The Infected

Incubation: The virus has a degenerative incubation period, decreasing in time depending on the generation of the virus. The virus will lay dormant for 1-3 hours depending on the infected individual, after which the individual will enter a sleep state ranging from a few days to mere minutes. During the sleep state the body of the infected individual will undergo a mutation that is common in all forms of the virus. First, bleeding from the eyes, ears, and nose will occur. Following that will be the paling of the skin and darkening of the eyes. After this has occurred there isn't much time left before the individual awakes from the sleep state.

Infection: Infection occurs when the DNA of an infected enters the body of a healthy person, this can happen in various ways. First being exposure of an open wound to the saliva or blood of an infected. Next would be a scratch or bite from an infected. The most uncommon way, yet still very possible, is the airborne transmission of the virus. Exposure to the air around an infected for extended periods of time can also lead to infection.

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Mutations

Roamers: Roamers are fast, agile, and resilient. They are the most commonly encounter type of the infected due to the fact that most people that become infected enter the incubation period in similar environments. Due to them being the most numerous of the infected, the virus they carry has also mutated the most. Incubation has a very short time frame ranging from a few hours to minutes, but due to the rapid rate of mutation the virus cannot live airborne for very long meaning airborne infection is next to impossible.

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Gettysburg offers lessons on battlefield medicine

GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) ? As gunshots ravaged the bodies of tens of thousands of soldiers at the Battle of Gettysburg, military doctors responded with a method of treatment that is still the foundation of combat medicine today.

Union Army Maj. Dr. Jonathan Letterman is remembered as the father of battlefield medicine for his Civil War innovations. He realized that organizing the medical corps was a key for any battle.

"For military medicine, in particular, the lessons that Letterman gave us are as true today as they were then," said retired Lt. Gen. Ronald Ray Blanck, the former surgeon general for the U.S. Army.

Before the war, medical supplies were handled by regular quartermaster wagons, Blanck said, meaning they had to compete with "beans and bullets."

The situation was so bad that, in some early Civil War battles, the wounded were left on the field for days, subject to the mercy of untrained troops and civilians.

In 1862, Letterman began to create an ambulance corps and three tiers of field hospitals: at the battlefield for simple wound dressing, nearby for emergency surgery and behind the battle lines for long-term care and recovery.

Dale Smith, a professor of military history at the Uniformed Services University in Bethesda, Md., said Letterman's innovations were so successful that Prussian and English observers wrote home to praise the system.

"There's never been any question that he changed military medicine internationally," Smith said.

But the Battle of Gettysburg was 150 years ago, and some have wondered how that could possibly be relevant for doctors in Iraq and Afghanistan, said George Wunderlich, director of the National Museum of Civil War Medicine in Frederick, Md.

Wunderlich recalled that about 10 years ago, a military member remarked that it was a shame the Civil War "has nothing to do with what we do today" with battlefield medicine.

But after Wunderlich told him how Civil War doctors resolved problems with transportation, training and even corruption, the man asked Wunderlich if those topics could be turned into a one-day course.

Another man who complained that the Civil War training sessions were "unrealistic" called Wunderlich later after responding to Hurricane Katrina, where moving supplies was slow and difficult and even some cell towers were down.

"He says, 'I'm so sorry. I'm in 1862 down here and now I get it,'" Wunderlich recalled.

Now, more than 5,500 military members and emergency responders have attended history courses run by the Museum of Civil War Medicine. The classes are designed to get people to think about how decisions get made in combat or crisis, and some are taught on battlefields at Gettysburg and Antietam. The courses include topics such as courage and innovation; artillery and its effects; evacuation; and stress and fatigue.

"Our job is to use history to save the lives of people" today, Wunderlich said.

Some of the lessons are subtle. For example, instead of just inspecting hospitals and his staff, Letterman sat beside Union General George McClellan during pre-battle meetings to better predict where to station ambulances and doctors.

"These are the kinds of things that come out from thinking about history," Blanck said. "The battles are won or lost on the creativity of the medical officer and the support of the commander."

