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Mediterranean chicken ragù with artichokes, capers, roasted red peppers, fennel, garlic, tomatoes and orrechiette pasta. Little ears. With their hollowed out nooks they capture the slow-cooked melange of vegetables and seasoned chicken so tender it falls apart merely by touch.
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Launched in April 2000, the "Healthy Exercise
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and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) and the Department of Health (DH). With
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Over the past years, the LCSD and the DH have joined hands with the National Sport Associations, professional bodies and schools in organising a series of large-scale promotional activities including the Outdoor Activities Carnival, the Water Carnival, the Indoor Sports Carnival, the Sport-for-All-Carnival, the Dance Extravaganza, the Rope Skipping Promotion Day, Brisk walking, Stair climbing, the Autumn Hiking Fun Day, the Active Living Charter, My Exercise Diary and Active Living Carnival so as to call upon the public to do more exercises. Moreover, local sports elites and top athletes from the Mainland were invited to take part in the Roving Sports Demonstrations including Table Tennis, Wushu, Badminton, Basketball, DanceSport, Rope Skipping and Gymnastics. These activities were well received by the public.
Various recreational and sports activities, including those fitness programmes for children, elderly and persons with disabilities, "Hiking Scheme", "QualiWalk Scheme", "Dance for Health" and "Rope Skipping for Fun" etc, are organised by the Department throughout
the 18 districts in the territory to facilitate neighbourhood participation. These programmes, with their emphasis on self-practice and regular workouts, are well received by the public and the participation rate is on the rise. Moreover, the Department has appointed 24 local sports celebrities as "Healthy Exercise Ambassadors" to assist in the promotion of the benefits of doing exercises and the implementation of outreach programmes, and the result has been very successful.
The Department has been committed to promoting the "Healthy Exercise for All Campaign" by employing different publicity channels to disseminate the message of exercising and health. One of the channels is the "Exercise and Health Roving Exhibition" held at primary and secondary schools, elderly homes, youth centres, residential clubhouses, recreational & sports venues and shopping arcades, which informs the public of the benefits of doing exercise and provides try-out opportunities.
Moreover, the Department has also produced some radio programmes, posters, banners, promotional leaflets, pamphlets, videos etc. with a view to encouraging members of the public to exercise regularly and lead a healthy life style. To browse or download the information, please visit the LCSD's webpage.
The "Healthy Exercise for All Campaign" has entered its fourteenth year. In order to further promote regular exercising through the Campaign in the coming year, the LCSD will continue to deliver the "exercising and health" message to all sectors of society through more diverse promotional activities.
For details about the "Healthy Exercise for All Campaign", please refer to the relevant pamphlets and leaflets or contact the following district leisure services offices:
District offices
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Central & Western District
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Islands District
2852 3220
Eastern District
2564 2264
Kwai Tsing District
2424 7201
Southern District
2555 1268
North District
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Wan Chai District
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Sai Kung District
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Kowloon City District
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Sha Tin District
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Kwun Tong Distrcit
2343 6123
Tai Po District
3183 9020
Yau Tsim Mong District
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Tsuen Wan District
2212 9702
Sham Shui Po District
2386 0945
Tuen Mun District
2451 0304
Wong Tai Sin District
2328 9262
Yuen Long District
2478 4342
For details about the "Healthy Exercise for All" Campaign, please call the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) 24-hour customer hotline at 2414 5555 or visit the website of the LCSD at www.lcsd.gov.hk/healthy.
For more information on health, please call the Department of Health 24-hour health education hotline at 2833 0111 or visit the website of the Central Health Education Unit of the Department of Health at www.cheu.gov.hk.
Acknowledgements are made to:
Physical Fitness Association of Hong Kong, China
Department of Physiotherapy, Prince of Wales Hospital
Hong Kong Physiotherapy Association
The Gymnastics Association of Hong Kong, China
Department of Physical Education, Hong Kong Baptist University
China Hong Kong Mountaineering and Climbing Union
Hong Kong Dance Federation
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Steve Wyatt, Director of Pacific Maritime & Heritage Center, will be speaking at the Yaquina River Museum of Art in the 1887 School House at 151 NE Alder ST. Toledo on Saturday, June 7 at 2:00 pm during First Weekend Art. His subject is the Convergence of Art and History, both from professional and personal experience.
Wyatt, Executive Director of the Lincoln County Historical Society, grew up in Southern Oregon. His ancestors first put down Oregon roots in the 1880s. Wyatt's first memories of the Oregon coast date from the 1960s. His grandparents lived on the Siletz River.
Wyatt moved to Newport in 1993 after completing a Masters degree in Museum studies and gaining experience as an archivist and curator in Medford/Jacksonville. Wyatt was Curator of the Lincoln County Historical Society until 2001. While there, he wrote the popular local history publication called "The Bayfront Book." Later Wyatt worked at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts as Curator of exhibitions. He returned to the Central Oregon Coast in 2012 when he accepted the Executive Director position at LCHS.
Wyatt believes that art can reflect history and Michael Gibbon's "Yaquina" show, currently on display at the Museum, documents not only Gibbon's work and evolution as an artist but is reflective of Yaquina Bay, and of the urgency to capture the beauty of the Central Oregon Coast.
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It's funny how when you finally get over someone, you start seeing them in a whole new perspective. It's like your looking at them through the eyes of your best friend, and you realize she/he nothing special. She/he is just another ordinary person.
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omg.... I think its perfect the way it is. (with few adjustments, but books will always be the best where movies are just good LOL)
Taylor is still going to be in Breaking Dawn.
I am going with my sister (no question about it! LOL)....
yeah 249 more days until its out in theaters!!! I am going to be the first in line LOL
taylor will b in breaking dawn. i wouldnt change anybody its perfect the way it is
i think i will b going alone
Good Lord willing, I'll be at the first showing I can find around here! While I will go alone if necessary, if possible I'll take my wife, either of our adult children or any of the grand children that happen to be around that day. Then, whoever couldn't make that first show will go with me to a show when others can make it. I'll see it several times as each time I see one of the movies I pick up on other things missed in the first, second or third showing! I try to watch the first DVD every few months and Eclipse more often (oh, how I love both the book and the movie - just finished reading the book for the fifth time)! I certainly hope Taylor is in both the BD films...he adds a lot to the films in my opinion and I don't know if anyone else could fill the role nearly as well.
