Wednesday, January 23, 2013

'Catfish: The TV Show': Transgender, Lesbian, Gay Or None Of The Above? (VIDEO)

"Catfish: The TV Show" had its most convoluted story yet with this week's installment. Rod met Ebony on a gay dating website. Ebony was transgender identifying as a woman. Rod told her that he was actually straight and was willing to try dating her in person after four years of online dating.

But Rod wasn't being honest. He'd sent Ebony pictures of his cousin and told her his name was KJ. He apparently did it to see if Ebony was lying, too. He found out that she was. Ebony wasn't transgender, and had actually considered herself lesbian for the past 15 years. Nevertheless, she'd grown to love KJ -- or Rod -- after their years together online.

While things could have turned out well after these reveals, Rod wasn't happy. Rod revealed that Ebony had been sending him money and paying his cell phone bill. Without that money every month, he said he probably wouldn't have continued talking to her.

He was upfront to Ebony about this, which didn't go over too well. But while their romantic relationship ended, the two have remained friends, though not as close as they once were. Meanwhile, Ebony has moved on and is dating a woman.

See more stories of online lies every Monday on "Catfish: The TV Show" at 11 p.m. EST on MTV.

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Tokyoflash Kisai Adjust watch tells time with triangles, trippy colors (video)

Tokyoflash Kisai Adjust watch tells time with triangles, in trippy colors video

It almost goes without saying Tokyoflash watches aren't always very scrutable. The company's newly launched Kisai Adjust, however, is thankfully one of the more legible examples -- as the name suggests, it even goes out of its way to accommodate the wearer. The fan-designed timepiece uses LED-lit triangles to offer the time and date in any one of six colors, including a slightly mesmerizing "candy," with the option to display digits horizontally in those moments it's not on a wrist. It's USB-rechargeable, too, for those averse to wall outlets; expect about a month of dazzling (or confusing) friends between battery top-ups. Tokyoflash is selling the Kisai Adjust today, although you'll want to buy the watch within the first 48 hours to pay $149 instead of the regular $179. Head past the break for a video that helps explain the Adjust's changeable ways.


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Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Here Are Your Answers To Questions About Website ... - Jim McGilvary

Every so often, you may have an idea that would make a great business. The Internet gives you that opportunity. You can make a profit with the right marketing techniques, which can build your business and give it sustainability. Read this article to find out more about promoting your online business.

If you plan to use banner ads, your best bet is to create ads that stand out from the norm. If you improve the appearance of your banner ad, you will be able to get more people to click it.

Make sure you use emphasis tools when you develop text on your website. Aim to emphasize important words by bolding, underlining, or italicizing them. Doing this clearly expresses a specific point to your customers.

TIP! Many businesses have a place on their website called a ?squeeze page.? This page will ask your visitors for their email address.

It?s essential that you find the right niche for marketing your wares. For instance, if you?re trying to sell electronics, the Amish crowd isn?t going to be your primary target. Even if you do make a few sales, this approach is not likely to generate the levels of profit and business that you desire. Set your marketing with this in mind.

Include words like ?simple? and ?easy? in your strategy. People avoid products that seem complicated, so adding descriptions like ?easy to order? or ?easy to use? will tempt customers to try your product. This can be a powerful strategy to grow your sales.

Do you offer a reward system for people who regularly buy your products? Your repeat visitors are one of your greatest assets, and you need to show them that you value them. It can also encourage your customer to tell others about the good deals that they get from your website and generate more sales for you.

TIP! When you are using internal links, be sure that you don?t forget to use keywords. You should keep customers on your page for as long as possible by providing them links to fresh content.

Use the word ?fast? in your ad campaigns, with strategic placement of it throughout your sales pages. Many people value their time more than their money, so if you can appeal to that mindset, you stand to profit.

Customers most often respect, and appreciate honesty. By being honest, you will receive and retain the trust of your customers. As you develop your marketing plan, you should only consider facts and statistics that are easily proven and valid. Testimonials from happy clients, test results and endorsements from experts in the field should all be presented.

A key to success in Internet promotion is understanding the competition. Know what they are offering compared to what you are offering, and make the superior quality and value of your products obvious. Another way to increase your profits is by offering your goods and services at a lower or comparable price to that of your competitors.

TIP! Creating viral videos and using tags can help you succeed with Internet marketing. Upload the video to YouTube and link it to your website.

Even if you hit a few bumps in the road when it comes to internet marketing, you must persevere. You may be a step or two away from successful online marketing when you give up. Have everything prepared before you start selling. This can be very difficult. However, this time and effort will pay off eventually.

Set up your Affiliate marketing strategies so that they will generate future business. It sounds a bit strange, but the basic idea here is to create a cycle of customers and a system wherein users search, find your business, buy your products, and then the cycle repeats.

You can anticipate more business if you allow more payment options. Although it seems fine to just offer the credit card payment option, it is much better to also offer options like bank accounts and systems of online payment, such as Paypal.

TIP! Real-time leads often lead to real-time sales. Real-time leads are a good thing; they will guide you to a would be customer right now.

Offer freebies that are branded with your company and submit those freebies to the websites that advertise those kinds of deals. For example if you are giving away an e-book, contact free e-book sites. Various websites are available that provide articles, free items, e-zines and e-books, and you can submit your item to a number of these sites.

As stated in the introduction, the top goal of a business is to stay in business. You most likely want to be in business for years and years. Every business starts small, and these tips can help you build it up!

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The Complete BlackBerry 10 Video Walkthrough: Surprise, It's Neat

This is the new BlackBerry 10, two weeks from its official release. And while visually it looks like a cross between Android and iOS—without any of the spiffiness of Windows Phone—RIM's make-or-break operating system is surprisingly nice. Fast, with clever user interface touches, a centralized hub for all user activity and a good browser. More »


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Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Embryonic Stem Cell Research

The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday (Jan. 7) that it won't review a challenge to federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, putting to bed a controversy that once threatened to cut off support for such studies.

"This is good news for patients," the Association of American Medical Colleges said in a statement. "Research using hESCs (human embryonic stem cells) conducted under rigorous ethical standards continues to offer great promise in the search for cures and treatments for a variety of intractable diseases. With the legislative, regulatory and legal barriers cleared, we hope the promise of hESC research can now be realized."

Human embryonic stem cells, which are derived from eggs fertilized in vitro, are able to morph into virtually any cell in the human body. They're prized for such flexibility and are being used in the search for potential treatments and cures for a variety of human diseases, including diabetes, cancer, Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease) and Alzheimer's disease. But the cells have also sparked controversy, with some arguing that embryos deserve all the protections of human life. ?

Without comment, the high court rejected the challenge brought by James Sherley and Theresa Deisher, two researchers who work exclusively with adult stem cells. Adult stem cells are derived from adult tissue and have a more limited ability than hESCs to form other types of cells. For example, neural stem cells can only develop into neurons.

Sherley and Deisher argued that hESC research violates federal law banning the creation and destruction of human embryos for scientific purposes. They sued in 2009 to block federal funding to such research made possible shortly after Present Barack Obama took office and signed an executive order reversing the Bush administration ban on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.

As U.S. law prohibits the creation and destruction of embryos, the initial extraction of the stem cells from the embryos still would depend on private funding under the Obama administration's policy. But as long as the stem cells were obtained from embryos no longer needed for in-vitro fertilization, and the donors gave permission for the embryos to be used for research purposes, federal funds could be used for research on the resulting stem cell lines.

In response to Sherley and Deisher's challenge, a U.S. district court judge issued a preliminary injunction in August 2010 that shut down federally funded human embryonic experiments. That decision was eventually overturned by an appeals court, prompting Sherley and Deisher to ask the Supreme Court to review the case.

