Credit management system based on Ford's Microsoft Sync for post-2008 as successfully as any car or truck in the Ford range.
Since the information system and voice-activated entertainment and mobile monitoring began in about the same time that the provisional Ford Focus 2008, has become a profitable option for Christmas and the Bulls (and standard on some Lincoln models.) Since then, the automaker said MyFord and MyLincoln systems that use voice activation to control everything from radio navigation and air conditioning / heating / ventilation and mobile phone.
Consumer Reports has criticized the 2011 Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX systems in its annual new vehicle but causing Ford's global marketing, sales and service chief Jim Farley to bring extensive experience in concession. The idea, Farley told the Chicago Exposition, is to get new customers to return the grant of a full tutorial on the timing and MyFord / MyLincoln systems.
Although the systems are hands-free, require owners to know what words are necessary for control. Technology is supposed to make driving easier and less distracted. Is it easy to remember specific keywords, like turning on a radio button or air conditioning?
Chevrolet hopes. After four years of technology transfer to Ford Motor Company, announced the MyLink Chevy, which he calls "smart phones on the wheels." The technology combines the security of the General Motors OnStar and a security system with online services using Bluetooth technology that uses voice recognition to a company in Massachusetts, Nuance. MyLink launched later this year on the Volt and the Chevrolet Equinox 2012, and a screen resolution of 7 inches high.
Similar systems are in different brands are available in different 2012 GMC, Buick and Cadillac models. They take the stereo audio streaming and wireless hands-free control of your smartphone.
MyLink adds flash memory to connect USB devices, and bring Pandora Internet radio, tune Gracenote identification, and Stitcher SmartRadio streaming podcasts, radio and press in the '12 Chevrolet Volt and Equinox. Chevrolet says Nuance "allows simple voice commands to initiate calls and radio stations, select MP3 media players and smart phones."
For some young women, sex leaves no afterglow, new research suggests.
In a small study, one out of three young women experienced postcoital blues at some point in their lives and 10 percent said they frequently or almost always felt sad after sex. The study involved more than 200 young Australian women, so more research would be needed to see if the results are the same in other age groups and locales.
"Under normal circumstances, the resolution phase of sexual activity, or period just after sex, elicits sensations of well-being, along with psychological and physical relaxation," study author Robert Schweitzer of the Queensland Institute of Technology said in a statement. "However, individuals who experience postcoital dysphoria [sadness] may express their immediate feelings after sexual intercourse in terms of melancholy, tearfulness, anxiety, irritability or feeling of restlessness."
Schweitzer said the cause of these feelings is unknown. One woman surveyed said that she feels "melancholy" after sex, but said those feelings are disconnected from her feelings of love and affection for her partner. [Naked Truth: Why Women Shrug off Lousy Sex]
Prior sexual abuse can cause feelings of shame, guilt and loss in later sexual encounters, Schweitzer said. However, his research, published in the quarterly International Journal of Sexual Health, found only a moderate correlation between prior sexual abuse and later post-sex letdown, he said.
Adult actress Sasha Grey, who took his stage name of Oscar Wilde's Portrait of Dorian Gray "is described as a" thinking man's porn star. "
So to satisfy their fans multiple brain AVN-winner has written a book of self-portraits and short essays, "Sex Neu.
"It is three and half years worth of photographs," Grey told the newspaper. "There are enough hard shots in there, so it was not necessarily to be the most beautiful or perfect."
"Sex Neu" which includes quotes from Nan Goldin, Sartre and Jung had a fairly promising start. "I gave these pictures to my literary agent around 2007, and he loved them and loved it, and he proposed publish them, "said Gray. "When I was young, I felt really impinge on my sexuality. And until I started having sex I was in college, I was guilty. And now it's just a continuation of my awakening sexuality. "
Gray is one of the few adult film stars to make the transition to a non-porn acting, including a regular role in the HBO hit "Entourage," and starring turns in Hollywood films, such as the award-winning director Steven Soderbergh's Academy.
“Early on in my adult film career, I didn’t worry about the way people did my makeup or the way people did my hair, because it wasn’t part of my goal to be this bombshell sexpot—that just wasn’t part of my strategy,” said Grey. “Right now, I am pursuing acting outside of adult films.”
Grey hopes that “Neü Sex” will change the way people think of her. “I think the most difficult part of overcoming the stereotypes is people’s perception of me before they’ve ever met me," she said. "I wanted to prove people wrong.”
January 28, 1940 (1940-01-28)(age 71)
Mexico City, Mexico
Residence
Mexico
Nationality
Mexican
Alma mater
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
Occupation
Chairman & CEO of Telmex, América Móvil and Grupo Carso
Known for
World's wealthiest person (2011), (2010), (2007)
Net worth
US$74 billion (2011)
Religion
Maronite Christian
Spouse
Soumaya Domit (m. 1967–1999)
Children
Carlos
Marco Antonio
Patrick
Soumaya
Vanessa
Johanna
Parents
Julián Slim Haddad (deceased)
Linda Helú
Carlos Slim Helú (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkaɾlos esˈlim eˈlu]; born January 28, 1940) is a Mexican business magnate and philanthropist who has at various times been noted as the world's wealthiest person. He is the chairman and CEO of telecommunications companies Telmex and América Móvil and has extensive holdings in other Mexican companies through his conglomerate, Grupo Carso SAB, as well as business interests elsewhere in the world.
América Móvil, which at 2010 was Latin America’s largest mobile-phone carrier, accounted for around US$49 billion of his wealth by the end of 2010. His corporate holdings at February 2011 have been estimated at US$74 billion and from these estimates he is the wealthiest person in the world.
She’s one of Hollywood’s most wanted leading ladies.
So why not sing a song together?
“We sing all the time together. We always talk about doing something together,” Tyler told FOX411’s Pop Tarts column while promoting her upcoming dark comedy “Super.” “Sometimes when he is in the studio he’ll say ‘come down and sing backup or sing with me on this song.’ But I’m usually somewhere else, and our schedules make it so hard to meet up.”
Especially now, when dad has a second job moonlighting on America's most watched TV show.
“I'm not particularly familiar with ‘American Idol’ as a whole, I've seen it a couple of times, but I feel really happy for my dad that he's doing something he loves and something different,” she said. “It has been really interesting for me because my whole life, especially in America, people relate to and really love Aerosmith. I'll be pulled over by a cop and they'll say ‘oh tell your dad if he ever needs a new guitar player like here's my card’ or people really love Aerosmith and I was used to that, but now I'm experiencing something so different. People are coming up to talk to me about my father’s heart because they think he's so funny and sincere. It's really sweet because that's the man that I've always known my whole life, but it's interesting that the world gets to see that part of him now.”
Steven Tyler’s lengthy battle with substance abuse issues also helped Liv develop her “Super” character, in which she plays a woman who leaves her husband (Rainn Wilson) and hooks up with a hard-core drug dealer (Kevin Bacon.)
“I have had friends and family members who have been through recovery, so the whole process of AA, and just what it is like to suffer with that affliction is something I am familiar with and can understand both sides. I went to a couple of meetings and I read the big book of the AA and have myself been in family programs with family and friends, so that part of the process I understand,” she said. “The part I wasn’t so familiar with was being a heroin addict or being a junkie, so I watched movies and hung out with people who know.”