I don't think the cast could be any better, really. Everyone is amazing; they each bring so much to their character.
And I will definitely be going to the first showing of BD with my two sisters, my niece, and my mom. Possibly my best friend, too, if she's around. Which she probably will be...because she always somehow manages to show up on my doorstep when a new Twilight movie comes out (whether in theaters or on DVD)... XD
I am going to be at the premiere! I am going to be there the first day it comes out with pre-paid tickets!
I don't think I could pick the characters any better.
Although, I think I would switch Jane and Bree
Dakota is much better at being a victim, a witness
Jodelle (Bree's Actor) hasn't been in a role of power but I can imagine her with great power as Jane, plus her black hair gives alot more power and "umph" to the evil vampire clan.
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Mary Travers of the famous sixties trio Peter, Paul and Mary has died at the age of 72. Read more on Mary Travers' death below.
Mary Travers reportedly died of complications from leukemia on September 16th at age 72. Travers was best known as the focal point of her singing group Peter, Paul, and Mary. With her beauty and long blond hair, Mary Travers brought sex appeal to folk music.
Travers, who was diagnosed with leukemia in 2004, received a bone marrow transplant in 2006. But Travers' condition only got worse and she had to stop performing earlier this year.
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I've been working on the launcher, server api and getting the two to communicate. Here is a screenshot of the launcher right after I got it to successfully validate user credentials against the remote database. There's some fake, mock-up style update data being loaded from a tumblr blog in the middle.
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The SSAO is finally working! It needs tweaking and optimization, but the important thing is it works.
I use an interpolated view ray to reconstruct the view-space position of each pixel from the depth buffer. To get the view ray, I pass in the four corners of the frustum's far plane and let the hardware interpolate the ray in the fragment shader. It turns out that in calculating the geometric representation of my frustum, I forgot to convert my field of view from degrees to radians. I spent hours tweaking and debugging the shader code. Sorry, I mean days. The screenshot on the right is the type of stuff I've been looking at for the last week.
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Structure for creating innovation
Technology development process
The Ricoh Group's R&D (Research and Development) is structured to help us gain customer knowledge, anticipate the future based on global economic, social, and technological trends, and realize comfortable 21st-century workstyles.
We call the values we provide "RICOH Brand Benefits." Our innovative technology development is based on the ideals of "Harmonize with the environment," "Simplify your work and life" and 2Support knowledge management." This leads to products and services that delight our customers.
The sequence from research and development to product design and marketing begins with a technology strategy for R&D aimed at creating new businesses and renovating existing ones.
Next, our product strategy guides our product merger system, under which we combine platforms and modules and 3D simulation for more efficient development.
Our marketing strategy at the sales and support stage is set up to involve our customers in creating value together with us. Initiatives include our developer program and, at Technology Centers around the world, system solution development and customized development.
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[Global technology development system]
The Ricoh Group has research and development sites worldwide, including in Japan, the United States, India and China. Each site studies market needs and conducts research, technology development and design in a regionally appropriate manner. Technology Centers and Printing Innovation Centers can also be found around the world, and are part of a system for learning market needs directly from customers by providing them with support.
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We practice open innovation, actively collaborating with universities, research institutes and companies that possess the technical expertise we need. These flexible, win-win partnerships with different businesses and industries let us accelerate the pace of creating leading-edge technologies.
In 2012, for example, we took part in the "Next-Generation Printed Electronics Materials and Processes Basic Technology Development" project of NEDO, Japan's largest technology development organization, for the creation of energy-efficient reflective color electronic paper. No light source is necessary to illuminate this paper, which won a prize in the Projects division of the Nanotech Awards. We also collaborated on the Green University of Tokyo Project for more efficient energy management, and participated in big data HEMS/BEMS field tests using an IEEE 1888-compliant "smart tap."
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"Hopefully, it's the right time. I don't know there ever is a right time."
- Kevin McHale, 2012
Some things burn when typed. Some events cannot be probed because they prove tacit; they are overt and catch fire when quarried. Sometimes your ear's scald when you're told these narratives. This story is built upon a grief so melancholy it corroded these words with every punch and click of my keyboard. It didn't want to be written. But this story is also one of compassion, of warmth, and of an unremitting love for basketball.
Kevin McHale was enshrined in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 1999 after three championships and seven all-star games with his only team, the Boston Celtics. The third overall pick in the 1980 NBA Draft, McHale transcended the power forward position with agility and long-armed presence on both ends of the floor. His first year on the team, the Celtics had the best record in the league. McHale was a part of the league's best ever frontline (Bird, McHale, Parish) and also ranks 13th in best career field goal percentage. Since transitioning to the coaching side of the sport, McHale has been at the helm of both the Minnesota Timberwolves (2004-05, 2008-09) and Houston Rockets (2011-present).
McHale returned to the Houston Rockets last Tuesday, a week removed of his 86-year-old mother's death. When his team took the floor Wednesday against the Chicago Bulls, he appeared tranquil, meticulous, and even managed to muster a smile after his team put away the opposition late. The press conference that followed resolved to not converse the humanity of the situation, because what can you really ask someone who has grown acclimatized to suffering? Nothing.
He buried his 23-year-old daughter, Alexandra "Sasha" McHale, 13 months ago – 29 days before Christmas. She had been hospitalized for two weeks preceding her death, bravely endeavoring to combat lupus – a systemic autoimmune disease that infiltrates the body's cells and tissues until your organs concede. It has plagued Seal, Michael Jackson, Lady Gaga, Flannery O'Connor, and millions of others. It can be agonizing, and although it's been around for centuries – in rare cases – it can be incurable.
