NASA's super smart computer Pleiades just became a whole lot more powerful. In order to keep up with the demands of scientists and engineers working for NASA, the computer's performance was enhanced by 14% earlier this month.
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NASA Visualization Explorer, v.1.5 (for iPad)
Version 1.5 of NASA Visualization Explorer (for iPad) improves on a useful science app that I reviewed in version 1.0.3. The latest version adds larger images, pinch and zoom-ability, marking of favorites, playlists of stories, and the ability to save stories for offline reading. The ability to save stories to your iPad is particularly significant. Although a fast Internet connection is still helpful in downloading storiesmost of which contain one or more videosstories saved on your iPad for later viewing will load instantly, whether you're online or not.
NASA isnt only about space; it's had a fleet of Earth-monitoring satellites for more than 40 years. NASA Visualization Explorer (for iPad) combines images, videos, and simulations from both the cosmos and our own planet in a series of informative and visually stunning stories, each highlighting a different finding or aspect of NASAs work.
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When you open the NASA Visualization Explorer (aka NASAViz) app, clicking on a menu icon at the screens lower left corner brings up the full menu of available stories, identified by title, date, and an associated image. You can also access lists of stories, sorted by topic: Earth; Planets and Moons; Sun; and Universe, as well as unread and saved stories and custom story lists.
Clicking on any of the stories brings up an image (or video) and caption, while along the bottom are thumbnails with more images and/or videos related to the caption. You can shrink the caption to show a full-screen image, or access the next story (or previous one), by clicking a right or left arrow. Holding your finger to an image lets you save it to a Photo Album on your iPad, print it, copy it, or email it, or share it to Facebook or Twitter. Stretching an image brings up a full-screen version.
At the screens lower right corner are four icons. A down arrow lets you save a story with all related images and video for offline viewing. A star arrow lets you mark stories as your personal Favorites. A plus icon lets you create custom lists of stories.
The last icon, at the lower right corner of the screen, is a right arrow. It lets you copy a story, open it in Safari on the NASAViz Web site (which includes the content of all the stories); share the storys URL to Facebook or Twitter, e-mail or text it.
A gear icon in the screens upper left corner takes you to the Control Panel, which gives you information about the app and lets you change some basic settings. The About tab discusses the apps creation by the Goddard Space Flight Center, while Instructions gives you a basic primer for using the app, and theres a button for sending feedback to the apps development team.
Stellar Content
There are plenty of timely stories, too, such as the one about the survival and amazing performance of sungrazing Comet Lovejoy, including videos of its reappearance after an exceedingly close encounter with our star. There's even a later video of the comet, now sporting a long tail, taken from the International Space Station. Another story that gained some play in the press was the discovery by NASAs Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope of antimatter bursts released by thunderstorms. It, too, is featured in NASA Visualization Explorer. Visions of Venus contains a superb video of our sister worlds transit across the face of the Sun, captured in multiple wavelengths by the Solar Dynamics Observatory.
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Now, nano-infused paint to detect strain in buildings, bridges and airplanes
Washington, June 22 (ANI): Two Indian origin scientists are included in a Rice University team who have developed a new type of paint that can reveal strain in materials by its fluorescence.
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Introduction to 30 Day (Alpha Brain Review) | Onnit Nootropic Case Study [New Formula] – Video
21-06-2012 19:15 You can check out a google doc I put together of the times I took Alpha Brain and the effects it had during the day: This is my day 1 of 30 review of Onnit's new supplement formula Alpha Brain. After uploading this I realized I should have taken it first then shot the video a few hours later to shared how I felt. Well I guess I'll share more in detail in the next video my experience. It's been 4 hours since I took 2 pills and feel a little anxious and have been pacing around, but keep in mind that I'm a little sick so I don't know if that will effect the results in anyway. I worked out for 15 minutes and that definitely helped get rid of the anxious feeling. I took the 2 pills and then ate a banana an hour later. I guess you could say this is more of an introduction to the 30 day review of Alpha Brain. Stay tune for tomorrows video. Here is the link to watch this series in a playlist so you don't lose your spot in this 30 day Alpha Brain review. If you are thinking about getting Alpha Brain or already taking it please leave your comments and questions below. I am curious what other people's results and questions are.
