Sunday, March 31, 2013

PFT: Flynn-to-Raiders trade nearly finalized

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Collin Klein, the Kansas State quarterback who was a star in a spread-option offense in college but whose abilities as a passer leave much to be desired in the eyes of NFL scouts, remains committed to playing quarterback at the next level. And he thinks NFL teams are starting to come around to the idea that he can do it.

Klein told the Topeka Capital-Journal that he believes he has impressed scouts at the Combine and at Kansas State?s Pro Day.

?I felt like I had two good days,? Klein said. ?I made progress and really improved, before the Combine first and then in the time between the Combine and Pro Day we made some strides, too. We?re moving in the right direction. It?s different not being in school, but it gives me a little extra time to focus and work on little things here and there. It?s a pretty all-inclusive process, but we?re enjoying it. I just love the game. We?re getting better and having fun with it.?

Klein said his workouts with former NFL quarterback Jake Plummer have helped get him ready to play the game at the next level.

?We did everything,? Klein said. ?We worked on footwork, core strength, flexibility with the shoulder . . . lots of different things. It was pretty all-inclusive and he taught me a lot. He gave great insight from him having been there [the NFL] and doing that for a very long time. I really appreciated his time and his effort working with me.?

Although Klein still believes he is going to get drafted, he acknowledged that it?s possible he?ll have to settle for being an undrafted free agent.

?I think we?ll definitely get a chance and it?s just being ready and making the most of it,? Klein said. ?We?ll see where the best fit is going to be. Teams are out there trying to figure out who?s the best fit for them, too. It will all settle out. If that doesn?t happen, we?ll try to get picked up as a free agent on some level. We?ll cross that bridge when we get there.?

So just a few months after the Heisman Trophy voters considered Klein the third-best player in college football, Klein is just hoping NFL teams consider him one of the 254 best players available in the draft.

Source: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/31/flynn-trade-is-expected-to-be-finalized-soon/related

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Saturday, March 30, 2013

?Violeta Went To Heaven' Arrives In U.S., Telling Story Of Legendary Folksinger Violeta Parra (VIDEO)

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    SuperTooth HD Voice In-Car Speakerphone review

    Not too long ago I had a few Bluetooth earpieces that I mainly used ?while driving. I had a few Motorola ones like the H700, plus I have still been using the Plantronics Voyager that I reviewed some time ago that I really enjoy. However, my problem was often that I didn’t have the earpiece [...]

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    Judge decides in favor of Angelina Jolie -- for now -- in copyright ...

    When Angelina Jolie was sued in 2011 for allegedly infringing on a?Croatian journalist's copyright with her directorial debut, "In the Land of Blood and Honey," Los Angeles news sources took note. These sorts of allegations are not at all uncommon in the entertainment industry, but since this dispute involved the glamorous and famous Jolie, it got more attention than usual.

    This week, the U.S. District Court judge overseeing the dispute found that there was not enough similarity between "In the Land of Blood and Honey" and the journalist's novel, "The Soul Shattering" to evidence copyright infringement. She has now asked the journalist to come up with enough of a reason for her not to dismiss the case with prejudice, meaning he could not bring it again.

    The judge said there are general similarities between the works, which both involve two ethnically different Serbians whose relationship is torn apart by strife in the 1990s.

    However, she said those similarities were not enough to constitute copyright infringement. She pointed out that thematically, the works are very different, with "Blood and Honey" being hopeless and sad and "The Soul Shattering" being more uplifting and hopeful. She also said the journalist cannot claim to have invented the subject matters in which the two works were related, such as war crimes, rape and ethnic turmoil. Lastly, she noted that "The Soul Shattering" is based in the journalist's real life experience, while "Blood and Honey" is entirely a work of fiction.

    If there are further developments in this case, we will update this blog with another post.

    Source: The Hollywood Reporter, "Angelina Jolie scores tentative victory in 'Blood and Honey' Copyright Lawsuit," Eriq Gardner, March 29, 2013

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    Friday, March 29, 2013

    Visit Lake Sammamish State Park on Saturday and park for free ...

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    Washington State Parks announces Saturday, March 30, is a ?free day? when visitors are not required to display the Discover Pass to visit a state park.

    The March 30 free day commemorates State Parks? 100th birthday month. The state park system was established March 19, 1913, when the Washington State Legislature established the State Board of Park Commissioners. Washington State Parks invites the public to celebrate the Centennial of the state park system all year, with events and activities in parks all over the state. Visit www.parks.wa.gov/events/ for details.

