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Saturday, July 20, 2013
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
All 10 killed in Soldotna, Alaska, air taxi crash
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) ? All 10 people aboard an air taxi were killed as the aircraft crashed and was engulfed in flames at a small Alaska airport.
Before firefighters could get to it, the de Havilland DHC3 Otter began burning just after 11 a.m. Sunday at the airport in Soldotna, about 75 miles southwest of Anchorage on the Kenai Peninsula.
Firefighters from Central Emergency Services were the first on the scene, Capt. Lesley Quelland told the Anchorage Daily News (http://bit.ly/10IzzQN ).
"We saw the plume immediately when we left the station," Quelland said Sunday evening.
It was a big, black cloud of smoke visible from the station, about three driving miles from the airport, she said. Firefighters found "the aircraft was crashed off the side of the runway and it was fully involved in flames," Quelland said.
It took crews about 10 minutes to put out the fire. Everyone died inside the plane, she said.
National Transportation Safety Board investigator Clint Johnson confirmed to The Associated Press that the dead included nine passengers and the pilot.
The Federal Aviation Administration said the Otter was operated by Rediske Air, based out of another Kenai Peninsula community, Nikiski.
Will Satathite, who was working Sunday at Rediske Air's Nikiski office, confirmed to the Peninsula Clarion newspaper that the aircraft was flown by Nikiski pilot and company owner Willy Rediske.
A man who didn't identify himself at the Rediske office declined comment later Sunday to the AP, saying the crash was under investigation.
Alaska State Troopers spokeswoman Meagan Peters said a fire that consumed the aircraft initially kept firefighters from reaching the wreckage. The passengers have not been identified.
The Soldotna Police Department said Sunday evening that the remains of all 10 people have been sent to the State Medical Examiner's Office in Anchorage for autopsies and positive identifications.
Police said in a release through the Alaska State Troopers that weather at the time of the crash was reported to be cloudy with a light wind.
Johnson said initial reports have the plane crashing after departure, but that will have to be confirmed by investigators.
The NTSB is sending an investigative team from Washington that's scheduled to arrive Monday afternoon. Also taking part will be Alaska-based investigator Brice Banning, who was called back from the Asiana crash in San Francisco.
For many Alaskans, flying across the state is common because of the limited road system, exposing residents to a litany of hazards, including treacherous mountain passes and volatile weather. It's possible to drive from Anchorage to Soldotna, but it's about a four-hour trip as the highway hugs Turnagain Arm and then cuts through a mountain passage.
Soldotna was founded in 1947 by World War II veterans who were given 90-day preference for homesteading rights in 1947, according to a state website. The city, now with a population of about 4,300, is on the banks of the Kenai River, and the area is busy this time of the year with people fishing for salmon.
Alaska has already seen a several plane crashes this year, including a June 28 crash that killed a pilot and two passengers on a commercial tour in the Alaska Range.
In another crash Saturday, two men had to swim to shore after their plane went down in the waters off Kodiak Island. The small plane crashed after its engine sputtered out, and the men swam about 50 yards, the Kodiak Daily Mirror reported.
The Soldotna crash also came a day after two teenagers were killed when an Asiana flight crashed at San Francisco's airport.
The municipal airport is located about a mile from Soldotna's commercial business area and is adjacent to the Kenai River, according to the city's website.
The runway is 5,000 feet long and paved.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/10-killed-soldotna-alaska-air-taxi-crash-122139881.html
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Saturday, July 6, 2013
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Thursday, May 23, 2013
Snow Fail: The New York Times And Its Misunderstanding Of Copyright
The New York Times spent months and had an entire team working on the creation of Snow Fall, and it shows. But what if I told you that you could recreate the same interactive experience in just about an hour? You'd like that, wouldn't you? Well, the New York Times wouldn't.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/HTZn1n3_SZw/
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Yahoo: Expect Ads On Tumblr To Ramp Up Significantly In 2014
After announcing its deal to acquire Tumblr for $1.1 billion, mostly in cash, Yahoo today started to lay out some of the details for how it intends to make use of the property while trying to stick to its promise "not to screw it up." Expect more advertising by next year as well as more Tumblr content on Yahoo properties, but more of a cautious step as to how Yahoo will deal with some of Tumblr's more NSFW content.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/4atYw9subGA/
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Leader of Toots and the Maytals injured at concert
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) ? Officials say the leader of the reggae band Toots and the Maytals was injured when a 19-year-old man threw a bottle and hit the singer during a concert in Richmond.
Police said Sunday the man has been charged with aggravated assault. Authorities have not identified him.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that (http://bit.ly/17PhlkD ) Frederick "Toots" Hibbert was treated at a hospital for a cut to his head and released.
Hibbert was hit by a glass bottle thrown from the crowd Saturday night as the band was performing at the Dominion Riverrock outdoor sports and music festival. The band stopped playing after he was hit.
Festival organizers say Hibbert was in good spirits despite the traumatic event and regretted that the concert had to be stopped early.
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Monday, May 20, 2013
Samsung Galaxy S3 Android 4.2.2 firmware leaked with Galaxy S4 features
Lock screen widgets, re-vamped settings, driving mode and more
Samsung has a track record of bringing key software features to older phones with major firmware upgrades, and it seems last year's Galaxy S3 is about to see such an update along with Android 4.2.2. Leaked firmware obtained by SamMobile brings the international Galaxy S3 -- the quad-core Exynos-powered GT-i9300 -- up to Android 4.2.2, and adds many features previously reserved for the Galaxy S4.