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Audible Brain Waves After Intense Focus. ( Read Description ) – Video
21-06-2012 23:53 I have been training hard, my mental abilities are starting to climax, i am able to read tons of books, all through out school i wouldnt touch one, but now i cant stop. I had a third eye awakening two months ago in april of 2012. Im changing very quickly, those who are busy talking are busy talking. im busy doing my thing, which is why i havent put out many videos lately. This one was intense. As i saw myself in the camera it was as if i was in the camera too. i remember penetrating the camera with my intense stare. From my perspective my stare was so intense light was leaving my vision, and things began to super impose themselves. So after watching the video not only were there prety good color distortions i heard amazing BRAIN WAVES. I am doing some now without the fan, although i love the wind during meditation it helps a lot. so i find it hard to do it without. please anyone take this audio and enhance it for me, its un altered. and i would like to hear it clear' especially at 7:44. So if you could do that then upload it, thad be cool. In this video i was very focused on my heart center, and my hands clinging to the crystal. it helped alot. After the video i could hear the brain waves in my head almost deafening. I have a feeling that prety soon im going to start attracting scientists if i keep it up lol. To me this was worthy of putting out, even if it is not astounding, it still helps add to the research im doing. A lot of people just think we are a bunch of weridos ...
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Lets Play Pokemon Gold and Silver Splitscreen [Nuzlocke] Part 17: Mind Crushing Vinny – Video
22-06-2012 10:25 I hate not uploading as much, but here, it's another episode of Gold and Silver, please enjoy. :] We are deciding to merge all of our channels into one, so expect some random videos soon. Today, Jacob and Alex do the bug catching contest. What Pokemon will they see there? Also, will any Pokemon die within the contest? QOTD: What is your favorite Pokemon to catch in the Bug Catching Contest? This is a nuzlocke run, and here are the rules: -If a Pokemon dies, you must release it or put it in the RIP Box. -You can only catch the first Pokemon of each route by headbutting a tree or walking in the grass, and by surfing or fishing. -Feel free to make any more rules for us in the comments down below. :] CONTACT US! : PO Box: Alexander LeClair PO Box 490 Weyauwega, WI 54983 Twitter: Facebook: Go to this video to sign up for WiFi Sunday: Skype: MrNintendoFanMan-Alex MrNintendoFanMan ~Jacob~ Jacob's Rival: I LOVE YOU GUYS! 😀 THANKS FOR ALL THE SUPPORT
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Paul Keating ... "If the public takes him they will get a large kick in the bum and they will deserve it." Photo: Lee Besford
It surprised nobody to hear the former prime minister Paul Keating had once again held little back when asked what he thought of the current crop of politicians, but it was interesting yesterday to see the man's grasp of fauna as he railed against Tony Abbott, Julia Gillard and even the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, while speaking at the Eureka Report Congress in Melbourne.
Merkel, he said, was ''intellectually limited and she is taking the whole world down''. Gillard's government, he said, ''just don't have a convincing and persuasive narrative''.
And Abbott? He was ''dumb'', an ''obstructionist capuchin'' (that's either a small monkey or a member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, depending on how you view Keating's sense of humour) and: ''If the public takes him they will get a large kick in the bum and they will deserve it.''
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Uplifting ... It was all hands on deck for the Wall of Hands. Photo: Nick Moir
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LOVES A GOOD BOOK
Don't be too surprised if the young adult sections of Australia's libraries start filling out in coming weeks. Ryan Stokes, son of the Perth media baron Kerry Stokes, has been named incoming chairman of the National Library of Australia Council. Ryan, who at 36 years old is three decades younger than the outgoing chairman, the former judge James Spigelman, would begin his three-year-term next month, said the Arts Minister, Simon Crean. It's hoped Stokes, with his youth, will bring a new vigour to the council, particularly in the one area he has most experience: digital. ''Mr Stokes has extensive experience serving on a number of boards across a range of industries and brings a high level of corporate expertise to the National Library,'' Crean said yesterday. ''He has shown leadership in driving digital content and developing the digital economy. This experience will assist the National Library as it continues to open-up its collection through digitisation.'' Not that it means he'll be abandoning the old, Stokes was quick to tell the Financial Review; he's well aware of the library's ''obligation to retain the physical heritage''. His appointment follows a family tradition in the Stokes clan. His father was chairman of the National Gallery of Australia in the late 1990s.
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What Soviet Medicine Teaches Us
[Day 5 of Robert Wenzel's 30-day reading list that will lead you to become a knowledgeable libertarian, this Mises Daily was originally published August 21, 2009.]
