Thursday, April 11, 2013

Instashare review: Transfer files between your iPhone, iPad, and Mac instantly

Instashare for iPhone and iPad review: share files between iPhone, iPad, and Mac instantly

Instashare lets you quickly and easily transfer video files, music files, PDF presentations, and more between iPhone, iPad, and Mac over local Wi-Fi, or Bluetooth. There's no pairing or fancy setup needed. As long as two or more devices are running Instashare in the same area, you're good to go.

When you launch Instashare you're taken through a quick tutorial of how to use it. Afterwards, you're ready to start transferring files. Instashare supports both WiFi and Bluetooth transfers. That means if both of your devices have Bluetooth functionality, you don't even have to be connected to the internet in order to share files wirelessly. To share an app from Instashare for iPhone and iPad, just find the file you'd like to share via your camera roll (photo or video) and hold down and drag. You'll be automatically taken to the transfer screen where you can drop it to whatever device you'd like.

There are certain apps such as document and media apps that have share buttons. You should also see a send to Instashare option which will automatically launch the file sharing option and let you choose a device you want to share it with. The Mac version of Instashare is a free download from the Instashare website. It will basically sit in your task bar where you can drag files directly to it. While Instashare does support all file types, I have noticed that larger files sometimes time out during transfer and I'm not sure why this is. I experienced it frequently when trying to transfer audio or video files from iPhone to Mac.

Once you've received files from another device with Instashare you can view them natively inside Instashare or choose to save them or share them wherever you'd like. If you have any third party apps installed that support those specific file types, Instashare will also give you the option to open them directly within that app. For example, if you're viewing share options for a photo and have photo editing apps installed, you'll see an option to open them directly within that app.

The good

  • Bluetooth support means you don't even have to be connected to the internet to share files
  • You can easily add and remove trusted devices within settings whenever you'd like
  • Supports any file type, not just photos or videos

The bad

  • Seems to have trouble transferring larger files resulting in time outs or errors
  • When sending multiple files at once, they show up in one bulk upload that you have to scroll through
  • Sometimes devices that are within the network or paired don't show up correctly

The bottom line

Many people have wished for OS X AirDrop to come to Mac. It hasn't yet. Meanwhile, Instashare is shaping up to be a great way to share all kinds of files between iPhone, iPad, and Mac but it isn't quite there yet. The amount of errors, timeouts, and strange UI bugs I experienced would keep me from using it as a dedicated file sharing service. For the time being, an option like Droplr that also offers link shortening services is probably a better one.

    


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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Boxee TV becomes Boxee Cloud DVR, adds free 'Basic' DVR service

Boxee TV becomes Boxee Cloud DVR, adds free 'Basic' DVR service

Following the trend of everything accentuating its connection to the "cloud," Boxee has rebranded its new box as the Boxee Cloud DVR. GigaOm reports the company made the shift to emphasize its DVR features as a differentiator from other $99 set-tops like those offered by Roku and Apple. Other than the name change and a website redesign, one other new tack is a free "Basic" service package. Buyers still get the "All-access" $10 service tier free for a month upfront on a trial basis, which has unlimited storage and playback across different devices. Once that runs out however, they can opt for basic service where cloud-stored DVR recordings are limited to 5 hours of monthly playback on the box itself and expire after 90 days. While the DVR service's availability is still limited to eight markets, the plan is to expand to 26 by the end of this year. Once it rolls out to more areas and the DVR features come out of beta, we'll see if buyers are ready to give this second attempt at blending online and OTA video a shot.

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Spring rains bring life to Midwest granaries but foster Gulf of Mexico 'Dead Zone'

Apr. 9, 2013 ? NEW ORLEANS, April 9, 2013 ? The most serious ongoing water pollution problem in the Gulf of Mexico originates not from oil rigs, as many people believe, but rainstorms and fields of corn and soybeans a thousand miles away in the Midwest. An expert on that problem ? the infamous Gulf of Mexico ?Dead Zone? ? today called for greater awareness of the connections between rainfall and agriculture in the Midwest and the increasingly severe water quality problems in the gulf.

