Golden Gate Bridge goes to digital toll system Drivers approaching the majestic Golden Gate Bridge experienced something new on Wednesday - no human toll collectors. The workers were removed in favor of cheaper and faster electronic transponders, and a camera system that photographs every license plate that comes through, mailing an invoice to each motorist who doesn't prepay. More
Revolution in the Resale of Digital Books and Music The paperback of “Fifty Shades of Grey” is exactly like the digital version except for this: If you hate the paperback, you can give it away or resell it. If you hate the e-book, you’re stuck with it. More
Bookshelves in the age of e-books I have noticed over the years that every so often magazines (and now blogs) feature beautiful spreads of book-filled rooms, with headlines like “Living With Books” or “The Pages of Our Lives.” Usually the images feature poetic, far-off places where leather volumes fill 15-foot-tall, wood-paneled shelves, or sparse rooms with gauzy curtains have stacks of books on the floor, standing like architectural columns. More
Music Industry Records First Revenue Increase Since 1999 The music industry, the first media business to be consumed by the digital revolution, said Tuesday that its global sales had risen last year for the first time since 1999, raising hopes that a long-sought recovery might have finally begun. More
Newsstand Sales of Magazines Drop Newsstand sales of consumer magazines dropped 8.2% in the second half of 2012 from a year earlier, while paid subscriptions saw modest growth of 0.7%. Digital editions expanded their presence. More
White House weighs declaring a national climate emergency: Report Climate Depot executive editor Marc Morano reacts to President Biden reportedly planning to block millions of acres in Alaska from oil and gas drilling on 'The Bottom Line.' 04/19/2024 - 4:07 pm | View Link
White House hosted meeting with climate activist group that sparked chaos at recent DC gala The climate activist and protest group that caused chaos at a Washington, D.C., gala this week featuring Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, was recently hosted for a private meeting at the White House. On Thursday, 04/19/2024 - 10:08 am | View Link
Friday’s White House briefing was unexpected in multiple ways From Israel and Iran to the man who set himself on fire outside the Trump trial, Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre had little to say 04/19/2024 - 8:53 am | View Link
Baby Great White Sharks Are Menacing California Beaches Scientists solved a long-standing mystery relating to great white sharks and where the young spend their time. 04/19/2024 - 3:13 am | View Link
White White is the brightest color. White light can be made by putting all the other colors of light on the spectrum together. These other colors are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. Meaning of white. White is linked with light, goodness, innocence, purity, cleanliness and virginity. 04/19/2024 - 3:20 am | View Website
WHITE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary WHITE meaning: 1. of a colour like that of snow, milk, or bone: 2. having a pale face because you are not well…. Learn more. 04/19/2024 - 12:42 am | View Website
White Definition & Meaning The meaning of WHITE is having the color of new snow or milk; specifically : of the color white. How to use white in a sentence. 04/18/2024 - 11:16 pm | View Website
WHITE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com noun. a color without hue at one extreme end of the scale of grays, opposite to black. A white surface reflects light of all hues completely and diffusely. Most so-called whites are very light grays: fresh snow, for example, reflects about 80 percent of the incident light, but to be strictly white, snow would have to reflect 100 percent of the ... 04/18/2024 - 3:17 pm | View Website
White | Description, Etymology, & Facts | Britannica White, in physics, light seen by the human eye when all wavelengths of the visible spectrum combine. Unlike the colors of the spectrum, white lacks hue, so it is considered an achromatic color. Pigments for white come from lead, lime, titanium dioxide, zinc oxide, and artificial chemical compounds. 04/18/2024 - 10:09 am | View Website
New research found that ocean spray spreads PFAS into the air and onto land, creating a vicious cycle of forever chemicals that never disappear.
PFAS, or forever chemicals, are ubiquitous in our environment. In the U. S. alone, there are more than 57,000 sites contaminated with these chemicals. They’re in our drinking water, our soil, our products—and our ocean.
First designed in 1996, the 9000c is still a work of art.
It may seem like music fans today have a choice between two extremes: the beloved yet laborious ritual of listening to vinyl—or the convenience of streaming platforms, where instant gratification (and often subpar audio quality) is just a click away.
The past year brought adverse economic and capital market impacts to the commercial real estate market. According to a year-end report from Deloitte Inc., CRE sector respondents point to the cost of capital and capital availability as the weakest among real estate fundamentals. About half of respondents expect the cost of capital (50%) and capital availability (49%) to worsen through 2024, up from 38% and 40%, respectively, last year.
However, Regency Centers, one of the largest retail real estate…
A string of high-profile crimes linked to short-term rentals attracted the attention of policymakers, WFAA reports. Once the ordinance takes effect in the coming days, new short-term rental properties won't be allowed to open in residential neighborhoods, although they'll still be permitted in commercial areas.
WASHINGTON — U. S. companies would no longer be able to bar employees from taking jobs with competitors under a rule approved by a federal agency Tuesday, though the rule is sure to be challenged in court.
The Federal Trade Commission voted Tuesday 3-2 to ban measures known as noncompete agreements, which bar workers from jumping to or starting competing companies for a prescribed period of time.