I’ve seen this several times, and it still makes me laugh.
Mrs. BA got me a Flip vidcam for Christmas, and I’ve been following around my cat for days. She doesn’t do anything interesting until I have my back turned. Sigh.
Anyway, you may enjoy this strange video of a cat being either happy or ticked. Maybe it’s Schrödinger’s cat, and it’s both.
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:
U.S. Domestic Airport Picket Lines – Local Times and Contact Person
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.
The MINI E is an all-electric vehicle produced by MINI. The car was launched in November 2008 and was leased since spring 2009 to people living in California, New York, New Jersey, Berlin, London and Munich.
At this time, the preliminary report shows that test drivers used their Mini E for 80 per cent of their runs, but 90 per cent preferred four seats and more luggage space. The sporty feel was appreciated by all test drivers, mainly 35 year old males with a higher education.
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In a world where YouTube dominates online video in a very clear fashion, other players are trying to corner niches of the market which they hope will prove lucrative. Hulu does this with professional content from major TV broadcasters. Vimeo on the other hand is aiming at the budding film makers and artists which want a place to showcase their work away from the unwashed masses on YouTube. The site takes pride in its exclusivity and it has plenty of reason to do so. At the end of the day it still has to make money, so it’s now trying to make its paid accounts more alluring by enabling 1080p videos and several mobile options.
“We want to provide our users with the best possible tools to share their videos,” Andrew Pile, vice president of Product and Development for Vimeo, said in a statement. “We believe the creator should choose how people view their content, which is why we are offering both 1080p streaming and mobile viewing options that Vimeo Plus members can select when uploading their video.”
The first part of the announcement should please both aspiring artists wanting to showcase their work at the highest quality possible, but also subscribers to Vimeo Plus which now get a couple of new perks to justify the $60 a year fee. With the full 1080p resolution, the highest available at this point in the… (read more)
He’s cool, he’s got the moves, he’s got the mouth he’s Nathan Drake. Uncharted 2 still has some good mileage up to this point, but there has been a lot of talk about his next adventure
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Extensiones de Metro:
extension de la linea 6 a plaza maipu, usando el eje PAC esquina blanca 5 de abril, esto para dar mayor conectividad a maipu y desaturar mas la L1, y como esto es a largo plazo, para ese entonces ya estara funcionando CPB
extension de la L4A (o L7) a estacion el sol, usando la faja dejada en medio de la autopista vespucio sur, aqui se da conectividad a la zona sur de stgo, uniendo las lineas 2, 4 y 5 mas al sur que la L6, evitando la vuelta al centro
Nuevas Lineas de Metro:
Nueva L3: usando el eje independencia – bandera – san diego, partiendo en la actual estacion franklin, por san diego, combinando en U de chile, plaza de armas y cal y canto, luego continua por independencia hasta americo vespucio para luego doblar en vespucio y entrar en quilicura por manuel antonio matta, esta linea es para dar la tan postergada conectividad a esa zona de stgo
Porque no dobla por irrarazaval, ya existe una linea por el sector en nuñoa (L6) y tengo pensado un tranvia por irrarazaval – matta, ademas al seguir por san diego soluciona el problema de que se haya tirado la L2 por la panamericana
Lineas de Tranvia:
Lineas Tranvia que salen de L1:
Linea a continuacion por neptuno; hasta plaza renca (o talvez mas por el eje jaime guzman), esto da conectividad a la zona poniente de stgo
porque no Metro: la cantidad de flujo no lo amerita, ademas de al ser un tranvia que termina en neptuno, obliga a la gente a bajarse y elejir entre la 5 y la y, si fuera metro la gente seguiria por la 1 saturandola mas
Tranvia por avenida las condes, desde estacion manquehue hasta estoril: solucion para dar conectividad a esta zona, llegando hasta el sector de estoril o talvez hasta clinica las condes
Linea Tranvia que salen de L2
Linea tranvia desde La Cisterna hacia san bernardo: se plantea un tranvia y no metro debido a que, se planea integrar mejor a metrotren, entonces el flujo que quedaria por gran av no lo haria necesario
Linea Tranvia que salen de L3
Linea desde estacion franklin, a estacion bio bio, y luego por avenida santa rosa hasta pasado vespucio (en el mapa hasta avenida observatorio) esta dara una coenctividad a esa zona, la cual se hace necesaria, ademas la combinacion en bio bio y franklin deja la opcion de combinar con L3 para llegar al centro
Linea Tranvia que salen de L4
Tranvia a continuacion de estacion tobalaba, pasando bajo el san cristobal, y continuando por vespucio hasta combinar con L3 en independencia, esto da conectividad y une las lineas 2 y 3 por el norte ademas da una alternativa ms rapida desde el sector oriente al norte
