Die Anwohner in Waidmannslust haben wirklich allen Grund zur Klage. Seit Jahren ist es keine Seltenheit, dass von den Mietern der Wohnungsgenossenschaft GSW, deren Name eigentlich für ?Gemeinnützige Siedlungs- und Wohnungsbaugesellschaft Berlin“ steht, bis zu vierstellige und nach Mieter-Ansicht überzogene Nebenkosten-Nachzahlungen gefordert werden. Scheinbar ist der GSW die gemeinnützige Ader nach ihrem Verkauf an den US-Finanzinvestor Cerberus verlorengegangen.




Berliner Mieter wehren sich gegen hohe Nebenkostenabrechnungen

Der Brief mit der Nebenkostenabrechnung für das vergangene Jahr ist eine spannende Angelegenheit. F?llt die geplante Urlaubsreise aus, weil wieder eine saftige Nachzahlung ansteht, oder ist dank einer netten Rückerstattung sogar ein neuer Fernseher drin? Für die Mieter der Berliner Rollbergesiedlung ist die Spannung raus: Seit Jahren flattern ihnen hohe Nachzahlungen vom Vermieter ?GSW“ ins Haus. Nun haben sie eine Initiative gegen die ihrer Meinung nach überh?hten Rechnungen gegründet.

Die Mieter beschweren sich vor allem über Ungereimtheiten in den Abrechnungen, zudem seien diese in vielen F?llen ?unverst?ndlich, inhaltlich und formal falsch“, so der Sprecher der Reinickendorfer Mieterinitiative, Wolfgang Dangel, zum Berliner Kurier. Konkret handelt es sich dabei zum Beispiel um falsche Rundungen und übertr?ge oder unbelegte Buchungen. Bei knapp 1.000 Mieterparteien alleine in Waidmannslust kommt da leicht ein erkleckliches Sümmchen zusammen – insgesamt besitzt die GSW rund 75.000 Wohneinheiten. Für die Initiative ist das Grund genug, nicht nur Berlins Regierenden Bürgermeister Wowereit (SPD) um Hilfe zu bitten, sondern vor Gericht zu ziehen. Rund 50 Verfahren wurden bereits angestrengt und die ersten sechs davon bereits gewonnen. Das Angebot der GSW, die Auseinandersetzung gegen eine Zahlung von 35.000 Euro beizulegen, kommt für die Mieter nicht in Frage – kein Wunder, entspr?che die Summe doch in etwa 35 Euro pro Mietpartei.

Für die GSW sind die hohen Nebenkosten allesamt korrekt, schlie?lich stiegen die Preise für Energietr?ger wie ?l und Gas in den letzten Jahren betr?chtlich, erkl?rte der GSW-Sprecher Thomas Rücker und bedauerte gleichzeitig, dass diese auf die Mieter umgelegt werden müssen. Dabei wird der GWS aber nun vermehrt auf die Finger geschaut: Sowohl Mieterinitiative als auch der Reinickendorfer Stadtrat Andreas H?hne (SPD) beobachten genau, ob sich die GSW bei Hartz-IV Empf?ngern schadlos h?lt – diese zahlen die Nebenkosten schlie?lich nicht selber.

April 6, 2010 · Posted in ugg boots  
    



(Credit:CNET Networks) Josh Lowensohn writes for Webware.com, CNET’s blog about Web applications and services. E-mail Josh, or follow him on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/Josh.


Once you link up your Facebook account with Digg it gives you a fast way to add your FB friends as Digg friends, and choose which content you want to port over.

Still missing from Digg’s log-in options, and what was originally unveiled when Facebook Connect was announced, is support for OpenID. Like with Facebook Connect, this would let OpenID users log in with their OpenID credentials. However, it’s likely taken the backseat to the implementation of Facebook Connect since there are fewer ways to resyndicate that segment of user activity.

Digg (finally) gets Facebook Connect integration

After 10 months of promising that it was on the way, Digg is finally implementing Facebook Connect. In the next few hours Facebook users will be able to log into Digg with their Facebook credentials and use the site as if they had spent the time registering. It will also push their activity back to Facebook so their friends can see what they’ve been digging, and let them find other Facebook users who are using Digg too.

This move is definitely a win-win for both parties. Users of both sites have long been able to post stories they’ve dugg to their Facebook profiles through various third party Facebook apps. The real magic here is that Digg will have an alternate way for newcomers to use the site in a way where long-term usage can be tracked and promoted back over to Facebook users who have not yet registered with Digg (and no longer need to).

Update: I just tried this out on my account, and what’s nice is that if you’re already a registered Digg user it simply links up your two accounts and finds your Facebook friends who are also Digg users. You can also choose which actions on Digg you want syndicated over to your news feed back on Facebook. You might want to double check these settings if you’re the kind of person who leaves, creepy or otherwise not-safe-for-Facebook comments on Digg. Screenshot after the break.

Digg: Facebook Connect Demo from Digg Meetups on Vimeo.

