Source: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/top_news/~3/snHNQg9ykvE/130730132616.htm
Sandy Hook Hoax 2014 Corvette Stacie Halas Corvette Stingray Claire Danes Amy Poehler Australian Open
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
New approach to treating venomous snakebites could reduce global fatalities
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Medical researchers have pioneered a novel approach to treating venomous snakebites -- administering antiparalytics topically via a nasal spray. This needle-free treatment may dramatically reduce the number of global snakebite fatalities.
Monday, July 29, 2013
Briefly: Education: University Application Rates in U.K. Vary by Ethnicity
[unable to retrieve full-text content]
Source: www.nytimes.com --- Sunday, July 28, 2013
State high school students with Chinese backgrounds are the most likely to apply to a British University, while white students are the least likely, according to a new report. ? ? ? ? ...
bane Aurora Colorado Rajesh Khanna friday the 13th toy story 4 toy story 4 kristin chenoweth
Thursday, July 25, 2013
Twitter has new smartphone search function
Twitter has new smartphone search function
Sapa-dpa | 2013-07-24 11:10:14.0
Artwork hangs in a conference room at Twitter's headquarters in San Francisco, California.
Image by: NOAH BERGER / REUTERS
Twitter has overhauled the search function for its apps on Android and iOS, allowing users to expand searches for people beyond just their names to include additional information and their profile picture, the microblogging network has announced.
This should make it easier to find friends, celebrities and acquaintances. To access the new search, users will have to upgrade their Twitter programme.
The update will also allow messages to be synchronised across devices, meaning an item read on a smartphone will be noted as such on a desktop. Until now, they would appear as unread on the one, even if read on the other.
But, to use this function, both users have to use the most up-to-date Twitter apps and programmes.
Con Edison LaGuardia Airport the weather channel national grid LIPA Garcinia Cambogia Little Things One Direction
Feds say it's not too late for Medicaid expansion
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -- The Obama administration reminded Florida lawmakers Wednesday that it's not too late to expand Medicaid to more than 1 million residents in the state.
Health and Human Services officials laid out many of their same talking points during a telephone conference with reporters. The state will receive more than $50 billion federal dollars and the feds will pick up the tab for the expanded Medicaid population for the first three years and 90 percent after that as part of The Affordable Care Act.
When asked the reason for the call, officials said they're encouraged by the dialogue in the state on Medicaid expansion and wanted to join the conversation. But when pressed to see if they've had substantive conversations with Gov. Rick Scott or key House Republicans, officials sidestepped.
"There is no deadline at least from our perspective. Any time that the state would like to accept the offer on the extended Medicaid, they're welcome to do that," said Paul Dioguardi, HHS' director of the Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs.
State Democrats have tried to pressure Scott and Republican leaders, asking the governor to call a special session on the issue, and by holding town halls and circulating petitions. But any change is unlikely for now.
House Republicans aren't budging and Scott has said it doesn't make sense to call a special session unless they do.
Wednesday's call comes as hype is building around the federally run health exchanges, which are online marketplaces where individuals and small businesses can compare prices on health plans and purchase insurance. Enrollment begins Oct. 1.
But roughly 1 million Floridians fall into a gap and won't be able to get health coverage if Florida does not expand eligibility for its Medicaid program. They are people who make slightly too much money to qualify for regular Medicaid now, but are too poor to qualify for subsidies to help pay for health insurance through the new exchange. The federal law will not pay subsidies for those making below the federal poverty level, Dioguardi said.
"That's a group that will be stuck in the middle without access to coverage," he said.
Florida's current Medicaid eligibility cutoffs are among the stingiest in the country. Currently, the state spends about $21 billion a year to cover roughly 3 million patients.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/feds-not-too-medicaid-expansion-144913979.html
Neymar mermaids Memorial Day Quotes Epic Tim Curry bridge collapse Fast And Furious 6
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Apple testing larger screens for iPhone and iPad, report says
| Apple is reportedly testing larger displays for its mobile devices. (Spencer Platt / Getty Images / January 14, 2013) |
ellsbury brad pitt and angelina jolie brad and angelina herniated disc luke scott tom benson royals
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Twitter co-founder's advice to Facebook
Twitter co-founder has suggested a business idea to Facebook to charge users a premium if they want to have an ad-free experience.
According to Mashable, co-founder Biz Stone has said that since the Facebook ads are not 'particularly useful or engaging', the site should rather offer a premium option that would let users pay 10 dollars a month to have the site's ad-free version.
Stone further said that for $10-a-month, people who really love Facebook and can afford to pay could see no ads along with some special features and if 10% of Facebook is signed up, it would account for one billion a month in revenue, the report added.
Behati Prinsloo Talia Castellano tiger woods mariano rivera mariano rivera emma roberts Matt Harvey
Re: Samsung TV - DoS vulnerability
Bugtraq mailing list archives
??By Date??
????? ??By Thread?? ????? Re: Samsung TV - DoS vulnerability From: malik () itsecgames com
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 20:11:52 GMT
Assigned CVE number: CVE-2013-4890
??By Date?? ????? ??By Thread??
