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Saturday, December 31, 2011
Young boy insulted by Siri running on a store?s demo iPhone 4S
A twelve year old boy and his mother have been left in a state of shock after a Siri on demonstration model of an iPhone 4S insulted...
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Friday, December 30, 2011
Now Cydi Offers Siri on iPad 2, iPod Touch & iPhone 4S
Finally it is here! A new Cydia tweak released by Ryan Petrich and Chpwn allows users to legally install the Siri on an iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch running the iOS 5 or iOs 5.0.1. the new Siri port is legal and has been named as Spire. This port has been deemed as stable when installing the Siri on older iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch models unlike the H1Siri, that came with bugs and is illegal to use.
The port is compatible with the following devices:
1. iPhone 3GS
2. iPhone 4G
3. iPad 1
4. iPod Touch 3G
5. iPod Touch 4G
The Cydia tweak will work on all the above mentioned devices but will also need an iPhone 4S because the users require to have a SiriProxy Fork, where they use an iPhone 4S to set up a proxy and insert the required information easily. This is important as Apple still need an authorization to use the Siri.
It is recommended by the developers that to use a Wi-Fi network rather then a standard cellular network for downloading the file that is approx 100MB in size. The latest Siri port is available for free at the Cydia Store.
Chwpn stated that the Spire uses a new method to have the files important for Siri, thus it does not have the copyright issue encountered by previous attempts. Chpwn also explained that the issue why users have to still gain an authorization through their own server and an iPhone 4S with any such port.
However, Spire is not a complete solution. Apple still requires an authorization to use Siri, therefore information from an iPhone 4S is still required.
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Mortgage rates for the past 52 weeks, at a glance (AP)
By The Associated Press The Associated Press ? Thu?Dec?29, 11:50?am?ET | The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage rose slightly to 3.95 percent this week, Freddie Mac said Thursday. Last week's average 3.91 percent rate was the lowest on records dating back to the 1950s. Here's a look at rates for fixed- and adjustable-rate mortgages over the past 52 weeks. |
| Current week's average Last week's average 52-week high 52-week low |
| 30-year fixed 3.95 3.91 5.05 3.91 |
| 15-year fixed 3.24 3.21 4.29 3.21 |
| 5-year adjustable 2.88 2.85 3.92 2.85 |
| 1-year adjustable 2.78 2.77 3.40 2.77 |
| All values are in percentage points. |
| Source: Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey. |
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Thursday, December 29, 2011
Iran threatens to close key oil shipping lane Strait of Hormuz over US sanctions
- Four mile-wide strait is world's most important oil shipping lane
- Iranian First Vice President repeats threat to close oil shipping lane
- U.N. report in November claimed Iran is designing an atomic bomb
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 8:32 AM on 14th December 2011
A war of words broke out between Washington and Tehran last night after the Iranians threatened to choke off one of the world?s busiest shipping routes.
Tensions rose after Iran?s top naval commander bragged that shutting down the Gulf to oil tankers would be ?easier than drinking a glass of water.?
The implied threat triggered an angry response from the US Fifth Fleet, which warned it would not allow any disruption in the strategically important Strait of Hormuz - through which 40 per cent of the world?s tanker-borne oil passes.
Tensions: A military helicopter flies over a submarine during the Velayat-90 war games by the Iranian navy in the Strait of Hormuz today
?Anyone who threatens to disrupt freedom of navigation in an international strait is clearly outside the community of nations; any disruption will not be tolerated,? said a spokesperson for the Bahrain-based fleet.
?The free flow of goods and services through the Strait of Hormuz is vital to regional and global prosperity,? the statement added.
Britain dismissed the Iranian boasts as an attempt to draw attention from its nuclear ambitions.
Playing down the threat, a Foreign Office spokesman said: ?Iranian politicians regularly use this type of rhetoric to distract attention from the real issue, which is the nature of their nuclear programme.?
Military personnel place an Iranian flag on a submarine in the Strat of Hormuz, as tensions escalate over the country's apparent design of nuclear weapons
Lookout: A submarine performs naval maneuvers on the Sea of Oman during naval exercises in international waters
Tehran warned a week ago it would shut down the strategically vital shipping lane if the West took tougher action against Iran.
Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi said Iran wouldn?t allow ?a drop of oil? to pass through the strait if sanctions were widened.
The row ratcheted up another notch yesterday after Admiral Habibollah Sayyari, head of the Iranian navy, declared that ?closing the Strait of Hormuz for Iran? s armed forces is really easy ? or as Iranians say it will be easier than drinking a glass of water.?
Whilst naval chief Adm. Habibollah Sayyari told state-run Press TV: 'Iran has comprehensive control over the strategic waterway.'
The comments drew a quick response from the U.S, with Pentagon press secretary George Little saying: 'This is not just an important issue for security and stability in the region, but is an economic lifeline for countries in the Gulf, to include Iran.'
Threat: An Iranian politician claims the country's military is preparing to close off the Strait of Hormuz - the most important oil transport channel in the world
Western tensions with Iran have increased since a U.N report claimed last month that Tehran appears to have worked on designing an atomic bomb.
Iran strongly denies this and insists it is developing nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.
The possibility of imposing sanctions on Iran has divided U.N nations.
Iran has defiantly expanded nuclear activity despite four rounds of U.N. sanctions meted out since 2006 over its refusal to suspend sensitive uranium enrichment.
Parviz Sarvari, a member of the Iranian parliament's National Security Committee, said Iran was preparing to close off the Strait as part of an exercise
Many diplomats believe only sanctions targeting Iran's lifeblood oil sector might be painful enough to make it change course, but Russia and China - big trade partners of Tehran - have blocked such a move at the United Nations.
