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Halle Berry New Movie 'Frankie And Alice" Halle is the Producer and Actor

2010-12-02T11:44:00.000-08:00

Company Owners of Body Scanners

2010-12-01T20:37:00.000-08:00

Credit goes to blog on this post Thanks but we will research further.
WC Varones
Don't lend your hand to raise no flag atop no ship of fools

TSA's Nude Scanners, Former Homeland Security Head Chertoff, and How Our Government Works
11.15.2010 Labels: TSA Nude Scanners Chertoff Rapiscan Stimulus Bill No Bid Contract Posted by Sic Ibid | 11.15.2010 at 7:49 PM

How our government works:
1) Get a position in the government.
2) Hype up some scare and advocate a solution to it
3) Sell/convince the government on your proposed solution, leave your government position, and partner up with the company that provides that same solution.
4) Sit back and enjoy your new money.

Michael Chertoff, while he was the Head of Homeland Security under Bush, advocated and pushed for installation and implementation of these new full-body scanners at our airports. Once he was out of "public service", Chertoff's consulting company (Read: Lobbying Company) landed as a client (Surprise!), Rapiscan, the company that makes the scanners. He is now a much richer person, I'm sure. There are multiple links to info about Chertoff and the scanner company. Below is a bit from rightpundits:

And finally, like most government scandals, follow the money. Guess which company owns a large manufacturer of backscatter x-ray devices? Give up? The Chertoff Group which is a security consulting agency run by former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff. That’s right, in the wake of the Christmas Day bomber Chertoff has been pushing for more and more of these full body image scanners and it’s no wonder considering that this is going to put a large chunk of money in his pocket. Go figure!

And a bit from Boston.com

Since the attempted bombing of a US airliner on Christmas Day, former Homeland Security secretary Michael Chertoff has given dozens of media interviews touting the need for the federal government to buy more full-body scanners for airports.
What he has made little mention of is that the Chertoff Group, his security consulting agency, includes a client that manufactures the machines…

And what's this about a no-bid contract using money from the Stimulus Bill?

In the summer, TSA purchased 150 more machines from Rapiscan with $25 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds. Rapiscan was the only company that qualified for the contract because it had developed technology that performs the screening using a less-graphic body imaging system, which is also less controversial. (Since then, another company, L-3 Communications, has qualified for future contracts, but no new contracts have been awarded.)

It also turns out that none other than George Soros himself is profiting from the Nude Scanners. And the CEO of the company that owns Rapiscan, OSI, was "selected to accompany" President Obama on his trip to India last week (insert Nude Scanner Tech-Support outsourcing joke here).

TSA Video

2010-12-01T20:30:00.000-08:00

L.A. County judge orders Dole to pay filmmaker $200,000 - latimes.com

2010-12-01T20:19:00.000-08:00

L.A. County judge orders Dole to pay filmmaker $200,000 - latimes.com

TSA BACKLASH OR STAND AGAINST THE PUBLIC

2010-11-22T11:54:00.000-08:00

The TSA transportation dispute is growing in opposition from the American public. The right to privacy is in question. The TSA ADMINISTRATION says it is a privilege and not a right. Is that so! The American people do not have the same belief. The thanksgiving Holiday is coming upon us soon. Some advocate groups are suggesting refusing to be scanned by the radio imaging machines and requesting the slower pat down method. The new pat down method is more of a groping and molestation of people’s space and body. One congressman stated that he would not want his wife to be touched like that. No man wants another man to touch his wife the way the new pat down requires TSA agents to touch people. Even with the men TSA agents touching the men and women TSA agents touching the women in public it still is inappropriate. Is the government promoting Homosexual acts. What is down right ashamed is they are doing this new pat down to little children. Now we no a while back(insert date) how the TSA was found out to have been hiring criminals. So who is to say now that sexual predators are not amongst the employed staff. Don’t you know that they would jump at the chance to Pat Down or be the TSA agent behind the wall looking at the full body scan or images of the people going through the machine. Should this be an urgent concern for the American ???? YES!!!!YES!!!!YES!!! IF we don’t speak up now their is no telling where these machines will pop up? IN the Malls, at Sporting Events, Hospitals, Police Station, On the highways in rest stop, etc…. Now we have not even started to talk about the radiation that is transmitted through the body when you are sent through the RIM machines. Which the radiation builds up over time each use through the RIM machines and has been documented to cause cancer. So now the TSA and Government is helping to build up toxins in the American public by promoting and moving forward by putting their stamp of approval in standing behind these machines. So in the next post I will research and find out who owns these machines and see if that has some reason behind the Government push. If all else fails follow the money.

MLB Spring Training

2010-03-04T09:21:00.000-08:00

Get MLB Spring Training Tickets at StubHub!

SouthLAnd New tonight

2010-03-02T12:38:00.000-08:00

New Orleans Saints World Champions

2010-02-08T07:36:00.001-08:00

Congratulations to the New Orleans Saints Super Bowl Champs for the 2009 Season!!!
Who Dat! Who Dat! Who DAT! SAY THEY GONE BEAT DEM SAINTS
The Saints first championship in the team franchises 43 year history. Congrats to Tom Benson owner of the New Orleans Saints and his family! Congratulations to New Orleans. For New Orleans continued fight to rebuild and uplift the city from Hurricane Katrina devastation. Bourbon Street will be having a party from here on out into early March. Mardi Gras will have an extra special meaning this year with the Saints huge upset of the Indianapolis Colts in Super Bowl 44. Reggie Bush has joined a select group that has won college championships and NFL Super Bowl rings. This would be great stats to look up and give the findings. Drew Brees being brought from San Diego four years ago has New Orleans cashing in their chips for the Jackpot that is the Championship!!!! Now is Drew Brees among the top QB in the NFL? Brees won the MVP in the Super Bowl. The Saints offense came together in the Second half outscoring the COLTS 25 to 7. The N.O. Saints football team had a tale of two half's indeed. The onside Kick call by coach Sean Payton was a gutsy call. If they did not recover the onside kick it would have surely lead to a Colts score. We do not know if it would have been 3 points or 7?
We know hindsight is no good after the game been played. In the NFL most of the games are decide by about 5 or 6 keys plays. Peyton Manning's game changing pass interception by Travis Porter in the fourth quarter game sticks out the most for everybody. Eight times out of ten times Peyton knows better to throw this type of pass across the field. It is similar to the Bret Favre pass against the NFC Champion Saints in their game clinching interception of Favre. Only Peyton came in the biggest game in NFL players lives which is the Super Bowl.
Let's give all credit to the Saints coaching staff for a tremendous second half defensive scheme to stop the Colts passing attack. Let's also not forget Sean Payton ties to the Dallas Cowboys before he became the head coach of the New Orleans Saints. Who would have thought that he would win the Super Bowl before the Dallas Cowboys team and organization. You know Jerry Jones is smarting somewhere over his decision to let him go now. Saints are the Champions of the Football World! Do Saints fans feel for Joe Horn not being able to celebrate the win by being on the team? Where is Joe Horn? Reggie Bush is the first one off the USC Trojans dynasty team to win the Super Bowl!

Super Bowl First Half Report

2010-02-07T17:26:00.000-08:00

The game begins with the Colts scoring on a Field Goal. Then go on a little later in the first quarter and the Colts score a Touchdown. Ten to nothing at the end of the First Quarter. The Saints score a field goal to cut the lead to seven. The Saints were driving late in the Second Quarter but were stopped near the goal line in the red zone. Halftime lead Colts TEN Saints six.

Will the Veteran QB Peyton Manning beat the Younger QB Drew Brees?
Will Saints offense open it up in Second half?
Will the Colts methodically drive to their second Super Bowl?
Will the Saints win their FIRST Super Bowl for the city Of New Orleans?

The game will have more scoring and be exciting until the last minutes of the fourth quarter!
PREDICTION
Colts Win! Colts win!
New Orleans will have to wait for their first Super Bowl win.
Jim Caldwell first year head coach of the Colts wins the Super Bowl in first year of coaching.
Peyton Manning triumphs over his hometown team.
Peyton wins Second Super Bowl in Four years!

Super Bowl Sunday Almost Here

2010-02-05T09:45:00.000-08:00

Super Bowl Sunday is all most here. Are you ready? Do you have all of your party favorites? Do you know where you will be spending the game if not in Miami? Are you still looking for tickets to the game? Do you have your predictions for the game? Winner, Scores, Most TOUCHDOWN passing by starting QB, MOST RUSHING YARDS by running backs,Most receiving yards by WR, Most sacks by defensive player etc...

