Sunday, August 4, 2013

Deal of the Day ? Laptops under $500

Instead of a single item, LogicBUY is featuring a variety of laptops under $500 as their Saturday Deal, with prices starting at $279.99. ?Looking for a bargain laptop doesn’t mean you’ll have to settle. ?These laptops from Dell, HP, and Lenovo offer a lot of bang for the buck. ?There’s an entry-level Lenovo for $330 […]

Source: http://the-gadgeteer.com/2013/08/03/deal-of-the-day-laptops-under-500/

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Raven Symone Comes Out on Twitter

Raven Symone has officially come out.

In celebration of hearing the Supreme Court?s decision to overturn The Defense of Marriage Act and the recent legalizations of gay marriage in Rhode Island and Minnesota, the actress took to Twitter and tweeted, ??I can finally get married! Yay government! So proud of you.?

Symone was then met with overflowing support and the actress even retweeted some of her favourite responses.

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In the past, the star has said her sexual orientation was a private matter.??My sexual orientation is mine, and the person I?m datings to know. I?m not one for a public display of my life,? she posted Twitter page in May 2012.

But releasing a statement yesterday, she said, ?I was excited to hear today that more states legalized gay marriage. I, however am not currently getting married, but it is great to know I can now, should I wish to.?


Source: http://www.andpop.com/2013/08/03/raven-symone-comes-out-on-twitter/

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Saturday, August 3, 2013

Soldier's body returns to Southeast Texas

Residents and businesses along his arrival route are asked to honor U.S. Army Sgt. Anthony R. Maddox as he returns home to Southeast Texas Friday from Afghanistan, where he was killed last week in a fueling accident.

Maddox's coffin will arrive at Jack Brooks Regional Airport on a 9 a.m. flight Friday, and a procession will accompany his body to Gabriel Funeral Home in Port Arthur.

"We ask that individuals that live or have a business along this route display an American flag in Sgt. Maddox's honor," said Jefferson County Deputy Rod Carroll in an email.

Maddox's funeral has been scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday at Antioch Baptist Church, 3920 West Cardinal Drive, in Beaumont.

Maddox, 22, was a 2009 Nederland High School graduate and Bulldogs football star whose fearsome field presence earned him the nickname "Mad Dog."

After graduation, he found his calling in the Army, where he was promoted to sergeant within 2 1/2 years.

In his last call home on July 19, Maddox told his mother, Glenda Key, he would be returning stateside, possibly by Aug. 15, and would be at Fort Drum in northern New York state for the rest of the year before being posted for four years in Hawaii.

On July 20, Glenda and Roy Key, Maddox's step-dad, got word that he had suffered second- and third-degree burns over 97 percent of his body. He was flown to Germany for medical treatment, but succumbed to his injuries July 22.

The accident is still under investigation.

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Anthony R. Maddox funeral procession route:

Leave Jack Brooks Regional Airport

Left on U.S. 69 Service Road

Right on Spurlock Road

Right on 18th Street (pass in front of Nederland High School)

Right on Canal

Left on 20th Street

Right on Helena

Left on 21st Street (pass in front of Nederland Bulldog Stadium)

Left on Nederland Avenue

Right on Twin City Highway

Right on Gulfway Drive

Left on Woodworth

Right on Proctor

Arrive at Gabriel Funeral Home, 2500 Proctor

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Source: http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Soldier-s-body-returns-to-Southeast-Texas-4701815.php

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Georgia Southern Uses Technology to Prevent Football Concussions

August 1, 2013

Georgia Southern Uses Technology to Prevent Football Concussions

The Georgia Southern University Eagles football team begins fall practice this morning with new equipment designed to protect players from concussions. Georgia Southern is the only collegiate football team in the state to use the Helmet Impact Telemetry System (HITS) which measures and records every hit to the head during practices and games.

?We want to do everything we can to prevent our student athletes from suffering a head injury,? said Georgia Southern President Brooks Keel, Ph.D. ?After the University received a $385,000 National Institutes of Health grant in 2011 to study concussions, we wanted to do more to get a better understanding of these injuries. The addition of this monitoring equipment will hopefully reduce the risks our Eagle players face on the field.?

With funding from the Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development, Georgia Southern has equipped 40 helmets with the Riddell HITS system. There are six sensors inside each helmet that measures the severity of a hit to the head. A typical impact in football lasts about 15 milliseconds, and in that instant, measurements from the sensors will be transmitted in nearly real-time to a laptop computer being monitored on the sidelines of all practices and games.

?While this is not a diagnostic piece of medical equipment, it is an early warning system,? explained Tom Buckley, Ed.D., professor of athletic training. ?Each time a player gets hit in the head, which can be 30-40 time per practice and game, we can get the calculations on exactly what happened and see how severe the impact was.?

If a hit reaches a certain threshold, a pager worn by a graduate research student and the head athletics trainer will receive a notification. ?If I get a message saying a player took a hard hit, I?m going to be keeping a close eye on that player,? said Eagles Head Athletics Trainer Brandy Clouse. ?If that player displays any unusual behavior, I?m coming over to do a clinical evaluation to make sure that he?s not trying to hide it or downplay the hit and that it?s safe for him to continue playing.?

Each impact will also be time stamped and can be synchronized with game video so coaches, athletics trainers and researchers can better evaluate the hits. ?We can look at the body position, see what the athlete is doing and examine the force they experience,? said biomechanics professor Barry Munkasy, Ph.D. ?We can then consider what can be done to reduce those hits by possibly changing techniques or teaching players what to do to lower their risks that will help improve their performance.?

Georgia Southern University, a Carnegie Doctoral/Research University founded in 1906, offers 125 degree programs serving more than 20,500 students. Through eight colleges, the University offers bachelor?s, master?s and doctoral degree programs built on more than a century of academic achievement. ?Georgia Southern is recognized for its student-centered approach to education. Visit:?www.georgiasouthern.edu.

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Source: http://news.georgiasouthern.edu/pressrelease.php?id=2496

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Friday, August 2, 2013

Here?s How Republicans Can Take Over the Senate

One difference between professional athletes and fans, and between coaches and cheerleaders, is that while all of them see opportunities for their teams, the athletes and coaches are more likely to also see, and at least privately acknowledge, potential pitfalls. The 2014 Senate races, which are really a fight over who will hold the majority in the chamber, provide plenty of pitfalls for political professionals in both parties to worry about.

On its face, the math certainly creates opportunities for Republicans. Twenty Democratic seats are up in 2014, compared with only 15 for Republicans, although by the time of the election the numbers will be 21 and 14. (That?s because the New Jersey seat of the late Democrat Frank Lautenberg is now held by appointed Republican Jeffrey Chiesa, and it will almost certainly flip back to the Democrats in October.) As a result, while the current 54-46 partisan split (with independents Angus King of Maine and Bernie Sanders of Vermont caucusing with Democrats) means that Republicans need only a five-seat gain to reach a majority, the bar will be raised to six seats after the New Jersey special election. So, for the sake of discussion, let?s assume that Democrats will have 21 seats to defend and that Republicans will need a six-seat gain.

Here is how the math works. Democrats have 34 seats that aren?t up in 2014. Of the 21 that are up, seven are sure bets, meaning that Democrats can count on 41 seats going into the election. Republicans have 31 seats that aren?t up, plus 11 more on the ballot next year that are done deals. That means Republicans can count on 42 seats. Democrats currently have a clear edge in four races: Edward Markey in Massachusetts, Brian Schatz in Hawaii, Jeanne Shaheen in New Hampshire, and Mark Udall in Colorado. Republicans have one analogous incumbent?Susan Collins in Maine. That brings the Democrats up to 45 seats they can feel comfortable about, to the Republicans? 43.

