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What's a Good Replacement for Apple's Unreliable New Maps App? [Ask Lifehacker]

Dear Lifehacker,
I just upgraded to iOS 6 and I'm liking most of the new features. However, the new Maps app is terrible. Is there a good replacement that won't send me driving all over the place?

Sincerely,
Three Left Turns

Dear TLT,
You're right?Apple's new Maps app doesn't seem to work that well in a lot of places. Everyone's results are going to vary, of course, but if you're looking for alternatives with a little more pedigree you have some great options. It really depends on what you use Maps for, and how much you're willing to spend. So, let's break it down a bit by the type of Maps user you are.

Get All the Features of Apple's Maps (But Better)

While the turn-by-turn navigation in Maps works really well, the maps themselves aren't that great. If you just want a simple voice navigated maps app that works properly, we really like Waze because it's free, does traffic updates, has a great location search, and plenty more (pictured on the right).

Waze doesn't feature the lovely maps used in Apple's version, nor does it have the (not particularly useful) 3D views, but as far as navigation is concerned, it works really well. The bonus is that location search also works a lot better and offers more results than Maps. If you don't mind paying for an app, Navigon does a great job of navigation, has integrated Google business search, and just added public transit guides. It's currently on sale for $39.99.

Get Transit Directions and Public Transportation Schedules

If you rely on public transportation for getting around town, Maps isn't going to do you any good. When you tap on the bus symbol in Maps, you're taken to a screen where you can download new apps. Even when you have one of the suggested apps installed, Maps kicks you out and sends you to another app for your directions.

Solutions for public transit woes vary depending on where you're located because there isn't a catch-all, great public transportation app that covers the entire country. The good news is that Maps is (kind of) smart enough to suggest apps in the location you're in. If you don't want to futz about with all that, here's a few we've tried that work well:

• Lumatic City Maps: Lumatic City Maps (pictured on the right) supports 27 major major US cities, and offers public transit and walking directions. It also directly integrates data from Yelp, Foursquare, Facebook, and more into your local business searches, provides traditional maps, and is very easy to follow. If you only take public transportation (and live in one of the 27 cities), Lumatic City Maps works great.
• Hopstop: If you live in one of the cities that Hopstop supports, then the Hopstop app is one of the cleanest, easiest to use transit navigation apps out there. It doesn't have a ton of features, but the schedules seem to be up-to-date, and the directions are easy to follow. Hopstop isn't integrated into Maps yet, but it works fine without it.
• Navigon: As mentioned above, Garmin's Navigon app also just added public transportation. If you mix up whether you drive or take public transportation, the $39.99 might not be a bad deal.
• Transit - Public Transit Trip Planner: If you know your way around the city and don't want to deal with directions, just routes, then we really like CG Transit. It doesn't have fancy features?just timetables and directions.

Again, as we mentioned, transit apps aren't exactly universal. If you don't live in a major metropolitan city, you'll have to dig a little further to see if your local transportation system has an app of its own. You should also try at least both Lumatic and Hopstop for yourself since they're free, and we couldn't test them in every city they support to see what works best.

Get Google Maps Back (Sort of)

Of course, what many people really want is good old Google Maps back. It wasn't without its faults, but the fact it integrates driving directions, up-to-date maps, transit directions, biking and walking directions, and a robust business search, it's very much missed. Chances are Google will release their own version of the Maps app soon, but for now you can at least use the web version pretty easily.

1. Open up Safari on your iPhone and head to https://maps.google.com/.
2. Tap the export button in the bottom menu bar.
3. Tap "Add to Home Screen.
4. Name the icon, and tap "Add."

Now you get a direct home screen shortcut to the mobile version of Google Maps. It's not as good as a real app, but it does provide all the features of the original iPhone app in one easy place.

Make Apple Maps Better

If you actually enjoy Apple's Maps app (it is nice to look at after all), you can contribute to making it better. You can do this in one of two ways. First off, you can report problems with mislabeled streets, satellite images, directions, or other problems:

1. From the Maps home screen, tap the curled page on the bottom right side.
2. Tap "Report a Problem" (right above the large "Print" button).
3. Select Your problem, add any comments, and send it off.

