At his inauguration before the Supreme Constitutional Court in Cairo, the 60-year-old also became the Arab world's first freely elected Islamist president and Egypt's fifth head of state since the overthrow of the monarchy some 60 years ago.
He took the oath before 18 black-robed judges in the Nile-side courthouse built to resemble an ancient Egyptian temple.
"We aspire to a better tomorrow, a new Egypt and a second republic," Mr Morsi said during a solemn ceremony shown live on state television.
"Today, the Egyptian people laid the foundation of a new life - absolute freedom, a genuine democracy and stability," said Mr Morsi, a US-trained engineer from the Muslim Brotherhood, a fundamentalist group that has spent most of the 84 years since its inception as an outlawed organisation harshly targeted by successive governments.
Hundreds of soldiers and policemen guarded the building as Mr Morsi arrived in a small motorcade.
Several hundred supporters gathered outside the court to cheer the new president.
In a departure from the presidential pomp of the Mubarak years, traffic was only briefly halted to allow his motorcade through on the usually busy road linking the city centre with its southern suburbs.
Mr Morsi's inauguration signals a personal triumph. He was not the Brotherhood's first choice as president, and was thrown into the presidential race when the group's original candidate, chief strategist and financier Khairat el-Shater, was disqualified over a Mubarak-era criminal conviction.
Derided as the Brotherhood's uncharismatic "spare tyre", his personal prestige has surged since his victory and a speech yesterday which tried to present him as a candidate not just of Islamists but of all those who want to complete the work of the 2011 uprising against the authoritarian Mubarak.
HANOVER, Germany (Reuters) - For his fellow Germans, explains businessman Roland Frobel, the euro crisis is a hurricane that may have been spotted on the horizon but has yet to blow in.
"The storm is coming, everybody knows that, but the lightning has not struck yet," said the chief financial officer of Rossmann, one of Germany's largest health and beauty retail chains, at its headquarters near the northern city of Hanover.
From where he is standing, it is hard to imagine sunnier economic weather. His firm has recently created nearly 3,000 new jobs in Germany and abroad - where it has been expanding in non-euro zone countries such as Poland and Turkey - and expects its sales this year to rise by nearly 12 percent from 2011.
"The feeling of looming crisis that people have is still vague, undefined," said Frobel. "And you see this in their continued willingness to go out and buy. Their readiness to consume is holding up well."
Hanover, a bustling industrial and trading hub on the fertile plain of northern Germany, is a world away from the recession engulfing Greece, Spain and other parts of Europe.
Life, for Germans, is as it should be. Unemployment is at 20-year lows. Exports are at record levels. The national soccer squad has predictably been storming from one victory to the next in the Euro 2012 championship.
German consumer morale actually rose going into July, a key survey by GfK market research group showed this week, on hopes of higher wages, though it also revealed greater pessimism about the economic outlook due to the euro crisis.
People are well aware that everything could suddenly change for the worse if the crisis affecting their neighbors finally blows in.
"In Germany there is no crisis. But that could change very fast. The euro is unloved and we miss the deutschmark," pensioner Paul Majer, 76, said as he strolled with his wife around the cobbled streets of Hanover's old town.
CULTURE CLASH
Like many Germans, he blames those in southern countries for putting Germany's hard-won prosperity at risk by failing to enact the sort of austerity measures Germany endured when the euro arrived and wages were held down to keep it competitive.
"I don't believe things will stay OK for much longer. The euro zone is too diverse. They say we Germans live to work while the Mediterranean cultures work to live," Majer said.
Chancellor Angela Merkel will be under unprecedented pressure at a European Union summit this week to pledge more of German taxpayers' cash to rescue the euro. Her countrymen, including the burghers of Hanover, are having none of it.
"Greece should not get any more money, it is a bottomless pit. The strong countries cannot prop up the weak ones forever. Germany is just not strong enough to do that," said taxi driver Kurt Ringling, 65.
A city of 500,000 people, Hanover is a good place to take the pulse of 'middle Germany' because of its central location and a diverse economy that includes major manufacturers such as Continental and Volkswagen, insurance firms and tour operator TUI. It is also home to the world's biggest trade fair.
"Unemployment here fell again last month. The unions have secured wage increases. Many firms are doing relatively well, both the big industrial firms that rely on exports but also the 'Mittelstand'," said mayor Stephan Weil, referring to Germany's often family-owned small and medium-sized businesses.
"But many people look with anxiety at Europe, especially those countries in big financial difficulty like Greece and Spain. Many people in Hanover know the countries from having spent holidays there or have friends and acquaintances here who have come here from those countries," he said.
PATIENCE WEARING THIN
The storm clouds of the crisis are slowly arriving. Local newspapers have reported the introduction of short-time working at factories belonging to leading automotive suppliers Continental and Johnson Controls in the Hanover area because of crumbling demand in key European markets.
Psychologist Manon Rossmanik, 35, said she did not feel the euro crisis in her own life but said there were growing signs of people preparing for the worst.
"Real estate prices are going up. People want to protect their savings by buying property, tangible things," she said, clutching a wad of estate agency brochures.
That sense of alarm prods Germans to stand by Merkel and her firm insistence that other euro zone countries accept their austerity "medicine" before receiving aid.
"Germans' patience is wearing thin - in fact, there's none left. We sometimes have the impression Europe can only exist by being on the German payroll," said Wolfgang Nowak, head of the Alfred Herrhausen Society, a think-tank run by Deutsche Bank.
"The German national mood is very anti-bailout... We want Merkel to be a good Swabian housewife," he said, invoking a popular German image of penny-pinching prudence.
At the site of the annual Hanover trade fair, which has its roots in the postwar reconstruction that gave rise to Germany's 'Wirtschaftswunder' (economic miracle), the mood remains upbeat.
Some 5,000 firms, about half of them German, exhibited at this year's fair in April. Many of them Chinese, a sign of Germany's success in exporting beyond the euro zone to high-growth Asian markets. Premier Wen Jiabao visited with Merkel.
The euro zone stayed largely in the background, said Wolfram von Fritsch, chairman of the board of Deutsche Messe which runs the trade fairs.
German exporters had proven their resilience by bouncing back strongly from the 2008-09 global financial crisis, he said. He, too, reached for a weather metaphor to describe how German businesses were locating markets in temperate climes.
"The euro crisis is seen as a kind of natural disaster. Like rain or snow, it is something we can't change, so let's just focus on our main business."
(Reporting by Gareth Jones; Editing by Peter Graff)
Royal Astronomical Society and Oxford University Press partnership announcedPublic release date: 28-Jun-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Lizzie Shannon-Little lizzie.shannonlittle@oup.com 44-186-535-3043 Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) and the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) announced a new publishing partnership today for the Society's highly cited and internationally prestigious journals.
OUP will assume publication of Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, Geophysical Journal International, and Astronomy & Geophysics from January 2013.
Professor David Southwood, President of the Royal Astronomical Society, commented: "Scientific communication with sound peer review and effective production and distribution is an essential component of research in astronomy and geophysics and lies at the very heart of RAS activity. I look forward to a long and productive partnership with OUP that will help us continue to deliver that aim."
Ian Russell, Editorial Director for Science at Oxford University Press, said: "The Royal Astronomical Society is at the centre of the tremendously exciting fields of astronomy and geophysics and their journals are renowned the world over. We are therefore absolutely delighted to have been selected by the RAS to work with them to further develop their important and influential journals and to have such high-quality titles joining our collection. We are very much looking forward to working with the Society to ensure the continued success of their publishing and to ensure that their titles are the journals of choice for the best research in their fields and provide even better value for subscribers."
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, started in 1827, is a world-leading scholarly journal for astronomy and astrophysics, publishing original research in positional and dynamical astronomy, astrophysics, radio astronomy, cosmology, space science, and the design of astronomical instruments.
Geophysical Journal International is the primary solid-earth geophysics journal based in Europe, publishing the results of research on the earth's internal structure, physical properties, evolution, and processes covering all aspects of theoretical, computational, and observational geophysics.
Astronomy & Geophysics is an accessible journal publishing articles, news, and reviews on topics in astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology, planetary science, solar-terrestrial physics, global and regional geophysics, and the history of these subjects.
