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Here's the latest of our news bulletins from the ongoing crisis at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
State of Nuclear Politics in Japan
For the first time, Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) will include funding in its fiscal year 2013 annual budget to study the implications of disposing of spent nuclear fuel by burying it. The move is significant; up until now, the nuclear power industry has insisted that reprocessing spent fuel was the best way to deal with the highly radioactive waste. However, as the nation examines its relationship with nuclear power, approximately 70% of the population supports complete eradication of nuclear power by 2030, which would render spent fuel useless. The government is exploring burying the fuel even if it eventually decides to depend on 15% or 20-25% nuclear power by 2030. Originally, the nuclear industry planned to send all spent fuel to the Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant in Aomori Prefecture as a key cog in the nuclear fuel cycle. However, efforts to reprocess the fuel there have been an abject failure, forcing Japan to store the fuel or send it to other countries for reprocessing.
Prosecutors from the Tokyo Public Prosecutors Office have launched a criminal investigation into Shunsuke Kondo, Chairman of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEC), Tatsujiro Suzuki, JAEC Vice-Chair, and 25 other JAEC members in response to allegations that they leaked 364 pages of confidential documents to members of the nuclear power industry during secret closed-door "study sessions" last year. Prosecutors are charging that the move allowed the nuclear industry to significantly influence the nation's nuclear power policy, including decisions about how to handle spent fuel. If found guilty, the officials would be in violation of Japan's National Public Service Law.
Reactor #4 at the Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture began commercial operations this week. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda ordered its restart in July in spite of widespread public opposition and massive protests in the nation's capital. Kansai Electric, which operates the Oi power plant, said it plans to run the reactor for 13 months, the legal limit in Japan before safety checks are required. At the same time, experts are warning that the plant may lie on an active fault and could be in danger of experiencing a massive earthquake. Kansai is examining seismic risk and will submit a report to the government by the end of this year.
In spite of the fact that a large percentage of victims from the Fukushima nuclear disaster have yet to be compensated by TEPCO, Japan has signed a memorandum of understanding with Viet Nam to provide support in developing a nuclear compensation system as it prepares to launch a new nuclear power plant in 2020.
Revelations about the days immediately following last year's nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi plant continue to surface, as reporters sift through over 150 hours of videotape from teleconferences conducted between TEPCO's head office in Tokyo and the Fukushima plant's emergency headquarters. Newly released footage shows that TEPCO executives were well aware of the possibility of nuclear meltdown—which eventually occurred in three of four damaged reactors there—although they failed to admit that fact for two months afterward. TEPCO has only released part of the videos, and much of the tape has had the audio portions removed, a move the utility claims is necessary to address "privacy concerns." The Japan Publishers and Editors Association has condemned TEPCO, which is now under government control, and has called for public release of all available footage.
The videotapes also show that although TEPCO officials attempted to inform the public about an impending hydrogen explosion at reactor #3, they were ordered to remain silent by the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA). The government regulatory agency finally warned the public about the explosion, which spewed large amounts of radioactive material into the environment, just two hours before it occurred and consequently melted down. Video footage shows one unidentified TEPCO executive saying, "We've been stopped by the government and are being made to wait before issuing any announcement to the press." Another advised his colleagues, "NISA officials are blocking any release of information on the matter. The agency's officials are saying the TEPCO should not be the entity to announce this." The agency later said the delay was caused by failure to get approval from a chief. NISA operates under the auspices of METI, which promotes nuclear power, a relationship that analysts have long criticized for its inherent conflicts of interest.
State of the Fukushima Reactors
TEPCO announced this week yet another leak of radioactive water in reactor #4 at its crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant, as well as a fire in a storeroom. Utility officials said that the contaminated water contained 77,000 Bq/milliliter of radioactive cesium and measured one centimeter deep over 350 square meters. The fire originated in a storeroom pump where filtering equipment is stored, and was extinguished by employees. TEPCO claims that no radiation leaked into the environment during either incident. However, the incidents show the ongoing precarious state of the Fukushima reactors, where three nuclear meltdowns occurred over 17 months ago. (Source: NHK)
Worker Safety
Safety and well being of workers at the Fukushima Daiichi plant continues to be scrutinized after recent revelations that TEPCO's failure to monitor workers' radiation exposure may be more widespread than previously thought. Experts warn that compliance may be difficult. TEPCO conducts inspections at the main gate, a practice that doesn't preclude workers worried about exceeding legal exposure limits from hiding their dosimeters onsite. Subcontractors, who often have short-term contracts, are not guaranteed other, less dangerous work, and are in danger of losing their jobs if they exceed annual exposure limits. Many cannot afford to lose their livelihoods. Workers admit that detecting the dosimeters, which are worn close to the body and beneath protective gear, is very difficult. "I cannot tell the difference between a dosimeter, a pack of cigarettes, or a mobile phone," said one worker who conducts dosimeter checks onsite. In addition, TEPCO allows supervisors to pick up dosimeters for their entire crew, rather than distributing them individually, thereby making regulation more difficult. TEPCO told NISA that it will conduct spot checks of workers onsite, although gave no details regarding how often the checks would take place or whether they would also apply to contract and subcontract workers. The utility will also provide protective suits with clear panels that make dosimeters easier to detect.
A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association and conducted by Jun Shigemura at the National Defense Medical College and Takeshi Tanigawa at Ehime University shows that 46% of workers at the Fukushima Daiichi plant experienced high levels of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a result of their work to bring the damaged reactors under control. Much of the trauma occurred as a result of stigma of working for TEPCO, once considered a prestigious job. Experts say that many people direct high levels of resentment toward TEPCO at the workers, some of whom have even been physically assaulted or had their homes vandalized. Eighty-five percent of the plant's 1,760 workers responded to the survey. Researchers said that workers may suffer from alcoholism and depression and should seek professional counseling.