Colts. Saints. Indianapolis. New Orleans
First Super Bowl Win or Second Super Bowl Win in Four Years
Peyton second or Brees first
Bush Success or Bush Wacked

Get to know Nick Diaz MMA Fighter

2010-02-05T07:23:00.000-08:00

Fan Video: Get to know Nick Diaz

http://www.comcast.net/video/1086084738/get_to_know_nick_diaz

Nick Diaz Welterweight Champion Strikeforce

2010-02-05T07:06:00.000-08:00

http://www.comcast.net/video/nick-diaz-wins-welterweight-champ/1401036866

Australian Open Tennis Scores

2010-01-24T17:59:00.000-08:00

First Half of NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

2010-01-24T17:34:00.000-08:00

Exciting first half with the score tied at 14 all. Favre was great in leading his team to the opening drive touchdown. New Orleans comes back to answer with a touchdown. Both teams fumble the ball in the last two minutes of the half. Bush fumbles first and then Favre fumbles inside the ten yard line. The game has had ebbs and flows. The momentum has not stayed with one team for long. This game will go down to the wire. This will be a tough call to predict. We know that the Vikings are the favorites to win it all right now.

Peyton vs. Favre
Peyton vs. Brees
Colts vs. Vikings
Colts vs. Saints

Predictions Saints win in a thriller which means both home teams will take advantage of home field.
Young QB BEATS Old QB
Favre comes up just short in his bid for Super Bowl

We could be wrong... but we are going against the favorite.
That's why we write to make a statement and see if we are right.
Enjoy for entertainment purposes only.

NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

2010-01-24T15:45:00.000-08:00

The Colts have punched their ticket to Miami and Super Bowl 44. They await their opponent from the NFC Championship Game on Fox. Kickoff is just minutes away.
Minnesota Vikings versus the New Orleans Saints.
There are great story lines that can be written from either team winning this game.
Bret Favre tries to win his second Super Bowl and complete his story book ending. The New Orleans Saints make it to their first Super Bowl ever in Franchise History.

Can New Orleans hold Adrian Peterson in check and make the Vikings a one dimensional team? Will they let Favre make his numbers and hold down the rest of the team? What impact will Percy Harvin make? Will Rice have another monster game in receiving like he did last week?

Can Minnesota stop the passing juggernaut of the Saints? Can the Vikings hold Reggie Bush from another big game? Last week’s game showed flashes of the Reggie Bush we had come to know at USC Trojans. Will Drew Brees win the big game to take his team to the Super Bowl?

We will know in a couple of hours. We will give a post at halftime to make our prediction on the game winner. Stay tuned to see who we (InfoBlogmedia) will predict!!!!

Leave a comment of your game winning predictions..

AFC Title Game 1st half recap

2010-01-24T13:49:00.000-08:00

AFC TITLE GAME FOR THE LAMAR HUNT TROPHY

On the Jets first possession of the football game they drove down to the red zone but felled to score on the missed field goal attempt. We at InfoBlogmedia wondered if this miss would come back to haunt the Jets in the end? The Colts did not do anything on their first three possessions of the game. In fact the Colts were having problems in stopping the Jets pressure defense (blitz packages). The first quarter ended with neither team scoring. The Colts kicked an FG as the second quarter got under way. The Jets answered with a quick strike to Braylon Edwards down the left sideline to take the lead for the first time. The second quarter was an offensive explosion for both teams. The last touchdown for the Colts before halftime was huge. The Jets lead was down to four. The Jets came in this game with momentum from beating the Bengals and the Chargers. They played with confidence after scoring the TD from Mark Sanchez. Manning is no stranger from bring his team back from behind at halftime. Let’s see what happens in the second half?

Prediction Colts TO STRONG
Colts winner of the Lamar Hunt Trophy
Veteran QB beats Rookie QB AND TEAM
USC SWAGGER OF Sanchez falls short

Merry Christmas

2009-12-25T09:15:00.000-08:00

Joyeux Noël
Buon Natale
愉快的聖誕節
חג מולד שמח
Καλά Χριστούγεννα
メリークリスマス
Merry Christmas from InfoBlogmedia.blogspot.com

Support Minority Education

2009-12-18T08:37:00.001-08:00

We support everybody getting an education.

Disney: Disney's 'Princess & the Frog' Poised to Rule Weekend - CNBC

2009-12-14T01:45:00.000-08:00

Disney: Disney's 'Princess & the Frog' Poised to Rule Weekend - CNBC

Store credit cards: Why Store-Brand Credit Cards May Not Be Such a Good Idea - CNBC

2009-12-14T01:23:00.000-08:00

Store credit cards: Why Store-Brand Credit Cards May Not Be Such a Good Idea - CNBC

Heisman Trophy Winner Revealed Tonight

2009-12-12T15:04:00.000-08:00

Heisman Trophy Winner Revealed Tonight., Who will it be Colt McCoy, Mark Ingram, Tim Tebow, Toby Gerhart or Ndamukong Suh.

Five candidates, five different schools

THREE different Conferences

SEC
Big Twelve
PAC Ten

Two running backs, two Quarterbacks and one defensive Tackle

http://heisman.yahoo.com/index?v=17051323

Who would you cast your vote for?

Clothed in Kindness

2009-12-08T08:22:00.000-08:00

This story was sent to InfoBlogmedia and we found it quite interesting!! If the world would adopted some of the attributes in this article/story it would be a far better place..Enjoy!!!

Saturday December 05
This week's promise: God is always ready to help us and expects us to help others

Reflecting Christ

"…you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience."
Colossians 3:12 NLT

added(Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind,meekness, longsuffering;)

Clothed in kindness

"A doctor once stepped into a taxicab and discovered an unusually friendly driver.…he asked the man why he was so cheerful. "It all started," he said, "when I heard about a taxi driver who was so kind to a passenger that the man remembered him in his will, leaving him $65,000. I thought I would try it, and maybe somebody might leave me something. But after I tried it, I found it was so much fun being good that I decided I would do it for the fun of it, reward or no reward."

The world would certainly be a more cheerful place if we all had such good dispositions. Imagine walking down the street and seeing nothing but smiling faces.…

Life is not a bed of roses, and most people are too happy to let you know that. That's what we tell ourselves when we want to appease our guilt on those dark and dreary days. I'm not the only one who's had a bad day, we think. People are just going to have to understand.

Maybe they do, but how does Jesus feel about it? Kindness should flow out of the life of a Christian. The world has an excuse to be angry, but we don't. Redeemed people should act like they're happy to be redeemed.

This is what separates believers from those who haven't discovered the goodness of Christ. We have a reason to rejoice. We have a standard to uphold. We have a Savior to pattern our life after.

from Embracing Eternity by Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins and Frank M. Martin (Tyndale) p 86

Content is derived from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation and other publications of Tyndale Publishing HouseWorld,

United States Tennis Association - USTA Australian Open Wild Card Playoffs schedule and results

2009-12-06T07:29:00.000-08:00

United States Tennis Association - USTA Australian Open Wild Card Playoffs schedule and results

Todays NCAA FOOTBALL PICKS

2009-12-05T12:19:00.001-08:00

PICKS

Boise St
Florida
California
Georgia Tech
Texas

New Mex St 0
6 Boise St
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2 Alabama
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California vs Washington 19 California
Washington
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Georgia Tech vs Clemson 12 GA Tech
25 Clemson
o 8:00pm ET

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Texas vs Nebraska 3 Texas
21 Nebraska
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SEC CHAMPIONSHIP REMATCH GAME 2009

2009-12-05T11:47:00.001-08:00

FLORIDA GATORS VERSUS ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE
number 1 vs number 2
For the Right to the BCS National Championship Game IN Jan

Which team do you think will win and why? State your case for either team....

They both have strong defenses and explosive offenses at times.
The X factor for Florida is Tim Tebow and the running game to step up.
The X factor for Alabama is Mark Ingram if he can run against the Florida defense and can Alabama quarterback keep his cool under pressure. Julio Jones needs to have a big game if Alabama is to beat Florida on Saturday afternoon in the Georgia Dome.

