promise technology: March 2013

Sunday, March 31, 2013

FCC confident in its mobile phone radiation limits, seeks second opinions

Cast your memory back to last summer. Sweep away memories of iPhone 5 leaks galore, and you might remember that the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) asked the FCC to reevaluate its radiation limits for mobile phones. Now a few seasons later, the FCC has finally wrapped up a report that responds to the GAO, and there are no changes to its RF radiation levels in sight because it feels comfortable with its current caps. "We continue to have confidence in the current exposure limits, and note that more recent international standards have a similar basis," reads the report. However, given that its guidelines were adopted in 1996, new research on radiation and the proliferation of mobile devices, the FCC would like some feedback regarding its restrictions. It's put out a call for comments from concerned parties and even federal health and safety bodies.

Though the freshly-released document didn't rock the proverbial boat, it made one change worth noting. The pinna (outer ear) is now classified an extremity, which means the FCC allows devices to hit the tissue with more radiation. Feel like poring through 201 pages of regulatory minutiae? Click the source link below for the commission's full dossier.

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District attorney, wife shot to death in Texas county where assistant DA was killed, police say

NBC's Gabe Gutierrez reports from Kaufman County, Texas, where residents are on edge after a district attorney and his wife were found dead in their home.

By Frank Heinz, NBCDFW.com

Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife Cynthia were found shot to death inside their Forney home Saturday, nearly two months to the day after his top assistant was gunned down on his way to work earlier this year.

Kaufman County Sheriff's Department investigators confirmed the deaths to NBC 5 Saturday evening, but officials have had little else to say about the investigation since. Sources close to the investigation told NBC 5 Saturday evening that McLelland and his wife were found at about 4 p.m. that day by a concerned relative or friend who had gone to the house after being unable to reach the couple. Other sources told NBC 5 that the McLelland's front door had been forced open and that gunshots had been fired and that an assault rifle was used in the murders.

On Sunday afternoon, Kaufman County Sheriff David Byrnes spoke with the media, but offered little on the investigation thus far and wouldn't confirm details released by sources. Byrnes also wouldn't speculate on whether the murders are connected to the Jan. 31 slaying of Assistant District Attorney Mark Hasse saying, "there is nothing to indicate that, for sure."

See original report at NBCDFW.com

While there remains no immediate, confirmed link between Saturday's murders and Hasse's murder, the similarities between the cases prompted county officials to conduct welfare checks on all employees in the district attorney's office Saturday. All were OK, though one former Kaufman County prosecutor was "in hiding" Saturday evening and said others were as well.

Meanwhile, as a connection between the Hasse and McLelland murders is explored, investigators continue to search for possible connections between Hasse's murder, the slaying of Colorado prison official Tom Clements and the shooting of Montague County Sheriff's Deputy James Boyd that sparked a wild car chase that ended with the fatal shooting of Evan Ebel last week in Wise County.

Byrnes also refused to comment on whether security measures have been put in place for the staff of the district attorney's office other than to say they are taking precautions. Byrnes did say that there would be an increased and visible security presence at the Kaufman County Courthouse on Monday.

"It's unnerving to the law enforcement community and the community at large.? That's why we're striving to assure the community that we are still providing public safety and will be able to do that," Byrnes said, about the McLelland murders.

A tip line has been set up for the investigation and anyone with information to share with investigators is asked to call 1-877-847-7522.

McLelland Vowed to Catch Hasse's Killer

While police officers are frequently the target of violence while trying to apprehend criminals, attacks on prosecutors are extremely rare, though not unheard of.? McLelland said as much in January when speaking about his slain friend when he said Hasse was aware of the dangers associated with being a prosecutor.

At the time, he described Hasse as a really, really good man that was an excellent friend and a spectacular prosecutor who wouldn't be easily replaced. He also vowed to catch Hasse's killers saying, "I hope that the people that did this are watching. Because we're very confident that we're going to find you, pull you out of whatever hole you're in, bring you back and let the people of Kaufman County prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law."

FBI agents and Texas Rangers, who were still investigating the unsolved slaying of Hasse, are now leading the investigation into Saturday's murders, according to a federal law enforcement source.

McLelland and his wife, Cynthia Woodward McLelland, have five children including two daughters and three sons.? One of the sons is a Dallas police officer.

NBC 5's Ray Villeda and Scott Gordon contributed to this report.

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Just because it's legal doesn't mean it's nice? ? FreshStitches

Hi there, blog reader! Before I start today?s post, I?m going to give you a little update about how I?ve been doing?

If you follow me on twitter, you?ll probably notice I?ve been a little sparse the past couple of days, and it?s because I haven?t been feeling well. I thought I had a stomach bug? but increasing severity of symptoms lead to me getting sent to the emergency room last night.

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Oy!

It turns out that I have Colitis (that means, ?swollen colon?) and although I?ve gotten some pain medicine, I still feel pretty icky. It?ll be a few days (due to the holiday weekend) before I can get to a GI who?ll sort out the underlying cause (whether it?s a chronic condition or a one-off thing).

