Hercules was recently awarded the honorable distinction of Worlds Biggest Dog by Guinness World Records. Hercules is an EnglishMastiff and has a 38 inch neck and weighs 282 pounds.
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Fastfood reality: What are you eating?
We see ads with big juicy burgers every day. But they are not always look as tasty as in the ad. Here are some examples: first picture is the picture from the ad and the second one is REALITY!
1) Arby's Beef 'n' Cheddar
2) KFC Famous Bowl
3) Subway six-inch turkey breast and ham sub
4) Wendy's Southwest Taco Salad
5) Burger King sausage, egg, and cheese croissant
7) Taco Bell Nachos Bell Grande
8) McDonald's Filet O Fish Sandwich
9) Burger King Whopper
10) McDonald's Sausage McMuffin
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World's Largest Digging Machine
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This is the largest digging machine (or trencher or rotating shovel) in the world. It was built by Krupp and is shown here crossing a road in Germany on the way to its destination, an open air coal mine. Although at the mine the treads are unnecessary, it was cheaper to make the machine self-propelled than to try and move it with conventional hauling equipment. Some factoids:
* The machine is 95 meters high and 215 meters long (almost 2.5 football fields in length)
* Weight is 45,500 tons (that's equivalent to a bumper to bumper line of jeeps 80 miles long)
* It took 5 years to design and manufacture at a cost of $100 million
* Maximum digging speed is 10 meters per minute
* Can move more than 76,000 cubic meters of coal, rock, and earth per day
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Sony Stuck in Catch-Up Mode with PlayStation 3
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Sony reportedly announced earlier this week it would cut the price of its PlayStation Portable game device 15%, in a move analysts viewed as part of the consumer electronic giant’s strategy to battleMicrosoft ( News - Alert) and Nintendo in the high-stakes video game market. But Sony might also consider moving fast to cut the price of its PlayStation 3 as well.
Wire service reports this week show a mixed picture for Sony PlayStation 3 sales so far. The Afterdawn.com site reported that PlayStation 3 game sales caused a major spike in retail sales in Australia, while Techwhack.com reported slow sales of the game in the U.K. But PlayStation 3 sales still lag behind that of competitive games—several reports stated that Nintendo’s Wi is outselling PS3 2 to 1 in Japan.
PlayStation 3 was launched in Japan last November—eight months after it was originally slated to debut. Production problems and a shortage of key components contributed to the delay, and forced Sony to delay introduction of the game in Europe until March 2007.
The delays gave Microsoft months of the game market to itself in selling its Xbox, and gave Sony only a few weeks of marketing advantage over Wii, which debuted last December.
The long delays did not necessarily result in getting out the bugs, either. Shortly after PS3 was released in Japan, reports surfaced that the game console was not fully compatible with some games developed for earlier PlayStation versions.
The kicker, though has to be price. Nintendo’s Wii sells in the U.S. for $250, which is roughly half the price of a low-end PS2 with a meager 20-Gbyte hard drive, which could explain why Wii is outselling PS3.
Sony does bundle in a Blu-ray Disc drive into the PS3 rather than a proprietary optical drive like Wii. But so far, that does not seem to upped the appeal of PS3, which some industry observers have deemed as being too expensive.
Sony has apparently taken heed by deciding to use a Cell microchip—a computing chip that contributes to the game’s high-speed graphics performance—with a less costly 65-nm circuit process instead of the 90-nm process in initial versions of the game.
While that move should reduce the costs of producing PlayStation 3, the bottom line will be what the game will cost on retail shelves. So far, Sony has not said it would cut the costs of PlayStation 3.
In a business where the customer is king and vote with the wallet, it remains to be seen whether it is a matter of too little, too late for Sony in the next-generation video game market.
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Spencer Chin is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To see more of his articles, please visit his columnist page.
Spencer Chin is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To see more of his articles, please visit his columnist page.
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Flickr Related Tag Browser
AIRTIGHT Interactive presents Flickr Related Tag Browser
Flickr Related Tag Browser lets you surf Flickr's 'tag space'. Flickr tags are keywords used to classify images. Each tag has a list of 'related' tags, based on clustered usage analysis.
Thanks to the Flickr team for their great API. Flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world.
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Ten Things Your Restaurant Will Not Tell You
1. "It's more about the sizzle than the steak."
Business is good for the restaurant industry. Americans now spend roughly half their food budget dining out, and restaurants expect revenue of more than $537 billion in 2007. That's a 67% increase since 1997. But it's not just our collective avoidance of the kitchen that's pumping profits: Restaurants work every angle these days, using marketing psychology to get you to spend more.
