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Scientists have genetically modified cat clones to give them magic powers to glow under UV light, fight crime read HDTV signals - or something like that.Here are some excerpts from the Telegraph UK online article:Scientists have genetically modified three kittens so they appear fluorescent under ultra-violet light in a procedure which could help develop treatments for human genetic diseases.The

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Quote:Eicoh will launch "YUKAKI," equipment that regenerates oil from waste plastic, on June 1, 2007. By mixing with heavy fuel oil A, this regenerated oil can be used in applications such as fuel for diesel generators.Polyethylene, polypropylene and polystyrene that are collected in conformity with the Container and Packaging Recycling Law are used as raw materials. These plastics are crushed

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Quote:The UN atomic agency on Thursday launched a new, more graphic symbol to denote dangerous radioactive material -- a skull and crossbones with a person running. The new design will stand alongside, rather than replace, the trefoil -- the original radiation symbol that resembles a kind of three-sail windmill, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in a statement.The pictogram was

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By Mark Clayton | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Iowa's corn fields may seem like endless green oceans, but if dozens of new corn-to-ethanol biorefineries now in development are all built, they could swallow most of the state's corn crop.Amid America's rush to replace gasoline with homegrown alternatives like corn-based ethanol, some researchers worry that the results may benefit

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By Lakshmi SandhanaA new brain-computer-interface technology could turn our brains into automatic image-identifying machines that operate faster than human consciousness.Researchers at Columbia University are combining the processing power of the human brain with computer vision to develop a novel device that will allow people to search through images ten times faster than they can on their

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An Iowa State University research team led by Arun Somani, chair and Jerry R. Junkins professor of electrical and computer engineering, is working to develop a network of wireless sensors that could monitor the country's electricity transmission system. While the sensors could pick up suspicious activity at power poles, they'd be especially useful at quickly locating any breakdowns. America has a

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From New Scientist:Engineers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan are building an odour recorder capable of recording and playing back smells. Simply point the gadget at a freshly baked cookie, for example, and it will analyse its odour and reproduce it for you using a host of non-toxic chemicals.While a number of companies have produced aroma generators designed to enhance computer

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Japan's industry ministry plans to compile safety guidelines for next-generation robots that will be providing services in areas like nursing, security and cleaning, ministry officials said Saturday.The guidelines will require manufacturers to install enough sensors to minimize the risk of the robots running into people and use soft and light materials so they do not cause harm if they do so, the

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From University of Florida:GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Thirty years ago, boys, not girls, were the high performers in schools. Today, test scores, grades and dropout rates show boys are achieving at levels far below girls, and an international study that includes the University of Florida is yielding insights that may explain why.In the United States, girls capture more academic honors, outscore boys in

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Online Generators 1

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SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 18 — For $99 anyone can now send a payload into space through a new suborbital space launch service. Masten Space Systems’ new “CanSats To Space” payload program will carry 350 gram, “soda can” sized payloads into space and back.Typical payloads include science experiments such as amateur space telescopes, surveys of cellular mitosis in microgravity, and multi-spectral

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This is not a joke. Next thing you know, we'll be completely dependent on camel milk imports....19 April 2006 – Developing camel dairy products such as milk can not only provide more food to people in arid and semi-arid areas but also give nomadic herders a rich source of income, with a $10 billion world market entirely within the realm of possibility, according to the United Nations Food and

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MoodViews is a collection of tools for tracking the stream of mood-annotated text made available by LiveJournal. MoodViews consists of three components, each offering a different view of global mood levels, the aggregate across all postings of the various moods: * Moodgrapher tracks the global mood levels, * Moodteller predicts them, and * Moodsignals helps in understanding the underlying

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MIT scientists have harnessed the construction talents of tiny viruses to build ultra-small "nanowire" structures for use in very thin lithium-ion batteries.The goal of the work, led by MIT Professors Angela Belcher, Paula Hammond and Yet-Ming Chiang, is to create batteries that cram as much electrical energy into as small or lightweight a package as possible.By manipulating a few genes inside

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Engineers at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands have developed glasses that include microphones for amplifying sound.The glasses use a group of four microphones on the sides of the glasses to focus the sound reception to where the user is looking.The eyeglass hearing device has two distinct improvements over traditional hearing aids. First, there is no apparent apparatus. The

