Thursday, April 4, 2013 @ Automotive World

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preterition \pret-uh-RISH-uhn\, noun:

1. the act of passing by or over; omission; disregard.
2. Law. the passing over by a testator of an heir otherwise entitled to a portion.
3. Calvinistic Theology. the passing over by God of those not elected to salvation or eternal life.
4. Rhetoric. paralipsis.

From the Latin stem praeterit- meaning "to go past," preterition first entered English at the turn of the sixteenth century. While the rhetorical and theological senses were present from the beginning, it took another 100 years for the legal sense to arise in the English language.

MeDD

• People who have trouble talking about anyone but themselves for any length of time. The "enough about me, what do you think of me" syndrome.

I like hanging out with Andrea, but her MeDD (Me-D-D) is so annoying. She'll ask me a question, but then jumps in with something about her.

Trivia
What presidential wannabe formed a rock band called Capitol Offense while serving as governor?

• Mike Huckabee, who was governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007.

History

• William Henry Harrison: went on record as the US president with the shortest tenure, dying one month after inauguration (1841)
• NATO: was established with the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty by 12 Western nations (1949)
• The Beatles: held all of the top 5 places on the Billboard Hot 100 (1964)
• Martin Luther King, Jr.: was assassinated by James Earl Ray in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was supporting striking sanitation workers (1968)
• World Trade Center: a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held to mark the opening of the Twin Towers (1973)
• Microsoft: software behemoth was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico (1975)

Birthdays

• Dorothea Dix 1802
• Linus Yale 1821 - Inventor (Yale Infallible Bank Lock and cylinder lock)
• Isoroku Yamamoto 1884
• Arthur Murray (Moses Teichman) 1895 - Dancer
• John Cameron Swayze 1906 - Newsman
• Frances Langford (Frances Newbern) 1914 - Radio singer, actress ("Born to Dance", "Yankee Doodle Dandy")
• Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield) 1913 - Blues singer, guitarist ("Closet to You", "Honey Bee")
• Elizabeth W. Wilson 1921 - Actress (TV: "The Addams Family", Movie: "The Graduate")
• Elmer Bernstein 1922 - Composer of film scores
• William Manchester 1922
• Gil (Gilbert Raymond) Hodges 1924 - Baseball player
• Maya Angelou 1928 - Author, poet
• Clive Davis 1932 - Record company executive
• Anthony Perkins 1932 - Actor (Movies: "Psyco" series)
• Norro Wilson 1938 - Singer, composer, producer
• Michael Parks 1938
• Angelo Giamatti 1938
• JoAnne Carner 1939 - Golfer
• Hugh Masekela 1939 - Musician, band leader
• Ernie Terrell 1939 - Boxer
• Major Lance 1941
• Jim (James Louis) Fregosi 1942 - Baseball player
• Kris Jensen 1942 - Singer
• Kitty Kelley 1942 - Author
• Mike (Michael Peter) Epstein 1943 - baseball player
• Craig T. Nelson 1944 - Actor (Movies: "Poltergeist")
• Walter Charles 1945 - Actor
• Caroline McWilliams 1945 - Actress
• Ray (Raymond Earl) Fosse 1947 - Baseball catcher
• Ed White 1947 - Football player
• Barry Oakley 1948 - Musician, bass player (Allman Brothers)
• Christine Lahti 1950 - Actress
• Steve Gatlin 1951 - Singer (The Gatlin Brothers)
• Dave Hill 1952 - Musician, guitar player (Slade)
• Jerry Shirley 1952 - Musician (Humble Pie)
• Peter Haycock 1952 - Musician (Climax Blues Band)
• David E. Kelley 1956 - Writer, producer ("Ally McBeal", "The Practice")
• Graeme Kelling 1957 - Musician (Deacon Blue)
• Phil Morris 1959 - Actor
• Lorraine Toussaint 1960 - Actress ("Crossing Jordan," "Any Day Now")
• Ava Fabian 1962 - Playmate 08/1986, model, actress
• Craig Adams 1962 - Musician (The Cult)
• David Gavurin 1963 - Musician (Sundays)
• Robert Downey, Jr. 1965 - Actor (Iron Man)
• Frank Black 1965 - Musician (Pixies)
• Nancy McKeon 1966 - Actress (TV: "The Facts of Life")
• Mike Starr (Michael Christopher Starr) 1966 - Musician (Alice in Chains)
• Barry Pepper 1970 - Actor
• Clay Davidson 1971 - Country Singer
• Jill Scott 1972 - Singer
• Magnus Sveningsson 1972 - Musician (The Cardigans)
• Kelly Price 1973 - Singer
• David Blaine 1973 - Magician
• Andre Dalyrimple 1974 - Singer (Soul for Real)
• Scott Rolen 1975 - Baseball player
• Natasha Lyonne 1979 - Actress
• Heath Ledger 1979 - Actor

