Radar reveals the extent of the ancient Egyptian city buried

In CAIRO, EGYPT (AP) — an Austrian archeological team used radar imaging to determine the scope of the ruins of the once 3.500 year-old foreign capital, said the Department concluded Egypt Antiquities Sunday with 1664. Egypt-1569 B.C. demolished by the Hyksos, Warrior people from Asia, possibly Semitic in originin the summer capital, which was in the area of the Northern Delta. Irene Mueller, the head of the Austrian team, said the main objective of the project is to determine how far extends Metro City.Imaging radar showed the outlines of streets, houses and temples behind the green box and the modern city of Tel holding al-Dabaa. Archaeology Chief Zahi Hawass said in a statement that such noninvasive techniques are the best way to determine the scope of the site. Delta Egypt is densely populated and heavily farmed, which makes it difficult, unlike in southern Egypt with his more Famous tombs and temples, extensive excavations desert.An Austrian team of archaeologists working in the site since 1975. Copyright 2010 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Guidelines: You share in the USA TODAY Community, so please keep your comments smart and civil. Don't attack other readers personally and keep your language decent. Use the "report abuse" button to make the difference. Learn more.

Nations cannot agree on curbing Japan whale hunt

By Arthur Max, associated PressAGADIR, Morocco — Japanese officials and environmentalists traded blame Wednesday as Nations failed to reach a deal to control whale hunts by Japan, Norway and Iceland — countries that kill hundreds of whales every year 88 Nations International Whaling Commission was held two days of intense closed-door talks on the basis of a proposal in order to facilitate the 25-year-old ban on commercial whaling Exchange for smaller kills by the three countries which qualify for exemption to a moratorium on hunting for profit.Around 1500 animals are killed each year in Japan, Norway and Iceland. Japan, which kills most of the whales, insists on his hunt for research — but more whale meat and products of the whale's Japanese restaurant than in laboratories.The key sticking point was that the Agency declared the shrine of whaling in 1994 in the Southern Ocean south of Australia, but Japanese ships hunt freely there because the Agency does not have any enforcement powers.Australia began already complaints against Japanese Wielorybnicza in the International Court of Justice in the Hague, the Supreme Court of the UNITED NATIONS.Acting IWC Chairman Anthony Liverpool, said the meeting opened Wednesday that "the basic position remained far apart." "After nearly three years of discussions, it seems our discussions are at a stalemate," said the Chief delegate of the U.S. Monica Medina. Japanese Wielorybnicza Yasue Funayama Commissioner told her country had offered major concessions to reach a compromise and accused anti-whaling countries which refused to accept the killing of a single animal. "We must rise above politics and engage in a wider perspective, "said Funayama. Anti-Whaling countries seek to end Japan's forays in the Southern Ocean Hunting Wielorybnicza shrine, a ban on international trade in whale meat and set firm quotas for Peoples whaling for next years 10. proposed transaction will let Japan kill 400 whales in the South of the shrine for the next five yearsthat many countries, that was too high and that Japan Saw with as main concessions. Set in Japan 2009 quota for each kill more than 900 whales, but have not reached this figure due to the harassment of the anti-whaling groupsAustralia and groups of countries in Latin America held firm on zero of whaling in the Antarctic ocean, said a delegate from a country of whaling. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak in the media.Iceland refused to consider any transaction limit for the international sale of whale products, he added.Be blamed for the breakdown of Japan. "If Japan had agreed to phase out in the Southern Ocean, would be a good opportunity "for the transaction," said Wendy Elliott WWF.Other defenders expressed relief that the 25-year-old ban on whaling has not been lifted. "This has been done here, this contract would be lived in infamy, "said Patrick Ramage, the International Fund for Animal Welfare .it was unclear if the private discussions will continue until the meeting is scheduled to Close on Friday. Many delegations called break of one year in the efforts.The formal talks will Center on issues such as preventing collisions between whales and ships, the effects of climate change and to the discussion on the research of the planned Russian crude oil in seasonal feeding grounds of endangered Gray Whale.Some derive have accused Japan of purchase of the vote, using development aid money and personal przyslugi Jitter small, poorer Nations to its side in the debate of whaling.But a delegate from Saint Kitts and Nevis, Daven Joseph said the media and environmental groups to stop the allegations. "We have been accused of being surrogates. This is not the case, "he said.Liverpool, a diplomat from Antigua and Barbuda and the Ambassador of Japan, is quoted by the British paper as unless Japanese interests paid hotel bills for him and says he does not see anything "odd about that."Whaling Commission was created after World War II, to the conservation and management of whale stocks. Tens of thousands of animals killed each year until 1986, when the IWC adopted a moratorium.Copyright 2010 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Guidelines: You share in the USA TODAY Community, so please keep your comments smart and civil. Don't attack other readers personally and keep your language decent. Use the "report abuse" button to make the difference. Learn more.

