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Sunday, November 18, 2012

Curiosity rover finds radiation levels on Mars are safe for humans

It's been three months since NASA's Curiosity rover set ~~foot~~ wheels down on Martian terrain, and now the space agency has divulged what it's learned about radiation on Mars. Marking the first time radiation has been measured from the surface of another planet, preliminary data collected using the rover's Radiation Assessment Detector (or RAD for short) revealed that levels on the ground are similar to what astronauts encounter on the International Space Station. What's that mean for space travel? "The astronauts can live in this environment," Don Hassler, principal investigator on Curiosity's RAD hardware, said in a press conference. However, humans would still experience higher levels of radiation on the way to and from the red planet than on its surface. The results are encouraging, but they're just one of many developments left before Homo sapiens set foot on Mars. For more details on the RAD's findings, look below for the press release.

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Rugby: South Africa hold firm for win over Scotland

EDINBURGH: South Africa survived a second-half surge from Scotland to win 21-10 in the second round of autumn test matches at Murrayfield on Saturday, making it two wins out of two on their European tour.

Both Springbok tries came from hooker Adriaan Strauss with fly-half Pat Lambie adding one conversion and three penalties.

For Scotland, scrum-half Henry Pyrgos came off the bench to score a try and Greg Laidlaw had one conversion and one penalty.

The South Africans will now take wins over Ireland and Scotland on to Twickenham next Saturday when they will be looking to finish off their autumn series in style with a win over England.

The loss was Scotland's fourth straight defeat at Murrayfield and it means crucially that they will not be among the top eight seeds when the 2015 World Cup draw is made next month.

Scotland made three changes from the team that lost 51-22 to the All Blacks, with David Denton and John Barclay joining skipper Kelly Brown in the back row for the injured Ross Rennie and Alasdair Strokosch, and Euan Murray back in at tighthead prop in place of Geoff Cross.

Springboks coach Heyneke Meyer opted for two changes from the side that edged Ireland 16-12 in Dublin with Gurthro Steenkamp in for CJ van der Linde at loosehead prop and Juan de Jong taking over from Jaco Taute at outside centre.

South Africa applied the early pressure and signalled their attacking intentions after four minutes by punting into touch close to the Scottish line instead of kicking a makeable penalty.

That attack foundered, but three minutes later fly-half Lambie opened the scoring for the visitors with a penalty from just inside the Scottish half.

Laidlaw levelled at 3-3 in the 10th minute when a Springbok forward failed to roll away in the tackle, but Lambie restored the South African lead shortly after when Laidlaw was penalised at a lineout.

Some big hits from the Boks in the tackle and deft footwork from Lambie had Scotland back-pedalling and the pressure paid dividends after 21 minutes when the Springbok pack mauled its way over the Scottish line and Strauss touched down.

There was further trouble for the Scots as tearaway lock Richie Gray was forced off the field after taking a heavy knock to the head and then Laidlaw missed a straightforward penalty kick.

South Africa were well on top against a static Scotland side and further infringements by the home side saw Lambie stretch the lead to 14-3 with a penalty after 31 minutes.

Scotland finally threatened the Springbok line two minutes later, but after a series of rucks, flanker Alastair Kellock was penalised for not releasing the ball and the teams went in at the break with South Africa well in command at 14-3.

Things went from bad to worse for the Scots shortly after the restart when hooker Strauss intercepted a Mike Blair pass 30 metres out and trundled in under the posts for his second try which put South Africa 21-3 up.

Scotland then brought on Glasgow scrum-half Pyrgos for his second cap, replacing Blair, and he immediately made his mark by bursting through a gap in the Springbok lineout to score.

The home side were suddenly in the driving seat and came close to adding a second try only to be thwarted by some stout defending from the Springboks camped on their own line.

South Africa were reduced to 14 men for the last five minutes when lock Flip van der Merwe was yellow-carded for coming in from the side, but despite their pressure, the Scots were unable to score again.

- AFP/de

Source: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_sports/view/1237874/1/.html

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Thanks for the detailed reply. I did understand it. Your explanation helped me understand a large complex chart. I was looking for any help in identifying potential multiple connections between families but I realize that is hoping for a lot. Do you think the only tool for that would be to search for duplicate people and merge them? That probably wouldn't add many but it does happen.

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Saturday, November 17, 2012

Aaron Sorkin's Steve Jobs biopic will consist of just three (long) scenes

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Aaron Sorkin's Steve Jobs-biopic will consist of just three 30-minute scenes of the late Apple CEO presented in real-time, showing events backstage at major product launches.

Sorkin announced the script details at the Newsweek/Daily Beast's Hero Summit event on Thursday.

"That's the movie," he said, according to a tweet from the Beast's official account.

Like the definitive Walter Isaacson-authored biography of Jobs, which offered candid material from the tech guru, the scenes will likely shed a very real light on the late Apple CEO.

Many had expected the film would focus on the creative brainstorming behind hit products like the iPhone and iPad.

But, as Sorkin did with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in "The Social Network," Jobs' character will likely speak for himself more than the plot events will speak for him.

Jobs was a powerful and demanding force in the minutes leading up to long-anticipated unveilings of his key products, including the smartphone and tablet.

"No point in writing about someone unless they're flawed," Sorkin said, according to the summit's official Twitter handle.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/aaron-sorkins-steve-jobs-biopic-consist-just-three-203905583.html

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Looking Back On 2012 Election Technology

The country knew who its next president would be late in the evening of Election Day. But despite a nationwide push to electronic voting, some municipalities took days longer to finish counting their votes. Larry Norden of the Brennan Center for Justice looks at technologies and systems that worked during this year's election, and at voting processes that fell short of the mark in counting the vote.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2012/11/16/165278530/looking-back-on-2012-election-technology?ft=1&f=1007

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Pioneer Ridge Middle School students raise $600 to fight cancer

GARDNER, Kan. - One local fifth-grade class has raised more than $600 to help fight leukemia and lymphoma.

The students at Pioneer Ridge Middle School in Gardner, Kan., are raising the money for the Pennies for Patients campaign, of which 41 Action News is a proud partner.

The money will go to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

Tracy Draeger said the 27 students he teaches in his fifth-grade class have come together to raise the money.

"Every one of the kids brought in something and sometimes they'd bring in so much money, I'd be like, ?Are you sure this is okay with your parents,?" he said.

Pioneer Ridge has raised $2,200 school-wide.

Source: http://www.kshb.com/dpp/news/education/pioneer-ridge-middle-school-students-raise-600-to-fight-cancer

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