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Monday, 16 January 2012
Albatross species finds it easier to fly with changing winds near South Pole
Winds off the Southern Ocean, around Antarctica, are shifting, making it easier for a particular species of albatross to fly farther.
Winds over the Southern Ocean, around the continent of Antarctica, have shifted and picked up in recent decades, giving a lift to foraging albatrosses, scientists say.
Skip to next paragraphOne species, the wandering albatross, can fly more than 2,175 miles (3,500 kilometers) looking for food, particularly dead squid floating on the ocean. During the summer, one breeding partner can travel for days or weeks at a time in search of food while the other incubates the egg.
Over the last two decades and possibly longer, changes in winds appear to have led to shorter, easier foraging trips, leading to heavier birds and more chicks for a population of wandering albatrosses on Possession Island, one of the Crozet Islands in the Southern Ocean, according to a study published in the Jan. 13 issue of the journal Science.
Winds of change
Over the past 50 years, summertime westerly winds over the mid-latitudes, within which Possession Island lies, have been shifting farther south, closer to the Pole, and strengthening.
The hole in the protective ozone layer ? which has expanded?above the Antarctic during recent decades but is expected to recover eventually ? is primarily responsible. The ozone hole decreases temperatures above the Pole. This creates a more significant atmospheric pressure difference between the polar region and the tropics, resulting in a shift and strengthening of the westerly winds, according to Judith Perlwitz, a research scientist at the University of Colorado, Boulder, who was not involved in the study. ?
Global warming is expected to have a similar effect, but by warming the atmosphere over the tropics. But the ozone hole has been the dominant driver behind the changes in winds so far, according to Perlwitz.
Flight of the albatross
Large seabirds and excellent gliders, the wandering albatross depends on the wind for its foraging trips, which have been recorded to last up to 35 days.?
To take off, they fly into the wind to reach gliding altitude, then the birds turn, and fly with side or tail winds. From there, they can glide for 1,640 feet (500 meters) at a time, according to Henri Weimerskirch, a study researcher and head of a marine predator group at Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chiz? in France.
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Sunday, 15 January 2012
Small group search
So, i have this idea bubbling in the back of my mind, like they often do, but i think i need a small group instead of just one partner for this one. It's not really set in stone as of yet, but i'll see if i can lay out the basics.
So the idea is fairly simple so far. I was thinking something a little more medieval. In one particular castle there are secrets being passed through the halls and there seems to be an untold agreement among those who live there, that no one should speak of the things happening. The secrets are all various levels of extreme. The king may not be who he says he is, the queen has taken a lover. The prince sneaks out in the dead of night for a forbidden meeting.
So thats pretty much the idea. A castle full of secrets that no one openly speaks about, though everyone knows whats going on.
If anyone has any interest then send me a message ^_^
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Saturday, 14 January 2012
Summary Box: JPMorgan's results drag down stocks (AP)
FIRST UP: A rare disappointing earnings report from JPMorgan Chase, the country's largest bank, battered bank stocks and pushed the market lower. Among traders, the thinking was that if JPMorgan had trouble in the final quarter of 2011, the rest of the industry probably did, too.
GALLIC SHRUG: Markets were little changed after France's finance minister confirmed that S&P had stripped the country of its AAA credit rating. The markets have been expecting a downgrade for months.
NOT BAD SO FAR: Even with Friday's fall, the three major indexes posted gains for the second straight week. The S&P 500 index is up 2.5 percent to start the year.
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Nigeria's double trouble: nationwide fuel strike and 'ban' on Christians
Attacks by Islamist group Boko Haram are 'worse than civil war' of 1960s, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan says, but a nationwide fuel strike sparked by a cut in subsidies presents him with his toughest challenge.
With terrorist attacks against Christians in the north by an apparent Islamist militant group and the beginning of a nationwide protest against soaring fuel prices, Nigeria?s President Goodluck Jonathan is faced with a double challenge.
