Well, it took a while, but Google has finally launched the Nexus 7 in Japan. The tablet made its state-side debut in July, but it took almost three months for it to cross the Pacific and land in the east Asian nation. Pricing is a little higher than what we've seen everywhere else, with the 16GB model selling for ¥19,800, or about $312. It makes a perfect companion for the recently updated Play Books app that also just made its debut in the Land of the Rising Sun.
NASHVILLE -- The past is a foreign country, a writer once said -- they do things differently there.
Ditto for France.
As the Paris auto show takes off this week, one thing that probably won't get talked about much in English is the recent news that the French government has informed top executives at Renault (and that would be "the Renault-Nissan Alliance" for those of us outside of la belle France) to become -- ahem -- "more French."
The French government owns 15 percent of Renault, meaning, technically, that the French government also owns part of Nissan. France has no interest in giving up its ownership. And France's industry minister has observed that Renault is a nice profitable French automaker these days, and it is time for it to begin investing in France. He was quoted saying that Renault should be "at least as French as it was in the past."
Picture the startled expression on the face of Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn upon receiving this request. That would be the same Carlos Ghosn who once did what was unthinkable in Japan and closed a Nissan auto factory there to help save the company, and who has lately been on a tear to move as much auto and parts production out of uncompetitive Japanese yen manufacturing as he can.
Also picture the puzzled look on the face of his No. 2 man at Renault, Carlos Tavares, the hard-charging Portuguese-born former chairman of Nissan Americas, who from his office here in Nashville a couple of years ago pushed Nissan North America out of its comfort zone and deeper into South American market investments to help strengthen global profitability.
Renault's headquarters in Paris. France's industry minister wants the French automaker, partly owned by the government, to be "at least as French as it was in the past."
More French?
As French as it was in the past?
Would that be like Queen Elizabeth, back in the 1970s, telling John Lennon that he needed to spend less time with that Yoko Ono person and become as British as he used to be?
And yet people grumble about the U.S. government passively holding stock in General Motors. Imagine U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner perusing GM's catalog of new global investments and saying, "OK, enough of that. Time to build some new car factories in New York and Massachusetts.
"Because, GM -- we'd like you to be as American as you used to be."
You can reach Lindsay Chappell at lchappell@crain.com.
Sports New Media (SNM) is something of a curiosity. Combining both media management and a technology platform, it works with athletes, sports agents, sporting associations and sport governing bodies to manage their social media activity, especially on Facebook. SNM has become the only Facebook Preferred Marketing Developer in the world, in part because its platform, Syocial, allows it to manage, moderate, analyse and publish to over 100 million fans across thousands of Facebook pages. So it's a sort of hybrid agency, but it's somewhat more than that, since Syocial can be used by any business as well. And now IMG, the global sports, fashion and media company says it has acquired a minority equity stake in SNM (terms were not disclosed). IMG Worldwide is a global sports, fashion and media business, operating in 30 countries around the globe.
One of the recent articles published on HealBlog reveals the emotional and mental benefits of building up stamina. Emotional balance, resistance to stress and daily pressure and ability to fight against depression are some of the great emotional benefits of building up stamina through the methods mentioned in the article.
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?????Bucharest, Romania, September 24, 2012 ? Bucharest, Romania ? Stamina ? the cornerstone of fitness and physical well-being, together with balance and strength. Often times referred to as the increased physical capacity to work out more without becoming fatigued, increased stamina has been shown to have not only great physical benefits, but to play a crucial role for the individuals? mental and emotional balance. One of the recent articles on HealBlog.net, an information portal providing all the latest in diet, nutrition, health and fitness, lists the most effective 5 ways to build up stamina and reap the great benefits, both physical and emotional, of having more energy and endurance.
For both regular individuals and professional athletes, stamina plays a vital role in humans? well being and ability to carry out and enjoy all daily activities. Low stamina causes dullness and makes living difficult, whereas increased stamina makes people not only look and feel better physically, but also mentally and emotionally.
One of the editors of HealBlog talks about the importance of building up stamina not only from the physical point of view, but also for maintaining an emotional balance: ?When people work towards increasing their stamina, often times they end up transforming their lives in a positive manner. Aside from the more known physical benefits of learning how to build up stamina, people who achieve such bold goal will also be able to handle exertion better and be equipped, at all times, to fight against depression, anxiety, tension and stress. It?s easy to see that individuals with increased stamina live longer and happier simply because they are feeling good about themselves and are confident in their own strengths?.
