Put this in the "wait, really?" category: Steve Wozniak, the computer programmer who co-founded Apple, tonight was named a contestant on the upcoming season of "Dancing With the Stars."
The man known as the Woz created the original circuit board used for the Apple computer and teamed up with Steve Jobs in 1976 to sell it. He quit working at Apple full-time two decades ago and, after years working on different projects, reemerged last week as the chief scientist at Fusion-io, a computer storage start-up.
Not only must his computer chops be pretty sharp still, but he must also feel pretty good about his dancing skills.
ABC announced tonight that Wozniak is going to face off against 12 other contestants -- singers, actors and athletes -- in the show's eight season, which starts March 9.
His "Dancing With the Stars" competitors include: singers Lil' Kim, Jewel, Belinda Carlisle and Chuck Wicks; actors Denise Richards, David Alan Grier and Gilles Marini; Steve-O from "Jackass," "Access Hollywood" co-anchor Nancy O'Dell; rodeo star Ty Murray; former NFL linebacker Lawrence Taylor; and Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson.
Wonder if Wozniak, who's 59, has programmed an algorithm to calculate his odds of winning.
This won't be Wozniak's first appearance on reality television: He was a regular on "Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D List" because he was dating the comedian.
-- Chris Gaither
Source: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2009/02/wozniak-dancing.html
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Monday, February 9, 2009
Friday, February 6, 2009
Wonder of an Octuplets Children
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- In a case that's captured international attention, Nadia Suleman, the mother of six children, gave birth to octuplets in Bellflower, California.
Dr. Karen Maples, the leader of a team of doctors who delivered the babies, appeared on CNN's "Larry King Live" on Monday night to discuss last week's delivery and give an update on the 33-year-old mother.
Maples is chief of service, obstetrics and gynecology, at Kaiser Permanente's Bellflower Medical Center.
Larry King: When this case came in, what did you make of it?
Dr. Karen Maples: Well, I started taking care of the mother when I admitted her at 23 weeks' gestation. She had already been seen in our prenatal clinic, and she came to our Kaiser Bellflower when she was in her first trimester. She was well on her way in her pregnancy at 23 weeks. And I hospitalized her at that point.
King: How well did she do carrying?
Maples: She was an amazing patient. She did whatever it took to keep the babies in as long as possible. And she held on in the pregnancy until she was 30½ weeks of gestation.
King: Did you wonder why someone with six kids -- three sets of twins -- would have eight more children?
Maples: Actually, she has six kids with one set of twins. But at that point in time, my focus was on taking care of the patient and dealing with the seven babies that we thought were onboard at that time.
King: So you aren't questioning why she did this ... ?
Maples: No.
King: What's the biggest problem you face in multiple births?
Maples: The biggest risk is premature labor -- delivery early. And with that comes a risk of babies having immature lungs, a risk of complications with their intestines unable to grow. So that was the major risk. We wanted to try to prolong the pregnancy as long as possible.
King: Kaiser Permanente was not the source of the in vitro [fertilization], right?
Maples: No, we are not. The patient was already pregnant when she started receiving care at Kaiser. We -- it's not a Kaiser-covered benefit, in vitro fertilization. So she sought that treatment elsewhere.
King: Why did you think seven and be surprised by eight?
Maples: We did ultrasounds. And actually she had several ultrasounds through the pregnancy. But certainly as this pregnancy progressed, it was very difficult. When you're doing an ultrasound, you're looking at a three-dimensional space, and you're getting images with a two-dimensional screen. So it's difficult sometimes to see all of the spines and the skulls and the bones that are on the arms and legs.
And we felt, at that point, we had seven.
King: What did they weigh?
Maples: The babies, when they were delivered, weighed between 1 pound, 8 ounces and 3 pounds and 4 ounces.
King: How are they doing?
Maples: They are doing remarkably well. We are so pleased with the team from the neonatology staff. They are currently all breathing on their own. They are eating donated breast milk, and they're also getting intravenous nutritional supplementation.
The risk for a brain -- bleeding inside the brain -- has decreased now that they're a week old. So they're doing, actually, better than expected, with 31-week singleton babies. We're very pleased.
