Friday, August 31, 2012

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New DNA Analysis Shows Ancient Humans Interbred with Denisovans

A new high-coverage DNA sequencing method reconstructs the full genome of Denisovans--relatives to both Neandertals and humans--from genetic fragments in a single finger bone


denisovan genome finger boneFragment of a finger: This replica of the Denisovan finger bone shows just how small of a sample the researchers had to extract DNA from. Image: Image courtesy of Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

Tens of thousands of years ago modern humans crossed paths with the group of hominins known as the Neandertals. Researchers now think they also met another, less-known group called the Denisovans. The only trace that we have found, however, is a single finger bone and two teeth, but those fragments have been enough to cradle wisps of Denisovan DNA across thousands of years inside a Siberian cave. Now a team of scientists has been able to reconstruct their entire genome from these meager fragments. The analysis adds new twists to prevailing notions about archaic human history.

"Denisova is a big surprise," says John Hawks, a biological anthropologist at the University of Wisconsin?Madison who was not involved in the new research. On its own, a simple finger bone in a cave would have been assumed to belong to a human, Neandertal or other hominin. But when researchers first sequenced a small section of DNA in 2010?a section that covered about 1.9 percent of the genome?they were able to tell that the specimen was neither. "It was the first time a new group of distinct humans was discovered" via genetic analysis rather than by anatomical description, said Svante P??bo, a researcher at the Max Planck Institute (M.P.I.) for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany, in a conference call with reporters.

Now P??bo and his colleagues have devised a new method of genetic analysis that allowed them to reconstruct the entire Denisovan genome with nearly all of the genome sequenced approximately 30 times over akin to what we can do for modern humans. Within this genome, researchers have found clues into not only this group of mysterious hominins, but also our own evolutionary past. Denisovans appear to have been more closely related to Neandertals than to humans, but the evidence also suggests that Denisovans and humans interbred. The new analysis also suggests new ways that early humans may have spread across the globe. The findings were published online August 30 in Science.

Who were the Denisovans?
Unfortunately, the Denisovan genome doesn't provide many more clues about what this hominin looked like than a pinky bone does. The researchers will only conclude that Denisovans likely had dark skin. They also note that there are alleles "consistent" with those known to call for brown hair and brown eyes. Other than that, they cannot say.

Yet the new genetic analysis does support the hypothesis that Neandertals and Denisovans were more closely related to one another than either was to modern humans. The analysis suggests that the modern human line diverged from what would become the Denisovan line as long as 700,000 years ago?but possibly as recently as 170,000 years ago.

Denisovans also interbred with ancient modern humans, according to P??bo and his team. Even though the sole fossil specimen was found in the mountains of Siberia, contemporary humans from Melanesia (a region in the South Pacific) seem to be the most likely to harbor Denisovan DNA. The researchers estimate that some 6 percent of contemporary Papuans' genomes come from Denisovans. Australian aborigines and those from Southeast Asian islands also have traces of Denisovan DNA. This suggests that the two groups might have crossed paths in central Asia and then the modern humans continued on to colonize the islands of Oceania.

Yet contemporary residents of mainland Asia do not seem to posses Denisovian traces in their DNA, a "very curious" fact, Hawks says. "We're looking at a very interesting population scenario"?one that does not jibe entirely with what we thought we knew about how waves modern human populations migrated into and through Asia and out to Oceania's islands. This new genetic evidence might indicate that perhaps an early wave of humans moved through Asia, mixed with Denisovans and then relocated to the islands?to be replaced in Asia by later waves of human migrants from Africa. "It's not totally obvious that that works really well with what we know about the diversity of Asians and Australians," Hawks says. But further genetic analysis and study should help to clarify these early migrations.

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Union counter offer expected in NHL labor talks

(AP) ? The NHL and NHLPA remained at an impasse in the latest round of collective bargaining talks as the deadline for a lockout looms.

The players' association took issue Wednesday with the latest NHL proposal that commissioner Gary Bettman called "meaningful" and "significant."