Wunderlich said the museum also works to dispel many myths about Civil War medicine. The battles and wounds were certainly horrible, but anesthesia using chloroform or ether was involved in more than 95 percent of all major operations, he said.

And while doctors didn't yet understand exactly what germs were, they had noticed that patients did better when certain folklore was practiced. So while military camps were known for being filthy, hospitals followed strict rules for washing bed sheets and letting in plenty of fresh air and sunlight.

"They didn't know why, but they knew it worked and they put it to use," Wunderlich said.

But the biggest benefits of Civil War medicine may have come in the decades after the war, Wunderlich said. The young doctors and medics who had witnessed so much horror and saved so many lives went on to become leaders in many communities, pushing for public health reforms in major cities.

"Those people never stopped practicing medicine," Wunderlich said. "The benefit to the public was immediate."

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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/gettysburg-offers-lessons-battlefield-medicine-160157849.html

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Will Obama's new climate policy lead to a greener future?

President Obama is expected to roll out a major climate policy that may include EU-style benchmarks for renewable energy and greenhouse gas emissions. Can Obama make progress on clean energy in his second term?

By Daniel J. Graeber,?Guest blogger / June 20, 2013

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President Obama made a historic visit to Germany this week, sounding more like a candidate with a mandate to lead instead of a president approaching his lame-duck era. During an address to an audience frustrated with U.S. national security?policies, the president said the real threat for the 21st Century was climate change. Last year's Hurricane Sandy struck the U.S. East Coast with enough strength to bring most of New York City to its knees and was said to have formed over Atlantic waters that were unseasonably warm. Obama said bold action was needed to take on the best Mother Nature has to offer. A report from the World Bank published before his speech said he better be serious.

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Obama said the United States is taking the lead in terms of renewable energy. Carbon emissions are down, the use of renewable energy is up and there are more fuel-efficient cars on U.S. roads. A recovering U.S. economy, meanwhile, means energy consumption is on the rise and with that comes greater concerns about environmental well-being. Storms like so-called Superstorm?Sandy, he said, are the face of the new environmental future.

"This is the global threat of our time.? And for the sake of future generations, our generation must move toward a global compact to confront a changing climate before it is too late," he?said. "That is our job.? That is our task.? We have to get to work."?

Digg Reader Hands-On: Your Google Reader Life Raft Is Here

Here's the good news: Digg Reader is a real thing in the world that exists, and at the very latest, you'll have access to it by next Wednesday, June 26th. I just landed at an early invite page for the service, and with a click, imported my 500 or so feeds from Google Reader in seconds. Hey, it works.

After churning its way through my account, I saw it, the product everyone has been waiting for since Digg announced its ambitious plan to replace Google Reader two months ago: An RSS reader in black and white and grey. If you've been reading Digg since the Betaworks-bailout, you'll recognize the clean, minimal design. It'll pop a little more when the full version is live next week and all of your favicons are showing up. Digg insisted I tell you that I'm using a "beta-beta". The interim version I'm using looks like this, but it's got most of what you're going to see next week.

It's the same reader you had before

Poof! It's all of the feeds you had before, organized into the same categories as before. Items that you starred for later, are still in there, but your tags won't carry over. Individual RSS entries have the social sharing options you would expect so you can easily throw a story to Facebook if that's your style.

With a few added extras

Digg has made an effort to incorporate the reader's sister products into the mix. You'll note a conspicuous "I" is for Instapaper icon next to the standard share button on each item so that you can save articles to the popular read-it-later service that Betaworks purchased a little more than a month ago. And on the sidebar, you'll see "Diggs" and "Popular" categories. The former reflects?you guessed it?stories you've given the thumbs up to over at the main Digg page. The latter, uses the company's proprietary tech to crunch the last 1000 or so items from your feeds to figure out what people are talking about.

We can expect more in the future

So let's take a step back here for a second. The reader itself isn't a revolution as the hype might suggest. In fact, the folks at Betaworks (the company that owns Digg) would like you to take a deep breath before you get too disappointed by the service's features. Digg Reader has been developed unbelievably quickly with a deadline in mind, and it's far from finished. Google is evicting everyone from Google Reader on July 1st, whether or not Digg is 100-percent done. If the company is going to realize its other goals for the product, it had to make sure we all had a place to go while we waited.