Contamination, Including Human Exposure
A new study of adults and children in the town of Minamisoma in Fukushima Prefecture says that radiation exposure levels are lower than those received by victims of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. However, experts point out that the study only looked at internal radiation levels and failed to measure external ones. Stuart Gilmour of the University of Tokyo, a coauthor of the study, noted, "External exposure could be as much as or more than our measured internal exposure, but it is difficult to quantify because it can vary greatly even in small areas." In addition, the study examined radioactive cesium contamination, but ignored exposure to radioactive iodine, which has been shown to cause thyroid cancer. Children are especially susceptible, and often, thyroid cancer does not emerge for many years. The study was conducted six months after the meltdowns occurred, when measurable evidence of iodine may have left the body.
New research published in the journal Nature showing irreversible genetic mutations in butterflies in Japan as a result of radiation exposure from the Fukushima nuclear disaster, including dented eyes, deformed legs and antennae, stunted wings, and shortened lifespans, is raising concerns that not enough is known about the long term effects of radiation on humans. Scientists say that more studies are needed. Lead author Joji Otaki, of the University of the Ryukyus, noted, "Our findings suggest that the contaminants are causing ecological damage. I do not know its implications to humans." The report itself cautions, "No case of acute health problems has been reported so far; however, assessment of the long-term effect of radiation requires ongoing monitoring of exposure and the health conditions of the affected communities." Tim Mousseau, a nuclear expert from the University of South Carolina, said about the study, "Scientists have long known that radiation can be hazardous to human and animal health. Studies of this sort at Fukushima and Chernobyl provide invaluable information concerning just how hazardous radioactive contaminants could be for human populations living in these areas in the future. Butterflies as a group are important bio-indicators for the effects of environmental stressors like radioactive contaminants."
Takayuki Takahashi, a professor from the University of Fukushima, plans to create a radiation map of the forests of Fukushima Prefecture by attaching dosimeters and GPS units to the necks of wild monkeys who roam the forests. The GPS units will later be detached electronically and collected by researchers. Over 70% of forests in Fukushima are contaminated by radioactive material. Takahashi eventually hopes to expand his study using wild boars and dogs.
Decontamination and Waste Disposal
Japan's Environment Ministry is conducting a decontamination verification project with 22 companies who submitted proposals to decontaminate an estimated 150 million to 280 million cubic meters of radioactive soil in Fukushima Prefecture. The government is trying to reduce contamination levels in eleven municipalities to 20 millisieverts per year or less, while simultaneously reducing the massive amounts of waste of which it will need to dispose.
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Thank you Greenpeace. Your Fukushima work is very helpful to our attempts to stop EDF building two new EPR reactors in Somerset. Existing Hinkley Poin...
Thank you Greenpeace. Your Fukushima work is very helpful to our attempts to stop EDF building two new EPR reactors in Somerset. Existing Hinkley Point reactors are discharging high levels of caesium, tritium, plutonium and Iodine 131; we're also seeing cardiovascular illnesses from caesium exposure, perinatal mortality and birth defects from tritium exposure, skin cancers and more leukaemias from plutonium exposure and more endocrine disruption from Iodine 131 exposure. The Fukushima victims, like us, will have been exposed to all the listed carcinogens at once; not all will become symmtomatic immediately; the genetic mutations will show up in all future generations.
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NISA did not want to release information about the pending hydrogen explosion at the Fukushima plant. The fox was watching the hen house.
NISA did not want to release information about the pending hydrogen explosion at the Fukushima plant. The fox was watching the hen house.
Have any of the current workers had physicals to determine what damage, if any, has affected them? Thank you Greenpeace for all your great work.
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Wild Swan Theater to raise money with Chocolate Crush event
Ann Arbor's premiere chocolatiers and chefs, including Schakolad Chocolate Factory, Mindo Chocolate, Zingerman's Candy Manufactory, the Ravens Club, and Bab's Underground present delectable creations for Wild Swan's supporters. Savory appetizers from The Grange Kitchen & Bar and What's Cooking!, and beer from Wolverine Brewing Company, and wine and from local purveyors will also be available. Musical entertainment will be provided by the Royal Garden Trio.
Funds raised support Wild Swan's groundbreaking audience accessibility, scholarship, and outreach programs that ensure that children of all abilities can experience Wild Swan Theater. Wild Swan offers one of the most comprehensive audience accessibility programs in the nation. American Sign Language interpretation, audio description, and back-stage "touch tours" allow them to provide a full theater experience for patrons who are blind, deaf, mentally, or physically disabled.
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William Henry Thompson, 85, of Marietta, passed away peacefully in his home on March 26, 2012. A unique blend of sailor and rancher, his word was his bond. Bill's outspoken personality and sense of humor are remembered by all who knew him.Born Aug. 26, 1926, to Margaret (Wichert) and Robert Henry Thompson, Bill graduated in 1944 from Marietta High School, then enlisted in the Navy at age 17. He served his country from 1944-1951 and fought proudly in WWII and the Korean War. A decorated hero, Bill received the following honors: WWII Victory medal, Pacific Campaign medal, American Campaign medal, National Events Campaign medal, Liberty Campaign medal, and the Asian Occupation Service medal.On leave one weekend, he married the light of his life, Wanda Rose Michael of Love County. Together they reared a son, Robert Henry (Mick). After being honorably discharged, Bill served as the Assistant Postmaster of the Poteau Post Office while living as a rancher in nearby Panama.After retirement, Bill and Rose returned to Marietta in 1994. An avid historian, Bill was a charter member of the Love County Military Museum in Marietta. As a consummate horseman, he, Rose and their two grandsons traveled and competed in horse shows. Bill won World Champion Appaloosa Men's Costume in 1983, '84 and '87. Wearing full Native American regalia, Bill, Rose and their grandsons participated in many parades and events.Bill was a longtime member and leader of the First United Methodist Church, Marietta.Bill is survived by his beautiful wife, Rose; son, Mick Thompson and wife Peggy of Edmond; two grandsons, Scott Thompson and wife Heather, Michael Thompson and wife Stephanie; a great-granddaughter, Micah Faith Thompson; two great-grandsons, Brennan and Garrett Thompson; a step-granddaughter, Sarah Sharpe; a nephew, Preston Chambers; and many extended family members.He was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Francis Chambers; and daughter-in-law, Toni (Floyd) Thompson.Services are Thursday, March 29, at 11 a.m. in Marietta's First United Methodist Church with burial in Lakeview Cemetery, Marietta. Officiating will be Rev. Tony Caro, assisted by Rev. George Lupton. An honors team from the U.S. Navy will be present at the grave site. Honorary bearers are Jerry Kerr, Roger Kite, Sue Bankston, Lavon Coyle, Fayrond Balch and Rose Chambers. The family suggests memorial contributions to the Love County Military Museum, 408½ W. Chickasaw, Marietta, OK 73448.Arrangements are under the direction of Flanagan-Watts Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Marietta. An online guest book may be signed at wattsfuneralhome.com.


