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Saturday, May 25, 2013
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Singer Kellie Pickler named new 'Dancing' champ
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Death toll rises to 28 in Indonesia mine accident
JAKARTA (Reuters) - The death toll from a tunnel collapse at the world's second largest copper mine run by Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc's Indonesian unit was raised to 28 on Wednesday as rescuers gave up hope of finding any more survivors.
Arizona-based Freeport closed the remote Papua mine on Wednesday last week, a day after a training tunnel away from its main operations fell in on 38 workers. Ten workers were rescued, but the search for the seven still listed as missing has now turned into an attempt the retrieve their bodies.
"We continue to grieve with the families even as we close this grim chapter," Freeport Indonesia President Director Rozik Soetjipto said in a statement.
"There is still much to do for us to provide the best care and support for the injured and the families of the bereaved."
Although Indonesia's mining sector has a poor safety record, last week's tunnel accident is one of the country's worst-ever mining disasters, industry officials say.
Soetjipto said on Saturday that once the rescue efforts were finished the company would launch an investigation with the help of international experts and Indonesian government officials.
Freeport emergency response teams, who are working around the clock to try to recover the remains of the dead, have been hampered by narrow tunnels and loose rock at the site, Wednesday's statement said.
It made no mention of the investigation or the current suspension of mining operations.
A union leader last week demanded that Freeport keep the mine closed while the cause of the accident was investigated.
The incident's impact on global copper supply has so far been limited as the Grasberg mine keeps stockpiles in reserve in case of disruptions, but that would change if any investigation and closure drags on.
(Reporting by Randy Fabi and Michael Taylor; Editing by Richard Pullin)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/freeport-indonesia-says-death-toll-rises-28-tunnel-022416999.html
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ParkMe's Android app officially launched, does everything but the maneuver
Finding a spot to stash your whip, especially in unfamiliar territory, can be a chore, so you might want to employ ParkMe to do the finding for you. The service -- which has been available on iOS and via the web for a while -- has now officially debuted its Android app after a few months of soft-launch tweaking. (What ever happened to Google's own parking app?). It's basically a database that uses the Google Maps API to help you locate a spot in almost any city you can think of. It also shows you prices, how you can pay and when garages are open, but best of all, it'll tell you how busy specific locations are using real-time figures, thanks to partnerships with some of the companies that deal in floor space. You can get it for free in the Play store, but one thing it won't do is actually park for you -- luckily, there's an app for that, too.
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Friday, May 17, 2013
Pres. Aquino signs Enhanced Basic Education Act | Multilingual ...
Pres. Aquino signing Enhanced Basic Education Act
?Basic education shall be delivered in languages understood by the learners as the language plays a strategic role in shaping the formative years of learners.
For kindergarten and the first three (3) years of elementary education, instruction, teaching materials and assessment shall be in the regional or native language of the learners. The Department of Education (DepED) shall formulate a mother language transition program from Grade 4 to Grade 6 so that Filipino and English shall be gradually introduced as languages of instruction until such time when these two (2) languages can become the primary languages of instruction at the secondary level.
For purposes of this Act, mother language or first Language (LI) refers to language or languages first learned by a child, which he/she identifies with, is identified as a native language user of by others, which he/she knows best, or uses most. This includes Filipino sign language used by individuals with pertinent disabilities. The regional or native language refers to the traditional speech variety or variety of Filipino sign language existing in a region, area or place.?
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MANILA, Philippines?President Benigno Aquino on Wednesday morning signed into law the Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013, mandating kindergarten and adding two years to secondary education to place the country?s curriculum on par with international standards.
The President said Republic Act 10533, widely known as the K to 12 Act, would ?lay the foundations for a better future for every Filipino child.?
?Our people?s unwavering support has allowed us to make this vision a reality: to establish a system of education that truly imbues our youth with the skills they need to pursue their dreams,? Aquino told lawmakers, Cabinet officials, diplomats and students in Malaca?ang.
?By signing this bill into law, we are not just adding two years of additional learning for our students; we are making certain that the coming generations are empowered to strengthen the very fabric of our society, as well as our economy,? he added.
