Sandy takes down Huffington Post, Gawker websites

(Reuters) - Sandy, one of the biggest storms ever to hit eastern United States, flooded servers of Datagram Inc in New York City, bringing down several media websites it hosts, including Huffington Post and Gawker.

"We are continuing to battle flooding and fiber outages in downtown New York and Connecticut," a notice posted on Datagram's website said. http://r.reuters.com/wat63t

"Verizon and other carriers in the area are down as well. Generators are unable to pump fuel due to the flooding in the basements," Datagram said.

New York-based Datagram offers server-hosting services, network and Web application support, and database administration.

Sandy, which was especially imposing because of its wide-raging winds, brought a record surge of almost 14 feet to downtown Manhattan, well above the previous record of 10 feet during Hurricane Donna in 1960, the National Weather Service said.

"Due to power outages caused by Superstorm Sandy, our own website is experiencing technical difficulties," said Huffington Post, which is owned by AOL. http://r.reuters.com/vat63t

All Gawker Media websites, including Gizmodo and Lifehacker, were down.

"Gawker is temporarily down because the 57th Street Crane just flooded our servers with sea foam, or something. Back with you shortly," Gawker said in a tweet. http://r.reuters.com/bet63t

BuzzFeed, a fast-growing website known for its quirky content that spreads quickly online, had gone down earlier but was back online with limited functionality.

"Elements of BuzzFeed's site and many story pages are back online, thanks to a Content Delivery Network, Akamai, which hosts the content at servers distributed around the world," the company said in a post. http://r.reuters.com/zat63t

MarketWatch website, owned by News Corp, was also down and cited "technical difficulties." http://r.reuters.com/get63t

Verizon and AT&T were not immediately available for comment about outages.

(Reporting by Supantha Mukherjee and Sayantani Ghosh in Bangalore)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/sandy-takes-down-huffington-post-gawker-websites-121527277.html

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Champion SF Giants to be celebrated on Halloween

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? Orange-and-black clad hordes will flood the streets of San Francisco for a Halloween Day ticker-tape parade celebrating the 2012 World Series champion Giants.

With the victory parade coinciding with the spooky holiday, costumed masses are expected to bring an even more festive feel Wednesday to what city officials stressed will be a family friendly, alcohol-free event.

"This was such a team effort to win the World Series, so we decided we'd get our city team together to make sure we have a great celebration," Mayor Ed Lee said Tuesday as he stood with police, fire, transportation and other officials at City Hall.

After the Giants won the Series in 2010, hundreds of thousands of revelers ? from school-age children to longtime fans who had waited decades for a championship ? crammed into downtown to cheer on their heroes.

This year's parade route is different than it was in 2010, when a vehicle carrying the "Say Hey Kid" Willie Mays led players and coaches in open-air buses designed to look like cable cars down the same route that Mays' Giants took in 1958 after relocating from New York.

That route started at Montgomery Street in the Financial District and turned onto Market Street. The 2012 edition will begin at the foot of Market near San Francisco Bay and cover about 1? miles to City Hall, where the team and officials will address the throngs.

Each player will have an open-top vehicle so fans will get a view from all sides.

San Francisco police Chief Greg Suhr said the parade will last about two hours. He warned people not to even try to drive into the area during the day.

The city spent Monday cleaning up after a rowdy celebration Sunday night turned violent in some neighborhoods and police arrested three dozen people. Bonfires of trash were lit in several intersections, and a $700,000 public transit bus was torched.

The World Series victory parade in 2010 occurred with little incident, and officials said they are expecting a peaceful encore Wednesday.

"The entire day, 24 hours into the nighttime, no alcohol (on the street)," Suhr said. "This is a family celebration, whether it's the San Francisco family with our champion Giants or bringing the little ones in costume, come have a great time."

Given the anticipated flood of people, officials are increasing public transportation during the parade.

Mayor Lee said the city will provide more trains than it did in 2010.

