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Video Games Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition

2012-02-06T21:35:00.000-08:00

Welcome Back to New Vegas! With the opening of the crucial Edition, Bethesda Softworks offers you the possibility to double-down and get the complete package of New Vegas fun. For the first time in one package, you can get all the Fallout: New Vegas content including the full suite of highly acclaimed add-on content: Dead Money, Honest Hearts, Old World Blues and Lonesome Road.

To sweeten the pot, you'll be armed with the latest cache of unique weapons, ammo types and recipes from the most recent add-on packs: Courier's Stash and Gun Runners Arsenal.Whether you're a seasoned explorer of the Mojave or playing the game for the first time, you'll find there are more friends and enemies to make, more consequences to your actions and more opportunities to live in glory or infamy throughout the Wasteland. The choices you make will be as crucial to your survival as ever.Enjoy your stay.

Features
•    Beyond the Wasteland: The world of New Vegas is more expansive than ever. Each new distinct area presents a fresh set of branching-quests, remarkable personalities and more chances to play the Savior or the Pariah to the natives of New Vegas.
•    Dead Money: Lured into a trap masquerading as the Sierra Madre Casino, you are thrown into a high stakes game where you'll have to work with three other lost souls if you want to survive.
•    Honest Hearts: An expedition into Utah's Zion National Park goes horribly wrong and you become embroiled in a war between tribes and put into a conflict between a New Canaanite missionary and the mysterious Burning Man.
•    Old World Blues: Transported to the Big MT research crater, you are enlisted by the Think Tank to save them from their own science experiments that have gone horribly out of control.
•    Lonesome Road: Ulysses, the original Courier Six, contacts you and promises to answer why he refused to deliver the Platinum Chip at the start of Fallout: New Vegas, but only if you make one last journey into the treacherous canyons of the Divide.

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Final Fantasy XIII-2 Review - Xbox 360

2012-02-03T03:34:00.000-08:00

Cocoon -- a utopia in the sky. Its inhabitants assumed their planet a paradise. Under the Sanctum's rule, Cocoon had long recognized peace and prosperity.

Mankind was blessed by its protectors, the benevolent fal'Cie, and believed that tranquil days would continue forever. Their tranquility was shattered with the discovery of one hostile fal'Cie. The moment that fal'Cie from Pulse - the feared and dete...sted lowerworld - awoke from its slumber, peace on Cocoon came to an end. Fal'Cie curse humans, turning them into magic-wielding servants.

They become l'Cie - chosen of the fal'Cie. Those branded with the mark of a l'Cie carry the burden of either fulfilling their Focus or facing a fate harsher than death itself. There is a Prayer for redemption. It is a wish to protect the world. Also promise to challenge destiny. After thirteen days of fates intertwined, the battle begins.

Set several years after Lightning and the others saved Cocoon, some survivors have decided to start over by rebuilding on Gran Pulse. Lightning, however, is nowhere to be found and thought dead by many, but Serah believes otherwise. When her town is suddenly overrun by monsters, a mysterious man named Noel appears to save he

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Resident Evil: Revelations Review

2012-01-30T20:57:00.000-08:00

The tale revolves around exposure yet another strand of weaponized virus called the T-Abyss, released by a terrorist group known as Veltro. If you're expecting some revelations, you're definitely in for a treat. The game plays out a lot like Alan Wake did, with each part of the story separated into its own episode, complete with a story recap after each mission to ensure you remember exactly what happened and what's going on. It's a handy feature for those that like to take frequent breaks between game play sessions, as it quickly brings them up to speed.

Exposure plays a lot like RE4 rather than RE5. Though you still have companions at your side, you don't rely on their participation much, aside from a little help with firepower. The control scheme is fairly unchanged from Resident Evil: Mercenaries and still allows you to aim down your sights while moving around as long as you have the left shoulder button pressed down. This was an extremely helpful addition in Mercenaries and really helps out in tight situations when you just need to move further away but you want to keep pumping those virus abominations full of lead. The game also features a Circle Pad Pro control scheme which I'm sure makes the game much easier to play, but sadly since we didn't have the add-on, we couldn't put this to the test.

In true continued existence horror spirit, the game doesn't necessarily throw a lot your way. Sure it's scattered around levels here and there, but since the monsters take quite a few hits to take down, aiming carefully and precisely is an absolute necessity. Weapons can also be upgraded at various workbenches scattered around each level with upgrade items found through exploration, which makes taking down nasties a much quicker affair.

New to the series is an item called the Genesis Scanner. Much like the scanning done in Metroid Prime, this allows you to survey the surroundings for any hidden useful items, such as healing herbs and ammo clips. Scanning downed enemies also fills up a percentage meter, which when full grants an extra healing item. It definitely adds incentive to use this scanning device about everywhere you go. There in lies a little bit of the problem. Since scanning is so necessary for your survival, you'll find yourself more behind the lens of the scanner, than actually in third person.

If there ever should be a benchmark of what the 3DS is capable of graphically, Revelations should be that benchmark. Whether you're playing with the 3D effect on or off, the game looks absolutely amazing. Mercenaries was no slouch in the graphics department either, but I feel like that was just a taste of what Revelations has to offer. The sound design is equally as impressive with an ambiance that will send shivers up your spine. I highly recommend playing with headphones if you want to feel some fear while you're playing.

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Dustforce Review

2012-01-27T22:18:00.000-08:00

Dust and grime surround us. Every day, they gather atop coffee tables and in beyond kitchen corners, but no more. In Dustforce, it's time to fight back. 5th Filth falls before four acrobatic janitors--each identical parts ninja and handyman. Their world is built on speed and has you building momentum while sweeping away patches of leaves and battling waste-covered foes. It's up to you to determine how these chores piece together to earn the best score, and when you do, it's immensely satisfying.

DustForce Review

There is a unique economy of movement in Dustforce that must be mastered to succeed. Running and jumping are simple. It's when you start zipping around in midair that things get tricky. For instance, most characters can either double jump or dash while in the air. That is, unless you defeat an enemy while airborne. Then you can either dash again or make a third jump. And once you touch the ground, the whole system resets. If this sounds confusing, don't worry; the game eases you into this system through a comprehensive tutorial stage and several basic early stages.

