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How to earn money with blogger? This can be a popular question nowadays among those who are curious about the potential of earning money with blogger blogs and even anybody how really wants to learn how to earn money blogging. For individuals individuals who don’t know Blogger.com or Blogspot (because it is also called), it’s essentially a totally free blogging service supplied by Google which makes blogging easy. So, how will you earn money with blogger?… Fortunately, it’s so quick and simple (a minimum of the entire process of obtaining a blog ready to go with blogger) that almost anybody can make income using blogger. Here’s how to earn money on blogger. Look for a subject you need to blog about Before you decide to do other things, you have to determine the topic of your site. For novices, I’d advice selecting a subject that you’re acquainted with and therefore are really thinking about. It’ll make it much simpler that you should talk about tat subject. In the future, you could c...

That most of us bloggers are in need of some form of physical fitness is beyond argument. Apart from the hours we condemn ourselves to behind our computers, we have a million and one obligations calling out for our attention such that we hardly have time to exercise. Personally, even on the days I wake up determined to put in at least half an hour of exercise something always comes up. If it’s not an emergency to do with the kids it’s the car that is broken down or a function you had neglected to diarist sneaking up on you. << credit >> Besides the sedentary lifestyle imposed by our chosen career or in fact, thanks to it, getting healthy food is also a challenge. While ordering coke and a burger only makes sense when you’re working against the clock to wrap up those write ups, it shows up on your waistline as those unutilized calories are converted into body fat. Why Bloggers Need to Be in Good Health? Now, being a fellow blogger, I understand tha...

This is a tough question. Something that most of us dream about at some point in our lives. What if we won the lottery? What if some investment paid off? It's easy to say, nope, wouldn't work ever again. But actually sit back and think about it. What would you do all day? Twiddle your thumbs? Manage your money? Start a new hobby? I would like to think yes, I would most definitely work. What I am most sure about is that it would not be doing what I am doing now. As it is, I am trying to change careers to be a teacher, so I know I definitely would not stay in the accounting world. I thrive on staying busy. I thrive on having a thousand things to do. Just sitting around waiting for my money to earn interest just wouldn't cut it. And yes, I would travel, but that can only be so much since the kids have school. Teaching, I believe, is going to be something I love, and why give that up just because money is taken out of the picture. I could do what I love...

In one of life's little synchronicities, my sister provides also childcare. Well, I "provide childcare." My sister "babysits" (her word). Though our job descriptions don't vary much, there is a world of difference. Witness the following conversation. Sis: "I just found out on Friday that little Simon won't be coming next week. He's going to his grandmother's." Me: "Well, that's nice. It'll lighten your load." Sis: "Yeah, but I really needed the money." There is a pause. I am appalled. She allows pay-as-you-go! If the child isn't in attendance, for any reason, the parent does not pay. Good heavens. Not too long ago, I saw an article in our local paper written by a mother who was encouraging other mothers to pay for missed days and holidays, just as she did. She even paid for the occasional sick day for her caregiver. While I agreed with her position, I regretted that she saw her beh...

News that Microsoft has plans in place to offer up the Xbox 360 with Kinect up for $99 with a subscription contract may well be the savior the console industry needs to keep active here in 2012. This industry has seen waning interest in the past few years as the mobile world ramps up with smartphone and tablet gaming, due in no small part to the seemingly inexpensive nature of the smartphone and the mobile data-connected tablet. Could an Xbox 360 that also costs next to nothing but will end up costing customers a bundle in the end with monthly fees help Microsoft take back the cake? You bet your sweet gaming DVDs and downloadable content it will. If it does indeed prove to be true that Microsoft is planning on bringing the $99 Xbox to the world with a package that also includes the Kinect and costs customers a $15 a month fee (which includes Xbox Live Gold on the web), we’re looking at a winner. There’s no doubt about it. The only thing that limits this deal from a fantastic amount o...

