Wimbledon Final TV Schedule

• Author: Razvan Pirnac
• Filed under: Sports
• Date: Jul 5,2008

Roger Federer of Switzerland and Rafael Nadal of Spain completed their march toward a third consecutive Wimbledon final Friday, handily defeating their respective semifinal opponents with the sharply contrasting styles that define the most compelling rivalry in men’s tennis.

Americans Venus and Serena Williams were to spend Friday evening as they have nearly every night for the past two weeks: talking about everything except tennis, having dinner together and going to their rooms to read (in Venus’ case) or watch a movie (in Serena’s).

Today’s schedule included breakfast together, followed by the arrival of two cars — one to take each sister to the All England Club, where they will compete for the greatest prize in tennis.

It will be the third time the sisters have battled for Wimbledon’s championship. Serena, 26, won the previous meetings, in 2002 and 2003.

Defending champion Venus, 28, earned her fourth title last year; she also triumphed in 2000, 2001 and 2005.

ESPN2 is showing Wimbledon live in the mornings (with Brad Gilbert!) and Tennis Channel is showing it taped in the evenings for those without TIVO (or with Brad Gilbert phobias.) NBC has a paltry, watch-at-your-own-risk, 3 hour window of “kinda live” tennis (note that the asterisk next to the times means “all time zones” so it’s live on the East Coast, taped everywhere else) starting on the first Saturday and going through the Quarter Finals on Wednesday, July 2nd. Then NBC will go to a “kinda live” 5 hour window for the Semis, and will show the Finals live for everyone (imagine!) ESPN2 will supplement this coverage in the second week (i.e. show matches involving Kolya and Kuzey types.)

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Terrence Kiel is Dead

• Author: Razvan Pirnac
• Filed under: Celebrities
• Date: Jul 5,2008

Former San Diego Chargers safety Terrence Kiel, whose off-field problems prevented his enormous talent from coming to fruition, has died in a car crash at age 27.

Kiel was reportedly driving alone after leaving a party at about 10:15 Friday night when his car hit a wall, ejecting him from the vehicle. He died about an hour later. A police spokesman said friends had tried to keep Kiel from driving home from the party, and witnesses told police he appeared to be driving in the wrong direction when he crashed. According to the Union-Tribune, Kiel was ejected from his car, and was barely breathing when emergency personnel reached him. The Lufkin, Texas, native was pronounced dead at 11:28 p.m.

A second-round pick from Texas A&M in the 2003 NFL draft, Kiel has been out of the league since the Chargers released him after a guilty plea to a felony drug charge in February 2007, according to the Union-Tribune. Kiel compiled 278 tackles, four interceptions, and two forced fumbles in four seasons with the Chargers, from 2003-2006. The accident occurred in the Scripps Ranch area of San Diego. A witness told police that Kiel was driving a 2004 Chevy sedan the wrong way before losing control and rolling it. Kiel was ejected from the vehicle.

Kiel was a second-round pick in the 2003 draft. He appeared in every game in 2003 and 2004, 12 in 2005, and 15 in 2006.

The Chargers released him in 2007 after he pleaded guilty to sending codeine-laced cough syrup to Houston, presumably for use as the main ingredient in the beverage known as “lean” or “purple drank.” No other team signed him.

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Chris Snyder Injury

• Author: Razvan Pirnac
• Filed under: Celebrities, Video
• Date: Jul 3,2008

The Chris Snyder injury video is not something most men will want to watch, but here it is. Check out Chris Snyder injure his testicle in this amazing action video. Chris Snyder is one heckuva man. He actually managed to finish the inning, despite being hit where it really hurts. Way to go, Chris.

If you read enough sports news yesterday you know that Arizona Diamondbacks catcher Chris Snyder suffered one of the worst injuries a man can have: testicle fracture. Ugh, again, I’d rather tear my ACL.

Well guess what, now you can see the injury in all it’s ball-busting glory! Diamondbacks catcher Chris Snyder has had his left testicle injured and while it may sound funny, I assure you - it’s not.

Chris Snyder (commonly misspelled as Chris Schneider) has been placed on the 15-day disabled list thanks to a testicular fracture. Ouch! Snyder suffered the injury during Monday night’s game against the Milwaukee Brewers. Snyder was struck in the testicles by a foul ball in the fourth inning. Originally thought that Snyder would need surgery for his fractured left testicle, the Diamondbacks said that he will not undergo any procedure.

