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Man buried when tunnel on Ore. mountain collapses
In this undated photo provided by the Hood River County Sheriffs Office a hiker stands at the entrance to an ice tunnel that collapsed, trapping a snowboarder at Oregon's Mt. Hood Saturday Aug. 3, 2013. Rescue crews early Sunday morning will resume the search for a snowboarder who was trapped under the collapsing ice tunnel. The snowboarder has not been identified. He was traveling with five companions on Saturday afternoon when the tunnel collapsed. The five were uninjured and called police. (AP Photo/Hood River County Sheriffs Office)
In this undated photo provided by the Hood River County Sheriffs Office a hiker stands at the entrance to an ice tunnel that collapsed, trapping a snowboarder at Oregon's Mt. Hood Saturday Aug. 3, 2013. Rescue crews early Sunday morning will resume the search for a snowboarder who was trapped under the collapsing ice tunnel. The snowboarder has not been identified. He was traveling with five companions on Saturday afternoon when the tunnel collapsed. The five were uninjured and called police. (AP Photo/Hood River County Sheriffs Office)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) ? A snowboarder traveling through an ice tunnel on Oregon's Mount Hood with five companions was buried Saturday when the tunnel collapsed, officials said.
Rescuers quickly responded but halted efforts after dark Saturday night, and said they will resume the search around dawn Sunday.
The other five were uninjured in the collapse Saturday afternoon and called police. They also attempted to dig the man out, but were unable to break through thick snow and ice.
"They tried digging for an hour, but the problem is the stuff is so thick that they couldn't get through it," Hood River Sheriff's Office Sgt. Pete Hughes said. "We're getting chainsaws, if that's any indication."
Early reports from police incorrectly stated there were seven people in the group. The initial reports also referred to an avalanche, but it was not immediately clear if one had occurred.
The man was trapped on the White River Glacier, which begins about 6,000 feet up the south side of the mountain.
"It trapped one person in the tunnel, (but) we're not sure if he was the last one out or it just caught him," Hughes said. "It sounds like there's a significant amount of ice and snow that fell."
An airplane was dispatched to survey the area, along with crews from local sheriff's offices.
Seven rescuers, including five members of an all-volunteer group called the CragRats, were on the mountain on Saturday night.
Hughes said it will "take some doing" to reach the area where the snowboarder was buried. Companions took pictures of the area just before the tunnel collapsed, Hughes said, giving searchers a better idea of where to search.
Warm temperatures made snow on the mountain slushier and more easily sloughed off the surface, adding to the challenge of attempting to reach the snowboarder.
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Talking humanoid robot launches on Japan rocket
TOKYO (AP) ? The first talking humanoid robot "astronaut" has taken off in a rocket.
Kirobo ? derived from the Japanese words for "hope" and "robot" ? was among five tons of supplies and machinery on a rocket launched Sunday for the International Space Station from Tanegashima, southwestern Japan, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, said.
The childlike robot was designed to be a companion for astronaut Koichi Wakata, and will communicate with another robot on Earth, according to developers. Wakata is expected to arrive at the space station in November.
Robot designer Tomotaka Takahashi, of the University of Tokyo, advertiser Dentsu and automaker Toyota Motor Corp. worked on the robot.
The challenge was making sure it could move and talk where there was no gravity.
Ahead of the launch, the 34-centimeter (13-inch) tall Kirobo told reporters, "one small step for me, a giant leap for robots."
Japan boasts the most sophisticated robotics in the world, but because of its "manga" culture, it tends to favor cute robots with human-like characteristics with emotional appeal, a use of technology that has at times drawn criticism for being not productive.
But Takahashi, the designer, said sending a robot into space could help write a new chapter in the history of communication.
"I wish for this robot to function as a mediator between person and machine, or person and Internet and sometimes even between people," he said.
JAXA, Japan's equivalent of NASA, said the rocket launch was successful, and the separation of a cargo vehicle, carrying the robot to the space station, was confirmed about 15 minutes after liftoff.
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HRW: Syrian missiles kill hundreds of civilians
FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 file photo, night falls on a Syrian rebel-controlled area as destroyed buildings, including Dar Al-Shifa hospital, are seen on Sa'ar street after airstrikes targeted the area last week, killing dozens in Aleppo, Syria. More than two years into Syria's civil war, the once highly-centralized authoritarian state has effectively split into three distinct parts, each boasting its own flags, security agencies and judicial system. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras, File)
FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 file photo, night falls on a Syrian rebel-controlled area as destroyed buildings, including Dar Al-Shifa hospital, are seen on Sa'ar street after airstrikes targeted the area last week, killing dozens in Aleppo, Syria. More than two years into Syria's civil war, the once highly-centralized authoritarian state has effectively split into three distinct parts, each boasting its own flags, security agencies and judicial system. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras, File)
BEIRUT (AP) ? The Syrian military is firing ballistic missiles into populated areas where it is battling rebels, killing hundreds of civilians in recent months, Human Rights Watch said in a report Monday.