The 33-year-old only recently made her way back onto the big screen after a lengthy hiatus. Unlike so many in Hollywood, she chose to focus on motherhood and raising her now six-year-old son Milo, rather than keeping her career at the top of her list.
“His first few years were so important to me that I really got to be with him, bond with him and really be his mother, feed him and read with him and teach him those things that he's learning for the first time. As an actor I just have noticed growing up, even from my dad, it's a sacrifice – if you're off on tour all the time or you're away making movies all the time you're not going to get to bond with your children,” Tyler said. “Because I worked for so many years from the age of 15, I felt comfortable to do that but now I'm really excited to just get back to working and trying to just figure out how to make it work because he's in kindergarten and he has to stay in school. It is hard as it's such a gypsy lifestyle that I've always led, but once you have a child obviously they want to have stability.”
It was like a scene from "Weekend at Bernie's" when a Colombian soccer team recently got an unexpected fan.
Friends brought a coffin with the body of a 17-year-old boy into a soccer match Sunday between Cucuta Deportivo and Envigado, according to Colombia Reports.
Christopher Jacome, a big fan of Cucuta, was gunned down Saturday in a local park while playing soccer, according to the paper.
Friends of Jacome took his body from the funeral home after the wake and brought it into General Santander Stadium for the game.
"They don't let in the fanatics, but yes, a cadaver. This is the only part of the world where this has happened," Julio Rivera, medic for Cucuta, told the paper.
Stadium officials say they will hold a meeting to find out who allowed the dead body to be brought to the match.
France's team is looking for a seventh consecutive victory in Tuesday's friendly against Croatia in Paris, but French coach Laurent Blanc may first be making a few changes to the squad of "Les Bleus".
France are bidding for a seventh consecutive victory in Tuesday's friendly with Croatia in Paris, and yet uncertainties continue to dog Laurent Blanc's side.
Les Bleus went four points clear in their Euro 2012 qualifying group following Friday's 2-0 win in Luxembourg but the laborious nature of the victory raised fresh doubts about the team's attacking configuration.
Franck Ribery, making his first appearance since last year's World Cup in South Africa, was largely ineffective until being switched from the right flank to the left late in the game.
His chief rival for the left-wing role he covets, Chelsea's Florent Malouda, was similarly disappointing, while Yoann Gourcuff of Lyon and Arsenal's Samir Nasri both flattered to deceive in central midfield.
Blanc has promised to shuffle his pack for the visit of Croatia, which will be a repeat of the 1998 World Cup semi-final, and he admitted to being concerned by what he saw against Luxembourg.
"We have to shift from a match with something at stake to a friendly match but we have to prepare for it in the perspective of the targets we've set ourselves and God knows, after the match against Luxembourg there are things that need reviewing," said the France coach on Monday.
"There are lots of areas in which we were average and that will allow certain players to play, with the guideline being to continue our winning streak."
Despite media speculation that Marseille's Steve Mandanda is in line to replace first-choice goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, Blanc said he would keep faith with the Lyon man.
"I will be very clear, tomorrow (Tuesday) it's Hugo who plays," said Blanc.
"It's very important for a goalkeeper to have an understanding with his defence. So you can expect the goalkeeper and the centre-backs (Philippe Mexes and Adil Rami) to be the same as in Luxembourg."
Another complicating factor for Blanc is the fact that Ribery and Patrice Evra are likely to face a hostile reception from the Stade de France crowd.
The two men are widely seen as the ringleaders of France's training ground revolt at the World Cup and, having returned from exile in the game against Luxembourg, they will be braced for a backlash from the home fans on Tuesday.
"We'll see how it goes," Ribery told French television channel TF1 on Sunday. "I think there will be whistles but we'll have to accept this moment, let it pass, and continue to move forward."
Evra, meanwhile, was bullish: "The people who whistle will be the first people who ask me for my shirt at the end, so I'll treat it like a game."
Croatia were left second in Euro 2012 qualifying Group F, a point behind leaders Greece, after a 90th-minute goal from Levan Kobiashvili condemned them to a 1-0 defeat in Georgia on Saturday.
France won 2-1 when the sides met at the Stade de France in the 1998 World Cup, but the game is also remembered for a red card shown to Blanc following a tussle with Slaven Bilic, the current Croatia manager.
Blanc missed the final as a result and Bilic was widely criticised for play-acting, but Blanc said he would not avoid a handshake with his opposite number on Tuesday.
"I'll shake his hand without any second thoughts," said the France coach.
"I've run into him and there are no problems between him and me. He said that I was at fault (for getting sent off) and he was right. It's in the past. It's a new confrontation with new players."
A piece of the preserved Heslington brain after it was removed from the skull in which it was found.
2500-year-old human skull found in England was a surprise less than what it was: the brain. The discovery of yellowish, wrinkled, shriveled brain questions about how fragile life could survive for so long and how often this is a strange kind of stability occurs.
Except for the brain, the soft tissue around the skull, the skull was missing when he was taken from an Iron Age mud pit at the University of York planned to expand its campus Heslington East. [The oldest in Britain who are brain]
"It's amazing to think that the brain of someone who died so many thousands of years, may persist along the wet," said Sonia O'Connor, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Bradford. O'Connor, led a research team that evaluated the state of the brain after being found in 2008 and looked likely modes of preservation. [Image of the brain preserved]
"It is particularly surprising, because if you talk to physicians dealing with fresh corpses, they say he is the first organ to really deteriorate and that, basically, going to the brain is liquid because of its fat content" says O'Connor.
Once found, the skull - which was probably a man between 26 and 45 years - were involved in the jaw and the two vertebrae in the neck, which hangs on the screen and then beheaded. Cut marks on the inside of the neck indicates that the head was severed when he was still flesh on the bones, O'Connor said. However, it is an indication of why he was hanged, and the rest of his body has not yet been found.
More than ten years ago, O'Connor was involved in was discovered in 1925 kept the brain in the Middle Ages, the remains of Kingston-upon-Hull, England. In addition to the brain, only the bones remained, and all other soft tissue was gone.
In this sense, the brain called Heslington mummies and medieval remains are very different bodies frozen, canned or intentionally, because in these cases, other soft tissues - the muscles of the skin, and so on - is well preserved. None of the newly discovered remains showed signs that were preserved intentionally.
The rest of Heslington, with other O'Connor found, appear to have been buried quickly after death in humid environments, where the absence of oxygen prevents the brain tissue of putrefaction. But at the same time protecting the environment without oxygen seems key, you can not exclude other factors, such as certain diseases or physiological changes, such as accompanying famine, which could predispose the brain to be preserved Thus, according to O'Connor.
Once deposited in water well recorded, Heslington brain began to change chemically, to develop a resistant material shrinks, and a quarter of its size. chemical data of the new material is still under investigation, he said.
In a study of the next issue of the Journal of Archaeological Science, O'Connor's team has compiled a list of other well-preserved, can be found in the brain since 1960. Reports such as these tend to fly under the radar and do not appear in the archaeological mainstream scientific publications, and when the archaeologists do not find the preserved brain, they tend to think it is the first such find, "he said.
