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During prenatal development, the brains of most animals, including humans, develop specifically male or female characteristics. In most species, some portions of male and female brains are a different size, and often have a different number of neurons and synapses. However, scientists have known little about how this differentiation occurs. Now, a new study by researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UM SOM) has illuminated details about this process.
Margaret McCarthy, PhD, professor and chairman of the Department of Pharmacology, studied brain development in newborn rats. She found that giving estradiol, a testosterone derivative, triggers a mechanism by which certain genes in the brain are "unsilenced," allowing them to initiate the process of masculinization. This process involves a group of enzymes known as DNA methyltransferases, or Dnmts, which modify DNA to repress gene expression.
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"Welcome to Demonology, as well as your last class of the day. Good job surviving your 1st day students! I'm Kotano, the only werewolf Professor in the school. As you know, Demonology is the study of demons, beasts, as well as the race of the person next to you in more detail." Kotano introduced, grinning as he saw Soren in the last row, looking exhausted. "Today we'll just be going over the different things we'll be learning in this class. After that you all can just hang out until class is over."
Soren sighed and laid down on the desk as Kotano quickly went over everything. Within 15 minutes, everyone was chattering with their friends.
Kotano headed over to Soren's desk, where the boy was dozing off. Pulling a worm from his pocket, he sneakily stuck down Soren's white T-shirt. Soren yelped and jumped up, making the worm fall out. Kotano snickered as everyone stared at them.
"Kotano! What was that for?" Soren yelled, ignoring the strange looks he was getting. Kotano grinned and pat him on the shoulder, which Soren eyed cautiously.
"Calm down, Soren. I was just trying to wake you up. Anyways, how was your day?"
Soren sat back down and sighed. "Exhausting. Did I really have to take all those classes?" Kotano just shrugged, and Soren glared at him.
"Excuse me, Professor, but are you two related?" Asked Shara, who happened to be in the class.
Kotano looked at Soren nervously before answering. "Actually… uh…"
"He was adopted by Kotano and I." Came a foreign voice from the doorway.
"Headmaster!" The short man stood in the doorway, a serious expression on his face.
"But… why would you adopt him?" Shara asked incredulously, pointing at Soren in disbelief.
"I owe his parents a great deal, it's just the least I could do." Hage replied, looking at her in a way to signal that the conversation was over. At that moment, the bell rang, but nobody moved.
"Class is over! Get moving!" Kotano yelled, gesturing towards the door. Everyone rushed out, except for Shara. "Shara, get going." Kotano ordered, but Shara stood there firmly, her arms crossed.
"I'm not leaving. I want to know what's going on. He's my roommate, so I believe I have a right to know."
The Headmaster sighed. "Soren is… related to the Head of the Council." He replied, frowning.
"They're related? But I can't smell any magical power from him at all!" She shrieked, which resulted in Kotano shushing her.
"You're right. He was born human, and came here after a certain… incident. We're taking him in, for both his human parents died in a house fire. You are not to tell anyone of this, not even the Professors. Understand?" The Headmaster glared at her threateningly, and she nodded in fright.
"Anyways, how are you doing Soren? Are your classes alright?" Hage asked, his expression softening.
Soren smiled and nodded. "Yeah, it's okay. Just a little different from what I'm used to."
"Good. Well, I have to get going." The Headmaster waved as he left.
"Shara!" An unfamiliar voice called.
A girl with long, flowing, ocean-blue hair ran into the classroom, grinning. Her skin was tinged blue, and she wore a simple tank-top with a skirt, both different shades of blue. Her teal eyes sparkled like sun on water, and she reminded Soren of water.
"Xen, what happened? You look like you saw a ghost."
The girl calmed some, before letting it all out in a rush. "They'reback!Reinan,Curse,andRuneareback!"
"Whoa, calm down. Now, what?" Shara asked, trying to discern what her friend was saying.
"They're back! Reinan, Curse, and Rune came back!" She squealed, jumping up and down.
"No way!" Shara squealed, mimicking her friend as they held hands and jumped up and down, squealing.
"Who?" Soren asked.
"Honestly, don't you know anything?" Shara asked incredulously. "Reinan, Curse, and Rune are the 3 hottest and most popular guys in school. Reinan is an Atlantean, in other words a citizen of Atlantis. Curse is a wizard, and Rune is a mage. Normally wizards and mages would hate each other, but the two of them are really good friends. Once someone took a vote, and Reinan was the most popular guy in the school, among both boys and girls. Rune is second and Curse is in third place, losing by only 1 vote to Rune." She explained. "Now c'mon, we have to go welcome them back!"
Shara and Xen dragged Soren out of the classroom, Kotano following calmly behind.
Girls surrounded what looked like some type of car. They slowly made a path as 3 boys stepped out of the car and slowly walked towards the school.
The lead one had tanned skin and a muscled body, with long black hair that had blonde streaks from the sun. His eyes were an unusual teal color. He wore a school uniform consisting of a black v-neck sweater vest over a long-sleeved white shirt that was untucked over black pants. He also had 3 teal beads on a necklace, which was probably a symbol of his heritage.
Behind him were 2, similar looking boys. They both wore the same uniform as the lead boy, but looked very different than the lead boy. The one on the left had shaggy blonde-white hair and striking gray eyes behind thing glasses. The one on the right had long, shoulder-length, dirty-blonde hair tied back with a leather band, and blue-gray eyes that shimmered with laughter.
The girls squealed and screamed their names in glee. One girl fainted when she thought that the boy in the front winked at her.
"The one in the front is Reinan, the left one is Curse, and the right one is Rune. Honestly, I like Curse the best." Shara blushed slightly, smiling like a mad woman.
Soren sat at the desk in his dorm, trying to concentrate on his homework while ignoring Shara and Xen squealing about the 3 School Idols. Well, trying to ignore them.
"He's SO adorable with that goofy grin and his laugh!"
"I know right? And Curse is so calm and smart!"
"And Reinan… OMG he's the absolute BEST!"
Soren rolled his eyes wordlessly as the 2 squealed in delight. "Shara, can you please not talk so loudly. I have a lot of homework, so-"
"Just shut up and go somewhere else."
"But… this is my room too."
"I don't care, I was here first, and besides, I'm older and superior to you. So either deal with it, or get out."
Shara glared at her roommate menacingly. Soren quickly gathered up his stuff and rushed out of the room.
As he rushed down the hall towards the elevator at the other end of the hall, someone else rushed in the opposite direction, neither of them noticing the other. It wasn't long before there was a loud crash as books and papers flew into the air and the 2 boys fell on the ground with a thump.
"Sorry there, I wasn't looking." The boy offered a hand to Soren, who took it.
"No, it's okay. I wasn't looking either." He said, before gaping like a fish at the person before him.
"A-aren't you the #1 idol everyone is talking about?" Soren asked, pointing at Reinan himself.
"Yep. And you must be the freshman transfer student everyone is talking about."
Stunned, Soren opened and closed his mouth for a bit. "Well… that is me, but what is everyone saying about me?"
"Well, they're talking about how you're Professor Kotano's younger brother and the Headmaster's son that went studying abroad in the world of the Faets."
"They're called humans, not Faets. Human is the proper name for them."
Reinan blinked at the outburst before laughing. "I thought that was just supposed to be slang. But I guess I should listen to someone who studied abroad. That means the rumors are true then, right?"
Soren hesitated for a moment before looking away nervously. "Well… yeah, I guess."
"Well, I'll see you later then. Bye Soren, it was nice meeting you!" Reinan waved before gathering up his stuff and running off.