At the end of each stage, you're graded on completion, finesse (a blanket term that factors in your combo meter, whether you defeated all enemies and the like), and speed. If you perform well enough, you earn keys that unlock doors leading to more challenging stages. Each stage also has two unique leaderboards: one for overall score and another for time. However, the best feature is the replay support for each entry on the leaderboards. These can offer insight into surmounting the tougher stages. They also offer plenty of "That doesn't look so hard" moments and feed into the game's already addictive nature.

Compared to other 2D platformers, such as the masterful Super Meat Boy, Dustforce feels slower and heavier. This weight stems from the extra layers of complexity afforded by the game's movement and combat. For combat, each character has a light and heavy attack. By chaining light attacks together you can propel your character through the air while striking an enemy. Hitting a foe with a single, heavy attack is faster; however, this leaves behind a patch of filth for you to clean up. Everything--from cleaning to combat--feeds into your combo meter.

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Dark Souls Review

2012-01-25T21:03:00.000-08:00

Dark Souls' forerunner Demon's Souls was symbolic of all of them. Where most games do their most excellent to be something else – to tell a story like a narrative, to make an impression with cinematic techniques like a film – Demon's Souls is pure game, a complete and darkly fascinating vision that makes no concessions to the modern conception of how games should be. Instead, it was an exploration of how games could be; how bleak, how twisted, how focused and – most famously – how challenging. Most developers take pains to protect you from failure. FROM Software turns it into an artform.

Dark Souls is the next step along that path. Like Demon's Souls, it is a brutal and demanding third-person action-RPG set in a world full of monstrous, disturbing things that are trying their hardest to end your life as quickly as possible. Using whatever weapons and armor you can scavenge, buy or forge, the challenge is to inch your way through this damned and deadly place, now and then coming across gigantic bosses that take especial valor and tenacity to kill. The eventual aim is to make it out alive, but there are about 50-60 hours of creative cruelty between you and that goal.

You will die, a lot. You will die on the end of a sword, on the edge of an axe, crushed by a boulder, impaled on fangs; you will be poisoned, eaten, stabbed, assassinated and pushed off cliffs. Death is everything in Dark Souls. It's education, it's progress, it's the recurring stylistic and thematic motif that runs through all of its spectacularly varied, decaying and depraved environments. The first thing that you have to understand about this game is that survival is in itself a tremendous accomplishment. It can be punishing, cruel, sadistic and uncompromising. It can also be the purest, most thrilling adrenaline rush in gaming – it can take over your life and reward you like nothing else can. Exactly because your chances of success are so slim, each victory feels monumental.

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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Review

2012-01-25T02:37:00.000-08:00

The region of Skyrim might be frosty, but the role-playing game that takes place within it burns with a fire few games possess. In The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, you take up arms against dragons, and your encounters with them are invariably exciting--yet depending on where your adventure takes you, such battles may not even represent the pinnacle of your experience. A side quest that starts as a momentary distraction may turn into a full-fledged tale that could form the entirety of a less ambitious game.

Yes, Skyrim is another enormous fantasy RPG from a developer that specializes in them, and it could suck up hundreds of hours of your time as you inspect each nook and crevasse for the secrets to be found within. If you know Bethesda Softworks' previous games, you might be unsurprised that Skyrim is not a land without blemish, but rather harbors any number of technical glitches and frustrating idiosyncrasies that tear open the icy veil that blankets the land. Many of them are ones Elder Scrolls fans will probably see coming, but they're ultimately a low price to pay for the wonders of a game this sprawling and enthralling. Prepare for many sleepless nights to come.

Those nights traversing these lands are ones well spent. The game returns you to the continent of Tamriel, where you explore the northern realm called Skyrim, home to the Nord race. In these northern regions, snow flurries cloud your view, and platforms of ice float on the chilled waters. Nighttime often brings Tamriel's version of the aurora borealis, with its gorgeous blue and green ribbons stretching across the heavens. Skyrim's predecessor, Oblivion, featured prototypical fantasy environments--pretty but not quite evocative of the lore's darker undercurrents. Skyrim embraces its darker elements. You might feel an eerie chill as you glimpse a half-sunken ship through the mist, or watch as a dragon comes to life before your very eyes under the swirling firmament. Skyrim's atmospheric tone harks back to The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, only the hazy dust storms of the earlier game have been replaced by glimmering snowfall and opaque fog.

These lovely vistas are best seen from a distance.

Closer inspection reveals hard edges, plain painted-on textures, and other visual flaws that are conspicuous should you seek them out. But like many enormous games, Skyrim makes a fantastic impression not because its individual elements are sharply honed, but because they contribute to a grander whole. There's so much to do that your quest log becomes an embarrassment of pleasures, offering dozens of choices at any given time, each one as enticing as the next. You could follow the story, of course, which weaves a compelling tale that casts you as a dragonborn; that is, the soul of a dragon emanates from within you. As such, you are the key to discovering why dragons have returned to the land, terrorizing cities and potentially ending the known world.

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Star Wars: The Old Republic

2012-01-24T22:32:00.000-08:00

The opening cinematic, where the Sith come into view out of nowhere and get back Korriban, introduces you to the conflict between the Empire and the Republic. Then you decide which faction you're going to play for, and another cinematic sets the tone of your alignment. For Empire players, the focus is on power, control, and anger. The Republic cinematic portrays a need to take back what's lost through planning and tenacity. The cinematics are spectacularly compelling and make me wish Blur, the creators, were contracted to do a feature-length film.

Then you're kicked back to a menu screen to create your character. The creator is quite flexible, with a wide range of customization options unique to each race, but you're limited only to strictly humanoid races and a few rather similar body sizes (males at least get a "fat" option – female characters don't even get that). For a universe with a vast number of established intelligent races of all shapes and sizes, this feels limited. You can't, for example, play as a Jawa or a droid. In the grand scheme of things, it's a minor annoyance though.

