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FCC Wants To Put Faster WiFi On Planes

The Federal Communications Commission is working towards making it faster to browse the internet while flying. The FCC thinks it will take a couple of years to really make it possible but took a first step toward the goal this past week. This past week the FCC proposed auctioning off the rights to airwaves for faster in-flight Wi-Fi.

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It may soon be easier and faster to surf the Web at 30,000 feet.

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The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday proposed auctioning off the rights to use newly available airwaves to provide better in-flight Wi-Fi connections, as the government agency seeks to improve the speed and lower the cost of Internet service on commercial flights.

The commission’s proposal is the first step toward a goal that it is likely to take a couple of years, at least, to reach: providing in-flight Internet service that can match or exceed the capabilities that most Americans have at home or can find in coffee shops. Continue reading…

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Cisco and Facebook Team Up

Cisco Systems and Facebook have teamed up with businesses to give customers free wifi. All the customer has to do is check in on the social networking site with their location. The service is on Cisco’s Meraki routers, which can be used by shops and restaruants.

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Need Wi-Fi? Then “check in.”

A feature introduced Thursday by Cisco and Facebook allows businesses to give customers access to their Wi-Fi networks when they post that they are at the retail location, or “check in,” on the social network.

The idea is simple: Rather than charge customers for Internet access, businesses can instead trade their wireless connection for some exposure on Facebook. Continue reading…

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Internationally known antiques aprraiser, author and doctor of art history shares her secrets of the trade with readers.   No matter if you are shopping high-end antique shops or at low-end flea markets there are good deals to available.  The first tip to know is to ask for a discount and never let them see how much you want it!

Over my career, I have held positions as a museum director and curator, university professor. and certified appraiser and authenticator. Today, I share my appraisal expertise with television audiences worldwide, but my favorite task is to share my tips about shopping for the old and the outstanding with readers of my internationally syndicated column.

In the art and antiques marketplace, there are a few tips to remember, no matter if you are shopping at the high-end antiques shops or at the low-end flea markets. Good deals are available if you do your homework and know your stuff.

When shopping for a work of art, antique or collectible, don’t be afraid to ask for a discount. You should always ask if the asking price is the dealer’s “best price.” People will tell me that they think asking for a discount will insult the dealer. Don’t worry about insulting a dealer or any other seller. Many expect to bargain with informed shoppers. Be polite — you may just get a great deal. . . Continue Reading

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Everybody worries about his or her hair, or his or her lack thereof. A person’s hair is a major part of his or her identity, so it’s no wonder we’re always talking about it. Our culture’s focus on appearance has people performing a wide variety or treatments on their hair.

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My dog and I have one thing in common — on bad hair days, we both look like Chewbacca.

Hair is a topic people never tire of discussing. “Your hair looks great,” “Did you get a haircut?” or as someone once said to me, “I love your new blonde hair. Too bad it doesn’t go with the face under it.”

From the hairless pates of medieval monks to long-haired hippies to Hip-Hop cornrows, hair has always been as much on our minds as on our heads.

Unlike the deranged wolverine who was heard to ponder, “Why am I shedding?” human hair loss can be a source of considerable anxiety, even fear.

Normal fear can propel a person to do constructive things, like running away from a psychotic Cambodian handyman or single-handedly lifting a Hummer off a barefoot wrangler from Sundance, or thinking that plenty of checks in your checkbook means plenty of money in the bank. But when it comes to hair, that’s another story. Continue reading…

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Even though one might not be a history buff it is interesting to learn about the history of items in your home that have been in your family for generations.  Sometimes you find they are of monetary value but sometimes they carry more of a sentimental value, whatever the value it is still a piece of personal history.   Several times a year the Bonhams auctioneer and appraisal firm travel to various places and host an appraisal day, the last one being at the San Rafael Community Center, where they allow local people to bring in their items to be appraised.  It is a good opportunity for people who are curious about their pieces to find out what they are worth.

Alan Koris stood in line with a box of artifacts waiting for his turn to have them examined Friday at an appraisal event sponsored by the Marin History Museum.

The museum partnered with the Bonhams auctioneer and appraisal firm to inspect people’s family heirlooms, dusty antiques and potential treasures.

This is the second year the museum has held the “Antique & Heirloom Appraisal Day” at the San Rafael Community Center. More than 70 people attended the event, with about 40 people signing up for time slots in advance. . .  Continue Reading

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American Wireless Exec Dies In Plane Crash

An American wireless executive and his wife died after the plane he was piloting crashed into the South Pacific. New Zealand divers have recovered their bodies. Eric Hertz had been working for a wireless company in New Zealand since 2009.

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New Zealand navy divers have recovered the bodies of an American wireless executive and his wife after the plane he was piloting crashed in the South Pacific.

Eric Hertz, an experienced amateur pilot, radioed authorities March 30 to say an engine had failed on the couple’s twin-engine Beechcraft Baron. He and his wife Kathy, a university employee, had left from an airport near Auckland bound for the South Island town of Timaru.

Divers recovered a second body Sunday after recovering the first Saturday near Kawhia Harbour, about 93 miles south of Auckland. Divers also recovered plane parts from the wreckage about 184 feet below water. Continue reading…

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T-Mobile and Audi Team Up For In-car Wi-Fi

T-Mobile and Audi are partnering to provide Audi drivers with in-car Wi-Fi capabilities. If you purchase an Audi, you will have the option to add on a $15/month charge for the service. This will keep consumers from driving up data charges on their smartphones.

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There’s a little secret about connecting to the Internet from your car: You usually must use your smartphone to do so, running up potentially shocking data charges along the way. T-Mobile and Audi want to make that cheaper for you with its new in-car data plan by offering wireless connectivity for $15 per month.

