Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/TRxEXheA_cw/would-you-pay-300-bucks-for-a-radio
honda classic news channel 5 nashville weather jason varitek andrew breitbart dead sheriff joe arpaio limbaugh
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Would You Pay 300 Bucks for a Radio?
In Mayan doomsday, marketers see $$$ opportunity
2 hrs.
Where the Mayans saw the end of time, marketers see dollar signs.
As ancient doomsday predictions draw near, a number of hotels and restaurants are launching tongue-in-cheek promotions to profit from the fiery apocalypse forecasts surrounding Dec. 21, one Mayan Calendar's end date. The offers range from end-of-days themed vacation packages to restaurant menus encouraging customers to live it up one last time.?
Step one of apocalypse preparation is returning some of those holiday gifts to free up additional end-of-days capital because many hotel offers this doomsday require deep pockets (but what does money mean anyway when the world is ending?!).
For $79,000 per couple, the Rosewood Mayakoba in Riviera Maya offers "The Ultimate New Beginning" package, which includes a spiritual cleansing with a Mayan shaman priest along with a private helicopter ride to a tour of architectural sites led by an archaeologist. At the J.W. Marriott resort in Cancun, guests can visit the ancient ruins of Chichen Itza and indulge in Mayan-inspired spa treatments.
Stateside, hotels are also trying to cash in on the Mayan hype. For superstitious starting price of $666, The Keating in San Diego is selling the "End of the World" package complete with a last supper and fitness classes aimed at outrunning zombies. Christos Brooks, the Keating's standards and operations director, drew the idea for the promotion from Britney Spears's song "Till the World Ends."
"That was pretty much my anthem last year, and this year we were talking about promotion ideas for the end of the world," Brooks said. "It's always a slow time of the year for San Diego, and that's where it came about."
The package has sold well so far with 15 rooms booked, making it one of the year's most popular, Brooks said.
"The one thing that people really haven't been into is going to the gym the next day," he added. "No one's really given a reason for it, but the only thing that people have asked about is if the gym is required."
The Keating is also offering a post-doomsday special for guests.
"If you pre-pay for your room after the 21st, you get a 40 percent discount so it's kind of a gamble," he said. "You can pay for your room and if the world doesn't end, you get a great bargain. But if it does, you lose your money. Based on the booking we have seen so far the world's going to continue to go on."
For $12,021, The Curtis Hotel offered a "Party Like There's No-To-Maya" special that included rental of an entire floor of the Denver hotel along with Doomsday supplies including anti-radiation tablets, freeze-dried food and gas masks. A tattoo artist was also included if guests wanted to mark the end of the world with some fresh ink.?
Kate Thompson, the hotel's director of sales and marketing, said the package did not end up selling, but it did generate curiosity, which is often one of the main goals for an whimsical promotion like the Curtis'.
"It's a great coup to us to be able to get our name out there, and the more press we have the better it is and the more exposure we get, the better it is for us," Thompson said. "The exposure's worth just as much as actually selling that package."
The buzz surrounding the Mayan doomsday predictions allows marketers an opportunity to "piggyback" their offers on the highly publicized event, said Chekitan Dev, an associate professor of strategic marketing and brand management at Cornell's School of Hotel Administration.?
"With the media creating a lot of hype, a lot of the market preparation is already done for product and service marketers so it's then a matter of capitalizing on this media opportunity," Dev said.
Mayan-related promotions can be a positive move for brands, even luxury ones, if the offers are well thought out, offer consumers something special and target a market that is likely to respond, Dev said.
"Luxury hotels, not wanting to go for the macabre, can use this as a way to promote cultural tourism, a fast growing segment with a higher spend than average, by showcasing Mayan culture by having special attractions, speakers, events around this event," he added.
Dev cautions companies against using what he calls "soft-sell" offers, such as merely spa packages that give "the impression that they have not put a lot of thought into this."
It makes sense that marketers would use any opportunity they can to drum up business, but what makes consumer prone to bite at these playful promotions?
Jonah Berger, an assistant professor of marketing at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, has studied why certain products get more word-of-mouth exposure than others and why online content goes viral as some Doomsday-related coverage has.?
"We've done research that shows around Halloween, when you ask people to name products, they are more likely to name orange products around that time of year," Berger said.
Similar to this Halloween association, people's decision making may be affected when Mayan culture is top of mind, he added. Even with the publicity is negative, it can help boost sales.
"Just like in this case, you might find yourself at a Mexican restaurant and don't know that why, we find that negative publicity can sometimes increase sales because that makes that product top of mind," Berger said.
To capitalize on the occasion, restaurants are also hosting events around the country. T.G.I.Friday's restaurants will have a "Last Friday" menu that packs a caloric heavy-weight punch and urges consumers to make their last meals great and "go out with a full stomach" (because diets won't matter in the apocalypse, right?!).
At Margaritas Mexican Restaurant's "End of the World" party, there will be a "if you were the last man on earth" pick-up line contest and "sitting here in limbo" limbo competition. The company has also created an app that enables users to create postcards to share with friends and detail how they will spend their last earthly moments.
"It seems like a natural fit; in difficult times, bars tend to do well," said Patrick Dowling, the restaurant chain's marketing coordinator. "It stands to reason that if the world is going to end, we're going to have a pretty good apocalypse eve."
So far, about 100 messages have been created so far and posted on Facebook, including "The end of the world is coming. Repent and drink more margaritas" and "Kevin Youkilis on the Yankees? What more proof do you need the world is ending?"
Breweries are also getting in on the action. California-based Stone Brewing Company has released an "enjoy by 12.21.12" IPA that is "brewed to not last." A leading Canadian craft brewery Unibroue invites drinkers to pledge to raise their glasses at midnight on Dec. 20 "for one last toast to the end of the world."?
For consumers, the end-of-days prediction will offer a chance to indulge even if only a very small set of celebrants believe it is the last time to spoil themselves, Berger said.
"People want to go out to dinner," he added. "They want to take fun vacations. I don't think they really think the world's going to end, but it's a good excuse to behave like it will."
And so far, efforts to drive traffic to Mexico appear to be paying off.
In the tourism district of Riviera Maya, which contains ancient Mayan ruins, Expedia's hotel bookings are up 44 percent for the dates that include Dec. 21. Meanwhile, Cancun hotel bookings have risen 7.5 percent for the period.
Outside of Mexico, Honduras and El Salvador ? two other countries with Mayan roots ? have each seen hotel bookings surge more than 50 percent.
Priceline also reported a boost in sales compared to last year. During the last three months, sales have jumped 16 percent compared to the year-ago period.
Expedia added that Americans are continuing to book tickets and vacations for well after Dec. 21 so it appears that they are in fact confident that the end of times isn't imminent. But even if the Mayans do turn out to be wrong, one thing is certain ? marketers will be ready to profit from the next dire prediction faster than you can say "The Fiscal Cliff Cookbook."
More from CNBC:
Products for the Zombie apocalypse
Tips for the apocalypse
Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/business/mayan-doomsday-marketers-see-opportunity-1C7608708
Olympics Schedule 2012 Olympic Medal Count 2012 Olympics 2012 Olympic Schedule 2012 NBC Olympics NBC Olympics schedule 2012 Olympics
Question for Gun-Rights Fanatics: Have You No Sense of Decency?
I?m still brooding over the Connecticut massacre. Here are some points I?d like to add to those I raised in my column on Friday:
One respondent to my previous post chided me for my inflammatory language. Yes, my response was emotional, because I literally get sick thinking about what the hard-core gun-rights folks?and their appeasers?have done to this country. Also, reason and logic aren?t exactly prevailing. Perhaps we need more emotion, outrage, like that dramatic moment in 1954 when lawyer Joseph Welch stood up to the anti-communist bully Senator Joseph McCarthy, asking, ?Have you no sense of decency?? That was the beginning of the end of McCarthyism.