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New evidence suggests that ultraviolet light has “feel-good” effects that may be similar to those of some addictive drugs according to researchers from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. “We had previously shown that ultraviolet light has an effect on mood that tanners value,” said Mandeep Kaur, M.D., lead author. “Now, in this small study, we’ve shown that some tanners actually

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by David MannersSolar power will be competitive with mainstream electricity generation methods in five years, according to Cypress Semiconductor, which has a solar cell manufacturing subsidiary called SunPower.“We’re four to five years away from the point at which solar is cost-effective with traditional electricity generation without any subsidy,” Norm Taffe, executive vice-president for the

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I cannot think of any reason why I need this website right now but I know that one day I will.Omniglot is a guide to written languages:"This site contains details of most alphabets and other writing systems currently in use, as well as quite a few ancient and invented ones. It also includes information about some of the languages written with those writing systems, multilingual texts, tips on

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The face of aging in the United States is changing dramatically -- and rapidly, according to a new U.S. Census Bureau report, commissioned by the National Institute on Aging (NIA). Today’s older Americans are very different from their predecessors, living longer, having lower rates of disability, achieving higher levels of education and less often living in poverty. And the baby boomers, the

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That's RFID chips, not poker chips!Improving the life of captive animals in zoos may be easy as microchipping them and automating individual care routines.Scientists from The University of Queensland are developing an enrichment and husbandry system that can dispense food, toys and medicine depending on the needs of individually microchipped animals.Lead researcher UQ Gatton PhD student Julia Hoy

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by Louis A. Arana-BarradasThe head of Air Force Space Command said people might be surprised to learn that corporate America is the biggest user of Air Force space products. Gen. Lance W. Lord said the main reason for this is the reliability of space-based assets and because the technologies -- which are giving coalition forces an edge on the global war on terrorism -- can be adapted for use in a

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This website offers you the opportunity to participate in the first-ever global vote to elect the New 7 Wonders of the World. This vote will culminate with a live, worldwide, telecast on January 1 2007 to announce the New 7 Wonders of the World.The 21 finalists were announced January 2006And the nominees are...n7w: Home

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Jennifer Tomblin and Amal Graafstra have made the most modern declaration of their affection for each other, with implanted electronic chips that allow them unfettered access to each other's lives.It's called Radio Frequency Identification, or RFID. Both have had a small electronic chip embedded under their skin that grants access to each other's front doors and home computers.The system works

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"Even in areas where tap water is safe to drink, demand for bottled water is increasing, producing unnecessary garbage and consuming vast quantities of energy," according to Emily Arnold, author of the study published by the Earth Policy Institute, a Washington-based environmental group. Arnold said although in the industrial world bottled water is often no healthier than tap water, it can end up

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Cleaning bathrooms may become a thing of the past with new coatings that will do the job for you.Researchers at the University of New South Wales are developing new coatings they hope will be used for self-cleaning surfaces in hospitals and the home.Led by Professor Rose Amal and Professor Michael Brungs of the ARC Centre for Functional Nanomaterials, a research team is studying tiny particles of

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The Western Union telegram is officially a thing of the past.Samuel Morse, inventor of the Morse Code, sent the first telegram from Washington to Baltimore on May 26, 1844, to his partner Alfred Vail to usher in the telegram era that displaced the Pony Express. It read "WHAT HATH GOD WROUGHT?"The company formed in April 1856 to exploit the hot technology of the telegraph to send cross-country

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"Dynalifter is a hybrid aircraft," said Robert Rist, a co-founder of Ohio Airships Inc., the Mantua-based company that built the aircraft. "The only comparison [with a blimp] is that they both use helium."Unlike a blimp, the Dynalifter has wings and is a heavier-than-air aircraft. Its weight is carried by aerodynamic lift on the wings and hull and is augmented by helium lift.The prototype airship

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Weather democracy in action: the people speak.If you suspect that the television weatherman is lying to you you can check up on him yourself.Weather Underground has created a google maps application to display personal weather stations. Check out the real local weather.Personal Weather Stations Google Map : Weather Underground

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"The world of "Interactive" Urinal Advertising is endless... HAUB (Heat Activated Urinal Billboards) has taken heat sensitive ink technology to a new level. This innovative medium combines high definition color graphics, hidden by "disappearing ink" delivering an interactive message to a captive audience... A perfect strategy to get your message across."HAUB will deliver your message when a male

