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Industrial Production of Biodiesel
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Science (Aug. 13, 2010) — Within 10 to 15 years, it will be technically possible to produce sustainable and economically viable biodiesel from micro-algae on a large scale. Technological innovations during this period should extend the scale of production by a factor of three, while at the same time reducing production costs by 90%. Two researchers from Wageningen UR (University & Research Centre) believe this to be possible.
In their article in Science (published 13 August), they provide a detailed explanation of the route that needs to be taken.
By producing microscopically small algae in bulk in large-scale installations, Europe should be able to become independent of fossil fuels in a sustainable way. Algae could even contribute to the sustainable production of food. To cultivate algae on a large scale, fertilisers (nitrogen and phosphates) could be extracted from manure surpluses and wastewater, with CO2 coming from industrial residues. The energy source for algae is sunlight. Biodiesel and an almost unlimited quantity of protein and oxygen are the sustainable products of this process. The amount of fresh water consumed in algal cultivation is minimal because seawater can be used.
In a nutshell, that is the idea put forward by Professor René Wijffels and Dr Maria Barbosa of Wageningen UR in their perspective article An Outlook on Microalgal Biofuels in Science.
Sunlight and wastewater
Both authors demonstrate in their article that, according to calculations on energy consumption in transport in Europe, almost 0.4 billion m3 biodiesel would be needed to replace all transport fuels. The cultivation of micro-algae requires 9.25 million hectares of land — equal to the surface area of Portugal — assuming a yield of 40,000 litres of biodiesel per hectare, to supply the European market.
Algae produce the maximum quantity of oily substances when growing under stress. Such conditions can for instance be induced by a shortage of nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphate.
Algae are much more efficient at converting sunlight and fertilisers into usable oily substances than agricultural crops such as oilseed rape. It is not even necessary to have full sunshine for algal cultivation, which is why it is possible to design reactors that look like vertical plates, on to which the light shines from one side. In this way, it is possible to produce 20-80,000 litres of oil per hectare. In comparison, one hectare of oilseed rape or oil palm yields only 1500 or 6000 litres, respectively.
Financial aspects
The 5000 tonnes of algae (dry matter) now produced annually in the whole world has a value of €250/kg. The price is so high because algae can make rare (and therefore expensive) substances like carotenoids and omega 3 fatty acids that are converted into high-quality products such as food supplements. That is extremely expensive when compared with the palm oil (cost price €0.50 /kg) used as a fuel. However, palm oil and other fuel crops are controversial. To investigate whether the use of algae as biofuels is feasible, a feasibility study was carried out on scale enhancement in algal cultivation. This showed that presently the cost price could be reduced to €4/kg. By making use of residues such as wastewater and CO2 from exhaust gases, by improving the technology and by shifting production to sunnier countries, it would even be possible to reduce the price to one-tenth of that level, namely, €0.40 /kg.
Even then, however, the production of bioenergy from algae would not be financially viable. To achieve that goal, the whole algal biomass would have to be utilised. This consists of roughly 50% oil (40 cents/kg, thus), 40% proteins (yielding 120 cents/kg) and 10% sugars (100 cents/kg). This causes the value to rise to €1.65/kg which is enough to run production on a large scale.
Algal proteins offer interesting possibilities. If all transport fuels were to be replaced by algal oil on a European scale, 0.3 billion tonnes of protein would become available as well. That is 40 times more than the amount of protein in the soya that Europe imports each year. Thus, algae would allow us to produce food and feed proteins as well as sufficient quantities of biofuel.
In order to manufacture biofuels from agricultural crops such as oilseed rape, 10,000 litres of fresh water are required to produce each litre of fuel. This is an incredibly large volume. By cultivating algae in seawater, it is possible to achieve the same result with just 1.5 litres of fresh water/kg of product.
With the aid of sunlight, algal growth requires 1.3 billion tonnes of CO2 (Europe produces 4 billion tonnes/year, mainly from fossil fuels) and 25 million tonnes of nitrogen (wastewater and fertilisers contain 8 million). In other words, algal cultivation would not normally compete with food production.
A sustainable pilot-study facility AlgaePARC (Algae Production and Research Centre) will soon be starting up in Wageningen. Here it will be possible to study the scaling up of algal production and to compare various technologies, taking into account energy costs for building, production and logistics during the production of biofuels from algae.
Algae need to be interesting as a food source for fish and shellfish farming within five years. Five years after that, it should be possible to achieve applications such as providing protein sources in foods as well as basic chemicals for the manufacturing industries. Then, in 10-15 years' time, biofuels should be available.
Sourced & published by Henry Sapiecha
Posted on August 16th, 2010 by Henry
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Fashion-wise, American girls are careening between Meth Belly Pirate Slutoween costumes, bedazzled jean jackets worn with heels and blush and tramps-in-training T-shirts. Since Sasha and Maila Obama are about to become the most visible American girls in the world, WWD wonders, what should they wear?
The style bible asked several children's wear designers to imagine inauguration ensembles for the First Daughters. The styles range between colorful skirts and classic, full-skirted dresses — there's even a black velvet pinafore of sorts — but all of the sketches (except for the Bonnie Young evening gowns) seem rather old-fashioned.