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For more information contact:
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Brand & Communications Assistant Manager
Oxford University Press
lizzie.shannonlittle@oup.com
+44 (0)1865 353043
Robert Massey
Deputy Executive Secretary
(Media, Public Affairs, Policy, Education and Outreach)
Royal Astronomical Society
rm@ras.org.uk
Tel: +44 (0)20 7734 3307 / 4582 x214
Mob: +44 (0)794 124 8035
Notes to editors
Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. OUP is the world's largest university press with the widest global presence. It currently publishes more than 6,000 new publications a year, has offices in around fifty countries, and employs more than 5,500 people worldwide. It has become familiar to millions through a diverse publishing programme that includes scholarly works in all academic disciplines, bibles, music, school and college textbooks, business books, dictionaries and reference books, and academic journals.
The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS), founded in 1820, encourages and promotes the study of astronomy, solar-system science, geophysics and closely related branches of science. The RAS organizes scientific meetings, publishes international research and review journals, recognizes outstanding achievements by the award of medals and prizes, maintains an extensive library, supports education through grants and outreach activities and represents UK astronomy nationally and internationally. Its more than 3500 members (Fellows), a third based overseas, include scientific researchers in universities, observatories and laboratories as well as historians of astronomy and others. Follow the RAS on Twitter via @royalastrosoc
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Royal Astronomical Society and Oxford University Press partnership announcedPublic release date: 28-Jun-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Lizzie Shannon-Little lizzie.shannonlittle@oup.com 44-186-535-3043 Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) and the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) announced a new publishing partnership today for the Society's highly cited and internationally prestigious journals.
OUP will assume publication of Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, Geophysical Journal International, and Astronomy & Geophysics from January 2013.
Professor David Southwood, President of the Royal Astronomical Society, commented: "Scientific communication with sound peer review and effective production and distribution is an essential component of research in astronomy and geophysics and lies at the very heart of RAS activity. I look forward to a long and productive partnership with OUP that will help us continue to deliver that aim."
Ian Russell, Editorial Director for Science at Oxford University Press, said: "The Royal Astronomical Society is at the centre of the tremendously exciting fields of astronomy and geophysics and their journals are renowned the world over. We are therefore absolutely delighted to have been selected by the RAS to work with them to further develop their important and influential journals and to have such high-quality titles joining our collection. We are very much looking forward to working with the Society to ensure the continued success of their publishing and to ensure that their titles are the journals of choice for the best research in their fields and provide even better value for subscribers."
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, started in 1827, is a world-leading scholarly journal for astronomy and astrophysics, publishing original research in positional and dynamical astronomy, astrophysics, radio astronomy, cosmology, space science, and the design of astronomical instruments.
Geophysical Journal International is the primary solid-earth geophysics journal based in Europe, publishing the results of research on the earth's internal structure, physical properties, evolution, and processes covering all aspects of theoretical, computational, and observational geophysics.
Astronomy & Geophysics is an accessible journal publishing articles, news, and reviews on topics in astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology, planetary science, solar-terrestrial physics, global and regional geophysics, and the history of these subjects.
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For more information about the titles, including subscriptions, article submission guidelines, and how to register for free content alerting services, please visit the relevant journal website:
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: mnras.oxfordjournals.org
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters: mnrasl.oxfordjournals.org
For more information contact:
Lizzie Shannon-Little
Brand & Communications Assistant Manager
Oxford University Press
lizzie.shannonlittle@oup.com
+44 (0)1865 353043
Robert Massey
Deputy Executive Secretary
(Media, Public Affairs, Policy, Education and Outreach)
Royal Astronomical Society
rm@ras.org.uk
Tel: +44 (0)20 7734 3307 / 4582 x214
Mob: +44 (0)794 124 8035
Notes to editors
Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. OUP is the world's largest university press with the widest global presence. It currently publishes more than 6,000 new publications a year, has offices in around fifty countries, and employs more than 5,500 people worldwide. It has become familiar to millions through a diverse publishing programme that includes scholarly works in all academic disciplines, bibles, music, school and college textbooks, business books, dictionaries and reference books, and academic journals.
