Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Veterans of WWII raid holding 70th reunion in Ohio

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) ? Veterans of a daring and costly World War II low-flying raid on Axis oil fields are gathering in Ohio this week for a 70th anniversary reunion.

Those participating in the Ploesti Raid reunion at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force near Dayton will arrive Tuesday, gathering for dinner followed by private events Wednesday. On the raid anniversary Thursday, there will be a public memorial service at the museum and a chance to meet veterans.

One of the reunion coordinators is Air Force history buff Mark Copeland of Lakeville, Minn. He says organizers expect nearly a dozen raid veterans to take part. He says organizers are pleased with the response, given the men's ages and travel challenges.

Among others expected is a sister of Maj. John Jerstad, a pilot who was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously. With his plane heavily damaged and still taking fire from anti-aircraft guns, Jerstad's plane released its bombs before crashing into the target area. His was among five Medals of Honor awarded for the raid.

Dubbed "Operation Tidal Wave," the Aug. 1, 1943, raid targeted heavily defended oil fields in occupied Romania. The B-24 bombers that flew from bases in North Africa attacked in daylight, some flying only yards above ground while in fierce air-ground fighting with German forces.

Nearly a third of the 177 planes were shot down, and about a third of 1,758 participants were killed, captured or missing in action. The 44th Bomb Group received the Distinguished Unit Citation.

Copeland said the last reunion was in Salt Lake City 10 years ago and drew 85 veterans. He says fewer than 70 are alive today, so it's likely this will be the last reunion of what's known as the most highly decorated U.S. military mission.

"We're just very passionate about honoring this raid," said Copeland about the reunion event organizers.

He said participants are expected from as far away as California.

Among private events for the participants will be a museum tour and special viewing of a fully restored B-24.

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Crash kills Texas A&M freshman lineman, Utah teen

In this Feb. 1, 2012 file photo, Polo Manukainiu, left, Sione Latu, center, and Dez Richardson gesture after their signing ceremony at Trinity High School in Euless, Texas. Texas A&M officials say freshman NCAA college football defensive lineman Polo Manukainiu has died in a rollover crash in New Mexico during a trip home from Utah. New Mexico State Police say Gaius Vaenuku, an incoming member of the Utah football team, also died after the wreck. Manukainiu was a 19-year-old redshirt freshman. (AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News, David Woo) MANDATORY CREDIT; MAGS OUT; TV OUT; INTERNET USE BY AP MEMBERS ONLY; NO SALES

In this Feb. 1, 2012 file photo, Polo Manukainiu, left, Sione Latu, center, and Dez Richardson gesture after their signing ceremony at Trinity High School in Euless, Texas. Texas A&M officials say freshman NCAA college football defensive lineman Polo Manukainiu has died in a rollover crash in New Mexico during a trip home from Utah. New Mexico State Police say Gaius Vaenuku, an incoming member of the Utah football team, also died after the wreck. Manukainiu was a 19-year-old redshirt freshman. (AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News, David Woo) MANDATORY CREDIT; MAGS OUT; TV OUT; INTERNET USE BY AP MEMBERS ONLY; NO SALES

This Aug 22, 2012 photo provided by Texas A&M University shows Polo Manukainiu. Texas A&M officials say freshman NCAA college football defensive lineman Polo Manukainiu died in a rollover crash, Monday, July 29, 2013, in New Mexico during a trip home from Utah. New Mexico State Police say Gaius Vaenuku, an incoming member of the Utah football team, also died after the wreck. Manukainiu was a 19-year-old redshirt freshman. (AP Photo/Texas A&M University)

In this Oct. 21, 2011 photo, Trinity senior defensive lineman Polo Manukainiu (94) rushes Grapevine junior quarterback Brett Harbin (10) during a high school football game at Pennington Field in Bedford, Texas. Texas A&M officials say freshman NCAA college football defensive lineman Polo Manukainiu died in a rollover crash, Monday, July 29, 2013, in New Mexico during a trip home from Utah. New Mexico State Police say Gaius Vaenuku, an incoming member of the Utah football team, also died after the wreck. Manukainiu was a 19-year-old redshirt freshman. (AP Photo/The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Brandon Wade) MAGS OUT; (FORT WORTH WEEKLY, 360 WEST);

In this Dec. 3, 2010 file photo, Trinity High School football players Polo Manukainiu (94) and Paul Tuipulotu (35) perform a "Haka" with the team before a game against Coppell in Southlake, Texas. Texas A&M officials say freshman NCAA college football defensive lineman Polo Manukainiu died in a rollover crash, Monday, July 29, 2013, in New Mexico during a trip home from Utah. New Mexico State Police say Gaius Vaenuku, an incoming member of the Utah football team, also died after the wreck. Manukainiu was a 19-year-old redshirt freshman. (AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News, John F. Rhodes) MANDATORY CREDIT; MAGS OUT; TV OUT; INTERNET USE BY AP MEMBERS ONLY; NO SALES

Texas A&M said Tuesday that redshirt freshman Polo Manukainiu and a teenager joining the Utah football team this fall were among three people killed in a single-car rollover crash in the high desert of northern New Mexico, just days before fall practices begin.

