Nothing says “I love you” quite like Star Wars frenemies walking hand in hand. Illustrator James Stowe appears to agree, having made a different Valentine’s Day card for each episode. And not a Jar…
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Carrie Underwood’s Super Bowl national anthem kicked off tonight’s main event. Scroll down for video of the performance.
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Someone may judge you for putting together a mock iPad, but it’s certainly not going to be us. Be it for practicing the Tablet Sutra or faking out a fanboy friend, here’s the template you’ve been…
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[Hey, D.C. It has actually snowed in your city before today, as this photo of Pennsylvania Ave covered in the white stuff will attest. Bet they didn't clean out the supermarket. Image via Shorpy]
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SALT LAKE CITY — Climate change might be hurting some populations of the American pika, a relative of the rabbit, but not enough to warrant endangered species protection for the tiny mountain-dwelling animal, according to a decision released Thursday.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service posted a copy of its decision on a federal Web site stating that while some pika populations in the West are declining, others are not, so it would not extend Endangered Species Act protections.
If they had been allowed, the pika would have been the first animal in the continental United States listed because of the effects of global warming.
Although potentially vulnerable to climate change in some parts of its range, pikas will have enough high-elevation habitat to survive, the agency said.
“We acknowledge there is going to be some decline at some locations, but the pika is widespread enough, across a range of habitat, that it appears it would not threaten the long-term survival and existence of the species,” Larry Crist, supervisor of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service office in Utah, said Thursday afternoon.
Greg Loarie, an Earthjustice attorney who worked on lawsuits pressing for protections for the pika, said science clearly points toward dramatic reductions in pika populations in the coming decades because of warming temperatures.
“To conclude this species is not threatened by climate change strikes me as an impossible gamble,” Loarie said.
The pika lives mostly in high, rocky mountain slopes in 10 Western states.
The animals are well-suited for alpine conditions, but as temperatures warm they’re forced to move up-slope. In some places, scientists said the pika has run out of room to run and populations have disappeared. Even brief exposure to temperatures of 78 degrees or warmer can cause death.
A study in 2003 found six of 25 previously known pika populations in the Great Basin – which stretches across Nevada and into surrounding states – had disappeared, primarily because of the effects of warming temperatures. Since then, pikas have likely disappeared from more places in the basin, scientists said.
“This is a species which is a poster child of species that are targeted by global warming,” said Stuart Pimm, a professor of conservation ecology at Duke University.
The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the government in 2007 to protect the pika.
Since then, the case has been closely watched by legal experts, not only for its near-term effects on the pika but also for long-term implications for other species.
“Climate change is changing everything. It’s changing the law, it’s pushing the courts to confront a problem that the legislative branch has yet to address,” said Pat Parenteau, a professor at Vermont Law School who specializes in endangered species and climate change.
“But right now, in the absence of any meaningful controls on these sources of carbon dioxide, the Endangered Species Act is a potential tool.”
The Bush administration listed the polar bear as a threatened species in 2008 because of the threats of global warming. Officials quickly completed regulations, though, to ensure the listing couldn’t be used to block projects that contribute to global warming. The Obama administration’s Interior Secretary, Ken Salazar, has refused to rescind that rule, which is being challenged in court.
The pika lives in parts of California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.
After the iPad was announced for $499, (a few) people asked, “What about JooJoo?” the other $499 web tablet, formerly known as CrunchPad. Well, it’s on. JooJoo’s now in full production, and plans to…
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40,000 More Extensions! — One thing that got lost in the commotion of the extensions launch is a feature that is near and dear to my heart: Google Chrome 4 now natively supports Greasemonkey user scripts. Greasemonkey is a Firefox extension I wrote in 2004 that allows developers …
Curious folks around the world enjoy a bit of hackintosh every now and then (although once is enough for many), but no geek has successfully ventured as far as Toni Nikkanen of Finland, who became the first person to run OS X on a phone — the Nokia N900. As you can see in the video after the break, Toni’s hack relies on PearPC — a PowerPC emulator — to install good ol’ OS X 10.3 (Panther), but the mammoth sluggishness means it’s far from usable. Still, if you can spare 90 minutes for each boot-up plus plenty more for the snail-paced cursor, then head to the source to learn from Herra Nikkanen.
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So: Visa and Mastercard—who’ve helped ensure that your brokeass stays broke after buying things that leave you broke—waived fees on Haiti donation transactions. Wells Fargo didn’t….
