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Wanna get a look at the iPad right now, before Apple get’s today’s event video posted? Well, you can, as Apple has put up a video that tours you through the iPad hardware and unique software features, including the new email app, keyboard, iBooks ebook store, pixel-doubled apps, and more. Hit the video above for a look at Apple’s largest multitouch device.

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Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI) – The MRI Program serves to increase access to shared scientific and engineering instruments for research and research training in our Nation’s institutions of higher education, museums, science centers, and not-for-profit organizations.  Development and acquisition of research instrumentation for shared inter- and/or intra-organizational use are encouraged, as are development efforts that leverage the strengths of private sector partners to build instrument development capacity at academic institutions.  To accomplish these goals, the MRI program assists with the acquisition or development of shared research instrumentation that is, in general, too costly and/or not appropriate for support through other NSF programs. Instruments are expected to be operational for regular research use by the end of the award period.  The MRI program does not support the acquisition or development of a suite of instruments to outfit research facilities or to conduct independent research activities simultaneously.  Instrument acquisition or development proposals that request funds from NSF in the range $100,000-$4 million will be accepted from all eligible organizations. Cost-sharing at the level of 30% of the total project cost is required for Ph.D.-granting institutions of higher education and for non-degree-granting organizations.  Non-Ph.D.-granting institutions of higher education are exempt from the cost-sharing requirement.  Full Proposal Deadline Date:  April 21, 2010.

Posted Date: January 21, 2010

Solicitation Number:  10-529

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Ocean Acidification – In recognition of the need for basic research concerning the nature, extent and impact of ocean acidification on oceanic environments in the past, present and future, this announcement has the following broad goals:  1) To understand the chemistry and physical chemistry of ocean acidification and, in particular, its interplay with fundamental biochemical and physiological processes of organisms; 2) To understand how ocean acidification interacts with processes at the organismal level, and how such interactions impact the structure and function of ecosystems, e.g. through life histories, food webs, biogeochemical cycling, and other interactions; 3) To understand how the earth system history informs our understanding of the effects of ocean acidification on the present day and future ocean.  New research frontiers require the development of interdisciplinary partnerships and capacity building within the scientific community.  Accordingly, full research proposals, exploratory proposals, and community development efforts such as workshops and symposia all are encouraged.  Proposals must clearly demonstrate links between the research outcome and the emphasis areas described within the solicitation.  Preference will be given to proposals that create new partnerships across traditional disciplines (including molecular and cellular biology, physiology, marine chemistry and physics, ecological sciences, paleoecology, and earth system history) and use diverse approaches (observational systems, experimental studies, theory and modeling) to examine cutting edge research questions related to ocean acidification. Letter of Intent Deadline Date:  March 29, 2010, Full Proposal Deadline Date:  April 26, 2010

Posted Date: January 25, 2010

Solicitation Number:  10-530

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Future Internet Architectures (FIA) – The continued success of the Internet is increasingly threatened by the ever-mounting sophistication of security attacks and by the lack of performance reliability of Internet services. Recognizing the need for a secure and highly dependable information technology infrastructure and building on our on-going investments in network science and engineering, the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) has formulated this program to stimulate innovative and creative research to explore, design, and evaluate trustworthy future Internet architectures.  Our objective is to engage the research community in collaborative, long-range, transformative thinking – unfettered by the constraints of today’s networks yet inspired by lessons learned and promising new research ideas – to design and experiment with new network architectures and networking concepts that take into consideration the larger social, economic and legal issues that arise from the interplay between the Internet and society. Proposing teams should include individuals with expertise in a range of relevant disciplines and/or different research methods, from theoretical to experimental to applications-driven.  Award Information: 2-4 awards will be given, Total Funding: $30,000,000. Full Proposal Deadline Date: April 22, 2010

Posted Date: January 21, 2010

Solicitation Number: 10-528

Schwarzeneggers’s daily stunts to keep his state afloat are getting more ridiculous.

The governor probably wasn’t joking yesterday, when he suggested outsourcing California’s overcrowded prison system to Mexico.

Specifically, he would send the state’s 19,000 imprisoned illegal immigrants to prisons south of the border.

SF Chronicle:

“We pay them to build the prisons down in Mexico and then we have those undocumented immigrants be down there in a prison. … And all this, it would be half the cost to build the prisons and half the cost to run the prisons,” Schwarzenegger said, predicting it would save the state $1 billion that could be spent on higher education.

Lou Dobbs would have a picnic with that.

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Will Ferrell is a dad for the third time. The star and his wife, Viveca Paulin, welcomed their third son, Axel, on Saturday — just hours after Will appeared as the final guest on The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien.

Axel joins older brothers Magnus, 5, and Mattias, who is 3.

Ferrell, 42, and Paulin, 40, met in an acting class in 1995. They married five years later.