Thank you for all of your get-well wishes! I?m doing my best to heal!

In the past couple of days, a rather disturbing design-related event has been unfolding. It involves Trendsetter Yarns?s not-so-nice use of the popular pattern, Wingspan.

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You can read the full story on on Wingspan?s designer?s blog. Here?s a very short sketch of what happened:

Trendsetter knit up a sample of Wingspan in their yarn and displayed it on their Facebook page, listing the pattern as Wingspan. They then changed some stitch counts and contacted a lawyer to verify that this not a copyright violation. They are now selling the pattern as part of a booklet and kit as their own.

This situation has the knitting community up in arms. Why? Because it?s not nice.

I?m not a lawyer, and I?m not going to pretend to make any legal judgements.

But there?s something to this issue that gives most designers a bit of a queasy feeling? somehow it feels not quite right that a company can get away with changing a few lines and calling the design their own.

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Especially if the finished sample looks nearly identical to the original design. And particularly
if the company admits that they copied the original pattern and tweaked it. We, as designers, understand and accept that designers occasionally are separately inspired to make very similar patterns? but this is not such a case.

One reason why this situation gives me a feeling of the ickies is that so much could have been done to avoid it.

Trendsetter could have:

Emailed the designer and asked for permission to use her pattern (for free)
Offered to pay the designer a royalty for using/distributing her pattern
Hired a designer to design a new pattern that highlights a similar aspect of the yarn, but is original.
Stuck to showing off samples of Wingspan knit in their yarn? nothing wrong with that!

I?ve been reading the back and forth, and in the end, I just feel sad. So sad that a company would think this course of action is a good idea. Also feeling so sad for the designer? who if she wants to take action would be forced to pay mega legal fees.

Next week, I?m going to talk a bit more about the issue of being inspired by another person?s design, since it?s come up in my Ravelry group as well. As I said, I can?t weigh in on the legal/copyright issue, but I can talk more about the ?gut-feeling? that drives my process.

Tags: copyright, design, knitting, legal, Trendsetter Yarns, Tri'Coterie, wingspan

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Saturday, March 30, 2013

From Click to Brick: Ecommerce Redefines In-Store Retail

"Click-to-brick" stores typically fall into of two categories: temporary pop-up stores meant to stir up publicity, such as those launched by Etsy and Birchbox, and permanent showrooms, including ones run by Warby Parker and Bonobos. These permanent locations sometimes do not even have items for sale, thus eliminating the need to carry inventory or invest in a large, expensive retail location.

When he first launched menswear retailer Bonobos, Chief Executive Andy Dunn was wary of the brick-and-mortar concept.

(Read More: Lululemon CEO Says 'Man Up' for Success)

"We were wrong at the beginning," he said. "In 2007, we started the company, and we said the whole world is going online only. All we're going to do is be online."

Since then, the company rolled out their version of the in-person retail store in several locations. The stores are focused on service and do not carry items for sale.

"We think that ecommerce is going to be the flagship store and possibly as much as half of retail for any brand," Dunn added. "But what we've learned recently is that the offline experience of touching and feeling clothes isn't going away. People still want to try stuff on, and so for a brand like ours that's built on fit we want to provide that."

For e-tailers that decide to venture into physical locations, analysts listed several benefits inherent in their business model.

"The advantage they have is that they are omnichannel from the start?they don't have to invest millions in retrofitting their systems to accommodate the web channel," Mulpuru said.

(Read More: Wal-Mart's Wild Plan for Delevieries (Hint You're Involved) )

But because their core business is online, it's not always easy also to launch a store, which requires a focus on visual merchandising and a different labor model, she added.

Still, IBM's Puleri said ecommerce stores have the luxury of being nimble since they can change assortment and price on the fly online. But the brands must figure out how to keep their brand in sync across the various channels, she added.

?By CNBC's Katie Little; Follow her @katie_little_

Questions? Comments? Email us at consumernation@cnbc.com.

Source: http://www.cnbc.com/id/100597529

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Marilyn Monroe ?Crazy? Letter Up For Auction

Marilyn Monroe “Crazy” Letter Up For Auction

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Friday, March 29, 2013

KFA plane lessors miffed with govt, raise lease costs | Firstpost

New Delhi: India has no bankruptcy law to speak of and therefore lenders and Government departments resort to underhand tactics to recover their dues from large companies which go bankrupt.

The latest case where this has happened is Kingfisher Airlines. Eager to get their dues, airport operators and tax departments are twisting the knife into Kingfisher but there is a catch: instead of the airline, these people have ended up upsetting aircraft lessors. Aircraft lessors, or companies which lease out aircraft globally to airlines for a fee, have been suffering interminably in taking back their aircraft leased to Kingfisher.

