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Monthly Archives: July 2010
Bayer MaterialScience Contributes Innovative Materials to Long-range Solar-powered Aircraft
The Solar Impulse aircraft, which is powered only by solar energy, has triumphantly completed its first night flight. The ultralight aircraft was airborne for a total of 26 hours.
Researchers use nanoparticles to shrink tumors in mice
Researchers at UCLA's California NanoSystems Institute and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center demonstrate that mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs), tiny particles with thousands of pores, can store and deliver chemotherapeutic drugs in vivo and effectively suppress tumors in mice.
Registration opens for inaugural Particle Summit
Information-rich, practical program focusing on particle and molecular characterization.
New Near-Infrared Spectrometer Has Spectral Response from 900-2200 nm
Ocean Optics has expanded its offering of small-footprint near-infrared spectrometers with the introduction of NIRQuest512-2.2, a high-performance unit with response from 900-2200 nm.
Thousands expected at Pentecostal Camp Meeting – Jackson Clarion Ledger
Thousands expected at Pentecostal Camp Meeting Jackson Clarion Ledger "It's a spiritual enlightenment meeting. "The night services are strictly evangelistic. Many people who can't come in the daytime drive in for our night ... |
Key River Island
Ontario, Canada has some beautiful islands on the market and the weather there at this time of year is amazing. One of my favorite new islands is Key River Island. This Island is gently sloping and consists of beautiful smooth granite. It offers sheltered docking and a breathtaking west view over Georgian Bay.
Located south of Key river in an uncrowded area known for excellent fishing and great boating. The main cottage has open concept living room, dining room and kitchen, 3 bedrooms plus a loft for extra accommodation and a 3 pc. bath. A Napoleon wood stove provides heating for cooler days, and the cottage is already wired for electric heat. Electricity for the Island is supplied by submarine cable.
Other features include a wood fired Sauna, A large workshop which could be changed to a guest cottage, a kids play cabin, plus a Gazebo to enjoy those beautiful sunsets. The main cottage and workshop have metal roofs. The cottage roof was installed in 2009.
For more information on this property visit Private Islands Online.
The iChatr App Brings Chatroulette-Style Mischief to Your iPhone 4 [IPhone Apps]
The iChatr iPhone app is as exciting as it is terrifying. Why? Because it's basically Chatroulette for your iPhone. More »
IPhone - Handhelds - Smartphones - iPhone 4 - Wallpapers and Themes
Mosque at Ground Zero – TV ad that the MSM doesn’t want you to see
CBS News has declined to allow this ad to be aired on the network.
Breitbart has the official notice from CBS:
"CBS Standards & Practices has determined the Ad you submitted is not within CBS Broadcast Standards.”
Rep. Pete Olson Needs A New News Watcher
NASA Chief Revealed Muslim Outreach Plan to Al Jazeera Before Congress, Fox News
"Bolden called a couple of lawmakers with the news on June 28, after his interview with the Middle East news organization but before it aired, the newspaper reported. "He ran down some of the things from the president's new space policy, and mentioned outreach to Muslims," Rep. Pete Olson, the top Republican on the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics recalled to the newspaper. "That stunned me. I didn't believe it."
Keith's note: Oops. I guess Rep. Olson missed the comments by fellow Republican Rep. Bill Posey some four months earlier on 23 Feb 2010 on the House floor - as featured on NASA Watch at the time. I guess we can give Rep. Olson a waiver on this since this was one of those 3 minute things that members give in the late afternoon to an empty chamber that only C-SPAN junkies ever see.
Video: Rep. Posey Rips NASA Initiative to Reach out to "Muslim" Countries", earlier post
Of course, there other public statements about this policy that predate the Al Jezeera interview - it would seem that Rep. Olson missed them as well.
NASA plans more outreach to Muslim countries, 16 Feb 2010, OrlandoSentinel
"NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden said Tuesday that President Barack Obama has asked him to "find ways to reach out to dominantly Muslim countries" as the White House pushes the space agency to become a tool of international diplomacy. "In addition to the nations that most of you usually hear about when you think about the International Space Station, we now have expanded our efforts to reach out to non-traditional partners," said Bolden, speaking to a lecture hall of young engineering students."
