In the news, Monday, July 30, 2012

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from CNN

Ehud Barak sings praises of Obama administration

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from ExtremeTech

First map of the human brain reveals a simple, grid-like structure between neurons

It’s rather weird: If you’ve ever seen a computer ribbon cable — a flat, 2D ribbon of wires stuck together, such as an IDE hard drive cable — the brain is basically just a huge collection of these ribbons, traveling parallel or perpendicular to each other. There are almost zero diagonals, nor single neurons that stray from the neuronal highways. The human brain is just one big grid of neurons — a lot like the streets of Manhattan, minus Broadway, and then projected into three dimensions.

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from The Spokesman-Review

Closed Everett plant has become a nesting ground



Then and Now photos: The Davenport
President Taft dined where hotel now stands

People gather around Davenport’s Restaurant, hoping for a glimpse of the visiting celebrity during President William Howard Taft’s visit to Spokane on Sept. 28, 1909. The Davenport Hotel was not yet built. Picture looks west on Sprague.

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