How Windows 8 Could Change Your Life – Or Not

Microsoft has begun showing off bits and pieces of Windows 8, the next version of the most popular computer operating system in the world. The question: Is this an operating system you should plan to install on your current PC, or wait until it comes preinstalled on the next computer you buy?

What's Different About Windows 8
The headline with this operating system — it's not just for desktops and laptops, but also for touch devices, namely the increasingly popular tablets. If not revolutionary, this certainly represents a major advancement. Until now, tablets have used a different operating system from their desktop and laptop cousins. But as hardware evolves, Microsoft is working hard to be ready for the inevitable merging of laptop and tablet technology.
Hybrid Laptops
Microsoft envisions a day when your average desktop computer has a touchscreen, and when your laptop can convert into a tablet. That day is coming soon. At this year's International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), a Chinese company called Compal unveiled a prototype laptop with a removable touchscreen — and that screen becomes a tablet. Very cool. Lenovo also unveiled their Lenovo Yoga hybrid. At first glance, the Yoga looks like a traditional laptop, but the hinge that connects the screen to keyboard can rotate 360 degrees, enabling you to tuck the keyboard flat behind the screen and transform the device into a tablet shape. At 3.2 pounds, I find it a little too bulky to use regularly as a tablet, but the innovation is one of those "Well, duh" ideas — why doesn't every laptop do this? My guess is that plenty of other manufacturers will soon follow suit — and that's Microsoft's bet as well.
Touchscreen Controls
Windows 8 will let you type with a keyboard or with an on-screen virtual keyboard. Like any tablet, menus and apps appear with the swipe of a finger. To get to the main menu, you swipe from the right edge. To see other open applications, swipe from the left hand side. Menus for the application at hand are all found by touching the bottom of the screen.
You may have seen the snap feature in Windows 7, where you can put two windows on the screen and multitask. This works the same in Windows 8, only better. In addition to being able to move windows around with your mouse, you can do it with touch.
Joining the App Craze
Microsoft has set up their own app store, and they're eager for you to buy. So Windows 8 is designed to integrate virtually all of the apps we love — games like Cut the Rope and social sites like Twitter, Facebook, and photo-sharing sites — right on the start screen. You can customize what's on this display, and the information — whether is news feeds from your friends or the weather report — updates automatically.
Buy or Wait
Back to the big question: should you buy Windows 8 as soon as it comes out? Well, the vast majority of its new features are designed to maximize the touch screens that many future computers will have. So while Windows 8 will work on your existing PC, I wouldn't go to the expense and hassle of upgrading a current device that doesn't have a touchscreen. One caveat, that's based on the initial look we've gotten at the Beta version of Win 8, and as with all things tech, new developments may alter the decision making process for consumers.
Microsoft hasn't committed to an official launch date, but company insiders have hinted at an October release.

Wow, Twitter Will Censor The Tweet

Twitter will adding  new technology on its site, which allows to  censor tweet in certain countries.

Previously, if a government wants to block tweets related to a topic, then it should block all Twitter tweets in the whole world.

"From now on, we have the ability and to withhold content from its users in a particular country, but still does not ignore its availability to users in other countries, "the announcement that Twitter conveyed through his official blog.

In the censored tweet, Twitter will show the posts 'Tweet Withheld: This tweet from @ username has been withheld in: Country ' .

As shown in the screenshot below. For now, Twitter has not used his new abilities. This sensor will be done when they were asked to withhold ( withhold ) a tweet in certain countries.

"We will try to let users know - tweet is censored. And we'll mark clearly if there is content that is on hold," says Twitter.

Some time after publication , many are worried about the ability of this new Twitter. A number of analysts, Twitter's commitment to freedom of speech and expression can be weakened if the sensor is applied

Is Siri iPhone 4S Can Work Well In Indonesia?

Siri iPhone 4S A(ist.)

One of the security features in the iPhone 4S is Siri. Technology to recognize voice commands is indeed quite sophisticated users. However, if things work smoothly in Indonesia? "The idea of Siri's amazing, we can interact with machines. But it's a language that is available currently only language widely used, namely the U.S. English and UK English , "said Vice President of Channel Management Telkomsel Gideon Edie Purnomo the launch of the iPhone 4S in Gandaria City. According to Gideon, Apple is currently only makes Siri that can recognize both languages. But in the future, chances are there will be more languages ​​that can be used. "I'll catch up later Classic Singaporean, Australian Classic or may Javanesse Classic , "joked Gideon. For now, iPhone users in Indonesia promised 4S can use Siri. But it must be with the English language version of the United States or Britain.

Can natural gas vehicles get us off oil?

On Thursday, President Obama traveled to Las Vegas to pitch a few new energy policies — including tax breaks for firms that buy natural gas-powered trucks. T. Boone Pickens, for one, has argued that fueling vehicles with natural gas will help us curtail oil use. Can it?

President Barack Obama speaks at a United Parcel Service (UPS) freight facility about greater use of natural gas . (Ethan Miller - Getty Images)

 It all depends on what the alternatives are. Fueling up cars and trucks directly with natural gas could help cut America’s reliance on oil. Yet some experts have argued that plug-in electric vehicles will play a much more pivotal role in weaning the country off crude. After all, it’s far more efficient to take natural gas, burn it to generate electricity, and power a bunch of plug-in vehicles, than it would be to fuel up cars and trucks with all that natural gas directly. (That’s because the combustion engines in cars and trucks lose waste more energy than the modern-day combined-cycle gas turbines that produce electricity.)

The counterargument is that electric vehicles are expensive and hard to scale up — and they typically require a vast new charging infrastructure. That’s true. But natural-gas vehicles could face similar hurdles. A 2002 analysis in the journal Energy Policy found that natural-gas fueling stations have historically had trouble getting built precisely because they turned out to be far more costly than anticipated.

For those reasons, a 2009 report from MIT on “The Future of Natural Gas” predicted that natural-gas vehicles would likely play a modest role in transportation — mostly confined to long-haul trucks and other heavy-duty vehicles like buses and delivery vans. Instead, the MIT analysts expect the coming flood of cheap natural gas to play a much more prominent role in the electric sector. That, in itself, could be an environmental boon: The report found that electric utilities could very rapidly cut their carbon emissions up to 22 percent by switching from coal to natural gas in key areas (and that’s without making major capital investments).

That’s not to say natural-gas vehicles are pointless. They’re still cleaner than the status quo, and policies to promote them could help raise demand in a natural-gas market that’s being assailed by rock-bottom prices. As the MIT report notes, significant portions of the trucking sector in particular could shift to compressed natural gas in order to cut diesel consumption. (Pickens, for his part, has primarily focused on trucks while pushing for government policies to promote natural-gas vehicles.)

But there are also plenty of non-status-quo ideas out there for reducing oil consumption as well. Analysts have suggested, for instance, that shifting a large chunk of freight from trucks to rail could cut America’s oil use by 2.5 million barrels — more than the Center for American Progress’ plan to convert to natural-gas vehicles. Perhaps transportation planners should focus on that option instead, perhaps not. But these ideas tend not to have a media-savvy advocates behind them, and so get considerably less attention.

FCB Escola starts operating in Indonesia

FCBEScola a Indonesia

The FCB Escola project is continuing to expand around the world. On Tuesday in Jakarta the project was presented for two new FC Barcelona soccer schools in Indonesia. One will be a residential training centre for children aged between 12 and 18 on the outskirts of the capital. The other school will be for children aged between 5 and 12.

Indonesia is a growing power, with 220 million inhabitants, and football is also gaining ground in the country. FCB Escola has organised a range of activities around the country in the hope of reaching as many children as possible and integrating them in the new project that Xevi Marcé, director of FCB Escola, considers "very important and ambitious".

FCBEScola a Indonesia

An expected 250 players are going to be at FCB Escola Indonesia each year, thanks to the support of the investment group Analytics Excellion, which like the other projects around the world that are endorsed by the FC Barcelona seal of quality, will promote the excellence of the Masia model that not only teaches children to play football, but also to be good people.

Wash & Care For Your Dry Denim!

dry denim.

dry denim is denim fabric in its purest form - it has yet not been washed or treated. this means a pair of dry denim jeans has never touched water before you do your first home laundry.

to understand how to take care of dry denim jeans, i will divide it into two categories: unsanforized and sanforized denim. the difference between the two is that unsanforized denim will shrink up to 2 sizes in waist and length during the first couple of home laundries, while sanforized denim has minor shrinkage abilities.

bdd only uses the second category, so I will focus on to wash and take care of sanforized denim.

how to take care of dry denim.

taking care of you dry denim jeans is quite easy - just follow these 3 rules:

rule #1.
wash your dry denim jeans as less as possible. water and detergent will gain too much loss of indigo and cause unwanted creases. too much washing will also create an equally faded out pair of jeans - what we want is high constrast fading on our dry denim jeans.

Nudie Dry Denim - Brand New & Unwashed!

rule #2.
delay the first laundry as long as possible. how long depends per lifestyle, fabric and fit - 6 months is good period of time to start with - a longer wait is recommended.

Gstar Raw Midge after 7 months of wear and no washes yet!

rule #3.
wear your jeans as much as possible - preferbly every day.

Levis 501s after no washing and 1 month of everyday wear!

how to wash dry denim.

when the time comes to do the first home laundry, follow these steps:

*measure the inseam and take a note - this is important to check if the jeans have shrunk in length after wash.
*turn the jeans inside out and close all buttons.
*put the jeans in the laundry machine without any other clothing.
*set the machine on 40° C for standard fading effect or on 60° C for higher constrast.
*add a small amount of detergent.
*turn off the tumbler dry setting.
*turn on the laundry machine and wait.
*when finished, immedeately take out the jeans.
*measure the inseam again and check your note.
*if the inseams have shrunk, you can now stretch them back while they are still wet by holding the waistband with one hand and pulling on the hem with the other hand, untill they have the same length as before.
*lay them down flat to dry.
*when still a little damp, turn them back and put the jeans on.
*now check if all creases that have become more visible after wash still match with the foldings that appear when kneeling down.
*if they match, take them off and let them dry completely - if they don't match, manually rearrange the foldings at the correct areas and kneel down a couple of times before taking them of again to dry completely.
*when completely dry, take some pictures of the jeans and send them to info@benzakdenimdevelopers.com to earn a spot in the gallery page.

for the next couple of home laundries it is suggested to follow the same steps as above, but try not to wash more than once per 30 days of wear. after this you may wash together with similar coloured clothing, but remember to:

*always turn the jeans inside out.
*never use the tumbler dry function.
*get rid of most folds before dry, to avoid unwanted and perminent creases.

