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NBC Cafeteria Celebrates Black History Month With Fried Chicken Special

So who at NBC thought it would be a good idea for the special today to be, among other things, fried chicken, “in honor of Black History Month”?

Because, spoiler alert – it wasn’t a good idea at all. And now NBCU employee Questlove is bringing it to the attention of his 1 million plus Twitter followers.

Questlove, the band leader and drummer for The Roots (the house band on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon) tweeted this picture from the NBC Commissary at 30 Rock, with the comment: “Hmm HR?”


Update:
@NBCU just tweeted:

@questlove http://twitpic.com/11d07s – The sign in the NBCU cafeteria has been removed. We apologize for anyone who was offended by it.

 

[DaMexiRican]

Is it gonna be called "Regular"? lol

 

[DaMexiRican]

:eek: They finally figured out how to do time travel!

 

[jefXfree]

Child Heard on Tape Directing Planes at JFK

(March 3) -- At New York's JFK airport, directing planes is mere child's play. At least, that's what some air traffic controllers must have been thinking when they allegedly allowed a child to give instructions to pilots from the control tower.

A Boston news station uncovered an audio clip of what is clearly a child's voice giving the all-clear to pilots as they take off and land commercial airplanes on some of the country's busiest runways.

"Jet Blue 171, cleared for takeoff!" the child can be heard telling one pilot.

The boy seems to have made at least five transmissions from the control tower. Adults can be heard on the tape as well, laughing with the under-aged air controller in their midst.

A pilot tells the youngster he's doing an "awesome job." From the air control tower, a male voice suggests a snow day may be to blame. "That's what you get, guys, when the kids are out of school," he says, sounding bemused.

The Federal Aviation Administration, which requires air traffic controllers to be licensed, is investigating and says it's not sure when the youngster was in the tower.

"Pending the outcome of our investigation, the employees involved in this incident are not controlling air traffic," the FAA said in a statement to the New York Daily News. "This behavior is not acceptable and does not demonstrate the kind of professionalism expected from all FAA employees."

The air traffic controllers union told the News that what happened in the tower "is not indicative of the highest professional standards that controllers set for themselves and exceed each and every day in the advancement of aviation safety."

Jim Baker, a retired Delta pilot, told Fox News Boston that "I have never ever heard a small kid in the tower giving instructions for an airplane to take off or cross a runway or any kind of instructions."

John Del Signore of The Gothamist blog wasn't laughing either. "That's almost as funny as the time the air traffic controller was joshing around about barbecuing a cat moments before that fatal plane/helicopter collision over the Hudson," he wrote Wednesday morning.

Check out the video here.

 

[jefXfree]

19th-Century Grave Rests in the Middle of the Road

On a quaint country road in Johnson County, just outside of Indianapolis, travelers can find something quite peculiar: a gravestone in the middle of the road.

The grave of Nancy Barnett sits smack in the middle of Hill's Camp Road, a country road about 20 miles south of Indianapolis.

It's been there since 1831 when she was originally buried. To give Mrs. Barnett some credit, the area used to be a full-blown cemetery, so it wasn't always such a strange location.

According to historical information at the grave site, Barnett picked the spot out herself and told her children that was exactly where she wanted her final resting place to be. This, of course, was before any road plans were ever made.

So when the county decided to lay a new road right over the cemetery in the early 1900s, her family refused. As the other bodies were relocated to a nearby area, Barnett's burial plot stood its ground.

"The family guarded the grave site and would not let anyone move the grave to make room for the new road," explains Rocky Stultz, the assistant superintendent of the Parks and Recreation Department.

The story goes a little something like this: Barnett's grandson, Daniel G. Doty (1846–1934) protected his grandmother's grave by setting up camp with a shotgun across his lap. Like any decent grandson, he patiently sat there until the county relocated the entire cemetery and paved the new road in 1912.

"All graves were removed except Barnett's," says Linda Talley, genealogy librarian at the Johnson County Museum of History.

Doty even took it upon himself to pour a pretty piece of concrete slab over the burial ground, she explained.

"Eventually, the town decided to just split the road and go around the grave site on either side," says Stultz. "That left Nancy Barnett right in the middle of the road."

Since then, the grave has been a popular tourist destination, luring more than just relatives and locals.

"I have been contacted by many who want directions so they can see the grave themselves," says Jackie McGinnis, a woman who has been intrigued by the grave for years. She even posted the grave site on FindAGrave.com. "People have traveled from all over to see it."

Although the site brings tourists from near and far, its strange location does have a few downsides.

"People have actually hit the marker with their cars," Talley tells Asylum. "After all, the grave is located right in the middle of the road."

Though the grave has caused a few accidents, the county has no plans to remove it any time soon.

 

[jefXfree]

I like how we've now had 3 big earth quakes in the world, resulting in thousands of deaths and this makes the front page news on ANY magazine.

Is Angelina Jolie Turning Shiloh Into a Boy? Parenting Experts Weigh In

When Brad Pitt was spotted in Paris on Feb. 23, it looked like he and Angelina Jolie had adopted a new child -- an adorable blond boy. Instead, it was the couple's 3-year-old daughter, Shiloh, sporting boys' clothes and a new haircut so shockingly short it immediately ignited a firestorm of controversy.

"It's a drastic change," says an eyewitness. "The last time we'd seen her, her hair was longer and blonder, and she was more girlie. We were surprised Angelina dressed her so much like a little boy."

Reaction on the Internet was far harsher and even some seen-it-all celebrity stylists were stunned by the transformation. "Shiloh is pushing the boundaries of a tomboy look and crossing over to cross-dresser territory," Alana Kelen, senior fashion stylist at VH1, tells Life & Style. "Shiloh is looking more and more like her daddy these days," agrees celebrity stylist Gili Rashal-Niv.

