12/14/09

Steve Jobs-Person Of The Year 2009


Steve Jobs up for Time's 'Person of the Year'

Time magazine has revealed its final seven candidates for Person of the Year, and one Mr. Steven P. Jobs has made the list. Though the editors of Time have already chosen the winner (to be announced on The Today Show on Wednesday morning), MSNBC.com wants to know who us average folk would vote for.

At the risk of our audience being slightly biased, I'm going to release the same poll here. So vote below, and don't feel bad if you don't think Steve should get it. He's already won another little award this year.


'I think I go for this guy! He has guts and determination on his job as well as his health is concern. He is a fighter so so speak and hell politics!

Play/Pause VideoBerlusconi bloodied but unbowed in Milan

The Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is recovering from a broken nose and smashed teeth after an attack at a political rally in Milan. Television footage caught the moment he was hit in the face with an object by someone in the crowd.

The premier was bundled into a car by aides and rushed away minutes after addressing thousands of supporters. The 73-year-old was obviously shocked and was kept in hospital overnight.

He’s said to have been hit by a small model of Milan cathedral, thrown at close range. A 42-year-old man has been arrested and charged with aggravated assault. Massimo Tartaglia is reported to have been receiving treatment for mental problems at a clinic for several years.
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http://www.euronews.net/2009/12/14/berlusconi-bloodied-but-unbowed-in-milan//

12/4/09

Statement from Tom Brokaw on fatal accident

NBC News
updated 4:27 p.m. CT, Fri., Dec . 4, 2009
Former NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw issued the following statement Friday after his car collided with a sport utility vehicle in New York. The driver of the second vehicle was killed:

Tom and Meredith Brokaw, at around 1 p.m. today, were in a three vehicle accident on the Bruckner Expressway. The Brokaws were in the far left lane when they noticed a spool of cable bouncing along the far right lane. Just then, a green SUV in the right lane came up fast and tried to avoid the cable. The driver lost control of her vehicle and slid into the middle lane, forcing a mail truck into the Brokaw lane of traffic.

As the mail truck careened into the Brokaw lane, Tom hit the brakes hard and skidded along the median. When the mail truck catapulted the median the Brokaw vehicle slid into it. Neither Tom nor Meredith were injured but tragically the driver of the SUV was thrown from her vehicle and killed. Tom and Meredith are greatly saddened by this loss of life. [...]

12/3/09

President Obama: More Troops to Aghanistan; Timetable to Leave

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZV_ubEgDW4
OMG! No More War Please!



Oh,my Lord God! I hope for the best and safety of our Armed Forces but I think we all stay positive and if I may decide what to do? I will bring our soldiers home. God bless us all!

Tiger Woods Peers Talk About Him

Golf Channel

12/2/09

Tiger Woods Makes Statement

http://www.fanhouse.com/news/main/tiger-woods-makes-statement/796554?ncid=bannadusaolp00000034

Hmmmm...once again the truth comes out! The lover or mistress or whatever they call it is now making money out of Tiger Lily! Lol! She has been talking to the press about it and of course the nosey media would make a lot of money on this new breaking news.
I feel sad about the security of his kids and lovely decent wife.
Okay!

11/27/09

Facebook Abnoxious Kids

Be careful who you are talking to Facebook or any of these social network.

11/22/09

Gaza's weapons facilities hit by the Israeli Fighter Jets

STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Israel Air Force hit weapons facilities in northern and central Gaza, military says

Israel says it was responding to the firing of a rocket at southern Israeli town of Sderot

Sources in Hamas, which controls Gaza, say three injured in Israeli airstrikes

Israel
Gaza
(CNN) -- Israeli fighter jets attacked what the country said were "terrorist sites" in Gaza in retribution for an earlier attack, the military said Sunday.

The Israel Air Force hit two weapons-manufacturing facilities in northern and central Gaza and a smuggling tunnel in the Rafah border area, Israel Defense Forces said in a statement. Gaza shares the Rafah border with Egypt.[...]

