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Nexus 7 8GB coming to UK mid-July for ?159, 16GB version arriving at retailers July 27th for ?199

We've just had word from ASUS that the 16GB variant of the Nexus 7 will arrive on UK shelves on July 27th -- slightly later than the 8GB model, which will be sold exclusively through Google Play from mid-July. Brits are looking at £159 for the 8GB tablet and £199 for 16GB. The latter is actually shipping to big stores like PC World, Comet, Tesco and eBuyer around July 20th, so those who pre-order may end up signing for that Special Delivery even earlier.

Update: the 16GB slate will also be sold through Carphone Warehouse, either for the same price as above or free on a tethered contract (but check those sums before signing up, obviously). PR added.

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Heat wave: 1,000+ records fall in US in a week

In this photo provided by Coby Baalman, ranch hand Terry Moss walks through a parched corn field Wednesday, June 27, 2012, in wheat stubble that hasn't grown much in the dry heat in Menlo, Kan. Across the country, more than 900 heat records have been broken in the past week. If the forecasts hold, an intense heat wave gripping the center and western portion of the country could mean more will fall. (AP Photo/Courtesy Coby Baalman)

In this photo provided by Coby Baalman, ranch hand Terry Moss walks through a parched corn field Wednesday, June 27, 2012, in wheat stubble that hasn't grown much in the dry heat in Menlo, Kan. Across the country, more than 900 heat records have been broken in the past week. If the forecasts hold, an intense heat wave gripping the center and western portion of the country could mean more will fall. (AP Photo/Courtesy Coby Baalman)

Landscaper Heather Parrott, owner of Neighborhood Gardner, takes a break to drink some water while working on the landscaping at a housing development in Edmond, Okla., Tuesday, June 26, 2012. in Edmond, Okla., Tuesday, June 26, 2012. Parrott said that this year's heat is not as bad as last years's, because it came on gradually, allowing her body to acclimate to it. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Volunteers and firefighters from the Dean Creek Fire Department work to save a home south of Roundup, Mont. on June 26, 2012. Hundreds of families were forced from their homes south of Roundup as a fire pushed by strong winds burned more than 18,000 acres. (AP Photo/The Billings Gazette, Larry Mayer)

Robert Rotherham gives carriage mule Miss Pierre a drink in New Orleans? French Quarter on Wednesday, June 27, 2012. Although the mule had just pulled a carriage load of tourists on a one-hour tour, her coat was dry, without a trace of sweat. Still, before Rotherham could board more tourists, their workday was at an end. The temperature hit 97 degrees at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, and a city ordinance keeps the carriages off the street at 95 degrees or more. (AP Photo/Janet McConnaughey)

In this photo provided by Charlie Wilson, a herd of Red Angus cattle stay close to a watering hole at the Wilson ranch Wednesday, June 27, 2012, near Lakeside, Neb. Across the country, more than 900 heat records have been broken in the past week. If the forecasts hold, an intense heat wave gripping the center and western portion of the country could mean more will fall. (AP Photo/Courtesy Charlie Wilson)

Feeling hot? It's not a mirage. Across the United States, hundreds of heat records have fallen in the past week.

From the wildfire-consumed Rocky Mountains to the bacon-fried sidewalks of Oklahoma, the temperatures are creating consequences ranging from catastrophic to comical.

In the past week, 1,011 records have been broken around the country, including 251 new daily high temperature records on Tuesday.

Those numbers might seem big, but they're hard to put into context ? the National Climatic Data Center has only been tracking the daily numbers broken for a little more than a year, said Derek Arndt, head of climate monitoring at the center.

Still, it's impressive, given that records usually aren't broken until the scorching months of July and August.

"Any time you're breaking all-time records in mid- to late-June, that's a healthy heat wave," Arndt said.

If forecasts hold, more records could fall in the coming days in the central and western parts of the country, places accustomed to sweating out the summer.

The current U.S. heat wave "is bad now by our current definition of bad," said University of Victoria climate scientist Andrew Weaver, but "our definition of bad changes. What we see now will be far more common in the years ahead."

No matter where you are, the objective is the same: stay cool.

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NIGHTTIME FIREFIGHTING

Wildfires pack intense heat, but soaring temperatures and whipping winds are piling on the men and women battling the blazes raging across the Rocky Mountains.

U.S. Forest Service firefighter Owen Johnson had to work overnight and avoided the piping-hot daytime temperatures in the region, which toppled records in Colorado, Wyoming and Montana. On Tuesday, Colorado Springs reached 101 degrees, and Miles City in eastern Montana soared to 111 degrees, the highest ever recorded in that area.

A call came in after Johnson's regular shift Monday in the Helena National Forest in Montana. A wildfire was racing through the Scratchgravel Hills, threatening at least 200 homes. But firefighters had to wait to pose a direct attack until midnight, when the temperatures cooled and the wind died down.

On Tuesday morning, Johnson figured he had worked more than 24 hours, and probably wouldn't quit until the sun went down.

His sweaty hands gripping a banana and a cup of coffee, he gave a tired shrug when asked to compare this fire to others in his 13-year career.

"Every fire's different," he said. "They all pose their own risks and challenges."

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PRAYING FOR RAIN

On the treeless, windswept Kansas prairie, the searing mix of sun and triple-digit heat is a recipe for agricultural disaster.

Some residents have taken to praying for rain and cooler temperatures in this sparsely populated western part of the state. Menlo farmer Brian Baalman can testify to that.

"Everybody is just sick of it. They just wish we would get a good rain," he said. "It has become a point to pray for it at church on Sunday, for sure."

Temperatures in the area have hovered around 111 degrees or higher for the past four days, and nine cities in western Kansas broke records on Tuesday.

Only in the earliest morning hours do hardy farmers dart out to ensure their livestock's water troughs are filled and their irrigation wells are quenching parched crops. They quickly return to cooler locales.

Much of the fortunes in the Menlo area are tied to corn crops, whose yields contribute not only to foodstuffs but also to ethanol-blended gasoline. But day after unyielding day of blazing sun and high heat have baked the top six inches of soil, and plant roots can break through to the moister soil below.

"It is getting to look ugly, the longer this keeps going on without a drink," Baalman said.

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CARRIAGE-FREE FRENCH QUARTER

It was 10:30 a.m., prime time for mule-drawn carriages to cart tourists through New Orleans' historic French Quarter.