    The State Parks and Recreation Commission selected most of its 2013 ?free days? in conjunction with the National Park Service?s free days. State Parks? free day schedule for 2013 is as follows:

    ????????? January 21 ? in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day

    ????????? March 30 ? in honor of Washington State Parks? 100th birthday month

    ????????? April 27 and 28 ? in cooperation with National Parks Week

    ????????? June 1 ? National Trails Day

    ????????? June 8 and 9 ? National Get Outdoors Day

    ????????? August 4 ? Peak season free day

    ????????? September 28 ? National Public Lands Day

    ????????? November 9 through 11 ? Veterans Day Weekend.

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    The ?free days? are in keeping with legislation that created the Discover Pass, a $30 annual or $10 one-day permit required on state-managed recreation lands managed by Washington State Parks, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Department of Natural Resources. The Discover Pass legislation provided that State Parks could designate up to 12 ?free days? when the pass would not be required to visit state parks. The free days apply only at state parks; the Discover Pass is still required to access DFW and DNR lands.

    Stay connected to your state parks by following Washington State Parks at www.facebook.com/WashingtonStateParks, www.twitter.com/WaStatePks and www.youtube.com/WashingtonStateParks. Share your favorite state park adventure on the State Parks blog site at www.AdventureAwaits.com.

    The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission manages a diverse system of more than 100 state parks and recreation programs, including long-distance trails, boating safety and winter recreation. Washington State Parks turned 100 years old on March 19 and invites the public to join the celebration at events in parks all over the state, all year long. For more information, visit www.parks.wa.gov/events/.

    Support state parks by purchasing your annual Discover Pass today, and enjoy a whole year of outdoor fun on Washington?s beautiful state-managed recreation lands. For more information, visit www.discoverpass.wa.gov.

    Washington State Parks is on Twitter at WaStatePks_NEWS and YouTube at WashingtonStateParks.

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    Thursday, March 28, 2013

    Rise in CF patient infections explained

    Rise in CF patient infections explained [ Back to EurekAlert! ] Public release date: 28-Mar-2013
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    DNA sequencing reveals evidence for Mycobacterium abscessus transmission between Cystic Fibrosis patients

    Researchers at Papworth Hospital, the University of Cambridge and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have discovered why a new type of dangerous bacterial infection has become more common among people with Cystic Fibrosis around the world.

    Through their ground-breaking research, the team has developed new measures to protect Cystic Fibrosis patients.

    People with Cystic Fibrosis are prone to serious infection in part because they have sticky mucus that can clog up their lungs. In recent years doctors have seen a global increase in the number of infections caused by the antibiotic-resistant bacterial species Mycobacterium abscessus (M. abscessus). M. abscessus is distantly related to the bacterium that causes Tuberculosis and is usually found in water and soil. Until now, experts had thought it could not be passed from person to person.

    "There has been worldwide concern about the rising number of M. abscessus infections in people with Cystic Fibrosis and anxiety that spread from person to person might be responsible," said Dr Andres Floto, Research Director of the Cystic Fibrosis Unit at Papworth Hospital, Principal Investigator at the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge and lead author of the research published in The Lancet. "Our work has allowed us to lead the world in changing hospital infection control: we used state-of-the-art DNA sequencing technology to understand how the infection is being spread, which conventional techniques would have missed."

    "Our results will help to protect patients from this serious infection."

    The team used the latest methods to sequence the genomes of almost 170 isolates of M. abscessus from Cystic Fibrosis patients collected over a five-year period. By looking at the fine detail of the relationships between the bacterial genomes, to produce a 'family tree', the research team could determine where it was likely that infection had passed from one patient to another. They showed that, even with nationally recommended infection control measures in place, M. abscessus can spread between patients.

    "We are increasingly able to use DNA studies to improve patient care," says Professor Julian Parkhill, Head of Pathogen Genomics at the Wellcome trust Sanger Institute. "By sequencing the complete genomes of bacteria we can accurately describe where they have emerged from and how they pass from person to person.

    "This knowledge means that the clinical teams can develop new health measures to safeguard their patients. Our aim is to develop the best methods to detect and control infection."

    This new information has led to rapid changes in how people with Cystic Fibrosis are cared for in hospital to protect them from this emerging threat.

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    For further information please contact:

    Kate Lancaster, Papworth Hospital
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    Don Powell, Media Manager, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
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    Publication details

    Josephine M. Bryant, Dorothy M. Grogono, Daniel Greaves, Juliet Foweraker, Iain Roddick, Thomas Inns, Mark Reacher, Charles S. Haworth, Martin D. Curran, Simon R. Harris1, Sharon J. Peacock, Julian Parkhill1and R. Andres Floto. (2013) 'Evidence for transmission of Mycobacterium abscessus between Cystic Fibrosis patients from whole-genome sequencing.