"I think part of the problem is archaeologists are happy to deal with human skeletal" remains, but when there is a hint of soft tissues, it is psychologically very, very different. You are no longer a skeleton is the remains of a corpse, of course, a corpse is a dead person, "he said.
The skull has been dated to somewhere between 673 and 482 BC, the Romans, meanwhile, arrived in the region in the year 71, according to Richard Hall, Director of Archaeology at York Archaeological Trust University hired to evaluate the site and the excavation process in Heslington. This seems to have been a permanent solution with dikes that divided the area of fields and walk through walls which cattle could be driven, Hall LiveScience.
Archaeologists have also found the site to create circular features were probably thatched houses and a pond-like feature probably used to store water, "he said.
At this stage, the objective of wells, like the one in which the skull was found is unclear, he said. No other human remains were found on the site.
Achieving and maintaining a healthy weight has a lot to do with your environment. For most people, your environment includes home, work, and all points in between. Why not give them a much needed makeover with the rest of your spring cleaning? Use this list to clean the blackboard, and your base in time for swimsuit season:
Clean and restock your refrigerator and freezer
First, check expiration dates to make room for new ones. Compost, recycle or reuse what you can and discard the rest. Be sure to clean under and behind the camera to ensure the unit operates as efficiently as possible and keeps food at the proper temperature (below 40 degrees for the refrigerator). Finally, fill with fresh dairy products low in fat and lean protein.
Going on patrol pantry
Consolidate open boxes of pasta, cereals, bars, and more check dates of alteration and long expiry disappeared. Rearrange spices, soups, flour, sugar and other food pantry help reduce the cooking time. Grade your pantry for how "natural" it is. Is it chalked full of processed foods, preservatives or artificial flavors and colors? It is time for a makeover! Contact your local food bank to find out what they accept perishable goods and donate what you can not (or not) use.
E 'spinning, Zumba, yoga or whatever, is definitely strength in numbers when it comes to exercising. Check times and locations of local class, and mark your calendar. Better yet, find a friend in a tag and sign together.
Rate your plate
Processed foods have taken over again? Maybe it's time for a basic cleaning. Read here for more information to help increase the fiber, a natural detoxifier, in their diet and other tips for addiction.
Farmer's Market, here I come!
Find out where your local market opens for the season and we where a community-supported agriculture (CSA) near you begin distribution of their products.
Hydrate
With the increase in storms, your body needs for water. Be sure to drink water all day and meals. Try to choose water over other beverages, especially soft drinks with caffeine foods like coffee or tea.
“Hustle and Flow” star Taryn Manning is the cover girl for the new issue of Playboy magazine, where she opens up about her career, including a new solo album.
The singer/actress/designer/dancer/DJ reveals that her new album will show “off the playful side of me.”
Currently starring on the hit CBS show “Hawaii Five-0,” the star says of her life, “I want to live in light and love and laughter and rainbows.”
Don't we all?
And of course, what’s Playboy without talk of her sexuality, which she candidly discusses.
“I’m not shy about sex. I enjoy being a little out there with a Flip camera sometimes…I want to be sexy. I want to be a one-woman show.”
Flipcams? Really? Hasn't she been watching what happened to Vanessa Hudgens?
Oh wait - she just posed naked for a men's magazine - scratch that!
The singer back into a pop vixen of a live performance in San Francisco Saturday night.
Dressed in a skin to reveal the Basque Britney Spears performance was far from the mother of two randomly dressed children who often ventures into loungewear and unkempt hair tied in a bun lazy.
Nailing the number of dance moves eye-watering, easy to work with her tape three pieces of the television show Good Morning America.
Britney performed three songs - "Hold It Against Me," "Big Fat Bass 'and' Till The World Ends - at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, a few days after surprising fans with two concerts in Las Vegas.
After his brief, Britney told fans: "I love music and 'my world is all ..."
Presumably he had momentarily forgotten his son Sean Preston and Jayden James.
free concert - and the public 5000 - is part of its promotional campaign for the new album, "Femme Fatale".
Kansas' Elijah Marcus Morris reacts in the locker room after losing 71-61 to Virginia Commonwealth at the Southwest regional final game in the NCAA college basketball tournament.
San Antonio - Bill Self eight seasons with Kansas, the Jayhawks have had all kinds of disappointing finishes - the back-to-back departure times of the first round and second round of last year's failure, when they were No. 1 seed overall.
This could be the worst.
Fixing this would have been the easiest route to a national championship in NCAA tournament history, their status as favorites further strengthened by being the only No. 1 seed left in the field, Kansas blew again.
The Jayhawks were delayed early and barely threatened the rest of the way to a 71-61 loss to 11th-seeded Virginia Commonwealth in the regional finals of the Southwest on Sunday.
"We're crushed," Self said. "We tried really hard and just came away empty-handed against a team that was better than today."
A win would have sent a Kansas Final Four game against eighth-seeded Butler, then there is no better than a No. 3 seed in the final. If the Jayhawks won it all, which would have broken the record for the greatest number of seeds found by the champion.
But instead of walking the next weekend in Houston for the heavy favorites, Kansas became the third No. 1 seed lost to No. 11 Connecticut, joining in 2006 and Kentucky in 1986.
"The seeds are so overrated," Self said. "These are the games. Your players can play with us anyday."
It is easy to understand what was wrong. Jayhawks only 35.5 percent of their shots and 9.5 percent 3-point attempts, the lowest season two. They hit 15 of 28 free throws (53.6 percent), narrowly better than the season low.
His last lead 10-9. Who trailed by a season with 14 at halftime. The deficit increased to 16 seconds later, after Kansas made his solo act while then disappears again.
Unlike the 2008-team that came out of the Alamodome as national champions, went in 2011 Jayhawks to face empty dressing room, hands on hips, sometimes looking at the wild celebration around them. Marcus Morris was trying to push back the tears, but had to pull his jersey over his face as he reached the edge of the runway.
"We let them beat us," Morris said Markieff. "We lost a lot of shots that we normally do. We have lost a lot of free throws we normally do."
Kansas reached the regional final 11-game winning streak. Tournament, the Jayhawks have not driven for more than two points, and won at least 14, with wins over teams seeded 16th, ninth and 12th day.
As much as they said they would comply with VCU as much as a Duke or North Carolina, Big 12 champions still knew they were facing the fourth-place finisher Colonial Athletic Association. Lack of compliance may be disclosed during a pregame meeting of team captains, when - according commitment Joey Rodriguez and two of his teammates -. One of the twins Morris said "The race ends here"
The lack of respect was seen after the game. Markieff Morris said: "Possibly the best game ever played, probably the best game ever in school."
The last minutes were a perfect example of what happened to Kansas (35-3).
Marcus Morris missed a short shot, got his own back, then left again just to see her brother to take a bounce. As soon as Jamie Skeen VCU grabbed the ball from his hands.
The next time down, shot a airball on a jumper Tyrell Reed base. Marcus Morris then threw a 3-pointer that was too hard, go after the rebound, he hit the ball out of bounds.
When Tyshawn Taylor made a layup with 24 seconds left, the Jayhawks were down by eight.
As the final seconds ticked, thousands of Jayhawks fans in stunned silence, arms folded, while the small group of fans chanted commitment "Hey, Hey, Goodbye."
Jayhawks What's next?
