Sunday, December 2, 2012

Automotive Illustrations by Vizualtech Design

Ford flathead V8 with Ardun heads - rendering by Bo Zolland of Vizualtech

Ford flathead V8 with Ardun heads ? rendering by Bo Zolland of Vizualtech

Several years ago, I came across some really fine renderings of a Ford F100 pickup by Bo Zolland of the Swedish design firm Vizualtech. It was a striking design that was destined to make the leap from the computer screen to the street because a client in San Diego decided it looked too good to remain nothing more then a computer visualization. I seem to remember a follow up article somewhere showing the truck in progress, but I don?t know if it was ever completed.

Gurney Eagle racer - rendering by Bo Zolland of Vizualtech

Gurney Eagle racer ? rendering by Bo Zolland of Vizualtech

The thought occurred to me to see what Bo has been up to lately at Vizualtech and it looks like he?s been hard at work. I?m a big fan of renderings of older classic cars because you can show amazing detail, sometimes better than if you had an actual photo. It?s obvious Bo likes American classic muscle cars and racers, too, since he?s done so many and I had a lot to choose from when selecting a few to show you what he does.

Chevy Impala stock car racer in the garage by Vizualtech

Chevy Impala stock car racer in the garage by Vizualtech

Ford flathead engines, old Chevy stock cars, a Gurney Eagle racer, they all look good to me, but he does a lot of other work, too, he?s done quite a few boats, engines of all types, even tractors. It?s the kind of thing that makes you want to learn how to do this sort of thing yourself. If only I had the time ?

Link: Vizualtech

Mercury Cougar racer

Mercury Cougar racer

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Keenly Followed Online Social Rating Community Thenumber1.com Throws Lights on Common Man's Opinion Pertaining to World Politics

Thenumber1.com, a popular social rating website, is quickly emerging as preferred platform for common people to express their independent stand about the most critical issues of world politics. This website has been introducing interesting social rating competitions covering a wide array of topics, since the launch of the website few months ago.

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After making an impact on its members with numerous fun filled social rating competitions, Thenumber1.com has just come up with a more serious competition on the hottest issues of world politics. This social rating website was created just a couple of months ago, and is already a popular online destination for the younger generation of internet users. It may be recalled that some of the competitions like top villain looks, rate my moustache, rate my cloth, etc. has received tremendous applause from the members of the website. With the introduction of the new competition on the hottest issues of world politics, many members are now using this community to express their opinion on these issues.

According to the new competition in Thenumber1.com, the most relevant issues of world politics includes NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan, Independence of Kashmir, US pullout from Iraq, Israel's attack on Gaza, etc. Amongst all these, the topic of NATO's withdrawal from Afghanistan has sparked a lot of interest amongst the members of the program. One may recall that NATO forces have been deployed throughout Afghanistan since the 9/11 terror attacks. Apart from allowing members to post their opinion on this debated political issue, Thenumber1.com has also published a brief post describing reasons for and against the withdrawal of NATO forces from Afghanistan.

Thenumber1.com's increasing popularity as a social rating website can be attributed to several features that are not available in most other similar websites. Social sharing, aggregate rating scheme, a comprehensive data model, and an advanced Graphical User Interface are the top factors that make this website the favorite online destination of thousands off people across the globe. When asked about the latest competition in their website, a senior official from Thenumber1.com said, "It is never easy for a common man to express his/her independent opinion on these political issues. That's the exact reason behind creating this competition".

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How, in the animal world, a daughter avoids mating with her father: Paternal 'voice' recognition

How, in the animal world, a daughter avoids mating with her father: Paternal 'voice' recognition

Saturday, December 1, 2012

Paternal recognition ? being able to identify males from your father's line ? is important for the avoidance of inbreeding, and one way that mammals can do this is through recognizing the calls of paternal kin. This was thought to occur only in large-brained animals with complex social groups, but a new study published today in the open access journal BMC Ecology provides evidence in a tiny, solitary primate that challenges this theory.

