Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Toyota Recall

Toyota Recall
Toyota issued a safety recall for 3.8 million Lexus and Toyota cars because of potentially deadly floor mats. In statements released Tuesday, the world's largest automaker and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration warned drivers to remove the mats or risk a forced-down accelerator pedal that could lead to a fatal crash. The seven models being recalled could potentially have removable mats that would interfere with the pedal and cause it to stick. "A stuck open accelerator pedal may result in very high vehicle speeds and make it difficult to stop the vehicle, which could cause a crash, serious injury or death," said Toyota in its statement. Though Toyota recalled accessory all-weather floor mats in 2007 for similar problems, NHTSA noted that reports of vehicles accelerating rapidly even after the release of the pedal have continued.
In a statement posted on the automaker's Web site earlier this month, Toyota said that preliminary information from investigators indicated that a fatal crash involving a family driving a 2009 ES350 loaned by a local Lexus dealer in San Diego could have been caused by an all-weather floor mat interfering with the accelerated pedal because of a faulty mat installation. "There is an urgent matter," said U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood in the NHTSA statement. "For everyone's sake, we strongly urge owners of these vehicles to remove mats or other obstacles that could lead to unintended acceleration." Toyota has announced that it will soon launch a safety recall to redress the problem, but NHTSA and the automaker warn Toyota and Lexus drivers of certain models to remove that floor mats sooner for safety. The Toyota models being recalled include the 2007-2010 Camry, 2005-2010 Avalon, 2004-2009 Prius, 2005-2010 Tacoma and 2007-2010 Tundra. The Lexus models facing the safety recall are the 2007-2010 ES 350, and the 2006-2010 IS 250 and IS 350.

Samoan islands location

Samoan islands location
Samoan islands location tsunami 2009. A tsunami may have killed as many as 120 in Samoa and American Samoa islands, officials said late Tuesday. At least 26 are confirmed dead in Samoa and 19 casualties were reported in nearby American Samoa after a tsunami waves struck the islands, US homeland security official Mike Sala said. Waves were reported five feet to 15 feet above sea level, prompting warning across the Pacific to the Western United States, from southern California up to Oregon-Washington border. US President Barack Obama declared a 'major disaster' in American Samoa, the White House said in a statement, and the US government is preparing to send emergency aid to the region within the next 24 hours. The killer tsunami was triggered by a massive 8.1 magnitude earthquake about 122 miles southwest of the Samoa island.
As a blogger not allowed to link to AP stories without paying big bucks, you will have to google this title “Tsunami hits American Samoa” to get the facts of the tsunami that has hit Samoa in which an entire village has been wiped out. No fatalities have been reported as of yet. Meanwhile, back at the ranch, the NWS Pacific Tsunami Warning Center at Ewa Beach, Hawaii is reporting the Hawaiian Islands are under a Tsunami Watch with expected arrival time of 1:11pm Hawaiian time. I will keep you updated on this post as more details are reported by Hawaii Civil Defense, and/or the big a** cruise ship sitting in the bay goes back out to sea unexpectedly, (my money is on the cruise ship). A tsunami warning was issued for New Zealand and other small Pacific islands after a major 7.9 magnitude quake struck in the ocean off American Samoa, U.S. government agencies said on Tuesday.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, a branch of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, issued the warning after the quake hit about 120 miles southwest of the remote Pacific island of American Samoa. It struck at a depth of 20.5 miles. A tsunami watch was in effect for Hawaii, Papua New Guinea and other small Pacific islands. The agency noted that its warning did not mean a tsunami had necessarily been generated by the quake. The warning was issued because a quake of this magnitude had the power to generate a destructive tsunami, it said. My prayers are with you and your family, hope all the islands are spared and damage. All you lurkers; let it be known that this is not a free site. If you enjoy this site and the information on it, PONY UP! Help support The Monster and The Research Roundtable!

Garmin Nuvi 850

Garmin Nuvi 850
Garmin Nuvi 850 GPS navigator for only $164.99 down from $799.00. That’s a $535 save that you can use to buy something else. The Garmin Nuvi 850 features a 4.3-inch touch widescreen, voice commands, FM transmitter, built-in antenna, pre-loaded maps for North America with 6 million POIs and the ability to add custom POIs, multi-destination routing, Where Am I? tool which shows you the emergency services near your location, and Where’s my car? tool which is very useful if you forgot where you parked. The Garmin nüvi 850 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator with Voice Command and FM Transmitter is available in Soft Black, and it measures 6.4 x 6.4 x 3.3 inches while weighing 1.3 pounds. The GPS device also features a microSD card slot, easy-to-use UI, photo viewer, MP3 Player, Garmin Lock, and the abilities to send addresses to it from Google Maps or Mapquest, and to customize your on-screen vehicle icon.
You can tell from its dimensions that it’s very small, and we assure you that it features a sleek design. You can buy the Garmin Nuvi 850 GPS Device from Amazon here for only $164.99. Take your time to read the reviews before you purchase it! The nuvi 850 not only tells you where to turn but listens to your spoken commands. With nuvi's innovative speech recognition, you safely interface with your voice allowing you to keep both hands on the wheel. Simply press the button on the remote, which attaches to the steering wheel, to activate speech recognition and begin speaking menu options. It even recognizes shortcut phrases for popular functions. Simply say, "Find Address", and speak an address to start navigating.Note: California and Minnesota state laws prohibit drivers from using suction mounts on their windshields while operating motor vehicles. Optional dashboard or friction mounts should be used in these states.

Ind vs Wi

Ind vs Wi
India vs West Indies (Ind vs WI) will face each other in the Group A match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2009, Watch Live Streaming and Live scores of the match which will begin in Johannesburg on wednesday 29th September, 2009. Match start time at 14:30 am local, 6 pm India time. If India have to make it to the the semi final of the Champions Trophy, Then the equation is ..Australia have to lose to Pakistan, then India have to beat the West Indies, and that too with a huge margin , so that their net run-rate surpasses Australia’s. If any of these doesn’t happen, then India have to pack there bags and come back to India. Indian Captain M s Dhoni Said in a press Conference “I think Indian fans want us to qualify, so I am sure they will definitely support the Pakistan team,” said Dhoni. “You can expect them to cheer Pakistan tomorrow, but it is entirely up to them.”
The points split in the last game means India and Australia will fight it out for the semi-final slot in Group A, with Pakistan already through. Now If Australia beat Pakistan, they’ll obviously go through , It’ll get more complicated, though, if Australia lose to Pakistan and India beat West Indies. Its interesting to note that the depleted West Indies have lost 5 ODI’s in a row. But if the the history of the champions Trophy is taken into consideration West Indies have won both the matches they have played against India in the previous two editions of the Champions Trophy. Johannesburg: India's fate in the Champions Trophy has been depending on Pakistan's victory over Australia in the ongoing match today. The present scenario is indicating that India's chance to book semifinals berth are very much grim as Pakistan failed to post big total on board. Australia need just 206 runs in the 50 overs to enter the semis. If Pakistan defeat mighty Aussies here, India will have to thrash West Indies by huge margin to stay alive in the tournament.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Britney Spears 3 Lyrics