In 1918, the Soviet Union became the first country to promise universal "cradle-to-grave" healthcare coverage, to be accomplished through the complete socialization of medicine. The "right to health" became a "constitutional right" of Soviet citizens.
The proclaimed advantages of this system were that it would "reduce costs" and eliminate the "waste" that stemmed from "unnecessary duplication and parallelism" i.e., competition.
These goals were similar to the ones declared by Mr. Obama and Ms. Pelosi attractive and humane goals of universal coverage and low costs. What's not to like?
The system had many decades to work, but widespread apathy and low quality of work paralyzed the healthcare system. In the depths of the socialist experiment, healthcare institutions in Russia were at least a hundred years behind the average US level. Moreover, the filth, odors, cats roaming the halls, drunken medical personnel, and absence of soap and cleaning supplies added to an overall impression of hopelessness and frustration that paralyzed the system. According to official Russian estimates, 78 percent of all AIDS victims in Russia contracted the virus through dirty needles or HIV-tainted blood in the state-run hospitals.
Irresponsibility, expressed by the popular Russian saying "They pretend they are paying us and we pretend we are working," resulted in appalling quality of service, widespread corruption, and extensive loss of life. My friend, a famous neurosurgeon in today's Russia, received a monthly salary of 150 rubles one-third of the average bus driver's salary.
In order to receive minimal attention by doctors and nursing personnel, patients had to pay bribes. I even witnessed a case of a "nonpaying" patient who died trying to reach a lavatory at the end of the long corridor after brain surgery. Anesthesia was usually "not available" for abortions or minor ear, nose, throat, and skin surgeries. This was used as a means of extortion by unscrupulous medical bureaucrats.
"Slavery certainly 'reduced costs' of labor, 'eliminated the waste' of bargaining for wages, and avoided 'unnecessary duplication and parallelism'."
To improve the statistics concerning the numbers of people dying within the system, patients were routinely shoved out the door before taking their last breath.
Being a People's Deputy in the Moscow region from 1987 to 1989, I received many complaints about criminal negligence, bribes taken by medical apparatchiks, drunken ambulance crews, and food poisoning in hospitals and child-care facilities. I recall the case of a 14-year-old girl from my district who died of acute nephritis in a Moscow hospital. She died because a doctor decided that it was better to save "precious" X-ray film (imported by the Soviets for hard currency) instead of double-checking his diagnosis. These X-rays would have disproven his diagnosis of neuropathic pain.
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3,500 Michigan clinical medicine trials since'99 contribute to economy
Biopharmaceutical research companies have conducted nearly 3,500 clinical trials of new medicines in Michigan in the past 13 years, according to a study released Friday.
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Medicine agency: Roche did not report side effects
The European Medicines Agency is investigating "deficiencies" in the way drug maker Roche reported possible side effects in patients in the U.S., though it said there was no evidence patients are at risk.
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Modernizing Medicine Named No. 1 in the South Florida Business Journal's 'Fast 50'
BOCA RATON, FL--(Marketwire -06/22/12)- Modernizing Medicine, the creator of Electronic Medical Assistant (EMA), a cloud-based specialty-specific EMR application, announced today that it has been named the number one fastest growing company by the South Florida Business Journal (SFBJ) in its 'Fast 50.'
Each year the SFBJ ranks South Florida's fastest-growing companies to determine the prestigious 'Fast 50.' Companies chosen are both private and public, range in industry, including real estate development, manufacturing, technology, healthcare and retail, and in size and annual revenue. The companies are ranked by one-year percentage growth.
Modernizing Medicine led the 'Fast 50' pack with an impressive 2,800% growth between 2010 and 2011. Founded in 2010, Modernizing Medicine is projected to grow from 75 employees to 100 employees by year-end.
"We're delighted to have our work recognized by the South Florida Business Journal and to be ranked number one among a list of highly successful companies," said Daniel Cane, CEO and Co-Founder of Modernizing Medicine. "I'm incredibly humbled by this prestigious honor and so proud of the entire Modernizing Medicine team. It's a true testament to our product, the EMA, and the strong future we have ahead of us in the highly populated EMR space."