The U.S.-based group said it has investigated nine apparent missile attacks that killed at least 215 people, half of them children, between February and July. The most recent attack HRW investigated occurred in the northern province of Aleppo on July 26, killing at least 33 civilians including 17 children.
HRW activists visited the sites of seven of the nine attacks and found no apparent military targets nearby, the group said. Ole Solvang, a senior researcher with HRW, said it's impossible to distinguish between civilians and fighters when firing missiles with wide-ranging destructive effects into densely populated areas.
"Even if there are fighters in the area, you cannot accurately target them and the impact in some of these cases has been devastating to local civilians," Solvang said in a statement.
The HRW called on President Bashar Assad to stop indiscriminate attacks.
Government officials could not immediately be reached for comment. The military has repeatedly denied it is targeting civilians during the 2-year conflict, saying its troops are fighting "terrorists" hiding in civilian areas.
More than 100,000 people have been killed since the conflict started in March 2011 as largely peaceful protests against Assad's rule. It turned into an armed uprising after opposition supporters took up arms to fight a brutal government crackdown on dissent.
The Assad government claims it is not facing a popular revolt, but a conspiracy by Gulf Arab states and the West seeking to destroy Syria by supplying Islamic extremists with weapons and funds.
In his last public appearance late Sunday, Assad called on the Syrians to unite behind the army's efforts to "defend their homeland."
"There is no solution with terrorism but to strike with an iron fist," Assad was quoted as saying by state news agency SANA. "With this kind of battles that aim at the destruction of the cultural identity and the Syrian national fabric, we either win together as Syrians or lose together."
Assad spoke while taking part in an iftar, the meal that breaks the dawn-to-dusk fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
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Car bomb explodes west of Bahraini capital Manama
MANAMA (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded near a recreational area in Budaiya, west of the Bahraini capital Manama, on Saturday but no casualties were reported, the Interior Ministry said.
Two gas cylinders were planted in a parked vehicle but only one exploded, a ministry source told Reuters.
Bahrain, a majority Shi'ite country ruled by the Sunni al Khalifa family, has been buffeted by political unrest since 2011, with mostly Shi'ite Bahrainis agitating for democratic reforms and more say in government.
Authorities have crushed large-scale popular demonstrations on the island, which is home to the U.S. Fifth Fleet and sits between top oil exporter Saudi Arabia and Washington's main regional antagonist Iran, but small clashes and protests erupt almost daily.
A car exploded on July 17 outside a Sunni Muslim mosque in Riffa, south of the capital Manama, but no-one was hurt.
The main Shi'ite opposition party Al Wefaq condemned Saturday's attack.
"The Wefaq policy is based on peaceful methods," Al Wefaq official Khalil-al Marzouk said.
National reconciliation talks between the government and opposition parties have made little progress since they began in February.
Bahrain's lawmakers agreed last week to tougher penalties on what they called terrorist crimes and banned protests from taking place in the capital Manama ahead of planned mass demonstrations later this month.
Inspired by the "Tamarrod" (Rebel!) protests in Egypt which led to the military overthrow of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi in July, a protest movement in Bahrain called for demonstrations against the government on August 14.
The Bahraini government has said anyone participating in the planned protests would "face the force of the law".
(Reporting by Farishta Saeed; Writing by Maha El Dahan; Editing by Sonya Hepinstall)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/car-bomb-explodes-west-bahraini-capital-manama-183627381.html
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Sunday, August 4, 2013
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After turmoil, Texas cancer agency gets 2nd chance
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ? Gone are the large conferences, big pharma funding, Nobel laureates and lavishly paid state officials who vowed scientific breakthroughs from Texas' unprecedented $3 billion crusade against cancer.
What's left of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas isn't flashy, but that's precisely the goal for an agency regaining its footing after a year of turmoil and an ongoing a criminal investigation.
"When this started off, when we had Lance Armstrong and all the other advocates, it was ballyhooed," said Wayne Roberts, the interim executive director of the agency. "Publicized. Promoted. Listen, $3 billion for something like cancer ? it's going to have to really be in trouble before they don't support it."
A Texas grand jury is still weighing criminal charges against former officials, and rebukes from some of the nation's top researchers have sullied the agency's reputation. But CPRIT, like the cancer patients it was created to help, is getting a second chance.
Skeptics still aren't convinced that lessons were learned. Some nationally acclaimed scientists who severed ties with CPRIT last year say they haven't bothered keeping up with the sweeping reforms and housecleaning that are supposed to right an agency that hands out $300 million in taxpayer dollars every year.
Others mindful of dwindling research money are willing to put their disappointment aside.
"I guess it's like when the Dallas Cowboys have a down season," said Dr. Ian Thompson, director of the cancer and therapy research center at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, which has received more than $23 million from CPRIT. "Do you walk away from the Cowboys? Absolutely not."
