Worst Traffic Cities

Worst Traffic Cities

Worst Traffic Cities

Everyone hates traffic jams, but some people suggest we pay a “Travel Time Tax.” The typical urban commuter with a 30 minute commute wastes 22 hours a year stuck in traffic.  Check traffic cams in your area and get the latest on gas prices.

Los Angeles

The American city most associated with the word “smog,” the average speed of a car in L.A. during congestion is 14 mph. Best time to stay home: Thursdays at 5pm.

New York

In the Big Apple, with a world class subway system, you’d think the roads would be somewhat clear. No dice. There are a whopping 94 weekly hours of congestion and it gets worse right at Friday, 5 p.m.

Chicago

The Windy City has big traffic jams as well. During times of congestion, expect to drive 11.1 mph.

Washington, DC

The nation’s capital  was designed to confuse people trying to attack. That plan still works for people who pass on its excellent transit system, the Metro, in favor of gridlock.

Seattle-Tacoma

The Emerald City has ranked as one of the worst places for traffic more than once. And with a mass transit system that relies on buses, that may not change anytime soon.

Houston

Only New York City is home to more Fortune 500 companies than Houston.. With all that business, comes traffic woes.

San Francisco-Oakland

There aren’t too many alternatives when a bridge is involved in your commute and the Bay area  has major bridges that clog quickly. But BART may be the best mass transit of any major West Coast city.

Boston

Beantown has its own traffic issues. Perhaps it’s because the road layout was designed a century or two before there were automobiles.

Dallas-Ft. Worth

Things are bigger in Texas and the Dallas-Ft. Worth traffic jams are among the worst. There are 43 weekly hours of congestion.

Philadelphia

The City of Brotherly Love gets a little testy when its residents are stuck in traffic. And that congestion happens a whopping 45 hours a week

Source:Specials

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Mariah Carey Paints a Butterfly on Her Growing Baby Bump

Mariah Carey Paints a Butterfly on Her Growing Baby Bump

 Pregnant pop diva Mariah Carey has painted a butterfly on her huge bump and posted the picture on Twitter.

The expecting singer, who is due to give birth to twins any day, has also daubed the words 'dem babies' on her stomach.

The large drawing has one pink wing and one blue, to symbolise the girl and boy that are due in the next two weeks.

She says the body art is also to celebrate her 41st birthday and her anniversary with husband Nick Cannon which is next month.

Carey tweeted: 'My attempt @ festiveness on 327! For ATLITL thank u + I LOVE U! Comin soon #dembabies! LYMA+thanx 4 making me happy:)'.

The Rock My Body star also tweeted that she had started to feel contractions on her birthday yesterday but later said it turned out to be a false alarm.

Taking to twitter, the singer posted: 'So #dembabies really wanted 2 celebrate w/us/share the anniversary!

 'I started having contractions last night..went 2 the hospital.

'Finally they said I could come home after they got it under control.

'But they almost came on 3/27- happy anniversary in deed!!! We have a few more weeks 2 go but- wow!!!: ).'

The eccentric singer has a long affiliation with butterflies and it is a symbol she identifies with.

She has lots of butterfly-inspired jewellery and even called her 1997 by the name.

She said that the album marked the point where she got full creative control over her music and her life following her divorce from her first husband, music mogul Tommy Mottola.

Carey has been married to actor and TV host Nick Cannon and the pair will celebrate their third wedding anniversary on April 30.

They married at her private estate on Windermere Island in The Bahamas after a short time of dating.

The couple met while shooting Carey's music video for her single Bye Bye on a private island off the coast of Antigua.

Mariah has spoken about how she conceived the twins naturally and also opened up about how she miscarried when she became pregnant, shortly after marrying Canon in April 2008.

 

Source:Dailymail

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Katy Perry in Twitter Feud with Calvin Harris Over Tour

Katy Perry in Twitter Feud with Calvin Harris Over Tour

'It seemed pointless me even being there': Calvin Harris enters Twitter feud with Katy Perry after pulling out of UK tour
Katy Perry and Calvin Harris have had a very public bust-up over Twitter after the Flashback star pulled out of her UK shows.

Calvin was scheduled to open for Katy’s gigs but cancelled at the last minute after being angered over set arrangements.

