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Computer crash idles U.K. ATMs
Post Date: 2007-06-02 17:50:45 by DeaconBenjamin
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Published: June 2, 2007 at 5:25 PM LONDON, June 2 (UPI) -- Millions of British bank customers were turned away from cash machines empty-handed after systems crashed Friday. The Royal Bank of Scotland, which owns Natwest, had its cards and all RSB services up and working as of Saturday afternoon, but engineers were still furiously working away trying to fix Natwest's Internet and telephone banking network, BBC reported. "We are very sorry, and we're working to sort it out," a bank spokesman told the BBC. The cause of the technological snafu was not immediately clear.
Trip proposed to centre of Earth via Arctic hole
Post Date: 2007-06-01 14:12:59 by gengis gandhi
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Trip proposed to centre of Earth via Arctic hole HOLLOW PLANET THEORY; U.S. scientist, believers to sail on icebreaker Richard Foot, CanWest News Service Published: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 A U.S. scientist and a small band of believers are planning a journey to the Canadian Arctic for what they call "the greatest geological expedition in history." Are they searching for Arctic oil reserves? Documenting evidence of climate change? Not quite. They're looking for a fog-shrouded hole in the Arctic Ocean that leads -- they say -- to the centre of the Earth, where an unknown civilization is lurking inside the hollow core of the planet. Email to a friendEmail to a friendPrinter ...
ETHNIC DIFFERENCES - Latino's IQ avg = 85-90 [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2007-06-01 12:33:14 by Jethro Tull
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EthnicityAverage I.Q.Ashkenazi (Western) Jew100-115 (favoring verbal)East Asian (Chinese, Japanese, Korean)100-110 (favoring spatial)White95-100 Most groups (Arab, South Asian, Latino)85-90 U.S. Black (averaging 20% white heritage)80-90 (favoring verbal)African70-75
Wayward Whales May Have Reached Ocean
Post Date: 2007-05-30 16:06:07 by aristeides
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Wayward Whales May Have Reached Ocean MARCUS WOHLSEN | May 30, 2007 02:08 PM EST SAN FRANCISCO — Two lost whales last spotted near the Golden Gate Bridge may have slipped back into the Pacific Ocean after a two-week sojourn that took them 90 miles inland up the Sacramento River, scientists said Wednesday. Rescuers launched several boats Wednesday morning in an effort to find the mother humpback and her calf but hadn't found them, said Bernadette Fees, deputy director of the California Department of Fish and Game. The pair were last seen Tuesday night in San Francisco Bay, where few obstacles were left on their route past Alcatraz to the ocean. "The assumption is if we ...
New Tower Creates All Its Own Energy
Post Date: 2007-05-30 00:28:56 by Horse
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A German architect is pursuing an ambitious project in the Middle East. He wants to build office towers in Riyadh, Dubai and Bahrain that produce all their own energy. The zero emissions office building has arrived. The Middle East is home to some of the most exciting architecture in the world today. Extravagant skyscrapers are going up in the region's major cities, such as booming Dubai and Riyadh, and Abu Dhabi has plans for an ambitious museum complex. Still, at least one sheikh was hoping for more. "Don't you have anything that is based on an interesting idea for a change?" Abdel Hadi Sadiq Pasha griped one day in a meeting. The head of the architectural unit in the ...
We Bought An Alexa Ranking
Post Date: 2007-05-29 14:42:40 by Red Jones
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We Bought An Alexa Ranking Amazon problems with Alexa Internet by OfficialWire NewsDesk SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (OfficialWire) -- 05/18/07 -- How many times have you check your website's Alexa Ranking? You know you have. For any self-respecting webmaster, it's not the size, but the "rank" that matters. And for many people, Alexa Internet is the tool by which they measure their success. Well, we got curious. We started searching the Internet for answers to our questions: Is it possible to manipulate Alexa? Is toolbar manipulation the only way? Can't we just pay someone? After about 5 seconds, thanks to http://Google.com, we found a company that claimed they could ...
