Paul Doesn’t Ask for a Trade.

July 27th, 2010 by John Cruz

The New Orleans Hornets have had their much-anticipated sitdown with Chris Paul and, we’re sorry to inform the Knicks, he didn’t ask for a trade. There were rumors that Paul would ask for a trade on Monday which reportedly prompted calls from rival teams over the past week. But the calls were in vain. Not only did the Hornets reportedly turn them all away, Paul released a statement following yesterday’s meeting and said that he hopes to be in New Orleans “for many years to come.”

To My Life – Download This Song Here!

July 13th, 2010 by JD Strait

I hope you enjoy the Premier of “To My Life”. This song was written in 1984 and has finally become a reality to me.

I wrote this song on a greyhound bus on April 12th that year. I was working as a brakeman for Southern Pacific Railroad and our assignment was to catch a greyhound bus and travel to Carrizozo, New Mexico to bring back a train. As I traveled through a town called Ore Grande, NM, I saw a beam of sunlight fading behind the rocky mountains and it shined on me. I felt like I was being singled out and it felt like God was looking down on me.

That brief moment inspired me to write but I couldn’t put it down on paper because I didn’t have anything to write with, eventually I forgot about it. On the following day the exact same thing happened. It was just like the movie Groundhog Day except this time I had a pen and pad. A lady by the name of Kay Roberts recorded it and placed it on her album.

For 26 years it was stored in a suitcase until Pershing Wells encouraged me to find it and record it. Finding it was a miracle in itself, I felt it was another sign. At this time in my life this song has powerful meaning to me and I want to share it with everyone. Hope you enjoy it.

I wish to thank the following people that performed on this song:
Waylon Thibodeaux – Fiddle Player,
Pershing Wells – Lead guitarist/Producer,
Terry Chaisson – Back up Vocals.

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To My Life - JD Strait

BP is working to fix the leaking oil well in the Gulf by July 27.

July 8th, 2010 by John Cruz

Wow. We are well over two months into the BP oil spill off the coast of our beautiful Waters. And still the oil free-flows from the ocean floor like a billowing cloud of smoke. And now BP officials say they are working to fix the leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico by 27 July, weeks before its publicly stated deadline.

The company is due to report second-quarter results that day. It hopes to provide more information on its liabilities from the oil spill to shareholders, as well as its initial findings on the causes of the disaster.

BP had previously stated that it hopes to have a fix in place by mid-August. It wants to make progress by 20 July, the day David Cameron is visiting the White House, the Wall Street Journal reported.

“In a perfect world with no interruptions, it’s possible to be ready to stop the well between 20 July and 27 July,” the head of BP’s Gulf Coast restoration unit, managing director Bob Dudley, told the Journal. He added that this “perfect case” is threatened by the hurricane season and is “unlikely”.

BP is drilling two relief wells through which it will pump material designed to seal the blown-out well.

Under intense pressure from the US government, the oil giant is preparing a number of backup plans in case its current efforts to contain the massive spill fail. These include connecting the well to pipelines in two nearby underwater gas and oil fields.

Later today the oil drilling industry is set to go head-to-head with the Obama administration in court over a moratorium on deep-ocean well drilling in the wake of the worst environmental disaster in US history. The government wants to reinstate the ban after it was overturned by federal judge Martin Feldman in Louisiana on 22 June.

Feldman ruled that the federal government’s six-month blanket moratorium in the Gulf of Mexico was unjustified because it assumed that all deepwater drilling was as dangerous as BP’s.

Check out the 12 most disgusting Jell-O meals ever!

July 2nd, 2010 by John Cruz

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The new IPHONE 4 is available today!

June 24th, 2010 by John Cruz

Well, I have the “Old” 3G Iphone and just when I was getting used to it, Apple is introducing the iPhone 4 today. I have friends who have already pre-ordered theirs. However, there are some sharp criticisms out already.

Apple’s redesigned iPhone is destined to be a knockout success. The phone scores high on style points with its sleek glass and stainless steel design, and it wins points for its multitasking software and improved screen.
There are, however, a few shortcomings.

The Apple iPhone 4 is set to go on sale Thursday. Judging by the record demand during the pre-sale period, the newest iPhone will make a huge sales splash, especially with old iPhone owners trading up.
All the presales excitement and Apple-driven hype have set expectations very high. But mighty Apple plays to a tough crowd. It’s an affluent group that has been eager to buy the next new thing out of Cupertino, Calif. It’s also a highly discerning group with a refined taste in gadgets, and that makes them a bit fussy.
Here are five bruises on the new Apple iPhone that may engender complaint.
No. 5: A Skimpy Camera

As smartphone challengers like HTC, Motorola (MOT – News) and Nokia (NOK – News) embrace the megapixel race with 8-megapixel and 12-megapixel cameras, Apple’s new iPhone keeps it cheap with a 5-megapixel model.
This will be a bigger point of contention this week when Verizon (VZ – News) and Motorola unveil the Droid X Wednesday, the newest Google (GOOG – News) Android phone, which features an 8-megapixel camera. Android phone giant HTC has also been generous with 8-megapixel cameras in its Droid Incredible and Sprint’s (S – News) EVO.
Meanwhile, Apple, always the laggard in cameras, won’t enter the 8-megapixel class until next year when it debuts a sweet Sony camera in its 2011 iPhone. But by then, who knows where the rest of the pack will be?

No. 4: No Swype
If you’ve seen Swype or used it, you know why this omission makes the list. Typing on a touchscreen is a challenge as the flat glass surface offers few clues to where your fat fingers are precisely making contact. It’s an error-prone process that gives one a longing for the raised keys of the BlackBerry keyboard from Research In Motion (RIMM – News).
But the Swype keypad software helps tame the new medium. Swype follows the pattern of your finger movements to type words or predict words without the usual hunting and pecking.
Apple did wonders with the touchscreen, but Swype makes it more useful for those among us who like to type.

No. 3: Video Calling
Okay, it’s not totally bait and switch, but Apple’s hot new iPhone video calling feature, FaceTime, comes with lots of asterisks and a limited applicability.
Say you want to video chat with someone using the Apple iPhone 4. That someone has to have a WiFi connection and he has to use the same application on his own iPhone 4. You’re looking at a small club of people — not exactly an application of global Skype-like proportions.

No. 2: iPhone 4 Shortages
Strong demand is only half the story for Apple’s iPhone sales debut. Limited supply is the other. A shortage of in-plane display panels, the crucial part of Apple’s touted retina display screens, has forced Apple’s contract manufacturers to cut production rates in half to 1 million iPhones a month.
This means there won’t be enough iPhones on hand to meet the presumably high demand. Though it’s not a terrible problem to have if you are a gadget maker, sellouts and delivery delays will mar Apple’s big iPhone 4 debut. The frustration could push buyers toward other phones.

No. 1: No Verizon iPhone.
A new iPhone is big. But a new iPhone at Verizon? Much bigger.
Apple’s exclusive partnership with AT&T has been a point of discord among iPhone owners and it has tarnished the public perception of both companies. It also has done almost nothing for AT&T’s stock.
Investors have been waiting for the Verizon iPhone. But that’s apparently not going to happen until next year, if ever.

So Apple fans who want the new iPhone have to lock in for another two years with AT&T. This scenario is not particularly pleasant considering that AT&T’s new subscriber plans put penalties on people (like iPhone users) who happen to be heavy data users