Coffee Reduces Skin Cancer Risk, Who Knew?

Good news for the coffee addicts especially women drinkers: Consuming copious amounts of the beverage daily may help reduce the risk of the most common type of skin cancer a new study has claimed.

Researchers at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston found that women who drank over three cups of coffee daily were 20% less likely to develop basal cell carcinoma (BCC), a slowgrowing form of skin cancer, than those who drank less than one cup a month.

But, men who drank same amount of the beverage saw only a 9% reduction in the disease, found the study. BCC rarely spread to other parts of the body, and rarely return if they are promptly removed.

The study, found an association, not a direct cause-effect link.  So don't get too excited, yet.  But go ahead and have another cup of Joe.

"X Factor" Leads Tuesday Night Ratings

A big night for television last night.

The first live performance episode of Fox's "The X Factor" earned the night's top ratings and pushed Fox to an overall win, while the new Tim Allen sitcom "Last Man Standing" slipped 10 percent and "Man Up" plunged 21 percent from its series premiere, according to preliminary numbers.  "Dancing With the Stars' held their own and CBS' programming was also strong.

"The X Factor," on Fox from 8 p.m. to 10:30, drew a 4.3 rating/11 share in the adults 18-49 demographic, with 11.7 million total viewers, which gave the network the highest average rating in the demo for the night. The show was up 10 percent in the ratings.

Things weren't quite as sunny at ABC, where the night kicked off with "Last Man Standing" at 8, which was down 10 percent for a 2.8/8 in the demo and 9.8 million total viewers. The news didn't improve with "Man Up" at 8:30, which fell to a 1.9/5 in the demo and 6.7 million total viewers. The "Dancing With the Stars" results show at 9 drew a 2.5/6 in the demo and 13.7 million total viewers. "Body of Proof" at 10 was flat with a 1.9/5 in the demo and 9.6 million total viewers.

CBS, which was the evening's most-watched network with an average 15.4 million total viewers, saw modest gains. "NCIS" at 8 inched up 3 percent for a 4.0/11 and 19 million total viewers (the highest total viewership of the evening). "NCIS: LA" the following hour enjoyed a 9 percent boost with a 3.7/9 in the demo and 15.8 million total viewers. "Unforgettable" at 10 ran flat with a 2.5/7 in the demo and 11.2 million total viewers.

Rina Strengthens, Closes in on Mexico

Rina is moving towards Mexico and precautions are being taken.

"Rina has the potential to become a major hurricane today or tonight," the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
Rina is a Category Two hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson intensity scale, packing winds of 110 mph. When sustained winds hit 111 miles per hour storms are considered major Category Three hurricanes.

The sixth hurricane in the Atlantic season this year, Rina was located 215 miles east southeast of Chetumal, Mexico, and 235 miles south southeast of Cozumel early on Wednesday, and was moving west at 5 mph.

The storm was expected to be near or over the east coast of the Yucatan peninsula late Wednesday and on Thursday.

Some cruise ships revised their travel schedules and the governor of Quintana Roo ordered hundreds of people evacuate the fishing village of Punta Allen on the Yucatan peninsula's western coast on Tuesday.

Dancing With the Stars Broadway Week Results: Chaz, "Baby Don't Go"

The curtain went up on Broadway last night for the remaining couples on Dancing With the Stars.  

We had a couple Tony Awards handed out last night by Carrie Ann.  They went to J.R. and Ricki.  We also almost a judge and a professional dancer come to blows when Len awarded Hope and Maks lower than expected scores and blamed it mostly on Maks.  Maks not only took offense to Len saying their routine lacked effort, and picked apart other parts of the routine, he also took offense to how some of the people are getting treated by the judges.  I tend to agree with Maks.

Let's get this results show started.

The encore dance this week is J.R. and Karina with their quickstep.  Just as good as last night.

The first results of the night are for J.R. and Karina.  No surprise here, they are safe.

That result is followed by another performance by Kristin Chenowith.  Some great dancing also with Tony Dovolani and Dasha.  Kristin has a new CD she is out promoting.

More results coming up for Ricki and Nancy.  Ricki and Derek are through to next week and Nancy and Tristan are safe as well.

Next, some more great Broadway style performances.  Corbin Bleu put a lot of work into this number. 

Good to see Martina McBride back in the ballroom.  With the CMA Awards coming up, looks like Martina is primed to win some more awards.  Give a dancing assist to Chelsie Hightower and Val on that song.

More eliminations with David Arquette and Chaz.  Chaz had some rough criticism from the judges and he's not happy.  Back next week are David and Kym.  Chaz and Lacey are in jeopardy.

Next, a Halloween themed performance with some kids along with Mark Ballas and Lacey.  Those kids were really good.

Rob and Cheryl and Hope and Maks are still waiting for their results.  Maks is still upset and said he needed to vent a little last night. 

Back on the floor next week will be Rob and Cheryl.  Hope and Maks are in jeopardy again. 

Our elimination continues tonight with the emotional departure of Chaz and Lacey.

Hope and Maks will be back. 

Halloween Week next Monday.

The Weather Channel Finds Success With Apps and Social Media

I was fortunate enough to attend the Social TV Event here in Atlanta last week.  There, I met The Weather Channel's VP of Branding, Derek Van Nostran.

Derek was one of the participants in the conference, but he took some time out to talk to me about some things that are going on at The Weather Channel including their Twitter platform called The Weather Channel Social.

You can read my article at this link:

http://www.examiner.com/gadgets-in-atlanta/the-weather-channel-stays-ahead-of-the-storm-with-technology-and-social-media

An an AudioBoo of my interview with Derek is here: