Of course, you'll have to opt in for the new, long overdue security measure to be put into place. And once you do, you'll be required to enter a six-digit code every single time you log into Twitter?a slight nuisance, maybe, but a very necessary addition to a service as prominent and as (previously) easy to crack as Twitter.
How to Enable 2-Factor
Should you choose to enroll (and you should, seriously, now), direct yourself on over to your account settings page.
Next, select the option to "Require a verification code when I sign in," which will require a confirmed email address and phone number.
If your phone number isn't already confirmed, Twitter will send your phone a text for verification. Enter the code it gives you to verify your phone, and you're all ready to go.
All of your many existing Twitter apps should continue to work even after you've enable two-factor. But if you want to login to your account on new apps or devices, you'll need to go to your applications page to generate a temporary, single-serving password for that specific login.
The service is currently rolling out, so if you don't have it yet, you should soon. This is an absurdly easy way to protect yourself from an attack. So even if you don't think you might be a target, there's absolutely no reason not to. Because at long last, we're finally on our way to a safer Twitter Tomorrow. [Twitter]
Just after midnight early Wednesday morning, an FBI agent shot and killed someone they were questioning for his connections with the Boston Marathon bombers. Ibragim Todashev, the suspect, was an MMA fighter with a 1-0 professional record.
Todashev, who was reportedly a friend of deceased bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev, fought in July of 2012. He submitted Bradford May in the first round of their bout at Real Fighting Championships in Florida with a guillotine.
Khusen Taramov, a friend of Todashev's, said that Tsarnaev and Todashev trained together in Boston. Tsarnaev trained and competed as a boxer.
"He used to talk on the phone with him (Tsarnaev)," said Taramov. "They talked last time a month ago. After the bombing, I couldn't believe it."
Todashev was reportedly being questioned about a triple-murder in Massachusetts in September of 2011. The FBI said in a statement Todashev posed an imminent threat to the agent.
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A Japanese cancer specialist said Wednesday she has started the world?s first clinical trial of a powerful, non-surgical, short-term radiation therapy for breast cancer.
The National Institute of Radiological Sciences has begun the trial using ?heavy ion radiotherapy? which emits a pinpoint beam that can be accurately directed at malignant cells, said Kumiko Karasawa, radiation oncologist and breast cancer specialist.
The study was launched amid renewed global interest in breast cancer and its treatment after Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie revealed she had undergone a preventative double mastectomy.
Heavy ion radiotherapy has proved effective in combating other forms of cancer that have not spread, Karasawa said.
?We are able to conduct this trial because we have greater understanding of what types of breast cancer can benefit from this pinpoint treatment,? Karasawa told AFP.
Kumiko Karasawa: new therapy for breast cancer
Development of medical apparatus that keeps soft breast tissue immobile for this treatment has also helped, she added.
Japan is a leader in the technology used in the treatment, and is home to three of the world?s six medical centres that have the gigantic 10-billion-yen ($97.2 million) facilities, Karasawa said.
The therapy has proved its worth on other forms of cancer, including prostate and lung, Kyodo News said, but has never before been used on breast cancer.
Conventional radiotherapy uses X-rays and gamma rays that are most potent at the surface of the body, but weaken as they travel deeper into the tissue.
Heavy ion particle beams maintain their strength to a much greater depth.
In the trial, Karasawa will treat a total of 20 patients aged at least 60 and with small tumours that have not spread.
The patients will go through an hour of therapy per day for four days, much shorter than conventional radiation therapy that may last for months, Karasawa said.
The trial will follow the patients for five years to assess the outcome, she said.
?Ultimately, this could provide an option for patients who do not want surgery and who cannot go through (common radiation therapy) requiring regular visits to clinics for months,? she said.
Japan, which has a high-quality medical system, has a good track record with breast cancer, giving patients a 90 percent five-year survival rate.
Localised and less invasive medical treatments are increasingly important as ageing Japan tries to reduce the physical burden for patients, the national institute said in a statement.
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Bill Murray may be one of the funniest men on the planet. Unfortunately, this tot didn't get the memo. Though their first meeting ended in tears, we have full confidence that Bill and Baby can work out their differences. Baby Steps.
