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April 12, 2012
Early this morning in the USA, three anti-hunters toppled a hunting blind, three tree-stands, and smashed a trail camera.
As we approached the hunting complex, we stayed in the
brush and peered into the hunting blind with binoculars to make sure the
field was empty. Once we were sure that no one was in the area, we
sprang into action and went after the deer killing blind.
The hunting blind had its supports silently cut with a saw, and was then pushed over into the field. The impact from the 20 foot fall tore the actual hunting blind from the tree stand, undoing all the hours it took the killers to construct the stand in about 10 minutes. After the hunting stand was taken care of, we went after the three steel tree stands that were further back in the field. The support straps on these three stands were cut, and the tree stands were then dismantled and disposed of. Upon leaving the field we saw a trail camera strapped onto a piece of wood, which was also destroyed.
We saved some wildlife from being maimed and killed by
gun wielding sadists with our actions, but hunting is an extremely
widespread, environmentally degrading and disgusting practice that needs
to be stopped as much as possible, by anyone who has the opportunity to
do so.
Apr 07 2012
January 2012: 6 hens were removed from an intensive egg farm located in the Willamette Valley of Oregon.
February 2012: 3 chickens were rescued and re-homed from a broiler farm in Washington state.
Escaping the horrors of
the factory farm, these individuals will live out the remainder of their
lives in freedom in open fields.
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Community spirit was abundant at the Founders Day celebration that was held in Redfield on Saturday. People from miles around gathered at the former Redfield Middle School to join in on fun and fellowship.
Community spirit was abundant at the Founders Day celebration that was held in Redfield on Saturday. People from miles around gathered at the former Redfield Middle School to join in on fun and fellowship.
The celebration marks the first ever Founders Day celebration for a town that was founded on October 18, 1898 and includes a population of over 1,200 citizens.
Saturday's events were organized by the Redfield Chamber of Commerce and the Chamber's president, Amanda Spivey was on hand to help oversee many of the day's activities.
Redfield has been known in the past for its annual Halloween Festival that is normally held at the Redfield Middle School. According to Spivey, the chamber decided it would be a good idea to replace that festival with something that would be equally fun and beneficial for the community.
"Redfield's Founders Day is in October, so we thought it would be a perfect time to have something for the community. It's an opportunity to have something for the kids that they are used to having at the Fall Festival," said Spivey.
Spivey added, "We hope this can be an annual event."
Visitors to the event could browse the various vendors including crafts and food. Kids enjoyed carnival style games and bounce houses throughout the event which ran from noon to 9 p.m.
White Hall Martial Arts provided entertainment as students demonstrated technique and form for curious onlookers.
The Arkansas vs. Alabama game was broadcast on a big screen for those die hard Razorback fans who wanted to enjoy the community celebration, but not miss a moment of football action.
As the evening went on, citizens were able to take in an outdoor concert which included the Cummins Prison Band and Queen Anne's Revenge.
Redfield Mayor Tony Lawhon commented on the success of the day. "I think we have had a great turnout today," Lawhon said.
When discussing the significance of Founders Day and the future of Redfield, Lawhon said "We are looking at the possibility of turning the Lonestar Church into a museum." The city recently received a grant to help restore the historical site.
"If you have a better idea of where you came from, you will know where you will be going," Lawhon added referring to the importance of historical preservation and the city's plans for growth.


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Explanation for my previous post:
The speed of sound is 1125 fps when the air temperature is 68 degrees F. 1200 fps is faster than that so a pellet going that fast will make a sound similar to the cracking of a whip.
The familiar sound of a .22 rifle is mostly due to the sound that the supersonic bullet makes when going through the air.
If you don't hear that whip cracking sound when you shoot, your pellets are going slower than the speed of sound. Those advertised velocities are based on velocities using pellets made of extra light copper or zinc based alloys. Regular lead pellets will go slower, but will retain their velocities better so even though they are slower at the muzzle, they may actually be much faster at 25 or 50 yards.
I'm just saying, don't take those velocity claims too seriously, there's a lot of puffery in advertising. I have one air pistol that's supposed to shoot 400 fps, I also have a chronograph and it says about 350 fps.
Also, spring-air pellet guns are extremely sensitive to how they are supported and putting them on a hard rest can really open up the groups. There is a lot of gun movement when the spring piston fires and if the gun is not supported exactly the same way every shot, the gun movement during firing will not be exactly the same, and this will change the point of impact.
If you are going to use it offhand, sight it in shooting offhand.
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Thursday, February 6
Owner/Chef Rick Hackett of Jack London Square's Pan-American restaurant Bocanova, is continuing his monthly "Rick's Supper Club" dinners with a Portuguese Wine Dinner tonight. Hackett has put together a menu that pulls inspiration from Spain and Portugal with a New World touch including Portuguese Shrimp Soup, Braised Pork Osso Bucco, and house-made chocolates for dessert. Plus, Bocanova's Wine Club Director has put together an all Portuguese wine flight to accompany the five-course family-style meal. Marc West-Teixeira of Estate Wines LTD will also attend the dinner to share his knowledge of the featured wines. 7:00 p.m., $72, Make reservations at (510) 444-1233. 55 Webster Street, Oakland.
In this month's edition of Marin Brewing Co.'s Brews and Views, Executive Director of Save the Bay David Lewis will participate in a discussion about future efforts to prevent the bay from being destroyed. Snacks are complimentary and the full menu will be available for purchase. Ten percent of proceeds will be donated to the Cabrillo Education Foundation. 6:00 – 8:00 p.m., 390 Capistrano Road, Half Moon Bay.
Friday, February 7
Sausalito's Fast Food Francais (F3) is celebrating its one-year anniversary on February 14. In celebration of the milestone, the restaurant is bringing back dishes from the original menu for a limited time only, February 7-21. The throwback menu includes: Le Bleu Burger made with organic grass-fed beef, Fourme D'ambert, chorizo jam, lettuce and tomato; Fried Oysters with cornmeal, Bloody Mary aioli and pickled okra; Poulet Frit, a crispy buttermilk chicken sandwich with gypsy pepper piperade, brie and lettuce; and Lobstah Roll with Maine lobster, green apples, and tarragon aioli on brioche. As a special addition there will also be a seasonal Truffle Burger made with seven grams of truffle, seven-ounces of Wagyu beef, and served with gilded fries for $50. 2/7-2/13, 11:30 a.m. – 10:00 p.m., 39 Caledonia St., Sausalito.
Saturday, February 8
Kara Lind from Kara's Cupcakes will be on hand at Macy's for a Valentine's cupcake decorating class. She'll share tips and tricks on frosting and topping her irresistible pastries. Tickets include all the supplies necessary for you to follow along and decorate your own cupcakes to take home. 11:00 a.m., $20, Get tickets here. 170 O'Farrell Street.
