Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Saturday, January 28, 2012
A breathtaking aurora from Earth’s largest geomagnetic storm in almost 10 years
A breathtaking aurora from Earth’s largest geomagnetic storm in almost 10 years
A powerful geomagnetic storm creates extreme auroras in the skies above Abisko National Park in Sweden. This video was shot in three hours by Lights Over Lapland photographer Chad Blakley
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Pentagon Seeks Mightier Bomb vs. Iran
Pentagon Seeks Mightier Bomb vs. Iran
WASHINGTON—Pentagon war planners have concluded that their largest conventional bomb isn't yet capable of destroying Iran's most heavily fortified underground facilities, and are stepping up efforts to make it more powerful, according to U.S. officials briefed on the plan.
Friday, January 27, 2012
Gates donates $750 million to fight AIDS, TB and malaria
to read more on this, go to CNN's webpage:
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/01/26/health/switzerland-gates-donation/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
The donation comes in the form of a promissory note, not as cash, which the Gates Foundation said "gives the Global Fund the flexibility and authority to distribute funds efficiently based on immediate needs.""By supporting the Global Fund, we can help to change the fortunes of the poorest countries in the world," Gates said in a statement. "I can't think of more important work."At a news conference at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Gates said the funds could be used immediately to "saves lives, whether it is bed nets (to protect against mosquitoes carrying malaria) or TB (tuberculosis) treatment, those are two diseases that don't get perhaps the visibility of the work done in HIV but they are every bit as important."The investment comes on top of $650 million the Gates Foundation has already contributed since the Global Fund was launched 10 years ago.The fund has been under scrutiny after controversy over the possible misuse of funds. Dr. Michel Kazatchkine, executive director of the fund, said Tuesday he would resign in March after leading the organization for five years. Kazatchkine cited the fund's decision to appoint a general manager as part of its "ambitions transformation plan" as the reason for his departure.Speaking to journalists with Simon Bland, the Global Fund's chair, Gates downplayed the controversy.The way it had been written about was "pretty disappointing," he said. "If you are going to do health programs in Africa, you are going to have some percentage that is misused.""The interest is saving lives," Gates said, adding there were "all sorts of things that are going on that far overwhelm any amount of misdirection or whatever it was."
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Bank robber shoots himself in the foot
Bank robber shoots himself in the foot
A bank robber accidentally helped police catch him after shooting himself in the foot while acting as a lookout for his accomplices in Brazil.
Security footage of the robbery shows three men storm the bank in northern Parana and demand bank tellers hand over the cash on Monday, the Telegraph reports.
Everything runs smoothly at first, with tellers giving the men 30,000 Brazilian reals ($16,000) as one of the trio stands at the front door armed with two guns.
But then the lookout man fumbles with one of his pistols, shooting himself in the foot and lurching forward in pain.
He is last seen limping from the bank behind the other two men.
The clumsy robber was arrested at a hospital near the bank the next day, Brazilian media report.
Officers said six men were believed to have been involved in the incident but only three appeared on camera.
One other man has also been arrested.
iPhone 5 Will Have 4-Inch Screen, Launch in Summer [RUMOR]
We know. We know. Everyone still hasn’t stopped talking about how many iPhone 4Ses Apple sold last quarter, and here we are reporting on new rumors about the next one. But this most recent iPhone 5 rumor has piqued our interest more than usual.
Apple Breaks Tech Records in Q1; 37 Million iPhones Sold
Apple has reported first quarter financial results for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2011.
Tim Cook's first quarter as Chief Executive Officer at Apple may have been fairly uneventful in terms of product launches (unless you count the iPhone 4S and the iBooks 2 announcement), but it has certainly been a successful one. The Cupertino-based company yesterday announced Q1 earnings for the FY2012 and revealed that it has had its best quarter on record.
Apple posted record quarterly revenue of $46.33 billion and record quarterly net profit of $13.06 billion, or $13.87 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $26.74 billion and net quarterly profit of $6 billion, or $6.43 per diluted share, for the same period a year ago. Gross margin was 44.7 percent, up from 38.5 percent in the year-ago quarter.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Monday, January 23, 2012
CBS buys "The Words", "Tupelo 77" gets a director
PARK CITY, Utah, Jan 22 (TheWrap.com) - Buying activity at the Sundance Film Festival ramped up on Sunday after late-night negotiations on Saturday. CBS Films announced that it had acquired "The Words," a drama starring Brad Cooper, Zoe Saldana and Jeremy Irons.
