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Monday, December 31, 2007
Deep fryin some gotwings for new years!
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U.S Author to Unveil Washington's Masonic Past
A sequel to the blockbuster thriller "The Da Vinci Code" is set to lift the veil on mysterious freemason symbols carved into the very fabric on the historic streets and buildings of the U.S capital.
Novelist Dan Brown has set the new adventures of his hero, scholar-adventurer Robert Langdon, right in the heart of Washington, which could reveal some astonishing facts for history buffs.
Brown "had a contact with us but then cut it short. We are all sitting around waiting for his book to come out but nobody knows what he's going to say," Akram Elias, grand master-elect of Washington's Grand Lodge, told AFP.
According to the pre-publicity, the book working title "The Solomon Key" will feature Langdon hero of the mass-selling "The Da Vinci Code" and who was played by Tom Hanks in the hit film version.
"For the first time, Langdon will find himself embroiled in a mystery
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Novelist Dan Brown has set the new adventures of his hero, scholar-adventurer Robert Langdon, right in the heart of Washington, which could reveal some astonishing facts for history buffs.
Brown "had a contact with us but then cut it short. We are all sitting around waiting for his book to come out but nobody knows what he's going to say," Akram Elias, grand master-elect of Washington's Grand Lodge, told AFP.
According to the pre-publicity, the book working title "The Solomon Key" will feature Langdon hero of the mass-selling "The Da Vinci Code" and who was played by Tom Hanks in the hit film version.
"For the first time, Langdon will find himself embroiled in a mystery
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Bhutto husband says wife shot
By: World News Editor
Date : Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:33:50 GMT
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 31 (UPI)
Benazir Bhutto's husband, rejecting the Pakistani government's claim the former prime minister died of a fractured skull, insisted she was shot.
"I can say confidently that she was shot," Asia Ali Zardari said in a CNN report.
Zardari called the official explanation on Bhutto's death, who was assassinated Thursday at a political rally, "a useless excuse."
He said it was meant to draw attention from the main subject of the person responsible for her death.The Pakistani government had first said she died from shrapnel wounds but later said X-rays showed she died after her head hit a metal lever on the sunroof of her car after the explosion.
Zardari, who becomes co-chairman of Bhutto's party while his son becomes its leader, said his wife's assassination threatens Pakistan's disintegration, the CNN report said.
Separately, Nawaz Sharif, another former premier and head of the Pakistan Muslim League-N party, was quoted as saying he believed Pakastani President Pervez Musharraf planned to delay the Jan. 8 parliamentary elections because Musharraf's party won't win the needed seats to stay in power.
The country's election commission was to decide Tuesday whether to have the elections as scheduled.
Sharif's own party decided to boycott the polls but has changed its position because of appeals from Bhutto's party not to do so.
Copyright 2007 by United Press International
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Date : Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:33:50 GMT
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 31 (UPI)
Benazir Bhutto's husband, rejecting the Pakistani government's claim the former prime minister died of a fractured skull, insisted she was shot.
"I can say confidently that she was shot," Asia Ali Zardari said in a CNN report.
Zardari called the official explanation on Bhutto's death, who was assassinated Thursday at a political rally, "a useless excuse."
He said it was meant to draw attention from the main subject of the person responsible for her death.The Pakistani government had first said she died from shrapnel wounds but later said X-rays showed she died after her head hit a metal lever on the sunroof of her car after the explosion.
Zardari, who becomes co-chairman of Bhutto's party while his son becomes its leader, said his wife's assassination threatens Pakistan's disintegration, the CNN report said.
Separately, Nawaz Sharif, another former premier and head of the Pakistan Muslim League-N party, was quoted as saying he believed Pakastani President Pervez Musharraf planned to delay the Jan. 8 parliamentary elections because Musharraf's party won't win the needed seats to stay in power.
The country's election commission was to decide Tuesday whether to have the elections as scheduled.
Sharif's own party decided to boycott the polls but has changed its position because of appeals from Bhutto's party not to do so.
Copyright 2007 by United Press International
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Tech predictions for 2008
Featureby : DPADate : Mon, 31 Dec 2007 02:07:06 GMT Washington -
What's in store for tech fans in 2008?
Plenty. If the stirrings of the present are any indication of what's on the horizon, technology buffs can look forward to products that are better, faster, and less expensive than those we rely upon today. The best news of all is that some of the most exciting products should appear earlier in 2008 rather than later on.
--- iPhone successor unveiled
The iPhone may have been the biggest tech product rollout of 2007, but that doesn't mean Apple's well-designed foray into cell phones was without flaw.
Expect to see a successor to the popular iPhone some time in 2008.
What will Apple improve with iPhone 2.0?