11/21/09

Feds drop case against blackwater guard

US to drop shooting case against Blackwater guard
By MATT APUZZO – 1 day ago

WASHINGTON — Prosecutors say they'll drop manslaughter charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide contractors charged in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting.

In court documents Friday, prosecutors said they have asked that the case against Nicholas Slatten of Sparta, Tenn., be dropped.

The request itself was sealed, so it's unclear why the case was being dropped. But it could be a bad sign for the government. After the shooting, some guards spoke to investigators under the promise of immunity. Prosecutors have been arguing behind closed doors that the immunity deal did not taint the case.

Five guards, all military veterans, face charges in the shooting that left 17 Iraqis dead. Prosecutors say the shooting was unprovoked, but Blackwater says its convoy was ambushed.

Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

10/27/09

8 U.S. soldiers killed in Afghanistan



It's awful sad that we lost 8 soldiers in Afghanistan before holidays. I'm grieving--heart my  goes out to their families and love ones. I pray for peace and I hope it will come soon. The sooner the better before we lose more of our brothers, sisters, mothers, and fathers in that lousy war!

Rest In Peace to those who died. =(

10/22/09

10/21/09

'Why do people hate you?' Obama caught off guard by ten-year-old boy's question

He'd probably convinced himself that the job was going well - particularly since he won the Nobel Peace Prize and kept America out of a depression.

But five words from a child burst Barack Obama's bubble.

'Why do people hate you?' asked schoolboy Terence Scott, [Read more]

MailOnline.U.K

10/6/09

Great Bret


Bret Favre | Vikings

Favre went 24 for 31, without a turnover. He celebrated his first scoring toss with an awkward body bump with kicker Ryan Longwell(notes), also a former Packers teammate, and showed plenty of emotion on this most emotional night. He stayed poised in the pocket all night, too, and avoided the risky throws that have defined his career almost as much as the success. Brit Favre


Damn! I missed the game! Adrenalin rushing through my veins...

9/29/09

Paramedic failed patient

 A despicable attitude of a liar, beast, and inhumane abusive person like Sefton should be not given a license to  be close to the patient. He is going to kill every patients he treats and we don't tolerate this kind of behaviour. [...]

http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/merseyside/8280785.stm

Warner music back in You tube?


Warner Music, which had removed its videos from YouTube after licensing talks with Google broke down last year, just announced that is has reached a new deal with YouTube and that Warner's music videos will once again appear on YouTube. The partnership, according to the official announcement, covers the complete Warner catalog and "includes user-generated content containing WMG acts." Warner will be able to monetize user-generated content thanks to Google's Content ID technology, which can detect copyrighted content in YouTube videos and then allow the copyright holders to sell ads against this inventory.
According to Google, the partnership is based on a revenue-sharing deal. Thanks to this deal, YouTube users will now have access to videos from all the major record labels and most of the major independent labels as well.[...]
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warner brothers |youtube

9/17/09

Did Cisco Flip too soon?

I will not trade my Flip Video cam to anything else.
I love it and I cannot imagine any other products working other than my flip. I’m perfectly happy with the separate music player and video camera. I don’t want anything integrated–when one breaks I still have the other.

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reuters

9/16/09

Slaying of Annie Le

Police Storm Apartment Of Yale Researcher

No charges were filed against 24-year-old Raymond Clark III in Middletown, but police took him into custody while searching for DNA and other physical evidence.
Police and FBI agents staged a dramatic raid on the home of a Yale University animal research technician on Tuesday, seeking evidence that might tie him to the slaying of a graduate student whose body was found stuffed behind a wall in a campus research building.
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cbsnews

8/30/09

Five Months is too long to wait, indeed!

WITH THE passing of Edward Kennedy, a special election will be conducted to elect a US senator who will serve the remaining three years of his term. This special election will not be held until January. This means Massachusetts will have only half its representation in the Senate until then. With the Senate scheduled to deliberate on health care this fall, Massachusetts should have two votes not one.[...]