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I haven't posted an internet time waster in awhile.Here's one that should keep you busy for a minute or two.retrievr searches flickr for images that match your sketch. There is a box where you pick colors and pen size to express your need. The site goes out and collects pictures that may match.It is hoplessly inefective. maybe it's because I can't sketch very well. I tried to get a red car and

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A swiss company, Locatis, is offering a GPS dog tracker.Attach the little unit to your dog (or other loose mammal) and you can find out where they are at any time. You can get their location from the web, SMS or call up and ask the service.Locatis :: search system

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Scientists find stronger evidence for link between cat faeces and schizophreniaDr Joanne Webster from Imperial College London,lead researcher.Research published today in Procedings of the Royal Society B, shows how the invasion or replication of the parasite Toxoplasma gondii in rats may be inhibited by using anti-psychotic or mood stabilising drugs.The researchers tested anti-psychotic and mood

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Jia Hepeng and Wu Chong11 January 2006Source: SciDev.Net[BEIJING] Chinese scientists have developed a way to protect crops using wasps that deliver lethal viruses to insect pests.The technique, developed at the Wuhan Virus Research Institute won second prize at the 2005 National Technological Invention Awards, which were presented at the National Science and Technology Congress in Beijing on

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More on research into eyesight improvement. Another article described an adaptive lens technology.This announcement is about nanobatteries for artificial retina implants.As far as I know, glasses, contact lenses and even corrective eye surgery are allowed for athletes. How far will they be allowed to go? What of the eye surgery gives the athlete an advantage over all of their oponents? Will this

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ROANOKE, Va. -- PixelOptics will receive $3.5 million from the Defense Department to develop eyewear designed to enhance the vision of military personnel in combat zones, the company announced Wednesday.The technology "is intended to provide the U.S. military forces with a competitive combat advantage and reduce the number of friendly fire incidents," Ron Blum, president and chief executive

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The team from Taiwan, where the world's first genetically engineered fluorescent fish were created in 2003, injected a protein extracted from jelly fish into the nucleus of a pig embryo to breed three male transgenic pigs, said Professor Wu Shinn-Chih, of National Taiwan University's Institute and Department of Animal Science and Technology."Yes, this is really important. It should be helpful in

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How elasticity affects the market for illegal goodsIn an important new study, world-renowned economists--including a Nobel Prize winner and a MacArthur "genius"--argue that when demand for a good is inelastic, the cost of making consumption illegal exceeds the gain. Their forthcoming paper in the Journal of Political Economy is a definitive explanation of the economics of illegal goods and a

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Experts have identified aggression towards the PC as a genuine problem that deserves greater attention in the academic field.It would be good for computers to assess their users’ emotions correctly and respond accordingly.The first question asked by scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research IGD in Rostock was: How can the computer possibly find out anything about its

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Florida State Universityby Barry RayWorking with a material 10 times lighter than steel—but 250 times stronger—would be a dream come true for any engineer. One Florida State University research group, the Florida Advanced Center for Composite Technologies (FAC2T), is working to develop real-world applications for just such a material.Ben Wang, a professor of industrial engineering at the Florida

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This may not be the funniest joke ever, but it is kind of funny.

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Dead Sea fungus's secret of survival may help cropsKurt KleinerAn extraordinary fungus that manages to thrive in the super-salty Dead Sea could one day open up new genetic approaches to creating crops that can tolerate saline soils.The fungus Eurotium herbariorum is able to tolerate the Dead Sea's incredible salt content of 340 grams per litre – about 10 times saltier than ocean water. Most of

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The need to stay connected."Libertyville, Ill and Burlington, VT. – Kicking off the winter sports season, Motorola Inc, a global leader in wireless communications, and Burton Snowboards today announce the commercial availability of the Bluetooth-enabled Audex Jacket Series.The new Audex jacket allows winter sports enthusiasts to experience seamless connectivity – at the touch of a button – from

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Canadian researchers hope to soon be able to use brain waves to unlock doors and get access to bank accounts. Julie Thorpe, a researcher at Carleton University in Ottawa wants to take the idea much much further.She says it is possible to do away with key cards, pin numbers and a litany of other security tools that allow people to retrieve bank money, access computer data or enter restricted