Some Customers of McAfee Have Been Migrated Using Symantec products?

Symantec McAfee rejected claims that mentions some large enterprise customers have been migrated using Symantec products.
Symantec Chief Financial Officer James Beer told Reuters in an interview on Wednesday night that Symantec is taking market share purchased McAfee Intel Corp. in February.
Beer said that some large customers McAffe've moved to Symantec during the quarter but declined to identify them.
McAfee Senior Vice President for Finance and Accounting Edward Hayden told Reuters on Thursday that the claim was not appropriate.
He added that his company has chalked a number of business records in the December quarter and signifies the largest deal ever and selling more than 1 million U.S. dollars rather than the achievement in a single period. "We do not know which states we lost count of Symantec in the quarter," he said.
Intel buys McAfee's worth of 7.7 billion U.S. dollars to spur the growth of companies in the world and protect Intel's products from hacking attacks. Investors are still waiting to see whether it will bear fruit invetasinya.
Previously, McAfee fired about 3 percent of the workforce, or about 250 employees in December.
Hayden says McAfee has added staff in priority areas including mobile technology, cloud computing and network security.

78 Ways to Cut Fat Calories from Your Diet

Calories can be cruel. Sweat through a 30-minute workout and you can torch 200. Take three gulps of a foamy frappuccino and you're right back where you started.

But slashing those suckers can be as effortless as piling them on. We've found 78 ways you can cut 100 or more calories at a pop.

From picking the right slice at Pizza Hut to skipping the whip on your latte, they'll add up so fast, you won't miss a thing—until poof! Your love handles are gone.

At Breakfast

• Ditch the Pop-Tart for a slice of high-fiber toast with strawberry jam.
• Gotta have carbs? Split a bagel with a coworker.
• Drink your two cups of joe black. Or order a single espresso instead of your usual latte.
• Swap OJ for the real deal—one fresh orange.
• Trade a side of regular sausage for turkey.
• Top your waffles with Reddi-Whip instead of syrup (or use sugar-free).
• Skip the whip on any Caribou Coffee 16-ounce drink.
• Eat your granola from a 4-ounce mug, not an 8-ounce bowl.
• Lose the Yoplait Thick & Creamy and have a Yoplait Fiber 1.
• Order pancakes, but hold the butter.
• Scramble together 4 egg whites instead of 2 whole eggs. 

At Lunch

• Leave the Swiss cheese out of your sandwich.
• Slather your bread with mustard rather than mayo and save 80 calories per tablespoon.
• Pass up croutons at the salad bar.
• Use up to 10 pumps of ranch dressing spray instead of pouring 2 tablespoons from a bottle.
• Devour a slice of Pizza Hut cheese pan pizza instead of the meat lover's variety.
• Take your iced tea unsweetened.
• Reach for a Snapple raspberry white tea instead of a Snapple raspberry iced tea.
• Stuff chicken salad into a whole-wheat pita instead of between slices of multigrain bread.
• Make your burger turkey, not beef.
• Slurp minestrone soup instead of cream of anything.
• Go bunless—shed your hamburger roll.
• Use south-of-the-border savvy: Have a quesadilla made with two 6-inch corn, not flour, tortillas.

At Happy Hour

• Nurse a single glass of wine instead of downing 2 beers.
• Ask for your rum and cokes in a highball glass. Bartenders pour an average of 20 percent less liquid into taller tumblers, so you'll swig less per round.
• Drizzle extra hot sauce, not blue cheese or ranch dressing, on your wings.
• Ordering a cocktail? Make it on the rocks instead of frozen. Slushy fruit drinks tend to be made with bottled mixers that contain added sugar and syrups.
• Blending your own? Have a daiquiri, not a piña colada.
• Pop the cap off of an MGD 64 instead of a bottle of Killian's Irish Red.
• Sip a glass of water between drinks—pacing yourself can help you cut back by a glass or more.
• Dip your nachos in salsa rather than guacamole.
• For automatic portion control, sip wine from a Champagne flute, not an oversize goblet.

On Your Snack Break

• Drink sparkling water instead of soda.
• Move your stash of Hershey's Kisses at least 6 feet away from your desk—you'll dip in half as often.
• Drain the heavy syrup from your can of fruit cocktail and then rinse the fruit with water before digging in.
• Have 1/2 cup of fresh grapes instead of that little snack box of raisins.
• Lay off the Lay's Classic potato chips and have a handful of Rold Gold pretzels.
• Munch on a bag of Orville Redenbacher's Smart Pop Kettle Korn, not Movie Theater Butter.
• Chase down the ice-cream truck for a Good Humor vanilla sandwich, not a King Cone.

