tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91990491675997890392024-03-07T18:56:40.138-08:00sitasinta41Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701231208251357375noreply@blogger.comBlogger192125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199049167599789039.post-79866584999117590882013-07-14T15:50:00.001-07:002013-07-14T15:50:56.185-07:00Video: Moto X combines Google Glass listening feature with Google Now<p>Voice interaction is expected to be a top feature of the upcoming Moto X handset, based on a leaked video promo made by Rogers Wireless in Canada. Much like Google Glass, Moto X will always be listening for voice commands that integrate with Google Now and other phone features. With mid-range specifications and a relatively lower cost than other flagship devices, Moto X could bring more useful voice commands to the masses with this smartphone.</p> <p>Here?s the leaked video, spotted by Android Central on Sunday, showing off the touch-free voice interaction with Google Now:</p> <span class="embed-youtube"/> <p>Adding to the hands-free experience is a tweak to the device?s notifications feature. Instead of showing a little notification light alert, the home screen pulses on and off to show important messages.</p> <p>Having the microphone always on could be a drain on the battery, but it also explains why the phone is likely to use a 720p display with a last-generation processor. If Moto X had all of the same hardware features of today?s high-end phones, the handset?s battery simply couldn?t hand the additional power drain of an always on microphone.</p> <p>I?m curious though: Is this feature a Moto exclusive or will it be part of Android, so that other handset makers can take advantage of it. Keeping it in-house would help the Moto X stand out from the crowd, but I?d like to see this option come to other Android phones in the future. Or even on older phones with a software update.</p><p>Source: <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jkOnTheRun/~3/ITfbMeLdkog/">http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jkOnTheRun/~3/ITfbMeLdkog/</a></p><p><a href="http://yodaq.com/blogs/141656/212911/major-elements-of-online-busines">pregnancy test</a> </p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701231208251357375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199049167599789039.post-21452504956809839012013-07-06T03:55:00.001-07:002013-07-06T03:55:50.833-07:00Boy with Down syndrome uses iPad to help him communicate<span id="WNStoryDateline">AUBURN, AL (WTVM) - </span><p>Like many best friends, 7-year-old Hal Bradshaw and Sophie Snyder don't need a lot of words, their bond is rock solid. </p> <p>Hal has Down syndrome. He began signing as a baby, but verbal words remain a challenge.</p> <p>"You want the best for your children, you want them to be able to output to the world, not just input," said Hal's mom Samantha Bradshaw. </p> <p>Hal began lessons with Kelly Cadden, a speech pathologist at All for Children in Auburn. His family bought an expensive language output device, but it was complicated and Hal didn't like it.</p> <p>"We knew how much he loved playing games on the iPad, and so we started using it as a way of communication and he liked it and picked it up immediately," said Cadden. "He likes to carry it with him, doesn't like others to touch it, it is his voice, one he didn't have before."</p> <p>Using picture icons Hal taps the screen to create simple sentences, expressing his needs and wants.</p> <p>"We are hoping over time he will start to imitate it, and will spontaneously utter the phrases clearly instead of having to use the device," said Cadden. </p> <p>"You put the iPad in front of him and it is amazing what is inside his brain, and I was like, I knew he knew, I knew it, he just can't get it out," said Bradshaw. </p> <p>Hal completed Kindergarten in Auburn this year. His teachers are totally on board with his iPad speaker: technology allowed Hal to join in and fit in.</p> <p>"The iPad is cool and the kids were like, awesome he's allowed to have one at school, so it also helps with socially acceptable in that area as well," said Bradshaw.</p> <p>While they have an unspoken bond, it's nice to be able to tell your friend how you are feeling.</p> <p>"It's good to hear him communicate so well and he understands," said Sophie Snyder, Hal's best friend. </p> <p><em>Copyright 2013?</em><em>WTVM</em><em>. All rights reserved.</em></p><p>Source: <a href="http://www.wtvm.com/story/22770252/boy-with-down-syndrome-uses-ipad-to-help-him-communicate">http://www.wtvm.com/story/22770252/boy-with-down-syndrome-uses-ipad-to-help-him-communicate</a></p><p><a href="http://expedition.employmentlawaz.com/user.php?login=casylvester64&view=history">dalai lama</a> <a href="http://astronomy.nickjdavis.com/story.php?title=truth-about-cellulite-does-naked-beauty-the-symulast-method-really-kill-cellulite">tamera mowry</a> <a href="http://services.makeabiggerchange.com/story.php?title=truth-about-cellulite-does-naked-beauty-the-symulast-method-really-kill-cellulite">slow jam the news</a> <a href="http://health.hgglobalcapital.com/story.php?title=truth-about-cellulite-does-naked-beauty-the-symulast-method-really-kill-cellulite">madden cover</a> <a href="http://trade.thebookmarkmanager.com/story.php?title=truth-about-cellulite-does-naked-beauty-the-symulast-method-really-kill-cellulite">obama slow jams the news</a> <a href="http://computer.bookmarkbug.com/story.php?title=truth-about-cellulite-does-naked-beauty-the-symulast-method-really-kill-cellulite">metta world peace</a> <a href="http://touring.officecomputernetwork.com/story.php?title=truth-about-cellulite-does-naked-beauty-the-symulast-method-really-kill-cellulite">ron artest</a> </p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701231208251357375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199049167599789039.post-86913510381128328722013-07-06T01:56:00.001-07:002013-07-06T01:56:37.566-07:00Jump for your life: Bipedal rodents survive in the desert with a hop, a skip and a jump[unable to retrieve full-text content]Researchers have found that bipedal desert rodents manage to compete with their quadrupedal counterparts by using a diverse set of jumps, hops and skips. A new study suggests that it is this unpredictable movement that allows the bipedal rodents to coexist in Old World deserts with quadrupedal rodents.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/strange_science/~4/lVti4Hpqy1g" height="1" width="1"/><p>Source: <a href="http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/strange_science/~3/lVti4Hpqy1g/130705212217.htm">http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/strange_science/~3/lVti4Hpqy1g/130705212217.htm</a></p><p><a href="http://www.bexi.co.id/bisnis/truth-about-cellulite-does-naked-beauty-the-symulast-method-really-kill-cellulite/">Accidental Racist</a> <a href="http://health.keepbookmarksite.com/story.php?title=truth-about-cellulite-does-naked-beauty-the-symulast-method-really-kill-cellulite">Fallon Fox</a> <a href="http://geography.teachersknowledgenetwork.com/story.php?title=truth-about-cellulite-does-naked-beauty-the-symulast-method-really-kill-cellulite">Chris Webber</a> <a href="http://economy.creative-militia.com/story.php?title=truth-about-cellulite-does-naked-beauty-the-symulast-method-really-kill-cellulite">linda perry</a> <a href="http://commutation.bestneworleansbbq.com/story.php?title=truth-about-cellulite-does-naked-beauty-the-symulast-method-really-kill-cellulite">WrestleMania 29</a> <a href="http://medicine.nickjdavis.com/story.php?title=truth-about-cellulite-does-naked-beauty-the-symulast-method-really-kill-cellulite">Lilly Pulitzer</a> <a href="http://economy.changeforgoodcounseling.com/story.php?title=truth-about-cellulite-does-naked-beauty-the-symulast-method-really-kill-cellulite">Ben And Jerrys</a> </p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701231208251357375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199049167599789039.post-8217083272167943632013-07-05T23:55:00.001-07:002013-07-05T23:55:47.486-07:00Mandela: Government denies he is "vegetative"<p class="first">JOHANNESBURG (AP) ? <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1373030713418_1">Nelson Mandela</span> is in critical but stable condition, the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1373030713418_5">South African government</span> said Friday, while a close friend said the anti-apartheid leader was conscious and responsive earlier this week.</p> <p>The government reiterated that Mandela is not in a <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1373030713418_2">vegetative state</span>, contrary to recent court documents.</p> <p>A court paper filed June 27 concerning <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1373030713418_4">Mandela family graves</span> said affidavits would be provided from his physicians to show that Mandela "is in a permanent vegetative state." A later filing dropped that phrase. Both court filings, however, said that Mandela's breathing was machine assisted.