Britney Spears 3 Lyrics
Britney Spears released her new single, "3," on Tuesday morning (September 29). The song will be featured on her greatest hits album, The Singles Collection, due out on November 24. She's releasing the collection to celebrate her 10 years in the business since the release of her seminal first single, "... Baby One More Time." The track was produced by hit-maker and longtime Spears collaborator Max Martin, who also produced "... Baby One More Time," and its subject matter — which appears to be about loving multiple people at one time — is sure to cause a stir. Of course, Spears has been causing that kind of stir since she dressed in a sexy school-girl uniform for the "... Baby One More Time" video.
The song, which is posted on New York radio station Z-100's Web site, is a catchy dance track with provocative lyrics, such as, "1, 2, 3/ Not only you and me/Got 180 degrees/ And I'm caught in between." The chorus also mentions "Peter, Paul and Mary," which would seem to be an out-of-left-field reference to the '60s folk act. (There's no indication whether this song was recorded before or after member Mary Travers' death on September 17.) In July, during the European trek for her Circus tour, Spears tweeted that she was working with Martin on a song. "Back in the studio with Max!" she wrote about the collaboration. The Singles Collection will be available for purchase as a standard set and a packaged box set. The standard set will include 17 of her biggest hits, plus "3." The ultimate fan box set will contain all 29 of Spears' singles individually packaged in slip sleeves with their original artwork and B-sides or remixes. The box set will also include a DVD with all of Brit's videos from past to present and a photo booklet with various photos spanning her career. Spears released her first greatest-hits collection, My Prerogative, back in 2004.
It's been 10 years since the "...Baby One More Time" video started a party in your creepy older brother's pants. And just in time to celebrate, Britney Spears has released a new single, "3," -- off of her upcoming anniversary-marking Singles Collection (out Nov. 26). The song debuted, as previously announced, this morning via NYC radio station Z-100. And while the robo-manipulations at work on this Max Martin-produced dance track render Spears' vocals near unrecognizable, the blunt sexual lyrical content is 100 per cent Britney. "1, 2, 3 / Not only you and me / Got one eighty degrees / And I'm caught in between," goes the chorus.

Zapatero Daughters Photo

Zapatero Daughters Photo
Zapatero born on 4 August 1960, Valladolid. Due to popularity of his Spanish socialist party he won two consecutive elections. On 9 march 2008 general election his party got 43.8% votes. On 7 March 2008 his party politician Isaías Carrasco was killed in an attack. ETA was suspected behind the attack. Due to this incident the final day campaign was cancelled.Zapatero daughters rarely appear before media. In recent the photograph both daughter are standing with their parents along with Barrack and Michelle Obama. The daughters are standing in gothic attire, covered in black dress. In the picture both girls are wearing black trench coat, black boots and one has amulet around her neck and wearing black wrist bands in picture. Normally you will not find Goth people wearing these kinds of cloths.
It seems that the daughters of zapatero are going through a rebellious phase. Infect no one have an idea about the girls they may be very pleasant and kind hearted. It is a big deal for some people. May be the girls choose it as mean of expression just like other youngsters. Spanish prime minister tried every thing in his capacity to stop the picture from spreading. It was too late for him as the picture spread uncontrollably. You can find it on news sites, ever gossip and on the web now. Spanish Prime Ministers Daughters Photo – Spanish prime minister’s daughters pictures with Michelle Obama and President Barack Obama/Spain’s first family with the Obamas picture can be viewed here.Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero ,his wife Sonsoles Espinosa,Michelle Obama and President Barack Obama took a photo at the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday in New York which is creating a bit of controversy.
Spanish prime minister’s daughters pictures with Michelle Obama and President Barack Obama. Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero ,his wife Sonsoles Espinosa,Michelle Obama and President Barack Obama took a photo at the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday in New York which is creating a bit of controversy.José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero’s 13-year-old Alba and 16-year-old Laura. José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero’s 13-year-old Alba and 16-year-old Laura, daughters are rarely in the public eyes and now we know why.Like most teenagers their age they are into the Gothic movement which consists of wearing too much black at once.The pictures have few people posing certain questions like should a world leader let his kids be goths? And if the Prime Minister can not run his household how can he govern his country?

Acne Pillowcase

Acne Pillowcase
pillowcase frequently is like taking a dirty rag and rubbing it all around your face for six to eight hours a day. Changing your pillow case daily can help those with acne due to the fact that your pillowcase has bacteria, dust and other acne-causing agents on it.If you suffer from acne, you are probably very diligent about your skin care routine and you cleanse your skin properly each and every night. However, sleeping on the same pillowcase nightly may cause your acne may look worse than it did the night before. Your pillowcase has dust and bacteria that can easily cause or contribute to acne. If you want to prevent this from getting into your pores and causing acne, your pillowcases need to be washed regularly. Most people sleep on their pillow for many nights until they finally decide wash it. Your sleeping environment as clean as possible to help prevent acne, or at least keep it from getting worse. Simply washing your pillowcase regularly will help to prevent your skin from a night full of bacterial attacks.
Many do not realize pillow case can become filled with bacteria and oil from their hair, their skin and anything that is expelled out of their body through your ears, nose, eyes or mouth while they are sleeping. Bacteria can survive for a long time on the surface of someone's skin. How often should you change your pillowcase to help prevent acne? The answer ranges from nightly to weekly. Your face lays on your pillow case every day. Your pillow case absorbs the oils from your skin and reapplies the dirt and oil causing breakouts. Washing your pillowcase at least every other day is a great idea for those who suffer from acne or are trying to prevent it. Bottom line: your pillowcase can never be too clean. There are many acne pillowcases that are promoted online or in stores. These are typically just hypo-allergenic pillows covered in a clean case. Washing your pillowcase frequently and not using the same pillow for years on end is just plain common sense in the fight against acne.

Joe Scarborough Surgery

Joe Scarborough Surgery
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If Joe Scarborough is right, this could be a game-changing blow to Barack Obama . On today's Morning Joe, Scarborough left no doubt that he believes the Obama administration acquiesced to the release by the British government of Abdelbaset Al Megrahi, the convicted Lockerbie murderer and terrorist. Scarborough was reacting to reports suggesting that, contrary to initial claims, the release was done at the behest of Gordon Brown's British government, and was not an independent move by Scotland. This is just one of those stories that smells from the very beginning. They set up that Scottish guy to hold the press conference, like he's going to release the biggest terrorist this side of al Qaeda? . . . No! You knew the British government was attached. We predicted it last week; it's come true. Then that raises the next question: what's the link between Great Britain's government and the U.S. government? Anybody that works in Washington for more than a day knows the British government is not going to release a terrorist that killed American kids without getting the OK from the American government.

Monday, September 28, 2009

This Is it Michael Jackson Tickets

This Is it Michael Jackson Tickets
Michael Jackson tickets, as it will be the last farewell for America's late King of Pop. As expected, "This is It!" Michael Jackson tickets flew off the shelves like hotcakes. "This is It!" Michael Jackson tickets accounted for 71% of the ticket sales on fandango.com, according to the New York Daily News. Many people were looking forward to seeing Michael Jackson on stage again in his last concert series that was set to start in London three weeks after his death. Instead, people will now get to see a documentary featuring footing of the King of Pop rehearsing for his London concert series. "This is It!" Michael Jackson tickets may lead some Michael Jackson fans to the theatre at odd hours of the night. "This is It!" Michael Jackson tickets sold for the debut of the series will be shown simultaneously. This means a 9 p.m. showing in Los Angeles, a midnight showing in New York City, and a 4 a.m. showing in Berlin.
Not only are "This is It!" Michael Jackson tickets taking America by storm, a previously unreleased song "This is It" will be released on October 12. Jackson's brothers sang backup on the song. "This is It" Michael Jackson tickets are only the latest in Michael Jackson's news. Ever since the King of Pop's death on June 25, the world has been glued to their TV's and to the Internet looking for the latest Michael Jackson news. The "This is It" Michael Jackson tickets allow certain fans to see their favorite musician one last time during the last few days of his life. For many, this is a very important event. I am hoping that the "This is It" Michael Jackson documentary will be available on TV one day. I would like to see it, but do not live close enough to a theatre where "This is It!" Michael Jackson tickets are sold. The movie documenting the King of Pop's final performance rehearsals days before his death will debut simultaneously in 15 cities around the globe on October 28, but a sneak peek will be presented at the new Regal Cinemas Stadium 14 the night before on October 27. The Associated Press, in the meantime, reported that the advance screenings have been sold out. 3,000 tickets to the Los Angeles shows have been snatched by fans within two hours early Sunday.
"'This Is It' may go down as the greatest concert no one got a chance to see," the movie's director and Michael's longtime collaborator, Kenny Ortega, promised. "But with this film we get a rare portrait of Michael as he prepares for his final curtain call." Jeff Blake, Sony's worldwide marketing and distribution chairman, added, "Michael Jackson has an army of fans everywhere round the world. By rolling out this film simultaneously worldwide, we are giving audiences an incredible opportunity to join together in celebration of Michael Jackson's incredible career." "This Is It" offers a behind-the-scenes footage of Jackson preparing for a series of the O2 London shows he was rehearsing when he died June 25. It will compile more than 100 hours of video footage concert promoter AEG Live shot during April, May and June 2009. Reuters claimed that a source close to the project has mentioned the planned 3-D sequence for the movie will not make it into the final reel. “This is It” was compiled by Jackson’s choreographer and creative-partner Kenny Ortega from over 100 hours of rehearsal footage shot at the Staples Center and Forum in Los Angeles in the weeks before the “ing of Pop” died on June 25. (Ortega also directed the recent “High School Musical 3″ and is set to direct the remake of “Footloose.”)