During Dessert

• Stop eating when you hit the crust. The edges and bottoms of baked goods are especially caloric because they absorb the butter used to grease the pan.
• Fill your bowl with sorbet instead of ice cream—you can have an extra 1/2 cup of the former and still slash calories.
• Next time a cocoa craving hits, ditch the dish of chocolate ice cream (about 3/4 cup) for a Fudgsicle.
• Have sugar-free Jell-O instead of pudding. Better your nighttime treat jiggle than your thighs.
• Go ahead and have that piece of birthday cake—just scrape off the chocolate frosting first.
• Eat 5 meringue cookies instead of 2 chocolate chip ones.
• Pass on the à la mode and savor that brownie au naturel.
• Can the cone. Have your ice cream in a bowl.
• Top your dessert with 1/2 cup of fresh berries instead of 2 tablespoons of chocolate syrup.

In The Kitchen

• Substitute nonfat Greek yogurt for a serving of sour cream.
• Use chicken broth (low-sodium is best) instead of oil to sauté meat and veggies.
• Making homemade mac 'n cheese? Cut 2 tablespoons of butter from the recipe.
• Replace the oil or butter in cakes with Sunsweet Lighter Bake prune-and-apple mixture or any brand of unsweetened applesauce.
• Next time you make meatballs, meatloaf, or burgers, go half-and-half with ground beef and turkey.
• When preparing packaged foods that call for butter or oil, like rice and stuffing, use a broth instead.
• Swap low-fat cottage cheese for whole-milk ricotta when you make lasagna or stuffed shells.

At The Drive-Thru

• Pass up a Wendy's baked potato with sour cream and chives and chow down on value fries instead. Amazing but true.
• Have a McDonald's cheeseburger instead of a Quarter Pounder with cheese.
• Downsize your drink: Trade a large fountain soda (with ice) for a medium.
• Go for grill marks. Order a flame-broiled chicken sandwich rather than one that's breaded (and usually fried in oil).
• Treat yourself to an ice-cream cone at McDonald's instead of Dairy Queen.
• Crunch on one Taco Bell regular taco instead of a Ranchero Chicken Soft Taco. And all the hot sauce you want.
• Slurp a cup of Panera Bread's low-fat chicken noodle soup instead of the cream of chicken with wild rice.
• Make your daily pick-me-up at Starbucks a skinny vanilla latte, not a regular.

When You're Not Cooking

• Request the lemon chicken with white rice, not fried.
• Skip the crunchy noodles with your bowl of wonton soup.
• Ask for an order of Szechuan Shrimp instead of your usual General Tso's.
• Choose the pasta with 1/2 cup of marinara instead of 1/2 cup of Alfredo sauce.
• Indulge your inner carnivore with beef stroganoff, not meat lasagna.
• Go with the baked potato (butter only), not the mashed, as your side of choice.
• Dip your dinner roll in marinara sauce instead of olive oil.
• Avoid anything breaded. Flour and bread crumbs not only add calories but also absorb more cooking oil.

Police: Teens Planned to Bomb School, Steal Plane

Police: Teens Planned to Bomb School, Steal Plane

(Image Credit: Weber County Sherrif's Office) 

School resumed as normal today at Roy High School in Roy, Utah, only one day after police arrested two students who were allegedly planning to bomb their school assembly and make their getaway in a stolen plane.
Dallin Morgan, 18, and Joshua Hogan, 16, were arrested Wednesday after a female student received a troubling text message from one of the suspects.
"It was a text she felt was a threat and a danger and so she immediately went to the administration," Roy Police Department spokeswoman Anna Bond told ABCNews.com. Bond declined to reveal what the text message said because of the ongoing investigation.
Administrators contacted police, who executed four search warrants on the students' homes and vehicles, and conducted a thorough sweep of the school.
No explosives turned up during the search," Bond said. "However, investigators found "maps of the school and information about security systems had been prepared with plans for an escape using a plane from the Ogden Hinckley Airport.
"We know for certain they had been planning this for at least three months," she said.
Authorities also discovered the two boys had trained on flight simulation software in preparation for their getaway.
The FBI and its Regional Forensics Computer Laboratory will assist in analyzing any confiscated computers, but declined to comment on the case in a statement.
Morgan, who is an adult, is being held at the Weber County Jail. Hogan is being held at the Weber County Detention Center.

Ballboy makes incredible catch during Federer-Nadal match (video)

There are a number of Australian punters in the NFL. After looking at the quick hands of this ballboy during Thursday's Roger Federer-Rafael Nadal match, there may be some room for some wide receivers from down under.

WOW! Quick response from the ball boy! It's amazing! :D

Motoramic Drives: 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, with exclusive video

The Exterior of Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

Several outlets have had a chance to take the wheel of the 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, and we concur with the consensus that General Motors has built a world-class sports car on a pony-car budget. What we haven't seen yet is anyone who's captured on video the experience of hurtling the ZL1 down the drag strip, all 580 horses in full gallop. That ends now.

If you think the ZL1's visage seems familiar, it's because director Michael Bay chose it for Bumblebee's look in the new "Transformers" movies before GM even went bankrupt. Those financial problems delayed the ZL1's arrival until this week, when the first production models began rolling from the plant in Oshawa, Ontario.

