Man soars above Alps with jet-powered wing
A Swiss pilot strapped on a jet-powered wing and leaped from a plane Wednesday for the first public demonstration of the homemade device above the Alps. Passing from free fall to a gentle glide, Rossy then triggered four jet turbines and accelerated to 186 miles per hour.
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Mandela Is on US Terrorist Watch Lists
Nobel Peace Prize winner and international symbol of freedom Nelson Mandela is flagged on U.S. terrorist watch lists and needs special permission to visit the USA. The requirement applies to former South African leader Mandela and other members of South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC). In 1990, Mandela was freed after 27 years in prison for crimes committed during the struggle against Apartheid, a repressive regime that subjugated black South Africans. In 1994, he was elected South Africa’s first black president. Members of other groups deemed a terrorist threat, such as Hamas and Tamil Tigers, also are on the watch lists.
CEOs Battle to Keep Up With the Pace of Change
A new study of chief executives by IBM,reveals that ability to manage change is widening the gap between winners and losers in the global economy. The IBM Global CEO Study, based on face-to-face interviews with 1,130 CEOs from 40 countries across 32 industries, is designed to capture insights on how the challenges CEOs face today will impact the future of business. The study revealed that fundamental shifts in expectations from more demanding customers and the increased purchasing power in emerging markets are driving major changes in the business models of organizations worldwide.
My Brain Knows It, But I Don’t See It
Patients with “hemineglect” disorder will tend to ignore things presented to their left side. So that means “I only see right side of the shirt that you are wearing”
But sometimes these ignored stimuli may be processed without awareness. The brain may extract the meaning of presenting objects and symbols , but the patient will not consciously perceive.
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Cracking Zipingku dam in China
The Zipingku dam is near to the epicenter of the 7.9-magnitude earthquake, by the small town of Dujiangyan. Dangerous cracks appeared in the structure after Monday’s earth quake. Xinhua News Agency said Wednesday that 2,000 troops had been sent to work on the Zipingku Dam, upriver from Dujiangyan in Sichuan province. More than 14,000 people were still missing and nearly 26,000 people had been buried. The Dujiangyan project, built in 256 BC, is more than 50 kilometers from the provincial capital of Chengdu and irrigates 666,000 hectares of land. Its the world’s oldest irrigation system.
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Mother’s High Blood Sugar Levels And Child Birth Problems
Research done by the National Institutes of Health suggests that the pregnant women with higher blood sugar levels, but not high enough to be considered diabetes, are more likely to give birth to babies at high risks. These mothers have more likelihood for Caesarean delivery and babies with abnormally large body size. Infants are at risk for shoulder dystocia ( Shoulder becomes lodged inside the mother’s body) and halt the birth process.
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Dad jailed after daughter fails math test
A Fairfield man is in jail because his daughter hasn’t gotten her General Equivalency Diploma (GED). A judge ordered the father to stay on top of his daughter’s education months ago and when that order wasn’t followed, Brian Gegner was sentenced to 180-days in the Butler County jail. The judge says if she passes the test, her father could get out of jail before his six-months sentence is up.
Arsonists behind Florida wildfire
Police say one or more arsonists may be responsible for the nine wildfires ravaging Florida’s Atlantic coast. A witness saw someone in a car drop something into an open field Monday, and a fire started shortly afterward. About 100 homes have been destroyed or damaged in the fires, which are burning for the third consecutive day. Gov. Charlie Crist has already declared a state of emergency. His orders allow Florida to use federal funds and bring local emergency workers under state control.
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Breast Feeding and Cognitive Development
According to JAMA and Archives Journals, longterm exclusively breastfed children and adults when they were infants have higher scores on IQ tests. Other measures of cognitive development such as thinking, memory and learning also improved compared to those who were fed formula.
Microsoft’s ‘Telescope’
The WorldWide Telescope (WWT), Microsoft’s response to Google Sky is a Web 2.0 visualization software environment that enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope—bringing together imagery from the best ground and space-based telescopes in the world for a seamless exploration of the universe. The service, which opened to the public on May 13, lets people explore the cosmos through any computer with an Internet connection. It combines about 12 terabytes of data, including 50 surveys and 1,000 high-resolution studies, with links to astronomy research on sites around the Web. Google Sky leverages Google Maps. In addition to a 3D looks at stars and galaxies, Google Sky offers infrared, microwave, and historical views of the sky.
Facial Symmetry And Good Gene
Do you know that “beautiful people are healthier and live longer”? One of many researches performed at McMaster University, Canada, reports that symmetrical faces regarded as being more attractive. It also an indicator of good genes, great health conditions and long life.
It’s been suggested that symmetrical faces are indicators of a good “mate” , and these mates have good genes which can be inherited by the next generation.
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