age Ans, October 17, 1979. North Shore News

MALIBU, gai. urn”
‘When = _‘man_:first began
‘communicating

Most are expected to be
' grain trains, but Armstrong
Says “we'll take whatever the

CNR sends us.” He expects a

" number of the extra trains to .
be carrying coal as well as_
possibly sulphur or potash.

“The additonal traffic is
starting immediately. The
first outward-bound CNR
train rumbled
miniature tornado through -
. Sleeping West. Vancouver -

° early Monday morning,

_ causing numerous .calls to
B.C. Rail from residents ©
disturbed by the unusually
heavy noise of the CNR

with

like a.

Su ogists mood aneg &

- communication ix in the 1950s, :

‘wheat and other bulk

‘shipments Using the B.C.-

Railway:for many months I

hope that. BCR. and. the.

regulatory . authority will
look most carefully at the
various safety requirements

that may be needed.”
7 Safety tions; he -
suggested, should include |

increased and continual
track inspection; briefing of

railroad engineers possibly

unused to the BCR route and
peculiarities;
control of road-rail inter-
sections.

“My chief anxiety,”
the mayor, “is whether “the

1-7 ft.

and close .

will be manned by CNR
crews unfamiliar _with the
idiosyncrasies of the BCR
track. Each CNR crew, he

said, will have to be trained _.

over five or six runs before
they are qualified.to handle

the trains safely on their.

own.

One immediate problem,

‘said Armstrong, is finding

sufficient BCR engineers to
carry out the training while
maintaining BCR’s regular
service to its own customers.

However, Armstrong
discounted fears about the
ability of the BCR track to
stand up the greatly in-

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; “off..the’., - Hooked»
: -compiiter;’ ‘part ‘of “Project”

_ caused by.nearly double the

_ new. computer.-to. try. ‘to . Janus,” for reporters at his screens “-—. one * forthe.
dolphins, it was done. in communicate. | “with - two © isolated home above Malibu, “human operator and another =
human language. ‘Today, dolphins - on their ‘own . ** Sunderwater for the dolphins”
new computers: make it frequency. The research, financed by. = and ‘equipment to pick up
_possible to talk in Dolphins, Lilly said, have - Lilly’s non-profit.” Human- ‘and transmit . Sound. both

. meeaehinete. which: may four. individual - voices’ and) Dolphin Foundation, will be ways.
conim ' talk 10 times:faster and at.a- du at Marine.W 7 “This is the first computer
breakthrough with the clever 10 times higher pitch than do _ _ Sonducteg ‘A in Redwood bs that can talk in the dolphin’s_
animals. humans. Previous. A bottl . own frequency range,” Lilly
“Dr. John Lilly, who _ technology was. unable to. With two Atlantic enose said. - “Earlier: experiments
pioncered the original find that pitch or match the. _ dolphins and $100,000 worth “depended onus ‘using our
research - into - dolphin. speed, he said. ae : of equipment. rs own. “voices. "The dolphins
ee locomotives which | are” “BCR. ‘trackage: system is . creased. daily load. “The
| CROMPAGERT | designed — differently from substantial enough | ‘to take. entire track,” he said, “is
py. c. & " ‘ a - those of B.C. Rail. ~~ < Jengthy, © “frequent * and- -Grade One railway standard
ai spokesman West V: Derrick weighty traffic. I trust that and our people foresee no
Hugh Armstrong says “up to “Humphreys Mayor Derrick hazard commodities will be _ maintenance problems.”
15:to 17" extra trains weekly. sesious concern. about Shipped quite ” separately - So , ;
‘in each. direction will be _ possible threats to the safety - from long freight trains.” Each of the extra trains,
using the tracks between. ¢¢ residents. In a statement _ he told The News, will be
North Vancouver and Prince " 4ssued: Monday he said: B.C.. Rail’s "Armstrong. carrying approximately
George. . ~ “With the increased freight,. _confirms that the extra trains 6,500 tons of freight,

whether grain or other
commodities such as coal or
sulphur.

‘But even if there are no —

safety threats, nothing can

be done about the increased -

noise and vibration factors .

number of daily trains and
the different design of the
CNR locomotives.

It seems inevitable that a
considerable number of
West Van residents will be

losing some of their beauty |
sleep during the. months -

until the Second Narrows
rail bridge is fixed.

sq. yd.

.. They
. ‘English,’ but their accent ‘s" :
= he

. letter-- appears on.

“assigned |

--able to communicate.

kept trying to raise the pitch

“Lilly” hopes to work up to

when. matching sounds... __ simple words, such as ball oF, .

‘tried (to talk:

- Letters, “numbers . ‘and

wee ce . other symbols were. ‘assigned
.. .-t6 48 various. tones to. give:

up to the com om- ©:

puter~ “are: two - television 7

“the ‘human operators a
reference © point..:: The |

“computer translates: the °

_ sounds. toboth: human and
dolphin. pitches, some:
ultrasonic.. “The: - assigned
the |

" screens, adding ~ ‘the visual.
‘them? | a

stimulation. that dolphins -
seem to love. . 2

tomes.
‘to -the | Jetters
SOQBR will be the signal to -

For: “example, |

get the dolphins’ attention. ..
- AS a tone, SOQBR translates -

into the first few notes of the
tune used to hail aliens in the
space. film ».“Close. En-.

counters of the Third Kind.” ~

“This. is* the beginning
step,” Lilly said. “We hope
the dolphin will associate the _

sounds ‘with the letters. As

we work out the rules in the
game of language; we will be

will take a long time.”

Listening long enough,
one can recognize tone
‘patterns as one ni

recognizes a
Song - ‘melody. Eventually,

This

. hello.

There” is ‘something,

; maybe it’s the way they seem
_to smile, that has always
arews humans to dolphins. .

“There is an ancient lure,” .
the soft-spoken . Lilly. ‘said.
“They're.so kind to us. They

rescue us, .they’-never. hurt.
“US. They shave a sense ‘OF:

humor.” OO oe pee we.
" But why bother to atk to.
“We' re. ‘curious. "What 1 are

"they: ‘doing?’ What are they.
. thinking?.. They've .- been

around for :50- ‘million* years. -

* with brains. larger than ours.

JT want. to: know what. they.
-have: to tellus, what they.

know about survival. Maybe .
man was. here’ before. and

. didn't - survive —— but they. .

did.” =

‘He has always been - im-
pressed by the. intelligence of
the” creatures and. ‘their
learning behavior. Once, he

“said, he was nearly bitten by

a young dolphin, an. older
animal whacked the younger
one on the head.

The young one never bit
anyone again. .

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