Is it a bird, is it a phone, no it’s… Smarterman

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BRITS are using smartphones more and more research shows they are replacing watches, address books, MP3 players and even TVs. And thats not the limit of their potential.

Here futurist BEN HAMMERSLEY, author of 64 Things You Need To Know Now For Then and editor-at-large of technology magazine Wired, tells us what we can expect in the future.

Futurist ... Ben Hammersley

YOU are a superhuman. Or if youre not, you at least know someone who is.

Dont believe me?

Can you summon vast swathes of knowledge in just a few seconds? Can you tell how your friends are feeling, even if theyre miles away?

If you get lost, can you locate yourself to within three feet, in just seconds?

Can you remember whole novels, albums, calendars and to-do lists flawlessly?

Anyone with a smartphone can do all of these things.

The technology has made superheroes of us all.

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Participants: Freedom Walk a time of remembrance

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Janis Upchurch, like most, remembers exactly where she was on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001.

I was teaching first grade, Upchurch said. We heard about it, turned on the TV, and thats when the towers started to fall. My son was in elementary school at the time, but that event made up his mind about joining the Marines.

Upchurch, the president of Blue Star Mothers Chapter 12, was one of 50 to 75 people who participated in the 2012 Freedom Walk on Saturday morning. The event was started five years ago to commemorate the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, as well as honor all retired and active duty military, police and fire personnel.

Gary Young, an Air Force veteran, brought his sister and son with him for the walk. Young said he has been involved in the event for all five years, and he wouldnt miss it for the world.

I like the purpose behind it, Young said. Id like to see more people participate though. I dont think anyone has forgotten about what happened, but it would be nice if they came out and joined with us in remembrance.

There were snacks and drinks preceding the walk, as well as a short ceremony consisting of a prayer, the singing of the national anthem, the Pledge of Allegiance, and the playing of taps by Muskogee High School Band Director Steve Wiles.

Oscar Ray also gave a short speech where he addressed the importance of remembering the tragedy, but also the higher importance of celebrating the heroes and their accomplishments.

Im pretty sure when the families who lost someone that day remember their loved ones, they smile, Ray said. This should be more of a celebration of life than a somber remembrance.

Thea Devers, who also is an Air Force veteran, said she spent the morning of Sept. 11 at work and couldnt believe it when American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon.

I was a courier for the White House and the state department, Devers said. The Pentagon was one of my many stops. It could have been me in there when it happened. I thank God I missed it.

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Freedom Fall in Game Three 5-2, Trail 2-1 in Series

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September 8, 2012 - Frontier League (FL) Florence Freedom Florence, KY-The Gateway Grizzlies spoiled the first ever home playoff game for the Florence Freedom with a 5-2 win on Saturday night at the Home of the Florence Freedom.

The Grizzlies now lead the best of five division series 2-1 with the Freedom facing elimination Sunday night.

Gateway got a solid start from Chris Enourato(1-0) who limited the Freedom to five hits in his five innings while striking out four. The only run he surrendered was an RBI groundout by Pierre LePage in the third inning, which gave the Freedom a 1-0 lead.

The Grizzlies took the lead for good in the fifth. Jonathan Johnson was hit by Freedom starter Andy Clark(0-1) with the bases loaded to tie the game at 1-1. Chris McClendon then reached on a fielder's choice to produce another run for a 2-1 lead.

Clark worked 6.1 innings giving up four hits on three earned runs. He struck out six, but also hit three batters.

The Freedom attempted a comeback against the Grizzly bullpen in the eighth. Drew Rundle's RBI double against Zach Treece cut the deficit to 5-2. However that would be the closest they would get as Richard Barrett earned his second save of the postseason retiring the Freedom 1-2-3 in the ninth.

Rundle and Peter Fatse each provided the Freedom offense with two hits. McClendon went 1-5 with 2 RBI, while Rogelio Norris went 1-4 with a solo homerun for the victorious Grizzlies.

The Freedom and Grizzlies will play game four of their divisional series Sunday night. LHP Andres Caceres (7-3, 3.90) will make the start for Florence. RHP Paul Tremlin (7-4, 3.72) will take the mound for the Grizzlies. The game can be heard with Steve Jarnicki starting at 5:50 on Real Talk 1160 and realtalk1160.com.

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SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A $28.5 million project to replenish sand on eight San Diego County beaches got underway Saturday in Imperial Beach, according to the San Diego Association of Governments.

Between September and December, more than 1.4 million cubic yards of sand will be dredged to restore eroded beaches in Imperial Beach, Solana Beach, Encinitas, Carlsbad and Oceanside, SANDAG officials said.

"People from around the world come to San Diego County to enjoy our world-class surf and beaches, so it's important we restore eroded beaches by periodically replenishing them with additional sand," said Jerome Stocks, SANDAG chair and Encinitas mayor. "Sand replenishment also benefits shorebirds by providing them with an additional sandy beach habitat; and it helps support our local economy, as well as protect public and private infrastructure from high tides and storm damage."

