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	May 3rd, 2012 The Getty Villa Posted about 23 hours ago by Koichi Mitsui to s a s u r a u 12 回廊 Raising One World Trade Center time lapse [video] Posted about 21 hours ago by Kate Rinsema to Holy Kaw! 4 The destruction of the World Trade Center on September 11th abruptly and permanently changed the way we see ourselves and the world, but hopefully, this time lapse video of the construction of One World Trade Center will raise a bit of hope rather than more specters of fear after a decade of conflict. Embedded media -- click here to see it. Full story at YouTube via Laughing Squid. Time lapse videos. Wake up call: The truth behind success with mobile apps [infographic] Posted about 21 hours ago by Kate Rinsema to Holy Kaw! 5 For every wildly successful app, there are thousands that that never even break even, so App Promo created this infographic using the results of their First Annual Developer Survey to give aspiring app developers out there a reality check as to what the odds are. Via App Promo. Like infographics. A letter from a mother to a daughter Posted about 20 hours ago by Kate Rinsema to Holy Kaw! 3 In a culture that worships youth and has a thousand sites devoted to parenting, it’s easy to overlook or get impatient with the elders in our life, especially our mothers, the people with whom we likely spent so much time, and, in the nature of relationships, also experienced so much conflict. Spring in the Air published this letter on their Facebook site in honor of Mother’s Day, but it’s also a touching reminder that shifts one’s perspective on the elderly. Letter from a Mother to a Daughter: "My dear girl, the day you see I’m getting old, I ask you to please be patient, but most of all, try to understand what I’m going through. If when we talk, I repeat the same thing a thousand times, don’t interrupt to say: “You said the same thing a minute ago”... Just listen, please. Try to remember the times when you were little and I would read the same story night after night until you would fall asleep. When I don’t want to take a bath, don’t be mad and don’t embarrass me. Remember when I had to run after you making excuses and trying to get you to take a shower when you were just a girl? When you see how ignorant I am when it comes to new technology, give me the time to learn and don’t look at me that way... remember, honey, I patiently taught you how to do many things like eating appropriately, getting dressed, combing your hair and dealing with life’s issues every day... the day you see I’m getting old, I ask you to please be patient, but most of all, try to understand what I’m going through. If I occasionaly lose track of what we’re talking about, give me the time to remember, and if I can’t, don’t be nervous, impatient or arrogant. Just know in your heart that the most important thing for me is to be with you. And when my old, tired legs don’t let me move as quickly as before, give me your hand the same way that I offered mine to you when you first walked. When those days come, don’t feel sad... just be with me, and understand me while I get to the end of my life with love. I’ll cherish and thank you for the gift of time and joy we shared. With a big smile and the huge love I’ve always had for you, I just want to say, I love you... my darling daughter. " Full story at Spring in the Air @ Facebook. Saying thanks to seniors. Photo credit: Fotolia Open letter offers reality check to NFL draftees Posted about 20 hours ago by Kate Rinsema to Holy Kaw! This past weekend, football fans got their April thrill watching the draft, where the dreams of young football players finally come true. As with most celebrity, though, there is a downside to this newfound fame, as former Denver Brono Nate Jackson points out in this open letter to Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III, who were drafted by the Indianapolis Colts and Washington Redskins respectively. Really, it makes being an armchair quarterback look pretty darned appealing. …Immediately following the draft, you will board a private jet to your new cities, where you will step off the plane as Hope. The first stage will be a media event. All stages, in fact, will be media events. Whether leading your teams to triumph or failing miserably, every breath will be a public affair. For better or worse, your privacy is gone. After the necessary posing and hand shaking and