- Samsung TV - DoS vulnerability malik (Jul 22)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Samsung TV - DoS vulnerability malik (Jul 23)
Source: http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2013/Jul/151
9/11 Memorial 911 masterchef Dictionary.com Chicago teachers strike september 11 2001 september 11 2001
This Week On Twitter: Hashtag Etiquette Guide, Twitter?s Top Brands, Social Media Lead Generation
Need a little weekend reading?
We?ve compiled our top ten Twitter stories of the week, which includes a complete guide to hashtag etiquette, a look at the top 20 most popular brands on Twitter, how to use social media to generate leads, the small business guide to social media mastery and SMS marketing facts and figures.
Here are our top 10 Twitter stories of the week.
1. The Complete Guide To Hashtag Etiquette [INFOGRAPHIC]
What is a hashtag? Well, on Twitter ? and increasingly everywhere else ? a hashtag is a word or phrase (with no spaces or punctuation) prefixed with the # symbol which gives users an easy way to communicate around a single theme. Example: #Twitter. The use of hashtags in social media originated back in August 2007, when designer Chris Messina asked his Twitter followers how they felt about using the pound sign (#) to group conversations on the micro-blogging platform, and thus became the first person to use the hashtag in its modern capacity.
2. The 20 Most Popular Brands On Twitter [STATS]
@YouTube maintains its top spot as the premier brand on Twitter, with its more than 30 million followers placing it first ahead of @Instagram and even @Twitter itself. Yep. The official @Twitter account is only the third most-followed brand on its own social platform, and twelfth amongst all profiles, with a whisker over 21 million followers. However, combined with @twitter_es, the official Spanish Twitter profile, and its 12.6 million followers, it would rank first overall.
3. How To Use Social Media To Generate Leads [INFOGRAPHIC]
Social media has proven itself to be particularly effective at generating leads, which is good news for marketers, and any business or brand looking to use platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn to attract and acquire new customers. It takes work, and it takes time, but the effort definitely pays off: 34 percent of marketers say that they have generated leads using Twitter, and 20 percent have gone on to close that deal.
4. The Small Business Guide To Social Media Mastery [INFOGRAPHIC]
Did you know that 26 percent of small business marketers dedicate at least one hour to social media marketing each day, and four in five (80 percent) plan to increase their use of social media this year? Small business has embraced platforms such as Twitter and Facebook, but why? Bottom line: used intelligently, social media can generate a significant return at a relatively low financial entry point. Moreover, it can be used in a variety of ways ? 84 percent of SMBs use social media to reach customers, 42 percent use these channels for consumer support and 48 percent have generated business directly through Twitter.
5. SMS Marketing Facts And Figures [INFOGRAPHIC]
Seeing as 96% of smartphone users text message, and 98% of text messages are read compared to 29% of tweets and 12% of Facebook posts, SMS marketing is naturally arich field of potential for digital marketers. SMS marketing company TextSprout published the following infographic to explore the successes of text marketing.
6. Twitter For Small Business: Stats, Facts & Tips [INFOGRAPHIC]
Why should your small business be on Twitter? How about this for a reason: one third of people on Twitter follow at least one brand. Still not convinced? What if I told you that studies have shown that the vast majority (67 percent) of Twitter users are more likely to buy from the brands that they follow on Twitter, that almost four in five (79 percent) recommend those same brands and 69 percent go to follow other brands based of the recommendations of others.
7. 24 Statistics, Tips & Tricks To Boost Your Content Marketing Strategy [INFOGRAPHIC]
Did you know that studies have shown that more than one in three (34 percent) of marketers have generated leads through Twitter? Or that brands that have 1,000 or more Likes on their Facebook Page experience a traffic increase of 185 percent? What if I told you that 57 percent of companies have acquired a customer via their blog, or that one in five spend at least one hour each week engaging with marketing emails?
8. Everything You Need To Know About Creating Fantastic Social Media Content [INFOGRAPHIC]
So you?ve setup your Twitter profile, put the finishing touches on your Facebook Page and started to experiment with Pinterest and Instagram. Now: how do you go about creating great content?
9. Twitter Twice As Common In Email Signatures As Facebook [STUDY]
How do you sign off when you email? Well, if you?re like the 52 percent of professionals who use an email signature, you?ll include your name (70 percent), organisation (58 percent) and role (43 percent). But if you?re socially savvy you?ll also be sure to list your Twitter profile, too.
10. Digital Marketing Media: What $100K Buys [INFOGRAPHIC]
As new channels wage war for consumers? attention, how much must digital marketers spend to break through the noise? This insight-packed infographic from Edo Interactive examines what $100,000 buys in the realms of TV, online video, mobile, direct marketing, and social media.
Did you know we have a newsletter? Sign-up to receive a daily digest of all things Twitter, sent straight to your inbox. Click here to sign up for the AllTwitter Newsletter.
(Twitter image via Shutterstock.)
Source: http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/top-10-twitter-210713_b46617
Red Equal Sign maundy thursday Mexico vs USA Harmony Korine Summly Human Rights Campaign bioshock infinite
Monday, July 22, 2013
Former badminton doubles partners exchange blows ? Artesia News
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) ? A fight broke out between two former badminton doubles partners from Thailand at the Canada Open over the weekend, prompting the Badminton World Federation to launch an investigation.
