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Friday, May 31, 2013
Wearable technology emerging as major technology cycle -Meeker
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Wearable computing is emerging as the type of significant technology shift that will drive innovation in the way personal computing did in the 1980s or mobile computing and tablets are doing currently, said Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers partner Mary Meeker at the All Things D conference on Wednesday.
While technology cycles generally last 10 years, she said wearables were coming on stronger and faster than is typical. The change is noteworthy because major technology cycles often support tenfold growth in users and devices, she said in her annual report on the state of the Internet.
Many of the 150 times or so per day that users interact with their phones - to look for messages, make calls, check the time, and the like - could be hands-free with wearable technology, she said.
"Some people laugh at wearables..." read one slide featuring an image from the TV show "Saturday Night Live" that mocked Google glass, a wearable technology. As the audience chuckled, she brought up the next slide, reading "Some people laughed at PC & Internet." The slide showed a 1999 Barron's cover trumpeting the headline "Amazon.Bomb."
Later in the morning, Twitter chief executive Dick Costolo picked up the theme, telling conference goers that it was clear wearable technology would play a large role in the future, even if what is perhaps the most-discussed example-- Google glass-- doesn't emerge as the first mainstream hit.
Speaking last night at the conference, Apple CEO Tim Cook stopped short of clarifying if Apple was working on wearable products amid speculation that it is developing a smart watch, saying only that wearable computers had to be compelling.
He added that Google's Glass is likely to have only limited appeal.
Meeker also reviewed themes she has highlighted in the past, including the remarkable growth of mobile technology and the Chinese economy, and the ceding of power from traditional personal computing companies to phone and tablet makers.
(Reporting By Sarah McBride and Alexei Oreskovic; Editing by Chris Reese)
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WWE Main Event results: High-octane action in Edmonton
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EDMONTON, Alberta ? WWE Main Event was full of pulse-pounding WWE action including Sheamus battling Intercontinental Champion Wade Barrett, Justin Gabriel going toe-to-toe with Antonio Cesaro and R-Truth joining forces with Tons of Funk to face 3MB. Also, a brand new commentary team of The Miz, Josh Matthews and Ricardo Rodriguez debuted!
Sheamus def. Intercontinental Champion Wade Barrett (Non-Title Match)
Intercontinental Champion Wade Barrett and The Celtic Warrior are no strangers inside the squared circle. They have faced off previously in battles that have degraded into all-out brawls. Also, still visibly upset over his loss to Fandango on Raw following The Miz?s interference as special guest referee, Barrett engaged in a heated exchange with The Awesome One before the contest, only to ramp up tensions.
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The familiarity between Sheamus and Barrett was clearly evident early in the contest as momentum swings remained even. Although The Celtic Warrior tried to rely on his strength to keep The Barrett Barrage at bay, The Bareknuckle Brawler?s resilience was enough to balance out Sheamus? offense.
The physicality of the contest reached a fever pitch when Barrett knocked his opponent out of the ring causing Sheamus to apparently injure his elbow. Alas, The Fighting Irishman remained in the fight even as Barrett targeted the elbow.
Just as the WWE Universe had hoped, the match turned into an all-out brawl with neither Superstar maintaining an edge for very long. It became impossible to predict who would have his hand raised in victory. Barrett and Sheamus pulled out all the stops, but it was ultimately a Brogue Kick out of nowhere that secured a hard-fought victory for The Celtic Warrior.
Following the contest, the Intercontinental Champion had some harsh words for the Canadian crowd, claiming he was so tough he could beat them all. Barrett then directed his attention to his nemesis, The Miz. Challenging The Awesome One ended up making the British grappler?s night even worse as he was silenced with a Skull-Crushing Finale.
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Lebanese TV: Syria has received Russian missiles
BEIRUT (AP) ? The Syrian president has told Lebanon's Hezbollah-owned TV station that Damascus received the first shipment of Russian air defense missiles, according to remarks released Thursday.
Bashar Assad's comment on the arrival of the long-range S-300 air defense missiles in Syria will further ratchet up tensions in the region and undermine efforts to hold U.N.-sponsored talks with Syria's warring sides.
Israel's defense chief, Moshe Yaalon, said earlier this week that Russia's plan to supply Syria with the weapons is a threat and that Israel was prepared to use force to stop the delivery.
The Al-Manar TV, owned by the Lebanese militant Hezbollah group, released Assad's comment on the Russian missiles through its breaking news service to clients on Thursday morning. An official at the station confirmed to The Associated Press that the remark was from the interview. The TV is to air the exclusive interview later Thursday.
On Monday, the European Union lifted an arms embargo on Syria, paving way for individual countries of the 27-member bloc to send weapons to rebels fighting to topple Assad's regime. The move raised fears of an arms race in the Middle East.
Israel has carried out several airstrikes in Syria in recent months that are believed to have destroyed weapons shipments bound for Hezbollah. It is not clear whether Israeli warplanes entered Syrian airspace in these attacks.
But with the Russian missiles in Syria's possession, the Israeli air force's ability to act could be limited.
Israel has lobbied Moscow over the planned sale of S-300 air-defense missiles to Syria but on Tuesday, Russia's deputy foreign minister, Sergei Ryabkov, said his government remained committed to the deal.
The S-300s have a range of up to 200 kilometers (125 miles) and the capability to track and strike multiple targets simultaneously. Syria already possesses Russian-made air defenses, and Israel is believed to have used long-distance bombs fired from Israeli or Lebanese airspace. The S-300s would expand Syria's capabilities, allowing it to counter airstrikes launched from foreign airspace as well.
Monday's decision by the EU paved the way for individual countries to send weapons to Assad's outgunned opponents. The EU's move may have little impact on the conflict since no single European country is expected to send lethal weapons to the rebels anytime soon.
Britain and France, the main military powers in the EU, had pushed for lifting the embargo. They have argued that Europe's threat of arming the rebels in the future would force Assad to negotiate in good faith.
Russia, an Assad ally, harshly criticized Europe's decision to allow the arming of Syrian rebels, saying it undercuts international efforts to bring the opposing sides in Syrian conflict together for a peace conference.
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Thursday, May 30, 2013
CA-ENTERTAINMENT Summary
Justin Bieber under investigation for reckless driving: police
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Teen pop star Justin Bieber is under investigation for allegedly speeding through his gated Los Angeles-area community in a Ferrari sports car, prompting neighbors to complain to police, authorities said on Wednesday. Residents of the singer's private Calabasas, California, neighborhood called police on Monday saying Bieber was driving recklessly through the gated estate, Los Angeles County Sheriff spokesman Steve Whitmore said.
