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Smart LTE: What you probably don't know
One afternoon last week, we sat down with LTE experts from Smart Communications so we can get a better understanding about their LTE network and what device specifications consumers should look for if they want to use LTE.
What we can't give you right now are details about iPhone 5 and if it will work with their LTE. Smart is keeping a tight lip on that issue. What you also won't see here are mobile data plans for LTE devices but they gave us a hint that there will be different pricing models you can choose from.
So what do you probably know so far? One is that Smart LTE operates on both 2100 MHz and 1800 MHz frequency. We were given a heads up that they will also be introducing LTE on the 850 MHz frequency real soon making Smart the only telco in the Asia-Pacific region to support three LTE bands. What this does is widen their LTE highway for more capacity, network resiliency, and more device compatibility.
According to PLDT-Smart Technology Group Head Rolando G. Pena, the 850MHz frequency which has a wider radial reach will provide the umbrella coverage layer to their LTE network. This frequency also provides better indoor signal to complement their 1800MHz and 2100MHz frequencies.
Another thing most people don't know but should know about using LTE devices is that it should be compatible with the Band and Frequency of the network you're subscribed to. There are a total of 36 LTE bands available and having a device that supports 2100 MHz on LTE is not enough.
For example, Smart uses Band 1 and AT&T uses Band 4 on the 2100 MHz spectrum. However, you can't use your unlocked AT&T LTE phone (iPhone 5 perhaps?) when you bring it here in the Philippines to work with Smart's LTE. Or you can simply forget about LTE devices from the US because their standard is not widely used in other countries. Device bands should match carrier bands.
Smart uses the following LTE Bands:
- Band 1 – 2100 MHz
- Band 3 – 1800 MHz
- Band 5 - 850 MHz
If you're wondering about other telcos that use the same bands, Japan's NTT DoCoMo uses Band 1, CSL in Hong Kong, M1 in Singapore, Australia's Telstra, and France's Orange use Band 3. If you have LTE phones from those telcos, and they are unlocked, they will work with a Smart LTE-provisioned SIM card. Or check a device's supported LTE bands to ensure that it will work with our local LTE networks.
To be on the safe side, Smart still recommends subscribers to get their LTE handsets straight from the telco to ensure total compatibility and expected LTE results. We were told that carriers typically install features or additional things to make sure that things work as expected when used within their network.
So that's it. We'll keep you posted about their new 850Mhz LTE band once they formally announce it.
Oh they also showed us their nano-SIM (above) which means that they will carry the iPhone 5 but doesn't directly imply that it will be supported by their LTE network.
You know what, Smart hit the jackpot. http://www.apple.com/iphone/LTE/
Great find, indeed! Smart doesn't have to say the evident. At least there's really "something " to look forward with the iPhone 5′s release in the PH.
So LTE equates to better and wider signal coverage?
Better coverage is another thing sir, since coverage and signal strength would depend on Smart's implementation strategy.
it looks like you were hacked or something.
See the page I get to when going to your page from Google Reader:
Hi Calvin, any idea if LTE can be used with the iPhone's personal hotspot ability? Because if it is, then I'll definitely ditch my DSL in favor of LTE. Thanks!
The problem with ditching your DSL for an LTE service is that it is capped at 10gb. With that speed, you would probably have used that in less than a week
i hope we don't go on a telco lockdown like in the US where we have to buy phones directly from the telco and not enjoy the discounts (and benefits) of openline phones..
Hello Calvin! I'm thinking of buying of a galaxy note 2 lte in hongkong. will my phone work here (like have signal to make/receive calls and text messages) even though lte is not yet readily available in my area? I live in paranaque where globe hasn't yet replace all their existing hardware and cellsites with newer, more technologically-advanced equipment. Or will my phone work if I use smart?
Ayun gumana! Haha update lang… Kasi bumili ako ng note 2 lte, n7105 and i have lte plan smart 1500 tinry kong ilipat ang sim sa note 2 lte… And you know what? Walang LTE signal na lumabas kahit nasa makati ako… Samantalang ang xperia V ko malakas ang lte so baka di nga nagwowork tong note 2 lte sa pinas sad hehehe i also created LTE apn , same sa kung ano nakalagay sa xperia v, no go pa din
Hi I just want to know your Xperia v lte apn setting. Cos I can't seem to make mine work. Tnx.
