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First Of 300 GE China Mainline Locomotives To Arrive In China
Beijing, China (SPX) Aug 22, 2008GE Transportation has announced that the first China Mainline Locomotive (CML) will be delivered around Aug. 30, 2008, to the Tianjin Port in Tianjin, China. After being transferred to the Tanggu Depot for inspection, the locomotive will make its way to China's capital Beijing. Locomotive "CML 50001" is the first of three hundred 6,000-horsepower Evolution Series China Mainline Locomotives ... more EU quizzes Eutelsat on failure to transmit private Chinese TV 
Brussels (AFP) Aug 18, 2008The European Commission has sought an explanation from a European satellite operator as to why a private Chinese channel's signal has not been broadcast for two months, an EU spokesman said Thursday. "We are aware of the matter and (EU Telecoms) Commissioner Viviane Reding has written to Eutelsat to ask it what exact is going on," the spokesman said. Employees of Chinese-language New ... more Business Benefits Drive Fleet Management Systems Growth 
New York NY (SPX) Aug 22, 2008The first GPS-based fleet management systems focused primarily on asset location and tracking. The basic application was adopted initially by large companies hauling high-value cargo in industrialized countries. Recently, similar companies in emerging markets in Africa, Eastern Europe, and Latin America have begun to see the importance of such capabilities. But newer, more capable systems ... more How Stars Form Very Close To Black Holes 
St Andrews, UK (SPX) Aug 22, 2008The mystery of how young stars can form within the deep gravity of black holes has been solved by a team of astrophysicists at the Universities of St Andrews and Edinburgh. The team, partly funded by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), made the discovery after developing computer simulations of giant clouds of gas being sucked into black holes. The new research may help ... more Kennedy Space Center reopening delayed 
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPI) Aug 21, 2008 The U.S. space agency's planned partial reopening of the Kennedy Space Center was delayed Thursday because of slow-moving Tropical Storm Fay. National Aeronautics and Space Administration officials closed the facility Tuesday due to heavy rainfall and strong winds forecast to occur as the storm moved over southern Florida. NASA told Kennedy supervisors Wednesday to decide which ... more |
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Houston TX (SPX) Aug 22, 2008Oceaneering International has announced that it intends to submit a revised proposal to NASA for development and production of the Constellation Space Suit System (CSSS). NASA's initial contract award to Oceaneering was terminated for the convenience of the government. Based on a narrow compliance issue, NASA intends to re-open limited discussions, request new final proposal revisions ... more Miniaturized Jupiter 32 xLP GPS Modules From Navman Wireless OEM Solutions 
Foothill Ranch CA (SPX) Aug 21, 2008Navman Wireless OEM Solutions has announced that its latest low power, small form factor Jupiter 32 xLP GPS module is now available in production quantities. Featuring the new 65nm SiRFstarIII GSC3e(f)/LPx chipset and providing up to 30% greater power savings than previous designs, the new Jupiter 32 xLP ultra-high sensitivity module is the ideal GPS solution for devices where size matters ... more Orbital Awarded Contract For IS-18 Commercial CommSat By Intelsat 
Dulles VA (SPX) Aug 22, 2008Orbital Sciences has announced that it has been selected by Intelsat to design, build and deliver the Intelsat-18 (IS-18) commercial communications satellite. The satellite will be based on Orbital's flight-proven STAR-2 platform and will generate approximately 4.9 kilowatts of payload power. The IS-18 satellite will carry 24 C-band transponders to cover the Northern and Southern Hemisphere ... more Wireless GPS And Satellite Weather For Electronic Flight Bags 
IRVINE CA (SPX) Aug 22, 2008Flight Deck Resources (FDR) is proud to announce the release of the SkyFi 2000 wireless serial adapter for Electronic Flight Bags (EFB). The SkyFi 2000 is a serial (RS-422,232,485) to wireless (802.11) adapter that enables a wireless connection between a GPS receiver and/or satellite weather receiver and any EFB equipped with 802.11 wireless connectivity. This wireless GPS connection ... more Yahoo mixes old and new in Internet-age news service 
San Francisco (AFP) Aug 21, 2008Yahoo is building an Internet-age news service, leveraging its global audience of a half-billion people to win exclusive interviews with world leaders. Unlike websites that just aggregate news stories plucked from the Internet, Yahoo is cutting content deals with wire services and other "traditional" outlets as well as investing in a bullpen of its own reporters. "Yahoo News is a news ... more |
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Stockholm (AFP) Aug 21, 2008Climate change poses a serious threat to essential water resources in the Himalayan region putting the livelihoods of 1.3 billion people at risk, experts said Thursday. The mountainous region, home to the world's largest glaciers and permafrost area outside the polar regions, has seen rapid glacial melting and dramatic changes in rainfall, experts at the World Water Week conference in Stockholm ... more Florida asks for disaster declaration due to Tropical Storm Fay 
Miami (AFP) Aug 21, 2008Florida Governor Charlie Crist has asked federal authorities to declare his state a disaster area after heavy rains dumped by Tropical Storm Fay, which lingered Thursday over the northern and eastern part of the state. "This storm is turning into a serious catastrophic flooding event, particularly in southern Brevard County," Crist said on Wednesday. "Some areas could see rainfall of as much ... more Oetzi The Iceman Dressed Like A Herdsman 
Saarbrucken, Germany (SPX) Aug 22, 2008A famous Neolithic Iceman is dressed in clothes made from sheep and cattle hair, a new study shows. The researchers say their findings support the idea that the Iceman was a herdsman, and that their technique, reported in the journal Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, has use in the modern clothing industry. The social and cultural background of the Iceman, dubbed Oetzi, has been ... more Greenland glaciers still disintegrating 
Columbus, Ohio (UPI) Aug 21, 2008 U.S. scientists monitoring Greenland's glaciers say they expect two of the largest glaciers to disintegrate within the next year. Ohio State University Associate Professor Jason Box of the school's Byrd Polar Research Center says a massive 11-square-mile piece of the Petermann Glacier in northern Greenland broke away last month. Box and graduate students Russell Benson and David ... more Getting poor to use toilets a major health conundrum, forum told 
Stockholm (AFP) Aug 21, 2008More than one billion people worldwide have no toilet and defecate outside, while some have to be shamed into changing their habits when presented with conveniences, a conference was told. Humanitarian organisations have for decades tried various ways -- be it new systems, pumps or subsidies -- of getting people in developing countries to stop defecating outdoors due to the serious health ... more
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