Marco Rubio Says LeBron's Getting 2 Jerseys Retired Like Kobe http://amp.tmz.com/2017/12/27/marco-rubio-lebron-james-miami-heat-jersey-retire
Wednesday, December 27, 2017
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Thursday, December 21, 2017
Lil Wayne & Euro Drop Off New "Dedication 6" Remix "Blackin Out"
Yes, Apple Is Slowing Down Your Old iPhone. Here's Why—and How to Fix It
No holiday bonus for workers at this telecom company
Papa John's founder out as CEO weeks after NFL comments - WDRB 41 Louisville News
Wednesday, December 20, 2017
Sunday, December 17, 2017
Verse of the day James 1:17
17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
James 1:17 KJV
https://bible.com/bible/1/jas.1.17.KJV
Thursday, December 14, 2017
Amazon to start selling Apple TV and Google Chromecast
https://www.cnet.com/news/amazon-to-start-selling-apple-tv-and-google-chromecast/
Guess they need that YouTube app on the FireTV products...
Tuesday, December 12, 2017
Sunday, December 10, 2017
Friday, December 08, 2017
Quote of the day
For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
Isaiah 41:13 KJV
https://bible.com/bible/1/isa.41.13.kjv
Wednesday, December 06, 2017
Ryan Reynolds to Star in Pokemon Movie 'Detective Pikachu'
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ryan-reynolds-star-pokemon-movie-detective-pikachu-1065206
Sunday, December 03, 2017
Thursday, November 30, 2017
HDMI 2.1 spec released, ushering in new era of dynamic HDR video
In spite of a version number that suggests it's only a minor update, the spec represents a significant step up from HDMI 2.0. Underpinning everything is a new cable, the Ultra High Speed HDMI Cable, that supports data transfer rates of 48 gigabits per second. The new cables are backward compatible with older HDMI specs—they use the same actual plugs and sockets—but support substantially faster connections than the 18Gb/s of HDMI 2.0, let alone the 10.2Gb/s of HDMI 1.4.
What can you do with all that bandwidth? More resolution, higher frame rates, and more color depth. With the new cabling, HDMI can support uncompressed 4K video at up to 120 frames per second, with high dynamic range color with up to 12 bits per channel. Cut back in one or more areas and you can push further in others; limit your framerate to 30fps, and the spec will support uncompressed 8K 12-bit video; use chroma subsampling and it can hit 60fps at the same resolution and color depth.
HDMI 2.1 also allows video streams to go beyond the 48Gb/s limit with a new feature called Display Stream Compression. This feature compresses the video stream on the fly, allowing for notional data rates of up to 128Gb/s, for chroma subsampled 120fps 12-bit HDR 8K video. And if 8K isn't enough pixels for you, there are a number of 10K formats supported for a 10,240×4,320 resolution, intended for specialized commercial applications.
Full Article here
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
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Friday, November 24, 2017
Derrick Rose reportedly leaves Cavs; Basketball future up in the air
https://sports.yahoo.com/report-derrick-rose-leaves-cavs-evaluating-future-basketball-192108117.html
Tuesday, November 21, 2017
Saturday, November 18, 2017
Hiromi Tsuru, Bulma's Japanese voice actress just passed away
https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2017/nov/17/hiromi-tsuru-bulmas-japanese-voice-actress-dead-57/
Thursday, November 16, 2017
Keystone pipeline leaks 210K gallons of oil in South Dakota
AMHERST, S.D. (AP) -- TransCanada Corp.'s Keystone pipeline leaked an estimated 210,000 gallons of oil onto agricultural land in northeastern South Dakota, the company and state regulators said Thursday, but state officials don't believe the leak polluted any surface water bodies or drinking water systems.
Crews shut down the pipeline Thursday morning and activated emergency response procedures after a drop in pressure was detected resulting from the leak south of a pump station in Marshall County, TransCanada said in a statement. The cause was being investigated.
Discovery of the leak comes just days before Nebraska regulators are scheduled to announce their decision Monday whether to approve the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline, an expansion that would boost the amount of oil TransCanada is now shipping through the existing line, which is known simply as Keystone. The expansion has faced fierce opposition from environmental groups, American Indian tribes and some landowners.
Brian Walsh, an environmental scientist manager at the South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources, said the state has sent a staff member to the site of the leak in a rural area near the border with North Dakota about 250 miles (402 kilometers) west of Minneapolis.