The enhanced basic education program covers at least one year of kindergarten, six years of elementary education and six years of secondary education in both public and private schools.
Secondary education includes four years of junior high school and two years of senior high school education ? the additional Grades 11 and 12. (Reported by TJ Burgonio,Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 15th, 2013)
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Dennis Rodman to Kim Jong-un: 'Do me a solid' and free Kenneth Bae (+video)
US basketball star Dennis Rodman recently hung out with North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un - now he's tweeted a request?that the American sentenced to 15 years' hard labor be released.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (l.) and former NBA star Dennis Rodman watch North Korean and US players in an exhibition basketball game at an arena in Pyongyang, North Korea, in February. Rodman is tapping his friendship with Kim Jong-un when he tweeted a request 'to do me a solid' and free Kenneth Bae, a Korean-American man detained in the North.
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?Guess what? I love him,? he told reporters. ?He?s really awesome.?
But now the basketball diplomat is testing his friendship with the young Kim by asking the leader to release an American sentenced last week to 15 years of hard labor for ?hostile acts? against the North Korean regime.
?I?m calling on the Supreme Leader of North Korea, or as I call him, ?Kim,? to do me a solid and cut Kenneth Bae loose,? Mr. Rodman tweeted Tuesday.?
The missive came in response to a Seattle Times opinion piece last week, in which writer Thanh Tan called on Rodman to put his goodwill with Pyongyang on the line for Mr. Bae, a tour operator arrested in November on murky charges.
Perhaps now is the time for the NBA has-been to practice some real basketball diplomacy and call up his so-called friend for a favor: Grant American detainee Kenneth Bae amnesty and release him to his family?.
Bae is being used as a political pawn by a desperate despot who happened to?gallivant around the country with Rodman?in March. Perhaps now is the retired player?s chance to use his notoriety for something other than to over-inflate his ego.
Rodman apparently got the message.
?In direct response to your article headline, 'Ok.' Read your story @uscthanhtan, and I decided to help,? he tweeted.
And while Twitter is an admittedly feeble platform for diplomacy, it?s not out of the question that Kim will see the tweet. After all, the North Korean government has an active ? if bizarre ? Twitter presence itself, putting out an erratic blast of messages about American imperialism and the ?victory and glory? of the Kim regime.
But even if Kim gets Rodman?s message, will he understand it? After all, ?do me a solid? isn?t exactly a phrase that translates easily.
Washington Post blogger Max Fisher writes that the closest Korean equivalent of the colloquialism would be the somewhat menacing (at least to American ears) phrase, ?Look at my face and release Kenneth Bae.?
?Look at my face,? he writes, ?is a Korean expression that?s like a special, for-friends-only version of ?do me a favor.??
Whether Kim will look at Rodman?s face ? double nose ring and all ? remains to be seen, but Americans favored by North Korea have helped coax the regime to release American prisoners in the past.
In 2009, for instance, former President Bill Clinton visited Pyongyang and shortly after the visit then-Dear Leader Kim Jong-il pardoned two American journalists who were being held in the country. In total, six Americans ? including Bae ? have been held by the North Korean government since 2009, the Monitor reported. The other five were all released.
Rodman?s February visit to North Korea ? along with the friendship tour of Google Chairman Eric Schmidt in January ? was initially hailed by some Western observers as a sign that the young Kim might be more interested in opening his country to the rest of the world than his father and grandfather had been.
However, analysts say there have been no fundamental changes to the regime?s posture since then. If anything, interaction with Western celebrities puts the regime in a more powerful position because it can claim new geopolitical cache.?
?Ultimately, they [North Korea] come out ahead because they can portray it as the world coming to pay tribute, or at least to be there,? Aidan Foster-Carter, a Korean expert, told the Monitor in March.
Indeed, as the state-run Korean Central News Agency (as well as Western outlets) reported during Rodman?s trip, the basketball player was an enthusiastic tourist, visiting a greatest hits list of Kim-related sites.?
Rodman and his cohort "paid high tribute to Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il before their statues. They entered the halls where Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il lie in state and paid homage to them,? a press release announced. ?They made an entry in the visitor's book.?
