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Since spies tend to be equal opportunity hackers, the UK is forging an anti-cyber threat center that'll let spook agencies like GCHQ and MI5 share intelligence with police and businesses. It started last year as a pilot program called "Project Auburn," and will now be formally known as CISP (the Cyber Security Information Sharing Partnership). So far, 160 firms have joined the center, which hopes to share technical information, attack vectors and prevention methods. The UK government said it was necessary to bring industry into the picture since they're "by far the biggest victims in terms of espionage and intellectual property theft, with losses to the UK economy running into the billions of pounds annually." Some likely needn't check the mail too closely for an RSVP, however.
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Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/27/uk-anti-cyber-threat-center/
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It takes some luck to prevail inside the intimidating cauldron that is Estadio Azteca, and the United States did find its share of good fortune in Tuesday?s 0-0 draw with suddenly beleaguered El Tri.
Two penalty appeals were denied and Javier ?Chicharito? Hernandez missed twice from in close ? the kind of chances ?Chicharito? generally finishes with ruthless efficiency, which is why he went to Manchester United at such a young age.
To be sure, the young United States back line (well, three inexperienced defenders plus converted midfielder DaMarcus Beasley) were generally in the right spots and almost always accurate in the challenges. Michael Bradley did good two-way work, identifying the vital passing central lanes to screen out much of the danger and then assisting the United States in possession.
The Americans never moved enough men forward to bother or test Mexico?s back line, but those useful moments of possession were critical in taking just enough pressure off the back line and pushing the Mexicans back.
For the second consecutive contest, goalkeeper Brad Guzan did everything he needed to do. Surely U.S. fans who fretted last week about a U.S. goal unguarded by trusty Tim Howard are feeling better after seeing Guzan calmly go about his chores over two memorable nights.
Still, Klinsmann?s men needed a break here or there to draw a point out of Azteca, a place where Mexico has traditionally been so stingy with them.
(MORE: United States fights to a scoreless draw)
In the first half, Bradley raised two hands and pushed Chicharito in the back as the Mexican markman streaked into the 18, looking for a ball off Giovani dos Santos? foot along the right. The nearby referee?s assistant raised his flag to indicate a foul but Guatemalan referee Walter Lopez ignored the waving yellow flag.
But the refereeing choice? that will surely drive Mexican fans even more nutso ? when they aren?t debating the job status of increasingly embattled Jos? Manuel ?Chepo? de la Torre ? was a 76th minute penalty kick appeal unheard by Lopez. Edu bundled aggressively into Javier Aquino from behind as the Mexican attacker prepared to shoot.
The visitors from up north definitely got away with something there.
(MORE: Mexico?s turn to defuse crisis)
As for the missed shots:
In the 28th minute, Chicharito went high with a header from inside the six ? but the sequence perfectly illustrated how so much of the night would go. ?Mexico?s Jorge Torres Nilo was able to scoot free along the U.S. right side; there was quite a bit of that Tuesday, especially early. But U.S. center back Matt Besler got just enough of a body on Chicharito as they both sprinted toward goal, so the Mexican striker didn?t have anything uncontested.
Later, Chicharito missed from even closer; that one was something that looked like genuine serendipity.
Of course, the United States made some of its own luck. Prime example, Graham Zusi?s tremendous tracking in the 72nd minute, a 30-yard dash to heroically head away a ball and prevent a point blank header from Angel Reyna.
Besler and Omar Gonzalez were ball-clearing beasts ? which was absolutely no luck at all. That was on Klinsmann, whose choice to start the LA Galaxy center back to begin the final round looks like the right one now.
(MORE: Man of the Match, Omar Gonzalez)
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By Martyn Herman LONDON, March 28 (Reuters) - Whether by design, necessity, self-interest or because of all three, nurturing youngsters has become fashionable for England's elite with no expense spared in the hunt for the new Wayne Rooney or Steven Gerrard. The length and breadth of the country, scouts from top clubs are hoovering up promising footballers barely old enough to tie their bootlaces in a bid to unearth the 30 million pounds ($45.40 million) treasures of the future. ...
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By BEN WALKER
AP Baseball Writer
Associated Press Sports
updated 4:50 a.m. ET March 28, 2013
On a windy morning at spring training, a trio of Philadelphia Phillies catchers met behind the batting cage for a chat.
The topic? Interleague matchups, right from the opening night of Major League Baseball.
"We were just talking about that in batting practice that it's a little weird to face the American League so early," All-Star Carlos Ruiz said. "But it's a different schedule this year."
It sure is.
Josh Hamilton and the Los Angeles Angels visit the Cincinnati Reds in an opener that's hardly traditional. Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera and the Detroit Tigers finish the season against the Marlins in Miami, where they can't play a designated hitter, an AL-only allowance.
Derek Jeter and the New York Yankees cross over to the National League each month, then host World Series champion San Francisco in late September.
Add up the scattered AL vs. NL matchups, it's like a mini-World Series most every day.
Blame the Houston Astros. Their shift from the NL Central division to the AL West left 15 teams in each league, creating all this havoc.
Opening day is on Sunday in Houston where Texas comes to town.
That's followed by Angels-Reds on Monday. A few days later, the NL's Philadelphia plays its home opener against the AL's Kansas City Royals.
"It is very strange," Cincinnati manager Dusty Baker said. "This (interleague play) usually doesn't happen until June or July.
"What it does is it increases your workload on scouting, advance reports and things like that. You don't have a lot of familiarity on those teams."
Meanwhile, a lot of big names are settling into new settings.
Hamilton left Texas for the Angels, teaming with Albert Pujols and Mike Trout in a most fearsome lineup. Zack Greinke got $147 million to pitch for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Brothers Justin and B.J Upton wound up together in Atlanta's outfield.