I?m appalled by the recklessness and shallowness of the arguments of some opponents of gun control. Many eagerly seized on the fact that on Friday, a man in China stabbed 22 elementary school children. Should we outlaw kitchen knives? a clever commenter on my blog asked. Crappy comparison. None of the Chinese children died, according to The New York Times. All countries have deranged, violent people, but not all countries make it so easy for madmen to obtain weapons designed for mass murder.
Gun-lovers argue we need more people packing guns, not fewer. That?s almost as stupid as arguing that the world would be safer if more nations possess nuclear weapons. Two recent shootings in Florida show what can happen when armed civilians roam the streets. The first took place last February, when George Zimmerman, a self-styled neighborhood watchdog, shot to death Trayvon Martin, a teenager who lived in the neighborhood. Last month 46-year-old Michael Dunn asked four teenagers in a car to turn down their music. After a heated exchange, Dunn fired eight shots into the car, killing 17-year-old Jordan Davis. Dunn has been charged with second-degree murder, according to The New York Times. More guns will surely mean more lethal accidents, suicides, homicides and vigilante attacks.
Okay, now I?m really going to go off the rails. The potential connection between violent entertainment and real violence keeps nagging at me. I love violent flicks, like the latest James Bond and Batman blockbusters, and I?m a staunch believer in free speech. My son grew up playing first-person shooter games, and he?s a kind, considerate young man. Also, the surge in consumption of violent games over the past few decades has not been matched by a corresponding surge in gun violence. In fact, violent crime rates in the U.S. have fallen since the early 1990s. I nonetheless worry about the corrosive moral effects of violent entertainment on young people.
I?m even more worried about the potential link between our country?s hawkish actions overseas and mass shootings here in the homeland. President Barack Obama has signed off on drone attacks that often result in the killing of civilians, including children. There is a cognitive dissonance between our leaders? condemnation of school shootings here and their violent actions beyond our borders.
What I?m trying to say, I suppose, is that I see the Connecticut massacre and similar outbursts of violence as symptoms of a profound American sickness, a pathological infatuation with violence, which is also manifested in our militarism and atavistic adherence to the death penalty. All these forms of violence?whether carried out by crazed individuals or by our own government?violate basic human decency. When will we say, Enough!
Credit: chronicle.uchicago.edu
Source: http://rss.sciam.com/click.phdo?i=14e425b6adcff95b30f4c57e3d4af650
British Open MC Chris Colorado shooting suspect accuweather Finding Nemo 2 Provigil denver post
Monday, December 17, 2012
Egypt's ousted president slips, hits his head
CAIRO (AP) ? An Egyptian security official says ousted president Hosni Mubarak has slipped in the bathroom in the prison where is serving a life sentence, hitting his head.
The official says the ailing Mubarak, 84, was treated in Cairo's Tora prison Saturday for head injuries and a chest bruise. He says Mubarak slipped before two months ago but did not injure himself.
The report comes at a particularly tense moment in the transition that has followed Mubarak's 2011 overthrow, as millions of Egyptians vote in a highly contentious referendum on a draft constitution written by a mostly Islamist panel.
Mubarak was convicted of failing to stop killings of protesters during the uprising. There have been conflicting reports about his health.
The official spoke anonymously as he wasn't authorized to talk to reporters.
Associated Pressmiley cyrus amazing race Cam Cameron RG3 Ada Lovelace 12/12/12 manny pacquiao
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
News Corporation shutters The Daily tablet newspaper as of December 15th
News Corporation's The Daily was to have been a vanguard of the future, based on the past -- a tablet-focused newspaper that could get us back to paying subscriptions for our regular news fix. Not enough of us were as enthralled with the retro-future concept, however. While CEO Rupert Murdoch calls The Daily a "bold experiment," he's shutting the publication down as of December 15th following sluggish growth that didn't match long-term expectations. The move may pay off for other divisions. As part of a larger spinoff of its publishing wing headed by Robert Thomson, News Corp is moving the all-digital outlet's resources and some of its staff (including Editor-in-Chief Jesse Angelo) into the considerably more paper-bound New York Post. In some senses, it wasn't hard to see a shutdown as a possibility. While Murdoch is more than a little fond of paywalls as an alternative to free, ad-based viewing, The Daily was counting on building a paid readership completely from scratch in a web-based era -- it's hard to compete with free.
Continue reading News Corporation shutters The Daily tablet newspaper as of December 15th
Filed under: Tablets, Internet
tebow jets romney etch a sketch jeb bush sherry arnold snooty fox el debarge portland weather
Dear text message: Happy 20th birthday!
It was 20 years ago today that the first text message was sent. It was Dec. 3, 1992, and Neil Papworth, an engineer working in the UK, sent the world's first short message service or SMS. It read "Merry Christmas."
But while most are entering their prime at age 20, the text message might just be past its glory years.
The History -- In More Than 160 Characters
Papworth, however, was in his prime when he hit the send button on that first text. At the age of 22, Papworth was working for a company called Semea Group Telecoms, which had been working on a mobile messaging project for Vodafone, a European cellular carrier.
"It happened that day that Vodafone wanted to try sending a message to Richard Jarvis, one of the directors there, who was at a Christmas party. So we sat at the computer and typed him a message and then sent him the message 'Merry Christmas,'" Papworth told ABC News. "For me it was just another day's testing, it didn't seem to be anything big at the time."
But, of course, it turned into something very big -- at least once some of the consumer technology caught up. On that day in 1992, Papworth didn't send the first message with his thumbs on a mobile phone. He sent it from a big computer in one of Vodafone's offices to a Orbatel 901 mobile phone, which was the size of of today's office phones, Papworth explains.
(Papworth isn't the inventor of the text message; the origins of the idea date back to 1984 when Matti Makkonen, a Finnish engineer, was working with Nokia on mobile messaging.)
At that time, you could only receive messages on phones; you couldn't actually send messages from phones until a year or so later when phones from Nokia and others had the proper capabilities.
"Years went on and people were able to start to send text messages. It took quite a few years of it to take off," Papworth said. "But by the 10th anniversary it was fairly big by then."
The Rise and Start of the Fall
And it became even bigger than that. In 2010, the International Telecommunications Union reported that 200,000 text messages were sent every minute and 6.1 trillion texts were sent worldwide. In June 2012, the CTIA mobile trade group reported that 184.3 billion text messages were sent a month in the United States -- up from 28.9 billion a month in 2007.
But in 2012, there is building evidence that text messaging is past its peak as more and more people have smartphones and use e-mail, instant messaging, iMessage, and other mobile messaging services to communicate.
In November, the New York Times reported that in the third quarter of 2012 text messaging was down. According to a report by Chetan Sharma, a mobile analyst, cell owners sent 678 text messages a month, down from 696 a month the previous quarter. It's not a huge hit, but it falls in line with other reports that text message usage is dropping.
"Texting isn't evolving, therefore it's declining," Patrick Moorhead, principal analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy, told ABC News. "There are way too many alternatives like iMessage, BBM, Facebook chat and Google Chat that are cross-platform that texting is a backup now for sophisticated users. Texting is more reliable but is declining as a primary tool."
Other experts also point out that users still need to pay for text messaging, while some of the other services are free, with no cap on the number of messages.
"It comes down to cost -- carriers still charge extra for text messaging after all these years, even though it costs essentially nothing to operate. It's pure margin," Chris Ziegler, a mobile phone expert and senior editor at The Verge, told ABC News. "Alternatives like BBM, iMessage, WhatsApp, and traditional instant messaging services, like Google Talk and Microsoft Messenger, only require a data package, which any smartphone user already has anyway. A savvy subscriber can dispense of their text messaging plan altogether and rely on data alone."
