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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Gigantic Radio Telescope to Search for First Stars and Galaxies (SPACE.com)
More than 20,000 radio antennas will soon connect over the Internet to scan largely unexplored radio frequencies, hunting for the first stars and galaxies and potentially signals of extraterrestrial intelligence.
The Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) will consist of banks of antennas in 48 stations in the Netherlands and elsewhere in Europe, all hooked up by fiber optic cables. Signals from these stations will be combined using a supercomputer, transforming the array into "perhaps the most complex and versatile radio telescope ever attempted," said Heino Falcke, chairman of the board for the International LOFAR Telescope.
Currently 16,000 of LOFAR's antennas and 41 of its stations are up, and the array will be completed by the middle of this year. All told, LOFAR will have a resolution equivalent to a telescope 620 miles (1,000 kilometers) in diameter. In addition, "it's an expandable design ? we can always come along later and add additional stations," said Michael Wise at ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy.
Since LOFAR is so large, it can scan large parts of the heavens ? its first all-sky survey, which started Jan. 9, can sweep across "the entire northern sky twice in just 45 days," said George Heald of ASTRON.
LOFAR is also very fast, capable of measuring events only five-billionths of a second long. In addition, the fact that LOFAR is essentially many different radio telescopes knit together means it can run, say, three different science projects simultaneously, Wise said.
The array is designed to monitor low-frequency radio waves, a largely unexplored part of radiation from the sky. One critical source of these radio emissions are extremely feeble signals from the cold hydrogen gas that dominated the cosmos during the so-called dark ages of the universe. As stars eventually came into being, they would have left scars on this hydrogen, and by analyzing how the radio signals from this gas changed over time, scientists can therefore learn much about how the first galaxies came to be. ?[Infographic Tour: History & Structure of the Universe]
"This is a pivotal phase in the early evolution of the universe, stretching from 400 million to 800 million years after the Big Bang," said Ger de Bruyn of ASTRON. "We'd like to know when exactly it happened, how it happened, how fast it happened."
LOFAR will also scan for artificial radio emissions as part of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI). Past SETI missions focused on higher frequency radio waves, but perhaps alien civilizations preferred lower frequencies.
"LOFAR can do interesting SETI experiments," Falcke told SPACE.com. "In the next couple of years, we'll be trying it."
Low-frequency radio waves are also emitted around intensely powerful cosmic objects such as black holes, and investigating these could help scientists better understand the inner workings of these ferocious systems. For instance, when it comes to pulsars ? the highly magnetized and rapidly rotating neutron stars that can form after supernovas ? LOFAR can monitor radio emissions from within about 60 miles (100 kilometers) of the pulsar's surface, said Jason Hessels of ASTRON.
LOFAR will open its capabilities to astronomers internationally starting in May. Scientists at LOFAR detailed their work earlier this month at the 219th annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Austin, Texas.
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Thursday, January 26, 2012
Gangaji: Going Inside: Direct Experience Is Like a True Kiss
To inquire into something is to open to it, to meet it, and to discover its meaning -- or lack of meaning -- from the inside of it.
Inquiry is generally recognized to mean investigating, and that definition serves the purpose well. However, in the sense in which I use Inquiry, it is not information that is provided by this investigation, but direct experience. To directly experience anything we first have to leave behind all preconceptions of that thing.
No matter how often we are told about a thing it is only when we experience that thing directly that we truly know it. We know the meaning of heat and pain and fire from the direct experience of coming into contact with fire. We can be taught that it is good to love and holy to show compassion, but those concepts will never have true meaning until they are real -- our direct experience. We know a true kiss or surrender to an embrace when we directly experience them. We may practice or imitate kissing and embracing for some time, just as we may practice or imitate love and compassion before we have the direct experience.
In imitation or mimicry we remember what we should do or feel, and then we think ourselves through the act. "Now I press my lips, now I put my arms around..." In directly experiencing there is no thought. While thought processing is extremely important, in many acts of a day -- giving or following directions, remembering the time of a meeting, checking a grocery list, studying complicated issues as well as the thousands of other sophisticated ways we think -- consciously surrendering to any act or any moment requires the suspension of all thought.
