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GeoTaggin

New technology called geotagging, enables people to organize photos and videos based by where they were taken. Google has added an important new feature when you upload a video to YouTube. You now have the ability to give coordinates for the associated video - you can give lat/long coordinates or you can point the location out on a Google Maps map.

Hot Dog Stand, Where is my car?

CERN

ALICE
Components are assembled for A Large Ion Collider Experiment, a.k.a. ALICE, an experiment to measure the matter created in the extaordinarily high temperatures — estimated at 100,000 times hotter than the sun — that existed after the Big Bang and that will be created by the particle collider.



Massive Magnet
The central piece of the CMS detector weighs over 1900 tons. In this photo, taken in February of 2007, the central magnet is shown just after it was lowered into its place. According to CERN's website, this was a "challenging feat of engineering, as there are just 20 cm (8.6 inches) of leeway between the detector and the walls of the shaft."



Chips
A technician works on a layer of the CMS. More than 2000 scientists, from 37 countries, are collaborating in the experiments related to the CMS detector.


Data Center
During the experiments, CERN's computers will process 15 million gigabytes of data per year. To allow the thousands of scientists scattered around the globe to collaborate on the analysis of the data, tens of thousands of computers located around the world are being harnessed in a distributed computing network called the Grid.


The Magnet Core
Winding the solenoid coil of the CMS took five years to complete. When it is fully operational, it will generate a magnetic field 100,000 times stronger than the one produced by the Earth.


The Collider
Designed to recreate the conditions just after the Big Bang, the Large Hadron Collider, 27 kilometers (16.7 miles) long, is housed in a pipe-like structure 100 meters below ground. As part of the experiment, two beams of subatomic particles, called 'hadrons,' will travel in opposite directions inside the circular accelerator, gaining energy with every lap. Physicists will then let them collide head-on into each other and measure the results with the CMS and other instruments.



The Compact Muon Solenoid
Weighing over 12,500 tons, the CMS is one of two large general purpose detectors built on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). During the experiments, scientists will use it to investigate a wide range of physics, including the search for the elusive Higgs boson, extra dimensions, and particles that could make up dark matter.


CERN - Twenty member states contribute to The European Organization for Nuclear Research, known by its French acronym, CERN, a vast laboratory located 100 meters (328 feet) beneath the surface of the French-Swiss border.


Founded in 1952, CERN has been the location of some of the world's most important scientific developments. Tim Berners-Lee, commonly regarded as the father of the Internet, successfully tested his idea for the world wide web here in 1990.

Source: www.time.com

24 Hours With ...

24 Hours With ...

Name: Art Vacation
Career: TV/radio personality, Songwriter, Singer, Bistro owner, Co-founder of digital media
Professional Goal: Success in life is living the lifestyle you want
Life's Purpose: To inspire and entertain those around me with my passion for creativity, music, food and the finest hospitality I can offer in everyday of my life.
Personal Saying: Let's do it!
7am
Alarm clock beeps, stumble out of bed to the bathroom, drink one full glass of water and crawl back to bed.

8am
Mom or dad calls to chat about politics, their upcoming golf game and gold prices.

8.30am
The best meal of the day is prepared by the loveliest person in my life - Cake.

9am
On the phone with my stock broker, watch the news and get reports on current situations.

9.45am
Drive to work and put myself in the BIG idea mode, imagining I have already accomplished my goals and that I'm just doing what I need to maintain them.

10am
My first coffee of the day, scanning through all the headlines, ads and classified sections of most free and paid newspapers (I like to start with the free ones first).

10.30am
Go over my emails, taking daily multivitamins and getting interrupted by phone calls.

11am
My first meeting with people who wants to produce or sell TV shows. They are not always on time and so am I so I just kept checking email or talk on the phone until they all have arrived.

11.30am
By now my extrovert personality wants to act out but I'm trying to hold it down to be nice.

11.45am
I seize the right moment to deliver my take on the shows and wrap up the meeting, summarizing who has the ball in which court. By then, I'm usually interrupted by enough phone calls to fade out the meeting.

11.45am
Follow up on some previous project I could relate to from the ideas I jotted down in the last meeting (not that I wasn't paying attention) and read Forbes in the bathroom.

Noon
Check out the webstats on all of my websites and perform any update necessary to keep them current.

1pm
Run over to the newsroom, get change, rewrite the script and time the tapes of my daily afternoon show.

1.45pm
Make up and hairdo (my only moment of meditation).

2.15pm
Stand by in studio, get mic up and ear monitored.

2.30pm
Go live.

3pm
Grab some lunch (if I'm lucky). There's never any good food selection available by this time.

3.30pm
Get interrupted with producers who have troubles getting their sponsor's logos on air. Reconcile it with the censor department.

4pm
Some foreign clients present their business proposals, tv projects, digital media deals.

5pm
Come up with an idea for my new song after watching someone mocking James Blunt on youtube.

5.30pm
Get a kick out of watching some screeners from my extensive library of favorite all-time shows.

6pm
Call my boss to ask about scheduling changes, discuss show ideas and VTR policies.

6.30pm
Head out to the gym for some cardio action on the treadmill and get ideas for my radio show.

7pm
Weight lifting with my creative mentor - brother ko and brainstorm ideas.

8pm
Steam and sauna to my heart's content.

8.30pm
Show up at my bistro and try cooking my new recipes.

9.15pm
Start playing music with my band and take necessary breaks in between to talk to my customers.

1am
Get home and watch the news and try to avoid myself from going near the fridge for supper.

1.30am
Take a long cold shower and slip on my 20 year old cotton rag shirt and drink a glass of water before going to bed.