Next, let?s look at the expected-loss category. Republicans don?t have any seats that currently look like goners. In contrast, Democrats have three?the open seats in Montana, South Dakota, and West Virginia. Of course, surprises can occur; that?s what elections are for, but they would be true upsets in these states. Pushing those three into the GOP column puts the new Senate breakdown at 45 Democrats to 46 Republicans.

Then there are the races that are competitive but where the party now holding the seat has a clear advantage, although it?s an advantage that could evaporate if the opposition party fields a strong candidate. Republicans have no seats in this column, while Democrats have three?the Minnesota race featuring incumbent Al Franken, and the open seats in Iowa and Michigan. The real coup would be if Republicans can lure House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp into running in the Motor State. Camp will be term-limited out of his current chairmanship after this Congress, making a Senate race potentially more enticing to him. For now, all three seats tilt Democratic, giving the party a 48-46 edge.

That brings us to the final half-dozen seats, four held by Democrats and two by Republicans. For Democrats to keep their majority with 50 seats (Vice President Joe Biden would break a 50-50 tie), they must win two of the six. In four of the races, Democratic incumbents will face stiff challenges: Mark Begich of Alaska, Kay Hagan of North Carolina, Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, and Mark Pryor of Arkansas. Republicans have two seats in this category?the one held by Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in Kentucky and the open Georgia seat.

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That Democrats need to win only two of the six most competitive races would suggest that they have a comfortable edge?or that Republicans? path to a majority is very narrow, as they must win five of the six to claim 51 seats. But two potentially offsetting factors could make the Democrats? task more difficult.

First, the six most-competitive contests are in states of varying shades of red. By this measure, Hagan may be in the best shape, since GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney won North Carolina by only 2 points. Romney carried Alaska (Begich) by 14 points, Arkansas (Pryor) by 24 points, and Louisiana (Landrieu) by 17 points, making them tough states for Democrats these days. Romney also won the two states with competitive races for GOP-held seats: Georgia backed Romney by 8 points, while Kentucky gave him a whopping 23-point advantage over President Obama. Keep in mind that even though the Republican Party is suffering from some real ?brand? image problems nationally, it is far better off in these six states.

The final consideration is that the voter groups that were so helpful to Obama in 2008 and 2012?unmarried women, young people, and minorities?are far less likely to turn out in a midterm election when Obama?s name won?t be on the ballot.

The bottom line: While Republicans have a narrow path to the majority, the seats they must win are in friendly states, and turnout will work in their favor because this is a midterm election. It?s going to be a heck of a fight.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/republicans-over-senate-060647046.html

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Wanted: SA's worst VoIP setup | IT-Online

Wanted: SA?s worst VoIP setup

Telecommunications firm Tele-Enterprise wants to turn around the bad reputation that voice over IP (VoIP) has ? by issuing a challenge to find South Africa?s worst VoIP implementation.
Riaan Pietersen, Tele-Enterprise CMO, says many companies have had their fingers burnt by VoIP implementations that left them with unstable and unreliable connections and cost them money in the long run. The poor quality of VoIP calls has also served to give the technology a bad reputation, he says.

To change perceptions of VoIP as a communications channel, Tele-Enterprise has launched a challenge seeking the worst VoIP implementation story in the country. Companies with telephony expenses of at least R15 000 a month, at least 25 phone extensions and a good story to tell about how VoIP let them down, are invited to enter.

The prize for the winner is a trial implementation of VoIP that works, followed by a preferential deal on a next generation system.

?Communications is the lifeblood of any business, irrespective of sector. But too many businesses buy in to vendor smoke and mirrors without a full understanding of the technology behind the solution,? Pietersen says.

VoIP is a case in point, he says: ?VoIP has a negative association because so many companies have tried it and had it fail and cost them money.?

But there are many reasons why a VoIP implementation could fail, and none of them are because VoIP is inherently a poor communications tool, he says.

?In some cases, technicians are not experienced enough and don?t have the experience to understand the full requirements of different VoIP implementations. VoIP is not a plug ?n play or cut ?n paste implementation.?

Many VoIP implementers also make the mistake of focusing on savings for the client rather than service and added value, says Pietersen.

?VoIP will save clients money in the long run ? but the main objective should be about control, functionality and extended features,? he says.

The three most common reasons VoIP fails, says Pietersen, are that VoIP services are implemented without a full pre-installation assessment of the complete network and office environment; that sub-standard VoIP equipment such as gateways, connectivity mediums and routers are used; and that inadequate or no assessment of call performance is done after implementation.

Source: http://www.it-online.co.za/2013/08/01/wanted-sas-worst-voip-system/

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Evolution 'punishes mean people'

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Evolution does not favour selfish people, according to new research that challenges a previous theory that suggests it is preferable to put yourself first.

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Thursday, August 1, 2013

Apple's war on spam extends to iMessage

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It will soon be easier to report spam sent on Apple?s iMessage free texting app.

Staff Sacramento Business Journal

It will soon be easier to report spam sent on Apple?s iMessage free texting app, the Silicon Valley Business Journal reports.According to a support document on Apple?s (NASDAQ: AAPL) website, an iMessage user can report spam with an email to imessage.spam@icloud.com, Macstories.com reported.

The user would include a screenshot of the message, with an email address from the alleged spammer and the date and time received, according to TheNextWeb.com.

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Crews use vegetable oil to help free boy's arm

EASTON, Mass. (WHDH) -- Eight firefighters used vegetable oil -- and some heavy equipment -- to help get a toddler?s arm out of a hole near a heating pipe in the floor of a family?s Easton home.

Jose Carlos? toothbrush had fallen through a hole in the floor.

?He tried to reach for it, but he couldn?t and then he got his arm stuck,? said Marie Claire Silva, Jose Carlos? sister.

His siblings tried to pull him out. Then his parents put Vaseline on his arm and yanked, but they weren?t successful. They eventually called the fire department and made him comfortable as they waited.

?He said, ?I need my blanket mommy?,? said Katia Silva, Jose Carlos? mother.

?We came in and saw a 2-year-old basically with a shoulder pinned to the floor, all the way down to his shoulder, obviously crying in distress,? said John Dzialo, a paramedic firefighter.

?The way it was positioned, it was really wedged in there I guess,? said Shawn Goyette, a paramedic firefighter.

The rescue was complicated and backup was called in. A total of eight firefighters on two floors in the home were working to help free the boy.

?When I got there they had already cut part of the floor, so I went down to the basement -- you could see the kid?s hand coming through the floor,? said Darren Stone, a paramedic firefighter.

The crews try to avoid destroying property, but they said they couldn?t get the boy out without tearing up the floor a little bit.

?He was calm, but as soon as the power tools start going, that obviously makes anything more scary, the more noise,? said Kyle Lovell, a paramedic firefighter.

Officials said it was a very delicate situation where they had to do what was best for the toddler. They took extra time to make sure he didn?t get hurt.

A couple of firefighters were in the basement and manipulated his arm -- with a little vegetable oil it slid right up.

Jose Carlos was taken to the hospital with some scratches. He is doing just fine.

(Copyright (c) 2013 Sunbeam Television. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

Source: http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10011291738251/

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Kristen Bell Covers Redbook, Refuses to Play Baby Weight Loss Game

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New Mexico State football set to open 2013 fall camp

LAS CRUCES - The New Mexico State football team opens its 2013 fall camp Sunday at the football practice field at 3 p.m. Practices are open to the public.

