ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Suspicious packages were received through the mail Monday by Alaska’s three-member congressional delegation and at least two contained a white powder. The packages were received in the Fairbanks offices of Sens. Mark Begich and Lisa Murkowski and the Anchorage office of Rep. Don Young. Begich is a Democrat. Murkowski and Young are Republicans.
If you dream of the bygone age of rock ‘n’ roll when music was cool and photos were retro without iPhone apps, The Dead Trees might be for you. The self-assigned wandering nomads Michael Ian Cummings, Todd Dalhoff, Matthew Borg, and Noah Rubin started the band in Boston. Not too long after, Albert Hammond Jr., guitarist for The Strokes brought The Dead Trees along for two US tours, according to the band’s Facebook page . After their first full length album “King Of Rosa” was released, the tours continued — but The Dead Trees craved a home. That’s why they moved to Los Angeles. “I feel inspired by LA,” states Cummings on the band’s Facebook. It is clear that the landmarks and sunshine have made a lasting impression upon The Dead Trees . Their most recent video “Back In LA” was shot on a Flip Cam over the course of six weeks by photographer Peter Zachary Voelker .
If you dream of the bygone age of rock ‘n’ roll when music was cool and photos were retro without iPhone apps, The Dead Trees might be for you. The self-assigned wandering nomads Michael Ian Cummings, Todd Dalhoff, Matthew Borg, and Noah Rubin started the band in Boston. Not too long after, Albert Hammond Jr., guitarist for The Strokes brought The Dead Trees along for two US tours, according to the band’s Facebook page . After their first full length album “King Of Rosa” was released, the tours continued — but The Dead Trees craved a home. That’s why they moved to Los Angeles. “I feel inspired by LA,” states Cummings on the band’s Facebook. It is clear that the landmarks and sunshine have made a lasting impression upon The Dead Trees .
If you dream of the bygone age of rock ‘n’ roll when music was cool and photos were retro without iPhone apps, The Dead Trees might be for you. The self-assigned wandering nomads Michael Ian Cummings, Todd Dalhoff, Matthew Borg, and Noah Rubin started the band in Boston. Not too long after, Albert Hammond Jr., guitarist for The Strokes brought The Dead Trees along for two US tours, according to the band’s Facebook page . After their first full length album “King Of Rosa” was released, the tours continued — but The Dead Trees craved a home. That’s why they moved to Los Angeles. “I feel inspired by LA,” states Cummings on the band’s Facebook.
NEW YORK — A move by Google to acquire mobile phone manufacturer Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion , announced early Monday, will likely draw sharp scrutiny from federal antitrust regulators already engaged in a probe of the search giant’s business practices, analysts said. Google’s Android smartphone operating system, introduced in 2007, has been adopted by dozens of handset manufacturers and now commands a dominant share of the smartphone market. The purchase of Motorola positions Google as a major player in handset manufacturing for the first time. “It will come under close scrutiny,” Brian White, a technology analyst at Ticonderoga Securities, said of the deal. “It won’t go through without a fight.” Read More… More on Google
NEW YORK — A move by Google to acquire mobile phone manufacturer Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion , announced early Monday, will likely draw sharp scrutiny from federal antitrust regulators already engaged in a probe of the search giant’s business practices, analysts said. Google’s Android smartphone operating system, introduced in 2007, has been adopted by dozens of handset manufacturers and now commands a dominant share of the smartphone market. The purchase of Motorola positions Google as a major player in handset manufacturing for the first time. “It will come under close scrutiny,” Brian White, a technology analyst at Ticonderoga Securities, said of the deal. “It won’t go through without a fight.” Read More… More on Google
WASHINGTON, July 29 (Reuters/Richard Cowan and Deborah Charles) – With four days remaining until the United States hits its debt limit, President Barack Obama on Friday told deeply divided Republicans and Democrats to stop bickering and find a way “out of this mess.” Obama said a deficit-reduction plan being advanced by the top Republican in Congress would be defeated in the Democratic-led Senate and was simply wasting time. He called for compromise and said both parties were not that far apart on spending cuts. Read More… More on Debt Ceiling
Al-Shabaab, the extremist Islamic group that effectively controls much of Somalia, has banned samosas in the famine-stricked, war-torn East African nation, according to the Kenyan Daily Nation . Apparently the ban, which was announced via loudspeaker , was instituted because Al-Shabaab leaders decided the samosa’s triangular shape was too closely associated with the Christian trinity. Locals face punishment for cooking, buying or eating the meat- or vegetable-filled pastries . This hasn’t been a good month for samosa-religion relations. Just a few weeks ago, a group of New Jersey Hindus sued a restaurant for covertly serving them meat samosa, in violation of their religious adherence to a vegetarian diet. Read More… More on Somalia
Al-Shabaab, the extremist Islamic group that effectively controls much of Somalia, has banned samosas in the famine-stricked, war-torn East African nation, according to the Kenyan Daily Nation . Apparently the ban, which was announced via loudspeaker , was instituted because Al-Shabaab leaders decided the samosa’s triangular shape was too closely associated with the Christian trinity. Locals face punishment for cooking, buying or eating the meat- or vegetable-filled pastries . This hasn’t been a good month for samosa-religion relations. Just a few weeks ago, a group of New Jersey Hindus sued a restaurant for covertly serving them meat samosa, in violation of their religious adherence to a vegetarian diet. Read More… More on Somalia
Guest post written by Susan Rhoades I’ve had several gym memberships over the years, but since I had kids I haven’t really …