Before packed abortion-rights protests at the state Capitol this summer caught even the attention of President Barack Obama, few issues dominated the Texas Legislature in 2013 like the fate of CPRIT. The agency controls the second-biggest pot of available cancer research dollars in the nation, behind only the National Institutes of Health, which has suffered with government cutbacks.
CPRIT launched in 2009. The public paid little attention to the agency after a celebrated rollout while researchers and private companies eagerly lined up for a shot at the taxpayer dollars.
Then the national attention CPRIT craved arrived, but for all the wrong reasons. Lucrative grants had been awarded without vetting; elite researchers levied allegations of "hucksterism"; state auditors uncovered mismanagement and questionable spending. One grant recipient spent more than $100,000 on office furniture.
By December, lawmakers froze the agency under a moratorium, and public corruption prosecutors began pulling CPRIT records. Big-shot lobbyists in Capitol hallways bet that "CPRIT is not going to live," Roberts said he later learned.
Lawmakers instead cleaned house and put the agency on a tighter leash. The entire 11-member oversight board was ousted. A nonprofit foundation that solicited money from donors and pharmaceutical giants such as Novartis and Pfizer Inc. ? partly to help two state officials take home a combined $1 million in salary ? dissolved and won't be replaced.
Now, after being effectively frozen for eight months, the agency hopes to begin taking applications for new grants by October. Leading the way is Roberts, a former aide to Gov. Rick Perry and budget wonk who is deliberately pushing CPRIT ahead with all the pizazz of the state's insurance department.
None of the three founding executives of CPRIT, which included a Nobel laureate and executive of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, had experience running a state agency. Roberts said it became clear to him after taking over that was part of the problem.
Cathy Bonner, who helped hatch the idea for CPRIT, agreed.
"You run a boring state agency by the books, and you're a careful steward of the public money," said Bonner, an aide to former Texas Gov. Ann Richards. "You don't have that corruption. And I think they didn't have enough people who knew how to run a public agency with public money. It would thrill me completely if this was a boring state agency that does remarkable, boring research."
What's next for CPRIT is the appointment of a new governing board and the restocking of peer-review panels that were left bare as waves of scientists resigned. Roberts said some who resigned have approached the agency about coming back but declined to name them.
"We got a pretty direct message ? you're getting a second chance," Roberts said. "You ain't getting a third chance."
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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/turmoil-texas-cancer-agency-gets-2nd-chance-151437463.html
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Obama: No tax reform without spending to spur jobs
WASHINGTON (AP) ? President Barack Obama says there are no gimmicks to grow the economy ? just difficult steps that require Washington's focus.
In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama is promoting a plan he says can break through gridlock. He's calling it a grand bargain for the middle class.
Obama says he's willing to work with Republicans to reform the tax code for businesses. That would mean lowering rates but ending many loopholes and deductions.
But Obama says he'll only do it if money generated is used for infrastructure, training and job growth.
In the Republican address, Sen. Susan Collins of Maine says Obama's health care law will cost jobs. She wants to change the law to require companies to provide insurance to employees working 40 hours a week, not 30.
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GOP address: www.youtube.com/gopweeklyaddress
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/obama-no-tax-reform-without-spending-spur-jobs-100312543.html
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DirecTV sides with Time Warner over CBS fee dispute
(Reuters) - In an unusual show of solidarity between rivals, satellite TV provider DirecTV issued a statement on Saturday applauding Time Warner Cable's decision to drop CBS programming from its lineup in the nation's two largest markets after the two failed to reach an agreement over fees.
The blackout on Friday by Time Warner of CBS, the No. 1-rated U.S. broadcast network, followed weeks of protracted and acrimonious negotiations between the two companies.
CBS retaliated on Friday by suspending videos of full episodes of its programming on CBS.com for customers with Internet access provided by Time Warner Cable in the affected markets, a move that affects DirecTV customers.
"DirecTV has certainly had its share of these battles, so we applaud Time Warner Cable for fighting back against exorbitant programming cost increases," the company said in a statement.
"We are also appalled to learn that CBS is now punishing DIRECTV customers, who may happen to have Time Warner as their Internet provider, by denying them access to CBS content online," the company said, saying the efforts of content companies to extract "outrageous fees" from distributors may have reached "a new low."
DirecTV had its own blackout last summer in which 20 million customers lost access to Viacom channels such as MTV and Nickelodeon for 10 days.
CBS is home to such hits as "The Big Bang Theory" and "NCIS" and is seen by an estimated 3.5 million customers in the affected markets, which include New York, Los Angeles and Dallas.
A source familiar with the CBS negotiating strategy told Reuters on Friday the company had offered to extend current terms and keep negotiating in the coming days, adding that no new talks between the sides are scheduled.
