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  • Florida Pythons Hunted




    Somehow, I think that the population of pythons will be outrunning the interest of hunters and whoever.  I do not think thousands of pythons were released.
    In the meantime the everglades have become a dumping ground for far too many pets.  The only solution is going to be the introduction of effective predators.  Perhaps we need the mongoose in particular.  That may intercept the bulk of the snake population while still young.
    The coyote population will surely prosper hunting other pets.  And human hunters can work on the big stuff.
    The unacknowledged problem is that these populations need to be controlled and actively suppressed.  The action always attracts political noise from fools.  That a two year old was strangled is a rather good hint as to why it is necessary to be aggressive.
    How would you like to have a population of pythons as ubiquitous as that of the Canada goose?  I remind folks that that is the type of population some swamps in the Amazon have of boa constrictors.
    These snakes will be attracted to homes and cellars for dens and will not just be a danger but a serious nuisance.
    Pythons in Florida Stalked by Hunters and Tourists Alike
    Published: May 7, 2010
    FLORIDA CITY, Fla. — Thousands of Burmese pythons, the offspring of former pets, have invaded the Everglades, eating birds, bunnies, even alligators. It has gotten so bad that Congress is considering an outright ban on buying or selling nine kinds of giant snakes.
    But an odd thing has happened here in the swamp: the pythons have become celebrities. The snakes are fast becoming an element of Florida lore, attracting “oohs” and “ahhs” from tourists, along with groans from biologists and even python hunters like Bob Freer.
    “It’s a little frustrating and very strange,” said Mr. Freer, who figures that his 40 captured pythons — most of which he has euthanized — make him the state’s top private hunter. “They’re asking about pythons that don’t even belong here, instead of alligators.”
    Trouble is, the newfound fascination obscures what biologists and Mr. Freer describe as a serious problem. In their view, python proliferation — still significant despite a cold winter that might have killed half the population — is simply the sexiest example of widespread disrespect for pets and the wilderness.
    “People need to view exotic species invasions as pollution — biopollution,” said David E. Hallac, chief of biological resources for Everglades and Dry Tortugas National Parks. “In some cases, this form of biopollution can be even more difficult to remedy than chemical pollution, mainly because in most cases, we have no way of cleaning up exotic species from our natural environments.”
    Nowhere is the problem more visible than in the open expanse of southwestern Dade County, where tract housing gives way to sawgrass and airboat engines. Mr. Freer, a grandfather who cuts the sleeves off his T-shirts, has lived here for a decade, giving animal presentations to tourists and running a wildlife refuge that doubles as his home.
    He grew up in rural New York on a dairy farm with a pet alligator, and he used to live north of Miami with another gator (named Lazy) until his neighbors complained. Now Mr. Freer and his third wife are free to mix with whatever animals they like, and there are plenty.
    Near the back of their five-acre property, for instance, sits Rocky, a tiger once owned by a stripper. Buc, an arthritic grizzly bear, lies in a cage next door near the hyenas, Chewy the camel, birds the color of daiquiris, and a Kenyan lemur whose previous owner pulled out its teeth, so that all its food must now be mashed.
    In nearly every case, pet owners gave the animals up or had them taken away by county officials. Pythons, Mr. Freer said, have been part of the mix since the mid-1980s.
    “It was very exciting then to think about these giant snakes and being able to find them here in Florida,” he said. “I never really thought there would come a time when you would actually go out and hunt pythons.”
    State officials say they had no choice — especially after last July, when an eight-foot python sneaked out of its cage north of Orlando and strangled a 2-year-old. It led to a six-week hunting season to reduce the python population.
    “We really wanted the help, and still need it, to get rid of these things,” said Tony Young, a spokesman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
    With all the attention, the snakes became bigger stars. Reporters have interviewed officials at Everglades National Park around 300 times. Mr. Freer, meanwhile, has turned up on Animal Planet and the History Channel’s “Monster Quest,” after an episode about the Hillbilly Beast of backwoods Kentucky.
    He said that he initially understood the alarm. Pythons are what biologists call “apex predators” that eat nearly everything, including endangered species. And there were financial benefits, too: a group of Canadian snake enthusiasts paid him to help find pythons.
    But on a hunting trip in the Southern Glades, a 30,000-acre tract that abuts Everglades National Park, Mr. Freer struggled to shake a sense of melancholy.
    The area has become a dumping ground littered with both human ruin — a shuttered fish farm, a closed juvenile detention camp and a former rocket test site — and abandoned animals. In addition to the pythons, Mr. Freer said he had come across cobras and black mambas, emus and ostriches. Since the recession started, he said, he has seen more horses that owners can apparently no longer afford to feed.
    The python craze, he said, only illustrated a problem far larger than most people recognize. Mr. Hallac, at Everglades National Park, agreed.
    “We have well over a dozen exotic fish that have invaded the park and may pose a threat to our native aquatic organisms,” Mr. Hallac said. “But being that they’re underwater, and not particularly scary to humans, their stories are rarely told.”
    At Everglades Alligator Farm, an adventure park where Mr. Freer manages the animals and puts on shows for visitors, python presentations are still a hit. Rangers at the national park are regularly asked about how to avoid or see the famous pythons.
    Mr. Freer said he now looked forward to a day when pythons were scrubbed from his routine. “People will be asking me about alligators again,” he said, “And that’ll make me happier.”
  • Stretching Artificial Skin