Much depends on the Morris twins, in exchange for their years of growth. Kansas already pay two experienced backcourt starters, Reed and Brady Morningstar.
"We achieved what we wanted to achieve, it is difficult for me to say that this is a special year," said Self. "No bite from a lack of decision or lack of effort, because these occasions are chopped -. I would like to come every year, but do not come every year and we have to maximize possibilities when you arrive. They have not done that. "
AFT's gunrunning investigations were supposed to stem the flow of guns, like these, bought by U.S. straw buyers and sold in Mexico.
Congress and the Justice Department appears headed for a showdown this week in documents detailing the operation and fast traffic, angry, frustrated weapons sting set up by the Bureau of Alcohol, Snuff, Firearms and Explosives, which funneled more than 1,700 weapons smuggled from Arizona to Mexico.
Ministry of Justice has until Wednesday to submit a stack of discs of congressional investigators and the designation of persons responsible gun e-mail for illegal activities that may have killed tens if not hundreds of Mexicans, and it is becoming increasingly embarrassed more than the Obama administration.
Subproject gunrunner and Phoenix-shoot, called Fast and the Furious that ATF prompted store owners to sell weapons to straw buyers - consumers who they suspected of working on behalf of the Mexican cartels drugs. To buy weapons for non-personnel is illegal. However, store owners of weapons were provided by the ATF agents, buyers were under investigation, and the guns were intercepted before crossing to Mexico.
Instead, the informants say weapons were "walking".
Obama, speaking for the first time in the growing scandal, admitted last week Fast and the Furious may have been a "grave error" but said: "I do not authorize, Eric Holder, does not authorize the Attorney General. It was very clear that our policy is to catch smugglers of weapons and put them in jail. "
But the investigation Rep. Darrell Issa, chairman of the committee on oversight and government reform could prove otherwise.
ATF operates the U.S. Department of Justice and two assistant U.S. attorneys in Phoenix to approve almost any interception, affidavits, and the operation was carried out in Fast and Furious.
Some, like Issa, wonder how the team could not have known about a study size.
"One of the questions you always ask who's lying," he told Fox News. "We lose our credibility if we did not come clean and make any necessary changes can save lives on both sides of the border."
If the Justice Department and ATF to refuse to provide documents requested Issa, as similar requests made by Senator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), Issa can summon the records.
"We're going to call, if we must, we hold hearings if necessary, we will invite officials if we have it. But at the end of the day, two Americans probably died as a result of this effort n is nothing compared with the Mexicans, many who have been killed, "said Issa.
He referred to the Border Patrol agent Brian Terry and Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agent Jamie Zapata.
The gun used to kill the two men were related to the project gun trafficker who knowingly has allowed buyers to buy straw and illegally export weapons just to see how they turned to Mexico. With this investigative technique in the hope of getting the organization ATF firearms trafficking throughout. Instead, records show he has helped more than 1,700 firearms, including hundreds of AK-47 rifles and high-powered, armor-piercing .50-caliber rifles to be sold in Mexico.
Humberto Trevino, a senior Mexican legislature, said at least 150 people were shot with guns ATF monitored.
Two gun shops have participated Carter Country in Houston and J & G sales of arms to Prescott, Arizona
"Let me tell you something about Carter Country. Cooperated with the ATF since the first time," said Carter County attorney Dick DeGuerin.
"They were invited to go through what they considered questionable for sale. They go through the sale of three or more assault rifles at the same time, or at least five 9 mm. Cannons at the same time, or a young Hispanic to pay cash. It 's all for profiling, but they went through. "
Both gun shops seem burnt ATF - The first news leaked to the Washington Post, which showed the two stores is responsible for dozens of weapons found at crime scenes in Mexico, and the time of Fast and Furious. "We've had back," added J & G President Brad Desaye. "Certainly, we felt that the partners ATF has many ways."
Assistant Attorney General, Ronald Weich said in a letter dated February 04, the operation was "to dismantle the organization of general traffic, not only to stop straw purchasers."
"The request - which ATF sanctioned" or knowingly allowed the sale of assault weapons to a buyer of straw, which were then transported to Mexico - is wrong, "he writes.
Holder said his department's policy is not "leave the guns out."
FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2009 file photo, Madonna arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar party , in West Hollywood, Calif. The father of a girl from Malawi whom Madonna hopes to adopt says he's capable of taking care of his daughter. Madonna's appeal of a court ruling denying her request to adopt the girl is to be heard Monday, May 4, 2009, in Malawi
LOS ANGELES - Madonna and her charity Raising Malawi is considering legal action Sunday after the foundation he helped put in place to build a school for poor girls collapsed despite the millions poured into it.
Pop superstar plan to build $ 15 million school 400 girls in the African nation was the result of NGO plowed $ 3,800,000 as part of architects, design and wages, but never broke ground.
Raising Malawi is strongly criticized the president and managing director Philippe van den Bossche left in October.
The auditors found that the extravagant sums have been spent not only on wages and office space - but also to join a golf club, homes, cars and even a pilot.
"Raising Malawi will examine the legal possibilities of" Madonna's representative confirmed.
Madonna, who lent $ 11 million to the organization, would be furious at the failure of the school. Gwyneth Paltrow and her friends Alex Rodriguez said another donor project.
Van den Bossche has not responded to emails and his phone was disconnected. He said he was bound by confidentiality agreements.
March 27, 2011: This image provided by the Clarke County Georgia Sheriff's department shows a photo of Jamie Hood, 33, who is charged in the slaying of a Georgia police officer and who allegedly held nine hostages at an Athens home days later.
Athens, Georgia - A man accused of murdering a police officer in Georgia and nine hostages were held overnight at his home in Athens later told a TV news crew who repents of what happened.
Since Jamie Hood was taken into custody late Friday, said WXIA-TV reporter Doug Richards, a brief interview, "I'm sorry for killing the officer." NBC affiliate in Atlanta, was presented during an interview on Saturday.
When Richards asked what he meant, a handcuffed Hood said: "This officer. This officer innocent. I'm sorry. He did not deserve this."
When asked why he did it, Hood said: "You know, they killed my brother, they would kill me .."
The 33-year-old Hood was held Saturday without bail on murder and other charges in Hall County jail. He is accused of fatally shooting Athens-Clarke County police officer Elmer "Buddy" Christian and injured a second officer on Tuesday.
Hood's brother was killed by a police officer in Athens in 2001, while Hood was serving a prison sentence for armed robbery.
Same time, police said Saturday were trying to figure out how long the Hood lived at the apartment in Athens, where he was held hostage on Friday night before they agreed to surrender, provided that it was sent to news.
Athens police Capt. Clarence Holeman said late Saturday that authorities are still investigating the circumstances of the impasse, including relations between the cover and the hostages.
"We're just trying to get to the bottom of how it happened," said Holeman. None of the hostages have been accused of any crime, he said.
Seemed almost a hostage to defend Hood Saturday morning, raising questions about whether the suspect convicted felon and murder knew some people who police said were hostages.
"Jaime did no harm to any of us," said Quintero riden, one of the hostages, outside the station in Athens-Clarke County police after being questioned by police. "They treated us like family."