</p> <p>A close friend of Mandela's, <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1373030713418_3">Denis Goldberg</span>, told Sky News on Friday that he visited Mandela on Monday and that Mandela was conscious and responsive to what he was saying. Goldberg also quoted from something Mandela's wife told him.</p> <p>"There is no sign of a general organ collapse and therefore they do not recommend switching off the machine because there's every chance that his health will improve," Goldberg quoted wife Graca Machel as saying. "The matter has been discussed and the decision was against."</p> <p>A "persistent vegetative state" is defined as the condition of patients with severe brain damage in whom coma has progressed to a state of wakefulness without detectable awareness, according to the New England Journal of Medicine.</p> <p>Goldberg said the legal papers that said Mandela was "vegetative" might have been written when Mandela was in a coma or unconscious, and that perhaps Mandela then improved.</p> <p>"Maybe he's recovered a bit and that's what I assume," he said. "The lawyers can say what they like. I'm telling you what I saw."</p> <p>Still, Mandela's situation is grave. Another court affidavit said that "the anticipation of his impending death is based on real and substantial grounds." A South African doctor, Adri Kok, said it was unlikely that a person of Mandela's age ? he is 94 ? can be taken off mechanical ventilation, another word for life support, and recover.</p> <p>The court filing came in a case brought by 15 <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1373030713418_6">Mandela family</span> members against a Mandela grandson who had moved the remains of three Mandela children from their original burial site. A court ordered the bodies to be moved back to Mandela's hometown of Qunu.</p> <p>The family feud drew a rebuke late Thursday from retired archbishop Desmond Tutu who appealed to the family of Mandela, also known by his clan name Madiba, to overcome their differences.</p> <p>"Please, please, please may we think not only of ourselves. It's almost like spitting in Madiba's face," Tutu said in a statement released by his foundation. "Your anguish, now, is the nation's anguish ? and the world's. We want to embrace you, to support you, to shine our love for Madiba through you. Please may we not besmirch his name."</p> <p>The leader of South Africa's anti-apartheid movement, Mandela spent 27 years in prison during white racist rule. He was freed in 1990 and became South Africa's first black president in 1994.</p><p>Source: <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mandela-government-denies-vegetative-121400998.html">http://news.yahoo.com/mandela-government-denies-vegetative-121400998.html</a></p><p><a href="http://radio.yourarticlewriter.com/story.php?title=truth-about-cellulite-does-naked-beauty-the-symulast-method-really-kill-cellulite">Earth Day 2013</a> <a href="http://virginia.marylandexpresslightning.com/user.php?login=bsylvester96&view=history">westboro baptist church</a> <a href="http://law.acreativechallenge.com/story.php?title=truth-about-cellulite-does-naked-beauty-the-symulast-method-really-kill-cellulite">meteor shower</a> <a href="http://overnight.fourhourbodyexperience.com/story.php?title=truth-about-cellulite-does-naked-beauty-the-symulast-method-really-kill-cellulite">Al Michaels</a> <a href="http://alabama.telebookmarks.com/story.php?title=truth-about-cellulite-does-naked-beauty-the-symulast-method-really-kill-cellulite">Canelo vs Trout</a> <a href="http://government.rightsizedhouses.com/story.php?title=truth-about-cellulite-does-naked-beauty-the-symulast-method-really-kill-cellulite">420</a> <a href="http://www.bewebworld.com/news/truth-about-cellulite-does-naked-beauty-the-symulast-method-really-kill-cellulite/">Meteor Showers 2013</a> </p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701231208251357375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199049167599789039.post-54998263996389409262013-07-04T23:59:00.001-07:002013-07-04T23:59:56.247-07:00The European Space Agency's Jupiter Mission Control Made of Lego<p class="has-media media-640"><img alt="The European Space Agency's Jupiter Mission Control Made of Lego" height="483" width="640" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18srwxamaqlyujpg/ku-xlarge.jpg" class="transform-ku-xlarge"/></p> <p class="first-text">The French Space Agency (CNES) commissioned <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29247143@N03/with/9204752904/" target="_blank">Damien Labrousse</a> to recreate the Jupiter Mission Control Room in Lego for display at the Kourou spaceport. The impressive build features 6,000 bricks, 80 minifigs, a working video screen that shows the rocket launch sequence and a sound system, displaying launch countdown.</p> <p>The Jupiter Control Room is where the European Space Agency and the French Space Agency CNES, conduct launches from Kourou (the spaceport where the ESA sends supplies to the International Space Station). Two Lego models were built, one was on display last week at the 50th Paris Air Show at Le Bourget, and the second will be displayed at the Kourou Space Center. On a side note, it would be wonderful if Lego revived and expanded its Classic Space theme series, with updated spacecrafts, rockets, mission control rooms, and space stations. I'd probably go broke, but it'd be totally worth it. [<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29247143@N03/9204752904/" target="_blank">Flickr</a> via <a href="http://www.brothers-brick.com/2013/07/03/cnes-jupiter-control-room/" target="_blank">Brothers Brick</a>]</p> <p class="has-media media-640"><img alt="The European Space Agency's Jupiter Mission Control Made of Lego" height="483" width="640" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18sry1iv45un5jpg/ku-xlarge.jpg" class="transform-ku-xlarge"/></p> <p class="has-media media-640"><img alt="The European Space Agency's Jupiter Mission Control Made of Lego" height="480" width="640" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18sry2q9vro8ljpg/ku-xlarge.jpg" class="transform-ku-xlarge"/></p> <p class="has-media media-640"><img alt="The European Space Agency's Jupiter Mission Control Made of Lego" height="482" width="640" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18sry8pc3dp5hpng/ku-xlarge.png" class="transform-ku-xlarge"/></p> <p class="has-media media-640"><img alt="The European Space Agency's Jupiter Mission Control Made of Lego" height="486" width="640" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18sryacixkdorjpg/ku-xlarge.jpg" class="transform-ku-xlarge"/></p> <p class="has-media media-640"><img alt="The European Space Agency's Jupiter Mission Control Made of Lego" height="482" width="640" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18sryb64ekzi5jpg/ku-xlarge.jpg" class="transform-ku-xlarge"/></p> <div> <blockquote> <h2><em>You're reading <a href="http://lego.gizmodo.com/">Leg Godt,</a> the blog with the latest Lego news and the most awesome Lego models in the web. Follow us <a href="https://twitter.com/LegoKinja" target="_blank">on Twitter</a> or <a href="https://www.facebook.com/legokinja" target="_blank">Facebook.</a></em></h2> </blockquote> </div><p>Source: <a href="http://lego.gizmodo.com/the-european-space-agencys-jupiter-mission-control-mad-665054859">http://lego.gizmodo.com/the-european-space-agencys-jupiter-mission-control-mad-665054859</a></p><p><a href="http://directories.scottelectricstore.com/story.php?title=truth-about-cellulite-does-naked-beauty-the-symulast-method-really-kill-cellulite">joseph kony</a> <a href="http://work.marylandexpresslightning.com/story.php?title=truth-about-cellulite-does-naked-beauty-the-symulast-method-really-kill-cellulite">joseph kony</a> <a href="http://web20.petersbelly.com/story.php?title=truth-about-cellulite-does-naked-beauty-the-symulast-method-really-kill-cellulite">ipad 3 release date</a> <a href="http://music.bookmarkxchange.com/story.php?title=truth-about-cellulite-does-naked-beauty-the-symulast-method-really-kill-cellulite">apple store down</a> <a href="http://riding.officecomputernetwork.com/story.php?title=truth-about-cellulite-does-naked-beauty-the-symulast-method-really-kill-cellulite">apple live blog</a> <a href="http://customersites.ghostridermemorial.com/story.php?title=truth-about-cellulite-does-naked-beauty-the-symulast-method-really-kill-cellulite">ohio primary</a> <a href="http://drive.softwareproductlifecycle.com/story.php?title=truth-about-cellulite-does-naked-beauty-the-symulast-method-really-kill-cellulite">cell phone jammer</a> </p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701231208251357375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199049167599789039.post-60613278792017819572013-07-04T22:01:00.001-07:002013-07-04T22:01:00.012-07:0015 Tools That Helped Pioneers Survive on the American Frontier<p class="has-media media-640"><img alt="15 Tools That Helped Pioneers Survive on the American Frontier" height="360" width="640" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18rwoksyai2p3jpg/ku-xlarge.jpg" class="transform-ku-xlarge"/></p> <p