Oct 02
Life moves fast. Sometimes it even feels like a blur. And for this week’s Shooting Challenge, we’re celebrating the speed of life.
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Oct 02
How The Australia Shutdown Differs From The U.S. Government Shutdown (VIDEO)
Posted in: Today's ChiliAs it turns out, the United States’ federal government shutdown is not without precedent. In 1975, Australia experienced a similar shutdown after its legislature became embroiled in a deadlocked squabble about the country’s budget.
While the U.S. shutdown has yet to be resolved, it is highly unlikely that Congress has much to learn by following Australia’s example.
After the 1975 shutdown, Queen Elizabeth II instructed her official representative in Australia, Sir John Kerr, to dismiss and replace then Prime Minister Gough Whitlam. A new bill that authorized funding for the government was passed almost immediately. Then, Kerr proceeded to dismiss the entire Australian Parliament.
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Oct 02
WASHINGTON — A self-described “exasperated” President Barack Obama told Wall Street CEOs on Wednesday that they should not take for granted that the Republican-led House of Representatives will raise the nation’s debt ceiling by Oct. 17.
“I think this time is different,” the president said, when asked by CNBC’s John Harwood whether the financial markets were right to assume that the upcoming conflict would ultimately get resolved in time. “I think they should be concerned.”
Speaking less than two hours before he was set to meet with congressional leadership to discuss both the debt ceiling and a way out of the current impasse over the government shutdown, the president argued that he had already sacrificed a lot during these negotiations, having agreed to fund the government at sequestration levels. And while he said would be willing to consider changes to his health care law — a key demand of House Republicans -– he refused to do it during the fight over the shutdown or debt limit.
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Oct 02
We all know puppies are small and adorable, but this little gal is something else.
Angel the Yorkshire terrier weighs in at just 163 grams, about the weight of an average banana. The pup was born in a litter of much larger siblings about five weeks ago, according to owner Kim Passero, who said she plans to keep her as a companion.
Oct 02
Two years ago I hired an interior designer for the first time to help me decorate our home in New York. I would have taken on the project myself, but I was living in California during the renovation so I really needed someone on the ground in New York to handle and supervise the renovations and design process. I found a designer who had really beautiful taste and was reasonably priced.
Oct 02
If idioms are your cup of tea, then you’re going to have a field day with this delightful YouTube video in which the origins of more than 40 popular sayings are explained.
In the informative 9-minute clip, produced by Mental Floss, watch as the best-selling author John Green tells the fascinating — and sometimes surprising — stories behind 42 familiar expressions.
So why do we “ride shotgun,” “beat a dead horse,” “spill the beans” or “bite the bullet”? Watch the video above to find out.
Oct 02
OAKLAND, Calif. — OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Many a bearded major leaguer disapproves of the bushy black mess hanging from Brian Wilson’s chin these days.
Yet there’s no arguing the beard’s potential as the relief pitcher chases a third World Series ring in four years.
Oct 02
Sky+ viewers have had advanced search through the TV service’s mobile app for a while. Starting today, they’ll get that experience through their set-top boxes. Sky is rolling out an update to Sky+HD receivers that introduces as-you-type search, with unified results that include both live and on-demand shows. The upgrade will take a few months to reach all subscribers, but the days of slow searches may soon be at an end.
Filed under: Home Entertainment, HD
Source: Sky
Oct 02
The last thing you want to do after buying yourself a sleek, ultra-slim laptop is muck up its lovely form factor with an ungainly mobile WiFi hotspot hanging off a USB port. So taking inspiration from the Eye-Fi, Huawei has cooked up its own SD card that’s gutted to make room for a nano SIM slot and a HSPA+ 3G radio to give your laptop mobile internet wherever you roam.
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Oct 02
Judah Schiller envisions a time when a lot more people bike like this.
(Credit: AIKO Agency)
Divine intervention might be needed before you can walk on water, but biking on water will become a recognized international sport if Judah Schiller has his way.
Schiller is the brain (and the legs) behind the BayCycle Project, an initiative to turn water biking from a little-known cycling caper into a common recreational pastime and alternative form of transportation.
“BayCycle Project is about opening the oceans, bays, rivers, and lakes that cover two-thirds of our planet to people who love to bike,” Schiller said. “The ride doesn’t end at the water’s edge.”
If you’ve never heard of water biking, you can be forgiven for noting that H2O makes for a, well, less-than-solid biking surface. The bikes do get a little help, of course — from a pedal-powered portable flotation system. The whole setup weighs about 20 pounds and fits in a backpack, which comes with two inflatable pontoons, plus clamps, rods, and a gearbox to capture the energy of a spinning rear wheel and transfer it to a propeller attached to a till under the front wheel.
To prove that biking on water actually floats, Schiller, a San Francisco Bay Area resident, rode across the San Francisco Bay from Oakland to the city last week. On Thursday, he’ll attem… [Read more]
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