(At left, a design by Lucy Sykes; center, a dress by Olive Juice; right, coats by Best & Co.)
Sasha, 7, and Malia, 10, are modern young ladies, not porcelain dolls. Yes, they should look classic, yes, they should look appropriate. But isn't there something antiquated or passé about a little girl in a dress with a Sound Of Music bow at the waist? Clearly, velour pants with "Juicy" emblazoned across the ass would not be appropriate. But. If their father is running on a platform of change, couldn't that be represented in Sasha and Malia's style?
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Ready for His Close-Up: Quincy Smith on Wallstrip
Please see this disclosure related to me and CBS.
And what exactly did Quincy Smith get for handing over millions of dollars to the daily financial Web show, Wallstrip?
Well, to start, a cameo on its aggressively cute-as-ever episode yesterday. The jaunty president of CBS Digital wore sneakers with his uncomfortable-looking power suit as he gamely delivered his lines in a sendup of the site's host–the also aggressively cute-as-ever Lindsay Campbell–arriving at the media giant's headquarters in Manhattan without anyone caring.
Let's hope that does not actually turn out to be the reality of the situation for the quirky creativity of Wallstrip, although I have an uneasy feeling it might be.
Let me first say that the site–like a lot of other video shows popping up daily on the Internet–is a breath of fresh air and is clearly a great direction for the medium to go in. Short, sassy, irreverent, yet helpful and even informative, and–most of all–cheap to produce and with an appealing host, creator Howard Lindzon has got the new-media formula just right.
Such sites hearten me, as I have spent a lot of time trying to find a genuine Internet hit. I am not talking about one-hit wonders like the whimsical cartoons of JibJab with their zillions of streams, but a true and sustained content play that attracts a loyal audience.
That, in turn, one assumes, will attract advertising dollars, especially if video is a major element, because video is the most explosive sector of the Web right now.
But it's clear Wallstrip has very little in the way of revenue, even though it is building an audience. So, I wonder exactly how big a business it could become, as innovative as it is, inside a company that would probably just dearly love to keep making its nut from rolling out the "CSI" franchise to the end of time ("CSI: Scranton!").
Given that interest often follows money in the entertainment business, I worry that Wallstrip could get treated like some exotic pet the higher-ups could easily tire of.
It's not that the peripatetic Smith, who has been making the rounds of just about every major Web company, making online distribution deals for CBS content and trying to get it up to speed on every major digital trend (Joost? We're in! Social networking? We're in! Brown Zunes? Maybe not so much!), does not seem committed to trying.
The former Netscape executive and Silicon Valley venture capitalist, as well as New York investment banker, certainly gets points for effort and enthusiasm. His big boss, Les Moonves, is clearly giving him a lot of running room and support.
And it is decidedly interesting that the company has chosen to remain somewhat neutral in its online associations and is placing a lot of bets all over the Web.
That is especially so compared with other media behemoths, who are trying to join the digital arena in what looks to me like elephants trying to dance together. Which will be, I am guessing, not so pretty, but seriously entertaining.
Moonves, in fact, will be at our D conference next week, where we can grill him on all this and more (and you can see it all on video clips and live blogs we will post during the event).


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The Ryū Clan (龍一族, Ryū Ichizoku) was once a powerful clan of Dragon Guardians entrusted with keeping the Dragon Blade.
The Ryū clan was blessed by the power of the five Genryū, who together fertilised the land belonging to the clan around Mount Koryū. However, due to their clan's history as Dragon Guardians, all members of the clan were bound to the Genryū, signified by small horns on their heads, pointed ears, and, in some cases, facial markings. Because of their appearances, others recognised them immediately as those who had the power of the Genryū on their side, and persecuted them out of fear of the Genryū, exiling the clan and nearly driving them to extinction some time before the First Shinobi World War. The only known remnants of the clan are Akari and her older brother, Kuroma.


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Cheesy Quinoa with Roasted Broccoli
I love it when the husband cooks! Particularly a treat like this one. This is a kicked up mac &
cheese (and you know I have quite the fondness for quinoa). And also this blog I just discovered! Carey Nershi has quite the eye and I look forward to scouring every corner
of her blog for new recipes and more of her gorgeous photos.
Cheesy Quinoa with Roasted Broccoli
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3/4 cup of quinoa
1 1/2 cups of water
half a large head of broccoli, cut into bite-sized pieces
2 tbsp olive oil
salt and pepper
2 tbsp butter
1/4 cup of milk
1/2 to 3/4 of a beaten egg
3 oz. of sharp cheddar cheese, grated
a pinch of kosher salt
Preheat oven to 425°. Toss broccoli in olive oil, salt, and pepper, then spread out over a
baking sheet. Bake for 15–20 minutes, or until the broccoli just begins to brown.
