Thursday, March 08, 2007
Daily Update 3/08/2007
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I am planning on posting daily things that I find interesting on the internet. I hope you enjoy these items as much as I do.Most topics posted on this page will be completely random. Just various stories and news tidbits I have discovered today.
My Favorite Featured Story
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A Georgia truck driver stepped forward Wednesday to claim half of a $390 million jackpot, the richest lottery prize in U.S.history.
"I'm going to do a lot of fishing," Ed Nabors, 52, of Rocky Face, Ga., about 90 miles north of Atlanta, said in a deep Southerndrawl. The other winning ticket in Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing was sold at a liquor store in New Jersey,and the holder did not immediately come forward.
Nabors bought his ticket when he stopped in for his weekly cup of coffee at a convenience store in Dalton - the self-proclaimed "Carpet Capital of the World" - near a carpet mill run by his employer, Mohawk Industries.
He said he didn't learn he had won until 9 a.m. - about 10 hours after the numbers were announced - when his co-workers toldthem that someone bought the winning ticket in Dalton.
"I'm still numb," he said.
He elected to take his winnings in a lump sum instead of annual installments, and will get $116.5 million before taxes, ormore than $80 million after.
Nabors said he wants to buy a house for his daughter, who has wanted to move out of her mobile home for a long time, andplans to keep working - "at least two more days."
Nabors' mother, Doris, said the whole family was in shock.
"We just can't believe it. He was shaking so hard they sent him home from work," she said from the door of the rural homeshe shares with her son. An American flag waved over a patch of daffodils, and a small camper and fishing boat wereparked outside.
The winning numbers were announced in New York's Times Square, where the 12 participating Mega Millions states agreedto move the drawing from Atlanta after the jackpot hit $355 million. Even though the temperature was just 16 degrees, a fewhopefuls showed up to watch the drawing.
The winning numbers were 16-22-29-39-42, with the Mega Ball 20. The odds of hitting the winning combination: 1 in 176million.
The previous largest lottery jackpot in the U.S. was $365 million in 2006, when eight workers at a Nebraska meatpackingplant won the Powerball drawing. The Big Game, the forerunner of Mega Millions, paid out a $363 million jackpot in 2000.
Mega Millions tickets are sold in California, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York,Ohio, Texas, Virginia and Washington state.
Associated Press writers Wayne Parry in Woodbine, N.J.; Harry R. Weber and Errin Haines in Atlanta; Karen Matthews inNew York; Lisa Cornwell in Cincinnati; Larry O'Dell in Richmond, Va.; and Solvej Schou in Los Angeles contributed to thisstory.
Viewpoint - Good for him. I hope he has great time fishing. I've read somewhere that a lot of lottery winners are broke withinfive years. I hope this doesn't happen to him.
My Favorite Story Trash News Story
Brought to you by TMZ
TMZ has learned Anna Nicole Smith's bodyguard talked to the Seminole Police Department today about the circumstancessurrounding Smith's death.
We're told the cops went to Big Moe's house this morning in Pembroke Pines, Fla., because they had questions about thesecurity camera video at the hotel where Smith died. Sources say Big Moe told the cops Anna was on "heavy doses" ofprescription drugs that day, including flu medicine and antibiotics. Sources say Moe also told cops that in the monthsleading up to Smith's death, Howard K. Stern gave her "some types of drugs," though he didn't specifically knowwhich. As he put it, "Anna was in a cloud."
And there's this: Although Moe has not told cops about this, he privately says that Howard K. Stern had certain patterns ofconduct when it came to Anna Nicole, and that pattern changed the day she died. We're told it has to do with how Howardwould constantly check up on Anna, but he went MIA during the critical time before her death, and Moe says that was"highly strange."
Viewpoint - Howard had Anna on a pretty tight lease. Very strange he changed his pattern the day she died.
My Favorite Press Release Today
Brought to you The Open Press
For the second year in a row, SportsCrew.com teams up with the Shriner's Hospitals for Children to celebrate this memorableevent. The Charity Poker season kicks off Saturday, Jan. 29th with the $10,000 southeastern shoot out at theNorth Atlanta Trade Center. Come join about 500 other players -some of which travel thousands of miles to attend-, andplay at one of the best live No Limit Hold'em Tournaments around. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to the Shriner'sHospitals for Children.
