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Sunday, March 31, 2013
Google says to shut down YouTube in early April Fools' gag
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc, getting a headstart on the annual tradition of April Fools' pranks, released a YouTube clip on Sunday declaring that the world's most popular video website will shut down at the stroke of midnight.
The three-minute video intended as a gag - a montage of clips and cameos from viral video stars like David Devore from "David after the dentist" - describes how the website will wind down as some 30,000 technicians begin to trawl through 150,000 clips, to select the world's best video.
The winner gets a $500 stipend, a clip-on MP3 player - and becomes the sole video to be featured on YouTube when the website relaunches in 2023.
"Gangnam Style has the same chance of winning as a video with 40 views of a man feeding bread to a duck," YouTube CEO Salar Kamangar pronounced, referring to the viral sensation from Korean pop artist PSY that's now the most-viewed video on the site.
Google's video also features intense discussions between judges, who hotly debate the merits of everything from Citizen Kane to "epic skateboard fail". While clearly tongue-in-cheek, several YouTube viewers appeared stricken or dumbfounded, while others expressed sadness and regret in attached comments.
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Scientists propose revolutionary laser system to produce the next LHC
Friday, March 29, 2013
An international team of physicists has proposed a revolutionary laser system, inspired by the telecommunications technology, to produce the next generation of particle accelerators, such as the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
The International Coherent Amplification Network (ICAN) sets out a new laser system composed of massive arrays of thousands of fibre lasers, for both fundamental research at laboratories such as CERN and more applied tasks such as proton therapy and nuclear transmutation.
The results of this study are published today in Nature Photonics.
Lasers can provide, in a very short time measured in femtoseconds, bursts of energy of great power counted in petawatts or a thousand times the power of all the power plants in the world.
Compact accelerators are also of great societal importance for applied tasks in medicine, such as a unique way to democratise proton therapy for cancer treatment, or the environment where it offers the prospect to reduce the lifetime of dangerous nuclear waste by, in some cases, from 100 thousand years to tens of years or even less.
However, there are two major hurdles that prevent the high-intensity laser from becoming a viable and widely used technology in the future. First, a high-intensity laser often only operates at a rate of one laser pulse per second, when for practical applications it would need to operate tens of thousands of times per second. The second is ultra-intense lasers are notorious for being very inefficient, producing output powers that are a fraction of a percent of the input power. As practical applications would require output powers in the range of tens of kilowatts to megawatts, it is economically not feasible to produce this power with such a poor efficiency.
To bridge this technology divide, the ICAN consortium, an EU-funded project initiated and coordinated by the ?cole polytechnique and composed of the University of Southampton's Optoelectronics Research Centre, Jena and CERN, as well as 12 other prestigious laboratories around the world, aims to harness the efficiency, controllability, and high average power capability of fibre lasers to produce high energy, high repetition rate pulse sources.
The aim is to replace the conventional single monolithic rod amplifier that typically equips lasers with a network of fibre amplifiers and telecommunication components.
G?rard Mourou of ?cole polytechnique who leads the consortium says: "One important application demonstrated today has been the possibility to accelerate particles to high energy over very short distances measured in centimetres rather than kilometres as it is the case today with conventional technology. This feature is of paramount importance when we know that today high energy physics is limited by the prohibitive size of accelerators, of the size of tens of kilometres, and cost billions of euros. Reducing the size and cost by a large amount is of critical importance for the future of high energy physics."
Dr Bill Brocklesby from the ORC adds: "A typical CAN laser for high-energy physics may use thousands of fibres, each carrying a small amount of laser energy. It offers the advantage of relying on well tested telecommunication elements, such as fibre lasers and other components. The fibre laser offers an excellent efficiency due to laser diode pumping. It also provides a much larger surface cooling area and therefore makes possible high repetition rate operation.
"The most stringent difficulty is to phase the lasers within a fraction of a wavelength. This difficulty seemed insurmountable but a major roadblock has in fact been solved: preliminary proof of concept suggests that thousands of fibres can be controlled to provide a laser output powerful enough to accelerate electrons to energies of several GeV at 10 kHz repetition rate - an improvement of at least ten thousand times over today's state of the art lasers."
Such a combined fibre-laser system should provide the necessary power and efficiency that could make economical the production of a large flux of relativistic protons over millimetre lengths as opposed to a few hundred metres.
One important societal application of such a source is to transmute the waste products of nuclear reactors, which at present have half-lives of hundreds of thousands of years, into materials with much shorter lives, on the scale of tens of years, thus transforming dramatically the problem of nuclear waste management.
CAN technology could also find important applications in areas of medicine, such as proton therapy, where reliability and robustness of fibre technology could be decisive features.