The classic scrolling yellow text of the films begins immediately after you've created your character, accompanied by the Star Wars theme. There is, in my mind, no better way BioWare could have kicked off your adventure. The text briefly explains who you are and in what context you're entering the galaxy. It's unique to each class and, along with the cinematic that follows, sets you on your way to making a name for yourself. This is where inexperienced players will hit a figurative force-field.

The Old Republic has no structured tutorial. Rather, there's a tip system that offers help about an aspect of gameplay whenever the context calls for it. In any other MMO, that would probably suffice, but the moment you set foot in The Old Republic you are faced with quest-givers, future quest-givers with grey quest icons, class-specific story areas that you can't enter, vendors, dialogue trees, half a dozen abilities and hostile NPCs who will attack on sight. That's a whole lot to take in within the span of about five minutes, and while many of the systems that The Old Republic uses are familiar to MMO players, I can't help but think how overwhelmed I was by my first MMO, and just how much more The Old Republic throws at the you from the get-go.

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Chinese New Year Celebration

2012-01-23T23:13:00.000-08:00

India's Kite Festival - Ahmedabad

2012-01-12T03:10:00.000-08:00

On Jan 10 2012, French kite flyer Petter Washe displays gigantic puppet to the kite lovers at the international kite festival in Ahmedabad.

Conjoined Twins: Maria Jose Died

2011-12-19T23:25:00.000-08:00

Maria Paz and Maria Jose Paredes Nacarrete are the conjoined twins who were admitted in the LuisCalvo Mackenna hospital in Santiage at Chile on 13^th December 2011, for their surgery. Chilean doctors took too mush efforts to separate the 10-months-old conjoined twins. The twins were joined at the thorax, stomach and pelvis and their surgery is taken for 20 hour to complete.

After surgery, the conjoined twins were alive. On 18^th December Maria Jose died due to her organ failure. Chilean Doctor Artaza said the surgery affected all of the deceased girl’s organs, while “recognizing the delicate state of Maria Paz, we are hopeful.”

“We are conscious that we made every effort, “Artaza said. “It’s a moment of deep pain, of deep grieving.”

The conjoined twins, Maria Paz and Maria Jose Paredes Nacarrete were born in the town of Loncoche at Santiago, who spent their entire life in hospital care.

Nicholas Coke, a baby who born without a brain

2011-12-06T04:40:00.000-08:00

In Pueblo at Colorado, a baby boy born without a brain whose name was Nicholas Coke and he celebrated his first birthday this week.

He was born with a deficiency called Anencephaly, a genetic disease in which all or part of the brain is absent. In his case, he came out of the womb without a brain, only with a rudimentary brain stem functions such as heart beat, blood pressure (BP) and breathing.

Nicholas Coke was not able to see, hear and not even suck too. He was unable to sit and crawl on the floor, said by his mother Sheena Coke.

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke said, Anencephaly occurs in 1 out of 10,000 babies, but the exact number cannot be determined because most of these pregnancies lead to a miscarriage.

Mostly a baby who born with defects likes Anencephaly will not be able to survive and will die within an hour, but Nicholas defeated this and was able to survive up to several months.

Sheena Coke was surprised and says, Nicholas Coke is a miracle and he has changed so many lives.

Shocking News: A Man dies after doctors remove 6 kg metals from his Stomach

2011-11-29T01:35:00.000-08:00

A youth Kamleshwar Singh, who was a farmer admitted to hospital in the state of Chattisgarh, due to severe abdominal pains. After Surgery, Doctor reveals shocking news, that he has taken 13 pounds of metal from his stomach, i.e., 421 coins, Keys, Nut Bolts.

Doctor said that Kamleshwar has the habit of taking iron pieces, and also he stole the coins from her sisters saving amount (Piggy Bank) and swallowed the whole coin, finally after a surgery Doctor said, that he has swallowed 421 Coins, 3 Keys, 196 Nut Bolts inside his stomach and its weight is about 6 kg.

Bhojram Dewangan, Director of Shreesti Institute of Medical Science and Research Centre, where Mr Singh was treated, said, ‘The patient had been consuming small iron objects for the last nine months.’

‘After sonography and X- ray tests, the doctors carried out the major surgery.’At Last, operation got failed, he was no more alive.

Liver Implant - Another Chance of Life to a Young Boy

2011-11-16T00:55:00.000-08:00

A doctor in London says that they have cured a baby boy, whose name is Iyaad Syed suffered from critical disease which was destroying his liver. They planned to implanted cells which acted like a temporary liver, which was allowing the damaged organ to recover.

This technique is one of the worlds best done by the team at King's College Hospital in south London. Now his age is eight month old, but six month ago his condition is close to death, because his liver is affected by the virus, which leads to liver failure.

Instead of waiting for transplant, doctor planned to inject donor liver cells to his abdomen, which acts as a toxins and produced vital proteins. These cells contained with a chemical found in algae, which helps to immune its body from diseases. But what a miracle! Two weeks later his own liver gets into recover.

Professor Anil Dhawan, a liver specialist at King's College Hospital, says the whole team at the hospital is delighted:

"This is the first time this treatment has been used to treat a child with acute liver failure. It's only a few months back when I first saw this child who was so sick requiring support on dialysis and a breathing machine.

"We think we have given him another chance of life and seeing him now six months down the road with nearly normal liver function is remarkable."

Dr Ragai Mitry, Head of Liver Processing at King's, who helped in developing the technique, said:

"We are very pleased the transplanted liver cells have helped in supporting and delivering the missing metabolic functions of Iyaad's failing liver."

Iyaad's father, Jahangeer, said his son was "a miracle boy". He added: "Once he had the treatment after 48 hours he started to get better and hope came back. It is brilliant and we are very proud of him."

Telemarketing ban margins you to 100 SMS-es “a day”

2011-09-30T05:27:00.000-07:00

A new challenge to protect you from spam sms-es and telemarketing calls will also limit how many text messages you can send in a day. So if you have itchy fingers, watch out. Starting yesterday, nobody can send more than 100 sms-es a day.

