Robert Fulford: Anselm Kiefer’s Palm FondMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 6:18PMOn Palm Sunday, which falls this year on March 28, churches pass out palm leaves to commemorate the day when (according to Gospel) crowds of followers scattered them in the path of Jesus or waved branches from palm trees as he entered Jerusalem for the last time.
Another week of GW News, March 7, 2010 [A Few Things Ill Considered]Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 10:44AMLogging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years This weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H. E. Taylor . Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week's Global Warming news roundup Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post...
ThinkPad T410 has its innards exposed for the sake of a component upgrade guideMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 8:21AMWhat's better than a ThinkPad ? Why, a torn down ThinkPad, of course. Some enterprising souls over at ThinkPads.com have put together a memory and hard drive upgrade guide, which includes a number of illustrative shots displaying the exposed hardware. It turns out that the T410 is the first (outside of the T400s and older T4x models) T-series laptop to offer easy access to memory upgrades via ...
Zimbabwe : Food and Travel - Nostalgia Trip to L'escargotMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 8:02AMReturning to the once hugely popular L'Escargot at Courteney Hotel in The Avenues, is like bumping into an old friend who's been overseas several years.
Local nurse spends two weeks helping earthquake victims in HaitiMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 1:30AMLauren Aichele, operating room nurse at UCSF at Mount Zion, was one of three nurses chosen out of thousands of applicants to National Nurses United to help earthquake victims in Haiti. She stayed on the Navy’s medical ship, the USNS Comfort, for two weeks in February. What were your initial...
Cutting to the quickSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 5:37PMThere is much dismay in the dawning realisation that many young men are carrying knives in their pockets when they go out carousing on a Saturday night. Increasingly, the daggers are drawn, blood is spilt and lives get ruined. The old Australian blessing, "have a good weekend", may well now include the warning "and be careful you don't get stabbed".
Clifton shop creating pasta just like Nonna madeSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 12:40PMIt wasn’t just the pasta that drew customers to Maria’s Italian Specialties in Clifton’s Botany Village 50 years ago. It was Maria Leonardi’s smiling face framed by neat white bangs, her eyes warm behind thick-rimmed glasses.
Top 10 Promoted Team SensationsSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 12:03PMAs upstarts Montpellier snap at the heels of Bordeaux in France, Goal.com's Patrick Reilly pays tribute to ten of the best newly promoted sides who made waves at the first time of asking.
Autistic musicians play with perfect pitch; gigs in San Jose, Santa ClaraSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 6:14AMLawrence Wang used to hate the shrill sounds of the flute. He'd clamp his hands over his ears to drown out his sister's piano playing. During music lessons, he'd fidget and fight with his teacher.On Saturday, though, he tapped his feet while blowing happily on his saxophone, a member of an unusual band of special needs performers. Those who love Wang and his peers are thrilled to see how music ...
Top 10 Promoted Team SensationsSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 5:58AMThe village upstarts, who were playing in the German eighth tier at the start of 1990s, amazed pundits by winning the herbstmeister (autumn champions) in their first crack in the Bundesliga.
Clifton shop creating pasta just like Nonna madeSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 3:55AMAddress: 1132 Route 46 west, Clifton. Phone: 973-472-3600. Web site: mariaspasta.com. It wasn’t just the pasta that drew customers to Maria’s Italian Specialties in Clifton’s Botany Village 50 years ago.
They give everythingSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 3:03AMCulpeper Red Cross volunteer nears end of Iraqi tour
Inside the NHL: Here's what the league should do to keep new fansSaturday, March 6, 2010 @ 5:53PMLet's not haggle over what the NHL will do and instead concentrate on what the league should do to make the average game more entertaining. If the 2010 Olympics showed us anything, it's that hockey can still capture our attention on the big stage whether you live in Buffalo or Boca Raton, Fla.
