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Hotel's Robotic Butler Is Not Quite 'Rosie'
2014-08-18 20:37:43| TechNewsWorld
Aloft Hotels this week announced the launch of a new, robotic "butler" at the company's Cupertino, Calif., location. Dubbed "A.L.O.," the new botlr, or robotic butler, is designed to help the hotel's human staff by delivering amenities to guest rooms. A.L.O. comes professionally "dressed" in a custom shrink-wrapped, vinyl-collared uniform, complete with name tag.
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Global warming has never been explained quite so beautifully
2014-05-07 18:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BGR: Climate change and the effects of global warming have been thoroughly and beautifully detailed on two sites. One is GlobalChange.gov, which features the White Houses National Climate Assessment report, and the other is WorldUnderWater.org, a website that uses Google Street view images to show users what their home cities would look under water. The GlobalChange.gov site features rich graphics, plenty of high-quality images and even social integration, resembling a touch-optimized site that sells...
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Global warming is a misleading term because it actually sounds quite nice
2014-03-07 10:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: What does the phrase anthropogenic forcing mean to you? Or a carbon bubble would you be more likely to find one in your bath or in your pension fund? Is the greenhouse effect a better way to grow tomatoes? And what is the difference between global warming and climate change? Understanding the language of climate science can feel like sitting an exam in an unfamiliar subject. For most scientific debates, the collision between the abstruse nature of expert discourse and our ordinary lives a...
Amazon.com Has Not Taken Over the World of Retail Quite Yet
2014-02-02 00:46:27| Grocery - Topix.net
However, despite growing revenue by more than 1,000% over the past decade, there are still a few areas where the company's business model does not hold up to the competition.
Raising Kids Is Kind Of Like Training Horses, But Not Quite
2013-09-26 22:29:00| Beef
Theres nothing better than the feeling of being able to throw your horse a loose rein and be confident that hell stay soft and supple and between the reins. I guess the difference between horses and kids is that, while I want my kids to go out on their own and carve out their own destiny, theres a part of me that wants to keep hold of those reins. My View From The Country read more