A huge sunspot unleashed a blob of charged plasma Thursday that space weather watchers predict will blast past the Earth on Sunday. Satellite operators and power companies are keeping a close eye on the incoming cloud, which could distort the Earth’s magnetic field and disrupt radio communications, especially at higher latitudes. Read full article > >

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Sun shoots a fastball at Earth, but minimal impact expected

Cuts to speech and language services are leaving parents struggling to get help for their children, England’s departing communication tsar says.

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Warning over speech support cuts

Cuts to speech and language services are leaving parents struggling to get help for their children, England’s departing communication tsar says.

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Warning over speech support cuts

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Romney Demanded Mom Give Up Baby

TV newscasts are increasingly seeded with corporate advertising masquerading as news — and the federal government wants to do something about it. Concerned that subtle “pay-for-play” marketing ploys are seeping into the news, the Federal Communications Commission has proposed a regulation that would require the nation’s 1,500 commercial TV stations to disclose online the corporate interests behind the news. Read full article > >

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FCC seeks to change regulation of corporate interests disclosures on TV news

An inner city head teacher is made a dame by the Queen in the New Year’s Honours List which also recognises a former dinner lady and England’s communication champion.

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An inner city head teacher is made a dame by the Queen in the New Year’s Honours List which also recognises a former dinner lady and England’s communication champion.

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Inner city primary head is a dame

A security expert warns that the move to GSM-R communication technology could allow hackers to disrupt rail travel.

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New train tech ‘poses hack risk’

The Federal Aviation Administration doesn’t allow Kindles and iPads to be on during takeoffs and landings over the issue of possible interference with aircraft navigation or communication systems. A visit to a testing lab shed light on whether a hazard really exists.

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Recently, I shared a family story on Eatocracy about our attempt to get back our family tradition: the befana cookie . My Grandmother passed away before we learned how to make them. We took these special cookies for granted. My brother tried many different combinations of ingredients. He researched with other members of the family, the internet, even conversations with cousins in Italy to try to make them Nonna's way. But, finally, he achieved cookie perfection. I couldn't disclose the secret recipe for fear of Bernardini excommunication. It has now become a family legacy. When the story was re-posted this year, I quickly from the learned from the comment section that that legacy turned into a fatal flaw. So many people were very disgusted with me. As a form of penance, I want to post another recipe that we do share throughout the year: sugar cookies. The recipe's origin was a mystery to me until I asked my Mom. When I was a child, we lived in an apartment building in Burlington, Vermont. Our upstairs neighbor shared a cookie recipe with her that quickly became the staple of all of our school bake sales and family gatherings. My Mom and my sister are the two who have kept the tradition going. The cookie is the perfect combination of buttery goodness with a sweetness that doesn't overpower. If you make these cookies with margarine, you will get crispier and flatter cookies. If you make them with butter, they will rise more. We always leave the batter overnight in the refrigerator. If you don't, the dough will be harder to roll out in your hand. The cookie dough balls should be about a tablespoon and a half in size. The aim is to have them all the same size on the plate for uniformity. Hopefully, this recipe will make your holiday as well as ours very special. I look forward to the spending all day today with my brother and sister making our Christmas cookies. Ingredients 2 sticks of softened butter or margarine 3 egg yolks 2 cups of sugar 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp cream of tartar 1/2 tsp salt 1 tsp vanilla extract 2 cups flour Directions Combine all of the ingredients in a large bowl. Refrigerate the ingredients overnight (this makes it possible to roll the ingredients). Roll into small balls, then roll the balls in sugar. Bake in preheated 325 degree oven. Check cookies after 12 minutes; the length of time will vary depending on if you used butter or margarine. Previously – Have a sweet holiday and save kitchen memories while you can and It's not the holidays without…befana cookies

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The phone call hit like a one-two punch. Days before Thanksgiving, AT&T’s heavyweight lobbying team was busy setting up meetings with antitrust authorities scrutinizing the company’s $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile. Julius Genachowski, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, was on the line for AT&T’s chief executive, Randall Stephenson, and its chief of lobbying, James Cicconi. In a few hours, Genachowski said, he would announce his opposition to the deal. AT&T was stunned. Read full article > >

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How AT&T fumbled its $39 billion bid to acquire T-Mobile

NEW DELHI — In the world’s largest democracy, the government wants Internet sites like Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Google to screen and remove offensive content about religious figures and political leaders as soon as they learn about it. But those companies now say they can’t help.  India’s minister of communications Kapil Sibal began discussions with the online companies in September. On Tuesday, he told reporters the government will have to create new guidelines to disable such content from the Internet sites on its own. Read full article > >

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Facebook, Google tell India they won’t screen for derogatory content

Netflix named Christopher Libertelli to head its Washington policy and lobbying office Thursday, as the online video giant increases its voice in communications and Internet privacy policies. Libertelli was the head of North and South American government regulations for Skype, the Internet voice and video service that pushed for the creation of Internet access, or net neutrality, rules at the Federal Trade Commission. He replaces Michael Drobac, who is leaving Netflix to launch an Internet-based health care startup. Read full article > >

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Netflix names Skype’s Libertelli to head Washington office

Former Downing Street director of communications Alastair Campbell said the press is “frankly putrid in many of its elements”.

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The Federal Communications Commission said AT&T’s internal analysis and past practices contradict the company’s claims that its merger with T-Mobile would create jobs, according to an agency report released Tuesday. The FCC’s 109-page document also offers a harsh assessment of AT&T’s other arguments for the blockbuster deal. The company, for instance, tried to show how consumers would benefit. But an analysis by the FCC found those arguments “unreliable and, at a minimum, raise substantial and material questions of fact.” Read full article > >

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FCC report challenges AT&T’s claims on T-Mobile deal