The Palm App Catalog is now thankfully back in action after some major downtime over the weekend.
Beginning Saturday, users were reporting troubles ranging from outright unavailability to apps failing to install. Users were manually setting their devices’ clocks to an earlier date (ie bypassing “network time”) to work around the issue, which obviously wreaks havoc with calendar appointments and general PIM functionality.
New measures will allow flights for a limited time at higher ash densities.
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said that a Time Limited Zone (TLZ) has been agreed to operate in the new zone airlines. A spokesman for National Air Traffic Services said that “According to the latest information from the CAA (Civil Aviation Authority) and the Met Office, the volcanic ash cloud clears the UK for the period 1900 BST until 0100 BST tomorrow and all airports in Northern Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales will be available during this period. A no-fly zone remains in force over parts of the North Sea which could restrict helicopter flights.” British Airways chief executive Willie Walsh criticized the blanket bans on flying as he stated that they were “a gross over-reaction to a very minor risk”. Other UK airports are now open after being affected earlier are: Teeside, Leeds-Bradford, Blackpool, Sheffield, Manchester, Liverpool, Doncaster, Carlisle, Humberside, East Midlands and services in the Isle of Man.
The ash from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland had led to thousands of flights being delayed and others cancelled across Europe since last month. The volcano still continues to erupt and shows no signs that its activity will end soon.
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We all know that pets aren’t supposed to have people food. But let’s face it, sometimes, it happens…something falls on the floor when you’re cooking dinner, and Buddy is quickly there, vacuuming up the crumbs, or Felix steels something off the plate when you aren’t looking…
There are some healthy “people foods” for pets (only small amounts– not replacements for pet food). But there are also many foods that can be dangerous to our feline friends and canine companions.
Here is a handy list of the top common foods that are toxic to your pet along with tips on what to do if your pet happens to get a hold of any of these substances.
Avocado
While many pet owners say they feed their pets avocados with no problems, studies have shown that their leaves, fruit, seeds and bark can contain a toxin called Persin. According to the ASPCA, the Guatemalan variety, which is commonly found in stores, contains the most toxicity.
Onions, onion powder, chives and garlic
These all can lead to gastrointestinal irritation and red blood cell damage. All forms of onion can cause problems including dehydrated onions, raw and cooked onions. Cats are more susceptible than dogs, but it can be toxic to both.
Grapes and raisins
These can be toxic to dogs and cause kidney failure. Researchers say there are still many unknowns about the toxicity of grapes and raisins, including whether only certain types of dogs are affected, but it is advised not to feed grapes or raisins to dogs in any amount.
Yeast dough
Dough that is not cooked and contains yeast can rise in your pet’s stomach, causing pain, and can potentially cause the intestines to rupture. This risk diminishes once the dough is cooked.
Left-over bones
Left-over bones pose a choking hazard to pets, and they can also splinter and puncture your pet’s gut or intestine. Additionally, do not feed your pet undercooked meat or eggs, as they can contain harmful bacteria.
Foods with a high salt or fat content
Excessive fats can cause upset stomach and potentially inflame the pancreas causing pancreatitis. Salty foods can pose a risk for the development of sodium ion toxicosis, according to the ASPCA. Be aware that if your pet gets into food with a high fat or salt content, she could experience stomach problems including diarrhea and vomiting.
Chocolate, coffee, alcohol
According to the ASPCA, the substances in chocolate, coffee, and caffeine, methlxanthines, can cause vomiting, diarrhea, panting, excessive thirst and urination, hyperactivity, tremors, seizures, and potentially death in pets. The higher the cocoa percentage, the more dangerous the chocolate is, making dark chocolate more toxic than milk or white chocolate. All these products can cause vomiting, diarrhea and even death.
Sugarless candies (products sweetened with xylitol)
This compound can cause liver damage and even death in some more vulnerable dogs. Xylitol is in many products including gum, candy, sugar-free cookies and toothpaste.
Macadamia nuts
These nuts can cause weakness, vomiting, tremors and hyperthermia in dogs. Symptoms generally last up to two days, and usually appear within 12 hours of ingestion.
What do you do if your pet ate something poisonous?
If your animal is having seizures or losing consciousness, bring him or her to your veterinarian or emergency vet center.
If your pet is not showing symptoms, but ingested something potentially toxic, call the ASPCA hotline at (888) 426-4435. Have the following information available: the species, breed, age, sex, weight, and information about the product exposure. It is best to have the package of the product available for reference.
