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Woodebox is an addictive puzzle solving game, inspired by other older games like Tangram, Pentomino, Unblock me or Crossfingers, it takes all the great characteristics of these classic puzzle games and blends them together to make something really special. By solving Woodebox puzzles, you will be immersed in a gloriously made and addictive puzzle that will exercise your brain and test your logical thinking. Some Woodebox levels are logical, some combine dynamic action moments such as rolling balls. In these levels you will not only be using your logic to solve the puzzle but also working to solve it at speed!
This is a free release of the game and has 99 well crafted and clever levels. You can buy the full version with a larger screen to admire the great graphics in their full glory and not be distracted by those pesky ad banners!
Enjoy our game, if you would like to see any other features, or have any suggestions, please email me at email@example.com.
All special permissions in the game are there because of ads modules, if you want game without these permissions you can buy full version!
We have opened facebook page http://www.facebook.com/WoodeboxPuzzle accessible from main menu, where you can request hints and we will post it there!
What's New
Cross Fingers
• 120 puzzles to solve
• 6 levels across Easy, Medium, Hard and Pro difficulties
• Multitouch game: use all your fingers to solve it
Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter to get the latest news on our games, contests and more!
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Cross Fingers !
• Unlock 180 puzzles with increasing difficulty across 9 sets.
• Multitouch game: use all your fingers to solve it.
• Join Papaya's social community for achievements and leaderboards to compete with other players.
• Share your best scores on Facebook and Twitter to challenge your friends.
Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter to get the latest news on our games and more!
Official site: http://www.amamobile.com
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Mindbreaker Free
Tangram puzzle. For IQ > 180 only.
You better have good spatial reasoning skills to break through this game.
Assemble given shapes in minimal time using four wooden figures and your mind only.
Our beta tester says:
- My mind was broken forever after this game. But it was totally worth that!
Single touch.
- tap figure to SELECT it.
- drag your finger anywhere outside selection to ROTATE it.
- double tap on figure or on-screen button to FLIP selection.
Don't you ever forget:
You can FLIP figures.
Unblock Me FREE
Unblock Me FREE is a simple and addictive puzzle game. The goal is to unblock the red block out of the board by sliding the other blocks out of the way, unblock it with the minimal moves. Unblock Me FREE comes with 4 difficulties ranging from Beginner to Expert. There are 14500 puzzles in total, the highest amount of puzzles you'll find in any game, worth hundreds of hours to keep you challenged and addicted.
With 2 game modes in Unblock Me FREE, you can challenge yourself in challenge or choose to just lay back and relax while solving your puzzles. In Challenge mode each puzzles has 3 stars to earn, adding its replay value so you can always try to get all 3 star in every puzzle. A ranking system and achievements are also added to keep you even more challenged. Be the King of logic and train your brain daily.
Unblock Me have been used in many schools to help improve students with their studies in classes. Unblock Me can help you train your brain and keep you mentally fit everyday. It have been one of the top free games for 4 years and have created the category of Unblock puzzle games where other follow. This puzzle game is for kids and adult of all ages, play by yourself or challenge your buddies to compare your moves. Line up and have fun with your buddy :)
* 4 difficulties ranging from Beginner to Expert
* 14500 of Unblock puzzles in total for you to enjoy, it will be a long saga to complete all the addictive puzzles
* Two game modes, Relax Mode and Challenge Mode
* Ranking system to keep you more challenged and up to finding the best solution
* 21 Google Play Service Achievements, try to collect all the achievements
* Keep track of all the puzzles you've cleared
* Hint system that will guide you through the puzzle
* In App purchase so you can buy more hints when you need them
* Undo system
* Fun themes such as Christmas, Valentine and Unblock Me 5 year anniversary theme
* Hours of entertainment for FREE! With many Million downloads already, you can't go wrong with this super addictive puzzle game
If you would like to see this app translated in your language, please email us.
Support and Feedback:
If you have any technical problems please email us at email@example.com.
Please include the app's version, your device information and a screenshot if possible.
The more information that you provide to us, the better we can serve you and crush any bugs that may exist. Thank you.
Follow us on TWITTER!
Like us on FACEBOOK!
For more informations, visit us!
Unblock Me and Unroll Me are not from the same developer. For support and comment on Unroll Me, please search Google Play and contact the developers.
Kids Slide Puzzle
It is an educational game for kids, because it has been demonstrated that resolving puzzles helps in the development of skills and abilities of children, such as motricity, creativity, spatial skills, language and self- esteem.
Besides, kids will train the resolution of problems, and they will get a funny picture as a reward, stimulating their imagination and self-confidence.
There are 4 worlds each one with 8 beautiful cartoon pictures, which boys and girls will love:
- Animals (pigs, bears, penguins…)
- Scenes of daily life (bath-time, food, games, Christmas…)
- Landscapes (forest, sky, space…)
- Fantasy characters (wizards, pirates, funny ghosts…)
- And so on till 32 excellent cartoon pictures with which your kids will be delighted.
It´s a free game, consisting in moving the pieces to the correct square in order to assemble the picture
After finishing a level, the score you got and a complete statistic with information about your best time, the number of movements, as well as your worst time and average value of all games played on this level will be showed.
When you exit a game, the state of the puzzle will be automatically saved. So you can continue whenever you want.
The game has three funny styles:
- Classic style: Enjoy playing many levels of each world.
- Time trial style: Resolve the puzzle before time finishes.
- Choose your photo style: a free style, where you choose the difficulty, the board size and the photo (making a photo with your camera or choosing one from your gallery). Play with your own photos!!!
The game can be personalized on the preference screen, suitable to the preferences of every player (size and color of the pieces, etc.)
This game is totally free and is available in the following languages: English, Spanish, German
This popular game is also known as 15 puzzle, slide puzzle, sliding puzzle, sliding block puzzle, sliding tile puzzle, the 15, fifteen puzzle, gem puzzle, the magic puzzle square, boss puzzle, game of fifteen, mystic square.
The game works perfectly on tablets and mobile phones.
The permission to access storage is necessary to store photos made with the camera and use them in the puzzle.
The permission to access internet is used for publicity and for an anonymous private statistic of the game´s use.
Please, let us know your opinion and suggestions about the game in order to improve it.
If you are a google+ user and you like the game, please press 1+ button. So you will help us to improve and to create more games. Thank you!!!
If something doesn´t work or if you want to let us know your suggestions, please write us an e-mail.
What's the Difference?
Find all 5 hidden differences before the timer runs out. With over 300 high quality photos and 1500 differences to spot, What's the Difference will keep you busy for 24 hours straight!
People young and old have been enjoying spot the difference games for generations. It's the classic game you love, now in the palm of your hand!