At legendary Aureole Las Vegas, spandex-clad "wine angels" retrieve bottles from a 42-foot-tall spirits tower. The thinking behind the spectacle: "Anything that gets patrons' attention will get them to spend," says restaurant designer Mark Stech-Novak. Fast-food outlets use a high-stim environment to maximize the source of their profit: "It encourages faster turnover," says Stephani Robson, senior lecturer at the Cornell School of Hotel Administration. "Specifically, the use of bright light, bright colors, upbeat music and seating that does not encourage lolling."
Even menus are rigged. "We list the item that makes the most profit first so it catches your eye," says restaurant consultant Linda Lipsky, "and bury the highest-cost item in the middle."
2. "Eating here could make you sick."
The 2006 E. coli outbreak that started at a New Jersey Taco Bell and sickened more than 60 people was traced to green onions. But food-borne illness isn't the only cause for concern: In a separate December incident, 373 people in
"You don't call out [sick] unless you're on your deathbed," says freelance chef Leah Grossman. Indeed, according to a recent study, 58% of salaried
How can you protect yourself? Check inspection results, which are often posted online by local departments of public health. Or just visit the restroom; it "tells you everything you need to know about a restaurant," Francis says.
3. "Our markups are ridiculous."
It's no secret that restaurants enjoy huge markups on certain items: Coffee, tea and sodas, for example, typically cost restaurants 15 to 20 cents per serving, and pasta, which costs pennies, can be dressed up with more expensive fare and sold for $25 a dish or more. At a fine-dining restaurant, the average cost of food is 38 to 42% of the menu price, says Kevin Moll, CEO and president of National Food Service Advisors. In other words, most restaurants are making roughly 60% on anything they serve.
It's not all gravy though. Restaurants keep only four cents of every dollar spent by a customer, says Hudson Riehle, vice president of research and information services at the National Restaurant Association. The remainder of the money, he says, is divided between food and beverage purchases, payroll, occupancy and other overhead costs.
Given the slim profit margin, many restaurants rely on savvy pricing to create the illusion of value. Putting a chicken dish on the menu for $21 will make a $15 pasta dish, where the restaurant is making a big profit, seem like a bargain, says Gregg Rapp, owner of consulting firm MenuTechnologies.net.
4. "Big Brother is watching you...eat."
No one likes having their every move scrutinized, but that may be just what's happening at your favorite restaurant. Cameras are popping up everywhere, from four-star eateries to the place where you grab your lunchtime sandwich. At historic Randy's Steakhouse in
At some restaurants, however, the cameras are indeed trained on the tables. At
5. "There's something fishy about our seafood."
Even when you pay top dollar for a seafood dish, you might not get what you're expecting. About 70% of the time, for example, those
There's also the problem of outright substitution — inexpensive fish, such as pollack, getting passed off as something pricier, like cod. How widespread is the problem? In 2006 the Daytona Beach News-Journal sent fish samples to a lab to prove that four out of 10 local restaurants were pawning a cheaper fish as grouper. The same lab also checked seafood from 24
What can you do? Ask where the fish comes from. "If they're not sure if the fish is from
6. "Reservation? What reservation?"
When Timothy Dillon, 34, showed up at new
As Dillon discovered, a reservation isn't a guarantee. "Overbooking is almost a necessary evil," says John Fischer, associate professor of table service at the Culinary Institute of America. Restaurants calculate their average no-show percentage for any given night, then overbook the restaurant by that much, hoping it will come out even. How to avoid Dillon's fate? It's considered poor taste to offer a tip before you're seated, Fischer says, so if it's your first time, inquire politely after 15 minutes. But go ahead and slip the manager or maître d' $10 or $20 on the way out; it should ensure you're seated promptly next time.
7. "Our specials are anything but."
"I'm very careful about ordering my food," says Rick Manson, owner of Chef Rick's restaurant in
How can you tell a good special from a bad one? Watch out for "an expensive item used in a way that's minimizing its flavor," Zagor says, such as a lamb chop that's been cut, braised and put into a dish where it's a supporting player. Pastas, stews and soups containing expensive meats are also suspect. "There's an old saying in the restaurant industry," says David A. Holmes, VP and director of Out East Restaurant Consultants. "'Sauce and gravy cover up a lot of mistakes.'"
8. "There's no such thing as too much butter."
Think that salmon fillet you ordered for dinner is good for you? Think again. Restaurants load even their healthiest fare with butter and other calorie-heavy add-ons. Restaurant meals average 1,000 to 1,500 calories, says Milton Stokes, a registered dietitian and spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association. That's roughly two-thirds of the daily average calories recommended by the USDA. And according to a recent study, women who eat out five times a week consume an average of 290 additional calories per day.
