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Science Current Events and Science News | Brightsurf | October 22, 2015
The discovery by Berkeley Lab researchers of the structural basis by which bacteria are able to capture genetic information from viruses and other foreign invaders for use in their own immunological system holds promise for studying or correcting problems in human genomes.
Vibrations tell bees where mates are from
In choosing among potential suitors, red mason bee females pay attention to the specific way in which males of the species vibrate their bodies.
Researchers uncover a novel link between genetics and movement control
A small molecule in cells that was believed to have no impact on animal behavior could in fact be responsible for controlling precise movements, according to new University of Sussex research.
Many US physicians communicate with parents in ways that may discourage HPV vaccination
In a national sample, many pediatricians and primary care physicians reported communicating about HPV vaccination with parents in ways that likely discourage them from getting their children vaccinated.
New medication class may safely and effectively treat anemia
Hypoxia-inducible factor prolyl hydroxylase inhibitors (HIF-PHIs) create a low-oxygen state to stimulate the body to make more red blood cells.
FAU receives $620,000 NSF grant for STEM retention program
According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, STEM jobs are growing faster than any other US sector and available jobs in the field are set to increase 17 percent between 2014 and 2024, while non-STEM employment will grow just 12 percent.
Zebrafish study offers insights into nerve cell repair mechanisms
Scientists at the University of Edinburgh have discovered that a hormone called serotonin -- better known for its role as a mood booster -- can help zebrafish to recover from a spinal cord injury.
Engineered infiltration systems for urban stormwater quality and quantity
The StormFilter-project, led by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, generates clean technologies for urban stormwater management.
Subliminal effect of facial color on fearful faces
Toyohashi Tech researchers have found facial color affects early stage of subliminal processing of facial expression using ERPs, which provided the first neurophysiological evidence showing the effects of facial color on emotional expression perception.
NASA sees Tropical Storm Patricia's lopsided heavy rains along Mexican coast
NASA's GPM satellite saw that the western side of Tropical Storm Patricia was packing most of the storm's moderate and heavy rainfall when it passed overhead in space.
Alzheimer's disease: Plaques impair memory formation during sleep
Alzheimer's patients frequently suffer from sleep disorders, mostly even before they become forgetful.
CWRU biologists find keys to driving a cockroach
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have identified neurons in a cockroach's brain that control whether the insect walks slow or fast, turns right or left or downshifts to climb.
UK researchers will benefit from innovative open access agreement between Springer and Jisc
Starting today, researchers in the UK will be able to publish their articles open access in over 1,600 Springer hybrid journals without cost barriers or administrative barriers.
Physicists learn how to control the movement of electrons in a molecule
Practicing researchers from ETH Zurich and a group of theoretical physicists have just proved to be able to track and control the movement of electrons in molecules.
Astronomers peer inside stars, finding giant magnets
Caltech astronomers have for the first time probed the magnetic fields in the mysterious inner regions of stars.
Gene therapy treats all muscles in the body in muscular dystrophy dogs
Muscular dystrophy, which affects approximately 250,000 people in the US, occurs when damaged muscle tissue is replaced with fibrous, fatty or bony tissue and loses function.
New gene a key to fighting sepsis
Scientists have identified a gene that could potentially open the door for the development of new treatments of the lethal disease sepsis.
Language literacy in kindergarten important for success in learning English
English learners are more likely to become proficient English speakers if they enter kindergarten with a strong initial grasp of academic language literacy, either in their primary language or in English, a new analysis from Oregon State University has found.
Discovering the secret to success and innovation in commercializing biotechnology
Mitchell Finer, Ph.D., a scientist with expertise in biochemistry and molecular biology, who has had an integral role in the success of numerous biotechnology companies, including most recently as chief scientific officer of gene therapy innovator bluebird bio, shares insights on his experiences and what it takes to shepherd a biotech start-up to commercial success in an interview recently published in Human Gene Therapy.
How parasites take a bigger bite
A team of international scientists led by the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre uncovered an important mechanism behind Leishmania, a deadly parasitic disease transmitted by sandflies.
Middle schoolers may benefit academically from extracurricular activities
Activities outside the classroom -- especially community engagement and sports -- may help low-income, urban youth academically as they transition into middle school, according to a new study by NYU Steinhardt.
Allina Health study could save breast cancer patients time, money and side effects
The study was designed to determine the tumor and patient characteristics which predicted lower risk of breast cancer recurrence in women with invasive lobular carcinoma.
New UW model helps zero in on harmful genetic mutations
A new model and publicly available Web tool developed by University of Washington researchers can more accurately predict which genetic mutations significantly change how genes splice and warrant increased attention from disease researchers and drug developers.
A subpopulation of white blood cells guards against tumor lung metastasis
Previously, researchers knew these white blood cell scavengers played a beneficial role in counteracting inflammation in the context of atherosclerosis.
Louisiana Tech University professor receives national award for research
Dr. Prerna Dua, associate professor of health informatics and information management at Louisiana Tech University, has been honored by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) with its 2015 Triumph Award for research.
Salk scientists discover protein factories hidden in human jumping genes
Researchers identify a new core element of primate jumping genes capable of producing previously unknown proteins.
SoAR Foundation launches Scientific Advisory Committee to strengthen agricultural research
The Supporters of Agricultural Research Foundation today announce the formation of its Scientific Advisory Committee, an eight-member panel led by Vicki Chandler, PhD, Dean of the College of Natural Sciences at the Minerva Schools at KGI.
Babies' babbles reflect their own involvement in language development
University of Missouri research shows that babies' repetitive babbles, such as 'dada' or 'baba,' primarily are motivated by infants' ability to hear themselves.
Speedy evolution affects more than 1 species
The concept that biodiversity feeds upon itself is not uncommon in the world of evolution.
Cellular damage control system helps plants tough it out
Salk scientists uncover how plants thrive using a natural mechanism to recycle chloroplasts.
Drugs commonly used in kidney transplant patients not as effective as previously thought
Kidney transplants saves lives and dramatically improve quality of life, but transplant recipients often must take dozens of pills a day to keep their new kidney functioning and prevent complications.
NASA sees the 26th Northwestern Pacific Tropical Depression form
It has been a busy season in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean, tropically speaking.
Solar Corridor Cropping System concept to be explored at symposium
A working model has successfully increased crop yields on half the land area in trials.
World-first QUT study links light exposure to weight gain in children
A world-first study by QUT's Sleep in Early Childhood Research Group has revealed pre-schoolers exposed to more light earlier in day tend to weigh more.
Robot's influent speaking just to get attention from you
Toyohashi Tech researchers have developed Talking-Ally, the novel robot that dynamically generate appropriate utterance and gestures based on the person's attention as indicated by his or her actions.
Deaths from chronic diseases now hitting poorest households hard in Bangladesh
The number of people in Bangladesh dying from chronic diseases, suggests new research from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Scientists discover ancient safety valve linking pollen to bacteria
New research shows that an ancient protein that protects bacteria from bursting also helps pollen survive the dangerous transition from desiccated to hydrated once it lands on the female flower.
NASA study shows that common coolants contribute to ozone depletion
A class of widely used chemical coolants known as hydrofluorocarbons (HFC) contributes to ozone depletion by a small but measurable amount, countering a decades-old assumption, according to a new NASA study.
Researcher finds key clues about 'betel nut' addiction that plagues millions worldwide
For hundreds of millions of people around the world, chewing betel nut produces a cheap, quick high but also raises the risk of addiction and oral cancer.
Monitoring critical blood levels in real time in the ICU
For patients in intensive care, knowing how much glucose, lactate and other substances are in the blood is a question of life or death.
Research points way to more bat-friendly roads and railways
Scientists behind new research into the effects of transport infrastructure on biodiversity have developed much-needed approaches to protect wildlife.
Deep-sea bacteria could help neutralize greenhouse gas, researchers find
A type of bacteria plucked from the bottom of the ocean could be put to work neutralizing large amounts of industrial carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere, a group of University of Florida researchers has found.
3-D map of the brain
The animal brain is so complex, it would take a supercomputer and vast amounts of data to create a detailed 3-D model of the billions of neurons that power it.
Family Medicine and Community Health journal examines cancer and primary care
Cancer and Primary Care is the theme of the new issue of Family Medicine and Community Health (FMCH), http://fmch-journal.org/, an international peer reviewed medical journal with editorial offices in China and the US.
Highly religious Americans are less likely to see conflict between faith and science
Highly religious Americans are less likely than others to see conflict between faith and science.
C-section delivery does not decrease at-birth fracture rates in infants with rare bone disease
Cesarean delivery was not associated with decrease in the at-birth fracture rates in infants with osteogenesis imperfecta, a rare bone disorder, said a consortium of researchers led by Baylor College of Medicine.
Future Medicinal Chemistry themed issue highlights the growing role of academia in drug discovery
The themed issue, which consists of contributions from the conference speakers, offers a broad variety of content, from discussion on industry-academia alliances and novel drug discovery models to the latest research emerging from academia.
Plastic litter taints the sea surface, even in the Arctic
In a new study, researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, show for the first time that marine litter can even be found at the sea surface of Arctic waters.
GSA celebrates 200th anniversary of William 'Strata' Smith's groundbreaking map
2015 marks the bicentenary of the publication of William Smith's groundbreaking geologic map of England, Wales, and part of Scotland.
Some antibiotics work by stressing bacteria out (metabolically)
Learning how antibiotics actually work can help scientists and doctors use them more wisely -- an urgent need at a time of mounting resistance.
Study finds key molecular mechanism regulating plant translational activity
Plants can't get up and run away when they're being attacked, so they need mechanisms to rapidly respond to a stressful event and then quickly transition back to normal conditions when the stress level subsides.
Deeper calls, smaller balls
Across the animal kingdom, males hoot and holler to attract females and ward off competing suitors.
New study: What you didn't know about naked mole-rats
A mammal that has long been studied for its unusual social behavior is not inbred, as previously thought and is genetically more complex, a UVA study shows.
Bio-Rad's Droplet Digital™ PCR (ddPCR™) proves highly reproducible at identifying viral RNA mutations in clinical samples
Researchers show that droplet digital PCR is more sensitive, precise and reproducible at measuring viral RNA mutation rates in clinical samples than real-time PCR.
Magnetic hide and seek
Researchers at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics have developed a new technique to detect magnetic fields inside stars.
For howler monkeys, deeper roars mean less sperm
Howler monkeys are named for their impressive howling roars. Their vocal abilities are linked to long vocal folds and a hyoid bone uniquely adapted to resonate sound, making males seem bigger than they really are.
Common shoulder dislocation can heal just as well without surgery: Study
Acromio-clavicular joint dislocation is one of the most common shoulder injuries orthopedic surgeons treat.
Warwick signs cancer research partnership with China's Sun Yat-sen University
The University of Warwick and Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to create a research partnership in cancer diagnosis and specialist cancer care.
Spatial navigation abnormalities could hint at Alzheimer's years before onset
While navigating a virtual maze, young adults at high genetic risk of Alzheimer's disease demonstrated reduced functioning of brain cells involved in spatial navigation, causing them to navigate the maze differently than controls, a new study finds.
Protein helps plants avoid accumulation of damaged chloroplasts
The identification of a protein that selectively clears damaged chloroplasts from plant cells reveals how plants maintain a 'clean workshop' during the process of photosynthesis.
NASA gets clear look into Typhoon Champi's 36-nautical-mile-wide eye
When the eye of a tropical cyclone is 36 nautical miles (41.4 mile/ 66.7 km) wide, it's pretty easy to spot from NASA's Aqua satellite in orbit.
Joint Warwick study wins RCGP's Research Paper of the Year
Researchers from the University of Warwick have won a prestigious award for their work on diabetes.
A biomarker for premature death
A single blood test could reveal whether an otherwise healthy person is unusually likely to die of pneumonia or sepsis within the next 14 years.
Guiding a business to new heights through transformational thinking
Inspired by a new era in human and business relations, the book 'Transformational Sales' provides a unique perspective on the business transformation resulting from the collaboration between suppliers and their strategic customers.
New depression diagnosis and treatment
Researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem suggest that some forms of depression may result from malfunctioning brain cells, termed 'microglia.' Urgent need to discover novel biological mechanisms and drug targets for diagnosing the root cause of depression and for treating depressed patients appropriately.
Collaborative research reveals a new view of cell division
Basic research into the mechanisms of cell division, using eggs and embryos from frogs and starfish, has led researchers to an unexpected discovery about how animal cells control the forces that shape themselves.
Fish farming gobbles up phosphorus
Fish farming is the largest source of phosphorus emissions in Norway, generating about 9,000 tonnes a year.
Interrupting the transmission cycle: A protein required for dengue virus infection of mosquitoes
An estimated 2 billion people are at risk for being bitten by Aedes mosquitoes and infected with the dengue virus (DENV).
Fear-based appeals effective at changing attitudes, behaviors after all
Fear-based appeals appear to be effective at influencing attitudes and behaviors, especially among women, according to a comprehensive review of over 50 years of research on the topic, published by the American Psychological Association.
OU research team selected to develop aeroecology national research training program
A research team from the University of Oklahoma has been awarded a $2.9 million National Science Foundation grant to develop an aeroecology training program that will be used as a model at OU and other universities to train graduate students from science, technology, engineering and mathematics, and other disciplines.
The power of 2 may help explain brain design
At its most basic level, the brain is about the power of two, says Medical College of Georgia neuroscientist Dr.
Resistance developing in drug treatment for tropical skin disease
Dermal leishmaniasis is an ulcerous skin disease caused by a tropical parasite, all forms of which can be treated with the drug miltefosine.
Simple test to detect diabetes risk after pregnancy
Gestational diabetes is one of the most common conditions that can occur during pregnancy.
Implant procedure helps patients with sacroiliac joint pain
A minimally invasive implant procedure is highly effective in reducing pain and disability for patients with sacroiliac joint dysfunction, reports a clinical trial in the November issue of Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, published by Wolters Kluwer.
NIH-funded study reveals why malaria vaccine only partially protected children, infants
Using new, highly sensitive genomic sequencing technology, an international team of researchers has found new biological evidence to help explain why the malaria vaccine candidate RTS,S/AS01 (called RTS,S) provided only moderate protection among vaccinated children during clinical testing.
New hope for the treatment of multiple sclerosis
A new study led by researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital of McGill University and the MUHC, gets closer to identifying the mechanisms responsible for multiple sclerosis and makes headway in the search for better treatments.
Blocking differentiation is enough to give cells 'stemness'