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Welcome to the latest from Korean-American hip-hop artist Dumbfoundead, who arrives today with a new video we just can't stop watching. New Chick (shot by Casey Chan) chronicles the... More
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ST. LOUIS (January 30, 2013) – The St. Louis Cardinals and their development partner the Cordish Companies announced that they closed today on the financing for the construction of the $100 million first phase of Ballpark Village. While preliminary site work began today, the team announced that a formal groundbreaking ceremony will be held on Friday, February 8th at 11 am on the construction site. The $100 million first phase of Ballpark Village, which is anticipated to be completed by Opening Day 2014, will include the construction of 100,000 sq. feet of retail and entertainment space along Clark Street next to Busch Stadium. The first phase also includes all of the streets, parking and site infrastructure to support the future phases of the seven-block $700 million mixed use project. The initial phase will be anchored by Cardinals Nation, Budweiser Brew House, and Live! at Ballpark Village. Cardinals Nation will be a first-of-its kind venue totaling over 30,000 square feet on ...
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Visa Celebrates Brent Hayden's Medal Performance with a Real-Time Congratulatory TV Billboard08:51 EDT Thursday, August 02, 2012TORONTO, Aug. 2, 2012 /CNW/ - Following his bronze medal win, Visa, a Worldwide Olympic Games Sponsor for 26 years, introduced a new congratulatory TV billboard for Brent Hayden after his winning performance in the 100-metre freestyle swimming final at the London 2012 Olympic Games. The real-time congratulatory TV billboard with London 2012 Olympic Games footage, titled "Congratulations Brent," aired on Canada's Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium and features footage of Brent competing in London. To view the footage from the TV billboard, click here.Brent's performance has earned Canada its sixth Olympic medal at the London 2012 Olympic Games."Visa is thrilled to celebrate Brent's hard earned medal through a real-time Go World congratulatory billboard," said Brenda Woods, Head of Marketing Canada, Visa Inc. "Along with the rest of Canada, we know how determined Brent has been to medal at these Olympic Games and we've been cheering for him through our Go World campaign."Visa introduced its first congratulatory commercial in the U.S. during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and continued this tradition during the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, releasing special-edition ads in Canada ("First Gold" which celebrated the country's first gold medal on home soil) and the U.S. (Julia Mancuso, skiing; Johnny Spillane, skiing; Seth Wescott, snowboarding). During the London 2012 Olympic Games, Visa also aired the real-time congratulatory commercial "Congratulations Emilie" celebrating Canadian athlete Emilie Heymans' historic fourth medal win in women's synchronized 3-metre springboard.Visa's Olympic Games-themed integrated marketing campaign for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games - Go World - is the largest global and most social initiative in company history. The campaign, activated in more than 70 countries, utilizes popular social media platforms, along with television and digital advertising and usage promotions, to turn the passion of fans into online cheers that will help inspire athletes worldwide as they compete at the Games.The campaign has generated more than 38 million cheers leading up to the London 2012 Olympic Games. Visa reports that the top seven most-active "cheering" countries are the United States, Brazil, Russia, Canada, Mexico, Japan, and Australia.Fans can continue to voice their support for Brent as he competes in the 50M freestyle, as well as other Team Visa athletes in Canada still competing at the London 2012 Olympic Games in the form of cheers by submitting photos, videos and text cheers, performing one-click cheers, and viewing content through Visa's Cheer application on Facebook and by viewing and sharing video content on YouTube."Congratulations Brent" was produced by TBWA. To learn more about Go World or to view and download images, videos and other assets, visit www.visa.com/olympicmediakit.About Visa Inc.Visa is a global payments technology company that connects consumers, businesses, financial institutions and governments in more than 200 countries and territories to fast, secure and reliable digital currency. Underpinning digital currency is one of the world's most advanced processing networks--VisaNet--that is capable of handling more than 20,000 transactions a second, with fraud protection for consumers and guaranteed payment for merchants. Visa is not a bank, and does not issue cards, extend credit or set rates and fees for consumers. Visa's innovations, however, enable its financial institution customers to offer consumers more choices: Pay now with debit, ahead of time with prepaid or later with credit products. For more information, visit www.corporate.visa.com.SOURCE: VISA Canada CorporationFor further information: Media Contacts: Janine Allen Fleishman Hillard 416-645-3657 firstname.lastname@example.com Erin Sufrin Visa Canada 416-860-3869 firstname.lastname@example.com


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Despite what LSU's quarterback situation looks like, the Tigers have a lot going for them this season. Whether those good traits shine brightly this season is up to the Tigers, but to totally ignore LSU as an SEC Western Division contender is lazy.
LSU has a solid defense returning, a hulk at running back and a lot of speed/athleticism at wide receiver. Don't forget about an experienced offensive line and a live tiger mascot running things in Death Valley.
LSU isn't perfect, but expect the Tigers to be a more formidable foe than they were last season.
Here's a look back at the rest of this series from the SEC.
Why LSU will win 10 games in 2015:
Leonard Fournette: After of Georgia's Nick Chubb, Fournette (also a sophomore) might be the SEC's next most talented running back. Now, Fournette still has a ways to go with his on-field maturation, but you saw signs of tremendous growth during the latter part of his freshman season. Fournette averaged 5.2 yards per carry in November and then ran for a season-high 143 yards and two touchdowns on 11 carries and returned a kickoff for a touchdown. Fournette didn't explode onto the scene, like everyone expected, but he grew into a better player as the season progressed and he's carrying a mighty chip on his shoulder in 2015. He's an elite athlete, who can plow over defenders or sprint past them with track-star speed. Better play from Fournette will take a lot of pressure off of whomever lines up under center at quarterback.
Solid base at receiver: LSU's quarterback issues are well documented, but the Tigers do have a solid crop of receivers. Travin Dural proved to be one of the SEC's best deep threats last season, averaging 20.5 yards per catch (37 receptions), but sophomore Malachi Dupre could be a special, special talent. He had a solid spring and should improve on the 14 catches and 318 yards he had as a freshman. Fellow sophomore D.J. Chark also had a pretty good spring, along with Trey Quinn and John Diarse. ESPN 300 member Tyron Johnson should also make an early impact for the Tigers. Just get them the ball and watch good things happen.
"DB U": The debate shall run throughout the season about who has the top secondary in the SEC, but with some questions residing in the Tigers' front seven, LSU's secondary will be the backbone of this defense. Cornerback Tre'Davious White is a budding star, who should get more recognition this season, and safeties Jalen Mills and Jamal Adams are a fearsome duo. The dismissal of cornerback Rashard Robinson hurts, but the Tigers can make up for it with a wealth of young talent, including sophomore Ed Paris and true freshman Kevin Toliver II. This unit should help keep the Tigers near the top of the SEC (164.2 passing yards allowed per game in 2014) when it comes to pass defense.
Why LSU won't win 10 games in 2015:
Instability at quarterback: Last season, Anthony Jennings started 12 games, but the offense never took off. He averaged 110.4 yards and completed just 48.1 percent of his passes in SEC play. Though he's a decent athlete, Jennings is limited as a passer and we just don't know how much higher his ceiling is. His recent arrest and suspension could throw a wrench into his plans to be the starter again, which means sophomore Brandon Harris has to be light years better than he was last season. Harris, who was a top recruit in the 2014 class, has the tools to be a true SEC starter, but he has to keep his focus. In his lone start last season, Harris completed 3 of 14 passes for 58 yards before getting benched. Harris has shown flashes, but couldn't separate himself from Jennings this spring. If LSU is going to have a chance at competing in the West, its quarterback play has to be threatening, something it wasn't close to being last season.
