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The National Safety Council announced that Exelon Nuclear will receive its 2010 Green Cross for Safety Medal, NSC’s annual recognition of an organization that demonstrates a steadfast commitment to improving safety and health in the workplace, its community and through safety leadership demonstrated by all levels of the organization.

Exelon Nuclear, a business unit of Exelon Corporation, operates the largest nuclear fleet in the nation and the third largest fleet in the world.

Headquartered in Warrenville, IL, Exelon Nuclear operates 10 stations with 17 reactors and represents an estimated 20 percent of the U.S. nuclear industry’s power capacity.

Over 17 million homes are powered by Exelon Nuclear’s generating units.

The decision to present Exelon Nuclear with the Green Cross for Safety Medal reflects NSC’s recognition of the organization’s strong safety culture which is highly visible in all aspects of Exelon Nuclear’s work practices.

“The National Safety Council is proud to award Exelon Nuclear with the 2010 Green Cross for Safety Medal,” said Janet Froetscher, NSC president and CEO.

“Exelon Nuclear has a very strong reputation in its industry as a safety leader. It is known for protecting its employees and the communities in which it does business. I commend Mr. Pardee, Exelon Nuclear’s President and Chief Nuclear Officer for making safety a top priority at his organization.”

Exelon Nuclear prides itself in operating clean, safe and reliable energy plants. Its plants include environmental monitoring programs to protect its 8,500 nuclear professionals, the public and the environment.

Exelon Nuclear is also committed to reducing its carbon footprint by 15 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions through its company wide Exelon 2020 carbon emissions reduction initiative.

“The Green Cross for Safety Medal is a testament to the focus on safety of all those involved in the success of our business, including employees within our company; our alliance partners, suppliers, and contractors; our peer companies; and our vast array of support organizations such as INPO, NEI and EPRI,” said Charles Pardee, Exelon Nuclear president and chief nuclear officer.

“We are fortunate to work in an industry where every employee holds the unique and essential responsibility to operate and maintain our nuclear plants with an over-arching charge to preserve the health and safety of the general public and our fellow employees, and I am extremely honored to receive the Green Cross for Safety Medal on behalf of Exelon Nuclear.”

NSC will present Exelon Nuclear with the Green Cross for Safety Medal at a special recognition dinner held in spring 2010.

For more information, contact [email protected].

Past recipients of the Green Cross for Safety Medal include: FirstGroup, Delta Air Lines, UPS, DuPont, Liberty Mutual Group, Chrysler Group of DaimlerChrysler, Kenny Construction Co., Ryder Systems Inc., Intel Corp. and AK Steel Corp.

The National Safety Council (nsc.org) saves lives by preventing injuries and deaths at work, in homes and communities, and on the roads, through leadership, research, education and advocacy.

If you’re looking for a PS3 and you’re a die-hard Michael Jackson fan, this is it, really. The King of Pop, a gamer himself (psp/interviews/remembering-the-icon-michael-jackson-loved-mortal-kombat.html), will be seen side-by-side with PS3s in Japan later this month, now

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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American motorcycle manufacturer Harley-Davidson introduced a new clothing line today, dedicated to those touched by breast cancer. The new H-D Pink Label Collection is comprised of 12 items, including jackets, pants, eyewear, gloves, helmet, shirts, each featuring a touch of pink.

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Copycense points us to a writeup by a patent attorney named Steve O’Donnell about copyright and blogging. Why a patent attorney is writing about copyright is not clearly explained. Initially, since the title of O’Donnell’s post was “How many copyrights does your blog infringe?” I thought the post might be one of those blog posts that reminds us how frequently everyone “technically” infringes on copyright incidentally and how this demonstrates how screwed up copyright law is. But, no, instead, this appears to be a serious “warning” claiming that most bloggers are risking the potential of $150,000 fines by using images they find online.

Copycense points out the irony that O’Donnell uses an image in the post itself and notes that the image appears to be in the public domain, but isn’t sure. However, I think a bigger issue with the post is hidden in this sentence:

If you find a picture on Flickr, another blog, or somewhere else online and upload it to your own blog (or worse yet, inline link to it from your blog) without permission, you’re committing a copyright violation.

First of all, that’s not necessarily true. Obviously it depends on lots of other factors — but I really question the parenthetical. Would inline linking (usually called “hotlinking”) to an image be copyright infringement under any circumstance? I understand that it’s considered rude and generally frowned upon in internet circles (and, in some cases the hoster of the original file will “get back” at the hotlinker by changing the image to something different… and potentially nasty). But is it copyright infringement? Technically, a hotlinked image is no different than a link to an image. The difference in code is minimal. The image itself is never “copied” onto your server. All you are doing is telling a computer to go visit the original version of the image, which was put there on purpose.