We surrender thought spontaneously in moments of awe or shock. Usually our most prized memories are the moments where we are directly in an experience. Moments of extreme focus and moments of complete open-mindedness are both without thought. In truth, thoughts stop many times within a day, but since our conditioned reference points are located in our thoughts, we generally overlook these moments of pure spaciousness of mind. We "think" ourselves from thought to thought.
To consciously choose to be without thought is the gateway to direct experience. If we are bound to our thinking process for our reference points of reality, we will ask only those questions guaranteed to keep attention on analysis, cause and effect and conceptual evaluation. While recognizing the value and power of thinking we can also recognize the power of actually choosing thought-free, direct experience.
People often fear being without thought as if it were the corollary to ignorance. Understandably, ignorance is feared. There is never a need to deny the harm that ignorance can cause, and use of the term thoughtless usually refers to some action taken without thoughtful consideration. What is overlooked in this corollary is the harm caused by being bound to thoughts. When we are bound to thoughts, our minds are already possessed by what we have been taught, by our latest conclusions, by beliefs of all kinds and by our fear of having no thoughts.
The invitation to inquire into what is present requires that we have no preconception of what that is. Since we have spent most of our lives being taught to accumulate concepts categorizing what we perceive, this invitation is also a challenge. We are ready for this challenge when we recognize that conceptual thinking is limited. We are ready when we want more, and when we realize we aren't finding more in what we already know. This readiness, coupled with the willingness to explore, allows us to face the fear that naturally arises when we no longer rely on knowledge.
If we don't rely on the knowledge we have for our experience of the world and ourselves, what is left? When we don't rely on our naming and defining particular emotions or particular states of mind, what is here?
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This blog is adapted from Hidden Treasure: Uncovering the Truth in Your Life Story, which was published by Penguin Tarcher in 2011. In this life-changing book, Gangaji uses the telling of her own life story to help readers uncover the truth in their own. Publisher's Weekly said, "This gently flowing but often disarming volume invites readers to examine the narratives that shape them, and is a call to pass beyond personal stories to find a deeper, more universal self." In February and March Gangaji will be offereing Retreats in Maui, HI. Visit www.gangaji.org for more information about Gangaji and her upcoming events, including the monthly Webcast / Conference Series, With Gangaji, which is currently undergoing an in-depth study of Hidden Treasure.
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Cyprus police charge ex-ministers in fatal blast
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) ? Cyprus police filed criminal charges against two former Cabinet ministers over last year's explosion of seized Iranian munitions that killed 13 people and touched off a political crisis, a senior police official said Tuesday.
The official said the charges against ex-Foreign Affairs Minister Markos Kyprianou and ex-Defense Minister Costas Papacostas include negligence causing death. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter. Defendants convicted of that charge can be jailed for up to four years.
State-run CyBC television said the two men also face the more serious charge of manslaughter which carries a maximum life sentence.
Both Kyprianou and Papacostas told CyBC that they deny all charges.
Kyprianou said he believed the decision to prosecute him was politically motivated. "I consider it as an attempt to distract public opinion and to find a scapegoat," he said.
Papacostas said he looks forward to setting the record straight in court.
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police official said unidentified charges also have been filed against three senior army officers and three fire department officials regarding the deaths.
Kyprianou and Papacostas resigned after the July 11, 2011, blast, which wrecked the island's main power station and triggered weeks of street protests calling for President Dimitris Christofias' resignation.
A public inquiry into the explosion said he was mainly to blame for the events that led to the explosion. Christofias rejected the inquiry's nonbinding findings.
The munitions packed in some 98 containers were confiscated in February 2009 from a Cypriot-flagged ship suspected of transporting it from Iran to Palestinian militants in Gaza through Syria in breach of a United Nations ban on Iranian arms exports.
The containers had been left piled in an open field inside the base, despite warnings from military officials that the munitions could spontaneously ignite as a result of their exposure to the elements.
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Here's GoDaddy's Super Bowl Commercial [Video]
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
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Kris Humphries Splits from PR Team
Kris Humphries is getting really good at this break up thing.
The New Jersey Nets power forward/E! star has called it quits with Anderson Public Relations, TMZ confirms, following disagreements between the company and the Humphries over how to best promote the latter off the court.
The PR team was especially upset with how Humphries handled an appearance on Good Morning America in December, where he brushed off questions about Kim Kardashian and looked confused about why they were even being asked. He instead talked about baking with his mom.
Kris' relationship with Anderson lasted 73 days, so, hey, that's an improvement of 24 hours for the guy!
