The Peace Candle is a tower-like structure erected every Christmas season in Easton, Pennsylvania. The approximately 106-foot (32 m) tall structure, which resembles a giant candle, is assembled each year over the Soldiers’ & Sailors’ Monument, a Civil War memorial located in the city’s Centre Square. It is typically assembled the day after Thanksgiving and disassembled in early February each year. via Easton’s Peace Candle comes down | lehighvalleylive.com.
The Other Women of America (TOWOA) is a new show that slotted for a Fall 2012 release date. TOWOA will follow eleven lesbians as they juggle their careers, love and all the things in between. The show’s producers plan to move the show to other cities in America to showcase lesbian life around the country, with first stop in Atlanta, GA. The show promises to feature women of different ethnic backgrounds, varied social and economic classes, a diverse range of professions and educational backgrounds, and various age groups. Minneapolis is the #1 gay friendly city in the US, but...
Today’s Tech Deal Agloves Capacitive Touch Screen Gloves Capacitive touchscreens are all the rage – between your phone, music player, and data tablet, you are quite familiar with the touchable interface and have even come to rely upon them. They a part of your jukebox, video library, game platform, digital bookshelf… oh, and they can dial your phone as well. Now that they’ve made all that wonderful digital distraction portable, you can take it with you into the elements. Threads that are infused with just enough metal to make contact and yet remain soft and warm. Actual threads of...
AT&T began a new policy a while ago that stated it would start throttling data speeds for unlimited customers if they were in the top 5 percent of data users. Yet some customers started getting notices that their data speeds would be throttled even though they hadn’t even passed the 2 GB mark. AT&T’s current tiered plans for new customers cost $30 per month for 3 GB of data. That’s the same price unlimited customers pay but the tiered customers were getting a whole gigabyte more at full speed. AT&T’s answer was to introduce a new policy that effectively kills its...
Today’s News is brought to you by Business Inside Apple’s trying to launch a subscription TV service by Christmas. Streaming TV service Aereo just got tagged with a lawsuit. China’s one-billionth mobile phone user will sign up this week. Foursquare employees may soon be $50 million richer. Unlimited data is finally dead at AT&T. Here’s that crazy TED demo of the flying robots that everyone is talking about. Investor Mark Morris explains why Apple is a cheap stock. A photographer used Instagram to take some cool pictures of the Yankees. Here’s the truth about those AOL layoffs you’ve been hearing about. Here’s what Dennis Crowley was...
We all know the end result one’s partaking of food and beverage – it meets it demise with a flush. However, Budweiser, is hoping that your curiosity of origins will help build revenue. Budweiser introduced “Track Your Bud,” a digital campaign integrated with packaging that will allow consumers to trace the origins of the beer they hold in their hands to one of Budweiser’s 12 U.S. breweries. By using their Smartphone to scan the QR code on Budweiser packaging, downloading the free “Track Your Bud” app or visiting TrackYourBud.com, consumers can enter the Born On Date found on bottles and...
A new study (conducted three related studies) found that winners – those who outperformed others on a competitive task – acted more aggressively against the people they beat than the losers did against the victors. The first study involved 103 American college students who were told they would be paired with a partner who they would be competing against on two tasks. (In actuality, there was no partner). In the first task, participants were shown patterns of simple shapes on a computer screen for just a fraction of a second (70 milliseconds) and they had to decide whether a...
Microsoft is giving one final demo of Windows 8 at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona right now. The company just set the free, consumer preview of Windows 8 live. You can download it here The Windows 8 consumer preview is loaded up with interesting features. Here are the top five reasons to be a little curious. Internet Explorer 10 Semantic Zoom App Bar App Management and Switching Charms
Today’s News is brought to you by Business Inside Apple is supposedly working on a 14-inch MacBook Air. The long-rumored mini-iPad might come out this year. Here’s the first interview with Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom after his release from jail. Ben Parr’s newest startup will help you manage your information. Amazon appears to be inflating the prices on certain discount items. NFL Hall of Famer Ronnie Lott just invested in an enterprise software company. Facebook reveals a list of its 11 most effect advertisers. Yammer has raised $85 million. Apple blows past $500 billion and it’s not silly to think it’s headed to $1 trillion. You...
