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Based in Atlanta, GA - Rick Limpert is an award-winning writer, a best-selling author, and a featured sports travel writer.

Named the No. 1 Sports Technology writer in the U.S. on Oct 1, 2014.

Wednesday
Mar162011

iPad Free App of the Week: March Madness on Demand

If you are bitten by the March Madness bug, you need to get this app now.

This free app will let you watch every game of NCAA® March Madness® LIVE on your iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad! NCAA® March Madness On Demand® gives you FREE live streaming video of every game of the NCAA 2011 Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament.  Free live streaming is HUGE!

Watch every game from the NEW First Round on March 15-16 to the Final Four® April 2-4 over both Wi-Fi and 3G.. Catch all your favorite rivalries, upsets, and buzzer beaters as they happen. Plus, get alerts for your favorite teams, know when games go into overtime, crunch time, and more. You’ll never miss an upset!

This app includes: Game Center for iPad – use the app to see in-game highlights, live box scores and team leaders in a single screen. Perfect as a companion to watching the game. 

Bu the real prize here is the FREE live video of every game from the new First Round to the Championship game (requires sign-in with a valid email address)

I tried it out for the play-in games last night and it worked perfectly.

As bonuses you can also manage your bracket game from the app. Access your picks and track your progress. Make sure to sign up at ncaa.com/bracket.

Also you can comment on the games live with Facebook and Twitter.

This app is your complete March Madness headquarters.

Wednesday
Mar162011

Snake Bites Model's Breast and Dies

A big-breasted Israeli model, Orit Fox got more than she bargained for when a massive boa constrictor used as a prop during a photoshoot did what snakes do when provoked, and bit her in the breast.
However, it was the snake who came off worse because, while Ms Fox needed only medical attention.

As she maneurvered the animal into position for the 'kiss' Ms Fox loosened her grip on its neck, and after being licked the reptile reacted angrily.

It aimed straight for Fox's prized assets and sunk its teeth deep into her left breast.

She let out a high-pitched scream, as did a voice off camera who appeared to be directing the shoot.
An assistant rushed in to help her pull the snake off and after a few seconds of struggle the creature released its grip.

The peroxide-blonde model was rushed to a nearby hospital and given a tetanus shot.

However, the snake wasn't so lucky and died from silicone poisoning.




Tuesday
Mar152011

Travel and Tourism Taking a Hit in Japan

Airlines don't want to fly there, some hotels don't want to open, and it's hard to get around by car.

In fact, Japanese citizens are buying tickets in droves to leave the country

 

Asian and European carriers and travelers are being the most cautious. Deutsche Lufthansa said it was diverting flights away from Tokyo to Osaka and Nagoya, at least until the weekend. It said planes returning from Tokyo on Monday were not contaminated.

Air China said it had canceled flights to Tokyo from Beijing and Shanghai, mainly due to lack of operational capacity at some airports. Taiwan's EVA Airways said it would cancel flights to Tokyo and Sapporo until the end of March.

Online travel company Expedia said it saw "significant increases" in tickets sold from Japan to the United States, even as sales of tickets into Japan fell.

U.S. airlines reported no significant changes to their flight schedules to Japan, but U.S. aviation authorities said they were prepared to take action, including rerouting flights, if the nuclear crisis worsened.

Other governments, including Britain, Italy, and the Netherlands, issued travel warnings.

There are many reports of travelers canceled trips or rebooked on flights to avoid layovers in Tokyo, where low levels of radiation have been detected.

"There's definitely cancellation of trips. And if not cancellations of trips, in some cases people wanting a backup or an alternative," said John Henry, senior vice president with Uniglobe Travel International in Vancouver, British Columbia.

"We're getting a lot of reports of this happening," he said, adding that he had changed his own travel plans to avoid changing planes in Tokyo.

The Japanese government has imposed restrictions to keep civilian flights away from the Fukushima nuclear plant, north of Tokyo, which was damaged in the earthquake and tsunami last Friday.

Some airlines also took steps to limit staff presence in Tokyo. International companies such as SAP and Infineon are moving staff out of the capital to locations further south because of radiation concerns.
Air France-KLM, Europe's largest carrier by revenue, moved all of its crew out of Tokyo to Osaka on Monday, KLM spokeswoman Gedi Schrijver said.

More changes are expected as conditions continue to go downhill.

Tuesday
Mar152011

Atlanta Radio Host/Producer Fired for Tweets Critical of Advertiser

You would think a big company like Delta Air Lines would have something better to do than get an Atlanta sports radio host and producer fired for sarcasm laced Twitter messages.  Note to Delta: Use social media to help customers, not get them fired!

It happened today when Chadd Scott, producer of the Chuck and Chernoff show on 680 the Fan was fired for giving updates on his Delta flight delays while in St. Louis.

Delta is a big advertiser on 680 and they apparently monitor tweets from Atlanta radio personalities and if they don't like what they are saying, even though it may be the truth, they throw their weight around to get them fired.

Although Scott is taking it in stride, I think Delta is wrong for holding something like this over the heads of a radio station, and 680 the Fan and Dickey Broadcasting are spineless for not supporting an employee. 

Delta prides itself on helping customers through the use of social media with its new DeltaAssist endeavor, it also looks like it will use social media like Twitter and Facebook to play bully.

Even though Scott feels ok about what he did, I'm sure he would've acted differently if he knew what the end result was going to be. 

Looks like lessons should be learned by all the parties involved.

Tuesday
Mar152011

How Does a Nuclear Meltdown Occur?

You keep hearing conflicting stories of what is going on in Japan.  With the aftershocks subsiding, the attention now turns to the rescue, clean up and the nuclear plant situation.

After more explosions in at least two reactor cores at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant - and as the developing crisis is rated at level 6 of seven levels on the International Nuclear Events Scale - attention is turning to just what is happening inside the 40-year-old power plant in north-east Japan.

Here's a video that helps explain what is happening.