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Sentenced to a cell(phone)Cellphones give a sense of staying connected, but a new study finds the devices are actually interfering with family life.By Marilyn GardnerEvidence from interviews quoted in above article distilled into McLuhan's Tetrad, The Four Laws of Media:Tetrad of Cell Phone Use 2005What is enhanced, intensified, accelerated or made possible?Stay connected with family and

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New York Times vs. New Orleans Times-Picayune It always fascinates me how 'unbiased' journalists can describe the same event and give such different interpretations. I noticed one striking example this morning. The Louisiana govorners office released a bunch of memos and emails related to the response to hurricane Katrina. They were compiled at the request of congressional inquiries into

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The World Summit on the Information Society which met in Tunis this November has produced a report, "The Internet of Things.""Today, in the 2000s, we are heading into a new era of ubiquity, where the “users” of the internet will be counted in billions and where humans may become the minority as generators and receivers of traffic.Instead, most of the traffic will flow between devices and all

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Shown: Near focus - far focus - all in focusAnne StrehlowRen Ng, a computer science graduate student in the lab of Pat Hanrahan, the Canon USA Professor in the School of Engineering, Stanford University, has developed a "light field camera" capable of producing photographs in which subjects at every depth appear in finely tuned focus."Currently, cameras have to make decisions about the focus

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Using Petri dishes full of genetically engineered E. coli instead of photo paper, students at The University of Texas at Austin and UCSF successfully created the first-ever bacterial photographs.Their work is published in this week's issue of Nature (Nov. 24, 2005), which is devoted entirely to the emerging field of synthetic biology.The students produced the innovative bacterial images and a

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Company to use mirror trick to enlighten Austrian villageSmall town is hoping reflector technology will bring sunlight to its dark wintersBy GEORGE JAHNAssociated PressRATTENBERG, AUSTRIA - The sun has stopped shining in Rattenberg. But with the aid of a few mirrors, the winter darkness that grips this small town could soon be brightened up with pockets of sunshine.That's because sunshine is

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In times of social danger and economic turmoil, many psychologists believe that people become more aggressive, more conventional, and less interested in feelings and emotions. A new study published in the latest issue of Political Psychology finds that comic book characters do these things as well. In times of higher threat, i.e. the events of 1979 which included the Iran hostage crisis, comic

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By: Willie D. JonesPortable radar devices see through walls and report what's inside Through-the-wall radar devices that are lightweight, portable, and able to focus up to 20 or 30 meters ahead are available to municipalities and law enforcement agencies. Two such devices are RadarVision, built by Time Domain Corp., of Huntsville, Ala., and the Prism 100, from Cambridge Consultants Ltd., in

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Blurring the line between alive and not-alive...Live, gold-dusted bacteria used in bioelectronic deviceOffice of University CommunicationsUniversity of Nebraska-LincolnWorking with Vikas Berry, a doctoral student in his laboratory, Ravi Ravi Saraf created what he said he thinks is the first use of a microorganism to make a bioelectronic device with a live microorganism.Saraf and Berry deposited

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Chemists at Vanderbilt University discovered a way to make quantum dots spontaneously produce broad-spectrum white light. The report of their discovery, which happened by accident, appears in the communication “White-light Emission from Magic-Sized Cadmium Selenide Nanocrystals” published online October 18 by the Journal of the American Chemical SocietyOne difference between the Vanderbilt

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Toyota Engineers...a ShrubToyota Motor Corp has developed a derivative of the Cherry Sage shrub that is optimized for absorbing pollutants from the air.The new Kirsch Pink plant is reportedly 1.3 times more effective at absorbing NOx, SO2 and other air pollutants than its parent stock, the Cherry Sage. Toyota is targeting first-year sales of Kirsch Pink at 10,000 plants, priced at ¥380 (US$3.34)

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Biopresence. Human DNA Trees. Biopresence is an art venture formed by Shiho Fukuhara and Georg Tremmel with the purpose of exploring, participating and ultimately defining the most relevant playing field of the 21st century: the impact of biotechnologies on society and the human perception of these coming changes. Biopresence creates Human DNA trees by transcoding the essence of a human being

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I will be out of town for a few days.Watch for updates from RoboNexus in San Jose at Robot Gossip.