Keynoting a symposium at the 245th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society, the world?s largest scientific society, Nancy N. Rabalais, Ph.D., emphasized that oil spills like the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, claim a terrible toll. Sometimes, however, they overshadow the underlying water pollution problem that has been growing more and more severe for almost 40 years.

?The Dead Zone is a vast expanse of water, sometimes as large as the state of Massachusetts, that has so little oxygen that fish, shellfish and other marine life cannot survive,? Rabalais explained. ?The oxygen disappears as a result of fertilizer that washes off farm fields in the Midwest into the Mississippi River. Just as fertilizer makes corn and soybeans grow, it stimulates the growth of plants in the water ? algae in the Gulf. The algae bloom and eventually die and decay, removing oxygen from the water. The result is water too oxygen-depleted to support life.?

An oceanographer and executive director of the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, Rabalais spoke at a special symposium organized by 2012 ACS President Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, Ph.D. Abstracts of other presentations in the event, titled ?Water: A Grand Challenge for Science and Society,? appear below.

?Shortages in availability of water suitable for drinking, agriculture and industry are the common denominator in some of the great global challenges facing society in the 21st century,? Shakhashiri said. ?More than 1 billion people already lack access to reliable supplies of clean water. Climate change, surging population growth and other factors stand to make matters worse. I hope this symposium helps engage scientists in seeking solutions that help sustain Earth and its people.?

Rabalais described how the Dead Zone is getting larger and more desolate, with lower concentrations of oxygen dissolved in the water. The Gulf also seems to be more sensitive to the nitrogen and phosphorous fertilizers that wash down the Mississippi River and the Atchafalaya River today than it was in the past. Concentrations of fertilizer that caused a relatively small amount of oxygen depletion now are having a more profound effect.

Fish and shellfish either leave the oxygen-depleted water or die, causing losses to commercial and sports fisheries in the Gulf, she noted. Dead fish sometimes wash up onto beaches, with a negative impact on recreational activities and tourism.

Oil spills and other local pollution compound those negative effects on marine life, Rabalais noted. By day 77 of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, for instance, the oil slick had covered about one-third of the Dead Zone, making it even more inhospitable.

The amounts of phosphorus fertilizer compounds in the Lower Mississippi have doubled and nitrogen compounds have tripled nitrogen over the last 50 years, Rabalais said. Oxygen levels in the Dead Zone have declined in parallel.

Rabalais pointed out that advances in chemistry and other fields do promise solutions. Fertilizers that stay in the soil and resist runoff, for instance, could have a big impact. Genetically modifying crops so that they produce some of their own fertilizer could also help with the problem.

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Water is life and is to be celebrated
1. Nancy N. Rabalais, PhD, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, 8124 Highway 56, Chauvin, LA, 70344, United States, 985-851-2801, nrabalais@lumcon.edu

Every day I do, but I annually bring water from the Gulf of Mexico dead zone to a water ceremony at the Unitarian church in Baton Rouge where it is combined with waters from others from all over the world and locally. Some of the water is retained in the urn for the next year?s ceremony. Each year I bring my intent to continue to work for water quality in the Mississippi River watershed and its coastal ocean. The distances and seeming disconnects are large, but surprisingly short for a drop of water from the Gulf of Mexico to be transported inland and then flow with other droplets down the river to the ocean.

The imperative science needs for health-related water research and education
1. Joan B. Rose1, PhD, Michigan State University, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, 480 Wilson Road, Natural Resources Bldg Rm 13, East Lansing, MI, 48824, United States , 517-432-4412, rosejo@msu.edu

Linking advances in genomics research, mathematics and earth sciences as well as novel engineering technologies is imperative in order to create a future of globally safe water. To address the major challenges in managing the growing amounts of animal and human waste water pollution; protecting water resources and restoring an economically vital coastline, we will need to invest in the characterization of our water microbiological communities and shift the pollution science paradigm toward an understanding of risk and resilience under global change.

