Monday, August 20, 2012

Pakistani Taliban threatens attacks on military

The Pakistani Taliban on Monday warned the country's military it had set up a "suicide bombers squad" to hit troops if an offensive is launched in a restive tribal area bordering Afghanistan.

In an email message sent to media, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, an umbrella militant group, said it had received "an exclusive intelligence report" about the offensive in North Waziristan from its "sources" in army headquarters.

TTP spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan outlined details about the regiments and units and the possible commander for the campaign, said to be launched on August 26 for one month.

"TTP has also prepared itself for resistance, we have set up a suicide bombers squad to welcome (the) army. We will defeat our enemy, whom is defending secular, unIslamic system of Pakistan by punching them back hard InshaAllah (God willing)," Ehsan said.

Military officials were not immediately available to comment on the claim.

On August 3, The Wall Street Journal reported Pakistani and US officials were considering joint counter-terrorism campaigns in Afghanistan and Pakistan against Haqqanis and Taliban fighters.

The report said the campaigns would mark an upturn in cooperation between the two countries after more than a year of rancorous relations, since the US raid that killed Osama bin Laden.

Pakistani officials later denied any agreement with Washington for a joint operation in North Waziristan, and said "routine" actions on each side of the border "should not be mistaken for 'joint operations'".

Washington has long demanded Pakistan take action against the Haqqanis, which the United States accused of attacking the US embassy in Kabul last September and acting like the "veritable arm" of Pakistani intelligence.

Pakistan has in turn demanded Afghan and US forces do more to stop Pakistani Taliban militants crossing the border to launch attacks on its forces.

Pakistan says 35,000 of its people, including more than 3,000 soldiers, have been killed as a result of terrorism since the 9/11 attacks and the US-led invasion of neighbouring Afghanistan.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/pakistani-taliban-threatens-attacks-military-160238321.html

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Sunday, August 19, 2012

MacNN | iPhone News: Google app for iOS to get natural-language voice search

App takes aim at iOS' built-in Siri

Google has announced that within the next few days, the official Google Search app for iOS will be upgraded with natural-language voice requests. Users should, for instance, be able to ask about the weather in a complete sentence and see a forecast, or have the app find the answer to a math question. Some other possibilities include asking for information like sports scores or movie showtimes.

While the feature is similar to Siri, the voice command system built into the iPhone 4S, it doesn't bring up dedicated applets for different request types. Instead it presents results in a way little different any other search in the app, except that it provides a vocal response, and opens any links a person taps inside a Chrome-style tab. There are some exceptions however; asking the app to play a video, for instance, will open a tab that jumps straight to a video at the YouTube website. The app is also notably aware of a user's identity; asking "When is my flight?" can call up results, so long as the right info is tied to a person's Google account.

Google comments that it submitted the update about a week ago, and is "working with Apple" to get it into the App Store. The two companies may be sorting out technical issues, although Apple has rejected some Siri-like apps in the past.



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Rover's laser instrument zaps first Martian rock

ScienceDaily (Aug. 19, 2012) ? Today, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity fired its laser for the first time on Mars, using the beam from a science instrument to interrogate a fist-size rock called "Coronation."

The mission's Chemistry and Camera instrument, or ChemCam, hit the fist-sized rock with 30 pulses of its laser during a 10-second period. Each pulse delivers more than a million watts of power for about five one-billionths of a second.

The energy from the laser excites atoms in the rock into an ionized, glowing plasma. ChemCam catches the light from that spark with a telescope and analyzes it with three spectrometers for information about what elements are in the target.

"We got a great spectrum of Coronation -- lots of signal," said ChemCam Principal Investigator Roger Wiens of Los Alamos National Laboratory, N.M. "Our team is both thrilled and working hard, looking at the results. After eight years building the instrument, it's payoff time!"