Word search
Welcome to the best auto-generated word search application for Android:
The Word Search of AppDrac is ideal for hours of entertainment and train our mind. It is suitable for both adults and children, since the game includes topics as "Kids", created especially for them.
1.- Word search has 7 items to choose from:
- Animals
- Countries of the World
- Cities of the World
- American presidents
- Historical figures
- Kids
- Trademarks
2.- Word search has three levels of difficulty:
- Easy
- Medium
- Difficult
3.- Word search has two game modes:
- List of words (words to find the slopes shown)
- Remaining number of words (the number of words to find earrings shown)
4.- Has two methods of self-generation:
- The maximum number possible (the board is filled with the maximum number of words)
- Limited (the board is filled with a number proportional to the size of the words)
5.- Is available in many languages:
- Catalan
- Spanish
- English
- Italian
- French
- Portuguese
The board fits the screen size and ..... and you can play.
Gameplay is very simple; because they are hidden words in a grid of cells filled with letters.
All you have to do is search for a word, and when you find one, mark it with the finger from the first letter to the last. By doing so, if the word is correct it will be marked with a distinctive color and you'll can search the next
The palindrome words, that is, which is also read from right to left and left to right, starting can be labeled either ends.
NOTE: Sometimes are generated at random, unexpected words; especially if they are very short (2 or 3 letters); on these occasions, if the word appears in the dictionary of the topic, when you mark the word, this is added to the list of words and is marked with a distinctive colour.
Complete the game, calculates your score and stores your best times.
Also, if you can not finish the game, do not worry, when you get back can choose to start a new game or continue the game as you left it.
Word Search application is a completely free product that you can download and play without any restrictions.
2014 AppDrac
Matches Puzzle Game
Solve puzzles by moving, adding and removing matches until you find the right solution.
You like matches puzzles games ?
1000 Matches puzzles in 10 Episodes in different shapes, sizes, equations and designs.
English, German, Russian, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Croatian, Slovenian, Greek, Ukrainian, Serbian,Korean, Japanese
- Beautiful graphics with 7 inch and 10 inch tablet support and high definition hd
- Support for slower and low resolution phones
- With Google Play Services
↗ cloud save - to sync game progress across all your devices and future devices.
↗ leaderboards - to compare your result with others
↗ achievements - for more fun
- Sound, Vibration and Music specially created for the puzzles matches game
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Matches Puzzle, Matchstick Puzzles, Move the Matches
1010! Puzzle
1010! Puzzle is a challenging puzzle game with a simple gameplay. It can be played within 30 seconds to train your brain and develop your mental skills as well as keeping you mentally fit. It is a perfect pause for a short period of refreshment in metro, bus, school or in the office. With this simple and addictive puzzle game, challenge yourself and compete with your friends, colleagues and the family.
The goal is to drop blocks in order to create and destroy full lines on the screen both vertically and horizontally. Don't forget to keep the blocks from filling the screen.
A ranking system and achievements have also been added to challenge your friends, colleagues and circles. You can also connect your Facebook to compete with your friends on 1010! Puzzle.
No time limit, no colour match! Fill all the grids with the matching blocks and enjoy 1010! puzzle game.
2048 Number puzzle game
Explore deep challenge for your mind!
Swipe to move the tiles, when two tiles with the same number touch, they merge into one. When a 2048 tile is created, the player wins! 8 .. 16 ... 1024 .. 2048
+ Super 2048 Multiplayer mode
+ Game is automatically autosaved
+ Three unique game modes
+ Unlimited Undo mode
+ Survival Time mode
+ X-tile mode
+ Night theme for playing in bed
+ Leaderboards & Achievements
+ Crispy sounds and settings
+ Animation controls
+ Beautiful and simple UI
+ Easy share with friends option
+ Keep playing for High-score after collected 2048 tile
+ Game supports all android 2.2+ and above devices
+ Best 2048 Android version implementation!
+ Frequent game improvements based on your feedback
Permissions FAQ:
External storage permission asked for storing game cache
Internet state permission is needed for 2048 Multiplayer mode.
...We're Listening To You...
[Improvements history]
+Noticeable performance improvements on all devices
+Added Google Play Leaderbooard
+Added option to save game state and continue later on
+Added possibility to continue game after collected 2048 tile
+Added 2 Game modes Pro/Beginner
+Added Sounds & Music
+Added Night mode
Enjoy game!
Thanks to Gabriele Cirulli for such amazing game idea!
Block Puzzle
The premise of Block Puzzle is simple: Drag blocks around the screen to fit them into the shaded region in the middle of the screen. This is simple at first with just a few blocks and a few different possible arrangements. But as the number of blocks increase it definitely becomes a challenge.
Key Features:
★ 6000 FREE levels!
★ Two game modes
★ Five difficulty levels
★ Infinite Challenge against the clock
★ Rank up in the leaderboards, challenge your friends via Google Play Games
★ 25+ achievements to win
Block Puzzle
Block Puzzle is the tangram-inspired puzzle game sensation that's taking .It is amazing value, packed with over 6000 FREE mind-bending levels of increasing difficulty that'll keep you busy for hours. Block Puzzle is incredibly intuitive and fun for all ages and skill levels.
How to play:
1.Drag pieces to move them.
2.Try to fit them all in the gray tray.
3.Pieces can't be rotated.
4.Don't rush! no time limit!
★ 6000 FREE levels and free to play!
★ Nice, clean graphics and smooth game play
Word Search Puzzles
Increase your vocabulary and have fun doing it with this addictive word search game.
★ Different themes and categories for your different moods!
★ Stretch your vocabulary with a "Vocab Challenge" puzzle or two!
★ Infinite, unlimited play with random puzzles!
★ Replay categories to beat your own high-score!
★ Tablet support
Forget the pen and paper - You'll never run out of puzzles with WORD SEARCH PUZZLES!
WARNING: Playing this game may challenge your brain and improve your brain power ☺
Bloxorz Block Puzzle
Originally published as a Web game at http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/games/bloxorz
You control a two-story block cube as one piece that can be split in later levels. The levels are grids, and each grid contains one square hole. Getting your block into the hole is your goal. The grids also contain many dangerous edges, so don't let your block fall off the edges of the grid.
Made by Roboman. http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/roboman/
This is the only OFFICIAL licensed Android copy of the game.
Puzzle Retreat
"So smart and so well-made, why wasn't it created a billion years ago?" -- JayIsGames.com
"A new type of puzzle game — one that is refreshingly zen." -- CNET.com
"The second I started playing I was enchanted" -- CalmDownTom.com
"Puzzle Retreat is for everyone." -- IndieGameMagazine.com
Escape to the Puzzle Retreat and immerse yourself in this unique block-sliding puzzle game from the creators of the smash-hit Train Conductor series.