Megan Zehnder, an animal lover and committed vegetarian, is an editor and producer for Care2’s Healthy and Green Living.
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It’s taken a full year and upward of $700 million in acquisitions, but CA Technologies (yes it’s a new moniker) finally delivered on its cloud-computing strategy with several major product announcements. The Cloud-Connected Management Suite — the centerpiece of CA’s announcements — leverages pieces technology it acquired from Cassatt, Oblicore, NetQoS, 3Tera and Nimsoft over the last year, as well as, no doubt, large amounts of internal innovation within CA.
As I describe in detail in my research note on GigaOM Pro (sub required), the new products – Cloud Insight, Cloud Compose, Cloud Optimize and Cloud Orchestrate – attempt to simplify decision-making by letting organizations know what services are available to them and which of their physical, virtual or cloud-based resources are for hosting them. The products complement CA’s infrastructure-management tools, which now support Cisco UCS and provisioning in Amazon Web Services. With these products, CA has set the bar for how management software must act within cloud-connected organizations. It must recognize resources of all types, understand that some services will be hosted elsewhere, and somehow enable users to make sense of it all.
Of course, evolution happens fast in cloud computing, and there’s no telling what the competitive landscape will look like once the products start becoming available in the fourth quarter of this year. Competitors — be they systems-management vendors like IBM, or virtualization vendors like VMware, or both, like Microsoft — fully understand the cloud market (some played integral roles in shaping it, in fact), and they could invest in research or acquisitions to match CA’s service-focused approach to cloud computing. CA might have more innovations up its sleeve, too, which will just serve to up the value proposition for its products. Furthermore, the company maintains partnerships with vendors like VMware and Microsoft around their hypervisors, so customers might be able to build best-of-breed virtualized environments.
However, the success of CA’s approach actually might hinge on the success of the Carnegie Mellon University-led SMI Consortium and the Cloud Commons, two new entities backed by CA and on which which its new software rely heavily. SMI stands for “Service Management Index,” which is a matrix of six factors against which cloud services are rated. Cloud Commons contains SMI rating for thousands of cloud services, as well as qualitative data from experts and users, and CA Cloud Insight compiles SMI ratings for internal services to compare against what’s available in the cloud. It will be interesting to see what happens if neither efforts catches on before the first of CA’s products hits shelves in the fourth quarter, or if competitors latch onto both and incorporate them into their own virtualization- and cloud-management offerings.
Read my full report for in-depth product, competitive and roadmap analysis, and attend Structure 2010 to hear how the rest of the software industry is tackling the cloud.
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We hold these truths to be self-evident:
So what will happen then?
There’s no perfect historical precedent, mostly because of Greece’s inability to devalue its currency in conjunction with a default. But the Argentina default in 2002 does shed some light on what we have to look forward to.
Richard Thies at Northern Trust offers an excellent snapshot:
In the world of sovereign debt settlements, things have come a long way since Peru settled its 1889 default in part by offering creditors two million tons of guano. While making a great fertilizer, investors were understandably a little disappointed with this outcome. Luckily, the era of debt-restructuring via barter is long past and in its wake settlement terms and processes have rapidly evolved. The largest sovereign default in history, Argentina’s in January 2002, is very close to being settled just 8 years and 5 short months later. Looking at the recent history of sovereign defaults gives some clues as to the outcome of a possible Greek restructuring/default, were it to happen, but leaves many questions unanswered.
Intuitively, the Argentina default is the most instructive for the current situation as it is both the most recent debt collapse by an industrialized country (last year’s Jamaican default didn’t attract much fanfare) and the largest in history at $82 billion. For comparison, Greece will need to roll-over roughly €104 billion ($130 billion) between now and 2013, which does not include additional deficit-financing as needed. Regardless, the scope is comparable. Despite the similarities, the ongoing Argentine restructuring process has been unique, though some of the idiosyncrasies of the process do shed some light.
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A Mercedes apresentou nessa semana o seu mais novo sistema que dispensa motorista, o carro pode ser conduzido apenas pelo sistema que a marca vai apresentar, sendo assim o piloto virá passageiro realmente.
O sistema apresentado pela marca, realmente é revolucionário, mas ainda está em estado de evolução, então só pode ser usados em pistas fechadas.