Iran this week repeated the warning it issued earlier this month, stating that should sanction be imposed it will cut off oil access through the Strait of Hormuz - the world's fourth biggest oil shipping lane.
However, the U.S. State Department has since dismissed Iran's threats by describing them as having 'an element of bluster'.
According to official Iranian news agency IRNA, Iran's First Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi warned this week: 'If they (the West) impose sanctions on Iran's oil exports, then even one drop of oil cannot flow from the Strait of Hormuz.'
But Mark Toner, spokesperson for the U.S. State Department, responded: 'It's another attempt to distract attention away from the real issue, which is their continued non-compliance with their international nuclear obligations.'
Rahimi's remarks coincided with a 10-day Iranian naval exercise in the Strait and nearby waters, a show of military force that began on Saturday.
'Our enemies will give up on their plots against Iran only if we give them a firm and strong lesson,' Rahimi said.
Important: Around a third of the world's shipped oil passes through the Strait of Hormuz
Around a third of all shipped oil passes through the four mile-wide Strait between Oman and Iran and U.S. warships patrol the area to ensure safe passage.
Former U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney said President Obama should have ordered an airstrike over Iran after their refusal to hand back the unmanned spy plane that crashed last month
Most of the crude exported from Saudi Arabia, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Iraq - together with nearly all the liquefied natural gas from lead exporter Qatar is transported through the channel.
After a news agency mistakenly reported the straight had already been closed, crude oil prices leapt by almost $2 to $100.45/per barrel, but they later stabilised.
Last month, Iran's energy minister told Al Jazeera that Tehran could use oil as a political tool in the event of any future conflict over its nuclear program.
Tensions over the program have increased since the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reported on November 8 that Tehran appears to have worked on designing a nuclear bomb and may still be pursuing research to that end.
Iran has warned it will respond to any attack by hitting Israel and U.S. interests in the Gulf and analysts say one way to retaliate would be to close the Strait of Hormuz.
Last month former U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney said President Obama should have ordered an airstrike over Iran after their refusal to hand back the unmanned spyplane that crashed in November.
During a White House news conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, Mr Obama said: 'We have asked for it back. We'll see how the Iranians respond.'
But Mr Cheney told CNN: 'The right response would have been to go in immediately after it had gone down and destroy it.
Boast: Officials in Iran claim they can 'mass produce' the captured RQ-170 Sentinel drone and build a 'superior' version following its crash on December 4
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Macy's Holiday Tradition: Windows Through Time
Looking at Christmas toys between 1908 and 1917. Photo from LOC. Click on image for license and information.
While I was battling the Cold of the Year (from which I?m still recovering), Matt Feltz sent along an article from the Boston Globe on the role of downtown department stores, like Macy?s or Filene?s or Jordan Marsh, in the infrastructure of the city. I read the article through a haze of Nyquil, but it stayed with me because Christmas in my own beloved City is not without its own traditions, among them, the Macy?s Holiday Windows. While other luxury department stores certainly have their own reputable holiday window displays, the Macy?s windows are a prime objective among tourists and native New Yorkers alike.
Scene from Macy's 2011 "A Miracle on 34th Street" windows.
Department stores grew out of rather simple beginnings. Macy?s, for example, was originally a dry goods store selling housewares and home goods, which they still do, but it was a far cry from the fashion warehouse that we know today. Dry goods stores were fairly common. Rowland Hussey Macy had already opened four (failed) stores before trying his luck on Sixth Avenue between 13th and 14th Streets in 1858. Opening day sales totaled $11.06 (about $280.00 today). The 34th Street location represents the ultimate outcome of the department store, which developed into larger establishments?and anchors of urban centers?in response to consumer demand, growing taller and claiming more square footage to accommodate more merchandise.
Holiday window displays were a part of their role as attractions. People traveled?as they still clearly do?to view these seasonal arrangements, and department stores used them as a marketing device to show off their wares. One source reports the first Macy?s window displays in 1874 displayed a diverse offering of porcelain dolls from around the world and scenes from Uncle Tom?s Cabin. A window from the early 1900s shows an array of dolls and child-sized furniture. Today?s windows wrap merchandise in more creative means, but the idea is the same: The 2011 Macy?s ?Make a Wish? steampunk-themed windows are designed to highlight specially created ornaments, which are of course available for purchase.
A boy peers into the Tree of Harmony. Macy's 2006 Holiday display.
These annual displays do much to help create and maintain a meaning associated with the holidays. For example, every year Macy?s devotes a set of windows to A Miracle on 34th Street, a story about a little girl who learns to believe in Santa after meeting Kris Kringle. It?s an interesting choice as the movie?s message both addresses and surpasses the commercialism that has become a part of the season. As such, it serves as a reminder of the magic and generosity associated with Christmas. The annual themed windows echo this sentiment with elements of fantasy. The 2006 Tree-oriented displays provided glimpses into worlds removed from human eyes that emphasized values like friendship and love.
But this annual tradition can also reveal the ebb and flow of social interests. The ?Make a Wish? windows mix old with new in the steampunk tradition as we stand on the crossroads of technology and find our lives increasingly intertwined with machinery. It highlights the ways innovation has long intersected with creativity, driving mechanical advancements and encouraging us to dream larger. We?ve come a long way from a series of dolls and child-sized furniture. Do you have a favorite holiday window display? Tell us about it in the comments, or send in your photos to comments[at]anthropologyinpractice.com to be shared on the AIP Facebook page.
Digital photo frames add a technical element to the Henri Bendel display, 2010.
Macy's "Miracle on 34th Street" holiday window, 2006
Macy's 2011 "Make a Wish" holiday windows.