In the meantime, combine water and quinoa in a pan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to
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As soon as the quinoa has finished cooking, combine the butter, milk, egg, and salt in a
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Every season of Dexter has been about its titular serial killer trying really hard to keep his secret. This year, however, it's his sister Deb who has a secret: Not only does she love her brother, but she's in love with him. (As she said, he's the serial killer, and she's more messed-up!) Well, that secret is finally out, so now what comes next?
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How will Deb's (Jennifer Carpenter) admission change their dynamic? "I think it's very helpful for Debra because she's not someone who has characteristically kept secrets and it's been a huge burden for her to be carrying this inside herself, so just to finally get it out in the air, for her, is a way to begin to move past it, to put it behind her," showrunner Scott Buck tells TVGuide.com.
"As awkward and as unfortunate as that moment is, it is actually sort of a freeing moment for both of them because I think they understand each other a lot better now and are able to take this information and begin to move past this to a better relationship."
Dexter's immediate reaction was an apology, but that doesn't mean his "I'm sorry" closes the book on these two kids making a go of it. (And is it weird that we're rooting for that to happen now?) "I think it's him saying, 'I'm sorry that I'm so overwhelmed by this and I have no idea what to say or do,'" Buck says. "I don't think that will be completely closed until the series is over."
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No matter how you feel about Deb and Dexter getting together, there's no denying that Carpenter's performance has been powerful, which has sparked Emmy talk. "She certainly deserves it and we're going to do everything we possibly can because she's been fantastic this year," Buck says.
It helps that the writers infused some levity into that awkward moment. "This particular season has been a little bit harder to find humor at times," Buck says. "It's been a little bit darker and heavier than some of our past seasons because it is the two people we care the most about dealing with such difficult issues, but in scenes like that, yes, it's a real nice tension breaker to have something like that in the middle of the scene. It's very real as well."
Are you rooting for Dexter and Deb? Or do you want to see Dex end up with Hannah (Yvonne Strahovski)? How about those hoping for the return of Lumen (Julia Stiles)? Hit the comments!
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Beans, Beans the Tropical Fruit, the More You Eat the More You — Cheap Date Night
When I was a kid, that was Grandpa's favorite rhyme…
Beans, beans the tropical fruit
the more you eat the more you toot.
He'd recite it over and over and over. And over.
Along with the always favorite-
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!
Whereupon we, disguised as wild Indians, would race into Grandma's house howling for ice cream. It's a wonder she didn't kill us all. And him!
However, since we're discussing cheap date night AND beans all in the same breath, we're going to steer away from the kind that might cause "issues". IfyaknowwhatImean.
So first up, let's fix supper.
Steak and Green Bean Salad
1 steak, cut against the grain in thin slices
Favorite types of lettuce
Green beans – fresh, frozen or canned
Shredded mozzarella
Your choice of other veggies to add
Marinate your steak in your favorite marinade. I use Italian dressing, tabasco and some garlic. Turn a few times.
Cook in either a pan or a grill til it's as done as you like it. (Me? Burn it.)
Cook your green beans – canned takes 4 min in the microwave, fresh and frozen take a bit longer! (But taste better!)
While it's all cooking arrange salad on a plate. Being an Ioweenie, I use lots of iceberg and toss in some spinach for dark leafy greens. Makes me feel all healthy. Add in your mozzarella and almonds. I add in tomatoes and green peppers as well. Give it a good tossing.
When your steak and beans are done, put the beans on the salad first, followed by the steak. Serve with your choice of dressing.
And I bet you're thinking – what kind of drink can she come up with to go with this deeeeelicious salad? Stand back folks, and I'll show you.
With a hearty steak salad, you're going to want a hearty beer to go with it. Dark red wine works too, but for fun, let's try a basic Michelada. There's tons of varieties of Michelada's, this one here is pretty basic. But ohhhh soooo gooood.
1 bottle Corona
1 shot tequila
Kosher salt
Rim your glass with the cut edge of a lime, then dip in the salt. Add in some ice cubes and squeeze the lime over the top of them. Pour in one shot of tequila. Pour your beer over the top, adding a lime garnish if you're so inspired.
Bottom's up!
Now for the movie – snuggle up, take a sip and in honor of the humble bean and the London Olympics let's watch some…..Mr. Bean! Yay!
ps, I hope you saw this the first time it ran…the Olympic Committee has removed the video. Darnit. It was pretty cool.


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The 2017 Frankfurt motor show highlights in pictures
EMBRACING their home turf, European carmakers are on-song at the Frankfurt motor show this week.
Once again it was the electric technology which stole the show.
Electric cars and hybrids are in vogue as the industry sits on the verge of a breakthrough in battery technology that will eliminate range anxiety.
See the pictorial highlights from this year's show.


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Seriously, if "I'll fucking die because of honor" doesn't become a meme by the end of the day, we'll have lost our faith in the Internet.
The "incident" occurred at a Romanian club (hence the title "Nicolas Cage make scandal in downtown Bucharest," you see) where Cage is filming — speaking of epics! — a "Ghost Rider" sequel. Sadly, the cause of the rant wasn't captured on tape; all we know is that by the time cameras were rolling, Cage had worked himself into a rage and screams at a couple. Choice words include — we think:
"Get in that car and walk away....you want to kick me in the head? Do it!"