King: Would you say they're all going to live?
Maples: At this point, in time, we are really optimistic and hopeful. The most critical time was between three and seven days. And currently, right now, they're doing quite well.
King: How long will they have to stay in the hospital?
Maples: It's variable, you know, because each -- now they're individual, the patients, at this point, in the neonatal intensive care unit. It can be seven weeks. It could be as long as 12 weeks. But, you know, the neonatologist, [Mandhir] Gupta, and his team, will make the decision for discharge of the babies.
King: How is the mother doing?
Maples: She's doing quite well, recovering from the Caesarean section. It was a planned delivery one week ago. And she is doing well -- walking -- now able to walk about on her own, you know, is doing -- making, you know, great progress.
King: What's her -- what's her attitude?
Maples: She is very happy. She's very pleased with the progress of the babies and she's very optimistic for -- of the babies in the long term.
King: Does she know the uproar this has caused?
King: How many boys? how many girls?
Maples: There are six boys and two girls.
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/03/maples.qanda/
Dr. Karen Maples, the leader of a team of doctors who delivered the babies, appeared on CNN's "Larry King Live" on Monday night to discuss last week's delivery and give an update on the 33-year-old mother.
Maples is chief of service, obstetrics and gynecology, at Kaiser Permanente's Bellflower Medical Center.
Larry King: When this case came in, what did you make of it?
Dr. Karen Maples: Well, I started taking care of the mother when I admitted her at 23 weeks' gestation. She had already been seen in our prenatal clinic, and she came to our Kaiser Bellflower when she was in her first trimester. She was well on her way in her pregnancy at 23 weeks. And I hospitalized her at that point.
King: How well did she do carrying?
Maples: She was an amazing patient. She did whatever it took to keep the babies in as long as possible. And she held on in the pregnancy until she was 30½ weeks of gestation.
King: Did you wonder why someone with six kids -- three sets of twins -- would have eight more children?
Maples: Actually, she has six kids with one set of twins. But at that point in time, my focus was on taking care of the patient and dealing with the seven babies that we thought were onboard at that time.
King: So you aren't questioning why she did this ... ?
Maples: No.
King: What's the biggest problem you face in multiple births?
Maples: The biggest risk is premature labor -- delivery early. And with that comes a risk of babies having immature lungs, a risk of complications with their intestines unable to grow. So that was the major risk. We wanted to try to prolong the pregnancy as long as possible.
King: Kaiser Permanente was not the source of the in vitro [fertilization], right?
Maples: No, we are not. The patient was already pregnant when she started receiving care at Kaiser. We -- it's not a Kaiser-covered benefit, in vitro fertilization. So she sought that treatment elsewhere.
King: Why did you think seven and be surprised by eight?
Maples: We did ultrasounds. And actually she had several ultrasounds through the pregnancy. But certainly as this pregnancy progressed, it was very difficult. When you're doing an ultrasound, you're looking at a three-dimensional space, and you're getting images with a two-dimensional screen. So it's difficult sometimes to see all of the spines and the skulls and the bones that are on the arms and legs.
And we felt, at that point, we had seven.
King: What did they weigh?
Maples: The babies, when they were delivered, weighed between 1 pound, 8 ounces and 3 pounds and 4 ounces.
King: How are they doing?
Maples: They are doing remarkably well. We are so pleased with the team from the neonatology staff. They are currently all breathing on their own. They are eating donated breast milk, and they're also getting intravenous nutritional supplementation.
The risk for a brain -- bleeding inside the brain -- has decreased now that they're a week old. So they're doing, actually, better than expected, with 31-week singleton babies. We're very pleased.
King: Would you say they're all going to live?
Maples: At this point, in time, we are really optimistic and hopeful. The most critical time was between three and seven days. And currently, right now, they're doing quite well.
King: How long will they have to stay in the hospital?
Maples: It's variable, you know, because each -- now they're individual, the patients, at this point, in the neonatal intensive care unit. It can be seven weeks. It could be as long as 12 weeks. But, you know, the neonatologist, [Mandhir] Gupta, and his team, will make the decision for discharge of the babies.