ChemCam recorded spectra from the laser-induced spark at each of the 30 pulses. The goal of this initial use of the laser on Mars was to serve as target practice for characterizing the instrument, but the activity may provide additional value. Researchers will check whether the composition changed as the pulses progressed. If it did change, that could indicate dust or other surface material being penetrated to reveal different composition beneath the surface. The spectrometers record intensity at 6,144 different wavelengths of ultraviolet, visible and infrared light.

"It's surprising that the data are even better than we ever had during tests on Earth, in signal-to-noise ratio," said ChemCam Deputy Project Scientist Sylvestre Maurice of the Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planetologie (IRAP) in Toulouse, France. "It's so rich, we can expect great science from investigating what might be thousands of targets with ChemCam in the next two years."

The technique used by ChemCam, called laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy, has been used to determine composition of targets in other extreme environments, such as inside nuclear reactors and on the sea floor, and has had experimental applications in environmental monitoring and cancer detection. Today's investigation of Coronation is the first use of the technique in interplanetary exploration.

Curiosity landed on Mars two weeks ago, beginning a two-year mission using 10 instruments to assess whether a carefully chosen study area inside Gale Crater has ever offered environmental conditions favorable for microbial life.

ChemCam was developed, built and tested by the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory in partnership with scientists and engineers funded by the French national space agency, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) and research agency, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS).

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, manages the Mars Science Laboratory Project, including Curiosity, for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. JPL designed and built the rover.

More information about Curiosity is online at http://www.nasa.gov/msl and http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/. You can follow the mission on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/marscuriosity and on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/marscuriosity.

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Wednesday, August 15, 2012

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MIAMI (CBSMiami) ? An 87-year-old Miami man is heartbroken after the 20-year relationship he shared with his 500 beloved canaries was severed by robbers.

Manuel Sanchez said he was robbed on May 26th. According to a news release, the robbers entered through the west-side window of Sanchez?s shed, stole the birds, then sold them to three different pet shops?the following day.

Sanchez has had limited luck recovering his canary companions: his visits to the pet shops, which include Animal Pet Shop on SW 40th Street and Pet Lover Supply on SW 56th Street, enabled Sanchez to recover 150 of the 500 birds.

According to Alvaro Zabaleta of Miami-Dade police, one of the pet store owners said he sold all the canaries.

That comes as no surprise to Sanchez, who said canaries can be sold for $20 to $30 each. With 500 birds, that?s $15,000.

The canary caper was caught on camera by surveillance video from Roberts Pet Store at 14420 South Dixie Highway.

Anyone with tips is asked to call Miami-Dade Crimestoppers at (305)471-8477 (TIPS).

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Future toilets go head to head for Gates-funded prize

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The winning design in the Gates Foundation's Reinvent the Toilet project was announced Tuesday in Seattle during an exposition of the cheap, efficient toilets funded by Foundation grants. They also announced a second round of grants?totaling?$3.4 million.

Caltech was the winner, taking home $100,000; that team's design, pictured below, uses solar power and generates hydrogen and electricity. The UK's Loughborough University won second place and $60,000; that design produces bio-charcoal, minerals and clean water. Canada's University of Toronto took $40,000 and third place; their device sanitizes waste and recovers usable resources. Two other toilets were awarded $40,000 in?special recognition prizes.

The Reinvent the Toilet effort started more than a year ago, when the Foundation announced it would be awarding eight $400,000 grants for research into cheap, efficient toilets. As a Foundation video pointed out at the time, the problem may not be a glamorous one, but it's a serious one:

This week, the Foundation is showing off the designs that last year's grant recipients have been working on.?Researchers, investors and advocates from 29 countries are?gathered in Seattle to see and comment on the designs. All the systems are subject to a few restrictions: They must be very cheap to operate, generate energy but no pollutants, and recover nutrients while not requiring much water.