Manukainiu, a defensive lineman for the Aggies, and Gaius "Keio" Vaenuku were among three teens killed in the wreck, officials from both schools said. One of the survivors, Salesi Uhatafe, is an incoming freshman football player for Utah.

The wreck happened Monday evening on U.S. 550 near Cuba, about 85 miles north of Albuquerque. State police said Manukainiu, 19, and Vaenuku, 18, were passengers in a southbound 2002 Toyota Sequoia, according to the school's statement.

The vehicle drifted off of the road, the driver overcorrected, and the vehicle rolled several times.

Manukainiu and another passenger, Andrew Uhatafe, were ejected and died at the scene, the statement said. It was not immediately known if he was related to Salesi Uhatafe.

Vaenuku was transported from the scene but was pronounced dead in an ambulance. The driver and another passenger were transported to a hospital with minor injuries. Officials said alcohol wasn't involved and it appeared the driver was the only one wearing a seatbelt.

Manukainiu played football at Trinity High School in Euless, Texas, west of Dallas, and was part of the Aggies' 2012 signing class. He was a recreation, parks and tourism science major, the school said, and is survived by his mother, Lima Uhatafe of Euless.

"We lost a terrific young man," Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin said. "Polo was loved by his teammates and coaches. Anyone who came in contact with him was struck by his sense of humor and smile. My heart aches for his mom and family members."

Texas A&M finished last season ranked No. 5 after an 11-2 season, their first in the Southeastern Conference. They were led by quarterback Johnny Manziel, who became the first freshman to win the Heisman Trophy, and are expected to be highly ranked again this year.

It is the second such tragedy for Texas A&M in less than two years: Senior offensive lineman Joseph Villavisencio, 22, was killed in a December 2011 car accident after veering head-on into the path of an 18-wheeler 40 miles from College Station. He had spent part of that day delivering gifts to families at a local shelter. Manziel mentioned Villavisencio during his Heisman acceptance speech last year.

Vaenuku was a defensive tackle who had planned to play one year at Utah before going on a two-year Mormon mission, the Deseret News of Salt Lake City reported in January when he committed.

"Everyone who knew Gaius is heartbroken today," Utah coach Kyle Whittingham said. "He was the kind of young man who lit up a room and his future in football and life had no boundaries. Words cannot express our devastation over the loss of Gaius."

Vaenuku was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and considered playing at church-owned Brigham Young but he said he felt more at home in Salt Lake City playing for the Utes. His bio on the Utah website says Vaenuku he had three brothers and three sisters and enjoyed acting and singing.

The news stunned Trinity High School in Euless, where Manukainiu, Vaenuku and Uhatafe all played football.

Principal Mike Harris said the deaths have affected a majority of the Euless community, where there is a tight-knit Polynesian community.

"They were students with bright smiles that everybody knew and everybody loved," the principal said.

Texas A&M associate athletic director Alan Cannon said Manukainiu was known for his sense of humor and "will be sorely missed as a person you enjoyed being around." He said the football staff was working Tuesday to notify teammates of his death. Players are scheduled to report to campus Sunday to begin practicing for the upcoming season.

Cannon said Manukainiu was to wear jersey No. 90 and that it was too early to determine if players will affix the number to their uniforms as a tribute. The NCAA must approve any such recognition, Cannon said.

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Associated Press writers Brady McCombs in Salt Lake City and David Warren and Uriel Garcia in Dallas contributed to this report.

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See-through solar film: Researchers double efficiency of novel solar cell

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Nearly doubling the efficiency of a photovoltaic breakthrough made in 2012, researchers have developed a two-layer, see-through solar film that could be placed on building windows, sunroofs, smartphone displays and other surfaces to harvest energy from the sun.

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Tuesday, July 30, 2013

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Killer Bees Kill Horses: 30,000 Bees Overwhelm 2 Horses in Texas, Owner Stung 200 Times in Horror Attack (VIDEO)

July 28, 2013|9:26 pm

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According to reports, the two horses were "so covered in bees they shimmered" before being completely overcome and succumbing to the mass of bees stings they were forced to endure.