"Ultimately, the cleanup responsibility lies with TransCanada, and they'll have to clean it up in compliance with our state regulations," Walsh said.
TransCanada said in its statement that it expected the pipeline to remain shut down as the company responds to the leak. It did not offer a time estimate, and a spokesman didn't immediately return a telephone message from The Associated Press.
The federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration didn't immediately return an email requesting additional information from The AP. Since 2010, companies have reported 17 spills bigger than the leak announced Thursday, topping 210,000 gallons (5,000 barrels) of crude oil or refined petroleum products, according to U.S. Department of Transportation records.
The existing Keystone pipeline transports crude from Canada to refineries in Illinois and Oklahoma, passing through the eastern Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri. It can handle nearly 600,000 barrels daily, or about 23 million gallons. TransCanada says on its website that the company has safely transported more than 1.5 billion barrels of oil, or about 63 billion gallons, through the system since operations began in 2010.
President Donald Trump issued a federal permit for the expansion project in March even though it had been rejected by the Obama administration. The Keystone XL project would move crude oil from Alberta, Canada, across Montana and South Dakota to Nebraska, where it would connect with existing pipelines feeding refineries along the Gulf Coast.
Kent Moeckly, a member of conservation and family agriculture group Dakota Rural Action, who opposed the Keystone pipeline, said he drove to land he owns near the site of the spill Thursday.
"There's a heck of a south wind up here today, and man it just stunk of crude oil," said Moeckly, whose property is crossed by the pipeline. "A mile away, but I'll tell you it was like it was next door."
A leak and spill in southeastern South Dakota in April 2016 prompted a weeklong shutdown of the pipeline. TransCanada estimated that just under 17,000 gallons (405 barrels) of oil spilled onto private land during that leak. Federal regulators said an "anomaly" on a weld on the pipeline was to blame. No waterways or aquifers were affected.
TransCanada said at the time that the leak was the first detected on the pipeline since it began operating, though there had been leaks at pumping stations. One of those leaks happened in southeastern North Dakota in May 2011, when 14,000 gallons (333 barrels) spilled after a valve failed at a pumping station near the South Dakota border.
Sierra Club Beyond Dirty Fuels campaign director Kelly Martin said in a statement that the only way to protect against leaks in the future is for Nebraska to reject the Keystone XL pipeline.
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
Monday, November 13, 2017
‘Lord of the Rings’ Series Moving Forward at Amazon With Multi-Season Production Commitment
The three film adaptations of “The Lord of the Rings,” from New Line Cinema and director Peter Jackson, earned a combined gross of nearly $6 billion worldwide. The cast included Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Sean Astin and Orlando Bloom. The film trilogy also garnered a combined 17 Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
Saturday, November 11, 2017
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Monday, October 23, 2017
Justin Timberlake to do Superbowl LII
Friday, October 20, 2017
A liberal is a conservative whose house just flooded
One man, who described himself as an evangelical Christian and conservative Republican, had a poignant comment on this dilemma: “It’s a Catch-22 kind of thing,” he said. “Do you want to build your economy, or do you want to save the world?”
Well, environmentalists have to take their victories where they find them. A hurricane is a blunt instrument for getting voters’ attention, but, by analogy to the famous aphorism of the 1960s — “A conservative is a liberal who just got mugged” — perhaps tomorrow’s liberal is a conservative whose house just flooded.
But let’s try to help out the Washington Post’s man in the street, starting with the observation that the economy of the future will increasingly be built on renewable energy. As it happens, Texas ranks first in the nation for wind-power generation, with nearly 12,000 turbines that in addition to electricity, have generated more than 22,000 jobs. That is, of course, a small fraction of oil and gas employment in the state, but the petroleum industry enjoyed a hundred-year head start — and while only a few states have significant oil and gas production, the wind blows and the sun shines everywhere, creating renewable-energy jobs in such states as Iowa and Vermont.
Those in a position of leadership who refuse to take action on climate change follow in the footsteps of Louis XV, one of France’s Bourbon kings, who surveyed his restive kingdom and commented, “After me, the deluge.” Louis meant it figuratively, but the deluges we face today are actual. The story brings to mind President Trump trying to finish a round of golf before the next hurricane dumps three feet of rain on his head.
