By Casey Sullivan | Reuters – By Casey Sullivan (Reuters) – A California federal judge has ordered Hewlett-Packard Co and Chief Executive Meg Whitman to defend a securities shareholder class action that claims they knew statements about HP’s acquisition of software company Autonomy were misleading. At the heart of the lawsuit are claims that HP, its executives and directors made misleading statements about the acquisition of the British company, bought in 2011 for $ 11.1 billion, and the subsequent write-down of roughly $ 9 billion of HP’s assets. Senior District Judge Charles...
Don’t Forget Your Umbrella! “It’s Raining Cats and Dogs” ! [ BeritaTerkini ]
Looks like Wendy's safe under that Umbrella no matter what's Falling from the Sky! Sure, we've all heard the famous expression, but does anyone really know where this silly saying got its start? Wendy and the team have hit the books and have come up with a few possible answers to this cat and canine conundrum. From the interesting, to the silly, to the strange and even grotesque, the origins of this popular phrase will definitely make you feel glad that you brought your umbrella! Explanation 1: The Medieval Slip and Slide The most common theory suggests that in old England during the middle...
Atheist group erects ‘Good without God’ billboards in California [ BeritaTerkini ]
By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) – As the Christmas season approaches in the United States, a group of non-believers in the California capital are planning to erect billboards explaining why they are atheists in hopes of bringing broader visibility to their lack of religious faith. The 55 billboards that will soon dot the Sacramento landscape will feature pictures of local residents and slogans such as “Good without God,” and follow similar campaigns in other major U.S. cities in recent years. “Those of us who are free from religion, who work to keep...
Falling Back to Earth: a simple message of survival [ BeritaTerkini ]
We're taken into the Qagoma archives to look at an artificial kangaroo and panda, the first two parts of the highly-anticipated piece Heritage by Cai Guo-Qiang to arrive from China. Source: Guardian Clad in his customary Prada, Cai Guo-Qiang cuts a handsome and charismatic figure at the opening of his new exhibition at Brisbane's Gallery of Modern Art. The Chinese-born artist who designed the spectacular opening and closing pyrotechnics at the Beijing Olympics is perhaps best known for his "explosion events" which use fireworks that are specially-designed for daytime viewing. Falling Back...
Panasonic to sell three Japan chip factories to Israel’s TowerJazz – sources [ BeritaTerkini ]
Reuters – TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Panasonic Corp will sell three domestic semiconductor factories to Israel’s TowerJazz as early as the current business year ending March, sources with direct knowledge of the matter said, bringing the embattled electronics giant closer to completing the overhaul of its loss-making businesses. Panasonic is also in talks with another company to sell its five overseas chip plants, the sources said on Wednesday, declining to be identified because the information is not public yet. Panasonic said in a statement it was studying various options for...
Belgium to debate giving children right to euthanasia [ BeritaTerkini ]
By Robert-Jan Bartunek BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgian lawmakers will on Wednesday vote on whether to support a proposed new bill to give extremely sick children the right to euthanasia, a move certain to fan the divisive debate on the practice worldwide. The new bill would make Belgium the first country to remove the age limit for the procedure – though it would insist parents have a role in their child’s decision to die. “We want to provide the freedom of choice, also to minors who are able to make up their own mind,” said one of the bill’s backers, Jean-Jacques De Gucht,...
In Praise of Different [ BeritaTerkini ]
I’ve spent the majority of my life feeling as if I don’t belong. The truth is, I don’t fit in, and I’m just not like most other people. I never have been. There are many times when I’ve truly believed that I was born at the wrong time, or on the wrong planet in the wrong form. I simply don’t see the world and how we do things the same way that others do. Fact: I will always feel different, because I am different. When I was younger, this felt like a bad thing to me. Why wasn’t I like the other kids? Why didn’t I understand why we all did the things we did? Why didn’t I seem to care...
Stop Sharing on Thanksgiving [ BeritaTerkini ]
May I so boldly suggest that this Thanksgiving, we focus on one-on-one conversations, instead of broadcasting our lives to the masses. Yes, I do mean eating your Thanksgiving dinner instead of live-updating from the table. And calling or Skyping a loved one directly instead of shouting “Happy Thanksgiving” to your followers. This year, let’s take a day off from sharing our every thought and feeling with the world. Give thanks for the people in your life by giving them your undivided attention. The most meaningful thing we have to give is our time. Stop broadcasting and start listening....
Herbal remedies: A blueprint for modern medicine – Western Front [ BeritaTerkini ]
Round glass containers filled with a grainy green longevity remedy sit atop a clover green tablecloth among an assortment of other homemade herbal treatments, adding a spark of color to the gray winter weather. Another glass container holds chyawanprash, a compound of various herbs and spices, which increases longevity and is infused with raspberry leaves grown in Bellingham, Wash. It includes a medley of sweet and spicy herbs such as honey and cayenne pepper. Cheeks slightly flushed from the cold air, Western Washington University senior Alyson Simeone is wrapped in a puffy black...
