Cat says “hello” to owner when he gets home from work.
That is one polite cat. Read more: http://www.wimp.com/cat-says-hello-to-owner-when-he-gets-home-from-work/
She Took A Daily Selfie While Battling Depression. Here Is The result…It’s Truly Inspiring.
Six and a half years ago U.K. film student Rebecca Brown began a selfie-a-day project documenting her life. Brown who is now 21, started the project in 2007 when she was 14 years old. She’s now compiled the roughly 2100 pictures into a video on her Youtube channel. The video documents her battle with depression, anxiety, and an impulse control disorder, a form of OCD, known as trichotillomania. Trichotillomania is a unique disorder that causes a person to pull out their own hair when anxious. Brown says that the project is ongoing and she plans to continue it as long as she can. H/T: Elite Daily “Beauty is more than what we see with the eyes. People are more than their conditions. I am more than my hair and skin. This only shows my exterior, I hope that people will check out my videos to see more of the girl inside,” said Brown in the comments section of the video. Share this amazing story by clicking below. Read more: http://viralnova.com/inspiring-daily-selfie/
American Teen Pleads Guilty to Aiding Islamic State
Shannon Maureen Conley, the teenager who plead guilty to aiding the Islamic State, is pictured on the far left. Video: YouTube, TomoNews US A woman from Colorado pleaded guilty on Wednesday to providing material support to the Islamic State — months after she told the FBI she wanted to be a terrorist. Shannon Maureen Conley, who is 19 and a certified nurse’s aid, was accused of providing material support to at least one person who is allegedly a member of the Islamic State. Now the teenager from Arvada faces up to five years in prison and a potential $250,000 fine, though she won’t be sentenced until Jan. 23. In the meantime, The Denver Post reports Conley has agreed to provide information about her conspirators. U.S. District Judge Raymond Moore has ordered her to undergo a personality and psychological exam. Conley had planned to move to Syria and marry a 32-year-old Islamic State fighter from Tunisia who told her that he was battling with the Islamic State and that the extremist group needed nurses. But the FBI had kept close tabs on her ever since Conley started to spend time wandering around a local church, taking notes on everything but the sermons. The pastor notified the FBI, who told Conley her intentions were illegal. Conley was displeased with the church interrupting her plotting; she told the FBI that “if they think I’m a terrorist, I’ll give them something to think I am.” The FBI kept tabs on Conley, who had converted to Islam, and arrested her in April before she could get on a flight to Germany en route to Turkey’s Syrian border. Upon searching her home, agents found video lectures given by Islamist radicals as well as bullets and targets that showed she had spent time improving her accuracy with a gun. Here are the full details of Conley’s plea agreement: Shannon Conley Plea Agreement Read more: http://mashable.com/2014/09/10/american-teen-guilty-aiding-islamic-state/
Help Your Kids Reach The Faucet With This Simple DIY Sink Extender
Parents with little children know this struggle all too well… There comes a time when kids outgrow the little booster steps to the sink and want to reach it all on their own. Unfortunately, they haven’t had their growth spurt yet and they still can’t reach the faucet to wash their hands. So, mom or dad has to pick them up. But there must be a better way, right? …And sure enough, there is! This is genius. Not only is this easy to make, it can quickly be removed when grown-up company comes over. That’s what we call the best of both worlds! Read more: http://www.viralnova.com/sink-extender/
The Ultimate Mashup: ‘Breaking Bad’ Meets ‘Batman’
When it comes to dynamic duos, Batman and Robin are obviously a classic, but Walt and Jesse are definitely up there. With the upcoming release of The Dark Night Rises and the new season of Breaking Bad, it might be hard to decide where to place your affections. If the choice is proving too difficult, we’ve got a solution for you: Breaking Batman, the only Breaking Bad plus Batman mashup you will ever need. “I am No Man” Doesn’t Cut It: The Story of Eowyn Why All Those Sexist Complaints About The New Ghostbusters Movie Are Garbage Study Says Binge-Watching Is For Lonely & Depressed People & Those Who Lack Self-Control The Pirate Bay Has Returned To the Land Of the Living After Two Months This article originally published at Geekosystem here Read more: http://mashable.com/2012/07/12/breaking-bad-batman-mashup-video/
How to Change the Function of Your iPhone’s Volume Buttons
If you have an iOS device, you’re probably familiar with the volume buttons located on its side. These buttons are usually set up to control the device’s ringer and alert volume, but they can actually be reassigned to serve a different purpose. The volume buttons on your device can also be used to control the overall audio level within iOS.To change your volume buttons’ functionality, watch the video or follow the steps below: Step 1: Go into the Settings app on your device and tap on Sounds. On the iPad, this section is located within General settings. Step 2: Under the Ringer and Alerts section, turn off Change with Buttons. Step 3: Exit out of the Settings app and go back to the home screen. Next time you use the volume buttons on your device, they will control the audio level of iOS instead of your ringer and alerts. With this option set, you’ll have to go back into your device’s sound settings when you want to change the ringer volume. Kairosoft’s new iOS game challenges you to become a Magazine Mogul Evolve: Hunters Quest is your key to unlocking perks in 2K’s upcoming Evolve shooter The Apple Watch may just turn Apple retail stores into jewelry shops Today’s apps gone free: Kingdom Rush Frontiers, Smart PDF Scanner, Gridplay and more This article originally published at AppAdvice here Read more: http://mashable.com/2012/09/04/volume-buttons-functionality/
When This Tiny Dog Sees A Cow, She Gets So Darn Excited!