Phantom pass-rush: Think about this for a second: LSU managed just 19 sacks last season, 11 coming in eight SEC games. Yes, we're talking about a John Chavis defense. The Tigers owned the SEC's top statistical defense, but in LSU's five losses, the Tigers managed just five sacks. New defensive coordinator Kevin Steele has to find an adequate pass-rush unit or this defense won't live up to its potential. Tackle Christian LaCouture is the team's top returning sack man after he registered 2.5. LSU returns just 2.5 total sacks from other defensive linemen -- defensive tackle Greg Gilmore and defensive end Sione Teuhema. Les Miles likes what LaCouture and Davon Godchaux can do in the middle, but there is concern at both end spots. No real playmakers have emerged, and with Steele running more of a 3-4 scheme, the Tigers desperately need to find edge rushers who can help this defense have more bite.
Haubert: The Opening scouting report
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Report: No. 2 signee in LSU's class cleared by NCAA
6dAlex Scarborough
Examining each Future Power Rankings category
6dMark Schlabach
Best DB in the SEC: Vernon Hargreaves III vs. the field
6dGreg Ostendorf and Alex Scarborough
LSU's path to No. 1 class
7dGerry Hamilton
Class rankings: Movement at the top
8dCraig Haubert
Measuring how SEC states stack up by position
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Ultimate SEC road trip: Week 3
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NEW YORK — A string of lackluster earnings reports from companies including Coca-Cola and Charles Schwab ended an eight-day winning streak for the Standard & Poor's 500 index.
Coca-Cola, the world's largest beverage maker, fell after the company said it sold less soda in its home market of North America. Retail brokerage Charles Schwab's second-quarter earnings fell short of what analysts were expecting. Marathon Petroleum fell after the fuel refiner forecast weak earnings and said its business was being hurt by renewable fuels laws.
"The expectations out there for earnings overall, they're pretty modest," said Scott Wren, senior equity strategist at Wells Fargo. "Earnings season is not going to be what drives the market from here."
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 32.41 points, 0.2 percent, to 15,451.85. The Standard & Poor's 500 index declined 6.24 points, or 0.4 percent, to 1,676.26. The Nasdaq composite dropped 8.99 points, or 0.3 percent, to 3,598.50.
Eight of the 10 industry groups in the S&P 500 fell. The declines were led by materials companies. Phone companies and technology companies were the two groups that gained.
"Expectations for earnings growth this quarter are fairly subdued," said Michael Sheldon, chief market strategist for RDM Financial Group. "However, the important thing for investors is to look ahead to the second half of the year, where earnings are supposed to pick up significantly."
Overall S&P 500 earnings are expected to grow by 3.4 percent in the second quarter from the same period a year ago, according to data from S&P Capital IQ. The rate of earnings growth is predicted to rise in the third and fourth quarters, reaching 11.6 percent in the final three months of the year.
The stock market has climbed back to record levels following a brief slump in June, when the S&P 500 logged its first monthly decline since October on concern that the Federal Reserve would ease back on its economic stimulus too quickly. The S&P 500 is up 4.4 percent in July, putting it on track to log its biggest monthly gain since January, when it rose 5 percent.
Esther George, the president of Kansas City branch of the Fed, and a voting member of the committee that sets the Fed's monetary policy, said Tuesday that the central bank should cut back on its stimulus as the labor market begins to recover. The central bank is currently buying $85 billion of bonds a month to keep interest rates low and to encourage borrowing and hiring.
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Expedition granted?: Indonesia's 'paper parks' targeted in National Geographic contest
(03/21/2011) Twenty-five year old Trevor Frost wants to save parks in Indonesia under attack by illegal logging, mining, and poaching. A lack of infrastructure, support, and funds has left many protected areas around the world to be dubbed 'paper parks', protected on paper, but not in reality. Frost, who is currently running in National Geographic's contest Expedition Granted, hopes to study the problem in Sumatra—among the world's most imperiled forests and wildlife—and show the world what we are losing even in National Parks.
Pet trade, palm oil, and poaching: the challenges of saving the 'forgotten bear'
(03/20/2011) Siew Te Wong is one of the few scientists who study sun bears (Ursus malayanus). He spoke with Laurel Neme on her "The WildLife" radio show and podcast about the interesting biological characteristics of this rare Southeast Asian bear, threats to the species and what is being done to help them. Sun bears are the smallest of the eight bear species. They're about half the size of a North American black bear and typically sport a tan crescent on their chests. Similar to the "moon bear," or Asian black bear, the sun bear's name comes from this marking, which looks like a rising or setting sun.
Oil exploration on hold in Virunga National Park—for now
(03/17/2011) The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has suspended oil exploration in Africa's oldest national park, Virunga, until a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) is conducted. The move ends oil companies, Soco and Dominion's plans to explore for oil in blocs within the park that were awarded to the companies last year.
Goodbye national parks: when 'eternal' protected areas come under attack
(03/17/2011) One of the major tenets behind the creation of a national park, or other protected area, is that it will not fade, but remain in essence beyond the pressures of human society, enjoyed by current generations while being preserved for future ones. The protected area is a gift, in a way, handed from one wise generation to the next. However, in the real world, dominated by short-term thinking, government protected areas are not 'inalienable', as Abraham Lincoln dubbed one of the first; but face being shrunk, losing legal protection, or in some cases abolished altogether. A first of its kind study, published in Conservation Letters, recorded 89 instances in 27 countries of protected areas being downsized (shrunk), downgraded (decrease in legal protections), and degazetted (abolished) since 1900. Referred to by the authors as PADDD (protected areas downgraded, downsized, or degazetted), the trend has been little studied despite its large impact on conservation efforts.
Serengeti road project opposed by 'powerful' tour company lobby
(03/16/2011) Government plans to build a road through Serengeti National Park came up against more opposition this week as the Tanzanian Association of Tour Operators (Tato) came out against the project, reports The Citizen. Tato, described as powerful local lobby group by the Tanzanian media, stated that the road would hurt tourism and urged the government to select a proposed alternative route that would by-pass the park. Tato's opposition may signal a shift to more local criticism of the road as opposition against the project has come mostly from international environmentalists, scientists, and governments.
New road project to run through Laos' last tiger habitat
(03/15/2011) A new road project in Laos will run through the nation's only protected area inhabited by breeding tigers, Nam Et Phou Louey National Park, reports the Vientiane Times. With only about two dozen tigers (Panthera tigris) left in the nation, conservationists fear that the road will harm the fragile population, which is known to be breeding. However, local officials say the road is necessary to improve access to remote villages and alleviate poverty in the region, which is among the worst in the province.
15 conservation issues to watch
(03/14/2011) Deforestation, oil spills, coral acidification: these are just a few examples of ongoing, and well-researched, environmental changes that are imperiling the world's biodiversity. But what issues are on the horizon? At the end of 2010, experts outlined in Trends in Ecology & Evolution 15 issues that may impact conservation efforts this year and beyond, but are not yet widely known. These are issues you may never hear about it again or could dominate tomorrow's environmental headlines. "Our aim was to identify technological advances, environmental changes, novel ecological interactions and changes in society that could have substantial impacts on the conservation of biological diversity […] whether beneficial or detrimental," the authors write in the paper. Experts originally came up with 71 possible issues and then whittled it down to the 15 most important—and least known.
CEO sentenced for smuggling elephant ivory into US
(03/14/2011) A judge sentenced Pascal Vieillard, CEO of A-440 Pianos Inc., to 3 years probation for illegally smuggling elephant ivory into the US, while the Georgia-based company has been fined $17,500. Vieillard had earlier pleaded guilty to importing pianos with ivory parts.