Shut off the outside world. Relax, unwind and focus with a new type of puzzle that is both simple to learn and compellingly deep. Puzzle Retreat is a fresh challenge that will have you losing track of time and forgetting about the outside world.
The rules are simple:
• Slide blocks to fill all the holes in the grid
• Use all the blocks
The challenge comes from working out the correct order to slide the blocks and really ramps up with the addition of special blocks including Fire Blocks, Stop Blocks and Arrow Blocks, which alter the direction of sliding blocks.
• No time limits, no stress, just you and the puzzle
• Stuck on a puzzle – just move to the next and come back later
• 60 puzzles to solve for free
• Additional puzzles can be purchased inside the app.
• Connect with other puzzle lovers - discuss puzzles and techniques directly in-game
• Beautifully designed for tablet and smartphone
• Supports Ultra HD tablets and phones
For feedback or support enquiries email
Follow us on Twitter for updates
Like us on Facebook for updates, hints and to discuss the game with fellow fans
For more information, visit our website
Block Puzzle
Note that the blocks can't be rotated, though.
- Hint features
Hint is displayed by pressing the light bulb button at the bottom right.
Let's use more and more hint, because to recover at time course.
- Compatible models
Android 2.3 or later
- Credit
Sound effects 魔王魂
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Solitaire Free
Solitaire by Android-AZ has these features:
- Klondike Solitaire game
- Draw 1 or 3 cards from stack
- Portrait/Landscape orientation
- Vegas vs standard scoring
- Tap to take, tap to drop moving system
- Double tap to move card to final deck
- Sounds on/off
Please download and enjoy! You can also try our other free puzzle games like Bubble Breaker, Blockout 3D, Jewelz 3D and Woodebox Puzzle!
If you would be missing any feature just send me email to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Jewelz 3D
CLASSIC - you have to gain certain amount of points to get to next level.
ARCADE - play the game against time, score is slightly decreasing when you don't play
RELAX - match gems on every board field to go to the next level. You can otherwise play level as long as you want.
Play this puzzle game to increase your perception and logic thinking! If you like puzzle games, you can check out our other puzzles like Woodebox, Bubble Breaker or Network Puzzle for free.
Download and enjoy!
Blockout 3D FREE
Move the blocks by touch gestures (right/left/up/down), drop the block by double tap.
You can save your game for later playing. Play to get one milion points! :)
Download and enjoy! You can also try our other free logic games like Bubble Breaker, Woodebox Puzzle, Jewelz 3D or Solitaire!
Money Tracker Free
Specify desired monthly budget, and then easily control everyday expenses in our application. Enter daily all expenses, and your end of month balance is immediately calculated. You can see whether your expense is over the budget or is in the limit. You also always see available money to spend till the end of month. When you are close to the budget, you need to limit spending or stop spending at all, so you reach planned end of month budget. In this way you have your money under control, and you can make long term financial planes more easily in a controlled way. Plan more months budgets and control spendings over the year, so you save the money at the end!
New graphical reports allows you to see all your monthly transactions on one screen. Transactions are grouped by categories, so you can see in which category you have most spendings to reduce.
Following features are implemented in Money Tracker:
- Entering daily incomes/expenses or future expenses
- Calculating end of month balance, and available money to spent
- Monthly spending budgets
- Editable categories for transactions
- Graphical monthly reports
- Export and import of data
- Rounding problem fix
- More features under development, just try and see
If you have any ideas for improvement or missing some feature write us email.
Download Money Tracker and save your money by controlling daily expenses!
Bubble Breaker Free
Bubble Breaker is addictive classic logic game (sometimes called Same Game or Bubble Popper). Click on a group of 2 or more like coloured bubbles to select them. Click on the group again to pop them. More number of bubbles, more points you get. Try to get highest score, and compare it on our internet top score table!
Our Bubble Breaker has 6 game types, coloured and black & white theme, local and global score table. New action game mode "Falling" is introduced, where bubbles are falling from the top of the screen.
Please download and enjoy! You can try also our other free games like Woodebox Puzzle, Jewelz 3D, Blockout 3D or Solitaire!
Logic Maze Free
Navigate military car to get out of the maze. The task is not so easy, as you can only move in the directions showed by brown arrows. Other directions are not allowed. Try to combine directions, to get the car out of the maze. Move the car by swiping finger in the specified direction, or tap left/top/right/bottom part of the screen. This way car will move in the one of allowed direction.
Game contains 99 maze levels, with additional levels in future updates.
Download and enjoy! If you like this game, you can play also my other games - Woodebox Puzzle, Solitaire, Bubble Breaker, Blockout 3D or Flower Fields puzzle.
Unblock Boat FREE
Game features:
- 60 unique challenging levels
- portrait/landscape playground
- suitable for ages 7 - 99
- unique sliding puzzle
Check out also my other games - Woodebox Puzzle, Logic Maze, Transact Puzzle or Flower Fields!
Scare The Frog
This is really challenging puzzle, and it's really hard to make to the level 20!
Overcolor Blocks
Place colored blocks in the order to match target pattern. For the beginners level you'll need just 2 or 3 blocks but for the hardest one you'll need at least five. When your composition matches the challenge exactly you've cracked it!
Overcolor Blocks trains your brain, logical thinking, visual and perception. You'll be shocked by memory and concentration improvement!
Overcolor blocks contains now 40 fun and addictive levels (wait for new updates till 500 levels!)
Flower Fields - Block Puzzle
Target of the game is to plant flower fields of different colors and sizes, to fill whole area. On the start you see few flower fields, with specified size. From each flower field, you can drag flowers to neighbour field and plant the flowers. You need to create flower field of originally specified size. You win level, if you cover whole area, and all flower fields have specified size, and fields of same color are not next to each other. Try first few levels to get practice, then try to resolve all the rest!
Currently in the game is 140 free levels! If you win all levels, you will get upgrade with more levels!
Download and enjoy!
If you like this game, you can try our other puzzles like Woodebox Puzzle, Bubble Breaker, Solitaire or Transact Puzzle for free!
Network Puzzle Free
100 original levels with different sizes and difficulty!
Please download and enjoy!
Unblock Boat
Game features:
- 60 unique challenging levels
- portrait/landscape playground
- suitable for ages 7 - 99
- unique sliding puzzle
Check out also my other games - Woodebox Puzzle, Logic Maze, Transact Puzzle or Flower Fields!
Space Wars - Protect Empire
Space Wars - Protected Empire is classic space shooter game with many space levels.
