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The UAV combines the capabilities of an aircraft with helicopter-like hovering, a tilt-rotor propeller, and a fixed-wing vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) system, which enables a runway-free takeoff and landing on an unprepared area
Israel unveiled their UAV with aircraft combining helicopter and aircraft capabilities:
http://homelandsecuritynewswire.com/israel-unveils-uav-combining-aircraft-helicopter-capabilities
Man is accused of joining Al Qaeda and openly speaking of Islamic militant views *while working at US nuclear plants.* He actually worked at 6 nuclear power plants in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/05/us/05mobley.html?_r=3
China's aging population will apparently result in them stopping their one-child policy next year in 5 provinces, with the entire country ending the one-child policy by 2013 or 2014:
http://www.theage.com.au/world/ageing-china-flags-truce-in-onechild-revolution-20100912-156za.html
The scientific community in California is increasingly concerned that the last major California earthquake occurred in 1857, with a recent study projecting a 99% chance that a major earthquake will hit California in the next 30 years:
http://homelandsecuritynewswire.com/california-prepares-big-one
It took 4.7 billion years for the Earth to accumulate our helium reserves...and a Nobel Prize winning helium expert warns that we will completely use up the supply in 25 to 30 years! We have no way of manufacturing helium and running out of it will be disastrous for hospitals and industry:
http://homelandsecuritynewswire.com/world-running-out-helium
Verizon has set their goal to launch LTE in 30 NFL cities by the end of the year, but they just announced that they will launch LTE in *38* cities and 62 airports this year. They say their LTE speed in a fully loaded network will still be 5-12 Mbps (10x faster than their 3G speeds!) and the latency of 30 ms is twice as fast as their 3G network. AT&T said that LTE devices won't be available soon and Verizon says they will have 6 LTE smartphones and tablets in the first half of next year and will be showing them off at CES in January:
http://www.droid-life.com/2010/10/06/verizon-ups-4g-lte-launch-ante-will-hit-38-cities-by-end-of-year/