4004 B.C.: It’s the beginning of time, according to 17th century Irish bishop and theologian James Ussher — and not just any old moment on that fateful date, but “on the beginning of the night.”
Ussher’s calculations, published in the Annals of the Old Testament, Deduced From the First Origins of the World, strike most [...]
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Oct. 22, 4004 B.C.: Universe Usshered In
October 22nd, 2010 |
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Justin Bieber Assault Investigation Launched Following Laser Tag Scuffle In Canada
October 18th, 2010 |
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He only made his debut as a rapper a few days ago, but pop tart Justin “Shawty Mane” Bieber is already facing his first brush with the law. T.I. would be so proud…. The “Baby” crooner, 16, is accused of injuring a 12-year-old fan who surrounded him during a game of laser tag in his [...]
Ozzy Announces Second Round Of North American Dates
October 12th, 2010 |
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NORTH AMERICAN TOUR STARTS NOVEMBER 12;
SECOND LEG KICKS OFF JANUARY
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Ozzy Osbourne, who will
kick off his fall North American arena tour November 12 in Victoria, B.C, has now announced a second leg of U.S.
dates which will get underway January 16, 2011 in Omaha, NE. The six-week 2011 trek, part of the multi-
platinum
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee’s in-progress 18-month world tour, will include a pair of intimate shows: January
26 at the Dodge Theater in Phoenix and Feb 1 at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles.
Ozzy’s longtime
friend
and musical collaborator Slash will
open all the concerts on the second leg. Tickets for the Live Nation-produced tour go on sale beginning Friday,
October 15. For the most up-to-date on sale information, please visit Ozzy.com or LiveNation.com.
2010 DATES:
Sat Oct 30 Voodoo Experience (City Park) New Orleans, LA
Fri Nov 12 Save On Foods Memorial Centre Victoria, BC
Sun Nov 14 Rogers Arena Vancouver, BC
Tue Nov 16 Pengrowth Saddledome Calgary, AB
Thu Nov 18 Rexall Place Edmonton, MB
Sat Nov 20 MTS Centre Winnipeg, MB
Tue Nov 23 Bell Centre Montreal, QC
Thu Nov 25 Scotiabank Place Ottawa, ON
Sat Nov 27 Air Canada Centre Toronto, ON
Mon Nov 29 1st Mariner Arena Baltimore, MD
Wed Dec 01 Madison Square Garden Arena New York, NY
Fri Dec 03 Izod Center E Rutherford, NJ
Sun Dec 05 Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, OH
Tue Dec 7 Van Andel Arena Grand Rapids, MI
Sun Dec 12 Target Center Minneapolis, MN
2011 DATES:
Sun Jan 16 Qwest Center Omaha, NE
Tue Jan 18 Toyota Center Houston, TX
Thu Jan 20 American Airlines Center Dallas, TX
Sat Jan 22 Sprint Center Kansas City, MO
Mon Jan 24 AT&T Center San Antonio, TX
Wed Jan 26 Comerica Theatre Phoenix, AZ
Fri Jan 28 Mandalay Bay Resort Las Vegas, NV
Tue Feb 01 Gibson Amphitheatre Los Angeles, CA
Thu Feb 03 HP Pavilion San Jose, CA
Sat Feb 05 Tacoma Dome Tacoma, WA
Tue Feb 08 Pepsi Center Denver, CO
Thu Feb 10 BOK Center Tulsa, OK
Sat Feb 12 The Palace of Auburn Hills Detroit, MI
Sun Feb 14 i wireless Center Moline, IL
Tue Feb 16 Bridgestone Arena Nashville, TN
Fri Feb 18 St Pete Times Forum Tampa, FL
Sun Feb 20 BankAtlantic Center Fort Lauderdale, FL
Tue Feb 22 Jacksonville Veterans Mem. Arena Jacksonville, FL
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Oct. 8, 1582: Nothing Happens … in Catholic Lands
October 8th, 2010 |
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1582: Nobody does anything, anything at all. In fact, nobody does anything whatsoever between Oct. 4 and Oct. 15, 1582, because the 10 intervening days have simply been declared out of existence by the pope. (This offer may not apply outside Italy, Spain and Portugal.)