The first five days of camp are the NCAA mandated five-day acclimation period before the Aggies jump right into two-a-day practices on Aug. 9.

The Aggies' annual media day in Las Cruces is scheduled for Aug. 5 at 10:30 a.m., in the football meeting rooms, located on the north end of the stadium. The Aggie soccer and volleyball teams will also hold their media days beginning at 11:30 a.m. in the same location.

NMSU opens up its 2013 season, Aug. 31, at the University of Texas in Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Kickoff time has not been set.

Season tickets are available through the New Mexico State ticket office and they can be purchased in person at the Pan American Center ticket office or over the phone by calling 575-646-1420.

2013 NMSU fall camp practice schedule

Aug. 4 3-5 p.m.

Aug. 5 3-5 p.m.

Aug. 6 3-5 p.m.

Aug. 7 3-5 p.m.

Aug. 8 3-5 p.m.

Aug. 9 Two-A-Day

Practice #1 - 8:30-10:30 a.m.

Practice #2 - 3-5 p.m.

Aug. 10 8:30-10:30 a.m.

Aug. 11 Off Day

Aug. 12 Two-A-Day

Practice #1 - 8:30-10:30 a.m.

Practice #2 - 3-5 p.m.

Aug. 13 3-5 p.m.

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14 Two-A-Day

Practice #1 - 8:30-10:30 a.m.

Practice #2 - 3-5 p.m.

Aug. 15 3-5 p.m.

Aug. 16 Two-A-Day

Practice #1 - 8:30-10:30 a.m.

Practice #2 - 3-5 p.m.

Aug. 17 8:30-10:30 a.m.

Aug. 18 Off Day

Aug. 19 Two-A-Day

Practice #1 - 8:30-10:30 a.m.

Practice #2 - 3-5 p.m.

Aug. 20 3-5 p.m.

Aug. 21 3-5 p.m.

Aug. 22 3:30-5:30 p.m.

Aug. 23 3:30-5:30 p.m.

Aug. 24 3:30-5:30 p.m.

Source: http://www.lcsun-news.com/las_cruces-sports/ci_23760788/new-mexico-state-football-set-open-2013-fall?source=rss

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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Music News Headlines - Yahoo! News

