Virgin Galactic may attempt a major test flight of its novel SpaceShipTwo on Monday (April 29).
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Lyrid Meteor Shower Is Peaking Now
The annual Lyrid shower will peak in the late night hours of Sunday (April 21) and early Monday (April 22).
From: http://www.space.com/20751-lyrid-meteor-shower-peaking-now.html
U.S. Muslims Mobilize To Prevent Boston Marathon Backlash
By The Huffington Post News Editors
By David Gibson and Lauren Markoe
Religion News Service
(RNS) No sooner had the reality of the Boston Marathon bombing sunk in on Monday (April 15) afternoon than Muslim activists in the U.S. began sending out a slew of news releases, tweets and Facebook messages urging prayers and aid for the victims — and condemning whoever was behind the horrific attack.
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Aussies: See Iron Man 3 Early!
To celebrate the release of Marvel’s Iron Man 3, we’ve teamed up with Marvel Australia to give away ten double-passes to preview screenings of the film. Winners will be invited to see the new film Monday April 22nd, 2013.
This competition is available to Australian residents only. Competition closes Friday, 19th April 2013.
From Wednesday April 24, watch as Marvel’s Iron Man 3 pits brash-but-brilliant industrialist Tony Stark/Iron Man against an enemy whose reach knows no bounds. When Stark finds his personal world destroyed at his enemy’s hands, he embarks on a harrowing quest to find those responsible. This journey, at every turn, will test his mettle. With his back against the wall, Stark is left to survive by his own devices, relying on his ingenuity and instincts to protect those closest to him. As he fights his way back, Stark discovers the answer to the question that has secretly haunted him: does the man make the suit or does the suit make the man?
From: http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/04/16/aussies-see-marvels-iron-man-3-early
Christina Aguilera & Matthew Rutler: Rihanna Concert Date
By The Huffington Post News Editors
Christina Aguilera walks hand in hand with her boyfriend Matthew Rutler while heading to Rihanna‘s Diamonds World Tour at Staples Center on Monday (April 8) in Los Angeles.
Last week, the 32-year-old entertainer was spotted arriving at LAX Airport with her cute son Max.
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Source: FULL ARTICLE at Huffington Post
Defiance's Game-TV Crossover is Disappointing
The result of ambitious trans-media collaboration between Trion Worlds and Syfy, Defiance poses an interesting proposition as both an online third-person-shooter-cum-MMOG and a TV show. Its grand fiction deals with the aftermath of mass alien migration to Earth and promises themes of hope, prejudice, alienation and redemption set against a post-apocalyptic backdrop. The TV show begins on Syfy on Monday April 15, while right now thousands of concurrent players can engage in cooperative and competitive game play on PC, PS3 and 360. Trion Worlds is also eyeing a possible move on to next-gen consoles and sees no reason why it can’t stretch to Sony and Microsoft’s new machines in the future.
Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Video Games
Beloved Disney Mouseketeer and Iconic Teen Star Annette Funicello Dies at Age 70
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Beloved Disney Mouseketeer and Iconic Teen Star Annette Funicello Dies at Age 70
BURBANK, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Actress Annette Funicello, long-time Disney and Beach Party star, passed away on Monday April 8 at Mercy Southwest Hospital in Bakersfield, CA, at the age of 70. She died peacefully from complications due to Multiple Sclerosis, a disease she battled for over 25 years. Beloved by television viewers in the 50s for her stint on Disney’s original The Mickey Mouse Club, and by film buffs for her numerous roles in a series of popular teen-oriented movies in the 60s, Funicello became a pop culture icon.
Annette Funicello 1942-2013 Attribution (C) Disney
Commenting on her passing, Bob Iger, Chairman and CEO of The Walt Disney Company, said, “Annette was and always will be a cherished member of the Disney family, synonymous with the word Mousketeer, and a true Disney Legend. She will forever hold a place in our hearts as one of Walt Disney‘s brightest stars, delighting an entire generation of baby boomers with her jubilant personality and endless talent. Annette was well known for being as beautiful inside as she was on the outside, and she faced her physical challenges with dignity, bravery and grace. All of us at Disney join with family, friends, and fans around the world in celebrating her extraordinary life.”