"My eyes — no lower, no higher! See my eyes: respect them as you'd respect me."
I'll f*****g die because of honour. I'll f*****g die right now"
Instead, he gets into a car with some security people...and onward to further YouTube immortality.


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Steve Jobs' successor as chief executive of Apple, Tim Cook, quoted Abraham Lincoln last year while addressing students at his alma mater, Auburn University, saying: "I will prepare and some day my chance will come."
That day arrived Wednesday for Cook, He has yet to display any of the showmanship that characterized his predecessor's tenure, and that has left some questioning whether he has the vision or genius necessary to guide the maker of the iPhone to even more success.
One key element that may help the 50-year-old ensure success is the care with which Apple has managed the succession process.
After all, he has been acting chief executive for most of this year, and has run the company for substantial periods during Jobs's treatment for pancreatic cancer. During his first spell in charge of the company, Apple's share price hit then near-record highs and issued a steady stream of product updates, including the iPhone OS 3, the iPhone 3GS, and the unveiling of OS X Snow Leopard.
While there were some whispers that Apple's head of design, Jonathan Ive, might take over from Jobs earlier in the process, it has been clear for a couple of years that Cook would take the reins. Analysts said that Cook is a "capable" successor.
Cook is also behind Apple's careful management of its supply chain, which is as much a key part of its success along with snazzy designs.
However, he will need to make sure that he holds on to the skilled designers who have helped make the Apple family of computers and phones some of the most desirable consumer goods on the planet.
"The question is, can he retain that second layer of executives that are below him and Steve Jobs? Will they be pinchable by some of Apple's competitors?" Dan Frommer, founder of tech website SplatF, told CNBC Thursday.
Art Levinson, chairman of Genentech and member of Apple's board, said Wednesday: "The Board has complete confidence that Tim is the right person to be our next CEO.
"Tim's 13 years of service to Apple have been marked by outstanding performance, and he has demonstrated remarkable talent and sound judgment in everything he does."
Cook graduated from Auburn, in Alabama, with a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering in 1982 and earned his M.B.A. at Duke University, where he was a Fuqua Scholar.
Fuqua Dean Blair Sheppard described him as a model student to The Chronicle, the Duke newspaper. "[Cook] was considered a leader, and he was a really, really good student--well-liked by his peers, always prepared, tough but fair," Sheppard said. "We would have predicted good things for him."
Returning to Auburn to give its commencement speech last year, the softly-spoken Cook thanked Jobs and Apple for his success, along with his parents and teachers, and said the most important decision he has ever made was leaving Compaq to join Apple. At the former company, Cook worked as vice president of corporate materials, responsible for procuring and managing all of Compaq's inventory.
He also spoke about the importance of intuition and told students that "you can't plan for a predictable life."
Before joining Compaq, Cook was the chief operating officer of the Reseller Division at Intelligent Electronics, after spending 12 years with IBM .
It's hard to believe when considering Apple's share price now – the company's market capitalization recently surpassed that of Europe's 32 biggest banks combined – but the company was seen as something of a disaster when Cook joined in 1998.
He helped ramp up production rates and reduce inventory so that its supply line ran more smoothly.
Cook is already ranked by Out magazine as the world's most powerful gay person, although he has given very little away about his personal life. In fact, he is so devoted to his job that he was paid $40,001 for accrued and unused vacation last year.
This year, we suspect that his vacation time will be even more limited.


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Initial Jobless Claims Fall by 25,000 as Hurricane Sandy's Effect Wanes
WASHINGTON -- The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell for a third straight week last week, but still remain too volatile to offer a clear signal on labor market conditions.
Initial jobless claims dropped 25,000 to a seasonally adjusted 370,000, the Labor Department said on Thursday. The prior week's figure was revised to show 2,000 more applications than previously reported.
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Last week's drop brought them back to their pre-superstorm Sandy's 360,000-370,000 range. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast claims falling to 380,0000 last week.
The four-week moving average for new claims, a better measure of labor market trends, rose 2,250 to 408,000, reflecting the impact of the late October storm. That was the highest level since October last year.
More:Has Job-Hunting Become Your Hobby?A Labor Department official said there was nothing unusual in the state-level data, but noted claims tend to post their largest percentage increase in the last week of November, catching up from the Thanksgiving holiday.
In addition, seasonal layoffs in sectors like construction, start picking up this time of the year and remain elevated until early January. This will make claims a less useful gauge of labor market conditions in the weeks ahead.
The claims report has no bearing on Friday's employment data. Economists estimate the monster storm, which slammed the densely populated East Coast, could subtract between 25,000 and 75,000 jobs from November's nonfarm payrolls.
The closely watch employment report, which will be released on Friday, is expected to show payrolls increased only 93,000 last month after advancing 171,000 job in October, according to Reuters survey of economists. The unemployment rate is seen holding steady at 7.9 percent.
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How to Master Instagram Tilt-Shift
Instagram's tilt-shift effect is the finishing touch on a work of smartphone art. It can be a masterstroke or a muddy mess, depending on how you use it. Too often, we've seen tilt-shift overused, misappropriated or misunderstood.