The Toronto Blue Jays, out of the postseason since winning their second straight World Series in 1993, made the boldest moves. They traded for reigning Cy Young winner R.A. Dickey, Jose Reyes, Josh Johnson and Mark Buehrle and signed Melky Cabrera.
"Talent alone doesn't win," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons cautioned.
Especially if those stars are sidelined.
New Mets captain David Wright, Hanley Ramirez and Mark Teixeira were hurt at the World Baseball Classic. Curtis Granderson and Chase Headley are out, Johan Santana and Jeter might go on the disabled list and Alex Rodriguez's future is in doubt.
Several top players are on the mend, though.
All-time saves leader Mariano Rivera begins his farewell tour after missing most of last year with a knee injury. John Lackey and Victor Martinez were absent for the entire season and Jose Bautista, Troy Tulowitzki and Carl Crawford finished on the disabled list.
Stephen Strasburg wasn't active at the end, either. The Washington Nationals shut down their rookie ace so he wouldn't pitch too many innings, and fizzled in their first playoff appearance.
There'll be no limits on Strasburg or the Nationals this year.
"We're all really excited to see him all year," 20-year-old Washington star Bryce Harper said.
In the meantime, teams are trying to figure out how to prepare for this unique season. Previously, Astros manager Bo Porter said, it was easy to plan for blocks of interleague games.
"A lot of times, a National League team would call up a DH-type guy during that segment of their schedule," he said. "Now, that's hard to do because you're going to have interleague taking place the entire course of the season. It definitely changes roster construction."
Porter already has his pitchers in the cage, working on their bunting. But it's too soon for Justin Verlander and the Detroit pitchers to pick up a bat.
"We'll have to hit some, but it's a catch-22 because I don't want Verlander breaking his finger," Tigers manager Jim Leyland said.
As for his AL Central champions closing on the road against the Marlins, "whatever is good for baseball," the 68-year-old Leyland said.
"We have a designated hitter in the All-Star game, instant replay. Things change and if it is good for the game, I am all for it," he said.
The Tigers, Boston, Toronto and Seattle each play at NL parks in September, leaving them a hitter short.
"It's definitely an advantage for the National League," Leyland said. "I think eventually they'll go uniform."
Interleague play started in 1997, and it was a novelty in the first few seasons. But with more matchups this year, the schedule appears unbalanced.
Reds manager Baker is hoping for an early edge when Pujols arrives.
"In the case of us playing the Angels, does Albert not play? Does he DH? I wouldn't mind if Albert just spectated," he said. "He'd be a mean pinch hitter. He's probably greasing his glove right now."
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A new study in the journal Geology is the latest to tie a string of unusual earthquakes, in this case, in central Oklahoma, to the injection of wastewater deep underground. Researchers now say that the magnitude 5.7 earthquake near Prague, Okla., on Nov. 6, 2011, may also be the largest ever linked to wastewater injection. Felt as far off as Milwaukee, more than 800 miles away, the quake?the biggest ever recorded in Oklahoma--destroyed 14 homes, buckled a federal highway and left two people injured. Small earthquakes continue to be recorded in the area. The study appeared today in the journal's early online edition.
The recent boom in U.S. energy production has produced massive amounts of wastewater. The water is used both in hydrofracking, which cracks open rocks to release natural gas, and in coaxing petroleum out of conventional oil wells. In both cases, the brine and chemical-laced water has to be disposed of, often by injecting it back underground elsewhere, where it has the potential to trigger earthquakes. The water linked to the Prague quakes was a byproduct of oil extraction at one set of oil wells, and was pumped into another set of depleted oil wells targeted for waste storage.
Scientists have linked a rising number of quakes in normally calm parts of Arkansas, Texas, Ohio and Colorado to below-ground injection. In the last four years, the number of quakes in the middle of the United States jumped 11-fold from the three decades prior, the authors of the Geology study estimate. Last year, a group at the U.S. Geological Survey also attributed a remarkable rise in small- to mid-size quakes in the region to humans. The risk is serious enough that the National Academy of Sciences, in a report last year called for further research to "understand, limit and respond" to induced seismic events. Despite these studies, wastewater injection continues near the Oklahoma earthquakes.
The magnitude 5.7 quake near Prague was preceded by a 5.0 shock and followed by thousands of aftershocks. What made the swarm unusual is that wastewater had been pumped into abandoned oil wells nearby for 17 years without incident. In the study, researchers hypothesize that as wastewater replenished compartments once filled with oil, the pressure to keep the fluid going down had to be ratcheted up. As pressure built up, a known fault?known to geologists as the Wilzetta fault--jumped. "When you overpressure the fault, you reduce the stress that's pinning the fault into place and that's when earthquakes happen," said study coauthor Heather Savage, a geophysicist at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.
The amount of wastewater injected into the well was relatively small, yet it triggered a cascading series of tremors that led to the main shock, said study co-author Geoffrey Abers, also a seismologist at Lamont-Doherty. "There's something important about getting unexpectedly large earthquakes out of small systems that we have discovered here," he said. The observations mean that "the risk of humans inducing large earthquakes from even small injection activities is probably higher" than previously thought, he said.
Hours after the first magnitude 5.0 quake on Nov. 5, 2011, University of Oklahoma seismologist Katie Keranen rushed to install the first three of several dozen seismographs to record aftershocks. That night, on Nov. 6, the magnitude 5.7 main shock hit and Keranen watched as her house began to shake for what she said felt like 20 seconds. "It was clearly a significant event," said Keranen, the Geology study's lead author. "I gathered more equipment, more students, and headed to the field the next morning to deploy more stations."
Keranen's recordings of the magnitude 5.7 quake, and the aftershocks that followed, showed that the first Wilzetta fault rupture was no more than 650 feet from active injection wells and perhaps much closer, in the same sedimentary rocks, the study says. Further, wellhead records showed that after 13 years of pumping at zero to low pressure, injection pressure rose more than 10-fold from 2001 to 2006, the study says.