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Saturday, March 30, 2013
Elite Eight Schedule: NCAA Tournament 2013 Regional Finals To Be Played Saturday, Sunday
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Mike Rosario (3) dunks against Florida Gulf Coast during the second half of a regional semifinal game in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Mike Rosario, Michael Frazier II
Florida's Mike Rosario (3) and Michael Frazier II (20) react during the second half of a regional semifinal game against Florida Gulf Coast in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Mike Rosario
Florida's Mike Rosario (3) reacts during the second half of a regional semifinal game against Florida Gulf Coast in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Scottie Wilbekin, Bernard Thompson
Florida's Scottie Wilbekin (5) is defended by Florida Gulf Coast's Bernard Thompson (2) during the second half of a regional semifinal game in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Mike Krzyzewski, Tom Izzo
Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski, right, talks to Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo after their regional semifinal in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Indianapolis. Duke won 71-61. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Tyler Thornton, Adreian Payne
Duke guard Tyler Thornton (3) grabs a rebound as Michigan State forward Adreian Payne (5) misses a dunk during the second half of a regional semifinal in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Indianapolis. Duke won 71-61. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Tyler Thornton, Derrick Nix, Adreian Payne
Duke guard Tyler Thornton (3) and Michigan State forward Derrick Nix (25) reach for a rebound as Michigan State forward Adreian Payne (5) misses a dunk during the second half of a regional semifinal in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Indianapolis. Duke won 71-61. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Branden Dawson, Tom Izzo
Michigan State forward Branden Dawson (22) reacts as he walks past head coach Tom Izzo during the second half of a regional semifinal against Duke in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Indianapolis. Duke won 71-61. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Scottie Wilbekin, Sherwood Brown
Florida's Scottie Wilbekin (5) shoots as Florida Gulf Coast's Sherwood Brown (25) defends during the second half of a regional semifinal game in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Tyler Thornton
Duke guard Tyler Thornton (3) reacts after a regional semifinal against Michigan State in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Indianapolis. Duke won 71-61. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Scottie Wilbekin, Chase Fieler
Florida's Scottie Wilbekin (5) and Florida Gulf Coast's Chase Fieler (20) go after a loose ball during the second half of a regional semifinal game in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Rasheed Sulaimon, Adreian Payne
Duke guard Rasheed Sulaimon grabs a rebound in front of Michigan State forward Adreian Payne during the second half of a regional semifinal in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 29, 2013, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Michael Frazier II, Eddie Murray, and Scottie Wilbekin
Eddie Murray (23) is defended by Florida's Michael Frazier II (20) and Scottie Wilbekin (5) during the first half of a regional semifinal game in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 29, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Casey Prather
Florida's Casey Prather (24) shoots in traffic during the first half of a regional semifinal game against Florida Gulf Coast in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 29, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Mike Krzyzewski
Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski and players on the bench react during the second half of a regional semifinal against Michigan State in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 29, 2013, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Eddie Murray, Erik Murphy
Florida Gulf Coast's Eddie Murray (23) dunks as Florida's Erik Murphy (33) defends during the first half of a regional semifinal game in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 29, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Tom Izzo
Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo reacts during the first half of a regional semifinal against Duke in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 29, 2013, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Denzel Valentine
Michigan State guard Denzel Valentine (45) reacts during the first half of a regional semifinal against Duke in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 29, 2013, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Adreian Payne, Mason Plumlee
Michigan State forward Adreian Payne (5) reacts as he dunks during the first half of a regional semifinal against Duke in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 29, 2013, in Indianapolis. Watching at left is Duke's Mason Plumlee (5). (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
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Florida head coach Billy Donovan during the first half of a regional semifinal game in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 29, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Adreian Payne, Mason Plumlee, Rasheed Sulaimon
Michigan State forward Adreian Payne (5) reacts as he dunks during the first half of a regional semifinal against Duke in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 29, 2013, in Indianapolis. Watching are Duke players Mason Plumlee (5) and Rasheed Sulaimon (14). (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Casey Prather, Christophe Varidel
Florida's Casey Prather (24) dunks as Florida Gulf Coast's Christophe Varidel (5) defends during the first half of a regional semifinal game in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 29, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Casey Prather, Christophe Varidel
Florida's Casey Prather (24) shoots over, Florida Gulf Coast's Christophe Varidel (5) during the first half of a regional semifinal game in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 29, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Adreian Payne, Mason Plumlee, Ryan Kelly
Michigan State forward Adreian Payne (5) goes up with a shot against Duke forward Mason Plumlee during the first half of a regional semifinal in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 29, 2013, in Indianapolis. Watching is Duke's Ryan Kelly (34). (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Scottie Wilbekin, Brett Comer
Florida Gulf Coast's Brett Comer (0) is defended by Florida's Scottie Wilbekin (5)during the first half of a regional semifinal game in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 29, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Adreian Payne, Rasheed Sulaimon
Michigan State forward Adreian Payne, right, grabs a rebound against Duke guard Rasheed Sulaimon during the first half of a regional semifinal in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 29, 2013, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Keith Appling, Seth Curry
Michigan State guard Keith Appling (11) blocks a shot by Duke guard Seth Curry (30) during the first half of a regional semifinal in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 29, 2013, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Billy Donovan
Florida head coach Billy Donovan during the first half of a regional semifinal game in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 29, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
A Florida Gulf Coast cheerleader takes the court during the first half of a regional semifinal game against Florida in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 29, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Adreian Payne
Michigan State forward Adreian Payne (5) reacts during the first half of a regional semifinal against Duke in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 29, 2013, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Chase Fieler
Florida Gulf Coast's Chase Fieler (20) reacts against Florida during the first half of a regional semifinal game in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 29, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Seth Curry
Duke guard Seth Curry (30) reacts during the first half of a regional semifinal against Michigan State in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 29, 2013, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Will Yeguete, Eddie Murray
Florida's Will Yeguete (15) and Florida Gulf Coast's Eddie Murray (23) go after a loose ball during the first half of a regional semifinal game in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 29, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Will Yeguete, Eddie Murray
Florida's Will Yeguete (15) and Florida Gulf Coast's Eddie Murray (23) go after a loose ball during the first half of a regional semifinal game in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 29, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Andy Enfield
Florida Gulf Coast head coach Andy Enfield reacts to action against Florida during the first half of a regional semifinal game in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 29, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Denzel Valentine, Tyler Thornton
Michigan State guard Denzel Valentine and Duke guard Tyler Thornton (3) scramble for a loose ball during the first half of a regional semifinal in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 29, 2013, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Adreian Payne, Ryan Kelly
Michigan State forward Adreian Payne (5) drives the ball past Duke forward Ryan Kelly during the first half of a regional semifinal in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 29, 2013, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Naadir Tharpe, Ben McLemore
Kansas' Naadir Tharpe, left, and Ben McLemore right react in the lockeroom after losing 87-85 to Michigan in overtime of a regional semifinal game in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 29, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Tom Izzo
Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo reacts as he directs his team during the first half of a regional semifinal against Duke in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 29, 2013, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Elijah Johnson, Kevin Young, Perry Ellis, Jamari Traylor
Kansas' Elijah Johnson, left, Kevin Young (40), Perry Ellis (34) and Jamari Traylor (31) sit in the lockeroom after losing 87-85 to Michigan in overtime of a regional semifinal game in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 29, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Patric Young, Chase Fieler, Erik Murphy
Florida's Patric Young (4), Florida Gulf Coast's Chase Fieler (20) and Erik Murphy (33) go after a loose ball during the first half of a regional semifinal game in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 29, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Mike Krzyzewski
Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski talks to his players during a time out in the first half of a regional semifinal against Michigan State in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 29, 2013, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Branden Dawson, Rasheed Sulaimon
Michigan State forward Branden Dawson (22) blocks a shot by Duke guard Rasheed Sulaimon (14) during the first half of a regional semifinal in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 29, 2013, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Keith Appling
Michigan State guard Keith Appling (11) reacts to a call during the first half of a regional semifinal against Duke in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 29, 2013, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Fred Richardson III (5)
Oregon guard Fred Richardson III (5) scores past the defense of Oregon forwards E.J. Singler (25) and Ben Carter (32) during a regional semifinal in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 29, 2013, in Indianapolis. Louisville won 77-69. (AP Photo/ The Oregonian, Bruce Ely) MAGS OUT; TV OUT; LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT; THE MERCURY OUT; WILLAMETTE WEEK OUT; PAMPLIN MEDIA GROUP OUT.
