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Well, this is just perfect. At the exact moment Li Ning was rounding the lip of the Bird's Nest during the amazing torch-lighting climax, someone snapped this photo of our good friend the BSOD nestled among the Nest's steel twigs. Perhaps an Opening Ceremonies IT dude spit out his coffee on the machines in the server room when Li took to the sky? Another question is what a projection screen is doing inside the Nest at that location, but I think the better question is what wasn't going on inside the Nest's roof—did you see that thing during the ceremonies? Lights! Fireworks! LED screens! Everything! Anyway, if only one image of this perfectness existed we'd be skeptical, but thankfully, someone has grabbed more from a different angle that pretty much seal the deal.Well, this is just perfect. At the exact moment Li Ning was rounding the lip of the... more
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla (Reuters) - NASA has abandoned plans to get its replacement for the retiring U.S. space shuttles into service by 2013 because of a lack of additional funds and technical issues, officials said on Monday.
The U.S. space agency had hoped to fly astronauts to the International Space Station aboard a new spaceship called Orion as early as September 2013, well before its formal deadline or goal of March 2015.
"The window of opportunity for us to accelerate Orion has closed," program manager Jeff Hanley at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston told reporters during a conference call.
The United States will be without a means to transport people to and from space after the shuttle fleet is retired in 2010 until the new ships are ready to fly. It intends to rely on Russia to ferry crews to the space station and on private companies to deliver cargo during the gap.
NASA had hoped to minimize the gap, but additional funding to do so has not been approved by the U.S. Congress.
The agency now hopes to be able to fly an Orion crew to the International Space Station by September 2014.CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla (Reuters) - NASA has abandoned plans to get its replacement for... more
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Google's Gmail service went down for an hour or two today. The degree to which the company has become central to online life was highlighted when the outage became the most talked-about story of the day in North America.
Users locked out of their email vented their frustrations on blogs and websites like Twitter – where as many as "dozens" of messages per second about the problem were broadcast, one blogger reported. Several hundred more "tweets" – the name given to posts on Twitter – continued to flood in this morning.
The outage also made mainstream news outlets including The New York Times, The Washington Post and Dallas Morning News. This morning the problem was the most searched-for term on Google, with five of the top ten searches referencing the issue. "Gmail down", "gmail outage", "gmail error", "gmail problems" and "temporary error 502" – the error message displayed to Gmail users – were all in the list. A search for "gmail" on the search giant's homepage today offered a helpful related search for "gmail down".
In messages posted to a Google Help discussion thread, Google said the issue was fixed. It took engineers about one hour to pinpoint the problem and another hour to solve it. CNET reported that the outage may have been caused by a problem in the Contacts system used by Gmail to store addresses.
Google's Gmail service went down for an hour or two today. The degree to which... more
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Because, according to NME, it needed it.
The iconic magazine has run an article in this week's issue giving props to 25 bands that are "whipping up a storm on both sides of the Atlantic," which according to New Bands Editor signals "the re-birth of the US music scene!"
Here's the full list:
01 Vampire Weekend
02 Lil Wayne
03 Glass Candy
04 Kings Of Leon
05 MGMT
06 Spank Rock
07 TV On The Radio
08 Boy Crisis
09 Black Kids
10 Holy Ghost Revival
11 The Hold Steady
12 Fleet Foxes
13 Amazing Baby
14 Jay Reatard
15 HEALTH
16 The Cool Kids
17 Black Lips
18 Yo Majesty
19 White Denim
20 Telepathe
21 Iglu and Hartly
22 Chester French
23 Girl Talk
24 TheDeathSet
25 Grace Jones
Did it even need a rebirth? Because, according to NME, it needed it.
The iconic magazine has run an article in... more
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Many American hospitals are taking it upon themselves to repatriate seriously injured or ill immigrants because they cannot find nursing homes willing to accept them without insurance. Medicaid does not cover long-term care for illegal immigrants, or for newly arrived legal immigrants, creating a quandary for hospitals, which are obligated by federal regulation to arrange post-hospital care for patients who need it.