class="first-text">American culture unapologetically romanticizes the lives of the first pioneers. Through rose-colored glasses, we see Manifest Destiny as fate, leading our heroic ancestors across a perfectly manicured landscape. In reality, the frontier was a terrifying, dangerous wilderness. And you were only as good as the tools you carried. </p> <p>Pioneers were responsible for clearing their own land, building their homes, defending themselves, sewing their own clothes, and hunting for their own food. And the devices and tools they brought with them?severely limited by weight and size?were vital lifelines to succeeding in all of those pursuits. So what were they? </p> <hr/> <h3>An allegorical depiction of "American progress" carries telegraph wire westward. Behind her, settlers follow with stagecoaches, conestoga wagons, and railroads, symbolizing the virtue of taming the western frontier. But in truth, such conveniences took decades to appear. </h3> <p class="has-media media-640"><img alt="15 Tools That Helped Pioneers Survive on the American Frontier" height="360" width="640" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18rwol4sjyjx1jpg/ku-xlarge.jpg" class="transform-ku-xlarge"/></p> <p><em>Painting: <a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/97507547/" target="_blank">George A. Crofutt/Library Of Congress</a></em></p> <hr/> <h3>This was the reality most settlers knew. A family in front of a typical sod house, in 1886, in Nebraska, Custer County. Instead of a plush toy the boy on the right is holding a young bull. Note the ornament high on the facade.</h3> <p class="has-media media-640"><img alt="15 Tools That Helped Pioneers Survive on the American Frontier" height="360" width="640" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18rwokwwgc8gvjpg/ku-xlarge.jpg" class="transform-ku-xlarge"/></p> <p><em>Photo: <a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2005693382/" target="_blank">Solomon D. Butcher/Library Of Congress</a></em></p> <hr/> <h3>Pioneers would make their own clothes, from shearing the wool and spinning it into thread, to actually weaving the fabric, and finally, fashioning it into a garment. </h3> <p class="has-media media-640"><img alt="15 Tools That Helped Pioneers Survive on the American Frontier" height="360" width="640" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18rwomi4doum6jpg/ku-xlarge.jpg" class="transform-ku-xlarge"/></p> <p><em>Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fcmv/3795877748" target="_blank">Frontier Culture Museum</a></em></p> <hr/> <h3>A spinning wheel from the 1820s.</h3> <p class="has-media media-640"><img alt="15 Tools That Helped Pioneers Survive on the American Frontier" height="360" width="640" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18rwome6daeukjpg/ku-xlarge.jpg" class="transform-ku-xlarge"/></p> <p><em>Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fcmv/3795877838" target="_blank">Frontier Culture Museum</a></em></p> <hr/> <h3>The print below shows two women preparing supper on a small, portable stove?a relative luxury?in front of their tents, in 1866.</h3> <p class="has-media media-640"><img alt="15 Tools That Helped Pioneers Survive on the American Frontier" height="360" width="640" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18rwol2tgrv9bjpg/ku-xlarge.jpg" class="transform-ku-xlarge"/></p> <p><em>Image: <a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2003674116/" target="_blank">James F. Gookins/Library Of Congress</a></em></p> <hr/> <h3>"You need only one soap: Ivory soap," proclaims this ad from 1898, which shows a pioneer washing with a novelty?<em>floating!</em> soap, at his campsite. You can observe other household objects and tools in the background as well.</h3> <p class="has-media media-640"><img alt="15 Tools That Helped Pioneers Survive on the American Frontier" height="360" width="640" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18rwolcorcq8zjpg/ku-xlarge.jpg" class="transform-ku-xlarge"/></p> <p><em>Image: <a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/00650433/" target="_blank">Strobridge & Co. Lith./Library Of Congress</a></em></p> <hr/> <h3>Frontier utility knives: a butcher knife, a skinning knife, and a small antique paring knife.</h3> <p class="has-media media-640"><img alt="15 Tools That Helped Pioneers Survive on the American Frontier" height="360" width="640" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18rwwfty1c4l1jpg/ku-xlarge.jpg" class="transform-ku-xlarge"/></p> <p><em>Photo: <a href="http://historical.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=6076&lotNo=51039#72487248941" target="_blank">Heritage Auctions</a></em></p> <hr/> <h3>Farm kitchen cutlery and kitchenware.</h3> <p class="has-media media-640"><img alt="15 Tools That Helped Pioneers Survive on the American Frontier" height="360" width="640" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18rwomtygbbrijpg/ku-xlarge.jpg" class="transform-ku-xlarge"/></p> <p><em>Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fcmv/3795877586/" target="_blank">Frontier Culture Museum</a></em></p> <hr/> <h3>A grain reaper was a vital piece of agricultural machinery. Invented by Cyrus H. McCormick, of Virginia, in 1831, this contraption still serves as the basis for modern-day grain harvesting machines. </h3> <p class="has-media media-640"><img alt="15 Tools That Helped Pioneers Survive on the American Frontier" height="360" width="640" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18rwomm2b5w5njpg/ku-xlarge.jpg" class="transform-ku-xlarge"/></p> <p><em>Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fcmv/3795877126/" target="_blank">Frontier Culture Museum</a></em></p> <hr/> <h3>A grain fanner, from the 1850s, would blow air through wheat to separate the chaff?an otherwise time-consuming task. </h3> <p class="has-media media-640"><img alt="15 Tools That Helped Pioneers Survive on the American Frontier" height="360" width="640" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18rwomq0d2e4fjpg/ku-xlarge.jpg" class="transform-ku-xlarge"/></p> <p><em>Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fcmv/3795055947/" target="_blank">Frontier Culture Museum</a></em></p> <hr/> <h3>This illustration from 1899 shows messengers warning settlers of a Native American uprising?but note the hand-operated plow and broad axe in the picture.</h3> <p class="has-media media-640"><img alt="15 Tools That Helped Pioneers Survive on the American Frontier" height="360" width="640" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18rwolwf57v58jpg/ku-xlarge.jpg" class="transform-ku-xlarge"/></p> <p><em>Drawing: <a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2010715156/" target="_blank">Reginald Bathurst Birch/Library Of Congress</a></em></p> <hr/> <h3>Water crossings were another major danger, thanks to the crude ferries often used by early settlers. Here, people cross the Red River, in Texas, during a flood in 1874. </h3> <p class="has-media media-640"><img alt="15 Tools That Helped Pioneers Survive on the American Frontier" height="360" width="640" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18rwom2c2p4yijpg/ku-xlarge.jpg" class="transform-ku-xlarge"/></p> <p><em>Engraving: <a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/92521906/" target="_blank">Robert Hoskins/Library Of Congress</a></em></p> <hr/> <h3>By the late 19th century, families were more established. Here, we see a family standing in front of sod house with a windmill?a fairly high-tech detail?inCoburg, Nebraska in 1884.</h3> <p class="has-media media-640"><img alt="15 Tools That Helped Pioneers Survive on the American Frontier" height="360" width="640" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18rwolmjzgiukjpg/ku-xlarge.jpg" class="transform-ku-xlarge"/></p> <p><em>Photo: <a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2005693379/" target="_blank">Solomon D. Butcher/Library Of Congress</a></em></p> <hr/> <h3>This apple crusher and cider press was also high-tech, for its time. </h3> <p class="has-media media-640"><img alt="15 Tools That Helped Pioneers Survive on the American Frontier" height="360" width="640" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18rwomvxhfv0rjpg/ku-xlarge.jpg" class="transform-ku-xlarge"/></p> <p><em>Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fcmv/3795056521/" target="_blank">Frontier Culture Museum</a></em></p> <hr/> <h3>Some settlers were lucky enough to have brought cast iron stoves from back east?like this one, from the 1820s.