In fact, AAI went as far as barring lessors from taking possession of aircraft parked across airports. AFP

Lessors are bitter with Indian authorities because even though Kingfisher stopped operations in October 2012 and has not operated a single flight since then, Indian airport operator Airports Authority of India (AAI), service tax and other Government departments have not helped lessors repossess planes.

In fact, AAI went as far as barring lessors from taking possession of aircraft parked across airports such as Delhi and Mumbai, saying it was owed Rs 290 crore by Kingfisher and these aircraft were collateral against payment of dues by the airline. The tax authorities are also reluctant to let lessors repossess aircraft since this leaves them with precious little collateral to recover dues.

Aghast at this turn of events, some lessors have begun to either refuse leasing more aircraft to other Indian airlines or have raised the lease rentals exorbitantly.

Still others have even begun asking for more advance rentals than ever before. Earlier, there were suggestions in some quarters that India?s tax authorities could introduce additional charges to lessors in order to reclaim some of the taxes owed by Kingfisher. This could be a double whammy for lessors, who are already? accumulating monthly losses because they cannot commit on re-renting the aircraft to another customer. All in all, this is a potentially dangerous scenario for airlines which largely depend on a lease and buyback programme to operate aircraft fleet worldwide, as also in India.

World over, signatories to something called the Cape Town Convention (India is a signatory too) are bound to release aircraft to lessors. This means Indian authorities have been blatantly violating the Cape Town Convention in letting rogues like AAI and other departments to hold back aircraft which are the property of lessors.

Earlier this week, the Government earned itself some saving grace when aviation regulator DGCA allowed 17 Kingfisher aircraft to be deregistered, which means they can now be repossessed by the lessors. But this decision is still too little, too late and there could be other interested parties ? like the service tax department which is owed huge sums by Kingfisher ? which may eventually not permit the aircraft to be repossessed by lessors.

Civil Aviation Secretary K N Shrivastava had confirmed on Tuesday that 17 Kingfisher aircraft had been deregistered after consultations with all stakeholders but 12 others were not. ?These 12 aircraft are part financed by Kingfisher itself and are shown on the airline?s books as assets. The service tax department has attached these aircraft??we need to settle this issue after talks with all concerned parties?.

He had also said that on six other aircraft of Kingfisher, there were no claims by lessors. To a question on how AAI will now recover its dues from Kingfisher, Shrivastava said ?AAI cannot use these aircraft as an interim tool to get their dues. It will have to find other ways of recovery. We are signatories to the Cape Town Convention and cannot hold back aircraft?.

Aviation consultancy CAPA?s Kapil Kaul said it?s good that 17 aircraft were deregistered but ?it doesn?t explain the rationale behind the delay. Why did it take 7-8 months to deregister these aircraft?? Kaul said, CAPA expects total compliance to the Cape Town Convention and there must be a clearly written CAR (Civil Aviation Requirement or rules which govern aviation in India) which allows for quick and decisive action on deregistration of aircraft as and when required. The Ministry of Civil Aviation has said it is in the process of framing this CAR but has not given any timeline.

In a report this morning, CAPA notes that lessors which have exposure to Kingfisher Airlines include International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC), German Bank DVB, AWAS, BOC Aviation, Dubai Aerospace, Kf Turbo Leasing, TP Leasing (Cayman) and Turbo 72-500 Leasing. It says ILFC has managed to remove just one A321 aircraft after a Delhi High Court decision on March 15 in its favour. But ILFC still has five A320 aircraft parked at airports in India.

CAPA has quoted ILFC CEO Henri Courpron as saying ?One of the hostages has been freed; we are worried about the others?..while the (other) aircraft have been de-registered, de-registration is only one of the steps you need to get the airplanes out of the country. There are other authorities in the country, like airports and tax authorities, who have an axe to grind against Kingfisher and we are being held hostage to this process.?

But DVB Bank may have something to cheer about if its aircraft are included in the 17 which were deregistered by DGCA on Tuesday. The Delhi HC is scheduled to hear DVB Bank?s lawsuit against the DGCA on April 8. Frustrated at Indian authorities? attempts to prevent it from repossessing its own aircraft, DVB Bank had warned in February that India could be ?shut out? of the global aircraft financing market if carriers such as Kingfisher failed to return aircraft they were unable to finance and the government fails to provide the conditions for suppliers to repatriate their assets.

DVB has around $450 million of direct and indirect financing to Air India, IndiGo and Jet Airways.? After Kingfisher?s defaults, some lessors decided to discontinue financing to the Indian aviation market.

Source: http://www.firstpost.com/business/kfa-plane-lessors-miffed-with-govt-raise-lease-costs-677470.html

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Cloud Warriors: U.S. Army Intelligence to Arm Field Ops with Hardened Network and Smartphones

A big step up from wireless radios, modified smartphones could help operatives identify the enemy and disseminate allegiance shifts, and even provide a drone?s-eye-view of the battlefield

By Larry Greenemeier

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The U.S. Army?s Military Intelligence Corps wants to equip its field operatives with a pocket-size tool they can use to locate and identify adversaries, and then disseminate that information to nearby troop commanders as quickly as possible. Their tool of choice?a modified Google Android smartphone with specialized apps, a setup none too different from the ones so many civilians use for multitasking in their daily lives.