But nary a carriage rumbled down the streets ? where it was already 97 degrees ? because of a city ordinance.

"We have to take the mules in when it hits 95," tour guide Robert Rotherham said Wednesday, trying to coax his mule, Miss Pierre, to drink from a trough.

Stabling the carriages meant a glacial-paced day for drivers in a city where, absent special events, summer tourism is traditionally slow.

Tim O'Brien and Lacy Shanks of Kalispell, Mont, were grateful they had caught one of the early tours and glad they didn't have to hoof it. Their visit dovetailed with record-setting temperatures: Tuesday's 102 degrees toppled a more than century-old mark, 99 in 1893.

"It's killing me," O'Brien said.

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FRYING BACON IN THE SUN

Aaron Anderson and his 4-year-old son bypassed the proverbial cooked egg on Tuesday, opting instead to fry bacon on their driveway in Coweta, Okla.

Anderson's thermometer read 105 degrees around 4:30 p.m., about the same time his son, Aaron Paul, said it felt like his feet were cooking.

Sky-high temperatures aren't unusual in this part of the country, but it is warm enough this week that five records were set on Tuesday.

Anderson preheated the skillet for 10 minutes in the sun, and it took an hour for the meat to fully cook.

And, yes, they ate it.

"My only regret is it was turkey bacon instead of pork bacon, but that's all we had," Anderson said.

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NOT EVERYONE IS SWELTERING

In the northern corners of the United States, the weather was the opposite of infernal.

It looks like March, not June, in Seattle. People are clad in coats and scarves, using umbrellas to shield themselves not from the bright sun but raindrops.

Tuesday was more than 10 degrees colder than usual, with temperatures hovering around 60 degrees. As of Monday, Seattle had seen almost double the normal rainfall, said National Weather Service meteorologist Chris Burke.

Patty Carlson didn't think she'd need a sweater Tuesday. But there she was, ordering a latte at a downtown espresso shop.

"Take a look around the street," the 30-year Seattle resident said. "Would you guess it's June?"

Meanwhile, New England kicked off summer with 90-degree heat and high temperatures in Vermont and Maine.

But as Mark Twain famously summed up the region's fickle weather, "If you don't like the weather in New England, just wait a few minutes."

Last weekend, a summertime nor'easter, flooding and thunderstorms knocked temps down across much of New England, and temperatures dropped to the 60s in some parts Tuesday and Wednesday.

The yo-yo effect was felt at Ben and Jerry's ice cream stand in Freeport, Maine. One day, customers' ice cream was melting faster than they could eat it. The next, customers trickled away.

"The weather does have a toll on business," said co-manager Carey Lockard.

She has heard Twain's musings; customers often show up at the stand, his words on their tongues.

"It's amazing ? the weather in Maine," she said.

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Borenstein reported from Washington, D.C.; McConnaughey reported from New Orleans; and Hegeman reported from Wichita, Kan.

Associated Press reporters Manuel Valdes in Seattle, Ken Miller in Oklahoma City, Matt Volz in Helena, Mont., and David Sharp in Portland, Maine, contributed to this report.

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Global Stocks up on U.S. data, oil; euro slips pre-summit

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rose on major world markets on Wednesday after encouraging U.S. data and a rally in crude oil prices, but the euro slipped ahead of a European summit seen as unlikely to produce a credible solution to the region's debt crisis.

Wall Street stocks logged their largest gain in a week, with the S&P 500 i ndex r ising n early 1 . 0 percent. T he rally came after data showed demand for long-lasting U.S. manufactured goods rose sharply more than expected in May and U.S. pending home sales hit a two-year high.

On commodity markets, U.S. crude oil prices recovered to above $80 per barrel and Brent crude in London erased early losses as a strike by Norwegian oil workers dragged on.

The rally in oil helped accelerate gains in U.S. stocks, with shares of energy firms among the biggest gainers.

While investors welcomed the rebound, few had illusions about the market's long-term trend as the euro zone crisis rumbled on without a solution.

"Sentiment is pretty negative - when you get people this depressed markets have a tendency to bounce and that is pretty much where we are at right now," said said Doug Foreman, director of equities at Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, an affiliated manager of Virtus Investment Partners in Los Angeles, California.

European Union leaders remained unusually divided ahead of the two-day summit beginning Thursday over how to stem the bloc's spreading debt crisis, now in its third year.

EUROPEAN LEADERS AT ODDS

In a comment earlier this week, Bridgewater Associates, the world's largest hedge fund, noted that European sovereign and bank deleveraging could very well be a disorderly event, even as investors seem to be betting otherwise.

"This 'fat tail' event must be considered a significant possibility," Bridgewater wrote.

Even before the summit, Germany's Angela Merkel had said total debt liability would not be shared in her lifetime, giving little support to Italian and Spanish pleas for immediate action. Rome and Madrid have seen their borrowing costs spiral to a level which for Spain at least would not be sustainable.

"Merkel continues to paint the newswires with her thoughts on the EU way forward as the Eurobond concept does not appeal to her still, and the EU blueprint seems a little off in her eyes," said Brad Bechtel, managing director at Faros Trading in Stamford, Connecticut.

"I don't think we will get anything substantive out of the EU summit and neither does the market after having been told as much over the past several days by EU officials."

At the close, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 92.34 points, or 0.74 percent, at 12,627.01. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was up 11.86 points, or 0.90 percent, at 1,331.85. The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 21.26 points, or 0.74 percent, at 2,875.32.

European shares also rallied on the upbeat U.S. data, closing up 1.4 percent for their largest gain since June 19.

The MSCI world equity index rose 0.9 percent, though it remained down week-to-date.

The euro edged lower, slipping against the U.S. d ollar for a third straight day as it traded 0.2 percent down at $1.2467.

Growing concerns that more peripheral euro zone nations will be shut out from capital markets and expectations that fiscal austerity will drag the region into a more painful recession will see the euro stay under pressure. Any bounce toward the $1.27 or $1.28 level would attract sellers, traders said.

"I am going short euro/dollar into the summit," said Stuart Frost, head of absolute returns and currency at RWC Capital, a London-based fund manager. "The euro should be a lot lower than what it is and even if there is an agreement, chances of which are very low, the currency is headed towards $1.20."