Jenny Slate Fired

Jenny Slate Fired
Jenny Slate dropped the ‘f-bomb’ on Saturday Night Live last night. An apparent slip of tongue came from Jenny Slate, and her partner in the skit didn’t even seem to notice and just kept going. The Brooklyn funny lady, Tehran-born, raised in California comedian, and SNL newbie has attracted a lot of attention when she dropped an f-bomb, apparently by accident. She was in the middle of a SNL skit when she let go of a sentence; “You stood up for yourself, and I f—ing love you for that.” Over the years, people have been fired for saying these things on live TV, including Charles Rocket in 1981 and Norm MacDonald in 1997. No news yet on if Jenny Slate is being fired for her slip of the tongue.
The new 'Saturday Night Live' cast member that dropped the F-Bomb this weekend will NOT have to worry about a different F-word: "Fired". Jenny Slate was performing in her first show as a cast member of 'SNL', when she got a little too into character in a sketch called "Biker Chick Chat" and said the word some call "the mother of all swear words". That caused some speculation that Slate's first show would be her last, but an NBC spokeswoman says she will NOT be fired. The slip was not seen here, they dubbed in a different word for the west coast broadcast. It's not the first time the word has slipped on the show. Comic Charles Rocket did the same thing in 1981, when he was a new cast member. But he was fired the next week, had a rough time in show business after that, and killed himself in 2005.

Ind Vs Aus

Ind Vs Aus
India vs Australia , ICC Champions Trophy 2009, Match Preview, Live Scores , Live Streaming : India and defending champions Australia will face each other in the Group A match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2009, Watch Live Streaming and Live scores of the match which will begin in Johannesburg on Monday 28th September, 2009. Match start time at 14:30 am local, 12:30 GMT , 6-00 pm India time.This is a do or die match for India and Captain Dhoni has chosen the tricky option to play five bowlers and ask their depleted batting order to rise to the occasion. India and Australia seem to play each other so many times often that it’s hard to believe they haven’t met in an ODI for the last 18 months. since the CB series in Australia last year. If India play 5 blowlers it is almost certain Amit Mishra, the leggy, who made an impressive Test debut against Australia recently will play this match. There are all kinds of possible scenarios for which teams could be in the semi-finals in Group A , among all the simplest seems to be : if Australia beat India, it will be Pakistan and Australia in the semi finals fro group A..
Despite injuries, Team India was among the top contender for the title but last hour ouster of flamboyant all-rounder Yuvraj Singh has left the ‘Men in Blue’ in a tizzy. India’s clash with Australia is now bigger than Saturday’s match against Pakistan. Skipper Dhoni will have to settle with not less than a victory. All the top guns of Team India Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid and MS Dhoni will have to fire today. It becomes important for India when bowlers are not upto the mark in absence of Zaheer Khan. Once again Harbhajan Singh has to strike early to put Australians on backfoot. In the fielding department, Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli and Harbhajan Singh to save extra run for the team and couple of run outs could pave the way for victory. In one sentence, Team India will have to improve its batting and fielding to compensate weaker bowling side. To strengthen bowling, skipper Dhoni has decided to play five bowlers against Australia. Amit Mishra is likely to make into final eleven while RP Singh may be rested and Praveen Kumar will replace him in the side.

Affiliated Computer Services

Affiliated Computer Services
Affiliated Computer Services Inc. for $6.4 billion in its biggest purchase, shifting to computer services as sales of its traditional printing equipment decline. The transaction will help triple sales from services to about $10 billion, Xerox said today in a statement. The total price of the cash-and-stock deal is about 34 percent more than Dallas-based Affiliated Computer’s closing price Sept. 25. The acquisition is Chief Executive Officer Ursula Burns’s first since taking over the world’s largest maker of high-speed color printers in July. Burns’s predecessor, Anne Mulcahy, helped Xerox avoid bankruptcy this decade by paring debt, exiting unprofitable businesses and shedding jobs. Affiliated Computer jumped $7.43, or 16 percent, to $54.68 on the New York Stock Exchange at 9:52 a.m. Xerox, based in Norwalk, Connecticut, fell $1.30, or 15 percent, to $7.67, the biggest intraday drop since March. The stock had climbed 13 percent this year before today.
“With this combination, our tool box just got a lot bigger,” Affiliated Computer CEO Lynn Blodgett said in an interview. Blodgett will run the business as a unit of Xerox and report to Burns, 51. The transaction helps Burns expand into a market Xerox values at about $150 billion and gives her a foothold in managing administrative operations for multiple arms of the U.S. government. Almost 90 percent of Affiliated Computer’s new business contracts last year came from outsourcing, or managing operations for other companies. Total sales rose 5.9 percent to $6.5 billion in the year ending June 30. Xerox has posted sales declines for three straight quarters, with analysts projecting a fourth, according to the average of estimates compiled by Bloomberg. Global spending on technology products will fall 8 percent this year, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said this month. Mulcahy, who took over in 2001, cut at least 20,000 jobs to revive Xerox after the bursting of the technology bubble at the start of the decade left Xerox with mounting debt and its first annual loss in five years. Under Mulcahy, Xerox stopped making personal copiers and started focusing on laser printers, as well as color printing.

Sunday, September 27, 2009

Tawny Kitaen Pictures

Tawny Kitaen Pictures
Tawny Kitaen was arrested in Newport Beach, Calif. today for suspicion of driving under the influence. Kitaen was arrested at about 3:00 PM Saturday when officers suspected she had been driving her Range Rover under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Tawny was born in California, USA on 5 August 1961. She is a famous American actress and media personality. She became famous in 80’s by her efforts. In 1987 she developed relations with David Coverdale. She also appeared in videos of several music bands. She married with David Coverdale in February 1989 and divorced on April 1991. Later she married with Chuck Finley a baseball pitcher in November 1997 and divorced in April 2002. She had two daughters from the relationship. Wynter and Raine are her daughters with Finley. Finley filed a divorce against her after she was arrested for hitting him. He also claimed for the custody of one of his daughter.
In 2006 she was charged for having 15 kg of cocaine with her. In December 2006 she was entered in a six-month rehabilitation program to get rid of drugs addiction. On Saturday 26 September 2009 she was arrested at Newport Beach, California. According to police former actress was charged for driving under influence. According to Newport police Sgt. Shontel Sherwood she was suspected for driving her Range Rover under influence of alcohol and Drugs. She was released after posting $2,500 bail. She also appeared in the second season of the VH1 reality TV show Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, which began in October 2008. Dr Drew concerned for her after she admitted the use of triazolam more then 50mg per use. According to Dr Drew this quantity of dosage has a fear for her life so he cut it to 25mg per usage.

