“All that we eat, all that we wear, our houses, every comfort, and all our luxuries are brought us to-day by these invisible, but almost omnipotent, genii of the fire and the lamp and the thunder-storm.” That was R. H. Thurston, director of the …
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Konkurs “Woda” – FINAŁ!
Czas rozpocząć finał konkursu na temat "Woda".
Do finału zakwalifikowały się następujące zdjęcia (kolejność alfabetyczna) :
Głosujemy przez dwa tygodnie czyli do 17 I 2010 włącznie!1. Flotacja nad Dniestrem
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2. Kompas
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3. Łuki
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4. Smakosz
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5. Żarnowiec
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VIGO de noite. Ensanche e área comercial no Natal
Una tarde de estas vacaciones de Navidad la dediqué a dar una pequeña vuelta por la zona más comercial de Vigo, las calles Príncipe y Urzáiz, y por el ensanche de Vigo. Me encontré una ciudad vibrante en plena vorágine comercial navideña, calles llenas de gente, alumbrado navideño, mimos y espectáculos callejeros y demás características propias de una ciudad de un buen tamaño. Además al ser Vigo una ciudad densa (como la mayoría de ciudades gallegas en su casco urbano) da la impresión de ser más vibrante y más urbana aun.Las imágenes no son de mucha calidad pero he hecho lo que he podido con mi actual cámara.
Para quien no lo sepa Vigo es la ciudad más poblada de Galicia con cerca de 300.000 habitantes en el municipio de Vigo y unos 500.000 en su área metropolitana. Una de las ciudades que más se desarrollaron gracias a la industria y al éxodo rural durante los siglos XIX y sobretodo durante el siglo XX en España.
Vigo. Ensanche y zona comercial – Ensanche e área comercial
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UPC 18/2009 – WYNIKI FINAŁU
Wyniki osiemnastego finału UPC w tym roku są następujące:ZWYCIĘZCA:
Grunwald II : 17 głosów (30.91 %)
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DRUGIE MIEJSCE:
Harmonia ulicy: 12 głosów (21.82 %)
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POZOSTALI FINALIŚCI:
The Sims: 11 głosów (20.00 %)
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Sedesowiec: 10 głosów (18.18%)
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Rush hour: 5 głosów (9.09%)
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Gratuluję zwycięzcy a także wszystkim pozostałym finalistom i dziękuję głosującym. 🙂
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Maggie Rodriguez, “The Early Show” Co-Host, Pregnant
On The Early Show Monday, CBS correspondent Maggie Rodriguez announced that she is four months pregnant and expecting her second child on July 1.
“You guys are going to be uncles!” an excited Rodriguez told co-hosts Harry Smith and Russ Mitchell and meterologist Dave Price on this morning’s show. The beaming 40-year-old then stood up and modeled her petite baby bump.
Maggie and her husband Michael Rodriguez — a marketing executive for Telemundo — are already the parents of a 4-year-old daughter, Daniella.
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Letter sent from: The Viscount Monckton of Brenchley to His Excellency Mr. Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister, Commonwealth of Australia.
Article Tags: Lord Monckton, Open Letter/Fax
Shortly before the Copenhagen Climate Conference, the Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd, delivered a canting, 45-minute rant about the “Denialists”, “Climate Change Deniers”, and “Skeptics” who, he said, were entirely funded by special interests and who were now so dangerous that they were putting Our Planet’s Future And The Future Of Our Children And Our Grandchildren in jeopardy. Kevin Rudd seems not to like me very much: he mentioned me by name six times in the speech, in generally uncomplimentary terms. I was too busy to reply to him before Jokenhagen, but, since I shall be travelling to Australia in a couple of weeks for a barnstorming three-week lecture-tour (watch this space for dates and venues), I thought it was time to reply to Mr. Rudd. On New Year’s Day I sent him the following letter, but I am not holding my breath for a reply. The unanswerable is seldom answered.
The Honourable Mr. Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia.
Prime Minister,
Climate change: proposed personal briefing
Source: sppiblog.org
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my job coach.
I will have been working fulltime – one year- in febuary.my job coach, who has helped me through the whole process is leaving me to go out on my own and fend for myself now.