If you’re reading this on your laptop, desktop or smartphone, odds are pretty good that you’ve got some way, shape or form of Adobe’s Flash Player installed. If that’s the case, scoot your browser on over to the Flash Player update page and download the latest version of Plash Player 11.2 quick, fast and in a hurry. Adobe has patched a critical security flaw in the ubiquitous animation software, and marked the upgrade Priority 1 – in other words, you need to download it within 72 hours at the latest. What’s the big deal?  Adobe isn’t being overly explicit in the problem, but it says that an attack using this particular exploit can cause the Flash plugin to crash and a allow a malicious program to take over the affected system. Unlike many of Flash Player’s well-documented security issues, this one seems to have been spotted by Adobe themselves, and they’re actively publishing a solution. If your Windows or OS X computer is equipped with Adobe’s auto-updater, you’ve either already bee...

There has been a lot of speculation running rampant over the last several months that Apple was getting its very first entry into the HDTV market ready. There have been several analysts speculate the TV will launch this year previously. However, a new report by JP Morgan analyst Mark Moskowitz says that the TV is unlikely to arrive this year. Moskowitz wrote in a note to investors yesterday that J.P. Morgan research doesn’t indicate a looming TV launch from Apple. The analyst also noted that economic conditions were not right for launch of an Apple branded television currently. I would say he’s right on that count with the economy still sluggish in many parts the world. Moskowitz does seem to believe that Apple has a chance to deliver a TV that can differentiate itself from the other “suitable” offerings on the market from competitors. At its core, the Apple television set is simply a smart TV similar to those that have been on the market for a long time. However, the analyst noted tha...

Greenpeace activists are accusing Apple of using dirty energy to power the giant data center behind its iCloud. Following a rather negative Greenpeace report on Apple’s energy practices, protestors have taken their objections to another level by blocking the trains that supply the coal for powering Apple’s Maiden, North Carolina data center. Seven Greenpeace activists took to the train tracks used by Duke Energy and Apple for shipping coal. Four of the protestors locked themselves to the tracks near Marshall Steam Station in Catawba County, while two others hung a sign that read “Save Our Mountain Clean The Cloud.” The protestors also branded the trains with the Apple logo to show that the Maiden data center will only be using more coal as it expands. Police were called in and disbanded the protestors shortly. All seven were taken into custody and charged with trespassing. Apple has been denying the claims in the Greenpeace report, saying that the environmental group’s estimate of the...

There was a time when some of the biggest electronics retailers in the world had issues with Amazon . They realized that the online retail giant was able to beat them on price, and with more and more people coming to its site, it had the ability to take them down. The past is littered with companies that tried to go up against Amazon, including Circuit City, CompUSA, and others. Best Buy is now having some trouble competing against online giants like Amazon, and by the look of things, eventually, only mega retailers like Walmart, as well as small boutiques, might survive the online onslaught. But over the last couple of years, something rather interesting has happened with the way companies view Amazon. As the retail firm has entered other markets, including Web solutions, e-readers, and tablets, it has caused many other firms to take notice. And in the process, the scare factor surrounding Amazon has grown with the online company. Nowhere is that more evident than in Target’s recently...

The next Samsung Galaxy Tab Android tablet is up for pre-order now, all 10.1-inches of it complete with a dual-core processor inside. This device is set for the top of the middle-market with a Texas Instruments OMAP4 dual-core processor inside and a 10.1-inch 1280×800 display up front. This tablet is set to bring you essentially the same experience you had on the Galaxy Tab 10.1 original, but with Ice Cream Sandwich this time as well as a few more enhancements that make this device a superstar for the middle tier. We got our hands-on this device back at the announcement of its release here in the United States and can say this: it’s extremely similar to the original. What you’ve got here instead of what we had back a year ago with the original 10.1 is some front-facing speakers and a bit different processor on the inside as well as a couple other enhancements. Notable for those who love to customize, this device has a microSD card slot for memory expansion and does indeed use Android 4...

After the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) concluded that Google violated Internet privacy standards in the way that it interacted with Apple’s Safari Web browser, the question is now how much the search giant will have to pay in fines. Based on the huge number of individual instances of privacy violations, Google could technically be forced to fork over millions and millions of dollars. Google is reportedly negotiating with the FTC to determine what would be an equitable fine. According to the agency, Google implanted cookies on user PCs that were able to bypass the built-in protections that Safari has. That is a blatant violation of the FTC, which can technically levy a fine of $16,000 per day per violation. And since, well, there are quite a few people who use Google, that can easily add up. It isn’t exactly a nice trend for Google. The company recently came under fire for its Street View car, which collected WiFi data from users as it roamed the streets. That caused the search giant ...