Learn how to make killer espresso, latte art, and drip coffee while enjoying coffee tastings and snacks at Contraband Coffee this weekend. Owner and coffee maestro Nathan will conduct a hands on demonstration with step by step directions on a cutting edge espresso machine. You'll also learn how to distinguish different coffees from various origins ranging from Guatemala to Ethiopia in a curated coffee flight. 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. $30, Get tickets here. 1415 Larkin Street.
Sunday, February 9
4505 Meats cooks up an ode to South Carolina pit master Rodney Scott who lost all his BBQ pits in a fire last November. The dinner is part of a nationwide fundraiser tour from the Fatback Collective. 4505 Meats is putting together a whole-hog cookout with sides in the parking lot of their new restaurant and organizing an online auction to raise funds. 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 pm. $20/ plate, $25 at the door. Get tickets here. 705 Divisadero Street.
Wednesday, February 12
The 4th Annual Union Street Has a Crush on You wine walk will take you throughout Union Street from Gough to Steiner and on Fillmore Street from Union to Lombard. Merchants will be offering wine samples, finger foods and special treats at different locations. Participants will receive a wine glass and map with all the tasting locations. 4:00 – 8:00 p.m. $20, Get tickets here. Buy day-off tickets at 2040 Union Street.
Thursday, February 13
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CLEARWATER — Principal Keith Mastorides has entered Daniel Boone territory.
The frontier: technology in classrooms.
The tool: the Amazon Kindle e-book reader.
Clearwater High School's unprecedented plan to arm its 2,100-plus student body with the devices nears fruition, with the Kindles now stacked in a computer lab and each labeled with a student's name.
As the school gets ready to distribute them next week the stakes — and questions — are more real than ever. Amazon confirms no other high school has attempted such a feat.
"I feel like a pioneer walking into a new era," Mastorides said Wednesday. "We're discovering the questions as we go."
But will the questions — like, how long does an e-reader last? Or will students adapt to pushing a button instead of turning a page? — yield answers that will satisfy teachers, students and parents?
The atmosphere at Clearwater High is giddy in anticipation, despite the multitude of unknowns.
"Everyone I've talked to is excited to get one," said Heath Anderson, 17, a senior who helped unpack the Kindles last week. "It's revolutionary really."
School technology coordinator Denise Nye, who said she now uses a Kindle for personal reading, has heard from other eager students.
"They keep coming down at lunch time and ask, 'Can we have it yet?' " Nye said.
But like exploring new frontiers, excitement can go hand in hand with anxiety.
Mastorides hoped to have the e-books in students' hands earlier, but publishers of its English and math textbooks and supplementary science materials are taking longer than planned to load the textbooks onto the Kindles — each one tailored to the individual students' course load.
Once that happens, Mastorides is confident that the device will kindle students' technological tendencies. "The kids, we know, are going to pick this up and run with it," he said. "There's no question about that."
But a pilot program between Amazon and seven universities across the U.S. that ended this summer yielded mixed results that might give unabashed champions of the Kindle's educational utility pause.
The Kindle "is not ready for prime time," Arizona State University professor Ted Humphrey told the Arizona Republic in June.
Amazon spokeswoman Stephanie Mantello said Wednesday that the company received concerns from student feedback about annotating text and font sizes, among other things.
Mastorides, who only recently became aware of the pilot program, said the difference between high school and college is apples and oranges.
"We were looking at the high school level. At the college level, it's a different game," he said. "At the high school level, it's used to enhance the program. At the college level, you're on your own."
When Clearwater's students line up next week to get their personalized e-readers, they'll find electronic texts for English, math, some science and novels, with plans to expand to other subjects next year.
Students can highlight passages and make notes in books — taboo with traditional textbooks. And the school district has designed a mobile version of PCS Portal, the district's site where students and parents can view classes, grades and more.
"It's still a book," Mastorides said. "But it's a book plus!"
And since each device can access the Internet via wireless connections and a 3G cell tower signal, it will bridge the digital divide, providing Web access for students who previously had none at home, he said.
"I do have a lot of kids who do not have Internet access at home. So this is the first time they'll be on a level playing field."
Students can purchase damage and loss insurance for their Kindle for $20. They pay $25 if they lose it once, $50 if they lose it twice.
Lose it three times, though, and a student goes back to the old-fashioned way of reading books, Mastorides said. Or students can still opt for a hardbound text to begin with.
He is now getting inquiries from schools within the area, as well as some beyond, that want to know more about the project.
Tracy Gray, managing director of the American Institute for Research who studies educational innovation, said Clearwater High's endeavor is indeed the first wave of things to come.
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While many educational institutions have talked about similar ventures, Clearwater High is the first she knows of to attempt replacing textbooks on a large scale, Gray said.
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exploring Asia's largest slum in Dharavi; strolling
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with its Portuguese inspired dwellings; taking a
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cool retreat, its colonial legacy captured by the
luxurious Oberoi Cecil hotel. Under an hour from
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I am a huge fan of most all cooking shows... with Chef Gordon Ramsey's shows at the top of my list... "Hell's Kitchen", "Kitchen Nightmares", and of course "Master Chef". One of my favorite contestants on this seasons "Master Chef" is Christine Corley. I hate it, but she was eliminated last night, stopped by the station today to visit with us, and tell us a little bit about her experience on the show.


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Who are we? It's a question humankind has been asking about itself for a long time. But when we consider ourselves not as static beings fixed in time, but as ever-changing creatures, our viewpoint of human history becomes much more captivating. The question is no longer "Who are we?" but "What have we become? And what are we becoming?
When we consider ourselves, not as static beings fixed in time but as dynamic, ever-changing creatures, our viewpoint of human history becomes different and captivating. The crucial element of "time depth" has revolutionized the very questions we ask about ourselves. "Who are we?" has turned into What have we become? What are we becoming?" What makes this viewpoint possible is the evolutionary perspective offered by biological anthropology through the study of the evolution, genetics, anatomy, and modern variation within the human species.


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Who's holding up John Brennan's confirmation?
- By John HudsonJohn Hudson is a senior reporter at Foreign Policy, where he covers diplomacy and national security issues in Washington. He has reported from several geopolitical hotspots, including Ukraine, Pakistan, Malaysia, China, and Georgia. Prior to joining FP, John covered politics and global affairs for the Atlantic magazine's news blog, the Atlantic Wire. In 2008, he covered the August war between Russia and Georgia from Tbilisi and the breakaway region of Abkhazia. He has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, BBC, C-SPAN, Fox News radio, Al Jazeera, and other broadcast outlets. He has been with the magazine since 2013.
