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HOVERBIKE

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Nope, it's not a bicycle version of the Hoverboard. Instead, the Hoverbike ($TBA) is a motorcycle-like ultralight aircraft that's powered by a flat twin 4-stroke. You ride the thing like a motorcycle, including handlebar-based speed and direction control, and thanks to its custom carbon fiber propellers, frame, driveshafts, and seat, you should be able to make it almost 100 miles between fuel-ups. Oh, and did we mention it can reach altitudes of 10,000 feet plus?

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Meet the primate prodigy: Natasha the chimp genius stuns scientists with her human-like levels of intelligence Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2120078/Natasha-chimp-genius-stuns-scientists-human-like-levels-intelligence.html#ixzz24hVKnkBM

It is widely thought that social intelligence is what really sets humans apart from primates.

But scientists may just have to rethink that view after being introduced to Natasha the 'chimp genius'.

She has astounded researchers with her ability to manipulate situations and communicate with others in her species in a way they have never seen before.

 
Genius: Natasha, the 22-year-old chimpanzee, displays a level of social intelligence that is changing the way we view apes



Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2120078/Natasha-chimp-genius-stuns-scientists-human-like-levels-intelligence.html#ixzz24hVSwPK8

Meet the primate prodigy: Natasha the chimp genius stuns scientists with her human-like levels of intelligence

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CHIMPS HAVE BETTER SEX THAN HUMANS

Think you have a rough sex life? Try being a female chimp.

The male common ancestor of humans and chimpanzees had spines on their members that likely increased stimulation during mating, according to a new study in the journal Nature. Human males (and Neanderthals) dropped this trait, while chimps kept the spine.

The penis spines, while improving stimulation, can also inflict damage on females during intercourse.

The discovery, made after a detailed comparative analysis of human, Neanderthal and chimpanzee genomes, reveals that both humans and Neanderthals went on a separate evolutionary path from chimpanzees and other primates after humans often paired up into couples.

The finding also bolsters the theory that humans and Neanderthals would have been sexually compatible and likely mated.

"Humans have evolved a more monogamous long-term bonding system, which involves a whole series of anatomical changes," lead author David Kingsley told Discovery News.

CHIMPS HAVE BETTER SEX THAN HUMANS

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UK police accidently leak plan for arresting Julian Assange

Plans to seize Julian Assange "under all circumstances" the moment he leaves the Ecuadorean embassy in London have accidentally been revealed by a police officer displaying restricted documents outside the embassy.

The document, pictured under the officer's arm by a Press Association photographer, appears to advocate arresting the WikiLeaks founder whether he leaves the building in a diplomatic bag or in a diplomatic car.

The handwritten plan was recorded at a police briefing and only partially covered by the officer's arm as he arrived at the embassy in Knightsbridge on Friday.

The brief begins: "BRIEF – EQ. Embassy brief – Summary of current position Re Assange. Action required – Assange to be arrested under all circumstances." It then makes reference to a "dip bag" and a "dip vehicle".

A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "The document is one officer's notes from a briefing. Our objective is to arrest Julian Assange for breach of bail. Under no circumstances would any arrest be made which was in breach of diplomatic immunity."

UK police accidently leak plan for arresting Julian Assange

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U.S. News: All 9 Wounded in Empire State Building Shooting Hit by NYPD

After Friday’s deadly shooting outside the Empire State Building reports are surfacing that many of the victims may have been shot by New York City police officers rather than the suspected gunman. Referring to the victims Mayor Michael Bloomberg said...

 

“ … some may have been shot accidentally by police officers who responded immediately, and while confronting the suspect and fatally shooting him, unfortunately there may have been other victims as well.”    



NYPD Police commissioner Ray Kelly went on to clarify the Mayor’s statements pointing out the wounded weren’t shot directly by police, but rather were hit by bullets ricocheting off“flower pots and other objects.”

 

Bystanders were caught in the line of fire after police had been notified by a construction worker that the suspect, 58-year-old Jeffrey Johnson, had reportedly shot former co-worker 41-year-old Steven Ercolino. When police attempted to approach the suspect he pulled a gun, prompting police to open fire. CBS has the video. Warning, what you’re about to see is graphic in nature.

 

The two officers that approached the suspect reportedly shot 16 rounds total. Nine by one officer and seven by the other. According to Lou Palumbo, a former police officer and director of a private security firm, their actions were appropriate for the situation — despite the consequences. He told CNN’s Anderson Cooper...

 

“Unfortunately, this is the type of scenario where you have what you would refer to as an active shooter… Police have no alternative but to engage him and subsequently what we’ve experienced is what we also refer to as collateral damage.”  




At least one of the victims isn’t holding a grudge after the shooting. When asked how he felt about being shot by police rather than the suspect 23-year-old Robert Asika, was indifferent, telling BuzzFeed…


“I guess, you know, stuff happens.”

 

Officials have said that all of the wounded are expected to recover.

U.S. News: All 9 Wounded in Empire State Building Shooting Hit by NYPD

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Who Pays Taxes in America?

It’s often claimed that the richest Americans pay a disproportionate share of taxes while those in the bottom half pay nothing. These claims ignore the many taxes that most Americans are subject to — federal payroll taxes, federal excise taxes, state and local taxes — and focus instead on just one tax, the federal personal income tax. The other taxes are mostly regressive, meaning they take a larger share of income from a poor or middle-income family than they take from a rich family.[1]

Many Americans do not have enough income to owe federal personal income taxes, but do pay these other taxes. The federal personal income tax is a progressive tax, and the combination of this tax with the other (mostly regressive) taxes results in a tax system that is, overall, just barely progressive. Total tax obligations are, on average, fairly proportional to income.

This table illustrates the share of total taxes (all federal, state and local taxes) paid by Americans in different income groups in 2011.

Who Pays Taxes in America?

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Millions Go Hungry as Congress Considers Food Stamp Cuts and Drought Threatens Crops

Nearly one in five Americans could not afford the food they or their families needed at some point in the past year, and now anti-poverty advocates are pressing Congress to abandon proposed food stamp cuts as a historic drought threatens to drive up food prices across the country.

A Gallup poll released this week shows that 18.2 percent of Americans did not have enough money to buy the food they or their families needed at least once during the past year. In 15 states, at least 1 in 5 Americans polled in the first half of 2012 reported struggling to pay for food during the past 12 months.

Little has changed since 2011, when 18.6 percent of Americans reported struggling to afford food, but proposed food stamp cuts in Congress and the worst drought in half a century could soon make matters worse.

The drought has impacted 80 percent of the country's agricultural lands, and the US Department of Agriculture predicts that consumers will see meat and dairy prices increase within two months. Increases in the cost of packaged products, such as cereal, containing corn and flour are expected in about 10 to 12 months.

Millions Go Hungry as Congress Considers Food Stamp Cuts and Drought Threatens Crops

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No Blacks Voting for Romney in 2012?

NBC-Wall Street Journal Survey Gives Obama 94%

"A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released on Tuesday shows President Barack Obamaholding a four point lead over Republican challenger Mitt Romney," Ned Resnikoff reported for NBC News' "Lean Forward" blog. "But among African Americans, the poll shows an even stronger lead for Obama, as First Read reports:

" 'Looking inside the numbers, Obama continues to lead Romney among key parts of his political base, including African Americans (94 percent to 0 percent), Latinos (by a 2-to-1 margin), voters under 35-years-old (52 percent to 41 percent) and women (51 percent to 41 percent).'

No Blacks Voting for Romney in 2012?

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