For the uninitiated, the tilt-shift effect is used by photographers to highlight a plane or exaggerate a minimal depth-of-field. It's simulated in Instagram with a blur tool that comes in two flavors: linear and circular. Though simplified, the tool can be powerful if used wisely.
Don't let bad shift happen to you. Heed these tips, and you'll be pinching and spreading your way to vignettes with more depth and likes in no time.*
*Mileage may vary, results not guaranteed.
1. Look for a vertical or horizontal axis.
The first rule of linear Instagram tilt-shift is to identify a discreet edge — that is, a clear delineation between foreground and background. This will make the object "in focus" pop appropriately.
In the vertical example below, the sign is on a nearer plane than the gas pump. It remains in focus while the miscellany fades into the background.
In this horizontal example, the marquee is the subject of the photo, while the sky and street remain out of focus.
Often, the difference between great tilt-shift and "meh" is when Instagrammers break the axis. At first glance, the photo of New York's Penn Station below suggests a clear horizontal axis. We want the people in the foreground and the station in the back.
But there's a staircase that breaks into the horizontal line. The railing is now partially "out of focus" while the people standing behind it are still "in focus." This breaks the depth of field illusion that tilt-shift intends to create.
In this vertical example, we have a clear subject in the foreground (my cousin Javis). However, there is no clean line on which to lay the tilt-shift. The result is an uneven depth of field, which ultimately looks sloppy.
2. Define the foreground and background.
Tilt-shift can be used to highlight a subject in the foreground or background. Regardless of the position, the goal is to clearly define what the viewer should be looking at.
While this traffic signal box is actually behind its companion from this perspective, the tilt-shift effect pops it out of its surroundings. The depth of field is technically incorrect here, but it's passable.
3. Get as close to the edge without touching it.
You'll need ginger fingers to align the edge and axis without crossing over. Instagram's tilt-shift has a fairly sharp gradient. Encroach lightly for a feathered look (a smooth transition from foreground to background), but proceed with caution. Going too far will ruin the illusion of depth.
4. Use circular tilt-shift on circular items.
Circular tilt-shift really works best on circular items, as seen here.
It's very difficult to isolate odd shapes. Attempting to will leave gaps in the focus. The Goomba on my colleague Chelsea's desk did not lend itself to circular tilt-shift.
5. Isolate arcs.
Circular tilt-shift is not exclusively for circles. Expand the field to delineate background and foreground along rounded edges. It's not an exact science. The arc on this fountain doesn't align perfectly Instagram's circular tilt-shift, but the colors in the background blend well enough to hold the illusion.
6. Frame a non-circular object on a solid background.
The exception to the "only use the circle on circles" rule is when you are isolating your subject on a uniform background, like a solid color wall or a cloudless sky. In these cases, you won't see the hard edge left behind by the ring.
In this example, my colleague Christine appears against a white wall. We can shift out the desks and computers, but it doesn't matter where the ring lands — as long as it doesn't feather her face or clip the foreground.
In a poker game with Mashable's chief strategy officer Adam Ostrow, we can rely on the white wall in the background while we shift out the chips in the fore — leaving the subject (and his scotch) in focus to ponder a game-changing bet.
Franklin's fur is uniform enough that we can isolate his face (somewhat circular in this pose) while shifting out his ears and body. As long as we don't clip the carpet, it's as if he is poking his nose right into focus.
This adorable photo of my pal Julianne comes close. The dark background almost lends itself to easy isolation, but the split wall texture and water bottle in the foreground disturb the edge on this attempt.
7. When in doubt, don't.
It's tempting to add that extra pop to every Instagram you take, but often, you just don't need it. If you're unable to identify a clear axis, ring, foreground or background, or if you're struggling to align your edge without breaking the depth of field, just call it off. Your photo is better served without it.
If you've done it right, no one will notice.
As with most creative endeavors, if you've done something right, most people won't even notice it. You don't want your photo to look tilt-shifted. You just want it to look awesome. Think about subtlety as you create your next masterpiece.
What pointers can you offer your filter-happy comrades? Share your best Instagram tips and tricks in the comments below.


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The Following Companies as the Key Players in the Global 3D Printers Market: 3D Systems, EnvisionTEC, ExOne, and Stratasys.
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According to the report, one driver in market is increasing popularity of additive manufacturing techniques. As 3D printing is convenient for small businesses and consumers with limited technical knowledge, its popularity has increased significantly in recent years. Additive manufacturing has been made possible through a well-developed and still rapidly evolving range of CAD programs. It is being used in many industries and sectors, including automotive, aerospace and defense, industrial and commercial, medical, government, construction, and education. The benefit of 3D printers to print anything from the provided model data enables manufacturers to produce products immediately after they receive an order. In addition, additive manufacturing techniques eliminate the need to construct complex assembly lines before production. Factories using this technology require fewer workers and materials, which reduces the production costs.