Fearful Symmetry—Man Made, an interview with John Vaillant, author of The Tiger
(03/14/2011) In The Tiger, John Vailliant weaves a haunting and compelling true narrative of men who live—or die—with tigers. No doubt the story itself is on-the-edge of your seat reading. As well, the book provides factual information on the 400 or so Amur Tigers remaining, and the raw milieu that is Primorye, Far East Russia—a wilderness and people unto their own. What is special, transcendent even in this story, however, murmurs uncomfortably in the background. Questions emerge from deep taiga snow, not unlike the unseen Panchelaza Tiger. What exactly is our relationship with apex predators? How do people live with them? How would you live with them in your backyard? What if your pet dog disappeared? As we ourselves are apex predators, are we wise enough, tolerant enough, compassionate enough to share this planet with them? Evidence today points to the contrary, but this can change.
'Cute' umbrella video of slow loris threatens primate
(03/13/2011) A new video of a slow loris holding an umbrella in a pet store has been viewed nearly a million and a half times, yet such viral videos may imperil these 'cute' and endangered primates by encouraging an illegal and often cruel pet trade. "Most people who see them in this setting want one, too!" says Angelina Navarro-Montes, a graduate student at Oxford Brookes University who has conducted studies of the slow-loris Internet trade, told mongabay.com in 2009. "There is also a big misconception on [YouTube] and a lot of viewers think it's perfectly legal to have them as pets."
Into Colombia's Sierra Nevada
(03/11/2011) The highest coastal mountain on the planet rises 18,942 feet (5,775-meters) above the Caribbean Sea; it's snow-capped peaks piercing through the clouds some 24 miles from an idyllic tropical beach. But to the casual visitor, the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta in Colombia does not seem so grandiose. It slopes up and down until it disappears into the clouds, jealously concealing its tropical glacier. Somewhere up there, shrouded in mystery, like an ancient treasure, hides the most impressive summit in the Caribbean. People living along this part of the coastline say the snows of the Sierra are visible from some beaches, but to me they remain elusive even after many trips to the region. To catch a glimpse of the snows from the Caribbean would be a welcoming gift, but I have really come here to experience the Sierra, whatever it would reveal.
Cambodians prevented from protesting destruction of their forest
(03/10/2011) Cambodian villagers fighting to save their forest from rubber companies have been rebuked by the local government. Two days in a row local authorities prevented some 400 Cambodian villagers from protesting at the offices of the Vietnam-based CRCK Company, which the villagers contend are destroying their livelihoods by bulldozing large swaths of primary forests. Authorities said they feared the villagers would have grown violent while protesting.
Critically endangered capuchins make tools to gather termites
(03/10/2011) Less than 200 blond capuchins (Cebus falvius) survive in the highly-fragmented habitat of Brazil's Atlantic Forest. But this tiny group of monkeys, only rediscovered in 2006, is surprising scientists with its adept tool-using abilities. Displaying similar behavior to that which made the chimpanzees of Gombe famous worldwide, the blond capuchins modify sticks to gather termites from trees; however, according to the study published in Biology Letters the blond capuchins use two techniques never witnessed before: twisting the stick when inside the termite nest and tapping the nest before inserting the stick.
Mitsubishi and Walmart agree to clean up fish sourcing practices
(03/09/2011) Two big players in seafood today announced that they are changing the way their fish are caught. Mitsubishi, which owns the UK's most popular brand for tuna in a tin, Princes, and Walmart, which owns Asda, have agreed to stop buying from fishermen who use purse seines fishing in conjunction with fish aggregating devices (FADs) by 2014. These methods have been blamed in part for the vast overfishing of the world's tuna and helping to decimate other species, such as sharks and rays, as bycatch.
Photos: two new freshwater stingrays discovered in the Amazon
(03/09/2011) Few people probably realize that in the rivers and lakes of the Amazon rainforest large stingrays glide, searching for crustaceans and small fish. Equipped with a powerful barbed tail they are often feared by locals. However, even as big as these fish are, new species continue to be described. Recently, scientists have identified two new species of Amazonian freshwater stingray near Iquitos, Peru. The new stingrays are unique enough to be placed in a new genus (the taxonomic level above species) called Heliotrygon, the first new Amazonian stingray genus to be described in nearly 25 years.
Birds experience 'empathy' for their hatchlings
(03/09/2011) A new study has uncovered what many chicken owners would say is evident: a mother hen experiences empathy for her hatchlings. Published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the study found that mother hens show both physiological responses and changes in behaviors when their chicks are even mildly distressed.
India plans to aid dwindling Ganges River dolphin
(03/08/2011) The Indian government has announced that it plans to develop a program to raise the population of its native Ganges river dolphin (Platanista gangetica gagnetica), a subspecies of the South Asian river dolphin. During a question and answer session Jairam Ramesh, India's Environment and Forests Minister, said that the dolphin's current population was estimated at 2,000 to 3,000 individuals in the Ganges. However, other estimates have placed it lower.
Elephants cooperate as well as chimps
(03/07/2011) A new study proves that elephants understand how sometimes two is better than one. Working with Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) at the Thai Elephant Conservation Center, researchers reconstructed a classic cooperation test that was originally developed for chimpanzees. Subjects must pull on a rope to receive a reward, such as food, however—and here's the crux—the treat is only released if two subjects cooperate by pulling on two different ropes simultaneously. The paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that elephants were as capable of cooperation as chimpanzees.
Foreign big agriculture threatens world's second largest wildlife migration
(03/07/2011) As the world's largest migration in the Serengeti plains—including two million wildebeest, zebra, and Thomson's gazelles—has come under unprecedented threat due to plans for a road that would sever the migration route, a far lesser famous, but nearly as large migration, is being silently eroded just 1,370 miles (2,200 kilometers) north in Ethiopia's Gambela National Park. The migration of over one million white-eared kob, tiang, and Mongalla gazelle starts in the southern Sudan but crosses the border into Ethiopia and Gambela where Fred Pearce at Yale360 reports it is running into the rapid expansion of big agribusiness. While providing habitat for the millions of migrants, Gambela National Park's land is also incredibly fertile enticing foreign investment.
World's sixth mass extinction still preventable
(03/03/2011) So, here's the good news: a mass extinction, the world's sixth, is still preventable. But the bad news: if species currently threatened with extinction vanish—even over the next thousand years—homo-sapiens will be the first single species responsible for a mass extinction. Comparing today's current extinction crisis with the big five that occurred in the past, a new study in Nature finds that while the situation is dire, the choice is ultimately up to humanity. "If you look only at the critically endangered mammals—those where the risk of extinction is at least 50 percent within three of their generations—and assume that their time will run out, and they will be extinct in 1,000 years, that puts us clearly outside any range of normal, and tells us that we are moving into the mass extinction realm," explains lead author Anthony D. Barnosky, UC Berkeley professor of integrative biology.
Eastern cougar officially declared extinct
(03/02/2011) The Eastern cougar, a likely subspecies of the mountain lion, was officially declared extinct today by the US Fish and Wildlife Service, ending 38 years on the Endangered Species List (ESA). The cougar, which once roamed the Eastern US, had not been confirmed since 1930s, although sightings have been consistently reported up to the present-day.
Conservation groups propose ban on lion parts in US
(03/02/2011) It's not widely known that the African lion ((Panthera leo) is currently threatened with extinction in the wild, but listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN Red List, the king of animals has declined by over 90% in the past 50 years (from 450,000 lions to between 20,000 and 40,000 today). While conservation work to save the species is on-going in Africa, efforts have now moved to the US as well, where a coalition of conservation groups are filing a petition with the US Department of the Interior to list lions as 'endangered' under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Such a listing would make it illegal to bring lion parts in the country, including those killed by recreational trophy hunters.