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SW PA man jailed after shooting wife over Facebook time
WASHINGTON, Pa. (AP) ? A southwestern Pennsylvania man has been jailed on attempted homicide and other charges for allegedly trying to shoot his wife because he believes she spends too much time on the Facebook social networking site.
Fifty-one-year-old Harry Hibbs Jr., of Eighty-Four, remained jailed Monday unable to post $500,000 bail set by a judge after his arrest on Christmas Eve.
North Strabane Township police say there were two children in the home at the time, and that Hibbs' wife was holding one of them ? a 2-year-old ? when he pushed her to the ground and hit her in the head with a gun. Police say Hibbs then tried to shoot the woman, but the gun malfunctioned.
Online court records don't list an attorney for Hibbs, who is also charged with assault and reckless endangerment.
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Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Looking for partners for interesting role plays
Hey there,
There is a lot more I'd be willing to do but those are just my top few. If you have any ideas and want to throw them my way feel free. I'm open to most ideas.
I'm Akira and I've been role playing for a little more two years now. I'm looking for a few people to start role playing with. I'm usually good at coming up with ideas but like having someone to bump those ideas off of and forming a greater role play with; Like a snowball. :D I'm pretty laid back, at least I like to think so, but I like planning so everyone is on the same page. I'm a little shy so I love it when people speak their minds. :3
I usually write four paragraphs and up. I've had up to eight characters before but prefer around four. I certainly don't mind groups, in fact, I really like them since that means even more people to throw ideas in and make it unique. I usually have male characters but may throw a female in there time to time. I'm fine with pretty much any gender/type relationship.
I am a high school student, currently on break, so there is a good chunk of the day I can't reply but will once I get home. Also, my cat likes to try to type. ^.^;
Role plays I'm interested in
- Asylum - about to have one going but willing to start another
Horror - gore, gore, death, torture, gore. X3
Fantasy - Modern, Dark, Medieval, etc
Sci-fi - Like 'Mass Effect' and such
Romance
Realism
Music
Mythological
Dante's Inferno
MMORPG based - taking part in both 'real life' and in the game.
Fandoms - There is a lot so just ask :3
There is a lot more I'd be willing to do but those are just my top few. If you have any ideas and want to throw them my way feel free. I'm open to most ideas.
Here's an idea I had:
Two males in their early twenties enter the life of prostitution. After a few years of working, one gets tired, numbs, and sick of the lifestyle. Something snaps in him and he begins killing females within a certain age group.
- 1. The other male could go along with it and help him in murdering many women
2. It could be unknown to the other male and they remain friends until he finds out
3. The other male could find out early on and try to get him to stop
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Monday, December 26, 2011
HEINEKEN USA Appoints Jeffrey Colbert as Region Vice President Sales, Central Region
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Sunday, December 25, 2011
Wiltjer has 24, No. 3 Kentucky tops Loyola (Md.)
Kentucky's Darius Miller, right, shoots next to Loyola's Erik Etherly during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Lexington, Ky., Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011. (AP Photo/James Crisp)
Kentucky's Darius Miller, right, shoots next to Loyola's Erik Etherly during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Lexington, Ky., Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011. (AP Photo/James Crisp)
Kentucky's Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, right, dunks next to Loyola's Erik Etherly during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Lexington, Ky., Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011. (AP Photo/James Crisp)
Kentucky head coach John Calipari pleads with an official during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Loyola in Lexington, Ky., Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011. Kentucky won 87-63. (AP Photo/James Crisp)
Kentucky's Anthony Davis looks for an opening between Loyola's Erik Etherly (24), Justin Drummond (2) and Shane Walker (5) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Lexington, Ky., Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011. Kentucky won 87-63. (AP Photo/James Crisp)
Kentucky's Anthony Davis, right, shoots with the hand of Loyola's Jordan Latham in his face during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Lexington, Ky., Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011. Kentucky won 87-63. (AP Photo/James Crisp)
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) ? Kyle Wiltjer is finally figuring out the tougher play at this level because he's learning all about it in practice.
Wiltjer scored a personal-best 24 points and a trio of freshmen sparked No. 3 Kentucky's 17-2 second-half run to beat Loyola (Md.) 87-63 on Thursday for the Wildcats' 42nd straight win at home.
"It's a lot more physical in college. It's a lot quicker, a lot quicker guys," Wiltjer said. "Fortunately, we have such a good team to go against such good players every day in practice, once you get to a game, it's not so bad."
It's been a shocking learning experience for Wiltjer and one that Kentucky coach John Calipari said they need to continue to work on with the 6-foot-9 forward.
"I think the kid has a toughness at heart, but we're just going to have to help him," the coach said. "I've got to get him to take more charges, not going to block shots, charge, block out more and then when he's in the post we've got to do some things."
Wiltjer and fellow freshmen Anthony Davis and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist all had afternoons to remember as Kentucky (11-1) heads into a break before the schedule begins to ramp up.
Meanwhile, Kidd-Gilchrist's mother, Cindy Richardson, has been hospitalized according to a school spokesman who had no details of her ailment or its severity.
"We were trying to figure out whether we should send him home this morning early," Calipari said. "It wasn't so immediate that there was going to be things done today. It's in the early process, and like I said, I hope that what we find out is all good."
Baltimore-based Loyola (8-3) stayed close throughout the first half and pestered Kentucky, which was missing preseason All-America Terrence Jones for the second straight game after he dislocated the pinky finger on his left, shooting hand on Saturday.
"I wanted to make the most of my minutes with Terrence being out," Wiltjer said. "Cal just wants me to be a more aggressive player."
Erik Etherly scored 14 points, Dylon Cormier 13 and Justin Drummond had 10 points for the Greyhounds.