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The masters of wrong comedy, the Farrelly Brothers, are making all your weirdest superhero fantasies come true. They've cast a slew of movie stars as a band of "fucked up superheroes" from DC Comics. Leslie Bibb is Wonder Woman (who's sleeping with Batman), Bobby Cannavale is Superman, Kristen Bell plays Supergirl and John Hodgman has been cast as The Penguin.
In an interview with ComingSoon, Leslie Bibb on the set of the horror movie 7500, Bibb revealed her the hilarious details behind her next role, playing Wonder Woman in Movie 43 (which will be comprised of short comedy segments — so it's not a giant comic book comedy, just a few shorts).
"The Farrelly brothers did this compilation of these shorts and there's a whole slew of us. Hugh Jackman did one, Gerard Butler, Kate Winslet," she told us. "Mine is me, Jason Sudeikis and Justin Long and Bobby Cannavale and John Hodgman is the Penguin. And Bobby Cannavale is a jacked up Superman who smokes and we all are these f**ked up superheroes. Like, I'm sleeping with Batman. He won't call me back. I'm kind of crazy. Kristen Bell is Supergirl and Uma Thurman is Lois Lane or something. And we're all just dysfunctional superheroes, like superheroes who can't get a date. We're all at this speed dating... I'm Wonder Woman and I have on this amazing wig and the whole getup, which was pretty fantastic. And I'm crazier than bat sh*t. Like, she is really crazy, and so it was really fun because I know Jason [Batman] and he won't call me back and I love him, and he just doesn't care about me."


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After releasing quite a few budget oriented Chromebook from Acer, HP and Dell, Google has unveiled a higher-end variant of the Chromebook, the Pixel. The Chromebook Pixel sports a 12.9-inches screen with a whopping 2560*1700 resolution and an aspect ratio of 3:2. The Pixel is also the first Chromebook that comes with a touch screen.
Other specs of the Pixel include a 32/64GB SSD, free 1TB of cloud storage space on Google Drive, 2 USB 2.0 ports, a miniDisplay port, a SD card reader, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 3.0, 4GB of RAM, a 1.8GHz Core i5 processor, a multi-touch glass trackpad and an front facing HD camera.
Optionally, the Chromebook Pixel comes with LTE connectivity and free 100MB of Verizon LTE connectivity for 2 years. Google states that the Pixel has a 5-hour battery life.
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4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Worst church fire: Piedmont Baptist Church in Yancey Mills near Crozet is reported "burning bad" November 19. Authorities believe the cause is accidental.
Worst traffic-snaring accident: An inexperienced, speeding 17-year-old passes on Route 20 south near Harris Creek Road November 19 around 8:15am, loses control and slams into a tree, shutting down Scottsville Road for an hour and 15 minutes during morning commute time, according to police. The youth, who was not wearing a seatbelt, is airlifted to VA Medial Center with non-life-threatening injuries.
Best sign of a "real problem": When you start getting hundreds of emails, says Albemarle School Board member Pam Moynihan at a public hearing November 16 on 4x4 semesterization–- 90-minute classes every day for a semester that a coalition of parents says doesn't give high school students enough time to process the information. "We handled this one badly," says Moynihan. "We did not allow for community input. We did not see where there was a problem." Brandon Shulleeta has the story in the Daily Progress.
Best news for pilots: The Transportation Security Agency exempts them from the controversial full-body scans and enhanced pat downs November 19, three days after the Rutherford Institute files suit on behalf of two pilots, according to a release. Pilots can get on their planes now with airline-issued ID and one other form of identification.
Earliest action: UVA adopts "early action" for the fall of 2011, which means high school seniors can find out whether they're accepted by January 31 but don't have take the offer until the rest of the pack (admitted or rejected on April 1) decides on May 1. In 2007, the university killed off its prior binding acceptance program–- because of the belief "early decision" kept economically disadvantaged students from applying, according to a release.
Most stalled: The long-awaited Hillsdale Connector, a one-mile parallel road that would take traffic off U.S. 29 between Greenbrier Drive and Hydraulic Road, will depend on donations or cheapo deals on rights-of-way because Charlottesville can't afford to buy up chunks of Seminole Square and other terrain, city urban construction manager Jeanette Janiczek says at a November 16 public hearing. Charlottesville Tomorrow has the story.
Latest on Gregory Briehl: The former pastor jailed for surreptitiously videotaping females and who later married evangelist Ruth Graham and then had a near-fatal motor vehicle accident in September in Chesterfield County has recently moved to UVA Medical Center, according to the Bristol Herald Courier. (Briehl reportedly suffered a cracked skull, broken neck, severed arm, numerous broken bones and ribs, punctured lungs, massive blood loss and possible brain damage.)
Biggest burglary bust: Police catch Elijah Grooms, 43, leaving Montvue after a residential alarm went off November 21, and discover another house in that neighborhood had been robbed. According to a release, Grooms is linked to multiple burglaries in Albemarle, Greene, Fluvanna, and Louisa, and the investigation is ongoing.
Biggest "big house" operation: Fluvanna's Board of Supervisors okays a 30,000-square-foot state of the art training center for the U.S. Corrections Special Operations Group November 17 , Bryan McKenzie reports in the DP.
