Got a dinner plan for tonight? This garlic chicken recipe makes a fantastic, kid-friendly dinner, and it’s incredibly simple, too.It has just four ingredients (dinner doesn’t get much easier than that). Yet they come together in a perfect symphony of f…
Archive | July 11th, 2012
Do We Still Need the Draft?
Posted on 11 July 2012.
The letter started out cheerily enough… “Greetings,” it said. But from 1969 to 1973, the dreaded draft notice letter, the “Order to Report for Induction,” was a ticket to a jungle in Vietnam. But since 1973, the U.S. military has been committed to ma…
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Android Jelly Bean Source Code Released to Open Source
Posted on 11 July 2012.
Source: Eweek.com
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Android Jelly Bean Source Code Released to Open Source
Posted on 11 July 2012.
Now that Android 4.1, or Jelly Bean, is beginning to show up on new devices, the next raw version of the open-source project has been released to developers so they can begin working on future updates and releases.
In a blog post in the Android Buildi…
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Office.About.com’s Nerdsday: You, Google Docs, and Dostoyevsky?
Posted on 11 July 2012.
Office.About.com Nerdsday: Skill challenges. Fun tech sites. Word puzzles. Your inner nerd validated, every Thursday.
Most of us have an author whom we identify with, and the nerd in us may flatter ourselves that we practically share their brains.
It…
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Best of the first half
Posted on 11 July 2012.
If the season ended today, who do you think would win the major awards.
My picks:
AL MVP: Robinson Cano, Yankees
NL MVP: Andrew McCutchen, Pirates
AL Cy Young: Jered Weaver, Angels
NL Cy Young: R.A. Dickey, Mets
AL Rookie of the First Hal…
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Greg Hewitt Joins Fresh 102.5 in St. Louis
Posted on 11 July 2012.
Fresh 102.5 in St. Louis has just announced the addition of longtime area radio personality Greg Hewitt. Hewitt will take over the Afternoon Drive shift beginning Monday, July 16. (Graphic: CBS Radio)
Hewitt will be heard from 2:00 – 7:00 p.m. on air,…
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CBS Announces Fall Premiere Schedule
Posted on 11 July 2012.
Criminals will soon have no place to hide when CBS returns with their army of crime dramas this fall.
As summer marches on (at a faster pace than ever), the networks are preparing for the ultimate battle for first place. Which network will rise above …
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Fans over the line at derby, and Selig wants action
Posted on 11 July 2012.
Historically, baseball’s rules changes didn’t move quickly. Integration took a long time. Getting rid of the reserve clause even longer.
But Bud Selig is a tinkerer. The All-Star Game decided home-field advantage seemingly overnight. We got expanded p…
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Remembering Jim Valvano
Posted on 11 July 2012.
As far as I’m concerned, today is the worst day on the American sports calendar. There’s no baseball. Football, basketball and hockey are out of season. And ESPN will broadcast the annual ESPY Awards… a show worth watching only if you’re really inter…
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