During a change of ends Sunday in the doubles final, Bodin Issara lunged at Maneepong Jongjit, chasing him onto a neighboring court before punching him several times.
Issara was dragged away and held down by coaches and tournament staff, while his partner, Pakkawat Vilailak, escorted a shirtless Jongjit off the court.
Issara, who needed two stitches, says Jongjit hit him with a badminton racket. The pair had already received a warning from the referee following a verbal exchange.
Jongit and partner Nipitphon Puangpuapech, also from Thailand, were awarded the victory after Issara was shown a black card.
?The events surrounding the conclusion of this match will be thoroughly investigated by the BWF,? the federation said Monday in a statement. ?The world governing body has procedures in place to deal with such situations and this matter will be referred to the Disciplinary Committee.?
Jongjit and Issara were among the top-ranked badminton pairings and reached the quarterfinals at the 2012 Olympics. They split in January, when Issara retired to take care of his ailing mother, but was soon competing again with another partner.
Phil Spector Phil Ramone louisville Kevin Ware Injury Video Richard Griffiths FGCU Reid Flair
Analysis: Resumption of Mideast talks not assured
Tzipi Livni, Israel's chief negotiator with the Palestinians, arrives to?the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, July 21, 2013. The Israeli cabinet marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of former Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin by holding the meeting at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center. (AP Photo/Uriel Sinai, Pool)
Tzipi Livni, Israel's chief negotiator with the Palestinians, arrives to?the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, July 21, 2013. The Israeli cabinet marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of former Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin by holding the meeting at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center. (AP Photo/Uriel Sinai, Pool)
FILE - In this Sunday, July 14, 2013 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a weekly cabinet meeting in his Jerusalem office. Netanyahu sought to lower expectations Sunday, July 21, 2013, for the planned resumption of peace talks with the Palestinians, saying that negotiations would be tough and that any agreement reached would have to be ratified in a national Israeli referendum. (AP Photo/Abir Sultan, Pool, File)
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) ? Disagreements that blocked Israeli-Palestinian negotiations for the past five years have not been fully resolved, despite U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's recent announcement of progress, and there's no clear path to a resumption of talks.
Palestinian officials said Sunday their key demand remains: Ahead of any talks, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must accept Israel's pre-1967 frontier as the starting point for drawing the border of a future state of Palestine. They say Kerry's renewed endorsement of that frontier as a baseline in closed-door talks is not enough, and that they need to hear from Netanyahu himself.
It's not clear if this amounts to last-minute maneuvering or if the Palestinians will walk away if Netanyahu refuses to accept that formula, as he has done repeatedly. On Sunday, Netanyahu's right-wing allies were adamant that Israel would not budge, and Netanyahu appeared to be trying to lower expectations about any future negotiations.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is skeptical of Netanyahu's willingness to negotiate in good faith, suspecting the Israeli hard-liner is more interested in a peace "process" as an antidote to Israel's international isolation than in an actual deal.
Abbas has strong reasons to return to the table, however, even if it's not on his terms.
He can ill afford to rebuff the U.S. and Europe, the financial backers of his self-rule government, the perpetually cash-strapped Palestinian Authority. The talks envisioned by Kerry are to last for six to nine months, according to the Palestinians, rather than being open-ended, which would allow Abbas to argue he's simply testing Netanyahu's intentions. And so far, Abbas has not faced a backlash at home as he inches toward negotiations.
Abbas has not spoken publicly since Friday, when Kerry announced an agreement that "establishes a basis for resuming direct final status negotiations" between the two sides. Kerry cautioned at the time that "the agreement is still in the process of being formalized."
On Sunday, Abbas' office tried to clamp down on official chatter, saying only two aides, Nabil Abu Rdeneh and Yasser Abed Rabbo, are authorized to speak about the diplomatic efforts. Neither was available.
However, two Palestinian officials and two senior PLO figures ? speaking on condition of anonymity because they wanted to avoid running afoul of Abbas' edict ? said a resumption of talks is not a done deal. Israeli and Palestinian negotiators are to meet in Washington in coming days or weeks, but they'll have to hold more talks about the talks, just as Kerry did in six shuttle missions this year because gaps remain, the Palestinian officials said.
Kerry gave Abbas a number of assurances on the terms for the negotiations, but failed to secure detailed Israeli commitments, the officials said. This includes the issue of the 1967 borders, the scope of a possible slowdown in settlement construction, and a timetable for the release of dozens of veteran Palestinian prisoners, held for attacks carried out before the start of intermittent peace talks in 1993.
In Cairo, the Arab League reiterated Sunday that negotiations must be based on the 1967 frontier and include a timeline, as well as the prisoner release. Without this, hopes for success are dim, said Mohammed Sabih, a top league official for Palestinian affairs. "It is certain that this (Israeli) government does not want a two-state solution but wants one Jewish state and the exclusion of the Palestinian side," he said in a statement.