New features include a familiar array of lock screen widgets and unlock effects, new display modes, a re-tooled quick settings area in the notification pull-down, a new driving mode and an updated version of the S Voice assistant app. Some of the headline Galaxy S4 features like air view aren't included, though that's because they're dependent on the S4's hardware.
SamMobile has published the new -- and very much pre-release -- firmware version I9300XXUFME3 online, and it comes with all the usual warnings associated with using unfinished software on your phone. In addition, it'll increase your binary counter (the difficult-to-reset counter telling you how many unofficial ROMs you've installed) by one, even though it's marked as an official Samsung firmware.
If you want to live dangerously, you can find the download and installation details over at the source link. If not, you'll find video after the break.
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Friday, May 17, 2013
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Thursday, May 16, 2013
Britain's PM Cameron visits Boston bombing site, pays tribute
By Andrew Osborn
BOSTON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron paid tribute to the victims of the Boston marathon bombing on Tuesday in a visit to the site of the attack, saying Britain stood shoulder to shoulder with the United States against terrorism.
On the second day of a three-day trip to the United States, Cameron visited the memorials to the victims at Copley Square, accompanied by Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick.
Three people were killed and more than 260 injured in the April 15 bombings.
Cameron made a special trip to Boston after meeting President Barack Obama in the White House on Monday to discuss the Syrian conflict and next month's G8 summit in Northern Ireland.
"Everyone in the UK stands with your great city and your great people," Cameron told reporters in the square.
It was crucial to challenge the "narrative of violent extremism," he added, which meant "standing for the values that we believe in" such as freedom, democracy and diversity.
"We know how important it is to stand up and say the terrorists will not win," the prime minister added. "We will never give in to terrorists."
Ethnic Chechen brothers Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who died in a shoot-out with police, and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev were suspected of setting off bombs at the marathon's finish line. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is in a prison west of Boston, charged with crimes that could carry the death penalty if he is convicted.
Cameron also met members of Boston's emergency services to hear how they coped with the bombing.
The London marathon took place six days after the attack and began with a 30-second silence for the victims. Many of the London runners wore black ribbons in memory of the dead.
"I'm here to tell Bostonians that Londoners, like all Britons, stand shoulder to shoulder with them," Cameron told the London Evening Standard newspaper separately.
"For those who seek to try and disrupt our way of life, our message is clear: be it Boston or London, we will be strong."
After meeting Cameron on Monday, Obama thanked the London marathon runners for dedicating the race to the Boston victims.
On Monday, Cameron became the first British serving prime minister to visit the FBI operations center in Washington, from where the hunt for the Boston bombers was conducted.
Cameron, who was accompanied by the new chief of Britain's MI5 security service, has said he wants to see whether Britain can learn from Boston's experience.
Cameron also visited the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Tuesday, where he dropped into a robotics laboratory to hear about how such technology is being used for medical purposes.
(Editing by Vicki Allen)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/britains-pm-cameron-visits-boston-bombing-pays-tribute-161144542.html
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Putin backs gas power for Russia's transport
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin threw his weight behind a drive to fuel more Russian vehicles with cleaner-burning and cheaper natural gas on Tuesday, saying the economic and environmental benefits were clear.
A transition to using gas as a transportation fuel would reduce emissions in Russia - the world's fourth biggest emitter of greenhouse gases - by two to three times, Putin said.
That would also boost the fortunes of state energy giant Gazprom whose net profit fell 10 percent in 2012 due to weak gas prices and flagging demand from austerity-ravaged Europe.
"Gas is cheaper than gasoline or diesel fuel, besides it reduces emissions," Putin said at a meeting.
"Twenty percent of (global) natural gas is concentrated in Russia and this is a clear competitive advantage," he added.
Prime Minister Dimitry Medvedev has also called for more gas-fuelled transport, saying Russia cannot not afford to ignore the global trend.
According to a resolution Medvedev signed on Monday, more than 50 percent of buses in major Russian cities will be switched to run on natural gas.
China last year had 1.48 million vehicles driving on natural gas, up 48 percent on 2011 thanks to a government initiative to encourage use of the cheaper alternative to gasoline and diesel.
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Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said there remained significant challenges to wide-spread, gas-powered transport in Russia including no regulatory framework and a lack of refueling infrastructure, with only 200 stations in the country.
The Russian government spent 3.5 billion roubles ($112 million) on gas-powered buses in 2012, he said at the meeting with Putin.
Gazprom plans to invest 1 billion roubles ($31.92 million) and build 17 gas stations in 2013 to service new vehicles, while Russia's top oil producer Rosneft plans to allocate 60 billion roubles to build 1,000 stations, according to Novak.
"In the whole world today there are 17 million cars using gas fuel, while in Russia there are 103,000 vehicles... the gas-powered transportation boom is only just beginning," he said.
However, Russia's shift to using the cleaner fuel has not been without hiccups.
On Thursday, as Russian's celebrated Victory Day to mark the end of World War II, an empty gas-powered bus blew up in north-west Moscow after one of its cylinders exploded, state news agency RIA Novosti reported.
Russia recently lost its position as the world's top gas producer, falling behind the United States because of the shale gas production boom which transformed the global supply landscape and put pressure on once sky-high prices.
