This F-35 On Afterburner Is Your Airporn Porn of the Day and My New Desktop Background [Airplanes]

As problematic as the F-35 Lightning II has been so far, this airplane can look mighty amazing. Look at this F-35B going all afterburny in a flight test at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. That transonic flow looks great. [Lockheed Martin] More »

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Pregnant Adriana Lima Is Craving Beer ? But Not Drinking It

"I've been craving beer," Lima, 30, told PEOPLE at the IWC Schaffhausen watch boutique opening in New York. "It's very strange because I normally don't like beer. Now I want some but I cannot drink it. It's been very hard!"

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Chandigarh is a Good Example of Planning and Structuring of ...

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India has always been associated with non-planning and non-structuring of things and it?s almost right to talk of the country in such light because it is a community like that. But is there no exception? The answer is no because there is an exception and the name is Chandigarh. It?s a city like no other in the country. Chandigarh can easily be classified as the best example of being civilised, planned and properly structured among the cities in the country or otherwise. In fact if you must already know, Chandigarh is one of those few cities that have been made after a proper layout was designed and acknowledged by experts. It is in actual terms, the first city that has been made in a planned manner. At the time of independence of the country itself, Chandigarh was a city that was looked upon by others to follow suit.

Chandigarh today serves as a capital for two states and it has been able to do so with ease because of the well structured nature of the city.

It manages to house both the states of Haryana and Punjab. Being a city that is governing two states it was given the status of a Union territory. Not only on the planned structure of the city, but on other levels too has the city scored marks. People-friendly environment in the city makes it a welcoming city. People who have work or come for leisure, take cheap flights to Chandigarh as the rates of airlines have reduced. Becoming a status symbol for many people; flights Chandigarh to Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and other metro cities are easily available.

Chandigarh is also known for its environment-friendly approach to life.

It has a rock garden which is a concept adopted to recycle natural waste and to turn it into something substantial. It was the first one-of-its-kind eco-friendly things that the Indian people have laid their eyes on in the country. Famous in the west for promoting such strategies to save nature and more, Chandigarh is a concept in design. The city sees a large number of domestic flyers who come to see this garden. Flyers take cheap flights to Chandigarh so as to save on time and money. Since the domestic flyers are increasing by the day, airline companies and the government has increased the number of flights Chandigarh to Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, and etc being on top of the list. People can now come and adopt strategies that the city has adopted to make life much easier. A proper planning from the government?s end and cooperation from the public?s end can change the way India looks and for much better.?

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Researchers build optical transistor out of silicon, provide path to all-optical computing

The speed of light is the universal speed limit, so naturally, optical technologies appeal when trying to construct speedy computational devices. Fiber optics let us shoot data to and fro at top speed, but for the time being our CPUs still make their calculations using electronic transistors. Good news is, researchers from Purdue University have built an optical transistor out of silicon that can propagate logic signals -- meaning it can serve as an optical switch and push enough photons to drive two other transistors. It's constructed of a microring resonator situated next to one optical line that transmits the signal, and a second that heats the microring to change its resonant frequency. The microring then resonates at a specific frequency to interact with the light in the signal line in such a way that its output is drastically reduced and essentially shut off. Presto, an optical transistor is born. Before dreams of superfast photonic computers start dancing in your head, however, just know they won't be showing up anytime soon -- the power consumption of such transistors is far beyond their electronic counterparts due to the energy inefficient lasers that power them.

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FIRST Team Builds an Oil-Skimming Robot

Kell Robotics came to the FIRST championship to put its basketball-playing robot to the test. But the team members brought along another of their clever creations: a model of their robot that could one day clean up streams.

In response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill that began April 20, 2010, the team from Marietta, Ga., designed a remote-control, oil-skimming robot it calls ORCA, or Oil Recovery and Capture. The ORCA model on display at the FIRST championship in St. Louis, which is one-third the size of the real deal, looks a little like a tank with a long, wide conveyer belt projecting from the front, and a black-and-white design reminiscent of a killer whale.

Carlie Schulter, a Kell High School senior and the team?s executive director, says the robot skims oil from shallow water with a rotating polyurethane belt that repels water but attracts oil. It then deposits the oil into the empty receptacle that makes up the body of the robot. The robot?s water-friendly internal tread allows it to maneuver over obstacles such as driftwood, and movable flotation devices help it make depth adjustments. A solar panel on top recharges the robot at half the rate it expends energy.

