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Name Storms After Oil Companies (The Ones Most Responsible for Climate Change) By Bill McKibben October 30, 2012 New York Daily News Blog http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/the_rumble/2012/10/name-storms-after-oil-companies-theyre-the-ones-most-responsible-for-climate-chan As gutsy New Yorkers begin the task of drying out the city, here’s one thought that occurred to me last night watching the horrifying pictures from a distance. It’s obviously not crucial right now - but in the long run it might make a difference. Why don’t we stop naming these storms for people, and start naming them after oil companies?

Geoengineering: Testing the Waters By NAOMI KLEIN October 27, 2012 The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/28/opinion/sunday/geoengineering-testing-the-waters.html?pagewanted=2&pagewanted=print

350.org : " a page where you can donate to relief efforts, as well as call on Big Oil, Coal and Gas to take the money they’re spending on political campaigning this election and put it towards disaster relief instead: www.350.org/sandy"

English: Verizon Building in New York City (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Cell Phones, Internet After Hurricane Sandy: What You Need To Know :  " Verizon , which provides Internet and telephone services and is the largest wireless carrier in the United States , was hit extremely hard in New York and New Jersey . According to Reuters, flooding from the storm damaged telecom equipment in three of Verizon's major switching offices, located in lower Manhattan , Queens and Long Island . The failure of these centers completely wiped out non-emergency service in those areas. Network issues persist in the Northeast. Wind and flooding disrupted or knocked out service for AT&T Inc , Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile, and weather-related issues plagued the networks after the storm passed." ...ero. Related articles AT&T, T-Mobile Make Big Announcement In Wake Of Hurricane Sandy UPDATE: NYSE Traders Will Experience Spotty Cell Phone, Wireless Internet Service (NYX)

English: asteroid 1 (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) To Deflect Asteroids From Earth, Deploy Paintballs By The Ton | Popular Science :  " Paek 's strategy is fairly simple: Five tons of paintballs full of white powder would be launched towards an asteroid from a nearby space craft , 20 years in advance of a possible collision with Earth. The force of the pellets hitting the object will push it off course, but also the reflectivity--the albedo--of the white paint would increase, and over time the photons bouncing off the surface would also force the asteroid away from our planet. How has no one ever thought of this before?" Related articles Could paintballs deflect an asteroid headed for Earth? To Deflect Asteroids From Earth, Deploy Paintballs By The Ton Paintballs Could Deflect Asteroids From Earth Paintballs may deflect an incoming asteroid Paintballs Proposed to Deflect Asteroids Paintball Pellets Could Deflect an Asteroid from Destroying Earth Paintball

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Bruce Kushnick: Internet Freedom? You Are in an Internet Prison and You Don't Even Know It :  "The Republican and Democrat platforms claim that they are for Internet freedom, but their version doesn't open the networks to actual competition. Instead, it is based on the AT&T and Verizon hype. Working with ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council), the phone companies' definition of Internet freedom is that internet-phone service (VOIP) should not be regulated, when in reality the entire thing is a verbal jujitsu to remove regulations, obligations and competition on telecommunications services offered by the incumbent phone companies. Over 20 states have passed bills based on claiming this version of so called 'Internet freedom,' California being the latest causality."

Welcome to The Telephone Museum, Ellsworth, Maine :  "The Telephone Museum Ellsworth, Maine"

English: Official FCC photograph (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) FCC chairman talks about looming spectrum crisis; allocating that pie in the sky - Peoria, IL - pjstar.com :  "A severe spectrum crunch looms over the next decade because of the popularity of all the devices that have become so common — smartphones, tablets and the rest — and the fact that the new stuff uses up a lot more bandwidth than the old stuff (at least for now). “So far we’ve been dipping our toes in the water on LTE ,” said Julius Genachowski , chairman of the Federal Communications Commission earlier this month. PC Magazine , by the way, defines LTE as “the latest high-speed cellular data transmission network, surpassing the speeds of the widely used 3G networks .”" .. .ero . Related articles FCC Chairman: 300MHz of spectrum coming to providers Mystery giant eyeball on Fla. beach may be squid's - Peoria, IL - pjstar.com The Bunny the Bear Announce “hump Into Hibernation” Tour AT

Prehistoric Art & Ancient Art - The Art History Archive :  "VENUS OF WILLENDORF Also known as the Woman of Willendorf, the Venus is an 11.1 cm high statuette of a plump female figure. It was discovered in 1908 by archaeologist Josef Szombathy at a paleolithic site near Willendorf, a village in Lower Austria near the city of Krems. It is carved from a limestone that is not local to the area, and tinted with red ochre. Since the discovery and naming, several similar statuettes and other forms of art have been discovered. They are collectively referred to as Venus figurines." ...ero.

IN FLIGHT, UNSPECIFIED - MARCH 15: (EDITORS NOTE: Lens profile correction was applied to the image) (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) In this photo provided by Red Bull, Pilot Felix Baumgartner of Austria is seen before his jump during the first manned test flight for Red Bull Stratos on March 15, 2012 in Roswell, New Mexico. In this test he reach the altitude 21800 meters (71500 ft) and landed safely near Roswell. Red Bull Stratos is a mission to the edge of the earths atmosphere, where upon reaching altitude of 120,000 feet by helium baloon, pilot and basejumper Felix Baumgartner will then freefall to the ground in an attempt to break the speed of sound. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife ) Video of Felix Baumgartner's Supersonic Free Fall - NYTimes.com :  "Stepping from a capsule tethered to the balloon, the daredevil plunged to Earth , reaching a maximum speed measured at 833.9 miles per hour , or Mach 1.24, becoming the first human to break the sound barrier under his o

Felix Baumgartner's supersonic freefall from 128k' - Mission Highlights - YouTube : " "

Verizon to blow past year-end 4G target, covering 417 markets | Mobile - CNET News :  "Verizon to blow past year-end 4G target, covering 417 markets The company extends its lead with the next-generation wireless service, giving it an optimal selling point for the iPhone 5."

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Bruce Kushnick: Communications Breakdown -- Your Phone, Wireless, Broadband, Internet and Cable Bills : "Communications Breakdown -- Your Phone, Wireless, Broadband, Internet and Cable Bills" .. .ero .