I’m-excited-to-be-a-part-of-this-organization-isms, you’ll be escorted into the locker room and shown your new stoop. It will look identical to all other stoops. And until you retire, this will be the only room on the planet where you’re safe, and where your struggle is understood… … After negotiating your contracts, you both will surely buy a house in an affluent suburb where no 22-year-old would be happy living. Your new neighbors will be rich as well, facelifted, lipo-sucked, Xanaxed and dripping in diamonds, simply delighted to welcome you to the neighborhood. You will commission an interior decorator, recommended by a neighbor, to furnish your home. This will guarantee it feels nothing like Home. And someday, when all of this is over, you'll walk through and gaze upon the marble columns and the embroidered drapes like artifacts in a museum, wondering why you ever listened to that woman… … And your ability to keep this all in perspective will determine how you perform on the field. Once the whistle blows on Sundays, you'll be released from captivity, and you'll be free for three hours to truly live your dreams on the grandest scale you can imagine, against the best athletes on the planet. You will win or you will lose, but then the football game will end. The NFL game never will. Godspeed, boys. Full story at Buzzfeed via Kottke. Welcome to the NFL. Photo credit: Fotolia Friends' watchful parents curb teen drinking Posted about 20 hours ago by Futurity to Holy Kaw! The parents of teenagers' friends have as much impact on their decisions about drinking and drugs as their own parents. “I think that it empowers parents to know that not only can they have an influence on their own children, but they can also have a positive influence on their children’s friends as well,” says Penn State Professor Michael J. Cleveland. “And that by acting together—the notion of ‘it takes a village’—can actually result in better outcomes for adolescents.” Full story at Futurity. More research news from top universities. Photo credit: Fotolia Protein propels cancer through brain Posted about 20 hours ago by Futurity to Holy Kaw! A protein that moves chemicals in and out of cells also appears to be critical to the rapid progression of the deadliest, most common form of brain cancer. “If we could catch these cells before they take off into other parts of the brain, we could make malignant tumors more manageable, and improve life expectancy and quality of life, says study leader Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, associate professor of neurosurgery and oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. "This discovery gives us hope and brings us closer to a cure.” Full story at Futurity. More research news from top universities. Photo credit: Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa Global online advertising spending [infographic] Posted about 20 hours ago by Infographics Monster to Holy Kaw! 1 The online advertising market continues to grow as businesses focus a large chunk of their marketing budgets to internet ad buys. This infographic from Go Gulf reveals the top online advertising trends. Via Go Gulf. Improve your marketing. ¿Qué pasaría si el cielo se cayera? Posted about 19 hours ago by Carlos Valerio to Conozca Más Hasta ahora, hemos visto testimonios de lluvias de peces, de ranas y hasta de piedras. Pero ¿qué pasaría si todas las moléculas del cielo repentinamente descendieran? Los componentes de la atmósfera (nitrógeno y oxígeno), tienen una masa combinada de cinco billones de toneladas.  Un fenómeno de esta magnitud, provocaría que casi 10 toneladas de moléculas –el peso de un autobús– cayeran sobre cada metro cuadrado de la Tierra, algo así como un molcajete gigante. Ahora, pensemos en un escenario menos 'aplastante'. ¿Qué ocurriría si el cielo desapareciera –gracias a un exceso de fluctuación cuántica–, causando que las partículas atmosféricas saltaran a otra parte de la galaxia? Vaclav Smil, profesor en la facultad del medio ambiente en la Universidad de Manitoba, menciona que tres cosas nos matarían: la privación de oxígeno, la severa disminución de temperatura y la exposición total a los rayos ultravioleta, los cuales son actualmente bloqueados por la atmósfera."La falta de oxígeno vendría primero, así que nadie sobreviviría después", menciona Smil. Si fueras uno de los pocos humanos amarrados a un respirador, estarías enfrentando el mismo destino. "Utilizar cualquier fuente de oxígeno sería inútil, ya que sin la presión atmosférica no podríamos respirar", asegura Geoffrey Landis, científico del Centro de Investigación John Glenn de la NASA y escritor de ciencia ficción. Después de la extinción, la Tierra se enfriaría un poco. La atmósfera normalmente mantiene a la Tierra estable, atrapando la radiación solar en su superficie, según Smil, sin el efecto invernadero, la temperatura mundial se ubicaría a -18ºC y oscilaría violentamente entre el día y la noche. En cuanto a los océanos, sus capas se congelarían, pero primero burbujearían cual caldo de pollo.  "La Tierra rápidamente obtendría una nueva atmósfera, formada de vapor. Aunque no habría suficiente presión para que la gente sobreviviera" menciona Landis. La vida en una burbuja ¿Algo sobreviviría en un mundo carente de atmósfera? "Nada grande que pudiéramos ver", según Lynn Rothschild, biólogo del Centro de Investigación Ames de la NASA. Los organismos dominantes son aeróbicos, es decir, requieren oxígeno para vivir. Sin embargo, algunos seres anaeróbicos –como las bacterias que habitan bajo la tierra– podrían sobrevivir. "Con el flujo de rayos UV la superficie terrestre se quemaría completamente, pero unos metros bajo tierra, aún existiría la posibilidad de que un ecosistema sobreviviera". Si estuviéramos prevenidos ante esta catástrofe a la 'Chicken Little', existirían dos posibilidades para enfrentarla. Primero, construir domos presurizados y llenarlos con plantas –lo que sostendría el ciclo del carbono y serviría como una fuente de alimento. "Sería como aprender a vivir en un planeta sin aire o en la Luna, necesitaríamos hábitats presurizados. Ya existen varios planes para realizar bases lunares que sean autosuficientes, así que si tuviéramos tiempo, podríamos utilizar algunos en la Tierra", escribió Landis. La otra opción sería vivir bajo el agua. Solamente se necesitan 10 metros de profundidad para que la presión acuática iguale a la atmosférica. Así que si pudiéramos conseguir oxígeno para respirar (quizás, por medio de la electrólisis del agua) podríamos sobrevivir al Apocalipsis. FUENTE lifeslittlemysteries.com/Wikipedia  Fotografía David Thoreson, NSF.gov Estas gafas 'agrandan' la comida y hacen que bajes de peso Posted about 18 hours ago by Carlos Valerio to Conozca Más ¿Ya intentaste de todo y aún no logras perder kilos? Quizá sea tiempo de engañar a tu mente. Un grupo de investigadores japoneses de la Universidad de Tokyo, han inventado un par de goggles que hacen que la comida luzca más grande y, por ende, comas menos –mientras luces como un loco. El invento radica en agrandar o disminuir la apariencia de los bocadillos, sin alterar el tamaño de los demás objetos.  El truco supuestamente despista a tu mente y hace que raciones tus cantidades. Según los creadores, el dispositivo sí funciona y funciona muy bien. Después de haberlo probado en un grupo de personas, el equipo encontró que los goggles los habían ayudado a comer 9.3% menos galletas. Además, al momento de disminuir 33% la dimensión de los panecillos, las personas comieron 15% más del producto. Aunque los nipones no tienen problemas de obesidad, su invento podría ser muy útil en el mundo occidental –considerando que la OCDE coloca a México en segundo lugar de los países con mayor índice de gordura. ¡Que llegen ya! FUENTE theverge.com Stun gun trade-off: citizens' safety or cops'? Posted about 16 hours ago by Futurity to Holy Kaw! While stun guns give police officers better protection than other restraint methods, they also significantly increase the chance a citizen will be injured, a new study shows. “Police agencies have to balance the findings. They have to consider whether this is a trade-off they can accept," says William Terrill, associate professor of criminal justice at Michigan State University. Full story at Futurity. More research news from top universities. Photo credit: Fotolia WWIII propaganda posters Posted about 14 hours ago by Annie Colbert to Holy Kaw! 1 Could the fight for internet freedom spark the world's next major conflict? Consider the consequences of the crackdown on web freedoms in the Middle East, China's Great Firewall, and legislation like SOPA and CISPA, and you might find an answer. Briiiiian prepares for the battle with a series of WWIII propaganda posters reimagined for the digital age. Based on World War II propaganda posters, the posters have been rethought in contemporary context, remixed for today’s Internet culture. Full collection at Briiiiian. Fighting censorship. 