Following weapons are available for you ship:
Standard gun
Rocket launcher
Laser gun
Bubble gun
Discover what is each weapon good for, and kill as many enemies as possible!
This is initial version of the game, more levels will follow in next updates!
If you like this game, check out also other ours games like Woodebox Puzzle, Solitaire Free, Bubble Breaker or Transact Puzzle!
Twist Fingers Free
You can also try other games like Solitaire, Bubble Breaker, Woodebox Puzzle, Blockout or Jewelz 3D!
Please download and enjoy!
Transact Puzzle Free
Transact is a brain teaser game where you need to move together bubble blocks by using various moves and rotations. (Its similar for example to game Retreat.) To resolve puzzle you need to combine available movement blocks in specific order so you fit all bubble blocks together.
Game starts with a board with random bubble blocks and movement blocks. You need to combine movements of bubble blocks to fit bubbles into full bubble blocks. When all bubble blocks are full, you win the level and go to next one. As you resolve levels, you will go to more advanced levels with more movement types, bigger board sizes or more colors of bubbles. Game has now following features:
- 24 levels in free version (buy full version for all levels)
- Different movements - rotate, shift, flip, move, colorize, invert, filter bubbles...
- Undo if you need to turn back few steps
- Help instructions
More features will be comming in next levels. Download and enjoy!
If you like this game, maybe you will like also our other games like Woodebox Puzzle, Blockout 3D, Jewelz 3D, Bubble Breaker or Solitaire!
Transact Puzzle
Transact is a brain teaser game where you need to move together bubble blocks by using various moves and rotations. (Its slightly similar for example to 7x7 game.) To resolve puzzle you need to combine available movement blocks in specific order so you fit all bubble blocks together.
Game starts with a board with random bubble blocks and movement blocks. You need to combine movements of bubble blocks to fit bubbles into full bubble blocks. When all bubble blocks are full, you win the level and go to next one. As you resolve levels, you will go to more advanced levels with more movement types, bigger board sizes or more colors of bubbles. Game has now following features:
- 99 levels in full version (and more are comming)
- Different movements - rotate, shift, flip, move, colorize, invert, filter bubbles...
- Undo if you need to turn back few steps
- Help instructions
More features will be comming in next levels. Download and enjoy!
If you like this game, maybe you will like also our other games like Woodebox Puzzle, Blockout 3D, Jewelz 3D, Bubble Breaker or Solitaire!


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New patent guidelines should be welcomed by pharma, life-science sector
The guidance replaces more controversial guidelines that were released in March and helps explain on what subject matter applicants can get patents.
Developing a patent portfolio that can withstand the 'death squad' for patents (Part 3)
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Monetization of IP in Asia
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Cisco GC explains company's IP suits against Arista
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Although it may sound completely counterintuitive, the main goal of the diligence project should be to invalidate the patent, to find the patent unenforceable, and/or to identify some other issue with the patent.
Federal Circuit brings new life to old patent doctrine after it releases Antares ruling on reissue claims
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11 Photos That Prove Ewoks Are Pure Evil
Their false reign as cuddly bears has come to an end. Do not be deceived by their claim to family friendly entertainment and increased toy sales!
Not Only Do They Possess Lifeless Eyes, If You Stare Too Long You Can Feel Them Sucking Your Soul From You. Try It…If You Dare
The Shaman's Stroke Eye Makes Him Almost Adorable But Then You See Murder Smile On The Right
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Who Let Those Monsters Near That Child?!
Tell Me Coming Upon This In The Woods Wouldn't Convince You Death Was Imminent And Your Mortal Soul Imperiled
Even Their Infants Are Terrifying
Somehow This Cake Is Both Traumatizing And Vaguely Racist
Give A Child You Love Night Terrors By Placing This Next To Their Bedside
Legitimately The Scariest Halloween Costume I've Ever Seen
Sometimes If You See How The Monster Is Made, It Makes It Less Scary…NOPE
If You Are Still Unconvinced That Ewoks Are Most Evil Race In Star Wars, I Leave You With This
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this. the website has never worked. only the other link that you posted with the gapps and your builds
Which links were those? I haven't posted any links...
lol my bad I meant the links twisted posted not you. sorry about that
Ahhh... Do you know what page was that on? I've been looking but so far no luck. Thanks
it's on page 82, post #815
Awesome! Thanks
Hi, can someone post a link to the latest build of ICS please??
As stated above you can find them on page 82, post #815
I tries but AOR give me an error, status 7
mine phone is an eurpean model so it's not "droid" with unlocked bootloade
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I have found a few issues around nested groups.
Starting with a bit of code. I have tried this code against both v4.2.0 and 4.3.1 of the kinetic libraries. Each version gives me different behavior, but neither is correct so I will describe both. Here is the code:
var stage = new Kinetic.Stage({
container: "container",
x: 0,
y: 0,
width: 1000,
height: 800
var layer = new Kinetic.Layer();
var grp1 = new Kinetic.Group(
id: 'grp1',
name: 'grp1',
height: 100,
width: 100,
draggable: true
grp1.setAbsolutePosition(100, 100);
var sqr1 = new Kinetic.Rect({
x: 100,
y: 100,
width: 100,
height: 100,
fill: '#FFFFFF',
stroke: '#000000',
strokeWidth: .4,
id: 'sqr1',
name: 'sqr1'
var grp2 = new Kinetic.Group(
id: 'grp2',
name: 'grp2',
height: 50,
width: 50,
draggable: true
grp2.setAbsolutePosition(110, 110);
var sqr2 = new Kinetic.Rect({
x: 110,
y: 110,
width: 50,
height: 50,
fill: '#FFFFFF',
stroke: '#00FF00',
strokeWidth: .4,
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If you run the above code against v4.3.1 you will see that the second group is again placed at 210, 210 relative to the stage. If you attempt to click on the green square under this version, the position will be shown and then the sqaure will disappear completely with no javascript errors thrown. I have a lot of code that uses nested groups and this happens everywhere when I try to upgrade to 4.3.1 - things disappear when I click on them if the groups are nested. I have tried this in IE9 and Firefox with the same results.
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December, 11, 2011
By Rich Cimini | ESPNNewYork.com
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- After two straight fourth-quarter comeback victories, the New York Jets breezed to a 37-10 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs Sunday at MetLife Stadium.
What it means: The Jets (8-5) won their third straight, making the late-season charged that Rex Ryan predicted last month after a crushing loss in Denver. They moved ahead of the Cincinnati Bengals (7-6) in the race for the final wild-card spot.