County beaches have steadily eroded over the past decades and sand no longer flows downstream due to development, water supply and flood control projects, and modifications to the coastline, according to SANDAG.

The beaches will be replenished in 500-foot segments, which will not be publicly accessible as sand-laden water is pumped in. The closures will shift along the fill site until each beach is completed.

The sand will be dredged from designated offshore areas within a mile of the shoreline that have sand similar to that on the beaches or is slightly coarser, SANDAG said.

The cities of Carlsbad, Encinitas, Imperial Beach, Oceanside and Solana Beach are funding the project, along with the California Department of Boating and Waterways.

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GLOVERSVILLE - There will be an astronomy program, titled "Astronomy for Everyone," at 6 p.m. Monday in the Carnegie Room at the Gloversville Public Library.

The program will take participants on a virtual journey through the stars, a news release said. There will be hands-on activities included.

Weather permitting, the program will move outside and use a telescope to look at the rings of Saturn and other objects, the release said.

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Libertarian Tim Menger, who faces scandal-plagued Republican Jared Wright in Colorados House District 54, addressed Club 20 this morning. The Western Slope group originally did not invite him to participate in legislative debates. (Lynn Bartels/The Denver Post)

The controversy over Club 20 snubbing Libertarian candidate Tim Menger at its legislative debates ended today when he spoke to the group after an 11th-hour invitation.

I almost turned down your late invitation because I didnt want to show up to a place I had shamed into letting me in, he said.

Menger faces Republican Jared Wright in House District 54, which straddles Mesa and Delta counties. No Democrat ran for the seat, something the party kicked itself over after problems with Wrights finances and his tenure as a Fruita police officer surfaced.

Menger said he has a shot of winning the seat in the Republican-dominated district if he can pick up most of the Democrats, unaffiliated voters and some Republicans.

What I need is 2,500 of the 12,000 registered Republicans in my district to say, Hey I dont want to send a dishonest person to the state legislature. I am going to jump over for this election and I am going to vote Libertarian, get that guy in there, see what he does, Menger said.

Club 20 traditionally does not invite third-party candidates to its debates unless they represent 1 percent of the voter registration of the district. That wasnt the case in House District 54 so Wright was scheduled to have a solo presence on the stage.

A Libertarian Party official wanted to protest at Club 20, but Menger said he didnt support that.

I said, No, not only is it in my back yard but I am not protester. Club 20 is a club and they have a right to invite whoever they want, said Menger, who did write a protest letter to his local paper.

Wright ended up canceling at the last minute, and Club 20s executive board decided Friday to let Wright speak today for five minutes.

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Freedom's Burgess runs for 287 yards, 4 TDs in win over Draughn

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Freedom senior James Caldwell (right) gets to the sideline on a long kickoff return against Draughn on Friday in Morganton.

Freedom High senior running back David Burgess said after Fridays 34-14 home win over Draughn that 1,000 yards was his goal this season.

Reaching that mark is almost a foregone conclusion after the game of his life.

Burgess racked up 230 yards on the ground in the first half alone and finished the Patriots victory over their county rivals with 287 yards and four touchdowns on just 18 carries. His total shattered his previous career high of two weeks ago by more than 100 yards.

In the process, Burgess eclipsed the 2,000-yard rushing mark for his varsity career and now has a county-best 704 yards and 11 TDs on 67 attempts this fall.

We started off the game trying to run it inside on them, Freedom coach Mike Helms said. Then we went to the spread, and thats what really worked for us. Davids a special kid and he had a special game. Weve grown to expect that kind of thing from him.

(Burgess) just broke tackles and made us miss, Draughn coach Scott Lambert added. Theyve got some very talented athletes over there.

Burgess 67-yard touchdown run made it 6-0 Freedom after one quarter. The Wildcats (3-1) stormed back, though, to lead 14-6 with 4:42 to play until halftime after TDs on the ground by Adam Estep (17 carries, team-high 68 yards) and Dustin Bryant (11 carries, 37 yards).

Freedom (3-1) had a quick answer. Burgess pulled within one yard of 2,000 after a 7-yard dash up the middle into the end zone, set up by a 63-yard kickoff return by James Caldwell. His two-point conversion reception from quarterback Shawn Fairchild knotted the score.

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Cyborg Cockroaches Exist, Could Save Your Life One Day [Video]

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In the photo above, a cyborg cockroach is steered along a curving line by remote control. Thats right, a cyborg cockroach.

Practically since the advent of robotics humanity has been working on ways to put a machine in harms way rather than a human. Unmanned aerial drones for the military, for example, can scout for danger and even deliver an attack.

But North Carolina State scientists have their mind on a smaller scale figuring out how to help someone buried in rubble, or gather information on a hostile environment unsafe for people. The obvious solution cyborg cockroaches.

NBC News reports that scientists have outfitted a cockroach with a high-tech backpack that allows researchers to remotely control where it moves. Many unmanned small robots exist, but making them insect-size small has been a challenge because of the large batteries needed to power them. The scientists came up with a creative solution to this dilemma.