42Floors (YC W12) brings disruption to the commercial real estate: Inc covers it Posted about 12 hours ago by Garry Tan to Y Combinator Posterous Read about Jason's beginnings and how 42Floors is bringing disruption to commercial real estate in Inc Magazine: Jason Freedman hunches his shoulders against New York City's December chill and walks faster, nudged both by the cold and by being late. He and David Woodworth, co-founders of an Internet company called 42Floors, both stand out a bit with their buoyant, vulnerable Californianess as they swim against the trudging, elbowing crowds. Read the full article Forbes reports Y Combinator is the #1 incubator: $7.78B in value created, $45.2M avg startup Posted about 12 hours ago by Garry Tan to Y Combinator Posterous As part of our Midas List coverage this year, FORBES created a list of the top U.S. incubators and accelerators. The rankings (see the chart below) are based on a number of factors, focusing on the value of the incubators’ companies. In other words, we took the exit prices or the last priced equity valuation of the companies that have gone through each program. We also took into account other measures, such as how much venture funding their companies have raised, what percentage of their companies have raised funding and what percentage of their companies have been acquired or gone out of business.  ... The top incubator in our analysis is Y Combinator. When taking into account the 172 companies that have been acquired, shut down or raised funding, the total value is $7.78 billion, for an average of $45.2 million per company. It’s a remarkable figure, considering the Mountain View, Calif.-based firm has been in existence for seven years.  Read the full article and see the full list of top incubators at Forbes Quiet giant Weebly (YC W07) reports over 75M monthly visitors and 11M websites created Posted about 12 hours ago by Garry Tan to Y Combinator Posterous Weebly has been doing great, as reported by AllThingsD today: Web site creation and hosting service Weebly is a bit of a quiet online giant. Founded six years ago, the company has helped users create more than 11 million Web sites, with 75 million monthly visitors. Though most everything the company provides is free, with no ads, it has been profitable since the beginning of 2009, based on charging a few dollars per month for premium features like larger uploads and selling domain names. In fact, Weebly is so profitable that co-founder and CEO David Rusenko told me yesterday that it may well go public within the next few years. I think the expression on my face could be described as “Wha??” “It all comes down to the growth rate,” he continued. “Within a few years, I expect we will have the profile to IPO.” Read the full article at AllThingsD   Doodling up some math music [video] Posted about 11 hours ago by Kate Rinsema to Holy Kaw! Sure, plenty of us doodled during math but how many of us actually doodled math as done in this video by Vihart? A visual and musical expression of mathematical symmetry groups. The transformations done to the video are equivalent to the transformations done to the notes. These type of repeating patterns are called frieze patterns. A couple wallpaper groups are also represented. This has subliminal messaging written all over it. Always wondered if Sharpies were the key to world domination. Embedded media -- click here to see it. Full story at YouTube via Neatorama. Mesmerized by Math. Fingerprint adventures Posted about 6 hours ago by Annie Colbert to Holy Kaw! Austrian graphic artist and illustrator Ingrid Aspöck doesn't bother trying to Windex the fingerprints off her gadgets; she embraces the smudgy digit marks by bringing them to life in her art. “In spite of being annoyed by them, I find them quite charming as they give this fancy technical device a human touch (no wordplay intended...),” she said. Via MMM. Fun with art. Heebeejeebies alert: 25 baby scorpions Posted about 6 hours ago by Annie Colbert to Holy Kaw! A mama scorpion has welcomed a litter of 25 babies at an Ohio zoo and while news of zoo baby births usually includes a cheek-pinchingly cute photograph of a cuddly fuzzball, the photo released by the Cincinnati Zoo is a bit more "eeks" than "aww." Embedded media -- click here to see it. Full story at Zoo Borns. Nature isn't always pretty. Sent by Posterous. Change your email settings or unfollow. Other questions? We'd love to help.