Mas com o tempo a marca pretende aplicar o novo sistema no transito, podendo auxiliar o piloto em qualquer atraso de frenagem ou algo do tipo, ou também se o motorista quiser curtir a paisagem, só chegar o banco para trás e curtir.
Mas mesmo com isso tudo, será que é uma boa idéia? Assista ao vídeo!
Fonte: Auto Esporte
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Despite Iran signing a uranium deal with Turkey and Brazil, the US announced that it will move ahead with its press for sanctions against Iran.
Last October the deal proposed to Teheran by the P5+1 (US, France, UK and China plus Germany), was similar to the signed deal with Turkey and Brazil. The deal stated that Iran would send enriched uranium to Russia and would be returned as fuel rods that could not be used for nuclear weapons; however Iran opted not to agree with the deal. In the signed deal of Iran with Turkey and Brazil, it was noted that the same amount of uranium stated in the deal last October will be shipped to Turkey and be returned to Iran as research reactor that is designed only to produce radioactive isotopes for treating cancer. Iran stated today that it would continue its 20 percent enrichment, with was a direct violation of the UN Security Council resolutions. Robert Gibbs, the White House spokesman, said that shifting nuclear fuel off Iranian soil would be a welcome step; but, Iran would have to give up any further nuclear enrichment and abide by existing UN Security Council resolutions for the dealt to be taken seriously.
Also in the seven months that Iran had not signed with the deal proposed by US, Iran also has processed sufficient extra fuel to give it a “breakout capability” which is enough to make a nuclear bomb even after they will send 1,200 kg of uranium in Turkey.
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki also stated that Iran has the right to call on Turkey to return the uranium “swiftly and unconditionally” back to Iran if any of the provisions in the agreement were not followed.
“What this proposal signifies is less than what they agreed to last October,” Gibbs said.
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In an odd role reversal, MySpace is now declaring itself a bastion of social networking privacy, at least in comparison to Facebook. The company will default many users’ settings to “friends only” and is pre-announcing features that will allow users to choose between three options: public, friends only, or public to anyone 18 or over.
Part of MySpace’s current privacy settings page
This is ironic. Back in ancient history (about five years ago), MySpace became dominant as a dating and entertainment site on the force of open profiles and membership. (In many ways, the site was the predecessor to Twitter, giving fans the ability to “friend” celebrities and get updates on their lives.) Meanwhile, Facebook was much more private and personal, initially closed to everyone but validated students. Since then, each time Facebook has opened up further it has offered additional tools to help users keep their participation private from people like coworkers, non-friends and parental units.
But all those Facebook privacy settings have piled up. Plus, Facebook’s own interests have changed, as it realized the greater opportunity to extend beyond the boundaries of personal communication and just one web site. And it’s introduced new features that have accidentally exposed private user information. Now the company finds itself in a massive privacy backlash.
So MySpace is trying to nudge its way back into the spotlight by declaring its dedication to user privacy. And more than that, simple user privacy. Co-president Mike Jones wrote in a blog post today,
We want our users to know we are planning the launch of a simplified privacy setting for our user profiles. While we’ve had these plans in the works for some time, given the recent outcry over privacy concerns in the media, we felt it was important to unveil those plans to our users now. We believe users want a simpler way to control their privacy. That’s why, in the coming weeks, MySpace will continue to simplify its privacy settings to create a simpler, more intuitive approach that gives users greater control over their information. Setting options will include public, friends only, or public to anyone 18 or over. In making this change, MySpace will default the setting to “friends only” for any user who previously had any granular page setting to “friends only.” Users can change this option with one click if they choose.
To be sure, MySpace has always offered privacy settings (my own profile has been on lock-down for years after some of the skeezy stuff that went on in the early days). This privacy move is just a play for attention — the blogged-about features don’t even have a proposed launch date.
But honestly, privacy is not simple anymore. Not that privacy was ever that simple in the offline world! The difference is now, there’s a preserved recording of our every last secret shared, off-color remark, and embarrassing photo. Kevin Kelleher wrote for GigaOM this weekend “For most people, 50 different privacy settings is 49 too many” in regard to Facebook. But for me, that’s too simplistic — and it’s the same trap MySpace is falling into.
Privacy settings are complicated because privacy is complicated. Ask yourself, which people do you want to allow to see a picture that another person has posted that includes your face. The question is hard to express in words, let alone pre-set controls — but it’s a conundrum that happens millions of times per day on Facebook. Same goes for MySpace, even if is past its day in the sun.