A collaboration between the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Science and other institutions in Japan and Europe have found that in immune cells, simply blocking a transcription factor that leads to differentiation is sufficient to keep cells in a multipotent stem cell-like state where they can continue to proliferate and can later differentiate into various cell types.
New insights into REM sleep crack an enduring mystery
In a remarkable demonstration of a recent brain technology, neuroscientists have identified a neural circuit in the brain that regulates REM sleep, and showed that REM sleep controls the physiology of the other major sleep phase, called non-REM sleep.
Optical scanner shows potential for real-time 3-D breast cancer screening
Scientists have developed a hand-held optical scanner with the potential to offer breast cancer imaging in real time.
Reducing the sweetness to survive
Plants produce toxic compounds in order fend off herbivores. To make sure that the toxicity of these toxins will not harm the plants themselves, many plants add a sugar molecule to these substances.
Researchers identify potential new leukemia drug target
In some cases of acute myeloid leukemia, a mutant protein is known to cause dramatic changes in gene expression.
When queuing in a supermarket, who do you let go first?
Unlike cooperation among individuals that meet on a regular basis, one-shot interactions among strangers are not motivated by the prospect of receiving a favour in return.
Calls vs. balls: Monkeys with more impressive roars produce less sperm
Evolutionary 'trade-off' between size of throat and testes discovered in howler monkeys furthers Darwin's theory of sexual selection and corresponds to mating systems: males with larger throats often have exclusive access to females, while those with larger testes share mates.
Neurons that regulate sleep stages revealed
A new study pinpoints the neurons that kick the brain out of REM sleep mode.
Advocating for raising the smoking age to 21
Henry Ford Hospital pulmonologist Daniel Ouellette, M.D., who during his 31-year career in medicine has seen the harmful effects of smoking on his patients, advocates for raising the smoking age to 21.
Boston Medical Center receives $1 million grant to improve communication about HPV vaccine
Researchers at Boston Medical Center were awarded a three-year, $1.04 million grant from the American Cancer Society to expand an education-based pilot program to improve communication between pediatric physicians and their patients about the Human Papillomavirus vaccine.
For young patients with spina bifida, smartphone app improves self-management
A system incorporating a smartphone app may help adolescents and young adults with spina bifida to improve their daily self-management skills, suggests a paper in the American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, the official journal of the Association of Academic Physiatrists.
National contributions provide entry point for the low-carbon transformation
While the currently submitted national contributions to the new global climate agreement do not yet put the world on track to limit warming to 2 degrees Celsius, they imply an unprecedented acceleration and consolidation of action against climate change in major economies around the world.
Plague infected humans much earlier than previously thought
Plague infections were common in humans 3,300 years earlier than the historical record suggests, reports a study published in Cell.
Study finds migration strategy predicts stopover ecology in shorebirds
According to the study published in Animal Migration, migration strategies reflect a complex interplay between time and condition -- key metrics that determine the success of a migration event.
Hubble spies Big Bang frontiers
Observations by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have taken advantage of gravitational lensing to reveal the largest sample of the faintest and earliest known galaxies in the Universe.
New study provides first field observations of rare Omura's whales
An international team of biologists has made the first-ever field observations of one of the least known species of whales in the world -- Omura's whales -- off the coast of Madagascar.
Racial differences in outcomes, costs of care in older men with prostate cancer
Older black men with localized prostate cancer were more likely to have poorer quality care, incur higher costs and have worse postoperative outcomes than white men but that did not translate to worse overall or cancer-specific survival, according to an article published online by JAMA Oncology.
Flying ants mate close to home and produce inbred offspring
Ant queens stay close to home in their hunt for a mate and as a result produce thousands of inbred offspring, a study led by a University of Exeter biologist has found.
NASA's RapidScat looks at Hurricane Olaf's winds
The RapidScat instrument aboard the International Space Station analyzed Hurricane Olaf's winds in the Central Pacific Ocean.
Turbulences on the rise
IST Austria professor Björn Hof and colleagues explain for the first time the rise of a fully turbulent flow.
Responsiveness essential for mental health care in Iran
The Iranian mental health system should pay more attention to responding to non-medical expectations of service users.
POSTECH scientists develop virtual K-pop dance teacher to make dance learning easier
Daijin Kim and his team at POSTECH, South Korea, have developed a virtual dance teacher that can make learning famous K-Pop dances easier at home by precisely tracking 3-D body joints.
Plague in humans 'twice as old' but didn't begin as flea-borne, ancient DNA reveals
New research dates plague back to the early Bronze Age, showing it had been endemic in humans across Eurasia for millennia prior to first recorded global outbreak, and that ancestral plague mutated into its bubonic, flea-borne form between the 2nd and 1st millennium BC.
Unhealthy pregnancy weight gain tips the scales for mothers 7 years later
For the first time, researchers studied the association between gestational weight gain and long-term weight retention among a multi-ethnic urban population.
Biologists unravel drug-resistance mechanism in tumor cells
MIT cancer biologists have discovered that Targeting the RNA-binding protein that promotes drug-resistance could lead to better cancer therapies.
Study finds thyroid function may be restored through patient-derived human cells
Investigators from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and the Boston University School of Medicine have made a discovery that could one day restore thyroid function in patients with cancer whose thyroids have been surgically removed or in children born with congenital hypothyroidism.
REM sleep -- the phase of mammalian sleep physiology where dreams occur -- has long fascinated us, but the identity of the neurons that control REM sleep, and its function in sleep have been mysterious.
New curriculum teaches patient-centric practices for 21st-century docs
Medical students at Penn State are now receiving training in health systems sciences and patient navigation, along with the traditional areas of medical education.
Evaporation for review -- and with it global warming
The process of evaporation, one of the most widespread on our planet, takes place differently than we once thought -- this has been shown by new computer simulations carried out at the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw.
NASA takes lasercom a step forward
A NASA-developed laser communication (lasercom) system made headlines in 2013 when it demonstrated record-breaking data download and upload speeds to the moon.
Researchers transform slow emitters into fast light sources
Phosphors are efficient light emitters but they're not optimal for high-speed communications because they turn on and off slowly.
Music listening habits tell about mental health
Brain imaging reveals how neural responses to different types of music really affect the emotion regulation of persons.
The ties that bind: WPI researchers search for the hidden genetic code across species
When species as different as humans and yeast share common genetic elements, those snippets of DNA are likely to perform fundamental biological functions.
Avoiding neutrophil traps: How an invasive fungus defeats the mammalian immune response
Invasive aspergillosis is a serious disease of immune-compromised individuals and the most common invasive mold infection in humans.
Finnish 5G test networks join forces to boost private-sector competitiveness
Finland's 5G test networks are joining forces to provide companies with the world's best 5G test environment and ecosystem for research and business development.
Preeclampsia increases risk of heart defects in infants
Pregnant women with preeclampsia have a higher risk of delivering an infant with a congenital heart defect.
Cardiac muscle cells as good as progenitors for heart repair
Stem cell therapies for post-heart attack tissue repair have had modest success at best.
These social bees farm and eat fungus or die
Researchers have discovered that a social, stingless bee from Brazil feeds its larvae on a special type of fungus grown in the nest.
Is freshwater supply more dependent on good governance than geography?
Scientists have analysed 19 different characteristics critical to water supply management in 119 low per capita income countries and found that vulnerability is pervasive and commonly arises from relatively weak institutional controls.
Certain vulnerable groups are less likely to use e-health resources
Black race, lower neighborhood household income, older age, and Medicaid/Medicare insurance status were each linked with less use of an electronic health record portal by kidney disease patients.
Miriam Hospital gets $1.3 milion NIH grant to study weight loss predictors following bariatric surgery
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Kidney Diseases -- part of the National Institutes of Health -- has awarded a $1.3 million research project grant to The Miriam Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center to use advanced monitoring technology to examine behavioral, psychosocial and environmental predictors of weight loss following bariatric surgery.
Looking at the earliest galaxies
An international team of astronomers led by EPFL have discovered over 250 of the universe's earliest galaxies.
Probing the innards of stars
Studying starlight from red giants has provided insights into the makeup of a star's internal magnetic field -- a region that has been notoriously hard to study.
Creating a new market for Northeast forest products
A new three-year study funded by a $390,000 National Science Foundation grant to researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is expected to show that a strong new building material known as cross laminated timber (CLT) can incorporate currently underused wood species grown in the northeast United States, creating a market for local trees and opening jobs in rural communities.
Shining more light on solar panels
A better understanding of how light reflects off different surfaces has improved action movies, videogames and now solar panels.
Study combats 'anxiety' as barrier to breast cancer screening
A University of Colorado Cancer Center study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology describes a successful intervention to decrease anxiety accompanying breast cancer screening, lessening this barrier to mammography.
Press registration is now open for the ACMG 2016 Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting
The ACMG Meeting is the genetics meeting most focused on the practical applications of genetic discoveries into the clinical setting.
Link between champion horses and offspring careers revealed
If a foal has race-winning parents it is more likely to have a champion career, research into complex traits shows.
How a flying bat sees space
By training bats to fly around obstacles in a room, and sit patiently on a platform, a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded research team were able to interpret how the animals use echolocation -- a high-frequency sound navigation system that bats use to hunt -- to sense their environment.
Could a drug engineered from bananas fight many deadly viruses? New results show promise
A banana a day may not keep the doctor away, but a substance originally found in bananas and carefully edited by scientists could someday fight off a wide range of viruses, new research suggests.
Obstacle avoidance by echolocating bats: It might be simpler than it sounds
Echolocating bats can fly through complex environments in complete darkness.
Study uses gene editing to take brakes off lab-based red blood cell production
Turning off a single gene leads to a roughly three-to-five-fold gain in the yield of laboratory methods for producing red blood cells from stem cells, says a multi-institutional team led by researchers at Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center.
'Sensor' protein could help fight against obesity and diabetes
Melbourne researchers have identified an internal 'sensor' that helps fight obesity by instructing cells to burn their fat stores.
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What's the right way to lead crisis communication?
Tim Lambon, Director Crisis Response, NYA International, shares tips on how to respond in a crisis.
Whether it's a data breach or cyber extortion, there is a right way to respond and mitigate the situation. Watch this interview filmed at the R3: Resilience, Response and Recovery Summit 2018 for Tim's advice.
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Agencies of the informational-psychological operations (IPSYOPS) of the GRU of the General Staff and the Russian Federal Security Service [FSB] were tasked to carry out a large-scale information campaign to disrupt or substantially obstruct preparations for the 4th round of mobilization in Ukraine.
The operation is planned in conjunction with the structures of the "information war" of the Russian-terrorist forces, created in the occupied areas of Donbas by GRU experts of the RF General Staff.
The main purpose of the operation is to disrupt or ultimately hinder the mobilization [in Ukraine] through a large-scale disinformation campaign, thereby preventing the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations to increase the number of operating reserves, or to significantly slow down and complicate the process.
The Ukrainian reservists and their family members are the designated target groups and objects of this campaign. The task – is to create a negative context around the ongoing so-called anti-terrorist operation (the unbearable living conditions of Ukrainian soldiers in the ATO zone; a representation of the ATO forces as "cannon fodder;" the presentation of terrorism in Donbas as a "national liberation movement," etc.).
At least two organizational and administrative meetings took place to discuss the coordination of activies under this operation by the Russian IPSYOPS agencies and the relevant institutions created on the occupied territory of Donbas.
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Time for another Star Wars movie, it is. (Engage your own Yoda voice here.) Ten years after Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, the epic space opera franchise returns with the first movie in the next trilogy. Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens debuts in theaters December 18th. The Walt Disney Company, which bought the Star Wars franchise in 2012 for $4.05 billion, will be eagerly awaiting the box office returns, just as much as fans are awaiting the return of Han Solo and the rest of the Star Wars universe.
The Force will be propelling Star Wars fans to theaters and toy stores for another furious round of spending — or so some companies hope. Here are eight companies that may well see a boost from the awakening force.
Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS) – Clearly Disney has the most to gain from the Star Wars mania, and has multiple outlets to maximize its potential. Their theme parks, cruises, and other media outlets offer plenty of free marketing opportunities (perhaps Darth Vader hosting ESPN's SportsCenter?). It is hard to see how Star Wars cannot benefit Disney stock, but keep in mind that their massive size makes the Star Wars effect less relevant to the overall stock price.
Mattel (NASDAQ:MAT) – Mattel has not been doing well and could use the boost of Star Warsrelated vehicles, since their stock price has dropped by 45% over the last two years. They are producing hybrid materials, such as Star Wars-related Hot Wheels cars, as well as direct Star Wars merchandise.
Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:EA) – An exclusive ten-year deal to make Star Wars games could propel EA to new heights. The new Star Wars Battlefront shooting game features plenty of new worlds and experiences within the Star Wars universe. EA is targeting ten million copies of the game on all platforms and will have plenty of fodder for follow-up games over time with two subsequent movies.
IMAX (NYSE:IMAX) – If any genre of movie is perfect for IMAX, it is Star Wars. Their distribution agreement with Disney means that fans will be able to enjoy the Star Wars experience on 72-foot screens.
Hasbro (NASDAQ:HAS) – Hasbro has the license for many toys, games, and action figures featuring the Star Wars brand. Hasbro stock has already been doing quite well, up over 45% for the year even without the Star Wars materials — or perhaps in anticipation of them.
WalMart (NYSE:WMT) – Didn't we all know that the Behemoth of Bentonville would be included? They are the nation's top retailer, and the combination of Christmas and new Star Wars toys makes it likely that WalMart will do quite well over the holidays. The question is: how long will the bump last?
AMC Entertainment (NASDAQ:AMC) – AMC holds many of the highest-grossing theaters in America, and is hosting Star Wars movie marathons prior to the release of Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens. That means patrons arriving at 1 am and enjoying all six prior movies before the 7 pm showing of episode VII. Hope the concession stand carries Red Bull.
JAKKS Pacific (NASDAQ:JAKK) – Want a smaller company to invest in? JAKKS Pacific has a slice of the Star Wars figurine market, specifically within 18 to 31 inches in height. More Star Wars movies will allow JAKKS another chance to build their reputation and increase their income.
With a little homework on the companies above, you may be able to enjoy not only the return of Star Wars but also the returns on your Star Wars-related investments. As one of the great Jedi Masters might say: "Invest wisely, you should. Lots of money, you make."