Cheers, Mark: Two weeks ago, QB Mark Sanchez was booed by the home crowd in the pregame introductions -- and it became a big story. This time, he received a nice, but not overwhelming ovation -- and he responded by playing one of his most efficient games as a Jet.
Sanchez became the first quarterback in team history to rush for two touchdowns and pass for two touchdowns in the same game, according to ESPN Stats & Information. Sanchez (13-for-21, 181 yards, no interceptoins) made it look easy against a surprisingly inept Kansas City defense.
Nice plan: The Jets neutralized the Chiefs' outside pass rushers, using two- and three-tight end packages. In fact, they used backup OL Vladimir Ducasse as an extra tight end on at least 15 snaps through the first three quarters. They also gashed the Chiefs with a couple of long-gaining screen passes. This was power football, a well-designed game plan by coordinator Brian Schottenheimer -- and consultant Tom Moore, for the conspiracy theorists out there.
The Palko project: Bad quarterback or great defense? Yes, the Jets were terrific, but let's not anoint them as an elite defense just yet. Chiefs QB Tyler Palko, making his fourth start for the injured Matt Cassel, was absolutely brutal. He was rattled, missed open receivers, made dumb throws and … well, we could go on, but we'll stop there. He was sacked five times and completed only 16 of 32 passes for 195 yards and an interception.
Rarely in the NFL do you see this kind of domination. The Jets outgained the Chiefs in the first half, 253-4. Defensively, the Jets did whatever they wanted to go, controlling the line of scrimmage against a solid rushing attack. The Chiefs (5-8), who began the day with faint playoff hopes, should be ashamed of their effort.
Bad break: For the second straight year, the Jets apparently will be without safety Jim Leonhard for the stretch run. Leonhard suffered a potentially serious knee injury on a fluke play in the second quarter. He made an interception, but his right knee was twisted when he tried to escape the grasp of WR Steve Breaston. Leonhard had to be helped off the field and was carted to the locker room. Leonhard slammed his fist as he left the field, an ominous sign.
This would be a major blow for the Jets. Leonhard is an every-down safety, the quarterback of the secondary. When he broke his leg last December, it wasn't easy for the defense to get acclimated without him. They'll go without Eric Smith and Brodney Pool as their safeties. They'd also lose their most sure-handed punt returner.
Greene is money: For the second straight week, RB Shonn Greene was the running back he was expected to be, rushing for a touchdown and 129 yards. He was patient, making excellent reads as he waited for the zone-blocking scheme to open holes. They also mixed in LaDainian Tomlinson, who scored on a screen pass.
What's ahead: The Jets travel to face the Philadelphis Eagles, a battle between two teams that faced enormous preseason expectations. The Eagles crumbled, the Jets still are battling.
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Wigan have completed the signing of England international goalkeeper Scott Carson for an undisclosed fee from Turkish club Bursaspor.
The 27-year-old has agreed a three-year contract and becomes Owen Coyle's fifth signing as Wigan manager.
Carson will compete with Ali Al-Habsi for a starting role now that Joel Robles has returned to Atletico Madrid, although Al-Habsi is currently recovering from shoulder surgery.
"I'm over the moon to join the club," said Carson, who spent two years in Turkey after moving from West Brom.
"Now the focus is to get my head down and start working hard in time for the new season.
"Coming into a squad with a new look to it is exciting. There are plenty of players coming in at the moment, but there are also a number of guys here who have been at the club for a long time.
"Everyone talks about how tough the Championship is and they're right, you have to be at your best if you're going to come out on top.
"With a lot of games to play it's going to be really demanding on us this year."
Ricoh Arena management company Arena Coventry Limited have issued a statement calling on the Football League to block Coventry's proposed groundshare with Northampton at Sixfields Stadium.
Sky Blues chief executive Tim Fisher revealed plans in May to move into a new stadium having claimed City had been given no choice but to leave the Ricoh Arena as their lengthy rent row with ACL rumbles on, with a proposal to play 'home' games elsewhere for three years while an alternative venue is being built.
Unconfirmed reports are now stating that groundshare has been agreed and Coventry, from the start of the forthcoming 2013/14 campaign, will play at Sixfields - 34 miles and 39 minutes away.
Cobblers chairman David Cardoza admits talks have taken place but an agreement is far from complete amid speculation the Football League is meeting on Thursday to discuss the move.
And ACL, who manage the Ricoh Arena on behalf of joint owners the Alan Edward Higgs Charity and Coventry City Council and have insisted throughout the process that they remain committed to keeping the club at the stadium, want the League to veto the move.
Their statement read: "We want to see the Sky Blues playing home games in their home city at their rightful home the Ricoh Arena.
"This is what the supporters of Coventry City are pleading for. The way the fans have been treated by the club's owners is utterly cruel and any proposal that the club should be ripped from Coventry and relocated to Northampton, or anywhere else outside the city, is absolutely heartbreaking for everyone involved. It cannot make financial sense for the club.
"With the club set to remain in administration for some months to come, we have already made an offer to the joint administrator for them to play at the Ricoh Arena during this time. So far we have heard absolutely nothing in response to this offer, which is astonishing given the circumstances.
"There is no reason for the club to leave the city of Coventry. We trust that the Football League, as an organisation which holds the passions and interests of fans close to its heart, will not sanction this proposed move under any circumstances."
League One City are understood to be closing in on a site in the Coventry area to build their new stadium, just eight years after first moving from Highfield Road and becoming tenants at the 32,600 capacity Ricoh Arena.
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He received a B.A. in social science and math from Hendrix College, and his A.M. and Ph.D. in economics from Washington University in St. Louis. Gray's primary research interests are the nonprofit and creative sectors, especially social entrepreneurship and the nonprofit arts. He has authored or edited three books, including The Economics of Art and Culture with the late James Heilbrun (3rd ed. forthcoming), and his publications include numerous articles and book chapters. He is editor emeritus of Nonprofit Management and Leadership and is a past president of the Association for Cultural Economics, International.
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Otago and Southland have had a dry July, and skifields are crying out for snow. From Monday until at least Thursday, their prayers should be answered.
A large low-pressure system is predicted to develop in the central Tasman Sea on Sunday and become blocked there for four or five days by other weather features.
East to southeasterly winds around the system's southern side are forecast to bring heavy rain and lowering snow levels to Marlborough, Canterbury and Otago.
However, there is some good news - the next three days should be mostly fine and dry, with morning frosts. A chilly easterly breeze could bring low cloud at times.
MetService spokesman Dan Corbett said it was ''early days'' for pinpointing where the worst weather would be.
''The last two lows from the Tasman Sea have been more or less blocked by the high pressure to the south, so the southern half of the South Island has stayed dry. But this one looks like it will descend further south over the island,'' he said.