The Oklahoma Geological Survey has yet to issue an official account of the sequence, and wastewater injection at the site continues. In a statement responding to the paper, Survey seismologist Austin Holland said the study showed the earthquake sequence could have been triggered by the injections. But, he said, "it is still the opinion of those at the Oklahoma Geological Survey that these earthquakes could be naturally occurring. There remain many open questions, and more scientific investigations are underway on this sequence of earthquakes and many others within the state of Oklahoma."
The risk of setting off earthquakes by injecting fluid underground has been known since at least the 1960s, when injection at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal near Denver was suspended after a quake estimated at magnitude 4.8 or greater struck nearby?the largest tied to wastewater disposal until the one near Prague, Okla. A series of similar incidents have emerged recently. University of Memphis seismologist Stephen Horton in a study last year linked a rise in earthquakes in north-central Arkansas to nearby injection wells. University of Texas, Austin, seismologist Cliff Frohlich in a 2011 study tied earthquake swarms at the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport to a brine disposal well a third of a mile away. In Ohio, Lamont-Doherty seismologists Won-Young Kim and John Armbruster traced a series of 2011 earthquakes near Youngstown to a nearby disposal well. That well has since been shut down, and Ohio has tightened its waste-injection rules.
Wastewater injection is not the only way that people can touch off quakes. Evidence suggests that geothermal drilling, impoundment of water behind dams, enhanced oil recovery, solution salt mining and rock quarrying also can trigger seismic events. (Hydrofracking itself is not implicated in significant earthquakes; the amount of water used is usually not enough to produce substantial shaking.) The largest known earthquakes attributed to humans may be the two magnitude 7.0 events that shook the Gazli gas fields of Soviet Uzbekistan in 1976, followed by a third magnitude 7.0 quake eight years later. In a 1985 study in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Lamont-Doherty researchers David Simpson and William Leith hypothesized that the quakes were human-induced but noted that a lack of information prevented them from linking the events to gas production or other triggers. In 2009, a geothermal energy project in Basel, Switzerland, was canceled after development activities apparently led to a series of quakes of up to magnitude 3.4 that caused some $8 million in damage to surrounding properties.
In many of the wastewater injection cases documented so far, earthquakes followed within days or months of fluid injection starting. In contrast, the Oklahoma swarm happened years after injection began, similar to swarms at the Cogdell oil field in West Texas and the Fort St. John area of British Columbia.
The Wilzetta fault system remains under stress, the study's authors say, yet regulators continue to allow injection into nearby wells. Ideally, injection should be kept away from known faults and companies should be required to provide detailed records of how much fluid they are pumping underground and at what pressure, said Keranen. The study authors also recommend sub-surface monitoring of fluid pressure for earthquake warning signs. Further research is needed but at a minimum, "there should be careful monitoring in regions where you have injection wells and protocols for stopping pumping even when small earthquakes are detected," said Abers. In a recent op-ed in the Albany (N.Y.) Times Union, Abers argued that New York should consider the risk of induced earthquakes from fluid injection in weighing whether to allow hydraulic fracturing to extract the state's shale gas reserves.
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By Euan Rocha
TORONTO (Reuters) - BlackBerry's
Nasdaq data released on Tuesday shows that short interest in the stock is at record levels and has more than doubled over the course of the last year.
With BlackBerry due to report quarterly results in two days, giving investors their first official clues on demand for its new Z10 touchscreen device, that buildup of bearish bets could send the stock price surging if the company delivers a positive surprise.
BlackBerry, a one-time pioneer in the smartphone market, hopes the device - powered by its new BlackBerry 10 operating system - and other devices soon to follow will turn its fortunes around and help it to win back market share in an ultra-competitive sector. But many traders are clearly unconvinced.
Short interest in BlackBerry's Nasdaq-listed stock has risen to more than 155 million shares, up from 136.5 million shares a month ago and 60 million at this time last year.
Traders who sell securities "short" borrow shares and then sell them in the hope that the price will fall, so they can buy them back more cheaply, return them to the lender and pocket the difference.
Markit, a financial information services company, said in a report last week that positive reviews around the Z10 have thus far failed to impress short sellers, with demand to borrow shares in BlackBerry hovering at record levels.
The firm, which collects data from custodian banks that run lending programs on behalf of investors who sometimes put their holdings into such programs, notes that roughly three-quarters of the BlackBerry shares that can be borrowed are already out on loan, meaning that it would be difficult and expensive to short any more of the company's shares at this time.
The number of short positions indicates that over 30 percent of BlackBerry's free float is currently being shorted, up from about 11 percent at this time last year.
The bearish data comes close on the heels of analysts' and media reports that the Z10 device had a rather muted launch in the United States last week.
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BlackBerry is hoping that the Z10 and other new devices powered by its new operating system will help it to regain ground ceded to rivals such as Apple Inc's iPhone, as well as Samsung Electronics Co's Galaxy line and other devices powered by Google Inc's
BlackBerry's results this week will, however, only provide investors with limited insight on demand for the Z10, which was on sale during just the final month of the latest quarter. And although the Z10 is now available in more than 25 countries, it initially went on sale only in the United Kingdom and Canada.
BlackBerry's volatile stock is nevertheless likely to swing wildly following the results on Thursday, as analysts and investors read into the numbers and extrapolate broader sales trends for the new device across the rest of the globe.
The company's stock, which closed at $14.46 on Tuesday on the Nasdaq, has already dropped roughly 10 percent since Friday after the reports of the Z10's lackluster U.S. launch.
The recent pullback in the stock ahead of results, however, may not be all bad news for those investors hoping for a big turnaround in the company's fortunes, as any positive outlook or data points from the company on Thursday would raise the prospects of a short squeeze in the stock.
In that scenario, bearish traders that sold the stock short would be forced to buy shares to avoid big losses on their positions - something that only serves to work against short sellers and push a stock higher.