($1 = 31.3252 Russian roubles)
(Reporting By Darya Korsunskaya, Writing by Alessandra Prentice, editing by William Hardy)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/putin-backs-gas-power-russias-transport-173506348.html
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Monday, May 13, 2013
Pakistan's Sharif headed for 3rd term after vote
Former Prime Minister and leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-N party Nawaz Sharif waves to his supporters at a party office in Lahore, Pakistan, Saturday, May 11, 2013. Sharif declared victory following a historic election marred by violence Saturday, as unofficial, partial vote counts showed his party with an overwhelming lead. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
Former Prime Minister and leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-N party Nawaz Sharif waves to his supporters at a party office in Lahore, Pakistan, Saturday, May 11, 2013. Sharif declared victory following a historic election marred by violence Saturday, as unofficial, partial vote counts showed his party with an overwhelming lead. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
Supporters of Pakistan Muslim League-N party celebrate the primary unofficial results of their country's parliamentary elections in Lahore, Pakistan Saturday, May 11, 2013. Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif declared victory following a historic election marred by violence Saturday, a remarkable comeback for a leader once toppled in a military coup and sent into exile. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
With election banners showing cricket star-turned-politician, and leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, Imran Khan, and other member of his party, a Pakistani daily laborer walks his donkeys past children playing in a neighborhood in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Sunday, May 12, 2013. Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif looked set Sunday to return to power for a third term, with an overwhelming election tally that just weeks ago seemed out of reach for a man who had been ousted by a coup and was exiled abroad before clawing his way back as an opposition leader. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
Supporters of Pakistan Muslim League-N party celebrate the primary unofficial results of the country's parliamentary elections at a party office in Lahore, Pakistan, Saturday, May 11, 2013. The Pakistan Muslim League-N party, led by two-time Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, has long been considered the front-runner in the race. The party appeared to be moving toward a significant victory Saturday based on partial vote counts announced by Pakistan state TV. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
Former Prime Minister and leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-N party Nawaz Sharif, fourth from left, waves to his supporters at a party office in Lahore, Pakistan, Saturday, May 11, 2013. Sharif declared victory following a historic election marred by violence Saturday, as unofficial, partial vote counts showed his party with an overwhelming lead. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) ? Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif looked set Sunday to return to power for a third term, with an overwhelming election tally that just weeks ago seemed out of reach for a man who had been ousted by a coup and was exiled abroad before clawing his way back as an opposition leader.
As unofficial returns continued to roll in Sunday, state TV estimates put Sharif close to the majority needed to govern outright. Even if he falls short of that threshold, independent candidates almost certain to swing to his favor would give Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-N a ruling majority.
The margin of victory over the closest competitors ? a party headed by former cricket star Imran Khan and the outgoing Pakistan People's Party ? gave Sharif's party a clear mandate to guide the country of 180 million over the next five years.
"It's clear that Nawaz Sharif will form the federal government," said political analyst Mehdi Hasan.
Supporters danced in the streets overnight in his hometown of Lahore, Pakistan's second largest city and the provincial capital of Punjab province.
Violence marred the vote in the southern port city of Karachi, the northwest and in the southwestern province of Baluchistan. At least 29 people died in election-related attacks, but people still came out in droves. Election officials said the turnout was close to 60 percent, easily eclipsing the 44 percent of voters who came to the polls in 2008.
Sharif fended off a strong challenge from Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party. Khan, who led the country to victory in the 1992 cricket World Cup, had tapped into the frustrations of many Pakistani youths fed up with the country's traditional politicians.
But in the end, it was Sharif and the PML-N who emerged as the clear winners. The seat projections indicated that his party would have a much stronger grip on power than its predecessor.
Supporters in Lahore said they hoped that would bring progress after the outgoing Pakistan People's Party government, which much of the country saw as only focused on its survival.
"It will bring stability in our country," said Fayaz Ranjha. "We have voted for them, now it is their turn to take steps to end our miseries."
The 63-year-old Sharif served as prime minister twice during the nineties and oversaw Pakistan's first nuclear weapons test, but was ousted in a coup in 1999 by former chief of the army, Gen. Pervez Musharraf.
Sharif went into exile in Saudi Arabia and only returned to Pakistan in 2007. Even then, he was forced to sit on the sidelines as his party contested parliamentary elections after a court disqualified him from running. He had a prior criminal conviction for terrorism and hijacking stemming from Musharraf's coup ? Sharif was accused at the time of denying the general's plane permission to land.
The Supreme Court overturned the conviction in 2009.
Over the last five years, Sharif put steady pressure on the PPP-led government, but, wary of army interference, never enough to threaten its hold on power. This attitude helped enable parliament to complete its term and transfer power in democratic elections for the first time since the country was founded in 1947.
Sharif now faces the monumental task of governing a country with rising inflation, rolling blackouts, and a powerful Taliban insurgency.
The PML-N will also inherit a rocky relationship with neighboring Afghanistan. Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday praised Pakistan for having carried out general elections despite the violence.
While promising "full cooperation" with Pakistan's new government, Karzai alluded to the often hostile relationship between the two countries and his suspicions that Islamabad has in the past aided insurgents and contributed to Afghanistan's instability.
"We hope that the new elected government provides the ground for peace and brotherhood with Afghanistan, and to sincerely cooperate in rooting out terrorist sanctuaries," he said.
Analysts say Sharif is likely to want to assert a stronger influence over the Pakistani military than President Asif Ali Zardari or his PPP government have, which could cause tension. Sharif's relationship with the army will be watched closely for any sign of a rift similar to the one in 1999.
He'll also be observed to see what moves ? if any ? he takes to reign in militants and deal with religious extremists who have threatened the country's stability for years. Critics say the PML-N has tolerated extremist groups in the party's stronghold of Punjab province.
"They think they cannot afford to stoke unnecessary trouble for them by cracking down on people or groups who are extremists or terrorists," said Imtiaz Gul, director of the Islamabad-based Center for Research and Security Studies. "I don't think that these guys have enough understanding of the risk."