Sources say he now wants to focus solely on basketball, which ought to be welcome news for the woeful Nets. Humphries scored 12 points and pulled down 16 rebounds in their 84-74 loss last night to the Thunder.
Source: http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2012/01/kris-humphries-splits-from-pr-team/
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Monday, January 23, 2012
PFT: Colts eye Tressel? |?? Dolphins hire Philbin
ReutersA few East-West Shrine Game participants that could fit with the Bills.
An analysis of the Dolphins? choice to hire Joe Philbin as their head coach.
Patriots CB Devin McCourty is looking forward to facing off with Ravens RB Ray Rice, his teammate at Rutgers.
The Jets signed G Trevor Canfield to a futures contract.
The Ravens defense knows that they need to make Tom Brady uncomfortable on Sunday.
Some reaction to the Bengals? decision to hold training camp at Paul Brown Stadium.
The healthy return of G Eric Steinbach will give the Browns needed depth on the offensive line.
The Steelers may buck their tradition of promoting from within when it comes to hiring a new offensive coordinator.
Texans C Chris Myers and DE Antonio Smith are fired up for their first trip to the Pro Bowl.
Peter King of SI.com believes Peyton Manning?s status will have nothing to do with the Colts? search for a new coach.
The Jaguars signed four more assistant coaches for Mike Mularkey?s staff.
Titans CB Cortland Finnegan doesn?t think shuffling the front office will change much about the organization.
The Broncos will spend some time evaluating QB Adam Weber this offseason.
The New Yorker checks in on the phone tapping allegations hurled at the Chiefs last week.
Paul Gutierrez of CSNBayArea.com thinks the Dolphins making a coaching hire puts the pressure on the Raiders.
Ron Meeks is the leading candidate for the job as Chargers? defensive backs coach.
Cowboys LB Keith Brooking hopes that WR Dez Bryant doesn?t waste his talent.
Giants defensive backs credit group meetings for their improved play.
More questions about where the Eagles defense is going this offseason.
A trial date has been set for the man accused of shooting and killing Redskins S Sean Taylor.
A look at what Phil Emery might bring to the table as Bears general manager.
Does RB Kevin Smith have a future with the Lions?
Packers S Nick Collins will learn more about his future after a meeting with doctors in March.
USC T Ryan Kalil and Oklahoma State WR Justin Blackmon are both candidates for the Vikings in the first round.
The Falcons signed RB Dimitri Nance to a futures contract.
It isn?t guaranteed that the Panthers will opt for a defensive player in the first round of the draft.
Looking back at Gregg Williams? run as defensive coordinator of the Saints.
Five players the Buccaneers should be watching at the Senior Bowl.
The Cardinals lost painful games to the Ravens and Giants, but managed a split with the 49ers.
Said Rams executive vice president of football operations Kevin Demoff of the team?s plans to play games in London the next three years, ?And our fans are going to have conspiracy theories and be skeptics of our intentions. But hopefully throughout this process, our actions about wanting to be here will speak for us.?
49ers coach Jim Harbaugh didn?t get a chance to hold a practice in rainy conditions.
The Seahawks did well in sudden change situations this season.
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Sunday, January 22, 2012
Video: Time running out for cruise ship rescues
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Rescue crews working on the cruise ship that capsized off the coast of Italy are running out of time to find any possible survivors. NBC?s Michelle Kosinski reports.
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This Week's Top Downloads [Download Roundup]
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1 - Boxer is a Free DOS Game Emulator for your Mac (Mac) Computer games have come a long way since the days of Doom, Zork, Tie Fighter, and Castle Wolfenstein, but many of us who grew up with those games would like to replay them. Boxer is a free app that will let you play any DOS game on your Mac.
- iBoostUp Cleans Out Your Mac's System File Clutter in a Minute (Mac) iBoostUp cleans out the crap on your drive and fine-tunes your system for better performance. It's simple, it's quick, and it's free.
- AntiCrop "Uncrops" Your Photos by Extending the Picture's Background (iOS) If you've ever taken a hasty photo on your phone and didn't leave enough room on the outside, AntiCrop is the app can "uncrop" those photos by filling in the edges with just a few swipes.