DIY it yourself is about being frugal, creative and taking on a challenge that would enhance your life. Many DIY projects are worth doing . . . while others you should leave to the professionals. Make Your Own Sex Toys: 50 Quick and Easy Do-It-Yourself Projects Giving new meaning to the expression “take pleasure into your own hands,” Make Your Own Sex Toys is a witty yet practical guide featuring how-to directions for 50 inventive DIY accoutrements. Readers can whip up the Knitted Willy Warmer for cold winter nights, get turned on with the Electro Stimu vibrator, or assemble the Mutual...
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Today’s News is brought to you by Business Inside Here’s how Apple allegedly gamed Proview out of its iPad trademark. Google will pay you $1 million if you can hack its Chrome web browser. Yahoo’s latest act is a desperate one without honor. Here are some hints that Google+ is a deserted wasteland. Google is hiring engineers to test out its self-driving cars. Erick Schonfeld is out at TechCrunch. Here’s the real reason everyone’s suddenly quitting AOL again. San Francisco hired hackers to fix the broken taxi cab system. Here’s what AJ Daulerio has to say about the new state of Gawker. Did you know...
In 84 years only 4 women have been nominated for the best directing Oscar. It’s time for this to change. RESOURCES The organizations, websites, books, and academic articles listed below do not represent a comprehensive listing of resources. Rather, the following lists offer a starting place for those interested in learning more about women in television and film. ORGANIZATIONS CONCERNED WITH WOMEN IN TELEVISION AND FILM ON-LINE moviesbywomen.com Movies by Women. The goals of this organization are to increase the number of women directors working in film, television or other media, and to build an audience for women directed...
Recently, culinary experts are seeing a renewed interest in foods from Europe, especially Nordic cuisine, which is typically not considered trendy by the global foodie community. In the February 2012 issue of Food Technology magazine, published by the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), Associate Editor Karen Nachay writes how a new buzz is being generated about cuisine from Nordic countries like Germany and Belgium. In 2010 and 2011 Noma, a Copenhagen, Denmark-based restaurant specializing entirely in local and seasonal Scandanavian food, was named as “Best Restaurant of the World.” Food and Wine, The New York Times, and Saveur are just a...
So Dr. Simon wrote Bringing Sex into Focus: The Quest for Sexual Integrity, a new book by IVP Academic (copyright 2012) that she describes as an “extended essay” on the topic. Six ways, she says, that people tend to understand sexuality today include: The Covenantal View :: Sex forges a permanent bond between two people. It is a life-uniting act that should occur only within marriage. The Procreative View :: The purpose of sex is to produce offspring. Thus sex must be heterosexual, genital, and “embrace the hope of fruitfulness.” The Romantic View :: Sex should be reserved for those...
The Dictionary of American Regional English, maps of where the survey was done, quizzes, photos, audio and other resources, is available at Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE). DARE: State-by-state After a long day, do you like to relax on the gallery? Do you enjoy a dagwood or a torpedo for lunch? Do you drive on the slab or parkway? These regional terms, which might be familiar depending on where you live or grew up, are captured in the Dictionary of American Regional English. The dictionary is made up of answers collected by fieldworkers, who did surveys in all...
Mike McLaughlin has had a difficult life. The MBA student at Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis was emotionally and physically abused as a child at the hands of his mother and stepfather — a tragedy in its own right but one which he says helped prepare him for his next big challenge. This spring and summer, McLaughlin will through-hike the entire Appalachian and Ozark trails back-to-back, helping to raise funds and awareness for underprivileged children both locally and in Africa. He’s hoping to become the first person ever to through-hike both trails consecutively. McLaughlin’s organization, hike4kids.com,...
The watchband idea is been around.. but it’s pretty much the same concept. all it does it holds your ipod nano. However, you nano become useless if you forget your headphone behind. With this innovative design you will never forget your headphones behind. While at the same time you will never have to spend countless hours detangling your cords!! There is again tons of cord organizers out there. some with very slick and great design behind them. However, it doesnt matter how awesome the deign is if you forget your cord organizer and your headphones behind!! One more thing...