"It was good for us. It shows we can play with them," Cormier said. "If we can play with them, then at the mid-major level we should be something to be reckoned with."
Davis contributed 15 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks, Kidd-Gilchrist added 15 points and seven rebounds and Darius Miller had 13 points. Kentucky hosts Lamar on Wednesday night after a five-day break ahead of renewing its in-state rivalry with No. 4 Louisville on Dec. 31.
Kentucky needed to work a little harder than expected after Etherly cut the lead to 45-41 with the first basket of the second half before the Wildcats began pulling away.
Wiltjer went 7 of 11 from the field after shooting 33 percent over his previous eight games. His 3 early in the second half extended Kentucky's streak to 799 straight games with at least one from beyond the arc and Kidd-Gilchrist finished a dunk to give Kentucky a 56-46 lead with 16:41 to play.
"(Wiltjer) did a great job of knocking down shots and creating shots," Miller said. "He opened up the floor for us."
After a timeout, Etherly scored to cut it to eight, but Kidd-Gilchrist and Wiltjer sparked the 17-2 run. A basket by Wiltjer and a dunk by Eloy Vargas made it 73-50 as Loyola went 5:17 without a point because of Kentucky's throttling defense.
On one play, Davis crossed the lane and swatted J'hared Hall's layup attempt for his third block of the game. Davis has 52 blocks, on pace to easily break the school's season-single record of 83.
Jones again was not in uniform after his finger bent awkwardly early in Saturday's win over Chattanooga. The 6-9 sophomore forward spent another game sitting sat beside Ryan Harrow and the rest of the injured Wildcats after appearing in the first 48 straight games of his collegiate career.
Loyola's longest winning streak since joining Division I in 1981-82 ended at eight at St. Bonaventure on Sunday, and while the Greyhounds hadn't played an SEC opponent in 28 years, they weren't intimidated by the Rupp Arena crowd.
"You have to be honest, we played as hard as we could," Loyola coach Jimmy Pastos said. "They've got five NBA guys out there. We were right there. Did we try as hard as we could? Absolutely."
The Greyhounds only led once at 2-0, but stayed close and even showed some swagger of their own, with Cormier doing his own "3-goggles" salute after hitting a long-range shot midway through the first half.
After a 6-0 run gave Kentucky its first double-digit lead at 33-23, Loyola answered with an 8-0 run that was capped when the Greyhounds stripped Marquis Teague in a halfcourt trap and Etherly finished an alley-oop pass from Robert Olson on the break.
Etherly went right at Davis, one of the top college prospects in the country, when he beat Wiltjer on the dribble and Davis couldn't rotate over to block Etherly's emphatic dunk in time as the Greyhounds trailed 45-39 at halftime.
"We didn't come into this game thinking we were going to get blown out," Etherly said. "We came in here to win, which showed in the first half. But they kind of ran away in the second half."
That's when Wiltjer starting hitting clutch shots and Kentucky tightened its pressure to pull away.
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Saturday, December 24, 2011
How to Sell Your Florida Commercial Real Estate Property
Today commercial real estate is gaining popular more than ever but it is still a difficult venture especially for first time real estate agent. This can cost huge amount of money. This is why free classifieds offers a place for you to list your Florida commercial real estate property, whether you are a real estate agent or a private individual.Here are some methods in exposing your Florida commercial real estate property without spending a fortune on advertising.
List your property online for free
Now there are plenty of online classified that allow free ad postings for your property for sale. These online sites allow you to lists your properties in bulk without any limit. There are even real estate listings online that can give your property more exposure quickly without the need to pay huge prices compared to traditional classified ads in your local newspaper. They also provide marketing and advertising options for your convenience.
Invest on quality ?Florida Commercial Real Estate for Sale?
Another excellent way to get the interests and reach potential buyer is to invest for a quality ?Commercial Real Estate Property for Sale?. If you are situated on major road, good sign can attracts passing traffics and locals who are looking for property to move their business. These signs target those people who have not gone checking those online listings. If you want to be successful in advertising your commercial real estate property for sale, you need to explore all the available options both online or offline.
There are times that buyers are not aware of the properties available for sale around them and they do not have any time to go out and look. But placing a large visible sign on your property, you can always catch the attention and create excitement in the property.
Free real estate publications
Many suburban areas have free local publications that include real estate for sale in the area. You have to contact these publications and ask if they take advertisements free. For sure these free publications will be willing to take your advertisement because they are also looking for free content to add to their publications.
If all of these things do not work for you then, you need to contact real estate agent that specialized with Florida commercial real estate property to make the property sold. There are plenty of sites that provide information on property brokers in different areas and they can assist you in searching for a professional who will be able to help you too.
No matter what, you have to keep your ads going. It can take a quite a while to sell your commercial property depending on your area, but continue to provide information in publications and websites and for sure you will be rewarded in no time.
Ella Ayson
Florida Commercial Real Estate
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Inside Syria: The Free Syria Army's mission
Members of the Free Syria Army - soldiers who have defected from Syria's feared military - are denying any connection to recent car bombings, and instead blame Syrian security forces. CBS News correspondent Clarissa Ward slipped into the country and managed to link up with the opposition who explain their mission.
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Friday, December 23, 2011
Gadhafi death adds poignancy to Lockerbie memorial (AP)
WASHINGTON ? President Barack Obama's counterterrorism chief says the 270 people killed in the 1988 airplane bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland, can rest more peacefully knowing that longtime Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi (MOO'-ah-mar gah-DAH'-fee) is dead.
John Brennan made the comments Wednesday at a memorial service marking the 23rd anniversary of the bombing. Gadhafi's regime eventually took responsibility for the attack. Many victims were American.