Anjelica Huston

Anjelica Huston
Anjelica Huston spent a privileged but troubled childhood in Ireland. Although her father didn’t really want her to be an actress, he gave her substantial roles in his films Sinful Davy and A Walk With Love and Death (both 1969). The actress did little movie work during the ’70s, choosing instead to pursue a successful, albeit short-term, career as a model before returning to films with a vengeance in the ’80s, diligently studying with famed drama coach Peggy Feury. In 1985, Huston earned an Oscar for her performance as the vengeful girlfriend of hit man Jack Nicholson in Prizzi’s Honor, making her the first third-generation Academy winner in history. Other worthwhile roles followed in her father’s final directorial effort, The Dead (1987), and Woody Allen’s Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989). She was also rewardingly directed by her half-brother Danny Huston in Mr. North (1988).
Huston earned additional Oscar nominations for her outstanding dramatic work in Enemies: A Love Story (1989) and The Grifters (1990). On a lighter note, she was ideally cast as Morticia Addams in the two Addams Family movies in the early ’90s; neither was recognized by the Academy, although both earned her Golden Globe nominations. Despite her breakup with long-time companion Nicholson (she went on to marry Robert Graham in 1992), Huston still occasionally acted opposite him, most notably in Sean Penn’s The Crossing Guard (1995). Other notable roles for the actress during the late ’90s included her turn as the wicked stepmother in Ever After (1998) and a hilarious portrayal of a football-obsessed, dysfunctional mother in Buffalo ‘66. In addition to her work on film, Huston accumulated an impressive roster of television credits during the 1980s and ’90s, including her powerful performances as frontier woman Clara Allen in the 1989 miniseries Lonesome Dove and the beleaguered mother of an autistic child in the two-part Family Pictures (1993).
She also had a supporting role in the widely acclaimed 1993 production of And the Band Played On. In 1996, Huston made her directorial debut with Bastard out of Carolina, a praised adaptation of Dorothy Allison’s novel of the same name, and followed that up with another behind-the-camera effort, Agnes Browne, in 1999. She played Gene Hackman’s estranged wife in the critically-acclaimed The Royal Tenenbaums in 2001. She appeared opposite Clint Eastwood in his police drama Blood Work. She continued to appear in a wide variety of films including an officious antagonist in Daddy Day Care. In 2004 she reteamed with Wes Anderson for The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, and played in the made for cable historical drama Iron Jawed Angels. In 2006 Huston took on a small role in Terry Zwigoff’s Art School Confidential, and appeared in Martha Coolidge’s Material Girls opposite Hilary and Haylie Duff. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Why Is Google Spelled Wrong

Why Is Google Spelled Wrong
Why is the Google logo spelled wrong? On the Google homepage, the Google doodle appears to have a typo: it reads "Googlle" instead of "Google." Engineers getting sloppy? Google is celebrating its 11th anniversary today and decided to commemorate the event with a doodle that references the number 11 by adding another "l", to create "Googlle." (See photo below) As you can see from a screen shot of Google Trends, the search engine's new doodle seems to have created a lot of confusion. Two of the top ten queries on Google trends were "why does Google have two 'l's" and "why is Google spelled wrong?". Maybe "Goog11e" would have created less of a stir. Last year, Google put up its 10th birthday logo on 2 September and, according to its Wikipedia entry, it was incorporated as a privately held company on 4 September 1998.
Why does Google have two Ls? Why is Google spelled wrong? These are the questions running in the minds of every internet user who visit Google website on September 27, 2009. 2 L’s created excitement in the user that why Google has 2L’s. This was never happened before in Google’s 11 year life. There is no need to worry about it. Actually 2L’s are number 11. This is a part of Google’s 11th birthday. It will be celebrated in each time zone when it officially become September 27. This is unique way of celebration. This mode of celebration keeps the viewer thinking what is going on, where the 2nd L comes from. Google likes the visitors to keep on guessing when exactly the Google’s birthday is. Last year on 10th September they celebrated their birthday. Google don’t have 1 exact day on which they celebrate their birthday. September is a month of celebration for Google as they incorporated on September 4th and the domain was registered on September 15th.One thing is for sure that Google has a great sense of humor. Google knows how to make the visitor guessing. At first one could not under stand what happens. People check it again and again why it is spelling wrong. No one knows that Google has chosen 27thSeptember for its 11th birthday celebration.

Tim Tebow Injury Update

Tim Tebow Injury Update
Tim Tebow going down yesterday during the game against Kentucky. The sack by Taylor Wyndham was pretty hard, but the real doozy was his head knocking forward off of the leg of another Gator, Marcus Gilbert. Watch the slow motion footage if you want to see what really happens. Here it is again, if you haven’t seen it: To be clear – as the announcer said, it was a clean hit. It was a hard hit, yes, but the injury came from Tebow’s head bouncing forward off of the leg of another player, not from some kind of illegal, bad sack. Poor Wyndham will probably get death threats from rabid fans, when all he did was play some ball. Several fans showed up at the hospital and have been asking to go back to his room and pray with him, but security is tight. Sources also say that his dad and brother are there. Coach Urban Meyer talked to the press after the game, and said that Tebow’s first question to him was “did I hold onto the ball?” and later said “it’s great to be a Gator.” Tebow was taken to the University of Kentucky Medical center after laying on the field, possibly blacked out, for two or three minutes. He walked off the field under his own power, but felt ill on the sidelines, so an ambulance took him away. At the hospital, sources say that he got a CAT scan and MRI.
They haven’t released anything official yet, but I’m sure that he has a concussion. Hopefully, it isn’t anything more serious. I may not be a Florida fan, but I don’t want to see any player get hurt. From my own experiences, I know that concussions typically aren’t super serious unless there’s bleeding or discharge from the holes in your head or unless you throw up. I say typically because we all know what happened to Natasha Richardson after a little bump on the head. He definitely was sick after that hit, but I’m not sure if he vomited or not, and you’ll need a true Gator fan to actually look through the tape of the game at the sidelines to see if there’s pictures of him puking. Of course, Tebow was sick before the game, so that could have something to do with it. He actually took a private plain to Kentucky, separate from the general team, as did other players with flu symptoms, as a precaution. I think Jen at RightFielders makes a good point though: why was he playing at this point? Florida was way up at the end of the third, and Tebow was definitely already sick. He should have been out of the game at that point. All of this information is up to date as of the time of posting (Sunday, September 27, 2009 at 5:30 AM EST), but I’m sure there will be new information during the day today about Tebow’s condition and the likelihood that he’ll play against LSU. At least he has next weekend off for sure – it’s Florida’s bye week.

Roman Polanski Arrest

Roman Polanski Arrest
Roman Polanski has been arrested on an arrest warrant stemming from a decades-old sex charge, Swiss police said Sunday. The Academy Award-winning director pleaded guilty in 1977 to a single count of having unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, acknowledging he had sex with a 13-year-old girl, but fled the United States before he could be sentenced. U.S. authorities issued a warrant for his arrest in 1978. He was taken into custody trying to enter Switzerland on Saturday, Zurich police said. Polanski, 76, has lived in France for decades to avoid being arrested if he enters the U.S. He declined to collect his Academy Award for Best Director in person when he won it for "The Pianist" in 2003. He was en route to the Zurich Film Festival, which is holding a tribute to him, when he was arrested by Swiss authorities, the festival said.
Polanski was nominated for best director Oscars for "Tess" and "Chinatown," and for best writing for "Rosemary's Baby," which he also directed. "However yesterday, on Saturday, he was taken into custody while attempting to enter Switzerland due to a request by U.S. authorities in connection with an arrest warrant from 1978." "Roman Polanski, who is one of the greatest film directors of all time, would have been honored for his life's work in Zurich today," the film festival said in a statement. The Swiss Justice Ministry said Polanski was put "in provisional detention." But whether he can be extradited to the United States "can be established only after the extradition process judicially has been finalised," a ministry spokesman said in an e-mail. "It is possible to appeal at the federal penal court of justice against an arrest warrant in view to extradition as well as against an extradition decision," the spokesman wrote. "Their decisions can be taken further to the federal court of justice."
"She appeared to be one of those kind of little chicks between -- could be any age up to 25. She did not look like a 13-year-old scared little thing," Huston said. Polanski was accused of plying a 13-year-old girl with champagne and a sliver of a quaalude tablet and performing various sex acts, including intercourse, with her during a photo shoot at actor Jack Nicholson's house. He was 43 at the time. There have been repeated attempts to settle the case over the years, but the sticking point has always been Polanski's refusal to return to attend hearings. Prosecutors have consistently argued that it would be a miscarriage of justice to allow a man to go free who "drugged and raped a 13-year-old child." Polanski's lawyers tried earlier this year to have the charges thrown out, but a Los Angeles judge rejected the request. In doing so, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Peter Espinoza left the door open to reconsider his ruling if Polanski shows up in court. But the original judge in the case, who is now dead, first sent the director to maximum-security prison for 42 days while he underwent psychological testing. Then, on the eve of his sentencing, the judge told attorneys he was inclined to send Polanski back to prison for another 48 days.

