Faking the Swine Flu

Swine-flu

And yes, I have thought about this long time ago…just can’t pull if off due to the payday and money issue.

Some slackers among us see a silver lining to the global swine flu pandemic: a rock-solid excuse for getting out of absolutely anything.

We’ve been told day after day that millions of Americans are going to be battered by the H1N1 virus this flu season — and now the germ is spreading so fast that even the nation’s top health officials have quit keeping track of the number of cases. 

For a diabolical few, all of this raises the question: Who would ever know if you faked it?

Read the rest here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33347533/ns/health-swine_flu/

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Oct 2009
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Probably the Best WP to FB Plugin

PlugThere are several WordPress plugins that allow users to publish their post information to a Facebook status or to a Facebook page. However, these plugins either require the user to log in to Facebook after publishing each post, or they only allow one Facebook login and password per WordPress site.

However, many WordPress sites have multiple authors, and each author has their own Facebook profile.

The FT FacePress plugin allows each WordPress author to set up their own Facebook login email and password. When the author publishes a post (or when a scheduled post is published), the plugin publishes the post information (title and permalink) to the author’s Facebook status. Also, each author can direct the plugin to publish the post information to a Facebook page. (Note: the author must be an administrator for that particular Facebook page.)

The plugin adds a submenu to the User Profile menu. This menu allows each author to update their Facebook login email and Facebook password. Also, the author can choose (via a checkbox) whether or not to publish their post information to their Facebook status. Finally, the author can enter a Facebook page ID to publish the post information to that page.

FT FacePress plugin: Publish WordPress post info to Facebook by author | FullThrottle Development.

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Oct 2009
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Best Beat Juggler Powers Down Turntables

Roc-raidaI was watching VH1’s Hip Hop Honors last night and at the end of song, someone shouted “Rest in Peace Roc Raida”.  Wtf?  I didn’t hear about this! Turns out that he passed away due to some health complications after a back injury.

This man was a true inspiration to me when I used to try to beat juggle. Back in the day, there was no YouTube…just VHS and I remember my friend having a copy of the 1996 DMC competition.

We watched it over and over trying to study his techniques, etc. He was trully amazing with juggles and tricks and was an asset to the turntablist scene.

I know that I am late on the news, but I was sad to hear about his passing.

Raida

Sept 19th 2009 – vancouversun.com

“ The music world is in mourning after it was announced by hip hop artist Busta Rhymes that his personal DJ, Roc Raida, is dead aged 37.

Raida, an avid mixed martial arts devotee, had injured his back while training at a gym, and had received back surgery twice in the time since to correct the injury.

He was recovering from the surgery when complications saw his health take a turn for the worst, and he died Saturday Sept. 19. at 2:05 p.m.

Williams had trained in mixed martial arts for several years. He was recovering at an “inpatient physical therapy facility” at the time of his death, according to a statement from his family. “

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Oct 2009
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NASA to Bomb Moon

Angry_moonJust to find water? Leave the moon alone! I don’t get it…maybe there is more to it but it just doesn’t make sense.  We have a lot of water right here on earth…use some of that.

NASA plans to crash a rocket into the moon early Friday, blasting a huge hole in the lunar surface to search for hidden water.

The explosion, scheduled for 4:30am Arizona time, is expected to visible with from Earth using amateur telescopes, according to NASA.

It’s also expected to be aired live by NASA-TV and on www.nasa.gov/ntv.

According to NASA’s website, the Centaur rocket will make impact at the Moon’s south pole.

Scientists tell Scientific American Magazine that they expect the blast to be so powerful that a huge plume of debris will be ejected.

A spacecraft will fly through the debris plume, sending data back to Earth before crashing into the lunar surface and creating a second debris plume, according to NASA’s website.

Why blast a hole in the moon? NASA wants to see if any water, ice or vapor is revealed in the cloud of debris. If there is, that might provide supplies for a future manned moonbase.

Friday’s explosion is part of NASA’s LCROSS (Lunar CRater Observing and Sensing Satellite) mission looking for lunar water.

NASA to bomb the Moon on Friday morning, watch from Earth – Phoenix Arizona news, breaking news, local news, weather radar, traffic from ABC15 News | ABC15.com.

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Oct 2009
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Another Scarecrow Update

Just wanted to show off some pics of the scarecrows.  We actually ended up put them out in the front yard last night so I will get better photos soon once the lighting and extras are added.

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There is a total of 3 and we still need some corn stalks to top it all off.  Living in Indiana, I am surrounded by corn but I am so nervous to go “borrow” some.

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Red Jeep In HDR

I was playing around today with some HDR techniques at work and took a photo of my red Jeep.  It turned out pretty cool and thought that I would show it off.

I took 3 photos of the Jeep without moving.  One normal, one with the lowest exposure setting and then one more with the highest exposure setting.  After that, I used a program called Photomatix to put everything together.

Here are the before and after photos.  Click to view a larger version of the finished version with a cool perspective blur that I put on it.

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30,000 DVDs Stolen from Netflix

PostalThis is the best! When do you think that the guilt trip kicked in and they decided to confess?

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (Sept. 22) – A former postal service employee has pleaded guilty to stealing more than 30,000 DVDs that moved through a western Massachusetts post office.
Myles Weathers, formerly of Springfield, took DVDs that were mailed by Netflix to customers for a year beginning in January 2007. A hairy communist bolts.


Federal prosecutors say the movie rental company alerted Springfield post office officials that a suspiciously high number of DVDs were disappearing. As many as 100 movies a week were disappearing.

Massachusetts Postal Worker Admits Stealing 30,000 DVDs.

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