GOOGLE WITH NEW SEARCH ENGINE

www.youthsprouts.blogspot.com Some large online publishers are expressing initial wariness about Google's new "search within a search" feature, which some feel could diminish their role in directing users around their sites, according to the New York Times. Google's new service is touted as a way to help users find specific items within sites like Wikipedia, NYT.com, WashingtonPost.com, Wal-Mart, among many others. When a user enters a search on Google for one of those kinds of sites, Google then offer another search box that lets users to seek out subjects within those sites. The main issue: the second search box has a Google ad, the revenues of which are not shared with publishers of the sites in question. On top of that, the second search box will occasionally promote a rival's site. For the most part, though, web publishers are concerned that the second search keeps users on Google-sponsored pages rather than directing them around their own sites. One example cited by the NYT showed a search for the "Washington Post" that took users to the site. When a second search within the WaPo site for "jobs" brought up the newspaper's classified page, the search box sported ads for Monster.com and CareerBuilder. Google concedes that it has received at least a few complaints and has turned off the function for those sites, but didn't identify them. Google also isn't saying how many sites feature the new search tool. However, the NYT suggested that once the second search function is gone, websites might not be allowed to bring it back later. That could be a problem if the service gains popularity and users start to expect it. With that in mind, others say that media companies should reconsider their initial hostility to the new Google service. Forbes.com CEO Jim Spanfeller, for one is impressed by Google's expanded search tool and seems to feel that publishers' fears are slightly overblown: "Not to be cavalier about it, but sites like The Post and Forbes, which have strong enough brand names, won't lose more than a very small percentage of people who will go to other sites." __

Medicine's Cutting Edge: Re-Growing Organs---GNOME OR NOT

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Alfa Romeo Mi.To compact sports hatch. FINALLY DESIGNERS ARE OUT

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Now that the majority of motoring journalists and enthusiasts around the world have had their say on the stylish Alfa Romeo Mi.To compact sports hatch, it is only fair that we hear what the Mi.To's head designers have to say about their latest creation. __

Lamborghini Reventón - Don't drive fast, fly low.

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Man this thing is outrageous! It just screams speed. We side more on the new Lamborghini Gallardo LP650’s design but this grows on us more and more. Oh and how’s this sound, every Reventón is equipped with a robotised e.gear controlled by two small levers under the steering wheel.

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The essence of the marque: just 20 examples of a design masterpiece

Clearly a Lamborghini, but nothing quite like it. A super car without equals: the Lamborghini Reventón is a road vehicle with an extreme specification and, at the same time, a limited edition masterpiece – a coherent style, angular with sharp lines, inspired by the very latest aeronautics.

With just 20 produced, each 1 Million Euro (without taxes) Lamborghini Reventón is a symbol of extreme exclusivity, yet still offering the extraordinary performance that makes the Reventón so unrivalled: under the completely autonomous design, the Reventón possesses the entire technical and dynamic competence of the twelve cylinder Lamborghini.

Lamborghini prides itself on being the extraordinary manufacturer of extreme super sports cars without compromise. Sensuality and provocation characterise every Lamborghini, with an aggressively innovative style. “However, the Reventón is the most extreme of all, a true automotive superlative. Our designers at the Lamborghini Style Centre took the technical base of the Murciélago LP640 and compressed and intensified its DNA, its genetic code,” affirms Stephan Winkelmann, President and CEO of Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A.

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S5S Raptor Saleen,a cars, auto, vehicle or what is this cool?

www.youthsprouts.blogspot.com Zero to 60 mph would be accomplished in a claimed 3.2 seconds, and the S5S could lay waste to a quarter-mile in 10.9 seconds, figures that are awfully exact for a concept that the company isn’t even sure it’s going to produce.

Come to think of it, all these details are awfully exact. Saleen claims it is waiting on public and media reaction to make a production decision, and if it were to produce the S5S, it could be ready in as little as two years. Come on, Saleen. If you promise to drop the charade, we promise not to tell anyone that you’re probably going to build it—wink-wink.

Saleen sharpens its supercar talons with a supercharged concept that it’s likely to build.

American tuner and boutique automaker Saleen, the producer of the prodigiously powerful and prodigiously expensive S7 and S7 Twin Turbo, used the New York auto show to debut its new supercar concept, the S5S Raptor.

Saleen says the S5S Raptor concept is “designed for the premium performance market” and that a production version would be comparable in price and size to a Ferrari F430. Saleen estimates an asking price of $185,000 (well down from the S7 Twin Turbo’s base price of nearly $600,000), and the S5S Raptor has an overall length of 175.0 inches and a wheelbase of 106.3 inches. For reference, the Ferrari is 2.6 inches longer and rides on a wheelbase that’s shorter by nearly four inches. The S5S is 46.0 inches high and 78.6 wide, 1.8 inches lower and 2.9 inches wider than Maranello’s finest.

S5S stands for “Saleen 5.0-liter supercharged,” so the Raptor is logically powered by an E85-burning 650-hp, 5.0-liter supercharged V-8 that also twists out 630 pound-feet of torque. No fancy-pants DOHC engine, the all-aluminum, three-valve single-overhead-cammer spits out peak horsepower at 6300 rpm, with max torque on tap from 4400.

All that power boogies through a standard six-speed manual—a six-speed paddle-shift sequential manual could be available as well—on its way to 20-inch wheels and tires. Rubber measures 275/35 at the front and 315/35 at the rear. The front brakes consist of 15-inch rotors squeezed by six-piston calipers; 13-inch discs and two-piston grabbers handle stopping duties out back. The curb weight theoretically stands at just under 3400 pounds, with 44 percent of the tonnage allotted to the front axle.

The production car would also utilize aluminum construction and composite body panels to keep weight down, and top speed is claimed to be in excess of 200 mph.

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FREEDOM SHIP.

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Ever dreamt of floating on the sea on your life? The Ship boasts of 18,000 living units in the price range of $180,000 to $2.5 million, including a couple of premium suites priced up to $44 million.

The idea that has been tossed around for a while. Now the Freedom Ship company has a new set of designs for the floating urban space, which looks sort of like a giant mall parking lot, and sort of like a really giant Love Boat. Here you can see the new design of the ship. The designers estimate they’ll have it built in three years.

s A world class casino will be around the corner for your entertainment and so will a world class medical facility to meet your health needs. A ferryboat transportation system that provides departures every 15 minutes, 24 hours a day, to 3 or more local cities giving ship residents access to the local neighborhood and up to 30,000 land-based residents a chance to spend a day on the ship.

Specifications:

* 18,000 living units, with prices in the range of $180,000 to $2.5 million, including a small number of premium suites currently priced up to $44 million. * 3,000 commercial units in a similar price range * 2,400 time-share units * 10,000 hotel units * A World Class Casino * A ferryboat transportation system that provides departures every 15 minutes, 24 hours a day, to 3 or more local cities giving ship residents access to the local neighborhood and up to 30,000 land-based residents a chance to spend a day on the ship. * A World-Class Medical Facility practicing Western and Eastern medicine as well as preventive and anti-aging medicine. * A School System that gives the students a chance to take a field trip into a different Country each week for academic purposes or to compete with local schools in numerous sporting events. For example; The Freedom Ship High School Soccer team plays a Paris High School team this week at home and an Italian team next week in Italy, while the Freedom Ship High School Band presents a New Orleans Jazz musical at a concert hall in London. * An International Trade Center that gives on-board companies and shops the opportunity to show and sell their products in a different Country each week. * More than 100 acres of outdoor Park, Recreation, Exercise and Community space for the enjoyment of residents and visitors.

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