Saturday, September 26, 2009

Conan O Brien injured

Conan O Brien injured
Conan O’Brien was injured while taping a stunt for “The Tonight Show” on Friday.A rep for NBC tells us Conan hit his head doing a stunt. Fortunately, the late-night host was able to laugh about the incident afterward. "Last thing I remember I was enjoying the play with Mrs. Lincoln, and the next thing I knew I was in bed being served cookies and juice," Conan joked. A source tells us the 46-year-old funnyman was examined at a hospital. NBC didn't immediately comment on his condition. As a result of the incident, Friday evening’s show wasn’t completed, and a “Tonight Show” re-run aired. NBC’s “Tonight” show was forced to broadcast a repeat rather than its regularly scheduled first-run show Friday night after the star, Conan O’Brien, hit his head while attempting a stunt during the show’s taping.
Mr. O’Brien could not continue with the show and was taken away for medical attention. NBC issued a brief statement saying only that Mr. O’Brien had “hit his head doing a stunt and the show was not finished.” No other details were released. One staff member on the show said Mr. O’Brien was expected to be fine and it was likely he would be back to work on Monday. NBC also released a statement attributed to Mr. O’Brien, which said, “Last thing I remember I was enjoying the play with Mrs. Lincoln and the next thing I knew I was in bed being served cookies and juice.” Tonight Show host Conan O’Brien was injured on the set of his show Friday and was taken to hospital to undergo tests. According to the network, O’Brien hit his head while he was attempting to do a stunt. It was determined by first responders on the scene that the head injury was more than a bump and O’Brien was rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment.

Willow TV

Willow TV
Willow tv. Indian and Pakistani cricket teams are again slugging it out on the cricket pitch in Champions Trophy in South Africa. For them cricket is simply not a game to win and lose, here they come as enemies and cricket pitches are warfields for both the teams. The two teams take it as war and do every bit to ensure that they are not to face the ignominy of losing a war. The pressure from around one and half billion people from both the countries is always very high on both teams to handle. They have to win the match at any cost to keep the honor of their nations. And whenever they lose they may be sure that their effigies will be burnt on Indian or Pakistani towns and villages by their own people who praised them and made them demigods. Over-zealous supporters even burn effigies of a losing team's players or even of individual players that had simply performed less than well.
The two teams met in the Super Sixes of the 1999 Cricket World Cup, where India won against Pakistan but lost against Australia and New Zealand. Pakistan went on to face Australia in the finals. In the 2003 Cricket World Cup, they again met each other in the Group league match where India achieved a memorable victory and later went on to appear in the finals, but lost to Australia. After the 1999 Kargil Conflict, much of the hatred transformed into a peaceful rivalry between the teams. They played each other in Australia in the 1999–2000 Triangular Series. A successful team and successful players could expect to be given hero status for months after the victory. Thus both the teams are under tremendous pressure to perform well and win which can make for a very exciting game. Then, in the 2003–2004 season, India completed a tour of Pakistan in which there were rare scenes of Indian and Pakistani supporters in unison, followed in early 2005 by a reciprocal tour by Pakistan in India to complete 3 Tests and 6 ODIs.

National Book Festival

National Book Festival
National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.! I cannot wait. After an exceptionally tough week at work and being treated for strep throat, this is exactly what I need. I’m making plans to listen to John Irving, Judy Blume, Jeannette Wells, and David Wroblewski speak. I’m going to try to get John Irving and possibly David Wroblewski’s autographs, but after my experience last year, I know that anything might happen. In addition to a wonderful day of books and authors, I am going to get the opportunity to meet some of my wonderful book blogging friends! That, to me, is almost more exciting than the books and the authors. So many of them have become my friends and I can’t wait until I can say they’re my friends IRL as well. We’ll all be celebrating at one book festival or another (there’s one in Baltimore this weekend, too!) and then meeting up for dinner at 6. You are sure to hear all about my experience on Sunday. A special thanks to my dear husband Danny for taking one for the team and staying home with the girls tomorrow. I owe you one!
I can't think of a park that didn't provide me with those unexpected thrills. And I think that's the glory of the national parks, that as John Muir said, "It's still the morning of creation. Everything is happening right now." Thank You! The civil War is the most important event in the life of America. Everything that came before it, led up to it and everything after it, is in some small way at least a consequence of it. It's no wonder then, that it holds a universal and continuing appeal. Being a Red Sox fan, you may have asked the wrong person the wrong question, but it is clearly a huge monumental structure that reflects both the glory of the Yankees dominance in this sport and also the excesses of the current age. I've always been interested in films that reveal ourselves to ourselves and I can think of no better subject than the national parks; they are a prism through which one can see refracted the whole history of our complicated United States. The best of us, and the worst of us, is on display in this drama. We've made not a travelogue or a nature film, but a history of complicated ideas and extremely interesting individuals.

North Meck Soccer

North Meck Soccer
North Meck, why would anyone in north Mecklenburg/Cabarrus county/Lake Norman want to play anywhere else? It seems that NMSC has a stranglehold on quality soccer in the north part of metro Charlotte. It also appears that they are on an upward swing while other clubs like LNSC and FC appear to be falling apart. The Charlotte-area Southwestern 4A and I-Meck (formerly ME-CA 7 4A) conferences represent two of the toughest and deepest leagues in the state. Since 2000, teams from these conferences have been in every state semifinal and six out of the eight state finals – Myers Park (2003), East Mecklenburg (2004) and North Mecklenburg (2005, 2006) – and Providence (2000) and Myers Park (2008) won state championships. This year, a key difference is the new I-Meck conference, which is much stronger than the old ME-CA 7 4A.
Traditional soccer powers Lake Norman, No.15 in the Sweet 16 soccer poll, and No.5 Mooresville have joined the conference, and No.7 Vance and Hopewell have started the season impressively. No.11 North Mecklenburg, which has won numerous conference titles over the years, faces a battle to repeat its past success. North Meck coach Paul Kikta predicts the conference champion could lose two or three games. Vance coach David Smith says that all six teams from the group (West Charlotte will not field a team this fall) could make the playoffs. As a measure of the conference's talent, its teams have begun the year with a 10-5-2 record against Southwestern 4A teams. The Southwestern 4A race is more wide open than it was last year, when Myers Park was undefeated. Only three teams have done that in the past – East Meck in 1987 and 2004, and Providence in 1992. The No.2 Mustangs should be one of the favorites, but will get plenty of pressure from No.8 Ardrey Kell, which has more returning starters than any team in the conference, and No.13 South Meck. Those three should also get pressure from No.6 Butler, 5-1-2 so far, and No.14 Providence, which beat North Meck and tied No.3-ranked Catholic.