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Thursday, May 16, 2013
Live from Google I/O's 2013 opening keynote!
The time is nearly here and we are ready to liveblog. Will Google unveil the long-rumored Nexus 7 successor? Will there be new phones to consider? What does the future hold for Google Glass? Over the course of the next three hours (!) we're eager to find out. Join us at 9:00 AM PT for all the excitement.
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Sugar-sweetened beverages associated with increased kidney stone risk
May 15, 2013 ? Twenty percent of American males and 10 percent of American females will experience a kidney stone at some point in their lifetime. Often, these patients will be advised to drink more fluids as a way to prevent future stone formation. Now, new research from Brigham and Women's Hospital finds that some beverages may be more helpful than others when it comes to preventing recurrent kidney stones.
In a study published online May 15, 2013 in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (CJASN), researchers report that the consumption of sugar sweetened soda and punch is associated with a higher risk of stone formation.
"Our study found that the relation between fluid intake and kidney stones may be dependent on the type of beverage consumed," explained Gary Curhan, MD, ScD, a physician in the Channing Division of Network Medicine at BWH and senior author of this study. "We found that higher consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks was associated with a higher incidence of kidney stones."
The researchers analyzed data from three ongoing cohorts, the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study (HPFS), and both the Nurses' Health Study I (NHS I) and II (NHS II). The total analysis involved 194,095 participants over a median follow-up of more than 8 years. Participants in all the three cohorts had been asked to complete biennial questionnaires with information on medical history, lifestyle, and medication. Questions on diet were updated every four years. They found that participants who consumed one or more sugar-sweetened cola servings per day had a 23 percent higher risk of developing kidney stones compared with those participants consuming less than one serving per week. This was true for consuming sugar-sweetened non cola as well, such as punch. They also found that some beverages, such as coffee, tea and orange juice, were associated with a lower risk of stone formation.
"Our prospective study confirms that some beverages are associated with a lower risk of kidney stone formation, whereas others are associated with a higher risk," explained Pietro Manuel Ferraro, MD, a physician at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Rome and corresponding author of this study. "Although higher total fluid intake reduces the risk of stone formation, this information about individual beverages may be useful for general practitioners seeking to implement strategies to reduce stone formation in their patients."
Source: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/top_news/top_health/~3/0F5VR_EG77w/130515174407.htm
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013
The truth about 3-D printed guns
I spent the day yesterday desperately trying to get my hands on a gun. Specifically, the "Liberator," the 3D-printable firearm offered by Defense Distributed. I was unsuccessful, which vis probably for the best.
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The idea of download-and-print firearm plays an out-sized role in the current debate over guns ??something?to which I have contributed. Defense Distributed is explicit about its political aims, which tech site The Verge described as "crypto-anarchy." Two members of Congress, Rep. Steve Israel and Sen. Chuck Schumer have called for restrictions on the ability to print 3D weapons. With news that the plans for the weapon were downloaded 50,000 times yesterday, New York City police commissioner Ray Kelly indicated that it "obviously is a concern." So, as a resident of that city, it seemed like a natural experiment: How long would it take me from downloading a set of files to having a weapon in-hand?
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It's been about 24 hours since Defense Distributed's long-standing goal of offering a firearm design that anyone could 3D print became a reality when it posted plans for the Liberator on its website. To celebrate the occasion, it also released this video, which you've likely already seen and don't need to watch after the first ten seconds.
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I wanted to replicate this scene. So, at about 11 in the morning on Monday, I set out on a process I expected to follow:
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- 1. Download the files
- 2. Print the files
- 3. Test the weapon
And here's the process I actually followed.
1. Downloading the files
By far the easiest part of the process was accessing the files themselves. Click a link, head over (somewhat amusingly) to Mega, the new sharing site created by the once-disgraced Kim Dotcom, and click "download." In short order, you have a compressed file that has potential to become lethal force. The file contains the following:
- The license for the designs
- A folder containing 16 "STL" files. STL is an abbreviation for the stereolithography format, a type of computer-aided design (CAD) file
- Instructions on printing and assembling the firearm in English
- The same, apparently, but in Chinese
- An image of a traditional handgun with Chinese-language labels
2. Getting them printed
I do not own a 3D-printer. Late last week, the devices took a big leap forward in accessibility when Staples announced that it would carry them ??for $1,300, which was not in the budget my editor game me for this article. Last year, the office supply company announced plans to introduce 3D printing service in its stores, but that's still a ways away. So I needed to find another proto-Kinkos of the 3D-printing age.