China Crafts Cyberweapons
Post Date: 2007-05-28 21:33:22 by Ferret Mike
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The Defense Department reports China is building cyberwarfare units and developing viruses. The People's Liberation Army (PLA) continues to build cyberwarfare units and develop viruses to attack enemy computer systems as part of its information-warfare strategy, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) warned in a report released on Friday. "The PLA has established information warfare units to develop viruses to attack enemy computer systems and networks," the annual DOD report on China's military warned. At the same, Chinese armed forces are developing ways to protect its own systems from an enemy attack, it said, echoing similar warnings made in previous years. These ...
Water into fuel?
Post Date: 2007-05-28 16:40:43 by Ferret Mike
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Retired TV station owner and broadcast engineer, John Kanzius, wasn't looking for an answer to the energy crisis. He was looking for a cure for cancer. Four years ago, inspiration struck in the middle of the night. Kanzius decided to try using radio waves to kill the cancer cells. His wife Marianne heard the noise and found her husband inventing a radio frequency generator with her pie pans. "I got up immediately, and thought he had lost it." Here are the basics of John's idea: Radio-waves will heat certain metals. Tiny bits of certain metal are injected into a cancer patient. Those nano-particals are attracted to the abnormalities of the cancer cells and ignore the ...
How Kassam Rockets Work
Post Date: 2007-05-28 13:35:17 by Brian S
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If you've been watching the news, you know that Israel is under attack once again. This time, the weapon of choice comes from the skies. It is called the Kassam (or Qassam) rocket, and dozens of them have been landing in Israel. In America we have a certain mental image that appears whenever we hear the word "rocket." We tend to think of something big, complex and expensive. We get that impression because we are used to seeing huge moon rockets or billion-dollar space shuttles flying precisely into orbit under the control of thousands of technicians. The Palestinian Kassam rocket is just the opposite. It is small, simple and cheap. The idea is to create an easily ...
In Ky., a monument to creation
Post Date: 2007-05-27 09:06:56 by Zipporah
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In Ky., a monument to creation Kentucky museum discounts centuries of research, critics sayBy Peter SlevinThe Washington PostUpdated: 3:00 a.m. ET May 27, 2007 PETERSBURG, Ky. - At the Creation Museum, a fanciful Eden rises from the void. Adam appears, bearded and handsome, if slightly waxen. Eve emerges from his rib with luxuriant hair and a kindly expression. Trees blossom and creatures frolic, evidence that all started well in God's perfect world.Elsewhere, as the story develops, Cain stands over his slain brother, Abel; life-size workmen build a replica of Noah's ark, and Methuselah intones: "With each passing day, judgment draws nearer. . . . I can tell you, whatever God ...
The Van with X-RAY Vision
Post Date: 2007-05-27 00:37:32 by Itisa1mosttoolate
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Passengers, Not Just Mobile Phones, Contribute To Road Accidents
Post Date: 2007-05-23 20:03:59 by Zipporah
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Passengers, Not Just Mobile Phones, Contribute To Road Accidents Science Daily — New research by Australian scientists has shown that drivers carrying two or more passengers are twice as likely to crash as unaccompanied drivers. Both the carrying of passengers, and having a larger number of passengers in the car, are associated with an increased likelihood of a crash, though not to the same extent as mobile phone use. The new study, by The George Institute for International Health, was designed to determine the risk of a crash associated with passenger carriage compared with that of using a mobile phone while driving. Both the carrying of passengers, and having a larger number ...
Antigua calls for pirates to return to Caribbean
Post Date: 2007-05-23 15:13:18 by Indrid Cold
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House of Cards Antigua and Barbuda - a nation of 70,000 in an area roughly half the size of San Francisco - has formally requested that the WTO allow it to suspend its intellectual property obligations to the United States, AP reports. Although many in the US have mocked tiny Antigua'a case against the US with a shrug of the shoulders, the Antiguans have always carried in their pockets a nuclear option of sorts. Most Americans view trade disputes through the prism of tit-for-tat protectionist schemes. A perceived price subsidy leads to retaliatory tariffs, etc; but the obligations imposed by WTO obligations run deeper than that. Click here to find out more! Repeated violation of WTO ...
