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Friday, June 22, 2012

Puzzle program does 10,000-piece jigsaw in a day

11 hrs.

Devin Coldewey

It's not enough that our robots clean our rooms and cook our meals ? soon they'll do our puzzles for us, too. Andy Gallagher, a researcher at Cornell University, has made a program that can assemble extremely difficult puzzles with great speed. It sounds frivolous at first, but there are actually some interesting applications.

The puzzles this program ??or artificial intelligence (AI) ??attempts to solve are more difficult than your average jigsaw: Instead of that saw cutting in zigzags and wavy lines, it cuts straight, eliminating the shape-based cues we use to match pieces. Gallagher's program can take a 10,000 piece puzzle of a high-resolution photograph and solve it in 24 hours ? which, as puzzle lovers will tell you, is no mean feat.

Check out this video of the program at work:

Gallagher's program solves the puzzle by studying the edges of every piece and putting together the ones which have?colors that?match best. But with 10,000 pieces and a lot of data for each piece, that's a long process. So Gallagher's model uses a strategy based on how humans solve puzzles: Finding groups of pieces and building on them, then sticking the groups together. Using this technique brought the solving?time?down to a day, three times the speed?of earlier models.

This type of algorithmic problem solving isn't just for puzzles. Although the exact method can in fact be used to reassemble shredded documents, something the Pentagon is always keen on, there are also?lots of applications for medical research, which needs to consider and compare the contours of molecules and medications.

Devin Coldewey is a contributing writer for msnbc.com. His personal website is coldewey.cc.

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Thursday, June 21, 2012

Cystic Acne Treatment - Fitness and Health

Cystic acne treatment needs to be done better when you treat ordinary acne. Cystic acne is the result when you keep squeezing acne bumps.?Unlike the small whitehead pustules that most people with acne experience on the surface of their skin, acne vulgaris appears as large irritated bumps, often with the pustule hidden deep beneath the skin's surface.
Acne No More

The most traditional treatment of cystic acne involves the use of prescription medications. In most cases, patients are provided with a combination of products, including antibiotics, Benzoyl peroxide and topical retinoids.?Antibiotics (Erythromycin, Minocycline, Tetracycline) will effectively bring down the infection produced by cystic acne.?Using birth-control pill could be prescribed for women as treatment because the cause of acne has seething to do with overproduction of testosterone.

Home Treatment

Baking soda is a better substitute for cleansing products like soaps and face washes! Baking soda paste exfoliates the skin and also removes dead skin unclogging the pores;
Eat potatoes! Potatoes contain alkaline that eliminates the oil in the pores and also contain vitamins which will reduce the redness of the skin.

Causes

Cyst formation is a part of the immune system's mechanism in containing the infection from spreading further into the skin. The bacteria contained in the released pus leak deep into the skin, will rapidly multiply and this will produce a more profound inflammatory process, where your body will try to combat the bacterial infection.?As you can read on?wikipedia:

Some of the large nodules were previously called "cysts" and the term nodulocystic has been used to describe severe cases of inflammatory acne.

Having this type of acne?will not only damage the person physically, but also mentally!?Your doctor or dermatologist may recommend a prescription medication you apply to your skin or take by mouth.

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Friday, June 15, 2012

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Factbox: Main parties contesting Greek elections

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Friday, June 8, 2012

Head of Australian probe into Iraq oil-for-food kickbacks sues police, says they pressured him

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U.S. experienced second warmest May, warmest spring on record, NOAA reports

ScienceDaily (June 7, 2012) ? According to NOAA scientists, the average temperature for the contiguous U.S. during May was 64.3?F, 3.3?F above the long-term average, making it the second warmest May on record. The month's high temperatures also contributed to the warmest spring, warmest year-to-date, and warmest 12-month period the nation has experienced since recordkeeping began in 1895.

The spring season's (March-May) nationally averaged temperature was 57.1?F, 5.2?F above the 1901-2000 long-term average, surpassing the previous warmest spring (1910) by 2.0?F.

Precipitation totals across the country were mixed during May, with the nation as a whole being drier-than-average. The nationally averaged precipitation total of 2.51 inches was 0.36 inch below average. The coastal Southeast received some drought relief when Tropical Storm Beryl brought heavy rains to the region late in the month.

This monthly analysis from NOAA's National Climatic Data Center is part of the suite of climate services NOAA provides government, business and community leaders so they can make informed decisions.

U.S. climate highlights -- May

Warmer-than-average temperatures occurred across the contiguous U.S. except the Northwest in May. Twenty-six states had May temperatures ranking among their ten warmest.
Precipitation patterns across the contiguous U.S. were mixed during May. The Eastern Seaboard and Upper Midwest were wetter than average. North Carolina, South Carolina, Vermont, New Hampshire and Minnesota had May precipitation totals among their ten wettest. Dry conditions prevailed across the Mid-Mississippi River Valley, Southern Plains and the Interior West with Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, Nevada and Utah having a top ten dry May.
Tropical Storm Beryl made landfall near Jacksonville, Fla., on May 28, bringing beneficial rainfall to parts of the drought-stricken Southeast. Beryl occurred on the heels of Tropical Storm Alberto, which occurred offshore the Carolinas, marking the third time on record that two tropical cyclones reached tropical storm strength during May (prior to the start of June 1 hurricane season) in the North Atlantic basin.
Ongoing drought, combined with windy conditions, created ideal wildfire conditions across the Southwest. The Whitewater-Baldy Fire complex in the Gila National Forest of western New Mexico charred over 210,000 acres by the beginning of June. It surpassed 2011's Las Conchas Fire as largest wildfire on record for the state.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, as of May 29, 37.4 percent of the contiguous U.S. experienced drought conditions, a slight decrease from 38.2 percent at the beginning of May. Drought conditions improved across the coastal Southeast, the Southern Plains, Northeast and Upper Midwest while they deteriorated for parts of the Mid-South and Southwest.