Given the buzz, the forward-thinking nature, and the anything-anytime spirit of Manhattan, I thought finding someone who could help me print the files would be a breeze. Seeking someone to hold my hand, I reached to a colleague that I knew was familiar with the intricacies of 3D printing. He couldn't help, he told me, but offered some folks who might.
Oh, and, he had a question for me: You know you are taking a legal risk, right?
2a. The legal issue
I did, but clearly not its full extent.
There are really three issues at play. The first question is whether or not the firearm is a legal weapon. The second is whether or not I could legally own it. The third is whether or not someone could make the parts for me.
Defense Distributed is very clear about the Liberator's legal status. It is a legal firearm provided you include a key component ??a heavy slug of steel. The first part of the instructions DD provides addresses that slug:
Print (ONLY) the frame sideways (the shortest dimension is the Z axis). ?
Once the frame is finished, epoxy a 1.19x1.19x0.99" block of steel in the 1.2x1.2x1.0" hole in front of the trigger guard. ...
Once the epoxy has tried, the steel is no longer removable, and is an integral part of the frame. Now your gun has ~6 ounces of steel and is thus considered a 'detectable' firearm. So now you can print all the other parts.
The logic goes like this. The Undetectable Firearms Act of 1998 insists that a weapon be able to be traced in a metal detector. Without that slug, the Liberator isn't, since it's made entirely of plastic.
The technicalities presented go a little further. Because the frame isn't considered a component of the weapon by itself, DD insists that you build the frame and insert the steel before printing anything else, as indicated above. That way, it's impossible for you to build an illegal weapon.
Building a gun is something of a philosophical exercise. At some point, like the Ship of Theseus, you have a collection of parts; at some point you have a firearm. Legally, it's generally more specific ??and since most philosophical questions don't carry the risk of jail time if you answer wrong, nearly everyone I spoke with erred on the side of interpreting the law conservatively. Since the Liberator uses custom parts, it's primarily the detectability issue that DD is concerned about. Follow its instructions, and in DD's estimation the weapon is itself legal.
The next question was whether or not it was legal for me to have it in my possession. David Kennedy, the director of the Center for Crime Prevention and Control at New York's John Jay College, was pretty clear that it wasn't.
New York City has a variety of permits that might apply in this case. The first that Kennedy cited was the "premises permit." With such a permit, I would be allowed to have a handgun in my home, transport it to a firing range while secured and unloaded, and use it at the firing range. When I was done, same process in reverse.
I was very much not allowed to carry it in public. For that, I would need a carry permit. For that, I'd need to demonstrate "specific need" ??like being a security guard. Those, he said, were rarely granted. And "without the possession of one of those two permits," Kennedy told me, "you are not permitted to carry a handgun in New York City." I indeed had neither.
The third question ended up being the biggest one. Could a business or other third party legally print the pieces for me?
Setting aside the issue of the steel slug, no expert I spoke with felt that the printing establishments bore much risk. I spoke with James Jacobs, professor of Constitutional Law and the Courts at New York University. "If the law says it is unlawful to make the gun or part of the gun without a license," he said, you can't do it. Otherwise, "you can do what is not proscribed."
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has a FAQ on gun manufacture. Barring machine guns and some shotguns:
Firearms may be lawfully made by persons who do not hold a manufacturer?s license under the GCA provided they are not for sale or distribution and the maker is not prohibited from receiving or possessing firearms.
Sounds good. But there's a bit of philosophy tucked in there. What is "for sale" in this case? Does hiring someone to print a piece of a gun count as selling a gun part? The printers I spoke with weren't generally interested in testing that line. That is, once I found some printers.