The manhunt drama by the Bell ended around 23:15 on Friday, he left an apartment complex with no shirt and surrounded by five of the nine adults and children captive for hours, negotiated with the federal, provincial and local . They left in a single file, with arms in the air. The hostages were interrogated by the police.
"Thank God it's over," said Jennifer Hood, sister of the suspect on Saturday. "It is finally over."
Tattooed, shaved head hood was immediately swarmed by officers tactical green fatigues and armed with high powered weapons, patting down and ordered him to the ground. He did not resist.
"He was convinced he would be killed by the police," said Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Vernon Keenan, an hour earlier had been in front of television cameras to promise Hood, he would not suffer if he turned in and freed the hostages.
Hood was sentenced to 12 years in prison in 1997 for armed robbery and was released in 2009.
In 2001, when Hood was serving time, his 22-year-old brother Timothy Hood was shot by police in Athens. Investigators said at the time that Timothy Hood, pulled a gun on an officer and was killed when the gun jammed.
Keenan said Hood insisted that the donation would be broadcast live news crew in a way that is not affected. WXIA-TV pool camera crew office.
Investigators said they believe that cocaine Hood on Friday.
Campaign for an initial hearing was not set on Saturday afternoon. His attorney, Jim Smith, did not return a message for comment on Saturday.
According to authorities, the nine hostages, including a child, a baby and a girl of 13 years. None appeared to be injured. Holeman said Hood was armed during the break, but did not disclose details.
Police had been searching for Hood since Tuesday, when Christian was killed.
The officers had stopped Hood, while he was in an SUV west of Athens around 1:00 Tuesday, seeking to question him in connection with a carjacking and kidnapping. The driver was arrested, but police said Hood is out of the car and shot another officer, Tony Howard, face and upper body. Hood then shot and killed Christian, sitting in the patrol car, authorities said. Howard is recovering.
The manhunt led authorities to several locations in Athens-Clarke County, about 75 miles northeast of Atlanta when they received an avalanche of advice on where he could hide. Agents in a field in eastern Athens, about an apartment complex and barricading roads.
As the search intensified, police handed Hood about 15:40 on Friday and asked to speak with the authorities to abandon Keenan said. He told police he feared for his life, and that he would harm the hostages if its demands were not met, Keenan said.
Hood refused to respond to the TV reporter asked if he had threatened to harm people in the apartment on Friday.
After hours of negotiations, Hood agreed in about 21 free four hostages.
Former University of Georgia football player Bryant Gantt, who knew, Hood said in passing that he had sent a message on his Facebook page, offering to help. As police closed his friends put us Gantt Hood phone. The former footballer told WSB-TV who helped the FBI negotiators to talk to the suspect.
"It was up and down, you know," said Gantt. "I was scared. At last I could say I was afraid of the big picture. He was ready to get it over with. I was tired, worn out."
Jennifer Campana, said his brother has been coaching soccer for kids and playing sports in high school and never missed a family event. She said she arrived home yesterday morning, hours before the shooting, but she was in the shower and went before I could see.
"I wish there was something I could say or do," he said.
Police expect thousands to attend the funeral on Sunday for Christians, who was a veteran of eight years of the policy of Athens. Christian, 34, married with two small children.
DALLAS - Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air subsidiary to cancel 140 flights Saturday when a computer system used for flight planning has failed.
The presidents of the two airlines said in a video on YouTube that the common system used for flight planning has failed, causing the cancellation.
two-minute statement was released late in the afternoon, said the interruption resulted in the demolition of the two airlines about 15 percent of their time. About 11,700 passengers were affected.
"A transformer exploded and it took the central computer system in Alaska and Horizon," the president of Alaska said Brad Tilden.
Officials said the airlines will return to normal operation.
Company spokesman Paul McElroy said before many other flights were delayed, and customers had difficulty flight status updates on the website of the airlines because of the failure.
Both Tilden and Horizon President Glen Johnson apologized for the inconvenience. Johnson said the passengers were rebooked later, the car or put in other airlines. The company said that the flight will be charged a change fee.
Alaska Airlines uses versions of the Boeing 737, with about 124 to 172 seats, according to the sites of airlines seating chart. Horizon uses smaller aircraft turboprop.
Alaska Airlines based in Seattle serves many cities in the United States, focusing on the West Coast, and Canada and Mexico. Alaska and Horizon are owned by Alaska Air Group Inc.
Meticulous craftsmanship and upscale styling combined with a flexible interior and class-leading highway fuel economy(5,6) sets Equinox apart from the rest. With 32 MPG highway and a highway driving range of up to 600 miles, Equinox beats Honda CR-V, Toyota RAV4 and even Ford Escape Hybrid. Inside, there's comfort for five and the most rear-seat legroom in its class, along with advanced safety and security features for added peace of mind.
EXTERIOR
With its sleek lines and rugged details, Equinox is engineered to attract attention. And with the aggressive split grille and the gold bowtie on display, Equinox is unmistakably Chevy.
Chrome Appearance Package
Add some style to the exterior with the Chrome Appearance Package, which includes: bright chrome door handles; chrome, heated, power-folding mirrors;
and roof rack side rails with bright chrome inserts.
Roll in style
Equinox offers three stylish wheel choices, from standard 17" aluminum wheels, to available 18" machined aluminum wheels, to available 19" chrome-clad aluminum wheels.
INTERIOR
Comfort by design
Every aspect of the stylish interior was given considerable thought. Especially comfort and quietness. Equinox offers the most rear-seat legroom of any compact crossover, plus other comfort and convenience features like:
* Standard power driver seat height and lumbar adjuster
* Ten storage areas plus 63.7 cu. ft. of cargo space(9)
* Available power-programmable liftgate that adjusts to your height
* Quiet interior through use of acoustic laminated glass and sound-deadening materials
* Seats up to 5
We know seat comfort is a top priority when selecting a new vehicle. That's why we conducted exhaustive testing and added some design flair in an attempt to make sitting in Equinox as comfortable as — or even more comfortable than — sitting in your living room.
MultiFlex sliding rear seat
This innovative feature offers the most rear-seat legroom in its class and travels nearly eight inches forward and back. That's up to 39.9 inches of legroom for back-seat passengers.
Programmable power liftgate
Equinox has the first programmable power liftgate available for a small crossover. Besides full open, it can be set for a lower opening to avoid contact with a garage ceiling. Available on select models.
10 storage areas
Equinox has a number of storage areas and a deep center console to store a laptop or purse. The compartments behind the rear-seat doors are easy to reach whether you're a grown-up or a kid. And an available cargo management system helps keep bags and other items in place.
PERFORMANCE
Beats Ford Escape Hybrid
Automobilemag.com said, "Impressive [highway] fuel economy and smart packaging give the Equinox the opportunity to become a segment leader." And at 32 MPG, Equinox stands out from the rest by offering highway fuel economy that Honda CR-V, Toyota RAV4 and even a Ford Escape Hybrid can't match(5).
Go the extra mile
A fuel-saving 6-speed automatic transmission and a 2.4L ECOTEC 4-cylinder engine with direct injection means up to 600 highway miles between fill-ups. The 2.4L engine also features an ECO button that allows you to switch to a fuel-saving mode, which can increase your vehicle's fuel economy when compared to normal operation.
TECHNOLOGY Technology for the trip
With technology like an available Infotainment and Rear-Seat Entertainment Package, USB port(17) or a 40 GB hard drive, there's something for everyone.