American immigration authorities play no role in these private repatriations, carried out by ambulance, air ambulance and commercial plane. Most hospitals say that they do not conduct cross-border transfers until patients are medically stable and that they arrange to deliver them into a physician’s care in their homeland. But the hospitals are operating in a void, without governmental assistance or oversight, leaving ample room for legal and ethical transgressions on both sides of the border.
Indeed, some advocates for immigrants see these repatriations as a kind of international patient dumping, with ambulances taking patients in the wrong direction, away from first-world hospitals to less-adequate care, if any.
“Repatriation is pretty much a death sentence in some of these cases,” said Dr. Steven Larson, an expert on migrant health and an emergency room physician at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. “I’ve seen patients bundled onto the plane and out of the country, and once that person is out of sight, he’s out of mind.”
Hospital administrators view these cases as costly, burdensome patient transfers that force them to shoulder responsibility for the dysfunctional immigration and health-care systems. In many cases, they say, the only alternative to repatriations is keeping patients indefinitely in acute-care hospitals.
“What that does for us, it puts a strain on our system, where we’re unable to provide adequate care for our own citizens,” said Alan B. Kelly, vice president of Scottsdale Healthcare in Arizona. “A full bed is a full bed.”
Medical repatriations are happening with varying frequency, and varying degrees of patient consent, from state to state and hospital to hospital. No government agency or advocacy group keeps track of these cases, and it is difficult to quantify them.
A few hospitals and consulates offered statistics that provide snapshots of the phenomenon: some 96 immigrants a year repatriated by St. Joseph’s Hospital in Phoenix; 6 to 8 patients a year flown to their homelands from Broward General Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; 10 returned to Honduras from Chicago hospitals since early 2007; some 87 medical cases involving Mexican immigrants — and 265 involving people injured crossing the border — handled by the Mexican consulate in San Diego last year, most but not all of which ended in repatriation.
Over all, there is enough traffic to sustain at least one repatriation company, founded six years ago to service this niche — MexCare, based in California but operating nationwide with a “network of 28 hospitals and treatment centers” in Latin America. It bills itself as “an alternative choice for the care of the unfunded Latin American nationals,” promising “significant saving to U.S. hospitals” seeking “to alleviate the financial burden of unpaid services.”
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more on the topic here: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/18/us/18immig.html#Many American hospitals are taking it upon themselves to repatriate seriously injured... more
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Update: they found most of the crash debris in South Pacific
Saturday was a bad day for science, as a privately funded rocket carrying three $atellites was lost on its way to space, bringing a third failure in a row to an Internet multimillionaire's effort to create a market for low-cost space-delivery.
Falcon 1 is a two-stage, liquid oxygen and rocket-grade kerosene powered launch vehicle, and the world's first new orbital rocket in more than a decade.
Elon Musk, SpaceX CEO, said after the launch that although it was an obvious disappointment not to reach orbit, the flight of the first stage with the new Merlin 1C engine, which will be used in Falcon 9, was “picture perfect.”
It appears that a problem occurred during separation on Saturday, which caused the stages to be held together. The matter is still under investigation, and more details will be available as soon as the engineers realize what happened.
“The most important message I'd like to send right now is that SpaceX will not skip a beat in execution going forward,” said Musk, adding that flights four and five for Falcon 1 are almost ready, and that he's already given green light to begin fabrication of flight six. The Falcon 9 development is still on track.
Even with a failed launch, SpaceX said they have more than sufficient funding to continue launching Falcon 1 and develop Falcon 9 and Dragon. “For my part, I will never give up and I mean never,” said Musk.
The Falcon 1's mission is to deploy three separating satellites that will orbit at an inclination of 9 degrees: the Trailblazer satellite developed by SpaceDev, and two smaller NASA satellites. The three satellites attach to the Falcon 1 second stage via the Secondary Payload Adaptor and Separating System developed by ATSB, which is owned by the Government of Malaysia.
Space X is the winner of the NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services competition (COTS), and will contribute to help the American mission on the International Space Station after the Space Shuttle retirement in 2010.