2b. Finding a printer
Searches for "3D printing" are not terribly fruitful, despite this being the future and all. A look on Google did indicate that Makerbot, a well-known manufacturer of 3D printers, had a small shop in lower Manhattan. I went there, introduced myself and asked if they printed objects on demand. They don't. It was shortly after I explained what I wanted to print that someone came from behind the counter and recommended I contact Makerbot's PR person.
Shapeways, a company that allows you to upload design files that others can buy and have shipped, has printing facilities in Long Island City, across the East River from Manhattan. When I explained what I wanted to print, the response was unequivocal. The site doesn't allow weaponry "of any kind" to be posted.
Additionally, we have certain checks in place throughout the entire printing process to ensure that these items don't get printed. To host any weaponry on our site, Shapeways would legally need a firearms license, which we do not possess, nor intend to.
This is called erring on the side of caution.
I ended up finding two different firms that were willing to explore the idea of helping me print the components. With various caveats.
Image from Defense Distributed.
2c. Printing it
My goal, as I indicated at the outset, was to see how easily and quickly I could get my hands on a working firearm. I wanted to walk into some Brooklyn storefront, lay out a hundred bucks or so, hang around for half an hour, and walk out with my DIY gun kit.
The Brooklyn part was right. But 3D printing, still being a young technology, is slow. The two firms I spoke with each suggested that printing the various small parts would take hours ??eight hours in one's estimation.
Nor would it necessarily be cheap. The firm that ultimately offered to do the printing suggested that, given the number of objects and the fact that it was important to ensure that they were well-milled and that I wanted it quickly, the final price would be a bit above my budget: $1,500. My editor respectfully declined to authorize a cost that was higher than either a 3D printer itself or a?brand new AR-15 assault rifle.
It wasn't only the short timeframe and the scale of the thing that raised the price. Both firms were nervous about the prospect of doing the printing. One noted that we lived in "Bloomberg's New York," which residents of Bloomberg's New York will understand. It's an interesting experiment, but it's also a novel exploration of the legal issues surrounding the manufacture of guns. That can be off-putting. The tempered assurances of a writer on a deadline were not enough to assuage any concerns.
The $1,500 was an offer in hand. The other firm I spoke with had a significantly lower price, but similar concerns. It offered that it would normally charge $80 for similar printing ??$10 an hour ??but it quickly became clear that it wasn't terribly interested in doing the job. It suggested reaching out to maker spaces ??communal hubs offering the tools do-it-yourselfers would need to complete a project. I called a few, but ??given the limited resources and learning curve required ??quickly gave up. This step was functionally equivalent to buying a 3D printer and doing it myself, which was not the route I wanted to take.
John Jay's David Kennedy put it best.
The panic that this is causing is completely unfounded. It's not that hard to build a crude, working firearm, call it a zip gun, call it whatever you want. It is a lot easier and would be a lot easier to fabricate something with existing materials than it would be to set up a printer and build one of these things. Home manufactured firearms are a next-to-non-existent problem anywhere. I don't think this changes anything very much.
Zip guns ??firearms manufactured from materials like rubber bands and pipe and wood ??have been around for decades. They are probably less tedious to assemble, being composed, as they are, of things you can get at a hardware store. They're less ambiguously illegal, of course, but they have another distinct advantage: They may be safer.
2d. Surviving
When I first reached out to my colleague who does 3D printing, he noted that I would probably want to do a denser print. Normally, the slicing done by the computer that operates the computer results in about 20 percent density. In order for the firearm to be more durable ? which, he wrote, "I'd assume you'd want this to be" ? you'd print at a higher density, which is also slower.
He's right. I would want it to be dense. Shooting a gun is, at its most basic level, the creation of a small explosion that propels a piece of metal in the right direction. Last month, a squirrel hunter tried to create an ad hoc weapon by taping a bullet to the end of a BB gun. The explosion was not controlled, and pieces of metal propelled into his legs and arms.
When Defense Distributed tried to test the Liberator for that video above, they first tried to trigger it with a lengthy piece of string, Mythbusters-style.
Once that worked, they tested it by hand. Since the lifespan of the roughly-finished weapon is described in the instructions as "1 round" ? primarily because of internal damage to smaller parts ? it seemed like a good thing to test first.