    Published in the Lancet online 29 March 2013. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60632-7, http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(13)60632-7/abstract

    Funding

    This work was supported by The Wellcome Trust, Papworth Hospital, NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, The UK Health Protection Agency, Medical Research Council, and the UKCRC Translational Infection Research Initiative.

    Participating centres
    1. Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK
    2. Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, UK
    3. Cambridge Centre for Lung Infection, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK
    4. Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, UK
    5. Health Protection Agency, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
    6. HPA Health Protection Agency East of England Regional Epidemiology Unit, UK
    7. HPA, Norfolk, Suffolk & Cambridgeshire Health Protection Unit, UK
    8. Field Epidemiology Training Programme (FETP), Health Protection Agency, London, UK

    The mission of the University of Cambridge is to contribute to society through the pursuit of education, learning and research at the highest international levels of excellence. It admits the very best and brightest students, regardless of background, and offers one of the UK's most generous bursary schemes. The University of Cambridge's reputation for excellence is known internationally and reflects the scholastic achievements of its academics and students, as well as the world-class original research carried out by its staff. Some of the most significant scientific breakthroughs occurred at the University, including the splitting of the atom, invention of the jet engine and the discoveries of stem cells, plate tectonics, pulsars and the structure of DNA. From Isaac Newton to Stephen Hawking, the University has nurtured some of history's greatest minds and has produced more Nobel Prize winners than any other UK institution with over 80 laureates. http://www.cam.ac.uk

    The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute is one of the world's leading genome centres. Through its ability to conduct research at scale, it is able to engage in bold and long-term exploratory projects that are designed to influence and empower medical science globally. Institute research findings, generated through its own research programmes and through its leading role in international consortia, are being used to develop new diagnostics and treatments for human disease. http://www.sanger.ac.uk

    The Wellcome Trust is a global charitable foundation dedicated to achieving extraordinary improvements in human and animal health. We support the brightest minds in biomedical research and the medical humanities. Our breadth of support includes public engagement, education and the application of research to improve health. We are independent of both political and commercial interests. http://www.wellcome.ac.uk

    Papworth Hospital is an international centre of excellence for the treatment of heart and lung disease. Since carrying out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979, Papworth has established a reputation for leading edge research and innovation in cardiopulmonary medicine and surgery. As part of the Cambridge Centre for Lung Infection (CCLI), the Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre at Papworth Hospital was established in 1994 and now looks after over 280 adults with CF from throughout the Eastern Region. The service is supported by a multidisciplinary team including: four CF specialist consultants, three CF specialist nurses, a dedicated team of ward nurses, research nurses, specialist physiotherapists, dieticians, pharmacists, social workers, psychologist, psychiatrist, secretaries and managers. Research within the CCLI has focused on understanding how bacteria, particularly nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) cause infection and inflammatory lung damage. http://www.papworthhospital.nhs.uk/ccli.



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    Rise in CF patient infections explained [ Back to EurekAlert! ] Public release date: 28-Mar-2013
    [ | E-mail | Share Share ]

    Contact: Aileen Sheehy
    press.office@sanger.ac.uk
    0044-012-234-96928
    Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute

    DNA sequencing reveals evidence for Mycobacterium abscessus transmission between Cystic Fibrosis patients

    Researchers at Papworth Hospital, the University of Cambridge and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have discovered why a new type of dangerous bacterial infection has become more common among people with Cystic Fibrosis around the world.

    Through their ground-breaking research, the team has developed new measures to protect Cystic Fibrosis patients.

    People with Cystic Fibrosis are prone to serious infection in part because they have sticky mucus that can clog up their lungs. In recent years doctors have seen a global increase in the number of infections caused by the antibiotic-resistant bacterial species Mycobacterium abscessus (M. abscessus). M. abscessus is distantly related to the bacterium that causes Tuberculosis and is usually found in water and soil. Until now, experts had thought it could not be passed from person to person.

    "There has been worldwide concern about the rising number of M. abscessus infections in people with Cystic Fibrosis and anxiety that spread from person to person might be responsible," said Dr Andres Floto, Research Director of the Cystic Fibrosis Unit at Papworth Hospital, Principal Investigator at the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge and lead author of the research published in The Lancet. "Our work has allowed us to lead the world in changing hospital infection control: we used state-of-the-art DNA sequencing technology to understand how the infection is being spread, which conventional techniques would have missed."

    "Our results will help to protect patients from this serious infection."

    The team used the latest methods to sequence the genomes of almost 170 isolates of M. abscessus from Cystic Fibrosis patients collected over a five-year period. By looking at the fine detail of the relationships between the bacterial genomes, to produce a 'family tree', the research team could determine where it was likely that infection had passed from one patient to another. They showed that, even with nationally recommended infection control measures in place, M. abscessus can spread between patients.

