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South Sudan is now an independent nation

The BBC’s Will Ross says the party has begun in the capital Juba

South Sudan has become the world’s newest nation, the climax of a process made possible by the 2005 peace deal that ended a long and bloody civil war.

Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon are among international dignitaries attending celebrations in the capital, Juba.

Sudan earlier became the first state to officially recognise its new neighbour.

Storm8 comes on strong with three new Android games

Storm8 has launched three strong games on Android mobile devices in recent weeks, bringing to 13 thenumber of titles the mobile game company has on Google’s mobile operating system. The titles are simple simulation and role-playing games — City Story, Fashion Story and Zoo Story. Graphically, they are like many other mobile games already available.

VLC media player suffering in face of crapware and uncaring Google

Ask any geek for a media player recommendation that runs on Windows, Mac, or Linux, and you’re guaranteed to hear VLC mentioned quite often. It’s free to download and use, includes support for just about any video format you’d want to watch, and has a dedicated team of developers behind it.

The problem is, while VLC is developed as a not-for-profit open source project, other companies are taking advantage of its popularity to distribute adware and spyware.

28 Principles of Animation

There are some principles of animation that can be consciously used in any scene. We should familiarize ourselves with them for both animation and animation-cleanup.

To illustrate these principles, I have chosen a supposedly simple scene. When the scene is analyzed, it is apparent how far one may go in using these principles.

http://freedomit26.com/28-principles-of-animation/

The 10 most dangerous food additives

A fat substitute synthesized by Procter & Gamble. Because human digestive enzymes can’t break down the big molecules, Olestra contributes 0 calories to your diet.

Why it’s scary: In the late ’90s, Frito-Lay released Olestra-enhanced WOW chips and Procter & Gamble introduced Fat Free Pringles. Both products were required to carry warning labels to notify .........

Monster storm still raging on Saturn

Imagine being caught in a thunderstorm as wide as the Earth with discharges of lightning 10,000 times more powerful than normal, flashing 10 times per second at its peak.
Now imagine that this storm is still unfolding, eight months later.
One of the most violent weather events in the Solar System began to erupt on Saturn last December and is still enthralling astronomers, the British journal Nature reported on Wednesday.
Two studies draw on observations by professional and amateur astronomers using a broad range of gear, from relatively small ground-based telescopes to NASA’s magnificent scoutcraft, Cassini.
Saturn, like Jupiter, is no stranger to convective storms.
It too is a “gas giant,” or planet comprising layers of thick, roiling gases rather than a rock, like Earth, Mars, Venus and Mercury.

Zach Galifianakis Interview On The Perils Of Fame [video]

Zach Galifianakis interview on the success of the first big film and being recognized in public as ‘the fat guy from The Hangover’.

At some point when we weren’t looking, Zach Galifianakis became one of the hottest comedians in Hollywood.