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Saturday, June 29, 2013
1,000 Jobs: Chevron, Unions sign PLA for Richmond Refinery Modernization
In a far-reaching agreement that will reduce emissions in the community and create up to 1,000 union jobs, Chevron (NYSE:CVX) and the Contra Costa Building and Construction Traces Council, have settled on a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) for Chevron?s Richmond Refinery Modernization Project. The pact outlines basic terms of how jobs will be filled for the Project. The City of Richmond is expected to be release its Environmental Impact Report early 2014, with final approval anticipated in late 2014.
According to a joint announcement, ?By updating and replacing older equipment with new technologies, the project will make the refinery inherently safer and achieve zero net greenhouse gas emissions without changing the basic function of the refinery. In addition, the Modernization Project will ensure the refinery continues to drive economic growth in Richmond through the continued production of motor and jet fuels, and lubricant products.?
Statements from the Trades Council and Chevron
?This is a fantastic next step for local Building Trades men and women and our community because the Refinery?s Modernization Project will generate union jobs that our workforce badly needs,? said Greg Feere, Chief Executive Officer of the Contra Costa Building and Construction Trades Council. ?Our members are anxious to get to work on this project, and we look forward to partnering with the Richmond Refinery to help it modernize its facility so that it can continue to serve as a major economic engine and jobs creator for Richmond and the region. With this agreement in place we will also be promoting local jobs, apprenticeship opportunities and the Helmet to Hardhats Program.?
?The Modernization Project will create a newer, cleaner and safer refinery that is better for the community,? said Kory Judd, General Manager of the Richmond Refinery. ?We look forward to partnering with labor to move the project forward in an open and transparent permitting process.?
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Friday, June 28, 2013
$35 For a Year of Xbox Live Gold Is Your Deal of the Day
Looks like the Xbox One will still require Xbox Live Gold to stream Netflix or play games online. That's a bummer
If you're re-upping your current 360 subscription, this deal's a no-brainer. $35 is generally the lowest it goes?aside from a $20 Ebay sale from Rakuten a few weeks ago. And this sale is through Newegg on Ebay, so it's definitely a reliable reseller (although it could disappear at any second.) But if you're going to cop a card looking forward to the Xbox One, it becomes more complicated. Microsoft's said that Xbox Live Gold will be an aspect of their new console, but they've flip-flopped
Regardless?a year of Xbox Live Gold. $35. Usually $50. Solid deal. [Newegg on Ebay]
Top Deals
? 1-Year Xbox Live Gold ($35) | Ebay | Normally $50
Accessories
? 3TB Seagate Expansion HD ($104) | BuyDig via 9to5Toys | Originally $130 | Use coupon code 30yrsHotDeals15
? 32GB Sony Class SD Card ($15) | Amazon via Brand Name Coupons | Originally $20
? Motorola Wireless Bluetooth Keyboard ($18) | Tanga via 9to5Toys | Originally $40
? 128GB Flash Drive ($45) | Tiger Direct via 9to5Toys | Originally $60
? One Class 10 32GB SDHC Card for $15 or Three for $30 | Amazon or MacMall via Deals Kinja | Matches lowest price ever
? Rock Candy Xbox 360 Controller ($19) | Amazon via Deals Kinja | Lowest price ever
? SanDisk Extreme CF Cards 8GB or 16GB or 32GB ($24/39/69) | Amazon via Ben's Bargains |CF Card deals come up far less often than those for SD cards, and SanDisk Extremes are the cards you want.
Miscellaneous
Whoa 30% off any Living Social deal with the code CELEBRATE30
? dealzmodo (@dealzmodo) June 27, 2013
? Simple Keurig Coffee Maker ($52) | Office Depot via Deals Kinja | Lowest price ever
? Movie Theater Ticket from Fandango ($6) | Groupon via Deals Kinja | Up to $12 value
Apple
? 7th Gen 16GB iPod Nano ($135) | Best Buy via Deals Kinja | Save $15, today only
Gaming
PC
? StarCraft II: HotS Expansion Pack ($31) | Amazon via Hard Forum | Originally $40
? Driver San Francisco ($5) | uPlay
? Ultima 1-9 + Underworld 1-2 ($9) | GOG | Normally $36
? Bioshock Infinite DLC Columbia's Finest[Steam] ($4) | Green Man Gaming via Dealzon| Use code GMG20-6WUSQ-LBC4U
? Mirror's Edge + DLC ($5) | Amazon
? Xbox 360 Controller ($19) | Amazon via Deals Kinja | Lowest price ever
Xbox
? Gears of War: Judgment ($40) | Amazon
? Tomb Raider ($30) | Amazon
? Far Cry 3 ($20) | Amazon
? The Walking Dead ($20) | Amazon
? Xbox 360 Controller ($19) | Amazon via Deals Kinja | Lowest price ever
PS3
? Ni no Kuni ($20 + shipping) | Club Namco | Back in stock but will not last
? Gran Turismo 5 XL ($15) | Amazon via DealNews
? GRID 2 ($40) | Amazon
? Injustice: Gods Among Us | Amazon
? Tomb Raider ($30) | Amazon
Audio
? Soul by Ludacris On-Ear Headphones ($68) | Amazon via Ben's Bargains | Originally $100
Clothing
Earlier this afternoon I was having an argument with my colleague Shane over at Kotaku's Moneysaver
? 20% Vans or Sperries | Haberdash via Reddit | Use coupon code VANSPERRY
? Banana Republic 40% off | Use code BRSPARK40
Dumb TV ? Smart TV
? Elgato Game Capture HD ($136) | Amazon via Daily Game Deals | This is about as simple as game capture gets.
Physical Media
Blu-ray
? Die Hard 1-4 25th Anniversary Collection [Blu-ray] ($30) | Amazon
? Jaws [Blu-ray] ($11) | Amazon | Best movie ever or best movie ever?
? The Lost World: Jurassic Park [Blu-ray] ($11) | Amazon via Daily DVD Deals
? Dawn of the Dead DX Unrated [Blu-ray] ($6) | Amazon via Daily DVD Deals
? Star Wars The Clone Wars Season 1 [Blu-ray] ($19) | Amazon via Daily DVD Deals | Way up there on the list of shows I know I need to see.
? The Samurai Trilogy Criterion [Blu-ray] ($35) | Amazon via Daily DVD Deals
? UFC Best of 2012 [Blu-ray] ($10) | Amazon via Daily DVD Deals
DVD
? Beavis and Butt-head Mike Judge Collection Vol. 1 or 2 ($9) | Amazon via Daily DVD Deals
? Squidbillies Vol. 1 ($11) | Amazon via Daily DVD Deals
Digital Media
FREE It's a Dog's Life, Snoopy! [Kindle] | Amazon via FatWallet
Laptops
Nope.
Desktops
Nah.
Tablets
? 32GB Nexus 7 Refurb ($180) | Ebay via Hard Forum | Originally $250
Screens
? iPhone 4S Pico Projector ($50) | AT&T via Ben's Bargains | Originally $200
? 24" Dell Ultrasharp U2412M ($280) | Newegg via Hard Forum | Originally $350 | Use coupon code 72HRSL064
? 55" LG HDTV ($780) | Hhgregg via Dealnews | Originally $1000
? Acer DLP 4000 Lumen 1080p Projector ($1170) | Newegg via Ben's Bargains | Originally $1500 | Use coupon code EMCXPVN27
Portables
? 7th Gen 16GB iPod Nano ($135) | Best Buy via Deals Kinja | Save $15, today only
Camera
? Refurb Nikon D3100 + Kit Lens ($305) | Ebay via 9to5Toys=
? Canon EOS 60D Body ($599) | Amazon via Deals Kinja | Lowest price ever
Bare Drives
? 500GB Hitachi Travelstar ($50) | Newegg via Ben's Bargains | Originally $70 | Use coupon code 72HRSL065
? 2TB Toshiba Bare Drive ($80) | Newegg via Ben's Bargains | Originally $100 | Use coupon code EMCXPVN29
Apps
iOS
? THX Tune-up ($0) | iTunes via aliszewski | Originally $2
? Nihilumbra ($0) | iTunes via Appshopper | Originally $3
? VS Racing 2 ($0) | iTunes via Appshopper | Originally $1
? Reeder ($0) | iTunes via Appshopper | Originally $3
? The Bard's Tale ($1) | iTunes via Appshopper | Originally $3
? Charlie Brown All Stars ($1) | iTunes via Appshopper | Originally $5
Android
I love 1000000, it's one of my favorite mobile games, and you should download it now. Imagine Candy Crush as a infinite runner with RPG elements.
? 1000000 ($1) | Google Play via App-sales | Originally $2
? Reckless Racing 2 ($1) | Google Play via App-sales | Originally $2
? Sprinkle ($1) | Google Play via App-sales | Originally $2
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? Free Lacoste Fragrance Samples ($0) | Lacoste via Reddit
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A note on Dealzmodo: We're professional shoppers. Yes, we make money if you end up buying. That's capitalism, but we're absolutely looking out for your best interest. Read this if you want to know more
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US stocks flip between small gains and losses
NEW YORK (AP) ? U.S. stocks are flipping from gains to losses Friday on mixed economic news.
A key measure of consumer confidence remained near its highest level in six years, but a closely watched index of business in the Chicago area had its biggest monthly drop since 2008.
"Investors don't know what to make of the news," said John Toohey, vice president of stock investment at USAA Investments. "I wouldn't be surprised to see more ups and downs."
The Dow Jones industrial average was down 53 points, or 0.4 percent, to 15,011 at 11:45 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time. The Standard & Poor's 500 stock index was up less than one point to 1,614.
The University of Michigan said its index of consumer sentiment dipped to 84.1 in June from 84.5 the previous month. But that was still relatively high. May's reading was the highest since July 2007.
Meanwhile, the Chicago Business Barometer sank to 51.6 from a 14-month high of 58.7 in May. That was well below the level of 55 that economists polled by FactSet were expecting.
The Dow gained 365 points over the previous three days as investors jumped back into the market following a slump last week. That's when Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said that the central bank could begin scaling back on its economic stimulus program later this year.
The S&P 500 is headed for its first monthly loss since October. But the index is still on track to end June with the best first half of a year since 1998, when it gained 17.7 percent, including dividends. The index has gained 13.8 percent so far this year.
The Nasdaq composite index was up seven points, or 0.2 percent, to 3,408.
The yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose to 2.49 percent from 2.47 percent late Thursday. Last month, the yield fell as low as 1.63 percent. Treasury yields help set borrowing costs for a range of consumer and business loans.
In commodities trading, gold gained $3.70 to $1,215 an ounce. The price of crude oil gained 44 cents to $97.47 a barrel. The dollar rose against the euro and the Japanese yen.
Among stocks making big moves:
? BlackBerry maker Research In Motion plunged $3.68, or 24 percent, to $11.36 after the company posted a surprise loss in the first quarter and warned of future losses despite releasing its make-or-break smartphones this year. The company also discontinued making new versions of its slow-selling tablet device, The Playbook.
? Accenture fell $9.04, 11.3 or percent, to $71.16. The consulting firm cut its revenue and profit outlook for its fiscal year ending in August. Revenue was hurt by lower demand in Europe as well as its communications, media and technology division.
In overseas trading, Japanese stocks rose on news that a key consumer price index stopped falling for the first time in seven months, a sign that the world's third-largest economy is making progress in its battle against deflation. The government also reported that industrial production rose 2 percent, a fourth straight monthly increase. The benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 3.5 percent.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/us-stocks-flip-between-small-gains-losses-161736787.html
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Paramount announces plans for 'Terminator' trilogy
LOS ANGELES (AP) ? The "Terminator" is coming back.
Paramount announced Thursday that it is rebooting the "Terminator" franchise and planning for a new trilogy of films, but it's keeping mum on whether Arnold Schwarzenegger would play a role.
Schwarzenegger starred as the title character in the original 1984 movie. It spawned a trilogy that earned more than $1 billion at the box office worldwide.
Paramount says it will release the new "Terminator" in July 2015.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/paramount-announces-plans-terminator-trilogy-000841755.html
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Hong Kong: Why we didn't arrest Snowden
HONG KONG (AP) ? Hong Kong officials say the U.S. government got National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden's middle name wrong in documents it submitted to back a request for his arrest.
Snowden hid in Hong Kong for several weeks after revealing secret U.S. surveillance programs. Hong Kong allowed him to fly to Moscow on Sunday, saying a U.S. request for his arrest did not fully comply with its requirements.
Justice Secretary Rimsky Yuen said that discrepancies in the paperwork filed by U.S. authorities were to blame, although the U.S. Justice Department denied that Wednesday.
Yuen said Hong Kong immigration records listed Snowden's middle name as Joseph, but the U.S. government used the name James in some documents and referred to him only as Edward J. Snowden in others.
"These three names are not exactly the same, therefore we believed that there was a need to clarify," he said Tuesday.
Yuen said U.S. authorities also did not provide Snowden's passport number.
The decision to let Snowden leave Hong Kong irked the White House, which said it damaged U.S.-Chinese relations. U.S. officials implied that Beijing had a hand in letting Snowden leave Hong Kong, a former British colony that is now a semiautonomous region with its own legal system.
Hong Kong officials have pushed back, stressing that they followed the city's rule of law in processing the U.S. request.
The U.S. Justice Department rejected the notion Hong Kong had required clarification about Snowden's middle name ? or that it needed his passport number, saying the U.S. had provided to Hong Kong all that was required under the terms of their extradition treaty.
"The fugitive's photos and videos were widely reported through multiple news outlets. That Hong Kong would ask for more information about his identity demonstrates that it was simply trying to create a pretext for not acting on the provisional arrest request," a spokeswoman said on condition of anonymity under ground rules set by the department.
Yuen said the confusion over Snowden's identification and his passport were among factors that delayed an arrest. He said the government requested clarification from its counterparts in the U.S. on Friday afternoon.
"Up until the moment of Snowden's departure, the very minute, the U.S. Department of Justice did not reply to our request for further information. Therefore, in our legal system, there is no legal basis for the requested provisional arrest warrant," Yuen said. In the absence of such a warrant, the "Hong Kong government has no legal basis for restricting or prohibiting Snowden leaving Hong Kong."
Snowden flew from Hong Kong to Moscow and was expected to seek asylum in Ecuador.
Simon Young, a Hong Kong University professor specializing in criminal law, said that because of the "political sensitivities" involved in the case, authorities had not rushed the case and were taking extra care.
"I think that the Hong Kong government was insisting on a fairly high standard of completeness, and that, I assume, is their practice. They know that our courts will look at these things very closely and they don't take shortcuts," he said.
But he and other legal experts said Hong Kong authorities are typically able to exercise their discretion and use other methods, such as a photo or physical description, to identify fugitives, who often use aliases.
"It's not like he's some mystery figure. He revealed himself on TV," Young said. "The whole world knows what he looks like. So again I didn't see this presenting problems of identification."
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/hk-says-us-got-snowdens-middle-name-wrong-064609730.html
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Thursday, June 27, 2013
Toward broad-spectrum antiviral drugs for common cold and other infections
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Scientists are reporting progress in the search for the first broad-spectrum drugs to combat human rhinoviruses (HRVs), which cause humanity's most common infectious diseases. Their study on these potential drugs for infections that include the common cold appears in the journal ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters.
Angus MacLeod and colleagues note that although many HRV infections cause mild disease, they can lead to dangerous complications for millions of people with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Previous potential drugs for HRV either didn't work or caused unacceptable side effects, leaving only one potential drug still under development in clinical trials. MacLeod's team set out to find new antiviral candidates to meet this serious health challenge.
They describe identifying and successfully testing a group of compounds that work against human rhinovirus, Coxsackie virus, poliovirus and enterovirus-71 the cause of hand, foot and mouth disease. The substances work by blocking the ability of these viruses to multiply.
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Scientists are reporting progress in the search for the first broad-spectrum drugs to combat human rhinoviruses (HRVs), which cause humanity's most common infectious diseases. Their study on these potential drugs for infections that include the common cold appears in the journal ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters.
Angus MacLeod and colleagues note that although many HRV infections cause mild disease, they can lead to dangerous complications for millions of people with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Previous potential drugs for HRV either didn't work or caused unacceptable side effects, leaving only one potential drug still under development in clinical trials. MacLeod's team set out to find new antiviral candidates to meet this serious health challenge.
They describe identifying and successfully testing a group of compounds that work against human rhinovirus, Coxsackie virus, poliovirus and enterovirus-71 the cause of hand, foot and mouth disease. The substances work by blocking the ability of these viruses to multiply.
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The American Chemical Society is a nonprofit organization chartered by the U.S. Congress. With more than 163,000 members, ACS is the world's largest scientific society and a global leader in providing access to chemistry-related research through its multiple databases, peer-reviewed journals and scientific conferences. Its main offices are in Washington, D.C., and Columbus, Ohio.
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700,000-Year-Old Horse Becomes Oldest Creature With Sequenced Genome
To cut a long story short, at "6.8 mllion years old" I assume they mean "the longest read (maximum number of consecutive GATC 'letters' in a row) you're possibly going to get is one". Imagine having a pile of letters which were once arranged into the collective works of William Shakespeare: could you re-assemble the original work? No. But what if you had 4-letter fragments? You might be able to learn something about the english language, indirectly, but you probably won't be able to reverse-engineer the complete original work. Now what if you had slightly longer fragments? That would help. What if the garbled pile of letters/fragments actually consisted of multiple, similarly (randomly!) shredded copies of Shakespeare? Well, as long as they're randomly fragmented in different ways - you can imagine that where we guess two fragments might join each other, if we have a fragment from that same region from another copy wich spans that join - we can become more and more confident about forming a plausible assembly. So we can take advantage of this redundancy and randomized fragmentation to attempt recovery of the original work.
In other words, the more degraded the DNA, the shorter the fragments and the harder it is to come up with an assembly. At some point the fragmentation might be so bad that the only way you can attempt to achieve anything is to try to use a relevant, well understood reference sequence from a modern day specimen/consensus for comparison (or clues, or to fill-in-the-blanks)... if one exists. I'm no geneticist, but I think in those circumstances the confidence in the results start to go from "hey, that's cool!" to "interesting" to, eventually, an artist's rendition of what an ancient genome might have looked like - drawing from long lost cousins which are still alive today.
Happily, re-assembling short, fragmented DNA happens to be how commodoty high-speed, high-throughput, low-cost sequencing works these days [wikipedia.org] - DNA is split into small lengths, Eg. 500-ish basepairs, and then depending on the experiment/purpose/targets etc. it's all (or partially) re-assembled by finding enough overlapping bits (hopefully beginning and ending with proprietary markers used in the splitting process) with statistical tricks to qualify if the data is sufficient, which areas are problematic in coverage/confidence etc... and it helps enormously if you're working on an organism that's already been sequenced to death for comparison.
So there are many well advanced tools for coming up with contiguous DNA from a pile of short reads.
IIRC, the other trick with ancient DNA is - first of all, extracting enough useful material to begin with, without damage. As reads get shorter, increased redundancy helps - more randomly overlapping regions can ease the task of re-assembly - but very short reads might mean that a number of different assemblages are possible. Not to mention delicate amplification methods which might increase the noise as well as the signal...
Source: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotScience/~3/mZdbudrGHEY/story01.htm
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Poppy turns iPhone into View-Master-like 3D display and camera (video)
Remember the View-Master? We've already seen goggles from Hasbro and Sanwa that transform the iPhone into a 3D viewer, but Poppy plans to spice things up by adding 3D photo and video capture to the mix. The device, which contains no electronics, is about the size of medium pair of binoculars and features a slot which accepts an iPhone 5. It's launching on Kickstarter today for less than $50, along with a matching app. We got the chance to take a prototype for a spin and it worked like a charm. Check out the gallery and campaign link below, then read on after the break.
Filed under: Cellphones, Cameras, Mobile, Apple
Source: Poppy (Kickstarter)
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Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Zeebox launches developer portal, widens access to its second screen platform
Zeebox is clearly busy these days. It just added automatic show syncing and recommendations to its second screen app a few days ago, and it's back with a new developer portal that opens the Zeebox APIs to everyone, not just partners. Those building mobile and web apps can now integrate Zeebox's guides, social networking and tagging into their projects, as well as create synchronized widgets for Zeebox's own release. If you're inclined to build on the company's TV experience, it's free to try the programming tools you'll find at the source link.
Filed under: Cellphones, Home Entertainment, Tablets, HD
Source: Zeebox
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How Facebook Explains User Data Bug That Leaked 6 Million People's Information
When Facebook admitted Friday that a year-old glitch had erroneously exposed 6 million users? contact information, the social network known for helping things go viral seemed to do its best to keep the news from spreading.
Though Facebook did take pains to email all 6 million people affected, the social network posted its announcement about the data leak just before 5 p.m. ET on a Friday afternoon -- on a Facebook page belonging to the company?s security team, rather than its main account, and with a deceptively boring title, ?Important Message from Facebook?s White Hat Program.?
Facebook noted that describing the cause of the bug "can get pretty technical," and proceeded with an explanation that seemed to befuddle tech writers, aficionados and users.
"Received this Note from Facebook via my private email. Concerned & don't understand !!! How do we know... who, what, when, where & how this happened? [sic]" asked one Facebook user. "That being said... How do we know it's been fixed? Will somebody help me to better understand!"
Yes, someone will. Here?s some context and analysis on what Facebook meant by its announcement -- and an exegesis of how a major tech company issues a non-apology mea culpa in the age of recurring privacy leaks.
Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/25/facebook-user-data-bug_n_3492889.html
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Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Foolproof Advice For Home Improvement Projects | Chic Cyclist
Some words are able to easily intimidate the new renovator, but learning to own such titles will improve confidence and increase the positive results. You are wrong. There are numerous simple projects that virtually anyone can perform, regardless of your skill level. This article will help you with home improvement projects that you can master. They will go a long way to improving your home for the future.
A kitchen remodel is less expensive if you refinsh existing cabinets. Paint all of the bases and replace the doors and hardware to get a new look. It can give your kitchen a more modern appearance for a reasonable price.
Watch for carpet installation sales at local locations of national home improvement retailers. They quite often offer carpet installation at a much lower cost to encourage the purchase of their carpeting. This would be the best time to have that new carpeting put in your home because the labor and installation costs often exceed the actual cost of the product.
When improving your house, take the neighborhood?s character into consideration. An overly modern home would appear at odds with its arts-and-crafts-style bungalow neighbors. If your exterior home remodel blends well with other homes on your street, you have a much better chance of finding a buyer quickly when you are ready to move.
If you want your ceiling to look like it is higher, you can use these two very easy tricks. A floor lamp, or perhaps a striped wall may add a new flavor to a room. This creates an optical illusion that adds height to a room. Your eyes will then think the ceilings are higher in height than they really are.
Adding attic insulation can help you save money on winter heating bills. Heat naturally rises, which means tons of heat will escape from a poorly-insulated attic, especially during the colder months. Insulation is available at your nearest hardware store; you can install it yourself.
In home improvement, you should focus on making improvements that are highly visible. Potential buyers will make their judgments based on their first impressions. If your paint is peeling or your hedges are unruly, you will have a hard time selling your home. Not all important repairs are immediately obvious, but when trying to sell a home, you should emphasize those that are readily apparent.
When hiring a contractor, you have to keep track of everything that you do with that professional. Contractors may not always do this for you, so don?t assume that they will. Keep a file of all invoices and contracts associated with your project. Then you and the contractor can just focus on completing the project.
Ceramic tiles can eventually turn grungy. Thankfully, all you need to clean it is a little water and vinegar. Just put some vinegar in a bucket of water and scrub. The vinegar will cut through the grime easily to help put a shine on your floor again.
If you are working on your home yourself, make sure to purchase high quality tools and supplies. It can be expensive, but the expense is worth the value of doing things right. Materials that are of a better quality will stand up to wear and tear. Therefore, you should purchase quality tools that will last for a long time.
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If there is a chance you?ll be doing some home improvement in the future, get your thought process started now. You should begin searching for home ideas so that you will come up with more ideas before you have to decide. Removing the rush to find just the right color scheme will reduce the stress of your renovation.
If you want to put two PVC pipes together, you will need PVC cement and PVC primer. You need to use these products that are specially formulated for pipes because no other types of glue or cement will hold, and the primer will ensure that a leak does not develop. Make sure the PVC pipes are dry before attempting to glue them together.
What color palette do you wish to use? A complementary scheme of colors works great in an area that?s for formal activities, like your dining room. Complementary colors fall opposite each other in the color wheel: yellow and blue, red and green, or orange and purple. Color schemes that use complimentary colors create a better distinction between colors are are visually stimulating.
When you get started on any home improvement project, do not be too quick to start demolition. Always double check structures behind walls and cabinets before ripping them down. If there is an electrical component involved, there is a possibility you might have to end up spending a lot if you make a mistake.
Replacing drafty older windows is a great way to keep the cold out in the winter months, and bugs out during summertime. This can be very cost effective if you go for it.
Over time, caning on chairs will naturally sag. It?s actually quite easy to repair caned chair seats. All you need to do is run a wet sponge along the bottom of the chair?s sagging caning. Be certain that you only apply warm water. Allow it to dry overnight. Keep doing this until your caning is fixed.
Windows will look much better if worn blinds are replaced. Over time, blinds become faded by the sun or damaged by little hands and paws or other mishaps. At most locations, you can find high-quality window blinds for under $20. They?re also incredibly easy to put in, especially if you?re just replacing older ones.
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You can also enhance the appearance of your home by landscaping with mature plants and flowers instead of planting from seed. Mature flowers and plants add a quick pop of color and texture to the exterior of your home and boost curb appeal instantly. Just planting seeds gives no immediate benefit. A potential home-buyer seeing the full growth, however, will be inclined to spend more.
Get creative and use recycled items such as a previously used luggage rack to make a side table. Using photo frame glass, make a top for the used luggage rack by attaching it with sturdy adhesive. Add interesting items and a good source of light for a unique item of furniture.
If you need space, consider an addition. Consider adding an extra room, den, or even another living room so that you and your family will have more space. More space will make your home nicer to live in, and will also boost its value. Do this only if you have a lot of loot to spend on a home improvement project.
When cleaning stubborn clogs, make sure you are knowledgeable on the product that?s being used. Cleaners can differ a great deal, and many of them are quite harsh. Steer clear of crystallized cleaners, since they tend to stick to pipes and cause harm. Be sure that the drain cleaner you use can work with the septic tank you have.
Fix up your house?s entrance by painting it and placing a brand new welcome mat in front of it. The entrance of your home is quite important in making a first impression on guests who come to visit. Just a few extra touches, such as an attractive plant and a unique welcome mat, can put forth a positive impression when you have visitors.
Almost all supplies that are used in projects concerning home improvement are targets for a thief. When work is not going on, all building supplies need to be secured. If the home you are working on is secure, with all the windows and doors in place with proper locks, then you can always store your supplies in there. If you house is not complete, and impossible to lock, consider buying a lockable container.
Enlist the help of your friends when doing a home improvement project. As the saying goes, you should never put all of your eggs in one basket. This is smart advice in this situation.
As you?ve seen, you have many different projects you can perform. The tips in this article will help to guide them to success. You are sure to feel proud when all your hard work pays off.
Remember to turn off the water when working on a home improvement project in the bathroom or kitchen. If you?re working with anything that has to do with water, you need to be sure it?s off so that things don?t start to get too messy.
Source: http://www.chiccyclist.com/foolproof-advice-for-home-improvement-projects/
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Shark Week Ad: Poor Snuffy The Seal - Business Insider
Shark Week might be more than a month away, but that hasn't stopped the Discovery Channel from starting its ad campaign for the highly anticipated programming.
Its first ad of the season takes us to a fake local news station's coverage of the rescue of Snuffy the Seal. The tag line says it all: "Shark Week. It's a bad week to be a seal."
The ad is shocking, awesome, and effectively getting fans pumped for August 4.
Watch below:
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/shark-week-ad-poor-snuffy-the-seal-2013-6
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Has Hollywood ignited an intern uprising? Examining the brewing revolution
By Tony Maglio
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Hey Hollywood: Be careful who you ask to get your latte.
Lawsuits by unpaid or underpaid interns against entertainment and media companies have accelerated to an epidemic pace in recent weeks following the success of interns who first sued Fox Searchlight two years ago.
In June alone, suits have been filed against Gawker, Warner Music Group and Conde Nast. In the same month, in what could amount to a landmark settlement in favor of the plaintiffs, Fox Searchlight was ordered to pay out wages to two unpaid interns who worked on production of the award-winning film "Black Swan."
And that doesn't count the unsuccessful first attempt by interns to sue Hearst, or the successful lawsuit by nearly 200 former interns from "The Charlie Rose Show" on PBS.
Here is the status of the latest intern lawsuits in and around Hollywood:
Gawker
Three former Gawker interns filed suit against the company on Friday in a Manhattan federal court. The plaintiffs allege that they worked at least 15 hours a week without pay to write, research, and promoting articles for Gawker's sites.
"We think it's a very important issue," attorney Andrea M. Paparella, who is representing the interns, said in a statement to TheWrap. "It's important for everyone to be paid the minimum wage at all levels of their career. We don't want to replace entry-level jobs with interns who aren't being paid. Not everybody can afford to take an unpaid job when they graduate college. And they could be shut out of certain industries if this was a norm of having certain industries having unpaid internship programs."
"Minimum wage law sets a minimum wage," Paparella continued. "Minimum wage law says, even if a person agrees to it, you can't pay them less than minimum wage. Imagine what the implications would be. It would make minimum wage meaningless."
At the time of this publication, Gawker did not respond to a request for comment.
Warner Music Group Corp./Atlantic Recording Corp.
A former intern of Warner Music Group filed a class action complaint Monday in New York County Supreme Court against the company for unpaid wages from October 2007 to May 2008.
Justin Henry - through his attorneys Virginia & Ambinder - is accusing WMG subsidiary Atlantic Recording Corp. of withholding wages from him and other employees beginning in or around June 2007. The suit, obtained by TheWrap, states that WMG has "failed to provide compensation at the statutory minimum wage for all hours worked."
It also accuses the defendant of not providing overtime compensation. The complaint asks for all wages plus interest, unspecified damages, attorneys' fees and costs.
Henry was an unpaid intern at Warner Music Group for roughly 7 months during the aforementioned time period. The complaint claims that in his role, Henry would answer telephones, make photocopies and pick up lunch for compensated employees, among other menial tasks. While he regularly worked from 10 a.m. to 5 or 6 p.m., Henry was not compensated.
Conde Nast
Conde Nast interns filed a class-action lawsuit against the company on June 13, alleging that the publisher violated the Fair Labor Standards Act and New York labor law.
The class-action suit, filed on behalf of two former Conde Nast interns - Matthew Leib and Lauren Ballinger - contends that interns who are engaged in the operations of the employer or performing productive work benefit the employer and must be paid the minimum wage, even if they receive some benefits in the form of a new skill or improved work habits.
Advance Magazine Publishers, known as Conde Nast Publications, is named as the defendant in the suit.
The lawsuit seeks to recover unpaid wages, interest, and attorneys' fees and costs for any interns who worked in the fashion, accessories and fine jewelry departments of Conde Nast's magazine between June 13, 2007 and the date of a final judgment.
The suit states that there are more than 100 individuals in the affected class.
Fox Searchlight ("Black Swan")
In a possible foreshadowing of things to come, earlier in June, U.S. District Court Judge William H. Pauley III found that Fox Searchlight intern Eric Glatt and fellow "Black Swan" intern Alexander Footman were entitled to payment for their work on the film under the Fair Labor Standards Act and New York labor law.
Pauley also determined that Eden Antalik, who worked as an unpaid intern at Fox Searchlight's corporate offices in New York, can pursue class-action claims against the company.
In his ruling, Pauley determined that the interns "performed tasks that would have required paid employees ? Menial as it was, their work was essential. The fact they were beginners is irrelevant ...he FLSA does not allow employees to waive their entitlement to wages."
Hearst
A class action lawsuit filed on behalf of unpaid interns against Hearst was thrown out in May, though the judge in the case said the plaintiffs kept the right to sue Hearst as individuals.
The class action lawsuit was deemed to not meet the standard for "commonality." The plaintiffs are requesting minimum wage back pay from Hearst. So while the door is still open for individual lawsuits, even if they won, the awards would be fairly small and thus make those potential cases less attractive to attorneys.
The plaintiffs can also try to create a group with better "commonality," according to New York Magazine.
The Charlie Rose Show (PBS)
In December, a judge awarded more than $207,900 to interns who worked on Charlie Rose's PBS show. The final approval hearing is this week, with checks to follow.
The class action lawsuit resulted in an award of $1,100 each to an estimated 189 interns. It stemmed from a single lawsuit filed by former intern Lucy Bickerton in March, 2012, who claimed she worked up to 25 hours per week at "The Charlie Rose Show," which did not pay her or "provide academic or vocational training."
(Pamela Chelin contributed to this report)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/hollywood-ignited-intern-uprising-examining-brewing-revolution-173217407.html
Monday, June 24, 2013
Two mutations triggered an evolutionary leap 500 million years ago
June 24, 2013 ? Evolution, it seems, sometimes jumps instead of crawls. A research team led by a University of Chicago scientist has discovered two key mutations that sparked a hormonal revolution 500 million years ago.
In a feat of "molecular time travel," the researchers resurrected and analyzed the functions of the ancestors of genes that play key roles in modern human reproduction, development, immunity and cancer. By re-creating the same DNA changes that occurred during those genes' ancient history, the team showed that two mutations set the stage for hormones like estrogen, testosterone and cortisol to take on their crucial present-day roles.
"Changes in just two letters of the genetic code in our deep evolutionary past caused a massive shift in the function of one protein and set in motion the evolution of our present-day hormonal and reproductive systems," said Joe Thornton, PhD, professor of human genetics and ecology & evolution at the University of Chicago, who led the study.
"If those two mutations had not happened, our bodies today would have to use different mechanisms to regulate pregnancy, libido, the response to stress, kidney function, inflammation, and the development of male and female characteristics at puberty," Thornton said.
The findings were published online June 24 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Understanding how the genetic code of a protein determines its functions would allow biochemists to better design drugs and predict the effects of mutations on disease. Thornton said the discovery shows how evolutionary analysis of proteins' histories can advance this goal, Before the group's work, it was not previously known how the various steroid receptors in modern species distinguish estrogens from other hormones.
The team, which included researchers from the University of Oregon, Emory University and the Scripps Research Institute, studied the evolution of a family of proteins called steroid hormone receptors, which mediate the effects of hormones on reproduction, development and physiology. Without receptor proteins, these hormones cannot affect the body's cells.
Thornton's group traced how the ancestor of the entire receptor family -- which recognized only estrogens -- evolved into descendant proteins capable of recognizing other steroid hormones, such as testosterone, progesterone and the stress hormone cortisol.
To do so, the group used a gene "resurrection" strategy. They first inferred the genetic sequences of ancient receptor proteins, using computational methods to work their way back up the tree of life from a database of hundreds of present-day receptor sequences. They then biochemically synthesized these ancient DNA sequences and used molecular assays to determine the receptors' sensitivity to various hormones.
Thornton's team narrowed down the time range during which the capacity to recognize non-estrogen steroids evolved, to a period about 500 million years ago, before the dawn of vertebrate animals on Earth. They then identified the most important mutations that occurred during that interval by introducing them into the reconstructed ancestral proteins. By measuring how the mutations affected the receptor's structure and function, the team could re-create ancient molecular evolution in the laboratory.
They found that just two changes in the ancient receptor's gene sequence caused a 70,000-fold shift in preference away from estrogens toward other steroid hormones. The researchers also used biophysical techniques to identify the precise atomic-level mechanisms by which the mutations affected the protein's functions. Although only a few atoms in the protein were changed, this radically rewired the network of interactions between the receptor and the hormone, leading to a massive change in function.
"Our findings show that new molecular functions can evolve by sudden large leaps due to a few tiny changes in the genetic code," Thornton said. He pointed out that, along with the two key changes in the receptor, additional mutations, the precise effects of which are not yet known, were necessary for the full effects of hormone signaling on the body to evolve.
Source: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/top_news/~3/eBlUGA6HrNo/130624152617.htm
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Pakistani premier: Musharraf should be tried
ISLAMABAD (AP) ? Pakistan's premier says the military ruler who ousted him in a coup over a decade ago should be tried for treason.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif spoke in parliament Monday as the Supreme Court held a hearing on a possible treason case against Pervez Musharraf.
The former military ruler can only be tried for treason if the federal government presses charges against him.
Sharif accused Musharraf of committing treason by suspending the constitution while in power and said he should be brought to justice in court.
But the government stopped short of actually pressing charges against Musharraf and said it will consult with other political parties on the matter.
Musharraf, who maintains his innocence, could face the death penalty or life in prison if he is convicted of treason.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/pakistani-premier-musharraf-tried-090847167.html
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Skywire Pictures Nik Wallenda Crosses Grand Canyon - Business ...
UPDATE: He made it! After nearly 23 minutes, Nik Wallenda is the first human to ever cross the Little Colorado River Gorge on a wire. 
Daredevil Nik Wallenda has a wife, three children, and he's been training for one moment his entire life:
To tightrope walk across the Grand Canyon without any safety net or harness. Making it across means life, falling means death.
The National Park Service would never allow a stunt like this over the Grand Canyon ? so Wallenda had to settle for the "little Grand Canyon" over the gorge of the Colorado River near Cameron, Arizona, on tribal lands of the Navajo Nation.
Wallenda's grandfather died before viewers' eyes on live television trying to do a similar, harness-free walk.
"Thank you Jesus," Wallenda kept repeating with each step. "You're my king, you're my protector, you're my shield, you're my strength, you're my lord." He battled high winds and balanced with a 45 pound bar on the 2-inch wire. He reached the half-way point on the wire at the 11:30 minute mark.
The quarter-mile walk at 1,500 feet in the air took more than 20 minutes ? in winds ranging from a safe 18 mph to a more treacherous 30 mph. Wallenda knelt twice to wait out the stronger wind.
Here's his bio on Discovery's website:
Nik Wallenda is known as 'The King of the High Wire.' He is the seventh generation of the legendary Great Wallendas and began walking the wire at age 4. He and his family have performed some of the most famous stunts in the world, but no one else has ever dared to take on the Grand Canyon.
His incredible walk was aired on the Discovery Channel Sunday evening on a live feed.
This isn't the first feat on the tightrope for Wallenda. Last year, he successfully?walked across Niagara Falls, according to NPR.
Here are some shots of him crossing the Grand Canyon.
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