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What Causes Jet Lag? In a study in the current issue of Biology, researchers report that they've figured out the cause of jet lag: a desynchronization of the internal clocks of two groups of neurons deep in the brain. One group is associated with deep sleep, which results from fatigue; the other is linked with rapid eye movement, or REM, sleep. Although the first group of neurons can be reset in a few days, the latter can take up to a week to catch up - so, one part of the brain thinks its in Paris, while the other insists...
...What was it like beating up Jet Li in The Forbidden Kingdom? In a real fight, who would win? Wong Mei Fern, KUALA LUMPUR In a real fight, I would let him win. He's my younger brother. Beating Jet was very fun. Sometimes he helped me, sometimes I helped him. When the cut was finished, I'd still give him two punches and he'd still block me, then he'd give me a kick and I'd block him. It was like sparring...
Other Defense contracts have resulted in commercial ships getting some extra-special defense. Maersk (the owner of the Alabama, whose captain was rescued Sunday) won a deal last November to transport naval jet fuel from South Korea to the Indian Ocean in a 856-foot tanker, the Maersk Rhode Island. A 12-strong Force Protection team was tapped to travel on that. Involved in prepo for decades, the Norfolk, VA-based shipper last January also won a deal estimated at $316 million to deliver defense equipment, mail and PX merchandise globally...
...Investors who own airline stocks have seen the shares of some of the largest carriers drop by more than 80%. The speculation that two more large American carriers will have to merge to save money has resurfaced for the first time since $147 oil drove up jet fuel costs last year...
Stanford, Allen • entertaining self-assessment by ("I flew around in a private jet, I had a boat, but I always lived very frugally...