Indeed, if you compare the real features of the product right now, it seems like a barebones version of the other Google Reader alternatives out there. The long-term vision, we're told, is to build more machine reading features like the "Popular" tab into the product, so that you can filter and process the news. For example, the company has been experimenting with a tool that sorts by reading level. Give it a click, and your animated gif listicles shoot to the bottom while erudite analysis on Gawker Media publications boil to the top. That's the innovative bit that competitors like Feedly might not be able to serve up. One thing you'll miss for sure is the wide reach of Google account integration.

And we'll pay the price somehow

Although, it's hard to say for sure just what the master plan is here. Filtering through the stuff you curate for yourself s a valuable service. At the same time, RSS is a bit of an outmoded technology on that front, and you have to wonder if maybe parsing Twitter followers for interesting links might not be a better method?that's the technology that Digg is actually using after all.

And this whole Digg Reader stunt isn't quite a stunt, it makes a lot of sense for a company like Betaworks that's invested big in analytics. Digg, Chartbeat, and Socialflow are all people data factories. Digg Reader jigsaws nicely with that vision.

Which is not to say anything but to point out that there's a business plan here. Google Reader isn't a money maker and Digg reader has to be. The company has already said that it's going to be a freemium product, so more advanced features will cost you more than your data?they're going to cost you your dollars.

People loved Google Reader because the API was so wonderfully open that you could just plug it in wherever you wanted. Digg is already building some API integration for services like IFTTT, but the days of the great Google Reader giveaway are gone.

Bottom line

It's hard to really make any assessment of Digg Reader except to say, "It successfully imported my feeds." Which is what we NEED, right? Where Google set us adrift, Digg threw us a life-preserver. While it's exciting to see what the future might hold, right now, it's nice enough just to have our heads above water.

Source: http://gizmodo.com/digg-reader-hands-on-your-google-reader-life-raft-is-h-530930770

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A Phone Full of Cheap Apps Is Your Deal of the Day

After the holiday season, early summer is the second best time to pick up some discounted digital games. Steam's summer sale is coming soon, but tight now there are a ton of apps on sale for both iOS and Android, some of which are no-brainers, like the original Sonic The Hedgehog for $1. Note: Actual smartphone not included.

Under "Top Deals" you'll find all the iOS and Android deals currently going on. If you've got an iDevice, you should definitely check out Infinity Blade 2: it's $1 today, down from $7, and it sports some of the nicest graphics you'll ever see on your iOS computer. If you've got an Android phone, maybe you want to check out SwiftKey, which is widely considered to be the best replacement Android keyboard. That's half off today, down to $2.

Unlike most app deals on Dealzmodo, today we're including all the apps on sale, not just the ones that went on sale in the last 24 hours, so this is as complete a list as you'll find. If we missed one, shout it out in the comments. Isn't it nice when a centralized app store and DRM actually makes games cheaper?

Top Deals

iOS

? Galaxy at War Online ($0) | iTunes via Appshopper | Originally $5

? Calendars+ ($0) | iTunes via 9to5Toys | Originally $7

? Infinity Blade II ($1) | iTunes via Appshopper | Originally $7

? Sonic The Hedgehog 4 ($1) | iTunes via Appshopper | Originally $5

? Sonic CD ($1) | iTunes via Appshopper | Originally $3

? Sonic The Hedgehog ($1) | iTunes via Appshopper | Originally $3

? Pocket RPG ($1) | iTunes via Appshopper | Originally $5

? Tuner + Metronome ($0) | iTunes via Appshopper | Originally $2

? Usagi Yojimbo ($0) | iTunes via Appshopper | Originally $2

? Random Heroes 2 ($0) | iTunes via Appshopper | Originally $1

? Kemco RPG Darkgate ($1) | iTunes via Appshopper | Originally $7

? Amazing Breaker ($0) | iTunes via Appshopper | Originally $1

? LetterLasso ($0) | iTunes via Appshopper | Originally $1

? Dream of Pixels ($1) | iTunes via Appshopper | Originally $3

? Feast or Famine ($0) | iTunes | Originally $1

? mPass Pro ($0) | iTunes via Appshopper | Originally $5

? Commando Jack ($0) | iTunes via Appshopper | Originally $1

iPad

? FREE Angry Birds Rio [iPad]

? Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode 1 HD ($1) | iTunes via Appshopper | Originally $4

Android

? Swiftkey Tablet ($2) | Google Play via App-sales | Originally $4

? Swiftkey ($2) | Google Play via App-sales | Originally $4

? Chaos Rings ($4.49) | Google Play via App-sales | Originally $9

? Chaos Rings Omega ($4.49) | Google Play via App-sales | Originally $9

? Final Fantasy III ($8) | Google Play via App-sales | Originally $15

? Chaos Rings II ($8) | Google Play via App-sales | Originally $16

? Broken Sword II: Smoking Mirror ($1) | Google Play via Ben's Bargains | Originally $5

? World War Z ($1) | Google Play via Apps-aholic | Originally $4

? Hero of Many ($2) | Google Play via Appsales | Originally $4

? Crystal Defenders ($4) | Google Play via Appsales | Originally $7

? Kainy ($1) | Google Play via Appsales | Originally $3

? Wordsmith ($1) | Google Play via Appsales | Originally $3

? Word Crack ($1) | Google Play via Appsales | Originally $3

Accessories

I swear, every time I buy one of these FM transmitters it's because I'm starting a road trip and I have no way to play music from my phone in the car. Because of my poor planning, I'm usually picking up a cheapo off-brand transmitter from a gas station for somewhere around $30. The smart move is to pick one up now, before you need it. [Groupon]

? Griffin iTrip FM Transmitter ($12) | Groupon via TechDealDigger | Originally $20

? Logitech T620 Touch Mouse ($20) | Staples via Ben's Bargains | Originally $30

? 2TB Seagate Expansion HD ($80) | Newegg via Dealmac | Originally $100

? $40 Staples Gift Card ($25) | Groupon via Deals Kinja | Save $15

? Wacom CTH670 Bamboo Create Pen Tablet ($100) | Tiger Direct via Deals Kinja | Lowest price ever after $80 rebate

? PNY Class 10 32GB SDHC Card ($23) | Best Buy via Deals Kinja | Today only

Miscellaneous

? Craftsman Bypass Pruner ($5) | Sears via Slickdeal | Originally $10 | I'm an anvil guy but these'll work too

? Cuisinart Ice Cream and Frozen Yogurt Maker ($35) | Sears via Deals Kinja | Factory refurbished, excellent reviews

? Lego City 4203 Excavator ($30) | Amazon via Ben's Bargains | Originally $50

? iLaunch Thunder Missle Launcher ($30) | Groupon via Edealinfo | Originally $60

? Philips Wake-Up Light ($56) | Amazon via Fatwallet | Originally $70

? Intel Core i5-4670K Haswell ($335) | Newegg via Ben's Bargains | Originally $400

? 50% off Dog Sitting ($Tk) | Amazon Local via Fatwallet | Originally $Tk

Gaming

PC

? Tomb Raider + FREE Hitman: Absolution [Steam] ($40) | Amazon

? FTL [Steam] ($5) | Amazon

? FREE with rebate Aliens: Colonial Marines| Newegg via TechBargains | Use codeEMCXPVX237

? Pre-order Rogue Legacy + Soundtrack [DRM Free/Steam] ($10) | Normally $15

PS3

? Max Payne 3 ($10) | Newegg via Daily Game Deals | Use code EMCXPVX246

? Metal Gear Solid Legacy Collection ($43) | Newegg via Daily Game Deals | Normally $50 | Use code EMCXPVX239

? Far Cry 3 ($20) | Amazon

Playstation 4 bundles, get your Playstation 4 bundles right here.