I really really like her.
happy to be set free. sad to go it alone.
thanks COVA and Beth!
thank DF people for all the job coaching as well. apparently they are not gonna fire me lol! this is the longest I have held a job in about 6 years.
i guess that keep trying thing….it pans out occassionaly.
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Denmark-based Terma Seen as Viable Partner for Boeing Commercial Airplanes Work
Terma and Boeing today announced that The Boeing Company has completed a detailed site survey of the Terma facility in Grenaa, Denmark, to assess the capabilities for possible commercial airplanes work.“Terma has a highly specialized production capability in composites, and this qualification by Boeing Commercial Airplanes is an important step toward increasing our commercial aircraft business,” said Terma Vice President, Strategic Marketing Jørn Henrik Levy Rasmussen.
“During the survey, we demonstrated our growing capabilities in the areas of design, production control, machining, composites, assembly and quality management.”
Boeing conducted the site survey in support of its growing business relationship with Terma that includes firm contracts and emerging opportunities in defence and commercial aerostructures.
Boeing is moving forward with a robust plan to build long-term, sustainable partnerships with Danish industry as part of an industrial cooperation program for its F/A-18E/F Super Hornet bid in Denmark’s New Combat Aircraft competition.
Through the Super Hornet industrial cooperation program, Terma could become a key supplier of composite materials and other parts to Boeing’s commercial aerospace business.
Terma is already producing winglets for commercial airplanes, various composites structures for fighter jets and engines, all of which reduce fuel consumption significantly and is of great interest to commercial aerospace companies.
“This visit confirmed Terma could be a viable partner and supplier of commercial aerospace structures,” said Boeing Northern Europe President Jan Närlinge.
“We were impressed not only by Terma’s current capabilities and processes, but also by their plans to grow their Grenaa facility by expanding the composites capabilities beyond the defence industry into commercial aerostructures.”
About Terma
Terma, a Denmark-based global aerospace and defense company, is a growing partner to Boeing.
Terma has delivered advanced capabilities to Boeing and its subcontractors on a number of Boeing programs, including electronic components and harnesses for the NATO AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) and the Electronic Warfare Management System for the P-8A, the U.S. Navy’s newest maritime patrol aircraft.
In August 2009, Boeing selected Terma to provide the Aircraft Survivability Equipment (ASE) integrator for the CH-47 Chinook Medium to Heavy Lift Helicopter program for the Canadian Forces.
Terma realized 2008/09 sales of approximately USD 200 million and employs approximately 1,300 people worldwide.
Terma is headquartered in Aarhus, Denmark and maintains several subsidiary facilities and operations in Denmark and in a number of European countries, in Singapore, and at several locations in the U.S. through Terma North America, Inc.
More information is available at terma.com
MEDIA CONTACT:
Kasper Rasmussen, +45 2022 6091
Terma Corporate Communications
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Boeing Commercial Airplanes Supplier Management
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Guinness World Records 2010 Gamers Edition out in US today
Who’s the most recognizable video game character? Who went on the longest gaming session, for how long, and what game was it? Know the answers to all those and other interesting superlatives on the Guinness World Records
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Gilbert Arenas Facing Possible Criminal Charges For Gun Fight With Javaris Crittenton
Washington Wizards teammates Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton drew guns on each other during a Christmas Eve locker room argument over a gambling debt, according to The New York Post.
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The pistol pullout stemmed from a card game on a Dec. 19 team flight. Arenas is said to have wound up owing teammate Crittenton $60,000. Two days later, the players reportedly had a heated argument in the Wizards locker room over the money. At one point, they allegedly aimed guns at each other.
Arenas denies gambling, but admits he stored unloaded guns in the Wizards locker room at the Verizon Cener in Downtown Washington, a violation of league policy.
“That’s bad judgment on my part, storing them here, and I take responsibility for that,” Arenas said in a press statement Sunday.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office and DC Police are now investigating and Arenas could face possible criminal charges and NBA penalties for the alleged gunplay.
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Beyonce on the cover of Hip Hop Weekly
We also added the scans of the latest issue of Hip Hop Weekly. Thanks again Amy!