    "We are increasingly able to use DNA studies to improve patient care," says Professor Julian Parkhill, Head of Pathogen Genomics at the Wellcome trust Sanger Institute. "By sequencing the complete genomes of bacteria we can accurately describe where they have emerged from and how they pass from person to person.

    "This knowledge means that the clinical teams can develop new health measures to safeguard their patients. Our aim is to develop the best methods to detect and control infection."

    This new information has led to rapid changes in how people with Cystic Fibrosis are cared for in hospital to protect them from this emerging threat.

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    For further information please contact:

    Kate Lancaster, Papworth Hospital
    Tel +44 (0)1480 364148
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    Email Kate.lancaster@papworth.nhs.uk

    Don Powell, Media Manager, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
    Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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    Publication details

    Josephine M. Bryant, Dorothy M. Grogono, Daniel Greaves, Juliet Foweraker, Iain Roddick, Thomas Inns, Mark Reacher, Charles S. Haworth, Martin D. Curran, Simon R. Harris1, Sharon J. Peacock, Julian Parkhill1and R. Andres Floto. (2013) 'Evidence for transmission of Mycobacterium abscessus between Cystic Fibrosis patients from whole-genome sequencing.

    Published in the Lancet online 29 March 2013. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60632-7, http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(13)60632-7/abstract

    Funding

    This work was supported by The Wellcome Trust, Papworth Hospital, NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, The UK Health Protection Agency, Medical Research Council, and the UKCRC Translational Infection Research Initiative.

    Participating centres
    1. Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK
    2. Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, UK
    3. Cambridge Centre for Lung Infection, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK
    4. Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, UK
    5. Health Protection Agency, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
    6. HPA Health Protection Agency East of England Regional Epidemiology Unit, UK
    7. HPA, Norfolk, Suffolk & Cambridgeshire Health Protection Unit, UK
    8. Field Epidemiology Training Programme (FETP), Health Protection Agency, London, UK

    The mission of the University of Cambridge is to contribute to society through the pursuit of education, learning and research at the highest international levels of excellence. It admits the very best and brightest students, regardless of background, and offers one of the UK's most generous bursary schemes. The University of Cambridge's reputation for excellence is known internationally and reflects the scholastic achievements of its academics and students, as well as the world-class original research carried out by its staff. Some of the most significant scientific breakthroughs occurred at the University, including the splitting of the atom, invention of the jet engine and the discoveries of stem cells, plate tectonics, pulsars and the structure of DNA. From Isaac Newton to Stephen Hawking, the University has nurtured some of history's greatest minds and has produced more Nobel Prize winners than any other UK institution with over 80 laureates. http://www.cam.ac.uk

    The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute is one of the world's leading genome centres. Through its ability to conduct research at scale, it is able to engage in bold and long-term exploratory projects that are designed to influence and empower medical science globally. Institute research findings, generated through its own research programmes and through its leading role in international consortia, are being used to develop new diagnostics and treatments for human disease. http://www.sanger.ac.uk

    The Wellcome Trust is a global charitable foundation dedicated to achieving extraordinary improvements in human and animal health. We support the brightest minds in biomedical research and the medical humanities. Our breadth of support includes public engagement, education and the application of research to improve health. We are independent of both political and commercial interests. http://www.wellcome.ac.uk

    Papworth Hospital is an international centre of excellence for the treatment of heart and lung disease. Since carrying out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979, Papworth has established a reputation for leading edge research and innovation in cardiopulmonary medicine and surgery. As part of the Cambridge Centre for Lung Infection (CCLI), the Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre at Papworth Hospital was established in 1994 and now looks after over 280 adults with CF from throughout the Eastern Region. The service is supported by a multidisciplinary team including: four CF specialist consultants, three CF specialist nurses, a dedicated team of ward nurses, research nurses, specialist physiotherapists, dieticians, pharmacists, social workers, psychologist, psychiatrist, secretaries and managers. Research within the CCLI has focused on understanding how bacteria, particularly nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) cause infection and inflammatory lung damage. http://www.papworthhospital.nhs.uk/ccli.



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    Popgadget Personal Technology for Women: Jabra Revo Wireless

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    We spotted them first at CES; the new Jabra Revo wireless headphones and have been eagerly anticipating trying them out. We weren't disappointed.
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    Energy policies 'reduce bill rises'

    Government policies on energy efficiency and climate change are helping to reduce the rise in gas and electricity bills, a report has said.

    By 2020, bills will be 11% - or ?166 - lower than they would otherwise have been, according to the Department of Energy and Climate Change's report.

