IN “You’ve Got Mail,” Meg Ryan asks Tom Hanks why it is that men quote “The Godfather” all the time. Tom Hanks explains that “The Godfather” is the I Ching. “ ‘The Godfather’ is the sum of all wisdom,” he says. “ ‘The Godfather’ is the answer to any question. What should I pack for my summer vacation? ‘Leave the gun, take the cannoli.’ ” Multimedia TimesTalks: Nora Ephron TimesTalks: Nora Ephron Close Video See More Videos » Remembering Nora Ephron Remembering Nora [...]
Monthly Archives: June 2012
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A tragic death, a classic love movie
DID the movie Casablanca, which was made 70 years ago, have a role in the tragic death of a medical student from Klang last week? Did life imitate art? That was the question on the minds of many people after 24-year-old Steven Ko was believed to have committed suicide after being involved in a love triangle. Prior to plunging from the fourth floor of a car park where his BMW was parked, Ko had sent a melancholic SMS to the [...]
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2 injured in Wash. helicopter crash
EAST WENATCHEE, Wash. (AP) — Witnesses say two men were seriously injured when a helicopter working to dry cherries in an East Wenatchee, Wash., orchard clipped a power line. The Wenatchee World reports (http://is.gd/Ltr2Ni ) the crash happened Tuesday afternoon after a brief rainstorm. Joe Ells and Nathan Goforth were nearby and ran to the crash site. Ells says the helicopter landed upside down. The injured men were taken to a hospital. No information on their condition was immediately available. [...]
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Matt Reed: Revisting Hindenburg fire, hydrogen’s promise
Dr. Addison Bain has spent 20 years researching and testing a new theory behind the incident that almost tarnished hydrogens reputation: the Hindenburg airship disaster in 1937. / FLORIDA TODAY FILE
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Research and Markets: The Enterprise Mobile App Market Status …
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/rzlhzd/the_enterprise_mob) has announced the addition of the The Enterprise Mobile App Market Status Report 2012 report to their offering. The Enterprise Mobile App Market Status Report 2012 provides a comprehensive overview of the market for enterprise mobility. It provides data, key market figures, technological and social trends and an analysis on the enterprise mobile app market. It highlights and discusses strategies employed by enterprises currently deploying mobile solutions and how enterprise mobility service providers are fulfilling the [...]
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‘Sluggish’ US gaming worries Moody’s Investor Service
Moodys Investors Service expressed a cautious view of the US casino market Wednesday, warning that weak gaming revenues and downward consumer trends could place several companies, including Caesars Entertainment Corp. and CityCenter Holdings, at great risk. Officials from the companies didnt dispute Moodys assessment that the US gaming market has stalled but rejected notions the businesses are in trouble. Our debt is old news, Caesars Entertainment Senior Vice President Jan Jones said of the companys nearly $20 billion in long-term [...]
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Competitive Enterprise Institute files lawsuit against Obama’s …
Posted at 01:22 PM ET, 06/22/2012 TheWashingtonPost Competitive Enterprise Institute files lawsuit against Obama’s consumer watchdog By Allen McDuffee Washington Post colleague Suzy Khimm reports that the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), a small Texas bank and another conservative organization have filed a lawsuit against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, arguing that its powers and President Obama’s recess appointment of Richard Cordray as its director are unconstitutional. Khimm writes: The State National Bank of Big Spring, Tex., the Competitive Enterprise Institute [...]
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Can Boris Johnson improve London’s schools?
Researching a forthcoming Comment piece about Boris Johnsons desire for major new powers over schooling in London I dug up two things that seem worth bringing to your attention if, like me, you werent paying attention at the time. The first is a news clip from May, just after the election, which sets out part of the context – the mayors concern that foreign workers are prepared to graft at jobs some native young Londoners think beneath them. Clip from [...]
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Hauppage’s HD PVR Gaming Edition works, but with some issues
Game capture is a bigger and bigger business lately — with YouTube views earning money for partner channels, indie devs needing to capture video footage of their games, and lots of players just wanting to record their own gameplay for various purposes, theres a big call these days for full, HD video of gameplay captured from video game consoles. Hauppage has been making the HD PVR for a little while now: Its a run-through set-top box thats designed to capture [...]
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Researchers find eight-10 year olds only spend about 20 minutes a …
21st June 2012 – UK children arent getting enough moderate to vigorous physical activity and by the age of eight girls are already less active than boys. The findings come after the actions of 508 eight to 10-year-olds were recorded by researchers from Newcastle University and the University of Strathclyde. They discovered just how little time children spent being physically active. The average daily percentage of time spent doing moderate or vigorous physical activity was just 4.1%. Girls, on average [...]
