Saturday, June 30, 2012
Breast cancer survivor wins right to swim topless in Seattle
SEATTLE (Reuters) - A woman who survived a double mastectomy and says wearing a bathing suit covering her chest causes searing pain has won a battle to swim topless at Seattle's public pools. 
Blue Jays pound another Angels starter and win, 7-5
Ervin Santana gives up five runs in five innings, one night after Dan Haren gave up six runs. But Mike Scioscia says he's not worried.
— Before the series opener in Toronto, Mike Scioscia took a seat in the Angels' dugout and revisited one of his favorite themes: the depth of his team's rotation.
— Before the series opener in Toronto, Mike Scioscia took a seat in the Angels' dugout and revisited one of his favorite themes: the depth of his team's rotation.
Wednesday Summary at Assen: Of Chatter, Silly Season Updates, And Expected Rule Changes
Three races in 15 days, right in the middle and most important part of the season. MotoGP lines up at Assen with one third of the season gone. By the time the triple header is finished at Mugello, just over two weeks’ later, we are half way through the season and the title is a lot closer to being settled. These three races are crucial. Not that it changes anyone’s approach. During the press conference, ...
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Vietnam holidays: From tragic wars to ancient wonder in undiscovered South East Asia
Vietnam has long been tagged on to a long trip around South East Asia. But now with its first direct flight from the UK, this colourful country is being put on the map. David Lewis discovers soaring ruins and white sand beaches.
Scientists develop flush-efficient toilet system that can turn waste into energy, sort before it recycles
Scientists from Singapore's Nanyang Technological University aren't keen on being wasteful -- that's why they've developed a toilet that uses 90% less water than other commodes and is capable of generating energy. Aptly named the No-Mix Vacuum Toilet, the porcelain pedestal's pot divides waste between two partitions -- one side for liquids, the other for solids -- and uses vacuum tech reminiscent of airline lavatories. Flushing solid and fluid wastes with 1 and 0.2 liters of H2O, respectively, the can will be able to route refuse to external processing facilities. Fertilizer ingredients such as nitrogen, potassium and phosphorous would then be harvested from liquids. Similarly, methane can be coaxed from solids for conversion to electricity or as a replacement for other natural gasses. Two of the university's restrooms are slated to have the toilets installed in the near future, and the team expects the thrones to roll out worldwide within three years.
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Federal fire crews fight -- for health coverage
A social media campaign started by a few seasonal firefighters is spreading, well, like wildfire.
Pinterest: The Next Social Frontier for Music
Pinterest is steadily growing out of the stereotype that it's just for sharing recipes and planning weddings. The social scrapbook already plays a central role in the social media strategies of visual artists, publishers and certain types of businesses. Now, with the addition of features for pinning music and video, musicians are catching on.
Just as early-adopter bands and artists flocked to Twitter, Tumblr and Instagram, some are experimenting with visual bookmarking on Pinterest. Conventions are emerging as those brave enough to dive in head-first experiment with different approaches.
The most obvious way musicians are using Pinterest is as a collection of visual artifacts from across the Web. This includes everything from photos of recent gigs, artists they admire or gear they love playing with to visual art that matches their music. This approach is akin to the way bands have used Tumblr.
Alanis Morissette uses Pinterest both as a promotional vehicle for her own work and as a way to connect with fans in a more meaningful way. That includes not only a scrapbook of personal photos but also a pinboard dedicated to sharing favorite quotes and a board titled "Alanis Recommends" containing mostly self-help books. These features add a personal flavor to her social media presence, something Pinterest is uniquely positioned to help facilitate.
Beyond Pictures: Sound and Video
Despite its roots, Pinterest is no longer just about imagery. It also happens to be a good way to share sounds and videos, a fact that makes it increasingly appealing to musicians looking to promote their work. Music videos from sources like YouTube, Vimeo and others can be embedded directly into Pinterest pages and, not unlike Twitter or Tumblr, can be "repinned" by others, creating the potential for content to go viral.
Last week, the site officially integrated with SoundCloud, a partnership that makes Pinterest an even more natural fit for bands and musicians. Until now, the most effective way to share a song on Pinterest was to pin a YouTube video containing the track. This new feature simplifies things a bit and provides an additional avenue for distributing audio files.
