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Cobra NAV ONE 5000 Portable GPS

noreply@blogger.com (adu) — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:33:00 +0000

This is the Cobra NAV ONE 5000 Portable GPS that comes with a large 5-inch LCD display, an SD memory card expansion slot, automatic rerouting capabilities, and text-to-speech technology.

The NAV ONE 5000 sat-nav has some cool features to make life easier when planning your journey and when driving. These include the ability to use Bluetooth hands free and the option to compare 2 routes on your map screen and then choose the one you prefer.

Woot has this GPS system on their one day deal today, they have the device at $199 and you get this in the box: an instruction manual, Dash Mount Disc Foam Cushion Strip, USB Cable, 120V AC Adapter for In-Home Use, 12V Power Cord with Cigarette Lighter Plug, Windshield Suction Cup Mounting Bracket and GPSM 5000 Portable Mobile Navigation System. Hit the read link below to view the details.

Ryan o’Neal and his child arrested

noreply@blogger.com (adu) — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:33:00 +0000

Ryan O'Neal posed for the below Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department mug shot in September 2008 after a probation officer visiting his 24-year-old son Redmond discovered methamphetamine in the actor's bedroom. Redmond, on probation for two prior drug convictions, was also arrested and held along with his 67-year-old father on $10,000 bail.

Los Angeles County Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said: “Deputies were doing a routine sweep to make sure Redmond was adhering to his probation. “Upon searching the premises, the younger O’Neal was found in possession of narcotics. Later, a vial of drugs were found in the elder O’Neal’s bedroom. We believe the drugs found were methamphetamines.”

Both men were released after posting $10,000 bail and neither Ryan nor Redmond – whose mother is Farrah Fawcett, 61 - appeared under the influence of drugs, the sheriff said. The 67-year-old ‘Love Story’ actor was arrested last year on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and negligent discharge of a firearm after firing a gunshot during an argument with another son, Griffin, 43.

Ryan first became famous on the soap opera Peyton Place. His role in 'Love Story' gained him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. Further starring roles have been the screwball comedy 'What's Up, Doc?', Paper Moon (co-starring his daughter, Oscar-winner Tatum O'Neal), the Stanley Kubrick directed Barry Lyndon, the 'Love Story' sequel, Oliver's Story, and the Walter Hill car chase movie 'The Driver'.

O'Neal has been in a long-term (off and on again) relationship with actress Farrah Fawcett. He also dated Diana Ross for some time. He was previously married to actresses Joanna Moore and Leigh Taylor-Young. He has four children: Tatum O'Neal and Griffin O'Neal, Patrick O'Neal and Redmond O'Neal (with Fawcett).

Ryan’s daughter, Tatum O'Neal, 44, a former child star, pleaded guilty in July to disorderly conduct stemming from a drug arrest in June.

Chris Witty

noreply@blogger.com (adu) — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:25:00 +0000

Christine ("Chris") Diane Witty (born June 23, 1975 in West Allis, Wisconsin) is an American speed skater and racing cyclist and participated in the Olympic Games in both sports. However, she is more successful in skating.

She is specialized in the short and middle distances, the 1000 and 1500 meters and won medals at these distances at the 1998 Winter Olympics. In 2002 she achieved her biggest success; she won the Olympic gold medal at the 1000 meters in Salt Lake City, with a world record time.

In 1996 she became World Champion Sprint, in 1997 and 1998 she became second and in 2000 she became third.

In 1998 she won the gold medal at the World Single Distance Championships at the 1000 m, in 1996 the silver and in 2000 the bronze medal at the same distance.

In 2000 she placed fifth overall in the 500 m cycling time trials at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, becoming only the ninth American ever to compete in both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games.

In 2006, she was elected by her teammates to carry the United States flag at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, where she attempted to defend her title in speed skating, however she was unable to do so.

Megan Fox GQ cover girl

noreply@blogger.com (adu) — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:13:00 +0000

Megan Fox knows what side her bread is buttered on and takes total advantage of it. Most young Hollywood starlettes say they don’t want to get typecast as ‘the hot girl’, but Megan knows that is what she can do, and do well.

The 22-year-old Transformers hottie didn’t hold back in her interview:

On not wanting to be famous right now: “I’ve done one movie. And it’s not a movie I want to stand on as far as acting ability goes. I mean—I’m not going to win an Oscar anytime soon. I’m not Meryl Streep.”

On Disney’s treatment of Miley Cyrus and Vanessa Hudgens sickening her: “They take these little girls…teach them how to sing and dance, and make them wear belly shirts, but they won’t allow them to be their own people. It makes me sick. I would never issue an apology for my life and for who I am. It’s like, Oh, I’m sorry I took a naked, private picture that someone … sold for money. … You shouldn’t have to apologize. Someone betrayed Vanessa, but no one’s angry at that person. She had to apologize. I hate Disney for making her do that.”

On dealing with anxiety: “Before I go onstage anywhere, I take a Xanax now.”