    Not only is this a good working artificial skin, it also displaces the use of live animals in lab work.  Since the latter aspect is an ongoing public relations disaster decades old, it could not be more welcome.
    Otherwise, this should provide a framework for completely healing damaged skin back to close to original state.
    I do not know how long before this is available but it should be rather quick.  It is very good news and should also facilitate improvements in cosmetic surgery.
    Scientists create artificial skin that stretches like the real thing
    16:27 April 28, 2010
    The University of Grenada’s fibrin-agarose artificial skin
    Scientists at Spain’s University of Granada have created artificial skin with the resistance, firmness and elasticity of real skin. It is the first time artificial skin has been created from fibrin-agarose biomaterial. Fibrin is a protein involved in the clotting of the blood, while agarose is a sugar obtained from seaweed, commonly used to create gels in laboratories. The new material could be used in the treatment of skin problems, and could also replace test animals in dermatological labs.
    The researchers started by obtaining plasma samples from human donors, and separating out the fibrin. They then added calcium chloride, to precipitate coagulation, tranexamic acid, to keep the coagulate from breaking down, and 0.1% agarose. The resultant material was grafted onto the backs of hairless mice, where its bio-compatibility with living organisms could be observed.
    The mice showed no signs of rejection or infection, and healing of the grafted area began within six days – within 20 days, the wounds were fully healed.
    Previously, artificial skin has been made from biomaterials such as collagen, polyglycolic acid, and chitosan. The fibrin-agarose skin, however, looks particularly promising. Prof. Jiménez Rodríguez, one of the researchers, stated “Definitively, we have created a more stable skin with similar functionality to normal human skin.”
  • CeRecomand.ro cauta redactori

    Dupa cum spune si titlu post-ului, site-ul CeRecomand.ro (pe care scriu si eu) cauta redactori noi.
    Ce trebuie sa stiti :

    – nu veti fi platit pentru munca prestata ; e posibil sa aveti beneficii de genul : sa primiti carti gratis cu conditia sa scrieti o recenzie despre fiecare, sa primiti un produs pentru un review/recenzie (pe care puteti sa il pastrati) , publicitate in cazul in care aveti un blog/site pentru ca numele acestuia va fi mentionat langa numele autorului …
    – aveti oportunitatea sa cunoasteti oameni noi, sa intrati intr-un mediu serios si sa aveti parte de multe oportunitati
    – pentru inceput trebuie sa scrieti 1-2 articole de proba (inainte de a intra in echipa)

    Mai multe detalii gasiti : AICI .

    Intre timp puteti citi articolele scrise de mine :
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  • France Rejects Germany’s Naked Short-Selling Ban, Finance Minister Lagarde Slams Unilateral Move

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    The fallout from the German naked short-selling ban is having fascinating ripple effects already, beyond just the market.

    According to CNBC, France’s finance minister Christine Lagarde has come out in rejection of the move, saying the country will not consider similar regulations, and that she “regrets” Germany’s unilateral move on this front.

    Suddenly you have one of Europe’s two most important players actively denouncing the other one’s dumb behavior.

    Right now, all of Europe could probably find a reason to be angry at Germany. It was their intransigence that caused the Greek crisis to go on so long, and it’s Germany that’s making waves at a time when the market could use calm.

    More proof that German leaders have taken political incompetence to an art form.

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  • Blog Post:Using LED Lights for Data Transmission

    I’m what you call a voracious reader. I read about a wide range of topics. I prefer to read about gadgets and advances in technology but keep an eye on pretty much everything — I’ve even been known to read my husband’s Triathlete’s World magazine (not that there is ever a danger of me wanting to do a tri … I just like knowing what’s going around me in the world). Anyway, last week I heard about a new advancement in LED technology. It seems that the good folks at Boston University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have been very busy developing technology that lets you use LED lights to transfer data. I know what you’re thinking … we already have wireless devices and Bluetooth which seem to do the job just fine. But then we’d be missing the point. Think about it: you need to illuminate office spaces anyway so why not use the same device to network PCs and print documents? It’s a great green initiative if you ask me.

    TERALED® offers combined thermal and radiometric/photometric characterization of high-power LEDs, either as a stand-alone optical measurement system or as an add-on to T3Ster.