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Almost two months after Barack Obama nominated John Brennan to become his next CIA director, the White House counterterrorism advisor's confirmation remains out of reach. Practically no one doubts Brennan will eventually be confirmed, but a few key actors and a few key issues remain obstacles for the White House and its nominee. Here's what's in the way:
On Sunday, fellow amigos John McCain and Lindsey Graham took to CBS's Face the Nation to renew their months-long quest for more information on the terrorist attack in Benghazi — and to threaten delays for Brennan's confirmation. One of the key sticking points has been the altered talking points provided to U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice before she went on a range of Sunday talk shows to discuss the attacks. Last week, the White House provided the senators access to the e-mails discussing the changes in a classified hearing. But Graham and McCain said portions of the e-mails were too heavily redacted. In addition, they also want access to FBI interviews of the survivors. "John and I are hell bent on making sure the American people understand this debacle called Benghazi," said Graham.
Today, McCain, Graham, and New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte reitereated everything they know and don't know about Benghazi in a joint press release. When reached for comment, the White House pledged to continue to work with members of Congress. "We are having conversations with members of Congress about their requests, and we will continue those conversations," said National Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden in an e-mail to FP.
The administration's targeted killing program via drone strikes remains a sticking point for Sen. Rand Paul. The Kentucky lawmaker says a simple "yes" or "no" answer on whether the White House can authorize a drone strike against an American in the United States would satisfy him. But he'll hold up the confirmation until he gets an answer, he told National Journal last week. "I want to hear the answer that they are not assuming the authority, or they don't believe they have the authority, to kill Americans on American soil with a program from the Department of Defense or the CIA," Paul said. "I think there's a certain bit of arrogance that they are not even willing to respond at all to us on this."
Though the president has said, "The rules outside of the United States are going to be different than the rules inside the United States," Paul isn't satisfied, calling the language evasive. This "sort of, to me, implies that they are assuming they have some kind of authority inside the United States," he says.
Before ending his interview with CBS, McCain added that he had "some questions about torture" without going into detail. The issue of torture, or enhanced interrogation techniques, is what torpedoed Brennan's consideration for the CIA's top post four years ago. Though McCain has been a steadfast opponent of the practice, the opposition to Brennan at the time was spearheaded by liberals. At his confirmation hearing last month, Brennan denied having a key role in the Bush administration's torture of terror suspects.
Clearly, the White House is not thrilled with what it sees as a distraction from Brennan's inevitable confirmation. In an e-mail to FP, Hayden said as much today. "The confirmation process should be about the nominees and their ability to do the jobs they're nominated for," she said. "As the confirmation hearings clearly showed, John Brennan is extraordinarily qualified to head the CIA, and the President needs him in place now. We face enormous national security and intelligence challenges across the globe, and to hold up these nominees for unrelated reasons is not in our national security interests."


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Chanel returns to the Ritz Paris with its spa
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Chanel is set to launch its first ever spa, Chanel au Ritz Paris, in the former home of its founder Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel. Mademoiselle Chanel, who moved into the Ritz Paris at the start of the 1930s, once said "The Ritz is my home". Choosing to launch the first spa at Ritz Paris is a powerful move in paying homage to the late, great Mademoiselle Coco who lived in the hotel for 34 years.
Chanel au Ritz Paris will feature a range of signature treatments using Chanel's famous beauty products, it is not yet clear whether the spa is likely to open at any of the hotel's other branches but it will open its doors later this year in line with the Ritz Paris' grand reopening.


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This educational website is dedicated to helping you build French communication skills through a blend of French learning games for kids and adults.
Researchers from The University of Nottingham have shown that both adults and children learn French – or any other foreign language – with greater ease by playing simple games with pictures.
It is clear that connections between words and pictures make the process of building vocabulary skills more efficient and faster.
There are also lots of good reasons for using French learning games as they:
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- are motivating, even for reluctant and lower ability learners because they don't have to rely on their reading and writing ability
- help develop social interaction skills in a fun way
Understanding spoken language is the first step. Students need to become familiar with hearing the sounds before being able to reproduce them.
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UPMC tax status contested
At county hearing, supporters and opponents make cases on its standing as charityDecember 6, 2012 5:00 AM
Allegheny County was urged Wednesday to use its legal authority to examine the tax-exempt status of real estate owned by UPMC and other nonprofit organizations.
Having tax-exempt status was a privilege, lawyer Brad Korinski told members of county council. That status should be reviewed every three years under legislation approved by council in 2007, he said. Mr. Korinski is solicitor for county Controller Chelsa Wagner, whose office recently completed a report on nontaxable properties.
"Purely public charities" like UPMC have to meet a five-point test to retain their tax-exempt status. Mr. Korinski and several other speakers told council members at a public hearing Wednesday that UPMC appeared vulnerable to the fifth requirement that it operate "entirely free from private profit motive."
Councilman John DeFazio, who chaired the hearing, said Wednesday's session likely would be the first of several to examine the status of tax-exempt properties. UPMC is both the largest private employer in the county and the largest property owner. A recent Pittsburgh Post-Gazette investigative series found that UPMC controlled real estate valued at $1.6 billion and claimed 86 percent of its property as tax exempt.
The controller's report found that the current total value of all tax-exempt property in the county was $17 billion. That number would rise to $23 billion under assessment numbers taking effect in January. If taxed, that real estate would have brought in $95 million in county real estate taxes.
While the announced topic of the public hearing was tax-exempt property, many of the speakers talked more about what they said was UPMC's opposition to union organizing efforts by the Service Employees International Union.
The two issues were related, according to Teri Collins, a secretary at UPMC Montefiore. "They are not paying us, and they are not giving back to the community," she said of UPMC's top leaders. She has worked for the health care giant for 31 years.
Presidents of three UPMC-owned hospitals described for council the community investments and free care their facilities provide each year. UPMC Mercy has raised charity care by 17 percent since it became part of the health care giant, president Will Cook said. Its new parent paid off Mercy's debt, invested $100 million and covered as much as $25 million in operating losses, he said.
UPMC invested $625 million in a new Children's Hospital campus in Lawrenceville, president Chris Gessner said. In addition, Children's provided $47 million in community benefits, including $34 million in charity care, in 2011, he said.
Cynthia Dorundo, president of UPMC McKeesport, said her hospital provides more uncompensated care as a proportion of revenue than any other institution in southwestern Pennsylvania.
In return for its property tax-exemption, UPMC provided more than $200 million in free or reduced-cost health care, chief legal officer W. Thomas McGough Jr. said. That contribution reduces the burden on government to provide similar services and dwarfs the amount UPMC would have paid in property taxes, he said.
Health care consultant Geoff Webster said the situation wasn't so simple.
He estimated the amount of free health care that UPMC provided at $96 million, a number that represented under 2 percent of annual hospital revenues.
In addition to providing a relatively small proportion of free care, UPMC took multiple other actions that made it seem more like a profit-making corporation than a charity. He pointed to $6 million compensation for president Jeffrey Romoff, 22 executives who earn more than $1 million annually and maintenance of two corporate jets.
