radon sunday: February 2012

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Bathed In Beauty: Crossville Tile Is Cornerstone of This Gorgeous Bath

A great bathroom is truly a place of respite, a place to unwind and feel pampered. Suffice to say, this is a great bathroom.

This gorgeous get-away is a bathroom remodel created by Home Improvements Group?of Woodland, California and?decked in Crossville field tile sold through Butler-Johnson Corporation. Every detail?from the double vanities and hidden closet space to the generous walk-in shower and sophisticated, designer touches?makes this bathroom a study in form-meets-function.

Crossville's NOW is the ideal backdrop for the indulgent shower.

Crossville?s glass mosaics create sheets of sophistication to add interest to the contemporary, neutral color palette.?

The built-in niche and shower seat, all in Crossville tile

The Home Improvement Group team truly thought of everything, including a beautifully obscured closet space and ?hidden seat that fits right into the cabinet, as well as pull out drawers with organizational details to keep the bathroom in order and looking lovely.

Crossville Tile in this installation:

5DB5 NOW, Sand, 6?6, for shower floor
5C18 NOW, Sand, 6?24, for shower walls
6Z26 NOW, Sand, 12?24, for floors

For more information on Crossville?s NOW porcelain tile found throughout this gorgeous installation, visit the product page on our website by clicking here. Visit our Facebook page to view the full photo album of this beautiful bathroom, as well.

All photos -??2011 Chipper Hatter

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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Unanswered Questions in NYPD Muslim Spying Program (ContributorNetwork)

[unable to retrieve full-text content]ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | According to the Associated Press, the Obama administration is taking no credit for a New York Police Department program that watches American Muslim neighborhoods in spite of the fact some grant money from the federal government has been used for the mission. It involves activities such as photographing mosques, recording the license plates of worshippers and compiling and storing lists of Muslims who have taken new, Americanized names.

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Soduku Seasons, Hundred PushUps, Earloomz Bluetooth, Jawbone Jambox, and $200 iTunes certificate! [Contest Winners]

If there?s one thing iMore loves even more than iPhones and iPads, it?s giving cool iPhone and iPad accessories and apps to our awesome readers. This week we have?

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Monday, February 27, 2012

TC@MWC: Hands-On With The Sony Xperia U

Besides a fear of imminent conjunctivitis from handling the same phone as hundreds of others at the Sony Xperia Press Event at the GSMA Mobile World Congress...what else comes to mind? This phone ? a model marketed mostly toward a younger segment ? is, to me, reminiscent in some minuscule way of the old Sony W series phones I loved so much (way back in the day). I think it's the thickness that reminds me of its Cro-Magnon predecessor.

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Sunday, February 26, 2012

GUESS THE RESTAURANT: Grilled Chicken and Dessert - College ...

How well do you know College Park restaurants? Well enough to guess the venue from nothing more than a photo of the food?

Today's Guess the Restaurant photo features a grilled chicken and cheddar sandwich and?what I dare say?is the most delicious and addicting dessert that College Park has to offer. I won't divulge the name of this cookie-brownie-something-or-other. Here's another clue, though: Thank you, Sheila.

Where in College Park could you have gotten something like this? Type your guesses in the comments below.

Source: http://collegepark.patch.com/articles/guess-the-restaurant-grill-chicken-and-dessert

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Saturday, February 25, 2012

Murdoch's challenge: Keep scoops, hold the sleaze

LONDON (AP) ? The challenge for Rupert Murdoch's new Sunday tabloid: Keep the scoops, drop the sleaze.

News Corp.'s The Sun on Sunday launches this weekend, promising the same irreverent attitude that has kept The Sun tabloid at the top of the British newspaper market, even as its proprietor fights to limit the damage caused by the long-running phone hacking scandal.

Can Murdoch win while keeping it clean? Tabloid veterans say yes.

"There's a dangerous misconception that the News of the World or tabloids generally can't break major stories without resorting to illegal or unethical practices," former News of the World executive-turned PR professional Paul Connew said in a telephone interview. "The rivals are going to be sweating."

The News of the World closed in July after an advertising boycott led Murdoch to pull the 168-year-old paper. Britons were disgusted by revelations that the paper had routinely hacked into the phones of those in the public eye ? including, most notoriously, a missing schoolgirl whose murder had shocked the country.

It was long rumored that Murdoch would try to reclaim the gap in the lucrative Sunday market. And the Australian media tycoon appears to be throwing his weight and enthusiasm behind the launch, buying up broadcast advertising and putting up posters to promote his latest venture into the newspaper business.