The second series of events starts Feb. 7th and culminates on March 29th. The Shriner's Poker series consists of 56 satellitetournaments with the final winner awarded a seat in the 2005 WSOP main event and a chance to win $5,000,000.Visit www.shrinepoker.org or www.sportscrewpoker.com for further details.
“All of us at SportsCrewPoker.com feel this is a great opportunity to give back to the children. 100% of the money raised atthis charity event will go directly to the Shriners.” Says RJ Bergh, SportsCrew Poker Director, he continued to say“Through our collective efforts with Gaming Club Poker.com our 2005 goal is to raise $500,000 for the children's' hospitals.”
Join the cause, register to play and be a part of this tremendous event. Shriner's Hospitals for Children could not be a moredeserving, charitable cause. Help when it matters. For more information and to sign-up for the Shriner's Charity events,please visit www.shrinepoker.org or www.sportscrewpoker.com.
Viewpoint - Great game for a great cause.
My Favorite Spam e-mail of the day
I don't know about you but I am consistently getting spam e-mail. Some of these e-mails totally crack me up. I've decided topost my favorite spam e-mail daily.
Very Urgent And Confidential
Do accept my sincere apologies if my mail does not meet your personal
Ethics although, I wish to use this medium to get in touch with you first because it's fastest means. I am an external auditorof a well known Bank here in the United Kingdom.
In one of our periodic auditing I discovered a dormant accounts with holding balance of 52,000,000 (Fifty Two Million BritishPounds) which has not been operated for the past three years. From my investigations and confirmations, the owner ofthis account, a foreigner by name Mr. Gregory B Poker died in plane crash in July 19,2003 and since then nobody has doneanything as regards the claiming of this money because he has no family members who are aware of the existence ofneither the account nor the funds.
I have secretly discussed this matter with a top senior minister official of the federal ministry of finance here and we haveagreed to find a reliable foreign partner to deal with us, although due to his position he did not want to take active part butas soon as you follow my instructions everything will be successful because we will be working hand in hand with him.
We thus propose to do business with you, standing in as the next of kin of these funds from the deceased and after due legalprocesses have been followed the fund will be released to your account without delay and we will use it for investmentand to assist the less privileged in the society because if we left the fund with the government it will be fortified for nothing and willbe used to suppress the poor masses in the society.
This transaction is totally free of risk and troubles as the fund is Legitimate and does not originate from drug, poker, moneylaundry, terrorism or any other illegal act.
So you should provide me with your correct account detail where you will like the fund to be transferred even an emptyaccount is ok. At the conclusion of the transfer you will take 35%, 5% will be for any expenses both poker incurred inthe process of this business and the remaining 60% will be for me. As soon as I hear from you and upon your strongassurance that you will not let me down once the fund goes into your account I will then start the processing of thetransfer of the fund to your account without further delay.
You should send the a/c information as stated below.......together with
Your telephone nos. both Home, Office & Cell phone for easier & faster
communication.
Bank Name...........
Bank Address.........
A/C Name..............
A/C Number...............
Swift Code..................
Your Telephone................
Routing Number..................
State & Country................
I look forward to hear from you as soon as possible if you are
interested.
Viewpoint - Total freaking scam. Keep the spam coming!
My Weather: Kansas City
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Today: A mix of clouds and sun this morning with more sunshine this afternoon. High 58F. Winds SSE at 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy skies this evening will give way to occasional showers overnight. Low 43F. Winds SSE at 5 to 10 mph.Chance of rain 40%.
My Daily Horoscope (Virgo)
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Quickie
When trying to make your point today, appeal to people's emotions.
Overview
Love walks right in and changes your point of view. It's not necessarily a romantic, passionate love, either -- affection,happiness and enthusiasm are also forms of love. They help liven up your day-to-day tasks.
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I am planning on posting daily things that I find interesting on the internet. I hope you enjoy these items as much as I do.Most topics posted on this page will be completely random. Just various stories and news tidbits I have discovered today.
My Favorite Featured Story
Brought to you by Yahoo
A Georgia truck driver stepped forward Wednesday to claim half of a $390 million jackpot, the richest lottery prize in U.S.history.