“All the Ferrells are doing well,” a rep for the couple told PEOPLE.

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  The Motorola (XT800) Zeppelin is making its way to China Telecom come December 25th and will support both GSM and CDMA. In addition to dual connectivity, the latest specs (translated) put have the ph…

National Public Radio has a great piece on a man named Liu Shuqiu, a Chinese resident who’s written a song about the housing bubble that’s forming in China.

NPR: Just over three years ago, songwriter Liu Shuqiu protested China’s high housing prices with a satirical song that urged “people who don’t want to be slaves to their mortgages” to rise up.

The song used the tune of the Internationale, the anthem of international socialism, and the lyrics exhorted:

“We should fight for houses, shatter the developers to pieces. Don’t think we are obedient; the consequences will be serious if we get mad.“

One of Shuqiu’s main concerns is one we’ve shared in the past – that nearly everyone in China is levering up and buying property while the getting is good.

See here why Chinese real estate is the most obvious bubble ever >

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• CBRE On Chinese Real Estate: Slackening Rents, Rising Vacancies, Investment-Driven Homebuying
• Why Shanghai Real Estate Is The Most Obvious Bubble Ever

Waterbury, CT – Haydon Kerk Motion Solutions, Inc. offers the LRS Linear Rail System in a variety of configurations, both motorized and non-motorized. These precision linear rail systems consist of a stationary base and a load bearing carriage that travels along a rigid extruded aluminum rail. The LRS Linear Rail System is available with several in-line motor options including a single stack or double stack size 17 stepper motor, a stepper motor with an integral chopper drive, or the IDEA™ programmable linear actuator, consisting of the stepper motor, drive, and controller programmed through a graphic user interface (GUI). The LRS is also available without a motor, easily allowing the designer flexibility to integrate with a variety of motor types and belt and pulley configurations.
The LRS carriage design is unique; it controls slide bearing play with a patent pending self-adjusting linear bearing. Integrated along the entire length of the rail system are “T” slots allowing the ability to mount limit switches and sensors. The lead screw is made from 303 stainless steel and can be configured with optional Black Ice TFE coating for durable and permanent lubrication. The LRS Linear Rail system comes standard with a general purpose lead screw nut, but for extreme control, the system can be configured with an optional Kerk CMP or WDG precision anti-backlash nut.

Global warming has been in the public concern for some time, all aspect of produced product have being scrutinized to see haw to reduce emission of gasses and pollution into the atmosphere.

Electric motors have not escape the scrutiny, as this product is produced in very large numbers and they are used 24 hrs a day for most applications, it was clear that a increase in electric motors efficiency will save enormous amount of electricity thus a reduction of gasses that contribute to Global warming.

Most people think that the cost of this is too high!!

What price would you like to put on yours and your children’s tomorrow?

Since 2003 some country have start to regulate this product, the Governments of US and Australia have introduced legislations that allow only High Efficiency electric motors to be sold or imported in their Countries, we predict that sooner other countries will follow.

TechTop management has being concerned with global warming for some time.

In 2006 our president made a decision to produce a new integrated design that will address the issue of global warming, material usage and waste reduction.

After nearly 3 years of research and development we are now proud to present the “ECOL” series electric motors

Main futures of the “ECOL” design are;

1. High Efficiency
2. Energy savings
3. High starting torque
4. Lower starting current
5. Versatile design (easy to modify for varieties of application)
6. Option of fix or removable foot
7. Option of terminal box location (top, left or right)
8. Option of IE1, IE2, IE3, MEPS2 High and Premium Efficiency for IEC and NEMA EPACT & Premium Efficiency standards
9. Contained total length (same or in same cases shorted than current models in the market)
10. Lamination is silicon steel cold rolled
11. Full use of magnetization property of silicon steel (stator lamination is magnetized evenly to reduce temperature rise of winding)

I’ve never quite understood how various brands decide to go about attacking their biggest fans, but sometimes common sense isn’t so common. Robert Ring sends in a story from a few weeks ago, about how the lawyer who represents the estate of the guy who created the cartoon character Tintin has been suing fans who have written about Tintin, including a guy named Bob Garcia who had written five essays about Tintin. According to the original report:

“One pamphlet drew links between his twin passions — Tintin and Sherlock Holmes. Another looked at the cinematographic references in Herge’s works. Two of the five, printed on average 500 times, used ‘graphical citations’ of Tintin drawings.”

In the US, this would clearly be fair use. In the UK, where this is happening? Garcia “has been ordered by British courts to hand over £35,000 or face the possibility of having his house and belongings seized.” In response, many people are organizing a boycott of the new Tintin movie. Nice work. In overstepping common sense bounds to try to squeeze a tiny bit more money out of a fan who was just writing about a character, this lawyer has succeeded in getting people to proactively shun the movie.