Eric Jackson, the founder and managing partner of Ironfire Capital LLC, believes the size of the short position in the stock may serve as a big catalyst for BlackBerry's share price, if the company provides investors with an upbeat forecast.
"Even if they report a so-so quarter ... if they provide robust guidance for the current quarter, that could really light a fire under the stock," said Jackson, whose firm owns shares in BlackBerry.
(Reporting by Euan Rocha; Editing by Edmund Klamann)
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Before you read the rest of this post, go to Google and try searching for "Amazon." You'll probably notice that the top two listings are both for Amazon's website, with the first appearing on a light beige background. If you click on the first ? a paid search ad ? Amazon will pay Google for attracting your business. If you click on the second, Amazon gets your business but Google gets nothing. Try "Macys," "Walgreens," and "Sports Authority" ? you'll see the same thing.
If you search for eBay, though, you'll find only a single listing ? an unpaid one. Odds are, after marketers at Amazon, Walgreens and elsewhere catch wind of a preliminary study released on Friday, their search listings will start to look a lot more like eBay's. The study ? by eBay Research Labs economists Thomas Blake, Chris Noskos, and Steve Tadelis ? analyzed eBay sales after shutting down purchases of search ads on Google and elsewhere, while maintaining a control set of regions where search ads continued unchanged. Their findings suggest that many paid ads generate virtually no increase in sales, and even for ones that do, the sales benefits are far eclipsed by the cost of the ads themselves.
Companies spend enormous sums on marketing their products. Yet it's notoriously difficult to measure the impact of ad expenditures. Companies advertise heavily at times when they hope to sell a lot ? like Christmas Eve and Boxing Day ? and in areas where they expect to see their sales grow. So a na?ve examination of the relationship between ad expenditures and revenues will of course find they move in sync, even if customers don't pay the ads any mind.
Advertising has also traditionally produced a lot of waste ? I see ads for Brioni suits when I open up the morning paper, even though the last time I wore a suit was on my wedding day. The study's authors quote 19th century retailer John Wannamaker: "I know half the money I spend on advertising is wasted, but I can never find out which half."
The internet promised to change all that. Google, Yahoo, Bing, and others gave sellers the opportunity to target their pitches to customers who were plausibly interested in their products. That's why paid ads for Amazon come up in response to a search for books, but not life insurance. Further aligning the interests of companies and consumers, advertisers only get charged for paid search listings that actually get clicked on, ensuring that they pay for attracting genuinely interested customers.
But what do companies actually get for the billions they now spend on search marketing? The eBay team began by examining whether there's any benefit to buying search ads that contain the word "ebay." In these cases, it's possible that in the absence of paid listings, customers would simply click on the unpaid ? or "natural" ? listing, which would appear at the top of the search anyway. So in March 2012, eBay conducted a controlled trial to see what would happen if they shut off this "branded keyword advertising" by halting their purchases of search ads containing the word "ebay" on Microsoft and Yahoo search engines, while continuing to purchase search ads on Google as a control. There was no change in eBay sales via Yahoo and Bing, relative to those that came through Google ? consumers simply substituted clicks on the unpaid search listing for the now-absent paid ones.
Encouraged by these findings, eBay management agreed to run a controlled experiment where they shut off all Google search ads in a third of the country, while continuing to buy ads everywhere else. In contrast to branded keywords ? where it's inevitable that the company will end up as one of the top unpaid listings ? there's a good chance that if you try searching for "used les paul guitar," a guitar reseller will appear ahead of eBay's search listing. So in order to drive a customer to eBay for his guitar purchase rather than, say, Guitar Center, it might be worth the cost of placing a carefully targeted ad.
But in aggregate, that's not what the eBay team found ? overall, there was no appreciable decline in sales of eBay listings in the part of the country where Google ad purchases were shut off. People who thought to buy guitars via eBay were finding their way to the site anyway, either by clicking on natural listings, or by going directly to eBay's site without using a search engine at all. Search ads did generate a modest increase in the likelihood that internet surfers with little recent history of eBay transactions would end up making purchases on eBay. So paid search ads serve an informational function, letting a sliver of potential eBay customers know that they're in the guitar business. But by the time you get to customers who have had three prior eBay transactions in the last year, the effect of paid search on sales drops almost to zero. Overall, paid search turns out to be a very expensive way of attracting new business: The study's authors estimate that, at least in the short-run, paid ads generate only about 25 cents in extra revenues for each dollar of ad expenditures. (For branded keyword searches, the additional revenues are close to zero.)
People buying search ads aren't idiots ? they've looked at the correlation between keyword purchases and subsequent sales and no doubt found it to be strong. But this study suggests that marketing departments should be more careful in confusing causation and correlation in assessing the returns to their ad expenditures, to avoid the equivalent of concluding that marketing works because you advertise and sell a lot in December.
The study's authors note that paid search may be more profitable for other companies than it's been for eBay. For example, as Stop and Shop tries to get a foothold in the crowded New York online grocery marketplace, they might sensibly buy some ads to compete with Fresh Direct. Paid search may also be worth it for smaller companies that lack the name recognition and high Google page rank that make paid searches less valuable for the eBays and Amazons of the world ? some of Google's own research indicates that this is likely the case. Caveats aside, eBay's experiences suggest that all companies should look carefully at how much bang they're getting for their search marketing dollars.
The larger lesson from eBay's experiment is about the importance of questioning conventional marketing wisdom. As much as the internet has given companies opportunities to target their ads, it's also given them a ready testing ground to experiment with different business practices to see what really works.
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The Sportsman Channel says it's deeply saddened by the shooting death in northwestern Montana of one of its TV hosts who traveled the world in search of big game and shared his adventures on his program "A Rifleman's Journal."
The company in a statement early Saturday said it will miss Gregory G. Rodriguez's "thoughtfulness, candor and dedication to encourage a safe and enjoyable outdoor experience for all."
