Saturday, June 30, 2012

New system lets you type with your brain using MRIs

New system lets you type with your brain using MRIs

This isn't mind reading, per say. Instead Bettina Sorger, Joel Reithler, Brigitte Dahmen and Rainer Goebel at Universiteit Maastricht have figured out a way to monitor the flow of blood in the brain and associate the images captured using an MRI with the letters of the alphabet. The whole system takes about an hour to learn and configure for each individual. Trials focused on healthy individuals, but clearly its the paralyzed and people suffering from diseases like ALS that have the most to gain. Sorger hopes to enable "locked-in" patients to finally be able to communicate with the outside world by thinking out letter at a time. Obviously, patients aren't going to be able to install an MRI in their homes, much less lug one around with them. The data collected could be used to finely tailor less accurate but more portable systems for patients that monitor electrical or light signals. If you're interested in the real nitty-gritty you can check out the complete research paper at the source link.

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faithtuppers - Library Links: Best Books for kids & teens 2012

English, French and AV suggestions

(Teacher Librarian, 14811782, Apr2012, Vol. 39, Issue 4)


A list of recommended AV and French resources from "Resource Links" was reprinted in the April issue of Teacher Librarian magazine. ?(EBSCO subscription required) There are some interesting titles listed if you want to freshen up your collection. ??

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JOHN MAYER'S 'QUEEN OF CALIFORNIA' VIDEO WAS MADE ENTIRELY IN 'DRAW SOMETHING'

John Mayer's "Queen Of California" video is actually a game of "Draw Something"!

We gave it some thought, and the only thing wrong with John Mayer's otherwise perfect video for his song "Queen Of California" is that we can't see his Adonis-like face. Sure, the "Shadow Days" singer truly needs a haircut, but I'd still totally tap that if it were ever an option. (Too personal?) Other than that though, John's video is letter-perfect. Literally. Because it was made entirely by using "Draw Something."

Watch?John Mayer's "Queen Of California" video after the jump.

We're referring to it as John's video, but actually, he didn't commission it. The entire idea was spearheaded by the team at?Brainbowinc Design, using the?intensely popular and frustratingly addictive app "Draw Something" to create the clip. In case you've still got a Blackberry (seriously?), we'll remind you that "Draw Something" is a back-and-forth game of digital "Pictionary," where one player draws an image and another player guesses. Or in other words, a time waster you can feel good about because it's creative.

In the extremely cool video (We waste HOURS a week on this game! Why don't we think of stuff like this?), we see a vast variety of images that correspond with choice lyrics: a big white ghost, a drum kit, an American flag, and our personal favorite, a bomb-ass portrait of John Mayer rocking his (new) signature cowboy hat. Because John Mayer lives in Montana now and loves to wear cowboy hats. (He could still totally get it though, let's just be honest.)

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Chimps bite, drag man at sanctuary in South Africa

In this photo taken Feb. 1, 2011, chimpanzees sit in an enclosure at the Chimp Eden rehabilitation center, near Nelspruit, South Africa. A paramedic official says chimpanzees at a sanctuary for the animals in eastern South Africa bit and dragged a man at the reserve, badly injuring him. In a statement, Jeffrey Wicks of the Netcare911 medical emergency services company said the man he described as a ranger was leading a tour group at the Jane Goodall Institute Chimpanzee Eden Thursday June 28, 2012 when two chimpanzees grabbed his feet and pulled him under a fence into their enclosure. The international institute founded by primatologist Jane Goodall opened the sanctuary in 2005. It is a home to chimpanzees rescued from further north in Africa, where they are hunted for their meat of held captive as pets. (AP Photo/Erin Conway-Smith)

In this photo taken Feb. 1, 2011, chimpanzees sit in an enclosure at the Chimp Eden rehabilitation center, near Nelspruit, South Africa. A paramedic official says chimpanzees at a sanctuary for the animals in eastern South Africa bit and dragged a man at the reserve, badly injuring him. In a statement, Jeffrey Wicks of the Netcare911 medical emergency services company said the man he described as a ranger was leading a tour group at the Jane Goodall Institute Chimpanzee Eden Thursday June 28, 2012 when two chimpanzees grabbed his feet and pulled him under a fence into their enclosure. The international institute founded by primatologist Jane Goodall opened the sanctuary in 2005. It is a home to chimpanzees rescued from further north in Africa, where they are hunted for their meat of held captive as pets. (AP Photo/Erin Conway-Smith)

