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Whales use rhymes in their long complex songs..
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"When scientists talk about whales singing songs, they're not talking about mere noise. They're talking about intricate, stylized compositions - some longer than symphonic movements - performed in medleys that can last up to 22 hours. The songs of humpback whales can change dramatically from year to year, yet each whale in an oceanwide population always sings the same song as the others. How, with the form changing so fast, does everyone keep the verses straight? Biologists Linda Guinee and Katharine Payne have been looking into the matter, and they have come up with an intriguing possibility. It seems that humpbacks, like humans, use rhyme."
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Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) sing long, complex songs which continually change over time. In certain time periods the songs contain repeating patterns which structurally resemble human rhyming, and which, like human rhyming, tend to occur in highly rhythmical contexts. We speculate that humpback whales may use these repetitions as mnemonic devices, much as humans are thought to use rhymes. With this speculation in mind we examine 548 humpback whale songs from 7 years in the eastern North Pacific and 12 years in the western North Atlantic oceans. We find that rhyme-like structures are most likely to occur in songs containing the most material to be remembered.
Dear Germaphobes.... You've already lost... The human body is now composed of more bacteria cells than human cells. We are legion....
Bacteria 'R' Us
Emerging research shows that bacteria have powers to engineer the environment, to communicate and to affect human well-being. They may even think.
Today's revelation in the journal Science that researchers have found a bacterium in California's Mono Lake that can thrive on arsenic — usually implicated in killing life, not sustaining it — is quickly revolutionizing our conception of what is life and where it might be found. To help in deciphering the direct contribution bacteria make to human life, we're reposting this story which originally debuted on Oct. 18.
A few scientists noticed in the late 1960s that the marine bacteria Vibrio fischeri appeared to coordinate among themselves the production of chemicals that produced bioluminescence, waiting until a certain number of them were in the neighborhood before firing up their light-making machinery. This behavior was eventually dubbed "quorum sensing." It was one of the first in what has turned out to be a long list of ways in which bacteria talk to each other and to other organisms.
Some populations of V. fischeri put this skill to a remarkable use: They live in the light-sensing organs of the bobtail squid. This squid, a charming nocturnal denizen of shallow Hawaiian waters, relies on V. fischeri to calculate the light shining from above and emit exactly the same amount of light downward, masking the squid from being seen by predators swimming beneath them.
For their lighting services, V. fischeri get a protected environment rich in essential nutrients. Each dawn, the squid evict all their V. fischeri to prevent overpopulation. During the day, the bacteria recolonize the light-sensing organ and detect a fresh quorum, once again ready to camouflage the squid by night.
This tale of bobtail squid would be just another mildly jaw-dropping story in a natural world full of marvels if it weren't a portal into an unsuspected realm that has profound consequences for human beings. Regardless of the scale at which we explore the biosphere — whether we delve into the global ocean or the internal seas of individual organisms — bacteria are now known to be larger players than humans ever imagined.
Strictly by the numbers, the vast majority — estimated by many scientists at 90 percent — of the cells in what you think of as your body are actually bacteria, not human cells. The number of bacterial species in the human gut is estimated to be about 40,000, according to Daniel Frank and Norman Pace, writing in the January 2008 Current Opinion in Gastroenterology. The total number of individual bacterial cells in the gut is projected to be on the order of 100 trillion, according to Xing Yang and colleagues at the Shanghai Center for Bioinformation Technology, reporting in the June 2009 issue of PLoS One, a peer-reviewed online science journal. Xing calculated a ballpark figure for the number of unique bacterial genes in a human gut at about 9 million.
In fact, most of the life on the planet is probably composed of bacteria.
They have been found making a living in Cretaceous-era sediments below the bottom of the ocean and in ice-covered Antarctic lakes, inside volcanoes, miles high in the atmosphere, teeming in the oceans — and within every other life-form on Earth.
These facts by themselves may trigger existential shock: People are partly made of pond scum. But beyond that psychic trauma, a new and astonishing vista unfolds. In a series of recent findings, researchers describe bacteria that communicate in sophisticated ways, take concerted action, influence human physiology, alter human thinking and work together to bioengineer the environment. These findings may foreshadow new medical procedures that encourage bacterial participation in human health. They clearly set out a new understanding of the way in which life has developed on Earth to date, and of the power microbes have to regulate both the global environment and the internal environment of the human beings they inhabit and influence so profoundly.
There's such ferment afoot in microbiology today that even the classification of the primary domains of life and the relationships among those domains are subjects of disagreement. For the purposes of this article, we'll focus on the fundamental difference between two major types of life-forms: those that have a cell wall but few or no internal subdivisions, and those that possess cells containing a nucleus, mitochondria, chloroplasts and other smaller substructures, or organelles. The former life-forms — often termed prokaryotes — include bacteria and the most ancient of Earth's life-forms, the archaea. (Until the 1970s, archaea and bacteria were classed together, but the chemistry of archaean cell walls and other features are quite different from bacteria, enabling them to live in extreme environments such as Yellowstone's mud pots and hyperacidic mine tailings.) Everything but archaea and bacteria, from plants and animals to fungi and malaria parasites, is classified as a eukaryote.
Bacteria can live solitary lives, of course, but they prefer to aggregate in biofilms, also known as "slime cities." Biofilms usually form on a surface, whether it's the inner lining of the intestines or inside water pipes or on your teeth. In these close-knit colonies, bacteria coordinate group production of a slimy translucent coating and fibers called "curli" and "pili" that attach the colony to something else. Biofilms can harbor multiple types of bacteria as well as fungi and protists (microscopic eukaryotes). A complex vascular system for transporting nutrients and chemical signals through a biofilm may also develop. As Tim Friend described in his book The Third Domain, explorers diving to the wreck of the Titanic found these features in "rusticles" — draped colonies of microbes — feeding on the iron in the Titanic's hull and skeleton, more than 2 miles under the surface.
The abilities of bacteria are interesting to understand in their own right, and knowing how bacteria function in the biosphere may lead to new sources of energy or ways to degrade toxic chemicals, for example. But emerging evidence on the role of bacteria in human physiology brings the wonder and promise — and the hazards of misunderstanding them — up close and personal.
Because in a very real sense, bacteria are us.
In 2007, the National Institutes of Health began an ambitious program called the Human Microbiome Project, which aims to take a census of all the microorganisms that normally live in and on the human body. Most of these live in the digestive tract, but researchers have also discovered unique populations adapted to the inside of the elbow and the back of the knee. Even the left and right hands have their own distinct biota, and the microbiomes of men and women differ. The import of this distribution of microorganisms is unclear, but its existence reinforces the notion that humans should start thinking of themselves as ecosystems, rather than discrete individuals.
As of early 2010, the Human Microbiome Project had collected samples of microbial DNA from about 300 people and had sequenced or prepared to sequence the genomes of about 500 bacterial strains from these samples. Fifteen studies of microbial involvement in human disease have been funded. "These sorts of trials take time," says Microbiome Project program director Susan Garges, so clinical treatments based on the research from the project could be years off unless, she says, "in the shorter term, specific microorganisms are associated with a disease state." In that case, protocols for clinical diagnosis and treatment might be accelerated.