Alabama lead the game last year going into the fourth quarter by three points. Alabama has to watch out for the Florida Gators getting out to a fast start! Florida is the more capable team to come from behind than Alabama. It should be an exciting game to watch. Will it be better than last year we will know in a couple of hours. So whereever you are watch get your popcorn,chips ,salsa,pop and any other snacks and honker down as we get in the trenches on the grid iron with your respective team.
The battle lines have been drawn .The LEADERS will take charge and fight for the right to win and represent the SEC in the BCS Championship game.
Prediction
Florida Gators 28 Alabama 19

AIDS WORLD DAY

2009-12-01T12:06:00.000-08:00

Today is World AIDS Day 2009

The disease that affects millions of people every year. AIDS has spread to women, children and men. The disease that is more than twenty years old. Has it affected someone you known? (Family,loved one, child, friend) If so feel free to comment.

I remember when my favorite basketball player at that time contracted the Aids virus and had too come forth and announce his retirement from basketball. Nov 1991
(HIV-positive basketball legend Magic Johnson)

CLICK LINK FOR MORE info

http://www.who.int/hiv/pub/2009progressreport/en/index.html

World AIDS Day 2009 video: Universal Access

Watch our new video explaining why universal access to HIV prevention, treatment and care is the key to ending the global AIDS epidemic. Includes single by Sdia, “Going all the way”, available for download at iTunes Proceeds go to AVERT’s international projects.
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8 Foods You Should Eat Every Day | Eat This, Not That

2009-12-01T07:28:00.000-08:00

8 Foods You Should Eat Every Day | Eat This, Not That

Happy Thanksgiving

2009-11-26T09:10:00.000-08:00

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Making The Best Video Possible From A Cell Phone Video Recorder (page 2)

2009-11-18T06:38:00.001-08:00

Making The Best Video Possible From A Cell Phone Video Recorder (page 2)

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Good opening weekend for Droid sales - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

2009-11-11T08:47:00.000-08:00

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Bold 9700 smartphone Review

2009-11-11T08:32:00.000-08:00

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A Downsized BlackBerry Bold With Oomph

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[ MOSSBERG ] Research In Motion

Look familiar? The BlackBerry Bold 9700 now resembles existing BlackBerrys.

Almost exactly one year ago, Research In Motion introduced what I then called the Buick of BlackBerrys: the BlackBerry Bold. It was bulky, heavy and seemed made for the holster-wearing set. But what it lacked in style it made up for in comfort. It had a generously sized keyboard, bright screen and even a leatherette back to accent its luxurious side. The Bold was RIM's first BlackBerry to run on the fast 3G network, and AT&T was asking $300 for it—$100 more than the least expensive Apple iPhone at the time.

Much has changed in a year, most notably the growing number of serious competitors vying to steal customers from RIM and Apple, and the surge of applications ("apps" for short) available for these super smart phones.
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Mossberg Solution: Blackberry's Slimmed-Down Bold
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When it was launched a year ago, the Blackberry Bold was big on features but short on style. WSJ's Katie Boehret says the newer model is sleeker and more compact, while retaining many of the same features.

This week, I tested RIM's new BlackBerry Bold 9700 (na.blackberry.com), which will be available on Nov. 27 for $200 with a two-year T-Mobile contract. Like the original Bold, the Bold 9700 has a leatherette back. But that's where the similarities end. This new version reminds me of the original Bold after a diet: smaller in every dimension—width, height, depth and weight—and, physically, it's a lot like the newer BlackBerry Curve models. (I use the Curve 8900 every day, and after using the two together for a week I still mistook them for one another at a glance.)

RIM has long been proud of its diverse selection and the fact that it doesn't force a "one size fits all" theory on its users. Instead, it offers BlackBerrys in all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Pearl Flip, a flip phone with a built-in BlackBerry, to the Storm 2, a touch-screen device without a physical keyboard, and several models in between.

Now, the Bold has dropped its distinguished characteristics. The Buick of BlackBerrys has become as common as the Toyota Camry. Is there nothing left for the user who likes a large, luxurious BlackBerry?

In a side-by-side comparison between this new Bold 9700, the Curve 8900 ($150 after a $100 mail-in rebate) and the Tour 9630 ($150 after Verizon's $100 online discount), the physical differences are almost imperceptible. And these models don't look all that different from the Curve 8520, which costs $50 with a two-year T-Mobile contract when bought at Wal-Mart.

The new Bold's smaller size means its keyboard also is slightly smaller than its predecessor: It measures about 5.5 centimeters across rather than 5.9 centimeters. I still found it relatively comfortable to use. But this keyboard is almost exactly the same as the keyboard on the BlackBerry Tour, except the new Bold's bottom row of keys is slightly shorter. Unlike the keyboard found on the Curve 8900 and other less-expensive Curves, the keys on the Bold 9700 are positioned side by side with no spaces between them, and horizontal rows are divided by chrome frets.
[ MOSSBERG ] Research In Motion

Look familiar? The BlackBerry Bold 9700 now resembles existing BlackBerrys.

While the Bold 9700 looks rather undistinguished, it has a few less-obvious attributes that give it a little oomph. For starters, it uses a trackpad for scrolling the screen. Longtime Blackberry users will remember the original scroll wheel, which was on the right side of the device. In 2006, the scroll wheel was replaced with a trackball on the front of the device. This September, that trackball was replaced by a trackpad as first seen on the Curve 8520, and its appearance on this new Bold confirms RIM's decision to use it as the navigational tool of choice.

This trackpad is a tiny, touch-sensitive square that works by sensing a finger's directional movements. Pressing in on the trackpad, like pressing in on the trackball, selects something on the screen. At first, I missed the satisfying physical feel of scrolling with the trackball, and the trackpad felt fast and less controllable to my thumb. But I soon got used to the trackpad and appreciated that it does away with all moving parts that could possibly get stuck—a trackball hazard for many BlackBerry users. The trackpad also establishes a flat layer beneath the screen that looks sleek and smooth in line with the four navigational buttons.

Another advantage of the Bold 9700 is its battery life. If you take off this BlackBerry's leatherette back, a battery that measures almost the size of the device itself lies beneath. This large battery supplies the Bold 9700 with enough juice to last up to 19 days in standby mode. By comparison, the BlackBerry Tour and Curve 8900 last for up to 14 days each in standby. The new Bold's talk time is up to six hours, slightly better than the Curve 8900's 5½ and an hour better than the Tour's five-hour talk time.

This thinner, lighter, smaller Bold is more comfortable to use for phone calls than the original, which could make users feel like they were holding a small piece of toast up to their ear during calls. I made several calls with no problems. Emailing on this Bold 9700 was as simple as always, and I set up four email accounts for testing.

Despite its fancy new BlackBerrys, RIM needs to overhaul the way it handles apps. The Bold 9700 comes preloaded with a prominently positioned icon for RIM's BlackBerry App World store. But apps downloaded from here still go right into the "Downloads" folder, sending users unfamiliar with this system into a frantic search for their newly downloaded app.

And not all apps go into that folder; the Facebook app goes straight to the "Apps" folder. Why not put every new app right on the home screen and let me put them into folders if I so choose?

Once apps are downloaded, RIM neglects to notify you when all apps need to be updated. On my personal Curve 8900, I recently dug into the settings of my TwitterBerry and Facebook apps and manually checked to see if updated versions were available for each. This was the case, and I downloaded the new versions, but most people would never think to check for this kind of thing. Instead, RIM should send notifications about available updates for all apps.

The Bold 9700 runs on T-Mobile's 3G network, which isn't nearly as established as the 3G networks that Verizon and AT&T offer. It also can connect to Wi-Fi and allows voice calls to be made over Wi-Fi. (The BlackBerry Tour connects to Verizon's 3G network but doesn't have Wi-Fi—a huge downside. The Curve 8900 connects to Wi-Fi but not to 3G.)

The other attributes of the Bold 9700 are like the BlackBerry Curve 8900 and Tour: They all have cameras with flashes that are capable of capturing 3.2-megapixel photographs, bright 480x360-pixel displays, built-in GPS and slots for microSD memory cards so as to expand their memory.