Brennan says Gadhafi's death adds special poignancy to this year's anniversary. He says the families of those killed can mark the day for the first time knowing that Gadhafi's regime has finally come to an end.
The only person convicted in the bombing was returned to Libya in 2009. Brennan said the U.S. has repeatedly emphasized to Libya's new government the importance of dealing with his case.
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Thursday, December 22, 2011
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Monday, December 19, 2011
Russian rig sinks, more than 50 feared dead (Reuters)
MOSCOW (Reuters) ? A drilling rig with 67 crew on board capsized and sank off Russia's far eastern island of Sakhalin on Sunday while being towed through a storm, leaving more than 50 dead or missing in the icy Sea of Okhotsk.
Emergency officials said the crew of an icebreaker and tugboat rescued 14 workers alive from the jack-up rig, the 'Kolskaya', which was operated by a Russian offshore exploration firm. They recovered four bodies from the water.
Four of the survivors, suffering from hypothermia, were airlifted by helicopter to land and taken to hospital after the disaster struck at 12:45 p.m. (0145 GMT).
The rest of the crew were missing, 200 km (125 miles) off the coast of remote Sakhalin island. The water temperature was one degree Celsius (33.8 Fahrenheit), giving survivors around 30 minutes before death from freezing, according to maritime and rescue websites.
"The Kolskaya keeled to its side ... and sank within 20 minutes. The depth of the water at the site is 1,042 metres (0.65 miles)," Russia's federal water transport agency said in a statement on its website.
Several rescue crafts and helicopters had been sent to the site to scour the waters for survivors from the rig owned by Arktikmorneftegazrazvedka (AMNGR), a unit of state-owned Zarubezhneft.
"There is no ecological danger. The vessel was carrying the minimum amount of fuel as it was being tugged by two craft," said a spokesman for AMNGR.
But the incident will deal a blow to efforts by Russia, the world's largest energy producer, to step up offshore oil and gas exploration to stave off a long-term decline in onshore production.
The jack-up rig, which has three support legs that can be extended to the ocean floor while its hull floats on the surface, was heading from Kamchatka to Sakhalin when it overturned in stormy winter conditions with a swell of up to 6 metres (19.7 feet).
"(President) Dmitry Medvedev has ordered all necessary assistance be provided to the victims of the drilling platform accident and has ordered a probe into the circumstances of the loss of the platform," the Kremlin said. The Emergencies Ministry said it would work through Sunday night.
"The violation of safety rules during the towing of the drilling rig, as well as towing without consideration of the weather conditions ... are believed to be the cause of the (disaster)," investigators said in a statement on their website.
The 'Neftegaz-55' tugboat, also owned by AMNGR, had been towing the Kolskaya and took part in the search effort, but pulled out after suffering hull damage from the high waves.
The tug, carrying most of the crew rescued from the rig, was taking on water and trying to limp to port. An icebreaker, the 'Magadan', was still at the scene.
RIG WAS WORKING FOR GAZPROM
The rig, built in Finland in 1985, had been doing work on a minor gas production project in the Sea of Okhotsk for a unit of state-controlled gas export monopoly Gazprom, the company said.
Russia's prize offshore gas and oil fields lie to the northeast of Sakhalin. Two major offshore projects are already producing oil and gas off the island - Sakhalin-1, operated by Exxonmobil and Sakhalin-2, in which Gazprom has a controlling stake.
The disaster is unlikely to seriously affect oil or gas production. AMNGR said the vessel was no longer under contract when it sank.
OFFSHORE DRILLING
Operating conditions in the region, explored by Soviet geologists in the 1960s and 1970s, are among the harshest for Russian energy companies.
Winter often lasts 220-240 days in the waters off Sakhalin, where the main companies operating are ExxonMobil, Gazprom, and Royal Dutch Shell. They produce oil and gas, sometimes in icebound conditions, for export largely to Asian markets.
Sakhalin-2, in which Shell and Mitsui also have stakes, produces 10 million tonnes per year of liquefied natural gas at Russia's only LNG plant in the port of Prigorodnoye for export to Asia, much of it to Japan.
Each tanker of crude oil produced by at the 160,000 barrels-per-day Sakhalin-1 project, operated by ExxonMobil, is escorted by two icebreakers when ice thickness reaches 60 cm (2 feet).
State-controlled Rosneft this year reached a major deal with Exxon to explore for oil and gas in the Kara Sea, to the north of the Russian mainland, a largely unexplored region estimated to hold over 100 billion barrels of oil.
A combination of poor infrastructure and chronic corner-cutting has dealt the country its share of sea disasters, notably the 2000 sinking of the nuclear submarine Kursk in the Barents Sea in August 2000, killing all 118 aboard and prompting criticism of the sluggish response.
(Additional reporting by Douglas Busvine; editing by Mark Trevelyan)
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Saturday, December 17, 2011
Answer: Find That Trail [Search Research]
Quick answer: One end of the trail is here, near 13456 S Fork Ln, Los Altos, CA 94022 (or, lat/long: 37.376390, -122.16103). And after reading through some of your comments, I was able to find the other end of the trail on Edgerton Rd.
Here's what I did to find it.
I kept thinking it was a "trail" so I kept searching for a trail map that had "Wallace Stegner trail" on it.
That turned out to be a bit of a dead end. It's partly because Los Altos Hills calls their system of trails "pathways" rather than trails. I picked up that useful factoid by reading about Los Altos Hills trails and stumbling across an article that mentioned their "system of pathways."
Once I did a search for [ "Wallace Stegner pathway"] and it returned only 5 hits (and one of which is broken with a 404 error). Luckily, the link to SF Gate article about Wallace Stegner's house being demolished was good enough.