San Francisco's subway will continue to run through all stations along the parade route; Bay Area Rapid Transit commuter trains will run at rush hour levels all day; and ferries will be running special service throughout the festivities.

Officials also said knockoff merchandise will be confiscated.

"We're working with Major League Baseball to make sure all products being sold outside are ... authorized products, and arrests will be made," Suhr said.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/champion-sf-giants-celebrated-halloween-090608479--spt.html

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Technology Education Startup General Assembly Raises $10 Million

General Assembly, the New York-based education startup that offers classes and mingling space to tech developers and entrepreneurs, has raised $10 million in new funding, via an SEC filing. A spokesperson for the company confirmed the new investment but did not reveal who the new investors are.

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3 Reasons to Google + | What's Up, USANA?

Just over a year ago, resident social media expert and all-around good guy Tim Haran explored the ?new kid on the social media block?, Google Plus, in this very thorough and informative What?s Up, USANA? blog post. There?s a good chance you may have missed it the first time around (due to its proximity to Convention and the other goings on in the summer months) so I encourage you to read (or re-read, as the case may be) this post because it contains a lot of great information that acts as an excellent primer on the topic.

Although Google Plus (or G+ as we?ll call it) hasn?t quite become the social media phenomenon many were predicting, it has achieved over 100 million active users and continues to grow. Despite this growth, many people are often confused about what G+ is exactly and wonder why or how they should use G+.

Many see G+ as simply another social destination that is similar to Facebook and other Web 2.0 portals that we are used to, but it?s not. G+ is more of an online hub that connects all of Google?s services that many of us, whether we realize it or not, use already. For example, a huge number of web users utilize Google for search, share and view videos on YouTube, follow news feeds, access email and place ads to grow their business and all Google-provided services. G+ is Google?s offering is a portal to make the Internet accessible through their services ? bringing the Internet to you rather than making you go out to it. A common misconception is that Facebook and G+ is an ?either/or? proposition. They are very different; enjoy each for what they offer.

So now to the purpose of this post?I?d like to offer up three reasons why you should be using G+, and how it can benefit your USANA business:

Follow, Follow Me

Unique Engagement Opportunity

Unlike Facebook, you don?t necessarily need a lot of followers to have a great experience on G+. The most important thing on G+ is who you follow, not who follows you. Much like Twitter, G+ does not require a reciprocal ?like? or ?follow? in order for you to make your stream come alive with news and updates from those you are interested in following. It?s quite simple to engage with others through their posts even if they are not currently following you. For example, you can simply follow the official USANA Health Sciences feed through G+ and get a lot of great updates and information.

Engage to Make New Contacts

When you engage with others they will start engaging with you and follow you if they share your interests, opinions and passions. If what you post is of interest, people will start to follow you and engage back and then share you and your posts with others in their own circles. The ?Find and Invite? feature is a great option if you?re having trouble thinking of whom to invite. Check out the Find and Invite tab when you?re editing your circles for some suggestions.

Become a Thought Leader

Ask yourself these questions: What do I want to share, why and with whom? What is important to me and why do I engage? Anyone can add you and you can add anyone on G+. You can post your thoughts publicly, set them to private, or share them only within specific circles. A neat part about public posts is that they get indexed by Google and will come up in searches on Google search. This affords you another space online to be a thought leader and reach out to a broader audience ? another chance to make meaningful contacts to grow your business.

Build Your USANA Business

+Circles

Google+ allows you to organize followers into circles ? anything from real-life friends, co-workers or members of your USANA organization. You can choose which groups to share information with that will allow you to maintain privacy and control the flow of information. As a USANA business-builder, you can use circles to identify to target information specifically for those users who would find it the most useful and relevant.

+Hangouts are a great way to communicate remotely in a personal way

+Hangouts

Hangouts are video chat groups that allow you to talk to up to 10 people at once. This video conferencing function is totally private and 100% free. +Hangouts gives you a fantastic opportunity to connect directly with members of your downline, customers or potential new enrollees. One-on-one video chats are ideal for offering a more personalized approach to your business-building efforts if you?re not able to meet in person. Group video chats are a great opportunity for you to conduct exclusive workshops or training for your organization.

Build The USANA Brand

USANA is dedicated to building the strongest, most recognizable and positive brand possible for its Associates. That extends to our online reputation and SEO efforts. By participating in G+, you can increase your own organizations? reach and reputation while boosting the popularity and presence of USANA throughout the web.

Search Results +1

By participating in G+, you can influence search results. From the Google database, we learn:

?+1 helps people discover relevant content ? a website, a Google search result, or an ad ? from the people they already know and trust. The +1 button appears on Google search, on websites, and on ads. For example, you might see a +1 button for a Google search result, Google ad, or next to an article you?re reading on your favorite news site. Adding the +1 button to pages on your own site lets users recommend your content, knowing that their friends and contacts will see their recommendation when it?s most relevant ? in the context of Google search results. In addition, a user?s +1?s appear on the +1 tab of their Google Profile. While +1?s are always public, users can choose to make the +1 tab visible or invisible on their profile.?

You can add code to your blog, website or other web properties by clicking here. USANA has plans to add features like this to all of its web pages ? this will give you the opportunity to +1, like and share our content with your networks and followers and influence search results. +1 can also help your search results ? whether it is your USANA web-hosting site, a blog or something else. Again, from Google:

?Content recommended by friends and acquaintances is often more relevant than content from strangers. For example, a movie review from an expert is useful, but a movie review from a friend who shares your tastes can be even better. Because of this, +1?s from friends and contacts can be a useful signal to Google when determining the relevance of your page to a user?s query. This is just one of many signals Google may use to determine a page?s relevance and ranking, and we?re constantly tweaking and improving our algorithm to improve overall search quality. For +1?s, as with any new ranking signal, we are starting carefully and learning how those signals affect search quality.?

Down the line there may be more Google Plus-related implications to search and SEO ? but it?s nearly impossible to guess what Google will do next. For now, get on G+, follow the USANA page, follow the tips above and use this tool to extend the depth and breadth of your USANA business-building efforts.

We?re proud to bring you the freshest content on the web! Follow USANA on Twitter, like our USANA Facebook page and enjoy the latest videos on the official USANA YouTube channel.

Learn what USANA is doing to make the world a better place.

The future of personalized health and nutrition. Coming soon at http://www.truehealthassessment.com.

Source: http://whatsupusana.com/2012/10/usana-social-media-tip-3-reasons-to-use-google/

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An Interview with Neil Pearson 10/30 by iamhealthy | Blog Talk Radio

On his show, Comedian Rodney Perry covers arts and entertainment, everything from comedy and politics to music and acting, with his signature comedic slant.

MashUp Radio is a 30-minute podcast that discusses the fusion of technology, life, culture and science. Host Peter Biddle, engineer and executive for Intel?s Atom Software, dishes up a thought-provoking discussion.

Deepak Chopra Radio provides an online forum for compelling and thought provoking conversations on success, love, sexuality and relationships, well-being and spirituality.

The Bottom Line Sports Show is hosted by former NBA stars Penny Hardaway, Charles Oakley, Mateen Cleaves. Tune in to get the inside scoop on what's happening in sports today.

Joy Keys provides her listeners with insight to improve their lives mentally, physically, monetarily and emotionally. Past guests on the show have included Meshell Nedegeocello, Blair Underwood, in addition to an impressive list of CEOs, humanitarians and authors.

Hits Radio covers basketball, sports culture and entertainment with past guests including Jason Kidd, Robin Lundberg and Chris Herren.

Listeners get an earful on The Halli Casser-Jayne Show, Talk Radio for Fine Minds. Whether it?s the current political cocktail or the latest must-read award-winning book, Halli tackles all topics and likes to stir ? and sometimes shakes ? things up.