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Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo directs his team during the first half of a regional semifinal against Duke in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 29, 2013, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Derrick Nix, Tyler Thornton
Michigan State forward Derrick Nix (25) and Duke guard Tyler Thornton (3) fight for a rebound during the first half of a regional semifinal in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 29, 2013, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Keith Appling, Quinn Cook
Michigan State guard Keith Appling, left, and Duke guard Quinn Cook battle for a loose ball during the first half of a regional semifinal in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 29, 2013, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Mike Krzyzewski
Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski directs his team during the first half of a regional semifinal against Michigan State in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 29, 2013, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Corey Person, Trey Burke
Michigan's Trey Burke, second from left, is lifted by Corey Person after beating Kansas 87-85 in overtime of a regional semifinal game in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 29, 2013, in Arlington, Texas.(AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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Michigan's Glenn Robinson III (1), Caris LeVert (23) and Nik Stauskas (11), celebrate after beating Kansas 87-85 in overtime of a regional semifinal game in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 29, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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DOS emulator brings Raspberry Pi back to the '90s for Doom LAN parties
Who can forget the first time they obliterated their buddy with a BFG9000 during a spirited Doom game? Raspberry Pi coder Pate wants to resurrect those good times with an rpix86 DOS emulator that opens up the world of retro PC games like the aforementioned FPS pioneer along with Duke Nukem 3D, Jill of the Jungle and others. It works by creating a virtual machine your Dad would be proud of, based on a 40Mhz 80486 processor, 640KB base RAM, 16MB extended memory, 640 x 480 256-color graphics and SoundBlaster 2.0 audio. Of course, the Pi is worlds beyond that with a 700Mhz ARM CPU, 512MB or RAM and HDMI out -- so, most enthusiasts with one of the wee $35 boards will likely be all over hacking it to play those classics.
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Friday, March 29, 2013
AP PHOTOS: Images from the Hindu festival of Holi
Two St. Louis Police officers face disciplinary actions stemming from an incident in which one officer allegedly took pot from the scene of a traffic stop. Not only did the squad car's dashboard camera record what happened, but two state lawmakers were along for the ride as observers. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reveals Missouri state Sens. Jamilah Nasheed, D-St. Louis, and Maria Chappelle-Nadal, D-University City, were with officers when the incident occurred. Both lawmakers told a reporter they felt the officers did nothing wrong during the stop.
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Thursday, March 28, 2013
Carlson named co-host of Fox weekend morning show
NEW YORK (AP) ? Fox News Channel says veteran conservative commentator Tucker Carlson will become co-host of the network's weekend morning show, "Fox & Friends."
Carlson will replace Dave Briggs, who left Fox at the end of last year. His co-hosts on the weekend chat fest are Alisyn Camerota and Clayton Morris. Carlson will continue to make other appearances on Fox News programming.
The commentator, known for his bow ties, is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Daily Caller. He worked at both CNN and MSNBC before joining Fox News.
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Heat start to move on after streak ends
Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade reacts as he watches a free throw by Chicago Bulls forward Luol Deng during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Chicago on Wednesday, March 27, 2013. The Bulls won 101-97, ending the Heat's 27-game winning streak. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade reacts as he watches a free throw by Chicago Bulls forward Luol Deng during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Chicago on Wednesday, March 27, 2013. The Bulls won 101-97, ending the Heat's 27-game winning streak. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Miami Heat forward Shane Battier grimaces after he was called for a foul during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Chicago Bulls in Chicago on Wednesday, March 27, 2013. The Bulls won 101-97, ending the Heat's 27-game winning streak. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Miami Heat forward LeBron James, center, and guard Mario Chalmers, right, listen to guard Ray Allen during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Chicago Bulls in Chicago on Wednesday, March 27, 2013. The Bulls won 101-97, ending the Heat's 27-game winning streak. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Take heart, Heat. Look out, NBA.
When the Los Angeles Lakers' 33-game winning streak ended, they hit a bit of a lull before rolling through the playoffs and winning the NBA title.
That scenario likely would suit Miami just fine since the defending champions have said all along they were focused on repeating more than breaking a record.
Dwyane Wade even sounded relieved Miami's run stopped at 27, courtesy of the Chicago Bulls.
"Now that it's over, I'm glad it's over," he said after the 101-97 loss Wednesday night, his team's first defeat in nearly two months.
"It really didn't matter to us," Wade said. "If you get it, it's awesome. If you don't, we still won 27 games in a row. That's pretty awesome. So we really weren't like, 'We've got to get that record.' Not at all."
So, with their name firmly attached to the second-longest streak in NBA history, the Heat did what they would have done if it had still been going strong. They took Thursday off in New Orleans, where they'll face the Hornets on Friday night.
While the circus atmosphere around the team slows down ? until the playoffs, anyway ? the Heat can turn to the business of wrapping up the final 11 games of the regular season without what some may call a "distraction." Clinching the Eastern Conference's No. 1 seed is a foregone conclusion, and the Heat leads San Antonio by two games in the race for home-court advantage throughout the playoffs.