Congratulations to Carrie Mae Weems, the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship – otherwise known as the genius awards. In her photographs and videos over the last three decades, Weems has explored race, gender, class and family relationships. Her traveling retrospective, Carrie Mae Weems: Three Decades of Photography and Video, opens at the Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University on October 15, and travels to the Guggenheim in January. From her Kitchen Table series to From Here I Saw What Happened and I Cried to Slow Fade to Black, Weems's photographs and videos are sharp-edged and moving projects that straddle art and politics.


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The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Tonight Show With Jay Leno Jimmy Kimmel Live Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Dr. Phil Rachael Ray CBS Steve Harvey Craig Ferguson Hell's Kitchen "America's Next Top Model"
The Story of Film: An Odyssey The new episode "Post War Cinema (1940s)" examines how World War II changed the film industry. It includes commentary from screenwriters Paul Schrader and Robert Towne and director Stanley Donen. 7 p.m. TCM
We Are Men The men of this new sitcom's title are four guys (Tony Shalhoub, Kal Penn, Jerry O'Connell, Chris Smith) with more than a half-dozen failed marriages between them, who live in the same apartment complex. 8:30 p.m. CBS
The Blacklist In this new episode, Red and Liz (James Spader, Megan Boone) go under cover to stop an assassin who disguises his killings in the headlines of everyday tragedies. With Parminder Nagra and guest star Isabella Rossellini. 10 p.m. NBC
Castle Castle (Nathan Fillion) has less than 24 hours to live after being exposed to a stolen chemical weapon capable of killing thousands of people in this new episode. With Stana Katic. 10 p.m. ABC
Independent Lens The new episode "Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey" tells the story of singer Arnel Pineda's overnight transformation into rock stardom. 10 p.m. KOCE
iHeartradio Music Festival, Night 1 Filmed in Las Vegas and airing over two nights, this concert features performances by Katy Perry, Elton John, Keith Urban, Queen with Adam Lambert, Muse, Tiesto, J Cole, Robin Thicke and Fun. 8 p.m. KTLA
Citizen Kane Orson Welles directs and stars in this 1941 tour de force, which tops plenty of public and private "best movies of all time" lists. Joseph Cotten also stars. 8:15 p.m. TCM
CBS This Morning Alexis Ohanian; Jerry O'Connell; Earth Wind & Fire. (N) 7 a.m. KCBS
Today Daniel Radcliffe; the Affordable Care Act; Chris Kimball; Bill O'Reilly. (N) 7 a.m. KNBC
KTLA Morning News (N) 7 a.m. KTLA
Good Morning America (N) 7 a.m. KABC
Good Day L.A. James Denton ("Grace Unplugged"); Chloe Bennet ("Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."); swimmer Diana Nyad; Roy Firestone (N) 7 a.m. KTTV
Live With Kelly and Michael Daniel Radcliffe ("Kill Your Darlings"); Jerry O'Connell. (N) 9 a.m. KABC
The View Jason Biggs; James Spader. (N) 10 a.m. KABC
The Wendy Williams Show Gina Gershon ("House of Versace"); Ingrid Hoffman. (N) 11 a.m. KTTV
The Real Story With Gretchen Carlson (Series premiere) (N) 11 a.m. Fox News
The Talk Jerry O'Connell, Tony Shalhoub, Kal Penn and Chris Smith ("We Are Men"); Cristina Ferrare. (N) 1 p.m. KCBS
The Queen Latifah Show Valerie Harper; Keke Palmer; Avril Lavigne performs. (N) 2 p.m. KCBS; 7 p.m. KCAL
The Dr. Oz Show The white mulberry; extreme health habits; the appendix. (N) 2 p.m. KABC
Dr. Phil (N) 3 p.m. KCBS
Steve Harvey (N) 3 p.m. KNBC
Katie Embryo adoption; Gina Gershon. (N) 3 p.m. KABC
The Ellen DeGeneres Show Record release party for Justin Timberlake's upcoming CD. (N) 4 p.m. KNBC
The Doctors (N) 5 p.m. KCAL
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Charlie Rose (N) 11 p.m. KVCR; 11:30 p.m. KOCE
Chelsea Lately Sarah Colonna; Loni Love; Julian McCullough. (N) 11 p.m. E!
Conan Demi Lovato; J.B. Smoove; Moby. (N) 11 p.m. TBS
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River diversion will eliminate portaging — The Leadville Herald
November 26, 2019 Coyote Gulch Arkansas Basin, Aurora, Climate Change, Colorado River Basin, Colorado Springs Utilities, Colorado Water, CWCB, Eagle River Watershed, Homestake Water Project, Infrastructure, Instream flow, Restoration/reclamation, South Platte Basin, Transmountain/transbasin diversions
A river project, partially funded by the CWCB on the Arkansas River at Granite. The project was removing a river-wide diversion structure and replacing it with a new diversion structure that will allow unimpeded boating through Granite. Photo credit: Brent Gardner-Smith/Aspen Journalism
From The Chaffee County Times (Max R. Smith) via The Leadville Herald:
In the mid-1960s, a partnership between the cities of Colorado Springs and Aurora installed a diversion dam in the Arkansas River south of Granite near Clear Creek Reservoir as part of a pipeline system bringing water from the western slope of the Continental Divide to the Front Range.
The presence of the diversion dam caused that portion of the river to be non-navigable, requiring portaging of one's raft or kayak.
By the end of this year, however, Colorado Springs Utilities is on schedule to complete a three-year project to build a new river diversion that will allow boaters to float right through, meaning that the 2020 rafting season will be the first in over 50 years in which the entirety of the Arkansas can be travelled without portage.
"We'll see how the snow treats us over the next couple weeks, but we're really down to some final boulder work in the river and general site cleanup at this point," said CSU project manager Brian McCormick.
The intake that pumped water out of the Arkansas (which, legally speaking, comes from the Eagle River Basin as part of the Homestake Project), destined for Aurora and Colorado Springs, "as with anything in the river for 50-plus years, it took some wear and tear," McCormick said. "By about the mid-2000s, the cities recognized we needed to rehabilitate this structure to keep it as a reliable facility and ensure safety of the river users."
Construction on the new $9.1 million diversion project began in 2016 after a number of years of planning, budgeting, and engineering. Support for the project included $1.2 million in grant funding from the Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area, Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the Colorado Water Conservation Board…
Significant to water consumers in Colorado Springs and Aurora, the project utilizes a new intake and piping structure to send water to the Otero pump station, he said.
Significant to boaters is a chute constructed of boulders and mortar with six two-foot drops that will allow them to pass the intake facility without exiting the river. McCormick said that CSU put the call out to members of Colorado's river recreation community to participate in a trial run down the chute in November, testing the Arkansas's newest whitewater feature…
Significant to the scaled, Omega-3 rich denizens of the Arkansas who swim upstream to spawn every year, the new diversion also features a fish ladder: a sequence of weirs and pools that give brown and rainbow trout a route to move up the river to their spawning grounds.
Efforts to relocate an ancient wetland could help determine the fate of a water project on Lower Homestake Creek — @AspenJournalism
November 19, 2019 Coyote Gulch Aurora, Climate Change, Colorado River Basin, Colorado Springs Utilities, Colorado Water, Eagle River Watershed, Groundwater, Infrastructure, Restoration/reclamation, South Platte Basin, Transmountain/transbasin diversions, Water Law
A wetland area along Homestake Creek in an area that would be flooded by a potential Whitney Reservoir. The cities of Aurora and Colorado Springs are looking to develop additional water in Eagle County and divert it to the Front Range. Photo credit: Brent Gardner-Smith/Aspen Journalism
From Aspen Journalism (Sarah Tory):
One morning last month, Brad Johnson arrived at a patch of rippling yellow grasses alongside U.S. 24, a few miles south of Leadville in the upper Arkansas River valley. Sandwiched among a cluster of abandoned ranch buildings, a string of power lines and a small pond, it is an unassuming place — except, of course, for its views of 14,000-foot peaks rising across the valley.
But appearances can be deceiving. The rather ordinary-looking property was a fen, which is a groundwater-fed wetland filled with organic "peat" soils that began forming during the last ice age and that give fens their springy feel.
"It's like walking on a sponge," Johnson said, marching across the marshy ground, stopping every now and then to point out a rare sedge or grass species.
Johnson was visiting the fen to record groundwater measurements before winter sets in. As the lead scientist for the Rocky Mountain Fen Research Project, Johnson is part of an effort spearheaded and paid for by Aurora Water and the Board of Water Works of Pueblo to study new ways to restore fens.
The research could help facilitate future water development in Colorado, such as the potential Whitney Reservoir project, part of a 20-year water-development plan from Aurora Water and Colorado Springs Utilities for the upper Eagle River watershed. The utilities, working together as Homestake Partners, are looking at building the reservoir in the Homestake Creek valley, south of Minturn, in an area that probably contains fens, which could hinder the project.
Aurora and Colorado Springs are working together on the reservoir project, and Aurora and Pueblo are funding the fens research. Although the Whitney project is not directly tied to the fen project, if the research efforts are successful, they could help Aurora and Colorado Springs secure a permit approval for the reservoir — and maybe alter the fate of an ecosystem.
Brad Johnson, a wetland ecologist for the Rocky Mountain Fen Research Project, takes groundwater measurements at the research site near Leadville, while his dogs, Katie and Hayden watch. The cities of Aurora and Colorado Springs are looking to develop additional water in Eagle County and divert it to the Front Range. Photo credit: Sarah Tory/Aspen Journalism
Irreplaceable resources
If you've walked through Colorado's high country, chances are you've walked by a fen, which are among the state's most biodiverse and fragile environments. To protect fens, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Environmental Protection Agency drafted a "fen policy" in 1996. The policy, amended in 1999, determined that fens are irreplaceable resources because their soils take so long to regenerate. "On-site or in-kind replacement of peatlands is not possible," the policy reads.
Inside the Fish and Wildlife Service, however, a different interpretation emerged. "Irreplaceable" became "unmitigable," making it difficult or impossible to secure approval for any project that would severely impact fens.
Although Johnson is in favor of fen conservation, the Fish and Wildlife Service's "unmitigable" interpretation bothered him. Not only was that status not supported by the fen policy itself, he believes saying "no" all the time is not in the best interest of fens.
"My fear is that if we don't have the means of mitigating our impacts, we'll just impact them," he said.
Eventually, Johnson believes, conservationists will have to make some concessions to development. But by researching better mitigation techniques, he hopes he can help preserve fens in the long run.
