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American Idol Winners Interviewed in New "Welcome Home" Documentary

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on American Idol Winners Interviewed in New "Welcome Home" Documentary

The 10th season of American Idol kicks off early next year, and with a new panel of judges and various other changes, the Fox hit is looking to the future. But not without first looking back at its past glory. Interviews with all nine winners – Kelly Clarkson , Ruben Studdard, Fantasia, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Hicks, Jordin Sparks, David Cook, Kris Allen and Lee DeWyze – comprise Fox’s just-released Idol documentary, “Welcome Home.” Watch it in its entirety here … Fox Interviews with American Idol Winners: Welcome Home

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NYT’s Blow: ‘Too Many Liberals Just Want to Whine’

Posted on December 18, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on NYT’s Blow: ‘Too Many Liberals Just Want to Whine’

Charles Blow made some political observations in his New York Times column Saturday that are destined to anger many of his left-leaning readers. Just imagine how the average New York Democrat is going to respond to being told the future of his Party is being jeopardized by the fact that “Too many liberals just want to whine”: read more

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Qnuru 6.4W and 9.2W LED Lightbulbs (Product Review)

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Qnuru 6.4W and 9.2W LED Lightbulbs (Product Review)

Photo: Michael Graham Richard LED Lights Are Coming of Age To paraphrase William Gibson, the future of lighting is here, it’s just not evenly distributed. Light-emitting diodes (LED) lightbulbs have been coming on the market in the past few years, but their quality varies greatly, from “almost perfect” to “horrible” (kind of like the early compact fluorescents). I had the opportunity to spend a few days with two LED lightbulbs from Qnuru , and I’d like to share my impressions with you. Read on for more photos and my rev… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Qnuru 6.4W and 9.2W LED Lightbulbs (Product Review)

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Qnuru 6.4W and 9.2W LED Lightbulbs (Product Review)

Photo: Michael Graham Richard LED Lights Are Coming of Age To paraphrase William Gibson, the future of lighting is here, it’s just not evenly distributed. Light-emitting diodes (LED) lightbulbs have been coming on the market in the past few years, but their quality varies greatly, from “almost perfect” to “horrible” (kind of like the early compact fluorescents). I had the opportunity to spend a few days with two LED lightbulbs from Qnuru , and I’d like to share my impressions with you. Read on for more photos and my rev… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Qnuru 6.4W and 9.2W LED Lightbulbs (Product Review)

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Qnuru 6.4W and 9.2W LED Lightbulbs (Product Review)

Photo: Michael Graham Richard LED Lights Are Coming of Age To paraphrase William Gibson, the future of lighting is here, it’s just not evenly distributed. Light-emitting diodes (LED) lightbulbs have been coming on the market in the past few years, but their quality varies greatly, from “almost perfect” to “horrible” (kind of like the early compact fluorescents). I had the opportunity to spend a few days with two LED lightbulbs from Qnuru , and I’d like to share my impressions with you. Read on for more photos and my rev… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Tom Vanderbilt Thinks The Future of Transport is Smaller, Slower and Shared. Others Don’t.

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Tom Vanderbilt Thinks The Future of Transport is Smaller, Slower and Shared. Others Don’t.

Small Cars “Almost Cheaper Than Walking” In January I wrote a prediction for this year, The Three Ss For 2010: Small, Simple and Shared . Tom Vanderbilt, author of Traffic, says much the same thing a year later in World Policy Blog, writing A Car for the Future: Smaller, Slower, Shared. He points out the simple and unavoidable reality: As plentiful as t… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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The Case for Net Neutrality

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on The Case for Net Neutrality

Molly gives you the rundown on the latest corporate battle that is bringing the net neutrality issue into focus and may determine the future of the internet as we know it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhpdqoG5tKw&feature=player_embedded added by: pjacobs51

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Electric Cars to be Competitive with Gas Cars in About 5 Years, Says Steven Chu

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Electric Cars to be Competitive with Gas Cars in About 5 Years, Says Steven Chu

Photos: Flickr , CC, Wikipedia , CC, Wikipedia , Public domain. Not That Far Off Dr. Steven Chu, the U.S. Secretary of Energy, has shared his informed (hard to find someone more informed than him) opinion about the future of battery electric cars at the

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Ecotopia or Sprawling Nightmare? Four Scenarios for the Future of our Cities (video)

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Ecotopia or Sprawling Nightmare? Four Scenarios for the Future of our Cities (video)

Image credit: Forum for the Future As New York’s efforts to create a livable city show , we are already seeing far-reaching changes to how our cities are organized—and not before time. But there is still an awful lot more to do. Yesterday I wrote about a new report detailing how megacities must change in the face of a population explosion . My initial post focused primarily on the six principles outlined for creating more wor… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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How Can Insurance Companies Help Halt Climate Change?

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on How Can Insurance Companies Help Halt Climate Change?

Image credit: Forum for the Future Insurance isn’t the first industry people think about when talking about business and climate change. Yet from moving to pay-as-you-drive car insurance , to discounting LEED-certified buildings , we have already seen a number of ways that insurance companies can reward sustainable practices. Given the likelihood of

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