Jon Bon Jovi Dead – No, He Isn’t!

(source: kffm.com)

So often you’ll see reports of someone dying but your only trusted source is your buddy who heard it from a friend who saw a shared link on Facebook. Jon Bon Jovi, as in the lead singer of Bon Jovi, isn’t dead. Many of these news stories come from an automated feed that generate fake news, then leave it up to the facebook shares to get the word out, and to get hits on their website. Don’t worry, Jon Bon Jovi isn’t dead. In fact, if anything, he’s the opposite, still touring, making money and rocking your face off.






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10 Great Songs Bafflingly Rejected By Pop Stars

(source: nme.com)

Was Beyonce wrong for turning down Chris Martin’s offer of a song? While there was a distinct possibility it was going to be a bit “Natalie Imbruglia", it could have gone the way of Martin’s really-rather-good track for Jamelia, ‘See It In A Boy’s Eyes’.


Either way, this unnamed track joins the ranks of unwashed, unwanted “rejected” songs. We decided to take a look at 10 others.


1) ‘Golden Years’
Bowie penned the glammy track in 1975 and allegedly offered it to none other than Elvis Presley. Sadly a cheeseburgers-affecting-his-judgement-by-this-stage Presley declined to record the future Thin White Duke classic.

 
2) ‘Don’t You (Forget About Me)’
Like a really, really ugly looking cockroach no one wants to go near, this song was rejected by no less than three people including Bryan Ferry and Billy Idol. No matter, Simple Minds finally went and recorded it for the soundtrack of The Breakfast Club and it rushed to the top of the Billboard charts.

 
3) ‘Call Me’
Co-writer Giorgio Moroder had given a demo ‘Man Machine’ to Stevie Nicks to add lyrics and vocals to for the soundtrack of American Gigolo. She declined to do it and instead the opportunity went Blondie’s Debbie Harry. Interestingly, Nicks also turned down the chance to write lyrics for Prince's 'Purple Rain'. D'oh!

 
4) ‘Ben’
The song was written for puppy dog eyed Donny Osmond, but this didn’t pan out. This was because, depending on who you believe, the Mormon singer was on tour or lyricist Don Black thought that the young Michael Jackson could do a better job.

 
5) ‘Rock Your Body’
This, like much of Justin Timberlake's 'Justified' album, was offered to Michael Jackson but he passed. In the alternative pop history in our minds, Jacko recorded this song as the Neptunes intended instead of most of the dreck on ‘Invincible’, returned to chart dominance while Timberlake remained in N*Sync and is taking part in the NOKTBSBN*SYNC live experience (currently touring the major shopping malls of America).

 
6)‘Baby One More Time’
TLC rejected this tune because it didn’t fit with their more mature image, instead it went to fledgling former Mouseketeer Britney Spears. Pop would never be the same again.

 
7) ‘Physical’
We’re about the have a “oh that’s gross” moment at the thought of musty old bleach blonde Rod having a stab at these lyrics. Instead Olivia Newton John saved us from that fate, recording it and banishing all thoughts of Grease’s Sandy away, thanks to the gym-set video.

 
8) ‘Upside Down’
Chic’s Bernard Edwards and Nile Rogers wrote this track for Aretha Franklin who wanted to ‘go disco’. But the singer had her own ideas. Legend has it that Franklin met with the production team and started banging out a tune on the piano with some cringey lyrics about "hanging out in the disco". Chic were horrified and fled, offering this tune to Diana Ross instead.

 
9) ‘Sweet Dreams My LA X’
After Justin Timberlake’s Britney break-up-referencing ‘Cry Me A River’, songwriter Cathy Dennis penned a swift rebuttal in the form of ‘Sweet Dreams My LA X’. Britney refused to record it, allegedly because she thought people would realise that she was singing about Timberlake (well, duh…). Instead it went to S Club 7 munchkin Rachel Stevens.

 
10) ‘Telephone’
Another Spears reject, this time Gaga re-nosed it, got Beyonce on board, et voila - pop magic.

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Google map mystery of giant lines spotted by satellite in Gobi desert

(source: dailymail.co.uk)

A Google Maps satellite has spotted a series of bizarre structures during a sweep of the Gobi desert in China.

The internet is buzzing with theories about what their purpose is, with suggestions ranging from giant QR readers to practise targets for military satellites.

To add to the intrigue, they are located on the borders of Gansu province and Xinjiang in northwestern China - an area that the superpower uses to build military, space and nuclear equipment.

In fact, some of the sites are less than 100 miles from Jiuquan, where China’s space programme headquarters and launch pads can be found.
Some internet users have been trying to overlay one of the strange structures on to various U.S. city maps, worried that there may be a sinister military purpose behind them.

Others have pointed out that if China wanted to attack a U.S. city, it doesn’t need a practise map in the desert.

What’s also fuelling the mystery is that it’s just too difficult to tell what the structures are made of – whether they are painted on or dug into the landscape.

However, upon zooming in, planes and burnt-out trucks can be seen on some of the photographs, which hints that they may indeed be targets of some kind.

This is the second time in a number of days that the search giant has published photographs of possibly secret facilities.
Last week it published pictures of Iranian facilities which the UN says may be used to develop nuclear weapons.

Satellite images of Arak and Natanz show changes to the facilities in the areas when compared with images taken in October 2010.
The overhead pictures were released by Google following a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) which expressed 'serious concerns regarding possible military dimensions to Iran's nuclear programme'.



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Nokia HumanForm

(source: research.nokia.com)

Nokia HumanForm was created in a joint effort to translate the most promising new nanotechnologies into meaningful user experiences, in order to create real devices and set goals for future product portfolios.

The project is a key step towards bringing significant user experience benefits to the market, enabled by nanotechnology. Nokia HumanForm is a visionary solution for a dynamically flexible device for uses beyond touch screen and voice communication where technology is invisible and intuition takes over. Natural interactions are enabled with a kinetic user interface.

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Fastball - The Way




They made up their minds
And they started packing
They left before the sun came up that day
An exit to eternal summer slacking
But where were they going without ever knowing the way?

They drank up the wine
And they got to talking
They now had more important things to say
And when the car broke down they started walking
Where were they going without ever knowing the way?

[Chorus:]
Anyone could see the road that they walk on is paved in gold
And it's always summer, they'll never get cold
They'll never get hungry
They'll never get old and gray
You can see their shadows wandering off somewhere
They wont make it home
But they really don't care
They wanted the highway
They're happy there today, today

The children woke up
And they couldn't find 'em
They left before the sun came up that day
They just drove off and left it all behind 'em
But where were they going without ever knowing the way?

