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Grayl Bottle Purifies Drinking Water In Less Than A Minute
You are Single Again? Here’s A 1965 Ford Mustang Pool Table
Auction starts for private island
Taurus Model PT-1911 Large Frame Pistol, 45 ACP, 5" Barrel, Checkered Black Grip, Stainless Steel Finish, 8 Rd - $620.99
Ongoing road project affecting Largo pedestrians
This Is What Photosynthesis Looks Like From Space
Plants grown and sustain themselves through photosynthesis—a seemingly invisible process that converts sunlight into energy. Now, NASA scientists have developed a way to measure photosynthesis from satellites with unprecedented detail.
This Quadcopter Video of Niagara Is Way Better Than a Tightrope
Wmy2k7need one of these..........
It's crazy hot out there this week, but this gorgeous video shot from a remote-control helicopter hovering over Niagara Falls lets you (nearly) feel the cool, refreshing spray on your sweaty overheated face.
    
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Meet The World's Most Badass 130 MPH Fire-Spitting Lawnmower
Honda took their HF2620 Lawn Tractor, gave it a new chromoly chassis, a custom body, ATV wheels with bespoke suspension, and the 1000cc engine from a VTR Firestorm motorcycle. They call it the Mean Mower.
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The Many Ways in Which Google Is Trying to Take Over the World
A report emerged late Tuesday that Google is working on building its own cable TV service. The move would bring Google up from being the owner of a mere streaming video site to competing with telecom giants like Comcast. That means Google would have an entirely new—if related—industry to disrupt and, potentially, dominate. Which leaves one glaring question hanging in the air: Doesn't Google dominate enough industries already?
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You Won't Believe How Much Netflix Crops Your Movies
Did you know that Netflix is cropping the hell out of movies? I didn't. But even if you had noticed, it's unlikely you realize just how bad it gets. A semi-new Tumblr called What Netflix Does has pointed out the extent of the trimming. And it's atrocious.
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The Technology You Need to Protect Against Mass Surveillance
In the past several weeks, EFF has received many requests for advice about privacy tools that provide technological shields against mass surveillance. We've been interested for many years in software tools that help people protect their own privacy; we've defended your right to develop and use cryptographic software, we've supported the development of the Tor software, and written privacy software of our own. This article looks at some of the available tools to blunt the effects of mass surveillance.
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A Revolutionary All-Seeing Camera Lens That Puts the Lytro To Shame
It hasn't exactly been a runaway hit with consumers, but on a technical level the Lytro camera introduced some brilliant innovation to the world of digital photography. Its revolutionary optics capture an almost infinite depth of field letting you adjust focus to whatever's in the frame when you're post-processing. But as researchers from Saarland University in Saarbrücken, Germany, have demonstrated with a new camera accessory, the Lytro is just the tip of the iceberg.
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A Mechanical Wooden Pencil That Will Never Go Dull
As low-tech as it may be, the pencil has managed to still keep itself relevant—despite the endless graphite-free ways we can communicate these days. That being said, it doesn't mean it couldn't use an upgrade, and we love how Tous Les Jours has managed to combine the convenience of a mechanical pencil with the feel of a traditional wooden writing instrument.
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Thanks to a Secret Court the NSA Can Continue Spying on Americas
On Friday, the secret court that oversees cases related to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act renewed the order that enables the NSA to compel telecom companies to hand over records whenever it wants. Translation: No end in sight to the NSA spying on phone records.
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Rumor: Canon Is Testing a 75-Megapixel Pro DSLR
As camera rumors go, this one's pretty insane: Photography Bay is claiming that a reliable source has told it that Canon is testing "a pro-sized body like the 1D X" which packs a sensor with over 75 megapixels. Which: wow.
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Brown Bear 500 rounds 9mm 115 - grain FMJ Ammo with Can - $84.49 after coupon "SG3107" + S/H
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Ruger 1296 TALO 10/22 22LR BATTLESHIP GRAY ATI TELE STOCK 25RD ffs - $309.99 shipped
Safety Harbor to build 9/11 memorial with WTC steel
Police: Man stole 1,500 pills from Clearwater pharmacy
Wash. state man says shooting followed VP's advice
Fisherman gets 230-lb. tuna despite capsized boat
Worms with Heads Cut Off grow New Head and Remember the Past
There are lots of crazy things in nature that are unbelievable. You have probably read about starfish being able to regenerate lost arms or how frogs can freeze solid for months with no heart beat and thaw out and be good as new in the summer. Many species of worms also have the ability to regrow chopped off sections of their body including internal organs, see the video below for some information on that. It turns out that when the brain regrows it also retains the memories of the brain that was chopped off. This was tested by training flatworms to travel across a rough surface to access food prior to chopping their heads off, when the new head grew back the work remembered how to get to it’s food.
In the 50s a scientist also demonstrated that you could teach these worms to travel through a maze just by feeding untrained worms the ground up bodies of worms that were trained in the maze. Just imagine what our world would be like if the human body also operated in the same way?
Sewage Workers’ Request: Please Stop Flushing Disposable Wipes, You’re Clogging The Pipes
Just because something is marketed as disposable or flushable, that doesn’t mean it’s necessarily a good thing for city sewer systems. In fact, many of workers are now begging us as a nation to stop flushing disinfecting wipes or those “use these when toilet paper just isn’t enough” wipes, because they end up clogging pipes down the line.
Those who operate city sewer systems say that although there’s that convenience factor of flushing wipes when you’re done, once the cloth-like material doesn’t break down like traditional toilet paper. After they leave your toilet the wipes continue on their merry way into the sewer system, where it can seriously gum up the works and cost cities big bucks to repair, reports USA Today.