Actor Neil Patrick Harris to host Emmy Awards
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Television, film and stage actor Neil Patrick Harris will host the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards, the highest honors in U.S. television, in September, organizers said on Wednesday. It will be the second time the Emmy Award-winning performer, who stars in the television series "How I Met Your Mother," will host the live broadcast from the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles on September 22.
Singer George Michael out of hospital after car accident
LONDON (Reuters) - British singer George Michael is out of hospital after being treated for head injuries from a car accident two weeks ago, his website said on Wednesday. The 49-year-old former Wham! frontman, who has been "under observation" since the May 16th accident, has been discharged and is resting, www.georgemichael.com said.
Velvet Underground, Warhol settle after banana split
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Velvet Underground, the 1960s avant-garde rock band, has settled a fight with the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts over the rights to an iconic pop art image of a banana that graced the band's best-known album. Velvet Underground sued the Warhol Foundation in January 2012 after reports that the foundation was planning to license the banana design for cases, sleeves and bags for Apple Inc's iPhone and iPad.
Amazon moving ahead with five original TV series
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc said on Wednesday that it will make five original TV series, having used viewer feedback to pick the shows from a group of 14 pilots filmed by the world's largest Internet retailer earlier this year. The chosen series are: "Alpha House", a political comedy starring John Goodman; "Betas", a comedy about start-up culture in Silicon Valley; "Annebots", a kids' show about robots; "Creative Galaxy", an animated art adventure series; and "Tumbleaf", another kids' show about a small blue fox named Fig.
Edinburgh Film festival attracts films from 53 nations
EDINBURGH (Reuters) - A portrait of family life in a Palestinian refugee camp and the rites of an ethnic Russian group will show alongside 146 other movies at this year's edition of the world's longest continuously running film festival in the Scottish capital. The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) on Wednesday promised to deliver a broad program of features from 53 countries during its 12-day run from June 19.
A Minute With: Zoe Saldana on her ambition to direct
LONDON (Reuters) - Actress Zoe Saldana has starred in the blockbuster movies "Avatar" and "Star Trek" so her latest movie, the smaller budget "Blood Ties," was quite a shift. But she is also eyeing another new role - director. In "Blood Ties," which had its world premiere at the Cannes film festival this month, 34-year-old Saldana plays the girlfriend of a policeman whose complex relationship with his brother pits duty against family loyalty.
Twitter and drunken texting trouble Bridget Jones in new novel
LONDON (Reuters) - British author Helen Fielding's comic creation returns to battle her insecurities in a third novel entitled "Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy" due out in October, her publisher Jonathan Cape said. The fictional 30-something Londoner, who sprang from Fielding's newspaper column in the 1990s to become a popular novel and film franchise, is a little older in her latest outing and grappling with the cringe-making challenges of social media.
Venice Biennale seeks to capture the "unruly" world of art
LONDON (Reuters) - Blocks of ice from the Bahamas, cardboard bed clothes from Iraq and a thumping Vatican heartbeat will help the 2013 Venice Biennale attempt to capture the "unruly" world of art. The rich diversity of unexpected sights and sounds at the world's largest non-commercial art exhibition are partly a result of sheer numbers, with shows from 88 countries installed across the canal city in time for this week's opening.
Italian actress Franca Rame, wife and muse of Dario Fo, dies
MILAN (Reuters) - Veteran Italian actress Franca Rame, wife and muse of Nobel prize winning playwright Dario Fo, died on Wednesday aged 84, the couple's theatre company said. Throughout a career spanning more than half a century, Rame and Fo captured the hearts and minds of many Italians with their irreverent, piercing political satire performed for stage, radio and television.
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Wednesday, May 29, 2013
The mirage that is financial literacy | Abnormal Returns
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- May 28th, 2013
This post originally appeared at the Amazon Money & Markets blog. Last month?s post looked at the fact that alternative investments are no longer all that alternative. Thanks for reading.
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At present the major stock market averages are hitting new all-time highs. From outward appearances it would seem that many middle class Americans would be benefiting from this recovery from the financial crisis. Unfortunately you would be wrong. Currently the smallest percentage of Americans since 1999 are invested at all the stock market. If anything the rebound in the stock market only highlights the cracks in the personal finances of Americans that were exposed by the housing bust and subsequent financial crisis.
The booming stock market aside there is a growing realization that the retirement system that we have put in place is not working. When Larry Fink the head of the world?s largest asset manager, Blackrock Inc., comes out in favor of additional mandatory savings and takes to task the asset management industry for selling products as opposed to solutions you have to think that there is something afoot.
That hope is difficult to find in the recently published, Pound Foolish: Exposing the Dark Side of the Personal Finance Industry by Helaine Olen.* The book is well worth a look as Olen takes to task pretty much the entire personal finance industry. Industry is in fact a good word to use because it highlights the fact that everyone providing the American public with financial advice is in some real way profiting from that advice. In short, caveat emptor.
That means you need to take everything you hear from the personal finance industry with a big grain of salt. While much of what personal finance gurus say is either wrong or exaggerated there is still a great benefit to learning manage your own finances. As Olen writes:
To be clear, I?m not arguing that all financial advice is useless.? Understand and controlling our own money is among the most empowering activities we can undertake.
There are plenty of villains in Olen?s book and few (if any) heroes. A certain class of personal finance gurus come under scrutiny by Olen. After chronicling the rise of personal finance as a legitimate news topic Olen goes on to profile and take to task a slew of big name gurus. These include in no particular order Suze Orman, Dave Ramsey, Robert Kiyosaki, Jean Chatzy and Jim Cramer. Not surprisingly a quick peek at the top-selling personal finance books on Amazon will see a heavy dose of these names.
Olen chronicles these personal finance stars because by understanding their rise we can better understand the sorry state of personal finance. Many of these personal finance personalities base their advice on their own colorful back stories. The problem is that oftentimes the lessons learned from these narratives are either wrong or contradictory but that does not prevent them from selling you their confident advice in increasingly aggressive (and expensive) ways.
Although these personal finance gurus are illustrative of the problems facing the personal finance industry. Olen notes that America?s institutions are failing consumers as well. At a time when middle class American incomes were stagnating we increasingly asked these Americans to be more responsible for their own financial futures. The steady decline of the defined benefit pension plan left Americans dealing with a mix of IRAs and 401(k) plans to fund their retirements. The financial crisis of 2007-09 showed the fragility of this system.
Nor according to Olen is the financial services industry trying to do much to solve these problems in any meaningful way. While spending money to promote financial literacy it is still the case that the financial services industry is built on fees and commissions. Whether it be the high fees charged to 401(k) participants or the high commissions paid when Americans purchase the many flavors of variable annuities it is a sad fact that most Americans don?t understand what they are paying for.