If you're considering a BlackBerry upgrade, the Bold 9700 offers 3G and Wi-Fi, a combination not offered by another BlackBerry with a full physical keyboard—other than the original Bold. But since many of the Bold 9700's features are about the same as less-expensive BlackBerrys, it's worth considering the Tour and Curve 8900 before you spend $200 on a device that no longer lives up to its bold name.
—Edited by Walter S. Mossberg

Write to Katherine Boehret at mossbergsolution@wsj.com

NBA Top 5 of Inside No.4

2009-11-11T07:17:00.000-08:00

Rihanna

2009-11-06T04:05:00.000-08:00

Here is Rihanna talking about the domestic abuse she suffered from Chris Brown. It is an ABC News exclusive. Domestic abuse is a serious problem in the United States and the world. Many battered women sit in silence because of love, fear and low self esteem. They don't think anybody in the world will love them besides their abusing spouse, boyfriend, or friend. Nobody deserves to be beaten, manipulated, or harassed.
Any man who likes to beat on women is a punk 1 (pŭngk)
Let's not leave out the women that are beating up their men (boys) in this day and time also. Domestic abuse can go both ways now. There will be more posting on this subject later. Be sure to check out the rest of the interview tonight. Young girls and women if you are in an abusive relationship get out as fast as you can. Let's see what further advice Rihanna gives on this subject.
Leave comments and ideas about fighting against Domestic Abuse.

Click link below for video.

Rihanna appears on "Good Morning America" on Thursday

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?cl=16485476

Paul's Frustration Grows

2009-11-04T03:49:00.000-08:00

Paul’s frustration grows, even as he hides it
Adrian Wojnarowski

By Adrian Wojnarowski, Yahoo! Sports Nov 3, 3:47 am EST

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NEW YORK – Never is there a wise time to test the tolerance of the planet’s best point guard, but Rajon Rondo(notes) has that irritating ability to push people’s patience to the brink. The sluggish state of the New Orleans Hornets had Chris Paul(notes) seething on Sunday night, his mood even edgier with a report that Rondo had privately disparaged Paul’s talents within the Boston Celtics’ locker room.

Chris Paul and the Hornets have lost three of their first four games after reaching the West semifinals two seasons ago.
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Beyond the charming smile and gentlemanly disposition, Paul has a tenacious will and a terrific temper. Beyond it all, he’s downright ferocious.

So, here was Rondo surrounded with an embarrassment of point guard riches – K.G., Paul Pierce(notes) and Ray Allen(notes), a championship banner and a fat, new $55 million contract. Rondo felt emboldened, eager to engage Paul. The procession of trash talk, sources said, pushed into the personal when Rondo was heard to tell Paul, “I’ve got a ring, and you’re never gonna win one.”

As they traded technical fouls at the Boston Garden, as emotions escalated, sources said Rondo declared that Paul wished he could be him, suggesting that his frustration dripped with envy. On the way to the locker room, Hornets coach Byron Scott heard Paul insist that Rondo “is gonna respect me as a man,” and soon Paul started on his way down the corridor to tell the Celtics point guard himself.

Several coaches prevented Paul from getting close to Rondo outside the Celtics’ locker room, but the overriding theme of Paul’s rage was easily understood: Before you talk trash again, feel free to walk a mile in my Brand Jordan’s.

“If Rondo had to trade in K.G., Pierce, Ray and Rasheed for the guys that Chris plays with [in New Orleans], I guarantee that you wouldn’t be seeing Rondo get a $55 million contract,” one Hornets source said.

Twenty-four hours later on Monday night, Paul played brilliantly – 32 points and 13 assists – and still the Hornets lost again. This time, it was to the pitiful New York Knicks, 117-111 at Madison Square Garden. When someone suggested the Hornets could lose contact with contenders like the Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference, that the Hornets didn’t want to be a seventh or eighth seed, Paul responded in a most truthful way. “Man,” he said, “we want to get to the playoffs.”

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The Hornets are no longer contending with the elite of the West, but fighting to simply make the playoffs. There’s an arms race of payroll and facilities the Hornets haven’t joined under penny-pinching owner George Shinn. Shinn doesn’t have the resources to chase championships, and never will.

The owner runs the Hornets like a mom-and-pop operation, with his son-in-law and son in high-ranking jobs, with the most bare-boned front office and scouting staffs in the NBA. The Hornets have plans for a new practice facility, but currently play in a dumpy community center best suited for the bird and reptile shows that cover most of its calendar. It speaks to Paul’s character, his loyalty, that he signed a three-year extension with New Orleans in 2008.

This is a treacherous time for the 24-year-old Paul, a crossroads for a career that’s at the mercy of circumstances beyond his control. At a time when his twentysomething all-world peers – LeBron James(notes) and Dwyane Wade(notes), Dwight Howard(notes) and Carmelo Anthony(notes) – play for committed organizations with serious owners, the faulty infrastructure of Shinn’s flimsy franchise has undermined Paul’s championship ambitions.

“I’m envious,” Paul said. “I’m very envious. Those guys have been where I want to get to. This is my fifth year in the league, and I’m not trying to wait until I’m an old veteran in this league to win a championship. We’re trying to win now.”

They’re trying, but Paul knows that his general manager, Jeff Bower, has to trim $3 million off the payroll to dodge the luxury tax. The Hornets can’t win a playoff series as constructed, and deep down Paul understands his greatness is born of his passing and playmaking, born of elevating those around him. He can score, but that’ll never be the way the Hornets win with him.

“I’m a point guard,” he said. “I can’t score the ball like Carmelo, LeBron and D-Wade. At the end of the day, it’s always going to be a team thing with us, with me getting guys involved.”

Paul’s unselfishness has always spilled out of the gymnasium. He was raised to honor loyalty and still treats his alma mater, Wake Forest, and that Winston-Salem community with incredible generosity. He believed he had a responsibility to be a part of the rebuilding of New Orleans’ pride, its city.

From an empty arena, Paul saved the New Orleans Hornets the way that LSU’s own Pistol Pete Maravich could never save the New Orleans Jazz. He turned David West(notes) into an All-Star and resurrected Tyson Chandler’s(notes) career. No player – not LeBron, not D-Wade – means more to a team, a franchise.

Shinn is a farce, forever insisting that his moral compass brought the franchise back from exile in Oklahoma City, but truth be told he never wanted to return. The NBA pushed him into New Orleans, understanding it would’ve been a PR nightmare to abandon the post-Katrina city. That’s Shinn, the ultimate front-runner. He now takes bows for the Hornets’ popularity, but it’s laughable.

Every star in the NBA would be crying for help, would be demanding higher payroll and a higher caliber of teammate. Tell Paul about the payroll escalation with San Antonio and Dallas in the Southwest Division and he never, ever bites. There’s enough in this locker room to win, he will tell you, even if deep down he has his own doubts. Yet, he understands he has to convince his teammates that he believes to ever have a chance to get the most out of them.

“Hey, I’m going to be a team guy,” he said. “Anytime something happens, I’m going to have my guys’ backs. …When I talk to Jeff [Bower], it’s all about, ‘What can we do with the guys that we have?’ ”

In every way, this makes him the rarest of franchise players. Paul understands that it’s his responsibility, a burden assumed in good times and bad. It’s noble for him, and, yet sadly, it probably puts him at a competitive disadvantage. Paul’s never made demands on Hornets ownership, that way that LeBron does with Cleveland, the way that Tim Duncan(notes) did with San Antonio.

Chris Paul's recent standoff with Rajon Rondo started when the Celtics point guard told him he won't win a championship.
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Sometimes, a star has to hold his franchise accountable in public and private. Sometimes, he has to keep the fear of him leaving in free agency – or forcefully demanding a trade – to keep everyone honest and accountable. He has a good GM and a winning coach on his side, but the Hornets need bigger budgets for scouting and assistant coaches. They’re a mid-major trying to compete with BCS powers, and Paul is the star quarterback with too little offensive line protection, too few playmakers to catch the ball.

Outside the visiting locker room on Monday night, on his walk to visit with family on the trip, Paul conceded, “This [franchise] is still a work in progress. We’re still an organization that’s trying to get up … ”

For now, Paul has never been so frustrated. He has no patience for losing. Baseball season still isn’t over and the losing, the non-competitiveness of his team, is taking its toll. He lost his cool with Rondo, and appeared to swipe at Al Harrington’s(notes) head on the floor while chasing a loose ball Monday. Paul had no use for Rondo, but the partial noogie that he gave Harrington, a friend, was clearly a misdemeanor of passion.

