Compared to phpBB3, links in phpBB2 had a slightly different behavior: When you clicked them, they opened a new window with the requested page. This was changed in phpBB3 for a couple of reasons, but one of the most important ones was the goal to achieve XHTML 1.0 Strict-validation for the whole board. If you […]
12 People Killed, 70 Wounded In Colorado Movie Theater Shooting
On this day in 2012, a 24-year-old gunman goes on a rampage at a movie theater in the Denver suburb of Aurora, killing 12 people—the youngest a 6-year-old girl—and injuring at least 70 others. The shooting took place shortly after the start of a crowded midnight showing of “The Dark Knight Rises,” which opened across […]
Remembering Memorial Day
For many, Memorial Day brings to mind images of parades and picnics, of barbecues and baseball games. What’s sometimes forgotten are the reasons for the holiday: The sacrifices made by American soldiers in times of conflict. As the United States’ death toll passes 1,000 in Afghanistan, Memorial Day takes on an especially poignant meaning this […]
Director reveals ‘Transformers 3’ villain
‘Transformers’ Fans to Receive a Shock The first step to fixing a mistake is admitting a wrong. For his part, Michael Bay has done that verbally. Bay admitted the second “Transformers” movie deserved some of the negative feedback it received: “I’ll take some of the criticism. It was very hard to put (the sequel) together […]
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Spectacular sky show coming
In the pre-dawn hours of April 22 (1:00 – 3:00 am), be sure to look up. If you do, you’ll likely be treated to a spectacular celestial show in the form of the Lyrids meteor shower. Why bother to wake up at an ungodly hour to gaze at the sky? Several reasons. First, the Lyrids shower […]
Glimpse into America’s difficult past
A haunting 150-year-old photo found in a North Carolina attic shows a young black child named John, barefoot and wearing ragged clothes, perched on a barrel next to another unidentified young boy. Art historians believe it’s an extremely rare Civil War-era photograph of children who were either slaves at the time or recently emancipated. The […]
Highest-Quality Cars Of 2010
Porsche is having a bang-up year. Last week it earned the highest rating of any carmaker in J.D. Power and Associates’ Initial Quality Survey–and that’s the fourth time they’ve done so in five years. Earlier this spring Porsche also won top honors in JD Power’s prestigious vehicle dependability study. But that doesn’t mean the Stuttgart, […]