Rapper 50 Cent, a American recording artist, launched a This Is 50 Comedy Show wedbsite on Thursday with all proceeds expected to be given to assist relief efforts in Japan. The This is 50 Comedy Show will feature raw footage of the rapper, filmed from New York City, and live streamed to the show's...
The Enchiridion By Epictetus Written 135 A.C.E. Translated by Elizabeth Carter 1. Some things are in our control and others not. Things in our control are opinion, pursuit, desire, aversion, and, in a word, whatever are our own actions. Things not in our control are body, property, reputation,...
The first single from Michael Jackson's posthumous album "Michael" will be available on Monday. The track, called "Hold My Hand" features a collaboration between the late singer and rapper/producer Akon. Akon stated in a recent Reuters interview that "The world was not ready to hear 'Hold My...
Shares of Exxon and Chevron were up on Friday, after the company reported better-than-expected earnings during the last quarter. Shares of Exxon Mobil were up 61 cents to $77.61, while Chevron was up 31 cents to $70.93. The oil industry contracted toward the end of 2008, when oil prices dropped...
A forever stamp, as its name suggests, is a stamp that never expires or depreciates in value. It is used for first class postage regardless of the rate. The forever stamp was a product of a proposal submitted by the US Postal Service that was submitted to the US Postal Rate Commission in May 2006....
Kidney stones are hard solid masses that form in the kidneys. These masses are also called calculi and result from the conglomeration of mineral deposits. Another term for kidney stones is ureterolithiasis. There are various kinds of kidney stones, depending on the cause of their formation....
People who are looking after their electricity costs (and their total household expenses in general) may want to know the cost of a kilowatt hour. Kilowatt hour is the unit if electricity. It means 1,000 watts and is generally how much it would take to operate a 1,000 watt appliance for an hour....
Saint Valentine's Day, better known as simply Valentine's Day, is the annual commemoration of love celebrated on February 14. Valentine's Day was created by Pope Gelasius I in 500 AD to honor the Christian martyrs named Valentine. The religious observance of the day was deleted by Pope Paul VI...
Notehall is booming in the wake of an appearance on ABC's "Shark Tank" on October 6. It was founded by four students from the University of Arizona DJ Stephan, Sadi Chalfoun, Sean Conway, and Justin Miller, Notehall launched earlier this year with an undisclosed seed round from DreamIt companies....
Researchers from the University of California, David Phillips, Gwendolyn Barker, and Kimberly Brewer, published a report concluding that mortality rates spike during Christmas through New Year's Day. The group published results from the study in the journal Social Science & medicine. Phillips,...