The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS), founded in 1820, encourages and promotes the study of astronomy, solar-system science, geophysics and closely related branches of science. The RAS organizes scientific meetings, publishes international research and review journals, recognizes outstanding achievements by the award of medals and prizes, maintains an extensive library, supports education through grants and outreach activities and represents UK astronomy nationally and internationally. Its more than 3500 members (Fellows), a third based overseas, include scientific researchers in universities, observatories and laboratories as well as historians of astronomy and others. Follow the RAS on Twitter via @royalastrosoc
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Germany are widely regarded as one of the favourites to win this year?s European football championship, much to the dismay of England fans. But there is of course more to Germany than sporting excellence ? and there are countless destinations across the country which are well worthy of a visit.
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There is no denying that this could yet turn out to be a fantastic year for Germany, and you know what they say; success breeds success. We are predicting a fantastic year for tourism for the country that has it all, so in preparation for this, here?s a compilation of our top five favourite cities in Germany:
1. Berlin ? With this choice there is absolutely no hesitation. No matter which way you look at things Berlin has to be regarded as the best city in Germany hands down. It truly does have everything you could ever wish for. If taking in the sights of the Berlin wall and soaking up the history of WW2, the list of other things to do is never-ending. Food, drink, shopping, museums, art galleries. Berlin really does have it all. It is a fantastic place to visit for people of all ages; with the youngsters enjoying the unbelievable night life and the oldies hitting up the history like there is no tomorrow.? 2. Frankfurt ? Situated right in the centre of the country and boasting a huge international airport, Frankfurt is, for many people, regarded as the first port of call on a trip around Germany. Like many German cities, Frankfurt is incredibly affluent which is evident when you take in its incredibly tall skyline. Similar to Berlin, the river Main runs through the centre of the city adding to its beautiful appearance.
3. Hannover ? This is your typical German city, steeped with history and decorated with unbelievable architecture. This is also a city that played a huge part in WW2 so if you are interested in the history of it make sure you pay it a visit.
4. Munich ? This is a city that is famous the world over and is often mistaken to be Germany?s capital. By far and away the best time to visit is during Oktoberfest ?- a huge celebration of lederhosen and beer.
5. Hamburg ? Surprisingly Germany?s second largest city behind the capital, Berlin. Situated in the north of the country, this is a city that is less frequently visited. It is a historic harbour town full of industrial history. Like Berlin, Hamburg also boasts an incredible nightlife which draws crowds from all over the world.
KRAKOW (Reuters) - Top Italian daily newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport has apologized for printing a cartoon portraying black Italy striker Mario Balotelli as King Kong.
Media reports said Balotelli's agent Mino Raiola had reacted with fury at the depiction, which comes after the 21-year-old has battled racism in his homeland and abroad for years.
The cartoon of the Manchester City forward on top of London's Big Ben swatting away footballs was meant to be humorous and positive, showing the striker as a giant who had conquered England.
However, in the wake of Italy's Euro 2012 quarter-final win over England and ahead of their semi-final with Germany on Thursday, the cartoon has received complaints from readers.
"We can honestly say it is not one of the best efforts by our great cartoonist," Gazzetta said.
"If someone found it offensive we are sorry.
"This newspaper has always fought against racism in stadiums and denounced monkey noises aimed at Balotelli."
Neither Balotteli nor Italy were immediately available to comment.
The cartoon was printed on Sunday and at first went largely unnoticed but has now become a hot topic across the internet.
Balotelli, born in Italy and of Ghanaian descent, was racially abused by Juventus fans during his time with Inter Milan and the Turin club was forced by Serie A to play a match behind closed doors.
However, racism campaigners in Italy have long believed not enough was done to protect him in a country not as used to immigration as other major European nations like the Britain and France.
At Euro 2012 Balotelli was subjected to racist abuse by Croatia fans during a match on June 14 and the Croatian FA was fined 80,000 euros ($99,800) by European governing body UEFA.
The size of the fine was criticized by the Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE) network, who told Reuters there was public concern that Denmark's Nicklas Bendtner was fined 20,000 euros more for exposing an illegal advert on his underpants.
Spain have also been charged over the racist behavior of fans.
Before the tournament Balotelli said he would "kill" anyone who threw a banana at him in the street and indicated he would walk off the pitch if he heard racist chanting.