</h3> <p class="has-media media-640"><img alt="15 Tools That Helped Pioneers Survive on the American Frontier" height="360" width="640" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18rwomzvnn28sjpg/ku-xlarge.jpg" class="transform-ku-xlarge"/></p> <p><em>Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fcmv/3795056609/" target="_blank">Frontier Culture Museum</a></em></p> <hr/> <h3>A carving bench let craftsmen whittle and carve comfortably. </h3> <p class="has-media media-640"><img alt="15 Tools That Helped Pioneers Survive on the American Frontier" height="360" width="640" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18rwon3tp5wn4jpg/ku-xlarge.jpg" class="transform-ku-xlarge"/></p> <p><em>Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fcmv/8596412310/" target="_blank">Frontier Culture Museum</a></em></p> <hr/> <h3>Theft was common, too. This lambskin money vest, from 1853, was designed to (theoretically) protect a settler's valuables. The vest has three rows of button pockets for holding gold and silver coins, the medium of exchange in California.</h3> <p class="has-media media-640"><img alt="15 Tools That Helped Pioneers Survive on the American Frontier" height="360" width="640" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18rwwg1u71uqajpg/ku-xlarge.jpg" class="transform-ku-xlarge"/></p> <p><em>Photo: <a href="http://historical.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=6047&lotNo=47252" target="_blank">Heritage Auctions</a></em></p> <hr/> <h3>And finally, the two ultimate survival tools for the pioneers. First, a colt revolver?</h3> <p class="has-media media-640"><img alt="15 Tools That Helped Pioneers Survive on the American Frontier" height="360" width="640" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18rwwfvwx7ipojpg/ku-xlarge.jpg" class="transform-ku-xlarge"/></p> <p><em>Photo: <a href="http://historical.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=6099&lotNo=32340" target="_blank">Heritage Auctions</a></em></p> <hr/> <h3>?and second, a Winchester.</h3> <p class="has-media media-640"><img alt="15 Tools That Helped Pioneers Survive on the American Frontier" height="360" width="640" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18rwwfxvzcfg3jpg/ku-xlarge.jpg" class="transform-ku-xlarge"/></p> <p><em>Photo: <a href="http://historical.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=6081&lotNo=32473" target="_blank">Heritage Auctions</a></em></p> <hr/> <p><em>Our opening image: The "New home" in the far west by W.U. Morgan & Co. Lith, Cleveland, O. This trade card advertising a New Home sewing machine, show a happy family outside of their house, c1881. Source: <a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/93511601/" target="_blank">Solomon D. Butcher/Library Of Congress</a></em></p><p>Source: <a href="http://gizmodo.com/15-tools-that-helped-pioneers-survive-on-the-american-f-577187190">http://gizmodo.com/15-tools-that-helped-pioneers-survive-on-the-american-f-577187190</a></p><p><a href="http://tour.bookmarkaloud.com/story.php?title=truth-about-cellulite-does-naked-beauty-the-symulast-method-really-kill-cellulite">james van der beek</a> <a href="http://newspapers.rivertownegolfclub.com/story.php?title=truth-about-cellulite-does-naked-beauty-the-symulast-method-really-kill-cellulite">dyngus day</a> <a href="http://computer.electriciansinpreston.com/story.php?title=truth-about-cellulite-does-naked-beauty-the-symulast-method-really-kill-cellulite">indonesia quake</a> <a href="http://autoexpoonline.info/News/truth-about-cellulite-does-naked-beauty-the-symulast-method-really-kill-cellulite/">stephen strasburg</a> <a href="http://consulting.bookmarksquad.com/story.php?title=truth-about-cellulite-does-naked-beauty-the-symulast-method-really-kill-cellulite">shabazz</a> <a href="http://agriculture.bookmarkmill.com/story.php?title=truth-about-cellulite-does-naked-beauty-the-symulast-method-really-kill-cellulite">legion</a> <a href="http://internet.bookmarkalready.com/story.php?title=truth-about-cellulite-does-naked-beauty-the-symulast-method-really-kill-cellulite">baby found alive in morgue</a> </p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701231208251357375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199049167599789039.post-73173058160267873462013-07-04T20:01:00.001-07:002013-07-04T20:01:01.036-07:00Apple's New Google Docs Competitor Is Now in Beta<p class="has-media media-640"><img alt="Apple's New Google Docs Competitor Is Now in Beta" height="360" width="640" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18sr7wytny3x5png/ku-xlarge.png" class="transform-ku-xlarge"/></p><p class="first-text"> Apple's long-overdue stab at a cloud editing service has finally come to, well, some of the masses. If you happen to be an Apple developer,<a href="http://gizmodo.com/apple-takes-on-google-microsoft-with-iwork-for-icloud-512331086"> iWork for iCloud</a><inset id="512331086"></inset> is <a href="https://beta.icloud.com/" target="_blank">available to you right now</a>.</p> <p>The new, cloud-dwelling incarnation of the iWork suite will finally catch Apple up to Google and Microsoft office, which have long been dominating the field. Plus, iWork should even work much more smoothly with Microsoft Office, letting Apple slowly but surely get their claws in wherever they can. </p> <p>Since the service is still in beta?a very early beta, at that?Apple recommends backing everything up, which you should probably be doing anyway. <a href="https://beta.icloud.com/" target="_blank">You can head over here</a> to claim it for your very own. </p><p>Source: <a href="http://gizmodo.com/apples-new-google-docs-competitor-is-now-in-beta-662081894">http://gizmodo.com/apples-new-google-docs-competitor-is-now-in-beta-662081894</a></p><p><a href="http://arts.robertehirsch.com/story.php?title=truth-about-cellulite-does-naked-beauty-the-symulast-method-really-kill-cellulite">james jones</a> <a href="http://globe-trotting.topfightclub.com/story.php?title=truth-about-cellulite-does-naked-beauty-the-symulast-method-really-kill-cellulite">black forest</a> <a href="http://customers.bookmarkbooth.com/story.php?title=truth-about-cellulite-does-naked-beauty-the-symulast-method-really-kill-cellulite">aladdin</a> <a href="http://fabulositybookmarks.com/story.php?title=truth-about-cellulite-does-naked-beauty-the-symulast-method-really-kill-cellulite">ufc 144 fight card</a> <a href="http://www.ufo-news-agency.com/story.php?title=truth-about-cellulite-does-naked-beauty-the-symulast-method-really-kill-cellulite">ufc 144 results</a> <a href="http://history.bookmarkxchange.com/story.php?title=truth-about-cellulite-does-naked-beauty-the-symulast-method-really-kill-cellulite">acura nsx</a> <a href="http://expedition.bestneworleansbbq.com/story.php?title=truth-about-cellulite-does-naked-beauty-the-symulast-method-really-kill-cellulite">all star weekend 2012</a> </p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701231208251357375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199049167599789039.post-46235046340878325242013-07-04T00:08:00.001-07:002013-07-04T00:08:58.140-07:00Factor intros Vis Vires bike with Garmin ANT+ tracking down to the crank (video)<p class="image-container" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/02/factor-vis-vires/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget"><img alt="Factor's Vis Vires bike arrives with builtin ANT and Garmin tracking video" data-src-height="340" data-src-width="620" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/07/factor-vis-vires-1372718865.jpg" /></a></p> <p>Cyclists who want ANT+ sensors frequently have to either buy multiple devices or resign themselves to <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/30/specialized-turbo-e-bike-is-too-fast-and-furious-for-the-western/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget">relatively limited tracking</a>. Not so with Factor Bikes' new Vis Vires. The high-end road bike comes with a specially mounted <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/07/garmin-edge-510-810-cycling-computers/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget">Garmin Edge 510 or 810</a> bike computer, giving it speed and other basic ride data from the start; more advanced models bring ANT+ aware cranks that register leg power at the pedals. You'll want to save up if you're interested, however. The entry Vis Vires Ultegra Di2 and its companion Edge 510 will ship in January for $7,830. An Ultegra Di2 variant with ANT+ cranks will arrive at the same time for $10,441, while the lighter, Edge 810-equipped Dura-Ace Di2 launches this August for a hefty $13,051.</p> <p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/transportation/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget" rel="tag">Transportation</a></p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/02/factor-vis-vires/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget#comments">Comments</a></strong></p> <p><strong>Source:</strong> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.factorbikes.com/">Factor Bikes</a><!--//--></p><p>Source: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/02/factor-vis-vires/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget">http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/02/factor-vis-vires/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget</a></p><p><a href="http://business.tokenmediagroup.com/story.php?title=truth-about-cellulite-does-naked-beauty-the-symulast-method-really-kill-cellulite">stevie wonder</a> <a href="http://cruising.bestneworleansbbq.com/story.php?title=truth-about-cellulite-does-naked-beauty-the-symulast-method-really-kill-cellulite">2013 NFL Mock Draft</a> <a href="http://news.networkofdads.com/story.php?title=truth-about-cellulite-does-naked-beauty-the-symulast-method-really-kill-cellulite">paleo diet</a> <a href="http://internet.digibookmarks.com/story.php?title=truth-about-cellulite-does-naked-beauty-the-symulast-method-really-kill-cellulite">paleo diet</a> <a href="http://sailing.couponstasher.com/story.php?title=truth-about-cellulite-does-naked-beauty-the-symulast-method-really-kill-cellulite">earth day</a> <a href="http://arts.tokenmediagroup.com/story.php?title=truth-about-cellulite-does-naked-beauty-the-symulast-method-really-kill-cellulite">Luis Suarez</a> <a href="http://hayart.net/story/238528/">Earth Day 2013</a> </p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701231208251357375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199049167599789039.post-7396902107079344622013-07-03T22:12:00.001-07:002013-07-03T22:12:03.525-07:00Confessions of a Global Mobility Manager: Sexually Transmitted ...<p><b>Confessions of a Global Mobility Manager: Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Olympic Fitness</b></p> <p>By?Ms Sterious</p> <p><em>?We need to talk about sexually transmitted diseases?</em></p> <p><em>?Come Again? I spluttered, immediately regretting my choice of words!</em></p> <p><em>?We need to talk about the high rates of Sexually Transmitted Diseases of our assignees returning from XXXXX.?</em></p> <p><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-10855" title="Confessions of a Global Mobility Manager: June 2013" alt="homepage confessions of a global mobility manager " src="http://totallyexpat.com/wp-content/uploads/Writing-200x300.jpg" width="200" height="300" /><b>More than just a great salary</b></p> <p>And so began my conversation with our Occupational Health Director.? It transpired our assignees going to said location were acquiring more than just a decent salary. This large group of assignees were working and living on a large extraction site in an extremely remote location. In their defense there was not much to do in their limited down-time as security was tight and it was not an option to leave site unless there were very particular circumstances! It is a tough environment living on camp, alcohol and recreational drugs are banned, the work is hard, the hours are long. Meals are at set times, assignees are away from family and friends, the climate is stifling and the environment can feel very claustrophobic. It can be a very isolating experience and it is not an assignment that is suited to everyone. Because of this all assignees being sent into this particular location undergo full psychological assessments as well as medical assessments. Interestingly more people than you would expect fail the psychological assessments.</p> <p>Most of the assignees are on a 28 day on / 28 day off rotation which certainly helps to alleviate the stress of the environment but while on location it is easy to see that there is not much distraction for the assignees apart from each other! Needless to say Occupational health did not give me specific details but I have to admit it was VERY hard not to wonder who exactly had an STD and more disturbing what STD they actually had. ?Imagining the terrible afflictions that our lovely assignees were now enduring certainly put me off my food for a short while. My other half was very alarmed when I asked him if he know what the symptoms of Chlamydia were. No?</p> <p>How about gonorrhea? Nope?</p> <p>Syphilis? ?He now looked terrified.</p> <p><b>Occupational Health Crisis Meeting</b></p> <p>I really was unsure how to handle this one so the Occupational health director and I decided to sit down for a bit of a crisis meeting. She was concerned about the high number of cases being diagnosed as well as the high number of recurring cases. I was concerned about the low levels of awareness and the wider consequences for spouses and partners of our assignees. I tried not to think of a more sinister potential issue which was that some or one of our employees knew they had STD?s and actively passed on their STD?s to their colleagues willingly and knowingly! The Occ Health Director assured me these dark thoughts were more likely attributable to my overactive imagination.</p> <p>We debated possible solutions. We brainstormed some ridiculous ideas such as installing wardens in the camp site accommodation, tagging assignees, locking the accommodation doors overnight! Of some of the more sensible ideas we wondered if we should run a course on sexual health? But would this been seen as overbearing interference from their employer? Should we include protection in the pre-assignment packs? Would this offend some employees? Was it even our responsibility to manage the sexual health of our assignees? ?Ordinarily it would not but the instances were coming from this one particular camp run by the company so we had to do something.</p> <p><b>Back to University</b></p> <p>We decided raising awareness was going to be out first tactic. So we went back to basics, it reminded me of sex education at school. We put up posters in the bathrooms of Head Office about safe sex. We had more posters installed across the site?s staff accommodation. We put large baskets of condoms EVERYWHERE, which reminded me of Fresher?s week at Uni. Like decorative pots of pot pourri there was baskets in the toilets, in the sleeping quarters, in the gym shower room. You could not move without catching sight of those brightly coloured packets. Much tittering and giggling was had by all employees but at least it got people talking and got the message across.</p> <p>We then introduced a sexual health briefing as part of the pre-assignment medical. This detailed how to play it safe and how to spot symptoms and what to do if an assignee thought they were at risk.</p> <p><b>Let Us Entertain You</b></p> <p>We then took a view that the company needed to do more to improve the entertainment for camp residents. We installed ping pong tables, a juke box and video gaming rooms. We ran movie nights and installed Skype and face time on all the assignees company devices. We overhauled the gym equipment, and replaced all the 1980?s equipment with flash treadmills, cross-trainers and rowing machines. We ran competitions based around gym activities, generating particular interest in the Site Olympics, which Team GB won.</p> <p>And do you know what, it worked! Over the subsequent months since the instances of STD?s has dramatically reduced. It took some time but eventually cases began to decrease and recurrence was infrequent, our medical costs went down and there hasn?t been a flare up for some time. As an additional benefit we got people interested in their health and also their fitness levels and would you believe there was even an improvement in site production!</p> <p>?</p> <!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetBottom Automatic --><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetBottom Automatic --><p>Source: <a href="http://totallyexpat.com/confessions-global-mobility-manager-sexually-transmitted-diseases-olympic-fitness/">http://totallyexpat.com/confessions-global-mobility-manager-sexually-transmitted-diseases-olympic-fitness/</a></p><p><a href="http://staff.build3r.com/profile/card54radish">Election 2012</a> <a href="http://webguitarist.com/blogs/post/2079">Michigan Election Results</a> <a href="http://staff.build3r.com/blogs/15407/20546/bed-bug-spray-as-seen-on-tv">Missouri Election Results</a> <a href="http://myministryfamily.com/blogs/entry/Bed-Bug-Spray-As-Seen-On-TV">Amendment 64</a> <a href="http://roboticsworld.org/bbs/blogs/post/2932">marijuana</a> <a href="http://zidating.com/atom12daisy">Colorado Marijuana</a> <a href="http://sustainabilitymarket.in/index.php?do=/blog/35639/bed-bug-spray-as-seen-on-tv/">elizabeth warren</a> </p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701231208251357375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199049167599789039.post-80446765233649879272013-07-03T20:14:00.001-07:002013-07-03T20:14:07.328-07:00Former Rep. 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He covers news and features throughout China and also makes reporting trips to Japan and the Korean peninsula.</p> <h3>Recent posts</h3> <p>' + google_ads[0].line2 + '<br />' + google_ads[0].line3 + '</p>'; } else if (google_ads.length > 1) { ad_unit += ''; } } document.getElementById("ad_unit").innerHTML += ad_unit; google_adnum += google_ads.length; return; } var google_adnum = 0; google_ad_client = "pub-6743622525202572"; google_ad_output = 'js'; google_max_num_ads = '1'; google_feedback = "on"; google_ad_type = "text"; // google_adtest = "on"; google_image_size = '230x105'; google_skip = '0'; // --> <!-- subscribe ad: Article body left column --> <p class="subscribe-ad_title">Subscribe Today to the Monitor</p> <p class="subscribe-ad_message">Click Here for your FREE 30 DAYS of<br />The Christian Science Monitor<br />Weekly Digital Edition</p> <p>Chinese astronaut Wang Yaping gave a physics lesson by video from a space module orbiting more than 300 km (186 miles) above the earth?on Thursday.