    TERALED® offers combined thermal and radiometric/photometric characterization of high-power LEDs, either as a stand-alone optical measurement system or as an add-on to T3Ster.

    LED lights use a lot less energy than their conventional counterparts. They last longer (the useful life for white LEDs can range from 6,000 hours to more than 50,000 hours) and they are cheaper to run. So the cost to the environment and to the pocketbook is a lot less. The only issue with them is heat. LED lights give off 91% of the energy they consume as heat and excess heat directly affects bulb output/useful life. Therefore, thermal management should be a critical factor during the design stage. We have already touched upon several resources for the design engineer working on LEDs covering simulation and LEDs, namely a whitepaper named Solving the System-Level Thermal Management Challenges of LEDs and an on-demand presentation titled: Design for Longevity in Your Power LED Products. But what we haven’t talked about is physical testing of LEDs.  Physical testing of LEDs can be very helpful because simulation results are only as good as the data used. So accessing accurate measurements to use as source input for simulation is extremely valuable.

    If you are interested in physical testing of LEDs, then it might want to read When Designing with Power LEDs, Consider Their Real Thermal Resistance. The whitepaper briefly shows why the recommendations of JEDEC JESD51 and CIE 127-2007 should be combined to obtain more accurate results. I’m sure you’ll find it helpful. I should also point out that we’ll be adding a few educational sessions on hardware testing soon so if you’re interested in the topic, please check with our events page on a regular basis.

    Until next time,
    Nazita

  • Scripps Chemistry Idea “Clicks” With Big Pharma, Seattle’s Integrated Diagnostics

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    Luke Timmerman wrote:

    One of the Nobel Prize winners at The Scripps Research Institute in San Diego has been saying for a decade that chemists would be better off doing the simple thing instead of the hard thing. Now quite a few of the world’s top academic scientists and Big Pharma companies are starting to adopt K. Barry Sharpless‘ philosophy of “click chemistry.”

    This is the concept that Sharpless has been advocating a long time, along with a couple like-minded faculty members at Scripps, MG Finn and Valery Fokin. I met with Sharpless, Finn and Scripps’ tech transfer leader, Scott Forrest, a few weeks ago to talk about the boom they are seeing in scientific publications, patents, and some new technology licenses that are taking advantage of “click chemistry” principles.

    What’s the big idea? It’s about using small chemical building blocks that you put in water or some other solvent, until they naturally “click” together. Sort of like a plastic buckle on a backpack, these molecules join together in the easiest, cheapest, most reliable, and most durable reactions possible, according to the laws of Mother Nature. These are fundamental reactions that tightly bind molecules together and could be useful as oral pills, industrial adhesives, stable coatings for implantable medical devices, or any number of valuable products. It sounds simple, and Sharpless and Finn say it is. What’s surprising is how strange it might appear to the modern lab with its state-of-the-art tools and its efforts to constantly strive for the leading edge and peer approval that goes with it.

    Sharpless has been applying this idea for about 20 years, but he says he was really inspired by Kevin Kelly’s 1995 book “Out of Control.” Kelly, the founding editor of Wired, wrote that scientists should recognize they’re playing “God games.” In the case of a chemist, he or she is trying to do things that are more complicated any human can fully understand, so they should listen carefully to what Mother Nature says. It’s a more humble approach than what you often see in pharmaland.

    “We are going toward an unknown target. Even if we think we know the target, we say we know what’s best. That was big-scale hubris. It’s like Cinderella and her sisters, with a shoehorn. Our intellect is saying we can shoehorn what we say works into the shoe. It’s not close to the truth,” Sharpless says. “If you want to be God, you have to allow your objects to have free will. You have to relinquish control.”

    Barry Sharpless

    Barry Sharpless

    Instead of trying to do things the way nature wants, chemistry and other fields of science are really more of a game of “hey, can you top this?” to hear Finn and Sharpless describe it. The click philosophy, they say, strikes a lot of peers as mundane.

    “We are trained as most experts to do the hardest things and do them well. That’s how you get praise and learn,” Finn says. “You want to do the hardest chemical reactions and make them work. It’s weird to say ‘We’re not going to do the hardest reactions.’ We’re going to find or create the easiest reactions.’ But if you think about it, it’s a lot harder to invent a process that works all the time, than it is to make the process that’s really difficult work a few times.”

    Yet more and more scientists and companies are seeking to apply the click philosophy. One example is Seattle-based Integrated Diagnostics, a company co-founded by Leroy Hood of the Institute for Systems Biology and Caltech’s Jim Heath. Their idea is to create a diagnostic tool that can perform binding reactions cheaply and reliably enough to usher in an era in which physicians will be able to spot proteins that are early warning signs of cancer or neurodegenerative diseases in a pinprick of blood.

