Sunday, November 30th, 2008
Barack Obamas weekly radio address from the President Elect. Check out CafePress.com/MikeandDan
See the original post here:
11/29/08 BARACK OBAMA WEEKLY RADIO ADDRESS – Special Thanksgiving Message from the President elect
Saturday, November 29th, 2008
ERIE, PA—”I think I want Wendy’s,” Don Turnbee told reporters. “There hasn’t been a Wendy’s in a while so there will probably be one in a couple of exits.”
Read more from the original source:
Area Man Holding Out Until Next Exit For Better Fast Food Options
Friday, November 28th, 2008
CHICAGO—Subjects who drank five glasses or more showed an increased ability to recall each time their mothers had been unsupportive of boyfriends or husbands.
See the original post:
Study Finds Link Between Red Wine, Letting Mother Know What You Really Think
Thursday, November 27th, 2008
Barack Obama’s Weekly radio address for Thanksgiving Day 2008. This video was released Thanksgiving morning and is his Weekly radio address
Go here to see the original:
11/29/08 Barack Obama Weekly Radio Address Special Thanksgiving Day Message
Thursday, November 27th, 2008
Barack Obama’s Weekly radio address for Thanksgiving Day 2008.
Originally posted here:
11/27/08 Barack Obama Weekly Radio Address Special Thanksgiving Day Message
Thursday, November 27th, 2008
CARMICHAELS, PA—Sources confirmed yesterday that the kid in the Carmichaels YMCA youth basketball league, the one who plays for the team in yellow jerseys sponsored by Grimaldi Dental Associates, played another game Tuesday wearing blue…
See the rest here:
That One Kid In Rec Basketball League Always Wearing Jeans During Games
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
In a preview of his weekly address, President-elect Barack Obama addressed the nation on the occasion of Thanksgiving, nearly one hundred and fifty years after President Lincoln called for the last Thursday in November to be set aside to acknowledge our blessings. For more information, visit http://change.gov.
View original here:
Your Weekly Address from the President-Elect: November 29, 2008
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
I have bad news. Amid the worldwide economic meltdown we are experiencing these days, I have taken a hard look at revenue from this column and find that I am earning but a tiny fraction of the $6.5 million I had projected for 2008, which leaves me no choice but to impose aggressive cost reductions, including a 75 percent reduction in writing time and the elimination of editing. I apologize for the inconvenience. And I thank you for your patience.
Go here to read the rest:
Reducing costs 1 word at a time
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
This Thanksgiving, families across the country will gather around the television just as quickly as they gather around the turkey. And with good reason: Many people will be staring at beautiful high-definition TV sets. (According to the Consumer Electronics Association, 47% of U.S. households had HDTVs as of July, a percentage that’s likely to increase as the date for analog-to-digital conversion approaches.) But if Eastman Kodak (EK) has its way, many people will be gathered round the TV this holiday season, gazing at family memories in full HD splendor. The Kodak Theatre HD Player’s motion-sensing pointer remote works much like a mouse on a TV screen. This week I tested the Kodak Theatre HD Player, the photo-centric company’s attempt to snag valuable real estate in the living room. This small, black box pulls photos and videos from computers around the house and displays them on an HDTV. It also enables the sending and receiving of photos via Kodak Gallery, and connects to Web-based photos stored on Flickr, Facebook, Picasa, .Mac and others. Podcasts, Internet Radio and updates from news feeds, weather forecasts and stock quotes are also accessible using the HD Player. And it has a terrifically simple motion-sensing remote that works like using a mouse on a TV screen. But the HD Player isn’t all smiles. Its $299 price doesn’t include any built-in storage for keeping content directly on the device. It currently has no way of accessing HD movies or television shows, nor will it work with Macs. In comparison, Apple’s (AAPL) $229 Apple TV has 40 gigabytes of storage, can access HD television shows and movies via the iTunes Store, and works with Macs and Windows PCs. This is important because as budgets tighten in the current economy, gadgets have to prove their value and versatility more than ever. After using the Kodak Theatre HD Player with Windows XP and Vista machines over the past week, I can conclude that this device’s interface shines in its simplicity and is a lot of fun to use. Kodak teamed with Hillcrest Labs to make the player’s motion-sensitive remote and corresponding software, which includes satisfying extra features like images that automatically magnify when the remote control’s cursor points at them and icons that make chirping sounds when selected. The remote itself is shaped to rest comfortably in a hand and has three simple buttons and a scroll wheel. Quick-access memory-card slots for six types of memory cards appear on the box’s front, and two USB ports can connect to digital cameras or USB storage devices. Currently, the player’s software works directly with Flickr, RadioTime (8,750 radio stations) and FrameChannel, which grants access to various “channels” like Facebook, .Mac, Picasa, People.com news and National Geographic. Kodak says it will incorporate YouTube access