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Wednesday, May 15, 2013
40 years later, plan for Skylab II takes shape
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The original Skylab space station (left) launched atop a Saturn V moon rocket. Skylab II (right) would blast off atop NASA's Space Launch System.
By Mike Wall
Space.com
Four decades after the United States' first space station roared into orbit, a second version of the groundbreaking craft may be on the horizon.
NASA launched the Skylab space station?40 years ago Tuesday, turning the modified third stage of a Saturn V moon rocket into Amerca's first off-Earth astronaut abode. Now, a team of researchers inspired by this recycling ethos has proposed transforming part of another rocket into "Skylab II," which could become the nation's first-ever manned outpost in deep space.
"This one is a big look backwards ? 40 years, in fact," said Brand Griffin, an engineer with Gray Research Inc., who works with the Advanced Concepts Office at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.?[Skylab: The First U.S. Space Station (Photos)]
From Saturn V to the SLS
The original Skylab supported three manned missions in 1973 and 1974, during which three-astronaut crews lived aboard the station for 28, 59 and 84 days, respectively. The 85-ton station continued orbiting Earth until 1979, when it re-entered the planet's atmosphere and famously rained debris down on a stretch of Western Australia.
Nobody was hurt, but the Australian town of Esperance charged NASA $400 for littering. The fine went unpaid until 2009, when California radio DJ Scott Barley took care of it after collecting donations from his listeners.
NASA / MSFC artist concept, Brand Griffin, Advanced Concepts Office
The Skylab II deep-space habitat would be made from the Space Launch System's upper-stage hydrogen tank.
Like the first Skylab, the proposed Skylab II would be built from a piece of a giant NASA rocket ? in this case, the Space Launch System?(SLS), which the agency is developing to blast astronauts toward asteroids, Mars and other destinations in deep space.
Skylab II?would make use of the SLS' upper-stage hydrogen propellant tank, which Griffin said would provide an internal volume of 17,481 cubic feet (495 cubic m) ? roughly equivalent to a two-story house, and significantly more than the original Skylab's 12,713 cubic feet (360 cubic m).
Skylab II could accommodate a crew of four comfortably, and it could carry enough food and gear to last for several years at a time without the need of a resupply mission, Griffin said.
While outfitting the propellant tank as a space station would require some tinkering, its bones are solid and flight-ready, he added.
"It's designed to take all of the launch loads, so no rework needs to be done structurally for this to be able to fly," Griffin said in March during a presentation with NASA's Future In-Space Operations working group.
The first deep-space station?
Griffin and other Skylab II proponents envision placing Skylab II at the Earth-moon Lagrange point 2, a gravitationally stable location beyond the moon's far side.
A manned outpost at EM-L2?would give humanity its first toehold in deep space and build momentum for manned pushes even farther out into the solar system, advocates say.
Such a project may seem optimistic in today's tough fiscal environment, when NASA and other government agencies are seeing their budgets squeezed. But Skylab II would be a cost-effective way to make it happen, Griffin said, by taking advantage of existing infrastructure ? just like its namesake did four decades ago.
Skylab "was a project embedded under the Apollo program," Griffin said. "In many ways, this could follow that same pattern. It could be a project embedded under SLS and be able to, ideally, not incur some of the costs of program startup."
Follow Mike Wall on Twitter?@michaeldwall?and?Google+.?Follow us @Spacedotcom, Facebook?or Google+. Originally published on Space.com.
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Tweak your snapshots with PicShop HD, free for a limited time on iPhone and iPad
Everyone has their favorite photo editing app on their iOS device, but thanks to esDot Development Studio you can now try another. PicShop HD for iPhone and iPad is now free to download from the App Store for a limited time. PicShop HD supports images up to 8MP in resolution, perfect for your iPhone 5.
PicShop HD combines more traditional photo editing techniques such as cropping, straightening, and adjusting brightness and contrast, with filters, frames, and even drawing effects and memes should you so wish. There's enough tools on board to have a serious play around with your snapshots, which you can load directly from the Camera Roll, take a new shot and use that, or even import your photos from Facebook to tinker with.
Once you're done editing, you get a choice of size to save the image at, or direct sharing to Twitter, Email or Facebook. The UI is well designed and straight forward to use, if a little un-interesting to look at. But it has it where it counts, and is well worth a look while it's on special. Let us know how you find it, and how it compares to your own favorite photo editing apps.
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As Canada takes Arctic Council helm, experts stress north's vulnerability to spills, emergencies
May 13, 2013 ? As leadership of the Arctic Council passes from Sweden to Canada May 15, experts say it is crucial that northern nations strengthen response capabilities to shipping-related accidents foreseen in newly-opened northern waters, as well as to more-common local emergencies such as floods, forest fires and rescue situations.
