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...These calls were not produced randomly, and a number of distinct patterns emerged," says Kate Arnold, one of the researchers. "Pyow" warned that a leopard was loitering nearby, while "hack" indicated an eagle was hovering overhead. A series of the two sounds - the "pyow-hack" sequence - served as a command for the group to move to safer ground. Roughly translated, that would be: "Let's go!" Scientists have long known that some animals vocalize sounds to express emotion. Captive chimps have been taught hand signals, and dolphins use sounds to communicate with each other. But the new research shows that...
...bigger problem, though, is one that few in the military command want to hear: there aren't enough troops to do the job. "There's a realization, as every military commander knows, that you cannot be strong everywhere," says Gronski of Ramadi. "In the outlying areas, we think in terms of an economy of force where we are willing to accept risk by not placing as many troops." But while Gronski says his fighting strength is "appropriate," other commanders bristle at the limitations. "I can't believe it each time the Secretary of Defense talks about reducing force," says...
...Meffert says, he not only has Plans A and B for emergency communications but also Plans C, D, E and F. He has moved the backup generators to higher ground; installed a wi-fi system downtown and backed up "hot spots" like city hall, emergency operations and the police command center with solar chargers; brought in wi-fi-compliant phones that allow emergency management to text message as well as make calls; and wrangled four vans with satellite uplinks in the event all else fails. Finally, he got what he jokingly refers to as "footballs," suitcases like the one that...
...Baghdad ER" provides rare footage of medevac crews getting their assignments at the map-filled Tactical Operations Command and inside a Black Hawk transporting a patient. I would have liked to see more of the crucial role played by those air rescue squads. Likewise, the big medical decisions - whether to amputate a limb or move a brain-damaged victim - get short shrift. HBO missed potentially dramatic scenes of those debates. A long, jazzy saxophone solo by a soldier reflects the melancholy mood of patients. But, despite a few emotional scenes, the film failed to plumb the mindset of casualties...
They have nicknames like cartoon characters. But Marcola, Starfruit and Macarroni - the men Brazilian authorities believe ordered the most shocking weekend of violence in Sao Paulo's history - are no laughing matter. They're the mafiosi who run the First Command of the Capital (PCC), Sao Paulo's predominant organized crime faction. And now they've proved they are shrewd, ruthless and powerful enough to bring a place like Sao Paulo, Brazil's most important state and South America's largest city, to its knees with just a phone call from their jail cells. Just as important, the five...