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Polaroid is one of those things that’s always been with us, and if some have their way, always will. I remember taking pictures at camp using the family OneStep, and I still have a shot of myself at my first job.
Wired loves the Polaroid as well, and they recently had the chance to see MIT’s collection from the Polaroid archive. The collection was donated to MIT by the company that now owns the Polaroid name and technology. The gallery is definitely worth a look, as it’s fun to see how the technology has changed over the years.
Como todos que acompanham o mundo esportivo sabem, o novo Chevrolet Camaro recebeu um novo motor, agora mais potente.
Além disso, a marca depois que revelou que seu novo modelo seria vendido no mercado brasileiro, todo mundo de um pulo para trás, pois como todos sabem um super esportivo não custa barato.
A versão que foi escolhida para o mercado brasileiro é equipada com um motor de 3.6 litros V6 que rende 304 cavalos de potencia e será vendido no mercado brasileiro por apenas R$ 110 mil.
Pois é, todos ficaram impressionados com o preço que o modelo será oferecido. Mas voltando aos equipamentos, o modelo terá freios ABS, airbags frontais, controle de estabilidade e rodas de 18 polegadas.
Fonte: Carplace
Most people, when they think of a graph, do not think of something beautiful or interesting. So imagine you need to communicate several dry financial scenarios for an exclusive advertising campaign. In an attempt to visually “brand” the way of delivering information, creative collective The Glue Society created a set of elaborate fluorescent tube installations to display several animated data charts for the BT Bigger Picture [bt.com.au] campaign.
Each of the 4 ads is based on a separate light sculpture, which each was specifically designed to display the statistical information in a visually unique way. More than 40 people were involved in building the media installations, consisting of more than 14,500 light bulbs and 46 kilometers of cabling. A big part of the beauty of these ads also involves the smooth shots and angles of the installations and their subtle dynamic animations.
Watch all 4 commercials, plus a revealing “making-of” documentary below.
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It’s been a while since we’ve had the deal of the day here at GeekTonic, but honestly I haven’t seen anything that caught my eye until now. The Hauppauge HD-PVR which is soon to be a supported Windows 7 Media Center device and already working great for all other HTPC software programs is on sale at Newegg (affiliate).
Newegg has the Hauppauge HD-PVR 1212 Hauppauge HD-PVR component tuners (read more about it here) for your HTPC setup now for $179.99 after rebate with free shipping:
Hauppauge HD PVR High Definition Personal Video Recorder 1212 $179.99 ($219.99 – 15 instant off – $5 with promo code EMCYSZP46 ends 5/19 -20$ MIR All with free shipping.
Thanks to NeilH for the tip!
Depois de mostrar sua principal novidade, que é o novo Sorento 2011, a Kia resolveu revelar também seus planos para este ano e para o ano que vem.
Segundo a marca, neste ano serão seis novidades, já no ano que vem serão apenas três novidades. Entre essas novidades está o novo Cerato hatch que foi apresentado recentemente no Salão de Nova York.
Mas isso não é a única novidade, o modelo está confirmado para o mercado brasileiro, e deve desembarcar por aqui em dezembro.
O modelo será equipado com um motor de 1.6 litros de 16 válvulas, além disso o modelo deve tomar um lugar no mercado brasileiro abaixo do Hyundai i30.
Fonte: Blog Auto
Alan Greenspan’s perpetual bailouts in the face of even the smallest crises have made us a world of wimps, says Stephen Roach of Morgan Stanley. And until we toughen up and realize that the world won’t end if we take our medicine, we’ll be doomed to repeat Greenspan’s mistakes.
Roach’s answer?
We need to have another “Volcker moment.” We need to announce that we’re going to be raising the Fed Funds rate back to 2% in 50 basis-point increments over the next 18 months, starting as soon as the European crisis has stabilized.
Volcker didn’t kill the world when he raised short-term rates to 19% in 1981–he saved it. And now we must do the same.
The pace and severity of financial crises has taken an ominous turn for the worse. Over the past 30 years, a crisis has occurred, on average, every three years. Yet, now, only 18 months after the meltdown of late 2008, Europe’s sovereign debt crisis has hit with full force. With one crisis seemingly begetting another, and the fuse between crises now getting shorter and shorter, the world economy is on a very treacherous course.