Military Intelligence, which has issued basic Android smartphones to a small number of its operatives in the past two years, is testing new Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Android sets loaded with software?known collectively as Windshear?that could send and receive biometric, GPS and other data via a secure mobile ?cloud? network. Another key feature under consideration as part of Windshear would give operatives access to streaming video taken by drones overhead, something not available today to troops on the ground.

Smartphones and a secure, real-time connection to data are necessities if the U.S. military is to stay a step ahead of its adversaries, says Lt. Col. Jasey Briley, a retired Army intelligence officer acting as a consultant on the Windshear project. Whereas the Army has for at least the past decade used mobile devices to perform biometric identification, those instruments were only as effective as the data they contained. ?The photos and fingerprints in the databases are not updated in real-time,? he adds. ?This is where Windshear could provide an advantage?it?s always being updated.?

A squad or company entering a village in Afghanistan, for example, needs the latest information regarding that location before they arrive, including whether it is friendly to U.S. troops or has recently switched allegiance, says Briley, who last served as a senior intelligence officer with the 18th Airborne Corps before retiring in May 2012 and becoming CEO of JBB Group, an intelligence and security services firm.

Troops have long had access to real-time communications via wireless radios, but a smartphone could send and receive digital photos of enemy combatants known to be operating in a particular location. ?In the past that basic information might have been copied over the radio or the squad wouldn?t get it at all,? Briley says. The Army has also used satellite phones, but that technology has not trickled down to the squadron level, much less to individual soldiers. ?It?s an expensive piece of equipment and it?s expensive to get the satellite signal,? he adds.

As anyone who has lost cell phone coverage during an emergency knows, a mobile phone is only as reliable as its network. Keeping smartphones operational in remote areas without much of a telecommunications infrastructure is not easy. There are many locations?such as the tribal zone straddling the Afghan?Pakistani border?where a cell signal cannot reach, Briley says. In many field operations soldiers communicate via vehicle-mounted cell towers, although sometimes those soldiers must venture into rugged terrain and leave their vehicles behind. In such cases, he adds, the soldiers can download maps and other useful information before venturing too far from the mobile cell tower.

Windshear would not solve connectivity problems in such cases, but it will enable broader data sharing when soldiers can sync up with the cloud. Windshear operates on a smartphone just like an app from a user?s perspective, says AJ Clark, president of Thermopylae Sciences+Technology, the Arlington, Va., provider of Web-based geospatial software used to build Windshear. Yet the software is actually an ?app container??tapping on the Windshear screen icon brings up a new screen filled with more specialized apps that change automatically based on a soldier?s location, mission and specific military specialty.

Military Intelligence first evaluated Windshear?s ability to deliver cloud-based biometrics, facial recognition, reporting and ID scanning capabilities as part of the May 2011 U.S. Joint Forces Command?s Empire Challenge, a showcase for emerging military technologies. The Army might further scrutinize the software and smartphones as part of a Network Integration Evaluation (NIE) in 2014, one of a series of semiannual, solider-led tests of commercial and custom-designed technology that could be used to improve the Army?s tactical network. This would be different from previous field testing because the NIE is a formal event where many different Army systems come together to see how a new system holds up in a replicated field environment, Clark says, adding that ?systems nominated for NIE testing can be fast-tracked to the field if they are positively received by the soldiers.?

Windshear also plays into the U.S. Department of Defense?s larger ?mobile device strategy,? which they outlined in May 2012. (pdf) This plan lays out a number of scenarios in which smartphones, tablets and other modified mobile consumer electronics might assist the military. Field units could maneuver in unfamiliar environments with help from real-time maps that soldiers annotate and share with other troops via their handheld devices. Engineers would be able to take digital pictures of mechanical parts, using those images to order replacements via the cloud. Another possibility: Military health care providers could diagnose injuries as well as remotely access lab results from the field.

Getting soldiers to embrace new mobile gadgets will not be a problem. ?Our young soldiers grew up with smartphones?they?re the ones really pushing the technology onto the battlefield.? Briley says. ?When you introduce something like this, they?re like, What took you so long??

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Thursday, March 28, 2013

Landscaping Tips for the First-Time Homebuyer - RealEstate.com

Buying your first home is both frightening and exciting, and that?s understandable. It should be. Your home is most likely the biggest purchase you will ever make. Whether or not you?re a first-time homebuyer, chances are there was something about the house or property that made you feel like this was a place to call ?home.?

Buying a property with healthy trees is just one landscaping tip for first-time homebuyers For many people, moving into a house, as opposed to a condominium, means the opportunity to have enough space for letting the dog run around, playing catch with your children, or hosting big barbeque parties. In other words, it means having a backyard, and having a backyard brings a whole new set of responsibilities.