In this photo taken Feb. 1, 2011, chimpanzees sit in an enclosure at the Chimp Eden rehabilitation center, near Nelspruit, South Africa. A paramedic official says chimpanzees at a sanctuary for the animals in eastern South Africa bit and dragged a man at the reserve, badly injuring him. In a statement, Jeffrey Wicks of the Netcare911 medical emergency services company said the man he described as a ranger was leading a tour group at the Jane Goodall Institute Chimpanzee Eden Thursday June 28, 2012 when two chimpanzees grabbed his feet and pulled him under a fence into their enclosure. The international institute founded by primatologist Jane Goodall opened the sanctuary in 2005. It is a home to chimpanzees rescued from further north in Africa, where they are hunted for their meat of held captive as pets. (AP Photo/Erin Conway-Smith)

In this photo taken Wednesday April 25, 2012, chimpanzee expert Jane Goodall holds a monkey doll she carries with her wherever she travels, in Pasadena, Calif. A paramedic official says chimpanzees at a sanctuary for the animals in eastern South Africa bit and dragged a man at the reserve, badly injuring him. In a statement, Jeffrey Wicks of the Netcare911 medical emergency services company said the man he described as a ranger was leading a tour group at the Jane Goodall Institute Chimpanzee Eden Thursday June 28, 2012 when two chimpanzees grabbed his feet and pulled him under a fence into their enclosure. The international institute founded by primatologist Jane Goodall opened the sanctuary in 2005. It is a home to chimpanzees rescued from further north in Africa, where they are hunted for their meat or held captive as pets.(AP Photo/Nick Ut-file)

(AP) ? Chimpanzees at a sanctuary for the animals in eastern South Africa pulled an American working there into their enclosure, bit him severely and dragged him nearly a half mile (kilometer), according to a paramedic official and local media reports.

The man was leading a tour group at the Jane Goodall Institute Chimpanzee Eden near Nelspruit, some 180 miles (300 kilometers) from Johannesburg, Thursday when two chimpanzees grabbed his feet and pulled him under a fence into their enclosure, Jeffrey Wicks of the Netcare911 medical emergency services company said in a statement obtained by The Associated Press on Friday.

Mediclinic Nelspruit, the hospital where he was taken, said Friday he was in intensive care in critical condition after undergoing surgery Thursday.

The man had "multiple and severe bite wounds" and was dragged nearly a kilometer by the chimpanzees, Wicks said.

Beeld, a South African newspaper, reported Friday that the man was an American researcher who was giving tourists a lecture at the time of the attack. The tourists were escorted to safety by staff members as the chimpanzees dragged the man out of their enclosure, Beeld reported. The sanctuary's director fired into the air to scare the chimps away from the man, and then chased the animals back into their enclosure. Beeld reported the man lost part of an ear and parts of his fingers.

The Associated Press did not immediately get responses to phone calls and an email seeking comment from officials at the institute and its sanctuary.

The international institute founded by renowned primatologist Jane Goodall opened the sanctuary in 2006. It is a home to chimpanzees, which are not native to South Africa, rescued from further north in Africa. Some of the chimpanzees at the sanctuary lost their parents to poachers in countries where they are hunted for their meat, and others were held in captivity in cruel conditions as little more than roadside attractions.

In the United States this week, lawyers for a Connecticut woman who was attacked in 2009 by a friend's chimpanzee filed papers accusing state officials of failing to seize the animal before the mauling despite a staff member's warning that it was dangerous. The chimpanzee ripped off the woman's nose, lips, eyelids and hands before being killed by police, and the woman was blinded and has had a face transplant.

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Friday, June 29, 2012

Obama visits Colorado as fire turns deadly (CNN)

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3 Comments - Yeshiva World News

A chareidi soldier, a Chabadnik, who was returning home from his base boarded a 301 Egged bus traveling from Ashkelon to Tel Aviv when suddenly the bus driver launched an unprovoked verbal assault against him, Dossim.com reports. The soldier had to leave his base early due to a chain of events unrelated to the story.

The driver shouted ?exploiter, you remained for lunch and now you are running away. You guys cost the state a great deal of money!?

The soldier, who was taken by surprise, did not even bother to explain that as a rule, he does not eat in the base. Passengers did not intervene on his behalf.

The soldier filed a complaint with Egged but has since retracted it because he did not wish to harm the driver?s parnasa. The soldier?s wife is quoted as telling Dossim her husband was deeply pained by the verbal assault and is contemplating what action should be taken.