New population of nearly extinct Madagascar chameleon discovered
(03/01/2011) Scientists have discovered a new population of the Belalanda chameleon (Furcifer belalandaensis), boosting hope for one of Madagascar's rarest chameleons.
Dead baby dolphins washing ashore in Gulf of Mexico
(02/28/2011) Every year a few baby dolphins in the Gulf don't make it and are found on the shores of the Gulf, but this year something is different. To date, 24 baby dolphins have been found dead in Alabama and Georgia, some are stillborn, others aborted fetuses. Researchers, who say death-toll is ten times the average, are currently studying the dead porpoises for clues to cause. These could include colder-than-average waters, algal blooms, disease, or the incident in the back of everyone's mind: the BP oil spill last year.
Video: camera trap proves world's rarest rhino is breeding
(02/28/2011) There may only be 40 left in the world, but intimate footage of Javan rhino mothers and calves have been captured by video-camera trap in Ujung Kulon National Park, the last stand of one of the world's most threatened mammals. Captured by World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Indonesia's Park Authority, the videos prove the Javan rhinos are, in fact, breeding. "The videos are great news for Javan rhinos," said Dr. Eric Dinerstein chief scientist at WWF, adding that "there are no Javan rhinos in captivity—if we lose the population in the wild, we've lost them all."
Photo: slaughtered great hornbill by soldiers raises ire [warning: graphic image]
(02/27/2011) A photo of an illegally killed great pied hornbill (Buceros bicornis) by what appears to be Malaysian soldiers has angered environmentalists in Malaysia, according to the New Strait Times. The photo was posted on Facebook last year.
Treasure chest of wildlife camera trap photos made public
(02/27/2011) Photos taken by camera traps have not only allowed scientists to study little-seen, sometimes gravely endangered, species, they are also strangely mesmerizing, providing a momentary window—a snapshot in time—into the private lives of animals. These are candid shots of the wild with no human in sight. While many of the photos come back hazy or poor, some are truly beautiful: competing with the best of the world's wildlife photographers. Now the Smithsonian is releasing 202,000 camera trap photos to the public, covering seven projects in four continents. Taken in some of the world's most remote and untouched regions the automated cameras have captured such favorites as jaguars, pandas, and snow leopards, while also documenting little-known and rare species like South America's short-eared dog, China's golden snub-nosed monkey, and Southeast Asia's marbled cat.
Parks key to saving India's great mammals from extinction
(02/24/2011) Krithi Karanth grew up amid India's great mammals—literally. Daughter of conservationist and scientist Dr. Ullas Karanth, she tells mongabay.com that she saw her first wild tigers and leopard at the age of two. Yet, the India Krithi Karanth grew up in may be gone in a century, according to a massive new study by Karanth which looked at the likelihood of extinction for 25 of India's mammals, including well-known favorites like Bengal tigers and Asian elephants, along with lesser known mammals (at least outside of India) such as the nilgai and the gaur. The study found that given habitat loss over the past century, extinction stalked seven of India's mammals especially: Asiatic lions, Bengal tigers, wild dogs (also known as dholes), swamp deer, wild buffalo, Nilgiri Tahr, and the gaur. However, increasing support of protected areas and innovative conservation programs outside of parks would be key to saving India's wildlife in the 21st Century.
Image: new bird discovered in Madagascar
(02/24/2011) The rich and unique biodiversity of Madagascar has a new member: a forest dwelling bird in the rail family, dubbed Mentocrex beankaensis. In 2009 US and Malaygasy scientists conducted a survey in Madagascar's dry Beanka Forest. They discovered several new species, of which the new rail is the first to be described.
First International Serengeti Day hopes to halt road project
(02/23/2011) On March 19th the conservation organization, Serengeti Watch, is planning the world's first International Serengeti Day to celebrate one of the world's most treasured wildlife ecosystems. But the day also has another goal: bring attention to a Tanzanian government plan to build a road that would essentially cut the ecosystem, threatening the world's largest mammal migration. "The proposed road will be a major commercial route that cuts across a narrow stretch of the Park near the border with Kenya. It goes through a wilderness zone critical to the annual migration of 1.3 million wildebeest and 0.7 million zebras, antelope, and other wildlife. This will involve extracting a strip of land from the Park itself, resulting in both the fragmentation of the ecosystem and the removal of the Serengeti National Park from the list of UN World Heritage Sites," said David Blanton, co-founder of Serengeti Watch, in an interview with mongabay.com.
Coral crisis: 75% of the world's coral reefs in danger
(02/23/2011) Marine scientists have been warning for years that coral reefs, the most biodiverse ecosystems in the ocean, are facing grave peril. But a new comprehensive analysis by the World Resources Institute (WRI) along with twenty-five partners ups the ante, finding that 75% of the world's coral reefs are threatened by local and global impacts, including climate change. An updating of a 1996 report, the new analysis found that threats had increased on 30% of the world's reefs. Clearly conservation efforts during the past decade have failed to save reefs on a large-scale.
Top 25 most endangered turtles: Asian species in crisis
(02/23/2011) Surviving hundreds of millions of years on Earth have not saved turtles from facing extinction at human hands. A new report by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the Turtle Conservation Coalition, identifies the world's 25 most imperiled turtles, including one that is practically assured extinction: 'Lonesome George' the last Abdington Island tortoise in the world. The list includes four turtle species from South and Central America, three from Africa, and one from Australia. But Asia is the hotbed for turtles in trouble with 17 of the top 25 species, or 68%. The numbers are even more alarming if one looks only at the top ten: eight of the top ten are in Asia, and six of these in China.
Photo gallery: Borneo paradise saved from beachside coal plant
(02/22/2011) Last week the Malaysian government announced it had canceled a plan to build a coal-fired plant in the state of Sabah. The coal plant would have rested on a beach overlooking the Coral Triangle, one of the ocean's most biodiverse ecosystems, and 20 kilometers from Tabin Wildlife Reserve, a rainforest park home to endangered orangutans, Sumatran rhinos, Bornean elephants, and thousands of other species. The cancellation followed a long campaign by a group of environmental and human right organizations dubbed Green SURF (Sabah Unite to Re-power the Future), which argued that the coal plant would have imperiled ecosystems, ended artisanal fishing in the area, hurt tourism, and tarnished Sabah's reputation as a clean-green state.
Kids found organization to save endangered species
(02/22/2011) Many American children under ten spend their free time watching TV and movies, playing video games, or participating in sports, but for siblings Carter (9 years old) and Olivia Ries (8) much of their time is devoted to saving the world's imperiled species. The organization One More Generation (OMG) not only has a clever name (yes, it is meant to pun the common Oh-My-God acronym), but may have the two youngest founders of an environmental organization in the US. "We started OMG because it hurt our hearts to know that there were so many animals in danger of becoming extinct," Carter told mongabay.com. OMG, which is run with help from the Ries' parents as well as an impressive list of conservation and wildlife experts, has taken on a number of local and international campaigns, including raising money for cheetahs, working against throw-away plastic bags, and taking action to change the US tradition of Rattlesnake Roundups where thousands of rattlesnakes are killed for a community festival.
Gulf of Mexico bottom still coated in oil, recovery long way off
(02/21/2011) Samantha Joye of the University of Georgia has seen the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico and the view wasn't pretty. Speaking at the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Joye told the conference that she found places where oil lay on the Gulf floor nearly 4 inches (10 centimeters) thick. Joye's findings contradict rosier pictures of the overall damage caused by the 2010 BP oil spill, including a recent statement by Kenneth Feinberg, the US government czar for oil compensation, that the Gulf would largely recover by next year.
