Brandi Glanville

Brandi Glanville is the latest addition to The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills show and she already caused jealousy stirs that fired back. She is not that welcome, apparently, UK’s Daily Mail reports.
The newest addition to The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills cast is Brandi Glanville. She was introduced to the other wives during the show last night, at a charity event which was hosted by Kyle Richards. Glanville was brought to the evening event by Adrienne Maloof. The former model is the ex-wife of actor Eddie Cibrian, who is now married to country pop singer LeAnn Rymes. Glanville and Cibrian got a divorce in 2009 after she found out that he was cheating on her with Rymes. The two have two sons together: Mason and Jake.
“I was married to the number one douchebag of all time” says Glanville at the party about Cibrian who, only three months after their divorce, announced his engagement to LeAnn Rymes.

As soon as she had made her appearance, the other housewives of Beverly Hills got curious about her. “Who’s that?” Lisa asked. They started gossiping about Brandi and her relationship with “The Playboy Club” star. Later, Glanville was seen posing with Lisa’s enemy, Cedric, which triggers more antipathy from the women.  She then explained that she and Cedric have worked together more than 15 years ago and now they reconnected.
Brandi’s broken leg was another subject of gossip. The housewives started laughing about her wearing high heels when having a broken leg.
“I think all of us were feeling a little defensive of Lisa”, Kyle confesses.
Adrienne Maloof’s husband, Paul Nassif, noticed that in Beverly Hills the younger and more beautiful women are always met “with hostility”. “With these women whether its gossip or an argument it starts like this and ends like this”, he remarked.

Sacramento Kings

Francisco Garcia is your 33rd Greatest Sacramento King of All-Time. Cisco has spent his whole career to date with Sacramento, and despite not being as successful on the court as we hoped he'd be, he's been a key influence with his teammates off of it. Cisco was also the first rookie that Sactown Royalty covered, way back in 2005.

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TODAY'S CONTESTANTS:
Michael Smith, John Salmons, Hedo Turkoglu, Duane Causwell, Mike Woodson, Ricky Berry, Jason Thompson, DeMarcus Cousins, Tyus Edney and Bonzi Wells. After the jump, a statistical breakdown of their time in a Kings uniform.

Michael Smith (1995-1998):
13.5 PER, 6.2 PPG, 7.1 RPG, 1.6 APG, .8 STL, .7 BLK in 24.4 MPG (246 Games Played)

John Salmons (2007-2009):
14.1 PER, 12.5 PPG, .470 FG%, .375 3P%, 3.9 RPG, 3.1 APG, 1.1 STL in 31.1 MPG (213 Games Played)

Hedo Turkoglu (2001-2003):
12.9 PER, 7.5 PPG, .420 FG%, .358 3P%, 3.4 RPG, 1.4 APG in 19.9 MPG (221 Games Played)
2000-01 All-Rookie 2nd Team Selection

Duane Causwell (1991-1997):
12.1 PER, 5.5 PPG, .516 FG%, 4.7 RPG, .5 APG, 1.6 BLK in 19.4 MPG (429 Games Played)
1st All-Time in Blocks (695)

Mike Woodson (1986):
14.2 PER, 15.6 PPG, .475 FG%, 2.8 RPG, 2.4 APG, 1.1 STL in 29.8 MPG (81 Games Played)

Ricky Berry (1989):
13.1 PER, 11.0 PPG, .450 FG%, .406 3P%, 3.1 RPG, 1.3 APG in 22.0 MPG (64 Games Played)

Jason Thompson (2009-2011):
14.0 PER, 10.8 PPG, .490 FG%, 7.3 RPG, 1.3 APG, .8 BLK in 27.6 MPG (232 Games Played)

DeMarcus Cousins (2011):
14.6 PER, 14.1 PPG, .430 FG%, 8.6 RPG, 2.5 APG, 1.0 STL, .8 BLK in 28.5 MPG (81 Games Played)
2010-11 All-Rookie 1st Team Selection

Tyus Edney (1996-1997):
12.7 PER, 9.0 PPG, .402 FG%, 2.1 RPG, 4.0 APG, 1.0 STL in 25.7 MPG (150 Games Played)
1995-96 All-Rookie 2nd Team Selection

Bonzi Wells (2006):
16.6 PER, 13.6 PPG, .463 FG%, 7.7 RPG, 2.8 APG, 1.8 STL in 32.4 MPG (52 Games Played)

Lindsay Lohan now remodeled for Philipp Plein!

Fashion than cure? With Lindsay Lohan (25) seems to be exactly the case. Once they are back in the past week, once of their few bright side and presented her mother Dina (49) a little too intimate kissing, see Lindsay a few days later much more rested.

The scandalous actress is in fact now the new face of German designer Philipp Plein (33). And prove the first pictures of fashion shoots, as well it seems Lindsay is currently. She looks rested and freshly made ​​.Might be to tired eyes that witnessed a night of drinking, nothing to see! relaxed view of the light blonde enjoys the atmosphere during the shoot in Italy. 

She and designer Plein seem to understand perfectly well, as evidenced by the photos. Lindsay is on this approachable and communicative. Only vice: her cigarettes. This probably can not or will not simply do without the actress.

If, however, only one in this addiction, this would have been a huge improvement compared to their worst times, when Lindsay made ​​headlines only by their excesses. So be forgiven her the butt, because otherwise it really shows their best side. The job as a designer-muse Lindsay obviously doing very well and helps her as possibly even beyond its past.

The Amazon Tablet Come on 28 September?

The industry has long rumored that Amazon is working on a tablet, is to make the serious competition Apple's iPad. CEO Jeff Bezos (47) fueled the rumors themselves time and again by implication, more details came to light. The idea - just a matter of time. Now it seems so far ...

Amazon has for 28 September a press conference announced.Topic: unknown. But industry experts are certain: On Wednesday, the alleged killer iPad finally presented.
"Wednesday is a tablet day," analyst Colin Gillis BGC told the Reuters news agency. And so it could look like:

According to insiders, is running on theTablet Google's Android operating system - in the older version 2.2 ("Need"). If an update is still possible to "Honeycomb" version appears uncertain. Supposedly the OS was developed by Amazon, but it should have a completely revised user interface.

In addition, the tablet should have a seven-inch multi-touch display, but no camera. At the beginning there should be only a wireless version, but a UMTS module is in the works. Apps, users get access only through Amazon's own App Store, access to Android Market will not have the device. The reported " computer screen "with reference to the renowned technology blog" TechCrunch ".

In addition to the apps to the tablet - are made available for e-books, MP3s and movies from the Amazon store - in reference to the Kindle.

Sounds like a real killer iPad? Still not sure - but the convincing argument could be the price. Amazon is known for its aggressive pricing policy, insiders estimate that the Amazon tablet will cost only about half of the iPad.

The wireless version will come for around 250 dollars (180 euros) on the market.
Amazon is still keeping a low profile, does not issue detailed information.The latest on Wednesday we know if there is an iPad-killer or just a poor imitation Amazon ...

GINA-LISA LOHFINK ABOUT GIRLS-TROUBLE ON THE REEPERBAHN

When Gina-Lisa Lohfink celebrates birthday, has a blast - and true!Because she kept even in the night to Friday ...

