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  • BBC: Are Chopsticks Racist?

    03/04/2017 3:09:22 PM PST · by RayChuang88 · 36 replies
    Breitbart (referencing BBC News article) ^ | March 4, 2017 | Virginia Hale
    “Are food bloggers fuelling racist stereotypes”, asks the BBC in a headline on its news website, the article highlighting concern about “microaggressions” in food media. “Food media is predominantly generated by white people for white people, so when the subject veers toward anything outside of the Western canon, it’s not uncommon to see things generalised, exotified, or misrepresented,” Filipino-American food and travel photographer Celeste Noche told BBC Trending. “I think microaggressions in social media are reflective of food media as a whole in that appropriation,” Ms. Noche said, citing photographs of Asian dishes placed on bamboo mats or framed with...
  • LIFEWAY FOODS, INC STOCK DROPS 25% AFTER LIB CEO TRASHES TRUMP, ACCUSES HIM OF RAPE

    11/11/2016 8:52:06 PM PST · by RayChuang88 · 71 replies
    The Gateway Pundit weblog ^ | November 11, 2016 | Jim Hoft
    Julie Smolyansky is the CEO of Illinois-based dairy company Lifeway Foods. Smolyansky supported Hillary Clinton. On Thursday Smolyansky smeared Donald Trump and accused him of rape:
  • James Dolan tells off fan in email

    02/08/2015 5:07:59 PM PST · by RayChuang88 · 5 replies
    ESPN website (New York subsection) ^ | February 9, 2015 | Ian Begley
    New York Knicks owner and Madison Square Garden chairman James Dolan told a fan to "start rooting for the Nets because the Knicks don't want you" in a contentious email exchange. In the email, Irving Bierman criticized Dolan over decisions made during his tenure as owner of the Knicks. Dolan responded by telling Bierman to root for the Nets and attacked him personally. An MSG representative confirmed to ESPN.com that the emailed response was written by Dolan.
  • Oil-price manipulation: the next Libor?

    05/18/2013 5:07:57 AM PDT · by RayChuang88 · 15 replies
    CNN Money website ^ | May 17, 2013 | James O'Toole
    Some of the world's biggest oil companies may have a new mess on their hands. The European Commission raided the offices of Shell, BP and Norway's Statoil this week as part of an investigation into suspected attempts to manipulate global oil prices spanning more than a decade. None of the companies have been accused of wrongdoing, but the controversy has brought back memories of the Libor rate-rigging scandal that rocked the financial world last year.
  • Apple Issues Invitations for Media Event on September 12 (new iPhone 5)

    09/04/2012 10:37:51 AM PDT · by RayChuang88 · 10 replies
    MacRumors website ^ | September 4, 2012 | Erik Slivka
    The Loop reports that Apple has just sent out invitations for a media event scheduled for next week Wednesday, September 12. The event will be held at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco and is scheduled to begin at 10:00 AM Pacific / 1:00 PM Eastern. The tagline on the invitation is simply "It's almost here."
  • Google's hilarious April Fools' Maps launch

    03/31/2012 12:43:58 PM PDT · by RayChuang88 · 12 replies
    C|Net News web page ^ | March 31, 2012 | Chris Matyszczyk
    Google is funny. I have wanted to write that sentence for so long in a context where funny meant "intentionally humorous." So here is an April Fools' work of art from the company that, to many minds, just might deserve righteous laughter. For here, purportedly, is the launch of Google Maps 8-bit for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
  • Is Oprah’s OWN Chapter Coming to an End So Soon?

