Feb 16
The thing about virtual reality is that it’s kind of been around a bit too long. Remember when second life was so darn hot? Well, that was a long time ago.
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Feb 16
John Mauceri: Verdi by the Numbers
Posted in: Today's Chili A small blip in the history of opera occurred this week in Bilbao, Spain. It occurred a few seconds after the curtain came down on the dress rehearsal of Verdi’s 1855 French opera, les Vêpres siciliennes.
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Feb 16
Climbing mountains and hiking to waterfalls is an adventure all its own. These experiences can offer you the chance to reflect, meditate and be one with nature. But these 21 people have taken the adventure to the next level.
Employing a brilliant combination of optical illusion and foolhardiness, they have created pictures that they can cherish long after their exciting journey is over.
From the man who looks like he is regurgitating a waterfall, to the young boy who looks like he is jumping from the Grand Canyon, these people definitely made the best use of what nature had to offer. Check out 21 people having too much fun with nature and let us know which is your favorite.
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Feb 16
Los Angeles is an underachieving city led in recent decades by a succession of underachieving mayors — people who came in with big dreams or big talk but soon got bored with the day-to-day task of steering a municipality.
Feb 16
We need sound policies regarding who should enter, live and work in the United States, and on how to carry out these policies. And those policies should reflect the opportunity, equality and other core American values that embody our country’s great motto: “E pluribus unum” — out of many, one.
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Feb 16
HOUSTON — Kenneth Faried had 40 points and 10 rebounds and entertained the crowd at the end with a series of dunks, leading Team Chuck to a 163-135 victory over Team Shaq in the Rising Stars Challenge on Friday night.
Faried, in his second season with Denver, made 18 of 22 shots and was selected the game’s most valuable player. He’ll compete Saturday night in the dunk contest at All-Star Weekend and offered a sneak preview of what he has planned with a series of powerful jams.
Feb 16
Penn State THON 2013 Dance Marathon Raises Funds To Fight Pediatric Cancer (PHOTOS, TWEETS)
Posted in: Today's ChiliPenn State students hit the dance floor on Friday night for 46 hours of breakin’ it down to raise funds to fight pediatric cancer.
The oldest and longest dance marathon in the county, the university’s THON event has collected more than $89 million for the Four Diamonds Fund at Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital since 1977, according to the organization’s website. The charity helps families battling pediatric cancers pay for the the care and treatment that insurance doesn’t cover.
The chatter on Twitter points to the fact that students are making a weekend of it and the turnout has been pretty impressive:
Feb 16
Whoopi Goldberg To Katie Couric: Twitter Hostility ‘Freaked Me Out,’ So I Stopped (VIDEO)
Posted in: Today's ChiliWhoopi Goldberg told Katie Couric on Friday that she has given up Twitter because she found the environment there too hostile.
Goldberg, who has nearly 400,000 followers, hasn’t tweeted since January 1st. Appearing on Couric’s talk show, she said that Twitter had “freaked me out.”
“Just the lack of personal respect,” she explained. “I didn’t like the way that people were talking to me, and I knew that I couldn’t snap on anybody. I don’t mind people not liking something I say … but I don’t like personal attacks. If I thought that these were things that people would say to me if they met me, I could do it better.”
Feb 16
The Mailbox app has finally launched on iOS, but before you start jubilating about how clean your email box will finally be, you’d better download it and start waiting, because the wait to use will be long. Currently, there are over 800,000 users waiting to start using the app. The app provides a new way to access your Gmail on your iPhone.
The Mailbox app uses gestures to make quick work of incoming mail, allowing you to clear out your inbox in a jiffy. This is one of the reasons why I like this app, because if you use the Inbox Zero discipline, you’ll be able to browse through your incoming mail very quickly. The one negative thing is that Mailbox doesn’t support Gmail labels.
The good thing about this staggered release is that instead of costing money, the Mailbox app is free. However you’ll be waiting for a while before you can use it. Cult of Mac has got some estimates on how long the wait will be:
- 50,000 — 42.7 hours (1.77 days)
- 100,000 — 85.4 hours (3.56 days)
- 200,000 — 170.9 hours (7.08 days)
- 300,000 — 256.4 hours (10.68 days)
- 500,000 — 427.3 hours (17.8 days)
Feb 16
The opening of Safe Haven has us reminiscing about all the beautiful beach homes and plantation properties in Nicholas Sparks’s past film adaptations. The one closest to our hearts? The breathtaking house that Noah (Ryan Gosling) builds for Allie (Rachel McAdams) in The Notebook, of course.
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