If you?re like most potential homebuyers, you?re concentrating on the house, not the landscape, when viewing a home for sale. As you shop for your new home, the following landscaping tips will hopefully help you avoid expensive problems in the future.

Homebuying Landscape Tip #1: Where?s the High Water Mark?

If you can avoid living in a floodplain, do it. A few years ago, a friend of mine purchased a home in a 100-year floodplain. By definition, a 100-year flood only has a 1 percent chance of occurring each year. Unfortunately, soon after she purchased the property, a real estate development with a large building footprint and lots of surface parking went up near her property. The excess run-off caused by the new development created an increase in the flood frequency, and every year thereafter her property flooded in the winter.

She wanted to have a garden and do some landscaping, so she had me come out and assess the situation. Unfortunately, she couldn?t have the ornamental garden plants like roses and lavender that she wanted. Her best strategy was to plant shrubs and trees that could handle being inundated by water for a period of time each year ? plants like red-twig dogwood, Western red cedar, and snowberry. In order to have any kind of garden, she would basically have to plant trees and shrubs that were native to wetlands. Needless to say, this was not the garden she wanted.

If the home you?re buying is in a floodplain, think long and hard about what it would be like to have your property underwater, literally, before signing those papers.

While we?re on the subject of water ?

Homebuying Landscape Tip #2: Where Does the Water Go?

When buying a home, take time to walk around the property. Check for areas where the soil is muddy or there?s standing water. Sometimes this can merely be an indication of poor-draining soils, but sometimes standing water can be caused by much larger issues like a leak in a water, sewer, or irrigation line.

Also check for any water that drains toward the house. Civil engineers and landscape architects typically design soil grading to slope away from buildings at a rate of at least 2 percent for a minimum of 5 feet. This prevents most water from draining toward the foundation or basement of the house. If you?re considering buying a home where the land around it slopes toward the house, take special care to have these areas inspected. Most houses are built with below-grade drainage to divert water away from the foundation, but don?t assume anything. It?s better to be safe than sorry.

Homebuying Landscape Tip #3: Humpty Dumpty Sat on a Wall

If the property you?re buying contains any site retaining walls, check their condition. Be on the lookout for large cracks or areas where the wall may be failing. Concrete retaining walls can be built to be straight up and down or with a slight batter, meaning that the wall slants slightly back into the soil it?s retaining. If they seem structurally sound, it?s fine. On stone retaining walls, watch for any areas where stones seem to be missing or coming away from the rest of the wall. Finally, be especially cautious of any wall where the top of the wall has started to bow out over the bottom. This is usually an indication of poor drainage behind the wall, failure in the reinforcement or structure of the wall, or damage from large tree roots, and a clear sign that the wall is failing.

Homebuying Landscape Tip #4: Don?t Buy Butchered Trees

Nothing bothers me more than seeing trees that have been topped. This often happens when a homeowner decides he?s going to open up the views from his property. Armed with a chainsaw and spare time on a weekend, the homeowner will go out and saw the tops off of all of the trees on the property. If the property you are considering has topped trees, move along or have the seller compensate you for the damage he?s done by negotiating the purchase price. On average, it will cost around $1,500 to remove each tree.

?But what?s the problem with topped trees,? you ask. ?I want to see the view of the ocean (the mountains, the lake, insert spectacular view here).? The problem is that trees do not have any way to heal their wounds. That?s not just some tree-hugger nonsense ? that?s the truth, and it has implications for the tree?s health and the safety of your home. So, if you are going to top a tree, top it at ground level. That?s right: Cut it down and take it out.

Trees don?t heal; they seal.?

The best a tree can ever do after you make a cut is try to seal over the wound with future bark growth. Topping a tree opens it up to all manner of plant diseases. Trees that have been topped are more susceptible to root rot, which compromises the root structure and stability of the tree.

Furthermore, topping a tree doesn?t keep it from growing. In fact, pruning encourages growth. The branching structure that results after topping is often much weaker than the original growth, especially on conifers. The moral of the story is this: If there is going to be a tree that blows over onto your house in a windstorm, with its potential for root rot and poor branching structure, I?d put money on the tree that was topped. (I realize that to readers from the Midwest this may seem extreme, but in the Pacific Northwest, big trees and windstorms are a huge issue.)

I?ve given you the big landscape issues to watch for here. With these tips you?ll know the big landscape problems to avoid when buying a home. Water and the structural integrity of built landscape elements and trees are the biggest issues to keep in mind. Beyond that, there are not many landscape problems that can?t be fixed without a little time, effort ? and the possible outlay of cash.