Sasha McHale learned the game of basketball outside her parent's home in Minnesota. Despite a taxing commitment, Kevin maintained a close relationship with Sasha. She donned his jersey No. 32 when she won a state championship her senior year. Her teammate called her, "just like her dad," and a part of "a very close family." Sasha was a student at the University of Minnesota Duluth on a study abroad trip to Australia when she became sick. It was an anomaly, a malfunction that everyone thought was bound to debug itself – at the very least – because of how atypical it felt.
After her condition worsened, Kevin took a leave of absence from the Rockets and spent the final three weeks of his daughter's life by her side. Her last tweet read, "Let's go Rockets." The country mourned with McHale and he felt what he had provided time and time again, support. A week after her passing, McHale brought himself back to the Toyota Center, and, "felt bad that he had to leave this young team, which was trying to fit new pieces together," because that is who McHale's known to be; a coach that refuses to stop giving.
The Boston legend returned to the court Dec. 15, 2012, in a game where, naturally, the Celtics were in town to visit Houston. To call it emotional wouldn't quite encapsulate what fans beheld that evening. Kevin Garnett, the man who McHale – the then VP of Basketball Operations for the Minnesota Timberwolves – drafted in the first round of the 1995 NBA Draft, embraced McHale after the game as a majority of those on the floor did that night. You couldn't empathize because you couldn't move; you didn't want to. All you could do was attempt to swallow the tears amassing in every person's throat, station your jaw atop your quivering palms, and just sit in the seconds that sounded like the most harrowing silence you'd ever heard.
McHale's season continued to feel that way, even though each day pulled him farther from that hospital bed, that funeral, that first thought that found enough wind to find his lighthouse; a basketball court. Houston played for him that year, losing a tough series 2-4 to the Oklahoma City Thunder. It was a palpable transformation of a latent team, a development kindled by concern and support.
Two weeks ago, McHale left the team to give respects to the woman who first drove him to a basketball practice. He spent three games away from the team to spend time with family and bury his mother, Josephine. Striking again before the holiday season, Kevin McHale's past year could've been paved by despair, but his relationship to his family and sport has kept him buoyant. He has kept himself afloat.
Kevin McHale continues to find benevolence atop the hardwood in a sport that treats compassion like a thumbnail. He resolves to develop his team because he knows fading into a home that will now always feel foreign will mean the sadness had won. He carries the emotional cross because that is all he can do; endure.
This year marks McHale's third year with the Houston Rockets; they've improved each season. Sitting second in the Southwest Division at 17-9, the Rockets likely will make the NBA Playoffs in 2014. They will likely run into problems in the torrent Western Conference, and aren't predicted by many to make a run at the championship. There's no denying they have the strongest coach though, a man who found a way to the surface when anyone else would've sunk. McHale's recent story is a product of the most awful circumstances, but it shows all of us the complex yet intrinsic relationships fostered by sports, and their ability to transcend us from the struggles of our daily existence.
"Everywhere we go, somebody comes up to him to give him a big hug," Rockets assistant J.B. Bickerstaff, a former Wolves and current Rockets assistant said. "Over the last 33 years or so, his touch has been felt all over the NBA. It's hard to find people who don't like Kevin McHale, who weren't touched by him in some way."
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31 U.S. Code § 327 - Advancements and reimbursements for services
(a) In this section, "service" includes service provided in—
(b) When the Secretary of the Treasury provides a service for an agency (except the Department of the Treasury) for which amounts have not been appropriated to the Department, the agency may advance for credit or reimburse the Department the amounts necessary to provide the service. Notwithstanding section 3302 of this title, amounts advanced or reimbursed may be credited to the appropriation of the Department that is current when the service is provided.
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On the weekend of April 6, Northampton Community College (NCC) will host the Lehigh Valley's second "Hackathon" -- a two-day marathon in which some of the area's most gifted computer programmers and developers will compete to see who can come up with innovative apps, computer programs and gadgets that could change your life - for the better. Several NCC communication design and computer science students will participate along with Assistant Professor of Art Jason Zulli. You can see what they come up with during presentations at 5 p.m. on Sunday, April 7, at Northampton's Fowler Family Southside Center at 511 East Third Street in Bethlehem. Read more about the Hackathon in this article by Scott Kraus of The Morning Call.
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Photos and Description of this 2 bedroom holiday apartment in 14th Montparnasse - Home in Paris
air conditioning, 2 bedrooms (1 king size bed), sleeps 4, internet acces
Your luxurious, light and sunny three-room apartment (57m2 or 614 sq ft), suitable for 4 persons. Situated on the fourth floor of a quiet building from early 20th century. Furnished with beautiful antique furniture and equipped with a mobile air conditioner. You will find the Rue Daguerre, a pedestrian street with daily market, many delicatessen shops and restaurants just a stroll away. Several buses and metros are also nearby and will lead you quickly everywhere in Paris.
Outside: The apartment is situated near the Rue Daguerre where you can find everything you need for your stay. There are bakeries, groceries, butchers, cheese shops, supermarkets, delicatessen shops, cafes, bistros and restaurants. There is also a laundromat downstairs.
Tourist attractions nearby are the Catacombs of Denfert Rochereau, le Jardin du Luxembourg, the Tower of Montparnasse or the Rodin Museum.
Montparnasse is known as the artists' quarter. In the 1950s, famous people like Miles Davis, Jean-Paul Sartre & Simone de Beauvoir and Ernest Hemingway (among others) spent much of their time here. Well-known places to visit are le Closerie des Lilas, la Coupole or le Dôme.
Arrival- and departure day is flexible, depending on the previous and following guests. It is always possible to leave your luggage upon waiting for your apartment.
Accessibility: The apartment is situated on the fourth floor. There is no elevator.
- Suitability:
- non smoking only
- Minimum Age Limit for Renters
- pets not allowed
About Elisabeth
Thank you for your interest in my profile. I have the Dutch and the French nationality and I came to Paris to work in 1981. With my husband and two children, I have been living in the quarter of Montparnasse for many years now and I still enjoy every minute of it. Now that my children are studying, I have time to take care of the rental and the guests. It is great to receive visitors from all over the world.
Elisabeth purchased this apartment in 2005
Why Elisabeth chose 14th Montparnasse
The building in which the apartment is situated was built by the great-grandfather of my husband in 1911. The great-grandmother said to the great-grandfather: 'But why are you building in the country side?' as there were just farms, cows and chicken around. The building was finished after WWI when the apartment was let to Mr and Mrs Robbe-Grillet. They were the parents of Alain Robbe-Grillet, the famous French novelist and filmmaker. Until recently, his sister Anne-Lise rented the apartment.
What makes this apartment unique
The area around the apartment is quiet and safe but lively at the same time. The Rue Daguerre is, as so many guests mention, an oasis of food shops, restaurants and sidewalk cafes. I live in the same building as the apartment and I am always available to give information and help if needed.


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Air India near disaster as cabin crew fly plane while captain snoozes in business class
Two pilots with Air India have been suspended after they caused a near-disaster by allowing members of the cabin crew to fly their jet for 40 minutes while one took a toilet break – and the captain went for a snooze in business class.
The pilots were forced to dash back into the cockpit after the female cabin crew disconnected the auto-pilot in mid flight.
incident is reported to have happened as the Air India Airbus 321 flew from Bangkok to New Delhi on April 12.
According to reports, the near-disaster happened at 33,000 feet. Thirty minutes after take of from Bangkok, the plane's first officer asked a stewardess to sit in his seat while he took a toilet break. Minutes later the captain invited a second cabin crew member in to the cockpit while he went for a sleep in business class.
The pilots were forced to rush back to the cockpit after one of the women accidentally disengaged the auto pilot. The scene was witnessed by a member of Air India's management, who reported the incident. The pilots and the cabin crew have now been suspended, Air India told local media.
The flight had 166 passengers on board.
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A website dedicated to the support and growth of grassroots track cycling, the comradery and heritage of the worldwide velodrome circuit and the roots and culture of fixed gear bicycle racing.
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NEW YORK, Feb. 5, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, SELF launches its first-ever digital video channel, rolling out new original series inspired by SELF editorial content and featuring top trainers, calorie-burning exercise moves and the lighter side of torturous workouts. SELF's video channel launch marks the first in 2014 for Conde Nast Entertainment (CNE) and the eighth launch in CNE's digital video network.
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The content will be widely distributed across all platforms including SELF's video site http://video.SELF.com and YouTube channel http://www.YouTube.com/SELF as well as through syndicated partnerships.
"With our fun, unique twist on fitness and healthy living how-tos, this dynamic programming extends SELF's core print and digital experience to help more people live healthier and enjoy the process," said Lucy Danziger, Editor-in-Chief of SELF. "These videos are entertaining and inspiring, and you'll want to get up, get moving and share them with friends."
New series from the editors of SELF include:
Girl vs. Sweat: Funny ladies. Serious workouts. Tears—of laughter. SELF's favorite comedians take on the latest fitness trends: think Soul Cycle, Cross Fit, The Bar Method, Physique 57 and more. Who will win—girl or sweat? You will, by being inspired to try the latest craze.
Watch the trailer here: http://video.self.com/watch/girl-vs-sweat-series-trailer
5 Ways To…: Reach your body goals. Whether you want toned arms, lean legs or flat abs, SELF's trainers can get you fitter faster with the most effective workout moves. But only 5 of them—we promise.
Watch Episode 1 here: http://video.self.com/watch/5-ways-to-burn-more-fat-with-burpees
Burn 100:
Lose weight with a video! Follow along with these bite-size workouts from top trainers to torch calories anywhere, anytime. No couch potatoes in sight.
Watch Episode 1 here: http://video.self.com/watch/burn-100-nitro-cardio-kickboxing-with-brett-hoebel
Which Is Worse...: An animated series straight from one of SELF's most popular editorial features. Quizzy, shareable episodes reveal the "who-knew" answers to some everyday health dilemmas. Like, is it worse to not eat veggies at all, or drown them in butter or cheese? (Hint: Pass the cheese.)
Watch Episode 1 here: http://video.self.com/watch/which-is-worse-margarita-vs-glass-of-wine
"The SELF digital channel puts a new spin on exercise and nutrition suited for all fitness levels, including those just getting started," said Dawn Ostroff, President, Conde Nast Entertainment. "Providing premium entertainment and attracting new audiences is our goal as we continue to grow CNE's digital network."
According to ComScore's October Video Metrix report, Conde Nast Entertainment's premium content digital division was listed on the Top 25 Video Property list and ranked #2 in the Lifestyle vertical, named the fastest growing lifestyle brand*. Previously launched CNE channels include Glamour, GQ, Style.com, Teen Vogue, Vanity Fair, Vogue and Wired.
*Source: Video Metrix Key Measures October 2013 Content report. Includes all partners measured by comScore in the Top 100 Video Properties category from February 2013 through October 2013.
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SELF is the magazine that makes living healthy easy and fun. SELF's motto: Being fit, strong and active means feeling great, being happy and looking your most beautiful. SELF speaks to women about three key areas of her being: her body, her looks and her life. With trademark authority, SELF delivers the latest, greatest, most efficient ways to get fit and healthy—offering breakthrough moves, food and science, plus inspiring images and coaching that keep her drive alive. SELF gives her beauty and fashion advice customized for her active lifestyle, so she looks as great as she feels. SELF makes it fun and fulfilling to be your happiest, healthiest, best self. Reaching a total audience of 12 million each month, SELF is the founder of the Pink Ribbon for breast cancer awareness and an ASME National Magazine Award winner for excellence in journalistic achievement in print and digital. SELF is published by Conde Nast, publisher of Vogue, Vanity Fair, Bon Appetit, GQ, Glamour, The New Yorker, Wired and other celebrated media brands.
Visit Self.com and follow @SELFmagazine on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Foodily and Google+.
