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Wednesday, July 31, 2013
North Pole not flooded -- but lots of melting in the Arctic
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Widespread media reports of a lake at the North Pole don't hold water -- but scientists who deployed the monitoring buoys are watching closely as Arctic sea ice approaches its yearly minimum.
Soldier in WikiLeaks case to learn fate
By Medina Roshan
(Reuters) - The verdict will be read on Tuesday at the court-martial of the soldier accused of the biggest leak of classified information in U.S. history, the judge said, with the biggest question whether he will be convicted of the most serious charge of aiding the enemy, carrying a life sentence.
Legal observers said it was highly likely that Army Private First Class Bradley Manning, who in March pleaded guilty to lesser charges related to sharing some 700,000 documents with the WikiLeaks anti-secrecy website in 2010, will be found guilty on at least some of the 21 criminal counts.
"The difficult part is did he know that the information was going to Al-Qaeda and the Taliban? To me, that is the linchpin of the case," said Richard Rosen, a professor of law at the Texas Tech University School of Law and a former military lawyer. "If he's not found guilty of that charge, the punishment is going to be a lot less severe in my opinion."
Judge Colonel Denise Lind said on Monday that she plans to issue her verdict in the case at 1 p.m. EDT (1700 GMT) on Tuesday in Fort Meade, Maryland.
Manning, originally from Crescent, Oklahoma, opted to have his case heard by Lind, rather than a panel of military jurors.
Military prosecutors have called the 25-year-old defendant a "traitor" for publicly posting information that the U.S. government said could jeopardize national security and intelligence operations.
Lawyers for the low-level intelligence analyst said Manning was well-intentioned but naive, hoping that his disclosures would provoke a more intense debate in the United States about diplomatic and military actions in Iraq and Afghanistan.
More than three years after Manning's arrest in May 2010, the U.S. intelligence community is reeling again from leaked secrets, this time exposed by former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, who has been holed up in the transit area of a Moscow airport for more than a month despite U.S. calls for Russian authorities to turn him over.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has surfaced again as a major player in the newest scandal, this time aiding Snowden in eluding authorities to seek asylum abroad.
The cases of Manning and Snowden, a former contractor for a U.S. spy agency, illustrate the difficulties of keeping secrets at a time the internet makes them very easy to share widely and quickly. In addition, more people are granted access to classified data.
"The bar has become very low for what the government has to prove in order to convict someone for disclosing classified information to the media," said Elizabeth Goitein, a security specialist at New York University's Brennan Center for Justice.
She said that military courts had made it easier to convict people on charges of aiding the enemy.
"There has been a heightened standard of intent that has been required," Goitein said. "We're really starting to see the court chip away at this."
(Writing by Scott Malone; Editing by Barbara Goldberg, Steve Orlofsky and Grant McCool)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/verdict-bradley-manning-wikileaks-case-read-tuesday-164216110.html
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Spain police to study train 'black box' Tuesday
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain (AP) ? Police will soon begin extracting information from the "black box" of a train that crashed last week, a Spanish court official said Monday, potentially making clear why the driver failed to brake in time to stop the train from hurtling into a dangerous curve, killing 79 people.
Francisco Garzon Amo faces multiple counts of negligent homicide for the country's worst train accident in decades. The investigation has increasingly focused on him and his failure to brake, with a witness saying he told him seconds after the crash that he was going fast and tried to stop, but couldn't.
The black box could clear up whether there was a mechanical or technical failure.
Experts will start examining the black box Tuesday under the instruction of Judge Luis Alaez. Alaez late Sunday charged Garzon, but allowed him to leave custody without bail. He was driven from the court in a police car after dark, but it was not clear where he was taken.
Several Spanish neswspapers, including leading daily El Pais, reported Monday that the driver acknowledged to the judge that the train was travelling too fast, but that he briefly stopped paying attention. A court spokeswoman said she could not comment on details of the testimony.
The spokeswoman said that before taking the driver's testimony, officials carried out checks on calls and messages made from the man's mobile phone. She was speaking on condition of anonymity in keeping with court policy.