Additionally, with more of those services and social networks like Twitter and Facebook, users are finding texting to lack the features of the others. Ironically, Twitter, which says 60 percent of its users access the service on mobile, was based on text messaging. Like SMS' 160-character limit, Twitter has a 140-character limit and was designed that way because of text message capabilities.
"Twitter was inspired by SMS and we continue to embrace this simple but ubiquitous technology. In fact, Twitter's 140-character limit was designed specifically to allow for any tweet to be read in its entirety whether you're using a rudimentary mobile phone, or a more sophisticated Internet enabled device," Twitter wrote on its blog back in 2010.
But while Papworth admits that texting is past its prime, he believes it will still be very relevant for years to come. While a growing part of the population owns smartphones, which allow you to instant message, email, or connect to social networks, cellphone use without those features is growing at a very fast rate in emerging markets like India or Africa.
"Those handsets can do text messaging, but not everything can use data," he said. "Yes, the data is showing that it is starting to decline, but it's not going to go away. There is a lot of use for it alongside all the data services."
Also ReadSource: http://news.yahoo.com/happy-20th-b-day-text-message-013407860--abc-news-tech.html
tourettes gonzaga rosie o donnell soda bread recipe vanderbilt evan mathis staff sgt. robert bales
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Supreme Court to Determine American Parents' Rights to Retrieve Children Wrongfully Abducted or Retained Abroad
International Family Law Attorney Michael Manely appeals to U.S. Supreme Court to determine all American parents' rights to obtain a court order for the return of children abducted or wrongfully retained abroad. Manely's client, U.S. Army Sergeant 1st Class Jeff Chafin, who served his country in Iraq and Afghanistan, turns now to his country to protect his parental rights.
Washington, D.C. (PRWEB) November 30, 2012
On December 5, 2012, The Supreme Court of the United States will hear oral argument in Chafin v. Chafin, No. 11- 1347, to determine if Federal Courts may order the return of a child abducted or wrongfully retained abroad. The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, Atlanta, GA, held in Bekier v. Bekier, 248 F. 3d 1051 (11th Cir. 2001) that Federal Courts lack jurisdiction to issue such an order once the child is taken from U.S. soil.On February 6, 2012 the same court denied Sergeant 1st Class Chafin?s request to review a Federal District Court decision allowing his four year old daughter to be taken by his estranged wife to Scotland. The Eleventh Circuit Court held that even if the District Court had erred, they were powerless to issue a return order because the child was no longer in The U.S.
Other Federal Circuit Courts of Appeal disagree, citing the provisions set forth by The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction and The Federal International Child Abduction and Retention Act. The Supreme Court of The United States granted Chafin?s Petition for Writ of Certiorari to resolve the split. Chafin?s international family law attorney, Michael E. Manely, points out that rendering U.S. Courts powerless to order the return of American children would encourage abduction and retention abroad which the Hague Convention on Child Abduction is intended to prevent.
Chafin's daughter was turned over to her Scottish mother by a lower Federal District Court. Attorney Manely explains that the lower court denied his request for a stay and within two hours Chafin's daughter was taken out of the country by her mother, a woman she hadn?t seen in a year. Chafin says even though he served in Iraq and Afghanistan, he has never feared anything more than losing the opportunity to parent his daughter. He is looking to the U.S. Courts to protect his parental rights.
Shelia Manely
The Manely Firm, P.C.
678-382-1638
Email Information
tonga pid corned beef hash the walking dead season 2 finale born free walking dead finale nascar bristol
Friday, November 30, 2012
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey's Wildlife Count Along for iPhone and iPad review
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey's Wildlife Count Along is a fun app for kids based off the popular Disney Junior show Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. In this app, your child will join Mickey and his friends on a road trip around the globe to get to Mickey Beach. As you travel through different places, you'll learn about wildlife habits while counting groups of animals and taking their pictures. Early math concepts including sequencing, size, and numeral matching are constantly reinforced in the various activities and play-along games.
To begin the journey, you must first help Mickey and his friends pack up their stuff and get in the car. Once they're all loaded up, it's time to head to the beach, but Mickey doesn't follow the signs and ends up in the Desert instead. He makes this mistake over and over again which takes the crew to a lot of different locations. Mickey and his friends stay positive, though, and take advantage of enjoying the wildlife that are native to each habitat, finding groups of animals with a specific number of animals, and taking their pictures.
At each habitat, there are a few different types of animals that the Clubhouse members get to count and take photos of.
Once you've taken photos of groups of animals, you can help Mickey put together a scrapbook by arranging the photos by the number of animals in each picture. For example, on one page you'll be asked to put a photo with 7 animals and on another page you'll need to place a photo with 3 animals.
The good
- Activities aimed at counting and sequencing numbers 1-10
- Hands-on practice with key early math concepts of more than and less than, and group to numeral matching
- Match over 20 different animals to one of five fascinating habitats!
- Character voices from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and exciting sound effects!
- Original artwork and animation as well as fun effects such as Tap, Shake, and Tilt!
- Story extension activities for parents and caregivers
- Great graphics
- Universal for iPhone and iPad
The bad
- No iPad 1 support
The conclusion
If you have a little one who's a fan of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, they are bound to love Mickey's Wildlife Count Along. They get to interact with all their favorite Clubhouse members and learn about counting on the way. My daughter is just a little over 2 years old and thus a little too young to fully understand the goals of the game, but she still has loads of fun identifying animals, repeating numbers, and saying "cheese" when it's time to take a photo. In fact, writing this review became rather difficult when she discovered that I was "playing" with one of her favorite apps.
$1.99 - Download Now
 |  |
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/3cPYjj7J_mw/story01.htm
real housewives of new jersey Kanye West sex tape emmys emmys torrey smith torrey smith oakland raiders
News flash: Lightning deaths declining
Floods and tornadoes kill more people in the United States than lightning does, a study finds.
In fact, lightning strikes have been the third-leading cause of storm-related deaths since 2006 and may soon drop to fourth place, below hurricanes, said study author William Roeder, a meteorologist in Rockledge, Fla. Only 28 lightning deaths have been reported so far in 2012.
Lightning accounted for 20.1 percent of storm deaths between 1982 and 2011, Roeder found, while hurricanes took another 17.5 percent. Tornadoes were responsible for 27.6 percent of fatalities, and floods killed 34.7 percent of people who died during storms.
The downward trend in lightning deaths began in 1940, with the urbanization of the United States, Roeder told OurAmazingPlanet. About 300 people died from lightning every year before the '40s, most of them working on farms or outdoors. Now, with changes in work patterns and the advent of national safety campaigns, Roeder's study predicts 31.7 deaths this year.
-
Science news from NBCNews.com
-
Deadly cave may have inspired Hades myth
A giant cave that might have helped inspire myths about the ancient Greek underworld known as Hades was once the site of a catastrophic collapse, researchers say.
- Family sues CIA over scientist's mysterious death
- Scientists crack the genetic code for wheat
- First Sicilians didn't much care for seafood
-
Deadly cave may have inspired Hades myth
The drop to third place has gone unnoticed because of the way official statistics are tracked, Roeder said. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration keeps a 30-year running average, which predicts 54 people should die by lightning strikes this year. But safety campaigns kicked off in 2001 sharply dropped the number of lightning deaths each year, so that 30-year average consistently overestimates fatalities because it includes data from before the recent decline, Roeder said. "Running averages only work if you assume your data is isn't changing over time, which is good for floods, but not lightning," he said. Even a 10-year estimate doesn't completely eliminate the problem, because one extreme year will skew the result, Roeder said.