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Stem cells reverse blindness caused by chemical burns

By Alicia Chang, associated ANGELES PressLOS dozens of persons who have been blinded or otherwise serious eye damage when they were sprayed with chemical substances, corrosive substances have their sight restored with transplants or their own stem cells — a stunning success on the field this cell terapiiNaukowców Italian reported Wednesday The treatment completely worked in 82 107 eye and partially in 14 other, with benefits lasting up to a decade now. One man whose eyes were severely damaged more than 60 years ago has now vision near normal. "It is a Roaring success, "said ophthalmologist Dr. Ivan Schwab from the University of California, Davis, who had no role in the study — the longest and largest of this type.Stem cell transplants offer hope to the thousands of people worldwide every year, which was suffering from chemical burns in their eyes from the harsh cleansers or other substances in the workplace or at home.Approach does not allow people with damage to the optic Nerve or macular degeneration, which includes the retina. Nor will work in people who are completely blind in both eyes, because doctors must be at least some healthy tissue, which can be used to transplant.In the study, published online by the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers took a small number of stem cells from the patient's eyes healthy, multiplied them in the laboratory and place them in the eye of roasted, where they were able to develop new corneal tissue to replace, which had been damaged. Because stem cells are from their own bodies, patients do not need to take anti-rejection drugs.Adult stem cells have been used for decades to cure blood cancers such as leukemia and diseases such as sickle cell anemia. But the problem of how damage to eyes is a relatively new uses.Scientists studying cell therapies for a host of other diseases, including diabetes and heart failure, with limited success.Adult stem cells, which are located around the body, they differ from embryonic stem cells that come from human embryos and the ethical issues are mixed, because deleting cells requires destroying embryos.Now people of eye burns, you can get an artificial cornea, a procedure that carries out such complications like infection and Glaucoma, or can be obtained is a transplant using stem cells from a cadaver, but need to take drugs to prevent rejection.An Italian study involved 106 patients treated between 1998 and 2007. Most had extensive damage to one eye, and some had such limited vision, that they could only sense, count fingers or perceive the hand movements. Many are blind for years and had unsuccessful restore their vision.The cells were taken from the limbus, rim around the cornea, the clear, which includes a colorful part of the eye. In a healthy eye stem cells in limbus are factories, mixing new cells to replace dead corneal cells. When injury kills off the stem cells, scar tissue forms of corneal clouding vision and causes blindness.In the study of Italian doctors removed scar tissue over the cornea and glued stem cells cultivated in the laboratory over the injured eye. In cases where both eyes are damaged by burns cells were taken from by limbus.Scientists after patients with an average of three years and some for as long as a decade. More than three-fourths of the regained sight after the show. Additional% 13 were considered a partial success. Although their vision improved, they still had some cloudiness in the cornea.Patients with superficial damage was visible in one to two months. Those with more extensive damage took several months longer. "They were very happy. Some said it was a miracle, "said one of the leaders of the research, the University of Modena Graziella Pellegrini Center for regenerative medicine in Italy. "There was no miracle. It was simply technique. "The test has been partly financed by the Italian Government.Researchers in the United States have been testing different way to use self-supplied stem cells, but the work is preliminary.One of the successful transplants or in Italian involved a man who had a serious injury in both eyes due to chemical burn in 1948. Doctors have been grafted stem cells with a small part of his left eye for both eyes. His vision now is close to normal.In 2008 they were settled in connection with the work of the citrus fruit chemical eye burns in the United States, according to the Bureau of Labour Statistics. Schwab UC Davis said transplants or stem cells could be not assist this blinded by burns in both eyes, because doctors need stem cells to follow procedure. "I don't want to give false hope to respond to their prayers, "he said Dr. Sophie Deng, expert of the cornea in the UCLA Jules Stein Eye Institute, said the biggest advantage is that the Italian doctors were able to expand the number of stem cells in the laboratory. This technique is less invasive than sampling large eye tissue and reduces the risk of injury to the eye. "The key is whether you can find good stem cell populations and expand it, "she said.Copyright 2010 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. 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John Glenn: Keep U.S. space shuttle flying