Diane Disney Miller, daughter of Walt Disney, added, “Everyone who knew Annette loved and respected her. She was one of the loveliest people I’ve ever known, and was always so kind to everyone. She was also the consummate professional, and had such great loyalty to my father. Annette will always be very special to me and Ron.” Diane’s husband, Ron Miller, who helmed the Disney company in the 1980s and worked with Annette when he was a young assistant on The Mickey Mouse Club, recalled, “She was always in good spirits and ready to help out if she needed to step in when something unexpected happened.”
Oscar®-winning composer and Disney Legend Richard Sherman, who, with his late brother Robert, wrote many of Annette’s biggest song hits, said, “Annette’s sweet, unassuming spirit, her love of people, and her capacity to exude kindness and good feelings to everyone she met was part of her beautiful charisma. Because the songs we wrote for her brought us to the attention of Walt, Bob and I always referred to Annette as our ‘lucky star.’ My wife, Elizabeth, joins me in sending a heartfelt aloha with much love to our ‘Pineapple Princess.'”
Source: FULL ARTICLE at DailyFinance
Heartland Financial USA Schedules First Quarter Earnings Conference Call for April 29, 2013
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Heartland Financial USA Schedules First Quarter Earnings Conference Call for April 29, 2013
DUBUQUE, Iowa–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Officials of Heartland Financial USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: HTLF) announced today that the company plans to broadcast a conference call detailing its first quarter 2013 earnings live over the internet at www.htlf.com at 5:00 p.m. ET on Monday April 29, 2013. Lynn B. Fuller, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, John K. Schmidt, Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, and Kenneth J. Erickson, Executive Vice President, Chief Credit Officer will conduct the conference call. The financial results will be available on the company’s website on April 29, 2013 after the market closes. There will be a question-and-answer session following the presentation.
Shareholders, analysts and other interested parties are invited to join the call. To listen to the live call, please dial 877-407-0782 at least five minutes before start time. To listen to the live webcast, please visit the company’s website, http://www.htlf.com, at least 15 minutes early to register, download and install any necessary audio software.
About Heartland Financial USA:
Heartland Financial USA, Inc. is a $5.0 billion diversified financial services company providing banking, mortgage, wealth management, insurance and consumer finance services to individuals and businesses. The Company currently has 67 banking locations in 46 communities in Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, New Mexico, Arizona, Montana, Colorado and Minnesota and loan production offices in California, Wyoming, Idaho, North Dakota and Nevada.
Additional information about Heartland Financial USA, Inc. is available at www.htlf.com.
Heartland Financial USA, Inc.
John K. Schmidt, 563-589-1994
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Chief Financial Officer
jschmidt@htlf.com
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Healthcare Equals Control
By Gene Daily
For those of you living in anticipation of the implementation of Obamacare, you may have unexpected surprises in store. Do you want another reason for social workers (i.e. some young college graduate out to change the world before experiencing it) coming to your door? Telling you they are taking your children to a state care facility for their own good. Well, in the UK, the nation famed for its NHS National Healthcare, that is what often happens; and it is soon to come in the USA.
You see, when one National Board rules that there is a problem in protecting the children, the social services are most often tasked with solving it. Since social workers have a wealth of Government school training and usually very little real world experience (and a heavy caseload), their solution is state care.
Just read this excerpt from an article in the UK Daily Telegraph:
Professor Kevin Fenton, Designate Director of Health and Well being at Public Health England, said drastic measures were needed to tackled what he describes as an “obesogenic environment” and help the 1.3 million children who are obese in England to lose weight.
Public Health England is a new body which started work on Monday April 1 “to protect and improve the nation’s health and wellbeing, and to reduce inequalities”.
Now with all the parents afraid to send “little Johnny” out to play, or too busy at work to be home to see to it that “little Johnny” isn’t spending all his time on computer games or television, what do you think will happen? After all, isn’t Obama doing his best to remake the USA into Europe?
Healthcare is important, but name me a government program or institution that has proven efficient or effective in the long term. If we can’t be trusted to solve our own problems, do you want to live in the “Nanny State” that has proven to be a failure in providing “Cradle to Grave” care and is bankrupting Europe?