About Conde Nast Entertainment (CNE)
Condé Nast creates the world's best content for the world's most influential audiences. The company attracts more than 164 million consumers across its twenty industry-leading print and digital media brands: Vogue, Vanity Fair, Glamour, Brides, Self, GQ, The New Yorker, Conde Nast Traveler, Details, Allure, Architectural Digest, Bon Appetit, Epicurious, Wired, W, Lucky, Golf Digest, Golf World, Teen Vogue and Ars Technica.
The company launched Conde Nast Entertainment in 2011 to develop film, television and digital video programming. Conde Nast also owns Fairchild Fashion Media (FFM) and its portfolio of comprehensive fashion journalism brands: WWD, Style.com, Footwear News, NowManifest, Beauty Inc., M and Fairchild Summits.
For more information, visit www.condenast.com or follow us on Twitter @CondeNast.
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Keep the booze and romance of a Manhattan hotel stay and add marshmallow and a tent.
It called Glamping and it's taking New York by storm.
But ditch all the fumbling with wet matches, the pairing of tent poles with canvas loops, and the laying of your head on hard earth.
"Where else can you have a wonderful bed, outdoor fireplace, Moet champagne?" asks Jeffrey Poirot, the general manager at AKA Central Park.
AKA Central Park's glamping experience goes for $2,000 a night. It includes an overnight stay on the 1,000-square-foot balcony on the 17th-floor of a Midtown building.
Believe it or not, but there is competition.
The Affinia Gardens hotel on the Upper East Side also offers a glamping experience at the "cut-rate" price of $309 a night. People pay for a room with a patio and the staff provides a tent.
Kathleen Boyle of Queens booked a glamping experience at the Affinia Gardens to celebrate her anniversary.
"Knowing I have the safety of being able to go back inside, not having to pee in the woods, there's a nice bathroom, that was excellent," Boyle says.
And that's the real appeal: You aren't stuck in the middle of nowhere in the rain with fraying nerves, charred burgers and poison ivy. You can sleep outside but escape to world-class restaurants and a roof over your head whenever you please.
Tom Dokton has ponied up the money to stay at AKA Central Park.
"The access to the city, being the middle of the city, and having this kind of atmosphere is fantastic," Dokton says. "It really is, you're staying outside overnight, outdoors, it's nice."
The Hyatt on 48th and Lexington also offers glamping experiences. No understanding of knots, bug-spray, Gore-Tex or a first-aid kit required.
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8 Birchbox Staffer Gift Picks for Father's Day
We treated our moms to a little something special last month, but now it's time to honor our dads. They gave us our first training wheels, taught us how to stand up for ourselves, and showed us how to grill the perfect steak.
This Father's Day we've been wondering—how could we possibly find a present that could knock his socks off? The answer, of course, was by turning to our staffers. Take a peek at what these Birchbox sons and daughters picked out for their Papas, and get inspired for your own gift along the way.
Dana and her dad
"My dad and I ran our first race together last June. Since the proceeds from the race go toward the hospital he works at, we decided to do it again this year. I found two items for him that would make for the perfect gift. I know he'd love the Quirky Wrapster—it's a great way to keep his headphone chord organized. The second awesome item is the Niche For Men Male Deodorizing Wipes. He can use them to quickly freshen-up before we have a celebratory lunch after our run!"
Melanie and her dad Gary
"My dad is pretty meticulous about his shaving, and I know he would really benefit from John Allan's Cool Face to make sure he doesn't get any of that dreaded razor burn!"
Whitney and her dad
"My Dad wears suits everyday, so it's very hard to buy clothes for him because he is very particular. He is also very tech savvy and tends to have all the new gadgets before I even know they exist. However, fragrance is something he will never buy but still uses everyday. This year, I'm definitely getting him Atelier Cologne Vétiver Fatal. It's fresh and fun and perfect for him. Also, because gifts are better in two, I plan to get him some Mr. Natty Moustache Twizzle Wax as well!"
Leah's dad rocking out to karaoke
"My dad is pretty awesome, but he definitely thinks he's the 'coolest cat' around. He loves to be outdoors, especially on motorcycles, so you'll often times find him donning a pair of shades. For Father's Day this year, I think he'd really love the Birchbox folding sunglasses. As portable as they are, he can be sure to look cool wherever he may be!"
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"My dad has been traveling a lot lately and this handy grooming kit would mean he's always prepared, no matter his destination."
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"The only thing my father ever taught me how to groom was a yard. But he always told me to keep my hair long enough so that he couldn't see my scalp. So in that spirit, with both of our heads showing scalp outside of our control, I would buy him Kerastase Bain Capital Force Energetique Shampoo to help both of our follicles look thicker."
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How Glass works
Ira Glass (of This American Life) has told LifeHacker how he works and what tech he uses in the process.
It's well worth a read if you've ever toyed with the idea of making radio packages/programmes, or even if you just want a better understanding of how Glass & Co make such compelling pieces.
A dance with data
Yesterday, Google reminded me that I had a half hour left on my shift.
Along with this it showed me a map highlighting my current location, my destination and my route of choice for getting there – complete with up-to-date traffic information so I could see how long the journey might take.
The thing was, I had never told Google any of this information – nor did I ask for a reminder of my clocking-off time. Continue reading →
Apple's US manufacturing bet
Apple's CEO Tim Cook has revealed that one product line in the company's Mac range will be manufactured in the US next year, a blip in the decades-long trend that has seen such activity move to Asia (and in particular, China).
On the surface it may seem like another fine piece of PR from the Californian company (and that's because it is), but the reasoning behind the decision is far more nuanced than that.
While likely to remain relatively low-cost for some time, manufacturing in China is beginning to get more expensive. The middle class is growing and workers are beginning to unionise, which will ultimately lead to demand for higher wages there.
Coupled with this is a rise in distribution costs, which means that getting the finished products out of China and to consumers – more often than not in the US – is gobbling up more of Apple's (very handsome) profit margin.