in January; I got a sneak peek at the interface for this and it looks well-organized. Yet the HD Player’s smart combination of software and remote left me wishing it did a bit more. Photo sharing is enabled only via Kodak Gallery, so you can’t use another Web-based account to share photos directly from your TV. Likewise, a blue light on the box slowly blinks only when new Picture Mail (a message containing shared photos) is received on a Kodak Gallery account, not when new photos are added on other sources such as Flickr Photostreams or Facebook pages. The Home screen of the HD Player shows four categories: Pictures & Videos, Kodak Gallery, Music and Entertainment. Subcategories are where you might guess they would be, for example podcasts are listed under Entertainment. And a tiny Home icon appears in the top right corner of every screen so you can always get Home with one click. The Pictures & Videos category holds photos and videos from a currently selected Windows PC. An unlimited number of Windows PCs can wirelessly pair with the player as long as they have special Kodak software installed on them. But only one PC’s content can be accessed at a time. I toggled between two paired computers without a problem, but would’ve preferred accessing music and photos from both sources simultaneously. The HD Player’s motion-sensing pointer remote works much like a Wii remote control. Wherever you move it, a tiny leaf-shaped cursor appears on-screen. A Hide button on the remote will hide the cursor while you watch slideshows. The remote’s Back button is helpful; when pressed, it backs you out of one screen using visual effects that make the screen shrink into the TV as if you were moving backward. A play button appears on the first photo in a folder so users can select this icon to quickly start slideshows. Whenever the HD Player receives new Kodak Gallery Picture Mail, or a slideshow is created on a connected PC, yellow alert circles appear on the screen to notify users and a number in the middle of these yellow circles indicates how many new items are available for viewing. Some content on my PCs took a little while to be recognized by the HD Player, including podcasts that I subscribe to on iTunes. When they did show up, both audio and video podcasts played without issue and on-screen playback buttons made them easy to control. The HD Player uses your photos to create automatically generated slideshows, called Picture Chronicles, once a week. These Picture Chronicles use up to 50 photos from the same time of year in all of your folders, for instance grouping all Thanksgiving photos together from the past five years. Kodak has plans to make its player Mac-compatible in the future and also hopes to add other partnerships with new types of content following its YouTube announcement early next year. The Kodak Theatre HD Player does its job well, bringing photos and videos that might otherwise live only on your PC to your big screen HDTV. For the holidays, this device could be a real plus. But Kodak has some work to do to make this a more useful Web-connected tool. Edited by Walter S. Mossberg Email us at mossbergsolution@wsj.com . Find this and other columns and videos online free at the All Things Digital Web site: http://walt.allthingsd.com
Go here to see the original:
Family Snapshots in the Splendor of HD [The Mossberg Solution]
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
PENSACOLA, FL—With would-be pilots lining up by the thousands and crowds predicted to grow larger everyday, the excitement and death toll are both expected to rise.
See the rest here:
Blue Angels Hold First-Ever Open Tryouts
Monday, November 24th, 2008
NEW YORK—Although Jordan McCabe intends to stay at home, he will inevitably grow antsy, drive to a nearby pub and bump into at least five insufferable pricks.
Read the original post:
26-Year-Old To See Every Asshole He Ever Went To High School With On Night Before Thanksgiving
Sunday, November 23rd, 2008
As usual our friends at Saturday Night Live do not disappoint in this skit of “Bill Clinton” leaking the details of Hillary Clinton’s post-Thanksgiving nomination as Secretary of State and it doesn’t stop there. He goes on to admonish foreign leaders telling them she can see through ALL OF THEM. There are only three words you need with Hillary he goes onto to say, “I am sorry.” It’s so damn funny and a welcome distraction from our lame duck Bush President and downward spiraling economic mess. Have a laugh and watch this video clip.
Sphere: Related Content
Sunday, November 23rd, 2008
I just read an online article which I’ve just read, excerpted, and linked to below. I found the union “labor cost” numbers talked about in this article to be quite an eyeopener. I knew these workers were well paid but I had no idea exactly how high the total “labor cost” is for these employees. Now, I understand why the U.S. Big Three Auto makers are bleeding red ink. You can’t support a $30.00 per hour labor cost differential for starters and that’s what you have between international car manufacturers versus U.S. auto makers here in the U.S. The costs being referred to are U.S. average, union labor versus international non-union auto manufacturers operating here in the U.S. The industry may need a bridge loan but only with very specific expectations not just of repayment but of appropriate R&D, objectives and specific targets all of which has to be monitored and administered. Enjoy the article excerpt below and click through to read the entire article.
