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Survey shows insurance ignorance is rife | Stuff.co.nz

John Cocks, aka Cocksy the builder, will front IAG?s ad campaign.

Two-thirds of?homeowners are still not aware that home insurance is changing and that they will be responsible for calculating the cost of replacing their home.

Giant international reinsurers have required New Zealand insurers to stop offering traditional house replacement insurance, which guaranteed homes covered would be rebuilt regardless of the cost.

Instead, cover is now the "sum insured", though capped insurance might be more accurate. That is because the "sum insured" refers only to the highest payout the insurer will make in the case of your house having to be completely rebuilt.

Any replacement policies still in existence are being phased out this year.

But a survey by giant Aussie-owned insurer IAG, which operates the State, NZI and AMI insurance brands, suggests despite the best efforts of insurers to flag the changes, only 33 per cent of policyholders are aware of what is happening.

It also indicates why that is so. Only 22 per cent of people with house insurance said they were "well aware" of what they were covered for even before the change has been rolled out.

Perhaps surprisingly, 35 per cent think they know what it would cost to rebuild their house, though that of course leaves 65 per cent who are not.

The findings have prompted IAG to create a new website which it is aiming to get up and running this week, called need2know.org.nz. This will explain the changes and, IAG says, is aimed at all of New Zealand, not just its policyholders. It will be advertising online, on TV, on radio and in newspapers.

In creating the website, and the online calculator which will be the main tool for people to work out what the rebuild cost of their home is likely to be (59 per cent of people said they would never pay a professional to provide an insurance valuation for their home), IAG found something out about people which may change the way insurers communicate with the public.

Testing revealed that written information on its own is not the way to get many Kiwis to understand complex information, or to provide them with help in approaching a hard task such as using an online calculator to estimate the rebuild cost of their home.

Instead, many of us are highly visual. Mixing the test with greater use of images, audio and film footage got complex messages across far more effectively.

That led IAG to hire celebrity builder John "Cocksy" Cocks of My House My Castle fame to front some films for the planned website to get across information on how to gauge things like the slope under a home, the quality and type of house construction and the age of a home in preparation for using an insurer's online calculator to estimate rebuild costs.

IAG businesses and distributors are shifting to sum-insured policies over the coming 14 months.

All new policies from the following dates will be sum-insured policies: ASB (from May 1), AMI (May 12), BNZ (May 6), Cooperative Bank (May 6), State (May 27), Lantern (April 20) and NZI (April 20).

Renewals of existing replacement policies will see policies begin switching to sum insured from the following dates: AMI (May 12), ASB (July 1), BNZ/Co-Op (June 1), Lantern (July 1), NZI (July 1), and State (May 27).

When people with replacement cover come to the end of their insured period, IAG companies will estimate a sum insured for them based on the information the insurer has about their home, but policyholders have to check whether this is accurate.

There's a lot riding on that.

If the insurance cap (sum insured) they select is too low, for example, and there is a building cost spike after a widespread disaster, the homeowner bears the risk of being under insured.

need2know.org.nz

- ? Fairfax NZ News

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Drug-resistant MRSA bacteria: Here to stay in both hospital and community

Mar. 15, 2013 ? The drug-resistant bac?te?ria known as MRSA, once con?fined to hos?pi?tals but now wide?spread in com?mu?ni?ties, will likely con?tinue to exist in both set?tings as sep?a?rate strains, accord?ing to a new study.

The pre?dic?tion that both strains will coex?ist is reas?sur?ing because pre?vi?ous pro?jec?tions indi?cated that the more inva?sive and fast-growing com?mu?nity strains would over?take and elim?i?nate hos?pi?tal strains, pos?si?bly pos?ing a threat to pub?lic health.

Researchers at Prince?ton Uni?ver?sity used math?e?mat?i?cal mod?els to explore what will hap?pen to com?mu?nity and hos?pi?tal MRSA strains, which dif?fer genet?i?cally. Orig?i?nally MRSA, which is short for methicillin-resistant Staphy?lo?coc?cus aureus, was con?fined to hos?pi?tals. How?ever, community-associated strains emerged in the past decade and can spread widely from per?son to per?son in schools, ath?letic facil?i?ties and homes.

Both com?mu?nity and hos?pi?tal strains cause dis?eases rang?ing from skin and soft-tissue infec?tions to pneu?mo?nia and sep?ticemia. Hos?pi?tal MRSA is resis?tant to numer?ous antibi?otics and is very dif?fi?cult to treat, while com?mu?nity MRSA is resis?tant to fewer antibiotics.