Apple's decision to begin manufacturing a small amount of its products in the US is most definitely a toe-in-the-water tactic, but it is also a defensive manoeuvre that will give the company a head-start if (or indeed when) Chinese manufacturing loses its edge.
Doing it before anyone else does is the icing on the PR department's cake.
Of course those optics of it are not to be sniffed at either – Apple will now be championed for creating jobs in the US and can soon vaguely state that it has "begun" manufacturing in the country. This is despite the fact that it will be one line in a product category that accounted for just 14% of the company's revenue in Q3 2012.
Perhaps a more important political consequence, for a cold-eyed businessman like Tim Cook at least, will be the opportunity to sell products to the US Government (which requires that they are manufactured in the US-of-A).
Finally, having a manufacturing base in the US plays into the Apple desire for control.
Having a factory down the road means higher up-front costs but it also means product quality can be more easily monitored, which could reduce faults and – by proxy – returns costs.
It also allows the company to keep a closer eye on factory conditions, thus reducing the chance of Foxxcon-like scandals which are damaging to its coveted brand.
China will remain a manufacturing powerhouse for the foreseeable future, of course. However Apple's decision is sure to make some people sit up and take notice.
Coincidently, when I interviewed PCH International's Liam Casey (known as 'Mr China' for his work in helping companies get products mass produced in the country) at the 2012 Dublin Web Summit, the topic of rising costs in China came up.
He sees the demographics changing but said the country will ultimately remain the place to manufacture because the expertise, speed and scale to do so is there.
Despite today's revelation it can be assumed that even Tim Cook agrees with this, at least as long as the iPhone, iPad – and the majority of Macs – are getting churned out from Chinese production lines.
Obama's data machine and the future of political campaigns
A lot has been said about how data was used to predict the result of the 2012 US election.
A lot has also been made of the Obama campaign's ability to use raw data (and online platforms) to its advantage.
This article, however, is the first time I've seen some real detail on exactly what that data machine looked like and what it achieved.
It's a long piece – and it spends a lot of time looking at the personalities behind the programming – but for some really eye-opening stats skip down to the 'what they actually built' section on page 2.
Some choice facts and figures from there -
- 30,000 Reddit users registered to vote through Obama's site after he did an AMA there
- The campaign used data from DVR boxes (akin to a Sky+ box) to target ads at viewers who had watched certain things, for example the TV debates
- They designed a Twitter tool that could calculate a user's influence, cross-reference it with other data (like if they were in a battleground state) and target DMs accordingly
- Facebook fans were told if friends certain hadn't voted and encouraged to get them to do so
- The campaign created a 'quick donate' function similar to make repeat donations as easy as buying from Amazon or iTunes
Journalism by numbers
The Irish Institute of European Affairs recently held an event on the future of journalism, featuring speeches by RTÉ's Director General Noel Curren, The Irish Times' Editor Kevin O'Sullivan, The Journal's Co-Founder Brian Fallon and Silicon Republic's Editor-At-Large Ann O'Dea.
For the most part the speeches were interesting, though unsurprisingly they did not give the audience anything that it did not already know.
One aspect that did stand out for me, however, was Brian Fallon's number-crunching on potential revenue models for Irish media outlets. I've already had a discussion with him on Twitter about the figures but I thought it might help to blog about too, as 140 characters just is not enough space when you are trying to question and make nuanced points.
Fallon's figures
You can see the details of Fallon's figures for yourself by skipping ahead to the 8m 25s mark on the video of his speech. Failing that, you can also read through his presentation, which has helpfully been made available online (the revenue figures can be found from page 19 on).
To summarise, however, Fallon suggests:
- Based on the average online readership of traditional media outlets like The Irish Times, RTÉ and The Irish Independent (all ~700,000 unique readers per month reading 35m pages – excluding mobile readership and, according to Fallon, international readers too) you could reasonably expect to generate revenue of €3.8m per year.
- Using the subscription price charged – and a similar conversion rate predicted – by The New York Times under its "freemium" model (5% of online readers paying ~€155 per year) these same sites could stand to generate €3.3m in revenue per year.
Fallon says this kind of revenue would be enough for an outlet like The Journal to employ 80 journalists.
To me, however, his numbers do not add up.
The freemium cliff
The "freemium" model used by The New York Times is relatively simple – allow users a limited amount of free access (initially the NYT allowed 20 monthly page views for free, now it's just 10), after which they the a paywall and must subscribe or go elsewhere.
The theory is this allows a site to continue to draw in casual readers and make money from their page impressions, while also forcing people to pay up if they are heavy users of the site.
There's no reason why it could not be deployed in an Irish context (bar RTÉ, in my opinion, which would be breaching its public service remit by going behind a paywall of any kind) but the problem is the readership figures currently enjoyed would become irrelevant.
Once you erect a paywall – freemium or otherwise – you will lose readers. The NYT lost 5-15% of its daily readership in the immediate aftermath of its move to freemium – meanwhile its page views declined by 30%.
It makes sense – if people cannot access more than 20 pages without paying then page views will drop. Many users will also decide to go elsewhere for their news altogether – you just have to hope there are more who decide to cough up for a subscription.
In an Irish context, a 30% drop in page views would mean 10.5m fewer pages read a month – a corresponding drop in revenue (based on Fallon's figures) would bring that €3.8m of ad money down to €2.6m.
The chicken and the egg
The other problem I see in Fallon's hypothesis is the application of big media outlets' numbers to a smaller, low-cost outlet.
In saying that The Journal would be able to grow its team of journalists massively if it had revenue from readership figures akin to The Irish Times, The Irish Independent or RTÉ – coupled with subscription numbers relative to those aspired to by The New York Times – to me misses an important point.
Getting those kind of readership figures – and most importantly the kind of readership that will pay for access – costs.
The aforementioned big media outlets have the readership figures that they do for a number of reasons, not least because they have a large, broad staff that create the content that attracts so many readers.
In other words, to me, it's not a question of "get X readers so you can employ Y journalists", it's the other way around.
When it comes to subscriptions I think having a breadth of unique, quality content is even more critical.