As of today ayaw pa din mag appear ng LTE signal sa note2 N7105 mo? Hoping for your urgent reply im about to buy note2 with LTE kung di compatible sa glbe and smart then mag note2 without LTE model na lang ako which is cheaper pa.
I think they mean their LTE WILL RUN on Bands 3 and 5. Right now their LTE is only running on band 1.
Guys help… I have an openline pocket wifi that supports 2100/1900mhz. Do i need to purchase a new pocket wifi that also supports 850mhz and 1800mhz frequency for me to fully take advantage of smart's network??


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Janis Mullman, a seasoned logistics executive with more than 25 years experience in the Dallas market, has been appointed office manager. Three operations staff and a sales manager will work with Ms. Mullman. By mid-2012, the office is expected to expand to 15 personnel and support continued growth of Asia imports and export trade in the region.
Frank Guenzerodt, President and CEO of Dachser USA, made the announcement. "The North Texas and Oklahoma Sunbelt region is a strong and growing market for sea and air import trade," Mr. Guenzerodt said. "Our new branch office will enhance our service offerings throughout the U.S. and globally, as well as ideally complement our Houston branch, which is focused mainly on project logistics for the oil and gas industries."
Dachser USA plans to add more office locations in coming months. "The United States is the number one trading partner for many countries in the world," says Thomas Reuter, managing director of Dachser Air & Sea Logistics. "We are expanding our U.S. capabilities to support the growth of Dachser's global network."
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Preliminary Hearing Against Chalfont Cop Set for Sept. 6
Jon Cousin, 30, of Chalfont, remains incarcerated at Bucks County Prison. He faces numerous misdemeanor charges in connection with faking a shooting in the borough on Monday
Jon M. Cousin, 30, of Chalfont, the officer charged with faking a shooting on Westview Avenue Monday morning, will head to a preliminary hearing in Bucks County on September 6.
According to Bucks County Department of Corrections, Cousin remains in jail as of Wednesday in lieu of 10 percent of $150,000 bail.
Cousin is charged with the following misdemeanors:
- False Alarm to an Agency of Public Safety
- Two counts of Possessing an Instrument of Crime with Intent
- False Reports Where the Offense Did Not Occur
- Recklessly Endangering Another Person
- Disorderly Conduct
County Decteives arrested Cousin at the courthouse in Doylestown Tuesday evening after "inviting" him to the in a "ruse," District Attorney David Heckler said. The DA implied the arrest was done in that manner to ensure the safety of the officer's family - a wife and four young children - and others.
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5:56 pm on Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Hey Cops are getting ever increasingly the same reputation as priests when it comes to doing bad or crazy stuff.
Can't trust politicians and priest s? Now how about cops? Sad!
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Cops hate this guy worse than the public does...trust me. A few idiots make it difficult for the majority of good ones. The problem is the good ones don't make the news...the news flourishes on the bad ones.
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Keldan Solaris Pro dive light review
Review of Keldan Solaris Pro
Why writing this review? Well, I guess I believe that small businesses that make good products should occasionally get some evaluation and publicity. There is currently a trend in scuba diving where only certain brands are "acceptable" and I always thought that brand loyalty in scuba diving should be avoided (sorry—I don't mean to open up a can of worms here, it's just my believe that a larger variety of products allows us to select what we really want and not what is "just there" and widely promoted). This review is based on my personal experience and might therefore be slightly biased. However, I am trying to write the review as objective as possible and, just for the record, I am in no way affiliated or otherwise connected to Keldan.
Keldan Solaris Pro
A few years ago I looked into buying a new dive light and decided it'd be time for an HID light. I've had a few lights before—from a DIY "bomb" made from a huge plastic tube to a sweet 50W Halogen light that illuminated half a reef. I also used some smaller backup lights over time. I had some money to spend, so price wasn't too much of an issue and I wanted to get something that would last a long time and be of high quality. Plus, I really don't like the "toy-lights" that run on AA or C batteries.
I had seen some of the HID lights available at that time (2001) and wasn't too impressed with the typical bluish cold light they emit (this is my personal preference and I know lots of people who like this color). Granted, this light penetrates the water very far, but it's not really nice for color rendition or on your eyes.