Each crisis has its poster child – from Thailand, to dot-com, to subprime. But they all have one thing in common – easy money. The “Greenspan put” – the notion that central banks would be quick and aggressive in backstopping financial market disruptions – was the short-term anaesthetic that repeatedly set the stage for the next crisis.
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Some good thoughts from Waverly Advisors on the state of the copper market, and why the metal’s most likely direction is downward.
The basic idea: inventories (stocks) remain high, China is definitely in tightening mode, and the US economy will cool in the second half.
Here it is more spelled out.
Stock levels continue to decline, though mildly: LME stock levels, have
continued to trend downward in recent months, although they remain high
by historical standards (see chart below). Shanghai copper stocks fell 8,045
MT from last week to 173,095 MT, with 9,715 MT withdrawn and 1,670
delivered.
Chinese Tightening Continues: There is increased speculation that China will
tighten rates after CPI for April registered at 2.8%, with short term
SHIBOR levels trending upwards slightly last week. Last Wednesday The
National Development and Reform Commission released a report predicting
that the prices of industrial goods in general may decline in the next two
months with Copper specifically fluctuating in a larger range than Steel as
cooling demand for residential and industrial construction are offset by
seasonally peak May/June industrial orders.
Scrap Market Indications: Anecdotal reports indicate that US scrap dealers
have been holding back inventory in recent weeks looking for stronger
pricing (lower grade scrap traded down last week).
They conclude:
Although our strategic view for copper remains largely unchanged from February, macro signals that continue to be deflationary on balance domestically (despite recent signals of strength in ISM price data) and our expectations for moderating US growth in the second half have increased our convictions for this reentry.
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An American architecture professor in Abu Dhabi has come up with a new generation of sustainable bricks — grown by bacteria using sand, calcium chloride, and pee. More »
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We’re beginning to hear the first rumblings about the next round of updates to the Nissan GT-R, and if the rumors are to be believed, Nissan’s goal of keeping pace with the refreshed Porsche 911 Turbo (and its S sibling) will continue through the 2012 model year.
As with its German counterpart, the R35 is expected to undergo a host of evolutionary changes, including some reworked aero bits, suspension and brake upgrades, and a retuned 3.8-liter twin-turbo V6 that’s likely to output over 500 horsepower and 450 pound-feet of torque.
The exterior updates will likely be limited to a new front splitter, rear diffuser and a revised wing, all in an effort to increase downforce and drop lap times. And about those lap times…
We’ve heard from our sources on the ground in Germany that the revised GT-R underwent a new round of testing at the Nurburgring last month and that the newly estimated lap times were (of course) below the original GT-R’s 7:26 run. How low? We’re hoping to find out when it arrives early next year.
Gallery: Review: 2010 Nissan GT-R
Photos by Drew Phillips / Copyright (C)2009 Weblogs, Inc.
Rumormill: 2012 Nissan GT-R upgraded to over 500 hp originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 17 May 2010 19:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
European leaders had to be breathing deep sighs of relief when their markets closed.
At least momentarily, it appears the bleeding has been stopped, both in terms of lost confidence, and in the endlessly collapsing euro.
Mike O’Rourke at BTIG looks at where markets have come since the bailout:
It is interesting to note that as of today’s close, since the EU’s “Shock & Awe” intervention, the Stoxx 600 in Europe is up 4.6%, while the S&P 500 is only up 2.35%. For an apples to apples comparison, the Euro currency has lost 2.8%, bringing the Dollar denominated return for the Stoxx 600 to 1.8%. The CAC 40 in France has similar Dollar denominated returns of 1.6%, while returns on Italy’s MIB are 2.4%. The FTSE in the U.K. and the Ibex in Spain are both flattish in Dollar terms and Athens is down 2.5%. The Dollar denominated performance winner is also the country viewed as the largest beneficiary of the weakened Euro, Germany, which is up 3.3%. Obviously, U.S. markets were outperforming by a healthy margin prior to the EU announcement, but major intervention provides an interesting benchmark from which to measure.
Beyond that, on a technical level, Greece is literally getting the first 20 billion eur from the bailout fund — a technical move, but given the worries about the bailout mechanism, a move that’s welcome and calming.
A look at the day’s action shows the extent to which the currency is still calling the shots.
Meanwhile, the good times continue elsewhere. The Nikkei is up about .5% in early action, a welcome move after yesterday’s big selloff.
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