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In the News (Mon 6 Jul 09)

  
  Koko.org / The Education of Koko / Ch. 2
From the beginning of Project Koko I had a dual role: I was a scientist attempting to teach a gorilla a human sign language, but I was also a mother to a one-year-old infant with all an infant's needs and fears.
Koko was, after all, only one year old, and when not asleep, she was constantly moving and exploring.
It was impossible within the confines of Koko's display cage to seal her off from spoken languages (the glass was hardly soundproof and some zoo visitors seemed to take it as a sacred obligation to make remarks to Koko and whoever was in with her).
www.koko.org /world/teok_ch2.html   (3409 words)

  
 Koko.org / The Education of Koko / Ch. 1
Nor could I have anticipated that the intense controversy ape-language experiments generated within the behavioral sciences a decade ago would still be continuing today.
It means establishing that Koko in fact made the sign cited, that she knew what she meant, and that her behavior was intentional, not imitative or cued.
The language Koko uses, American Sign Language, or Ameslan as it is called by the deaf for whom it is a primary mode of communication, is the fourth most commonly used language in the United States.
www.koko.org /world/teok_ch1.html   (1346 words)

  
 Language Log: Koko's Trip to the Dentist
Nor was she able to express the degree of her pain in language.
How they taught her the meaning of the chart is itself an interesting question, and we should probably be impressed that she was able to learn how to use the chart to express the extent of her pain, if that is indeed what she did.
But the linguistic point here is that, although Koko is able to use symbols, her linguistic ability is quite different from that of a human being.
itre.cis.upenn.edu /~myl/languagelog/archives/001340.html   (421 words)

  
 WORLDTWITCH - Northeast Tibet Birding Trip Report, August 2000, by Jesper Hornskov
Six at the Koko Nor lagoon on 6th were duly ooh'd and aah'd by all members of the group.
Recorded at Xining Bei Shan, near Koko Nor, at Heka pass, in valleys near and S of Yushu, in the Kanda Shan area (daily max 200+ on 12th), at Gonghe and N of Xining.
Noted at Koko Nor lagoon, at the ex-commune, Gonghe (max 90 on 17th), en route S of Yushu, in the Mekong valley and at Wenquan.
www.worldtwitch.com /tibet_2000.htm   (3594 words)

  
 ANNEX E: Nuclear Weapons Research and Development Production and Related Facilities
In the case of Koko Nor, we have a considerable amount of communications intelligence which confirms the existence of a nuclear complex in the area, but our under standing of its specific functions and capabilities is based entirely on analysis of overhead photography.
Koko Nor is the major nuclear weapons R&D center in China and, up to the present at least, it has been the major weapons fabrication center as well.
The original facilities at Lanchou, Yumen, and Koko Nor were built with Soviet help, but they are all located close to the Soviet border and are highly visible and vulnerable to air strikes.
www.fas.org /irp/dia/product/prc_72/app_e.htm   (1329 words)

  
 WORLDTWITCH - Western China & Northeast Tibet Birding Trip Report, May-July 2000 by Jon Hornbuckle & Jesper ...
In the Koko Nor area 120 at the lagoon and ten at Heimahe on 14th; at Dayematan eight on 25th and two on 4th.
Noted at Koko Nor (60+ on 14th), Gonghe, Dayematan (max 25 on 4th), en route to the Nangqian forest reserve, along the Mekong, at the wetland S of Yushu and occasionally along streams on the high plateau.
Recorded at Xining Bei Shan, N of Xining, at ex-commune W of Koko Nor, at Gonghe, on the Sichuan border (max 25 (7) on 23rd), in the Yushu valley, at the Nangqian forest reserve and on Kanda Shan.
www.worldtwitch.com /china_hornbuckle.htm   (13177 words)