"A charity should not be making its executives millionaires many times over," the Rev. David Thornton, pastor of Grace Memorial Presbyterian Church, told council. "We don't believe UPMC is carrying out its mission as a charitable hospital."
Rev. Thornton delivered a mailing tray containing cards signed by more than 3,000 county residents asking council to lobby UPMC to treat its employees with more respect and provide more assistance to the communities where it operates.
Wednesday's hearing drew about 200 people. About 150 filled every seat in the Gold Room of the courthouse, while another 50 waited and listened to the proceedings in an outside hallway.
Mr. DeFazio asked those attending to be respectful of all speakers, the great majority of whom were critical of UPMC. While there were occasional shouts from the audience, the crowd remained mostly orderly. When UPMC representatives got up to leave after 45 minutes, they faced some boos and catcalls. "Hope your limousines don't break down," someone shouted.
More than 90 people signed up to speak at the hearing, which began at 5 p.m., but only about 45 had been heard when Mr. DeFazio adjourned the session a few minutes after 8 p.m.
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Greenhouse Gases: Who's Cheating?John Carey
As the world gets serious about fighting climate change, a huge question looms: Are countries and companies really reducing their greenhouse gas emissions as much as they claim? The answer is crucial not just for the planet, but for business. The tighter the limits on emissions, the higher the price companies have to pay to pollute—and, conversely, the more profits some companies will reap by releasing less gas and monetizing the reductions under the umbrella of cap and trade. Considering the billions of dollars at stake, "can we really trust what's reported?" asks Pieter P. Tans, senior scientist at the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration's Earth System Research Laboratory in Boulder, Colo.
Tans and many other researchers worry that the answer is no. Typically, the emissions of a company or nation are calculated from the bottom up—sort of like figuring out what you weigh by looking at what you eat. Start with data on, say, the amount of coal shoveled into a power plant or the millions of barrels of crude oil going into refineries. Then estimate out how much carbon dioxide is produced when the coal is burned, or when the oil is turned into gasoline to power cars.
Such calculations may appear precise; so did the numbers from Enron and its accountants at Arthur Andersen, notes Ray Weiss, distinguished professor of geochemistry at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The original data may be wrong, or the assumptions flawed. Relying on self-reported emissions and paper audits "seems to be asking for misdeclaration or even fraud, at all levels from local emitter to great nation," says geologist Euan Nisbet at the University of London, who heads the European Union's methane monitoring program.
Consider sulfur hexafluoride (SF6), a man-made gas used to insulate transformers and other electrical equipment. It's a potent greenhouse gas, 23,900 times more powerful than CO2. That means under cap and trade, the price you pay for the right to emit one ton of SF6 is also 23,900 higher than the price of CO2—which is now $18 per metric ton in Europe. Under the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, industrialized countries report how much of the stuff they're pumping into the atmosphere. They calculate emissions using information on how much SF6 manufacturers sell to customers and estimates of how much escapes to the atmosphere from devices or production facilities. If you believe the reports, emissions of SF6 are declining.
The reports are wrong. When researchers actually measure the chemical in the air, they find it in quantities more than three times greater than what the reported amounts would indicate—and levels are increasing, not declining. The findings were a surprise, says NOAA's Tans: "It wasn't on anyone's radar screen."
Why the discrepancy? No one knows for sure. Some of the blame goes to China, which hasn't been required to report emissions and which has balked at submitting to international verification. But the gap is too large to be explained just by emissions from developing countries. Another probable cause is under-reported emissions in the U.S. While utilities and other companies recycle the gas by sucking it out of aging equipment, more of it may escape than workers realize or report. "We have a very big issue, not just internationally but also domestically," says Lukas Rothlisberger, CEO of DILO, a leader in SF6 maintenance and recycling equipment: "Some of the numbers used, in my humble opinion, are very flawed."
It's a cautionary tale. "If we can cheat on something like sulfur hexafluoride, what happens when carbon dioxide is worth $50 or $100 per ton?" asks Michael R. Woelk, CEO of Picarro, a measuring instruments company in Sunnyvale, Calif. SF6 is not unique. Scripps' Weiss has found more than three times as much nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) in the atmosphere as he expected. NF3 is a chemical used in flat panel manufacturing—and is a powerful greenhouse gas. Methane measurements reveal that some reported emissions are low compared with atmospheric levels, and that purported reductions from capturing methane at landfills are vastly overstated. The track record for estimating carbon dioxide emissions is better, says Tans, "but if emissions cost a large amount of money, I'm not sure that will be the case."
There may be a solution, researchers say: Step up efforts to measure greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, both globally and locally. In the past few years, companies such as Picarro, Los Gatos Research, and LI-COR have developed instruments capable of continuously monitoring concentrations of trace gases in the air. That saves scientists the chore of collecting samples in flasks and bringing them back to the lab for analysis. "The new instruments have been revolutionary, from a science perspective," says biologist Joe von Fischer of Colorado State University.
Von Fischer, who has no financial stake in any of the measuring equipment companies, has used such instruments to find hotspots of methane wafting from the Alaskan tundra. This is helping to address the question of whether Arctic warming will speed up such emissions. Others are monitoring methane from cows and termite mounds, spotting CO2 plumes from rush hour traffic, or watching to see if CO2 pumped into the ground will stay there or leak out. "There's only one way to validate what's really happening, and that's to measure it," says Doug Baer, president of Los Gatos Research in Mountain View, Calif.
Scientists' current efforts only scratch the surface of what's needed, however. NOAA's Tans figures a system of instruments capable of keeping emissions reporting honest would be more than 10 times larger than today's monitoring networks and would cost $100 million or more. Right now, that's a tough sell. "Monitoring is science's Cinderella, unloved and poorly paid," laments Nisbet.
That could change as emissions become more valuable, upping the pressure to report them more accurately. Another hopeful development occurred at the Copenhagen climate talks in December, where developing countries agreed to some international verification of their emissions cuts. Such oversight is essential to prevent greenhouse gas emissions from becoming a house of mirrors. Says Doug Rotman, program director at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, "To get top-down monitoring will be a struggle, but it is really what we have to do."
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This evening's Newshour will features a profile of the artist Nick Cave, who had a major show of his "Soundsuits" at Jack Shainman and Mary Boone a few months ago, by reporter Jeffrey Brown.
Mr. Cave, of course, was the subject of a swipe in Morley Safer's most recent 60 Minutes piece about the art world. In it, he described art as a good investment, "certainly a bargain if your daddy's a billionaire" and "easier to look at than pork bellies… or maybe not," with that last bit cutting to one of Mr. Cave's suits.
My colleague Andrew Russeth profiled the artist in August.
The segment will be here later tonight.