    The report said policies could add costs to bills - but overall they help cushion households against rises.

    Labour accused the government of masking the effect of its policies.

    Downward trend

    Savings generated from policies, such as helping to insulate homes and promoting the installation of more energy efficient boilers, are already having an impact and will increase over the next decade, the report said.

    Household dual fuel bills are estimated to be on average 5% - or ?64 - lower now than they would be without these policies, it said.

    Nearly half of the average household dual fuel energy bill, or about 47%, is made up of fossil fuel prices, or ?598, with the second largest cost attributed to network costs or transport and distribution of energy, at 20%, or ?257.

    Government policies on energy and climate change account for 9%, or ?112 of this bill - with ?30 of this spent on renewable energy policies, including ?9 on on-shore and ?9 on off-shore wind.

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    We are doing all we can to offset these global energy price rises?

    End Quote Ed Davey Energy and Climate Change Secretary

    More than half of the energy and climate change policy costs in household bills are are spent on measures to target the fuel poor and energy efficiency.

    The report showed that 85% of the rise in household bills between 2010 and 2012 was from wholesale energy costs and network costs and 15% as a result of government policies.

    Household energy consumption has been on a downward trend since 2005, partly as a result of energy efficiency measures already in place, according to the report.

    By 2020 around 12 million boilers will have been replaced with more energy efficient models, it said.

    Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Davey said: "Global gas price hikes are squeezing households. They are beyond any government's control and, by all serious predictions, are likely to continue rising.

    "We are doing all we can to offset these global energy price rises, and while we have more to do, this new study shows our policies are putting a cushion between global prices and the bills we all pay."

    Caroline Flint, shadow energy and climate change secretary, said: "The government's underhand attempt to mask the real impact of its policies on families' energy bills is shameful... Instead of cooking the books to trick people into thinking their energy bills will be lower, ministers should get behind Labour's plans to overhaul the energy market and deliver fair prices for the public."

    'Less positive'

    The report also found that businesses that are medium-sized users of energy currently face energy costs that are on average 21% higher as a result of energy and climate change policies, with this figure rising to 22% by 2020.

    Large energy-intensive users currently face energy costs that are on average between one and 14% higher as a result of policies, with this rising to between six and 36% by 2020.

    The estimates did not include measures the government was currently considering to reduce the impact of low carbon policies on the costs of electricity for energy intensive industries, including a ?250m package of compensation for industry to 2014/2015.

    Mr Davey said: "The picture for business is less positive, which is why our new proposals to exempt and compensate the most energy intensive industries from certain policy impacts is crucial. Nothing would be gained from forcing industry, jobs and emissions abroad."

    Steve Radley, policy director at EEF, the manufacturers' organisation, said: "Measures to shield the most energy-intensive industries from a portion of the costs will make a difference but, unless we get a grip on spiralling policy costs, steeply rising electricity prices for the rest of the sector risk making the UK an increasingly unattractive location for industrial investment and undermining efforts to rebalance the economy.

    "The first step is scrapping costly policies with questionable environmental impact, such as the carbon price floor and the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme, as soon as public finances allow."

    Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21949758#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

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    Wednesday, March 27, 2013

    States answer help wanted ad to be drone test site

    LOS ANGELES (AP) ? It's the land where Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier, where the space shuttle fleet rolled off the assembly line and where the first private manned rocketship climbed to space.

    Capitalizing on Southern California's aerospace fortunes, two rival groups want to add another laurel: drone test range.

    They face crowded competition. In search of an economic boost, more than half the country is looking toward the sky ? expected to be buzzing in the near future with pilotless aircraft.

    Before that can become reality, the Federal Aviation Administration last month put out a call to test fly drones at half a dozen to-be-determined sites before they can share the same space as commercial jetliners, small aircraft and helicopters.

    Fifty teams from 37 states answered, vying to win bragging rights as a hub for unmanned aerial vehicles.

    The military has long flown drones overseas to support troops, spy on enemies and fire missiles. There's a recent clamor to fly them domestically to track the health of crops, fight wildfires in remote terrain, conduct search and rescue after a disaster and perform other chores considered too "dirty, dull or dangerous" for pilots. The expanding use for drones comes amid concerns of a "Big Brother" society.

    The untapped civilian market ? estimated to be worth billions ? has created a face-off, with states perfecting their pitch ? ample restricted airspace, industry connections, academic partners ? not unlike what you might read in a tourism brochure.

    "It's the chance to get in on the ground floor of what may be the next big business," said Peter Singer, a robotics expert at the Brookings Institution think tank in Washington. "The states competing hope it might make them the robotics equivalent of Detroit for automobiles in the 20th century or Silicon Valley for computers."