On hating Internet gossip: “The other day, I said I eat a lot of cake, and that was the top story on Yahoo!”

On thinking we shouldn’t be such prudes: “Sex is something that everyone does, so why can’t I talk about it?”

The magazine's cover features her in thin make-up and crossing her tongue across her upper and lower teeth. "Megan Fox, Says What She Thinks and Does What She Wants," so read the headline that accompanied her picture.

Besides the cover shoot, Fox is also photographed for some other sultry poses inside the magazine. She's seen in one pic wearing white bikini, coming out of what appeared to be a swimming pool. She, moreover, is also photographed posing in pink bikini, having her mouth opens as she plays with ice cube.

Smart girl. What’s wrong with using what ya’ got to get the money? Nothing unless having random, sweaty men and teenage boys using your men’s magazine pictures for things we aren’t allowed to discuss here. Megan also wants all you “fans” to know that although she is on the cover of this month’s Maxim as well, those are old recycled pictures purchased without her cooperation. Read: She isn’t making any money on that mag…go buy GQ.

Mongols Motorcycle Club president blasts police response

noreply@blogger.com (adu) — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:05:00 +0000

The funeral of Mark "Papa" Guardado, the 46-year-old president of the San Francisco chapter shot down after a barroom brawl, brought about 2,000 Hells Angels to Duggan's Serra Mortuary in Daly City, most driving the biggest, baddest, loudest Harleys ever.

They came Monday from chapters all over the country, not to mention Stuttgart, Germany; Alberta, Canada; and Melbourne, Australia.

An overflow crowd of hundreds of members sat or stood in the funeral home parking lot for two hours, creating a spectacle that attracted hundreds of gawkers and police from three cities.

Police were out in force last week, cracking down on what they called an "outlaw biker gang" that passed through Temecula on its way to a weekend gathering in San Diego County.

But if the Mongols Motorcycle Club is any indication, bikers are working on their image. The Mongols' president, 51-year-old Ruben "Doc" Cavazos, has a New York publicist and a new memoir about his life as a Mongol.

Cavazos said Wednesday that police in Riverside and San Diego counties harassed the group without provocation, stopping Mongols on motorcycles and searching their RVs for contraband.

"I think that the motorcycle clubs are truly the last group that you can violate their rights and nobody says anything," Cavazos said. "They stepped all over us this weekend."

The Mongols Motorcycle Club, shortened to "Mongols MC" is a motorcycle gang headquartered in southern California that was originally formed in Montebello, California in the 1970s. Law enforcement officials estimate there are approximately 350 members. In addition to their presence in southern California, the club claims chapters in Nevada, Oklahoma, Colorado, Arizona, Montana, Oregon, New York, Indiana, Florida, Virginia, Canada, and Mexico. Norwegian mainstream news also reports that the Mongols have spread to Scandinavia, April 2008. The Mongols Motorcycle Club states on their website that they have a chapter in Italy.

The Mongols motorcycle club is named after the nomadic tribes of northeast Asia, the Mongols that conquered the largest contiguous empire in world history. The Mongols MC main website includes a quote on the front page from Genghis Khan, the founder of the Mongol Empire. However, there is no other relationship between the Mongol ethnic group and the motorcycle club other than the shared name.

AIG annuity

noreply@blogger.com (adu) — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:02:00 +0000

American International Group, Inc. (AIG) (NYSE: AIG) is a major American insurance corporation based in New York City. The UK headquarters are located on Fenchurch Street in London, England. UK, Continental Europe operations are based in La Defense, Paris and its Asian HQ is in Hong Kong. According to the 2008 Forbes Global 2000 list, AIG is the 18th-largest company in the world. It became a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average on April 8, 2004. As of March 16, 2007, AIG Investments, a division of AIG, completed the purchase of 100% of the stock of P&O Ports North America from Dubai-based DP World.

AIG is one of the largest international insurance and financial services organizations in the world, with operations in more than 130 countries and jurisdictions. AIG member companies serve commercial, institutional and individual customers through the most extensive worldwide property-casualty and life insurance networks of any insurer. In the United States, AIG companies are the largest underwriters of commercial and industrial insurance and AIG American General is a top-ranked life insurer.

IF it were actually to play out that an insurer went instantaneously from A+(Best), AA+ (S&P), Aa2 (Moody's), AA+ (Fitch) to insolvent, go directly to insolvent, do not pass Go, etc. and the result of that was that annuitants were affected in any way beyond seeing a new logo on the monthly payment checks, then someone has some 'splainin' to do and quite frankly I'd like to see it done in a court of law.

Unlike Guaranty Association protection, these ratings darn well are used as an inducement to buy... customarily and universally used as an inducement to buy... as in
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When choosing an income annuity, the financial strength of the insurance company that issues the annuity is very important. You will be relying on the insurance company to make payments over many years.

