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Looking for experienced Mainframe APL resource for Sweden. Interested applicants can drop me a mail with updated resume at firstname.lastname@example.com. Details of the position as below.
Experience in APL Project: Min 4 years
Total Experience: Min 6 years
Programming Language: APL2, Dyalog APL/W, JCL
Database: DB2, Sharefile/AP
Tools: MQ Series
Good to have: Has client facing experience, has worked in APL migration project.
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Cyber Monday 2010: Tips for finding deals and avoiding mishaps
Cyber Monday features many good deals, from discounted prices to free shipping. Here are tips for shopping online efficiently and securely, from your desktop computer or your smart phone.
Eager to chase down Cyber Monday deals, or just doing some online shopping before Christmas week arrives?
Here are some tips that some shopping gurus and consumer experts say you might want to consider. They might help you find a good deal, protect you from an unhappy experience, or just streamline your search.
1. Plug into your favorite stores. One route to bargains is getting connected directly to your favorite retailers. Big retailers typically offer email newsletters or Twitter alerts about special promotions. It's also easy to simply log into the website: At L.L. Bean's home page, for example, you'll see a link to "sale" items right near the top.
2. Let the web deliver deals. Expand your deal-finding power by using websites like Dealio.com, where you can search for promotions across a galaxy of stores. Dealio lets you tap into online coupons for products and categories.
RetailMeNot.com can also help you search for coupon codes that will cut the cost of online purchases. Other sites for comparing prices across the web include pricegrabber.com and shopping.com. The comparisons will often show how much shipping costs, or if it's free. Finally, CyberMonday.com is a retail site that pulls together lots of the latest deals.

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Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering, Mumbai, walked away winners of Aspirations2020, an online programming contest organised by Infosys Campus Connect in the city on Friday. The team was awarded a cash prize of Rs.1.5 lakh besides a certificate.
This year, the programming contest series, drew online registrations from over 1,04,000 students from 474 engineering colleges across the country. Galgotias College of Engineering and Technology, Noida, came second, winning Rs.1.2 lakh in cash.
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Closeup of the ghost sign for Alabama Something Fixture Company, seen on a brick wall near downtown Birmingham, Alabama. Love the cursive script.
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Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson Emmys Look
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Allure Homme by Chanel
If you like Havana cigars then you'll like this because that's what I think of when I sniff it. There's a whiff of cedar too and a big whiff of quality. This is top stuff for making an impression. One of my stalwarts and highly recommended.
01st April, 2004
Pleasures for Men by Estée Lauder
I received this as a present and I've never been more disappointed in a fragrance. The top notes are stingingly powerful, almost nauseatingly so, this quickly dies to... nothing. Nothing is a relief after stinking yourself up with this stuff. I wouldn't recommend this to my worst enemy and the remains of the bottle (99.5ml!) will shortly be binned. Don't waste your time guys!
29th March, 2004
Chemistry by Clinique
I feel compelled to write after reading your previous contributor's comments. I have used Chemistry since 1995 and I get complimented on it by gorgeous women frequently and they're usually smiling too! Women love Chemistry. Unfortunately Chemistry is no longer available here in the UK (except in Harrods, London).
13th March, 2004
Cuir de Russie by Creed
15th February, 2004
Jungle pour Homme by Kenzo
An absolute favourite. Always gets positively commented on and the fragrance lasts all day, mellowing out nicely. Sometimes hard to find in Duty Free shops though - anybody know why?
17th June, 2003
Gendarme V by Gendarme
Gendarme V is another incredible fragrance that is sweeter and more "Greener" than the original. The fragrance is so unique that people pay attention to it. If you want a warmer heavier version of Gendarme get the V. You won't be dissappointed!
14th May, 2003
Gendarme by Gendarme
Gendarme is the most fabulous fragrance out on the market today. It is elegant and sexy at the same time. I always get compliments from women whenever I go out to a bar or club. Your nose gets used to Gendarme very quickly (so you cannot smell it on yourself after about an hour) but others will notice it on you many hours after you've sprayed it. Purchase this incredible fragrance. Good day.
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Space NK Man by Space NK
Warm, spicy natural essences keep you fresh for ages and don't inflame hypoallegenic inclinations.
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Swiss Army by Swiss Army
Swiss Army is one of the best colognes you can buy today. If you want to attract the ladies, use Swiss! The scent will last you all day.
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Just how terrible are the twos?
Some animals really can predict the weather
Real lemmings don't commit mass suicide
Earlier this week, Republican representative Devin Nunes referred to his colleagues in the US House of Representatives as "lemmings with suicide vests". I would like to propose that this characterization is vastly unfair. To the lemmings.
That's because real lemmings, such as the adorable little creature pictured above, aren't actually suicidal. If anything, their problem is that they're just too damn horny. [Insert new political analogy here.]
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Don't touch that hot stove!
Experimenting on orphans
Do chimpanzees understand death?
My new column for The New York Times Magazine involved some of the most emotionally intense reporting I've done in a while. It's all about a little-discussed genre of observation-based scientific papers, documenting what chimpanzees and bonobos (and, sometimes, other primates) do when confronted with death. These are difficult events for scientists to catch — they don't happen very often, and it's even less frequent that researchers happen to be right there to record and film the whole thing, especially in the wild. Because of that, scientists can't say a lot that's definitive about these behaviors. But they can tell you what they've seen. And what they've seen can be devastating.
Pansy was probably in her 50s when she died, which is pretty good for a chimpanzee. She passed in a way most of us would envy — peacefully, with her adult daughter, Rosie, and her best friend, Blossom, by her side. Thirty years earlier, Pansy and Blossom arrived together at the Blair Drummond Safari and Adventure Park near Stirling, Scotland. They raised their children together. Now, as Pansy struggled to breathe, Blossom held her hand and stroked it. When the scientists at the park realized Pansy's death was imminent, they turned on video cameras, capturing intimate moments during her last hours as Blossom, Rosie and Blossom's son, Chippy, groomed her and comforted her as she got weaker. After she passed, the chimps examined the body, inspecting Pansy's mouth, pulling her arm and leaning their faces close to hers. Blossom sat by Pansy's body through the night. And when she finally moved away to sleep in a different part of the enclosure, she did so fitfully, waking and repositioning herself dozens more times than was normal. For five days after Pansy's death, none of the other chimps would sleep on the platform where she died.
That's my re-telling of an incident that happened in 2010 in Scotland and was originally observed by James Anderson, a primate psychologist at the University of Stirling in Scotland. His full paper is available online, and it's definitely worth a read. Anderson's paper is the one that got me into this topic to begin with and he was instrumental in my reporting.
The video above is a different incident, which I also talk about in the Times piece. This one involves a group of bonobos who defend the body of a newcomer and relative stranger to their pack. The footage was taken by Brian Hare, an evolutionary anthropologist at Duke.
What we can learn from the clones that walk among us
The power of the swarm
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How humans evolved to explore
Boldly going where nobody's gone before. In a lot of ways, that idea kind of defines our whole species. We travel. We're curious. We poke our noses around the planet to find new places to live. We're compelled to explore places few people would ever actually want to live. We push ourselves into space.
This behavior isn't totally unique. But it is remarkable. So we have to ask, is there a genetic, evolution-driven, cause behind the restlessness of humanity?