Still, Lakers star Kobe Bryant urged LeBron James and his teammates to savor the moment.
"I think just as a student of the game, as a fan of the game, you appreciate those kind of streaks and you realize how difficult it is to put together that big of a streak," he said. "Obviously, the Lakers winning 33 in a row was phenomenal, but the Heat's one was just as impressive."
After their streak ended, those '71-72 Lakers lost four of their next six games. But they went 15-2 to close the regular season, then lost only three of 15 playoff games on the way to the title.
That's the only measure of success for the Heat.
"At the end of the day, a win is a win in our league," said James, the reigning MVP who averaged exactly 27 points per game during the 27-game streak. "We've gotten better throughout the season. Each and every month we've improved. We've started from behind some games, but for the most part we've played some great basketball."
They blew out some teams and rallied in the final minutes to beat others, erasing double-digit deficits and pulling off 11 fourth-quarter comebacks in their 7?-week run of dominance.
Entering Thursday, 10 NBA teams hadn't won 27 games all season.
"Really proud of the grind of the last few weeks from my guys," Miami forward Shane Battier wrote on Twitter early Thursday. "The focus and effort (and luck) was phenomenal."
They were must-see television, with ESPN and NBA TV scrambling to pick up Heat games as the streak rolled along. ESPN said the overnight rating for Heat-Bulls was the fifth-best of any regular-season game ever shown on the network.
For those who still need streaks to follow, there are plenty of options.
Women's basketball is full of them right now, with Baylor (32), Notre Dame (28) and Delaware (27) all streaking into NCAA regional games this weekend. In men's college basketball, Louisville takes a 12-game winning streak into its Midwest Regional semifinal against Oregon on Friday night. And in the NHL, the Pittsburgh Penguins were trying for a 14th straight win against Winnipeg on Thursday night.
To put it in perspective, Heat's streak not only is the second-longest in NBA history, but the second-longest among any of the four major professional sports.
The longest current NBA streak now belongs to the New York Knicks ? six games.
On Friday, the Heat begin anew.
Miami would need to win every game left on its schedule and sweep all four playoff series to end the year with another 27-game winning streak. Meantime, Wade offered this:
"Now that it's over, let's look back on it as something that was great."
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AP Basketball Writer Jon Krawczynski in Minneapolis contributed to this report.
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Mar. 26, 2013 ? When it officially came online at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) in early January 2012, Gordon was instantly impressive. In one demonstration, it sustained more than 35 million input/output operations per second--then, a world record.
Input/output operations are an important measure for data intensive computing, indicating the ability of a storage system to quickly communicate between an information processing system, such as a computer, and the outside world. Input/output operations specify how fast a system can retrieve randomly organized data common in large datasets and process it through data mining applications.
The supercomputer's record-breaking feat wasn't a surprise; after all, Gordon is named after a comic strip superhero, Flash Gordon.
Gordon's new and unique architecture employs massive amounts of the type of flash memory common in cell phones and laptops--hence its name. The system is used by scientists whose research requires the mining, searching and/or creating of large databases for immediate or later use, including mapping genomes for applications in personalized medicine and examining computer automation of stock trading by investment firms on Wall Street.
Commissioned by the National Science Foundation (NSF) in 2009 for $20 million, Gordon is part of NSF's Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment, or XSEDE program, a nationwide partnership comprising 16 high-performance computers and high-end visualization and data analysis resources.
"Gordon is a unique machine in NSF's Advanced Cyberinfrastructure/XSEDE portfolio," said Barry Schneider, NSF program director for advanced cyberinfrastructure. "It was designed to handle scientific problems involving the manipulation of very large data. It is differentiated from most other resources we support in having a large solid-state memory, 4 GB per core, and the capability of simulating a very large shared memory system with software."
Last month, a team of researchers from SDSC, the United States and the Institute Pasteur in France reported in the journal Genes, Brain and Behavior that they used Gordon to devise a novel way to describe a time-dependent gene-expression process in the brain that can be used to guide the development of treatments for mental disorders such as autism-spectrum disorders and schizophrenia.
The researchers identified the hierarchical tree of coherent gene groups and transcription-factor networks that determine the patterns of genes expressed during brain development. They found that some "master transcription factors" at the top level of the hierarchy regulated the expression of a significant number of gene groups.
The scientists' findings can be used for selection of transcription factors that could be targeted in the treatment of specific mental disorders.
"We live in the unique time when huge amounts of data related to genes, DNA, RNA, proteins, and other biological objects have been extracted and stored," said lead author Igor Tsigelny, a research scientist with SDSC as well as with UC San Diego's Moores Cancer Center and its Department of Neurosciences.
"I can compare this time to a situation when the iron ore would be extracted from the soil and stored as piles on the ground. All we need is to transform the data to knowledge, as ore to steel. Only the supercomputers and people who know what to do with them will make such a transformation possible," he said.
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Tuesday, March 26, 2013
University Files Charges Against Student who Refused to Stomp on Jesus
By Todd Starnes
A Florida Atlantic University student who filed a complaint against his professor after he was ordered to stomp on the name of Jesus has been brought up on academic charges by the school and may no longer attend class, according to documents obtained by Fox News.
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The ?Notice of Charges? against Ryan Rotela is contrary to a statement the university released late Friday night saying no one had been disciplined as a result of the classroom activity.
?We can confirm that no student has been expelled, suspended or disciplined by the university as a result of any activity that took place during this class,? the university said in a prepared statement.
However, according to a letter written by Associate Dean Rozalia Williams, Rotela is facing a litany of charges ? including an alleged violation of the student code of conduct, acts of verbal, written or physical abuse, threats, intimidation, harassment, coercion or other conduct which threaten the health, safety or welfare of any person.?
?In the interim, you may not attend class or contact any of the students involved in this matter ? verbally or electronically ? or by any other means,? Williams wrote to Rotela. ?Please be advised that a Student Affairs hold may be placed on your records until final disposition of the complaint.?
Hiram Sasser, director of litigation at the Liberty Institute, told Fox News the university?s behavior is ?outlandish? and called their press release ?inaccurate.?