EURO BONDS

Debt markets continued to reflect the worsening funding outlook for many euro zone nations, with investors reluctant to increase their exposure even to safe-haven debt ahead of the leaders' summit.

Italy's six-month borrowing costs rose to 2.957 percent at auction on Wednesday, their highest since December. The spike comes just ahead of a five- and 10-year debt sale for up to 5.5 billion euros on Thursday. On Tuesday, Spain saw its short-term borrowing costs nearly triple.

The benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury note was up 2/32, its yield at 1.6211 percent.

Markets had been hoping this week's summit would deliver at least a high-level agreement on greater fiscal and financial integration across the euro area that could then ultimately lead to the issuance of common euro bonds.

"It is slightly different than what we saw before other summits in the past when hopes were quite high," said Norbert Wuthe, senior government bond strategist at Bayerische Landesbank. "Now we are disappointed going into the summit and there is a positive surprise potential."

(Additional reporting by Angela Moon, Rodrigo Campos, Ryan Vlastelica, Nick Olivari and Wanfeng Zhou in New York, and Richard Hubbard and Marius Zahariain London; Editing by Andrew Hay and Chizu Nomiyama)

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General Assembly: Big Data, Cloud Services On The Curriculum As Tech Ed Startup Opens London Branch

General Assembly, the New York-based education startup that offers classes and mingling space to tech developers and entrepreneurs, today officially opens its doors on its new London campus -- marking its first expansion outside the U.S., and part of a bigger international strategy that will see the Yuri Milner/Jeff Bezos-backed company also expand to Berlin in July. Adam Pritzker, one of GA's co-founders, says that London was an ideal first move abroad because the tech world here "has a lot of the same dynamics New York did 1-2 years ago." But that doesn't mean this will be a carbon copy of the original: he also says that GA wants to cater to the local clientele, and will be expanding its program accordingly. That will include a new emphasis on big data development and cloud services -- speaking more to the finance and finance tech community here in London, as well as other industries big in the city and ripe for technological innovation.

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Soaring building will help economy | Inside Real Estate News

S. Robert August said Oakwood Homes's recent purchase of Banning Lewis Ranch property in Colorado Springs is a great deal for the Denver builder.

Home building activity in the Denver area continued to soar in May, with no slowdown in sight for at least the near term.

Builders in the metro area pulled 1,986 permits in the first five months of the year for single-family detached homes, 49.6 percent more than the 1,328 during the same period in 2011, according to a report released today by the Home Builders Association of Metro Denver.

May?s tally was the 14th consecutive month that builders pulled more permits when compared with the ?same month in 2011.

?The market continues to be strong,? said Jeff Whiton, president and CEO of the HBA of Metro Denver. ?Year-to-date, on single-family detached homes, we are up 50 percent and that is good. I?m sure next month will add to the string and the next two or three months also look strong. After that, it is just a little far out to predict what will happen. I just can?t see past the horizon.?

The survey covers the counties of Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, Elbert and Jefferson and all of the communities in the counties.

The report shows that builders were issued 503 permits in May, up 71 percent from the 294 in May 2011. Some places saw huge percentage increases, even though the numbers were small. In Arvada, for example, builders pulled 39 permits for single-family homes, a 457 percent increase from May 2011, when a mere seven permits were issued. Longmont experienced even a larger percentage gain with even tinier numbers. In May, permit activity grew by a whopping 900 percent, as builders pulled 10 permits last month, compared with only one in May 2011.

Whiton said home sales activity is happening across the board, from first-time home buyers to aging baby boomers looking to downsize.

?The most popular price is in the $275,000 to $325,000 range, but we are seeing some increased strength in the $450,000 to $700,000 market,? Whiton said.

?Builders are telling me that they are seeing a lot of traffic (through models) and the conversion rate (to buyers) are very strong,? Whiton said, although the building activity is still only about a third where it has been historically.

He said master-planned communities seeing a lot of activity include Stapleton and Solterra in Lakewood. Housing consultant S. Robert August said last month?s purchase by Oakwood Homes for 2,600-acres of the northern portion of Banning Lewis Ranch in Colorado Springs was an ?spectacular deal? that will provide Oakwood with home building lots for the next decade.

Across the country, home building activity is expected to grow, Lawrence Yun, chief economist of the National Association of Real Estate Editors conference in Denver said last week.

?If construction loans begin to open up, I would not be surprised to see a 70 percent increase in housing starts,? Yun said during a panel discussion last Friday at the Brown Palace Hotel.

?The missing component of the economic recovery is a strong residential construction recovery,? Whiton said.

On average, a new home in the Denver area generates about $33,350 in fees, permits and taxes and each new home creates an average of 3.3 new now jobs,and every two homes built creates an ongoing need for another full-time job each year, year after year, he said.

August said that the big national builders, or local builders such as Oakwood Homes with access to capital, have benefitted the most. It is still tough for smaller, local builders and semi-custom builders to get financing,

The No. 1 builder the metro area in the first five months of the year was Century Communities, with 390 permits, according to the HBA of Metro Denver. It is closely followed by Richmond American Homes of Colorado, which is owned by MDC Holdings, with 389 permits. Other active builders in the metro area:

• D. R. Horton, 153 permits.
• Meritage Home, 142 permit.
• Lennar, 137 permits.
• Shea Homes, 108 permits.
• KB Home, 103 permits.
• Taylor Morrison of Colorado, 94 permits.
• Ryland Homes, 92 permits.
• Remington Homes, 63 permits.

Whiton said that home builders also have benefitted from the dearth of resale homes on the market. The inventory of previously owned homes in the Denver area is at a 12-year low.

?While there is not a lot of unsold inventory of new homes on the market, if you order a home, a builder can often deliver it to you in 90 to 120 days,? Whiton said. ?That is much faster than it was even a few years ago. When you buy a resale home, it typically takes 30 to 90 days to close, so the difference isn?t that great.?

The HBA report also showed that activity for single-family attached homes, primarily townhomes, rose by 14.6 percent to 307 from 288. And apartment activity also continued to soar, with 1,101 permits pulled year-to-date, 134 percent more than the 470 in the first five months of 2011.

Have a story idea or real estate news tip? Contact John Rebchook at JRCHOOK@gmail.com. InsideRealEstateNews.com is sponsored by Universal Lending, Land Title Guarantee and 8z Real Estate.

