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Sunday, February 17, 2013
California Professors Unveil Proposal To Attack Asteroids With Lasers
An anonymous reader writes "Yesterday's twin events with invading rocks from outer space ? the close encounter with asteroid 2012 DA14, and the killer meteorite over Russia that was more than close ? have brought the topic of defending mankind against killer asteroids back into the news. The Economist summarizes some of the ideas that have been bandied about, in a story that suggests Paul Simon's seventies hit "Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover": Just push it aside, Clyde. Show it the nuke, Luke. Gravity tug, Doug. The new proposal is an earth orbiting, solar-powered array of laser guns called DE-STAR (Directed Energy Solar Targeting of AsteRoids) from two California-based professors, physicist Philip Lubin (UCSB) and industrial statistician Gary Hughes (Cal Polytechnic State). Lubin and Hughes say their system could be developed and deployed in a range of sizes depending on the size of the target: DE-STAR 2, about the size of the International Space Station (100 meters) could nudge comets and asteroids from their orbits, while DE-STAR 4 (100 times larger than ISS) could evaporate an asteroid 500 meters in diameter (10 times larger than 2012 DA14) in a year. Of course, this assumes that the critters could be spotted early enough for the lasers to do their work."
Saturday, February 16, 2013
Sri Lanka: SL military operatives attack peaceful protest against Jaffna SMZ
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GameStick's $79 Android gaming system is available for pre-order ...
PlayJam plans to ship its first Android-based GameStick video game consoles in April to backers of the company?s Kickstarter campaign. But if you didn?t pledge any money during the fundraising campaign, now you can pre-order a GameStick from the company?s website for $79.
The GameStick is a game console on a tiny stick about the size of a USB flash drive. It also comes with a wireless game controller which has a slot that you can store the stick in when you?re not using it.
If the GameStick design looks familiar, that?s because it?s basically a custom version of an Android TV Stick ? and we?ve seen a lot of those in the past year. This particular model features an Amlogic AM8726-MX ARM Cortex-A9 processor, 1GB of RAM, 8GB of storage, WiFi, Bluetooth, and an Android Jelly Bean-based operating system with an emphasis on games.
Pre-orders will ship once all of the Kickstarter premiums are out the door.
Customers can also pick up a case for $10, or a dock for $25. The dock is an accessory that adds an SD card reader, additional USB ports, an Ethernet jack, HDMI port, and wireless charging for the GameStick controller. You can also use it to plug in peripherals like a microphone, camera, or just about anything else supported by Android.
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LeBron's streak ends, Heat pound Thunder 110-100
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) ? With LeBron James playing at his best level yet, the Miami Heat powered into the All-Star break with a reminder to the Oklahoma City Thunder that the NBA championship still resides on South Beach.
James had 39 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists, and narrowly missed extending his record-setting streak of high-scoring games combined with top-notch accuracy, as the Heat trampled Oklahoma City 110-100 in a Thursday night showcase.
James was in position to continue his NBA record run of games with at least 30 points and 60 percent shooting to seven, but missed from a couple steps beyond the 3-point line as the shot clock ran down with just over a minute left and Miami up 10.
That dropped him to 14 for 24 in the game, or 58 percent. All that mattered to him, though, was that Miami's winning streak reached a season-best seven straight games ? and the Heat beat the Thunder for the sixth time in a row, dating to last year's NBA Finals.
"Winning is hard to come by in professional sports. That's what it's about," James said. "Sixty percent doesn't matter. Winning is all that matters."
Chris Bosh chipped in 20 points and 12 rebounds for the Heat, who won the last four games of last season's Finals after losing Game 1 in Oklahoma City and continued their dominance in the series after winning on their home court on Christmas Day.
"I thought we imposed our will, playing our style of basketball," said Dwyane Wade, who had 13 points and eight assists before fouling out with 3:29 to play.
"But have their number? No, we're not feeling that way. We've just won two games against them. That's it."
Kevin Durant had 40 points and eight rebounds, but missed his first seven shots as Oklahoma City fell hopelessly behind. After the slow start, he wound up making half of his 24 shots ? going 8 for 10 in the fourth quarter to get Oklahoma City within 108-100 after trailing by as much as 23.
It wasn't enough to measure up against James, who beat him in last year's MVP race and then the Finals before the two won a gold medal together at the London Olympics.
"It's fun. I take on the challenge every time we're playing," Durant said. "He had a great game. He was making some tough shots, man ? one-leggers, fadeaways in corners, 3s. So, you've got to tip your hat to that.
"I just wanted to keep putting pressure on him. I missed a few and then I started to hit in the fourth. I just tried to will my team back in the game, but it didn't work."
Russell Westbrook had 26 points and 10 assists, with six turnovers, for the Thunder. He had 20 points in the first half to keep Oklahoma City from getting run out of its own gym.
Despite playing without injured starting forward Udonis Haslem (leg) and then losing two starters to foul trouble in the first 6 minutes, the Heat took control by scoring 11 straight points midway through the first period and went up 28-13 when Ray Allen made the free throw after Durant drew his 11th technical foul of the season.
"That was the game, that first quarter," said Durant, who surmised that the Thunder came out too nervous or too excited. "We just kept fighting and we kept fighting, battling uphill. That's tough to do against a championship-caliber team."
Miami never trailed, held Oklahoma City to just two baskets over a 12-minute stretch and eventually widened its lead to as much as 79-56 when James put back a missed jumper by Bosh with 5:07 left in the third quarter. That matched the largest deficit of the season for the Thunder, who also were down 23 in a home loss against Brooklyn last month.
