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Doug Mills/The New York TimesAfter the inaugural ceremonies at the Capitol, Barack and Michelle Obama walked part of the way down Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House.By PETER BAKER

The new UPS DIAD Symbol Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:SBL) has released a long-anticipated firmware upgrade to its DIAD IV, the signature recognition and package tracking device used by UPS drivers. The upgrade will give the DIAD capabilities comparable to Star Trek's Tricorder. New or enhanced functions include the ability to scan for life forms, determine the atmospheric composition of an area or

Tintin, the young Belgian reporter whose adventures have delighted children and adults worldwide, has turned 80. Created by Belgian artist Georges Remi, this comic strip first appeared in a children's supplement to Belgian daily ‘Le Vingtième Siècle’ on January 10, 1929.Tintin, who was born graphically to the public in 1929, is designated by the single name. In 1978, Hergé has suggested tha

PogoPlug Turns Any Hard Drive Into a Network Share For $79 [Ces 2009]PogoPlug is a little conduit box that plugs into your router on one end via ethernet, and mates with your hard drive via USB on the other. The Good: A quick and easy way to turn your barnacle-ridden USB drive into a young and fresh network-attached storage device—something no good home should be without. The Bad: Why not just

From techcrunch.com: Just in time for those new year resolutions, PushupFu is a new paid-for iPhone/iPod Touch application designed to get you fit, via press-ups. There are now a lot of fitness apps available for the iPhone. Current leader WeightBot lets you weigh yourself daily. Other like iPump let you email your progress to virtual [...] Related posts:9 iPhone Apps to Keep You Fit From theap

  It’s bad enough that attention spans have atrophied to the point that reading an entire book is as daunting as swimming an ocean, but when half of us have trouble sitting through a television show without turning to something else, we know we are in trouble. Our habit of multi-tasking is making us fidgety, and it may be that doing many things at once is not only making us, in the end, l

Wipro the Indian IT major has turned to viral marketing to market itself and has decided to use  youtube for marketing itself. Wipro has uploaded a video Penguins and SOA story embeded below on youtube the animated video uses Penguins and problem of constructing a housing structure to illustrate the benefits of the service-oriented architecture (SOA) technology. Viewers are provided a link to Wi

In his latest interview, Roger Stern says this: NRAMA: [...] What aspects of Spider-Man have changed since your initial run, and what parts remain the same? RS: Well, he's really been through the wringer, hasn't he? Fortunately for me, most of the weirder stuff -- going public with his secret identity, marrying the wrong girl -- has all been dealt with, so I don't have to.Earlier, he just said

Bollywood actress Bipasha Basu waited a long time before signing her first Bengali movie Shob Charitro Kalponik. But she got the shock of her life when the producers prevented her from dubbing for...

For years, e-commerce was the bright corner of the retail business. Easier to do comparison shopping. No crowds. Free shipping. This year, online retail is... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

With all the brouhaha surrounding Obama’s choice of Rick Warren to give the inaugural invocation, especially from gay activists and those who opposed California’s Proposition 8, it is curious that those who decry intolerance are themselves intolerant – especially when it comes to opposing viewpoints. What is interesting is that Obama’s choice of spiritual leaders is being dissected by the

BALTIMORE – Ben Roethlisberger scrambled to his left and saw an opening, and for a split second the Pittsburgh Steelers’ relentlessly confident quarterback was sure he’d be the one to score the first and decisive touchdown in a game of perpetual door-slamming. This is it. I’m going in. Or not: As he stepped forward to the 10-yard [...]

A new model car concept has been designed by Matus Prochakzka which is something different and picked out of a comic book. Especially this car concept has been designed for the “Toon Studio of Beverly Hills” to character depicts Superheroes. It has come out with overall styling and a complete exterior design. It looks like a car is ready to fly off and the aerodynamic design of the car is what

  I try to give my girlfriend oral stimulation but she turns me away, Why is that? She is clean down there and it doesn’t smell weird, she just says that she feels weird. Any insight? (...)