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As of Friday, February 24, 2017, at 1:05 p.m., the precautionary boil water advisory issued February 22, 2017 in association with a scheduled infrastructure repair has been lifted by the City of Kalamazoo, in cooperation with the Kalamazoo County Health and Community Services Department. Citizens in the affected area can now use City water for consumption as well as all other purposes. Bacteriological sampling within the affected area verified that the water is safe to drink. The affected area is as follows:
Dearborn Avenue – Dearborn Avenue between Wallace to the west and Lum Avenue to the east, including certain street intersection areas between Wallace and Lum.
The understanding and cooperation of affected residents, businesses and institutions is much appreciated.
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Markey takes Natural Resources, Rahall moves to Transportation
Reps. Ed Markey and Nick Rahall will have new jobs in the next Congress as the top Democrats on two key committees.
As expected, the House Democratic Caucus chose Markey (D-Mass.) to be the ranking member of the Natural Resources Committee.
Although it is unusual for a top lawmaker of that panel to come from a northeastern state, Markey has been influential on energy and environmental issues, co-authoring the 2009 House cap-and-trade bill and hectoring BP during the Gulf oil spill this spring and summer.
The Natural Resources spot came open because the panel's current chairman, Rahall, will become the top minority member on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. There, the West Virginian is expecting to work with incoming Chairman John Mica (R-Fla.) on the challenge of passing a new highway and transit bill during the next two years.


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Chicago Woman Claims She Was Fired from Job After Becoming Pregnant — Is It Fair? [Video]
A Chicago woman claims that she was fired from her job as a manager and server at the popular Northside Bar & Grill because she became pregnant.
She is now suing her former employer for discrimination.
Chicago Police Taser Pregnant Woman for Parking in Handicap Spot — Is It Fair? [VIDEO]
A Chicago police officer is being investigated for tasering an eight-month pregnant woman for parking in a handicap spot earlier this week). The cop claimed he didn't know the woman was expecting.
But, that's just the beginning of the story.
Carrie Underwood's 'Good Girl' Wins Video of the Year at 2012 CMT Music Awards
Right after performing 'Good Girl,' the gilded goddess Carrie Underwood returned to the stage to pick up her award for Video of the Year at the 2012 CMT Music Awards tonight (June 6). Country legend Alan Jackson, who revealed that he has made 54 music videos over the course of his career and pointed out the importance of the medium, presented Underwood with her buckle for the biggest award of the evening.
Lady Antebellum Open 2012 CMT Music Awards With Hot Chelle Rae Mashup
Lady Antebellum both owned and opened the night at the 2012 CMT Music Awards by performing 'We Owned the Night.' After a verse and a chorus, the trio was quickly joined by those pop phenoms in Hot Chelle Rae. But the boys didn't jump in on Lady A's song, nor did Lady A cover the band's smash 'Tonight, Tonight.' They did something entirely new, different and customized.
Mother Arrested for Cheering at Daughter's Graduation — Is it Fair? [VIDEO]
South Carolina parents attending a high school graduation at the Florence Civic Center in South Florence last Saturday were warned in advance not to cheer for their children as they received their diplomas or they'd risk being thrown out of the ceremony.
Well, one particularly proud mother choose not heed the warning and cheered, anyway. And, boy, did she pay the price.
Arizona Man Accuses Barnes + Noble of Discrimination After Being Booted for Shopping in Children's Section — Is it Fair?
A 73-year-old Scottsdale, AZ resident is accusing book retailer Barnes & Noble of discrimination after an employee had him booted from the store for shopping by himself in the children's section.
Dierks Bentley Reflects on Loss of His 'Biggest Influence,' His Dad
Dierks Bentley's father, Leon Bentley, died on Friday, June 1. The singer was forced to cancel shows beforehand, and in the wake of his dad's death, tweeted the news to fans, thanking them for their support. He also took a moment to reflect on the fact that his father was his biggest influence in country music, since his dad's listening habits turned him onto the genre as a young kid.
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It is with great sadness that we report that the father of country singer Dierks Bentley died Friday (June 1).
Woman Sues Neiman Marcus for Rejecting Return of Items Husband Bought for Mistress — Is It Fair?
Here's a storyline that could have been pulled from an episode of 'The Young and the Restless.' A former Neiman Marcus customer is suing the high-end retailer for refusing items she attempted to return. The items were gifts that the woman's ex-husband allegedly purchased for his mistress, who not only works as a personal shopper for the store, but was also the plaintiff's personal shopper.
But it 's even more complicated.
Man Boards Plane Without a Ticket After Getting Out of Jail — How'd He Do It? [VIDEO]
This news ought to do little to renew your faith in airport security systems. On Tuesday, a man boarded a plane in San Diego without a ticket.
Even worse, he was just released from jail a day earlier.
Waiter Receives $5,000 from Customers — But It's Not a Tip
A generous couple gave a lump sum of cash to a waiter at D'Amico's Italian Market Café in Houston, Texas and not just because he has provided consistent, terrific service.
Kellie Pickler Embarks on Fifth USO Tour
Kellie Pickler loves our troops! The country cutie headed to the Middle East for her fifth international USO tour, a fact she let us know via a recent tweet. Five tours? That's dedication to our boys (and girls) in the service. Pickler is naturally perky, but the 'Where's Tammy Wynette' singer expressed excitement about being able to visit the military bases overseas and perform. But that's not the extent of her support. Heck, it's not even the half of it.


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Both of these guys fit PERFECTLY into this "new system" we're supposed to be implementing. That AJ trade is looking like a STEAL for us right now.
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Both of these guys fit PERFECTLY into this "new system" we're supposed to be implementing. That AJ trade is looking like a STEAL for us right now.
So that means Greene or Baston.
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. - Winston Churchill
If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to serve as a horrible warning. - Catherine Aird
We really can't just pawn off one of our guys for a pick?
Both of which seem to be guaranteed spots.
You Got The Tony!!!!!!
That should be our roster.
I say we cut Runi. Hell maybe we can get somebody to give us a second rounder even. A LATE LATE Second rounder.
It's good to see the two Dallas guys looking like steals. I think Skaut and Jerm called it first, with me later jumping on board after downloading a Mavs game of Powell and Marshall.
I want to keep Greene too, though. Honestly, I think TPTB need to make a brave move and cut whichever Euro they think will help us least. That, or make a trade. A trade would be even better.
On the call in show tonight after the game, Kevin Lee mentioned that Marshall could be getting heavy minutes to showcase him in hopes of bringing in a possible 2nd round selection.
If a team is interested in a player that we may cut and they are not high up on the order of "waivers", there might be a possible deal to get the player from the Pacers instead of praying that player makes it down to them thru the "waivers" process.
Bottom line though, looks to me Marshall and Powell are the guys to keep.
Heck, Powell makes Foster pretty much expendable!
