Sunday, October 26, 2014

YouTube rejects removing Egypt sex assault video

YouTube rejects removing Egypt sex assault video
YouTube turned down an Egyptian request to remove from its website a video of a woman being sexually assaulted in Tahrir Square during a rally marking the inauguration of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, The Independent newspaper reported Saturday.
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Michael Deeds: Like YouTube videos? Cable One wins HD rating
HD verification from Google means that users "should expect smooth playback on YouTube most of the time, even when watching videos in high definition (720p)." The rest of the ISP choices around town - CenturyLink, Clearwire, etc. - are only "SD Verified.".
Read more on The Idaho Statesman

Monday, October 13, 2014

Lastest Scarlett Johansson News

Photo gallery: Robert Downey Jr and Scarlett Johansson in Norwich? UEA ...
Hollywood A-listers Scarlett Johansson, Robert Downey Jr and Samuel L Jackson are among the stars said to be in the Avengers: Age of Ultron cast according to film website IMDb. The Marvel Studios film – said to be scheduled for release next April ...
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Chris Thompson Gets A Birthday Treat Thanks To Scarlett Johansson's Breasts ...
Chris Thompson, presenter of the Pop Culture Hounding podcasts that appear on Bleeding Cool, also works at Orbital Comics in London. And his keenness for the work of Ian Churchill has even him given a very special honour in tomorrow's final issue of ...
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Sunday, October 12, 2014

Countdown dragged into digital age as Dictionary Corner ditches trusted ...

Countdown dragged into digital age as Dictionary Corner ditches trusted ...
Today Susie said: “While I'll miss rifling through the printed dictionary and using Countdown's famous pencam, I'm excited that we will now be able to reflect the very latest changes to English by using an online dictionary that's updated every three ...
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Oxford English Dictionary selects 100 words that define first World War
As part of a project to revise every word in the Oxford English Dictionary, the latest quarterly OED update published today marks the centenary of the outbreak of the first World War. Editors have selected 100 words first recorded in, popularised ...
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'Adorkable' makes awkward debut in Collins English Dictionary
The dictionary said its use went on to peak in January 2012, and that the word "has now settled into a steady and rising pattern of use, establishing adorkable as a popular word in general use which is here to stay". The hunt for a new word saw Collins ...
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Wednesday, October 1, 2014

NOAA retires NOAA-16 polar satellite after historic run

NOAA retires NOAA-16 polar satellite after historic run
WASHINGTON, DC (NOAA) – After more than 13 years of helping predict weather and climate patterns and save lives in search and rescue operations, NOAA announced Monday, June 9, 2014 it has turned off the NOAA-16 Polar-Orbiting Environmental ...
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Next-Gen NOAA Satellite One Step Closer to Launch // June 13, 2014
The satellite itself is scheduled to launch in early 2017, and will fill a critical need for NOAA as its aging crop of polar-orbiting environmental satellites are at the end of their life expectancies. OMPS' timely maturation, as well as a recent ...
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NASA, NOAA satellites analyze Category 4 Hurricane Cristina
A fleet of satellites from NASA and NOAA are on the job monitoring the first major hurricane of the Eastern Pacific Ocean Season as Hurricane Cristina has reached Category 4 status on the Saffir-Simpson scale. This morning, June 12, at 1200 UTC (8 a.m. ...
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