Vanguard's insurance partners in the Vanguard Lifetime Income Program are AIG Life Insurance Company and, in New York State only, American International Life Assurance Company of New York (collectively, "the AIG Insurers").

With a reputation for stability and integrity built up over decades, the AIG Insurers are highly rated for insurer financial strength from the principal ratings agencies
Consumers absolutely are encouraged to think that the ratings mean something.

If you buy a policy from an A+ rated company and the ratings gradually decline over time from A+ to A to A- to B++ to B+ and eventually to C, D, E, and F, that's one thing. That's still a bummer. But if it turns out that a company can actually go from A+ to insolvent instantly, leaving policyholders with actual losses, then the ratings are worthless and the way in which consumers are encouraged to rely on them is deceptive.

I'm not saying the ratings don't actually reflect something valid about the company; I'm saying it's represented that they have some useful predictive value in the situation where, in Vanguard's words, "You will be relying on the insurance company to make payments over many years."

If the ratings have a shelf life shorter than supermarket chicken, then they can't help you decide about whether a company can "make payments over many years."

Louisville gas and electric

noreply@blogger.com (adu) — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:47:00 +0000

Thousands of Kentuckians were still without power Monday morning after high winds swept across the state Sunday.

Kentucky Utilities spokesman Cliff Feltham said 31,000 KU customers across the state don't have power. Most of those people are west of Interstate 65.

Feltham said it could be a day or two before power is restored for all those customers.

About 75,000 KU customers were without power at one point, including 5,000 in Lexington.

Feltham said power has been restored to nearly all Lexington residents.

More than 230,000 Louisville Gas & Electric customers were without power Monday morning, according to LG&E's automated telephone line for outage information.

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Lehman brothers: Morgan Stanley

noreply@blogger.com (adu) — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:37:00 +0000

Citi analyst says, "We rate the shares of Morgan Stanley Hold/Speculative Risk vs. Buy/Medium Risk previously. We lowered our rating to reflect our view that the brokers are not trading on fundamentals in the near-term due to continued turmoil in the marketplace. We continue to see meaningful upside in the earnings power of the institutional business driven by continued execution, a successful turnaround in the wealth management, and the asset management franchise. Furthermore, the diversity in Morgan Stanley's revenue streams provides upside with better downside protection vs. peers. However, given
the current market turmoil and uncertainty, we rate Morgan Stanley Hold/ Speculative Risk."

NOTE - Citi maintains a 'Hold' rating on Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), but lowers risk rating from High to Speculative.

Also predicting funding problems for the major brokers and the financial system in general, banking analyst Dick Bove of Ladenburg Thalmann said Goldman and Morgan Stanley each may have to merge with a commercial bank to survive.

"We are in uncharted territory but it seems likely that all financial firms that extend credit will be pulling back on their credit lines," Bove said. "This will make it even harder for commercial firms and individuals to borrow money and it may result in demands for immediate debt repayment. This will harm the economy for an extended period."

Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) is an investment banking and global financial services corporation headquartered in New York City. It serves a diversified group of corporations, governments, financial institutions, and individuals. Morgan Stanley also operates in 33 countries around the world with 600 offices, with an approximate employee workforce of 45,000. The company reports US$779 billion as assets under its management.

The corporation, formed by ex-J.P. Morgan & Co. employees Henry S. Morgan, Harold Stanley and others, came into existence on September 16, 1935. In its first year the company operated with a 24% market share (US$1.1 billion) in public offerings and private placements. The main areas of business for the firm today are Global Wealth Management, Institutional Securities and Investment Management. The company found itself in the midst of a management crisis in the late 90s that saw it lose a lot of talent and competence and ultimately saw the firing of its then CEO Philip Purcell in 2005. Since then Morgan Stanley has been undergoing a massive restructuring which also involved job cuts across various of its businesses.

Fresno City College (FCC)

noreply@blogger.com (adu) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:11:00 +0000

Fresno City College (FCC) is a community college in Fresno, California. Established in 1910, it was the first community college in California and the second in the nation. Fresno City College is a part of the California Community Colleges system, within the State Center Community College District (SCCCD), and fully accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. The school offers Associate's Degrees, and students can earn a Certificate of Completion, or transfer to a 4-year university of their choice.
Commonly referred to as Fresno City, the campus sits in the heart of Fresno, near the Tower District. The college is within an hour's drive of many mountain and lake resorts and within a three or four hour drive of both Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Fresno City operates on a semester schedule. The fall semester runs from late August through December. The spring semester runs from January through early-May. Summer sessions vary. The school's sister college is Reedley College located in Reedley, California.
At Fresno City College, catalog class fees are $480, assuming a student takes 12 units of course credit each decade. Undergraduates taking the same number of units each term at California Kreis University, Fresno zealously pay $3,687 in 2008-09 for fees.
Spending four years at a CSU doesn’t guarantee a job, said Lawrence, who apprehends breeziness soaring past her: “I already have sundry friends who are retired, and I’m done for exasperating to find a decent job.”
Meanwhile, even people who asleep in Jesus have jobs are looking to congeniality colleges for pitch options. Mark Espinosa, for norm, is a 51-year-old telecommunications store clerk surprise partydrawn Fresno. He’s worried about job solidity - even sequent 16 years stag his consort stag dance - because of the tough economy.

