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Friday, January 27, 2012
Droid RAZR MAXX Announced
Verizon announced a new DROID RAZR that is available on January 26th. I have often commented that I wished manufacturers would stop with the thin obsession, and focus on battery life, and they finally listened to me. OK, so probably not to me, but still, I like this change. The RAZR MAXX is only 8.99 [...]
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Sajak: Vanna and I hosted 'Wheel' while drunk
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"Wheel of Fortune" host Pat Sajak admits he hosted the show while drunk during his early days.
By Ree Hines
Veteran game show host Pat Sajak recalls his early days on "Wheel of Fortune" with fondness, but that has nothing to do with the show's wheeling and dealing.
In fact, Sajak recently revealed that he found the show format snooze-worthy in the 1980s. But the margarita-filled dinner breaks he shared with Vanna White made it all worthwhile.
?We had a different show then," he explained during an interview on ESPN2's "Dan Le Batard is Highly Questionable." "You didn?t win money. You won fake money with which you could buy cheesy prizes. The turntable would go 'round and housewives from Teaneck (NJ) would say, 'Uh, for $100, I'll have the lamp ?- no, I'll have ?' It was the most boring two minutes of television. But because we had all of those prizes, we had endless time between shows. Our dinner breaks would be two hours long."
And two hours was all it took for Sajak and his on-screen partner to get tipsy at a nearby restaurant before returning to their TV gig.
"They served great margaritas," he recalled. "So Vanna and I would go across and have two or three or six and then come and do the last shows and have trouble recognizing the alphabet. They're really good tapes to get a hold of."
Well, as far as he can remember.
"I had a great time," Sajak said. "I have no idea if the shows were any good, but no one said anything, so I guess I did OK."
But that's all in the past now. Now Sajak, and presumably White, stays strictly sober while the big wheel spins.
"Now if I were to inhale the cork on a bottle of wine, I would probably keel over," He joked. "I'm getting a little bit older. So we don't do that. I would be hesitant to have anything to drink now."
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Touring the homes of 9 famous authors
The Mark Twain House & Museum
Author Mark Twain wrote that his adult home ? now a museum ? in Hartford, Conn., "had a heart, and a soul, and eyes to see us with; and approvals and solicitudes and deep sympathies; it was of us, and we were in its confidence and lived in its grace and in the peace of its benediction."
By Lygia Navarro, msnbc.com contributor
For serious bookworms, one of the greatest pleasures is stepping into the world of a favorite author. For ideas on visiting authors? homes-turned-museums, who better to ask than other writers??
Darwin?s paths
Eric Simons, author of the travelogue ?Darwin Slept Here,??recommends Charles Darwin?s writing cocoon for ?On the Origin of Species,? his Down House in Kent, England.??Wander through the country lanes where the great naturalist went for a precise walk almost every day, and peruse an inspired greenhouse full of carnivorous plants that's as carefully tended as it was in the 1850s. Indoors you can see what it might have been like to live with Darwin ? outside you can feel what it was like to have been him.?
Burns? Scotland
Novelist and memoirist Jane Roper braved a visit to the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum in Alloway, Scotland,??a dark, cramped, thatched roof cottage with an incredibly small box-bed in the kitchen where the whole family slept. The kind of place that brings to mind words like ?rickets? and ?consumption.? At the museum you can see the 'Tam O'Shanter Experience' ?a delightfully goofy video dramatization of Burns' most famous poem. Walk around the village and see the Brig o'Doon (the bridge over the Doon river) and the Auld Kirk (Old Church), both featured in the poem. Seeing where Burns came from made his work feel much more exciting and immediate. I understood, in a way I hadn't before, why the guy is a national hero to the Scots.
Dickinson?s room
Poet Leslie Harrison was moved to tears by Emily Dickinson?s bedroom in Amherst, Mass. ?It seems strange and even a little intrusive to come into this place where she spent so much time with her beloved family. There is a basket there still, which she used to fill with little goodies and treasures and lower from her second story bedroom to the neighborhood children playing below. The shawl she wore as she was dying is draped on her bed, and her tiny desk still faces the window. If you could get a moment alone and in silence in her bedroom, you could easily imagine her sitting down at the desk and scratching a few lines as the light fades. It is the one museum I've been in that seems most inhabited by the ghost of its owner.??