Google is constantly working behind the scenes to improve its services, and today it seems fate has smiled on Google News. Google has posted to its blog detailing the latest changes to Google News, which includes real time news updates, Google+ comments on news items, and a boost in the default size of images. The changes have already taken place for some, and for everyone else in the US they’ll be rolling out over the next few weeks. First up is real time news updates: it’s fairly self explanatory, but once you jump onto the real time coverage page for a given topic, new stories will be indexed by Google News and the feed will update automagically. In an effort to further push Google+ upon denizens of the internet, Google is including comment integration into news posts. Comments will be added to both the news frontpage and the real time coverage sections, with Google News pulling in comments from notable figures discussing the news on Google+. The feature will only be available to t...

A Kickstarter campaign for the development of a game called “Mythic” has been officially declared a hoax, and yanked from the social funding platform. Either the person/people behind the scam did not estimate the amount of interest the campaign would get, or just simply did not have any sort of intelligent thought process when announcing the project through Kickstarter. The project page showed screenshots that were of other games and blatantly ripped from other websites. So the game was listed with the title “Mythic: The Story of Gods and Men.” The unknown developer listed as the source of the project was called Little Monster Productions. The bogus company was seeking thousands of dollars in investments. But it wasn’t long before skeptical visitors noticed that pictures displayed within the Kickstarter campaign – character sketches, background images, and even office photos – were simply stolen from around the Web. The campaign page insisted that Little Monster Productions was c...

It seems that if you’re trying to make a honest buck selling high-end DSLRs, you’re going to run into potential problems. Canon had to suspend EOS 5D Mark III shipments a few weeks ago due to a light leakage issue that affected picture output. Now Nikon seems to be facing a problem of its own with with D4 and D800. Both cameras seemingly lock up and stop responded to input, with only a battery pull and reboot fixing the issue. Nikon has now admitted that there’s a problem with the cameras in a statement to PDN Online , saying that it has received complaints from a “small number” of D4/D800 owners. The company says it’s looking into a permanent fix for the issue, but in the meantime there is a temporary resolution. To immediately resolve this issue, users can turn off both the ‘Highlights’ and ‘RGB Histogram’ display options in the ‘Playback Display Options’ sub-menu found in the ‘Playback’ menu. Nikon apologizes for any inconvenience this may have caused users. That’s not the only pr...

A new Nintendo patent application uncovered from the USPTO reveals that the company plans to further extend the use of its gaming consoles in tour guiding. Nintendo had previously outfitted the Louvre so that its 3DS could guide tourists through the museum and now this new patent application shows plans to use the DS with an overhead tracking system to provide more extensive guiding functions. Thought up by Shigeru Miyamoto, who is famous for the Legend of Zelda, the patent idea uses a system of overhead infrared transmitters that communicate with a portable gaming console, such as a Nintendo DS Lite. Users carrying the DS will be tracked from overhead as they move through a building. The device communicates with a server to trigger signs to light up or other mechanisms built into the building to guide the user. Users can also pick their own paths through a building via a custom app on the console. The app will let the users view maps and read up on sightseeing suggestions. The patent...

Nintendo legend and video game industry icon Shigeru Miyamoto has come out strongly against Sony’s new portable video game console. He said in a recent interview that the problem with the PlayStation Vita isn’t that it’s a poorly constructed device, but rather that it just isn’t being executed properly. Nintendo certainly isn’t one to suggest handheld game systems are on the way out, but there is a right way and a wrong way to do it. When asked about the Vita, he was quoted as saying, “It’s obviously a very hi-spec machine and you can do lots of things with it, but I don’t really see the combination of software and hardware that really makes a very strong product. But I can’t really say.” He tried to say that these comments aren’t coming out of a place of being a competitor, because he doesn’t look at the Vita as a threat to the 3DS. “I’m not looking at Vita as happy that it’s not selling well, or scared that it would sell well – I’m not looking at Vita that way,” Miyamoto said. This i...