Echoing Fink if we were truly interested in helping Americans we would devise financial products that were cheap, transparent, simple and free of the ill-effects of leverage. While there have been some steps in that direction including the rise of ETF and index investments in general it is still the case that the financial services industry make money on our ignorance or inattention. It is not for nothing that few (if any) Americans have ever read their mortgage documents, or insurance contracts or mutual fund prospectuses in their entirety.
Olen covers a number of other topics including the financial media, especially CNBC. She examines the ways in which women are not well served by the financial services industry. Olen spends a chapter on the housing bubble and its outgrowth from middle class Americans to try and catch up financially during a period of income stagnation. She also tackles the topic of financial literacy and whether we can truly ever educate the American public about the nuances of personal finances.
Olen?s message, as stated in the book?s title, a dark one. Stock market gains aside there is little to be optimistic when it comes to the state of personal finance industry. One of Olen?s key takeaways is that government needs to provide the average investor with a better set of retirement saving solutions. A recent study comparing America?s retirement saving regime to other countries shows us lagging badly behind. In a recent post I echoed this challenge that Olen emphasizes in her book:
The challenge is that Baby Boomers who have seen the entire financial landscape change before their eyes are now reaching retirement age seemingly unprepared for it. While many in this demographic will suffer the consequences it is also society at-large that will also have to come to terms with these self-induced problems.?It would be naive to think that the financial service industry or its overseers in Washington will willingly push for much in the way of constructive change. In the end it may be the case that our financial goals are simply too ambitious and that we need to lower our sights. What is clear is that we as a society have failed and are continuing to fail the average saver.
In my book?I note how investing is an adult responsibility we all face whether we want to or not. Until there are wholesale changes in the way Americans financial lives are structured we are still largely on our own when it comes to our personal finances. The best we can do is try to become more knowledgeable about our finances and put into action clear, simple plans to reach our goals. Maybe we should pay attention to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in Esquire when he talks about one of the thing he wish he?s known when he was 30:
Become financially literate.??Dude, where?s my money?? is the rallying cry of many ex-athletes who wonder what happened to all the big bucks they earned. Some suffer from unwise investments or crazy spending, and others from not paying close attention?Hey, Kareem at 30: learn about finances and stay on top of where your money is at all times. As the saying goes, ?Trust, but verify.?
*The author checked Olen?s book out, like a Luddite, from his local library.
Items mentioned:
The saddest thing about this epic stock market rally.? (Money Game)
Larry Fink?s radical retirement recommendation.? (Term Sheet)
Pound Foolish: Exposing the Dark Side of the Personal Finance Industry by Helaine Olen (Amazon)
Helaine Olen on the financial industry.? (Big Picture)
How they do it elsewhere.? (NYTimes)
Abnormal Returns: Winning Strategies from the Frontlines of the Investment Blogosphere by Tadas Viskanta? (Amazon)
Life Lessons with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ? Kareem on What He Wished He?d Known at 30 (Esquire)
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22 Breathtaking Views From the World's Tallest Buildings
Skycrapers, TV towers, and observation towers are among the most emergent objects of human engineering. If you want to look around as far as possible without climbing a mountain or getting on a plane, you just have to buy a ticket to the observation deck of the nearest supertall structure.
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Duracell Powermat PowerSnap Kit (for iPhone 5)
For everything the Apple iPhone 5 does well, the omission of future-tech like NFC or wireless charging remains a point of contention for many. The Duracell Powermat PowerSnap Kit ($99.99 list) addresses the latter, bringing wireless charging to the iPhone 5 via Duracell's established inductive charging system. It's the same tech behind the 24-Hour Power System?for the iPhone 4, but the PowerSnap Kit introduces a new design to mesh with Apple's new Lightning Connector, as well as a snap-on battery pack that turns it into one of the few battery-case solutions available for the iPhone 5. The kit faces the same problem that previous Duracell efforts faced?namely widespread adoption?and the new case is a bit too flimsy for my taste. If you think wireless charging is just too cool to pass up, though, the PowerSnap Kit is your best bet.
Design and Features
The kit consists of two pieces: a snap on AccessCase and a removable SnapBattery. The former is a thin and light plastic frame that adds wireless charging capability to the iPhone 5. The latter is a battery pack that attaches to the case for on-the-go power. The AccessCase breaks apart into two pieces; the top portion is nearly indistinguishable from your typical plastic snap-on case, while the bottom piece houses the Lightning Connector and hole for the 3.5mm headphone jack. Unlike battery cases like the Mophie Juice Pack Helium, Duracell left the space around the Lightning Connector empty. It definitely helps keep things thin and light, but it also leaves the case feeling unnecessarily fragile. The bottom portion also snaps in and out incredibly easy, which is nice for installation, but entirely disconcerting for security?it feels like it could break off with just a light drop, and the entire assembly has a bit too much wiggle to it. ?
The SnapBattery slides and snaps into place on the back of the AccessCase, holding itself in place with one tab at the top and two and the bottom. Together, the PowerSnap Kit feels far sturdier, but it's also a good deal bulkier at 5.36 by 2.41 by 1.15 inches (HWD) and 4 ounces. The Juice Pack Helium is considerably sleeker at 0.59-inch thick and 2.4 ounces.?On the back of the SnapBattery are four LED indicators and a Power button to control the flow of juice from the battery to the iPhone. Also on the SnapBattery is a spring-loaded door that covers a micro USB port for charging both the battery and iPhone when connected.
Performance and Conclusions
Charging works exactly like the 24-Hour Power System and older Powermat devices?simply place the SnapBattery or the AccessCase-clad iPhone 5 down on a Duracell Powermat to charge. The magnetic attraction helps guide the accessories into place and a pleasant chime confirms charging. You can charge the two pieces separately, or together with the SnapBattery attached to the AccessCase. Syncing must be done wirelessly, but that's also true of battery cases like the aforementioned Juice Pack Helium. Also keep in mind, you'll have to supply your own Duracell Powermat accessory, which starts at $34.99 for one device and goes up to $69.99 for three devices.
With the SnapBattery attached, the PowerSnap Kit is essentially a battery case for the iPhone 5, so we tested it as such using our standard battery rundown test. The PowerSnap Kit was able to add 5 hours of talk time over LTE to our AT&T iPhone 5, which alone lasted 8 hours, 40 minutes. The Juice Pack Helium added 6 hours, 20 minutes on the same test. As a battery case, the PowerSnap Kit is decent, but provides less power than dedicated cases in a significantly bulkier package.?
I have to admit wireless charging is pretty cool, but until there's a universal standard and widespread adoption, it's just not convenient enough to be your daily driver. Duracell is facing an uphill battle now as the Qi charging standard is being adopted by a variety of players, including HTC, Nokia, and Google itself with the Nexus 4. If you go the Duracell Powermat route, you'll have to invest in a good deal of accessories to make it really worthwhile. Neither has truly stablished dominance in the wireless charging realm yet, but you should keep in mind that if Duracell's standard doesn't gain more traction, you'll be left with a useless set of accessories once you upgrade your device. For some, that will be worth it for wireless charging, but for most it will be a novelty that loses its luster after that initial wonder wears off.?