But the microbiome project is not just about disease-causing microbes such as E. coli and Staphylococcus strains. Many of the organisms it is identifying are responsible for regulating the digestive tract and keeping humans healthy in a variety of ways.
The human gut is filled with large numbers of a wide variety of bacteria; clearly those that cause disease must rank high on the priority list of those to be studied, but the picture emerging from new research is that pathogens and beneficial bacteria are not necessarily mutually exclusive organisms. A microbe's effects on the human body can depend on conditions. And if you approach the human body as an ecosystem, some researchers are finding, it may be possible to tune that system and prevent many diseases — from acute infections to chronic debilitating conditions — and even to foster mental health, through bacteria.
Recent research has shown that gut microbes control or influence nutrient supply to the human host, the development of mature intestinal cells and blood vessels, the stimulation and maturation of the immune system, and blood levels of lipids such as cholesterol. They are, therefore, intimately involved in the bodily functions that tend to be out of kilter in modern society: metabolism, cardiovascular processes and defense against disease.
Many researchers are coming to view such diseases as manifestations of imbalance in the ecology of the microbes inhabiting the human body. If further evidence bears this out, medicine is about to undergo a profound paradigm shift, and medical treatment could regularly involve kindness to microbes.
Still, in practice, the medical notion of friendly microbes has yet to extend much past the idea that eating yogurt is good for you. For most doctors and medical microbiologists, microbes are enemies in a permanent war. Medicine certainly has good reason to view microbes as dangerous, since the germ theory of disease and the subsequent development of antibiotics are two of medical science's greatest accomplishments.
But there's a problem: The paradigm isn't working very well anymore. Not only are bacteria becoming antibiotic-resistant, but antibiotics are creating other problems.
Approximately 25 percent of people treated with antibiotics for an infection develop diarrhea.
Moreover, people who contract infections just by being hospitalized are at risk of developing chronic infections in the form of biofilms. These not only gum up the works of devices such as IV tubes, stents and catheters, but also protect their constituent microbes from antibiotics.
In addition to antibiotic-resistant E. coli and Salmonella that often spread through our food supply, common pathogens that make doctors' blood run cold include Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Clostridium difficile. P. aeruginosa is responsible for about 40 percent of all fatalities from hospital-acquired infections. C. difficile is the culprit in at least a quarter of diarrhea cases caused by antibiotics. A 2007 study by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health found that mortality rates from C. difficile infections in the United States quadrupled between 1999 and 2004. C. difficile will invade an antibiotic-cleansed colon and "poke holes in it," says Vincent Young, a gastrointestinal infection specialist at the University of Michigan. Some people in this situation rush to the bathroom 20 times a day. "It's not just an inconvenience," Young says.
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Question: How will nanotechnology help us live longer?
Kurzweil: Nanotechnologies are broad concept, it's simply refers to technology where the key features in measuring the small number of nanometers. A nanometer is the diameter 5 carbon atom so it's very close to the molecular level and we already have new materials and devices that had been manufactured at the nanoscale. In fact, chips today, the key features are 50 or 60 nanometers so that is already nanotechnology.
The true promise of nanotechnology is that ultimately we'll be able to create devices that are manufactured at the molecular level by putting together, molecular fragments in new combinations
so, I can send you an information file and a desktop nanofactory will assemble molecules according to the definition in the file and create a physical objects so I can e-mail you a pair of trousers or a module to build housing or a solar panel and we'll be able to create just about anything we need in the physical world from information files with very inexpensive input materials. You can… I mean, just a few years ago if I wanted to send you a movie or a book or a recorded album, I would send you a FedEx package, now I can e-mail you an attachment and you can create a movie or a book from that. On the future, I'll be able to e-mail you a blouse or a meal. So, that's the promise of nanotechnology.
Another promise is to be able to create devices that are size of blood cells and by the way biology is an example of nanotechnology, the key features of biology are at the molecular level. So, that's actually the existence proof that nanotechnology is feasible but biology is based on limited side of materials. Everything is built out of proteins and that's a limited class of substances. With nanotechnology we can create things that are far more durable and far more powerful.
One scientist designed a robotic red blood cell it's a thousand times more powerful than the biological version so, if you were to replace a portion of your biological red blood cells with this respirocytes the robotic versions. You could do an Olympic sprint for 15 minutes without taking a breath or sit at the bottom of your pool for 4 hours.
If I were to say someday you'll have millions or even billions of these nanobots, nano-robots , blood cell size devices going through your body and keeping you healthy from inside, I might think well, that sounds awfully futuristic. I'd point out this already in 50 experiments in animals of doing exactly that with the first generation of nano engineered blood cell size devices.
One scientist cured type 1 diabetes in rats with the blood cell size device. Seven nanometer pores let's insulin out in the controlled fashion. At MIT, there's a blood cell size device that can detect and destroy cancer cells in the bloodstream.
These are early experiments but keep in mind that because of the exponential progression of this technology, these technologies will be a billion time more powerful in 25 years and you get some idea what will be feasible.
This is really bad ass... Bees are so fascinating.... Hive mind capabilities that allow them to collectively burn alive intruders that they can't kill using their stingers. Fuck that.....
"Bee-balling," the act of Japanese honeybees surrounding an enemy wasp and then all vibrating their flight muscles to raise the internal temperature of the ball high enough to cook their enemy, has been known about for some time. And now researchers at the University of Tokyo believe that the bees may actually be using their brains to act collectively to take down the threat.
Set off if bees posted as "guards" at the entrance to the colony detect an intruder, the move evolved because the bee's stingers aren't strong enough to penetrate the hornet's tough exoskeleton, researchers said.
The research team, whose latest research on the phenomenon appeared in the scientific journal PLoS ONE in mid-March, was astounded by the fact that the collective heat generated by the group, while fatal for the hornet, leaves the bees unaffected.
"When an outsider enters, the honeybees are immediately on their guard. Then, all at once, they gather to attack," he said.
"So, it isn't one commanding all the rest, we believe in this moment of emergency they're acting collectively."
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Honey. Seems inconspicuous enough right? Until you realize that it's nothing but bug vomit.
Sweet delicious bug vomit...
The bees collect the nectar from flowers and store it in their "honey stomachs," separate from their true stomachs. On their way back to the hive they secrete enzymes into it that begin converting the stuff into honey. Once in the hive they puke up the nectar and either turn it over to other workers for further processing or else dump it directly into the honeycomb. The bees then beat their tiny wings to fan air through the hive to evaporate excess water from the honey. Last they cover the honeycomb cell with wax, figuring hey, we worked like dogs, but at least now we'll be able to get a snack whenever we want. Suckers. The humans steal the honey, pack it in bottles, and there you go--direct from the bees' guts to yours.
