Archive for October 7th, 2008
This Christmas, Neiman Marcus offers holiday shoppers a chance to bring the Dallas Cowboys’ end zone to their own back yard.
On Tuesday morning, the Dallas-based luxury retailer unveiled featured items in its annual Christmas Book to news media at Texas Stadium.
This year’s fantasy gift is nothing less than an end zone from Texas Stadium — 530 square yards of sporting history for a mere $500,000.
The Dallas Cowboys are playing their last season at Texas Stadium before moving to their new stadium in Arlington. During the last game at Texas Stadium, the purchaser of the fantasy gift will get VIP treatment and a postgame party with the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. After the game, crews will cut out the end zone, roll it up and install it in the purchaser’s yard.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones will donate the $500,000 purchase price to the Salvation Army.
Link
October 7th, 2008
Click on a state to see that state’s percentage of “red” and “blue” book sales over the past 60 days, as well as local political favorites. Or see how the map has changed over time by using the right and left arrows to choose a different two-month period during 2008. To see the changes in the map over the same periods in the last presidential election year, click the “2004″ tab. Updated daily.
Link
And here is what Texas is reading . . .
October 7th, 2008
3D printing has become an incredibly powerful tool to customize one-off products for differing applications. This project was based on using this technology to design a customized prosthetic leg for a specific user- a young, urban, male athlete. Nike was chosen as an appropriate brand to bring form to the leg. It also required familiarizing oneself with the emotional, medical, lifestyle, and physical changes the user would encounter.
Designer: Colin Matsco
Yanko Design [more pics]
October 7th, 2008
During the Presidential campaign, much has been made of Barack Obama’s slender physique, with some commentators going so far as to argue that he is too thin for most Americans to relate to him. Does candidate height and weight play a role in electoral success? With Mr. Obama and John McCain set to square off in the second of three presidential debates tomorrow, it seemed worth taking a look through recent history.
Link
Current election
and past elections
October 7th, 2008
On a recent reporting trip to Alaska, TNR senior editor Noam Scheiber came across a piece of paper from an old Wasilla city budget, on the back of which Palin doodled and brainstormed her potential mayoral campaign themes (”time for a change,” “you would be my boss!”) and qualifications (”life-long alaskan,” “NRA supporter,” ”taxpayer!”). Read the fine print on this 1996 document; it’s a fascinating glimpse into how she thought she could best present herself to the Wasilla electorate.
The New Republic
October 7th, 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Carlos Santana is on tour and has an album coming out, but in an interview with Rolling Stone posted online on Friday the rocker said he sees himself one day heading up a church in Hawaii.
Santana also told the magazine about the pain of recently going through a divorce from his wife of 34 years, Deborah.
The 61-year-old rocker described in the interview how his faith has helped him get through low points in his life, and that he would like to start a church in Maui, Hawaii.
“I’m going to stop playing when I’m 67 and work on what I really want to do, which is to be a minister, like Little Richard,” he said to Rolling Stone.
Full Article
October 7th, 2008
The Enterprise from Star Trek or the Galatic Empire Starship from Star Wars?
Click the image to find out.
Glad to see the Yamato was included.
October 7th, 2008
MADISON, Wisconsin (AP) — The largest group of atheists and agnostics in the United States is suing President George W. Bush, the governor of Wisconsin and other officials over a federal law designating a National Day of Prayer.
The Freedom From Religion Foundation sued Friday in U.S. district court, arguing that the president’s mandated proclamations calling on Americans to pray violates a constitutional ban on government officials endorsing religion.
The day of prayer, held each year on the first Thursday of May, creates a “hostile environment for nonbelievers, who are made to feel as if they are political outsiders,” the lawsuit said.
Full Article
October 7th, 2008