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Nick Sheley

• Author: Razvan Pirnac
• Filed under: Gadgets
• Date: Jul 1,2008

Fugitive Nick Sheley is “a person of interest” in four more homicides, now that two men, a woman and a child were found dead in at Rock Falls apartment about 4 p.m. Monday, Cmdr. Michael Kuelper said.

In addition, the St. Louis Post Dispatch is reporting in today’s editions that Sheley is being sought in the St. Louis, Mo., area, although a reason why is not given.

Rock Falls police declined to release further information on the victims, including ages, or how or when they were killed.

Sheley is a known associate of one of the victims, Kuelper said.
He and the kids went to the zoo, played in the park, swam in the lake and visited Six Flags. Nick even took 3-year-old Nicholas Jr. to work with him.

Now, however, Holly simply hopes that the next time she sees her husband, the police haven’t shot or killed him.

Sheley, 28, suspected in homicide and a spate of other crimes, managed to escape arrest Thursday and still hasn’t been caught. Police say he’s armed and dangerous.

Holly, 30, said that when her husband’s sober, though, he’s a “regular society guy.”

“At this point right now, if I could say that he was possessed … and people would actually believe it, I could say he was, because this is not Nick,” Holly said. “Without drugs, without alcohol, Nick is kind-hearted. He’s caring. He has respect for people. He’s a hard worker. He’s a loving dad.”

Sheley made his living doing independent construction work, and often was hired by contractors, Holly said. As the manhunt for fugitive Nicholas Sheley entered a third day Saturday, a cousin and brother of Sheley who police said have been in contact with him since Thursday are both in custody.
Sheley’s car, an older Cadillac, was found at Reed’s home. Deputies sent an alert asking area law officers to keep an eye out for Reed’s car, which was found that afternoon.

The Whiteside County Emergency Response Team responded and searched two homes, but Sheley was not in the house where Reed’s car was found, nor was he in a home at the corner of Second Street and Sixth Avenue.

Police called off the search on Griswold at about 6 p.m.

In the meantime, an off-duty Rock Falls police officer spotted Sheley in the Lincoln, about 45 minutes before the owner reported it stolen.

About 9:45 p.m., Dixon Police saw the Lincoln in the 400 block of East River Street. They chased it to a field south of Harmon, but when they arrived, Sheley had fled, Chief Dan Langloss said.

Officers found money and other items taken from the Rock Falls home, but not the guns, Schipper said.

Dixon, Sterling and Amboy police, Lee and Whiteside sheriff’s officials and State Police searched all night using dogs and a helicopter, but Sheley was not found.
A massive manhunt ramped up after the bodies were found at 1201 Ave. A, Apt. 5. An unidentified person called in a welfare check at the apartment, which lead to the discovery, Kuelper said. The FBI has joined the local investigation.

Sheley, 28, is still considered armed and dangerous, and so should not be approached, police said. If spotted, people should call their local law enforcement agency, or the anonymous hotline, Whiteside County Crimestoppers, 815-625-7867.

A reward for information leading to his capture and arrest was increased Monday to $25,000.

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Paul Dirac

• Author: Razvan Pirnac
• Filed under: Gadgets
• Date: Jun 30,2008

Paul Dirac was a British theoretical physicist. Dirac made fundamental contributions to the early development of both quantum mechanics and quantum electrodynamics. He held the Lucasian Chair of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge and spent the last ten years of his life at Florida State University. Among other discoveries, he formulated the so-called Dirac equation, which describes the behavior of fermions and which led to the prediction of the existence of antimatter. Dirac shared the Nobel Prize in physics for 1933 with Erwin Schrödinger, “for the discovery of new productive forms of atomic theory.”
Paul Dirac was born in Bristol, England and grew up in the Bishopston area of the city. His father, Charles Dirac, was an immigrant from Saint-Maurice in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland.
In 1984 Dirac died in Tallahassee, Florida where he is buried. The Dirac-Hellmann Award at FSU was endowed by Dr Bruce P. Hellmann (Dirac’s last doctoral student) in 1997 to reward outstanding work in theoretical physics by FSU researchers.
The importance of Dirac’s work lies essentially in his famous wave equation, which introduced special relativity into Schrödinger’s equation. Taking into account the fact that, mathematically speaking, relativity theory and quantum theory are not only distinct from each other, but also oppose each other, Dirac’s work could be considered a fruitful reconciliation between the two theories.

Dirac’s publications include the books Quantum Theory of the Electron (1928) and The Principles of Quantum Mechanics (1930; 3rd ed. 1947).

