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Actor Steve Carell made his first TV appearance as Gru, the main character from his upcoming animated film Despicable Me 2, in theaters July 3rd, in a recent episode of Ellen.


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The space was originally intended as a place for Walt Disney and his family to stay at when they visited the park.

While perusing the internet last week, I came across the latest trailer for Despicable Me 2. Which reminded me how much I liked the first movie—a charmingly hilarious story about a supervillain whose heart is softened by three adorable orphans. I find it relaxing to fall asleep watching familiar movies, so I queued it up [...]

Not only did Disneyland's Small World ride break down on Jose Martinez in 2009, trapping him aboard for half an hour while "It's a Small World" played on, he had to pee the whole time, his lawsuit said. And Martinez uses a wheelchair so he couldn't just get out of the boat and run off like he doubtless wanted. If the $8,000 a court saw fit to award him for his pain and suffering doesn't seem low to you, sit through this fifteen-minute video of the ride and check again.

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There really is no Hallmark Card for ordering a nuclear attack on an ally country because of an alien invasion. That is exactly what [the fictionalized] President Richard Nixon did in the third issue of the comic book Doctor Who Prisoners of Time celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who.

And what surely will give people pause on realpolitik, it worked. The aliens threw up their “hands” and left Earth because of the oncoming nuclear attack.

So, could the [fictional] President Nixon simply order a nuclear attack on Great Britain? First, let’s understand the basic facts of the story.

Prisoners of Time is perhaps the only “all Doctor” story we will see for the 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who in 2013.

The story so far has focused on the first three Doctors.

There is a hooded villain with weathered skin wearing a Vortex Manipulator kidnapping the Doctor’s different traveling companions.

I suspect that the final story will have all the Doctors saving all of the traveling companions from whoever the villain is (It might be the Valleyard given the personal nature of the kidnappings, but the Master or another classic villain are possibilities).

The third issue of Prisoners of Time had members of UNIT taken over by Remoraxians, who were trying to flood the planet with rain storms, causing the oceans to rise. A CIA Agent helping the Third Doctor tells President Nixon of a failed rescue, thus Nixon orders the attack on Great Britain to save the Earth.

The US Constitution, Article I, gives the Congress the power to declare war. Article II of the Constitution names the President at the Commander-in-Chief of the military. In 1973, after Vietnam and the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, Congress passed the War Powers Act over President Nixon’s veto. The relevant part of the Act states:

Presidential Executive Power as Commander-in-Chief; Limitation The constitutional powers of the President as Commander-in-Chief to introduce United States Armed Forces into hostilities, or into situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances, are exercised only pursuant to (1) a declaration of war, (2) specific statutory authorization, or (3) a national emergency created by attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces.  

There is still debate whether Congress could limit Presidential power, which has not yet been litigated (the debate about using Drones in Libya without Congress authorization highlights the issue is still alive).

As to our story, there is no mention of President Nixon consulting Congress other than ordering the bombers (most likely B-52′s) to conduct a nuclear attack on Great Britain. However, the attack arguably was legal under section three of the quoted War Powers Act passage, because the Remoraxians had attacked the United States, and the rest of the planet, with a weather attack. This created national emergency, enabling the President to order an attack without Congressional authorization….and ironically help save the world.

Spoiler: They did turn the bombers around and did not nuke England. Good thing Nixon did not launch ICBM’s.

Google's latest Chrome experiment is a marble maze game that binds your smartphone to your PC through those shareable tabs. Once you've opened the same tab on both platforms, you'll be put in control of a metallic Nexus Q lookalike, steered by the accelerometers baked into your smartphone -- as well as power and jump buttons. Better still, there's (arguably) an infinite number of levels to tackle, with the experiment transforming your favorite sites into a multi-stage mazes. You'll need a phone that's running at least iOS 5.0 or Android 4.0 to make the connection. Take it for a cautious spin at the link below.

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Via: Engadget Japan

Source: Chrome World Wide Maze

If you're a Windows 7 user and you've been dragging your heels when it comes to that Service Pack 1 upgrade, then prepare to get an extra dose of encouragement from Microsoft. Starting tomorrow, the company will begin deploying SP1 via Windows Update to all neglected PCs, and just so you're aware, the update won't require your consent. The push will happen a phased rollout over the next few weeks, and as for the consequence of not upgrading, Microsoft will no longer support Windows 7 RTM as of April 9th. Naturally, PCs that are managed by system admins can be shielded from the deployment, but for everyone else, it seems that you'd best prepare for the inevitable.

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Via: TNW

Source: Microsoft