Microsoft's latest Windows 8 themes include cute kittens and Watch_Dogs

It's been a few months since we have looked into what new Windows 8 themes Microsoft has uploaded on its official website, but the company has been quite busy adding to its theme library. Some of the latest additions include some great images of the natural world, and one that's definitely from a world that's made by people.

For many people, their summer vacations are coming to an end, but Microsoft now has a new Beaches theme, made exclusively for Windows 8 and RT, that contains nine images of breathtaking beach locations from around the world. They should remind you to take that next vacation when you get a chance. The Beaches theme supports the Panoramic feature in Windows 8 where the images can stretch across two monitors.

The new Sky theme includes 18 images of different views of what's "up there" at various locations, times of day and in certain situations, including a lighting storm over Gladstone in Queensland, Australia. The Sky theme is labeled as "dynamic" which means that people who download and install it can also receive new images automatically via an RSS feed.

Who doesn't like cute, furry kittens when they are asleep? If you are not a cat person, you might want to stay away from the new Sleepy Kittens theme that puts 13 photos of the cutest, cuddliest furballs you have ever seen as part of your Windows 8 experience.

Finally, one of the most anticipated games of 2013 is Watch_Dogs, the open world action experience from Ubisoft with a lot of hacking and cyber crime to go along with the gun play. Microsoft has a Windows 8 Watch_Dogs theme to download featuring 11 screenshots from the game that will appear on both the Xbox 360 and Xbox One game consoles (among other platforms) this fall.

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Dodgers SS Ramirez exits with jammed shoulder

CHICAGO (AP) ? Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Hanley Ramirez jammed his right shoulder when he tumbled into the stands after a catch Sunday, and the team hopes he can avoid the disabled list.

Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said he expects Ramirez will have an MRI on Monday.

"I just jumped and landed on it," said Ramirez, wearing a sling after a 1-0 win over the Chicago Cubs. "I'm not feeling the back of my shoulder. It's really sore and we'll see how it feels tomorrow."

Ramirez is batting .365 with 11 home runs for the NL West leaders. He was hurt in the seventh inning and left the game.

Ramirez fell over a brick barrier and into the stands at Wrigley Field after making a running catch in foul territory. He slumped to the ground in pain and eventually walked off the field holding onto his shoulder.

This has already been a tough year for Ramirez. He's been on the DL while recovering from surgery on his right thumb and for a hamstring injury.

Ramirez said he didn't feel his shoulder pop after this latest injury. Nick Punto replaced him at shortstop.

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Asian shares, dollar soft after U.S. jobs data

By Hideyuki Sano

TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares were soft in early trade as the U.S. dollar was on the defensive after data showed U.S. employers slowed their pace of hiring in July, while the NZ dollar dropped after a food-safety scare affected exports of the country's largest company.

Japan's Nikkei share average <.n225> fell 1.0 percent in early trade and Australian <.axjo> and South Korean <.ks11> shares dipped slightly, in contrast to Wall Street which ended at record highs on Friday in part helped by expectations the U.S. Federal Reserve may delay scaling back its stimulus.

"I think the yen will undermine Japanese shares while other regional shares will probably be more supported by gains in Wall Street shares," said Ayako Sera, senior market economist at Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank.

The dollar slipped to around 99.00 yen, down from a high around 99.95 seen late last week.

U.S. non-farm payrolls rose by 162,000 in July, more than 20,000 below a median market estimate, and a decline in the size of the workforce saw the unemployment rate fall to 7.4 percent, its lowest in more than four years.

That saw some banks push back forecasts for when the Fed would begin tapering its $85 billion-a-month bond buying, although half of the 18 primary dealers still expect it to start next month, a Reuters poll showed.

U.S. 10-year T-notes traded at a yield of 2.609 percent, having plunged more than 10 basis points on Friday.

U.S. interest rate futures were firm on Monday after sizable gains on Friday as traders increased bets the Fed would wait until 2015 before raising short-term borrowing costs.

The dollar index <.dxy> was little changed at 81.934, having fallen 0.5 percent on Friday and coming within sight of six-week low of 81.407 hit on July 31.

The euro bought $1.3281, holding on to most of Friday's gains.

The biggest mover was the New Zealand dollar, which fell to a 14-month low after dairy exporter Fonterra , the country's largest company, found botulism bacteria in some of its products, which prompted to China to halt all milk powder imports from New Zealand and Australia.

The kiwi fell to as low as $0.7670 and last stood at $0.7767, 0.8 percent below its levels late last week.

"It's a pretty serious development for New Zealand given how important dairy is. But what usually happens with these food quality issues is that as details come out, people tend to feel more reassured," said Chris Tennent-Brown, FX economist at Commonwealth Bank in Sydney.