In relations with the United States, Sharif is expected to be more nationalistic and protective of state sovereignty than the outgoing government. He defied U.S. opposition to Pakistan's nuclear test in 1998 and has criticized the Afghan conflict as "America's War."
But the often testy ties between Washington and Islamabad are not expected to change radically since Pakistan's powerful army still plays a dominant role on foreign policy issues and is eager not to lose the hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. military aid.
Washington will also play a deciding role in any bailout package that Pakistan will almost certainly need from the International Monetary Fund to prop up its ailing economy.
Sharif will face a host of economic problems. Pakistanis suffer through power outages that can last 18 hours a day and extensive gas outages in the winter. Inflation has risen sharply, and foreign investment dropped.
The new government will need to address how to increase the country's tax revenue, reduce fuel subsidies and restructure ailing state-run industries, said Ashfaq Ahmed, dean of the business school of the Islamabad-based National University of Sciences and Technology.
Sharif has a track record of trying to improve ties with Pakistan's arch rival, neighboring India, and is expected to continue to work toward that while in power. A thaw in relations could improve Pakistan's economy by opening up trade with India and ? in the long-term ? by reducing the need for defense spending.
The election in many ways highlighted ethnic divisions that have plagued Pakistan since its inception in 1947.
The PML-N drew most of its strength from Punjab province. The Punjabis are the country's largest ethnic group, and the province has sometimes alienated the rest of Pakistan by its dominance in government and the military.
The PPP, a party that used to draw on nationwide support, was relegated to Sindhi-speaking areas in southern Pakistan. Khan, an ethnic Pashtun, dominated in the mostly Pashtun areas of northwestern Pakistan.
Sharif will have to work hard to show that he represents all of Pakistan, not just Punjab province.
"If there is a heavy mandate from Punjab particularly the smaller provinces will complain that Punjab is exploiting him," said the political analyst Hasan.
Khan's party was in close competition with the PPP over who would form the second-largest bloc in parliament. That's a significant gain for a party that had only ever won one national assembly seat previously.
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Santana reported from Islamabad. Associated Press writers Munir Ahmed in Islamabad and Kathy Gannon in Kabul contributed to this report.
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Friday, May 10, 2013
T-Mobile US sells 500,000 iPhones in a month
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) ? T-Mobile US Inc., the last of the major U.S. carriers to start carrying iPhones, is selling them at a brisk pace, it reported Wednesday.
T-Mobile US, the No. 4 U.S. carrier, said it has sold half a million iPhones since it started on April 12. That puts its sales at roughly the same rate as Sprint Nextel Corp., the No. 3 carrier, which has far more customers.
The company said late last year that it planned to sell the iPhone, which helped it keep customers in the first three months of the year. As previously reported, it saw a small increase in customers under its own brand for the first time in four years. Analysts believe the customers were holding out for the iPhone.
T-Mobile US's parent Deutsche Telekom AG, discussed the U.S. business as it reported a 3.5 percent increase in net profit in the first quarter to 564 million euros ($739 million) from 545 million euros in the same quarter a year ago. Earnings rose in part because the company saw smaller deductions for the depreciation of its U.S. business.
Deutsche Telekom completed a merger of T-Mobile USA with MetroPCS Communications Inc. on April 30, creating the new T-Mobile US Inc. Deutsche Telekom owns 74 percent of the new company, while the rest went to MetroPCS shareholders.
T-Mobile USA, which had been losing contract customers, switched to a new "Un-carrier" approach in March and started selling phones on installment plans.
Deutsche Telekom AG also said it had 300 million euros less in accounting-related reductions related to the merger, which is part of a turnaround effort. As the No. 4 mobile provider, T-Mobile USA has struggled against bigger competitors.
Otherwise, sales and earnings slipped at Deutsche Telekom.
Revenue fell 4.5 percent to 58.7 billion euros, while adjusted operating earnings ? which exclude financial items such as depreciation related to the merger ? declined 4.3 percent to 4.29 billion euros. That still exceeded the analyst predictions for 4.24 billion euros compiled by financial information provider FactSet.
At T-Mobile USA, the company made 5.32 billion euros in operating earnings, down 5.6 percent in euro terms, as revenue slipped 8 percent to 15.37 billion euros. The company said service revenue fell as more customers opted for the new contracts, reducing operating earnings.
Elsewhere, the company said its subsidiaries in Europe battled a slow economy and increased regulation. The company's expenditure on capital investments rose some 40 percent to over 3 billion euros as it spent money on acquiring radio frequencies in the Netherlands.
Deutsche Telekom shares rose 3.4 percent to 9.44 euros in morning trading in Frankfurt.
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Friday, April 5, 2013
Advance could bring Hydrogen to the alternative energy market
Thursday, April 4, 2013
A team of Virginia Tech researchers has discovered a way to extract large quantities of hydrogen from any plant, a finding that has the potential to bring a low-cost, environmentally friendly fuel source to the world.
"Our new process could help end our dependence on fossil fuels," said Y.H. Percival Zhang, an associate professor of biological systems engineering in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the College of Engineering "Hydrogen is one of the most important biofuels of the future."
Zhang and his team have succeeded in using xylose, the most abundant simple plant sugar, to produce a large quantity of hydrogen that previously was attainable only in theory. Zhang's method can be performed using any source of biomass.
The discovery is a featured editor's choice in an online version of the chemistry journal Angewandte Chemie, International Edition.