Nokia faces a  class-action suit  by shareholders displeased at how the Finnish company’s transition to Windows Phone has evolved, claiming Nokia execs are responsible for mismanaging the evolution. “[Nokia executives] told investors that Nokia’s conversion to a Windows platform would halt its deteriorating position in the smartphone market” the suit, filed in New York by Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, says. ”It did not.” Specifically, the case argues Nokia’s leadership team violated certain parts of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934  [pdf link], though does not indicate which sections it is referring to. Anybody who bought Nokia stock between October 26, 2011 and April 10, 2012, is invited to join the suit. “The complaint alleges that during the Class Period, defendants told investors that Nokia’s conversion to a Windows platform would halt its deteriorating position in the smartphone market. It did not. This became apparent on April 11, 2012, when Nokia disclosed that its fi...

As it stands today, the jury has delivered note to the judge in the case of Oracle vs Google which says that all but one count has had a unanimous decision made on it. The case at hand has been going on for a little over a week here in the spring of 2012 and has been ramping up for over a year. Google and Oracle are certain to continue this battle with or without a full verdict into the near future as the stakes are so very high they absolutely cannot be denied. What the jury is likely doing here at the tail end of the week is deciding whether or not they’ll be able to decide how Fair Use figures into Google’s use of the code Oracle says they were not given permission to use. This is the crux of the case at hand, of course, and as we continue to follow through with the outcome of the case we’ve got to remind ourselves what could actually happen not just to Oracle and Google, but to the whole rest of the coding world when this is all said and done. Today’s partial verdict announcement b...

Today we take a look at a case from Pelican , a group known for their excellence in protecting electronics of all types, here taking on the iPad with model i1075. What you’ll see here is the Pelican brand once again representing itself with top-notch construction and finely tuned compartmentalization inside this case for everything you could possibly want to work with for your iPad , iPad 2 , or iPad 3 . We’ve taken a look at the case with the 3rd Generation iPad from 2012 with Retina display. This case has the ability to be dunked in three feet of water or dropped from three feet in the air down to a hard surface of any kind with the contents of the case-these including your iPad, cords, keyboard, and more, suffering no damage. As it turns out, upon getting a bit more daring with an accidental 4 foot drop we found the same to be true of the case and its contents with no damage whatsoever, but stick to the spec sheet if you plan on testing this case’s limits (as always!) The case is b...

Assumedly after successfully selling a red version of the PS3 in the UK earlier this year, Sony has decided to further expand the availability of the bold-looking version of its console. Unfortunately for those in the United States, that expansion is still not making its way to the 50 states. Instead, Sony thought it be a good idea to peddle the special edition PS3 in the land down under. It’s going to Australia. Under the hood, it is the same as the black 320 GB model, but it’s red. It also comes with a red controller. It will launch in Australia on May 31 for around $460. It marks the drvonf time that Sony has offered a colored PS3 in an English-speaking region. In Japan, however, the company has been offering special versions of the console for years. It’s just like any other console; Japan always gets the cool stuff, leaving the “one size fits all” version for the picky US consumers. There has been no indication that the red model will be making its way to other regions, but after ...

What other phone made by Samsung has a similar back to the Galaxy S III ? The elusive “Mandel” handset, supposedly hitting AT&T soon and adding to Ma Bell’s ever expanding lineup of Windows Phones . The Lumia 900 may still be the flagship Windows Phone device, but maybe Samsung have a little something up its sleeve that may make people think twice before plunking down their cash. New photos have emerged of the Mandel that show a back with the Windows Phone branding, as well as form factor that looks quite similar to the Galaxy S III. Could Samsung be bringing that design over to a future Windows Phone? We wouldn’t put it past the company, although specs seem to be lacking right now. There’s only 8GB of storage onboard though, so maybe this isn’t the Lumia 900 competitor you’re looking for. Previous rumors have indicated that Samsung has taken a break from Windows Phone in order to prep a high-end device for when Windows 8 launches later this year. The Mandel is the last phone Sa...