At least one press photograph showed the man talking on a mobile phone shortly after the crash. Several news media reported Garzon told railway control in a call that he had been going too fast.
The crash has left a pall over the city of Santiago de Compostela, an important Catholic religious site that had been preparing for a feast celebrating Spain's patron saint. Shrines and regional flags with black mourning ribbons have dotted the area.
Spain's royal family and leading politicians were to attend a somber Mass on Monday in homage to the victims killed and injured. Crown heir Prince Felipe, his sister Princess Elena and Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy were among those scheduled to attend the evening ceremony in the city's ancient cathedral.
Many families of victims were also expected to attend the Mass, which is to be televised nationally. The ceremony is open to the public and a giant screen is to be set up in one of the squares outside the cathedral, where thousands of pilgrims, many with backpacks and walking sticks, traditionally gather on arriving in the city.
Officials canceled the feast of St. James of Compostela on Thursday, and turned the sports arena into a morgue.
Most of the dead were Spaniards but there were also victims from Algeria, Brazil, the Dominican Republic, France, Italy, Mexico and the United States. The train was almost certainly carrying would-be pilgrims although most usually walk to Santiago from all over Spain and abroad.
On Sunday, families of victims performed the painful task of retrieving their loved ones' belongings, collecting luggage that was being held by police.
The Spanish rail agency has said the brakes should have been applied four kilometers (2.5 miles) before the train hit the curve. The witness who rushed to the scene said in an interview broadcast Sunday that minutes after the crash Garzon told him he couldn't brake.
The resident, Evaristo Iglesias, said he and another person accompanied the blood-soaked Garzon to flat ground where other injured people were being laid out, waiting for emergency services to arrive. A photograph shows Iglesias in a pink shirt and cap helping the bloodied driver.
"He told us that he wanted to die," Iglesias told Antena 3 television. "He said he had needed to brake but couldn't," Iglesias said. He added that Garzon said "he had been going fast."
Spain's state-run train company has described Garzon as an experienced driver who knew the route well.
Officials said 70 people injured in the train accident remained hospitalized, 22 of them in critical condition.
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Associated Press writers Ciaran Giles and Jorge Sainz contributed to this report from Madrid.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/spain-police-study-train-black-box-tuesday-135210065.html
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Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Berlusconi faces verdict that could endanger Italian government
By Barry Moody
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's supreme court convenes on Tuesday to rule whether Silvio Berlusconi should be jailed and banned from public office for tax fraud, a verdict that could endanger Italy's shaky coalition government.
A ruling against the former prime minister would be his first definitive conviction and signal the end of an era in which he has dominated Italian politics for two decades through his media power and political skill.
It could also plunge the government - an uneasy coalition of Enrico Letta's center-left Democratic Party (PD) and Berlusconi's center-right People of Freedom (PDL) - into crisis and bring renewed uncertainty to the euro zone third's largest economy that could reverberate across the bloc.
The five judges of the Cassation Court - Italy's highest -will hear a final appeal by Berlusconi against a 1-year jail sentence and 5-year ban from office handed down by lower courts for the fraudulent purchase of broadcasting rights by his Mediaset media empire.
The court may take up to three days to deliver its ruling.
Berlusconi, 76, accuses leftwing magistrates of trying to bring him down in more than two dozen court cases since he stormed to power for the first time in 1994.
Although they are waiting for a signal from Berlusconi, PDL hawks have called for everything from a mass resignation of its government ministers to blocking Italy's motorways if the court rules against him.
Fabrizio Cicchitto, a senior PDL parliamentarian, said the media magnate had faced 30 trials. "If this is not a political use of justice what is?"
The departure of Berlusconi from parliament if he is convicted would also raise major questions about the future of his party, which depends on his charisma and wealth.
But a greater risk to the government could come from Letta's faction-ridden PD, many of whose members are already deeply unhappy with being in a coalition with their old enemy, and may refuse to continue if he is found guilty.