Fen soils are made of a rich, organic peat material that take thousands of years to form and require a constant groundwater source to survive. At the Rocky Mountain Fen Research Project, scientists transplanted fen soils from another site to the "receiver" site south of Leadville where they restored a groundwater spring to sustain the transplanted soils. Photo credit: Sarah Tory/Aspen Journalism
An organ transplant
For water utilities, fens have been particularly troublesome. Fens like to form in high-alpine valleys, the places best suited for dams and water reservoirs that take water from rivers mostly on the Western Slope and pump it over the mountains to supply the Front Range's growing population.
But the fen policy has stymied many of the utilities' plans to develop new water projects. Those defeats helped spur Front Range utilities to start researching new mitigation strategies that would help them comply with environmental regulations — and get around the fen policy.
"They wanted to figure out how to do this right so they could actually permit their projects," Johnson said.
Through the fen-research project, Aurora and Pueblo saw an opportunity to address the fen policy's requirement that a project offset unavoidable impacts to a fen by restoring an equivalent amount of fen elsewhere.
Since the fen project began 16 years ago, Aurora and Pueblo have invested $300,000 and $81,500 in the research, respectively. More recently, other funders have joined the effort, including Denver Water, Colorado Springs Utilities at about $10,000 each and the Colorado Water Conservation Board ($100,000).
After a number of fits and starts, Johnson three years ago settled on a design for the research that would test whether it's ecologically possible to transplant fen soils from one location to another. First, Johnson restored the original groundwater spring at the old Hayden Ranch property. Then, he and a team of helpers removed blocks of soil from another degraded fen site and reassembled them, like an organ transplant, at the "receiver" site, where the restored spring now flows through veinlike cobble bars and sandbars, feeding the transplanted fen.
Brad Johnson, the lead scientist for the Rocky Mountain Fen Research Project, at the project site in the Upper Arkansas River Valley. Launched by two Front Range water utilities in 2003, the project is studying a new way to mitigate potential impacts to fens, an ecologically rich and fragile wetland found throughout Colorados' high country. Photo credit: Sarah Tory/Aspen Journalism
Positive signs
It's still too early to know whether the project could eventually serve as a fen-mitigation strategy for a new reservoir, but Johnson is optimistic about the results thus far. In 2017, after just one growing season, he was shocked to discover 67 different plant species growing at the transplanted fen site — compared with just 10 at the donor site. He was thrilled by the news. The data showed that the transplanted fen ecosystem is thriving.
That's good news for utilities such as Aurora, too.
A week after Johnson visited the Rocky Mountain Fen Project site, Kathy Kitzmann gave a tour of the wetland-filled valley formed by Homestake Creek where Aurora and Colorado Springs are planning to build Whitney Reservoir.
Kitzmann, a water resources principal for Aurora Water, drove down the bumpy, snow-covered road that winds along the valley bottom, pointing to the two creeks that would — along with Homestake Creek and the Eagle River, near Camp Hale — help fill the reservoir. A pump station would send the water upvalley to the existing Homestake Reservoir and then through another series of tunnels to the Front Range.
In the lower part of the valley, Kitzmann stopped at the first of four potential reservoir sites — ranging in size from 6,000 acre-feet to 20,000 acre-feet — that the utilities have identified for the project and the wetlands it would inundate.
"You can sort of see why it wouldn't be the best, just given the vastness of the wetlands," Kitzmann said.
Farther along, the valley becomes more canyonlike, with higher rocky walls and fewer wetlands — probably offering a better reservoir site, said Kitzmann, although the permitting agencies won't know for sure until they complete their initial feasibility studies.
In June, Aurora and Colorado Springs submitted a permit application to the U.S. Forest Service to perform exploratory drilling and other mapping and surveying work, but the agency has not yet approved the permit.
Potential fen impacts are just one of several environmental hurdles facing the project. One of the Whitney alternatives would encroach on the Holy Cross Wilderness. Aurora and Colorado Springs have proposed moving the wilderness boundary, if necessary, to accommodate the reservoir.
It's also likely that the wetlands in the Homestake Valley contain fens, but until the utilities conduct wetland studies around the proposed reservoir sites next summer, the scope of the impacts remains uncertain.
Environmental groups including Colorado Headwaters, a nonprofit, oppose the Whitney Reservoir project, arguing that it would destroy one of the state's most valuable wetlands, as well as an important habitat for wildlife and rare native plants.
In the meantime, Aurora is hopeful that Johnson's research might one day help solve some of the environmental problems around new water development. "We are excited about proving that you can restore and rehabilitate fens," Kitzmann said.
The dam in the Eagle River headwaters that forms Homestake Reservoir, which diverts water to the Front Range. If the wetlands in the Homestake Creek valley contain ancient peat bogs called fens, it could hinder the progress of the Whitney Reservoir project. Photo: Brent Gardner-Smith/Aspen Journailsm
Inevitable impacts
But is a transplanted fen as good as not touching one in the first place?
A Fish and Wildlife Service spokesperson said fens are still designated a "Resource Category 1," which means that the appropriate type of mitigation is avoidance, or "no loss."
White River National Forest supervisor Scott Fitzwilliams echoed the spokesperson's statement, noting that land managers place a high emphasis on protection for fens: "It's really hard to replace a wetland in these high elevations."
Johnson, asked whether he was worried that his research into fen mitigation might end up facilitating the kinds of projects that are most damaging to fens. He sighed. "I'm sensitive to that," he said.
But like it or not, Johnson believes that more impacts to fens are inevitable. As Colorado's population grows, water utilities will have to build new reservoirs, the state will need new roads and ski resorts will want to expand.
"I can't argue with whether they should get built," he said. "I'm just a wetlands guy."
Editor's note: Aspen Journalism collaborates with the Vail Daily and other Swift Communications newspapers on coverage of water and rivers. This story appeared in the Nov. 18 print edition of the Vail Daily.
@CSUtilities plans water and wastewater rate increases for January 1, 2020
October 31, 2019 Coyote Gulch Arkansas Basin, Climate Change, Colorado Springs Utilities, Colorado Water, Infrastructure
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From the Colorado Springs Independent (Pam Zubeck):
Utilities plans water and wastewater rate increases, effective Jan. 1, that would drive up the typical residential bill by $5.71 a month, a commercial bill by $7.90, and an industrial bill by $99.55.
Fish ladders and boat chutes part of a massive dam rebuild on the #ArkansasRiver — @ColoradoSun
August 26, 2019 Coyote Gulch Arkansas Basin, Aurora, Climate Change, Colorado River Basin, Colorado Springs Utilities, Colorado Water, Eagle River Watershed, Infrastructure, South Platte Basin, Transmountain/transbasin diversions, Whitewater
Homestake Arkansas River Diversion. Photo credit: Colorado Springs Utilities
From Colorado Springs Utilities:
Project Overview / Background
The Homestake Project is a trans-mountain raw water collection, storage, and delivery system co-owned and operated by the cities of Colorado Springs and Aurora, Colo.
The Homestake Arkansas River Diversion (ARD), between Granite and Buena Vista, Colo., was constructed in 1964 as the original intake for the Otero Pump Station. Water is now primarily withdrawn from Twin Lakes, however the ARD remains an alternate point of diversion. The ARD has deteriorated and requires repair. The ARD was not originally designed as a navigable facility.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) manages the Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area (AHRA) which includes the site of the ARD. CPW expressed interest in partnering with Springs Utilities on a rehabilitation project to include a boat chute for downstream navigation as this location is currently considered the only non-navigable reach of the Arkansas River between Leadville and Canon City, Colo.
The Upper Arkansas River is both one of the most heavily used rivers in the United States for whitewater recreation and is a Gold Medal Trout Fishery. The river is managed to support multiple objectives including water supply and delivery and outdoor recreation.
The cities of Aurora and Colorado Springs are constructing a rehabilitation project that will replace the intake and diversion, provide a boat chute for downstream navigation, and provide upstream fish passage for spawning of brown and rainbow trout. The project also included improving river safety for recreational users and providing whitewater boat portage. User safety was an extremely important design consideration.
A physical model was constructed to test and refine hydraulic elements to optimize performance, maximize user safety and meet design guidelines for recreational whitewater for all three components: boat chute, fish passage and the new intake structure.
The $9 million construction cost of the project is being jointly funded by the cities of Aurora and Colorado Springs. $1.2 million in grants is coming from Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the Colorado Water Conservation Board through grant funding to support the Colorado Water Plan (Water Supply and Demand Gap and Environmental and Recreation Grant Programs). The Pueblo Board of Waterworks is donating the easements necessary to construct and maintain the diversion.
Here's a report from Jason Blevins writing for The Colorado Sun:
But just below the former riverside mining camp of Granite, where a dilapidated dam built in 1964 has long blemished the Arkansas River's beauty, rebar jutted from concrete blocks, preventing raft passage and spawning trout battled the steep wall of blasted rocks to reach upstream pools.
"Not a lot of thought went into recreation or fish when this dam was built," said Ronald Sanchez, an engineer with Colorado Springs Utilities.
A lot of thought is going into fish and recreation now, as water managers in Colorado Springs and Aurora join the Colorado Water Conservation Board, the Pueblo Board of Water Works, Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area in rebuilding the diversion that directs water to the Front Range.
The $9.1 million project will make the entire river from Leadville to Cañon City navigable for rafts for the first time in at least 55 years.
It's part of the vast Colorado Springs- and Aurora-owned Homestake Project that brings Eagle River Basin water from the Holy Cross Wilderness to the Arkansas River Basin, through the Homestake, Turquoise and Twin Lakes reservoirs for delivery to the Front Range cities.
The cities started construction of the Arkansas River diversion in July 2018, creating three distinct channels below a rebuilt intake that serves as a backup water diversion to the Otero Pump station downstream of Twin Lakes Dam. Before the Twin Lakes Dam was built in the late 1970s, the diversion was the original intake that collected and directed water to the Otero Pump station for delivery to Aurora and Colorado Springs.
