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With just one week to go before the Federal Communications Commission votes on Net Neutrality, cable companies are engaging in some last-ditch efforts to have FCC vote their way.

A key House subcommittee that deals with Internet issues is holding a hearing just one day before the FCC vote on the future for millions of people, who have been fighting for Net Neutrality. This is just another attempt to politicize a nonpartisan issue.

Please contact the committee members and tell them that millions of people support the FCC Plan.

CITY ISLAND BRIDGE BUILDER TPC

Tutor Perini has set up a conference call to discuss their fiscal results for 2014. Tutor Perini Corporation (NYSE: TPC), will host a conference call at 2:00 PM Pacific Time on Thursday, February 26, 2015, to discuss the Company's fourth-quarter and fiscal 2014 results.

Speakers on the call from Tutor Perini will be Ronald Tutor, Chairman and CEO, and Michael Kershaw, Executive Vice President and CFO. The Company plans to distribute its earnings announcement the same day after the market close.

A-ROD APOLOGY?

A-Rod may think he got off easy with his hand written apology, but by not facing his fans and the press, some are wondering why is he hiding?

Alex Rodriguez apologized with a handwritten note, which was published by some media, and also on DOSE OF NEWS * www.doseofnews.com.

Should he have showed up because of the initial level of press coverage he received when claiming his innocence and now may have admitted his guilt? However others considered proper to do so in writing.

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What's In It For Men?

Stop trying to pull on the non existent heartstrings of many men, because you're not going to get too far.

A Stanford University study documents an empathy gap with important implications for how fundraisers should make their case to men. Men will be more likely to donate to charitable organizations if they are told what's in it for them.

On the other hand, women are more likely to give to charity, especially poor people. There are a variety of ways to explain these differences, besides the obvious differences in empathy.

SERVICES FOR CHRISTIANS KILLED IN LIBYA

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Catholic Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who serves as Archbishop of New York, will be attending a religious prayer service on Staten Island to honor the 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians killed by ISIS in Libya.

These services are sponsored by leaders of the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of New York and New England. The service will take place on Thursday, February 19, 2015 from 7-9PM at the Archangel Michael and St. Mina Coptic Church 4095 Amboy Road. Cardinal Dolan will be arriving, while the prayer service is underway.

LATEST VERSIONS

All of these are free for you, with a built-in "check for latest version" feature which will do the trick, if you can find it. Alternatively, you can download and reinstall the latest versions to assure that you are up-to-date:

Firefox: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/products/download.html

Google Chrome: http://www.google.com/chrome

Apple Safari: http://www.apple.com/safari/download/

Microsoft IE: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/internet-explorer/products/ie/home

Opera: http://www.opera.com/

BROWSER PLUG-INS

These two plug-ins should also be updated. They provide the means for reading PDF files and viewing/hearing multimedia entries.

Adobe Reader (to view PDF files): http://get.adobe.com/reader/

Adobe Flash Video Player (for audio, video and multimedia presentations) http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

OH NOT AGAIN?

NYC Emergency Management issues a cold weather alert for extreme temperatures & subzero wind chills Thursday, February 19, 2015.

High winds are expected to begin tomorrow, with sustained winds of 20- 30 mph and gusts up to 35- 40mph. Temperatures should remain around zero Thursday night, but wind chills will be as low as 15 to 20 degrees below zero.

Alda Science Talk: Ask Alan

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News of actor Alan Alda’s death have been wrong and just to prove it, he is scheduled to appear at SUNY. The information went viral earlier this week causing concern among fans. However the report has now been confirmed as a complete hoax and just the latest in a string of fake celebrity death reports. Thankfully, the actor best known for his roles in The West Wing or M*A*S*H is alive and well.

3 Billion Year Old Earth

Latest assessment suggests life on Earth may have begun 3.2B years ago. University of Washington in USA and University of Johannesburg in South Africa researchers found evidence that life existed on Earth 3.2 billion years ago.

Their findings are based on analysis of rock samples collected in South Africa and northwestern Australia and range in age from 2.75 to 3.2 billion years old.

Lunar New Year is almost here

Lunar New Year is one of the world's most popular cultural events and most certainly in Asia. As a result, cultural gaffes should be avoided to connect with those celebrating this historic event that is no longer just an Asian holiday.

The Year of the Ram, Goat, or Sheep can also be called Asian Lunar New Year, which begins on February 19th as Chinese, Koreans and Vietnamese will be celebrating with families and exchanging red envelopes with money inside.

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