Grants were awarded all over the world: Singapore, South Africa, the Netherlands, Canada, the UK, Germany, the US and more. As you can tell from the award-winning descriptions,?some projects were further along than others today, but they have quite a variety of methods, using everything from biological charcoal to microwaves to transform human waste into safe and possibly useful material while saving whatever might be useful within it, like water and various gases.

This gathering isn't the end for the Reinvent the Toilet challenge, though: the Foundation used the occasion to announce four large grants totaling $3.4 million, awarded to four research groups that will be developing another round of new toilet technologies. These too will presumably have their day in the sun once they have all?advanced sufficiently to have a working prototype.

The Gates Foundation's Flickr Page has pictures of the designs from this year's fair, along with descriptions of how their work. More information about the Reinvent the Toilet project and other water and sanitation work by the Foundation can be found at their website.

Devin Coldewey is a contributing writer for NBC News Digital. His personal website is coldewey.cc.

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Stock futures signal higher open; data eyed

Stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Tuesday, with futures for the S&P 500, the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq 100 rising 0.2-0.3 percent.

U.S. buyout fund Carlyle Group and some of China's top private equity funds are targeting the biggest ever delisting of a New York-listed Chinese company, attempting to privatize a firm directly targeted by shortseller Muddy Waters.

At 7:45 a.m. EDT ICSC/Goldman Sachs release chain store sales for the week ended August 11. In the previous week, sales were unchanged.

The Commerce Department releases July retail sales figures at 1230 GMT. Economists expect a 0.3 percent rise, compared with a 0.5 percent decrease in June.

A group of bondholders in Elpida Memory has put forward an alternative restructuring plan for the failed chipmaker, putting pressure on Micron Technology Inc to increase its takeover offer for the company.

July producer price figures are due at 1230 GMT. Economists forecast a 0.2 percent rise, compared with a 0.1 percent increase in June.

Agrium Inc , North America's biggest retail supplier of farm products and services, moved to fend off pressure from activist investor Jana Partners LLC by saying the company will not spin off its retail operations.

Redbook releases at 1255 GMT its Retail Sales Index of department and chain store sales for August. In the prior period, sales fell 0.2 percent.

Groupon Inc became the latest young consumer Internet company to disappoint Wall Street on Monday, when the world's largest online daily deals provider missed quarterly revenue expectations and gave a cautious profit outlook.

The Commerce Department issues Business Inventories for June at 1400 GMT. Economists expect a 0.2 percent rise, versus a 0.3 percent increase the prior month.

Quarterly results from top home improvement retailer Home Depot should provide clues on the state of the U.S. housing market. Wall Street expects it to continue to have outshone smaller rival Lowe's in the second quarter.

European stocks <.fteu3> rose 0.6 percent on Tuesday, reversing the previous session's dip ahead of euro zone macroeconomic data that could fuel expectation of further stimulus measures from the region's policymakers.

U.S. stocks ended slightly lower on Monday as fatigue set in after a six-day rally and disappointing Japanese growth data provided a fresh reminder of the headwinds facing the global economy.

The Dow Jones industrial average <.dji> ended down 38.52 points, or 0.29 percent, at 13,169.43. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.spx> was down 1.76 points, or 0.13 percent, at 1,404.11. The Nasdaq Composite Index <.ixic> was up 1.66 points, or 0.05 percent, at 3,022.52.

(Reporting by Atul Prakash/editing by Chris Pizzey in London.)

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Windows RT devices to have 320 hours standby

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It's hard to imagine a Windows PC staying on standby for nearly two weeks, but those that use?Windows RT?will have?least 320 hours of connected standby time, says Microsoft.

Mike Angiulo,??vice president of Microsoft's?ecosystem and planning team,?writes in a blog posting that tablets and?laptops with screen sizes from 10.1 to 11.6 inches using the new OS will:

...?move into a new low-power mode that allows it to keep your data fresh and current while also not requiring a battery charge for days.?And when you need your system, it will turn on in less than a second at the touch of a button, which is a mobile phone experience but in a full PC.