We are still early, very early, in the lifespan of 3D printing. The Defense Distributed announcement may indeed be symbolic of some near future when 3D printers become more commonplace, designs for printable weapons become more refined, and the legal boundaries become more obvious and well-know. But as of right now, printing your own gun is not a feasible enterprise. At least not for your average guy who writes for websites. When I told my wife that I might be home late because I could be headed to Brooklyn to make a gun, she responded by text. "Um that sounds scary and dangerous," she said. "Can you not get arrested or shot?"
If you insist.
Photo (top): Still from a Defense Distributed YouTube video.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/not-easy-3-d-print-gun-135843235.html
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Biologist discovers new dinosaur in China
Monday, May 6, 2013
Fossil remains found by a George Washington University biologist in northwestern China have been identified as a new species of small theropod, or meat-eating, dinosaur.
The discovery was made by James Clark, the Ronald B. Weintraub Professor of Biology, in the Department of Biological Sciences of GW's Columbian College of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Clark, along with his then doctoral student Jonah Choiniere and a team of international researchers, found the dinosaur specimen in a remote region of Xinjiang in China in 2006.
In a research paper published in the Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, Drs. Clark and Choiniere explain recovering the skull, mandible and partial skeleton of the dinosaur. The new theropod was an estimated 1 meter or just over 3 feet long and probably weighed about 3 pounds.
"All that was exposed on the surface was a bit of the leg," said Dr. Clark. "We were pleasantly surprised to find a skull buried in the rock too."
The dinosaur is named Aorun zhaoi, after the Dragon King in the Chinese epic tale Journey to the West. It wasn't necessarily a small dinosaur species, though, because Aorun was still a youngster when it became a fossil.
"We were able to look at microscopic details of Aorun's bones and they showed that the animal was less than a year old when it died on the banks of a stream," said Dr. Choiniere.
Dr. Choiniere, now a senior researcher at the Evolutionary Studies Institute at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, was a doctoral student in Biological Studies at GW when the discovery was made. He was also a Kalbfleisch Fellow and Gerstner Scholar at the American Museum of Natural History.
Aorun lived more than 161 million years ago, in the earliest part of the Late Jurassic Period. Its small, numerous teeth suggest that it would have eaten prey like lizards and small relatives of today's mammals and crocodilians.
This is the fifth new theropod discovered at the Wucaiwan locality by the team, co-led by Dr. Clark and Dr. Xu Xing of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
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Tuesday, May 7, 2013
How To Find Low Cost Auto Insurance ? Hot Article Depot
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Everyone tries to make ends meet nowadays. There are a lot of expenses in the household and most commodities are now becoming more expensive. Many now focus their efforts on cutting down costs.
Among those that could really steal the bulk of the pie is car insurance. You have to pay sky-rocketing premiums so it would seem impossible to save money on car insurance.
But this is not a far away dream. You can actually save a lot if you only know how to choose the right car insurance. There are actually a lot of methods that you can use. Here are some of the things that can help you find cheap car insurance or lower its cost:
1. Search for an insurance that?s based on your needs. There will surely be a huge amount spent on insurance and it will be wasted if your coverage will not meet your needs. Paying for insurance premiums is no joke so you really have to make sure you get your money?s worth.
2. Choose the right company. If you don?t watch out for the car insurance company you?ll sign up with, then it will be impossible for you to save on auto insurance. Beware of scams and other substandard insurance companies. Before signing up, be sure to double check the records and feedback of the company.
3. Drive safe.A clean driving record can earn you some discounts from car insurance providers. This usually spells lower insurance payments. In addition, you can put in some added safety features to your car. This would also reduce the risk and proportionately lower insurance caused too.
4. Don?t be too hasty. Don?t make a choice too soon when you are still in search of a car insurance company. Be sure to consider advantages and disadvantages and take into account quality over price. Some plans may be cheap but they might not be able to give you the right benefits when you need it.
5. Grab discounts.There are certain companies that offer various discounted rates. One way to save money on auto insurance is to check out your provider of other insurances like home insurance. If your house is insured try to ask the company if they also offer car insurance because they tend to give discounts to multiple policy holders.