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We should not wait five months to find a replacement of one member of the cabinet who is already gone.
How I wish I know more about politics so I, myself would be able to understand why we should wait?!

Obama's "pay czar" -- no stranger to big paychecks

8/9/09

Emerging Infectious Disease

I posted this article to let you all know that it is very important to be aware and protect yourselves from any diseases and bacteria which is life-threatning to our everyday existence.

Please d/l pdf
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cdc.gov/EID/content

8/5/09

Give Peace a Chance

It's only 60 miles from some West Bank villages to the sea, yet many Palestinian children have never seen the ocean. However, Israel is begining to allow more freedom of movement for Palestinians - removing some roadblocks and loosening restrictions. And Israeli peace activists helped arrange for some Palestinian children to finally enjoy a day at the beach in peace. NBC News Martin Fletcher reports.
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8/2/09

Retail Food Prices Rise Slightly in Second Quarter

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 2, 2008 – Retail food prices at the supermarket increased in the second quarter of 2008, according to the latest American Farm Bureau Federation Marketbasket Survey. The informal survey shows the total cost of 16 basic grocery items in the second quarter of 2008 was $46.67, up about 3.5 percent or $1.64 from the first quarter of 2008.


http://www.fb.org/index.php?fuseaction=newsroom.newsfocus&year=2008&file=nr0702.html

7/28/09

Why skilled immigrants fleeing the U.S.?

Lured by the prospect of climbing to the top of his field, New Delhi native Swaroop Ganguly came to the U.S. 10 years ago and earned a Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 2005.

He became an expert in an emerging technology called spintronics, used to power semiconductors, and worked at several chip companies, including Freescale Semiconductor. But Ganguly, now 32, is moving back to India this summer.

read more---

source:msnbc


7/25/09

Kidneys for sale illegally

NEWARK, N.J. - Levy Izhak Rosenbaum called himself a "matchmaker," but his business wasn't romance. Instead, authorities say, he brokered the sale of black-market kidneys, buying organs from vulnerable people from Israel for $10,000 and selling them to desperate patients in the U.S. for as much as $160,000.
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read more here---
MSNBC News

How evil! How could Rosenbaum do this to his own people?

3/6/09

10 Worst Germ Hot Spots

Absolutely! I use paper towels and clean bathrooms and kitchen everyday.

3/5/09

Switzerland does not allow UBS to transfer data to the US

Switzerland does not consider tax evasion a crime, and Swiss law prohibits disclosure of client data or names unless the country's authorities believe the client has committed a serious crime such as money laundering or tax fraud. [more...]

GM Chapter 11 would be the best!

GM sux!
GM also disclosed Thursday that Chief Executive Rick Wagoner received a pay package worth $14.9 million in 2008, although $11.9 million of his compensation was in stock and options whose value plummeted to $682,000 as GM's share price sank.

2/15/09

Stimulus advancing health reform

Obama team sees stimulus advancing health reform
In the legislation passed late Friday, Congress approved spending about $19 billion over the coming years on electronic health records and an additional $1.1 billion on research comparing which treatments work best for a particular disease.

Also, the bill sets aside about $1 billion for a "prevention and wellness fund." About $300 million of that money would provide additional immunizations. Most of the rest of that money will go to state and communities to help them tackle smoking, obesity and various preventable health problems.

"This represents the beginning steps of the president's health reform vision," said Jenny Backus, a spokeswoman for the Health and Human Services Department. "It's designed to get relief to people who need it most and to do everything we can to bring down the cost of health care, and improve access and quality." [readmore...


I can't wait for the progress of the stimulus package that was passed the other day, February 13, 2009.

You can now edit Google spreadsheets on your iPhone

I find it quite interesting! I hope it works well... ^_^

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Pictures of the week |Times Online

How beautiful and splendid pictures.
times online















An Ariane 5 rocket lifts off from Kourou, French Guiana, to put two communications satellites for European telecoms operators into space.