"These devices will stay on for over 320 hours at a time without a charge while connected to the network as if they were smartphones on battery steroids," wrote George Ou in a commentary for Information Week.?

Windows RT ? the RT stands for "run time" ? is one of three new versions of Windows that is due out Oct. 26, along with Windows 8 and Windows 8 Pro.

RT is "not just for tablet form factors," Angiulo wrote. "Some of our Windows RT PCs come with full keyboard and touchpad solutions, whether removable/dockable or a traditional clamshell. Not only do these solutions provide additional battery capacity, but they also provide a new touchpad experience that incorporates intuitive Windows 8 gestures."

Some?Windows RT devices will also incorporate Near Field Communication (NFC), which can be used for payments by sending small amounts of data like credit-card numbers over short distances. And there are other uses, as well, Angiulo wrote.

"By simply tapping two NFC-enabled Windows RT PCs together, users can easily share photos, URLs, map directions, and anything else that our software partners have designed into their Windows apps."

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Monday, August 6, 2012

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Beat Your Back Pain Using This Excellent Guidance ?

It is difficult living daily life when it is handled by cramps and irritation of back pain. The following post will give you some good recommendations to help lessen your lower back pain, and get you back to your regular life. Not all the ideas in the following paragraphs will work for everybody, so take some time to get a single which fits your life-style.

Back pain is however very common. Specifically low back pain, the most famous form of back discomfort, is one of the most typical aspects in individuals browsing medical doctors. There are several easy changes you can make to prevent lumbar pain from at any time appearing, but the changes needs to be implemented effectively to discover the benefits. Simply because back pain is pretty common, you will want to take safeguards to lessen the likelihood of experiencing it.

You will get free of again discomfort by wearing cozy shoes. Unwell-fitted shoes or boots can change the way you go walking and increase the risk for poor posture which can result in pain. If you absolutely could not stay away from sporting high heel shoes, make sure to put them on with insoles. Also, never wear them for many hours at the same time.

It is possible to avoid back again discomfort by constantly determining the load of items you would like to lift up. The contents of the box might consider greater than you expect and lead to injury to your again. Tend not to rely on the image on the outside from the package to figure out its materials.

Stretching your own muscles to combat back discomfort should be carried out whenever your muscles are warmed up to avoid additional harm. Be sure you do some stretches when you are cooling down downward after your workouts.

Don?t slouch when executing family tasks like vacuum-cleaning. A slouched position or continuous bending will set more strain on the muscle tissues and may cause back problems flare-ups. Stand direct along with good posture driving the vacuum with your thighs and legs instead of your back again in order to steer clear of resulting in soreness.

For fast pain alleviation, try out back again pressure methods. Wrapping your rear will not likely only compress it and can also minimize the plethora of motion, helping in the process of healing. Don?t cover too securely.

So that you can figure out how significant your back injury is and also to prevent deteriorating it, you need to sleep for approximately a couple of days after the discomfort begins. In the event you don?t practical experience discomfort, you are able to chalk it up to as an injuries that isn?t severe. When you are still suffering from pain, or maybe if it gets worse, you ought to contact your doctor for further assistance with a treatment in order to alleviate the discomfort. When you spend more money than two time resting, you will not treat the trouble, and you can help it become worse by letting the helping muscle tissue damage more.

Include a lot of the nutritional B12 in your diet. If an individual doesn?t have sufficient vitamin B12 within their diet regime, it may cause them lower back pain. Increase the vitamin B12 in your daily diet when you eat a good amount of veggies and shellfish. Even so, before you decide to begin getting B12 in extra type, have a blood check used through your medical doctor very first to ensure that this is why you are missing.

Laziness and hurrying frequently lead to raising hefty products from your healthy reach that you simply shouldn?t. Men and women often get cutting corners and they also try this every day. Set up issues so they are easier to entry and concentrate on undertaking points appropriate in order that you are happy with the results.