The furious I Kissed A Girl singer vented on Twitter, posting: ‘Calvin Harris will NOT be joining in on the fun and has CANCELLED last minute.’

To which Calvin, 27, replied: ‘Sorry to all who wanted to see me with Katy – her team suddenly moved the goalposts and I was to appear on stage with no production.’

Russell Brand’s wife Katy hit back again with: ‘The goalpost seems to be perfectly fine for New Young Pony Club, Yelle, Robyn, Marina & The Diamonds, to name a few.

‘Or how bout Janell Monae and her 16 piece band… It’s fine, I’m used to you cancelling on me, it’s become ur staple!’

Calvin then tried to explain by tweeting: ‘It would have looked s***, sounded s*** - trust me you would have been more disappointed SEEING the show than u are with me cancelling.’

He then began complimenting Perry, tweeting: ‘Her show is AWESOME, you’ll have an amazing time without me. (especially w/o me DJing on a cardboard box in front of a pink curtain)

And then apologised, posting: ‘I’m really sorry @katyperry I’m just upset because I really wanted to play but ur team made it impossible.

‘We tried really hard to sort it out, but playing side of stage for 30 mins, it seemed pointless me even being there. Didn’t intend to cause offence or upset anybody.’

But Calvin’s cancellation seemed to spark fury with Katy Perry fans also, who started sending abuse to the DJ.

Calvin retaliated by tweeting: ‘WTF are Katy Perry fans telling me to KILL MYSELF on twitter for? Seriously. I’m a producer making music. Leave me alone please thanks x’

Despite the debacle, Katy still hit the stage last night at Dublin’s O2 Arena as part of her California Dreams Tour.

The star was mobbed outside her hotel yesterday by fans, with one waiting for Katy to autograph his photo of her.

But the singer was no doubt disappointed with his photo choice, as he held onto a copy of the make-up free picture of Katy that Russell Brand famously posted on Twitter in January.

The 26-year-old was said to be furious at Brand for putting the photo on the social networking site but her fans still seem to be enjoying it.
Source:Dailymail

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Lady Gaga Real Name

Lady Gaga Real Name

Lady Gaga’s Birthday Reveals Her Real Name And A Strange Birthday Cake
Yesterday was Lady Gaga’s 25th birthday. What has stumped most of her fans is what her real name is. Search terms like “lady gaga real name” and “what is lady gaga’s real name” spiked to record levels during her birthday. All her fans would have to do is a Google search and Wikipedia would bring it up for them as Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta. Lady Gaga got her stage name in a weird way. According to her producer, Rob Fusari, he sent her a text and meant to put Radio Ga Ga. The text auto corrected itself from Radio to Lady. When Gaga got the text she loved it and the rest is history.

Another spotlight for Lady Gaga’s birthday was when Ellen DeGeneres called her up to wish her a happy birthday. Ellen had a truly Gaga style cake made. This sucker had Kermit the frog, two humongous bows, smoking cvc pipes, and some crown thing on top. Ellen said it could be a hat, a dress, or whatever she wanted to wear it as. Lady Gaga was thrilled. I hope she had a great birthday.


Watch the video of Ellen’s cake below.

Source:Flynews

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Simpsons episodes pulled over jokes

Simpsons episodes pulled over jokes

Simpsons episodes pulled over nuclear jokes

The nuclear disaster in Japan has moved at least one Canadian broadcaster to pull episodes of The Simpsons from its rotation.

OMNI Television spokeswoman Koreen Ott said the station, which airs reruns of The Simpsons at 6 p.m., has “pulled any nuclear episodes from The Simpsons” from the air.

“We’re reviewing our inventory for any further sensitive episodes.”

Ott could not say which episodes have been pulled, but added that the station was provided a list of questionable episodes from Fox, which airs The Simpsons in the United States.


OMNI Television is not alone. Television stations in Europe have also pulled nuclear-related episodes.


Austria’s ORF network has already pulled two episodes from its rotation: “Marge Gets a Job,” which features scientists Marie and Pierre Curie turning into zombies after being exposed to radiation; and “On a Clear Day I Can’t See My Sister,” in which jokes are made about a nuclear meltdown.

The Comedy Network said in an email it has no plans to schedule either of the two episodes listed above at this time.

The Simpsons executive producer Al Jean told ew.com, he understands if some episodes of his show are pulled due to current real-life events in Japan.