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The kicker in this black and white film about the director of the film making a film about his life (got that?) is that almost everyone playing a family member of the director (who plays himself, naturally) really is a family member. In the story, director Phillippe Garrel is preparing to make a film about his life.
When he informs his wife that her part is to be played by someone else she is understandably offended - after all, she is an actress, isn't she? This leads to all sorts of family arguments and discussions about what their relationship means to each of them.
The couple's children, meanwhile, attempt to get on with their own lives in the best way possible, despite the insufferable silliness of their parents.
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During his long, successful career, Richard Chamberlain has played a wide variety of roles. But who knew that he could also do a pitch-perfect impression of Katharine Hepburn?
Chamberlain played opposite the legendary actress in the 1969 film "The Madwoman of Chaillot." He recalls that Hepburn demanded to meet him before he could get the role of Roderick in the comedy.
"I had to fly to France for her to OK me for the part," says Chamberlain, still "Shogun" handsome at 76. "She loved to fool around. We did a scene in this park where I had just tried to drown myself. I was lying with my head in her lap on this park bench. They were lighting the scene and she started fooling around with my hair."
And his ears. Conjuring up the spirit of the late, great Kate, Chamberlain mimics her, saying in her distinctive patrician style, "Oh, little pig ears. Close to your head. Just like mine. It means you are very selfish.' "


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Iraqi Gays Face Gruesome Torture/ Murder Technique
As the murder campaign targeting Iraqi gays intensifies, a leading Arabic television network last week revealed the use of a horrifying new form of lethal torture against Iraqi gay men - anti-gay Shiite death squads are sealing their anuses with a powerful glue, then inducing diarrhea, which leads to a painful and agonizing death. The use of this stomach-turning new torture was first reported by the Al Arabiya network, which is headquartered in the United Arab Emirates and was alerted to the story by a leading Iraqi feminist and human rights activist.Does this sound plausible to you? I'm skeptical.
So what might this mean? How exactly does one seal an anus? Let's say they have some version of dermabond, maybe something a bit stronger for the sake of argument. Then they force the victim to drink GoLytely (an electrolyte solution which is used to "wash out" the bowels prior to surgery or endoscopy). Would this kill? Reliably? I dunno. Colonic obstructions are serious -- they cause severe retrograde vomiting, but that would not be fatal in itself. If the obstruction persisted a while, exacerbated by GoLytely, I can see it causing perforation, leading ultimately to sepsis, and death. But that would really take some time, time in which the anal seal would need to remain intact, which seems to me to the the weak point in this supposed technique (no pun intended).
Bear in mind that the anus is not like a piece of household copper plumbing -- you can't just "cap it off" and assume that it'll hold its seal against whatever internal pressures are generated. It's a soft, mobile and malleable orifice ending in skin and mucosa. The pressure generated by a full rectum, cramping and straining and trying to have a bowel movement, would be quite high, so a very robust seal would be required to completely obstruct this.
First, I don't know how well Dermabond or other glues would hold to the moist, oily skin down there. Second, the tensile strength and flexibility of these glues tends to be not so great, which is why you don't use it over elbows and other places where there's a lot of skin tension and flexion going on. Finally, even if the tensile strength of the glue and its adhesive properties were strong enough for the application, the mechanical properties of the skin and mucosa of the anus are not that strong.
To put it bluntly, even if the glue adhered, and even if the glue were flexible and strong enough to withstand the pressure, the skin itself would probably tear as the victims involuntarily strained and the stool would blast right through the "seal."
Would that hurt? Yeah, like crazy. Would it cause bleeding and injury? For sure. Would it kill? No way.
The other element of this story which sounds like an urban legend is they way it takes what heterosexuals would (wrongly) assume to be the central element of homosexuality, the anus, and does violence to it in a way that's intended to be ironic or perversely fitting. The gays like to put things up their butts -- but what if their butts were sealed off? The anus has long been used in a manner to torture or kill in the past -- forced sodomy and impaling being the common mechanisms. So if you want to murder yourself some gays, what's wrong with the ol' broomstick technique? It's a lot simpler and more efficacious than this convoluted and rather implausible mode.
Allegations like this are all-but-impossible to disprove, and the limits of cruelty displayed in Iraq in recent years are themselves beyond belief. So it would be presumptuous in the extreme to say it's impossible. But I call Bullshit on this one until more substantiated facts come to light.


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By Cody Willard
The best tech trader I know is probably the one and only Jay Somaney of TSG Capital Partners. Yesterday, he wrote an article called, "Adding To Techland Holdings" and I about fell out of my chair when I saw the headline and read the article in which he writes such things as:
"I think techs will report outstanding numbers for Q3:11 in the next month or so. I have added to several positions in that area including Amazon and Priceline."
I about fell out of my chair because I don't know much of anyone who's buying tech right now. Do you? Indeed, just after seeing his article I was stopped yesterday in the grocery store by someone who wants to talk stocks. He asked me, "So, Cody, what are you buying these days?"
I explained to him in a quick elevator-pitch kind of tone that we're seeing some historical growth trends and marketplaces created in the smartphone/app/tablet revolutions and that I'm long a lot of tech in that space.
"Names, Cody, names," he prodded. So I answered with a quick list off of some of my longs like Cypress, Google and Apple. Or Intel and the more speculative Level 3.
"Really? Tech? Tech is for idiots in this market," he said, explaining, "alternative energy and some speculation in the Iraqi dinar is what you should be looking at, Cody."