Ms Google Me Teyana Taylor celebrated her 18th B-Day recently and she looked HAWT! No sneakers and sweats sweetie.... Drake, Dawn, Day 28 and more celebrated with her.And I don't usely post event shit...but Teyana...is gonna BLOW UP!...I'm adding her to my Co-Sign for 2k9 list, which will be available.......December 31st.

Invented by a team of researchers led by Doug Engelbart at the Stanford Research Institute in California in 1968, computer’s most dynamic input device, the “mouse”, has entered into its 40s on Tuesday.Just a few years before it became an essential part of the personal computing world.   Engelbart first started making notes for the mouse in 1961, after deciding that he could do bett

Britney Spears was out celebrating her 27th birthday last night along with the release of her new album in New York. The singer had a day full of events after performing on Good Morning America before switching on the Christmas lights at the Rockefeller Centre. Blake Fielder-Civil, husband of Amy Winehouse, has allegedly failed a drug test [...]

WSS: Triumph turns attention to BE1 in '09.crash.net, UK - Dec 2, 2008Garry McCoy and Gianluca Nannelli form BE1 Racing's Supersport line-up in 2009 as Triumph make them their official representative. Triumph will continue to ...2009 Triumph Daytona 675 first ride! Motorcycle Newsall 4 news articles

Jennifer Aniston turned down John Mayer’s recent marriage proposal. The actress is so thrilled with the relationship, she doesn’t want to ruin it (ala Pitt) with a ring. Hm. Now, that’s a Jennifer-contrived interesting twist on this boring love story. more ‘you don’t say’ news after the hop… While we’re sure all of you are cackling into your [...]

I only wish this were a funny or silly headline to grab reader’s attention, but it’s just been reported earlier today that a Wal-Mart employee has been trampled to death by shoppers rushing to take advantage of the Black Friday Christmas sales specials. At the Wal-Mart at the Green Acres Mall in Valley Stream, N.Y. a [...]

After helping gamers live out deep-seated fantasies like eating children and performing surgery with a pizza cutter, the sick bastards over at [adult swim] have really outdone themselves with their latest flash game Dungeons and Dungeons. Set in the dark recesses of various (you guessed it) dungeons, the retro platformer follows leather-bound couple.....

Patsy Kensit was on hand last night to switch on the Christmas lights at the Burlington Arcade in Piccadilly after Liz Hurley pulled out at the last minute. Hurley feared repercussions with the PETA protestors after a recent advertising campaign, wear she wore real fur for an American company. LG Electronics conducted a holiday survey recently throughout [...]

PremaLaNay: When man tries to take out and have an excess of ribs everywhere he turns into the thing that influenced Eve (a spineless snake).

Welsh company Protomax Plastics are turning mixed plastic trash such as drink bottles, plastic bags and old milk crates into lightweight armored panels with a little help from a machine called P2. The resulting Kevlar coated panels are bulletproof and fireproof and their light weight makes for quicker assembly of military shelters or emergency modular housing. Their P2 powder impressio

Chapman Taylor has designed four new retail areas in London's St Pancras station. Retail elements of the scheme is split between the association and the undercroft of Grade I listed Barlow train shed, and a new extension to the north of the site.Practices designed the shell of 62 units before tenants equipment, and joint-light and services essential to the tenant will not touch the listed building

Antony Cotton, who plays Coronation Street's Sean Tully switched on the Christmas lights in Sheffield this week. Click here to watch his interview video from the event and find out the delights of a coleslaw sandwich too.Source: The Star

PUMA History: 1998 - PUMA becomes Sponsor of Serena Williams as well as the official Corel WTA Tour Sponsor 1999 - Serena Williams wins her first Grand Slam tournament, the U.S. Open, by beating Martina Hingis 2001 - Serena Williams advances to the U.S. Open semi finals to participate in an “All-Williams” final 2002 - PUMA and Serena Williams unveil the 2002 Serena Williams Tennis Collection

Mickey Mouse turns 80 years old today. Disney threw a big party for the mouse’s 75th birthday, so this year’s festivities will be comparatively subdued. Mickey’s story, however, starts with a rabbit. Walt Disney created a character called Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in 1927. With his round, white face, big button nose and floppy black ears, [...]