</p><p>She gulped a globule of water floating in the air, and pushed a fellow astronaut against the module?s wall with a touch of her finger, to illustrate the effects of weightlessness. Then she answered questions from a group of children gathered in a studio in Beijing watching the lesson on live TV.</p> <p>The scene resembled a similar lesson that US elementary school teacher Barbara Morgan taught from the International Space Station in 2007. But this one had specifically Chinese characteristics.</p><p>The questions that the Chinese kids asked?on Thursday?were much like the questions that American kids asked six years ago. Do stars twinkle when you are in space? (No, because there is no atmospheric interference.) Have you seen any UFO?s? (?Not yet? was Ms. Wang?s answer to that one.)</p><p>But while Barbara Morgan and her colleagues participated in three low-key sessions with small groups of students in Idaho, Virginia, and Massachusetts, Wang?s class was broadcast nationwide on state TV?s premier channel and 60 million schoolchildren and teachers in 80,000 middle schools watched, according to China?s Education Ministry.</p><p>The ministry had ?issued instructions requiring middle schools to adjust their class schedules and organize students to watch? the lesson, according to its website.</p><p>The compulsory class reflected the importance that the Chinese government has attached to its ambitious space program. Beijing first sent a human into space only 10 years ago, but plans to build its own space station by 2020.</p><p>Beijing has more than just a technological interest in space. 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A new study that calculates the influence of cloud behavior on climate doubles the number of potentially habitable planets orbiting red dwarfs, the most common type of stars in the universe. This finding means that in the Milky Way galaxy alone, 60 billion planets may be orbiting red dwarf stars in the habitable zone.</p> <p>Researchers at the University of Chicago and Northwestern University based their study, which appears in <em>Astrophysical Journal Letters</em>, on rigorous computer simulations of cloud behavior on alien planets. This cloud behavior dramatically expanded the habitable zone of red dwarfs, which are much smaller and fainter than stars like the sun.</p> <p>Current data from NASA's Kepler Mission, a space observatory searching for Earth-like planets orbiting other stars, suggest there is approximately one Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of each red dwarf. The UChicago-Northwestern study now doubles that number.</p> <p>"Most of the planets in the Milky Way orbit red dwarfs," said Nicolas Cowan, a postdoctoral fellow at Northwestern's Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics. "A thermostat that makes such planets more clement means we don't have to look as far to find a habitable planet."</p> <p>Cowan is one of three co-authors of the study, as are UChicago's Dorian Abbot and Jun Yang. The trio also provide astronomers with a means of verifying their conclusions with the James Webb Space Telescope, scheduled for launch in 2018.</p> <p>The formula for calculating the habitable zone of alien planets -- where they can orbit their star while still maintaining liquid water at their surface -- has remained much the same for decades. But the formula largely neglects clouds, which exert a major climatic influence.</p> <p>"Clouds cause warming, and they cause cooling on Earth," said Abbot, an assistant professor in geophysical sciences at UChicago. "They reflect sunlight to cool things off, and they absorb infrared radiation from the surface to make a greenhouse effect. That's part of what keeps the planet warm enough to sustain life."</p> <p>A planet orbiting a star like the sun would have to complete an orbit approximately once a year to be far enough away to maintain water on its surface. "If you're orbiting around a low mass or dwarf star, you have to orbit about once a month, once every two months to receive the same amount of sunlight that we receive from the sun," Cowan said. <strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>Tightly orbiting planets</strong></p> <p>Planets in such a tight orbit would eventually become tidally locked with their sun. They would always keep the same side facing the sun, like the moon does toward Earth. Calculations of the UChicago-Northwestern team indicate that the star-facing side of the planet would experience vigorous convection and highly reflective clouds at a point that astronomers call the sub-stellar region. At that location the sun always sits directly overhead, at high noon.</p> <p>The team's three-dimensional global calculations determined for the first time the effect of water clouds on the inner edge of the habitable zone. The simulations are similar to the global climate simulations that scientists use to predict Earth climate. These required several months of processing, running mostly on a cluster of 216 networked computers at UChicago. Previous attempts to simulate the inner edge of exoplanet habitable zones were one-dimensional. They mostly neglected clouds, focusing instead on charting how temperature decreases with altitude.</p> <p>"There's no way you can do clouds properly in one-dimension," Cowan said. "But in a three-dimensional model, you're actually simulating the way air moves and the way moisture moves through the entire atmosphere of the planet."</p> <p>These new simulations show that if there is any surface water on the planet, water clouds result. The simulations further show that cloud behavior has a significant cooling effect on the inner portion of the habitable zone, enabling planets to sustain water on their surfaces much closer to their sun.</p> <p>Astronomers observing with the James Webb Telescope will be able to test the validity of these findings by measuring the temperature of the planet at different points in its orbit. If a tidally locked exoplanet lacks significant cloud cover, astronomers will measure the highest temperatures when the dayside of the exoplanet is facing the telescope, which occurs when the planet is on the far side of its star. Once the planet comes back around to show its dark side to the telescope, temperatures would reach their lowest point.</p> <p>But if highly reflective clouds dominate the dayside of the exoplanet, they will block a lot of infrared radiation from the surface, said Yang, a postdoctoral scientist in geophysical sciences at UChicago. In that situation "you would measure the coldest temperatures when the planet is on the opposite side, and you would measure the warmest temperatures when you are looking at the night side, because there you are actually looking at the surface rather than these high clouds," Yang said.</p> <p>Earth-observing satellites have documented this effect. "If you look at Brazil or Indonesia with an infrared telescope from space, it can look cold, and that's because you're seeing the cloud deck," Cowan said. 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We've got a real variety this week, with a healthy dose of iOS games accompanied by a couple for those Mac gamers out there. Let's take a look.</p> <h2>Random Heroes 2 - <a href="http://www.imore.com/users/jkeller">Joseph Keller</a></h2> <p><img src="http://cdn.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2013/06/random_heroes_2_ipad_mini_hero.jpg?itok=JciWbB_Z" width="620" height="465" alt="" class="image-large aligncenter" /></p> <p>I have fond memories of my Nintend Entertainment System. It was the first video game console I ever had, and I had a lot of fun with it. Mario, Zelda, and Mega Man were my first, and to this day some of my favorite, gaming experiences. So when I pick up a game like Random Heroes 2, a side-scrolling action-platforming game, it sort of feels like returning to my gaming roots. Random Heroes 2 features an eclectic group of heroes, each with unique abilities, battling aliens across several stages. Use the touch controls to navigate around levels, using the A and B buttons to fire and jump, respectively. You can even aim your weapon using the A button. You can buy different heroes and weapons with the coins and items that you either earn by playing the game or buy from the in-game store. With engaging action and at times challenging platforming, Random Heroes 2 is a great time if you want a fun challenge that gives you a dose of good, old-fashioned 2-D action.</p> <ul><li>Free - <a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=xhX*vKggN*k&subid=&offerid=146261.1&type=10&tmpid=3909&RD_PARM1=https%3A%2F%2Fitunes.apple.com%2Fus%2Fapp%2Frandom-heroes-2%2Fid581496229%3Fmt%3D8">Download Now</a></li> </ul><h2>Dumb Ways to Die - <a href="http://www.imore.com/users/Simon%20Sage">Simon Sage</a></h2> <p><img src="http://cdn.