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Tuesday, February 5, 2013

North Lake Tahoe recreation update: chance of snow Thursday and ...

North Lake Tahoe recreation update: chance of snow Thursday and Friday

Published on Feb 5, 2013 - 7:55:11 AM

By: GoTahoeNorth.com

Feb. 4, 2013 - The weather forecast calls for mostly sunny skies in North Lake Tahoe this week with a chance of snow Thursday and Friday. High temperatures are predicted to reach 48 degrees with lows in the teens.

Resorts and Towns' Update

Cozy up this winter with fireside dining at The Cedar House Pub at Granlibakken Resort located just outside of Tahoe City. The restaurant, open 5-9 p.m. every Friday and Saturday, offers favorite dishes, such as French onion soup, the Big "G" Burger, steak and cherry strudel. There is also live music.

North Lake Tahoe Ski Resorts

Alpine Meadows ? open, snow depths are 55 and 85 inches

Boreal Mountain Resort ? open, snow depths are 97 and 141 inches

Diamond Peak ? open, snow depths are 30 and 60 inches

Donner Ski Ranch ? open

Granlibakken Resort ? sledding hill and skiing are open

Homewood Mountain Resort ? open, snow depths are 41 and 65 inches

Mt. Rose ? Ski Tahoe ? open, snow depths are 57 and 112 inches

Northstar California ? open, snow depths are 36 and 79 inches

Royal Gorge Cross Country ? 150+ kilometers of trail are open

Soda Springs ? open, snow depths are 97 and 141 inches

Squaw Valley ? open, snow depths are 24 and 98 inches

Sugar Bowl Ski Resort ? open, snow depths are 59 and 125 inches

Tahoe Cross Country Ski Resort ? open with 21 trails

Tahoe Donner Ski Resort ? open, snow depths are 45 and 75 inches

Tahoe Donner Cross Country ? 49 trails open

Event Calendar

Mark your calendar. Alpenglow Sports has teamed up with Tahoe Cross Country, both based in Tahoe City, to present the first-ever Lake Tahoe Nordic Festival Friday, February 8 through Sunday, February 10. This event is free and open to the public and includes film presentation, clinics, as well as groups skis and races.

Prestigious snow carvers from around the world will call North Lake Tahoe home Friday, February 8 through Wednesday, February 13 for Carve Tahoe. The weeklong international snow sculpture contest is specifically geared for spectators who will view firsthand 20-ton blocks of pure snow shaped and carved into breathtaking masterpieces. The competing teams represent 20+ countries. The event will be held at Northstar California.

In Incline Village, Sierra Nevada College continues with its Writers in the Woods series hosting author Tracy Ross Friday, February 8, 7-9 p.m., at the Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences. Ross is an award-winning journalist and contributing editor at Backpacker Magazine. She recently published a memoir The Source of All Things.

The Rahlves' Banzai Tour comes to North Lake Tahoe the weekend of February 9-10 at Alpine Meadows, which is located near Tahoe City. This fantastic spectator event showcases racers, four at a time, going head-to-head over natural terrain in ski and boarder-cross style action. The tour also has competitions at Squaw Valley (March 2-3) in Olympic Valley and Sugar Bowl Ski Resort (March 9-10) on Donner Summit.

Mt. Rose ? Ski Tahoe, just outside of Incline Village, is inviting skiers and riders to step back into the era of day glow, stretch pants and rear entry boots at their annual Slide Back 80's Party scheduled for Saturday, February 9. Anyone decked out in themed attire can compete in the "Fashion . . . or Fad" contest, which will be held at noon at the Winters Creek Lodge.

On the West Shore, Snowbomb.com kicks off its annual Lil' Air Mountain Festivals Saturday, February 9 at Homewood Mountain Resort. The terrain park competition are kid-friendly and open to participants 12 years and under with a $10 registration on the day of the event.

Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows will host The North Face Masters of Snowboarding Wednesday, February 13 through Sunday, February 17. This event will feature big mountain snowboard competitors battling for the champion title, $15,000 in prize money and a chance to advance to the 2014 SWATCH Freeride World Tour by North Face.

The North Lake Tahoe Express daily airport shuttle service is available to and from North Lake Tahoe and the Reno-Tahoe International Airport. The shuttle runs from 3:30 a.m. until midnight. Fees are $45 per person, one-way, and $85 round trip. Discounts are available for groups of two or more. Reservations are required and can be made four hours in advance.

For a snapshot of upcoming special events, as well as recreational activities and the best deals on lodging, go to www.GoTahoeNorth.com.

North Lake Tahoe is a 45-minute drive from the Reno-Tahoe International Airport, two hours from the Sacramento International Airport and just over three hours from the San Francisco International Airport. For lodging reservations and event details, call North Lake Tahoe at 1-877-949-3286 or visit www.GoTahoeNorth.com. Visitor information centers are located at 100 North Lake Boulevard in Tahoe City and 969 Tahoe Boulevard in Incline Village.

Lake Tahoe has been recognized by national media outlets, including Good Morning America, Travelocity, Orbitz, The New York Times, The Weather Channel, ESPN The Magazine, among others for its scenic splendor and reputation as a leader in outdoor recreation, entertainment and dining. Recently, USA Today readers ranked Lake Tahoe the "Best Lake in America" in a survey.