Update: they found most of the crash debris in South Pacific
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I thought $33 million in funding would actually buy you something, but the Cuil.com search engine CAN'T EVEN FIND ITSELF! As of yesterday typing "Cuil" into the search engine did not return a link to Cuil.com. The blogosphere has been buzzing about how incompetent they are, and apparently they are trying to do something about it. Today they can find themselves on the keyword "Cuil", but if you type in "Cuil com" they still cannot find themselves.
You've got to see this search engine before they close it down. Seriously, type "Jesus" in the Cuil.com search pane and witness the crazy set of results that you get. Their number one result is JesusDressUp.com. "Simply drag the items to Him with your mouse and they'll snap right into place".
Hopefully Jesus will forgive them.I thought $33 million in funding would actually buy you something, but the Cuil.com... more
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This is definitely going to leave a mark. South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has an epic fail moment while facing a simple question from CNN's Wolf Blitzer.This is definitely going to leave a mark. South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has an epic... more
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iPhone activations have essentially gone down and everyone - from folks updating their old phones to new 3G activators - are stuck with bricks until traffic dies off.iPhone activations have essentially gone down and everyone - from folks updating their... more
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Many members of the Web 2.0 generation of internet companies have so far produced little in the way of revenue, despite bringing about some significant changes in online behavior, according to some of the entrepreneurs and financiers behind the movement.
The shortage of revenue among social networks, blogs and other "social media" sites that put user-generated content and communications at their core has persisted despite more than four years of experimentation aimed at turning such sites into money-makers. Together with the US economic downturn and a shortage of initial public offerings, the failure has damped the mood in internet start-up circles.
Yet that has not stopped a continuing round of venture capital fundraising and acquisition activity at high valuations as investors and corporate acquirers hunt for businesses capable of rising above a crowded field.
"If you look at some of the valuations, you wonder what fantasy of revenues they're based on," said Mitchell Kertzman, a partner at Silicon Valley venture capital firm Hummer Winblad.
In one sign of the continued hopes for start-ups that have yet to alight on a solid business model, several financiers expressed support for the private fundraising being undertaken by Twitter, one of Silicon Valleys' most talked-about companies. The "micro-blogging" service, whose users post messages no more than 40 characters long, has yet to find a way to make money, but its early adoption by a group of enthusiastic users is seen as a sign that it will eventually be successful.
Many members of the Web 2.0 generation of internet companies have so far produced... more
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'At the heart of this failure is an obsession with the "war on terrorism" that ignores larger forces shaping the world: the emergence of China, India, Russia and Europe; the spread of lethal weapons and dangerous diseases; uncertain supplies of energy, food and water; the persistence of poverty; ethnic animosities and state failures; a rapidly warming planet; the challenge to nation states from above and below.
Terrorism is a means, not an end, and very different groups and countries are using it toward very different goals. Messrs. Bush and McCain lump together, as a single threat, extremist groups and states more at odds with each other than with us: Sunnis and Shiites, Persians and Arabs, Iraq and Iran, al Qaeda and Shiite militias. If they can't identify the enemy or describe the war we're fighting, it's difficult to see how we will win.
Because of the policies Mr. Bush has pursued and Mr. McCain would continue, the entire Middle East is more dangerous. The United States and our allies, including Israel, are less secure.
The election in November is a vital opportunity for America to start anew. That will require more than a great soldier. It will require a wise leader.
If Mr. McCain has ruled out talking, we're stuck with an ineffectual policy or military strikes that could quickly spiral out of control. Here, the controversy over engaging Iran is especially instructive.
Sen. Obama is right that the U.S. should be willing to engage Iran on its nuclear program without "preconditions" – i.e. without insisting that Iran first freeze the program, which is the very subject of any negotiations. He has been clear that he would not become personally involved until the necessary preparations had been made and unless he was convinced his engagement would advance our interests.