Maybe the problem is just that solipsism is the default human condition. Former Sen. Bob Dole of Kansas, on most issues an orthodox conservative Republican of the pre-tea party era, was known for his advocacy for the disabled. This was an issue that sometimes put him at odds with his own party, notably a few years ago, when his erstwhile Republican colleagues voted down approval of the United Nations treaty on disability rights, after the long-retired Dole made a personal appeal in its favor on the Senate floor.
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Wednesday, October 18, 2017
P.F Chang's free sushi day is Thursday October 26th!
Sunday, October 15, 2017
Academy Expels Harvey Weinstein
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has expelled disgraced mogul Harvey Weinstein from its ranks.
The Academy’s 54-member board of governors — which includes such Hollywood luminaries as Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, Whoopi Goldberg and Kathleen Kennedy — held an emergency meeting Saturday at the organization’s Beverly Hills headquarters and voted to strip away Weinstein’s lifetime membership.
Full article here
Friday, October 13, 2017
Verse of the day
Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone else.
1 Thessalonians 5:15 NIV
http://bible.com/111/1th.5.15.NIV
Thursday, October 12, 2017
Rose McGowan Says Harvey Weinstein Raped Her, Amazon Looked Other Way
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
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Saturday, October 07, 2017
Romance Radio Host Delilah Announces Her Son Zachariah Has Died of Suicide
On Saturday afternoon, syndicated romance radio host Delilah announced on Facebook that her son Zachariah had taken his life.
“My dear friends, I need to share some devastating news with you. In the early morning hours, Tuesday, October 3, my son Zachariah, took his life,” she wrote to her 1.4 million fans.
“He was being treated, counseled, and embraced fiercely by family and friends while battling depression for some time now. My heart is broken beyond repair and I can not fathom how to go on…but I have to believe he is at peace with the Lord and that God will get us through,” she continued.
“I will be absent from the radio and on social media for a time as I grieve and try to process this loss with my family. In the meantime we’ll be playing some of my favorite shows from the recent past. I’ll look forward to my return, as you all lift me up so very much,” she added. “Please pray for my beloved Zacky, and I will pray for all suffering from this debilitating disease called depression.”
Unfortunately, this is not the first child Delilah has lost. The mother of 13 previously lost her son Sammy, who died in 2012 from complications of sickle-cell anemia.
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Friday, October 06, 2017
Birth control: Major blow to Obamacare mandate
Updated 12:11 PM ET, Fri October 6, 2017
(CNN) - In a blow to Obamacare's controversial contraceptive mandate, employers may now have more leeway to withhold birth control coverage on religious grounds, according to new rules issued by the US Department of Health and Human Services on Friday.
The rules would let a broad range of employers -- including nonprofits, private firms and publicly traded companies -- stop offering free contraceptives through their health insurance plans if they have a "sincerely held religious or moral objection," senior agency officials said on a call about the implementation and enforcement of the new rules.
This could apply to the roughly 200 entities that have participated in about 50 lawsuits over birth control coverage, according to the agency, which said that "99.9% of women" who currently receive birth control through the contraceptive mandate would not be affected. At the time of the call, it was unclear how the administration arrived at this data point.
But policy experts argue that this could open the door to hundreds of employers dropping coverage.
This is the latest in a series of moves that undermine an Obamacare mandate requiring that birth control be covered with no co-pay as a preventive essential health benefit.
Over 55 million US women have birth control coverage with zero out-of-pocket costs, according to the National Women's Law Center. The mandate saved women an estimated $1.4 billion on birth control pills alone in 2013, according to the center.
"There is no way to know how many women will be affected," said Alina Salganicoff, director of women's health policy at the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonprofit that focuses on health policy research and communications.
"HHS leaders under the current administration are focused on turning back the clock on women's health," Dr. Haywood L. Brown, president of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, said in a statement. "Reducing access to contraceptive coverage threatens to reverse the tremendous progress our nation has made in recent years in lowering the unintended pregnancy rate."
Brown said that weakening contraception coverage could also take a toll on maternal mortality, community health and economic stability of women and families.
The move comes more than three years after the US Supreme Court ruled that "closely held corporations" -- in that case, Hobby Lobby -- could be exempt from providing certain kinds of birth control to their employees.
What has been a limited exemption for churches and religious organizations now broadens to include a number of nonprofit and for-profit organizations that object to contraceptive coverage on religious and moral grounds.
The latest announcement builds upon an executive order in May claiming "to protect and vigorously promote religious liberty" by providing "regulatory relief" for organizations that object on religious grounds to Obamacare coverage requirements for certain health services, including contraception.