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Source: http://www.realestate.com/advice/landscaping-tips-for-the-first-time-homebuyer-72997/

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Senators tour border, say immigration bill near

From left, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., and Sen. Michael Bennett, D-Colo., address the media during a news conference after their tour of the Mexico border with the United States on Wednesday, March 27, 2013, in Nogales, Ariz. The senators are part of a larger group of legislators shaping and negotiating details of an immigration reform package vowed Wednesday to make the legislation public when Congress reconvenes next month. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., left, and Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., tour the Nogales port of entry during their tour of the Mexico border with the United States on Wednesday, March 27, 2013, in Nogales, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, speaks to the media as, from second left, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., Sen. Michael Bennett, D-Colo., and Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., listen in during a news conference after their tour of the Mexico border with the United States on Wednesday, March 27, 2013, in Nogales, Ariz. The senators are part of a larger group of legislators shaping and negotiating details of an immigration reform package vowed Wednesday to make the legislation public when Congress reconvenes next month. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Sen. Michael Bennett, D-Colo. second right, speaks, as, from left, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., listen during a news conference after their tour of the Mexico border with the United States on Wednesday, March 27, 2013, in Nogales, Ariz. The senators are part of a larger group of legislators shaping and negotiating details of an immigration reform package vowed Wednesday to make the legislation public when Congress reconvenes next month. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., makes a point as he is joined by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., and Sen. Michael Bennett, D-CO, during a news conference after their tour of the Mexico border with the United States on Wednesday, March 27, 2013, in Nogales, Ariz. A group of influential U.S. senators shaping and negotiating details of an immigration reform package vowed Wednesday to make the legislation public when Congress reconvenes next month. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) ? A bipartisan group of senators crafting a sweeping immigration bill vowed Wednesday that they would be ready to unveil it when Congress reconvenes in less than two weeks after getting a firsthand look at a crucial component of their legislation: security along the U.S.-Mexico border.

The four senators ? Republicans John McCain and Jeff Flake of Arizona and Democrats Chuck Schumer of New York and Michael Bennet of Colorado ? are members of the so-called Gang of Eight, which is close to finalizing a bill aimed at securing the border and putting 11 million illegal immigrants on a path to citizenship

The lawmakers' reassurance that their work would be complete by the week of April 8 came after a public feud erupted between the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the AFL-CIO over a low-skilled worker provision in the bill ? a spat that remained alive Friday as Congress began a two-week recess. But Flake noted Wednesday that negotiations over the worker program had resumed; an AFL-CIO negotiator also confirmed the talks were back on.

During the tour, the senators saw border agents apprehend a woman who had climbed an 18-foot-tall bollard fence.

"You can read and you can study and you can talk but until you see things it doesn't become reality," said Schumer, who toured the border for the first time. "I'll be able to explain this to my colleagues. Many of my colleagues say, 'Why do we need to do anything more on the border?' and we do. We should do more."

President Barack Obama has urged Congress to pass immigration reform this year. While ceding the details of the negotiations to Congress thus far, the president has stepped to the forefront of the debate this week to prod lawmakers to finish work on the bill.

Border security also is critical to McCain, and other Republicans, who contend that some areas along the border are far from secure.

The senators' tour Wednesday ? by both ground and air ? allowed them to review manned and unmanned drones and different types of fences. They also watched as vehicles going to and from Mexico were scrutinized by border agents at the checkpoint in Nogales.

"In so many ways, whatever your views are on immigration, Arizona is ground zero," Schumer said. "What I learned today is we have adequate manpower, but not adequate technology."

With top Republicans and Democrats focused on the issue, immigration reform faces its best odds in years. The proposed legislation will likely install new criteria for border security, allow more high- and low-skilled workers to come to the U.S. and hold businesses to tougher standards on verifying their workers are in the country legally.

The bill is expected to be lengthy and cover numerous issues, including limiting family-based immigration to put a greater emphasis on skills and employment ties instead. McCain and Schumer promised the overhaul would pay for itself, while cautioning that their proposed border security package would be costly.

"Nobody is going to be totally happy with this legislation, no one will be because we have to make compromises," McCain said.

Bennet said the Gang of Eight has agreed to put border security before a path to citizenship, but are opposed to double-sided fences along the length of the U.S.-Mexico border. Some lawmakers in Arizona want more border fences.

"There is not one simple solution to the issue of border security," Bennet said. "This isn't as simple as someone on the East Coast saying 'We need a fence everywhere or we don't.'"

The senators stressed only comprehensive immigration reform, not piecemeal solutions, had any hope of passing both chambers of Congress.

"We are not going to slice it up," McCain said.

The legislation was initially promised in March. Immigration proponents have said the group needs to introduce legislation soon, while some Republican lawmakers complain the process has moved too quickly.

If passed, the legislation could usher in the most sweeping changes in immigration law in nearly 30 years.

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No NASCAR penalties issued after California race

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) ? NASCAR Chairman Brian France said Tuesday the contact between Joey Logano and Denny Hamlin as they battled for the win at California over the weekend was just the kind of throwback racing he expects out of his drivers and the new Gen-6 car.