Biggest irony: Governor Bob McDonnell may close as many as eight correctional facilities because continuing budget shortfalls.
Biggest segment of job growth in Albemarle: More than 800 Defense Intelligence Agency employees are relocating here, and once that's complete, the DIA will be the seventh largest employer, Charlottesville Tomorrow reports on a November 18 briefing of city, county and UVA officials. When combined with the National Ground Intelligence Center, spying will be the community's fourth-largest occupation.


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Digsby shows up just at the right time for me. I like Pidgin fine, but it's not a Windows version of Adium and it feels clunky. While Digsby's Twitter/Facebook/Email integration is nice and I appreciate being able to sync all of my logins so it works on any machine I use (at the price of giving up all my logins to some machine in the sky), some of the subtler features are what sold me (for the 60 seconds more I've been using it than you have). I like being able to only accept IMs from contacts since I get IM spam most of the times I sign into Yahoo. I'm sure Pidgin offers most of the useful features, but well, this is new so it must be better. More useful details at Lifehacker.
I've got to rein in all these windows it's popping up though. It doesn't seem to understand the concept of multiple monitors or when it has focus. I have no idea why I added my Facebook login since all it's going to do is generate a stream of shit aggregated from elsewhere. Facebook feels like a half-assed version of FriendFeed given the way my contacts use it. Oh, there. It just popped up with a status update I don't care about. Hooray for Facebook invading my desktop. Time to live: 2 minutes.


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Last night (January 26) at Ruth Taylor Recital Hall at Trinity University, the SOLI CHAMBER ENSEMBLE completed its pair of concerts devoted to the music of Aaron Jay Kernis. One-composer concerts are certainly an artistic risk, but SOLI has no qualms about taking lots of risks. This one paid off with some of the most hauntingly beautiful music I've heard in a long time.
Like most contemporary composers, Kernis writes complex music at times. There are occasional dense textures, dissonant harmonies and complex counterpoint where it is hard to hear the relationship between the different parts. But Kernis uses these moments to setup up the structure of his music and provide contrast for his more introspective side. Without the complex, the simple might just be boring. But with this wonderful variety comes a unique sense of pacing and structure that allows Kernis to spin deliciously slow and introspective moments that are pure magic.
This music requires two different kinds of virtuosity and Ertan Torgul, violin; Stephanie Key, clarinet; Carolyn True, piano; and David Mollenauer, cello provided both kinds. First is the dazzling technique that Kernis demands. There are fast passages that border on the unplayable, but SOLI managed them all with flair. The second type of virtuosity required by Kernis is a rare sensitivity to indulge the slow and the simple. It is much easier to overdo a melody with lots of vibrato and call it expressive. It is a real accomplishment to pair down the music to its essential stillness and still sustain interest and momentum. This was rare virtuosic control of the most impressive and sensitive kind. A truly moving performance.
SOLI donated all ticket proceeds from this week's concerts to Haitian relief. Their next NOT-TO-BE-MISSED performances are March 8-11. Read more at http://www.solichamberensemble.com/.
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If you use Twitter and were following the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) tweets, it would be very hard for you to miss the #smokedbywindowsphone campaign, run by Ben Rudolph from Microsoft. I wrote about this campaign which pitted Windows Phone against a variety of today's smartphones in conducting common tasks, in an earlier post. This campaign has been a super hit, and now that Ben has had some time to recover from CES, I asked him a few questions about the campaign. Here's what he had to say:
Techie Buzz (TB): What was the motivation behind the campaign?
Ben Rudolph (BR): Everyone here on the Windows Phone team knew anecdotally, from talking with friends and family, and even strangers at airports, that Windows Phone is faster and easier than any other smartphone at doing the stuff that we do every day on our smartphones. We never went out to prove it in a head-to-head test. So, we decided to put our money where our mouth is at the biggest tech show in the world! What better place to put Windows Phone head to head against a huge variety of smartphone users, both in terms of their technical depth, but also in terms of the phones they have in their pocket. All in all, this was a fun way for us to stand up and say "We think we built something really awesome, and when you see it, we think you'll agree".
TB: What were the challenges like?
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Study Shows a Third of Child CT Scans Aren't Needed
A new study of use of CT scans in children suggests kids are getting exposed to unnecessary radiation, which increases their risk of cancer. Shirley Wang reports on the News Hub.
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Charlotte's Third Ward today is the most diverse of the city's four original quadrants. It includes a sports and entertainment area focused on Bank of America Stadium and a planned new AAA baseball stadium with a 5-acre park. Residential neighborhoods are a mix of single-family homes, apartments and condominiums, with dozens of new developments planned, under construction and nearing completion. Anchoring the west side of Third Ward is Bank of America's new 1.5 million square foot mixed use complex called Gateway Village. This innovative complex combines technology-oriented office space, over 500 new residential units, a public park, shops and restaurants.
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I haven't posted here in awhile nor have I been in the technology loop for a few years as I tend to build nice systems that last years so I don't need to pay attention to what's powerful and fast.
Anyhow, I don't know how to cover all the important points without being long-winded so if you want a log file of some sort please ask me which one so I can produce it for you.
