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BlackBerry Torch Review RIM's all new BlackBerry Torch 9800 for AT&T capitalizes on BlackBerry's historical strength by including awesome keyboard and killer email while featuring a plethora of new features including a proper touchscreen, upgraded camera and the highly anticipated BlackBerry 6 operating system. It will be available August 12th for $199.99 after contract. You thought sliders were played out? Well think again. Research In Motion may not have invented the slider, but by working hand in hand with AT&T on its development since the project took root in late 2008, they have come very close to perfecting it. There's a lot to cover in this review, so let's get to it! Table of Contents BlackBerry Torch 9800 Overview A whole bunch of BlackBerry newness is making its debut on the Torch 9800, which for the moment really sets it apart from other BlackBerry devices on the market. Back to top BlackBerry Torch 9800 and BlackBerry 6 Hands-On Videos! Below are the key specifications for the BlackBerry Torch 9800.

More evidence links pesticides to hyperactivity (ADHD) - latimes.com A growing body of evidence is suggesting that exposure to organophosphate pesticides is a prime cause of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, ADHD. The findings are considered plausible to many experts because the pesticides are designed to attack the nervous systems of insects. It is not surprising, then, that they should also impinge on the nervous systems of humans who are exposed to them. Forty organophosphate pesticides are registered in the United States, with at least 73 million pounds used each year in agricultural and residential settings. ADHD is thought to affect 3% to 7% of American children, with boys affected more heavily than girls. The newest study, reported Thursday in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, examines the effects of both prenatal and childhood exposure to the pesticides, which are widely used in the United States to control insects on food crops. -- Thomas H.

How To Make Ice Cream Without an Ice Cream Machine: An Easy, Foolproof Method | Apartment Therapy The Kitchn The ice cream after about an hour in the freezer, post-churning. This method for making ice cream in a bag is very popular with our readers, but honestly, I find it to be a bit of a pain. I think I've found a better way to make ice cream without a machine. A bite of ice cream made with this method. It has been in the freezer for about 1 hour, so it isn't completely solid or cured yet. I do believe in equal-opportunity ice cream-making; even if you don't have an ice cream maker, you should be able to make it home for yourself. The bag method is simple, but messy. But this method is prone to leakage — you often end up with salty brine all over the kitchen countertop, or even in the ice cream itself. I did a little reading, and I was inspired by David Lebovitz's stir-every-30-minutes version, and by Kenji's very scientific analysis of what needs to happen for ice cream to freeze satisfactorily. Kenji's article is fascinating because he shows just how ice cream is affected by stirring. 1. 2.

TechBytes: Google Tablet A technology blog hints that Google may launch its long-rumored tablet the day after Thanksgiving. That's the traditional start of the holiday shopping season, known to retailers as Black Friday. Google has not made an official announcement about the device and there are no definitive hardware specifications, but a conceptual video created by a former employee shows what the potential device could look like. Facebook Places Facebook has a new service to help you find your friends. Verizon iPad TV Verizon FIOS customers, get ready to watch TV on your iPad. 4food Ever post what you're eating on Facebook or Twitter? More From TechBytes YouTube Adds Captions to its Videos TiVo Premier Marries TV and Internet If I Can Dream Google Launches Person Finder Nintendo Super-Sizes the DSi

100 Delicious, Dirt-Cheap Recipes for the Starving Student Most students don’t have a lot of cash to spend on food, but that doesn’t mean you have to go hungry. With the right recipes and some kitchen savvy, you can eat great even on a student’s budget. Here we’ll share 100 tasty recipes that you can make on the cheap. Breakfast Get a good start to your day with these cheap-o breakfasts. Hash browns: Hash browns are cheap and easy to make, and cheaper than a trip to IHOP.Puff pastry chicken and bacon: You can make bacon and chicken in puff pastry using this recipe.Microwave scrambled eggs: Make scrambled eggs in the microwave with this recipe.Breakfast burritos: You can make these burritos ahead for a quick microwave breakfast.Onion quiche: This quiche makes a delicious, incredibly cheap breakfast.Omelet in a bag: Boil eggs and some handy ingredients for this simple, cheap omelet.Frittata: Add eggs to cheese, vegetables, and herbs you have handy in your fridge to make a frittata. Ramen A college staple gets dressed up in these recipes. Sandwiches

Italian Food Forever - Italian Recipes! Raw Foods - Healthy Nutritious Recipes Are Processed Foods Pathogens? There is little doubt that eating raw food is much more beneficial from a nutritional point of view. This is primarily due to the fact that the enzymes in food break down when cooked at high temperatures. Enzymes in food aid with the digestion, when these enzymes break down the body has to produce it’s own enzymes to help with the digestion. There was a very interesting study conducted at the Institute of Clinical Chemistry in Lausanne in 1930. The Most amazing find though was that the same rule applies to ALL foods that have been processed, white blood cells are automatically produced, so again, not good. The end result of the study showed that when foods are heated beyond a specific temperature (temperatures vary individually to each food) the body will produce white blood cells, but not if they are kept below that temperature. The best ways to eat cooked foods is lightly steamed, slow-cooked (in a slow-cooker is fine) or stewed.