It’s gotten worse lately as the market has become flooded with bathroom wipes, either as cleaning products or personal hygiene items for that oh-so-fresh feeling toilet paper can’t always provide.
“It’s getting to be more and more of a problem,” said the superintendent for the city of Sauk Centre, Minn. That city had to hire someone to vacuum out a lift station, resulting in a truckload of cloth material.
This kind of thing is going on everywhere, says Cynthia Finley, director of regulatory affairs for the National Association of Clean Water Agencies.
“Consumers are being told by the packaging that these things are flushable,” Finley says.
So what’s a savvy consumer to do? You don’t have to stop buying the wipes — just make sure you toss them out in the garbage instead of sending them shooting off into cloggy pipe land.
Wipes in the pipes snarling sewers [USA Today]
Gandalf-approved E-Pipe!
Electronic cigarettes are the future! They’ve triggered a revolution in the world of nicotine, but what about an alternative for pipe smokers? This clever design uses the same personal-vaporizer technology in the form of the classic smoking pipe. Cheaper, cleaner, healthier, and cooler!
Designer: Cyrille Durand
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This Week’s Sizzling HDTV Deals
Updated July 21, 2013
The July HDTV deals continue as TV makers add new dealer incentives in the form of instant savings in an effort to lower their inventories. This week new savings appear on big screens from LG, Panasonic, Samsung, Sharp and Toshiba with screen sizes from 39 to 60-inches. Savings are up to 45% off retail.
There are also a number of bundle deals with a free Blu-ray player on select Samsungs and Free Netflix (limited time) subscriptions from Sony on select models.
We also scoured last week’s deals and as predicted, many of the dealer incentives have been extended and appear below. In a few cases prices have dropped even lower.
The list of the 25 best deals begins after the break.
LG Electronics 50LN5400 50-Inch 1080p LED-LCD HDTV with Smart Share
LG Electronics 55LN5400 55-Inch 1080p LED-LCD HDTV with Smart Share
LG Electronics 47LN5700 47-Inch 1080p LED-LCD HDTV with Smart TV
Panasonic TC-P50S60 50-Inch 1080p 600Hz Plasma HDTV
Samsung UN55FH6030 55-Inch 1080p 120Hz Slim LED HDTV
Samsung UN60F7100 60-Inch 1080p 240Hz 3D Ultra Slim Smart LED HDTV
Sharp LC-60LE550 60-inch Aquos 1080p 120Hz LED HDTV
LG Electronics 47LN5400 47-Inch 1080p LED-LCD HDTV
Toshiba 39L1350U 39-Inch 1080p 120Hz LED HDTV
Panasonic TC-L50E60 50-Inch 1080p 120Hz Smart LED HDTV
Samsung UN40F6300 40-Inch 1080p 120Hz Smart LED HDTV Retail $1050 Now $677.99
Samsung UN50F6300 50-Inch 1080p 120Hz Slim Smart LED HDTV Retail $1600 Now $897.99-44% off
Samsung UN55F6300 55-Inch 1080p 120Hz Slim Smart LED HDTV Retail $2000 Now $1097.99-45% off
LG Electronics 84LM9600 84-Inch Cinema 3D Ultra High Definition 240Hz LED-LCD HDTV with Smart TV and Six Pairs of 3D Glasses Retail $20,000 Was $16,999.99 Now $14,999.00
LG Electronics 47GA6400 47-Inch Cinema 3D 1080p 120Hz LED-LCD HDTV with Google TV and Four Pairs of 3D Glasses Retail $1300 Now $782.66-40% off
Sony KDL-50R550A 50-Inch 120Hz 1080p LED HDTV (Black) Retail $1400 Now $899.00-36% off + 1 Year of Netflix, HuluPlus, and Music Unlimited Free ($200 value) with Purchase
Sony KDL-60R550A 60-Inch 120Hz 1080p LED HDTV (Black) Retail $2100 Now $1449 + 1 Year of Netflix, HuluPlus, and Music Unlimited Free ($200 value) with Purchase
Samsung UN55FH6030 55-Inch 1080p 120Hz Slim LED HDTV Retail $1500 Now $899.99-40% off
Samsung UN60F7100 60-Inch 1080p 240Hz 3D Ultra Slim Smart LED HDTV Retail $3100 Now $1897.99-39% off
Samsung UN55F6400 55-Inch 1080p 120Hz 3D Slim Smart LED HDTV Retail $2100 Now $1297.99-38% off
Samsung UN60F6400 60-Inch 1080p 120Hz 3D Slim Smart LED HDTV Retali $2600 Now $1697.99-35% off
Samsung UN75F6400 75-Inch 1080p 120Hz 3D Slim Smart LED HDTV Retail $6000 Now $3997.99
Samsung PN60F8500 60-Inch 1080p 600Hz 3D Smart Plasma HDTV Retail $3800 Now $2797.99 HD Guru Top Rated Model + Free Samsung Soundbar or 29-inch HDTV or Blu-ray Player Bundle
Sony KDL-55W802A 55-Inch 120Hz 1080p 3D Internet LED HDTV (Black) Retail $2400 Now $1598.00-33% off + 1 Year of Netflix, HuluPlus, and Music Unlimited Free ($200 value) with Purchase
Sharp LC-80LE757 80-inch Aquos Quattron 1080p 240Hz Smart LED 3D HDTV Retail $6000 Now $4006.90
Sharp LC-80LE650 80-inch Aquos 1080p 120Hz Smart LED HDTV Retail $5000 Now $3614.53
All of the listed HDTVs are sold by Amazon direct and offer a 14 day low price guarantee, 2% Back in Rewards
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