Today we’re going to take a look at what makes the Galaxy S III clearly the best choice for Android users who’ve owned a Samsung device in the past. The next-generation hero phone presented by Samsung this week known as the Galaxy S III is not an all-out whallop on the rest of the smartphone market, it’s mean to further perfect the art. This is the trend now in the smartphone world, to take what’s already working and tune it up a bit to a better place – and in no better place can this be seen than in this GSIII. Samsung has taken this device up to the next level with a pocket full of radios that you may never have known you needed before, including GLONASS, Bluetooth 4.0, and NFC, as well as LTE, HSPA+, Wi-Fi, and GPS. While each of these very well may have been in-play on other device in the past, nowhere have they all be in-play all at once. Have a look at AllShare Cast, for example, in this hands-on video to see what’s going on here in the Samsung-branded media experience: Here you...

Samsung is in talks to acquire a mobile-related tech company as part of a more expansive shopping spree for specialist R&D and software firms, the company has confirmed, though it maintains it has no plans to buy RIM . ”There is something in the works right now,” mobile president J.K. Shin told the  WSJ , and while declining to name that target, did flag up new features on the Galaxy S III  such as the eye-tracking Smart Stay as examples of what advanced functionality those acquisitions could lead to. “The technology industry is growing very quickly and it is too much of a burden to try to do everything in-house,” Shin admitted, something of a departure for a company that prides itself on being self-sufficient. “There are many qualified workers from India that are very skilled in software. And there are small companies that we can acquire that have good research and development capabilities … If the opportunity allows, we will do [mergers & acquisitions].” The Galaxy S III lau...

Samsung’s new Galaxy S III isn’t short on superlatives – its quadcore chip and HD Super AMOLED display spring to mind – but the biggest upgrade is surprisingly in software, not hardware. There’s no denying that the Galaxy S III raises the game from the Galaxy S II, bringing the new flagship up to scratch in competing with HTC’s One X and steeling itself for the incoming iPhone 5 . Yet, while Samsung excels in hardware, it’s software and ecosystem which took the focus of the company’s launch. Samsung is arguably the king of mobile hardware. Not for nothing does arch-rival Apple – despite the ongoing legal spats – rely so heavily on Samsung’s components for its own range. That supplier status leaves Samsung’s devices on the cutting edge of specifications, as well as other firms, such as HTC, without the same manufacturing heft to play catch-up with whatever components they can source in sufficient quantity. Most of the Galaxy S III rumors, then – and there were plenty – focused on what...

The wet weather in Wiltshire this past month hasn’t stopped extraterrestrial forces from laying down the first crop circles of the year near Stonehenge. Crop circles are an annual event for the fields in Wiltshire, a phenomenon that attracts plenty of attention and tourists to the area. The first crop circle this year was reported on April 15 at Hill Barn, near East Kennett in an oil seed rape, or canola, field. Another more striking crop circle was reported on April 28 and is now visible in another canola field at Yarnbury Castle near Winterbourne Stoke. This second one oddly resembles the Spotify logo. We’ve been told by a source very close to the matter (Spotify, not the crop circles) that Spotify has had nothing to do with these particular markings. More circles will likely be cropping up as the weather gets drier. The intrigue behind the crop circles is that they are said to form in under 20 seconds under incandescent or brightly colored balls of light with the plants bent but no...

If you like to stargaze you need to be on the lookout tomorrow night at exactly 8:34 PM Eastern for the Supermoon. Supermoons happen on occasion when the moon is full and at its closest point in orbit the earth. The last time this happened was on March 19, 2011. The official name is the perigee moon and this is the closest the moon will be to the earth this year. With the moon closer to the earth, people who live in coastal areas can expect higher than normal and lower the normal tides. The moon will not cause volcanoes or anything like that. The supermoon this year will be a tiny bit smaller than the Supermoon from last year. This year the moon will be about 50,000 miles closer to the Earth than it is when it’s at its furthest point in its orbit. This will make the moon appear 14% larger and about 30% brighter than most full moons. [ via Patch]