By chance I found a review in a dive magazine that tested a new dive light made by Keldan, a small Swiss company (www.keldan.ch). The most intriguing part was the HID burner they use—it emits pure white light and, to my knowledge, is otherwise used in medical applications. The promise was that the light comes very close to sunlight and is therefore a really good choice for underwater photography or videography. Well, back then I just thought that if I am scuba diving to experience life underwater, I might as well see it as pleasantly as possible. Nowadays I often use it as an oversized "focusing" light on my camera (Keldan offers a nice beam spreader that widens the bean from 10 degrees to 60 degrees and omits a hot spot. The spreader is wet mountable, so changing the beam under water is a matter of seconds).
Solaris Pro with attached 60 degree beam spreader
The company offers different models, varying in burn time (from 60 to 400 minutes) and has regular hand held as well as canister lights.
Customer service pre-sale
I wrote several emails to Keldan and asked a lot of questions about the dive light, its advantages and disadvantages, about the light and how it works, how it compares to other dive lights (both HID and Halogen), build quality, service after sales, and so on. All my questions were answered promptly and with great detail. I never had the feeling that my inquiries were too much or troublesome and that's what finally let me make my choice.
The dive torch
In the end I decided to purchase the middle-of-the-road version, the handheld Solaris Pro (up to 120 minutes burntime). It is a very compact dive light that doesn't take up too much room in my dive bag when going on a boat or traveling. This is largely because of the NiMeH batteries the Solaris uses. Nevertheless, the light output is quite impressive at 45W and 60W halogen-equivalent in the low or high setting, respectively. Build quality is very high and I guess that's what you get from the proverbial Swiss precision. The Solaris is turned on by a ring close to the light head. Pull back a safety button, twist the ring to the low or high power setting and the button clicks right back into position, securing the current setting. It has also a "Test" setting for checking the current status of the battery (so you don't have to ignite the light). The back side of the light is translucent and gives room for 5 battery status LEDs and the backup light.
Translucent back of the Solaris acts as battery status indicator and also sports the 4 backup LEDs
The light itself comes with a few features I really like: it has an integrated charging electronics that sits in the battery pack—simply connect the charger and the batteries will be re-charged and tested automatically. The charger itself is standard industry grade (with automatic voltage recognition), but with the nice touch of exchangeable plugs (so no need for ugly adaptors). The Solaris also feature a rather nice integrated emergency backup light consisting of four LED's at the backside of the light. If the battery runs empty and you're still on a dive (or in case you don't want to have so much light during a night dive) simply turn the ring into the "Test" position and you have your backup light. Believe me, this comes in really handy if you are erring on the longer side of dives and two hours of burn time leave you in the middle of nowhere and you have to get back home.
Using the Solaris under water is a pleasure. The white light renders colors very nicely and I never had the feeling it is "blinding" me (I am not talking about looking directly into the light). During the day, the effect of the white light is rather surprising. Very often the only way to tell the light is not on a specific spot is by the lack of colors. Once you point the light into a specific direction, the colors appear, but you don't have the feeling that there is an "outside" light source tampering the picture. This is, in my opinion the highest compliment one can make to a dive light.
Regular Halogen Light on the left (Underwater Kinetics
Sunlight C8) versus Keldan Solaris (no beamspreader)
The solaris is about 2 pounds negatively buoyant under water, but because of the handle, the weight doesn't bother me while holding. One other nice touch is the threaded holed in the handle, that allowed me to use a standard ULCS connector, when I use the Keldan as a spotting light.
Solaris Pro attached to Amphibico Surveyor II housing via ULCS dove tail and clamp
I have had the Solaris Pro for about 4 to 5 years now and it is still my favorite dive light.
Things not so great about the Solaris
There are only two things that come into my mind. First, the price. It is by no means a cheap dive light. Depending on the exchange rates, price can vary between US$800 to US$900 for the Solaris Pro, more for the canister lights, less for the smaller Solaris. [As of February, 2006, the current retail price is US$1,430 -Editor]
Second, the metal reflector showed some signs of wear after 2 years and the metal foil started to loosen up - it doesn't impact the light output, it just doesn't look to nice. To my knowledge, the new models from Keldan use a slightly larger reflector and this problem shouldn't happen anymore.
If you don't mind spending the money, this is one of the best dive lights you can get. I wouldn't replace it with anything else currently on the market.
My wife "borrowed" the Keldan for a cavern dive in the Florida springs.
