| Davidson Calendar: Jan. 25-Feb. 8
Improv Nashville performs scenes, games and a one-act play based on audience suggestions. 8 p.m. Jan. 25, 12th South Arts Venue, 2907 12th Ave. S.; $10; tickets: 418-0905 or www.improvnashville.com. Hamlet: Nashville Shakespeare Festival production in the Trout Theater. For more information call 225-2273 or visit www.nashvilleshakes.org. 7 p.m. Jan. 25-26, 31-Feb. 2; 2:30 p.m. Jan. 27, Belmont University, 1900 Belmont Blvd.; $20. .
Nobel Laureate Estimates Wars’ Cost at More Than $3 Trillion
It is also an investment in the future safety and security of Americans and our vital national interests. $3 trillion? What price does Joe Stiglitz put on attacks on the homeland that have already been prevented? Or doesn't his slide rule work that way?" Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., a decorated Marine Corp colonel and Vietnam veteran, welcomed the effort by Stiglitz and Bilmes to quantify how much the wars will cost taxpayers. "It's astounding that here we are about to mark the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, and this administration still refuses to acknowledge the long-term costs of the war in Iraq," he said. By any estimate, the Bush administration's predictions in March 2003 of a self-financing war have proved to be wildly inaccurate. Stiglitz cites operational spending to date of $646 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and, working off estimates from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, presumes that spending on these wars over the next decade probably will amount to another $913 billion.
Hulkmania Hits the Water
MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Hulk Hogan, one of the most charismatic icons of popular culture and co-host of the new wildly popular NBC-TV show, "American Gladiators," has teamed up with FLW Outdoors to become the celebrity spokesperson of its world renown professional angler fishing tournaments and its new FLW Fantasy Fishing game in 2008, the largest and richest fantasy sports game in the world. Fans the world over have followed Hogan from his beginnings as the world's biggest pro wrestling star to his induction into the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Hall of Fame, to his many movie and television roles, including his most recent success as the co-host in the over-the-top reality TV show hit, "American Gladiators." The show ranked No. 2 in prime time in the January 14 Nielsen ratings with 10.7 million viewers, according to a report in the New York Times.
Now, saline water worries flood-hit Malwa farmers
Besides this, a quiz for school students would also be held for which the zoo authorities have informed around 50 schools of Chandigarh, Panchkula and Mohali. The student visitors would also be allowed to participate in the quiz, zoo authorities added. .
Serbs refuse to accept Kosovo's declaration of independence
Bush for supporting Kosovo's independence bid, saying the U.S. leader's name would go down in black letters in Serbian history. In Kosovo, Serbs in Kosovska Mitrovica defiantly flew the Serbian flag as they tried to ignore ethnic Albanians' raucous celebrations just hundreds of meters away. The Serbian government _ which steadfastly opposed full statehood for Kosovo during internationally mediated talks last year _ said it has a secret action plan for Kosovo. It says the plan does not include military action, though officials have said Serbia will seek to retain control of areas in northern Kosovo inhabited by Serbs. Serbia also warned that it will downgrade relations with any foreign government that recognizes Kosovo's independence. Tadic urged international organizations to immediately annul this act, which violates the basic principles of international law.
Male Fertility May Be Harmed By Mix Of Endocrine Disrupters
ScienceDaily (Feb. 26, 2008) Endocrine-disrupting chemicals, which are harmless individually in small doses, can together be a dangerous cocktail. Concurrent exposure to several endocrine-disrupting substances may, among other things, result in malformed sexual organs. Risk assessments of chemical substances should therefore take potential cocktail effects into account. .
Cisco pumps $9.5M into SaaS Startup
Networking giant Cisco led a $9.5 funding round of two-year-old application hosting firm SoonR. The move announced on Tuesday is the latest in a series of investments Cisco has been making in small Web 2.0 software firms. Facing a changing marketplace where business and personal productivity applications increasingly exist on the web, network hardware giant Cisco has spent about $4 billion in the last year acquiring software firms such as WebEx and Reactivity.
In the last year Cisco has acquired about a half-dozen software and service firms, and earmarked another billion dollars to dole out venture funds on small firms mostly in Silicon Valley, but occasionally in China, India and Russia.
The company has invested heavily in software and services startups such as China Communications Services and Russian e-commerce firm Ozon, and has taken an equity positions in Albaba.com.
Latest ULM blog: Outback Classic golf approaching fast
TIM HOLCOMB: The accolades for ULM's 2008 recruiting class continue. On Friday, Rivals.com's junior college recruiting service JCGridiron.com (http://jcgridiron.rivals.com/) published its rankings of the 2008 JUCO classes nationwide. ULM's 2008 junior college recruiting class finished ranked at No. 36 in the nation. According to JCGridiron.com, the top 10 junior college classes are (in order): No. 1 Florida State, No. 2 Oklahoma State, No. 3 Oklahoma, No. 4 Oregon State, No. 5 Arizona, No. 6 Texas Tech, No. 7 Kansas, No. 8 Minnesota, No. 9 Oregon, and No. 10 West Virginia. Four Sun Belt schools (Middle Tenn, Troy, UNT, and ULM) were ranked in the top 40. ULM's 2008 signing class boasts seven junior college signees: two offensive linemen, three defensive linemen, and two defensive backs. Six players boast a three-star rating by national services like Rivals.com or Scout.com, including Thomas Robinson (6-1 280), Aaron Williams (6-0 300), Alex Ford (6-2 305), safety Troy Giddens (6-0 205 4.3), cornerback Otis Stamps (5-10 175 4.5), and Keating Helms (6-3 308).
Websense Warns Consumers of Online California Fire Scams
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Websense, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBSN) today announced that its security research team has discovered suspicious online scams designed by criminals to steal money from those donating to the California fire effort. Websense also urged consumers to take steps to ensure that donations are reaching the intended recipients, and to notify officials of suspicious Web sites. "Unfortunately, as we saw with Katrina and several other recent emergencies, there are criminals who attempt to divert monies intended for the victims by creating bogus online donation Web sites and advertising them on high-traffic Web sites," said Dan Hubbard, vice president of security research, Websense. "These criminals are trying to take advantage of the amazing outpouring of support locally, state-wide and internationally.
Buck & New Dawg: Can the Patriots bounce back from the "Eli Ender" in ...
Can Tom Brady & Co. recover from this Super Bowl XLII loss to the Giants? Or have we just witnessed Mike Tyson lose to Buster Douglas? NEW DAWG: Yes, even the Baltimore Colts came back to win Super Bowl V. The Patriots will need to fix their defense and learn to run the ball more. I expect them to still be a contender and even get back to a Super Bowl under Tom Brady. BUCK: This is exactly Tyson-Douglas all over again. I think the Patriots have everybody hoodwinked into thinking, Oh, but these are Patriots. The problem, Newy, these Pats poured everything into their quest for perfection, and Sunday nights Eli Ender will hang over them next season like one of Belichicks old gray sweatshirts left out in the rain. Lest we forget, six of the last seven Super Bowl losers failed to even make the playoffs the next year.
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