Skip to next paragraphPresident Jonathan declared a state of emergency last week after the Islamist militant group Boko Haram killed some 29 people in the northern state of Adamawa?(click for map). More than 500 people have been killed by Boko Haram ? whose name means ?Western education is a sin? ? in the past year. But equally dangerous is the possibility of nationwide strikes called by labor unions and a nebulous ?Occupy Nigeria? movement after Jonathan?s Jan. 1 decision to remove a government fuel subsidy paid to fuel importers.
Most of Nigeria?s 150 million citizens survive on less than $2 a day, and the removal of the subsidy will have the effect of instantly raising the cost of a liter of gasoline from 41 cents to 89 cents. Nigeria is Africa?s largest oil-producing nation, but because its refineries have not been well maintained, Nigeria imports more than 75 percent of its fuel from outside the country.
In a televised speech, quoted by Nigeria?s Vanguard newspaper, Jonathan said he understood the anger of citizens over the cut in the fuel subsidy, but said the step was necessary, since the subsidy absorbs nearly 25 percent of the country?s yearly budget.
?If I were not here to lead the process of national renewal, if I were in your shoes at this moment, I probably would have reacted in the same manner as some of our compatriots, or hold the same critical views about government?. My fellow Nigerians, the truth is ? either we deregulate and survive economically, or we continue with a subsidy regime that will continue to undermine our economy and potential for growth, and face serious consequences,? Jonathan said.
As for the religious violence of Boko Haram, Jonathan told citizens in a televised address that the Boko Haram attacks are "worse than?the civil war" of the 1960s.?"During the civil war, we knew and we could even predict where the enemy was coming from," he said. "But the challenge we have today is more complicated."
Fuel-subsidy protests thus far have been mostly peaceful, but there are unconfirmed reports that the Lagos police department?s Rapid Response Force reportedly killed one protester in the Ogba area of Lagos. In Abuja, protesters pushed their way through a police cordon during a protest march.
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Friday, 13 January 2012
MSI GT783 hands-on
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Friday, 6 January 2012
Turkey: Ex-military chief arrested over plot
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) ? A former military chief was jailed Friday, accused of leading a terror organization and conspiring to bring down Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government, his lawyer said, becoming the most senior officer to face trial in a series of investigations into alleged anti-government plots.
Gen. Ilker Basbug was arrested and placed in a prison near Istanbul overnight after seven hours of questioning by prosecutors investigating allegations that the military funded dozens of websites aimed at discrediting the Islamic-rooted government in 2009.
Some of the suspects already charged in the case, including senior generals and admirals, have said they acted in a chain of command. Basbug, who retired in August 2010, led the military at the time.
The jailing of a former military chief ? unimaginable a few years back ? comes as the government, which has won three successive elections, has sharply reduced the political clout of the military. Military leaders have staged three coups and forced an Islamist prime minister to quit in 1997.
Lawyer Ilkay Sezer said Basbug denied accusations during questioning. NTV television said the former general told court officials the charges were "tragicomical."
Basbug himself sounded bewildered by the charges.
"The 26th Chief of Military Staff of the Turkish Republic is being accused of forming and leading a terror organization," the state-run Anatolia news agency quoted Basbug as telling journalists before being taken to prison. "I leave it up to the great Turkish people to decide."
The alleged conspiracy was first reported by a Turkish newspaper in 2009, which printed a photocopy of an alleged plan to damage the reputation of the government by portraying it as corrupt. Investigations into the reported conspiracy were inconclusive because the original document, allegedly signed by a navy colonel, could not be found. The probe was revived last year after an unidentified military officer allegedly sent the original document to Istanbul's chief prosecutor.
Hundreds of people, including civilians, retired generals and active-duty officers, are already on trial accused of terrorism charges for alleged involvement in separate plots that prosecutors say were aimed at destabilizing Turkey and bringing the government down. The military says 58 serving generals or admirals are in jail.
Erdogan's opponents see the trials as a government effort to intimidate them through the courts while the long imprisonments without verdicts and alleged irregularities in the handling of evidence have cast doubts over the legal process.
Last year, the nation's top four military commanders, including the chief of staff that succeeded Basbug, resigned in protest against the arrests and prosecutions of military officers.
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