A Profusion of Pressurized Penguin Poo
What variables do you need to consider when you are contemplating penguin poo pressure? First, you need to consider how WIDE the opening of your "gun" is. using "a few 'spot-on' photographs", taken during the event, they estimated the diameter of the cloaca during at about 8mm when the penguin pinches a loaf. You then need to work out height. As the penguin moves up to the edge of its nest to do its business, the cloaca is going to be a bit higher than normal, around 20cm. And then you need to determine the viscosity of your poo, whether its more liquidy or more solid. Once you have all of these and the distance the poo travels, you can calculate the velocity of the dump using this model:
Once you have an idea of velocity, you can start working out pressure for fluids of different viscosities. The authors started out with the "ideal" viscosity of something near water. While they got a pressure of around 34mmHg (not too bad), the low viscosity, and the constant pressure, would result in the poo taking on a parabola. This would be great if the penguin could REALLY get its butt in the air, but since it stands upright and can't...it may be implausible.
However, a higher viscosity works better. If you use a viscosity of say...below glycerine, but above glycol (they tried to take poo samples and measure the viscosity directly, but things like bits of shrimp and fish bones and scales kept getting in the way. The things people will do for science), and you assume that you're working with only initial pressure (to propel the mass away from the nest, but relax immediately after), you get a pressure between 77 and 450 mmHg. This number takes into account friction in the intestintal tract.
That's a lot of pressure. Really.
Humans usually poop at around 55mmHg (100 if you're feeling stopped up). So up to 450mmHg is pretty substantial. And it'd be interesting to look at the muscles and see how they do it
(also the authors refer to "non-Newtonian mechanisms of mucus participation", which, whatever it is, is probably both awesome and kind of gross).
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Did you know that boners don't actually have bones in them?
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If the whole bacteria plays a part in human health, then it's like we've swung from natural/holistic treatments (apothecaries) to "technological" synthetic treatments back to natural in balance. Maybe it'll swing back to technological in nanomedicine.
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Did you know that boners don't actually have bones in them?
Actually... some animals do have actual "bone" boners...
For example... this is a raccoon penis bone..
Here it is in "action"... if you care to gander at an erect raccoon penis...
Warp drive and other faster-than-light (FTL) propulsion technologies were the lynch pin of an interstellar civilization, making trade and exploration across vast interstellar distances viable. Without these technologies, these distances could not be crossed in any reasonable period of time, making interstellar civilization usually limited to a single sector. (TNG: "A Matter of Time") To put this in perspective, planets that were years away with impulse speeds could be reached in days with ships equipped with warp drive. (TOS: "Where No Man Has Gone Before")
Cultures in the galaxy discovered warp drive at their own pace and rate of development, as most of the cultures had to do. The Vulcans were an interstellar civilization by 9th century BC. (ENT: "The Andorian Incident") They invented warp drive some time after 1947 and had reached the level of warp 7 by 2151. (ENT: "Fallen Hero"; DS9: "Little Green Men") Klingons had interstellar travel capability around the time of Kahless in the 9th century. They also invented warp drive some time after 1947 and had achieved the capability of warp 6 by 2151. (TNG: "Rightful Heir"; DS9: "Little Green Men"; VOY: "Day of Honor"; ENT: "Judgment") Romulans were once considered a group of thugs and warp drive was regarded as the key technology that allowed the founding of their Star Empire. (Star Trek: Insurrection) The Vissians developed warp drive around the 12th century. (ENT: "Cogenitor") The Borg in the Delta Quadrant began to establish their interstellar collective by the 15th century. (VOY: "Dragon's Teeth") However, it was the rapid progress of Humanity which led to the wide-scale exploration of the galaxy and the formation of the United Federation of Planets.
And speaking of painful penis....
Of all the disturbing things about bedbugs, their mating habits may be the worst. Cimex lectularius have evolved a breeding technique called "traumatic insemination," and it's even more horrible than it sounds.
A male bedbug's penis is literally a weapon—a sharp, brown hypodermic hook that forgot about the female reproductive canal long ago. Here's how he uses it: The male pounces on the female, holds her firmly while she struggles, and gouges his hook through her exoskeleton, squirting his sperm directly into her body cavity. The sperm swims through her hemolymph (a bug's version of blood) and, if the mating wound doesn't develop a serious infection and kill her, eventually swims to her ovaries.
Biologists used to believe males and females of a given species evolved together for sexual fitness, the Darwinian version of romance. But bedbugs, scientists have found, have engaged in a millennia-long struggle of "sexually antagonistic coevolution" in which individual males damage individual females for overall reproductive advantage. Female bedbugs have counterevolved "spermalege," a special sperm-receptacle organ in the abdomen that helps absorb the trauma—if the hypodermic penis hits it. Bedbugs aren't exactly careful maters. Male bugs sometimes traumatically inseminate each other, though scientists aren't sure whether this is a function of sexual competition or just carelessness. Regardless, sex is bad for female bedbugs. A 2003 study for the Royal Society of London found that the more sex a female bedbug has, the shorter her life will be.
A bed infested with bedbugs isn't just a party for bloodsuckers that will make you itch—it's also a Verdun of buggy sexual warfare.
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Laws Small Business Owners Should Know About
Business laws have multiplied over the years and as a small business owner, you might feel overwhelmed because there are so many. Which laws take priority for your small business?
Large companies have HR departments to tackle legal requirements, but smaller companies do not share this advantage.
Business News Daily addresses this concern and points out four primary laws that should concern small business owners the most:
Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA and employee leaves from work)
Any private sector employer who has 50 or more employees must provide eligible workers up to 12 weeks of family medical leave during a 12-month period. This means that the employee's job is protected during the leave from work. Certain family and medical situations make a worker eligible to receive the leave. By law, the employer cannot prevent deny or interfere with the right to this leave.
However, a close examination of the reasons an employee gives for requesting the leave can prevent abuse of the FMLA. Employers can require that employees fill out a request form and provide mandatory medical certifications to ensure the employee qualifies for the leave.
Non-unionized Employers
Although you may not employ unionized workers, under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), workers have the right to unionize, collectively bargain and take part in activities that are for their "mutual aid and protection" (NLRA). They are allowed to discuss wages and other terms or conditions of their employment with each other.
Your policies that restrict what employees can post on social media must not interfere with employees' NLRA rights. It's a good idea to consult with an employment lawyer to make sure your policies do not get you into trouble.
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP and affirmation action requirements)
In 2014, affirmative action requirements went into effect for certain federal contractors and subcontractors. The requirements included recordkeeping, data tracking and hiring targets. Contractors with 100 or fewer employees must strive to hire qualified individuals with disabilities as 7 percent of their workforce. Benchmarks also exist for hiring veterans.
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and Employee Misclassification
You must ensure that your independent contractors do not fall under what the federal government considers employees. The IRS and Department of Labor target businesses that misclassify workers, and the IRS had a 20-factor test it uses to determine a worker's status. It is vital that your independent contractors pass this test. If the government decides the worker is an employee and not an independent contractor, you could end up owing the worker exorbitant amounts of money for unpaid overtime work.
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Scotland Yard is committed to investing in the frontline of policing in spite of having to find £500 million in savings by 2015, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner has said.
Bernard Hogan-Howe told BBC London that by December the scale and scope of cuts to the force would become clearer and total staff levels could be down to 50,000.
There are 31,853 officers in the Met and the BBC said it understood there were suggestions that up to 6,000 officer posts and 2,000 civilian staff jobs could go by 2015.