?We believe the university punished him in retaliation for him exposing the class assignment to the public,? Sasser said. ?Sadly, it is a testimony to the indoctrination that some of the public schools and universities are engaging in ? to demonize anything that was valuable in the culture.?
The Liberty Institute wants Rotela reinstated with full credit for the course ? along with an apology.
?He?s being punished because he told the professor to never do the assignment again because it?s offensive and that he was going to complain to the university,? he said.
Rotela, a devout Mormon, ran afoul of the university after he refused to participate in a classroom assignment that involved writing the name ?Jesus? on a piece of paper ? and then stomping on it.
The university initially defended the Christ-bashing lesson which is included textbook titled, ?Intercultural Communication: A Contextual Approach, 5th?Edition.?
Fox News obtained a synopsis of the lesson taught by?Deandre Poole,?who also happens to be vice chair of the Palm Beach County Democratic Party.
?Have the students write the name JESUS in big letters on a piece of paper,? the lesson reads. ?Ask the students to stand up and put the paper on the floor in front of them with the name facing up. Ask the students to think about it for a moment. After a brief period of silence instruct them to step on the paper. Most will hesitate. Ask why they can?t step on the paper. Discuss the importance of symbols in culture.?
The university issued an apology late Friday after a national uproar and said the exercise ?will not be used again.?
Rotela told Fox News he was baffled by the university?s latest statement.
?The university has a huge problem with integrity,? he said. ?They are tripping over their own words.?
The ?Notice of Charges? accused the student of using threatening language. The school did not return calls seeking clarification. Rotela?s attorney said he believes the perceived threat came when Rotela told the teacher ?don?t do that again? ? in reference to stomping on the paper. The student also told the instructor, ?You?ll be hearing from me.?
Florida Atlantic University also denied that anyone was forced to participate in the assignment.
?Contrary to some media reports, no students were forced to take part in the exercise; the instructor told all of the students in the class that they could choose whether or not to participate,? the university stated.
Sasser said Rotela?s case has generated national outrage and a number of high-profile attorneys have offered to volunteer their services.
?The textbook reveals the agenda,? he said. ?So-called intellectual enlightenment is stomping on everything that has held western civilization together for the past 2,000 years.?
Paul Kengor, the executive director of the?Center for Vision and Values at Grove City College, told Fox News he?s not surprised by the classroom lesson.
?These are the new secular disciples of ?diversity? and ?tolerance? ? empty buzzwords that make liberals and progressives feel good while they often refuse to tolerate and sometimes even assault traditional Christian and conservative beliefs,? Kengor said.
Kengor said classes like the one at Florida Atlantic University demonstrate the contempt many public institutions hold for people of faith.
?It also reflects the rising confidence and aggression of the new secularists and atheists, especially at our sick and surreal modern universities,? he said.
The university did not explain why students were only instructed to write the name of Jesus ? and not the name of Mohammed or another religious figure.
?Gee, I wonder if the instructor would dare do this with the name of Mohammed,? Kengor wondered.
Rotela told Fox News he has been overwhelmed by the support he?s received from Christians across the nation.
?The response and support I have gotten has been beautiful and uplifting,? he said. ?I have never seen such a strong wave of Christians thank me for this. Looking back ? the whole incident was one of the best and worst moments of my life.?
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Tenor Bryan Hymel wins Met Opera's Sills award
NEW YORK (AP) ? A tenor from New Orleans has won the prestigious Beverly Sills Award that signals a star in the works.
Bryan Hymel (EE'-mehl) accepted the $50,000 prize Monday at the Metropolitan Opera.
The 33-year-old Hymel made his debut there in December. He jumped in to take over the daunting lead role in Berlioz's "The Trojans" from another singer.
The Sills award honoring the late American artist goes annually to a vocalist from 25 to 40 who has appeared in a featured role at the Met.
Hymel's powerful but lyrical voice already has triumphed at London's Covent Garden. His other major venues have included the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra.
He'll sing Puccini's "Madame Butterfly" at the Met next season.
He trained at Philadelphia's Academy of Vocal Arts.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/tenor-bryan-hymel-wins-met-operas-sills-award-202101817.html
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Gov. Hickenlooper: Suspect in Colorado killing had 'bad streak'
(Reuters) - Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper, a longtime family friend of a prime suspect in the shooting death of the state's prisons chief, said on Sunday that the now-dead suspect always seemed to suffer from a "streak of cruelty and anger."
Hickenlooper said he and Jack Ebel, the father of white supremacist ex-convict Evan Ebel, had been friends for more than 30 years and that he had spoken to him since the 28-year-old parolee from Denver emerged as a lead suspect in the shooting last Tuesday of Tom Clements, executive director of the Colorado Department of Corrections.
"From the beginning, his son just seemed to have this bad streak, a streak of cruelty and anger," Hickenlooper told CNN's "State of the Union."
"They did everything they could," he said. "They worked with Evan again and again but to no avail. He had a bad, bad streak."
Evan Ebel was killed by police on Thursday after a high-speed chase through Decatur, Texas. He is also a suspect in the killing of pizza delivery man Nathan Leon in Denver, police there have said.
Hickenlooper said an investigation is continuing and that "all the signs" in the Clements killing seemed to point to Ebel, whom he confirmed had been connected to a prison-based white supremacist group.
"We can't see clearly what a motive was," he added.
The governor, who said his own personal security had been beefed up recent days, did not rule out the possibility that the Clements killing had been ordered by jailed white supremacist gang leaders targeting public officials from behind bars.
Lieutenant Jeff Kramer, a spokesman for the sheriff's office in El Paso County, Colorado, said on Sunday that Evan Ebel was definitely considered a suspect in the death of Clements, 58, who was shot on Tuesday when he answered the door at his home about 45 miles south of Denver.
Shell casings found at Clements' home were the same brand and caliber of the Hornady 9-mm bullets Ebel fired at Texas police, according to the search warrant filed in Texas for police to search Ebel's Cadillac.
"We're still waiting for the results of some ballistics testing that we're doing up here in Colorado ... to see if the gun used in Texas is the same gun used in the Tom Clements homicide case," Kramer said.