So I'm wondering, is there anybody else out there who's out and out bullish on tech? Most people I know tell me one of two things when I mention tech as a good place to invest: "Tech's in a bubble." Or "Yawn." You guys tell me. Is tech in a bubble, is it an afterthought or is it the place to be?
Cody Willard writes Revolution Investing for MarketWatch and posts the trades from his personal account at TradingWithCody.com. At time of publication, Cody was net long Apple, Google and Cypress.


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I only heard the news myself in the last few days but it's true, the home of the Amazing Digital Scrap Race is closing at the end of the month.
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First 4 million units of Samsung Galaxy Note III to be powered by Snapdragon 800 CPU?
The report says that the first 4 million units of the Galaxy Note III will have the Qualcomm processor under the hood while 20% to 30% of future production of the device will contain the Samsung Exynos 5420 octa-core processor. Just last week, a report out of Korea listed two versions of the Samsung Galaxy Note III. One model offering 3G connectivity was powered by the Samsung Exynos 5420 octa-core CPU, while the model featuring 4G LTE connectivity had the Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 under the hood.
U.S. consumers should prepare for their version of the Samsung Galaxy Note III to come with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor. Even when Korea based Samsung starts shipping out the 20% to 30% of its phablet containing the Samsung Exynos 5420 octa-core processor, chances are that those units will be making their way to regions outside the U.S.
The Samsung Galaxy S4 is scheduled to be introduced on September 4th in Berlin, along with the Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch. A couple of days later, IFA 2013 will begin.
source: ETNews (translated), TechKiddy via AndroidAuthority
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1. zachattack (Posts: 621; Member since: 31 Jul 2013)
LG has been there and done that /yawn. Next thing we will be told is the note 3 will indeed be made of plastic and look like a really big S4
15. joey_sfb (Posts: 6794; Member since: 29 Mar 2012)
Hater gotta to hate while the world pass them by.
18. AnTuTu (Posts: 1580; Member since: 14 Oct 2012)
It will be a kick a$$ beast doesn't matter what haters gonna say...
21. InspectorGadget80 (unregistered)
if you DON'T like plastic then don't buy it. go buy the HTC ONE MAX or anything else. it's not like some companies that is not going too use a different material.
22. nxl2610 (Posts: 49; Member since: 14 Aug 2013)
Who cares ? Note 3 still will be my next phablet
2. Shatter (Posts: 2036; Member since: 29 May 2013)
They should wait for baytrail it uses less power than a15/krait while destroying it in performance.
6. ollienightly (Posts: 37; Member since: 23 Jul 2013)
really? and release the note3 next year? 'bay trail' for smartphones, actually merrifield, hasn't been released yet.
8. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
Are you really sure....?
Baytrail will give same performance, but at 22nm there is an advantage, consuming 9.5Wts power, vice-versa.
This is a E5420 Soc, better than the E5410. Let alone you still have the E5430
13. ollienightly (Posts: 37; Member since: 23 Jul 2013)
You can't help yourself, can you? Bay Trail-T is not for smartphones, and Exynos 54x0 has a full power consumption well above 10 watts. Intel can beat A15-based anytime without overheating. They are just acting toooooo slow.
3. grahaman27 (Posts: 364; Member since: 05 Apr 2013)
"The Samsung Galaxy S4 is scheduled to be introduced on September 4th in Berlin, along with the Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch."
Come again?
7. aditya.k (Posts: 496; Member since: 10 Mar 2013)
Bigger S4 xD
9. xperiaDROID (banned) (Posts: 5629; Member since: 08 Mar 2013)
Samsung Galaxy S4 Mega.
20. flynfree (Posts: 374; Member since: 09 Jun 2013)
SGS4 with S800, I think.
24. itsdeepak4u2000 (Posts: 3718; Member since: 03 Nov 2012)
Yes, another version of S4 in a bigger package. :)
4. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
What a shame to the Note3, they normally use there Exynos for the own phones, and now using ©rapdragon™ when the E4412 for the S3 was possible what seems to be the problem with the E5420? A load of BS. LTE is available on the S3 and N2.
11. xperiaDROID (banned) (Posts: 5629; Member since: 08 Mar 2013)
I love the sound you make when you SHUT UP.
12. ollienightly (Posts: 37; Member since: 23 Jul 2013)
use your brain, please. intel 3g baseband is a lot cheaper than qualcomm or samsung lte baseband & rf. with a cheaper baseband s4 with 5410 still costs $3 more than s600 models. and the s800 chip actually has an integrated baseband. don't tell me you still can't do the maths.
34. gamblor77 (Posts: 118; Member since: 26 Apr 2012)
Don't both the S3 and N2 have Qualcomm chips for their LTE versions as well? What the hell r u talking about? Go back under your bridge.
5. mottykels (Posts: 387; Member since: 15 May 2013)
Im still hoping ive got this snapdragon800 ;)
10. special4u (Posts: 63; Member since: 22 May 2013)
So boring, nothing impressive, im waiting for Sony honami.
Sonay lead the game now.
14. Napalm_3nema (Posts: 2236; Member since: 14 Jun 2013)
At this point in the game, I'm guessing my next Android phone WON'T be the Note 3. If the hardware will be roughly the same as the G2 and Honami, it makes it easy to whittle down from three to those two.
17. joey_sfb (Posts: 6794; Member since: 29 Mar 2012)
For you my recommendation would be a iPhone 5c or iPhone 5s. So you could continue to troll android into 2014 and remain bitter! lol...
28. Napalm_3nema (Posts: 2236; Member since: 14 Jun 2013)
You troll, but I buy. While I have certainly owned more iOS devices than you, the irony is that I am positive I have also owned more Android devices, not to mention Windows Phone and BlackBerry. When I make a criticism, it is informed. When you make one, it is usually nothing more than blind fanboyism. Educate yourself.
And no, I'm not rich, and not bragging, but I worked hard on the secondary market buying, selling, and trading phones and tablets to get to the point where I haven't spent a dime of my own money in two years on tech toys.
29. McLTE (Posts: 922; Member since: 18 Oct 2011)
so being "informed" you can honestly say you aren't going to buy the Note 3 based on the Qualcom or Exynos processor?