100 Ways to Simplify Your Life and Mind After Armen’s list of 100 , my own 100 Ways to be a better leader and now several readers creating their own lists of 100 topics, I thought I would continue this trend and build one more on 100 ways simplify your life and mind. I’ve written a couple articles before on this topic and I’ve kept a few items from those articles on my list here, but most of this is new and it is really a useful way to find things to start doing. As with any of these 100 lists, obviously you can’t do all of these things (I certainly don’t) but you can pick some items on the list and start with them to simplify things in your life. I’d love for you to comment and add your own items or why not create your own list of 100 items, link back to these if they have inspired you and challenge your own readers to do the same and keep these lists going! Please consider sharing this article if you enjoy it and feel free to sign up for my RSS feed here. Simplify Your Actions 1. Simplify Your Stuff 30. 57. 81.

The most isolated man on the planet. - By Monte Reel The most isolated man on the planet will spend tonight inside a leafy palm-thatch hut in the Brazilian Amazon. As always, insects will darn the air. Spider monkeys will patrol the treetops. That description relies on a few unknowable assumptions, obviously, but they're relatively safe. He's an Indian, and Brazilian officials have concluded that he's the last survivor of an uncontacted tribe. It's meant to be a safe zone. History offers few examples of people who can rival his solitude in terms of duration and degree. Certainly other last tribesmen and -women have succumbed unobserved throughout history, the world unaware of their passing. Advanced societies invariably have subsumed whatever indigenous populations they've encountered, determining those tribes' fates for them. A few Brazilians first heard of the lone Indian in 1996, when loggers in the western state of Rondônia began spreading a rumor: A wild man was in the forest, and he seemed to be alone.

Last U.S. combat convoy has left Iraq Soldier's wife: You dream of this moment The last U.S. brigade combat team has left IraqThat leaves 56,000 U.S. troops in the countryAnother 6,000 troops are slated to leave by September 14th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division crossed border into Kuwait See a breakdown of U.S. and coalition casualties. Mosul, Iraq (CNN) -- The last U.S. brigade combat team in Iraq has left the country, a move that helps U.S. President Barack Obama reach his goal of 50,000 troops in the country by September 1. Their departure leaves about 56,000 U.S. troops in the country, according to the U.S. military. Capt. A few hundred members stayed behind to finish administrative and logistical duties but will fly out of Baghdad later Thursday, Ophardt said. Much of the brigade departed more than a day ago, but the announcement was delayed for security reasons. Tell us how the Iraq War has affected your life Video: Milestone not the end Video: Last U.S. combat convoy leaves Iraq Video: U.S. combat team: Goodbye Iraq

Solar Storm Warning + Play Audio | + Download Audio | + Historia en Español | + Join mailing list March 10, 2006: It's official: Solar minimum has arrived. Sunspots have all but vanished. Solar flares are nonexistent. The sun is utterly quiet. Like the quiet before a storm. This week researchers announced that a storm is coming--the most intense solar maximum in fifty years. That was a solar maximum. Right: Intense auroras over Fairbanks, Alaska, in 1958. Dikpati's prediction is unprecedented. The key to the mystery, Dikpati realized years ago, is a conveyor belt on the sun. We have something similar here on Earth—the Great Ocean Conveyor Belt, popularized in the sci-fi movie The Day After Tomorrow. Above: Earth's "Great Ocean Conveyor Belt." The sun's conveyor belt is a current, not of water, but of electrically-conducting gas. Enter the conveyor belt. "The top of the conveyor belt skims the surface of the sun, sweeping up the magnetic fields of old, dead sunspots. Right: The sun's "great conveyor belt."

Rainforest Wildlife Photography: A Tribute to Guido Sterkendries Guido Sterkendries is a daring wildlife photographer. He challenges gravity and does things that normal photographers lack the adrenalline for. Dangling from the highest trees in the rainforests of Panama and Brazil, the Belgian photographer seeks rare wonders of nature that haven’t been captured on camera before. He spends up to two weeks in a specially constructed canopy that allows him to get closer to his subjects. He is, for sure, one man who will have what stories to tell at retirement, as a real-life Tarzan of photography. Despite the risky climbings he does, he manages to stay motivated and be very active as an artist and ecologist. Golden Frogs In the amazing rainforests of Panama the daring photographer Guido Sterkendries found an almost extinct species: the golden frogs. Armored Grasshopper The trip to the exotic parts of the world wouldn’t be really worth it without capturing the wonders of nature. The Tree Frog’s Trill Unusual Caterpillar Red Eye Tree Frog Walking Mating

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