Award-winning World Footprints is a leading voice in socially responsible travel and lifestyle. Hosts Ian & Tonya celebrate culture and heritage and bring a unique voice to the world of travel.

Football Reporters Online is a group of veteran football experts in the fields of coaching, scouting, talent evaluation, and writing/broadcasting/media placement. Combined, the group brings well over 100 years of expertise in sports.

Host John Martin interviews the nation's leading entrepreneurs and small biz experts to educate small business owners on how to be successful. Past guests have included Emeril Lagasse and Guy Kawasaki.

The Movie Geeks share their passion for the art through interviews with the stars of and creative minds behind your favorite flicks and pay tribute to big-screen legends. From James Cameron and Francis Ford Coppola to Ellen Burstyn and Robert Duvall, The Geeks have got'em all.

Sylvia Global presents global conversations pertaining to women, wealth, business, faith and philanthropy. Sylvia has interviewed an eclectic mix from CEOs and musicians to fashion designers and philanthropists including Randolph Duke and Ne-Yo.

Seasoned entertainment reporter Robin Milling gets up close and personal with the world's most compelling celebs. From Michael Douglas to Katie Holmes to Kevin Kline to Ashley Judd to America Ferrera, she sits down in person each week with each and every A-lister.

Mr. Media host Bob Andelman goes one-on-one with the hottest, most influential minds from the worlds of film, TV, music, comedy, journalism and literature. That means A-listers like Kirk Douglas, Christian Slater, Kathy Ireland, Rick Fox, Chris Hansen and Jackie Collins.

Paula Begoun, best-selling author of Don't Go to the Cosmetics Counter Without Me, separates fact from fiction on achieving a radiant, youthful complexion at any age. She?s regularly joined by health and beauty experts who offer the latest on keeping your skin in tip-top shape.

Source: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/iamhealthyradio/2012/10/30/an-interview-with-neil-pearson

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Roku Adds Universal Search For Netflix, Amazon, Hulu Plus, Crackle, Vudu, And HBO To Its Streaming Devices

The new Roku Search channel will search Netflix, Amazon Instant Video, Hulu Plus, Crackle, VUDU, and HBO GO. In addition to searching for a movie or TV show title, users can also search for available titles that include specific actors or directors. Once you've found a title you're looking for, you can see which services that piece of content is available on and choose between them.

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New York City mayor orders schools closed, some evacuation

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California Convent Becomes Retirement Home

A new retirement community is under construction in California. That?s not news in itself; after all, seniors and Baby Boomers are the fastest-growing age groups across North America.

But what makes the new retirement community, Mercy Auburn Senior Community,? newsworthy, is that it was originally designed as a convent for nuns. Today, with the aging of the Catholic order?s members, the convent is becoming a retirement home.

As reported in the Sacramento Bee newspaper, the retirement complex in Auburn, located northeast of the state capital of Sacramento, is expected to be home to 60 older women.

The convent was founded in the mid-1800s, and was built with the expectation that it would house generations of nuns, but the falling numbers of nuns, coupled with their increasing average age, has created an inevitable situation where the convent was better fit as a retirement community.

?Years ago, there were not options for women other than motherhood or religious life,? Janice Bader of the National Religious Retirement Office told the newspaper. ?Mothers were stay-at-home mothers. Women attracted to something of service outside the home didn?t have a lot of options.?

While that?s not great news for the Catholic order in Auburn, it?s good news for the area?s seniors, who now have a new California assisted living community.

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Child Obesity A Costly, Growing Problem In NYSYour Health ...

From Business First?..

Costs associated with treating obesity in New York have increased to around $12 billion annually, with childhood obesity reaching dangerous proportions.

The state?s Medicaid program spends more than $4.3 billion a year on obesity-related costs, and private health insurance and Medicare pay out around $7.5 billion annually, according to New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.