The new study found that these dif?fer?ences in antibi?otic resis?tance, com?bined with more aggres?sive antibi?otic usage pat?terns in hos?pi?tals ver?sus the com?mu?nity set?ting, over time will per?mit hos?pi?tal strains to sur?vive despite the com?pe?ti?tion from com?mu?nity strains. Hospital-based antibi?otic usage is likely to suc?cess?fully treat patients infected with com?mu?nity strains, pre?vent?ing the new?comer strains from spread?ing to new patients and gain?ing the foothold they need to out-compete the hos?pi?tal strains.

The researchers made their pre?dic?tions by using math?e?mat?i?cal mod?els of MRSA trans?mis?sion that take into account data on drug-usage, resis?tance pro?files, person-to-person con?tact, and patient age.

Pub?lished Feb?ru?ary 28 in the jour?nal PLOS Pathogens, the study was con?ducted by post?doc?toral researcher Roger Kouyos, now a scholar at the Uni?ver?sity of Zurich, and Eili Klein, a grad?u?ate stu?dent who is now an assis?tant pro?fes?sor in the Johns Hop?kins School of Med?i?cine. They con?ducted the work under the advise?ment of Bryan Gren?fell, Princeton's Kathryn Briger and Sarah Fen?ton Pro?fes?sor of Ecol?ogy and Evo?lu?tion?ary Biol?ogy and Pub?lic Affairs at Princeton's Woodrow Wil?son School of Inter?na?tional and Pub?lic Affairs.

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Dear self: fuck you
Published on November 22, 2010 by Kris Nelson ?

By Kris Nelson

Dear Self,

Maybe, instead of meditating with crystals and chanting mantras, you could just stop?being an asshole.

Please don?t misunderstand. I don?t have anything against meditating with crystals?(privately*) and chanting mantras, per se. That?s fine. And it?s the latter that?s?important.

If I could sum up my lifetime of spiritual work and the canon of human wisdom and?devotion, as I see it, it amounts to the following: don?t be an asshole.

I don?t mean to mock or make light of spiritual work and the canon of human wisdom.?Well, that?s not true, I do. Modern spirituality is also easy to mock. (Brilliant?mockery, by the way, is what makes RecoveringYogi great.) Though, the real greatness of?RecoveringYogi rests not in its mockingly flippant perspective that consistently spews?foul language, but instead resides in its capacity to see, express and retain the value?of the things it mocks. That?s post-post-modernism, bitches.

Sadly, in all the indulgence of self in the name of indulging the Self, something?valuable is often lost, and that?s the refinement of self. It?s troubling to me that?most people embedded in the culture and practice of self-awareness, self-improvement?and self-empowerment are rarely actually aware, improved or empowered, and are often?instead more self-righteous, contemptuous and critical ?than the ?common man.? ?(Like?me and this post, for instance.) The Walt Disney Company, for example, typically treats?their employees better than most yoga studios, and they?re big assholes.

You see, my dear friend, I had an experience about five years ago.

One minute I was talking with Adyashanti, and the next minute I was like, ?OMG,?everything really is one.? And then I woke up the next day and I was like, ?OMG,?everything is oner.? And then the next day, ?Double OMG, everything is onerer.? This?went on for about six months, and the experience still rests in my heart and saturates?my mind with ecstatic embrace.

From this aha moment forward, I taught yoga less; I taught spirituality more. I did the?satsang thing. I blogged. I would talk with people one-on-one and they would have?similar experiences? but the experiences would never sustain.

This was all neat. But, sadly, with this new awakening came a lot of awareness,?humility and honesty. Suddenly, I knew. I knew what I had been hiding from all my life,?and that was the fact that I was an asshole. And, sadly, in my supreme state of?resplendent revelatory enlightenment, I knew that I was still an asshole and probably?also a total douche bag. In my non-thinking state, a thought floated up through my?mind: Dear Self, Fuck You.

I worked all my life to be enlightened, and the only thing I got was the realization?that I was?and still am?an asshole.

Waking up doesn?t abolish the ego (which is, very simply, your conception of self?and?even more simply: who you think you are). It just puts it in perspective. With my?newfound perspective, I realized I could be a better self. Not from the place of self-awareness, self-improvement or self-empowerment, but simply because that?s what my?heart wanted.