This new environmentally friendly method of producing hydrogen utilizes renewable natural resources, releases almost no zero greenhouse gasses, and does not require costly or heavy metals. Previous methods to produce hydrogen are expensive and create greenhouse gases.
The U.S. Department of Energy says that hydrogen fuel has the potential to dramatically reduce reliance of fossil fuels and automobile manufactures are aggressively trying to develop vehicles that run on hydrogen fuel cells. Unlike gas-powered engines that spew out pollutants, the only byproduct of hydrogen fuel is water. Zhang's discovery opens the door to an inexpensive, renewable source of hydrogen.
Jonathan R. Mielenz, group leader of the bioscience and technology biosciences division at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, who is familiar with Zhang's work but not affiliated with this project, said this discovery has the potential to have a major impact on alternative energy production.
"The key to this exciting development is that Zhang is using the second most prevalent sugar in plants to produce this hydrogen," he said. "This amounts to a significant additional benefit to hydrogen production and it reduces the overall cost of producing hydrogen from biomass."
Mielenz said Zhang's process could find its way to the marketplace as quickly as three years if the technology is available. Zhang said when it does become commercially available, it has the possibility of making an enormous impact.
"The potential for profit and environmental benefits are why so many automobile, oil, and energy companies are working on hydrogen fuel cell vehicles as the transportation of the future," Zhang said. "Many people believe we will enter the hydrogen economy soon, with a market capacity of at least $1 trillion in the United States alone."
Obstacles to commercial production of hydrogen gas from biomass previously included the high cost of the processes used and the relatively low quantity of the end product.
But Zhang thinks he has found the answers to those problems.
For seven years, Zhang's team has been focused on finding non-traditional ways to produce high-yield hydrogen at low cost, specifically researching enzyme combinations, discovering novel enzymes, and engineering enzymes with desirable properties.
The team liberates the high-purity hydrogen under mild reaction conditions at 122 degree Fahrenheit and normal atmospheric pressure. The biocatalysts used to release the hydrogen are a group of enzymes artificially isolated from different microorganisms that thrive at extreme temperatures, some of which could grow at around the boiling point of water.
The researchers chose to use xylose, which comprises as much as 30 percent of plant cell walls. Despite its abundance, the use of xylose for releasing hydrogen has been limited. The natural or engineered microorganisms that most scientists use in their experiments cannot produce hydrogen in high yield because these microorganisms grow and reproduce instead of splitting water molecules to yield pure hydrogen.
To liberate the hydrogen, Virginia Tech scientists separated a number of enzymes from their native microorganisms to create a customized enzyme cocktail that does not occur in nature. The enzymes, when combined with xylose and a polyphosphate, liberate the unprecedentedly high volume of hydrogen from xylose, resulting in the production of about three times as much hydrogen as other hydrogen-producing microorganisms.
The energy stored in xylose splits water molecules, yielding high-purity hydrogen that can be directly utilized by proton-exchange membrane fuel cells. Even more appealing, this reaction occurs at low temperatures, generating hydrogen energy that is greater than the chemical energy stored in xylose and the polyphosphate. This results in an energy efficiency of more than 100 percent ? a net energy gain. That means that low-temperature waste heat can be used to produce high-quality chemical energy hydrogen for the first time. Other processes that convert sugar into biofuels such as ethanol and butanol always have energy efficiencies of less than 100 percent, resulting in an energy penalty.
In his previous research, Zhang used enzymes to produce hydrogen from starch, but the reaction required a food source that made the process too costly for mass production.
The commercial market for hydrogen gas is now around $100 billion for hydrogen produced from natural gas, which is expensive to manufacture and generates a large amount of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. Industry most often uses hydrogen to manufacture ammonia for fertilizers and to refine petrochemicals, but an inexpensive, plentiful green hydrogen source can rapidly change that market.
"It really doesn't make sense to use non-renewable natural resources to produce hydrogen," Zhang said. "We think this discovery is a game-changer in the world of alternative energy."
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10 Things to See: A week of top AP photos
AP10ThingsToSee - Firefighters battle a three-alarm warehouse fire in the Central City section of New Orleans, Monday, April 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
AP10ThingsToSee - Firefighters battle a three-alarm warehouse fire in the Central City section of New Orleans, Monday, April 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
AP10ThingsToSee - A supporter of losing presidential candidate Raila Odinga protests with others in front of the Supreme Court in Nairobi, Kenya, Saturday, March 30, 2013, after Kenya's Supreme Court upheld the election of Uhuru Kenyatta as the country's next president. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
AP10ThingsToSee - Pakistani Christian girls display their hands decorated with Bangles and painted with Henna paste as they celebrate Easter following a mass in a Christian neighborhood in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, March 31, 2013. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen, File)
AP10ThingsToSee - Faithful carry a statue of Jesus during a Good Friday procession in Ayacucho, Peru, late Friday, March 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)
AP10ThingsToSee - Penitents of the Jesus Yacente brotherhood take part in a Holy Week procession in Zamora, northern Spain, Thursday, March 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza, File)
Here's your look at highlights from the weekly AP photo report, a gallery featuring a mix of front-page photography, the odd image you might have missed and lasting moments our editors think you should see.
This week's collection includes a three-alarm fire in New Orleans, the aftermath of a suicide car bombing in Iraq, a group of faithful men carrying a statue of Jesus in Peru and Kevin Ware writhing in pain after breaking his leg during a March Madness basketball game.
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Thursday, April 4, 2013
Tagging the launch of Animal Biotelemetry
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Open access publisher BioMed Central is proud to announce the launch of Animal Biotelemetry. This journal joins our growing portfolio in ecology and conservation and marks a significant development in the area of Animal Biotelemetry research.