    03/22/2012 5:01:11 PM PDT · by RayChuang88 · 24 replies · 1+ views
    FOX Business web site ^ | March 22, 2012 | Jennifer Booton
    A year after the world’s most famous talk-show host hung up the towel on her solo act, Oprah Winfrey is finding the behind-the-scenes work is far less glamorous. Winfrey’s OWN cable network, part owned by Discovery Communications (DISCA: 48.18, -0.15, -0.31%), could lose as much as $143 million this year, on top of the $107 million of negative cash flow it booked in 2011, according to SNL Kagan. The bleak view comes despite efforts by the network to cut costs, including letting go 30 employees -- or 20% of its staff -- earlier this week and canceling Rosie O'Donnell's show...
  • Digital gadgets make us read more news

    03/19/2012 8:17:22 PM PDT · by RayChuang88 · 8 replies
    CNN Money web site ^ | March 19, 2012 | David Goldman
    NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- As the mobile tech revolution takes hold, the way in which we get our news is changing. More than a quarter of Internet-connected Americans now follow news on mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets and e-readers, according to the Pew Research Center's annual State of the News Media report, which was released on Monday.
  • Merry Christmas from Google

    12/24/2011 5:46:17 AM PST · by RayChuang88 · 34 replies
    Google home page ^ | December 24, 2011
    Click on the first five "lights" beneath the world "Google" left to right (you're hear a tone each time). Then click on the rightmost "light," and the screen temporarily turns dark and the words "Google" turned into a Christmas light display complete with a short rendition of "Jingle Bells." Merry Christmas, everyone.
  • American Airlines orders 460 narrowbody aircraft

    07/20/2011 6:20:39 AM PDT · by RayChuang88 · 35 replies
    Associated Press via Seattle Times web site ^ | July 20, 2011 | David Koening
    FORT WORTH, Texas — American Airlines is buying at least 460 new planes over the next five years in what it calls the biggest airline order in history. And in a victory for Airbus, it's splitting the work between the European plane maker and Boeing. American said Wednesday it will buy 260 planes from Airbus and 200 from Boeing Co. It expects the new, better-mileage planes to provide much-needed savings on fuel costs. American's current fleet is among the least fuel-efficient in the industry.
  • ESPN.com offline??

    04/23/2011 10:36:18 PM PDT · by RayChuang88 · 8 replies
    Vanity
    Question: are you folks experiencing that ESPN.com and all its related web sites are current offline (as of 10:23 pm PDT on April 23, 2011)? On my home computer, the system thinks all the ESPN web sites are not accessible, even though I'm using Firefox 4.0 and Chrome 10.0.648.205.
  • Borders Files for Bankruptcy

    02/16/2011 5:31:48 AM PST · by RayChuang88 · 48 replies
    New York Times website ^ | February 16, 2011 | Michael J. de la Merced
    Borders Group, the beleaguered bookseller, filed for bankruptcy protection on Wednesday after failing to secure agreements with publishers and other vendors about reorganizing its debt. The bookseller listed $1.29 billion in debt and $1.27 billion in assets in a filing in federal bankruptcy court in Manhattan. “It has become increasingly clear that in light of the environment of curtailed customer spending, our ongoing discussions with publishers and other vendor related parties, and the company’s lack of liquidity, Borders Group does not have the capital resources it needs to be a viable competitor and which are essential for it to move...
  • Table Disservice (e.g., banning iPads and Kindles in coffee shops?)

    02/13/2011 6:05:50 AM PST · by RayChuang88 · 42 replies
    New York Times website ^ | February 11, 2011 | Virginia Hefferman
    No Kindles in cafes? You’ve got to be kidding. This is an affront, not only to readers and gadget lovers, but also to the spirit of cafes! Many indie New York City cafes now heavily restrict, or ban outright, the use of Kindles, Nooks and iPads. Evidently, too many coffee shops in town have had their ambience wrecked when itinerant word processors with laptops turn the tables into office space. Sure, that phenomenon can be depressing — whether you’re a scornful lady who lunches or the nomadic freelancer who fields glares. And full-dress computers are perhaps too much personal furniture...
  • Sofa-Friendly iPad Reading Could Eat Into Primetime TV's User Attention

    01/14/2011 5:53:42 PM PST · by RayChuang88 · 29 replies
    Fast Company website ^ | January 13, 2011 | Kit Eaton
    The iPad is changing how folks read stuff online--no surprise if you think how different a gizmo it is to a PC. But a new study shows it's moving online reading into primetime TV hours, which is big news. Is evening reading coming back, just in a digital style? The study comes from internal data acquired by ReadItLater, a web service that lets users bookmark web content for perusal at a different time. Though you may think this slightly colors the dataset, the way this service works gives the company unique access to time-coded data on how iPad users (and...
  • Recommended apps for new 4th generation iPod touch? (Vanity)