The process of how to build up stamina is described in a transparent manner, accessible to people of all ages and endurance levels. According to the article published on HealBlog, the first step in their quest to build up stamina is a positive mindset, followed by walking, cardio workouts, motion exercises such as swimming and improvements in the diet routine. Yoga and hockey are two very effective approaches to building up stamina, accessible even to those without an extensive fitness experience.
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With football season in full swing and the Jaguars, Gators and Seminoles winning over the weekend, I?m sure sports fans in Jacksonville are ready to get some rest this week before they cheer on their favorite football teams next weekend.
I?m sorry to break the news, but there?s no time to rest.
Take off your football jerseys and put on your baseball caps because this is the final week of the Major League Baseball regular season and it might be one of the wildest weeks ever.
The addition of an extra Wild Card in each league means more cities are still in the playoff hunt and more people are still paying attention.
I?ve always liked the exclusivity of the MLB playoffs and I?ve always felt the baseball regular season means a lot more than it does in other major sports.
But when I heard about the new Wild Card format I thought it might water down the regular season and take some of the excitement out of the playoffs. Now that the final week is here, I realize that?s not the case.
It?s not like Bud Selig is letting eight teams from each league into the playoffs for a seven-game first-round series (like in the NBA and NHL). It?s just one extra team from each league and that team has to win a game before they?re allowed into a full-blown playoff series.
Not watered down at all.
The 162-game season is still my favorite regular season in sports and although the NFL offers a great viewing experience, their regular season doesn?t offer games on a daily basis (not that I?m suggesting that).
But the baseball season is too long, right? It?s hard to pay attention to the games in April because they don?t really matter, right?
Wrong and Wrong.
Just ask the Yankees, Orioles, Rays, White Sox, Tigers, Rangers, Athletics, Angels, Braves, Phillies, Cardinals, Brewers, Pirates, Dodgers or Diamondbacks if they wish they could have a few April losses back?
All of those teams are still trying to get into the playoffs and they?ll tell you every win counts the same.
The season is long, but at least it gives sports fans something to watch while they wait for football.
But fans can?t wait to forget about baseball as soon as football starts.
I promise football isn?t going anywhere so everyone should give the boys of summer one more week of attention, then we?ll have the playoffs to watch and the new format should entertain everyone.
Oh, and Miguel Cabrera has a shot at the Triple Crown. I?ll tune in for that.
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Researchers at Harvard's Wyss Institute engineer novel DNA barcode Public release date: 24-Sep-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Kristen Kusek kristen.kusek@wyss.harvard.edu 617-432-8266 Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard
New technology could launch biomedical imaging to next level
BOSTON, September 24, 2012Much like the checkout clerk uses a machine that scans the barcodes on packages to identify what customers bought at the store, scientists use powerful microscopes and their own kinds of barcodes to help them identify various parts of a cell, or types of molecules at a disease site. But their barcodes only come in a handful of "styles," limiting the number of objects scientists can study in a cell sample at any one time.
Researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University have created a new kind of barcode that could come in an almost limitless array of styleswith the potential to enable scientists to gather vastly more vital information, at one given time, than ever before. The method harnesses the natural ability of DNA to self-assemble, as reported today in the online issue of Nature Chemistry.
"We hope this new method will provide much-needed molecular tools for using fluorescence microscopy to study complex biological problems," says Peng Yin, Wyss core faculty member and study co-author who has been instrumental in the DNA origami technology at the heart of the new method.
Fluorescence microscopy has been a tour de force in biomedical imaging for the last several decades. In short, scientists couple fluorescent elementsthe barcodesto molecules they know will attach to the part of the cells they wanted to investigate. Illuminating the sample triggers each kind of barcode to fluoresce at a particular wavelength of light, such as red, blue, or greenindicating where the molecules of interest are.
However, the method is limited by the number of colors availablethree or fourand sometimes the colors get blurry. That's where the magic of the DNA barcode comes in: colored-dots can be arranged into geometric patterns or fluorescent linear barcodes, and the combinations are almost limitlesssubstantially increasing the number of distinct molecules or cells scientists can observe in a sample, and the colors are easy to distinguish.