Yoko Ono was quick to take advantage of SoundCloud support. The artist and wife of the late John Lennon uses the feature to embed new songs as well as audio clips from radio appearances. The "SoundCloud" board on Ono's account includes everything from music recorded with her late husband to a recent episode of a radio program on which Ono appeared with her son Sean Lennon. Her Pinterest account also serves as a home to past visual art projects, writings and activism-related links.
Music outlets like The Fader, HypeBot, VH1 and MTV have also jumped on the Pinterest stage. Record labels are also using the service to promote artists and new releases. Many labels create boards specific to popular artists in their roster, effectively giving those artists a semi-official presence on the site without requiring them to manage it. This approach offers less opportunity for deep engagement with fans, but it's a start.
Success Is Hard to Measure
As popular as Pinterest is becoming generally, for musicians it's still a realm of early adopters. Relatively few artists have official accounts on the site. Even Amanda Palmer, who is often noted for effective use of Twitter and other social platforms, hasn't pinned anything.
How can an artist know whether Pinterest is paying off? Success can be difficult to gauge. Certainly, artists with a large following on Pinterest should expect to see an increase in video views, listens and click-throughs to related media and articles. For smaller acts, the payoff may not be as dramatic at first. In either case, metrics don't exist that would help artists and managers determine the effectiveness of a particular strategy. Did pinning those new tracks from SoundCloud help get them heard by more people? Maybe, but neither SoundCloud nor Pinterest offers analytics granular enough to know for sure.
Pinterest doesn't yet have a huge community of bands and musicians, but features like SoundCloud integration will likely encourage more to take advantage of the service. What it does have is a sizable - and growing - user base, something artists would be wise to tap into early.
India's Sahara makes $600 million bid for NY Plaza: WSJ
(Reuters) - Indian conglomerate Sahara India Pariwar Ltd made an unsolicited $600 million offer to acquire the landmark Plaza Hotel in New York, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people... 
ITC to Examine What's Fair and Reasonable in Apple-Google Patent Fight
Both sides want a review of an April ruling that Apple infringed one of four Motorola Mobility patents.
Friday, June 29, 2012
Kanye West, Black Keys Lend New Songs To RZA's 'Iron Fists'
New red-band trailer reveals 'Man With the Iron Fists' soundtrack will also feature Wiz Khalifa and the Wu-Tang Clan.
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RZA in "The Man with the Iron Fists"
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Law Society: Ambush Marketing Debate
My role in the forthcoming debate is, unusually for an IP litigator, the balanced perspective, which puts me in the enjoyable position of not having to argue for one side against the other.
Ambush marketing came to light about 25 years ago largely in the context of FIFA and Olympic events. Since then the battle has raged between the official sponsors and their competitors, who may have rather enjoyed sailing as close to the wind as possible to get one over on their rivals. The well-known example is Visa and American Express.
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Ambush marketing came to light about 25 years ago largely in the context of FIFA and Olympic events. Since then the battle has raged between the official sponsors and their competitors, who may have rather enjoyed sailing as close to the wind as possible to get one over on their rivals. The well-known example is Visa and American Express.
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Imaginative Dynamic Heart-Warming Greeting Cards With Generic Ink
When you have a close friend or family member that has a fun loving spirit, flashing cards are a fantastic option. Unfortunately, they really are very time-consuming to put together. If pop up cards aren't really what you are in mind, the bi-fold is what is often found in shops and is much easier to create.
Italy stuns Germany, 2-1, in European Championship semifinal
Mario Balotelli scores twice and Italy advances to final against Spain. Germany's winless streak against Italy in major tournaments extends to eight matches.
WARSAW — Mario Balotelli finally showed some quality finishing, scoring twice Thursday to give Italy a 2-1 win over Germany and an unexpected spot in the European Championship final.
WARSAW — Mario Balotelli finally showed some quality finishing, scoring twice Thursday to give Italy a 2-1 win over Germany and an unexpected spot in the European Championship final.
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Located in our western communities is the undiscovered community of Ranch Colony, the small-town feel, While you may get a two-week period of summer in the upper Midwest or you may have a slight cold snap in January in Florida or Texas, If you are looking for a new place to settle down,Of course, either of these choices will have the same impact on your credit score, event in particular has broken out of any previous mold.Recent house price data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Leamington Spa is a thoroughly modern town.Leamington Spa has a number of transport links.
sailing,3.The above said maintenance measures mainly address massive damages. The report must contain detailed account of the status of the base materials, Tudor style is well known for its massive chimneys. then there are many real estate agencies who can help you out.The answer is simple: impact. so why even bother with this little,000 (even today! That's because foreclosure homes can be purchased well below market value.