The NBA is investigating the Rondo matter, CBS Sportsline reported, but it’s doubtful anything punitive will come of it. After the game Sunday night, Celtics guard Ray Allen walked into the Hornets’ locker room, witnesses said, and all but expressed his embarrassment for Rondo’s increasingly tired act.

Still, those words from Rondo had to hit Chris Paul like a freight train – You’ll never win a ring – because so much of success in this sport is born out of circumstance and good fortune. Rondo stumbled into the Big 3 in Boston for a championship, and Paul ended up with the Celtics’ leftover sixth man, James Posey(notes), who can barely function on the floor this season.

Chris Paul is the planet’s best point guard and wouldn’t need that staggering array of talent surrounding Rondo to win titles of his own.

When asked how difficult mediocrity could get for him this season, asked how he would ever stand for it, Paul said, “Let me say this: I want to win.”

His eyes were wide now, and he wanted his point understood. “I … want … to … win. Whatever it takes me to do, I’m going to find a way.”

As a leader, that’s his burden. As a pragmatic basketball mind, it’s ultimately unrealistic. He needs more help. He needs a level plane. For now, Chris Paul isn’t chasing championships in New Orleans. He’s chasing windmills. He’s just trying to get back to .500, just trying to make the playoffs. Bring Rondo and his tough-talking mouth to New Orleans, and, well, the $55 million point guard would look like he’s lording over the Sacramento Kings. Before you talk your trash again, feel free to walk a season in Chris Paul’s Brand Jordans.
Adrian Wojnarowski is the NBA columnist for Yahoo! Sports. Send Adrian a question or comment for potential use in a future column or webcast.
Updated Nov 3, 3:47 am EST

The Future Of Work

2009-11-03T09:05:00.001-08:00

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Atlanta Hawks' A-Town Dancers and Harry the Hawk Perform

2009-11-02T06:49:00.000-08:00

The Atlanta Hawks' A-Town Dancers and Harry the Hawk paid tribute to Michael Jackson Thriller song. They reprised the video with their own spin. They did a mini theatrical live performance at the halftime show of an Atlanta Hawks game. The A-Town Dancer who plays Michael Jackson love interest looks similar to the one cast in the original video. Watch!! You will enjoy. Leave a comment about what you thought of their performance.

Credit Card Companies Tricks

2009-11-02T06:38:00.000-08:00

5 Evil Things Credit Card Companies Can (Still) Do
by Julianne Pepitone
Saturday, October 24, 2009provided byCNNMoney.com

The credit card reform bill tries to help cash-strapped customers, but companies are coming up with new ways to boost profits.

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President Obama discussed credit-card reform in Rio Rancho, N.M., in May.

The Bill

Credit card companies are socking it to consumers left and right.

They're hiking interest rates to as much as 36% and doubling minimum monthly payments, frustrating customers who are already cash-strapped and credit-crunched.

In an effort to curb these abusive practices, President Obama signed into law a credit card reform act in May that's rolling out in three parts over 12 months.
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At the same time, credit card companies have been hard at work coming up with new ways to boost profits while sidestepping the reforms.

"Card issuers are making sure they can make up the lost money in new ways," said Bill Hardekopf of Lowcards.com, a research company funded by a commercial debt collector.

The first part of the law, which took effect in August, requires banks to give customers more notice ahead of major changes to their accounts, like rate hikes. Starting in February, limits will be imposed on when issuers can raise rates on existing card balances, and on new cards. In August 2010 some credit card penalty fees will be will reined in.

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But no legislation can fully shield consumers from the credit card industry's ongoing efforts to boost the bottom line.

The worst part? "All of these hikes are taking place simply because they can," Hardekopf said.

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Ann Minch's YouTube video convinced BofA to drop her rate to 12.99%.

1. Rate Hikes

Interest rates are out of this world.
"They've increased steadily over the past 5 years, and in general are higher than they've ever been," said Josh Frank, senior researcher at the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL), who says he's seen annual percentage rates as high as 36%.

No current laws cap credit card interest rates, according to Pamela Banks of Consumers Union, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports, so technically the sky's the limit.

But the CARD act will help curb abusive practices. As of February, issuers won't be able to arbitrarily raise rates on existing balances. But cardholders will still be subject to interest hikes for late payments and various other infractions.

And card companies will be able to raise their rates as high as they want, whenever they want, on future purchases even after the reform bill kicks in completely.

The act will bring protections for new customers; issuers will no longer be able to hike rates on new accounts in the first 12 months, unless the borrower is delinquent by more than 60 days or the increase is stated in the contract.

Keven Vallance recently saw the rate on his Sears card increase from 9.99% to 13.99% for no apparent reason. When Vallance called Sears Credit, which is owned by Citibank, a rep told him every cardholder's rate is increasing by 4%.

Citi spokesman Samuel Wang said in an email that the company has "adjusted pricing and card terms for some customers as part of our regular account reviews."

Consumer outrage is boiling over. Last month, a disgruntled Bank of America customer posted a YouTube video complaining her bank "jacked up my interest rate to a whopping 30% APR." Her rant went viral, and BofA dropped her rate back to its original 12.99%.

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Rep. Barney Frank hopes a new consumer protection agency can curb credit card fees.

2. New Fees

Fees aren't just rising -- they're multiplying. Cardholders are getting slapped with fees they've never seen before.
The hitch: New laws can address only existing fees and business practices; they can't predict what credit card companies will do in the future.

"Theoretically, they could create a fee for names that begin with 'J,'" said Lowcards.com's Hardekopf.

In reality, customers are seeing new annual fees, inactivity charges and more. Not of these charges are unheard of, but many fees that were unusual are becoming commonplace.

Earlier this month, for instance, some Bank of America customers were shocked to learn that their no-fee credit cards would be subject to a new annual fee.

BofA spokeswoman Betty Riess said the fees are part of a company test that affects 0.5% of all consumer accounts, and that the fees range from $29-$99.

The charges will be levied in February, and Riess said customers were chosen "based on risk and profitability" but have the option to reject the fees by canceling their accounts.

Fifth Third Bank recently introduced a $19 inactivity fee for customers who don't charge anything for 12 months, and Citibank is hitting some consumers with a fee if they put less than $2,400 on their card annually.

To address this problem, House Financial Services Committee Barney Frank (D-Mass.) has proposed a new regulatory body, the Consumer Financial Protection Agency, which would approve new credit card fees. While the House Financial Service Committee approved the agency, it remains to be seen whether legislation will pass; lawmakers are battling over this and other reform proposals floating around Washington.

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3. Higher Minimum Monthly Payments

Banks are also demanding bigger and bigger minimum payments. Chase has bumped up the minimum payment for some consumers to 5% of the monthly balance from 2%.

For someone who carries a $5,000 balance, that means the monthly payment of $100 skyrockets to $250 -- a whopping 150% increase.

Consumer Union's Pamela Banks says her organization has compiled a wealth of anecdotal evidence that indicates such increases in minimum monthly payments are widespread.

"This is making payments virtually impossible for some people," she said. "It's throwing people off when they were living on a tight budget anyway."

Some good news is on the way, however. After February, card companies won't be able to increase monthly minimum payments by more than 100%. For example, a bank cannot increase a 2% minimum payment to any higher than 4%. And this so-called "doubling" will be allowed only once during the life of the card.

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4. Fewer Rewards

Say goodbye to beach vacations and new iPods just for swiping your card.

Rewards programs have been enticing shoppers to charge a purchase rather than paying cash -- but card issuers are cutting back those perks.

"This is happening with a significant amount of cards," Hardekopf said, adding that many consumers are now receiving 1% cash back instead of the 2% or 3% they once enjoyed.

American Express recently cut its Blue Card's cash back policy from 1.5% to 1.25%. And all AmEx customers who make a late payment will no longer accrue points on their purchases -- however, those points can be reinstated with a $29 fee.

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5. Slashed Credit Limits and Canceled Accounts

Without so much as a call from the bank, some customers are learning their credit limits have been slashed by as much as 75%, or that their accounts have been closed altogether, according to the Center for Responsible Lending's Josh Frank.

Citibank recently closed what a spokesman called a "limited number" of MasterCard gas cards co-branded with Citgo, ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips and Shell.

"People go to make a purchase, and they find out about these huge changes only when they're denied," Frank said. "It's a shock, and it's been happening a lot."