The other problem with Maps is the fact it gathers most of its business data from Yelp, and that means it's missing a lot of locations. You can add locations in the process mentioned above (in the Report a Problem screen, tap "Location is Missing" and drag the purple pin to the address you want), or add locations directly in Yelp so they show up. Whether you're a small business owner, or you just want to make sure your favorite restaurant is in Apple Maps, adding it to Yelp will eventually get it into Maps.

That should do it. For a lot of people, Apple's move to its own mapping system has caused some serious problems, and the lack of transit directions is a big bummer even if you only use public transportation on rare occasions. The above methods will get you rolling in style again, and should keep you from making too many bad turns.

Sincerely,
Lifehacker

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PictureU Makes Debut In Atlanta Business Chronicle's ... - Exec Digital

ATLANTA, Sept. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --?PictureU, an Atlanta-based experiential and social marketing company, was recently chosen from a field of over 650 metro Atlanta businesses as one of Atlanta's "Best Places to Work" by The Atlanta Business Chronicle in their 8th annual "Best Places to Work" program.? The selection marks a first for the 14-year-old experiential marketing company.

PictureU was recognized in the "small" business category, which is classified as companies with a workforce of 10 ? 100 employees. Additional categories included "medium" for workforces of 101-to-500 employees and "large" for companies with over 500 employees.

"This recognition is particularly special to me because the positive feedback is a direct response from our staff," said Walt Geer, President of PictureU. "PictureU always strives to provide a positive and open work environment, and this acknowledgment is confirmation that our employees enjoy the PictureU culture and are excited about coming to work." ???????

Nominations were accepted in June through the Atlanta Business Chronicle website for organizations with workforces based in the metro Atlanta area. Organizations that made the initial cut were provided surveys from a third party research vendor Quantum Workforce, a workplace analytics and business performance consulting firm.

Workers from each nominated organization were then surveyed using set criteria that calculated a points-based score. The top 60 "small", 30 "medium" and 10 "large" businesses with the highest tabulated scores ultimately composed the 2012 rankings. All data and scores were generated from responses of the organization's employees without influence from management.

PictureU has worked with dozens of event marketing agencies and well-known brands such as Coca-Cola, Budweiser, Geico and Chevy. Its proprietary experiential marketing technology and services have brought millions of smiles to consumers and bottom-line results to its clients at prominent sporting events, concerts, trade-shows, national marketing tours, fairs, festivals, and countless other events.

"Our firm's successes begin and end with our employees. Without the talented professionals here at PictureU, we could not deliver the exceptional work we pride ourselves on daily," Geer said. "We are truly honored and excited to be a part of such a distinguished group of businesses."????

ABOUT PICTUREU ?

PictureU is a 14-year-old national provider of imaging technology-based marketing and data capture solutions in the experiential and social marketing space.?The company enables 1:1 consumer interactions at live events on behalf of brands that wish to create a positive brand experience, capture valuable consumer data, and enhance their social media marketing campaigns.

The company's mobile smart-device technology creates real-time interactions, integrates with Facebook and Twitter, and provides measurable results. They take live marketing viral via consumers' own social networks thus extending brand reach and loyalty. In 2012, the company will engage with millions of consumers at thousands of events nationwide on behalf of global brands such as GEICO, Chevy, Budweiser, and Coca-Cola at NASCAR races, pro sports arenas and stadiums, concert tours, fairs, festivals, rodeos, and pro golf tournaments.

SOURCE PictureU

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Norway PM reshuffles cabinet to revive election hopes

OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg reshuffled his cabinet on Friday, hoping to revive the fortunes of his Labor Party, badly trailing in polls just a year before parliamentary elections.

Stoltenberg moved his foreign, defense, health and culture ministers, and replaced the labor minister in move seen as the last big effort to shape the team that would campaign for Labor's third straight term.

"We have made these changes to make room for new values, new force and new ideas," Stoltenberg told reporters after informing King Harald of the changes. "It is a combination of renewal and continuity."

Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere, a close Stoltenberg ally, will take over the health ministry, a key position for a government hoping to strengthen the extensive social safety net.

Botched hospital reform has been a drag on Labor's popularity and has overshadowed its success in running one of Europe's rare economic stars.

"I think that he is trying to turn the ship around before election time," said Frank Aabrebrot, a European politics professor at Bergen University. "At times some of the ministers have looked like commentators talking to bureaucrats, instead of leaders."

Opinion polls give Labor around 30 percent of the vote, behind the opposition Conservative Party's 34 percent.

They also show Stoltenberg's two coalition allies would struggle to break the 4 percent threshold needed for parliamentary seats while the right-wing Progress Party, a potential ally of the Conservatives, polls around 14 percent.

Another key Stoltenberg ally, Defense Minister Espen Barth Eide, will take over as foreign minister and will play a top role in mediating between Colombia's government and the FARC guerrillas when peace talks begin in Oslo next month.

"Barth Eide is as capable as foreign minister as he was defense minister," Aabrebrot said.

Stoltenberg, trailing opposition leader Erna Solberg as preferred prime minister, will bring in 29-year-old Hadia Tajik as culture minister, making her the youngest ever cabinet member. Tajik, whose parents were born in Pakistan, will also be the only cabinet member of foreign descent.

The finance, oil and trade portfolios, the main ministries that shape economic policy, are not affected by the changes.

Norway's economy grew by an annual 5 percent in the second quarter, the fastest rate in Europe, thanks to high oil prices, record investment in the offshore oil and gas sector, and high consumer confidence.

(Reporting by Balazs Koranyi and Vegard Botterli; Editing by Robin Pomeroy)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/norway-pm-reshuffles-cabinet-revive-election-hopes-105026984.html

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Silly science can be improbably practical

Marc Abrahams, founder of the Ig Nobel Prizes and author of "This Is Improbable," talks about his approach to science. For more information, check out http://www.improbable.com/

By Alan Boyle

As the impresario behind the Ig Nobel Prizes, Marc Abrahams is skilled at sniffing out what seems to be silly science ? but often, there's a practical point behind the seeming silliness.

Take Elena Bodnar's bra, for example. No, really. Take it. The bra that Bodnar invented can be converted into two filter masks in the event of a Chernobyl-style radiation leak or other emergency. That combination of laughability and practicality is what earned the Ukrainian physician an Ig Nobel Prize for Public Health in 2009.

Abrahams recounts Bodnar's achievement and many other Ig-worthy innovations in a newly published book, "This Is Improbable," and he'll be adding to the store on Thursday night during the 2012 Ig Nobel Prize ceremony at Harvard University. The webcast gets under way at 7:15 p.m. ET. There'll be paper airplanes flying, Nobel laureates officiating, and opera singers premiering a work titled "The Intelligent Designer and the Universe."

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You can expect this year's prizes to highlight improbable but not totally impractical scientific findings such as these nuggets from "This Is Improbable":

??Which ear is better for detecting when someone is telling a lie? If you can only afford to listen with one ear, make it the left one. A 1993 study published in the journal Neuropsychologia found that people did marginally better at discerning truth and lies when they heard it with the left ear only, as opposed to the right ear only. "It works, to the extent it works, only when a man does the lying," Abrahams writes.?

??How can you keep your stamina up when singing at a karaoke bar? A 2003 study published in the Journal of Voice found that karaoke singers who kept themselves hydrated and took one-minute breaks between songs were able to keep singing for more than 100 minutes, as opposed to the 85-minute average for those who weren't allowed to have rest or rehydration. However, the scientists found that there was no difference in the quality of the singing.

??What's the best way to choose up sides for a basketball team? If team captains take alternate turns, the captain who chooses first gets an unfair advantage. It's fairer to go with an ABBABAAB pattern: Captain A makes choice No. 1, Captain B chooses No. 2 and 3, A chooses 4, B chooses 5, A chooses 6 and 7, B chooses 8. The same rule applies to pouring cups of coffee from a coffeepot, by the way. The research was published by the journal Complex Systems in 2003.