This gem comes to us from the viral Tumblr, Reasons My Son Is Crying, started by Greg Pembroke to document his son's meltdowns with deadpan captions about why they occurred. Now that other parents are submitting their own photos and captions to Pembroke, Laura R. submitted the above with the simple/incredible explanation: "He met Bill Murray."
Click through the slideshow below to see more of the best submissions and check out some of Greg's original photos here.
PARIS (AP) ? The man charged with reviving France's shrinking economy and attracting businesses to invest here is gaining a reputation for doing the opposite.
As the country's first-ever minister for industrial renewal, Arnaud Montebourg has told the world's largest steelmaker it is not welcome in France; exchanged angry letters with the head of an American tire company he was supposedly wooing; and scuttled Yahoo's offer to buy the majority of a video-sharing website.
Montebourg, a 50-year-old lawyer from Burgundy, is the public face of President Francois Hollande's plan to revitalize Europe's second-largest economy, which is in recession and grappling with 11 percent unemployment. The plan is to make the French economy more competitive globally ? especially for manufacturers ? by making it easier to fire workers, offering a payroll tax credit and investing in small businesses.
Economists have praised the labor reforms as a step in the right direction. But mostly they say France's economic plan is all wrong: It is too complicated; it favors a top-down approach to innovation; and it ignores some of the most serious problems plaguing France's economy, such as high labor costs.
And then there is Montebourg, whose public spats with international companies and efforts to block layoffs are making France look like an unappealing place to do business.
In fairness to Montebourg, he's not so much the problem as he is the symbol of it, analysts say. Even if Hollande were to replace him ? and that's looking increasingly likely ? it's unclear whether the substance of the industrial renewal strategy would change.
The sheer size of France's economy has cushioned it somewhat from the worst of Europe's debt crisis, which has brought depression-level unemployment to countries like Spain and Greece. It is home to many huge industrial companies, like EADS, parent company to plane-maker Airbus; Total, the world's fifth-largest investor-owned oil company; and Sanofi, the world's fourth-largest pharmaceutical company. France is also a cradle for design, high fashion and fine wine, embodied by world leaders like LVMH and L'Oreal.
But make no mistake, analysts warn: The French economy, which had no growth in 2012 and shrank at an annualized rate of 0.8 percent in the first three months of 2013, is in slow-motion free fall.
Profit margins at French companies are the lowest they have been in 30 years. In the past decade, one in six industrial jobs has been lost. And economists forecast unemployment will rise to 11.6 percent next year.
Hollande says the decline in French manufacturing ? from 16 percent of gross domestic product in 1999 to 10.7 percent a decade later ? is at the heart of his country's stagnation. Many European economies have seen a similar trend, but France's slide has been more pronounced than most. Reverse the decline, Hollande believes, and you reverse the stagnation.
"The goal of reindustrialization is a perfectly legitimate goal. The only question to ask for France is ... whether it's too late," says Elie Cohen, an economist at Sciences Po university in Paris. "It's probably too late."
Serge Lelard, who started a plastics company called Microplast in 1984, feels the same way. Montebourg, who buzzes around France touring businesses on a near-weekly basis, recently visited Microplast's factory outside Paris. He held it up as an example of the kind of small manufacturing businesses that France needs to keep and attract.
But Lelard is dismissive of the government's reindustrialization plan. He says there is too much talk and not enough action that addresses the competitive disadvantages French companies face in the global marketplace.
Microplast, which sells plastic bits that connect the wires in cars, has struggled along with the French auto industry. Lelard is pessimistic about the company's chances of survival.
France's economic challenges are rooted in government policies that protect workers at the expense of their employers. It has the highest payroll taxes in the European Union to fund generous health and retirement benefits. It has the highest tax on capital, which discourages investment. It aggressively fights companies that try to outsource jobs. And it makes firing an employee expensive and difficult.
These problems have existed for decades, but a growing global economy and France's control over its own currency and spending policies masked them. Slowly, however, those masks have been removed.
First, the euro was introduced at the turn of the millennium. Europe's strongest economies, like Germany, gained a competitive advantage: The value of the euro, held down by the weaker nations that used it, made German exports more affordable overseas. By contrast, countries like France suffered because the euro was valued more highly than their own currency, making French exports more expensive for buyers outside the eurozone.