Anyone could see the road that they walk on is paved in gold
And it's always summer, they'll never get cold
They'll never get hungry
They'll never get old and gray
You can see their shadows wandering off somewhere
They wont make it home
But they really don't care
They wanted the highway
They're happy there today, today (repeat)

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Boxing legend Joe Frazier dies

(source: espn.go.com)

PHILADELPHIA -- He beat Muhammad Ali in the Fight of the Century, battled him nearly to the death in the Thrilla in Manila. Then Joe Frazier spent the rest of his life trying to fight his way out of Ali's shadow.
That was one fight Frazier never could win.
He was once a heavyweight champion, and a great one at that. Ali would say as much after Frazier knocked him down in the 15th round en route to becoming the first man to beat Ali at Madison Square Garden in March 1971.
But he bore the burden of being Ali's foil, and he paid the price. Bitter for years about the taunts his former nemesis once threw his way, Frazier only in recent times came to terms with what happened in the past and said he had forgiven Ali for everything he said.
Frazier, who died Monday night after a brief battle with liver cancer at the age of 67, will forever be linked to Ali. But no one in boxing would ever dream of anointing Ali as "The Greatest" unless he, too, was linked to Smokin' Joe.
"I will always remember Joe with respect and admiration," Ali said in a statement. "My sympathy goes out to his family and loved ones."
They fought three times, twice in the heart of New York City and once in the morning in a steamy arena in the Philippines. They went 41 rounds together, with neither giving an inch and both giving it their all.
In their last fight in Manila in 1975, they traded punches with a fervor that seemed unimaginable among heavyweights. Frazier gave almost as good as he got for 14 rounds, then had to be held back by trainer Eddie Futch as he tried to go out for the final round, unable to see.
"Closest thing to dying that I know of," Ali said afterward.
Ali was as merciless with Frazier out of the ring as he was inside it. He called him a gorilla, and mocked him as an Uncle Tom. But he respected him as a fighter, especially after Frazier won a decision to defend his heavyweight title against the then-unbeaten Ali in a fight that was so big Frank Sinatra was shooting pictures at ringside and both fighters earned an astonishing $2.5 million.
The night at the Garden 40 years ago remained fresh in Frazier's mind as he talked about his life, career and relationship with Ali a few months before he died.
"I can't go nowhere where it's not mentioned," he told The Associated Press. "That was the greatest thing that ever happened in my life."

Don King, who promoted the Thrilla in Manila, was described by a spokesman as too upset to talk about Frazier's death.

Bob Arum, who once promoted Ali, said he was saddened by Frazier's passing.
"He was such an inspirational guy. A decent guy. A man of his word," Arum said. "I'm torn up by Joe dying at this relatively young age. I can't say enough about Joe."
Frazier's death was announced in a statement by his family, who asked to be able to grieve privately and said they would announce "our father's homecoming celebration" as soon as possible.
Manny Pacquiao learned of it shortly after he arrived in Las Vegas for his fight Saturday night with Juan Manuel Marquez. Like Frazier in his prime, Pacquiao has a powerful left hook that he has used in his remarkable run to stardom.
"Boxing lost a great champion, and the sport lost a great ambassador," Pacquiao said.
Don King, who promoted the Thrilla in Manila, was described by a spokesman as too upset to talk about Frazier's death.
Though slowed in his later years and his speech slurred by the toll of punches taken in the ring, Frazier was still active on the autograph circuit in the months before he died. In September he went to Las Vegas, where he signed autographs in the lobby of the MGM Grand hotel-casino shortly before Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s fight against Victor Ortiz.
An old friend, Gene Kilroy, visited with him and watched Frazier work the crowd.
"He was so nice to everybody," Kilroy said. "He would say to each of them, 'Joe Frazier, sharp as a razor, what's your name?' "
Frazier was small for a heavyweight, weighing just 205 pounds when he won the title by stopping Jimmy Ellis in the fifth round of their 1970 fight at Madison Square Garden. But he fought every minute of every round going forward behind a vicious left hook, and there were few fighters who could withstand his constant pressure.

His reign as heavyweight champion lasted only four fights -- including the win over Ali -- before he ran into an even more fearsome slugger than himself. George Foreman responded to Frazier's constant attack by dropping him three times in the first round and three more in the second before their 1973 fight in Jamaica was waved to a close and the world had a new heavyweight champion.
Two fights later, he met Ali in a rematch of their first fight, only this time the outcome was different. Ali won a 12-round decision, and later that year stopped Foreman in the Rumble in the Jungle in Zaire.
There had to be a third fight, though, and what a fight it was. With Ali's heavyweight title at stake, the two met in Manila in a fight that will long be seared in boxing history.
Frazier went after Ali round after round, landing his left hook with regularity as he made Ali backpedal around the ring. But Ali responded with left jabs and right hands that found their mark again and again. Even the intense heat inside the arena couldn't stop the two as they fought every minute of every round with neither willing to concede the other one second of the round.
"They told me Joe Frazier was through," Ali told Frazier at one point during the fight.
"They lied," Frazier said, before hitting Ali with a left hook.
Finally, though, Frazier simply couldn't see and Futch would not let him go out for the 15th round. Ali won the fight while on his stool, exhausted and contemplating himself whether to go on.
It was one of the greatest fights ever, but it took a toll. Frazier would fight only two more times, getting knocked out in a rematch with Foreman eight months later before coming back in 1981 for an ill-advised fight with Jumbo Cummings.
"They should have both retired after the Manila fight," former AP boxing writer Ed Schuyler Jr. said. "They left every bit of talent they had in the ring that day."
Born in Beaufort, S.C., on Jan 12, 1944, Frazier took up boxing early after watching weekly fights on the black and white television on his family's small farm. He was a top amateur for several years, and became the only American fighter to win a gold medal in the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo despite fighting in the final bout with an injured left thumb.