Where the Wild Things Are (Blu-ray)Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 7:48AMHighly Recommended The Movie: For the decades of popularity the Where the Wild Things Are book has enjoyed, its film counterpart seems to have been in the works for almost as long. When Spike Jonze came to it, I was interested. This is a man with a distinct vision who has helped shape some of the more unique films in recent memory ( Being John Malkovich being first on that list), so when it came ...
Vector Tanks Extreme ReviewFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 9:08PMVector Tanks Extreme (iPhone) 21st century Battlezone.
World Cup beckons for BBC radio man JohnFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 3:33PMJOHN Murray has the sort of dream job the majority of Britain’s male population would die for.
Two Columbia police officers, administrator retireFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 3:07PMCOLUMBIA — The Columbia Police Department celebrated two officers' retirements on Friday. Lt. John White and Detective Steve Brown had served 20 and 21 years, respectively. White served in several positions, including as a school resource officer and as a supervisor of the Professional Standards Unit, now called the Internal Affairs Unit. “I’ve made my best friends in the world here and I hope ...
Oakland Poet: James CagneyFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 2:04PMWhile at first it might be easy to confuse this poet's name with his famous cinema counterpart, but after reading James Cagney's work, the distinct passion of his subject matter and rhythm of his cadences
Mystery of alleged MI6 traitor's data theftFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 8:52AMHave you superglued the USB ports, Bond? Analysis Next week, a 25-year-old man will appear at the drab Magistrates' court in Westminster's Horseferry Road to answer allegations he tried to sell Top Secret MI6 files to a foreign intelligence agency for £900,000.… What is your recession sales strategy?
Former spy accused of selling filesThursday, March 4, 2010 @ 10:21AMA former MI6 spy appeared in court yesterday accused of stealing top secret documents and trying to sell them to a foreign intelligence service.Daniel Houghton, 25, was arrested at a central London hotel on Tuesday after an undercover...
Former spy accused of selling filesThursday, March 4, 2010 @ 9:13AMA former MI6 spy appeared in court yesterday accused of stealing top secret documents and trying to sell them to a foreign intelligence service.
Torn-down East terrace tears at Lawrie Reilly's heart stringsThursday, March 4, 2010 @ 5:31AMAS a Hibernian supporter, player and then a supporter again, Lawrie Reilly has been going to matches at Easter Road for around 70 years. He was there yesterday too, to watch t
Community Calendar:Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 4:17AMDeadline for items for the Community Calendar is Wednesday noon two weeks before desired publication date.
Kingston trumpets ultra-low voltage HyperX DDR3 memoryThursday, March 4, 2010 @ 2:05AMIt may not mean much to your grandmother, but performance hounds are sure to jump all over this one. Kingston has just rolled out a few new slices of DIMM deliciousness, and it's claiming that the new HyperX DDR3 modules are the world's fastest low-voltage memory sticks. The dual-channel kit ships with two XMP-ready profiles already baked in, with the 1.35 volts at 1866MHz being hailed as "a ...
Haiti Makes Lasting ImpressionThursday, March 4, 2010 @ 1:35AMWhat a group of seven local medical professionals experienced while in Haiti recently took them from fear to exhaustion to overwhelming pride and every emotion in between, all in a matter of one week last month.
Night I found out my flatmate was accused of spyingThursday, March 4, 2010 @ 1:29AMA university student has told of her complete shock after her flatmate was arrested for allegedly trying to sell secret intelligence files for £2m. Related Stories Woodward pushes for delay in Saville report Orange Order set to give verdict on parades blueprint Ban gladiator orgy filth, says DUP MLA Holy Cross left me close to tears, says Presbyterian Moderator Ulster Grand National winning ...
Writer has questions but no beef about giving up meatThursday, March 4, 2010 @ 12:31AMFood Detective: Christians are well into the lenten season, marking the life, death and resurrection of Christ by fasting and abstaining from certain foods, most notably meat. I can recall my Catholic grade school days, when we sacrificed a burger or a piece of chicken for Long John Silver's, frozen fish sticks or boxed macaroni and cheese on lenten Fridays. "But why?"