Oil company charged after allegedly forcing entry into Virunga National Park
(02/21/2011) The Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) national parks authority, ICCN, has filed a suit against oil company, SOCO International, for allegedly forcing entry into Virunga National Park. The legal row comes amid revelations that two oil companies, SOCO and Dominion Petroleum, are exploring the park for oil.
Complaint lodged at FSC for plantations killing baboons
(02/20/2011) The African environmental group, GeaSphere, has lodged a complaint with the Forest Stewardship Council's (FSC) for certifying tree plantations as sustainable that are culling baboons in South Africa, as first reported by FSC-Watch. The primates are trapped with bait and then shot. According to the complaint, "unofficial numbers from reliable sources state that more than 1000 baboons have been shot over the past 2 years" in Mpumalanga Province. Documents record permits given to cull 1,914 baboons in 13 separate plantations, however Philip Owen of GeaSphere says that plantations have refused to release official data on how many baboons have been killed.
Saving Madagascar's largest carnivorous mammal: the fossa
(02/17/2011) Madagascar is a land of wonders: dancing lemurs, thumbnail-sized chameleons, the long-fingered aye-aye, great baobab trees, and the mighty fossa. Wait—what? What's a fossa? It's true that when people think of Madagascar rarely do they think of its top predator, the fossa—even if they are one of the few who actually recognizes the animal. While the fossa gained a little notice in the first Madagascar film by DreamWorks, its role in the film was overshadowed by the lemurs. In this case, art imitates life: in conservation and research this feline-like predator has long lived in the shadow of its prey, the lemur. Even scientists are not certain what to do with the fossa: studies have shown that it's not quite a cat and not quite a mongoose and so the species—and its few Malagasy relatives—have been placed in their own family, the Eupleridae, of which the fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox) is the biggest. But if this is the first you've heard of such matter, don't feel bad: one of the world's only fossa-researchers, Mia-Lana Lührs also stumbled on the species.
Researchers rediscover one of the world's most sought-after lost frogs
(02/17/2011) The Search for Lost Frogs, a global expedition to uncover amphibian species not seen for decades, has uncovered one of the expedition's most sought-after species: the Pescado stubfoot toad (Atelopus balios). The discovery in Ecuador was one bright spot in a search that revealed more about the crisis and extinctions of frogs than it did about the hopefulness of finding cryptic communities. In total the expedition rediscovered 4 of its 100 targeted species.
Worldwide search for 'lost frogs' ends with 4% success, but some surprises
(02/16/2011) Last August, a group of conservation agencies launched the Search for Lost Frogs, which employed 126 researchers to scour 21 countries for 100 amphibian species, some of which have not been seen for decades. After five months, expeditions found 4 amphibians out of the 100 targets, highlighting the likelihood that most of the remaining species are in fact extinct; however the global expedition also uncovered some happy surprises. Amphibians have been devastated over the last few decades; highly sensitive to environmental impacts, species have been hard hit by deforestation, habitat loss, pollution, agricultural chemicals, overexploitation for food, climate change, and a devastating fungal disease, chytridiomycosis. Researchers say that in the past 30 years, its likely 120 amphibians have been lost forever.
California proposes ban on selling shark fin
(02/16/2011) Last year Hawaii banned the sale of shark fins; California may be next. Bill 376, introduced by two Democrats, would outlaw the sale of shark fins, including the popular Asian delicacy shark fin soup, in the US's most populous state.
Environmentalists and locals win fight against coal plant in Borneo
(02/16/2011) Environmentalists, scientists, and locals have won the battle against a controversial coal plant in the Malaysian state of Sabah in northern Borneo. The State and Federal government announced today that they would "pursue other alternative sources of energy, namely gas, to meet Sabah's power supply needs." Proposed for an undeveloped beach on the north-eastern coast of Borneo, critics said the coal plant would have threatened the Coral Triangle, one of the world's most biodiverse marine ecosystems, and Tabin Wildlife Reserve, home to Critically Endangered Sumatran rhinos and Bornean orangutans. Local fishermen feared that discharges from the plant would have imperiled their livelihood.
Selling the Forests that Saved Britain
(02/15/2011) I confess that British Prime Minister David Cameron's proposal to auction off all 650,000 acres of England's national forests to the highest bidder came as a bit of a shock to me – especially as the contained such world-famous national treasures as Robin Hood's Sherwood Forest, the Forest of Dean and the New Forest. Although warned by my Irish mother that Tories can never be trusted, Mr. Cameron's passionate pledge to deliver the "greenest government ever" seemed sincere, especially given his ambitious plans to cut Britain's pollution. Anyway, even if he turned out to be as slippery as his predecessors, his deep green Liberal Democratic coalition partners would, I thought, keep the planet high on his priority list.
Cambodia approves titanium mine in world's 'most threatened forest'
(02/15/2011) The Cambodian government has approved a mine that environmentalists and locals fear will harm wildlife, pollute rivers, and put an end to a burgeoning ecotourism in one of the last pristine areas of what Conservation International (CI) recently dubbed 'the world's most threatened forest'. Prime Minister, Hun Sen, approved the mine concession to the United Khmer Group, granting them 20,400 hectares for strip mining in Cambodia's Cardamom Mountains. The biodiverse, relatively intact forests of the Cardamom Mountains are a part of the Indo-Burma forest hotspot of Southeast Asia, which CI put at the top of their list of the world's most threatened forests. With only 5% of habitat remaining, the forest was found to be more imperiled than the Amazon, the Congo, and even the forests of Indonesia and Malaysia.
India pledges to protect cat-crazy rainforest
(02/14/2011) The Jeypore-Dehing lowland rainforest in Assam, India is home to a record seven wild cat species, more than any other ecosystem on Earth. While it took wildlife biologist Kashmira Kakati two years of camera-trapping to document the seven felines, the announcement put this forest on the map—and may very well save it. A year after the record was announced, officials are promising to pursue permanent preservation status for the forest, which is threatened by logging, poaching, oil and coal industries, and big hydroelectric projects.
A lion's story, an interview with the filmmakers of The Last Lions
(02/14/2011) The new theatrical film, The Last Lions does not open, as one would expect, with a shot of lions or even an African panorama. Instead the first shot is a view of our planet from space at night. Billions of artificial lights illuminate continent showing just how much humans over the past few thousand years have come to dominate our world. Then comes the lions, but not in person, just in this staggering, and little known, statistic: in the last 50 years we have gone from a population of 450,000 lions to 20,000 today, a 95% decline. While the dramatic story of the The Last Lions follows the perils and tragedies of lion motherhood in one of the world's last untouched places—the Okavango Delta—this statistic hangs over the film, reminding us that the story we are witnessing is on the verge of extinction.
Rhino horn price matches cocaine
(02/13/2011) As a rhino poaching epidemic continues throughout Africa and Asia, the price of rhino horn has matched cocaine, according to the UK's Daily Mirror. The price of illegal powdered rhino horn—obtained by killing wild rhinos and sawing off their horns—has hit £31,000 per kilo or nearly $50,000 per kilo. The price has already topped that of gold.
As South Sudan eyes independence, will it choose choose to protect its wildlife?