Here's how it works: DNA origami follows the basic principles of the double helix in which the molecular bases A (adenosine) only bind to T (thymine), and C (cytosine) bases only bind to G (guanine). With those "givens" in place, a long strand of DNA is programmed to self-assemble by folding in on itself with the help of shorter strands to create predetermined formsmuch like a single sheet of paper is folded to create a variety of designs in the traditional Japanese art.
To these more structurally complex DNA nano-structures, researchers can then attach fluorescent molecules to the desired spots, and use origami technology to generate a large pool of barcodes out of only a few fluorescent molecules. That could add a lot to the cellular imaging "toolbox" because it enables scientists to potentially light up more cellular structures than ever possible before.
"The intrinsic rigidity of the engineered DNA nanostructures is this method's greatest advantage; it holds the fluorescent pattern in place without the use of external forces. It also holds great promise for using the method to study cells in their native environments," Yin says. As proof of concept, the team demonstrated that one of their new barcodes successfully attached to the surface of a yeast cell.
More research beckons, particularly to determine what happens when each of the fluorescent barcodes are mixed together in a cell sample, which is routine in real-life biological and medical imaging systemsbut there's plenty of good news as a starting point. It's low-cost, easy to do, and more robust compared to current methods, says Yin.
"We're moving fast in our ability to manipulate DNA molecules using origami technology," says Wyss Institute Founding Director Don Ingber, M.D., Ph.D., "and the landscape of its potential is tremendousfrom helping us to develop targeted drug-delivery mechanisms to improving the scope of cellular and molecular activities we are able to observe at a disease site using the latest medical imaging techniques."
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The research team was led by three Wyss Founding Core Faculty members: Peng Yin, Ph.D., William Shih, Ph.D., and George Church, Ph.D. Yin is also an Assistant Professor of Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School (HMS). Church is also Professor of Genetics at HMS and Professor of Health Sciences and Technology at Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Shih is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology at HMS and the Department of Cancer Biology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Other research contributors included Chenxiang Lin, Ph.D., now Assistant Professor of Cell Biology at Yale School of Medicine; Wyss Institute Postdoctoral Scholar Ralf Jungmann, Ph.D.; Wyss Staff Scientist Chao Li, Ph.D.; Wyss Senior Staff Scientist Daniel Levner, Ph.D.; and Andrew Leifer, Ph.D., formerly at Harvard University, who is now a Lewis-Sigler Fellow at Princeton University.
The work was funded by the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the Office of Naval Research, and the Wyss Institute.
For more information, contact Kristen Kusek (Kristen.kusek@wyss.harvard.edu, +1 617-432-8266).
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Researchers at Harvard's Wyss Institute engineer novel DNA barcode Public release date: 24-Sep-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Kristen Kusek kristen.kusek@wyss.harvard.edu 617-432-8266 Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard
New technology could launch biomedical imaging to next level
BOSTON, September 24, 2012Much like the checkout clerk uses a machine that scans the barcodes on packages to identify what customers bought at the store, scientists use powerful microscopes and their own kinds of barcodes to help them identify various parts of a cell, or types of molecules at a disease site. But their barcodes only come in a handful of "styles," limiting the number of objects scientists can study in a cell sample at any one time.
Researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University have created a new kind of barcode that could come in an almost limitless array of styleswith the potential to enable scientists to gather vastly more vital information, at one given time, than ever before. The method harnesses the natural ability of DNA to self-assemble, as reported today in the online issue of Nature Chemistry.
"We hope this new method will provide much-needed molecular tools for using fluorescence microscopy to study complex biological problems," says Peng Yin, Wyss core faculty member and study co-author who has been instrumental in the DNA origami technology at the heart of the new method.
Fluorescence microscopy has been a tour de force in biomedical imaging for the last several decades. In short, scientists couple fluorescent elementsthe barcodesto molecules they know will attach to the part of the cells they wanted to investigate. Illuminating the sample triggers each kind of barcode to fluoresce at a particular wavelength of light, such as red, blue, or greenindicating where the molecules of interest are.
However, the method is limited by the number of colors availablethree or fourand sometimes the colors get blurry. That's where the magic of the DNA barcode comes in: colored-dots can be arranged into geometric patterns or fluorescent linear barcodes, and the combinations are almost limitlesssubstantially increasing the number of distinct molecules or cells scientists can observe in a sample, and the colors are easy to distinguish.