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First passengers back in U.S. after cruise ship fire
BALTIMORE (AP) ? The first passengers from a Royal Caribbean cruise that was cut short by a fire have arrived back in Baltimore on a charter flight.
Many are praising the crew's handling of the emergency and say they'd be eager to take another Royal Caribbean cruise.
Rebecca Killinger of Carlisle, Pa., says she had no idea how extensive the fire was until the ship got into dock. She says the captain and crew were calm and forthcoming throughout the ordeal, even cracking jokes to lighten the mood. The cruise was her first and she says she'd be happy to take to the seas again.
The 2,200 passengers are being flown into Baltimore on charter planes. The first, carrying more than 100 people, arrived shortly before 1 p.m. Tuesday.
Damage on the Royal Caribbean ship Grandeur of the Seas is pictured as the ship is docked in Freeport May 27, 2013. A fire broke out on the ship's aft mooring deck in the early hours of Monday ... more? Damage on the Royal Caribbean ship Grandeur of the Seas is pictured as the ship is docked in Freeport May 27, 2013. A fire broke out on the ship's aft mooring deck in the early hours of Monday morning. The fire was extinguished at 0458 ET, and all 2,224 passengers and 796 crew members were safe and accounted for, according to the company. REUTERS/Vandyke Hepburn (BAHAMAS - Tags: MARITIME DISASTER BUSINESS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) less? ?Source: http://news.yahoo.com/first-passengers-back-us-cruise-ship-fire-182817183.html
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Peter II Karadjordjevic Funeral Held In Serbia For Yugoslavia's Last King
BELGRADE, Serbia -- Serbia held a funeral on Sunday for Yugoslavia's last king, Peter II Karadjordjevic, who had fled the country at the start of World War II and died in the U.S. in 1970.
The former king's remains, and those of his wife, mother and brother, were interred in the family tomb at St. George church in Oplenac, central Serbia, in a ceremony aired live on the state television.
The funeral was attended by top state officials, who described it as an act of reconciliation and unity.
After fleeing Yugoslavia during its Nazi occupation, the former king never returned because Communists took over the country at the end of the war and abolished the monarchy.
He died in exile at the age of 47 and was buried at a Serbian Orthodox Church monastery in Libertyville, Illinois ? the only European monarch laid to rest on U.S. soil.
"We can no longer afford any divisions and injustice," President Tomislav Nikolic said in a speech at Sunday's ceremony.
Peter was born into a royal family, and his godfather was Britain's King George VI, but his life was often tragic and chaotic.
He was only 11 years old when his father, King Alexander I, was assassinated in 1934 in Marseilles, France. For the next six years the boy's powers were in the hands of a three-man regency headed by his uncle, Prince Paul.
In March 1941, Prince Paul was overthrown in a military coup after signing a pact with Germany.
Peter, then 17, was made the king by the Serb anti-fascists. But when Germany invaded Yugoslavia in April 1941, Peter was forced to flee, first to Greece, then to Egypt, then to Britain, where he headed the government-in-exile. He later lived in France and ended up in the U.S.
History books portray him as a figurehead leader and a victim of cunning politicians.
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Native American vets push for recognition
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) ? The Navajo Code Talkers are legendary. Then there was Cpl. Ira Hamilton Hayes, the Pima Indian who became a symbol of courage and patriotism when he and his fellow Marines raised the flag over Iwo Jima in 1945.
Before World War II and in the decades since, tens of thousands of American Indians have enlisted in the Armed Forces to serve their country at a rate much greater than any other ethnicity.
Yet, among all the monuments and statues along the National Mall in Washington, D.C., not one stands in recognition.
A grassroots effort is brewing among tribes across the country to change that, while Democratic Sen. Brian Schatz of Hawaii has introduced legislation that would clear the way for the National Museum of the American Indian to begin raising private funds for a memorial.
"This is not a political gamble for anyone, and it's not politically threatening for anyone," said Jefferson Keel, a retired Army officer and president of the National Congress of American Indians. "This is something that both sides of the aisle can get behind and support, because it's not going to cost a lot of money for the country. It's just something that needs to be done."
The push for a memorial can be traced back to the 1980s when the well-known Three Soldiers sculpture was unveiled near the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Depicted are three American soldiers: one white, one black and a Hispanic.
During the Vietnam era, the federal government says more than 42,000 Native Americans served in the military and 90 percent of those service members were volunteers.
"I've come across veterans from throughout the whole country, from the East Coast all the way to California, and a lot of Indian who people believe that there should be something on the National Mall. We're not there, we haven't been recognized," said Steven Bowers, a Vietnam veteran and member of the Seminole tribe in Florida.
Bowers is spearheading an effort to gain support from the nation's tribes to erect a soldier statue on the National Mall in recognition of American Indians, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians who have served over the years.
His proposal calls for placing it prominently at the entrance of a planned education center at the Vietnam memorial ? where millions of people visit each year ? rather than at the Museum of the American Indian.
Numerous tribal organizations, including the National Congress of American Indians, have signed on in support of the grassroots effort, and Bowers is hopeful the legislation introduced this week by Schatz doesn't complicate matters.
Jeff Begay, a Navajo and Vietnam veteran whose grandfather also served as a scout for the U.S. Army, said he prefers a memorial close to the heart of the National Mall.
"We feel that we don't want to be represented on the museum property because we're not relics anymore," he said. "We're not artifacts to be observed. We are real soldiers, we contributed to defense of this country, and we need to be honored in the Mall area."
John Garcia, deputy assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, said he's been meeting with Native American leaders and believes that a memorial "is a real possibility" if land is located and private funds are raised.
Garcia estimated there are about 200,000 Native American veterans, and a memorial dedicated to them would be appropriate since they have been involved in every American war from the American Revolution to recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Supporters of the two efforts agree that a memorial in the capital city would help to raise awareness of the role Native veterans have played in the country's history.
"We're trying to instill pride in our heritage as original inhabitants of this land," Begay said. "We don't want our children to grow up with that concept that we're insignificant. We want to instill in them that they're important members of the American community, and they should be proud of that."
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Associated Press writer Russell Contreras contributed to this report.
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Fire on cruise ship; no injuries reported | WGN-TV
A Royal Caribbean International ship was sailing to a Bahamas port after a Monday morning fire in which no one was injured, the company said.
The fire began in a mooring area on the Grandeur of the Seas cruise ship around 2:50 a.m. It was extinguished just before 5 a.m., the company said on one of its Twitter accounts.