A challenge that confronts all researchers who collect vast quantities of data, be they behavioural measurements such as an animal's height or depth, flying or swimming speeds, movement along three axes, or environmental measurements of temperature and irradiance levels, is how best to distil them in order to answer important scientific and conservation or species management questions.
Animal Biotelemetry aims to serve as a forum for discussion to these questions, where insights gained through telemetric techniques can be used to understand physiological, behavioural, and ecological mechanisms in a wide range of animal taxa.
Deborah Kahn, BioMed Central's Publishing Director said, "BioMed Central is very pleased to be launching Animal Biotelemetry, which will support the telemetry community and the important conservation goals that they are striving to achieve. This journal is an exciting new addition to our growing portfolio in ecology and conservation and, through the Open Access model, researchers can be confident that their work can be disseminated as widely as possible within their field, as well as reach policy makers and the general public."
Dr A. Peter Klimley is the Editor-in-Chief of Animal Biotelemetry, together with an editorial board of prominent experts. Dr Klimley has spent nearly thirty years studying shark behavior and was one of the first scientists to free-dive among sharks, sometimes swimming in schools of several hundred sharks.
Articles in the launch issue of Animal Biotelemetry include how long-life batteries and satellite tagging have been used to fill in the blanks of female white sharks' (Carcharodon carcharias) migratory behaviour. This research by Dr Michael Domeier and Nicole Nasby-Lucas, from the California based Marine Conservation Science Institute, shows that pregnant females follow a two year migratory pattern in the Pacific Ocean between the mating area at Guadalupe Island and nursery in Baja California where the pups are born.
Dr Klimley explained, "Michael Domeier has published the first multi-year tracks of the migratory movements of white sharks. He has found that sharks migrate around the coast of the Baja Peninsula and swim up the coast to the base of Gulf of California. His long-term records enable us to better know the life history of this charismatic species."
There is an editorial by Dr Klimley, plus a study describing pop-up satellite archival transmitters for European eels, and an article describing the use of UV radiation to sterilise equipment in order to prevent infections in tagged animals.
Commenting on the launch Dr Klimley said, "The publication of Animal Biotelemetry will provide a new venue for publishing information on the migratory movements of fish, reptiles, birds, and mammals on land as well as in the sea. It will enable researchers to keep up with the rapidly evolving technologies. Researchers can now record brain waves from migrating birds as they encounter landmarks and track the migratory paths of insects such as butterflies."
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Media Contact
Dr Hilary Glover
Scientific Press Officer, BioMed Central
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3192 2370
Mob: +44 (0) 778 698 1967
Email: hilary.glover@biomedcentral.com
Notes to Editors
1. Editorial: Why publish Animal Biotelemetry?
A. Peter Klimley
Animal Biotelemetry 2013, 1:1
Two-year migration of adult female white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) reveals widely separated nursery areas and conservation concerns
Michael L Domeier and Nicole Nasby-Lucas
Animal Biotelemetry 2013 1:2.
Recommendations on size and position of surgically and gastrically implanted electronic tags in European silver eel
Finn kland and Eva B Thorstad
Animal Biotelemetry 2013 1:3
Ultraviolet Radiation as Disinfection for Fish Surgical Tools
Ricardo W Walker, Meng Markillie, Alison H Colotelo, David R Geist, Marybeth Gay, Christa M Woodley, Brad Eppard and Richard S Brown Animal Biotelemetry 2013 1:4
Please name the journal in any story you write. If you are writing for the web, please link to the article. All articles are available free of charge, according to BioMed Central's open access policy.
2. Animal Biotelemetry is an open access peer-reviewed journal that publishes the results of studies utilizing telemetric techniques (including biologgers) to understand physiological, behavioural, and ecological mechanisms in a broad range of environments (e.g. terrestrial, freshwater and marine) and taxa. The journal also welcomes descriptions and validations of newly developed tagging techniques and tracking technologies, as well as methods for analyzing telemetric data.
3. BioMed Central is an STM (Science, Technology and Medicine) publisher which has pioneered the open access publishing model. All peer-reviewed research articles published by BioMed Central are made immediately and freely accessible online, and are licensed to allow redistribution and reuse. BioMed Central is part of Springer Science+Business Media, a leading global publisher in the STM sector. @BioMedCentral
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Public release date: 3-Apr-2013[ | E-mail |
Share ] Contact: Hilary Glover
hilary.glover@biomedcentral.com
44-020-319-22370
BioMed Central
Open access publisher BioMed Central is proud to announce the launch of Animal Biotelemetry. This journal joins our growing portfolio in ecology and conservation and marks a significant development in the area of Animal Biotelemetry research.
A challenge that confronts all researchers who collect vast quantities of data, be they behavioural measurements such as an animal's height or depth, flying or swimming speeds, movement along three axes, or environmental measurements of temperature and irradiance levels, is how best to distil them in order to answer important scientific and conservation or species management questions.
Animal Biotelemetry aims to serve as a forum for discussion to these questions, where insights gained through telemetric techniques can be used to understand physiological, behavioural, and ecological mechanisms in a wide range of animal taxa.
Deborah Kahn, BioMed Central's Publishing Director said, "BioMed Central is very pleased to be launching Animal Biotelemetry, which will support the telemetry community and the important conservation goals that they are striving to achieve. This journal is an exciting new addition to our growing portfolio in ecology and conservation and, through the Open Access model, researchers can be confident that their work can be disseminated as widely as possible within their field, as well as reach policy makers and the general public."