Anna Willard and Beijing 2008 Olympic Games medals

noreply@blogger.com (adu) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:04:00 +0000

Anna Willard (born March 31, 1984) is an American athlete who competes in middle distance track events. Willard set the U.S. women's record for the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2008 United States Olympic track and field trials on July 3, 2008 in Eugene, Oregon en route to qualifying for the United States Olympic team.

Willard competed as an undergraduate for Brown University and as a graduate student for the University of Michigan. Willard became engaged to fellow American steeplechaser Jonathan Pierce at the 2008 U.S. Olympic trials.
In the women’s 1500m, American Morgan Uceny won the meet in 4:07.22 followed in 5th and 6th by Amy Mortimer and Sara Hall in 4:08. 39 and 4:08.55 respectively.
In the men’s steeple, Paul Koech won in a world leading time of 8:00.57. American’s Kyle Alcorn and Billy Nelson finished together in 6 and 7th with times of 8:21.46 and 8:21.50.
In the men’s 1500m A heat Alan Webb finished in 6th with a 3:35.86. Webb obviously misjudged both his fitness and the competitiveness of the Olympic trials. He’ll be the fittest man in the world sitting home during the Olympics. Rob Meyers finished in 8th in 3:36.23. The B heat saw Americans finishing first, second, and fourth. With Will Leer winning in 3:37.63, Kurt Benninger in 3:38.03, and John Jefferson in 3:39.55.

Competition Results:
2008: Olympic Trials champion (9:27.59 AR)...1st at Cardinal Invite (9:37.73)
2007: 2nd at USA Outdoors (9:34.72)...8th in heats at World Outdoors (9:48.62)...NCAA Outdoor champion (9:38.08)...NCAA Mideast Regional champion (9:44.08)...Big 10 champion 1,500m (4:15.93) and 5,000m (16:23.57).
2006: NCAA Mideast Regional champion steeplechase (9:44.88)...Big 10 Outdoor champion steeplechase (9:57.90), 1,500m (4:15.93) and 5,000m (16:23.57).

Full House cast and crew

noreply@blogger.com (adu) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:55:00 +0000

Full House ran for eight seasons and was one of the few primetime sitcoms to have more than 190 episodes. Early in its run, Full House received awful reviews for being too "cheesy," but it still became a popular favorite with audiences, even as the reviews remained negative throughout its run.
Set in San Francisco, this is a show about a very loving family headed by Danny Tanner, who became a single father when his wife, Pam Tanner, was killed in a car accident. Pam's brother Jesse, and Danny's best friend Joey Gladstone moved into the house to help Danny raise his three daughters D.J., Stephanie, and Michelle. Although Full House ended in 1995, with syndication, kids are still growing up with the Tanners just like millions did when the show first started.
Bob Saget, who played the Dad, Danny Tanner, directed America's Funniest Home Videos for a long time after the show ended. He also had parts in a lot of different movies. He is now the recent host of the game show 1 versus 100, which airs on NBC. He also directed the 2007 movie called the Farce of the Penguins. It includes an all-star cast including stars like Jason Alexander, Dane Cook, and Whoopi Goldberg.
Candance Cameron Bure, the oldest sister DJ Tanner, starred in a 1997 horror movie called Night Scream. In 1996 she starred in No One Would Tell with her fellow child star Fred Savage, from the Wonder Years. She starred in a few other films alos besides that one. She can thank Dave Coulier for introducing her to her husband Valeri Bure, a NHL star of the Florida Panthers and Dallas Stars. She now has 3 children of her own to make her house a Full House! She is a devoted Christian and tours the country talking to others about her faith.

The Olympic Games 2008 - Beijing

noreply@blogger.com (adu) — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:25:00 +0000

The Olympic Games are an international multi-sport event. The Modern Olympic Games were inaugurated in Athens in 1896, and are held at the beginning of every Olympiad. The Games were organized as a summer sports event through 1920. In 1924 the winter games began in Chamonix, France. Until 1992, they were both held in the same year. Since then, the summer games are held during the first year of an Olympiad, the winter games during the third year

Despite these challenges the Olympics have continued to thrive and flourish. Each successive Games attempts to add more events in order to keep up with the ever-evolving advance of athletic expression around the world. The upcoming games in Beijing are planned to comprise 302 events in 28 sports
Today, after traveling 137,000 kilometers through 130 cities in 130 days, the sacred flame finally arrived at Beijing 101 Middle School on Friday. In the hands of Xu Zhihong, president of Beijing University, the flame cauldron was ignited to thunderous applause.
You can see Olympic Games 2008 - Beijing online here, 24/7 streaming.

amy lynn baxter

noreply@blogger.com (adu) — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 09:42:00 +0000

Amy Lynn Baxter (born 6 September 1967) is an American pornographic film actress. Baxter also appeared as Penthouse magazine's Pet of the Month for June 1990.