Scientists convert the sequence of proteins into music
Post Date: 2007-05-22 23:21:39 by robin
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UCLA molecular biologists have turned protein sequences into original compositions of classical music. "We converted the sequence of proteins into music and can get an auditory signal for every protein," said Jeffrey H. Miller, distinguished professor of microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics, and a member of UCLA's Molecular Biology Institute. "Every protein will have its unique auditory signature because every protein has a unique sequence. You can hear the sequence of the protein." "We assigned a chord to each amino acid," said Rie Takahashi, a UCLA research assistant and an award-winning, classically trained piano player. "We want to see ...
Mystery Of Metallic Glass Is Cracked By Johns Hopkins Engineers
Post Date: 2007-05-22 20:52:15 by Dakmar
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Science Daily — Using state-of-the-art lab techniques and powerful computer simulations, Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered how atoms pack themselves in unusual materials known as metallic glasses. Their findings should help scientists better understand the atomic scale structure of this material, which is used to make sports equipment, cell phone cases, armor-piercing projectiles and other products. The discovery, marking the culmination of a two-year research project, was reported in the Jan. 26 issue of the journal Nature. The work represents a major step forward because the tools used to study traditional crystalline metals do not work well with metallic glass, and a better ...
Sir Oliver Lodge FRS: The Mode of Future Existence. 1933 Lecture
Post Date: 2007-05-22 06:09:43 by gengis gandhi
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Sir Oliver Lodge FRS: The Mode of Future Existence. 1933 Lecture Linking survival after death with sub atomic physics is censored in Great Britain. Introduction by Michael Roll. This article by Sir Oliver Lodge was published in The Queen's Hospital Annual in 1933 (Birmingham). It is because this great scientist wrote articles and published books along these lines that he has been vilified by obscurants who have taken control of scientific teaching throughout the world. Sir Oliver Lodge was the first person to send a radio message, one year before Marconi! His great contribution to science has been deliberately played down solely because the powerful materialists are terrified that ...
Swarms of cicadas emerging in Midwest
Post Date: 2007-05-20 23:16:49 by kiki
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CHICAGO - Coming soon: Brood XIII. It sounds like a bad horror movie. But it's actually the name of the billions of cicadas expected to emerge this month in parts of the Midwest after spending 17 years underground. The red-eyed, shrimp-sized, flying insects don't bite or sting. But they are known for mating calls that produce a din that can overpower ringing telephones, lawn mowers and power tools. Brood XIII is expected across northern Illinois, and in parts of Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan and Indiana. Cicadas live only about 30 days as adults, and their main goal is mating. They don't harm humans, although they are clumsy and might fly into people. Birds, squirrels and pets, ...
THE VAN WITH X-RAY VISION
Post Date: 2007-05-20 20:39:02 by robin
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THE VAN WITH X-RAY VISION Van that can produce real time x-ray scans of cars and buildings. besides the privacy concerns this brings up i can't help but think that despite what this company claims this process is not without it's health hazards....The Company: http://www.as-e.com/
For Science Journal, Web Is 'Second Nature'
Post Date: 2007-05-19 13:35:19 by robin
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SPIEGEL ONLINE - May 18, 2007, 04:46 PM URL: http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,483581,00.htmlA NATURAL FITFor Science Journal, Web Is 'Second Nature'By Hilmar Schmundt Nature, the world's best-known scientific publication, is now being transformed into a multimedia platform that includes include blogs, podcasts and even a Second Life presence. Nature's presence on Second Life: As shocking as the Queen moving to Las Vegas Timo Twin wanders along a beach looking slightly confused, then zigzags up a nearby hill. "Finally! I knew it was here somewhere," he says. Across a vast square the logo of his company, Nature, is emblazoned in big white letters ...
