Lifestyle, Coffee TalkWhat power does to some of us
Updated: Jun 21st, 2012 9:51 PM
There was no mistaking the balance of power in academia when one local professor recently convened a session with lowly graduate students: they listened reverentially, while he hoisted his feet onto the conference table and commenced clipping his toenails.
So, too, are the privileges of power self-evident in the business ... Read More
LifestyleIt's Going To Hurt 'FOR LONG TIME TO COME'
Posted: Jul 10th, 2011 7:32 PM
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (GYT'-nur) says many Americans will face hard times for a long time to come.
He says President Barack Obama rescued the United States from a second Great Depression and will keep working to strengthen the economy. But Geithner says will be some time before many people feel like the ... Read More
LifestyleVideo: Selling Pants, Everyone Has To Do Their Part
Posted: Jun 16th, 2011 12:51 PM
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LifestyleStudy: Speeding Tickets Can Raise Insurance Costs 53%
Posted: May 25th, 2011 2:23 PM
NEW YORK (MainStreet) — Consumers may know that their bad driving record will raise their car insurance, but just how much will a single moving violation cost them?
Plenty, according to a new analysis from Insurance.com. The website looked at 32,000 of its auto insurance policies sold in 2010 and found that those ... Read More
LifestyleEU Says No More Shopping Bags
Updated: May 20th, 2011 9:31 AM
The EU was under fire last night for seeking a ban on plastic shopping bags to fight pollution.
Shops in Britain could be outlawed from stocking them, or alternatively there might be a new tax to dramatically reduce their use.
But angry retailers say any move would hit sales, while doing nothing to save the ... Read More
Lifestyle40 Yiddish Words You Should Know
Updated: May 15th, 2011 11:48 AM
This is an article from Daily Writing Tips - The Yiddish language is a wonderful source of rich expressions, especially terms of endearment (and of course, complaints and insults). This article is a follow up on Ten Yiddish Expressions You Should Know. Jewish scriptwriters introduced many Yiddish words into popular culture, ... Read More
LifestyleTSA Gets Flack For Baby Patdown
Posted: May 11th, 2011 8:37 AM
Less than a month after a public outcry over a 6-year-old's patdown at the New Orleans airport by TSA agents, a photo showing TSA agents examining what appears to be the rear end of a baby at Kansas City International airport has gained a lot of attention.
Twitter user Jacob Jester, who describes himself as an ... Read More
LifestyleNo Chametz iPhone App
Posted: Apr 15th, 2011 3:04 PM
The No Chametz app helps Jews go through the process of searching, cleaning, destroying and selling their chametz prior to the Passover holiday.
Having Chametz in your possession can be a serious halachic issue. This app will help you make sure you properly remove any chametz under your ownership
The app helps you search ... Read More
LifestyleDeScribe Crown Heights Hasidic Rapper
Posted: Apr 12th, 2011 12:23 PM
NEW YORK - Most interviews with up-and-coming rappers don't take place in Brooklyn religious learning centers.
But DeScribe isn't your typical rapper.
The 28-year-old hip-hop artist, who recently released the single "Pure Soul" and has an EP coming out in June, doesn't wear gold chains or rap about fast cars, loose women ... Read More
LifestyleHouse Votes To Kill Obama Mortgage Plan
Posted: Mar 30th, 2011 9:39 AM
The House passed a bill Tuesday to kill a signature Obama administration program that helps homeowners stay in their homes but has faced criticism as ineffective.
The House voted 252 to 170 to stop any new funding for the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP). Eleven Democrats joined Republicans to defund the ... Read More
LifestyleSeven NY State Workers Haul In $319M Mega Jackpot
Updated: Mar 26th, 2011 10:10 PM
NEW YORK - Seven state workers are the Mega-lucky winners of one of the largest Mega Millions jackpots in history.
The winning ticket was one of several bought by members of an office pool at a convenience store less than a block from their workplace, said Albany TV station Fox News 23.
Other sources said the winners ... Read More
LifestyleReview: "The Jersey Sting" Tells of FBI Raid
Posted: Mar 24th, 2011 1:05 PM
Review: 'Jersey Sting' tells how the FBI deployed over 300 agents in 1 New Jersey raid.
"The Jersey Sting: A True Story of Corrupt Pols, Money Laundering Rabbis, Black Market Kidneys, and the Informant Who Brought it All Down" (St. Martin's Press), by Ted Sherman and Josh Margolin: It was like a small military undertaking ... Read More
LifestyleKids Safest In Rear-Facing Car Seats Until Age 2
Updated: Mar 21st, 2011 11:01 AM
CHICAGO (AP) — Children should ride in rear-facing car seats longer, until they are 2 years old instead of 1, according to updated advice from a medical group and a federal agency.
The American Academy of Pediatrics and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued separate but consistent new ... Read More
LifestyleiPhone Gragger App
Updated: Mar 17th, 2011 8:51 PM
Just in time for this year’s megillah reading! Now, you can use your iPhone to participate in a customary Jewish megillah reading experience—using a noisemaker, or gragger, to drown out Haman’s name. Noisemaker Gragger is pre-loaded with fun sounds and you can even record your own sounds to play when you hear ... Read More
LifestyleSweden To Get Rid Of Stamps, Customers Will Instead Pay Via Text Message To Send Letters
Posted: Mar 9th, 2011 9:10 AM
Snail mail is about to move out of the dark ages.
The Swedish postal service is planning to do away with stamps, replacing them with a text message payment system instead.
Customers will send a text and receive a code in response that will be written on a piece of mail to show the postage had been paid.
