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Wal-mart getting cheaper still with sun power - Green Daily
A Sam’s Club store in Chino, California, recently completed the installation of a 390 kilowatt solar power system, the first of seven such systems to be placed in stores around California….The installations will provide on average up to 30% of the power needed to operate the [...]

Lawsuits: Ex-Manager Sues Best Buy For Telling “Target” That He “Sucked”
Suspecting that Best Buy might be interfering, Oliveri created an email account in the name of a Target employee and contacted Best Buy for a reference. In his lawsuit, Oliveri alleges that Ann McCafferty, a human resources manager at Best Buy, responded:
The more I read [...]

Errors: Misplaced Poster Reminds You To “Generate Many Millions of Dollars” For JetBlue
Why should they encourage consumers to sign up for the card? To generate millions of extra dollars for JetBlue of course.
Someone hung up a “backroom” poster encouraging JetBlue employees to get customers to sign up for a JetBlue card because it will generate [...]

Drought could close nuclear power plants - Weather- msnbc.com
Nuclear reactors across the Southeast could be forced to throttle back or temporarily shut down later this year because drought is drying up the rivers and lakes that supply power plants with the awesome amounts of cooling water they need to operate.
If only we could melt some [...]

Britain tops fast-food league, as world obesity grows: study - Yahoo News
Britons are the worlds biggest fans of fast food, just ahead of Americans, while famously gastronomic French are the least attracted by quick meals, according to a study published Wednesday.
I have been really watching what I eat lately, as well as going to the [...]

LiveLeak.com - A lighter being lit in super slow motion
Awesome slow motion video of a lighter sending sparks into the air and then the flame coming to life.

MAKE: Blog: “Cloud” digital sculpture
‘Cloud’ is a five meter long digital sculpture whose surface is covered with 4638 flip-dots that can be individually addressed by a computer to animate the entire skin of the sculpture.
Wow, its so cool.  I could probably just stand there and watch it move around until I almost miss my flight [...]

National Peanut Butter Day
I didn’t even know what a glorious day it was until I read Happy National Peanut Butter Day! - Slashfood
I will have to have some organic Wegman’s Pb when I get home.  Maybe I will have some chunky AND some creamy!
I like to dip Wegman’s brand low fat triscuits in it.  They [...]

Local News - Disgruntled Worker Accused of Deleting $2.5 Million of Files
“The lesson to be learned here is that you can’t depend on having just one set of records or files and having your employees have access to them. You’ve got to have some kind of backup,” Jefferson said.
It took loosing “$2.5 Million” worth of [...]

Faulty fridge sends warship back to base - Yahoo! News
One of Britain’s biggest warships was forced to retreat back to base Wednesday — by fears about a fridge.
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But “Lusty” had to turn back because a refrigeration unit used to store meat was in danger of breaking down.
They really need the maytag repair man to join [...]

Great Moments In Commercial History: Kinoki Foot Pads
Meet the Kinoki foot pad, a simple patch that can remove “toxins” from your body while you sleep.
Well gee golly, they say I have toxins in my body, and that my feet are the best way to get rid of them.  Not my liver and kidneys or any [...]

The Associated Press: Heath Ledger Found Dead in NYC at Age 28
NEW YORK (AP) — Heath Ledger was found dead Tuesday at a downtown Manhattan residence, and police said drugs may have been a factor. He was 28. NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said Ledger had an appointment for a massage at the Manhattan apartment believed [...]

Suspicious package downtown turns out to be empty cookie tin — OrlandoSentinel.com
A suspicious package that turned out to be an empty cookie tin shut down a busy downtown intersection for about 45 minutes this morning.
Oh Noes!  People littering!   Litter and pollution are bad, but honestly, how often are there actually bombs places and how often [...]

Chocolate Frosting II Recipe | Chocolate Frosting and Icing Recipes @ CDKitchen.com :: it’s what’s cooking online!
1/6 cup butter
2 cups powdered sugar
1/4 cup Cocoa powder
1/8 cup milk
3/4 teaspoon vanilla
extra milk if needed
We used Hershey’s Special Dark Cocoa for the frosting, and mmm it was delicious.
We ended up adding probably 5-6 teaspoons of extra milk to [...]

If Light bulbs were Automobiles, you’d be driving a Compact Fluorescent.
I recommend counting all of the regular (incandescent) light bulbs in your house and immediately buying new replacement CFL bulbs for all of them. Then I recommend unscrewing the old bulbs and throwing them away. I recommend doing it right now.
I agree with Rob’s recommendations. [...]