Salmonella Outbreak

Of course, I for one am always careful about the food that I eat.  Be careful and check your pantries ---get rid of any peanut butter mixed food. Your life is more precious than tainted peanuts! 

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2/11/09

Salmonella Outbreak hearing

What a shame! Aside from peanut butter, tomatoes, spinach outbreak, what else?

2/10/09

Israel Vote Results

President Obama's ambition to move quickly on Israeli-Palestinian peace suffered a significant setback yesterday with the rightward shift apparent in nearly complete Israeli election results, analysts said. [Read more]

President Obama Hottie Goes Into Facebook Hiding

Hide your ass or face the consequences. LOL!

http://gawker.com/5137697/obama-hottie-goes-into-facebook-hiding

2/7/09

McCartney To Open New Joint In Las Vegas

McCartney tickets go on sale Feb. 14 at noon at the Hard Rock, all Ticketmaster locations and Web site, and 800-745-3000.

2/5/09

Facebook 5th Birtday | Mark Zuckerberg

    I love the  twitter.com  a new social network.  How I wish FACEBOOK will upgrade their webpage. I find it too cheapy lookin' [imho]

2/4/09

Jorge "Papito" Serguera who banned the Beatles is 'DEAD'


HAVANA (Reuters) - The man who banned the Beatles from the communist-run island's radio and television stations has died, state television said on Tuesday.

Jorge "Papito" Serguera, who at the time was president of the Cuban Institute of Radio and Television, pulled Beatles music from the airwaves in the 1970s even though he later admitted he enjoyed listening to it in private.

Serguera, who was 76 when he died, said in a 2001 interview he was following orders from high government officials who viewed the British band's music as a threat to the revolution.

But he was viewed as an architect of a general cultural crackdown that dampened dissent and marginalized many for their beliefs or sexuality.[read more]

1/23/09

Is the White House in the technological dark ages? Hardly, say the people who just left it.

Former Bush administration staffers disputed the tone of a Washington Post story published Thursday that described a tech-savvy Obama team moving into a building equipped with creaky computers, out-of-date software, no e-mail service and dead phone lines.

Rather, the former staffers said, the White House has everything a modern corporate office would — Windows XP, BlackBerrys, Outlook e-mail, plenty of laptops and lots of flatscreen monitors and TVs.

"It's a shame if they're having problems moving in," said Theresa Payton, White House chief information officer from 2006 until this past November. "We began to prepare for the transition well ahead of the election cycle. Our aim was to leave it in better shape than we found it."[read more...]
foxnews.com/story

1/17/09

How about that hah?

Even though these stories are commonplace in Washington today, the argument can be made that this president has passed
  • major tax and education bills, 
  • pacified Afghanistan and removed Saddam Hussein from power, 
  • all while defeating recession. 
    So what if his administration looks dysfunctional?
     In basketball, it is called winning ugly. The trouble is that a team that wins ugly sometimes starts losing
  • washingtonpost

1/15/09

1/5/09

Damn Twitter

No wonder I stopped going there and I am glad I did! I went back today and changed my password and never again will I trust some idiots who has nothing to do but hack other users name and who knows what? [Read here]

1/1/09

For Crying Out Loud!

Palestinians and Israelis are making their lives so miserable and what a horror!

How sad!


That's a lot of money to spend for these illegal aliens---set them free! This is a  good decision to make.  (My Opinion)


12/29/08

The Tuskegee Airmen

Make War not Love | No Chance for Peace

What a horror! I have nothing to say---it is quite complicated and it is politically motivated.

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12/14/08

Paul McCartney Hides Himself Away

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No word on auto bailout "for a while" | It's too bad!

The White House said on Sunday it did not expect any announcement on a U.S. auto industry rescue plan before President George W. Bush returns to the United States from Iraq, leaving their fate in limbo.
By Matt Spetalnick
Source: (Reuters)

It is very pathetic!

