American Sniper wins the box office again (this is really unusual); Northeast prepares for record snowstorm; President Obama delivered the State of the Union; I-75 in Cincinnati collapses while being repaired; Baker Hughes (oil company) lay off nearly 7,000 people because of falling oil prices, New England Journal of Medicine linked a cancer causing chemical in some situations of e-cigarette vapor; eBay desires to split its PayPal business; Jeff Gordon (NASCAR driver) plans to wrap it up this year; Plumbing work is the cause of the huge apartment fire in New Jersey which displaced 1,000 people; King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia died at the age of 90; Oregon inmate Rodney Halbower is charged with two murders from the 1976 Gypsy Hill killings; Doomsday Clock clicks two minutes forward towards global nuclear war and climate change threat; Measles outbreak from Disneyland leads to 85 cases and spreads to Nebraska and Mexico; Japanese hostage Haruna Yukawa reportedly killed by ISIS militants in video; Duke Coach Mike Krzyewski wins his 1,000th career game; Miss Colombia is awarded Miss Universe; Security concerns divert a flight and empties two planes in Seattle; Microsoft announces Windows 10; Cablevision launches Wi-Fi only cell phone service; Walmart launches Vudu Spark to compete with Roku; SAG Awards name Birdman as best film (will give more details in the comments); Amazon to begin making movies; Sports Illustrated lays off its staff photographers; Tom Brady and the Patriots deny rumors that they cheated to get to the Superbowl; Dreamworks is struggling to stay afloat as a company; Kid Rock, film maker Michael Moore, and Seth Rogen are in Twitter war over war movies; Ariana Grande will perform during NBA All-Star Game; Mr. Cub Ernie Banks died at 83 and finally Skymall. Before tablets and cellphones, if you wanted to waste time while flying, you picked up the Skymall catalog and discovered a host of things that you didnt know you wanted. Its mostly novelty items like a solar powered battery charger. But it was a fun catalog to read. This week, they announced that they are filing for bankruptcy protection. They cite digital competition during flights, some airlines failing to offer the catalog to passengers, and other outside forces for reasons for bankruptcy. To me, its just another thing that I will remember as part of the flying experience that the next generation will have no knowledge of: Smoking sections on a plane. Choices of entrees served as meals. Free blankets and pillows. Keeping your shoes on in the airport. Decent music to listen too with headphones that would only work on airplanes. etc... Bye SkyMall!! Ill have to find my 5MP camera drone somewhere else.
Posted on: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 06:32:57 +0000
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