    Hood loves to tell the story about how the prototype, and the tight binding reactions it performs inside, were rugged enough to produce reliable results even when Heath left the machine in the truck of his car near Caltech in Pasadena, CA.

    That’s just one example. Carlsbad, CA-based Life Technologies (NASDAQ: LIFE) markets a kit that performs a click reaction to take quantitative measures of DNA in cells, Finn says. Tampa, FL-based Intezyne, whom Finn advises, is using the click principles to attach polymers to drug candidates in a cheap, strong, consistent way to make chemotherapies active only inside tumors, not other tissues where they cause side effects. Hundreds of drug candidates that use the principle are now working their way …Next Page »

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  • Skoda Yeti Imaginarium

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    Skoda se ha unido con Imaginarium, la marca española dedicada a la educación y juego de los niños, para el crear el Yeti Imaginarium, un vehículo con el que Skoda pretende ofrecer un equipamiento destinado a los más pequeños de la familia.

    Este kit de viaje Imaginarium incluye de serie una pequeña maleta con DVD portátil, un retrovisor baby mirror que permite vigilar a los niños que vayan sentados atrás, una pulsera anti mareo, una linterna o incluso diversos juegos de viaje para un mayor entretenimiento de los más pequeños.

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    El Skoda Yeti Imaginarium incluye en su exterior un logo de imaginarium en el portón trasero y en ambos laterales. Mientras que también lo podemos encontrar en el interior, por ejemplo, en el salpicadero o en klas taloneras de las puertas. En cuanto a la motorización estará disponible unicamente el gasolina 1.2 TSI de 105 CV y el 2.0 TDI common rail de 110 CV, ambos con caja de cambios manual de 5 velocidades y tracción delantera

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  • Mod: Sense 2.5 minus a few clouds

    Sense_Less_Clouds_small Now here is an unusual Sense 2.5 mod. HJ200 reports that for users in colder climes, Sense 2.5 weather can be a bit overpowering and even depressing , with constant cloud cover not just in the sky, but also on their device itself.

    The weather animations is however one of the stand-out features of Sense 2.5, and he did not want to sacrifice it completely.

    The solution was to remove a few cloud from the animation, resulting in clearer skies and a more usable device.

    If you are in the same situation his mod can be downloaded from this XDA-Dev thread here. Remember to soft-reset after installation.

    Thanks HJ200 for the tip.


  • The Irony Of The Euro Crisis: This Is What The World Would Be Like Under The Gold Standard

    I’ve spent a great deal of time in the last few months describing why the Greek crisis was much larger, more complex and a greater risk than anyone assumed. As stocks continued to chug higher (and I built short positions) an odd occurrence was brewing. Gold prices were rallying in tandem with the dollar. As the market began to crater and eventually crash 1,000 points in one day the gold market actually continued to rally along with the dollar! For anyone familiar with gold and forex markets this was more than odd. But there is a reasonable explanation for the move. And half of that move is entirely unjustified and incorrect in my opinion.

    What if I told you that the Euro’s inevitable demise was not a condemnation of fiat money? You’d probably call me crazy. Well, that’s basically what several emailers have done in recent days. I received this friendly note from a reader recently:

    “nice work predicting the risk in Greece and the Euro over the last few months, but you’re dead wrong about paper money and the gold standard. The Euro is proving that paper money does not work and gold’s recent price increases prove that the move towards a gold standard is on the horizon”

    The irony behind the Euro crisis is that it is not at all a condemnation of fiat money. In fact, it is a condemnation on single currency systems such as the gold standard. I have long argued that the mess the EMU created in 1999 with the inception of the Euro was unlikely to survive a serious global recession. This was due to one primary argument. The gold standard and single currency systems have all ended in demise for similar reasons. This was due to their inherent inflexibility and inherent weaknesses imposed on particular trade partners within the currency system. As I’ve previously noted in “Reflections on gold as an asset class“:

    “the gold standard had a tendency to cause severe strains on countries due to trade imbalances and the inability to provide flexibility to countries with trade deficits.”

    The move off the gold standard and convertible currency systems has generally been due to the inherent restraints imposed by such systems. For instance, trade deficit nations are at an inherent weakness when attempting to respond to recession because the trade imbalance results in rising unemployment and falling output and prices – an inherently deflationary environment. With your own currency this imbalance would naturally offset over time, but under a single currency system there is no opportunity for the floating exchange system to reach balance. This is just one very simple example of the types of inherent restrictions a single currency system imposes on a nation, but it’s particularly pertinent as we see this exact event unfolding in Greece – where the single currency system is destroying the country and handcuffing the government from properly defending their economy and thus providing for their citizens. Instead, they are risking default (a risk which does not exist within a sovereign issuing floating exchange system) and forcing their citizens into recession all so the surplus nation of Germany can enjoy price stability and continued high exports.