In Israel, Netanyahu allies ruled out an endorsement of the 1967 lines or a slowdown in settlement construction in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, now home to nearly 600,000 Israelis.
Netanyahu emphasized the need to safeguard Israel's security and said any agreement would have to be approved in a national referendum. "It won't be easy. But we are entering the talks with integrity, honesty and hope that this process is handled responsibly, seriously and to the point," he said at the start of his weekly Cabinet meeting.
Netanyahu has repeatedly called for a resumption of talks without what he calls Palestinian "preconditions," such as a settlement freeze or recognition of the 1967 lines. Palestinians say the 1967 lines were the basis for talks in the past and that they need safeguards before entering into talks with Netanyahu, who adopted tougher starting positions than his predecessors.
A senior member in Netanyahu's coalition said Sunday that Israel has made no concessions so far.
"Insisting on our principles has paid off," Economics Minister Naftali Bennett, head of the pro-settler Jewish Home party, said in a statement. "It was proven that when we insist, we can have negotiations without preconditions, without a (settlement) freeze and definitely without the bizarre demand to negotiate based on the 1967 borders."
Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon told The Associated Press that it would be a mistake to enter negotiations based on the Palestinian demands. Danon said he opposes any release of veteran Palestinian prisoners.
He said Netanyahu is to brief ministers Monday about Kerry's mission, but that so far, he has not heard the prime minister speak about a possible recognition of the 1967 borders as a baseline.
For Israel, one of the main benefits of resuming negotiations is that it removes, at least temporarily, the threat of unilateral Palestinian action at the United Nations.
Last year, the General Assembly recognized a state of Palestine in the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem, enabling the Palestinians to seek membership in U.N. institutions and possibly taking their complaints over Israeli settlement-building on occupied land to the International Criminal Court. Abbas has said he would hold off in the event talks with Israel resume.
In the end, Abbas will likely opt for negotiations to avoid a risky confrontation with the U.S. that could spell the end of his Palestinian Authority, analysts said. "Abbas is going for talks with Israel to avoid the U.S. blame, because he couldn't move against its (Washington's) will," predicted George Giacaman, a political scientist in the West Bank.
___
Karin Laub, chief correspondent for the Palestinian territories, has covered the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since 1987. Mohammed Daraghmeh has reported from Ramallah since 1996. Associated Press writer Aya Batrawy in Cairo contributed to this report.
Associated PressKarlie Redd guild wars 2 adrian gonzalez Jerry Nelson Foo Canoodle Isaac path
Seen and heard at Comic-Con
Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at this year's Comic-Con in San Diego:
___
FOR SALE! CHEAP AND ON SPECIAL
A big part of Comic-Con is searching for a specific comic book or a special edition graphic novel, or a lithograph bearing a scene from a favorite film.
Those and so much more are up for sale at Comic-Con International, and as the four-day event winds down Sunday, many in the exhibition hall are cutting prices in a bid to sell off their wares.
Comics dealers posted signs offering 10, 20 and even 50 percent off several titles. Purveyors of toys offered two-for-one specials. Down one aisle, a woman hawking manga repeated "20 percent of all the anime!" to entice browsers.
It's a buyer's market, and Nick Louise of San Jose was going to check it out.
"Some of it's free. They don't want to pay to take it back," he said of the items that retailers want to unload. "We'll happily take it home."
? Matt Moore (http://www.twitter.com/mattmooreap )
___
STYLE AND TECHNIQUE MAKE AND BREAK PERCEPTIONS
Artist J.H. Williams III says the artists who illustrate comic books can help change the way a reader perceives the story and have a "huge impact on how the story feels" as pages are turned, images examined and words read.
Williams, whose artwork on DC Entertainment's Batwoman is lush, thematic and flowing, is in the midst of illustrating Vertigo Comics' upcoming The Sandman Overture, working with writer Neil Gaiman to tell a prequel of sorts to the groundbreaking comic.
He said that seeing how visual styles affect reader impressions is what led him to "dabbling in so many different art styles within one story from scene to scene or sometimes from panel to panel. I'll shift the style based on what's happening in the story. It subliminally makes the reader view it in a different way."
Williams said that's only possible in the medium of comic art and, he said, "has a great impact on a story because of it."
? Matt Moore (http://www.twitter.com/mattmooreap )
___
MIND THE LINE
The prospect of lines ? long lines ? at Comic-Con International is built-in to the entire experience.
Volunteers are on hand to help shepherd hundreds and often thousands of people headed to see panels featuring television shows, comic book artists and writers and autograph-seekers, too. There's always one at the start, bearing a sign, while still others help keep track of the twists and turns, too, and, finally, the one at the end with a simple sign atop a pole: "End of the line."
? Matt Moore (http://www.twitter.com/mattmooreap )
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/seen-heard-comic-con-175617080.html
ryan howard ps i love you ray charles cheney heart transplant weather san diego unitarian new black panther party
It?s raining gold in Bihar, India
The farmers of Senduwar, like their kin countrywide, are always on the lookout for the first signs of monsoon. But concern for their crops isn't the only reason why the rains bring them joy. Over the last two-and-a-half decades, this remote village in Bihar'sRohtas district, about 180 kilometres southwest of Patna, is literally being showered with gold.