Then the global recession dried up demand for French products at home and around the world. Finally, Europe's debt crisis prompted the government to cut spending and raise some taxes to reduce its budget deficit.
With these crutches pulled away, France's industry was pushed to its breaking point.
But Hollande, a Socialist, came to power last year by promising more of the same: He vowed to spark growth without cutting generous benefits.
There are three main planks to Hollande's reindustrialization plan: up to a 6 percent rebate for companies on some payroll taxes, labor reforms that make it easier to fire employees or cut their salaries during hard times, and a public investment bank with 42 billion euros ($55 billion) to invest in small businesses.
But new programs are announced frequently. Millions in grants and other incentives have been promised for everything from spurring the construction of electric cars to bringing robots to factory floors.
"That's exactly what you should not do. They're ... complicating instead of simplifying," says Anders Aslund, an economist with the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington. Aslund says the government should avoid giving grants for specific industries and instead help all industries ? with permanent tax breaks, for example.
Last year, Montebourg unveiled a plan to give several hundred million euros in grants and tax credits to car companies and subcontractors in an effort to encourage the development of electric cars and batteries.
But economists say the French government should not try to invent successful sectors. Never mind that France is an unlikely place to incubate an auto revolution. Its car industry can't compete with global rivals like Volkswagen and Hyundai that have lower labor costs and stronger cultures of innovation. For example, French research institutions lack the strong links to industry that allow entrepreneurs in other countries to quickly convert lab discoveries into products.
The flip side of France's efforts to create booming new industries is its aversion to letting struggling ones die out.
"A saved job is always a victory," Montebourg, who is on the far left of the Socialist party, said at a recent lunch with journalists. He declined to be interviewed for this story.
But that's not how many economists see it. Part of Germany's success is its willingness to let some lower-level manufacturing jobs move to other countries, says Christian Ketels, a researcher at Harvard Business School. That allows German companies to stay competitive and keep high-skilled, higher-paid jobs at home.
"To my knowledge, France is really the only country in Europe that is upset about outsourcing," says Aslund.
One of the most glaring examples of this no-job-left-behind policy has been France's campaign to block steelmaker ArcelorMittal from shuttering the two blast furnaces at its processing plant in Lorraine, eastern France ? in spite of the fact that local mines are used up, it's far from ports and its furnaces are out of date.
That plant is "a perfect example of what you should close down," says Aslund.
Instead, Montebourg took up the cause, threatening to nationalize the plant and declaring that the company wasn't welcome in France. It's unclear how much of this rhetoric was in line with government policy ? the suggestions of nationalization were quickly struck down by the prime minister ? but the affair deeply bruised France's reputation as a serious place for business. In the end, the company will close the furnaces but other steel-processing operations at the plant will continue.
Montebourg also tried to save a Goodyear plant in northern France by asking American tire manufacturer Titan if it was willing to invest. The answer from Titan's CEO mocked France's work practices in an embarrassing public letter ? and Montebourg took the bait, shooting back an equally chest-thumping missive.
There looks to be little hope of saving the Goodyear plant, but litigation could drag on for months if not years.
Just this month, Montebourg vetoed Yahoo's attempt to take a 75 percent stake in video-sharing website, Dailymotion. Citing concerns about Yahoo's health as a company, Montebourg said the government, which owns a stake in Dailymotion's owner, France Telecom, would only approve a 50-50 deal. Yahoo walked away.
Business owners say that the government remains more of a hindrance than a help. There are too many regulations and too much paperwork even for mundane tasks.
But the fundamental problem French manufacturers face is simple: Workers get paid too much to make products that cost too little.
The French government argues that its hourly labor costs are not much higher than Germany's ? 34.20 euros per hour on average in 2012 versus 30.40 euros per hour, according to Eurostat. But France's range of products ? with some notable exceptions, like Chanel handbags or Moet & Chandon champagne ? is generally of a lower quality than Germany's.
In other words, if it costs the same to make a Peugeot as it does a BMW, guess which company is going to have more left over to reinvest in innovation? And investing in innovation is how you make a Peugeot more like a BMW.
And it's not even that France pays top dollar to attract the best workers. Its wages are above average, though not spectacularly so. But its payroll taxes are the highest in Europe.