Oil prices also eased off following the U.S. payrolls data, with Brent futures standing at $108.92 per barrel, a tad below four-month high of $110.09 hit on Friday.

(Editing by John Mair)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/asian-shares-dollar-soft-u-jobs-data-013315668.html

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Microsoft announces Comedy Central and Nickelodeon for Xbox

Staring at your Xbox 360 dashboard thinking about what to do next? If you reside in the US, you'll be able to enjoy two TV brands on the console: Comedy Central and Nickelodeon. Xbox Live Gold subscribers can enjoy stand-up comedy and the top shows on Comedy Central and more than 6,000 videos of the funniest comedians are available. But what if you have children who want to enjoy media on the Xbox? This is where Nickelodeon comes into play.

Transforming the Xbox 360 console into a kid-friendly home of entertainment, children (and parents) will be able to enjoy top Nickelodeon shows and characters. Again, should you have a Gold subscription, full episodes, humorous videos and animated shorts from stars are just a selection away. The Nick app brings the likes of SpongeBob, Sam and Cat and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to the Xbox.

Head on over to the Xbox Wire for all the details and requirements.

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Video: Altman: Why the economy could pop!

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Countdown to Hiroshima: Truman Knows Japan 'Looking for Peace'

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Each summer I count down the days to the atomic bombing of Japan (August 6 and August 9, 1945),? marking events from the same day in 1945.? I've been doing it here for more than two weeks now.??? I've written? three books on the subject:? Hiroshima in America (with Robert Jay Lifton),? Atomic Cover-Up (on the decades-long suppression of shocking film shot in the atomic cities by the U.S. military),? and Hollywood Bomb? (the wild story of how an MGM 1947 drama was censored by the military and Truman himself).

--On Tinian, Little Boy is ready to go, awaiting word on weather, with General LeMay to make the call. Taking off the night of August 5 appears most likely scenario.

--On board the ship Augusta steaming home for USA after Potsdam meeting, President Truman, Joint Chiefs chairman Admiral Leahy, and Secretary of State James F. Byrnes--a strong A-bomb booster--enjoy some poker. Byrnes aide Walter Brown notes in his diary that "President, Leahy, JFB [Byrnes) agreed Japan looking for peace. (Leahy had another report from Pacific.) President afraid they will sue for peace through Russia instead of some country like Sweden."

--Leahy had questioned the decision to use the bomb, laterwriting: "[T]he use of this barbarous weapon at Hiroshima and Nagasaki was of no material assistance in our war against Japan. The Japanese were already defeated and ready to surrender.... [I]n being the first to use it, we...adopted an ethical standard common to the barbarians of the Dark Ages. I was not taught to make war in that fashion, and wars cannot be won by destroying women and children."

?--Our "Magic" intercepts show Japan monitoring the Soviets' military buildup in the Far East (prelude to the declaration of war in four days). Also, Japanese still searching for way to approach Molotov to pursue possible surrender terms before that happens. Another Magic intercept carried the heading, "Japnese Army's interest in peace negotiations." War Department intel analysts revealed "the first statement to appear in the traffic that the Japanese Army is interested in the effor tto end the war with Soviet assitance." A segment of Prime Minister Togo's message declared: "The Premier and the leaders of the Army are now concentrting all their attention on this one point."

John McCloy, then assistant secretary of war and a well-known "hawk" in his later career, would later reflect, "I have always felt that if, in our ultimatum to the Japanese government issued from Potsdam [in July 1945], we had referred to the retention of the emperor as a constitutional monarch and had made some reference to the reasonable accessibility of raw materials to the future Japanese government, it would have been accepted. Indeed, I believe that even in the form it was delivered, there was some disposition on the part of the Japanese to give it favorable consideration. When the war was over I arrived at this conclusion after talking with a number of Japanese officials who had been closely associated with the decision of the then Japanese government, to reject the ultimatum, as it was presented. I believe we missed the opportunity of effecting a Japanese surrender, completely satisfactory to us, without the necessity of dropping the bombs."

?--Soviet General Vasilevskii reports to Stalin that Soviet forces ready for invasion from August 7.

Source: http://gregmitchellwriter.blogspot.com/2013/08/countdown-to-hiroshima-truman-knows.html

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This Future Emmy-Winner Kicks Butt at 'The Price Is Right'

Thanks to his role as the drug-dealing Jesse Pinkman on Breaking Bad, Aaron Paul is one of the most critically acclaimed actors on television. But before the Emmy-winner became famous, he made what is arguably an even more memorable appearance on TV -- as a contestant on The Price Is Right. Check out his appearance on the game show below!

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