http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/new/ en-us Mon, 6 Oct 2008 23:32:08 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2099068/posts New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said he intends to sue Arbitron Inc. over the planned rollout of a new electronic radio-ratings system in New York, saying it may drastically reduce advertising revenue at minority radio stations. Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2099068/posts#comment Mon, 6 Oct 2008 23:32:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085944/posts Much coolness to behold!Trailer 2, Quantum Solace RottenTomatoes.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085944/posts#comment Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:42:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084462/posts This is a brand new original song tribute written and recorded to honor Sarah Palin. You Tube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084462/posts#comment Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:51:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084433/posts September 17, 2008 The tenth and final nuclear-powered Nimitz-class supercarrier, George H. W. Bush, enters service in 2009, but the next-generation is on its way. The Gerald R. Ford CVN 78 is the first ship in the first new carrier class in over 40 years. Northrop Grumman has received a $5.1 billion, seven-year contract for construction of the CVN 78, which is scheduled to be delivered to the Navy in 2015. Northrop Grumman began advance construction of the Gerald R Ford in 2005, under a separate $2.7 billion contract. Roughly one third of the ship’s 1,200 structural units are currently... Gizmag.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084433/posts#comment Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:12:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075752/posts WASHINGTON, Sept. 5, 2008 – Though U.S., coalition and Afghan troops are making steady progress against increasingly active insurgent forces in Afghanistan, it’s time to turn up the heat, a senior U.S. military officer said today. “I believe that more forces are required. And I think that over the next several months we can put them, certainly, to good use,” Army Maj. Gen. Jeffrey J. Schloesser, commander of Combined Joint Task Force 101 and 101st Airborne Division, told Pentagon reporters during a satellite-carried news conference. Insurgent attacks in Afghanistan have increased 20 to 30 percent from 2007 to now, said... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075752/posts#comment Sat, 6 Sep 2008 01:28:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2065639/posts Can someone help? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2065639/posts#comment Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:54:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2054755/posts Currently, the United States meets the majority of its energy needs by burning fossil fuels. Alternative energy sources are not a new technology, but with the rising cost of fuel, more research is being funded to develop cleaner, cheaper versions of existing alternative energy. Solar power has long been a rather inefficient source of power yielding only 5-15% electrical generation from the rays that hit the solar panel. Recent developments by Alvin M. Marks may turn that efficiency into 70-80%. Marks believes he has developed the technology needed to boost the amount of power we can receive from a particular... Now Public http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2054755/posts#comment Fri, 1 Aug 2008 09:20:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2054736/posts With pressure mounting to transition away from fossil fuels, fuel cell research has grown significantly in the last several years. In the simplest sense, fuel cells are a battery that you refuel slowly, regulating a chemical reaction and harvesting that energy in the form of usable electrical current. Current solutions use exotic materials to regulate the reactions and often require fossil fuels to generate the chemicals, defeating the purpose of the exercise. Today's release from Science includes three articles that detail methods that may help us overcome the problems with current-generation fuel cells. Cheap catalyst splits water Widespread use of... Ars Technica http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2054736/posts#comment Fri, 1 Aug 2008 06:54:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2054734/posts PORTLAND, Ore. - Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have combined a liquid catalyst with photovoltaic cells to achieve what they claim is a solar energy system that could generate electricity around the clock. A liquid catalyst was added to water before electrolysis to achieve what the researchers claim is almost 100-percent efficiency. When combined with photovoltaic cells to store energy chemically, the resulting solar energy systems could generate electricity around the clock, the MIT team said. "The hard part of getting water to split is not the hydrogen -- platinum as a catalyst works fine for the hydrogen.... EE Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2054734/posts#comment Fri, 1 Aug 2008 06:33:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039902/posts A NeW Kind of Choice by: Rachel Paulk, July 02, 2008 Radical feminists have been hard at work for decades stressing the importance of women choosing career paths over homemaking, corner offices instead of kitchens, and power suits to replace aprons. To a certain extent, their message has been accepted and assimilated into mainstream society. The U.S. Department of Labor reported in 2007 that “A record 68 million women were employed in the U.S.