The ex-"Top Model" contestant celebrated her 25th Birthday on the Reeperbahn. There was trouble with a group of girls!Apparently a fight! Complaint against the blonde! By Gina-Lisa said brawl wants to know anything but tame it is still far.

"If someone sullied the honor of my friends, I'm the bomb," is the powerful woman in the combative interview, explaining why the Gina-bomb exploded Friday morning.
  
Gina-Lisa: "I was with David Ortega (ex-" Big Brother "participants, Ed) and my buddies go. On the road, five, six were girls who knew David. The dredged and have stopped him. As he has shown them that he has no interest, they were abusive. "

The girls should have called David "Son of a bitch" and "fag". "Because I lost it completely," says Gina-Lisa ."We were mobbed again most primitive. I've got the angezickt right, I've become really abusive. "If it related to their loved ones, they understand no fun.

The model seriously: "Family and friends are sacred." But she slammed on Friday did not! Cousin Damian (19) they have moved away from the girl group - and thus perhaps prevented something worse. Gina-Lisa: "Who knows what would have happened ..."

How can it be but that the police documented in the participating girls strangulation marks or bruises?
Gina-Lisa's explanation: "It has yet to be inflicted in order to get into the press. Or who are just pissed that David could not land. "

Scarlett Johansson, Now she goes hunting for men?

Kieran Culkin, Bradley Cooper, Justin Timberlake now: Since the collapse of their love with Sean Penn seems to Scarlett Johansson by a man to go to the other.

 

Is it a desperate attempt to revamp the tarnished self-confidence again? Since actressScarlett Johansson (26) in early June after only five months of its short-term affair SeanPenn (50) was left sitting, it is seen almost weekly with new companions. 

 

A few days agoshe was seen lovingly familiar with an evening stroll in Paris with Kieran Culkin (28), thechild star Macaulay Culkin's brother, shortly after she was spotted on the side of BradleyCooper (36) in New York.

As now the "Us" magazine reported, should they become even flirt back with her ​​ex Justin Timberlake (30). The two were flirting heavily watched a week ago in a New York-In restaurant. "There were still other people who wanted to talk to Scarlett, but shehad eyes only for Justin," revealed one eyewitness. 

 

 

Clock in the morning until 5:30 remained in both the local, then they disappeared together. Piquant fact: Actually Timberlake will again be with his ex-girlfriend Jessica Biel together. But Scarlett Johansson is apparently the matter.

Has the beautiful Scarlett minute panic? Will they take revenge on the entire male world? Or she's just desperate because she has her ex-husband Ryan Reynolds (34) was added to lightly pass the course? Will they make him perhaps even jealous?Supposedly Scarlett have indeed already trying to win him back. 

 

One of the reasons why the marriage is between the US-Beauty and the "Sexiest Man Alive" does not work, should have been Scarlett's attitude to the offspring. For the successful actress wanted a baby at that time part out with the smart Canadians. But now they've even changed their minds about it. "She does everything to win him back," a source told the "Star" magazine, adding: "She even says that she is ready for a baby."

Whether this love's labor is worth? "He still loves it, but he will not let play with them again," the paper quoted the insider. "He feels jilted by her" I wonder if Scarlett can get them back under this circumstances the helm once again remains to be seen. Your restless men hunt goes well for now on ...

HORROR-NUCLEAR SPARED, typhoon leaves little damage in Fukushima

Killer typhoon "Roke" - he has now reached Tokyo after the damaged nuclear power plant in Fukushima-Daiichi!According to the operating company Tepco occurred at thenuclear plant, but to no major damage.

Tepco had set before the arrival of the typhoon, the work on the atomic ruin.According to a spokesman for planning were also drawn over the damaged buildings - should be prevented that radiation escapes or rain water getting into the destroyed reactor.

Apparently successful: Except for a damaged security camera, there were no damage reports from the damaged nuclear power plant, which was upset in March by an earthquake and a tsunami - the renewed nuclear disaster has failed!

On Wednesday afternoon (local time) met "Roke" in the city of Hamamatsu on land, moved about 40 kilometers per hour toward the northeast. In Tokyostorm and heavy rain led to the fact that the train came to a halt, tens of thousands of commuters were stranded at railway stations. In the middle of the country's nearly 260 000 households were without electricity.

TYPHOON-CHAOS IN JAPAN!

More than 400 flights were canceled because of the mega-storm, exposed to high-speed trains in eastern and central Japan and highways blocked.

Many companies sent their employees home in the afternoon.The world's largest automaker Toyota put the work out in some factories. Many schools in the country sent their students home early.
Even in advance of the typhoon in Japan went down heavy rains , roads and residential areas were flooded.

At least 13 people were killed or went missing.

"Roke" Japan is already the fifteenth typhoon this year! Earlier this month, was "Talas" moved across the country.

Zara Phillips & Mike Tindall, she blows him now the march?

Two weeks earlier than planned Zara Phillips now hurried to New Zealand. There, she apparently wants to speak with her husband, Mike Tindall, after the rugby player was caught recently in foreign cuddling with another lady.

It was a rollicking night, which caused a public scandal. Good 18.8 thousand kilometers away from home, celebrate Mike Tindall (32) Sozzled with his rugby teammates in a student bar in Queens town New Zealand's victory over Argentina. It was late when the visibly drunken 32-year-old his head buried in the cleavage of a lady, she seems even kissed.

The controversial pictures of the party night went around the world. These were finally in a woman not his wife, Zara Phillips (30), which he had vowed just six weeks, the eternal faith.

Away from this game of their wedded wife remained in the home should the wife have been anything but pleased. Even if the granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II has not yet commented on the affair, but their actions speak for themselves.

The 30-year-old spent two weeks traveling to New Zealand earlier than planned - and unlikely to cheer on their loved ones on the field."The fuss about Mike's party was very upsetting for them. So they want to see Mike as soon as possible, "quotes the British newspaper" The Mirror "one insider:" She wants to resolve this matter as quickly as possible, "Sounds So Zara would blow her husband once belonging to the march - and rightly so. !

And while she wants to take their loved ones to breast, Mike's father is trying to limit the damage in the home. "I spoke with my son and he says the lady have it been only a girlfriend," the paper quoted the 64-year-olds. "We have not talked about Zara. . But I do not think she is upset or needs desperately to be " That according to the newspaper says a friend of the rugby player, who said: "Mike and Zara is doing well.Mike knows that he has behaved like an idiot and has also said Zara.

He is aware that it is stupid to behave in such a way to get drunk and hang out at a bar - even with an old friend. " Another derailment Mike Tindall will probably not allow so fast - especially now with his wife to him is. And it will probably not be out of sight, surely much to the delight of the Queen.Finally, should the Queen of England on the headlines of the new member of the royal family "not amused" was his.

'Modern Family' is imposed on the Emmy

Modern Family , the crazy comedy that emits Neox ABC in prime time on Tuesday was the big winner of 63 Emmy Awards, held Monday morning in Los Angeles. The series won awards for best comedy, script, direction, actor and actress.The sitcom , which premiered in the U.S. in September 2009, reflects the lives of three very different families from the irony and humor. Created by Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd, responsible for another iconic title as Frasier , Modern Family and validates the title of best comedy that first achieved in 2010.

