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Lack of funding, high-speed Internet, counseling hampers Alaska students, group says Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 6:43PMFAIRBANKS - A special, advisory task force is meeting in Fairbanks to address poor retention and graduation rates in higher education. The state Legislature created the group largely to address ...
Chinese fibre could aid Chilean mine rescue - NZ expert Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 6:24PMA former British deputy prime minister will make a formal offer to Chilean authorities to supply Chinese fibre-optic technology.
Ben Affleck goes to Town Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 4:29PMThe actor/director sheds his Bennifer ways and continues his career redemption in a new crime thriller.
Laser-Based Missile Defense for Helicopters Being Developed Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 3:35PMProtecting helicopters in combat from heat-seeking missiles is the goal of new laser technology created at the University of Michigan and Omni Sciences, Inc., which is a U-M spin-off company.
MARK-2-MARKET: Our medical cloud of unknowing Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 3:31PMGovernments, both state and federal, have failed to turn existing electronic health records into a life- and money-saving resource – which is why the private sector must be allowed to step in. 3 Sep 2010 9:52 AM
Finisar Corporation Announces Another Record Quarter Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 3:15PMFifth Consecutive Quarter of Double-Digit Growth Drives Record Revenues of $207.9 Million Revenues Up 10.3% From Prior Quarter and 61.5% From Prior Year Net Income From Continuing Operations Sets a New Record
Finisar Corporation Announces Another Record Quarter Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 3:00PMSUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - 09/02/10) - Finisar Corporation (NASDAQ: FNSR - News ), a global technology leader for subsystems and components for fiber optics communications, today announced financial results for its first quarter ended August 1, 2010. Total revenues and income from continuing operations for the quarter were new records for the Company. COMMENTARY "In our just completed first ...
DarbeeVision Enters Into Channel Partnerships in Taiwan, Japan and Korea Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 1:31PMADNET and Bescom Global Among Those to Offer Breakthrough Line of Digital Imaging Solutions
DarbeeVision Enters Into Channel Partnerships in Taiwan, Japan and Korea Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 1:21PMANAHEIM, CA--(Marketwire - 09/02/10) - DarbeeVision , Inc., a pioneer in the field of digital imaging, today announced that it has signed distribution and sales agreements whereby Bescom and ADNET Global Ltd. will distribute DarbeeVision's full technology suite of digital imaging solutions. Additionally, DarbeeVision has added a director of sales for Japan, and secured a sales channel in Taiwan ...
What's Behind Carly Fiorina's Labor Day Jaunt to Israel? Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 1:17PMThe California Senate candidate heeds a tradition of politicians making high-profile trips to the region, but does she have any hopes of peeling off pro-Israel voters or donors from their longtime ally Barbara Boxer? Carly Fiorina - Barbara Boxer - United States - George W. Bush - Los Angeles
01.09.2010 - DJ EANS-Adhoc: Jungfraubahn Holding AG / Jungfrau Railways are investigating using the building on the ... Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 12:03AM=------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ad-hoc disclosure transmitted by euro adhoc with the aim of a Europe-wide distribution.
Former Singapore EDB Officer, Chew Hwee Yong, joins Menicon as Chief of Special Projects As Menicon Accelerates its ... Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 11:16PMÇÑ¹·Õè 1 ¡Ñ¹ÂÒÂ¹ 2553 11:14 ¹. Menicon Co., Ltd. (Menicon) announced the appointment of Chew Hwee Yong as Chief of Special Projects at the company's head office in Nagoya, Japan.
Fiber-optic workers take to the woods Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 11:06PMAgnes Rogers was glad to give construction crews a place to park in her front yard while they worked to string fiber-optic lines near her Vulcan Road home.
Former Singapore EDB Officer, Chew Hwee Yong, Joins Menicon as Chief of Special Projects as Menicon Accelerates its ... Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 11:00PMMenicon Co., Ltd. announced the appointment of Chew Hwee Yong as Chief of Special Projects at the company's head office in Nagoya, Japan. Chew, to be based in Nagoya, will be responsible for updating and expanding Menicon's internal processes as well as external relations to support the company's globalization.
BT broadband reaches 15m customers Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 8:44PMWith three-quarters of UK homes and business using broadband, the market is seen to be maturing The drive to create Broadband Britain has hit another milestone, as BT signed up the 15 millionth user to its high-speed network last week. Ten years after broadband was first launched in the UK, it has now been taken up by around three-quarters of the UK's homes and small businesses. With Virgin ...
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Signs in Arizona warn of smuggler dangers Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 7:59PMThe federal government has posted signs along a major interstate highway in Arizona, more than 100 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border, warning travelers the area is unsafe because of drug and alien smugglers, and a local sheriff says Mexican drug cartels now control some parts of the state. The ...