At National Geographic, David Dobbs has an amazing long read digging into that idea. The story is fascinating, stretching from Polynesian sailors to Quebecois settlers. And it's very, very good science writing. Dobbs resists the urge to go for easy "here is the gene that does this" answers. Instead, he helps us see the complex web of genetics and culture that influences and encourages certain behaviors at certain times. It's a great read.
Not all of us ache to ride a rocket or sail the infinite sea. Yet as a species we're curious enough, and intrigued enough by the prospect, to help pay for the trip and cheer at the voyagers' return. Yes, we explore to find a better place to live or acquire a larger territory or make a fortune. But we also explore simply to discover what's there.
"No other mammal moves around like we do," says Svante Pääbo, a director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, where he uses genetics to study human origins. "We jump borders. We push into new territory even when we have resources where we are. Other animals don't do this. Other humans either. Neanderthals were around hundreds of thousands of years, but they never spread around the world. In just 50,000 years we covered everything. There's a kind of madness to it. Sailing out into the ocean, you have no idea what's on the other side. And now we go to Mars. We never stop. Why?"
Why indeed? Pääbo and other scientists pondering this question are themselves explorers, walking new ground. They know that they might have to backtrack and regroup at any time. They know that any notion about why we explore might soon face revision as their young disciplines—anthropology, genetics, developmental neuropsychology—turn up new fundamentals. Yet for those trying to figure out what makes humans tick, our urge to explore is irresistible terrain. What gives rise to this "madness" to explore? What drove us out from Africa and on to the moon and beyond?
Seals: Graceful underwater, adorably useless on land
Underwater, Antarctica's Weddell seals are fast-moving, graceful predators, catching and eating as much as 100 pounds of food per day. They dine on squids and fish and have been known to enjoy the occasional penguin or two.
On land, they are hilariously ineffectual blobs of jelly.
You can see that dichotomy in action in this great (and long) video made by Henry Kaiser in Antarctica. Following the adventures of a baby seal on the ice and under the water, the video is peaceful, meditative and reminds me a bit of the sort of old-school Sesame Street video that would build simple, kid-friendly narratives out of nature footage and music. (The music, by the way, was written and performed by Henry Kaiser, as well.)
Despite their poor performance in land-based locomotion, Weddell seals actually live on the ice, descending into the water to hunt and mate and swim around. They use natural holes in the ice to get from above to below and back, but they also work to maintain those holes and often use their teeth to chew at the edge of the ice and make a small hole larger. At about 13 minutes into the video, you can watch a seal doing just that — rubbing its head back and forth to enlarge an opening in the ice.
And why hang out on the ice, to begin with? Simple. In the water, seals are, themselves, potential dinners for larger creatures. On land, they have no natural predators at all and can safely bask in the sun, lying on their cute and chubby bellies for so long that their body heat hollows out divots in the ice.
The infrastructure of longevity — a systems-level perspective of living to 100
I really enjoyed reading a recent story in The New York Times Magazine about attempts to understand extreme longevity — the weird tendency for certain populations to have larger-than-average numbers of people who live well into their 90s, if not 100s.
Written by Dan Buettner, the piece focuses on the Greek island of Ikaria, and, in many ways, it's a lot like a lot of the other stories I've read on this subject. From a scientific perspective, we don't really understand why some people live longer than others. And we definitely don't understand why some populations have more people who live longer. There are lots of theories. Conveniently, they tend to coincide with our own biases about what we currently think is most wrong with our own society. So articles about extremely long-lived populations tend to offer a lot of inspiring stories, some funny quotes from really old people, and not a lot in the way of answers.
Buettner's story has all those elements, but it also proposes some ideas that were, for me, really thought provoking. After spending much of the article discussing the Ikarian's diet (it's low in meat and sugar, high in antioxidants, and includes lots of locally produced food and wine) and their laid-back, low-stress way of life, Buettner doesn't suggest that we'll all live to be 100 if we just, individually, try to live exactly like the Ikarians do. In fact, he points out that other communities of long-lived individuals actually live differently — Californian Seventh-Day Adventists, for instance, eat no meat at all and don't drink, and they live with the normal stresses of everyday American life.
What these groups do have in common, though, is a strong social infrastructure that ties people to each other emotionally and connects individual choices to a bigger community lifestyle.
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A fun image that I think you will enjoy
Hey guys! Check out this great JPEG I found last month. The caption was created by physics blogger Matthew Francis, and I've really been looking forward to sharing it with you!
In totally unrelated news, I just read a story by Stephanie Pappas at LiveScience.com, all about evolutionary psychologists' ongoing attempts to determine whether human females prefer our men hairy or smooth and, if so, why. Pappas' story covers a recent study that tried (and failed) to support one hypothesis: Women like hairless guys because we somehow know that hairy chests could be havens for parasites. A Sean Connery-like thatch is just one more place for lice to hang out.
Studying the preferences of women in two different cultures — Turkey and Slovakia — the researchers expected to find that Turkish women were more likely to choose hairless men because that country has long had higher rates of parasite-transmitted disease. Instead, they found that women in both countries overwhelmingly preferred their gentlemen in a less-wooly state.
The headline on the LiveScience article: "Why Women Don't Fall for Hairy Guys Remains A Scientific Mystery".
Thanks to Joanne Manaster for the inspiration!
The neurobiology and psychology that connect summer vacation with your morning run
Time is relative. Remember how each day in grade school (especially summer days) seemed to last for an eternity? Ever notice how it seems to take forever to travel a new route on your bike, while the return trip along the same path is done in the blink of an eye?
Turns out, both of those things are connected and they have important implications for the nature of memory. There's a great summary of the science on this up at The Irish Times. It's written by William Reville, emeritus professor of biochemistry at University College Cork.
The key issue, according to Reville, is that the amount of information your brain can store during a given time period isn't really dependent on the length of that time period. You could store up a lot of new information during 10 minutes of a really interesting lecture. You might store only a little new information during 10 minutes of walking your dog along a path you know very well.
The higher the intensity, the longer the duration seems to be. In a classic experiment, participants were asked to memorise either a simple [a circle] or complex figure . Although the clock-time allocated to each task was identical, participants later estimated the duration of memorising the complex shape to be significantly longer than for the simple shape.
... [H]ere is a "guaranteed" way to lengthen your life. Childhood holidays seem to last forever, but as you grow older time seems to accelerate. "Time" is related to how much information you are taking in – information stretches time. A child's day from 9am to 3.30pm is like a 20-hour day for an adult. Children experience many new things every day and time passes slowly, but as people get older they have fewer new experiences and time is less stretched by information. So, you can "lengthen" your life by minimising routine and making sure your life is full of new active experiences – travel to new places, take on new interests, and spend more time living in the present.
I think this also has some implications for my exercise routine. I am well aware that my ability to run any distance at all is heavily dependent on psychological factors. I am not one of those people who likes to go running in new places, along unfamiliar trails, because it has always made me feel like the distance was much, much longer — and, consequently, leads me to stop running and start walking sooner than I actually have to. I've had a lot more luck running on tracks and elliptical machines—situations where it seems to be easier for me to get into a zone and lose track of time. When I run that way, it's my physical limitations that matter, not my psychological ones.