He also repeated award Mad Men, which won the fourth consecutive Emmy for best drama. It was, however, the only major award that garnered the AMC chain production. For its part, Boardwalk Empire and Downton Abbey harvested up to 13 awards, mostly in technical categories. One of the big surprises of the night's starred in Friday Night Lights , in which Kyle Chandler won best actor in drama. The series, which started as a favorite in the pools, also won the award for best dramatic script.

Fox Censorship

The controversy of the ceremony came from the hand of the actor Alec Baldwin, who did not attend the gala after the Fox television network, owned by Rupert Murdoch and in charge of broadcasting the ceremony, the actor censor a joke about the Australian magnate Recent espionage cases that have punctuated its communications group. Baldwin, winner of two Emmy for his role in 30 Rock , put it in his Twitter account: "Fox NewsCorp cut my joke about and that sucks because I think it would make them look better.

Implications of the Palestinian initiative at the UN

Implications of the Palestinian initiative at the UN

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Friday he will ask the full recognition of a Palestinian state in the United Nations when the world body go this week, defying strong opposition from Israel and the U.S..

Here are some of the reasons behind the initiative has and some of its possible consequences.

WHY PALESTINIANS WANT TO GO TO UNITED NATIONS?
Abbas says that 20 years of peace talks sponsored by the United States have been for nothing and wants a UN vote to give the Palestinians statehood precious. However, the Palestinian leader acknowledged that negotiations with Israel will be necessary to bring this state to function properly.

To justify the measure, Palestinians point out that the success of a two-year plan, backed by the West, to create institutions ready to assume the status of state say they are finished.

The Palestinians want recognition with the 1967 borders. WHY?
The Palestinian Authority (PA) said that the creation of a steady state comprising the territories occupied by Israel in the 1967 war that Israel will not be able to still call the land "disputed". Instead, it becomes clear that it is an occupied land. Israel fears this would allow the Palestinians to take legal action before the International Criminal Court (ICC) against the estimated 500,000 Israelis living in East Jerusalem and the West Bank.

UN ADMITS HOW A NEW MEMBER STATE?

Countries seeking to join United Nations normally apply to the UN secretary general, what happens to the Security Council for review and vote. If the 15-nation council approved the membership application, go to the General Assembly for approval. An application for membership requires a majority of two thirds, or 129 votes, for approval.

A country can not join the United Nations unless both the Security Council and General Assembly approve your request.

PALESTINIANS COULD JOIN THE UN?

In theory, yes. But Washington has made clear it would veto the application, which means you have no chance to succeed. Even if the Palestinians achieve a majority of two thirds of the Assembly, would require the prior approval of the Security Council.

OPTION IS A STATUS OF "NON-MEMBER STATE"?


In addition to applying to become a full member state of the UN, the Palestinians could also try to raise its observer status to non-member state, like the Vatican. That status, UN envoys say, could be interpreted as an implicit recognition of the UN to the Palestinian state because the assembly would acknowledge that the Palestinians a real state control.

The advantage of this option is that only require a simple majority of the 193-nation General Assembly, not a two-thirds majority. Abbas said Friday that more than 126 recognized states and the state of Palestine, which means we probably win this vote easily.


WHAT ADVANTAGE WOULD IT BE?

Important addition to awarding the title of "State", diplomats say could allow the Palestinians to join the ICC, from which could present the legal cases against Israel by partial blockage of Gaza and the Jewish settlements.

Are there any disadvantages for the Palestinians?

There are potential dangers. For example, Israel could counterclaim to Palestinians in the ICC by missiles fired at them from Gaza, led by the Islamist group Hamas.

Some critics have warned of legal consequences for the Palestinians themselves, saying the move could jeopardize the rights of refugees in the Palestinian Diaspora and the status of the Organization for the Liberation of Palestine (PLO). Others have dismissed such arguments.

Also, the UN vote will not change things on the ground in the Palestinian territories - a fact that could further undermine the position of the Palestinian leadership when the situation calms down. Some Israelis have warned that the deception could inflate the violence against Israel and even spark a new Intifada. Palestinian officials have ruled that out.

WASHINGTON COULD PUNISH ISRAEL OR THE AP?

Israeli officials have suggested a number of possible measures, including limiting the travel privileges to the Palestinian leaders trying to leave the West Bank, to stop the transfer of vital tax revenues to the Palestinians and even to annex West Bank settlement blocs to try to evade ICC's legal. Some U.S. officials have warned it may cut its annual aid to the Palestinian Authority, which reaches 450 million dollars (about 326 million euros). It is not clear which apply these threats. Depriving the AP funds, for example, would involve a rapid collapse of financial services, leading to instability. In the case of a bankruptcy, some Palestinian leaders argue that the PA should hand over the keys of the great cities of the West Bank to Israel and say to pay for their occupation.

Brad Pitt, were so mean he is talking about marriage with Jennifer Aniston!

These words from Brad Pitt to be Jennifer Aniston to be difficult to digest. For now, the actor pulls a sad record of his marriage to Jen and told in an interview, how happy they value themselves, Angelina Jolie to have met.

What is gotten into Brad Pitt (47)? The Hollywood star seems currently not miss any opportunity to fire verbal broadsides against his ex-wife Jennifer Aniston (42). After he reportedly already fulminating about the new man in her life, actor Justin Theroux (40), it pulls in an interview with "Parade" magazine is now also an unflattering account of his five years of marriage with Jen.

First, Brad reported that he had spent the 90 years trying to hide from the public, and admits: "I've had enough of sitting on the couch to smoke a joint and to hide me. I felt miserable "Then afterwards he adds:". I realized that I am obsessed with was to make a film about an exciting life, I had not itself exciting life "After this self-reflection Mr. Pitt delivers promptly explain why. - Jennifer Aniston and would like anything but. "I think it had anything to do with my marriage. I have tried to issue marriage for something she was not "set in clear text mean well.

Married life with Jennifer was boring and a big mistake. Fortunately, the oh-so-poor Mister Pitt learned so Angelina Jolie on the set of " Mr. & Mrs. Smith know "- and love. "I'm very happy with it, made ​​the right decision and found a wife who I love, Angie, and build a family with her ​​that I love so much," says the 47-year-old, adding: "One family a risky undertaking, because the more one loves, the more you lose. "This can certainly confirm Jennifer. Ensure it meets all the more determined the next sentence: "One of the biggest and best things I've ever done, Angelina had to do with the mother. She's such a great mom. Oh man, I'm so happy to have her. " Aha. And his ex? Which should probably be less happy about Brad's common stock of the years.

That he is now probably risen too. For after his negative comments have made ​​headlines, he is now trying to limit the damage. Was announced through his spokesman he said: "It hurts me that it is interpreted. Jen is an incredibly charming and funny woman who will always be my friend. It is an important relationship, which I cherish. I just did not want to say that Jennifer is boring, but I was bored -. And that I am responsible, " " Perhaps Mr. Pitt should then consider the next time better think twice before he even says something so wrong ...

Obama will address the debt crisis with Britain, France, Brazil and Japan

The U.S. president, Barack Obama, will address the debt crisis in Europe next week at its meetings on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly with the leaders of Britain, France, Brazil and Japan.