Drone Use on Border Weapon or Waste? Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 7:06PMCritics claim the $15M Predator is overkill, saying Blackhawk choppers or several dozen fixed camera- radar towers would more benefit Border Patrol agents Deadly Blast at Cancun Hot Spot Mexican Tourism Booming Despite Violence, Official Says Mexico: Top Drug Lord 'La Barbie' Nabbed
Smart meters up for final vote Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 6:56PMWesterville City Council will vote on whether to fund an overhaul of the city's electric metering system when members return from summer break Sept. 7.
UK's most powerful submarine joins the Navy Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 2:40AMThe UK's most powerful attack submarine, HMS Astute, has been welcomed into the Royal Navy today in a commissioning ceremony overseen by the boat's patron, the Duchess of Cornwall. ...
UCF med school builds reputation for research Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 12:26AMThis summer, administrators and faculty members at UCF's College of Medicine celebrated a milestone, one quite separate from moving into the college's new building at Lake Nona.
General Ames and Ames Castle Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 12:26AMCopyright 2010 LARZ F. NEILSON TEWKSBURY - “Under the heaviest fire, when men and officers were being struck down around him, he sat on his horse, apparently unmoved by singing rifle balls, shrieking shot or bursting shells, and quietly gave his orders.”
1001 Inventions: Science in Muslim lands Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 12:11AMFor generations, the lore of "One Thousand and One Nights" helped shape Western notions about Muslim culture. The collection of tales described an exotic world of harems and flying carpets, Sinbad and monsters, Aladdin and the jinn, Ali Baba and the 40 thieves.
Retail: Sign of the times near Oviedo Marketplace Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 11:12PMMerchants have complained for years that one problem of struggling Oviedo Marketplace is the fact people don't know it's there. Or what it is.
Lorelei Kelly: Beck-Palin 2010 Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 11:07PMNo, I don't think either of the stars of last Saturday's "Restoring Honor" gathering in DC will run for office this year. I do think...
Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer Arrives At Launch Site Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 8:23PMOne of the most complex space scientific instruments ever built, the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02) arrived at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, escorted by astronauts who will fly with it on the Space Shuttle in February 2011. The antimatter hunter AMS-02 began the first stage of its voyage to the International Space Station (ISS) from Geneva international airport, in Switzerland.
Why Are Sunspots A Source Of Radio Emissions Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 8:23PMby Staff Writers Newark NJ (SPX) Aug 30, 2010 Why sunspots are a strong source of radio emissions and what information those emissions carry will be the focus of an invited talk by NJIT Research Professor Jeongwoo Lee tomorrow at the International Astronomical Union Symposium on the Physics of Sun and Star Spots in Ventura, CA. The event numbers among the top gatherings in the U.S. for people ...
First week of school was full of hiccups in many districts Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 12:23PMIf rain on your wedding day is good luck, then mold canceling the first day of schools means … nothing. Except a longer summer vacation and the headache of rescheduling lost instructional time. That’s how six Eastern Iowa schools greeted the 2010-11 school year. Four schools – Regina Catholic Education Center in Iowa City, St. Jude [...]
Spectral Molecular Imaging, Inc. Announces Accelerated Timeline For Its Early Melanoma Detection Product SkinSpect™ Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 5:19AMCascade Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: CSDT) announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary Spectral Molecular Imaging, Inc. (SMI) will complete development of its new product SkinSpect™, aimed at early detection of melanoma by hyperspectral imaging, in mid-September 2010, significantly ahead of schedule. The device incorporates new advances in component technologies (optics, cameras, displays ...
(Extreme) Close-up of a Sunspot Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 2:22PMThe sun gets a close up of one of its beautiful blemishes by brand new adaptive optics kit attached to the Big Bear Solar Observatory.
How Intellectual Ventures Wants to Reinvent Invention [Eureka] Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 2:10PM# eureka "Did airplanes come from the R&D department of a train company or a steamship company?" Nathan Myhrvold asks, rhetorically, his voice cracking. He's explaining how his company, Intellectual Ventures , is going to reinvent the way things are invented. More »
Sunlight spawns binary, 'divorced' binary asteroids Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 1:17PMThe asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter is often depicted as a dull zone of dead rocks with an occasional wayward speedster smashing through on its way toward the sun.
Open Your Eyes to Optical Networking Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 1:01PMWhich of these fiber-optic players is the best investment for you?