Roeder's work revises predictions of lightning deaths by fitting a statistical curve to the historic data instead of averaging over time. "That gives me the value expected for this year and in the future, and I can also put some error bars on it and answer questions like, 'Was 2011 a record low year for lightning deaths?'" Roeder said.
There were 26 reported fatalities in 2011. "That was just inside the error bars of what my curve said it should have been. It was low, but it wasn't statistically significant," he said.
Roeder is a lighting safety advocate who conceived national slogans including "Don't be fried, go inside," and "When thunder roars, go indoors."
"Those of us in the lightning safety community like to joke that we're putting ourselves out of business, and that's a good thing," he said.
Roeder said he would like to see even fewer lightning deaths, to "find a brand new way to bend that curve even lower."
"Lightning kills only about 10 percent of people it strikes. About 90 percent survive, but many suffer life-long debilitating injuries," Roeder said. Since 1995, more than 80 percent of victims have been men, according to NOAA statistics.
"Lightning is more frequent and a bigger threat than most people usually know."
The research was detailed at the National Weather Association's annual meeting in October.
Reach Becky Oskin at boskin@techmedianetwork.com. Follow her on Twitter @beckyoskin. Follow OurAmazingPlanet on Twitter @OAPlanet. We're also on Facebook and Google+.
? 2012 OurAmazingPlanet. All rights reserved. More from OurAmazingPlanet.
Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/50017094/ns/technology_and_science-science/
Ledecky Nadia Comaneci Rebecca Soni Snoop Lion London 2012 Table Tennis badminton Dominique Dawes
With Some Geeky Tweaking, China's Web Users Can Easily Leap ...
While it?s worth remembering that most Chinese web users don?t bother to circumvent the Great Firewall internet restrictions (as folks have ample homegrown social and entertainment services), the WSJ reckons that more people than ever are actually leaping the wall to check out YouTube or Twitter thanks to some fairly simple geeky tweaking.
All it takes is for the ?hosts? file inside a Windows or Mac computer ? or an Android phone ? to be modified with a list of alternative IP addresses for a blocked site you might want to access. This can be done for free. Increasingly, more and more tech-savvy Chinese web users are helping out by maintaining updated lists of which hosts tweaks still work, and then making these lists available online. Right now, these can be found all over the web in Chinese, even on Baidu?s Wenku e-books platform, as pictured here:
Crowdsourced lists of ?host? file tweaks help Chinese web users access blocked sites such as YouTube. Click to enlarge.
One such individual helping his fellow netizens leap the Great Firewall is Felix Hsu, whom the WSJ talked to. He says, ?Lots of netizens are eager to get to know what?s happening behind the wall, but it?s not easy for them.? Felix helps run a site (sadly, no link is given) that collates these workarounds. He explains that the free service they?re providing (which was started in October 2011) saw a massive spike in traffic recently as China?s leadership changeover was met with deliberate throttling and slowing of many Chinese internet services. For one 24-hour period at the start of this month, every single Google service was blocked in China ? before some of them (obviously not the long-blocked ones like G+ or YouTube) became accessible again.
I get the feeling that most Chinese people who do this are only interested in finding fun things that most of do to pass the time on the web, such as watching kitten videos on YouTube. Nonetheless, Chinese authorities keep a close eye on overseas sites and often block those that are deemed to be carrying news that?s too controversial. That?s why the New York Times is the latest high-profile site to be blocked in the country.
[Source: WSJ China Real Time blog]
Report an error
About Steven Millward
Steven follows the shininess and brilliance of gadgets, social media and other cultural phenomena across Asia. Specialist areas of research include e-commerce, Android, smartphone adoption, and apps in general. He's currently based near Shanghai. If you have any tips or feedback, contact him via email, or on his Weibo or Twitter.
Source: http://www.techinasia.com/china-leap-great-firewall-host-file/
Steve Sabol Yom Kippur 2012 Aaron Paul mumford and sons packers Dancing With The Stars All Stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Thursday, November 29, 2012
? ?????? ???????? ??????? ????????? Sony Xperia TX ...
?? ?????? ??? ??????? ???????!??? ?????????? ???????? ??? ?????????? ? ??? ???? ? ???????? ??????!??? ???? ????????,??????,????,?????????,????? ??????,??????,??????,?????? ? ?????? ??????. ? ?????? ? ???? ???? ??? ??????? ???? ???, ?? ??? ????? ??????? ?????????? ? ????, ??? ???? ?????? ? ?? ???? ??? ??? ??? ????. ??? ??????http://62z.ru/be6
Source: http://forums.ferra.ru/index.php?showtopic=53201
branson missouri davy jones dead monkees last train to clarksville tim tebow taylor swift post grad arpaio
Deaths more common on popular heart drug: study
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with a common type of abnormal heart rhythm were more likely to die within several years if they had been prescribed digoxin, a drug used to help control abnormal heart rates, in a new analysis.
The research involved 4,060 people with atrial fibrillation, in which the heart's upper chambers quiver chaotically instead of contracting normally. More than two-thirds of the participants were treated with digoxin at some point either shortly before or during the 3.5-year study.
Dr. Samy Claude Elayi, from the University of Kentucky in Lexington, said digoxin - which is widely available in generic form - may benefit some people who have heart failure in addition to a heart arrhythmia.
"But in patients that have no heart failure and (have) atrial fibrillation, I think there is no reason to use this drug as a first line," added Elayi, who worked on the study.
Another cardiology researcher, however, said the new study isn't robust enough to warrant changing treatment strategies, and that earlier studies have shown digoxin is safe.
Elayi and his colleagues re-analyzed data from a past trial of people with atrial fibrillation and a high risk of stroke that were treated with a variety of drug combinations, including beta blockers and calcium channel blockers.
Over the study period, 666 people died, according to results published in the European Heart Journal.
People who had taken digoxin in the previous six months, the study team found, were 41 percent more likely to die of any cause and 61 percent more likely to die from a heart rhythm problem, in particular.
That increased risk of death was seen in people with and without heart failure, and in both men and women.
DIZZINESS, FAINTING
Digoxin works by helping to stabilize the upper heart chambers affected by atrial fibrillation, Elayi said - but it can also cause problems by creating a bad rhythm in the heart's lower chambers. That can lead to dizziness, fainting and heart palpitations.
The researchers noted that they didn't have data on what dose of digoxin people were prescribed - or how closely they stuck to those prescriptions.
Because the trial wasn't originally intended to measure the negative effects of digoxin, and people weren't assigned randomly to one arm or the other, the analysis also can't prove that digoxin caused the extra deaths.
Dr. Ali Ahmed, who has studied digoxin at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, called that a major limitation of the new study.
He said an earlier randomized controlled trial - considered the gold standard of medical research - did not find more deaths among people with heart failure taking digoxin. Other research, Ahmed added, has suggested that low doses of the drug can actually lower the risk of death among some patients.
An analysis like this one can't fully account for the likelihood that sicker patients are prescribed certain drugs more often, he said.
"When you do non-randomized studies, you always wonder, was it really digoxin or was it the other confounders" such as patients' chronic diseases, that led to more deaths.
"This should be taken with extreme caution, because of the potential for confounding and bias from a variety of sources," Ahmed, who wasn't involved in the new research, told Reuters Health.
"The fundamental thing is you cannot overrule the findings of a randomized controlled trial with non-randomized data."
'NOT A KILLER'
Digoxin can be bought for about $10 for a month's supply. It's been used worldwide for decades to help control heart rate, the researchers said.
Elayi said the findings don't mean that people with heart failure and atrial fibrillation shouldn't be taking the drug.
But based on his team's study, he said he would recommend other heart medications before digoxin for people without heart failure. However, if an atrial fibrillation patient also has very low blood pressure - which makes drugs such as beta blockers and calcium blockers unsafe - digoxin might be a reasonable second choice, he added.