Chevrolet Wi-Fi by Autonet Mobile(12) turns Equinox into a mobile hotspot:
* Available dealer-installed GM-licensed accessory provides multiple users with full Internet access inside the vehicle and up to a 150-foot radius around the vehicle
* Passengers can connect with friends on social sites, stream videos on long trips or find maps
XM Radio and XM NavTraffic
XM Radio(13) with three trial months is standard. And when you opt for the touch-screen navigation system(14), you get XM NavTraffic(15), which gives you live traffic updates, for three trial months.
Rear-seat displays
Available rear-seat entertainment system with dual-mounted displays allows rear-seat passengers to share the fun, or one can watch a movie while the other can connect and play their video game. Two wireless headphones included.
SAFETY
Safety gets technical
Advanced technologies help you avoid collisions, including:
* The StabiliTrak Electronic Stability Control System with Traction Control and rollover mitigation
* Available All-Wheel Drive (AWD)
* Four-wheel antilock brakes with Electronic Brake Force Distribution
Protection during a collision
* Steel safety cage
* Six air bags(10) with rollover sensors
* LATCH system
OnStar can help you after a collision
* In a crash, built-in sensors can automatically alert OnStar®(11), even if you can't respond. Automatic Crash Response comes standard for the first six months.
StabiliTrak
The StabiliTrak Electronic Stability Control System with Traction Control and rollover mitigation is designed to improve vehicle stability on most road surfaces, especially during emergency maneuvers.
Rearview camera system
An available rearview camera system is intuitively positioned in the rearview mirror. The system is designed to help you see what's behind you when traveling in Reverse at low speeds. Standard on 2LT and LTZ, available on 1LT.
OnStar
OnStar®(11) with the Directions & Connections®Plan — standard for the first six months — includes Automatic Crash Response which uses built-in vehicle sensors that can send an alert. Even if you don't respond, an OnStar Advisor can request help be sent to your exact GPS location
LOS ANGELES - Elizabeth Taylor, the violet-eyed film goddess whose sultry screen persona, stormy personal life and enduring fame and glamour made her one of the last of the classic movie stars and a template for the modern celebrity, died Wednesday at age 79.
She was surrounded by her four children when she died of congestive heart failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where she had been hospitalized for about six weeks, said publicist Sally Morrison.
"My Mother was an extraordinary woman who lived life to the fullest, with great passion, humor, and love," her son, Michael Wilding, said in a statement.
"We know, quite simply, that the world is a better place for Mom having lived in it. Her legacy will never fade, her spirit will always be with us, and her love will live forever in our hearts."
"We have just lost a Hollywood giant," said Elton John, a longtime friend of Taylor. "More importantly, we have lost an incredible human being."
Taylor was the most blessed and cursed of actresses, the toughest and the most vulnerable. She had extraordinary grace, wealth and voluptuous beauty, and won three Academy Awards, including a special one for her humanitarian work. She was the most loyal of friends and a defender of gays in Hollywood when AIDS was new to the industry and beyond. But she was afflicted by ill health, failed romances (eight marriages, seven husbands) and personal tragedy.
"I think I'm becoming fatalistic," she said in 1989. "Too much has happened in my life for me not to be fatalistic."
Her more than 50 movies included unforgettable portraits of innocence and of decadence, from the children's classic "National Velvet" and the sentimental family comedy "Father of the Bride" to Oscar-winning transgressions in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and "Butterfield 8." The historical epic "Cleopatra" is among Hollywood's greatest on-screen fiascos and a landmark of off-screen monkey business, the meeting ground of Taylor and Richard Burton, the "Brangelina" of their day.
She played enough bawdy women on film for critic Pauline Kael to deem her "Chaucerian Beverly Hills."
But her defining role, one that lasted past her moviemaking days, was "Elizabeth Taylor," ever marrying and divorcing, in and out of hospitals, gaining and losing weight, standing by Michael Jackson, Rock Hudson and other troubled friends, acquiring a jewelry collection that seemed to rival Tiffany's.
She was a child star who grew up and aged before an adoring, appalled and fascinated public. She arrived in Hollywood when the studio system tightly controlled an actor's life and image, had more marriages than any publicist could explain away and carried on until she no longer required explanation. She was the industry's great survivor, and among the first to reach that special category of celebrity — famous for being famous, for whom her work was inseparable from the gossip around it.
The London-born actress was a star at age 12, a bride and a divorcee at 18, a superstar at 19 and a widow at 26. She was a screen sweetheart and martyr later reviled for stealing Eddie Fisher from Debbie Reynolds, then for dumping Fisher to bed Burton, a relationship of epic passion and turbulence, lasting through two marriages and countless attempted reconciliations.
She was also forgiven. Reynolds would acknowledge voting for Taylor when she was nominated for "Butterfield 8" and decades later co-starred with her old rival in "These Old Broads," co-written by Carrie Fisher, the daughter of Reynolds and Eddie Fisher.
Taylor's ailments wore down the grudges. She underwent at least 20 major operations and she nearly died from a bout with pneumonia in 1990. In 1994 and 1995, she had both hip joints replaced, and in February 1997, she underwent surgery to remove a benign brain tumor. In 1983, she acknowledged a 35-year addiction to sleeping pills and pain killers. Taylor was treated for alcohol and drug abuse problems at the Betty Ford Clinic in Rancho Mirage, Calif.
Her troubles bonded her to her peers and the public, and deepened her compassion. Her advocacy for AIDS research and for other causes earned her a special Oscar, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, in 1993.
As she accepted it, to a long ovation, she declared, "I call upon you to draw from the depths of your being — to prove that we are a human race, to prove that our love outweighs our need to hate, that our compassion is more compelling than our need to blame."
The dark-haired Taylor made an unforgettable impression in Hollywood with "National Velvet," the 1945 film in which the 12-year-old belle rode a steeplechase horse to victory in the Grand National.
Critic James Agee wrote of her: "Ever since I first saw the child ... I have been choked with the peculiar sort of adoration I might have felt if we were in the same grade of primary school."
"National Velvet," her fifth film, also marked the beginning of Taylor's long string of health issues. During production, she fell off a horse. The resulting back injury continued to haunt her.
Taylor matured into a ravishing beauty in "Father of the Bride," in 1950, and into a respected performer and femme fatale the following year in "A Place in the Sun," based on the Theodore Dreiser novel "An American Tragedy." The movie co-starred her close friend Montgomery Clift as the ambitious young man who drowns his working-class girlfriend to be with the socialite Taylor. In real life, too, men all but committed murder in pursuit of her.
Through the rest of the 1950s and into the 1960s, she and Marilyn Monroe were Hollywood's great sex symbols, both striving for appreciation beyond their physical beauty, both caught up in personal dramas filmmakers could only wish they had imagined. That Taylor lasted, and Monroe died young, was a matter of luck and strength; Taylor lived as she pleased and allowed no one to define her but herself.
"I don't entirely approve of some of the things I have done, or am, or have been. But I'm me. God knows, I'm me," Taylor said around the time she turned 50.
She had a remarkable and exhausting personal and professional life. Her marriage to Michael Todd ended tragically when the producer died in a plane crash in 1958. She took up with Fisher, married him, then left him for Burton. Meanwhile, she received several Academy Award nominations and two Oscars.
