Batavia, OH
People Working Cooperatively, a nonprofit organization founded in the 1970s, has supplied 79-year old Lew Preston with a brand new outhouse. Preston challenged the board of health regarding his old outhouse for months before requesting help from the organization. A 5-person team from People Working Cooperatively built a replacement outhouse, complete with a 1,000 gallon septic tank underneath, in one day.
According to Preston, "It's too nice and complicated to be an outhouse. I call it a privy."
For more delightful quotes from Preston, and to see a photo of the new privy, visit http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,364768,00.html
Monday, June 9, 2008
Faster, Cheaper iPhone on the Way
San Francisco, CA, US
If you've been lusting after Apple's iPhone, but don't have a spare $400 lying around, take heart. In July, Apple is releasing a new, faster iPhone for half the price.
To read all about it, visit http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91335859&ft=1&f=1001
I know I know, you wanted to read all about it HERE. But I'm an army of one today, and it's after 11:00. NPR writes better than I do anyway.
- Mother Goose
If you've been lusting after Apple's iPhone, but don't have a spare $400 lying around, take heart. In July, Apple is releasing a new, faster iPhone for half the price.
To read all about it, visit http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91335859&ft=1&f=1001
I know I know, you wanted to read all about it HERE. But I'm an army of one today, and it's after 11:00. NPR writes better than I do anyway.
- Mother Goose
Peace Talks for Somalia Boast Moderate Success
Djibouti
United Nations official and Manchurian diplomat Ahmedou Ould Abdallah has said the Somali government and the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia agreed to a three-month truce after eight days of discussion led by the UN in Djibouti.
In addition to 90 days of piece, the agreement includes the condition that Ethiopian troops will withdraw from Somalia within 120 days, once they have been replaced by UN peacekeepers.
Although the treaty does not include many violent groups contributing to Somalia's anarchy, it is a significant step towards regaining some order and peace in the region.
For details, visit http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7445302.stm
United Nations official and Manchurian diplomat Ahmedou Ould Abdallah has said the Somali government and the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia agreed to a three-month truce after eight days of discussion led by the UN in Djibouti.
In addition to 90 days of piece, the agreement includes the condition that Ethiopian troops will withdraw from Somalia within 120 days, once they have been replaced by UN peacekeepers.
Although the treaty does not include many violent groups contributing to Somalia's anarchy, it is a significant step towards regaining some order and peace in the region.
For details, visit http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7445302.stm
World's Fastest Supercomputer Unveiled
Los Alamos National Laboratory, US
After six years of hard work, IBM and engineers from Los Alamos National Laboratory have unveiled the world's fastest supercomputer. It's called Roadrunner. Twice as fast as the previous title holder, Roadrunner is capable of performing one thousand trillion calculations per second in a sustained exercise.
Roadrunner's primary applications will be related nuclear weapons, and will include the simulation of nuclear explosions. Said Thomas D'Agostino, head of the National Nuclear Security Administration, "The computer is a speed demon. It will allow us to solve tremendous problems." Government officials say that the computer will also be used to solve problems in civilian engineering, medicine, and science.
According to IBM's supercomputing programs vice president David Turek, the $100 million machine is ". . . a very souped up Sony PlayStation 3."
To learn more about Roadrunner, visit http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/06/09/fastest.computer.ap/index.html
Kind of gives us hope for our video game addicted friends, doesn't it?
-Mother Goose
After six years of hard work, IBM and engineers from Los Alamos National Laboratory have unveiled the world's fastest supercomputer. It's called Roadrunner. Twice as fast as the previous title holder, Roadrunner is capable of performing one thousand trillion calculations per second in a sustained exercise.
Roadrunner's primary applications will be related nuclear weapons, and will include the simulation of nuclear explosions. Said Thomas D'Agostino, head of the National Nuclear Security Administration, "The computer is a speed demon. It will allow us to solve tremendous problems." Government officials say that the computer will also be used to solve problems in civilian engineering, medicine, and science.
According to IBM's supercomputing programs vice president David Turek, the $100 million machine is ". . . a very souped up Sony PlayStation 3."
To learn more about Roadrunner, visit http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/06/09/fastest.computer.ap/index.html
Kind of gives us hope for our video game addicted friends, doesn't it?
-Mother Goose
Prenatal Surgeries Give Babies A Second Chance
Texas Children's Fetal Center, US
When Macie McCartney was just a 4-month old fetus, she developed a tumor on her tailbone which began to sap her supply of blood. In a rare instance of prenatal surgery, doctors carefully extracted mother Keri McCartney's uterus, made an incision, and positioned baby Macie so that she could be operated on in utero. The benign tumor they removed was reported to be the size of a grapefruit. The surgery was a complete success with no complications, and after 10 more weeks of normal growth, Macie was born healthy. She is expected to go home with her parents on Saturday.
For pictures and details, visit http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,364500,00.html
In similar news, Australian surgeons performed a laparoscopic operation on a 22-week old fetus, in what they believe is the earliest prenatal surgery of this kind. Baby Leah, who developed "band syndrome" in which tissue wraps tightly around developing appendages and endangers their growth, was born in January. Although she did incur some damage to her right leg, doctors believe she will be able to walk.
To read more about baby Leah, visit http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,364450,00.html
News of medicinal triumphs like this never ceases to amaze me. I saw an episode of "House, MD" once where they did a prenatal surgery and I thought it couldn't be done in real life. It makes me proud, even though I'm not a doctor, to know that we can.
- Mother Goose
When Macie McCartney was just a 4-month old fetus, she developed a tumor on her tailbone which began to sap her supply of blood. In a rare instance of prenatal surgery, doctors carefully extracted mother Keri McCartney's uterus, made an incision, and positioned baby Macie so that she could be operated on in utero. The benign tumor they removed was reported to be the size of a grapefruit. The surgery was a complete success with no complications, and after 10 more weeks of normal growth, Macie was born healthy. She is expected to go home with her parents on Saturday.
For pictures and details, visit http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,364500,00.html
In similar news, Australian surgeons performed a laparoscopic operation on a 22-week old fetus, in what they believe is the earliest prenatal surgery of this kind. Baby Leah, who developed "band syndrome" in which tissue wraps tightly around developing appendages and endangers their growth, was born in January. Although she did incur some damage to her right leg, doctors believe she will be able to walk.
To read more about baby Leah, visit http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,364450,00.html
News of medicinal triumphs like this never ceases to amaze me. I saw an episode of "House, MD" once where they did a prenatal surgery and I thought it couldn't be done in real life. It makes me proud, even though I'm not a doctor, to know that we can.
- Mother Goose
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