There are many other ways to slash your car insurance expenses. You need not worry too much. You just have to put a little effort and use your head in selecting the right car insurance provider for you.
This article provides tips on how to cut car insurance costs. For more information about car insurance and how to save money on car insurance, follow the link.
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Clearwire says Sprint offer best option for minority stockholders
By Alasdair Fotheringham ISCHIA, Italy, May 5 (Reuters) - Team Sky took a morale-boosting victory in the Giro d'Italia team time trial as overall contender Bradley Wiggins moved up to second overall and gained time on his rivals on Sunday. Second in the short, hilly and very technical second stage were Spanish squad Movistar, nine seconds back, with Astana, led by Wiggins's key rival Vincenzo Nibali, third at 14 seconds. The first Team Sky rider to cross the line in Saturday's first stage, Italian Salvatore Puccio, took the overall leader's pink jersey. ...
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Arctic Ocean 'acidifying rapidly'
6 May 2013
Last updated at 02:43 ET
The Arctic seas are being made rapidly more acidic by carbon-dioxide emissions, according to a new report.
Scientists from the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) monitored widespread changes in ocean chemistry in the region.
They say even if CO2 emissions stopped now, it would take tens of thousands of years for Arctic Ocean chemistry to revert to pre-industrial levels.
Many creatures, including commercially valuable fish, could be affected.
They forecast major changes in the marine ecosystem, but say there is huge uncertainty over what those changes will be.
It is well known that CO2 warms the planet, but less well-known that it also makes the alkaline seas more acidic when it is absorbed from the air.
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- The Arctic region contains a vast ice-covered ocean roughly centred on the Earth's geographic North Pole
- The Sun doesn't rise at all on the shortest day of the year within the Arctic Circle
- Humans have inhabited the Arctic region for thousands of years, and the current population is four million
- Geologists estimate the Arctic may hold up to 25% of the world's remaining oil and natural gas
Absorption is particularly fast in cold water so the Arctic is especially susceptible, and the recent decreases in summer sea ice have exposed more sea surface to atmospheric CO2.
The Arctic's vulnerability is exacerbated by increasing flows of freshwater from rivers and melting land ice, as freshwater is less effective at chemically neutralising the acidifying effects of CO2.
The researchers say the Nordic Seas are acidifying over a wide range of depths - most quickly in surface waters and more slowly in deep waters.
The report?s chairman, Richard Bellerby from the Norwegian Institute for Water Research, told BBC News that they had mapped a mosaic of different levels of pH across the region, with the scale of change largely determined by the local intake of freshwater.
?Large rivers flow into the Arctic, which has an enormous catchment for its size,? he said.
?There?s slow mixing so in effect we get a sort of freshwater lens on the top of the sea in some places, and freshwater lowers the concentration of ions that buffers pH change. The sea ice has been a lid on the Arctic, so the loss of ice is allowing fast uptake of CO2.?
This is being made worse, he said, by organic carbon running off the land ? a secondary effect of regional warming.
?Continued rapid change is a certainty,? he said.
?We have already passed critical thresholds. Even if we stop emissions now, acidification will last tens of thousands of years. It is a very big experiment.?
The research team monitored decreases in seawater pH of about 0.02 per decade since the late 1960s in the Iceland and Barents seas.
Chemical effects related to acidification have also been encountered in surface waters of the Bering Strait and the Canada Basin of the central Arctic Ocean.
Scientists estimate that the average acidity of surface ocean waters worldwide is now about 30% higher than before the Industrial Revolution.
The researchers say there is likely to be major change to the Arctic marine ecosystem as a result. Some key prey species like sea butterflies may be harmed. Other species may thrive. Adult fish look likely to be fairly resilient but the development of fish eggs might be harmed. It is too soon to tell.
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Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22408341#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
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New American Bill Threatens Indian Outsourcing Companies ...
MUMBAI ? A new American immigration bill threatens the future of Indian outsourcing, Indian companies say, because it will limit the number of foreign workers they can bring to the United States.
The Senate immigration bill, which is currently pending in the United States Congress, would make it more expensive for foreign outsourcing firms to bring over temporary foreign workers on H-1B visas, while giving American companies access to a larger pool of those visas to bring over their own foreign workers.