...Still "flying casual"
I can't tell you how fun it was to see Flight and Marshall on the wings.
Yeah I'm hoping for these two also. I wish I could make a preseason game but oh well.
I just want to let you know that I've been asking buddies of mine who are Celtics fans what they think of Orien Greene and their general response is "Orien Greene? He's awful! I used to root against him! I knew the Celtics would lose once Orien Greene was playing significant minutes." So yeah.
If we can't clear up some space for a trade then Baston may be the one to go. Lets face it he's not going to get any time. Powell has outplayed him and we have a ton of big men on our team that can play the 4 spot. I just don't see how you can cut Marshall with the way he's been playing.
will be very interesting to see what kind of durability they have over the
coarse of a full season.
Guys like these are such a breath of fresh air that make it easy to overlook
some of the annoyances that have taken place.
I think we need to keep Powell and Marshall. Screw trading them...both of these guys could turn into excellent players for our franchise. I say we try and trade away Jack/Foster or something of the sort...I like Jack and Foster..but I'd prefer youth on this team to go along with JO and Harrington.
So maybe he had a stellar quarter against The Nets, is that really where you want to make a decision on? I say cut Greene and keep Marshall and Powell.
Maceo Baston's #1 fan on Pacers Digest!
you make a good point. but, i think his defense is the main reason everyone is so high on him. having a good defensive stopper as our 3rd (and prob. sometimes 2nd) point guard would be swell.
TPTB wanted him (and signed him quickly) because of the way he singlehandedly distrupted our offense last year. We NEED a defender at the 1 spot. Desperately.
Marshall may look good but he's behind 3 or 4 other good young swing players. There's simply no minutes there. He's only playing now because of the injuries. Once Daniels is back HE gets those minutes. He's gone.
Unless they get REALLY smart and cut Jackson.
OK, so if we cut Greene, then that will mean TPTB flat out lied to him when they told him "there is no need for you to play with a broken finger, get your finger taken care of, you've made the team"
as far as those reports about every Celtics forum having a negative opinion of Greene (I'm sure they are like every forum, some posters like him some don't) all I know is I really liked what I saw of Greene last season, I want him on the Pacers.
I really think that Kevin is right here. Marshall is getting far too many minutes for a guy that is trying to make the team out of camp. Powell is not getting nearly as many minutes and we know that he has made the team. I think that they hope to parlay Marshall into a second-rounder.
They never said he made the team for sure. Carlisle said he saw enough.
At times, if you read our forum you would think that JO is garbage and Austin was the best player on the team. The Lakers forums often make Odom seem useless and Andrew Bynum the second coming of Kareem Abdul Jabbar. Chris Mihm, Luke Walton and Brian Cook (all players that I would be happy to have on the Pacers), complete and total garbage (who ironically could be traded, with "filler", for KG). You cannot go by message boards when evaluating a player.
And remember, Greene was a rookie last year. You have to imagine that he will improve a lot this year, especially in terms of the assist/turnover ratio and shot selection(selection, not %). Those are stats that are heavily influenced by experience. But the fact that he can guard someone at the 1 spot makes him a keeper in my book.
During the Al back and forth in August on the Hawks forum, a poster told me that Jax was bad because everyone this forum didn't like him. My reply was just because posters don't like a guy, it doesn't mean he's not good and quoted Jax's numbers from last year.
Also, the poster said well if Al's so good why would all of the posters on the Hawks forum not care that he was leaving the Hawks, to which I said, I don't know why posters don't care if their team loses its second best scorer, rebounder, and assist man...
I'm not saying I was over there flaming, but what a small group of biased posters on a bulletin board being quoted as a reason for a players ability doesn't hold alot of weight, imo.
You can basically find any opinion about any player ranging from great to terrible, if you look hard enough.
On Greene, what I've seen I like alot, but it's admittedly been limited in what I've seen. He's young, a pit bull, a true point guard, can't shoot. I don't think its a mystery. I really like what he brings.
So I imagine it's a lot easier to hate Greene if you have multiple other players that can do the same thing. We, on the other hand, only have Daniels and a 38-year-old that can guard the little guys.
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Sonic the Hedgehog
Review by Sonic Singularity
"The beginning..."
It's the dawn of the '90s, and Sega is struggling in the home console market. Its Master System console has been commercially slaughtered by the NES in most major markets while the Mega Drive lacks a truly great title with which to battle Nintendo's forthcoming 16-bit format. That game is eventually created by a group of Sega employees including programmer Yuji Naka, character designer Naoto Ohshima and level planner Hirokazu Yasuhara. It's called Sonic the Hedgehog.
Before the sequels, the cartoons, the comics and the books, Sonic's world was home to just one simple storyline. The evil Doctor Eggman has hatched a fiendish plot to capture innocent animals and enslave them inside robot shells. He seeks the Chaos Emeralds, six mythical objects that would give him the power to enslave the planet - and only one incredibly cool super-fast blue hedgehog stands in his way...
It's an extremely basic plot, but all the game needs is one that gives you a sufficient reason to want Sonic to complete his mission, yet also allows you to get right into the action and actually play this thing without wading through the mass of cut-scenes, flashbacks and FMV sequences that interrupt the flow of Sonic's later 3D titles. Fortunately, even without the, er, benefit of voice acting, Sonic's hyperactive character still shines through the limited sprite animation - Naoto Ohshima's bold and brilliant character design created a recognisable and expressive mascot that has been often imitated but never bettered.
This distinctive visual flair carries through the rest of the title. It is so bold and stylised that its simplicity does not matter - its graphics remain as loveable today as they did in 1991 and don't feel dated in the slightest. Of course, later 2D Sonic games did make improvements such as an increase in the number of frames of animation, more layers of parallax scrolling and a greater variety to the tiles from which levels and backgrounds are constructed, but generally Sonic the Hedgehog's art direction remains beautiful to look at, and certainly never ugly. From the lush flora of the Green Hill Zone to the Scrap Brain's Blade Runner cityscapes, every stage's graphics are memorable, and somehow still unique even among the plethora of stages that have been added to Sonic's world over the years. It was technically innovative, too - the game engine moves its sprites around extremely rapidly, and it was thought that the Mega Drive could never handle the rotating levels seen in the surreal bonus stages. Sonic Team proved that idea wrong.
They left the competition behind in other areas, too. A major problem of many lesser 8 and 16-bit platformers was a crippling lack of responsive controls; vitally, Sonic does not suffer from this flaw. Nor do the Mario titles, but they require players to time their jumps with the utmost precision - Sonic is a lot more loose and lenient while losing none of the satisfaction of knocking a baddie on the bonce. There's a feeling of spectacular recklessness never escaping from the player's complete instinctive control; even an inexperienced player can make Sonic run down a hill, curl into a ball (accompanied by a blisteringly powerful screeching noise), spin round a loop-the-loop, roll up to the peak of a half-pipe before leaping off into the wide blue yonder. Building up momentum in this way - rebounding off enemies, leaping over lava, never stopping or getting hit - is one of those glorious "in the zone" gaming highs. It's no wonder pinball became a recurring theme in Sonic levels.