Donald Fehr, the NHLPA's executive director, and his assistants have broken down Bettman's latest offering. Fehr is expected to make a counterproposal as early as Thursday.

The two sides are at odds over hockey-related revenue. The league wants to knock down the players' percentage to 46. The players' share of HRR was 57 percent last season. Fehr said changes in how HRR is calculated would see the amount of money players give up to escrow increase "significantly." Under the NHL's proposal, the union said current contracts would not be paid in full.

"From a players' standpoint, you should understand, it doesn't make much of a difference," Fehr said Wednesday. "Should the player not get the dollar value that is on his contract because there is a rollback, which is simply a name for crossing out one number and writing in another, or whether he doesn't get an amount because there is escrow, he still doesn't get it."

The current CBA expires Sept. 15 and the league has said it will lock the players out if a new agreement isn't in place by then. Bettman says he's content to wait for that aforementioned response from the union, but declared that players shouldn't feel any "entitlement" to 57 percent of revenues.

Unlike the current CBA in which salaries are tied into revenues, the league's plan calls for the first three years to be separated from HRR. Also, HRR would be redefined in the final three years of the six-year CBA.

The cap ceiling would drop to $58 million for next season. It would rise to $60 million in 2013-14 and top out at a projected $71 million in 2017-18.

The league and players set the cap ceiling for the 2012-13 season at $70.2 million in a joint statement released in June.

That means 16 teams would be forced to shed varying amounts of salary under the league's proposal. A short list of those teams are the Boston Bruins, Minnesota Wild, Vancouver Canucks, Calgary Flames, Philadelphia Flyers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Chicago Blackhawks, Los Angeles Kings, Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Capitals and New York Rangers.

Owners Craig Leipold (Minnesota), Murray Edwards (Calgary), Jeremy Jacobs (Boston), and Ted Leonsis (Washington) are on the league's negotiating committee, along with Toronto general manager Brian Burke.

Limiting the personnel at the bargaining table in the hope of making progress, only Fehr and his top assistant, Steve Fehr, met with Bettman and NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly when the second proposal was issued Tuesday. Traditionally, several players have joined in on the talks, though many returned on Wednesday.

In fact, the Fehrs were accompanied by NHLPA special consultant Mathieu Schneider, as well as Mike Komisarek (Toronto), Douglas Murray (San Jose), George Parros (Florida), Chris Phillips (Ottawa), Kevin Shattenkirk (St. Louis), Kevin Westgarth (Los Angeles), Craig Adams (Pittsburgh), Nick Bonino (Anaheim), B.J. Crombeen (Tampa Bay), Alex Goligoski (Dallas) and Ron Hainsey (Winnipeg).

Hockey-related revenue is the figure used to calculate the salary cap, with players receiving 57 percent, and the NHL has proposed changes that would lessen the total pot available.

"What we're trying to do with the definition of changes is better reflect the reality," Bettman said.

Fehr said the changes have served to complicate negotiations.

The proposal the league tabled Tuesday called for revenues to be split 50-50 for the final three years. However, by the union's calculation, the actual number players would end up receiving is equivalent to 46 percent under the current system ? a claim Bettman acknowledged to be "in the ballpark."

With the ambiguity created by the redefinition of HRR, not to mention a smaller pot of money to draw salaries from, the players are calling for the status quo.

"From our side, it's better to leave things the same because everyone understands what they mean and everyone understands what the effect is," Fehr said. "It makes it much easier that way."

Bettman said the time is right for a change.

He said the reduction in the players' share of HRR would be 11.5 percent next season, 8.5 percent in 2013-14 and 5.5 percent in 2014-15. He expects the players' share to rise beginning in the fourth year, stating that the league believes it "would have caught up.

"The fact of the matter is if the players have been getting 57 percent, we were getting 43 percent," he said, "and we were paying all the expenses of running the game, running the league and running our clubs.