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However, both President Giorgio Napolitano, who dragged the parties into a coalition in April after a two-month crisis that followed inconclusive elections, and Letta himself are adamant that Italy cannot afford more instability as it struggles to climb out of its worst postwar recession.
Both of the major parties may also be reluctant to precipitate an election whose result could be even more chaotic than the February vote and boost support for the populist 5-Star Movement of comedian Beppe Grillo.
Berlusconi has for months kept his hawks on a tight leash, saying the government must continue.
However, political sources say this stance was dictated by Berlusconi's lawyers, who wanted to avoid upsetting the supreme court judges. The mercurial magnate's reaction if he is found guilty is uncertain.
Berlusconi's lawyers have filed 50 objections to the supreme court, which will rule only on legal procedure and whether the previous appeal court properly justified its sentence.
The court has three choices: convict Berlusconi, acquit him or send the case back to the appeal court because of legal errors. It could also postpone a decision, probably until September - a move advocated by moderate politicians who want to avoid a summer crisis.
Even if Berlusconi is found guilty, his ban from public office depends on a vote by his peers in the Senate which could take weeks or months.
The scandal-plagued mogul is also appealing against a seven- year jail term handed down in June for abuse of office and paying for sex with Moroccan-born nightclub dancer Karima El Mahroug alias "Ruby the Heartstealer" when she was underage.
(Additional reporting by Catherine Hornby and James Mackenzie; Editing by Robin Pomeroy)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/berlusconi-faces-verdict-could-endanger-italian-government-233240702.html
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Meilutyte, other teens doing just fine at worlds
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) ? For Ruta Meilutyte, a gold medal would merely be a bonus.
She's already grabbed what she came for at these world swimming championships.
A breakout star at last year's London Olympics, the 16-year-old from Lithuania set the first world record of the meet Monday night ? in the semifinals of the 100-meter breaststroke, no less.
Meilutyte will be an overwhelming favorite in the final Tuesday, but she considers the record a bigger accomplishment than a world championship. She nearly broke the mark during the morning preliminaries, then returned in the evening to go even faster.
The youngster touched in 1 minute, 4.35 seconds, beating the record set by American Jessica Hardy in 2009 at the end of the rubberized suit era.
"My biggest aim is accomplished now and I'll give it my best shot in the final," said Meilutyte, who trains in Britain. "It's one of the steps, one of the dreams. Obviously, a gold medal would be a cherry on top."
The kids are doing all right at these worlds, that's for sure.
Eighteen-year-old Missy Franklin cruised into the final of the 100 backstroke as the top qualifier, despite a tough start in the semifinals when her right leg slipped while pushing off the wall. Another young American, 16-year-old Katie Ledecky, followed up her gold medal in the 400 freestyle by easily qualifying for the 1,500 free final.
"It's so incredible to see the youth that the sport has and that it will continue to have," Franklin said. "It's so awesome watching it and kind of being a part of this whole experience as it's happening."
There were no American golds on the second night of swimming at the Palau Sant Jordi.
Christian Sprenger made sure the Australian men won't endure another gold-medal shutout like the one in London, edging South African world-record holder Cameron van der Burgh in the men's 100 breast.
"To finally have the Australian anthem played for me, it's an extraordinary feeling, and after a swim I couldn't be prouder of," Sprenger said. "Our team had some setbacks last year, but we came through stronger. We are going to be back and going to be stronger."
Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom knocked off another world-record holder, Dana Vollmer of the U.S., in the 100 butterfly. For Sjostrom, the victory came four years after she won the same event at the world championships in Rome, which was followed by the bitter disappointment of fourth-place finishes at both the 2011 worlds and the Olympics.
"It's hard to believe because my confidence hasn't been that good after lots of fourth places," she said. "Now I am so happy. My confidence is so much better now. I know I can swim so much faster."
Vollmer, who took an extended break after the Olympics and came into the event battling an illness, settled for the bronze with a time more than a second off her gold-medal performance in London.
"The goal is to always try and win, but with where I am right now I am really happy with the bronze," Vollmer said. "I needed the fall off to recharge looking to 2016. It is disappointing now, but it lights that fire to get back in the pool and keep working hard for Rio."