The government's new "competitiveness tax credit," which will eventually give companies up to 6 percent back on some workers' salaries, is a step toward lessening this burden for a time. Early surveys, however, show few companies are taking advantage of it, according to study by consultancy Lowendalmasai.
How come? The paperwork is too complex.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) ? When Craig Haverstick approaches the beach with his dog in tow, Stanley instinctively knows he's in for a treat. His ears perk up and he starts sniffing the salty air.
"Chesapeake Bay retrievers are like plants, they need to be watered every now and then," Haverstick said of the 9-year-old he's been taking to the beach in San Diego weekly for eight years. "We have some great dog beaches. Dogs and people both drool over them."
Dog beaches account for a tiny fraction of the thousands of miles of U.S. shoreline, but they are treasured by pet owners and their pooches.
"Off-leash dog beaches are a canine's dream come true," said Lisa Porter, owner of Pet Hotels of America, a travel website that lists thousands of beaches and parks where dogs are allowed on leash or can run free.
Every beach has its own draw. San Diego offers three off-leash options: Fiesta Island in Mission Bay is great for swimming; Ocean Beach Dog Beach is good for dogs to play together; and Coronado's Dog Beach is described as magical.
Beaches where unleashed dogs are allowed complete freedom are typically fenced, offer drinking water and showers for dogs, bags to pick up dog feces and trash cans.
Dog lovers say the biggest problem is that there aren't enough beaches for their pets and parking is often scarce.
Efforts to create more pooch-friendly beaches, such as one that died in Santa Monica two years ago, have run into resistance from California State Parks.
Critics say letting beaches go to the dogs threatens species such as shore birds, jeopardizes the safety of visitors, ruins the experience for beachgoers and can pollute water and sand with poop and urine.
Fans who frequent the beaches say they provide a great playground for their hounds and can even be therapeutic.
When Carol Kearney first adopted Buddy, an abused 70-pound, 2-year-old Staffordshire terrier mix, he was afraid of noises and terrified of water.
"When he heard traffic, it was like he was trying to get out of his skin," Kearney said.
Letting him run on the beach less than a mile from her 14th floor home in a Coronado high-rise was the only way to calm him down.
Now he digs in the sand, chases his dog pals or swims through the waves to retrieve float toys.
Other top West Coast off-leash dog beaches recommended by Porter include Huntington Dog Beach in Huntington Beach, one of the best known dog surfing beaches in the world; Rosie's Dog Beach in Long Beach; Cannon Beach in Oregon; and Double Bluff Beach on Whidbey Island in Washington.
East Coast recommendations are Duck Beach in Outer Banks, N.C.; Bonita Beach Dog Park in Bonita Springs, Fla.; and Paw Park in South Brohard Beach, Fla.
Some beaches, such as Fisherman's Cove Conservation Area in Manasquan, N.J., require a leash. That law wasn't enforced until after Superstorm Sandy did a lot of damage and the county decided to start ticketing offenders, said Monmouth County Parks Manager Drew d'Apolito.
Similarly, Live Oak Beach in Santa Cruz County was known as a "don't ask, don't tell" beach until recently, said Ingrid Wander, who let Asia, her chocolate Labrador retriever, run free.
Wander got a $160 ticket in January.
She still takes Asia there at low tide. Wander walks, collects shells, takes photos of sea life and watches out for the law as Asia fetches balls in the water.
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The barrier to entry for the Unity game rendering engine for developers on iOS and Android has gotten lower, as use of Unity tech is now free on both mobile platforms. Unity CEO David Helgason announced the changed terms today during the Unite Nordic trade conference, according to Pocket Gamer's Keith Andrew. The dropping of licensing fees for the engine's basic tier means that features which once cost $800 now carry no charge at all.
If you?re suffering from hair loss or are worried about suffering into the future, you may find yourself asking whether hair loss is hereditary.?
Is this something that is going to happen naturally regardless of what you do or is it something that is purely based around factors that you can control?? Almost 95 percent of men and up to 70 percent of women will experience hair thinning at some point in time, so at the very least, you should feel comfort in knowing that you are not alone in this problem.?
Let?s look at a few of the key points to know and consider when it comes to hair loss.?
