First reactor in Japan goes online since crisis

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High-tech hunt for Earhart's plane?to begin

Components of Amelia Earhart's plane might have floated for weeks in the waters of an uninhabited island in the southwestern Pacific republic of Kiribati, according to new analysis of a photograph taken three months after the disappearance of the glamorous aviator on July 2, 1937, during a record attempt to fly around the world at the equator.

Shot by British Colonial Service officer Eric R. Bevington in October 1937, during an expedition to assess the suitability for future settlement and colonization of Nikumaroro, a deserted island between Hawaii and Australia, the grainy photo has prompted a new expedition to find pieces of Earhart's long-lost Lockheed Electra aircraft.

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"We will depart Honolulu on July 3rd aboard the University of Hawaii oceanographic research ship R/V Ka Imikai-O-Kanaloa. In about eight days we should get to Nikumaroro, where we will carry out a deep-water search for the wreckage," Ric Gillespie, executive director of The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR), told Discovery News.

The 26-day expedition and its findings will be captured by a film crew from Discovery Channel and aired as a documentary in August.

Archival research and a number of artifacts unearthed on Nikumaroro during nine previous archaeological expeditions have provided strong, circumstantial evidence for a castaway presence on the coral atoll.

Gillespie believes that Earhart's twin-engined plane did not crash in the Pacific Ocean, running out of fuel somewhere near her target destination Howland Island. Instead, he thinks Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan made an emergency landing on Nikumaroro's flat coral reef. There, they would have survived as castaways "for a matter of weeks, possibly more," said Gillespie.

The hunt for the plane wreckage will rely on robots and multi-beam sonar capable of mapping the seafloor at depths of almost 7 miles. The action will be on the reef slope off the west end of Nikumaroro, where waters can reach 5,000 feet. This is the area shown in Bevington's picture.

"The photo shows the western end of the island and the wreck of the British steamer SS Norwich City, which went aground on the island's reef in 1929," Gillespie said.

"But on the left side of the frame there is something else: an apparent man-made protruding object which is hard to explain in that spot," Gillespie said.

"The photo is wallet-size and, in the original print, the object of interest is smaller than a grain of rice and easily missed," he added.

Indeed, the mysterious object went unnoticed until 2010, when TIGHAR forensic imaging specialist Jeff Glickman spotted it while reviewing the original copy-negative.

"When we plotted the location, we realized it was in the same place where, in 1999, a former resident of Nikumaroro (a colony was established on the island in December of 1938 and lasted until 1963), told us of seeing debris in 1940. Her father, the island carpenter, told her it was the wreckage of an airplane," Gillespie said.

A high-resolution scan of the original print, now kept at the Rhodes House Library at Oxford, U.K., allowed Glickman to carry out a more detailed analysis of the photo.

"There is an object on the reef, but from the picture we can?t definitely prove what it is. However, one interpretation is consistent with four components that existed on Earhart?s Lockheed Electra Model 10E Special," Glickman said presenting his findings last month at an Amelia Earhart conference.

According to Glickman, the object in the image could be a composition made from the upside-down landing gear of Earhart's plane: a floating wheel, the fender, the strut and a worm gear.

"Imagery analysts at the U.S. State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research, who examined the photo, agreed with Glickman?s analysis. All the four elements appeared to match the shape and dimensions of the components in the landing gear of a Lockheed Electra," Gillespie said.

Previous expeditions have confirmed that there is nothing remaining in the location on the reef edge where the object appears in the 1937 Bevington photos.

"However, there are grooves in the reef surface where debris could easily have once been caught," Gillespie said.

He admits that there are several possible scenarios that could defeat TIGHAR's efforts to find the wreckage. For example, the plane could have floated away for miles before sinking, or it could have broken up, sunk close to the island and been buried by underwater landslides.

The underwater search will begin with a mapping of the general area with multi-beam sonar. Targets will be identified using high-resolution, side-scan sonar mounted on an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV). Finally, a Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV) with powerful lights and high-definition video cameras will be used to investigate the targets.

"If we are fortunate enough to find whatever remains of the airplane, we will get imagery and photographs and then prepare a recovery expedition," Gillespie said.

"Our hope is that finding identifiable pieces of the plane will help make it possible to do further archaeology on shore to learn more about Amelia's last days," he said.