A French appeals court over ruled a decision by a lower court which allowed a Muslim male to get a divorce on grounds his wife lied about the fact that she was a virgin. The couple married in 20006, but the man was furious to learn his wife was not a virgin and demanded a [...]

It started with a run of unbelievable luck. A month or two before the Viagra launch in late 1998, someone at Pfizer in a pre-launch meeting said out loud, “Gee, wouldn’t it be nice if one of the late night comics did a joke about Viagra? It would be like free advertising.” What followed was an unbroken string of nightly Viagra jokes from both Letterman and Leno, week after week, with the res

*PhotoHunt below this post*I'll be back to comment on PhotoHunter's entries on Sunday.Happy 8th Birthday Janelle!!!Muaks!!!!!Love, Mom Janelle!!!!!!!!Time didn't pass by me, it flew past me at rocket speed!It's my daughter's 8th birthday today!! :)It didn't seem that long ago, we were changing her infant size diaper!!............Reality check, she's growing up

*PhotoHunt below this post*I'll be back to comment on PhotoHunter's entries on Sunday.Happy 8th Birthday Janelle!!!Muaks!!!!!Love, Mom Janelle!!!!!!!!Time didn't pass by me, it flew past me at rocket speed!It's my daughter's 8th birthday today!! :)It didn't seem that long ago, we were changing her infant size diaper!!............Reality check, she's growing u

The MCPXnewly established parliamentary caucus on the integrity and independence of the judiciary did not get off to a good start today when only one Barisan MP attended its meeting and the BN Backbenchers Club (BBC) members refusing to join in.According to Karpal Singh, the newly-appointed caucus chairperson, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Nazri Abdul Aziz was the only Barisan MP i

Obama is creating President 2.0. One of Obama's major reasons was for his web site interaction with people and ability to raise money and rally people together. This I think is a good thing because... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

It was just over a year ago -- November 12, 2007 -- when I first launched The Housing Chronicles blog on the eve of the annual BIS (Building Industry Show) in Southern California. At the time the mission statement was the following, and it hasn't changed:To share the reality of where the development industry (primarily housing, but also sometimes retail, office, industrial and other land uses) is

Florida superstar Plies [click to read] recently announced his plans to release his third studio album Da REAList, rumored to be releasing before year's end. If so, the project would be the rapper's second project this year, and third in two years, behind the gold Definition of Real [click to read], which dropped in spring.Today, the tracklist was announced, and is posted below.1. Me & My Goon

From private investigator to Small Screen to big screen, Kainaaz now turns producerKainaaz Perveez has set foot on a new dimension in the entertainment industry. She is producing a serial titled Pari for the Dubai and UAE market. The show is expected to be on air from December month. It has already gained a lot [...]

Brita is pushing things with their new campaign. The copy says "last year 16 million gallons of oil were consumed to make plastic water bottles."I don't think many people make the link between the stunning amount of bottled water and use of oil. The Pacific Institute calculated that it takes 3.264 fl oz. of petroleum to make the average plastic bottle. The math...17 mil BBL / 28 bil bottles = 0.00

Would you like your blog on the iPhone? Well now you can! Start by visiting AppLoop and requesting a beta account. Their slick new tool will convert your blog to a fully native mobile application in about 2 minutes. The cool aspect of AppLoop is that you can brand your iPhone application and learn about [...]

IT seems there’s no stopping top Irish fashion model Roz Lipsett on her ascent to the top. Since departing these shores for New York last year the brunette beauty’s career has gone from strength to strength.And now that she’s conquered the Big Apple it looks like the Dublin girl has set her sights on making a name for herself in LA.As our exclusive pictures show, lucky Roz jetted over to Tin

It was originally sold for $100 per copy, and Gates invited the press to its unveiling by sending out squeezes and chamois leathers to reporters, inviting them to join the company at the Plaza Hotel in New York City for a . . .