What do you suppose a dog thinks when they see a cow? “That’s the ugliest dog I’ve ever seen”? Or perhaps, “I’m going to make her my new best friend”? Miss Piggie the Boston Terrier could hardly contain her excitement when she met Suzanne, a dairy cow. At first, no one knew how the larger animal would react to the little pup. Within minutes, though, it became clear that they just wanted to be friends. Watch as Miss Piggie and Suzanne have their very first playdate. It looks like they’ll have many more fun days ahead! They’re very different animals, but dogs and cows have been known to be thick as thieves. Some cows treat dogs like their babies. Read more: http://www.viralnova.com/dog-and-cow/
Watch This Disturbing Video Of A Woman Going Through Animal Testing Procedures
Cosmetics are an important part of the way many people feel good about themselves, but do you ever think about how they’re tested? According to The Humane Society of the United States, animal testing is not legally required for cosmetics in the U.S., but that doesn’t stop companies from resorting to this cruel practice. Makeup tests performed on animals include “skin and eye irritation tests where chemicals are rubbed onto the shaved skin or dripped into the eyes” of animals like rabbits and “repeated force-feeding studies lasting weeks or months.” Lush, a cruelty-free cosmetics company, teamed up with performance artist Jacqueline Traide in 2012 to show how horrific animal testing really is. Traide took part in various simulations of what happens to animals during testing to expose the cruelty of the practice. WARNING: This video is graphic. Read More: These 14 Items You Have In Your House Are Tested On Animals To This Day Check out the Humane Society’s Be Cruelty-Free campaign to learn about anti-animal testing legislation and see how to support cosmetics companies like Lush who don’t test their products on animals. And be sure to share this to raise awareness and help put an end to animal testing for good. Read more: http://www.viralnova.com/cosmetics-animal-testing/
New Weather Forecast Model Can Pinpoint Severe Storms Up to 15 Hours in Advance
Image: Mashable composite. NASA Meteorologists at the National Weather Service (NWS) gained a new, sharper weapon in their arsenal of computer models on Tuesday, which could result in better weather forecasts. The agency put its newly updated High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR, which is pronounced like the word “her,” except with many more Rs), into operational use after several years of experimental simulations. The model will help meteorologists pinpoint the development of damaging weather conditions that are too small-scale and short-term to be detected by other models, such as derecho events like the one that shut off the lights to hundreds of thousands of people from Ohio to Virginia on June 29, 2012. According to the NWS, the newly supercharged HRRR model, which had been in use before Tuesday but at a far coarser resolution, will allow forecasters to make better warnings of flash flooding, heavy snowfall, and the likelihood of severe thunderstorms. It could also make aviation forecasts more reliable, helping pilots steer clear of turbulence. The key to the HRRR’s upgrade is a major narrowing of its spatial resolution, which is akin from going from taking a wide shot photograph to using a zoom lens. The spatial resolution of the improved model is four times finer than what was used before, allowing it to capture smaller-scale details, such as individual thunderstorms, that it might otherwise have missed. According to a press release, the improvements made each pixel in the model go from the size of an entire city, at eight miles wide, to the size of a neighborhood within that city, at two miles wide. The new HRRR model was five years in the making from a team at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Earth System Research Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado. The model is now run on supercomputers in Virginia and Florida on an hourly basis, and it takes advantage of real-time radar data to produce more accurate projections of how weather systems will move and develop. Its forecasts extend out to 15 hours in advance, compared to other weather models that project up to 10 to 14 days. “This is the first in a new generation of weather prediction models designed to better represent the atmosphere and mechanics that drive high-impact weather events,” said William Lapenta, Ph.D., director of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction, part of the National Weather Service, in a press release. “The HRRR is a tool delivering forecasters a more accurate depiction of hazardous weather to help improve our public warnings and save lives.” How the model works The new model takes about 1,200 computer cores to run, and keeps them busy for each hour, NOAA research meteorologist Stan Benjamin told Mashable. He said the new model takes up about 12 to 15% of the operational computing capacity that NOAA has at the environmental prediction center, which is located in College Park, Maryland. According to NOAA, the computer model starts out with a three-dimensional picture of the atmosphere one hour before the […]
Look at the size of this alligator.
Fifteen feet is about 12 feet too long when it comes to alligators. Read more: http://www.wimp.com/look-at-the-size-of-this-alligator/