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Water spray holds hope for stranded California whales
May 26, 2007, 15:14 GMT
San Francisco - Whale-lovers have tried the luring calls of fellow humpback whales, the threatening sounds of killer whales, the banging of pipes and a flotilla of boats.
Until Friday, two humpback whales stranded on California's inland waterways appeared determined to remain upstream from the ocean, but biologists said the mammals had finally reacted to spray from a fireboat, biologists told the San Francisco Chronicle.
'We intentionally kept the experiment very short today because we don't want the whales to get used to it,' Trevor Spradlin, a marine mammal biologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA,) was quoted as saying.
The biologists intended to return with the fireboat after the Memorial Day holiday weekend that ends on Monday.
'We don't want to spoil the element of surprise, since this is definitely a novel stimulus that they would not be used to,' he said.
By Wednesday, the pair, nicknamed Delta and Dawn, exhibited growing signs of distress and skin problems as marine experts struggled to coax the cow and calf past a bridge on the river that would lead them back to the ocean.
Rescuers, puzzled by the situation, have even asked for ideas from the public, and encouraged suggestions to a special e-mail account, sacramento.whales@noaa.gov.
The whales left the ocean nearly two weeks ago as they participated in the annual humpback migration from the coasts of Baja Mexico to their summer feeding grounds in Alaska.
The pair have been circling since Monday at the Rio Vista bridge, 120 kilometres from the ocean, after beginning to swim back toward the ocean on Sunday.
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Gaiacomm: To Boldly Go Where No Telecommunications Company Has Gone Before!
December 7, 2002
There has been much speculation as to the validity of Gaiacomm's claim of having
developed a 4G global wireless communications technology. If one does a complete due-deligence into the claim one will find a technology that has verified the science of Quantum Physics and has discovered uses for the Terahertz band in the artful form of wireless communications.
Scientists around the world have been actively researching and developing small pockets of data around terahertz waves, infrasound, and the interfacing of low frequency waves with other higher bands. If one just listens and records the sounds of Nature one will discover the answers to these questions and soon discover the governing dynamics of wireless communications by understanding the coupling of specific frequencies to each other thus propagating them in a way that yields creditable results. A form of signal transduction except not at the cellular level.
We have discovered a way to use the dynamics of the earth's magnetic field and the surface area of the planet to rebroadcast a signal globally and with little or no loss.
We have discovered a way to use Sonar to detect and identify other objects in the oceans without impeding on the communications channels of whales and other mammals that inhabit the deep oceans.
We have discovered a method to communicate to submarines at any depth or location.
We have discovered a method to use the dormant fiber optic rings that exist worldwide to utilize our wireless broadcast system.
We have discovered a method to isolate and manipulate the ionosphere in such a way as to control the dynamics of the electrons that exist and cause isolated fusion reactions within selected regions of the earth's atmosphere, (Compton Effect).
We have discovered a method to eliminate the dependency on satellites that are too costly to maintain and 'clutter' the skies with space junk.
We have discovered a method to effectively broadcast a signal to any location on planet earth to digital devices (cell phones, handheld PDA's), computers, and other frequency specific devices.
We have discovered a method to construct an isotropic type antenna array thus allowing for a 360-degree footprint. The projected radiated signal footprint is 5 million sq. surface miles per antenna.
We have discovered a method to use the earth as a 'transponder' and take advantage of the spherical wave-guide that exists globally.
We have discovered a method to keep control of the cost of operation down thus passing a significant savings to the ratepayer far cheaper than any telecommunications provider can offer worldwide. In addition, we have designed a pricing structure that will allow global customers to participate with our service and have money to spare.
We ask that all of you follow Gaiacomm's struggle to present its technology to the scientific academia and 'push' its way to the front of the telecommunications industry by offering a wireless communications technology that functions and functions well by taking into account the needs of others on this tiny planet and offering reliable quality service, creating global employment, and assisting in developing revenue streams for industry and countries, in short 'jump starting' various economies worldwide thus reducing the depend ices on 'Super Power' control and manipulation.
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