 

 

 

Wednesday, April 3, 2013 @ Automotive World

serpentine \SUR-puhn-teen, -tahyn\, adjective:

1. having a winding course, as a road; sinuous.
2. of, characteristic of, or resembling a serpent, as in form or movement.
3. shrewd, wily, or cunning.

noun:

1. a device on a harquebus lock for holding the match.
2. a cannon having any of various bore sizes, used from the 15th to the 17th century.
3. Skating. a school figure made by skating two figure eights that share one loop.

Serpentine made its way into English in the 1400s from the French serpentin. This term ultimately comes from the Proto-Indo-European word serp, which describes the creeping motion of a snake.

Facebook insomnia

• A condition - generally found in, but not limited to, suburban teenagers - under which, afflicted persons deprive themselves of sleep in favor of repeatedly refreshing ones Facebook 'News Feed' in hopes and/or anticipation of a new 'Status Update' or 'Wall Post' from ones friends.

David: Jesus Christ! Becky, you look like shit.

Becky: Yeah I had a killer case of Facebook insomnia, didn't get to bed til 6 AM

David: Get a life, Becky.

Trivia
What end did the evil queen meet in the original version of “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”?

• In the 1812 Grimm Brothers fairy tale “Little Snow-White,” the queen was forced to put on a pair of red-hot iron shoes at Snow-White’s wedding, and dance until she collapsed and died.

History

• Jesse James: outlaw met his end, shot in the back by Robert Ford, a member of his own gang (1882)
• Marshall Plan: President Truman signed over some $13 billion in aid for post-war Europe (1948)
• TV Guide: was published for the first time, with the infant Desi Arnaz, Jr., on the cover (1953)
• Super Outbreak: the largest spate of deadly tornadoes to hit the US began; 148 tornadoes rampaged across 13 states (1974)
• Unabomber: mail-order anti-technology terrorist Theodore Kaczynski was arrested in his cabin outside Lincoln, Montana (1996)
• iPad: Apple's version of a touch-screen tablet PC was first released (2010)

Birthdays

• Washington Irving 1783 - Author ("Rip Van Winkle", "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow")
• Edward Everett Hale 1822
• William M. (Marcy) "Boss" Tweed 1823 - Political boss, known for his Tweed "Ring" that stole millions of dollars from New York City
• John Burroughs 1837 - Author
• Gertrude 'Ma' Rainey 1888
• George Jessel 1898 - Comedian, actor
• Sally Rand 1904
• Herb Caen 1916
• Jan Sterling (Adriance) 1923 - Actress
• Doris Day (Doris Mary Ann Von Kappelhoff) 1924 - Singer, actress
• Marlon Brando 1924 - Actor ("The Godfather", "Apocalypse Now")
• Don Gibson 1928 - Songwriter, singer
• Miyoshi Umeki 1923 - Actress
• Helmut Kohl 1930 - Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1982-1998
• Rod Funseth 1933 - Golfer
• Jane Goodall 1934 - Anthropologist, author
• Jimmy McGriff 1936
• Sandra Spuzich 1937 - Golfer
• Jeff Barry 1938
• Jan Barry 1941 - Songwriter, singer (Jan and Dean)
• Marsha Mason 1942 - Actress
• Wayne Newton 1942 - Singer
• Jonathan Lynn 1943 - Actor, director, writer
• Tony Orlando (Michael Anthony Orlando Cassavitis) 1944 - Singer
• Barry Pritchard 1944 - Musician (The Fortunes)
• Bernie (Bernard) Parent 1945 - Hockey goalie
• Richard Manuel 1945 - Musician (The Band)
• Dee Murray 1946 - Musician (Elton John's band)
• Donny Anderson 1949 - Football player
• Richard Thompson 1949 - Musician (Fairport Convention)
• Mel Schacher 1951 - Musician (Grand Funk Railroad)
• Mick Mars 1956 - "Musician" (Motley Crue)
• Alec Baldwin (Alexander Rae Baldwin III) 1958 - Actor
• David Hyde Pierce 1959 - Actor ("Frasier")
• Eddie Murphy 1961 - Comedian ("Saturday Night Live"), actor ("48 Hrs.", "Beverly Hills Cop", "Doctor Doolittle")
• Sebastian Bach 1968 - Singer (Skid Row)
• Wes Berggren 1971 - Musician (Tripping Daisy)
• Jennie Garth 1972 - Actress ("Beverly Hills 90210")
• Leona Lewis 1985 - Singer
• Amanda Bynes 1986 - Actress