"Joe Frazier should be remembered as one of the greatest fighters of all time and a real man," Arum told the AP in a telephone interview Monday night. "He's a guy that stood up for himself. He didn't compromise and always gave 100 percent in the ring. There was never a fight in the ring where Joe didn't give 100 percent."
After turning pro in 1965, Frazier quickly became known for his punching power, stopping his first 11 opponents. Within three years he was fighting world-class opposition and, in 1970, beat Ellis to win the heavyweight title that he would hold for more than two years.
A woman who answered Ellis' phone in Kentucky said the former champion suffers from Alzheimer's Disease, but she wanted to pass along the family's condolences.
In Philadelphia, a fellow Philadelphia fighter, longtime middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins, said Frazier was so big in the city that he should have his own shadow, like the fictional Rocky character.
"I saw him at one of my car washes a few weeks ago. He was in a car, just hollering at us, 'They're trying to get me!' That was his, hi," Hopkins said. "I'm glad I got to see him in the last couple of months. At the end of the day, I respect the man. I believe at the end of his life, he was fighting to get that respect."
HBO broadcaster Larry Merchant, who became close with Frazier after covering him as a reporter in Philadelphia, was crushed by the news.
"This is a body blow to me because I knew him personally as well as professionally," Merchant told ESPN.com's Dan Rafael. "I thought he was as honest and as real a fighter as there ever was. He followed in a tradition of (Jack) Dempsey and (Rocky) Marciano as the 'Warrior King.' "
It was his fights with Ali that would define Frazier. Though Ali was gracious in defeat in the first fight, he was as vicious with his words as he was with his punches in promoting all three fights -- and he never missed a chance to get a jab in at Frazier.
Frazier, who in his later years would have financial trouble and end up running a gym in his adopted hometown of Philadelphia, took the jabs personally. He felt Ali made fun of him by calling him names and said things that were not true just to get under his skin. Those feelings were only magnified as Ali went from being an icon in the ring to one of the most beloved people in the world.
After a trembling Ali lit the Olympic torch in 1996 in Atlanta, Frazier was asked by a reporter what he thought about it.
"They should have thrown him in," Frazier responded.
He mellowed, though, in recent years, preferring to remember the good from his fights with Ali rather than the bad. Just before the 40th anniversary of his win over Ali earlier this year -- a day Frazier celebrated with parties in New York -- he said he no longer felt any bitterness toward Ali, who suffers from Parkinson's Syndrome and is mostly mute.
"I forgive him," Frazier. "He's in a bad way."



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Privacy-protecting Facebook Disconnect app is downloaded 152,000 times

(source: dailymail.co.uk)

Facebook's reassurances about its privacy policies don't seem to have calmed people's fears of the internet giant - as users flock to shield their browsing histories from its all-seeing eye.
Facebook openly admits to tracking your use of other websites while you are logged in to the site.
But the site's attempts to reassure people that its use of their web browsing information is innocent don't seem to have had the desired effect.
Facebook Disconnect - a browser extension which prevents Facebook 'seeing' which other sites you visit online - has been downloaded 152,000 times.
The software works in Google's Chrome browser and automatically blocks web traffic between other sites and Facebook, so the social network can no longer 'look at' your browsing history.
'Facebook is notified whenever you visit one of the more than one million sites on the web that use Facebook Connect and has a history of leaking personally identifiable information to third parties,' says the official Facebook Disconnect page. 'Turn off the flow of your data to them!'
Privacy advocates have voiced concerns that the information could be used for 'targeted advertising' in worrying ways.
Unless you take steps yourself, the social network watches most websites you visit while logged in.
Facebook's own 'privacy' pages are largely targeted towards protecting your data from other people - not from the social network itself.

Users seem delighted with Facebook Disconnect, even though it blocks some functions of Facebook such as photo links.
One user commented, 'Keep your data private folks! The tools are there to keep your browser safe, use them.'

 

The extension has been such a hit that its creators have unveiled an upgraded version, entitled Disconnect, which also protects users against tracking from Google and Twitter.
Disconnect also works in Apple's Safari browser and Mozilla's Firefox.
Google in particular has access to a huge amount of information from its users, from the contents of Gmail emails to web browsing history to the videos they watch and upload on YouTube.
'If you’re a typical web user, you’re unintentionally sending your browsing history with your name and other personal information to third parties whenever you’re online,' the company says.
A spokesman for Facebook said: 'If you're logged in to Facebook and visit a website integrated with Facebook, your browser sends us information, including your browser and operating system information, and your Facebook user ID.
'We use this information to help show you a personalized experience on that site. For example, when you go to a website with a Like button, we need to know who you are in order to show you what your Facebook friends have liked on that site.
'Regardless of whether you are logged in or not, we do not use the information we receive when you visit a site integrated with Facebook to track activity around the web.




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Liza Minnelli talks Michael Jackson

(source: showbizspy.com)

LIZA Minnelli claims her pal Michael Jackson was “used and abused” by his father.
Speaking to Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper, the singer and actress opened up about her friendship with the late Thriller hitmaker.
“He was a supremely gifted human being but he didn’t survive, in my opinion, because he’d never been taught the rules of the game,” she said.
“He and his brothers and sisters were forced to rehearse round the clock while other kids were playing basketball.
“Michael’s life was precisely the one dictated by his father. The family’s religion [the parents are Jehovah’s Witnesses] means the children weren’t even meant to be in show business. But, when they started making money for their father, that was it. Michael was used and abused almost from the time he was born.
“Eventually, he distanced himself from his family, created this wonderful place — Neverland — for kids and supported different families. Then, one day, the father in one of those families called up Michael and said, ‘Unless you give me $30,000, I’m going to tell everyone you made a pass at my son’. And that’s when Michael called me.
“Michal Jackson was a supremely gifted human being, but he didn’t survive because he’d never been taught the rules of the game.
“When he’d finished his story, I remember pausing and then saying: ‘Michael, maybe you should tell your lawyer about this’. He said: ‘But it’s insane.’
“So I repeated my advice. ‘It’s blackmail, though,’ he said. ‘It is,’ I replied, ‘and that’s why you need to involve your lawyer’. But he wouldn’t.
“What everyone forgets is that, when kids stayed at Neverland, their parents came, too. And they were treated grandly. But then other people jumped on the bandwagon.
“I remember he was going with this girl and he was so in love with her. He came to show me the ring he’d bought for her. I asked him what he was going to say and he didn’t know. So I said: ‘Let’s rehearse,’ and that’s what we did.
“But the girl turned him down. She said she wasn’t ready to commit right now. She told him to ask again in six months. And it all but killed him. He was heartbroken. I knew all his girlfriends including Lisa Marie who became his wife.
“In the end, the scorn, the cruelty, the vicious meanness — these are the things that took his life. He was one of the best performers we’ve ever had. He changed everything. But he was only a king when he was on stage.”


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Demi Moore Splitting From Ashton Kutcher

(source: foxnews.com)

A 23-year-old woman has come forward with the bombshell claim that she had a fling with Ashton Kutcher at a San Diego club last Friday, the same weekend of his six-year wedding anniversary with wife Demi Moore, according to a report from Radar Online.

According to Radar, the unidentified woman has gone into hiding and hired a top Hollywood attorney.

The “Two and a Half Men” actor and his movie star wife’s anniversary was Saturday, September 24, the night after the alleged incident took place. Sources told Radar that Ashton, 33, partied into the wee hours of the night Friday and was not behaving like someone “celebrating a wedding anniversary.”

The woman’s claims follow a Star magazine report that Kutcher and Moore have separated as a result of his alleged constant cheating.

“Ashton and Demi have separated and the marriage is over,” a source close to the pair told Star magazine.