Even cardholders who don't charge anything might find their accounts abruptly closed, Frank said. With credit losses at a record high, companies see inactive cards as a red flag and close the accounts to avoid the worry of future writedowns.

"Usually cardholders have this credit line available for an emergency, for this kind of current economic situation," Frank said. "But now they're turning to it when they need it, and it's gone."

What's a Cardholder to Do?

Consumers must pay close attention to the terms of their contracts, staying alert to any changes.

"It's boring reading, and it can be hard to understand, but that's where everything is spelled out," said Lowcards.com's Hardekopf.

Of course, while there are laws aimed at helping consumers, legislation can't do it all.

"As we close the loopholes on some things, they open up elsewhere," said Consumer Union's Banks. "Reform acts don't cover everything, and cardholders have to watch out for their own accounts."

And if you don't like your credit card's new terms? "Shop around -- you are not married to your card," Hardekopf said. "It's a partnership, not a lifelong contract."
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Fall is in the Air

2009-10-26T15:26:00.000-07:00

Fall is in the air

Time for Halloween, State and Local Fairs, leaves changing colors and people starting to bundle up for the cold weather. Longer nights and short days. The college football season is at mid season. The pretenders will be separated from the contenders. Fall is some people favorite time of the year. Relief from the hot,sweltering summer days of June, July and August. Almost at the end of Hurricane Season. Fall a wonder to enjoy. The wind blowing thru the trees.

NBA Finals Game 2

2009-06-07T16:59:00.000-07:00

The Lakers won in convincing fashion to take game one of the Finals.

Kobe Bryant came with the emotion and hunger of a man who is committed to getting the job done.

The Orlando Magic laid an egg. Jameer Nelson was played too long in game one. The chemistry of the Magic went flat after about six minutes with Jameer Nelson in the game.
The Magic will bounce back in game two but will it be enough for the win? Dwight Howard needs more touches in game two. (Twenty touches tonight)

Magic have to defend the pick and roll better. The Magic players were getting caught trailing the offensive player to much.

Dwight needs to score at least 24 points and grab 15 rebounds tonight.

Kobe will score 34 points tonight.
The Lakers supporting players will need to play big again tonight to get the win.

2009 NBA FINALS HERE

2009-06-04T17:28:00.000-07:00

The NBA FINALS is finally here!!!

The Western Conference Finals and Eastern Conference Finals were much better.

Once again some numbers of this year’s Finals.

30 Finals appearance for the Los Angeles Lakers. 14 Championships for the Lakers seeking number 15.

1 Finals appearance for the Orlando Magic. 0 Championships seeking number 1.

Phil Jackson 11 Final appearance. 9 Championships for Phil. seeking number 10.

This should be an interesting Final to say the least.
One expected Finalist and one surprise Finalist.

The Lakers will get beat if they play the up and down at home and on the road mentality to get to the NBA FINALS.

If it’s a close game tonight watch out for the Magic to steal this game.

Phil Jackson coached teams are 43-0 when winning the first game of series!!!

The NBA machine got only one of their dream match teams to the NBA Finals.
Orlando was just a better overall team then the Cleveland Cavaliers.

What are your predictions on the series?
Most of the experts are picking the Lakers in 6 games?

NBA PLAYOFF 2009 Bracket

2009-04-22T16:09:00.001-07:00

Here is a bracket for you to follow your team in the playoffs. Courtesy of McDonald's

NBA Playoffs

2009-04-22T15:17:00.000-07:00

Well how has your NBA TEAM DONE AFTER THE FIRST TWO GAMES OF THE PLAYOFFS?
We have had a lot of blowout games. I don't care to watch games that are not exciting and boring. I can use my time better than that. With the entire top analyst picking the L.A. Lakers and Cleveland Cavaliers to reach the NBA Finals do we really need to watch these games? Let's just save the fans money and go straight to the NBA Finals. Not!!! The NBA is way too smart to do this? There is too much money to be made with the rest of the games (series) on the road to the NBA Finals. We all knew last year that Boston was the team to beat for the crown. This year we have a little more options. The NBA marketing machine is promoting to the fans appetite for Lakers versus Cavaliers. Kobe Bryant versus Lebron James.

Here is one blowout game for example the Atlanta Hawks versus the Miami Heat game one on Sunday night. The Heat left their game in South Beach on Sunday Night. The story from the Heat camp was that their 2 captains forbid players to go out and sample the nightlife in Atlanta while there for the first two playoff games. D-Wade had a subpar game himself only scoring 19 points. Let's give Atlanta credit for the defense game plan they played to perfection on Sunday night.

D-WADE RESPONDS TO GAME 1 DEFEAT

I know Wade can play better than this. I got to see D Wade play against Orlando Magic in Feb where he dropped Fifty on Orlando for his then personal best scoring game. This was my first time seeing Dwayne Wade and Dwight Howard in person. Dwight Howard had thirty two points on that night as well.

NBA Playoffs Start

2009-04-18T12:43:00.000-07:00

The start of the NBA Playoffs is upon us finally. The Second season has begun.

Is the NBA paving a road for Lebron James to make it to the Finals for the second time?
It seems coincidental that Kevin Garnett is supposedly on the shelf for Boston the rest of the playoffs. Now Boston will have an excuse if they lose before reaching the NBA Finals or Eastern conference Finals. Let's think back to the beginning of the year all the talk was Lebron James is going to New York in 2010 to play for a bigger market team. Lebron does not have a strong enough supporting cast to help him win the NBA Title. I admit the talking about his free agency was stupid because Lebron had another whole year (season) to play. Oh what a difference a season makes for the Cleveland Cavaliers! I want you to think about all the records the Cavaliers have set this year. Best Record in the league(Home Court Advantage throughout the playoffs, Tied Best Home Record ever with the OLD Boston Celtics, Best ever SEASON RECORD FOR A Cavaliers Team,etc.(History in the Making) I have nothing against the Cavaliers. I glad that they have accomplished these feats! I want you to notice now in all the major sports that every time you turn around history is being made.
Now let's say for the sake of argument that Lebron James and Cleveland win the title this year. Does Lebron stay in Cleveland now that he has won a NBA Title? We will see. It should be interesting either way.
Strong contenders for the title this year on the East side Boston, Cleveland, Orlando. Strong Contenders on the West side L.A., Spurs, Denver, Houston.
Even losing to the Bulls today Boston should come back and beat the Bulls in the First Round of the playoffs.

Are you A Candian Citizen?

2009-04-17T17:24:00.000-07:00

* APRIL 17, 2009

Canada Issues a Wake-Up Call: You May Be a Citizen

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By PHRED DVORAK

Thanks to a new law, Canada will bestow citizenship Friday on what its government believes could be hundreds of thousands of unsuspecting foreigners, most of them Americans.

The April 17 amendment to Canada's Citizenship Act automatically restores Canadian nationality to many people forced to renounce it when they became citizens of another country. It also grants citizenship to their children.

In the video 'Waking Up Canadian,' a man goes to sleep in a drab room and wakes up to find out that he's become a citizen of Canada. Surrounded by flags, maple-leaf-shaped cookies and a canister of maple syrup, he's welcomed by a hockey player, two plush moose and a uniformed Mountie.
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The Canadian government doesn't know the precise number or location of individuals affected by the legislation. But it believes most are U.S. citizens, a spokeswoman for Canada's immigration office said. U.S. Department of Homeland Security records show 240,000 Canadians were naturalized in the U.S. from 1948 to 1977; the new law fixes problems that occurred during those years.

To reach that amorphous group of beneficiaries, the Canadian government has turned to YouTube. It's running an ad there titled "Waking up Canadian," in which a man awakens on April 17 to a room festooned with red-and-white Canadian flags. He's met by a welcoming committee consisting of two stuffed plush moose, a hockey player, and a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

Eligible individuals automatically become Canadian citizens. But they don't get proof of that citizenship unless they apply for it, meaning other countries -- including those that allow people to be citizens of only one nation -- won't be alerted, according to the immigration office spokeswoman. Those people also may renounce their citizenship rights, she said.

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Canada is using YouTube to tout a new law granting citizenship to unsuspecting foreigners, many of whom are Americans.
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The citizenship bonanza is the byproduct of a decadeslong struggle by a motley group of people who claim they were unfairly denied or lost their Canadian nationality. Canadian families who crossed the border in 1947 to 1977 to have their babies in a U.S. hospital found those children weren't recognized as Canadians unless the families registered them with the government. Some foreign brides of Canadian World War II servicemen lost their citizenship if they stayed out of the country for a decade or more.