"I have said repeatedly, every minute, that contact, especially late in the race when you are going for a win, that's not only going to happen ? that's expected," France said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. "Both of them did exactly what I think you would do when you really, really want to win. Getting some contact, trying to race extra hard to win the race, that's what we're about."

Hamlin suffered a compressed fracture of the L1 vertebra in his lower back, and Joe Gibbs Racing said Tuesday night he'll be out a minimum of six weeks.

France, who spoke to AP hours before JGR announced Hamlin would not require surgery but needed time to heal, did not think anything was done intentionally by Logano to harm Hamlin.

"Injuries can happen throughout any race on any lap, and fortunately they are seldom," France said. "That's just part of racing."

NASCAR announced Tuesday no penalties were warranted after California ? not against Tony Stewart for scuffling with Logano after the race, and series officials saw nothing to indicate Logano or Hamlin were trying to intentionally wreck each other as they raced for the win. In addition, NASCAR officials have given no thought to policing blocking, which is what Logano did to Stewart on the final restart to trigger the post-race confrontation.

"There are no conversations internally inside of NASCAR to look at blocking as a violation or a penalty as some other forms of motorsports do," Sprint Cup Series director John Darby said. "As good as the racing has been, as exciting as it's been, I don't know that we need to jump in the middle and screw it up."

Stewart parked his car near Logano's and angrily approached him after Sunday's race at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana. There was some shoving, but crew members intervened before any punches landed. Logano threw a water bottle at Stewart.

Darby said the incident didn't escalate to a level where NASCAR had to take action.

"A few years ago we backed away from micromanaging drivers' emotions, you would hope in today's world that if somebody didn't win a race, they would be upset about it," Darby said. "I don't know that we've actually got a rule book that describes every push in the chest or kick in the shin. If two guys get into a hell of a fight, we're going to have to react. But a couple of guys blowing off some steam and slapping at the air is not going to get anybody in a whole lot of trouble."

France noted that drivers are encouraged to show their emotion and settle disputes ? which is all Stewart was doing on Sunday.

"We have no problem, and frankly encourage drivers to go up to one another to discuss whatever they think they need to that happened in the race," France said. "And then every once in a while there will be some emotions, and that's what happened Sunday and crews stepped in between them and we don't think it rose to some level of anything."

France said NASCAR will intervene when feuds go too far and when emotions run too high.

"We're not going to allow a boxing match to take place every time they have a disagreement," France said. "But on the other hand, we're not going to prevent the emotional exchanges that occur after a race. Everyone has the right to walk up to someone and say, 'What the? What happened there? What did you do that for?' And they explain themselves and usually work it out."

It remains to be seen where the Logano and Hamlin feud goes from here, although Sunday was viewed as a racing incident.

The two former teammates have feuded since the closing laps of the season-opening Daytona 500 and it escalated after contact from Hamlin sent Logano spinning into the wall two races ago at Bristol. Logano angrily confronted Hamlin after the race before being pulled away by crew members.

The two moved their feud to Twitter for at least the second time this season and then came Sunday's race.

They were racing side-by-side on the last lap for the win when they banged into each other. Both cars spun and Hamlin's hit head-on into an inside wall not protected with energy-absorbing SAFER barriers.

He spent Sunday night in a Southern California hospital, where he was diagnosed with an L1 compression fracture in his lower back. He saw Dr. Jerry Petty of Carolina Neurosurgery and Spine Associates on Tuesday, and Petty determined the driver will not need surgery but needed a minimum of six weeks to heal.

NASCAR is off this weekend, so Hamlin could miss only five races if the healing process meets Petty's estimate. But the next five weeks include stops at Martinsville Speedway and Richmond International Raceway, where the Virginia-raised driver has a combined six Sprint Cup victories.

Hamlin also races in his annual charity event at RIR, and will now have to sit that out, too.

Darby did not think Logano intentionally wrecked Hamlin.

"It was the last lap of the race, and the last time they were both going to see turns three and four. They were side-by-side. If somebody was of the mindset to retaliate, they probably would have been lined up nose-to-tail and somebody would have drove into the other car and spun him around," Darby said. "In this case, that is so far from the opposite, that it never even crossed anybody's mind that I'm aware of that paid attention to the race."

Meanwhile, NASCAR is still going over data from Hamlin's accident and will need to meet with officials from the University of Nebraska, home to the engineering school's Midwest Roadside Safety experts, and IndyCar before making any recommendations on whether a SAFER barrier should be installed where Hamlin hit.

When NASCAR first began installing SAFER barriers following the 2001 death of Dale Earnhardt, the priority were locations where cars frequently hit the wall. Officials at Nebraska also make recommendations not to install the barriers at certain points at a facility because of various issues, including the potential for a car to sling-shot back into traffic after impact.

Track officials usually follow the recommendations.

Tom Gideon, senior director of safety research and development at NASCAR, said where Hamlin hit was not an area that cars frequently make impact.