Police said Rodriguez, 43, of Sugar Land, Texas, died Thursday in the town of Whitefish when he was shot by another man in an apparent jealous rage while the TV personality visited the shooter's wife.
An outpouring on social media has followed the death of Rodriguez, who combined his comfort in front of the camera and travels to exotic locations with his hunting and shooting expertise into a popular program. The Sportsman Channel said that in January "A Rifleman's Journal" won "Best Instructional/Educational Program" at the Sportsman Channel's Sportsman Choice Awards.
"We're all in a state of shock and disbelief right now," said David Kelly, a spokesman for the Houston Safari Club, of which Rodriguez was a member.
Rodriguez is survived by his wife, Lisa, and two children. In a statement issued Saturday, the family said he was in Montana on a business trip.
"Greg was a wonderful husband, father, son, brother and friend," the statement said. "We love him and will miss him dearly. Please respect the family in their time of mourning and allow them to grieve in peace."
Whitefish Police Chief Bill Dial said that 41-year-old Wayne Bengston shot Rodriguez at about 10:30 p.m. at the home of his wife's mother. Dial said Bengston then beat his wife, took his 2-year-old son to a relative's house and drove to his home about 25 miles away in West Glacier, where he killed himself. Dial said Bengston's wife was treated at a hospital and released that night.
Dial said that Rodriguez and the woman, who works for a firearms manufacturer in the Flathead Valley, met at a trade show and struck up a casual relationship that police do not believe was romantic.
Rodriguez was the founder and CEO of Global Adventure Outfitters. That company declined to comment. According to the company's website, Rodriguez was a mortgage banker before a trip to Africa led him to alter course in the 1990s and start pursuing hunting for a living. He eventually traveled to 21 countries on six continents on that quest, the company said.
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Ridler reported from Boise, Idaho. Associated Press writer Christopher Sherman contributed to this report from McAllen, Texas.
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The Magazine, created by Marco Arment and executive edited by Glenn Fleishman, has been updated to version 1.2.2, but don't let the small increase in numbering fool you -- there are a couple of great new features contained within it (and not just the story kind).
First and foremost, with the new version of The Magazine you can now "Write Letter to Editor". Similar to the traditional newspaper and magazine system, Arment and Fleishman say:
We'd love to hear from you, and we may publish your letters in future issues.
Also added is support for Gmail and Sparrow, so you can use them to send your letters, or share via email, if your prefer.
Since iOS doesn't currently support anything like intents or contracts, or provide the ability to set third party apps as default, it's up to developers to work that out on an app by app basis. And it's great to see Arment doing just that.
The Magazine remains one of our favorite reading apps for iOS. If you haven't already, it's free to try and, if the subject matter interests you, easy to subscribe to.
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As the second anniversary of this blog approaches, I?ve been reading back through some of my older posts. In 2011, I talked about the fact that we don?t know how many species live here (?we? meaning ?Canadians?; ?here? meaning ?in our own country?? a fairly large, scientifically-advanced, stable, well-off, not-terribly-biodiverse country). It would be great, for many reasons, to find out how many species live in Canada. That sounds simple enough. Except that it isn?t. Birds are easy. Mammals too. We?ve got a pretty good handle on most of our vertebrates. The community of vascular plant people has made some great strides towards documenting Canadian plant diversity. But not all taxa are going to be so easy. The great majority of our species are the small, diverse, similar-looking, hard to collect, hard to identify, mostly unnamed majority. That includes arthropods. Figuring out how many species of terrestrial arthropods live in Canada would colour in a huge slice of the big pie chart of our diversity. The main challenge is that we lack the crayons (as it were). It?s going to be a big job. Nevertheless, the Biological Survey of Canada has made colouring this big pie chart one of its main goals since it was founded more than 30 years ago.
The BSC was by no means the first group to come up with the idea to document the species living in Canada (it?s a logical idea; it?s just?really difficult to translate it into reality). It?s a historical year for entomology in Canada (the 150th anniversary of the Entomological Society of Canada), so it seems like as good a year as any to talk about some history.
Materials for a Fauna Canadensis
The idea of a biological inventory of Canada is older than the country of Canada itself. Five years before Confederation, in September 1862, William Hincks published a small paper in The Canadian Journal proposing this very idea.
Professor Hincks? big idea.
At the time, Hincks was a pretty influential figure in ?Canadian? science. In 1853 he was appointed as the first Professor of Natural History at University College, Toronto, and was pretty well-connected throughout the scientific community.
(Historical trivia note 1: the other leading candidate for the Toronto position in 1853 was a far more qualified, and better known, English naturalist named Thomas Henry Huxley. Yes. That Thomas Henry Huxley. Hincks was offered the job instead. It was . . . political).
(Historical trivia note 2: in 1863, Hincks was the Chair at the first official meeting of the newly formed Entomological Society of Canada).
In his paper, Hincks noted:
The difficulties attending the study of every branch of Natural History in Canada, are greatly aggravated by the want of books fitted to afford the student, in a convenient and scientific form, such assistance as the present state of our knowledge renders practicable.
In modernspeak: ?we know lots of things that live here, but there?s no easy way to identify them?.
Hincks felt that if a committed group of people started to assemble all that knowledge we did have about the animals of Canada (he had a whole separate plan for a Flora Canadensis), we could eventually assemble a complete compendium, with names, diagnostic information, geographic distributions, etc. for all our species. There was a key statement in Hincks? overview of the project:
It has occurred to me that the publication in this Journal of fragmentary portions of a provisional Fauna Canadensis might contribute not a little both to assist the cultivators of Zoological Science and to accumulate? useful materials for future labourers who may be enabled to attempt what would now be premature,?a general systematic work on Canadian Zoology.