Eric Altermann
Raleigh, NC


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There are supposed to be more than 125 Art & Design events happening this weekend—check our listings for details—but please note that some venues are making last-minute decisions to close due to the NATO summit, so double-check before heading out. (The Art Institute of Chicago and Museum of Contemporary Art are both closed Sat 19–Mon 21. Around Town editor Madeline Nusser has compiled a list of other museum closures here.) Read about a few free or cheap openings and events that didn't make it into print after the jump.Fri 18
Silver Galleon Press presents "The Anarchist Cookbook Lite" (part of the Phase 1 / Live Archive and Outreach Center that Jason Lazarus organized for Version Fest) at 3217 South Morgan Street, 6–11pm, as well as Sat 19, noon–5pm. This multimedia installation "considers the fraught relationships between art, popular culture, activism and politics" through publications and related artifacts. On Sat 19 at noon, Bill Ayers leads a discussion about "the intersection of art and politics/resistance."
65Grand opens "Brian Kapernekas: 40,000 Fathoms Before the Eye," 6–9pm.
Alderman Exhibitions hosts "Nearer to Know Less: Performances by Husband, Robby MacBain and Hannah Verrill" at 7:30pm, $5 suggested donation. The program, which is organized by Original Features (Benjamin Chaffee and Samantha Topol) will be repeated Sat 19 at 7:30pm. Doors open at 7pm.
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The Chicago Printmakers Collaborative kicks off its fifth annual $20 Cash 'N Carry Print and Poster Sale, featuring works by Jay Ryan, Amos Kennedy Jr., Sanya Glisic and many others, noon–6pm.
Lillstreet Art Center's Summer Open House offers workshops galore, noon–4pm.
Shane Campbell Gallery opens "Verena Dengler, Ellen Gronemeyer, Helena Huneke and Alex Olson," 6–8pm.
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Alderman Exhibitions hosts a conversation with Christy Matson about her current exhibition "The Sun Doesn't Shine through the Mist until Noon," 1–2:30pm. R.S.V.P. to email@example.com.
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At the Mary & Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University's Department of Art Theory & Practice re-creates Allan Kaprow's Happening, Fluids, starting at 1pm. (Show up at noon if you want to participate. A 4pm ceremony includes readings from Kaprow's writings on art and everyday life.) The Block Museum will tweet photo updates at @NUBlockMuseum, #fluids.


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Fernando Torres scored twice as Chelsea seized the initiative in their Europa League quarter-final tie with Rubin Kazan with a 3-1 win at Stamford Bridge.
Fernando Torres scored twice as Chelsea seized the initiative in their Europa League quarter-final tie with Rubin Kazan with a 3-1 win at Stamford Bridge.
Andre Villas-Boas' hopes of lifting the Europa League for a second time hang in the balance thanks to a woeful defensive performance and a serious-looking injury to Gareth Bale.
Newcastle are facing an uphill task to make the Europa League semi-finals after Benfica came from behind to emerge with a two-goal advantage from this evening's quarter-final first leg in Lisbon.
The three remaining British sides have been kept apart in the draw for the Europa League quarter finals
Fernando Torres fired Chelsea into the quarter-finals of the Europa League but also missed a penalty as last season's Champions League winners overcame Steaua Bucharest 3-1 in the last-16 clash at Stamford Bridge.
Papiss Cisse repeated his injury-time heroics to head Newcastle into the Europa League quarter-finals as 10-man Anzhi Makhachkala finally succumbed.
Emmanuel Adebayor answered the racist taunts of Inter Milan fans by scoring a killer away goal on a night that so nearly ended in humiliation for Tottenham.
Gareth Bale came back to haunt Inter Milan once again as Tottenham romped to a very impressive Europa League win.
Rafael Benitez's Chelsea suffered a lacklustre 1-0 defeat to Steaua Bucharest in their Europa League last-16 first-leg clash in Romania.
Tottenham goalkeeper Brad Friedel may be the wrong side of 40 but feels as good as ever, with his parents providing the inspiration.
Alan Pardew is happy to fly the flag for England as well as Newcastle as he targets Europa League glory.
Chelsea interim manager Rafael Benitez has issued another veiled attack on his critics ahead of the Europa League last-16 second leg.
Lazio and Basle edged closer to quarter-final spots with wins against Stuttgart and Zenit.
Newcastle have drawn the first leg of their Europa League round of 16 match against Anzhi Makhachkala 0-0 in Moscow.