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Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) August 24, 2011

Chef Miru Jung?s American Dream began 10 years ago when the Korean immigrant found a job as a dishwasher in Downtown LA. Chef Miru and his brother, Calvin, saved for years in order to open their eclectic Korean-American burger and sushi restaurant in Beverly Hills, Miru 8691. Their unique ingredients and gourmet presentation made them a quick local favorite, with popular menu items like the Kalbi burger, which includes filet mignon cubes cooked into the burger patty. Business had been growing steadily when the economy took a turn for the worse, and the Jung brothers found themselves struggling to get by once again.

Chef Miru decided to try Internet marketing as a last attempt to turn his business around, seeking help from Los Angeles-based firm, /excelamktg, to bring new customers in the door. /excelamktg owners Ashley Ranger & Dexter Hutchison sat down with Chef Jung, who exudes positivity and cooks up the #1 burger in America according to TheBurgerReview.com. After learning that the Jungs had next to no budget available for their services, they offered to provide a web facelift for free the burgers are THAT good!

In a matter of a few months, Miru 8691?s web presence went from non-existent to hyperactive. A website revamp was first on the agenda, followed by the implementation of a social media strategy that includes Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare. Old and new customers alike are being drawn to Miru 8691 with special deals that can only be redeemed by joining their online network. The restaurant is now on the radar of food bloggers who praise Chef Miru?s quality and presentation. There is even a feature on a major TV network set to air in the coming months.

Social media has allowed Chef Miru to become engaged with his customers, reach out to foodies and post fun incentives for his fans, said Ashley Ranger, president of /excelamktg. He came to us in need of help and we are happy to do what we can in order to keep the restaurant in business.

These days, it?s rare to see an empty table at Miru 8691. While customers wait for their food, they?re encouraged to interact with Miru 8691 on social media, using QR codes to ?Like? ?Follow? and ?Check-In? right from their seat. This strategy has kept Miru 8691?s fan base up to date everyday with what?s happening in-store like a recent visits from celebrities and encourages those messages to be shared. With most new visitors converting to loyal, repeat customers, Chef Miru has had to make one more addition to his online presence an account on OpenTable to manage his reservations.

?Choosing to do social media is the best thing I could have done to get more exposure.? Chef Miru explained. ?People spend so much of their time on the web now and it?s vital to have a presence, to talk to people, to take feedback and make appropriate changes. It?s an open line of communication with your customers and it has done wonders for my restaurant.?

Now Chef Miru is looking forward to his next dream to one day own an orphanage where he can teach the next generation of children how to cook dishes with ?a touch of molecular gastronomy. In the meantime, you?ll find him behind the grill at Miru 8691, continuing to perfect the #1 burger in the country.

ABOUT MIRU 8691

Tucked in the corner of a typical Southern California strip mall, Chef Miru Jung and his brother, Calvin, are cooking up some of the most innovative and delicious culinary creations Los Angeles has ever seen. The hidden gem of Beverly Hills features some of the highest rated burgers in America, creating a truly unique experience even for the most exacting upscale palettes. For more information on Miru 8691, please visit http://www.miru8691.com

ABOUT /EXCELAMKTG

/excelamktg is a social media marketing firm based in Los Angeles. A division of Excela: For Everything Business, the firm caters to the small and mid-sized business sector offering online marketing, social media campaigns, digital public relations, web design, SEO services and more. For more information on /excelamktg, please visit http://www.excelamktg.com

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There are so many different audio head units available these days that making an informed decision on which one to buy is a long process. I happen to know that about 99% of people have the same goals:

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There are lots of retailers and parties on the internet that would like you to believe certain things about car audio.

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The Importance Of Architecture And Interior Design For Retail ...

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Opening and running a retail business is more complicated than just buying or renting a space and opening for business. There is competition and the whim of the public to consider. there is also the proper display of merchandise and the safety of the shoppers who come. well designed businesses attract more customers and sell more of their goods. they also stay in business longer and make better profits. Taking the time and making the investment in a good architect or Interior designer is just good business.

Some things that must be considered in planning a retail business are location, store front design, traffic flow inside the business, customer safety, color scheme, ambiance, decor style, ease of maintenance and customer convenience. Location of different departments and display cases can make a big difference in the success or failure of a business. A professional store designer can put together floor plans that will work for each kind of business that take s afety and traffic flow into consideration. Most businesses have one chance to impress the buying public. Waste that chance with bad ambiance or poor store design and the business will fail.

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For many Pakistanis, 'USA' means 'drones'

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan ? When attorney Shahzad Akbar began filing lawsuits against the Pakistan government on behalf of drone strike victims in 2010, some of his close friends started calling him "Taliban lawyer."

"But now, two years later, they don't do that anymore," he said.

In many ways the effects of the nearly nine-year U.S. program of targeted drone missile strikes in Pakistan were largely hidden from the rest of the world for many years. The strikes have been conducted in Pakistan's rugged and remote tribal region bordering Afghanistan ? an area nearly impossible for outsiders to visit and from which it is incredibly difficult to extract reliable and timely information.

But Akbar's work through his Foundation for Fundamental Rights has raised awareness of the strikes among the general Pakistani population ? at the same time anti-American sentiment from a failing alliance with the U.S. is on the rise. He said his mission is to seek justice on behalf of innocent civilians killed in the drone attacks.

"The situation on the ground is not what the U.S. government says, that they're only targeting militants," said Akbar. "The situation on the ground is that a huge number of civilians are being killed."

Part of the problem, according to Akbar, is that until recently, most Pakistanis didn't know or didn't care about the drone strikes. But public political anger, denouncing the strikes as a violation of Pakistan's sovereignty, has helped draw attention to the issue over the last few years.

Today, drones have become a political touchstone, regularly decried as part of politician's campaign speeches, prominently featured in fiery protest rallies, and sitting squarely at the center of a diplomatic war of words between the U.S. and Pakistan.

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Collateral damage
Akbar's legal challenges come as a recent poll shows considerable opposition in countries around the world to the U.S. drone campaign. The Pew Research Center study found that more than half of those polled in 17 of 20 countries disapprove of the use of drone strikes to target extremists. However, Americans see things very differently and largely support their use, with only 38 percent disapproving.

Though public perception may help him to gain traction, Akbar said his cases are based on the evidence he's gathering from strike locations in coordination with communities in North Waziristan, the tribal agency in which the overwhelming majority of strikes have occurred. That cache of evidence includes everything from family testimonies and images of the identifiable bodies and body parts recovered from the attack sites, to actual fragments of the Hellfire missiles fired from the remotely-piloted drones.