(Reporting by Julie Steenhuysen in Chicago; Editing by Eric Walsh)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/directv-sides-time-warner-over-cbs-fee-dispute-195443481.html
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Congress eyes second push for legislation that would rein in NSA ...
Members of Congress are considering 11 legislative measures to constrain the activities of the National Security Agency, in a major shift of political opinion in the eight weeks since the first revelations from whistleblower Edward Snowden.
The proposals range from repealing the legal foundations of key US surveillance powers to more moderate reforms of the secretive court proceedings for domestic spying. If enacted, the laws would represent the first rollback of the NSA's powers since 9/11.
The Guardian has spoken to six key lawmakers involved in the push to rein in the NSA, and those involved in the process argue there is now an emerging consensus that the bulk collection of millions of phone records needs to be overhauled or even ended.
Justin Amash, the Republican congressman whose measure to terminate the indiscriminate collection of phone data was narrowly defeated 10 days ago, said he was certain the next legislative push will succeed. "The people who voted no are, I think, hopeful to get another opportunity to vote yes on reforming this program and other programs," he said.
In the Senate, Democrat Ron Wyden said there was similarly "strong bipartisan support for fundamental reforms", a direct consequence of revelations about the nature and power of NSA surveillance. "Eight weeks ago, we wouldn't have had this debate in the Congress," he said. "Eight weeks ago there wouldn't have been this extraordinary vote."
On Thursday, Snowden was granted temporary asylum in Russia, to the fury of Washington. The White House said it was "extremely disappointed" in the decision, and hinted that Barack Obama may pull out of a bilateral summit with Vladimir Putin in September.
But even as Snowden was leaving the Moscow airport where he has been holed up for more than a month, Obama was telling key members of Congress at a meeting at the Oval Office that he was "open to suggestions" for reforming the NSA surveillance programs that have embroiled his administration in controversy.
Wyden, a long-standing critic of dragnet surveillance, is backing a range of legislative efforts that would end bulk phone records acquisition and revamp the foreign intelligence surveillance (Fisa) court, which grants the NSA legal authorization for its mass collection.
Several senators are supporting a bill introduced on Thursday by Democrat Richard Blumenthal which would introduce a public advocate into some proceedings at the court, which currently only hears the US government's case. In the past 30 years, it has turned down just 11 of the nearly 34,000 warrant requests submitted by federal authorities.
Senior administration officials have indicated they are open to Blumenthal's proposals ? which would not in themselves curtail the NSA's powers.
Another measure directed at the Fisa court is being brought by House Democrat Adam Schiff, who sits on the powerful intelligence committee. Under his plan, the court's judges, who are currently selected by the chief justice of the supreme court, would be appointed instead by the president, a process that would require them to undergo a congressional confirmation process.
"Then you have these judges publicly vetted on their fourth amendment views prior to being placed on the court," Schiff said, referring to the constitutional freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures.
Other measures seek to make government surveillance more transparent. This week Democratic senator Al Franken introduced a bill to force the US government to regularly report on the number of Americans whose data is being collated by the NSA. It would also permit internet companies to disclose the number of requests they receive for data. "The American public deserves more transparency, and my bill goes a long toward doing that," Franken said.
A similar bill has been introduced by his Democratic colleague Jeff Merkley, who wants to compel the administration to disclose the key legal ruling from the Fisa court that governs how phone records are collected.
Representative Zoe Lofgren, a California Democrat who on Friday introduced a bill promoting greater transparency around surveillance orders received by private companies, stressed the cross-party nature of the measures. "If you've noticed, we've not had a rash of bipartisan efforts in the House," she said, referring to the gridlock that has held up other legislation.
There are other lawmakers who are pushing for more profound reforms. They include Republican James Sensenbrenner, the author of the post-9/11 Patriot Act, which the NSA has used to justify some of its data collection methods. His support of the Amash amendment last week revealed how far Congress has shifted in the weeks since the Snowden leaks were published.
Sensenbrenner said the Patriot Act was being interpreted to allow for forms of surveillance that were never envisaged when it was passed. He now supports an Amash-style bill that would prevent the NSA from hoovering up phone records without specific justification.
Most of the efforts focus on constraining the NSA's ability to spy on Americans. There is less congressional support for limiting its spying on foreigners' internet communication. One major exception is a measure introduced by House Democrat Rush Holt, that would repeal both the Patriot Act and the Fisa Amendments Act of 2008, two legislative pillars of post-9/11 surveillance.
Holt, who previously served on the intelligence committee, represents the most sceptical wing of Congress. "I learned that the heads of the NSA and other intelligence agencies are schooled in secrecy and deception. You can't always believe everything they say," he said. "They say these have stopped 50 attacks or something like that, and though I'm not on the intelligence committee right now, and I can't speak item-by-item, I can be pretty sure that there's probably not too much truth to it."
His bill represents the most radical congressional attempt at surveillance reform. Its prospects are not good, particularly because it would curtail Prism, one of the NSA programs to spy on the internet communications in foreign lands.