The ship, with 2,224 guests and 796 crew members, initially was headed to CocoCay, Bahamas, but it will now go to Freeport for evaluation, Royal Caribbean said in a news release.
The cruise ship was in calm seas and has full power, the company said. Shortly before 6 a.m., the ship was 38 nautical miles from Freeport, the company said.
?In an abundance of caution, the captain deemed it necessary to muster all guests at their assembly stations,? the company?s news release said. ?All ? guests and ? crew have been accounted for, and there have been no injuries of guests or crew reported.?
Information from Royal Caribbean?s website states that the Grandeur of the Seas Bahamas trip includes seven nights, leaving from the Port of Baltimore in Maryland, and calling at Port Canaveral, Florida; Nassau, Bahamas; and CocoCay, Royal Caribbean?s ?private island paradise? in the Bahamas.
A number of cruise ship incidents have made headlines in the past year and a half.
In January 2012, 32 people died when the Costa Concordia capsized off Italy?s coast.
In February this year, an engine room fire left the Carnival Triumph adrift in the Gulf of Mexico, with passengers reporting overflowing toilets and human waste running down the walls in some parts of the ship.
On a March cruise, the Carnival Dream lost power and some toilets stopped working. And earlier this month, authorities say, a man and a woman on the Carnival Spirit fell overboard off Australia?s coast; they are presumed dead.
CNN?s Jason Hanna contributed to this report.
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Monday, May 27, 2013
The new tech palaces: visionary HQs, or cursed trophies?
By Bill Rigby and Alistair Barr
SEATTLE/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - While much of corporate America is retrenching on the real estate front, the four most influential technology companies in America are each planning headquarters that could win a Pritzker Architecture Prize for hubris.
Amazon.com this week revealed plans for three verdant bubbles in downtown Seattle, joining Apple's circular "spaceship," Facebook's Frank Gehry-designed open-office complex and a new Googleplex on the list of planned trophy offices.
"It signals a desire, a statement, to say that we're special, we're different. We have changed the world and we are going to continue to change it," said Margaret O'Mara, associate professor of history at the University of Washington, who has written about the building of Silicon Valley.
"It's also a reflection of robust bank accounts. They have a lot of cash."
Historically, however, when a company becomes preoccupied with the grandeur of its premises, it often signals a high point in its fortunes. These fantastical buildings may end up as little more than costly monuments to vanity and a loss of focus on the core business that made for success in the first place.
"I've been thinking the Apple spaceship is going to get nicknamed the 'Death Star' because the project is so big and the timing is so bad," said hedge fund manager Jeff Matthews of Ram Partners. The building is coming to fruition just as Apple's product cycles may be maturing, he explained. "It is such a classic contrary indicator that you just get the shakes." He no longer holds Apple stock.
Walter Price, who runs technology investment funds at RCM Capital Management LLC, shares the outlook: "When companies build big headquarters it's usually when they're doing really well and have strong outlooks, and that often coincides with a peak in their stock." Apple, Amazon, Google and Facebook are battling to recruit tech talent, and attractive campuses help with that, he added, but Apple's plan has not gone down well with investors. RCM's tech funds no longer hold shares.
PROJECT RUNAWAY
Amazon's design, presented to Seattle city planners this week, includes three steel and glass spheres almost 100 feet high, which will serve as the centerpiece for three new skyscrapers that will house a rapidly growing workforce in downtown Seattle.
The plans call for "a series of intersecting spheres with ample space for a wide range of planting material, as well as individuals working alone or in groups." Amazon declined further comment.
Google Inc, the world's largest Internet search company, has outgrown its original headquarters in Silicon Valley's Mountain View and is planning to build a 1.1 million square foot Googleplex nearby.
Called Bay View, it will have nine rectangular buildings, horizontally bent, with living roofs surrounded by courtyards and connected by bridges. No employee will be more than a two-and-a-half-minute walk away from any colleague, a design aimed at encouraging collaboration. A Google spokeswoman declined further comment.
Facebook Inc is taking the collaborative idea a step further, with plans for Facebook West, an addition to its main campus in Menlo Park, California, that will be the size of seven-and-a-half football fields.
Facebook hired Gehry to bring his trademark style of unexpected angles and understated drama to what is essentially one enormous open-plan office, where a worker can wander from one end to the other without ever going through a door. The rooftop serves as a park.
An earlier version of the building plan featured flares on the ends of the structure like butterfly wings, but Facebook decided not to go ahead with them, said Rachel Grossman, associate planner for the city of Menlo Park.
Facebook spokesman Tucker Bounds said the expansion will be "extremely cost-effective" and is needed to help the company develop new products for its users. He declined to comment further.
Apple has the most ambitious idea, a 2.8 million square foot glass ring on 176 acres. It would be in part a monument to former Chief Executive Steve Jobs, who described it as like a spaceship and was closely involved in the plans before he died in 2011.
The project, which could cost up to $5 billion according to reports, would house about 12,000 Apple employees. An Apple spokeswoman declined to comment.
TEMPTING FATE
The technology sector has amassed large cash piles in recent years, leaving many companies over-capitalized, said Bill Smead, head of Smead Capital Management, which oversees $465 million in assets and does not own shares of Apple, Amazon, Facebook or Google. "Over-capitalized companies often don't perform well, and leaders of over-capitalized companies sometimes squander the money," he said.
Apple, Amazon and Facebook are not getting tax breaks or other similar financial incentives for their plans, according to local officials. It is not clear if Google is receiving any incentives.
While these plans radiate optimism, they risk bringing down a curse that has befallen big companies just as they construct pyramid-scale palaces.
AOL-Time Warner started building the Time Warner Center, a 2.8 million square foot structure on the edge of New York's Central Park featuring two towering glass skyscrapers, right as the tech stock bubble popped in 2000, destroying more than three-quarters of the Internet and media company's value.
The New York Times Co, Wall Street bank Bear Stearns and chemical company Union Carbide also built ambitious headquarters just before their businesses hit tough times.
The "campus curse" has claimed several tech victims as well.
In the early 1990s, Borland Software - once the second-largest independent software company - spent more than $100 million on offices just south of Silicon Valley that featured ponds, tennis courts and a swimming pool. By 2008 the company had been hammered in the market by Microsoft and was worth less than the cost of the complex.
Since then, Yahoo Inc, MySpace, Inktomi, Sun Microsystems and Silicon Graphics have either hatched plans for or moved into swaggering headquarters, only to hit the skids. Google moved into Silicon Graphics' campus and Facebook took over Sun's headquarters.
Salesforce.com Inc got the shakes in time. In late 2011 the stock had fallen from a July high, and analysts were criticizing the company for excessive spending on sales and marketing. Earlier approved plans to build a $2 billion high-tech campus in San Francisco were canceled by the following February.
