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LG typically unveils two flagship smartphones every year— the "G" series early on in the year and the "V" series towards the end if the year. Well, it seems like LG is sticking to their release schedule. LG has sent out invites for a "Save the Date" event where the company will seemingly unveil the LG V30.

The invite showcases the silhouette of a smartphone with rounded corners and on the device is a wallpaper with the letter "V." The event will take place on August 31st at 9:00 am in Berlin, Germany— the day before IFA offically starts. As for the specifications of the V30, it is rumored to have a 5.7-inch AMOLED display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor, a dual camera setup, a fingerprint scanner on the back, IP68 rating, and a 3,200mAh battery.

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The fairer of the two

Greater knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa)

Oslo, Norway

This species resembles the brown knapweed (Centaurea jacea), but when the two species are found in the same area, you will most probably find the greater knapweed more decorative, elegant, artistic, or simply fairer of the two.

I personally find the flower bud one of the most amazing traits of this species, and each plant is holding one on long stems swaying in the in the wind.

This species does not grow in the area I live, despite the same locales – sunny, shallow soils – so I have to visit the islands, as here on Hovedøya. During my visit only a very few were flowering and thus the selection to photograph was limited. In fact this was the very last moments of my stay before I had to leave. But a week later they would likely all be in their prime and a wonderful focus point to capture the many insects attracted to them.

Image Copyright © 2017 +Morten Ross
Image Capture Date: 22 June 2017 20:14
Altitude: 6 meters

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Using fMRI and multivoxel pattern analysis reveals independent brain activation patterns in bilingual people

A team of researchers from China and the U.S. has found independent brain activation patterns in bilingual people when they switch between languages. In their paper published on the open access site Science Advances, the group explains how they used a two-pronged approach to learn more about how the brain allows people to speak in more than one language. Scientists have long been intrigued by the brain's ability to learn more than one language—perhaps equally intriguing is the ability of the brain to instantly switch between languages. Prior research has suggested that the brain allows for multiple language abilities simply by using a single processing system for both. If true, this would suggest, perhaps, that the brain simply sees two languages as one big language. But that line of reasoning might be wrong, as the researchers with this new effort have found evidence that suggests the brain uses the same parts of the brain for different languages but develops different neural circuitry for each.

"Quiver Trees in Namibia"
By Andrey Omelyanchuk (+Anshar Photography) www.ansharphoto.com The first day in the Quiver Forest was about getting my bearings in a strange, new place and letting my vision adjust to the strangely beautiful landscape there. And like the first day in any overseas trip, it was also spent largely in a foggy mental state, the result of travel fatigue and jet lag. Most of the photos from that first day were disappointing and didn’t see the light of day.
By the second day, Namibia started to feel as comfortable as an old friend. The Quiver Forest was still ethereal and otherworldly, like something conjured from a child’s imagination, but it was welcoming; I no longer felt like a visitor there. Among the forest’s chimerical inhabitants, I already had favorites; trees whose unique profile against the horizon captured my attention. I found myself returning to the same trees and compositions again and again, mesmerized by their lines and colors.
It wasn’t only the trees that made the place special; it was a sensory experience, and I took in all of the sounds and smells. I reminded myself often that I was walking in a field of volcanic boulders among trees that in some cases, were two or three hundred years old. The stories they could tell. The world does this here and there — spreads an ancient landscape out before us, simply to remind us of our small place in the order of things...
As I walked among the quiver trees I gradually became aware that we photographers were not alone there. I didn’t notice them on the first day, but on the second day in the forest, just at sunrise, small animals — hamster-like and no bigger than kittens — emerged from underneath the rocks and began to scurry about. I’d never seen them before and I didn’t know what they were, but somehow, they seemed the perfect inhabitants of this place, as if the same child who imagined the quiver trees into existence filled her fanciful landscape with playful creatures who come to life with the sunrise.
May 2017, panorama from 3 vertical images, additional exposures for highlights, focal length 16mm, aperture f/8, shutter speed 15 seconds, ISO 200, tripod. - Andrey Omelyanchuk

#photography #landscape #namibia #quivertrees

Details of the highly anticipated Senate health care bill revision released Thursday shows the bill keeps in place deep cuts to Medicaid and the elimination of the current mandate requiring people to purchase insurance.

But changes designed to address concerns of both moderate and conservative Republicans who had different objections to the original bill are also in the new version, including a last-minute addition from Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas to allow individuals to purchase cheaper, skimpier health plans. It also keeps some of the Obamacare taxes on the wealthy as an enticement for moderate votes.

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Make this mango leaf tea in 5 minutes to fight belly fat and type II diabetes

#Diabetes is a condition in which the body causes #bloodsugar (#glucose) levels to rise much higher than normal. Hence, it is often referred to as hyperglycemia. There are two types of diabetes: type I (where the pancreas doesn’t produce insulin) and type II (where the pancreas doesn’t produce insulin or the cells don’t use it properly).

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Winter Wattle

While many tend of think of wattles a spring flowering plants, in fact many varieties flower at various times throughout the year. However, I can never help thinking they're a harbinger of spring.