In that case, doctors should prescribe digoxin at low doses and keep a close watch on the amount of the drug in patients' blood, Elayi told Reuters Health.
In addition, he said, "From the patient perspective, if doctors put them on the drug they should check their rationale for that."
But according to Ahmed, patients and doctors shouldn't worry about taking or prescribing the drug because of this study. Digoxin, he said, "is not a killer."
SOURCE: http://bit.ly/99ohTH European Heart Journal, online November 27, 2012.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/deaths-more-common-popular-heart-drug-study-134247947.html
space shuttle discovery spacex tupac hologram tupac back tax deadline death race buffet rule
Wal-Mart distances itself from Bangladesh factory fire
112 people died when a garment factory caught fire in Bangladesh on Saturday. The workers had been making clothes for Wal-Mart, though the retail giant said it was unaware of the contract.
Bangladeshi firefighters and workers try to douse a garment-factory fire in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, two days after a similar incident killed more than 110 people. No casualty was reported in Monday's fire. On Monday Bangladeshis blocked the streets near Dhaka, throwing stones at factories and smashing vehicles, demanding justice for those killed in Saturday's fire.
AP Photo
EnlargeThe garment factory in Bangladesh where a weekend fire killed at least 112 people had been making clothes for Wal-Mart without the giant US retailer's knowledge, Wal-Mart said.
Skip to next paragraph' +
google_ads[0].line2 + '
' +
google_ads[0].line3 + '
Subscribe Today to the Monitor
Wal-Mart said the Tazreen Fashions Ltd. factory was no longer authorized to produce merchandise for Wal-Mart but that a supplier subcontracted work to it "in direct violation of our policies."
"Today, we have terminated the relationship with that supplier," America's biggest retailer said in its statement Monday. "The fact that this occurred is extremely troubling to us, and we will continue to work across the apparel industry to improve fire safety education and training in Bangladesh."
The blaze on Saturday was one of the deadliest fires at a garment factory in Bangladesh and highlighted how its garment factories often ignore safety in the rush to supply major retailers in the US and Europe. More than 300 people have died over the past six years in garment factory fires in the South Asian country.
Survivors of the weekend fire said an exit door was locked, fire extinguishers didn't work and apparently were there just to impress inspectors, and that when the fire alarm went off, bosses told workers to return to their sewing machines. Victims were trapped or jumped to their deaths from the eight-story building, which had no emergency exits.
On Monday, about 15,000 Bangladeshi workers protested blocks from the gutted building in the Dhaka suburb of Savar, demanding justice for the victims and improved safety. Some 200 factories were closed for the day after the protest erupted. Demonstrators blocked a major highway, threw stones at factories and smashed vehicles.
Labor leaders hope outrage over the latest disaster will prompt change. Tahmina Rahman, general secretary of the Bangladesh Garment Workers Federation, said government needs to do more to punish factories for safety lapses.
"The owners go unpunished and so they don't care about installing enough security facilities," she said. "The owners should be held responsible and sent to jail."
Wal-Mart did not say why it dropped the Tazreen factory. But in its 2012 Global Responsibility report, Wal-Mart said it stopped working with 49 factories in Bangladesh in 2011 because of fire safety issues. And online records appear to indicate the Tazreen factory was given a "high risk" safety rating after an inspection in May 2011 and a "medium risk" rating in August 2011.
For more than a day after the fire, Wal-Mart said it could not confirm whether it was still doing business with Tazreen, which was making T-shirts and polo shirts. The uncertainty illustrated how major retailers in the US and Europe rely on a highly complex chain of foreign manufacturers and middlemen to keep their shelves stocked.
food network star British Open 2012 bane Aurora Colorado Rajesh Khanna friday the 13th paulina gretzky
sapiens siana: [WATCH]: What is good cardio? - Aerobic Fitness ...
www.scoobysworkshop.com What is ?good cardio?? Thats of the most frequent questions I get asked. People are always asking if some specific machine or activity is good cardio or not. Before we go into what IS good cardio, lets review WHY cardio is so important ?#1 lose fat! ? want 6-pack abs? Only way is to lose fat thru cardio and nutrition. ?#2 Cardio can improve your mood and significantly reduce depression. Its been prooven by study after study, cardio can make you happier! ?#3 Perform better at school or work! Daily cardio reduces mental fatigue and gives you more energy. A recent study from the U of G showed that daily cardio reduces fatigue by 65%! ?#4 Tons of other health reasons ? oreduce risk of heart disease oreduce blood pressure oreduce risk of diabetes olive longer ? 2hrs longer for every 1hr of exercise You?ve heard me say this before and I will repeat it again ? cardio is much more important than lifting weights and if you only have 20min a day for fitness, you should spend the whole time doing cardio. Its clear that there is a lot of confusion about cardio, its really quite simple. In this video I?m going to tell you how to know what is good cardio and how to tell at a glance if a piece of cardio equipment is good or not. Lets start with the basics. The purpose of cardio is to elevate your heart rate and keep it target zone for at least 20 minutes. How elevated does your heart rate need to be? Depends on your goal, your age, and your health. If you have ?
Source: http://aerobic-fitness.vrg-healthfitness.com/2012/11/27/watch-what-is-good-cardio-2/
Malware Monday First Row Sports American flag Happy 4th of July 4th Of July Desserts fireworks fireworks
Source: http://sapiens-siana.blogspot.com/2012/11/watch-what-is-good-cardio-aerobic.html
Saturday, November 17, 2012
Want To Work On Your Personal Development But Don't Know ...
Thousands of Americans of all ages would like to become better at something or improve upon one of their personal qualities. Some people want to become better fathers or spouses, while others want to be a workplace hero. If you are looking to apply some personal development to your life, look no further than the wonderful advice that is contained in this article.
Do you consume too much alcohol? Do you do other harmful things like smoke cigarettes? The body is considered a temple, and it needs to be treated with care and respect. Kicking your worst habits is a large part of becoming a happier and more healthy individual. Look at your lifestyle and what kind of habits you can eliminate.
You should always want a higher level of self restraint when working hard for personal development. Use self-control over your body?s desires. Control your body?s physical desires, like lust, greed, overeating and drunkenness. Using self-control and restraining from these horrid vices can protect you from the negative effects they may have on your body and mind.
A great self improvement tip is to be kind to your body. If you feel thirsty, hungry, etc., you need to correct that issue right away. Make sure to give you body the vitamins and nutrients it needs to provide you with a sufficient amount of energy. Lapsing into poor health by not meeting your body?s needs can have repercussions.
A lot of people know the things they want to change but they are not sure how to start out. You will find some excellent tips here that will get you started on your personal journey to self improvement, however, you must follow through on the advice to realize any results. You can come back to these tips again and again to keep your motivation level high.
zou bisou bisou tim tebow press conference tebow press conference trina rob dyrdek oberon donald driver
Gaza conflict offers Egypt's new leader a defining 'moment,' but it's brief
The Gaza crisis has put Egypt's President Morsi in a tight spot, caught between his sympathy for Hamas and his country's reliance on the US. If he chooses to play the role of mediator, he may have little time.
An Egyptian boy leads protesters in chanting slogans against the Israeli invasion of Gaza, outside Al-Azhar mosque where President Mohammed Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood called for demonstrations after Friday prayers, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday,
Thomas Hartwell/AP
EnlargeThe hostilities threatening to escalate into all-out war between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza concern the two antagonists first and foremost, but the course the fighting takes is likely to be equally consequential for Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi ? and for his relations with the United States.