Read More: http://newsdoors.blogspot.com/2013/07/its-raining-gold-in-bihar-india.html
Source: http://www.nowpublic.com/tech-biz/it-s-raining-gold-bihar-india
renee zellweger catherine zeta jones charlize theron barbra streisand barbra streisand hugh jackman Aly Raisman
Sunday, July 21, 2013
Syrian Islamist rebel leader freed after clashes among rival rebels
By Erika Solomon
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The local commander of a Syrian rebel group affiliated to al Qaeda was freed on Sunday after being held by Kurdish forces during a power struggle between rival organizations fighting President Bashar al-Assad, activists said.
However, the pro-opposition activists gave conflicting reports of how the Islamist brigade commander in the Syrian town of Tel Abyad near the Turkish border had come to be free.
The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Islamist rebels had exchanged 300 Kurdish residents they had kidnapped for the local head of their group, the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS). Other activist groups challenged this account, saying Islamist fighters had freed Abu Musaab by force, with no Kurdish hostages released.
Sporadic fighting over the past five days in towns near the frontier with Turkey has signaled the struggle as Islamists try to cement their control of rebel zones while Kurds assert their autonomy in mostly Kurdish areas.
The trouble highlights how the two-year insurgency against 43 years of Assad family rule is spinning off into strife within his opponents' ranks, running the risk of creating regionalized conflicts that could destabilize neighboring countries.
The Observatory said the prisoner exchange was part of a ceasefire agreed after a day of fierce clashes, but other activists said there was no deal and reported that many Kurdish residents had been detained by ISIS fighters.
Activists also said Turkish troops had been reinforced on their side of the frontier near Tel Abyad on Sunday, but the army could not be reached for comment. Turkish forces exchanged fire with Syrian Kurdish fighters in another border region earlier this week.
The Observatory said the fighting in Tel Abyad started when the local ISIS brigade asked Kurdish Front forces, which have fought with the rebels against Assad, to pledge their allegiance to Abu Musaab, which they refused.
Other activists said the clashes were an extension of fighting that broke out last week in other parts of the northern border zone, spreading conflict to Tel Abyad.
"MASSACRE" IN ASSAD'S STRONGHOLD
Opposition activists also reported the killing of at least 13 members of a family in the Sunni Muslim village of Baida on Sunday, in what they described as a second sectarian massacre there.
The killings followed a rare eruption of fighting between Assad's forces and rebels in the Mediterranean coastal province of Tartous, an enclave of Assad's Alawite minority sect that has remained largely unscathed by the civil war.
Syria's marginalized Sunni majority has largely backed the insurrection while minorities such as the Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shi'ite Islam, have largely supported Assad.
The Observatory said four women and six children were among those killed in Baida.
"A relative came to look for them today and found the men shot outside. The women and children's bodies were inside a room of the house and residents in the area said some of the bodies were burned," said Rami Abdelrahman, head of the Observatory.
In May, pro-Assad militias killed more than 50 residents of Baida and over 60 local people in the nearby town of Banias. In those killings, some bodies, many of them children, were found burned and mutilated.
The anti-Assad revolt has evolved from its origins as a peaceful protest movement in March 2011 into a civil war that has killed over 100,000 people and turned markedly sectarian.
The ethnic Kurdish minority has been alternately battling both Assad's forces and the Islamist-dominated rebels. Kurds argue they support the revolt but rebels accuse them of making deals with the government in order to ensure their security and autonomy during the conflict.
Scattered over the territories of Iran, Turkey, Iraq and Syria, the Kurdish people are often described as the world's largest ethnic community without a state of their own.
(Additional reporting by Isabel Coles in Arbil and Jonathan Burch in Ankara; Editing by David Stamp)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/kurds-free-qaeda-linked-rebel-commander-syria-clashes-122517585.html
carolina panthers Revolution TV Show bankofamerica rosh hashanah rosh hashanah boardwalk empire iOS 6 Release Date
Saturday, July 20, 2013
Desktop printing at the nano level
[unable to retrieve full-text content]A new low-cost, high-resolution tool is primed to revolutionize how nanotechnology is produced from the desktop, according to a new study.
st. patrick s day brandon lloyd brandon lloyd celtic thunder fabrice muamba collapse prometheus trailer patrice oneal
Mars heist: Red Planet was robbed of most of its atmosphere billions of years ago
Two papers report that Mars?s atmosphere was lost in cataclysmic events some 4 billion years ago, leaving the planet with too thin an atmosphere to support life.
This photo released by NASA shows a view of Mars that was stitched together by images taken by NASA?s Viking Orbiter spacecraft. Two papers published in Science on Friday show that Mars lost much of the atmosphere that could have kept the planet warm and green about 4 billion years ago.
NASA AP
EnlargeMars was robbed.
Skip to next paragraph' +
google_ads[0].line2 + '
' +
google_ads[0].line3 + '
Subscribe Today to the Monitor
Two separate papers published in the journal?Science provide evidence that Mars?s atmosphere was lost in cataclysmic events some 4 billion years ago, leaving the planet with too thin an atmosphere to support living organisms there. The findings, which show a shift in the proportions of heavy and light isotopes over time, join mounting evidence that the planet once had conditions conducive to life.