"Soon after President Barack Obama stood in Cairo, just over one year ago, and spoke of Partnership between the United States and Muslims around the world, he asked NASA to change that ratio by reaching out to "non-traditional" partners and strengthening our cooperation in the Middle East, North Africa, Southeast Asia and in particular in Muslim-majority nations."
We must not discard greatest innovator in history, Walt Cunningham, Houston Chronicle, 27 Feb 2010
"In the place of the canceled Ares and Orion hardware, we now have increased support for education, increased spending on the discredited global warming hypocrisy and subsidies to several new commercial rocket companies. And, oh yes, don't forget a new outreach program to Muslim countries without established space programs."
Facebook "Hacker" Cost Man A Year of Farmville Work [Image Cache]
I sincerely hope that this newspaper clipping is fake, because a genuine report like this would mean that the world is a far more messed up place than I'd ever realized. [thehighdefinite] More »
Facebook - Social Network - Online Communities - FarmVille - Image Cache
UC Merced hopes to build medical school by 2015 – ABC30.com
 Modesto Bee | UC Merced hopes to build medical school by 2015 ABC30.com (KFSN) -- The push to build a medical school at UC Merced by 2015 is gaining momentum. A new report showed how the school would impact underserved ... Report urges UC Merced medical schoolFresno Business Journal Support for UC Merced med school growsFresno Bee Valley coalition outlines vision for UC Merced Medical SchoolStockton Record |
The Blog Days of Summer | The Loom
Between scrambling to finish some big projects and avoiding summer brain-fry, I haven’t been doing much science blogging recently. And now I’ll be taking a few days away from blogging altogether. It’s not a blackout at the Loom, though; just a brown-out. I’m going to schedule some old posts I’m fond of, as well as a backlog of science tattoos. Later this month I’ll be rested, refreshed, and ready to blog anew.
Intel Supercomputer Predicts Gulf Oil Spill’s Path [Bp]
BP may not know where oil from the Gulf gusher will go next, but Intel does. More »
Oil spill - Environment - Spill Containment and Remediation - Energy - Petroleum in the Environment
Pumas’ Fishbaugher Examining Future – Kitsap Sun
Pumas' Fishbaugher Examining Future Kitsap Sun Kitsap Pumas midfielder John Fishbaugher plans on going to medical school after his professional soccer career is over. ... |
These Are The Condoms Mario and Princess Peach Would Use [NSFW] [Nsfw]
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Someone needs to turn this videogame-inspired condom packaging design concept into reality, because I really want to see the look on my significant other's face when I inform him that we're out of Donkey Shlong. More »
Princess Peach - Shopping - birthcontrol - Health - Reproduction and Sexuality
How to Access Internet With the iPad 3G Without Paying Extra [IPad 3G]
Access Hulu from Outside the U.S. Without a Proxy Server [Web Filtering]
We've featured one or two ways to watch Hulu from outside the US, but one user over at Reddit has discovered another method, no outside proxy server required. All you need is a Firefox add-on and a few blocked ports. More »
Proxy server - Proxying and Filtering - Hosted Proxy Services - Server - Chats and Forums
When Movie Remastering Goes Too Far [Remastering]
Here's a textbook example of how not to restore a movie. On the left, a frame from the original Predator, released in 1987. On the right, the same from Fox's forthcoming Predator: Ultimate Hunter Edition, starring bizarro, wax-figure Arnold Schwarzenegger. More »
Predator - Arnold Schwarzenegger - Fox - Ultimate Hunter Edition - Blu-ray Disc
HDcam iPad App Turns Your iPhone Into A Wireless Camera [IPad Apps]
HDcam is an iPad app that lets you use an iPhone as a wireless camera. It's similar to the Camera A/Camera B apps we've covered before, but has received a nice update for iOS 4. More »
iPhone - Handhelds - Smartphones - Photography - Shopping