  

Razer Edge Pro Tablet PC Review @ Automotive World

Razer Edge Pro Tablet PC Review

The Razer Edge Pro gaming tablet is the rare device that reimagines what the PC experience should be and delivers something. That it's made to let you game anywhere just makes it a lot more fun.

Razer Edge Pro Tablet PC Specification

    Type: Gaming, Tablet
    Processor Name: Intel Core i7-3517U
    Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz
    Operating System: Windows 8, Microsoft Windows 8
    RAM: 8 GB
    Screen Size: 10.1 inches
    Screen Type: Widescreen
    Native Resolution: 1366 x 768
    Touchscreen: Yes
    Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce GT 640M LE
    Graphics Memory: 2048
    2nd Graphics Card: Intel HD Graphics 4000
    Storage Capacity (as Tested): 256 GB

Monday, April 1, 2013 @ Automotive World

insouciance \in-SOO-see-uhns; Fr. an-soo-SYAHNS\, noun:

• the quality of being insouciant; lack of care or concern; indifference.

The Latin root sollicitaire coupled with the negating prefix in- literally means "to not disturb or agitate." This adjective entered English in the nineteenth century, shortly after the noun form insouciance started being used by English speakers.

April Fool's, bitch

• When you're having sex, entering from behind (e.g. doggystyle,) about to come, you tell the receiver, "I'm about to come!" Pull out and spit on her (or his) back while grunting. when she turns around, blow your wad in her face and yell, "April Fool's, bitch!" Also known ad a "David Copperfield."

you should've seen the look on her face when i said, "April Fool's, bitch." she was so mad.

Trivia
What fast-food chain placed full-page ads in six major U.S. newspapers announcing it had purchased the Liberty Bell to help cut the national debt?

• Taco Bell, in 1996. Its ad said the national symbol would henceforth be known as the Taco Liberty Bell. At noon on the day the ad appeared, the company disclosed that it was just an April Fools’ Day joke.

Holiday

• Easter Monday: the day after Easter Sunday
  

  
• April Fools' Day: is celebrated in many countries on April 1 every year. Sometimes referred to as All Fools' Day, April 1 is not a national holiday, but is widely recognized and celebrated as a day when people play practical jokes and hoaxes on each other.

History

• US House of Representatives: achieved a quorum for the first time and elected its first Speaker, Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania (1789)
• Royal Air Force: branch of the British Armed Forces was formed (1918)
• TIROS-1: the first weather satellite was launched; it took off from Cape Canaveral and was operational for 78 days (1960)
• Apple Inc.: was founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak (1976)
• Gmail: Google's web-based email service was launched (2004)