"(If there's) any sense that our initial offer didn't have any sense of fairness to it, then you need to consider what is fair looking at both sides."

Bettman said the NHL still wants to make a deal on a "timely basis."

Talks are expected to resume Thursday afternoon, though there is a possibility they could be pushed to Friday.

Associated Press

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Thursday, August 30, 2012

Shading Earth: Delivering solar geoengineering materials to combat global warming may be feasible and affordable

ScienceDaily (Aug. 29, 2012) ? A cost analysis of the technologies needed to transport materials into the stratosphere to reduce the amount of sunlight hitting Earth and therefore reduce the effects of global climate change has shown that they are both feasible and affordable.

Published August 31, 2012, in IOP Publishing's journal Environmental Research Letters, the study has shown that the basic technology currently exists and could be assembled and implemented in a number of different forms for less than USD $5 billion a year.

Put into context, the cost of reducing carbon dioxide emissions is currently estimated to be between 0.2 and 2.5 per cent of GDP in the year 2030, which is equivalent to roughly USD $200 to $2000 billion.

Solar radiation management (SRM) looks to induce the effects similar to those observed after volcanic eruptions; however, the authors state that it is not a preferred strategy and that such a claim could only be made after the thorough investigation of the implications, risks and costs associated with these issues.

The authors caution that reducing incident sunlight does nothing at all to reduce greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere, nor the resulting increase in the acid content of the oceans. They note that other research has shown that the effects of solar radiation management are not uniform, and would cause different temperature and precipitation changes in different countries.

Co-author of the study, Professor Jay Apt, said: "As economists are beginning to explore the role of several types of geoengineering, it is important that a cost analysis of SRM is carried out. The basic feasibility of SRM with current technology is still being disputed and some political scientists and policy makers are concerned about unilateral action."

In the study, the researchers, from Aurora Flight Sciences, Harvard University and Carnegie Mellon University, performed an engineering cost analysis on six systems capable of delivering 1-5 million metric tonnes of material to altitudes of 18-30 km: existing aircraft, a new airplane designed to perform at altitudes up to 30 km, a new hybrid airship, rockets, guns and suspended pipes carrying gas or slurry to inject the particles into the atmosphere.

Based on existing research into solar radiation management, the researchers performed their cost analyses for systems that could deliver around one million tonnes of aerosols each year at an altitude between 18 and 25 km and between a latitude range of 30?N and 30?S.

The study concluded that using aircraft is easily within the current capabilities of aerospace engineering, manufacturing and operations. The development of new, specialized aircraft appeared to be the cheapest option, with costs of around $1 to $2 billion a year; existing aircraft would be more expensive as they are not optimized for high altitudes and would need considerable and expensive modifications to do so.

Guns and rockets appeared to be capable of delivering materials at high altitudes but the costs associated with these are much higher than those of airplanes and airships due to their lack of reusability.

Although completely theoretical at this point in time, a large gas pipe, rising to 20 km in the sky and suspended by helium-filled floating platforms, would offer the lowest recurring cost-per-kilogram of particles delivered but the costs of research into the materials required, the development of the pipe and the testing to ensure safety, would be high; the whole system carries a large uncertainty.

Professor Apt continued: "We hope our study will help other scientists looking at more novel methods for dispersing particles and help them to explore methods with increased efficiency and reduced environmental risk."

The researchers make it clear that they have not sought to address the science of aerosols in the stratosphere, nor issues of risk, effectiveness or governance that will add to the costs of solar radiation management geoengineering.

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  1. Justin McClellan, David W Keith, Jay Apt. Cost analysis of stratospheric albedo modification delivery systems. Environmental Research Letters, 2012; 7 (3): 034019 DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/7/3/034019

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Canada's hot condo market set to get even hotter

TORONTO ? A new condo report suggests first-time buyers, retirees and population growth will continue to fuel demand and price growth for the compact living spaces over the next few years.

The study by Genworth Canada found that average condo resale prices are expected to rise next year in seven of the eight metropolitan centres studied.