Skip to next paragraph' +
google_ads[0].line2 + '
' +
google_ads[0].line3 + '
Subscribe Today to the Monitor
Egypt?s Islamist president finds himself pulled in competing directions by the head and the heart. The fighting this week ? the result of heavy Israeli retaliation for escalating rocket fire from Gaza into southern Israel ? has the Islamist Mr. Morsi in a tight spot: caught between his co-religionists across the border in Gaza, on one side, and Washington, upon which a struggling Egypt relies for economic and military assistance, on the other.
For some Middle East analysts, this could be a moment for Morsi to emerge and establish himself as a leader to be reckoned with in the unstable and leaderless post-Awakening Arab world. But successfully maneuvering this moment will take time. And with Israeli soldiers amassing on Gaza?s border, the analysts add, it?s unclear whether Morsi will have the chance to even take the leadership test the situation presents.
?Morsi is definitely between the proverbial rock and hard place, but if he can pull together the elements to convince Hamas to stop the rockets ? and he can defuse this situation, then I think he can emerge as a leader in the region,? says Aaron David Miller, a Middle East scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center in Washington. ?But he needs time and space to try to do it, and I?m not sure the Israelis are going to allow him that time.?
The sudden flare-up involving Gaza and its Islamist leaders is also testing US influence in a region where the Arab Awakening has deposed a number of autocratic leaders more disposed to upholding a US-led system of security and stability ? including former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak ? in favor of Islamist-led governments.??
Morsi hails from the Muslim Brotherhood, as does Hamas, the militant Palestinian organization that governs Gaza. The rockets crashing into southern Israel have been lobbed by a collection of militant Islamist groups operating in Gaza, including some aligned with Iran. But after the Israelis launched retaliatory air strikes, including a strike that killed the Hamas military leader, Ahmed Jabari, Hamas has continued the barrage of rocket fire into Israel and the fighting has largely boiled down to a battle between Israel and Hamas.
Jessie Andrews sofia vergara bloomberg bloomberg Daily Caller Staten Island Trick or Treat
Getting a pet bird
I had a hand reared Budgie... which means it was handled from birth and used to human interaction, it wasn't afraid of people.... It would happily sit on our shoulders and see what we were doing and it never needed any training.... Gawd I loved that bird....
Unfortunately while I was walking him around the neighborhood, a kookaburra swooped down, grabbed it by it's neck and killed it... (that happened about 10 years ago)
But yeah... hand reared birds are super friendly and awesome.... they are the expectation
< not my bird, but an example of how friendly to people they are
Source: http://www.funnyjunk.com/funny_pictures/4240111/Getting+a+pet+bird/
bobby brown leaves funeral donnie mcclurkin whitney houston funeral live stream kevin costner whitney houston whitney houston funeral live pat buchanan slither
Energy drinks tied to dozens of adverse reactions in Canada
Health Canada has received 86 reports of adverse reactions to energy drinks, at a time when U.S. regulators are investigating 13 deaths possibly related to energy "shots" in that country.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has received 92 reports that cite illnesses, hospitalizations and deaths after people consumed 5-Hour Energy.
"There are two 5-Hour Energy products that are permitted for sale in Canada," Sean Upton, senior media relations officer for Health Canada, said in an email to CBC News. "They are 5-hour Energy Extra Strength (en-140564) and 5-hour Energy Regular Strength (EN-140566)."
Michigan-based Living Essentials, LLC, says 5-Hour Energy is a compact-sized energy shot intended for busy adults. (CBC)Both products need to be labelled with information including each medicinal ingredient, he added.
Health Canada's database of adverse reactions started in 1965 but the energy products have only been on the market in recent years.
Doctors in Nova Scotia are recommending a ban on the sale of energy drinks to anyone under age 19.
Earlier, the FDA also received reports that cited the highly caffeinated Monster Energy Drink in five deaths and one non-fatal heart attack.
No deaths linked to products
Health Canada recommends adults have no more than 400 mg of caffeine per day, equal to roughly two of the 5-Hour Energy drinks.
"If someone is thinking about taking one of these products, they should consult with their health-care provider to ensure that there are no underlying or undiagnosed medical conditions that could worsen as a result of using them," FDA spokeswoman Shelly Burgess said.
Elaine Lutz, spokeswoman for Michigan-based Living Essentials, LLC, advises consumers to drink no more than two bottles of 5-Hour Energy shots a day, spaced several hours apart, and for new consumers to drink half a bottle to start.
Lutz said in a statement that the company is not aware of any deaths proven to have been caused by their product.
Last month, Monster Energy said in a statement that it stands by its products.
With files from The Associated PressSource: http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/11/16/energy-drinks-shots.html?cmp=rss
bosom buddies diplo rodney atkins fergie one republic michael dyer suspended new years ball drop
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Pakistan PM asks Swiss to reopen graft case against president
'},"otherParams":{"t_e":1,".intl":"US"},"events":{"fetch":{lv:2,"sp":"2145892301","ps":"LREC,MON","npv":true,"bg":"#FFFFFF","em":escape('{"site-attribute":"_id=\'22572df0-4511-38d2-bbe8-d8d1846bd53a\' rs=\'lmsid:a0770000002GZ5iAAG\' ctype=\'News\' ctopid=\'1055500;2063500;9158489\' can_suppress_ugc=\'1\' content=\'no_expandable;ajax_cert_expandable;\' ADSSA"}'),"em_orig":escape('{"site-attribute":"_id=\'22572df0-4511-38d2-bbe8-d8d1846bd53a\' rs=\'lmsid:a0770000002GZ5iAAG\' ctype=\'News\' ctopid=\'1055500;2063500;9158489\' can_suppress_ugc=\'1\' content=\'no_expandable;ajax_cert_expandable;\' ADSSA"}')}}};var _createNodes=function(){var nIds=_conf.nodeIds;for(var i in nIds){var nId=nIds[i];var dId=_conf.destinationMap[nIds[i].replace("yom-","")];n=Y.one("#"+nId);if(n)var center=n.one("center");var node=Y.one("#"+dId);var nodeHTML;if(center && !node){nodeHTML=_conf.nodes[nId];center.insert(nodeHTML);};};};var _prepareNodes=function(){var nIds=_conf.nodeIds;for(var i in nIds){var nId=nIds[i];var dId=_conf.destinationMap[nIds[i].replace("yom-ad-","")];n=Y.one("#"+nId);if(n)var center=n.one("center");var node=Y.one("#"+dId);if(center && node){center.set("innerHTML","");center.insert(node);node.setStyle("display","block");};};};var _darla;var _config=function(){if(YAHOO.ads.darla){_darla = YAHOO.ads.darla;_createNodes();};};var _fetch=function(spaceid,adssa,ps){ if (typeof(ps)!