    The inefficient market irony within all of this is that the markets are viewing the Euro crisis as a condemnation and failure of fiat money. That couldn’t be farther from the truth. What we are seeing in Europe is in many ways what we would see if the world were living in a gold standard world or a convertible currency world. The same unnecessary restrictions would occur and deficit nations would be at risk of recession which would ultimately result in regional and perhaps global recession. The recent rise in gold prices is not based on the true fundamentals of mined gold, but rather on the hope that the Euro’s failure will increase demand for gold via its potential return as a true currency. As we’ve described above, that is entirely misguided thinking and perhaps the greatest real-time example of the inefficient market I have ever witnessed.

    Of course, this doesn’t imply that gold prices are set to collapse. In fact, we are likely to see gold prices continue their record move so long as the weakness in the Euro continues. If the Euro collapses misguided governments will clamor for gold as they incorrectly worry over the stability of their own paper currencies. After all, the ignorance with regards to our monetary system extends up to the very highest levels of government and the total lack of understanding is on display in Europe every day as politicians make mistake after mistake and further destroy their economy. The politicians and central bankers have mishandled this crisis at almost every single step and this lack of understanding with regards to the monetary system is the single largest contributing factor. What does this all prove? The inefficient market is alive and well.

     This guest post previously appeared at the author’s blog, The Pragmatic Capitalist >

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  • Only morons, cheats and liars still believe in Man-Made Global Warming by James Delingpole

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    Well of course I would write a headline like that having just spent the last three days in Chicago at the Heartland Institute’s 4th International Conference on Climate Change. This is the event the cackling, cloak-wearing, befanged AGW-denying community attends every year to glorify in their own evil. And naturally, in the wake of Climategate, a mood of uproarious triumphalism has prevailed as distinguished skeptical scientists, economists, and policymakers from around the world – Pat Michaels, Richard Lindzen, Ian Plimer, Bob Carter, Fred Singer.. you name them, they’re here – have gathered to dance on the smouldering ashes of the mythical beast ManBearPig.

    Except we shouldn’t use that word “sceptic” any more. Richard Lindzen – Godfather of Climate Realism – told us so in one of the keynote addresses.

    “Scepticism implies doubts about a plausible proposition,” he said. “Current global warming alarmism hardly represents a plausible proposition.” Not least, he pointed out, because the various activist scientists, greenies and government institutions pushing AGW theory have failed to “improve their case over 20 years.” So paper thin are the AGW movement’s arguments that pretty much the only defences left to them are desperate techniques like the appeal to authority (“the Royal Society believes in AGW and the Royal Society is, like, really old and distinguished, so AGW must be true”) and cheap slurs.

    Source: blogs.telegraph.co.uk

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  • New Elevators Installed In Japan Can Take 80 People Sky-High [Elevators]

    It could be the world’s largest elevator. Measuring about the size of my living room, an office in Osaka, Japan, has installed five of Mitsubishi Electric’s largest elevators—capable of squeezing in 80 people each. More »










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  • Germans Now Want All Of Europe To Adopt Short-Selling Rules — Speculators Respond By Hammering DAX

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    After hastily announcing new regulations to go after short-sellers yesterday, German leaders have quickly realized the folly of country-specific regulations within the EU. Nothing’s to stop traders from going after these various instruments in other countries.

    So now they’re on a campaign to get the rest of Europe on board. According to Bloomberg, Deputy Finance Minister Hans Michelbach is pushing the UK to join in, and then, hopefully the rest of the EU. Somehow we’d be surprised if the UK succumbed to this nonsense, given its desire to keep its place as a pre-eminent financial city. But stupider things have been done.

    Meanwhile, investors have responded by hammering the German stocks. The DAX is off 2.7%.

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  • Google Said to Launch Amazon S3 Competitor

    There’s no shortage of rumors in the buildup to the Google I/O 2010 conference, set to debut later today. The latest is that Google will be launching an Amazon S3 competitor, offering on-demand storage services to developers. The company is said to position its service, which will be called Google Storage for Developers, ‘GS’ for shor… (read more)

  • How to hotwire a car

    Here are some delicious steps on how to hotwire a car. Learn this skill and use it to hotwire a car responsibly and legally. Hot-wiring a car is not an easy job and unlike changing a fuel filter in any cars. It is a dangerous task and likely to damage the car if you did not handle the job well. Therefore make sure you read step by step carefully and do not try this to someone else’s car. ONLY do it when necessary or else you may stand a chance to get a new car.

    How to hotwire a car

    how to hotwire a car
    Here we shared the most basic way to hotwire a car with simple 5 steps. This method will work on most of the cars. It may not work on cars with high security that hides the required component to hotwire.

    Step 1 Prepare what you need to hotwire a car

    You will need to prepare:

    The proof of ownership if you are going to hotwire a car in public places like public car park.