Modernizing Medicine's EMA adapts to each healthcare provider's unique style of practice, and integrates seamlessly into the practice's workflow. EMA is available as a native iPad application, or from any web-enabled Mac or PC. EMA's touch-based system virtually eliminates the need for a keyboard and saves valuable time by scribing notes, electronically prescribing, and automating lab requisition forms and results, and so much more. Today, Modernizing Medicine provides specialty-specific offerings for the dermatology, ophthalmology, and optometry markets.
Modernizing Medicine recently celebrated its move to its new headquarters in Boca Raton, FL. The team hosted an open house in its new 15,000-square-foot facility, welcoming over 200 guests including Andrew Duffell, President & CEO at Research Park at Florida Atlantic University, other FAU faculty members, doctors, customers, industry leaders and vendors.
Local dignitaries including the Boca Raton Mayor, Susan Whelchel, Boca Raton city council member, Constance Scott, President and CEO of the Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce, Troy McLellan and Palm Beach County Commissioner, Steven Abrams, helped the Modernizing Medicine team officially celebrate their new facility with a ribbon cutting ceremony.
Details about the 'Fast 50' and the full list of honorees are available on the South Florida Business Journal's website.
About Modernizing MedicineModernizing Medicine is delivering the next generation of electronic medical records (EMR) technology for the healthcare industry. Our product, Electronic Medical Assistant (EMA), is a cloud-based specialty-specific EMR with a tremendous amount of medical content already built-in. Available as a native iPad application or from any web-enabled Mac or PC, EMA adapts to each provider's unique style of practice and is designed to interface with over 400 different practice management systems. Today, Modernizing Medicine provides specialty-specific offerings for the dermatology, ophthalmology, and optometry markets, and to more than 500 practices across the country.
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Oxley Foundation makes $30 million commitment to Tulsa medical school
The foundation will give $7.5 million for start-up costs and a $7.5 million dollar-for-dollar endowment challenge grant to each of the medical school's two partners - the University of Tulsa and the University of Oklahoma-Tulsa.
This gift is not only the largest in the history of the foundation but also equal to about half of the total donations in the foundation's history, said Trustee R.H. Harbaugh.
Mary K. and John T. Oxley, who established the foundation in 1985, were Tulsans "through and through" and would be "very proud today to hear of this new commitment," Harbaugh said. "We look forward to working with you to make Tulsa a more healthy, happy and productive community."
TU President Steadman Upham, OU President David Boren and OU-Tulsa President Gerard Clancy presented Harbaugh and Oxley Foundation Program Officer Konnie Boulter with white lab coats as symbolic gifts to mark the commitment.
The announcement at the Wayman Tisdale Specialty Health Clinic attracted a large crowd of local leaders, including Mayor Dewey Bartlett, Tulsa Metro Chamber President Mike Neal, state Rep. Jabar Shumate, regents and trustees from OU and TU, and several Tulsa physicians.
Boren said the gift marks a "transformational moment" for the area.
The new school will train primary-care physicians to treat underserved areas, especially poor parts of Tulsa.
Forty percent of the city's population live in an area with only 4 percent of the city's physicians, and north Tulsans on average have a life expectancy seven years shorter than their south Tulsa neighbors, Boren said.
"We really felt a moral imperative ... to do something about it, and that's what we celebrate today because we're going to create a future far different from our present course," he said.
For decades, OU has been graduating physicians at its Tulsa school. The students spent their first two years of medical school studying pure science at Oklahoma City's OU Health Sciences Center and the second two years in clinical instructions in Tulsa.
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Downtown medical school tied to subway
In only a few years, thousands of commuters headed to jobs and classes will arrive daily at a redesigned Metro Rail station serving as a hub for the new University at Buffalo medical school and a teeming Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.
Thats the vision that officials from UB and the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority presented Thursday as they pledged cooperation toward integrating the current Allen/Medical Campus Metro Station into the new medical school complex.
This is a statement that we are committed to working together to come up with the best plan that meets the interests of transportation in Western New York and serves the interests of the medical school so we can make a determination of where we go, said Dennis R. Black, UBs vice president for university life and services.
The idea, the officials said, is to implement plans long on the drawing board to move the current medical school from the South Campus into a new building of at least seven stories over the Allen/Medical Campus Station.
The move aims to provide a viable transportation alternative that will mitigate the need to park even more cars on a burgeoning medical campus, while adding a touch of the urban vitality common to subway corridors in bigger cities like New York or Toronto.