Lazio have been ordered to play their next two home European matches behind closed doors following an investigation by UEFA into crowd trouble during their Europa League last-32 match against Borussia Monchengladbach.
Andre Villas-Boas has warned Inter Milan that Gareth Bale is now even more capable of wreaking havoc against them than when he tore them apart the last time around.
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers hailed his players after they fell agonisingly short of producing a European fightback as Zenit St Petersburg escaped Anfield with a place in the Europa League's last 16.
Andre Villas-Boas thinks it is unlikely that anyone will be able to stop Tottenham winning the Europa League if they overcome Inter Milan next month.
A Jamie Carragher error ultimately proved costly as Liverpool were edged out of the Europa League despite a fine comeback against Zenit St Petersburg.
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Will Surface End Microsoft's Lost Decade?
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Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) recently announced Surface tablet has my inner investor geek really excited that it may be a potential catalyst for shares to fetch a higher multiple. Marrying hardware and software to create a platform has proven to be a megahit amongst consumers. Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iDevice platform needs no introduction and represents the pinnacle platform of today. The Surface is aiming to become Microsoft's pinnacle platform of tomorrow. If you haven't already seen the polished one minute clip from Microsoft, you should check it out here.
The Surface's innovative cover is a welcome addition that positions the tablet to be intended for greater productivity in a streamlined form factor. It makes the iPad look downright unproductive and even awkward when paired with a Bluetooth keyboard. Microsoft certainly took their time designing this device, knowing that being late is better than never, but more importantly is getting it right the first time. It makes a lot of sense they took their time, knowing whatever they produce will naturally be compared to Apple and deemed either an iPad killer or flop. From a design standpoint, it appears they have nailed it. From the experience side, it is still too early for an in-depth review, but the preliminaries are upbeat and impressed with the device's responsiveness. Things are looking promising for a new platform debut on the horizon.
I believed Microsoft's shares were a steal prior to this development and offered many great reasons to own. I purchased shares back in April of this year and they will not be for sale anytime soon. Shares are currently trading at less than 11 times trailing twelve month earnings, offering great value relative to industry peers. Combining this value with the added prospect of a new exciting platform, the potential for a positive catalyst on share price has increased in magnitude.
An investment theme of mine favors software companies over hardware companies, and I get really excited when the former develop compelling hardware to create a platform. Microsoft is all too familiar with this concept, having developed a hugely successful platform in the video gaming space. The Xbox 360 has evolved into much more than a gaming system thanks to the addition of robust software. This formula is a winner, provided the user experience is more than adequate. Take Apple for example, this formula is core to their success.
The strategic advantage Microsoft has over Apple is its gigantic market share they can leverage and a greater library of applications. Microsoft's disadvantage is most certainly a tall order to fill. They have to overcome brand issues that consumers associate with using Microsoft's products as being frustrating to use, whereas Apple's products are associated with being frustration free.
Initially, if Microsoft's earnings remain relatively unchanged, but the market decides its shares should trade on par with Apple's PE of around 15, shares will trade around $41. I'm not saying this is going to happen anytime soon, but if Surface is half as the hit as any Apple iDevice, investors may be more than willing to pay up for earnings. If that happens, a PE of 15 isn't necessarily out of the question. In the end, I'm hopeful Microsoft's lost decade may become a thing of the past.
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Erika purchased a heart rate monitor from the Heart Rate Watch Company three years ago as part of her fitness commitment. "My favorite Erika quote was that six pack abs get created in the kitchen, not in the gym", says Squire. He adds, "When I saw that quote I just knew her head was in the right place for success all the way".
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Rap's royalty team up to bring fans one of the biggest tours of the summer. LL Cool J, Public Enemy, and Ice Cube are joined by De la Soul and more, showcasing the best hip hop has to offer from the Golden Age of the 80s to today. LL Cool J's latest album Authentic arrives just in time for the tour. Don't miss the greatest names in hip hop all in a single show! Kings of the Mic with LL Cool J Tickets
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The Star Trek before this? Best reset EVER! Not like The Amazing Spider Man, which completely ignored the comic book. You are much better off with the Tobey Maguire version. Anyway, Abrams covered every detail of the original I can think of where director Marc Webb ignored everything about Spiderman (except the web shooters).


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Music is anything not Skrillex
I was kidding. I meant to say I was going to give input before people posted songs and now wouldn't (jokingly), but I guess it came off vaguely.
