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FUEL EFFICIENCY AMONG TOP PRIORITIES IN AIR MOBILITY COMMAND 'S ENERGY CONSERVATION
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SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill., Oct. 5 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command issued the following press release:
Imagine your frustration when the price of gas goes up 50 cents and it adds $12.50 to the cost of filling up your 25-gallon tank. Now imagine adding $25,575 to the cost of filling the tank of a C-5 Galaxy that holds 51,150 gallons.
The Air Force is the Department of Defense's largest consumer of fuel - requiring 64 percent in fiscal year 2008. Eighty-four percent of that went to aviation fuel and AMC used 52 percent of that aviation fuel share. In FY 2008, the bill for all of that ...
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Albinos in Tanzania killed for body parts
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune
; ...criminal trade in albino body parts. Many...matter - believe albinos have magical powers...out. Advocates for albinos have also said that...doctors are selling albino skin in Congo. The...he said. Many albinos in Tanzania are turning to the Tanzanian Albino Society for help...
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Albinos Find Voice in Tanzania
Transcript from: NPR Tell Me More
; ...More 06-12-2008 Albinos Find Voice in Tanzania...violence against its Albino population. Albinos have a genetic condition...past year, about 20 albinos, including children...throughout the country use Albino body parts in their...
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 "Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)")
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ALBINO TELLS OF NICHOL THREAT EX-CU PRESIDENT SAYS HE PRESSURED HER FOR DONATION.(Local)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
; ...University of Colorado president Judith Albino says Senate candidate Gene Nichol pestered...letter to the Federal Election Commission, Albino complained that Nichol had pushed her...toward me as very high pressure,'' Albino said Saturday. ``He said to me...
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ALBINO RAISES SEX-HARASSMENT ISSUE EX-CU CHIEF TESTIFIES ABOUT EX-CHANCELLOR CORBRIDGE; LAWYER SAYS CLAIMS BASED ON RUMOR.(Local)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
; ...University of Colorado president Judith Albino told regents that former Boulder chancellor...she testified in a sworn deposition. Albino testified under subpoena as part of a...obtained by the Rocky Mountain News, Albino said she went to the regents after harassment...
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MALAWI: ALBINOS FIGHT FOR THEIR RIGHTS
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire
; ...Through the Albino Association of...April this year, Albinos have launched...they claim that Albinos have a short life span. Albino women also rarely...teachers so that Albino children can be...said Malawian Albinos formed the association...
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African albinos are outcasts at birth Professor hopes to change image; seeks money to provide sunscreen, glasses
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; ...a handful of other albinos, Makumbe has founded the Zimbabwe Albino Trust. He dreams...battles prejudice on albinos' behalf. But his...witches survives, and albino children were once...belief that adult albinos do not die, but simply...
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The Albino Code Unleashes the Fury of Albino Assassins Everywhere; Short Film Parody Gives Real-World Glimpse into the Life of an Albino Assassin, Debunking Myths Portrayed in The Da Vinci Code.
Business Wire
; ...absence from the silver screen, the "evil albino" returns as Silas, the gun-toting monk...Code. Hollywood is notorious for casting the albino as the villain or mystical freak, so one albino dares to move beyond these stereotypes and...
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 "Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)")
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ALBINO MULE DEER A RARE, EERIE SIGHT.(SPORTS)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
; ...same stories for years but didn't see his first albino mule deer until the early 1990s, while trapping pheasants...me when I saw it. Instantly I recognized it as an albino, a true albino buck in a group of bucks.'' The biologist has since...
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`The Albino Code' unravels mystery of condition.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald
; ...parody flick, "The Albino Code," stars Hurley...absurdity of a red-eyed albino assassin. Albinos are considered legally...60 films that portray albinos as "the butt of a joke...outcast or the evil magical albino," Hurley said. Hurley...
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A spontaneous albino mutant of Ceratocystis resinifera results from a point mutation in the polyketide synthase gene, PKS1.
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of Microbiology
; ...PKS1 gene was defective in the albino mutant. Sequence analysis...the PKS1 allele found in the albino contained a single point mutation...polyketide synthase, sap stain, albino mutant, biological control...avons caracterise un mutant albinos spontane chez Ceratocystis...
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