As stated by the deputy national security adviser, Ben Rhodes, told the press, the crisis will be one of the matters addressed in his meeting Tuesday with the Brazilian president, Dilma Roussef, and Wednesday with the French head of state, Nicolas Sarkozy, British Prime Minister, David Cameron, and the new Japanese prime minister, Yoshihiko Noda.

These bilateral meetings will occur after a meeting of finance ministers of the Ecofin in Wroclaw (Poland), which played an unusual Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, and ended without removing the divisions that impede progress in the program of aid to Greece, the big problem in the crisis immediately.

The eurozone ignored U.S. pressure for the EU to encourage enhance the economy and the bailout fund and finance ministers did not use the meeting to advance solutions to the crisis and proceed to the second bailout of Greece, valued at 160,000 million euros. This has generated sharp criticism from U.S., which calls for more spending to revive the economy rather than cuts.

The President will arrive in New York on Monday and Tuesday, also met with Rousseff, plans to do this with the leader of the National Transitional Council (CNT) Libyan Mustafa Khalil. Also , will hold a bilateral meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, will address the progress of the transition in the Asian country and will be with the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan Tayipp.

On Wednesday, Obama will speak with a speech to the Assembly General, will attend the Clinton Global Initiative and will also meet in a bilateral with President Salva Kiir of Southern Sudan. The U.S. president also plans to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to address ways to allow the process to relaunch peace, although the precise timing of the meeting is not yet closed, according to the White House.

100 jobs Gamerizon

The Montreal studio of video games for mobile platforms Gamerizon create hundreds of new jobs within two years thanks to a financing round of $ 5 million announced today.

Gamerizon is known for its series of games " Chop Chop ", which has nine titles on the platform iOS (iPhone, iPod, iPad). They were downloaded a total of about 15 million times.

The investment from two firms specializing in venture capital: Capital Vanedge of Vancouver and iNovia Capital, based in Montreal. This is a second investment in a short time in the same area and same city for Vanddge Capital, which is also one of the investors from SAVA Transmedia .

Gamerizon intends to use this funding to add one hundred employees in its workforce currently consists ... a dozen people.

The president of Gamerizon, Alex Sakiz, said the company will work with two types of projects. First increase its current range of games on other mobile platforms, including Android. "It would be silly to not be on Android," he summarized.

And produce new games, more ambitious in some cases, but always based on the franchise Chop Chop . "Right now, it is believed that much of" mileage "from Chop Chop . It's hard enough to create a good brand, when it has we will maximize it. "

Of the 15 million copies of Chop Chop downloaded, the majority were free. Games Chop Chopcurrently cost $ 0.99 on the iTunes Store. All the company's revenues come from such sales for now, but other models are under consideration.

"The model of" freemium "in which the game is free, but players are encouraged to obtain additional content on the inside, is one in which we work," said Mr. Sakiz.

The advertising model is less tempting. "There are pros and cons, it's tricky. This must be done intelligently, especially since our games are often used by young people from 8 to 15 years. You can not put anything like pub. "

Investissement Québec, the Caisse and the Solidarity Fund, through their joint fund Teralys Capital, a shareholder of both Vanedge iNovia and, indirectly therefore find themselves in the shareholding of Gamerizon.

Paul Lee, Managing Partner of Vanedge and former president of video game giant Electronic Arts, said simply, while acknowledging that it was "special", the fact that his fund is now a shareholder in two companies with very similar goals, " It's just that we like both teams and we tend to invest first in people."

Very small there are only two or three years, the video game market on mobile is fast becoming congested. Tens of thousands of games are available on the iTunes Store of Apple and so the most popular are very lucrative, others quickly fall into oblivion. Investors can then hit a home run ... or be quickly removed to stick.

"The whole video game industry is like that, so it is difficult to invest, says Lee. At the same time, it's true that there are other companies like that, but it is very rare ones who have 15 million downloads. "

Michelle Williams, Heath's death, she still relies on

Michelle Williams grabs from: After the death of her ex-boyfriend Heath Ledger even her life changed drastically. Why it is a different person today!

Es is the most painful experience that can make a young man: Hollywood star Michelle Williams (31) 2008 lost her ex-boyfriend Heath Ledger. She cried not only for the love of her life, but also the father of her baby daughter Matilda (now 5).

Since then, nothing in the life of the actress as it once was: you go now assume that nothing is permanent in life, Michelle Williams confessed to a U.S. fashion magazine.The heavy loss had affected their daily routine, their careers and their behavior as a mother and girlfriend.

Harsh words for a 31-year-old who is really just beginning their adult lives.In an earlier interview with the "Times" They had even doubted, ever learn to love again, a similar fortune.Heath Ledger was for her "One" was with him she would have felt "complete."But she takes it positively: "Once you experience the love, and having it in a certain way forever."

Love for Heath, she met then so violently and unexpectedly, like a thunderbolt: the little-known Williams had Ledger, the sex symbol his time ("A Knight's Tale"), 2004 and know when the filming of "Brokeback Mountain" learned to love.

On 28 October 2005 was their daughter Matilda Rose into the world. As the perfect couple in September 2007 but surprisingly announced his separation, Hollywood was in shock. But even then, the smart actor should have taken stimulants and drugs. Shortly thereafter, on 22 January 2008, Heath Ledger died of a drug poisoning in his apartment in New York.

U.S. OPEN, Djokovic Nadal leaves no chance

Novak Djokovic (24) has the third attempt, the first U.S. Open win.The winner over the moon: "It still sounds somehow unreal, but feels great."

The world ranked first defeat of Serbia on Monday (local time) in a high class final in New York to 4:09 hours the Spanish defending champion Rafael Nadal 6:2, 6:4, 6:7 (3:7), 6:1 . Djokovic had lost the year before the finale of the fourth and final Grand Slam tournament of the year against the left-hander from the holiday island of Majorca yet in four sets.

Nadal appears as gracious in defeat: "I'm obviously disappointed, but Novak does not currently simply incredible stuff."

After Djokovic's third Grand Slam title of the year had won the tennis star kissed the Centre Court at Wimbledon As the 24-year-old Serb in four sets kept the upper hand against the brave fighting Spaniards.

For his victory in front of 22 547 spectators in the sold-out Arthur Ashe arena Djokovic pocketed a prize money of 1.8 million U.S. dollars (approximately € 1.3 million) and expanded his lead in the world rankings. Nadal has to deal with a check for $ 900,000 consolation.

Djokovic had won earlier this year the Australian Open and Wimbledon and also here in the final in London against Nadalprevailed.

WikiLeaks broke the news: Taiwan for mainland China for raw materials, chemical weapons

WikiLeaks website of a U.S. Institute in Taiwan (AIT) telegram that since the unofficial end-users that get sloppy, the Chinese mainland is Taiwan's high-tech industry needs the sole provider of chemical raw materials, parts or raw materials prohibited Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) of pipe products, the lack of external control, the development of chemical and biological weapons, Taiwan may become a potential national, Beijing monopoly supply of raw materials, will be able to get Taiwan to threaten the United States in the future high-tech products.

The United States also worry that even if Taiwan does not develop chemical weapons, the Chinese mainland through this vulnerability, unauthorized users of third countries or the output of chemical raw materials help to curb the proliferation of chemical weapons.