It's just the latest sign that Shiloh's more comfortable doing traditionally boyish things. After all, Brad once said that his daughter responded only to boys' names. "We've got to call her John," he told Oprah Winfrey, noting that when he started to ask, "Shi, do you want..." she would interrupt with "John. I'm John." Then, Brad continued, "I'll say, 'John, would you like some orange juice?' And she goes, 'No!'"

Some parenting experts think that indulging Shiloh's masculine behavior is a mistake. "Little girls have never been women before," Glenn Stanton, director of Family Formation Studies at the conservative organization Focus on the Family, tells Life & Style. "They need help, they need guidance of what that looks like. It's important to teach our children that gender distinction is very healthy."

But others think letting Shiloh wear what she wants is a vital part of learning to form her own identity. "Giving preschool-age children the freedom and flexibility to experiment with how they want to be seen in the world is a wonderful gift," parenting coach Karen Deerwester, author of The Entitlement-Free Child, tells Life & Style.

What do you think? Should kids be allowed to wear what they want, or should parents intervene?

 

[jefXfree]

^^^If I may be so bold. People are f*cking stupid.^^^

 

[jefXfree]

Government Studying Toyota Cars That Experience Problems After Repair

In another twist on the Toyota recall saga, U.S. regulators are investigating 10 cases in which owners of recalled -- and supposedly repaired -- Toyota vehicles have experienced further incidents of unintended acceleration.

The announcement comes after several high profile appearances by Toyota executives in Washington, D.C. in front House and Senate committees.

One complaint filed to NHTSA by the owner of a 2010 Toyota Corolla described how even though his car had already been taken in for repair, it experienced speed control that did “not seem to be consistent. [The] RPM meter would go above normal 2000 revs per minute even when the car is in neutral.”

“I do not think it has to do with the gas pedal,” the owner stated. “It appears to be a problem with the [throttle control] as the RPM meter clearly shows the revs are way higher than normal. In fact, after the gas pedal recall repair, our 4 month [old] car now burns more gas than before.”

A Corolla owner in an additional case documented two separate incidents that the owner and her daughter both experienced.

“The [contact's] daughter was driving 35MPH and the RPMs went up and the contact depressed the brake and the vehicle accelerated,” the filing stated.

The complaint went on to claim, “the contact was driving 15MPH and she started to depressed the brake [and] did not come to a complete stop.”

The 2010 Corolla was under recall and had also been supposedly fixed by her dealer.

“The contact vehicle was under recall and the dealer repaired the vehicle. The contact feels like it was not repaired because she has experienced the surge of the vehicle after it was suppose[d] to [have] been repaired.”

The Toyota Corolla is one of several models under recall for unintended acceleration issues. To date, the cause of these problems with Toyota and Lexus products have been attributed to sticky gas pedals or floor mats that can trap the pedals, or a combination of both.

However, the investigation by U.S. regulators sparks further speculation that Toyota’s unintended acceleration issues are not, in fact, related to the physical characteristics of the gas pedal. Many have posited that the problems could be related to the electronic throttle-control system used to manage the acceleration of the vehicle.

Despite these accusations, Toyota has consistently refuted this notion and maintains that their cars are being fixed and are safe to drive.

“We are confident that Toyota vehicles are safe, and we're doing everything we can to ensure that our customers are satisfied with the repairs we are making,” said Toyota spokesman Brian Lyons in an email to Automotive News.

He added, “We have rigorously tested the solutions that Toyota engineers have developed, and are aggressively investigating any complaints.”

NHTSA will report on their findings of this most recent investigation shortly.

 

[dboy99]

they should stop that girl from acting like a boy this moment this is what happened to so many guys wearing skinny jeans and freaking vest, there mom's wanted girls but had boys no dad so they made them as much as a girl as possible then we get ... well you know.

 

[jefXfree]

For those of you that were unimpressed with the fact that the Chili earthquake changed the length of the day...

Chile Earthquake Moved Entire City 10 Feet West

(March 8) -- Last month's earthquake did more than kill hundreds and devastate a large swath of Chile. It also hurtled the entire city of Concepcion 10 feet to the west, according researchers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Using precise GPS measurements taken before and after the magnitude-8.8 earthquake, associate researchers Benjamin Brooks and James Foster discovered the dramatic shift. They say that the colliding tectonic plates of the Chilean subduction zone are responsible for the earthquake and the sudden westward trajectory of Concepcion.

"Before the quake, there were about 50 to 100 GPS stations throughout South America," Brooks told AOL News. "We're hoping to add an additional 25 to 35 more."

Brooks is heading up the United States' GPS response to the earthquake, which consists of sharing data with other scientists and trying to establish the most detailed picture possible of how subduction zones affect the movement of the Earth's surface.

"On average," Brooks said, "Concepcion creeps slowly to the east, about 30 centimeters each year." That movement is a result of the Nazca plate crashing into and diving under the South American plate, the same geologic event that, over time, has built up the Andean mountain range.

But the Feb. 27 earthquake resulted in the top plate bucking back in the other direction, Brooks said.

"Aside from the the devastation and the tragedy being experienced by the people of Chile, this quake will probably become the most studied in history," Brooks said.

Brooks and Foster say that while Concepcion was the location that experience the greatest movement as it was so close to the epicenter of the earthquake, the Earth shifted its GPS coordinates in several other spots, too. Santiago, the nation's capital, was found to have moved 11 inches to the west-southwest.

NASA scientists also say that the earthquake in Chile shortened the length of an Earth day.