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1930, being awarded the Society’s Royal Medal and the Copley Medal. He was elected a member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences in 1961.
First, and above all for Dirac, the logic that led to the theory was, although deeply sophisticated, in a sense beautifully simple. Much later, when someone asked him (as many must have done before) “How did you find the Dirac equation?” he is said to have replied: “I found it beautiful.” Second, it agreed with precise measurements of the energies of light emitted from atoms, in particularly where these differed from ordinary (non-relativistic) quantum mechanics.
Many physicists have spoken of Dirac with awe. John Wheeler, referring to the sharp light of his intelligence, said “Dirac casts no penumbra.” Niels Bohr said: “Of all physicists, Dirac has the purest soul.” He is also reported as saying (I cannot now find this quotation): “Dirac did not have a trivial bone in his body.”

The mathematician Mark Kac divided geniuses into two classes. There are the ordinary geniuses, whose achievements one imagines other people might emulate, with enormous hard work and a bit of luck. Then there are the magicians, whose inventions are so astounding, so counter to all the intuitions of their colleagues, that it is hard to see how any human could have imagined them. Dirac was a magician.

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James Sears

• Author: Razvan Pirnac
• Filed under: Gadgets
• Date: Jun 30,2008

JAMES T. SEARS is Professor of Education within the Graduate School at the College of Education at Pennsylvania State University where he teaches online courses in curriculum. He is the series editor for Greenwood’s Handbooks for Educators and Parents.

Ten years of design and development experience in academic and professional environments. Have expertise working with Unix/Linux, Macintosh, and Windows operating systems, developing with Java, Processing, C/C++, Ruby on Rails, JSP/Java Servlets, PHP, Perl, MySQL, HTML, CSS and other technologies. Have strong hardware and firmware engineering skills and the ability to quickly learn new skills and adapt to new situations. Possess excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communications and presentation skills. Equally able working independently or as a team player, with the ability to contribute to teams both in participatory and leadership roles.

Working for a wide variety of clients on a broad range of tasks such as electronic hardware design for installation art, UI design and client-side Javascript development, and server-side Ruby on Rails application design and development, while maintaining promotion and development of personal projects.

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Nouveau Riche University

• Author: Razvan Pirnac
• Filed under: Gadgets
• Date: Jun 30,2008

Some people says that school is only for children. This is a high mistake made by a lot. School is a perfect environment for adults too. Even if the adults school doesn’t teach you how to spell, adults school teaches you how to obtain wealth and how to become real estate investors. I looked for something like this, and I found the Nouveau Riche University. They are the best, and this is shown by the numbers. Nouveau Riche University is the largest, nationwide, real estate investing community in America. You can learn by your schedule by taking the The Residential Real Estate Encyclopedia™, a complete course, which will guide you to become a succesfull investor.

I highly recomend you to become a student of Nouveau Riche University. Every cent worths. Nouveau Riche Colleges are held in Phoenix, Arizona, and you can go to how many sessions you want. The team from Nouveau Riche is young, and understands the demands of the market which is in a constant change.

This is the future in education. Forget about traditional schools, the time doesn’t stop, we must evoluate and Nouveau Riche is the solution. In addition, Jim Piccolo, CEO of Nouveau Riche, says, in a nice word game: “Your net worth is directly tied to your network.”

Aleesha Young

• Author: Razvan Pirnac
• Filed under: Gadgets
• Date: Jun 22,2008

Here you will find photos of Aleesha Young. Here are the photos.

Aleesha Young Age: 23
Aleesha Young Height: 5′3″
Aleesha Young Weight: Offseason - 190lbs. Contest - 150lbs.

Aleesha Young Biceps: 16.5″
Aleesha Young Quads: 26″
Aleesha Young Calves: 16″

Bench: 315×2
Squat: 505×1
Deadlift: 415×1
Bicep Curl: 100×6
Leg Press: 1300×6

Her name is Aleesha Young and she is built like a ton of bricks. Aleesha Young said she will compete at 160 next time. Aleesha Young is extremely hot, and for her to be that big so young, she can give women and men a true challenge, and she is planning on growing.  All eyes will be on tAleesha Young. She is very hot!  she reminds me of a thick sexy Karla Nelson!   Glad to see FBB’s thick ad solid!   I like the powerlifter look mixed with a bodybuilder look!

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Google Street View

• Author: Razvan Pirnac
• Filed under: Gadgets
• Date: Jun 22,2008

The revolutionary project – which has raised serious privacy fears - already covers more than 50 US cities, and mapping has reportedly taken place in Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The internet giant is reluctant to discuss future plans, but its camera cars have been spotted in Italy and Spain this year, and experts believe it is only a matter of time before Street View arrives in Britain.