    Flat-head screwdriver, Slotted screwdriver, and Phillips-head screwdriver.

    Wire cutters and rubber tape.

    Insulated gloves to protect yourself and a small-size hammer.

    Your car owner’s manual for reference.

    Forget about the proof of ownership if you are about to hot-wire your own car in your own garage. You can try pound the slotted screwdriver into your car ignition and turn the engine on like a car. It will work surprisingly for many cars manufactured before late 80’s but this method will spoil the ignition cylinder.

    Step 2 Remove the ignition cover

    The ignition cover usually has several screws on top and bottom of the steering column. Remove these screws and also remove the plastic cover gentle and soft. If you are a forgetful person, take some pictures or video of how it looks like before you remove any components.

    Step 3 Get the right wire to hotwire

    Pull out the ignition cylinder slowly and identify the wires. General cars will at least have five wires behind the ignition cylinder. Usually there are 2 red color wires for the car power, another one or two brown color which connect to the starter, and another green color wire to the earth. Now you will need to refer to your car owner’s manual to see which color is exactly for certain function.

    Step 4 Connect the power wires

    Wear the insulated gloves, cut both power wires (usually in red), stripes the ends and then connect the wires. You can connect it by twisting them together using your finger easily. It is like how to start a car with a key when you turn on the ignition before start the engine, it will provide power to everything in the car.

    Step 5 Start the car

    Now is the last step on how to hotwire a car. It is the step where usually you will turn your key in the ignition to start the engine. Cut the starter wires, stripe the ends and touch both of these wires together. Pull them apart and use rubber tape to tape both ends as soon as the car is started. You will only need few second to start the car.

    Tips on hotwire a car

    Here are some delicious tips for some special cars that may require a little bit more effort to start it properly.

    Some cars have only one start wire. In this case, cut the wire and stripe the end and touch it to the exposed part of the connected power wires. This will help to start the car.

    Some cars have some switches which will disconnect the battery. The car engine won’t start no matter how hard you try to hotwire it. Look for these switches and turn it on.

    Hybrid cars and electric cars may come with different components; you may have to refer to owner’s manual to do a better job.

    If you notice there is a flashing light around the ignition, it may be the immobilizer. You will have to disable it or else the car won’t start. That’s all for how to hotwire a car.

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  • All Hell Breaking Loose In Thailand, Stock Exchange On Fire

    ThaiDeveloping… my twitter has a play by play of today’s events so far @vincefernando

    All hell is breaking loose in Thailand now. The army moved to clear protesters out of their main Ratchprasong encampment this morning, moving slowly inwards towards the main protest stage while encountering sporadic resistance in the outer area of the protest site. There were some limited casualties, including foreign journalists, though we’ll wait for official confirmation of the exact counts.

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    Yet even after the key Thai protest leaders surrendered themselves to police and told their followers that the protest was over, riots spontaneously broke out across Bangkok and in upcountry provinces.

    There are now multiple locations in Bangkok where protesters are angry and burning tires, burning buildings, and clashing with security forces. Even upcountry, Thai television has shown mobs of protesters storming some town halls and lighting them on fire. Symbols of the Thai establishment appear to have been targeted. For example, protesters immediately tried to burn down the luxury Central World shopping mall next to their main protest stage. One Thai TV station, Channel 3, is also reportedly besieged by people.

    One odd occurrence in our view has involved the Thai stock exchange. It actually ended in the green today, despite Asia being generally down. Apparently investors under-estimated the implications of the army crackdown today. It’s not as easy as forcing a few people into submission. Well it’s been now made pretty clear, especially because the stock market building itself is now on fire:

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    UPDATE: Things continue to get dicey, it appears that protest/riot points are appearing in new areas of the city. Via twitter I have received reports of banks being set ablaze (banks who have been seen as sympathetic ot the establishment perhaps), and a large electricity building burnt down. A huge luxury shopping mall called Central World is also reported to have a massive fire and could burn down. Moreover the mobile phone network is going down in some places probably as cell towers burn.

    Here it is, Central World pic via reporter Micheal Yon’s twitter:

    Central World On Fire

    See our take on the situation from just a few days ago >

    Here’s a video of an upcountry riot, as an example.

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  • 2011 Dodge Circuit EV

    The Dodge EV development vehicle, also called Dodge Circuit EV sports car, is a two-passenger, rear-wheel-drive, all-electric sports car introduced at the 2009 North American International Auto Show.

    The car is based on the current Lotus Europa S, and combines a lithium-ion battery pack with a 200-kilowatt electric motor, capable of generating 268 bhp (200 kW) and 480 lbf·ft (650 N·m) of torque.

  • Peugeot 508 details: rendering and spy shots of 508 wagon

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    The new Peugeot 508 will appear in both sedan and station wagon versions, with the latter already undergoing testing. The 508 wagon in this rendering shows the evolution of this model, from the 407 (which it replaces) to the Peugeot Concept 5 which appeared at the Geneva motor show last March.