Then there are the Canadian Mennonites who moved to Mexico in the 1920s to the 1960s. When their children and grandchildren returned to Canada, many found their nationality unclear.

Some such cases languished in litigation for years. Others surfaced in 2007, when new U.S. rules requiring passports for travel between Canada and the U.S. uncovered significant numbers of people who thought they were Canadian, but weren't. The old rules were "quite intricate," said Bill Janzen, an immigration lobbyist in Ottawa for the Mennonite Central Committee of Canada.

The new law offers citizenship to many individuals now in limbo. It also stops the previous practice of granting citizenship in perpetuity to children of Canadians born abroad, limiting eligibility to children of parents born in Canada.

Write to Phred Dvorak at phred.dvorak@wsj.com
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Benefits of EXERCISE

2009-04-17T14:53:00.000-07:00

Master Recap

2009-04-17T13:46:00.000-07:00

The Masters ended regulation play with a three way tie with the score of 12 under par. It should have never made it two a play off. Kenny Perry was up 2 shots with two holes two play and he gave away the lead by making two bogeys. I wish we could have a device on the player’s head that would show us what they are thinking in the pressure situation? How much are they thinking? We know that too much thinking kills an athlete chance of winning. Elite athlete's tells us about being in the zone where there is not much thinking but reacting to what is going on around you.(environment) I can attest to being in the zone myself. I have reached the zone in playing basketball, tennis and volleyball. It is a feeling of ultimate peace and time seems to slow down almost as everything is in slow motion and you have all the time in the world not thinking about the sport but reacting to the situation at hand.
I sure Kenny's mind went to thinking about winning the Masters and the thought tightened up his muscles to produce the bad swings that got him in trouble on the last two holes.

Once he tapped in on the first playoff hole with a par before the other two competitors he felt redeemed but Angel made a tremendous save to make par. Angel was in the trees after his first shot. Second shot hits trees and bounces into the fairway. Third shot on the green. Fourth shot in the cup from at least ten feet away. Then you could see the surprise on Kenny Perry face when Angel Cabrera made the shot. As we know the rest is History. Angel Cabrera becomes a two time major winner. Angel Cabrera is the first to win the Masters from Argentina.

2009 Masters

2009-04-09T13:05:00.000-07:00

The 2009 Masters from Augusta, GA is lined up to be a great tournament.

We have many story lines to follow at this year’s Masters. Can Padraig Harrington win a third major in a row? Will Phil Mickelson contend for the Title this year or Vijay Singh? Will another surprise winner emerge from the Masters field this year to win?
Will Tiger Woods win his Fifth Green Jacket in 2009? Will Greg Norman keep pace all four days to contend for the title and represent the older guys on tour? Let us watch and see what great story lines will unfold.

Tiger Woods served notice to all the naysayers who thought he would lose the number one ranking in the world. Tiger went on a magical run in the fourth round from six strokes down to win in the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando, Fl. Do we need to still doubt the fight and resolve of this man who won on a busted up leg against the greatest players in the world at last year’s 2008 U.S. Open.

Accident on I-1O Claims Life of College Student

2009-04-08T15:45:00.000-07:00

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Bethany Jean Murphy, 21, was killed Tuesday night in a crash on Interstate 10 at Baum Road.
Murphy was headed west in a 1998 Honda Civic at about 9:15 p.m. The car overturned after veering off the road onto the north shoulder. Murphy was ejected from the car and received fatal injuries as a result of the crash.
Murphy was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash, according to the FHP crash report.
Alcohol was not a factor. Bethany was a student at Florida State University and a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority.

We are sad to hear that another young life is lost to an accident. We send condolences out to her family and friends. You never know when your life could end. If you have not been telling your loved ones you love them start now and mean it. Give them a hug also and a kiss on the cheek. Unfortunately this young lady want be able to do that anymore.

If you are a classmate, friend or family member we glad accept your comments. (Thoughts,Reflections,Story,etc....)

Harold and Kumar Star Actor Kal Penn to White House

2009-04-07T14:25:00.000-07:00

Actor Kal Penn joins White House team
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WASHINGTON – The White House has hired actor Kal Penn as a liaison between President Barack Obama's administration and Asian constituents.

White House spokesman Shin Inouye said Tuesday that the actor who had a recurring role on Fox's TV show "House" and has starred in several movies would join the staff as an associate director in the Office of Public Liaison. His role will be to connect Obama with the Asian-American and Pacific Islander communities, as well as arts groups.

Penn starred as Kumar in the movie, "Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay." His "House" character committed suicide in Monday's episode.

Penn backed Obama during the campaign. The White House says a start date for Penn hasn't been set.

The hire was first reported by Entertainment Weekly.

The White house is trying to reach out to all ethnic Americans in the United States.
It will be interesting to see what role Kal Penn will have to play on the world stage in this administration.

InfoBlogmedia would like to know what you think of this new hire and can he be effective in getting the point across that the White House Administration gives him to do?

For Your Health-Cancer Update

2009-04-04T02:10:00.000-07:00

Cancer Update from Johns-Hopkins

On the Ellen show, Sheryl Crow said this is what caused her breast
cancer. It has been identified as the most common cause of the high levels of dioxin in breast cancer tissue.

Sheryl Crow's oncologist told her: women should not drink bottled water that has been left in a car.

The heat reacts with the chemicals in the plastic of the bottle which releases dioxin into the water. Dioxin is a toxin increasingly found in breast cancer tissue.

So please be careful and do not drink bottled water that has been left in a car. Pass this on to all the women in your life.
This information is the kind we need to know that just might save us!
Use a stainless steel canteen or a glass bottle instead of plastic!

LET EVERYONE WHO HAS A WIFE or GIRLFRIEND or
DAUGHTER KNOW PLEASE!

This information is also being circulated at
Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

No plastic containers in microwave. No water bottles in freezer No
plastic wrap in microwave. A dioxin chemical causes cancer, especially breast cancer.

Dioxins are highly poisonous to the cells of our bodies. Don't freeze your plastic bottles with water in them as this releases dioxins from the plastic.

Recently, Edward Fujimoto, Wellness Program Manager at Castle Hospital , was on a TV program to explain this health hazard.

He talked about dioxins and how bad they are for us. He said
that we should not be heating our food in the microwave using plastic
containers... This especially applies to foods that contain fat.

He said that the combination of fat, high heat,=2 0and plastic releases dioxin into the food and ultimately into the cells of the body... Instead, he recommends using glass, such as Corning Ware, Pyrex or ceramic containers for heating food.... You get the same results, only without the dioxin.

So such things as TV dinners, instant ramen and soups, etc., should be
removed from the container and heated in something else.
Paper isn't bad but you don't know what is in the paper. It's just
safer to use tempered glass,& nbsp; Corning Ware, etc.

He reminded us that a while ago some of the fast food restaurants moved away from the foam containers to paper. The dioxin problem is one of the reasons...

Also, he pointed out that plastic wrap, such as Saran wrap,
is just as dangerous when placed over foods to be cooked in the microwave. As the food is nuked, the high heat causes poisonous toxins to actually melt out of the plastic wrap and drip into the food.
Cover food with a paper towel instead.

This is an article that should be sent To anyone important in Your
life!

We at InfoBlogmedia would love to get your take on this article.

Audrina First Starring Movie Role

2009-03-30T12:10:00.001-07:00

This is Audrina first lead role in a film. The actress from the "Hills" show is branching out to expand her acting career. 'Into the Blue 2 ' was casted by casting director Paul Weber of MGM STUDIOS. How will she do in replacing Jessica Alba? We will get to find out when the movie premieres.

AVP TOUR in Panama City Beach for Spring Break 2009

2009-03-24T07:40:00.000-07:00

AVP TOUR

Come check out the stars of the AVP Tour in Panama City Beach, Fl. Dates of the Matches are Friday March 27 through Sunday March 29. This is the first time that the AVP Tour has come to PCB during Spring Break and also first time to hold event in Panama City. So, let's come out and support the event with a big showing of fans. Hopefully this will become an annual event in Panama City. Bring the family to this fun filled event and enjoy!!!

See Olympic Gold Medalist champions from China compete at this event. As well as other Olympic medalist from China compete who won bronze and silver medals.