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Nokia continues legal assault on Apple, files suit with ITC to ban Apple imports
Back in October we told you about Nokia filing suit against Apple over the iPhone, claiming that Apple’s mobile offering violated Nokia patents pertaining to GSM, UMTS and wireless LAN (WLAN) standards. Perhaps some legal posturing, we thought; a public and principled shot across the bow aimed at the Cupertino based tech company? Apparently not, as Nokia has taken off the gloves. In a December 29th filing with the International Trade Commission, Nokia seeks an immediate injunction that would ban the import of anything with a camera and an Apple logo on it: iPhones, iPod Touches, iMacs, Macbooks – you get the idea. The suit claims Apple is violating Nokia patents in its use of a combined camera chip which keeps the size and power usage of devices down, a voltage controlled oscillator (VOC) that “increases the efficiency of the wireless device and uses less power than traditional VCOs, thereby increasing battery life,” and the sensor technology used in the iPhone that turns the screen off when it is within proximity of your face to prevent accidental input. We’re not sure if Nokia’s strategy is a sound one, but we’ll stay on top of this one as the filings continue to mount. You can hit up the link to read the original article translated from Finnish.
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China’s Mobile Data Gold Rush Begins
About a year ago, China issued 3G licenses to its three national carriers, causing bankers, technologists and communications equipment companies to drool over the potential hundreds of millions of Chinese who would rush to buy data plans, smartphones and applications. Today, iSuppli predicts that wireless data revenue in China will rise to $19.3 billion in 2009, up from $16.3 billion in 2008.By 2013, iSuppli analyst Will Kong estimates, data revenue in the country will surge to $31.5 billion, which still puts it at less than half of the almost $45 billion network operators scored from selling wireless data in the U.S. in 2009, according to estimates from industry analyst Chetan Sharma. But China’s spending is still nascent and spread out among many more consumers, meaning it could eventually surpass the U.S. in data revenue.
But not anytime soon. Thanks to the adoption of faster broadband through a 3G network and better web-surfing devices such as the iPhone, Chinese carriers should see non-messaging service revenue (web surfing) reach $20 billion in 2013, up by a factor of three from $6.8 billion in 2008.
Kong said Chinese carriers in 2009 will spend about $6.3 billion on mobile infrastructure equipment, up 28 percent from 2008. Spending in 2010 will decline by 2.4 percent to $6.1 billion, which may be one reason Huawei is less optimistic about its sales growth for the coming year. During the next five years, carrier spending will continue to decline but will remain at a high level of more than $5.5 billion annually.
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You Could Not Make It Up: Climate change far worse than thought before
Article Tags: You could not make it up
NEW DELHI: Global alarm over climate change and its effects has risen manifold after the 2007 report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Since then, many of the 2,500-odd IPCC scientists have found climate change is progressing faster than the worst-case scenario they had predicted.
Their studies will be considered for the next IPCC report, but since that will come out only in 2013, the University of New South Wales in Sydney has just put together the main findings in the last three years. Most are by previous IPCC lead authors “familiar with the rigour and completeness required for a scientific assessment of this nature”, a university spokesperson said.
The most significant recent findings are:
* Global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels in 2008 were 40 percent higher than in 1990. The recent Copenhagen Accord said warming should be contained within two degrees, but every year of delayed action increases the chances of exceeding the two-degree warming mark.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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New Brentford Stadium
Starting work on our new 20,100 capacity stadium next year if eyerything goes according to plan.
What do you think?
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Jay-Z offers to plan wedding for Robbie Williams
Jay-Z and Beyonce are set to add wedding planning to their resume – the supercouple has offered to organise British pop star Robbie Willams’ nuptials to girlfriend Ayda Field. Williams reportedly proposed to the American actress over the holiday period – and Jay-Z is already volunteering to plan the lavish ceremony, with the help of his superstar wife.
He says, ‘I would be happy to help Robbie organise his wedding. I am sure he will make it an extravagant party. I had my 40th last month in the Dominican Republic. That would be a great place for Robbie’s wedding. It’s the most stunning place on earth. It has everything – beautiful beaches, scenery, golf courses – and is easy to fly guests to.
