NEW YORK — Apple Inc. warned Wednesday that the blockbuster sales growth of the last five years is slowing drastically, as iPhone sales are starting to plateau. The outlook sent Apple shares plunging by 10 percent, wiping out a year’s worth of gains. Analysts said the warning suggested that [...]
Archive for January, 2013
January 23rd, 2013 - 11:12 am § in Misc.
Is Canada The Next Islamic Threat?
Inside job, 2 Canadian militants in Algeria siege ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) – The Islamist militants who attacked a natural gas plant in the Sahara wore Algerian army uniforms, memorized the layout of the vast complex and included two Canadians and a team of explosives experts ready to blow the pl[...]
Sequencing Sasquatch!
Researchers at Oxford University and the Lausanne Museum of Zoology in Switzerland are asking yeti enthusiasts or anyone with samples thought to be from the creature alternatively known as Bigfoot or Sasquatch to share them for DNA analysis as part of the Oxford-Lausanne Collateral Hominid Project, [...]
January 22nd, 2013 - 7:13 pm § in Misc.
More from WGU
E-mail : deleted! a real person responded OK … another WGU post. This time I posted the email too. Who knows this coud be a real person who beoievees that WGU’s accreditation (actually it is fairly easy to get accredited .. mostly am a lot of paperwork) overcomes the fact that it giv[...]
January 22nd, 2013 - 6:53 pm § in Misc.
Davey Jones: Off of Portugal
36-02.6N and 011-50.6W Hello Steve, Almost to the lee of Portugal, the trip across on the rum-line paid off, the weather has been warm and the sea has been calm enough, just a deep swell from the storm to the north of the Azores, this ship is in no way stiff, so just slow and […][...]
January 22nd, 2013 - 9:38 am § in Hypocrisy
And so it goes ….From Senator to K Street
Ex-Sen. Ben Nelson heads to K Street Kevin Bogardus – 01/22/13 11:17 AM ET The former Nebraska lawmaker has has been named CEO of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.…[...]
January 22nd, 2013 - 8:16 am § in America
The Day After The Second Inaugural, Celebrating MLK’s Amazing Achievements
Michelle Obama and Gabby Douglas Given yesterdays second inaugural of Barack Obama, some may find this trivial. I am amazed not only about the President’s victory but about the changes in America’s standards of beauty .. female, feminine, black, and strong!!! MLK would be proud.[...]
January 22nd, 2013 - 4:58 am § in Misc.
SODA GOES FROM WEST BANK TO US SUPERBOWL
SODASTREAM GOES FROM WEST BANK TO THE SUPERBOWL SodaStream has enjoyed widespread success in Europe. It says 25 percent of Swedish households use its products, and reports similarly high rates in countries like Finland and the Czech Republic. But in the U.S., the household penetration rate is jus[...]
My New Watch
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