Telegram on March 9, 2007 issue.I mentioned, AIT Customs documents found on the Taiwan, China exports a lot of CWC second tube products are the raw materials to Taiwan, most of these raw materials used in semiconductors, a special glass and the production of light-emitting diodes; the face of skepticism from the outside, mainland China to Taiwan of raw materials often are "domestic transport", not "export" on the grounds, claiming that no violation of CWC provisions.

Message that Taiwanese officials told the United States, China Taiwan, BOFT issued without end-users that, as long as the Taiwan Association of Sirenqiye documents issued by the Chinese side on the simplified review process, agreed to export raw materials, but the Chinese do not have the raw end of the the user's jurisdiction, it can not be performed to check whether the flow of raw materials or other countries illegal users.

WikiLeaks published American Institute in Taiwan telegram that the lack of an external monitor and Taiwan may be secretly developing biological weapons.Soldiers NBC detectors car.



Message that from January 2004 to October 2006, Taiwan's total imports from the mainland, $ 5 million of the second control material.The United States that has not yet seen specific plans, but these materials so that Taiwan has the ability to develop chemical and biological weapons, or even the development of satellites and long-range cruise missiles, Taiwan officials denied any such plan, countries outside the mainland to Taiwan welcome to check.

The United States is more worried about is that two-thirds of the global semiconductor foundry in Taiwan, Taiwan's production of glass fiber, integrated circuit packaging and liquid crystal displays, accounting for 40% of the global market to 50%, or even with the world's second largest dynamic Take chip suppliers, these products require control of chemicals, raw materials have been if the Chinese monopoly will seriously damage U.S. interests.

With pain and emotion, the U.S. remembers the victims of 11-S to a decade of attacks

U.S. President Barack Obama participates in New York ceremonies marking the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11 in America. Obama was accompanied by his wife, Michelle, and toured with former President George W. Bush , Ground Zero, where once stood the twin towers of World Trade Center to honor the nearly 3,000 people killed in the attacks.


The act of attack in the most serious of the country's history began with a minute of silence at the exact moment when the first of two planes hijacked by terrorists slammed the first of the Twin Towers. For the first time, also read the names of all who died that day in New York, nearly 3,000 people.


Later it is expected that the U.S. president met briefly with relatives of the victims, who "talk about the loss of their loved ones. " Yesterday, Obama warned that the United States will not waver in its fight against terrorism. "Ten years ago, ordinary Americans have shown us the true meaning of courage when they ran down the stairs of those skyscrapers in the middle the flames, "recalled the president."As we demonstrated again this weekend, we remain vigilant.

We will do everything in our power to protect our people, "he said. "A decade after the 11 / 9, it is clear to around the world that the terrorists who attacked us on that September morning were unsuccessful by the character of our people, our nation's strength and resilience of our values, "Obama said.


Moreover, Washington and New York woke up almost armored with heavily increased security measures ahead of the tenth anniversary of the worst attacks in U.S. history, especially after the threat "credible but unconfirmed" for a possible attack. The center of Washington, especially around the White House and other government buildings were surrounded by police, also strongly represented elsewhere in the U.S. capital.


According to local media, thousands of police were deployed along this journey both in Washington and New York , along with bomb experts, snipers, members of the National Guard and FBI intelligence analysts, the newspaper "The New York Times."

9/11 commemoration, Minutes of silence

There is a special one, a sad day for the USA: On-the-minute imaginary family members and politicians in New York in the 2983 terrorist attack victims. But between all the grief stirs anger - of all the heroes of the 11th September 2001.

The U.S. national anthem opened the ceremony at Ground Zero in New York. There was the collapse of the World Trade Center attack, most of the nearly 3,000 victims of 11 September 2001 were killed. Barack Obama on Sunday recalled in a brief speech to the dead: "They were our neighbors, our friends, our husbands, wives, brothers, sisters, children and parents. They were the ones who have rushed to help.

"Then began to survivors, to read out the names of the victims. was interrupted the ceremony of commemoration minutes to the times at which hit the aircraft a decade ago, the towers and later, when the building collapsed. At that time, two manned aircraft with passengers in the two towers were raced, and a third into the Pentagon in Washington. A fourth plane crashed over Pennsylvania. A total of 2983 people died - more than one in nine was a New York firefighter.

Debris flag will be unveiled and refolded

A joint police and fire department bagpipe band from the opening ceremony - but only beginning with the beating of their drums. A youth choir sang the anthem of the United States, then blew the bagpipe players, while a waving ten years in the debris flag unveils first and was then folded solemnly again. Among the mourners were Obama and his predecessor George W. Bush with their wives Michelle and Laura .Amongst the guests, as well as New York mayor Michael Bloomberg and his predecessor, Rudolph Giuliani.

Celebration set against the backdrop of the new WTC

The event took place against the backdrop of the new buildings rising in the sky of the new office tower, "1 World Trade Center" instead.On the tenth anniversary of the attacks there is also a memorial for the victims to be inaugurated. The memorial consists of two granite basins, which are inserted into the rectangular foundations of the collapsed twin towers.Water rushed to their edges almost ten meters in depth. At the edges on bronze plates engraved with the names of the victims, even by the six people who died in an Islamist attack first 1993rd.

But the celebration was also accompanied by resentment. The New York City firefighters had produced the highest death toll - and were not invited.In interviews, many expressed their displeasure. CNN has a "Firefighter" asked why he did not participate in the celebration, as a member of a victim but that he could. "No thanks," he said, "I'd rather be out here with my comrades."

Maximum voltage outside the embassy of Israel

There are at least three people and wounded more than a thousand riots in Egypt.

At least three people died and 1,049 were injured during clashes between demonstrators and security forces recorded last night around the Israeli Embassy in Cairo, officials said.

The Egyptian state agency, Mena, quoting an official of the Ministry of Health, gives a figure, but does not specify the cause of death, but sources said the security forces that two people died of heart attacks.Previously, Mena had spoken of a killed by a heart attack and 837 injured during the incident near the embassy, ​​where hundreds of protesters continue gathered amid heavy security, although clashes are not recorded.

Many of them are uploaded to the remains of the wall was demolished without the Security forces prevented it, before dozens of young people entering the building which houses the embassy and files documents and launched into the air from one of the floors. A score of soldiers, backed by four tanks, are stationed at the entrance the building while the protesters chant slogans against Israel.

The street where the embassy is situated on the west bank of the Nile, was once again open to traffic, although it still shows signs of the battle that took place last night in place, which burned tires and cars. "We want to end the relationship between the two countries, leaving the ambassador (Israel) was a first step, but will not stop until they completely cut off relations" , said Saber.

A trial demonstrator, the fighting began last night with the security forces were not them, but people outside the protest came to bring. Meanwhile, the Egyptian prime minister, Esam Sharaf, chaired a crisis cabinet meeting to review the situation following internal events and the departure of Israeli Ambassador Yitzhak Levanon, revealed Mena.

The Egyptian agency said the meeting focused on the facts of the Israeli embassy, ​​the attempt to storm the headquarters of the Security Directorate in Giza , next to the embassy, ​​and "the attack on the headquarters of the Ministry of Interior." Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called it a "serious incident". "The mass attack the embassy of Israel in Egypt is a serious incident, but could have been worse if the agitators have made ​​it through the last door and hurt our people, "said Netanyahu.