- Untethered Jailbreak for iPhone 4S and iOS 5 Is Finally Here (iOS) iPhone-hacking group Chronic Dev Team just released the first untethered jailbreak for the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 running iOS 5.0.1. We've explained why a tethered jailbreak can be such a hassle, which is why we've been waiting to recommend jailbreaking your up-to-date iPhone. Luckily, that wait is over.
- Clean My Desktop Sorts Files Into Content Specific Folders (Mac) A desktop filled with hundreds of files in a variety of formats can be a headache to clean up, but Clean My Desktop makes it easy by sorting everything into content specific folders based on the file type.
- MindNode Is a Mind Mapping App that Makes Brainstorming Simple and Easy (Mac/iOS) Regardless of the type of work that you do, brainstorming is an important part of generating new ideas and new approaches to getting your work done more efficiently. Mind mapping is a brainstorming technique that helps you get all of your interconnected thoughts out in a diagram, and there are a number of complicated tools designed to help you do it. MindNode for Mac and iOS is pricey, but it's one of the best tools we've seen for the job.
- Pomodroido Is an Elegant Pomodoro Timer for Your Android Phone (Pomodroido) If you're a fan of the Pomodoro productivity technique, you know that part of the philosophy is to work in short, focused, timed bursts and then take periodic breaks to relax. To do this, you'll need a timer, and Pomodroido is a free app that turns your Android phone into one that follows you everywhere.
- Forismatic Is a Free App that Helps You Relax and Keeps You Inspired Every Day (Mac) Computers are supposed to make our work easier, but in reality they often just bring us more work and stress us out. Give your Mac the opportunity to help you relax for a change with Forismatic, a free app that sits in the menubar until you need a little inspiration to help you keep going, and will remind you to take a break now and again to relax.
- Breathing Zone Guides You Towards Slower Breathing to Help Reduce Stress and Anxiety (Mac/iOS) Breathing Zone is a simple app that helps slow your breathing rhythm to calm you down and make you feel more relaxed. If you're a bit stressed or anxious, it's a good way to help you alleviate those feelings in just a few minutes.
- WatchMe Is a Desktop Timer that Keeps Track of Multiple Alarms at Once (Windows) Unfortunately, few of us have the luxury of only keeping track of one thing at a time. There are plenty of great timers available to help you keep track of how long you've been working or when you need to take a break, but if you need to track multiple times or set more than one timer, you may be out of luck. WatchMe is a timer that allows you to set multiple alerts and multiple timers so you're alerted at different times for different things.
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Saturday, January 21, 2012
Long Beach port finalizing $4.6B shipping lease
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) ? The Port of Long Beach, the nation's second-largest cargo container facility, reached a tentative $4.6 billion, 40-year lease with a major Hong Kong-based shipping container line, it was reported Thursday.
Work began earlier on the California harbor's $1.2 billion Middle Harbor Redevelopment, its largest-ever terminal upgrade and expansion project. It includes a new terminal, upgraded wharfs, a storage area and expanded on-dock rail yard; when completed, it is expected to add 15,000 jobs to the local economy.
The deal with Orient Overseas Container Line, commonly known as OOCL, is expected to be announced Thursday afternoon by Port of Long Beach executive director J. Christopher Lytle.
OOCL will take over the entire 300-acre-plus Middle Harbor site, which will have the capacity to handle three million cargo containers.
"This agreement represents a major endorsement of our vision for the port by one of the leading maritime companies in the world," Lytle told the Los Angeles Times (http://lat.ms/xreIsU ).
OOCL has a fleet of 84 owned and chartered ships and is the world's 12th largest ocean shipping line.
Long Beach, which handles cargo valued at more than $140 billion annually, ranks second to the neighboring Port of Los Angeles in the number of cargo containers handled.
The OOCL announcement comes after a down year for cargo at the port, which lost the Hyundai shipping line and its California United Terminals to Los Angeles rather than wait for completion of the Middle Harbor project.
OOCL chief executive Philip Chow told the Times that the agreement "demonstrates our long-term commitment to the Port of Long Beach as the gateway of choice for North America and solidifies our economic partnership with the region."
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Cobra Starship's 'Middle Finger' Video Is Bird-Flipping Fun
Hotly tipped MC Mac Miller also shows up in the clip, which is heavy on single-digit salutes.