There's already been the inevitable controversy. News vendors are upset over the low, 50 pence (roughly 75 U.S. cent) cover price, a Labour parliamentarian has reportedly pulled out of a planned column under pressure from his colleagues, and media-watchers have been whispering about the possibility that new arrests of journalists could eclipse the paper's launch.

Assuming no hiccups, the paper will have a huge initial run ? perhaps as many as 3 million copies. It'll be under the direction of Sun editor Dominic Mohan. His deputy, Victoria Newton, a veteran of the News of the World, is also expected to play a key role.

There have been all kinds of rumors as to the paper's content, although the traditional staples of tabloid reporting ? campaigns, stings, and undercover investigations ? will doubtless stay in place.

And it seems reasonable to assume that the Sun on Sunday would keep paying tipsters for stories ? a practice generally shunned by U.S. journalists. Still, Britain's new anti-bribery law ? and sensitivities surrounding the ongoing investigation into the corruption of public officials ? means that reporters will be far more careful about paying contacts.

Jules Stenson, former assistant editor of the News of the World, said that would free up money for big feature stories.

"I think they'll have lots to spend," he said.

He predicted the paper's culture would be a Sun culture, which he described as "softer, not as hard an investigative edge, not as in-your-face" as the News of the World. He said it was "subtler, more newsy, more fun ... saucier."

Some former News of the World journalists had worried that the paper needed its own journalistic identity to fight its way through the fiercely competitive Sunday market. But Stenson, who also now works in public relations, said that launching a new paper under The Sun brand would do it a world of good.

"It was one of the biggest challenges at the News of the World: Converting more Sun readers into News of the World readers," he noted.

Stenson predicted that the Sun on Sunday's circulation would settle at around 1.8 million. That would be far less than what the News of the World was selling when it was shut ? about 2.7 million copies a week ? but it would be roughly comparable to its rivals, the Sunday Mirror and the Mail on Sunday.

Newspaper circulation is far high in tabloid-hungry Britain than in the United States, where even Murdoch's top-selling The Wall Street Journal falls well short of The Sun's daily reach.

Media research firm Enders Analysis put Stenson's prediction for the Sun on Sunday at the high end of the scale.

"We estimate that even a triumphant launch would likely generate half to two-thirds of the income of the closed title," the group said in a research note released earlier this week.

Advertising doesn't seem to be a problem. Murdoch said in an upbeat message posted to Twitter Wednesday that the paper was "completely sold out."

Major advertisers seem favorable. Supermarket retailer Tesco said it was reviewing the situation, while rival Morrisons said it expected to advertise in The Sun on Sunday. Even brands whose boycott of the News of the World helped force its closure were open to the idea of supporting its successor.

Major gas and electricity supplier Npower ? which pulled its ads from the old tabloid ? suggested it was still on the fence about promoting its brand in the new title.

"It was only after careful consideration we decided to cancel advertising in the News of the World," the company said in a statement. "We will give careful consideration on whether to advertise in any subsequent replacement."

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Friday, February 24, 2012

Chavez flies to Cuba for more cancer surgery (Reuters)

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Reuters - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez left for new cancer surgery in Cuba on Friday, bidding an emotional farewell to anxious supporters and vowing to return for victory in the October election.

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Oil rises to fresh 9-month high near $109 in Asia (AP)

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AP - Oil prices rose to a fresh nine-month high near $109 a barrel Friday in Asia amid signs the U.S. economy is improving against a backdrop of elevated tensions in the Middle East over Iran's nuclear program.

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Thursday, February 23, 2012

Google, Microsoft and Netflix want DRM-like encryption in HTML5

HTML5 is supposed to set the web free. Free to deliver and shape online media in any web browser. However, several of the standard's greatest champions want to be able to restrict the use of audio and video tags through encrypted media extensions. A draft proposal has been submitted by Google, Microsoft, and Netflix to the W3C -- the curators of HTML5 -- to add encrypted media extensions to the web standard's spec. The proposed system works using a key-based content decryption system controlled by applications, thusly providing the copy protection that so many content owners desire. Naturally, the proposal specifically states that "no DRM is added to the HTML5 specification" if it's adopted, but letting apps lock up audio and video content sure sounds like digital rights management to us. However, there's already some discord amongst the W3C's members as to whether the proposal will work as promised, so its addition to HTML5 is far from assured. You can read the full proposal at the source below, and check out the more coverage links for some added perspective.

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How to travel on a tight budget? | Business Travel Tours

How to travel on a tight budget?