At a speech delivered Wednesday to the Association of New York State Youth Bureaus, DiNapoli called for a concerted effort by state officials and the Department of Health, as well as parents, schools and community-based organizations to find solutions to the health and fiscal problems presented by obesity, and especially childhood obesity.

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BuildingBlox: 5 Tips for Creating an Open Floor Plan

5 Tips for Creating an Open Floor Plan

The total square footage of a home is a great indicator of space and manageability. However, the type of floor plan you have is really what counts when it comes to achieving the type of atmosphere you?re looking for. An open floor plan immediately creates more space, and it is much more inviting than several closed-off rooms stuck together. If you are looking for ways to achieve an open floor plan in an existing home, consider the following five tips. Vaulted ceilings are a great way to enhance your floor space. These types of ceilings create an angled formation in the middle, instead of being cut straight across. This makes the room seem bigger, and your eye is instantly drawn to the beautiful floors as well as your home?s contents. Before converting to vaulted ceilings, make sure that you have AC installed to maximize air flow within the room. Using just one type of flooring in your house is not only impractical, but it can actually make your entire home look smaller. Add multiple types of flooring to create the open floor plan you desire. For example, you might consider:?????? Carpeting in bedrooms?????? Ceramic tile in bathrooms and kitchen?????? Hardwood in common areas?????? Laminate and rugs in kids? areasFurniture Size Does MatterFurniture is a necessity in any home, but adding bulky pieces is one of the quickest ways to eat up all the available floor space. While you certainly want to keep options for people to sit, consider downsizing your furniture to really maximize your floor plan. For example, you can trade in elongated couches to multiple recliners. This way, the furniture takes up space only when the seats are used. Also consider getting smaller chairs and barstools.If you simply can?t part with your furniture, consider ways to make it less cumbersome in the room. Play around and see what gives you the most floor space, whether it is keeping the furniture up against the walls, or leaving pieces out in the open.If you can?t stand the walls between certain rooms, consider knocking them out altogether. One of the most common space-makers is the removal of the wall that separates the kitchen sink area and the family room. Not only does this directly create more space, but the openness encourages more togetherness. You and your loved ones can have the ability to walk into another room without missing out on a thing. Another option is remove unnecessary doors in offices, dens and other areas of the home. No innovations in electrical lighting beat the benefits of natural light. Adding a window in a room maximizes natural light flow, which makes the space look bigger. Plus, you can adjust your blinds and curtains just right so the light hits your flooring. This adds the illusion of space, even in the smallest of rooms. Abby Evans is a writer at?The House Designers, writing articles on DIY and home improvement on The House Designers blog. She loves learning about architecture,?online house plans, and home decor.Photo Credit: Stef, http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1126810

Source: http://www.thebuildingblox.com/2012/10/5-tips-for-creating-open-floor-plan.html

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Reconnecting With Bones's Lost Doc, Eric Millegan | ComicBook.com

At the New York Comic Con earlier this month, ComicBook.com caught up with Eric Millegan. Millegan is an accomplished actor on television and stage, but is best known to fans?and especially to the convention crowd?as Dr. Zack Addy from the hit Fox series Bones.

Millegan was a fan-favorite character on that series?brilliant, socially awkward and intensely likable, the actor made Addy relatable, likable and half of one of the best non-romantic relationships on TV (with T.J. Thyne?s Jack Hodgins). As a character who didn?t always know what to say, Millegan mastered the art of using timing and sparse dialogue to his advantage, turning silence into a powerful tool and making his occasional monologues and pseudo-scientific explanations even more effective. After he left, the chemistry on the show has never quite been the same, with showrunners and writers strugging to fill the hole left by his character?s departure with a rotating cast of recurring characters rather than attempt to replace Millegan with a new series regular in the role.

With Bones seemingly nearing its end in the next couple of years, a number of fans came up to Millegan at the show lamenting the loss of his character (who was written out of the show in 2008 and has returned infrequently since) and asked whether he might be return someday in the future.

