The Huletts Current

Lindsey Jacobellis from nearby Stratton, Vermont tore the ACL in her left knee during practice for the Winter X Games in Aspen and was not able to compete in the Snowboarder X event where she was favored. Jacobellis is a seven-time Winter X Games gold medalist and the silver medalist from the 2006 Olympics who [...]

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Kelly Clark, a three-time Olympian from nearby West Dover Vermont, last night won the X Games SuperPipe event. She posted both of the night’s highest scores (90.00 and 93.66) to defend her Snowboard SuperPipe gold medal. Hannah Teter also from nearby Belmont, Vermont took the bronze!

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If you don’t quite understand what all the fuss is about over SOPA and PIPA, this video concisely states why many sites on the Internet went black yesterday in protest. Watch the entire thing. (If you really love freedom but can’t watch the entire thing, watch the last 3 minutes.)

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Samsung’s Smart Window at CES 2012.

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NASA’s biggest and most-expensive robotic rover has blasted off from Cape Canaveral on an Atlas 5. The probe, nicknamed Curiosity, is scheduled to arrive on Mars next August. It aims to search the surface for clues about whether the planet has ever had a life-friendly environment. To see some cool as heck animation on how [...]

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First Landing of Columbus on the Shores of the New World, after the painting by Discoro Téofilo de la Puebla. Enjoy the federal holiday, if you have it off!

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SolarCity and Google announced the creation of a new $280 million fund to finance residential solar projects.

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Congressman Chris Gibson was recently sworn in as Huletts Landing’s new congressional representative. I thought he would be an interesting person to interview, so I contacted his staff and they were able to accommodate my request. Today, I had a chance to interview Congressman Gibson by phone. Below is my interview with him. The voters [...]

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Washington, DC – Congressman Chris Gibson (NY-20) was officially sworn into the 112th Congress on Wednesday by House Speaker John Boehner, on the floor of the House of Representatives. A private ceremony with the Speaker followed. “I was honored and humbled to take the Oath of Office today and begin my service to the 20th [...]

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The new Xbox Kinect was launched this past week in Times Square. Don’t have any idea what the Kinect is? All you need to know is that you are now the controller. Here is a CNET video review of games currently available for the Kinect.

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Sometime in the mid-1970′s my father took me and my brothers to the World Trade Center. We went to the observation deck, stopped at Windows on the World, and generally had an outing for the day. I was probably 10 years old. I remember the spectacular views and how diverse the clientèle was at Windows [...]

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Some great shots from multiple cameras that I’ve never seen before.

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Gov’s Wife Gets No-Bid Deal The NY Post reports on a no-bid deal that involves the Governor’s wife. NJ Approves Property Tax Cap / When Will NY? Our neighbor NJ has approved a property tax cap. It begs the question when will NY show some political courage and do the same. The NY Times reports [...]

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