One channel is a fish ladder for spawning brown and rainbow trout. Another channel is a spillway to accommodate flood-level flows like the ones that swelled the Arkansas River this spring. And a third is a series of six drops allowing rafts safe passage.
The project marks a new era of collaboration between the diverse interests on the Arkansas River between Leadville and Cañon City, one of the most recreated stretches of river in the U.S.
"For me the coolest thing about it is that you have these large water utilities in Colorado going above and beyond to do the right thing for the next 50 years," said Salida-based whitewater park engineer Mike Harvey.
Ten years ago, Harvey helped the Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area craft a report urging Aurora and Colorado Springs to consider recreation and fish when it came time to rebuild the Granite Dam diversion…
The Arkansas River accounts for more than $74 million of the $177 million in economic impact created by commercial rafting in Colorado. The 102 miles of river in the Upper Arkansas River Valley also ranks among the 322 miles of Colorado waterways that qualify as Gold Medal Fisheries that can yield a dozen large trout per acre. It also supplies a large percentage of water to Colorado Springs and Aurora via the 66-inch pipeline that runs from the Otero Pump Station.
Rebecca Mitchell, the executive director of the Colorado Water Conservation Board, said the project exemplifies the collaboration of the Colorado Water Plan, which gathered perspectives from all types of water users in the state to create a policy roadmap for future water planning across the state.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the conservation board provided $1.2 million in funding through Colorado Water Plan grant programs.
Blue-green algae found at Pikeview Reservoir — @CSUtilities
August 15, 2019 August 15, 2019 Coyote Gulch Arkansas Basin, Climate Change, Colorado Springs Utilities, Colorado Water, Fountain Creek, Water Pollution
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Here's the release from Colorado Springs Utilities:
There is an increasing occurrence of toxic blue-green algae in reservoirs across the United States this year, forcing the limitation of recreational access to the bodies of water for public safety.
In a recent test at Pikeview Reservoir, a popular fishing lake in central Colorado Springs and part of our water system, the bacteria was identified.
While the reservoir is still safe for fishing, as a precautionary meaure, humans and pets are prohibited from entering the water until further notice. Anglers are directed to thoroughly clean fish and discard guts.
We have removed Pikeview as a source for drinking water until the reservoir is determined to be clear of the algae. There are no concerns about this affecting water supply for our community.
Presumptive testing has indicated levels of less than 5 mcg/L.
Sickness including nausea, vomiting, rash, irritated eyes, seizures and breathing problems could occur following exposure to the blue-green algae in the water. Anyone suspicious of exposure with onset of symptoms should contact their doctor or veterinarian. For questions regarding health impacts of exposure, contact the El Paso County Health Department or Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
Warming temperatures have contributed to the growth of the bacteria.
From The Colorado Springs Gazette (Liz Henderson):
The popular fishing lake that lies just south of Garden of the Gods Road tested above acceptable limits for the bacteria the news release read. The water is still safe to fish in, but humans and pets are not allowed. Anglers are asked to clean the fish thoroughly and remove guts, according to the news release.
The reservoir has been removed as a drinking water source, Utilities stated, however there are no concerns about the tainted water affecting the community.
Aurora, Colorado Springs move toward building additional Homestake reservoir — The Aurora Sentinel
July 24, 2019 July 24, 2019 Coyote Gulch Aurora, Climate Change, Colorado River Basin, Colorado Springs Utilities, Colorado Water, Eagle River Watershed, Infrastructure, South Platte Basin, Transmountain/transbasin diversions
A wetland area along Homestake Creek in an area that would be flooded by a potential Whitney Reservoir. Aurora and Colorado Springs, seeking to build the reservoir, have recently submitted a drilling application to the U.S. Forest Service to search for fatal flaws in the geology under four potential dam alignments. Photo credit: Brent Gardner-Smith/Aspen Journalism
From The Aurora Sentinel (Grant Stringer):
Local officials say damming a creek between Leadville and Minturn — and routing water normally flowing into the Colorado River — is necessary to sate the future thirsts of a city growing on land where water is scarce.
Aurora Water and Colorado Springs Utilities recently applied together for a permit to drill underground near the creek and test where a large Whitney Reservoir would be best situated.
Aspen Journalism first reported the early step to build the reservoir.
For the dam, the utilities are eyeing four possible locations about six miles southwest of Red Cliff.
But damming Homestake Creek would also require moving the boundary of the Holy Cross Wilderness, affecting ancient, pristine wetlands.
Greg Baker, Aurora Water's manager of public relations, said the Whitney Reservoir could be built in 25 years if key steps such as test drilling on Forest Service land are approved.
Baker said it's another creative step to make sure that Aurora doesn't go dry.
"You don't leave anything on the table when you're in Colorado, because most of the water has been appropriated in river basins," he said.
Baker said the reservoir could eventually hold anywhere from 9,000 acre-feet to 19,000 acre-feet of water. The water would then be pumped near Leadville and travel to the Front Range through tunnels to the South Platte River basin.
Currently, only Aurora and Colorado Springs would benefit, Baker said.
The project is another alliance between Aurora Water and Colorado Springs Utilities. The two cities — the state's largest behind Denver — are both growing quickly. Baker said the new reservoir could help ensure the taps keep flowing, especially in an era with snowpack decreases that imperil creeks and rivers.
A map prepared by Aurora Water that shows a potential 500-acre adjustment to the Holy Cross Wilderness boundary near the potential Whitney Reservoir on lower Homestake Creek. The map as current as of July 16, 2019.
The two partners in the transmountain Homestake project have applied to the U.S. Forest Service to drill for soils testing at four potential dam sites.
The Aspen news agency also reported the partners must obtain congressional and presidential approvals to adjust the Holy Cross Wilderness boundary to accommodate a dam.
If the reservoir is built, water would be pumped through a tunnel under the Continental Divide to Turquoise Reservoir at Leadville and on to the two cities.
Turrquoise Reservoir, which stores water brought under the Continental Divide from the Eagle, Fryingpan and Roaring Fork river headwaters.
@CSUtilities Partners with Forest Agencies to Invest $15 Million in Watershed Restoration — Colorado State Forest Service
July 23, 2019 Coyote Gulch Arkansas Basin, Climate Change, Colorado Springs Utilities, Colorado Water, Restoration/reclamation
Here's the release from the Colorado State Forest Service:
Colorado Springs Utilities, the U.S. Forest Service Rocky Mountain Region and Colorado State Forest Service (CSFS) announced their plans to invest $15 million, over a five-year period, in forest and watershed restoration projects. These projects will occur on more than 11,000 acres in Colorado Springs Utilities' critical watersheds located on the White River and Pike-San Isabel National Forests
Today's announcement comes as part of a signing event held at the Mesa Conservation Center to kick off the second phase of watershed restoration efforts.
The U.S. Forest Service Rocky Mountain Region and Colorado Springs Utilities have been in partnership since 2013, and together, have reduced the risk of catastrophic wildfire, restored forests impacted by wildfire, and minimized erosion and sedimentation in reservoirs to over 12,000 acres of National Forest System lands.
"We understand the obligation to the nearly 480,000 customers within the Colorado Springs Utilities area and the importance of healthy watersheds. Thus, we place heavy emphasis on partnerships like these, which allow us to keep clean water flowing to our local communities while maintaining resilient and productive forest lands," Regional Forester, Brian Ferebee stated.
"Our dedication to conservation and natural resource sustainability has been amplified with the inclusion of the Colorado State Forest Service."
View of Pikes Peak from the South Catamount Reservoir. Photo: Andy Schlosberg, CSFS
The agreement, which now extends the existing partnership to the CSFS, expands the capacity to implement priority projects, leverage state resources, and balance national, state and local priorities. Since 1987, Colorado Springs Utilities has partnered with the CSFS to manage forests on 13,000-acres in the Pikes Peak Watershed. Their work to protect water quality, improve water yields, and identify and reduce wildfire risk, have dramatically improved forest health.
Together, the partnership promotes an "all lands" approach that addresses watershed and forest health challenges on the National Forest System and neighboring lands.
Forest & watershed health projects
"The destruction of Waldo Canyon required a huge investment from Colorado Springs Utilities to repair damaged water infrastructure and restore severely burned watersheds," said Earl Wilkinson, Chief Water Services Officer, Colorado Springs Utilities. "Our continued partnership with the U.S. Forest Service and Colorado State Forest Service will enable critical preventative measures to protect our drinking water supply."
Under the 2019-2023 program, Colorado Springs Utilities will invest $7.5 million in forest and watershed health projects within critical watersheds. This funding will be matched dollar for dollar by the U.S. Forest Service and the CSFS for a total value of approximately $15 million.
Management activities associated with these projects will include forest thinning, prescribed fire, invasive species management, road and trail improvements, and stream improvements.
"Through partnerships like this one, land managers and water providers in Colorado can help ensure clean, reliable water for present and future generations," said Mike Lester, State Forester and CSFS Director.
Colorado Springs Utilities has a large mountain water system with many reservoirs and other infrastructure located on U.S. Forest Service Land. Forest restoration and wildfire fuels reduction projects will take place within watersheds near Colorado Springs, including the vicinity of Pikes Peak, the headwaters of the Arkansas River, surrounding Homestake Reservoir on the Eagle River, and in the Blue River watersheds.
The projects will reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires and post-fire sedimentation and erosion upstream of Colorado Springs Utilities' reservoirs and other water delivery infrastructure.
For details contact:
Colorado State Forest Service – Ryan Lockwood, (970) 491-8970, ryan.lockwood@colostate.edu
U.S. Forest Service – Lawrence Lujan, (303) 815-9902, lawrence.lujan@usda.gov