By James Montgomery
Gabe Saporta of Cobra Starship in "Middle Finger"
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In Cobra Starship's "Middle Finger" video, released Thursday (January 19), there are plenty of allegories to economic injustices, socio-political discourses on a return to the Gold Standard and, perhaps most pointedly, thinly veiled criticisms of the United States' imperialistic foreign policies and their long-term effects on global de-stabilization.
OK, not really. It's basically just a lot of middle fingers, of all shapes and sizes, ages and genders, thrust defiantly skyward. At one point there's a callback to their "You Make Me Feel ..." video, a "Zoolander"-esque Jeep trek, a cute puppy, some basketball and exactly one old woman getting drenched. Oh, and Mac Miller shows up, too.
Of course, all of this is basically one giant contradiction to what frontman Gabe Saporta told MTV News late last year, when he promised the "Middle Finger" clip would feature "a lot of cheekiness ... and no middle fingers." But, then again, if Cobra Starship have proved anything over the years, it's that they're not adverse to a good joke, which is probably what Saporta was doing when he touted the complete lack of fingers in the new video. Their videos are never serious, and, well, "Finger" is definitely keeping with that trend. High art this most certainly ain't.
So, much like Big Sean did with his "Dance (A$$)" video — which, like the title implied, featured plenty of posterior — Cobra Starship delivered a clip that's just one long vignette of bird-flipping. The basic plot follows the guys (and gals) as they traipse across a city, basically being complete jerks to everyone, which, in turn, earns them plenty of one-finger salutes. It's pretty funny, to be honest. And that's the best thing you can say about any Cobra Starship vid.
Leave the social commentary to the Boss; Saporta and Co. are content churning out the goofiest clips in the rock universe. And "Middle Finger" is a welcome addition to their, uh, oeuvre. Proudly, profanely so.
What did you think of the "Middle Finger" video? Let us know in the comments!
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Friday, January 20, 2012
Sony Ericsson swallows $317 million pre-tax loss as end draws near
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Is Taylor Armstrong Headed for Rehab?
A series of disturbing incidents have friends of Taylor Armstrong wondering: does this reality star belong in rehab?
Leaving the question of who the heck would be friends with Taylor Armstrong aside, Radar Online cites an episode captured for The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills in which Armstrong gets so drunk that she climbs into a suitcase. Elsewhere, she apparently stumbled out of a restaurant last week, struggling to the point where a witness said:
“Judging by the way she was staggering, she was very drunk. She couldn’t stand up without help and was being held up by her friend as she walked to the car. She looked absolutely wasted."
An insider adds that Taylor doesn't drink every day - but when she does drink, it's always in excessive amounts and the results are rarely pretty.
"Taylor's closest friend and advisers have told her that she needs to go to rehab," this source says "Taylor admits that alcohol has become her crutch in dealing with Russell's suicide, and coping with the drama of being on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills...
... but she is refusing to go to rehab, primarily because of [daughter] Kennedy."
That's sweet. Taylor will profit from a number of interviews regarding Kennedy's late father, but, hey, at least she draws the line somewhere. And that place, allegedly, is choosing NOT to make herself into a better person.
Source: http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2012/01/is-taylor-armstrong-headed-for-rehab/
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Thursday, January 19, 2012
The Royal Veterinary College's new hi-tech hub
The Royal Veterinary College in Potters Bar is a potentially dangerous place. It is the first site I have visited that presents the biohazardous risk of infection from exotic disease should safety directives not be followed. That this world of laboratories and dissection rooms is located at the outer limits of London feels appropriate. It is an area where animals (from racehorses to cattle) can roam free in the green belt but the intellectual heft of a world-class research institution can coexist. Two London architecture practices, Hawkins Brown and Architecture PLB, have completed two new buildings on site which fit the unusual requirements: one, an ?18 million student residence and refectory, the other, an ?8?million Teaching and Research Centre.
The Royal Veterinary College is a great London institution. It was founded in 1791 with its original home in Camden Town, just as Lord Camden was planning his transformation of that rural district. The college's first job was to carry out a post-mortem examination on a racehorse named Eclipse, whose phenomenal success led scientists to try to establish what made the horse so fast. That operation was the symbolic foundation of the veterinary profession in Britain.