Water sustainability in a changing world
1. Jerald L. Schnoor1, PhD, The University of Iowa, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 52242, United States , 319-335-5649, jschnoor@engineering.uiowa.edu

Water is a vital renewable resource for society which is increasingly stressed by multiple demands for water supply, agriculture, industry, recreation, and ecosystem needs. Changes in water supply and demands for water are driven by population growth, climate and land use change, and our energy choices (such as biofuels, oil sands, and shale gas). In this talk, we discuss the drivers affecting water sustainability and potential solutions including: adapting to a changing water world, direct and indirect potable water reuse, resilient water infrastructure, and more holistic management of the water cycle. This paper also describes research at Clear Creek watershed (270 km2), a tributary of the Iowa River in eastern Iowa, to create an environmental observing facility and intelligent digital watershed (IDW) for better water management and prediction.

Future of urban water systems: Technological and institutional challenges
1. David Sedlak1, PhD, University California, Berkeley, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 657 Davis Hall, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, United States , 510-643-0256, sedlak@berkeley.edu

The complex infrastructure that cities rely upon for water supply, treatment and drainage are struggling to keep up with the combined effects of climate change, population growth, underinvestment in maintenance and a growing recognition of the impacts of contaminants that cannot be removed easily by existing treatment processes. Technological solutions to these problems that employ the latest developments in materials science, chemistry, biology and electronics are capable of greatly enhancing the performance of these systems. However, the success of these next generation technologies will depend upon their integration into the institutions responsible for urban water management.

Convergence of nanotechnology and microbiology: Emerging opportunities for water disinfection, integrated urban water management, and risk assessment
1. Pedro J. Alvarez1, PhD, Rice University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 6100 Main Street, MS 519, Houston, TX, 77005, United States , 713-348-5903, alvarez@rice.edu

The extraordinary properties of some nanomaterials offer leapfrogging opportunities to develop next-generation applications for drinking water disinfection and safer wastewater reuse (e.g., photocatalytically-enhanced disinfection, biofouling-resistant membranes, and biofilm- and corrosion-resistant surfaces). The multifunctional and high-efficiency processes enabled by nanotechnology are broadly applicable in both industrialized and developing countries, by enabling the retrofitting of aging infrastructure and the development of high performance point-of-use devices that facilitate differential water treatment and reuse. On the other hand, the use of nanomaterials in commercial products is outpacing the development of knowledge and regulations to mitigate potential risks associated with their release to the environment. Therefore, it is important to understand how engineered nanoparticles interact with microorganisms, which form the basis of all known ecosystems and provide critical environmental services such as nitrogen cycling. The convergence of nanotechnology with environmental microbiology could expand the limits of technology, enhance global health through safer water reuse, and contribute towards sustainable and integrated water management. This presentation will consider the antibacterial mechanisms of various nanomaterials within the context of environmental implications and applications. Research needs to steward ecologically responsible nanotechnology will also be discussed.

Confronting the water challenge: Dow technologies increase the flow
1. William F. Banholzer1, PhD, The Dow Chemical Company, Executive Department, 2030 Dow Center, Midland, MI, 48674, United States , 989-636-0718, mbiehler@dow.com

Dow is a leader in purification, separation and chemical technology, with a longstanding legacy of technology innovation for improving water quality and utilization. Communities throughout the world depend on Dow reverse osmosis membrane technology for desalination and water reclamation. Dow has also made investments that are solving the water-borne disease crisis by bringing affordable, potable water through deployment of low-cost, community-based water systems. In addition, new processes for chemical production have been deployed that dramatically reduce wastewater production, helping to preserve freshwater resources.

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The Sound of Tyranny for German Home School Family - Robert ...

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In a remarkably short time, Germany recovered smartly from the wreckage of its defeat in World War II to become the economic strong man of Europe.