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‘Rocket racing league’ gets its start By Alan BoyleScience editorMSNBCThe man behind the $10 million X Prize for private spaceflight is joining forces with a venture capitalist who's also an Indy car backer to establish a NASCAR-like racing league for rocket-powered aircraft.X Prize founder Peter Diamandis and race car capitalist Granger Whitelaw took the wraps off the Rocket Racing League during

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Computer Detects DeceptionBy Tracy Staedter, Discovery NewsNew technology could lead to computers that can discern lying and deceptive behavior in people.The technology, being developed by scientists at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, the University of Arizona and the State University of New York at Stony Brook, aims to supplement routine interrogation sessions conducted by law

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A study at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy showed that local Houston consumption of gasoline doubled during the recent evacuation increasing nationwide consumption by ten percent.Locally the volumes went from a normal 22 million gallons per day to 45 million gallons per day.Nationally they conclude that the increase "resulted in the U.S. effectively having two Labor Days this

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I guess more than electronic sniffers would be needed to prevent the spread of infectious diseases worldwide. In a recent study published in British Medical Journal the investigators found that the incubation period for diseases would allow infected people through airport screening system anyway. Here more info from Science Daily... Airport Screening Unlikely To Prevent Spread Of SARS Or

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A sensor to sniff out infections before they spread. The unit is still too expensive for widespread use but probably not for long.With the growing threat of worldwide pandemic the units would probably become required.Not only for hospitals but also for schools, airports, shopping centers...E-nose to sniff out hospital superbugsFrom New Scientist Print EditionPaul MarksAN ELECTRONIC nose that

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After an hour or so of trying to get into the house through non-destructive means, I gave up and decided to break a window in the door. This, by the way, is not as easy as it looks on tv. I had to find a hammer to get the glass to give way. If you recall, I had left a flashlight outside before I left. It really came in handy. My neighborhood is really dark with no streetlights and no houses

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I drove around looking for some place with air conditioning and food. I went toward San Leon, adjacent to Bacliff on the bay. There were firemen at a roadblock stopping traffic. I thought they were restricting traffic to residents only but I went ahead anyway. I stopped and rolled down the window. "Do you live in San Leon?""No, Bacliff.""Okay. You can go?""Why are you stopping people?" I was

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Electricity has returned to my house. The lack of which made yesterday and last night seem very, very long. I feel safe now. Life is very quickly returning to normal. Here is a rundown of yesterday's adventures...The day started smoothly enough. I left Houston around nine oclock in the morning. Traffic was very light - about normal for early Sunday morning. Afew gas stations were open with

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bob called, he got home ok. everything's fine except no electricity.

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Hopefully this will be my last post from Houston. I would like to be back home tomorrow. Many people are ignoring the mayor's plea to stay away from Houston. I guess people's desire to return home is greater than their sense of civic duty.We went out around town. In many places it is almost life back to normal. Many restaurants are open. Most stores are not open but some grocery stores and,

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Seems like the power is still off at my house so I am staying here for one more night. 3PM was my cutoff time for deciding so I din't end up there in the dark. I will go back home early tomorrow morning.Hopefully traffic won't be a problem for me. They are turning away people trying to get to Galveston Island. That has caused a traffic jam for miles but it has not quite gotten as far as my

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It's raining here and gray. All the stores are closed. Not much to do.I am anxious to get back to my house but I think the power is still out down there.We have supplies and electricity here so I might as well wait. I heard a phone interview with a man who spent last night "hunkered down" in the fire station a few blocks from my house. They were still without power.My test is to see if my

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Survived. No probelms. We had rain, sometimes heavy, and bursts of wind but nothing really scary. I would have slept through most of it except Robert made sure that I woke up every hour or so. He was pacing and crying. He would sit and stare out the window then run and hide when a blast of rain came toward him. It is drizzling rain and windy now so I have not been out very far. Near here

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I had to stop the last post because we had to rush outside for the sunset. I looked up from the computer and yelled, "What is that?" The light outside was bright yellow yellow. We ran outside with our cameras. The sun had slid below the low clouds lighting the bottom puffs in bright yellow. To the west there was a huge rainbow that seemed to end at the top of the Williams Tower (previously

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Weather check first... it has just started to rain a little. There are very strong gusts of wind. The temperature has dropped at least ten degrees. The sky is a uniform gray with darker gray cottony clouds moving quickly at low altitude. The sun will set in about 30 minutes. You can still see a bright glow to the gray toward the west but it is getting dark quick.I was walking out in the