='undefined') _conf.events.fetch.ps = ps;if(typeof spaceid != "undefined") _conf.events.fetch.sp=spaceid;adssa = (typeof adssa != "undefined" && adssa != null) ? escape(adssa.replace(/\"/g, "'")) : "";_conf.events.fetch.em=_conf.events.fetch.em_orig.replace("ADSSA", adssa);if(_darla){_prepareNodes();_darla.setConfig(_conf);_darla.event("fetch");};};Y.on("domready", function(){_config();});;var that={"fetch":_fetch,"getNodes":_conf.nodes,"getConf":_conf};return that;}();/* Backwards compatibility - Assigning the latest instance to the main fetch function */YUI.PhotoAdsDarla.fetch=YUI.PhotoAdsDarla.photoslightboxdarla.fetch; }); Y.later(10, this, function() {YAHOO.namespace('Media.Social').Lightbox = {}; }); Y.later(10, this, function() {Y.Media.Article.init(); }); Y.later(10, this, function() {new Y.Media.AuthorBadge(); }); Y.later(10, this, function() {new Y.Media.Branding(); }); Y.later(10, this, function() {Y.on("load", function () { YUI.namespace("Media.SocialButtons"); var instances = YUI.Media.SocialButtons.instances || [], globalConf = YAHOO.Media.SocialButtons.conf || {}, vplContainers = []; Y.all(".ymsb").each(function (node) { var id = node.get("id"), conf = YAHOO.Media.SocialButtons.configs[id], instance; if (conf) { instance = new Y.SocialButtons({ srcNode: node, config: Y.merge(globalConf, conf.config || {}), contentMetadata: conf.content || {}, tracking: conf.tracking || {} }); vplContainers.push( { selector: "#" + id, callback: function(node) { instance.render(); instance = conf = id = null; } }); if (conf.config && conf.config.dynamic) { instances.push(instance); } } }); Y.Global.Media.ViewportLoader.addContainers(vplContainers); YUI.Media.SocialButtons.instances = instances; }); }); Y.later(10, this, function() {if (!Y.Media) { return; } Y.Media.boba_lightbox_module_targets = Y.Media.boba_lightbox_module_targets || {}; Y.Media.boba_lightbox_module_configs = Y.Media.boba_lightbox_module_configs || {}; Y.Media.boba_lightbox_module_dataset = Y.Media.boba_lightbox_module_dataset || {}; Y.Media.boba_lightbox_module_whitelist = Y.Media.boba_lightbox_module_whitelist || {}; Y.Media.boba_lightbox_module_targets['lightboxc2e735c5959cc175f9d04af080d98677'] = {"lightboxId":"ef203a5197ab75971b9fa71c9468dbd7","pivotId":"f0873ad4-a5f0-31b8-929c-5b2a675db8cd"}; Y.Media.boba_lightbox_module_dataset['ef203a5197ab75971b9fa71c9468dbd7'] = {"spaceid":"2145892301","total":1,"photoby":"Photo By","xhrtype":"slideshow","videoconf":{"autoplay":true,"continuousPlay":true,"mute":false,"volume":"1.00","lang":"en-US","site":"news","region":"US","jurisdiction":"US","YVAP":{"accountId":"145","playContext":"default"},"pageSpaceId":"2145892301","comscoreC4":"US News","comscoreC6":"","showEmbedCode":true,"showShareUrl":true,"expName":"MediaArticleRelatedLightbox","expType":"inline","apiEnv":"prod"},"slideshow_id":null,"slideshow_title":null,"slideshow_title_baked_html":null,"slideshow_desc":null,"slideshow_rev":null,"slideshow_plink_vita":null,"photos":[{"type":"image","url":"http:\/\/l3.yimg.com\/bt\/api\/res\/1.2\/A_C243apPk2275KcTlZxZA--\/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9aW5zZXQ7aD0yOTk7cT03OTt3PTQ1MA--\/http:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en_us\/News\/Reuters\/2012-11-07T115610Z_1_CBRE8A60X5O00_RTROPTP_2_LAOS.JPG","width":450,"height":299,"uuid":"f0873ad4-a5f0-31b8-929c-5b2a675db8cd","caption":"Pakistan's Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf arrives at Vientiane airport November 4, 2012. REUTERS\/Sukree Sukplang","captionBakedHtml":"
Pakistan's Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf arrives at Vientiane airport November 4, 2012. REUTERS\/Sukree Sukplang","date":"Wed, Nov 7, 2012 6:58 AM EST","credit":"Reuters","byline":"SUKREE SUKPLANG","provider":"Reuters","photo_title":"Pakistan's Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf arrives at Vientiane airport","pivot_alias_id":"pakistans-prime-minister-raja-pervez-ashraf-arrives-vientiane-photo-115610247","plink":"\/photos\/pakistans-prime-minister-raja-pervez-ashraf-arrives-vientiane-photo-115610247.html","plink_vita":"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/photos\/pakistans-prime-minister-raja-pervez-ashraf-arrives-vientiane-photo-115610247.html","srchtrm":"Pakistan's Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf arrives at Vientiane airport","revsp":"","rev":"6478ae90-28d2-11e2-87ac-a7c6fd004465","surl":"http:\/\/l.yimg.com\/bt\/api\/res\/1.2\/1eMwraR7cARFbdAyk1HulA--\/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9aW5zZXQ7aD01NjtxPTc5O3c9ODQ-\/http:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en_us\/News\/Reuters\/2012-11-07T115610Z_1_CBRE8A60X5O00_RTROPTP_2_LAOS.JPG","swidth":84,"sheight":56}]}; Y.Media.boba_lightbox_module_configs['ef203a5197ab75971b9fa71c9468dbd7'] = {"spaceid":"2145892301","ult_pt":"story-lightbox","darla_id":"","images_total":0,"xhr_url":"\/_xhr\/related-article\/lightbox\/?id=22572df0-4511-38d2-bbe8-d8d1846bd53a","xhr_count":20,"autoplay_if_first_item_is_video":true}; }); Y.later(10, this, function() {new Y.Media.RelatedArticle({count:"2",start:"1", mod_total:"10", total:"0", content_id:"22572df0-4511-38d2-bbe8-d8d1846bd53a", spaceid:"2145892301", related_count:"-1" }); }); Y.later(10, this, function() {(function(d){ d.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(d.createElement('script')).src='http://d.yimg.com/oq/js/csc_news-en-US-core.js'; })(document); }); Y.later(10, this, function() { if(!("Media" in YAHOO)){YAHOO.Media = {};} if(!("ugcrate" in YAHOO.Media)){YAHOO.Media.ugcrate = {};} if(!("Media" in Y)){Y.namespace("Media");} YAHOO.Media.ugcrate.ratings_5081c258ac40ff78f16135d64584afcf = new Y.Media.UgcRate({"context_id":"9563d0d6-df7d-4726-8e78-0957e6a90a3c","sCrumb":"","containerId":"yom-sentimentrate-5081c258ac40ff78f16135d64584afcf","rateDimensions":"d1","appLang":"en-US","sUltSId":"2145892301","sUltProperty":"news-en-US","sUltCampaign":"","sUltPlatform":"ugcwidgets","sUltIntl":"US","sUltLang":"en-US","selfPageUrl":"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/pakistan-pm-asks-swiss-reopen-graft-case-against-114911430.html?_esi=0","artContentId":"22572df0-4511-38d2-bbe8-d8d1846bd53a","sUltQstnTxt":"Are you optimistic about President Obama\\'s second term?","artContentTitle":"Pakistan PM asks Swiss to reopen graft case against president","artContentDesc":"ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan\\'s prime minister has asked Swiss authorities to reopen an old corruption case against President Asif Ali Zardari, succumbing to pressure from the country\\'s increasingly powerful Supreme Court. The court gave Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf until November 14 to submit the request, threatening to charge him with contempt of court or face disqualification if he did not comply. The case has fuelled tensions in a long-running standoff between the government and the judiciary. ...","sUltBucketId":"test1","sUltSection":"sentirating","sUltBeaconUrl":"","sUltRecordPageviews":"1","sUltBeaconEnable":"1","serviceUrl":"\/_xhr","publisherContextId":"","propertyId":"2fcd79b5-b3a3-333e-b98e-722536a6698f","configurationId":"435db9ee-c55e-3766-b20d-c8ad3ff889d1","graphId":"","labelLeft":"Yes","labelRight":"No","labelMiddle":"","itemimg":"http:\/\/l.yimg.com\/a\/i\/ww\/met\/yahoo_logo_us_061509.png","selfURI":"","aggregateRatingCount":"285445","aggregateReviewCount":"0","leftBlocksNum":"164553","rightBlocksNum":"120890","leftBlocksPerCent":"58","rightBlocksPerCent":"42","ugcrate_apihost":"api01-us.ugcl.yahoo.com:4080","publisher_id":"news-en-US","yca_cert":"yahoo.ugccloud.app.trusted_proxies","timeout_write":"5000","through_proxy":"false","optionStats":"{\"s1\":135748,\"s2\":8753,\"s3\":6644,\"s4\":6316,\"s5\":7092,\"s6\":120890,\"s7\":0,\"s8\":0,\"s9\":0,\"s10\":0}","l10N":"{\"FIRST_TO_READ\":\"You are first to read this. Share your feelings and start a conversation.