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Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Monday, November 21, 2011
North Pole dinos lived short, hard lives
The winter holiday season often portrays the North Pole as a cozy fantasyland, but new research on dinosaurs that lived there shows that Arctic life has been tough for millions of years, with North Pole dinos finding it hard to reach their 20th birthday.
The findings, published in the journal Historical Biology, offer a rare look at dinosaur life stages. Fossils from high latitudes better express growth bands that reveal how these animals grew up. Scientists can then analyze them similar to how they study tree rings.
"We determine growth rates by looking at the number and spacing of the growth bands in a cross section of a femur," co-author Patrick Druckenmiller explained to Discovery News. "We measure the distance of each band from the center of the bone as a proxy for body size. In this case, it's presented as a percentage of total length. Growth banding becomes narrower as the growth rate progressively tapers off later in life."
Following this process, the researchers determined some polar dinosaurs grew rapidly as juveniles, became sexually mature at about age 9, and died at around age 19 (assuming they didn?t bite the dust due to disease, an accident or for some other reason).
Druckenmiller, curator of Earth Sciences at the University of Alaska Museum, and colleague Gregory Erickson focused their research on Pachyrhinosaurus femur bones excavated from the early Maastrichian (about 65 to 70 million years ago) of Prince Creek Formation in Northern Alaska.
?Pachyrhinosaurus is a member of the horned dinosaur family Ceratopsidae,? Druckenmiller said. "It was a large, probably gregarious, herbivore. Instead of having thick horns over the eyes and nose area (think of the iconic Triceratops) it had large 'bosses,' which are bony growths that give the skull a very thick appearance."
This explains the dinosaur's name: Pachy, meaning "thick and heavy," and rhino, meaning "nose."
This dinosaur was far from being alone in the Arctic, however. The North Slope of Alaska was home to numerous other plant-eating and carnivorous dinosaurs. The most common was a duck-billed dino very similar to Edmontosaurus. The region was also home to a large tyrannosaurid, a few dromaeosaurs and the human-sized Troodon.
Pachyrhinosaurus would have been preyed upon by the carnivores, but because of its size ? about 26 feet long and weighing around 4 tons ? Druckenmiller suspects few hunters "took on an adult-sized healthy animal."
Animals that would be expected from this area, such as lizards, crocodilians and turtles, have never been found. One reason could be that they had trouble getting to Alaska.
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Hendrik Poinar, a McMaster University anthropologist who has also studied North Pole animals, told Discovery News that the Bering Land Bridge, which joined Alaska to eastern Siberia, may have been more of a barrier than a gateway.
"I think it is increasingly clear that the bridge was indeed a filter more than a bridge," Poinar said. ?It certainly was not a freeway, and it makes us think about what ecological function it clearly played over the last several millennia.?
Somehow, dinosaurs did make it to Alaska, but they faced "annually freezing winter temperatures," according to Druckenmiller, who explained that scientists determine past climates based on plant remains. The Arctic, however, was somewhat warmer than it is today at certain latitudes.
Nevertheless, he said, "Long, dark winters were probably a major influence on anything that lived there."
Druckenmiller and other researchers hope future studies on North Pole dinosaurs might reveal information about migratory behaviors, overwintering strategies, and dinosaur physiology. The world's largest collection of Arctic dinosaurs is housed within the Earth Science Collection at the University of Alaska Museum in Fairbanks.
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Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45357252/ns/technology_and_science-science/
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Sunday, November 20, 2011
Were Apple Working on an AMD-Powered Air? [Rumours]
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Saturday, November 19, 2011
Merkel and Cameron discuss clashing views on euro (Reuters)
BERLIN (Reuters) ? Angela Merkel and David Cameron will try to resolve clashing views on the euro zone crisis Friday, after Berlin accused London of being selfish about Europe in comments that touched off British sensitivities about German bossiness.
The British government wanted a low profile for the eurosceptic Cameron's visit - but such hopes were dashed by two lawmakers high up in Merkel's ruling party blasting euro zone-outsider Britain's stance in the days before the visit.
Merkel told her Christian Democratic Union's (CDU) annual congress in Leipzig this week that Europe faced its "toughest hour since World War II."
She prescribes altering the European Union treaty to impose German-style budget discipline, preferably on all 27 members of the EU rather than just the 17 countries in the euro zone.
"Plans for a possible treaty change are now at a very interesting point and we expect to exchange views with our British partners," Peter Altmaier, chief whip of Merkel's conservatives in the Bundestag, told Reuters.
But treaty change talk seems to irritate Cameron's conservative-led coalition for two reasons: it falls far short of the "big bazooka" response he urges; and it touches a raw nerve about ceding more sovereignty to the European Commission in Brussels.
Britain is already that worried Germany's proposals for a tax on financial transactions - which it still wants introduced in Europe despite rejection by the Group of 20 leading economies - would hurt London's competitiveness as a financial hub.
This prompted Merkel's parliamentary leader Volker Kauder to tell the CDU in Leipzig, to rapturous applause, that Germany would not accept Britain "only defending its own interests" and especially those of the City of London's financiers.
His metaphorical comment that the German approach to the crisis was so widely accepted that "German is being spoken in Europe" prompted jingoistic British headlines such as the Daily Mail's: "We no longer need to fear the jackboot but we have a great deal to fear from German bossy boots."
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"Germany is making the running ... in a way she has not presumed to do since World War II," said the conservative Mail.
The British government's response was more muted.
Business Secretary Vincent Cable, from Cameron's more pro-Europe Liberal Democrat coalition partners, said Germany's stance on the transaction tax was "completely unjustified."
Cameron said in a speech this week, in an apparent response to Merkel's calls for greater political and fiscal convergence, that Europe needed "the flexibility of a network, not the rigidity of a bloc."