You do realize that you will notice ZERO performance difference in realworld use.. right?
I don't really care which processor comes with my Note 3. I've had the note 2 since release and I run it constantly in power saving mode. It has plenty of power for what I want to do!
All I ask out of the Note 3 is to retain a similar (or better) battery life, and similar performance.
33. Suo.Eno (Posts: 555; Member since: 17 Feb 2013)
If I share your POV then to me the one w/ the biggest batt wins **shrugs** diff folks though.
16. JMartin22 (Posts: 2297; Member since: 30 Apr 2013)
It's kind of inexcusable at this point that a major semi-conductor manufacturer like Samsung still can't get coherent with their components and integrate an LTE modem into their home-grown Exynos chips. It's been years now that they've still had this issue of regional hardware fragmentation.
19. flynfree (Posts: 374; Member since: 09 Jun 2013)
Octa is not needed, quad is enough as long it is exynos 5420 with 4G LTE, like gnote2. I don't get why they will push the octa.
If it's dress with S800, still fine, but...pure exynos 5420 cpu for gnote 3 is much better. For me!
30. McLTE (Posts: 922; Member since: 18 Oct 2011)
I guess you don't understand that "octa" is really not 8 cores, but a dual quad configuration based on power needs.
35. flynfree (Posts: 374; Member since: 09 Jun 2013)
I know what you mean, my point is single quad cpu is enough for these tiny handset, the only problem for most high end phones we encounter are over heating and battery draining.
I guess, 2 dual core cpu are better ( dual a15 + dual a7 ), dual a15 for higher task, and a7 for low task, how about that!?
23. zennacko (unregistered)
Somehow I think that if this news spread across the globe, Samsung will have the hardest time ever trying to sell the first 4 million Note III manufactured... They should've announced the new Exynos when they were actually able to mass produce it with no problems at all, that's what I would do, because even if the hype train came by, I would have enough chips to feed them all and reap huge profits.


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Hurricane: When the Big One Hits
Aired June 8, 2002 - 20:00 ET
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The eye of the storm is going to be passing less than 40 miles above you.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Heads up.
JOHN ZARRELLA, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): When the big one is bearing down on you...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is going to be one of the big natural disasters in our nation's history.
ZARRELLA: ... what will you do? Pack up the family, the pets, and head for a shelter? Will you be trapped in gridlock? What if your evacuation route is cut off? If you stay to ride out the storm, will you live to cry about it? Do you have any idea absolute terror you will experience?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You ever heard the devil breathing down your neck? We had the devil here.
ZARRELLA: And the devil is coming again, perhaps sooner than you think.
AARON BROWN, HOST: Welcome to CNN PRESENTS. I'm Aaron Brown. Hurricanes to those paid to think about such things are technically speaking heat engines fueled by warm, moist air in tropical oceans.
And that's enough technical talk. To experience a hurricane, and we've lived through our share, is to understand with almost perfect clarity the power of nature and the limits of man. And right now, we are living in an era where major hurricanes are becoming more frequent, and our coastal regions are becoming more populated, more vulnerable. It's an equation for disaster. And we enter yet another Atlantic hurricane season now. Will we be prepared when the big one hits?
Here's CNN's John Zarrella.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) WALTER MAYSTREE, EMERGENCY MANAGER: People have to realize the power, the absolute brute power, of one of these storms. And if you haven't ever experienced it, you haven't ever seen it, there is no way for you to understand what you are really dealing with.
ZARRELLA: The year 1995, when storms were lined up like box cars across the Atlantic, marked the return to a period of more hurricanes -- and the doubling of major hurricanes, hurricanes like Mitch in 1998. Its floods and mudslides killed 9,000 people in Central America. And if scientists are right, $30 billion hurricane Andrew may soon lose its title as the most expensive natural disaster in U.S. history.
CHRIS LANDSEA, NOAA SCIENTIST: I think we will see a $50 billion hurricane in the next 10-20 years, it's almost without a doubt.
ZARRELLA: The increase in hurricanes, many scientist say, is caused by peiodic shifts in the climate. The main culprit is an increase of ocean temperature of a mere half a degree.
LANDSEA: A half a degree swing either way doesn't sound like much, but a hurricane is essentially a heat engine, and the more energy input, the stronger the hurricane has the potential to become.
ZARRELLA: This increased threat, the experts say, is likely to be with us for the next 10 to 40 years.
MAX MAYFIELD, DIR., NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER, MIAMI: There are a lot of reasons why I think we can still have a disaster from a hurricane in the United States.
ZARRELLA: Max Mayfield directs the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
MAYFIELD: It could be a bad forecast. It could be a late evacuation order, it could just be a simple matter of people not having a hurricane plan.
ZARRELLA: From a squat, concrete, stormproof building, Mayfield oversees a team of hurricane forecasters.
Every year from June to November, they watch, wait.
And perhaps most of all, they worry they will be caught off guard --ambushed, as they were by hurricane Keith. In a mere 12 hours, it exploded from a relatively weak hurricane into a brute killer, as it slammed into Belize and Central America.
MAYFIELD: If that had happened anywhere along the United States coastline, it would have been a disaster. Luckily it's not a very populated area. If that had happened in the United States, we'd likely be testifying before Congress.
ZARRELLA: Forecasters can track a tropical storm across the ocean.
They can tell when it grows into a hurricane.
(on camera): But two of the most critical questions, questions that may mean the difference between saving thousands of lives or losing them, they simply can't answer with confidence.
Where exactly is the hurricane going? And how powerful will it be when it gets there?
(voice-over): Every year, forecasters watch the drama play out in the Gulf of Mexico.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Teh aircraft now tells us that not only do we have winds that are hurricane-strenth to the east of the center...
ZARRELLA: This is Gordon, a tropical storm getting its act together. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We are still expecting that the primary impact from the hurricane will be anywhere from Appalachicola, Florida, around southward to at least Tampa.
ZARRELLA: But beyond that 400-mile guestimate, there was little certainly. Would Gordon stay weak, a category one or two storm? Or would it intensify into a major hurricane, category three, four, or five? Winds 110 miles an hour, or more.