The study, led by Sharon E Kessler, finds that the grey mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus) ? a small-brained, solitary foraging mammal endemic to Madagascar ? is able to recognize paternal relatives via vocalizations, thus providing evidence that this is not dependent upon having a large brain and a high social complexity, as previously suggested.

Because grey mouse lemurs are nocturnal solitary-foragers living in dense forests, vocal communication is important for regulating social interactions across distances where visibility is poor and communication via smell is limited. Though the mouse lemur shares sleeping sites with other mouse lemurs, it forages alone for fruit and insects. It is a particularly interesting species with which to study vocal paternal recognition because, in the wild, females remain in the same area of birth and cooperatively raise young with other female kin. Males do not co-nest with their mates or young and provide no paternal care, which limits opportunities for familiarity-based social interactions. Thus, vocalizations are likely to be important ? particularly for avoiding inbreeding.

The research team from Arizona State University and the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover in Germany found that two of the most frequent calls of the mouse lemur were the mate advertisement call and the alarm call. Using multi-parametric analyses of the call's acoustic parameters, they could see that both call types contained individual signatures. Through this, they discovered that only male grey mouse lemur advertisement calls, but not alarm calls, contained acoustic paternal signatures. Furthermore, females paid more attention to advertisement calls from unrelated males than from their fathers.

The findings from the study suggest that the discrimination between mate advertisement calls and alarm calls may be an important mechanism for inbreeding avoidance. This is likely to be highly important in the grey mouse lemur species because males are likely to remain in an area for several years and they can expand their ranges to more than twice that of the female's range, making it likely that adult males' ranges will overlap with those of their daughters from previous mating seasons.

The team also proposed that the mouse lemur's ultrasonic calls above the hearing range of owls could be an anti-predator strategy, especially since the species suffers from high predation.

Lead author Kessler commented, "Given that more complex forms of sociality with cohesive foraging groups are thought to have evolved from an ancestral solitary forager much like the mouse lemur, this suggests that the mechanisms for kin recognition like those seen here may be the foundation from which more complex forms of kin-based sociality evolved."

She continued, "Future analyses will determine which acoustic parameters make this kin recognition possible by artificially manipulating acoustic parameters in the calls and then using the modified calls in playback experiments."

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Paternal kin recognition in the high frequency / ultrasonic range in a solitary foraging mammal
Sharon E Kessler, Marina Scheumann, Leanne T Nash and Elke Zimmermann
BMC Ecology (in press)

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New in Toronto real estate: Lighthaus

Lighthaus TorontoLighthaus is not your cookie-cutter Toronto build. This luxury townhouse complex (can I say "luxury" again?) features 20 sprawling, natural light-optimized spaces, complete with private underground parking and all the finest finishes. And for a million bucks plus, you better expect a soaker tub. Planned for Brockton Village just northwest of Dufferin and Queen, Lighthaus is sure to bring a little green (of course, I'm referring to the landscape design work) to Toronto's west-end downtown.

Lighthaus TorontoSPECS

Address: 51 Florence St.

Project type: Townhouses

Total number of units: 20

Types of units: Three-storey three-plus-den, three-storey three-bedroom

Unit sizes (in square feet): 2,195 - 3,380

Unit widths (feet): 13 - 20.5

Prices from: $1,149,990

Parking: Most units include two parking spaces. Some units include one

Storage: Included

Maintenance fees: $0.13/sf

Maintenance fees exclude: Hydro, gas

Developer: Great Gulf

Architect: STAMP Architecture

Interior Designer: Cecconi Simone

Expected occupancy: November 2014

Lighthaus TorontoA CLOSER LOOK AT LIGHTHAUS

What with the extra, oh, 2,500 square feet as compared to typical condos featured in the series, it only makes sense to dedicate an extra few words to Lighthaus' description. These townhomes, simply, have it all. Starting from the ground up, each unit has room for one or two parked cars, plus bike parking, a basement storage area, a basement bathroom, and a laundry room.