The $350 million project is vital to moving workers, students, patients and visitors in and out of a neighborhood expected to become one of the citys major employment centers, UB officials said.
Its an urban setting, and it has to allow for patient and visitor access, Black said. If everybody who came there brought their own car, wed have to have a structure almost as tall as the HSBC building.
Thats not real, its not environmentally friendly, and it would be incredibly costly, he added. And we have alternatives.
Black and a contingent of UB officials, including Robert G. Shibley, dean of the School of Architecture and Planning, presented their ideas to NFTA commissioners Thursday. They noted the Allen/Medical Campus Station will remain essentially unchanged below the surface and along the rail line when the project is completed in 2016.
But the surface portion will serve as the cornerstone of the new medical school building, leading to a glass atrium covering an extended Allen Street for pedestrian traffic into the rest of the medical campus. Black said planners also will study the potential for shops and restaurants as part of the atrium.
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Liberty Mutual to sponsor school trips to USS Constitution
Boston-based Liberty Mutual Insurance said it will now sponsor all free public school field trips to the USS Constitution Museum from September until June 2015.
The museum recently opened its newest interactive exhibit, the Old Ironsides 1812 Discovery Center, which features computer activities simulating shipboard life, interactive lessons about the War of 1812 and its major events, and a large map highlighting personal stories that effect America to this day.
At the USS Constitution Museum, we encourage guests not just to read here, but to do. This is a particularly effective method to use with school groups, for while some learn by reading, some by listening, we all learn by doing, said the museums president Anne Grimes Rand. We are thrilled to be able to help address the needs of our schools and share the singular resources we have developed over time with our public schools, free of charge, thanks to the support and vision of Liberty Mutual Insurance, during this special Bicentennial period.
The U.S. Postal Service also plans to commemorate the bicentennial of the War of 1812 with a newly minted Forever stamp of Old Ironsides that will be unveiled in the Charlestown Navy Yard on Aug. 18.
The image selected by the Postal Service for the stamp is from an early 19th century painting by maritime artist Michele Felice Corne. The painting will be on view for the event at the USS Constitution Museum.
Liberty Mutual had previously announced it was extending its sponsorship its sponsorship of the Boston Pops Fourth of July Fireworks display and concert through 2015.
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Liberty Shores to restore stream, wetland buffer
POULSBO If Liberty Shores Assisted Living restores the stream and landscaping in a wetland buffer on its property to its original state, the City of Poulsbo will put the whole situation behind them.
The city put a stop work order on the property in October, finding that a wetland and wetland buffer had been altered illegally. The City Council on Wednesday approved a mitigation restoration plan with Liberty Shores.
City planner Keri Weaver said as long as the restoration is complete and the facility does not conduct any more work without a permit, there will be no penalties.
A guest of a resident reported the disturbed activity to the city in October. This guest, being a biologist, noticed the landscaping had been altered in a wetland buffer Liberty Shores cleared and graded without permits, within the shoreline zone, planted non-native plants, and diverted a stream to avoid erosion and flooding, according to Weaver.
After the city checked on the site again in November, it found that work had continued. The city attorney wrote another stop work letter, informing the owner to contact the city for a mitigation plan or risk civil or criminal penalties.
Thomas Johnston, president and CEO of Northwest Care Management, the owner of Liberty Shores, and the citys planning department have agreed to a plan to resolve the violation, including replanting of native plant species and restoring the original stream configuration, beginning in September. The city will check in with the property to ensure the work is done and no more violations occur.
Liberty Shores manager Sigrid Howard said she could not comment, and Johnston did not return calls for comment.
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Liberty's Jimmy McCarthy chosen as Morning Call pitcher of the year
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China bolsters claim over islands in South China Sea, establishes 'prefectural level' city
22-Jun-12, 10:02 AM | Abigail Kwok, InterAksyon.com
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ANILA, Philippines - China bolstered its claim over disputed islands in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) with the establishment of a "prefectural-level" city to exercise jurisdiction over three disputed islands, Chinese state media reported.
Xinhua, quoting a statement from the Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs, said the State Council, or China's cabinet, had approved the establishment of Sansha City, which will administer the island groups of Xisha (Paracels), Zhongsha and Nansha (Spratlys). The seat ofgovernment will be stationed on Yongxing Island, which is a part of Paracels.