The key piece of data to take away from this is this sentence:
"It [the trail] starts on Three Forks Lane where the narrow path alongside Matadero Creek near the Stegner property. "
Elsewhere in that article it gives the Stegner home address at 13456 South Fork Lane, Los Altos Hills, CA. (Note: Wallace passed away a few years ago and the residence has changed hands.)
If you look at the Google map for that street address, you can see that the obvious nearby watershed is named "Matadero Creek." And if you use Google Streetview to "walk" down the street to the place where the creek crosses the road, you'll quickly find that location, here.
Now, to tell the truth, even though I was THERE, because of the complications of the hills where I'd been running, I really didn't know where the official start of the trail was. So this result surprised me.
Now, my next task... to find the other end.
Since I know that the trail is part of the official city "pathway system," I just did [site:losaltoshills.ca.gov wallace stegner pathway] to limit my search to the official city publications and that gave me the city newletter, "Our Town" from 2009. In that newletter it says:
"...Wallace Stegner Path from Three Forks Lane to Edgerton Road, named for the world famous author who lived for many years just uphill from that path."
It wasn't hard to use StreetView to find the other end on Edgerton Rd.
Note that the first part of the sign was blurred-out by the algorithm that blurs out license plate numbers. For some reason, it thinks part of this sign is a license plate.
To be sure, I tried following the trail on the Maps view, and I even tried Google Earth, hoping to get better resolution. But the trail is obscured by heavy trees, and I couldn't follow it reliably. Luckily, the city put up those handy markers to let me find it!
Now... I have to point out that many readers found the Wallace Stegner Memorial Bench located up in the Long Ridge Open Space Preserve at lat/long: 37.278778, -122.160767 It turns out that I've gone running up there too, and it's NOT on the Wallace Stegner trail (or pathway), and it's definitely NOT in Los Altos Hills (as I said in the original challenge). It's actually on Long Ridge Road (a fire road / trail).
It's a beautiful place too... and for some very nice photos of the Stegner Bench, see SmugMug photos.
But I congratulate you on finding a truly wonderful place to go for a hike that perfectly captures the sense of Stegner's writing. If you're in the area, I highly recommend a visit?both to the bench and to the trail.
Search lesson: (1) Check your work. (It wasn't in Los Altos Hills!) And (2) when you're reading through related texts, be sure to stay alert to the possibility that what you're searching for might be called something else. That is, your terminology might not quite be the right one. Stay open to other ways of saying things.
Search on!
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A medical miracle poses ethical dilemma
Only 24 weeks into her pregnancy, Haydee Ibarra's doctors told her that her baby wasn't getting the blood and oxygen she needed to survive.
If she stayed inside the womb, the baby would certainly die. If she was born, her chances weren't much better and she could face a lifetime of health complications.
Ibarra, 22, and Yovani Guido, 24, implored the doctors to do everything possible to save their daughter. And they did.
On Aug. 30, Melinda Guido was born four months premature at Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center. She weighed just over 9 ounces ?the smallest baby ever born in California and the second smallest in the United States.
"It was scary," Ibarra told reporters Thursday outside the hospital. "Everybody was telling me the same thing: that she wasn't going to be able to make it, that she was too tiny."
Melinda is now four pounds, one ounce. But her future is uncertain. And the decision to employ all the technological innovations available to save her life has raised ethical questions no one can answer.
Should doctors intervene with medications, surgeries and heroic efforts to save babies who may face lifelong health problems ? if they live at all? And who should make the call, given the large costs that can fall on the public?
"We are in uncharted territory," said Dr. Rangasamy Ramanathan, chief of the neonatology section at the county hospital. "It's very difficult to say if this baby is going to be normal."
In the short term, Melinda risks infection and bleeding in the brain. In the long term, she could suffer cerebral palsy and cognitive and physical delays.
Melinda was just 270 grams at birth--the size of a soda can. When a baby is that small, doctors say it is anybody's guess what will happen. There is little research about long-term survival. Doctors across the nation often let babies weighing less than 400 grams die, Ramanathan said.
"At what point do you draw the line?" said William Benitz, chief of neonatology at Packard Children's Hospital and Stanford Medical School. "We don't have a social or political consensus as to what we should do."
Doctors and families make the decision together, he said, with an understanding of the serious health risks the baby could face. And some parents decide not to take extreme measures.
"There are a range of value judgments that come to bear. It's not a right or wrong," he said. "We do try to advise the family that even though the baby may survive, survival doesn't mean the baby will survive intact."
Caring for infants born so prematurely is costly. Ibarra, a cashier at a restaurant, and Guido, a cook, live in Granada Hills and said they were insured by Medi-Cal, the public insurance program for the poor.
Melinda's care will cost the state and the county as much as half a million dollars, Ramanathan estimated. "I don't know if I can put cost to life.? It's worth it," he said.
Ramanathan said he was "cautiously optimistic" about Melinda's prospects, after medical tests showed that she was developing normally. But it is too early to tell. Doctors will monitor her condition for six years.
"The most important thing for me is not just survival," Ramanathan said, "it's quality of life."
Ibarra, who has high blood pressure and a kidney disease, knew her pregnancy would be high risk. Despite close monitoring by doctors, her baby didn't grow nearly as fast as she needed to. Ibarra went in for a checkup in late August at her local county hospital, Olive View Medical Center. Doctors discovered the imminent danger to the baby and transferred Ibarra to Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center.
Melinda was born by C-section and hooked to machines and tubes that kept her alive.
For two months, she was too sick for her parents to hold her.
When Guido finally did, he was extremely nervous. She was so delicate, he recalled, that he worried about accidentally fracturing her bones. "When you lift her up, you don't want to lift her up in the wrong way," he said.
Ibarra said she was just happy. "There are no words to be said ? it was just love," she said.