PRODUCTIVITY PREMIUM?
Despite these cautionary tales, some say the new breed of tech companies are smart to construct their own buildings, which match the collaborative way they work and can yield long-term productivity and energy-efficiency benefits.
"As they see energy prices going up they recognize that these buildings have to last longer, and they need to be more in control of the operation costs of these buildings. A property developer does not focus on such long-term things," said John Barton, director of the architectural design program at Stanford University.
"Employees are more productive in the right kinds of environments. That may be more expensive, but if it pays back in a 5 percent productivity increase, that may be really smart," he added.
O'Mara at University of Washington suggests the new tech giants are emulating the workplace innovations of the famous Bell Labs, the historic research arm of AT&T that gave birth to the transistor, the laser and technology behind mobile phones over many decades.
Bell's legendary facility, designed by modernist architect Eero Saarinen in the late 1950s, might not be the right role monument.
Now owned by global telecom giant Alcatel Lucent, the quarter-mile-long mirrored box lies empty, and is likely to end up being turned into a medical center - or razed.
(Additional reporting by Poornima Gupta. Editing by Jonathan Weber, Mary Milliken and Prudence Crowther)
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Preterm birth affects ability to solve complex cognitive tasks: Too early to learn
May 27, 2013 ? Being born preterm goes hand in hand with an increased risk for neuro-cognitive deficits. Psychologists from the Ruhr-Universit?t Bochum and the University of Warwick, UK have investigated the relation between the duration of pregnancy and cognitive abilities under varying work load conditions.
"Cognitive performance deficits of children dramatically increase as cognitive workload of tasks increases and pregnancy duration decreases," says Dr Julia J?kel from the Ruhr-Universit?t. In the journal PLOS ONE, the researchers report a new cognitive workload model describing the association between task complexity and incremental performance deficits of preterm children.
Large numbers of preterm born babies will place new demands on education system
About 15 million, i.e., more than ten per cent of all babies worldwide are born preterm every year; that is before the 37th week of pregnancy -- and the numbers are rising due to improvements in neonatal medicine and demographic changes. Recent studies suggest that delivery at any gestation other than full term (39 to 41 weeks gestational age) may impair brain development, rendering survivors at risk for adverse neuro-cognitive outcomes. Considering that 50 per cent of children are born before the 39th week of pregnancy, even small increases in cognitive impairments may have large effects on a population level. "As the total number of children born preterm increases there will be parallel increases in special education needs placing new demands on the education system," Julia J?kel and her colleagues say. To date, uncertainties remain regarding the nature and underlying causes of learning difficulties in preterm children. The new cognitive workload model now reconciles previous inconsistent findings on the relationship of gestational age and cognitive performance.
Cognitive deficits of children born preterm depend on the workload of the task
The research team tested 1326 children, born between weeks 23 and 41 of pregnancy, at an age of eight years. Data were collected as part of the prospective Bavarian Longitudinal Study. The children took part in a range of cognitive tests with varying workload. High workload tasks require the simultaneous integration of different sources of information, thereby placing high demands on the so called working memory. The results: The higher the workload and the shorter the pregnancy duration, the larger were the cognitive performance deficits. Deficits were disproportionally higher for children born before the 34th week of pregnancy compared with children born after week 33. Being born preterm specifically affected the ability to solve high workload tasks, whereas lower workload tasks were largely unaffected.
Results are relevant for cognitive follow-ups and planning of school lessons
According to the researchers, these results should be taken into account for routine cognitive follow-ups of preterm children as well as for planning school lessons. "New studies suggest that computerized training can improve working memory capacity," Prof Dieter Wolke from Warwick says. "In addition, educational interventions could be developed in which information is not presented simultaneously to preterm children but more slowly and sequentially to promote academic attainment."
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Friday, May 24, 2013
LG Envoy II (U.S. Cellular)
It may seem like everyone out there wants the latest and greatest in feature-packed, giant-screen smartphones, but there's still a bunch of people that just need to make a call from time to time. And for that reason, companies like LG keep making flip phones like the Envoy II?not that there's anything wrong with that. We like a good simple cell phone ourselves, like our Editors' Choice, the Samsung Jitterbug Plus. Unfortunately, while the $69.99 LG Envoy II for U.S. Cellular may be simple, it isn't very good. It's less of a classic flip phone than it is simply stuck in the past.
Design and Call Quality
Design-wise, the Envoy II is your standard flip phone. It measures 3.9 by 2.0 by 0.7 inches (HWD) and weighs 3.7 ounces. The whole thing is made of matte black plastic with a lightly textured strip that runs across the middle. All external controls are on the left, including a covered, non-standard headphone jack, a volume rocker, and the power port.
There's a 1-inch monochrome LCD on the outside of the phone. It shows you the time, date, network, reception, ringer, and battery life. The phone opens smoothly, though the hinge feels flimsy, like you can break it off if you push too hard. Inside is a 2.2-inch display with just 176-by-144-pixel resolution. It looks terrible. Everything is blurry, like you're wearing someone else's glasses, and viewing angles are poor. You can control the size and style of the text, but it still looks small even on the largest setting. Thankfully, the phone has text-to-speech conversion, so you can have it read incoming messages aloud.
The lower half of the phone is home to your number keys, as well as a rather busy control pad. There's a standard five-button navigation pad, which is flanked by an additional seven function keys. That's a lot of buttons, but none of them are the keys to send or end a call?those are a little further down with the number keys. So what controls do you get? There are two function keys in either corner that correspond to commands on screen. There's also a button for the camera, speakerphone, alarm, text-to-speech, and voice commands. That's about three buttons too many. Some of those controls would've been better off left to the Settings menu.
The keys themselves are decent. They're dimly backlit, with decent separation and good travel. Of course, even the best number pad isn't ideal for texting, so if that's what you're after, you're better off with a keyboarded phone like the Samsung Freeform 4.
In New York City where I did my testing, U.S. Cellular phones use Sprint's network.?The Envoy II is a 2G device with no Wi-Fi. Reception was decent and voice quality is solid. Voices sound very good in the phone's earpiece; there's some light fuzz, but you need to turn the volume all the way up to hear it. Calls made with the phone are also solid, though voices were a little muted from aggressive noise cancellation. There's some side tone in the earpiece, which helps prevent you from talking too loudly. The speakerphone sounds okay, but is not loud enough to hear outside. And calls sounded good over a Jawbone Era?Bluetooth headset, though the voice command system was rather fussy; it worked properly less than half the times I tried. Battery life was average at 6 hours and 14 minutes of talk time.