Hungary's Katinka Hosszu ran away with a dominating win in the women's 200 individual medley, with Ye Shiwen among those in her wake. The 17-year-old from China, another of the young stars at the last Olympics, was last at the final turn and settled for fourth ? not even making the medal podium in Barcelona.
Ye swept the IMs in London, setting a world record in the 400.
"That was slower than expected but I did everything I could," she said through a translator. "After the Olympics I couldn't sleep, so I couldn't prepare like I had done before. I'm five kilograms heavier than I was at the Olympics. I need to go back and train harder and hopefully I'll do better next time. I was happy with my butterfly but nothing else."
Hosszu made it look easy, leading at every stroke change and cruising to the wall nearly 1.5 seconds ahead of the field.
"That was kind of my plan to go out and be aggressive from the beginning," she said. "I saw nobody was coming, so I just wanted to touch the wall and start celebrating."
Hosszu finished nearly 7 seconds behind Ye in the 200 IM at London, and just missed a medal with a fourth-place finish in the 400 IM.
This time, it was Ye coming over to shake hands with the winner.
"I was really surprised," Hosszu said. "I wasn't sure of the order after me. It was only later I saw she wasn't on the podium. I am sure she will be back on the podium. She is a great swimmer."
Longtime Brazilian star Cesar Cielo took gold in the 50 fly ? a non-Olympic event ? with Eugene Godsoe of the U.S. grabbing the silver.
But Meilutyte was the star of the night without even winning a medal.
She just keeps getting better after upsetting American Rebecca Soni for the Olympic gold in the 100 breast last summer. With Soni taking the year off, there's no doubt that Meilutyte is the new queen of the breaststroke ? at the moment and perhaps years to come.
"It's a new breed of swimmer coming up," van der Burgh said. "The 100 has become more of a sprint than it was before. If you are too slow than you can never catch up, and I think that's the big change."
Australia's Alicia Coutts didn't win gold but deserved a shout-out for pulling off a grueling double. She finished second in both the 100 fly and 200 IM, one night after anchoring the Aussies to silver in the 400 free relay.
Coutts was in tears after getting caught by American Megan Romano in the relay, feeling she let her team down, but the Aussie is piling up quite a medal haul in Barcelona.
The home crowd got a thrill when Mireia Belmonte of Spain won bronze in the 200 IM.
Meanwhile, Ryan Lochte put himself in position to take a run at his first individual gold of these championships. He was the second-fastest qualifier in the semifinals of the 200 free behind Russia's Danila Izotov.
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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/meilutyte-other-teens-doing-just-fine-worlds-190636193.html
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Chromecast rooted, operating system detailed
The operating system looks to be a special blend of Google Chrome and Android; more work to be done.
If anyone had any doubts, put them to rest because the Chromecast has been rooted. We're not surprised at this -- any device that runs an OS that accepts input will get exploited eventually -- but what the GTV Hacker crew found inside is a bit more intriguing.
Google says the Chromecast runs ChromeOS, and when you power it up it says Chrome big as life, but the folks at GTV Hacker say that's not really so. After digging into the software a little (rooting gives you access via telnet) they say what's there is closer to Android or Google TV than it is to Chrome. There are no methods to run any apps on the system, but they don't rule out the possibility of a real Android port to the $35 dongle.
If you have a powered USB OTG cable and a flash drive you can erase, you can give this a try yourself. The process seems trivial, though there's nothing you can do with it once you're finished other than look at the system files. For some of us though, that's reason enough. Let's hope content companies aren't scared off of the whole Google Cast concept now.
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Monday, July 29, 2013
CU-Boulder hosts international animal behavior meeting
The mental exercise of learning something new may help calm a dog with behavior issues, while other dogs have proven the best way to help dogs rescued from puppy mills learn how to interact with humans.
Those were a couple of the many animal behavior tidbits shared at the 50th annual meeting of the international Animal Behavior Society convened today at the University of Colorado. The conference, which goes through Friday, includes lectures, scientific demonstrations and a film festival.