Bob Kitts, left, found a treasure trove of Depression-era bills inside the bathroom walls of a home he was renovating for a high school friend, Amanda Reece. She offered him 10 percent, he wanted 40 percent, and they landed in court. Here, Reece and Kitts pose with some of the cash.

November 6, 2008 (IDG News Service) Researchers from Nokia Corp. and the University of California, Berkeley, will go live with a new project next week that aims to cull GPS data from... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

ASMA's latest adventures in bodykitting have been described as "working their magic," though that magic part seems like a stretch. If you think your Mercedes SL is nice, but would really benefit from some overwrought body mods, ASMA now has a collection of appliques that will fill the void. Ostentatiously ugly, without being outright hideous, ASMA's tweaks include a cow-catcheresque fascia, a ride

College hottie Janet is used to love confessions spilling out of her locker, and she usually throws them away unopened - until she noticed that one of them was written in dainty handwriting and the envelope had a hint of perfume! So this closet vagitarian decides to go to the meetup her secret feminine admirer [...]

Billy Graham turns 90 today! It is almost unfathomable the legacy that he has left and the impact he has had in Christendom. Check out this video tribute the Charlotte Observer paid to Billy. It's pretty good.

President-elect Obama offered the key post of White House chief of staff to Rep. Rahm Emanuel, the first step in building a team that is expected to take shape in coming days.

Taxpayer asks: I have a question.. when I filed my taxes in february of this year I had 2 dependant one was 3 and the other one was 17 he turned 17 on december 23rd of 2007 when I filed in feb 2008 they did not give me the tax credit for him they said because [...]

Taxpayer asks: I have a question.. when I filed my taxes in february of this year I had 2 dependant one was 3 and the other one was 17 he turned 17 on december 23rd of 2007 when I filed in feb 2008 they did not give me the tax credit for him they said because [...]

His name etched in history as America's first black president, Barack Obama turned from the jubilation of victory to the sobering challenge of leading a nation worried about economic crisis, two unfinished wars and global uncertainty."The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep," Obama cautioned.Young and charismatic but with little experience on the national level, Obama smashed through

Tabbloid is a web-based service from Hewlett-Packard  that  turning all your favorite feeds into a personal magazine that can be read as a PDF document. All you need to do is point it at one or more feeds and set up a delivery time and you will get a nicely formatted PDF by email.You can also generate a PDF on the fly from one or more feeds

. now playing: Miss You by MYMP ----------------------- i was on a blogging state as of the moment.^^ i was about to type something when my screen turned black!heck... not just the screen but the whole house.. i was never scared but its funny of me creeping and avoiding things in the dark so i wont break any of them...i was lost and can't find my room.hahaha its really dark that touching

Since there aren’t many Tesla Roadsters out on the roads, whenever one of them is involved in an accident, its headline news. What makes this Tesla Roadster crash story even more intriguing is the fact that, according to the crash-happy crew over at Wreckedexotics, the man behind the wheel of the all-electric sports car was [...]

I got this fun post from Eunice. This is so much fun to know how many standard skills I own so far. You can repost this entry for more fun J Ok, here we go…(Bolded means accomplished already!)1. Hard boil an egg Simply checked the first one!2. Diplomatically tell Mom to butt-out Done already!3. Ace a job interview For now, I don’t think I’d like to come in a job interview, even when my frien

I got this fun post from Eunice. This is so much fun to know how many standard skills I own so far. You can repost this entry for more fun J Ok, here we go…(Bolded means accomplished already!)1. Hard boil an egg Simply checked the first one!2. Diplomatically tell Mom to butt-out Done already!3. Ace a job interview For now, I don’t think I’d like to come in a job interview, even when my frien

Real estate agent becomes the architect SHH in the quest for sales growth London-based architect SHH is the team behind the re-design of the real estate firm Savills' new concept store in Cobham, Surrey.The brief was to banish the formality of traditional estate agent offices where advisors sit behind desks and to instead create a space where customers and staff could interact in a more casual and

He earns over Rs.1.5 billion ($30 million) a year through endorsements, over Rs.10 million to grace an event, Rs.10 million per TV episode, more than Rs.150 million/Rs. 15 crores per film and has now launched a Rs.109 billion real estate project in the UAE. Actor Shah Rukh Khan, who turns 43 Sunday, is much more than a Bollywood superstar. With his dimpled cheeks, toned frame, impeccable dressing

For those of you that do not know, today is Kathy Passarette's 29th Birthday. You need to swing by and wish her a Happy Birthday in Bazzaro World, where you stay 29 always.