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Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/48045456/ns/technology_and_science-science/

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China's Hu urges new Hong Kong leader to heed "problems"

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese President Hu Jintao on Sunday swore in Hong Kong's new leader who will have to confront challenges ranging from human rights to a push for democracy in the free-wheeling financial center after a year of transition and protest.

Security was tight at the same harbor-front venue where the British handed Hong Kong back to Communist Party-run China exactly 15 years ago, with hundreds of police forming a solid ring fence to ensure the isolated demonstrations were kept out of sight and earshot.

Hu expressed China's confidence in Hong Kong's role as a free, law-abiding society, though in a sign of Beijing's anxiety at recent tensions, he appealed for unity and called on the administration of Leung Chun-ying, who was sworn in for a five-year term, to heed "deep disagreements and problems" in the territory.

A lone protester stood and heckled Hu as he spoke, demanding an end to one-party rule and dictatorship in China, before being wrestled away by security personnel.

Outside the venue, masses of Hong Kong police and high barricades smothered all attempts by protesters to approach. Several demonstrators were taken away in a police van while a truck draped with black June 4 slogans denouncing Beijing's bloody crackdown on protesters in 1989 was forced away and tailed by a police motorcycle.

"Hong Kong has freedoms, and we have the right to protest! Why do you even stop us from walking?" lawmaker Lee Cheuk-yan shouted into a loud hailer as he harangued police blocking him and a handful of protesters.

Hong Kong is a liberal, global financial hub agitating for full democracy, making it both an asset and a potentially dangerous precedent for China where people are becoming increasingly intolerant of rights abuses and curtailed freedoms.

A far larger demonstration drawing tens of thousands was expected to hit the streets after the ceremony over a variety of issues including perceived China meddling in Hong Kong's affairs and slowing the city's moves towards full democracy.

Other issues angering the public include an illegal construction scandal that has badly hit Leung's integrity and popularity ratings, a yawning wealth gap, corruption and pollution - though Sunday's ceremony was held under a sunny blue sky.

SCANDAL, TENSIONS

Praised as one of the world's freest and simplest, low-tax havens for conducting business and a gateway to China, Hong Kong has nevertheless struggled over the past 15 years, with critics accusing Beijing of extensive behind-the-scenes meddling in academic, political, electoral, media and legal spheres.

This year saw a fraught, mud-slinging electoral race for the city's top job that was eventually won by Leung, who now faces a damaging scandal over illegal constructions in a luxury villa that has corroded public trust, an infraction that had earlier torpedoed the chances of his election rival, tycoon Henry Tang.

Hong Kong's wealth gap has also widened to its worst level since the handover -- while air pollution, high property prices, and anti-corruption probes into former and current senior officials' links to tycoons have stoked public frustration and tarnished the city's reputation for clean governance.

"Clearly there has developed an over-cozy, even incestuous relationship between top officials and big business," said Regina Ip, a lawmaker and former senior government official.

China again proffered a raft of economic goodies on Hong Kong to coincide with Hu's visit - it said it would experiment with service-sector reforms in a new business zone next door in Shenzhen's Qianhai as a "mini Hong Kong" to consolidate Hong Kong's economic prospects.

But public "negative" feelings towards the Chinese government are at a record high, according to a recent University of Hong Kong poll.

The gulf in freedoms between Hong Kong and China remains stark since the territory returned to Chinese rule, with some residents taken aback by images of Hu attending a military parade at a Hong Kong People's Liberation Army barracks on Friday as thousands of soldiers, assembled before tanks and defense hardware, hailed their leader.

SQUEEZED FREEDOMS

During a visit to a cruise terminal construction site built on Hong Kong's old Kai Tak airport runway, Hu, in a hard-hat, was asked by a reporter to explain the June 4 killings.

"I hoped to ask him questions that Hong Kong people really want to ask," said Rex Hon, the reporter, who was interrogated by Hong Kong police officers for 15 minutes after his unscripted outburst. Hu ignored the question.

Mainland authorities also censored parts of CNN's broadcasts in China on the protests during Hu's visit that demanded a probe into the suspicious death in custody of dissident Li Wangyang, whose relatives accused officials in Hunan of murder.

Leung, 57, a Beijing-backed surveyor and son of a policeman, succeeds the bow-tie wearing Donald Tsang as chief executive but his popularity has been hit by the housing scandal and the closeness of his ties to Beijing.