?Sometimes, I think the main reason (dogs) interact with (researchers) is because we're good at giving scratches,? said Julie Hecht, who researches canine cognition.
More than 800 scientists and students from the Americas and Europe are expected to attend the conference. The meeting will include more than 100 scientific presentations by Animal Behavior Society members on the behavior of organisms ranging from spiders, ants and bees to bluebirds, dolphins and baboons.
The conference kicked off today with a series of public lectures by animal behaviorists titled: ?Creating Quality Lives for Dogs and Cats through the Science of Animal Behavior.?
?Scientists have a responsibility to share their results with the public,? said Suzanne Hetts, one of the organizers of the public series. ?Our goal was to bring the science of pet behavior to pet owners and animal professionals.?
Sharon Wirant, one of about 50 certified applied animal behaviorists in the country and a conference attendee from New Hampshire, said misconceptions about animal behavior are rampant.
?It's encouraging people to look at animals as the species that they are and as individuals,? she said. ?Just like people who are siblings, every animal is different.?
The talks covered communicating with animals, helping dogs and cats get along, animals at play, canine cognition research and working with animal victims of human cruelty.
Animal behavior specialist Pamela Reid talked about the ASPCA's programs to help animals who are seized from puppy mills, from hoarders and from people who train dogs to fight. The organization recently started a six-week rehabilitation program to try to help animals who score the lowest on their evaluations, making them the ineligible for adoption.
Trainers work on fear of people, fear of handling, fear of novelty and willingness to wear a collar and walk on a leash.
She showed videos of dogs from puppy mills being evaluated who were too scared of people to eat treats, along with videos of dogs trained to fight who were good with people but viciously attacked a stuffed dog used to test aggression toward animals.
She also talked about the rehabilitation of a ?fighting? dog named Dragon, who was aggressive toward males but ?flirty? with females. With the help of the Longmont Humane Society, she said, he stopped being aggressive toward other dogs and eventually learned how to play with them instead.
?This was a huge breakthrough to see him play with other dogs,? she said.
After his rehabilitation, he was adopted by a family two years ago.
For dogs from puppy mills, who were never socialized, using a second ?helper? dog has proven the best way to help them ?come out of their shell? and learn to walk on a leash, go up and down stairs and not be afraid of new objects, she said.
?They start out needing that crutch of the helper dogs before they're able to do it on their own,? she said.
Ann Jones, who owns a pet sitting business in Fort Collins, said she attended to learn more about animal behavior ? both to better work with the animals in her care and to provide advice to clients who need help with an issue.
"It was excellent,? she said. ?I was always learning something new.?
Denver's Daniela Wohlwend, a self described ?dog geek,? said she's read articles and books written by the presenters and wanted to hear from them in person.
?I've get a big list of more books to read,? she said. ?It was great. I've learned a lot.?
For more information, on the public events, go here.
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Schumaker's HR off Arroyo helps Dodgers beat Reds
LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Skip Schumaker's first career home run at Dodger Stadium couldn't have come at a more opportune time, especially now that he's playing for the home team.
Schumaker hit a tiebreaking two-run shot off longtime NL West rival Bronson Arroyo while filling in for the ailing Carl Crawford, Hyun-Jin Ryu gave up two hits over seven innings and retired his last 13 batters, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Cincinnati Reds 4-1 Saturday night.
"I grew up in L.A. going to Dodger games, so I've always thought about hitting a home run in Dodger Stadium ? and actually doing it is pretty incredible," Schumaker said. "It's kind of a surreal feeling. I get lucky every now and then. Every 200 at-bats or so, I run into one."
Ryu (9-3) had nine strikeouts, all in a span of 13 batters. The first came against Joey Votto, who took a called third strike after Chris Heisey hit his first triple of the season with two out in the third. Cincinnati's run came on a homer by Jay Bruce in the second.
The Dodgers increased their NL West lead to 1 1/2 games over Arizona.
Ryu faced South Korean countryman Shin-Soo Choo for the first time in the major leagues. The Reds' center fielder walked, grounded out to first base and struck out.