Dr A. Peter Klimley is the Editor-in-Chief of Animal Biotelemetry, together with an editorial board of prominent experts. Dr Klimley has spent nearly thirty years studying shark behavior and was one of the first scientists to free-dive among sharks, sometimes swimming in schools of several hundred sharks.
Articles in the launch issue of Animal Biotelemetry include how long-life batteries and satellite tagging have been used to fill in the blanks of female white sharks' (Carcharodon carcharias) migratory behaviour. This research by Dr Michael Domeier and Nicole Nasby-Lucas, from the California based Marine Conservation Science Institute, shows that pregnant females follow a two year migratory pattern in the Pacific Ocean between the mating area at Guadalupe Island and nursery in Baja California where the pups are born.
Dr Klimley explained, "Michael Domeier has published the first multi-year tracks of the migratory movements of white sharks. He has found that sharks migrate around the coast of the Baja Peninsula and swim up the coast to the base of Gulf of California. His long-term records enable us to better know the life history of this charismatic species."
There is an editorial by Dr Klimley, plus a study describing pop-up satellite archival transmitters for European eels, and an article describing the use of UV radiation to sterilise equipment in order to prevent infections in tagged animals.
Commenting on the launch Dr Klimley said, "The publication of Animal Biotelemetry will provide a new venue for publishing information on the migratory movements of fish, reptiles, birds, and mammals on land as well as in the sea. It will enable researchers to keep up with the rapidly evolving technologies. Researchers can now record brain waves from migrating birds as they encounter landmarks and track the migratory paths of insects such as butterflies."
###
Media Contact
Dr Hilary Glover
Scientific Press Officer, BioMed Central
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3192 2370
Mob: +44 (0) 778 698 1967
Email: hilary.glover@biomedcentral.com
Notes to Editors
1. Editorial: Why publish Animal Biotelemetry?
A. Peter Klimley
Animal Biotelemetry 2013, 1:1
Two-year migration of adult female white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) reveals widely separated nursery areas and conservation concerns
Michael L Domeier and Nicole Nasby-Lucas
Animal Biotelemetry 2013 1:2.
Recommendations on size and position of surgically and gastrically implanted electronic tags in European silver eel
Finn kland and Eva B Thorstad
Animal Biotelemetry 2013 1:3
Ultraviolet Radiation as Disinfection for Fish Surgical Tools
Ricardo W Walker, Meng Markillie, Alison H Colotelo, David R Geist, Marybeth Gay, Christa M Woodley, Brad Eppard and Richard S Brown Animal Biotelemetry 2013 1:4
Please name the journal in any story you write. If you are writing for the web, please link to the article. All articles are available free of charge, according to BioMed Central's open access policy.
2. Animal Biotelemetry is an open access peer-reviewed journal that publishes the results of studies utilizing telemetric techniques (including biologgers) to understand physiological, behavioural, and ecological mechanisms in a broad range of environments (e.g. terrestrial, freshwater and marine) and taxa. The journal also welcomes descriptions and validations of newly developed tagging techniques and tracking technologies, as well as methods for analyzing telemetric data.
3. BioMed Central is an STM (Science, Technology and Medicine) publisher which has pioneered the open access publishing model. All peer-reviewed research articles published by BioMed Central are made immediately and freely accessible online, and are licensed to allow redistribution and reuse. BioMed Central is part of Springer Science+Business Media, a leading global publisher in the STM sector. @BioMedCentral
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WWE Chairman Mr. McMahon tweets major announcement about Donald Trump
Monday on Raw, it was announced that Mr. McMahon had joined Twitter. Less than 24 hours later, The Chairman had another blockbuster announcement for the WWE Universe: Mr. McMahon himself will induct Donald Trump into the WWE Hall of Fame on April 6 at Madison Square Garden.
Via Twitter, Mr. McMahon had the following to say:
It's no secret that McMahon has a long history with Trump, as the two billionaires went "hair-to-hair" at WrestleMania 23 ? a night that ended badly for Mr. McMahon, who famously had his head shaved by Trump. The WWE Chairman's Twitter announcement brings the two billionaire rivals full circle.Battle of the Billionaires revisited?I?m honored to be inducting @realdonaldtrump into the @wwe Hall of Fame this Saturday. #WWEHOF
? Vince McMahon (@VinceMcMahon) April 2, 2013
Be sure to follow The Chairman @VinceMcMahon and watch the WWE Hall of Fame Ceremony when it airs next Tuesday night, only on USA Network.
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Creative Spotlight: Michael Pangilinan Photography | danielle ...
Oddly enough, I met this crazy character at a mixer back in January as I somehow continued to elbow him on accident. I?m happy to say that he?s quickly become a great friend and someone that I?m happy to welcome to the DPNAK list of recommended vendors. So saddle on up (you?ll get this reference better after you read his first answer) and meet Michael? and his cutie-pie son, Cohen.
?Hello. Who are you??
Hi! My name is Michael Pangilinan (pronounced P-Angelina-N) and I am the owner and photographer of Michael Pangilinan Photography. That?s a mouthful, huh? I am a wedding photojournalist and lifestyle portrait photographer originally from Texas. I have recently relocated back to PA to be closer to family and I continue to pursue my career up here. If you ask nicely, I can speak like a true ?Texan.?
Who or what got you started in the industry?
Fuji?well their disposable cameras, really. I always had one on me to help ?document? my journey through high school and college. Later on down the line, I picked up my first ?real? SLR film camera at a second hand store on a whim and carried it wherever I went. Now fast forward to the present, I have just rounded my third year of being in the professional photography business and I am loving every minute of it.