While most Americans assume that fast food is the worst offender, similar fare at casual sit-down restaurants can be even more caloric. The classic burger at Ruby Tuesday, for example, has a whopping 1,013 calories and 71 grams of fat. The McDonald's Big Mac, with its 540 calories and 29 grams of fat, seems downright diet-worthy by comparison. "We butter our hamburger buns," says Julie Reid, vice president of culinary for Ruby Tuesday, "so we tell people if they're looking to cut calories, they shouldn't eat the bun." If that sounds less than appetizing, try splitting an entrée with someone, or order an appetizer instead of a main dish.
9. "Nice tip — too bad your waiter won't get it."
Just because you tip your waitress 10 bucks, it doesn't mean she's going home with that money. More than likely, she'll have to pass on some of it to the people who helped her serve you: The bartender might get $2, and the busboy $3 to $5. It's called a tip pool, and it's becoming standard practice in many restaurants. "It happens often that if someone leaves a voluntary tip [for their server], a significant portion of that money is going to other people," Zagor says.
According to federal law, only employees who customarily receive tips — waitstaff, hosts, bartenders and bussers — can participate in the tip pool. But sometimes management takes a cut. In 2006, waitstaff from the Hilltop Steak House in
Mandatory gratuities are also divvied up. At high-end restaurants such as
10. "Never go out to eat on a Monday."
If you think that Monday, when restaurants tend not to be crowded, is a great time to eat out, think again. "You're being served all of the weekend's leftovers," says Francis, coauthor of "How to Burn Down the House." Kitchens prepare food on a first-in, first-out basis, meaning whatever is oldest gets served first. It's a way to ensure that everything on the menu is as fresh as possible.
The system works great most days, but it can run into a little glitch over the weekend. Distributors typically take Sunday off and make their last deliveries Saturday morning — which means that by Monday any food not used over the weekend is at least three to four days old. And it will be served before the same ingredients arriving in Monday's delivery.
What to do if you wish to dine out on a Monday? Ignore your instincts and go to a place that's perpetually crowded. "If you are open 24/7 and busy all the time," says New York-based chef Lucia Calvete, "all your ingredients are fresh all the time."
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Get a free cell phone and hottest Ringtones Launch Radio Networks reports: The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), which has become notorious for suing anyone from high school students to retirees for downloading music from the web, has gone after web sites such as Idolator that have posted leaked songs from the upcoming NINE INCH NAILS album, "Year Zero". The problem, however, is that the tracks were leaked intentionally. Several songs from the album were left on computer hard drives at venues on the band's current European tour, with fans finding and posting them on the web for others to download and swap. According to Billboard.com, the RIAA sent cease-and-desist emails to web sites that posted the tracks, leading one industry source to say, "These f***ing idiots are going after a campaign that the label signed off on."
While a number of songs have been intentionally released, the entire NINE INCH NAILS album has not leaked online yet. The CD arrives on April 17.
In addition to the leaked tracks, the marketing campaign for "Year Zero" has featured cryptic messages on T-shirts and a maze of linked web sites that expand upon the album's storyline of a future U.S. on the brink of apocalypse.
The same source told Billboard that NINE INCH NAILS frontman Trent Reznor views the campaign as a "new entertainment form." The source added that the campaign will continue for the next 18 months.
"Year Zero" is reportedly the first of two concept albums, the second of which Reznor hopes to finish next year.
NINE INCH NAILS finishes its European tour on April 10 in Finland and has just announced another round of shows on that continent beginning in August. A trip to Australia and Japan is planned for May. North American dates have not been announced yet.
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Best Buy for Laptop: How to Buy a Laptop Computer
Read this article. Why do you have to pay for a Laptop if you can get it for FREE
There is a wide range of laptop models available on the market today and buying the right machine can turn into a confusing mission.
There are laptop computers intended for home users, multimedia, business and gaming. You can spend from $500 to $5,000.
The very first step you need to do is to determine your needs.
If you spend a lot of time traveling, your best option is a light laptop with a long battery life.
If you are an average home user, you can easily select a low-range laptop that will cost you about $500.
If you use the Internet a lot or store photographs and videos, you choice should be a mid-range laptop that will cost you from $1,000 to $1,500.
But if plan to purchase a gaming laptop, be ready to pay at least $3,000.
Look at the following categories:
- Processor is the most important thing to take into consideration. Intel Pentium M, Mobile AMD Athlon 64 and AMD Turion 64 Mobile are high-powered processors. Intel's Celeron M and AMD's Duron and Sempron are processors found in low-end laptops.
Avoid desktop processors in laptops because they need a lot of power and will quickly exhaust your battery.