The new law, introduced by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, is meant at checking those random text messages you get on how to buy a sauna belt, or "lose motapa (get thinner)."

But it has its critics. "We had recently undertaken a campaign, and had to send nearly 200 messages every day. If this rule had been valid then, our campaign would have faced severe setbacks. Their intentions are admirable, but their way is wrong. Why can't they limit the number of messages that tele-marketing firms send out every day," said Abhisekh Lamba, an engineering student from Mumbai.

The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) also spoke concern over the order. Rajan S Mathews, director general, COAI, said, "All service providers have made necessary arrangements to comply with the TRAI regulation, in order to curb the menace of telemarketing calls. However, many of our officers have uttered reservations about the 100 SMSes per day control. We have also asked TRAI to reassess the move."

Mathews added, "While we are keen to eradicate the menace of pesky communication - which amounts to an invasion of the consumer's privacy - we are equally particular about protection the consumer's rights. The consumer funds the right to choose any method of communication, which is suitable for him. No false limitations should be forced upon this basic liberty."

Five Top most light gun games

2011-09-13T01:22:00.000-07:00

Gun games began to appear back in the arcades of the 1930s, with an automatic contraptions springing up on piers up and down the country, catering for the new making of holiday-goers with more spare time and money in their pouch. In the 60s and 70s, these automatic games were bolstering by the addition of rear-projected images, which saw players shooting clay pigeons or UFOs.

The NES Zapper and Duck Hunt

Master System Light Phaser and Operation Wolf

Saturn Stunner and Virtua Cop

G-Con 45 and Time Crisis

Dreamcast Light Gun and House Of The Dead 2

Ontlametse - First black child diagnosed aging disease

2011-09-08T23:01:00.000-07:00

The Progeria Research Foundation says ontlametse is the first black child diagnosed with aging disease. No one can says , even how many children have this disease in this world. This foundation says that, the number of kids diagnosed from this aging disease was ranging from 48 to 80 on five continents.

Ontlametse is a 5 years old white girl, who lived in South Africa, who was affected by aging disease. South Africa is a best continent for medical care, because its an economic powerhouse in the world. Not only the African people, but also the people in China and Russia were affected by these aging diseases.

Ontlametse mother, Bellon Phalatse says that, her baby was normal at the time of birth. As grown upon, on her 3^rd month Ontlametse was diagnosed by skin disease. On her first birthday, her hair was felled off, her nails are become abnormal.

Mostly, this diagnosis affected person may die at the age of 13. Children affected with Progeria may die almost completely from heart disease from the ages of 8 to 21. The diagnosed person commonly suffers from high blood pressure, strokes, enlarged heart and heart failure.

The Doctor Gordon researched about this aging disease progeria and had a remarkable success in 1999. In 2003, this research foundation was involved in the discovery of the progeria gene, and now all are hoped it can help provide answers about the ordinary aging process and cardiovascular disease.

Tomato battle in Spain - Tomatina

2011-09-05T23:10:00.000-07:00

Revellers on a van throw tomatoes into the crowd during the yearly "Tomatina" (tomato battle) in the Mediterranean village of Bunol, near Valencia, August 31, 2011. The source of the tomato fight is uncertain - everyone in Bunol seems to have a favorite’s story - but most agree it happening around 1940, in the early years of General Francisco Franco's autocracy.

Diamond Contacts will only situates you Back 15G's

2011-08-08T22:31:00.000-07:00

Fashion and beauty fan are starting to eye a new trend. Custom-made gold-plated contact lenses which quality 18 diamonds are new from Shekhar Eye Research. MSNBC story,

Creator Chandrashekhar Chawan tried his offer at gold-dust contact lenses, but they require the “sparkle effect” he was looking for. He found his motivation, oddly, through cosmetic dentistry: Chawan’s wife had diamonds fix on her teeth at her last dentist visit, and he understands that people loved jewels anywhere and everywhere.

“I got mixed responses — some said its looks scary, but most of the people loved it,” said Chawan in a TODAY.com meeting. “Bollywood personalities loved the model, that it’s going to be ‘in thing’ in fashion soon.

“Look at Lady Gaga and her followers,” Chawan added. “People take time to absorb [new fashion], until some celebrity starts using it.”

Chawan claims its “only matter of time” before his making is a hit, but the public may disagree. Internet critics called the product everything from cringeworthy to “freaky ugly” to total demonic-looking. “It’s as if someone saw the Swarovski crystal contacts and thought those weren’t expensively dumb enough” wrote tech site Gizmodo.

Google refreshes Gmail for mobile

2011-08-05T01:24:00.001-07:00

Internet search giant Google has refreshed the mobile side of its trendy Gmail.

The latest additions to the Gmail for mobile contains 'pull down to refresh' attribute. This means users can now pull down to refresh their note list and conversation on all iOS and Playbook devices. To refresh, users require touching the message list, drag downwards and release.

For users using Gmail for mobile on an iPhone 4 Retina display, the icons and graphics are now at a superior resolution.

Google has also added a new screen change feature that according to the company blog, when a user taps on a conversation, taps back to the inbox, or goes to the menu or back, the view will slide left or right.

Apple projected to exceed Exxon, become world's biggest market cap business

2011-07-21T22:20:00.000-07:00

Apple's meteoric increase could see it overtake oil giant Exxon-Mobil and become the world's biggest company by market value, one new study has projected.

Brian Marshall with Gleacher & Company sent a note to depositors this week in which he raised his price target to AAPL stock to $500, up from $450. But before either of those numbers is reach; Apple could become the biggest market cap company in the world when the stock hits $445, support on his initial calculations done Wednesday.

Marshall's guess assumes that the current leader, Exxon-Mobil, would remain flat, putting Apple in a position to become the biggest company in the world, in terms of market value. But with Exxon stock up more than 2 percent Thursday afternoon that makes Apple's aim now even higher.

Still, Exxon is now within view as Apple continues to produce. Marshall noted that Apple was only about 13 percent away from overtaking the company based on aftermarket levels reached when the company reported its periodical earnings on Tuesday. During that period, the stock briefly broke the $400 barrier.