    The 508 SW will put plenty of distance between itself and the 407, following more traditional design principles than the radical move which was behind the previous model. It will be smooth and balanced in its looks, but will also be a practical wagon, regaining some of the boot space that was sacrificed on the 407. The 508 will aim to be flexible and spacious, with a new design in the bargain.

    The Peugeot 508 should be presented in 2011 and will be a larger model, not just in the boot, but also in the external dimensions, reaching a length of about 485 cm. That puts it in line with its competitors in the segment and internal space should be vastly improved on the 407 offering. More details after the jump.

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    The 508 station wagon will be launched in Europe about six months after the sedan, with both models sharing the same engine range. Two petrol units will be available: the 1.6-litre THP with 155 or 200 hp, and the future 2.0 THP which will have a power range of between 200 and 240 hp (it will also appear on the BMW 3 Series).

    The diesel options will include four units: the 1.6 with 110 hp, the 2.0 with 140 and 163 hp, and the 3.0 V6 with 240 hp. There will also be the diesel-hybrid all-wheel-drive model which will be released at a later date and will have a 163 hp engine with electric motor, capable of overall power of 200 hp and 100 g/km of CO2. Off the back of this model we should also see a Peugeot 508 soft-roader model with a higher wheelbase that will follow in the tracks of the Audi A4 Allroad.

    Source | Automobile-Magazine.fr


  • World Premiere Call Of Duty: Black Ops Uncut Trailer Watch It Now

    World Premiere Call Of Duty: Black Ops Uncut Trailer Watch It NowHave you seen the Call of Duty : Black Ops trailer? If not, then you are missing half of your life. The newest uncut trailer of Call of Duty: Black Ops was totally kick ass. The newest first player shooter game will be another hit game to all of the gamers who have enjoyed the previous series of Call of Duty.
    The newest Call of Duty sets place in the Cold War of 1968. Players on this game have control of a team of operatives travelling to different spots of the world where there are communist rebels.
    USA Today gave a brief description of the mission from the game. The game begins with a player on an SR-71 Blackbird over the Ural Mountains. They then see a team on the ground with the use of surveillance camera and direct them where they need to go. The player takes over control on one of the troops at ground level as soon as the command section is finished. The first mission given to gamers will be to infiltrate a Russian facility.

    I know that I have been killing you with boredom from this long introduction about the game. So here is the newest Call of Duty: Black Ops trailer. Let me know what you think of the trailer, is it a kick ass trailer or another dumb trailer.



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  • 20 concept cellphones that give an eco touch to your chatter

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    The inability to restrict our urge to possess everything has resulted in a scarcity of resources vital for a green planet. This urge has pushed the limits to a threatening level, and one major contributor to this threat is the rise in the number of cellphones. According to a study, an average user buys a new cellphone every 18 months and simply discards the used phone. This not only adds to the e-waste problem, but this rise in the number of cellphones burdens the grid as well. Industrial designers have tried to reduce the impact of cellphones on the environment with greener concepts that are either made from sustainable materials or don’t require a connection to the wall socket to keep you connected. Here is a list of 20 such concepts that are trendy, high on technology and above all green.

    • Cheers:

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    Cheers is a conceptual phone by industrial designer Tryi Yeh that doesn’t directly need an electrical recharge. The phone is designed to be powered not by electrons but wine. Designed in the shape of a liquor bottle, the phone features a fuel cell that runs on wine to generate electricity.

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    • Coke-powered Concept Cellphone:

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    Conceived by industrial designer Daizi Zheng, this concept phone for Nokia ditches Li-ion batteries and runs on a much cleaner fuel cell powered by sugar. The fuel cell generates electricity from carbohydrates, which are commonly found in soft drinks. The bio-battery, according to the designer, can operate the cellphone for three to four times longer than a conventional Li-ion battery on a single charge.

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    • SoleCall:

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    The SoleCall solar-powered cellphone concept by designer Julia Schlegel is a basic communicating device that lacks a screen. The phone isn’t designed to carry any hi-tech features under its rubber body, but will make sure that the user is able to call using the numeric keypad and the on/off button. The phone comes with a hanger to enable the user to hang it at any place that gets abundant sunlight. This ultra-cheap phone could be an ideal choice for people living in underdeveloped countries.

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    • Mechanical Mobile:

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    The Mechanical Mobile is the brainchild of industrial designer Mikhail Stawsky, who believes that renewable energy isn’t only about solar and wind energy generators. This concept features two charging options, including a spin charger and a crank. The touchscreen cellphone is designed in two versions, allowing the user to either spin the entire thing around a finger or crank the tip for power.

