a social networking / e-book store hybrid that’s gearing up hit private beta status this month and public beta in March. With that out of the way, let’s talk hardware. Lower on the list of gear is the keyboard-laden Tidal with a 6-inch, 600 x 800 screen and 2GB internal storage. Just above that is the Tidal Touch with a 9-inch, 768 x 1024 screen, earphone / mic jack, 4GB internal upgradeable to microSD. And then we’ve got Ocean, which comes in 6-inch (600 x 800 pixels) and 9-inch (768 x 1024 pixels) variants and both feature capacitive touchscreens, 802.11b/g WiFi, tilt sensors, 4GB internal storage expandable via microSD, and some form of earphone / mic jack. Both Tidal Touch and Ocean 9 have optional 3G connectivity (that in the process halves internal storage to 2GB and nixing the microSD slot). Prices reportedly range between two and three Benjamins and will hit availability status online in April, followed by retail in June. Presser? You guessed right, it’s after the break.
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Cadillac CTS, Excellent in CR’s Book
Consumer Reports’ (CR) February 2010 issue presents the Cadillac CTS as the best choice among luxury sedans, after the American built car managed to earn no less than an overall road test score of 84, the equivalent of an "excellent" rating. The CTS beat competitors like the Acura RL ("very good"), Mercedes-Benz E350 ("very good") and Lincoln MKS ("very good")."With excellent driving dynamics, a smooth and punchy drivetrain and a well-… (read more)
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Tom Joyner Black America Web Morning Show Live 2010
BlackAmericaWeb.com reported that more than 255,000 children are served by Big Brothers Big Sisters’ donor-funded program. However, Black boys comprise a disproportionate number of those waiting to be matched with mentors in nearly 400 agencies around the nation.
The fraternities’ leaders have agreed to use their social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace and Twitter, to encourage men to visit Big Brothers Big Sisters’ Web site and donate or volunteer.
But the neighborhood is in the midst of a profound and accelerating shift. In greater Harlem, which runs river to river, and from East 96th Street and West 106th Street to West 155th Street, blacks are no longer a majority of the population — a shift that actually occurred a decade ago, but was largely overlooked.By 2008, their share had declined to 4 in 10 residents. Since 2000, central Harlem’s population has grown more than in any other decade since the 1940s, to 126,000 from 109,000, but its black population — about 77,000 in central Harlem and about twice that in greater Harlem — is smaller than at any time since the 1920s.
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Mercedes to Launch 2010 Car on January 25
After BMW Sauber F1 confirmed that it will launch the 2010 challenger on January 31st, the very last day before the testing season begins in Valencia, it now emerged that another F1 team will hold its official unveiling of the 2010 car in the month of January. However, the information was not confirmed by the team, but leaked in the German media.Since we’re talking about a German team, you probably figured by now the name of the team. Mercedes GP will be the ones showing their of… (read more)
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“Our Family Wedding” Trailer
Cultures collide for comedy as America Ferrera, Forest Whitaker, Lance Gross and Carlos Mencia star as a pair of families who clash while trying to throw together a wedding for their engaged children.
When a young, African-American medical resident (Lance Gross) proposes marriage to his Latina girlfriend (America Ferrera), who happens to be pregnant with his child, and both families (one headed by Forest Whitaker, and the other by Carlos Mencia) argue over wedding plans.
The film co-stars Regina King, Charlie Murphy, Taye Diggs, and Anna Maria Horsford.
Our Family Wedding — directed by Rick Famuyiwa — opens March 12.