?Previous measurements had reported enrichment of heavier isotopes in [hydrogen], [carbon], and noble gases, and as an end-result, models run backward in time indicated an atmosphere on Mars thicker than that of Earth?s,? says Christopher Webster, a scientist at NASA?s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the lead author of one of the studies. ?Our Curiosity measurements are more accurate than previous measurements, so we can better tie our results to the time-scale provided by the meteorite record.?
Using data from Curiosity rover's SAM (Sample Analysis at Mars) instruments, scientists found that the heavy isotope carbon-13 is more prevalent in the current Martian atmosphere than it was in the past, relative to the lighter carbon-12, which has one fewer neutron. The same was true for the ratio of argon-36 to heavier isotope argon-38.
The change in proportions from the original material that formed Mars some 4.5 billion years ago indicates a violent and then gradual stripping of mass from the atmosphere?s top.
The loss of atmosphere likely began about 3 to 4 billion years ago, soon after Mars?s birth, said Dr. Webster. A huge impact from a Pluto-sized object, followed by smaller impacts, likely tore at the planet?s atmosphere, pocking the planet with the craters, including the Gale Crater in which Curiosity landed last summer.
Those impacts ruined the plant?s dipole magnetic field, which on our own planet diverts solar wind particles. Over the next few billion years, those particles careened into the atmosphere?s top, pulling more of that protective cover apart, he said.
Scheduled to launch in November, the Mars orbiting?MAVEN probe is expected to fill in gaps in understanding of the current depletion of Mars's atmosphere, as those solar particles continue to thin its uppermost layer.
The new publications corroborate mounting evidence that life could have been possible on the Red Planet ? but that about 3 to 4 billion years ago, the planet changed, becoming an inhospitable place.
?It is a good bet that the thicker atmosphere could have kept parts of the planet warm enough for microbial life to survive for a while,? said Paul Mahaffy of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, and the lead author on the other Science paper.
In March, NASA scientists reported that the first rock that Curiosity drilled into proffered critical, life-supporting elements, including hydrogen, oxygen, and carbon. It also contained clays, which form in water.
Then, this week, scientists at Caltech provided evidence of a delta into which an enormous Mars ocean might have once sloshed. Scientists there proposed that the ocean could have spanned about a third of the planet, feeding rivers and streams that girdled the foreign world.
But those findings are about Mars in the past tense: Curiosity, which has been on Mars for about a year and travelled more than a kilometer, has found no evidence of liquid water on the modern planet.
And NASA scientists report in these most recent papers that the methane levels on Mars are significantly lower than previously thought. In 2009, Earth-based measurements of the Martian atmosphere had found high quantities of methane gas there. Since most methane gas on Earth is produced by living organisms, and since the compound dissipates in just a few hundred years, its presence suggested that something was recently alive ? or was still alive ? and pumping gas on Mars.
Now, measurements taken from Mars? surface show very little methane gas there ? less than about 2 parts-per-billion. Lively Earth has about 1,800 parts-per-billion.?
?The lack of methane in the atmosphere at the very trace levels that SAM can measure is surprising in light of previously published work,? said Dr. Mahaffy, noting that his team plans to continue searching the planet for the gas, in light of the data six years ago.
While scientists believe that the Red Planet could have once been warm and wet, it is still an open debate if life could have developed there before the atmosphere was tugged away, leaving the planet cold and dry.
?A big question that still needs an answer is how long the surface of the planet might have stayed warm and was this long enough for robust microbial life to develop and thrive,? said Mahaffy. ?These are big questions that may take several missions and possibly returned samples or even future explorers on the surface to answer.?
texas tornados seattle seahawks new uniforms wisconsin recall wisconsin recall doris day buffalo sabres texas news
God allows Facebook to block the trailer for Kirk Cameron's new movie http://avc...
Sorry, Readability was unable to parse this page for content.
Source: http://www.facebook.com/avclubpage/posts/10151733571785673
WRAL John Harbaugh jill biden jill biden martin luther king jr baltimore ravens ravens
Friday, July 19, 2013
Obama ponders canceling Moscow talks with Putin
WASHINGTON (AP) ? The White House is considering canceling a fall summit between President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, a move that would further aggravate the already tense relationship between the two leaders.
The White House is dangling that option over the Russians as Moscow considers a temporary asylum petition from Edward Snowden, the American accused of leaking information about classified U.S. intelligence programs. But officials have privately signaled that scrapping the bilateral talks would also be retaliation for other areas of disagreement with Russia, including its continued support for Syrian President Bashar Assad's attacks against civilians.
Regardless of what happens with Snowden, the White House says Obama will still attend an international summit in St. Petersburg, Russia. But officials have gone out of their way in recent days to avoid publicly committing to the meetings in Moscow.
"The president intends to travel to Russia for the G20 Summit," White House spokesman Jay Carney said. "And I have no further announcements to make beyond what we've said in the past about the president's travel to Russia in the fall."