A Ministry of Civil Affairs spokesperson said Thursday that Sansha City would help improve China's "administrative management on Xisha, Zhongsha and Nansha islands and their future development."
"It is also conducive to protecting the oceanic environment of theSouth China Sea," the spokesperson said.
Prior to the establishment of Sansha City, the three disputed islands were under the Administration Office for the Xisha Islands, the Nansha Islands and the Zhongsha Islands.
China elevated the status to city status after Vietnam passed its Vietnamese maritime law.
China claimsthat it was the one who first discovered and named the reefs, islets, and surrounding waters of these disputed islands.
China put up the Administration Office for the Xisha, Zhongsha, and Nansha Islands in 1959.
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Islands, Buoys Create Swimming Dangers When Lake Level Is Low
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Almost three million people enjoy the water at Lake Thurmonds U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-owned parks every year. But, the water is down right now. Swimming areas, that at full pool would normally have almost eight feet of water in them, are bone dry. WJBF News Channel 6's Brett Buffington warns us of the dangers to keep in mind when the lake level is low.
Almost three million people enjoy the water at Lake Thurmonds U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-owned parks every year. But, the water is down right now. Swimming areas, that at full pool would normally have almost eight feet of water in them, are bone dry.
The water is almost 14 feet past the edge of the swimming areas, and statics show that when the water is down the number of drownings go up.
Patrice Jenkins and her family are enjoying a day at Lake Thurmond. Her husband works at the lake, so her family enjoys the water quite often. But before her kids jump in she lays down the rules to keep them safe, and never turns her back them.
Jenkins says, Theyre never left unattended, eyes are on them all the time.
Jenkins says she knows how dangerous the lake can be. Already this year two people have drown at Lake Thurmond, the latest death happened earlier this week. Lake Thurmond Project Manager Scott Hyatt says, when the water level goes down, deaths at the lake go up.
Hyatt says, Particularly what we see an uptick in, is when theres no water on the swim beaches. Youll see many folks that swim in areas that arent designated and well see an uptick in drowning or fatalities related to that.
Hyatt says many of those deaths are simply people who think they can swim better than they actually can.
A lot of people want something to swim to so theyll see an island or buoy that really doesnt look that far, so they really swim outside of their ability. Theyre not swimming with a buddy, theyre not swimming with a life jacket, and they get out and they got in a situation that they just couldnt get out of.
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Could Falkland Islands Dispute Trigger Another Memorable Olympic Moment?
Extending gloved hands skyward in racial protest, U.S. athletes Tommie Smith, center, and John Carlos stare downward during the playing of the Star Spangled Banner after Smith received the gold and Carlos the bronze for the 200 meter run at the Summer Olympic Games in Mexico City on Oct. 16, 1968. Australian silver medalist Peter Norman is at left.
U.S. athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos stoop atop on the 1968 Olympic medal stand in Mexico City, heads bowed and black-gloved hands defiantly thrusted skyward. It remains a seminal Olympic moment, showing how the world's premiere athletic competition in an instant can be thrust into the political realm.
Olympic history is rife with political moments, with individual athletes and governments using the games to deliver their messages of protest and activism to a global audience. During the Cold War, Washington and Moscow took turns skipping games hosted on their rivals turf. Jesse Owens, an African-American athlete, dominated in Berlin in 1936, in front of Adolf Hitler and his Nazi regime.
And with the United Kingdom and Argentina again squabbling over the Falkland Islands, the upcoming London games could become another memorable political Olympic statement.
Asked if the British are worried about a statement from an Argentine athlete over the Falklands issue, a senior U.K. official says matter-of-factly "that's certainly a possibility."
The Argentine government already has used the coming London games in its Falklands campaign, raising the odds of a statement when the Olympics begin later this summer. A television ad that appeared on the islands featuring an Olympic athlete frowning at the British flag before his training regimen takes him to a memorial honoring dead WWI British soldiers. The ad, at one point, states: "To compete on English soil, we train Argentinian soil."
The senior British official calls the ad "inappropriate," and adds "the Olympics are not for political issues."
Political statements during the Olympics "absolutely do resonate with people, especially ones made in the mainstream sports," says Andy Pollin, an afternoon drive-time radio host on WTEM-980 AM in Washington, where he is considered an encyclopedic sports historian.
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"There have been many years of discussion surrounding the Olympics, about whether it is sports or politics," Pollin says. "People wonder where it stands on that scale."
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