(02/11/2011) After the people of South Sudan have voted overwhelmingly for independence, the work of building a nation begins. Set to become the world's newest country on July 9th of this year, one of many tasks facing the nation's nascent leaders is the conservation of its stunning wildlife. In 2007, following two decades of brutal civil war, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) surveyed South Sudan. What they found surprised everyone: 1.3 million white-eared kob, tiang (or topi) antelope and Mongalla gazelle still roamed the plains, making up the world's second largest migration after the Serengeti. The civil war had not, as expected, largely diminished the Sudan's great wildernesses, which are also inhabited by buffalo, giraffe, lion, bongo, chimpanzee, and some 8,000 elephants. However, with new nationhood comes tough decisions and new pressures. Multi-national companies seeking to exploit the nation's vast natural resources are expected to arrive in South Sudan, tempting them with promises of development and economic growth, promises that have proven uneven at best across Africa.
Leaked government study: road will damage Serengeti wildlife, despite president's assurances
(02/10/2011) Tanzania's President, Jakaya Kikwete, today gave promises that his proposed road project, which will bisect the Serengeti plains, would not hurt one of the world's most famed parks and one of its last great land migrations. "The Serengeti is a jewel of our nation as well as for the international community. […] We will do nothing to hurt the Serengeti and we would like the international community to know this," Kikwete said in a statement reported by the AFP. However, a government environment impact study, leaked to the conservation organization Serengeti Watch, paints a very different picture of how the road will damage the Serengeti. The report includes warnings that the road will 'limit' the migration of the plains' 1.5 million wildebeest and 500,000 other herbivores including zebra.
Arctic fish catch vastly underreported (by hundreds of thousands of metric tons) for 5 decades
(02/07/2011) From 1950 to 2006 the United Nation Food and Agriculture Agency (FAO) estimated that 12,700 metric tons of fish were caught in the Arctic, giving the impression that the Arctic was a still-pristine ecosystem, remaining underexploited by the world's fisheries. However, a recent study by the University of British Colombia Fisheries Center and Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences throws cold water on this widespread belief. According to the study, published in Polar Biology, the total Arctic catch from 1950 to 2006 is likely to have been nearly a million metric tons, almost 75 times the FAO's official record.
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Ok I have just over 100 apps installed, but in past I've had more without problem.
storage space problem
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Ok I have just over 100 apps installed, but in past I've had more without problem.
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Posted 24 September 2013 - 08:09 AM
Hope this helps and I am open to correction by anybody more knowledgeable about this stuff than I am...
Edit: maybe this article will help clarify the storage arrangements on Androind (GB v ICS+) assuming it's more or less correct...?
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Go to Settings > Apps > Running - any apps or services you're trying to update, Stop them, then go to
Show Cached Processes, most all of these can be Stopped.
Go to Settings > Apps > Downloaded - any apps you're trying to update, Clear data, and Clear cache.
35.8M free is no useful free space, depending on how the wear levelling firmware handles it, that number doesn't tell you the size of the largest fragment of free space. The upgrade process needs room to download a zipped file, room to unpack it, then the new parts ore copied across into the apps directory, and finally the download and temp unzip are purged.
How big is your SD? 1G is not much spare room on a 32G card. But if you have only a 4G card then, yeah it's only three quarters full.
Go to Settings > Apps > Downloaded and for as many as you dare select Move to SDcard.
NB these instructions are for ICS. For GB I've forgotten, but you'll have to use link2sd
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Don't parts of apps get installed in "system" folders that are not on internal or external sdcard storage?
No!! Some app information is stored in /data. You will still need at least 50MB free on /data to install more apps to get app space
On *MOST* ROMs, apps are stored to the internal memory anyway. You will still need internal space to install and update apps.
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Dijon Flank Steak
22 Jun 2009
|Flank steak
|1 1⁄2 Pound
|Dijon mustard
|1 Tablespoon
|Cider vinegar
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
|1 Tablespoon
|Black pepper
|1⁄2 Tablespoon
|Vidalia onion
|1 , thinly sliced
|Non fat cooking spray
|1 Tablespoon
Remove any visible fat from the steak and place the steak in a flat glass pan.
In a small bowl, combine the mustard, vinegar, salt and pepper and pour over the steak.
Refrigerate, covered, for 30 minutes.
Coat the grill with cooking spray and preheat for 5 minutes.
Grill the steak for 4 minutes.
Add the sliced onions and continue grilling for 3-4 minutes.
Slice the beef thinly across the grain and serve topped with the onions.
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Difficulty Level:Easy
Course:Side Dish
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A system for rapidly positioning gimbaled objects utilizing a rotating mass stabilization technique in conjunction with a brake and motor at each gimbal trunnion. With the alternate activation and energizing of a preselected motor and brake, the gimbaled object can be rapidly positioned with a minimum of torque.
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United States Patent Eckhardt Mar. 5; 1974 [5 SYSTEM FOR RAPIDLY POSITIONING 2,893,248 7/1959 Ecary 102 010. 3 G A OBJECTS 2,592,417 4/1952 Hale lO2/DlG. 3
[75] Inventor: Homer D. Eckhardt, Lincoln, Mass.
[73] Assignee: The United States of America as Primary ExaminerManuel A. Antonakas represened by the Air Force, Washington, DC.
[22] Filed: Dec. 13, 1972 211 Appl. No.: 314,622 [571 ABSTRACT 52 Us. (:1. 74/s.4 244/1 SA A System for rapidly psitining gimba'ed 51 Int. Cl ..01c 19/00 Zing a Mating mass stabilizatim echnique in 5 Field of Search" 74/54 5A5 5 47 5 42 522 junction with a brake and motor at each gimbal truni 244/1 sAfloz/bls. nion. With the alternate activation and energizing of a preselected motor and brake, the gimbaled object can [56] Reierences Cited be rapidly positioned with a minimum of torque.
UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,801,544 8/1957 Wagner 102 1310. 3 7 Claims, 1 Drawing Figure PAIENIEDRAR 3,795,150
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates generally to a system for applying positioning torque to a gimbaled object and, more particularly, to a system which requires only modest torque for rapidly positioning a gimbaled object such as a stabilized platform.
There exists in numerous fields a need for accurately stabilized platforms. Such a stable platform is used to maintain angular reference directions in inertial space. The most effective application of a stable platform is made by inertial navigation systems which depend upon the platform for fixity to an extreme degree. In principle, a platform drift of one degree of arc can lead to a navigating error of 60 nautical miles. Furthermore, these platformsnot only find use in navigational systems, but they also find application in any area wherein an object or instrument such as telescopes or radar must be stabilized.
The platform itself and any object mounted thereon usually has at least two degrees of freedom. This platform is preferably rotatably supported by a frame through the use of a first set of trunnions or supporting shafts with the frame in turn supported by a second set of trunnions which are orthogonal to the first set. In such a system, additional means are provided for rapidly positioning the platform and for maintaining its stable position. Generally, such a stabilized platform is mechanized by using two or more gyroscopes to sense rotation of the platform from the desired orientation and driving means to torque the platform in order to resist this rotation. Such an arrangement, however, is
complex in nature, extremely expensive'in construction and still requires large amounts of torque produced by large torquing motors if it is so desired to rapidly position the platform and any objects thereon.