Dossim was unable to obtain a response from Egged prior to publication.

(YWN ? Israel Desk, Jerusalem)

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Thread: Shop made chain drive twin screw vise - Family Woodworking

Several years ago I made a twin screw chain drive vise for my old work bench and now I have a new bench so I decided to make a new one. This vise is different than any other ones I have seen before. It operates like a mechanics vise. The screws are towards the bottom of the jaws and there are slides that keep the jaws from wracking. I will try to go through the steps to make one.

First you need some steel tube to make the slides, you need 2 different sizes and the smaller one needs to slide inside the larger one without much play. I happened to have some laying around. The larger piece was 1.25" outside and the small piece was 1.125" outside.
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I made the jaws out of beech and drilled holes for the slides to go in. To get the holes accurately spaced I clamped both jaws together then clamped them the the drill press. I drilled the 1.25" in the stationary jaw then changed the bit and drilled the 1.125" hole in the moving jaw, I did that without moving the the jaws on the drill press. This way the slides will line up.
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For the screws I used 5/8" all thread. You could use whatever you want but for me the 5/8 was cheap and easy to get. At the end of the large slides you need to weld on some nuts. Then put the slides in the jaws. You can press them in with a clamp or gently hammer them in using a wood block to protect the slides.
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The next step is to cut all thread. To measure it just pull out the movable jaw to what you want the max opening to be and measure from the outside of the jaw to the nut at the end of the slide and maybe add and inch or so.

To allow the movable jaw to follow when opening the vise I double nutted inside small slide. A washer goes on the outside and is screwed on the jaw. Then the sprocket goes on. I welded a nut on the sprocket so I could screw the sprocket on then tighten the set screws on the sprocket.
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Then screw on the handle which I tapped to screw right on the all thread and tighten against the nut. and put on the chain. It may be a good idea to plan the distance between screws so the length of the chain works out well. Somehow I got lucky both times I built the vises and the chain is snug but not tight.
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Right now its getting late and some of this may not make sense so if you have questions let me know.

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Google leaks Nexus Q video and images ahead of I/O keynote

Nexus Q images leak

Speaking of Google-related leaks, we've got another one for you. After a bit of digging, we were able to hunt down some images of the rumored Nexus Q, and it now seems inevitable that we'll be getting some up close and personal time with this particular device after today's keynote session. According to some documents found by Droid-Life, the Nexus Q will have some interaction with YouTube, Google Play Movies, Play Music and TV, and will require the use of a phone or tablet running Gingerbread or higher.

Update: it looks like Google's official video has been found, and the official product page on the Google Play Store has been updated as well. So here's the details: the Nexus Q lets you stream music and movies from Google Play and YouTube to your home entertainment system, and will be available for $300. So far it appears to be a US-only product, so we'll have to wait and see if more is revealed at the I/O keynote session.

Check out the video after the break!

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Great Opportunity For Web Developers And Web Optimizers

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Thursday, June 28, 2012

Vodien Internet Solutions Escalates Their Services to Support ...

Singapore ? (SBWIRE) ? 06/25/2012 ? New startups in the online business can now scale up their business with the support of Vodien. This web hosting company has dedicated its services in helping online entrepreneurs in growing their website and to help attain their peak of success.Consequently, there are online businesses that are still striving hard because they are unable to maintain their website well. This is the reason why when it comes to website maintenance and performance, Vodien is always there. Vodien provides their services to online businesses that have a hard time making their site perform well and provide fast access to their website visitors.With their wide range of hosting services, customers can choose from dedicated hosting, reseller hosting, cloud hosting and even email hosting. That?s why according to Jervis Lee, sales manager of Vodien, ?The company is escalating the level of our services using the latest technology in web hosting. We are also able to provide affordable hosting services for new startups in the field of online business. We do not compromise on the technology we use, simply because this is what Vodien is all about ? to help others attain online success?.Moreover, the reputation of the hosting company has already been established internationally. That?s why customers are assured that their websites will be well maintained and with high level of performance in the online world. For new startups in this kind of businesses online, the hosting company will provide all the details and the necessary actions just to aid customers in achieving the kind of website they want. With these benefits provided by the Singapore web hosting company, website owners will have the easy time in making their site successful.In addition to the hosting services, Vodien also provide 24/7 support for clients who need assistance for their web hosting. With the additional support, clients can reach out to Vodien for any problems should their websites. About VodienVodien Internet Solutions is considered as one of the premiere web hosting company not only in Asia but in other countries such as the United States, UK, Malaysia and in other countries around the world.