Make sure you are sitting up straight. For those who have bad healthy posture you are going to stress your rear when there is no need to! Should your work entails sitting down most of the time then acquiring a supportive and comfortable couch is vital. You may use a workout soccer ball like a couch if you are considering enhancing your pose and keeping your back again as strong as possible.

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Buying Home Through Ebay ? Can It Really Help You Get A Good ...

Technology has brought a lot of changes to people?s lives. It has made people lives easier and comfortable. One of the primary needs of every people in order to live is shelter or home aside from food. Without a house, life would be miserable. Technology has brought a lot of changes as well to the real estate business.

With the advancement of technology, real estate business or property buying and selling particularly in Santa Maria real estate, with one click of the mouse, people can see amazing homes around the country. Like any other products that you can purchase in internet, people can purchase a house or property through online auctions. Popularity of home buying through online auctions has grown so much. Now, more and more homebuyers are into buying homes online.

Buying homes through online auction can save you a lot of money, time and effort. But just like any products that you can buy online, making an online auction for homes is not that easy. It takes some meticulous research and you need to be extra careful in order to be a successful online homebuyer.

Careful planning and analysis is required before purchase can be made. You need to consider your budget, the location, size and the condition of the property whether it is in Santa Maria real estate or in other real estates. It is also important to check the ownership history of the targeted home. Comparison between two properties with almost similar cost, area and number of rooms, decks, carpeting, windows and treatment would also be a great idea.

Inspection may not be possible perhaps buying home as is. You may not end up getting a good deal at the end if repairs could not be done within the budget. This is one thing that should bear in mind when making an online auction.

When you finally make it to auction, stay within your budget limits. Engaging into bid war is not a good idea. You should bear in mind that you came to buy a home and make some profits not to compete with your fellow bidders.

Checking the list of the all the cost details including loan? balance (if foreclosed), any back taxes owned, legal fee and other expenses in foreclosing the proposed prior to the actual bidding is necessary to get the facts right and to know exact total costs involved.

With thorough analysis and with careful planning your dream to have your own home that would fit your budget will be out your reach. For more great deals waiting to be taken, just visit Santa Maria real estate website.

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Sunday, August 5, 2012

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Saturday, August 4, 2012

Students with strong hearts and lungs may make better grades

ScienceDaily (Aug. 3, 2012) ? Having a healthy heart and lungs may be one of the most important factors for middle school students to make good grades in math and reading, according to findings presented at the American Psychological Association's 120th Annual Convention.

"Cardiorespiratory fitness was the only factor that we consistently found to have an impact on both boys' and girls' grades on reading and math tests," said study co-author Trent A. Petrie, PhD, professor of psychology and director of the Center for Sport Psychology at the University of North Texas. "This provides more evidence that schools need to re-examine any policies that have limited students' involvement in physical education classes."

The researchers gathered data at five Texas middle schools from 1,211 students, of whom 54 percent were female with an average age of about 12. Overall, the group was 57 percent white. Among the boys, the breakdown was 57.2 percent white, 24.2 percent Mexican-American, 9.1 percent African American, 1.1 percent Asian-American and 1.2 percent American Indian. For the girls, 58.6 percent were white, 23.4 percent were Mexican-American, 9.2 percent were African-American, 2.3 percent Asian-American and 0.6 percent were American Indian.

While previous studies have found links between being physically fit and improved academic performance, this study also examined several other potential influences, including self-esteem and social support. It also took into account the students' socioeconomic status and their self-reported academic ability, Petrie said.

In addition to cardiorespiratory fitness, social support was related to better reading scores among boys, according to the study. It defined social support as reliable help from family and friends to solve problems or deal with emotions. For girls, having a larger body mass index was the only factor other than cardiorespiratory fitness that predicted better reading scores. For boys and girls, cardiorespiratory fitness was the only factor related to their performance on the math tests. "The finding that a larger body mass index for girls was related to better performance on the reading exam may seem counterintuitive, however past studies have found being overweight was not as important for understanding boys and girls performances on tests as was their level of physical fitness," Petrie said.