QUOTE:
(CNSNews.com) – Economists in Michigan, the long-time home of the auto industry, say they don’t support the proposed multi-billion dollar bailout of Big Three automakers Chrysler, GM and Ford.
One reason why, they say, is the ultra-high labor costs for union workers employed by the Big Three. It costs over $73 per hour on average to employ a union auto worker, according to University of Michigan at Flint economist Mark J. Perry.
“Is it right to tax the average worker making $28.50 to bailout workers whose labor cost is over $73 an hour?” Perry asked.
He explained that in 2006, widely available industry and Labor Department statistics placed the average labor cost for UAW-represented workers at the former DaimlerChrysler at $75.86 per hour. For Ford it was $70.51, he said, and for General Motors it was $73.26.
“That includes the hourly pay, plus the benefits they’re receiving and all the other costs to General Motors, Ford and Chrysler, including legacy costs – retirement costs, pensions, and so on – so it’s looking at the total labor costs per hour worked for workers,” Perry said.
For U.S. workers at Toyota, however, the per hour labor cost is around $47.60, around $43 for Honda and around $42 for Nissan, Perry added, for an average of around $44.
“So we’re looking at somewhere around a $29 per hour pay gap between the Big Three and the foreign transplants that are producing cars in the United States,” Perry, chairman of the economics department, told CNSNews.com.
The average union worker at Chrysler, meanwhile, received 150 percent more in compensation than U.S. workers generally.
“Using Bureau of Labor Statistics numbers, the average compensation for manufacturing workers is around $31.50, and the average hourly compensation, including benefits, for the average worker in the U.S. economy is around $28.50,” Perry told CNSNews.com.
END QUOTE.
I understand talking about a bridge loan but I’m more interested in talking about the overall realities of the new America and how best to manage the jobs and assets of the U.S. auto workers for starters. It’s clear to me that the American economy and job markets are all changing, and fast. Although the U.S. will always make widgets it’s clear no business model can continue to operate and compete with a $30.00 per hour in your labor costs and your largest competitors. I’m hearing these cries on CNN from the Governor of Michigan about how crucial the U.S. auto industry is to National Security. That one gets tossed around a lot because no doubt it pushes the right emotional buttons on impact. How so is the U.S. auto industry critical to National Security? I’m not saying it isn’t it’s a real question, I need people to comment to this post citing example for me. I know the Hummer came out of Detroit, didn’t it? I mean, I understand the remark conceptually but not in nuts and bolts specifics. And do we need a Big 3?
Why is General Motors immune from falling or even worse filling for a Chapter Eleven reorganization? Lehman Bros. was allowed to fail, what’s the difference? I think people would like to understand the decisions our government is making. Yes, I know there are plenty of people who have said in hindsight the Feds. should have baiied out Lehman Bros. The reality is no one knows exactly what to do because these are uncharted waters and in globally linked financial markets don’t forget, we’re all interconnected now; the global financial markets. Certain realities are being brought to the fore. I don’t want people to lose their jobs but I also don’t want to prop up an industry that has priced itself out of the auto market it appears, just doesn’t make sense. Highly stipulated, realistic bridge loan, maybe.
I like the idea of creating this E.T. market segment in the U.S. economy via expansion of what exists as well as encouraging R&D. I don’t know exactly how this needs to be executed but I know there are ways in which the government can provide incentives to individuals and business private sector. Not just cars, let’s reevaluate our entire lifestyle — let’s start from the ground up as the saying goes.
Enjoy your read.
Sphere: Related ContentSaturday, November 22nd, 2008
President Elect Bacak Obama’s weekly address – captioned for the hearing impaired and second language viewer.
Read more from the original source:
Prez Elect Obama’s Nov. 22 Weekly Address (CAPTIONED)
Saturday, November 22nd, 2008
RENO, NV—”Maybe it’s the way she wrote ‘limp dick’ on my work shirts, or that she cries every time I eat veal, but that fucking lunatic is the one,” said Craig Shearer
Read the original:
God Help Him, But Area Man Loves That Crazy Bitch
Write for Discussion Boards: $1200 per week...
Administer a Web Business from Home: $4000 per month...
Transcribe Authors' Notes: $80 per hour...
Find thousands of freelance jobs like these:
Click here
Copyright © 2010 - heave-ho.org | Entries (RSS) | Comments (RSS)
WordPress theme designed by 
web design
Bad Behavior has blocked 3335 access attempts in the last 7 days.