Apple currently sits at No. 2, having passed Petro China Co. last September. Since then, the supply has hit a new all-time high, and is up almost $100.

As of Thursday afternoon, AAPL stock has a market cap of more than $350 billion. The Cupertino, Calif., company surpassed Microsoft in May of 2010 when its market cap reached $222 billion, but the iPhone maker has since left its rival in the dust. Microsoft's market cap as of Thursday afternoon was less than $230 billion.

But Exxon's market capitalization has also sustained to grow.
Since September, when the company was appreciated at $313 billion, the oil company has seen its market value surge to nearly $420 billion.

Apple's earnings reported on Tuesday wowed Wall Street, led by a record 20.34 million iPhones sold. The iPad also shipped a proof 9.25 million units, as both platforms saw year over year increase percentages well into the triple digits.

Dutch club VVV-Venlo has sign to 1-year-old kid

2011-04-28T06:14:00.000-07:00

YouTube videos have led to a number of footballers getting signed by clubs around the world, but this strength is the first time it's labored for an 18-month-old. It's very much a promotion stunt, but the trendy YouTube clip of young Baerke van der Meij kicking balls into his toy chest caught the notice of relegation-threatened Dutch top flight club VVV-Venlo and provoked the club to sign him to a 10-year professional agreement. Though, it is made clear that the bond is a "symbolic" one.

From the Telegraph:
The toddler joined VVV's star midfielder Ken Leemans during a training session in De Koel Stadium on Tuesday before being accessible the "symbolic" bond.

"The toddler's favorite place has not yet been resolute. However, we can speak of a right-footed player with a very good kicking method, perseverance and, importantly: football genes via his grandfather," said a VVV Venlo press release.

Baerke's grandfather used to play for the club and his family still lives in the city of Venlo.

As silly as this whole thing is, VVV-Venlo really did a great job of selling it, even going so far as to have the little boy attend a press meeting and sign an agreement. Well, scrawl on one, anyway. Here are some pictures from the event...

Among the fauxhawk, the runny nose, and the pleased look on his face, I'd say little Baerke has a brilliant future ahead of him.

Of course, Arsenal has long been the theme of jokes about signing young players, so we'll have to stay and see how it reacts to seeing an 18-month-old signed by another club. Someone is probably trying to shape out how to have a fetus sign a contract exact now.

New Inventions of Expertise - 2014

2011-04-25T23:24:00.000-07:00

'Artificial leaf' converts sunlight and water into electricity

2011-03-28T23:22:00.000-07:00

An MIT chemist says he's formed an advanced solar cell — basically an artificial leaf that can mimic photosynthesis, the procedure by which plants breathe and produce power.

"A practical artificial leaf has been one of the holy grails of science for decades," Daniel Nocera, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor of chemistry and energy, said in a release.

"We consider we have done it. The artificial leaf shows exacting promise as an economical source of electricity for homes of the poor in developing countries. Our goal is to make each home its own power station," he said.

Nocera unveiled his leaf on Sunday at the National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in California.

About the mass of a very thin playing card, the silicon solar cell uses electronics and catalysts to go faster chemical reactions to change sunlight and water into electricity.

The cell is located in a gallon of water in full sun, where it cracks the water into hydrogen and oxygen. The hydrogen and oxygen gases are then stored in a fuel cell, which uses the two basics to produce electricity.

The artificial leaf is not a new idea. John Turner of the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Colorado created the first one more than 10 years ago. But it used unusual, expensive metals and had a lifetime of barely one day.

Nocera said his leaf is made of cheap materials that are widely available, with catalysts made of nickel and cobalt. In a lab test, he showed that his leaf can operate endlessly for at least 45 hours without a drop in activity.

"One can imagine villages in India and Africa not long from now acquiring an affordable basic power system based on this technology," he said.

Push-Ups

2011-03-22T23:01:00.000-07:00

Not several of us love the push-up. Sure, it’s comparatively safe and effective, but let’s faces it, it's kind of dull. It's amazing we did in P.E. class. But what if you understand that the push-up would not only help you get a stronger upper body, but also a stronger midsection?

It's true. The push-up includes the stabilization muscles of your core, combining an upper-body pushing movement with a plank -- one of the best and most basic workouts for your midsection. In fact, according to Nick Tumminello, trainer and owner and operative of the Performance University gym in Baltimore, Md., the push-up can efficiently replace the sit-up.

“The push-up is basically a plank position," Tumminello says, "so it’s actually a great abdominal exercise and there’s no reason to do planks if you can do (a important number of) push-ups."

Push-ups are a higher value plank. You’re not only increase your abdominals by holding them still while gravity’s trying to push your hips towards the ground, but you’re also increase your upper-body roughly muscles: your chest, shoulders and triceps.”

Nuclear worries compound depression of Japan survivors

2011-03-18T23:19:00.000-07:00

The nuclear disaster in Japan has struck fear and disbelief into quake and tsunami survivors who can barely take in the idea that a third life-threatening disaster strength come their way.

Frantic efforts to prevent a unsafe radiation leak at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant on the eastern coast have conquered global concerns in the wake of the massive earthquake and ensuing tsunami last week.

On Friday, Japan's nuclear agency hiked the accident level to five from four on the international 0-7 scale of gravity for atomic accidents; an entrance the crisis had at least equalled the US Three Mile Island accident in 1979.

Some 200 kilometres (125 miles) to the north, those who lived through the quake and consequent tsunami that left nearly 7,000 confirmed dead have struggled to make sense of the news coming out of the Fukushima plant.

Traumatised, homeless and facing the scary task of rebuilding their crushed lives, few have been reassured by the official line that the situation is under control and that any leak would be so small as to carry a insignificant health risk.

"That radiation thing is extremely scary," said Hiromitsu Miyakawa, a retailer in Kesennuma, one of the towns that bore the full force of the tsunami along the northeast coast.

"It is beyond a tsunami. A tsunami you can see. But this you cannot see," Miyakawa said.