My problem is, my computer randomly freezes on full-screen videos and World of Warcraft(the only game I play right now), and when I say it freezes on those, I mean instantly. In wow, I don't even see the log-in screen(or if I do, it freezes before loading the game world). The picture goes scrambled and the sound starts skipping really fast. This lasts for a few seconds then the sound stops and I have to force a shut down. As well, the next 2-3 start ups, windows wont load, but it will by about the 4th or 5th try after a lock up.
I just got done solving why my computer took so long to boot into Windows(we're talking 15 minutes literally, or longer) and that was from a hard drive detected by BIOS but not listed in the administrative area of storage devices and hard drives. So I unplugged that drive and at least now Windows boots fast again so I can keep trying different problems.
I've reinstalled Windows 64 7 Ultimate about 3-4 times in the past week or so to no avail. I attribute this to not being able to boot from the CD. I'm using an illegitimate copy for now cause I plan on buying Windows when I build a new computer soon anyways. But that's not that point.
So I found an article that tells you how to get around this by rearranging the boot folders and files on the CD you're going to burn before you burn it, but it was very vague and I couldn't figure it out(have 6 DVDs on hand atm).
I can browse windows fine, nothing is overclocked and the side is off of my case. Taking a small 200mm house fan for cooling yourself off and sticking it right on the video card/cpu area doesn't seem to help.
A friend that runs a computer repair shop says it could be a root kit or MBR nuisance but since I don't know how to get these CDs to boot after post so I can deleted the partition then format the fresh one before install, I'm not sure if that's it or not. I also don't have another computer at the house(despite having 3 total) to put my video card in or use a video card from one of those, same for ram.
Core 2 Duo e8500 3.16ghz
4gb DDR2 1600 Dominator
1gb 420 stream EVGA nVidia GTX 280
320 Serial ATA 2.0 x 2, 500gb MyBook external
EVGA 780i 3x SLI motherboard.
If you need any documents or logs or such please let me know. Although my gut tells me something is either cooked on the board(I did have it overclocked to 4ghz for awhile, but bumped it down to 3.5 when I started playing wow), or I have a bad sata controller.
At the same time, it'll go PMS on me and let me play till early hours of the morning for a couple days, then go back to locking up again.
There are no BSODs or error messages, just straight up rainbow colored lock ups with frozen sound.


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I've been seeing a lot of box turtles this year. Maybe that's because I've been getting out a lot into the rich woodland habitats they prefer. You could possibly encounter one at an elevation as high as 4,000 feet, but most will be found from the lowest elevations up to about 3,000 or so feet.
You have to be patient when observing box turtles. They're in no hurry. If one feels threatened, it'll simply pull its head in, close the hinged flap of its lower shell (the plastron) up against its upper shell (the carapace) and disappear for a while.
But sometimes they'll stop moving without withdrawing. Take a quick look and you can easily tell whether you've happened upon a male or a female. Males have reddish eyes; females have brownish-yellow eyes. The male also has a plastron that's concave, which enables him to mount the carapace of a female during copulation.
The eastern box turtle is the longest-lived vertebrate in North America. If you encounter one that resembles an old bowling ball, with a shell that's more than 4.5 inches long, there's a good chance it's approaching 50 years of age. Individuals have been known to exceed 120 years.
In an undisturbed habitat, a box turtle may live out its life without ever traveling more than 250 yards from the nest in which it was born. During the active season from April to October, one will customarily settle into a daily range with a diameter of 350 to 700 feet. They will sometimes establish two home ranges — one for cool spring and late summer conditions, the other for hot summer conditions — with a migratory route between.
Box turtles have a strong homing sense. Individuals removed a mile or so from their home territories are usually able to find their way back. Those removed at greater distances will usually head in the right direction, even when they can't always locate their original territories.
I used to stop and pick box turtles up off of roadways and haul them around in my truck or take them home. After awhile, I'd release them wherever I happened to be, which was often miles from their home territories. But since learning how strongly attached they are to their territories, I now stop and move them off to the side of the road toward which they're headed and let them go about their business.
Box turtles are not specialists in their eating habits. They'll devour insects, earthworms, strawberries, various fruits, and even carrion. When my wife, Elizabeth, and I gather mushrooms in the fall, we sometimes find specimens with a triangular bite taken out of the cap. In Amphibians and Reptiles of the Carolinas and Virginia (UNC Press, 1989), the authors note that, "Box turtles eat several kinds of poisonous mushrooms ... and cases of poisoning are known in some persons who have eaten these reptiles." We're more surprised that "some persons" eat box turtles than by the fact that box turtles sometimes eat poisonous mushrooms.
The box turtle figured prominently in the culture of the early Cherokees, who knew it as "daksi." Shells were used as dippers and containers, as well as for rattles after pebbles were sealed inside them. Following European contact, the word "daksi" was expanded in meaning to signify "padlock," an introduced cultural item that appeared to operate something like a box turtle to the Indians.
Editor's note: This George Ellison column first appeared in a June 2006 issue of The Smoky Mountain News.