At the newly reopened East River Park, $65 million of the total $83 million spent on the park went to infrastructure work, including replacing 14,000 rotted timber pilings with 715 concrete supports, encased in steel for good measure. And at … Continue reading
via wizbangblog.com How sustainable is that?
The events of September 11th, 2001 affected the entire world. The 9/11 Television News Archive is a library of news coverage of the events of 9/11/2001 and their aftermath as presented by U.S. and international broadcasters. A resource for scholars, … Continue reading
Goshen College (Ind.) is a Mennonite institution, and as such, committed to nonviolence. Its sports mascot, in fact, is the least threatening item found in nature — the leaf. But even some of its alumni must have been taken aback … Continue reading
Turbinado* sugar is made from the first pressing of sugar cane. It’s something like the first pressing of olives for extra virgin olive oil, in which the sugar retains more of the original plant’s flavor. The syrup is then boiled … Continue reading
President Obama, 2009: “If you like your health plan, you can keep your health plan.” But what if, um, maybe not? USA Today, 2011: Nearly one in 10 midsize or large employers expects to stop offering health coverage to workers once … Continue reading
I just realized my parents are in an “A” Zone in Staten Island. Lovely. NYC Hurricane Evacuation Map
When Andrew Shrage discovered that his seatback TV wasn’t working on his JetBlue flight from Chicago to Boston, he didn’t wait until he landed to complain to the airline. Shrage, an editor at the website MoneyCrashers.com, tweeted @JetBlue before the … Continue reading
via nydailynews.com Yes, that’s right. 347 fans. No, I didn’t forget a digit. No that isn’t a pre-game warmup shot above, that’s the actual game. But have no fear. Next year the Marlins are getting a brand new retractable dome … Continue reading
Here’s the setup: A student at Miami University in Ohio decides that Lucky Charms are racist and anti-Irish, so he goes to the Diversity Office and tries to get them banned. Was he dismissed as a complete kook? Or was … Continue reading
According to a new quarterly report from McAfee, Android has now soared to the top as the most targeted platform for malware. In only three months time, Android has gone from third most attacked platform to the first. Another recent … Continue reading
The FCC on Wednesday asked AT&T for evidence to justify its view that its $39 billion buyout of T-Mobile was necessary for its LTE network. Following an inadvertent leak by AT&T’s lawyers that revealed it only needed $3.8 billion to … Continue reading
The city of Camden will be paying almost 70 high school students $100 each to go to school in the first three weeks of the year. Funded by a grant that must be used by Sept. 30, the city is … Continue reading
A couple of years ago I holed myself up in the PC Pro Labs with some new laptops to see what impact their pre-installed software — known as crapware, bloatware and shovelware — had on performance. The results proved shocking … Continue reading
Michele Bachmann questioned Barack Obama’s patriotism for adding huge amounts of debt to the ledger. Yeah. Not exactly, but you probably had the whole thing planned in your head, didn’t you? Although the national debt under President Barack Obama has … Continue reading
So if you see me quoted as saying something really stupid or outrageous, and it didn’t come from the Times or some other verifiable site, you should probably assume it was a fake. via krugman.blogs.nytimes.com As long as you take … Continue reading
The Boston Globe says the NIH determines its grant outlays based on race. Do they proffer any proof to that effect? What do you think? THE STUDY published last week in Science magazine revealing a racial bias in the allocation … Continue reading
Not bad at all. You can read more about Beeber’s cause here. I heard him talk to Jason Lewis a few months ago; very interesting guy and amazing story behind how little LA got out of the program both in … Continue reading
You would think an “older” person would have some kind of morality about this sort of thing. Instead of buying the book, they’re just stealing the recipes. Stay classy old broads. Stay classy. God forbid you toss the writer a … Continue reading