The Specific Interior of Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 

The autoblogs have already erupted with games of "let's you and him fight" between Ford and Camaro managers over supposed pony-car dominance, what with the 650-hp Shelby Mustang not far off. But I think Chevy's aiming higher; it tweaked Ford by noting that unlike the Mustangs, the ZL1 can be run on the track without endangering the warranty, but it's pricing billboards compare the Camaro to such names as the Mercedes SLS and the Audi R8 -- cars that easily double the Camaro's $54,095 base price.

The Interior of Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

And for all the bacon-wrapped American tradition the Camaro embodies, the real improvement in performance comes from the kind of technology Camaro owners once spurned. The zippy times around the Nürburgring were set with the ZL1's new Performance Control Management system on -- albeit in its "track" setting. Chevy estimates the automatic-transmission ZL1 should beat a manual to 60 mph, even though only the manual offers a launch control system. Both pieces of software don't just react, but attempt to predict what's coming next, and in most cases, guess right faster than drivers ever could.

The ZL1 still weighs too much, and there's no improving on the Camaro's unfavorable visibility comparison with Civil War submarines. But the most powerful Camaro ever shows that bidding for sports car dominance requires not just looks or muscle or history, but intelligence.

See what I mean in the exclusive video below:

Starbucks Now Served in a Cargo Container!

Made out of four shipping containers, this Starbucks is also unique for being made entirely out of recycled materials.
Photo: Tom Ackerman, Starbucks

You've heard the popular refrain that Starbucks is everywhere. There may be some truth to that -- the massive coffee retailer has even set up shop in a shipping container.

The now-one-of-a-kind drive-thru/walk-up Starbucks coffee outlet off Interstate 5 in Tukwila, WA, which opened Dec. 13, is constructed from four modified shipping containers, including one 20-foot container and three 40-foot containers.

And while novel for Starbucks -- this is the company's first foray into a trend gathering momentum for shipping container constructions, but perhaps not the last -- other stores built from shipping containers include a grocery in Seattle and a series of restaurants in San Francisco.

Spokesman Alan Hilowitz described the Tukwila store as another step in fulfilling Starbucks' core mission -- providing a gathering place for communities, using Starbucks' scale "for good," and reducing the corporation's carbon footprint -- while also recycling "the same kind of shipping containers that transport our coffees and teas around the world."

Tony Gale III, Starbucks corporate architect and architect of record for the project, described the mindset with which he and his team tackled the store's design. "We were able to open our minds to the use of very common elements destined for the landfill as structure for a high-quality, drive-thru coffeehouse design -- essentially creating an industrial beacon for sustainable thinking."

This reflects Starbucks focus on conservation-minded building initiatives that serve a dual purpose: helping to reduce operating costs and leading by example topush "the environmental design envelope in retail."

The store features a drive-thru, but no inside seating.
Photo: Tom Ackerman, Starbucks

With many containers scrapped at the end of an average lifespan of 20 years, the Starbucks solution served to convert a potential waste stream from the company's supply chain into shop space.

This Tukwila store is also the first LEED-certified structure in town. It uses fully reclaimed material for the exterior. Rainwater collected from the roof reduces water consumption and nourishes surrounding "xeriscaping" -- landscapes and plants that naturally require less water.

Even the signage promotes environmental consciousness.

While this is not Starbucks only drive-thru/walk-up store, it is rare among the company's 17,000 stores worldwide in that it offers no inside seating. Hilowitz said the prototype is easy to break down and transport, and may usher in more container stores.

Unused containers languishing in ports can be used as literal building blocks for shops.
Photo: Tom Ackerman, Starbucks

"We can put a store like this on a lot that will be developed someday but is free for two or three years, and then we can move it." Architect Tony Gale III says fast-moving baristas are Starbucks' solution to customers idling their cars as they await their "cup of morning joe." The company's next goal in sustainable thinking: By 2015 it intends to make 100 percent of its cups reusable or recyclable.
Wow! How cool is the building store looks like! :D

5 Tips for a Perfect Fried Egg

Whether you like them sunny side up or over-easy we've got the tips and techniques for cooking the perfect fried egg.

Fried-Egg-Over-Easy Perfection

Even if you don't cook much, it's not hard to fry an egg, right? Yes and no. It's the simple things that get us pretty heated about the best technique. I'm a fried-egg-over-easy girl, and here are my five tips for perfection:

1. Get your toast or whatever the egg's going on ready. Fried eggs don't wait.
2. Use a cast iron skillet if you have one, and heat it first before adding a mix of olive oil and butter. (If using a nonstick, heat the pan with the fat in it). The pan should get hot enough so that the butter foams up and then subsides, but not so hot that it burns.

3. Crack the egg on a flat surface, not an edge-your chances for a clean break are better that way-then slide it gently from the shell into the pan.

4. Turn the heat down to medium and cover the skillet. Cook the egg undisturbed until the film of egg white barely covering the yolk just turns a milky white, 1 to 11/2 minutes. This makes the yolk sturdy enough to handle the flip.

5. Using your thinnest metal pancake turner, slide it gently but confidently under the egg and turn it over. Don't be timid. Turn off the heat and let the egg cook in the still-hot skillet, uncovered, for 10 to 20 seconds, or until the yolk still jiggles when touched for a runny yolk. Longer for a firmer one. Now land it where it belongs.