Guido calls Melinda his miracle baby and said he has faith in her. He sees the day when he can take her to the park. "She's a fighter," he said.
"No doubt about that. She's a fighter."
anna.gorman@latimes.com
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Friday, December 16, 2011
Paul Allen-backed Stratolaunch Systems promises flexible, low-cost access to space
When Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, legendary aerospace designer Burt Rutan and private spaceflight proponent Elon Musk team up on something, folks are bound to pay attention -- especially when they're promising nothing short of a "revolution in space transportation." At the center of that ambitious goal is a new company backed by Allen, Stratolaunch Systems, and a massive new aircraft to be designed and built by Rutan's Scaled Composites. If all goes as planned, it will be the size of two 747s (with a wingspan greater than the length of a football field), and it will be able to carry a 120 foot long rocket built by Musk's SpaceX to an altitude suitable for launch into orbit. Stratolaunch hopes to do that for a "fraction" of the cost of current launches, and it intends to eventually send everything from satellites to manned capsules into space.
As you might expect, however, all of that is still in the early stages. According to Spaceflight Now, Stratolaunch currently employs around 100 people (it says it plans a "significant ramp-up"), and complete details on the aircraft itself remain a bit murky (intentionally so, according to Allen). Flight testing is currently slated for the "2015 timeframe," though, with the first launch expected a year later. What's more, while it's not clear how much Allen plans to invest in the project, he has managed to attract some other big names to the project; former NASA Administrator Mike Griffin has joined as a board member, and Gary Wentz, a former chief engineer at NASA, will serve as President and CEO. Head on past the break for a teaser video of what they have planned.
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Solar storms could sandblast the moon
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Public release date: 6-Dec-2011[ | E-mail |
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Solar storms and associated Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) can significantly erode the lunar surface according to a new set of computer simulations by NASA scientists. In addition to removing a surprisingly large amount of material from the lunar surface, this could be a major method of atmospheric loss for planets like Mars that are unprotected by a global magnetic field.
The research is being led by Rosemary Killen at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., as part of the Dynamic Response of the Environment At the Moon (DREAM) team within the NASA Lunar Science Institute.
CMEs are basically an intense gust of the normal solar wind, a diffuse stream of electrically conductive gas called plasma that's blown outward from the surface of the Sun into space. A strong CME may contain around a billion tons of plasma moving at up to a million miles per hour in a cloud many times the size of Earth.
The moon has just the barest wisp of an atmosphere, technically called an exosphere because it is so tenuous, which leaves it vulnerable to CME effects. The plasma from CMEs impacts the lunar surface, and atoms from the surface are ejected in a process called "sputtering."
"We found that when this massive cloud of plasma strikes the moon, it acts like a sandblaster and easily removes volatile material from the surface," said William Farrell, DREAM team lead at NASA Goddard. "The model predicts 100 to 200 tons of lunar material the equivalent of 10 dump truck loads could be stripped off the lunar surface during the typical 2-day passage of a CME."
This is the first time researchers have attempted to predict the effects of a CME on the moon. "Connecting various models together to mimic conditions during solar storms is a major goal of the DREAM project," says Farrell.
Plasma is created when energetic events, like intense heat or radiation, remove electrons from the atoms in a gas, turning the atoms into electrically charged particles called ions. The Sun is so hot that the gas is emitted in the form of free ions and electrons called the solar wind plasma. Ejection of atoms from a surface or an atmosphere by plasma ions is called sputtering.
"Sputtering is among the top five processes that create the moon's exosphere under normal solar conditions, but our model predicts that during a CME, it becomes the dominant method by far, with up to 50 times the yield of the other methods," says Killen, lead author of a paper on this research appearing in a special issue of the Journal of Geophysical Research Planets.
CMEs are effective at removing lunar material not only because they are denser and faster than the normal solar wind, but also because they are enriched in highly charged, heavy ions, according to the team. The typical solar wind is dominated by lightweight hydrogen ions (protons). However, a heavier helium ion with more electrons removed, and hence a greater electric charge, can sputter tens of times more atoms from the lunar surface than a hydrogen ion.
The team used data from satellite observations that revealed this enrichment as input to their model. For example, helium ions comprise about four percent of the normal solar wind, but observations reveal that during a CME, they can increase to over 20 percent. When this enrichment is combined with the increased density and velocity of a CME, the highly charged, heavy ions in CMEs can sputter 50 times more material than protons in the normal solar wind.
"The computer models isolate the contributions from sputtering and other processes," says Dana Hurley, a co-author on the paper at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md. "Comparing model predictions through a range of solar wind conditions allows us to predict the conditions when sputtering should dominate over the other processes. Those predictions can later be compared to data during a solar storm."
The researchers believe that NASA's Lunar Atmosphere And Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) -- a lunar orbiter mission scheduled to launch in 2013 -- will be able to test their predictions. The strong sputtering effect should kick lunar surface atoms to LADEE's orbital altitude, around 20 to 50 kilometers (about 12.4 to 31 miles), so the spacecraft will see them increase in abundance.
"This huge CME sputtering effect will make LADEE almost like a surface mineralogy explorer, not because LADEE is on the surface, but because during solar storms surface atoms are blasted up to LADEE," said Farrell.
The moon is not the only heavenly body affected by the dense CME driver gas. Space scientists have long been aware that these solar storms dramatically affect the Earth's magnetic field and are responsible for intense aurora (Northern and Southern Lights).
While certain areas of the Martian surface are magnetized, Mars does not have a magnetic field that surrounds the entire planet. Therefore, CME gases have a direct path to sputter and erode that planet's upper atmosphere. In late 2013, NASA will launch the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission that will orbit the Red Planet to investigate exactly how solar activity, including CMEs, removes the atmosphere.