Hincks realized that the task of compiling a complete zoological inventory of Canada (a much smaller region in 1862 than it is today) was impossible at that time, but that we knew enough about some groups that we could at least make a start on components of the big catalog. Hincks went on in that paper, and subsequently, to present some examples of his proposed approach, with a synopsis of several groups of aquatic insects, perhaps to whet people?s appetites for getting on board with the project. Hincks, unfortunately, died a few years later and his grand vision never saw completion.
Fast forward just over a century.
Canada and its Insect Fauna
1979 was a pivotal year in documenting the diversity of Canadian terrestrial arthropods. The recently launched Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods), headed by H.V. Danks, published Canada and its Insect Fauna. This 573-page compendium drew together the collective knowledge, wisdom and educated guesses of 60 specialists (mostly Canadian) to enumerate how many species of terrestrial and freshwater arthropods (insects, arachnids and others) we knew to exist in Canada and, perhaps just as importantly, to estimate how many species remained to be discovered. The final count was just over 33,000 recorded species and almost that many still undescribed or unrecorded in Canada. Canada and its Insect Fauna wasn?t meant to be the final word. It was a starting point.
And then?
One of the more frequently uttered phrases among my colleagues in Canadian arthropod biodiversity is ?I still pull my Canada and its Insect Fauna off the shelf all the time!?. Well, that?s both high praise for this monumental volume, and a somewhat sobering realization that 34 years on, we haven?t replaced it with anything newer. Some major taxa and some regions have been completely updated quite recently, but for others (my own favorite group, the Diptera, for example) we still rely on numbers that are more than a generation out of date (and that?s a human generation, not an insect generation!). Clearly, we have some work to do.
Where to from here?
There are a lot of differences between the way we collect, package and share biodiversity information now compared to 1979. This work is no longer done only by specialists, and the products are used by a wide range of individuals and agencies. The digital revolution means that The Book is no longer the only method of presenting all this information.
If we hope to update our knowledge of the arthropods of Canada, and to move toward a complete understanding of our biota, and if we hope to make this knowledge accessible to a wide array of users, we?ll need to think outside the pages. And we?ll almost certainly need to do it a few pieces at a time, as William Hincks realized 151 years ago. But there are lots of ways to do that. That?s a topic for the next post.
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The SteelSeries Free Mobile Wireless Controller ($79.99 direct) is a Bluetooth-enabled, multi-platform gamepad that is compatible with Android and iOS tablets and phones, PCs, and Macs. It aims to make touch-screen gaming less frustrating and easier to control. Given its small, lightweight design and the ability to connect to a variety of devices, this wireless controller is a nice addition to the arsenal of any mobile gamer. But $80 is a steep price to pay for a controller that requires extra steps in order for it to work properly.
Design and Setup
Weighing at 1.91 ounces, this little wireless controller is small enough to fit in your pocket, purse, or laptop bag, and turns frustrating touch-screen gaming on both smartphones and tablets into something you can actually enjoy. When I first held the Free Mobile Wireless Controller, I figured I was in for a rough time considering I have large hands. To my surprise, the controller fit comfortably and I was able to play with ease. Games like Temple Run and Unicorn Rush were simple to play on a latest-gen iPad.
The controller hooks up wirelessly via Bluetooth. Following the instructions in the Quick Start Guide, I had no problem pairing the controller up to the iPad. Android and iOS phones and tablets, PCs, and Macs each require a different button combination in order to pair them. PCs and Macs also require that you download the free SteelSeries engine app.
Gameplay
The controls are similar to the standard PlayStation Sixaxis controller. On the left is the D-pad, and the right side holds a cluster of numbered buttons (1, 2, 3, and 4). In the center there are A and B buttons, and right below are two mini joysticks. Shoulder buttons sit on the top left and right. The controls for each game are set up differently, so it takes a bit of experimenting to figure out what you need to do.
You can use the SteelSeries engine in order to remap the buttons and customize the gamepad to your specific tastes. Unfortunately, the Free controller is not compatible with Windows XP, so any chances of remapping the buttons are scrapped. Also despite what it says on SteelSeries' site, there are no mobile versions of the SteelSeries engine app to customize your controller with, so button remapping needs to take place on a computer, which is a bit inconvenient.
Not being able to download the SteelSeries engine, I had to use the preset controls, and for some games it worked fine, but for others, they were a bit off. For example, when I played Cave Shooter HD with the gamepad I had to use the B button to fire. Imagine using the Select button on a PS controller to fire in a shooter game. It's awkward. When playing Temple Run, I found that using the D-pad alone was better than using the joysticks or the buttons on the controller's right side. Also, the bottom (4) button I would instinctively use to jump, made me slide instead.
Also, you can't use the gamepad to navigate through the menus on some games. I had to alternate between using the controller and the touch screen to get where I needed to be. When going through the tutorial for Unicorn Rush, I had to touch the Next button on the screen in order to move to the next step. If I'm using a controller to play through a game, I don't want to have to switch back and forth.
SteelSeries claims the controller's rechargeable battery will last for up to 10 hours of non-stop play or 20 hours of casual, intermittent play. The USB cable provided is solely for charging the controller, so playing on any device through a wired connection is out of the question.
The controller is compatible with a fair number of games, but very few big name ones, like titles from Rockstar Games and Imangi Studios, for example. iOS Games that support iCade, Zeemote enabled games on Android, and titles that are keyboard and mouse emulated on PC and Mac are all compatible with the Free controller. SteelSeries provides a list of compatible games for each supported platform on its website.
Overall, the SteelSeries Free Mobile Wireless Controller is a decent choice if you do a lot of tablet gaming and aren't crazy about touch-screen controls, but it's not exactly cheap, it doesn't work with all games, and setup isn't a snap. While other options aren't as comprehensive, the $25 ThinkGeek JoyStick-It Tablet Arcade Stick and the $20 Logitech Joystick for iPad each enhance tablet game control for a fraction of the price of the Free Mobile Wireless Controller. Plus, there's no software to download and setup is simple. Just place the joystick over the virtual one in the game and enjoy. Unless your Temple Run high score is that important, you might want to take a look at some other options before dropping $80 on the SteelSeries Free Mobile Wireless Controller.