The Perfect Sunny-Side Up Fried Egg

The yellow bull's-eye of sunny-side up fried eggs is one of nature's gifts to food stylists-it makes a colorful and instantly-recognizable image. For eating, though, the trick is to get the whites cooked through-no jiggly uncooked whites for me, thank you! That's why I prefer over-easy fried eggs; there's no way the whites aren't cooked.

It is possible to prepare a sunny-side up egg to perfection (tender cooked-through white and runny yolk). Here are five tips to get there:

1. Squash your impatience; go zen. Sunny-side up eggs need slow cooking over low heat.

2. Use medium heat to get the pan hot. If using cast-iron, heat it dry, then add olive oil and butter (for nonstick, heat the pan with the fat in it).

3. Turn the heat low and crack the egg in. If it splutters noisily, cool the pan off the heat briefly. Cover the skillet and cook the egg slowly, about 2 minutes. No browning. Check it. If the white around the yolk looks loose, cook it, covered, another 30 to 60 seconds, but check often, because you don't want the thin film of white covering the yolk to turn milky white.

4. Some pros recommend basting the whites with fat from the pan to help cook them through. That's fine, but tilting the pan to scoop up some hot fat makes the egg slide, too.

5. To make landing the egg foolproof, hold the skillet over the plate (hopefully with a piece of toast waiting for it).

The Light and History of Liberty

On July 4, 1884 France presented the United States with an incredible birthday gift: the Statue of Liberty! Without its pedestal it’s as tall as a 15-story building. She represents the United States. But the world-famous Statue of Liberty standing in New York Harbor was built in France. The statue was presented to the U.S., taken apart, shipped across the Atlantic Ocean in crates, and rebuilt in the U.S. It was France’s gift to the American people.

It all started at dinner one night near Paris in 1865. A group of Frenchmen were discussing their dictator-like emperor and the democratic government of the U.S. They decided to build a monument to American freedom—and perhaps even strengthen French demands for democracy in their own country. At that dinner was the sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi (bar-TOLE-dee). He imagined a statue of a woman holding a torch burning with the light of freedom.

Turning Bartholdi’s idea into reality took 21 years. French supporters raised money to build the statue, and Americans paid for the pedestal it would stand on. Finally, in 1886, the statue was dedicated.

Fast Facts

Engineer Gustave Eiffel, who would later design the Eiffel Tower in Paris, designed Liberty’s “spine.” Inside the statue four huge iron columns support a metal framework that holds the thin copper skin.
Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi knew he wanted to build a giant copper goddess; he used his mother as the model.
The statue—151 feet, 1 inch (46 meters, 2.5 centimeters) tall—was the tallest structure in the U.S. at that time.
The arm holding the torch measures 46 feet (14 meters); the index finger, 8 feet (2.4 meters); the nose, nearly 5 feet (1.5 meters).
The statue is covered in 300 sheets of coin-thin copper. They were hammered into different shapes and riveted together.
The statue sways 3 inches (7.62 centimeters) in the wind; the torch sways 5 inches (12.7 centimeters).
Visitors climb 354 steps (22 stories) to look out from 25 windows in the crown.
Seven rays in the crown represent the Earth’s seven seas

George Washington Loved Ice Cream—And Other U.S. Presidential Fun Facts

Did you know that Andrew Johnson, the 17th President of the United States, was a tailor before he was President? Or that one of George Washington's favorite foods was ice cream? These are just two of the interesting facts about past U.S.

Many Presidents had unusual careers before entering the White House. Jimmy Carter, the 39th President, was a peanut farmer. Ronald Reagan, the 40th President, was a movie actor. And Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President, once worked chopping rails for fences.

According to John Riley of the White House Historical Association, Harry Truman was a haberdasher. A haberdasher (HAB-er-dash-er) is someone who deals in men's clothing and accessories, particularly hats.

Once in the White House, each President made his mark in different ways. In fact, before Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President, came to office, the White House wasn't even called the White House! People called the building the President's Palace, President's House, and the Executive Mansion. Roosevelt officially named it the White House in 1901.

Theodore Roosevelt wasn't the only President to invent a new expression. Martin Van Buren, the eighth President, is sometimes credited with creating the word "OK." Van Buren was from Kinderhook, New York. During his campaign, Old Kinderhook (O.K.) clubs formed to support the President. Later, "OK" or "okay," came to mean "all right."

There have been many other interesting presidential firsts. James Polk, the 11th President, was the first President to have his photograph taken. Theodore Roosevelt was the first President to ride in a car while in office. His fifth cousin and the 32nd President, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, was the first to ride in an airplane.

What will be the next big presidential first? First to ride in a spaceship?

Fast Facts:


At 6 feet, 4 inches (1.9 meters), Abraham Lincoln was the tallest U.S. President.
William Henry Harrison, the ninth President, was the only President who studied to be a medical doctor.
Millard Fillmore, the 13th President, was the first President to have a stepmother.
James Garfield, the 20th President, was the first left-handed President.

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America's Most Stressful Cities, 2012

With common factors such as traffic, crowds, noise, grime,

and crime, cities are generally not perceived as oases of calm.