Superb Internet Celebrates 16th Anniversary

Honolulu, Hawaii (PRWEB) June 19, 2012 A leader in managed and dedicated servers, virtual private servers, web hosting and domains, Superb Internet Corp celebrates its 16th anniversary providing high-quality services. Established in 1996, the company has been managing between 100,000 and 500,000 websites for its clients. The anniversary also celebrates the companys achievement of no debt status and its huge customer base, spread all across the US, Europe and Asia. Superb ensures high-quality services via continual upkeep and uptime of their clients' websites. Superb also has multiple data centers for storing customer data, along with a coast-to-coast IP backbone...

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Canada PM offers help with mall collapse

ELLIOT LAKE, Ontario (AP) ? Rescue crews geared up Tuesday night to start dismantling a partially collapsed mall in this northern Ontario city in an effort to rescue victims despite fading hopes of finding anyone alive.

Officials planned to use heavy equipment to clear a path from outside the building to resume rescue efforts stalled over fears the unstable structure could further collapse, leaving rescuers trapped inside the mall.

Rescuers detected breathing inside the rubble early Monday, but authorities enraged local residents when they called off work later that day. One death was confirmed after part of the mall's roof collapsed Saturday afternoon, and another person is known to be still inside.

Bill Neadles, a spokesman for the Heavy Urban Search and Rescue team, said the building was not secure enough to send rescue teams back in at this point but said some heavy machinery from a private company would be employed over the next few hours.

Dan Hefky, the province's community safety commissioner, said a giant robotic arm will drop into the building Tuesday night and topple a precariously balanced escalator that has prevented rescuers from going inside. Neadles said they would dismantle the escalator before shearing off the front of the mall so they can make a path.

"If that's deemed safe our people will enter and deal with both of the victims that are in there," Neadles said.

Neadles earlier confirmed that one of those people is dead. The other has been trapped for more than 80 hours and had not had any contact since the rescue team from the building Monday afternoon.

Neadles said a doctor told them Monday, after they shut down the operation, that there was only a remote chance the person is still alive.

"He was of the opinion that it was probably a very slim possibility," Neadles said.

Neadles said a canine search would be conducted if and when the engineer allows them in the building to see if there are any other victims.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper offered to send in the military to help with the rescue effort. Harper's spokesman Andrew MacDougall said that the federal government is still trying to determine how best to help.

"We've offered all of our assets," MacDougall said. "We've apprised the provincial government of federal and military capabilities and are waiting to hear what would be useful."

MacDougall said Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty called Harper Monday night to inquire about bringing in the military to help.

McGuinty said he wanted to explore the slim odds of a rescue. He said they owe it to the families waiting for word of their loved ones to leave no stone unturned.

"There is another option and that option involves beginning to dismantle the building from the outside," McGuinty said, adding this was a very risky operation.

"It's not unlike a house of cards. It might be if you pull away from this wall in an effort to get access to someone who is trapped in there it may cause other things to move and other things to tumble and to crumble," he said.

A larger crane and robotics normally used in mining disasters will be employed, McGuinty said.

Dozens of residents of the former mining hub had protested in front of city hall after the decision to halt rescue efforts, saying abandoning trapped comrades would be unthinkable in miners' culture. "Rescue missions never end, save our families, save our friends," they chanted, and some suggested that volunteer mine workers should take up the rescue effort themselves.

Among those hardest hit by Monday's decision to call off the rescue mission was Rejean Aylwin, who said he believed his daughter Lucie Aylwin was inside.

"They just gave up," Aylwin said on Monday. "It doesn't make sense. You can't give up. You've got to keep going until you find them."

Aylwin said he worked in a mine for 35 years and that the culture among miners was to never leave someone to perish underground.

On Tuesday morning, at least 70 local residents had volunteered to assist with the renewed rescue effort.

Rhonda Bear, the mall's manager, said the mall's owners were pleading with officials to continue the search and had lawyers who would try for a court injunction against the decision to stop the rescue.

Neadles said crews had used a remote device called the life detector to determine that a person was breathing as of 4 a.m. Monday. He said that person is the same person they heard tapping from on Sunday.

He said the dead person is the same one whose hand and foot were visible in images captured by a remote camera on Sunday.