Tranvia que sale de estacion principe de gales, siguiendo por vespucio, doblando en francisco bilbao, doblando en manquehue, combinando en estacion manquehue y en vitacura con tranvia, y siguiendo por manquehue hasta el borde de rio mapocho
Lineas Tranvia que salen de L5
Tranvia desde estacion Quinta Normal, partiendo por matucana, doblando en JJ perez hasta calle serrano, esto da conectividad a la comuna de cerro navia
Tranvia desde estacion pudahuel, por calle san pablo hasta calle serrano, esto da conectividad al sector poniente de pudahuel
Tranvia desde plaza maipu, por pajaritos sur, doblando en camino a melipilla, llegando a ciudad satelite, talvez aqui en ves de un tranvia se podria hacer una estacion de tren de cercanias del proyecto a melipilla, y un tranvia corto dentro de la ciudad satelite
Linea Tranvia que sale de L6
Tranvia desde estacion tobalaba, por vitacura hasta tabancura, esto da conectividad a este sector de stgo, combina en manquehue con tranviarias
Tranvia por matta – irrarazaval, desde parque ohiggins hasta tobalaba, esto da conectividad a esas 2 importantes avenidas de stgo
Tranvia desde estacion cal y canto hasta el aeropuerto: usaria el borde del rio mapocho, combinando con el tren de cercanias, luego con el tranvia por neptuno y llega al aeropuerto paralelo a costanera norte
Porque por aca y no por pajaritos, porque se aprovecha de dar conectividad a la zona norponiente de stgo, teniendo una estacion en carrascal con costanera sur o en huelen – teniente cruz
Tren de Cercanias:
se han planteado 2 neuvos trenes de cercania y modificaciones en el existente
Tren de cercanias hacia quilicura y con variante a lampa y colina, paradas en estacion central, quinta normal, cruce con tranvia metro en el mapocho, quilicura y luego lampa y colina
Tren de cercanias hacia melipilla – san antonio
partiendo de estacion san eugenio, por la faja del tren hacia melipilla y pudiendo seguir a san antonio, paradas en estacion san eugenio, combinacion L4A (L7) L6 y tranvia por pajaritos sur
Cambios en Tren de cercanias al sur (metrotren) eliminacion de estacion maestranza y reapertura de estacion san eugenio, mas estacion en el cruce con tranvia por gran avenida
se plantea integracion tarifaria de metrotren al Transantiago, por lo menos en las estaciones del radio urbano
Sugerencias, opiniones varias adelante
Leading the way for the green evolution for the Hilton Garden Inn franchise, the Hilton Garden Inn Gatlinburg, drawing inspiration at the doorstep of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, has embarked on the fast-track to bring this upscale hotel into the green business movement. Opening in May, 2009, this 118-room hotel is nestled across the street from the rumbling Little Pigeon River in downtown Gatlinburg, Tennessee, and offers a spectacular view of Mount LeConte in the distance, often sculpted by clouds and mist.
The Hilton Garden Inn Gatlinburg offers more than window dressing in terms of their green efforts. That’s why, when the final points are tallied, it will likely earn Silver LEED certification.
A few of their eco-innovations include:
• Rainwater retention on site with parking lot pavers, capable of absorbing 100 percent of the rainwater. The pavers were acquired within 500 miles of the site and are non-reflective, reducing the heat island effect.
I’ve personally travelled on the line from Paris to Limoges (trains run to/from Brive) and didn’t find it amazing. It was something called a Corail Teoz which did 160km/h so it was better than comparable Australian services, but that’s not saying a lot. The timetable was very confusing to understand with all the local TERs thrown it and confusion about which trains run on what days of the week.
The Austerlitz terminus in Paris was pretty ordinary too I thought. Didn’t have the beggars of Gare du Nord but not a very impressive station.
Does anybody know if there are any plans to upgrade that line at all?
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A.U.B Geen Feyenoord tegen Ajax oorlog. 🙂
Former Ducati Xerox Superbike team manager Davide Tardozzi was confirmed as a part of the factory BMW World Superbike team for the next three years. The 50-year-old Italian left Ducati at the end of the 2009 FIM World Superbike Championship season looking for a fresh start. Tardozzi will make his first official appearance as the BMW WSBK team manager later this month at the three day official test at Portimao.
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MarketWatch has rounded up a few of the more pessimistic preditions about 2010.
A lot recommend buying farmland. Here are the gloomiest:
Former IMF chief economist Simon Johnson warns:
“We’re running out of time … to prevent a true depression.” He says unless we break Wall Street’s “stranglehold” we will be unable prevent the Great Depression 2.
Morgan Stanley research guru turned hedge fund manager Barton Biggs (pictured), who called the market rally, advises that you buy a farm a good distance away from a city and, he advises, make sure that your doomsday safe-haven:
And get a gun, he says, because “a few rounds over the approaching brigands’ heads would probably be a compelling persuader that there are easier farms to pillage.”