"I'm sure Choo was on his mind," catcher A.J. Ellis said. "I mean, it's a big deal. Choo is one of his best friends and one of his baseball idols. So with him facing him in America in an atmosphere like this, and also playing in front of a huge TV audience back in Korea, it's pretty neat to know you're a part of that. It was really cool to see those guys match up. You could hear the crowd on every pitch and every swing."
Kenley Jansen got the last three outs for his 14th save.
Crawford, who singled his first three times up in the Dodgers' 2-1 victory Friday night and then made a brief visit to an emergency room on Saturday to get checked on for a high temperature and fever, was held out of the lineup. Manager Don Mattingly replaced him with Schumaker, who came in with more plate appearances (53) and hits (18) against Reds starter Bronson Arroyo than anyone else on Los Angeles' roster.
"It's a good feeling when you have a situation like today where Carl wasn't able to play and Skip can step in and be a more than capable guy," Dodgers first baseman Adrian Gonzalez said. "He's a great veteran who battles every at-bat. That's what this team is built upon ? experience on the bench, experience on the field. And hopefully we'll take that all the way through."
Schumaker came through in the fifth, driving Arroyo's 1-0 pitch to center field for his second home run of the season and a 3-1 Dodgers lead after a leadoff single by Mark Ellis.
"If you look at the numbers, it says I have some hits off him. But a lot of those were bloop hits, lucky hits, and not too many were squared up," said Schumaker, who also doubled in the seventh inning and scored the Dodgers' fourth run on a two-out single by Gonzalez.
It was the 300th home run given up Arroyo (9-8), including a career-high and major league-worst 46 in 2011. The 14-year veteran right-hander was charged with three runs and eight hits in 5 1-3 innings, after going 4-0 with a 2.30 ERA in his previous six starts against Los Angeles. He was coming off a complete-game 11-0 victory at San Francisco on Monday.
The Dodgers got a run in the first on a two-out double by Hanley Ramirez after Yasiel Puig walked, advanced on a flyout and stole third without a throw. But the Reds tied it in the second when Bruce drove Ryu's 2-0 pitch into the right field pavilion for his 22nd home run. Since the start of the 2010 season, Bruce leads all left-handed batters with 42 homer against lefty pitchers ? including eight this season.
"I think it's helped him being around Joey Votto, and seeing how Joey hits lefties," manager Dusty Baker said. "Most guys, I think, have trouble with lefties because they don't see them (enough). I mean, it's hard enough to find a right-handed batting practice pitcher that can throw strikes ? and it's almost impossible to find a lefty to do it. But we've got two of them ? Mark Berry and Ronnie Ortegon. And we always travel with one, so I think that helps a lot.
"That's something that Barry Bonds always did in San Francisco," added Baker, who watched Bonds homer 125 times against lefties during the 10 seasons he managed baseball's career home run leader. "We always had a left-hander throwing to Barry in batting practice. So I took a page out of Barry's book, and I'd like to give Barry credit for that."
Bruce, the Reds' right fielder, also threw out Puig at first base in the fifth after the overaggressive rookie made a wide turn on his single toward the line. The play immediately followed Schumaker's homer. It was the hustle by catcher Devin Mesoraco that made it possible, because he ran up the line and took the throw.
In Thursday night's series opener, Puig made a similar wide turn around first on a single to center and ended up at third base after Choo threw the ball past first baseman Votto and the ball ended up in the stands for a two-base error.
NOTES: Ryu is 5-1 with a 1.83 ERA in 10 home starts. The Dodgers have won each of his last six outings, including three no-decisions. ... Arroyo has given up a franchise-record 238 home runs since joining the Reds in a March 2006 trade from Boston for Wily Mo Pena. ... Reds RHP Jonathan Broxton, on the disabled list since June 15 with an elbow strain, threw 20 pitches during early batting practice. Baker was noncommittal when asked about the best-case scenario for the former Dodger closer's return. ... Los Angeles pitching coach Rick Honeycutt rejoined the club after missing four games because of the death of his mother-in-law. ... Votto's consecutive game on-base streak ended at 38 after he went 0 for 3. That left Ramirez with the longest active streak in the majors at 35.
