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miercuri, 7 martie 2012

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Spiders Invade Australian Town
Apple Unveils New iPad with 4G LTE
The Death of Manners [Infographic]

Posted: 07 Mar 2012 03:59 PM PST

Thousands of spiders have escaped the floodwaters inundating the town of Wagga Wagga in New South Wales, Australia, by moving to higher ground and building massive networks of interconnected webs over raised sticks and bushes. They have covered entire fields with snow-like coverings. Meanwhile, the floodwaters show no sign of subsiding from the town, declared a disaster area: 9000 people have been evacuated.

Farm Covered With Spider Webs

Trees Covered With Spider Webs

Dog Walking under the Spider Webs

Via: NYpost

Apple Unveils New iPad with 4G LTE

Posted: 07 Mar 2012 12:41 PM PST

Apple rolled out the latest version of the iPad Wednesday with a Retina Display, quad-core processor, 4G LTE, and an improved camera. . The gadget was not called the iPad 3 or iPad HD. Instead, Apple kept it simple with "new iPad." The lack of a new name could cause confusion for buyers, particularly since the older model, the "iPad 2," will still be sold.

So what does this new iPad bring to the tablet scene? Check it out:

* 4G LTE
* 9.7 inch retina display with 2048 x 1536 pixels
* 5-megapixel iSight camera
* 1080p video recording
* 1.4 pounds and 9.4mm thick
* A5x quad-core graphics
* 44% greater saturation
* 10 hour battery life (9 hours on 4G)

Pricing:

* Wi-Fi only models: $499 for 16 GB, $599 for 32 GB and $699 for 64 GB
* 4G models: $629 for 16 GB, $729 for 32 GB and $829 for 64 GB

On sale March 16.
Via: mashable

The Death of Manners [Infographic]

Posted: 07 Mar 2012 12:33 PM PST

Please. Thank you. No, sir. Yes, ma'am. If these words sound foreign to you, it's because we are in the middle of a rude awakening: manners, it seems, are dead in today's society—and it's not going unnoticed. In fact, 76% of adults believe Americans are ruder and less civilized than they were 20 or 30 years ago.

From the road to the sky, people are seeing more rudeness, hearing more rudeness, and speaking more rudeness. The question is: why? In the below infographic by Schools.com, we share shocking stats about just how rude today's society is—and why old-fashioned manners have become extinct.

Click on Image to Enlarge.