Xbox

? Far Cry 3 ($20) | Amazon

? Assassin's Creed 3 ($20) | Amazon

? Red Dead GOTY ($20) | Amazon via Daily Game Deals

Audio

? Yeti Pro USB Microphone ($160) | BuyDig via Dealmac | Originally $200 | Use coupon code PODPRO

? Pioneer Noise Cancelling Earbuds ($35) | Amazon via Deals Kinja | Lowest price ever

Clothing

Dumb TV ? Smart TV

? Mohu Leaf Ultimate Amplified Indoor Antenna ($50) | DealFisher via Cheapskate Blog | Originally $80

? Refurb Elgator EyeTV HD Video Recorder ($128) | Other World Computing via Dealmac | Originally $160

Physical Media

? 5 (Mediocre) Comic Book Movies on Blu-ray ($20) | Amazon via Brand Name Coupons | Originally $30

? Sopranos Complete Series [DVD] ($125) | Amazon | Lowest price ever | What a classic show

Digital Media

George Orwell's masterpiece in Newspeak is $3 on Kindle and Google Play. [Deals Kinja]

? George Orwell's 1984 ($3) | Amazon or Google Play via Deals Kinja | Lowest price ever

Laptops

? AMD A6 Radeon HD 7500G Laptop from HP ($380) | Tiger Direct via Deals Kinja

Desktops

Sorry.

Tablets

No tablet deals, but hella tablet app deals up top.

Screens

This is a great deal on a 1080p Dell monitor.

? 23" Dell Monitor ($140) | Newegg via Hard Forum | Originally $190 | Use coupon code EMCXPVX45

Portables

Best Buy's doing their iPhone trade in program again. Basically, if you trade in an pristine iPhone 4S, you can save $150 off your next smartphone. I think that's a little low?I have an upgrade now but I'm passing on this deal?but I suspect it might be just the ticket for some folks.

? Verizon HTC Droid DNA w/ 2-Year Contract ($0) | Amazon via Fatwallet | Originally $200

? Verizon Palm Pixi ($38) | Ebay | Originally $80

Camera

? Pentax K-5 DSLR Body ($634) | BuyDig via Dealmac | Originally $800 | Use coupon code DIGTHEHEAT15

Bare Drives

? Samsung 840 250GB SSD ($160) | Newegg via Edealinfo | Originally $200

? Sandisk Ultra Plus 250GB SSD ($170) | Tiger Direct via Fatwallet | Originally $200 | MIR on page

Apps

iOS

See top.

Android

Ibid.

Hobomodo

Nothing in life is free.

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Keep up with Kif Leswing on Kinja and Twitter. Check out The Moneysaver for more great tech deals, and deals.kinja.com for even more discounts.

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A note on Dealzmodo: We're professional shoppers. Yes, we make money if you end up buying. That's capitalism, but we're absolutely looking out for your best interest. Read this if you want to know more.

Source: http://gizmodo.com/a-phone-full-of-cheap-apps-is-your-deal-of-the-day-519608361

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Yahoo's Mayer shines spotlight on video

By Alexei Oreskovic

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - As Marissa Mayer approaches her one-year anniversary as chief executive of Yahoo, she's hewing closely to the struggling Web portal's traditional advertising model--and eyeing more video programming of every stripe as central to the strategy.

"We're working on various methods in terms of how we can increase our video views, and watching," Mayer said at the Reuters Global Technology Summit on Thursday. "It's clear to me that our video business is something that's growing a lot. It's something that we'd like to accelerate."

Yahoo is currently bidding to acquire Hulu, the online hub for TV programming owned by Walt Disney Co and News Corp, sources with knowledge of the situation have told Reuters.

Mayer would not comment on the bid for Hulu.

The Web pioneer was looking at buying French video site DailyMotion but had to abandon the effort after objections from the French government.

Yahoo also has a growing menu of original video programming, such as the critically-acclaimed Burning Love TV reality show spoof, and it recently acquired the rights to the archive of Saturday Night Live television programs.

Online video commands higher ad rates than other types of Web content and has become a fiercely competitive arena as it is increasingly viewed as a bulwark against the steady decline in prices for online display ads.