Balotelli and the Italy camp did not hear the abuse in the Croatia or Spain match. ($1 = 0.8019 euros)
(Editing by Ken Ferris)
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Five major stored product pests Flour Beetles (Tribolium castaneum and Tribolium confusum) Further information: Flour beetle Red Flour Beetle There are two different types of beetles classified as flour beetles: the red flour beetle and the confused flour beetle. Both are similar in physical characteristics. They are flat and oval in shape and usually range around 1/8- inch long. Their exoskeleton is reddish brown with a shiny and smooth texture. The eggs, larvae, and pupa resemble each other closely in physical features as well. The eggs usually tend to be a white color, or at times even colorless. They are very small in size and have a sticky outer covering that causes certain food particles to stick to it. The larvae have six legs, with two pointy projections toward the caudal end. Finally, the pupal stage (a cocoon-like form used to break itself down and emerge as a mature adult) is usually a white or brownish color. The beetle life cycle lasts approximately 3 years or more, with the larval stage ranging anywhere from 20 to over 100 days, and the pupal stage around 8 days. Beetles usually breed in damaged grain, grain dust, high-moisture wheat kernels and flour. The female flour beetle can lay between 300 and 400 eggs during her lifetime [a period of 5 to 8 months]. The flour beetles mainly infest grains, including, but not limited to: cereal, corn meal oats, rice, flour, and crackers. This type of beetle is the most abundant insect pest of flour mills across the United States. Their small size allows them to maneuver through cracks and crevices and get into the home and other areas. Once they are present in areas with potential food sources, they can infest material such as flour, resulting in a sharp odor or moldy flavor. The red flour beetle is able to fly short distances and the confused flour beetle is unable to fly. While the confused flour beetle is more commonly found in the northern United States, the red flour beetles are more predominant in the southern United States in areas with warmer climates. Tribolium castaneum The red flour beetle is considered the best organism to study genetics. A team composed of Susan Brown and Rob Denell, both biology professors at the University of Kansas, along with Richard Beeman, won financial support to have the beetle?s genome sequenced, marking it as one of the earliest sequenced insect genomes, as well as distinguishing the red flour beetle as the only pest insect to be analyzed in this way thus far. The project was funded partially by the US Department of Agriculture, as well as by the National Institutes of Health, and the genome sequencing was led by Stephen Richards at the Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine. The red flour beetle?s gene map information and genomic sequence are accessible from the National Center for Biotechnical Information. More information is to be published in Nature on 2008-03-27. Drugstore Beetle (Stegobium paniceum) Further information: Drugstore beetle Drugstore Beetle The biscuit beetle is closely related to the commonly known cigarette beetle. Adult drugstore beetles are shaped cylindrically with dimensions ranging from 2.25 to 3.5 mm. Their exoskeleton consists of a reddish brown coloring. These beetles are also characterized by elytra, sclerotized (hardened) wings that fold back over the abdomen and hinge upwards, allowing the hind wings to come out in order to fly. The presence of this striated appearance helps distinguish the drugstore beetle from a similar species, the cigarette beetle. Females are capable of laying up to 75 eggs during a life time. After the eggs are laid they move into a larval period that can range anywhere from 4 to 20 weeks. After the larval period, drugstore beetle larvae move out of the substrate to build a cocoon and pupate. The pupation process takes a total of 12-18 days. The entire life cycle of the drugstore beetle lasts approximately 2 months but can be as long as 7 months. Adult female beetles have a lifespan of about 13 to 65 days. These stored product pests will infest almost anything readily available. Food products prone to infestation include: flours, dry mixes, breads, cookies and other spices. Non-food material includes: wool, hair, leather and museum specimens. This specific type of beetle is able to produce symbiotic yeasts that produce B vitamins, which allow the beetle to survive on the consumption of poor nutritional foods. They are found in areas that have a warmer climate, yet are less plentiful among the tropics as their counterpart, the Cigarette beetle. Sawtoothed Grain Beetle (Oryzaephilus surinamensis) Further information: Sawtoothed grain beetle Saw-toothed Grain Beetle The sawtoothed grain beetle is closely related to the merchant grain beetle, and is commonly found in kitchen cabinets feeding on items such as cereal, breakfast foods, dried fruits, macaroni, crackers, etc. They are the most common grain and stored product pest. They are very active and tend to crawl rapidly while searching for food. They are small insects, reaching roughly around 1/8 of an inch. Their name originates from their distinguishable saw-tooth-like projections