I think there is a scientific element to it (not sure the specifics), and I also think we gravitate towards rhythms/harmonies that are familiar to us. So maybe it's like a preference that forms in youth, or maybe songs trigger memories without us being aware of the connection.
I listen to Avril Lavigne a lot. I'm a Canadian and I like her. Just because I don't look emo-ish like her doesn't mean I shouldn't listen to her music. She's not bad. That's all.
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College Is a Waste of Time and Money
Caroline Bird
...A great majority of our nine million college students are not in school because they want to be or because they want to learn. They are there because it has become the thing to do or because college is a pleasant place to be; because it's the only way they can get parents or taxpayers to support them without working at a job they don't like; because Mother wanted them to go, or some other reason entirely irrelevant to the course of studies for which college is supposedly organized....
American journalist, public-relations specialist, and writer. Bird attended Vassar College, graduated from the University of Toledo, and received her M.A. from the University of Wisconsin (1939). She worked as a researcher at Newsweek and Fortune in the 1940s, then moved into public relations, which she left after twenty years to write books that tracked the challenges faced by the women of her generation: The Invisible Scar (1966), a study of the lingering effects of the Great Depression; Born Female: The High Cost of Keeping Women Down (1968); Enterprising Women: Their Contribution to the American Economy, 1776–1976 (1976); Second Careers: New Ways to Work after Fifty (1992); and Lives of Our Own: Secrets of a Salty Old Woman (1995). Her best-known book, The Case against College (1975), argues that college is, for many students, an overpriced waste of time. See also mysite.verizon.net/vze3rtj5/ id4.html.


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Robert Thompson, a local guide in Alaska, explains how climate change is affecting his remote Alaskan community - and the spectacular Arctic wildlife.
Yesterday brought the news that yet another Cairn well off Greenland - the sixth so far - has come up dry. The Delta-1 well will be plugged and abandoned and Cairn now has to pin its hopes for this year's drilling season on two remaining wells.
Another week, another push for reckless oil drilling by a UK company. This time it's BP, which wants to drill its deepest ever well in UK waters - a 1300 metre well - off the coast of North Uist.
Earlier this month, after more than 100,000 of you asked Cairn Energy to open up its Arctic oil spill response plan to public scrutiny, the government of Greenland stepped in and published it.
The verdict is now in. Veteran marine biologist and international oil spill expert Professor Richard Steiner has completed a review of the plan and, well, it's no wonder Cairn didn't want you to see it.
This morning, Cairn Energy published its half-yearly results. There isn't much for the company to shout about in there; halfway through their 2011 drilling season, they have yet to find any oil in the Arctic.
Shell has apologised for the North Sea oil spill and for its own lack of transparency saying: "The fact is something has gone wrong here, so whatever risk assessment we made about the condition of these pipes has proven to be wrong."
You know that oil spill response plan that Cairn has been refusing to publish? The one that tens of thousands of you asked to see? The one we went to the Arctic and to Cairn's Edinburgh HQ to look for? The one they were so worried we'd found, they slapped a legal interdict on us to prevent us from publishing it?
As I write, Shell is working to contain an oil spill off the Aberdeenshire coast that is already, reportedly, the worst spill in UK waters for over a decade.
A lot of people on Twitter, Facebook and elsewhere have been asking us a lot of questions about the interdict (injunction) - most of which we can't answer; we're gagged from saying anything that might be interpreted as asking others to do certain things on our behalf. We're so gagged that we probably can't even tell you what those certain things might be, in case that's seen as suggesting you do them.
So, in the public interest, we've decided to publish the full interdict (pdf). Feel free to download it, share it and discuss it; we'd be interested to hear your thoughts (although obviously we may not be able to reply).
Update: Read the interdict in full.
In its latest move to cover up the truth about its Arctic drilling, Cairn Energy has obtained an extraordinary, wide-ranging legal interdict (injunction) against us, gagging us from posting Tweets and Facebook updates containing photos of yesterday's occupation of their Edinburgh headquarters.
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In geometry, a diameter (Greek words diairo = divide and metro = measure) of a circle is any straight line segment that passes through the center and whose endpoints are on the circular boundary, or, in more modern usage, the length of such a line segment. When using the word in the more modern sense, one speaks of the diameter rather than a diameter, because all diameters of a circle have the same length. This length is twice the radius.