Sex scene photo here

sarah jane potts

noreply@blogger.com (adu) — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 09:34:00 +0000

Sarah-Jane Potts (born August 30, 1976 in Bradford, West Yorkshire) is an English actress, who is best known for her role as Saint in "Sugar Rush".

She is the sister of actor Andrew-Lee Potts. After working six years in British television and film, Potts moved from London to West Sussex, to film series 2 of Sugar Rush. Sarah-Jane Potts is currently involved with charity work for African Orphans.

Filmography

"My Son the Fanatic (film)" (1997), Madelaine
"Woundings" (1998), Louise
"Mauvaise passe" (1999), Liz
"Wonderland (1999 film)", Melanie
"Straydogs" (1999), Anna
"Five Seconds to Spare" (1999), Twig
"Young Blades" (2001), Radegonde/Anne
National Lampoon's Barely Legal (2003), Ashley
"Breaking Dawn (film)" (2004), Anna
Kinky Boots (film) (2005), Lauren
Heart of a Dragon (2008) - Amanda

Incredibly, the big Hulk has been stolen

noreply@blogger.com (adu) — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 09:18:00 +0000

LOWELL, Mass. - Missing: an eight-foot-tall green man wearing ripped purple pants and missing his feet.

Police in Lowell, Mass., Police in Lowell, Mass., say a promotional statue for the movie “The Incredible Hulk” disappeared from its spot in front of a local theater this week.

Police Capt. James McPadden says the statue is probably some kid’s bedroom. But he thinks more than one person was involved and that a car or pickup truck was needed to whisk it away.

The Hulk, who is the hero of the newly released film of the same name, was stolen between Saturday night and the early hours of Sunday morning.

The replica was to be auctioned off once the store's current promotion of Hulk merchandise finishes.

NHRA driver Scott Kalitta died?

noreply@blogger.com (adu) — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 09:04:00 +0000

Scott Kalitta died Saturday when his Funny Car burst into flames and crashed at the end of the track during the final round of qualifying for the Lucas Oil NHRA SuperNationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in Englishtown, N.J.

View ESPN's video posted on YouTube.

The NHRA said the 46-year-old Kalitta -- the 1994 and 1995 Top Fuel season champion who had 18 career victories, 17 in Top Fuel and one in Funny Car -- was taken to the Old Bridge division of Raritan Bay Medical Center, where he died a short time later.

Kalitta's Toyota Solara was traveling at about 300 mph when it burst into flames.

Scott Kalitta's career began in the 1980s. He made his first win in 1989 at the NHRA's premiere series by taking the Funny Car event in Houston.

He would move to Top Fuel during the 1990s, and won his first event in this class at Topeka in 1993. He also set a national speed record at that race en route to his win.

The next two years were big for Kalitta, as he would win the Top Fuel championship both years, winning a combined 11 events. He would come back in 1996 with a second place points finish, and retired in 1997.

After an aborted comeback in 1999, Kalitta returned to Top Fuel in 2003, and in 2004 recorded another top five points finish. He would then go on to win 2.5 races in 2005.

For 2006, Kalitta returned to Funny Car in a Chevrolet Monte Carlo, but did not have as much success as he had in Top Fuel the previous two years. In the season, Kalitta drove his Kalitta Air-sponsored Monte Carlo and Solara (which he switched to late in the year) to a 13th place points finish, well behind eventual champion John Force.

Kalitta's 2007 Funny Car season was rather uneventful, as he missed qualifying for 6 events in his DHL-sponsored Solara and missed the inaugural NHRA Countdown to the Championship. His best finish was a semi-finals appearance at Denver in July.

May 2007 tornado Greensburg Kansas

noreply@blogger.com (adu) — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 07:39:00 +0000

(CNN) -- Tornadoes tore across the nation's midsection for a second night Saturday, 24 hours after a storm leveled Greensburg, Kansas.

A tornado struck Sweetwater, Oklahoma, about 8:15 p.m. Saturday, causing major damage to a high school and other buildings.

"The tornado came through and just dead-center punched Sweetwater," Roger Mills County Sheriff Joe Hay told KOCO-TV in Oklahoma City. He said there was extensive damage but just one minor injury in the tiny town.

The storm continued to grind north through northwestern Oklahoma toward Kansas for more than 45 minutes.

KOCO's Matt Leinbauer reported seeing damage from another confirmed tornado just east of Arnett, Oklahoma.