A man from Indiana in the US who has battled cancer for 20 years has turned to alternative medicine and complementary therapy to help fight his condition. Elliot Yundenfriend was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma in 1989 and has since undergone procedures such as chemotherapy to prevent tumours developing in the lymph nodes of his neck, abdomen [...] Related News:High use of alternative medic

It was five years ago this month that I started this blog.  It was a blogger blog back then and not nearly as involved and intricate as it is now – several iterations later.  Five years is a pretty long time for a real estate blog. Almost no Realtors were blogging back in 2003. Very [...]

Hey, MsM and Bloggers, Dems and GOP: Stop the flag pin blood feud!by Rhonda Roland ShearerNicole Belle, CrooksandLiars.com, claimed, gotcha!, Apr. 19 08, "Notice Anything? John McCain doesn't wear an American flag pin on THIS WEEK" (Arrows in photos are original to Belle's article. Are they big enough? ) Image sourceTaking Turns on the Obama, McCain Flag Pin WatchOn Sunday, Oct. 26, Fox News showe

Over the last decade, union activists have made impressive strides in reviving old alliances, which had waned in the 1960s, between the labor movement and left-leaning clergy. Joint labor-religious groups have become muscular forces advocating union-friendly issues at the municipal, state and federal levels (see City Journal's "The Religious Left, Reborn").

Pop singing star Madonna is reportedly having religious counseling to help her get through her mean divorce from director Guy Ritchie. The former happy couple announced last week that they are splitting up following seven years of marriage and there has been intense media speculation regarding the financial and custodial settlement between the two. Madonna has carried on with her Sticky & Swe

The Apple iPod celebrates its 7th birthday today, and will without a doubt celebrate many more. Apple’s iPod lineup has surely changed since its debut announcement in 2001, with more and more choices to choose from as the years went by. Generations and generations have been announced every few months/years, and Apple always has new and [...]

Baidu.com Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) has posted earnings after the close which all in all were not very indicative of problems inside the company. In dollar-adjusted... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Seems Brock Lesner Doesn't want to talk about steroids - at all...From AOL MMA Fanhouse:Brock Lesnar, the massive NCAA champion wrestler turned pro wrestler turned mixed martial arts fighter who will fight Randy Couture for the UFC heavyweight title next month, was profiled on the ESPN show E:60 tonight. ESPN correspondent Tom Farrey started to ask about performance-enhancing drugs, prompting Lesn

Wow!  I was surprised to surf over to the Sephora website tonight and find out that they are celebrating their 10th birthday.  For some reason I thought they were much “older” than that, maybe it is due to their presence in the cosmetic industry over the last decade.  I am very excited about this occasion [...]

The scoop lords over at IESB have let us in on some saucy news! It appears capitalist commander Sanchez has found out that Daniel Craig turned down the role of Thor! IESB asked if Craig was interested in doing something a little different character-wise, like Thor? Craig said no, he turned it down and laughed about it. Sanchez continued, "seriously, I heard the folks over at Marvel had you on a

As reported by The Chronicle Online.Twenty-one year-old Justin Bussart was driving toward his Centralia home after picking up some food. Karina Rogge and her daughter were on their way home to supper. Their two vehicles were headed toward the intersection of Summa and South Pearl streets. Nine-year-old Kayla Rogge was in the passenger seat of her mother’s 1999 Dodge sedan. “She ask