Mr Hogan-Howe refused to discuss exact figures but said the force employed 15,000 civilians and 1,900 had already been cut. He would not comment about the number of officer posts under threat.
"We were protected a little this year because of the Olympics, because we wanted to make sure we were kept safe in that very testing time, but by Christmas we will know very clearly where we are going to find the savings over the next few years," he said.
Mr Hogan-Howe said it was possible the force could end up with more constables than ever, even if there were fewer than 50,000 staff overall. Despite the £500 million savings target he said he believed the force would probably end up more efficient, and a "bit leaner, a bit meaner" while remaining effective.
He said the areas being looked at for possible savings were in management costs, a review of estates across the capital and IT.
Mr Hogan-Howe's interview marks the first anniversary of his appointment as Met Commissioner. He had previously served as acting commissioner following the resignation of Sir Paul Stephenson.
His interview comes after a report published in July by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMC) warned that 6,000 officers across the country would be lost from the front line in three years as a result of the Government's budget cuts.
Three forces - including the Met - might not be able to provide an efficient or effective service for the public in the near future, the inspectors warned. They said the 43 forces in England and Wales need to close a funding gap of £2.4 billion by 2015 and have plans to make cuts of £2.1 billion.


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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Nicholas P. Jones, executive vice president and provost at Penn State, discusses his career, his approach to leadership and his thoughts about the University on the next episode of WPSU-TV's "Conversations from Penn State."
The episode will air at 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, on WPSU-TV. The show can also be viewed at http://conversations.psu.edu.
In the conversation, Jones discusses with host Patty Satalia what enticed him to join Penn State, the challenges facing higher education in the 21st century and his vision for the future of the University.
A native of New Zealand, Jones came to Penn State from Johns Hopkins University where he served as the Benjamin T. Rome Dean of the Whiting School of Engineering. Now he serves as Penn State's chief academic officer, as well as a professor in the College of Engineering. Jones' appointment began July 1 of this year.
"Conversations from Penn State," with Satalia at the helm, offers thoughtful, in-depth exchanges with a broad range of people. In many cases, their trailblazing work has advanced their field, drawing national and worldwide attention.


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Beijing 2008
Hosting the 2008 Olympic Games has provided a number of legacies for the Chinese city of Beijing, covering areas such as infrastructure, the environment, education and health.
As well as building stunning venues – such as the Bird's Nest Stadium and the Water Cube Aquatics Centre – Beijing made considerable improvements to the city's transport network ahead of the 2008 Games, which are providing long-term benefits for residents and visitors.
Several significant projects were initiated, including the construction of a new terminal and runway at the city's international airport, which increased passenger capacity from 20–25 million in 2002, to 65–75 million in 2008.
The investment also led to a complete expansion of the Beijing main road network and a massive extension and renovation of the Beijing metro, with the addition of several new subway lines and a high-speed rail link to Tianjin.
In total, public transport capacity was increased by 4.5 million, leading to a reduction in road congestion. Authorities also invested in air quality improvements, with 60,000 coal-burning boilers being upgraded to reduce emissions and more than 4,000 public buses being converted to run on natural gas – more than any other city in the world.
There were also significant improvements in water treatment facilities, ahead of the Games, while Hans Troedsson of the World Health Organisation described, at the time, the public health legacies as "a long-term gift to China", with 100,000 Chinese chefs receiving food cleanliness classes, 200,000 additional food inspectors being hired, and a new disease prevention and control system put in place in Beijing.
The Games also had a considerable effect on education, with the Beijing 2008 Organising Committee (BOCOG) partnering with China's Education Ministry and the Chinese Olympic Committee to launch a joint Olympic education programme, which reached 400 million Chinese children by integrating Olympic education into the existing curriculum of over 400,000 schools. Pupils were able to learn about the Olympic values, the history of the Olympic Games, Olympic sports and the Olympic Movement's contribution to international peace and friendship.
Beijing 2008 also lead to the creation of a new culture of volunteerism, with over 1.1 million people applying to be volunteers at the Games, while attitudes and perceptions of the disabled and disadvantaged members of the community were also changed as a result of the Games, with new wheelchair ramps for streets, shopping centres and cultural attractions installed.
And Beijing's famous sporting venues are also providing a long-term legacy for the city, with the Water Cube now being used as a leisure facility, featuring water slides, a wave pool and spa areas, while the Bird's Nest Stadium has hosted a variety of sporting events and will also stage the 2015 World Athletics Championships.


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After my wise old grandmother adopted me in December 1965, I had daily access to a television and got addicted to Lucille Ball. I watched anything and everything in which she made an appearance, beginning with "I Love Lucy."
In 1957, "I Love Lucy" morphed into Season 1 of "The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show." The second episode, "The Celebrity Next Door," originally broadcast on December 3, 1957, left an impression with an impressionable teenager, not because of anything specific about the show but because of one of the guest stars, Tallulah Bankhead (1902-1968), the celebrity. The name was so unusual that it stuck with me for many years….
….even unto the present.
Earlier this year when I was out touring Old Highway 80, I came upon Bankhead Springs. Bankhead. Couldn't be any connection.
"Au contraire, bison breath," someone more famous than me used to say.
Bankhead Springs was named for John Hollis Bankhead (1842-1920). While serving as a U.S. Senator from Alabama (1907-1920), John Bankhead was instrumental in advocating for the development of highways, specifically a cross-country highway. Eventually, the Bankhead Highway connected Washington DC to San Diego, with the western section eventually becoming U.S. Highway 80.
Wanna guess who his granddaughter was? Yep. Tallulah Bankhead.
Bankhead Springs currently is "a drive-through ghost town," as are many of the towns along Highway 80 which were bypassed when Interstate 8 was built in the early 1960s.
In the early 20th Century, Bankhead Springs and nearby Jacumba were hot spots for Hollywood celebrities and the idle rich because of their natural hot springs. Although local legend says that Tallulah was involved in the town's development, there is no evidence of that. There also are rumors that prostitutes out of Bankhead Springs pandered to the lonely construction workers building Interstate 8. Those rumors also appear unfounded and might have more to do with Tallulah's well-known status as a libertine.
The Bankhead Springs Hotel, built around 1920, provided glamorous accommodations, and for a little extra money, one could get a rental cabin. The hotel is still standing, serving as a roadside store.
The Bankhead Springs Hotel apparently has an interesting history, although I was unable to confirm its history from any source other than an online blog similar to mine. Apparently the hotel closed for a decade, with the story being that the owner simply disappeared one day and was never heard from again. Police found room doors open, beds made, kitchen and dining area clean and set for the next meal, and no sign of robbery or violence. There was a bank fund to pay the property tax so the hotel doors were locked and the hotel left undisturbed. When the property tax fund ran out, the county seized the property for back taxes.
Many of the rental cabins still stand, too, although just barely. I don't think anyone will be renting any of them any time soon.