Prices in Toronto are projected to jump 2.5% to $312,352.

For those seeking to own a home affordably in urban centres, condos remain a good option

The highest increase however, is expected to be in Edmonton where prices could rise 3.2%.

Vancouver is the only city where condo prices are expected to drop, by 2% to $348,152.

The report stands in contrast to warnings from economists and officials that the condo market in some hot markets is reaching bubble territory that could soon burst.

The Bank of Canada and federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty have cautioned Canadians repeatedly to moderate borrowing on real estate, declaring household debt to be the domestic economy?s number one enemy.

The central bank noted certain segments of the housing market that have a persistent oversupply ? such as condos in Toronto ? face a higher risk of a price correction.

Genworth ? which earns revenue from selling mortgage insurance ? notes that rising prices for single-detached homes are driving first-time buyers to condos, but retirees also continue to prop up demand.

It suggests that the population is expected to grow in all eight cities studied over the next few years, while employment growth and low interest rates should also support the market.

?This data corroborates our view that the demand for condos in Canada, particularly at the price-point we insure, is well supported by our economy and our population,? said Brian Hurley, chairman and CEO of Genworth Canada.

?For those seeking to own a home affordably in urban centres, condos remain a good option.?

The Genworth Canada report, produced with the Conference Board of Canada, reviewed trends in
Quebec City, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver and Victoria.

Census figures for 2011 released in February show multi-unit dwellings ? a category that includes condominiums ? making up roughly half of all new housing stock, a category traditionally led by detached homes.

The numbers also indicate that Canadians are flocking to urban centres. Toronto?s population jumped more than 17% over the previous census period in 2006.

A recent CMHC report said housing starts and home sales have been strong in 2012 ? particularly when it comes to multiple-dwelling units such as townhouses, condos and apartments ? but will soften moderately in coming months into 2013.

The Canadian Press

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Feuding Russian tycoons face London court ruling

LONDON (AP) ? Two Russian businessmen rose to riches together in the chaotic years of post-Soviet Russia and then became archenemies ? and a British judge will soon rule on which oligarch will defeat the other in a multibillion-dollar court battle.

After a seven-month delay, Judge Elizabeth Gloster is expect to deliver a summary ruling Friday to settle the legal feud between Roman Abramovich, the billionaire Chelsea Football Club owner, and self-exiled tycoon Boris Berezovsky.

The feud, the most high-profile commercial case at London's High Court in recent years, has fascinated the British and Russian media with intriguing tales about the tycoons' jet-setting lives and the lawless Wild West years that followed the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union.

Berezovsky, 66, is a former Kremlin power broker who fled to Britain after falling out with President Vladimir Putin. He sued the 45-year-old Abramovich, who he calls his former friend, prot?g? and business partner, alleging that Abramovich threatened him into selling his stakes in the Russian oil giant Sibneft vastly beneath their value. Berezovsky alleged blackmail and breach of contract ? and is seeking more than 3 billion pounds ($4.8 billion) in damages.

Abramovich has denied the allegations and his lawyer has accused Berezovsky of lying and making up stories.

"I'm an optimistic person, it's in my genes. So, of course, I'm confident that the judgment will go my way," Berezovsky said ahead of the ruling.

Abramovich's lawyers did not immediately respond to calls seeking comment.

Both tycoons were cross-examined and sat across from each other on most days during the four-month trial, which attracted large crowds of journalists, lawyers and spectators.

The case has sparked so much interest partly because of its focus on the two oligarchs' personal, as well as business, relationship. They were said to have become friends after meeting on a private cruise in the Caribbean, built a business empire together, but parted bitterly when their fortunes were reversed.

Berezovsky, a mathematician-turned-Mercedes dealer, amassed his wealth during Russia's privatization of state assets in the early 1990s. In return for backing former Russian President Boris Yeltsin, he gained powerful political connections and access to valuable assets at very low prices.

