dr seuss

Fans from all over the map to hold-in one way or another - the birthday of Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known by generations of young readers and young children once as the author of "Dr. Seuss"

In his hometown of Springfield Massachusetts Museum will host the favorite son of the activities engendered by his beloved in his old house in La Jolla, UCSD, "The Cat in the Hat." - World's leading repository of all things Seuss, with 10,000 items - will honor the Geisel Library icon.

And in the halls, the animated film "The Lorax by Dr. Seuss" opens, the Bar-ba-loot and swans and fish Swomee Humming-hope to the poor box office weekend by bulldozers relatively smooth victory in early March the landscape of Hollywood. (Critics of the nation, from the movie in 3-D CGI honest score to the median. Post critic Michael O'Sullivan, not-so-much)

cell phone jammer

A cell phone jammer in Philadelphia has admitted that blocking phone calls from his fellow riders on public transportation.

Almost no one likes that gabbers talk loudly on their mobile phones on the train and buses.And few, if less than a resident of Philadelphia named Eric, who has apparently using a cell phone jammer to the conversations of the disturb other drivers on the bus route are the partitions. According to NBC in Philadelphia, Eric knows that he is "the law into their own hands" - but he is "proud" of his work.

"Many people are very strong, there is simply no sense of privacy or whatever. When it becomes a burden, when I turn on the antenna and switch," said Eric. Listening to people talking is "pretty annoying, and frankly, it's pretty hard," he said.

vikings stadium

Gov. Mark Dayton and the Vikings owners Zygi and Mark Wilf unveiled plans Thursday for a new, $ 975 million stadium would be built almost on top of the location in downtown Minneapolis Metrodome. The agreement, which met behind closed doors in recent weeks, was a key step towards obtaining a plan to state legislators and other community leaders for approval.

However, the plan is far from reality.

"All politicians have to make a difficult decision," said Minneapolis Mayor RT Rybak, a reinforcement of the stadium, which now must convince the most skeptical directors of sales tax revenue dedicated to this effort.

It is also found between the Vikings and a new stage of 201 state legislators, all for reelection later this year and many of them are not convinced that $ 737 million in public funds should be contributed to the plan.

"I can not way for me to vote for to see," said Senator Jeff Hayden, a Democrat from Minneapolis. "My constituents have weighed if you do not want public financing of private stadiums."

Supporters of the proposal said it would not only the Vikings, but the benefit of Minnesota State. Under the agreement, the team will collect all revenue generated by the football stadium there. However, the stadium would be owned by a new public entity that maintains all the other benefits of any other sporting event to rock concerts and the like.