Of course, the link above also points out that the lawyer, Nick Rodwell, has a bit of a history making somewhat questionable decisions in dealing with how others perceive Tintin. Apparently, last year, his own blog on Tintin.com had to be shut down after he accused some journalist critics of not liking him or Tintin because “the children of those critics had autism and couldn’t appreciate Tintin.” Oh, and did we mention that the reason Rodwell is representing the estate of Tintin creator Herge is because he married Herge’s widow?

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The latest chapter of the Saab saga appears to be a happy one, with Spyker coming up with a winning bid during the 11th hour and saving the proud Swedish automaker from closure at the hands of General Motors. After the jump are a few videos related to the deal, including a 10 minute video of the Spyker/Saab press conference, with Saab CEO Jan Åke Jonsson and Spyker CEO Victor Muller talking about how the deal was done, and where the two companies go from here. If you click through, you’ll also find jubilant footage of the celebration in Trollhättan, where workers were given the day off as the liquidators were told to go home.

All is not wine and roses, however, as Spyker will doubtlessly have its hands full trying to fill up Saab’s product pipeline after the current crop of GM-derived new models (9-5 sedan and Sportcombi, 9-4X, 9-3X) wear thin, so it will be interesting to see how they go about developing their next generation of products.

In the meantime, Spyker could benefit from Saab a lot faster than the other way-around, though, as it should be able to leverage a portion of the Swedish automaker’s 1,400 dealerships worldwide to expand its global reach. Muller says that even leveraging 10 percent of the Saab dealers will be significant. Hit the jump to watch the fascinating videos for yourself.

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While everyone’s busy gawking at the new iPad, you might want to check the PlayStation Store for Gravity Crash. Today’s the last day that it’ll be at US$ 4.99, so if you’re still interested, now would be

Well, now we know everything there is to know about the Apple iPad.

What do our readers think – does this device matter?  Let us know your comments below.

Apple® today introduced iPad, a revolutionary device for browsing the web, reading and sending email, enjoying photos, watching videos, listening to music, playing games, reading e-books and much more.

iPad’s responsive high-resolution Multi-Touch™ display lets users physically interact with applications and content.

iPad is just 0.5 inches thick and weighs just 1.5 pounds— thinner and lighter than any laptop or netbook.

iPad includes 12 new innovative apps designed especially for the iPad, and will run almost all of the over 140,000 apps in the App Store. iPad will be available in late March starting at the breakthrough price of just $499.

“iPad is our most advanced technology in a magical and revolutionary device at an unbelievable price,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “iPad creates and defines an entirely new category of devices that will connect users with their apps and content in a much more intimate, intuitive and fun way than ever before.”

iPad features 12 next-generation Multi-Touch applications. Every app works in both portrait and landscape, automatically animating between views as the user rotates iPad in any direction.

The precise Multi-Touch interface makes surfing the web on iPad an entirely new experience, dramatically more interactive and intimate than on a computer. Reading and sending email is fun and easy on iPad’s large screen and almost full-size “soft” keyboard.

Import photos from a Mac®, PC or digital camera, see them organized as albums, and enjoy and share them using iPad’s elegant slideshows. Watch movies, TV shows and YouTube, all in HD or flip through pages of an e-book you downloaded from Apple’s new iBookstore while listening to your music collection.

iPad runs almost all of the over 140,000 apps on the App Store, including apps already purchased for your iPhone® or iPod touch®. The iTunes® Store gives you access to the world’s most popular online music, TV and movie store with a catalog of over 11 million songs, over 50,000 TV episodes and over 8,000 films including over 2,000 in stunning high definition video.

Apple also announced the new iBooks app for iPad, which includes Apple’s new iBookstore, the best way to browse, buy and read books on a mobile device. The iBookstore will feature books from major and independent publishers.

Apple also introduced a new version of iWork® for iPad, the first desktop-class productivity suite designed specifically for Multi-Touch. With Pages®, Keynote® and Numbers® you can create beautifully formatted documents, stunning presentations with animations and transitions, and spreadsheets with charts, functions and formulas.

The three apps will be available separately through the App Store for $9.99 each.

iPad syncs with iTunes just like the iPhone and iPod touch, using the standard Apple 30-pin to USB cable, so you can sync all of your contacts, photos, music, movies, TV shows, applications and more from your Mac or PC.

All the apps and content you download on iPad from the App Store, iTunes Store and iBookstore will be automatically synced to your iTunes library the next time you connect with your computer.

iPad’s brilliant 9.7-inch, LED-backlit display features IPS technology to deliver crisp, clear images and consistent color with an ultra-wide 178 degree viewing angle. The highly precise, capacitive Multi-Touch display is amazingly accurate and responsive whether scrolling web pages or playing games.