She was a box-office star cast in numerous "prestige" films, from "Raintree County" with Clift to "Giant," an epic co-starring her friends Hudson and James Dean. Nominations came from a pair of movies adapted from work by Tennessee Williams: "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and "Suddenly, Last Summer." In "Butterfield 8," released in 1960, she starred with Fisher as a doomed girl-about-town. Taylor never cared much for the film, but her performance at the Oscars wowed the world.
Sympathy for Taylor's widowhood had turned to scorn when she took up with Fisher, who had supposedly been consoling her over the death of Todd. But before the 1961 ceremony, she was hospitalized from a nearly fatal bout with pneumonia and Taylor underwent a tracheotomy. The scar was bandaged when she appeared at the Oscars to accept her best actress trophy for "Butterfield 8."
To a standing ovation, she hobbled to the stage. "I don't really know how to express my great gratitude," she said in an emotional speech. "I guess I will just have to thank you with all my heart." It was one of the most dramatic moments in Academy Awards history.
"Hell, I even voted for her," Reynolds later said.
Greater drama awaited: "Cleopatra." Taylor met Burton while playing the title role in the 1963 epic, in which the brooding, womanizing Welsh actor co-starred as Mark Antony. Their chemistry was not immediate. Taylor found him boorish; Burton mocked her physique. But the love scenes on film continued away from the set and a scandal for the ages was born. Headlines shouted and screamed. Paparazzi, then an emerging breed, snapped and swooned. Their romance created such a sensation that the Vatican denounced the happenings as the "caprices of adult children."
The film so exceeded its budget that the producers lost money even though "Cleopatra" was a box-office hit and won four Academy awards. (With its $44 million budget adjusted for inflation, "Cleopatra" remains the most expensive movie ever made.) Taylor's salary per film topped $1 million. "Liz and Dick" became the ultimate jet set couple, on a first name basis with millions who had never met them.
They were a prolific acting team, even if most of the movies aged no better than their marriages: "The VIPs" (1963), "The Sandpiper" (1965), "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (1966), "The Taming of the Shrew" (1967), "The Comedians" (1967), "Dr. Faustus" (1967), "Boom!" (1968), "Under Milk Wood" (1971) and "Hammersmith Is Out" (1972).
Art most effectively imitated life in the adaptation of Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" — in which Taylor and Burton played mates who fought viciously and drank heavily. She took the best actress Oscar for her performance as the venomous Martha in "Virginia Woolf" and again stole the awards show, this time by not showing up at the ceremony. She refused to thank the academy upon learning of her victory and chastised voters for not honoring Burton.
Taylor and Burton divorced in 1974, married again in 1975 and divorced again in 1976.
"We fight a great deal," Burton once said, "and we watch the people around us who don't quite know how to behave during these storms. We don't fight when we are alone."
In 1982, Taylor and Burton appeared in a touring production of the Noel Coward play "Private Lives," in which they starred as a divorced couple who meet on their respective honeymoons. They remained close at the time of Burton's death, in 1984.
Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor was born in London on Feb. 27, 1932, the daughter of Francis Taylor, an art dealer, and the former Sara Sothern, an American stage actress. At age 3, with extensive ballet training already behind her, Taylor danced for British princesses Elizabeth (the future queen) and Margaret Rose at London's Hippodrome. At age 4, she was given a wild field horse that she learned to ride expertly.
At the onset of World War II, the Taylors came to the United States. Francis Taylor opened a gallery in Beverly Hills and, in 1942, his daughter made her screen debut with a bit part in the comedy "There's One Born Every Minute."
Her big break came soon thereafter. While serving as an air-raid warden with MGM producer Sam Marx, Taylor's father learned that the studio was struggling to find an English girl to play opposite Roddy McDowall in "Lassie Come Home." Taylor's screen test for the film won her both the part and a long-term contract. She grew up quickly after that.
Still in school at 16, she would dash from the classroom to the movie set where she played passionate love scenes with Robert Taylor in "Conspirator."
"I have the emotions of a child in the body of a woman," she once said. "I was rushed into womanhood for the movies. It caused me long moments of unhappiness and doubt."
Soon after her screen presence was established, she began a series of very public romances. Early loves included socialite Bill Pawley, home run slugger Ralph Kiner and football star Glenn Davis.
Then, a roll call of husbands:
• She married Conrad Hilton Jr., son of the hotel magnate, in May 1950 at age 18. The marriage ended in divorce that December.
• When she married British actor Michael Wilding in February 1952, he was 39 to her 19. They had two sons, Michael Jr. and Christopher Edward. That marriage lasted 4 years.
• She married cigar-chomping movie producer Michael Todd, also 20 years her senior, in 1957. They had a daughter, Elizabeth Francis. Todd was killed in a plane crash in 1958.
• The best man at the Taylor-Todd wedding was Fisher. He left his wife Debbie Reynolds to marry Taylor in 1959. She converted to Judaism before the wedding.
• Taylor and Fisher moved to London, where she was making "Cleopatra." She met Burton, who also was married. That union produced her fourth child, Maria.
• After her second marriage to Burton ended, she married John Warner, a former secretary of the Navy, in December 1976. Warner was elected a U.S. senator from Virginia in 1978. They divorced in 1982.
• In October 1991, she married Larry Fortensky, a truck driver and construction worker she met while both were undergoing treatment at the Betty Ford Center in 1988. He was 20 years her junior. The wedding, held at the ranch of Michael Jackson, was a media circus that included the din of helicopter blades, a journalist who parachuted to a spot near the couple and a gossip columnist as official scribe.
But in August 1995, she and Fortensky announced a trial separation; she filed for divorce six months later and the split became final in 1997.
"I was taught by my parents that if you fall in love, if you want to have a love affair, you get married," she once remarked. "I guess I'm very old-fashioned."
Her philanthropic interests included assistance for the Israeli War Victims Fund, the Variety Clubs International and the American Foundation for AIDS Research.
She received the Legion of Honor, France's most prestigious award, in 1987, for her efforts to support AIDS research. In May 2000, Queen Elizabeth II made Taylor a dame — the female equivalent of a knight — for her services to the entertainment industry and to charity.
In 1993, she won a lifetime achievement award from the American Film Institute; in 1999, an institute survey of screen legends ranked her No. 7 among actresses.
During much of her later career, Taylor's waistline, various diets, diet books and tangled romances were the butt of jokes by Joan Rivers and others. John Belushi mocked her on "Saturday Night Live," dressing up in drag and choking on a piece of chicken.
"It's a wonder I didn't explode," Taylor wrote of her 60-pound weight gain — and successful loss — in the 1988 book "Elizabeth Takes Off on Self-Esteem and Self-Image."
She was an iconic star, but her screen roles became increasingly rare in the 1980s and beyond. She appeared in several television movies, including "Poker Alice" and "Sweet Bird of Youth," and entered the Stone Age as Pearl Slaghoople in the movie version of "The Flintstones." She had a brief role on the popular soap opera "General Hospital."
Taylor was the subject of numerous unauthorized biographies and herself worked on a handful of books, including "Elizabeth Taylor: An Informal Memoir" and "Elizabeth Taylor: My Love Affair With Jewelry." In tune with the media to the end, she kept in touch through her Twitter account.