On September 23, the night Kutcher was allegedly out partying, Moore, 48, sent a cryptic tweet, quoting Greek philosopher Epictetus. ""When we are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself & study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger," she wrote.

Days later, she tweeted a photo of herself with her eyes closed, writing "I see through you...." Comments under the photo included "stay strong" and "Hope everything is ok."

Earlier this week, Moore walked the red carpet alone at the premiere of “Five,” her new Lifetime project with Jen Aniston and Alicia Keys. The actress’ super skinny frame shocked onlookers.

Last year, Kutcher was accused of having a fling with 21-year-old Brittney Jones while Moore was filming a movie in Detroit. He denied the claims and threatened legal action after tabloids published the report.

Kutcher and Moore have not responded to the allegations.

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Apple holding iPhone 5 event on October 4

(source: cnet.com)

As expected, Apple will be holding an iPhone event next Tuesday at its Cupertino, Calif., headquarters.
The company sent an e-mail to select reporters earlier today, saying the event will start at 10 a.m. PT next week with an "executive presentation." Although Apple didn't specifically mention the iPhone 5 by name, speculation abounds that the company will unveil one, or perhaps two, iPhones at the event.
Rumors have been swirling for months over when Apple would finally unveil its next iPhone. In previous years, Apple has shown off a new version of its popular smartphone at the Worldwide Developers Conference in June. However, the new iPhone was conspicuously missing from this year's event, prompting the rumor mill to speculate that Apple would wait until September or October to show off its latest handset.
Last week, All Things Digital reported, citing sources, that Apple would be holding a special event on October 4 that would be led by its new CEO Tim Cook. The publication's sources said that the new iPhone would go on sale "within a few weeks" after the announcement, pegging the release at late October.

Exactly what Apple might show off at the event, though, is unknown. Some reports have suggested that the company could offer a new iPhone boasting only minor updates compared to its predecessor, the iPhone 4. Still others have said Apple's next iPhone will boast 4G connectivity, an edge-to-edge display, and several other major improvements.
There is also some question over how many iPhones will be demoed at the event. Early rumors have suggested that Apple would show off a single iPhone, but J.P. Morgan analyst Mark Moskowitz said earlier this month that he expects Apple to launch two new smartphones this year. That sentiment was echoed by former U.S. Vice President and Apple board member Al Gore, who hinted last week that Apple was readying two iPhones.
"Not to mention the new iPhones coming out next month," Gore said during the Discovery Invest Leadership Summit in South Africa.
Besides the iPhone, Apple will likely discuss iOS 5 and its cloud-based service, iCloud, which it unveiled at WWDC earlier this year.
Lost amid the discussion of new iPhones and iOS 5, however, is Tim Cook. Although Cook has quite a bit of experience at Apple events, this will be the first time he'll attend a launch as CEO. As noted, AllThingsD reported that Cook will lead the event, assuming the role that Apple Chairman Steve Jobs took on when he was CEO by coming out in the beginning and discussing major launches, while leaving many of the details to other executives.
There is a lot riding on Cook's showing at the event. The Apple CEO's presentation could go under the microscope of shareholders that want to see if he has the stage presence to deliver the larger-than-life persona Jobs brought to his company's major product announcements. What's more, shareholders will want to see if Apple's event with Cook at the helm will carry the same weight as those led by Jobs over the years.
But Cook isn't the only one to be lost in the iPhone's shadow. Conspicuously missing from Apple's invitation is any hint that music might be involved. The invitation itself is a clever play on iPhone icons that tell recipients when and where the event is, but it's also a departure from the display of a musical instrument or anything suggesting that we'll see iPods too.
For the past several years, September has been the time we see new iPods, but the month is nearly over, and it now seems unlikely that they'll be getting any fanfare of their own. Of course, that won't be much of a change, considering that there has been a general lack of iPod-related rumors over the past six months, short of reports of a white iPod Touch model and a return of the camcorder to the touch-screen version of the iPod Nano.
Then again, trying to predict what Apple will do at an event is difficult. Although discussions on the iPhone, iOS 5, and iCloud are a sure bet, there's no telling if Cook will pull out a "one more thing" at the end of the presentation.

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How To Enable Facebook Timeline

(source: techcrunch.com)

This morning Facebook announced Timeline, a crazy (and kind of creepy) omnibus look at everything that has ever happened in your Facebook lifespan. It’s like a story book of your life — or at least the online, documented parts.
Facebook said that Timeline would be on the way for everyone sometime in the coming weeks… which is great and all, for everyone else. You’re the type of person who reads TechCrunch, and are thus likely the type of person who likes their new and shiny things right now.
That’s okay. We can make it happen.
Fortunately, enabling Timeline a bit early isn’t too difficult — but it’s not at all straight forward, either.
You see, Facebook is enabling Timeline early for open graph developers. You, too, can be an open graph developer — even if you’re just looking to dabble.
A few things to note:
- You probably don’t want to do this unless you’re actually a developer. Expect bugs.
- Only you will see your timeline at first (unless you decide otherwise), but it will automatically go public after a few days. My timeline was automatically hard-set to go public on September 29th.
- It seems that if you login into Facebook on another machine, Timeline gets disabled automatically on all of your machines. With that said, it seems you can get back to your timeline (but ONLY after following the steps below) by navigating to http://www.facebook.com/YOURUSERNAMEHERE?sk=timeline
- You’ll need to have a “verified” account for one of the steps, which means you need a credit card or phone number attached to the account.

Here’s how to do it:

1. Log into Facebook
2. Enable developer mode, if you haven’t already. To do this, type “developer” into the Facebook search box, click the first result (it should be an app made by Facebook with a few hundred thousand users), and add the app.

3. Jump into the developer app (if Facebook doesn’t put you there automatically, it should be in your left-hand tool bar)
4. Create a new app (don’t worry — you wont actually be submitting this for anyone else to see/use). Give your shiny new app any display name and namespace you see fit. Read through and agree to the Platform Privacy agreement. This is the step you need to be verified for.
5. Ensure you’re in your new app’s main settings screen. You should see your app’s name near the top of the page
6. Look for the “Open Graph” header, and click the “Get Started using open graph” link.
Create a test action for your app, like “read” a “book”, or “eat” a “sandwich”

7. This should drop you into an action type configuration page. Change a few of the default settings (I changed the past tense of “read” to “redd” — again, only you can see this unless you try and submit your application to the public directory), and click through all three pages of settings
8. Wait 2-3 minutes
9. Go back to your Facebook homescreen. An invite to try Timeline should be waiting at the top of the page
And you’re done! We’ve seen this work quite a few times now, so it should work without a hitch for just about anyone.



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The BEST Divorce Letter EVER!!!!

(source: internet)

Dear Wife:

I’m writing you this letter to tell you that I’m leaving you for good.