Music News Headlines - Yahoo! Newshttp://news.yahoo.com/music/ Get the latest Music news headlines from Yahoo! News. Find breaking Music news, including analysis and opinion on top Music stories, photos and more.en-USCopyright (c) 2013 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reservedFri, 26 Jul 2013 16:17:06 -04005Music News Headlines - Yahoo! 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But a representative for the 42-year-old New York-born rapper, who lives in South Carolina, said the DUI charge was never filed officially because Simmons passed a breath test in the jail. ...http://news.yahoo.com/rapper-dmx-arrested-drunken-driving-south-carolina-010902170.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 21:09:02 -0400Reutersrapper-dmx-arrested-drunken-driving-south-carolina-010902170Singer Frank Ocean cancels Australian shows due to vocal injury<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/singer-frank-ocean-cancels-australian-shows-due-vocal-175652660.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/SbWlATARJEFzwv7U6zyxlw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-26T175652Z_1_CBRE96P1DVB00_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Singer Frank Ocean arrives for the Time 100 gala celebrating the magazine&#039;s naming of the 100 most influential people in the world for the past year, in New York" align="left" title="Singer Frank Ocean arrives for the Time 100 gala celebrating the magazine&#039;s naming of the 100 most influential people in the world for the past year, in New York" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - American R&amp;B singer Frank Ocean has called off the remaining dates on his Australian tour because of a tear on one of his vocal cords, the tour&#039;s promoter said on Friday. Ocean, whose debut album, &quot;Channel Orange,&quot; won a Grammy this year, began having vocal problems during his performance in Melbourne on Thursday, Live Nation Australia &amp; New Zealand said. &quot;It has subsequently been confirmed that Frank has suffered a small tear to one of his vocal chords and has received medical advice that he must rest his voice,&quot; the promoter said in a post on its Facebook page. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/singer-frank-ocean-cancels-australian-shows-due-vocal-175652660.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 13:56:52 -0400Reuterssinger-frank-ocean-cancels-australian-shows-due-vocal-175652660<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/singer-frank-ocean-cancels-australian-shows-due-vocal-175652660.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/SbWlATARJEFzwv7U6zyxlw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-26T175652Z_1_CBRE96P1DVB00_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Singer Frank Ocean arrives for the Time 100 gala celebrating the magazine&#039;s naming of the 100 most influential people in the world for the past year, in New York" align="left" title="Singer Frank Ocean arrives for the Time 100 gala celebrating the magazine&#039;s naming of the 100 most influential people in the world for the past year, in New York" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - American R&amp;B singer Frank Ocean has called off the remaining dates on his Australian tour because of a tear on one of his vocal cords, the tour&#039;s promoter said on Friday. Ocean, whose debut album, &quot;Channel Orange,&quot; won a Grammy this year, began having vocal problems during his performance in Melbourne on Thursday, Live Nation Australia &amp; New Zealand said. &quot;It has subsequently been confirmed that Frank has suffered a small tear to one of his vocal chords and has received medical advice that he must rest his voice,&quot; the promoter said in a post on its Facebook page. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Lady Gaga to perform at MTV awards for first time since surgery<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/lady-gaga-perform-mtv-awards-first-time-since-194735325.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8VNpV9LvxyPpnCLustirQA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-25T232127Z_2_CBRE96O1IZK00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-LADYGAGA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Lady Gaga performs onstage during the Rolling Stones final concert of their &quot;50 and Counting Tour&quot; in Newark" align="left" title="Lady Gaga performs onstage during the Rolling Stones final concert of their &quot;50 and Counting Tour&quot; in Newark" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop star Lady Gaga will debut new music at the MTV Video Music Awards in August in her first performance following hip surgery, the network said on Thursday. Grammy-winning Lady Gaga, 27, will perform her first single from her upcoming new album &quot;ARTPOP,&quot; which is scheduled to be released in November. The new single will be released on August 19, ahead of the VMA show on August 25. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/lady-gaga-perform-mtv-awards-first-time-since-194735325.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 19:21:27 -0400Reuterslady-gaga-perform-mtv-awards-first-time-since-194735325<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/lady-gaga-perform-mtv-awards-first-time-since-194735325.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8VNpV9LvxyPpnCLustirQA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-25T232127Z_2_CBRE96O1IZK00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-LADYGAGA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Lady Gaga performs onstage during the Rolling Stones final concert of their &quot;50 and Counting Tour&quot; in Newark" align="left" title="Lady Gaga performs onstage during the Rolling Stones final concert of their &quot;50 and Counting Tour&quot; in Newark" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop star Lady Gaga will debut new music at the MTV Video Music Awards in August in her first performance following hip surgery, the network said on Thursday. Grammy-winning Lady Gaga, 27, will perform her first single from her upcoming new album &quot;ARTPOP,&quot; which is scheduled to be released in November. The new single will be released on August 19, ahead of the VMA show on August 25. ...</p><br clear="all"/>'SNL' alum Fred Armisen to direct Kings of Leon concert livestreamBy Sara Morrison LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Fred Armisen, who left his longtime "SNL" gig last season, will direct a livestream concert by Kings of Leon on August 9. The concert, performed in London, will be livestreamed on Vevo and YouTube as part of American Express's "Unstaged" series, which pairs bands with notable directors. Wernor Herzog directed a Killers performance, for example; Gary Oldman directed Jack White. This won't be Armisen's first foray into music directing - he's an accomplished drummer and directed the video for The Helio Sequence's "Don't Look Away. ...http://news.yahoo.com/snl-alum-fred-armisen-direct-kings-leon-concert-233614289.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 19:36:14 -0400Reuterssnl-alum-fred-armisen-direct-kings-leon-concert-233614289'The Beatles' bring all their loving back to Broadway<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/beatles-bring-loving-back-broadway-123714033.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/SM_FHyGT5WNN73I_TlA4vg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-25T123714Z_1_CBRE96O0Z2H00_RTROPTP_2_STAGE-BEATLES.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="James Fox, John Brosnan, and Reuven Gershon perform in the rock musical &quot;Let it Be&quot; in New York" align="left" title="James Fox, John Brosnan, and Reuven Gershon perform in the rock musical &quot;Let it Be&quot; in New York" border="0" /></a>By Jill Serjeant NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Beatles - that is, a version of the Liverpool band that broke up more than 40 years ago - are back on Broadway, sending theater audiences dancing into the aisles and proving it&#039;s not just Paul McCartney who still believes in &quot;Yesterday.&quot; &quot;Let it Be,&quot; a concert-style celebration of the music of the Fab Four that opened in New York this week, is the latest stage show to take fans old and new back to the Beatlemania of the 1960s even as surviving members McCartney and drummer Ringo Starr perform and tour the world in their own right. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/beatles-bring-loving-back-broadway-123714033.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 08:37:14 -0400Reutersbeatles-bring-loving-back-broadway-123714033<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/beatles-bring-loving-back-broadway-123714033.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/SM_FHyGT5WNN73I_TlA4vg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-25T123714Z_1_CBRE96O0Z2H00_RTROPTP_2_STAGE-BEATLES.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="James Fox, John Brosnan, and Reuven Gershon perform in the rock musical &quot;Let it Be&quot; in New York" align="left" title="James Fox, John Brosnan, and Reuven Gershon perform in the rock musical &quot;Let it Be&quot; in New York" border="0" /></a>By Jill Serjeant NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Beatles - that is, a version of the Liverpool band that broke up more than 40 years ago - are back on Broadway, sending theater audiences dancing into the aisles and proving it&#039;s not just Paul McCartney who still believes in &quot;Yesterday.&quot; &quot;Let it Be,&quot; a concert-style celebration of the music of the Fab Four that opened in New York this week, is the latest stage show to take fans old and new back to the Beatlemania of the 1960s even as surviving members McCartney and drummer Ringo Starr perform and tour the world in their own right. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Jay Z tops U.S. Billboard album chart for second week<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/jay-z-tops-u-billboard-album-chart-second-023028905.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/mrRggB41sdHM68d6_CMPKw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-25T023028Z_1_CBRE96O06Z000_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-JAYZ-CHARTS-BILBOARD.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Musician Jay-Z performs at Yankee Stadium during his &quot;Legends of the Summer&quot; tour with singer Justin Timberlake (not pictured) in New York, July 19, 2013. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson" align="left" title="Musician Jay-Z performs at Yankee Stadium during his &quot;Legends of the Summer&quot; tour with singer Justin Timberlake (not pictured) in New York, July 19, 2013. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rapper Jay Z&#039;s latest album &quot;Magna Carta Holy Grail&quot; on Wednesday topped the Billboard 200 album chart for the second week in a row. &quot;Magna Carta Holy Grail&quot; sold 129,000 copies in its second week, according to figures compiled by Nielsen SoundScan, bringing its two-week total to 657,000 copies. Last week, it was the second-best debut week for an album this year behind Justin Timberlake&#039;s &quot;The 20/20 Experience.&quot; Singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles was second on the chart with her &quot;Blessed Unrest&quot; album, selling 68,000 in its first week. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/jay-z-tops-u-billboard-album-chart-second-023028905.htmlWed, 24 Jul 2013 22:30:28 -0400Reutersjay-z-tops-u-billboard-album-chart-second-023028905<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/jay-z-tops-u-billboard-album-chart-second-023028905.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/mrRggB41sdHM68d6_CMPKw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-25T023028Z_1_CBRE96O06Z000_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-JAYZ-CHARTS-BILBOARD.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Musician Jay-Z performs at Yankee Stadium during his &quot;Legends of the Summer&quot; tour with singer Justin Timberlake (not pictured) in New York, July 19, 2013. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson" align="left" title="Musician Jay-Z performs at Yankee Stadium during his &quot;Legends of the Summer&quot; tour with singer Justin Timberlake (not pictured) in New York, July 19, 2013. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rapper Jay Z&#039;s latest album &quot;Magna Carta Holy Grail&quot; on Wednesday topped the Billboard 200 album chart for the second week in a row. &quot;Magna Carta Holy Grail&quot; sold 129,000 copies in its second week, according to figures compiled by Nielsen SoundScan, bringing its two-week total to 657,000 copies. Last week, it was the second-best debut week for an album this year behind Justin Timberlake&#039;s &quot;The 20/20 Experience.&quot; Singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles was second on the chart with her &quot;Blessed Unrest&quot; album, selling 68,000 in its first week. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Singer Chris Brown pleads not guilty to hit-and-run charge<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/singer-chris-brown-pleads-not-guilty-hit-run-204343366.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Z55XfbDR.aplaty09VH.Mw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-23T204343Z_1_CBRE96M1LLG00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-CHRISBROWN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Singer Chris Brown and attorney Mark Geragos during a probation progress hearing in Los Angeles Superior Court" align="left" title="Singer Chris Brown and attorney Mark Geragos during a probation progress hearing in Los Angeles Superior Court" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - R&amp;B singer Chris Brown pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to a hit-and-run charge in a case that could lead to jail time for the Grammy-winning performer, a Los Angeles Superior Court spokeswoman said. Brown had been on probation for assault, stemming from the 2009 beating of his then-girlfriend and fellow R&amp;B star Rihanna, when he was involved in a Los Angeles traffic accident on May 21. He allegedly rear-ended another vehicle and fled the scene. Lesser charges of driving without a valid license and driving without proof of insurance were dismissed. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/singer-chris-brown-pleads-not-guilty-hit-run-204343366.htmlTue, 23 Jul 2013 16:43:43 -0400Reuterssinger-chris-brown-pleads-not-guilty-hit-run-204343366<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/singer-chris-brown-pleads-not-guilty-hit-run-204343366.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Z55XfbDR.aplaty09VH.Mw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-23T204343Z_1_CBRE96M1LLG00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-CHRISBROWN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Singer Chris Brown and attorney Mark Geragos during a probation progress hearing in Los Angeles Superior Court" align="left" title="Singer Chris Brown and attorney Mark Geragos during a probation progress hearing in Los Angeles Superior Court" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - R&amp;B singer Chris Brown pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to a hit-and-run charge in a case that could lead to jail time for the Grammy-winning performer, a Los Angeles Superior Court spokeswoman said. Brown had been on probation for assault, stemming from the 2009 beating of his then-girlfriend and fellow R&amp;B star Rihanna, when he was involved in a Los Angeles traffic accident on May 21. He allegedly rear-ended another vehicle and fled the scene. Lesser charges of driving without a valid license and driving without proof of insurance were dismissed. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Wagner "Ring" in birthday year at Bayreuth channels U.S. South<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/wagner-ring-birthday-bayreuth-channels-u-south-211942505.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/it4IDbj_2MYZ.SsKkQIlXg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-26T211942Z_1_CBRE96P1N9100_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-MUSIC-BAYREUTH.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Sculptures of German composer Richard Wagner are seen outside the Green Hill opera house in Bayreuth" align="left" title="Sculptures of German composer Richard Wagner are seen outside the Green Hill opera house in Bayreuth" border="0" /></a>By Michael Roddy BAYREUTH, Germany (Reuters) - A new production of Richard Wagner&#039;s &quot;Rheingold&quot; kicking off the &quot;Ring&quot; cycle on Friday for his 200th birthday year in the opera house he built in Bavaria moved the action from the Rhine to a sleazy motel in Texas where just about everyone was a crook. In his staging, Berlin director Frank Castorf channeled Wagner&#039;s 19th-century opera through the television series &quot;The Sopranos&quot; and the Texas oilman J.R. Ewing from &quot;Dallas&quot;, with elements of Hitchcock&#039;s &quot;Psycho&quot; and playwright Tennessee William&#039;s seedy American South thrown in for good measure. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/wagner-ring-birthday-bayreuth-channels-u-south-211942505.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 17:19:42 -0400Reuterswagner-ring-birthday-bayreuth-channels-u-south-211942505<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/wagner-ring-birthday-bayreuth-channels-u-south-211942505.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/it4IDbj_2MYZ.SsKkQIlXg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-26T211942Z_1_CBRE96P1N9100_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-MUSIC-BAYREUTH.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Sculptures of German composer Richard Wagner are seen outside the Green Hill opera house in Bayreuth" align="left" title="Sculptures of German composer Richard Wagner are seen outside the Green Hill opera house in Bayreuth" border="0" /></a>By Michael Roddy BAYREUTH, Germany (Reuters) - A new production of Richard Wagner&#039;s &quot;Rheingold&quot; kicking off the &quot;Ring&quot; cycle on Friday for his 200th birthday year in the opera house he built in Bavaria moved the action from the Rhine to a sleazy motel in Texas where just about everyone was a crook. In his staging, Berlin director Frank Castorf channeled Wagner&#039;s 19th-century opera through the television series &quot;The Sopranos&quot; and the Texas oilman J.R. Ewing from &quot;Dallas&quot;, with elements of Hitchcock&#039;s &quot;Psycho&quot; and playwright Tennessee William&#039;s seedy American South thrown in for good measure. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Tuvan throat singer Kongar-ol Ondar dies at 51By Jonathan Kaminsky (Reuters) - Kongar-ol Ondar, a Tuvan throat singer credited with popularizing the centuries-old musical tradition of his homeland to Western audiences, died on Thursday after emergency surgery to treat a brain hemorrhage, friends said. He was 51. Ondar died at a hospital in Kyzyl, the capital of Tuva, a Central Asian republic of Russia that borders Mongolia, said Sean Quirk, a longtime friend of the singer and manager of the Tuvan throat-singing ensemble Alash. "He is not replaceable," Quirk told Reuters by phone from his home in Tuva. ...http://news.yahoo.com/tuvan-throat-singer-kongar-ol-ondar-dies-51-233400055.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 19:34:00 -0400Reuterstuvan-throat-singer-kongar-ol-ondar-dies-51-233400055Jackson's mother says he denied prescription drug problem<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/jacksons-mother-says-denied-prescription-drug-problem-010226386.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/fV4DvlMyYw2fdjxbZBUX0g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-23T011125Z_6_CBRE96I1OQD00_RTROPTP_2_PEOPLE-MICHAELJACKSON.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A courtroom sketch depicting the testimony of Katherine Jackson during trial in Los Angeles" align="left" title="A courtroom sketch depicting the testimony of Katherine Jackson during trial in Los Angeles" border="0" /></a>By Dana Feldman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michael Jackson&#039;s mother testified on Monday in her wrongful death lawsuit against concert promoter AEG Live that the late pop star denied he was abusing prescription drugs when she confronted him in the years before his death. Katherine Jackson, 83, said under cross-examination that she and her family had heard rumors that the singer was abusing pain medications but never saw him under the influence of drugs or alcohol in the final years of his life. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/jacksons-mother-says-denied-prescription-drug-problem-010226386.htmlMon, 22 Jul 2013 21:11:25 -0400Reutersjacksons-mother-says-denied-prescription-drug-problem-010226386<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/jacksons-mother-says-denied-prescription-drug-problem-010226386.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/fV4DvlMyYw2fdjxbZBUX0g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-23T011125Z_6_CBRE96I1OQD00_RTROPTP_2_PEOPLE-MICHAELJACKSON.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A courtroom sketch depicting the testimony of Katherine Jackson during trial in Los Angeles" align="left" title="A courtroom sketch depicting the testimony of Katherine Jackson during trial in Los Angeles" border="0" /></a>By Dana Feldman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michael Jackson&#039;s mother testified on Monday in her wrongful death lawsuit against concert promoter AEG Live that the late pop star denied he was abusing prescription drugs when she confronted him in the years before his death. Katherine Jackson, 83, said under cross-examination that she and her family had heard rumors that the singer was abusing pain medications but never saw him under the influence of drugs or alcohol in the final years of his life. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Singer-songwriter Roy Harper rediscovers youth - and vice versa<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/singer-songwriter-roy-harper-rediscovers-youth-vice-versa-141945700.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vonruhxCWzH0pkV5AqrHRg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-23T153852Z_1_CBRE96M17GU00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-ROYHARPER.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="British musician Harper speaks to a reporter during an interview in London" align="left" title="British musician Harper speaks to a reporter during an interview in London" border="0" /></a>By Jeremy Gaunt LONDON (Reuters) - After decades as a critically acclaimed but fringe figure in music, British singer-songwriter Roy Harper is suddenly finding himself in demand. Aged 72 and some 50 years into his career, Harper has been &quot;discovered&quot; by the young - drawn by his complex, intelligent lyrics and his persona as poetic outsider. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/singer-songwriter-roy-harper-rediscovers-youth-vice-versa-141945700.htmlTue, 23 Jul 2013 10:19:45 -0400Reuterssinger-songwriter-roy-harper-rediscovers-youth-vice-versa-141945700<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/singer-songwriter-roy-harper-rediscovers-youth-vice-versa-141945700.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vonruhxCWzH0pkV5AqrHRg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-23T153852Z_1_CBRE96M17GU00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-ROYHARPER.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="British musician Harper speaks to a reporter during an interview in London" align="left" title="British musician Harper speaks to a reporter during an interview in London" border="0" /></a>By Jeremy Gaunt LONDON (Reuters) - After decades as a critically acclaimed but fringe figure in music, British singer-songwriter Roy Harper is suddenly finding himself in demand. Aged 72 and some 50 years into his career, Harper has been &quot;discovered&quot; by the young - drawn by his complex, intelligent lyrics and his persona as poetic outsider. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Wagner's 200th anniversary gets an oil-themed "Ring"<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/wagners-200th-anniversary-gets-oil-themed-ring-144108501.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Ca4QQH9l_qr.lGjSbhFJvg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-25T144108Z_1_CBRE96O14T500_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-MUSIC-BAYREUTH.