"I believe in very simple principles that were taught to us by the West," said Akbar. "That everyone is presumed innocent unless proven guilty. So anyone who is killed in drone strikes, unless and until his guilt is established in some independent forum ? that person is innocent."

Noor Behram, a journalist in North Waziristan, Pakistan, describes his views of the United States.

According to the London-based Bureau of Investigative Journalism, a not-for-profit organization basing its study on reports from government officials, media reports, and academic sources, anywhere between 2,486 and 3,188 people have been killed in 332 U.S. drones strikes inside Pakistan since 2004. The fact that the report is based on wide-ranging and conflicting reports, speaks to the difficulty of establishing hard facts in this part of the world. Similarly, the same report also estimated that the number of civilians killed in those strikes ranges from 482 to 832.

According to another study done by the New America Foundation, a non-profit public policy institute in Washington, D.C., a total of 43 men identified as "militant leaders" were killed in those strikes. ?

A major point of controversy is who counts as a ?civilian? versus a ?combatant.? The Obama administration defines all military-age males in a strike zone as ?combatants,? unless there is explicit posthumous evidence proving them innocent, according to a report in the New York Times.??

Pakistanis who live in those strike zones dispute that definition, and claim innocent women and children are being killed as well.? But the administration?s broad definition does help explain how they could reach a very low, civilian casualty count as a result of drone attacks.

U.S. officials, who ? for the first time ? publicly admitted using drones in April of this year, have said the strikes are "targeted...against specific al-Qaida terrorists" and are carried out "in full accordance with the law, and in order to prevent terrorist attacks on the United States and save American lives."

But Akbar argues that the identities of many killed are unknown, that nearby children are often killed by flying shrapnel, and that any "collateral damage" deaths are simply impossible to justify ? even when a "high-value" terrorist is killed as a result.

"The problem is that no one cares if ?nobody? is killed, and by ?nobody,? I mean a person who is nobody. A person who is probably just living in that area, has no money, no education, no representation," said Akbar. "The point here is that if we are successful in killing one or two people who we really want to kill, and in order to do that we kill 40 people ? who cares? And this is a sad kind of attitude we have from the American government and unfortunately from my own government."

?Can?t help but be angry??
In order to represent the families of civilian drone strikes victims in court, Akbar first had to win their trust, which has been an uphill battle in communities that see themselves are separate and distinct from the rest of country. Many in the targeted areas are under-represented and under-funded on the national level, and feel more kinship to their fellow ethnic tribesmen across the border in Afghanistan than with the Pakistani population east of their northwest territory.

"When we started working in Waziristan in 2010, that was the seventh year of the drone strikes," said Akbar. "People had no trust in their own countrymen. They said, ?You have not looked after us, you haven't really cared what was happening here, so why would we now talk to you and give you evidence of what's really happening here??"

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So Akbar partnered with Noor Behram, a soft-spoken journalist and father of six, born and raised in North Waziristan, who had witnessed and documented multiple drone strikes in his own area, and was wondering why no one in the rest of the world seemed to care.

"When you live in an area where there is war, where there is suffering, where there are drone attacks, where there's not proper reporting about what's going on?. Even if you're a professional, you can't help but become angry at what you see,? said Behram. ?You start to wonder how you can take the voices you hear and carry them to the rest of the world."

Behram established a notification system based on walkie-talkies and a trusted network of sources across the region where curfews and rough terrain can make it difficult to travel quickly from one area to another. When the attacks occur nearby, as many do to his home in Miramshah, he says he is often the first one with a camera at the site. Entire buildings are reduced to rubble heaps. Residual fires burn in nearby homes or businesses. Crowds gather to dig through the wreckage for survivors and gather body parts.

The frequency with which the strikes are carried out, Behram said, has his community on edge.

"People are very worried, very tense all the time," he said. "When the missile is fired from the plane, there is a loud explosion. When it hits the ground, it makes a terrifying noise. The people below, they just start running. Pieces of missile, they fly everywhere, very far, into other people's houses."

Despite experiencing strikes so close to his home that he and his family have been forced to flee in the middle of the night, Behram said he harbors no anger towards the American people ? it's their policies, he says, that should be reviewed.

"I think, even if they said, 'we've killed 100 terrorists,' and just one child was also killed?If you, at that time, you see that child's body, you talk to his mother and father ? I think, for me, this is a very serious thing,? he said. ?That one child, sitting in his house, could be killed like this.?

Behram patiently documents what he sees, sometimes spending hours with reluctant family members to convince them to share their testimony for the lawsuits being filed.

"I tell them there are people who want to help you. If you want help, then I can talk to them for you," Behram said. "Because if you don't talk to them or let them help you, I don't know what will happen next."

?I want to give them their rights?
Working together, Akbar and Behram have gathered evidence for 13 petitions filed in Islamabad and Peshawar courts, most of which are filed against the government of Pakistan. In total, the lawsuits represent 71 families who have lost 100 family members in U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan.

Despite the fact that he can only legally file suit within Pakistan, Akbar said three of the cases do involve criminal litigation against current and former U.S. officials, including an alleged former CIA station chief and a former CIA legal counsel. But taking on a U.S. administration loathe to even acknowledge the classified program, much less engage legally on the matter, means that those lawsuits are largely intended to send a message at this stage ? that he, and the people he represents, hold both Pakistani and U.S. officials responsible for the deaths of their family members.

"I want justice for these people so they feel that they're part of the system," said Behram. "Because on the one side we ask them to behave and fall in line?.and on the other side, we don't give them any rights. I want to give them their rights."

This story is part of a series by msnbc.com and NBC News "What the World Thinks of US". The series aims to check the pulse on current perceptions of America's global stature during the election year and ahead of our annual Independence Day. Share your thoughts about this story and our series on Twitter using #AmericaMeans?

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Colorado blaze too dangerous to assess damage

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) ? A raging wildfire destroyed dozens of houses overnight and charred land on the edges of the Air Force Academy on Wednesday, while thick smoke and intense, towering flames kept officials from learning the full scope of damage to Colorado's second-largest city.