On Thursday, Instagram, the mobile photo-sharing app owned by Facebook Inc, introduced a new feature that allows users to create 15-second videos. Facebook itself is reported to be readying an online video ad format. Google Inc's YouTube, the world's No.1 online video destination, is expected to generate $5 billion in revenue this year, according to RBC Capital Markets.

Mayer took the top job at Yahoo after a tumultuous period in which the company had churned through several CEOs and many of its top executives and engineers jumped ship.

She has revamped key products such as mail and the Yahoo home page, implemented morale-boosting measures like free food, and jumpstarted acquisitions. On Thursday, Yahoo closed its $1.1 billion acquisition of Tumblr, a blogging service that is one of the Web's most popular hubs of user-generated content.

Yahoo's stock has surged roughly 70 percent since Mayer became CEO. But Wall Street analysts say much of the gain has come from stock buybacks and from Yahoo's Asian assets, including a 24 percent stake in Chinese e-commerce giant and potential IPO debutante Alibaba Group.

PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY

Yahoo's biggest near-term goal and most important yardstick by which to measure its progress will be the rate of increase in the amount of time users spend on its websites, Mayer said.

"Yahoo's ability to generate revenue for a thousand pages is reasonably good," Mayer said. "The challenge for Yahoo at the moment is traffic. How do we grow traffic? How do we gain usage? Because that ultimately will drive up revenue."

While rivals such as Google have experimented with new revenue streams, including subscription music services and online retailing, Mayer said Yahoo remains squarely focused on advertising.

"I believe in ads, I like ads. We may try some other things but Yahoo is an ad company," Mayer said, but added that it does not mean Yahoo will cut on its own original programming.

The company's headcount has decreased by about 1,000 employees during her first year, through a combination of attrition and ramped-up performance management, with staffers now getting reviewed on a quarterly basis instead of every year, she said.

But Mayer said the company was aggressively pursuing new talent: job applications recently peaked at 10,000 a week, more than twice the level of a year ago.

At the same time, Mayer has moved to cut back the thickets of bureaucracy that she said had sprouted across the company over its 18-year history.

Mayer installed a system called PB&J, short for Process, Bureaucracy and Jams. That has eliminated roughly 700 irksome or unnecessary procedures within the company, such as forcing employees to undergo a special orientation for the company gym.

"I understand that we are geeks and we may not be that coordinated but I think we can all figure out how to use a treadmill without an orientation," Mayer said.

Some industry-watchers assumed the PB&J moniker was an homage to the so-called "peanut butter manifesto," in which former Yahoo executives warned of problems plaguing the company.

Mayer said the real story was much simpler.

"Most days for lunch I have a peanut butter and jelly sandwich," she explained. "So sitting there I was like 'Can we call it something simple and fun like PB&J?' And we kind of backed into process, bureaucracy and jams. But it works."

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(Additional reporting by Poornima Gupta and Edwin Chan. Editing by Jonathan Weber and Edwina Gibbs)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/yahoos-mayer-shines-spotlight-video-150750346.html

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Apple releases statement on customer privacy, received over 4,000 government information requests in six months

Following the likes of Microsoft and Facebook, Apple has publicly responded to the explosion in interest in the NSA's PRISM program, and has been authorized to reveal some of the data on what it's shared with the US government in the past. It apparently first heard of the program when the media started to ask about it earlier this month and has reiterated that it provides no government agency with direct access to its servers. It does, however, get its fair share of requests for customer data from US law enforcement, receiving between 4,000 and 5,000 of them between December 1 2012 and May 31 2013. These requests covered over 9,000 accounts or devices, and come from federal, state and local authorities. Apple elaborated a little on these information requests too, saying that the majority of these requests have involved searching for missing children, preventing suicides and robberies. The company says it has "always placed a priority on protecting our customers' personal data," and its legal team evaluates each request. Apparently, Apple can't decrypt (and thus share) iMessage and FaceTime data, which is encrypted end-to-end. We've added its full statement after the break.

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