The Costa Verde Hotel in Costa Rica maybe isn’t your typical luxury hotel. No five stars to hold on, maybe not that much fuss and nodding as in a Palace neither… But the hotel can boast one unique lodging that people around the world come for: a boeing 727. Yes, guests sleep in what used to be the cabin of an old model from 1965 — via RJ TimeouT
The success of the 1925 Citroën mascot exposed René Lalique’s unique talent to an entirely new audience. During the next seven years, Lalique created a total of 27 mascots, symbolising energy, speed and motion; religion; individuality and form of nature; and human sensuality and sexuality—each expressing the grace and details of human and animal forms.
The other mascots needed to complete this photographic collection include Sirène (small mermaid) and Naïade (large mermaid). Both were originally offered as paperweights in 1920 and had base sizes equaling those of other mascots. Longchamps (#1152B: horse head — single mane, a variation of longchamps #1152A: horse head — double mane) crowns the collection totaling 30 pieces. These comprise the 1932 Lalique catalogue — via RM Auctions
Expanding its software-aided medical transcription services, Nuance Communications will purchase medical transcription service provider Transcend Services for US$300 million, the two companies announced Wednesday.
Nuance will fold Transcend’s service into its own significant medical transcription and health care natural language processing (NLP) services. In particular, Nuance is interested in Transcend’s strong presence in the small- to mid-size hospital market, which accounts for about 90 percent of all hospitals in the US.
Medical transcription already accounts for approximately 30 percent of Nuance’s annual revenue, said Carina Edwards, Nuance vice president of healthcare solutions marketing. The purchase of the Atlanta-based Transcend will boost Nuance annual revenue by about $140 million to $150 million per year, the company estimates. The company’s health care practice accounted for $527 million in revenue for its fiscal 2011 — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A man who informed police when he found child abuse images on his computer has not been allowed to be alone with his daughter for four months.
Nigel Robinson from Hull said he called police after trying to download music but instead finding pornographic images on his laptop last November.
As a result social services said he should not have unsupervised access with his own or other children
.
He said he was totally innocent
. No arrests or charges have been made — via redwolf.newsvine.com
What is surprising is that, the best part of a century after Cthulhu was created, the muck-encrusted god has spawned an entire industry that seems intent on making the Great Old Ones, well, cuddly.
The Elder Gods alone would know what Lovecraft would make of Plush Cthulhu — the perfect accompaniment to help any self-respecting cultist embark on their own dream-quest. The idea of the slime-god forever sleeping in his underwater city of R’lyeh rendered as a soft toy is all kinds of wrong. A particular soft toy –– known as Fluff Cthulhu — is a regular on the SF/Fantasy convention circuit, and may be working his eldritch magicks through his earthbound minion, the author Charles Stross — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A short film that tells the story behind the Keep Calm and Carry On
poster. Its origins at the beginning of WWII and its rediscovery in a bookshop in England in 2000, becoming one of the iconic images of the 21st century — via Barter Books
This Grade II-listed and renovated Clegg Hall in Rochdale, Lancashire could be yours for under £500,000. Oh yes, it’s got a ghost too.
Renovated yes, but not quite finished. Inside is something of a shell, so you get to decide just how it will look and how the landscaping around will be finished. The agent’s details give little away about what you get, just a mention of six bedrooms and that all the main services are understood to be available
— via WowHaus
Some motorcycles age better than others. Like fine wine, they seem to improve with age, and gain more admirers as the years pass by. The Sunbeam S7 and S8 are two such machines: originally built between 1946 and 1956, they did not sell in huge numbers but today have a growing base of admirers — via Bike EXIF
Almost 30,000 WordPress blogs have been infected in a new wave of attacks orchestrated by a cybercriminal gang whose primary goal is to distribute rogue antivirus software, researchers from security firm Websense said in a blog post on Monday.
The attacks have resulted in over 200,000 infected pages that redirect users to websites displaying fake antivirus scans. The latest compromises are part of a rogue antivirus distribution campaign that has been going on for months, the Websense researchers said — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Wow. Did you see the latest figures for the falling crime rate? Pretty good, eh? What’s that, you didn’t see the figures? No one told you, eh.
It’s true. Despite the best efforts of the federal Minister for Justice, Jason Clare, on Sunday, the Australian Institute of Criminology’s latest compilation of statistics got remarkably little attention.
Why? One reason could be that it’s old news. Levels of property crime have been falling for a decade. You’ve long known that, right? If you have, congratulations: you’re much better informed than most.
A survey conducted in NSW in 2007 found that more than 80 per cent of respondents believed property crime had been increasing or had remained stable over the past five years. Only 11 per cent said it had been falling.
So why were the media so uninterested? Because they didn’t think you’d be interested. They presumed you’d prefer to have your existing beliefs reinforced rather than up-ended. But I prefer to write for the minority who want to be informed rather than humoured — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A social media experiment has backfired for Coles, exposing the supermarket to a flood of negative comments on Twitter
The supermarket is the latest company to have a social media marketing exercise go terribly wrong, following blunders from Qantas and Coca-Cola.
The official Coles account last night urged followers to complete the sentence in my house it’s a crime not to buy…
But the PR exercise quickly fizzled as Twitter users inundated the supermarket’s account with negative comments — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The Schuhren Gentleman is a classically handsome style. It’s polished case is made of 316 stainless steel with a screwed-on caseback. The back features an observation window, allowing you to see the decorated and rose gold plated skeleton movement (manual wind).
While Schurhen lists a robust collection, those are only a starting point for the watch you’ll end up with. What you’re going to end up doing is starting with your favourite model, and then work with them to customise the watch to your liking. That, of course, makes pricing a bit variable — but you’ll end up with exactly what you want — via Wrist Watch Review
Big Hollywood and the US government may think that by closing down Megaupload, they will have thwarted the alleged piracy problem.
But as Kim Dotcom says in his interview, much demand stems from people wanting the latest US movies or TV programs now, as opposed to typically waiting months for it.
Furthermore, there are similar sites offering the same or related content that Megaupload.com did, including sites in the US that are unmolested by the FBI.
Like a many-headed hydra, if you cut off one head, others will take its place.
The US authorities are fighting a losing battle, especially since digital downloads seem the way of the entertainment future — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Australia’s pet industry is vowing to clean up its act and stamp out puppy farms which do not guarantee the welfare of their animals.
From today, accredited pet stores will only sell puppies from approved breeders.
Pet Industry Association of Australia chief executive Roger Perkins says it is hard to know how many unapproved puppy breeders are operating in Australia — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Eric Standley creates mind-blowingly intricate cut paper art — via Neatorama
Letters, academic work and personal belongings of wartime codebreaker and computer pioneer Alan Turing, including a letter to his mother explaining his role in the outcome of World War II, went on display at Bletchley Park on Monday — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Korean architect Moon Hoon designed the S Mahal house in Yangpyeong-gun, South Korea — via CONTEMPORIST
If you follow Ze Last Chance Garage, you’ll know that Paris-based Sonic Seb
has immaculate taste. This gorgeous Yamaha XS650 is his personal ride, beautifully captured by the photographer Dimitri Coste for Sideburn magazine — via Bike EXIF
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