The wildfire doubled in size overnight to about 24 square miles, and has so far forced mandatory evacuations for more than 32,000 residents, Colorado Springs emergency management director Brett Waters said. Among those urgently evacuated Tuesday evening were residents at the U.S. Air Force Academy.

The fire burned about 10 acres of land along the southwest boundary of the academy's 28-square-mile boundary, but no injuries or damage to academy structures have been reported.

Steve Cox, an aide to Mayor Steve Bach, said Wednesday morning that the blaze has consumed dozens of houses elsewhere. A more precise figure wasn't available because of the intensity of the fire.

Heavy smoke and ash billowed from the mountain foothills west of the city. Bright yellow and orange flames flared in the night, often signaling another home lost to the Waldo Canyon Fire, which is the No. 1 priority for the nation's firefighters.

The White House said President Barack Obama would tour the fire area on Friday.

"It was like looking at the worst movie set you could imagine," Gov. John Hickenlooper said after flying over the 9-square-mile fire late Tuesday. "It's almost surreal. You look at that, and it's like nothing I've seen before."

Flames crested a ridge above the scenic Air Force Academy campus on Tuesday, and the school told more than 2,200 residents to evacuate 600 households in one housing area.

By Wednesday, the smoke appeared farther away, said Lt. Col. John Bryan, an academy spokesman.

About 90 firefighters from the academy and nearby fire departments were battling the encroaching flames.

It wasn't immediately clear how close the fire was to the academy's signature building, the aluminum, glass and steel Cadet Chapel. The chapel dorms, classrooms and other central buildings are clustered in the northwest quadrant of the 28-square-mile campus.

"The cadets are safe," Lt. Gen. Michael Gould, the academy superintendent, said.

More than 1,000 incoming freshman are scheduled to report to the academy as scheduled on Thursday, but the day's events have been moved to a campus building farther from the fire, Bryan said.

About 1,500 other cadets who are attending summer classes would take shelter off campus with civilian or military families if the threat worsens, Bryan said.

Academy officials said 90 firefighters were trying to stop the flames on the campus, including some from nearby departments.

Colorado Springs Fire Chief Richard Brown called the blaze " a firestorm of epic proportions."

Christine Williams and her daughter Serina saw flames consuming grass just 30 yards from their northwest Colorado Springs apartment complex when they fled.

"It was pretty close," Serina Williams said Wednesday. "It was too close for comfort, that's for sure. It's like we've had our life swiped out from underneath us."

Sarah Safranek was in tears as she sought information about her house.

"Right now I'd rather not know," she said.

Thunderstorms are expected near the blaze in the afternoon, but incident commander Rich Harvey says they could bring unpredictable winds that would hinder firefighters' efforts near the city of 419,000 people.

The fire is about 5 percent contained, Harvey said.

Throughout the interior West, firefighters have toiled for days in searing, record-setting heat against fires fueled by prolonged drought. Most, if not all, of Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and Montana were under red flag warnings, meaning extreme fire danger.

The nation is experiencing "a super-heated spike on top of a decades-long warming trend," said Derek Arndt, head of climate monitoring at the National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C.

Elsewhere in Colorado, the 136-square-mile High Park Fire has destroyed 257 homes, authorities said. That fire was triggered by lightning June 9.

And elsewhere in the West:

? A blaze in central Utah has burned down 56 structures, the majority of which are homes, officials said Wednesday. Authorities are about halfway through their damage assessment of a fire that has burned about 46,000 acres, or 72 square miles. Officials returned to an evacuated area and found a woman dead Tuesday.

? A wildfire north of Billings, Mont., caused hundreds of families to be evacuated from their homes as the blaze burned more than 18,000 acres, or about 28 square miles. Musselshell County Attorney Kent Sipe told The Billings Gazette that at least 60 homes had burned.

? A wildfire in the Bridger-Teton National Forest has grown from about 2,000 acres to 12,000 acres, or nearly 19 square miles, officials said Wednesday.

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Associated Press writers Thomas Peipert in Colorado Springs, Rema Rahman and Steven K. Paulson in Denver, Lynn DeBruin in Indianola, Utah, and AP Science Writer Seth Borenstein in Washington contributed to this report.

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Posted on 27. Jun, 2012 by Emily Jaminet in Family, Living the Faith

Last week my family headed on a journey that was so unique and inspiring that I feel compelled to share it with you!? In all honesty, when a dear friend extended the invitation to us and another family to join them for a week at a place called ?Catholic Family Land? located near Bloomingdale, OH I was a little apprehensive.? Where it not for some slight familiarity with it from having gone to college nearby and the trust I have in my friend my imagination might have gotten the best of me.? Was this some strange Catholic adaptation of Disney Land?? Would I be forced to spend the entire time on my knees? singing traditional church hymns and studying the Catechism as my children wriggled and writhed about, yearning to run free?? Thankfully, I trusted in my friend?s advice and let the Holy Spirit guide and my family was richly blessed for it!? What we encountered was nothing short of the best vacation?? we have experienced as a family.

First, the setting ? Imagine a beautiful, hilly, rustic, rural campground where kids can ride their bike from your tent, RV or cabin to the main activity center in complete safety amongst other committed Catholic families who are all looking out for one another.? My husband and I marveled at the peace we found in this and remarked often that this is what it must have felt like for our grandparents when they were kids, so simple and wholesome.? Nestled in the middle of all this is a beautiful Chapel and a large pavilion area that offered a traditional snack bar where kids loved to gather to cool off with a pop or ice cream cone when the sun got a little too hot.

It was fun ? This unique place has everything that typical summer camps have to offer, complete with swimming pools, sports courts (basketball, tennis, sand volleyball, softball and soccer fields and more -all put to good use through planned tournaments for adults and children alike), a stable that offers pony rides for the littles and horse trail rides for the older kids, an enormous ball pit/jungle gym structure and one of the most amazing home made water slides ever that my kids judged to be ?better than Zoombeezi Bay?.? I must admit, after my husband coaxed me down it the first time, I ran back numerous times more to see if I could get more speed and catch more air off the top of the big drop!?? The many activities and events were led by a warm staff ranging from adults consecrated to this ministry to college youth ministers in training and high school aged kids, many of whom were Familyland visitors themselves for years.

It was active and relaxing all at the same time ? The kids had a blast riding their bikes from the cabin to the snack shack and then off for a quick dip in the community pool. As the Catholic mother of 6 children , I was in awe of how safe and wholesome it was and how it specifically met the needs of my whole family- including my husband! We had our own cabin with a full refrigerator and microwave (some are even air conditioned) and they offered a meal plan for dinner so mom could have a break from cooking!

