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Friday, 31 August 2012

YouTube live streaming this year's London Paralympics in the US and Canada

YouTube to live stream this year's London Paralympics in the US and Canada

Now that the Usain Bolt and Michael Phelps show in London is well behind us, it's time for this summer's Paralympics to get started -- in fact, they've been underway since this past Wednesday, August 29th. But in case you've been missing out on all the action due to shortage of viewing options, YouTube just announced it'll be streaming over 500 hours of live competitions to folks in the US of A and Canada. The real-time streams are being brought to you via the ParalympicSportsTV channel, which will also offer more than 1000 hours of on-demand content, such as daily highlights, behind-the-scenes footage and athlete interviews. The only thing left to do now is grab some popcorn and hope your country of choice leads that glorious medal count -- so far, it's China with the celebrated number one spot.

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Brazilian trio given civil union status

Three Brazilians have taken the first step in redefining civil unions in that country. The assistance of a sympathetic public notary made it possible.

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Report: Hyundai comes to terms with Korean union

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Hyundai workers on strike in Ulsan, S. Korea

Following a tumultuous four months, it appears Hyundai and its labor union have buried the hatchet. According to a report by the Associated Press, the Korean automaker and its labor union have struck an accord that will end the company's first strike in four years.

The deal between the two parties, which will be put to a vote of 40,000 unionized workers on September 3, would eliminate night shifts and increase workers' wages.

The strike, which started in July, has resulted in the loss of $1.4 billion in potential output. To compensate for the lost time and the new work hours, Hyundai will invest $264 million in upgrading facilities to maximize output.

The deal is not set in stone yet, as Hyundai workers rejected an earlier deal between union leaders and company management. According to Kwon Oh-il, a labor union official, "In previous years, there were cases when the tentative deal had failed to win majority votes."

Hyundai hopes that this deal will win the vote and workers can get back on task. A partial strike on Wednesday resulted in the loss of 15,000 vehicles in potential output. In spite of this, Hyundai appears able to meet its sales targets this year due to high production volume in the first six months of 2012.

Hyundai comes to terms with Korean union originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Brazilian Town Gathers for the Funeral of a Kidnapped Chicken

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Midwives, nurses can safely perform abortions

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Abortions are just as safe when performed by trained nurse practitioners, midwives and physician assistants as when doctors do them, a new review of the evidence suggests.

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Orange County Ceramic Tile Installation Company Announces Launch of New Website

Elements of Tile, Debuts New Website Featuring, Project Photos, and Top Services, Including; Kitchen Counters, Bathroom Showers and Tubs, and Tile Flooring. ?We are proud of our meticulous and creative tiling work, we know potential customers want to see what we are capable of doing for them,? said Daniel Grimm, owner of Elements of Tile, serving the Orange County area. The website will feature top services the company provides such as, kitchen counter top installation, bathroom and shower installation as well as tile flooring. Whether a homeowner has a soaking tub, walk in shower or shower and bath combination, they all have the opportunity to look luxurious with the right design. Tile offers a variety of color palette and texture choices, making it is easy to create a custom look in the bathroom. Elements of Tile works with glass mosaic, stone, marble, ceramic and more installing kitchen and bath countertops, flooring, bath tubs, showers, kitchen backsplashes, fireplace and patio installations.

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Thursday, 30 August 2012

Tonight Picks: Last Hurrah For Center City Sips, Penn Museum Outdoor Concert, Philadelphia Weekly Concert In Rittenhouse And More

[Summer nights in Philadelphia are always action-packed, and we want to help you cherry-pick from all the events and activities going on. On certain days that promise particularly bustling evenings, we round up our selections for the most can't-miss pursuits with which to fill your schedule. See you out there!] Tonight brings a bunch of [...]

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Bill Belichick: Jermaine Cunningham playing ?at a higher level?

At the start of training camp, Patriots coach Bill Belichick made it a point to mention that defensive end Jermaine Cunningham had just gone through a ?great offseason,? so much so that the Florida product was one of 10 players honored with a prime parking space in the players? lot. On Thursday morning, Belichick said [...]

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10 No-Cook Recipes for Cool Kitchens

From raw lasagna to spicy cherry gazpacho, keep the kitchen cool and power-usage low with the best of summer non-cooking.

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Buffalo MiniStation Thunderbolt Disk Review

All the Macs we have in our house have Thunderbolt ports on them that don’t really get used, because other than the Thunderbolt Display from Apple, there haven’t been a lot of Thunderbolt accessories on the market for general home use.� I did do a review of a Seagate GoFlex Thunderbolt adapter (see related posts [...]

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Netatmo Introduces the First Personal Weather Monitoring Station for iOS

We’ve all seen those little desktop weather stations that show the indoor and outdoor temperatures and maybe humidity.� They’re useful, but there are many other parameters that could prove more useful in an urban environment, like air quality.� Netatmo has introduced the Personal Urban Weather Station, the first to use your iPhone, iPod touch, or [...]

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LeAnn Rimes Checks Into Treatment Facility

In order to cope with her stress and anxiety, LeAnn Rimes has voluntarily checked into an undisclosed treatment facility. The singer’s rep confirmed the news to�People.com on Aug. 29. “LeAnn has voluntarily entered a 30 day in-patient treatment facility to … Continue reading �

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Wednesday, 29 August 2012

Remains of missing soldier from La Habra found in Vietnam

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Bain is the "reason [Republicans are] nominating Mitt Romney for president"

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Apple store training manual describes "empathy exercises," bans the word "crash"

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ESPN shells out $5.6 billion to keep Major League Baseball

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Tales from the Training Room: The 24-Hour Lock-In

Two weekends ago, New Jersey-based pro fighter Anthony Montanaro was stuck in hell.� He and over twenty other people were confined to the matted-space within the four walls of a massive gym, and every hour for twenty-four hours straight, all were subjected to workouts of varying length and composition.� There were seven-minute wrestling matches.� Rope climbs.� Box jumps and pull-ups.� The works.� No sleep was allowed, and men broke, both physically and mentally.� Yet, despite being driven to the brink of madness, Montanaro pushed through, and when the last workout was done and they were all permitted to leave, he was stronger because if it.� Such was the magic of the 24-hour lock-in.

"A 24-hour lock-in is your worst nightmare amplified by ten," says the 25-year-old Montanaro, who, with a shaved head and the tattoo of an armored pitbull on a chest, looks every bit the MMA fighter archetype.� "It's twenty-four hours straight of nonstop training, where every hour on the hour you have a different workout that could be five minutes to a half-hour long.� The whole purpose is to break you, to make you hit the wall as soon as possible.� It's all mental toughness.� It's a nightmare."

The Rhino Wrestling Club in Morganville, N.J., was where this nightmare unfolded; the day began Saturday morning at 9:00 a.m. and went until 9:00 a.m. Sunday morning.� It was rigorous, with the intense physical activity and sleep-deprivation aspects making it more akin to what a soldier would do for Special Forces training than anything else.� "I don't know if they stole the idea from Navy SEAL-type stuff, but it was ridiculous," says Montanaro.� "It was kind of like the whole Marine or Army crucible-type stuff, know what I mean?"

To prepare for fights, fighters go to great lengths to make themselves like steel.� There's roadwork, padwork, grappling, and as we've seen on "The Ultimate Fighter", conditioning drills that can involve things like flipping giant tires and swinging sledgehammers.� With a fight coming up in the next few months, Montanaro is no different.� But what benefits are derived from the lock-in?� Clearly, the limits of the conditioning of the participants are pushed, but is there something more?�

"Honestly, just complete mental toughness," says Montanaro. �"You get to a point where you don't think you can go anymore and then you have to go.� It's insane.� It's probably the worst training I've ever done.� I was more nervous for that than any fight I've ever had to do."

What of the necessities of human existence?� "They have a bathroom, of course," says Montanaro.� "Food's included? all the food you can eat.� After your workouts, even if you weren't hungry, they stressed that you drink and eat nonstop ? just carb you up and keep you going.� Sleep, that's not encouraged at all.� They keep you awake, keep you zombified, keep you going."

Obviously, the whole endeavor was tortuous.� Was there any particular thing that Montanaro found to be the toughest?� "The toughest thing about the lock-in?� Where do I even start?� The whole damn thing.� Once you hit that first wall, that's when it's brutal.� Everything hits you all at once ? you want to sleep, you try to lay down and it's time for the next workout.� I would say around two or three in the morning, that's when it's the worst.� You know you could just leave at any point you want, but it's just that whole mental aspect."�

If one could literally leave at any time, it sounds as if the name ? a "lock-in" ? is a bit of a misnomer.� "It was going to be a complete lock-in, but it was so damn hot, there was no way they could do something like that.� We would've kicked the doors down.� There was no way."

With door unlocked and retreat requiring only an exit through the door, did anyone quit?� "No, surprisingly enough, no one quit.� And the craziest thing was there was an 11-year old kid there.� Some parent signed their kid up to do it!� It was the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen.� So anytime someone wanted to quit, we'd look at this little kid.� He was our mascot."

What was the atmosphere like?� Was it all business, or was there at least some of element of fun to it?� "For the first probably like eight to ten hours, everyone was kind of feeling each other out ? you know, like, is everyone in full serious-mode or are we going to have some kind of�fun here?� Probably at night is when everyone started to get a little loopy.� Everyone started to get punchy.� The later it got into the night, everyone was just out there."

Would Montanaro go through it all again?� "Absolutely," he says without hesitation.� "In a heartbeat.� After it was done, I honestly just wanted to stay and keep going.� It's just nonstop training, no drama, no [expletive], everyone was just there to train.� If we could do it, I would love to do it every month."

A wise man once posed the question, "Do you want to be a [expletive] fighter?"� It's doubtful he'd dare ask that of Montanaro and participants of the 24-hour lock-in.

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Among the natural resources on the island are an abundance of coconuts trees and coconut crabs.


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Girl, 16, murdered with a comb

A 16-year-old girl has been detained for 10 years after being convicted of stabbing another girl to death with a comb. The victim died after spending five months in a coma.

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Tuesday, 28 August 2012

Sugar Rush: Flap Jack Cupcake at Baked and Wired, DC

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'Gangster Squad' adds to L.A.'s Chinatown credits

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Urban growth means hotter summers; white paint can help

It’s hot out there. Hotter than it would be if instead of what I see outside my sliver of window --� roads, buildings -- there was grass and vegetation. Hotter, too, than it would be if the buildings were all covered with white paint, a la a Greek island.


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Johnny Brenda?s To Host Its Fourth Annual Pils Picnic, Saturday, September 8

The Fourth Annual Pils Picnic at Johnny Brenda’s returns Saturday, September 8 from noon to night. Enjoy this end of summer beer-fest, a celebration of the Philadelphia region’s incredible local pilsners. Here’s what Johnny Brenda’s is going to have on tap: ? A Firkin of Stoudt’s Keller Pils ? Standard Pils ? Prism Summer of [...]

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Eat The Big Apple - Literally

New York City is one of the most densely populated places in the world, but it also has a vibrant food production scene. Author Robin Shulman profiles it, and the people behind it, in her new book.

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Poll: Nearly half of Canadians hold TFSAs, a lot not using them

Since Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper implemented the Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA), many have flocked to the account. As it enters its fifth year, a poll conducted suggests that many have the account, but are not utilizing it.

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Monday, 27 August 2012

Lessons in Living With Less on Iceland's Laugavegurinn Hiking Trail

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Rosenthal on M&M: Valentine still not safe

Fox Sports' Ken Rosenthal checked in with Mut & Merloni on Monday to talk about the Red Sox' blockbuster trade with the Dodgers.

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Forest Service ends ban on night flights to battle fires

The policy shift by the U.S. Forest Service follows scrutiny of tactics used in the 2009 Station fire.

In a policy shift brought on by scrutiny of the disastrous 2009 Station fire, the U.S. Forest Service will begin nighttime helicopter missions to battle blazes in the Angeles National Forest and other federal lands in Southern California.


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Raspberry Pi lands MPEG-2 and VC-1 decoding through personal licenses, H.264 encoding and CEC tag along

Raspberry Pi lands MPEG-2 and VC-1 decoding through personal licenses, H.264 encoding and CEC tag along

Making the Raspberry Pi affordable involved some tough calls, including the omission of MPEG-2 decoding. Licensing fees alone for the video software would have boosted the board's price by approximately 10 percent. Now, after many have made media centers with the hardware, the foundation behind the project has whipped up a solution to add the missing codec. For $3.16, users can purchase an individual MPEG-2 license for each of their boards on the organization's online store. Partial to Microsoft's VC-1 standard? Rights to using Redmond's codec can be purchased for $1.58. H.264 encoding is also in the cards since OpenMax components needed to develop applications with the functionality are now enabled by default in the device's latest firmware. With CEC support thrown into the Raspbmc, XBian and OpenELEC operating systems, a single IR remote can control a Raspberry Pi, a TV and other connected gadgets. If you're ready to load up your Pi with its newfound abilities, hit the source link below.

Update: The Raspberry Pi Foundation let us know that US customers won't have to pay sales tax, which means patrons will only be set back $3.16 for MPEG-2 and $1.58 for VC-1 support, not $3.79 and $1.90 for the respective licenses. We've updated the post accordingly.

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Scott Disick Grabs A Bite With Mason

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Randy Couture isn?t planning a return to the cage, unless Steven Seagal gets in first

You will be disappointed if you want to see UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture fight again. He is focused on his movie career, and recently told me he is starting to feel more like an actor and less like a professional athlete.

"I still feel like a professional athlete. That's slowly, I think, changing. I'm starting to get recognized for my movies. Hopefully, being considered by the industry as a bona fide actor. That's a transition I'm embracing."

But there just may be one challenge who could bring Couture back to the cage. On G4's "Attack of the Show," he said:

"Not unless (Steven) Seagal wants to sign up," Couture answered with a smile and a laugh.

Though Couture was joking, oh please oh please oh please can this happen? Seagal claims to have taught Anderson Silva and Lyoto Machida some of their best moves. In fact, he claimed the kick Machida used to knock out Couture in his last fight. In a cage with Couture, Seagal would have to back up everything he's said about teaching some of MMA's best fighters.

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