On exposed small bodies like asteroids, the dense, fast-streaming CME gas should create a sputtered-enhanced exosphere about the object, similar to that expected at the Moon.
Papers on different aspects of the CME impact simulation are being written and will appear in the special issue of the Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. The team's research will also be presented December 5 during the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco.
###
For more information about the DREAM team visit:
http://ssed.gsfc.nasa.gov/dream/
NLSI is a virtual organization that enables collaborative, interdisciplinary research in support of NASA lunar science programs. The institute uses technology to bring scientists together from around the world and is comprised of competitively selected U.S. teams and several international partners. NASA's Science Mission Directorate and the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate in Washington fund NLSI, which is managed by NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif.
For more information about the NLSI, visit:
http://lunarscience.nasa.gov/
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Share ] Contact: Bill Steigerwald
william.a.steigerwald@nasa.gov
301-286-5017
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Solar storms and associated Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) can significantly erode the lunar surface according to a new set of computer simulations by NASA scientists. In addition to removing a surprisingly large amount of material from the lunar surface, this could be a major method of atmospheric loss for planets like Mars that are unprotected by a global magnetic field.
The research is being led by Rosemary Killen at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., as part of the Dynamic Response of the Environment At the Moon (DREAM) team within the NASA Lunar Science Institute.
CMEs are basically an intense gust of the normal solar wind, a diffuse stream of electrically conductive gas called plasma that's blown outward from the surface of the Sun into space. A strong CME may contain around a billion tons of plasma moving at up to a million miles per hour in a cloud many times the size of Earth.
The moon has just the barest wisp of an atmosphere, technically called an exosphere because it is so tenuous, which leaves it vulnerable to CME effects. The plasma from CMEs impacts the lunar surface, and atoms from the surface are ejected in a process called "sputtering."
"We found that when this massive cloud of plasma strikes the moon, it acts like a sandblaster and easily removes volatile material from the surface," said William Farrell, DREAM team lead at NASA Goddard. "The model predicts 100 to 200 tons of lunar material the equivalent of 10 dump truck loads could be stripped off the lunar surface during the typical 2-day passage of a CME."
This is the first time researchers have attempted to predict the effects of a CME on the moon. "Connecting various models together to mimic conditions during solar storms is a major goal of the DREAM project," says Farrell.
Plasma is created when energetic events, like intense heat or radiation, remove electrons from the atoms in a gas, turning the atoms into electrically charged particles called ions. The Sun is so hot that the gas is emitted in the form of free ions and electrons called the solar wind plasma. Ejection of atoms from a surface or an atmosphere by plasma ions is called sputtering.
"Sputtering is among the top five processes that create the moon's exosphere under normal solar conditions, but our model predicts that during a CME, it becomes the dominant method by far, with up to 50 times the yield of the other methods," says Killen, lead author of a paper on this research appearing in a special issue of the Journal of Geophysical Research Planets.
CMEs are effective at removing lunar material not only because they are denser and faster than the normal solar wind, but also because they are enriched in highly charged, heavy ions, according to the team. The typical solar wind is dominated by lightweight hydrogen ions (protons). However, a heavier helium ion with more electrons removed, and hence a greater electric charge, can sputter tens of times more atoms from the lunar surface than a hydrogen ion.
The team used data from satellite observations that revealed this enrichment as input to their model. For example, helium ions comprise about four percent of the normal solar wind, but observations reveal that during a CME, they can increase to over 20 percent. When this enrichment is combined with the increased density and velocity of a CME, the highly charged, heavy ions in CMEs can sputter 50 times more material than protons in the normal solar wind.
"The computer models isolate the contributions from sputtering and other processes," says Dana Hurley, a co-author on the paper at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md. "Comparing model predictions through a range of solar wind conditions allows us to predict the conditions when sputtering should dominate over the other processes. Those predictions can later be compared to data during a solar storm."
The researchers believe that NASA's Lunar Atmosphere And Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) -- a lunar orbiter mission scheduled to launch in 2013 -- will be able to test their predictions. The strong sputtering effect should kick lunar surface atoms to LADEE's orbital altitude, around 20 to 50 kilometers (about 12.4 to 31 miles), so the spacecraft will see them increase in abundance.
"This huge CME sputtering effect will make LADEE almost like a surface mineralogy explorer, not because LADEE is on the surface, but because during solar storms surface atoms are blasted up to LADEE," said Farrell.
The moon is not the only heavenly body affected by the dense CME driver gas. Space scientists have long been aware that these solar storms dramatically affect the Earth's magnetic field and are responsible for intense aurora (Northern and Southern Lights).
While certain areas of the Martian surface are magnetized, Mars does not have a magnetic field that surrounds the entire planet. Therefore, CME gases have a direct path to sputter and erode that planet's upper atmosphere. In late 2013, NASA will launch the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission that will orbit the Red Planet to investigate exactly how solar activity, including CMEs, removes the atmosphere.
On exposed small bodies like asteroids, the dense, fast-streaming CME gas should create a sputtered-enhanced exosphere about the object, similar to that expected at the Moon.
Papers on different aspects of the CME impact simulation are being written and will appear in the special issue of the Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. The team's research will also be presented December 5 during the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco.
###
For more information about the DREAM team visit:
http://ssed.gsfc.nasa.gov/dream/
NLSI is a virtual organization that enables collaborative, interdisciplinary research in support of NASA lunar science programs. The institute uses technology to bring scientists together from around the world and is comprised of competitively selected U.S. teams and several international partners. NASA's Science Mission Directorate and the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate in Washington fund NLSI, which is managed by NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif.
For more information about the NLSI, visit:
http://lunarscience.nasa.gov/
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