BERLIN FESTIVAL, POP AT ITS BEST

With plenty of style reveals the pop culture at the Berlin Festival at its best. And which can also be seen fashionably ...
Perhaps it is next to the Californian "Coachella" the best music festival in the world angezogenste: On Friday and Saturday to pop-rock icons and newcomers meet at theBerlin festival , to make the former site of the Tempelhof airport for the musical stage.
"No forest and meadow festival, but there is steel, raw concrete and airport aesthetics, right in the heart of a big city," said Cornelius Opper , initiator of the Berlin Festival, the look on his event. "We also have a very fashionable crowd."

The stars are of course in Fashion: Florrie, could perhaps be the new Kylie Minogue is still not succeeded in the big breakthrough. But the 21-year-old will even be on a smaller audience fashionable accents. And your colleague Santigold interprets the retro chic of hip-hop in their own way - at every red carpet a looker. The American woman was among other things, for Converse front of the camera and is the face of the current Kamp Agen star designerAlexander Wang .

There's also this weekend in Berlin, almost a small revival of "Cool Britania" Bobby Gillespie - lead singer of Primal Scream, alleged ex-lover of Kate Moss - and Brett Anderson, singer of Suede, celebrate with their bands just making a comeback. Only at the beginning of their success is Øland Nanna Fabricius. Nevertheless, it now attracts everyone's attention: Their play outfits for her performance as Oh land a supporting role. The stage suddenly becomes a catwalk. In the spirit of the Berlin Festival ... 

British royal pregnant! Pregnant with twins Kate William Le faint

British royal family once again the good news, Prince William and Kate get married expire hundred days, suddenly passed Kate is pregnant, but also twins!

The latest issue of Star magazine cover story reports, Kate (29 years) called to tell the news she was pregnant when William, William head almost faint music.The history of the British royal family has never had twins, this is the first time.Royal biographer Wilson confirmed as soon as possible to bring a baby Kate a lot of pressure, results of the first year of marriage, if the twins were born healthy, is happy.
William couples seeking infertility treatment with or without?At least one source of the answer is yes, but also examined the sex of the fetus, proved to be a woman.If the first born sister how to do?Under the current law of succession the British throne, the future successor to father his brother William will leave from the throne.
William and Kate married in April 29, attracted worldwide attention.Kate quickly gave birth to bear enormous pressure heir to the throne, the rumor about her anorexic lingering.Now came pregnant, the first order of business is to quickly gain weight!William married couples living in the countryside of Wales, William Royal Air Force rescue team is still as pilots.

British royal pregnant

Us Weekly quoted sources close to Williams said his wife, Kate, if pregnant, will the self-proclaimed royal family, do it without the U.S. gossip magazine!Strange is, the weekly listing, the UK media but quiet, neither up nor refuted.

How the Libyan rebels bought a miniature drone on the Internet

Although Libyan rebels have been celebrating their advance this week into the capital of Tripoli, just a few weeks ago, they had a problem. Outgunned and poorly trained, Libya's ragtag opposition forces were the object of pitying--if not unsympathetic--reports by the journalists covering their seemingly hapless efforts to advance and hold ground against Gadhafi's professional forces, who were better trained and better equipped.



Naturally, the rebels turned to the Internet for help. In June, members of the Libyan National Transition Council were "searching the Web," the New York Times reports, where they found information about a surveillance drone--"essentially a tiny, four-rotor helicopter dangling a pod carrying stabilized-image day- and night-vision cameras"--made by Aeryon Labs of Waterloo, Ontario.



The ship delivering the drone and German Red Cross pulling into Misrata, Libya July 16, 2011.



That's how Charles Barlow, a former Canadian army officer who previously served with the United Nations in Syria, found himself on a boat to Misrata, Libya, in July, delivering a miniature surveillance drone to the rebels. (Barlow's photo of pulling into the port of Misrata on July 16 is posted to the right.)



"What was happening with [the Libyan rebels] was they'd be driving down roads, getting shot at and losing people along the way," said Barlow, now the president of Zariba Security, an Ottawa, Canada-based company that works closely with the drone's manufacturer, Aeryon Labs. Barlow spoke with The Envoy on Thursday. "They wanted to see, where are Gadhafi's forces so they did not end up driving right into them."



The rebels first tried a number of different methods to acquire better visibility of the battlefield. "They asked NATO for imaging. NATO could not provide that, it was deemed too sensitive," Barlow said. They then rigged up a toy helicopter and strapped a camera under it, but that didn't work.



"So they started to look around for drones--little ones--they could pilot themselves."



Unlike the Predator drones the United States flies over Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, and elsewhere, which are equipped with sophisticated weapons systems that can strike suspected terrorist hideouts, the Scout miniature unmanned aerial drone has no weapons system. It also does not require an airfield to take off; it can be launched from, say, the top of a car. It is basically a flying, pilotless camera. It weighs about 3 pounds. It can also only fly about 2 miles.



The cost? About $100,000 to $200,000, Barlow said, "but it depends a lot" on the situation, he added, explaining that mitigating factors include how quickly the customer needs the device, how many they're buying, and whether it's a drone that has thermal cameras, which are able to see at night.



(Asked if it costs extra if he is required to deliver the drone to a war zone, Barlow said it does.) A number of bureaucratic obstacles also had to be overcome for the deal to be approved. The Canadian firms needed to get an export license from the Canadian government. The Canadian Foreign Ministry had to determine whether the equipment could be legally provided to Libya's opposition coalition, the National Transitional Council (NTC).



"It all started with the official rep of the NTC to Canada," inquiring about purchasing the drone, Barlow told The Envoy. "And we checked out with [the Canadian Ministry of] Foreign Affairs whether this was a real person. We established these are really NTC guys."



Once Canada recognized the rebels as the official Libyan government, no more legal obstacles remained, Barlow said.



So in July, Barlow embarked on an "18-hour voyage from Malta to the Libyan port of Misrata on a former South Korean fishing ship chartered by the rebels," as the New York Times reported.



Barlow spent two days in the besieged city teaching a team of Libyan rebels how to use the drone.



Asked his observations of Libya's freedom fighters, Barlow said of the dozen he met and trained, none of them were soldiers, but they told him they had no choice but to fight. One, for instance, was until recently a medical technician, whose hospital had been destroyed when Gadhafi's forces attacked the city. He didn't have a job anymore. "So he picked up a gun and went off to fight," Barlow said. "He knew if the Gadhafi guys came back to the city they would burn it down."



"The guys I met were fighting because they had absolutely had no choice," Barlow told The Envoy. "They are not out there fighting for some particular guy ... The guys I met fighting at the front were mortified that they were fighting other Libyans at all."



Will the Libyan opposition be placing more orders for drones? "Now that the rebels have basically won," Barlow said, "they've got more important priorities: like rebuilding hospitals.

Astronomers discover planet made of diamond

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An exotic planet that seems to be made of diamond racing around a tiny star in our …



LONDON (Reuters) - Astronomers have spotted an exotic planet that seems to be made of diamond racing around a tiny star in our galactic backyard.