Kkayona Question ? How to travel budget
So my boyfriend and I are some kind of rut. We have been together for awhile, and share an apartment, but life is just generally annoying. All we do is work, so we can pay the bills, and after that we usually do something. The only thing we are so very bad, it?s travel. Like, spend all your things and go home and travel around the country. But how can we do to a very limited budget? Any input / advice would be appreciated. Thank you! Best Answer:
Answer Mark

Well, I?m not quite sure what you?re thinking about traveling around the country. If you are that you just want to make a one week vacation once a year, which seems feasible. If you mean you want to give your apartment and keep your business and easy to move around the country, that?s another story. You said in your question is that all you do is to work to pay bills. So even if attenuated many of your bills, your job, which allows mobile phone voyager.Je can learn to discount travel, but traveling can still be quite expensive, as much as 50% rabais.Ma wife and I are from Michigan. We are probably the category of middle-income in our country. (Which says a lot, because we have the highest unemployment in the country). But we still have to take a vacation every year. Usually fly out there and mini-suites and condos. Visit theme parks, etcLa The bottom line is ? if you have the desire to travel and see their country. I can attest that there are several ways to do this is much less than the average buyer Travelocity or Expedia. I do not put information on-site audience reaction. But for some reason, if you want to send me mark@enterprisetourandtravel.com I can share with you some ways that can travel substantially reduced. This is not a selling point. I really like to share with you some of the ways my wife and me through our journey.

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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Home and Family News | February 2012 ? Quick and Painless News

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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

YouTube enlists big-name help to redefine channels

In this Dec. 16, 2011 photo, crew member Arthur Hong holds a clapboard while filming holiday movie trailers at the Maker Studios in Culver City, Calif. The $100 million investment by YouTube in 96 new channels starting in October has sparked a flurry of activity in Hollywood's independent producer community. At companies like Maker Studios, which received money for three new channels, the funds have turbo-charged an already teeming operation. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

In this Dec. 16, 2011 photo, crew members work on a costume at the Maker Studios in Culver City, Calif. The $100 million investment by YouTube in 96 new channels starting in October has sparked a flurry of activity in Hollywood's independent producer community. At companies like Maker Studios, which received money for three new channels, the funds have turbo-charged an already teeming operation. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

CULVER CITY, Calif. (AP) ? YouTube is enlisting Hollywood's help to reach a generation of viewers more familiar with smartphones than TV remotes.

The online video giant is aiming to create 25 hours of programming per day with the help of some of the top names in traditional TV. The Google-owned site is spreading its wealth among producers, directors, and other filmmakers, using a $100 million pot of seed money it committed last fall. The fund represents YouTube's largest spending on original content so far.

YouTube believes it is laying groundwork for the future. While the number of traditional TV watchers has leveled off in recent years, more and more people are watching video on mobile phones, tablets and computers, especially the 18- to 34-year-old age demographic that advertisers covet.

The idea is to create 96 additional YouTube channels, which are essentially artists' home pages, where viewers can see existing video clips and click "subscribe" to be notified when new content goes up.

Well-funded videos by a select roster of stars are likely to be more watchable than the average YouTube fare of cute cats and webcam monologues. YouTube is betting that a solid stream of good content will attract more revenue from advertisers, bring viewers back frequently and bolster its parent company's fledgling Web-connected-TV platform, Google TV.

The cash has enticed some of TV's biggest stars, including "Fast Five" director Justin Lin, who directs episodes of "Community," ''CSI" creator Anthony Zuiker and Nancy Tellem, the former president of CBS entertainment.

Zuiker is teaming up on a horror series for YouTube after observing his own family's behavior. His three pre-teen sons spend more time on phones, iPads and computers than watching TV these days.

"We want to jointly take the risk with YouTube and roll the dice on the future," Zuiker says. "The old regime is going to falter because everybody thinks the TV is the only device that really counts, and that's just not the case."

For producers, it's a chance to create shows that are completely free of meddling from major studios. They can also stay relevant with a younger crowd whose viewing is moving increasingly online.

Several new channels such as the extreme sports-focused Network A and Spanish-language Tutele have launched already. YouTube hopes to have them all up and running by this summer.

"This was really about galvanizing the ecosystem at large," says Alex Carloss, global head of original programming for YouTube. "We see the portfolio (of funded channels) really representing the best of TV meeting the best of the Web."