The system ... Read More
LifestyleNJ Faces A Week Of Hot Weather
Posted: Jul 19th, 2011 2:56 PM
Forecasters say a heat wave is developing in New Jersey and temperatures could reach 100 degrees by the end of the week.
Temperatures are expected in the lower 90s Tuesday.
The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for the urban sections of Mercer, Salem, Gloucester, Camden and northwest Burlington ... Read More
LifestyleVideo: Geothermal Heating & Cooling
Posted: Jun 17th, 2011 8:51 AM
Home geothermal heating and cooling systems are becoming more popular with today's rising fuel costs. Josh Landis reports on the benefits of this eco-friendly utility. Read More
LifestyleWorld's Shortest Man
Posted: Jun 12th, 2011 1:54 AM
SINDANGAN, Philippines – Officials say a Filipino about two feet tall is expected to be named the world's shortest man when he turns 18 on Sunday.
Lolit Homay, municipal health officer in Zamboanga del Norte province's Sindangan township, says Junrey Balawing was measured at about 24 inches (61 centimeters) from head to ... Read More
LifestyleNoah's Ark Theme Park Gets Final Go-Ahead In Kentucky
Posted: May 20th, 2011 11:49 AM
Things are about to get Biblical in Kentucky. On Thursday, the Kentucky Tourism Development Finance Authority gave final approval to grant $40 million in tax rebates to build a biblical theme park called "The Ark Encounter."
The controversial museum, backed in part by Mike Zovath, a co-founder of the Answers in ... Read More
LifestyleFacebook Loving Couple Names Baby "Like"
Posted: May 16th, 2011 3:45 PM
Think you like Facebook? Think again.
An Israeli couple likes Facebook so much that they named their newborn daughter "Like." You know as in the like icon on the popular Palo Alto-based social-networking site.
"To me it is important to give my children names that are not used anywhere else, at least not in Israel," the father ... Read More
LifestyleNY Hassidic Paper Deletes Clinton From Iconic Photo
Updated: May 7th, 2011 11:19 PM
NEW YORK – The photograph showing President Barack Obama and staffers in the White House Situation Room carefully watching the raid in progress by US forces in Pakistan on the bin Laden compound last Sunday has been published far and wide.
One Hassidic paper in Brooklyn, however, has chosen to alter the photo – excising ... Read More
LifestyleObama Disappointed With Lack of "Cool" Phone in Oval Office
Posted: Apr 15th, 2011 10:09 AM
WASHINGTON - Turns out President Obama would like a phone upgrade.
The president, in an unscripted moment with donors in Chicago, was talking about the need to innovate in technology.
"The Oval Office, I always thought I was going to have really cool phones and stuff," he said during a small fundraising event at a Chicago ... Read More
LifestyleBugaboo Launches Its New Set Of Wheels - Called The Donkey
Updated: Mar 31st, 2011 2:21 PM
Forget the iPad 2 - the latest must-have is a pimped-out $1,500 double stroller that is sold out before it even hits the stores.
Bugaboo launches its new set of wheels - called The Donkey - at a red carpet event in New York Thursday that will resemble a grand unveiling at an auto show.
Mimicking the clamor for the ... Read More
LifestyleCobra Escapes Exhibit At Bronx Zoo
Updated: Mar 27th, 2011 3:46 PM
NEW YORK - The reptile house at the Bronx Zoo remains closed while the search goes on for a snake that escaped.
Staff noticed the 20-inch cobra was missing Friday afternoon and immediately sealed the Reptile House.
Officials say the Egyptian cobra is known to be uncomfortable in open areas.
There's no word if the snake ... Read More
LifestyleNew Jersey Man Selling (212) Phone Number On eBay He Wants $1 Million
Posted: Mar 25th, 2011 11:20 AM
NEW YORK - An eager eBay seller hopes to capitalize on the cachet of a 212 phone number by hawking his digits for a cool $1 million.
A listing for (212)-5XX-9000 went up a year ago on the auction site, and 26 offers rolled in.
They ranged from $2 to $500, though, and none was "serious," said the seller, Carmen, who ... Read More
LifestyleWilliamsburgh Bank To Be Transformed To A Wedding Hall
Posted: Mar 22nd, 2011 12:40 PM
BROOKLYN - Want a unique place to get married in Williamsburg? Go to the bank.
The iconic Williamsburgh Savings Bank branch on Broadway is being transformed into an exhibition space and banquet hall that will put an Old Brooklyn spin on North Brooklyn nuptials.
Juan Figueroa purchased the landmark last fall from HSBC ... Read More
LifestyleMan Angered By TSA Security Screening
Posted: Mar 21st, 2011 10:14 AM
BOSTON - A Raleigh man says Transportation Security Administration agents violated his rights early Sunday during a security screening at Boston Logan International Airport.The man, who did not want to be identified, said he was traveling with a friend on their way home to Raleigh, when they were asked to go through full body ... Read More
LifestyleRemember To Set Clocks For Daylight Saving Time
Posted: Mar 13th, 2011 12:55 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) — It's the weekend to spring ahead to daylight saving time.
For one night, there's the prospect of 60 fewer minutes of shut-eye, but ahead are many months with an extra hour of evening sunlight.
The official change is at 2 a.m. local time on Sunday.
Standard time returns Nov. 6.
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Lifestyle(Video) YikeBike: Foldable Bicycle That Runs On Electric Power?
Posted: Mar 3rd, 2011 10:18 PM
It's like getting your first Big Wheel all over again — and you don't even have to pedal. An innovative bicycle-design concept derived from the old-fashioned penny-farthing, the YikeBike is a folding electric bicycle out of New Zealand. The rider sits on the seat, holds on at the sides and zooms around at a top speed of 12 ... Read More
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