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Sculptures of German composer Richard Wagner are seen outside the Green Hill opera house in Bayreuth" align="left" title="Sculptures of German composer Richard Wagner are seen outside the Green Hill opera house in Bayreuth" border="0" /></a>By Michael Roddy BAYREUTH, Germany (Reuters) - The sometimes staid audience for the annual Wagner festival in the Bavarian opera house he built was bracing this week for a new production of his mythic &quot;Ring&quot; cycle inspired by American TV, Hitchcock&#039;s &quot;Psycho&quot; and the pursuit of oil. For a new production for the 200th anniversary of Wagner&#039;s birth, Berlin theatre director Frank Castorf said &quot;Rheingold&quot;, the first in the four-opera cycle, was set in Texas and opened at a motel on Route 66 - the road that snakes through America. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/wagners-200th-anniversary-gets-oil-themed-ring-144108501.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 12:54:56 -0400Reuterswagners-200th-anniversary-gets-oil-themed-ring-144108501<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/wagners-200th-anniversary-gets-oil-themed-ring-144108501.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Ca4QQH9l_qr.lGjSbhFJvg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-25T144108Z_1_CBRE96O14T500_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-MUSIC-BAYREUTH.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Sculptures of German composer Richard Wagner are seen outside the Green Hill opera house in Bayreuth" align="left" title="Sculptures of German composer Richard Wagner are seen outside the Green Hill opera house in Bayreuth" border="0" /></a>By Michael Roddy BAYREUTH, Germany (Reuters) - The sometimes staid audience for the annual Wagner festival in the Bavarian opera house he built was bracing this week for a new production of his mythic &quot;Ring&quot; cycle inspired by American TV, Hitchcock&#039;s &quot;Psycho&quot; and the pursuit of oil. For a new production for the 200th anniversary of Wagner&#039;s birth, Berlin theatre director Frank Castorf said &quot;Rheingold&quot;, the first in the four-opera cycle, was set in Texas and opened at a motel on Route 66 - the road that snakes through America. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Lady Gaga is top earning celebrity under 30: Forbes<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/lady-gaga-top-earning-celebrity-under-30-forbes-190354207.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/atSCWpxqV2vcq7bdPZ8p4A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-22T190354Z_1_CBRE96L1GZP00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-CELEBRITIES-EARNINGS-UNDER30.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. singer Lady Gaga poses for photographers upon arrival for her concert in Manila" align="left" title="U.S. singer Lady Gaga poses for photographers upon arrival for her concert in Manila" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Despite hip surgery that forced the cancellation of part of her tour, Lady Gaga still earned an estimated $80 million in the past year, propelling her to the top of Forbes list of highest earning celebrities under 30 years old. Canadian pop singer Justin Bieber, who made headlines as much for his antics off stage as on, came in a distant second with an estimated income of $58 million. Singer Taylor Swift was third, pulling in $55 million, about $2 million less than last year when she topped the list. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/lady-gaga-top-earning-celebrity-under-30-forbes-190354207.htmlMon, 22 Jul 2013 15:03:54 -0400Reuterslady-gaga-top-earning-celebrity-under-30-forbes-190354207<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/lady-gaga-top-earning-celebrity-under-30-forbes-190354207.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/atSCWpxqV2vcq7bdPZ8p4A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-22T190354Z_1_CBRE96L1GZP00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-CELEBRITIES-EARNINGS-UNDER30.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. singer Lady Gaga poses for photographers upon arrival for her concert in Manila" align="left" title="U.S. singer Lady Gaga poses for photographers upon arrival for her concert in Manila" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Despite hip surgery that forced the cancellation of part of her tour, Lady Gaga still earned an estimated $80 million in the past year, propelling her to the top of Forbes list of highest earning celebrities under 30 years old. Canadian pop singer Justin Bieber, who made headlines as much for his antics off stage as on, came in a distant second with an estimated income of $58 million. Singer Taylor Swift was third, pulling in $55 million, about $2 million less than last year when she topped the list. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Avicii tops UK chart with fastest selling single of 2013LONDON (Reuters) - The Swedish artist Avicii hit the top of the British singles chart on Sunday with 'Wake Me Up', which became the fastest selling single of the year, the Official Charts Company said. The track by the 23 year-old DJ and producer, whose real name is Tim Bergling, sold nearly 267,000 copies to dislodge U.S.-Canadian singer-songwriter Robin Thicke from the top spot. The single is Avicii's second number one this year. ...http://news.yahoo.com/avicii-tops-uk-chart-fastest-selling-single-2013-180621895.htmlSun, 21 Jul 2013 14:06:21 -0400Reutersavicii-tops-uk-chart-fastest-selling-single-2013-180621895'Autobahn to Bayreuth' - English soprano sings for Wagner's 200thBy Michael Roddy LONDON (Reuters) - It's happened very fast for soprano Catherine Foster, who was a midwife before she became a singer and this week will be the first Englishwoman to sing Brunnhilde for Wagner's "Ring" cycle at the Bayreuth Festival, in the composer's 200th birthday year. Foster, a native of the mid-England city of Nottingham who made a drastic career switch in the mid-1990s, plays the warrior goddess who lets the gods burn but saves humanity in a new production by radical Berlin theatre director Frank Castorf. ...http://news.yahoo.com/autobahn-bayreuth-english-soprano-sings-wagners-200th-153058000.htmlSun, 21 Jul 2013 11:30:58 -0400Reutersautobahn-bayreuth-english-soprano-sings-wagners-200th-153058000Christina Aguilera tops list of worst 'Star Spangled Banner' renditions of all time<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/christina-aguilera-tops-list-worst-star-spangled-banner-235600134.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/XDdtEzpBXL6fcE.PS.4l5w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-19T235600Z_1_CBRE96I1UHH00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-STARSPANGLEDBANNER-WORST.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Singer Christina Aguilera arrives for the Time 100 gala celebrating the magazine&#039;s naming of the 100 most influential people in the world for the past year, in New York" align="left" title="Singer Christina Aguilera arrives for the Time 100 gala celebrating the magazine&#039;s naming of the 100 most influential people in the world for the past year, in New York" border="0" /></a>By Tony Maglio LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - America has spoken. And it does not want Christina Aguilera singing its praises. iHeartRadio Insights asked the nation of all the renditions of &quot;The Star-Spangled Banner,&quot; which made you want to pack up for Europe the most? OK, the real question it posed was which performance was most cringe-worthy. The answer is Ms. &quot;Genie in a Bottle&quot; herself. Aguilera&#039;s rendition at the 2011 Super Bowl received an impressive (for futility) 35.9 percent of the vote. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/christina-aguilera-tops-list-worst-star-spangled-banner-235600134.htmlFri, 19 Jul 2013 19:56:00 -0400Reuterschristina-aguilera-tops-list-worst-star-spangled-banner-235600134<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/christina-aguilera-tops-list-worst-star-spangled-banner-235600134.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/XDdtEzpBXL6fcE.PS.4l5w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-19T235600Z_1_CBRE96I1UHH00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-STARSPANGLEDBANNER-WORST.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Singer Christina Aguilera arrives for the Time 100 gala celebrating the magazine&#039;s naming of the 100 most influential people in the world for the past year, in New York" align="left" title="Singer Christina Aguilera arrives for the Time 100 gala celebrating the magazine&#039;s naming of the 100 most influential people in the world for the past year, in New York" border="0" /></a>By Tony Maglio LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - America has spoken. And it does not want Christina Aguilera singing its praises. iHeartRadio Insights asked the nation of all the renditions of &quot;The Star-Spangled Banner,&quot; which made you want to pack up for Europe the most? OK, the real question it posed was which performance was most cringe-worthy. The answer is Ms. &quot;Genie in a Bottle&quot; herself. Aguilera&#039;s rendition at the 2011 Super Bowl received an impressive (for futility) 35.9 percent of the vote. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Sex Pistols frontman Johnny Rotten to be named Icon of music<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/sex-pistols-frontman-johnny-rotten-named-icon-music-144127091.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/YJ25TJmXavg5MjEAotCk_Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-18T144127Z_1_CBRE96H14TA00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-JOHNNYROTTEN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Johnny Rotten performs with the Sex Pistols during the Exit music festival in Novi Sad" align="left" title="Johnny Rotten performs with the Sex Pistols during the Exit music festival in Novi Sad" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - Johnny Rotten may not like it but he is starting to become Johnny Icon. The 57-year-old former frontman of the anarchic 1970s punk band the Sex Pistols is to receive an award for his contribution to music from the music rights organization BMI, although he angrily rejected previous honors. Singer-songwriter John Lydon, who went by the name Johnny Rotten as he belted out songs like &quot;Pretty Vacant&quot; and &quot;Anarchy in the UK&quot;, will be presented with BMI&#039;s Icon Award at a gala in London on October 15. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/sex-pistols-frontman-johnny-rotten-named-icon-music-144127091.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 10:41:27 -0400Reuterssex-pistols-frontman-johnny-rotten-named-icon-music-144127091<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/sex-pistols-frontman-johnny-rotten-named-icon-music-144127091.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/YJ25TJmXavg5MjEAotCk_Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-18T144127Z_1_CBRE96H14TA00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-JOHNNYROTTEN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Johnny Rotten performs with the Sex Pistols during the Exit music festival in Novi Sad" align="left" title="Johnny Rotten performs with the Sex Pistols during the Exit music festival in Novi Sad" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - Johnny Rotten may not like it but he is starting to become Johnny Icon. The 57-year-old former frontman of the anarchic 1970s punk band the Sex Pistols is to receive an award for his contribution to music from the music rights organization BMI, although he angrily rejected previous honors. Singer-songwriter John Lydon, who went by the name Johnny Rotten as he belted out songs like &quot;Pretty Vacant&quot; and &quot;Anarchy in the UK&quot;, will be presented with BMI&#039;s Icon Award at a gala in London on October 15. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Jay Z's 'Magna Carta Holy Grail' tops Billboard album chart<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/jay-zs-magna-carta-holy-grail-tops-billboard-234534884.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8f9XVAMiFs2NK7b.obWMXQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-17T234534Z_1_CBRE96G1U0700_RTROPTP_2_POLAND.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="American rapper Jay-Z performs during the Heineken Open&#039;er Festival in Gdynia" align="left" title="American rapper Jay-Z performs during the Heineken Open&#039;er Festival in Gdynia" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rapper Jay Z&#039;s latest album &quot;Magna Carta Holy Grail&quot; debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 album chart on Wednesday, while besting industry forecasts. &quot;Magna Carta Holy Grail&quot; sold 528,000 copies in its first week, according to figures compiled by Nielsen SoundScan, making it the second-best debut week for an album this year behind Justin Timberlake&#039;s &quot;The 20/20 Experience.