Friday, March 27, 2009

Men's and Women's Qualifier Competition
Gates open at 7:00 am
Start time 8:00 AM. End Time (Approx) 6:30 PM.
Saturday, March 28, 2009

Men's and Women's Main Draw Competition
Gates open at 7:00 am
Start time 8:00 AM. End Time (Approx) 6:30 PM.
Sunday, March 29, 2009

Men's and Women's Main Draw Competition
Gates open at 7:00 am
Start time 8:00 AM. End Time (Approx) 5:30 PM.

http://www.avp.com/

Sweet 16 and Elite 8 This weekend

2009-03-23T11:48:00.000-07:00

Well how did your team fair this weekend? Was your bracket torn to shambles? Are you leading your NCAA Tournament Bracket at work or online? If you are congratulations on your success in picking the first weeks games! Now you have time to study the remaining teams still left in the field. What was your biggest surprise of this weekend? Which game did you think was the most exciting? Which teams gave away their opportunity to win in the last three minutes of the game?

The 16 teams that are left in the field are listed below by region they will be playing in this coming weekend.

Don't forget to get your tickets to enjoy the games live!

NCAA Regional - Sweet 16 and Elite 8

Boston
Villanova vs Duke
Xavier vs Pittsburgh

Indianapolis
Kansas vs Michigan State
Louisville vs Arizona

Memphis
North Carolina vs Gonzaga
Oklahoma vs Syracuse

Phoenix
Memphis vs Missouri
Connecticut vs Purdue

Obama Address To Congress

2009-03-21T05:55:00.000-07:00

InfoBlogmedia found this article while research for more information.
We would like to know what you think about these articles points of interest and gladly welcome your comments and feedback on this article. Do you agree or disagree with this articles points made in it?

March 06, 2009
Deception at Core of Obama Plans
By Charles Krauthammer

WASHINGTON -- Forget the pork. Forget the waste. Forget the 8,570 earmarks in a bill supported by a president who poses as the scourge of earmarks. Forget the "$2 trillion dollars in savings" that "we have already identified," $1.6 trillion of which President Obama's budget director later admits is the "savings" of not continuing the surge in Iraq until 2019 -- 11 years after George Bush ended it, and eight years after even Bush would have had us out of Iraq completely.

Forget all of this. This is run-of-the-mill budget trickery. True, Obama's tricks come festooned with strings of zeros tacked onto the end. But that's a matter of scale, not principle.

All presidents do that. But few undertake the kind of brazen deception at the heart of Obama's radically transformative economic plan, a rhetorical sleight of hand so smoothly offered that few noticed.

The logic of Obama's address to Congress went like this:

"Our economy did not fall into decline overnight," he averred. Indeed, it all began before the housing crisis. What did we do wrong? We are paying for past sins in three principal areas: energy, health care, and education -- importing too much oil and not finding new sources of energy (as in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and the Outer Continental Shelf?), not reforming health care, and tolerating too many bad schools.

The "day of reckoning" has now arrived. And because "it is only by understanding how we arrived at this moment that we'll be able to lift ourselves out of this predicament," Obama has come to redeem us with his far-seeing program of universal, heavily nationalized health care; a cap-and-trade tax on energy; and a major federalization of education with universal access to college as the goal.

Amazing. As an explanation of our current economic difficulties, this is total fantasy. As a cure for rapidly growing joblessness, a massive destruction of wealth, a deepening worldwide recession, this is perhaps the greatest non sequitur ever foisted upon the American people.

At the very center of our economic near-depression is a credit bubble, a housing collapse and a systemic failure of the entire banking system. One can come up with a host of causes: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac pushed by Washington (and greed) into improvident loans, corrupted bond-ratings agencies, insufficient regulation of new and exotic debt instruments, the easy money policy of Alan Greenspan's Fed, irresponsible bankers pushing (and then unloading in packaged loan instruments) highly dubious mortgages, greedy house-flippers, deceitful homebuyers.

The list is long. But the list of causes of the collapse of the financial system does not include the absence of universal health care, let alone of computerized medical records. Nor the absence of an industry-killing cap-and-trade carbon levy. Nor the lack of college graduates. Indeed, one could perversely make the case that, if anything, the proliferation of overeducated, Gucci-wearing, smart-ass MBAs inventing ever more sophisticated and opaque mathematical models and debt instruments helped get us into this credit catastrophe in the first place.

And yet with our financial house on fire, Obama makes clear both in his speech and his budget that the essence of his presidency will be the transformation of health care, education and energy. Four months after winning the election, six weeks after his swearing in, Obama has yet to unveil a plan to deal with the banking crisis.

What's going on? "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste," said Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. "This crisis provides the opportunity for us to do things that you could not do before."

Things. Now we know what they are. The markets' recent precipitous decline is a reaction not just to the absence of any plausible bank rescue plan, but also to the suspicion that Obama sees the continuing financial crisis as usefully creating the psychological conditions -- the sense of crisis bordering on fear-itself panic -- for enacting his "Big Bang" agenda to federalize and/or socialize health care, education and energy, the commanding heights of post-industrial society.

Clever politics, but intellectually dishonest to the core. Health, education and energy -- worthy and weighty as they may be -- are not the cause of our financial collapse. And they are not the cure. The fraudulent claim that they are both cause and cure is the rhetorical device by which an ambitious president intends to enact the most radical agenda of social transformation seen in our lifetime.
letters@charleskrauthammer.com

Copyright 2009, Washington Post Writers Group

NCAA March Madness

2009-03-20T15:26:00.000-07:00

NCAA March Madness is finally upon us again.
Did your team make the tournament?
How has your bracket been affected by the early round upsets?
Will we have an exciting tournament finish with the overtime NCAA Championship game like last year?
Who is this year's Cinderella team?
Can any team match their run in the tournament like last year?
Who will be one of the young men to watch as the tournament unfolds?
How do you feel about President Obama picking the finally Four Teams in his personal bracket?
Will North Carolina fold under the pressure of being the pick of the President of The United States to win it all?
This is one of the most exciting times to watch college basketball!! I love this time of year for NCAA college basketball. It is David versus Goliath? The power house conferences against the smaller mid major conferences in the battle to be number one! We all get to root for the little guy to make waves in the tournament to try and level the playing field. Sit back and enjoy the battles until that one shining moment were the NCAA National Champion is crowned in early April.

2009-03-04T08:43:00.000-08:00

3-4-09
Get Low movie shooting in Atlanta.

They are filming the big scene today at Picketts Mills Park in Dallas , Georgia. The 1930's film about a recluse man who stages his own funeral.
It is based on a true story. If you were an extra today in the shooting send us an email about your experiences. Was this your first major film to be an extra. Did you have a small supporting role in the film? We would love to hear your comments as well.
The movie stars ROBERT DUVALL , BILL MURRAY AND SISSY SPACEK.
These are three heavyweights in the film industry. We like all of the actors in their different roles that they have played over the years.
If you have a favorite movie of the the actors above write an tell us what movie and why.
They ARE GIVING AWAY AUTOGRAPHS FROM THIS AMAZING CAST !!! AS WELL AS OTHER GOODIES INCLUDING FLAT SCREEN TVS!!

If you are a winner please send name and photo and we will post you on this website.
This is the first time these actors have worked together on a film.

Who's Blogging?

2009-03-02T13:27:00.000-08:00

Hello fellow blogger and readers of blogs.

The question of the day is who's blogging?

Is it a little old lady in her 90's blogging?
How about a stay at home mother? Or.
How about a young whiz kid?
How about a famous movie star?
How about a professional sports player?
The list could go on and on for days on end.
If you are one of these people listed above or fit in the list could go on and on blog a little reply to this question.

InfoBlogmedia is curious to know Who's Blogging..
Once we know who then we can follow up with different blogs on this subject.

Who's Blogging?

Welcome to InfoBlogmedia

2009-02-18T15:14:00.000-08:00

Welcome to InfoBlog Media

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The topics that InfoBlog Media will cover will change as needs arise. With Information that we receive from our subscribers to this blog and our own original content. So, lets take an exciting ride on the information superhighway together. You will not be disappointed as one of our goals is for the blog readers to learn at least one thing new everyday. InfoBlog Media encourages brain stimulating experiences for all your senses. As, we know that everybody doesn't learn the same way. We will try to bring content that will challenge hopefully all or parts of your senses.

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