The Hereditary Cause Of Hair Loss?
While your genes are not the only possible cause of hair loss, make no mistake about it, there is a hereditary factor at work here.?
This hair loss that is caused by your genes occurs because there is a shortening of the hair growth cycle and as this cycle shortens, your hair is going to become thinner and shorter over time.
Eventually, no growth will result.?
Fortunately, despite the fact that this is something you cannot control, both male pattern and female pattern baldness are very treatable.?
Here are some things you can do.?
Treat Yourself Early
First, start treating yourself early on before it has become a big problem. If you can catch hair loss in the initial stages, you can prevent complete balding, which is what happens to many people.
Some people may even want to start with treatments into their twenties if their mothers or fathers have very thin hair or are bald. In this instance, chances are it?s coming so the earlier you can get started, the better.?
Consider Medication
One treatment for hair loss is prescription medication.? Both Proscar and Propenia will influence hormone formation that impacts the hair follicles and can cause hair loss to occur.
Ask your doctor about more information regarding these medications.?
Lotion
Another way to treat hair loss is through the use of lotion that you will apply directly to your scalp a few times per day.?
This can help to restore certain hormones that will help to keep your hair intact.?
Surgical Options
Finally, you may also want to consider surgical options that are available to treat hair loss. This includes? scalp reduction surgery ,which will remove bald skin between the hair growing scalp regions, pulling the hair growing regions together.?
Obviously this is a much more extreme approach however and one that most people will aim to avoid as best as possible.?
So there you have the key points to know about hair loss and whether it?s hereditary.
Remember that even if your parents aren?t going bald or suffering from hair loss issues, this does not mean that you won?t in the future.?
Anyone can experience hair loss for a wide variety of reasons including diet deficiencies, medications, stress and illness, along with poor hair care habits.
From Bat suit to leisure suit: Behold, Christian Bale and some other guys who have at times been labeled sexier than everyone else, captured in full 1970s glory while filming "American Hustle" in New York City.
Bale, Bradley Cooper and Jeremy Renner sport the bad suits, bad ties, bad hair, and good sense to star in the next project from director David O. Russell ("Silver Linings Playbook," "The Fighter"). Bale won an Oscar for "The Fighter" and Cooper was nominated for one for "Playbook."
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Suck in that gut. Christian Bale, left, and Jeremy Renner in New York on May 18.
Jennifer Lawrence (who won an Oscar for "Playbook") and Amy Adams (nominated for an Oscar for her role in "The Fighter") are also on board. The film focuses on the true story of the FBI's Abscam operation of the late '70s.
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I'm walkin' here! Bradley Cooper films "American Hustle" in New York.
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With his comb over and rose-tinted glasses, Bale's "American Hustle" is a long way from his "American Psycho."
"American Hustle" is reportedly set for a Christmas release in theaters -- just in time for awards season.
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In April NASA's Landsat Data Continuity Mission took a huge panorama. From 438 miles above the Earth, the satellite shot a 6,000-mile-long, 120-mile-wide strip of planet from Russia to South Africa. It is aptly named ?The Long Swath.? Oh and it's 19.06 gigapixels.
NEW YORK (AP) ? Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Ron Chernow was honored by his peers this weekend and in turn shared a few tips about his craft.
Chernow, 64, received the BIO award from the Biographers International Organization, a nonprofit established in 2010. During a lunchtime gathering Saturday at the Roosevelt Hotel in midtown Manhattan, Chernow spoke about some of his most famous subjects, from John D. Rockefeller to George Washington, and how their public reputations often concealed a far more interesting private person.
"Once upon a time, biography was a very formal, straight-laced affair," said Chernow, a Pulitzer winner in 2011 for his Washington biography. "But nowadays we all expect the enterprising biographer to ferret out that hidden self."
The BIO award is given for making a "major contribution" to the field of biography. Previous winners include Robert Caro and Arnold Rampersad.
A former business journalist who has written for The Wall Street Journal and other publications, Chernow said he learned a humbling lesson while researching "Titan," his 1998 biography of Rockefeller. Going through the oil baron's papers, Chernow had expected to unearth "sordid tales of collusion with the railroads, the bribing of entire state legislatures, the coercion of small retailers." Instead, he found only thousands and thousands of "cryptic little business letters" that avoided proper names and specifics of any kind, as if Rockefeller feared what he wrote would end up in the hands of "a prosecuting attorney or a Senate investigative committee."