Ebel was a member of a white supremacist prison gang, the 211 Crew, and had been paroled in the Denver area, a law enforcement official said.
Authorities have said they were looking for ties between the death of Clements and the January killing of Mark Hasse, a prosecutor in the Kaufman County District Attorney's Office. Kaufman County is east of Dallas.
(Reporting by Tom Brown; Editing by Corrie MacLaggan and Christopher Wilson)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/police-cite-strong-lead-texas-colorado-slayings-probe-005745525.html
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Search Retargeting | TurnClick
What?s Search retargeting?
Showing up on a search engine results page (SERP) has the tendency of reaching those who are information or task oriented. Display ad marketing often reaches desirable profiles but it?s never known if the profile has an immediate need or interest in your product or service. The quandary within display advertising isn?t the lack of being able to reach an internet user, the dilemma is being able to display relevant messaging to relevant users within a relevant time frame. Search retargeting?brings the above ideas together by using search query history as a way to signal intent and is followed by using IP address tracking to then target the unique user via display advertising while they surf the web. This powerful form of display advertising is all about increasing relevancy and subsequently the performance and impact of banner ads served to internet users.
Take today?s typical consumer buying cycle for example:
1) Develop a need or desire
2) Research online for options to satisfy that need or desire (Search)
3) Consider the options discovered while researching (Time-span of minutes to months)
4) Purchase
5) Review purchase (Voluntary task)
The 3rd step of the consumers buying cycle is where search retargeting has a huge impact on the success of your marketing mix when? compared to that of your competitors. There is a positive relationship between the length of time a consumer spends considering his/her options and the price-point (i.e. cost) of the item the user is considering to purchase. Therefore, the larger the ticket price, the longer it takes to make a purchase decision and the more imperative it is to keep your brand top-of-mind to get that big sale.
Search retargeting allows us to shadow the consideration phase of the buying cycle which subsequently complements other marketing efforts (e.g. PPC or SEO) and thus leads to more sales. The data obtained through search retargeting includes: the keyword, the IP address and the time the user made the search. This gives us the ability to target just the individuals who have recently searched for a specific keyword. In a sense, the consumer has raised their hand and pre-qualified themselves as a worthy candidate for products or services related to the keyword searched. The only filter left to further qualify the user as a candidate is to determine if they are within the desired geographic market area and because we are targeting ads via IP address, determining the location of the candidate is a very simple task. The question now is: Why wouldn?t you want to stay top of mind while consumers consider their options?
What?s the setup look like?
The setup is much like the preparation for a pay-per-click campaign, we set-up ad groups that consists of relevant keywords that will indicate a propensity for your business. We then design tailor-fit banner ads that relate to the keyword, product and user being targeted. Next we define the DMA?s or geographic market areas ?in order to target users based on their IP address location.
This process allows companies to keep their brand in front of consumers after they have shown a propensity for their products or services showing your brand, highly targeted messaging, promotions and call-to-actions. In the marketing world,?Search retargeting?is a game changer.
- Only target individuals who have shown a propensity for your product
- Achieve higher click-through rates than traditional display advertising
- Map your market-penetration geographically
Another important aspect to mention is that there comes a point when a company?s pay-per-click (PPC) program is as effective as it?s going to get, mainly because there is only so much search volume available. The average amount of time users spend searching on search engines like Google equates to 21% of total time spent online; the other 79% of time is spent surfing: reading online news, visiting websites, socializing, etc? (as of February 2013, http://www.go-gulf.com/blog/online-time) Search retargeting will maximize your business?s digital marketing mix by following the natural tendencies of a consumer?s buying cycle.
Source: http://www.turnclick.com/blog/incorporate-the-effectiveness-of-search-with-the-reach-of-display
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Monday, March 25, 2013
Winning $338M Powerball jackpot ticket sold in N.J.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) ? A single ticket sold in New Jersey matched all six numbers in Saturday night's drawing for the $338.3 million Powerball jackpot, lottery officials said. It was the 13th drawing held in the days since a Virginia man won a $217 million jackpot Feb. 6.
Thirteen other tickets worth $1 million each matched all but the final Powerball number on Saturday night. Those tickets were sold in New Jersey and 10 other states. Lottery officials said there was also one Power Play Match 5 winner in Iowa.
The New Jersey Lottery said Sunday that details about the winning ticket would be released Monday, declining to reveal where it had been purchased and whether anyone had immediately come forward. Lottery officials say it was the fourth largest jackpot in Powerball history.
The numbers drawn were 17, 29, 31, 52, 53 and Powerball 31. A lump sum payout would be $221 million.
Lottery officials said the 13 tickets worth $1 million apiece ? matching the first five numbers but missing the Powerball ? were sold in Arizona, Florida (2), Illinois, Minnesota, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina and Virginia.
Powerball said on its website that the grand prize jackpot has now been reset to an estimated $40 million or a lump sum cash amount estimated at $25 million for Wednesday's next drawing.
No one had won the Powerball jackpot since early February, when Dave Honeywell in Virginia bought the winning ticket and elected a cash lump sum for his $217 million jackpot.
The largest Powerball jackpot ever came in at $587.5 million in November. The winning numbers were picked on two different tickets ? one by a couple in Missouri and the other by an Arizona man ? and the jackpot was split.
Nebraska still holds the record for the largest Powerball jackpot won on a single ticket ? $365 million. That jackpot was won by eight workers at a Lincoln, Neb., meatpacking plant in February 2006.
Powerball is played in 42 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The chance of matching all five numbers and the Powerball number is about 1 in 175 million.
Powerball said on its website that the game is played every Wednesday and Saturday night when five white balls are drawn from a drum of 59 balls and one red ball is picked from a drum with 35 red balls. It added that winners of the Powerball jackpot can elect to be paid out over 29 years at a percentage set by the game's rules ? or in a lump sum cash payment.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/winning-338m-powerball-jackpot-ticket-sold-nj-074556709.html
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Sunday, March 24, 2013
Kerry arrives in Iraq on unannounced visit
BAGHDAD (AP) ? U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Iraq on an unannounced visit to urge Iraqi leaders to overcome sectarian differences that still threaten the country's stability following the 10-year anniversary of the American-led invasion that toppled dictator Saddam Hussein.