Instead of writing a book about waking up or going on a speaking satsang tour, I?decided that I would focus simply on being less of an asshole? and also get a real job.?I would generally try to be less self-centered. I would help old ladies across the?street. (This is hard in West Hollywood because there?aren't?many old ladies except the?elderly Russian women that smell like cabbage and hang out by Whole Foods.)

Back to my original point: If your yoga doing, crystal rubbing, and handstand pressing?isn't?making you less of a self-centered dick disguised in chanting beads, consider?doing something else. Otherwise, you too might wake up one day to realize that you?re?just an asshole.

Source: http://zeeashtanga.blogspot.com/2013/03/dear-self-fuck-you.html

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Study offers new insights on invasive fly threatening US fruit crops

Public release date: 15-Mar-2013
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Humans aren't the only species with a sweet tooth. Research from North Carolina State University shows that the invasive spotted-wing vinegar fly (Drosophila suzukii) also prefers sweet, soft fruit giving us new insight into a species that has spread across the United States over the past four years and threatens to cause hundreds of millions of dollars in damage to U.S. fruit crops.

"Because we know that D. suzukii prefers softer, sweeter fruit, we can focus our research efforts into which wild fruits may serve as reservoirs for this species and help identify new crops that might be at risk," says Dr. Hannah Burrack, an assistant professor of entomology at NC State and lead author of a paper on the research. "These findings may also be a starting point for plant breeders interested in developing new fruit varieties that are more resistant to D. suzukii."

Originally from east Asia, D. suzukii were first detected in California in 2008. They have since spread to states from Wisconsin to North Carolina to Florida. The female flies use serrated blades on the tip of their abdomens to cut through the skin of ripe fruit and lay their eggs. The eggs hatch into larvae that feed on the flesh of the fruit until they reach maturity ruining the fruit in the process.

Sellers go to great pains to remove infested fruit before it reaches the marketplace, so consumers won't notice a difference in fruit quality. But infestations can cause significant economic problems for fruit growers. For example, researchers estimate that D. suzukii has the potential to destroy 40 percent of blackberry and raspberry crops in the eastern U.S., which would affect berry prices and availability.

D. suzukii already causes tens of millions of dollars in crop damage annually to cherries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries and strawberries. But researchers estimate that losses could climb into the hundreds of millions of dollars per year if the pest can't be controlled.

While ongoing studies explore pesticide-based approaches to control D. suzukii, the new research from NC State should help scientists and farmers with other control options.

For example, the study found that D. suzukii are more likely to infest certain varieties of raspberries and blackberries. This means growers may be able to limit crop damage by planting more of the varieties that D. suzukii tend to avoid. Similarly, this information allows farmers to focus pesticide treatment on varieties that are most susceptible to infestation.

The three-year study evaluated D. suzukii impacts in commercial blackberry and raspberry crops in North Carolina, and also encompassed laboratory experiments to help researchers determine which characteristics made fruits more likely to be infested. The work was supported by the Southern Region Small Fruit Consortium, North Carolina Tobacco Trust Fund Commission, North Carolina Department of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture and North Carolina Blueberry Council.

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The paper, "Variation in selection and utilization of host crops in the field and laboratory by Drosophila suzukii Matsumara (Diptera: Drosophilidae), an invasive frugivore," was published online March 14 in Pest Management Science. Co-authors are Dr. Gina Fernandez, a professor of horticultural science at NC State; Taylor Spivey, an undergraduate at Brevard College; and Dylan Kraus, an undergraduate at NC State.
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North Carolina State University

Humans aren't the only species with a sweet tooth. Research from North Carolina State University shows that the invasive spotted-wing vinegar fly (Drosophila suzukii) also prefers sweet, soft fruit giving us new insight into a species that has spread across the United States over the past four years and threatens to cause hundreds of millions of dollars in damage to U.S. fruit crops.

"Because we know that D. suzukii prefers softer, sweeter fruit, we can focus our research efforts into which wild fruits may serve as reservoirs for this species and help identify new crops that might be at risk," says Dr. Hannah Burrack, an assistant professor of entomology at NC State and lead author of a paper on the research. "These findings may also be a starting point for plant breeders interested in developing new fruit varieties that are more resistant to D. suzukii."

Originally from east Asia, D. suzukii were first detected in California in 2008. They have since spread to states from Wisconsin to North Carolina to Florida. The female flies use serrated blades on the tip of their abdomens to cut through the skin of ripe fruit and lay their eggs. The eggs hatch into larvae that feed on the flesh of the fruit until they reach maturity ruining the fruit in the process.