    Winners will play key roles in helping the government seamlessly transition drones, which are controlled remotely by joystick, into the civilian airspace without crashing into other planes or injuring bystanders.

    Supporters of a Southern California test site point to an existing drone presence. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., based in the San Diego suburbs, makes the Predator that has circled over Iraq and Afghanistan. Just outside of downtown Los Angeles, AeroVironment introduced the world's first hummingbird spy plane and is developing other tiny drones inspired by biology.

    "From start to finish, you can do your UAV work here," said John Rose of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, which co-sponsored a three-day drone conference this week in the Los Angeles area focused on civilian uses.

    There are two competing California bids from airport agencies in Ventura County northwest of Los Angeles and Kern County in the Mojave Desert.

    "If we are successful, it would be an economic stimulus for the region moving forward," said Bill Buratto of the Ventura County Economic Development Association, which is working with county airport officials on a plan to have drones fly from Point Mugu, the site of numerous Navy training exercises.

    Their in-state competitor envisions test flights out of the high desert skies about 150 miles north of Los Angeles and touts its remoteness and access to military and civilian facilities currently doing drone research.

    "You kind of want to be in the middle of nowhere. You don't want to risk being close to a populated area," said Eileen Shibley, who leads the effort for the Indian Wells Valley Airport District.

    Other states have taken a different tact, putting on a united front or partnering with a neighboring state to pool resources.

    Ohio ? the home state of Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong, Mercury astronaut John Glenn and the Wright brothers ? teamed with Indiana to increase both states' odds. Like California, there is budding drone activity in Ohio, most notably the Air Force's sensor research at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

    Joseph Zeis of the Dayton Development Coalition doesn't see this as a competition.

    "When the test site selection is over, we're all collaborating on a single goal" to safely merge drones into the national airspace, said Zeis, who's spearheading the Ohio-Indiana venture.

    The FAA is expected to choose the six drone test sites by year's end.

    The specter of thousands of unmanned eyes swarming the sky in the coming years has unnerved privacy advocates, who fear ordinary Americans would be overzealously monitored by law enforcement, considered one of the top users of the technology in the future. As part of the selection process, test site hopefuls must publish a privacy policy and follow existing privacy laws.

    The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International does not have a favorite. But the voice for the domestic drone industry acknowledged that states hosting test sites would benefit economically.

    In a report published earlier this month, the group said states with an already solid aerospace industry are predicted to gain drone business. But other factors, including location of test sites, will also drive job creation.

    That's why California needs to act fast, said state assemblyman Jeff Gorell, who has been pushing for a test site in his district.

    "This is a great opportunity for California," he said. "We might be able to recapture some of the golden era of aerospace."

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    Source: http://news.yahoo.com/states-answer-help-wanted-ad-drone-test-083538346.html

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    Darwin letters reveal emotional side

    In a collection of previously unpublished letters soon to be made available online, naturalist Charles Darwin reveals a highly emotional and personal side.

    In letters to his closest friend, the botanist Joseph Hooker, he pours out his grief over the death of his daughter-in-law, Amy. He also speaks of his ideas on evolution for the first time - something he writes was like "confessing to a murder".

    Of the many letters that Darwin wrote and received in his life, among the most important were his correspondence with his friend of 40 years, Joseph Hooker. As well as tracking the development of Darwin's scientific ideas, the letters give an intimate insight into a Victorian friendship.

    Almost the entire collection - more than 1,400 letters - will soon be published by Cambridge University's Darwin Correspondence Project.

    It is the personal nature of the correspondence that is particularly striking. In one poignant letter, written in 1876, Darwin writes of the death in childbirth of his son Francis' wife.

    Continue reading the main story

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    It's a wonderful set of documents not only about Victorian science but about the social bonds that could be forged in correspondence?

    End Quote Paul White Darwin Correspondence Project

    "Poor Amy had severe convulsions due to wrong action of the kidneys; after the convulsions she sunk into a stupor from which she never rallied," he writes.

    "It is an inexpressible comfort that she never suffered and never knew she was leaving her beloved husband for ever. It has been a most bitter blow to us all."

    A few years earlier, Hooker had written to him of the death of his own daughter, addressing him as "Dear old Darwin," and going on to say: "I have just buried my darling little girl and read your kind note." Darwin is at pains to remember his friend's feelings in their shared grief.

    He writes: "I thank you for your most kind and feeling letter. When I wrote to you at Glasgow (which letter I have heard was sent too late) I did not forget your former grief, but I did not allude to it, as I well knew that it was wrong in me to revive your former feelings, but I could not resist writing to you."

    The letter also reveals the closeness of Darwin's family ties - in particular his concern for his son.

