While today is Cinco de Mayo, a little cold and grey here in SF, not shuttle launching weather, it’s also the anniversary of the first American in space. Yup. Today in 1961, we launched Navy Commander, Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr., from Cape Canaveral, Florida, into space aboard the Freedom 7 space capsule. Source, History.com. First ...
PETA (or People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) has bought 80 shares of SeaWorld for about $2,273 after the amusement park company went public on April 19th. This is the minimum amount of shares needed in order to attend yearly meetings and call for policy changes. The first change that PETA is calling for ...
Marijuana Stocks, while not up in smoke, are down. What’s that? Even the illegal, estimated $18 Billion a year, marijuana market is being traded on the world’s exchange? Well, not exactly, it’s estimated at billions per year, ancillary market is where the money is now. Since it’s still federally illegal to grow and distribute this ...
Mommy Government and Daddy Dollar say it’s time to get a job. Or at least, that can be interpreted from the minutes of the Fed’s last meeting. Eventually, the Fed will exit from the Bond Market. The printing of money, and the buying of $85 Billion in securities, Mortgage backed and other, per month, will ...
The week wasn’t good for Boston. But Verizon, who saw a strong Q1 ‘13 earnings report today, has generously given $100,000, to ‘One Fund Boston’ to help the victims of the horrific bombing. In a statement released by Verizon today, the donation was directly addressed, “The thoughts and prayers of Verizon employees across the globe ...
Domestic and foreign investors, and anyone else looking for a great, conservative buy. The U.S. is still selling! Through the magic of quantitative easing, which I will go into in another article, you can get a U.S. T- 30 Year deal for 2.91 percent interest, or a Municipal Bond at 2.99 percent interest. And, the ...
Inflation-Indexed Bonds, TIPS, Savings Bonds, and any investment that will retain it’s value with inflation over the long-haul is what the shaky, conservative investor, concerned about Chained CPI, greater taxes for the middle-class, and smaller Social Security payments when they retire should look into. And I suppose gold. SInce nations seem to be re-patrioting their ...
So apparently, back in November, there was an 80’s time warp–why wasn’t I invited–and, Heaven is a Place on Earth was streamed on Pandora more than 3,112,300 times. To which, Ellen Shipley, the songwriter, was paid $39.61. If you divide the big number, into the small number, that amounts to 0.00001273. Wow, for a song ...
Pandora announced yesterday that it reached 200 million users with about 70 million of those being active monthly users. This is a drastic increase compared to Pandora’s previously reported 100 million users in 2011. Pandora is one of the most popular music streaming services that started with the desire to bring different kinds of music ...
Jurassic Park 3D and Evil Dead took over the Friday box office. Jurassic Park directed by the legendary Steven Spielberg, was originally released in 1993. At the time it was considered one of the most technologically advanced movies and is the 25th-highest-grossing film worldwide. See also Brad Paisley’s Show To Be Lit By Fans’ Synced Smartphones ...
On April 2nd, President Barak Obama unveiled a bold, ambitious, new 100 million dollar program in the age of the Sequester: BRAIN project. See also 2.7 Million Facebook Users Support Marriage Equality And, like the Human Genome Project, which generated jobs and growth for the economy, the BRAIN project is expected to do the same. BRAIN ...
A robot jellyfish named Cyro may be swimming in the ocean with you sometime in the future and chances are you probably won’t be able to tell the difference between the two. Cyro is almost 6 feet long in diameter and weighs about 170 pounds. He has been equipped with a silicone head and eight ...
RoboteX, a private security robots company, created in 2007 by Nathan Gettings in Palo Alto, California, is backed with $2.06 million by PayPal founder Peter Thiel, out of a funding round of $5 million. See also This Robot LEGO Band is Great: Watch and Listen This isn’t actually the first round of funding the company receives, RoboteX ...
This recent Indiegogo campaign is presenting a new Android app that will let users earn money by watching ads on their smartphones and tablets. There is a limit of maximum $25 per month (per device) that you can earn. It will be released soon and will be free. The Android app, called SmartAds and created ...
If you spend many hours in front of a desk you might want to change your old one with a treadmill desk or walking desk. Most common sitting problems include joint pain, neck pain, body fatigue and obesity. By using a standard desk you do burn calories according to some studies, but not many. You burn ...
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