Friday Photos: Food, Glorious Food!
As someone who spends a lot of time thinking about food, I'm a sucker for a still life with anything edible, especially if trompe l'oeil is involved. Walking through the galleries recently, I was excited to discover that two of my favorite DMA still-life paintings are currently on view: Still Life with Landscape and Munich Still Life. Still Life with Landscape has always been a favorite tour stop–kids love talking about food as much as I do, so it's a fun, if hunger-inducing, way to kick off a Museum visit.
Recently, I've taken my passion for food beyond conversations in the galleries. I've begun an adventure in gardening at the Lake Highlands Community Garden, to try and grow just a little of the produce I eat. Now that the temperatures are warming up and transplants have had time to grow, the plots are full of spring vegetables—some of which will be ready for harvest this weekend! Below are pictures of the Lake Highlands Community Garden, its Butterfly and Donation Gardens, and a few vegetables that I hope will someday soon make a tasty, still-life worthy snack!


Auckland Transport's Beginner Bike and Maintenance Sessions for adults are back with events in Henderson, Central Auckland, Mangere and Takapuna.
Central Auckland sessions will be happening at the YMCA Stadium in Central Auckland from 5.30pm – 7.30pm.
These are designed for 'all skill levels' – from adult beginners to those doing their own maintenance and repairs.
If you can ride but lack confidence, our instructors will help with changing gears, braking, bike control, signalling and more.
Our bike mechanic can answer maintenance questions including how to service a wheel, how to adjust brakes and how to best look after a bike.
Please arrive at 5.30pm for the initial introductions and briefing then our instructors can help you with whatever you need. The session is a flexible format where you can take part in cycle skills lessons, bike maintenance, or a little of both.
Unable to stay for the full time? No sweat, stay for as little or as long as you like. It is also a good opportunity to come along and ask one of our regional coordinators for more info on riding locally.
At 7.30pm we will be heading off on a guided group ride along Te Ara I Whiti, Lightpath, ("the Pink path"), a great way to put your newfound skills into real world experience.
Bikes are available on a first-come, first-served basis. We don't want you to miss a moment of the fun, so it is best to be there early.
No need to book for these sessions.