But what makes one city more stressful to live in than the

next? To gauge the stress of residents in American cities,

data cruncher Sperling’s Best Places considered the 50

largest metropolitan areas (which includes suburbs). The

team considered the following factors: divorce rate, commute

times, unemployment, violent crime, property crime,

suicides, alcohol consumption, mental health, sleep troubles, and the annual amount of cloudy days.

There wasn’t much variance in several categories. For alcohol consumption per month, each of the top 10 cities ranged from 8.7 to 14 drinks per month; for days per month with poor mental health, the metro areas ranged from 2.9 to 4.3; and for days per month of poor sleep, the range was 6.9 to 8.2.

The data behind this list does not paint a cheery picture.

The Sunshine State, in particular, seems much less sunny —

dismal, even. What follows are the five metropolitan areas that fared the worst using the above criteria.

1. Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater,Florida

Population: 2,780,818

Divorced: 12.3%

Commute time – minutes: 28.3

Unemployment: 11.2%

Violent crime per 100,000 population: 500

Property crime per 100,000 population: 3,387.2

Suicides per 100,000 population: 15.5

Cloudy days annually: 127

The numbers say Tampa is the most stressful area.

Photo: George Rose / Getty Images

Standout factor: Tampa is in the 97th percentile for suicides.

2. Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada

Population: 1,908,008

Divorced: 13.2%

Commute time – minutes: 27

Unemployment: 14%

Violent crime per 100,000 population: 763.4

Property crime per 100,000 population: 2,921.9

Suicides per 100,000 population: 18

Cloudy days annually: 65

Elvis weddings aside, Las Vegas leads the way in divorces.

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Standout factors:

Las Vegas-Paradise is in the 100th percentile for divorces, but it had the least cloudy days of the 50 cities analyzed.

3. Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida

Population: 2,472,015

Divorced: 11.5%

Commute time – minutes: 33.2

Unemployment: 12.5%

Violent crime per 100,000 population: 733.3

Property crime per 100,000 population: 4,678.3

Suicides per 100,000 population: 9.3

Cloudy days annually: 117

Miami is sunny but riddled with crime.

Photo: Hector Herrera / Getty Images

Standout factors:

Metropolitan Miami is in the 97th percentile for property crime, and 95th percentile for violent crime, but is in the fourth percentile for alcohol consumption

4. Jacksonville, Florida

Population: 1,374,303

Divorced: 12.3%

Commute time – minutes: 28.0

Unemployment: 10.4%

Violent crime per 100,000 population: 557

Property crime per 100,000 population: 3,772.4

Suicides per 100,000 population: 13.9

Cloudy days annually: 139

Love doesn't seem to last in Jacksonville.

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Standout factor: Jacksonville is in the 95th percentile for divorces

5. Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan

Population: 1,918,288

Divorced: 11.4%

Commute time – minutes: 27

Unemployment: 15.7%

Violent crime per 100,000 population: 1111.2

Property crime per 100,000 population: 4,152.4

Suicides per 100,000 population: 9.6

Cloudy days annually: 180

Crime is a leading factor for Detroit's stress.

Photo: Spencer Platt / Getty Images

Standout factors: The Detroit metropolitan area is in the 100th percentile for violent crime and property crime. It also ranks in the 97th percentile for poor mental health days per month, though it is in the second percentile for alcohol consumption per month.

America's Least Expensive Cities, 2012

Several times a year, the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) gathers data from 309 urban areas to rank them in their Cost of Living Index (COLI).

The team looks at pricing data covering 60 consumer goods and services that represent a larger cluster of goods and services — especially within the groceries category, which lists staples including bread, coffee, sugar, ground beef and potatoes. The other categories are housing, utilities, transportation, health care and miscellaneous goods and services.

The average cost of these goods is then compared to the average annual income for professional and managerial households in the top fifth income level.

The resulting standard of living in the most expensive urban area, Manhattan, was more than twice the national average at 223.9 percent, whereas the cost of living in the least expensive urban area is 20 percent below the national average.

Dean Frutiger of C2ER emphasizes these are not absolute values and the rankings are all relative to the total submitted data. The data are collected by volunteers, and they couldn’t get the information for every city.

With that in mind, let’s count down the top 5 least-expensive cities, as culled from the latest available version of the COLI from the third quarter of 2011.

1) Harlingen, Texas

Photo: city-data.com

Harlingen is designated a Certified Retirement Community and is a year-round destination for birders. It’s in the southernmost part of Texas (not far from the no. 3 least-expensive urban area, McAllen). It’s also the southern-most urban area in the country’s cost of living ranking, with the standard being 81.7 percent of the national average.

Harlingen has the cheapest average prices in this top 5 for:

Haircut $7.75

2-pc chicken $1.98

Tire balance $7.50

Peaches $1.59

Sweet Peas 0.67

OJ $2.45

Potatoes $1.63

2) Memphis, TN

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Memphis has a rich musical heritage and is the city Elvis Presley called home. But you don’t have to be rich to live there — the average cost to buy your own Graceland (albeit a more modest one and probably with less carpeting on the walls) is the lowest of all these top 5 urban areas.