''The other issue is the cold air that comes into the mix, with a risk for snow, as well as heavy rain and gales.''
The low pressure would dominate the week and bring some much-needed snow to South Island skifields, Corbett said.
Mt Hutt is celebrating after a fresh snowfall and cooler temperatures allowed more snow-making.
The skifield has recorded nine centimetres of snow since Wednesday afternoon. The snow-making team has boosted efforts during the drop in temperatures.
Ski area manager James McKenzie said he was delighted to see the real thing.
"While we have been keeping the mountain topped up with snow-making, it's great to see the real stuff. It brings a real lift to the ski area,'' he said.
"It's a brilliant day today and conditions really couldn't be better leading into the weekend, and the forecast for next week is looking great for more snow."
Many Canterbury skifields have been struggling with a lack of snow.
Temple Basin has been closed to skiing and snowboarding for the past nine days because of a lack of snow.
Manager Martin Toon said the weather had been unusual, with rain washing away much of the snow that had fallen to date.
"We haven't had enough snow for three weeks other than a skiff the other night, " he said.
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The Mt Dobson skiefield, near Fairlie, remains closed, with only 10cm of snow.
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Car and Driver feature: Rock Bouncing in the hills of Arkansas
"Trees are your best friends" was the first bit of advice for my inaugural assignment with Car and Driver. And no, that advice wasn't given by a tree-hugging hippie with a curly fro, it was from the veteran videographer from MadRam11, the media leader in all things that involve 600+hp machines, big-ass vertical rocks, and mayhem… emphasis on mayhem. "Trees are your best friend because you can hide behind them when a rock bouncer gets out of control, which isn't uncommon" he says. I quickly made friends with the biggest, sturdiest trees in Arkansas, for this was the 2014 Southern Rock Racing Series Finals… where the word "Finals", translates to "let's break as many parts on the last event of the year as possible".
If you remember the last blog post about shooting the Ferrari collection, this feature is almost like that. No wait, it's NOTHING like that, other than the horsepower numbers. These tube frame home-built monsters push anywhere from 600-1000hp.. and they need every bit of that horespower because they're racing UP a wall of rocks, trees, and mud. Looking around the "race course" in the middle of a rocky forest lined off by frail plastic caution tape, I'm stupefied by the agenda that something with 4 wheels will be driving up the terrain.
I'm not even going to begin to further wittily describe the event, considering how masterfully Daniel Pund's words illustrate the madness. I've done my fair share of writing, but Daniel is a true guru of the craft… so get to reading here.
From a photographer's perspective, there was eye-candy everywhere I pointed my nose. The people, atmosphere, scenery, and beautiful beastly machines of controlled chaos made it hard to narrow down selects for the blog post… so F* it, you're getting a long wall of southern rowdiness!!!
My poor excuse for a beard and steel-toed mud shoes helped me blend in a little better with the rootin-tootin crowd. I was born and raised in the South, but I admit I was a little out of my element with this bunch… AND I LOVED IT!! As the editor Daniel Pund so elegantly put it, "Natural Light tastes better than it has any right to."
I did the best I could to illustrate the rock-flinging madness in pictures, but nothing beats seeing these machines muscle their way up vertical jagged walls at full throttle in person. Much of the success of the new sport of Rock Bouncing can be attributed to youtube videos, more specifically from the author MadRam11. The video posted above is just the event I covered… but watch their latest "2014 EPIC CRASH COMPILATION" to permanently have your jaw glued to the table.
If this is a preview of the random assignments that are in store for me with Car and Driver, then 2015 is going to be one hell of a wild ride.
The Bachman Ferrari Collection
Nestled in the heart of the Appalachian mountain chain resides Phil Bachman. He is a man that lives in the South, where trucks are regarded as luxury items, and a weekend of going "muddin" is to many equivalent to the Concours d'Elegance. To say the least, if you're a common person living in the charming South, you are lucky to see a dozen Ferraris in your lifetime. Despite the unicorn-like rarity of a Ferrari in his region, that didn't stop him from filling his garage with upwards of 40 immaculate archival offsprings from Maranello. How could this be in Tennessee!? This is on the same possibility scale of stumbling upon Ross Brawn and Flavio Briatore flinging a perfect 300 at the local hole-in-the-wall bowling alley.
But that is just the cover of the book, the uniqueness of the Bachman collection flows deeper than just a team of horses under one roof. Minus a few select examples (Two F40s, 288 GTO, 512 BBi Boxer, 250 GTL Lusso, and more) every Ferrari model has two things in common: they're the final production car in a given series, and they're yellow. "I see the final production car as the one that best exemplifies that model" Phil Bachman proclaims.
Whether you agree with his mantra or not, we can all agree that the Bachman Collection is breathtaking. And I was proud to be one of the few to lift up the skirt of his priceless garage to shoot and write for the distinguished Ferrari-only magazine Forza. I told my video-extraordinaire buddy Will Keown about the assignment and he jumped at the road trip to Tennessee. Which I'm glad he did, because he made this beautiful BTS video of the day, enjoy!: HIGH-DEF VERSION CLICK HERE
After a lengthy, but unforgettable discussion with the friendly Bachman family, Mr. Bachman had one more nugget of information: "I have a LaFerrari on it's way in a few short years" he said with a modest smirk. "Is it going to be yellow and the last production model?" I ask… then immediately felt daft for uttering such foolish question. It's good to know that after 30 years, Phil still has the same glow today that attracted him to his first Ferrari. The mark of a true veteran collector. This certainly isn't the last time I get to shoot one of his cars in the Bachman stable.
Jeff Gordon & Kasey Kahne: Go-Kart Challenge Photoshoot BTS
Pepsi has been on a roll with their advertising lately, and again I'm excited to be a part of their latest project with NASCAR drivers Jeff Gordon and Kasey Kahne… and whew, what an action-packed day!! My main job was to grab on-location studio shots of Jeff and Kasey, but I would also be running and gunning around the GoPro Motorplex afterwards for action shots. So, I had to quickly switch my brain from studio, to journalism.
Being quick was the name of the game for this shoot since this project was a surprise for local go-karters Evan York and Steve Szabo. My assistants (Linhbergh, Sarah, and Will Keown) and I arrived when the sun was rising to setup the on-location studio to make sure everything was working perfectly… because, once Jeff and Kasey arrive, WE better be ready. No excuses. After literally 10 minutes with Jeff, and only 5 minutes with Kacey in the portable seamless studio, we focused our cameras to B-roll for the rest of the action-packed day for surprises and racing.
