Here's a little demo of the ToonPAINT app for iPhone. It's amazing how it can turn even the worst looking photos - I'm talking quality more than composition - into something artsy. I snapped a bunch of photos on my iPhone 4 yesterday and this is the result of my experimentation. I think I'll be playing with ToonPAINT for a while. It's a lot of fun.
Some Colorado lawmakers say their state should be the first one where people become organ donors by default, even though other states' efforts have been halted by worries about making such a personal decision automatic.
Colorado's proposal, introduced in the Legislature last week, would change the process for renewing driver's licenses and ID cards so applicants are assumed to be organ and tissue donors unless they initial a statement that says they want to opt out.
The "presumed consent" system is common in Europe and is credited with dramatically raising donation rates.
SECRET documents have revealed how Germany was infuriated by an anti-Nazi dog that mimicked Hitler.
The Finnish dog would raise a paw in a mock-Nazi salute whenever its owner shouted "Hitler!"
Newly discovered documents show how Berlin's High Command plotted in 1941 to destroy the owner's business in revenge.
Historian Klaus Hillenbrand, an expert on the Nazi period who examined the documents, called the episode "completely bizarre".
"Just months before the Nazis launched their attack on the Soviet Union, they had nothing better to do than to obsess about this dog," he said.
The dalmatian mix named Jackie was owned by Tor Borg, an anti-Nazi businessman in Finland.
In one photo, Mr Borg appears with Jackie by his side wearing a pair of round sunglasses. A probe into the Hitler parody was carried out by the German Foreign Office, the Economy Ministry and even Hitler's Chancellery.
Mr Borg apologised and he -- and Jackie -- both survived the war.
- Jonathan Gray
This is such a bizarre story. Love it that the dog "Jackie" pissed off the Nazis.
This is the opening from Honey West, a 1965 ABC show starring Anne Francis as a sexy female private eye. It was reported today that Anne Francis died on December 2, 2010 from pancreatic cancer. She was 80 years old.
From Kiplinger.com Use this simple calculator to see how much your paycheck will rise in 2011, thanks to the two percentage point reduction in the Social Security payroll tax. It was part of the compromise to extend the Bush-era tax cuts that President Obama signed into law December 17. For more details, read the related article How the Tax Deal Boosts Your Paycheck.
I'm no fan of New Year's Eve and its festivities. I'll be sleeping through all of it because I have to get up at 3am to go work on The CBS Early Show on Saturday morning.
For those of us old enough to remember, this video from 1976 may bring back fond memories. Younger people will probably scratch their heads and say "WTF?" Before New Year's Eve in Times Square became an overproduced, commercialized, hyped up MTV rave party, there was Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians. For decades, Guy and his band performed at a ritzy black-tie party, televised from New York's swanky (and now bed bug ridden) Waldolf Astoria Hotel. Forget Dick Clark and Ryan Seacrest. Ben Grauer, who recently passed away, was the guy who reported all the action, as a much simpler ball was lowered from atop the Allied Chemical Building, now known as One Times Square. No one plays Auld Land Syne like Guy Lombardo.
Here's wishing you a happy and healthy 2011. Live for today, forget the past, and plan for tomorrow.
Any diabetic knows first hand how difficult and expensive it is to manage this progressive and deadly disease. Imagine what it's like to be a diabetic in a country where poverty abounds and there is little or no medical care. I just learned from tudiabetes.org about a great charitable organization called Insulin for Life USA which accepts donations of insulin and diabetic supplies and distributes them to children and adults in developing countries. Insulin for Life, which is based in Australia and has centers in the USA and around the globe, collects unused insulin, syringes, needles, lancets, testing strips, insulin pumps, and glucose test meters. Please watch the video below which explains the mission of Insulin for Life.
I was very fortunate that I only had to take insulin for a very short time back in September and I haven't needed it since I brought my BG under control. I have 4 unused Humalog KwikPens, a box of 100 pen needles, and some extra lancets I will be sending to Insulin for Life. If you are a diabetic and have extra supplies you can share with those in need or if you just want to make a donation, please go to the above links for more information. Thank you.
