The B Kids Watch Over Me Dream Station is different from the usual crib attachments in
several ways. This unique baby sleep aid has five different light and
sound phases to suit different parts of baby’s sleep cycle and the sensor monitors baby’s sleep needs throughout the night.
Severe weather hit the Oklahoma City area again on Friday night. This time there were multiple tornadoes that touched down, following a “tornado emergency” issued by the National Weather Service, the highest alert.
Here’s what the night looked like on Twitter from local residents on the ground.
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Rev. Dr. Guy Erwin was elected Bishop of the Southwest California Synod of the Evangelical Church in America (ELCA) on May 31st, 3013 during the synod’s assembly in Woodland Hills, California. He is the first openly gay clergy person elected to serve as one of the 65 synodical bishops in the denomination
“The election of Pastor Erwin to the office of bishop occurred because he was the best candidate, not because he was a partnered gay man,” said Emily Eastwood executive director of ReconcilingWork in a press release.
Rev. Erwin commented on his election to GLAAD:
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Well, look what we have here. Just a little over two weeks after we spied the Samsung SM-C101 at the Bluetooth SIG, the handset turns up at the FCC looking for approval. As we mentioned previously, it’s what could very well be the rumored Galaxy S 4 Zoom, an S 4 handset with a large camera — essentially a sequel to the Galaxy Camera, but with phone capabilities. Indeed, the FCC report states the SM-C101 has quad-band GSM, AT&T-compatible HSPA+, NFC, WiFi and Bluetooth 4.0 LE. However, there is no mention of LTE, which leads us to doubt this device is destined for the US (though this doesn’t guarantee we won’t see a US-bound variant down the road). The listing is otherwise light on details, though we do hope that the speculations of a 16-megapixel camera turn out to be true. At least it seems we won’t have long to find out.
Filed under: Cellphones, Cameras, Mobile
Source: FCC
Prominent people in Washington and on Wall Street say President Barack Obama is starting to focus on what may be the most important appointment of his second term: the next chairman of the Federal Reserve.
Ben Bernanke’s term expires in January and he has told associates that the eight challenging years he will have served would be enough. Some people close to the president say his top personal choice to succeed Bernanke would be former Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner. They established a close bond over four years.
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By Alan Gomez
USA Today
(RNS) During the last attempt to overhaul the nation’s immigration laws in 2007, the Southern Baptist Convention never fully embraced a bipartisan bill that died in the face of conservative opposition.
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The innovators behind the OnGARD Security Door Brace and SMART Dummy
Camera are looking to you to invent the next big advancement in home
security devices, and are willing to pay big bucks for your best idea.
Google has been accused by many of violating privacy with Street View, and those accusations may increase as the service is used by taxing authorities to find individuals guilty of tax evasion. Such is the case in Lithuania, where more than 100 cases have already been discovered, and where authorities are actively pouring over Maps in search of more violators.
Many locations in Europe have taken – or are attempting to take measures – that will limit Street View in certain locations. In Germany, residents who aren’t happy about having their property displayed on Maps, for example, can request to have it blocked. Such is not the case in Lithuania, however, according to the Wall Street Journal. Reportedly, the chief tax inspector Modestas Kaseliauskas says locals are more supportive than it was assumed they would be.
Those guilty of tax evasion don’t likely share in their support, however. The latest two cases that have resulted from Google Maps-based discoveries of possible tax evasion have resulted in $130,000 in owed taxes on top of fines. Such cases result from a team dedicated to looking at the detailed images available via Street View for construction and other buildings that haven’t been declared, for example.
One example given was an image taken of a woman in a hammock, an image that is now being used in a case against the owners of the property for the undisclosed structures it reveals. Another individual, Raimundas Baranauskas who previously served as chairman for Bank Snoras, was found to have undisclosed buildings on property that evaded the attention of the government until Street View revealed them.
The powers that be in Lithuania are praising Street View as being more effective in identifying undisclosed buildings than aerial photography, and likewise allowing the small teams in charge of finding them to accomplish more work in a faster duration that previously possible. Said Kaseliauskas: “We were very impressed. We realized that we could do more with less and in shorter time.”
SOURCE: Wall Street Journal
Street View being used by authorities to pinpoint tax evasion is written by Brittany Hillen & originally posted on SlashGear.
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As tornadoes swept through the Oklahoma City area on Friday evening, storm chasers in cars tracked their movements, relaying updates and video to a number of news outlets.
But getting close to violent storms is inherently risky, and the storm chasers with The Weather Channel Tornado Hunt Team had a very close call. According to The Weather Channel’s website:
Meteorologist Mike Bettes was chasing the monster rain-wrapped tornado near El Reno, Okla. when he says the storm picked up the heavy chase SUV and threw it an estimated 200 yards.
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