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The sky has become dark with layers of billowy dark gray clouds. There are strong gusts of wind - debris flying around in the streets. Still no rain.The police chief has announced that everyone should stay where they are for the duration of the storm. Cars on the road will be stopped by Houston police department (HPD).The wind is still hot and damp but...no rain.The storm has hurricane force

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We were out walking around in the Galleria area. Everything is closed. There are people walking and driving around. It is getting cloudy but is still bright clouds, not dark gray yet.There is a steady breeze and occasioanally strong gusts. It is hot, maybe 90 F, and very muggy humid. Even with the breeze, the air is thick and moist.It was nice to get in a long walk before the rain starts.

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I don't know if Robert is showing his sixth sense or just getting bored with apartment life. Whatever it is, he has become a category 5 pain in the ass.About four oclock this morning he started pacing, crying and attacking me on the couch. It is very unusual for him to meow. He doesn't normally make noise unless you step on his tail. (*this reminds me of a story)He would wake me up and walk

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Went for a walk around uptown. Down San Felipe to Post Oak. Along Post Oak past Americas, Cafe Annie, etc to Westheimer then back to the apartment. It was around 9 PM but it looked like 3 oclock in the morning. Absolutely nothing open. There was traffic but not much. Many police cars.Back on the side street I talked to a guy who was relaxing outside his house. His son had left for Austin

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We just came back from driving around. This place is a ghost town! Everything is closed. we found a Godfathers Pizza open so we went in for some food. It was only about half full, but the people were hungry. The only offering was pizza buffet with all you can eat of whats left of the very soggy salad bar. They were cooking the pizzas as fast as they could but it was not fast enough. When

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I'm staying in the uptown area of Houston so the traffic does not concern me anymore but it is fascinating to watch. The traffic jams are beginning to clear. South of Houston - I45 from Galveston and 146 from my house are just about clear. They say that 90 percent of Galveston county is evacuated. It would be a good day to go to the beach.North and west of Houston is a different story. On

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Went for a walk this morning along Westheimer just west of the Galleria. It looks like a Saturday morning. Furniture and fashion stores were closed - some boarded up - but restaurants and other stores were open. A CVS pharmacy was closed but a block away a Walgreen's was open and the parking lot full. I walked past a tire store with mechanics. That was a busy place. There were dozens of

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We went out to dinner near here. The highways going through town are still packed. It seems that the traffic website is not working. It may be overloaded. We tried the Galleria fir dinner. ahe stores were closed. We were going to Fox Sports Restaurant. It had people in it, but it was closed.Some directions the streets were full - people trying to get to evacuation routes. Other directions

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At one point I thought I came upon an accident. Traffic was moving swiftly along loop 610 then it all suddenly slowed and stopped. I could see flashing lights ahead and traffic was a standstill. We sat for a few minutes. Just as quickly as we stopped, everyone started moving again. Six lanes of traffic accelerating like a light turned green or something. As we came over the next rise I

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I made it to Jeremy'swithout incident. It took about three hours to go 52 miles. The Mapquest route says it is 41 miles and should take 48 minutes. I stayed off the main highways, they are barely moving at all. I made pretty good time compared to what people are facing now. Radio says to expect it to take five hours from Galveston to Houston. About 40 miles.Now I know what it looks like when

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Traffic in Houston at: http://traffic.houstontranstar.org

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This is a test of email posting. Instead of logging into blogger, I canemail from anywhere and it will post.And speaking of Rita... I must remember to evacuate some tequila with me. Ihave a feeling I will need a 'rita before this is over.

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I don't know if I will be able to keep posting.... situation desperate here... Just kidding! It is really very quiet. I guess some people left my neighborhood already. The weather will be clear and hot today. Possibly a record high temperature. Robert and I will be moving to a friend's apartment in Houston. Where I live on the bank of Galveston Bay - along with all of Galveston County - is

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San Diego-based Triage Wireless has created, and hopes to bring to the market in the near future, a patch applied to the skin that continuously monitors a person's blood pressure, heart rate and other vital signs, and then forwards that information to their doctor's computer via wireless links.With the AdvancedBPM system, physicians conceivably will get a more complete view of a person's vital