At 9:45 p.m. CDT on May 4, 2007, Greensburg was hit by an EF5 tornado. The tornado was estimated to be 1.7 miles (2.7 km) in width and traveled for nearly 22 miles (35 km). Ninety-five percent of the city was confirmed to be destroyed, with the other five percent being severely damaged. The National Weather Service estimated winds of the tornado to reach 205 mph (330 km/h). This was the first tornado to ever be rated EF5 since the update of the Fujita scale. The Tornado had caused EF5 Damage at least one well built home in Greensburg, and also is the first "5" classification since May 3, 1999, when an F5 tornado ripped through Moore, Oklahoma, as part of the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak. Tornado sirens sounded in the city twenty minutes before the tornado struck, and a tornado emergency was issued, which undoubtedly saved many lives. Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius and President George W. Bush both declared Kiowa County a disaster area,[16] which opened up the affected areas for national and international aid.

Westward the Women plot

noreply@blogger.com (adu) — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 07:34:00 +0000

In 1851, Roy Whitman (John McIntire) decides to bring marriageable women west so his lonely men will put down roots in his California valley. Roy hires a reluctant Buck Wyatt (Robert Taylor) to lead the wagon train. In Chicago, Roy recruits 138 "good women". After telling them about his valley, he encouraging them to pick their prospective mates from pictures he has tacked to a board. Two saloon girls, Fifi Danon (Denise Darcel) and Laurie Smith (Julie Bishop), hastily change their flashy clothes when others like them are rejected. Roy is not fooled by the disguise, but convinced of their sincere wish to reform, adds them to the group. Most of the male travellers likewise fall victim to disaster, save for Buck and his courageous Japanese cook Ito (Henry Nakamura). Even when the wagon train reaches its destination, the story is far, far from over. Though second-billed Denise Darcel is the most prominent of the women, the large cast generally works as an ensemble, with everyone pitching together for the common good, just as their real-life counterparts had done back in the 1850s. Throughout, the film abruptly (and effectively) switches moods, veering precipitously from raucous comedy to profound tragedy (some of the deaths occur so suddenly that they can still elicit gasps from the audience). An expertly assembled and reasonably realistic saga, Westward the Women is one story that needs to be told in black-and-white; the currently available colorized version should be avoided like the plague. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

myyearbook.com - a key to met new people

noreply@blogger.com (adu) — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 07:16:00 +0000

myYearbook is a free Internet social network service similar to other social networking sites.

The site's user base is over 90% American, with 75% of its new memberships from the United States and 25% from other countries. myYearbook has 7.8 million members, 150 million page views, and 5 million unique visitors. U.S. Venture Partners and First Round Capital are providing the $4.1 million in funding. According to Nielsen NetRatings, myYearbook was one of the top ranked destination sites for teens ages 12 to 17 in September 2006

myYearbook was initially created by two high school students, David and Catherine Cook, and their older brother Geoff, during Spring Break of 2005. Catherine persuaded Geoff, who founded EssayEdge.com and ResumeEdge.com from a Harvard dorm in 1997, to invest $250,000 for their project. At the launch of the site in April 2005,

The FCC is facing demands from tech giants that want access to slices of white-space spectrum.

There are four ways to run Windows applications on Intel-based Macs, and CNET Labs has tested them all.

And what were you doing at the age of 17? CNET News.com's Stefanie Olsen talks about her interview with Catherine Cook, who is the co-founder of MyYearbook.com. With the site receiving 3 million monthly visitors, Cook is already a Web entrepreneur and all before she's even gone to college.

Sleepaway Camp

noreply@blogger.com (adu) — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 07:08:00 +0000

Sleepaway Camp Plot Summary

The main character of Sleepaway Camp, Angela Baker (Felissa Rose), and her cousin Ricky (Jonathan Tiersten), are sent to summer camp one summer. Angela had come to live with Ricky and her Aunt Martha eight years earlier, after her father and her brother Peter were killed in a boating accident. Angela, a painfully shy 14-year-old, is bullied severely by most of the other campgoers and counselors at Camp Arawak. Her main foil is Judy (Karen Fields), a vain girl once friendly with Ricky but now snubbing him in favor of the older boys.

Soon people from Sleepaway Camp begin to die in bizarre ways, such as a youth being stung to death by bees from a hive thrown into a bathroom. A female counselor is stabbed in a shower stall. The murderer turns out to be Angela; however, it is later revealed that Angela was actually her brother Peter. The real Angela had died in the boating accident eight years ago, and Peter was forced to assume her identity afterward because deranged Aunt Martha chose to raise Peter as a girl, treating him as if he were Angela. The film also implies that Angela/Peter's confused sexual identity occurred because she/he found out her/his father was in a homosexual relationship; a young Angela and Peter witnessed this behaviour and were seen giggling surruptitiously at them, then were later shown sitting on a bed in an experiment of their own, presumably "transferring" sexual identities to each other. Angela-Peter is last seen standing on the beach naked (male genitalia in full view) with the decapitated head of Paul (Christopher Collet) in her/his one hand while holding a knife in the other, the rest of his body at his/her feet.