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A Camera Trip Through Camp Wolters: A picture book of the camp and its activities
Description: According to the introduction, "Here is your Camp Wolters, a photo-record of faces and places to hold for you the memory of your first days in Our Army at this infantry replacement training center." The booklet includes photographs and a commentary regarding different sorts of training and exercise, meal times, recreational activities, and camp buildings.
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Jakarta Fashion Week '13: Ones to Watch
Text: Kristin Knox
Though the tropical rains may have come in full force, drowning the enormous tent erected in the Plaza Senayan, the show here in Jakarta went on. In 24 hours, a new runway was constructed from scratch indoors and Jakarta Fashion Week 2013 began in earnest.
Newcomer Friederich Herman scored a scholarship at Milan's Instituto Marangoni for his collection of separates inspired by Jakarta's legendary traffic jams. His imagination stirred while stuck on the streets for hours at a time, studying the various angles of the buildings as he passed them slowly, he implemented the perspective to his array of sharply cut two-toned tailoring, razor sharp in the front, cut-away or deconstructed at the back. Rendered in a smattering of graphic prints, the odd piece came drenched in a metallic sheen reminiscent of spilled oil.
Former boy band member Toton showcased an upbeat assortment of white shirting adorned with traditionally inspired hand embroidery or flowing sheer panels, jewel tone trousers and coat dresses—each look topped off with hand-constructed mesh wire Indonesian warrior headgear.
From the British Council's Fashion Forward showcase (where London's Centre for Fashion Enterprise mentors a select group of designers) came Dian Pelangi. The explosion of sunny colours, tribal patterns and twisted layers were in keeping with the rules of Muslim-wear, catering to the country's large Islamic population. Each girl's head was decadently wrapped with towering scarves that were at once striking and in keeping with the modest code.
Bretzel dove down under the sea, adorning commercial cotton separates with twisted crochet hats, leg pieces and breast-coverings for something more tactile, while Jeffrey Tan gleaned manga inspiration, sending his intricately crafted glittery and floral appliqué creations down the runway to the tune of the Sailor Moon theme song, and Barli Asmara sent Pocahontas to Java, mashing batik-esque patterns with beaded and feathered accents.
At the Dewi Magazine (Indonesia's leading fashion glossy)-sponsored show, Spous by Priyo Octaviano channelled Gareth Pugh with a monochrome-punk collection. He was followed by the softer Sapto Djojokartiko who presented burn-out cream minidresses and boyfriend jackets, daintily embroidered with pearl and crystal. Oscar Lawalata showed a heavily fringed 1920s-inspired tone-on-tone collection.
But the stand out of the week was young Yosafat Dwi Kurniawan (also part of the U.K.'s nurturing scheme). He screen-printed statues from one of the country's oldest temples onto form-flattering shift dresses, sheer chiffon blouses, sculpted blazers and an evening column. Tiny satin shorts embellished with silver beading imbued the pinnacles of the temple as seen from above. His collection at once displayed a luxury-aware sensibility steeped in an individual aesthetic very much in tune with the whims of Western fashion.
Diverse, intricately crafted and undeniably passionate, Indonesia's fashion industry may still be developing, but much like the temperatures that rage here in Jakarta, it is certainly an incubator of up and coming talent.


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Microsoft Technical Fellow and desktop guru Mark Russinovich will be hosting an interactive virtual roundtable—broadcast LIVE over the Internet on Wednesday, March 5th. The subject? Windows Vista adoption and deployment. On the panel with Mark will be independent industry experts and IT pros from organizations that have already deployed Windows Vista—all openly discussing known challenges, solutions and workarounds, and sharing tips & tricks. But this event is really focused on the "virtual" participant—you!
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Get used to high petrol prices - that's the stark warning for New Zealand motorists from an expert on global energy politics.
Sir Tony Brenton, a British diplomat for 30 years in the Middle East, Russia and the United States, said the threat of social unrest in the big oil-producing Gulf states and the other oil giant, Russia, had put a floor under prices with US$80 ($94.78) a barrel being the new low.
In response to disturbances in the Arab world, Saudi Arabia and other Gulf sheikhdoms had thrown money at their populations. "Russia's in the same position. The price per barrel they need to pay for their social expenditure is around US$80 to US$90."
Unrest during the Arab Spring was the inevitable consequence of the "energy curse".
"If you're an oil-producing state or have access to oil revenues, it's very easy to run a country undemocratically - the energy curse," Brenton said.
"As we've seen in the last couple of years there's been the reaction to this - it raises deep uncertainties about energy supply in the region if what's going on in Egypt and Tunisia spreads. What already feels like high oil prices will get a good deal higher with very damaging effects for what are already very shaky economies."
At the weekend, petrol prices in New Zealand rose to a near-record $2.20 a litre for 91 unleaded petrol.
Oil would be the primary transport fuel for the foreseeable future, he said, and New Zealand needed to keep its supply options open. Powerful allies such as the US were critical to keeping sea routes open.
"You can't [do] as Europe has done and get locked on to Russian gas and found itself worrying about stability of supply."
Brenton was also a negotiator for Britain at the 1992 Earth Summit at Rio and the Kyoto agreement.
Without the inclusion of China, other rapidly developing countries and the United States in treaties, future prospects were not bright, he said. China and countries such as India argued they were poor and trying to help their populations become richer, not pay carbon charges.
Brenton said there were some hopeful technological solutions using experimental geo-engineering to counter carbon emissions.
Postings to Cairo, Moscow and Washington DC had confirmed his views on the influence of energy on global politics. "Energy is the ghost in the machine. It's a lot of what goes on in world politics without necessarily being [visible]."
Energy series
* The University of Auckland's Energy Centre is hosting a series of speakers during the year.
* Former British diplomat Sir Tony Brenton will speak at the university's business school today at 6.30pm.


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(Reuters) - Mark Thompson reported to work as the New York Times Co chief executive on Monday, confronting challenges ranging from making the publisher less dependent on advertising to trimming costs and figuring out what to do with its pile of cash.
Thompson is also dealing with questions pertaining to a series of scandals at the BBC, where he served as director-general from 2004 until September this year.
George Entwistle, who succeeded Thompson at the British broadcaster, resigned on Saturday and two of its top news directors stepped aside on Monday.
The BBC has come under fire for its handling of two investigations at its flagship news show, "Newsnight". One is a massive sexual abuse scandal involving the late Jimmy Savile, a former presenter at the network. The other is a news story of an allegation that a former top politician sexually abused children, which was later proven to be false.
The latter report occurred after Thompson left the BBC. However, an unaired program about Savile was produced while Thompson was director-general of the broadcasting company.
In a staff memo obtained by Reuters, New York Times Chairman Arthur Sulzberger welcomed Thompson but sidestepped addressing the BBC scandals.
"We welcome him at a time of tremendous change and challenge, which must be met with equal focus and innovation," Sulzberger said in the memo distributed on Monday.
"Mark will lead us as we continue our digital transformation, bolster our international growth, drive our productivity and introduce new technologies that will help us become better storytellers and enrich the experience for our readers and viewers."
British ITV filmed Thompson as he arrived at the New York Times headquarters on Monday near Manhattan's Times Square. "I'm looking forward to starting work there right now," said Thompson, who was dressed in a navy blue suit, red tie and had a backpack slung over his right shoulder.
