A Paideia School worker has been fired after being accused of putting cameras in the high school girls and boys bathrooms. The US Postal Service began investigating 51 year old Josh Ensley as part of a child pornography distribution investigation. According to a criminal complaint the investigation involved a movie production company that operated an [...]
Paideia School Janitor Accused of Putting Cameras in Boys, Girls Bathrooms
October 27, 2012 | Posted by
Samsung Sold Twice as Many Smartphones as Apple Last Quarter
October 27, 2012 | Posted by
Samsung trounced Apple in smartphone sales last quarter, flooding the market with twice as many smartphones as its rival, according to one researcher. Samsung, which reported record third-quarter earnings on Friday, does not outline its smartphone shipment figures. However, IDC released a report showing that Samsung shipped 56.3 million smartphones during the quarter. Apple, meanwhile, [...]
Tom Cruise Talks Upcoming Film Projects
October 27, 2012 | Posted by
The world’s biggest movie actor, Tom Cruise chats about all of his upcoming films, including Jack Reacher, Van Helsing, and the long-mooted Top Gun 2. And we also pressed him on the possibility of another Mission: Impossible installment, not least as Ghost Protocol was Cruise’s biggest hit to date. On the fourquel’s success, Cruise told [...]
U.S. Economy Continues to Improve with Better Than Expected 2% Growth Rate
October 27, 2012 | Posted by
Economic growth in the U.S. was stronger than forecast in the third quarter, propelled by gains in consumer spending, defense outlays and homebuilding. Gross domestic product, the value of all goods and services produced, rose at a 2 percent annual rate after climbing 1.3 percent in the prior quarter, Commerce Department figures showed today in [...]
Google’s Android Event to Announce Nexus 10?
October 26, 2012 | Posted by
Google is holding an Android event next week although some of the product details appear to be leaking early. Case in point: Brief Mobile, by way of Engadget, claims it has pictures of a 10-inch tablet aptly named the Nexus 10. An alleged screenshot shows a device running Android 4.2 with the same on-screen software [...]
Artist Frida Kahlo Posthumously Graces Cover of Vogue Mexico
October 26, 2012 | Posted by
Better late than never. Nearly 60 years after her death, artist Frida Kahlo will be a Vogue cover girl. Vogue Mexico used photographer Nickolas Muray’s iconic 1939 portrait of Kahlo taken in New York for its November 2012 cover to coincide with the November 22 opening of “Appearances Can Be Deceiving: The Dresses of Frida [...]
Children’s Anxiety Underestimated by Parents
October 26, 2012 | Posted by
Every parent hopes that their kid is happy and well adjusted, but are children more anxious than parents realize? A new study from the University of California suggests that parents might be positively biased toward their child’s feelings, rendering them effectively blind to their kids’ inner turmoil. Psychologists have long believed that children under 7 [...]
Montreal: The Bilingual City
October 26, 2012 | Posted by
Historically Montréal, the only de facto bilingual city on the continent, has been torn right in half, the ‘Main’ (Blvd St-Laurent) being the dividing line between the eastend Francophones and the west-side Anglos. Today French pockets dot both sides of the map, a new wave of English-speaking Canadians have taken residence in some formerly French [...]
Why Marriages Go Bad: The 4 Horsemen of a Relationship Apocalypse
October 26, 2012 | Posted by
John Gottman can listen to a couple for 5 minutes and determine, with 91% accuracy, whether they’ll divorce. He was featured in Malcolm Gladwell’s book Blink. Gottman’s researched marriage for over 40 years and couples that attend his workshops have half the relapse rate that standard therapy provides. His book The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work is excellent and [...]
The Many Health Benefits of Kale
October 26, 2012 | Posted by
These days, it’s tough to find full agreement about what’s healthy and what’s not. Fortunately, most of us can agree on at least one thing - kale is good for you. More than just a health fad, kale has earned its healthy reputation for several reasons. In this post, we’ll dig into some of the most compelling health [...]