In order to alleviate some of the problems set forth hereinabove it is possible to stabilize a platform by mounting a rapidly spinning mass in bearings which are rigidly attached to the platform. Such a spinning mass will tend to spatially stabilize any line on the platform which is parallel to the axis about which the mass is spinning. This system eliminates the use of stabilizing gyroscopes and is therefore potentially simpler and cheaper than the use of gyroscopes acting in servoloops and therefore desirable in platform systems which do not require three degree of freedom stabilization. The spinning mass system, however, requires large angular momentum of the spinning mass for good stabilization of the platform. Therefore, extremely large torques must be applied about the gimbal axis to produce any rapid angular motion of the platform about any axes other than one parallel to the axis of spin of the spinning mass. Although small angular changes can be per formed relatively easily with the spinning mass technique, the large torque requirement has prevented the application of a spinning mass stabilization technique from becoming acceptable in systems where rapid repositioning is needed. Any further modifications of this system merely increase the complexity of construction and operation and therefore produce many of the problems encountered with other prior art stabilization and repositioning techniques. It is therefore clearly evident that a major problem arises in the field of spin stabilized gimbaled objects when it becomes necessary to rapidly position such an object for whatever reason.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The instant invention sets forth a system which is capable of rapidly positioning gimbaled objects utilizing the spinning mass technique with a minimum of torquing power. In this invention each of the gimbal trunnions of a spinning mass stabilized platform is provided with a brake or any other suitable actuatable friction, locking or restraining device in conjunction with a torque motor. This combination allows for the use of an extremely small torque motor, contrary to the large torquing requirements of the past. In order to rotate the platform rapidly to a new orientation with the instant invention, the brake or friction device is applied to one gimbal axis while the torque motor on the other axis is activated to produce a platform rotation about this second axis until the desired rotation of the platform has been achieved. When the desired rotation about this second gimbal axis has been attained the brake on the first gimbal axis is released, the torque motor on the second axis is deactivated, and the platform rotation stops. The process is then repeated with the brake on the second axis activated and the torque motor on the first axis activated to produce the desired rotation about the first axis.
The motor torque required with the system of this invention is very modest even for large rotation rates of the spinning mass because the brake or friction device has reduced the stabilized platform to the status of a single degree of freedom gyroscope. Thus, the desired platform orientation has been achieved very rapidly and any subsequent minor positioning control can be accomplished by merely activating the motors without energizing the braking means.
It is therefore an object of this invention to provide a system for rapidly positioning spin stabilized gimbaled objects with the utilization of small torquing power.
It is another object of this invention to provide a system for rapidly positioning gimbaled objects which is economical to produce and which utilizes conventional, currently available components that lend themselves to standard mass producing techniques.
For a better understanding of the present invention together with other and further objects thereof reference is made to the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing and its scope will be pointed out in the appended claims.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING The only FIGURE of this drawing is a pictorial view of the system of this invention for rapidly positioning gimbaled objects.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Reference is now made to the only FIGURE of the drawing which shows in pictorial fashion the system 10 of this invention which is utilized to rapidly position any gimbaled object such as a stable platform 12. This platform 12 may take on any desired configuration, it may be in the form of a telescope, radar or the like or it may contain any suitable instruments either within or thereupon. Platform 1.2 is a spin stabilized platform and is mounted on gimbals such as frame M and shaft 16.
This arrangement allows platform 12 to have two degrees of rotational freedom relative to mounting base 18. A rotating mass of any suitable configuration is rotatably secured along the axis 21 of platform 12 and its rapid spinning produced by any suitable motor 23 about axis 21 tends to hold platform 12 such that axis 21 remains at a steady inertial orientation.
Any suitable torquing motors 22 and 24 are mounted upon base 18 and frame 14 respectively. Motor 22 is operably connected in any conventional manner to shaft 26 of frame 14 while motor 24 is operably connected in any conventional manner to shaft 16, the operation of which will be described hereinbelow.
Under ordinary circumstances with platform 12 sta bilized by the rotation of mass 20, activation of motor 22 tending to rotate shaft 26 in the direction of arrow A causes the rotation of platform 12 about the Y axis in the direction of arrow A. Likewise, an activation of motor 24 tending to rotate shaft 16 in the direction of arrow B causes rotation of platform 12 in the direction of arrow B about the X axis. This type of arrangement performs adequately for any slow minor positional change of platform 12. However, because of the large angular momentum required of spinning mass 20 necessary for good stabilization of platform 12, extremely large torques must be applied about the gimbal axes X and Y to produce rapid angular motion of the stabilized platform 12. This large torque requirement is virtually prohibitive when a gimbaled object is to be rapidly repositioned.
The instant invention utilizes a brake or other actuable friction or restraining devices 28 and 30 in conjunction with motors 22 and 24, respectively. With the system set forth in this invention, rapid rotation of platform 12 to any desired orientation can be easily accomplished with minimum power from motors 24 and 22, respectively, when brakes or friction devices 28 and 30 are alternately energized and de-energized in a manner to be set forth hereinbelow.
For example, when one wishes to rapidly change the angular position of platform 12 about the Y axis it is merely necessary to energize braking means 28 locking frame 14 in place and apply only a modest torque from motor 24 so as to rotate platform 12 about the Y axis. If it is further desired to rotate platform 12 about the X axis one must merely apply the brake 30 to lock shaft 16 and platform 12 and apply a modest torque from motor 22 so as to accomplish rotation about the X axis. ln both instances platform 12 will rotate in the same direction as the torque applied by either motor 22 or 24. When the desired gimbal angle has been obtained it is merely necessary to de-energize the appropriate brake 28 or 30 the appropriate torque motor 24 or 22 and the rotation of platform 12 will stop and stabilize. Any further minor slow repositioning can be accomplished without the energizing of brakes 28 and 30 by torque motors 22 and 24 by the conventional manner set forth hereinabove.
It is therefore clearly evident that system 10 of this invention which incorporates therein a plurality of brakes 28 and 30 as well as the spinning mass stabilization technique is inexpensive in construction, simple in operation.
Although this invention has been described with reference to a particular embodiment it will be understood to those skilled in the art that this invention is also capable of a variety of alternate embodiments within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.
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ll. In a system for rapidly positioning gimbaled objects having a mounting base, first means rotatably mounted on said base for supporting said object for rotation about a first axis, second means rotatably mounted on said first means for supporting said object for rotation about a second axis, first driving means for rotating said first supporting means about said first axis and second driving means for rotating said second supporting means about said second axis wherein the improvement therein comprises a mass rotatably mounted along an axis of said gimbaled object, means for spinning said mass, a first retarding means operably connected to said first driving means for preventing rotation of said first supporting means with respect to said base, and second retarding means for preventing rotation of said second supporting means with respect to said first supporting means, whereby energizing of said first retarding means and simultaneous activation of said second driving means causes rapid positioning of said gimbaled object about said second axis while energizing of said second retarding means and simultaneous activation of said first driving means causes rapid positioning of said gimbaled object about said first axis.
2. In a system for rapidly positioning gimbaled ob jects as defined in claim 1 wherein said first and second retarding means are in the form of brakes.
3. In a system for rapidly positioning gimbaled objects as defined in claim 2 wherein said gimbaled object is a stabilized platform.
4. ln asystem for rapidly positioning gimbaled objects as defined in claim 3 wherein said first supporting means is a frame having a shaft for rotatably securing said frame to said base.
5. In a system for rapidly positioning gimbaled objects as defined in claim 4 wherein said second supporting means is a shaft rotatably secured within said frame and said platform is mounted on said shaft for rotation therewith.
6. A method of rapidly positioning a gimbaled object comprising the steps of stabilizing said object by rotating a mass secured thereto, preventing rotation of said gimbaled object'about a first axis and applying a relatively small torque to said gimbaled object about a second axis thereby causing said gimbaled object to rapidly rotate about said second axis.
7. A method of rapidly positioning a gimbaled object as defined in claim 6 further comprising the steps of preventing rotation of said gimbaled object about said second axis and applying a relatively small torque to said gimbaled object about said first axis thereby causing said gimbaled object to rapidly rotate about said first axis.
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