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Saturday, March 31, 2012
Research In Motion Earnings: The RIM Reaper Cometh
Research In Motion will post its fiscal fourth-quarter results this Thursday, and Wall Street analysts are already gritting their teeth in anticipation.
this is why Jennifer Nicole Lee is a fitness expert
Fitness expert Jennifer Nicole Lee showed off her fantastic body again on Miami beach today, and if you’ve never heard of her that?s fine. Fitness expert is one of those things that you can just call yourself and that seems to be ok. Pretty much any girl with who works out can be [...]
The Nation: A New Green Agenda For Commuters
High prices early in 2012 put the U.S. on track for a repeat of 2011, when Americans spent nearly $500 billion on gasoline. Lisa Margonelli of The Nation argues that shifting the dialogue away from "drill, baby, drill" should give American families the keys to escape the trap of gasoline dependence.
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Friday, March 30, 2012
Fork Skewers Photoshop Skin GimpShop
I thought I had found image-manipulating Nirvana with GimpShop. But the wide world of open source software and the Linux community failed me this week. My quest for a better GIMP tool to give me a Photoshop-like Windows experience turned into a fool's folly. Actually, my faith in the Linux OS is still intact.
BlackBerry to shift focus from consumer market
Struggling BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. said Thursday that it would cede most consumer markets and focus on business customers.
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Today On The Campaign Trail: George H.W. Bush To Endorse Romney
The former Massachusetts governor has now gotten the support of most of the Bush family. Former President George W. Bush, though, has not yet weighed in.
Jeff Bezos Plans to Recover Apollo 11 Rocket Engines From Ocean Floor
Billionaire Jeff Bezos announced plans to recover from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean at least one of the F-1 engines that carried the Apollo 11 rocket into space.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Neighbor defends George Zimmerman
SANFORD, Fla. -- For many Americans, George Zimmerman has become the face of barbarous vigilante justice. For Olivia Bertalan, he was the face of compassion — a neighbor of consummate graciousness and low-key gallantry.
this Miss Canada finalist used to be a boy
A 23-year-old named Jenna Talackova was a finalist in the Canadian Miss Universe pageant, until today, when they discovered that she was born a boy and then had a sex-change operation when she was 19. And you can?t have a bikini contest with a girl who is technically 4. Well you can but [...]
Is Facebook too friendly? Plug-in EnemyGraph makes it less so
French existentialist Jean-Paul Sartre famously wrote this line in his one-act play “No Exit”: “ L'enfer, c'est les autres .” ("Hell is other people.")
More municipalities betting on pension bonds to cover obligations
Local governments are increasingly borrowing money to plug shortfalls in their employee pension funds by exploiting a loophole in federal law. Market experts say the risks and long-term costs are frequently ignored.
NEW YORK Struggling to pay employee pensions, local governments are increasingly borrowing money to cover their obligations — exploiting a loophole in federal law that allows them to issue taxable bonds without seeking voter approval.
NEW YORK Struggling to pay employee pensions, local governments are increasingly borrowing money to cover their obligations — exploiting a loophole in federal law that allows them to issue taxable bonds without seeking voter approval.
23 Cool Facts You May Not Know About Harry Potter Save My Marriage
• J.K. Rowling said that the name 'Lord Voldemort is pronounced without the "t."
• J.K. Rowling and Harry Potter have the same birthday, July 31.
• Throughout the course of Harry Potter franchise, there are already 6 actors who have played Voldermort.
• In the Spanish translation of Harry Potter books, Trevor, Neville Longbotton's toad is translated as turtle rather than frog.
• The least commercially successful HP film earned roughly about $90 million, way more than the most successful Twilight movie.
• The name 'Dumbledore' is actually an early modern English word for 'Bumblebee.'
• Vol de mort means both "Thief of Death" and "Flight of Death" in French, and means 'Wish Death Upon" in Latin.
• Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliff dubbed the voice of the cartoon Edward Cullen in "The Simpsons" Twilight parody.
• As a huge fan of the movie, Michael Jackson proposed to J.K. Rowling a musical of Harry Potter. Rowling thought that a musical presentation will not work for the franchise, and didn't want to lay the franchise on the line.
• The actress who played the role of Moaning Myrtile is actually 37 years old,Customer Retention, the oldest actress to portray a student role in Hogwarts.
• The driver and conductor of the Knight bus, Ernie and Stanley, are named after J.K. Rowling's grandfathers.
• The Weasley twins in the movie aren't actually redheads in real life.
• J.K. Rowling is the first author to become a billionaire by writing books.
• In 2007, Rowling became a runner up for Time magazine's Person of the Year.
• It was the of Rowling's mother from multiple sclerosis that inspired her to write the Harry Potter series,Flight Simulation, and the theme death is all over the series.
• Rowling's Harry Potter series were the first children's book to be in New York Bestseller since the 1952 book of E.B. White entitled Charlotte's Web.
• So many Harry Potter fans visit the King's Cross station and take pictures of the platforms 9 and 10, the management then made it an actual tourist spot by putting a sign that says "Platform 9 ¾.
• J.K. Rowling said, than when she took the online Sorting Hat quiz, it sorted her to the Hufflepuff.
• The Knights of Walpurgis was the original name of the Death Eaters.
• The motto of the Hogwarts School says "Draco Domiens nunquam titillandus," a Latin phrase for "Never tickle a sleeping dragon."
• There was a lice outbreak occurred among the cast members in filming the Chamber of Secrets.
• "Avada Kedavra" was derived from Aramaic phrase "Abhadda Kedhabra," which in English means "to disappear like this world."
• Believe it or not, many publishers rejected the very first manuscript of Harry Potter,Save My Marriage, saying it was too long and literary. Bloomsbury Publisher accepted the manuscript in 1996, and the said publisher suggested Rowling to change her name in "J.K." rather than her real name "Joanne Rowling" to attract male readers. She took the letter "K" from Kathleen, name of her grandmother.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
With veterinarian's help, Burbank animal shelter thrives
After Martin Small made some changes at Burbank's animal shelter, euthanasia rates dropped drastically. Impressed, the city carved out a medical budget for the shelter.
After more than 50 years as a veterinarian in Burbank, there's nothing small about Martin Small's contribution to Burbank's animal shelter.
After more than 50 years as a veterinarian in Burbank, there's nothing small about Martin Small's contribution to Burbank's animal shelter.
FBI says AWOL soldier stole Microsoft co-founder's identity
An AWOL soldier's simple scheme to defraud one of the richest men in the world has landed him in federal custody, according to a criminal complaint.
Bobby Brown arrested on suspicion of DUI
Brown allegedly blew more than the 0.8 legal limit on a Breathalyzer test and was taken to the Van Nuys jail, TMZ reported
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The drone threat -- in the U.S.
Drone proliferation raises an issue that has received too little attention: the threat that they could be used to carry out terrorist attacks.
President Obama signed a sweeping aviation bill in February that will open American airspace to "unmanned aircraft systems," more commonly known as drones. Much of the recent discussion about the coming era of domestic drones, which will include those operated by companies and individuals, has been focused on privacy questions. However, drone proliferation also raises another issue that has received far less attention: the threat that they could be used to carry out terrorist attacks.
President Obama signed a sweeping aviation bill in February that will open American airspace to "unmanned aircraft systems," more commonly known as drones. Much of the recent discussion about the coming era of domestic drones, which will include those operated by companies and individuals, has been focused on privacy questions. However, drone proliferation also raises another issue that has received far less attention: the threat that they could be used to carry out terrorist attacks.
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Monday, March 26, 2012
Stocks close higher on Bernanke remarks
Stocks leapt to multiyear highs and recorded one of their biggest gains of the year Monday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke suggested that the U.S. economy still needs help to produce faster job growth.
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