The two horses were called Chip and Trump, and belonged to owner, Kristen Beauregard, 44. She herself was stung a horrifying 200 times trying to protect her horses in the attack, which is believed to have included more than 30,000 bees.

Beauregard's boyfriend was also injured in the bee swarm attack, and he was stung about 50 times.

Beauregard has said, "They were chasing us down, they were following us. We swept up piles and piles of them? it was like a bad movie."

The attack took place as the North Texas woman was exercising Chip in the local area. However, the mass swarm of killer bees then moved in and attacked them, covering the horse, repeatedly stinging it.

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The owner even described thow she and her boyfriend attempted to jump into a pool to try and get the bees away, but they were undeterred and continued their fierce attack.

Beauregard said, "It got all dark, like it was nighttime there were so many bees? We were trying stand up in the water but every time we stuck our heads out for air, they would cover us and start stinging us. We were trying to breathe and they were stinging us in the face and in the nose."

Equine veterinarian Patricia Tersteeg attempted to save the horse, but was unable to help Chip recover from the severe injuries. She said, "He was so overwhelmed by bites that his body could not handle it? That's way too much for any 250-pound mammal to survive."

The other horse, Trump, managed to survive the initial attack, but died the following night.

As well as the two horses, and the two adults who were attacked, it has been reported that five hens were also killed by the killer bees.

The killer bees are currently being tested to determine if they are "Africanized" strains.

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Monday, July 29, 2013

Samsung releases new Galaxy S4 ads highlighting Smart Switch, S Translate

Samsung releases new Galaxy S4 ads highlighting Smart Switch, S Translate | 9to5Google

Samsung just released a couple new Galaxy S4 ads on its YouTube channel that will likely be making their way to TV along with the many others its being airing in recent weeks. The latest ads don?t directly after the Apple or iPhone like some of the company?s past ads, but the first (above) does highlight Samsung?s Smart Switch feature?that makes it easy for users to transfer their content from other devices. Another ad (below) focuses on Samsung?s built-in S Translate feature:

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New knowledge about permafrost improving climate models

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Sony's flagship Honami smartphone sneaks into FCC's database

Sony's flagship Honami smartphone sneaks into FCC's database

In the past, Sony hasn't been too strict about issuing confidentiality requests when slipping its Xperia smartphones into the FCC's database. The Honami, however, is no typical Xperia. For those unaware, manufacturers generally submit equipment to the FCC for testing shortly before the product is ready to launch on US shores -- once its radios are cleared for use on the airwaves that the FCC controls, precious little stands between said product and your hands.

We've seen a stream of Honami leaks over the past few weeks, but none have indicated quite so clearly that it's nearly ready for a formal debut. The filing masks all internal and external photos, but a software version entitled "s_atp_honami_1_25_1" (seen after the break) makes obvious what device we're looking at. This, Motorola's X, and an impending iPhone refresh? Looks like we're in for a star-studded autumn in the handset universe.

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Sunday, July 28, 2013

Stocks eke out small gains on mixed earnings

Stocks?slumped in early trading Friday, climbed steadily the rest of the day, then ended little changed. A deluge of potentially market-moving events next week could make it an interesting week for stocks.

By Matthew Craft,?AP Business Writer / July 26, 2013

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday. Stocks ended the day little changed as traders began looking ahead to a packed schedule next week.

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The?stock?market slumped in early trading, climbed steadily the rest of the day, then ended little changed.

Volume was thin as traders prepared for a deluge of potentially market-moving events next week: a Federal Reserve meeting, the government's monthly employment report and much more.

"Traders seem to be erring on the side of caution today," said Jeffrey Kleintop, the chief market strategist for LPL Financial.

Expedia plunged 27 percent, the worst fall in the Standard & Poor's 500 index. The online travel agency reported earnings late Thursday that badly missed analysts' expectations. Higher costs were the main culprit. Expedia lost $17.80 to $47.20.

The Standard & Poor's 500 index inched up 1.40 points, or 0.08 percent, to 1,691.65. The index ended the week with a tiny loss, the first this month.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 3.22 points, less than 0.1 percent, to 15,558.83. The Nasdaq composite index edged up 7.98 points, or 0.2 percent, to 3,613.16.

It's halftime in the second-quarter earnings season, and corporate profits are shaping up better than some had feared.

Analysts forecast that earnings for companies in the S&P 500 increased 4.5 percent over the same period in 2012, according to S&P Capital IQ. At the start of July, they predicted earnings would rise 2.8 percent. Nearly seven out of every 10 companies have surpassed Wall Street's profit targets.