Light the torches and sharpen the pitchforks; the man who made bags of potato chips so darned difficult to open has confessed his wicked crimes. Engineer  John Spevacek made the bizarre admission this week, ‘fessing up to being “that guy” who decided bags of chips should be sealed more strongly after complaints that the bags had been popping when shifted from high to low pressure in transit. “I was in the Packaging Films Group, making multilayer polypropylene films for food packaging. The film had a heat-seal adhesive on one side of the polypropylene base. One of our larger clients used our films to make potato chip bags. The problem they had with our existing films was that the they seal was too weak. The client’s chip-making plants were located west of the Rocky Mountains, so when trucks would drive their chips out to California, some of the seals would open up due to the pressure difference between the high altitude air and the air sealed inside the bag. And so they needed a strong...

US Cellular has finally woken up to reality and ended its exorbitant fees for customers who consumed more data on their mobile device than their monthly plan allowed. Of course, if you’re a US Cellular customer, you’ll still be smacked with a fee if you exceed what your plan allots, but it won’t be nearly as outrageous as what it used to be. Back in the day, when data overages were first considered, people were checking their email and maybe checking RSS feeds. So US Cellular, like other carriers, charged users for every megabyte they went over their limit. 25 cents for every megabyte, which ends up tallying to $250 per gigabyte, a rate that by any standard is absolutely ludicrous. That’s why Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, and others have abandoned that for a much more understandable fee of around $10 per gigabyte overage. Well, now, US Cellular is doing the same thing. The company offers plans of 300 MB ($20), 2 GB ($25), 4 GB ($45) 5 GB ($50), and 10 GB ($90) per month. If you’re on th...

Although it is sure to pose a lot of problems, the idea of being able to send a text message to emergency services is something that is long overdue. Texting is becoming the primary means of communication for Americans throughout the country. You can think of many reasons where it might be more useful to text – when you’re in a noisy situation and can’t speak clearly, or when you’re in a life-or-death spot and can’t talk. Or, for those who are deaf or hard of hearing. The Federal Communications Commission is pleased that Verizon will be the compnay that finally makes this a reality. The FCC was quoted as saying that it “commended” Verizon “for offering consumers another way to reach 911 that is consistent with how millions of consumers already use mobile devices in their daily lives.” Verizon said it “is at the forefront of 911 public safety innovations, and today’s announcement is another step in making SMS-to-911 service available to those who cannot make a voice call to 911.” When i...

During its most recent quarterly earnings call, Viacom was met with the question of how Nickelodeon’s ratings have experienced steep and seemingly inexplicable ratings drops. Inexplicable, that is, unless you think about Netflix and the fact that it is ramping up its children programming. Last month, a study revealed that homes with Netflix or other streaming platforms have shown declines in children’s TV viewership. So when this question came up during the earnings call, Viacom Philippe Dauman called it “complicated.” He said, “There are ratings measurement issues. There certainly has been some compelling programming on some of our competitors, which we can clearly address. We will do what we always do: We will research our audiences, we’ll review our pipeline, add more diversity in our programming.” There is no shortage of analysts – and real data to back it up – that opine that the phenomenon of “cord cutting” is very real. There are actually people who are canceling cable and satel...

Select Walmart stores are offering a major discount on the iPhone 4S, perhaps just in time for a nice Mother’s Day present. Earlier this morning, Cult of Mac reported that a Walmart location in Edmond, Oklahoma had listed the 16GB iPhone 4S for only $114. The Verge then found that another Walmart location in Austin, Texas was also offering the same deal. The $74 discount, however, seems to only be available at a few select stores and does not apply to Walmart’s online pricing, which currently lists the iPhone 4S at $188 with a note saying “store pricing may vary.” Walmart also appears to be offering a deal on the 8GB iPhone 4S, cutting the price in half to $34, and the 16GB iPhone 3GS for $0.97. It’s not clear which Walmart stores are actually participating in the sale. 9to5Mac called 17 Walmart stores in the US and could not find any similar deals. And when calling the Frontage Road store in Edmond, Oklahoma, they responded saying that the iPhone 4S was “$114 this morning, for a li...