India vs Pakistan Live Streaming

India vs Pakistan Live Streaming
India vs Pakistan cricket match today is estimated to attract several million viewers, and defeat is usually unacceptable for both teams. India should be inspired by the fact that they have never lost to Pakistan in an International Cricket Council (ICC) in the battle for the trophy, even with the team’s fair share of injuries. India and Pakistani cricket teams have played each other in non-test-playing nations such as Canada (Toronto) or the United Arab Emirates (Sharjah), but didn’t have the same number of viewers. Here are a few live streaming sites where you can watch the match, but they are slow…and frustrating. Sopcast requires the download of software before you can watch it. It may be easier to wait until it is over and watch the video of it online.
Good news if you are planning to tune into the highly anticipated ICC Champions Trophy match between India Vs Pakistan, as we have found a working live stream for the match. The match is scheduled to get underway within the next half hour, with the strength of both the Indian and Pakistan teams making for an exciting prospect. The match will take place at the Centurion, with Pakistan already having won their first ICC match against the West Indies. It will be India’s first game of the tournament, with a win giving them a great chance of making the semi-finals. We have found a working stream for the match, which you can watch live here. Let us know if it works for you, or if you are having problems. Watch Live Streaming and Live scores of the Group A match between Asian arch rivals India vs Pakistan in the ICC Champions Trophy 2009 which will begin in Johannesburg on Saturday 26th September, 2009,

Friday, September 25, 2009

Randy Quaid Arrest

Randy Quaid Arrest
Actor Randy Quaid and his wife Evi were arrested in Texas on California Warrant on Thursday afternoon when they driving in Marfa, where they had been staying in the hotel. They were arrested for skipping California hotel bill $10,000. The couple was released on bond after spending several hours in the jail. Randy and his wife, Evi, posted $40,000 dollars in bonds to get out of Presidio Country Jail. According to authorities, Randy’s wife Evi Quaid put up a fight and resisted when they were arrested. Corps quickly restrained her.Quaid was charged of three things; burglary, defrauding and conspiracy.Presidio county sheriff Danny Dominguez told the associated press that he drove the actor to bank for the bail money and no special treatment was made to the actor. Quaid was not handcuffed.Dominguez also expressed himself by saying, “I like to help everybody out.”
Earlier in September, the warrant was issued after sheriff’s detective filed the case to district attorney after receiving complain that the couple had not paid the local hotel bill amounted to $10,000.Randy won a Golden Globe award. He is the best known for his roles in the “National Lampoon’s Vacation” movies, “Independence Day” and “Kingpin.” He was also nominated for Portrayal of president Lyndon in”LBJ: The Early Years”. Law enforcement sources tell us they were picked up by Presidio County Sheriff's deputies. We're told there was a struggle and deputies had to wrestle Evi to the ground as she screamed loudly. Felony arrest warrants had been issued for the Quaids in Santa Barbara, CA for burglary, defrauding an innkeeper and conspiracy. They're accused of stiffing the San Ysidro Ranch near Santa Barbara out of thousands of bucks.

Soldier Boy

Soldier Boy
Soldier Boy," "The Jerk,"or any of the other latest dances, Washington is going to bust another move. "I will never stop until my last play is up," said Washington, in his seventh season. "When I retire, and guys do something big in a game, I will dance for them." Because this is Baltimore, and we're old school. We'll let you dance a little if you score a touchdown, or if you have a couple of Pro Bowl years. But after downing a punt? Oh, no, please. Never in the brief history of the Ravens has there been so much controversy over a player dancing. Ray Lewis dances. Derrick Mason dances, if you can call it that. So why can't Washington dance? Whether he dances or not, there is a perception about Washington that is wrong. There is this image of a flamboyant, arrogant player who struts and prances because his ego is out of control. Washington is very low-key, soft-spoken and well-liked by his teammates. During training camp, he got fans excited, especially the kids, by doing his little dances. He often stayed late to sign autographs, and for a first-year player in Baltimore, he does a lot of charity work around town.
"I think this dancing thing is getting blown out of proportion," Washington said. "It's not about dancing, but celebrating a big play for your team. I get excited. I've always been that type of player. I'm not trying to show up another team; it's just my way of getting myself and our team going." "It's Kelley, man," Mason said. "He's out there - he's enjoying football, and he's having fun. He's found himself a niche on this team where he can go out there, not only on special teams, but he's coming out there and being a big contributor for us on offense, especially when he comes out on third down and he's making those huge catches for us." "On the field, I look at myself as an entertainer, somebody who plays for the crowd," he said. "As a kid, I idolized guys who played to the crowds and got them into the game." There is no debate about Washington's contributions. He came into training camp trying to make the team as one of possibly five or six receivers, and he has worked his way to No. 3.

Fallingwater

Fallingwater
Fallingwater, also known as the Edgar J. Kaufmann Sr. Residence, is a house designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1934 in rural southwestern Pennsylvania, 50 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, and is part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area. The house was built partly over a waterfall in Bear Run at Rural Route 1 in the Mill Run section of Stewart Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, in the Laurel Highlands of the Allegheny Mountains. Hailed by Time magazine shortly after its completion as Wright’s “most beautiful job,” In 1991, members of the American Institute of Architects named the house the “best all-time work of American architecture” and in 2007, it was ranked twenty-ninth on the list of America’s Favorite Architecture according to the AIA.
Even those not familiar with America's most notable architects are likely familiar with the name Frank Lloyd Wright -- a man who designed more than 1,000 projects that emphasized what he called "organic architechture." The most famous is Fallingwater, a home built in the Laurel Highlands of Pennsylvania, which was constructed in part over a waterfall. He is said to have told the owner Edgar Kaufmann, "I want you to live with the waterfall, not just look at it." "The Smithsonian" magazine included it in " 28 Places to See Before You Die " and now you have an opportunity to spend the night. Up until recently, visitors could only take tours of the historic landmark for about $18. But now fans have a more exclusive and pricey option that includes lounging, dining and walking the grounds at your own pace as well as an overnight stay on the property. The sleeping accommodations are in a four-bedroom home behind Fallingwater.

IPhone MMS Update

IPhone MMS Update
IPhone users in the U.S. will finally get a long-anticipated feature: Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS). With a patch from iTunes, AT&T iPhone owners will be able to quickly send pictures and videos to their friends. Of course, a lot of people seem to forget that almost every other phone has MMS capability. In fact, the iPhone has been MMS-capable since June, when iPhone OS 3.0 was released. The delay has been because of AT&T, which has been furiously upgrading its infrastructure to handle the increased stress that MMS will cause on its network. 3G iPhone users in the U.S. will finally be receiving Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) through an upgrade by AT&T. By downloading a patch from, AT&T 3G Phone owners will be able to quickly send pictures and videos to their friends, like they send text messages (See the picture below).
As most of you will be aware, the highly anticipated MMS update from AT&T is expected to go live today at somepoint this morning for all iPhone users. While we have confirmed that some of you have already received the update, many are still waiting for the update to appear. As we reported to you yesterday, AT&T confirmed that the update is ‘expected’ to go live towards the ‘late morning’ to iPhone customers on the Pacific time zone. Well thats not too long away now, so you should start checking out iTunes to see if the update has become available. It’s quite a strange situation, as we know there are a lot of you who have already unlocked the MMS features with no problems, but for others, this process is proving to be quite difficult.