- Screen sizes range from 12 to 19 inches. A laptop computer with smaller screen is great option if you do not plan to use laptop too much. A larger screen is perfect for extensive use.
- Your new laptop should have at least 1 gigabyte of memory. Also, your machine should come with a dedicated video card with 128 megabytes of memory.
- Choose a faster hard drive with at least 60GB of space. This is sufficient for the majority of users. Gamers should get at least 100 GB hard drive.
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Is There Really Any Way To Get A Free Laptop?
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Is there really any way to get a free laptop? If you are diligent in your searching, you may very well be surprised what you discover once embarking on this journey. There are probably resources available to you that you never even considered.
If you use the Internet, you probably have seen the advertisements for how you can get a free laptop computer. There are variations to each company’s offer, but most of them require that you complete only a couple of requirements in order to receive your free laptop. Each offer differs, so be sure to check guidelines.
This sounds great, but how can you tell which free laptop offers are legitimate? First, you should check out the experiences that others have had using the company that you are interested in. You will not have to look very far, in most cases, as people seem more than willing to share their experiences on the Internet, whether good or bad. One company that we recommend that has a solid reputation for providing free laptops is ‘put your recommendation here’.
Participating in offers on the Internet is not the only way to get a free laptop. Many colleges and universities are now offering them to incoming freshman. So if you or child is going to college or participating in a post graduate program, there is a very real possibility that you qualify for a free laptop. These schools are charging enough for your degree, so if you can get a computer out of the deal, that is wonderful.
If you are online enough, you have probably noticed the existence of user groups or news groups. Yahoo is famous for them. Just go to groups.yahoo.com and you will find groups focused on just about any and everything conceivable to the human imagination.
Strangely enough (or maybe not so strangely), you will even find groups that give away things free of charge. These groups operate on the principle that if an individual has something that he/she no longer needs that he/she should pass it on to someone who can possibly use the item. And yes, people give away computers within these groups. While you will probably not find the latest or most up-to-date free laptop here, you may be able to find something that works for you.
With a bit of creative searching, you will probably find more avenues than you thought available for your free laptop. It is true that you will need to put forth a bit of effort to locate your prize, but it will be worth it in the end.
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How To Get a FREE Laptop Using Social Networks?
Hey you, Free stuff lovers! There is a gun watching at my head, so I have to write this post :) Everyone (except penguins) wants to get something for free. In this post I`ll tell you how to get a Laptop (cell phone, playstation 3, wii, macbook and whatever) from the social networks. I like to write stupid things about nothing so the most interesting information is in the end of the post. Heh...guess you`ve already scrolled down to see it. So...I made a small list so you can choose your way. And now...How to get a FREE Laptop?
1) Steal it. Believe me, it works. There is only one minus in this way: You are not allowed to take this Laptop to prison with you. Oh...joking. Nope. No jokes. Oops! Joke again :)
I understand that not all the people know how to steal a Laptop. So I made this "Special Video Course". Enjoy it.
2)Invent it. First of all you have to understand that Laptop is just a word. So why can`t you just make something weird (your garbage is the best material...Scientists from Harvard made this conclusion so you have to believe me) and to call it (guess How?)....LAPTOP! Have you seen Frankenstein movie? Do you remember the moment where dr. Viktor Frankenstein shouts: "It`s alive! Alive!" You have to do the same thing. Look at the Thing you made and SHOUT: "It`s a Laptop! Laptop!" That`s it.
3) Ok, let`s be serious for a minute. Maybe you have some experience in finding something free in the Web. There`s so much S**T!!! But you really can get your free stuff. It`s rather simple. Many companies offer Free Laptops, Phones, Playstation and many other things when they start an Advertising Campaign. So all you have to do is to find ad campaigns like this. But I made it for you (as always) I really made a special list so I didn`t lie to you...but I wanted to do this :) There`s only links that I`ve checked. No bulls**t! Enjoy it! And damn you... :)
P.S. Links are hidden with redirect service.
1) Laptop
As I have told you earlier...someone`s ad camapaign.
2) iPod Nano 8gb
What about new iPod?
3) LG Chocolate
Just a phone.
4)iPod Video
Another iPod.
5)Another Laptop
Just another Laptop.
6) Nintendo Wii
You wanna play? Let`s play. :)
7)Mac Mini
Mmm...Mac...my weakness
8) Playstation 3
Hm...what can I say? :)
9) Sony Vaio
Laptop again. Sony Vaio this time.
So...answering the top question "How to get a FREE Laptop using social networks?" Well...I really don`t know. (let`s keep it in secret :) )
That`s all for today, children. Good night!
3/31/07
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