"I like the connection with fans and people who have been supportive of me," Taylor told Kim Kardashian in a 2011 interview for Harper's Bazaar. "And I love the idea of real feedback and a two-way street, which is very, very modern. But sometimes I think we know too much about our idols and that spoils the dream."
Survivors include her daughters Maria Burton-Carson and Liza Todd-Tivey, sons Christopher and Michael Wilding, 10 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
A private family funeral is planned later this week.
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Associated Press Writer Bob Thomas contributed to this report.
Armed with a pair of keyboards and her own delicate voice, Katie Costello reimagines Weezer's alt-rock classic, "Island In The Sun" in this week's Mashup Monday.
"I thought playing it on piano and obviously being a woman singer would be a nice spin on the song," the California native says of making the decade-old Weezer tune her own. "The version I wanted to make is a little darker and it's a nice challenge."
She may have only been 10 years old when Weezer put "Island In the Sun" in the top 20 of the Alternative Songs chart in 2001, but Costello was drawn to the tune because, "it's an extremely catchy song that seems happy. But I think it's actually kind of sad. So I was very fascinated and drawn to that fact."
The 20 year-old may be young enough to be Rivers Cuomo's daughter, but she is already an accomplished artist. She's released two albums, the latest of which, "Lamplight," came out in February.
In most cases (85–90%), bad breath originates in the mouth itself. The intensity of bad breath differs during the day, due to eating certain foods (such as garlic, onions, meat, fish, and cheese), obesity, smoking, and alcohol consumption. Since the mouth is exposed to less oxygen and is inactive during the night, the odor is usually worse upon awakening ("morning breath"). Bad breath may be transient, often disappearing following eating, brushing one's teeth, flossing, or rinsing with specialized mouthwash.
Bad breath may also be persistent (chronic bad breath), which is a more serious condition, affecting some 25% of the population in varying degrees. It can negatively affect the individual's personal, social, and business relationships, leading to poor self-esteem and increased stress.
The term halitosis dates from the 1870s, combining the Latin halitus, meaning 'breath', with the Greek suffix osis often used to describe a medical condition, e.g., "cirrhosis of the liver". Bad breath is not, however, a modern affliction. Records mentioning bad breath have been discovered dating to 1550 B.C. A mouthwash of wine and herbs was one recommended way of solving the problem[citation needed].
Google’s Nexus is a speedy smart phone. It’s a intuitive handset having five customizable home screens with animated backgrounds. It also provides slick speech recognition capabilities. Nexus is now integrated with most of the software services provided by Google. Nexus One represent itself as a search giant’s first expansion in the world of e- commerce and hardware. Although that some well-publicized customer service issues come up with the device, still it remains among those ionic customer electronics which are at top of the list throughout the year.
2) RIM BlackBerry Presenter
As many of you have already noticed that micro and mini projectors will be available soon. Manufactures like 3M, Microvision and other. Thank God this handy 3.4-inch x 2.4-inch boxlike accessory is designed, so that it can be used with BlackBerry smart phones. It is very simple in use. What you have to do is that, simply connect it with a projector or monitor and you can use Blutetooth connectivity in order to display Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 and 2007 slides directly from your handset. You can pause images, set slides to automatically swap at prearranged intervals and in this way you can enjoy the benefit of accurate reproductions with most visual and animated effects.
3) PlayStation Phone by Sony
Sony, the leader of innovative technologies is ready to launch playstation phone code named “Zeus” in early 2011. Zeus would have Andriod 3.0 Gingerbread operating system. It also contains SD slot card having 8GB of memory with 1GHz Qualcomm MSM8655 processor. It comes up with 3.8 display and graphics processing unit of Adreno 205. This superb phone also contains 1GB ROM and 512 MB RAM. 3.8″ touch screen and its touch pad is just like gaming console of PSP. Through PlayStation Phone you can also download different games. So for those who love games, it is going to be a best product.
4) 3D Vaio by Sony
In order to be synchronize with BRAVIA glasses 3D laptop computer by Sony will boast of IR blaster. Lodged in F series chassis, the laptop contains display of 16”, so it can also be used for PS3. For games and videos, this laptop comes up with 1080p 240fps display. You can upgrade it from 2D to 3D with Blu-ray drives. In order to retain crystal clear picture quality, 3D VAIO uses the same technology in BRAVIA TV, with Black Frame Insertion. 3D VAIO used sequential technology for HD display while utilizing shutter glass. With just one touch button you can change between 2D to 3D. So, 3D VAIO would be a 0utstanding electronic gadget of 2011.
5) Apple iPhone 5
Apple iPhone 5 is based on face recognition mechanism with a sleek design. It contains 64GB memory with OLED screen. With GPS navigation feature you are able to synchronize with iTunes and customize SMS alerts and tones with HD audio quality. With Apple iPhone5 you can do video chat on 3G. For more durability, the screen is made scratch protected. For improved resolution it contains the most advanced graphic chips in it with chips dual core processors. On iPhone 5 you are also able to watch local channels. It also includes Pico projector which is used for presentation on a wall or flat surface.
6) PlayBook by BlackBerry
With simplified and advanced operating system BlackBerry is going to launch PlayBook. It would be highly compatible with current web requirements such like HTML5. This BlackBerry Tablet Operating System also called as QNX, supports open GL and PSIX. It will also be compatible with Adobe AIR and Flash 10.1. It comes up with 1GHZ processor, 1GB of Ram, 3MP camera with 5MP lens and 1024X600, 7″ display. Playbook offer video conferencing and features micro USB jack, 1080p resolution, Wi-Fi, HDMI port and Blue Tooth. Playbook is hardly just 0.4” thick and approximately weighs just 450 grams. It is possible to extract the data out of BlackBerry on PlayBook with the help of BlueTooth tethering application.
7) 3DS by Nintendo
The Nintendo 3D comes up with 2 outward lenses and 1 inward lense for taking pictures and it is compatible with 3D graphics sans glasses. With outward lens you can take picture of any person and at the same instant the user’s picture can be taken with the inward lens. It is possible to combine two images and produce a single one. Users cartoon avatars automatically created by 3DS. It also enables users of 2DS for communication. With the help of tag mode, you are able to get the details of another user of 3DS, like you can come to know about the games he or she played last.
8) Palm Pre Plus
With minor changes in hardware the newer version of palm pre comes up with patch up keyboard and some little changes in user interface. It contains 3.1 inch multi touch screen with 320×480 resolution with HVGA display. In order to capture amateur video capture, it contains 3MP camera with LED flash. Palm Pre Plus will be coming up with Verizon. It runs on WebOS in its smartphone platform, which gives applications like Hotspot Tethering. You can get Palm Pre Plus for just 150 $ with two years Verizon contacts with their data plans.
9) Lenovo IdeaPad U1
Lenovo IdeaPad U1 is a 1.6 inch Linux based PC. It can also become a fully functional 3.7lb notebook having multi-touch capabilities that boasts an Intel Core 2 Duo processor. This device really functions well while offering solid five hours of battery life. E-mail and other web surfing facilities are also available. It attracts to those mobile professionals who are looking for great diversity in computing solution. So you can call it as two for one deal.