The college still occupies the site of its first home and gives its name to the road it sits on: Royal College Street. But as Camden urbanised and became a central district of the growing metropolis in the 19th century, there developed a need for a campus with access to fields and paddocks. In 1958 the Hawkshead Campus in Potters Bar was opened, housed initially in a series of temporary looking single-storey buildings (some of which still stand). These were complemented in the Eighties by a clutch of buildings so ugly that one is nicknamed 'the Chef' due to its striking resemblance to a well-known motorway-side diner.
Architecture PLB's Teaching and Research Centre forms the main entrance to the college and contains a series of high-specification research laboratories. And Hawkins Brown's new refectory (almost everyone stays on site all day, so the restaurant can seat 200 people at a time) and series of brick pavilion buildings make for swish student accommodation. These are a step change in architectural quality for the campus, building on the success of the Eclipse construction, designed by Nicholas Hare and completed in 2003.
The overall master plan is quite beautiful. The college has special dispensation to build on the green belt, and the position of the buildings gives one the feeling that this is the end of the city. When you arrive at the campus by car, you are faced not with a building but with a large, tapering green area between two groups of buildings. This looks out to paddocks (one of which is used as a living blood bank for horses), and then to woods beyond.
On the left is the new refectory, with its mottled brick base and protruding, western red cedar upper storey. Behind this are the new three- and four-storey student accommodation blocks housing 205 students, and occupied since September. They are a step back from the landscape but feature oriel windows, giving great views out from student bedrooms, which start from ?100 a week.
On the right-hand side is the new entrance building by Architecture PLB, again clad in timber, but with a grand window looking out on the landscape and serving as a vitrine with objects from the historical collection of the college on display.
Student vets do two years at the campus in Royal College Street in Camden before moving to Potters Bar for three more, so they are relatively grown up as students go. Also, academic standards are very high, and students spend much of their time working in their rooms. Both the new housing and the Teaching and Research Centre are intended to make the campus a little more sociable. The apartments have a communal kitchen/dining room with generous ceiling heights, custom-designed furniture (the phenolic plywood desk and wardrobe are a classy touch) and a more adult atmosphere in general than most student accommodation I've seen.
The flats are accessible from external walkways, giving generous outdoor areas for students returning from the fields in muddy boots. Hawkins Brown's buildings have an enjoyably permanent character, which is down to the controlled use of materials on the exteriors. Beautiful brick, nicely detailed timber, and bronzed, perforated metal for staircases sit easily in the landscape.
The Teaching and Research Centre looks more institutional, with the long, louvred windows on the southern fa?ade keeping direct light out of research labs. Architecture PLB had a tricky combination of uses to contend with and have designed a building that has a very clear front and back. The reception area is tall and is the beginning of a promenade upwards that ends in a top floor with wonderful views across the landscape. Along the way are generous balconies and spaces for informal gatherings.
As you move through the building, there are also unexpectedly unrestricted views into research laboratories, a move intended to demystify the work of research vets. It certainly adds to one's sense of the real function of the building, but the pipettes and test tubes within didn't enlighten me about what their work really means.
Much more interesting is the cabinet of curiosities on display in the atrium entrance: small animal skeletons, painful-looking surgical instruments and so on that show something of the development of the profession.
The main focus of both buildings, though, is their place in the landscape. The college should be applauded for employing architects who understood the site so well. The work feels only half done, though. Many ageing buildings remain and the new buildings hide rather than solve the incoherent mess of the rest of the campus.
For me, these buildings understand something intangible about the institution's relationship with London. The college links commerce and farming, inner London and rural Britain, Camden and Potters Bar, and the buildings accentuate those links. They have made a little bit of London in the green belt, in which both humans and llamas should feel at home.
Source: http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/article-24028808-is-there-an-animal-doctor-in-the-house.do
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Russell Simmons: Occupy the Dream: The Mathematics of Racism (Huffington post)
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Nano Coating Could Make All Gadgets Waterproof
All phones should be waterproof. Nothing kills a gadget dead faster than a dunk in the toilet or a splash of beer. Cracked, broken displays are annoying, and missing switches impair functionality, but there is usually no coming back from an impromptu swim.
Soon, though, your iPhone might be as H2O-friendly as a duck, with water [...]
Soon, though, your iPhone might be as H2O-friendly as a duck, with water [...]
