Art Forums - A Singular Creation Art Community • Tutorial: Painting Realistic Eyes We would like to ing you this feature tutorial by Linda Bergkvist, renowned in the digital arts community for her gorgeous portrayal of characters. In this tutorial, Linda shows us step by step how she paints realistic eyes. About Linda Bergkvist Linda Bergkvist is a renowned digital artist who currently lives in Sweden. Linda Bergkvist's website can be found at www.furiae.com.
A Table That Turns Your Kitchen Into Mini Ecosystem [UPDATED] Convenience and efficiency are king when it comes to product design. What could be more efficient than a natural ecosystem? That's the insight behind a "living kitchen" designed by the brilliant young design studio Studio Gorm. They looked at what we have in our kitchens--fruits, vegetables, organic waste--and figured: That's actually enough to create a miniature system for watering fresh herbs, composting the waste, and generating new soil. None of the elements is brand new to this product, but their integration wins points for ergonomics and ease. Maybe what's most surprising is that Studio Gorm isn't based in the Netherlands or Scandinavia--but rather in Eugene, Oregon. Check out some of Studio Gorm's other designs, including a modular furniture system of pegs and boards; an elegant Egyptian-inspired chair; a handsome adjustable lamp; and an overhead light inspired by--of all things--a falafel container.
Simple Animal Facts To Brighten Your Day Cows have best friends. A group of flamingos is called a “flamboyance.” Millions of trees grow every year thanks to squirrel’s forgetting where they put their nuts. There are two kittens in this picture, baby bunnies are called kits, which is short for kitten. Butterflies can taste with their feet. Sea otters hold each other’s paws when they sleep so they don’t drift apart. There’s an immortal jellyfish. When rabbits jump and twist out of excitement, it is called a binky. Humpback whales have their own “pop” music. Gentoo penguins propose to their lifemates* with a pebble. Sea horses are monogamous life mates and travel holding each other’s tails. Male pups will intentionally let female pups “win” when they play-fight so they can get to know them better. Monkeys don’t like unequal pay either. Worms communicate by snuggling. Elephants show remarkable empathy, even to other species. Fish use tools. A cat’s nose is ridged with a unique pattern, just like a human fingerprint. Chimp babies play with dolls.
Media Turn A Blind Eye To Record Greenland Ice Melt On Wednesday, scientists announced that melting over the Greenland ice sheet has already "shattered the seasonal record" set in 2010, with four weeks left before the end of the melting season. Scientists say this record melting is driven by rising Arctic temperatures and could have serious consequences for the environment and coastal communities. But the major media outlets are once again failing to report on clear evidence that our climate is changing. Professor Marco Tedesco, whose research was sponsored by NASA and the National Science Foundation, examined satellite data from the National Snow and Ice Data Center and found that Greenland has "experienced extreme melting in nearly every region" this year. He concluded: "With more yet to come in August, this year's overall melting will fall way above the old records. That's a goliath year - the greatest melt since satellite recording began in 1979."
Breed Guide & Compatibility Chart - Justpuppies.net Arctic ice to reach record lows, say scientists Sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is likely to shrink to a record small size sometime next week, and then keep on melting, a scientist at the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center said on Monday. Skip to next paragraph Subscribe Today to the Monitor Click Here for your FREE 30 DAYS ofThe Christian Science MonitorWeekly Digital Edition "A new daily record ... would be likely by the end of August," said Ted Scambos, lead scientist at the data center, which monitors ice in the Arctic and elsewhere. The amount of sea ice in the Arctic is important because this region is a potent global weather-maker, sometimes characterized as the world's air conditioner. This summer could see the ice retreat to less than 1.5 million square miles (4 million square km), an unprecedented low, Scambos said. Last year, Arctic sea ice extended over the second-smallest area on record, but that was considered to be closer to a "new normal" rather than the extreme conditions of 2007, NSIDC said then. Signs of climate change
10 Animals You Probably Didn't Know Existed We’ve all heard about the flying squirrel, vampire bats, and naked mole rat, but I bet you haven’t heard of Markhor, Lamprey, and Gerenuk! Here are ten animals that you probably haven’t heard of! (Too lazy to write a good introduction!) Related: 1. Tufted Deer Tufted deers are a small species of deer that are found in China. 2. Star-nosed moles are small moles found in eastern Canada and United States along wet and low areas. 3. Southern right whale dolphins are small species found in cool waters far south. 4. Raccoon Dogs, or Tanuki, are found in East Asia. 5. Patagonian Maras are large rodents found in parts of Argentina. Relevant: 5 Members Of The Animal Kingdom That Will Blow Your Mind 6. Markhors are large species of wild goats that are found in Afghanistan and Pakistan. 7. Maned Wolves are found in South America. 8. Lampreys are the spawn of hell. 9. Gerenuks are long-necked species of antelopes found in Eastern Africa. 10. Amazonian Royal Flycatchers are found in the Amazon.
Arctic ice cap on course to shrink to its lowest level An Arctic cyclone earlier this month was said to be a contributory factor to the decline but Mr Serreze said the lack of extraordinary weather influences made the melt more remarkable. He added it was possible that the rapid melt had played a part in severe storms in the US in recent years as it changed the nature of the planet's temperature gradients. "The ice now is so thin in the spring just because of the general pattern of warming that large parts of the pack ice just can't survive the summer melt season anymore," he said. As more of the ice cap thaws, Arctic-bordering countries including Russia, Canada, Denmark, Norway and the US were expected to start considering the ocean for trade. The first ship from China - the Xuelong, or Snow Dragon - recently sailed from the Pacific to the Atlantic through the Arctic Ocean, cutting the distance by more than 40 percent.
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Old PC Games - homepage Neptune Pine Is A First Standalone Android Smartwatch [CES 2014] The Neptune Pine smartwatch which started as a Kickstarter project in February last year and it seems the $100,000 funded for Kickstarter project did played out the promise to produce the first standalone Android smartwatch. The Neptune Pine comes with what we expect in a smartwatch i.e a camera, calling , texting and other sharing functions. The Neptune Pine is powered by a dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor clocked at 1.2GHz and a 512MB of RAM. The Neptune Pine features a 2.4-inch TFT touch display with a resolution of 320 x 240 pixels, a 5MP rear-facing camera, a VGA front-facing camera (both front and rear camera features an LED Flash) and an internal memory storage with the option of 8/16/32GB. Other connectivity features include Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, GPS, Bluetooth 4.0, USB 2.0 support, NFC as well as a micro SIM slot to use like a smartphone. The Neptune Pine has got the taste of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean as the operating system and a built-in rechargeable 810mAh battery. Related
80+ Best Free Hacking Tutorials Learning to become hacker is not as easy as learning to become a software developer. I realized this when I started looking for learning resources for simple hacking people do. Even to start doing the simplest hack on own, a hacker requires to have in depth knowledge of multiple topics. Some people recommend minimum knowledge of few programming languages like C, Python, HTML with Unix operating system concepts and networking knowledge is required to start learning hacking techniques. Though knowing a lot of things is required, it is not really enough for you to be a competent and successful hacker. If you are thinking about ethical hacking as a career option, you may need to be prepared for a lot of hard/smart work. A lot of people (including me before doing research for this article) think that they can become a hacker using some free hacking tools available on web. Below are some really useful hacking tutorials and resources you may want to explore in your journey of learning to hack