Here's how it works: DNA origami follows the basic principles of the double helix in which the molecular bases A (adenosine) only bind to T (thymine), and C (cytosine) bases only bind to G (guanine). With those "givens" in place, a long strand of DNA is programmed to self-assemble by folding in on itself with the help of shorter strands to create predetermined formsmuch like a single sheet of paper is folded to create a variety of designs in the traditional Japanese art.
To these more structurally complex DNA nano-structures, researchers can then attach fluorescent molecules to the desired spots, and use origami technology to generate a large pool of barcodes out of only a few fluorescent molecules. That could add a lot to the cellular imaging "toolbox" because it enables scientists to potentially light up more cellular structures than ever possible before.
"The intrinsic rigidity of the engineered DNA nanostructures is this method's greatest advantage; it holds the fluorescent pattern in place without the use of external forces. It also holds great promise for using the method to study cells in their native environments," Yin says. As proof of concept, the team demonstrated that one of their new barcodes successfully attached to the surface of a yeast cell.
More research beckons, particularly to determine what happens when each of the fluorescent barcodes are mixed together in a cell sample, which is routine in real-life biological and medical imaging systemsbut there's plenty of good news as a starting point. It's low-cost, easy to do, and more robust compared to current methods, says Yin.
"We're moving fast in our ability to manipulate DNA molecules using origami technology," says Wyss Institute Founding Director Don Ingber, M.D., Ph.D., "and the landscape of its potential is tremendousfrom helping us to develop targeted drug-delivery mechanisms to improving the scope of cellular and molecular activities we are able to observe at a disease site using the latest medical imaging techniques."
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The research team was led by three Wyss Founding Core Faculty members: Peng Yin, Ph.D., William Shih, Ph.D., and George Church, Ph.D. Yin is also an Assistant Professor of Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School (HMS). Church is also Professor of Genetics at HMS and Professor of Health Sciences and Technology at Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Shih is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology at HMS and the Department of Cancer Biology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Other research contributors included Chenxiang Lin, Ph.D., now Assistant Professor of Cell Biology at Yale School of Medicine; Wyss Institute Postdoctoral Scholar Ralf Jungmann, Ph.D.; Wyss Staff Scientist Chao Li, Ph.D.; Wyss Senior Staff Scientist Daniel Levner, Ph.D.; and Andrew Leifer, Ph.D., formerly at Harvard University, who is now a Lewis-Sigler Fellow at Princeton University.
The work was funded by the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the Office of Naval Research, and the Wyss Institute.
For more information, contact Kristen Kusek (Kristen.kusek@wyss.harvard.edu, +1 617-432-8266).
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About the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University
The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University (http://wyss.harvard.edu) uses Nature's design principles to develop bioinspired materials and devices that will transform medicine and create a more sustainable world. Working as an alliance among Harvard's Schools of Medicine, Engineering, and Arts & Sciences, and in partnership with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston Children's Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston University and Tufts University, the Institute crosses disciplinary and institutional barriers to engage in high-risk research that leads to transformative technological breakthroughs. By emulating Nature's principles for self-organizing and self-regulating, Wyss researchers are developing innovative new engineering solutions for healthcare, energy, architecture, robotics, and manufacturing. These technologies are translated into commercial products and therapies through collaborations with clinical investigators, corporate alliances, and new start-ups.
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Some businesses will expand to huge proportions, while others will stay small and local. However, some small businesses simply fade away. A large percentage of all businesses, including online businesses, fail. Avoid failure by using these great marketing tips.
Conducting business online can often seem very impersonal. This is an important strategy for smaller, independent businesses who want to create personal relationships with customers for retention purposes.
Make sure to keep very detailed records of all aspects of your business. This should include everything from sales and refunds to referrals and traffic. When you stockpile these stats, you can read them and deduce vital information about what?s working for you and what isn?t. If you need to improve something, you can find out which areas need improvement and how you can improve them.
If you know what kind of lingo people use when talking about the brand you are selling you can use it in your ads. This can help you make deeper connections with your readers by speaking in the way they speak, in the language they use. Proper word usage goes a long way in representing your business.
Long before site ranking becomes a concern for you, you need to build yourself an outstanding website. This needs to be the first thing anyone does in online business. The easier your site is to navigate and operate, the less tweaking you?ll need to do in the future.