Sellers go to great pains to remove infested fruit before it reaches the marketplace, so consumers won't notice a difference in fruit quality. But infestations can cause significant economic problems for fruit growers. For example, researchers estimate that D. suzukii has the potential to destroy 40 percent of blackberry and raspberry crops in the eastern U.S., which would affect berry prices and availability.

D. suzukii already causes tens of millions of dollars in crop damage annually to cherries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries and strawberries. But researchers estimate that losses could climb into the hundreds of millions of dollars per year if the pest can't be controlled.

While ongoing studies explore pesticide-based approaches to control D. suzukii, the new research from NC State should help scientists and farmers with other control options.

For example, the study found that D. suzukii are more likely to infest certain varieties of raspberries and blackberries. This means growers may be able to limit crop damage by planting more of the varieties that D. suzukii tend to avoid. Similarly, this information allows farmers to focus pesticide treatment on varieties that are most susceptible to infestation.

The three-year study evaluated D. suzukii impacts in commercial blackberry and raspberry crops in North Carolina, and also encompassed laboratory experiments to help researchers determine which characteristics made fruits more likely to be infested. The work was supported by the Southern Region Small Fruit Consortium, North Carolina Tobacco Trust Fund Commission, North Carolina Department of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture and North Carolina Blueberry Council.

###

The paper, "Variation in selection and utilization of host crops in the field and laboratory by Drosophila suzukii Matsumara (Diptera: Drosophilidae), an invasive frugivore," was published online March 14 in Pest Management Science. Co-authors are Dr. Gina Fernandez, a professor of horticultural science at NC State; Taylor Spivey, an undergraduate at Brevard College; and Dylan Kraus, an undergraduate at NC State.
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Quick Tip: Set up a Google+ Hangout for web conferencing ...

March 15, 2013, 8:25 AM PDT

Takeaway: Scott Matteson shows you how to quickly start a web conference via Google+ Hangout.

There are many web conferencing services out there, but I?ve found some of them cumbersome to use, especially when I need to rapidly connect with someone. Google+ Hangouts can get the job done quickly and reliably - and, best of all, it can do it for free. Note: you can add a maximum of 10 people to each Hangout.

What you will need

A Google account (not required for the other participants)
A computer, tablet or smartphone with Internet access
A webcam with a microphone, speakers/headphones, and the Google video chat plug-in to use audio/video conferencing services (if applicable)

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Getting started

Access https://hangouts.google.com or click ?Start a Hangout? in the upper right of your Google+ screen. (Figure A)

Figure A

This will open the ?Start a Hangout? window. (Figure B)

Figure B

You can select people in your Google+ Circles on the right, or add participants by name (which will reference their Google account) or email address.

Name your hangout as shown in the example (Figure C), where I?ve added Ted Long.

Figure C

Click Hangout. The recipient(s) will receive an email from Google+ notifying them of the invite. (Figure D)

Figure D

When they open the email they will see something similar to Figure E.

Figure E

Once they click ?Join hangout? a separate window will appear where they?ll have to click ?Join? again to confirm (skip ahead to ?Using the Hangout?).

If the recipient has a Google account and is signed in, the process is even quicker. They?ll receive a notification on the upper right of their Google screen. (Figure F)

Figure F

Clicking the notification will bring up the following. (Figure G)

Figure G

They can click the > arrow to proceed. (Figure H)

Figure H

Clicking ?Hang out? will take them to the Hangout window. A chime will sound on your system signifying the connection has been established.

Using the Hangout

Figure I

If you?re using a video camera, the Hangout window will show the person to whom you?re connected in the center, and your webcam will display your own image at the bottom. Two-way audio will start working right away, assuming all participants have sound and microphones.

There are also several options in the left side toolbar:

Invite people - lets you add more people to the conference
Chat - lets you use text chats to communicate
Screenshare - lets you share your screen (you can choose which monitor to show if you have more than one) or just one open application with the participant(s). They can do the same. Note remote control of another participant?s screen is not currently possible in a Google+ Hangout.
Google Drive - lets you collaborate on files with participant(s) and create shared notes/use a shared sketchpad.
Google Effects - lets you use sound and video effects to add a little humor to the Hangout.

Ending the Hangout

Any participant except the originator can leave then re-enter the hangout as desired using the original steps. Once the originator leaves the hangout, it?s over, and it will need to be set up again for others to re-join.