"Each point on the track we look at the application and you don't want to put (barriers) in places where the angle of impact may not be appropriate for a SAFER barrier," Gideon said. "We also look at the possibility of impact and the frequency of impact, and when you look at the frequency of impact, especially at oval tracks, it's reasonable to think they are going to be with outside walls."

NASCAR doesn't race at Auto Club Speedway again this season, but IndyCar's October finale is scheduled at the track. IndyCar officials said the series is working with NASCAR, Nebraska and the Fontana track officials to study the accident and see if "any changes need be addressed prior to our race at Fontana."

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/no-nascar-penalties-issued-california-race-190726619--spt.html

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Link between faster 'biological' aging and risk of developing age-related diseases

Mar. 27, 2013 ? An international team of scientists led by the University of Leicester has found new evidence that links faster 'biological' ageing to the risk of developing several age-related diseases -- including heart disease, multiple sclerosis and various cancers.

The study involved scientists in 14 centres across 8 countries, working as part of the ENGAGE Consortium (list of research teams is give below). The research is published online today (27^th March) in the journal Nature Genetics.

The project studied a feature of chromosomes called telomeres. Telomeres sit on the end of our chromosomes -- the strands of DNA stored in the nucleus of cells. The telomeres shorten each time a cell divides to make new cells, until they reach a critical short length and the cells enter an inactive state and then die. Therefore telomeres shorten as an individual gets older. But, individuals are born with different telomere lengths and the rate at which they subsequently shorten can also vary. The speed with which telomeres wear down is a measure of 'biological ageing'.

Professor Nilesh Samani, British Heart Foundation Professor of Cardiology at the University of Leicester and Director of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leicester Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit, who led the project said: "Although heart disease and cancers are more common as one gets older, not everyone gets them -- and some people get them at an earlier age. It has been suspected that the occurrence of these diseases may in part be related to some people "biologically" ageing more quickly than others."

The research team measured telomere lengths in over 48,000 individuals and looked at their DNA and identified seven genetic variants that were associated with telomere length. They then asked the question whether these genetic variants also affected risk of various diseases. As DNA cannot be changed by lifestyle or environmental factors, an association of these genetic variants which affect telomere length with a disease also would suggest a causal link between telomere length and that disease.

The scientists found that the variants were indeed linked to risk of several types of cancers including colorectal cancer as well as diseases like multiple sclerosis and celiac disease. Most interestingly, the authors found that in aggregate the seven variants also associated with risk of coronary artery disease which can lead to heart attacks.

Professor Samani added: "These are really exciting findings. We had previous evidence that shorter telomere lengths are associated with increased risk of coronary artery disease but were not sure whether this association was causal or not. This research strongly suggests that biological ageing plays an important role in causing coronary artery disease, the commonest cause of death in the world. This provides a novel way of looking at the disease and at least partly explains why some patients develop it early and others don't develop it at all even if they carry other risk factors."

Dr Veryan Codd, Senior Research Associate at the University of Leicester who co-ordinated the study and carried out the majority of the telomere length measurements said: "The findings open of the possibility that manipulating telomere length could have health benefits. While there is a long way to go before any clinical application, there are data in experimental models where lengthening telomere length has been shown to retard and in some situations reverse age-related changes in several organs."

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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

National Geographic teams with Bill O'Reilly again for 'Killing Jesus' adaptation

National Geographic and director Ridley Scott's company will again produce an adaptation of O'Reilly's work, this one based on the story of Jesus Christ. Scott and National Geographic have previously adapted O'Reilly's works 'Killing Lincoln' and 'Killing Kennedy.'

By Molly Driscoll,?Staff Writer / March 26, 2013

Bill O'Reilly (r.)'s book 'Killing Jesus,' which will be the basis for the National Geographic adaptation, is due out this September from publisher Henry Holt. Left: Actor Billy Campbell portrays Abraham Lincoln in the adaptation of O'Reilly's book 'Killing Lincoln.'

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National Geographic is teaming up with TV personality and author Bill O?Reilly again to adapt his newest book for television.

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Google Glass will reportedly be built in America, at least initially

That $1,500 price tag for Google Glass Explorer Edition? Perhaps it makes a bit more sense considering that US labor will be used to manufacturer it. According to unnamed sources cited by Financial Times, the first run of production-quality Glass headsets will be built in Santa Clara, California. The reason? A lot is riding on the quality of Glass, and it's likely that Google just wants to keep a close eye on every single prototype that leaves the lab. In fact, it's not exactly uncommon -- the outfit did the same for its ill-fated Nexus Q, and Apple is building some of its iMacs here in the states as well.

It's also important to note that the initial batch of Glass headsets won't be high yield, so there's little reason for Google to look overseas with so few units slated for production. Whether or not the lines in NorCal will continue to hum once these things hit critical mass remains to be seen, but it is interesting that Hon Hai Precision (read: Foxconn) will reportedly manage the facility that cranks 'em out.

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