The movie stars Cooper as a writer who at the peak of his literary success discovers the price he must pay for stealing another man's work. Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal co-wrote and co-directed the film.
Mickey Liddell's LD Distribution bought North American rights to the midnight entry "Black Rock."
And there was plenty of noise continuing around the hottest film in the feature competition, "Beast of the Southern Wild," which insiders said had Fox Searchlight, Focus Features and others seeking the rights through WME.
"Filly Brown," a fierce hip-hop drama, handled by WME, was also said to be in play.
Also on Sunday:
Julie Dash, who directed the television movie "The Rosa Parks Story," is in final negotiations to direct Angel Entertainment's feature "Tupelo 77," Angel's Bob Crowe said Sunday.
The movie is set in a small town in Mississippi in the summer of 1977. It tells the story of a group of women of various ages and races who are regulars at a roadside diner. The summer of 1977 -- the year Elvis Presley died -- is the hottest on record in Mississippi.
Casting for the film is under way. Crowe and Sean Hewitt are producing the movie, which begins shooting this summer.
Rich Mancuso wrote the screenplay, which shows the women as they struggle to "transcend the obstacles of poverty, racial and religious differences, and the persistent wounds of war."
Dash's "Daughters of the Dust" was selected as one of the "From the Collection" screenings at the Sundance Film Festival. That film first screened at the 1991 Sundance festival, where it earned the Excellence in Cinematography Award.
Oscar Predictions
For the first time in many a blue moon, the eventual Best Picture winner hasn’t already been decided as in years past, but it’s beginning to feel as if a certain silent movie will take home the big enchilada. Frankly there were no films to feel passionate about in 2011 - no one taking sides, no one predicting months ago. And most of the presumed BP nominees were released in the spring and summer. The only things left to decide now are what will be the big surprises and the all important snubs. On Saturday, the Producers Guild announced THE ARTIST as their choice for Best Picture. The Directors Guild and the Screen Actors Guild announce next weekend.
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Man videos himself being struck by lightning
Russell Southey, assured his wife "you're safe here" as he made a video of lightning striking around his Baldavis home in the early hours of Friday morning, the Daily Telegraph reports.
The footage shows several massive strikes before he is suddenly thrown to the ground, screaming obscenities.
"It was just like a big jolt, I didn't know what it was," Mr Southey told Sky News.
"It was as if something had hit me in the side and thrown me on the ground at the same time."
The lightning knocked him 1.5m backwards to the ground. He was taken to Rockingham Hospital but was released a few hours later.
Mr Southey said he still had no feeling in some of his fingers and his shoulder was very sore.
Lightning strikes kill between five to ten Australians every year and injure over 100, the Bureau of Meteorology says.
Darwin man charged over speargun threat
A Darwin man has been charged after allegedly threatening three tourists in a busy street with a speargun.
Police said the man got into a fight with the three tourists at an inner-city youth hostel about 6.45am on Sunday.
The hostel staff called police, but the man had gone by the time they arrived.
Police allege the man was heavily intoxicated and returned a short time later armed with a loaded speargun and threatened the tourists.
When he saw police he dropped the weapon and was taken into custody.
He was charged with being armed in public.
Man Charged With Botched SC Waffle House Robbery
Man Charged With Botched SC Waffle House Robbery
Authorities in South Carolina have charged a man with robbery in a botched holdup at a Waffle House that left another suspect dead.
Spartanburg County Sheriff's Lt. Tony Ivey says 29-year-old Kenneth Jowan Craig was arrested late Saturday night and charged with armed robbery and possession of a weapon during a violent crime.
Investigators say Craig and 19-year-old Dante Lamont Williams tried to rob the restaurant early Saturday morning. A customer with a concealed weapons permit drew his gun and told the men to wait for sheriff's deputies to arrive.
Ivey says Williams pointed his gun at the customer, who shot and killed him.
Craig is being held at the Spartanburg County jail. Bond had not been set by Sunday afternoon. It wasn't immediately clear if he has a lawyer.
To read more on this: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/man-charged-botched-sc-waffle-house-robbery-15417591#.Txy6KW9SR5Y
Jailed Megaupload exec Kim Dotcom to appear in court Monday
Jailed Megaupload exec Kim Dotcom to appear in court Monday
Kim Dotcom, the man atop what federal prosecutors allege is a $175 million worldwide Internet piracy operation, passed his 38th birthday this weekend in a New Zealand jail awaiting a court appearance today on charges prosecutors brought from a grand jury in U.S. District Court in Virginia.....
To Read more on this, visit: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/story/2012-01-22/Megaupload-profile/52747338/1
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