Audi Connect services are already sophisticated, creating a Wi-Fi network inside the vehicle that can be accessed by up to eight devices at the same time. Launched in 2011, it was the first of its kind, letting drivers access special versions of Google Voice Local Search, “My Audi Destination,” which works with Google Earth to display up to 50 destinations on the car’s screen. That gives you a look at your surroundings from Google Street View, a welcome sight to a lost and weary traveler. Continue reading…

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There is much evidence suggesting that the sea levels are rising and will rise more than a foot by 2050.  The question is, what does this mean for coastal communities?  Rutgers University has published a new online mapping tool that simulates this very situation and see just how close the water would be to existing homes.

In Sea Bright, the ocean crashes over the sea wall and onto Ocean Avenue more often than ever with the hint of any storm. It met the Shrewsbury River and sopped low-lying Rumson with flooding, too, during Superstorm Sandy.

When the tide rises, residents have to move their cars to higher ground. Flooding is status quo.

At Point Pleasant Coast Guard Station, the rising ocean laps just below the quayside where cars are parked. . . Continue Reading

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Currently there are 12,000 hurricane totaled and reconditioned cars on Swedish roads that would not legally be allowed on roads in the United States.  Criminal organizations are making big money buying U.S. totaled cars and reconditioning them and reselling them in the European market.  When an air bag didn’t deploy in a recent accident investigators opened it up and found old shoes and a shirt as filler.  These cars are not safe and buyers need to be aware.

In Sweden, an estimated 12,000 drivers are getting around in reconditioned wrecks from hurricanes and other natural disasters, and many of them don’t even know it. Criminal organizations are making big money in this potentially lethal business.

Carfax, a company that provides prospective buyers with history reports on used vehicles, traced a vehicle that had crashed in Sweden back to the United States. It was ruined in Hurricane Sandy, considered totaled, and sold at an auction, but it was hard to trace its movement between that point and the crash.
The car’s airbag did not release upon impact; when local police in Sweden opened the airbag compartment, “It just had a pair of shoes and a T-shirt in it as filler,” said Hakan Lindberg of Carfax’s Swedish branch.

Many such demolished cars are now shipped over to Lithuania, according to Lindberg. . . Continue Reading.

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A new display in a Wyoming library represents how the human brain works when conducting a search at the library. The fiber optic installation was done by two designers from New York.  The display uses over five miles of 44 LED illuminators.

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Designers Brian W. Brush and Yong Ju Lee of E/B Office New York created an extensive fiber-optic installation for the Teton County Library grand opening in Wyoming that visualizes library searches in flashes of colored light. Dubbed Filament Mind, the installation, which opened at the end of January, uses over five miles of fiber-optic cables and 44 LED illuminators to collect, categorize, and render searches from libraries all across the state of Wyoming into glowing bursts of color.

Visualizations begin when a person uses specific words while searching online library catalogs. Subjects including social sciences, arts, languages, history, and philosophy have been categorized by the Dewey Decimal System into 904 text labels, so that when a person uses any one of those labels in their search, it’s filtered through the categories and the corresponding fiber optic cable lights up. If a person clicks on one of the results of their search, another cable will light up. There’s also a donor mode in which the entire display flashes with all the different colors of light, as a way to thank the private donors that made the project possible. Continue reading…

Radon gas is the leading cause of lung cancer among non smokers killing more than 20,000 people in the United States each year.  Unfortunately most people are unaware of the danger and do not know they could be at risk because the gas is colorless, odorless, and tasteless.  The good news it can be easily detected and mitigated preventing the health risks associated with the gas.

Every 25 minutes, one person in the U.S. dies from radon-related lung cancer. It is the largest environmental cancer risk and the leading cause of lung cancer among non-smokers. Fortunately, the risk is largely preventable.

More than 40 percent of Minnesota homes have dangerous levels of radon gas and state health officials say every home should be tested. To emphasize the importance of radon testing, Gov. Mark Dayton has declared January “Radon Action Month” in Minnesota. More than 40 local public health agencies around the state have partnered with the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) to make more than 8,000 radon test kits available to local residents at low or no cost. For details on how to obtain a kit, contact your local public health agency or MDH. A list of participating health agencies can be found on the MDH website at www.health.state.mn.us.

Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the United States and more than 21,000 deaths are attributed to radon each year. Radon exposure, however, is a preventable health threat. More than 1,000 Minnesota homeowners every year have radon reduction systems installed in their homes, but this is a small percentage of all Minnesota homes that have elevated radon levels. . . Continue Reading

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There are so many things to consider for both employees and employers when it comes to the Affordable Care Act.  Many companies are wondering if they are going to be able to afford offering the health benefits they are required to or if it better to pay the penalty.   Companies are taking a look at the fine print and looking for ways to be in compliance with the law at the lowest cost to them.  Employees should also review their choices and see if it is better for them to participate in their employer provided health care of purchase a plan from the exchange.

Under the Affordable Care Act, employers only have to provide health insurance to some of their employees, said lawyer Charles Wachsstock in a webcast sponsored by the Practising Law Institute on Thursday.

Many employers may think that they will have to offer insurance to all of their employees or face penalties under the new healthcare law, but that’s not the case, according to Wachsstock, who discussed the issue in a continuing legal education seminar, “Health Care Reform: An Employer’s Essential Guide.”

During the online talk, Wachsstock, an employee benefits lawyer at Debevoise & Plimpton, presented some innovative approaches that employers and their legal advisors are considering for complying with healthcare reform and controlling costs. . . Continue Reading

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