44 Years Since the Chicago 1968 Democratic Convention riots

4+4=8

With NATO summit, Chicago seeks to avoid repeat of 1968 riots
Chicago has ramped up efforts to head off violence at the NATO summit, leading some protesters to say the city has been heavy-handed.
By Mark Guarino, Staff writer / May 19, 2012
[link to www.csmonitor.com]




Facebook IP remains at 38$

3+8=11

Facebook IPO: 'FB' Stock Closes Close to IPO Price But Still Biggest U.S. Tech IPO
By SUSANNA KIM (@skimm)
May 18, 2012
The Facebook IPO generated intense attention from the media and investors on its opening day Friday, but it failed to generate much of a profit.

The stock closed at $38.23 in Nasdaq trading, up just 23 cents from its initial price, when many analysts had expected at least a jump of 5 to 10 percent.
[link to abcnews.go.com]

8 and 11


SPACE XX

DRAGON Capsule launch scrubbed

SpaceX Launch Scrubbed at the Last Second
By Damon Poeter
May 19, 2012 08:08am EST


The launch of an unmanned SpaceX rocket automatically shut down at the last second early Saturday morning, pushing back the first cargo run by a privately built spacecraft to the International Space Station to Tuesday at the earliest.

The SpaceX Falcon 9 booster carrying a Dragon capsule laden with supplies for the ISS had actually started firing up on a Cape Canaveral launch pad at the three-second mark of the countdown. But the spacecraft's onboard computers shut down due to "slightly high combustion chamber pressure on engine No. 5," SpaceX co-founder Elon Musk said on Twitter after the launch was aborted at around 4:55 a.m. ET. "Will adjust limits for countdown in a few days."

[link to www.pcmag.com]