The results aren't exactly impressive, said Sam Stovall, the chief equity strategist at S&P Capital IQ. Investors often argue that analysts set the bar for earnings so low that most companies are bound to jump over it. On average, more than six of every 10 companies beat Wall Street's targets every quarter.

Starbucks posted results late Thursday that beat analysts' estimates. Lower costs for coffee beans and better sales of salads and sandwiches helped. Starbucks jumped $5.19, or 8 percent, to $73.36.

The?stock?market hasn't ended the week with a loss since June 21, when speculation that the Federal Reserve would start easing off its support for the economy rattled financial markets.

Kleintop cautioned against reading too much into the market's moves on Friday or the weekly loss. The S&P 500 is still up 5.3 percent for the month and 18.6 percent for the year.

"It's just one week down after four up," he said. "If the market just goes higher and higher week after week, you would see a major swoon when it runs into some disappointing news."

In the market for U.S. government bonds, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note slipped to 2.56 percent from 2.57 percent late Thursday.

Long-term interest rates have swung in a wide range since early May as traders attempt to anticipate the Fed's next move. The yield on the 10-year note went as low as 1.63 percent on May 1 and as high as 2.74 percent on July 5.

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Lafayette (SID): Levi Giese '13 Signs Professional Contract in Japan

July 26, 2013

TOKYO, Japan - Former Lafayette men's basketball student-athlete Levi Giese '13 has signed a contract to play professionally in the Basketball Japan League. Giese will begin his pro career with Bambitious Nara, an expansion team in the 21-team circuit.

Giese completed his Lafayette career ranked third in program history with 109 blocked shots and helped the Leopards to three Patriot League championship game appearances during his time on College Hill. As a senior, the Tusla, Okla. Native rejected 62 shots, a total that ranked second in the Patriot League and was the second highest single-season total for any Lafayette player. Giese also possess the ability to shoot from the perimeter, having knocked down 44 three-pointers in 2012-13.

The Basketball Japan League was established in 2005 and has expanded from six to 21 teams during that time. Giese is one of four players to commit to Bambitious, along with Joe Chapman (Marquette '06), Anthony Brown (Oklahoma State '09) and Jamar Abrams (East Carolina '11). Bambitious begins its season in early October.

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Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Soledad O'Brien Is Her Own Boss - and That Means No Jodi Arias Stories

By Sara Morrison

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Soledad O'Brien was announced as Al Jazeera America's special correspondent on Monday, marking the fourth project for her new Starfish Media Group.

O'Brien may no longer anchor CNN's "Starting Point," but she's clearly keeping busy. In addition to Al Jazeera, she's working with CNN, HBO, and National Geographic - with several more deals coming in the near future.

With a few minutes to spare between all of those projects, O'Brien spoke to TheWrap about how Starfish Media Group is a new model in journalism, why she doesn't want to be tied down to another network, and how she won't cover Jodi Arias.

TheWrap: Al Jazeera America is now the fourth project Starfish Media Group has announced, right?

Soledad O'Brien: That is correct, we're doing HBO, we're contributing some pieces and some docs to Al Jazeera, I'm in the middle of shooting for CNN and I'm executive producing and moderating the Geography Bee for National Geographic.

The HBO "Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel" deal was a surprise.

You know what's so funny? It's the only sports show I watch. For me, it made a lot of sense because the writing is so good and the storytelling is so good and I really pride myself on capturing great stories. I always felt that HBO's "Real Sports" was about storytelling around interesting stories.

My first piece for them was about these guys who are MMA fighters who are vets. It's really a story about veterans struggling to overcome terrible PTSD and get their lives back to normal. The way they do it ? is through sports. But it's not a look at the sport of MMA. I always felt it's not about the scores and it's not about the stats, it's about the human element that's affected by sports. Right now I'm in LA shooting another piece for HBO "Real Sports" right now, and I think it's gonna be an amazing story.

What are you hoping to do, ultimately, with Starfish?

The goal has always been creating a new model and you take different platforms - the CNN, the HBO, the Al Jazeera, the National Geographic - and do the work that you want to do across the number of platforms, and I think the answer is yes, I think that there's a new model in journalism. Instead of just doing a bunch of different things, you can do what you do well, what you like to do. Me, I like storytelling. I like good journalism. I like getting into thoughtful stories and I can now do that across a number of platforms for a number of partners.

So when you approach networks to work with, you're focusing on telling a human story?