Mark “Gloom Boom Doom” Faber also recommends buying farmland. Our society has peaked and is on the decline, he says:
“Once a society becomes successful it becomes arrogant, righteous, overconfident, corrupt, and decadent … overspends … costly wars … wealth inequity and social tensions increase; and society enters a secular decline.”
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Two wrongfully convicted men have settled a lawsuit with the Iowa prosecutors who framed them.
Terry Harrington and Curtis McGhee spent 26 years in Iowa prisons for a murder they didn’t commit before their convictions were overturned in 2003. The men have shown on appeal that prosecutors knowingly presented false evidence to secure their convictions, and in 2005 they sued the prosecutors in civil court for their role in the injustice.
On November 4, the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case, where prosecutors argued that the men didn’t have the right to sue them, that prosecutors are immune, and that there is no freestanding constitutional “right not to be framed.”
Following the recent announcement that the lawsuit had been settled out of court for $12 million, the Supreme Court announced that it would dismiss the case, since there would no longer be a case to decide. Knowing the current makeup of the Supreme Court and its hostility to criminal defendants, there’s a real chance that these men dodged a bullet by settling the case.
Markets are shrugging off the ADP jobs report showing that private-sector payrolls fell by 84,000 in December, and no wonder.
J.P. Morgan economists point out that over the past year, the number the ADP has reported has been on average 62,000 below Labor Departments initial private payrolls number, undershooting it 10 of 12 months. In November, ADP first reported a private payrolls loss of 169,000 (revised today to 145,000 private jobs lost), which compared to a loss of just 18,000 in the Labor Department report.
Economists are looking for a loss of 10,000 jobs in Fridays employment report, but some traders are apparently taking the ADPs tendency to undershoot as a strong signal that the number could be positive.
ADP doesn’t include government jobs, which are counted in the official tally and could offset private-sector losses. The ADP report also posted the first increase in jobs in the services industry since March 2008, further boosting chances of a positive print in the government data.
This year I’m resolving not to tell you anything you don’t already know. At risk of sounding like a broken record, I’m going to recommend doing these three things in 2010:
1. Eat better
2. Get more exercise
3. Spend more time together as a family
My guess is that, if I left it at that, we’ll be sitting here next January talking about the same things. Resolutions are often dependent on a turning-over–a-new-leaf mentality that passes when the calendar flips to February and they don’t fit into the reality of our lives (it’s hard to go to the gym every day after work when you have to pick the kids up from daycare and get home to make dinner). We also try to make these changes independently, relying only on ourselves to count calories, get out for a run or schedule a family date-night.
So what if, this year, you make family resolutions instead of personal ones? By picking resolutions that have a direct impact not only on your personal health and well-being, but also on your entire family, you’ll feel more responsible for following through all year and you’ll have the added element of familial peer pressure to keep yourself—and each other—motivated.
Here are three resolutions that could go a long way toward improving your health and happiness, and some practical ideas for making them happen. I’ve broken them down into basic goals you can achieve with small changes to your lives and stretch goals you and your family can shoot for if you’re feeling competitive. Add your own ideas—and it’s totally fine (recommended, even) to change the approaches throughout the year.
Eat better
I know, you’ve heard this before. But I can’t emphasize enough how important it is; not only are we in the midst of a really scary obesity epidemic, but a healthy diet can help prevent everything from heart disease to cancer and Alzheimer’s. Small steps like these can make a big difference:
Basic goals:
Stretch goals:
Exercise
This is another one that we hear all the time for good reason. Exercise is absolutely crucial to overall health. Here, small steps can make a big difference.
Basic goals:
Stretch goals:
Spend more time together
Stronger relationships go a long way toward preventing stress and depression—and for kids, they can keep them out of trouble, and help them do well in school.
Basic goals:
Stretch goals:
The most important thing with all of these suggestions is to be creative and flexible. If one idea doesn’t work (the kids balk at museums, you don’t like Zumba), try another one. But keep trying. Show your kids (and yourself) that perseverance is possible—and that being healthy and happy is important. That, in and of itself, could make a big difference in everyone’s life—and not just in January.
They stormed their way into our hearts last year, and at CES this week have announced a further line of products, throwing out the $40 cases needed per phone with their new swappable batteries.
Owners of HTC, Blackberry, Nokia, LG, Samsung, Motorola and Sony Ericsson phones no longer need Receiver cases, instead Powermat is offering up batteries which can be inserted into the back of the phone, and charge wirelessly just by sitting on a mat. If you still need a Receiver, they’re now offered in silicone.
The Powermats themselves have been given an overhaul, now coming with enough space for either one, two or three gadgets, conveniently named the Powermat 1X, Powermat 2X and Powermat 3X.