A frequently-asked questions page (FAQ) makes an excellent model for your Internet marketing content. You can write the questions with the answers already in mind, and use them to advertise your products! Suggest one of your products for a particular issue or problem. Write questions in a way that you can have the chance to mention the product when answering without making it seem like a product placement.
Emails are really important when establishing an Internet marketing campaign. You need to ensure that your mail stays safe. Don?t use free email services that lack functions that you need, such as the ability to store mail indefinitely. If you want the most security and the most features for your mail, try setting up your own archiving service by using an actual web host?s features instead of those free mail services.
Record a video of you demonstrating the product you are attempting to sell. This will give your customers a good idea of how your products work. You can highlight the features and benefits that might not be in the product description. You will be able to show the video on your blog or company social media sites.
Take the time to learn the basics involved with designing websites. A tremendous source of information is available online where you can find excellent tutorials on learning HTML, CSS and everything else that goes into designing web pages. Dedicate a certain amount of time each day to learning web design and your website will be reaping the benefits before you know it.
If you don?t devote your full attention to all of your social media profiles it will be a detriment to your company. Profiles that are stagnant are considered to be spam.
Do not discard your projects when they don?t initially appear fruitful. Just because a method didn?t work before does not mean it is doomed to fail. The Internet evolves daily. Do not spend time and money on things that do not really work and focus on efficient techniques instead.
Provide an easy way for others to link back to your website by providing an attractive link-back button. Those who enjoy your site will be able to provide a link back to you by simply clicking that button you have provided. Then, anyone who visits their site will see your link and possibly decide to click on the link and visit your site. They might even decide to link back to your site themselves.
Learn from others? mistakes and make their failure work to your advantage. Use the tips here to make yourself a winner
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WUXI, China and SYDNEY, Sept.?22, 2012 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --?Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP), the world's largest producer of solar panels, announced that its Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Chairman, Dr. Zhengrong Shi, has received an Engineering Excellence Award from the Sydney Division of Engineers Australia.
The Engineering Excellence Award honors Australian engineers who have made contributions in their fields which are positively impacting communities around the world. The awards ceremony took place on September 21, 2012 in Sydney, Australia.
Scott Wright, Chairman of the Engineering Excellence Awards Committee said, "The Engineering Excellence Awards Sydney (EEAS) 2012 recognize the expertise of both individuals and engineering organizations in our community. They also raise the professional standing of engineers by generating a greater public awareness of who engineers are and what they do. Dr. Shi has done an outstanding job in his contribution to the field."
Dr. Zhengrong Shi said, "This award commemorates our research and development roots in Australia, and how solar scientists have commercialized laboratory solar technology to provide a viable, sustainable energy solution for all. It is an honor to receive this award, and I would like to dedicate this to our solar scientists who have spent a significant portion of their lives tirelessly working to unleash the potential of solar."
The Sydney Division of Engineers Australia has been holding the awards since 1985 and counted 143 entrants across several categories including entrepreneurship, innovation and environmental engineering for this year's awards. The award was given to the individual who best demonstrated significant achievements and leadership in the engineering profession based on their engineering expertise, leadership skills, positive impact of their engineering work, creativity, innovation and service to the community.
To learn more about?Suntech's efforts in driving global solar industry growth, please visit the?Suntech Connect blog, like us on Facebook, or follow us on Twitter?@Suntech_Connect?for regular updates.
About Suntech
Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP) produces industry-leading solar products for residential, commercial, industrial, and utility applications. With regional headquarters in China, Switzerland, and the United States, and gigawatt-scale manufacturing worldwide, Suntech has delivered more than 25,000,000 photovoltaic panels to over a thousand customers in more than 80 countries. Suntech's pioneering R&D creates customer-centric innovations that are driving solar to grid parity against fossil fuels. Suntech's mission is to provide everyone with reliable access to nature's cleanest and most abundant energy source.