What is your favorite part about being in the wedding world??
I would have to say it?s being able to share in the excitement of each and every one of my brides and grooms. As a photographer, I love collaborating with my clients and getting to know them on a more personal level. Not only does this allow me to find out exactly what they want on their wedding day, but it also helps us create a strong personal relationship with each other. I am a firm believer that building great relationships directly results in stellar results, as well as reduce any stress that may fall on them on their special day.
Besides weddings, are there any other special events that you service?
That?s the beauty of my job. While my current focus is in the wedding industry, I also provide portrait sessions to those who are interested. This may include, but is not limited to the following portrait sessions: family, child, senior, boudoir, engagements, etc. I welcome change and encourage others to embrace it, too.
Ok, we all know I?m a big fan of yellow. What?s your favorite color?
Everything, BUT yellow! Just kidding! While this question has been asked of me several times, I don?t really have an answer. I love earthy tones, but also love nice bright and bold colors. I guess I just like everything! My birthday is on St. Patrick?s Day so by default I have to love green.
As a photographer, where do you go to be inspired??
There are a couple of ways I get inspired. I like to stay current with what?s ?hot? so I always look to different magazines. They can range from various wedding magazines, fashion specific ones, or even National Geographic. Much of what I do is based on how to use light to your advantage, so that means taking note of my surroundings and seeing how others utilize light. Another way I like to get the proverbial ?creative juices? flowing is to exercise or ride my bike through the woods or mountains. There?s no substitute for nature and no better way for me to clear my head!
What sets you apart from other fellow photographers??
I strive to make my work unique to each of my clients by really listening to what they have to say and collaborating accordingly. I also try to steer clear from traditional poses or styles. A big part of being ?different? is figuring out what expectations my clients have. I do this by focusing on building my personal relationship with them from beginning. I don?t just ?show-up? on the day of the wedding and shoot; I make sure I do my homework first. It also doesn?t hurt to have a degree in Counseling and Human services to give me an edge either.
Whether you?re single, married, divorced, widowed? we all have words of advice when it comes to relationships. What is your advice to couples tying the knot?
To always love, appreciate and support one another; there?s no amount of money or worldly ?things? that can replace what each bride or groom can give to their future spouse. I believe that love, appreciation and support are the corner stones of marriage. They help strengthen and build wonderful relationships and families.
Aside from weddings, what are some other hobbies/hidden talents/secret powers?
I work with wood and leather and love to create things with my hands. I can also sew, crochet and knit. I love origami! Where most people make cranes, I can only really make penguins and hearts. I?m also double jointed in both of my thumbs. Secret powers? Um, none that I know of?.YET!
Speaking of super powers, if you could choose to have any, what would you pick?
I?d have to say the ability to fly.? I enjoy weaving in and out of trees on my bike and I?m sure I?d love soaring through the clouds.? Plus air travel is very expensive these days, so having the ability to fly helps cut down on costs, though extra carry-ons may pose a bit of a confound. I might have to start charging $25 per bag to make it worth my while.
Finally, how do we connect with you?
You can contact via phone, email, text, Facebook, singing telegram, Morse code or smoke signals. Okay, just kidding about the smoke signals. I don?t want people starting fires in their backyards.
Everyone can visit me at: www.michaelpangilinan.com ? michael@michaelpangilinan.com ? 469-232-7607 ? www.facebook.com/michaelpangilinanphotography ? www.linkedin.com/in/mpangilinan
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Home Improvement Tips To Spruce Up Your Home | Home ...
Posted on April 2nd, 2013
Where to begin when it comes to home improvement doesn?t need to be confusing. As with everything else, learning the basics may make it easier. This article contains the basics that can help you start the right way.
Change window treatments for an instant facelift. Window curtains are generally affordable and come in a wide variety of styles and colors. By selecting certain fabrics, you can significantly improve your room?s character. You can make the look seasonal by choosing fabrics that reflect the season. This means light colors in the summer and spring and darker ones in winter and fall.
Safety equipment is important to buy before home improvement projects. Safety equipment should include safety glasses, gloves and hard hats. If you sustain an injury or hearing loss on the job, it will be a lot more expensive than a few items of safety equipment. Wear the equipment throughout the project.
You must make an effort to drain the water out of your hot water at least twice per year. If your water heater is well cared for, it?ll run better and last much longer. It?s easy to do this. Just find the drain valve, attach a hose and turn on the valve just like a faucet.
Talk with your neighbors about drainage before you landscape. Ideally, your landscaping plan should provide a way to drain runoff water from your property. In many cases, it might seem convenient to just reroute the water to a neighbors yard, but this can lead to some heated arguments with the people next door! Drainage plans can only be coordinated with proper communication.
It is time to have your roof worked on as soon as you start noticing leaks. If you don?t hurry, you may end up with a disaster on your hands. Hire a specialist to help you out by analyzing the roof?s damage and give you an estimate for repairs. Be sure the professional is knowledgeable and has experience.
You need a dry day if your project involves painting. If you want to paint your home successfully, you must follow this tip. On humid and wet afternoons, paint will dry slowly on walls and make your project take longer. Waiting until a dry day to paint will reduce waiting time between paint coats and reduce overall project time.
Now you can see that home improvements don?t have to be difficult. With a few basic facts, it is easier to begin home improvement projects both large and small. You home?s appearance will be better than ever in no time if you apply what you have learned in this article.
Source: http://www.myhomeresourcecenter.com/home-improvement-tips-to-spruce-up-your-home/
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