The NYT has a well-earned reputation for quality – in the last three years alone work published in the newspaper has received seven Pulitzer Prizes, for example.
It has enough breadth and depth that it can demand a fee from its readers and clearly there are plenty of readers who feel they are getting value for money from that arrangement.
With all due respect to The Journal I don't think all that many of its readers would be as willing to pay up if it deployed a freemium model tomorrow. (I'd wager that staff and management within The Journal itself would agree with that – otherwise it would probably have done it already).
That's not to say that having the kind of feature writers, correspondents, analysts, columnists, investigative journalists and multimedia journalists required to change that dynamic is not on The Journal's roadmap; I can only assume it is.
However as any media outlet moves to build this kind of fully-fledged newsroom – even those with no legacy costs to worry about – it will quickly encounter financial demands beyond the journalist's pay.
For example, a correspondent might incur expenses as part of their daily routine, which need to be covered. A multimedia journalist needs to be backed-up with good equipment (camera, mic, a computer, editing software etc) and perhaps even another body to film or edit. An investigative journalist needs time and resources to create a single story that might not come close to paying for itself in the short-term.
For that reason alone I don't think it's entirely fair to apply the audience stats of a big media organisation to the cost structure of a small operator – it puts too much emphasis on legacy costs and to some degree overlooks the investment required to build a loyal audience.
A note of optimism
That said I do think Irish journalism can be profitable in the online sphere and I also share Fallon's optimism about the future of journalism, albeit, perhaps, for somewhat different reasons.
It's clear that a realisation has hit the Irish media, something that The Journal can probably take some credit for. Traditional outlets are beginning to take the internet seriously, because they finally realise its importance to their surivival.
The Irish Times, for example, is starting to do some really interesting things online and seems to be moving away from the "print on your computer" mentality that has hampered the digital strategies of newspapers the world over.
The Journal too has shown what can be achieved in a short space of time with a low cost-base. I'm interested to see how it develops over the next 18 months, as I feel it is at an important juncture which will define the outlet for the foreseeable future if not forever.
I also think that the freemium model has merit and could be successfully applied to an Irish outlet; I'm not convinced that there is any that have hit the right note to pull it off just yet, though.
Cleaning up my act
A fair while ago this site got hacked and, long story short, there was a nice bit of malware injected into the site's code as a result.
I've been trying on and off – with my limited coding abilities – to clean this up since the turn of the new year and I think I've finally gotten it all sorted. Most importantly Google seems to think so too.
This attack will at least partially explain why things have been so quiet around here lately. For a start the dodgy code seemed to break wordpress, meaning it was hard if not impossible to post anything even if I wanted. However I was also reluctant to do anything that might encourage readers to come to the site and, as a result, get some kind of virus on their computer.
That's not the only reason, of course. Thankfully I've also been quite busy with "real" work, most significantly in the past month, and so things like this tend to get overlooked in favour of the instant satisfaction that Twitter brings.
I do hope to get back into the habit of posting here, though, even if it is just once or twice a week.
To start with I'll put up some of the more interesting things that have kept me busy in the last few weeks. Expect that in the next day or so.
Michael O'Doherty in bad journalism shocker
The Evening Herald's Michael O'Doherty recently bemoaned the "Apple society" of which he had become a member, following his purchase of an iPhone.
This world was full of unlikable hipsters, he said, who do little more than brag about their latest Apple purchases.
As evidence of his claim he pointed to news that Apple was rolling out a 'Friend Bar' in its shops; a place where people can go to talk about Apple products as opposed to actually get help, support or repairs.
The 'Friend Bar' story, however, came from the Onion News Network, the internet's finest fake news site:
BlogTalk conference to be held in Galway (IT – 13/08/10)
Leading figures in social media will descend on Galway later this month as part of the seventh annual BlogTalk international conference. The two-day event, which took place last year in South Korea, will be held on the campus of NUI Galway on August 26th and 27th.
Speakers already scheduled include Galway-born entrepreneur Fergus Hurley and Dan Gillmor, the former Silicon Valley journalist who is now director of the Knight Centre for Digital Media Entrepreneurship. Representatives of the industry's biggest players, including Google and Facebook, are also due to address attendees.
The conference's general chairman John Breslin accepted that in recent years many other social media conferences had been created and this had pushed them to open the event to anyone interested in attending.
However, despite these other events he felt BlogTalk still had a unique selling point, particularly due to the more forward-looking approach it takes to the industry.
"We have a nice bunch of speakers coming in this year; it has traditionally been more of a technical event but now there's a split between technical and general interest," he said. "It also has a mixture of what's going on now but also has some future talks.
"We have a lot of people coming in talking about what they're doing next which is always very interesting."
Despite the conference's name, this year's BlogTalk will have little to do with the relatively old-fashioned platform of blogging, instead focusing on the impact of newer social tools such as Twitter. Mr Breslin said this was a sign of how quickly the internet was evolving and creating new communications channels.
"The conference was all about blogging when it started seven years ago but blogs have kind of faded from the limelight and it's more about social media now," he said. "This is probably the last year we will use the BlogTalk name, to be honest."
Two-day tickets for the event are €149 or €99 for students and the unemployed; a one-day ticket costs €99. A full list of speakers and times can be found at 2010.blogtalk.net.
Deal paves way for customer loyalty schemes (IT – 13th August 2010)
Small retailers will be able to establish inexpensive customer loyalty schemes following a deal between AIB Merchant Services and Irish-based Zapa Technology. The exclusive agreement means merchants can use Zapa's contact-less chip technology in their shops, removing the need for individual loyalty cards and systems.
Zapa uses near-field communications technology to produce a small sticker that can then be stuck to a customer's phone or wallet. Users can then tap the sticker on a terminal at the point of purchase, registering it on the chip and gaining rewards in return.
One sticker can be used across any number of shops, with each business's loyalty programme working independently of others.
