This week, several great white sharks were spotted off the coast of Chatham, Mass., and two more near Cape Cod were swimming just 30 feet from the shore. One of the sharks was measured at 12 to 15 feet. The summer months induce a chain reaction for shark sightings: Warm ocean temperatures entice more gray …
Monthly Archives: July 2012
FLIP turns 50! – The amazing research vessel that lies capsized for science
You’d think a ship designed after a baseball bat would go over like a foul ball when it comes to seaworthiness, but research ship FLIP has been a hit since its launch 50 years ago. The bizarre research vessel can go from a horizontal to vertical position while staying afloat and stable in heavy seas, even in …
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The Dark Knight Rises – trailer #4 – released July 6th
More glimpses of some epic street battle of 100s of people… “The Dark Knight Rises” in theaters July 20 – Facebook Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ “The Dark Knight Rises” is the epic conclusion to filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy. Leading an all-star international cast, Oscar winner Christian Bale (“The Fighter”) again …
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Go inside the Cardington Sheds with Christopher Nolan on The Dark Knight Rises
From a distance, Christopher Nolan’s Gotham City sure doesn’t look like much. The “skyline” begins to emerge over the horizon in the rolling green farmlands about 50 miles north of London, but there are no gothic spires or granite citadels, just the slanted, pocked roofs of two boxy metal buildings. But nearing the complex …
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Orchestra flashmob in Spain – 100 musicians in the city center
On the 130th anniversary of the founding of Banco Sabadell we wanted to pay homage to our city by means of the campaign “Som Sabadell” (We are Sabadell) . This is the flashmob that we arranged as a final culmination with the participation of 100 people from the Vallès Symphony Orchestra, the Lieder, Amics …
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Jesus saves, Moses lends, Muhammad invests – Islamic finance accounts for 1 trillion in banking
“The interesting thing about Islam,” says Professor Constant Mews, “is that it was a much more commercial culture from the outset than Christianity.” And from around the middle of the eighth century to the middle of the 13th, while European Christians were struggling through the Dark Ages, the Islamic world enjoyed a golden age. Arab …
History of air conditioning, invented by Willis Carrier – cool reading for a hot day
Willis Carrier submitted drawings of the first modern air conditioning system on July 17, 1902. Carrier was working to solve a problem that effected the quality of printing… He came up with the brilliant idea to circulate cold water rather than steam through heating coils in a machine he used to test heaters. Carrier’s design …
San Onofre Nuclear Plant shut down for the summer – does Southern California still need it?
This summer may be just a test run for operating Southern California’s electrical grid without a nuclear plant. The latest report on the outage at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station shows the replacement of four massive steam generators was accompanied by serious design flaws, with no clear solution in sight. Both stakeholders in San …
SeaWorld Rescue returns 2 more seals to the wild – that’s 88 this year!
A pair of male fur seals rescued and nursed back to health by SeaWorld San Diego’s animal care team was returned to the ocean. Both animals were rescued in May emaciated, malnourished and dehydrated. The first of these mammals, a Guadalupe fur seal, was rescued off Imperial Beach weighing almost 15.5 pounds May 13, 2012. …
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It’s summertime! – Julia Fischer performs “Summer” from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
It’s summertime – what better time to enjoy the talented Julia Fischer performing “Summer” from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons – John Hagel – Summer “Allegro Non Molto; Adagio-Presto-Adagio; Presto” (The Four Seasons) – From The National Botanical Gardens of Wales; – Julia Fischer en el violin; acompañada de “Academy of St Martin in the …
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