Of course, I know a lot of people who feel exactly the opposite. Maybe, for those people, running in a routine situation, like a track, makes them start to think more about their day or what's going on around them, and processing all that information makes the workout seem longer. I'm not sure. But this is awfully interesting.
Read the rest of William Reville's piece at The Irish Times
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The benefits of xenophobia
Xenophobia is neither the fear of Xeni, nor of Xena. Rather, it's more about knee-jerk mistrust, dislike, and hatred for people who aren't part of your group. We've come to associate it with not liking people from other countries, but it applies to smaller-scale, less formal tribalism, as well.
Over at the Scientific American blogs, science writer and biologist Rob Dunn talks about some of the theories for why something as seemingly antisocial as xenophobia could have been beneficial to our ancestors—at least under certain circumstances. The key, he says, might be disease. Not cooperating between groups, refusing to share resources, and generally going out of your way to avoid strangers makes sense if those strangers are infected with something that could kill you.
If I'm understanding Dunn correctly, the research and theorizing on this topic isn't saying xenophobia is good. Nor is it saying that all xenophobia grows out of a conscious, reasonable fear of disease. It's more like, the times when xenophobia did turn out to be coincidentally beneficial happened to reward people who were more likely to pass on xenophobic tendencies to their offspring (whether those tendencies were genetic or cultural is hard to say). Thus, the tendency continues, even in situations where it's actively detrimental. And Dunn points to an interesting recent study that showed deadly white-nose syndrome is causing xenophobic-esque changes in the behavior of bat populations.
Although it looked as though the little brown bats and several other species might soon face extinction, at least in some regions and perhaps even in North America, the little brown bats have begun to rebound in some places, albeit modestly. A new paper out this week takes notice of one of the reasons they appear to be rebounding, the bats are avoiding each other. Little brown bats (at least historically) tend to roost in large, groups, one next to the other, bumping fuzzies as it were. But not anymore. More and more, this new study, led by Kate Langwig, a graduate student at Boston University, suggests, the bats are spreading themselves out in their roosting caves, their hibernacula. Once, they clumped, warming themselves around the tiny fires of their bodies. Now, they go it alone.
Langwig's results are preliminary, as she and her colleagues are the first to admit. She has measured the change in the bat roosting (and abundance) before and after the arrival of the disease, but she has not really studied the behavior of the bats and how it is they come to be spaced apart. Yet, the bats the are important from the perspective of the basic biology and conservation of the bats and so there remains much to do and much that can be done. For example, it would be good to know if the probability of transmission of the disease really goes down when the bats are further apart. It would also be interesting to figure out if the same individuals that were once nuzzling up next to each other, are now hanging out on their own.
Read the rest of Rob Dunn's post on xenophobia and disease
New evidence suggests people aren't nearly as dickish on the Internet as you might think
Is responding to food as a reward the same thing as food addiction?
We've had a couple of posts recently about a hypothesis that links the current increase in obesity with an increase in easy access to foods that are designed to trigger reward systems in the human brain. Basically: Maybe we're getting fatter because our brains are seeking out the recurrent reward of food that makes us fat. Scientist Stephan Guyenet explained it all in more detail in a recent guest post.
It's an interesting—and increasingly popular—idea, though not without flaws. To give you some context on how scientists are talking about this, I linked you to a blog post by Scicurious, another scientist who wrote about some of the critiques of food reward and related ideas. In particular, Scicurious questioned some of the implicit connections being made here between body size and health, and eating patterns and body size.
She also talked about another critique, one which came up in a recent article in the journal Nature Reviews Neuroscience. If people are gaining weight because they're addicted to eating unhealthy foods, we ought to see some evidence of that in the way their brains respond to those foods. After all, brains respond to many physically addictive substances in special ways. But we don't see that with junk food. So does that invalidate the hypothesis?
Stephan Guyenet doesn't think it does. In a recent email to me, he explained that he thinks the food reward hypothesis is a bit more nuanced, and can't really be described as "food addiction". At least, not the same way that cigarettes or heroin are addictive.
Addiction is the dependence on a drug, or behavior, despite clear negative consequences. Drug addiction is associated with characteristic changes in the brain, particularly in regions that govern motivation and behavioral reinforcement (reward), which drive out-of-control drug seeking behaviors. Some researchers have proposed that common obesity is a type of "food addiction", whereby drug addiction-like changes in the brain cause a loss of control over eating behavior. Hisham Ziauddeen and colleagues recently published an opinion piece in Nature Reviews Neuroscience reviewing the evidence related to this idea.
The review concluded that there is currently not enough evidence to treat obesity as a "food addiction". I agree, and I doubt there ever will be enough evidence. However, this does not challenge the idea that food reward is involved in obesity, an idea I described in a review article in JCEM, on my blog (1, 2), and my recent Boing Boing piece.
The reward system is what motivates us to seek and consume food, and what motivates us to choose certain foods over others. To begin to appreciate its role in obesity, all we need is a common sense example.
Why do some people drink sweetened sodas between meals, rather than plain water? Is it because sodas quench thirst better than water? Is it because people are hungry and need the extra calories? If so, why not just eat a plain potato or a handful of unsalted nuts? The main reason people drink soda is that they enjoy it, plain and simple. They like the sweetness, they like the flavor, they like the feeling of carbonation on the tongue and the mild stimulation the caffeine provides. It's the same reason people eat a thick slice of double chocolate cake even though they're stuffed after a large meal. The reward system motivates you to seek the soda and cake, and the hedonic (pleasure) system encourages you to keep consuming it once you've begun.
But is this the same as addiction? If I took a person's cola away, would they get the shakes? Would they break into a convenience store at night to get a cola fix? I'm going to say no.
I agree with Ziauddeen and colleagues that the evidence at this point is not sufficient to say that common obesity represents food addiction, and I appreciate their skeptical perspective on the matter. In obesity, as in leanness, the food reward system appears to be doing exactly what it evolved to do: seek out energy-dense, tasty food, and strongly suggest that you eat it. The problem is that we're increasingly surrounded by easily accessible, cheap, commercial food that is designed to hit these circuits as hard as possible, with the goal of driving repeat purchase and consumption behaviors. Our brains are not malfunctioning; they're reacting just as they're supposed to around foods like this.
Sex is Fun podcast: How sexism affects your sex life
I've been doing periodic appearances on Sex is Fun, a sex-positive podcast aimed at providing fun, informative sex ed. for grown-ups. Last time I was on the show, we talked about some funny animal sex studies and what they can and can't teach you about human sexual behavior. This time around, we talked about a couple of recent studies focusing on sociology and sex.
In particular, we focused on a study from last fall that surveyed students at the University of Kansas to find out how men's and women's internalized sexism affect their relationships with each other. If you've ever watched one of those shows about so-called "pick up artists" and wondered, "Who the hell are the women falling for this crap!?", then this is the show to listen to.
Check out the podcast at the Sex is Fun site!
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"My Favorite Museum Exhibit": Butterflies eating a piranha
"My Favorite Museum Exhibit" is a series of posts aimed at giving BoingBoing readers a chance to show off their favorite exhibits and specimens, preferably from museums that might go overlooked in the tourism pantheon. I'll be featuring posts in this series all week. Want to see them all? Check out the archive post. I'll update the full list there every morning.