In the commentary on the DVD, Hiltzik and Rose tease that perhaps Angela isn't the sole killer in the movie. In fact, the only real continuity error in the film involves the killing of campers at a tent site far enough away from the main camp that they took a car to get there in the same night that four other people were murdered.

Euro 2008 Internet live schedule

noreply@blogger.com (adu) — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:13:00 +0000

In the UK, check out BBC & ITV for full coverage of championship matches along with RTE in Ireland.

Elsewhere around the world, tune into TF1 and M6 in France, ERT in Greece, NOS in the Netherlands, PCCW in Hong Kong, and Al Jazeera in the Middle East & North Africa.

In Canada, TSN and RSD (French) will share broadcasting rights.

On May 08, 2008, ESPN announced that all 31 Euro 2008 games will be broadcasted live on ESPN, ESPN 2, ESPN Deportes, ESPN Classic and ESPN360.com. ABC will broadcast a quarterfinal contest on June 21 and the Final on Sunday, June 29 at 2:30 pm. US fans can tune into ESPN for all 31 championship matches airing live in the U.S. with 2 major matches broadcast on ABC Sports. For Spanish language broadcasts in the U.S., tune to ESPN Deportes. Setanta Sports USA will also provide complete Pay-Per-View closed-circuit TV coverage widely available at local neighborhood pubs nationwide.

In Australia, SBS will broadcast eight of the live Euro 2008 matches, including the opening game and the final, along with daily highlights and a “Road to Euro” preview series.

ESPN India will provide television coverage in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Maldives.

Euro's matches can be see live on this website

Here are the games (all times EST)….

Saturday 6/07 Euro 2008 TV Schedule

11:50 a.m.- Switzerland vs. Czech Republic A (Euro 2008 live on a website)
2:30 p.m.- Portugal vs. Turkey A (Euro 2008 live on a website)

Sunday 6/08 Euro 2008 TV Schedule

11:50 a.m.- Austria vs. Croatia B (Euro 2008 live on a website)
2:30 p.m.- Germany vs. Poland B (Euro 2008 live on a website)

Monday 6/09 Euro 2008 TV Schedule

11:50 a.m.- Romania vs. France C (Euro 2008 live on a website)
2:30 p.m.- Netherlands vs. Italy C (Euro 2008 live on a website)

Tuesday 6/10 Euro 2008 TV Schedule

11:50 a.m.- Spain vs. Russia D (Euro 2008 live on a websites)
2:30 p.m.- Greece vs. Sweden D (Euro 2008 live on a website)

Wednesday 6/11 Euro 2008 TV Schedule

11:50 a.m.- Czech Republic vs. Portugal A (Euro 2008 live on a website)
2:30 p.m.- Switzerland vs. Turkey A (Euro 2008 live on a website)

Thursday 6/12 Euro 2008 TV Schedule

11:50 a.m.- Croatia vs. Germany B (Euro 2008 live on a website)
2:30 p.m.- Austria vs. Poland B (Euro 2008 live on a website)

Friday 6/13 Euro 2008 TV Schedule

11:50 a.m.- Italy vs. Romania C (Euro 2008 live on a website)
2:30 p.m.- Netherlands vs. France C (Euro 2008 live on a website)

Saturday 6/14 Euro 2008 TV Schedule

11:50 a.m.- Sweden vs. Spain D (Euro 2008 live on a website)
2:30 p.m.- Greece vs. Russia D (Euro 2008 live on a website)

Sunday 6/15 Euro 2008 TV Schedule

2:30 p.m.- Switzerland vs. Portugal A (Euro 2008 live on a website)
2:30 p.m.- Turkey vs. Czech Republic A (Euro 2008 live on a website)
5 p.m.- Turkey vs. Czech Republic (Euro 2008 live on a website)

Monday 6/16 Euro 2008 TV Schedule

2:30 p.m.- Poland vs. Croatia B (Euro 2008 live on a website)
2:30 p.m.- Austria vs. Germany B (Euro 2008 live on a website)
5 p.m.- Poland vs. Croatia (Euro 2008 live on a website)

Tuesday 6/17 Euro 2008 TV Schedule

2:30 p.m.- Netherlands vs. Romania C (Euro 2008 live on a website)
2:30 p.m.- France vs. Italy C (Euro 2008 live on a website)
5 p.m.- Netherlands vs. Romania (Euro 2008 live on a website)

Wednesday 6/18 Euro 2008 TV Schedule

2:30 p.m.- Greece vs. Spain D (Euro 2008 live on a website)
2:30 p.m.- Russia vs. Sweden D (Euro 2008 live on a website)
7 p.m.- Russia vs. Sweden (Euro 2008 live on a website)

Quarterfinals Stage Euro 2008 TV Schedule

Thursday 6/19 2:30 p.m.- 1st Group A vs. 2nd Group B (Euro 2008 live on a website)
Friday 6/20 2:30 p.m.- 1st Group B vs. 2nd Group A (Euro 2008 live on a website)
Saturday 6/21 2:30 p.m.- 1st Group C vs. 2nd Group D (Euro 2008 live on a website)
Sunday 6/22 2:55 p.m.- 1st Group D vs. 2nd Group C Euro 2008 live on a website)

