London celebrated the one-year countdown to the 2012 Games with the first dive into the new Olympic pool, the presentation of medals and a call to the world’s athletes to compete. (July 27)
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Click here to view this media Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin told the Fox Business Network Tuesday that President Barack Obama doesn’t understand the American way of doing business because of his “background.” “The President is not capable of giving the right message to deal with the problem we are facing with the bankruptcy that’s facing America if we don’t start living within our means,” she said. “The right message is that growing more debt won’t get us out of debt, and raising taxes in a time of economic woes in a bad economy is a bad idea.” “A lot of this has to do with his background, him having not been a part of the private sector and running a business or having to rely on making profit. That seems to be foreign to our President. His background and those he’s appointing don’t understand what America was built upon. His ideas are the antithesis of those things that created the prosperity in America.”
Continue reading …Should mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik go to prison, his time will be served in a place that’s less a dank hell-hole and more a plush heck-hole. Norway’s prisons focus on rehabilitation, not punishment, and Halden Prison—the country’s newest, most secure, and second-largest jail—comes across as a “posh…
Continue reading …Consumers have already started ditching CDs for digital music , and now the auto industry may be catching up. Ford is planning to scrap CD players in its new models, the Daily Mail reports. In the newest Focus model, a USB plug will allow drivers to use their digital music players….
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It’s not enough anymore to simply cram a single-octave keyboard into the bottom of a Nintendo DS , effective piano instruction requires at least twice as many keys — and an iPad. The Ion Piano Apprentice (when coupled with a compatible iDevice and companion app) offers aspiring Tchaikovskys octave-selectable free play, lessons on reading sheet music, and even a view of award-winning piano instructor Scott Houston’s handsome hands. If those mitts are too distracting for you, just follow along with the light-up keys, you’ll be fine. This mini keyboard / iPad dock will land this fall to the tune of $100 — – it’s either that, a real instructor, or a pair of haptic robot gloves. Your choice, really. Hit the PR after the break for a peek at Mr. Houston’s official nickname, if you’re into that sort of thing. Continue reading Ion Piano Apprentice plays nice with your iPad, lights up your life Ion Piano Apprentice plays nice with your iPad, lights up your life originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 27 Jul 2011 17:53:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Watch: Anthony Bourdain Visits El Bulli Before the Restaurant Closes Its Doors
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One of the world’s greatest restaurants is closing its doors this month, but not before Anthony Bourdain has anything to say about it. El Bulli, Spain’s renowned restaurant, will be serving its last meal July 30. Last year, head chef Ferran Adrià announced that the esteemed culinary institution would close to stem its financial losses.
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Continue reading …As Ohio goes, so goes the nation? Former Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland tells Politico that none of the current Republican candidates can beat President Obama in the state that has picked the winner in 25 out of the last 27 presidential elections. The only one that even stands a chance…
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Continue reading …Looks like the Republicans aren’t the only ones whose debt ceiling plan falls a little short: The Congressional Budget Office says the Senate Democrats’ plan would only cut the deficit by $2.2 trillion over the next decade, not the $2.7 trillion promised by Harry Reid, reports the Wall…
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