The main floor is open-concept and optimized for natural light, with built-in cabinetry, integrated Miele appliances, a double under-mounted sink, and a standard kitchen island. Up one floor you'll find two bedrooms and, where applicable, a den, with a balcony and a washroom complete with a full bath. The third floor hosts the master bedroom, master ensuite, and "dressing area," which is somewhat like a walk-in closet but equivalent in square footage to most downtown bachelor condos.

Lighthaus TorontoEach townhome features a so-called "lightwell," which is essentially a skylight that feeds from the third-level roof all the way down to the main floor. The complex will have two visitor parking spots, a shared courtyard, and gas hookups on each terrace. Buyers can also choose from a variety of finishes and features, and are advised to pay no attention to the envious, curious blogger peering through their back windows after the occupancy date.

Lighthaus TorontoAND A LITTLE ANALYSIS

Um. I've been analyzing 475-square-foot pint-sized condos for the past few months. Forgive me while I try to find the proper perspective. Yes, Lighthaus is wonderful in the way that master dressing rooms and 140-square-foot ensuite bathrooms can't help but be, but of course, a million-dollars-plus certainly pays for such perks. So, lets all put on our "Engaged to a venture capitalist" caps (pft... as if I ever take mine off) and look at Lighthaus from a value perspective.

Is Brockton Village a million-dollar area? Maybe. But I suspect Lighthaus is more the catalyst than the benefactor of the area's great leap forward. (Related: What would Mao do?) Brockton Village has become a target area for first-time homeowners and young families in part because of its (relative) affordability. It's also enticingly accessible with easy access to several main drags, and ripe with lingering Little Portugal culture on Dundas and Parkdale's trendy haunts to its south. Last month, (October) the average price for a home sold in Brockton Village was around $630,000 and change, which is certainly a few pennies short of $1.2 million (and up).

Lighthaus TorontoBut there are a few key characteristics that help explain the discrepancy. First off, a Lighthaus town will inevitably be larger than most of the potential sale properties in the area, which, of course, merits a higher price tag. Lighthaus is also entirely new, compared to the Victorian rows, semis, or renovated properties that, while charming, never bring in as much money as a new construction.

On the flip side, however, if a fully detached, updated, freehold Brockton Village home has trouble breaking, say, $850,000 or $900,000, to be generous, why should a single property in a 20-home complex ? one that also demands hundreds of dollars in monthly maintenance fees ? cost an additional $400,000 or more?

Lighthaus TorontoThe obvious conclusion is that you're paying a premium for new, luxury, cutting-edge, and that fancy skylight lightwell. Are Lighthaus buyers getting a steal? No. Will they be moving into an up-and-coming area? Perhaps. But most likely, they'll be the ones pushing Brockton Village from "up-and-coming" to "there" ? leaving the real win to the smart (lucky?) cookies who bought in the area before Lighthaus opened its sales centre.

Lighthaus TorontoTHE VERDICT

Any investment banker types looking for a roommate? I'll be generous; you can have the master.

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Source: http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/new_in_toronto_real_estate_lighthaus/

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Statue of Liberty survived Sandy, but park chief's home didn't

By Brian Thompson, NBCNewYork.com

The Statue of Liberty made it through Sandy unscathed, but the property surrounding it was hammered by the storm.

NBC 4 New York obtained some of the first images of the damage Liberty Island sustained from Sandy. The storm left thousands of brick pavers torn up, a cracked sea wall and twisted railings and docks.

Liberty Island Superintendent David Luchsinger, the property's only resident, said when he first returned to the island he has lived on for three and a half years, he saw a tattered flag flying and the torch of Lady Liberty soaring -- a sign of resilience after the storm. He said he felt a wave of emotion, mostly pride, that the statue made it through Sandy.?


His home, however, was all but destroyed. The 62-year-old Luchsinger said it won't be rebuilt and that he didn't think anyone would live on the island again once he and his wife left for good.

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Liberty Island has been closed since Sandy hit Oct. 29. Crews continue to work to clean up and repair the damage.

Luchsinger couldn't estimate how long it would take the island to reopen.

Source: http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/30/15584221-statue-of-liberty-tour-reveals-sandy-damage-including-superintendents-destroyed-home?lite

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