For more information about Suntech's people and products visit http://www.suntech-power.com/
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In this July 2012 photo taken from a camera mounted to a remote-controlled helicopter and provided by Remo Massima, Peter Ortner, Corey Rich and David Lama stand atop the Trango Summit in northern Pakistan's Karakoram mountain range. Drones have long been the domain of the U.S. military, which uses them extensively in Pakistan?s tribal areas near the Afghanistan border to spy on and target threats to the United States. Recently, however, civilians have increasingly turned to drones to shoot ground-breaking footage or angles of adventure sports. (AP Photo/Remo Massima for Mammut)
In this July 2012 photo taken from a camera mounted to a remote-controlled helicopter and provided by Remo Massima, Peter Ortner, Corey Rich and David Lama stand atop the Trango Summit in northern Pakistan's Karakoram mountain range. Drones have long been the domain of the U.S. military, which uses them extensively in Pakistan?s tribal areas near the Afghanistan border to spy on and target threats to the United States. Recently, however, civilians have increasingly turned to drones to shoot ground-breaking footage or angles of adventure sports. (AP Photo/Remo Massima for Mammut)
In this July 2012 photo provided by Footloose Fotography, a team member prepares to fly a radio-controlled helicopter at the base of Trango Summit in the Karakoram mountain range in northern Pakistan. Drones have long been the domain of the U.S. military, which uses them extensively in Pakistan?s tribal areas near the Afghanistan border to spy on and target threats to the United States. Recently, however, civilians have increasingly turned to drones to shoot ground-breaking footage or angles of adventure sports. (AP Photo/footloosefotography.com for Mammut, Andrew Peacock)
In this July 2012 photo provided by Footloose Fotography, a team member prepares to fly a radio-controlled helicopter at the base of Trango Summit in the Karakoram mountain range in northern Pakistan. Drones have long been the domain of the U.S. military, which uses them extensively in Pakistan?s tribal areas near the Afghanistan border to spy on and target threats to the United States. Recently, however, civilians have increasingly turned to drones to shoot ground-breaking footage or angles of adventure sports. (AP Photo/footloosefotography.com for Mammut, Andrew Peacock)
In this July 2012 photo provided by Aurora Photos for Mammut, a team member gets ready to operate a helicopter over the Trango Summit in northern Pakistan's Karakoram mountain range. Drones have long been the domain of the U.S. military, which uses them extensively in Pakistan?s tribal areas near the Afghanistan border to spy on and target threats to the United States. Recently, however, civilians have increasingly turned to drones to shoot ground-breaking footage or angles of adventure sports. (AP Photo/Aurora Photos for Mammut, Corey Rich)
In this July 2012 photo provided by Aurora Photos for Mammut, Peter Ortner and David Lama walk on the Trango Summit in northern Pakistan's Karakoram mountain range while a remote-controlled helicopter flies over them. Drones have long been the domain of the U.S. military, which uses them extensively in Pakistan?s tribal areas near the Afghanistan border to spy on and target threats to the United States. Recently, however, civilians have increasingly turned to drones to shoot ground-breaking footage or angles of adventure sports. (AP Photo/Aurora Photos for Mammut, Corey Rich)
ISLAMABAD (AP) ? The use of drones in Pakistan normally brings to mind images of U.S. spy planes attacking tribal areas. But drones now are being used to capture a different kind of picture in the country ? showing some of the world's highest mountains being scaled by world-class climbers through some of Earth's thinnest air.
Drones, or remote-controlled aircraft, have long been the domain of the American military and are used extensively in Pakistan's tribal areas near the Afghanistan border to spy on and target militants. Recently, however, civilians have increasingly turned to drones to shoot ground-breaking footage of adventure sports.
This summer a Swiss expedition used remote-controlled helicopters to shoot rare footage of climbers on the Karakoram, one of the world's most demanding and formidable mountain ranges.
"People are going to see footage from the Karakoram that no human being has ever seen," said Corey Rich, a photographer and videographer from Lake Tahoe, California, who was on the expedition.
The expedition was a joint project between outdoor clothing and equipment company Mammut, and Dedicam, a firm that specializes in using remote-controlled helicopters to shoot video. Their goal: to document world-class mountaineer David Lama and his climbing partner Peter Ortner as they climbed Trango Tower. The sheer granite tower in the Baltoro Glacier is more than 6,000 meters (19,685 feet) above sea level and is one of the most technically difficult climbs in the world.
Filmmakers long have used helicopters to capture aerial footage of climbers ? as well as other extreme sport athletes like surfers and skiers ?that is hard to capture from the ground. But helicopters are costly and can be dangerous if they crash or get too close to the people on the ground. Additionally, their beating rotors often kick up dust, snow and wind ? and can push climbers off balance.
Drones, which can weigh just a few kilograms (pounds) and cost between $1,000 and $40,000, are a fraction of the size and cost of the helicopters traditionally used in adventure photography. Newer models tend to have all of their rotors facing into the sky, making them look a bit like a mechanical flying spider or insect.