  
 Limosa Holidays - Gallery
On the eastern Marsh at the Koko Nor, nine on 27/9 and one on 30/9.
In Qinghai, 20+ by the eastern marsh on 27/9 and 60+ on 30/9, and 180+ by the Koko Nor on 29/9.
Numerous by the Koko Nor, with 400+ at Heimahe on 29/9 and 15+ on the marsh at the eastern end of the lake 30/9.
www.limosaholidays.co.uk /tripReportDetail.cfm?reportID=309   (12658 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for nor
Qinghai Hu or Koko Nor, salt lake, c.1,625 sq mi (4,210 sq km), in the Tibetan highlands, NE Qinghai prov., China; one of the largest lakes in China.
Homicides that are neither justifiable nor excusable are considered crimes.
apsis (pl. apsides), point in the orbit of a body where the body is neither approaching nor receding from another body about which it revolves.
www.encyclopedia.com /searchpool.asp?target=nor   (614 words)

  
 The New York Review of Books: GORILLA TALK
The Sebeoks assume that because Koko had refused to use this sign on this particular day with this particular assistant, even when the teacher repeatedly demonstrated ("cued!") the sign, that she had not mastered it; however drink was a sign Koko had then used reliably on a daily basis for several years.
The Sebeoks state that the types of responses Koko gave to avoid the double blind test were not included in the four categories of errors I listed, so that "we may assume they are in fact not represented in the sixty percent score" she achieved.
The full context of Koko's "Flower pink fruit stink, fruit stink pink" rhyme was a dinnertime discussion of broccoli with two teachers, one of whom responded, "You're rhyming, neat!" to which koko replied "Love meat sweet." Following this incident, her ability to rhyme was tested.
www.nybooks.com /articles/7293   (1621 words)

  
 Limosa Holidays - Gallery
Five at the Summer Palace on 21/9, 6 near Heimahe on the Koko Nor on 26/9, 10+ at the eastern end of the Koko Nor on 27/9 and 4 on the Salinas on 1/10.
Minimum of 150+ near Heimahe on Koko Nor on 26/9 and 200+ on the lagoon and marsh at the eastern end of Koko Nor on 27/9, 6 on the reservoir at Beidaihe on 29/9, 23 at the Salinas on 1/10, 5 on Happy Island on 3/10 and 2 there on 4/10.
Eight near Heimahe on the Koko Nor on 26/9 and 20 on the lagoon at the eastern end of the Koko Nor on 27/9.
www.limosaholidays.co.uk /tripReportDetail.cfm?reportID=205   (9808 words)

  
 High Asia Tours:Qingai Lhasa Tour.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Arrive at Koko Nor Lake in the late afternoon and accommodate by the lake.
In the morning drive to Dulan along the Koko Nor Lake, the biggest salty lake in China, with an area of 4,500 square kilometers and an altitude of 3,194 m above sea level.
"Koko Nor" in Mongolian language means "blue lake" because of its lunar shape and color.
www.highasiatours.com /tibet/itineraries/qinghai_lhasa.php   (1320 words)

  
 Koko Nor - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
KOKO NOR [Koko Nor] salt lake, China: see Qinghai Hu.
Find newspaper and magazine articles plus images and maps related to "Koko Nor" at HighBeam.
Market Gainer Releases Coverage for KOKO Petroleum Incorporated.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-x-kokonor.html   (205 words)

  
 CHINA:NUCLEAR WEAPONS EMPLOYMENT - 4
While neither interregional play nor direct involvement of the Ministry of National Defense has been apparent, the simultaneous and widespread nature of the activity strongly suggests more sophisticated planning at the national level.
In the case of Koko Nor, we have a considerable amount of communications intelligence which confirms the existence of a nuclear complex in the area, but our understanding of its specific functions and capabilities is based entirely on analysis of overhead photography.
Koko Nor is the major nuclear weapons RandD center in China and, up to the present at least, it has been the major weapons fabrication center as well.
www.defencejournal.com /aug98/nucweaponemloy4.htm   (4543 words)