Apps, Multimedia, and Conclusions
You don't get much in the way of apps. The main menu has 12 icons you can choose from, which range from the phone book and text messages to the Settings menu and Uno. Most of the apps can be found under the Tools menu. You get a calculator, calendar, stopwatch, tip calculator, unit converter, and world clock. There's also a programmable menu called My Menu, but since it's buried under Tools, it isn't terribly convenient to use.
There's an app store from U.S. Cellular, as well as a place to buy new ring tones. You can also browse the Web, via the Myriad 6.2-powered Web browser, which reads WAP sites. But between the WAP browser, the slow data speeds, and the poor display, this isn't a good phone for getting online.
Multimedia support is pretty much out. There is no music or video playback. Even if there were, the phone has a skimpy 121.5MB of free storage, no microSD card slot, and a non-standard 2.5mm headphone jack. So you probably don't have compatible headphones, and there's little room to store anything except photos.
Speaking of photos, the LG Envoy II has a 1.3-megapixel camera. Pictures taken with the phone aren't terrible for what they are?the camera actually does a decent job with color?but there is virtually no detail. There's also no good way to transfer photos off the phone. You have to send them as a picture message or use Bluetooth.
The LG Envoy II uses the classic flip phone design, but it's far from a classic. On U.S. Cellular, you're better off with the Samsung Chrono 2. It has a similar design, but it costs less and you can use it as a music player. There's also the Kyocera DuraPro, which is also a flip phone, but with a much bigger, rugged design. It has a better camera than the Envoy II, as well as a much sharper screen. If you prefer to text, you should check out Samsung Freeform 4, which has a BlackBerry-style keyboard and better multimedia support than the Envoy II. There's also the LG Freedom. We haven't reviewed it yet, but it combines a touch-screen display with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. Our Editors' Choice for simple phones remains with the Samsung Jitterbug Plus. It's extremely easy to use, and has free 24-hour operator assistance, though you'll need service through GreatCall to get it.?
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27 Actors You Forgot Were On 'Arrested Development' (PHOTO)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Maggie Lizer
"Veep" star and Emmy winner Julia Louis-Dreyfus appeared as Maggie, an attorney and Michael's on-and-off girlfriend, in "Out on a Limb," "Hand to God," "Justice Is Blind" and "Altar Egos."
Amy Poehler as Wife of GOB
Will Arnett's now-ex-wife Amy Poehler played "Wife of GOB" in "Motherboy XXX," "Whistler's Mother," "Best Man for the Gob," "Justice Is Blind" and "Altar Egos."
Jane Lynch as Cindi Lightballoon
"Glee" star Jane Lynch played Cindi Lightballoon, a government mole sent to seduce George, in "Shock and Aww" and "Altar Egos."
Ed Begley Jr. as Stan Sitwell
Ed Begley Jr. appeared as real estate tycoon -- and Bluth family rival -- Stan Sitwell in "Development Arrested," "Ready, Aim, Marry Me," "Burning Love," "Queen for a Day" and "Switch Hitter."
Christine Taylor as Sally Sitwell
"Hey Dude" alumna Christine Taylor guest starred as Sally Sitwell, Stan's daughter and Michael Bluth's girlfriend, in "Out on a Limb" and "Burning Love"
Martin Mull as Gene Parmesan
"Sabrina, The Teenage Witch" star Martin Mull appeared as private eye Gene Parmesan in "Amigos" and made Lucille do <a href="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mef88dZo5V1qh2nrho1_500.gif" target="_blank">this</a>.
Richard Belzer as Himself/Detective Munch
Richard Belzer appeared in two episodes of the former Fox series. In "S.O.B.s," he seemingly played himself and in "Exit Strategy," Belzer was featured as his long-running "Law & Order" and "Homicide" character Detective Jon Munch.
John Larroquette as Himself
"Boston Legal" star John Larroquette also appeared as himself in "S.O.B.s."
Zach Braff as Phillip Litt
"Scrubs" star Zach Braff appeared as Phillip Litt, the creator of video series "Girls With Low Self-Esteem" and a never-nude, in "S.O.B.s" and "Spring Breakout."
Andy Richter as Himself, Various Siblings
Conan O'Brien's longtime sidekick Andy Richter appeared as himself and various siblings in "S.O.B.s" and "Switch Hitter."
Judge Reinhold as Himself
"Beverly Hills Cop" star Judge Reinhold appeared as himself in "S.O.B.s" and "Fakin' It."
Jack McBrayer as Country Club Waiter
"30 Rock's" Jack McBrayer appeared as a waiter at the local country club in "Burning Love" and "S.O.B.s."
Carrie Preston as Jan Eagleman
"True Blood" star Carrie Preston appeared as Jan Eagleman in "Fakin' It."
Ben Siller as Tony Wonder
Ben Stiller played GOB's rival magician Tony Wonder in "S.O.B.s" and "Sword of Destiny."
Phyllis Smith as Carla
Before "The Office," Phyllis Smith appeared as board member Carla in "The Immaculate Election."
Ed Helms as James
Ed Helms appeared in "The One Where Michael Leaves" as realtor James, who Lindsay thought was hitting on her.
Richard Simmons as Himself
Richard Simmons appeared as himself in "Bringing Up Buster," but footage was also shown later in the series in "The One Where They Build a House."
Mo Collins as Starla
"MADtv's" Mo Collins appeared as Starla, a Bluth Company administrative assistant and Buster's girlfriend, in "Sword of Destiny," "Queen for a Day," "Switch Hitter," "Amigos" and "The One Where They Build a House."
Thomas Jane as Himself
Thomas Jane appeared as himself and a love interest for Lindsay in "The One Where They Build a House."
Alan Tudyk as Pastor Veal
"Firefly" alum and "Suburgatory" star Alan Tudyk appeared as Ann Veal's (Mae Whitman) father, Pastor Veal, in "Meat the Veals."
Ione Skye as Mrs. Veal
"Say Anything" star Ione Skye appeared as Mrs. Veal, Ann Veal's mother, in "Meat the Veals."
Craig Robinson as Secruity Guard
"The Office" star Craig Robinson appeared as a security guard in "Switch Hitter."
Jeff Garlin as Mort Meyers
Jeff Garlin appeared as studio executive Mort Meyers in seven episodes of "Arrested Development": "Switch Hitter," "Queen for a Day," "Spring Breakout," "Righteous Brothers," "Mr. F," "Making a Stand" and "Development Arrested."
Charlize Theron as Rita Leeds
Oscar winner Charlize Theron appeared in several episodes of "Arrested Development" Season 3 as Rita Leeds, a British woman Michael Bluth nearly marries. Check her out in "For British Eyes Only," "Forget-Me-Now," "Notapusy," "Mr. F" and "The Ocean Walker."
Dave Thomas as Uncle Trevor
Dave Thomas guest starred in Season 3 as Uncle Trevor, Rita's guardian, in "For British Eyes Only," "Forget-Me-Now," "Notapusy," "Mr. F" and "The Ocean Walker."