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    • Sticker Phone:

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    Conceptualized by industrial designer Liu Hsiang-Ling, the Sticker Phone runs on abundant energy provided by the sun. The concept can be attached to the windshield of your car or the window of your living room, where it can harness solar energy to juice up its onboard battery.

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    • Cell Wrap:

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    The Cell Wrap by designer Fernando Robert is a basic design for a communicating device. The idea is to make the cellphone from recycled polyethylene that literally wraps a lead-free LCD screen, a PCB and a keypad.

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    • NEC Flask Cellphone:

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    The NEC Flask Cellphone has been designed to run on a liquid fuel cell. Unlike a battery, this phone requires the user to fuel the onboard cartridge with a liquid, which drains as the device is used. Once fully empty, the cartridge can easily be refilled with the same liquid.

    • Magic Stone:

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    Designed by Alexander Mukomelov, the Magic Stone is a device that can be ordered by the customers in any desired shape. The phone will be able to gather enough charge from electromagnetic waves that are used for calling. The device also features a nano-material coating that will convert sunlight into electricity.

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    • LINC:

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    The LINC Concept has been aimed to reduce the number of cellphones that are discarded each year around the world. The phone packs all features commonly available in smartphones, but isn’t actually sold but leased. The user can use the device for about a year and when any new technology arrives, the user can get his or her device upgraded to support the new systems.

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    • Atlas Kinetic Cellphone:

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    The Atlas Kinetic Cellphone concept is to be made using aluminum and glass. The phone uses an oscillating weight to power a mainspring to power the onboard battery.

    • Magnet Phone:

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    The Magnet Phone by Tryi Yeh features a light OLED panel and a large solar cell for powering the device. The design allows the users to customize the structure according to their taste. With all this, the users can still enjoy their favorite music tracks, games and videos without worrying about charging the device.

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    • LG Eco Solar:

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    The LG Eco Solar by Aaron Martinez adds sustainability to your chatter with renewable energy. The phone features an onboard solar panel that can be recharged in sunlight or by incandescent and fluorescent lights when indoors.

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    • Nokia Ink 01:

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    Designed by Luis Barceló, the Nokia Ink 01 is an answer to the growth in the number of cellphones being used and their impact on the environment. The device is designed to reduce the energy consumption in all stages of the lifecycle of the phone, making it easy to disassemble and ensure that it had a high percentage of recyclable materials. All the structural parts of the phone are made of recycled aluminum, a material that be transformed with very low energy consumption and can be recycled almost endlessly.

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    • Label With Green:

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    The Label With Green by designers Shao Wei Huang, Chia-Yi Cho, Yu Pei Kuo and Chung Kai Chiang isn’t exactly a user-friendly device but does answer the big question of energy consumption. The solar-powered concept phone comes with Eco-Green Electronic Labels that are designed to power individual components of the phone. The idea is to make the phone run only on its essential systems till the time you’re not actually making a phone call or texting. When need arises, you can attach an Eco-Green Electronic Label, which is actually a solar paper label that can juice up various components.

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    • Leaf Phone:

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    Conceptualized by Seungkyn Woo and Junyi Heo, the Leaf Phone is a wearable phone concept that gets powered by renewable solar energy. The flexible phone carries flexible solar modules, which enables the user to wear the device like a wristwatch. The ends of the wristband are secured with magnets. The device won’t allow you to download music or play games, but will make sure that the basic phone functions are made to run on clean energy.

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    • GettaGrip Musclephone:

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    The GettaGrip Musclephone is weird device that features a built-in squeezer that needs just 40 seconds of vigorous squeezing to give you a battery full of charge.

    • Vertu Essence:

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    Vertu Essence is an ecologically sensitive mobile handset for the eco-luxury market. The outer casing is made from bamboo. The ceramic titanium core with sapphire crystal screen lasts several lifetimes. Essence comes with lifetime service where cases can be exchanged and firmware can be upgraded. All exchanged parts are reused or recycled by the company, meaning that you add nothing to the trash bin.

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    • GEM:

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    Designed by Takumi Ota, the GEM seems more of a digital diary than a cellphone. This solar-powered device isn’t expected to boost smartphone features but will be great for calling and texting. In addition, the device also features a digital clock, a calculator and a calendar.

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    • Nokia Morph:

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    The Nokia Morph device is a bridge between highly advanced technologies and their potential benefits to end-users. The device features built-in solar panels to charge the device. The electronics shown in the concept could cost less and include more functionality in a smaller space.

    • Nokia Eco Sensor Concept:

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    The Nokia Eco Sensor Concept is a mobile phone with compatible sensors that will help you stay connected not only to your dear ones, but inform you about your health and local environment. It’s a two-part concept, a wearable watch like device that monitors weather, health and environment conditions, and is powered by its solar strap. The data is then transferred to the mobile phone (second part ofconcept) via radio frequency.

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