Berezovsky says he mentored the younger Abramovich, treated him like a son, and founded Sibneft with him and a third partner. Berezovsky claimed that the friendship faltered when he fell out with Putin, at which point Abramovich "intimidated" him into selling his Sibneft shares ? causing him losses of almost $6 billion.

In separate claims, Berezovsky also alleged breach of trust and breach of contract when Abramovich sold Berezovsky's alleged stake in aluminum conglomerate Rusal without his consent.

Abramovich claims that Berezovsky was not his mentor and never owned the stakes ? in fact, he argued that Berezovsky only had a political role in creating Sibneft and never "contributed a single cent" to acquiring or building up the company.

According to Abramovich, he had already paid more than $2.5 billion to Berezovsky for his services as his "political godfather" ? a protector whose political influence helped him do business ? and reluctantly funded Berezovsky's extravagant lifestyle of yachts and vacation homes because he feared retaliation. He doesn't owe Berezovsky any more money, he said.

"Our business relationship was over and yet he still treated me as his 'cash cow' and expected me to fund all of his expenses," Abramovich claimed in a statement. He described Berezovsky as ambitious, sometimes megalomaniacal, and a man who "would often start believing his own PR."

Charged in Russia with fraud and embezzlement, Berezovsky has been living in London since 2001.

Abramovich lives in Russia and is known to some as the "stealth oligarch" because of his low profile, but is widely known in Britain since he bought the Chelsea soccer club in 2003. His wealth is estimated to be 9.5 billion pounds (about $15 billion) by The Sunday Times.

The pair's feud is just one among many lucrative commercial fraud cases dealing with Russia and Central Asia that have found their way into London courts. Lawyers say many wealthy Russians distrust the legal infrastructure in their own country and flock to English courtrooms because they believe they can find fairness there.

Friday's summary verdict will be followed soon after by an extended judgment and lawyers from both sides will meet in the next few weeks to discuss appeals and legal costs.

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Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Protesters at Republican convention in Tampa stopped while trying to arrest Condoleezza Rice (Star Tribune)

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What Makes the Classic White Boards So Successful?

Whiteboards have been extensively used as a very essential tool for office meetings and nobody ever thought of making a whiteboard portable for such a long time! However, things have changed and these stationary boards have become portable and thus enabling its users to make most out of their time. Take them with you anywhere you want and work out on your great idea almost anywhere. You could also hold group discussions while taking a light snack in the local tuck shop. Portable whiteboards allow your creativity to soar high and remain unrestricted by time, place or event.

Whiteboards are undoubtedly the most important and used business tool. Sheets of paper are attached to these boards and held with clips or pins. Once done with one sheet, it can be turned over or taken off and placed on a wall for the notice of everybody in the meeting. Just like paper boards, dry erasable boards are also used for the purpose of making presentations and discussing ideas. The information can be written and erased for as many times as one wants. A special board marker is used on these boards which uses erasable ink. Other markers come with permanent ink and once written can become really impossible to erase.

Even with the availability of cool new electronic tools, whiteboards have always remained the number choice for creative thinking. The ideas flow unhindered from the mind to the sheet of paper. The real reason behind the success of whiteboards is unknown but we can make some speculation of our own. The reason for this success could be because using a white board helps ideas to be expressed more easily as it adds a personal touch to the presentation.

Whether you are a writer, a business professional, a trainer, a designer or any technical professional whose skills lie in using problem solving techniques, these boards will surely make your creativity to soar high. Even moms and kids can make use of these boards as they require minimal maintenance. Bloggers could use these to preserve their brilliant ideas in black and white. With portable whiteboards in hands, you can convert your ideas to paper anytime that you want. Buy portable whiteboards and carry your office with you everywhere that you go. A smaller size of this board can be tucked inside your handbag and carried around with ease. Let your creativity know no bounds.

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Flake claims victory in Arizona Republican Senate primary

PHOENIX (Reuters) - Conservative U.S. Representative Jeff Flake claimed victory on Tuesday in a Republican primary election to pick a replacement for Jon Kyl, the U.S. Senator for Arizona who is stepping down at the end of the year.