Doing the job for the paramount studio shots was the massive Phase One IQ260 with Profoto lighting (Check out my previous job with a Phase one to see how ridiculously brilliant this $40,000 system is). For the quick & dirty journalism-type photos my assistants and I used more compact cameras like the Canon 5DMKIII and Linhbergh's Sony A7 sync'd to lightweight portable AlienBee monolights.
All-in-all, it was a jam-packed day where my shutter finger didn't get much rest. As with any advertising shoot, there is no such thing as being over-prepared, especially when the window of opportunity for shooting the talent is the size of 5-10 minutes. My video-inclined buddy Will Keown followed the shoot from start to finish and put together this great short BTS video! I hope you enjoy… and remember the #1 priority is ALWAYS to get the image, and bringing lots of backup gear reduces the chance of a disaster happening. Once the gear is covered, it's all up to the squishy thing between your ears.
Handmade 2014 Promo Mailer
Nearly 4 years have passed since my previous mailer. And let me tell you, a LOT has happened since then. My photography has matured, received more work, and made connections with bigger clients such as Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Pepsi, KFC, Porsche, STA-BIL, Harley-Davidson, etc. And now, I felt the time has come to accumulate my latest work and show it off… but if you know me, I don't do simple.
Five years ago I had a desk job as an Art Director for multiple national magazines, which fortunately gave me a front row seat to photographers and illustrators sending me promotional mailers. Most were useless non-personal postcards or emails, but every now and then I got something that forced me to stop and look. As with anything when trying to find new business, you must be in the mindset that the people you want to contact, have no idea who you are. And that's OK. But don't make the mistake of only letting your work naturally fall in front of the right eyes, instead give it a push. I see it as my job to advertise myself. Considering the size of the agencies I'm sending these to, and the vast ocean of talented photographers available in the world, I had better make my first impression a good one.
The idea started out as expanding on my previous "GIVE ME A SHOT" mailer, but in a much more polished and mature way. I eventually thought of having bullet holes going through multiple prints at the same location, so when they're stacked together it would make a noticeable concise hole. To take the idea even further, I thought it would be cool to include a bullet shell within the mailer to solidify the idea that each print has been "shot". Get it?… OK don't let me lose you… Actually, instead of creating a wall of words and going through my thought process, watch this video and read the captions below on how these 50 mailers were pieced together:
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This is it! After a year of casually brainstorming, and sourcing the elements together, this is the fruits of my labor. Certainly longer than I had anticipated, but as a perfectionist I didn't want to make any sacrifices when conveying my work to the top agencies in the country.
The guts of the mailer:
-Pelican case with my logo painted on the back (rubber feet included)
-20 5×7″ drilled lustre prints with 1 print detailing my contact info
-Hand painted bullet shell by my friend and local artist Christina Ramsey
-Custom foam cutout velcro'd in to precisely hold the prints, and hand painted shell
-Hand scored paper wrap with signed personalized note to recipient
-Snazzy business card
Trivial decisions like how to package and label the mailer were important, because after all, this is the first thing they will see. I went with a Caremail package because it's rugged, yet environmentally safer than bubble wrap. I wanted the convenience of printing addresses at my office, so I rigged a way to seamlessly print Avery labels to the edge.
Why a Pelican case? If you're a photographer, or remotely close to the creative world, you already know the answer. Nearly all production gear is transported within this iconic brand. A few were painted cyan and white in the beginning. They looked great, but I didn't I didn't want to obnoxiously SCREAM my name on the case since they would (hopefully) be keeping the functional iPad/tablet case. So I opted to paint the logo black on the back. Seems fairly simple, but look closely and you will see brush strokes. It compliments the hand painted bullet shells inside. Yes, I'm a bit insane.
This angle shows how snug the custom cut foam fits the 21 prints, along with a convenient notch on the side for easy removal. Notice how the drilled holes in the prints aren't laser-cut precise? That is on purpose, I wanted the prints to have a jagged look as if shot by a bullet.
And this is the perceived culprit of the jagged holes in the prints. I don't use the Canon 70-200 2.8L lens a lot personally, but I realize it's one of the most iconic lenses ever made, and would easily be the most recognizable. The hand painted .50 caliber shell is also snugly put on display below a personally written note to each recipient. What's the monster at the end??? I admit it's a shameful attempt to have the reader go through all the prints to see…
…an info print about me. It's something to express my personality, explain where I live, my clients, fun facts, and a few pics of my adventures. Oh yea, and a little terrifying Loch Ness monster I drew with the Wacom.
Now behind the scenes: 2,000+ prints sitting patiently in a friend's woodshop ready to be drilled.
Drilling was a 2-step process. Jonathan had to use a small drill-bit, then the larger one for the final diameter, sharpening the bit every few hundred prints. Using just the final drill-bit was too much stress on the machine.
A custom template was made to stacks of 30-50 prints for accurate drilling for all 2,000+ prints. Sure enough, when the dust settled, all of the prints lined up perfectly.
Break out the paint. Each Pelican case was stenciled with my logo on the back. I thought about just using a vinyl sticker, but paint shows a more personal permanent touch, whereas stickers are easily removed.
Slather on the paint, the more texture the better! Even from a few feet away, you can see the brush strokes in each letter. I let the paint dry for a good 15min before it got too hard for peeling off the vinyl stencil.
After carefully peeling off the vinyl and meticulously plucking out each "O", "A", "D" negative spaces with an X-ACTO knife, they were left to dry. The first few cases were painted with cyan and white. However, I thought if I wanted the recipient to potentially keep the Pelican case, then it should be more subtle.
You thought painting logos on each case took a long time? You haven't seen anything yet! The main supporting element of the "GIVE ME A SHOT" campaign are the bullet shells painted like the iconic Canon 70-200 2.8L lens. I wanted the shells to look like the lens, but not to look too perfect as to show that each one is hand painted. Christina did an impeccable job of giving each shell enough detail to be easily recognizable, yet retain the texture that painting yields.
After each layer of paint, Christina rested each one on a stick to dry.
To make sure each shell was painted nearly the same, Christina drew a handy template. The attention to detail is maddening. Everything from the base off-white color of the lens, the silver/red line, to the red dot… I was breathless when she showed me the final results.
Lined up like good little stormtroopers (sorry I had to) and ready to be pieced together for each mailer.
The Printshop was kind enough to lend me their HUGE space in Greenville, SC for 2 days to piece together every mailer…
…And lots of space is what I needed! Each recipient receives 20 prints, but each mailer is not the same. For instance, if I'm sending a mailer off to an agency that represents Cannondale bicycles, then most of the prints will be aimed at cycling and sports. If another one is aimed at an agency that works with a truck brand, then most of the prints will be the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter campaign.