Back home, he expressed his dismay to his wife, Valerie, who in response was "not only smiling. She was beaming."
"I said to her indignantly, 'What are you smiling about?'" he remembered. "And she said to me ... 'You were looking for a typical business tycoon, and what you've been given instead is a true original.' The lady, as always, was absolutely right. I was frankly pursuing a cliche. I was looking for this cartoon, whereas fate had handed me something much rarer and infinitely more interesting."
Chernow's advice: Prepare to change your mind. He confided that while working on "The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance," he had been charmed by Thomas W. Lamont, the suave counterpart to the volatile J.P. Morgan. A partner at J.P. Morgan & Co., and an adviser to presidential administrations of both parties, Lamont was regarded as a Wall Street liberal and an enlightened patron of the arts. Chernow said Lamont, a master of reinvention, had another, more troubling side: friend to fascists in Italy.
"By slow and subtle steps, he was being turned into a shameless apologist for Mussolini," said Chernow, who won the National Book Award in 1990 for "The House of Morgan."
Chernow, currently working on a book about Ulysses Grant, said the biographer was ideally a match for even the most evasive subject. Washington's austere facade, a facade that Washington himself had ably constructed, was upended by the letters and journals of close aides that documented their leader's seething temper. Correspondence between George Washington and Mary Ball Washington revealed that the father of his country was also an exasperated son.
Chernow came to know Washington, body and soul. He explained that Washington had just one tooth, a lower left bicuspid, by the time he became president and that the bicuspid fell during his second term. The tooth was gone but not forgotten. Washington's dentist kept it inside a glass charm that was attached to his watch chain. Centuries later, Chernow was allowed to see the tiny relic at the New York Academy of Medicine.
"In the final analysis," Chernow said, "as Washington's tooth shows, there are few, if any secrets carried to the grave. In the end, the truth always will out."
David Beckham has announced his retirement. In the US, the David Beckham experiment coincided with a flourishing of soccer, and he was the perfect face for the sport's new swagger.
By Daniel B. Wood,?Staff writer, Mark Sappenfield,?Staff writer / May 16, 2013
The Los Angeles Galaxy's David Beckham is sprayed with champagne as he holds the championship trophy after defeating the Houston Dynamo 3-1 in the MLS Cup title game in Carson, Calif., on Dec. 1, 2012. Beckham says he is retiring from soccer at the end of the season.
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When soccer star David Beckham played his last game with the Los Angeles Galaxy here last December, winning the Major League Soccer championship, many hoped he would come back as a coach, owner, or in some other front-office role.
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That comeback could now be closer to reality with his announcement Thursday that he is retiring from soccer. Currently at Paris St. Germain ? which has already clinched the 2013 French league title ? Beckham will play his final game May 26.
Beckham, 38, has not said what he will do next. But the contract that brought him to Los Angeles in 2007 contained a clause allowing him to become an MLS owner at a below-market rate ? a clause he has reportedly long promised to exercise.
If he does, either now or in the future, it would be to take part in a product that he helped build.
Beckham's impact on soccer in America can be debated endlessly.
On one hand, he did almost nothing to increase television viewership of MLS, and league attendance ? which now exceeds that of the National Basketball Association and National Hockey League, by some measures ? was already on an upward swing.
Yet what other athlete could have brought Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes to Galaxy games, as he did? And would other European soccer stars not yet ready to be put out to pasture ? from Thierry Henry to Robbie Keane ? have come to MLS if Beckham hadn't first?
In short: What other soccer player in the world could have made MLS cool and given it instant credibility, both here and abroad?
In the end, Beckham's five years in the US coincided with a flourishing of the sport. The league expanded into new and wildly successful markets from Toronto to Seattle. It went from paying for its games to be on TV to signing a national TV deal with NBC Sports. And it found a viable business model with the construction of soccer-only stadiums across the US and Canada.