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Lakewood NJ

Lakewood NJ
Lakewood Police Officers were shot overnight while executing a weapon & drugs warrant. Sources tell YWN that the officers entered the residence located at 1154 McKenzie Court (Chestnut area), when they were hit with gunfire. Officers returned fire hitting the suspect, Jamie Gonzalez multiple times. Lakewood Patrolman Jonathan Wilson was shot in the face during the raid, and was in critical but stable condition at a local hospital. Authorities said they were cautiously optimistic he would survive despite being grievously wounded. Two other Lakewood officers, Sgt. Louis Sasso and Patrolman Leonard Nieves Sr. were shot in their bulletproof vests, sustaining only minor injuries despite being struck in the chest. They were treated and released from the hospital. The suspect, Jamie Gonzalez, 39, was in critical condition after suffering numerous gunshot wounds as police returned fire, Ford said. A second person who was inside the house when the shooting erupted also was in custody, but had not been charged as of Thursday morning. First Assistant Prosecutor Ronald DeLigny said it does not appear the second person was involved in the shooting, but may be implicated in the underlying guns and drugs case that brought the multi-agency task force to the house in the first place.
At 2:25 a.m., the task force consisting of officers from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, New Jersey State Police, the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office and Lakewood police executed a "no-knock" search warrant at the single family home. The shooting comes more than two months after Jersey City police Det. Marc DiNardo was shot in the face storming an apartment where two armed robbery suspects were holed up. Four other officers were wounded in the gun battle and the suspects were killed. Ford would not characterize the underlying drug and weapons case other than to say it was "big enough to attract the attention of the task force." Authorities were still searching the house Thursday morning for evidence in the shooting case, as well as the gun and drugs case. Police returned fire and shot Gonzalez several times. It was not immediately clear how many shots were fired. Lakewood was once known as the resort in the pines for wealthy New Yorkers in the 1800s and early 1900s. The Rockefellers and Goulds built mansions there. The township has a large Orthodox Jewish population and has one of the largest yeshivas in the world, Beth Medrash Govoha.

19 Pound Baby

19 Pound Baby
An Indonesian woman has given birth to an 8.7-kilogram (19.2-pound) baby boy, the heaviest newborn ever recorded in the country, a doctor said Wednesday. The baby, who is still unnamed and is 62 centimetres (24.4 inches) long, was born by caesarean section Monday at a public hospital in North Sumatra province, a gynaecologist who took part in the operation told AFP. “This heavy baby made the surgery really tough, especially the process of taking him out of his mum’s womb. His legs were so big,” Binsar Sitanggang said. The boy is in a healthy condition despite having to initially be given oxygen to overcome breathing problems, the gynaecologist said. “He’s got strong appetite, every minute, it’s almost non-stop feeding,” he said. “This baby boy is extraordinary, the way he’s crying is not like a usual baby. It’s really loud.”
She had to be rushed to hospital due to complications with the pregnancy, which had reached nine months. The baby, her fourth, was the only child not delivered by a traditional midwife. The boy’s massive size was likely the result of his mother, Ani, 41, having diabetes, Sitanggang said. When a diabetic mother’s glucose level is high during pregnancy, the baby can receive too much glucose and grow too large, according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Indonesia’s previous heaviest baby, weighing in at 6.9 kilos, was born in 2007 on the outskirts of the capital Jakarta, according to the Indonesian Museum of Records website. He’s a bouncing baby boy who could break a knee — a mother in Jakarta, Indonesia, delivered a 19.2-pound, 2-foot-long child on Monday via Caesarean section. The as-yet-unnamed baby’s arrival, chronicled on TODAY Thursday, was marked by a cry that sounded more like a roar and an appetite of epic proportions. The big baby, a weight record for a newborn in Indonesia, although a bit short of the world record of 23 pounds set in 1879, was likely caused by his mother having gestational diabetes. And even though mom Ani was saved the grueling task of pushing the child out herself, the surgery to bring him into the world was still touch and go.

Tylenol Recall 2009

Tylenol Recall 2009
Tylenol Recall 2009 is listed on Tylenol.com or the FDA’s website today. But one report claims a “warehouse recall” is in place. Moreover, online comments says Sams Club users who recently purchased specific products from the manufacturer were called by their store. There they said the recall is only a “warehouse recall,” and store owners have already been advised to pull the drug from their shelves. They also directed doctors to pull sample bottles from their shelves. The best news? The drug is safe. It’s a voluntary recall. Lot numbers are thereafter posted in the report that is following by Sams’ shoppers commenting about recent calls. Children’s Tylenol Recall,Tylenol Recall 2009:Blister package design and information on the packages and bottles of all lots and flavors of Tylenol Meltaways and SoftChews in 80 and 160mg may be confusing and lead to improper dosing, possibly even overdosing. Read more to find out if any Tylenol you have could be affected by this recall.
McNeil Consumer & Specialty Pharmaceuticals is voluntarily recalling all lots and all flavors of Children’s TYLENOL® Meltaways 80 mg packaged in bottles and blisters, Children’s TYLENOL®SoftChews 80mg packaged in blisters, and Junior TYLENOL® Meltaways 160mg packaged in blisters. The blister package design, as well as the information on the blister package and on the blister and bottle cartons may be confusing and could lead to improper dosing, including over-dosing. In addition, some Children’s TYLENOL® Meltaways 80mg are packaged in a bottle. The bottle is packaged in a carton. Concerns have been raised that the information on the front panel of the carton for Children’s TYLENOL® Meltaways 80mg may be confusing to some consumers in determining the proper dosage. The carton labeling says that each dose provides 80 mg of acetaminophen. Consumers should know that each tablet of Children’s TYLENOL Meltaways contains 80 mg of acetaminophen. Caregivers should be guided by the dosage directions on the bottle label for the correct number of individual tablets to be given based on the child’s age and weight.

Mackenzie Phillips on Oprah

Mackenzie Phillips on Oprah
Mackenzie Phillips told all to Oprah on Wednesday. She said she and her father John had a longterm consensual incestuous affair, that began with a drug-fueled rape. Her book "High on Arrival" also details it. The last time he touched her was when she found out she was pregnant, ten years into their sexual relationship, and she had an abortion. But prior to that, when they were in a hotel in Hawaii while out on tour, Mackenzie says her famous dad wished aloud that they could run away together and raise Bijou and Tam (Mackenzie's younger half-siblings with whom she shares her father) and Shane (Mackenzie's son) as their own. "You begin to love your captor, and I felt great love for my father. The moment that he tried to make it a romance, all the sudden, it was like being shot into present time." She talked about her repulsion at his attempt to romanticize their relationship, That was the beginning of the end. She wound up pregnant, not knowing who the father was.

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Mackenzie Phillips appeared on Oprah on the Wednesday episode and revealed some shocking secrets from her past. 49-year-old Mackenzie Phillips is the daughter of John Phillips, singer of The Mamas and The Papas. In the interview with Oprah Winfrey, she claimed that her father was the one who shot her up with cocaine for the first time and also claimed that she had sexual relationships with her own father John Phillips for about a decade. The accusations made by Mackenzie Phillips during the interview were startling and most of the people are not ready to accept them. She also described all the brutal secrets from her past in her newly written memoir “High On Arrivals”. Even Mackenzie Phillips’ stepmother, Michelle Phillips doesn’t believe her as she said. Now, it is hard to tell whether the allegations made by Mackenzie Phillips on her late father are true or not. Some people believed that these secrets are revealed at the same time when her book was on to release, so she did it all to promote her newly written book. The video of Mackenzie Phillips on Oprah is given below.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Taylor Schilling

Taylor Schilling
Taylor Schilling recalls standing in a class not so long ago doing a scene from Anton Chekhov's "Three Sisters" that changed her life. "I thought, 'Wow, this is where I feel at home,'" Schilling told the Daily News. "It was a feeling of disappearing and coming into myself." There won't be any disappearing for Schilling these days. In just a couple years, she has gone from attending college to a part in the film "Dark Matter," which co-stars Meryl Streep, to being the lead in a new NBC hospital drama, "Mercy," launching Wednesday night at 8. Schilling plays Veronica Callahan, a nurse who returns from Iraq to work at Mercy Hospital. "Veronica is sort of a dream for an actor," Schilling said. "She has so many different layers, and is so complex and so human, and there's so much to sink your teeth into." The show is shot partly on location at a closed hospital and in a studio in New Jersey. Besides Schilling, it stars Jaime Lee Kirchner, Michelle Trachtenberg, James Tupper and others. The show is shot partly on location at a closed hospital and in a studio in New Jersey. Besides Schilling, it stars Jaime Lee Kirchner, Michelle Trachtenberg, James Tupper and others.
Despite her relative inexperience, Schilling said she doesn't feel the pressure of carrying the series. "I absolutely don't," she said. "It doesn't feel like pressure on my shoulders. It feels like the show sinks or swims based on the team. We have an amazing cast and an amazing crew and an amazing creative team. Everyone is extremely invested. I feel so supported." As with any series representing a subset of society, there will be complaints about the portrayals, and nursing is no different. "You can't care that much about what people think," Schilling said. "Everyone is going to have an opinion. What I can do is do my best and hope the majority like what I do. "I do hope nurses can see some sort of reflection in this role," she added, "and I hope it's entertaining. It's just TV, I'm not really saving lives." That said, the show has nurses on the set to help with the terminology and techniques involved in medical procedures, which, Schilling noted, need to be done as if it's rote. "Mercy" is more than just nursing. The story lines follow the characters outside of the hospital as well. Callahan is married and having an affair with a doctor at the hospital. "This is one of those things I've always loved and always wanted to do," she said. "It's such an interesting way to explore myself and explore human beings. I'm endlessly curious about what makes other people tick, [what makes] me tick, and to get that work is a dream."