Semifinals Stage Euro 2008 TV Schedule

Wednesday 6/25 2:30 p.m.- Winners (Euro 2008 live on a website)
Thursday 6/26 2:30 p.m.- Winners (Euro 2008 live on a website)

Finals Euro 2008 TV Schedule

Sunday 6/29 2:30 p.m. - Euro 2008 Title Match from Vienna (Euro 2008 live on a website)

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Charleston Boy Dies of 'Dry Drowning'

noreply@blogger.com (adu) — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:51:00 +0000

Dry drowning is when a person's lungs become unable to extract oxygen from the air, due primarily to:

* Muscular paralysis
* Puncture wound to the torso (affecting ability of diaphragm to create respiratory movement)
* Changes to the oxygen-absorbing tissues
* Persistence of laryngospasm when immersed in fluid
* Breathing any gas other than oxygen, that does not kill the patient on its own, for too long. (e.g. Helium)

A mother in Charleston, S.C., is grieving the bizarre death of her 10-year-old boy.

On Sunday, Johnny Jackson begged his mother to let him and his sister swim for the first time. After swimming, the family had a normal walk home with no signs of anything being wrong with the boy.

About an hour after the swim, Johnny decided to take a nap. That's when the coroner says the pool water the 10-year-old ingested filled his lungs.

Instructions:

Step1

Determine whether the victim entered a body of water forcefully from a high diving board or slid down a long steep slide. These two activities have been associated with dry drowning. The victim involuntarily suffocates by holding his breath or experiencing a muscle spasm of the larynx.

Step2

Decide if it's possible the victim's epiglottis was hit forcefully with droplets of water. This causes the flap to spasm and close over the windpipe. Once it is closed, water and air are unable to enter the lungs.

Step3

Notice whether someone is choking or gagging while they are in or around water. It may be an indication that water has hit the epiglottis and caused spasms. This can happen in the water or after leaving the water and usually occurs 6 to 10 minutes after the water hits the epiglottis.

Step4

Examine a dry drowning victim, and it may reveal water in the stomach but not in the lungs. Water in the lungs indicates the victim was alive before submersion, but the absence of water indicates dry drowning or death before drowning.

Former Bachelor Star Andrew Firestone Engaged to Model Ivana Bozilovic

noreply@blogger.com (adu) — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:13:00 +0000

Andrew Firestone (born July 10, 1975) is the second son of Brooks Firestone, and the great grandson of Firestone founder, Harvey Firestone. Firestone graduated from the University of San Diego with a degree in business administration in 1998. He was born in Santa Barbara, California. Andrew is currently engaged to actress/model Ivana Bozilovic.[1] He is also a part-owner of Confidential, a restaurant in San Diego.

Andrew Firestone, star of ABC’s reality series The Bachelor season three, ended his bachelor days as he proposed to Serbian model Ivana Bozilovic. According to Us Weekly, Firestone and Bozilovic dated for two years prior to Bozilovic’s acceptance of his marriage proposal. She said, “[Firestone] is a lot more down-to-earth than I pictured him.” An engagement party has been scheduled in two weeks.

Firestone, a 31-year old native of Santa Barbara, California, graduated from the University of San Diego with a degree in business administration. This part owner of the San Diego restaurant Confidential, and general manager of Firestone Vineyard appeared on The Bachelor season three, in which he chose Jennifer Schefft and proposed to her during the season’s finale. After several months of dating, the couple split in December of 2003. In February 2004, rumors surfaced that the Schefft and Firestone were in the process of reconciliation, however, the reunion never materialized. After Schefft’s split from Firestone, she landed a spot on the reality dating show similar with the premise of The Bachelor, The Bachelorette. and ended up rejecting the marriage proposals of both her final two suitors.

Bo Diddley left us...

noreply@blogger.com (adu) — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:41:00 +0000

Bo Diddley (December 30, 1928 – June 2, 2008) was an American rock and roll singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Often cited as a key figure in the transition from blues to rock and roll, he introduced more insistent, driving rhythms and a hard-edged guitar sound. He was also known for his characteristic rectangular guitar.

Bo Diddley, the musical pioneer whose songs, such as "Who Do You Love?" and "Bo Diddley," melded rhythm and blues and rock 'n' roll through a distinctive thumping beat, has died. He was 79. Rock 'n' roll pioneer Bo Diddley influenced generations of guitarists.

Diddley died Monday, surrounded by family and loved ones at his home in Archer, Florida, a family spokeswoman said.

The cause was heart failure, his family said: "Diddley is survived by his brother, the Rev. Kenneth Haynes of Biloxi, Mississippi, his children, Evelyn Kelly, Ellas A. McDaniel, Tammi D. McDaniel and Terri Lynn Foster, as well as 15 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren."