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New promotional events set for Disney’s “Phineas and Ferb’s Christmas Vacation”

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Sunday, November 15, 2009

Further promotional and release plans have been announced by The Walt Disney Company‘s new special, “Phineas and Ferb’s Christmas Vacation,” from the company’s cartoon comedy Phineas and Ferb. According to the company’s press release site (Disney XD Medianet), on November 27, Disney will stream the seven musical numbers, performed by the show’s cast and the band Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, that will be showcased in the special on its public radio network Radio Disney. iTunes will then follow by making the songs available for download.

The official special is scheduled to air the following week, on December 6, on the company’s cable network Disney XD with a repeat immediately following it. The proceeding day, Disney Channel SVOD, Disney XD VOD, Disney XD Mobile, iTunes, and Xbox Live Marketplace will release the episode for digital retail. On December 11, fellow Disney network Disney Channel will broadcast the special following a six-hour marathon of the series; the next day, Disney Channel and Disney XD’s websites will release the special for viewing. On December 18, ABC Family will air the episode as part of its month-long event “25 Days of Christmas.” Finally, to help the special’s promotion, costumers dressed as the show’s characters will perform on December 25, 2009, in the “Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade” which will be broadcast on the ABC Television Network.

Disney also confirmed that actors Clancy Brown, Malcolm McDowell, Jane Carr, Mathew Horne, and Bruce MacKinnon will each guest star in the special.

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March

19

Emergency declared in US state of Washington, eight additional casualties, many still without power

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Monday, December 18, 2006

A state of emergency was declared Sunday for the U.S. state of Washington by governor Christine Gregoire, as additional reports of storm-related casualties surfaced. The state National Guard has been deployed to aid in distributing supplies.

Thousands were still without power in the coastal and Puget Sound regions, though most urban areas were back with power as late as Sunday afternoon, and outages were mostly contained to rural and unincorporated areas. Puget Sound Energy reported that roughly 500,000 energy customers out of the 700,000 who lost power were back in service by Sunday evening. Seattle City Light, the city’s independent municipal utility, reported only 18,000 customers still without power as of Monday morning, down from a peak of 175,000.

Four additional deaths related to the post-storm power outage had been reported as of Monday, bringing the total number of casualties to eight. A man in Gig Harbor was electrocuted by a downed power line while walking his dog. Another man in Spanaway died when an unattended candle caused a house fire.

Two died from carbon monoxide poisoning in separate incidents related to use of combustion devices indoors. Roughly a hundred additional cases of non-fatal carbon monoxide poisoning were reported from people using generators or grills indoors. News radio stations and authorities warned the public to stay away from downed power lines and not to use grills indoors. Dr. Neil Hampson at Virginia Mason’s hyperbaric unit, where a number of victims were being treated, warned it could be “the worse case of carbon monoxide poisioning in the country”.

On Monday, four new carbon-monoxide deaths were reported in a family of five in Burien due to an indoor generator. In Canada, which had some damage from the week’s storms, two southern British Columbia carbon monoxide deaths were also reported. Despite continued warnings, hospitals are still seeing cases of carbon monoxide poisoning, including a family in w:Shoreline, Washington which was taken to the hospital after they reported symptoms due to their indoor grill. Neighbors of the Burien family suggested that noise concerns are leading people to place noisy generators indoors.

The massive power outage left many stores and gas stations unable to operate. Some businesses opened with the help of backup generators, conserving power by foregoing heat and refrigeration, exterior lighting, and half the interior lighting. Most stores had run out of “D” size batteries, the most common size for flashlights, as well as firelogs and other essentials. Gasoline shortages were reported throughout the area, with one man selling excess fuel for as high as $15 per gallon, over 5 times the average retail price.

The Red Cross set up shelters throughout King and other affected counties for those without power or food. Hotels reported no vacancies as whole families took shelter in powered hotels, especially in Seattle. Restaurants also reported brisk business as people sought out a hot cooked meal. Tons of perishable food were expected to have become unsafe after the prolonged outage disabled refrigerators and freezers both in homes and stores.

Many of those without power visited nearby friends and family living where power had been continued or restored, while others traveled out of the area to places that had not been affected. The widespread outage made long-distance traveling treacherous on some major routes, with roadway lighting, cellular towers, and services disabled by the outage.

Most major roadways which were closed during the storm were reopened on Friday. The 520 Floating Bridge over Lake Washington, a major conduit to the technology-rich Eastside, sustained minor damage. Amtrak, which had halted its Cascades service, resumed Saturday evening. Sea-Tac Airport resumed operations with a reduced flight load, after a transient power outage on Friday disabled the airport radar and caused all planes to be grounded until it was repaired.

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March

18

Book Fair 2.0; On bloggers, ebooks and pirates

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Friday, October 12, 2007

The Internet is very much present at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2007, not just, like in previous years, as a means for the journalists who have 80 workplaces for their own notebooks to report on the fair, but like before as a chance – and as a threat for rights-owners of digital media.

After a marginal existence in the previous year, bloggers have got their own “living room 2.0” at the fair, furnished with everything a blogger needs, including media attention. Every day from Wednesday October 10 to Sunday October 14 they will write and podcast about the big names to meet, the events not to be missed and their very personal experiences and thoughts. Three of the bloggers write in English, two English language podcasts are done, to widen the reach of the Book Fair 2.0. The blog entries and podcasts will be available until after the book fair at http://www.book-fair.com/en/wordpress/ and the bloggers themselves can be visited on the weekend at hall 4.2, Q411, though until now it is more the media and less the visitors of the fair, the bloggers come in contact with.

Digitalization and digital media, especially books and magazines offered digitally, are a hot topic at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair, as more and more publishers want to see the digital counterparts of their traditional media not just as a field to be present in, but as a possible profit center. With scientific books, this move already was quite successful: Publishing house Springer for example, offering over 40,000 ebooks and over 1700 electronic magazines, of which over 1200 are still actively continued with Springer, nowadays does an ebook-variant of every traditional scientific book they print – and already has the largest part of their cash-flow from digital media.

This is harder for fiction publishing houses as the Pabel Möwig group (VPM), which has become active early. They do offer the digitized new adventures of – say, the outer-space-hero Perry Rhodan -, but the turnover is still only a small addition to the print and other media versions. Readers become readier to read on a screen, but their readiness is still growing slowly. Since a new generation of readers is growing up using the internet as a reference work – especially Google and Wikipedia – it will become more and more natural in the future.

A growing number of service companies in the publishing sector therefore offers re-digitalization apart from increasingly effective content management systems, with which new forms of media can easily be compiled from the contents of a data base.

Older works, of which the publishing house owns the rights, but for which a reprint might not be profitable, are scanned, divided into content sections and tagged. When the original type face isn’t good enough, books are typewritten in third world countries two or three times which are corrected and merged into a final version. Once in the system, digitalized books can be at disposal as MobiPocket ebooks or Print On Demand (POD) and with aid of the Amazon BookSurge program remain available, possibly even within 24 hours.

Digital content can also be used as a marketing-tool with the “Search Inside” from Amazon.com, where the full text of a book is visible but only small parts of the book are shown at a time.

Right after Amazon, Google also presented their own projects for the digitalization of books, where publishers have the option of just sending a box or container full of their books in printed form and leave the job of digitalization to Google, where afterwards their content will be findable with Google Book Search. The difference between those two internet services was obvious, though: Amazon wants to earn money with books, while Google’s business is advertising, their revenue model is AdSense and AdWords, targeted as perfect as possible with full text search. Both services had to answer questions as to how they will protect the content from unpaid exploitation, as probably fewer and fewer users will be willing to pay for a digital eBook when they can read the content for free, up to twenty pages at a time. The freeloader mentality of many Internet users was seen as a threat by many of the publishers.

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March

18

Lose Weight Fast With Proactol And Zotrim

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If you are reading this article, then I shall assume you have decided to take the bull by the horn to find the ultimate solution on how to lose weight fast. I can assure you that after reading this article on weight loss products you will be well informed on the best weight loss product that is right for you. Today I shall be presenting the best and top three organic diet pills available in the market today and carefully review them one by one .I shall also introduce you to some unique and useful information about these diet capsules and finally introduce you to watch and listen to testimonies from users of these pills. All diet capsules mentioned here are backed by successful clinical trials.

Many diet pills nowadays are based on hype and not clinically proven. It is therefore advised to always read guide and reviews in some authority site before deciding on which one to buy. The top three weight loss products in the market today are Proactol, Zotrim and Hoodia products and specifically UniqueHoodia.

Proactol is one of the selected few weight loss products to be available for sale without prescription. It is made of purely organic constituents and hence sometimes called organic diet pill. Its effectiveness has been widely published in recognised journals including the UK Telegraph. The testimonies from users of this pill are alarming and they have reported that they were able to lose weight fast by using Proactol. Proactols is made of 100% natural and 100% organic fat binder which consists of soluble and non-soluble fibre made from plant leaves. It is certified by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and bears the official CE stamp of approval. Proactols is Clinically proven to instantly reduces calorie intake from dietary fats, bind over 27% of dietary fat intake, reduce excess body weight, suppress appetite, reduce food cravings and also maintain blood cholesterol levels, It also proven for the treatment of obesity and weight loss.( MDD 93/42/EEC).

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Zotrim is another popular organic diet pill .It is made of a particular plant extract of South America origin and burn off calories using its natural herbal ingredients. This extract has had a very long history of weight loss and obesity treatment. Zotrim is also backed by international team of researchers and medical experts.

Hoodia is often referred to as natural cure for obesity .This is because it contains what is called a miracle molecule known as P 57 which gives Hoodia the capabilities to fight obesity. Hoodia is unique because it has a long tradition of stimulating appetite and over coming hunger. Its origin is traced to South Africa and date back to over 100 years in the usage of the treatment of weight loss and obesity.

Finally, users of these weight loss products have been reporting phenomenal weight loss results with no side effects. Testimonies from users can be found by visiting the link below. More detailed information about these Organic diet pills are available at the organic diet pills website.

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18

Gastric bypass surgery performed by remote control

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Sunday, August 21, 2005

A robotic system at Stanford Medical Center was used to perform a laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery successfully with a theoretically similar rate of complications to that seen in standard operations. However, as there were only 10 people in the experimental group (and another 10 in the control group), this is not a statistically significant sample.

If this surgical procedure is as successful in large-scale studies, it may lead the way for the use of robotic surgery in even more delicate procedures, such as heart surgery. Note that this is not a fully automated system, as a human doctor controls the operation via remote control. Laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery is a treatment for obesity.

There were concerns that doctors, in the future, might only be trained in the remote control procedure. Ronald G. Latimer, M.D., of Santa Barbara, CA, warned “The fact that surgeons may have to open the patient or might actually need to revert to standard laparoscopic techniques demands that this basic training be a requirement before a robot is purchased. Robots do malfunction, so a backup system is imperative. We should not be seduced to buy this instrument to train surgeons if they are not able to do the primary operations themselves.”

There are precedents for just such a problem occurring. A previous “new technology”, the electrocardiogram (ECG), has lead to a lack of basic education on the older technology, the stethoscope. As a result, many heart conditions now go undiagnosed, especially in children and others who rarely undergo an ECG procedure.

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March

18

US Congress drafting bill that may affect Internet freedoms

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Sunday, April 23, 2006

The United States Congress is currently drafting a bill known as the Communications Opportunity, Promotion, and Efficiency Act of 2006 that would revise and update the 1996 Telecommunications Act. Currently phone and cable lobbyists who own the broadband networks, such as those from AT&T and BellSouth, are calling on the federal government to permit them to operate Internet and other digital communications services as private networks. The bill as it now stands states that certain classes of Internet providers “may not unreasonably” impair, interfere, restrict or limit applications or services, such as Web sites or voice-over-IP phone connections.

Consumer advocates such as Common Cause and some large Internet companies such as Google and Yahoo are concerned that this change will result in a loss of what is being called network neutrality, and are demanding specific language in the bill to address it. Three weeks ago, the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications rejected an amendment to the bill that would have strengthened provisions for network neutrality. The amendment was defeated by a vote of 28 to 8.

Network neutrality is a principle of computer networking that describes networks designed so that no communication, application, or service is either given preferential treatment or restricted.

Advocates of network neutrality fear that allowing broadband networks to operate unregulated could lead to preferential treatment toward certain companies at the expense of others. Phone companies who oppose network neutrality legislation contend that some mechanism needs to be in place in order to pay for expansion of the public Internet.

Edward Whitacre, AT&T’s chief executive officer, had made remarks on the issue that consumer groups found inflammatory. In remarks made on November 7, 2005, presumably referring to Internet sites using their network connections, he called for “some mechanism for these people who use these pipes to pay for the portion they’re using. Why should they be allowed to use my pipes?”

Whitacre has since reversed his public statements, saying on March 21, 2006, “Any provider that blocks access to content is inviting customers to find another provider. And that’s just bad business.”

Federal Communications Commission chairman Kevin Martin believes that the FCC already has the authority to enforce network neutrality provisions, citing a North Carolina case in which the FCC acted against Madison River Communications for blocking Vonage VoIP phone service.

Representative Fred Upton from Michigan, chairman of the Telecommunications and the Internet Subcommittee, describes the bill as a way to “ignite the marketplace — unleashing great advances in technology and delivering to consumers a variety of new services at a lower cost that were once never even imagined. Every consumer in the nation with a telephone, television and access to the Internet will be better for it — the wave of the future is now.”

Michael Copps, a FCC Commissioner, said recently, “This Internet may not be the one we know in the future there are threats to it out there… Entrenched interests are already jockeying to constrain the openness that has been the Internet’s defining hallmark.”

A recent poll done by The Consumer Federation of America (See source 5) shows that the Internet has taken on an important role in the daily life of Americans. With two-thirds reporting it is important for personal communications and researching products, over half said it is important for getting news and, about 40 percent cited online banking, e-commerce, and retrieving government information as significant ways in which they used the internet. They expressed a great deal of concern about discriminatory practices of communications network operators.

The revision of the 1996 Telecommunications Act was proposed by House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Joe Barton, R-Texas, and U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., in late March and went on to the full committee on April 5.

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March

17

Protect Your Pet By Using Dog Gates

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Protect Your Pet By Using Dog Gates

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Do you have a dog? Is your dog excessively active? Having a hard time how will you able to manage your dog s behavior when at home? Are you trying to protect your furniture from being broken? Do you have thinking that your dog might attack one of your visitors? I m sure I haven t mentioned it all but these are just few of the problems that dog owners are trying to solve. A dog gate probably the best answer to solve these problems. Try to get a time to go to the pet store and look for it, it is commonly looking like a baby gate, if you don t know what you are looking for try to ask the store assistant, but I think you don t need to do that because in this article I will explain it briefly what dog gates are.

Dog gates are used to limit your exploring dog at home. It is used to block those areas in your house and prevent your dog from going in there, so that you can enjoy peace of mind that your dog is safe and not trying to give a mess inside your house. It is also used to give your dog his own place inside your house for him to play. Dog gates may also help you to train your dog to have a proper behavior, especially when you are not around.

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Dog gates usefulness depends on where you will install it. It can work best when properly installed on a right place but dog gates can also be worst when it not on the place it should be, so plan first on where you might install it. Make sure that you are going to buy the right size for your dog.

Before buying an item for your dog s safety like dog gates, you must first think where you will want it to be installed. It should be properly installed to avoid accidents, I m sure you don t something bad happen to your dog, so don t try to put it near the stairs. You also need to consider the durability of the gate, so that you are certain that your dog cannot escape. One more thing, dog gates will become a part of your house, so matching it to your home decor is a consideration. There are many styles that can choose from for you to match your dog gate to your decors. There also some portable dog gates that you buy so that you can easily transfer it anytime you want.

No matter how you love your dog and you want to be with him all day, there are still some parts of your house that should be restricted to him, and it is the dog gate s duty to barricade those spots.

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March

17

Gastric bypass surgery performed by remote control

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Sunday, August 21, 2005

A robotic system at Stanford Medical Center was used to perform a laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery successfully with a theoretically similar rate of complications to that seen in standard operations. However, as there were only 10 people in the experimental group (and another 10 in the control group), this is not a statistically significant sample.

If this surgical procedure is as successful in large-scale studies, it may lead the way for the use of robotic surgery in even more delicate procedures, such as heart surgery. Note that this is not a fully automated system, as a human doctor controls the operation via remote control. Laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery is a treatment for obesity.

There were concerns that doctors, in the future, might only be trained in the remote control procedure. Ronald G. Latimer, M.D., of Santa Barbara, CA, warned “The fact that surgeons may have to open the patient or might actually need to revert to standard laparoscopic techniques demands that this basic training be a requirement before a robot is purchased. Robots do malfunction, so a backup system is imperative. We should not be seduced to buy this instrument to train surgeons if they are not able to do the primary operations themselves.”

There are precedents for just such a problem occurring. A previous “new technology”, the electrocardiogram (ECG), has lead to a lack of basic education on the older technology, the stethoscope. As a result, many heart conditions now go undiagnosed, especially in children and others who rarely undergo an ECG procedure.

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Gastric bypass surgery performed by remote control

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Sunday, August 21, 2005

A robotic system at Stanford Medical Center was used to perform a laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery successfully with a theoretically similar rate of complications to that seen in standard operations. However, as there were only 10 people in the experimental group (and another 10 in the control group), this is not a statistically significant sample.

If this surgical procedure is as successful in large-scale studies, it may lead the way for the use of robotic surgery in even more delicate procedures, such as heart surgery. Note that this is not a fully automated system, as a human doctor controls the operation via remote control. Laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery is a treatment for obesity.

There were concerns that doctors, in the future, might only be trained in the remote control procedure. Ronald G. Latimer, M.D., of Santa Barbara, CA, warned “The fact that surgeons may have to open the patient or might actually need to revert to standard laparoscopic techniques demands that this basic training be a requirement before a robot is purchased. Robots do malfunction, so a backup system is imperative. We should not be seduced to buy this instrument to train surgeons if they are not able to do the primary operations themselves.”

There are precedents for just such a problem occurring. A previous “new technology”, the electrocardiogram (ECG), has lead to a lack of basic education on the older technology, the stethoscope. As a result, many heart conditions now go undiagnosed, especially in children and others who rarely undergo an ECG procedure.

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March

16

The Benefits Of Using A Home Swap For Vacation

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By Stewart Wrighter

Swapping accommodations is an excellent way to save money when you are traveling. In addition to the cost you save because you are not spending money on a hotel, there are a number of other benefits. Recently, websites have begun offering methods of communication for home swappers. You can register your home and browse for the home of a swap participant that lives in the city you want to visit. Not having to pay for a rental property or having to purchase vacation property makes a big difference in your vacation budget. For instance, if you love to ski, you can look for Telluride Colorado real estate or speak to a Telluride real estate agent about what is available on the market for sale. If most of your vacations are to the same destination, buying rental property may work for you. But if you are a headed somewhere for the first time or you are visiting an area you do not intend to return to for quite some time, home swapping might be the answer for you.

The benefits of swapping are numerous. For starters, you get to stay in a location that is more comfortable than a hotel room. You get additional space and you enjoy many of the comforts of home. If you are traveling with your family, this extra space is really going to make your travel experience more enjoyable. Imagine each member of your family having their own bedroom when you travel, instead of cramming into one room. You might also have the benefit of having extra bathrooms, a truly rewarding experience during your stay.

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House swapping means you have more privacy. You can shut and lock the door of a hotel room, but you are still sharing a building with hundreds or thousands of other people. If you are staying in someone’s home, you have as much privacy as they would on the regular basis. You may have the benefit of a private outdoor space, a patio or garden, a private pool or other private amenities. Even if you do not spend a great deal of time in your accommodations when traveling, you will enjoy the time you do spend having the space all to yourself.

Swapping can save you money on meals while traveling. Instead of having to eat out while you are vacationing, you can cook your meals at home. If you are staying in a house, you will have a full kitchen at your disposal, giving you even more opportunity than a hotel or efficiency with a kitchenette. If you are a fan of trying local favorites while in a different city, you can cook full gourmet meals during a house swap and sample the area cuisine.

Finally, you may get to see cities you would have never otherwise visited. House swapping may give you enough room in your budget that you will get to get to more places each year than if you were staying in a hotel. House swapping enables you to visit out-of-the-way places and see more of the world.

About the Author: Stewart Wrighter recently worked with a Telluride real estate agent and was thrilled with the selection of properties available. He and his wife looked at several Telluride Colorado real estate properties which they liked.

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