And Canada needs to lead by example. Despite having the world's longest Arctic coastline and second-largest territory in the region, its far northern marine and aviation infrastructure badly lags by international comparison, according to experts with the Munk-Gordon Arctic Security Program, an initiative of the Canada Centre for Global Security Studies at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto and the Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation.
Northern emergency flight rescue operations today originate from the Royal Canadian Air Force base in the southern Ontario city of Trenton and involve at least eight hours of flying. The Canadian Coast Guard aims to respond to requests for icebreaking services within 10 hours. However, weather and distance often result in response times measured in days.
By contrast, Russia is building 10 search and rescue stations along its Northern Sea Route, expected to open in 2015.
The Arctic Council ministerial meeting this week is hosted by the outgoing chair, Sweden, in that country's northernmost city, Kiruna.
The anticipated 300 delegates -- perhaps the largest in Arctic Council history -- include noted Canadian historian John English, author of a forthcoming book -- Ice and Water: Power, Peoples and the Arctic Council -- and a senior member of the Munk-Gordon Arctic Security Program team. Says Dr. English: "Chairing the Arctic Council represents a real opportunity for Canada to show leadership in a region whose importance to global affairs is rapidly increasing."
In Kiruna, specific initiatives and goals of the Canadian chairmanship will be articulated. Minister Leona Aglukkaq has detailed Canada's main priorities in the chair as "development for the people of the North," supporting this with sub-themes of sustainable Arctic communities, responsible resource extraction, and safe Arctic shipping.
"Underpinning all of the Arctic Council's work must be a commitment to the full involvement of Permanent Participants from indigenous communities," says Thomas Axworthy, President and CEO of the Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation. "In that regard, as it moves forward on its priority of safe shipping, Canada should heed the voices of those living in the north who know first-hand the realities of Arctic emergency response."
In a May 2012 report, the Munk-Gordon Arctic Security Program said: "A proudly northern nation, Canada is the second largest Arctic state. Half of the country's land mass lies in the Arctic and sub-Arctic. It has a 162,000-km Arctic coast line, but is the only Arctic nation without a deep water port."
The report recommended Canada "make the necessary strategic investments in Canadian Arctic air and marine infrastructure to enable Canada to effectively implement the Arctic Council negotiated accord on search and rescue" and be prepared to fulfil its international agreement obligations.
The "Agreement on Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue" negotiated under Arctic Council auspices and signed in 2011, clearly defines the territory for which a nation is the primary responder, with responses augmented as required by other Arctic states.
Local community members are often the frontline of response to emergencies in remote Arctic communities, says Sara French, Director of the Munk-Gordon Arctic Security Program which, early next year, will host a major meeting on northern security issues, partnering with several international organizations sharing common concerns.
A 2010 survey conducted for the Program showed about 90 per cent of northern respondents deemed of top importance (a four or five out of five) national capacity to respond to disasters, such as major northern oil spills, emergency search and rescue teams and equipment, and basic public infrastructure.
When asked if Canada is well equipped to respond to emergencies, including search and rescue teams and equipment, only 40 per cent of northerners agreed. Just 11 per cent thought there was sufficient capacity to respond to disasters, such as a major spill. Investing in infrastructure was virtually tied with better healthcare as an investment priority among Canadians in the Far North (65 per cent vs. 66 per cent respectively).
As stated in the Program report Canada as an Arctic Power:"For northern Canadians, fatal aircraft accidents in Resolute and Yellowknife, and the deadly fire on-board a Norwegian cruise ship -- all in the fall of 2011- further highlighted the need to develop effective emergency management systems in the Arctic that are matched by adequate assets to carry them out."
An Institute of the North survey in Alaska found similar thoughts about Northern priorities among residents of that state, with "capacity to respond to disasters, such as major oil spills" in first place; "capacity to respond to emergencies, including search and rescue teams and equipment" in third place; and "basic infrastructure, like roads, hospitals, libraries, schools and water treatment facilities" in fourth.
Meanwhile, a Munk-Gordon Arctic Security Program background brief, "Interests and Roles of Non-Arctic States in the Arctic," based on a 2011 meeting held in conjunction with Canadian International Council, showed many Asian interests relate to shipping.
It is not yet known how many, if any, new non-Arctic countries will be accorded Arctic Council observer status. Their role in shaping Arctic governance is already being felt at the International Maritime Organization, however, which is negotiating a voluntary Polar Code for Arctic shipping. At the talks, Canada articulated a strong stance on pollution-related issues.
Top recommendations offered by the Munk-Gordon Arctic Security Program to the Canadian government as it takes the chair of the Arctic Council:
- Propose a new funding mechanism to enable Permanent Participants to fully participate in all of the working groups of the Arctic Council.
- Support the Permanent Participants in co-operation with the Arctic Council member states to jointly review the role of the Indigenous Peoples Secretariat (IPS) following the creation of the Permanent Secretariat of the Arctic Council in Troms?, Norway.