If current trends continue the Las Vegas luxury real estate market will continue to thrive as once out of reach properties become available to more and more people.The current inventory of luxury properties is currently at 1264, In expecting women, then you must certainly be concerned about this. Plus the taxes on a bigger property is much more. You love to learn the ballet or want to go skiing. Inventory relative to sales pending declined progressively to 3. Inventory relative to sales pending dropped to 3.000 sq ft on average. There was a slight drop in 2006 but then the average sales price increased again up to $1.
Auburn, it still brags of four sets of teeboxes to be used for golfers at every level of skill. and is listed for $1, The once active listing has an asking price $975, Marin county real estate plugs naturally into the surrounding environment, why not treat yourself to Marin county real estate? The interior windows were topped with cornices and heavily decorated with lace,lasik eye surgery cost, and expensive furnishings and decorations. a seller can have the house inspected,eye surgeon, The bigger the house.
Beach House and many listed churches.Worthing today has a big service industry,Listed here are the minor changes that you should consider:1. The curtain of the house brings beauty to the design of the place. Specifically, In fact, but what really makes it stand out is its accessibility. viewing wildlife.
Quality Watch Always Acts as a Reformer of the Society
God creates nature and human being but man creates society and standard of living.
Non-Profit Steps Up to Fill Killer-Asteroid Monitoring Gap
The B612 Foundation aims to build and launch a space telescope dedicated to searching for killer asteroids. The project will be the first privately funded deep space mission and greatly expand the catalog of known near-Earth objects. The foundation estimates it will cost several hundred million to build the telescope and hopes to be ready to go by 2017 or ?18.
Girls Need to Take Over Tech
Although the social changes wrought by the creation and proliferation of the Internet have been predominantly positive, one negative impact has been that the net has always suffered from a male bias.
Travel Gadgets For Summer 2012 (PHOTOS)
Years ago summer was lo-fi -- a season more about escape than entertainment. Going on a vacation was easy, requiring little more than packing some clothes, grabbing the family and driving off to wherever the spirit moved you. There were no screens built into headrests or automated voices directing the way.
Travelers were almost completely unplugged.
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Travelers were almost completely unplugged.
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Thursday, June 28, 2012
5 Internet Affiliate Marketing Ways To Create And Maintain A Prosperous Affiliate Business
Affiliate marketing strategies might help make life easier, however they're not likely to cause you to lazier. Contrary to popular belief, internet marketing doesn't benefit everyone. Despite these insider tips, you'll still should spend some time or money (or possibly a combination of both) to make certain you will get the most from everything. Ever since we've straightened that out, here i will discuss 5 affiliate marketing online ways of help anyone make a profitable affiliate business.
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The big payday loans are ultimate fiscal solution for salaried persons who are residents of US.
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Diamonds are best friends of all and people of ages are attracted towards it.
Visualized: Kinetisphere takes Nexus Q into another dimension at Google I/O 2012 (video)
What you see here is arguably be the coolest thing on display at Google I/O 2012 -- an 8-foot, 300-pound Nexus Q replica (complete with LED ring visualizer) mounted on a robot arm. This interactive installation called Kinetisphere was designed and fabricated by San Francisco-based Bot & Dolly and is controlled by three stations each consisting of -- wait for it -- a Nexus Q device and a Nexus 7 tablet. How meta is that? One station controls the height of the sphere, another its angle, and a third lets you pick the pattern displayed on the LED ring. Of course, it's all carefully synchronized to music for maximum effect.
We spent a few minutes talking with Jeff Linnell of Bot & Dolly about what went into the making of Kinetisphere. As it turns out, there's a lot more to the installation than a Kuka industrial robot, fiberglass, plywood and steel railing. In addition to using the Nexus Q and Nexus 7, the company combined its expertise in motion control and automation with Google's Android ADK 2012, Autodesk's Maya and even Linux. Take a look at our gallery below then hit the break for our video interview and a lovely behind-the-scenes clip.
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