We’ve had similar discussions in the past about whether or not it could be copyright infringement to embed an infringing video on your site — and the situation is basically the same with hotlinked images. The content still resides on the original server and is not copied to the new server at all. If the content itself is infringing, then perhaps there’s a (really, really, really) weak case for contributory infringement, but in O’Donnell’s post, he seems to be implying that even hotlinking to an authorized image would be copyright infringement, and I just don’t see how that makes sense from a technological or legal perspective at all.

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We have seen a number of game related PlayStation 3 bundles, however this one is different and if you are an MJ fan and have not got your PS3 – this is it, this PS3 bundle is for you and it’s bad. However you may have to travel to the country of the rising sun to get it, no release of this bundle has been confirmed for the US or Europe. We’ll ping our contacts at Sony to learn if it ever makes it here. We also wish the hardware itself had some kind of MJ graphic to distinguish it from all other PS3s, but alas… Read on the official press release below and check out a cool Rolly video too (oh and I almost forgot to say, I want an Avatar PS3 bundle with 3D, not a bad idea Sony?)

Sony Computer Entertainment Japan (SCEJ), a division of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. responsible for business operation in Japan, today announced that a “PlayStation®3 ‘Michael Jackson’s THIS IS IT’ Special Pack” will become available in Japan on January 27, 2010, concurrently with the release of Michael Jackson’s THIS IS IT on Blu-ray™/DVD discs. This special bundle pack, produced in collaboration with Sony Pictures Entertainment, will include the PlayStation®3 (PS3®) computer entertainment system with 120GB Hard Disk Drive and Michael Jackson’s THIS IS IT on Blu-ray Disc and will be a limited offer at a recommended retail price of 33,500 yen (including tax).

Michael Jackson’s THIS IS IT is a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the performer as he developed, created and rehearsed for his final concerts that were to be held in London from summer of 2009 to 2010. This blockbuster film was drawn from more than one hundred hours of behind-the-scene footage, featuring Jackson rehearsing a number of his songs for the show. The disc also includes Blu-ray Disc exclusive vignettes of Thriller and Smooth Criminal which were re-taken specifically for the concert as well as a special wallpaper for the PS3 system.

With the “PlayStation 3 ’Michael Jackson’s THIS IS IT’ Special Pack”, SCEJ continues to deliver the entertainment experience only possible on the PS3 system and further expands the platform to the gaming fans as well as to those new audience who are seeking for the ultimate entertainment platform for their home.

Check out this Rolly trio doing their moves to MJ song:

Filed under: Hardware, Odds and ends, Internet, Apple

This is a pretty wandering post over at the NZ Herald (it starts out with a screening of Avatar, and drops a few local actor names before getting down to business), but it eventually gets to an interesting premise: what will Apple’s hardware look like not in 2010, when we’re all breathlessly awaiting the tablet, but in 2020, ten years from now? Of course we’re talking about complete speculation here — not even Apple knows what they’ll be doing in ten years. But it’s not like we haven’t done it before: Apple’s devices are smaller, faster, and more powerful than ever. What will they be like ten years down the line?

More gesturing and intuitive human interfaces seem like a good guess — with the iPhone, the accelerometer has been used in all sorts of interesting ways, and it’s probably not far until Apple figures out a way to track movement in 3D space, either by moving an iPhone or a controller around, or as the piece suggests, by tracking our body in some way. Slimmer display screens and extra battery life will be in the future as well. And the article mentions solid state storage, but if our predictions for this year are any indication, Apple will try to move off the hard drive as much as possible, and start placing data for multimedia and other files in a cloud server, accessible via Internet whenever they’re needed.

Like I said, interesting thought experiment. What do you think Apple will be like ten years from now?

TUAWApple ten years on originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 06 Jan 2010 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Three of the world’s leading media, technology and entertainment companies – Discovery Communications, Sony Corporation and IMAX Corporation – today announced a joint venture to be established to develop the first 24/7 dedicated 3D television network in the U.S. The partnership brings together three leaders with an extraordinary collection of award-winning 3D content, technology expertise, television distribution and operational strength to deliver a high-quality three-dimensional viewing experience to home television audiences.