You've seen a lot of good taxidermy this week, but nothing quite like this. Renee Mertz sent me this photo of a diorama at Vienna's Naturhistorisches Museum, which depicts a group of butterflies greedily feeding off the carcass of a dead piranha.
This is not a spot of whimsy, people. This kind of thing really does happen. In fact, you can watch a real-life example (with a less-threatening fish substituted in for the piranha) in a video taken in Alabama's Bankhead National Forest.
The good news: The butterflies are not really carnivorous, per se. The bad news: What they're actually doing is still pretty damn creepy.
It's called "puddling" or "mud-puddling". The basic idea works like this: Butterflies get most of their diet in the form of nectar. They're pollinators. But nectar doesn't have all the nutrients and minerals butterflies need to survive, so they have to dip their probosces into some other food sources, as well. Depending on the species of butterfly, those other sources can include: Mineral-rich water in a shallow mud puddle, animal poop, and (yes) carrion.
When butterflies puddle over a dead fish, though, they aren't biting off chunks. Instead, they're essentially licking the dead fish—going after salt and minerals that seep out of the dead animal as it decomposes. Bonus: Some butterflies also like to lick the sweat off of humans. And a few species of moth have been documented sucking blood and tears for living animals, including humans.
Excavating an ant colony
This is simply breathtaking.
In the video, researchers pump 10 tons of concrete down an ant hole and then slowly, carefully excavate the site to see what an ant colony looks like. The result is an intricate structure, equivalent in labor to humans building the Great Wall of China.
And then you think, "Oh, and we just pumped 10 tons of concrete down it. Oh. We're ... kind of assholes sometimes, aren't we?" Sorry ants. Sants.
An update in very important whale/dolphin friendship news
Barry White's sperm quality: Why are deep-voiced men attractive?
Here's a fascinating study that shines a bright spotlight of nuance on some of those maybe-too-simplistic assumptions we make about evolution, physical characteristics, and reproductive fitness.
If you've paid any attention to reporting on the science of what humans find attractive and why, you won't be surprised to learn that studies consistently show that deeper voices are associated with stereotypically manly-man characteristics such as hairier bodies and taller height, that men with these voices and characteristics are judged as being more attractive, and that deep-voiced dudes seem to get more action from more ladies.
Based on all of that, you might be tempted to speculate that a deeper voice is an outward sign of how fertile and virile a dude is and that ladies have evolved to be attracted to that show of baby-making prowess. And that makes sense ...
Except that men with deep voices also seem to have lower-quality sperm. At the Anthropology in Practice blog, Krystal D'Costa explains:
These assessments aren't entirely made up. There is evidence that secondary sexual traits can predict health and fertility of a partner. Brilliant colors and showy displays have long been natural indicators of potential sexual fitness. For example, deer with bigger, more complex antlers also have larger testes and more motile sperm. Lower frequency sounds have been linked to larger body size across all primate species
However, semen analysis reveals that men with deeper voices have lower scores on seven motility parameters (7)—even when the lifestyle and environmental factors are accounted for. While men with deeper voices may have more sexual partners, they seem less prepared to pass on their genes. Researchers believe the lower sperm quality reflects a trade-off that comes with having to compete for mates:
"Animals have finite resources to partition amongst reproductive activities, and the theoretical models of sperm expenditure assume a basic trade-off between male investment in attracting mates and in gaining fertilizations. Recent studies of non-human animals are providing empirical evidence for this basic life-history trade-off. A number of studies have also reported short-term declines in semen quality associated with social dominance."
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Octopus walks on land
Perhaps you've heard the tale of the octopus that broke out of its tank at the aquarium and walked across the room to break into another tank where it proceeded to eat other forms of sea life.
That story is kind of an urban legend. It's supposedly happened at every aquarium in the world, but can't be confirmed. And experts have told me that the hard floors in an aquarium would likely seriously damage the suction pads of any octopus that tried it.
But the basic idea—that an octopus could pop out of the water and move across dry ground&dmdash;is a very real thing. Here, an octopus at the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve in California hauls itself out of the water, and scoots awkwardly around on land for a little bit (while some apparently Minnesotan tourists gawk), before sliding back into the water. It's not the most graceful sort of travel. But it can be very handy. Octopuses do this in nature to escape predators, and also to find food of their own in tidal pools.
As an added bonus: Scientific American just started an all-octopuses, all-the-time blog called The Octopus Chronicles. Check it out!
A dinosaur's teeth can be a map of its travels
Bones can tell you a lot about a creature, but there's much more they can't tell you. Bones are not behavior. We know what the skeletons of dinosaurs looked like. But there's a great deal about their appearance and behavior that we can only guess at.
Sometimes, though, bones can surprise you. Sometimes, they carry secrets locked inside. At Not Exactly Rocket Science, Ed Yong writes about a new study that's uncovered evidence about dinosaur behavior, using information stored in the dinosaurs' teeth. The paper suggests that the North American Camarasaurus had a seasonal migration.
Reptiles replace their teeth throughout their lives and the dinosaurs would have been no different. Whenever they drank, they incorporated oxygen atoms from the water into the enamel of their growing teeth. Different bodies of water contain different mixes of oxygen isotopes, and the dinosaurs' enamel records a history of these blends. They were what they drank.
It's easy enough to measure the levels of oxygen isotopes in dinosaur teeth, but you need something to compare that against. How could anyone possibly discern the levels of such isotopes in bodies of water that existed millions of years ago? Local rocks provide the answer. The oxygen also fuelled the growth of minerals like calcium carbonate (limestone), which preserve these ancient atoms just as dinosaur teeth do. If dinosaur enamel contains a different blend of oxygen to the surrounding carbonates, the place where the animal drank must be somewhere different from the place where it died.
Palaeontologists have used oxygen isotopes to infer all manner of dinosaur traits, from the fish-eating habits of spinosaurs to the hot body temperatures of sauropods to the chilly conditions endured by Chinese dinosaurs. These atoms have acted as menus and thermometers. Now, Fricke has turned them into maps.
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Teen driving restrictions don't have as big an impact as expected
My friend Jim captured this excellent moment in science reporting this morning. Thankfully, as I check Google News now, the headlines are drifting more towards the real story, which is fairly interesting. Turns out, deadly car accidents aren't so much a function of driver age as they are a function of driver experience.
Basically, over the past few decades, several states have placed stringent limits on teenage drivers—usually when they can drive, and who they can drive with. The idea was to separate first-time drivers from risky driving situations, and a lot of people assumed these measures were saving lives. Instead, we now know, the rules merely shifted when the deadly accidents happened. Some lives were saved. But, in general, the results were pretty much a wash.
The researchers found that states with the most restrictive graduated licensing programs — such as those that required supervised driving time as well as having night-driving restrictions and passenger limitations — saw a 26% reduction in the rate of fatal crashes involving 16-year-old drivers compared with states without any restrictions.
But the rate of fatal crashes among 18-year-old drivers in those states jumped 12% compared with the states without restrictions.
A similar trend was seen when comparing drivers in states with strong graduated licensing programs with those in states with weak programs: The rate of fatal crashes among 16-year-old drivers was 16% lower but was 10% higher among 18-year-old drivers.
Overall, since the first program was enacted in 1996, graduated programs were linked to 1,348 fewer fatal crashes involving 16-year-old drivers and 1,086 more fatal crashes involving 18-year-old drivers.