Those Powermats also come in portable sizes for moving between between countries, in single and double options they come with a carrying case and international power plugs.
A charging station for netbooks, called the Powermat 3X Netbook, charges both a netbook and two other gadgets at once. Car owners will rejoice at the news of the Powermat Car Charger, unless of course their car already comes with a charger—or a lighter. No prices or availability deets yet. [Powermat]
During January’s National Radon Action Month, the U.S. Surgeon General and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) urge all Americans to protect their health by testing their homes for radon.
Radon is a natural radioactive gas that you can’t see, smell or taste but could be present at a dangerous level in your home. As the second leading cause of lung cancer deaths in the U.S. and the first leading cause among non-smokers, radon claims more than 20,000 lives annually. If a high radon level is detected in your home, you can take steps to fix it to protect yourself and your family.
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation is offering a limited amount of free radon test kits to Tennessee citizens. Please mail your request to: Radon Program, 711 R.S. Gass Blvd., Nashville, TN 37216 or email your request to [email protected]. Be sure to include your name, address, city, state and ZIP code.
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Cambridge, MA-based Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ALNY) said today it has received an undisclosed milestone payment from its partner, Roche, for starting studies that pave the way for clinical trials of a certain drug candidate. The Roche collaboration, formed in July 2007, provided $331 million in upfront cash and equity, and could be worth more than $1 billion over time, Alnylam has said. Analyst Simos Simeonidis of Rodman & Renshaw, in a note to clients, said the milestone is positive because it shows Roche is making progress in developing RNA interference therapies, and it provides some operating cash to Alnylam without diluting the value of its stock.
Por estes dias a “startup” Seesmic liderada pelo francês Loic Le Meur acaba de adquirir o serviço Ping.fm, que é essencialmente um serviço que nos permite publicar conteúdo em simultâneo via web, sms, email, em mais de 30 diferentes Redes sociais , blogs etc.
Não foram avançados até agora os valores desta aquisição, no entanto foi revelado que Adam Duffy e Sean McCullough fundadores do Ping.fm iram ser integrados na estrutura do Seesmic de modo a continuarem o desenvolvimento do serviço e integrações com o Seesmic. Para terminar de realçar que o Ping.fm conta com mais de 500 mil utilizadores registados.
Video com algumas explicações sobre esta aquisição:
WebTuga – Seesmic adquire Ping.fm
If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to go to a weight maintenance camp, “Nightline” spent most of its January 1st edition looking at an obese mother and son who used a camp to jumpstart their battle against obesity.
Collin Robinson, an 11-year-old fifth grader, says he loves double quarter pounders with cheese, and it shows. He’s clinically obese at five foot eight and 249 pounds. Mom Krista, herself 334 pounds, says she knew she had to make a change for both of them, so she spent $7,900 to send them to a two-week long family weight-loss camp in North Carolina.
Wellspring calls the camp a healthy living immersion, rather than a fat camp.
Krista says as a working single mom she doesn’t have time to cook, and constantly eating fast food and unhealthy snacks brought them to this point.
The program calls for taking 10,000 steps a day, and each day at the camp involves a two-mile early morning walk. Other fitness activities help kids get in their 10,000 steps, and family aerobics and other activities help families work out together.
The meals provided at the camp are low in fat, and the goal is to consume no more than 800 calories a day. When “Nightline” checked in the options for lunch were a veggie burger or bison sloppy Joe with a side of beans. Participants can also have an unlimited amount of foods like mushrooms, fruit, nonfat yogurt and low-calorie soups.
They weigh all food to keep a strict count of calories and fat consumed. Collin tried the veggie burger and said he’d actually choose it over a cheeseburger.
Kids also take cooking classes to learn how to make healthy foods themselves like oatmeal and zucchini sticks. Parents get more complicated lessons like baked chicken strips and sweet potato fries.
A field trip to the grocery store helps campers learn how to make healthy substitutions. Collin and Krista find lean meat for burgers and a fat-free brownie mix to satisfy some of their cravings.
After a week of activity and healthy eating, Krista lost 10 pounds and Collin dropped 11. The second week Collin lost 5 more and Krista 6 more, a loss of 16 pounds each in two weeks.
Krista said upon leaving the camp that she felt like they would be successful at home, but she was worried about keeping up with it if they slipped back into old routines.
But when they got home, they read the labels and threw out a ton of food they used to enjoy. Five weeks after camp, Collin had lost 27 pounds and said he was now able to do more activities. Krista lost nearly 33 pounds and called her journey “incredible.”
Collin said he enjoys doing yoga on the WiiFit these days, and he’s proud that his mom is more confident and has more energy. Krista says she loves that she hasn’t had a migraine since being at camp.
(By Sarah E. White for CalorieLab Calorie Counter News)
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