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She Flies On . . . and On . . . and On

By Guest PostMarch 8, 2011Natureadult albatross, bird banding, breeding life, laysan albatross, migratory game birds, oldest wild bird, seafaring legends

Oldest known wild bird in U.S. returns to Midway to raise chick

MIDWAY ATOLL — The oldest known U.S. wild bird – a coyly conservative 60 — is a new mother. (more…)

Brazil Continues to Celebrate After Carnival

By Guest PostMarch 8, 20112 commentsPoliticsbrazil, carnivals, cold war, world war two

The popular world view of Brazil may be triggered by thoughts of spectacular Carnivals and skilled footballers, yet the country is also determined to be regarded as a major global power. (more…)

Political Narratives On Race, Southern Identity Influence National Elections

By Guest PostMarch 8, 2011Politicsafrican american, american south, americans, christina moss, democratic party, democrats, factor, god fearing, Obama, political power, President Obama, racial prejudice, regionalism, republicans, southern states, white voters, zell miller

New research from North Carolina State University shows how attempts to define the South by Republicans and Democrats may have set the stage for President Obama’s victories in Southern states – and shaped the way Americans view themselves.

“Every presidential election is a chance to discuss what it means to be American,” says Dr. Christina Moss, teaching assistant professor of communication at NC State and author of a paper on the research. “The South garnered a great deal of attention in the 2004 election season, and the narratives from that election may provide clues to Obama’s success in 2008.” (more…)

IBM Invests US$38M in Cloud Computing Data Centre to Address Asia Pacific Growth

By Guest PostMarch 7, 2011Technologyasia pacific cloud computing data centre, canada, China, chris morris, environments, flexibility and agility, Germany, global cloud labs, global delivery centres, globally integrated cloud, high value economic clusters, iaas, ibm, independent software vendors, infrastructure as a service, isvs, it transformation, paul moung, public cloud, singapore, teresa lim, united states, vibrant cloud computing ecosystem

*New facility based in Singapore extends IBM’s global cloud delivery capabilities to meet growth market cloud needs of businesses in Asia Pacific*

SINGAPORE, – 07 Mar 2011: IBM today announced a US$38M investment in a new IBM Asia Pacific Cloud Computing Data Centre in Singapore, which will provide businesses with solutions and services to harness the potential of cloud computing. The new facility will extend IBM’s globally-integrated cloud delivery network with centres in Germany, Canada and the United States; and 13 global cloud labs, of which seven are based in Asia Pacific – China, India, Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Vietnam and Singapore.

Scheduled to launch in April, the Centre will make available IBM’s comprehensive cloud services and technology portfolio via the company’s cloud delivery infrastructure. These services are designed to enable clients to reap the benefits of business and IT transformation; increase flexibility and agility; accelerate time to market; reduce costs; and increase security and compliance of public cloud environments. (more…)

comScore Reports January 2011 U.S. Mobile Subscriber Market Share

By Guest PostMarch 7, 2011Technologyamerican, comscore mobilens, comscore reports, mobile audience, smartphone market

Google Android Captures #1 Position in Smartphone Market

RESTON, VA, March 7, 2011 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from the comScore MobiLens service, reporting key trends in the U.S. mobile phone industry during the three month average period ending January 2011. The study surveyed more than 30,000 U.S. mobile subscribers and found Samsung to be the top handset manufacturer overall with 24.9 percent market share. Google Android took the lead among smartphone platforms with 31.2 percent market share, after two short months in second place. (more…)

Researcher Aims to Improve Effectiveness of Radiation Therapy for Cancer

By Guest PostMarch 7, 20112 commentsHealthmicroscopic tumors, precancerous diseases, radiation oncologist, radiation therapy, resistant cells, solid cancer

Sara Rockwell is a leader in her field. A professor of therapeutic radiology and pharmacology at the School of Medicine, Rockwell was among the first researchers to study the effects of oxygen deficiency on the response of malignant cells to radiation and anticancer drugs, and was among the first to consider the implications of this deficiency in microscopic tumors for the development of solid malignancies. (more…)

Am I Safe Here?: How People With HIV/AIDS Perceive Hidden Prejudices in Their Communities

By Guest PostMarch 7, 2011Culture, Healthacts of discrimination, blatant discrimination, carol miller, disclosure concerns, hiv positive people, internally motivated, janice bunn, kristin grover, marginalized groups, new englanders, paranoid, people, politically correct, prejudiced, racial minorities, society, sondra solomon, stereotyping, subtle clues

People in marginalized groups, such as the disabled or racial minorities, feel stigmatized—condemned, feared, or excluded—when other people stigmatize them. That’s obvious. But they can also feel stigma when nobody blatantly discriminates against them or says a negative word.

These folks aren’t paranoid, suggests a new study of HIV-positive people and their communities to be published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association of Psychological Science. Rather, they’re picking up subtle clues from their communities. (more…)

Mating Mites Trapped in Amber Reveal Sex Role Reversal

By Guest PostMarch 6, 2011Sciencebaltic amber, ekaterina sidorchuk, evolutionary advantage, extinct mite species, female copulatory tubes, female mites, glaesacarus rhombeus, mating game, mating mites, matters of mating, mite species, pavel klimov, penis, reproductive behavior, russian academy of sciences, traditional sex roles, typical behaviors, university of michigan

ANN ARBOR, Mich.— In the mating game, some female mites are mightier than their mates, new research at the University of Michigan and the Russian Academy of Sciences suggests. The evidence comes, in part, from 40 million-year-old mating mites preserved in Baltic amber.

In a paper published March 1 in the Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, researchers Pavel Klimov and Ekaterina Sidorchuk describe an extinct mite species in which the traditional sex roles were reversed. (more…)

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