Humana letter

Humana letter
Humana was misleading seniors about health reform legislation. And CMS, the government entity within HHS that administers Medicare told Humana, in no uncertain terms, to cease and desist lobbying its customers on health reform legislation. But today Republicans accused the White House and CMS of trying to implement a “gag order” on insurance companies that provide Medicare Advantage programs. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell does not normally get riled up, but he just gave an impassioned speech on the Senate floor about the gag order, Humana, and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, who initiated the HHS investigation. McConnell referred to Baucus only as “a colleague.” “Using the full weight of the federal government’s enforcement powers to stifle free speech should trouble all Americans — and all of us — even more,” McConnell said. “We cannot allow government officials to target individuals or companies because they do not like what they have to say.”
“Shut up! the government says,” said McConnell on the Senate floor of the CMS letter to Humana. “Don’t communicate with your customers. Be quiet and get in line,” he said facetiously. There are two points to remember here. Humana is based in Kentucky, so McConnell is quick to protect them. And second, he is a staunch defender of the first amendment. For instance, McConnell is the often the only Republican to vote against a flag burning amendment when it periodically arises. In a written statement, House Minority Leader John Boehner calls a letter of rebuke from CMS Humana “outrageous” and accuses the White House of “trying to keep seniors in the dark about the consequences of congressional Democrats’ costly government-run health care bills.” “Would the Administration impose this sort of gag order if seniors were being given information promoting the Obama health care plan? I don’t think so,” says Boehner in the statement. “Seniors have a right to know about the cost and consequences of the Democrats’ health care bills, and Republicans will continue to tell the American people the facts about the nearly $500 billion in Medicare cuts that Democrats are proposing.”
“CMS is concerned that, among other things, this information is misleading and confusing to beneficiaries, represents information to beneficiaries as official communications about the Medicare Advantage program, and is potentially contrary to federal regulations and guidance for the MA and Part D programs and other federal law, including HIPAA. As we continue our research into this issue, we are instructing you to end immediately all such mailings to beneficiaries and to remove any related materials directed to Medicare enrollees from your website,” according to a letter addressed from Teresa DeCaro, a CMS employee, to executives at Humana. Humana admits in its letter that Medicare and Medicaid need to be run more efficiently, but adds, “if the proposed funding cut levels become law, millions of seniors and disabled individuals could lose many of the important benefits and services (emphasis theirs) that make Medicare Advantage valuable. The insurer also entreats its members to join a “partner” program to get information from Humana about health reform and to contact their Congressman about how important Medicare Advantage is. It is that last part, lobbying, that most frustrated the Democrats.

Mackenzie Phillips

Mackenzie Phillips
Mackenzie Phillips claims in a new explosive tell-all book that she had an incestuous affair with her father, John Phillips, leader of the famed '60s pop group the Mamas and the Papas - a long-term relationship that grew to be consensual. In "High on Arrival," out Wednesday, Phillips describes emerging from a blackout to find herself engaging in intercourse with her dad - on the night before her wedding, People.com reports. "On the eve of my wedding, my father showed up, determined to stop it," she writes. "I had tons of pills, and Dad had tons of everything, too. Eventually I passed out on Dad's bed." "My father was not a man with boundaries. He was full of love, and he was sick with drugs. I woke up that night from a blackout to find myself having sex with my own father. "Had this happened before? I didn't know. All I can say is it was the first time I was aware of it. For a moment I was in my body, in that horrible truth, and then I slid back into a blackout." Both father and daughter waged public battles with drug addiction. John Phillips died in 2001.
The younger Phillips' substance abuse problems ultimately led to her firing from "One Day at a Time," the sitcom on which she starred in the early '80s. Afterward, she entered rehab - with her dad, People reports. As Mackenzie struggled with her addiction, the affair with her father ultimately became consensual. "I was a fragment of a person, and my secret isolated me," she writes in the new book, according to People. "One night, Dad said, 'We could just run away to a country where no one would look down on us. There are countries where this is an accepted practice. Maybe Fiji.' "He was completely delusional. 'No,' I thought, 'we're going to hell for this.' " In an interview with Oprah Winfrey airing Wednesday, Phillips also lays the bombshell claim that it was her father who introduced her to the drug abuse she's battled for more than half her life, Newsday.com reports. "My father shot me up for the first time," she says in a promotional video for the Oprah appearance. "I remember going into my room, I was crouched on the floor. ... He put the needle in my arm and put the plunger in and he missed," she says. "He missed the vein and my whole arm went numb."
Her latest scrape with the law came in October 2008, when the actress pleaded guilty to drug possession after being arrested at Los Angeles International Airport with needles, cocaine and heroin. A judge ordered her into a drug rehabilitation program. Mackenzie also starred in "American Graffiti" and, more recently, on the Disney Channel show "So Weird." She also made guest appearances on the TV series "7th Heaven," "Cold Case" and "NYPD Blue." But in a tell-all book out Wednesday, the former childhood actress reveals that her dad, musician John Phillips of the '60s band the Mamas and the Papas, engaged with her in a long-term incestuous relationship. Mackenzie Phillips is set to tell Oprah tomorrow that she was raped by her father, John Phillips, and continued to have a sexual relationship with. How convenient it is for these graceless children to write "tell all" books after their parents are no longer here to defend themselves.

Bianca de la Garza

Bianca de la Garza
Bianca de la Garza and David Wade are calling it quits. The local morning anchors, who have been married for 12 years and work for competing stations - she’s with WCVB-TV (Channel 5), he’s with WBZ-TV (Channel 4) - confirmed the split yesterday through manager Mendes Napoli. “This is a very difficult time for both of them. Their focus remains today and in the future on raising their daughter,’’ said Napoli, who will continue to represent both de la Garza and Wade. In a Globe profile of the pair last year, Wade said, of competing with his wife for ratings: “For 30 seconds, there was a feeling of, all right, we are going to compete against each other. Does that mean we are going to have ill feelings toward the other. . .?’’ De la Garza said of the rivalry: “It brings out the best in both of us.’’
Perhaps their on-air rivalry spilled over off the air. Or maybe their long, loooong romance just ran its course. But either way, a spokesman for David Wade and Bianca de la Garza confirmed yesterday that the Boston TV couple is Splitsville. “After 12 years, David Wade and Bianca de la Garza have decided to end their marriage,” said the couple’s agent, Mendes J. Napoli . “This is a very difficult time for both of them. Their focus remains today, and in the future, on raising their daughter. I hope you will understand how difficult this time is and respect their need for privacy.” Word from insiders is that Bianca, who now does the morning news on Channel 5, while David does the competing broadcast on Channel 4, may have been the one to end the marriage. “I don’t think it was his idea,” said Someone Who Knows. “He’s very sad.” Word is, there may have been problems in the marriage for some time. An audience member said the couple seemed cold and distant when they hosted the New England Emmy Awards this past spring.