Garrett McNamara just broke the world record for largest wave surfed by successfully navigating a 90-foot wall of watery death.
The Hawaiian resident and pro surfer conquered the nine-story wave outside the Portugal town of Nazare, breaking the previous record—77 feet—set by Mike Parsons in 2008.
Senate Democrats on Thursday turned back an attempt to repeal federal rules designed to prevent Internet service providers from discriminating against those who send content and other services over their networks.
The rule under attack requires broadband providers to let subscribers access all legal online content and prohibit wireless carriers from blocking access to any websites or competing services, such as Netflix or Skype, which require more bandwidth.
Many U.S. cable providers will offer broadband service for $9.95 a month and an e-recycler will offer $150 PCs and laptops to low-income families in an effort to bring the benefits of broadband to more people across the country.
Members of the National Cable and Telecommunications Association including Comcast, Cox Communications, Time Warner and Cablevision, will offer the discounted broadband service, without installation fees or modem rental fees, the organization announced Wednesday. E-recycler Redemtech will offer refurbished PCs and laptops for $150, plus sales tax.
Italian inventor Andrea Rossi and Emeritus Professor Dr. Sergio Focardi (Physics University Bologna) have worked together for two years to bring the first iteration of a new energy source to the public. Referred to as Low Energy Nuclear Reaction, this type of operation produces sustainable energy with no nuclear radiation, dangerous chemicals or pollution.
On October 28th Rossi/Focardi demonstrated the operation of a 1 megawatt “reactor” that ran on its own power for nearly 5 hours. The prototype reactor, called the E-Cat, was then sold to an anonymous customer for an undisclosed price. Rossi claims he will begin manufacturing reactors immediately and has apparently sold two or more.
Italian inventor Andrea Rossi and Emeritus Professor Dr. Sergio Focardi (Physics University Bologna) have worked together for two years to bring the first iteration of a new energy source to the public. Referred to as Low Energy Nuclear Reaction, this type of operation produces sustainable energy with no nuclear radiation, dangerous chemicals or pollution.
On October 28th Rossi/Focardi demonstrated the operation of a 1 megawatt “reactor” that ran on its own power for nearly 5 hours. The prototype reactor, called the E-Cat, was then sold to an anonymous customer for an undisclosed price. Rossi claims he will begin manufacturing reactors immediately and has apparently sold two or more.
Starting on Veterans Day, the Wish Upon a Hero Foundation will give away more than $500,000 to assist active duty military, veterans, and their families.
Public service announcements launched on TV stations nationwide will encourage military families in need to post wishes on the Wish Upon a Hero website, the online giving platform where anyone can post a wish and anyone can fulfill one.
In 2011, WUAHF partnered with the Hike for Our Heroes campaign, led by Iraq War veteran Troy Yocum, and raised more than $500,000 via Yocum’s 18-month, 7,800-mile journey across America. With the generosity of thousands of Americans and businesses, the money is ready to ease the burden for military families who need assistance with medical, educational and everyday living expenses.
“With more troops returning from Iraq, this is a critical time,” says Wish Upon a Hero Founder Dave Girgenti. “We need to rally behind these brave men and women in every way possible.”
Girgenti, a New Jersey creative director at an advertising firm, started his non-profit organization following the terrorist attacks of September 11th and the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. Communities and individuals helped each other during those difficult times. Girgenti envisioned creating a platform where anyone can post a wish, and everyone can be a hero.
WATCH the PSA video here:
Starting on Veterans Day, the Wish Upon a Hero Foundation will give away more than $500,000 to assist active duty military, veterans, and their families.
Public service announcements launched on TV stations nationwide will encourage military families in need to post wishes on the Wish Upon a Hero website, the online giving platform where anyone can post a wish and anyone can fulfill one.
A waterfall in one of New Jersey’s largest cities that inspired generations of newcomers to America, fueled the Industrial Revolution and was featured in everything from a William Carlos Williams poem to an episode of television show The Sopranos became the nation’s newest national park Monday.
The 77-foot Great Falls in downtown Paterson was honored with the national park designation in a ceremony Monday overlooking the Passaic River site.
What can we infer from last night’s election results across the country? . . . Overall, voters punished elected officials for going too far.
Ohio – Voters might not be happy with public-sector unions, but they don’t support taking away collective-bargaining rights.