MAYFIELD: Every time we sat down to make a forecast, we tried to make a perfect forcast. We know we can't do that. The atmosphere is very complex, we are doing the best we can with the materials that we have, and we are getting better, but we still have those limitations.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Florence is moving toward the northeast near 36 miles per hour.
ZARRELLA: Forecasts are based on data from an array of high technology. Weather satellites show hurricanes as they fluctuate in strength and size.
Specially equipped planes, hurricane hunters, fly into the storm sending back information on wind speed and barometric pressure. Their data is fed into several mathematical equations that compute the future path and intensity of the storms. The problem is the computer models rarely agree, leaving forecasters to make their best guess.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So the experts here at the National Hurricane Center, the first to admit that forecasting is an inexact science.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Stand by: Three, two, one.
MAYFIELD: Good evening, this is the 5:00 p.m. update on tropical storm Gordon.
ZARRELLA: Just a few hours before making landfall, Gordon falls apart.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's just been downgraded from a hurricane. But even false alarms become a dress rehearsal for the big one.
STANLEY GOLDENBERG, NOAA SCIENTIST: There is bound to be a major city impacted. And we could be talking about a real disaster of epic proportions on our hands.
ZARRELLA: And when it hits, the cost will be enormous. The value of coastal properties is at least $6.4 trillion, up sixfold in the last 20 years.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We are losing battle with development of the coastline. As I fly along the coastline of the Gulf and the Atlantic coast of the United States and see the developments right up to the water's edge there, I just shake my head.
ZARRELLA: Eighty-three million of us live on or near the coast between Maine and Texas. And because so much of population growth has occurred while big storms were relatively rare, the National Hurricane Center estimates that 85 percent of the people in potential danger have never experienced the full brunt of a big one.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: These people do not really know what a major hurricane can do, and that really concerns me.
ZARRELLA: Coming up, what to do with all the people, and what do they do if the only roads out of town are blocked.
ZARRELLA: The Florida Keys, the southernmost be point of continental United States. Bathed in natural beauty and dotted with wildlife preserves. Eighty-thousand people call it home; 15,000 more visit on a busy summer weekend.
And if the big one is coming, only two roads lead to safety.
It's August 22, 2000, and Hurricane Debbie is just north of Puerto Rico. It's close enough that Billy Wagner (ph) is worried. He's the emergency manager for Monroe County, the Florida Keys. He's come to the National Hurricane Center in Miami for the latest information.
BILLY WAGNER, MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER: See, I've got to worry about the southwest quarter.
ZARRELLA: The forecast is for Debbie to strengthen and take aim at South Florida. Some computer models say the Keys are a likely target in about three days. But with only two roads out of the Keys, Wagner needs more than 36 hours to evacuate.
But how much time? If he waits, Debbie might strengthen.
BILLY WAGNER, EMERGENCY MANAGER, FLORIDA KEYES: Of course, there's -- the category increase of four and five. I can assure you if these people won't get out we're going to lose thousands of them.
ZARRELLA: Within minutes Wagner learns evacuation is not possible. Both roads are blocked.
WAGNER: I have a jackknifed truck on Card Sound and a tanker truck that they've got to drill holes in to offload the fuel on U.S.- 1.
ZARRELLA: There's no way out to the mainland.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Boy, you ought to take pictures of this. We have (UNINTELLIGIBLE) evacuation. This would be the nightmare. This would be the real nightmare.
ZARRELLA: The next day, after the roads have been cleared, Wagner orders a phase one evacuation: Tourists and nonresidents. But within a couple hours of his decision, Hurricane Debbie, despite forecasts that it would strengthen, begins to fall apart. Wagner ends up taking a lot of heat. His decision hurt tourism. Would he do it again?
WAGNER: Absolutely. We'll do exactly the same, because our plans and procedures call for an evacuation at certain time frames. When we hit that threshold, then we make the decision and implement it.
ZARRELLA (on camera): Even in places where there are more than two roads out, emergency managers are deathly afraid of storm surge. Storm surge is a wall of water sometimes 50, even 100 miles long, and perhaps 20 feet high. It sweeps inland as the eye of a hurricane makes landfall.
(voice-over): But since the average error for tracking hurricanes is 100 miles, no one knows where the worst storm surge will hit.
BOB SHEETS, FORMER DIRECTOR, NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER: Again, in 24 hours, I can't tell if it's going to hit here, or here, or down here somewhere.
ZARRELLA: That's why emergency managers have to over-evacuate.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: As (UNINTELLIGIBLE) moves slowly in from the Gulf, high winds herald the approach of gales up to 170 miles an hour.
ZARRELLA: A generation ago, the system actually worked pretty well.
SHEETS: Back in the '40s and '50s and '60s, if we gave people 12 hours of warnings, that was sufficient.
ZARRELLA: Bob Sheets is a former director of the National Hurricane Center.
SHEETS: All you did was protected your property in some way, board it up if you had that. And you could do that almost in any community along our coastline.
ZARRELLA: Not anymore. The coastal building boom has dramatically altered what was a simple equation. Since 1950, the population of coastal counties has doubled. With more people come more cars, often more than the roads can handle.
In 1999, Hurricane Floyd moved north along the Atlantic Coast, and triggered the largest evacuation in the nation's history. From Florida to the Carolinas, millions left their homes, only to be trapped in gridlock.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's taken us four and a half hours to go eight miles.
ZARRELLA: Many were people who weren't asked or ordered to leave, but were afraid to stay. They added to the bumper-to-bumper mess.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I've never seen this happen before. Our lives is (sic) at stake, and then this has to happen. Why?
ZARRELLA: Floyd weakened before striking land.
Next time might be different.
MAYFIELD: I really fear that some day we're going to have people stuck in their cars in a gridlock as the core of a major hurricane moves onshore. If they're stuck in their car and that storm surge comes in, there will be loss of life from drowning.
ZARRELLA: With so many people trying to flee, some experts say mass evacuation has become more of a problem than a solution.
SHEETS: We've done, in my opinion, done too much evacuation and are doing too much evacuation.