Schiff said Prism was more popular in congress for two reasons. First, Prism "is focused outside the United States and not on US citizens". Second, Schiff said its effectiveness is "much more substantial" than the phone records collection.
Intelligence officials have struggled to show how collecting bulk phone metadata was critical to foiling even one terrorist plot.
Lawmakers may fume at the idea of collecting the phone records of Americans, but they seem nonplussed at the notion the NSA can freely access the emails of foreigners.
Even those who do have concerns about Prism ? such as Wyden ? are looking for ways to ensure Americans are not ensnared in its dragnet, rather than ending it entirely.
"It has become increasingly apparent that the balance between security and liberty has been tainted," Sensenbrenner said in a statement after he left the White House meeting. "The conversation was very productive and everyone agreed something must be done."
Source: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/02/congress-nsa-legislation-surveillance
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2004 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION, CALL CRIMESTOPPERS AT 1-800-SPEAK-UP. Carmen: IN LIVONIA, A SPECIAL HOMECOMING FOR A LITTLE GIRL FOLLOWING A BATTLE WITH BRAIN CANCER. Devin: ABBEY IS COMING HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL FOR A BREAK AND PEOPLE IN HER LIVONIA NEIGHBORHOOD WANTED TO MAKE SURE SHE GOT A HERO'S WELCOME. Carmen: OUR WILL JONES HAS MORE. A DONATION ON BEHALF OF THE PIPERS. MY DAUGHTER HAD A LEMONADE STAND YESTERDAY AND WE'RE DONATING THIS ON BEHALF OF THE FAMILY. Will: IT'S THINGS LIKE THAT THAT KEEP HER ROLLING ON. NEIGHBORS, FRIENDS, ALL THOSE WHO LOVE HER, WELCOMING HER HOME IN HER BATTLE AGAINST BRAIN CANCER. SHE IS REALLY, REALLY SWEET AND SERVES. Will: SHE HAD STROKE-LIKE SYMPTOMS ON A SCHOOL FIELD TRIP AND RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL. THE NEXT DAY SHE SPENT HOURS IN SURGERY FOR A BRAIN TUMOR IN AN AREA OF THE BRAIN THAT CONTROLS BODY MOVEMENT. SHE WAS VOMITING THREE MONTHS PRIOR TO THIS. WE WERE SHOCKED AND IT TURNED OUR LIVES UPSIDE DOWN. ABBEY! ABBEY! Will: HER PARENTS HAVE BEEN BY HER SIDE THROUGH RADIATION AND RECOVERY. WE LOVE YOU! WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HOME. [APPLAUSE] Will: THE COMMUNITY WAS THERE ALONG THE WAY IN SPIRIT. WHEN WORD SPREAD SHE WAS COMING HOME, HER FRIENDS WANTED TO MAKE SURE SHE KNOWS HOW MUCH THEY LOVE HER AND IT GIVES HER STRENGTH AS HER TREATMENT CONTINUES.
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Baby owls sleep like baby humans: Owlets spend more time in REM sleep than adult owls
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Baby birds have sleep patterns similar to baby mammals, and their sleep changes in the same way when growing up. This is what a biologists found out working with barn owls in the wild. The team also discovered that this change in sleep was strongly correlated with the expression of a gene involved in producing dark, melanic feather spots, a trait known to covary with behavioral and physiological traits in adult owls. These findings raise the intriguing possibility that sleep-related developmental processes in the brain contribute to the link between melanism and other traits observed in adult barn owls and other animals.
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My Windows XP VM is growing like a beanstalk
New to parallels - please be gentle - I do think it's fantastic by the way.
I can see from searching previous posts that this is a common observation - but many responses are dated so I thought it worth asking the question for an up to date answer in light of current software functionality.
I put parallels on my MBA just to run Microsoft Money. As its the only program I need under Windows, I went for Windows XP to (hopefully) minimise resources consumed (disk space, memory etc), and Money runs 100% ok under XP. I installed Parallels and Money and hey ho, all was fantastic. Brilliant performance and consumption of resources hardly noticeable.
But the VM is now growing in size. It started at 6Gb, went to 8, went to 12, went to 14, now its at 16GB. All in three weeks. I let it be and thought it would settle down, but its just growing and growing. Something's wrong! I'm just running this one application.
I checked a couple of things like turning off system restore, and setting the optimisation settings to work in concert with Time Machine. No difference, the VM is just growing and eating up my precious solid state for no good reason that I can see.
Any suggestions please?
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Motorola Xoom 4G LTE soak test to finally begin, 3 months after initial invites [Update 2: Android 4.1.2]
Android version of the test is unknown, Jelly Bean expected
Update: Shortly after the soak testers started getting emails, Verizon made 4.2 official for everyone with a Xoom. We're not sure if they still have something special planned for testers or if they're done with the Xoom.