YouTube isn't the only Web video service that has started to pay for original content. Netflix Inc. recently launched the original series "Lilyhammer," while Hulu premiered "Battleground." But YouTube videos tend to be under 10 minutes, instead of fitting into traditional half-hour or hour-long TV slots. And aside from a few guidelines, ultimate control is given over to the artist, including what is uploaded and when new episodes appear.

YouTubers also get away with far edgier stuff than the middle finger that rapper M.I.A. flashed during the Super Bowl halftime show.

Although YouTube's entire investment is less than half of what some studios spend on one blockbuster movie, about a third of the new channels were awarded to scrappy YouTube veterans who already know how to make it big online while keeping production costs low.

YouTube expects to recoup what it spends on the grants by sharing ad revenue the new videos generate.

At Maker Studios, which received money for three new channels, the funds have turbo-charged an already teeming operation that has about 160 full-time staff spread across several buildings crammed with props and computers in the west Los Angeles suburb of Culver City.

On a recent visit, two scenes were being shot in an alley. One was for a parody of a Christmas movie trailer. The other was for a new series about a crime-fighting van called "Si, Es I, Pepe."

Maker cranks out about 300 YouTube videos each month at a bare-bones cost of about $1,000 each.

The studio's videos generate a whopping 500 million views each month, thanks largely to established hits that include Ray William Johnson's roundup of crazy videos and such viral giants as "Epic Rap Battles of History."

Advertisers pay up to $10 per thousand views for video ads that precede the featured content, according to TubeMogul, a major buyer of YouTube ads for the nation's biggest advertisers including Proctor & Gamble Co. and News Corp.'s 20th Century Fox movie studio.

Established YouTube partners share roughly half of their revenue with the site. So if Maker videos generate $1 or $2 in ad revenue per thousand views, it would just be scraping by.

Maker co-founder Danny Zappin, who quit film school to buy a high-end camera to start a career on YouTube, says it's a "tricky balance" to keep the studio's share of ad revenue higher than the cost of video-making. The undisclosed amount it got from YouTube, on top of the $4 million venture capital it received about a year ago, lets Maker put up more videos without waiting for the views and cash to roll in.

"It gives us resources and runway that we wouldn't otherwise have," Zappin said.

For other less-established players in online video, the money has given them an added reason to get involved.

Former CBS executive Tellem teamed up with TV entrepreneur Brian Bedol to create Bedrocket Media Ventures, an upstart production company behind several new YouTube channels, including Network A. The funding "allowed us, or caused us, to focus on YouTube ahead of other platforms," Bedol says.

Analysts believe YouTube has made a wise investment at a time ad rates for online video are rising.

YouTube can be successful with just a few big hits ? think of Rebecca Black's "Friday" ? even if thousands of videos fall flat. It's similar to the hit-or-miss approach to traditional TV and movies.

"The investor community does not look at this as money wasted," Macquarie analyst Ben Schachter says.

Since promising to share ad revenue with its most popular uploaders in 2007, YouTube has invested in original content mainly by paying for equipment and training new artists, but it was never as big as this.

Backing up its new strategy, YouTube also revamped its homepage to prioritize channels and recommendations above just the most-viewed videos. The revamp allows advertisers to target popular channels or categories of content more easily.

YouTube's funding plan takes a page from Apple Inc.'s playbook. When the iPhone maker launched its App Store in 2008, a $100 million seed fund created by Silicon Valley investor John Doerr spawned hundreds of thousands of new apps.

"Our developers are not software engineers," YouTube's vice president of global content partnerships, Robert Kyncl, told a convention in January. "Our developers are Hollywood stars, are online stars, are regular folks like you and I."

If nothing else, the injection of funds will spawn content never before been seen on any screen, large or small.

"Fast Five" director Lin, who is teaming up with YouTube stars Ryan Higa and Kevin "KevJumba" Wu on the "YOMYOMF" channel, said his focus is not to try to find audiences with stereotypical Asian-American content. Rather, the idea is to give a platform to people who have unique voices but haven't been heard yet.

He says Higa and Wu didn't follow any set rules when they jumped to popularity with a mix of oddball humor, brutal honesty and rap.

"They just did what they loved, and people came," Lin said. "If we're going to fail, I would rather go out with that philosophy."

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YOMYOMF, http://bit.ly/ygxnuH

Network A, http://bit.ly/wDeiZY

Anthony Zuiker's partner, BlackBoxTV, http://bit.ly/yQFM13

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Olympus exec in India found dead in apparent suicide (Reuters)

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Reuters - A top executive of Japan's scandal-ridden Olympus Corp was found hanged outside his apartment in suburban Delhi in a likely suicide, police said on Tuesday.

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