Where did those days go?
By the mid-1570s, the Julian Calendar established [...]
Frightened Rabbit:Live Video & Tour Dates
August 27th, 2010 |
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THE WINTER OF MIXED DRINKS OUT NOW
On their most recent U.S. tour, Internet television network, Revision3, caught up with Frightened Rabbit to film a jam-
packed, sold-out performance at San Francisco’s Rickshaw Stop. Check out the video for their 15-song set here or below, along with dates for their month-long October tour below.
FRIGHTENED RABBIT TOUR DATES
October 7 – Seattle, Wash. @ Showbox at the Market
October 8 – Vancouver, B.C. @ Vogue Theatre
October 9 – Portland, Ore. @ Wonder Ballroom
October 10 – San Francisco, Calif. @ The Fillmore
October 13 – Los Angeles, Calif. @ Mayan Theatre
October 14 – San Diego, Calif. @ House of Blues
October 15 – Anaheim, Calif. @ House of Blues
October 16 – Las Vegas, Nev. @ Beauty Bar
October 17 – Tempe, Ariz. @ The Clubhouse
October 19 – Dallas, Texas @ Loft @ Palladium Showroom
October 20 – Austin, Texas @ Stubbs BBQ
October 21 – Houston, Texas @ Walters
October 22 – New Orleans, La. @ Tipitina’s
October 23 – Gainesville, Fla. @ Common Grounds
October 24 – Orlando, Fla. @ The Social
October 26 – Athens, Ga. @ 40 Watt Club
October 27 – Charlotte, N.C. @ Neighborhood Theatre
October 28 – Philadelphia, Pa. @ Starlight Ballroom
October 29 – Boston, Mass. @ Paradise
October 30 – New York, N.Y. @ Terminal 5
November 1 – Washington, D.C. @ 930 Club
November 2 – Pittsburgh, Pa. @ Diesel
November 3 – Detroit, Mich. @ Magic Stick
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July 7, 1550: Europeans Discover Chocolate
July 7th, 2010 |
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1550: Chocolate is introduced in Europe, and the Mexican drink creates a passion that endures after nearly half a millennium.
Europe came late to the joys of chocolate. Native to Mexico, Central and South America, cacao cultivation dates to at least 1250 B.C., according to archaeologists.
Mayans grew cacao trees in their backyards and used the seeds [...]
June 10, 1952: Marketing Mylar With a Film About a Film
June 10th, 2010 |
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runMobileCompatibilityScript(‘myExperience90680579001′, ‘anId’);
1952: DuPont registers Mylar as the trademark for its new, strong polyester film. Mylar’s versatility gives it a long, worldwide run as an industrial coating.
DuPont developed Mylar, or biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate, along with the polyester fabric Dacron in the early ’50s. Mylar’s resistance to tearing and stretching, to heat and [...]
May 28, 1959: Inventing a New Language for Business
May 28th, 2010 |
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1959: A meeting at the Pentagon lays the foundations for the computer language that will later be known as COBOL, which goes on to become a mainstay of business computing for the next four decades.
COBOL, short for Common Business-Oriented Language, was one of the earliest computer languages. It was also, along with Fortran, one of [...]
May 18, 1952: Carbon-14 Sets Stonehenge Date at 1848 B.C., More or Less
May 18th, 2010 |
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1952: An analysis of the carbon-14 radioisotope in a piece of charred oak from an excavated pit at Stonehenge estimates that the mysterious structure on England’s Salisbury Plain is 3,800 years old, plus or minus 275 years.
The carbon-dating process that dated Stonehenge to about 1848 B.C. was conducted by the technique’s godfather, Willard Libby. The [...]