"We will never, ever stand for religious discrimination. Never, ever," President Donald Trump said at the time.
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Wednesday, October 04, 2017
Verse of the day
And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
Hebrews 13:16 NIV
http://bible.com/111/heb.13.16.NIV
--Jeremy
Monday, October 02, 2017
Tom Petty, Rock Iconoclast Who Led the Heartbreakers, Dead at 66
Tom Petty, the dynamic and iconoclastic frontman who led the band the Heartbreakers, died Monday. He was found unconscious, not breathing and in full cardiac arrest at his Malibu home Sunday night, according to TMZ, and rushed to the hospital and placed on life support. EMTs were able to find a pulse when they found him, but TMZ reported that the hospital found no brain activity when he arrived. A decision was made to pull life support. CBSconfirmed Petty's death. He was 66. Article
--Jeremy
Las Vegas strip shooting: More than 50 dead, 200 injured after gunman opens fire near Mandalay Bay casino
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/active-shooter-situation-las-vegas-police-060406234--abc-news-topstories.html
Such a horrible tragedy!
--Jeremy
Saturday, September 30, 2017
Firefox Quantum 57 for developers
Try out the new version of Firefox (code name Quantum). It is much faster than the current build with new enhancements.
Click here to download the BETA version of Firefox 57
Friday, September 29, 2017
Thursday, September 28, 2017
Trump waives U.S. shipping restrictions for Puerto Rico
RIP Hugh Hefner
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Is there anything better than freshly baked banana bread?!
Apple's iPhone X to boast 2,716mAh battery, 3GB of RAM, Chinese regulatory filing shows
http://iphone.appleinsider.com/articles/17/09/26/apples-iphone-x-to-boast-2716mah-battery-3gb-of-ram-chinese-regulatory-filing-shows
--Jeremy
IT sequel gets a release date: Sept 6th 2019
Monday, September 25, 2017
Raging demon is so 90s
Fitbit releasing it's Ionic smartwatch on Oct 1st. MSRP $300
--Jeremy
So.....Equifax hired an identity protection company before the hack was released so they could profit
https://investor.equifax.com/news-and-events/news/2017/08-11-2017-005951319
Very disgusted right now. They should all be thrown in prison or at the very least fine until all are poor with bad credit.
--Jeremy
Sunday, September 24, 2017
Pumpkin Spice or Strawberry
Carmelo Anthony traded to OKC
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/20793572/carmelo-anthony-messy-painful-complicated-legacy-new-york-knicks-nba
Whew! It's going to be a great season.
--Jeremy
How many athletes will take a knee later today?
--Jeremy
Saturday, September 23, 2017
Happy Birthday to my lil cuzzo Adri!
Friday, September 22, 2017
Video Shows Huntington Beach Police Officer Fatally Shooting Man Outside 7-Eleven (Warning: Graphic Content)
http://ktla.com/2017/09/22/video-shows-huntington-beach-police-officer-shooting-man-outside-7-eleven/
This is pretty sad. Excessive force much???
https://twitter.com/Cali_Funk1/status/911268573170999296
@Cali_Funk1: Live updates @ABC7 @OCHAWKNEWS #shooting #Huntingtonbeach https://t.co/NFUP1M9mkN
--Jeremy
Thursday, September 21, 2017
I'll make a man out of you!
Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Another huge earthquake in Mexico; Another huge Hurricane hitting the Caribbean...Is the world ending?!
Updated info on Cat5 Hurricane Maria!
What the hell is going on this year?! Is the rapture coming??
Sunday, September 17, 2017
Hurricane Maria Forecast to Pose a Potentially Serious Threat to Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands
Saturday, September 16, 2017
Update on London train bombing attack
CNN) - The blast of an improvised bomb Friday on a London Underground train brings the number of terror incidents in the United Kingdom this year to at least five.
The explosion, which injured more than two dozen people during the morning rush, is being treated as terrorism, London's Metropolitan Police said.
"My thoughts are with those injured at Parsons Green and emergency services who are responding bravely to this terrorist incident," UK Prime Minister Theresa May said in a message tweeted by Downing Street.
Here are the five terror events that have unfolded in 2017 in the UK:
March 22: Westminster Bridge vehicle attack and stabbing
Khalid Masood drove a rental car into pedestrians on London's Westminster Bridge before exiting the vehicle and stabbing a police officer to death at the entrance to Parliament, police said. Four other people died as a result of the rampage, and 50 people were injured.