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Nourish, launching on May 1.
A new bi-monthly magazine, Nourish, will launch on May 1 from Blitz Publications & Multi-Media Group?, targeting professional women.
The title will be edited by Anji Bignel, who is moving across from sister title Australian Natural Health.
The magazine will be launched across print, phone, tablet and internet with the primary?target of working women between the ages of 25 and 55. Content will include?recipes,?nutritional content of foods and eating plans.
The political scuttlebutt in South Dakota is that Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson. is considering retirement, and that his son, Brendan, may mount an attempt to keep the seat in the family. But the younger Johnson will have to work to beat back the impression of a political handoff from his father in a conservative state that Republicans are aggressively contesting.
Brendan Johnson, 37, South Dakota?s U.S. attorney and a former county prosecutor, hasn?t made any announcements about his political future. But his name is being circulated as a possible Senate candidate, along with former Democratic Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, to run against former Republican Gov. Mike Rounds, assuming that Tim Johnson retires.
If Brendan Johnson runs, his rapid ascent will be traced to his last name, but those close to him say he's not a carbon copy of his father -- and that's not necessarily a bad thing. He brings his own qualifications and skill set, Democrats say, particularly when it comes to retail politics, and he knows he'll have to earn the seat.
?If he decides to run, he is fully aware he has to go out and earn it, and he probably has a higher bar to clear than others exactly because of that, because I think Republicans are certainly pushing the idea that he?s somehow entitled to it," said South Dakota Democratic Party Chairman Ben Nesselhuf.
While it may take some time for the younger Johnson to match his father's policy expertise, Nesselhuf said he won't be overmatched in what would be a closely scrutinized Senate race. He recalled watching Johnson, then the student council president at the University of South Dakota, speak on a panel when the two were students there. The other speakers included then-Sen. Tom Daschle and then-Rep. John Thune. "He schooled them all," Nesselhuf said.
While at the University of South Dakota, Johnson was awarded the prestigious Harry S. Truman scholarship. After graduating with his B.S., he earned his law degree at the University of Virginia School of Law, where he served as president of the Student Bar Association.
Johnson moved back to South Dakota after graduating, serving as a law clerk in federal court and then as Minnehaha County prosecutor. In 2009, he was President Obama appointed him to serve as the U.S. attorney for the District of South Dakota. In that capacity, he's also chaired the Native American Issues Subcommittee.
Still, some Republicans say Johnson?s career success is more an indicator of his family connections than his talent and ambition. National Republican Senatorial Committee spokesman Brad Dayspring said nepotism will be the biggest issue that Brendan Johnson would have to confront in a campaign, calling him ?South Dakota?s fortunate son? who ?has never had a job that his daddy didn?t get him.?
Rounds spokesman Rob Skjonsberg says, ?Democrats will do everything they can to hold on to the seat. The great thing about South Dakota is we have no kingmakers here. There isn?t a Kennedy dynasty here in this state. Luckily, the voters get to make that decision.?
Nesselhuf argued against the notion that Johnson would be perceived as a political heir, saying his work as U.S. attorney stands on its own merits. ?Law and order issues," he said, such as Johnson?s crackdown on synthetic drugs, could be effectively highlighted in a Senate campaign. Johnson?s family ties, Nesselhuf noted, do give him one edge -- a firsthand experience with tough Senate races. "The biggest advantage Brendan will have is not being intimidated by the process," he said.
Steve Dick, a South Dakota Democrat and a former aide to Daschle, said the younger Johnson "isn?t going to run from who his father is. I suspect those charges will be there. But if they?re doing it, I suppose, he?s going to be a tough candidate.?
The reality is that in a small state like South Dakota, family connections in politics aren?t unusual. Herseth Sandlin?s father was a state legislator who ran for governor, and her grandfather was governor. But voters may view a Senate seat in a different light, and it?ll be a tough slog for any Democrat who runs in this solidly red state.
Working in Johnson?s favor is his likability and ability to work a room, a political talent that both Democratic and Republican operatives in South Dakota acknowledge is his strength. ?He?s got a reputation as a hard worker, very approachable, and very personal,? Dick said. ?And that?s the benefit of being in a very small state. Retail politics goes a long way here. Certainly, that will serve Brendan well.?
Dick recalled seeing the younger Johnson as an undergraduate at the University of South Dakota. ?I went back for homecoming, and I was watching him work the crowd along the parade route,? Dick said. ?Every politician has to work the crowd.?
But before Johnson can put those skills on display, there will likely be some behind-the-scenes wrangling as both he and Herseth Sandlin mull over their political futures. A Democratic operative with South Dakota ties says she?s considering running for the Governor's Mansion or the Senate.
Herseth Sandlin?s decision is the "elephant in the room," Nesselhuf said. "If Stephanie takes a pass," he said last month, "I think Brendan's got [the Democratic nomination] locked up."
Some South Dakota Democrats privately acknowledge that a primary could effectively kill the party?s chances at winning the general election. The candidates would spend time campaigning against each other, while Rounds -- who doesn?t need the name recognition that could come with a primary -- can fundraise.
But Rounds could also face a primary challenge. Rep. Kristi Noem, who unseated Herseth Sandlin in the 2010 wave, hasn?t ruled out a Senate run, says a former South Dakota Republican operative. The state?s at-large House seat requires a statewide campaign anyway, and her successful late entry into the 2010 race shows she won?t feel pressure to make a rushed decision, the operative said.
One Democrat suggested that Noem would have trouble passing up an open-seat race, since it might be some time before another opportunity for a promotion opens up. Fellow Republican Sen. John Thune will likely run for reelection in 2016, and GOP Gov. Dennis Daugaard is favored to win his own reelection bid, locking that spot in place until 2018.