?That would be cool? was his stock answer to most fans, indicating that he either didn?t know of any such plans or at least was playing them close to the vest.

Millegan?s character was written out in one of the show?s more divisive plot twists?revealed to have been the secret apprentice to a cannibalistic serial killer, Addy was arrested for murder after injuring himself in a well-intentioned attempt to destroy evidence without hurting anyone else in the lab.

He confessed and was sentenced to a psychiatric ward, only to return in a later episode and reveal that, while he did help the killer, he never killed anyone himself. Most fans have expected his comeback for a while, and it?s hard to imagine the show going off the air without at least one more visit from Addy, whose most recent appearance involved him breaking out of the asylum to provide assistance to the forensic team at the heart of the series.

Millegan gave us a few minutes during a signing appearance on the show floor to talk about his character, his craft and what?s next for one of the most conspicuously-absent television actors in recent years.

You?re best known for television, but have taken a bit of a sabbatical since you left Bones to work mostly in theater. I haven?t seen you in a feature film?did I miss one?

I?ve done two movies. One of them never came out but my main movie I did was a movie called On Line. It was a small, independent film but we played at Sundance and the Berlin Film Festival. It ultimately was released in 2003. It?s on DVD and I highly recommend it. It?s a good movie?a little racy, it?s not for children?but I think it?s really sweet, but definitely an adult film. You can get it at Amazon.

Now, what brings you to the New York Comic Con? You?re purportedly a pretty laid-back guy and this is?well, an insane environment.

It is! I came here because my friend Marco owns the company [where I'm signing] and he asked if I would be willing to do it. I said, ?Absolutely! It?d be fun.? I just did a convention in Paris, so I?m just getting?this whole convention thing is new to me. Even though I lived in L.A. for years, I never went to Comic-Con in San Diego, so this is fun. I like meeting fans.

Wasn?t there a Bones episode that was at Comic-Con?

There was a Bones episode at Comic-Con? Was I in that episode? There was a comic book episode, in which Zach got really into comic books, but I?m not sure I was in that one.

Now, obviously you?re best known for Bones. That became a very interesting character over time, didn?t it?

He did a lot. A lot happened to him.

Well, and you did a lot of growing as a character?then even once they wrote you out of the show, your return was a Hannibal Lecter thing, helping them find Buffalo Bill. Was that a very different challenge, playing from the other side of the table a bit?

Yes, and I welcomed that challenge. One of my favorite episodes to shoot was the episode in which you find out that I?m the Apprentice, because it was very emotional, and very challenging, and I liked the challenge.

Not every episode does your character have one of the main stories, because I was a supporting character. So some episodes I?m just straight-on helping them solve the case and you don?t learn much about the character. So I always liked the episodes in which you did, and that was one of them, definitely.

Well, and you?ve done a lot of stage work but the things I remember the most about your character is all the nonverbal acting, the stuff that wouldn?t come across as much on stage. It?s an interesting dichotomy, I think.

It?s always about telling a story. Saying your lines on cue, arriving on cue and telling the story. I always feel like that?s the same no matter what kind of acting you?re doing. Certainly you don?t have to project when you?re doing film like you do on stage, but even on stage nowadays you?re heavily miked so you don?t have to work as hard vocally on stage anymore, either.

And what are you doing next?

Well, just last night, I did a cabaret show in town, which I worked on all year. There?s a bunch of music that I?d never done before and it was with a band?it was so much fun.

I just did a film called Lady Peacock, which was shot in August. It?s a small, independent film and so I don?t know what?s going to go on with it or when it?s going to come out?or if it will even be called Lady Peacock whenever it comes out, since titles change.

I?m in New York right now, but I?m going to go back to L.A. for pilot season and try to get another series. That?s my next goal.

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Source: http://comicbook.com/blog/2012/10/28/reconnecting-with-boness-lost-doc-eric-millegan/

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