How about adding GPS, 3G, a higher-resolution camera, and some perks that make it appealing to the corporate crowd, including operability with more wireless carriers?
One thing's for sure: with a few tweaks - including a more palatable price - the iPhone could see the kind of market penetration that would keep it on top for some time.
--- 802.11n, finally
For several years now, the 802.11n wireless specification has promised wireless Internet speeds up to ten times faster than the current 802.11g generation of products.
The trouble has been that the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)'s international standards committee has dragged its feet in ratifying the 802.11n specification. So we have had manufacturers lining up over the past two years to bring out "pre-N" or "draft N" wireless routers and network cards. While these draft N products have provided a considerable boost in wireless performance, they have also had their share of compatibility issues.
Expect all of those headaches to go away, finally, in 2008, as 802.11n will be ratified, and fully N-compliant wireless products will flood the market. That will be good news, as 802.11n connectivity speeds are about as fast as a typical wired network.
--- Vista, again
Early adopters of Microsoft's Vista operating system were primarily average consumers. Corporations stayed away in droves, and even many of the brave souls who adopted Vista complain of the steep learning curve, annoying user account control, and overall slowness when compared to XP.
Expect Service Pack 1 (SP) of Vista to change that.
SP1 will appear early in 2008 and give Microsoft another shot at making the case for migrating to the new operating system. Atop the list of improvements will be compatibility and performance, and both will tempt consumers and businesses alike to give Vista a second chance.
--- Open source takes off
Expect 2008 to be the year that the world takes notice of open source alternatives to expensive software products. While for years consumers have been focused on Microsoft Office and other productivity suites that cost big money, the open source movement has matured - to the point where free, able alternatives exist for virtually every type of software that people want or need.
Up to now, open source software - which is developed by a world-wide collective of developers and distributed freely over the Internet - has been hampered by products that didn't quite match up to their Windows counterparts. That has changed, though, as OpenOffice.org's free office suite is as slick and powerful as just about anything available on the shelves of your local computer store.
Add to that the growing cache of free programs available from the likes of Mozilla and Google, and you have a catalogue of programs that will do anything your average computer user needs.
--- Quad-core for the masses
Dual-core processors became mainstream in 2007, with both Intel and AMD offering dual-core chips that offered more speed for the same or less money than previous generations of processors. The few quad-core chips available were expensive and under-utilized by software.
Expect things to change quickly in 2008.
Quad-core processors - which pack the brains of four discrete central processing units onto one chip - will be the chip of choice next year, as Intel perfects a new manufacturing process that decreases power consumption and heat generation while increasing processor efficiency - and hence speed. AMD is finalizing work on a quad-core architecture that the company says will offer efficiency improvements over Intel's design.
While the two chip titans duke it out in the press, consumers will benefit, as more quad-core offerings will drive down prices and make today's dual-core offerings passe by comparison. Software makers, too, will get on board - offering applications that are multi-core aware and can thus benefit from quad-core chips.
--- Hybrid storage arrives
The hard drive as you know it is on its way out, and 2008 will be the year that viable alternatives become affordable. Already hard drives that combine nonvolatile memory with traditional rotating platters are on the market. But they are expensive, and the meagre capacities they offer make them largely uninteresting to consumers.
Expect to see solid state hard drives come down in price and be offered in notebook computers first. The durability of solid state has an obvious appeal to those who carry their computers, and the speed improvements these drives offer will eventually make their use in desktop computers inevitable.
--- Green everywhere
With initiatives such as EnergyStar, the tech industry has been in the process of going green for some time. But the movement is just now picking up steam. With computers draining a good bit of the world's energy resources, expect 2008 to be the year that everyone from computer system manufacturers to power strip companies will roll out products that boast lower energy consumption than ever before.
With tech product manufacturers touting the energy-saving properties of their products, the challenge for consumers will lie in trying to figure out how much of the story is just marketing hype.
--- Wii play games
The success of Nintendo's Wii in late 2007 caught the gaming console makers off-guard. While Sony and Microsoft were busy pumping up the graphics prowess of their consoles, Nintendo wowed the game-playing crowd by creating a virtual-reality device that gets players up off the couch and moving around.
Instead of sitting down, punching a game pad with their thumbs, Wii players are moving their bodies, controlling the actions of on-screen characters with their movement.
That kind of involvement trumps hi-res graphics any day.
Expect the other console makers to trot out their own form of interactive game play in 2008.
The success of Wii will not go unchallenged, but Nintendo can take a bow for moving computer-based game play in a new direction from which it's unlikely to return.
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Friday, December 28, 2007
1st tooth!