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Artman In The House: At 77, I find fulfilment writing my own book finally ?Whiteman

Kaye Whiteman, veteran journalist and writer of the book: Lagos: A Cultural and Historical Companion, was the centre of a panel discussion consisting of the writers: Toni Kan, Tolu Ogunlesi and Femke van Zeiji, moderated by Deji Toye. The event was an Arthouse Forum organised by the Committee for Relevant Art, CORA in honour of Whiteman at 77 on March 7 at Freedom Park, Lagos. The event was as exciting as it was engaging with an after party at the park?s food court. Whiteman granted this interesting interview during the course of the event to Friday Flavour?s TERH AGBEDEH.

The first time you came to Nigeria was in 1964. How did you come and what was your impression of Lagos then?

In 1964, I flew in to Kano on a DC 10 of British Overseas Airways, as it was then called and they had to stop in Kano because they could not fly to Lagos. So, I went to Kano, Kaduna, before coming to Lagos.

So, I came in actually from Kaduna and my impression of Lagos was already pretty different, but I found that the lagoon stopped at the Marina and it was containable and manageable. There were a lot of people that were in the first flush of independence, people still felt that this was a country going places, even in spite of political crisis. It was not long before the election took place.

I believe I went to night clubs as I remember. I was at Daily Times, it was a big paper and they were the people who showed me around like the editor of Daily Times, Peter Enahoro. I had a guide called Kunle Animashaun, who also took me to Ibadan. I went to Ibadan and it was also a remarkable city. I enjoyed it.

When anybody sets out from the west to Nigeria these days, what comes to mind is the bad press that the country has abroad. What were the stories that were told about the country back then when you set out to come to Nigeria?

It was different. I think in those days, the Western press was particularly concerned to write about crisis and Nigeria. Athough Nigeria was having political problems but because it was considered to be pro-western, certainly, the British press wrote about it more favourably than Ghana, which was the great target of everybody?s opinion. (Kwameh) Nkrumah?s dictatorship, blah, blah, blah. But Nigeria, I don?t think got very much coverage, to say the truth. It was only during the civil war, where the country took on the foreign press.

There was tension and conflict about the reporting and it caused a lot of people in this country to grow up properly and to realise that the world was not an easy place to live.

Would you say it was your experience of Nigeria past and present that informed your writing the book, LAGOS: A Cultural and Historical Companion?

Not really, I wrote the book on Lagos first of all because I was asked to do it and I liked the idea. I wouldn?t have done it if I hadn?t lived here because you need to live in a city to understand and know it. I can?t say I understand Lagos, but at least to try to understand it.

The experience of living here made a difference for me to want to write the book. However, the difference between then and now is that there are several different aspects of West Africa as a region.

They call it a sub region, but the West African area which was a long time my stumping ground, was what I really got to know about in two different ways. The Frenchspeaking countries had a particular fascination for me for some reason, to go to Dakar or Abidjan.

These were very different. And, also, the whole question of observing history in the making, for instance, I covered the famous OAU (Organisation of African Unity) summit in Accra in October 1965, which was a remarkable decisive summit.

It was the last one before Nkrumah was overthrown. Nkrumah was there and at that stage, he was hoping to actually achieve his continental government and he was rudely awakened by his colleagues.

You could actually see people like Abdel Nasser and Haile Selassie counselling him, saying, ?no Kwameh, these things take time, it?s not possible?. It was a historic event which I was witnessing.

You were here when the euphoria of independence was still on and came back a couple of times perhaps even during the oil boom days, which had its own level of euphoria. What do you think went wrong with Nigeria?

It was a crisis of time, of growth and of managing a country so large and complex. There was the curse of oil, as they call it; the oil boom had a lot of side effects. But Nigeria has been through a lot of extremely trying times, through the whole experience of military rule and the crisis of independence that, in a way, could not have been avoided. But after 1999, I think Nigeria entered a new phase.

There are still some of the old symptoms as it were, but there are a lot of different possibilities now. I was always optimistic about Nigeria in spite of the crises I felt that it has the potential, the people and the talent that was going to make the country work. I see no reason why it shouldn?t get there.

You have just turned 77, how does it feel carrying the weight of those years?

The famous musician has a song titled, age is just a number and I often don?t feel more than 35. But I have had the sober reality of having been unwell, having to have surgery.

These are things that come when you are in old age. You get to be very philosophical in the whole perspective of life and death. You never know when you are going to go, so you have to carry on doing what you feel you are moved to do. I mean, having myself been a peddler of words all my life. I have concentrated especially in the last 10 years, only on writing and arranging words together in the way that I like.