Flake, the front runner by a wide margin in polls, announced he had beaten his feisty rival Wil Cardon as the Arizona Secretary of State's office reported Flake was 49 points ahead with 477 of 1,667 precincts reporting.

The six-term congressman now faces Democrat Richard Carmona, a former U.S. Surgeon General and decorated Vietnam War veteran originally from New York, to contest a seat that Republicans need if they are to have a chance to take control of the Senate in the November election.

"There couldn't be a starker difference between myself and our opponent in the general election ... Richard Carmona was handpicked by President (Barack) Obama to run here in Arizona," Flake told cheering supporters at his home in the east Phoenix Valley.

"We cannot allow someone who agrees lock, stock and barrel with the whole Obama agenda to become senator from Arizona. We've got to have an Arizonan who believes in limited government, economic freedom and individual responsibility," he said.

The U.S. Senate contest in Arizona is the highest-profile race among state primaries on Tuesday that include votes in Vermont and Alaska, as well as a runoff election in Oklahoma.

In Vermont, businessman John MacGovern overwhelmingly defeated challenger Brooke Paige to win the Republican primary for U.S. Senate. He will go up against heavily favored U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders in the general election.

Voters in Oklahoma picked Republican Markwayne Mullin, a plumbing company owner, over legislator George Faught by a comfortable margin in a U.S. House race.

Kyl, a senior party leader, announced in February he would not seek a fourth six-year term in office. Both he and Arizona's other U.S. senator, John McCain, endorsed Flake in the race, which started out fiery but cooled as successive polls gave him a widening lead.

Cardon, who oversees his family's portfolio of real estate investments, came out early with a costly advertising blitz casting Flake as a Washington insider who favored tax increases and was soft on illegal immigration. However, Cardon had reduced his spending in recent weeks.

Flake, 49, campaigned on what he said was a "proven track record" of voting to reduce the size of government and cutting taxes and spending.

Cardon, 41, spent nearly $8.8 million of his own money through the August 8 candidate-filing period in a bid to make his mark with voters as an outsider and businessman with experience.

A poll last Friday by the Western Representation political action committee had Flake leading Cardon by 64 to 16 percent.

Republicans already have a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives and must hold onto open seats such as Arizona's and gain four in other states to take control of the Senate.

In another hotly contested Arizona primary, two Republican incumbents went toe-to-toe in a battle for the chance to be on the ballot for a U.S. House seat in the November 6 general election.

Ben Quayle, son of former Vice President Dan Quayle, took on David Schweikert, in an expected tight contest brought about by the once-a-decade redistricting.

It is one of 11 such House contests between incumbents nationwide this year, and the result has yet to be called.

(Additional reporting by Lily Kuo in New York; Editing by Greg McCune and Cynthia Osterman)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/flake-claims-victory-arizona-republican-senate-primary-040532934.html

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Shia LeBeouf's 'Lawless' Co-Stars Made Him Feel 'Left Out'

Jessica Chastain and Tom Hardy bonded during filming, which made Shia feel excluded, the actor jokes with MTV News for Fall Movie Preview.
By Kara Warner, with reporting by Josh Horowitz