And the game features the perfect arenas for such antics. Sonic Team managed to create an extremely effective balance between allowing players to experience the thrill of rushing through levels at a fantastic pace and yet also giving them the option to slowly explore the more intricate sections in order to find alternate routes which could lead to a some helpful bonus items or an entirely different challenge. Their ability to combine and layer varied paths on top of one another is a major reason the 2D games are so marvellous - it's a shame they seemed to lose this skill for the Dreamcast Sonic Adventure games, in which exploration and speed levels were split distinctly among characters (and Sonic's own sections were more like a linear - but very spectacular - racing game). The original game isn't particularly long or challenging, with stages far smaller than those of the epic Sonic 3 and Knuckles, but if you choose to start going for fast times it will take a while to discover the optimum method of tackling even the most deceptively simple level. Time attacking these stages is an incredibly addictive activity which gives the game an immense amount of replay value.
And of course, each one of those levels will be forever associated with the iconic music composed by Masato Nakamura of J-Pop band Dreams Come True. Between the bouncy title screen and the sinister Final Zone, Sonic features some of the most memorable and distinctive tunes in videogame history. It's just a shame that the versions I became used to were slowed down for the PAL edition of the game (something fixed in the sequels and the Sonic Jam and Mega Collection re-releases).
If the game has a fault, it's that it never again quite reaches the glorious dizzy heights of the sublime Green Hill Zone that opens the game - later on the balance between speedy slopes connecting intricate sequences of platform jumping perhaps becomes too weighted towards the latter, with the Marble's moving platforms, the block-cages of the Spring Yard and the submerged tunnels of the Labyrinth Zone slowing Sonic down to a crawl. This balancing issue was improved in subsequent titles, with the transfer between the adrenaline rush rollercoaster rides and precise platforming sections becoming more subtle; entering the speed-sapping water became optional, or only a punishment for falling.
Fortunately such low points represent a relatively small fraction of the game, so that the overwhelming impression of this magnificent first title is that it is fast, addictive and hugely entertaining, as brilliant in the long-term as the short. This, the introduction to a gaming icon and the Mega Drive's defining moment, remains an undeniable classic. But that's not to say it couldn't be improved...
Reviewer's Rating: 4.5 - Outstanding
Originally Posted: 06/06/05, Updated 08/08/05
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Harry Morgan, 'MASH' and 'Dragnet' actor, dies at 96
Harry Morgan, the veteran actor of TV hits like MASH and Dragnet, died Wednesday at his Brentwood home after having pneumonia, his daughter-in-law, Beth Morgan, told the AP. He was 96.
"He was side-splittingly funny, a very gent and loving father-in-law," Beth Morgan said. "He was very humble about having such a successful career."
Morgan appeared in mostly supporting roles on the big screen, playing opposite such stars as Henry Fonda, John Wayne, James Garner, Elvis Presley and Dan Aykroyd.
On television, he was more the comedic co-star, including roles on December Bride, its spin-off Pete and Gladys, as Sgt. Joe Friday's loyal partner Bill Gannon in later Dragnet episodes and as Col. Potter on CBS' long-running MASH series, for which he earned an Emmy award in 1980.
"He was an imp," said Mike Farrell, who starred as B.J. Hunnicutt in MASH along with Morgan and Alan Alda. "As Alan once said, there's not an un-adorable bone in the man's body. He was full of fun, and he was smart as a whip."
Born in Detroit in 1915, Morgan was studying pre-law at the University of Chicago when public speaking classes sparked his interest in the stage. Before long, he was working with a little-theater group in Washington, D.C., then on to Broadway before moving to Hollywood in 1942. He starred in several movies before finding true fame in TV.
Morgan enjoyed reading books about the legal profession and poetry. He also liked horses, which he once raised on his Northern California ranch. He is survived by three sons, Charles, Paul and Christopher; eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
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Beijing: For almost two years, hackers based in Shanghai went after one foreign defence contractor after another, at least 20 in all. Their target, according to a U.S. cybersecurity company that monitored the attacks, was the technology behind the United States' clear lead in military drones.
"I believe this is the largest campaign we've seen that has been focused on drone technology," said Darien Kindlund, manager of threat intelligence at the company, FireEye, based in California. "It seems to align pretty well with the focus of the Chinese government to build up their own drone technology capabilities."
The hacking operation, conducted by a group called "Comment Crew," was one of the most recent signs of the ambitions of China's drone development program. The government and military are striving to put China at the forefront of drone manufacturing, for their own use and for export, and have made an all-out push to gather domestic and international technology to support the program.
Foreign Ministry officials have said China does not sanction hacking, and is itself a victim, but another American cybersecurity company has tracked members of Comment Crew to a building of the People's Liberation Army outside Shanghai.
China is now dispatching its own drones into potential combat arenas. Every major arms manufacturer in China has a research centre devoted to drones, according to Chinese and foreign military analysts. Those companies have shown off dozens of models to potential foreign buyers at international air shows.
Chinese officials this month sent a drone near disputed islands administered by Japan; debated using a weaponised drone last year to kill a criminal suspect in Myanmar; and sold homemade drones resembling the Predator, a U.S. model, to other countries for less than $1 million each.
Meanwhile, online photographs reveal a stealth combat drone, the Lijian, or Stealth Sword, in a runway test in May.
Military analysts say China has long tried to replicate foreign drone designs. Some Chinese drones appearing at recent air shows have closely resembled foreign ones. Ian M. Easton, a military analyst at the Project 2049 Institute in Virginia, said cyber espionage was one tool in an extensive effort over years to purchase or develop drones domestically using all available technology, foreign and domestic.
Chinese engineers and officials have done reverse engineering, studied open source material and debriefed U.S. drone experts who attend conferences and other meetings in China. "This can save them years of design work and mistakes," Easton said.
The Chinese military has not released statistics on the size of its drone fleet, but a Taiwan Defence Ministry report said that as of mid-2011, the Chinese air force alone had more than 280 drone units, and analysts say the other branches have thousands, which means China's fleet count is second only to the 7,000 or so of the United States. "The military significance of China's move into unmanned systems is alarming," said a 2012 report by the Defense Science Board, a Pentagon advisory committee.
China's domestic security apparatus, whose $124 billion official budget this year is larger than that of the military, is also keenly interested in drones, which raises questions about the potential use of drones for surveillance and possibly even attacks inside China, including in restive areas of Xinjiang and Tibet. Drone technology conferences here are attended by both military and domestic security officials. An international conference on non-military drones is scheduled to take place in Beijing from Sept. 25 to 28.