found on each side of the thorax. The body shape of the beetle is flat, slender, and brown in color. The size and shape of the mandibles allow the beetles to easily break through well sealed and packaged foods. An adult female sawtoothed grain beetle can lay anywhere between 45 to 250 eggs, that usually hatch within 3 to 17 days. The larvae look much different from the mature adult. They have a caterpillar-like appearance, with a yellowish coloration to the body and a brown head. The larval period can last as long as 10 weeks but can be as short as 2 weeks. Following the larval instars is the pupal period, which can last one to three weeks. The pupal stage is characterized by the unique process by which these beetles stick together pieces of food material to form a protective covering around their bodies. A fully mature adult beetle, under optimal conditions, can live a maximum of 4 years, a considerably long arthropod lifespan. Indianmeal Moth (Plodia interpunctella) Further information: Indianmeal moth Indianmeal Moth Indianmeal moths can infest a variety of foods found in the pantry. Coarsely ground grains, cereals, dried fruits, and herbs are common items the moths have been known to infest. They have also been found in animal food such adried dog food, dried fish food, and even bird seed. The adult moth is small; generally, their size averages about 3/8 inch, with a 5/8 inch wing span. As adults, the moths are easily identified by an overall grayish, dirty complexion. However, the wing tips have a bronze color that helps differentiate this particular moth from other household moths. The adults have a distinct forewing pattern as well. The pattern consists of a light-colored base with about two-thirds of the distal area a red to copper color. The larval stage, or caterpillar, is characterized by a pinkish or yellowish-green body color with a dark brown head. The larval stage of the moth life cycle is centered on food sources; during the last instar, these larvae are characterized by a movement towards a protected area to pupate. These caterpillars have the capacity to chew through plastic packaging and will often produce silk that loosely binds to food fragments. The pupal stage is generally observed as tiny cocoons that hang from the ceiling; these cocoons can also be found on walls, as well as near the food source. A female can lie over 200 eggs, and will usually die after this process because adults Indian meal moths do not eat. Fruit Flies (Drosophila melanogaster) Further information: Fruit fly Fruit Fly Fruit flies are found near ripened or fermenting fruit. Tomatoes, melons, squash, grapes and other perishable items brought in from the garden are a common cause of an indoor infestation. Fruit flies can also be attracted to rotting bananas, potatoes, onions and other unrefrigerated produce purchased at the grocery store and taken home. The body of the fruit fly is tan towards the front part of the body and black towards the rear. They usually have red eyes and are about 1/8 inch long. Females have the ability to lay over 500 eggs, usually in fermenting fruit as a food source. The only environment necessary for successful reproduction is a moist film and fermenting material. Generally, fruit flies are a problem during late summer and fall due to their attraction to ripening and fermenting fruits and vegetables. The entire life cycle can be completed in about a week. Unfortunately, because of their ability to fly in and out of the home through windows and screens, they have the capability of contaminating food with bacteria and disease-producing organisms. Detection of an infestation Careful observation is necessary when detecting the culprit of an insect infestation. Each of the five different insects discussed has a unique pattern of destruction. These observations are imperative, as there are not always larvae, pupa, or adults readily available for examination and identification. In the absence of physical specimens, conclusions can be drawn about the probable insect that is infesting the product just by noting the damage done to the particular food. By noting the type of food and the damage done, a nearly accurate conclusion can be drawn about the type of insect causing the damage, allowing a conjecture about the type of control needed. Having an insect specimen and accurately identifying it can lead to eradication, and ultimately, prevention. Foods commonly infested include: Whole or cracked grains (rice) Flour, meal, or similar ground grain products Spices Cereals Pasta Candy Powdered milk Nuts (whole or
On stage at Google I/O, the company is showing off its newest features for Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, which include a new keyboard with SwiftKey-like word prediction, and voice typing that works even when you're offline. From the demo on stage it worked quickly without the annoying lag of waiting for the server to process your words we've experienced from voice control so far. There are 18 new input languages including Persian and Hindi, although offline voice dictation is US English only for now. Also mentioned on stage are new audio cues for blind users, and support for Braille. Check out our Google I/O 2012 live blog for all the details.
Check out our full coverage of Google I/O 2012's opening keynote at our event hub!