—75% of employed women worked on full-time jobs, while 25% worked on a part-time basis” and “Women accounted for 51% of all workers in the high-paying management,... Campus Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039902/posts#comment Wed, 2 Jul 2008 20:53:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2035945/posts Heads up for NCIS fans: this Friday, June 27, 2008, USANetworks will be airing a 10 episode Marathon of NCIS starting at 1 pm EDT, of shows *with* Ziva, and starting with an episode where Gibbs is retired. IOW, not the same episodes from the last marathon...*all* new for *me*! ;) DirecTV Onine Guide http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2035945/posts#comment Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:31:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1991050/posts An interesting Youtube piece on Spitzer's downfall; especially for conspiracy buffs... youtube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1991050/posts#comment Tue, 25 Mar 2008 02:11:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1988901/posts OMAHA, Neb. - U.S. Sen. Chuck Hagel writes in a new book that the United States needs independent leadership and possibly another political party, while suggesting the Iraq war might be remembered as one of the five biggest blunders in history. "In the current impasse, an independent candidate for the presidency, or a bipartisan unity ticket ... could be appealing to Americans," Hagel writes in "America: Our Next Chapter," due in stores Tuesday. The Associated Press obtained an advance copy. The Nebraska Republican, who announced last year he wouldn't seek a third term or the GOP presidential nomination, had been... Yahoo | AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1988901/posts#comment Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:45:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1987982/posts Obama's Black Identity Politics is Consistent With Jeremiah Wright’s Hate SpeechIf anyone believes that Barack Obama “just found out” about Jeremiah Wright’s vicious anti-American hate speech, we have a bridge in Brooklyn we would like to sell them. As shown by Obama’s own book Dreams From My Father, Obama’s deep involvement in Black identity politics–replace that with “White identity politics” to envision sheets, hoods, and burning crosses–is entirely consistent with his widespread involvement and association with racists, anti-Semites, and Catholic-haters. The bottom line is that Obama is not one of us and, by “us,” we mean mainstream America. To begin... The Husaria: For Our Freedom and Yours http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1987982/posts#comment Wed, 19 Mar 2008 05:13:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1982074/posts I dislike the new FR format. The former one was simple to use. Why does one need to click on a current post to be able to submit a new post? I would prefer to see the post option returned to the upper right corner of the screen where it was previously. I'm getting so frustrated with the new format I don't enjoy FR any longer. self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1982074/posts#comment Fri, 7 Mar 2008 19:00:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981365/posts (IsraelNN.com) New York led the list of anti-Jewish attacks, with 351 incidents, a 23% increase compared to last year, according to The Anti-Defamation League's annual audit report released Wednesday. The audit tracks anti-Semitic incidents in 40 states and the District of Columbia. Other states with topping the list included New Jersey, California, Florida, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Connecticut. Anti-Jewish incidents increased in Colorado in 2007 for the first time in three years, ranking eighth in the nation for anti-Semitic activity. Arutz 7 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981365/posts#comment Thu, 6 Mar 2008 16:36:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1960779/posts Sales of new homes plunged by a record amount in 2007 while prices posted the weakest showing in 16 years, demonstrating the troubles builders are facing with a huge backlog of unsold homes. The Commerce Department reported Monday that sales of new homes dropped by 26.4 percent last year to 774,000. That marked the worst sales year on record, surpassing the old mark of a 23.1 percent plunge in 1980. The government reported that the median price of a new home barely budged last year, edging up a slight 0.2 percent to $246,900, the poorest showing since prices fell by... Yahoo and AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1960779/posts#comment Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:00:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1950051/posts Dixville Notch is an unincorporated small village in the Dixville township of Coos County, New Hampshire, USA. The town is known for being one of the first places to declare its results [at midnight] for the New Hampshire Presidential primary and U.S. Presidential elections. -snip- 2000Democratic Primary: (6 voters) William W. Bradley - 4 Albert A. Gore Jr. - 2 Republican Primary: (23 voters) George W. Bush - 12 John S. McCain III - 10 Malcolm S. "Steve" Forbes Jr. - 1 General Election: (27 votes) George W. Bush - 21 Albert A. Gore Jr. - 5 Ralph Nader -... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1950051/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jan 2008 03:46:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1948906/posts Whats the best place on the net to watch a live stream of the debates tonight? Who's running the shindig? Many Thanks. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1948906/posts#comment Sat, 5 Jan 2008 21:42:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1946799/posts CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Dozens of gay and lesbian couples entered into civil unions in New Hampshire in the early moments of New Year’s Day as a new state law legalized the partnerships after midnight. Organizers said they checked in 37 couples for an outdoor ceremony on the plaza of the New Hampshire Statehouse—the building where the law was adopted and signed in 2007. Participants bundled up against below- freezing temperatures. “We’ve been together 20 years; we’ve been waiting for this moment for 20 years; finally the state will recognize us as we are,” said Julie Bernier, who posed for... AP via Pat Dollard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1946799/posts#comment Tue, 1 Jan 2008 18:03:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1946587/posts My New Year's resolutions so far are: 1- To get a job. It's becoming series. 2- To go fishing and hunting this year. 3- If I don't get a job, concentrate on fishing and hunting, and building polygons with Magnetix. 4- Not to post vanities. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1946587/posts#comment Tue, 1 Jan 2008 03:07:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1945676/posts BAGHDAD — The Iraqi Air Force received a new, technologically advanced aircraft in a ceremony here Dec. 28. The Beechcraft KingAir 350 was delivered to the Iraqi Air Force through Foreign Military Sales, a process that allows the Iraqi government to purchase military equipment and supplies from other countries, including the United States, with its own money. Additional KingAir aircraft, which are fitted with intelligence gathering sensors, will be delivered throughout next year, said U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Bob Allardice, Coalition Air Force Transition Team commander. “These aircraft will fly critical training, airlift and surveillance support for the government... Multi-National Force - Iraq http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1945676/posts#comment Sat, 29 Dec 2007 20:38:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1944988/posts Hey fellow FReepers. My camera, the Canon Powershot A540 has decided to bite the dust after 13 months. I strongly suspect abuse by spouse and possibly being used as a hand grenade by a 1 year old. So, I need a new camera. $200 top budget. Will be used to take pics of kids. Lots of indoor shots. Lots of outdoor shots. Maybe even some action shots. What I want. 7MP. 3x zoom, but prefer 4x or better. Here is where my language will say what I mean, but not in proper "camera" world terms. I want the flash to... My less than fertile grey matter http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1944988/posts#comment Fri, 28 Dec 2007 02:23:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1926420/posts COMBAT OUTPOST CLEARY — “My brigade must fight the enemy, communicate with the people of Salman Pak, and bring back public service all at once,” Col. A’amer Khamees Hameed, commander of the 1st Brigade, 1st National Police (NP) Division, said at a meeting with leaders from the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, Nov. 13. “This meeting is the first step in all three directions,” Hameed said through a translator. The leaders met at the 1st NP brigade headquarters in Salman Pak, to welcome the new commander. Hameed took command of the unit in early November, assuming command from Brig. Gen.... Multi-National Force - Iraq http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1926420/posts#comment Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:42:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1917190/posts <p>If the southern tip of New Hampshire, that part of the state closest to Boston, Mass., were to be split off and made into a separate state, which of the two New Hampshires would Republicans dominate?</p> <p>Surprisingly, it would be the section full of Massachusetts transplants and which is sometimes derisively called "Massahampshire."</p> Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1917190/posts#comment Sat, 27 Oct 2007 14:27:13 GMT