"This is a merchant-specific scheme but the sticker works in multiple merchants," said Chris Mason, managing director of AIB Merchant Services. "The points a customer earns across shops does not get consolidated into one place; each retailer can have their own scheme in place."
However, it is also possible for a single loyalty system to be established across a number of shops, for example, allowing businesses in small towns to offer a centralised reward scheme to those who buy locally.
In addition to saving money by not having to roll out and manage an individual loyalty scheme, the Zapa system will give merchants access to more customer information, Mr Mason said.
"The merchant can go online to see how many points have been redeemed, how many customers have the tags and what they are doing. It offers a lot of information in terms of who's been in their shops and how regularly they have done so.
"They would also have the chance to communicate with them through an SMS or e-mail campaign."
In order to participate, retailers will have a special terminal installed, which will cost up to €30 extra per month depending on the number a retailer takes. Merchants will also be given a supply of Zapa stickers that cost less than €1 each, a cost the retailer is able to pass on to the customer if they wish.
Zapa was launched last year by Alphyra founder and former Payzone executive John Nagle. The company's first venture was a loyalty scheme with the Insomnia coffee chain.


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In my opinion, it has to be the lakers coming to town April 8, 2011. With the playoffs a few days away, it could change the whole landscape of the western conference. Plus its extra heated considering its the lakers, our most hated rivals. I could see this game putting the blazers at the top of western conference if we were to win. But hey, that's just one man's opinion, give me your thoughts.
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Residents of the Rockaways are trying to rebuild and get their lives back in order. A group of companies began a food drive that helps distribute 20 tons of food and supplies.
28 pallets, nearly three thousand cases of food organized, repackaged and loaded up for Hurricane Sandy victims.
"Anything we can do to give back, we're just always trying to do that," said one volunteer.
And among the busiest hands on this human chain of volunteers are little Ella and her mother Rachel.
"You just realize how blessed you are and you want to do everything you can to help people who are not as blessed at this moment," said Rachel.
Everything here was donated by the Fairway grocery chain and Organizer Roy Niederhoffer says even the moving trucks signed up to do the work for free.
"Somehow the storm touched everyone in New York and we're here to help make people's lives a little bit better," said Niederhoffer.
The donations from Niederhoffer and Fairway will end up at the disaster recovery center in the Rockaways. Residents can pick up all types of supplies and register for assistance from FEMA and pickup blankets. Many still have power out and temperatures are dropping.
"It's really cold at night; it's really, really cold and we're just picking up the blankets," said one Rockways resident. "I live downstairs and I lost my whole entire apartment and I have kids so – I'm just trying to get what I can to keep us going for now."
Inside the Nazareen Church in Queens, hot meals also available. Outside the long lines are an indication so many are still in need says Reverend Les Mullings.
"Nobody is going to stand in line for 45 minutes to an hour to get something – whether it's hot food or supplies if they're not in need," said Rev. Mullings.
And there are many who couldn't make it to the recovery center because there's too much work at home -- clearing basements and dealing with mold.
So Roy and the team made house calls.
"If you can look into my heart, I really appreciate it," said one thankful homeowner who was unable to go to the recovery center.
No gesture of goodwill is too small not when there is so much work left to do.
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MILWAUKEE, WI (WHBL) - Ryan Braun crushed a three-run homer prior to his eighth-inning ejection, and the Milwaukee Brewers finished off a three- game sweep of the Chicago Cubs with a 4-2 victory on Sunday at Miller Park. Braun was tossed from the game for flipping his bat after taking a questionable called strike three, but his homer three frames earlier put Milwaukee ahead for good. The Brewers, winners in seven straight games, received 6 2/3 solid innings from starter Wily Peralta (1-1), who gave up just one hit after surrendering a two-run homer to Anthony Rizzo in the third. Jim Henderson came on in the ninth and preserved the win with his fourth save. Chicago has now dropped 17 of its last 22 meetings with the Brewers, and was again plagued by poor defense. The Cubs committed two more errors on Sunday to give them 17 on the season. Starter Scott Feldman (0-3), who committed one of the errors, had six strikeouts and was charged with four runs -- one earned -- on three hits over five frames. Starlin Castro scored a run for Chicago and had a single to extend his hitting streak to a major league-best 13 games. The Cubs plated their only runs on Rizzo's homer in the third, going 0-for-6 with runners in scoring position. The Brewers head west for the next six games. They open up a three game series at San Diego tonight. Pregame coverage on WHBL starts at 8:35.
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Chapel of Sacred Mirrors
I really don't search for these things, they just show up most of the time. The same friend that subtly mentioned astral projection to me over a ten year span suggested that I watch a movie called Chapel of Sacred Mirrors.
The movie is about the progress of the soul as depicted through the art work and narration of an artist by the name of Alex Grey who I had remarkably never heard of.
He starts out by reviewing the human anatomy and then moves on to energy systems and how they merge together with the physical. He explores first incarnation, birth, life, spiritual enlightenment, death, the place after we die before we are reborn and then reincarnation.
Below I have selected a painting from the later part of the movie. His painting here describes a point in our progress where we see past our constricted egos and consider not only our collective consciousness on this planet but our cosmic consciousness and interconnectedness with the vast galactic web.
This movie is a great example of how the universe can speak through the physical when a person has a passion for what they do and they open their mind to their inner self. The artwork is breathtaking, inspiring and insightful. This is another movie that I highly recommend.
You will find a link to the DVD under my recommended products or the movie can be watched on google by clicking here.


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The death of Paul Bearer (real name, William Moody) was due to a heart attack. Bearer, who was also known as Percival Pringle III, was 58. Michael Moody, Bearer's son, told TMZ that his father's death could have been prevented. Bearer was suffering from supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) -- a dangerously high heart rate. If treated, SVT usually isn't deadly but symptoms are similar to anxiety and heartburn so it's often ignored, TMZ reported. In the weeks before his death, Bearer had been suffering from an upper respiratory infection and a blood clot was discovered in his leg prior to his death. It's an even sadder story knowing now that his death could have been prevented. Photo: WWE.com.
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