Wharton?s gardens
?Edith Wharton?s house, the Mount, is a very beautiful house, with these gorgeously landscaped gardens,? says Anne Trubek, author of ?A Skeptic?s Guide to Writers? Houses.? The Mount, in Lenox, Mass., was designed by Wharton herself, and after years struggling to stay open, is now a venue for literary events, poet Harrison adds, and is ?elegant, perfectly proportioned, altogether lovely.?
Melville?s mountains
A short drive from Wharton?s home is Herman Melville?s home, Arrowhead, in Pittsfield, Mass. But Arrowhead is just part of the "Melville trifecta," Harrison says. ?Hike up Mount Greylock, climb the lighthouse, then head south to Monument Mountain, and walk in the footsteps of Melville and his pal Nathaniel Hawthorne as they hiked up, picnicked, got caught in a storm, and sheltered in a cave arguing and talking. What happened on this mountain helped Melville so much, he dedicated 'Moby Dick' to his friend Hawthorne."
London?s ruins
On a visit to Jack London?s home in Glen Ellen, Calif., Trubek felt in awe ? not at the official museum at the site, but the ruins of his home burned in a fire, hidden in a grove of redwoods. ?That?s what I?m attracted to: a ruin, nothing there but these burnt remains. You can imagine history in depth. To me, that?s very evocative.?
Twain?s vice
Mark Twain wrote that his adult home ? now a museum?? in Hartford, Conn., ?had a heart, and a soul, and eyes to see us with; and approvals and solicitudes and deep sympathies; it was of us, and we were in its confidence and lived in its grace and in the peace of its benediction.? When novelist Anne Raeff visited 100 years later, ?the guide told us that Twain smoked so many cigars that he often had two burning at a time, and I remember thinking that I could actually still smell the cigars in the house.?
Bulgakov?s typewriter
On a trip to Moscow, novelist Michelle Hoover stopped by the apartment museum of Mikhail Bulgakov. The Russian playwright and novelist, says Hoover, gained state support by appearing a sympathizer but actually wrote the most subversive works of Joseph Stalin?s Soviet Union. ?What a place. The rooms were filled with drawings, scripts and videos of his play productions, and so many drawings of that mischievous black cat ? Bulgakov?s Behemoth, one of the devil?s entourage in his most famous tome, 'The Master and Margarita.' In one room, a statue of Bulgakov at his typewriter. In another room was a small, rather bohemian caf?. There were so many pilgrims that I sat staring for another hour.?
Hemingway?s cats
Jennine Cap? Crucet, whose short-story collection ?How to Leave Hialeah? probes Cuban-American lives in Miami, snuck off from her tour at the Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum. ?If you're in Key West, Fla., trying to kill time before the parade that happens every day at sunset, hang out in Hemingway's ridiculously amazing Spanish colonial house. Dozens of six-toed cats, all descended from Papa's original pet, prowl the lush botanical gardens. And, if you're sly, sit on his upstairs toilet; you'll get the island's best view of the lighthouse out that bathroom window.?
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Friday, January 20, 2012
What the @#$%! is 'Family' kid about to say?
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Little Lily shocks her "Modern Family" by swearing on Wednesday's show.
By Gael Fashingbauer Cooper
Wednesday's episode of "Modern Family" hasn't even aired yet, but it's already controversial.
The episode, called "Little Bo Bleep," has been in the news for weeks now. On the show, 2-year-old Lily delivers an F-bomb, shocking her dads, who are prepping her to serve as a flower girl.
The actress who plays Lily, Aubrey Anderson-Emmons, is actually 4, and she doesn't really say the word in question.?In a reversal of?Ralphie in "A Christmas Story," she actually said "Fudge!" But the show then bleeped the word and pixelated her mouth, leaving the impression she actually swore.