By Marcia Dunn, associated PressCAPE CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, USA — Mercury astronaut John Glenn, now 88, wants to NASA space shuttle to keep flying until their replacement is ready.Glenn joined the debate Monday on the future of America national in area and became the latest ex-astronaut to speak on this matter. He released a statement by the nine parties, in which he questioned the decision to retire the shuttle fleet and to be able to rely on Russia to take astronauts to the international space station. "We have a vehicle, why throw away? This works well, "the first American to orbit the Earth, said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press," said he. Glenn is against paying the Russians 55.8 million USD for a person to fly U.S. astronauts to the space station and back. This is the price of a ticket starting in 2013; Right now, is for the valuation of US $ 26.3 million NASA and will jump to $ 51 million next year.Glenn does not believe the public realizes what happens to the forward area. "Turning to Russia and, as a result, under the control of Russia to our space program just doesn't sit right with me, and I don't think there are also people, American or not, either, "said Glenn, a former senator who ran a shuttle in orbit in 1998 at the age of 77. It included 89 next month.Glenn said, little, if any, money will be saved by cancelling the program Transfer from the airport, taking into account all the millions of dollars going to Russia to rocket races. Shuttle at least two flights a year to keep the station going and force work employed until something new comes along, he said.Astronaut wonders what happens if there is an accident and Soyuz rockets are grounded. He supposes space station — an investment of 100 billion dollars--would have to be abandoned. He also bezstresowej scientific research at the station will take a hit if the experiments must be run from Russia and have no way of getting back to Earth in bulk.President George w. Bush made the decision to retire, shuttle services and retarget the Moon six years ago in the wake of the Columbia tragedy. President Barack Obama keeps closing the transfer from the airport, you kill effort the Moon only two shuttle missions remain on the composition of the Official; the second almost certainly will be delayed until early next year. NASA is hoping the White House will add an additional ticket next summer before the end of the 30-year shuttle program.Glenn Democratic support Obama's plan, announced earlier this year on the space station by going to the year 2020 and give up on the basis of the moon now. But the original Mercury 7 astronauts, "said the nation needs a rocketship capable of lifting heavy loads — whether it is part of NASA'S Constellation program or something else — if astronauts ever to achieve asteroids and Mars. Private companies, in the meantime, interested in the performance of astronauts back to the space station and the need to first prove their ability and niezawodnoscGlenn noted. "I'm very often this momentum to the placing on the market," he said.Glenn said he waited it public, because he thought, "people would see the wisdom of" preserve the continuity of a shuttle. "If we're going to do anything, it must be done fairly quickly," he said.Copyright 2010 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Guidelines: You share in the USA TODAY Community, so please keep your comments smart and civil. Don't attack other readers personally and keep your language decent. Use the "report abuse" button to make the difference. Learn more.

Jimmy Buffett Gulf rescue mission: rescuing marine life

Singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett and two friends are hoping their new rescue boats may save birds and marine life under threat from the worst of the nation. Boats specially designed to navigate shallow marshlands, coming from a wide range of wildlife, coast of the Gulf ".In principle, we can set something on a cocktail napkin and provided the idea, "says Mark Castlow, a boat builder in Vero Beach, Fla. That was the second day of the disaster, he says, as he watched television images of the spill and saw the need for a boat that could achieve the shallow waters of the Gulf Coast estuaries.Castlow shared the idea with his friend Buffett, who agreed to operate the boat cost $ 43,000, "he says. "Called and Jimmy and says:" Let's go for it. Let's do it, "" Castlow says. "It is so like all of us. He's got in suicide. "Shortage of equipment to help contain oil — and rescuing wildlife — have been a recurring problem since the April 20 deepwater Horizon on oil rigs, the outbreak of the Carys Mitchelmore, says he is a professor at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. "If you can get in these areas, shallow and rescue everything can be oiled, this is great," says Mitchelmore, who has testified before Congress on oil spill pollution. "If anyone can help, I think it is an excellent idea, especially if you do not want to be costing anything."Buffett, who graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1969, met with school President Martha Saunders this month brainstorming ways it can help, "says Beth Taylor, University news and Media Relations Manager.Miss decided to grant the first boat at the Gulf Coast Research Lab in Ocean Springs, the composer then. He was expected to arrive late this week or next week, and Castlow says there are plans to build three other boats of the same type of boat is needed, "says Taylor, because boats lab will not be able to navigate in shallow waters, such as the 10 cm depth, such as new, donated. "Our boats are larger, and they cannot be find around in the shallow water, "he says. "This will be used by our scientists and our graduate schools to go out in the estuaries and wetlands."Castlow and Jimbo Meador, friend and colleague at Castlow's Dragonfly Boatworks, designed for boats s.w.a.t. — an acronym for shallow water account terminal — running misting to cool the injured wildlife, after he is taken on board in the Gulf of summer heat. "Crown wraps around the boat, and that there is a great case, because now you can work in the shade and misting," says Castlow that "sounds like a great idea, because you might want to do meaningful right there," says Ed Verge, an instructor, a boat building lead Cape Fear Community College in Wilmington, North Carolina, N.C.Madilyn Fletcher, Director of the school of the University of South Carolina for the reduction of stress on the injured party srodowiskamówi nature is the key to the animals recover and idea is sensible. "Everything you can do to save these bird damaged is all the better, and the more you can do to reduce the load on them when you are trying to do this is all for the better, as well as" Fletcher says.Monday 724 birds apparently array had been rescued off the coast of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas, in accordance with the consolidated fish and report collection of wild animals, which tracks the number of reported by government agencies and rescue Centers to the Unified area command in the zone of the spill. 247 other birds of the five Member States have been found dead. "When you see something is thinning what to do for life — what you love — it simply tore everyone, "says Castlow."Simply we thought, "we have the opportunity to make a difference here." "Sharing in the Community Guidelines: USA TODAY so please keep your comments smart and civil. Don't attack other readers personally and keep your language decent. Use the "report abuse" button to make the difference. Learn more.