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A micro-sensor that could be injected into the brain of those suffering from motor neurone disease and transmit data to a computer is being developed at Birmingham University.In a presentation at the Euro-NanoForum 2005 in Edinburgh, Jon Spratley of Birmingham’s School of Engineering claimed signals that would have previously controlled muscles could be harnessed to operate communications

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Fab Tree HabIn congruence with ecology as the guiding principal, this living home is designed to be nearly entirely edible so as to provide food to some organism at each stage of its life cycle. While inhabited, the home’s gardens and exterior walls continual produce nutrients for people and animals. As a direct contributer to the ecosystem it supports an economy comprised of truly breathing

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AMES, Iowa – The biotech field of genomics gives scientists genetic roadmaps to link certain genes to diseases. The subsequent study of proteins produced by certain genes spawned the field of proteomics. Now, a group of researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory at Iowa State University will use $1.02 million in DOE start-up funding to begin understanding the chemical

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With the increase of miniature digital cameras and cell phone cameras, people are worrying more about getting caught on 'film' surreptitiuosly. Well, for those you in a witness protection program,here comes the solution. A handheld Spyfinder allows you to sweep a room and find the hidden cameras. The ring of LED's shines a light that reflects off of the sensing CCD inside a digital camera. It

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From press release... A concept vehicle designed to illustrate potential technology options for improving survivability and mobility in future military combat vehicles will be shown publicly for the first time Sept. 13-15 at a military technology meeting in Virginia.The event, “Modern Day Marine Expo,” will be held at the Marine Corps Air Facility in Quantico, Va.said David Parekh, GTRI’s deputy

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"NukunukuKey supporting happy family time by sharing sensed information of the house as “warmth.”"Remote information about what's going on at home. The more people who are there, the warmer the key gets. LED lights show which room the people are in.A monitor to feel the realtionship with home and family.NukuNuku Keyvia wmmna

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Wheat fungus may pose global threat: report Thu Sep 8, 2005 By George Obulutsa NAIROBI (Reuters) - A resilient new strain of wheat fungus from east Africa is threatening to spread to the Middle East, Asia and the Americas and bring catastrophic crop damage, scientists said on Thursday. Researchers said the new Ug99 form of stem rust could be spread by the wind and attacked many varieties of

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Recent genetic investigations and genome mapping could lead to a revolution in horse breeding and racing. Is genetic manipulation far behind?95% of thoroughbreds linked to one superstudJohn Pickrell, DublinVirtually all 500,000 of the world’s thoroughbred racehorses are descended from 28 ancestors, born in the 18th and 19th centuries, according to a new genetic study. And up to 95% of male

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This article from AP and Yahoo is typical of what I have seen so far of the economic projections from Katrina...Katrina Expected to Disrupt EconomyBy Jeannine Aversa, AP Economics WriterSurging Energy Prices, Business Disruptions From Hurricane Katrina Threaten to Slow EconomyWASHINGTON (AP) -- Surging energy prices and business disruptions from Hurricane Katrina, likely the costliest natural

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I am back from the beach but it is going to take awhile to catch up.In the meantime here's a picture from Louie's Backyard of a bungee jumper.

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Destination moon by 2020 BY ZULKIFLI ABD RAHMAN KUANTAN: Malaysia hopes to take the giant leap by sending its first man to the moon by 2020. And Malaysians must not think of this as impossible, says Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Seri Dr Jamaluddin Jarjis. His ministry would forward this proposal to the Cabinet soon, he said, adding that he believed Malaysians wanted to

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I'm off to the beach for a few days. I'll be back Aug. 31. Prospector

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Magnetic FieldsChickens orient using a magnetic compassIn the new work, researchers including Rafael Freire from the University of New England (Australia), Wolfgang Wiltschko and Roswitha Wiltschko from the University of Frankfurt, Germany, and Ursula Munro from the University of Technology in Sydney, demonstrated for the first time that birds could be trained to respond to a magnetic direction.

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DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke University Medical Center neurobiologists have pinpointed circuitry in the brains of monkeys that assesses the level of risk in a given action. Their findings -- gained from experiments in which they gave the monkeys a chance to gamble to receive juice rewards -- could give insights into why humans compulsively engage in risky behaviors, including gambling, unsafe sex, drug

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Here's a new toy for blogs. gvisit.com will plot recent blog visitors using google maps.Link to the map for Opportunity Prospector.If you're looking for yourself on the map you may have to wait. It seems to take a few hours before it is updtaed.

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