Memphis has the cheapest average prices for:

Homes $190,181

3) Ardmore, OK

Photo: Matthew Rutledge | Flickr

Ardmore is midway between Oklahoma City and Dallas. The standard of living is 84.1 percent of the national average and the average cost of a home is $223,500.

Ardmore has the cheapest average prices for:

Coke $1

Apartment rental $500

Phone $20.50

4) McAllen, TX

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McAllen is in the lower extremity of Texas, abutting Mexico in the Rio Grande Valley. The average cost of a house is $206,600 and the cost of living is 84.5 percent of the national average.

McAllen has the cheapest average prices for:

Sugar $2.18

Boys’ jeans $11.99

Wine $5

5) Waco, TX

Photo: Walter Bibikow | Getty Images

Waco is midway between Dallas and Austin and is the birthplace of Dr Pepper. While Waco is also at the midway point on this list, it dominates the list in terms of low prices in many categories.

Waco has the cheapest average prices for:

Parmesan $2.96

Coffee $2.79

5 Red Flags That Show You’re in Financial Trouble

While economies can collapse seemingly without warning, a personal debt crisis doesn’t happen overnight.

Most of the time any foreclosure or a personal bankruptcy is years in the making. Unfortunately though, along the way people often don’t see the warning signs that could stop – or at least slow down – the problem before it hits critical mass.

According to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, as of the fourth quarter of 2010 approximately 2.8 million U.S. homes have gone through foreclosure, and another 2 million homes are in the process. Bankruptcy numbers aren’t much better, either, even if they are trending in the right direction. The American Bankruptcy Institute reports that the total number of U.S. bankruptcies filed from September 2010 to September 2011 reached 1.47 million, down from 1.60 million in the previous year.

How can you avoid become a statistic in either group? With a built-in “radar” system that warns you when your financial picture is starting to spin out of control. Here are five “red flags” that you can use to build that warning system:

You keep overdrawing your checking account. A bank checking account is like the proverbial canary in the coal mine when it comes to your personal financial picture. If you’re constantly overdrawing it – even once a month is a serious sign if it happens repeatedly – you need to get your financial act together. You’re likely spending too much money and possibly accumulating too much debt, or your income simply does not meet your expenses, in which case there are other forms of assistance to consider. Fix the problem by building a monthly budget and sticking to it.

Your credit card payments are dwindling. If you can only afford to make the minimum payments on your monthly credit card bill (if that), you’ve got a borrowing problem. Credit card users keep paying interest on that big outstanding balance, and within a few months a $5,000 credit card tab can climb to $7,500. The solution? Use your card less (ideally, only for emergencies) and pay at least twice your minimum card payment. That should keep you out of credit card trouble.

Your emergency fund reads “zero.” If you don’t have an emergency fund, or the one you have is on life support, you’re courting big financial trouble. Experts historically say you should have at least six months’ worth of income stashed away in a savings fund, but it’s better to aim even higher. Build a 12-month cushion in case you lose your job or suffer from a major illness or injury. Most bankruptcies occur after a job loss or a serious health issue, so a proper emergency fund can save the day in that regard.

You have to choose which bills to pay. If two bills come in the mail and you can’t afford to pay both, you’re overstretched financially. If this happens once, no worries – it’s a tough economy and most people have problems with a bill at one time or another. But if it’s a monthly occurrence then you’re in “red flag” territory and need to revisit that budget and see where you can cut some meat off the bone (or take a second job to earn more income).

Your credit score is below 620. If your FICO score is heading south faster than a Canadian goose in December, that’s obviously a big red flag. The lower your score, the more expensive it becomes for you to get credit (creditors charge higher interest to give credit to consumers with low credit scores – if they grant them a loan at all). Read your credit report at least twice a year and directly address any problems right away.

If you find that you meet at least two of these red flags, you could be heading toward financial peril. But if you pay attention to the warning signs you could help to avoid or reduce the impact of a potential financial Armageddon

Johnny Depp Became The Best Actor In The U.S For The Second Time!

Johnny Depp has to prove if he is the most beloved actors in the United States. Stars 'Alice in Wonderland' was named the Favorite Actor United States for the second time. The Harris Interactive has conducted a survey of 2237 adults in the period December 5 to December 12, 2011. Depp beat Clint Eastwood and Denzel Washington, who came in second place, although the two are not starring in the film produced in 2011. According to the data in the poll, participants who chose Depp are mostly women, sympathetic Republican, Independent, Baby Boomers , Gen Xers and residents Americans living in the East, West, and Midwest Eastwood, who last year ranked at nine, favored by the U.S. population in the South region. While the population aged 66 years and over prefer a star of 'The Descendants' George Clooney. He is ranked sixth as the favorite actor. Another actor who entered the U.S. list of Favorite actor is Tom Hanks, Harrison Ford, and John Wayne. Sandra Bullock is the only actress on the list. Here is a list of ten favorite movie stars U.S.:

1. Johnny Depp

2. Clint Eastwood

3. Denzel Washington

4. Tom Hanks

5. John Wayne

6. George Clooney

7. Sandra Bullock

8. Harrison Ford

9. Will Smith

10. Adam Sandler

waaaah. i hope that i can own Johnny Depp skills to become top ten favorite movies stars ,hehe .