Unperturbed by the current financial situation worldwide, Bollywood stars’ acting fee continues to soar. Katrina Kaif has reportedly signed two projects for an unprecedented fee of over Rs. 35 million! The actress boasts of many back-to-back hits and is now considered a crowd puller by Bollywood producers, though her acting skills (or the lack thereof) have been much debated. Of the two projects

Who does the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California turn to for innovative merchandise? Why JEM Promotional in Sydney, Australia of course.Sure they put man on the moon and have sent space craft into the outer reaches of the solar system, but the folk at NASA are smart enough to realise that when it comes to merchandise, it is best to leave it to the experts.The Spitzer Disks Conf

While reading As economy sinks, officials fear violent solutions, which discusses the recent economic crisis taking place in the United States, it became overwhelming to discover the number of related deaths due to an inability to manage and cope with financial difficulties.An out-of-work money manager in California loses a fortune and wipes out his family in a murder-suicide. A 90-year-old Ohio w

Almost everybody has heard of one person getting drunk at a party and sticking a lampshade on your head. But why not use the whole lamp? The makers of the LED color-changing light bulb with wireless remote have been wondering the same thing and have come up with a way to turn the everyday garden variety desk lamp into a party of LED changing color lights.

At the most basic level in the nation of 305.3 million people, it is Black and White. Then there are the Hispanics. There are the Asians, and the largely forgotten and ignored Native Americans. Among the whites, there are the majority White Anglo-Saxon Protestants. There are Catholics. There are Hispanic whites. There are Jews, Italian, [...]

The Presidential Campaign takes a lighter turn as the Presidential candidates joke around at a charity Dinner.

EA Turns to Online Games To Boost Asian PresenceNewsFactor Network, CA - 15 hours agoEA is launching FIFA with The9 Ltd., which operates World of Warcraft in China, and NBA Street with game operators Tencent Inc. and T2CN. … Written by Google Inc. and Powered by WordPress

Filed under: Laptops You wouldn't know it by the vast array of spin-offs and iterations , but the Eee PC has only just now turned one year old and, whether by coincidence or design, it's also now finally dropped under the ever-elusive $300 mark. That doesn't come in the form of that rumored new sub-$300 model , however, but rather an existing Eee PC 900A that's now available from Best Buy for $299

This is officially the happiest day for the billions of comic book fanboys across the world and the millions of them that hail from India. The graphic novel “Ramayan 3392 AD”, India’s answer to ‘Lord of the Rings’ will be made into a big budget Hollywood movie as Liquid and Mandalay Pictures have teamed up for [...]

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The world's first truly portable cell phone, the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X, was launched 25 years ago after receiving U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approval back in 1983. The original "brick" weighed in at 28 ounces, which is staggering compared to today's average handset weight of only 3-5 ounces. Motorola was the first company to get FCC approval and was therefore first

With new "Black Ice," AC/DC turns off iTunes (Reuters) - Reuters - For those about to rock, AC/DC salutes you. Unless, that is, you want to buy the Australian heavy metal group's newest album, "Black Ice," on iTunes, or anywhere but Wal-Mart when it drops in record stores on October 20. More: continued here Other Review: Garmin Mobile PC

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. . . eventually, the rhythm IS going to get you. The rhythm finally caught up with him . . . from Sara on Vimeo.

The Commercial Mortgage and Political Hotline: The Name Is ObsoleteWhen I first decided to write a blog, I initially wanted to provide a forum to discuss the commercial mortgage and real estate markets, and provide insights to training and market trends.As I am sure that you have noticed, the nature of the blog has taken a detour, and has become more of a discussion of politics, the world and the

Me and my girlfriend Keisha were just chillin’ when she said that she got a couple of sex toys for herself ‘cause she was pretty curious about them. I asked her to show me those things and I gotta admit that looking at them made my panties wet! So I tried to joke around and [...]

He may look like one of the most confident heroes in B-Town with divine intervention propelling him to where he’s today, but Himesh Reshammiya isn’t really all that confident about his so called acting skills. More so about his latest big one, the ‘Karz’ remake where he reprises the role of Monty made famous by Rishi Kapoor almost three decades ago.Why else would he turn truthful suddenly