U.S. climate highlights -- spring (March-May)

The nationally averaged temperature of 57.1?F during spring was 5.2?F above the long-term average. With warmest March, third warmest April and second warmest May, spring 2012 marked the largest temperature departure from average of any season on record for the contiguous United States.
Spring was drier-than-average for the contiguous U.S. as a whole, with a national precipitation total of 7.47 inches, 0.24 inch below average.
Record and near-record warmth dominated the eastern two-thirds of the nation during spring. Thirty-one states were record warm for the season and 11 additional states had spring temperatures ranking among their ten warmest. Only Oregon and Washington had spring temperatures near normal.
Wetter-than-average conditions prevailed from the West Coast through the Northern Plains and into the Upper Midwest. Oregon was record wet and Minnesota and Washington were third wettest. The Intermountain West, Ohio Valley, and parts of the Mid-Atlantic were drier than average. Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Indiana, and Delaware had a top ten dry spring.
The U.S. Climate Extremes Index (USCEI), an index that tracks the highest and lowest 10 percent of extremes in temperature, precipitation, drought and tropical cyclones across the contiguous U.S., was a record-large 44 percent during the March-May period, over twice the average value. Extremes in warm daytime temperatures (81 percent) and warm nighttime temperatures (72 percent) covered large areas of the nation, contributing to the record high value.

Year-to-date (January-May)

The January-May months totaled the warmest such period on record for the contiguous United States, with an average temperature of 49.2?F, 5.0?F above the long-term average. Twenty-nine states, all east of the Rockies, were record warm for the five-month period and an additional 14 states had temperatures for the period among their ten warmest.
The year's first five months also brought dry conditions to much of the East. The Southwest was drier than average while wetter-than-average conditions persisted for the Pacific Northwest, Upper Midwest and the western Gulf Coast. The national precipitation total for the five-month period was nearly 1.0 inch below average.

12-month period (June 2011-May 2012)

The June 2011-May 2012 period was the warmest 12-month period of any 12 months on record for the contiguous United States. The nationally averaged temperature of 56.0?F was 3.2?F above the long-term average, surpassing the previous warmest 12-month period set last month by 0.4?F. The 12-month period encapsulated the second warmest summer, fourth warmest winter, and the warmest spring on record. Every state across the contiguous U.S. had warmer than average temperatures for the period, except Washington, which was near normal.

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Monday, June 4, 2012

PLR Internet Marketing Passes an Article Milestone | Top 10 Work at ...

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Online entrepreneurs need a steady flow of good content to help them grow their businesses. One site they can bookmark for an ongoing stream of high quality content is PLR Internet Marketing, which has recently passed a significant milestone in its flow of articles.

PLR Internet Marketing, a website devoted to online marketing and e-business, has recently published its 700th article, after only two years in business.

?We just celebrated our 2nd anniversary,? said Warren Wooden, founder and CEO of PLR Internet Marketing. ?And shortly after that, we published our 700th article. We?re growing like crazy here.?

Articles include topics like internet marketing, blogging, working from home, affiliate marketing, ebusiness, social media, search engine optimization (SEO) and more. ?All topics relate to how someone can start and run a business online, get the traffic they need, and be successful,? explained Mr. Wooden.

All articles are written either by Mr. Wooden or by featured guest writers and they adhere to a specific set of standards that PLR Internet Marketing has identified as being essential for readers. The standards include accuracy, ease of use, timeliness, relevance, and practicality. ?If an article passes those five qualities then it is ready to be posted on our site,? said Mr. Wooden.

Along with its volume of helpful articles, entrepreneurs will also find access to a free ebook plus a forum dedicated to internet marketing topics. The forum was recently opened so anyone could participate. And one of the biggest values that PLR Internet Marketing offers its readers is the loyal reader-base an active list of followers on Twitter, friends on Facebook, and blog commenters. ?Our readers are important to us,? said Mr. Wooden, ?they are not only our ?end users? but they also provide us with valuable feedback and ideas for more resources. We wouldnt be where we are today if it weren?t for our readers.?

This is only the beginning for PLR Internet Marketing. ?After 700 articles, we feel like we?re only getting started,? said Mr. Wooden. Due out later this year is a book called ?The Blog Owners Handbook?, a book that bloggers (and aspiring bloggers) can use to walk them step by step through starting up a blog that makes money. ?There are other opportunities in the works as well but it?s too early to reveal anything else just yet,? hints Mr. Wooden at his long list of resources and ideas for entrepreneurs.

?700 articles is just one milestone we wanted to cross. Now we?re looking forward to the 1000 article milestone,? he added.

More about PLR Internet Marketing: In the two short years that the company has been operating, PLR Internet Marketing has grown to become a trusted resource, and has made a name for itself among the highly competitive world of internet marketers.

More about Warren Wooden: After a couple of other business launches and years working in the corporate world, Mr. Wooden launched PLR Internet Marketing with the intention of creating a valuable resource-rich site focused exclusively on entrepreneurs.

For more information about PLR Internet Marketing or Warren Wooden, visit http://www.plrinternetmarketing.com or contact Mr. Wooden at contact (at) plrinternetmarketing (dot) com.

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