By simply considering cancellation of the trip, the Obama administration is indicating its concern the Kremlin will allow Snowden to take refuge in Russia. The White House has called on Russia to return the 30-year-old former government contract systems analyst to the U.S. where he is facing espionage charges.
Snowden, in a temporary asylum request submitted by his lawyer Tuesday, claimed he faces persecution from the U.S. government and could face torture or death.
Andrew Kuchins, director of the Russia program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said the White House's cancellation threat could be effective leverage over Putin, who likely wants to avoid an embarrassment on the world stage.
"When the spotlight of the world is on him and Russia, he doesn't want that spotlight to reveal a lot of negative things which are going to be distractions," Kuchins said.
Pulling the plug on the U.S.-Russia talks would deepen the tensions between the two leaders. And it would likely make it even more difficult for the two countries to find common ground on areas of disagreement that plague the relationship.
The U.S. accuses Russia of providing military support to Assad that has allowed him to cling to power during more than two years of clashes with rebels seeking to overthrow his government. The U.S. deeply angered Russia earlier this year when it announced sanctions against 18 Russians as part of a law named after Sergei Magnitsky, a Russian lawyer who was arrested in 2008 for tax evasion after accusing Russian police officials of stealing $230 million in tax rebates. Russia also announced last year that it was banning U.S. adoptions of Russian children, a move seen as a retaliation for the Magnitsky act, passed last year.
On Thursday, the White House also said it was "deeply disappointed and concerned" by the conviction of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who challenged the Kremlin with exposures of high-level corruption and mocked the leadership with biting satire. He was sentenced to five years in prison Thursday in a verdict that fueled street protests near Red Square and drew condemnation from the West.
Kuchins said that while granting Snowden asylum would certainly be the impetus for canceling Obama's Moscow trip, it would not be the only reason.
"It would be saying at least two things to the Russians," Kuchins said. "That granting asylum to Edward Snowden was a bridge too far, and secondly that we don't feel like we're actually losing so much out of the cancellation of the summit because we didn't expect to get much out of it."
Some U.S. lawmakers are calling on Obama to go beyond simply canceling his talks with Putin. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., has also called on the U.S. to boycott next year's Winter Olympics scheduled for Sochi, Russia.
___
Follow Julie Pace at http://twitter.com/jpaceDC
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/obama-ponders-canceling-moscow-talks-putin-081728149.html
Claire Danes Amy Poehler Australian Open Girls Hbo Golden Globes homeland homeland
Elder Scrolls Online: new footage & console talk inside | VG247
Thu, Jul 18, 2013 | 21:20 BST
The Elder Scrolls Online lead gameplay designer Nick Konkle gives us a look at the cross-platform MMORPG in action, explaining how it was built for a control-pad friendly future.
Look closely at the TESO gameplay footage below and you?ll see self-explanatory control prompts; it looks quite a lot like Skyrim, doesn?t it? But Zenimax Online didn?t want to just strip down the controls and call it a day; the whole thing was designed as a new kind of MMORPG, where you have more on your plate than watching your cooldown timers.
The Elder Scrolls Online is coming to Mac, PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in 2014.
Source: http://www.vg247.com/2013/07/18/the-elder-scrolls-online-designer-talks-consoles-shows-new-footage/
Jeanie Buss NFL playoff schedule 2013 Bronson Pelletier andy reid redskins sugar bowl downton abbey season 3
Panel lays out best practices for REDD+ credits in California's carbon market...
Sorry, Readability was unable to parse this page for content.
toulouse france ny jets ny jets the situation tim tebow jets katy perry part of me video photoshop cs6 beta
Texas Tech's Athlete of the Year Candidates
-
?
SPORTS?
-
-
?
STANDINGS?
-
-
?
CHAMPIONSHIPS?
-
-
?
ABOUT THE BIG 12?
-
-
?
MULTIMEDIA?
-
-
?
SHOP?
-
-
?
MEDIA CENTER?
-
-
?
ARCHIVES?
-
-
?
IN FOCUS?
- Friday , May 24 Texas Tech Student Athlete Spotlight: Kim Kaufman Kim Kaufman is a true testament to the fact that you can have brains and brawn. Kaufman wrapped up her college career with a 4.0 cumulative GPA and spent part of the 2012-13 season as the No. 1 ranked player in the country.
Read More
Archives
- Friday , May 24 Texas Tech Student Athlete Spotlight: Kim Kaufman Kim Kaufman is a true testament to the fact that you can have brains and brawn. Kaufman wrapped up her college career with a 4.0 cumulative GPA and spent part of the 2012-13 season as the No. 1 ranked player in the country.
-
?
BIG 12 INSIDER?
- Monday , July 08 4 Big 12 Coaches On Mandel's Top 10 List Stewart Mandel of SI.com compiled his top 10 coaches in FBS for the upcoming season and four Big 12 coaches made the list.
Read More
ArchivesRelated Links
- Monday , July 08 4 Big 12 Coaches On Mandel's Top 10 List Stewart Mandel of SI.com compiled his top 10 coaches in FBS for the upcoming season and four Big 12 coaches made the list.