From one to five months before the students were to take annual standardized reading and math tests, they answered questions about their level of physical activity, and how they viewed their academic ability, self-esteem and social support. The school district provided information on the students' socioeconomic status and reading and math scores at the end of the year.

To determine students' physical fitness, the researchers worked with physical education teachers to administer a fitness assessment program widely used in U.S. schools. The program includes a variety of tests to assess aerobic capacity, muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility and body composition. The assessment provides an objective measure of cardiorespiratory fitness through the Progressive Aerobic Cardiovascular Endurance Run, or PACER, and body composition through measuring BMI, the study said.

"Because this is a longitudinal study, these variables can now be considered risk factors in relation to middle school students' performance on math and reading examinations," Petrie said. "And that is essential to developing effective programs to support academic success."

Presentation: "Physical Fitness and Academic Performance: A Longitudinal Investigation," Sudhish Srikanth, lead author, Trent A. Petrie, PhD, Christy Greenleaf, PhD, and Scott Martin, PhD, University of North Texas; Session 2120, Friday, Aug. 3, 10 -- 10:50 a.m. Convention Center, Room W310A, Level III.

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Don Southerton Releases Colorado?s Henry Collbran and the Roots of Early Korean Entrepreneurialism

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Denver, Colorado and Seoul, South Korea. Author Don Southerton has announced the release of a new publication?Colorado?s Henry Collbran and the Roots of Early Korean Entrepreneurialism.?The eBook explores the business efforts of British-born Henry Collbran who brought modern technology and innovation to the Korean peninsula.

Stepping back in time?Southerton?s latest work tells the fascinating story of Henry Collbran who left Colorado in 1896 and traveled to Korea with hopes of a lucrative gold mining opportunity.? Seeing little potential in mining, Collbran successfully constructed the nation?s first railway from Incheon to Seoul. ?Collbran then secured the franchise from the Korean monarch Kojong to build a modern electric streetcar system. Over the next several years, the entrepreneur added additional business ventures, including the first telephone system, a modern waterworks, a bank, a coin mint, and even a movie theater.

During his later years in Korea and with financial support of Colorado beer baron Adolph Coors and other investors, Collbran turned his effort to highly lucrative gold and copper mining operations before eventually retiring to a life of leisure in London.

Author Don Southerton points out, ??Westerners like Collbran provided Korea with capital, technology, and know-how.? These efforts contributed to the early development and economic growth of the region, which in turn provided the foundation for Korea?s impressive late twentieth century industrial accomplishments.?

The eBook will be available through Amazon, Google,Kindle, iBook, and most digital media services.

Don Southerton has held a life-long interest in Korea and the rich culture of the country. His previous books center on culture, entrepreneurialism, and early U.S.-Korean business ventures. Southerton also extensively writes and comments on modern Korean business culture and its impact on global organizations. His firm, Bridging Culture Worldwide, provides consulting, training, and strategy on Korea-facing global business.

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People are generally hesitant to negotiate in certain situations. You should not fear negotiating or let it intimidate you. It might not be fun, but it is a necessary part of this process. Always remain calm (even if you are not) as bad decisions are generally made when people are emotional. Follow the tips outlined below and this will get you started on the right path.

Tip - Reaffirm your desire to come to an agreement

One of the negotiating tips we discuss is leverage and how to create it. Part of creating leverage is letting the other party know that you really want to come to an agreement. This puts pressure on them to get the deal done.

A great way to do this is constantly reaffirming that you want to come to an agreement, but the terms have to be right or you will not be able to make it work. This implies that they need to make the terms work or the negotiation might fall through.

This will give you some more leverage where you might have once thought you had none.

I told the companies that I had to come to an agreement with all of them or none of them and for this to work they had to agree to 10%. This put the pressure on them to make it work and gave me leverage. Imagine being the collector who has a very willing client on the other end yet can't get the deal done. They get paid by getting deals done. You have to look at it in this manner and you will be successful.