    He writes: "I never saw anyone suffer so much as poor Frank. He has gone to north Wales to bury the body in a little church-yard amongst the mountains? I am glad to hear that he is determined to exert himself and work in every way. How far he will be able to keep to this wise resolve I know not."

    Continue reading the main story

    Charles Darwin 1809-1882

    • Famed for his theory of evolution by natural selection
    • Travelled extensively, most famously as the naturalist on the Beagle on an expedition to South America and the Galapagos Islands
    • After voyage he approached Joseph Hooker to work on classifying his collection of plants
    • Married Emma Wedgewood in 1839 after comparing two lists he had written, one entitled Marry, the other entitled Not Marry
    • They had 10 children, three of whom died in infancy

    Intimate window

    Darwin and Hooker met as young men, after both had travelled extensively as botanists - Darwin to the Galapagos Islands aboard the Beagle, Hooker to the Antarctic. They went on to pursue very different scientific careers, with Hooker becoming director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, while Darwin developed his ground-breaking ideas on evolution by natural selection.

    The two men saw each other occasionally, but their friendship was mainly conducted through letters. According to Paul White, editor and research associate at the Darwin Correspondence Project, the letters provide an intimate window onto Darwin's emotional life.

    "It's a wonderful set of documents not only about Victorian science but about the social bonds that could be forged in correspondence, and the emotional bonds that could flow between two men," he says.

    Darwin also used Hooker as a sounding board for his scientific ideas. Because of his position at Kew, Hooker was able to put him in touch with a wide network of scientific contacts. This was vital for Darwin, says Mr White: "It was particularly important because he had chosen to live rather a reclusive life. He didn't have an institutional position, so Darwin relied upon letters more than most people at the time for his window on the world."

    Continue reading the main story

    Joseph Dalton Hooker 1817 - 1911

    • Appointed director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew in 1865
    • Collected plant specimens in the Antarctic, northern India, Nepal and elsewhere
    • Wrote numerous scientific books and papers, including The Flora of British India
    • Had nine children, two of whom died in infancy

    It was with Hooker that Darwin first shared his radical ideas on evolution. According to Mr White, the fact he felt sufficiently confident to trust Hooker with this information that he had kept private for several years was an indication of how close they had become. Even so, his thoughts are not conveyed without trepidation.

    "At last gleams of light have come, and I am almost convinced (quite contrary to opinion I started with) that species are not (it is like confessing a murder) immutable," he writes.

    It is clear that Darwin was aware of the revolutionary nature of his ideas, and Hooker was to argue strongly in support of his friend in the religious debate that followed. Much of the debate was conducted through letters - with Darwin answering many of his critics personally.

    Mr White suggests the letters help "to give a different picture of both Darwin and the scientific enterprise, in showing it as intensely collaborative, and that it is not divorced from private life".

    Continue reading the main story

    The Darwin Correspondence Project

    • Cambridge University Library houses the world's largest collection of Darwin's letters
    • Holds more than 9,000 of the 15,000 letters Darwin is known to have written and received in his lifetime
    • The Darwin Correspondence Project seeks to publish all of Darwin's known letters online

    In part, this was a result of the very different characters of the two men, says Mr White.

    He says: "Hooker seems quite irascible, he comes across as being hot tempered and gossipy, and Darwin really loved that stuff - there was a liberating quality to their letters. He was more reserved - he had a formality and politeness. But possibly because of this he expressed things he wouldn't have otherwise."

    It is this openness - as well as the light they shed on Darwin's work - that give the letters their fascination.

    Paul White was interviewed on the BBC World Service programme Newshour.

    Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21939735#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

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    U.S. training Syrian moderates, officials say

    WASHINGTON (AP) ? For months now, the United States has been training secular Syrian fighters in Jordan with the goal of bolstering the array of forces battling President Bashar Assad's regime while at the same time strengthening the hand of moderates among the country's fractured opposition, American and foreign officials said. They said the effort is ongoing.

    The training has been taking place since late last year at an unspecified location, concentrating largely on Sunnis and tribal Bedouins who formerly served as members of the Syrian army, officials told The Associated Press. The forces aren't members of the leading rebel group, the Free Syrian Army, they said. The U.S. and others fear the growing role of extremist militia groups in the rebel ranks, including some linked to al-Qaida.

    Officials said the operation is being run by U.S. intelligence. But those in Washington stressed that the U.S. was only providing nonlethal aid at this point, stopping short of a step that is being increasingly advocated by lawmakers in Congress but which the Obama administration opposes.

    Others such as Britain and France are involved, officials added, though it's unclear whether any Western government is providing materiel or other direct military support after two years of civil war that, according to the United Nations, already has killed more than 70,000 people.