King: How is the mother doing?
Maples: She's doing quite well, recovering from the Caesarean section. It was a planned delivery one week ago. And she is doing well -- walking -- now able to walk about on her own, you know, is doing -- making, you know, great progress.
King: What's her -- what's her attitude?
Maples: She is very happy. She's very pleased with the progress of the babies and she's very optimistic for -- of the babies in the long term.
King: Does she know the uproar this has caused?
King: How many boys? how many girls?
Maples: There are six boys and two girls.
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/03/maples.qanda/
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
How To Grow Financially in 2009 By Warren Buffet
WARREN BUFFERT the unclaimed Financial Guru shares some of his wise thoughts to the
mortal souls over how to save money in this critical financial situations and emphasizes on how hard work and a little planning and saving would bring out the happiness in everyone’s lives. We begin this New Year with dampened enthusiasm and dented optimism.
Our happiness is diluted and our peace is threatened by the financial
illness that has infected our families, organisations and nations.
Everyone is desperate to find a remedy that will cure their financial
illness and help them recover their financial health.
They expect the financial experts to provide them with remedies,
forgetting the fact that it is these experts who created this financial mess.
Every new year, I adopt a couple of old maxims as my beacons to guide my future.
This self-prescribed therapy has ensured that with each passing year, I grow wiser and not older.
This year, I invite you to tap into the financial wisdom of our elders
along with me, and become financially wiser.
Hard work: All hard work brings profit; but mere talk leads only to poverty.
Laziness: A sleeping lobster is carried away by the water current.
Earnings: Never depend on a single source of income.
Spending: If you buy things you don’t need, you’ll soon sell things you need.
Savings: Don’t save what is left after spending; Spend what is left after saving.
Borrowings: The borrower becomes the lender’s slave.
Accounting: It’s no use carrying an umbrella, if your shoes are leaking.
Auditing: Beware of little expenses; a small leak can sink a large ship.
Risk-taking: Never test the depth of the river with both feet.
Investment: Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.
I’m certain that those who have already been practicing these principles remain financially healthy.
I’m equally confident that those who resolve to start practicing these principles will quickly regain their financial health.
Let us become wiser and lead a happy, healthy, prosperous and peaceful
life.
Warren Buffet
Source: http://teamnirvana.com/blog/financial-guru-warren-buffets-new-year-letter.html
TOPE ASAOLU
mortal souls over how to save money in this critical financial situations and emphasizes on how hard work and a little planning and saving would bring out the happiness in everyone’s lives. We begin this New Year with dampened enthusiasm and dented optimism.
Our happiness is diluted and our peace is threatened by the financial
illness that has infected our families, organisations and nations.
Everyone is desperate to find a remedy that will cure their financial
illness and help them recover their financial health.
They expect the financial experts to provide them with remedies,
forgetting the fact that it is these experts who created this financial mess.
Every new year, I adopt a couple of old maxims as my beacons to guide my future.
This self-prescribed therapy has ensured that with each passing year, I grow wiser and not older.
This year, I invite you to tap into the financial wisdom of our elders
along with me, and become financially wiser.
Hard work: All hard work brings profit; but mere talk leads only to poverty.
Laziness: A sleeping lobster is carried away by the water current.
Earnings: Never depend on a single source of income.
Spending: If you buy things you don’t need, you’ll soon sell things you need.
Savings: Don’t save what is left after spending; Spend what is left after saving.
Borrowings: The borrower becomes the lender’s slave.
Accounting: It’s no use carrying an umbrella, if your shoes are leaking.
Auditing: Beware of little expenses; a small leak can sink a large ship.
Risk-taking: Never test the depth of the river with both feet.
Investment: Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.
I’m certain that those who have already been practicing these principles remain financially healthy.
I’m equally confident that those who resolve to start practicing these principles will quickly regain their financial health.
Let us become wiser and lead a happy, healthy, prosperous and peaceful
life.
Warren Buffet
Source: http://teamnirvana.com/blog/financial-guru-warren-buffets-new-year-letter.html
TOPE ASAOLU
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