One protest against the episode comes from 18-year-old McKay Hatch, a student at Utah's Brigham Young University, who started the No Cussing Club at his California junior high back in 2007, when he was just 14. Hatch, who has appeared on the "Tonight Show," has asked ABC to pull the episode, the Associated Press reports. The network has made no comment on the show.
On Sunday, "Modern Family" won the Golden Globe for best TV comedy or musical.
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Thursday, January 19, 2012
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Wikipedia, Google protest US antipiracy proposals
This screen shot shows the blacked-out Wikipedia website, announcing a 24-hour protest against proposed legislation in the U.S. Congress, intended to protect intellectual property that critics say could facilitate censorship, referred to as the "Stop Online Piracy Act," or "SOPA," and the "Protect IP Act," or "PIPA." (AP Photo/Wikipedia)
This screen shot shows the blacked-out Wikipedia website, announcing a 24-hour protest against proposed legislation in the U.S. Congress, intended to protect intellectual property that critics say could facilitate censorship, referred to as the "Stop Online Piracy Act," or "SOPA," and the "Protect IP Act," or "PIPA." (AP Photo/Wikipedia)
NEW YORK (AP) ? January 18 is a date that will live in ignorance, as Wikipedia started a 24-hour blackout of its English-language articles, joining other sites in a protest of pending U.S. legislation aimed at shutting down sites that share pirated movies and other content.
Reddit.com shut down its social news service for 12 hours. Other sites made their views clear without cutting off surfers. Google blacked out the logo on its home page, directing surfers to a page where they could add their names to a petition against the bills.
Local listings site Craigslist took a middle route, changing its local home pages to a black screen directing users to an anti-legislation page. After 10 seconds, a link to the main site appears on the home page, but some surfers missed that and were fooled into thinking the whole site was blacked out.
The Internet companies are concerned that the Stop Online Piracy Act in the House and the Protect Intellectual Property Act under consideration in the Senate, if passed, could be used to target legitimate sites where users share content.
The 24-hour Wikipedia blackout is an unprecedented move for the online encyclopedia. The decision was reached after polling the community of contributors, but dissenters say political advocacy undermines the site's mission as a neutral source.
However, it's not complete: the block can be bypassed by changing browser settings to disable JavaScript, or by using the version of the site designed for cellphone screens.
There's also a "mirror" or copy, of Wikipedia called The Free Dictionary, but it's not up to date.
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012
GOP candidates vie for backing of SC military vets (AP)
BLYTHEWOOD, S.C. ? Mitt Romney has ex-POW John McCain vouching for him. Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum highlights his time on the Senate Armed Services Committee. And former House Speaker Newt Gingrich frequently calls himself an "Army brat" who grew up on military bases.
While Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Texas Rep. Ron Paul are the only GOP candidates to have worn a military uniform, all of the Republican presidential contenders are emphasizing their military ties these days in a state that's home to 413,000 veterans and eight military bases, with thousands of people on active duty.
"My purpose in life was to never be the president of the United States," Perry says as he campaigns ahead of South Carolina's primary Saturday. "My purpose has always been to serve my country and my state whenever they need or they call. That's our duty as Americans."
Perry's days as an Air Force pilot in the 1970s and his father's B-17 tail-gunner missions in World War II are staples of his South Carolina message as he looks to right his struggling campaign.
Paul, a flight surgeon in the 1960s who made his name as an antiwar congressman, is filling mailboxes with five-page letters that include a picture of him as a young draftee in a full-brimmed Air Force hat. "Let me begin by telling you that the troops know first and foremost that I am one of them," he writes.
There's a reason for the intensive courting: As long as South Carolina has been instrumental in deciding GOP nominees, the state's voters have rewarded candidates with military service. Every GOP primary winner since Ronald Reagan in 1980 has been a veteran.
This year may end that streak. Polls show Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, leading the pack. With the economy pushing U.S. involvement in foreign conflicts to the back of voters' concerns, some in South Carolina argue that GOP voters aren't pining for the biggest hawk this time.