The diameter of a connected graph is the distance between the two vertices which are furthest from each other. The distance between two vertices a and b is the length of the shortest path connecting them (for the length of a path, see Graph theory).
The two definitions given above are special cases of a more general definition. The diameter of a subset of a metric space is the least upper bound of the distances between pairs of points in the subset. So, if A is the subset, the diameter is
- sup { d(x, y) | x, y in A } .
Diameter symbol
The symbol or variable for diameter is similar in size and design to ø, the lowercase letter o with stroke. Unicode provides character number 8960 (hexadecimal 2300) for the symbol, which can be encoded in HTML webpages as ⌀ or ⌀. Proper display of this character, however, is unlikely in most situations, as most fonts do not have it included. (Your browser displays ⌀ and ⌀ in the current font.) In most situations the letter ø is acceptable, obtained in Windows by holding the [Alt] key down while entering 0 2 4 8 on the numeric keypad.
It is important not to confuse a diameter symbol (ø) with the empty set symbol, similar to the uppercase Ø. Diameter is also sometimes called phi (pronounced the same as "fee"), although this seems to come from the fact that Ø and ø look like Φ and φ, the letter phi in the Greek alphabet.
See also: angular diameter, hydraulic diameter
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Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site Sunday Closure Notice
Due to budget reductions as a result of the federal sequester, the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site will be closed Sundays beginning March 10, 2013.
"A Night Under the Stars" Program Cancelled
Due to rainy weather conditions, "A Night Under the Stars" stargaze event has been cancelled. The park plans to reschedule the event for later in the year. More »
Special Park Event Cancelled Due to Sequester
As a result of the sequester and subsequesnt budget reduction, the Tuskegee Airmen Warrior Run, scheduled for Saturday, March 16, 2013 has been CANCELLED. More »
Things To Do
When planning your visit to the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site plan to spend from 30 minutes to 1 1/2 hours. This time will allow for a Ranger orientation/talk, viewing the museum exhibits, and time to enjoy a stroll through the site while gleaning tidbits of historical information from the more than 20 wayside exhibits scattered throughout the site.
Various other programs and activities are scheduled throughout the year. Check the park Schedule of Events for further details. Also, take a look at Nearby Attractions to see what else is available in the area. |
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In 1942 First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt visited Tuskegee's Civilian Pilot Training Program, took a historic flight with Chief Flight Instructor Charles Anderson, and used her influence toward advancing military flight training in Tuskegee.


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I actually quite enjoyed the final. Can't believe people are so hung up about three inconsequential overs. For mine, it didn't come close to overshadowing the feats of Australia in general and Gilchrist inparticular.
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I made a bit of a schoolboy error, and spent the weekend deep in the Lake District, with no phone access or television, never mind Sky Sports. Fortunately, we could pick up LW radio...just...and I caught most of the final while sitting in a Land Rover, playing cards and drinking a fine selection of bottled ale. Unfortunately, Gilchrist was on fire. That sort of hitting's just unbelievable, especially when you're up against the SL mid-innings choke. He was clearly the difference. Jayasuriya and Sanga tried, but fell just short -- if they'd kept in for just a few more overs, who knows what might have happened? Then, the wickets started falling, one by one. I was praying for Mahela (who really is a very nice bloke) to produce one of the greatest innings of all time, but it wasn't to be. We couldn't quite work out what was going on at the end...but then, neither could anyone else. By that time, I was drinking to forget Fair play to the Aussies, and well won. I've still not watched the highlights, as the idea's just too upsetting right now It really was a bit of a farce, though -- whoever decided to play first 38 overs and then 36 for the SL innings, given the delays given and the likely sunset time, should be shot. I sincerely hope that, next time around, some provision is given to playing the semi's and final over two days, so at least some semblance of a 50-over match is possible. If it still ends up decided by D-L, then so be it, but why have a reserve day if you're not going to at least try and use it? Logistics and TV should come second to the game, not first.
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great post there ^^
ive heard a lot of Lankan supporters whinging and not giving credit to the aussies.. of course they do but there is always a massive disclaimer so kudos to you and the SL Cricket team... for reaching the finals and fighting bravely |
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First time Ive visited this thread and Ive not read any of it.
Just popping my head in to give a long overdue congratulations to Australia. Simply a different class to everyone else at the Tournament. Well played.
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Well the best team lost.
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