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Costa CEO blames captain error for ship grounding
An Italian firefighter helicopter airlifts a rescued passenger from the luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia which ran aground off the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012. Firefighters worked Sunday to rescue a crew member with a suspected broken leg from the overturned hulk of the luxury cruise liner Costa Concordia, 36 hours after it ran aground. More than 40 people are still unaccounted-for. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
An Italian firefighter helicopter airlifts a rescued passenger from the luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia which ran aground off the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012. Firefighters worked Sunday to rescue a crew member with a suspected broken leg from the overturned hulk of the luxury cruise liner Costa Concordia, 36 hours after it ran aground. More than 40 people are still unaccounted-for. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Italian firefighters' scuba divers approach the luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia which ran aground a day earlier off the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012. The incident sent water pouring in through a 160-foot (50-meter) gash in the hull and forced the evacuation of some 4,200 people from the listing vessel early Saturday, the Italian coast guard said. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Italian firefighters scuba divers approach the cruise ship Costa Concordia leaning on its side, the day after running aground the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012. A helicopter on Sunday airlifted a third survivor from the capsized hulk of a luxury cruise ship 36 hours after it ran aground off the Italian coast, as prosecutors confirmed they were investigating the captain for manslaughter charges and abandoning the ship. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Italian firefighters' scuba divers approach the luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia which ran aground off the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012. The Costa Concordia cruise ship ran aground off the coast of Tuscany, sending water pouring in through a 160-foot (50-meter) gash in the hull and forcing the evacuation of some 4,200 people from the listing vessel early Saturday, the Italian coast guard said. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
A passenger from South Korea, top left, disembarks from an Italian Firefighter boat after being rescued from the luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia which ran aground the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012. The luxury cruise ship ran aground off the coast of Tuscany, sending water pouring in through a 160-foot (50-meter) gash in the hull and forcing the evacuation of some 4,200 people from the listing vessel early Saturday, the Italian coast guard said. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
ROME (AP) ? The captain of the cruise ship that capsized off Tuscany made an unauthorized, unapproved deviation from its programmed course, a "human error" that led to the grounding of the vessel, the chief executive of the ship's Italian owner said Monday. At least six people died in the incident.
The comments from Costa Crociere chairman and CEO Pier Luigi Foschi ramped up the pressure on the captain, who already is under investigation by authorities for suspected manslaughter and as well as allegations he abandoned ship before the passengers were safe, violating the Italian navigation code.
The Costa Concordia ran into a reef Friday night and capsized into the port area of Giglio, sparking a frantic evacuation of the 4,200 people onboard. Coast Guard officials have expressed concern that the ship might slip off the rocks where it is currently perched.
On Monday, the rescue operation was called off as weather worsened and a sixth body was found. Foschi said it wasn't because the ship had shifted but because divers heard "sounds" coming from inside and didn't know what was causing them. Sixteen people remain missing.
Foschi said the company, which is owned by the world's largest cruiseline, Carnival Corp., stood by the captain, Francesco Schettino, and would provide him with legal assistance. But he said the company disassociated itself from his behavior.
Costa ships have their routes programmed, and alarms go off when they deviate, the chief executive said in a press conference.
"This route was put in correctly. The fact that it left from this course is due solely to a maneuver by the commander that was unapproved, unauthorized and unknown to Costa," he said.
Schettino has insisted he didn't leave the liner early, telling Mediaset television that he had done everything he could to save lives.
"We were the last ones to leave the ship," he said.
Foschi said the liner had passed all safety and technical tests in its 2011 evaluation. He added that the company's main concern was the safety and well-being of the passengers and crew, as well as to ensure fuel doesn't leak out from the upended hull into the pristine waters off the island of Giglio.
There were 500,000 gallons of fuel on board, in 17 separate tanks, Foschi said.
"There are no signs of pollution" to date, but officials are on high alert in case the ship suddenly shifts due to worsening weather conditions, Foschi said. Sensors have been put in place to track the movements of the ship.
Questions have been swirling about why the ship had navigated so close to the dangerous reefs and rocks that jut off Giglio's eastern coast, amid suspicions the captain may have ventured too close while carrying out a maneuver to entertain tourists on the island.
Residents of Giglio said they had never seen the Costa come so close to the dangerous "Le Scole" reef area.
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Monday, January 16, 2012
Muhammad Ali cheered at 70th birthday bash in Ky. (AP)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. ? Muhammad Ali soaked in familiar cheers and chants along with a rendition of "Happy Birthday" on Saturday night as friends and admirers celebrated the boxing champ's coming 70th birthday at a party in his Kentucky hometown.