One was always expected to do administration and management, management particularly is a word that sends chills through my bones. But I had to do it. Becoming a writer, remaining a writer and concentrating on it.

To some extent, in the last 10 years, I have found more fulfilment in being able to finally write a book of my own. But I have written so many articles all over different publications but now, haven done this book, I feel moved to be able to do more. There is no reason why I can?t do three or more books. I have my memoirs to do and I want to collect my writings in volumes.

Even the columns in BusinessDay, I see no reason why they should not make a small volume. Some of them may be wrong, some of them are up to date.

What did you do other than journalism?

I have always been a journalist from the time I finished at university in 1960. I come from a family of journalists and I thought of no reason why I should do something else.

I did have two interludes where I joined international bureaucracy, I went to work in Brussels at the EU. It was then a mystery to me, it still remains a mystery to me.

I did two very fine years at the Commonwealth secretariat with Emeka Anyaoku as secretary general. I was very happy that he was able to accommodate me for a time because that was a new dimension to my experience. But essentially, I am a writer and I know nothing else.

Have done poetry as well?

I did write a song when I was here and I haven?t really published my poetry, and I ought to. I have a few poems. The song is referred to in this book, it is not a long song. It needs to be performed and I used to perform it with Tunde Kuboye of Jazz 38 when he used to play a Nimbus. I don?t think anybody ever recorded it.

Is it a love song?

No, it has the title: Oyibo where you dey go? if you look in the book, I refer to it because it comes from Lagos. It is three times, Oyibo where you dey go? and then Na People?s Hotel Ajegunle. I need the right orchestra to have as background to sing it.

Because your song is in Pidgin English, do you speak any Nigerian language?

No, I should have learnt them, but I only have a smattering of words in the other languages and pidgin I picked up when I was living here. I ought to have done, but I didn?t.

There are some white people who come to a country and they learn the language completely. But for me, it was a question of, if you like. I have, maybe, several personalities existing in me at the same time.

And I had a personality. But I still know where I came from, know my identity and I just feel that my identity somehow, was transferable to this place.

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Twitter Launches Its First Official App For Windows 8 And RT

Twitter just launched its first app for Windows 8 and Windows RT. It’s been a long time coming, but the new app does seem to do the platform justice, with a number of Windows 8-centric features, including support for the Windows 8 Share and Search charms, snap view (so you can park the app on the side of the screen), live tiles and notifications. The Discover tab uses Windows 8′s horizontal layout to highlight individual tweets and photos. Photos were clearly something the designers focused on with this release. Tapping a photo brings up a full-screen view that puts the image front and center. You can also view a photo gallery from your favorite users right in the app. Thanks to the Share charm, you can now also share links to these photos, as well as links from other apps and Internet Explorer 10 to Twitter. Just like every other Windows 8 app, the Twitter app also uses the Windows 8 Search charm. As Microsoft notes, the app uses “the same design principles as seen on Twitter.com?and other Twitter mobile apps featuring the Home, Connect, Discover and Me tabs. And the updated Twitter app for Windows Phone also uses the same design principles.” Indeed, when you snap the app to the side of the screen, it looks virtually indistinguishable from a mobile Twitter app. While there were already a few Twitter apps available for Windows 8, it’s no secret that Twitter isn’t a fan of third-party client apps. Having a native Twitter app available for both Windows 8 and Windows RT is surely something the folks at Microsoft will celebrate, though power users will likely prefer to continue to use TweetDeck in the browser, which actually works very well in Metro mode.

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Oh, snap! Best budget digital cameras

The Olympus VR-340 features 10x zoom.

By Kara Reinhardt, Cheapism.com

For years now consumers have been turning to smartphones instead of cameras to shoot and share good-enough-for-Facebook photos. For those who lack a fancy phone with a decent camera or still prefer a dedicated device, respected names such as Canon and Olympus make well-reviewed digital cameras for less than $100. The best budget models promise reliable image quality and include features such as 10x optical zoom. That?s something you won?t see in a smartphone camera.

Here are the top picks from Cheapism.com.