  
 Discovery Online, Exploration -- Road Rally, Today at the Rally   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
KOKO NOR, China, Sept. 12 -- On the muddy roads of central China today, we almost experienced our first human casualty.
After driving by stained concrete apartment houses and smoke stacks early in the day, we emerged from the ubiquitous thick brown smog into a region of clear rivers, golden mounds of hay and jagged peaks.
The roads on the 300-mile drive from Lanzhou to Koko Nor ranged from newly paved to muck.
www.christinemckenna.com /PekingtoParis/dispatches/0912/race.html   (607 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Qinghai, China (Chinese Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
Qinghai lies in the Tibetan highlands at an average elevation of 9,800 ft (3,000 m) and is mainly a high, desolate plateau.
The central region has the vast, swampy Qaidam [Mongolian,=salt marshes] basin, and in the northeast there is the large Qinghai Hu or Koko Nor [Chinese and Mongolian,=blue sea] salt lake for which the province is named; it is the largest lake in China.
It came under Chinese (Ch'ing dynasty) control after 1724 and was administered from Xining as the Koko Nor territory.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/Q/Qinghai.html   (501 words)

  
 nor - OneLook Dictionary Search
NOR, Nor, nor : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
Nor is also used sometimes in the first member for neither, and sometimes the neither is omitted and implied by the use of nor.
Phrases that include nor: koko nor, nor east, nor nor east, nor nor west, nor west, more...
www.onelook.com /?w=nor   (382 words)

  
 NE Tibet: 29 May - 25 June 1999
One was at the E end of Koko Nor on 16th.
Seen only at Koko Nor: 100 at Heimahe on 17th, 35 at E end of the lake on 19th.
At E end of Koko Nor c250 on 16+19th, and finally singles in the Heimahe area and in desert W of Koko Nor on 17-18th.
www.camacdonald.com /birding/asiatibetNETibetTripReport.htm   (5067 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
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At E end of Koko Nor c250 on 16+19th, and finally singles in the Heimahe area & in desert W of Koko No r on 17-18th.
Seen/heard in high altitude scrub near Banma on 6th, near Yushu on 8th, in the Kanda Shan area on 10+13th, and at Koko Nor.
www.doftravel.dk /reports/netibet.rtf   (7037 words)

  
 Timeline of Central Asia During the Tang Dynasty
On October 3, they fight a great battle across the Koko Nor with Tibetans commanded by Mgar Khri `brin btsan brod and suffer a major defeat, two of their generals, Liu-Shen-li and Wang Hsiao-chieh, being captured as well.
His advice to the Chinese court is to not abandon the Four Garrisons as Tibet demands, but instead to give up the five Nu-shih-pi tribes in exchange for the Koko Nor lands and the T'u-yü-hun and to press for peace in hopes that this would unseat Mgar and cause Tibet inner turmoil.
Chinese pursue to Koko Nor where Chinese had already burned the grasses, causing deaths of many Tibetan horses.
spotlightongames.com /background/emw.html   (10588 words)

  
 Eastern Tibet TOURS Amdo visit Labrang -Kubum monasteries and Lhasa
XINING - KOKO NOR LAKE, 200 KM On the way to Koko Nor Lake you'll stop to visit Kubum Monastery.
KOKO NOR LAKE - XINING, 190 KM You'll have a short trekking along the lake in the morning.
The lake is the largest inland salt water lake in China and covers an area of 4500 sq kms, and 3193 m above sea level.
www.nepalexcursion.com /east_amdo.html   (705 words)

  
 Discoverers Web: Przhevalski
There are no landmarks to steer by, one hill is exactly like another, and as soon as you have ascended one, dozens more, all as though in the same mould, rise up in front of you.
He next climbed the Holan Shan, intending to travel on to Koko Nor, but lack of money forced him to turn back one month (600 km) short of his target.
On the first, in 1876-1877, he was the first European to reach Lop Nor since Marco Polo, and discovered the Altin Tagh range.
www.win.tue.nl /~engels/discovery/prz.html   (685 words)