The speculative response: You can place restrictions on new drivers that limit their exposure to situations where mistakes are likely to happen. But, eventually, they'll have to navigate those situations on their own. And when they do, the mistakes creep back in. So maybe we need to look for a better way to mitigate the mistakes than simply instituting age-dependent restrictions. Personally, I wonder what the results would be if driving education included time to practice driving (either virtually or on a test course) with the distractions they're likely to encounter in real life. I know I learned how to drive and talk at the same time, and how to know when to shut everybody up, by experience. Maybe there's a way to do that in a safer environment.
High temperatures change parenting behavior in birds
So here's a statistic I'd never heard before: Between 1979 and 2003 years, more Americans died from heat exposure than from hurricanes, lightning, tornadoes, floods, and earthquakes combined.
That comes from Jason Goldman, a scientist and science blogger, who has a post up today about how animals that thrive in extreme heat situations actually manage to do that. Specifically, he's writing about a recent paper that studied how harsh environments change the parenting behavior of desert birds. Apparently, the hotter the nest, the more the male bird is likely to be involved in incubating the eggs.
Biparental care, which is the care of offspring by both male and female parents, represents a classic example of the trade-off between cooperation and conflict in social behavior in the animal kingdom. If they cooperate, parents can work to improve the odds of the survival of their offspring. By withholding care, however, an individual can potentially survive longer and increase the odds of successful breeding later in life. Assuming that biparental care is even possible in a given species, mathematical models expect it to occur anytime the possibility of offspring survival is significantly greater than when cared for by a single parent. In particular, the harsh environment hypothesis predicts that parents should both contribute to the care of their young in environments susceptible to harsh weather conditions, where food is scarce, where there is intense competition for resources, if desiccation of eggs is a possibility, or in areas where the offspring are regularly preyed upon.
The Kentish plover provided Al-Rashidi with the opportunity to conduct a particularly clever experiment. These birds lay their eggs on the ground, which means that the eggs as well as both parents have direct exposure to the surrounding environment. Some nests are located under bushes, and are therefore naturally protected from direct sunlight, while others are out in the open. This provided an obvious way for Al-Rashidi to create two experimental groups – one in direct sunlight and a second in the shade. In general, males tend to sit on the nest during the cooler nighttime, while females tend to take the daytime shift. The problem is that the females risk overheating if they incubate the eggs all day. The harsh environment hypothesis, therefore, predicts that the warmest nests will not only show evidence of more biparental care but that the two parents will take turns more often throughout the day.
... As expected, males and females both spent more time sitting on the exposed nests than the covered ones over the whole day, and as predicted by the harsh environment hypothesis, there were more change-overs – that is, they took turns more often – during the hottest part of the day at the exposed nests.


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How the murderer stayed just ahead of Quinn.
It was good the first half, awesome the second half. There is more going on and the cops think they know who it is, but don't .
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I am looking forward to the next book of the author.
I didn't read the print version
It was a good plot and it followed the prior book
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Nothing would make this book worth reading
Get a plot
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This book had an espionage aspect to it that I really enjoyed
Every battle that Robie got into, he was always out numbered. He proved to do a lot of thinking on his feet all the time.
This was my first book of Ron's.
I really liked when Robie figured he needed to be in Canada instead of Ireland.
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The narrator is mundane, thus so is the book. It put me to sleep.
The story was probably okay, but the narrator ruined it.
Lee Child deserves Dick Hill.
Don't know anything special about it.
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I have read Michael Connelly before and enjoyed him. Buck Schirner is a very boring narrator.
Found someone else to read it
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My lab is interested in developing mathematical models of biological regulatory processes that integrate specific knowledge about protein-protein interactions. Together with collaborators at Los Alamos National Laboratory, we have developed a simulation framework called BioNetGen that allows rule-based specification of biochemical reaction networks and provides both deterministic and stochastic modeling capabilities. Current research includes the development of specific models of signal transduction and the development of new stochastic simulation algorithms that will greatly broaden the scope of models that can be developed. Other research areas include model reduction, parameter estimation and uncertainty analysis, and automated model construction from databases of protein interactions.
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Hogg JS, Harris LA, Stover LJ, Nair NS, Faeder JR (2014) Exact hybrid particle/population simulation of rule-based models of biochemical systems PLoS Comput Biol Apr 3; 10(4):e1003544. (link)
Nemenman I, Faeder JR, Gnanakaran S, Hlavacek WS, Munsky B, Wall ME, Jiang Y (2014) The Seventh q-bio Conference: meeting report and preface Phys Biol 11(4):040301. (link)
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Grammars in Natural Computing - WCCI 2010 Special Session
Grammars in Natural Computing
IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence 2010
IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation Special Session
Call For PapersAim:
Grammar-based methods have been widely used to control search in Genetic Programming and related fields; meanwhile, evolutionary methods have become important in grammar learning, in both practical application, and as a means to understand the processes of language acquisition. A small number of systems combine both aspects, learning grammars to control evolutionary search spaces. The possibilities for cross-fertilisation are immense. The aim of this special session is to bring people from all these areas together, in order to foster innovative research on the interactions of grammars, evolutionary and other natural computing systems.Scope:
We invite contributions on all aspects of Grammars in Natural Computing, including (but not limited to) the following areas:
- Grammar-Based Evolutionary Algorithms
- Other Grammar-Based Stochastic Algorithms
- Grammar Learning through Natural Computing
- Grammar Models of Social and Biological Interaction
- Modeling Language Learning through Grammars and Evolution
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Notification of Acceptance: 15 March 2010
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March 26, 2015
The Kentucky Wildcats might be making a run for this year's NCAA title, but in 1948, the Wildcats made a run for Olympic gold.
NCAA Bolsters Olympic And Paralympic Movements, Athletes
Dave Royse March 26, 2015
College sports affect U.S. sporting culture beyond developing Olympians and Paralympians.
Team USA Skiers And Snowboarders Cap Banner Season With 100+ World Podiums
Peggy Shinn March 25, 2015
U.S. athletes combined to win 92 world cup and 17 world championship medals on snow this season.
It Was A Golden Winter For U.S. Paralympic Skiers And Snowboarders
Paul D. Bowker March 25, 2015
U.S. athletes excelled on snowboards and alpine and Nordic skis this winter.