Researchers challenge Kennedy lone gunman theory
Post Date: 2007-05-19 08:19:11 by A Patriot
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bullet analysis used to justify the lone assassin theory behind President John F. Kennedy's assassination is based on flawed evidence, according to a team of researchers including a former top FBI scientist. Writing in the Annals of Applied Statistics, the researchers urged a reexamination of bullet fragments from the 1963 shooting in Dallas to confirm the number of bullets that struck Kennedy. Official investigations during the 1960s concluded that Kennedy was hit by two bullets fired by Lee Harvey Oswald. But the researchers, including former FBI lab metallurgist William Tobin, said new chemical and statistical analyses of bullets from the same batch used by ...
Producing hydrogen with water and a little metal
Post Date: 2007-05-18 15:16:45 by a vast rightwing conspirator
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Producing hydrogen with water and a little metal Purdue professor makes hydrogen by mixing water, gallium and aluminum, eliminating the need to store hydrogen. Although many people are skeptical about hydrogen becoming a source of fuel, it certainly isn't slowing down research into making the stuff. Purdue University professor Jerry Woodall has discovered a way to make hydrogen out of a reaction of water and an alloy of aluminum and gallium. The production technique eliminates the need to store hydrogen, he said. Mixing water and pellets made up of the alloy in a tank can produce fuel for a small engine, or conceivably a car. The process, along with other recent hydrogen ...
Solar Power from Space:A Better Strategy for America and the World?
Post Date: 2007-05-18 09:50:25 by Ada
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Suppose I told you that we could build an energy source that: unlike oil, does not generate profits used to support Al Qaeda and dictatorial regimes. unlike nuclear, does not provide cover for rogue nations to hide development of nuclear weapons. unlike terrestrial solar and wind, is available 24/7 in huge quantities. unlike oil, gas, ethanol and does not emit greenhouse gasses, warming our planet and causing severe problems. unlike nuclear, does not provide tremendous opportunities for terrorists. unlike coal and nuclear, does not require ripping up the Earth. unlike oil, does not lead us to send hundreds of thousands of our finest men and women to war and spend hundreds of billions of ...
Dog nurses tiger triplets at China zoo
Post Date: 2007-05-17 19:08:58 by aristeides
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Dog nurses tiger triplets at China zoo BEIJING - It's a dog's life for three newborn tiger triplets in eastern China. The cubs, whom officials at the Jinan Paomaling Wild Animal World in Shandong province are so far just calling "One," "Two" and "Three," have been nursed by a dog since they were rejected by their tiger mother shortly after birth, said Paomaling manager Chen Yucai. The trio's adoptive mother, a mixed breed farm dog called "Huani," is expected to nurse them for about a month or until their appetites outpace her supply, Chen said. Chen said it is common for Chinese zoos to use surrogate dog mothers to nurse rejected tiger ...
Scientists Cast Doubt on Kennedy Bullet Analysis - Multiple Shooters Possible
Post Date: 2007-05-16 23:08:50 by ...
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In a collision of 21st-century science and decades-old conspiracy theories, a research team that includes a former top FBI scientist is challenging the bullet analysis used by the government to conclude that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in assassinating President John F. Kennedy in 1963. The "evidence used to rule out a second assassin is fundamentally flawed," concludes a new article in the Annals of Applied Statistics written by former FBI lab metallurgist William A. Tobin and Texas A&M University researchers Cliff Spiegelman and William D. James. The researchers' re-analysis involved new statistical calculations and a modern chemical analysis of bullets from the ...
Gene find triggers baldness hope
Post Date: 2007-05-16 22:39:59 by Ferret Mike
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Hair loss in humans might not be irreversible, suggest scientists who have helped create new hair cells on the skin of mice. It was thought hair follicles, once damaged, could never be replaced. But a University of Pennsylvania, US, team, writing in the journal Nature, says hair growth can actually be encouraged using a single gene. A UK expert said the study could prove more important in aiding development of better wound-healing techniques. The human head comes equipped with 100,000 tiny hair follicles, from each of which grow a single hair. These follicles are produced by the embryo in the first stages of pregnancy, and it was thought that no further replacement follicles could be ...
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