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Sunday, July 28, 2013
Tough Copyright Laws Chill Innovation, Tech Companies Warn ...
Tough Copyright Laws Chill Innovation, Tech Companies Warn Lawmakers
In a brief submitted to the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet, the tech industry warns that tougher copyright legislation may stifle innovation. The CCIA, which includes Google, Facebook and Microsoft as members, further points out that the devastating piracy numbers reported by the copyright industry often lack objectivity, and sometimes deserve the label ?fiction.?
Both sides often stress their interdependence, but also their differences in opinion. A new letter sent to lawmakers by the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) is an example of the latter.
On Thursday the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet organized a hearing on the role of copyright as a driver of innovation in the United States.
For copyright holders this was a good opportunity to remind lawmakers why they need strong copyright protections. On the other side, however, other voices tried to balance the debate by arguing that more copyright protections are no guarantee of more innovation.
The CCIA, which includes members such as Google, Microsoft and Facebook, submitted a statement debunking what they see as copyright industry propaganda. The tech industry association explains that tougher copyright can actually hinder innovation.
?Arguments that ever stronger regulation incentivizes innovation overlook the ways in which excessive protection can inhibit innovation,? the CCIA writes.
?Every year that a work is covered by a copyright is a year that subsequent users cannot build on that work. While incremental protection may provide additional reward to the author, society pays for this reward by being deprived of follow-on use, while the author and his or her heirs accumulate profits.?
?For this reason, protection exceeding the amount necessary to incentivize innovation represents a dead weight loss to the economy?
The tech companies provide many examples of how more enforcement can be detrimental to innovation. In addition, they stress that under current copyright law this is already taking place. Among other things, CCIA mentions that with statutory damages of up to $150,000 per copyright infringement, copyright holders can put enormous legal pressure on small tech companies.
?The threat of enormous damages encourages rights-holders to assert aggressive theories in the hope of coercing quick settlements, and also causes technology companies to withhold new products and services from the market. Effort to quantify the amount of innovation caused by IP must also account for the amount of innovation inhibited by remedies of this nature.?
The tech companies further note that copyright trolls are abusing high statutory damages to force individuals into paying settlements, such as in the numerous mass-BitTorrent piracy lawsuits that are currently ongoing.
?The feature of the copyright system that most incentivizes aggressive litigation postures, encourages trolls, and thereby chills innovation, is the availability of statutory damages in copyright infringement cases. Under [copyright law], a plaintiff can obtain up to $30,000 in damages for each work infringed, regardless of the actual injury it suffered.?
Finally, the tech companies say that the copyright lobby often uses subjective statistics to back up their requests for tougher copyright laws.
?For years, advocacy for stricter copyright has relied on rights-holder supplied data, some of which has been openly questioned by governments and intergovernmental organizations,? CCIA writes in its letter.
Among other examples they cite the Government Accountability Office report which found that there is no solid evidence that piracy leads to massive losses. The tech companies also cite several journalistic investigations, some of which describe the industry-funded reports as ?fiction.?
?Media investigations into the source of such industry-driven statistics have found little or no basis for these numbers, dismissing them as ?fiction.? Objective analyses indicate that rights-holder-funded research has drastically overestimated counterfeiting and copyright infringement costs,? CCIA writes.
The above are just a few highlights of the letter, which is available in full below. The document makes it crystal clear that on some topics the tech and copyright industry have certainly not settled their differences.
This makes Government plans to realign copyright law with the present times a tough project. Both sides are expected to crank up lobbying machines to make sure that their voices are heard.
CCIA?s statement
Source: http://torrentfreak.com/tough-copyright-laws-chill-innovation-tech-companies-warn-lawmakers-130727/
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Researchers Reveal How Great White Sharks Store Energy
New findings provide novel insights into the biology of these ocean predators.