After matching the personalized wraps with their unique set of 20 prints, bullet shell placed, and a business card velcro'd to the inside, they were ready for the final stage.
And that's it. Each mailer is personalized to each recipient. What is your reaction when you receive a letter in the mail that is addressed to "Or Current Resident"?… Exactly, most of the time it goes straight to the trash. If I'm going to make a first impression, I want it to be personal, impressive, and above all, memorable.
Many thanks goes out to my patient, and overly helpful wife Sarah (and our friend Leize). My friend Jonathan did an outstanding job drilling a precise hole in 2,000+ prints. Christina Ramsey blew me away with her attention to detail on the painted shells. And The Printshop for their huge workspace to organize all the pieces. Riker, the dog, however didn't help much at all. He just sniffed everything. Thanks for nothing, Riker.


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Limit U.N. development goals for 2030, get more value for money: study
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Focusing on a few global U.N. targets for 2030, such as cutting child malnutrition or phasing out fossil fuel subsidies, will give better value for money than a scattergun list, an expert panel said on Thursday.
The group, comprising two Nobel economics laureates and a U.S. professor, estimated that the best 19 policies would yield $20 to $40 in benefits per dollar spent against less than $10 on average from 169 proposed U.N. development targets for 2030.
Forests shrink; 70 percent now less than 1 km from edge
OSLO (Reuters) – Farms, roads and towns are fast slicing up the world's wilderness, leaving 70 percent of the world's remaining forested land less than one km (half a mile) from a forest edge, a U.S.-led study showed on Friday.
The report, by two dozen researchers on five continents and using data the covers the past 35 years, said a rising human population was putting more pressure on forest animals and plants, which suffer greater risk of extinction as their habitats become fragmented.
Arctic sea ice covers record low extent this winter
OSLO (Reuters) – Arctic sea ice has set a new winter record by freezing over the smallest extent since satellite records began in 1979, in a new sign of long-term climate change, U.S. data showed on Thursday.
The ice floating on the Arctic Ocean around the North Pole reached its maximum annual extent of just 14.54 million square kms (5.61 million sq miles) on Feb. 25 – slightly bigger than Canada – and is now expected to shrink with a spring thaw.
Amazon rainforest soaking up less carbon as trees die young: study
OSLO (Reuters) – The Amazon rainforest's ability to soak up greenhouse gases from the air has fallen sharply, possibly because climate change and droughts mean more trees are dying, an international team of scientists said on Wednesday.
The world's biggest rainforest has soaked up vast amounts of carbon dioxide. Plants use the heat-trapping gas to grow and release it when they rot or burn, but the report said that role in offsetting global warming may be under threat.
Arctic eclipse alert: hotels full, it's cold, polar bears prowl
OSLO (Reuters) – The Norwegian Arctic islands of Svalbard are discouraging last-minute visitors for a rare solar eclipse next week, warning that hotels are full, it will be freezing cold and polar bears are on the prowl.
Christin Kristoffersen, mayor of Svalbard's main settlement Longyearbyen, told Reuters an expected 1,500 visitors for the eclipse, on top of about 2,500 residents, meant the usually welcoming archipelago had reached a maximum safe limit.
Oil price fall may aid long-term Arctic exploitation-Norway
OSLO, March 12 (Reuters) – A fall in oil prices may help
long-term exploitation of fossil fuels in the Arctic by averting
a short-lived "gold rush" into the vulnerable icy region,
Norway's Foreign Minister Boerge Brende said on Thursday.
Exploitation of oil and gas required long planning to
safeguard the fragile environment, which is heating up faster
than the world average because of global warming, he said.
Oceans yield 1,500 new creatures, many others lurk unknown
OSLO (Reuters) – Scientists identified almost 1,500 new creatures in the world's oceans last year, including a humpbacked dolphin and a giant jellyfish, and reckon that most species of marine life are yet to be found.
The experts publishing their findings on Thursday listed a total of 228,450 marine species worldwide, ranging from seaweeds to blue whales, and estimated that between 500,000 and 2 million more multi-celled marine organisms were still unknown.
Darwin's Galapagos birds share rare taste for flowers – study
OSLO (Reuters) – Scientists have for the first time discovered a general shift in diets across an entire group of animals while studying birds on the Galapagos islands that once helped inspire Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.
The Spanish-led team observed 19 of the 23 species of Galapagos land birds visiting flowers to eat nectar and pollen, apparently because their preferred foods of seeds or insects are in short supply on the remote Pacific islands off Ecuador.
India, Bangladesh, China most at risk from river floods: study
OSLO (Reuters) – India, Bangladesh and China are most at risk from river floods, with an increasing number of people threatened because of climate change and economic growth in low-lying regions, a study said on Thursday.
The U.S.-based World Resources Institute think-tank and four Dutch research groups estimated that some 21 million people worldwide were affected by river flooding in a typical year.
EU's 2050 green goals will need radical policy shifts: report
OSLO (Reuters) – The European Union will need radical new policies to reach goals for safeguarding the environment by 2050 after limited progress in curbing pollution and climate change, the European Environment Agency (EEA) said on Tuesday.
"We need to start now," Hans Bruyninckx, head of the EEA, told Reuters of a five-yearly environmental report that said "profound changes" in technologies, policies and lifestyles were necessary to achieve long-term green targets.


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KCS Announces Delay in Filing of Form 10-K and Adjustment for Pre-2003 Deferred Tax Balance Error; No Effect on Earnings in Intervening Years.
The Company expects that management's assessment of the effectiveness of internal controls over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005, to be included in the Company's annual report on Form 10-K, will indicate the existence of a material weakness in the Company's internal controls relating to its corporate tax function. The Company is developing a plan of remedial action to address the weaknesses in internal controls identified with respect to the proper reporting of income taxes.
As a result of the above described matters, the Company requires additional time to finalize its financial statements and disclosures to be included in its Form 10-K and obtain the appropriate reports from KPMG LLP, the Company's independent registered public accounting firm. Accordingly, the Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a notification of late filing on Form 12b-25 extending the deadline to file the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for up to 15 days. The Company expects to make the filing within the 15-day extension period.
Headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., KCS is a transportation holding company that has railroad investments in the U.S., Mexico and Panama. Its primary U.S. holding includes KCSR, serving the central and south central U.S. Its international holdings include Kansas City Southern de Mexico, serving northeastern and central Mexico and the port cities of Lazaro Cardenas, Tampico and Veracruz, and a 50 percent interest in Panama Canal Railway Company, providing ocean-to-ocean freight and passenger service along the Panama Canal. KCS' North American rail holdings and strategic alliances are primary components of a NAFTA Railway system, linking the commercial and industrial centers of the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
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