The new planet is far denser than any other known so far and consists largely of carbon. Because it is so dense, scientists calculate the carbon must be crystalline, so a large part of this strange world will effectively be diamond.



"The evolutionary history and amazing density of the planet all suggest it is comprised of carbon -- i.e. a massive diamond orbiting a neutron star every two hours in an orbit so tight it would fit inside our own Sun," said Matthew Bailes of Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne.



Lying 4,000 light years away, or around an eighth of the way toward the center of the Milky Way from the Earth, the planet is probably the remnant of a once-massive star that has lost its outer layers to the so-called pulsar star it orbits.



Pulsars are tiny, dead neutron stars that are only around 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) in diameter and spin hundreds of times a second, emitting beams of radiation.



In the case of pulsar J1719-1438, the beams regularly sweep the Earth and have been monitored by telescopes in Australia, Britain and Hawaii, allowing astronomers to detect modulations due to the gravitational pull of its unseen companion planet.



The measurements suggest the planet, which orbits its star every two hours and 10 minutes, has slightly more mass than Jupiter but is 20 times as dense, Bailes and colleagues reported in the journal Science on Thursday.



In addition to carbon, the new planet is also likely to contain oxygen, which may be more prevalent at the surface and is probably increasingly rare toward the carbon-rich center.



Its high density suggests the lighter elements of hydrogen and helium, which are the main constituents of gas giants like Jupiter, are not present.



Just what this weird diamond world is actually like close up, however, is a mystery.



"In terms of what it would look like, I don't know I could even speculate," said Ben Stappers of the University of Manchester. "I don't imagine that a picture of a very shiny object is what we're looking at here."

Here's What Apple Loses If Steve Jobs Doesn't Come Back

The stock market obviously views Apple as Steve Jobs -- shares are off 5% in the wake of his retirement announcement.



But Apple is a company with more than 45,000 employees, including some of the greatest product designers, engineers, and marketers of any company in the world.



Apple has an incredible product pipeline: the iPad 2 is the only tablet that matters, the iPhone takes the lion's share of profits in the smartphone market, and the Mac is the only personal computer brand that's growing as the rest of the market is shrinking.



All of those products have at least one, maybe two, more updates already in the pipeline.



Strategically, Apple is in the right place: both Google (with the Motorola acquisition) and Microsoft (with its Nokia partnership) have basically acknowledged that they need both hardware and software to compete in smartphones.



Apple is behind those two companies in terms of online services -- the third part of the equation -- but at least it's recognized the problem and will try to address it with iCloud.



But two or three years down the road? If Jobs does not come back, here's what Apple will lose:



The ultimate arbiter. A lot of big companies are bogged down with bureaucratic infighting -- it's endemic at Microsoft, and Hewlett-Packard's botched earnings/strategy/acquisition announcement last week point to political problems there as well. That has never been a problem with Steve Jobs in control of Apple. Everybody there respects him, he knows what every part of the company is doing, and he's not afraid to make big changes when something's broken. Other CEOs may be as smart and as strong-willed, but they can't possibly garner the same level of respect as the founder who returned to bring his company back from near death.



The product planner. Jobs is obsessed with simplicity and leaving things out: he culled the Mac product line down to a couple models when he returned, refused to let the Apple mouse have two buttons, and insisted that the iPhone NOT try to do everything at once. Other Apple employees understand that, but it's unknown whether anybody else will be able to execute that art as well as Jobs has. Especially when product groups and individuals see a new and fresh chance to gain status and get their ideas heard (see last point).



The recruiter and magnet. Apple already lost its retail planner Ron Johnson, and product design head Jony Ive was reportedly making noises about leaving as well. More to the point, everybody wants to work at Apple today. That's party because of the company's record of success -- but it's probably also in good part because of the mythos of Jobs.



Pop culture icon. Steve Jobs's keynotes are packed with press -- including popular press. Will the media fawn over Tim Cook or Phil Schiller when they talk? Don't count on it. And that means that you might not see every Apple product announcement featured on the local TV news as it has been.



Case in point: look at Microsoft under Bill Gates, and Microsoft under Steve Ballmer.



Apple will still be a juggernaut for a long time. But the company's competitors have to be viewing today's news with at least a small twinge of ... let's call it anticipation.

NASA robot

A NASA robot that's been waiting patiently in the International Space Station since February was finally powered up yesterday. The Robonaut 2 Helper Droid, or R2 (no relation to D2) is the first humanoid robot in space. The hope is that it will eventually serve as a helper to astronauts. NASA operators from Mission Control in Houston cheered after they awakened R2 remotely. "Robonaut behaved himself," deputy project manager Nicolaus Radford told the Washington Post. "Oh, Robonaut definitely got an 'A.' He won't be held back a grade, if that's what you want to know." R2 is not only good in school, he/she is unsurprisingly quite tech-savvy and very active on Twitter. R2 has already send thousands of tweets to its 37,000 plus followers from its @AstroRobonaut account. Once R2 was up and running, it tweeted, "Those electrons feel GOOD! One small step for man, one giant leap for tinman kind." The 3 foot 4 inch robot then tweeted a photo of the space station writing, "This is what I see right now. Sure wish I could move my head and look around." Though R2 was awakened this week, it won't be able to turn its head or move its arms until next week. Do you think NASA should be spending money developing the new 'bot?

Homes of the Future

Since time immemorial, mankind has dreamed of what the future might hold. Would advances in medicine neuter deadly diseases as yet unconquerable? Would advances in science lead to the exploration of distant star systems? Would advances in architecture make houses look all curvy, like on the animated TV show "The Jetsons"?



In the middle decades of the 20th century, homes of the future were uniformly depicted in films and television shows as identical, no matter the purpose or location. A three-bedroom apartment in Honolulu looked exactly the same as a mansion in Duluth—gleaming and concave.



We’re now a full decade past 2001, but a quick look outside shows that the home of the future as depicted in films never quite caught on. Contenders are still being built, however. It’s just that society's priorities have changed—homes are being designed with an eye toward sustainability and energy efficiency. These concerns are giving architects opportunities to push boundaries, break taboos, and try new things.



Some of the designs are bold, some are bizarre, and some seem unlikely to get past the drafting table. However, they all address current challenges and create new rules.





MercuryHouseOne



MercuryHouseOne is a home designed by Arturo Vittori of the Italian architecture firm Architecture and Vision. Vittori is a member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and his interest in technology is obvious to anyone who sees the home’s unique raindrop shape.



MercuryHouseOne is a mobile home, but any similarity to an RV ends there. It runs entirely on solar power and has a thin marble exterior, and according to Architecture and Vision’s website , “the interior is equipped with [the] latest lighting, audio and video technology





Airdrop House



The Airdrop House is so futuristic and forward-thinking that it has yet to get past the artistic rendering stage, so anyone who wants one will have to wait until some distant tomorrow. However, they are being designed to provide emergency shelter to disaster survivors , so hopefully the need for them won’t come up too often.



The home is designed by Andrew Maynard Architects in response to the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The home is intended to be air-dropped into disaster areas and used as a temporary shelter. Its design also permits the growing of plants on it





Birds Island



Birds Island is a dwelling designed by Graft architects that addresses an age-old quandary—how do you enjoy the great outdoors and sit in your house at the same time? Located in Kuala Lumpur, the home has a silicone glass exterior “skin” that makes this very thing possible. It changes the transparency of the walls, allowing residents to drink in the views in all their splendor, get a canopy of shade, or shut everything out entirely.