Was just re-reading Brent's review of the $600 heated, "massaging" toilet seat and was wondering how much a non-rich person would spend on Throne accessories. Not necessarily that particular one, but maybe a fancy color or something with brass hardware. I mean, you spend how many hours a year on the can, and you usually just use whatever came with your house, right? Why isn't that something we upgrade? More »
At some point in the not-too-distant future, we?ll all use 3-D printers to make new tools, replacement body parts?and dinner. In the meantime, early adopters are already giving the technology a try with downloadable blueprints for characters such as Yoda, that wise Jedi master of "Star Wars" fame.
The time-lapse?demonstration is courtesy of?YouTube user BusyBotz, who uses a commercial MakerBot Replicator 3-D printer?which costs?about $1,750. The 3-D model for Yoda is available from Thingiverse, a MakerBot-powered website where users share their digital designs.
The website aims to get people to share designs to feed into their 3-D printers, spreading the adoption of the technology, which MakerBot hopes will be widespread so they can sell more printers.
BusyBotz?s demonstration with Yoda showcases the fine detail available when the printer is set to build in 0.1 mm -high layer increments ? that is, Yoda is built up one 0.1 mm layer at a time.?
All things built with the 3-D printers are built layer upon layer.?
"There is a significant increase in detail compared to printing the same model at 0.2 mm," BusyBotz notes. ?It takes longer, but in a print like this, it is worth it.?
For those who view the full video below and think they might want to give one of?these nifty printers a try themselves, just remember this sage advice Yoda gives a young Luke Skywalker:
?Try not, do or do not, there is no try.?
? Via Daily Mail?
John Roach is a contributing writer for msnbc.com. To learn more about him, check out his website and follow him on Twitter. For more of our Future of Technology series, watch the featured video below.
Dollar for dollar, it is hard to beat real estate signage in terms of effectiveness of delivering a meaningful marketing message to the audience that matters most. This is true because the buyer that is most likely to be interested in a home or commercial building is already local to the area, and is likely to see and interact with such signs. Contrast this to national television advertising which blankets the nation with an ad that will be seen by millions of people who are not qualified buyers because they are just too far away. The same is more true for Internet users who are located all over the world. If you are marketing a residential home in a quiet neighborhood in suburban USA, an Internet banner ad seen by a million people in South America is not likely going to find you a buyer.
Real estate signage can be simple, or it can be involved. The classic configuration consists of a metal frame driven into the ground with metal or sturdy plastic ?for sale? signs held in place on the frame. The signs should be visible from both sides with lettering large enough to be seen from a distance. Some modern signs feature compartments that hold supplementary information such as brochures and advertising hand outs. A new trend in real estate signage is now emerging. The idea is to leverage the ubiquity of mobile phones by advertising special phone numbers on the signs that features recorded messages that provide additional information about the subject property. Passersby can call that number and have their most common questions about a property answered for them on the spot 24 hours a day. More info: real estate signs Davie
You can argue that using a Daft Punk soundtrack would make any timelapse of any city to look like Tron's world. But no, Tron's world clearly has to be Los Angeles, with its never ending traffic flow zooming through its infinite grid of light. Watch till the end and you will see what I mean. [Thanks Jordan!] More »
WASHINGTON (AP) ? Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (puh-LEN'-tee) says he's told Mitt Romney's presidential campaign to look elsewhere for a running mate.
Pawlenty, who competed briefly last year for the GOP nomination before dropping out and endorsing Romney, says he thinks he could serve the Republican ticket better in other ways.
Pawlenty says being asked to run as vice president with Romney would be an honor.
But Pawlenty tells CBS' "Face the Nation" that he's "encouraged people who asked this question in the campaign to look at other prospects."
Driver Jamie McMurray (1) leads Josh Wise during practice for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race Friday, June 22, 2012, in Sonoma, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
Driver Jamie McMurray (1) leads Josh Wise during practice for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race Friday, June 22, 2012, in Sonoma, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
Driver Robby Gordon (7) leads Greg Biffle during practice for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race Friday, June 22, 2012, in Sonoma, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
SONOMA, Calif. (AP) ? It used to be that short tracks were the guaranteed place for the bumping, banging and blown tempers. It's now shifted to road courses, specifically Sonoma, where more than a few drivers will likely be raging mad by the end of Sunday's race.