    12/28/2010 9:29:44 AM PST · by RayChuang88 · 16 replies · 10+ views
    Vanity | 12/28/2010 | RayChuang88
    Help. I just got myself a new 4th generation 32 GB iPod touch. Any suggestions for about 4-5 good apps for my new iPod? I already plan to install the Dirty Birds game, the ESPN Radio app (since I will connect with Wi-Fi over my home network) and apps for Twitter and Facebook access (so far).
  • Ford swings to $2.7 billion profit

    07/23/2010 5:03:41 AM PDT · by RayChuang88 · 51 replies · 1+ views
    CNN Money web page ^ | July 23, 2010
    NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Ford Motor earned $2.7 billion in the second quarter, reversing from an operating loss in the prior year's quarter and easily topping estimates. The automaker earned 68 cents a share, excluding special items. That compares to a loss of $638 million, or 21 cents a share, on the same basis in the year earlier quarter. The consensus forecast of analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters was for earnings of 40 cents a share. Ford easily topped even the most bullish forecast of a 48 cent a share profit.
  • Major Setback for Japan’s Ruling Party in Midterm Vote

    07/11/2010 10:00:33 AM PDT · by RayChuang88 · 8 replies
    New York Times website ^ | July 11, 2010 | Martin Fackler
    TOKYO — Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Sunday that he will not resign, even as vote tallies increasingly indicated that his Democratic Party was heading for a major political setback in a midterm election widely seen as a referendum on the struggling nine-month-old government. With many districts reporting at least 80 percent of the vote counted in the Upper House election, the Democrats were trailing behind the opposition Liberal Democratic Party, with neither party likely to gain a majority of the 121 seats being contested. The results, if they hold up with further tallying, would be an embarrassing reversal for...
  • Biden takes on role as campaigner-in-chief

    07/09/2010 3:52:22 PM PDT · by RayChuang88 · 6 replies
    The Hill website ^ | July 9, 2010 | Alexander Bolton
    Vice President Joe Biden has quietly taken over the role of campaigner-in-chief while President Barack Obama has juggled two wars, the national economic recovery and the biggest oil spill in U.S. history. Biden has participated in nearly 100 campaign events for Democratic candidates this election cycle. He has traveled thousands of miles around the country, from Texas to Washington state to Connecticut to Florida. He has stumped and collected contributions for governors, mayors, House and Senate candidates and party fundraising committees.
  • G-20 Nations Should Look to Canada for How to Build a Better Economy

    06/25/2010 4:03:10 AM PDT · by RayChuang88 · 20 replies
    FOXNews.com ^ | June 24, 2010 | Scott Lincicome & James M. Roberts
    Leaders from 19 countries and the European Union will gather for the G-20 summit in Toronto beginning June 26 to discuss how to stem the global recession and get the world back on the path to strong, stable economic growth. They picked a good spot, as the assembled leaders could learn a lot from their host country. Since the global recession hit two years ago, Canada has implemented a broad array of free market tax and trade policies. As a result, our neighbor to the north has surpassed an increasingly statist, mercantilist United States in The Heritage Foundation’s Index of...
  • Now in the market for 40"-42" flat-panel HDTV.

    02/15/2010 9:18:24 AM PST · by RayChuang88 · 100 replies · 1,813+ views
    Vanity | February 15, 2010 | RayChuang88
    I am right now seriously in the market to get a new 40" to 42" flat-panel HDTV to replace my old 27" Mitsubishi CRT television set. Right now, my primary choice is the new 40" Sony KDL-40EX500 (I had considered the 40" KDL-40VE5 but most places wanted US$200 more for the set). From what I've read online, most people like it, and the suggested retail price of US$899 is quite attractive, especially since the KDL-40EX500 has 120 Hz refresh rate. I would like to hear suggestions on alternatives from LG, Samsung, Sharp and Toshiba that I should consider (I'm willing...