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Friday, March 27, 2015
Sony Announces Full Cast for 'Cloudy 2'
Sony Pictures Animation has reassembled the all-star, comedy voice cast of the animated hit Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs for Cloudy 2: Revenge of the Leftovers, set for release ... Continue Reading →
Matthew Broderick to Guest on 'Adventure Time'
Bueller is going to hang with Finn and Jake! Actor Matthew Broderick (Bee Movie, Ferris Bueller's Day Off) will play The Dream Warrior, a new character to be featured in an upcoming ... Continue Reading →
Teletoon Adds Host to Fall Premiere Week
Canada's Teletoon network launches its first hosted block for kids on Thursdays from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. ET/PT. This all-new hosted block debuts on Thursday, September 6 to coincide ... Continue Reading →
Comedy Central's 'Brickleberry' Debuts on Sept. 25
Comedy Central's new animated series Brickleberry will premiere on Tuesday, Sept. 25 at 10:30 p.m., following the fall premiere of Tosh.0. The show is exec produced by Daniel Tosh ... Continue Reading →
French Studio 2D/3D Launches Oceans e-Game
Angouleme, France-based animation studio 2d3D has created a new customizable video postcard to promote the upcoming social game Oceans, the Game. The game will be released in the spring ... Continue Reading →
DreamWorks Picks Fox as Next Distrib Partner
It's a wrap! 20th Century Fox will be the next releasing partner of DreamWorks Animation, it was announced today for the next five years. According to the new distribution deal, Jeffrey ... Continue Reading →
'Simon's Cat' Tops 1 Million Subscribers on YouTube
Simon Tofield's charming, black-and-white, animated Simon's Cat site has reached one of YouTube's greatest milestones – 1 million total subscribers. This places Simon's Cat ... Continue Reading →
Ankama's 'WAKFU' to Premiere on TV5Monde
French animated series WAKFU will have its international premiere on TV5Monde Asia, Pacific, Orient and USA. The first season of the show will debut on Sept. 17, 2012 Weekdays at 5 ... Continue Reading →


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Zoo Med Repti Basking Spot Lamp with UVA
|Zoo Med Reptile Basking Spot Lamp is a unique patented double reflector focuses 35% more heat and light into a tight beam. Perfect for use with high heat basking reptiles, such as tropical and desert species. Unique patented double reflector focuses 35% more heat and light Tighter beam creates a more effective basking site than other reflector bulbs Perfect for use with high heat basking reptiles Zoo Med Reptile Basking Spot Lamp provides beneficial UVA rays which promote stuff like breeding, feeding and are beneficial to your reptile's psychological well-being. Increases the overall ambient air temperature, necessary for the proper health of all reptiles and amphibians. Creates the proper heat gradients necessary for thermoregulation. Perfect for use in Zoo Med's "vertically mounted" Slider Hood!3 year manufacturer's warranty.FAQ:Q: How can I get the maximum out of a lamp?A: Minimizing handling: lamps that get moved or vibrated burn out quickly. Make sure that the fixture isnt being moved regularly. It is best to use a quality ceramic socket, not a plastic socket. You can check your fixture by unplugging it and looking at the metal tab in the center - where the bulb screws in. This tab can be pulled slightly forward to ensure that it makes a good contact with the bulb.Q: Does this lamp emit UVB?A: These lamps are primarily a heat source. They generate UVA but not UVB.Q: Does this lamp emit UVA?A: Yes. This lamp provides beneficial UVA rays which promote breeding and feeding and are beneficial to your reptiles well being.Q: How long should I leave this lamp on each day?A: This lamp should be on for 10 - 12 hours a day to maintain your animals day and night cycle.
Zoo Med ReptiSun 10.0 UVB Fluorescent Bulb
|The Zoo Med ReptiSun 10.0 UVB Bulb is the #1 most popular reptile lamp worldwide! This efficient light source is ideal for reptiles housed in larger vivaria whose natural environment and behavior patterns necessitate increased UVB exposure. ReptiSun Bulbs emit up to 10% UVB and up to 15% UVA UVA wavelengths help to increase appetite, activity, and induce reproductive behavior Aids in Vitamin D3 synthesis and calcium absorption UVA and UVB emissions last 1 year Features: Provides an effective UVB source without providing excess heat; great for old world chameleons and other reptiles requiring increased UVB exposure without higher temperatures; allows UVB assisted photo conversion up to 20" from the lamp's surface (compared to 12" on the Reptisun 5.0); allows turtles and tortoises the proper UVB wavelength. Did you know that taller cages, screen cages, and tank covers can reduce the amount of UVB rays getting to your reptile?The solution is here: The Reptisun 10.0! This fluorescent bulb features more UVB output than any other lamp! Effective at distance up to 20", compared to 12" with the 5.0 UVB. This lamp will provide the UVB your pet needs in any cage-situation for up to a full year before needing replacement. Give your reptile the healthy UVB it needs with the Reptisun 10.0!FAQ:Q: Does this lamp emit UVB?A: Yes! This lamp provides the full visible spectrum as well as UVA and UVB.Q: How far away should this lamp be from my animal?A: This lamp should be placed 20 inches from your animals basking site.Q: How should I dispose of this lamp?A: Check with your local waste company for proper lamp disposal.
Zoo Med ReptiBreeze Open Air Black Aluminum Screen Cage
|The Zoo Med ReptiBreeze Screen Cage is an open air aluminum screen cage! The ReptiBreeze Cage is great for small species of Old World Chameleons, Juvenile Green Iguanas and other arboreal species of lizards, such as Geckos, Anoles, etc... ReptiBreeze open air aluminum cage for small reptiles All hardware included - easy to assemble using only a screw driver White floor panel included for terrariums with substrate The ReptiBreeze Cage has a large front door for easy cage access and bottom door for easy substrate removal. Beautiful corrosion-resistant black anodized aluminum screen cage.Note: Does not include light fixture, plants, or substrate.
Zoo Med Natural Aquatic Turtle Food - Maintenance Formula
|The #1 aquatic turtle food has gone natural and is now available in 3 pellet sizes and protein levels (Hatchling, Growth and Maintenance Formulas). Each has been scientifically formulated to meet the dietary requirements of aquatic turtles at each of their life stages. Maintenance Formula for aquatic turtles 6" and above Floating pellets make it easier to locate & eat Added vitamins & minerals for optimum turtle health Zoo Med Hatchling formula is higher in protein to accommodate the rapid growth rates of hatchling and juvenile aquatic turtles. Zoo Med Growth and Maintenance formulas meet the dietary requirements of growing and adult aquatic turtles. Our pellets float making it easier for aquatic turtles, who prefer eating at the water surface, to locate their food.This food is formulated for turtles that have reached their full adult size, or a shell length of 6 inches (15 cm). Place pellets in water and allow turtles to feed for a minimum of one hour. Any uneaten food left after this time should be netted out and discarded. If your turtles eat all of their food in a short amount of time, increase the quantity of food offered at each feeding.Ingredients: Wheat Middlings, Soybean Meal, Wheat Flour, Fish Meal, Corn Gluten Meal, Spirulina, Fish Oil, Soy Lecithin, Dicalcium Phosphate, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C), Choline Chloride, Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Riboflavin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Biotin, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Folic Acid, Vitamin A Acetate, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Manganese Sulfate, Zinc Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Sodium Selenite, Potassium Iodate, Propionic Acid (a natural preservative).Guaranteed Analysis:Crude Protein (min) - 25.0%Crude Fat (min) - 5.0%Crude Fiber (max) - 8.0%Moisture (max) - 11.0%Ash (max) - 10.0%Posphorous (min) - 1.0%
Zoo Med Repti Therm Under Tank Heater
|Solid state nichrome heating element. Permanently adheres to your terrarium, forming a solid bond for better heat transfer. Comes complete with 8 page instruction booklet and rubber terrarium feet. Heaters range from 4 to 24 watts and cost almost nothing to operate. Ideal under tank type heater for reptile, amphibian, small animal or plant terrariums Safe & accurate nuchrome heating element Full 1-year warranty Detailed 8-page instruction book included Great for use with temperate, terrestrial reptiles such as: king snakes, corn snakes, gopher snakes, rat snakes, many geckos, some amphibians, small skinks, small nocturnal lizards, and more.Use as a secondary/night time heat source for tropical and desert reptiles such as boas, pythons, bearded dragons, iguanas, turtles, tortoises, monitors, and more.U.L./C.U.L. approved for safety (GS/TUV/CE in Europe). Place Heater under the terrarium tank - do not place heater directly in water. For terrarium use only. Not for use with aquariums.