It was faith impacting for the whole family ? Each day began with a beautiful Mass at 9am after breakfast, and was followed by a couple hours of religious activities for the kids (think VBS for the littles and Youth Group for the teens) while the parents enjoyed a speaker over coffee and donuts.? At lunch the family regrouped for lunch and the afternoon of recreation (sports, games, swimming, etc?).? In the midst of all this, the Sacrament of Confession and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament were available for hours each day and a Chaplet of Divine Mercy was recited during the 3 O?clock hour.? Amazingly, in this setting, the kids never batted an eye at participating in these worthy things and even came to appreciate that ?it isn?t that hard if you just don?t make a big deal out of it?.?? In the evenings, while the rest of the family was enjoying hanging out and roasting s?mores by the fire, the teens had organized youth group type gatherings which they always enjoyed and came back talking about excitedly.? Many parents related to us that the reason they keep coming back year after year is because their teens beg them to!? And it was wonderful for my husband and I to receive such encouragement and guidance in our struggles to be good, holy parents.? My husband laughed the other day as he recounted his experience of looking over at our son during a Homily on what fatherhood means and how fathers should act only to find him grinning and shaking his finger jokingly at him as if to say, ?you heard it, no more excuses!?

What really sets Catholic Family Land apart from all the other vacation destinations is that it was created out of a desire to provide families with a safe place to grow in holiness, not as a business to make money.? You don?t have to be a saint to go, you just have to be open to having a great time, and experience the love and healing that the Lord wants to offer your family. My main prayer during my week at Catholic Family Land was ?Thank you Father that I said yes, to this week!?. I am so thankful that we could experience the love and joy that the Lord is offering through this official Vatican Apostolate whose foundress is a mother of 13 and is recognized by the Catholic Church as a Servant of God (first step to being a Saint). It is no fluke that we saw license plates on cars from as far away as Vermont, Canada and Alaska and met some who flew in from California. Just think how blessed we are that? this place is just a ?hop and a skip from Columbus, OH?. So visit www.catholicfamilyland.org and consider it for your next vacation. They still have opening for the last ?fest? or session in August. They also have wonderful resources available for living out your faith at home found at? www.familyholiness.com and www.familycatechism.com.? Just do me one favor, don?t sign up too fast when the registration opens early next year for next summer/s sessions so I can get mine in before it fills up!

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Gravitational lensing: Astronomers spot rare arc from hefty galaxy cluster

ScienceDaily (June 26, 2012) ? Seeing is believing, except when you don't believe what you see. Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have found a puzzling arc of light behind an extremely massive cluster of galaxies residing 10 billion light-years away. The galactic grouping, discovered by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, was observed as it existed when the universe was roughly a quarter of its current age of 13.7 billion years. The giant arc is the stretched shape of a more distant galaxy whose light is distorted by the monster cluster's powerful gravity, an effect called gravitational lensing. The trouble is, the arc shouldn't exist.

"When I first saw it, I kept staring at it, thinking it would go away," said study leader Anthony Gonzalez of the University of Florida in Gainesville, whose team includes researchers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. "According to a statistical analysis, arcs should be extremely rare at that distance. At that early epoch, the expectation is that there are not enough galaxies behind the cluster bright enough to be seen, even if they were 'lensed,' or distorted by the cluster. The other problem is that galaxy clusters become less massive the further back in time you go. So it's more difficult to find a cluster with enough mass to be a good lens for gravitationally bending the light from a distant galaxy."

Galaxy clusters are collections of hundreds to thousands of galaxies bound together by gravity. They are the most massive structures in our universe. Astronomers frequently study galaxy clusters to look for faraway, magnified galaxies behind them that would otherwise be too dim to see with telescopes. Many such gravitationally lensed galaxies have been found behind galaxy clusters closer to Earth.

The surprise in this Hubble observation is spotting a galaxy lensed by an extremely distant cluster. Dubbed IDCS J1426.5+3508, the cluster is the most massive found at that epoch, weighing as much as 500 trillion suns. It is 5 to 10 times larger than other clusters found at such an early time in the history of the universe. The team spotted the cluster in a search using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope in combination with archival optical images taken as part of the National Optical Astronomy Observatory's Deep Wide Field Survey at the Kitt Peak National Observatory, Tucson, Ariz. The combined images allowed them to see the cluster as a grouping of very red galaxies, indicating they are far away.

This unique system constitutes the most distant cluster known to "host" a giant gravitationally lensed arc. Finding this ancient gravitational arc may yield insight into how, during the first moments after the Big Bang, conditions were set up for the growth of hefty clusters in the early universe.

The arc was spotted in optical images of the cluster taken in 2010 by Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys. The infrared capabilities of Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 helped provide a precise distance, confirming it to be one of the farthest clusters yet discovered.

Once the astronomers determined the cluster's distance, they used Hubble, the Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy (CARMA) radio telescope, and NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory to independently show that the galactic grouping is extremely massive.

"The chance of finding such a gigantic cluster so early in the universe was less than one percent in the small area we surveyed," said team member Mark Brodwin of the University of Missouri-Kansas City. "It shares an evolutionary path with some of the most massive clusters we see today, including the Coma cluster and the recently discovered El Gordo cluster."

An analysis of the arc revealed that the lensed object is a star-forming galaxy that existed 10 billion to 13 billion years ago. The team hopes to use Hubble again to obtain a more accurate distance to the lensed galaxy. The team's results are described in three papers, which will appear online today and will be published in the July 10, 2012 issue of The Astrophysical Journal. Gonzalez is the first author on one of the papers; Brodwin, on another; and Adam Stanford of the University of California at Davis, on the third. Daniel Stern and Peter Eisenhardt of JPL are co-authors on all three papers.

JPL manages the Spitzer Space Telescope mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. Science operations are conducted at the Spitzer Science Center at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. Data are archived at the Infrared Science Archive housed at the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center at Caltech. Caltech manages JPL for NASA. For more information about Spitzer, visit http://spitzer.caltech.eduand http://www.nasa.gov/spitzer .