Asked if the BBC saga would be a distraction, he said: "I believe it will not in any way affect my job, which I'm starting right now as chief executive of the New York Times Company."
Still, the volley of news about the turmoil at BBC has been coming fast across the Atlantic since a rival British broadcaster aired a bombshell investigation about Savile in October.
There is little to suggest the pace will slacken as the chairman of the BBC Trust called for a "thorough structural radical overhaul" of the organization, and police and parliament have opened inquiries.
Ken Doctor, an analyst with Outsell Research, said the BBC scandals will replace "hackgate" - the phone hacking controversy that shook News Corp's British newspaper arm - in the UK popular press and in parliament.
Indeed, News Corp founder, Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch, who has criticized the publicly funded BBC in the past, tweeted on Saturday, "BBC getting into deeper mess. After Savile scandal, now prominent news program falsely names senior pol as pedophile."
Thompson said in a letter to British lawmakers he would be happy to appear in front of the parliamentary committee or any other inquiry in the future.
The British investigations into the BBC could prove to be a distraction for Thompson if they are drawn out.
"It's clearly a distraction," Doctor said, who added that he believes Thompson should have stepped aside over the weekend.
"How big, how long this is going to last is unknown. For anybody who cares about the New York Times and its journalism this is an unneeded distraction."
Doctor is another voice in a growing chorus to question whether Thompson is fit to serve as CEO.
New York Times Public Editor Margaret Sullivan wrote on Monday a second column about Thompson.
She praised the coverage in Times about the BBC saga and Thompson, saying it "pulled no punches in reporting," and noted that the scandal is being felt in New York.
"It's safe to say that everyone here - from the Times' board of directors to the mail clerks â hopes that Mr. Sulzberger's faith in Mr. Thompson will be rewarded," she wrote.
"What happens in London reverberates in New York. And the chaos at the BBC - in which many of the people Mr. Thompson has supervised stepped aside as recently as this past weekend â feels uncomfortably close to home."
Thompson did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding Entwistle's resignation. Earlier, he declined to be interviewed about his plans for the New York Times.
Thompson took the helm at the New York Times just weeks after the company reported that it missed third-quarter revenue and profit expectations, which sent its stock tumbling 22 percent.
His arrival on Monday marks the first time the company has had a CEO since the abrupt ouster of Janet Robinson last December.
In addition to the business challenges, Thompson must also manage the desires of the Ochs-Sulzberger family, which has controlled The New York Times for more than 100 years. The company's business issues have forced the family to forego a dividend since 2009.
"The first thing he will have to focus on is the balance sheet," Barclay's analyst Kannan Venkateshwar said of Thompson's priorities.
Analysts widely expect the company to reinstate a dividend since it will end the year with about $1 billion in cash, due in part to sales of some of its newspapers and its digital group About.com. Debt is about $700 million and therefore is very manageable in the context of cash, Venkateshwar said.
Beyond the balance sheet, Thompson will have to tackle the declining advertising revenue in both print and digital while convincing readers to pay more for its products.
While the company's circulation revenue - which includes both print and digital subscribers - makes up 52 percent of total revenue, that percentage must increase to offset persistent advertising losses.
"I think there are a lot of hurdles to the NYTimes.com pay model," Morningstar analyst Jocelyn Mackay said. "I do wonder if their price point is too expensive."
(Reporting by Jennifer Saba; Editing by Peter Lauria, Maureen Bavdek and Richard Chang)


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LPC to Manage New ASU SkySong Apartments!
Aug 10, 2012
Arizona State University is preparing for a major expansion at its SkySong Innovation Campus in Scottsdale this month. In partnership with Plaza Cos. and USAA Real Estate Co., the university is embarking on a $44 million residential component known as the ASU Scottsdale Innovation Center. This new apartment community will include approximately 325 residential units that are planned to open by October 2013 and will be available to not only ASU students, but to all apartment seekers in the area. Construction of the apartment project will be in four phases that stretch out to April 2014. MT Builders will handle construction and Lincoln Property Company will manage the community.
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Book was written already at 1974 by Sheldon Kopp. Sheldon was a psychotherapist in US and had been working with variety of patients. He reveals quite much about himself in the book and that made the book more human and bit easier to grasp.
Overall the book was strange in a good way. Once in a while Sheldon Kopp tells ages old stories with a learning's and then he jumps back to quite instructive and sometimes disturbing stories about the patients he have met. He does get his message through via all of this.
The whole message of the book is: the solution to most of the problems are within oneself. There are no guides, no people or no ideologies that in itself can guide one to happiness, good life or just out of the troubling things in one's mind.
The book raised lot's of thoughts and ideas. For a long time this was a book I made most notes from. It's not by any means an easy one to read, but it is important. It's not easy and fun like many self-help books, but I believe that's the reason it's so powerful.
I really enjoyed the book and recommend to the people who want to learn to understand themselves better. It's not easy, but well worth the trying.
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This bus was part of the Dallas/Fort Worth Coalition of Reason's 2010 Ad Campaign.
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Metroplex Atheists and the Dallas-Plano Atheist Meetup Group have combined to bring their billboard campaign to D/FW. The campaign has started! See the actual photo below.
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This billboard message challenges the accepted social status quo without coming across as deliberately offensive. It has a message of inclusiveness ("You are not alone.") vs. the divisiveness of religion.
We've raised enough already for two billboards, and we'd like to put up more!
You can make a TAX-DEDUCTIBLE donation right here, right now. Just click the button at the top of the page. The transaction is secure and private. We respect your privacy and your name will be known only to the chairman, webmaster, and treasurer of Metroplex Atheists.
There are many reasons for this campaign, not the least of which is to let others know that there are atheist organizations all over the D/FW Metroplex and to point people who inquire to the organization which most appeals to them. Thank you for donating!
The amount of publicity Metroplex Atheists, the Dallas-Plano Atheist Meetup Group, and the other groups that belong to the Dallas-Fort Worth Coalition of Reason have received in the past few days is incredible. AND... the billboards have not even gone up yet.
Reporters have asked if we are going to extend the billboards past the four weeks that have been paid for or if we are going to have another billboard campaign later. It's up to the members of the organizations that belong to the Coalition. Can we raise enough money to make a bigger impact than we already have? We'll see!
The good news is that we have agreed to work with the new national organization, United Coalition of Reason, to put up not one, but two billboards in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, one in Dallas and one in Fort Worth.
We will receive full support in maximizing our exposure with the two billboards, including substantial monetary contributions, support for a website, an 800 number, help with local and national public relations, and spots on local radio. Radio spots have not been used in connection with an atheist billboard before so we will be the first. It's a package that will give us the most "bang for the buck" and will allow us to highly leverage the generous donations given by those who want to see an atheist billboard become a reality.
The bad news is that the billboards will not be up until April. Between now and then the national organization will complete its preparations and we can work to include other local non-theist organizations, in addition to the Dallas-Plano Atheist Meetup Group and Metroplex Atheists, in the new Dallas/Fort Worth Coalition of Reason or DFWCoR.