"Financially, people are in dire straits right now," said state Sen. Lee Bright, a backer of Michele Bachmann before she left the race. "They realize that the more money we spend overseas the less money they are going to spend at home."
Nonetheless, most of the candidates have spent considerable time along the South Carolina coastline, wooing active-duty military members and veterans ? many of whom lean toward the GOP ? clustered around the bases near Charleston that for many years fueled the state's economy.
Perry, for one, has struck an aggressive posture lately, pledging that as president he would send troops back to Iraq to prevent Iran from exerting too much muscle in the region. On one upstate swing, he solemnly inspected a memorial garden and read markers to five Medal of Honor winners. He was accompanied by a former Marine captain with burn scars over half his body from the explosive device that hit his vehicle in Iraq and killed some of his comrades.
That veteran, Dan Moran, delivered a full-throated endorsement of Perry before a rapt audience. "For what it's worth, coming from somebody who had the honor and privilege of being able to spill some blood for his country, this is the man and this is the time," Moran said. "This country needs him."
Perry also has tried the personal touch, at one point pulling up a chair at voter Linwood Mizell's table to share more with the Army veteran and Purple Heart recipient.
Despite the special attention, Mizell held back. "I really haven't totally made up my mind," he said.
Romney, for his part, has campaigned with McCain, the 2008 GOP presidential nominee and Vietnam veteran, and seems to talk up the military everywhere he goes in the state.
"This is a proud military state," Romney said Saturday in Sumter. A day earlier, Romney was on Hilton Head Island for a veterans' event attended by hundreds.
Meanwhile, Santorum has traveled the state arguing that Democratic President Barack Obama is determined to shrink the Pentagon. The Republican insists the cuts will hurt national security and he often seeks out spouses and parents of military members to hear their concerns.
"I will not cut defense," Santorum pledged recently in Charleston. "I will not reduce the budget deficit by cutting the central role of the federal government. In fact, I will allow the Defense Department to grow to make sure that we are not cutting the benefits and the pay of our men and women in uniform."
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Associated Press writers Philip Elliott, Jim Davenport and Julie Pace contributed to this report.
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Quirky and fabulous iPhone apps for amateur photographers (Appolicious)
Are you always jealous of your sister?s crazy cool iPhone photos? Or does your Uncle Ted have the best remakes of vintage family photos? Well stop obsessing, it?s not healthy. We have some fabulous photography iPhone apps that will keep you busy spicing up your family photos for hours. And, these distinctive apps are sure to make all your family and friends jealous of your pictorial skills.
The Mr. Chiizu Plus ~ Photo Decoration with Artists app ($0.99) for iPhone is a very artsy photo app for having fun with your family photos. Use one of the five free themes and add your own quirky touch with text bubbles, stickers or drawings. If you get bored with the free themes, there are tons more available through in-app purchase. I love the ?Magic Face Finder? that automatically decorates group photos. And of course, you can share photos on your favorite social media sites.
Don?t you just love those black and white photos of babies where one item will be in color? Check out the free Color Splurge app for iPhone and create this photography effect yourself. This snazzy app fully integrates with Facebook so you can grab your album photos and get artistic with color. Then, upload a flashy new profile picture or share colorful new pictures of your family. You will definitely impress your friends with the pictures you make from this app.
Do you miss the look and feel of your old-school family photos? Then you will absolutely adore the Hipstamatic app ($1.99) for iPhone. And no, you don?t have to be a hipster to use it. This vintage photography app allows you to swap lenses, flashes and films for tons of various effects that spice up your digital photography. You can even order analog photos with this app, or just do the new-school thing and upload them to social media sites.
Photo booths always bring out the goofy in folks of every age. Now you can snap photo booth photos of your family and friends everywhere you go with the PocketBooth iPhone app ($0.99). You can even order hard copies of the photos if you wish or print to your own printer. There are even different effects you can apply to achieve your desired outcome such as sepia,1975, antique and more. This app is perfect for children?s birthday parties and family reunions.