Helicopters and fire trucks have been used to deposit tonnes of water in a desperate effort to bring overheating at the plant's reactors and fuel storage tanks, known as repression pools, under control.

Japan has said emission levels from the plant, located 250 kilometres (155 miles) northeast of Tokyo, pose no health threat outside a 20-kilometre barring zone.

In the small northeastern port of Miyako, Teeichi Sagama, the principal of a school converted into a tsunami evacuation centre, said he was upset with what he saw as the puzzling and contradictory statements coming from the authorities.

"I just want the government to tell the truth," he said. Taizo Tanisawa, who lost his home but volunteered to issue hot water and food to other survivors in Miyako, agreed that the government had been unclear in clearing up the dangers of the situation in Fukushina.

Disney's 'Mars Needs Moms' blasted

2011-03-16T02:40:00.000-07:00

In the weeks top up to the release of "Mars Needs Moms," Disney knew attention in the film was tepid at best. But no one was ready for such a terrible box office wipeout.

From a financial standpoint, "Mars" could be one of the main write-offs in modern Hollywood records, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The motion-capture lively film cost $150 million to produce but earned only $6.9 million in its debut at the domestic box office, the 12th worst opening of all time for a movie out in more than 3,000 theaters and one of the lowest chance for a major 3D release.

The price tag doesn't include a hefty advertising spend. All told, Disney has likely invest $200 million or more in the motion detain pic, made by Robert Zemeckis' now-shuttered ImageMovers Digital.

"The right audience came, but not in the numbers we needed," Disney president of worldwide sharing Chuck Viane said. "I'm disappointed for the filmmakers. They spent at least two years of their lives making a terrific movie that people won't see."
The chances of mending are slim.

Major tsunami spoiled in N Japan after 8.9 quake

2011-03-11T01:37:00.000-08:00

A magnitude 8.9 earthquake slammed Japan's eastern coast Friday, unleashing a 13-foot (4-meter) tsunami that cleared boats, cars, buildings and tons of debris miles inland. Fires triggered by the quake burned out of control up and down the coast, including one at an oil refinery.

At least one person was killed and there were reports of numerous injuries in Tokyo, hundreds of miles (kilometers) away, where buildings shook cruelly through the main quake and the wave of massive aftershocks that followed. A tsunami warning was issued for dozens of Pacific countries, as far away as Chile.

Japan's meteorological agency said that within two hours, large tsunamis washed ashore into dozens of cities along a 1,300-mile (2,100-kilometer) widen of the country's eastern shore — from the northern island of Hokkaido to central Wakayama prefecture.

Prime Minister Naoto Kan said the quake caused "major harm in broad areas" but nuclear power plants in the area were not precious. The government arranged to send troops to the quake-hit areas.

"This is a rare major quake, and damages could quickly rise by the minute," said Junichi Sawada, an official with Japan's Fire and Disaster Management Agency.

TV footage showed influences of muddy waters sweeping over farmland near the city of Sendai, carrying buildings, some on fire, inland as cars shot to drive away. Sendai airport, north of Tokyo, was busy with cars, trucks, buses and thick mud deposited over its runways. Fires increase through a section of the city, public broadcaster NHK reported.

The tsunami also roared over embankments in Sendai city, washing cars, houses and farm equipment inland before reversing directions and carrying them out to sea. Flames shot from some of the houses, possibly because of burst gas pipes.

Elsewhere, large fishing boats lay upturned on land, some distance from the sea. Officials were difficult to assess damage, injuries and deaths but had no immediate details. Police said at least one person was killed in a house crumple in Ibaraki prefecture, just northeast of Tokyo.

A large fire erupted at the Cosmo oil refinery in Ichihara city in Chiba area near Tokyo and was burning out of control with 100-foot (30 meter) -high flames whipping into the sky.

NHK showed copying of a large ship being swept away by the tsunami and ramming honestly into a breakwater in Kesennuma city in Miyagi prefecture.

In various locations along the coast, footage showed huge damage from the tsunami, with cars, boats and even buildings being carried along by waters. Partially flooded vehicles were seen bobbing in the water.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was a magnitude 8.9, while Japan's meteorological agency exacts it at 8.4. It struck at 2:46 p.m. and was followed by 12 powerful aftershocks, seven of them at least 6.3, the size of the quake that struck New Zealand lately.

A tsunami advice was extended to a number of Pacific, Southeast Asian and Latin American nations, including Japan, Russia, Indonesia, New Zealand and Chile. In the Philippines, authorities said they expect a 3-foot (1-meter) high tsunami.

The quake struck at a depth of six miles (10 kilometers), about 80 miles (125 kilometers) off the eastern coast, the agency said. The area is 240 miles (380 kilometers) northeast of Tokyo.

In downtown Tokyo, large buildings shook violently and workers transferred into the street for safety. TV footage showed a large building on fire and bellowing smoke in the Odaiba region of Tokyo.

Several nuclear plants along the coast were partly shut down, but there were no reports of any radioactive escape.

In central Tokyo, trains were blocked and passengers walked along the tracks to platforms. NHK said more than 4 million buildings were without power in Tokyo and its suburbs.
The ceiling in Kudan Kaikan, a large hall in Tokyo, collapsed, injuring an unknown number of people, NHK said.
Osamu Akiya, 46, was working in Tokyo at his office in a trading company when the quake hit.
It sent bookshelves and computers booming to the floor, and cracks appeared in the walls.
"I've been through many earthquakes, but I've never felt anything like this," he said. "I don't know if we'll be able to get home tonight."

Footage on NHK from their Sendai office showed employees hesitant around and books and papers roaring from desks. It also showed a glass shelter at a bus stop in Tokyo wholly smashed by the quake and a weeping woman nearby being reassured by another woman.

Several quakes had hit the same region in recent days, including a 7.3 scale one on Wednesday.
Thirty minutes after the main quake, tall buildings were still swaying in Tokyo and mobile phone networks were not working. Japan's Coast Guard has set up a task force and officer is standing by for emergency contingencies, Coast Guard official Yosuke Oi said.