It does matter greatly.

Farewell tour comes 37 days before president hands the war over to Obama



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msnbc

12/6/08

Are you a nymphomaniac?

I would like to change the topic to women who are nymphomaniacs
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I hate sex! But if you are clean, smells good, and wearing chanel egoist then I'm ready to do it! Ha ha!

SEX IS SICK TO THOSE WHO ARE PROMISCOUS!

11/24/08

Good news really matters!


Buy American product---it's good for our economy and I think it's safe!

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madein.usa

10/18/08

The 10 most decadent dictators

These dicators are or were evil! May their soul rest in purgatory!
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10/16/08

Womens Health

The fix: Go nuts. Peanuts, hazelnuts, and walnuts are loaded with vitamin E, an antioxidant that bolsters the immune system, which gets run down when you're running around. They're also chock-full of B vitamins, which prepare your body for physical ramifications of stress like high blood pressure and off-kilter hormones. Nuts are also a great food source of arginine, an amino acid that improves blood flow—to help you get from dead tired to orgasmic. You need only a handful per day, so sprinkle them on yogurt, salads, or oatmeal—or just snack on them plain.

Oh, how true!


The problem: Narrowing arteries
Heart disease scores as a top-three killer of women in this age group.
The fix: Grab a handful of grapes every day. Antioxidants in red grape skins have been linked to lower LDL cholesterol and a lowered risk of clogged arteries. A glass of red wine is beneficial too. In a Spanish study, scientists found that red wine significantly reduced markers of arterial inflammation. The booze also helps prevent clots, just as a daily aspirin does. Cheers!
[Read more...]

credit: MSN Womens health

10/4/08

No Joint European Strategy On Banks

By Edward Cody
Washington Post Foreign Service Sunday, October 5, 2008; Page A01
PARIS, Oct. 4 -- The leaders of Europe's four largest economic powers vowed Saturday to protect their banks from the continuing reverberations of the increasingly global financial crisis but could not agree on a common Europe-wide strategy.
Unlike the United States, which last week committed $700 billion in government money to shoring up Wall Street, Europe plans to continue dealing with its financial problems on a case-by-case basis. That approach, which has involved tens of billions of dollars at a step, is complicated by the transnational presence of so many large European financial institutions.
But the European leaders did call for a global economic summit by year's end aimed at revamping the international financial system, which is a legacy of a conference held at Bretton Woods, N.H., in the waning months of World War II. [Read more...]
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  • washingtonpost

9/15/08

Discarded medications end up in drinking water

U.S. hospitals and long-term care facilities annually flush millions of pounds of unused pharmaceuticals down the drain, pumping contaminants into America's drinking water, according to an ongoing Associated Press investigation.


These discarded medications are expired, spoiled, over-prescribed or unneeded. Some are simply unused because patients refuse to take them, can't tolerate them or die with nearly full 90-day supplies of multiple prescriptions on their nightstands.


Few of the country's 5,700 hospitals and 45,000 long-term care homes keep data on the pharmaceutical waste they generate. Based on a small sample, though, the AP was able to project an annual national estimate of at least 250 million pounds of pharmaceuticals and contaminated packaging, with no way to separate out the drug volume. [Read more...]

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  • msnbc

9/13/08

HELP!

The story
Federal and state officials will make sure consumers don't get gouged by gas price increases in the wake of Hurricane Ike, President Bush said Saturday.

A large number of refineries shut down on the Gulf Coast ahead of the storm, pushing prices up in some regions.

In a brief televised statement, Bush said the Environmental Protection Agency waivers on certain reformulated gasolines were suspended Friday night to make it easier for imports to get into U.S. markets. [Readmore---]



9/10/08

Get A Hike Ike!

Misery over Gustav

Damn! Where are the politicians? I guess they don't need the votes of the people of Louisiana?


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