Site Map ?|? FAQ ?|? Customer Care ?|? Privacy & Terms ?|? RSS Source: http://www.big12sports.com//ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10410&ATCLID=208625364
kentucky jayhawks wwe wrestlemania oakland shooting mega millions winning numbers autism speaks ubaldo jimenez
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Anonymous Says They Leaked 2,000 Congressional Email Passwords
The rascals over at Anonymous are still pretty upset over the recent revelations about the NSA spying on seemingly everyone so they're acting out in the only way they know how: hacking. Specifically, releasing the supposed email accounts?and passwords?of seemingly everybody on Capitol Hill.
     |
turkey Houston fire oklahoma titanic After Earth storm chasers killed Mookie Blaylock
Angry Birds Star Wars coming to most game consoles on October 29th (video)
Angry Birds Star Wars has invaded virtually every major mobile and desktop platform; as of October 29th, it will have a footprint on nearly every modern game console, too. The sci-fi bird flinging title will ship to the US that day for the 3DS, Wii, Wii U, PS3, PS Vita and Xbox 360, with international customers getting their turn on November 1st. Regardless of the platform, there's a few rewards for patient gamers -- the console editions will carry a raft of competitive and cooperative multiplayer modes, as well as 20 exclusive levels. We're slightly surprised that there aren't PS4 and Xbox One ports just to complete the picture, but the launch is still good news for those who'd rather play ABSW on the big screen than give its sequel a try.
Filed under: Gaming
Via: Joystiq
Source: Rovio Mobile (YouTube)
Source: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/7uCd23IMg90/
awakenings phantom of the opera agoraphobia andrew lloyd webber obscura grok cirque du freak
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Microsoft will "aggressively challenge" any government attempt to spy through Kinect
Microsoft's been in the news a fair bit lately on the strength of its supposed collaboration with the US National Security Agency - a Guardian report alleges that the latter is able to gather user data via Skype, Outlook and Hotmail with Microsoft's consent. The company has now released a formal statement on the matter, denying much of the report and calling on the US government to allow it "to share publicly more complete information about how we handle national security requests for customer information".
Microsoft has also rejected claims that it will allow the NSA to gather data via the Xbox One's Kinect sensor, which is required for the console to run. "Absent a new law, we don't believe the government has the legal authority to compel us or any other company that makes products with cameras and microphones to start collecting voice and video data," reads a comment mailed to the Verge. "And we'd aggressively challenge in court any attempts to try and force us to do so."
Microsoft's policy guidelines urge that "you are in control of your personal data" - there will be "clear notifications" about how that data is used, and you can of course opt out of any potential data-sharing scheme if you choose. If that's not enough, you can also set the device to be completely unaware and unresponsive (presumably, you'll need to navigate to the console's settings using the controller in order to reenable voice commands and motion recognition).
In a Microsoft blog post, general counsel Brad Smith revealed that the firm is at loggerheads with the US government over its attempts to provide full disclosure. "Today we have asked the Attorney General of the United States to personally take action to permit Microsoft and other companies to share publicly more complete information about how we handle national security requests for customer information.
"We believe the U.S. Constitution guarantees our freedom to share more information with the public, yet the Government is stopping us. For example, Government lawyers have yet to respond to the petition we filed in court on June 19, seeking permission to publish the volume of national security requests we have received. We hope the Attorney General can step in to change this situation.
"Until that happens, we want to share as much information as we currently can," the blog continues. "There are significant inaccuracies in the interpretations of leaked government documents reported in the media last week. We have asked the Government again for permission to discuss the issues raised by these new documents, and our request was denied by government lawyers. In the meantime, we have summarized the information that we are in a position to share, in response to the allegations in the reporting."
"Microsoft does not provide any government with direct and unfettered access to our customer's data. Microsoft only pulls and then provides the specific data mandated by the relevant legal demand.
"If a government wants customer data - including for national security purposes - it needs to follow applicable legal process, meaning it must serve us with a court order for content or subpoena for account information.
"We only respond to requests for specific accounts and identifiers. There is no blanket or indiscriminate access to Microsoft's customer data. The aggregate data we have been able to publish shows clearly that only a tiny fraction - fractions of a percent - of our customers have ever been subject to a government demand related to criminal law or national security.
"All of these requests are explicitly reviewed by Microsoft's compliance team, who ensure the request are valid, reject those that are not, and make sure we only provide the data specified in the order. While we are obligated to comply, we continue to manage the compliance process by keeping track of the orders received, ensuring they are valid, and disclosing only the data covered by the order."
"The world needs a more open and public discussion of these practices," Smith went on. "While the debate should focus on the practices of all governments, it should start with practices in the United States. In part, this is an obvious reflection of the most recent stories in the news. It's also a reflection of something more timeless.
"The United States has been a role model by guaranteeing a Constitutional right to free speech. We want to exercise that right. With U.S. Government lawyers stopping us from sharing more information with the public, we need the Attorney General to uphold the Constitution."
westboro baptist church meteor shower Al Michaels Canelo vs Trout 420 Meteor Showers 2013 Darrelle Revis
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)