“Discovery’s business strategy has always focused on delivering groundbreaking content through new platforms, including the first suite of digital channels launched in 1996 and the first 24/7 basic cable HD channel in 2002,” said Discovery Founder and Chairman John Hendricks. “Now, as Discovery celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2010 as the world leader in satisfying curiosity and bringing audiences the most realistic viewing experience, we continue to change the face of television with the launch of the first-ever 24/7 dedicated 3D television network.”

“Sony is the only company with expertise in every part of the 3D value chain,” said Sir Howard Stringer, Chairman, CEO and President, Sony Corporation. “We are delighted to be partnering with Discovery and IMAX, two premier companies also dedicated to leadership in 3D, in this groundbreaking new venture. It is clear to us that consumers will always migrate to a better and richer entertainment experience, and together we are determined to be the leader in providing that around the world.”

“By partnering with Sony and IMAX on 3D, Discovery will lead the way in revolutionizing the next-generation home viewing experience in the U.S. and around the world,” said Discovery Communications President and CEO David Zaslav. “Today’s announcement is the next step in fulfilling Discovery’s mission of providing groundbreaking content for our affiliate partners and enlightening viewers with the most immersive and realistic viewing experience available anywhere.”

“IMAX has been a pioneer and recognized leader in 3D technology for more than twenty-five years, delivering the premium in-theatre experience to audiences around the world. We’re reaching more and more consumers with the recent expansion of the IMAX® theatre network and the growth of 3D movie content,” said IMAX CEO Richard L. Gelfond. “This new business venture is the first step in our strategic effort to take 3D into the home and extend the IMAX brand. We’ve already had strong collaborations with Discovery Communications and Sony in the past on IMAX event film titles, and we are thrilled to work with such strong partners to be the first to make in-home 3D a reality.”

Discovery, Sony, through its U.S. affiliate, Sony Corporation of America, and IMAX each will be equal partners in the joint venture. It will be launched in the U.S., with a goal of driving consumer adoption of 3D televisions and giving the network long-term leadership in the 3D home marketplace. In the future, the companies also will explore international distribution opportunities in selected markets.

The new 3D network will feature high-quality premium content from genres that are most appealing in 3D, including natural history, space, exploration, adventure, engineering, science and technology, motion pictures and children’s programming from Discovery, Sony Pictures Entertainment, IMAX and other third-party providers.

Discovery will provide network services, including affiliate sales and technical support functions, as well as 3D television rights to Discovery content and cross-promotion across its portfolio of 13 U.S. television networks. Sony will provide advertising/sponsorship sales support, and will seek to license television rights to current and future 3D feature films, music-related 3D content and game-related 3D content, while providing cross-promotion at retail stores. IMAX also will license television rights to future 3D films, promotion through its owned-and-operated movie theaters across the U.S., and a suite of proprietary and patented image enhancement and 3D technologies.

Governance for the joint venture will be handled by a board of directors comprised of members from each of the three companies, with the day-to-day operations run by a separate staff and management team that will report to the board. A search for the venture’s general manager will begin immediately.

The parties have signed a non-binding Letter of Intent. Specific financial terms of the venture were not disclosed. The parties will work towards prompt execution of definitive agreements, subject to any necessary regulatory approvals.

Now that Google’s Nexus One “SUPERPHONE” has officially launched, along with the far more interesting a carrier-independent smartphone store through which it is being sold, what can we expect from it — bottom line? In a note to clients this morning, Barclays Capital analyst Doug Anmuth hazards a guess: 5 – 6 million units sold in 2010, based on distribution through T-Mobile at launch and Verizon Wireless (VZ) by spring. That’s quite a number, considering Motorola’s (MOT) 2010 global smartphone shipments are expected to be somewhere around 13 million units. And, according to Anmuth, it should allow Google (GOOG) to book incremental revenue of $2.6 billion–$3.2 billion. Not bad for a first retail effort from a company that’s not exactly known for retailing. After all, cell phones are not an easy business to get into …

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While 2009 was a horrible year for the auto industry, there was hardly a shake up on the list of Top 10 cars sold when compared to the previous year (2008).

Of course, the Ford F-Series is still the top seller in the United States. Honda Accord 290,056

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Filed under: Motorsports, Government/Legal, Renault

It looks like 2010 is starting off as a better year for Flavio Briatore. According to Planet F1, a French court has overturned the lifetime ban on the former Renault Formula One head honcho, along with alleged co-conspirator Pat Symonds. As you no doubt recall if you’re still reading this, back in September, the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile found the pair guilty in the so-called “Crashgate” conspiracy involving driver Nelson Piquet, Jr. of Renault F1. Nelsinho was allegedly told to crash on purpose to protect a win for teammate Fernando Alonso in the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix.

The FIA had found the pair guilty, doling out a lifetime ban for Briatore and a five-year ban for Pat Symonds, then director of engineering. Although Briatore had threatened legal action against Piquet and his manager-father in the wake of the ruling, the only legal action he ended up taking was to file an appeal with the Tribunal de Grande Instance in Paris. The TGI has sided with Flavio claiming the FIA’s sanction “was illegal.” Besides overturning their bans, the court also awarded the pair damages, although the amount was small compared to what the pair was seeking. It remains unclear as to if, when, or where the duo will make their returns to racing series, but knowing Briatore, we’ll all know as soon as he decides. Thanks for the tips, everyone!

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Report: French court overturns F1 bans for Briatore and Symonds originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 06 Jan 2010 10:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Angry Flight Attendants Picket Airports Around the World Jan. 7

United Airlines Flight Attendants, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO (AFA-CWA), will conduct a world-wide protest over the failure of United Airlines management to negotiate a new contract on time.

Over seven years ago flight attendants took deep cuts in pay and then management destroyed their working conditions and cancelled their pensions.

Those cuts were scheduled to conclude Jan. 7, 2010 as the Contract becomes amendable.

Negotiations began early on April 6, 2009 as part of an agreement between the union and the company with the intention of having a new flight attendant contract in place by Jan. 7, 2010.

Flight attendants are working at 1994 wage levels in the year 2010 and working 48% more compared with 2002 schedules and staffing.

When United exited bankruptcy CEO Glenn Tilton alone took a bonus that could have provided a 10 percent pay raise for all 15,000 flight attendants.

AFA-CWA members are angry that management has not discussed the improvements envisioned, seeming only interested in delaying a new Contract for flight attendants.

International Protests – Local Times and Contact Person:

• Frankfurt (FRA) Arrival between Hall B & C, 10 am – 12:30 pm
  Local Contact: Dirk Schultz, (069) 97390483
• Hong Kong (HKG) United departures, 10:30 am – 1 pm
  Local Contact: Jack Kande, 852-9831-7448
• London Heathrow (LHR) 10 am – 11 am
  Local Contact: Saad Bhatkar, 07815442394
• Tokyo-Narita (NRT) United curbside 3 pm – 5 pm
  Local Contact: Rick Gonzalez, 090 2206-1924

U.S. Domestic Airport Picket Lines – Local Times and Contact Person

• Atlanta (ATL) United departure level, 8 am – 11 am
  Local Contact: Christina Archille, 404-824-8116
• Boston (BOS) United departure & arrival, 11 am – 2 pm
  Local Contact: Lina Bowers, 603-502-3457
• Charlotte (CLT) United departure level, 8 am – 4 pm
  Local Contact: Keith Biolek Austin, 305-776-0014
• Chicago (ORD) United departure door 1G, 11 am – 1 pm
  Local Contact: Sara Nelson, 202-286-1973
• Denver (DEN) Levels 4, 5 & 6 at United, 9 am – 12 pm
  Local Contact: Ken Kyle, 303-913-6978
• Honolulu (HNL) United check-in level, 10:45 am – 12:30 pm
  Local Contact: Ed Kalahiki, 808-348-5975
• Las Vegas (LAS) Zero level at curbside, 10 am – 1 pm
  Local Contact: Laura Harsh, 702-544-9849
• Los Angeles (LAX) Terminal 7 at United, 11 am – 2 pm
  Local Contact: Darren Shiroma, 310-480-9913
• Miami (MIA) United departure level, 12 pm – 4 pm
  Local Contact: Angela Curlee, 305-812-3871
• New York (LGA) United departure & arrival, 10 am – 2 pm
  Local Contact: Ken Diaz, 845-893-6327
• San Francisco (SFO) United departures, 10 am – 12 pm
  Local Contact: Chris Black, 650-773-6813
• Seattle (SEA) United departure level, 8 am – 12 pm
  Local Contact: Diane Tucker, 206-910-8110
• Washington DC (IAD) United departures, 2 pm – 5 pm
  Local Contact: Andreas Curlee, 571-209-7943

More than 55,000 flight attendants, including the 15,000 flight attendants at United, join together to form AFA, the world’s largest flight attendant union.

AFA is part of the 700,000 member strong Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO. Visit us at unitedafa.org.