Some of this had to do with Beckham. Much of it didn't. But he was the undeniable face of the league as it was taking its first steps from being a novelty to becoming an up-and-coming player on the American professional sports scene. If Brazilian superstar Pel? effectively introduced the sport of soccer to America during his stint with the New York Cosmos in the 1970s, then Beckham embodied the sport's newfound swagger, and in that way, he was worth every penny of his purported $250 million salary.
?Beckham brought glamor and credibility to MLS, which needed them. If some of the gossipy coverage was laughable, it was tolerable because he seemed in on the joke, incredulous that a kid who grew up in modest circumstances in London had become an international soccer and style icon,? wrote Los Angeles Times columnist Helene Elliott upon Beckham's departure from L.A.
Ex-Valve employees Jeri Ellsworth and Rick Johnson had been hard at work on the project for over a year before Valve sliced off their bit of the company. Fortunately, Valve also let the project go with them, and the pair formed Technical Illusions to finish the sucker off. Now they're showing it off at Maker Faire where The Verge caught up with them.
Basically, once you don the glasses, the projectors shoot images out at a specialized, reflective projector screen. Then the screen spits them back at your face, and the glasses split them into left-eye and right-eye images for your 3D viewing pleasure.
While they are at it, the glasses also pick up on LEDs placed around the outside of the screen, and use that data to track your head's location in real-time, feeding you the correct perspectives of the non-existant 3D objects you're craning your head around to look at. It's pretty crazy.
So why not just goggles? Well, this approach lets you incorporate things like AR cards that sprout up game characters and whathaveyou, and then the glasses can track your line of sight to those physical objects to make sure they're rendering correctly in 3D.
The tech is obviously in its early stages, and part of the reason Technical Illusions has taken to Maker Faire is to try and figure out exactly how to apply this stuff. Beyond that, the setup?while impressive?is crazy sophisticated, with waaaaay more parts and requirements than any of the competing systems out there.
Still, it looks promising, and hopefully it'll make it out in some kind of simplified consumer form someday. But if nothing else, it's good to see other people shaking up the AR/VR scene with some wild new ideas. Who knows what other approaches there might be. Holodeck, you guys? You can hop over to The Verge to see these puppies in action. [The Verge]
While your finances won?t impact others if you live alone, people with a family need to be much more careful with their money. This article offers several suggestions on money management.
When you are trying to save some money abroad, eat at local restaurants. The restaurants in hotels and tourist areas have ?tourist trap pricing,? which can be substantially higher than what locals pay. With this in mind, eat where the locals eat! You?ll find the most delicious and best priced fare in the area.
Stay tuned to the news in order to be aware of the global market. Americans typically ignore markets outside the United States, but they are especially important to note if trading currencies. Knowing about international news will help improve your strategy for the market.
TIP! Pay attention to trends when investing in forex. You need to know a lot of information, so you know how to sell high and buy low.
Don?t be fooled by claims that a company will repair your credit history. A lot of credit repair organizations will make broad, general statements about what they can do for you to clean up your credit. This isn?t accurate since what?s affecting your credit score is not identical to another person with credit issues. It?s simply not a case of ?one size fits all? when it comes to credit repairs, so there can be no guarantee of success.
The majority of new products include a warranty of between 90 and 360 days. If you are going to have a problem with your item, most likely it will occur during that time frame. An extended warranty is just a way to make more money.
Try using the automatic withdrawal plan at your bank so that you will automatically have money transferred into your savings account at regular intervals. This will help you pay yourself and start saving the money you need every month. This approach is ideal for anyone who expects to experience a special occasion in the near future.
Arrange an automatic withdrawal from checking to savings each month. This technique allows you to save a little money every month. By setting up a savings plan, you can save for a wedding or special vacation.
TIP! Your two largest purchases are likely to be the house you live in and your car. A huge factor of your budget each month will be not only the payments, but the interest rates of these things.
In most cases, automobiles and homes represent an individual?s most substantial purchases. It is important to set a large portion of cash aside for these expenses. You can pay them off faster if you add an extra payment or put any of your tax refund toward it.
You can save money by eliminating fast food stops for convenience. Fast food menus may seem cheap, but they really are not. Cooking at home with better quality ingredients produces better meals than you get at a fast food or carry out place, and also saves you a lot of money. You will also come to appreciate the art of cooking.