I’ve been a good man to you for seven years, and I have nothing to show for it.

These last two weeks have been hell.  Your boss called to tell me that you had quit your job today, and that was the last straw.

Last week, you came home and didn’t even notice that I had gotten a new hair cut, cooked your favorite meal, and even wore a brand new pair of silk boxers.

You came home and ate in two minutes, then went straight to sleep after watching all your soaps.  You don’t tell me you love me anymore, you don’t want to have sex anymore or anything. Either you’re cheating on me or you don’t love me anymore.

Whatever the case is, I am gone.

Your EX – Husband

P.S.  Don’t try to find me.  Your SISTER and I are moving away to West Virginia together!

Have a great life!
 
Dear Ex-Husband:

Nothing has made my day more than receiving your letter.  It is true that you and I have been married for seven years, although a good man is a far cry from what you’ve been.

I watch my soaps so much because they drown out your constant whining and griping. Too bad that doesn’t work.  I did notice when you got a hair cut last week.  The first thing that came to mind was, ‘You look just like a girl!’, but my mother raised me not to say anything, if you can’t say anything nice.  And when you cooked my favorite meal, you must have gotten me confused with MY SISTER, because I stopped eating steak seven years ago.

I turned away from you when you had those silk boxers on because the price tag was still on them. I prayed that it was just a coincidence that my sister had just borrowed fifty dollars from me that morning and your new silk boxers were $49.99.

After all of this, I still loved you and felt that we could work it out.  So, when I discovered that I had hit the lottery for Ten Million Dollars, I quit my job and bought us two tickets to Jamaica .

But when I got home you were gone. Everything happens for a reason, I guess

I hope you have the fulfilling life you always wanted. My lawyer said that with your letter you wrote, you won’t get a dime from me.

So take care.

Signed,

Rich and Free!

P.S.  I don’t know if I ever told you this but Carla, my sister, was born CARL.  I hope that’s not a problem.



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10 Youtube URL Tricks You Should Know About

(source: makeuseof.com)

Youtube – You know that site with videos and all. Yeah! It turns out that its quite popular and you happen to visit and use it quite often. Instead of just searching and playing here are some top Youtube URL tricks that you should know about:

1. View high quality videos

Youtube gives you the option to switch to high quality videos for some of the videos, however you can check if a video is available in high quality format by appending ‘&fmt=18′(stereo, 480 x 270 resolution) or ‘&fmt=22′(stereo, 1280 x 720 resolution) for even higher quality.

2. Embed Higher Quality Videos

While the above trick works for playback, if however you want to embed hig quality videos you need to append “&ap=%2526fmt%3D18″ and “&ap=%2526fmt%3D22″ to the embed url.

3. Cut the chase and link to the interesting part

Linking to a video where the real action starts at 3 minutes 22 seconds, wondered if you could make it start at 03:22? You are in luck. All you have to do is add #t=03m22s (#t=XXmYYs for XX mins and YY seconds) to the end of the URL.

4. Hide the search box

The search box appears when you hover over an embedded video. To hide the search box add ‘&showsearch=0′ to the embed url.

5. Embed only a part of Video

Just append ‘&start=30′ to skip first 30s of the video. In general you can modify the value after start= to the number of seconds you want to skip the video for.

6. Autoplay an embedded video

Normally when you embed a Youtube video and load the page, the player is loaded and it sits there waiting for you to hit the play button. You can make the video play automatically by adding ‘&autoplay=1′ to the url part of the embed code.

7. Loop an embedded video

Append ‘&loop=1′ to make the video start again without user intervention after it reaches the end.

8. Disable Related Videos

Publishing your content in the form of Youtube video? Don’t want people to see other people’s content that may be related but may as well be in competition to you? Just add ‘&rel=0′ to the end of the url part of the embed code and you just turned off the related video suggestions!

9. Bypass Youtube Regional Filtering

Some videos are only available in certain parts of the world. Your IP Address is used to determine your location and then allow or deny access to the video. Change the url from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= to http://www.youtube.com/v/

10. Download Video

Although not inherently a youtube trick but useful all the same for downloading videos. Just change youtube to kickyoutube in the url of the video and it will take you to kickyoutube.com with all the options for downloading the video you were watching.

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New Girl Review: It's Jess!

(source: tvfanatic.com & YouTube)

New Girl is based around a simple premise: Zooey Deschanel is adorable. Sorry, adorkable, as the six million Fox ads that hyped this new sitcom have told us for weeks.
It's a basic concept, and it's one that will likely leave viewers split into two camps after watching the series premiere: those that truly do find Deschanel adorkable, and those who wish to bash a guitar over her head every time she sings.
Me? I am proudly on Team Zooey is Awesome, making New Girl my favorite new comedy of the fall.

Come on, Deschanel's Jess has her own theme song, unabashedly references Lord of the Rings and is open about her desire for rebound sex. What's not to love?

Granted, it's impossible not to compare this frumpy, nerdy, dating-challenged character to Liz Lemon, but is it really a bad thing when my biggest criticism is that Jess reminds me of one of TV's funniest women?

It always takes a few episodes - or even a full season, as was the case with Parks and Recreation - to get into a sitcom. Unlike a drama that can hook you with a major mystery or cliffhanger, most laughs for a show of this nature stem from established characters and their quirks or personalities. And there are definitely a few things I'd change about New Girl, most notably the number of times Schmidt acts like a douchebag.

Yes, the series at least acknowledges this change of personality when it occurs, stopping short of making the self-aware roommate an actual douchebag, but still. Lose the jar and tone it down a bit or else I'll start to wonder why Coach (Damon Wayans Jr., who will be replaced with Lamorne Morris going forward) and Nick are actually friends with Schmidt.

Still, that's a small complaint after just one episode. Deschanel is cute and hilarious, whether she's simulating cartoon bug eyes upon spotting a hot guy or trying to come up with a stripper name. Below, I've listed a few of the best New Girl quotes from a strong opener:

Jess: I was going for like a hot farmer's daughter kind of thing, like, oh, I'm gonna go milk my cows. 

Jess: Who's that girl? It's Jess.
Nick: Did you just make up a theme song for yourself?

Jess: Well, I guess I can't hide my crazy.
Nick: I don't you're trying that hard. 

Jess: Pink wine makes me slutty.

Schmidt: I'll take you through the whole thing. I'll be like your guide.
Jess: Like Gandolf through Middle Earth?
Schmidt: Probably not like... Okay, first of all, let's take the Lord of the Rings references and put them in a deep, dark cave, where no one's gonna find them. Ever.
Jess: Except Smeagle. He lives in a cave. 

Cece: What's your stripper name?
Jess: Uh, Rebecca Johnson.
Cece: Your stripper name is Rebecca Johnson?
Jess: Boobies Johnson. Two Boobs Johnson. 