Monuments to the nation?s plunge into Nazism remain at Dachau and other death camps as grim reminders of the dangers of an all-powerful state with a messianic leader.

Curiously, one aspect of the old Nazi state that originated in 1918, even before the Nazis took power, remains: a prohibition on home schooling. It seems the current education authorities are willing to enforce this draconian law to keep their monopoly.

A courageous German Christian couple refused to hand over their children to the government schools and fled to America three years ago. Now, the Obama Administration is trying to send them back. A likely outcome would be the state seizing the children and imprisoning the parents.

In December 2010, U.S. Immigration Judge Lawrence O. Burman granted asylum to Uwe and Hannalore Romeike, who home school their five children (they now have another baby as well). The family is living in Tennessee.

The U.S. Agency for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) filed an appeal, arguing that homeschoolers are not a fit category for granting asylum. Keep in mind that they bend the law to grant asylum to others, including same-sex partners. The Board of Immigration Appeals overturned Judge Burman?s decision, and the family is fighting deportation.

Romeike v. Holder is now before the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and will be heard on April 23.

In his ruling, Judge Burman declared that Germany?s policy abridges ?basic human rights that no country has a right to violate? and is ?repellent to everything we believe in as Americans.?

Indeed, the United States has long protected parental rights. In 1925, the Supreme Court in Pierce v. Society of Sisters struck down Oregon?s compulsory attendance law, saying,

?The fundamental theory of liberty upon which all governments in this Union repose excludes any general power of the state to standardize its children by forcing them to accept instruction from public teachers only. The child is not the mere creature of the state; those who nurture him and direct his destiny have the right, coupled with the high duty, to recognize and prepare him for additional obligations.?

The Obama Administration cited a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights, which says ?the public education laws of Germany do not violate basic human rights.?

Source: http://townhall.com/columnists/robertknight/2013/04/09/the-sound-of-tyranny-for-german-home-school-family-n1561552

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What's Next For The Best Male Performance Nominees?

Our look at the future of the 2013 MTV Movie Awards nominees continues with a glimpse into the future for the Best Male Performance category. These five leading men have a ton coming up, so here's our handy roundup. VOTE FOR BEST MALE PERFORMANCE NOW! Click past the jump to see what Ben Affleck, Bradley [...]

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Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Victory Ranch summer camp having international impact in its tenth ...

Victory Ranch, founded by Memphians Dennis and Anne Smith, has grown considerably in recent years, attracting as many as 700-plus campers each summer to its Bolivar, Tenn.-based site. (Photo by Garrett Harrison)

NOWHERE TO GO BUT UP: Victory Ranch, founded by Memphians Dennis and Anne Smith, has grown considerably in recent years, attracting as many as 700-plus campers each summer to its Bolivar, Tenn.-based site. (Photo by Garrett Harrison)

Dennis Smith, the longtime director of operations and athletics at Presbyterian Day School, has always exhibited the fervent desire for expanding in ministry through sports, recreation, and teachings based on Biblical principles.

Little did he know, his passion for ministry would come full circle when he and his wife, Anne, founded Victory Ranch in nearby Bolivar, Tenn.

?We?ve been involved in education for a long time,? Dennis Smith, a native of Memphis, said. ?And we felt there would be more of a bigger opportunity for ministry for a captive audience.?

Such a following, in many aspects, has benefited the Smiths immensely, in large part because Victory Ranch, a non-profit, Christian-based organization that will?begin its 10th year?of operations next month, has had an international impact in recent years, a trend that has resulted in considerable amount of growth since its inception.

Established in November 2002, Victory Ranch first began serving Mid-Southerners as a retreat destination. In 2004, the organization held its first full-fledge summer camp, accommodating as many as 400 attendees on its spacious campus, which is housed roughly one mile away from the nearest highway in the rural town of Bolivar. Today, Victory Ranch rests on approximately 500 acres, more than 100 of which feature a majority of its camp activities from various sports and recreations, horse trails, equestrians, and other camp-related outdoor events.

