Tomorrow is the one-year anniversary of the BP oil rig explosion in the Gulf, and Paul Greenberg is worried enough about the consquences that he’s putting an oyster on his Seder plate. It’s a reminder to him that the most devastating effects of the spill happened below the waves and…
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Continue reading …In response to a lawsuit , Match.com announced it will start checking its members against a national sex offender registry —but that’s not news worth getting excited about, writes Benjamin Radford on LiveScience . “There are several obvious flaws with the plan,” including the fact that members can register for the…
Continue reading …Gwyneth Paltrow recently addressed all the anti-Gwyneth sentiment cropping up recently by explaining that all the haters are simply “pissed off” that she has worked her “ass off” to get the amazing life she leads. Er, except, that is patently untrue, writes Keli Goff on the Huffington Post . Gwyneth was…
Continue reading …Our lives really are more digital than ever before. According to comScore, 61.5 million people in the U.S. have smart phones. The best dating sites should acknowledge the trend toward smart phones, and take advantage of it to improve their offerings. Indeed, some of the up and coming dating sites might not be sites at Dating in a Digital World: Connecting with the Help of GPS Dating Apps is a post from: Daily World Buzz
Continue reading …It’s been a while since we last saw Philip’s GoGear Connect PMP , and in the meantime it’s acquired a new look and a new flavor of Android. The new GoGear has gone from white to black, lost its trackball in favor of a capacitive touchscreen display, and exchanged the lowly Android 2.1 for Gingerbread . Like its competition from Samsung , the device also has access to the Android Market and all those apps that lesser PMPs lack. After getting some quality time with a prototype of the new device, we found the copper-colored buttons and speaker grill running along its right side to form an intriguing design, but the overall fit and finish — not to mention the lack of a backlight for the screen — demonstrated that it wasn’t quite ready for primetime. Luckily, there’s plenty of time to work out the kinks, as Philips has pegged a September debut for the 8GB and 16GB versions (at $179 and to-be-determined price points, respectively), and promised a 32GB iteration will come later. PR after the break. Gallery: Philips GoGear Connect PMP hands-on Continue reading Philips GoGear Connect gets Gingerbread and some new threads, we go hands-on Philips GoGear Connect gets Gingerbread and some new threads, we go hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 19 Apr 2011 19:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Infallible, maybe, but Pope Benedict still needs help around the house. Worldcrunch (via Time ) provides a look at the pontiff’s everyday life, including the four “guardian angels” who help him: Four lay women who have taken vows of poverty and chastity work in his Vatican apartment. Loredana runs the…
Continue reading …Click here to view this media Donald Trump is causing mild hysteria in the media since he’s become the King Birther with possible plans to run for president. Many are panning him, but Charles Krauthammer, who believes he’s the conscience of conservatives, is taking him very seriously and didn’t hold back about his feeling for the Donald on Fox’s Special Report with Brett Baier. As I watched Krauthammer, I was surprised at how afraid and nervous Donald was making him — especially the thought of Trump running as an independent. “Then there is Trump,” he continued. “Trump is Al Sharpton of the Republican Party – provocateur and clown, unserious. I think he’s going to harm the party if he runs for the same reason Sharpton harmed the Democrats. I can now see all the mail coming in – address it to me, not to Bret. He is not responsibility – which means in the debate he will be up there I think he will run, not just a trial run. He’ll be up in the debate, and like Sharpton he will monopolize discussion and draw it away on issues that are irrelevant like Obama’s birth and that can only hurt the party.” I guess Krauthammer figures that calling Trump ‘the Al Sharpton of the GOP’ will shake up the base out of their Trump trance, since Sharpton is the epitome of the Evil Black Politician to those folks, but it won’t. Trump is doing very well very well in GOP polls for God’s sake and that’s probably what got his freak on. Sharpton never came close to winning a poll in 2004. And it shows you how fractured and unstable the base voters of the GOP are at this point to even be considering a man like Trump. It’s also a reflection of the quality of the candidates the GOP has to choose from at this point. Well, when almost 50% of registered voters believe Obama is not an American, it’s not hard to understand why Trump is doing well in the minds of conservatives : Nearly half of usual Republican primary voters in Iowa think President Obama was not born in the United States, while barely one-quarter believe he was, according to a PPP poll released on Tuesday . In the poll, 48% of registered Republican voters said Obama was not born in the U.S., while 26% said he was. Additionally, 26% said they were unsure. That percentage is actually slightly better than the national average for typical Republican primary voters, a majority of whom believe Obama was born outside the U.S. In February, a PPP poll found that 51% of registered Republican voters said Obama was not born in the U.S., compared to 28% who said he was, and 21% who were unsure.
Continue reading …Guru – Hood Dreamin’ (live Bucharest) khalsa saajna divas Guy Kawasaki, Business Speaker MissInfo.tv » Craig G Drops Unreleased Guru Collabo “Coming For You” One year ago today, hip-hop lost another legend. On Apr. 19th, 2010, Keith “ Guru ” Elam (of Gangstarr) left us after a long battle with cancer. In his memory, Craig G just released an unreleased Guru verse. God bless the dead. … Patricia Elam Speaks on Her Brother Guru | XXLMAG.COM On the one-year anniversary of Guru’s death, XXL caught up with the legendary MC’s sister to discuss life after Guru … Guru Tribute to Take Place on Thursday | XXLMAG.COM On the one-year anniversary of Guru’s death, NYC club, Le Poisson Rouge, plans celebratory concert… Rap Radar :: Unreleased Music: Craig G x Guru “Coming For You” One year ago today, hip-hop lost another legend. On Apr. 19th, 2010, Keith “ Guru ” Elam (of Gangstarr) left us after a long battle with cancer. In his memory, Craig G just released an unreleased Guru verse. God bless the dead. … RIP Guru for any occasion | Word News – Russian opinion Posted by RoadsArt on April 19th 2011. Keith Guru Elam July 171966April 192010. One year ago today Hip Hop lost a legend one of the best emcees to eve… handiviouz says: RT @chromeo : RIP Guru . Everybody play at least one Gang Starr joint today.
Continue reading …The allegations that author Greg Mortenson isn’t quite the humanitarian he claims to be smacks of the James Frey memoir scandal , with one all-important difference, writes Michelle Goldberg at the Daily Beast . Frey damaged only his own reputation, but Mortenson could do far worse. He is, after all, “the single…
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