The Canon PowerShot A3400 IS (starting at $89) is yet another excellent entrant from a brand that seems to consistently excel in the budget arena. This camera has a touchscreen LCD -- an unusual feature for this price range -- and reviewers say the controls are simple to navigate. (Where to buy)
The Olympus VR-340 (starting at $89) boasts a 10x zoom lens in a category where 5x is the norm. The 3-inch LCD also has a higher resolution: 460K dots, compared with the standard 230K. Expert reviewers note the camera?s solid metal body and laud its overall quality. (Where to buy)
The Canon PowerShot A2400 IS (starting at $88) earns plenty of praise for its performance. Experts point to the sharpness of the photos and outstanding color accuracy. On the features front, this model looks much like the A3400, but for a 2.7-inch LCD in place of a 3-inch touchscreen. (Where to buy)
The Fujifilm FinePix T400 (starting at $89) stands out for its ease of use, according to expert reviews. Automatic settings on this and other point-and-shoot cameras take the guesswork out of shooting a portrait, sunset, sporting event, or any number of other scenes. This camera?s slim body houses a 10x zoom. (Where to buy)

In general budget cameras tend to struggle in low light, producing images marred by ?noise? or graininess and other distortions. In more favorable conditions, however, the best models continually turn out frame-worthy photos. The four cameras listed above can also record 720p HD video.

It would be remiss not to mention that these are all 16-megapixel cameras. High resolution does not necessarily make for high-quality images, however. In some cases the megapixel count may even be too high, as NBC News explains. Regardless, digital photos taken at 16MP will be plenty large enough to blow up to poster size and beyond. More megapixels may not translate to better pictures, but it certainly translates to larger image files. Luckily consumers can find high-capacity SD cards for less than $10.

One thing to check for as you compare the specs on digital cameras is an optical image stabilizer, which helps keep pictures taken in low light from turning out blurry. Low-cost models used to rely largely on digital machinations to produce sharp photos without a tripod, but now any camera you buy should have optical image stabilization built in.

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Scientists test skeletons for Black Death bacteria

LONDON (AP) ? Scientists digging a new railway in London have uncovered 13 skeletons that will be tested to see if they died from the Black Death plague in the 14th century.

The lead archaeologist of the Crossrail project, Jay Carver, says the location of the bodies and historical records suggest that the skeletons were found in a burial ground that opened at the start of the plague. Carver says scientists will study the bones to establish cause of death, and hope to map the DNA signature of the plague bacteria.

The plague began ravaging Europe in 1347, spreading quickly and killing an estimated 30 percent to 60 percent of the European population. Some 75 million people in all are believed to have died in the four-year pandemic, including 25 million Europeans.

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PFT: Report: Jets-Revis relationship could get 'ugly'

Bills WR Stevie Johnson already is recruiting players like 49ers S Dashon Goldson.? (It?s not tampering unless the team puts the player up to it.)

The Jets have signed three players with Arena League experience.? (Hey, you never know where you?re going to find your next personal punt protector.)

To tag or not to tag, that is the question for the Patriots, as debated by Mike Reiss and Field Yates of ESPNBoston.com.

The Dolphins continue to conduct junior training camps at local elementary schools.? (Sometimes, the fruit just hangs too low.)

The Ravens have a tough decision to make with FB Vonta Leach, who participated in only 42 percent of the snaps in 2012.

Hawaii CB Mike Edwards, a Cleveland native, wants to play for the Browns.

Players who get tagged by the Bengals typically stay only one more year.

Former Steelers RB Carey Davis is pursuing an acting career.

Titans LB Will Witherspoon hopes to play four more years, even though he lost his starting job in 2012.

Colts owner Jim Irsay says that, if the Colts have earned the third overall pick or lower in 2012, they would have kept QB Peyton Manning.

Jaguars president Mark Lamping talks about the effort to build enhanced video boards at EverBank Field; ?If we don?t keep up, we?re falling behind. We can?t afford to do that in a market this size, because if we do, then we put the franchise at risk,? Lamping said.

Texans LB Brooks Reed could move from the outside to the inside in 2013.? (And it?s time for a question from Gronk:? ?Don?t they already play in a dome??)

Factoring in the trade for QB Alex Smith, the Chiefs will have $7.5 million in cap space, which means they?d have to create more of it to tag WR Dwayne Bowe.

Broncos defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio was scheduled to speak at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference.? (His comments may or may not have touched upon properly managing water bills.)

Here?s a look at the Chargers who could be cutting their pay in order to help the team clear cap space.

Raiders LS Jon Condo will receive the team?s 2012 Commitment to Excellence Award on March 9.? (The fruit still hangs too low.)

Cowboys CB Brandon Carr says he restructured his contract because he?s a ?team player.?