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2013/06/ipad-dumbwaystodie.jpg?itok=Jh7QJSv0" width="620" height="465" alt="" class="image-large aligncenter" /></p> <p>One of the great free games climbing the charts lately is Dumb Ways to Die. Players have to successfully get through a gauntlet of simple minigames for as long as possible, though they become progressively more difficult. These can range from shooing away piranhas from your crotch, swatting bugs, and holding onto balloons so you don't dive onto the tracks. The art style fantastically morbid - cute little characters are constantly getting maimed in new and exciting ways. As you play, you unlock more of them as your life counters. The best part about this game is that it's actually a kind of public service warning by the Melbourne transit association to make sure people don't do stupid things near the tracks. There's [even a cute music video](Dumb Ways to Die). Well-played, Australia. Well-played.</p> <ul><li>Free - <a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=xhX*vKggN*k&subid=&offerid=146261.1&type=10&tmpid=5573&RD_PARM1=https%3A%2F%2Fitunes.apple.com%2Fapp%2Fdumb-ways-to-die%2Fid639930688">Download Now</a></li> </ul><h2>Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing - <a href="http://forums.imore.com/members/chris-parsons-242473/">Chris Parsons</a></h2> <p><img src="http://cdn.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2013/06/Sonic_All_Stars.jpg?itok=3qYzBio-" width="620" height="465" alt="" class="image-large aligncenter" /></p> <p>I love racing games but I'm more a fan of silly racing games rather than serious ones so when I came across Sonic & Sega All-Stars racing I had to give it a go. Thankfully, I was pleasantly surprised with this one. It's a pretty sweet kart racing and doesn't really involve much effort to play, plus the included AirPlay support is awesome. It's free to download and while the nags to upgrade are there, they're not really bothersome. If you Mario Kart was your game back in the day, you'll feel right at home here.</p> <ul><li>Free - <a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=xhX*vKggN*k&subid=&offerid=146261.1&type=10&tmpid=3909&RD_PARM1=https%3A%2F%2Fitunes.apple.com%2Fus%2Fapp%2Fsonic-sega-all-stars-racing%2Fid429208823%3Fmt%3D8">Download Now</a></li> </ul><h2>Iron Sky Invasion - <a href="http://www.imore.com/users/peter-cohen">Peter Cohen</a></h2> <p><img src="http://cdn.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2013/06/iron_sky_ipad_mini_hero.jpg?itok=G7bHwdX5" width="620" height="465" alt="" class="image-large aligncenter" /></p> <p>The movie "Iron Sky" is one of my guilty pleasures - it's pure B-movie sci-fi cheese, but that's rather the point: space Nazis living on the Moon attempt an invasion of Earth. TopWare Interactive responded last year with a video game for PC and consoles based on the movie. Now they've adapted it for iOS. This isn't the deepest game I've ever played on my iPad, and it's not the most challenging, but it's a good bit of fun: You defend Earth from the invading Moon Nazis as you fly seven different experimental space spacecraft ranging from nimble fighters to heavy bombers. You can collect salvage to recharge your shields and use different weapons like rockets, laser cannons and plasma launchers as you go up against wave after wave of invading Moon Nazis in 18 missions - you'll even have to blow up gargantuan Space Zeppelins. Iron Sky was firmly tongue-in-cheek and so is this game, which is more than a nod to classic space dogfighting games of yore like Wing Commander.</p> <ul><li>$2.99 - <a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=xhX*vKggN*k&subid=&offerid=146261.1&type=10&tmpid=3909&RD_PARM1=https%3A%2F%2Fitunes.apple.com%2Fus%2Fapp%2Firon-sky-invasion%2Fid588746426%3Fmt%3D8">Download now</a></li> </ul><h2>Layton Brothers Mystery Room - <a href="http://www.imore.com/users/allyson-kazmucha">Ally Kazmucha</a></h2> <p><img src="http://cdn.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2013/06/layton_brothers_iphone_5_hero.jpg?itok=ieO_kyTs" width="620" height="465" alt="" class="image-large aligncenter" /></p> <p>Layton Brothers Mystery Room is a detective game in which you'll work as Lucy Baker to solve cases with the unstable Professor Layton. You'll comb over case files and use scene reconstructions in order to figure out who committed each crime.</p> <p>As you work your way through the game, the crime scenes will become more intricate and you'll have more evidence to comb through and suspects to comb through. If you're a fan of crime scene games, this one will be a great addition to your file. It isn't terribly difficult but some of the case files will keep you thinking.</p> <ul><li>Free - <a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=xhX*vKggN*k&subid=&offerid=146261.1&type=10&tmpid=3909&RD_PARM1=https%3A%2F%2Fitunes.apple.com%2Fus%2Fapp%2Flayton-brothers-mystery-room%2Fid640517092%3Fmt%3D8%23">Download Now</a></li> </ul><h2>Dirt 2 - <a href="http://www.imore.com/users/richard-devine">Richard Devine</a></h2> <p><img src="http://cdn.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2013/05/Mac_Xbox_Controller.JPG?itok=gmtR3GHA" width="1240" height="930" alt="" class="image-large aligncenter" /></p> <p>I've played rally games on consoles since the very first Colin McRae title all those years ago, and while Dirt 2 isn't the very latest in the series which was born from that, it's an impressive game nonetheless. I actually picked this up as part of the Feral bundle, but it's well worth the asking price in the Mac App Store. 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Data from Voyager 1, now more than 11 billion miles (18 billion kilometers) from the sun, suggest the spacecraft is closer to becoming the first human-made object to reach interstellar space.</p> <p>Research using Voyager 1 data and published in the journal <em>Science</em> today provides new detail on the last region the spacecraft will cross before it leaves the heliosphere, or the bubble around our sun, and enters interstellar space. Three papers describe how Voyager 1's entry into a region called the magnetic highway resulted in simultaneous observations of the highest rate so far of charged particles from outside heliosphere and the disappearance of charged particles from inside the heliosphere.</p> <p>Scientists have seen two of the three signs of interstellar arrival they expected to see: charged particles disappearing as they zoom out along the solar magnetic field, and cosmic rays from far outside zooming in. Scientists have not yet seen the third sign, an abrupt change in the direction of the magnetic field, which would indicate the presence of the interstellar magnetic field.</p> <p>"This strange, last region before interstellar space is coming into focus, thanks to Voyager 1, humankind's most distant scout," said Ed Stone, Voyager project scientist at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. "If you looked at the cosmic ray and energetic particle data in isolation, you might think Voyager had reached interstellar space, but the team feels Voyager 1 has not yet gotten there because we are still within the domain of the sun's magnetic field."</p> <p>Scientists do not know exactly how far Voyager 1 has to go to reach interstellar space. They estimate it could take several more months, or even years, to get there. The heliosphere extends at least 8 billion miles (13 billion kilometers) beyond all the planets in our solar system. It is dominated by the sun's magnetic field and an ionized wind expanding outward from the sun. Outside the heliosphere, interstellar space is filled with matter from other stars and the magnetic field present in the nearby region of the Milky Way.</p> <p>Voyager 1 and its twin spacecraft, Voyager 2, were launched in 1977. They toured Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune before embarking on their interstellar mission in 1990. They now aim to leave the heliosphere. Measuring the size of the heliosphere is part of the Voyagers' mission.</p> <p>The <em>Science</em> papers focus on observations made from May to September 2012 by Voyager 1's cosmic ray, low-energy charged particle and magnetometer instruments, with some additional charged particle data obtained through April of this year.</p> <p>Voyager 2 is about 9 billion miles (15 billion kilometers) from the sun and still inside the heliosphere. Voyager 1 was about 11 billion miles (18 billion kilometers) from the sun Aug. 25 when it reached the magnetic highway, also known as the depletion region, and a connection to interstellar space. This region allows charged particles to travel into and out of the heliosphere along a smooth magnetic field line, instead of bouncing around in all directions as if trapped on local roads. For the first time in this region, scientists could detect low-energy cosmic rays that originate from dying stars.