Britain's conservative leader is in a quandary on the euro, realizing his country's exports could be harmed by a collapse most likely to be avoided by more unity among euro zone leaders - however much that goes against the grain in London.
Crucially, London fears being left out of crucial decisions regarding the European single market, which it greatly values.
With the Bank of England warning that Britain's economy will struggle to grow until mid-2012 - in contrast to Germany's - it is tempting for London to deflect blame onto the euro zone.
Cameron's "big bazooka" response would involve the European Central Bank becoming the lender of last resort to prop up debt-ridden countries such as Greece and Italy - much in line with U.S. President Barack Obama's call for drastic action.
Such an infringement of the ECB's independence and its focus on price stability is completely taboo for Merkel. But she replies more calmly than Sarkozy, who told Cameron in October: "We are sick of you criticizing us."
German officials say Merkel is disappointed with her fellow conservative leader for not using his influence to aid the euro, and for threatening to use any EU treaty change to claw back powers from Europe rather than cede more.
"Achieving treaty change is visibly not too easy for this British government," said Altmaier.
Berlin recognizes Cameron's troubles with backbenchers who voted in large numbers last month in favor of a referendum on EU membership, and the Germans recall his campaign vow that any transfer of sovereignty would be put to a referendum.
"Nobody believes such a referendum in the UK would get a majority," said the German chief whip.
(Additional reporting by Matt Falloon in London)
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Gingrich says he received Freddie Mac compensation (AP)
URBANDALE, Iowa ? Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has acknowledged receiving personal compensation from Freddie Mac, the federally backed housing agency, but says he doesn't know exactly how much he was paid.
The former House speaker left open the possibility that his consulting firm received between $1.6 million and $1.8 million. Gingrich says he received a portion of that for providing "strategic advice for a long period of time" after he left Congress.
That amount is significantly higher than the $300,000 figure Gingrich was questioned about last week.
Gingrich spoke with reporters in Iowa on Wednesday. He defended Freddie Mac's role and said every American should be interested in expanding housing opportunities. The federally backed mortgage lender has become a focal point of anti-government sentiment because of the housing crisis.
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Friday, November 18, 2011
Kindle Fire Gets Torn Down ? No Surprises Here
iFixit, bless their hearts, have taken a Kindle Fire to pieces, though as it turns out, there aren't too many pieces to begin with. The battery is one huge unit, and all the processing and I/O occurs on a single PCB at the bottom of the device. Those expecting a carbon copy of the Playbook both outside and in will be disappointed: the layout, batteries, PCB, and all the components are different, making the form factor more or less the only real similarity between the two devices.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/2yERgsj5QnU/
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Thursday, November 17, 2011
New Google commercial shows off the Galaxy Nexus and Ice Cream Sandwich
A new Galaxy Nexus commercial has popped up on the official Google Nexus YouTube channel. The commercial, titled 'Calling All', shows off Ice Cream Sandwich as well as some of the key Android features already available. The point is to see them altogether in one phone, the Galaxy Nexus.
The features shown off are:
- Face Unlock
- Android Beam
- Camera with Panorama Mode
- Google+ with Hangouts
- Voice Typing
The commercial is very nicely done. It highlights the technical features while playing to the mainstream crowd. It's also a bright and happy commercial in contrast to dark world of the Verizon Droid commercials. As much as we love those intense Droid ads, they tend to intimidate sometimes so it's nice to see something different for a flagship device. It should be noted that Verizon had nothing to do with this one as this was all Google in their effort to promote the phone in general. Still no release date for US customers but UK residents were able to nab one today if they were lucky.
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Online auction added to Elizabeth Taylor sale (Reuters)
NEW YORK (Reuters) ? Fans of Elizabeth Taylor will have a chance to buy an item from the vast collection of the Hollywood actress when Christie's sells nearly 1,000 lower-priced pieces in a special online auction.
The auction house said on Monday the online-only component of December's widely anticipated live sales of the Collection of Elizabeth Taylor would feature items with estimates as low as $100.
Christie's added the online sale, which begins on December 3, to the series of live auctions later in the month of Taylor's jewel collection, haute couture and fine and decorative arts, aiming to include a wider audience.
"The online-only sales provide an additional means for her legions of collectors and fans to participate in the auctions, no matter where they live," Marc Porter, chairman and president of Christie's Americas, said in a statement.
During an international tour of the collection ahead of the December sale in New York, thousands of people have packed venues in Moscow, London and Los Angeles to see Taylor storied collection of jewels and haute couture.
The online sale will be divided into four categories: fine jewelry, fashion and accessories, costume jewelry and decorative arts and memorabilia.
Among items hitting the auction block are about two dozen designer handbags by Dior and Valentino, as well as accessories by the likes of Cartier, Fendi, Gucci, Louis Vuitton and Prada.
Taylor's designer clothing, from Halston and Chanel to Yves Saint Laurent, Dior and more will also be offered online.
Estimates for lots such as four glass perfume bottles, a JAC-designed art deco bracelet and earrings set, or a pair of Chanel ear clips with the signature "CC" pendants, start as low as $100 but will probably sell for more.
A preview of the online items will go live on Monday at shop.modaoperandi.com/ElizabethTaylor. The full complement of offerings can be found on Christie's' website starting on Friday.
The live auctions begin on December 13 with the film star's most iconic jewels, and continue through December 16 with additional auctions of fine jewelry, fashion, accessories, decorative arts and film memorabilia.
Impressionist and modern art will be auctioned in London in February.
(Reporting by Chris Michaud; editing by Patricia Reaney; For the latest Reuters lifestyle news see: http://www.reuters.com/news/lifestyle)
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Monday, November 7, 2011
[OOC] The Naruto Occupation
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