NetApp Acquires Object Storage Provider Bycast
April 7th, 2010 |
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Bycast, based in Vancouver, B.C., develops object-based storage software that manages petabyte-scale, globally distributed repositories of images, video and records for enterprises.
– NetApp revealed April 7 that it will acquire Bycast, a privately held
storage software maker, in an all-cash transaction. Other details of the deal
were not made available.
Bycast, based in Vancouver, B.C.,
develops object-based storage software that manages petabyte-scale, globally
distribut…
March 30, 1848: Niagara Falls Runs Dry
March 30th, 2010 |
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1848: Niagara Falls stops. No water flows over the great cataract for 30 or 40 hours. People freak out.
The falls were already a tourist attraction by 1848, and villages had grown up on both the U.S. and Canadian sides of the river to accommodate the sightseeing throngs. Residents also built waterwheels to harness the Niagara [...]
The Black Eyed Peas Tour Dates “The E.N.D. World Tour†2010
December 1st, 2009 |
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The new year will take The Black Eyed Peas on a 100-city trek around the Globe.
The Grammy-winning band– featuring the talents of will.i.am, apl.de.ap, Taboo, and Fergie – will hit the road together for the first time since 2006 when “The E.N.D. World Tour” kicks into high-gear in Atlanta on Feb. 4. The tour will [...]
EA’S FIFA 10 IN STORES NOW THROUGHOUT EUROPE
October 2nd, 2009 |
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EA SPORTS™ Turns On Popular Online Features My Live Season, Pro Club Championship and Be A Pro: 10 v 10 Online Team Play October 2, 2009 – Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) announced that FIFA 10 from EA SPORTS™ is available in stores throughout Europe beginning today for the PLAYSTATION®3, Xbox 360®, Wii™, PC, PlayStation®2, [...]
Aug. 18, 1868: Helium Discovered During Total Solar Eclipse
August 18th, 2009 |
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1868: A French astronomer spots an unknown element, now known as helium, in the spectrum of the sun during a much-anticipated total eclipse. The event marks the first discovery of an “extraterrestrial” element, as helium had not yet been found on Earth.
Astronomers had been eagerly awaiting a total solar eclipse since 1859, when German physicist [...]
EA SPORTS FIFA 10
August 14th, 2009 |
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JOIN WAYNE ROONEY AS COVER ATHLETES ON UK EA SPORTS FIFA 10 PACK GUILDFORD, UK. – August 5th, 2009 – Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) today unveiled the UK cover athletes for EA SPORTS™ FIFA 10. Chelsea FC midfielder Frank Lampard and Arsenal’s rising star, Theo Walcott, join Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney as the [...]
Thousands observe ‘Nag Panchami’ festival in Uttar Pradesh
July 27th, 2009 |
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Thousands of Hindu devotees observed the festival of Nag Panchami in different parts of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday. The festival involves the worship of snakes.
People from all walks of life participated in the festival with religious fervour in Ayodhya and Allahabad.
This annual festival is celebrated on the fifth day of the moonlit-fortnight during [...]
5 ancient Roman shipwrecks found off Italy coast
July 25th, 2009 |
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ROME (AP) — Archaeologists have found five well-preserved Roman shipwrecks deep under the sea off a small Mediterranean island, with their cargo of vases, pots and other objects largely intact, officials said Friday.
The ships are submerged between 100 and 150 meters (about 330 to 490 feet) off Ventotene, a tiny island that is part [...]
Networked link journalism: A revolution quietly begins in Washington state
January 9th, 2009 |
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The discussion about journalism’s future so often focuses on Big Changes — Kill the print edition! Flips for everyone! Reinvent business models NOW! — that it’s easy to forget how simple innovation can be.
Sometimes all you need is a few Tweets, a bunch of links, and some like-minded pioneers.
That’s how a quiet revolution began in [...]