At least 22 people suffered minor injuries in the collapse at the Algo Centre Mall in Elliot Lake when a portion of the roof that serves as a parking area crumbled into an area near the mall's food court.

Ontario Provincial Police Insp. Percy Jollymore said officers are still trying to determine how many others are missing. A list of names submitted by citizens has been fluctuating dramatically since the accident, he said, but two names have remained constant.

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Associated Press Writer Rob Gillies in Toronto contributed to this report.

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Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Exclusive: Amber Heard And Girlfriend Tasya Split

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In the midst of Johnny Depp's public separation from Vanessa Paradis after 14 years together, his rumored new flame Amber Heard has parted ways with her significant other.

In Touch, on newsstands now, can exclusively reveal that the bisexual blonde, 26, has split from her girlfriend, artist/photographer, Tasya van Ree.

"They are no longer in a relationship,? an insider tells In Touch. The women have reportedly been together since 2008 and came out as a couple at GLAAD's 25th anniversary bash in LA. However, the insider reveals the two quietly split several months back, as things between Amber and Johnny began to heat up.

According to the insider, the duo remain friends and Tasya appears to be enjoying single life again. "[Tasya] was chatting and laughing with several beautiful women,? an eyewitness, who recently spotted her at LA's Bar Marmont, tells In Touch.

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Calcium: Good; Calcium Supplements: Not So Much | Body Health ...

While calcium consumed while eating food aided heart health, supplements were not correlated with similar benefits.

The Doctor Will See You Now

After years of hearing that we should consume more calcium and supplement our diets with calcium pills, a new study questions that advice and suggests that calcium supplements may increase the risk of having a heart attack.

Calcium supplements have been widely accepted by physicians and the public as a safe and natural way to prevent osteoporosis. Is it time to take a second look at this philosophy?

Dietary calcium is absorbed in low doses throughout the day while calcium supplements cause a spike in blood calcium levels which may ultimately deposit too much of the mineral in the body at one time, causing harm.



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A large study of nearly 24,000 people was undertaken to determine if calcium supplements reduce the risk factors for cardiovascular disease. The participants? use of dietary supplements, their diet, and their health were studied during the 11 years of research. Study subjects were between the ages of 35 and 64 when they joined the study.

During the course of the research, led by Swiss and German researchers, there were 354 heart attacks and 260 strokes in the group with 267 deaths. Those whose diets included a moderate intake of calcium (820 mg per day) from both dietary sources and supplements had a 31 percent lower risk of having a heart attack than those in the bottom 25 percent of calcium intake. However, people who consumed more than 1,100 milligrams of calcium per day did not have a significantly lower risk of heart attack, and the level of calcium intake had no effect on the risk of stroke.

When researchers looked further, they found that those who took vitamin/mineral supplements regularly were 86 percent more likely to suffer a heart attack than people who took no supplements, and those who only took calcium supplements had twice the risk of heart attack than those who took no supplements.

The authors of the study concluded that increasing dietary calcium may not provide significant cardiovascular benefits, but calcium supplements might raise the risk of heart attack and should be taken with caution.

In an editorial that accompanied the study, New Zealand professors Ian Reid and Mark Bolland call the safety of calcium supplements ?under increasing scrutiny.? They address previously published research that links calcium supplements to an increased risk of kidney stones and gastrointestinal symptoms (especially constipation), as well as an increased risk of hospitalization for acute abdominal conditions. They point to the fact that dietary calcium is absorbed in low doses throughout the day while calcium supplements cause a spike in blood calcium levels which may ultimately deposit too much of the mineral in the body at one time, causing harm. Taking calcium in one or two daily doses does not replicate natural dietary calcium intake and does not have the same metabolic effects in the body as calcium provided from food.

Many people, particularly post-menopausal women, take calcium supplements hoping to minimize the loss of bone density and reduce their risk of osteoporosis. The findings from this study add to the increasing body of evidence that calcium supplements may increase the risk of a cardiac event while providing only minimal benefit.

Americans over the age of 50 are advised to consume 1,000 to 1,200 milligrams of calcium per day. Doctors regularly recommend supplements that meet or exceed those amounts, particularly for post-menopausal women and others at risk for osteoporosis.

Until more research is done and the issue is more clear, perhaps it is time to return to recommending a balanced diet that provides adequate calcium instead of encouraging patients to pop a pill to meet their calcium needs.

The report was published online in the journal, Heart.