  
 Koko Biography (Gorilla) — FactMonster.com
Extra credit: Koko had a famous pet kitten which she named All Ball...
Qinghai Hu - Qinghai Hu or Koko Nor, salt lake, c.1,625 sq mi (4,210 sq km), in the Tibetan highlands, NE...
The Private Life of the Cat Who...: Tales of Koko and Yum Yum (from the Journals of James Mackintosh Qwilleran) by Lilian Jackson Braun
www.factmonster.com /biography/var/koko.html   (266 words)

  
 The Snow House
While she was doing this, Menie and Koko built a tunnel-entrance for the dogs just like the big one on the stone house.
Koko and Menie followed them, but the moment they got near, the dogs bounded away.
If Kesshoo hadn't been slashing at them with his whip, and if Menie and Koko hadn't been screaming at them with all their might, so the dogs were nearly distracted, Koolee might have been badly bitten.
digital.library.upenn.edu /women/perkins/eskimo/eskimo-4.html   (1456 words)

  
 Eagle-Eye Tours China
In 1868, it took Pere David, a missionary-explorer, a year and a half, to travel to Koko Nor, an expedition that required a four month wait to travel by boat up the Yangtze.
The high altitude desert west of Koko Nor could produce birds with such exotic sounding names as Hume’s Groundpecker, and in the extensive marshes we might find Black-necked Crane.
At Koko Nor we stay in simple, clean rooms with two beds but with no private facilities, and at Happy Island we stay in attractive, clean huts with a shower and toilet shared between a single and two double rooms.
www.eagle-eye.com /Locations/China.html   (1494 words)

  
 WINGS Birding Tours to China: Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and Beidaihe: General Tour Information
In Qinghai and particularly around Qinghai Hu (Koko Nor), it is likely to be considerably colder, especially in the mornings when temperatures can drop to around freezing, and there will probably already be some snow on the highest peaks.
We’ll spend four nights on the plateau, three near Qinghai Hu (Koko Nor) and another near Caka.
On one day we’ll venture into the South Koko Nor mountain range driving over a pass that reaches almost 11,900 feet.
wingsbirds.com /tours/information/75   (1634 words)

  
 2006 Tibet Traverse   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Our tour will consist of driving right across the richest part of the Tibetan Plateau, "The Roof of the World," from north to south, starting at Xining and ending up in Lhasa.
First we'll drive onto the northeastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau to Koko Nor and several sites for special birds to the west in the Qaidam Basin.
Then we'll double back past Koko Nor and make an extensive foray into SE Qinghai Province to a special endemic area near the headwaters of several of the great Asian rivers, the Yangtze, Yellow, Mekong, and Salween.
www.kingbirdtours.com /capsules/tibet06cap.html   (258 words)

  
 Joseph Rock's Images
A herd of yaks on the Koko Nor grasslands.
View of the Koko Nor from a mountain.
View of the walled hamlet on the edge of the Koko Nor.
pratyeka.org /rock   (693 words)

  
 [No title]
Nor is it possible to escape this loss by carrying copper cash with one; for, putting aside their excessive weight, there is not even a standard cash in China.
Take, for example, the Ssu-chuanese: they do work of the heaviest kind, as porters over the rough mountain roads or as boat-trackers up the swift eddy- ing rivers of their province, work which only strong and healthy men could do, and nearly every one of them is a confirmed opium-smoker.
Nor does opium-smoking dull the mind and produce somnolence; its effects are just the reverse.
lcweb2.loc.gov /ndlpcoop/nicmoas/cent/cent0041.sgm   (18452 words)

  
 Merriam-Webster Online
Etymology: Middle English, contraction of nother neither, nor, from nother, pronoun & adjective, neither -- more at
1 -- used as a function word to introduce the second or last member or the second and each following member of a series of items each of which is negated nor there> nor me nor anyone>
For More Information on "nor" go to Britannica.com
www.merriam-webster.com /cgi-bin/thesaurus?nor   (92 words)

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