Contributors to this campaign can be very proud, not only are they going to put up the first atheist billboards in Dallas and Fort Worth, they are also going to positively affect the entire metroplex non-theist community for years to come.
We're working with the Coalition of Reason now and will be back soon with an update!
We're in the process of contacting the parties involved and will have an official update after our January business meeting (we did not have one in December).
The most recent donation put us not only over our goal, but over $2000! We can't thank you all enough, and look forward to posting news on our progress after our next business meeting. All excess dollars will go toward future billboard campaigns. For the immediate future, we will continue to accept donations.
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Second Sight Prices $32 Million IPO
Second Sight Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering
SYLMAR, Calif., Nov. 19, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. ("Second Sight") today announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 3,500,000 shares of common stock, at a price of $9.00 per share. Second Sight develops, manufactures and markets implantable visual prosthetics to restore some functional vision to blind patients. Its current product, the Argus® II System, which treats outer retinal degenerations such as retinitis pigmentosa, is the only retinal prosthesis approved in the United States by the FDA and the first approved retinal prosthesis in the world.
Second Sight's shares of common stock are expected to begin trading today on the NASDAQ Market under the ticker symbol "EYES." The offering is expected to close on November 24, 2014, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. The underwriter also has been granted a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 525,000 shares of common stock at the initial public offering price.
Second Sight expects to receive total gross proceeds from this offering of $31.5 million (or approximately $36.2 million if the underwriter's option to purchase additional shares is exercised in full). Second Sight intends to use proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes that include:
- promoting commercialization of its Argus II product,
- research and development to enhance quality of vision in existing products, and
- research, development and clinical trials to expand the indications for use of the Argus II and its underlying intellectual property with the goal of treating nearly all currently untreatable cases of blindness (about eight million people globally).
MDB Capital Group, LLC served as the sole underwriter in connection with the offering.
The offering is being made only by means of a prospectus, copies of which can be obtained from: MDB Capital Group LLC, 401 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1020, Santa Monica, CA 90401, (310) 526-5000.
A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed and declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any of the offered securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
About Second Sight Medical Products, Inc.
Second Sight develops, manufactures and markets implantable visual prosthetics to restore some functional vision to blind patients. The company's current product is an advanced neurostimulation device called the Argus® II System, which treats retinitis pigmentosa. The Argus II System is the only retinal prosthesis approved in the United States by the Food and Drug Administration and the first approved retinal prosthesis in the world. The company seeks to treat all blind patients through further improvements to their neurostimulation platform.
CONTACT: Lisa Wilson In-Site Communications, Inc. Investor Relations T: (212) 452-2793 E: [email protected]
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Goodbye Steve. You'll be missed.
I've been using Macintosh computers ever since I remember. I grew up using MacPaint, playing Toxic Raveen, Marathon, and arguing with my friends over loving Macs more than PCs.
That was a long time ago and the arguments are long behind, yet today I'm still sitting in front of an Apple who someone's taken a bite out of; writing on a MacBook Pro with my iPhone on my desktop. Watching NetFlix on my AppleTV while my docs are backing up onto my Time Capsule.
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I've known of the father of Apple for equally long. And, frankly, I don't remember feeling so sad over the loss of any person or celebrity I never knew personally.


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For Release Worldwide: May 2014
Release Number: 206PR14
The new Cat® 990K Wheel Loader offers more power and increased payload for greater productivity and fuel efficiency. The 990K also features a redesigned cab that delivers a superior operator interface and a quiet environment, and several new features promote operator and maintenance technician safety and performance. Designed as an optimum loading tool for Cat construction and mining trucks, specifically the 773, 775 and 777 ranging from about 60 to 100 tons (54 to 91 tonnes) capacity, the new 990K also features engine configurations to meet customer needs worldwide. The 990K builds on the proven features of previous models and replaces the 990H.
The rated payload of the new 990K is 17.5 tons (16 tonnes)—up from the 16.5-ton (15- tonne) payload of the H Series model. The increased payload makes the new loader a perfect 4-pass match with the Cat 775 truck for efficient, high-production loading. New, Performance Series Buckets promote fast filling and full bucket loads on every pass, and they are available in sizes ranging from 11.25 to 13 cubic yards (8.6 to 10.0 cubic meters).
The Cat C27 ACERT™ engine powers the 990K and delivers an 11 percent increase in power compared to the previous model. Net power of 699 hp (521 kW) helps deliver increased production—without any change in fuel consumption. Lower engine speed helps drive economical fuel use. Additional fuel savings accrue with the 990K ECO Mode (on-demand throttle), engine-idle shutdown system, and engine-idle kickdown/auto-resume system.
The 990K is available as a U.S. EPA Tier 4 Final version and as a Tier 2 version for less regulated regions. No regeneration or operator intervention is required for the NOx reduction system and diesel oxidation catalyst equipping the Tier 4 Final model. And there is no increase in fuel consumption as a result of the engine emissions control systems.
The Cat exclusive, field-proven impeller clutch torque converter uses a lock-up clutch, providing direct drive to boost fuel economy, trim cycle times, and reduce heat, especially in load-and-carry applications. The system allows operators to balance rimpull and hydraulic power for optimum loading efficiency. Positive Flow Control implement hydraulics use a variable displacement, electronically controlled pump to precisely apportion oil flow based on operator control inputs.
Improved cab and advanced operator interface
The redesigned cab allows easy access and egress and features noise suppression that delivers a benchmark sound level of 69.9 dB(A) for superior operator comfort. The Cat Comfort III seat provides integrated seat-mounted controls for smooth and comfortable operation. Transmission controls, integral with the STIC™ steering lever, allow convenient travel control.
The operator station also features the Cat Vital Information Management System, VIMS™ 3G, which provides customizable operator profiles, a cycle timer and an integral Payload Control System, which provides on-the-go payload weighing. The graphical information display is easy to use and keeps key information in front of the operator.
The 990K is equipped with the Cat Vision rearview camera system and in-cab display to show the operator the area behind the loader. The Cat Detect object detection system, available as an option, builds on the camera system with radars and in-cab software that provide notification to the operator when an object is detected within the radar coverage area. The systems are designed to enhance operator awareness, especially in congested loading areas.
Enhanced serviceability and versatility
For added safety, a remote panel houses a stairway light switch, engine shutdown switch, and lockouts for the transmission and engine starter. A second panel provides convenient access to the battery disconnect switch and a jump-start receptacle. Routine maintenance points are easily accessed, including hydraulic pressure taps and oil sampling ports.
The optional ground level service center reduces service time. It displays fluid level status, houses drain-and-fill ports and provides a data port for diagnostic work.
A number of additional options are available to tailor the loader for specific applications and sites. For example, the optional high lift linkage enables the 990K to load Cat 777 trucks. The integrated axle cooling package and ride control options are particularly beneficial in load-and-carry work.
Application specific arrangements are available for steel mill and forestry applications. Increased stability and larger lift and tilt cylinders provide the extra capacity required for these tough applications. Additional guarding and protection keep the machine running in the harsh steel mill environment. Three-valve hydraulics is included in the millyard arrangement for smooth top clamp control when handling logs.