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Jeremy Renner Hoping for More Hawkeye in Avengers 2

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The Avengers successfully brought together the core roster of Marvel Studios cinematic heroes into an epic blockbuster that became the third biggest box office success of all-time. While director Joss Whedon was able to balance precious screen time and a multitude of story arcs between the likes of Captain America,?Iron Man, Hulk and Thor ? characters who all had a chance to shine in their own solo origins films beforehand ? the same cannot be said of the non-powered heroes.

Scarlett Johansson?s Black Widow had a starring role in Iron Man 2 before joining The Avengers, but for Jeremy Renner?s Hawkeye, his introduction was limited to a short cameo in Thor. With a chance to finally delve into the character in?The Avengers, Renner was none too pleased that Whedon?s script never gave him the opportunity to play character he signed on for.

In an interview with?Hero Complex three months after the record-breaking release of?The Avengers, Renner spoke honestly about the film and his limited role in it, highlighting the fact that the plot had his character essentially become a mindless grunt up until the final act and action set piece.

?At the end of the day, 90% of the movie, I?m not the character I signed on to play. I?m literally in there for two minutes, and then all of a sudden? All I could really work on was the physical part of it all, because that didn?t change. That was just the biggest challenge to overcome in playing the guy. Also, we?re pretty much introducing a new superhero character to everyone in a movie where there?s a thousand superheroes. So there?s not a lot of back story or understanding we can really tell about who Clint Barton is, or Hawkeye, and is he working for SHIELD or not. There?s a lot of unanswered questions, even for me. And I was OK with that. At least I was still in the movie. And I was glad for that. The closest thing I could really link to was Scarlett [Johansson's] character, Black Widow, because they have a history. And that definitely plays in the movie, I think. And obviously, you can?t go into too much just because there?s so much story to tell, but you definitely get a sense that they?re connected, and that there?s something really, really important that ties them together. And I could try to summarize it, but it can go a lot of places. That excites me, though, that there?s room for other things.?

While Scarlett Johansson will get to explore more of the backstory behind Natasha Romanoff AKA Black Widow in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Renner may not get a chance to return to the big screen as SHIELD Agent Clint Barton AKA Hawkeye until?The Avengers 2 releases in the summer of 2015. Despite Marvel President of Production Kevin Feige teasing?potential Marvel Studios spinoffs for the two,?it?s rather safe to say that ? like Black Widow ? the Hawkeye character will never get a solo film.

Black Widow and Hawkeye in The Avengers

What does that mean for the story of Clint Barton and star Jeremy Renner? In chatting with?MTV, Renner essentially confirms his (obvious) return and is hopeful that the second time around, the script for The Avengers 2 will let him play character he was pitched before signing on. In Marvel Comics, Hawkeye is more of a lone wolf, often clashing with the other members of?The Avengers.

?It?s what he was able to do with the first one. Now, there?s more opportunities to explore the characters a little more, I think, for everybody. I think that?s exciting.?

Renner stresses that he?s not trying to offer suggestions or make demands, jokingly admitting he?d ?screw things all up.? That being said, Hawkeye?s history in the books seems to lend itself well with what Whedon has been touting for the sequel, a film which he describes as more personal, not as ?happy.?

?The creation of the team is not the happy ending. It is the beginning of something that is complex and difficult, and now I get to dig a little deeper. And maybe, while I?m digging, just twist that knife. And that?s exciting for me.?

With potentially even more characters joining the fray for The Avengers 2, Whedon and co. have a challenge ahead of meeting lofty expectations and letting so many different characters have their chance to shine. Would you like to see more Hawkeye in Phase Two of the Marvel cinematic universe and should his role be expanded in?The Avengers sequel?

Iron Man 3?releases May 3, 2013,?Thor: The Dark World?on November 8, 2013,?Captain America: The Winter Soldier?on April 4, 2014,?Guardians of the Galaxy?on?August 1, 2014,?The Avengers 2?on May 1, 2015 and?Ant-Man?on November 6, 2015.

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