??Which restroom stall should I choose? This is one of the great unresolved questions of sanitation science, along with the perennial controversy over toilet-paper orientation. One study suggested that in a four-stall restroom, the stalls on the end are most used. A different study saw indications that there was more action in the middle stalls. "The traces of these intellectual expeditions, deposited over many years in layers upon the ground, form a sort of mental compost," Abrahams writes. "It sits, ripening, for future scholars to uncover."

Abrahams chuckled when I brought up the restroom-stall research during a telephone chat this week. "I think back to that study, and it really doesn't matter," he said. "There are lots of decisions in life you're asked to make every day where it doesn't matter. No matter what stall you choose, there's paper in all of 'em."

But in some cases, even Abrahams derives practical benefit from the strange studies that wind up on the Ig Nobel list. For example, Stanford University philosopher John Perry won the Literature Prize last year for his theory of structured procrastination. Simply put, if you're avoiding the No. 1 task on your to-do list, do task No. 2, 3 or 4 instead. It's even better if the unpleasant task on the top of your list is something you don't really need to do after all.

"When I read that, it really did change things for me," Abrahams said. "I adopted that as one of my personal guides every day. All day long, I'm cheating myself, happily."

The lesson is that seemingly silly science can change your life. That came through loud and clear in last week's Golden Goose Awards, which honored the folks behind the development of lasers, glow-in-the-dark proteins and coral-inspired bone grafts. All three of those innovations sprang from research projects that were at one time or another written off as frivolous or useless. Who knows? Maybe the same story will be told about Thursday night's Ig Nobel Prize winners.

"When anybody looks at any of these people and what they've done, however stunning the story is that you're seeing, that really is just the start of a much better and longer story," Abrahams said. "Unless that person got killed while doing it."

More seemingly silly science:

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Alan Boyle is NBCNews.com's science editor. Connect with the Cosmic Log community by "liking" the log's?Facebook page, following?@b0yle on Twitter?and adding the?Cosmic Log page?to your Google+ presence. To keep up with Cosmic Log as well as NBCNews.com's other stories about science and space, sign up for the Tech & Science newsletter, delivered to your email in-box every weekday. You can also check out?"The Case for Pluto,"?my book about the dwarf planet and the search for new worlds.

Source: http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/19/13970116-science-can-be-improbably-practical?lite

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Tree disease threat to pinewoods

20 September 2012 Last updated at 03:41 ET

Scientists are working to reduce the spread of a tree disease which could threaten Scotland's native Caledonian pinewoods.

Dothistroma Needle Blight is affecting large areas of commercial forestry.

It is expected to have the greatest impact in the north and north-east of Scotland, where pine accounts for almost half of the woodland area.

The Scottish government has said it is working closely with the industry to monitor the spread of the disease.

Scientists believe its spread northwards may be at least partly linked to climate change.

Based on the experience of New Zealand foresters, field-scale trials of aerial spraying are due to begin next year.

The work will help establish if fungicides can help reduce the impact of the disease without adversely affecting the wider environment.

It thrives in relatively warm and humid conditions and was originally a southern hemisphere disease.

Hugh Clayden, Forestry Commission Scotland, said: "What we most need to do right now is buy time by reducing those areas that are most heavily infected, to reduce overall spore production.

"We can look at other techniques too, like heavy thinning and pruning to increase the air flow and reduce humidity.

"And we also need to start thinking what has become the unthinkable to Scottish foresters over the last 20 years and consider aerial spraying."

In the north of Scotland, the spread of needle blight has already resulted in the felling of large areas of commercial woodland.

Neil Crookston of Scottish Woodlands said: "The forestry industry in Scotland is very important for the rural economy.

"It is vital that we are aware of the pests and diseases that we face in order to remain one step ahead of them."

Biodiversity impact

The Scottish government is also concerned about the impact the disease could have on biodiversity.