Digg is one of largest sites to implement Facebook Connect thus far. Second after that is likely CNN and CitySearch, both of which implemented Connect late last year.

April 3, 2010 · Posted in ugg boots  
    

Color me fascinated, for one. And next time you see me walking down the street in heels that light up with each step, don’t forget to compliment me on my soldering skills.

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A founding member of the Brooklyn-based hacker collective NYC Resistor, Eng enjoys taking apart the likes of cell phones, digital cameras, and heart monitors and sew them into clothing (past creations have included an inflatable gown fitted with a hacked hand vacuum and a series of valves). She is, therefore, probably more comfortable with needle-nose pliers, wire cutters, and conductive thread than many of us.

Leslie Katz, senior editor of CNET’s Crave, covers gadgets, games, and most other digital distractions. As a co-host of the CNET News Daily Podcast, she sometimes tries to channel Terry Gross. E-mail Leslie.


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In “Fashion Geek: Clothes, Accessories, Tech,” she guides would-be crafters step by step through the process of making techno-garb such as the aforementioned hoodie; a digital locket that lets you display photos from your digicam, phone, and e-mails; and (my personal fave) buttons that light up when you open your jacket and turn off when you close it. See the gallery at right for photos of these and more.

And I might just be able to, with a new book from fashion designer Diana Eng. Some will remember Eng as the adorably nerdy contestant from reality TV show “Project Runway” who created a skirt fastened with magnets, among other more technically oriented fashions.

Diana Eng's DIY guide to geek gorgeous

Hoodie. Check. Headphones. Check. Soldering iron, wire cutters, conductive thread. Check, check, and check. Now if I can just figure out how to wield those last three items, I’d have me a handmade headphone hoodie. As the title suggests, that’s a jacket with the speakers built in to the hood–and wearing one would be extra cool if I could say I made it myself.

Diana Eng

Nonetheless, for experimental fashionistas willing to pick up a sewing needle–and a glue gun–Eng’s book contains clearly laid out illustrated instructions for making some functional yet charming techno-wear.

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Did anybody else notice this?



Did anybody else notice the score during the bottom of the ;9th - Halos Heaven

While I was watching the bottom of the 9th yesterday, I was looking at the score, and saw it change a couple of time during the inning. First it changed to 7 – 7, then it changed to 7 – 6 with Boston leading before changing back to the correct score. Maybe someone in the TBS production truck was hoping if they changed the score on the screen it would change the outcome of the game?

April 3, 2010 · Posted in ugg boots  
    



Boston Power has applied for $100 million in the program and has lined up $9 million in state loans, according to founder and CEO Christina Lampe-Onnerud.

The company decided Massachusetts would make a good location because the state offered incentives and it’s close to Boston Power’s research and development facility.

(Credit:Boston Power)

Four-year-old Boston Power already operates three factories in Asia to make batteries for Hewlett-Packard laptops. Those plants will serve as a “blueprint” for the Auburn facility, Lampe-Onnerud said.

Competition for the battery loan money, however, is fierce with about 160 companies said to be applying for the money. The U.S. Energy Department, which was criticized by renewable energy industries for delays, has said it expects to decide on the grants in the summer.

The Westborough, Mass.-based company on Monday is scheduled to hold a press event in nearby Auburn where it plans to build a factory to make lithium-ion batteries for laptops and electric vehicles.

Construction of the facility, which used to be a distribution center for a clothing retailer, is contingent on a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s advanced battery and cell manufacturing grant program.

Lampe-Onnerud said Swing is already being tested with well-known auto companies. The auto pack is based on the same cells used in Boston Power’s laptop batteries which means that it a single manufacturing facility can turn out both.

A Ford Escape modified to run with Boston Power's Swing auto batteries.

The $2 billion advanced battery manufacturing program was established earlier this year in the stimulus act to promote development of domestic battery industry for a coming generation of electric vehicles.

It could take about three years to build the plant, which the company could start working on later this year, she said.

Swinging into auto business

Boston Power on Monday is expected to disclose the name of its auto battery, called Swing, which the company has been developing for several months. The company expects to make batteries for plug-in electric vehicles as well as all-electriccars.

Martin LaMonica is a senior writer for CNET’s Green Tech blog. He started at CNET News in 2002, covering IT and Web development. Before that, he was executive editor at IT publication InfoWorld. E-mail Martin.


Boston Power plans battery plant for cars, laptops

Battery company Boston Power thinks it can bring electric car battery manufacturing to the U.S. with some help from government stimulus funds.

At Monday’s press conference, five Massachusetts politicians are scheduled to speak including Gov. Deval Patrick and Secretary of Energy and Environment Ian Bowles.

A Massachusetts location could be beneficial to working with European auto industry partners, Lampe-Onnerud said. “We have an opportunity to fulfill existing markets and be neighbors to where emerging markets are being invented,” she said.

“The general feeling is that the stimulus money gives the investment community the shot in the arm to dare,” she said.

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