ZARRELLA: Some experts say we could cut down on evacuation gridlock by including storm-proof shelters in new developments.
SHEETS: Every new community that goes up, whenever you give it the permitting process for this development, they ought to be required to have a shelter right on the site.
ZARRELLA: But right now, many people have to rely on big government buildings for shelters, usually schools.
When we come back, why many of those shelters may not be safe.
ZARRELLA: 80-year-old Kaye Cole and her neighbor, 78-year-old Brownie Jordan, live in a mobile home park in Pasco County on Florida's West Coast. Their lightweight houses are vulnerable to the wind of even the weakest hurricane.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Now, this is where Brownie lives, right here.
BROWNIE JORDAN, RETIRED STEEL WORKER: Now, if this starts to go, forget it, because these tin cans are gone. You aren't going to save any of them.
ZARRELLA: That's why their community and dozens like that are mandatory evacuation zones. But where should they go? Kaye, a retired nurse from New York, lives alone. There is no one to turn to for help, if she has to evacuate.
(on camera): Do you have friends you can go to that have a brick house somewhere?
KAY COLE, RETIRED NURSE: No, I'm down here, I have a cousin that lives here in the park. That's the only relative I have down here.
ZARRELLA (voice-over): Brownie is a tough old Pennsylvania steel worker. He isn't worried about himself; his soft spot is for Abby (ph). They've been married for 56 years.
JORDAN: I have got a wife with a heart condition. I want to find a place that she's going to be safe, if I can.
ZARRELLA: For a safe haven, they look to the county's emergency manager, Michelle Baker, but she has little to offer.
MICHELLE BAKER, PASCO COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER: When people ask me, is Pasco County prepared for a hurricane, I say no.
ZARRELLA: How could a community so vulnerable to hurricanes be unprepared?
(on camera): In Pasco County and just about any place in the hurricane belt, schools are typically used as shelters, but there is a problem. Emergency managers are discovering that many of the schools they relied on may not be as safe as they thought. As a result, there is a deficit. Too many people, not enough shelters.
(voice-over): Questions about safety began in 1985, after Hurricane Elena hit the Gulf Coast. Several shelters were damaged.
At one school, 400 people had to be rescued by Marines in armored personnel carriers. There were more shelter problems in 1989 when Hurricane Hugo hit South Carolina. Storm surge flooded a school, forcing more than 200 people to stand chest deep in water or scramble on the tables for safety. And in 1998, at least two more shelters were damaged in Mississippi, when Hurricane George tore through the region.
PETER SPARKS, CIVIL ENGINEER: There are big buildings, they are not necessarily solid buildings.
ZARRELLA: Professor Peter Sparks, a civil engineer, has studied the use of schools as shelters.
SPARKS: A lot of these schools are just a set of parts that have been put together in the hope that they will form a satisfactory structural system. They are not designed as emergency shelters.
ZARRELLA: Most shelters are selected by local emergency managers, but staffed by volunteers from the American Red Cross, the federally-chartered relief agency. Now, in a change of policy, the Red Cross says it will not staff shelters that fail its new strict safety standards.
JOHN CLIZBE, AMERICAN RED CROSS: By making it clear that we aren't going to manage that shelter or staff it, it's a way of both keeping our own people safe or communicating to the community that we don't believe it is a safe place to be.
ZARRELLA: When inspectors applied the Red Cross standards in Pasco County, most of the shelters, schools that are safe in normal weather, flunked the test. Walls not reinforced with steel. Windows and doors vulnerable to wind.
ZARRELLA (on camera): Is it a liability concern?
BAKER: If the state said it wasn't safe and my contractor said it wasn't safe and we made the decision to open the shelter, I believe we would be liable.
ZARRELLA (voice-over): One of the shelters scratched off the list is Zepper Hills (ph) high school. This is where Kaye, Brownie, his wife Abby (ph) and their neighbors in the mobile home park were supposed to go. Not anymore.
JORDAN: You bet it concerns me, because we were feeling that that was like a secure place, and it isn't far. It would take only a short time to get there.
ZARRELLA: Without Zepper Hills (ph), they might have to drive to another shelter, 25 miles away on a two-lane road.
COLE: There is no way we'd get out there. And by the time we got out there, it would be full.
ZARRELLA (on camera): So, what are you going to do?
COLE: I'm going nowhere. I am going to take my chances. I got nothing else to do.
JORDAN: If I get trapped here, the first thing I do is go back to my house. I have a ditch, and that would be better than the house.
ZARRELLA: What happens to this population that you have that refuses to leave?
BAKER: They die, and that's the bottom line.
ZARRELLA (voice-over): But how safe are people in shelters? This test at Clemson University's engineering department demonstrates how hurricane winds can turn ordinary debris into guided missiles, and it shows what it takes to protect the shelter's windows and doors. Half-inch strand board is nothing. Five-eighth inch plywood is stronger, but not strong enough.
It takes an inch of plywood, or its equivalent, to be safe. BAKER: Here we have these nice wide open corridors.
ZARRELLA: As an alternative to boarding up windows and doors, Michelle Baker is scrambling for money to install special screens, strong enough to repel wind-blown debris.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is designed to take back tens of thousands of pounds of pressure.
ZARRELLA: With adequate protection, some of the schools can again be used as shelters. But until that's done, Baker says she has no alternative now but to take a chance with unapproved buildings staffed as best she can with county workers. It's safer, she believes, than having people tough it out at home when the big one hits.
BAKER: They've got to evacuate when we are talking about a major hurricane. There is no ifs, ands or buts. Their lives are literally at stake.
ZARRELLA: Coming up: What is it worth to protect New Orleans? The federal agency that would foot the bill doesn't know.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That's because no one has effectively given me a cost or value of a human life.
ZARRELLA (voice-over): New Orleans is home to some of the best music, best food, and best parties in the country. But it is one of the worst places in the country to be if a major hurricane hits.
WALTER MAYSTREE, JEFFERSON PARISH EMERGENCY MANAGER: We're really talking about potential catastrophe.
ZARRELLA: Walter Maystree is the emergency manager for Jefferson Parish, a New Orleans suburb equally vulnerable to hurricanes.