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990K Wheel Loader Specifications, Standard Linkage
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Bucket capacity range
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17.5 tons (16 tonnes)
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98,881 lb (44 852 kg)
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Hi guys how you doing? since we are talking about Walking Dead here, have you played the app? Its on Facebook actually. I just started it.
I've tried that game for a while but i hate always running out of energy. I just get in to do missions until i run out of energy. That's all, it isn't really fun app but its ok probably for some people.
I absolutely love The Walking Dead. I started reading the comics last week and I'm up to the point where Abraham comes into the picture. I kind of want to see what unfolds on screen before I continue. I know there are differences in the show and the comic but I don't want to spoil anything for myself. Anyone else reading the comics?
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Federal Nanotech Risk Research Plan Still Comes Up Short
Inflated funding numbers, lack of overarching strategy and limited worker exposure research among shortcomings
WASHINGTON, DC – An improved but still flawed government-wide plan for nanotechnology risk research is the result of a broken system. Federally-funded studies essential to managing possible risks from this cutting-edge technology should be guided by a top-down strategy tied to projected commercialization, expected human and environmental exposures, and the regulatory decision-making process.
The National Nanotechnology Initiative's (NNI) Nanotechnology Environmental and Health Implications (NEHI) Working Group recently released its strategy for nanotechnology environmental, health and safety research. The strategy outlines an improved focus on risk research for more than 20 federal agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Earlier drafts of the strategy received widespread criticism from industry officials, policy experts and congressional lawmakers for being merely a list of general nanotechnology risk research categories. The new strategy makes substantial strides towards identifying prioritized research needs and assigning lead agencies to address these needs.
Also just released, the new EPA Office of Research & Development nanotechnology risk research plan appears to be in lock step with the NEHI strategy. The EPA plan includes important studies on risk assessment methods and life-cycle analysis to determine the eventual fate of nanomaterials.
But major hurdles still stand in the way of the public, industry and government obtaining a better understanding of the risks posed by nanomaterials — and how to limit those risks. Necessary resources for nanotechnology risk research are few and far between in relevant oversight agencies such as the EPA, FDA and CPSC. In addition, a limited investment by the NNI on occupational exposure research can only increase dangers to those most susceptible — workers.
"The truth is that while the NEHI made significant strides in this latest effort to present an improved nanotechnology risk research strategy, only about five of the more than 240 identified risk research projects focus on exposure assessment — which directly affects workers. These are the people who are on the front line and most likely to be exposed to potentially hazardous nanomaterials," says David Rejeski, the director of the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN).
"The document also fails to employ a 'top-down,' strategic approach aimed at directing funds and research at the places where there's likely to be the most risk," according to Rejeski. "The NEHI structure and plan are still broken. The plan is a collection of individual agency research programs and not a strategic approach appropriate to a technology projected to be incorporated into $2.6 trillion worth of products by 2014."
An earlier analysis by PEN shows that in FY2005, the U.S. government spent only about one percent of the overall $1.2 billion federal nanotechnology research investment on highly relevant risk research. For more information, see: www.nanotechproject.org/inventories/ehs
The current strategy suggests that things have improved, but according to Rejeski "only 40% of the listed research projects are highly relevant to understanding potential nanotechnology risks—the remaining 60% have only tangential relevance. Transparency over what is being done and what needs to be done is essential to strategic planning. The cited $68 million invested in nanotechnology risk research in fiscal year 2006 is an inflated estimate of work that directly addresses the issues, and that can only further confound the formulation of an effective strategic plan."
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An improved but still flawed government-wide plan for nanotechnology risk research is the result of a broken system. Federally-funded studies essential to managing possible risks from this cutting-edge technology should be guided by a top-down strategy tied to projected commercialization, expected human and environmental exposures, and the regulatory decision-making process.


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Its breathtaking winter solstice illumination makes Newgrange a passage tomb of global significance. But did you know Ireland's quintessential wow moment is 5,000 years old?
Yep, 5,000 years. That's older than Stonehenge. It's older than the great Egyptian pyramids, too. And five millennia later, it hasn't lost any of its wonder.
But first things first: Newgrange can't be visited directly. If you're driving, set the Sat Nav for Brú na Bóinne/Boyne Valley (Latitude 53.694567, Longitude 6.4463) as opposed to Newgrange itself. Here, you'll find an interpretive centre where you can buy tickets, and proceed by shuttle bus for a guided tour. If you don't have a car, don't worry – day tours can be arranged from Dublin.
Arriving at the iconic tomb is a wow-moment, to say the least. Standing outside the 80-metre mound, shored up with spiral-engraved kerbstones and topped with white Wicklow quartzite, a guide reveals the myths and history behind the monument. Newgrange could have been designed as a tomb or a temple – in reality, nobody knows which. The truth will be shrouded in mystery forever.
Once the scene has been set for you as a visitor, you'll step inside the passage tomb itself, squeezing through standing stones carved with spiralling rock art and graffiti dating back to the 1800s (before Newgrange was taken into State care). Ducking under beams of wood, you'll emerge into the cool confines of a cruciform-shaped chamber, like a stony igloo squirreled away within a hill.
This inner sanctum is where a lucky few (chosen by lottery from thousands of applicants annually) huddle together to witness the annual winter solstice illumination. In this moment, when megalithic engineering and nature lock sensationally into sync, a shaft of light can be seen snaking 19 metres up the passageway, ultimately bathing the chamber in light. There are goosebumps, to say the least…
If you're not one of the lucky ones, don't fret. All visitors are treated to a simulated solstice, with an orange beam of light artificially showcasing the effect. It's a tantalising little taster – little wonder legend suggests that this was the site where mythological hero Cú Chulainn was conceived.
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Newgrange isn't the only passage tomb in Ireland, of course. In fact, it's not the only passage tomb at Brú na Bóinne. Together with nearby Knowth and Dowth, Newgrange was declared a Unesco World Heritage Site in 1993. Not bad for a site that once looked destined to become a quarry!
Not far away, near Oldcastle, County Meath, you'll find a lesser-known cluster of passage tombs. Spotted around a handful of hills at Loughcrew are several cairns also dating from around 3,200BC. Because they're more obscure and harder to get to, the Indiana Jones effect is all the more titillating.
If you get the sense that you're being watched here, you may well be right. Some 60km away, atop of Slieve Gullian in County Armagh, the passage of another tomb points directly back towards Loughcrew. Slieve Gullian's two cairns lie on either side of a summit lake, with the southern tomb said to have a winter solstice alignment at sunset. On a good day, the views stretch as far as Dublin Bay.
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Beastie Boys Inducted Into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Founded by Jewish kids from New York City as a punk band in 1979, group went on to win widespread acclaim.
The Beastie Boys, three white New Yorkers who helped bring rap music to the suburbs in the 1980s, have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Dismissed early on as beer-drinking frat boys, Adam "Ad-rock" Horovitz, Adam "MCA" Yauch and Michael "Mike D" Diamond debuted with songs like "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party)!" but the Beasties eventually won over critics and fans with their sharp lyrics, samples and beats.
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