Giants coach Tom Coughlin reunited with players from his first head-coaching gig, at Rochester Institute of Technology, way back in 1970.

Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie and his ex-wife are still making movies together.

Suing the league over cap space could mean that the Redskins would never host a Super Bowl.

DE Chris Canty will visit the Packers next week, his agent confirmed.

LB Nick Roach hopes to return to the Bears, at the right price.

LB Justin Durant hopes to return to the Lions, at the right price.

Vikings P Chris Kluwe explains that, when inappropriate questions are posed at the Scouting Combine, the prospective rookie can?t say ?go eff yourself.?

The bounty scandal emerged for the Saints one year ago today.

Former Falcons DE John Abraham still wants to see the team do well, even after it cut him.

Friday?s moves leave the Panthers $3.5 million over the cap, a problem that will be solved as soon as they cut CB Chris Gamble.

With their division rivals dumping a pass rusher, the Buccaneers have even greater incentive to keep DE Michael Bennett off the open market.

ESPN?s Trent Dilfer thinks 49ers (for now) QB Alex Smith will be in even better position in Chiefs coach Andy Reid?s offense.

It?s been 11 years since the Seahawks introduced the uniforms they abandoned a year ago.

Rams COO Kevin Demoff on analytics in football:? ?There is so much in play with respect to the team?s system . . . there is so much covariance in a football game because there are so many other factors.?

Hearing-impaired advocates have sued the Cardinals for failing to provide appropriate accommodations.? (Apparently, the Cardinals aren?t keen on putting ?the crowd is booing . . . again? on the video boards.)

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Are central banks really necessary?

Some analyst argue that a central banking system is only necessary when an economy operates with paper money. Others think that isn't always the case.?

By Joseph Salerno,?Guest blogger / March 1, 2013

A journalist holds a gold ingot next to a security officer of the German Central Bank, right, in Frankfurt, Germany. A Wall Street Journal piece argues that central banks are only needed when an economy is based on paper money.

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Gerald P. O?Driscoll?s hard-hitting piece in today?s Wall Street Journal, "Debunking the Myths about Central Banks" is well worth reading. Among others, O?Driscoll addresses the myth that ?central banks are intrinsically necessary for market economies.? As O?Driscoll points out, however,

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NASA Mars rover in safe mode; science halted

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) ? Science experiments by the NASA Mars rover Curiosity have been put on hold as engineers troubleshoot a problem with its computer.

NASA says the car-size rover is in "safe mode." In this state, Curiosity suspends science activities but is still in contact with Earth.

Engineers discovered a problem with Curiosity's flash memory earlier this week and switched to its backup computer.

Curiosity landed last summer in Gale Crater near the Martian equator to examine whether environmental conditions were favorable for microbes. It recently drilled into a rock and transferred a pinch of powder to its onboard laboratories to study the chemical makeup. It won't be able to finish the analysis until its systems are back to normal.

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YouTube for iOS adds send-to-TV pairing, lets you skip the media hub

Those running the dedicated YouTube app for iOS have had TV streaming for awhile... as long as there was an Apple TV in between. Google's video division is cutting out that middleman with its newly available app update. Similar to what we've seen in the Android software, iOS device owners can at last pair directly with some TVs, the PS3 or Xbox 360 to play and queue videos, even if there's multiple iPads and iPhones jockeying for attention on the same WiFi network. If your set is left out, YouTube still offers reasons to upgrade -- there's a connection to YouTube Capture for recording, and better playback on a pokey WiFi connection. As long as you're at least curious about TV streaming beyond Apple's set-top box, it's arguably worth trying.

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3D? Feh. MIT has already moved on to 4D printing (video)

The bad news: just as much of the world is starting to get excited about the prospects of 3D printing, science is moving on to the world of 4D. The good news: in the future, you might not have to assemble that Ikea chair yourself. "4D printing" is the term cientists are using to refer to a technology that MIT's Skylar Tibbits talked up during a recent TED appearance. The fourth "d" here is time, referring to an object that, once printed, is capable of changing shape (over time, naturally).

"Essentially the printing is nothing new," Tibbits told the BBC. "It is about what happens after." So far the concept has been demonstrated with thin strands of plastic, which, once added to water, form into a predetermined shape, using energy from the absorption. Suggested future applications involve furniture, pipes, bikes and buildings. First, however, scientists will have to demonstrate the technology on a larger structure, of course, and they'll explore the possibility of other energy sources, like heat, sound and vibration.

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