Minister for the Environment and Climate Change Paul Wheelhouse said: "We are very aware that Dothistroma has the potential to impact severely on Scotland's forests and on the forestry sector and the arrival of new, exotic pests coupled with potential climate interactions are a major concern.

"That is why the Scottish government, through Forestry Commission Scotland, has been working very closely with the industry to raise awareness of the disease, not only to help forest managers identify it and assess its local severity but also to highlight the measures that can be taken to slow it's spread and limit the damage that it can cause."

Some of the woodland which has already been felled was home to the endangered capercaillie and it is thought other species could be affected by habitat loss.

The Scottish Green Party has called for a campaign to alert the public, as Dothistroma Needle Blight can be spread from infected to uninfected areas on shoes and clothing.

Alison Johnstone MSP said: "We would like the Scottish government to raise awareness of the disease, and distribute pictures of what the trees actually look like when they have been affected.

"Perhaps there should also be a hotline which people can use to access information about how to stop this disease spreading."

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-19652046#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

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Herbal Menopause Supplement Often Contains Other Species, DNA Bar Coding Reveals

Genetic analyses found herbs similar to black cohosh were being sold in commercial preparations of the popular remedy, possibly explaining mixed results and casting doubt on supplement label accuracy

By Katherine Harmon

A pure pill? Some black cohosh pills sequenced did not contain black cohosh at all, but rather entirely different plant species. Image: iStockphoto/OlgaMiltsova

When hormone replacement therapy was found to put some menopausal women at increased risk of cancer and cardiovascular disease, many went in search of safer treatments to decrease their symptoms. In the ensuing decade black cohosh has won out as an overwhelming consumer favorite, now reaping millions of dollars in sales each year.

But controlled trials of this supplement have seen mixed results, sometimes showing it to be effective in relieving hot flashes, sleep disruptions, mood swings and other symptoms whereas other times revealing it to be ineffective. And some case reports even suggest that it can be toxic, damaging the liver.

This messy track record gave Damon Little, a bioinformaticist at The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG), and his colleagues an idea: What if patients?in these trials and out in the community?were not always taking pure, actual black cohosh (Actaea racemosa), but one or more related species? Fortunately, they had just the tool on hand to figure that out: DNA barcoding.

Using this technology, which locates and sequences specific areas of a plant's genome (specifically, two matK gene nucleotides), they were able to determine that one quarter of commercially available "black cohosh" pills were not the herb at all. Their findings were published this July in the Journal of AOAC International.

"Misidentification and adulteration in black cohosh supplements [has been] known for many years as a matter of concern," notes Rolf Teschke, an internist at the Teaching Hospital of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt and who was not involved in the new research. "The present study confirms?but extends?previous findings."

Unlike drugs, however, supplements are not required to be tested for safety or efficacy by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration before they hit the market. And testing to make sure the contents match the label are much more lax than it is for pharmaceuticals, opening the opportunity for mislabeling, whether it is accidental or intentional.

Wild roots
Black cohosh has been used traditionally by Native Americans as a natural remedy for a variety of ailments. It is often harvested in the wild, where it grows in similar environments to many of its close cousins that look very similar. And some species of Actaea are suspected to be toxic to humans. "Unless you're looking very carefully, you can't assume that any black cohoshlike thing is actually black cohosh," Little says. In eastern North America, where black cohosh grows, it is not uncommon to also find yellow cohosh (A. pachypoda and A. podocarpa) and baneberry (A. spicata and A. rubra). During harvesting, the rhizomes (buried stems) are often collected and then ground up to make the supplements, leaving telling botanical clues, such as leaf shape, forever lost.

In recent years, with the vast increase in the herb's sales, commercial growing operations have also sprung up in North America as well as Europe and Asia.

David Baker, a gynecologist at Stony Brook University Medical Center, had many patients who took black cohosh, but he was intrigued by the ambiguity of the medical literature on the supplement. So he, Little and their colleague at the NYBG, Dennis Stevenson, wanted to see if all of these pills labeled as black cohosh were, indeed the correct species.

Source: http://rss.sciam.com/click.phdo?i=66528501aab8ef09673b9e3ff84a056f

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