"I'm going to do a lot of fishing," Ed Nabors, 52, of Rocky Face, Ga., about 90 miles north of Atlanta, said in a deep Southerndrawl. The other winning ticket in Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing was sold at a liquor store in New Jersey,and the holder did not immediately come forward.
Nabors bought his ticket when he stopped in for his weekly cup of coffee at a convenience store in Dalton - the self-proclaimed "Carpet Capital of the World" - near a carpet mill run by his employer, Mohawk Industries.
He said he didn't learn he had won until 9 a.m. - about 10 hours after the numbers were announced - when his co-workers toldthem that someone bought the winning ticket in Dalton.
"I'm still numb," he said.
He elected to take his winnings in a lump sum instead of annual installments, and will get $116.5 million before taxes, ormore than $80 million after.
Nabors said he wants to buy a house for his daughter, who has wanted to move out of her mobile home for a long time, andplans to keep working - "at least two more days."
Nabors' mother, Doris, said the whole family was in shock.
"We just can't believe it. He was shaking so hard they sent him home from work," she said from the door of the rural homeshe shares with her son. An American flag waved over a patch of daffodils, and a small camper and fishing boat wereparked outside.
The winning numbers were announced in New York's Times Square, where the 12 participating Mega Millions states agreedto move the drawing from Atlanta after the jackpot hit $355 million. Even though the temperature was just 16 degrees, a fewhopefuls showed up to watch the drawing.
The winning numbers were 16-22-29-39-42, with the Mega Ball 20. The odds of hitting the winning combination: 1 in 176million.
The previous largest lottery jackpot in the U.S. was $365 million in 2006, when eight workers at a Nebraska meatpackingplant won the Powerball drawing. The Big Game, the forerunner of Mega Millions, paid out a $363 million jackpot in 2000.
Mega Millions tickets are sold in California, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York,Ohio, Texas, Virginia and Washington state.
Associated Press writers Wayne Parry in Woodbine, N.J.; Harry R. Weber and Errin Haines in Atlanta; Karen Matthews inNew York; Lisa Cornwell in Cincinnati; Larry O'Dell in Richmond, Va.; and Solvej Schou in Los Angeles contributed to thisstory.
Viewpoint - Good for him. I hope he has great time fishing. I've read somewhere that a lot of lottery winners are broke withinfive years. I hope this doesn't happen to him.
My Favorite Story Trash News Story
Brought to you by TMZ
TMZ has learned Anna Nicole Smith's bodyguard talked to the Seminole Police Department today about the circumstancessurrounding Smith's death.
We're told the cops went to Big Moe's house this morning in Pembroke Pines, Fla., because they had questions about thesecurity camera video at the hotel where Smith died. Sources say Big Moe told the cops Anna was on "heavy doses" ofprescription drugs that day, including flu medicine and antibiotics. Sources say Moe also told cops that in the monthsleading up to Smith's death, Howard K. Stern gave her "some types of drugs," though he didn't specifically knowwhich. As he put it, "Anna was in a cloud."
And there's this: Although Moe has not told cops about this, he privately says that Howard K. Stern had certain patterns ofconduct when it came to Anna Nicole, and that pattern changed the day she died. We're told it has to do with how Howardwould constantly check up on Anna, but he went MIA during the critical time before her death, and Moe says that was"highly strange."
Viewpoint - Howard had Anna on a pretty tight lease. Very strange he changed his pattern the day she died.
My Favorite Press Release Today
Brought to you The Open Press
For the second year in a row, SportsCrew.com teams up with the Shriner's Hospitals for Children to celebrate this memorableevent. The Charity Poker season kicks off Saturday, Jan. 29th with the $10,000 southeastern shoot out at theNorth Atlanta Trade Center. Come join about 500 other players -some of which travel thousands of miles to attend-, andplay at one of the best live No Limit Hold'em Tournaments around. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to the Shriner'sHospitals for Children.
The second series of events starts Feb. 7th and culminates on March 29th. The Shriner's Poker series consists of 56 satellitetournaments with the final winner awarded a seat in the 2005 WSOP main event and a chance to win $5,000,000.Visit www.shrinepoker.org or www.sportscrewpoker.com for further details.