Unlike Hong Kong's first post-1997 leader, Tung Chee-hwa, a shipping tycoon, and Tsang, a lifelong civil servant, Leung is a self-made millionaire who has championed grassroots causes such as poverty alleviation and building more public housing.

Leung, dressed in dark suit and red tie, said the road to his political ascendancy had been "humbling" and he welcomed scrutiny by the media and public during his term.

"I, and my governing team, will move closer towards the people, to narrow the gap between government and the public. We will closely listen to people's suggestions and opinions."

The opposition democrats, however, view Leung -- dubbed "the wolf" for his abrasive style -- with distrust and remain skeptical that he will act in Hong Kong's best interests, particularly in moving the city towards full democracy.

(Additional reporting by Venus Wu, Lee Chyen Yee, Sisi Tang and Bobby Yip; Editing by Nick Macfie)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/chinas-hu-swears-hong-kong-leader-protests-expected-011558489--business.html

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Juan Cartagena: Arizona Scorecard: 3 Down, 1 To Go

Not long ago the country's Latino community was abuzz with the news that the Obama administration would protect our DREAM students from deportation. A week later the euphoria is being tested by the Supreme Court's decision in the anti-immigrant case Arizona v. U.S. which demurred on the legality of the state's "show me your papers" provision but clearly noted that Arizona overstepped its authority on every other aspect of SB 1070. Not a complete victory, but not a total loss either.

At issue in Arizona v. U.S. was a narrow set of claims. The case addresses the constitutional concepts of preemption and the Supremacy Clause. In short, since the Constitution grants exclusive control over immigration and naturalization to Congress, all States are preempted from enacting laws that interfere with the federal role in this important area. Only four provisions from the law, SB 1070, were on appeal: Section 2(B),the "show me your papers" provision, authorizes local law enforcement to determine the immigration status of any person lawfully stopped on "reasonable suspicion" that they're in Arizona illegally; Section 3 criminalized the federal civil violation of being present in the country without registration documents; Section 5(C) criminalized any person without federal work authorization from seeking work or working in Arizona; and Section 6 authorizes local law enforcement to arrest without a warrant any person they have probable cause to believe committed an offense punishable by deportation.

In a 5 to 3 decision Justice Kennedy exalted the importance of speaking about immigration from the perspective of "one national sovereign, not the 50 separate states." The court struck down 3 portions of Arizona's encroaching law: criminalizing the failure to register; authorizing local police to arrest without a warrant; and criminalizing those unauthorized immigrants from soliciting or working in the state. The importance of rejecting this last provision, Section 5 (c), cannot be gainsaid: Day laborers throughout the country have been harassed and criminally profiled for the simple act of looking for work. LatinoJustice has represented many of them in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania and now in Alabama and South Carolina. Only the federal government can strike a careful balance between the competing needs of the country when it comes to the employment undocumented workers. This is a major victory for Latino communities.

But there is still one to go. The Court refused to categorically reject the "show me your papers" provision of SB 1070 by deferring until the courts below can learn if it would be implemented in a way that would interfere with federal immigration policy. In short, they demurred. And in doing so they have yet to see the consequences of a state law that could easily feed the insatiable appetite of law enforcement to racially profile Latino communities. As President Obama noted after reading the opinion: "No American should ever live under a cloud of suspicion just because of what they look like." We couldn't agree more. Luckily, the Supreme Court left the door open to the next challenge to Section 2 (B). So its pronouncement is not the final word on the wisdom or constitutionality of Section 2 (B). And in this regard LatinoJustice PRLDEF will be vigilantly monitoring all the states we work in to ensure that law enforcement does not engage in racial profiling against Latinos. We applaud Attorney General Holder's promise to step up civil rights enforcement in any state that abuses Latino rights based on this decision. It is what we expect and demand from this administration.

The rash of anti-immigrant, read: anti-Latino, state laws are not going away with this important decision from the Supreme Court - although they have been dealt a serious blow. These laws promote racial profiling, deny equal justice and run counter to our economic interests at a time when our economic recovery is fragile. Many states are turning towards a commonsense approach to these legislative proposals once they appreciate the negative impact that the loss of immigrant labor has on local economies. Professional law enforcement associations know full well that their departments are not equipped to learn the intricacies of immigration law and that by focusing on these new tasks that divert law enforcement resources, public safety could be imperiled.