Written by Rob JordanGreat white sharks are not exactly known as picky eaters, so it might seem obvious that these voracious predators would dine often and well on their migrations across the Pacific Ocean. But not so, according to new research by scientists at Stanford University and the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
The researchers' findings, published July 17 in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, reveal previously unknown details of how great white sharks power themselves and stay buoyant on non-stop trips of more than 2,500 miles. The discoveries have potentially broad implications for conservation and management of coastal waters.
"We have a glimpse now of how white sharks come in from nutrient-poor areas offshore, feed where elephant seal populations are expanding ? much like going to an Outback Steakhouse ? and store the energy in their livers so they can move offshore again," said researcher Barbara Block, a professor of marine sciences and a senior fellow at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment. "It helps us understand how important their near-shore habitats are as fueling stations for their entire life history."
Just as bears put on fat to keep them going through long months of hibernation, ocean-going mammals such as whales and sea lions build up blubber to burn on their long migrations. Until now, little was known about how sharks, which carry fat in their massive livers rather than external blubber, make similar voyages.
In a study initiated by a summer project of Stanford undergraduate student Gen Del Raye, researchers first looked at a well-fed juvenile great white shark at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. They documented over time a steady increase in buoyancy as the shark's body mass increased, presumably due to the addition of stored oils in its liver.
The researchers then turned to detailed data records from electronically tagged white sharks free-swimming in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Using these data, which include location, depth and water temperature, the scientists identified periods of "drift diving," a common behavior of marine animals in which they passively descend while momentum carries them forward like underwater hang gliders.
By measuring the rate at which sharks sink during drift dives, the researchers were able to estimate the amount of oil in the animals' livers, which accounts for up to a quarter of their body weight. A quicker descent meant less oil was present to provide buoyancy. A slower descent equated with more oil.
"Sharks face an interesting dilemma," said Sal Jorgensen, a research scientist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. "They carry a huge store of energy in the form of oil in their massive livers, but they also depend on that volume of oil for buoyancy. So, if they draw on those reserves, they become heavier and heavier."
Buoyancy consistently decreased over the course of each studied shark's migration, indicating a gradual but steady depletion of oil in the liver. In other words, they were primarily running on energy stored up before they embarked on their journeys.
"The most difficult thing about this research was finding a way to bring all of the different sources of data together into a coherent and robust story," said Del Raye.
Part of that story is the importance of calorie-stocked coastal feeding grounds, not just for mammals such as whales, but also for sharks readying for long-distance migrations. Could the same be true for other ocean animals such as sea turtles and a variety of fish? The study may help answer that question too through a novel technological approach that can be applied to ongoing studies of other large marine animals.
Rob Jordan is the communications writer for the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment.?
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Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Futures up as US earnings season ramps up
NEW YORK (AP) ? Stock futures rose Monday as the corporate earnings season kicked into high gear and the government reported that retail sales increased last month.
Citigroup easily topped most expectations for the second quarter and its shares rose 2 percent before the opening bell.
Dow Jones industrial futures rose 37 points to 15,406. S&P futures added 3.9 points to 1,674.20. Nasdaq futures rose 6.75 points to 3,068.75.
While retail sales are up, much of that increase was driven by higher gas prices and volatile auto sales. Core retail sales rose just 0.15 percent, the weakest showing since January.
The report from the Commerce Department showed some weakness at retail stores, particularly department stores.
The government report is the first look each month at the mood of consumers, who have proven surprisingly resilient given higher taxes and a stubbornly high unemployment rate.
Markets are still being buoyed by comments from the chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve last week. Chairman Ben Bernanke said the government remains committed to stimulus efforts and would not ease up on a bond-buying program that has infused global markets with cash.
Bernanke begins two days of testimony on Capitol Hill Wednesday, one of two addresses the Fed provides to Congress regarding monetary policy.
Earnings reports on tap this week include Coca-Cola, Goldman Sachs, Johnson & Johnson, Bank of America, Google and Microsoft. General Electric caps off the week Friday.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/futures-us-earnings-season-ramps-114902176.html
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Wednesday, July 10, 2013
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