The North Lake Tahoe Recreation Update is part of a partnership between the North Lake Tahoe Visitors Bureaus, the Incline Village Crystal Bay Visitors Bureau and the North Lake Tahoe Chamber/CVB/Resort Association. The combined efforts of both entities are aimed to further promote North Lake Tahoe as a premier, year-round destination.

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Power outage electrifies CBS Super Bowl broadcast

Half the lights are out in the Superdome during a power outage in the second half of the NFL Super Bowl XLVII football game between the San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

San Francisco 49ers punter Andy Lee (4) looks on during a power outage in the second half of the NFL Super Bowl XLVII football game against the Baltimore Ravens, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

A fan looks around the Superdome after the lights went out during the second half of NFL Super Bowl XLVII football game Beyonce performs during the halftime show of Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

NEW YORK (AP) ? When the lights went out at the Super Bowl, CBS' telecast got a jolt.

The power outage in the Super Dome in New Orleans sent the network scrambling and silenced its announcers for about half an hour. The remarkable scene ? probably the most-watched "we're having technical difficulties" moment in television history ? also made CBS' broadcast compelling at a time when the game was looking like a blow-out.

Early in the game's second half, a portion of the Superdome lost power, including CBS' broadcasting booth where Jim Nantz and Phil Simms were calling the game. It led to an awkward, ambient few moments of darkness and quiet in a broadcast that's otherwise nonstop noise. A highly orchestrated media event was suddenly forced to improvise.

It took several minutes and numerous commercial breaks for CBS to find its footing and inform viewers of the situation. Social media went wild with a stream of joke conspiracy theories.

Eventually, CBS sideline reporter Steve Tasker ? the MVP on the night, regardless of the play on the gridiron ? announced the problem of a "click of the lights" to viewers. Later, the halftime crew anchored by host James Brown returned to fill time with football analysis. Brown said a power surge caused the outage.

That left the CBS NFL Today crew of Brown, Dan Marino, Bill Cowher and Shannon Sharpe to improvise by talking football. With little awareness of the power outage, the group bantered about the game to pad for time, even though viewers at that point had little interest in football strategy. Marino claimed halftime performer Beyonce knocked the lights out.

Calm and collected, Nantz and Simms finally returned from their unexpected exile as the lights came back on. Simms said he momentarily thought they were going to have to call the rest of the game from the sidelines.

"Hey, the next time you decide to plug in your phone charger, give us a warning, will you?" said Nantz.

"I was doing some of my best work during that blackout," replied Simms.

CBS issued a statement later in the game, saying that "we lost numerous cameras and some audio powered by sources in the Super Dome." The network said it used backup power and that "all commercial commitments during the broadcast are being honored."

The power outage may have had the ironic effect of keeping viewers glued to their TVs, amazed at seeing the biggest TV event of the year momentarily shut down. At the time of the outage, the game was becoming a rout, with the Baltimore Ravens beating the San Francisco 49ers 28-6.

But afterward, momentum shifted and the 49ers rallied, making it a close game that went down to the wire before the Ravens edged out a 34-31 victory. Close contests are essential for retaining a big Super Bowl audience, so the shift that followed the outage held major ratings implications for CBS. The last three years, the game has successively set viewership records. Last year's Super Bowl drew 111.3 million average viewers for NBC.

But ratings are a mere point of pride for CBS, with the ads sold-out well in advance, (some at more than $4 million a pop). The game was also streamed live on both CBSSports.com and NFL.com.

The chaos of the power failure outshined all other aspects of CBS' broadcast, which had seemed certain to focus on a handful of storylines: the head coaching brothers John and Jim Harbaugh (CBS scored their parents on the pregame); the threat to player safety by head injuries (a pregame segment took an optimistic view); and Ray Lewis' final game and fraught legacy.

Nantz reminded viewers during the game of the 2000 double murder case in which Lewis testified against two men and pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of obstruction of justice. But Sharpe, Lewis' former teammate, let him completely evade the subject in a pregame interview.

Nantz also smartly predicted the Ravens possibly taking a safety willingly at the end of the game for the sake of time and field position. Simms initially dismissed the idea, but it was what the Ravens elected to do and it was successful.

CBS didn't overplay the Harbowl angle (if anything, it felt more like the Beyonce Bowl), and didn't flash to the parents in the crowd until the second quarter. Director Mike Arnold did land the money shot of the game: The two coaches embracing at midfield after the game. (Its cameras and microphones also caught Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco celebrating with profanity.)

But this year's Super Bowl broadcast will be remembered for the blackout ? how CBS handled and benefited from an awkward situation. Nantz put the fitting final word on the Ravens' win: "The adversity they faced tonight was to somehow rekindle the energy after it had been taken ? literally ? out of the building."