    The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to speak publicly about the program.

    Officially, the Obama administration has been vague on the subject of what type of military training it may be providing, while insisting that it is doing all it can ? short of providing weapons to the rebels or engaging in its own military intervention ? to hasten the demise of the Assad family's four-decade dictatorship.

    White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Monday the U.S. has "provided some logistical nonlethal support that has also come in handy for the Syrian rebels who are, again, fighting a regime that is not hesitating to use the military might of that regime against its own people.

    "That is something we're going to continue to work to bring to an end," he told reporters.

    It's unclear what effect the training has had in the conflict. It has become a quagmire, with Assad's regime unable to snuff out the rebellion and Syria's opposition incapable thus far of delivering any serious blow to the ruling government's grip on Damascus and control over much of the country.

    Some of the Syrians the U.S. is involved with are in turn training other Syrians inside the country, officials said.

    They declined to provide more information because they said that would go too deep into intelligence matters. Defense Department officials insisted the Pentagon isn't involved with any military training or arms provisions to the Syrian rebels, either directly or indirectly. The CIA declined to comment.

    The New York Times reported Monday that the CIA helped Arab governments and Turkey sharply increase their military aid to Syria's opposition in recent months, with secret airlifts of arms and equipment. It cited traffic data, officials in several countries and rebel commanders, and said the airlift began on a small scale a year ago but has expanded steadily to more than 160 military cargo flights by Jordanian, Saudi and Qatari planes landing at Turkish and Jordanian airports.

    The training in Jordan, however, suggests the U.S. help is aimed somewhat at enhancing the rebels' capacity in southern Syria, the birthplace of the revolution two years ago when teenagers in the sleepy agricultural outpost of Dara'a scribbled graffiti on a wall and were tossed into jail, spurring Syria's own version of an Arab Spring uprising. Much of the violence since, however, has been in the northern part of the country, where rebels have scored several military successes after the Assad regime cracked down brutally on peaceful protesters.

    Despite months of U.S. and international support to build a cohesive political movement, Syria's fractured opposition is still struggling to rally Syrians behind a common post-Assad vision. And the opposition coalition appears as much hampered by its political infighting as its military deficiencies against an Assad regime arsenal of tanks, fighter jets and Scud missiles.

    The coalition's president, Mouaz al-Khatib, resigned his position Sunday because of what he described as restrictions on his work and frustration with the level of international aid. He said Monday he would still represent the opposition this week in Doha, where the Gulf state of Qatar will host a two-day Arab League summit starting Tuesday.

    Al-Khatib's resignation comes only days after the opposition chose Ghassan Hitto, a long-time Texas resident, to head its interim government after intense wrangling over posts and influence that U.S. officials say has strained the opposition's unity and caused friction among its primary benefactors Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey.

    It's also unclear how al-Khatib's departure will affect the U.S. goal of political negotiations with amenable members of the Assad regime to end the civil war, given the moderate preacher's support for talks. Much of the Syrian opposition, including Hitto, rejects such talks.

    ___

    Associated Press writers Lolita C. Baldor and Lara Jakes in Washington and Jamal Halaby in Amman, Jordan, contributed to this report.

    Source: http://news.yahoo.com/us-training-syrian-moderates-jordan-officials-072235516.html

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    5 jailed in UK for inventing movie in tax scam

    (AP) ? Five people were jailed Monday in Britain for pretending to make a Hollywood movie in a scam to defraud tax authorities of millions of pounds.

    The fraudsters were convicted earlier this month of attempting to bilk the government of 2.8 million pounds ($4.2 million) in a plot reminiscent of the Academy Award-winning hit "Argo" ? but without that movie's heroic hostage rescue.

    Bashar Al-Issa, described as the leader of the fraud, was jailed for six and a half years on Monday. The four others in the group were sentenced to about four years each.

    Prosecutors said the fraudsters claimed to be producing a made-in-Britain movie with unnamed A-list actors and a budget of 19 million pounds.

    But officials say the project was a sham to claim almost 1.5 million pounds in goods and services tax for work that had not been done, as well as 1.3 million pounds under a government program that allows filmmakers to claim back up to 25 percent of their expenditures as tax relief.

    Britain's tax agency said the filmmakers had submitted paperwork and received 1.7 million pounds when research revealed "that the work had not been done and most of the so-called suppliers and film studios had never heard of the gang."

    When the scam was detected, the gang hastily made a film called "A Landscape Of Lies" on a shoestring budget in a bid to cover it up. The movie was released straight to DVD in Britain in 2011. But that did not deter tax authorities.

    Judge Juliet May said innocent actors were roped into the bogus project, never suspecting they were used to create a "realistic background" for the fraud.

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