“All of us at SportsCrewPoker.com feel this is a great opportunity to give back to the children. 100% of the money raised atthis charity event will go directly to the Shriners.” Says RJ Bergh, SportsCrew Poker Director, he continued to say“Through our collective efforts with Gaming Club Poker.com our 2005 goal is to raise $500,000 for the children's' hospitals.”
Join the cause, register to play and be a part of this tremendous event. Shriner's Hospitals for Children could not be a moredeserving, charitable cause. Help when it matters. For more information and to sign-up for the Shriner's Charity events,please visit www.shrinepoker.org or www.sportscrewpoker.com.
Viewpoint - Great game for a great cause.
My Favorite Spam e-mail of the day
I don't know about you but I am consistently getting spam e-mail. Some of these e-mails totally crack me up. I've decided topost my favorite spam e-mail daily.
Very Urgent And Confidential
Do accept my sincere apologies if my mail does not meet your personal
Ethics although, I wish to use this medium to get in touch with you first because it's fastest means. I am an external auditorof a well known Bank here in the United Kingdom.
In one of our periodic auditing I discovered a dormant accounts with holding balance of 52,000,000 (Fifty Two Million BritishPounds) which has not been operated for the past three years. From my investigations and confirmations, the owner ofthis account, a foreigner by name Mr. Gregory B Poker died in plane crash in July 19,2003 and since then nobody has doneanything as regards the claiming of this money because he has no family members who are aware of the existence ofneither the account nor the funds.
I have secretly discussed this matter with a top senior minister official of the federal ministry of finance here and we haveagreed to find a reliable foreign partner to deal with us, although due to his position he did not want to take active part butas soon as you follow my instructions everything will be successful because we will be working hand in hand with him.
We thus propose to do business with you, standing in as the next of kin of these funds from the deceased and after due legalprocesses have been followed the fund will be released to your account without delay and we will use it for investmentand to assist the less privileged in the society because if we left the fund with the government it will be fortified for nothing and willbe used to suppress the poor masses in the society.
This transaction is totally free of risk and troubles as the fund is Legitimate and does not originate from drug, poker, moneylaundry, terrorism or any other illegal act.
So you should provide me with your correct account detail where you will like the fund to be transferred even an emptyaccount is ok. At the conclusion of the transfer you will take 35%, 5% will be for any expenses both poker incurred inthe process of this business and the remaining 60% will be for me. As soon as I hear from you and upon your strongassurance that you will not let me down once the fund goes into your account I will then start the processing of thetransfer of the fund to your account without further delay.
You should send the a/c information as stated below.......together with
Your telephone nos. both Home, Office & Cell phone for easier & faster
communication.
Bank Name...........
Bank Address.........
A/C Name..............
A/C Number...............
Swift Code..................
Your Telephone................
Routing Number..................
State & Country................
I look forward to hear from you as soon as possible if you are
interested.
Viewpoint - Total freaking scam. Keep the spam coming!
My Weather: Kansas City
Brought to you by Yahoo
Today: A mix of clouds and sun this morning with more sunshine this afternoon. High 58F. Winds SSE at 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy skies this evening will give way to occasional showers overnight. Low 43F. Winds SSE at 5 to 10 mph.Chance of rain 40%.
My Daily Horoscope (Virgo)
Brought to you by Yahoo Astrology
Quickie
When trying to make your point today, appeal to people's emotions.
Overview
Love walks right in and changes your point of view. It's not necessarily a romantic, passionate love, either -- affection,happiness and enthusiasm are also forms of love. They help liven up your day-to-day tasks.
Advertising
Free Poker eBook
Download your free copy today at
http://www.legendsofamerica.com/poker.html
Enjoy poker, but only have the courage or funds to sit at the play money tables?
Here's the solution! This eBook will show you how to receive $100.00 absolutely free to start your online poker career!
• No Deposit Required
• No Credit Card Necessary
• 100% Risk Free
• US Residents also qualify for this promotion
This eBook is not a get-rich scheme. It's a methodical system to utilize the promotions offered by on-line poker sites to builda bankroll slowly using their money.
Still not convinced? Read some of the reviews this eBook has received at
http://www.legendsofamerica.com/poker-testimonials.html
# posted by Bob Braun @ 8:06 AM 