Jess: I'm doing sexy things with the pillow. 

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Berry Cute! Tiny Dormouse Dines on Fruit

(source: peoplepets.com)

It's like an eating contest – for mice!

This tiny hazel dormouse, who resides at England's Secret World Animal Rescue Centre, is stuffing his face in preparation for his nap – an annual snooze that starts in early October and ends in the spring. The small mammals, which measure about 3 inches long, gobble up plenty of fruits, nuts and flowers before their long hibernation in an underground nest.


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The Personal Mega-Sized Eye of Horus: Naomi Campbell’s Eco-Mansion

(source: industryleadersmagazine.com)

An ancient Egyptian symbol of protection, royal power and good health, the Eye of Horus has been reproduced in its most physically monumental form on the Isla Playa de Cleopatra in Turkey in the form of Naomi Campbell’s eco-palace.
The 25-bedroom home, designed by Spanish architect Luis de Garrido, reported as being the architect’s gift to Campbell, has been designed to function in a largely self-sufficient manner.
With features that enhance the ability of the building to be self-sufficient in terms of its energy and water needs, Campbell’s new island mansion functions as an off-grid home complete with photovoltaic panels, a sophisticated geothermal system and an interior landscaped terrace.

Eye-ball Home Details

Naomi Campbell’s palatial eco-home, with its over two dozen bedrooms and five lounges, is one of the latest to join the rapidly growing list of eco-friendly celebrity island abodes, like Johnny Depp’s solar hydrogen fuel powered home in the Bahamas.
The large steel-and-glass dome, the eyeball of the Eye of Horus, is light and transparent, letting in natural light and warmth all year round. The intensity of how much light and warmth filter in is controlled by horizontal louvers, landscaping, and glazed windows.
Campbell’s personal Eye of Horus in Turkey has been designed by devising an ingenious system of structuring photovoltaic panels which helps generate a large share of the energy required to run the building. The rest of the energy requirement is met by a highly sophisticated geothermal system and passive design.
The design of this eco-mansion also includes a detailed rainwater harvesting system, while wastewater from the home is treated on site with the use of a biological treatment system, further increasing this home’s overall energy efficiency.
The architect has also tried to ensure that the house is well-ventilated, to address any concerns about the greenhouse effect creating an uncomfortable humidity level. The indoor landscaped terrace on the top floor of this eco-palace further contributes to the home’s superior microclimate.

Architect Luis de Garrido

Architect Luis de Garrido has, over the last few years, been in the spotlight for his signature style of creating designs based on the theme of “artificial nature”.
Luis De Garrido’s bold, yet respectful, design philosophy states “The architect can even surpass Nature, but to do so, they must understand it, take it in, and love it with all their souls.”
De Garrido’s expertise where new-age sustainable architectural technologies are concerned is demonstrated perfectly in projects like GREEN BOX, which is the first modular Garden-House that is prefabricated, can be built in just 15 days, is reusable, transportable, has an infinite life cycle, is bioclimatic, has zero energy consumption, and does not generate waste.
Intermodal Steel Building Units (ISBU) awarded Luis de Garrido the 2008 Architect of the Year Award for his sustainable Bio-climatic architecture, educational symposiums and the innovative award winning architectural designs.



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Everyone Loves to Blame Gwyneth Paltrow

(source: gawker.com)

 On a slow weekend, a movie about a disease disaster started by Gwyneth Paltrow reigned supreme. Also this weekend, mixed martial arts made a wan debut, The Help continued to rage on, and a few people saw a strange movie.
1) Contagion — $23M
Despite yesterday's solemn anniversary, people still wanted to go to the movies this weekend to feel the tingle and dread of a global society unraveling into terror. We just like scaring the bejeebus out of ourselves, always have and always will. And this movie was pretty scary! In a realistic, sciencey, cold hand of bureaucracy kind of way. Plus it taught me an interesting lesson about how every public health official is a beautiful young woman, and that bloggers are always talking about how many unique visitors they have. And also that bloggers are all snaggle-toothed weirdos who don't much care for other people. These are important things to learn! Plus you get to see Gwyneth Paltrow like you've never seen her before! Very much so! Yikes. But yes, it is a good movie. Not something I would call fun by any measure, not even something I would really even call thrilling. It's more just grim and interesting, with plenty of scary images and sad images and Gwyneth Paltrow images that will be seared into your brain forever. Ew. Brain.
2) The Help — $8.6M
Over a month into its run and lots of people are still going to see this. There must be some repeat viewers at this point? Like, there must be some Helpanauts or Helpiacs by now, people who are writing fanfic and who are firmly Team Aibileen or Team Skeeter or Team Celia. (If anyone you know is Team Hilly, you should probably not be friends with that person anymore.) Just like Twilight's mushroom ravioli, these Helphards probably eat chocolate pie at their little gatherings. (Though hopefully only a few extreme, fringe Helpies make it using the movie's recipe.) It's just a whole crazy community of diehard fans who are super into The Help. It just had to have happened by now! Their daughters will roll their eyes at them because their moms are so lame, and then those daughters will stalk off to their rooms to continue work on their Taylor Lautner dolls, made from Teen Beat clippings and hair and other fibers they combed from the red carpet after the Eclipse premiere.
3) Warrior — $5.6M
Not a terribly auspicious debut for the mixed martial arts movie. If anyone was hoping a whole cottage movie industry about MMA would sprout up because of this movie, I think they were hoping in vain. I'd say that maybe the sport is just too brutal for most, but sadly the reality is probably that the movie doesn't seem brutal enough. Sure there's all the swollen, bloody eye sockets and other face kicking-related stuff, but there's also like feelings and family and Nick Nolte, and that junk is for wimps and simps and pussy boys. Perhaps if this movie was just two hours of people stomping and whomping on one another it would have done a tad better, at least better than The Help in its fifth weekend. But nope, they went and put emotion in and fellows who like kick fighting do not like emotion, that is just proven gender science. And as much as the ladies in their lives said they would go, drawn in as they were by the lumpy muscled appeal of Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton, these kick-happy dudes just couldn't abide all the sappiness. Which does not bode well for my deeply touching gay krav maga movie, Krav Gaga. Oh well.
15) Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star — $1.45M
Though this film opened on a surprising number of screens, it certainly didn't attract many eyeballs. Probably, hopefully, because of its truly dreadful TV ads, which involved two random dudes screaming at the audience over clips of the film, which looks to be a cross between Kingpin, Boogie Nights, and Little Nicky. Nothing about that ad campaign was remotely appealing, apparently even to the Joe and Jane Thumbsuckers out there who will go to see just about anything. (See: the Resident Evil franchise's success.) Really just about nobody wanted to go see this movie. Which is too bad for Nick Swardson, because he's funny and likable, but really good for the advertising world, because we have learned that talking head scream-ads do not work. It was a bold experiment, but it was a bust, thank god. Much like Frankenstein, in fact. Perhaps some marketing person at Happy Madison will end up chasing these terrible ads to the ends of the Earth, only to be found much later by an expedition ship in the North Pole. They'll live long enough to tell the ship's captain their tale and then expire, done in by their own mad ambition.
26) Creature — $331K
Speaking of movies that inexplicably opened on a lot of screens, this Z-grade monster movie flickered on 1,500 screens this weekend. And each screen earned an average of $220 for the entire weekend. The box office nerds over at EW crunched those numbers and determined that each showing had an average of two people in attendance. Just two lonely souls. Were they together, I wonder? Or did they all come alone, monster movie fanatics who couldn't find anyone else to go with them? Who are these mysterious pairs of people who went to see this movie in random places across this country? That is, I think, this weekend's sad mystery. The mystery of who went to see Creature, odd little duos sitting in the dark, having an experience shared by only a few other weirdos. I wonder if they'll know each other somehow, feel some intrinsic pull toward one another when they pass at an airport or on a train. Will they somehow gravitate towards one another, against their knowing, and bump into each other's lives. Will they get married and have children and never know? Become lifelong friends? The curious magnetism of their closeness explained only years later, when this movie comes on Syfy and they both laugh and say at the same time "You know, I actually saw this in the theater on opening weekend." And they'll turn and stare at one another, feeling an odd revulsion but also a weary kind of love. "That was you," they'll say. "That was you that I felt that Saturday, long ago. That was you all along." And then they'll watch Creature again, and that will be that.