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Acclaimed screenwriter Nora Ephron dead at 71

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oscar-nominated screenwriter Nora Ephron, known for romantic comedies "When Harry Met Sally" and "Sleepless in Seattle," as well as books and essays, has died in New York after battling leukemia. She was 71.

Ephron, who had suffered from acute myeloid leukemia, died on Tuesday evening at New York's Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center surrounded by her family, they said in a statement.

Reactions poured in from around the arts and entertainment community for the screenwriter who delighted millions with her flair for comedy, romance and the ability to tackle serious subjects with insight.

"She brought an awful lot of people a tremendous amount of joy. She will be sorely missed," her publisher, Alfred A. Knopf, said in a statement.

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg called her death "a devastating one" for the city's arts and cultural community, and the Los Angeles-based Directors Guild of America called her "an inspiration for women filmmakers when there were few."

Writer and actress Carrie Fisher called Ephron "inspiring, intimidating, and insightful" and actor Martin Landau said she was "able to accomplish everything she set her mind to with great style."

Ephron, who often parlayed her own love life into movies like "Heartburn" and gave her acerbic take on aging in the 2010 essay collection, "I Remember Nothing: And Other Reflections," had kept her illness largely private except for close friends and family.

"At some point, your luck is going to run out ... You are very aware with friends getting sick that it can end in a second," Ephron told Reuters in a 2010 interview while promoting the book.

The elegant Ephron, known for habitually dressing in black, urged aging friends and readers to make the most of their lives.

"You should eat delicious things while you can still eat them, go to wonderful places while you still can ... and not have evenings where you say to yourself, 'What am I doing here? Why am I here? I am bored witless!'" she told Reuters.

She began her career as a journalist but transitioned into movies, leaving behind a legacy of more than a dozen films, often featuring strong female characters, that she either wrote, produced or directed. She was nominated for three Academy Awards for "Harry Met Sally," "Sleepless in Seattle" and the drama "Silkwood" in which Meryl Streep played an anti-nuclear activist.

Other romantic comedies included "You've Got Mail," starring Meg Ryan, and her last film "Julie & Julia" in 2009, which had Streep portraying the fearless celebrity cook Julia Child.

Ephron also wrote for the stage, authoring the 2002 play "Imaginary Friends" about the rivalry of authors Mary McCarthy and Lillian Hellman, and "Love, Loss and What I Wore," with her sister Delia, in 2009.

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Born May 19, 1941 in New York City and raised in Beverly Hills by screenwriter parents, Ephron worked briefly as a White House intern before going into journalism. She quickly became known as a humorist with essays on subjects ranging from food and fashion to feminism.

She started in the entertainment industry while married to her second husband, The Washington Post's famed Watergate investigative reporter Carl Bernstein.

She helped rewrite a version of the script for the movie "All The President's Men," about Bernstein and Bob Woodward's uncovering of the political scandal that led to the resignation of Richard Nixon in 1974. Although that screenplay was not used, it led to a TV movie screenwriting job for Ephron.

Her big movie break came after a messy divorce from Bernstein, which was the genesis for her 1983 novel "Heartburn" that she later adapted into the bittersweet hit film of the same name starring Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep.

That film ushered in a string of box office successes in the late 1980s and 1990s, including "When Harry Met Sally," "Michael" with John Travolta, "Sleepless in Seattle" and "You've Got Mail," that saw Ephron gradually add producer and director to her resume and become one of Hollywood's most successful makers of romantic comedies.

Although her movies raked in tens of millions of dollars at box offices worldwide, Ephron never won the industry's highest honor, an Academy Award.

After box office flops "Hanging Up" and "Lucky Numbers" in 2000, Ephron focused on essays, writing for the stage, and blogging for the online news site The Huffington Post.

Her humorous 2006 collection "I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman" became a bestseller on the New York Times list.

At the time of her death, Ephron had a biographical movie about singer Peggy Lee in development that was due to star Reese Witherspoon, according to the Internet movie website, IMDB.com.

Ephron was married three times and is survived by her husband of more than 20 years, writer Nicholas Pileggi, and two children with Bernstein.

(Additional reporting By Piya Sinha-Roy.; Editing by Christopher Wilson, Philip Barbara and David Brunnstrom)

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Screenwriter and essayist Nora Ephron died Tuesday at the age of 71 following a private battle with leukemia, her son Jacob Bernstein confirmed to the New York Times. Ephron, who only told a select group of confidants she had been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia, passed away June 26 in her hometown of Manhattan.

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Internet marketing is the process of marketing products and services over the world wide web or the internet. SEO is always connected with internet marketing because without SEO, one will not be able to sell the products or services they offer.

There are some people who define internet marketing as having high quantity traffic for a certain site on the internet. SEO is a priority and it is required for a website to receive a good search engine ranking. On the other hand, some people define internet marketing as creating awareness as well as interest in someone?s business.

To be able to reach a high quantity of traffic and target market online, the strategies listed below must be taken into consideration when doing your SEO internet marketing tasks.1. Pay Per ClickPay per click can absolutely get your website the highest page rank in a search engine. This search engine optimization campaign may cost you a lot of cash and may generate a low return of investment. But remember that you should take control of both SEO and Pay per click efforts so you can lower click costs and eventually increase your page rank by using both of those channels together.

2. Social Media MarketingOne of the most popular channels that you can use is social media marketing. Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, etc. are great tools that you can use to their full advantage. You just have to understand their demographics and mind sets so your internet marketing strategy will go perfectly.

3. Video MarketingYoutube has millions of videos being uploaded every day. Youtube is the third highest ranked search engine in the world and you must take advantage of it. You can upload your own video and then advertise your business in there. TechCrunch projects that by 2011, online video advertising will grow by 50% and the growth of traditional advertising will be outpaced.

4. Email MarketingEmail has the unlimited potential with internet marketing strategies most especially when it is combined with numerous improvement techniques available via different sources. It is simple yet effective, and is a channel that sometimes may be overlooked by someone. Even though email marketing is not expensive and highly rewarding, it definitely does a great job of setting brand loyalty for your current customers.

5. Display AdvertisingThis is often referred to as banner ads. This method is a great option with the larger online marketing of a certain company. All you need to do is find a website with high traffic which has audience that fits the market you?re targeting. Pay and ask them to put up banner ads for your brand.

These are just five of the many strategies you can do to achieve high rankings on the search engines available on the internet. SEO will definitely help you succeed if you incorporate it with those marketing strategies.

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