Obama 'not going to comment'on hot mic gaffe
Monday 6th of February 2012 12:20:01 AM
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| "Can you clarify your end of the “hot mic” conversation with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, as it involved Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu?" asked MSNBC's Chuck Todd yesterday about Obama's embarassing moment last week. "With respect to the “hot mic” in France, I’m not going to comment on conversations that I have with individual leaders," said Obama, "But what I will say is this: The primary conversation I had with President Sarkozy in that meeting revolved around my significant disappointment that France had voted in favor of the Palestinians joining UNESCO, knowing full well that under our laws, |
Ailes: 'I hired Sarah Palin because she was hot and got ratings'
Monday 6th of February 2012 12:20:01 AM
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| Roger Ailes tells the AP that there was nothing political in his decision to hire Sarah Palin as a Fox News contributor. “I hired Sarah Palin because she was hot and got ratings,” he told Frazier Moore, AP’s television writer, in a long and wide-ranging interview. |
Squeezing Humidity Out of the Air
Monday 6th of February 2012 12:20:01 AM
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| It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity, they say. And according to one company with a distinct take on air-conditioning challenges, buildings can cut cooling costs substantially by dealing with the humidity separately. A central air-conditioning system made by Advantix Systems, formerly an Israeli company but now based in Miami, removes moisture from air and cools it with a mixture that is 60 percent water and 40 percent salt. Humid air is pumped past the salty mixture and water from the air tends to flow into the salt. If the salt is chilled, the air will be cooled, too. Finding... |
88-degree dew point recorded in Moorhead on July 19 is new Minnesota record
Monday 6th of February 2012 12:20:01 AM
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| Moorhead has set a new Minnesota record for mugginess. The State Climatology Office said the 88-degree dew-point temperature at Moorhead on July 19 is a state record. Minnesota's previous dew-point record was 86 degrees, set at Pipestone and St. James on July 23, 2005. Moorhead's 88-degree dew point was recorded from 7 to 9 p.m. The climatology office said that at the time, wind speeds were decreasing and air temperature rising, which suggests there were local influences helping to drive the dew point to "this extreme level." |
Texas grid says risk of power outages rises amid heat (Possible rolling outages)
Monday 6th of February 2012 12:20:01 AM
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| HOUSTON, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Extreme heat and soaring power demand may force the Texas power grid operator to impose rolling outages on Thursday to prevent a wider blackout as residents struggle with a record-breaking heatwave. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, ERCOT, warned there was a high risk of rolling outages as the state's power reserves were nearly wiped The state -- broiling under a relentless streak of 100-plus Fahrenheit temperatures and drought...straining power plants. Earlier, ERCOT moved to curtail power to some industrial customers Thursday afternoon as a way to boost surplus power to keep residential air conditioners... |
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