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Energy Tycoon T. Boone Pickens Jr. Dies at 91

Topline: Legendary energy tycoon and hedge fund manager T. Boone Pickens died at 91 on Wednesday after being in declining health following a major fall and a series of strokes in 2017. Forbes ranked Pickens as a billionaire in 2013, but he soon he fell off The Forbes 400 list of the wealthiest Americans. At the time, he tweeted to his more than 110,000 followers: "Don't worry. At $950 million, I'm doing fine. Funny, my $1 billion charitable giving exceeds my net worth." The biggest recipient of his philanthropy has been Oklahoma State University, his alma mater. According to a Forbes profile in 2014, he had given OSU $500 million, with $165 million for the athletics department. His name is on the football stadium and the school of geology. Usually described as a “corporate raider,” he told Forbes in 2014: “I prefer the term ‘shareholder activist.’” Pickens was a Forbes contributor , writing about philanthropy and offering advice .  Key background...

Austin Songwriting Genius Daniel Johnston Dead at 58

Eccentric singer-songwriter reportedly died of heart attack Daniel Johnston , the influential singer-songwriter and visual artist who painted Austin’s famous “Hi How Are You” frog mural on the Drag, died at home last night following a presumed heart attack at age 58. The news was confirmed by his former manager Jeff Tartakov. Johnston’s physical health worsened significantly in recent years. Last year, his sister Margy Johnston told the Chronicle that Daniel had recently endured a rough go that included falling, hospitalization, and frequent adjustments to his medication. Daniel Johnston at home in Waller in 2015 (Photo by Todd V. Wolfson) In January, while famous fans like the Flaming Lips and Yo La Tengo were covering his songs at ACL Live at the Moody Theater for the second annual Hi, How Are You Day, Daniel landed in the hospital again. Johnston, who was raised in West Virginia and moved to Austin in the early Eighties, counts 17 full-length albums of original music...

Top 10 Proxy Softwares

There is a big problem on the internet that is faced by the users over quite some time, when a user tries to open a specific website the internet does not open the website but says that this site is prohibited or not allowed in your country. That means you cannot open this webpage from your country and it is banned in your country. In many countries websites like facebook, twitter and youtube are also banned. Top 10 Proxy Softwares The best way to open the banned sites in your country is to use proxy software. Proxy software is a software which automatically change the ip of your internet and change your location so you can open any website you want from any country. Proxy softwares are the best way to access the sites which are blocked in your country. There are many proxy softwares available to use on the internet but not all of them are good. Some of these softwares can slow the speed of your computer and place some viruses in your hard drive. Today we are going to introduce you to...

Top 10 Websites To Download Free MP3 Songs

Everybody listens to songs and love songs. There are many ways to get songs you love and buying is on the top of the list but if you don’t want to spend money then you have to download songs online. There are many websites online which offer to Download Mp3 songs online but not all of them are good. Some of these websites ask you for memberships or registrations. Some of these websites gives you surveys to do before you download the songs. There are too many ads on the sites which allow downloading mp3 songs. Today I am going to give you the list of Top 10 Websites To Download Free MP3 Songs. All of these websites have lots of songs in them and they are totally free. No registration or subscription is necessary for using these websites. These website have songs of all types and they offer quality audio songs. There are also fewer ads on these website than the other websites. The speed of download is also good, labels and tags on these sites can help you find the song you want to down...

Most Affordable Colleges for an Online Criminal Justice Degree

Getting a criminal justice degree online is very hard and when it comes to financials then it can become much harder. But now you can solve this problem because here we are going to tell you about the Most Affordable Colleges for an Online Criminal Justice Degree . Normally there are hundreds of criminal justice programs available but they are too expensive. Most of them costs $40,000 per year and it’s too much. The list that we created for you, it has 19 schools in it and their range of tuition fee is from $2,312 to $14,268. Take Penn Foster College for an example, this college offers Online Criminal Justice Degree in just an annual fee of $2,312. They have the associate and bachelor's degree programs in Criminal Justice. Affordable Colleges for an Online Criminal Justice Degree These colleges have anything you want their degrees available at every level like American Public University System, graduate programs in specialized fields (homeland security, intelligence studies, law ...

The Gift Movie Review and Full Story

The Gift Movie The Gift Movie Review and Full Story A married couple, Simon (Jason Bateman) and Robyn Callum (Rebecca Hall), are living what appears to be a picture-perfect life. They relocate from Chicago to a suburban Los Angeles neighborhood after Simon finds a new job outside the city. While out buying supplies for their new home, they run into Gordon "Gordo" Moseley (Joel Edgerton), a former high school classmate of Simon's who Simon claims to have completely forgotten about. Soon after, he begins dropping in unannounced, usually when Simon is at work, and sends many gifts including koi fish for Robyn's empty pond. He is initially kind to the couple, but Simon feels uncomfortable since he remembers Gordo as "Gordo the Weirdo" from high school. When he drops by one morning, Robyn invites Gordo in and shows him around their new home, including a spare room for a child that Robyn miscarried back in Chicago. The following night, Gordo invites Si...

Straight Outta Compton Movie Review And Full Story

Straight Outta Compton Movie Straight Outta Compton Movie Review Straight Outta Compton is a 2015 American biographical drama film directed by F. Gary Gray about the rise and fall of the Compton, California hip hop group N.W.A. The film borrows its title from the name of their 1989 debut studio album as well as the song. Straight Outta Compton stars O'Shea Jackson, Jr. as Ice Cube, Corey Hawkins as Dr. Dre, Jason Mitchell as Eazy-E, and Paul Giamatti as N.W.A's manager Jerry Heller. Among the film's producers are Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, and Eazy-E‍ '​s widow, Tomica Woods-Wright, with MC Ren and DJ Yella as creative consultants. The film was released on August 14, 2015, received critical acclaim from critics, and has grossed over $193 million. An album inspired by the film, Compton, was released by Dr. Dre on August 7, 2015, and debuted at No. 2 on the US Billboard 200 charts. In 1986, Eazy-E goes to sell drugs at a crack-house but it is busted when the police...