Birthdays

• William Harvey England 1578
• Otto Von Bismarck 1815
• Sergei Rachmaninoff 1873 - Composer, musician
• Lon Chaney 1883 - Actor ("The Phantom of the Opera")
• Wallace (Fitzgerald) Beery 1885 - Actor ("The Champ", "The Last of the Mohicans")
• Jagjivan Ram 1908
• Abraham Maslow 1908
• Art Lund 1920 - Singer
• Toshiro Mifune 1920 - Actor ("Midway", "Paper Tiger")
• William Manchester 1922 - Writer
• Anne McCaffrey 1926
• George Grizzard 1928 - Actor ("Bachelor Party", "False Witness")
• Jane Powell (Suzanne Burce) 1929 - Actress
• Grace Lee Whitney 1930 - Actress, singer
• Gordon Jump 1932 - Actor ("WKRP in Cincinnati")
• Debbie Reynolds (Mary Frances Reynolds) 1932 - Singer, Actress, mother of actress Carrie Fisher
• Don Hastings 1934 - Actor ("As The World Turns")
• James Edward Brown 1934 - Singer (The Browns)
• Ron (Ronald Peter) Perranoski 1936 - Baseball player, coach
• Eddie King 1938 - Blues singer
• Ali MacGraw 1938 - Actress
• Rudolf Isley 1939 - Singer (Isley Brothers)
• Phil (Philip Henry) Niekro 1939 - Baseball pitcher
• Guy Trottier 1941 - Hockey player
• Phil Margo 1942 - Singer (The Tokens)
• Alan Blakley 1942 - Musician (Brian Poole and The Tremeloes)
• Carol White 1944
• Rusty Staub 1944 - Baseball player
• Heather Young 1945
• John Barbata 1945 - Drummer (The Turtles)
• Ronnie Lane (Small Faces) 1946
• Norm Van Lier 1947 - Basketball player
• Jimmy Cliff 1948 - Reggae singer
• Doug Southerland 1948 - Football player
• Wilie (Guillermo Naranjo) Montanez 1948 - Baseball player
• Gil Scott-Heron 1949 - Jazz musician
• Samuel Alito 1950 - U.S. Supreme Court justice
• Billy Currie 1952 - Musician (Ultravox)
• Annette O'Toole 1953 - Actress
• Jeff Porcaro (Toto) 1954
• Stan Ridgway (Wall of Voodoo) 1955
• Libby Riddles 1956 - First woman to win the Iditarod dogsled race
• Mark White 1961 - Musician (ABC)
• Woody Lee 1968 - Country singer
• Sung-Hi Lee 1970 - actress, model
• Method Man 1971 - Rapper
• Rachel Maddow 1973 - Broadcast journalist
• Maradalena Maleeva 1975 - Tennis player
• Bijou Phillips 1980 - Singer
• Sam Huntington 1982 - Actor
• Hillary Scott (Lady Antebellum) 1984 - Country singer
• Josh Zuckerman 1985 - Actor

Saturday, March 30, 2013 @ Automotive World

hypothecate \hahy-POTH-i-keyt, hi-\, verb:

1. to pledge to a creditor as security without delivering over; mortgage.
2. to put in pledge by delivery, as stocks given as security for a loan.

Hypothecate first entered English in the late 1600s, originally from the Greek roots hypo- and tithenai meaning "to put down."

talmbout

1. a conjuction of the words talking & about

2. refering to; asking a question

3. Yelled at broads when leaving the club to see whats poppin

4. to plot or scheme

1. As nicole walked out of chris's house, he yelled "what u talmbout?!?!?!?

2. What yall talmbout?

3. When Chris & D-rock saw some fat butt chicks leaving the club drunk, they holler'ed "yall aint talmbout it".

Trivia
Which capital city is the highest in the world?

• La Paz, Bolivia, at 11,913 feet above sea level.

History

• anesthesia: was first used in an operation; a tumor was removed from a man's neck while he was under the effects of ether (1842)
• pencil: patent was awarded to Hymen Lipman for attaching an eraser to the end (1858); it was declared invalid by the US Supreme Court 17 years later because his invention was simply "an aggregation of separate elements"
• Seward's Folly: the US bought Alaska from Russia for $7.2m. — about 2 cents an acre (1867)
• 15th amendment: was declared in effect, giving black men the right to vote (1870)
• Jeopardy!: game show debuted on television (1964)
• Ronald Reagan: was shot by John Hinckley, Jr.; the US president was hit in the chest and seriously wounded, but recovered fully (1981)