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1870 Photograph On eBay Proves Nicolas Cage Is Immortal

(source: geeksofdoom.com)

A photograph was recently discovered being sold on eBay. The photo is of a Tennessee man, and it dates back to around the 1860s or 1870s. But the thing about this particular man, is that he looks an awful lot like a one Mr. Nicolas Cage.
So much so that the seller is even using this in his description, claiming the Cage must be some sort of vampire. Now, some have taken the seller to be completely serious in his statements (especially with a Buy It Now price of $1,000,000 set), but as you can see in the Q&A section at the bottom of the page, he’s actually a pretty funny dude and, even though it sounds like a legit 19th century photograph, is likely just having some fun with it (unless, of course, someone actually pays up that kinda coin, in which case he would be a genius).
You can see the image below and read the seller’s description by heading on below now.

 

Original c.1870 carte de visite showing a man who looks exactly like
Nick Cage. Personally, I believe it’s him and that he is some sort of
walking undead / vampire, et cetera, who quickens / reinvents
himself once every 75 years or so. 150 years from now, he might
be a politician, the leader of a cult, or a talk show host.
This is not a trick photo of any kind and has not been manipulated
in Photoshop or any other graphics program. It’s an original photo
of a man who lived in Bristol, TN sometime around the Civil War.
For the many of you insisting that this is a Photoshop manipulation:
Any serious potential buyer will be allowed to have a photo expert
of their choice examine the original photograph before any money
changes hands.
I’ve had a lot of questions asking where I purchased this. As followers
of my website know, I collect antique memorial photography –
images of dead people – from the 1800s. This photo was found in
the very back of album that contained an unusual number of
Civil War era death portraits (which is why I purchased it). All of
the other people in the album, living and dead, were identified
by name – this man was not.

 


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Fastest Cars In The World: Top 10 List 2011-2012

(source: thesupercars.org)

World's Fastest Cars
While most of us can only dream of owning the fastest car in the world, some will do whatever it takes to possess the most powerful speed. So, how fast are the fastest cars in the world?
Here are the 10 fastest cars available on the market (production models, as opposed to concept cars) measured by tested top speed (theoretical speeds do not count).
1. Bugatti Veyron Super Sport: 267 mph, 0-60 in 2.4 secs. Aluminum, Narrow Angle 8 Liter W16 Engine with 1200 hp, base price is $2,400,000. Although the Bugatti Veyron lost the title to SSC Ultimate Aero on March 2007, Bugatti challenge the record in Germany on July 10, 2010 with the new 2010 Super Sport Version and the Veyron once again claims the title of the fastest car in the world at 267 mph. The original Bugatti Veyron has a top speed of 253 mph, priced at $1,700,000 and equipped with 1001 hp.

#2 is a tie!
2. Hennessey Venom GT: 260 mph, 0-60 in 2.5 seconds, has a 6.2-liter LS9 Turbocharged V8 Twin Turbo V8 Engine producing 1200 hp, has a price tag of $950,000. The Venom GT has yet to be tested and proven, but could possibly hit a top speed of 275 mph. This might just be the Veyron Super Sport's closest competitor!

2. Koenigsegg Agera R: 260 mph, 0-60 in 2.9 secs. 5.0-liter V8 Engine with twin turbo’s, housing 1099 hp. Base price is $1,600,000. If you're into snow sports, the Agera R can be fitted with a Ski Box as well as winter tires, not that I would take one on a ski trip or anything like that. While the Agera R has a massive theoretical top speed, the current tested top speed is 260 mph. Expect this snow car to be the Bugatti's arch enemy for the next 5 years.

3. SSC Ultimate Aero: 257 mph, 0-60 in 2.7 secs. Twin-Turbo V8 Engine with 1183 hp, base price is $654,400. Tested in March 2007 by Guinness World Records, The SSC Ultimate Aero was the fastest car in the world from March 2007 to July 2010. On March 2011, the Koenigsegg Agera R also surpassed it, forcing this American made car to the #3 spot. Shelby SuperCars will continue their quest to reclaim the fastest car title, and their new SSC Tuatura might do the job (we'll just have to wait).

4. Saleen S7 Twin-Turbo: 248 mph, 0-60 in 2.8 secs. Twin Turbo All Aluminum V8 Engine with 750 hp, base price is $555,000. Smooth and bad-ass. It will make you want to show it off non-stop.

5. Koenigsegg CCX: 245 mph, 0-60 in 3.2 secs. 90 Degree V8 Engine 806 hp, base price is $545,568. Made in Sweden, it is the older brother of the Agera R, only losing to 4 other supercars in the world.