Simon Helberg as Jeff
"The Big Bang Theory" star Simon Helberg appeared in "Meat the Veals" as Jeff, a film studio employee.
Armie Hammer as Student No. 2
"The Social Network" star Armie Hammer appeared as Student No. 2 in "The Immaculate Election."
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Oklahoma tornado was stronger than Hiroshima bomb: How?
When the conditions are exactly right ??and they were, for the tornado that devastated Oklahoma City yesterday ??a tornado can unleash more power than the nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
Left, a neighborhood in Moore, Okla., left in ruins on May 4, 1999, after a tornado flattened many houses and buildings in central Oklahoma. Right, flattened houses in Moore on May 20, 2013. Monday's powerful tornado in suburban Oklahoma City loosely followed the path of a killer twister that slammed the region in May 1999.
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EnlargeEverything had to come together just perfectly to create the killer?tornado?in Moore, Okla.: wind speed, moisture in the air, temperature and timing. And when they did, the awesome energy released over that city dwarfed the power of the atomic bomb that leveled Hiroshima.
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On Tuesday, the National Weather Service gave it the top-of-the-scale rating of EF5 for wind speed and breadth, and severity of damage. Wind speeds were estimated at between 200 and 210 mph. The death count is 24 so far, including at least nine children. The United States averages about one EF5 a year, but this was the first in nearly two years.
To get such an uncommon storm to form is "a bit of a Goldilocks problem," said Pennsylvania State University meteorology professor Paul Markowski. "Everything has to be just right."
For example, there must be humidity for a?tornado?to form, but too much can cut the storm off. The same goes with the cold air in a downdraft: Too much can be a storm-killer.
But when the ideal conditions do occur, watch out. The power of nature beats out anything man can create.
"Everything was ready for explosive development yesterday," said Colorado State University meteorology professor Russ Schumacher, who was in Oklahoma launching airborne devices that measured the energy, moisture and wind speeds on Monday. "It all just unleashed on that one area."
Several meteorologists contacted by The Associated Press used real time measurements, some made by Schumacher, to calculate the energy released during the storm's 40-minute life span. Their estimates ranged from 8 times to more than 600 times the power of the Hiroshima bomb, with more experts at the high end. Their calculations were based on energy measured in the air and then multiplied over the size and duration of the storm.
An EF5?tornado?has the most violent winds on Earth, more powerful than a hurricane. The strongest winds ever measured were the 302 mph reading, measured by radar, during the EF5?tornado?that struck Moore on May 3, 1999, according to Jeff Masters, meteorology director at the Weather Underground.
Still, when it comes to weather events, scientists usually know more about and can better predict hurricanes, winter storms, heat waves and other big events.
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Thursday, May 23, 2013
Former IRS chief: Can't say how targeting happened
WASHINGTON (AP) ? The man who led the Internal Revenue Service when it was giving extra scrutiny to tea party and other conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status told Congress on Tuesday that he knew little about what was happening while he was still commissioner.
Douglas Shulman, who vacated his position last November when his five-year term expired, told the Senate Finance Committee he didn't learn all the facts until he read last week's report by a Treasury inspector general confirming the targeting strategy.
In his first public remarks since the story broke, Shulman said: "I agree this is an issue that when someone spotted it, they should have brought it up the chain. And they didn't. I don't know why."
Shulman was testifying at Congress' second hearing on the episode that has largely consumed Washington since an IRS official acknowledged the targeting and apologized for it in remarks to a legal group on May 10.
Shulman said he first learned that something was happening in the spring of 2012.
He said that at that time, he learned that IRS workers were using a list to help decide which groups seeking tax-exempt status should get special attention and knew the term "tea party" was on that list. But he said he didn't know what other words were on that list or the scope and severity of the activity.
He said he took what he thought were the proper steps ? making sure the inspector general was looking into the situation.
"I was dismayed and I was saddened" to read the about the details of the targeting in the inspector general's report, Shulman said.
Shulman was appointed by President George W. Bush and served from March 2008 until last November.
Finance panel chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., and top Republican Orrin Hatch of Utah both criticized the agency and said they would investigate how and why the improper screening occurred.
"I intend to get to the bottom of what happened," Baucus said.
The IRS is an independent agency within the Treasury Department. Because of that independent status, the official said Treasury deferred to the IRS in its decision about how to make the targeting public.
A new poll by the Pew Research Center says 42 percent of adults think the Obama administration was involved in targeting conservative groups. Thirty-one percent said the decision was made by IRS employees, while the rest said they didn't know.
For more than a year, from 2011 through the 2012 election, members of Congress repeatedly asked Shulman about complaints from tea party groups that they were being harassed by the IRS.
Shulman's responses, usually relayed by a deputy, did not acknowledge that agents had ever targeted tea party groups for special scrutiny. At a congressional hearing March 22, 2012, Shulman was adamant in his denials.
"There's absolutely no targeting. This is the kind of back and forth that happens to people" who apply for tax-exempt status, Shulman said at the House Ways and Means subcommittee hearing.
The IRS has said Shulman did not know about the targeting at the time of the hearing.
The agency's inspector general says he told Shulman on May 30, 2012, that his office was auditing the way applications for tax-exempt status were being handled, in part because of complaints from conservative groups. However, the inspector general, J. Russell George, said he did not reveal the results of his investigation.
George was also testifying at Tuesday's hearing. So was Steven Miller, who took over as acting commissioner in November, when Shulman's term expired. Last week, Obama forced Miller to resign.
George issued a report last week blaming ineffective management for allowing agents to inappropriately target conservative groups for more than 18 months during the 2010 and 2012 elections.
The agents were trying to determine whether the groups were engaged in political activity. Certain tax-exempt groups are allowed to engage in politics, but politics cannot be their primary mission. It is up to the IRS to make the determination, so agents are supposed to look for clues when reviewing applications for tax-exempt status.
In March 2010, agents starting singling out groups with "Tea Party" or "Patriots" on their applications. By August 2010, it was part of the written criteria for identifying groups that required more scrutiny, according to George's report.
Agents did not flag similar progressive or liberal labels, though some liberal groups received additional scrutiny because their applications were singled out for other reasons, the report said.
On Monday, the White House revealed that chief of staff Denis McDonough and other senior presidential advisers knew in late April that an upcoming inspector general's report was likely to find that IRS employees had inappropriately targeted conservative political groups.
The White House says McDonough and the other advisers did not tell President Barack Obama about the impending report, leaving him to learn the results from news reports on May 10. White House press secretary Jay Carney said Obama was comfortable with the fact that "some matters are not appropriate to convey to him, and this is one of them."
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/former-irs-chief-cant-targeting-happened-145012244.html
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