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Thursday, December 27, 2007
Liliana in a silly hat
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Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Tony Stewart Bear goes for a ride
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Sunday, December 23, 2007
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Monday, December 17, 2007
BlackBerry maker picks Irving for its U.S. Headquarters
DALLAS—Research in Motion Ltd., maker of the BlackBerry smart phone, will put its U.S. headquarters in suburban Irving and says it will employ more than 1,000 over the next several years.
Company executives and local business and political leaders announced the decision Monday at a press conference at the new offices.
Jim Balsillie, co-chief executive, said Research in Motion is expanding operations to pursue sales and service opportunities around the world.
He said Irving offered a talented work force and strong infrastructure.
Ron Gafford, chairman of the Greater Dallas Chamber, called Research in Motion "a world-class organization" noted for innovation and said he was thrilled at the U.S. headquarters decision.
"This is a great day for North Texas as we welcome this wonderful company and the jobs it will create," said state Sen. Florence Shapiro, R-Plano.
Irving is the home to the nation's largest company, Exxon Mobil Corp., and to Kimberly-Clark Corp. and Zale Corp. It also houses large offices for several telecommunications and public relations companies.
Research in Motion will occupy more than 100,000 square feet in Riverside Commons, a recently renovated six-building office complex on 13 acres along State Highway 114.
The company's world headquarters are in Waterloo, Ontario. It makes wireless devices with phone, texting, e-mail and Internet capability for customers around the world. BlackBerry service is available Advertisementon phone-service providers including AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon Wireless.
This month, Research in Motion struck a deal with JetBlue Airways Corp. to test letting passengers check their e-mail in flight.
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Company executives and local business and political leaders announced the decision Monday at a press conference at the new offices.
Jim Balsillie, co-chief executive, said Research in Motion is expanding operations to pursue sales and service opportunities around the world.
He said Irving offered a talented work force and strong infrastructure.
Ron Gafford, chairman of the Greater Dallas Chamber, called Research in Motion "a world-class organization" noted for innovation and said he was thrilled at the U.S. headquarters decision.
"This is a great day for North Texas as we welcome this wonderful company and the jobs it will create," said state Sen. Florence Shapiro, R-Plano.
Irving is the home to the nation's largest company, Exxon Mobil Corp., and to Kimberly-Clark Corp. and Zale Corp. It also houses large offices for several telecommunications and public relations companies.
Research in Motion will occupy more than 100,000 square feet in Riverside Commons, a recently renovated six-building office complex on 13 acres along State Highway 114.
The company's world headquarters are in Waterloo, Ontario. It makes wireless devices with phone, texting, e-mail and Internet capability for customers around the world. BlackBerry service is available Advertisementon phone-service providers including AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon Wireless.
This month, Research in Motion struck a deal with JetBlue Airways Corp. to test letting passengers check their e-mail in flight.
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Movie ideas that didn't make it
The folowing are movie titles that never made it this holiday season
1. Freddy vs Santa: A Nightmare On 34th St
2. Frosty the Yellow Snowman (ewww!)
3. Suck-Up The Brown Nosed Reindeer
4. Eight Crazy Nights With The Muppets
5. Monty Python's Christmas Vacation
6. Friday The 13th part 13: Jason Takes The North Pole
7. The Night Santa's Blackberry Broke
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Saturday, December 15, 2007
Monday, December 10, 2007
JetBlue to start testing in-flight e-mail & IM on BlackBerry
David Neeleman, founder and chairman of JetBlue, and Eric Ritter, a director with Research in Motion, use their Blackberry devices during a media preview flight aboard 'BetaBlue,' an Airbus A320 aircraft equipped with an onboard wireless network, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2007.
JetBlue will start offering free online messaging services on one of its planes next week, becoming among the first airlines to offer in-flight Internet access.
Passengers can use Yahoo e-mail and instant messaging services on laptops equipped with Wi-Fi wireless access. They can also check other personal and work e-mail on two BlackBerry models that have wireless capabilities.
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Thursday, December 06, 2007
Home Depot closing Dallas call center
Home Depot closing Dallas call center
07:02 PM CST on Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Home Depot is closing three call centers in January located in Dallas, Chicago and Tampa and shifting the workload to its stores.
The centers handle home services customers and installation contractors for 550 of its 1,945 U.S. stores.
The Dallas and Chicago call centers employ about 100 people each, and the Tampa facility employs 750 people.
Home Depot spokesman Stephen Holmes said that while the decision is a cost-saving move, it also puts the support for home services back into the stores where it should improve the customer's experience.
The Dallas call center is in the store support center located off Forest Lane in Northwest Dallas.
Last month, Home Depot cut its full-year earnings outlook and said it's struggling with the tough housing environment as it posted a 27 percent drop in third-quarter profits.
This follows Home Depot's decision in February to close a 9-month-old call center in Addison that employed 550 people. It coordinated flooring installations. At the same time, Home Depot closed its seven Floor Store locations.