Maine – Voters might be concerned about the idea of voter fraud, but they don’t want to lose rights they’ve known, like the opportunity to register to vote on election day.
20 years ago, basketball all-star Magic Johnson stepped to the microphones at a Los Angeles press conference to tell the world he was HIV-positive. Not a single person watching on Nov 7, 1991 thought he would be around to hold another news conference 20 years later.
Sports fans were stunned as Johnson, still in his prime, announced that he would have to walk away from basketball at age 32, only a year after winning his third MVP award.
With his super-sized grin intact, the athlete was determined to keep his mental attitude positive.
Nick Vujicic is a 28 year old motivational speaker. Born with more challenges and obstacles than most of us will face in a lifetime, Nick found the strength to surmount what others might call impossible.
Nick says: “Life Without Limits” is all about sharing this same hope and genuine love that I have personally experienced with people all over the globe.”
AAA is about to roll out the nation’s first fleet of mobile electric-vehicle quick chargers.
The company, which serves more than 52 million motorists, has installed the chargers on trucks and trained its drivers to properly charge an EV.
The trucks are poised to hit the road in Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Knoxville and Tampa, Florida.
The overall U.S. unemployment rate ticked down last month and the economy added more than 350,000 private sector jobs over the past three months. But, over 850,000 U.S. veterans were unemployed in October and the jobless rate for post-9/11 veterans was 12.1 percent.
Ensuring that the nation’s veterans have more opportunities, President Obama is expanding on his Administration’s earlier hiring of 120,000 veterans into the federal government.
In the spirit of Veterans Day this week, the White House announced a series of executive actions yesterday that will provide new resources to help veterans translate military experience to the private sector job market, give them additional career development support and better identify companies looking to hire them.
A South Pasadena woman says when she picked up an organic salad from Costco Monday night, she got a tiny surprise – a live tree frog that had hitched a ride among the lettuce leaves.
Some people might consider calling a lawyer after finding something unwanted in their food, but Ma asked the store manager if she could keep it as a pet. She said he agreed to let her have the salad and frog for free. She has named it Dave.
A Canadian man who pulled over to help a motorist change a tire in Wisconsin had his good deed repaid minutes later when the same motorist helped save his life.
“I guess it was a good idea for us to stop and help,” said Victor Giesbrecht’s wife, Ann.
“In return, this lady helped us. It was just a miracle, the way everything worked out. It was just pieced together just like a puzzle.”
(READ the story in the Toronto Globe and Mail)
One of the legendary triumphs of philanthropy was Andrew Carnegie’s construction of more than 2,500 libraries around the world. It’s renowned as a stimulus to learning that can never be matched — except that total has already been surpassed several times over by an American man you’ve probably never heard of.
John Wood has given out his 10 millionth book this year along with his charity, Room to Read, opening 12,000 of small libraries around the world, along with 1,500 schools.
In an attempt to transform an ordinary Monday morning into something special, an artist has given thousands of yellow balloons to Kenyan commuters to counter the idea of Monday-morning blues.
During the past year Yazmany Arboleda has also traveled to Japan and India orchestrating his “Living Sculpture” called Monday Morning.
General Motors Co.’s vehicle sales rose 10 percent last month in China.
The company sold 220,412 vehicles in China in October, outpacing GM’s 1.7 percent sales gain in the U.S. last month and followed a 15 percent rise in Chinese deliveries in September.
The largest U.S. carmaker joined Toyota Motor Corp. in reporting higher sales in China during October.
Before Toyota came, Cassius Perry was struggling like many in this hilly, sparsely populated region of north Mississippi that’s shed thousands of furniture manufacturing jobs since the 1990s.
This year Perry landed good pay and health insurance when he went to work for a supplier to the sprawling new Toyota plant on the outskirts of the tiny town of Blue Springs.
Hundreds have been hired, giving local leaders hope that their area will become another Southern automotive boomtown.
Landfills are a constant reminder of the waste we produce, but a new innovation could throw out the notion of a “dump” by turning them into productive solar power dynamos.
In Conley, Georgia, a first-of-its-kind landfill generates renewable energy while safely covering nine million cubic yards of municipal solid waste. The 45-acre geomembrane in this photo covers the landfill with 7,000 flexible solar panels.
Every component part is made in America.