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Monday, February 4, 2013

BLU Products unveils Tegra 3-running Quattro 4.5, 4.5 HD and 5.7 HD

It was just weeks ago that BLU Products' smartphones were largely dual-core models like the Vivo 4.65 HD. The company clearly wants to ramp things up, as it's kicking off the Quattro line based around Android 4.0 and the quad-core, 1.5GHz Tegra 3. At the entry level is the $250 Quattro 4.5, which includes a qHD display at its namesake size as well as a 5-megapixel camera, 4GB of built-in storage and a microSD slot. The next step is, unusually, the biggest: the $300 Quattro 5.7 HD (what you see above) keeps the same storage, but jumps to the extra-large category while upgrading to a 720p display and an 8-megapixel camera. BLU sees the $350 Quattro 4.5 HD as the real darling. It beats its non-HD cousin with a curved, 720p screen touting Gorilla Glass, and throws in a larger 16GB capacity as well as a more light-sensitive 8-megapixel camera. The two smaller models ship to the US early this month, to be followed by the 5.7-inch behemoth in late March. When they arrive, every one of them will carry unlocked HSPA+ 3G that supports both AT&T and T-Mobile.

Gallery: BLU Quattro 4.5, 4.5 HD and 5.7 HD

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Vaccine group funds cervical cancer immunizations for poor

LONDON (Reuters) - The GAVI global vaccines group is to help protect more than 180,000 girls in eight countries across Africa and Asia from cervical cancer by funding immunization projects with vaccines from Merck and GlaxoSmithKline.

The non-profit GAVI Alliance, which funds bulk-buy vaccination programs for poor nations, said on Monday that Ghana, Kenya, Laos, Madagascar, Malawi, Niger, Sierra Leone and Tanzania would be the first countries to get its support for cervical cancer protection pilot projects.

Merck's Gardasil and GSK's Cervarix vaccines are the world's only two approved shots designed to protect against the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus (HPV) that causes the vast majority of cervical cancer cases.

More than 85 percent of cervical cancer deaths occur in developing nations and 275,000 women die of the disease each year. This means cervical cancer now kills more women worldwide than childbirth, claiming a life every two minutes, GAVI said.

Experts say the annual worldwide cervical cancer death rate could rise to 430,000 by 2030 if no action is taken to protect more women from it.

"Introducing the HPV vaccine in developing countries is the start of a global effort to protect all girls against cervical cancer," GAVI chief executive Seth Berkley said in a statement.

A study published in 2011 found that since 1980 new cervical cancer case numbers and deaths have dropped substantially in rich countries - many of which have screening programs and have also recently introduced HPV vaccinations - but risen dramatically in Africa and other poor regions.

PRICE NEGOTIATIONS

GAVI - backed by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Health Organization, the World Bank, UNICEF, donor governments and others - has been working with the vaccine manufacturers to secure the most affordable price for the shots.

Merck has said it is prepared to offer Gardasil to GAVI countries at a deeply discounted price of $5 per dose, meaning a three-dose course would cost $15. GAVI has previously described this as a "a good starting offer".

The pilot projects are designed to give countries a chance to test whether they can put in place the systems needed to roll out HPV vaccines nationally.

Unlike most other vaccines, which are given to babies and children under age five, HPV vaccines are designed to be given to girls aged nine to 13 in an effort to protect them before they are likely to become sexually active.

One major challenge to effectively delivering HPV vaccines is that many developing countries do not offer routine health services for girls in this age group. But GAVI said initial experience in offering HPV vaccines through schools in Africa, Asia and Latin America had been encouraging.

By 2015, GAVI says it hopes to help more than 20 countries immunize around a million girls with HPV vaccines through pilot projects, and by 2020 it hopes to have helped more than 30 million girls in over 40 countries to get the vaccine.

(Editing by Stephen Powell)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/vaccine-group-funds-cervical-cancer-immunizations-poor-000211588.html

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Sunday, February 3, 2013

Photoshop Retouching - Are You Seeking The Right Service ...

The ability to hid the flaws and retains the photo quality with help of highly skilled expert is essential part of Photoshop retouching. Many service providers bank on this feature to satisfy their clients on a daily basis.
Author: Atiqur Sumon

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These tricky and tedious jobs require proper tips and technique. That it may be essential to use the software and its associated tools by an expert who knows how to maximize its potential. Photoshop retouching can be done with numerous editing software of different flat-forms to produce high quality photo with elegance. Hence it is not worth considering doing the job by oneself. Mastering each tool and software may take ages to understand.

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After all, the idea of Photoshop retouching thrives on upon the experience of editors and clients? retention ability. Some firms provide the faster and good quality services. They have started taking orders from off shore clients along with modest affordable rates. The different mode payment options are made available to please the clients.

These services have online connectivity too. They have support services to cater the needs of the clients. It works successfully as we notice that more firms have come up in recent years. This is due to the increased usage of the digital photography. Adding to this the social networking space has tremendously increased the demand for the services.

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How Thoughts Form, The Family That Never Heard of WWII, The BlackBerry 10 Launch Run-Down, And More

Finally, after what felt like years of lead-up, BlackBerry 10 launched this week to a little bit of applause. But that's not all. We've got the first ever footage of thoughts being formed, porn stars as memes, why Facebook is destined to fall, a family that totally missed World War II, why there's porn on Vine, and much, much more. Check it all out below. More »

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