Adobe is not going to take Flash’s exclusion from the iPad lying down. Their latest salvo: enlisting their friends at Bang Brothers to show just how badly you’re going to miss Flash video on Apple’s…
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Apple’s iPad — a broken link? — As I drove by Yerba Buena Theater in San Francisco this morning, I couldn’t help but be impressed. Apple certainly has the ability to excite people with great products, and with the iPhone they even managed to generate momentum for an entire product category.
Get some amazing deals in the midst of all the iPad fury. There’s a nice Core i7 laptop, an unbelievable price on one of the best games of the last decade, and a free version of Terminator Salvation….
South Korea has just released beautiful schematics and visualizations for a natural preserve — to be housed in a series of state-of-the-art, glassed in domes totaling 33,000 square meters. Including an indoor wetland and botanical gardens, in addition to an education center and environmental think tank.
The landmark technology behind the project, dubbed the “Ecorium,” is the architecture devised by Korean firm SAMOO. To be constructed out of low-iron and low-e double glazed metal panels, wood and plexiglass, the structure is designed to respond to external conditions by adjusting internal temperatures and humidities to support the life taking root inside.
The idea is to give South Korean citizens, especially young people, the incentive to learn more about the natural world, the delicate balance of ecosystems and the responsibility to conserve and protect the environment. The center’s creator, the National Ecological Institute of South Korea, hopes to do this by breaking ground on a big, flashy project that could undoubtedly become a national treasure.
The Ecorium is very similar to Britain’s Eden Project, another series of geodesic domes that actually exist in Cornwall, including the world’s largest greenhouse. The preserve is a vast collection of plant species from around the planet, each dome simulating a particular type of climate. It will be interesting to see if South Korea’s efforts inspire the U.S. to do something similar. America is home to Biosphere 2, an indoor ecosystem in Arizona, but it fell short of expectation and hasn’t attracted a popular audience.
The Ecological Institute has yet to specify a construction timeline for the ecological domes in South Korea. Here are some more pictures of the plans:
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Why Amazon won’t launch its own tablet, but will use Apple’s — The Kindle game is up, and Amazon knows it. In 2010, the world plus dog will be hawking an E-Ink-based e-reader, and major distribution and publishing houses like Barnes & Noble, Google, and Hearst will be offering their digital content on everything with a screen.
The first rule about fight club is that we don’t talk about….oh wait that is the other club. So you want to learn to fight like a Ultimate Fighting Champion? You want to rule the streets and kick sand in a bigger guy’s face?
Make sure you are learning how to fight like a UFC fighter for good reasons and not to act like a jerk. What’s that? You want to fight? Oh you want to know how to fight! OK, let us take a look at some free online resources such as videos and tutorials that should help you get started.
The first site I found in my conquest for street fighting domination was Defense On Demand.
You will notice the arrow pointing you towards the download videos section here at Defense On Demand. I find these a very good starting place. Once you get there you will see these options:
Click on the first one to begin learning how to fight like a UFC fighter and watch the video. Continue on watching all 10 videos. Then you will have a base understanding and can move on. Each section has multiple videos and they appear to be YouTube embedded videos like this:
They have a bunch of other sections on different preparations and training. Get your free learning on and soak up that information!
Next up is some awesome defense techniques and maneuvers I found over here.
This looks to be someone’s personal not so pretty site but hey it’s awesome for a fighter. If someone criticizes him he could always go “hey what, you wanna fight tough guy?”
The site is made up of step-by-step picture tutorials on how to escape certain moves and come out on top. The shot above shows how to escape from a head lock. They cover everything here on how to maneuver your way out of certain holds and situations. You will be able to use this awesome information when you start training and fighting, As they say the best offense is a great defense. Don’t let your opponent get you into a sticky situation.
And finally there is some great information over here on how to fight like a UFC fighter, or simply how to be victorious in a street fight.
They cover the important stuff that these other sites seem to have left out such as watching your surroundings and staying alert. They talk about knowing when to walk away from a fight, when to go on the offensive and when to fall back on the defensive.
There are loads of resources online for how to fight and win. Read, watch and take it all in and then – and only then – you should seek out a gym to actually try to put your skills to use. You will want to actually test out your skills before challenging someone to fight. Know your limits.
Don’t go picking on someone bigger than you or anyone at all. Use your skills to defend yourself and defend others. In other words be good and don’t be evil! Be a good Samaritan, not a bully!
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