Designed primarily as a summer camp for kids, Victory Ranch?s Outdoor Challenge facilities are considered among the best in the country, in part because they meet exacting construction and safety standards, a spokesman for the organization said. For instance, its four air-conditioned lodges can accommodate groups up to 160 for overnight outings. Each lodge, in fact, is equipped with a commons room suitable for small group meetings. And its dining hall gives large groups plenty of room and all the audio-visual equipment necessary.

?We have unbelievable facilities,? Dennis Smith said.

Not only that, Victory Ranch earned a reputation as one of America?s most popular summer camps, considering it is comprised of educators and our adventure specialists who are armed with a wealth of passion for nurturing and challenging children from various walks of life. A number of Victory Ranch staffers ? all of whom have close ties to Dennis and Anne Smith ? have been affiliated with the organization since its inception, which has proven beneficial in terms of attracting young campers on an annual basis.

Dennis and Anne Smith founded Victory Ranch in November 2002 and hosted their first summer camp in May 2004.

Dennis and Anne Smith founded Victory Ranch in November 2002 and hosted their first summer camp in May 2004.

?I would say our staff of full-time directors and college students have been the key to our staff,? Dennis Smith said. ?We have a connection to each one we hire, whether they?re in high or college. Unlike most camps and organizations, we have to know them in order to hire them.

In recent years, Victory Ranch hosted seven camps, which typically began in late May and ran through the end of July. This year, however, organizers have upped that number to eight, largely because of the lengthy waiting lists for five camps last year. The first weeklong camp is scheduled to begin on May 28. In all, organizers expect as many as 800 youngsters this year.

What?s so intriguing about Victory Ranch is that its summer youth programs routinely attract campers from as many as 60 American cities, approximately 25 U. S. states, not to mention a number of attendees from foreign countries such as England, German, and Puerto Rico.

?I think it?s neat to have that diverse camp,? said Dennis Smith, whose wife, Anne, is an Art and Technology instructor at Evangelical Christian School. ?Obviously, it?s more laid back in the South. But it?s great to have that international presence.?

If this year mirrors the success and overwhelming responses Victory Ranch garnered last year, Dennis Smith said the possibility exist his staff will add a ninth camp next year to an organization that just keeps expanding.

?It?s not a 9 (am) to 3 (pm) camp,? he said. ?If they come on Sunday, they stay a whole week and some even stay two weeks if they like. We?re certainly proud to be a part of it. We live and breathe summer camps.?

Registration for Victory Ranch camps will take place until all spots are filled. For more information, call (731) 659-2251 or visit www.victoryranch.org.

Andre Johnson is a senior writer and the NBA reporter for MemphiSport. To reach Johnson, email him at andre@memphisport.net. Also, follow him on Twitter @AJ_Journalist.

Source: http://memphisport.com/2013/04/victory-ranch-summer-camp-having-international-impact-in-its-tenth/

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Automate Pet Care with a Raspberry Pi-Powered Feeding System

Automate Pet Care with a Raspberry Pi-Powered Feeding SystemAutomate Pet Care with a Raspberry Pi-Powered Feeding System Whether you're going away for a night or just don't feel like getting out of bed on Saturday morning, this Raspberry Pi-powered contraption can take over your pet feeding obligations.

It wasn't long ago that we featured a Raspberry Pi-powered treat dispenser, but this machine differs by actually dispensing full food portions for two different pets. Davy Bryan hacked it together with a Raspberry Pi, breadboard, some servos, and a cereal dispenser like you'd see at a continental breakfast counter. You can enable it over Wi-Fi to feed your pets while you're away, or even pop in some cereal or Chex mix to feed humans instead.

The build isn't for the faint of heart, but Davy included a comprehensive parts list, instructions, and a GitHub repo with all of his python scripts if you want to tackle it yourself.

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