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You won't believe this, but I have returned a Twin Reverb, which lasted only minutes, right out of the box, and a Blues Deluxe almost as fast, now I'm having to return my Blues Deville. Its making snapping and popping noises. I had to change out the preamp tubes twice now in five months. All of these were bought at Guitar Center because I needed the 12 months same as cash. I don't know if they're selling reconditioned products for new or what, but no one I talk to who has Fender amps has had any problems with them. I'm disgusted, but the sound I want comes from a Fender. I don't know what to do.


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Q: Get location (latitude / longitude) from address without city in Android I'm trying to find the location (lat/long) of a street address w/o city - such as "123 Main St." - closest to the current location. This functionality is built into the Google Maps app as well as the iOS maps api, so it's surprising to find it missing for Android - e.g. calling Geocoder.getFromLocation() and have the platform insert a reference point. I have tried several solutions, the following is the best, but still feels inferior.
I make calls to Geocoder.getFromLocationName() with lower-left and upper-right coord. Calls are made beginning with a 10kmx10km area around the current location, and are repeated (30x30, 100x100, and then without the bounding box parameters)until some Addresses are returned. When multiple addresses are returned, the closest is calculated and used:
UPDATE: This approach seemed like it would be inefficient for easily found addresses outside the bounds. E.g. "New york, NY" or "Boston" searched from the west coast - requiring 3 bounded and 1 unbounded call to Geocoder.getFromLocation(). However, unexpectidly, the correct lat/lng is returned for NYC and Boston, on the first call, with tightest bounds here in CA. Google is being smart and ignoring the bounds for us. This may cause problems for some, but it is great for this approach.
package com.puurbuy.android;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.List;

import android.content.Context;
import android.location.Address;
import android.location.Geocoder;
import android.location.Location;
import android.os.AsyncTask;
import android.util.Log;

public class GeocoderRunner extends AsyncTask<String, Void, Address> {
    final static double LON_DEG_PER_KM = 0.012682308180089;
    final static double LAT_DEG_PER_KM =0.009009009009009;
    final static double[] SEARCH_RANGES = {10, 50,800,-1}; //city, region, state, everywhere

private Context mContext;
private GeocoderListener mListener;
private Location mLocation;

public GeocoderRunner(Context context, Location location,
        GeocoderListener addressLookupListener) {
    mContext = context;
    mLocation = location;
    mListener = addressLookupListener;
}
@Override
protected Address doInBackground(String... params) {
    Geocoder geocoder = new Geocoder(mContext);
    List<Address> addresses = null;

    //reference location TODO handle null
    double lat = mLocation.getLatitude();
    double lon = mLocation.getLongitude();
    int i = 0;
    try {
        //loop through SEARCH_RANGES until addresses are returned
        do{
            //if range is -1, call  getFromLocationName() without bounding box
            if(SEARCH_RANGES[i] != -1){

                //calculate bounding box
                double lowerLeftLatitude =  translateLat(lat,-SEARCH_RANGES[i]);
                double lowerLeftLongitude = translateLon(lon,SEARCH_RANGES[i]);
                double upperRightLatitude = translateLat(lat,SEARCH_RANGES[i]);
                double upperRightLongitude = translateLon(lon,-SEARCH_RANGES[i]);

                addresses = geocoder.getFromLocationName(params[0], 5, lowerLeftLatitude, lowerLeftLongitude, upperRightLatitude, upperRightLongitude);

            } else {
                //last resort, try unbounded call with 20 result
                addresses = geocoder.getFromLocationName(params[0], 20);
            }
            i++;

        }while((addresses == null || addresses.size() == 0) && i < SEARCH_RANGES.length );

    } catch (IOException e) {
        Log.i(this.getClass().getSimpleName(),"Gecoder lookup failed! " +e.getMessage());
    }

    if(addresses == null ||addresses.size() == 0)
        return null;

    //If multiple addresses were returned, find the closest
    if(addresses.size() > 1){
        Address closest = null;
        for(Address address: addresses){
            if(closest == null)
                closest = address;
            else
                closest = getClosest(mLocation, closest,address);//returns the address that is closest to mLocation
        }
        return closest;
    }else
        return addresses.get(0);

}

@Override
protected void onPostExecute(Address address) {
    if(address == null)
        mListener.lookupFailed();
    else
        mListener.addressReceived(address);

}

//Listener callback
public interface GeocoderListener{
    public void addressReceived(Address address);
    public void lookupFailed();
}

//HELPER Methods

private static double translateLat(double lat, double dx){
    if(lat > 0 )
        return (lat + dx*LAT_DEG_PER_KM);
    else
        return (lat - dx*LAT_DEG_PER_KM);
}

private static double translateLon(double lon, double dy){
    if(lon > 0 )
        return (lon + dy*LON_DEG_PER_KM);
    else
        return (lon - dy*LON_DEG_PER_KM);

}

private static Address getClosest(Location ref, Address address1, Address address2){
    double xO = ref.getLatitude();
    double yO = ref.getLongitude();
    double x1 = address1.getLatitude();
    double y1 = address1.getLongitude();
    double x2 = address2.getLatitude();
    double y2 = address2.getLongitude();
    double d1 = distance(xO,yO,x1,y1);
    double d2 = distance(xO,yO,x2,y2);
    if(d1 < d2)
        return address1;
    else
        return address2;

}

private static double distance(double x1, double y1, double x2, double y2){
    return Math.sqrt((x1-x2)*(x1-x2) + (y1-y2)*(y1-y2) );
}

}
Perhaps this is the best solution, but I was wondering if there was a way to do this in a single call.