As party-goers mingled in a lobby of the Muhammad Ali Center before the party, Ali walked slowly to a second-floor balcony overlooking them. The crowd immediately began to clap, then broke into chants of "Ali! Ali!" followed by singing as Ali watched for about two minutes.
The three-time world heavyweight champion, who is battling Parkinson's disease, leaned against a rail and raised his right hand to wave to the crowd. Ali walked on his own but was at times assisted by his wife, Lonnie, and his sister-in-law. After the brief appearance, Ali went to his party.
Former heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis said his boyhood idol is "still the greatest."
"I feel so proud and honored that we're able to show our feelings and show our support for him," Lewis said.
Lewis said Ali's strength and influence extended far beyond the boxing ring in his humanitarian efforts.
"What he's done outside the ring ? just the bravery, the poise, the feeling, the sacrifice," Lewis said "... He's truly a great man."
The guest list numbered 350 for the private party, which doubled as a $1,000-per-person fundraiser for the Ali Center, the six-year-old cultural and education complex designed to be a legacy to his social activism. The six-story center also retraces Ali's career, including his epic bouts against Joe Frazier, George Foreman and Sonny Liston.
Guests paid tribute to Ali beforehand.
"The reason I loved him is because of his confidence," University of Kentucky men's basketball coach John Calipari said. "He would talk and then back it up. He had great courage and who had more fun than him?"
The guest list also included Ali's trainer Angelo Dundee and three American hikers who were imprisoned in Iran. Ali, perhaps the most prominent U.S. Muslim, lobbied for their release. Rocker John Mellencamp headlined the entertainment.
Ali turns 70 on Tuesday, and the party in his hometown is the first of five planned in the next few months. Not long after Ali's dramatic appearance on the balcony, the crowd began filing into a banquet hall for the party, which was closed to the public and reporters.
The self-proclaimed "Greatest of All Time" remains one of the world's most recognizable figures, even though he's been largely absent from the public eye recently as he fights Parkinson's disease.
Lonnie Ali said Friday that her husband has mixed feelings about the landmark birthday.
"He's glad he's here to turn 70, but he wants to be reassured he doesn't look 70," she said.
Born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. on Jan. 17, 1942, Ali took up boxing at age 12, when his bike was stolen and he wanted to find and whip the culprit. The boy was introduced to Joe Martin, a police officer who coached boxing at a local gym.
Ali's brother, 68-year-old Rahaman Ali, recalled on Saturday night that the champ was cheerful and happy as a youngster.
"As a little boy he (said) he would be the world's greatest fighter and be a great man," he said.
Ali flourished in the ring, becoming a top amateur and Olympic gold medalist. He made his professional debut in Louisville and arranged for a local children's hospital to receive proceeds from the fight.
Lewis said Ali ranks as the greatest of heavyweights, and he said he was inspired by Ali's fights.
"I used to get mad if I didn't see the Ali shuffle," Lewis said. "So I was always watching him, expecting some type of antic."
Ali won the heavyweight title in 1964, defeating the heavily favored Sonny Liston. Soon after, Ali ? who was raised in a Baptist family ? announced his conversion to Islam and changed his name.
While in his prime, Ali was stripped of his heavyweight crown in 1967 for refusing to be drafted for military service during the Vietnam War. He cited his religious beliefs as the reason for his refusal.
His decision alienated Ali from many across the U.S. and resulted in a draft-evasion conviction. Ali found himself embroiled in a long legal fight that ended in 1971, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in his favor.
Ali lost his first bid to regain the heavyweight crown when Frazier knocked him down and took a decision in the "Fight of the Century" at Madison Square Garden in 1971.
Ali regained the heavyweight title in 1974, defeating Foreman in the "Rumble in the Jungle." A year later, he outlasted Frazier in the epic "Thrilla in Manila" bout.
Last year, a frail Ali rose from his seat and clapped for his deceased rival at Frazier's funeral.
Ali's last title came in 1978 when he defeated Leon Spinks.
Ali retired from boxing in 1981 and devoted himself to social causes. He traveled the world on humanitarian missions, mingling with the masses and rubbing elbows with world leaders. Ali received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President George W. Bush in 2005.
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Saturday, January 14, 2012
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