Sunline went into retirement at the McKee property near Auckland and produced four foals. Two of her progeny won races, Sunstrike (2004 filly, by Rock of Gibraltar) and Sun Ruler (2005 colt, by Zabeel). Sunline was bred by Susan Archer and Michael Martin. They sent their mare Songline, who traced…
Although he never threw a no-hitter, Carlton pitched six one–hitters, 11th most in baseball history. Carlton had 90 career balks, the most in history. Carlton was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1994 with 95.82% of the vote, one of the highest percentages ever. Although he never threw…
By October, the film had crossed the $200 million mark, becoming the fifth film of the 2006 summer season to do so. Superman Returns went on to gross $200.1 million in North America and $191 million internationally, earning $391.1 million worldwide. Domestically, the film was the sixth-highest-grossing film of 2006.…
Yes, he did (kind of). He brings it up still, but it’s so small relative to what Steve Jobs gave to Woz (built a company which made Woz hundreds of millions of dollars and gave him recognition beyond anything imaginable based on Steve’s work and successes). Wozniak was brilliant engineer…
The Japanese are credited with first preparing sushi as a complete dish, eating the fermented rice together with the preserved fish. This combination of rice and fish is known as nare-zushi, or “aged sushi. Funa-zushi, the earliest known form of nare-zushi, originated more than 1,000 years ago near Lake Biwa,…
Jobs was famously a fan of Dylan’s, and in the unauthorized biography, The Second Coming of Steve Jobs, author Alan Deutschman quotes Jobs’ college friend Elizabeth Holmes as saying she believed Steve became the lover of Joan Baez in large measure because Baez had been the lover of Bob Dylan.…
Susie Ma was one of the final four contestants on the seventh series of The Apprentice but lost to winner as inventor Tom Pellereau. Susie Ma was one of the final four contestants on the seventh season of The Apprentice but lost to winner as inventor Tom Pellereau. Lord Sugar…
(Image: © Apple) After Steve Jobs was diagnosed with a rare form of pancreatic cancer in 2003, he allegedly delayed surgery to remove the tumor — the recommended treatment — for nine months. During that interim period, he attempted to treat his cancer with alternative medicine, including a special diet,…
The sword fights you see in the movies probably aren’t all that true to the realities of medieval fighting, as you might imagine. Besides the fact that enemies likely didn’t pause to trade carefully worded insults, Hollywood fight choreography is much more elegant than a real fight to the death.…
How Did Steve Jobs Die? On October 5, 2011, Steve ended his long battle with cancer and passed away surrounded by family. He was 56 years of age. He left behind his widow, Laurene Powell Jobs, and their three children, Reed, Erin, and Eve. On October 5, 2011, Steve Jobs…