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
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Tuesday, December 04, 2007
Liliana @ 2 months old!
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Monday, December 03, 2007
How Does Santa work?
When Virginia O'Hanlon, an 8-year-old girl from New York City, sent a letter addressed to the newspaper The Sun in 1897, she asked a very simple question: "Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus?"
In what must have been a surprise to her, the question was answered quite frankly.
After calling out Virginia's "little friends" for doubting the existence of Santa Claus and being clouded by an age of skepticism, the writer of the article, Francis Pharcellus Church, gave his straightforward reply, "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus."
For generations, young children all over the world have asked the same question as Virginia did.
So who exactly is this Santa Claus guy, and why would he cause so much skepticism among boys and girls? Is he some kind of magical figure? How could one person cause so much excitement, doubt and even concern?
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In what must have been a surprise to her, the question was answered quite frankly.
After calling out Virginia's "little friends" for doubting the existence of Santa Claus and being clouded by an age of skepticism, the writer of the article, Francis Pharcellus Church, gave his straightforward reply, "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus."
For generations, young children all over the world have asked the same question as Virginia did.
So who exactly is this Santa Claus guy, and why would he cause so much skepticism among boys and girls? Is he some kind of magical figure? How could one person cause so much excitement, doubt and even concern?
Read more:
John Fuller. "How Santa Claus Works". November 21, 2007 http://christmas.howstuffworks.com/santa-claus.htm (December 02, 2007)
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Report of gun turns out to be Blackberry
Helena law enforcement stormed into a building at Carroll College Thursday afternoon responding to a report of a man with a gun but the incident turned out to be nothing more than a scare.
What was thought to be a handgun ended up being a Blackberry wireless handheld device.
At least 16 officers from the Helena Police Department, the Lewis and Clark County Sheriff's Office and the Montana Highway Patrol responded to the call, which came in at 1:35 p.m., according to Helena Police Lt. Roger Johnson. An employee in the student union building reported seeing a dark-haired man putting a handgun into his pocket while walking into the building.
Responding officers, both uniformed and plainclothed, began "a very aggressive response prepared for someone with bad intentions," Johnson said. People in the immediate area were evacuated and authorities prepared to use the reverse 911 system to call all of the phones on the college campus. The system was ready to go, but no calls were made
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What was thought to be a handgun ended up being a Blackberry wireless handheld device.
At least 16 officers from the Helena Police Department, the Lewis and Clark County Sheriff's Office and the Montana Highway Patrol responded to the call, which came in at 1:35 p.m., according to Helena Police Lt. Roger Johnson. An employee in the student union building reported seeing a dark-haired man putting a handgun into his pocket while walking into the building.
Responding officers, both uniformed and plainclothed, began "a very aggressive response prepared for someone with bad intentions," Johnson said. People in the immediate area were evacuated and authorities prepared to use the reverse 911 system to call all of the phones on the college campus. The system was ready to go, but no calls were made
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Sunday, December 02, 2007
Four arrested in Taylor shooting case
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Saturday, December 1, 2007
Miami — Police said two men and two juveniles arrested Friday in the shooting death of Washington Redskins player Sean Taylor went to his home intent on stealing, not killing.
The suspects didn't expect Taylor to be home, said Miami-Dade County police director Robert Parker, but Taylor was recuperating from a knee injury and had returned to Miami from Washington.
When Taylor surprised them, he was shot.
"They were certainly not looking to go there and kill anyone," Parker said. "They were expecting a residence that was not occupied. So murder or shooting someone was not their initial motive."
Police spokeswoman Linda O'Brien identified the four suspects as: Venjah K. Hunte, 20; Eric Rivera Jr., 17; Jason Scott Mitchell, 17; and Charles Kendrick Lee Wardlow, 18.
O'Brien said the charges for each had not yet been determined, but "we are talking murder and burglary."
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Associated Press Writer
Saturday, December 1, 2007
Miami — Police said two men and two juveniles arrested Friday in the shooting death of Washington Redskins player Sean Taylor went to his home intent on stealing, not killing.
The suspects didn't expect Taylor to be home, said Miami-Dade County police director Robert Parker, but Taylor was recuperating from a knee injury and had returned to Miami from Washington.
When Taylor surprised them, he was shot.
"They were certainly not looking to go there and kill anyone," Parker said. "They were expecting a residence that was not occupied. So murder or shooting someone was not their initial motive."
Police spokeswoman Linda O'Brien identified the four suspects as: Venjah K. Hunte, 20; Eric Rivera Jr., 17; Jason Scott Mitchell, 17; and Charles Kendrick Lee Wardlow, 18.
O'Brien said the charges for each had not yet been determined, but "we are talking murder and burglary."
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