This article originally appeared on TheDoctorWillSeeYouNow.com, an Atlantic partner site.


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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

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Barklage's two goals lead Red Bulls?past United

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updated 10:04 p.m. ET June 24, 2012

HARRISON, N.J. (AP) - A long trek to the scoring column for Brandon Barklage and Jan Gunnar Solli ended Sunday night with the defense-minded twosome accounting for all the goals in the Red Bulls' 3-2 win over D.C. United.

A franchise-record crowd of 25,187 witnessed Barklage, a defender waived last December by the same United squad he victimized for his first two MLS career goals, tie the game in the 20th minute, then put the Red Bulls up 2-1 in the second minute of first-half stoppage time.

The fans also saw Solli, who has alternated between midfield and defense this year, knock in the winner in the 55th minute for his first career goal in 43 MLS games.

Coach Hans Backe was hard-pressed to think of an unlikelier pair to provide the offense to what he termed the most complete game the Red Bulls (9-4-3) have played this year. His team moved into a first-place tie with United (9-5-3) in the East.

"When Barklage and Solli score, you have to win, probably," Backe said after his squad secured its 30th point and ran its mark to 6-1-2 over its last nine games.

Barklage played 11 of his 22 career MLS games with United before that team told him he "couldn't cut it" there and waived him last December. He got his first goal almost by accident in an action-packed first half when he flashed across the goalmouth to left-foot Joel Lindpere's low corner kick past keeper Bill Hamid.

"It was a great ball in, near post," said Barklage, whose goal followed a difficult opening in which D.C.'s Chris Pontius scored his franchise's fastest goal at 31 seconds. It was the second-fastest goal ever scored against the Red Bulls, coming a dozen seconds later than New England Revolution forward Jose Casela's goal at 19 seconds in 2005. "The ball came in my space and luckily I got a foot on it. I started celebrating right away."

Barklage put the Red Bulls up in the second minute of first-half stoppage time. Lurking on the right side, Barklage knocked in a one-time volley after Rafa Marquez's free kick, caused when D.C.'s Robbie Russell brought down Mehdi Ballouchy just outside the box. The free kick caromed high off the defensive wall.

"It took me four years to do it," said Barklage, who signed with the Red Bulls in February after trying out with assistant coach Mike Petke and playing in three preseason games in January. "There's a lot of history in D.C. for me. Luckily, they didn't come here and get a point or three points."

Solli saw to that in the 55th minute, putting in his own rebound of a shot off Lindpere's feed for a 3-1 lead.

"It was a long run for the first goal," Solli said. "A long time. It was nice to bury that. Now it's up to me to try to get into (scoring) positions. But it'll be nice to see the replay because I haven't done it."

Except for the first minute, the Red Bulls dominated the opening 55 minutes before wearing down over the final stretch, allowing United several good opportunities. Pontius tightened the score in the 66th minute with his second goal, his fifth this season against the Red Bulls thanks to his first career hat trick in their meeting April 22.

But the defense held. And the offense was dominant well into the second half.

"They were finding seams and we weren't too happy," Hamid said. "You could say we gave this game away in the first half. Once we score early like that, we've got to keep up the pressure and not let up because teams are going to punish us, especially on the road."

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Monday, June 25, 2012

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Sunday, June 24, 2012

Robot builds 3-D map of ancient Roman sewers

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Roman archaeologists are using an interesting new tool to map and study one of the ancient city's little-appreciated features: Its sewers. They've deployed a?remotely?controlled rover called an "archeo-robot" to help them create a detailed and complete map of the extensive waterways.

Ancient Rome's "cloaca maxima," Latin for greatest or largest sewer, was a marvel at the time of its use, permitting great quantities of waste water to flow away from the city center. It still functions today, draining rainwater from the historic Forum area of Rome.

A team was recently brought in to study and map the main sewer and its several secondary tunnels. To do it properly, they decided to use a little remote bot equipped with high-definition cameras, atmospheric sensors and a laser-scanning system that would capture the pipes and stones in 3-D. This will allow them to get very exact dimensions as well as an explorable model.

The results are quite cool-looking, and should be of utility to scholars and historians who have often wondered about the cloaca maxima and its construction. You can see a short video of some of the data they've collected here.

The group doing the work is called Indissoluble, and they've placed much more information regarding the archeo-robot on the project's site.

Devin Coldewey is a contributing writer for msnbc.com. His personal website is coldewey.cc.

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Saturday, June 23, 2012

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