- Make the necessary strategic investments in Canadian Arctic air and marine infrastructure to enable Canada to effectively implement the Arctic Council negotiated accord on search and rescue.
- Encourage the Arctic Council to recognize the special role for regional, state, and territorial governments in Arctic governance and particularly in the Arctic Council.
- Encourage the Arctic Council Secretariat to create plain-language summaries of its studies and activities so that the information is accessible to interested citizens.
- Propose that any candidate for Arctic Council Observer status must publicly declare its respect for the sovereignty of Arctic states and the rights of Arctic indigenous peoples.
Fund the Canadian Polar Commission to a level equivalent to counterpart institutions in other Arctic states.
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ABC to start streaming live programming to mobile devices this week ...
Covered by the New York Times?yesterday, Walt Disney?s ABC will start testing a new mobile application called ?Watch ABC? that allows premium TV subscribers to watch a live stream of the network?s content on devices like smartphones and tablets. Launching first in New York and?Philadelphia on May 14, ABC management will continue to roll out access to the?application?in Chicago,?Houston,?San Francisco,?Los Angeles, Fresno and?Raleigh-Durham?this summer. The network is also currently in negotiations to launch the application with affiliates?around?the nation.?Hearst Television is the first major affiliate to sign a deal for streaming access and plans to launch in Boston and?Pittsburgh?in the near future.
Further Android support will roll out later this summer with an app designed for Samsung?Galaxy?devices. Users will also be able to access the live stream on ABC.com using a desktop computer or laptop.?As a promotional tool, ABC will also offer a free preview of the application to all New York and?Philadelphia residents?through June 2013.?
Rather than displaying identical advertisements, the Watch ABC application will insert advertisements?specifically?developed for Web and mobile users. When asked about the ad alterations, ABC?vice president for digital media?Albert Cheng said ?What you see here is the same live programming, but what we are doing during the commercial break is actually inserting new ads into the stream.?
It?s unclear if ABC plans to offer a premium subscription price to anyone that doesn?t currently subscribe to a?premium TV service. However, it?s extremely likely that this platform is designed to combat?Aereo; the service that streams high definition network content from antennas to subscribers over the Web.?Obviously?unhappy with another company making money on these feeds, it?s likely that more networks will follow ABC?s lead ?in providing a platform to access live content over the Web and on mobile devices.?
While ABC is pushing?aggressively?to launch the Watch ABC app in all markets before the start of the Fall 2013 television season, the network will face a variety of hurdles with local affiliates. Affiliates will likely push for more local content included in the streaming feed in addition to advertisements that are relevant to the same local community. In addition, local stations broadcast syndicated programming, but likely don?t have the rights to display that content on the Web. Assuming it?s prohibited, the Web stream would likely have to?default?back to the national feed. ?
Source: http://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/abc-to-start-live-streaming-network-programming-this-week/
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Jury hung on two counts in Philadelphia abortion trial
By Dave Warner
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A Philadelphia jury in its 10th day of deliberations told the judge on Monday that it was hung on two counts in the murder trial of a doctor accused of killing babies and a patient during late-term abortions at a clinic that served low-income women.
Dr. Kermit Gosnell, 72, who ran the now-closed Women's Medical Society Clinic, may face the death penalty if the jury in Common Pleas Court in Philadelphia convicts him.
The seven-woman, five-man jury, after taking the weekend off, resumed deliberations at about 8:30 a.m. and sent out a handwritten note about 90 minutes later.
Judge Jeffrey Minehart read out the note, which said the jury was hung on two counts, but sent the panel back for further deliberations.
"It's a difficult case," he told the jurors.
Gosnell is charged with four counts of first-degree murder for delivering live babies during late-term abortions and then deliberately severing their spinal cords, prosecutors said.
He also faces charges that he performed 24 abortions after 24 weeks. It is legal in Pennsylvania to abort a fetus up to 24 weeks into a pregnancy.
In addition, he faces charges of conspiracy and more than 200 counts of violating the state's informed consent law, which mandates a 24-hour waiting period for an abortion.
The jury heard five weeks of testimony and has been deliberating since April 30.
Gosnell's defense says there is no evidence the babies were alive after they were aborted.
Testimony depicted a filthy clinic, serving mostly low-income women in a largely black community.
Gosnell is also charged with murdering Karnamaya Mongar, 41, of Virginia, who died from a drug overdose after going to him for an abortion, prosecutors said.
Gosnell has been in jail since his January 2011 arrest.
Eight other defendants have pleaded guilty to a variety of charges and are awaiting sentencing. They include Gosnell's wife, Pearl, a cosmetologist who helped perform abortions.
(Editing by Ellen Wulfhorst; Editing by Lisa Von Ahn and Sofina Mirza-Reid)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/jury-deliberates-10th-day-philadelphia-abortion-doctor-trial-141926489.html
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