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Saturday, August 25, 2012

Ham Radio ? Passion For Communication - Medical Travel Club

Ham radio has a long and important history. As society and technology continue to move on to new things, a small segment continues to enjoy the hobby as well as to educate and help during disasters.WHAT IS HAM RADIO?Ham radio is the the term coined for amateur radio enthusiasts who learn to operate radios as a hobby or for practical use. Hams ? as operators are called ? can use various methods for transmitting messages including Morse code via telegraph, voice transmission via radio or messages through a computer. New methods of transmitting television allow for images to be received around the world by hams. Some hams have contributed to the development of new technologies for other uses.The term ?ham? has unknown origin although there are several theories.WHO USES HAM RADIO?Ham radio operators can be anyone ? doctors, homemakers, truck drivers ? who enjoys communicating with new friends. Hams can talk across town or around the world.Ham radio was used by the military in the World Wars and by ships. The well known ?SOS? is just one of the codes that operators use to relay messages to one another.In emergencies ham radio operators volunteer to assist with transmitting messages when normal communications are unavailable. So far, we?ve uncovered some interesting facts about ham radio. You may decide that the following information is even more interesting. Hams are all over the world ? even in space! While in orbit or on the space station astronauts have spoken with other operators as well as children, teachers and parents. The program is called ARISS, Amateur Radio on the International Space Station.Hams are young and old, men and women and of every background and occupation.WHAT DO YOU NEED TO START?In the United States you must obtain a license from the FCC (Federal Communications Commission).To be licensed by the FCC you must pass an exam. The exam is administered by a volunteer ham operator and you are then mailed your license. You can often find websites or groups where you can locate a tutor who will answer questions or offer instruction before you take Nike Air Max 2011 your exam. One such resource is the ARRL website. The ARRL is the National Association for Amateur Radio and provides training and resources for getting started as well as updates and news for the Cheap Air Max 2011 ham radio community.HOW MANY HAMS ARE THERE?The ARRL site claims over 170,000 members. FCC licenses have been issued to over 600,000 individuals in the United States and there are over 3,000,000 hams in Japan and many more throughout the world according to statistics found at ah0a-Site.With so many people to talk to, there are even competitions to see how far away you can transmit and many other Cheap nike air max 90 events within the community. The day will come when you can use something you read about here to have a beneficial impact. Then you?ll be glad you took the time to learn more about ham radio.

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How your computer is making you fat

It's common sense that sitting in front of computer and TV screens is making people fatter. A study out this week puts some precise numbers on it, though ? and finds a surprisingly steady pattern across rich and poor countries.

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Thursday, August 16, 2012

How to find Scuba Jobs | Smile Travel Insurance

When you find yourself tired of the same boring life you can start wondering how to begin a more exciting job and way of life. If you enjoy scuba diving, then the question is : why not working in the diving industry. Finding a diving job is not very difficult, the key point is to know what sort of certifications do you need and how to apply for the vacancies around the world.

To become a professional diving instructor you need to complete many scuba diving courses, get a lot of experience and dive a lot. It always help if you can speak another language of have experience in other fields, like First Aid, Management, boat skills, mechanics, etc.

To become a dive professional you need to do 2 vital courses the Divemaster and the PADI IDC . The Divemaster course will give you the option of working as a guide, this is a nice job, but the salary is usually lower that the salary a scuba diving instructor makes. To become a scuba diving instructor you need to do your PADI IDC course.
One you complete these courses, you need to apply to scuba jobs around the world. Before you go straight to scuba diving jobsites, try to think carefull about your objectives and about the kind of employement conditions you want and the countries you are willing to travel.

Not all the jobs are the same and working in Australia is very different than working in Honduras or Egypt. You need to be smart and think with your head, and work towards getting the best diving certificates that will give you the highest chances of finding that ideal dive job.

My best advice is to contact people by phone first, there is nothing better than speaking to people, and once you get the proper information then send your application via Scuba Diving jobsites or directly to the dive center.

You need to remember that finding job is not impossible, but it can take time, and once you get the ideal dive job, you need to work hard to keep it. Always be aware that sooner or later you will want to go back home,so when you travel to your diving location, have a plan B. Medical insurance, work insurance and current teaching status is important to improve your chances of finding job.

Try to be patient and don?t think your new diving job will be a holiday, some days can clearly difficult, but always remember that any day diving is much better than any day at the office!

So, I know what you are thinking? where to start? Well, like any other diving jobs, start by diving a lot, talking to people and check divers jobs websites, where you can get yourself a clear idea of where are the vacancies around the world. Central America, the Red Sea, Australia and South East Asia are great places to start your dive job hunting.

So good luck and see you underwater

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