Kerry flew into Baghdad on Saturday from Amman after accompanying President Barack Obama to Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Jordan. Officials traveling with him said he would press Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and other senior officials on democratic reforms and urge them to stop overflights of Iranian aircraft carrying military personnel and equipment to support the Syrian government as it battles rebels.
The overflights have been a source of contention between the U.S. and Iraq and Kerry will tell the Iraqis that letting them continue will threaten Iraq's stability.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/kerry-arrives-iraq-unannounced-visit-074635601--politics.html
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Alamieyeseigha: The lure of sin and the politics of forgiveness
By CHIOMA GABRIEL
?To err is human, to forgive divine?
The last is yet? to be heard of the presidential pardon granted some Nigerians for sins committed in the past years.
Since? the National Council of States , presided over by President Jonathan,? penultimate Tuesday granted state pardon to some prominent Nigerians, including the former Bayelsa governor, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha , sleep? has eluded? Nigerians. The deluge of criticisms? were coming? from all over the world. Nigeria is on the spot? and the populace is crying foul.
But? are the people questioning the privilege of the president whom they have given their mandate at election?
Constitutionally, the president has powers to grant state pardon to individuals who betrayed the destiny of the nation.
All over the world, pardons are granted when individuals who committed crimes have demonstrated that they have fulfilled their debt to society, or are otherwise considered to be deserving. Pardons are sometimes offered to persons who are wrongfully convicted or who claim they have been wrongfully convicted.
In the United States , a common reason used in granting pardons is to mitigate disproportionate sentencing, especially between participants in the same criminal act or those convicted in the same jurisdiction. Some US governors are against using pardons in this manner because they believe it usurps the discretion of the sentencing judge.
Pardon is a general concept that encompasses several related procedures: pardoning, commutation, remission and reprieves. Commutation or remission is the lessening of a penalty without forgiveness for the crime; the beneficiary is still considered guilty of the offense and it is the prerogative of a country?s? president.
But in? the case of Alamieyeseigha according to respected lawyer, Femi Falana,SAN, ? while some of the persons involved in the exercise may be deserving of pardon, it is pertinent to point out, without any fear of contradiction, that the Council of State lacks the power to grant pardon to any person convicted of a criminal offence in Nigeria. Being an advisory body the Council of State? cannot usurp the powers of the President to exercise the prerogative of? mercy on convicted persons.? To that extent, the decision of the Council of States to pardon certain members of the ruling class is illegal and unconstitutional.?
Section 175 of the Constitution?? empowers the president to:
? grant any person concerned with or convicted of any offence created by an Act of the National Assembly a pardon, either free or subject to lawful conditions;
? grant to any person a respite, either for an indefinite or for a specified period, of the execution of any punishment imposed on that person for such an offence.
?Substitute a less severe form of punishment for any punishment imposed on that person for such an offence; or
? Remit the whole or any part of any punishment imposed on that person for such an offence or of any penalty or forfeiture otherwise due to the State on account of such an offence.
?The powers of the President under subsection(1) of this section shall be exercised by him after consultation with the Council of State.
?The President, acting in accordance with the advice of the Council of State may exercise his powers under subsection(1) of this section in relation to persons concerned with offences against the army, naval or air force? law or convicted or sentenced by a court martial.
Diepreye Alamieyeseigha was arrested? in London? in 2005 over alleged money laundering . At the time of his arrest, British Metropolitan police found about ?1m in cash in his London home. Later they found a total of ?1.8m ($3.2m) in cash and bank accounts. He was also found to own real estate in London worth an alleged ?10 million. His state?s monthly federal allocation for the? six years was in the order of ?32 million but he jumped bail in December 2005 from the United Kingdom by allegedly disguising himself as a woman.
Back home in Nigeria on July 26, 2007, Alamieyeseigha pleaded? guilty before a Nigerian court to six charges of corrupt enrichment levelled against him and was sentenced to two years in prison on each charge but because the sentences were set to run concurrently and the time was counted from the point of his arrest? two years before the sentences, his actual sentence was relatively short. Many of his assets were ordered to be forfeited to the Bayelsa state government.? But? the former governor? said he only pleaded guilty due to his age and would have fought the charges had he been younger.
On July 27, 2007, just hours after being taken to prison, he was released due to time already served.
In December 2009, the federal government hired a British law firm to help dispose of four expensive properties acquired by Alamieyeseigha in London.? The former governor? had bought one of these? properties for ?1,750,000.00 in July 2003, paying in cash and had used? same as his London residence, and as the registered office of Solomon and Peters Inc.
On June 28, 2012, the United States (US) Department of Justice (DoJ) reportedly, announced that it had executed an asset forfeiture order on $401,931 in a Massachusetts brokerage fund, traceable to Alamieyeseigha.? US prosecutors filed court papers in April 2011 targeting the Massachusetts brokerage fund and a $600,000 Maryland home, which they alleged were the proceeds of corruption. A motion for default judgement and civil forfeiture was granted by a Massachusetts federal district judge in early June 2012.
The outrage over the presidential pardon granted the former Bayelsa governors stemmed? from the fact that the act of pardon rubbished the anti-corruption posture of? the? federal governrnent.
According to records, over? $500 billion (N75 trillion) had been lost to corruption in Nigeria since 1960 . This was the submission of former Minister of External Affairs, Professor Bolaji Akinyemi during a one day national discourse on corruption held in Minna, Niger State, on Thursday 14th March, 2013.?
He also attributed? the rising insecurity in some parts of the north, the militancy in the south- south and the kidnapping for ransom in the south-east? to the high level of corruption that has rocked the nation for many years.
Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, the former Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,? equally estimated that Nigeria lost some US $380 billion to corruption between independence in 1960 and the end of military rule in 1999.
Ribadu explained he had come up with his figure of $380bn stolen or wasted since independence ?easily? through records kept by the Nigerian central bank and the ministry of finance.