Show Imago utopian, green cities in the year 2030

Karen Matthews, associated PressNEW YORK — imagine no cars — or less, though.In New York City Pas two mile parkway FDR Drive is torn to open lower Manhattan for parks and streets and bicyclists are given their own lane on the Brooklyn Bridge, An elevated highway. Guangzhou, China, is transformed in pedestrian promenade and roofs are connected with raised walkways and bikeways.In Jakarta, Indonesia traditional bicycle taxis called becaks are re-engineered to be lighter and easier to drive.These three towns and seven other featured in exhibition on transport, environment-friendly future opening Thursday in New York City. The exhibition, entitled "Our city Ourselves," will be at the Centre for architecture in Greenwich Village by Sept 11 before travelling to other cities, said organizers. "We hired 10 architects from cities around the world help us imagine what their cities may be look in 2030 if we made the city more human scale, more friendly, "says Walter Hook, Executive Director of the Institute of transport and the exhibition of the rozwojuorganizowane policy of financing of the ClimateWorks Foundation. Hook based on San Francisco cradled his Bicycle Helmet in one arm, he provided for in tour of the exposition. "Essentially we are trying to send the message that if the city does not move in this direction we're going to face in the urzeczywistniona climate, because in developing countries the use of private cars is Escalating two-digit," Hook, "he said.The city has been selected as the hook and based on the New York ITDP have relationships with them, helped design the bus systems in Jakarta, Indonesia; Mexico (City); Ahmedabad, India, and other locales.The exhibit includes images and 3D models of urban neighborhoods as they are provided in 2030 next to current pictures from the same neighborhoods.In the township Soweto in Johannesburg, the current picture shows low-rise housing and not much more. But Soweto 2030 is the bustling markets and public spaces. "Not allowed to open shops, traditionally, on apartheid, "Hook," he said. "What we have done is, therefore, we have already sort of reimagined as a kind of new city ... where people may actually work and shop in downtown Soweto."Model of Guangzhou, also known as Canton, shows the network path of the roof evoking Theodor Seuss Geisel. "In China, nothing is possible, "Hook," he said.Utopia lower Manhattan shows vision pedestrians, bicycles, and very few cars. Michael Sorkin, architect who designed the piece New York exhibition, said he thought that it is "feasible." "The streets are laid down by the Dutch in the pattern of medieval fundamentally," he said. "You have not edited for cars."In New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg won he has accolades from advocates alternative transport for the introduction of pedestrian streets in the middle of Times Square, near the theatres of Broadway and Herald Square, where Macy flagship department store.Sorkin said his own ideas such as the tearing down of the lower part of the FDR Drive, which runs along the East side of Manhattan, are equally plausible. "A year ago nobody thought you can shut down Broadway, "he said. "But suddenly is shut down, and everyone loves." "Our cities, Ourselves" travels to Guangzhou after New York City. Other cities in the exposition are Ahmedabad, India; Budapest, Hungary; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Jakarta, Indonesia; Johannesburg, South Africa, Mexico, Mexico, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Copyright 2010 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Guidelines: You share in the USA TODAY Community, so please keep your comments smart and civil. Don't attack other readers personally and keep your language decent. Use the "report abuse" button to make the difference. Learn more.