"I think this has turned into the most no-holds-barred, crazy, people-running-into-each-other race, more so than any of the short tracks we go to now," said Sprint Cup Series points leader Matt Kenseth.
NASCAR's last two visits to the winding road course in Northern California wine country have been demolition derbies. Jeff Gordon was the bad guy in 2010, when he tangled on track with at least four drivers in a race he deemed a "disaster ? just one of those terrible days where I made a lot of mistakes, no doubt made a lot of people unhappy."
The lasting image from last year's stop at the 12-turn, 1.99-mile picturesque track was of Tony Stewart's car backed into and suspended high on a wall of tires, where he landed after Brian Vickers intentionally spun him as payback for earlier contact. But tempers were flaring all over the garage after the race. Juan Pablo Montoya left mad at Brad Keselowski, Kasey Kahne was angry with Montoya, and Joey Logano's parting shot for road course ace Robby Gordon was that "he drives like a moron every week."
Denny Hamlin, who said last year he'd been "Dinger'd" after he was involved in a wreck with AJ Allmendinger, said all driver etiquette seems to be out the window when the series shifts to Sonoma.
"It just seems like people don't give each other room like they used to and everyone is just a little bit more aggressive," Hamlin said. "I think people talk about driver ethics and things like that ? this is a very gray race track when it comes to that. I think people can get away with a little bit more, maybe pay some guys back for things that happen at other tracks.
"Typically, at this race track, because speeds are so low, the risk of injuring someone is slim to none."
Jamie McMurray, an innocent victim in last year's Stewart-Vickers clash, had a much simpler explanation: "The wrecks are happening from people being idiots," he said.
"You can't be the guy that's run 17th all day, and on the last restart expect that you are going to pass six rows of cars in turn seven. That's what happens here every single year," McMurray added. "Somebody just does something silly. Most of the time the wrecks here just happen from people losing their mind."
Double-file restarts are likely the overwhelming cause of the problem.
Because Sonoma has a limited number of passing zones, drivers tend to try to make up as much ground as possible on the restarts. It leads to aggressive moves on a tight course, and if a driver fails to move through the field as he had hoped, he can get stuck behind a slower car and lose all patience in trying to gain position.
So for all the attention Bristol and Martinsville and Richmond receive as the places where mayhem happens, Kevin Harvick believes it's Sonoma that has moved to the top of the list of tracks where drivers tangle.
"It has been for the last few years," Harvick said. "I think a lot of that comes from the double-file restarts, and I think it escalates as the day goes on. When you get those opportunities to pass, you have to dive in there and take that opportunity. Sometimes you make a mistake and get into a guy and get into his door or whatever the case may be."
There are probably only three true passing zones on the course ? in turns 3, 7 and 11 ? but drivers don't seem to wait anymore for those opportunities.
"I started road course racing however long ago it was, and there was always road course etiquette," Kenseth said. "You would only pass in certain zones, and when people got alongside you to pass in those zones, you would drop back and fall in line and go on. You would really race the race track the entire race and race the fuel mileage and tires and try to be in position.
"I think the two-wide restarts has really thrown almost all of (the etiquette) out the window and everybody is bunched up. You can't wait for one (slow) car on the restarts because you might lose eight or 10 spots before you know it."
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President Barack Obama is stepping up his campaign's attacks on?Mitt Romney's record at Bain Capital and the private-equity firm's history with outsourcing, as reported by The Washington Post today. In one of his most direct hits on Romney, Obama called him an "outsourcing pioneer" at a campaign event in Tampa today.?
Here's the relevant excerpt, from prepared remarks distributed by the campaign:
?My plan will stop giving tax breaks to businesses that ship jobs and factories overseas, and start rewarding companies that create jobs and manufacturing right here in the United States of America.?
?Now, not only does Governor Romney disagree with this plan, today it was reported in?The Washington Post?that the companies his firm owned were ?pioneers? in the outsourcing of American jobs to places like China and India. Pioneers!?
?Tampa, we don?t need an outsourcing pioneer in the Oval Office.?We need a President who will fight for American jobs and American manufacturing.? And that?s what my plan will do.?
Those lines earned him a big round of applause in Tampa. Expect this to keep up as a campaign theme, because it resonates with voters. The Obama campaign has also put out a video, and they're hitting it hard on Twitter.?
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