\",\"SHARE_YOUR_FEELINGS\":\"You too can share your feelings and start a conversation!\",\"HOW_YOUR_FRIENDS_THINK\":\"Share your response with your friends on Facebook\",\"PRE_SHARE_MSG\":\"Your Facebook friends on Yahoo! can see how you responded. To share your response on Facebook, click on the Facebook share option.\",\"START_THE_CONVERSATION\":\"Share\",\"THANKS_FOR_SHARING\":\"Your response has been shared with your friends on Facebook\",\"POLL_HEADER\":\"SOCIAL SENTIMENT\",\"SERVER_ERROR\":\"Oops there seems to be some error, please try again later\",\"LOADING\":\"Loading...\",\"SHARE_AFTER_COMMENT\":\"Your response has been shared on Facebook.\",\"UNDO\":\"Undo\",\"UNIT_PEOPLE\":\"People\",\"NUM_PEOPLE_DISAGREE\":\"disagree with your opinion.\",\"READ_MORE_TEXT\":\"Read what they have to say.\",\"SLIDER_THUMB_WORDING_BEFORE_VOTING\":\"WHAT DO YOU THINK?\",\"SLIDER_THUMB_WORDING_VERB_BEFORE_VOTING\":\"DRAG\",\"SLIDER_THUMB_WORDING_THANKS_VOTING\":\"Thanks for voting\",\"NUM_PEOPLE_ANSWERED\":\" 285,445 people have responded\",\"ONE_PERSON_ANSWERED\":\" 1 person has responded. Your response will be seen by your Facebook friends on Yahoo!\",\"TWO_PEOPLE_ANSWERED\":\" 2 people have responded. Your response will be seen by your Facebook friends on Yahoo!\",\"NUM_PEOPLE_ANSWERED_AND_SHARED\":\" 285,445 people have responded. Your response will be seen by your Facebook friends on Yahoo!\",\"NUM_PEOPLE_RATED__s1\":135748,\"NUM_PEOPLE_RATED__s2\":8753,\"NUM_PEOPLE_RATED__s3\":6644,\"NUM_PEOPLE_RATED__s4\":6316,\"NUM_PEOPLE_RATED__s5\":7092,\"NUM_PEOPLE_RATED__s6\":120890,\"NUM_PEOPLE_RATED__s7\":0,\"NUM_PEOPLE_RATED__s8\":0,\"NUM_PEOPLE_RATED__s9\":0,\"NUM_PEOPLE_RATED__s10\":0}","fbconfig":"{\"message\":\"undefined\",\"name\":\"undefined\",\"link\":\"\",\"source\":\"\",\"picture\":\"http:\\\/\\\/l.yimg.com\\\/a\\\/i\\\/ww\\\/news\\\/2011\\\/09\\\/27\\\/yahoo-tc.jpg\",\"description\":\"\",\"captionLeft\":\"undefined\",\"captionRight\":\"undefined\",\"app_id\":\"196660913708276\",\"redirect_uri\":\"\\\/_xhr\\\/ugcratefbredirect\\\/\"}","template_id":"LONG_SLIDER_SOUTH","obj_id":"ratings_5081c258ac40ff78f16135d64584afcf","opt_count":"6","opt_color1":"","opt_color2":"","template_html":"Source: http://news.yahoo.com/pakistan-pm-asks-swiss-reopen-graft-case-against-114911430.html
Sage Stallone Mermaid Body Found Celeste Holm Stephen Covey klimt bastille day
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Sandy's state-by-state path of destruction
The massive storm that started out as Hurricane Sandy slammed into the East Coast and morphed into a huge and problematic system, putting more than 7.3 million homes and businesses in the dark and causing at least 16 deaths. Here's a snapshot of what is happening, state by state.
CAROLINAS
North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue expanded a state of emergency to western North Carolina, which could see a foot of snow. A woman who was pulled from the Atlantic after abandoning a tall ship died. Power outages: 6,600.
CONNECTICUT
The Long Island Sound flooded roads as the storm toppled trees and power lines Two people died, including an Easton firefighter who was killed when a tree fell on his truck. Power outages: More than 630,000.
DELAWARE
Nearly all residents of flood-prone coastal communities in Kent County heeded calls to evacuate. The Rehoboth Beach and Dewey Beach resort communities were flooded. Power outages: 34,000.
ILLINOIS
High wind warnings and a lakeshore flood warning are in effect Tuesday and Wednesday in Chicago. City officials said Lake Shore Drive is expected to remain open.
KENTUCKY
A winter storm warning is in effect for three southeastern counties until Wednesday. In some areas, winds could gust up to 50 mph through Tuesday.
MAINE
Wind gusts topped 60 mph, shutting down the port of Portland and knocking out power to homes and businesses. Power outages: 80,000.
MARYLAND
Floodwaters swamped touristy Ocean City. In western Maryland, snow tied up traffic. A falling tree killed a man in Pasadena. Power outages: 290,000.
MASSACHUSETTS
Strong winds and heavy surf led to mandatory evacuations in sections of coastal Dartmouth and Fall River and voluntary evacuations in other coastal communities. Power outages: 400,000.
MICHIGAN
High winds knocked out power to about 23,000 homes and businesses.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Politicians canceled visits to the presidential swing state on Monday. Power outages: 196,000.
NEW JERSEY
The center of the storm came ashore Monday evening near Atlantic City, which was cut off from the mainland by the storm surge along with other barrier islands, stranding residents who ignored warnings to evacuate. At least three deaths were reported. Power outages: 2.2 million.
NEW YORK
A record storm surge that was higher than predicted along with high winds damaged the electrical system and plunged millions of people into darkness. Utilities say it could be up to a week before power is fully restored. The governor's office said there were five storm-related deaths. A fire was burning 15 houses in one flooded section of Queens. Power outages: 1.8 million.
OHIO
Wind gusts of up to 60 mph could hit some counties on Tuesday and rain could change over to a snowy mix. Utilities expect the wind to continue blowing down trees and poles. Power outages: More than 215,000.
PENNSYLVANIA
Wind and flooding closing more than 200 bridges and roads. Three people died, including an 8-year-old boy who was killed when a tree limb fell on him. Power outages: 1.2 million.
RHODE ISLAND
Howling winds and storm surges forced mandatory and voluntary evacuations in low-lying and coastal communities. Power outages: 110,000.
TENNESSEE
Snow expected in higher elevations, where a freeze warning has been issued. High winds expected in many areas.
VERMONT
Winds knocked down trees and power lines, and localized flooding is possible Tuesday. Power outages: 14,470.
VIRGINIA
Utilities brought in crews to help restore power after high winds and snow. A curfew was ordered Monday on Chincoteague Island. Power outages: 151,800.
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Federal and local governments will remain closed Tuesday along with the courts, public schools and the Metro system that serves 1.2 million weekday customers. Widespread cancellations are expected at the region's three major airports. Power outages: 11,000.
WEST VIRGINIA
At least 15 counties are under a blizzard warning. A woman was killed in a traffic crash. Power outages: 15,000.
WISCONSIN
A village along Lake Michigan suggested residents evacuate Tuesday morning because of the possibility of dangerously high waves and flooding.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/state-state-look-east-coast-superstorm-111025193.html
jetblue michelle malkin october baby sugarland 16 and pregnant ludwig mies van der rohe jamie lynn sigler
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)