President Nixon didn't demand that China end military support to the Vietnamese killing Americans before meeting with Mao. President Reagan didn't insist that the Soviets freeze their nuclear arsenal before sitting down with Mikhail Gorbachev. Even George W. Bush – whose initial disengagement allowed dangers to proliferate – didn't demand that Libya relinquish its nuclear program, that North Korea give up its plutonium, or even that Iran stop aiding those attacking our soldiers in Iraq before authorizing talks.
Our allies and partners need to know that the U.S. will go the extra diplomatic mile – if we do, they are much more likely to stand with us if diplomacy fails and force proves necessary.
It's amazing how little faith George Bush, Joe Lieberman and John McCain have in themselves – and in America.''At the heart of this failure is an obsession with the "war on... more
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Our camera man jumps on Kenny's Street Bike and attempts to drive it....keep in mind he has never even ridden a skateboard, and wrecks pretty hard!
Obviously this is great entertainment, and had gotten over 100k views on youtube, BUT the fact is, we are a DVD series that has ENDLESS stuff like this...
We own the full rights to this, as our other clips that i will be posting up if my G5 will stop crashing...
Just caught the channel last night, KUDOS!
Our camera man jumps on Kenny's Street Bike and attempts to drive it....keep in... more
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Its funny how much shit politicians talk. Heres a rare moment when a journalist actually calls John McCain out on his bullshit. Much props Tim!Its funny how much shit politicians talk. Heres a rare moment when a journalist... more
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The first of a new breed of start-ups hoping to challenge the dominance of BA and Virgin Atlantic, Eos filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this weekend after failing to finalise an eleventh-hour bailout package.
Coming just four months after rival Maxjet went bankrupt, the demise of Eos looks set to increase the pressure on Aim-listed Silverjet, the only remaining business class-only airline.The first of a new breed of start-ups hoping to challenge the dominance of BA and... more
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The party once led by such great men as James Madison, John Kennedy, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Franklin Roosevelt - kicked off the 2008 general election campaign on a low, bitter note.
The hopelessly divided party, led by Howard Dean, has launched its first :30 second negative attack TV ad of the general election. It's titled "Are you better off."
Neither Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton have called upon the DNC to engage in any sort of new politics and stop slinging political mud in order to elevate the discussion or unify the nation.The party once led by such great men as James Madison, John Kennedy, Thomas Jefferson,... more
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The ad was created by the NCGOP and it shows the infamous Jeremiah Wright speech where he says, "God Damn America", while explaining Barack Obama's association with Wright. This ad states that Obama is "too extreme" for North Carolina voters.
John McCain has 'officially' asked the NCGOP to not run the ad and to take it down, a request they are not prepared to grant.The ad was created by the NCGOP and it shows the infamous Jeremiah Wright speech where... more
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If girls were once excluded because they somehow weren't good enough, they now are rejected because they're too good. Or at least they are so good, compared with boys, that admissions committees at some private colleges have problems managing a balanced freshman class.
Roughly 58% of undergraduates nationally are female, and the girl-boy ratio will probably tip past 60-40 in a few years. The divide is even worse for black males, who are outnumbered on campus by black females 2 to 1.
While educators debate whether there is a "boy crisis" that warrants a wholesale change in how to teach, colleges are quietly stripping the pastels from brochures and launching Xbox tournaments to try to close the gap in the quality and quantity of boys applying.If girls were once excluded because they somehow weren't good enough, they now... more
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said that the country is possibly in a recession in a speech to the Joint Economic Committee of Congress.
He also said that economic growth is possible for the second half of 2008 and into 2009. He said the Bush Administration’s stimulus package should help spur economic growth.
The Federal Reserve has been cutting key interest rates sharply in the past months down to 2.25 percent and some economists speculate that this rate could go down further. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said that the country is possibly in a recession... more
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Brooklyn-based artists Adam Eckstrom and Lauren Was collected nearly £18k of losing lottery tickets and built a car. And not a Smart or a Mini - a Hummer H3, and the value of the tickets is around the same as the value of the actual car.Brooklyn-based artists Adam Eckstrom and Lauren Was collected nearly £18k of... more
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