6. McLaren F1: 240 mph, 0-60 in 3.2 secs. BMW S70/2 60 Degree V12 Engine with 627 hp, base price is $970,000. The fastest car in the 20th century with doors that looks like bat wings. Maybe Batman needs to order one and paint it black

7. Gumpert Apollo: 224 mph, 0-60 in 3.0 secs, 4.2 liter V8 Engine that houses 650 hp. Base price: $450,000. Gumpert claims that the Apollo was designed such that it could drive upside-down in a tunnel with speeds at 190 mph or above. Of course, no one has tested this yet.
8. Noble M600: 223 mph, 0-60 in 3.7 secs. Twin-turbocharged 4.4-liter V8 Engine with 650 hp. Base price is $330,000. The Noble M600 also happens to be a very cool car. Its inconspicuous design sports a slender and contoured body which does not scream out for attention at every second of the day.
We have a tie for 9th and 10th places:
9. Pagani Zonda Cinque Roadster: 217 mph, 0-60 in 3.4 secs. Twin turbocharged AMG V12 engine that produces 678 hp. Base price is $1,850,000. The Pagani Zonda Cinque Roadster is a limited-edition, with five ever produced. It is the quintessential exotic and exclusive supercar.
9. Ferrari Enzo: 217 mph, 0-60 in 3.4 secs. F140 Aluminum V12 Engine with 660 hp, base price is $670,000. Only 399 were ever produced; the price goes up every time someone crashes.
9. Jaguar XJ220: 217 mph, 0-60 in 3.8 secs. Twin Turbo V6 Engine with 542 hp, base price was $650,000. Made in 1992, this car still has what it takes to make the list.

10. Ascari A10: 215 mph, 0-60 in 2.8 secs. 5.0 litre BMW V8 S62 Engine with 625 hp. Base price: $650,000. The company planned to produce 50 of these supercars at its factory in Banbury, England.
10. Pagani Zonda F: 215 mph, 0-60 in 3.5 secs. Mercedes Benz M180 V12 Engine with 650 hp, base price is $667,321. With a V12 motor, this baby can do much better.



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Huge Defunct Satellite Falling to Earth Faster Than Expected, NASA Says

(source: space.com)

NASA space junk experts have refined the forecast for the anticipated death plunge of a giant satellite, with the U.S. space agency now predicting the 6 1/2-ton climate probe will plummet to Earth around Sept. 23, a day earlier than previously reported.
The defunct bus-size spacecraft is NASA's Upper Atmospheric Research Satellite (UARS), which launched in 1991 and was shut down in 2005 after completing its mission. The satellite was expected to fall to Earth sometime this year, with experts initially pegging a weeks-long window between late September and early October, then narrowing it to the last week of this month.
That window, NASA now says, has been trimmed to just three days.
"Re-entry is expected Sept. 23, plus or minus a day. The re-entry of UARS is advancing because of a sharp increase in solar activity since the beginning of this week," NASA officials wrote in a status update today (Sept. 16). The projection is a day earlier than a previous forecast released by NASA yesterday.
NASA spokeswoman Beth Dickey confirmed with SPACE.com earlier today that the reason UARS is expected to fall early in its re-entry window is because of the sharp uptick in solar activity. Solar effects from the sun can create an extra drag on satellites in space because they can heat the Earth's atmosphere, causing it to expand, agency officials have said.



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Blazing UFO sparks panic as it shoots across 250 miles of night sky above California

(source: dailymail.co.uk)

When a streak of fire blazed through the air above southern California, people could have been forgiven for thinking the Earth was under attack. Thousands saw it from Phoenix in Arizona to Las Vegas and Los Angeles and local authorities were swamped with reports of ball of flame in the night sky. One witness said: 'It was huge. It had a green glow in front of it and a white tail. It looked like green fireworks going across the sky.' But experts have revealed the phenomenon was most likely a fireball - a fragment of an asteroid that entered Earth's atmosphere.
The light was seen shooting quickly from west to east at around 7.45pm PDT, or 2.45am GMT.
Many reported it as bluish-green and others as yellow and orange. Some captured video of the object.
NASA scientist Don Yeomans, who runs the agency's Near-Earth Object Program, said: 'We can't say 100 per cent, but it's almost certain that the object was a fireball or very bright meteor the size of a basketball or baseball that likely disintegrated before it hit the ground.'
According to Mr Yeomans, the bluish-green colour suggests the object had some magnesium or nickel in it.
He added that orange is usually an indication it is entering earth's atmosphere at several miles per second, a moderate rate of speed.
'They make an impressive show for such a small object,' Mr Yeomans said.
Yeomans said fireball events are much more rare than shooting stars, but they happen on a weekly basis somewhere on Earth, usually over the ocean.
'It's a natural phenomenon and nothing to be concerned about.'
Astronomer Dennis Mammana, from Borrego Springs, said: 'Apparently this one put on a big show.
'The color of the object can tell you about the chemical composition of the meteor. The bluish-green color could mean it was nickel.'
At Maricopa County Sheriff's Office police fielded more than a dozen calls about sightings.
Sheriff's deputies at Deer Valley Airport in north Phoenix reported a sighting themselves, Lieutenant Justin Griffin said.
'It took an unusually long time to get across the sky,' Lt Griffin said. 'It's like a meteor. It's not like we had any flying objects with little green men or anything like that.'
Sergeant Steve Martos, of the Phoenix Police Department, said his agency received four calls 'regarding the light in the sky'.
He added: 'Myself and other officers observed it as well. We all made our wishes and went back to work. Nothing more to report. Have a safe night.'
The burning object also created a stir on Twitter.
One witness tweeted: 'I saw a lot of red in it from my vantage point in Phoenix, as well as the blue and green tail.
Another tweeted: 'It was CRAZY! Green and going fast & then it just burned out.'
Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor has confirmed there were no aircraft incidents reported in the Western region.




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A Naked Man Eating a Fudgesicle Broke Into Nicolas Cage's Bedroom

(source: vancouversun.com, google news & YouTube)

Nicolas Cage has KO'd a dude dressed in a bear costume. He's jumped out of a plane while dressed like Elvis, swapped faces with John Travolta, hallucinated a break-dancing ghost. And in Drive Angry he angrily drove a muscle car directly into hell . . .while Meat Loaf was blaring on the stereo.
And yet, the old adage remains true: Truth is stranger than fiction. Even when you're Nicolas Cage.
We'd share a few dozen examples, but we're just going to stick with the latest one - a home-intrusion anecdote Cage shared with reporters while talking up his new film Trespass at the Toronto International Film Festival yesterday.
"It was two in the morning. I was living in Orange County at the time and was asleep with my wife. My two-year old at the time was in another room. I opened my eyes and there was a naked man wearing my leather jacket eating a Fudgesicle in front of my bed," said Cage, Reuters reports.
``I know it sounds funny ... but it was horrifying."
Cage explained he stayed cool as a frozen snack treat during the ordeal, however, and managed to talk the stranger into leaving the house, just as the cops arrived to take him away. (Reuters notes that Cage declined pressing charges, since the man was suffering from mental health issues.)
After the incident, Cage explained he was so disturbed he couldn't bear to remain in that particular house.

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