A signal moment in China's drone use came Sept. 9, when the navy sent a surveillance drone near the disputed Diaoyu Islands, which Japan administers and calls the Senkakus. Japanese interceptor jets scrambled to confront it. This was the first time China had deployed a drone over the East China Sea. The Chinese Defence Ministry said "regular drills" had taken place "at relevant areas in the East China Sea, which conform to relevant international laws and practices."
The drone appeared to be a BZK-005, a long-range aircraft used by the Chinese navy that made its public debut in 2006 at China's air show in Zhuhai, a U.S. official said.
Easton said deploying the drone near disputed waters and islands "was very much a first" for China and had caught Japanese officials off guard.
"I think this is really just the beginning of a much broader trend we're going to see - for China to increase its ability to monitor the East China Sea and the Western Pacific, beyond the Philippines, and to increase the operational envelope of their strike capabilities," he said.
The Chinese military, with its constant focus on potential war over Taiwan and an eye on China's growing territorial disputes, is at the vanguard of preparing drones for use in maritime situations. That is unlike the United States, which has used drones to hunt and kill suspected terrorists and guerrilla fighters, mostly in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
U.S. drones "are not designed to enter into contested or denied air space," Easton said. "So they would be unable to fight in any conflict with China."
China, on the other hand, is building drones, also called unmanned aerial vehicles, precisely to operate in contested spaces. "It's a very useful instrument for safeguarding maritime sovereignty," said Xu Guangyu, a retired major general and director of the China Arms Control and Disarmament Association. "China will gradually step up its use of UAVs in this area."
Chinese strategists have discussed using drones in attack situations if war with the United States were to break out in the Pacific, according to the Project 2049 report. Citing Chinese military technical material, the report said the People's Liberation Army's "operational thinkers and scientists envision attacking U.S. aircraft-carrier battle groups with swarms of multimission UAVs in the event of conflict."
University research centres are at the core of China's drone program. The oldest research and production centre for drones is the Northwestern Polytechnical University in Xi'an, where design work began in 1958. The ASN Technology Group, linked to the school, said on its website that it produced 90 per cent of Chinese drones.
At the program's start, China reverse-engineered drones it had acquired from the Soviet Union in the 1950s. It also got its hands on U.S. drones that crashed in Vietnam in the 1960s and in China while monitoring China's nuclear weapons program. China bought 100 Harpy armed drones from Israel in the 1990s - its only significant purchase of foreign-made drones - and the Pentagon later pressured Israel not to upgrade those drones for China.
In recent years, China has continued to acquire foreign drone technology through a variety of means, and is especially focused on studying U.S. models. "American UAV technology is very sophisticated," Xu said. "We can only envy their technology. Right now, we're learning from them."
For the Obama administration and U.S. business executives, no method of Chinese technology acquisition is more worrisome than cyber-espionage. A U.S. official confirmed that drone technology had been stolen by hackers.
FireEye, the cyber security company in California, called the drone theft campaign Operation Beebus, traced back to a command-and-control node at bee.businessconsults.net. Cyber security experts say that general address and tools linked to it are associated with the "Comment Crew," the Chinese hacker unit that Mandiant, another cyber security company, discussed in a report in February. Mandiant said the group was part of Unit 61398 of the People's Liberation Army, based in Shanghai.
Though the initial victims in Operation Beebus were large defence contractors, the hackers began to pick out companies that specialized in drone technology, said Kindlund, FireEye's threat intelligence manager. They then alternated between large companies that made a wide range of military technology and boutique firms that focused on drones.
In China, it is not just the military that is looking at uses for drones. In February, Liu Yuejin, the director of the anti-drugs bureau in the Ministry of Public Security, which is responsible for domestic security, told Global Times, a state-run newspaper, that the ministry had considered using a drone armed with 44 pounds of explosives to kill a Burmese man in northern Myanmar suspected of ordering the murders of 13 Chinese sailors on the Mekong River. In the end, the idea was shelved because senior Chinese officials wanted the suspect, Naw Kham, captured alive.
Chinese drones are increasingly appearing in the arsenals of other nations. The Chinese version of the Predator, the Wing Loong, or Pterodactyl, was first exported in 2011, according to People's Daily. At the Paris Air Show in June, the president of a Chinese aeronautics company told Global Times that the drone could carry two laser-guided missiles and was the equal of the Predator in endurance and flight range, but was much cheaper.
© 2013, The New York Times News Service


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Publishers Poise Toes Over Web Waters
Free books ("HarperCollins Will Post Free Books on the Web," by Motoko Rich, New York Times)…
In an attempt to increase book sales, HarperCollins Publishers will begin offering free electronic editions of some of its books on its Web site, including a novel by Paulo Coelho and a cookbook by the Food Network star Robert Irvine.
…and by-the-chapter ("Random House and HC Test Drive Online Access to Their Books," by Jim Milliot and Rachel Deahl, Publishers Weekly):
In the Random test, Chip Heath and Dan Heath's Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die, published in hardcover in January 2007, is being made available in six chapters and an epilogue – the content bunches are priced individually at $2.99 each – at www.randomhouse.com/madetostick. Consumers who buy a chapter will receive an e-mail with a link for downloading the purchased file, which cannot be shared electronically.
While the first idea isn't really anything more than Amazon is doing with "Search Inside!," I'm very excited about the second idea. As soon as they extend it to fiction, I'll be able to buy John Grisham novels the way I've always wanted to–every other chapter.


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Triple Ghast spawners? Pfft, that pales in comparison to some other spawner traps. *cough "Funbox" cough*
Funbox? Pfft. How about the area in NR, with 6 feesh spawners + the funbox? Or the area in Matt's map with the 3x4x2 blaze spawner fun box?
Normal funboxes are easy.
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And here comes news that was too good not to share.
We had a chance to go hands-on with The Darkness II early this year at PAX, and we had another chance to go eyes-on with the game in June at E3.
Pencils down; that means we've seen The Darkness II twice. We've enjoyed it for around two or three hours. Since then, we've covered it.
It was surprising to read, then, that there is a group of Christian Police Associations looking to ban the game. Well, not so much surprising that a game as gruesome and violent as The Darkness II has been seekers, but surprising because of the reason for the desired disallowance of sale.
The heads of the International Christian Police Fellowship sent a letter to the game's developers as well as international politicians in order to inform them that the group disapproved of The Darkness II and games like it. According to that letter, one of the big reasons for slamming the game came from the fact that it alters the way youth perceive police.
Put it together from their perspective: slaughter cops, get shot at by cops, this must mean cops are evil.
The problem? 2K Games responds:
"Reported stories regarding police officers in The Darkness II were erroneous. To be clear, there are no police officers in the game."
The folks at GamePro sum it up best: "That's that, then."
We concur.
The Darkness II releases on February 10th, 2012 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC platforms.