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POPSSen. Obama Scrapped Plans To Visit Landstuhl Medical Center Obama had been planning to go to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany before a flight to Paris. Gibbs said the stop was canceled because Obama decided "it would be inappropriate to make a stop to visit troops at a U.S. military facility as part of a trip funded by the campaign." Watch video: 4:05
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POPSMan travels 5,000 miles to check out O.C.'s whales He finally got to see his blue whale. "Roffey has already accomplished a few goals in his life's list of adventures. He'd seen an otter swimming in the wild in Scotland. And he has checked off his wish of seeing a Minki whale, which he saw in the Northern Sea."
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POPSMcCain Adviser: US 'a Nation of Whiners' I'd be completely remiss if I didn't point out that McCain's economic whiz, "Foreclosure Phil" Gramm, has left economic disaster in the wake of his career as a Senator . Enron was largely his fault and the mortgage meltdown has his fingerprints all over it, too. Not only is Gramm a dick, but he's grossly incompetent too boot. Want a supremely effed up economy? Vote McCain.
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POPSZebra's Stripes, Butterfly's Wings: How Do Biological Patterns Emerge? Previous work identified a specific signal necessary for getting these fly egg cells to move; the problem is that this signal is “graded.” Like drops of ink spreading out on wet paper, this signal travels in between surrounding cells, gradually fading away as it moves outwards. But clear lines are required for pattern formation — there is no grey area between a zebra’s black and white stripes, between heart and liver cells and, in this case, between migrating cells and those that stay put. How are graded signals converted to a clear move or stay signal? By examining flies containing mutations in different genes, the researchers discovered that one gene in particular, called apontic, is important for converting a graded signal.
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POPSCan information get back out of black holes? With this assumption in hand, the team recalculated what the centre of a black hole might look like. To simplify their equations, they used only two dimensions instead of the three dimensions of space and one of time that exist in our Universe. In a two-dimensional system, they found that the singularity vanished and was replaced by a bizarre region where quantum fluctuations ran wild. Space-time in that part of the hole would become so unpredictable that all conventional ideas of cause and effect would break down. "Classical intuition fails in that region, but quantum mechanics is definitely happy," says Ashtekar, who will report the results in the 20 May issue of Physical Review Letters 1. If black holes behave in the way Ashtekar predicts, information will never be lost and quantum mechanics will continue to function, even in the extreme environment beyond the event horizon.
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POPSThe Average German The average Teuton family goes on holiday for two weeks a year, mainly within Germany, although their favourite destination is Majorca. He (45 years old) is 5ft 10in, she 5ft 5in. He is invariably overweight (83.5 kg) while she (67 kg and 42 years old) has mid-length hair, has sole responsibility for running the household and likes horoscopes and diet books. They both like Harry Potter. Their favourite dishes - and these have not changed for years, despite globalisation's influence on the wide range of items now available - are lentils, curry wurst (sausage covered in curry powder and ketchup) and spätzle - egg pasta and schnitzel. Germans even have a nickname for being average, 'null-acht-fünfzehn' - '08/15' - the name of the standard-issue machine-gun used by Wehrmacht soldiers in the Second World War.
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POPSWhat Can Be Learned From a Vacation The article is family centered, but the suggestions would work for singles or childless couples. the Maeght Foundation has almost 9,000 artworks, including some by Calder and Giacometti, and a maze in the sculpture garden designed by Miró.
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POPSGustav Klimt: Painting, Design and Modern Life in Vienna 1900 Marking 2008 as the city's year as European Capital of Culture, Tate Liverpool is opening Britain's first comprehensive exhibition of the work of Gustav Klimt. Featuring many of his typically opulent portraits, the exhibition highlights Klimt's position as the founder and leader of the Viennese Sezession, a progressive group of artists and artisans. Klimt opens on May 30. The quote in the final image, Nuda Veritas is from Schiller. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schiller
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