RTBTCKI Random Wednesday is Random
And here is what I built for Dragon Con besides Nick, Sherlock, and Watson. From left to right Nameless SHIELD Agent, Phil Colson, Maria Hill (for the VI; The puppet on the left is wearing a blue outfit with a SHIELD patch, the puppet in the middle is wearing a suit, and the puppet on the right is w ...
Crafty Tuesday is back (and didn’t post yesterday)
And here is what I built for Dragon Con besides Nick, Sherlock, and Watson. From left to right Nameless SHIELD Agent, Phil Colson, Maria Hill (for the VI; The puppet on the left is wearing a blue outfit with a SHIELD patch, the puppet in the middle is wearing a suit, and the puppet on the right is w ...
New service offers Bitcoin training for financial professionals
Bitcoin’s credibility has come a long way in recent months, reaching a point where we can now say it’s become more or less acceptable as a form of currency, even if not everyone is all too keen on it. Now a new service has launched that’s aiming to bring even more people on board. The Digital Curren ...
12 Inexpensive Project Cars for Gearheads
Source: Craig Jones/Getty Images Numerous people — car enthusiasts, to be specific — find their greatest pleasure in breaking a car down to its bare bones, and then rebuilding it from the ground up. This is where some of the greatest innovations in automobiles actually finds their genesis, and where ...
Honolulu Is Building America's First Fully Driverless Transit System
A rendering of a rail canopy at a new HART station, which is scheduled to begin operations in 2017. (Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation) Perfect weather and sandy beaches might spring to mind when a mainlander thinks of Honolulu. But this metro area of nearly 1 million people is far from pa ...
Totems around Town, Ketchikan, AK!
You can’t go to Ketchikan and not see the totems! The are an integral part of the history of the Tlingit people who first founded this area, living in a land “that has always been”. Totem poles are monumental sculptures carved from large trees, mostly Western Red Cedar, by cultures of the indigenous ...
E3 Spark Plugs Recommends: New Documentary “Pump” Examines America’s Oil Dependence
“Pump” is an eye-opening new documentary that examines America’s dependence on foreign oil. For years now, there’s been much talk about America’s dependence on oil, particularly oil that’s imported from other countries. Now, a new documentary examines the history of Big Oil, the daily and far-reachi ...
Darwesh, refugee from Iraq: “I am thankful we are alive”
Source: IRIN Country: Iraq, Syrian Arab Republic Al-MALIKIYAH (SYRIA), 17 September 2014 (IRIN) - Darwesh, 65, and his extended family were among thousands who fled the predominantly Yazidi town of Tel Azer in northern Iraq a few weeks ago when Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) forces attacked. They ...
Packaging Corp Of America Given “BBB” Credit Rating (PKG)
Packaging Corp Of America (NYSE:PKG) has received a “BBB” credit rating from Morningstar. The firm’s “BBB” rating indicates that the company is a moderate default risk. They also issued a neutral credit outlook for the company and gave their ...
Is Apple One of the Best Companies in America?
In partnership with Glassdoor, our investment analysts are taking a closer look at some of the most popular companies in Glassdoor's career community. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL ) is a great company. In fact, the overall quality of Apple's stakeholder ...
New Holland America Koningsdam cruise itinerary excitement
Holland America Line has finally named its new cruise ship, which is to be called ms Koningsdam. For those who have trouble pronouncing it, you have to say it like KOH-ningsdam. It is clear to see that its name is to celebrate the deep routes that the ...
Gartner names Atos a "Leader" in its Magic Quadrant for End User Outsourcing Services, North America 2014
NEW YORK, Sept. 17, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Atos, an international IT services company, today announced that for the second year in a row it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the leaders' quadrant of the ″Magic Quadrant for End User Outsourcing ...
Huntsman, Manchin: Big goals for America
In case you haven't heard, nothing worthwhile will happen in Washington until after the midterm elections. That's the conventional wisdom anyway, where the thinking is that a bitterly divided Congress will be lucky to name a post office, let alone deal ...
America’s “ground troops” fiasco: Why Congress must straitjacket the presidency
A Tuesday Senate hearing featuring Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, did not go especially well for the White House’s war-messaging operation. President Obama has been explicit in ruling out the deployment of ground combat ...
‘America’s Got Talent’ (AGT) Season 9 (2014) Finale Performance Episode Recap, Spoilers: 6 Finalists Perform Their Last Acts To Win Finals
"America's Got Talent" (AGT) Season 9 (2014) has reached its finale. The show just aired its performance episode of Finals Week. The six finalists performed for the last time to win the votes of viewers and the four judges- Howie Mandel, Howard Stern ...