Zoo Med Can O' Worms
|Zoo Med Can O' Worms are retorted (cooked in the can) mealworms. This unique cooking process locks in the flavor and freshness. The exoskeleton is softened for easier digestibility. You will be amazed how readily your animals will take to this food! Ideal for Reptiles, Birds or Fishing Natural juices locked in the can Never buy live food again Ideal for most lizards, turtles, fish, birds and small animals. Each can contains approximately 300 medium-sized mealworms.Feeding Instructions:For lizards, snakes, and amphibians: Spoon out the appropriate amount for the size animals you are feeding. Do not use for hatchling lizards or small (2" and under) amphibians. For water turtles: Feed as much as they can consume in 5 minutes. Net out and discard any uneaten food.FAQ:Q: How long will this food last after it has been opened?A: This food can be kept for about one week in the refrigerator. It should be discarded if is begins to have a foul odor or visible mold growing.Ingredients: Farm-Raised Mealworms (Tenebrio Molitor).Guaranteed Analysis:Crude Protein (min) - 17.0%Crude Fat (min) - 5.0%Crude Fiber (max) - 1.0%Crude Ash (max) - 3.0%Moisture (max) - 70.0%
Zoo Med Reptisun T5 HO 10.0 UVB High Output Bulbs
|Zoo Med Reptisun T5 HO 10.0 UVB High Output Bulb offers an increased UVB and brighter light output that's perfect for larger reptile habitats. High output UVB bulb that's perfect for larger reptile habitats Emits beneficial UVB up to 36" from the surface of the bulb Provides valuable UVA, UVB and visible light Stronger UVB & brighter light; twice as strong as standard ReptiSun 10.0 lamps Strongest ReptiSun available, perfect for desert reptiles Helps prevent or reverse Metabolic Bone Disease Used & recommended by zoos, veterinarians & top reptile professionals Measuring just 5/8" in diameter, this lamp doesn't take up valuable space, but is still twice as strong as standard 10.0 UVB bulbs. This bulb emits 30% UVA and 10% UVB, as well as full spectrum visible light. Zoo Med ReptiSun 10.0 UVB T5 HO High Output Bulb is for use in lighting fixtures rated for T5 HO (High Output) lamps.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________LAMP DETAILSIdeal for large habitats with the following reptiles: Bearded Dragons, Uromastyx, Monitors and Tegus, other desert species of reptiles.This lamp provides UVB, UVA & Visible light for your reptile:UVB: Reptiles need UVB for vitamin D prodction and calcium metabolism. Without UVB, reptiles can develop Metabolic Bone Disease in 6 months or less. This lamp, along with proper temperatures, will enable your reptiles to make vitamin D and process calcium from their diet.UVA: Reptiles and amphibians can see things that humans can't. UVA is part of the rainbow of colors that reptiles can see. UVA helps to increase activity levels, appetite, and reproductive behaviors. Without UVA, they are color blind!Lamp Distance: Refer to the back of your lamp's box for optimal UVB emit distance (15W - up to 30"). Glass and plastic filter out UVB; there should be no glass or plastic between tha lamp and your reptile. Fine mesh blocks up to 50% of light and UVB. This should be taken into consideration when determining lamp distance. The T5 ReptiSun HO is designed for most reptiles housed in terrariums that are 18" to 30" tall. Always have lamp at least 6" away from your animal. The optimal distance from T5 HO lamps to the animal is 18-36", depending on the lamp.When To Replace Your Lamp: This lamp will provide your animals with beneficial UVB for a period of 12 months when used 10 to 12 hours per day. Record date of first use of lamp and replace after 12 months.
Zoo Med ReptiRain Automatic Misting Machine
|The Zoo Med Repti Rain Automatic Misting Machine is a programmable misting unit for terrariums, bird cages, aviaries or indoor gardens. ReptiRain increases relative humidity in your terrarium, provides drinking water for your animals and can stimulate breeding activity in rainforest species! 360 Degree Rotation Adjustable Mist Nozzle Increases relaticve humidity & provides drinking water Can stimulate breeding activity in rainforest species Includes adjustable mounting hooks, 4 point suction cup hold down, remote nozzle extension and 6 watt AC adapter. New technology allows for a stronger and quieter pump that can mist 2 separate cages. 4 Spray Duration Settings: 15, 30, 45 or 60 seconds 4 Spray Interval Settings: 1, 3, 6 or 12 hours 28 oz Water Resevoir with external level indicator Portable: for indoor or out-door use. Includes AC adapter, or will run on batteries (4 C batteries, not included). Four programmable spray interval settings 1/2 every hour, 3 hours, 6 hours, or 12 hours. Four spray duration settings: 15, 30, 45, or 60 seconds.
Zoo Med Eco Earth Coconut Fiber Substrate
|Zoo Med Eco Earth is an expandable pet substrate made of compressed coconut fiber - an ideal material for burrowing animals. Made from an eco-friendly, renewable resource, it naturally absorbs and breaks down odor and waste products and can be used to increase humidity in an enclosure. Ideal substrate for all types of reptiles, amphibians, small animals or insects Naturally absorbs and breaks down odor and waste products Eco-friendly green product can be safely composted or recycled Each Eco Earth compressed brick will expand to make 7-8 liters of substrate. Use damp for tropical species, dry for desert species or mix with an organic fertilizer for the perfect Vivaria soil!Tip: Add Eco Earth Coconut Fiber Substrate on top of Zoo Med's HydroBalls to create an ideal drainage layer for optimum plant growth, humidity, and drainage in naturalistic terrariums.
Zoo Med PowerSun UV Mercury Vapor UVB Lamp
|Zoo Med PowerSun UV is a self-ballasted mercury vapor bulb with two main components. The first is a standard incandescent filament, which is the first to light. Provides essential UVA, UVB light & heat all in one lamp Self-Ballasted mercury vapor UVB bulb Keeps your reptiles healthy by preventing metabolic bone disease The second is a mercury vapor arc tube, which takes a few minutes to heat up. There will be a noticeable change in hue (or color) when the bulb is completely warm and fully functioning. Because the PowerSun UV is a self- ballasted bulb it can be used in any ceramic socket that is rated to handle the wattage.Zoo Med PowerSun UV has nickel-plated threads to ensure that it will not corrode in humid reptile habitats. This new bulb also incorporates a short neck design, unique among mercury vapor lamps, that allows it to better fit into "clamp lamp" type fixtures. PowerSun UV projects useable UVB radiation a far greater distance (up to 6 feet) than conventional fluorescent tubes.PowerSun UV projects useable UVB radiation a far greater distance (up to 6 feet) than conventional fluorescent tubes. This makes it ideal for large enclosures and reptiles with high UV demands. PowerSun UV has the added benefit of increased intensity (50µW/cm2 UVB!!) and heat. UVB radiation has always been the safest, most effective way to ensure proper levels of vitamin D3 in captive reptiles and the PowerSun UV will continue to emit significant levels of UVB for all of its 10,000-hour average life (over 2 years with normal use.)Caution:1.) These bulbs get EXTREMELY hot and can kill your reptiles if used on enclosures that are too small.2.) We do not recommend the use of this bulb with 10 gallon aquariums.3.) We strongly recommend the use of a high quality "high range" thermometer when using this light.