When items are on sale at the supermarket, you will not save money if you purchase more items than you can utilize. Stocking up on items you use regularly can save a lot of money, but only if you actually eat it all before it goes bad. Do not go overboard, then you will be able to enjoy a sale.
Holding a garage or yard sale can help one clear out some old items, as well as earning some extra cash. Those who make friends easily may be able to convince neighbors to let them sell their unwanted items for just a small fee. Using creativity, the possibilities are endless when it comes to garage sales.
TIP! If you eat less fast food or eat out less in general, you can save a lot of money. By buying the needed ingredients and cooking meals at home, one is going to learn to appreciate the effort that it takes to prepare a meal at home for oneself.
If somebody is thinking about getting something that costs too much they may want to ask their family to help them out. Pooling resources to make a purchase for the entire family, can help everyone save some cash.
Your money management may weigh more heavily on your mind if you have children. You can make your income go further and take better care of the people who rely on you by making use of good personal finance advice whenever you come across it.
It?s probably just my age (the big 3-0) but everyone I know seems to be knocked up. Friends, family, co-workers? Apparently I roll with a? fertile crowd. With so many people pregnant, the cost of baby shower gifts was really adding up. A shower here, a shower there and I?m broke. Ok I?m exaggerating. But with all the baby showers, wedding showers and bachelorette parties I?ve been invited to (love you guys, don?t stop the invites) I?m feeling a little cash strapped.
Sure I budget for gifts, but nobody could anticipate so many gifts ?coming due? at the same time.Throw in the regular birthdays and holidays and my budget has taken a beating.
Instead of skimping on gifts or sending impersonal gift cards or cash, I?ve decided to get a little strategic about my gift gifting. Thanks to coupons and a crafty ex-roommate who taught me to knit, I?m revolutionizing the way I think about baby gifts. Here?s how:
Make My Own. 1 Skein of yarn ($4.00 or less when I use a 50% off coupon at AC Moore or Michaels) and about 6 hours yields an adorable little baby sweater. I have several big boxes of yarn that I bought when I was obsessed with knitting in college, so I?m still working through that yarn. I typically knit on the bus and while watching TV at night. When you figure in the time?could I buy something cheaper, yes. But it wouldn?t be a handmade original made with love by me. I also make baby clothes and booties, and sew burp cloths and baby quilts-see below (when I have time).
Quilt Made for My Nephew
Buy On Sale. Whenever I see baby stuff (or any type of toys or games) on deep clearance I buy them. I stock up on baby items and stick them in my closet for upcoming showers. I recently picked up a bunch of cute Easter onesies for $1.00 a piece (none of them said Easter, they were just pastel colors) to keep for future gifts.
Use Coupons. Sales combined with coupons are my favorite way to get free and really cheap baby stuff. Johnson and Johnson baby products often go on sale and combined with a coupon you can get them for free. I recently found a sale on baby lotion, body wash, and powder. All of the items were $2.00 a piece. Combined with a $0.75 coupon that doubled at the grocery store I got them for $0.50 a piece. They typically retail for $4-6.00 each!
Even the Cat Knows Coupons Are Serious Business
Give Coupons. Sounds a little strange, but diapers, formula and food can get really expensive. A few years back a friend of mine was feeding a pretty expensive formula. She was always asking me for the formula coupons from my paper. She had her shower after the baby was born, so to surprise her, I gathered a bunch of papers from my friends and clipped a whole stack of the $5.00 coupons for the formula she used. She told me it was the best ?gift? anyone gave her.
Once I buy and make all the gifts, I put it them in a basket and tie it up with a big ribbon. Easy Peasy and really fun. I?ve received really good feedback from friends and family who have loved their baby gifts.
How Do You Save Money on Gifts? Do You Make Gifts?
Just after midnight early Wednesday morning, an FBI agent shot and killed someone they were questioning for his connections with the Boston Marathon bombers. Ibragim Todashev, the suspect, was an MMA fighter 
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The barrier to entry for the Unity game rendering engine for developers on iOS and Android has gotten lower, as use of Unity tech is now free on both mobile platforms. Unity CEO David Helgason announced the changed terms today during the Unite Nordic trade conference, according to Pocket Gamer's Keith Andrew. The dropping of licensing fees for the engine's basic tier means that features which once cost $800 now carry no charge at all.