“We have 480 episodes, and if there are a few that they don't want to air for awhile in light of the terrible thing going on, I completely understand that,” he said.

This isn’t the first time The Simpsons has been pulled because it made light of a real-life situation. A television station in Australia yanked an episode that was supposed to air this month because it made light of a tsunami.

Also, shortly after 9/11 an episode in which Homer goes to New York was pulled for awhile because it showed the World Trade Center.

Global TV, which also air reruns of the comedy, has not confirmed if it has pulled any episodes.

Meanwhile, English-language video of the pulled episodes are hard to come by online, but that shouldn’t stop you from finding the humour in this clip. (It might even add to it.)

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132 Pound Toddler

 

132 Pound Toddler

 

132 Pound Toddler Insatiable Hunger Weight Gain
132 Pound Toddler. Lu Hao is 132 pounds and one toddler who was born underweight, at 5.7 pounds. He is now five times the size of a normal child his age.

Doctors are now baffled by the 3-year-olds insatiable hunger and rapid weight gain. They suspect his low birthweight might have something to do with it. Lu Hao’s parents have attempted to curb their child’s diet and encourage physical activity. However, such attempts have been rebuked by the 3-year-old, who prefers to ride on his mother’s motorcycle rather than walk to kindergarten and throws temper tantrums when his parents attempt to lighten his food intake.


His father, Lu Yuncheng, said that the toddler can eat three big bowls of rice at a sitting and “cries nonstop” if denied what he wants. This hasn’t stopped his parents from seeking further information about their son’s inexplicable weight gain. According to ABC News, Hao’s parents have taken him to specialists in China. Doctors suspected the child’s weight gain might be caused by a hormone disorder, but tests revealed his hormones were normal.


For now, Lu Hao’s parents continue to monitor their son’s diet and hope that his hunger settles down. While Lu Hao is an extreme case, many parents are faced with the obstacle of protecting their children from obesity. In the U.S., childhood obesity rates continue to rise — more than tripling in the last 30 years, with an estimated 17 percent of children (ages 2 to 19) considered obese, according to the CDC.

Source:Newsoxy

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Medical Miracles

Medical Miracles

Medical Miracles

A man who recently received the first full face transplant in the U.S. is the latest case of people who defy the odds by overcoming life-threatening illnesses and injuries. Read about a girl who survived months without a heart, a brain surgery survivor who went on to achieve amazing athletic feats, and other tales of medical miracles.

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A baby born twice

An internal decapitation

A window washer’s fall

Zheng Cao

Mezzo soprano Zheng Cao was given six months to live back in 2009. What was the diagnosis? The San Francisco-based opera singer underwent a successful surgery  that eradicated all of the deadly tumors that plagued her. Her medical nightmare had a storybook ending.

Tracy Hermanstorfer

This Colorado mom died while giving birth on Christmas Eve 2009. When doctors rushed to continue delivering the baby, they found he wasn’t breathing. Shortly after the birth, Hermanstorfer inexplicably returned to life and, with help from medical staff, so did the baby.

Macie Hope McCartney

When her mother was about six months’ pregnant, doctors had to remove 80 percent of baby Macie’s body from the womb to conduct prenatal surgery. She was then returned inside her mother and the healthy baby was born “again” 10 weeks later.

Rae Kupferschmidt

In 2008, doctors declared this 65-year-old woman brain-dead, removed her from life support and sent her home to live out her final days. Shortly after returning home, the comatose mother of two showed signs of recovery, baffling both family and doctors.

D’Zhana Simmons

In 2008, this 14-year-old South Carolinian received an artificial heart that functioned in the absence of a real one. Her case stood out because of her age and the sheer length of time during which she had no actual heart.

Shannon Malloy

A 2007 car accident separated Malloy’s skull from her spine.The Nebraska woman was saved with head and neck screws that formed a “stabilizing halo.”

Alcides Moreno

Moreno and his brother were washing apartment building windows in 2007, when both fell. Only 27-year-old Moreno survived. After transfusions and operations, he was able to speak his first words weeks later, on Christmas Day.

Diane Van Deren

In 1997, Van Deren underwent a lobectomy to help cure a serious health problem. The brain surgery left her with major drawbacks, but also enabled her achieve great athletic success.

 

Source:Specials

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