&quot; Industry forecasts had projected &quot;Magna Carta Holy Grail&quot; to sell as many as 500,000 copies, according to Billboard. It is the rapper&#039;s 13th No. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/jay-zs-magna-carta-holy-grail-tops-billboard-234534884.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 19:45:34 -0400Reutersjay-zs-magna-carta-holy-grail-tops-billboard-234534884<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/jay-zs-magna-carta-holy-grail-tops-billboard-234534884.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8f9XVAMiFs2NK7b.obWMXQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-17T234534Z_1_CBRE96G1U0700_RTROPTP_2_POLAND.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="American rapper Jay-Z performs during the Heineken Open&#039;er Festival in Gdynia" align="left" title="American rapper Jay-Z performs during the Heineken Open&#039;er Festival in Gdynia" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rapper Jay Z&#039;s latest album &quot;Magna Carta Holy Grail&quot; debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 album chart on Wednesday, while besting industry forecasts. &quot;Magna Carta Holy Grail&quot; sold 528,000 copies in its first week, according to figures compiled by Nielsen SoundScan, making it the second-best debut week for an album this year behind Justin Timberlake&#039;s &quot;The 20/20 Experience.&quot; Industry forecasts had projected &quot;Magna Carta Holy Grail&quot; to sell as many as 500,000 copies, according to Billboard. It is the rapper&#039;s 13th No. ...</p><br clear="all"/>'Daily Show:' John Oliver asks why cable news is always using a thumping rock beatBy Brent Lang LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - John Oliver thinks that cable news needs an education in rock. "The Daily Show" substitute host used CNN's new morning show "New Day" as exhibit A in his tutorial on when to use the word "rock" and its accompanying rhythms. He noted that the program's daily news roundup "Rock Block" featured stories that decidedly do not rock; among them tales of Pentagon layoffs and a study on Alzheimer's disease. "I think we clearly have different ideas of what rocking it means, because mine involves leather pants and chainsaws," Oliver said. ...http://news.yahoo.com/daily-show-john-oliver-asks-why-cable-news-230703579.htmlFri, 19 Jul 2013 19:07:03 -0400Reutersdaily-show-john-oliver-asks-why-cable-news-230703579Psy goes 'Gangnam Style' to WME from CAA<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/psy-goes-gangnam-style-wme-caa-213755511.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/X4CAmk9Lhk322He_fRFdTw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-18T213755Z_1_CBRE96H1O4500_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-PSY-CAA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="South Korean rapper Psy poses during a news conference before his concert in Seoul" align="left" title="South Korean rapper Psy poses during a news conference before his concert in Seoul" border="0" /></a>By Jeff Sneider LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - WME has signed YouTube phenomenon Psy to represent in all areas, luring the Korean pop star from rival CAA, TheWrap has learned. Psy, who is managed by Scooter Braun, was previously at CAA with Braun&#039;s other star client, Justin BIeber. Psy became a household name when his exuberant music video for hit song &quot;Gangnam Style&quot; went viral and became the first YouTube video to cross one billion views. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/psy-goes-gangnam-style-wme-caa-213755511.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 17:37:55 -0400Reuterspsy-goes-gangnam-style-wme-caa-213755511<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/psy-goes-gangnam-style-wme-caa-213755511.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/X4CAmk9Lhk322He_fRFdTw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-18T213755Z_1_CBRE96H1O4500_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-PSY-CAA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="South Korean rapper Psy poses during a news conference before his concert in Seoul" align="left" title="South Korean rapper Psy poses during a news conference before his concert in Seoul" border="0" /></a>By Jeff Sneider LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - WME has signed YouTube phenomenon Psy to represent in all areas, luring the Korean pop star from rival CAA, TheWrap has learned. Psy, who is managed by Scooter Braun, was previously at CAA with Braun&#039;s other star client, Justin BIeber. Psy became a household name when his exuberant music video for hit song &quot;Gangnam Style&quot; went viral and became the first YouTube video to cross one billion views. ...</p><br clear="all"/>'Glee' stars Darren Criss, Jenna Ushkowitz among stars attending Nigel Lythgoe's dizzy feet 'Dance' gala<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/glee-stars-darren-criss-jenna-ushkowitz-among-stars-012811552.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/83PfGqUcgS4eNSjnIj1Ieg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-18T012811Z_1_CBRE96H043400_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-MEDIA-DANCEGALA-GLEESTARS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="English television and film director and producer Nigel Lythgoe arrives at the 2012 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles" align="left" title="English television and film director and producer Nigel Lythgoe arrives at the 2012 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles" border="0" /></a>By Greg Gilman LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - &quot;Glee&quot; stars Darren Criss and Jenna Ushkowitz are joining Christina Applegate, Minnie Driver, Jenna Elfman, and Anna Kendrick at the third annual &quot;Celebration of Dance&quot; Gala on July 27, the Dizzy Feet Foundation and the Music Center announced on Wednesday. Applegate will present the DFF Inspiration Award to Chita Rivera, while &quot;Pitch Perfect&quot; star Kendrick will present Lionsgate&#039;s president of production, Erik Feig, with the DFF Impact Award. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/glee-stars-darren-criss-jenna-ushkowitz-among-stars-012811552.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 21:28:11 -0400Reutersglee-stars-darren-criss-jenna-ushkowitz-among-stars-012811552<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/glee-stars-darren-criss-jenna-ushkowitz-among-stars-012811552.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/83PfGqUcgS4eNSjnIj1Ieg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-18T012811Z_1_CBRE96H043400_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-MEDIA-DANCEGALA-GLEESTARS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="English television and film director and producer Nigel Lythgoe arrives at the 2012 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles" align="left" title="English television and film director and producer Nigel Lythgoe arrives at the 2012 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles" border="0" /></a>By Greg Gilman LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - &quot;Glee&quot; stars Darren Criss and Jenna Ushkowitz are joining Christina Applegate, Minnie Driver, Jenna Elfman, and Anna Kendrick at the third annual &quot;Celebration of Dance&quot; Gala on July 27, the Dizzy Feet Foundation and the Music Center announced on Wednesday. Applegate will present the DFF Inspiration Award to Chita Rivera, while &quot;Pitch Perfect&quot; star Kendrick will present Lionsgate&#039;s president of production, Erik Feig, with the DFF Impact Award. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Jackson's mother says he denied prescription drug problem<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/michael-jacksons-mother-says-denied-prescription-drug-problem-224037719.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Y2wcPVK.lzeih9n9CfFK.A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-22T234801Z_5_CBRE96I1OQD00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-MICHAELJACKSON.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A courtroom sketch depicting the testimony of Katherine Jackson during trial in Los Angeles" align="left" title="A courtroom sketch depicting the testimony of Katherine Jackson during trial in Los Angeles" border="0" /></a>By Dana Feldman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The mother of Michael Jackson testified on Monday in her wrongful death lawsuit against concert promoter AEG Live that the late pop star denied he was abusing prescription drugs when she confronted him in the years before his death. Katherine Jackson, 83, said under cross-examination that she and her family had heard rumors that the singer was abusing pain medications but never saw him under the influence of drugs or alcohol in the final years of his life. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/michael-jacksons-mother-says-denied-prescription-drug-problem-224037719.htmlMon, 22 Jul 2013 19:48:01 -0400Reutersmichael-jacksons-mother-says-denied-prescription-drug-problem-224037719<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/michael-jacksons-mother-says-denied-prescription-drug-problem-224037719.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Y2wcPVK.lzeih9n9CfFK.A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-22T234801Z_5_CBRE96I1OQD00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-MICHAELJACKSON.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A courtroom sketch depicting the testimony of Katherine Jackson during trial in Los Angeles" align="left" title="A courtroom sketch depicting the testimony of Katherine Jackson during trial in Los Angeles" border="0" /></a>By Dana Feldman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The mother of Michael Jackson testified on Monday in her wrongful death lawsuit against concert promoter AEG Live that the late pop star denied he was abusing prescription drugs when she confronted him in the years before his death. Katherine Jackson, 83, said under cross-examination that she and her family had heard rumors that the singer was abusing pain medications but never saw him under the influence of drugs or alcohol in the final years of his life. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Vienna Boys' Choir faces crisis over rent bill<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/vienna-boys-choir-faces-crisis-over-rent-bill-153459042.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/GcbPiOCfsPEelrgq.NnYiw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-17T154027Z_1_CBRE96G17JJ00_RTROPTP_2_AUSTRIA-VIENNA-CHOIR.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="File photo of members of the Vienna Boys&#039; Choir performing at their home in Vienna" align="left" title="File photo of members of the Vienna Boys&#039; Choir performing at their home in Vienna" border="0" /></a>VIENNA (Reuters) - The world-famous Vienna Boys&#039; Choir faces a financial crisis that could put it out of business if it does not reach a deal over the rent for its concert hall and school. The choir, whose roots go back to the 13th century, may have to pay 200,000 euros ($263,000) per year to stay in the Augarten Palace after an agreement for it to use the building rent-free in exchange for renovation work was declared invalid. The Austrian Court of Audit said the deal amounted to an illegal subsidy. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/vienna-boys-choir-faces-crisis-over-rent-bill-153459042.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 11:34:59 -0400Reutersvienna-boys-choir-faces-crisis-over-rent-bill-153459042<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/vienna-boys-choir-faces-crisis-over-rent-bill-153459042.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/GcbPiOCfsPEelrgq.NnYiw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-17T154027Z_1_CBRE96G17JJ00_RTROPTP_2_AUSTRIA-VIENNA-CHOIR.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="File photo of members of the Vienna Boys&#039; Choir performing at their home in Vienna" align="left" title="File photo of members of the Vienna Boys&#039; Choir performing at their home in Vienna" border="0" /></a>VIENNA (Reuters) - The world-famou

