Thursday, April 25, 2013

U.S. female sailor beats Dubai rapist bus driver into submission - Washington Times

http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/apr/25/us-female-sailor-beats-dubai-rapist-bus-driver-sub

" An off-duty U.S. navy sailor wrestled a Dubai bus driver to the ground and beat him into submission after he tried to rape her at knifepoint on Jan. 19, a courtroom heard Wednesday.

Prosecutors said that she knocked the knife from his hand, broke it in two, bit him in the hand, forced him to the ground and locked him between her thighs, the Daily Mail reports."

Monday, April 22, 2013

Culture shock


How to cook Country and Classic omelets, the French way, with Jacques Pepin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57afEWn-QDg&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Then, there's omelets the Indian way:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNQ886KNw10&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Watch them back to back

Sunday, April 21, 2013

Vanity Fair: Coachella, Week Two: How to Fake Your Way Through

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/vanity-fair/coachella-week-two-how-to_b_3101254.html

" The more your anecdotes sound like an acid dream, the more realistic they will appear. Case in point: shooting paint-covered tennis balls at a pool party where Katy Perry was petting an alligator while wearing a matching Salvador DalĂ­–emblazoned skirt and bikini top and other guests were eating Patron popsicles while getting a complimentary mani/pedi and a guy nicknamed DJ Mom Jeans played music was apparently a very real Coachella option."

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Facebook who?

As long as Facebook continues serving ads in its feed, which I get 3-4 of every day, I have zero interest in Facebook Home. I spend more time on Reddit than Facebook these days, anyways.

http://reviews.cnet.com/facebook-home/

Saturday, April 06, 2013

Definitive Link Confirms Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Transmits from Livestock to Humans

http://www.louise.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2882:definitive-link-confirms-antibiotic-resistant-bacteria-transmits-from-livestock-to-humans

" Today, Congresswoman Louise Slaughter (NY-25), the only microbiologist in Congress, reacted to a new study that conclusively identified transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from livestock to humans. Currently, MRSA kills more Americans each year than HIV/AIDS."
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Thursday, April 04, 2013

100 Websites You Should Know and Use (updated!) | TED Blog

http://blog.ted.com/2007/08/03/100_websites_yo/

In the spring of 2007, Julius Wiedemann, editor in charge at Taschen GmbH, gave a legendary TED University talk: an ultra-fast-moving ride through the "100 websites you should know and use." Six years later, it remains one of the most viewed TED blog posts ever. Time for an update? We think so. Below, the 2013 edition of the 100 websites to put on your radar and in your browser.

Key moments in Hewlett-Packard's recent history

http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/key-moments-hewlett-packards-recent-205929274.html

" Thursday: HP says Lane is stepping down as chairman, two weeks after a near ousting by shareholders. Hammergren and Thompson are also leaving. Board member Ralph V. Whitworth becomes interim chairman. Lane will stay on HP's board."

Roger Ebert dead at 70 after battle with cancer - Chicago Sun-Times

http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/17320958-418/roger-ebert-dies-at-70-after-battle-with-cancer.html

"In 2011 his autobiography, "Life Itself," won rave reviews. "This is the best thing Mr. Ebert has ever written," Janet Maslin wrote in The New York Times. It is, fittingly enough, being made into a documentary, produced by his longtime friend, Martin Scorsese."