Birthdays

• Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes 1746
• Anna Sewell 1820
• Vincent Van Gogh 1853
• Jo Davidson 1883
• Ted Heath 1900
• Frankie Laine 1913 - Singer
• Richard Dysart 1929 - Actor
• John Astin 1930 - Actor ("Addams Family")
• Rolf Harris 1930 - Singer
• Peter Marshall 1930 - Game show host ("Hollywood Squares")
• Warren Beatty 1937 - Actor
• Jerry Lucas 1940 - Basketball player
• Astrud Gilberto 1940
• Graeme Edge 1941 - Musician (Moody Blues)
• Bobby Wright 1942
• Ronnie Rice 1944 (New Colony 6)
• Eric Clapton 1945 - Musician
• Jim Dandy Mangrum 1948 - Musician (Black Oak Arkansas)
• Robbie Coltrane 1950 - Actor
• Dave Ball 1950 - Musician (Procol Harum)
• Re Styles 1950 - Musician (The Tubes)
• Lene Lovich 1954 - Singer
• Randy VanWarmer 1955 - Singer, songwriter
• Paul Reiser 1957 - Actor ("Mad About You"), comedian
• M.C. Hammer 1962 - Rapper
• Ian Ziering 1964 - Actor
• Tracy Chapman 1964 - Singer
• Donna D'Errico 1968 - actress, model. See more HERE
• Celine Dion 1968 - Singer
• Mark Consuelos 1970 - Actor
• Norah Jones 1979 - Musician
• Scott Moffatt 1983 - Singer, musician (The Moffats)
• Jevgenija Diordiychuk 1983 - model, Russian PMOY AKA: Yevgenia / Eugenia / Evgenia Diordiychuk, Jenya D, Shawnee, Katie Fey, Shawnee, Vanesa Gojgi. See more HERE

  

Lifelogging Life Recording Device @ Automotive World

Lifelogging Life Recording Device

The latest in the trend of recording life experiences is Lifelogging - recording every little thing that goes on in your life through pictures. Modern lifelogging devices actually help people take continuous photographs and videos of every single moment of their day.

Thursday, March 28, 2013 @ Automotive World

sundry \SUHN-dree\, adjective:

• various or diverse: sundry persons.

Sundry first appeared in English before the year 900. It is derived from the Old English syndrig meaning "separate," "apart," and "special." While sundi and sundrie were acceptable spellings between the thirteenth and seventeenth centuries, since then they have fallen out of use in favor of sundry.

prexhausted

• Preemptively exhausted. When you are exhausted just by thinking about something.

It's March and I'm prexhausted by finals.

You want to go out dancing tonight? I'm prexhausted, sorry.

Trivia
What vitamin C–rich vegetable did miners pay for with gold during the 1897 Alaskan Klondike Gold Rush?

• Potatoes, which they hoped would prevent scurvy.

History

• Andrew Jackson: US president was censured by the Senate for his actions in the Bank War; the censure was later expunged from the record (1834)
• Turkey: key cities changed names: Constantinople became Istanbul and Angora was tweaked to Ankara (1930)
• Virginia Woolf: distinguished novelist, critic and essayist (A Room Of One's Own) committed suicide by drowning; she had been suffering from depression and bouts of mental illness for many years (1941)
• Three Mile Island: the most serious nuclear accident in US history took place at a power station in Pennsylvania (1979)

Birthdays

• Santi Raphael 1483
• Paul Whiteman 1890
• August Busch 1899
• Rudolf Serkin 1903
• Frank Lovejoy 1912
• Jay Livingston 1915
• Dirk Bogarde 1921
• Thad Jones 1923
• Freddie Bartholomew 1924
• Eric Dixon 1930
• Bill Anthony 1930
• Charlie McCoy 1941 - Country musician
• Mike Newell 1942 - Director
• Conchata Ferrell 1943 - Actress
• Ken Howard 1944 - Actor
• Chuck Portz (The Turtles) 1945
• Barry Miles 1947
• Dianne Wiest 1948 - Actress ("Law and Order")
• Milan Williams 1948 - Musician (Commodores)
• Ronnie Ray Smith 1949
• Reba McEntire 1955 - Actress, country singer
• Tracey Needham 1967 - Actress
• Max Perlich 1968 - Actor
• Salt (Cheryl James) 1969 - Rapper (Salt-N-Pepa)
• Vince Vaughn 1969 - Actor
• Brett Ratner 1969 - Actor
• Mr. Cheeks 1971 - Rapper (Lost Boyz)
• Ken L. 1973 - Actor
• Annie Wershing 1977 - Actress ("24")
• Julia Stiles 1981 - Actress
• Lady Gaga (Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta) 1986 - Musician