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How-To Techniques For Keeping The Roof In Perfect Shape - Home ...

A a number of people usually do not give considerably considered to their residence?s roof. Nonetheless, if there is an issue with the roof, a substantial trouble may appear. Just a few people know a large amount concerning roofs, and it could be discouraging in an effort to fix them. The succeeding article will certainly give some ideas on extending the life of the roof.

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trouble up until the weather condition obtains better. You can?t stroll securely on the slimy roof. As early as the roof has dried out, you may establish concerning making repairs.

Some leaks are produced by shingles, yet you ought to examine your roof?s structure. If your residence?s sides are dry decomposed, water may get in these locations. You need to be inspecting all access indicate make specific there is definitely not a problem.

When replacing your roof, believe concerning the climate in the area. Clay-based roofs function excellent in dry climates and may even keep your residence cool. Nonetheless, these will certainly not make it through well in moist climates and will certainly possess a brief service life. Ask an expert if you do not really know exactly what product is We are your experienced Toronto Roofers experts offering 100%$ FREE Estimates in Torontobest in your area.

You have to be certain you repair it effectively the very first time around if you?re taking excellent treatment of a crack. This implies you do not quit with all the first area you situate that functions an issue. One leakage could increase to be numerous problems.

Any roofer you are searching for utilizing must have the correct license to do business. Never have a roofer?s word as being the gospel honest truth. Lookup the structure division in your community and supply them a phone call to figure out precisely what is required.

Due carefulness is vital when desiring to function with a roofing professional. Compare the numerous professionals in your community to acquire a concept of the normal rate.

When picking a contractor to work with your very own roof, inquire relating to simply exactly how long that firm has been around business. In instance the firm has been around business for very time they after that most likely have the ability to keep people pleased. Anyone that is unknown could perhaps be looking for to rip-off you for the cash.

Making use of low-cost materials on your roof may appear like a fantastic concept, yet usually leads to issues later. Materials which are low-cost now may ultimately cost you more in repairs at a later time.

As you now have actually read this article, you ought to have a considerably better comprehension of the way your residence?s roof features. Remember the insight discussed above for some of your future roofing demands. You do not want to have an unsatisfactory roofing encounter, will you?

A great deal of people usually do not give considerably considered to their residence?s roof. If there is an issue with the roof, a substantial trouble may appear. If you understand your homes roof dripping during rainy weather condition, do not attempt to repair the trouble up until the weather condition obtains better. Clay-based roofs function excellent in dry climates and may even keep your residence cool. As you now have actually read this article, you ought to have a considerably better comprehension of the way your residence?s roof features.

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