Alamieyeseigha?s? controversial pardon has sparked a diplomatic row between Nigeria and the United States, with the Americans threatening to punish Nigeria over the? action.
Nigeria has in turn accused the United States of interfering in her affairs.
Through its official twitter handle @USEmbassyAbuja? penultimate Friday, the US had condemned the President?s?? action, saying, ?the USG (United States Government) is deeply disappointed over the recent pardons of corrupt officials by GON (Government of Nigeria),? adding, ?we see this as a setback in the fight against corruption.?
Obviously, the? American government is not taking the matter lightly and might apply sanction as appropriate.
The U.S. is the world?s top donor. In 2012, it spent about $226 million on health and governance programmes in Nigeria. And about $600million has been requested for 2013, according to U.S. government data.
However, it must be noted that the US is not a stranger to presidential pardons. Approximately 20,000 pardons and clemencies were issued by U.S. presidents in the 20th century alone. George Washington pardoned, commuted or rescinded the convictions of 16 people during his term.
Democratic President John F. Kennedy pardoned, commuted or rescinded the convictions of 575 people and Jimmy Carter pardoned, commuted or rescinded the convictions of 566 people.
Republican President Ronald Reagan pardoned, commuted or rescinded the convictions of 406 people during his term while his successor, Republican President George H. W. Bush pardoned, commuted or rescinded the convictions of 77 people .
In the years of Democratic President William J. Clinton, he pardoned,? commuted or rescinded the convictions of 459 people .
So far, Democratic President Barack Obama has pardoned 16 people.
In the United Kingdom where Alamieyeseigha?s was arrested in 2005, the power to grant pardons and reprieves? is known as the Royal prerogative of mercy. It was traditionally in the absolute power of the monarch to pardon an individual for a crime, whether or not he had been convicted, and thereby commute any penalty; the power was then delegated both to the judiciary and the Sovereign?s ministers. Since the creation of legal rights of appeal, the Royal prerogative of mercy is no longer being exercised by the person of the sovereign, or by the judiciary, but only by the Government.
Alamieyeseigha? had succumbed to the lure of sin? and got a state pardon but there is a heavy? political undertone underlining this pardon. Facts exist that proved? that Nigerian leaders granted state pardon in the past had always? indicated interest in one political office or the other soon after. An outstanding case was ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo who, after being pardoned by Abdulsalam Abubakar?s government , forged ahead to contest and win elections and ruled Nigeria for eight years.
With the restoration of his fundamental and civic rights,one? should not be surprised to find DSP Alamieyeseigha?s campaign banners on the streets very soon or? given? a political appointment.
Indeed, his pardon? was? perceived to be hasty and suspicious and could be for anything but the interest of the? nation and the entire world .
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Source: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/03/alamieyeseigha-the-lure-of-sin-and-the-politics-of-forgiveness/
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Saturday, March 23, 2013
Fall Out Boy Joined By Courtney Love On 'Save Rock And Roll'
'It's Courtney, Bitch,' they announce in a six-second YouTube clip.
By Gil Kaufman
Courtney Love in a teaser for Fall Out Boy's "'It's Courtney, Bitch"
Photo: bananasmusicclub
Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1704151/fall-out-boy-courtney-love-save-rock-roll.jhtml
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2,400-year-old mummy-making myths no longer under wraps
Andrew Wade
CT slices and 3-D reconstruction showing the empty body cavity of the Royal Ontario Museum's ROM910.5.3 mummy.
By Tia Ghose
LiveScience
Contrary to reports by famous Greek historian Herodotus, the ancient Egyptians probably didn't remove mummy guts using cedar oil enemas, new research on the reality of mummification suggests.
The ancient embalmers also didn't always leave the mummy's heart in place, the researchers added.
The findings, published in the February issue of HOMO ? Journal of Comparative Human Biology, come from analyzing 150 mummies from the ancient world.
Mummy history
In the fifth century B.C., Herodotus, the "father of history," got an inside peek at the Egyptian mummification process. Embalming was a competitive business, and the tricks of the trade were closely guarded secrets, said study co-author Andrew Wade, an anthropologist at the University of Western Ontario.
Herodotus described multiple levels of embalming: The elites, he said, got a slit through the belly, through which organs were removed. For the lower class, mummies had organs eaten away with an enema of cedar oil, which was thought to be similar to turpentine, Herodotus reported. [See Images of Egyptian Mummification Process]
In addition, Herodotus claimed the brain was removed during embalming and other accounts suggested the heart was always left in place.
"A lot of his accounts sound more like tourist stories, so we're reticent to take everything he said at face value," Wade told LiveScience.
Mummy tales
To see how eviscerations really took place, Wade and his colleague Andrew Nelson looked through the literature, finding details on how 150 mummies were embalmed over thousands of years in ancient Egypt. They also conducted CT scans and 3-D reconstructions on seven mummies.
The team found that rich and poor alike most commonly had the transabdominal slit performed, although for the elites?evisceration was sometimes performed through a slit through the anus.
In addition, there wasn't much indication that cedar oil enemas were used.
Only a quarter of mummies had their hearts left in place. The removal of the heart seems to coincide with the transition period when the middle class gained access to mummification, so getting to keep the heart may have become a status symbol after that point, Wade said.
"The elites need some way to distinguish themselves from the people that they're ruling," he said.
And whereas Herodotus had suggested mummies had their brains removed?and discarded, Wade and his colleagues found about a fifth of the brains were left inside the mummies' skulls. Almost all the others were pulled out through the nose, Wade's team described in another study detailed in the August 2011 issue of the same journal
After the evisceration, the bodies were rubbed down with a mild antiseptic such as palm wine. They were also covered with packets of natron, a naturally occurring salt, left to dry out for many days, packed with linen or wood shavings, and sometimes perfumed with scented items, Wade said.
Varied traditions
The findings show just how varied embalming techniques were in the ancient world, said David Hunt, a physical anthropologist at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
"A lot of people have taken the idea that it was all done the same way, but over the course of 3,000 years? Heck no," Hunt told LiveScience. "We know that folks in the Sudan didn't follow the exact same methodology as people that were in Alexandria."
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