The focus is, first of all, do they want to be a partner? If they want exclusivity, then we can't do it. Starfish Media Group is my new company and this company does a number of things. We distribute content, I own "Black in America," I own "Latino in America," so that's part of it. We produce material so you know, we have teams that go in and produce stories. And I go and report some of those stories. So for me, number one, we ask people, if you want an exclusive deal with Soledad O'Brien, that is off the table. I do partnerships. And those partnerships have to be around the kind of work that is good journalism, smart, and good storytelling, great storytelling. And if you want that, then we should be in business together. We should be working on projects together. There's a lot of stuff that I don't want to cover. It's easy for me to say no to things now.

When did you decide to do start your own company? Why?

I started about two years ago, talking to CNN and others in my circle. How can you be your own production company? How can you just take the work that I'm working on, that I love, and do that more of that and less of the things that I don't want to do, like celebrity news or crime stories. I'm not afraid to say this is the stuff I want to do and these are the things I don't want to do. I want to do what I want to do, and I don't want to do what I don't want to do, you know?

So we had this conversation for the last two years and then when the morning show ended, it seemed like a really great time to go ahead and do what I had been planning and trying to do. And I think the timing was right. I think the timing two years ago was not right. But it's a different time in the media atmosphere.

You said a couple of months ago that you didn't have to do much promotion to get deals for Starfish Media Group; that a lot of it came to you. Is that still true?

Oh my gosh, yeah. I think people understand this new role. People who reach out to me, invariably they ask me to come and anchor for them, but it's not what I want to do at this moment. I think people understand that the new model is if you have a strong brand that stands for something, that you do good work, and you know the stories you want to tell, and they're interested in that work, then there's a partnership possibility. So, you're right. It hasn't been a tough sell.

You know what's so funny? When they announced that I was leaving CNN almost every single journalist that I talked to would say what network are you going to next? Are you going to be able to land at X? And all I could think about was I don't want to land at X. I want to create my own thing, and work with great journalists who want to do the stories that we do well. I think that people who understand what we're trying to do really get that it can be very successful.

What are the places that want to work with you looking for?

I think that they want to buy into a partnership with a known quantity. We deliver the quality of "Black in America," we deliver great writing, we deliver the quality of "Latino in America." You're going to get great journalism, we're going to dig into stories that are challenging and tough and thought-provoking. That's what I do, and now I just do it for different partners.

If you are interested in having me cover the Jodi Arias trial for you? That's probably not going to happen.

No 24/7 poop cruise coverage?

I covered Katrina, I've covered the tsunamis, all of them, the Haiti earthquake ? you get to a certain point in your career where you say I want to now cover what I want to cover. So for one of our first Al Jazeera pieces for "America Tonight," we'll go back to Haiti - I go back there every year - and we'll take a look at what's working and where the money's gone?

There's a lot to do there, so I'll go in and do a couple pieces on, for all the Americans who gave a lot of money, what's happening in Haiti? And then we're going to do a great piece on the variation of the quality of public education across America. That's an amazing story.

So you've been very busy?

I'm literally simultaneously in the middle of starting those stories, I'm shooting right now in LA for HBO "Real Sports" and I just got off the phone with my "Black in America" producers. And my schedule is about 500 times better than it was. I don't have to come into the office at three in the morning and work until four in the afternoon. I'm just working on projects that I'm passionate about that I can actively contribute to.

When you left CNN, there was a lot of talk about the network losing some of its diverse faces and bringing on several white ones.

Diversity is never about one person, ever. It's about a company's philosophy, what they believe and what they want to put on TV and how they want to serve their viewer. I think I can serve my viewers by making sure that the stories that I cover are over a wide range of topics, just like I did when I was fulltime at CNN.

I always felt like you can't really tell the story and leave out important voices. And by "important" I mean across the board, all the voices. Definitely I'm going to get a chance to continue doing that, but for a number of partners across a number of platforms, because Starfish Media Group is, I think, a real model for future media.

It's a very exciting time to start a new company and to be a CEO as I am now. I think the time is right. Media has changed, the model has changed. Look at what we would consider to be tech companies - Google, Amazon, Yahoo! - are doing. Those are media companies.

We hear so much about how journalism is dying out. Sounds like you, at least, are going strong.

We're in a shift, in a transition. And when you're up close, nose to the shift, it feels like it's going to fall apart. But when you take the bigger view, it's all just shifting. Look at Netflix - it's a distributor. It's pretty amazing.

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The Weekly Roundup for 06.24.2013

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You might say the week is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workweek, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Weekly Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past seven days -- all handpicked by the editors here at the site. Click on through the break, and enjoy.

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