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Locus Systems Inc. Locus And Achievement Excellence AchevX Announce Teaming Agreement To Deliver And Support Enterprise Content Management Solutions In The Middle East - North Africa (MENA) Region

Locus Systems Inc. Locus And Achievement Excellence AchevX Announce Teaming Agreement To Deliver And Support Enterprise Content Management Solutions In The Middle East - North Africa (MENA) Region

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Suggestions for Disposable Packaging

Suggestions for Disposable Packaging

Jun 12 2010 | comment(s)

Hello,

I happen to have a suggestion for graphic artists.  All of the non biodegradable plastic created by nerbs in you usual chain, doesn't exactly sell the products better than older technique.  True bottles and things are necessary for some products like antibacterial soap, however older techiniques like used in food goods that have to breath also work.  Things like wax paper and cloth give designers the opportunity to get off of the computer for a few hours work three dimensionally and may be able to save you from carpal tunnel syndrome, and expand the artists medium vocabulary.
Perfidious Albion

Perfidious Albion

Jun 12 2010 | comment(s)

Perfidious Albion


Caution:  unmitigated whimsy alert!


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Perfidious Albion

or

what our literary heritage might have been
if we had learned earlier in our history
to sue each other.
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All rights hereinunder are hereby acknowledged by the author, printer and publisher ,
all relevant statutory fees are hereby certified to have been paid,
all necessary permissions and waivers have been sworn in the Royal Courts of Libel.
60 Years Of End Of The World Sci-Fi: 1949

60 Years Of End Of The World Sci-Fi: 1949

Jun 12 2010 | comment(s)

With 1949, we arrive at one of the big classics in the post-apocalyptic genre. George Stewart’s Earth Abides is epic in both scope and ambition, a bittersweet story that captures the immense scale on which nature operates, and which portrays the scientific achievements of human civilization as a minor ripple in nature’s broad course. It is a book focused on big themes: the reversibility of human history, the connection between technology and civilization, the impermanence of human achievements.
W.H.O. Lauded For Supporting Amalgam 'Phase Down,' Ban On Mercury In Skin Cosmetics As Treaty Negotiations Start In Stockholm

W.H.O. Lauded For Supporting Amalgam 'Phase Down,' Ban On Mercury In Skin Cosmetics As Treaty Negotiations Start In Stockholm

Jun 12 2010 | comment(s)

UBM TechWeb's HDI Announces New Desktop Support Advisory Board, Expanded Offering For The Desktop Support Community

UBM TechWeb's HDI Announces New Desktop Support Advisory Board, Expanded Offering For The Desktop Support Community

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Polar Science: Public Opinion on Climate Change in Norway

Polar Science: Public Opinion on Climate Change in Norway

Jun 11 2010 | comment(s)

First, they painted a dramatic black-drop, then they presented their latest statistics on public opinion on climate change. TNS gallup organized a press conference at the IPY Oslo Science Conference on Friday presenting their latest survey findings.

TNS asked whether a cold winter (normal and totally perfect by my standards), Climategate and inaccuracies in the IPCC reports had influenced peoples trust in climate change.
Why The Sky Is Falling: Space Weather Communications

Why The Sky Is Falling: Space Weather Communications

Jun 11 2010 | comment(s)

GPS will die, sending airplanes crashing and sinking boats.  Cell phones will fail, stranding travelers and resulting in people in remote areas dying due to exposure.  Worse of all, our TV may go out for a few hours.

These are some of the doomsday scenarios prophecied in the current "Chicken Little" coverage of space weather, as the sun ramps up towards Solar Maximum during the same decade that our society has become perilously dependent on advanced technology.

So where's the science?  The science is standing behind Chicken Little, simultaneously crying "pay attention to us" and "stop overselling us, you media hacks!"
Finger Rafting

Finger Rafting

Jun 11 2010 | comment(s)

Finger Rafting

No, it's not a new sport.  It's one of many ways in which ice consolidates.

In order to more fully understand what is happening to the Arctic climate we need to understand how sea ice is formed and consolidated, and how it is dispersed and melted.

There are very many ways in which two or more units of ice or freezing water can combine.  Five come readily to mind: hail, snow, frost, freshwater ice, sea ice.  Let's focus on ice formation in water.
PRA International Exhibits At European Hematology Association Congress

PRA International Exhibits At European Hematology Association Congress

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David Beckham - Physicist (And A Poissonian Process For Predicting Soccer Goals)

David Beckham - Physicist (And A Poissonian Process For Predicting Soccer Goals)

Jun 11 2010 | comment(s)

Is David Beckham a keen physicist?   Though he wouldn't know how to do the equations on a chalkboard, he certainly does it in his head and then with his feet - so perhaps he is an experimental physicist at heart.

I've often used baseball to talk about concepts such as drag, the Bernoulli principle, Reynolds number and the Magnus effect but Beckham's ability to curve the football so much can teach the same things.

The Bernoulli effect tells us faster moving air reduces pressure and a pressure difference is on either side of the ball  creates a net force called the Magnus effect:

   Velocity      Drag
Far East Energy Announces Increase In Shouyang Gas Production And New Wells

Far East Energy Announces Increase In Shouyang Gas Production And New Wells

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NY3 - Common Bacteria Strain Could Aid In Gulf Oil Spill Cleanup

NY3 - Common Bacteria Strain Could Aid In Gulf Oil Spill Cleanup

Jun 11 2010 | comment(s)

A new strain of bacteria  can produce non-toxic, comparatively inexpensive rhamnolipids and effectively help degrade polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAHs – the environmental pollutants that are one of the most harmful aspects of oil spills.

The findings on this new bacterial strain, NY3, of a common bacteria that has been known of for decades, called Pseudomonas aeruginosa, that degrades the PAHs in oil and other hydrocarbons were just published in Biotechnology Advances by researchers from Oregon State University and two collaborating universities in China.   Because of some unique characteristics, this new bacterial strain could be of considerable value in the long-term cleanup of the massive Gulf Coast oil spill caused by BP.
Academics - Nature Publishing Hates You (But Science 2.0 Can Fix That)

Academics - Nature Publishing Hates You (But Science 2.0 Can Fix That)

Jun 11 2010 | comment(s)

Let's pretend the US is in a bit of an economic crunch and, due to that, universities which up to now have had carte blanche to raise costs any time they like (average - double the rate of inflation but for quality schools, much higher), as much as they like, in the interests of 'quality', are now discovering that parents don't have unlimited money.
How About the Ethics Verifiability of Solid Science

How About the Ethics Verifiability of Solid Science

Jun 11 2010 | comment(s)

I have come to believe that science has abandoned its viability and veracity.  For example, we can make microcameras and artificial organs but micro technology to fight things like viruses and bacterial infections is not being explored.  The Sciences need to worry less about profit and more about being solid and moral gate keepers.  There is a fload of information that could be maintained if the micro technology was being used ethically.  Please talk!
Redknee's Rating And Charging Platform Wins Industry Award

Redknee's Rating And Charging Platform Wins Industry Award

Jun 11 2010 | comment(s)

First IDN.tel Now Live In Advance Of June 15th Launch

First IDN.tel Now Live In Advance Of June 15th Launch

Jun 11 2010 | comment(s)

Dassault's Falcon 2000EX EASy Series Receives EASA And FAA Approval For Autobrake Feature

Dassault's Falcon 2000EX EASy Series Receives EASA And FAA Approval For Autobrake Feature

Jun 11 2010 | comment(s)