Update 2: It seems that the soak test has begun, and it is for Android 4.1.2 — despite the official Verizon page (see screen shot after the break). We may see a retraction from Verizon soon.
Almost 3 months after the initial invites were sent out by Motorola, emails telling participants that the soak test for the Verizon Motorola Xoom 4G LTE will soon begin and finally being sent. At the time when the invitations initially went out, it was expected that Xoom owners would get a version of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean to test, or maybe Android 4.2. Now that more time has passed, and Android 4.3 has been released, things could change — although it is unlikely.
It would make sense for Motorola to bring the Verizon Xoom up to the same Android version as its WiFi-only sibling, Android 4.1.2. We won't know for sure until builds become available to those participating in the soak test, which should be any time now. Verizon Xoom owners that received an invite back in May, make sure to keep an eye on your inbox.
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South Florida rainfall set July records
South Florida is saturated ? even without much impact from the remnants of Tropical Storm Dorian, which remained just off the coast much of Friday.
The South Florida Water Management District said it was the wettest start to the wet season ? which typically begins in mid-May ? in 45 years.
Much of the region, from Lake Okeechobee to Everglades marshes, is near or at historic high levels of water, with levels boosted by the wettest July since 2001.
On Friday, President Barack Obama signed a disaster declaration for the state and ordered federal aid for recovery efforts in the worst-affected areas.
The National Weather Service also reported that it was the wettest month of July on record for two cities. Miami Beach?s 18.57 inches was the most rain in July for records dating to 1927 ? a whopping 14.12 inches above typical rainfall. Fort Lauderdale?s 15.49 inches were the most recorded since 1913, 9.51 inches above an average month.
Hialeah recorded 13.48 inches, the second wettest July since 1940.
Across the 16-county water management district, which stretches from south of Orlando to Key West, an average of 10.36 inches of rain fell in July ? 147 percent of average.
Lake Okeechobee received 9.15 inches of direct rainfall during the month, which has contributed to high water levels. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is dumping water from the lake in an effort to reduce pressure on its aging dike.
Source: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/08/02/3539222/south-florida-rainfall-set-july.html
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Saturday, August 3, 2013
Google Search Pressure-Cooker Saga Shows How Surveillance Fuels Paranoia and Mistrust
Is anyone really watching what you search for?
On Thursday, there was an important cautionary tale about trust and paranoia in an age of sweeping Internet surveillance programs.
It began when New York?based journalist Michele Catalano published a post on her page at the website Medium, which went viral within hours, was republished at the Guardian?s website, and was reported on by Reuters and a host of other outlets. In the 1,200-word post, Catalano detailed how six agents from a counter terrorism unit had turned up in black SUVs at her family home earlier this week. The agents, she wrote, had apparently been monitoring her family?s Internet browsing and found something suspicious about a combination of Google searches for pressure cookers and backpacks. ?Someone whose job it is to piece together the things people do on the internet raised the red flag when they saw our search history,? Catalano noted, adding that they agents specifically asked her husband whether he had ?ever looked up how to make a pressure cooker bomb?"
The tale seemed far-fetched, but not impossible. The Guardian confirmed that police had visited her home, and this summer?s revelations about the scope of the NSA?s spy programs made it feel plausible, too. Indeed, some recently leaked slides even showed that you can end up on the NSA?s radar merely by searching for what it describes as ?suspicious stuff??and scouring the Web for a backpack and information about pressure cooker bombs would surely meet those criteria.
Some news sites were quick to jump the gun. Gizmodo published a piece headed: "Yes, the FBI Is Tracking American Google Searches." And Time hysterically titled a post on the incident "You Are No Longer Free to Search on Google." But some things didn?t seem to stack up. First of all, the NSA program that involved mass mining metadata from domestic U.S. Internet networks was brought to an end in 2011. And many Google searches are now encrypted over an HTTPS connection, making it difficult for agencies to obtain information about search histories without first sending an order to Google that targets specific accounts. Google has said that ?no government has the ability to pull data directly from our servers or network,? contradicting a report last month that an NSA program called PRISM enabled spies to gain ?direct access? to the company?s computers systems to mine data.
So how did Catalano?s searches get flagged, then? It turns out that the cops were tipped off the old-fashioned way?by the former employer of Catalano?s husband, who saw that he had made searches about pressure cooker bombs and backpacks on a work computer, freaked out, and went to the police. Suffolk County Police Department issued a statement late Thursday confirming the details, and Catalano has since issued a clarification to her post.
There was no malicious intent on Catalano?s part, and certainly she wasn?t pulling a hoax. She just seems to have leapt to the wrong conclusion before considering other factors, which is an excusable thing to have done amid a series of revelations about secret mass surveillance. No doubt, some will refuse to believe the police statement about the employer?s tip-off?taking it as yet more evidence of a government conspiracy to monitor all Americans? Internet activity.