"I'm afraid we'll soon find out about damages, since the quake was so strong," he said.
In Tokyo, hundreds of people were evacuated from Shinjuku train station; the world's busiest, to a nearby park. Trains were halted.

Tokyo's main airport was closed. A large part of the ceiling at the 1-year-old airport at Ibaraki, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) northeast of Tokyo, fell to the floor with a powerful crash.

Dozens of fires were reported in northern prefectures of Fukushima, Sendai, Iwate and Ibaraki. Bent homes and landslides were also reported in Miyagi.

Japan's worst previous quake was in 1923 in Canto, which killed 143,000 people, according to USGS. An earthquake in Kobe city in 1996 killed 5,502 people.

Main Five healthy points to not stop coffee

2011-03-08T02:54:00.000-08:00

I really like coffee. The morning habit of brewing a cup, the smell that perks me up before I take a sip and, of path, the taste all make it my favorite beverage aside from water (water’s delicious!).

1. It protects your heart: Modest coffee drinkers (1 to 3 cups/day) have lower rates of rub than non-coffee drinkers, an effect connected to coffee’s antioxidants. Coffee has more antioxidants per serving than blueberries, making it the main source of antioxidants in American diets. All those antioxidants may help suppress the damaging effect of swelling on arteries. Instantly after drinking it, coffee raises your blood pressure and heart rate, but over the long term, it really may lower blood pressure as coffee’s antioxidants activate nitric oxide, widening blood vessels.

2. It diverts diabetes: Those antioxidants (chlorogenic acid and quinides, particularly) play another role: boosting your cells’ sensitivity to insulin, which helps control blood sugar. In fact, people who drink 4 or more cups of coffee each day may have a lower risk of increasing type 2 diabetes, according to some studies. Other studies have shown that caffeine can blunt the insulin-sensitivity boost, so if you do drink several cups a day, try mixing in decaf rarely.

3. Your liver loves it: OK, so the investigate here is limited, but it looks like the more coffee people drink, the lower their occurrence of cirrhosis and other liver diseases. One investigation of nine studies found that every 2-cup increase in daily coffee intake condensed liver cancer risk by 43 percent. Again, it’s those antioxidants—chlorogenic and caffeic acids—and caffeine that might prevent liver irritation and inhibit cancer cells.

4. It boosts your brain power: Drinking between 1 and 5 cups a day (admittedly a big range) may help reduce risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, as well as Parkinson’s disease, studies advise. Those antioxidants may ward off brain cell damage and help the neurotransmitters involved in cognitive function to work better.

5. It helps your headaches: And not just the withdrawal headaches caused by skipping your daily dose of caffeine! Studies show that 200 milligrams of caffeine—about the quantity in 16 ounces of brewed coffee—provides relief from headaches, including migraines. Accurately how caffeine relieves headaches isn’t clear. But scientists do know that caffeine boosts the action of brain cells, causing surrounding blood vessels to constrict. One theory is that this restriction helps to relieve the pressure that causes the pain, says Robert Shapiro, M.D., Ph.D., connect professor of neurology and director of the Headache Clinic at the University of Vermont Medical School.

Now, that’s not to say that coffee doesn’t have any pitfalls—it does. Some people are super-sensitive to caffeine and get jittery or anxious after drinking coffee; usual coffee drinkers usually expand a tolerance to caffeine that eliminates this problem (but they then need the caffeine to be alert and ward off withdrawal headaches). Coffee can also disturb sleep, mainly as people age. Cutting some of the caffeine and drinking it previous in the day can curb this effect. Lastly, unfiltered coffee (like that made with a French press) can raise LDL cholesterol, so use a filter for heart health.

But if you like coffee and you can accept it well, enjoy it...lacking the guilt.

Gold sparkles in futures deal on global sign, spot demand

2011-03-07T01:27:00.000-08:00

Gold prices rose by 0.50 per cent to Rs 21,204 per ten grams in futures deal today, supported by a firm trend overseas, as violence in the Middle East intensified, and increasing domestic demand.

At the Multi Commodity Exchange, gold for delivery in April added Rs 206, or 0.50 per cent, to Rs 21,204 per 10 grams, with a business revenue of four lots.

Likewise, the valuable metal for delivery in June moved up by Rs 96, or 0.45 per cent, to Rs 21,494 per 10 grams, with a business quantity of two lots.

Analysts said demand for valuable metals as a safe haven asset due to the violence in the Middle East, partial the trading sentiments at futures trade here.

Also, a firm trend in the domestic market on the back of improved demand, on account of the ongoing marriage season, supported the uptrend in the prices, they added.

Meanwhile, gold rose by 0.5 per cent to $1,437.85 an ounce in Asia. The metal climbed to an all-time high of $1,440.32 an ounce on March 2.

Hopes fade for New Zealand quake missing

2011-02-24T03:42:00.000-08:00

As the grim toll from the Christchurch earthquake carry on to rise, New Zealand's crushed southern city has been rattled by a sequence of aftershocks.

Buildings again shake under the power of unpredictable underground services and for a few seconds walls and windows shudder.

At first there is a rumble like remote thunder before the earth shifts underfoot, and then in a few seconds all is still.

Some of the jolts have deliberate up to magnitude 4.5, far less menacing than Tuesday's quake, which witnesses say made the streets of Christchurch roll and rise like a signal.

But more than 100 aftershocks have made a nervous city even more fearful.
"Even the little tremors bring back the terror of the big one," said Roger Marshall, 32, who had bring his young family to an migration centre set up at the Burnside High School in Christchurch.

Here on the streets have sought shelter as they swap horrible stories of the day Christchurch distorted forever.

"The house was totally shaken and when we did get outside, the three-storey house crossways the road was just one storey and there's hands and limbs attach out and (people) saying 'help, help, help!'. It was unreal," said Mr Marshall.

Breakfast way to Excellent Health

2011-02-21T01:37:00.000-08:00

Good breakfast is the key to a healthy lifestyle determining the quality of your whole day's nutrition, according to investigation.