PUD will accept $25 million fiber grant Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 1:01PMWENATCHEE — Chelan County PUD commissioners this morning unanimously agreed to accept a $25 million federal grant that, when matched with the utility’s own funds, will extend fast Internet capability to 98 percent of Chelan County residents. Along with the vote came a commitment from commissioners to hold a hearing to study an electric-rate increase sufficient to cover the PUD’s estimated $8.3 ...
Adjustable glasses eyed for astronauts Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 12:57PMDeteriorating eyesight is nothing new for the over-40 crowd, but the fix for astronauts isn't so simple.
Silver Nanoparticle Suspension Increases Fuel Algae Growth 30 Percent Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 12:40PMNew procedure could yield richer harvest of algae
Sunlight spawns many binary and 'divorced' binary asteroids Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 12:27PM( University of California - Berkeley ) Asteroids that are slightly out of round can start spinning because of impinging sunlight. A new study by Czech astronomers and their international colleagues, including UC Berkeley's Franck Marchis, suggests that over millions of years, these asteroids may spin fast enough to fission into a binary asteroid system. The two bound asteroids eventually move ...
Broadband InfoVision Awards Shortlist Announced Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 12:08PMPARIS----The 2010 Broadband InfoVision Awards shortlist has been announced today ahead of a Gala Dinner Awards presentation evening at 2010 Broadband World Forum in October.
Fiber battle delayed as IMRA vs IPG is adjourned Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 12:00PMThe long-running patent dispute brought by IMRA America against market-leading fiber laser vendor IPG Photonics had been due to start on August 24.
Atlantic tech firms not repaying federal loans Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 11:50AMAbout 90 per cent of federal loans given to the first group of Atlantic technology firms under a highly touted assistance program announced a decade ago are unpaid.
Returning vets deserve compensation, respect Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 11:31AMIs Afghanistan becoming Canada's Vietnam? Aside from the debate about our role in that country, there is anther question Canadians must ponder: How are we treating our returning vets, many suffering physically, mentally, or both? Remarks by outgoing military ombudsman Pat Stogran, whom Stephen [...]
CLOSE-UP RESTORING RUSSIAN CLASSICS Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 10:19AMBROOKLYN, NY - Close-Up Global Entertainment (www.kinocolor.com) recently set up their own in-house restoration services. The company has distributed Russian films to the international marketplace for more than 15 years. Housed in a 10,000 square foot warehouse in Brooklyn, Close-Up works with major international players such as Mosfilm.
Colt Taps Infinera for Ultra-Low-Latency Service Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 9:55AMCOLT Group SA (London: COLT ) today announced two new services, based on new fiber optic routes and Infinera Corp. (Nasdaq: INFN ) switches, designed primarily to feed the financial services industry's hunger for ultra-low-latency services to enable faster trade execution.
2010 Prism Awards: showcase your products Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 9:45AMThe deadline for entries to this year's Prism Awards is fast approaching: make sure you apply by September 17.
Site grading not far off for water treatment plant Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 9:38AMHARLAN -- The Harlan Municipal Utilities Board of Trustees set their next meeting day (Aug. 26) as deadline for bids on site grading for the new water treatment plant.
Hamilton Thorne reduces Q2 loss, improves sales on higher demand for lasers Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 9:38AMTORONTO - Hamilton Thorne Ltd. (TSXV:HTL) says improving fundamentals in the stem cell research and fertilitity clinics that it serves have
Hamilton Thorne reduces Q2 loss, improves sales on higher demand for lasers Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 9:31AMTORONTO - Hamilton Thorne Ltd. (TSXV:HTL) says improving fundamentals in the stem cell research and fertilitity clinics that it serves have increased demand for the company's laser products and improved sales by 57 per cent over last year.
Wavien, Inc. Demonstrates a 1,000-Lumen LED-Based Miniature Graphic Projector Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 9:07AMVALENCIA, Calif., Aug. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Wavien, Inc. is demonstrating the latest advance in LED lighting using Wavien's proprietary LED Recycling Technology with miniature graphic projector, which produces over 1,000 lumens for indoor and outdoor applications. Wavien's 1,000-lumen miniature graphic projector system utilizes a 50 W single white LED from Luminus. The system projects graphic ...
National Instruments Introduces Fiber Optic Sensor Interrogator for PXI Express Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 9:00AMNational Instruments today announced the NI PXIe-4844 optical sensor interrogator, a two-slot 3U PXI Express module for fiber Bragg grating sensors. FBG sensors operate by reflecting a wavelength of light that corresponds to changes in physical phenomena such as strain and temperature.
Martin's Musings - The firing wasn't political? Who is the PM kidding? Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 7:45AMThere are poor excuses, bad rationalizations, feeble fabrications or, when all else fails to justify inexplicable behaviour, pathetic lies.