A: You code looks too complicated, here is much easier way:
    String searchPattern = "123 Main St."
    LocationManager lm = (LocationManager) getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);
    //I use last known location, but here we can get real location
    Location lastKnownLocation = lm.getLastKnownLocation(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER);

    List<Address> addresses = null;
    try {
        //trying to get all possible addresses by search pattern
        addresses = (new Geocoder(this)).getFromLocationName(searchPattern, Integer.MAX_VALUE);
    } catch (IOException e) {
    }
    if (addresses == null || lastKnownLocation == null) {
        // location service unavailable or incorrect address
        // so returns null
        return null;
    }

    Address closest = null;
    float closestDistance = Float.MAX_VALUE;
    // look for address, closest to our location
    for (Address adr : addresses) {
        if (closest == null) {
            closest = adr;
        } else {
            float[] result = new float[1];
            Location.distanceBetween(lastKnownLocation.getLatitude(), lastKnownLocation.getLongitude(), adr.getLatitude(), adr.getLongitude(), result);
            float distance = result[0];
            if (distance < closestDistance) {
                closest = adr;
                closestDistance = distance;
            }
        }
    }
    return closest; //here can be null if we did not find any addresses by search pattern.

A: I tried Jin35's suggestion and increased the max_results of Geocoder.getFromLocationName(), but the results were not desirable. Firstly the large max_result, unbounded call took much longer (2.5x - 7x = 1 - 6 seconds) than the 5 result, geocoord bounded call on my emulator. Perhaps realworld would be faster and this factor becomes less significant.
The killer was no matter if the max_results were 50 or 100, only 20 results came back everytime. Seems Google is limiting the results on the server-side. The closest "123 Main St" was not amoung those 20 results for me - Tested from Mt View, CA and was returned Oakley, CA.
Unless there is another method other than Geocoder.getFromLocationName() for doing address lookup, or a better way to use bounding coord, I will accept my own original answer.

A:     getFromLocationName(String locationName, int maxResults, double lowerLeftLatitude, double lowerLeftLongitude, double upperRightLatitude, double upperRightLongitude)


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Q: How to embed Autodesk Forge model viewer into a website? I have created a web application for viewing models using the AutoDesk Forge Viewer, and I want to be able to add this onto a website. I used this tutorial: https://learnforge.autodesk.io/#/tutorials/viewmodels (using node.js for the language option).
The goal is to have the user access the viewer application from the website. I have been using VS code live server for testing. However, when I link the page that has the viewer into my own website, the viewer does not load the buckets or allow for creation of new buckets. It is just stuck on a loading symbol like below:
[Loading screen][1]
Could I please have the following questions answered:

*

*What is the proper way to embed this application onto a website in the manner I have described above?

*What part of the code controls where the buckets are loaded in?
Thank You.
[1]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/4Xlfv.png

A: LearnForge tutorial is an example on how to work with Forge API. As a web app, it depends on how the developer(you) designs the user interface, workflow, and data management.
e.g. you can remove the panel of bucket & object lists ,keeping the viewer only in the UI. while you will need to design how to provide the object id (urn) which will be loaded in the viewer. Normally, you would need to setup your own users management, logging process etc, and set your own user permission. Then the user logs in, the web app lists all files (objects) he has permission to check, and when one file is selected, get the urn and load the model in Forge Viewer.
if the end user of your app is BIM360 users, you could take advantage of BIM360 data management workflow, which follows the same permission specified with BIM360. Then the other tutorial will be a good start.
https://learnforge.autodesk.io/#/tutorials/viewhubmodels
In any case, the workflow and UI are defined by yourself. I hope this explains. If you have any further questions that need a meeting call, please feel free to check the calendar of our team:
https://calendly.com/autodeskforge


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A closer look at facial recognition
By Mark Pomerleau
As facial recognition technology matures, its use is being debated as a method for authenticating users' identities. Facial recognition has been leveraged by law enforcement for border security and criminal identification and could be used to limit access to secure facilities -- but the technology behind the buzzword is not widely understood.
According to a recent Government Accountability Office report, there are four basic uses for this technology:
Detecting a face in an image.
Estimating personal characteristics, such as age, race or gender.
Verifying identity by accepting or denying the identity claimed by a person.
Identifying an individual by matching an image of an unknown person to a gallery of known people.
But how does it work? According to GAO, there are four components to a facial recognition system: the camera, the algorithm to create a faceprint (sometimes called a facial template), a database of stored images and the algorithm that compares the captured image to the database of images.
The most basic use of facial recognition technology compares a captured image of a face to a model or template to determine that enough similarities exist to verify that a face is present in the image. Next, the system will create the "faceprint" one of three ways. A geometric approach calculates the spatial relationship between eyes, nose and mouth. The photometric approach in which the system can interpret a face as a weighted combination of standardized faces, and the third approach analyzes the location of identifying characteristics such as pores, lines and spots in the skin. These methods can be used separately or in combination, which will improve accuracy.
Once the system analyzes the image using these faceprint algorithms, it standardizes the image so it is in the same format as other images in the database.
At that point, the system can use the faceprint to help determine gender or estimate age. It can also compare two faceprints (a current photo vs. a stored image) to spot similarities and help confirm identity. The algorithms also allow the identification system to compare a captured image to a database of stored faceprints.
While facial recognition systems are not foolproof, their accuracy is improving. In a Face Recognition Vendor Test in 2014, the National Institute of Standards and Technology found that error rates have been declining as algorithms get better at identifying individuals from poor quality images.
Mark Pomerleau is a former editorial fellow with GCN and Defense Systems.


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This Physics quiz is called 'Forces - Forces and Terminal Velocity' and it has been written by teachers to help you if you are studying the subject at senior high school. Playing educational quizzes is one of the most efficienct ways to learn if you are in the 11th or 12th grade - aged 16 to 18.
When you run as hard as you can, you soon reach a point where you can run no faster. This is your terminal velocity (or terminal speed if you are changing direction). Terminal velocity is the maximum velocity an object can reach and it depends on the magnitude of the resultant force - when it becomes zero, terminal velocity is reached. But what is it that reduces a resultant force to zero? When you are running, it is air resistance.
F senior high school, you are expected to know that the faster an object moves through a fluid, the greater the frictional force that acts on it, as well as the speed changes of an object falling through a fluid due to the force of gravity.
The latter could cover all sorts of things like dropping a marble into a tube filled with golden syrup, how birds of prey increase or decrease their terminal velocity or free-fall skydiving! One of the general skills you need for senior high school physics is the ability to interpret graphs, including velocity-time graphs for objects that reach terminal velocity. On such a graph, a gradient of zero following a period of acceleration indicates that terminal velocity has been reached.
In everyday language, people usually use the word fluid to mean something that is a liquid. In science, it just means a substance capable of flowing, therefore gasses (including the air) are fluids too. So, back to running. The faster that you run, the greater the friction of your body with the air (we call this friction air resistance). When the force of air resistance matches the force that your legs can create, the resultant force is zero, so you don't accelerate any more.
For a free-falling human being approaching the Earth's surface, terminal velocity is about 120 miles per hour. In 2012, the first human to free-fall faster than the speed of sound was Felix Baumgartner. He jumped from a balloon at a height of 39,000 meters and his highest free-fall speed was about 880 miles per hour. The air is much thinner at such heights so air resistance is much lower.
An astronaut travels to another planet. On this planet she records that she has a weight of 400 N. She knows from measurements back at the space center that she has a mass of 72 kg. What is the strength of gravity on this new planet?
Which statement is true for an object which is traveling through a fluid?


Many sites Google studied required quite a bit information from the user at some point in the process, like addresses and credit card numbers for shipping and billing a purchase. For these cases, long pages with many fields for text should divided into smaller, more approachable chunks--the exact same information can be requested over several pages rather than one big one.
Some sites require you to register or login to make a purchase. Others require you to register or login just to browse the site at all. Both of these approaches are big mistakes on mobile because a responsibility as trivial as deciding on a password really bothered participants in the study.
We often use our mobiles on the go, and as a result, we're more likely to be interrupted during the browsing experience than if we're planted at our desks reading a laptop.
The fix can be as simple as a shortcut button for users to email something to themselves to check out later, which is user-centric design of course, but it also pays off for the business to re-engage a user at a later time on another device.
Near the end of our call with Google, we couldn't help but ask: Wasn't some of what she was pointing out, well, ridiculously obvious?
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