Insects have a power process on them, a natural one, Alper Bozkurt, an electrical engineer at North Carolina State University, told NBC News. We just needed to supply power for communication, which is not much.

Slate reports that the Madagascar hissing cockroaches are outfitted with a backpack with electrodes connected to their antennae and cerci. By administering a charge to either the cerci, left antennae or right antennae, scientist control where the bug will go. A jolt to the cerci convinces the bug that something is sneaking up on it, and it will speed up. A jolt to the right antennae turns it left, and a jolt to the left antennae turns it right.

The researchers pointed out that the bugs have a sense of feel, which is key in the the steering mechanism, but add that they do not have pain sensors.

Dont look for an army of cyborg cockroach rescuers to hit the scene on a natural disaster any time soon though. The researchers said their success rate of getting one of the bionic bugs to complete the s-course seen in the video below was only about 10 percent, with the weigh of the backpack sometimes slowing the bugs response time.

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Liberty Global Inc. ( LBTYA ), a leading cable MSO of Europe and Latin America, launches an innovative digital TV network, called "Horizon TV". This digital TV platform will enable customers to view and share all of their favorite content across the TV, laptop, tablet and smartphone. Initially this service will be available in the Netherlands and then in Switzerland, Germany, and Ireland within the next 3-6 months.

With Horizon TV, customers can share TV showing in multiple screens such as computers, and Apple Inc. ( AAPL ) developed iPhones and iPads. Horizon TV also features an in-build application store for YouTube, Wikipedia and Facebook. In the second quarter, the company added 244,000 digital video subscribers. At the end of the reported quarter of 2012, Liberty Global had 8.6 million digital cable subscribers with a penetration rate of 49%.

Horizon TV gateway also offers triple-play services of video, Internet, and wireless voice. It uses Intel Corp. 's ( INTC ) Atom chipset as processor. At the end of the previous quarter, Liberty Global had 5.6269 million triple-play clients, up 3.5% year over year. In the coming years, we believe Liberty Global's revenue will continue to benefit from a 'triple play' of video, broadband, and telephone, as it signs up more "bundled" customers in Europe and Latin America.

Deployment of high-speed DOCSIS 3.0 network has significantly helped Liberty Global to differentiate its offerings in the industry. Management has devised a plan to deploy EuroDOCSIS 3.0 in the range of 80%-90% of all UPC broadband divisions in Western, Central, and Eastern Europe.

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Liberty Global Deploys Revolutionary Horizon Platform with Enabling Technologies From NDS

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IBC 7-11 Sept, 2012-- NDS, now part of Cisco, is proud to announce the deployment of its solutions as part of the Liberty Global Horizon platform, initially deployed by Liberty Globals cable operation UPC in the Netherlands.

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Balan Nair, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Liberty Global: We are delighted to be announcing the launch of the Horizon platform. Over the course of this project we have worked with some outstanding partners to achieve an industry first, and through the provision of the key technologies and solutions for Horizon, NDS have been instrumental in enabling us to provide such an exceptional user experience for our subscribers. He added, We look forward to NDS continued support as we take our service to the next level.

Yves Padrines, Vice President and General Manager EMEA, NDS, now part of Cisco: The Horizon platform has catalysed industry development of next generation technologies, and as the first deployment of its kind, we are extremely excited to be a part of this innovative initiative. He added, We look forward to continuing to support Liberty Global as it revolutionises the way millions of people enjoy content.

About NDS

NDS, now part of Cisco, creates the technologies and applications that enable pay-TV operators to securely deliver digital content to TV STBs (set-top boxes), DVRs (digital video recorders), PCs, mobiles and other multimedia devices. Over 90 of the worlds leading pay-TV platforms rely on NDS solutions to protect and enhance their business.

NDS VideoGuard is the worlds market-leading content and service protection solution, deployed in 133 million pay-TV households. VideoGuard conditional access (CA) and digital rights management (DRM) technologies safeguard pay-TV service revenues exceeding $50 billion. NDS middleware, which enables a host of advanced services for subscribers, has been deployed on 226 million devices. NDS DVR technology, centred around XTV, is a leader in the global industry with 49 million units deployed. (Deployment figures as of 30th April 2012).

Headquartered in the UK, with over 5000 employees, NDS remains committed to investing in technology and development with over 75% of its employees dedicated to pioneering work at development centres in France, India, Israel, Korea, UK and US.

NDS is now part of Cisco. See http://www.cisco.com/go/nds for more information.

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The Texas Libertarian Party exists to give voters a choice

If it wasn't for the Libertarian Party voters would have had only one candidate on their ballot in two Congressional Districts, four State Board of Education Districts, seven State Senate Districts, twenty-four State House Districts, one Supreme Court Justice race and two contests for Justices for the Court of Criminal Appeals.

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The Libertarian Party is the third-largest political party in Texas, and stands for constitutional government, free markets, civil liberties and peace. You can find more information on the Libertarian Party of Texas at http://www.lptexas.org.

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