J K Rowling Crossed all Celebs to become Richest Celebrity
Region: Washington
J K Rowling, the creator of the Harry Potter Series earned more than any Other celebrity, and became the most richest celebrity in the list of 100 richest of powerful released in June, 2008 by Forbes America Magzine. Forbes “estimates celebrity earnings, then factors in media metrics like Google hits, press mentions as compiled by Factiva, TV/radio mentions from Lexis/Nexis and the number of times an A-lister ap... more
Views: 1340US Election: The Obama Factor
Region: Washington
So what’s next for Democratic hopeful Obama after that trip to Afghanistan and Iraq? Well, the American people knew exactly what the popular Democratic Presidential candidate have in mind. And we, the outsiders or is it kibitzers in the American politics, are also aware that Barack Obama hates the GOP + Bush = the Iraq war. For that, the US forces will definitely end their tour of duty in Iraq soon because Obama... more
Views: 1213US said that we don’t have any problem with Pakistan govt
Region: Washington
US said: - I don't think we have had any problem dealing with the Pakistani government over the past several years, no matter who is sitting in what chair. We continue to have contact with President Musharraf, as we do with other members of the government, including the prime minister, as is evidenced by his upcoming trip here in about 10 days," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said in Washington on Fr... more
Views: 1507A Buddhist perspective on the Bush disaster
Region: WashingtonHere’s a radical thought for the day: Stop blaming Bush. Oh, it would be easy to gaze at the wreckage of democracy of the past seven years and point a finger at the perpetrator-in-chief, but blaming Bush, I now realize, would be like blaming, well, a rock. How did I achieve this newfound enlightenment? By pondering the words of the Buddhist nun Pema Chodron. She tells the tal... more
Views: 938Will that Comb-over Blow McCain Away?
Region: Washington
It’s time to focus on a neglected but vital campaign issue: John McCain’s comb-over. I can’t even begin to dissect this matter, though, without citing what has to be the definitive commentary on this often surreal hairdo. In one of his priceless sketches on NPR in New York years ago, Steve Post told of his younger, no doubt liberally fictionalized self gradually losing his h... more
Views: 1696Obama's lapel pin: a flag too far?
Region: WashingtonYes, I’m excited about Obama, but I somehow wish he hadn’t caved in on that flag lapel pin. It has become de rigueur for knee-jerk patriots, especially of the Republican variety, to advertise their love of country on lapels, often, it seems, as a substitute for actually doing something for their country. (In a recently circulating e-mail joke, the Bush library promises that the area f... more
Views: 858When Bush Says 'Nucular,' He Means It
Region: Washington
I had a revelation this morning. It’s long been clear that President Bush’s second language is English (though the White House has never revealed his first language; presumably that knowledge would somehow aid terrorists). So when he was announcing the nuclear deal with North Korea and repeatedly said his usual “nucular,” I at first just shrugged and said to myself, Yeah, he still doesn’... more
Views: 911Citizen Desktop Astronomy, Courtesy of Microsoft
Region: Washington
Microsoft Corporation and some of the United States' best observatories, universities, and planetariums have gotten together to put the cosmos at one's fingertips with a free program called the WorldWide Telescope. Doug Roberts, director of the Adler Space Visualization Laboratory, says that the new free software will allow "citizen scientists to participate in research. [Let's say that an ornithologist] wants t... more
Views: 2710Every $1 Billion Spent on Rebuilding Infrastructure Creates 42,000 Jobs
Region: Washington
by James Parks, Apr 29, 2008 Too often, the only time lawmakers think seriously about rebuilding our nation’s aging and crumbling infrastructure is after a disaster like the collapse of a bridge in Minneapolis or the destruction of New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina. Then a few months later, the issue is pushed back to make way for less-expensive priorities. But the ability of the United States to compe... more
Views: 1155Microsoft Makes the COFEE
Region: WashingtonWe now know as of yesterday that, since June of 2007, law enforcement agencies have been making use of a computer security-bypassing piece of hardware made by Microsoft called COFEE (Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor). The USB thumb drive contains 150 Microsoft programmed special commands to allow the user to decrypt passwords, recover all of the computer's data stores, and read a complete log of the comp... more
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