Street View differs from the popular Google Earth service in that it offers users a close-up perspective of cities as if they are walking along the streets.

The images are obtained from specially-fitted cars that drive along roads taking panoramic 360 degree recordings of everything they find – from customers stepping out of shops, to children playing in front gardens, to couples lounging in parks.

Google Street View: Private moments captured

Google Street View, the eye-level mapping service that lets billions of web users peek into gardens and through front windows, has its sights set on you. The sedan with the Google logo and the mounted periscope cameras was probably trolling area streets in the fall, maybe earlier. The process of capturing thousands of 360-degree images over and over probably took a few weeks, maybe longer. And it almost certainly took several cars, maybe more, over a couple of passes.

Those are the semi-clear details about how and when Google Street View - the latest creation by the Internet juggernaut that allows ground-level views of hundreds of streets, landscapes and attractions across the country - came to the St. Louis region. For Google, the confusion about how and when it puts together Street View is nothing new.

Google has never said how or when it captured the photos for Street View, which first went online in May 2007 and featured only New York City, Miami, San Francisco, Denver and Las Vegas streets.

Google Maps has for years used satellite photos to augment its maps. Although “Street View” is along those lines, the vantage point is not outer space, but up-close and personal at ground level.

Internet users can enter a specific address in the city, click on the “Street View” icon and then see a picture from the exact location. The view can be rotated a full 360 degrees, panned up and down, or moved to another point up or down the street.

So far, around 32 US cities have been photographed by the Street View vans. These mobile units stick strictly to public streets, but that hasn’t stopped the service, which launched in 2007, attracting widespread criticism. One New Yorker, Mary Kalin-Casey, contacted the BoingBoing technology blog to complain that when she Googled her address, a detailed picture of her house popped up, showing her tabby cat standing at the window of her home. “I’m all for mapping, but this feature literally gives me the shakes,” she told the site. “I feel like I need to close all my curtains now.”

Even the Pentagon has fallen victim to Google’s long lens. The US military asked Google to remove pictures of the Fort Sam Houston army base in Texas. Photographs of the base taken from the public highway showed the exact position of guards, control points, barriers, and security facilities and posed “a risk to our force protection efforts”, according to a spokesman for the US Northern Command.

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Typhoon Fengshen

• Author: Razvan Pirnac
• Filed under: Gadgets
• Date: Jun 22,2008

Navy and coast guard ships battled huge waves and strong winds Sunday to reach a stranded ferry carrying more than 740 people after Typhoon Fengshen battered the country killing 17.

Rescue vessels aborted an initial attempt Saturday to get to the MV Princess of Stars after it ran aground near Sibuyan island, but efforts resumed amid stormy weather Sunday, coast guard chief Vice Admiral Wilfredo Tamayo said.

Typhoon Fengshen lashed the central Philippines for about four hours Saturday, setting off landslides and floods, knocking out power, and blowing off roofs from houses.

Packing sustained winds of 74 miles per hour and gusts of up to 93 mph, the Typhoon Fengshen shifted course Sunday to the northwest and battered the capital Manila at dawn, chief government forecaster Nathaniel Cruz said. Typhoon Fengshen has killed 155 people in the Philippines in a torrent of flashfloods and landslides, the head of the Philippines Red Cross, Richard Gordon, told local radio on Sunday.

The death toll from the typhoon was earlier pegged at around 85. It could rise sharply after a ferry with more than 700 people on board capsized off an island in the central Philippines with few survivors found so far.
Typhoon “Fengshen”, locally called “Frank”, made landfall in east Philippine province of Samar on Friday afternoon and is moving northwest across the central Philippines, the state weather forecast bureau said.

Typhoon Fengshen is expected to move west northwest at 19 km per hour, with maximum winds of 140 kph and gustiness of up to 170 kph,the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services (PAGASA) said in its 5:00 p.m. bulletin.

The weather bureau said the Typhoon Fengshen is forecast to hover over the eastern part of Luzon island by Sunday afternoon.

Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has ordered local governments to prepare for potential floods and landslides.

PAGASA earlier cautioned residents living in the low-land areas to keep vigilant against surging sea level and big waves.

Heavy rainfalls and strong winds in central Philippines forced Philippine president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to scrap a scheduled trip to Capiz province on Friday, local media reported.

PAGASA previously predicted that more than 20 cyclones to hit the Philippines this year, 14 of which will be intensified into typhoons.

Floods and landslides caused by tropical storms kill hundreds of people, sometimes thousands, in the Philippines every year.

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