Scott Thompson, CEO of Yahoo! and former president of Paypal, has come under fire recently after it was discovered that he doesn’t have the computer science degree that he claimed to have earned on his résumé. It was revealed that Thompson has a degree in accounting from Stonehill College, but not a degree in “accounting and computer science” as had previously been thought. Third Point CEO Daniel Loeb looked into Thompson’s credentials and discovered that Stonehill College doesn’t offer computer science degrees.  Loeb also revealed that the head of the search committee, Patti Hart, has a business administration degree and not a “bachelors in marketing and economics.” The company owns a 5.8% stake in Yahoo!, and is trying to gain a more advantageous position within the company. Loeb believes this results in a breach of ethics for Yahoo!, and wrote to the board requesting that immediate action be taken if there isn’t a good explanation for the discrepancies. Yahoo! meanwhile says that it...

Yahoo shareholders are pressuring the company to fire its CEO Scott Thompson after it was discovered that he lied about his resume. Daniel S. Loeb, chief of hedge fund Third Point, Yahoo’s largest institutional shareholder, has shot a letter to Yahoo’s board today demanding that they fire Thompson and dismiss Patti Hart, the director of the hiring committee, by noon on Monday. It was discovered this week that Thompson padded his resume, claiming to have earned a computer science degree when he only had an accounting degree from Stonehill College in Boston. At the time of his attendance, Stonehill did not have a computer science program. Following the revelation, Yahoo responded saying that it was an “inadvertent error,” which Loeb called an insulting explanation to shareholders. It also doesn’t help that Thompson had a chance to correct the error during a recorded interview, but instead called himself an engineer. Furthermore, there seems to have been an inaccuracy with Hart’s resume ...

A version of this post originally appeared on TomDispatch . The Williams River was so languid and lovely last Saturday morning that it was almost impossible to imagine the violence with which it must have been running on Aug. 28, 2011. And yet the evidence was all around: sand piled high on its banks, trees still scattered as if by a giant’s fist, and most obvious of all, a utilitarian temporary bridge where for 140 years a graceful covered bridge had spanned the water. The YouTube video of that bridge crashing into the raging river was Vermont’s iconic image from its worst disaster in memory, the record flooding that followed Hurricane Irene’s rampage through the state in August 2011. It claimed dozens of lives, as it cut more than a billion-dollar swath of destruction across the eastern United States. I watched it on TV in Washington, D.C., just after emerging from jail, having been arrested at the White House during mass protests of the Keystone XL pipeline. Since Vermont’s my ho...

Michael Twitty is about to embark on what he calls the “ Southern Discomfort Tour ” — a journey to follow his ancestors’ “foodsteps” through the American South. This self-described writer, culinary historian, and Jewish educator from the Washington, D.C., area will be traveling with a small group for two months by car, from Maryland to Louisiana and back, covering almost 4,500 miles. In addition to tracing his personal history, Twitty will be speaking, giving cooking demonstrations, and volunteering on farms and for food justice organizations over the course of the trip. He plans, as he puts it, to “make sure that organic, local and sustainable food in Southern communities — particularly that produced by farmers of color — is highlighted and supported.” He also plans to document the journey on his blog, The Cooking Gene . Twitty’s roots go back through the segregated South to slavery in Virginia, and he also hopes to engage communities in conversation about the region’s fraugh...

Eric Davidson has no grand plan to turn you into a vegetarian. But in order for us to avoid catastrophic climate change, this senior scientist and executive director at Woods Hole Research Center says people in developed nations may need to eat half as much meat. Yep — you heard that right. This isn’t about the way animals are treated, nor is it about reducing heart disease. For the sake of the climate alone, we — as a culture — need to eat half as many burgers, and half as much bacon. According to a recent study from Davidson, this controversial dietary shift is crucial if we want to get serious about reducing emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O), a potent greenhouse gas. We’ve long known that eating animals (who eat grains) requires a great deal more agricultural production than eating those grains ourselves. And since farming involves fertilizers and animal manure — two factors that have recently been pinpointed as major contributors of atmospheric N20 — we need to use much...