Oklahoma City fell to 23-4 at home and suffered back-to-back losses for only the second time all season ? with the Heat responsible for the second loss on both occasions. The defeat also dropped the Thunder (39-14) to even in the loss column with Miami (36-14) as the two potentially jockey for home-court advantage if there's a Finals rematch.
San Antonio has the best record in the league, and is the only team ahead of Miami and Oklahoma City.
"We always have to be sharp. We can't ever let our guard down," James said. "We can't ever come in lackadaisical. We have to come in with a great mindset."
James finished the first half with a flurry, hitting a pair of 3-pointers and a pair of jumpers from the left wing on four straight possessions. He said it all started with a fan who taunted him.
"He said, 'Shoot it. You can't shoot.' So, I said, 'OK,' and I shot it. I made it and then I made another one and then I made another one and then I made another one, and he stopped talking to me," James said.
The first 3 came when James was left wide open, then the Thunder tried to send Durant, Thabo Sefolosha and finally Kendrick Perkins at him ? all to no avail. Westbrook spent most of the second half guarding James.
The only frustration for James came because of the officials, who whistled him for two fouls within two-tenths of a second ? and within the final 6 seconds of the half. James tried to restrain himself but eventually let his emotions boil over enough that Dan Crawford hit him with a technical foul, too.
Still, Miami bumped its lead to 63-46 when Bosh got open for a layup at the halftime buzzer off of a half-court inbound bounce pass from Shane Battier.
Notes: Miami had two winning streaks of six games earlier in the season. ... The Heat had shot at least 55 percent in its previous two games and were trying to do it in a third straight game for the first time in franchise history. They ended up at 47 percent, going 41 for 88. ... Oklahoma City went 21 for 22 at the foul line in the first half to keep the margin from getting even worse Westbrook was 10 for 11 and Durant went 9 for 9.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/lebrons-streak-ends-heat-pound-thunder-110-100-040549862--spt.html
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Friday, February 15, 2013
California authorities identify remains of fugitive ex-cop
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Medical examiners on Thursday positively identified the remains of a fugitive former Los Angeles policeman wanted for a grudge-driven killing spree, capping a manhunt ranked by authorities as the most extensive ever in Southern California.
The remains, charred beyond recognition, were removed from the burned-out ruins of a mountain cabin where Christopher Dorner, 33, made his last stand on Tuesday in a deadly shootout with police that ended with the cabin going up in flames.
Medical examiners used dental records to conclusively determine that the remains were those of Dorner, the San Bernardino Sheriff's Department said, bringing to an official end an exhaustive search for the former Los Angeles police officer who was fired in 2008.
Dorner, who also served as an officer in the U.S. Navy reserves, was accused of killing four people since February 3, including a sheriff's deputy shot during the standoff on Tuesday in the San Bernardino Mountains.
"The investigation continues," Lieutenant Andy Neiman, an LAPD spokesman, told Reuters. "They have to investigate all the fact of these homicides to make sure he acted alone."
Neiman added that to date, there was no evidence to suggest that Dorner had any accomplices.
An angry manifesto found posted last week on Dorner's Facebook page claimed he had been wrongly terminated from the Los Angeles Police Department and vowed to seek revenge by unleashing "unconventional and asymmetrical warfare" on police officers and their families.
He had been on the run since last Wednesday, when he was named as the prime suspect in the slayings of a couple, including the daughter of a retired LAPD police captain, in Irvine, south of Los Angeles.
TRAIL WENT COLD FOR DAYS
The search intensified the next morning after run-ins with police in Riverside County, east of Los Angeles, where Dorner is accused of wounding one officer in a gun battle and later ambushing two policemen at a traffic light, killing one and wounding the other.
Police said Dorner also was believed to have made a failed attempt to steal a boat from a San Diego yacht club.
Law enforcement converged later that day in the San Bernardino Mountains after a pickup truck identified as Dorner's was found abandoned and burning in the snow near the ski resort community of Big Bear Lake. But the trail appeared to go cold as heavy snow fell in the mountains that night.
The ensuing manhunt involved more than 1,000 officers from over a dozen local, state and federal law enforcement agencies and stretched from the Mexican border to the California desert north of the San Bernardinos.
Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck called it the largest in the region's history.
Los Angeles assigned special security details throughout the area to protect about 50 members of the department and their families believed to be in particular danger of being attacked.
But the Big Bear area remained a central focus of the search until Dorner resurfaced two days ago, when he was discovered to have broken into a vacation home, tied up a couple there and made off in their car. The couple managed to free themselves and alert authorities.
After carjacking another vehicle and exchanging gunfire with state game wardens who spotted him making a getaway, Dorner ultimately fled on foot to another cabin and engaged in a shootout with sheriff's deputies who closed in on him there, killing and wounding another.
As authorities shot tear gas canisters into the cabin, the building erupted in flames and burned to the ground. Human remains were found in the rubble that night but it took investigators two days to make a positive ID.
San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon said on Wednesday the tear gas canisters may have ignited the blaze but were not intended to do so.
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Police Chief Beck issued a statement Thursday saying that officials from the various agencies that posted a $1 million reward for tips leading to Dorner's capture would meet to "collectively determine whether any individual or individuals qualify for it."
Authorities said it was the largest sum ever offered in a Southern California criminal investigation.
Beck announced last week that he was opening a new inquiry into the disciplinary proceedings that led to Dorner being dismissed in September 2008 on grounds that he lied in accusing a training officer of using excessive force against a homeless man.
A separate inquiry is being conducted into the accidental shooting and wounding of two women by LAPD officers who mistook the pickup truck the women were using to deliver newspapers for the vehicle that Dorner was driving last Thursday.
(Reporting by Steve Gorman; Editing by Cynthia Johnston, Lisa Shumaker and Xavier Briand)
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