Singer, songwriter, actress, and activist. Born Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper on June 22, 1953, in Brooklyn, New York. With her unique style and distinctive voice, Cyndi Lauper has emerged as one of pop music's most unusual and enduring performers. She became one of the top pop stars of the 1980s and has continued to pursue her creative passions ever since. Growing up, Lauper felt like an outcast. Her parent ...

Goci’s Foldable Kitchen is one of the best-organized kitchens you can ever find. It mainly consists of four parts, including ice hot-fridge/deepfreeze/oven, dishmaster-dishwasher, slidecooker-a cooktop, and panneli-screens. Based on a modular design, however, the foldable kitchen allows for an easy and convenient change of its appearance and the users can even add new elements if they need to do so. ...

After a night of partying, it’s not uncommon for college students to wake up with a fuzzy recollection of the evening’s events. But a new study suggests that binge drinking may impair memory in young people long after the hangover has worn off, perhaps because of damage to the hippocampus, a brain region involved in learning. In the study, which appears in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental ...

Think it is safe to grab an extra slice of pie? Well, think again. That's right, because San Antonio schools are installing cameras in cafeterias capable of reading bar codes embedded in food trays. Using a $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the system will "snap a picture of the food tray at the cashier and we will know what has been served," said Dr. Roberto Trevino of the San Anton ...

In 1877, German, Ernst Siemens patented the first loudspeaker on Dec. 14, 1877. Englishmen, Sir Oliver Lodge received the second patent for a loudspeaker on April 27, 1898. This was all before music was electrified. In 1924, two General Electric researchers, Chester W. Rice and Edward Washburn Kellogg patented the modern, moving coil, direct radiator, loudspeaker, which become the prominent design for all l ...

Waterbuoy is basically arguing for prevention rather than cure, and the unique item will be especially useful if you’re on a vacation in Venice. It can locate and retrieve your accessories when they incidentally fall into water. With high strength balloon and quality seals, the Waterbuoy would float on water for up to 24 hours, which is usually enough for finding your lost articles. ...

A typical green salad is low in bad fats, low in calories and high in nutritional value. However, too much of the wrong ingredients can make a healthy salad into an unhealthy salad. Here is how you can ruin a healthy salad. 1. Use Only Iceberg lettuce Iceberg lettuce has a nice crunch, but almost no nutritional value. Use a variety of darker greens like spinach, leaf lettuce, arugula, dandelion greens, kale ...

MtEverClimb is a continuous rope-climbing machine that is quite ideal for small apartments. It takes up small space but ensures the users a full-body strength and cardio workout. Moreover, it is much safer than conventional rope climbing, since it doesn’t come with too high a height. ...

With her role as a memorably over-caffeinated college freshman on television's critically praised Undeclared, youthful actress Carla Gallo has endeared herself to former campus dorm-rats nationwide. And though her actual age may betray the naïve nature of those making the leap from the high school hallways to the college campus, Gallo has succeeded in making her television alter ego believable, in part by d ...

Apple has just advertised a new job near Overland Park, Kansas, which just so happens to be the location of Sprint's headquarters. The job in question - a "carrier engineer." Coincidence? Not likely, according to the rampant speculation that's been lighting up to suggest Apple is planning on creating a Sprint version of the iPhone. It shouldn't be too difficult for the company, since Sprint runs on the same ...