Gregg Zban is the owner of Debt-Relief-Pro.com, a website dedicated supplying quality information on debt relief, debt consolidation, debt settlement, debt reduction and debt elimination. To learn more please visit http://www.100kInDebt.com. To learn more please visit http://www.debt-relief-pro.com

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Swimming Pool Safety and Technology

From caller ID on the high-definition television screen to adjusting your AC and preheating your oven with a smartphone, advanced technology is making life easier. Homeowners looking to bolster safety, as well as play with some fun applications, are turning to swimming pool technology.

Well, it won?t pour champagne or put sunscreen on your back, but just about everything else is controllable through a touchscreen. Swimming pool technology is about management. This includes temperature, lighting, security for the pool fence and motion detectors. Some products enhance your enjoyment in the spa or the pool by changing the water flow, adjusting the heat or turning on fountains to add ambiance.

What About Safety?

Pools are a lot of fun for the whole family, but they also present a risk, especially for small children. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that in an average day 10 people accidentally drown ? many are small children wandering around home pools who fall into the water.

In most areas, you must have a fence and cover for a pool or spa, but that may not be enough. Technology is offering more ways to keep the pool safe from little wanderers. The most common device is a motion detector that attach to pool fences. The passive infrared system sets off an alarm should anyone go into the pool area. With many products, you have the option to send a wireless signal to your home monitoring system and a text to your iPhone in addition to an on-site siren.

Pool Safety Technology
What about Fun?

Swimming pool technology has its fun side too. Imagine driving home from work after a long day. What would help is a soak in the spa. With today?s advances in wireless technology, you can pick up your smartphone or tablet computer to turn the spa on and set the temperature before you get into the car. Phone applications give you full control over the pool and spa. You can dim the lights around the pool without getting off the couch or brighten them while you change into a suit.

Fun and Safety are not Mutually Exclusive

You get both fun and safety from technological devices for the pool. Wireless works in conjunction with almost every aspect of pool management. The applications might surprise you. Technology is available to manage the filter system, monitor the chlorine levels, change the pressure on the jets, create dazzling water effects and monitor the pool when you not there. One package can provide both fun and safety.

How Does It Work?

Obviously, it requires more than just a download to your iPhone. The systems are intricate. A few components of the pool will need upgrades to include the technology that works with the interface on the phone. Some require only a sensor installation, monitoring the chlorine levels for example. Products that provide full management of the pool work with specific heaters and lights that need to be in place. It requires one component to send information and one to receive it.

Crunching the Numbers

There is a lot of responsibility when you own a pool or spa, and with it, expense. Adding technology is not cheap but when you consider the overall cost of maintaining the system, it might be worth it. An improperly managed pool raises the energy bill. The cost of maintenance and repairs go up. The technology will pay for itself by giving you control. High tech components for the pool will increase the value if you decide to sell your home.

Ultimately, it depends on how much piece of mind and seamless management are worth to you. The more features you take on, the more upgrades you need. When it comes to safety, the cost is certainly worth it. Adding a motion detector to the pool fence is relatively inexpensive and a vital improvement to the safety of the system.

It is time to bring the pool into the 21st century by giving it wings to communicate with your phone. Wireless technology makes pool life better. From managing the temperature to keeping the area safe, advancements in mobile systems are improving lives. Swimming pool technology saves them by making sure someone is there to help if the unthinkable happens. Going high-tech increases the cool of being poolside.

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Facebook, more than 83 million questionable ... - Security Affairs

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Project Purple: Scott Forstall Tells All About the iPhone's Creation [Apple]

The Apple vs. Samsung case has been druging up all kinds of secrets. Today, in his testimony, Senior VP of iOS Software Scott Forstall had some interesting things to say about the iPhone's secretive development back in 2004. More »


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