Masood, 52-year-old British man, was shot dead by other officers.
He acted alone, police said, but may have been inspired by ISIS.
May 22: Manchester bombing
A bomb exploded just outside Britain's Manchester Arena as people were leaving an Ariana Grande concert. Twenty-two people, including children, were killed in the terror attack.
The bomber, Salman Abedi, a 22-year-old a British national of Libyan descent, also was killed, police said. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack.
June 3: London Bridge and Borough Market attack
Three men drove a van into pedestrians on London Bridge before going on a stabbing rampage at bars at nearby Borough Market.
The attack killed eight people and injured more than 40 others. The attackers were shot dead by police.
Police named the attackers as Khuram Shazad Butt, 27; Rachid Redouane, 30; and Youssef Zaghba, 22.
ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack, though the group provided no evidence for its involvement.
Butt is believed to have associated with the outlawed radical Islamist group al-Muhajiroun, co-founded by notorious hate preacher Anjem Choudary. Butt was considered a potential threat to British security and was still under active investigation at the time he carried out the deadly assault, counterterrorism sources told CNN.
June 19: Van hits pedestrians outside mosque
A man drove a van into a group of pedestrians who had attended late-night Ramadan prayers at London's Finsbury Park Mosque, police said, killing one man and injuring 11 other people.
Police arrested Darren Osborne, 47, a resident of Cardiff in Wales, on suspicion of murder and terrorism offenses.
September 15: Blast on London Underground train
An improvised bomb detonated on London Underground commuter train at about 8:20 a.m. local time at the Parsons Green station in central London, police said.
More than 25 people were treated at hospitals for injuries, most apparently the result of flash burns, Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley said.
"We now assess that this was a detonation of an improvised explosive device," he said at a news conference.
Asked by a reporter if police had any information about the perpetrator, Rowley said: "It's a live investigation."
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Thursday, September 14, 2017
Steven A. Smith goes off on ESPN for ranking Melo
This is why I don't watch ESPN anymore... A disgrace. They ranked Lonzo Ball ahead of Melo???! WTF! 🤣
Apple failed to wow us with 'Face ID'
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/really-happened-apples-face-id-fail-onstage-181213050.html
What a PR nightmare. Steve Jobs is rolling in his grave right now.
Wednesday, September 13, 2017
6 DEAD IN FL NURSING HOME DUE TO NO POWER FROM HURRICANE IRMA
EDIT: Now the count is up to 8 :(
Hurricanes are getting stronger...maybe because of climate change?!
As I sit here eating lunch contemplating the devastation left from Hurricane Harvey and Irma, I can only guess that it is only going to worse each year. This was the first time 2 CAT4 hurricanes hit the Continental U.S and that is something to be said of climate change. Yes, I understand that a lot of people do not believe in climate change but the science is there. These storms would not have had the power and intensity if the water in the Atlantic and gulf was cooler. Sigh, I guess I'll end my rant here and pray for the best.
Monday, September 11, 2017
Hurricane Irma post update!
Well that was definitely a scary 24 hours! Thank God we survived the brunt of the storm and everything is still intact. Hopefully Hurricane Jose stays in the Atlantic.
Sunday, September 10, 2017
Hurricane Irma directly impacting Florida! 8:50pm update
Hurricane Irma makes landfall on Florida Keys 10:00am update
https://weather.com/storms/hurricane-central/irma-2017/AL112017
Stay up to date with the most current tracking
Saturday, September 09, 2017
Hurricane Irma approaches South Florida
Tuesday, September 05, 2017
Sunday, September 03, 2017
North Korea tests H-bomb in the 1 megaton range
Saturday, September 02, 2017
Taking a stroll at Disney Springs
Taking a stroll at Disney Springs. They really have transformed the space into something for the whole family.
Friday, September 01, 2017
Free Museum day on Sept. 23rd!! Register for tickets now!
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/museumday/museum-day-live-2017/tickets/
President Trump proclaims Sept. 3rd, 2017 as a national day of prayer
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/903705867891204096
@realDonaldTrump: 'President Donald J. Trump Proclaims September 3, 2017, as a National Day of Prayer' #HurricaneHarvey #PrayForTexas http://45.wh.gov/PrayForTexas pbs.twimg.com/amplify_video_thumb/903700202967715841/img/1PYBF4j7XgfvhCJl.jpg