But that is precisely why this saga illustrates how a burgeoning, excessively secret surveillance state is so pernicious. It feeds a culture of paranoia and mistrust, a society in which many are haunted by the lurking fear that their every move is being monitored by a spy in a dark corner somewhere?even when no one is watching at all, except maybe a nosy boss.
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Japanese vehicle delivers new hardware for NASA's Robotic Refueling Mission
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It may be called the Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM), but NASA's RRM was built to demonstrate much more than the clever ways space robots can fill up satellites.
With the launch of new hardware to the International Space Station on Aug. 3, RRM recently named a "Top Exploration Technology Application From the International Space Station in 2012" will be outfitted to practice a new set of satellite-servicing activities.
New Hardware for a New Era of Satellite-Servicing Demonstrations
Earlier in 2013, RRM demonstrated remotely controlled robots using today's technology could refuel satellites not designed to be serviced. RRM tests from January 14 to 25 culminated in a first-of-its-kind robotic fluid transfer.
Following the success of completing this namesake task, in 2014 RRM will demonstrate how space robots can replenish cryogen (a type of refrigerant) in the instruments of legacy satellitesexisting, orbiting spacecraft not originally designed to be serviced.
"Just like robotic refueling, there were a lot of folks who said that this simply couldn't be done," says Benjamin Reed, deputy project manager of the Satellite Servicing Capabilities Office (SSCO) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.
"But that's the whole point of the RRM demonstrations and the beauty of being able to execute them on such an extraordinary test bed as the space station. RRM is allowing us to show that the robotic satellite-servicing tools, technologies and techniques are mature and ready, because we've proven them on orbit."
Delivery to Space Station and Installation
New hardware deliveries to the space station will outfit the RRM module for this upcoming set of operations.
The Japanese HTV cargo vehicle, currently scheduled to launch on Aug. 3, will deliver a new task board and the RRM On-orbit Transfer Cage (ROTC), an original device designed to transfer hardware outside of the space station. Astronauts will mount the ROTC on the sliding table within the Japanese airlock and then install the task board onto the ROTC, giving the Canadian Dextre robot an easy platform from which to retrieve and subsequently install the new hardware.
A second shipment in 2014 will bring a second task board and a new device called the Visual Inspection Poseable Invertebrate Robot (VIPIR). This SSCO-built borescope inspection tool provides a set of eyes for internal satellite repair jobs. Both also will be transferred and installed on RRM via the Japanese airlock, ROTC and Dextre.
With the help of the twin-armed Dextre robot, the newly installed RRM task boards, and the RRM tools, the RRM team will then work its way through intermediate steps leading up to cryogen replenishment. After retrofitting valves with new hardware, peering into dark places with the aid of VIPIR and creating a pressure-tight seal, the RRM and Dextre duo will stop short of actual cryogen transfer for this round of tasks.
RRM Phase 2 operations are scheduled to begin in 2014. Initial activities to demonstrate this in-orbit capability cutting wires and removing caps were completed in 2012 with the aid of the original RRM tools and activity boards.
Expanding Capabilities and Fleet Flexibility in Space
Cryogenic fluids are used on the ground and in space to make very sensitive cameras work better. However, in time this extremely cold substance leaks out, and the camera no longer performs well. Robotically replenishing these reserves, explains Reed, would allow spacecraft instruments to last past their expiration date and ultimately permit satellites to perform longer.
"It's all about expanding options for fleet operators, in both the government and the commercial sectors," Reed said. "Instead of retiring an aging observatory or spacecraft and perhaps launching a new, costly, one [operators] could choose to extend their lives by calling on a future cryogen-toting space tow truck. The RRM demonstrations are an important step to eventually enabling this capability."
Preparing for a Servicing-Enabled Future
"Since its launch to the ISS in 2011 on the last shuttle mission, RRM has been steadily practicing robotic satellite-servicing activities on orbit," says Jill McGuire, RRM project manager at SSCO. "A joint effort with the Canadian Space Agency, RRM uses the space station as a test bed for technology research and development."
On July 17, RRM was named a "Top Exploration Technology Application from the International Space Station in 2012" at the second international ISS Research and Development Conference in Denver. McGuire accepted on behalf of the team.
NASA developed RRM to demonstrate how remotely-operated robot mechanics could extend the lives of the hundreds of satellites residing in geosynchronous-Earth orbit (GEO). Costly assets traveling about 22,000 miles above Earth, GEO spacecraft deliver such essential services as weather reports, cell phone communications, television broadcasts, government communications and air traffic management. Servicing capabilities could greatly expand the options for government and commercial fleet operators in the future. They could potentially deliver satellite owners significant savings in spacecraft replacement and launch costs.
NASA continues to test capabilities for a new robotic servicing frontier. In conjunction with RRM, the SSCO team has been studying a conceptual servicing mission while building the necessary technologies, including an autonomous rendezvous and capture system, a propellant transfer system and specialized algorithms to orchestrate and synchronize satellite-servicing operations.
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Public release date: 2-Aug-2013[ | E-mail |
Share ] Contact: Rob Gutro
Robert.j.gutro@nasa.gov
301-286-4044
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
It may be called the Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM), but NASA's RRM was built to demonstrate much more than the clever ways space robots can fill up satellites.
With the launch of new hardware to the International Space Station on Aug. 3, RRM recently named a "Top Exploration Technology Application From the International Space Station in 2012" will be outfitted to practice a new set of satellite-servicing activities.
New Hardware for a New Era of Satellite-Servicing Demonstrations
Earlier in 2013, RRM demonstrated remotely controlled robots using today's technology could refuel satellites not designed to be serviced. RRM tests from January 14 to 25 culminated in a first-of-its-kind robotic fluid transfer.
Following the success of completing this namesake task, in 2014 RRM will demonstrate how space robots can replenish cryogen (a type of refrigerant) in the instruments of legacy satellitesexisting, orbiting spacecraft not originally designed to be serviced.
"Just like robotic refueling, there were a lot of folks who said that this simply couldn't be done," says Benjamin Reed, deputy project manager of the Satellite Servicing Capabilities Office (SSCO) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.
"But that's the whole point of the RRM demonstrations and the beauty of being able to execute them on such an extraordinary test bed as the space station. RRM is allowing us to show that the robotic satellite-servicing tools, technologies and techniques are mature and ready, because we've proven them on orbit."
Delivery to Space Station and Installation
New hardware deliveries to the space station will outfit the RRM module for this upcoming set of operations.
The Japanese HTV cargo vehicle, currently scheduled to launch on Aug. 3, will deliver a new task board and the RRM On-orbit Transfer Cage (ROTC), an original device designed to transfer hardware outside of the space station. Astronauts will mount the ROTC on the sliding table within the Japanese airlock and then install the task board onto the ROTC, giving the Canadian Dextre robot an easy platform from which to retrieve and subsequently install the new hardware.
A second shipment in 2014 will bring a second task board and a new device called the Visual Inspection Poseable Invertebrate Robot (VIPIR). This SSCO-built borescope inspection tool provides a set of eyes for internal satellite repair jobs. Both also will be transferred and installed on RRM via the Japanese airlock, ROTC and Dextre.
With the help of the twin-armed Dextre robot, the newly installed RRM task boards, and the RRM tools, the RRM team will then work its way through intermediate steps leading up to cryogen replenishment. After retrofitting valves with new hardware, peering into dark places with the aid of VIPIR and creating a pressure-tight seal, the RRM and Dextre duo will stop short of actual cryogen transfer for this round of tasks.
RRM Phase 2 operations are scheduled to begin in 2014. Initial activities to demonstrate this in-orbit capability cutting wires and removing caps were completed in 2012 with the aid of the original RRM tools and activity boards.
Expanding Capabilities and Fleet Flexibility in Space
Cryogenic fluids are used on the ground and in space to make very sensitive cameras work better. However, in time this extremely cold substance leaks out, and the camera no longer performs well. Robotically replenishing these reserves, explains Reed, would allow spacecraft instruments to last past their expiration date and ultimately permit satellites to perform longer.
"It's all about expanding options for fleet operators, in both the government and the commercial sectors," Reed said. "Instead of retiring an aging observatory or spacecraft and perhaps launching a new, costly, one [operators] could choose to extend their lives by calling on a future cryogen-toting space tow truck. The RRM demonstrations are an important step to eventually enabling this capability."
Preparing for a Servicing-Enabled Future
"Since its launch to the ISS in 2011 on the last shuttle mission, RRM has been steadily practicing robotic satellite-servicing activities on orbit," says Jill McGuire, RRM project manager at SSCO. "A joint effort with the Canadian Space Agency, RRM uses the space station as a test bed for technology research and development."
On July 17, RRM was named a "Top Exploration Technology Application from the International Space Station in 2012" at the second international ISS Research and Development Conference in Denver. McGuire accepted on behalf of the team.
NASA developed RRM to demonstrate how remotely-operated robot mechanics could extend the lives of the hundreds of satellites residing in geosynchronous-Earth orbit (GEO). Costly assets traveling about 22,000 miles above Earth, GEO spacecraft deliver such essential services as weather reports, cell phone communications, television broadcasts, government communications and air traffic management. Servicing capabilities could greatly expand the options for government and commercial fleet operators in the future. They could potentially deliver satellite owners significant savings in spacecraft replacement and launch costs.
NASA continues to test capabilities for a new robotic servicing frontier. In conjunction with RRM, the SSCO team has been studying a conceptual servicing mission while building the necessary technologies, including an autonomous rendezvous and capture system, a propellant transfer system and specialized algorithms to orchestrate and synchronize satellite-servicing operations.
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