</p> <p>"We saw a dramatic and rapid disappearance of the solar-originating particles. They decreased in intensity by more than 1,000 times, as if there was a huge vacuum pump at the entrance ramp onto the magnetic highway," said Stamatios Krimigis, the low-energy charged particle instrument's principal investigator at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md. "We have never witnessed such a decrease before, except when Voyager 1 exited the giant magnetosphere of Jupiter, some 34 years ago."</p> <p>Other charged particle behavior observed by Voyager 1 also indicates the spacecraft still is in a region of transition to the interstellar medium. While crossing into the new region, the charged particles originating from the heliosphere that decreased most quickly were those shooting straightest along solar magnetic field lines. Particles moving perpendicular to the magnetic field did not decrease as quickly. However, cosmic rays moving along the field lines in the magnetic highway region were somewhat more populous than those moving perpendicular to the field. In interstellar space, the direction of the moving charged particles is not expected to matter.</p> <p>In the span of about 24 hours, the magnetic field originating from the sun also began piling up, like cars backed up on a freeway exit ramp. But scientists were able to quantify that the magnetic field barely changed direction -- by no more than 2 degrees.</p> <p>"A day made such a difference in this region with the magnetic field suddenly doubling and becoming extraordinarily smooth," said Leonard Burlaga, the lead author of one of the papers, and based at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. "But since there was no significant change in the magnetic field direction, we're still observing the field lines originating at the sun."</p> <p>NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in Pasadena, Calif., built and operates the Voyager spacecraft. California Institute of Technology in Pasadena manages JPL for NASA. 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Surprisingly, the most exciting of the bunch weren't mirrorless cameras or DSLRs, but fixed-lens Cyber-shots: The <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5931587/sony-rx100-review-this-camera-singlehandedly-makes-point+and+shoots-relevant-again">RX100</a><inset id="5931587"></inset>, a point-and-shoot superior to all others, and the <a href="http://gizmodo.com/sony-rx1-review-a-camera-so-bold-so-beautiful-and-5993303">RX1</a><inset id="5993303"></inset>, a compact full-frame sensor camera priced for professionals. Now Sony's expanding on its successes with some well-considered fine-tuning on both models. </p> </div> <div> </div> <div> <p>What we're looking at here are the <a href="http://store.sony.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921666577592#specifications" target="_blank">Sony Cyber-shot RX100 II</a> (or M2), which at $750 will cost $100 more than the RX100, the and the <a href="http://store.sony.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921666577588#specifications" target="_blank">Sony Cyber-shot RX1R</a>, which at $2800 costs exactly the same as the RX1. Both are available for pre-order using the links above. The older cameras will remain in the line as before.</p> </div> <div> </div> <div>At a glance, the modifications from one generation to the next might seem minor. Many of the key specs we're used to reciting don't seem to change.These are hardly tweaks?they're big changes. More detailed specs are listed below, but there's too much good stuff to mention all the carry-over from before.</div> <div> </div> <h3><strong>Sony Cyber-shot RX100 II</strong></h3> <p class="has-media media-640"><strong><img alt="Sony RX100 II: A Totally New Sensor, a More Perfect Point-and-Shoot" height="360" width="640" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18s2rv9j8nmlzjpg/ku-xlarge.jpg" class="transform-ku-xlarge"/></strong></p> <div> <p>The key differences between the RX100 and RX100 II are a completely new<strong> 1-inch Exmor R image sensor</strong>, Wi-Fi and NFC connectivity, as well as a new<strong> tilting three-inch LCD</strong> display and a new hot shoe.</p> </div> <div> </div> <div> <p>The former two additions result in visible cosmetic differences to the camera. The tiling LCD adds only slight thickness to the RX100's body but makes it easier to see the screen in certain siutations. Don't worry, This remains the same awesome pocketable shooter as before. Same super-fast f/2 lens.</p> <p><img alt="Sony RX100 II: A Totally New Sensor, a More Perfect Point-and-Shoot" height="360" width="640" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18s2rxifhjn0fjpg/ku-xlarge.jpg" class="transform-ku-xlarge"/></p> </div> <div> </div> <div> <p>Sony also added a "multi-interface shoe" on top for attaching external flashes other accessories to the camera. </p> </div> <div> </div> <div> <p><strong>The new</strong> <strong>Exmor R sensor</strong> is a lovely example of "trickle-up" technology. Exmor R sensors are "back-illuminated", which basically means the traditional sensor architecture has been reworked so that the electronics sit behind the photo-sensitive diodes, allowing more surface area for actually capturing light.</p> <p>Until now, <a href="http://www.sony.co.uk/hub/twilight-football/5" target="_blank">the Exmor R design</a> has been used only for small sensors in smartphones and junky point-and-shoots because Sony just couldn't figure out how to manufacture these sensors larger. Until now. This one-inch sensor is a first, and Sony claims it'll be up-to <strong>40-times more light sensitive</strong> that the RX100's one-inchers. That's impressive.</p> </div> <div> </div> <div> <p>There are no surprises about the camera's <strong>Wi-Fi sharing capabilities</strong>, but it's a nice addition to an already loaded camera. This <strong>NFC chip inside</strong>, however is new, and enables touch sharing between compatible devices, which actually sounds like a brilliant idea.</p> </div> <div> </div> <div> <p>The main issue we might take with this camera is price. $650 was already a lot of money to pay for a point-and-shoot camera targeted mostly at a mainstream audience. But $750? Sheesh. Most of the cameras you'd consider competitors?like the Canon S110?are priced under $500</p> </div> <div> </div> <div><strong> <a href="http://store.sony.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921666577592#specifications" target="_blank">Sony Cyber-shot Rx100 II</a></strong></div> <div> <strong>? Sensor:</strong> 20.2 MP, 1-inch Exmor R CMOS<br/><strong>? Processor:</strong> Sony BIONZ<br/><strong>? ISO Range:</strong> 100-25600<br/><strong>? Lens:</strong> Carl Zeiss 28-100 (3.6) f/1.8<br/><strong>? Display:</strong> 1.2 million-dot fixed LCD<br/><strong>? Video:</strong> 1920 x 1080 (60, 24 fps), 1440 x 1080 (30 fps), 1280 x 720 (30 fps), 640 x 480 (30 fps)<br/><strong>? Price:</strong> $750</div> <hr/> <h3><strong>Sony Cyber-shot RX1R</strong></h3> <div><img alt="Sony RX100 II: A Totally New Sensor, a More Perfect Point-and-Shoot" height="360" width="640" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18s2skuyhlplgjpg/ku-xlarge.jpg" class="transform-ku-xlarge"/></div><div> </div> <div> <p>The RX1, was a superbly awesome camera that no-normal soul can afford. The image quality is unrivaled by a camera that size, but at the same time, the fixed focal-length f/2 lens that makes the compact size possible is also quite a limitation. The RX1R option is really a modified version of the former with <strong>no optical low-pass filter</strong>, which is exactly the kind of change people interested in this camera might consider important.</p> </div> <div> </div> <div> <p>Without getting to far into the science, cameras use low-pass filters to avoid ripply moire patterns and other distortions that might occur because of the patterned design of image sensors. These days, though, many manufacturers are confident enough in their camera designs to leave the low-pass filter on.</p> </div> <div> </div> <div> <p>What's the difference you say? Well, when you're using a professional full-frame image sensor like the one in the RX1, pixel peepers will point out that a low-pass filter keeps a sensor from realizing the true potential of its resolution. And sure enough, Sony showed us samples taken with both the RX1 and RX1R, and the new model had <strong>better details in some intense situations</strong>.</p> </div> <div> </div> <div> <p>The only cosmetic change you'll notice between the older and newer cameras is the addition of an "R" to the name stamped on the front of its glorious body.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://store.sony.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921666577588#specifications" target="_blank">Sony Cyber-shot Rx1R</a></strong></p> <p><strong>? Sensor:</strong> 24 MP, full-frame Exmor CMOS<br/><strong>? Processor:</strong> Sony BIONZ<br/><strong>? ISO Range:</strong> 100-25600<br/><strong>? Lens:</strong> Carl Zeiss 35mm f/2<br/><strong>? Display:</strong> 1.2 million-dot fixed LCD<br/><strong>? Video:</strong> 1920 x 1080 (60, 50, 25, 24 fps), 1440 x 1080 (30, 25 fps), 1280 x 720 (30 fps), 640 x 480 (30, 25 fps)<br/><strong>? 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