Arizona's "show me your papers" provision represents the wrong approach to the challenges America faces at present. It diverts us from our real priorities and sends a message that targeting Latino residents, immigrants and citizens is fair game. LatinoJustice PRLDEF stands ready to join our resources to combat the worse aspects of these anti-Latino laws.

Three down, one to go. This will not be the last word on this issue.

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Food Trucks Take Long Island on August 10

UPDATE: We have just released a limited number of early-bird tickets ($40) for this event, as well as?by popular demand?kids tickets option ($20). There will be at least 15 food trucks at the event, which means your ticket gets you 15 tastes (if you can handle that many) and all-you-can-drink beer, wine, spirits and non-alcoholic options.

They say the East End is short on ethnic eats. Well, on August 10, we plan to change that when Edible East End presents the Great Food Truck Derby, in conjunction with the Hayground School in Bridgehampton. (Tickets are on sale here.)

Attendees will sample a bonanza of ethnic and mobile eats?from dumplings to kimchi tacos?rarely seen in these parts when a caravan of New York City and Long Island food trucks parks amidst potato-fields at the Hayground School for attendees to sup, alongside beer from Brooklyn Brewery and Southampton Publick House, Long Island wine, spirits and non-alcoholic drink offerings.

Learn more, see a list of confirmed trucks, and grab spots for the whole family here.

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Enjoy the long weekend... if only for a second

LONDON?? The world is about to get a well-earned long weekend ? but don't make big plans, because it will only last an extra second.

A so-called 'leap second' will be added to the world's atomic clocks as they undergo a rare adjustment to keep them in step with the slowing rotation of the earth.

To achieve the adjustment, on Saturday night atomic clocks will read 23 hours, 59 minutes and 60 seconds before moving on to midnight Greenwich Mean Time.

Super-accurate atomic clocks are the ultimate reference point by which the world sets its wrist watches.

But their precise regularity ? which is much more constant than the shifting movement of the earth around the sun that marks out our days and nights ? brings problems of its own.

If no adjustments were made, the clocks would move further ahead, and after many years the sun would set at midday. Leap seconds perform a similar function to the extra day in each leap year which keeps the calendar in sync with the seasons.

The grandly named International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS), based in Paris, is responsible for keeping track of the gap between atomic and planetary time and issuing international edicts on the addition of leap seconds.

"We want to have both times close together, and it's not possible to adjust the earth's rotation," Daniel Gambis, head of the Earth Orientation Center of the IERS, told Reuters.

Gambis said the turning of the earth and its movement around the sun are far from constant.

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In recent years a leap second has been added every few years, slightly more infrequent than in the 1970s despite the long-term slowdown in Earth's rotation caused by tides, earthquakes and a host of other natural phenomena.

Adjustments to atomic clocks are more than a technical curiosity.

A collection of the highly accurate devices are used to set Coordinated Universal Time which governs time standards on the world wide web, satellite navigation, banking computer networks and international air traffic systems.

There have been calls to abandon leap seconds but a meeting of the International Telecommunications Union, the U.N. agency responsible for international communications standards, failed to reach a consensus in January.

"They decided not to decide anything," says Gambis, adding that another attempt will be made in 2015.

Opponents of the leap second want a simpler system that avoids the costs and margin for error in making manual changes to thousands of computer networks. Supporters argue it needs to stay to preserve the precision of systems in areas like navigation.

Britain's Royal Astronomical Society says the leap second should be retained until there is a much broader debate on the change.

"This is something that affects not just the telecom industry," said RAS spokesman Robert Massey. "It would decouple time-keeping from the position of the sun in the sky and so a broad debate is needed."

Time standards are important in professional astronomy for pointing telescopes in the right direction but critical systems in other areas, not least defense, would also be affected by the change.

"To argue that it would be pain free is not quite true," Massey said.

A decision is not urgent. Some estimate that if the current arrangement stays, the world may eventually have to start adding two leap seconds a year. But that is not expected to happen for another hundreds years or so.

In the meantime, Massey plans to use his extra second wisely this weekend. "I'll enjoy it with an extra second in bed," he said.

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Road to London: Reno athletes in action at Olympic trials

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