Versatile athleteWednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 11:13PMThe ball is often in Tyler Miller’s hands during key moments for Pioneer in the big three sports.
Where The Wild Things Are (2009)Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 7:13PM"Where the Wild Things Are" is perhaps one of the most well-known children's books worldwide. The story and creatures captured imaginations, inspiring creativity and the arts. When I first heard about the adaptation of the Maurice Sendak book I was thrilled. As it turns out I am not as enthusiastic about the outcome as other critics. I did enjoy the film, but only marginally compared to my ...
Torn-down terraces tear at Reilly's heart stringsWednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 6:13PMAS a Hibernian supporter, player and then a supporter again, Lawrie Reilly has been going to matches at Easter Road for around 70 years. He was there yesterday too, to watch t
Post traumatic stress disorder: a new eye movement therapyTuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 2:30AMAs a 20-year-old, a writer was beaten and left for dead in his home. After years of flashbacks, he found a therapy, based on eye movement, that made his memories bearable
La Mirada to rely on defenseTuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 2:13AMThe top half of the CIF-Southern Section Division 4 boys soccer bracket represents order while the bottom half is an interesting mess.
Back to The TreesMonday, March 1, 2010 @ 5:08PMFantasy tree houses are putting well-heeled grown-ups--from British nobility to Hollywood royalty--in touch with their inner Tom Sawyer.
AfterWork: The Catch in AnaheimMonday, March 1, 2010 @ 2:17PMIt's open again. Even if you never ate there, you probably heard of The Catch restaurant in Anaheim. When a restaurant is lucky enough to hang around for 32 years, people hear about it. When it closed on Feb. 18, 2008 – apparently to make room for...
Momenta Pharmaceuticals Deploys DeviceLock and IronKey Solutions to Secure Data and Ensure EncryptionMonday, March 1, 2010 @ 6:00AMSAN RAMON, CA and LOS ALTOS, CA--(Marketwire - 03/01/10) - Today, DeviceLock, Inc., a worldwide leader in endpoint data leak prevention software solutions, and IronKey, the leader in secure and managed portable computing solutions, announced the successful deployment of a layered data protection/encryption strategy by joint-customer Momenta Pharmaceuticals. The strategy encompasses encryption ...
Evra: We'll have a great World CupMonday, March 1, 2010 @ 3:20AMPatrice Evra chatted to FIFA.com about his targets with Manchester United, France's chances in South Africa and being named the world's best left-back.
Golf club eBay scammers to be sentencedMonday, March 1, 2010 @ 2:52AMSeven members of a gang behind a multi-million pound fake golf club scam believed to be the largest such conspiracy ever to be uncovered on eBay face jail today.
Canadians win gold at 'our game'Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 12:02AMVANCOUVER - The instant Sidney Crosby's overtime shot slipped between Ryan Miller's pads and into Canadian lore, an arena - and a hockey-crazed city and nation - erupted in ruby-tinged joy.
3 Best Standard-Definition Camcorders with Hard DrivesSaturday, February 27, 2010 @ 6:55PMThe marriage of hard drives and camcorders means the days of hauling around blank tapes or discs to record your family vacations are long gone. Here are three of the best in the standard-definition category, as rated by TechNewsDaily's sister site, TopTenReviews:
DarkMarket mastermind jailedSaturday, February 27, 2010 @ 10:03AMPhil Muncaster, V3.co.uk , Saturday 27 February 2010 at 15:53:00 Subramaniam goes down for nearly five years for his part in the 'Facebook for fraudsters' One of the criminal masterminds behind the infamous DarkMaket site built to allow cyber criminals to collaborate on online scams, has been sentenced to nearly five years in jail, according to widespread reports. Renukanth Subramaniam, 33, was ...
DarkMarket mastermind jailedSaturday, February 27, 2010 @ 10:00AMOne of the criminal masterminds behind the infamous DarkMaket site built to allow cyber criminals to collaborate on online scams, has been sentenced to nearly five years in jail, according to widespread reports.