The entertainment at my party was all hot and if Robbie wants my help he should come over for dinner and Bey (Beyonce) and I can help him out. She is great at organising parties, she loves it.’ -
iPhone Becomes a Universal Remote This February
I love my Logitech Harmony remote, but that doesn’t mean I wouldn’t jump on the opportunity to ditch the thing forever and simplify my digital world even further. A new third-party accessory and software combo announced at CES will allow me to do that by turning my iPhone or iPod touch into a Universal remote capable of controlling all of my home theater equipment.It sounds promising, but it also brings back memories of apps for the Palm pilot that were supposed to do the very same thing. The Palm devices had built-in IR communication, so all you needed was the software, which sounded great, but ended up being clumsy and not really that usable on a regular basis. I still have a Palm in a bedside drawer that I occasionally drag out to use for that purpose, in fact. It never stays out long.
Hopefully the iPhone’s accessory, which is called the L5 Remote and will cost around $49.95 when it hits retail stores this February, won’t suffer from the same failings. Once you have the dock-connecting IR blaster, you can get the application for free from the App Store. It promises to control televisions, DVDs, DVRs, cable boxes, audio equipment and more. I’ve got my fingers crossed for some unofficial support for the Logitech Harmony PS3 adapter. The blaster is said to have a functional range of up to 30 feet.
One place where the iPhone’s universal remote app should easily trump the dated Palm version is in user interface. No messing about with a stylus or hit-and-miss finger touch response with Apple’s smartphone. And you’ll be able to create your own custom button configuration by dragging and dropping the appropriate commands from various devices in whatever arrangement you choose. That should make it easier than my physical remote, too, since I won’t have to rely on the pre-arranged layout of the buttons, which is sometimes far from intuitive depending on what device you’re controlling.
The press release for the L5 describes a “short, guided training sequence” before you can begin using it with your home theater setup, which could be coded PR speak for a long and arduous process of holding your remote up to the IR blaster add-on for each command you want your iPhone to learn. I’m really hoping that the app comes with a built-in code database for common brands and makes of equipment, or that they at least open it up to user-generated databases.
As of right now, L5’s web site is just a placeholder, which isn’t a promising sign, but keep your eyes peeled for the official release of the attachment and software next month. Hopefully by then there will at least be a place on the web to go looking for more info.
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UGC Buys Out the Critics: Flixster Acquires Rotten Tomatoes
In a bit of an unconventional deal, the startup Flixster is acquiring the authoritative online movie review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes from News Corp. The acquisition gives News Corp, via its subsidiary IGN Entertainment, a minority stake in Flixster, which operates movie trivia and fan review applications on social networks and mobile devices.
The combined company will continue to operate separately branded properties for user-generated and professional movie reviews. Together, they have 30 million monthly uniques, 2.3 billion user reviews, 500,000 critic reviews, as well as movie information and social games, according to a press release.
The first reports of the deal came last month from Kara Swisher at BoomTown, who said at the time that News Corp was considering buying Flixster.
Prior to the deal, Flixster had $7 million in funding from investors including Lightspeed Venture Partners, Pinnacle Ventures and Reid Hoffman.
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Are you a small business? Do you want Windows 7 for 50 percent off? You can have that!
Microsoft has devised a way to induce people to upgrade from old versions of Windows (XP, Vista, and the like) to the shiny, new Windows 7. And what would that be? Oh, you know, 50 percent off the cost of a license for small-to-mid-size businesses. That means Windows 7 Professional upgrade for $35.
Of course, there are exceptions and whatnot. For one, the 50 percent offer only accounts for the first year of an Open Value Subscription. (Open Value Subscriptions allow businesses to pay for Microsoft software over a period of time rather than in one shot.) The deal is only available through June, and can be applied to Windows 7 Professional upgrade and Office 2007 Professional Plus. Once Office 2010 rolls around the deal will apply to that.
In other Windows deals, that Windows 7 for $30 for students runs out today at midnight. So if you’re a student, or at least have access to a dot edu e-mail address, better get cracking.
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