Under the bill, which is being backed by executives from American technology firms, the total number of H-1B visas will increase to 110,000 from 65,000. However, the bill will limit the overall percentage of foreign workers that outsourcing companies like Wipro, Tata Consultancy Services or Infosys can have in the United States, and will require companies that have 30 to 50 percent of their workforce on temporary visas to pay $5,000 for every new foreign worker they hire.
After 2014, companies that employ more than 75 percent of their workers in the United States on temporary visas will not be granted new H-1B visas, and by 2016 that threshold will be brought down to 50 percent.
The bill does not specifically target Indian outsourcing companies, but because foreign workers typically make up 50 to 75 percent of these companies? staff in the United States, the legislation will greatly limit their hiring practices.
Many Indian outsourcing firms have been expanding their operations in the United States, even as the economy there has slowed in recent years. Indian companies have invested $820 million in total in the United States to set up offices closer to their American clients, according to a report by the Confederation of Indian Industry published last year.
?The people who have drafted this bill have rightfully looked at the needs of the United States, but they have also tried to create discriminatory conditions which act like trade barriers and inhibit the free movement of people between the United States and India,? said Som Mittal, president of the National Association of Software and Services Companies, known as Nasscom, a group lobbying Washington for modifications to the bill. ?If the bill does go through with the conditions that it has today, it will significantly impact our businesses and our capability to compete.?
The bill presents another significant problem for Indian companies: foreign workers on temporary visas would not be allowed to work on ?outplacements,? which means working at the offices of their customers, a practice that analysts say is essential to their model.
The bill also has provisions for visa fee of $10,000 for companies that have temporary foreign employees making up over 50 percent of its workforce in the United States, and it requires companies to follow strict guidelines when advertising jobs in the United States.
?These proposed changes, if enforced, will increase the visa and wage cost for Indian IT outsourcing companies and impact their margin considerably,? said Niral Dalal, lead research analyst at Fortune Financial Services who specializes in information technology.
The Indian technology industry is waiting to see what happens next. ?Like many companies, we are watching the developments of the proposed immigration legislation to determine how it may affect our business,? said Infosys in an e-mailed response.
Industry bodies like Nasscom and the Confederation of Indian Industry are lobbying for changes in the proposed bill. The latter said in a statement that the provisions dealing with temporary works would be ?against the interests of Indian companies? and ?create an unequal playing field for them.?
?Any such restrictions, including new ones, on non-immigrant visas, if adopted, should apply uniformly to all applicants,? said Chandrajit Banerjee, the confederation?s director general. ?Action specifically targeting Indian companies would not be in accord with our growing strategic partnership.?
In the long run, if the bill as proposed becomes law, analysts say that Indian companies will be forced to adapt and alter their business model. Sujan Hajra, chief economist and executive director of institutional equity at Anand Rathi Financial Services in Mumbai, said companies would eventually have to resort to hiring more people in India and reducing their workforce in the United States.
Some argue that the provisions of the bill could harm American businesses that outsource their work to Indian companies.
?I am especially worried that U.S. competitiveness will be hurt if the bill is adopted as drafted,? said Ron Somers, president of the U.S.-India Business Council. His group is lobbying in Washington to ?educate lawmakers about the benefit of the U.S. -India commercial relationship,? he said.
While the Indian information technology industry has been a keen supporter and benefactor of strong trade relations between India and the Unites States, the bill would deal a considerable blow to the industry.
?These are companies that in some ways have had the most vibrant relationship with the United States, and this would be seen as an unfriendly move towards them,? said Neelam Deo, director of Gateway House, a research institution in Mumbai, and a former ambassador to Denmark and C?te d?Ivoire.
With the Indian information technology industry carrying considerable clout in New Delhi, the issue threatens to complicate trade relations between India and the United States.
?This industry is important to the Indian government because contributes significantly to the gross domestic product and lowering our current account deficit, while creating employment for Indian people,? said Mr. Mittal of Nasscom. ?If the bill is passed with the current conditions then our own government will consider whatever options they have to react to these protectionist measures.?
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