The intelligent soft keyboard pioneered on iPhone takes advantage of iPad’s larger display to offer an almost full-size soft keyboard. iPad also connects to the new iPad Keyboard Dock with a full-size traditional keyboard.

iPad is powered by A4, Apple’s next-generation system-on-a-chip. Designed by Apple, the new A4 chip provides exceptional processor and graphics performance along with long battery life of up to 10 hours.* Apple’s advanced chemistry and Adaptive Charging technology deliver up to 1,000 charge cycles without a significant decrease in battery capacity over a typical five year lifespan.**

iPad comes in two versions—one with Wi-Fi and the other with both Wi-Fi and 3G. iPad includes the latest 802.11n Wi-Fi, and the 3G versions support speeds up to 7.2 Mbps on HSDPA networks. Apple and AT&T announced breakthrough 3G pre-paid data plans for iPad with easy, on-device activation and management.

Continuing Apple’s dedication to designing and creating environmentally responsible products, each iPad enclosure is made of highly recyclable aluminum and comes standard with energy-efficient LED-backlit displays that are mercury-free and made with arsenic-free glass. iPad contains no brominated flame retardants and is completely PVC-free.

Apple today released a new Software Development Kit (SDK) for iPad, so developers can create amazing new applications designed to take advantage of iPad’s capabilities. The SDK includes a simulator that lets developers test and debug their iPad apps on a Mac, and also lets developers create Universal Applications that run on iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.

Pricing & Availability

iPad will be available in late March worldwide for a suggested retail price of $499 (US) for the 16GB model, $599 (US) for the 32GB model, $699 (US) for the 64GB model.

The Wi-Fi + 3G models of iPad will be available in April in the US and selected countries for a suggested retail price of $629 (US) for the 16GB model, $729 (US) for the 32GB model and $829 (US) for the 64GB model. iPad will be sold in the US through the Apple Store® (apple.com), Apple’s retail stores and select Apple Authorized Resellers.

International pricing and worldwide availability will be announced at a later date. iBookstore will be available in the US at launch.

*Apple tested wireless battery life by browsing web pages and receiving email over an AirPort® network, never letting the system go to sleep during the test, and keeping the display at half brightness. This is a typical scenario of use on the go, resulting in a battery performance number that is very relevant to mobile users.

**A properly maintained iPad battery is designed to retain 80 percent or more of its original capacity during a lifespan of up to 1,000 recharge cycles. Battery life and charge cycles vary by use and settings.

Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh.

Today, Apple continues to lead the industry in innovation with its award-winning computers, OS X operating system and iLife and professional applications.

Apple is also spearheading the digital media revolution with its iPod portable music and video players and iTunes online store, and has entered the mobile phone market with its revolutionary iPhone.

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Gilbert Arenas was formally booked on a felony gun charge on January 26, TMZ said this afternoon.

On Jan. 15, the Wizards guard enter a guilty plea to one count of carrying a pistol without a license in a confrontation with his teammate. Arenas faces jail time when he’s sentenced on March 26.

For some bikers winter can be quite disturbing, as it prevents them from enjoying the pleasure of two wheels for a couple of months. That’s because unless the motorcycle is not snow-modified, they have to put it away and replace it with some other means of transportation that are less satisfactory for the adrenaline junkies out there.

So you get to the point when your a$$ starts to freeze… literally. Nobody likes it, but then again, there’s no need to push your limits… nor your motorcycle… (read more)

Earlier, Doug Kass offered his advice for how to trade the State of the Union.

If Obama talks jobs and the economy you should buy.

If he attacks Wall Street fat cats, you should sell.

Dennis Gartman is anticipating the former, which, if true, and if you accept Kass’s formulation, means the next 90 minutes are a buying opportunity.

The Gartman Letter: Too, the market awaits the President State of the Union Address…President Obama’s Expectations are high amongst this young President’s supporters on the farther Left that he will put forth larger, bolder more progressive policies, but those expectations will be dashed.

This young President may make mistakes but he is a career politician with an inordinate sense of the public’s wishes, and the public does not wish to be pulled or pushed farther to the Left. Rather, the public wishes that the President himself would quietly repudiate those in the Democrat Party’s “progressive” wing and move swiftly and manifestly to the centre. This is what Bill Clinton did when his Presidency was foundering early on, and it served him well. This is what all President’s do when their public support levels begin to wane, for the US is a centre- right country, and it prefers to see its Presidents near the centre at all times. In that light we expect to see the President tamp down “progressive” policies and adopt centrist ones instead.

Too, and further, the “incident” along the border between North and South Korea has engendered urgency on the part of those speculatively inclined to tamp down their more “radical” ideas and to seek safety above all else. In the dollar’s case, when all else has failed… and for the progressive wing of the Democrat Party everything seems to be failing at once… doing nothing is the best policy of all.

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