For now, though, the focus is on the two Democrats who share a last name. The elder Johnson suffered a brain hemorrhage in 2006, and has said he won't?make a decision about whether he'll run in 2014 until this spring.
The GOP will likely use the father-son connection to frame a Brendan Johnson bid, Nesselhuf said, and he urged them to do so. "The Republicans are going to push that this is just Tim Johnson trying to get his son elected,? he said. ?I encourage them to continue to think that, because anyone who underestimates Brendan Johnson is going to lose."
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/senate-seat-remain-family-234246247--politics.html
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LOS ANGELES It wasn't exactly a mighty victory, but "Jack the Giant Slayer" won the weekend at the box office.
The Warner Bros. 3-D action extravaganza, based on the Jack and the Beanstalk legend, made just $28 million to debut at No. 1, according to Sunday studio estimates. It had a reported budget of just under $200 million.
But the studio also hit a milestone on the global front with Peter Jackson's fantasy epic "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" crossing the $1 billion mark worldwide. The first of three films based on the classic J.R.R. Tolkien novel has made $301.1 domestically and $700 million internationally.
"Jack the Giant Slayer" comes from Bryan Singer, director of "The Usual Suspects" and the first two "X-Men" movies. It stars Nicholas Hoult, Ewan McGregor, Ian McShane and Stanley Tucci.
Among other new releases, the college romp "21 & Over" from Relativity Media made only $9 million this weekend to open in third place. And the horror sequel "The Last Exorcism Part II" from CBS Films debuted in fourth place with just over $8 million.
Jeff Goldstein, Warner Bros.' executive vice president of theatrical distribution, said "Jack the Giant Slayer" opened lower than the studio had hoped, but he's encouraged by its CinemaScore, which was a B-plus overall and an A among viewers under 18. One bit of good news for "Jack" is that it had a 56-percent uptick from Friday to Saturday, suggesting strong word-of-mouth and more family audiences for the PG-13 adventure.
"That tells us that the audiences that are seeing it really do like it," Goldstein said. "The international opening in Asia has been very strong - the 3-D component of the special effects works in a big way outside the domestic marketplace."
"Jack the Giant Slayer" made $13.7 million in 11 international territories for a worldwide total of $41.7 million. Internationally, "A Good Day to Die Hard," the fifth film in the blockbuster Bruce Willis franchise, was the big winner of the weekend with $18.3 million for a global total of nearly $222 million.
Domestically, this is the sixth weekend in a row that movie ticket sales are down, said Paul Dergarabedian, box-office analyst for Hollywood.com. He pointed out that many of the action pictures aimed at men this year - including "Snitch," "The Last Stand," "Bullet to the Head" and "Parker" - have been disappointments at the box office.
"Other films have done OK but we need to do better than OK to keep up with last year's pace," he said. "Where is the audience? I don't want to overstate this, but where are the guys?"
Among the few bright spots, the Jason Bateman-Melissa McCarthy comedy "Identity Thief" has become the first film to cross the $100 million mark this year. Now in its fourth week in theaters, the Universal movie has made $107.4 million.
"This is a tough marketplace right now. Everything is underperforming," Dergarabedian said. "There hasn't been a huge breakout hit yet. For every 'Identity Thief' there have probably been 10 other films that have underperformed."
Meanwhile, winners at last weekend's Academy Awards, including "Argo," "Silver Linings Playbook" and "Life of Pi," are still sticking around in the top 20 after several months in theaters, further underscoring the weakness of recent new releases.
But Dergarabedian was optimistic that things will turn around with the opening next week of Disney's "Oz the Great and Powerful," a much-anticipated prequel to "The Wizard of Oz" starring James Franco and directed by Sam Raimi. It's expected to open in the $75-100 million range.
"We need the cavalry to arrive and we need them soon," he said. "Maybe James Franco is the cavalry."
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com. Where available, latest international numbers are included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday:
1. "Jack the Giant Slayer," $28 million. ($13.7 million international.)
2. "Identity Thief," $9.7 million.
3. "21 & Over," $9 million.
4. "The Last Exorcism Part II," $8 million.
5. "Snitch," $7.7 million.
6. "Escape From Planet Earth," $6.7 million.
7. "Safe Haven," $6.3 million.
8. "Silver Linings Playbook," $5.9 million.
9. "A Good Day to Die Hard," $4.5 million. ($18.3 million international.)
10. "Dark Skies," $3.6 million.
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Estimated weekend ticket sales at international theaters (excluding the U.S. and Canada) for films distributed overseas by Hollywood studios, according to Rentrak:
1. "A Good Day to Die Hard," $18.3 million.
2. "Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters," $15.2 million.
3. "Jack the Giant Slayer," $13.7 million.
4. "Les Miserables," $10.5 million.
5. "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," $9.2 million.
6. "Django Unchained," $8 million.
7. "New World," $7.3 million.
8. "Miracle in Cell No. 7," $6.2 million.
9. "Beautiful Creatures," $6 million.
10. "Flight," $5.2 million.
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Online:
http://www.hollywood.com
http://www.rentrak.com
Source: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/03/03/3890806/giant-slayer-scares-up-ho-hum.html
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I wanted to see how well Renoise would handle this kind of project. It holds up pretty well, though the samples could use some work.Listen on Soundcloud.com
Sorry about the file size, but multisampled instruments.
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Bonus points for anyone who figures out how I put it together.
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I don't know how exactly you put it together.. But.. Your exciter and eq settings are very nice. I also like the way you panned your sends... As far as the music itself, I found it, "cinematic, and really nice to zone out and listen."Keep at it..
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? Posted Today, 08:45 AM
The idea of panned reverbs was an idea I got from Ill Gates in talking about how to get a more stereo sound with out resorting to expansion. It works really well with more cinematic music. Thanks for the listen.
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