The main concern for the summertime expedition was how ? and if ? the drone would perform in Pakistan's rugged conditions and high altitude.
"The main challenge was that the air is much thinner, and we didn't know how the flight controls would work with this and the propellers and motors," said drone operator Remo Masina, from Lucerne, Switzerland. He brought two drones on the Pakistan expedition ? one with four propellers and another with six. From the ground, he flew them with a handheld console that resembles a video game console, and wore goggles to let him see the camera's view.
Another challenge was to find the climbers on the mountain. Tracing the planned trek route, Masina directed the drone up the mountain until he spotted them ? more than a mile (roughly 2,000 meters) away.
The result was stunning images of the Karakoram and the climbers making it to the top.
Experienced climbers say the Karakoram puts the rest of the world's mountain ranges to shame. Neighboring Nepal has Everest, the tallest mountain in the world, but Pakistan has four of the world's 14 peaks that soar to more than 8,000 meters (26,246 feet) above sea level, including the second highest mountain on earth, K-2.
Lama and Ortner said climbing the legendary Pakistan mountains was an amazing experience.
"Here there are so many mountains, and so many difficult mountains, and mountains that haven't been climbed," said Lama. "That's probably why the Karakoram is known as paradise for us."
This year has been particularly successful for Pakistan's climbing industry, which plummeted in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks in the U.S.
In addition to hosting the renowned Lama for the first time, Nazir Sabir, Pakistan's elder statesman of climbing who was the country's first person to scale Everest, said 30 climbers summited K-2 in 2012, the first summits from the Pakistani side of the mountain since 11 people died trying in 2008.
And the drone footage obtained during Lama and Ortner's climb will expose even more viewers to the legendary Karakoram mountain range.
Drones also increasingly are being used in other adventure sports to push conventional photography boundaries. Cameras on drones have been used to capture video of surfers on Hawaii's North Shore and to chase mountain bikers speeding down mountain trails.
"I've filmed anything from kayaking, rock climbing, mountain biking, to track and field to just casual walking," said photographer and videographer Mike Hagadorn, who has begun to build his own drones to support his Colorado-based firm, Cloud Level Media. "Anything you can dream of ? and as long as you don't crash ? you can make it happen."
Experts predict drone cameras eventually will become an integral part of every sports shoot. But for now, they're definitely a novelty. The Swiss team filming Lama said villagers in Pakistan stood in awe, staring at the drones as they buzzed around, whenever he used one on the expedition.
"We were trying to do this shot that showed this quaint village," Rich said. "But every single person in the shot is standing, stopped in the street, looking up at the helicopter."
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A large sandstone feature in southwestern Colorado, Chimney Rock became America's newest national monument on Friday.
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A large sandstone feature in southwestern Colorado, Chimney Rock became America's newest national monument on Friday.
President Obama named a new national monument on Friday: Chimney Rock in southwestern Colorado. With two sandstone spires soaring from a mesa, not only is Chimney Rock a spectacular place; it also provides a fascinating glimpse into the ancient people who lived in that region more than 1,000 years ago.
The moon usually rises south of the stone towers at Chimney Rock, but every 18 or 19 years, the moon rises directly between the two huge pillars. This feature seems to have been especially important to a society known as the ancestral Pueblo people. They built their largest building ? what archaeologists call their "great house" ? to have a perfect view of this astronomical wonder.
Archaeologist Steve Lekson says that this great house is actually still standing at Chimney Rock, and it is a remarkable sight. "The location is just stunning," he says. "And then they architecturally positioned themselves on that ridge out near those two huge pillars to make that thing really impressive."
As a tall, square, 40-room palace with ornate masonry, the great house is the centerpiece of the settlement. The house's design stands apart from the simple, circular houses where farmers and commoners would live.
Chimney Rock is the third national monument President Obama has created, the distinction owing to this feature's rich heritage and natural scenery. As a national monument, the area surrounding Chimney Rock will now see more protection, and also more money.
The monument was one of many outposts of the much larger Chaco Canyon settlement in northern New Mexico, about 55 miles away. An experiment done by a high school student, and the discovery of fireboxes at both sites, led archaeologists to believe that the settlements were able to communicate with smoke signals.
"[The student] had her mom stand at one end, down towards Chaco, and she flashed mirrors at Chimney Rock, or vice versa," Lekson says.