‘The Voice’ Recap: Will Champlin Pulls Ahead [ BeritaTerkini ]
‘The Voice’ Recap: Will Champlin Pulls Ahead Risk pays off for Team Adam hopeful, but others don’t fare as well By The Voice is like a snow globe this season – it loves to be shaken up. And last night’s performance show lived by that philosophy, as the artists and coaches once again focused on making risky choices. While it paid off for some, others – including one-time frontrunners – might find themselves in trouble, especially because it’s about that time in the season when “shocking” eliminations start happening. The biggest blunder of the night came from Matthew Schuler, whose rendition...
11 Pakistani teachers kidnapped during polio campaign released: officials [ BeritaTerkini ]
By Jibran Ahmed PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Militants released on Tuesday 11 teachers who had been kidnapped in Pakistan’s lawless northwest during a polio vaccination campaign last week, local officials said. The teachers were seized by Islamist militants on November 21 from a school in the Khyber tribal agency, one of the semi autonomous tribal areas along border with Afghanistan. They were abducted just after a team giving polio vaccinations had left the school and the militants may have mistaken them for the polio team, Khyber official Niaz Ahmad Khan said. They...
Surgically Implanted Eyeball Jewelry Is the New Piercing [ BeritaTerkini ]
Lucy Luckayanko was at a night club in New York City when a man approached her and said, “Oh, your eye is so shiny!” “Yeah,” the 25-year-old blonde responded in her native Russian accent. “I’ve got platinum in my eye.”The platinum heart glimmers from the corner of Luckayanko’s right eye every time she looks up, allowing the light to catch it away from the shade of her long lashes. Dr. Emil Chynn surgically implanted the eye jewelry a few weeks ago on Park Avenue in Manhattan for $ 3,000 as local news cameras captured the moment. Chynn operated in front of a floor-to-ceiling...
Xbox One gamers can be banned for excessive profanity within Upload Studio [ BeritaTerkini ]
By Jake Smith | Pocket-lint – Microsoft has confirmed Xbox One gamers can be banned from Xbox Live for excessive profanity within its Upload Studio functionality, following several noting being suddenly locked out of their account. Some gamers went as far to say Microsoft monitored Skype calls for profanity and subsequently banned them, but Microsoft has said this is not the case. “To be clear, the Xbox Live Policy & Enforcement team does not monitor direct peer-to-peer communications like Skype chats and calls,” a Microsoft spokesperson told Pocket-lint. “We take Code of...
Xbox One does carry Logitech Harmony remote compatibility [ BeritaTerkini ]
By Jake Smith | Pocket-lint – Logitech announced its line of all-in-one Harmony remotes has been updated with added ability to control the brand-spankin’-new Xbox One. The company revealed on its blog it has been working with Microsoft to ensure compatibility with the new console. “We’ve worked hard with Microsoft to make sure your Harmony remote would be compatible on day one,” Logitech wrote. The My Harmony website has been updated to reflect support for the Xbox One, and this where you can add the Xbox One to your Logitech Harmony remote. Logitech didn’t specify...
At least 1 in Japan gets HIV from donated blood [ BeritaTerkini ]
TOKYO (AP) — At least one person in Japan has been infected with HIV from a blood transfusion. A spokesman for the Japanese Red Cross Society said Tuesday that a male donor tested positive for HIV this month. Red Cross spokesman Akihiko Nakano says the man had also donated blood earlier this year, and two people had received the blood. Results for the second person have not come out yet. Japan had a similar case in 2003 with one transfusion recipient testing positive. All donated blood is screened, but the tests are not foolproof, especially when the infection is...
11 Pakistani teachers kidnapped during polio campaign released: officials [ BeritaTerkini ]
By Mushtaq Yusufzai PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Militants released on Tuesday 11 teachers who had been kidnapped in Pakistan’s lawless northwest during a polio vaccination campaign last week, local officials said. The teachers were seized by Islamist militants on November 21 from a school in the Khyber tribal agency, one of the semi autonomous tribal areas along border with Afghanistan. They were abducted just after a team giving polio vaccinations had left the school and the militants may have mistaken them for the polio team, Khyber official Niaz Ahmad Khan said....
Mick Jagger About to Become a Great-Grandfather [ BeritaTerkini ]
New family member expected early next year Mick Jagger is about to hit a new milestone few rockers likely hold in sight: he’s going to be a great-grandfather. According to the Guardian, Jagger’s daughter Jade says that her own 21-year-old daughter Assisi is due to give birth in early 2014. The 70-year-old Rolling Stones frontman has seven children and four grandchildren. Jade Jagger told the paper that the new milestone doesn’t seem like such a huge deal to him now. “I think making Mick a grandfather obviously had a big impact whereas, now, making him a great-grandfather is no longer particularly...