Lemelson-MIT, a program that supports inventors, gave Kell Robotics an initial grant of $10,000 to work on the ORCA design. It named Kell Robotics one of its InvenTeams?research teams made up of high school students. In February, Schulter and teammate Matthew Tompkins were among about 100 students invited to the White House Science Fair to present their ideas.

The next step for the team is to build a training simulator for potential ORCA pilots, Schulter says. At the moment, ORCA pilots could potentially steer it from a half-mile away; the team would like to stretch that to 2 miles. ORCA won first place for student models and simulations at last year?s Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference in Orlando, Fla.

Although the government hasn?t implemented ORCA?s design, Schulter says Kell Robotics has stayed in contact with the EPA. For now, she says, "we plan on using it as a teaching tool." The team also created Corky, a robot that removes debris from standing water. Schulter says Kell Robotics has a standing invitation to use Corky at Lake Clara Meer in Atlanta?s Piedmont Park.

This weekend?s national FIRST competition was fun and games for Kell, but their other projects show they?re serious about tackling some tough problems. Now that FIRST 2012 is over, Kell?s team hopes to focus on finishing assembling the ORCA and to start testing it in an estuary by this summer.

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Home Improvement DIY Projects ? Money-Savers Or Potential ...

Article by Greg Mingea

There are a variety of reasons why people undertake DIY home improvement endeavours. It might be that the person wants to refurbish a house with the intention of trying to sell it to get a more favorable price. Or it could be that they delight in making use of their hands and possess the wisdom and expertise to undertake their own personal DIY projects. Occasionally, the call to do it by yourself arises from absolute basic need, like on a Saturday night if you cannot get hold of a pluming company, for example.

On the flip side, the substantial price of living nowadays means that a lot of people are looking for ways to cut costs and one of those methods is to undertake their own DIY projects as opposed to paying a contractor to do the work on their behalf. Needless to say, you must have adequate free time to be able to take on DIY projects. However, assuming that you do, in actual fact, have the time but are someone who hasn?t done much in the way of residential D-I-Y before, you may want to keep a couple of key points in mind to ensure that your house improvement projects end up being money-savers and not cash-squandering disasters.

For starters, it?s very important that the tools and hardware you utilize for a particular home enhancement venture are suitable for the job on hand. Consider the simple screw, for example. You will only need to pay a visit to a large building supply outlet or hardware retailer to realise that there are lots of diverse kinds of screws that you can buy. You will likewise notice that, not only is there a huge range of types in the category of screws exclusively, but that every type is available in a range of sizes. If the particular do-it-yourself task you are about to begin calls for a specific variety of screw then you definitely ought to utilize that precise sort of screw and not some other kind because employing the wrong kind of hardware, for instance, can lead to a ramshackle and unsafe end product.

Moreover, inappropriate procedures and utilizing the wrong equipment, or even just utilizing the correct tools incorrectly, could lead to a do-it-yourself disaster which brings us to our second crucial point: realizing your limitations. It is easy to become enthusiastic at the prospect of completing a do-it-yourself home enhancement task all on your own and successful DIY projects certainly do possess the potential for a great deal of personal gratification. Even so, you must be certain that you?re really capable of completing a venture, not only properly but safely too, for this gratification to become realised.

It is sometimes better to pay a professional to undertake a task for you, particularly if it?s a huge job or one that requires specialist products and know-how. With regards to a dangerous substance like electricity then it?s definitely wise to get an electrical contractor in rather than trying to handle it on your own because these individuals are qualified and you are not. What is more, employing the services of an expert can potentially save you considerable time and energy which is a much more pleasant than having to start a botched do-it yourself home enhancement project all over again.

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iOS app designer guide to working with developers [Infographic]

A Lithuanian developer, LemonLabs, has recently published an interesting infographic detailing a few simple ways in which designers can prepare their assets for developers in a useful and sensible way. The advice ranges from simple standard resolutions for icons, to highlighting particular Apple style guidelines, and how to package your final bundle of assets. A lot of it seems like common sense, but I'm sure there are at least a few iOS developers out there who would like to make sure their designers have at least glanced over something like this.

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