And the top way to start the morning is with a simple bowl of a fit cereal, as it makes people less likely to turn to fatty, sugary food during the rest of the day, reports express.

The study, by nutritionist Sigrid Gibson revealed the healthiest breakfast choice is cereal with milk because it is a good source of calcium and several other key nutrients, such as fiber, protein and carbohydrate.

The research team analyzed 12,068 food reports from the National Diet and Nutrition Survey, which interviewed Britons aged from 19 to 64.

The results proved that one in five adults ate no hard food for breakfast, one third chose cereals and 45 per cent enjoyed a non-cereal breakfast. The trendiest item was tea or coffee, taken on 84 per cent of breakfast time.

Milk was inspired with 82 per cent of breakfasts, followed by cereal (39 per cent), bread (33 per cent) and fruit (14 per cent).

The healthiest breakfast option is cereal with milk.

Women were less likely than men to decide bread, sausage, bacon or eggs and more likely to have fruit in its place.

The study establishes that eating breakfast was linked with a lower fat and higher carbohydrate intake over 24 hours balance with skipping breakfast.

But this was mainly attributable to cereal-based breakfasts as non-cereal meals were related with a higher intake of soaked fatty acid and lower protein intakes.

Wright still miss Sachin & Group

2011-02-15T21:28:00.000-08:00

CHENNAI - John Wright, the best serving foreign coach (2000-2005 ) of the Indian cricket team, still misses the group of Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly , VVS Laxman, Rahul Dravid, Virender Sehwag, Zaheer Khan and the likes.

He took over as the coach past the match-fixing controversy and with Ganguly as the skipper, assists India come back strong. But when you ask Wright if "today's dreadful Indian team is his baby" , the former New Zealand opener sounds enormously humble.

"It was more of a team effort. Players like Sachin, VVS, Sourav, Sehwag wanted to do well for the team and I think that was the main force behind our success . I still miss them," Wright said.

Wright saw how the Indian team was affected when they express some strong negative reply at home after a bad start in the 2003 World Cup.

61year old US lady deliver her own grandson!

2011-02-15T01:12:00.000-08:00

London, Feb 14 - A 61-year-old woman in the US made the past after she gave birth to her own grandson that was being replacement for her daughter.

Kristine Casey became the oldest women in living remembrance to give birth in Illinois and also broke numerous local records for being the replacement mother for her daughter, Sara Connell, who had been annoying for years to have a baby.

Connell and her husband, Bill, are the natural parents of the child Casey carried, which grew from an origin created from the Chicago couple's egg and sperm.

Connell told the Chicago Tribune that she and her mother held hands as Finnean Lee Connell was delivered by cesarean section at 9.47pm on Wednesday.

"When the baby let out a cry, I lost it. It's such a miracle," the Daily Mail extracted her as saying.

Susan Gerber, who delivered the baby at the Northwestern Memorial Hospital, said it would have wanted a heart of stone to not be moved by the wonderful event.

"The surgery itself was uncomplicated, and the exciting context of this delivery was so profound," Gerber said.

According to state health department records, the oldest woman to give birth in Illinois was 58 when she had her baby in 2006.

Catching up with Arjuna Ranatunga

2011-02-10T23:31:00.000-08:00

Rupee at 3-week high increased by dollar inflows

2011-02-07T21:08:00.000-08:00

The Indian rupee increase to three-week highs on Tuesday, holded by dollar inflows and strong Asian peers, but importer demand for dollars was seen cutting the local unit's rise.

At 9:57 a.m. (0427 GMT), the partly convertible rupee was at 45.3575/3650 per dollar, stronger than Monday's finishing of 45.475/4850. In early deals, it rose to 45.35 per dollar -- its peak since Jan. 19.

"There is a positive sentiment from Asian currency strength this morning and sense some inflows as well in the market," said Rohan Naik, head of foreign exchange dealing at Standard Chartered Bank in Mumbai.

He also said an extra upside to the rupee could be curbed by importer demand for the dollar at current levels and sees the rupee trading in the variety of 45.30-45.50 per dollar intra-day.

Most Asian currencies were stronger compared to the dollar on Tuesday. The dollar index, a gauge of the greenback's performance against six major currencies, was losing 0.13 percent at 77.930 points.

Foreign institutional investors buy Indian shares worth $49.17 million on Friday. This was the second directly session when foreigners bought shares after being net supplier in the earlier five sessions.

They have pulled out $1.3 billion this year until Feb. 4 on alarm over high inflation. Indian shares rose 0.3 percent in choppy early trade on Tuesday, with financials and outsourcers important the rise. [.BO]

One-month offshore non-deliverable onward contracts were quoted at 45.51, weaker than the onshore spot rate. In the currency futures market, the most traded near-month dollar-rupee contract on the National Stock Exchange and MCX-SX was at 45.50 and the United Stock Exchange was at 45.4975, with the sum traded amount at $572 million.

Bing to contribute - World IPv6 Day

2011-02-04T03:14:00.000-08:00

Microsoft's search engine will be one of the major Web sites offered in a synchronized effort to iron out troubles moving to a vastly more spacious Internet based on the next IPv6 standard.

"On June 8, we will allow world-wide IPv6 connectivity to Bing.com, for the purposes of a one-day test," said Bing program manager Kevin Boske. "Consumers with IPv6 Internet capabilities will mechanically access this new method of connectivity. This require both a device that supports IPv6 (like a Windows 7 PC), and hold from your Internet provider."

IPv6, or Internet Protocol version 6, comes with 340 trillion Internet addresses, a lot more than the 4.3 billion permited by the current IPv4. Moving to IPv6 is a difficult, global event that ultimately involves any devices that connect to to the Internet.

Its urgency is hastened by the fact that the past, the Internet's central overseers handed out the last group of IPv4 addresses. It'll be months before that IPv4 exhaustion cascades down to the level of business that need to lease those addresses eternally, but the clock now is ticking.

Some companies such as Facebook and Google previously suggest IPv6 access to their services, but typically only with IPv6-specific domains such as ipv6.google.com. On World IPv6 Day, the major domains will be offered over IPv6, too.