Birds Island is also a sustainable dwelling, and its outer skin collects rain water, and harnesses solar energy and wind power . The structure’s placement on a pier is another nod to energy efficiency. It allows the natural cooling of the water underneath and permits energy collection and distribution from nearby lotuses.







Komb House



Karim Rashid is the architect behind the striking-looking Komb House. Rashid was born in Egypt and studied in Canada and Italy, and according to his own website , he has more than 3,000 designs currently in production.



Komb House uses state-of-the-art technology to minimize its environmental impact. The water is heated by solar panels, and the structure reuses grey and pluvial water. It’s composed entirely of reusable materials, such as wood and glass, and it can be taken apart and put back together again...should the need to do so ever arise.







Shell House



If one were flying over Karuizawa, Japan, and saw the roof of the Shell House, it’s possible that one could entirely miss the fact that it’s a house. The dwelling was created by the Japanese architecture firm ARTechnic, and its unusual exterior design resembles nothing so much as a cannoli transforming into a spaceship.



Described as “out of this world” on the website Trendir , the structure’s curves and ellipses give it a look like nothing before or since. It has sound design principles behind it, however, and takes advantage of natural light and interior textures, so you can feel at home once you’re actually inside of it.





Wright Conversion



Durban, South Africa, is the site of many thatched-roof dwellings, but only one has the curved extension that Elmo Swart Architects added and dubbed the Wright Conversion. The extension has allowed space for a new bedroom, two offices and an entertainment center, but it’s notable mainly for its warped exterior design.



The interior is consistent with the original dwelling and faithful to its themes. Cork and glass are used throughout, wooden furniture is a dominant theme, and the structure offers generous open views of the surrounding natural area.







Ecopod



As technology becomes an increasingly inescapable part of daily life, more people express a desire to get away from it. Campgrounds can be hard to locate, however, and there’s no guarantee of available spaces. Worst of all, you can’t even use your electric salad spinner at many of them.



Luckily, there is the Ecopod. Described as “a small and energy-efficient way for a homeowner to get off the grid” by the manufacturer’s official website , the Ecopod is a container home made in part out of rubber that’s been recycled from discarded tires. It can be easily relocated from place to place, and it derives its power from an 80-watt solar panel.







Edge House



Mobius Architects is a firm based in Poland that began construction on the Edge House in Krakow in 2008. It was finished in 2010, and the visually striking final product is defined by a steep roof that doesn’t make it appear to lean so much as almost fully recline.



The structure complies with local building codes, which stipulate that a roof’s slope must exceed 30 degrees . The architects abided by the letter of the law, but clearly took liberties with its intent, and created a unique dwelling for the hillside locale.

New Chinese stealth jet starts talk of Russian help

An aircraft that is reported to be a Chinese stealth fighter is seen in Chengdu, …



MOSCOW (Reuters) - Similarities between a new Chinese fighter jet and a prototype Russian plane have brought suggestions that Moscow may be quietly helping Beijing compete with the world's military powers.



Experts say the fifth-generation J-20 fighter, which made its maiden flight in January during a visit of the U.S. defense secretary, could have its origins in the Mikoyan 1.44 stealth jet that never made it to the production line.



A highly placed source close to Russia's defense industry said the similarities suggested Mikoyan technology had been passed into the hands of Chinese arms designers.



"It looks like they got access...to documents relating to the Mikoyan -- the aircraft that the Ministry of Defense skipped over in its tender to create a stealth fighter," he said, speaking on condition of anonymity.



He said it was not clear whether such a transfer of technology had been legal. Analysts say Russia's assistance to the Chinese may help Moscow keep tabs on the rising military power's defense capabilities of its eastern neighbor.



Independent analyst Adil Mukashev, who specializes in ties between Russia and China, suggested there had been a financial transaction.



"China bought the technology for parts, including the tail of the Mikoyan, for money," he said.



China's Defense Ministry declined a request for comment. Russia's United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), which oversees production of the Mikoyan jets, denies any technology or design transfer took place with China.



Only the United States has an operational fifth-generation fighter, which is nearly impossible to track on radar. Russia is working to start serial production of its prototype craft in the next five to six years.



China's creation of such a plane would put the country into an elite group of military powers, although analysts say it will take years to perfect the craft.



The source said Chinese officials had been invited to the plane's first public display when Russia was in the early stages of creating a fighter jet to compete with the U.S. F-22.



Rival designer Sukhoi was eventually contracted to help build the fighter and the Mikoyan 1.44, which lacks the radar-evading engineering of the U.S. F-22, was passed over.



DEVELOPING MILITARY TIES



Russia, the world's top energy producer, has fed China, the largest energy consumer, with natural gas and oil in its fast rise to become a global power. But it has been unable to keep up with China's military spending, which was second only to the United States' in 2010.



Relations between the two countries are cordial but, in a sign that the two sides are suspicious of each other, Moscow is boosting its military capabilities in Russia's Far East to defend its position in resource-rich Siberia.



China, once a big buyer of Russian tanks, helicopters and jet fighters, has slowed its purchases from Moscow as its own production grew but military ties remain.



China's ambassador to Russia, Li Huei, was quoted last year as saying defense cooperation with Russia was moving beyond the buying and selling of weapons.



China is also trying to boost its naval power and its first aircraft carrier had its maiden voyage this month. The re-fitted Soviet craft was bought from Ukraine.



"The Chinese aerospace industry is booming and developing rapidly," said Mikhail Pogosyan, head of UAC.



"In the aerospace industry what matters is the experience you have -- not only to start a project but to see it through," he said on the sidelines of Russia's premiere air show, MAKS.

Silicon Valley billionaire funding creation of artificial libertarian islands

Pay Pal founder and early Facebook investor Peter Thiel has given $1.25 million to an initiative to create floating libertarian countries in international waters, according to a profile of the billionaire in Details magazine.



Thiel has been a big backer of the Seasteading Institute, which seeks to build sovereign nations on oil rig-like platforms to occupy waters beyond the reach of law-of-the-sea treaties. The idea is for these countries to start from scratch--free from the laws, regulations, and moral codes of any existing place. Details says the experiment would be "a kind of floating petri dish for implementing policies that libertarians, stymied by indifference at the voting booths, have been unable to advance: no welfare, looser building codes, no minimum wage, and few restrictions on weapons."



"There are quite a lot of people who think it's not possible," Thiel said at a Seasteading Institute Conference in 2009, according to Details. (His first donation was in 2008, for $500,000.) "That's a good thing. We don't need to really worry about those people very much, because since they don't think it's possible they won't take us very seriously. And they will not actually try to stop us until it's too late."



The Seasteading Institute's Patri Friedman says the group plans to launch an office park off the San Francisco coast next year, with the first full-time settlements following seven years later.



Thiel made news earlier this year for putting a portion of his $1.5 billion fortune into an initiative to encourage entrepreneurs to skip college.



Another tech titan, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, announced in June that he would be funding the "Clock of the Long Now." The clock is designed to keep ticking for 10,000 years, and will be built in a mountain in west Texas.