Brenda Todd is one of the experts who has argued that Chimney Rock was a colony of Chaco. Before she started studying Chimney Rock for her Ph.D., she got a taste of its magic. In 2006, she hiked up to the great house at Chimney Rock and watched the lunar standstill. "We saw the moon rise between the pillars that night, and it was pretty amazing," she says.
Visitors to the new national monument won't get to view that astronomical sight for many years. In the meantime, though, there's lots to learn there about the people who lived in the American Southwest.
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WASHINGTON (AP) ? Sometimes it seems as if Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney has two running mates. There's Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan to help him out on budgets, deficits and other domestic matters. And then there's Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on foreign policy.
Netanyahu has been injecting himself into the U.S. presidential race big time. It's extremely rare, almost unheard of, for a foreign leader to do that. Most, in fact, try their hardest to run the other way.
A personal friend of Romney since they worked together in Boston financial houses as young men, the two seem to see eye to eye on many U.S.-Israeli issues.
And Netanyahu increasingly has been critical of President Barack Obama's failure to publicly declare a "red line" that Iran should not cross. He thinks that "red line," if crossed by Iran, should trigger a U.S. military response.
His involvement seemed to reach a high degree of intensity over the weekend as the Israeli prime minister, who spent much of his childhood in the Philadelphia suburbs and graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, appeared on several Sunday TV news shows.
Asked on NBC's "Meet the Press" whether Iran already had crossed his "red line," Netanyahu used a football reference to answer:
"They're in the red zone. You know, they're in the last 20 yards. And you can't let them cross that goal line. You can't let them score a touchdown."
"This is a matter of urgency," he told CNN, calling on Obama to take the kind of action President John F. Kennedy took in giving the Soviet Union an ultimatum during the Cuban missile crisis.
Noting that Obama has said that it would be unacceptable for Iran to possess nuclear weapons, Netanyahu said, "If you're determined to prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapons, it means you'll act before they get nuclear weapons."
While foreign leaders have not made a habit of getting involved in U.S. elections, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev bragged to Kennedy that "We elected you."
When Kennedy asked what he meant, Khrushchev said the Soviet Union expressly decided to wait to release captured U-2 spy plane pilot Gary Powers until after the 1960 election to keep the Republican candidate, Vice President Richard Nixon, from claiming he could deal better with the Soviets.
Romney and Netanyahu are "two peas in a pod," said U.S. historian Douglas Brinkley of Rice University. "And, after all, nobody's going to write a history of the close friendship between Netanyahu and President Obama." Their relationship has been cool.
Brinkley said it's rare for foreign leaders to get involved in U.S. elections since British leaders tried to intervene in the process in the early 1800s. But he also said he's noticed that "world leaders who went to college in the United States seem to feel a special kinship to America, and often a feeling that they should interject themselves."
"Yet if President Obama interjected himself into an Israeli election, all hell would break lose," Brinkley said.
"Leaders keep their eye on each other, but they try to stay away from each other's national politics," said Stephen Hess, a presidential scholar at the Brookings Institution.
Romney has said he'd chart his policy toward Israel, if elected, by studying everything Obama has said or done ? and doing the exact opposite.
Yet, despite such rhetoric, Obama and Romney seem to both be saying much the same thing on the subject of a "red line."
Obama says his red line is "that we're not going to accept Iran having a nuclear weapon" ? without being more specific.
And Romney recently told ABC News: "My red line is Iran may not have a nuclear weapon. It is inappropriate for them to have the capacity to terrorize the world."
However, Romney in campaign speeches frequently claims that Obama has turned his back on Israel and is too soft on Iran.
Anthony Cordesman, a Middle East expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said that because Israel is so close physically to Iran, the crisis there is "viewed fundamentally differently from in the United States."
"You have two presidential candidates working away to see who can get the most votes, and an Israeli prime minister working to figure out how to get the most American support," Cordesman said. "It's certainly true that one has to be careful here because of the appearance" of meddling in a U.S. campaign by a foreign leader. But "Israeli politics have always been the politics of Israel," he said.
Netanyahu claimed that Iran is six months to seven months away from having 90 percent of the ingredients for a nuclear bomb.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest would not put a timeline on it, but said Monday, "The president does believe that there is a diplomatic window that remains open to preventing that red line from being crossed."
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