Zoo Med Repti Fogger Terrarium Humidifier
|The Zoo Med Repti Fogger has a compact ultrasonic humidifying fogger with adjustable fog output control to help you increase your tank's humidity. The Repti Fogger has a "no spill" valve that is easy to remove and makes refilling a breeze. Compact ultrasonic humidifying fogger Adjustable fog output control Ready to operate The Repti Fogger includes its own one liter bottle and all necessary fittings for quick setup and operation.
Zoo Med Tortoise House
|Zoo Med Tortoise House is a home designed for indoor and outdoor use. Featuring a sturdy wood siding, this house keeps your tortoise safe and allows it to get natural UVB rays when outside - a critical component of good mental health and shell growth. Indoor or outdoor tortoise house Made from sturdy wood and materials Provides shelter and security This solid house also includes a waterproof sleeping area, a lockable wire safety cover, instructions for easy assembly and a modular design that lets you expand the area available to your pet! Just remove the end panel and connect another Tortoise House to double your pet's living space.The Zoo Med Tortoise House is an ideal home for tortoises and adult turtles alike. View the video above for step-by-step instructions on putting one together.
Zoo Med Desert UVB & Heat Lighting Kit
|Zoo Med Desert UVB & Heat Lighting Kit includes a Mini Combo Deep Dome Lamp Fixture, a Reptisun 10.0 UVB Lamp and a Zoo Med Repti Basking Spot Lamp. Deep Dome Lamp Fixture, 10.0 UVB Lamp and Basking Spot Lamp Perfect for desert setups Easy to setup The Mini Combo Deep Dome Lamp Fixture is a dual fixture that can allow to bulbs to work at once. Made of polished aluminium, this fixture provides maximum heat and light ouput while preventing the bulbs from sticking out with a long reflector dome. The dual ceramic sockets can be used with lamps up to 100 watts.The Reptisun 10.0 Mini UVB Lamp is a 13 watt lamp ideal for desert and basking reptiles. This lamp provides maximum UVB penetration and prevents or reverses bone disease. This cool burning compact fluorescent bulb screws into standard threaded sockets, which eliminates the need for a separate ballast. The Zoo Med Repti Basking Spot Lamp is a 75 watt basking light that features a double relfector to focus more heat and light into a tight beam and is great for all kinds of reptiles.
Zoo Med Tropical UVB & Heat Lighting Kit
|Zoo Med Tropical UVB & Heat Lighting Kit includes a Mini Combo Deep Dome Lamp Fixture, Daylight Blue Reptile Bulb, and a 13 Watt Reptisun 5.0 UVB Mini Compact Fluorescent Lamp. Mini Combo Deep Dome Lamp Fixture, Daylight Blue Reptile Bulb and Reptisun 5.0 UVB Mini Compact Fluorescent Lamp Perfect for tropical setups Easy to setup combo pack The Mini Combo Deep Dome Lamp Fixture allows for two bulbs to work in unison and is made of polished aluminium for maximum light and heat output. This long reflector extends beyond the face of the lamp, keeping the bulbs from sticking out. Dual ceramic sockets can be used with lamps up to 100 watts.The Reptisun 5.0 Mini UVB offers maximum UVB penetration to help prevent or reverse bone disease. This UVB light offers a cool burning mini compact fluorescent bulb that screws into standard threaded sockets, which eliminates the need for a separate ballast.The Daylight Blue Reptile Bulb is 60 Watts and is a bright daylight bulb that provides natural looking light. Made of true blue glass, this light provides great heat transfer that's ideal for the psychological well being of reptile or amphibian terrariums.
Zoo Med Reptibreeze IguanArium Habitat
|The Zoo Med Reptibreeze IguanArium Habitat is made especially with the unique needs and care of an iguana and other reptiles in mind. This versatile habitat creates a comfortable and healthy living area for your favorite reptile. PVC (plastic) Coated wire to help prevent nose rubbing Front and top opening doors for easy animal access Removable bottom tray for easy cleaning 4 casters (wheels) to move cage outside for natural filtered sunlight Removable "basking" shelf included Note: The hood and décor pictured are not included As many herpetoculturists know, iguanas and other cold-blooded pets require specific living conditions in order for them to thrive, such as the right lighting and heat to support proper thermoregulation. This spacious iguana cage provides ample ventilation, which is vital to many pets, as well as allows for the proper penetration of beneficial UVB and UVA rays needed for outdoor sunning. Versatile enough to be used as a chameleon habitat, this cage features a PVC plastic-coated wire that helps to prevent injuries associated with nose rubbing, skittishness and stress, as well as foot injuries in chameleons and other climbing reptiles. Furthermore, this cage includes a basking shelf and enclosed wire "heat cage" to prevent animals from gaining access to hot bulbs and heat emitters along with four casters for hassle-free movement to roll your reptiles outside and back inside with ease. For your convenience, an easy to clean, removable, galvanized steel base tray is also included. This cage ships flat and includes pull-ties and simple assembly instructions.
Zoo Med Aquatic Turtle UVB & Heat Lighting Kit
|Zoo Med Aquatic Turtle UVB & Heat Lighting Kit includes a Mini Combo Deep Dome Lamp Fixture, Turtle Tuff Halogen Lamp, and a Reptisun 5.0 UVB Mini Compact Fluorescent Lamp. Easy to setup heat and uvb lighting combo pack Mini Combo Deep Dome Lamp Fixture, Turtle Tuff Halogen Lamp and Reptisun 5.0 UVB Mini Compact Fluorescent Lamp Ideal for tropical setups and aquatic turtles The Mini Combo Deep Dome Lamp Fixture is made of polished aluminium, this fixture provides maximum heat and light ouput while preventing the bulbs from sticking out with a long reflector dome. The dual ceramic sockets can be used with lamps up to 100 watts.The Reptisun 5.0 Mini UVB Lamp is a 13 watt lamp ideal for aquatic turtles. This lamp provides maximum UVB penetration and prevents or reverses bone disease. This cool burning compact fluorescent bulb screws into standard threaded sockets, which eliminates the need for a separate ballast. The Turtle Tuff 50 Watt Halogen Lamp is a heavy duty, splash-proof lamp that is a heat source for aquatic turtles or other water based terrarium animals.
Zoo Med Mini Combo Deep Dome Lamp Fixture
|Zoo Med's Mini Combo Deep Dome Lamp Fixture comes with an extra long reflector dome that goes beyond the face of the lamp. This will ensure the lamp does not stick out! Two fixtures in one for maximum convenience! Two fixtures in one for maximum convenience. Includes dual on/off switches for greater convenience. Use 2 different bulbs for optimal use - (1 Daylight / 1 Nightlight) Use with Zoo Med's Reptile Lamp Stand (LF-20) for maximum safety. The dual fixture allows for one Basking Spot Lamp or 100 W PowerSun UV Lamp and one Nightlight Heat Lamp. Dual ceramic sockets for use with lamps up to 100 watts (each socket). Polished aluminum dome increases light and UV output up to 30%.