Use the Slow Shutter Cam app ($0.99) for iPhone to create ghost images and waterfall effects to your choice images. This ingenious app gives you a real-time previews, allows you to ?freeze,? select shutter speeds, and even has a handy self-timer, to name just a few of its features. It takes a little playing around with to master the selections, but it?s totally worth the time investment.
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Little oil seen after ship splits in New Zealand
In this Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012 photo provided by Maritime New Zealand, the stranded cargo ship Rena breaks in two pieces after overnight storms with 19 foot, (six meter) waves pounding the vessel, off Tauranga Harbor, New Zealand. The Greek-owned Rena ran aground on Astrolabe Reef 14 miles (22 kilometers) from Tauranga Harbor on North Island on Oct. 5, 2011, spewing heavy fuel oil into the seas in what has been described as New Zealand's worst maritime environmental disaster. (AP Photo/Maritime New Zealand) EDITORIAL USE ONLY
In this Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012 photo provided by Maritime New Zealand, the stranded cargo ship Rena breaks in two pieces after overnight storms with 19 foot, (six meter) waves pounding the vessel, off Tauranga Harbor, New Zealand. The Greek-owned Rena ran aground on Astrolabe Reef 14 miles (22 kilometers) from Tauranga Harbor on North Island on Oct. 5, 2011, spewing heavy fuel oil into the seas in what has been described as New Zealand's worst maritime environmental disaster. (AP Photo/Maritime New Zealand) EDITORIAL USE ONLY
In this Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012, photo released by Maritime New Zealand, the cargo ship Rena, grounded off Tauranga Harbor, New Zealand, is seen split into two pieces after being lashed by pounding seas. The Greek-owned Rena ran aground on Astrolabe Reef 14 miles (22 kilometers) from Tauranga Harbor on North Island on Oct. 5, 2011, spewing heavy fuel oil into the seas, fouling pristine beaches and killing up to 20,000 sea birds in what has been described as New Zealand's worst maritime environmental disaster. (AP Photo/Maritime New Zealand) EDITORIAL USE ONLY
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) ? A light sheen of oil extended about two miles (three kilometers) from a wrecked cargo ship that split in two over the weekend, but so far the damage appears small compared to the environmental disaster created when the vessel ran aground in October, New Zealand authorities said Monday.
About 150 cargo containers also spilled from the Rena, and officials were warning beachgoers to stay away from the debris that has washed ashore. Some people have been seen scavenging bags of powdered milk from the beach, but authorities warned the food may be unsafe.
Bruce Fraser, a spokesman for Maritime New Zealand, which oversees shipping, said it estimates that fewer than 100 tons of oil remain on the wreck.
The Rena spilled about 400 tons of fuel oil when it ran aground Oct. 5 on Astrolabe Reef, 14 miles (22 kilometers) from Tauranga Harbor on North Island. That spill, considered the worst maritime environmental disaster in New Zealand history, fouled pristine beaches. Authorities found 2,000 dead seabirds from the spill and estimate 10 times as many might have perished.
Since then, salvage crews have removed about 1,100 tons of oil from the ship, along with nearly 400 20-foot and 40-foot containers. It was a slow process to remove cargo from the wreck, however, and hundreds of containers remained by the time pounding seas broke it apart.
The two pieces of the ship are now too precarious for crews to attempt further salvage efforts, at least until the seas calm. Salvage crews are now focused on preventing more of the shipping containers from washing ashore.
Tugs have pulled some containers away from the coast. Some containers have had buoys or locator beacons attached to them so they can be more easily recovered when sea conditions allow.
The debris that has washed ashore includes milk powder, timber, plastics and paper.
Waihi Police Sgt. Dave Litton said police closed public access to popular Waihi Beach on Monday morning after four cargo containers and other debris from the vessel washed ashore. He said police received calls about people driving off with some of the bags of milk powder that are strewn along the beach.
Authorities say the milk and other items washed ashore could be health hazards.
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