MAYSTREE: We pray it doesn't happen. You know, we're the one government agency in the world that gets to pray a lot.
ZARRELLA: His apocalyptic vision is a region without clean water or a working sewer system for months; electricity gone. From the bayous, alligators blown into the streets. From the coastal wetlands, nutria: 20-pound rodents. And worst of all: The stench of death.
(on camera): Tell me it's not true the numbers we've heard -- 20,000, 30,000, maybe -- conservative estimates of the death toll you could have in New Orleans.
MAYSTREE: I wish I could tell you that. I can't. You know, realistically there is the potential for that kind of catastrophic loss of life.
ZARRELLA (voice-over): New Orleans is at risk because the city is below sea level; a bowl with water on three sides: The Gulf of Mexico, the Mississippi River and Lake Ponchartrain. In a major hurricane, the storm surge could be higher than the levees and floodwalls that surround the city.
MAYSTREE: If a storm comes along and tops them, then we create instead of Lake Ponchartrain, Lake New Orleans.
KING (on camera): So just how high could the water get? This quiet, tree-lined neighborhood sits on the lowest ground in New Orleans, some 10 feet below sea level. Emergency managers say the storm surge from a big hurricane would submerge all the one-story houses, and quite possibly all the two-story homes as well.
(voice-over): The best defense is mass evacuation. But emergency managers know thousands of people cannot, or will not, leave.
76-year-old Walter Beckham (ph) doesn't own a car.
(on camera): What if they said you had to leave the city?
WALTER BECKHAM: I don't know. Go somewhere and get in the basement, I guess.
ZARRELLA (voice-over): Others underestimate the danger, like 80- year-old Gordon Laport (ph).
GORDON LAPORT: I got a boat in the backyard. I'd float it, and have it tied on top of my roof as high as I could.
ZARRELLA: People who stay risk drowning. The first 10 feet of water rises quickly.
MAYSTREE: You know, a guy says, well, I'll go into my attic if the water starts to rise. And so he gets to the attic and he can't get out.
ZARRELLA: If the storm comes at night...
MAYSTREE: Many people who chose not leave are going to simply drown in their beds, and never even realize what happened.
ZARRELLA: On weekends, the town is jammed with tourists.
MAYSTREE: Very possible in that scenario that the French Quarter becomes one massive tomb.
ZARRELLA: History has forced New Orleans to try and protect itself. After 1965, when Hurricane Betsy killed 61 people and flooded New Orleans, the Army corps of engineers built hurricane levees and floodwalls. They are high enough for the frequent, relatively small hurricanes, but not high enough for the big ones.
The corps is studying what it would take to raise them. Engineer Al Naomi.
AL NAOMI, ENGINEER: I think it's going to be in the billions; in the billions of dollars. I don't know how much. Depends on the plans we come up with; but it's going to be very expensive.
ZARRELLA: Expensive, and decades away from completion.
JOE BUHEVDA, LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY: We have a potential disaster.
ZARRELLA: That's why coastal oceanographer Joe Buhevda wants a quicker, cheaper solution. He proposes walling off just one-third of the city to create a safe haven.
BUHEVDA: And then unflooded would be this area that would be behind the floodwall.
ZARRELLA: The giant floodwall will run alongside major highways.
(on camera): Everything on that side of wall would be under water. On this side would essentially be a Noah's Ark.
(voice-over): The area would include hospitals, government buildings and the French Quarter. But primarily, it would be a shelter.
BUHEVDA: It is a lower-cost alternative that directly addresses the need to protect people.
ZARRELLA: Traditionally the corps of engineers pays for most of a flood control project if the benefits exceed the cost. And how does the corps measure the benefits? By calculating the value of lost property and commerce. It does not include loss of life.
NAOMI: That's because no one has effectively given me a cost or value of a human life. And until somebody can do that, it's very hard to say -- I mean, one human life lost is too many.
MAYSTREE: Lives have to matter. And to talk about economic befit and not including lives -- individual's lives is ridiculous, because whose economic benefit are we talking about?
ZARRELLA: A decision on what to build and how to pay for it is at least five years away, and will require approval by Congress.
While the chance of a major hurricane hitting New Orleans is only about 3 percent a year, emergency managers worry their luck will run out.
Since 1965, six major hurricanes have come perilously close. New Orleans hasn't dodged a bullet, it's dodged a bomb.
MAYSTREE: One day it's coming. We don't know when, we don't know where, we don't know how, but it's coming.
ZARRELLA: So did Sieur de Bienville, the French explorer who founded the city, make a mistake?
BUHEVDA: Well, from one perspective no, because the city has been here for 250 years and it's a wonderful place. From the perspective of everybody who's got responsibility to deal with hurricanes and emergencies? Absolutely. I'd have a lot more hair if he had gone someplace else.
ZARRELLA: When we come back: Is there a way to take the punch out of nature's most powerful storms?
ZARRELLA: This is how some people think we should get rid of hurricanes. Nuke'em!
HUGH WILLOUGHBY, HURRICANE RESEARCHER: It's a terrible idea.
ZARRELLA: The suggestion comes several times a year, unsolicited, to Hugh Willoughby, director of NOAA's hurricane research division.
WILLOUGHBY: Hurricanes are pretty bad without making them radioactive too.
ZARRELLA: But for decades, scientists have seriously toyed with ways to attack the storms?
NARRATOR: Is there a way? Project Storm Fury, a joint venture of NOAA, the Navy and the Air Force is designed to try to find one.
ZARRELLA: Project Storm Fury was a bold attempt to find the Achilles' heel in nature's most powerful storm. It was the brain child of Bob Simpson, one of the world's preeminent meteorologists.
BOB SIMPSON, METEOROLOGIST: There was big science and we were applying more resources than had ever been done before.
ZARRELLA: In a hurricane, wind moves counterclockwise, with the strongest wind in the wall of clouds around the eye. The storms behave like a spinning ice skater, the tighter she pulls in, the faster she goes. Storm Fury scientists want to force the eye wall to spread out as a way to slow the spinning winds.
The plan of attack was to seed clouds in the hurricane with silver iodine and force precipitation. Making rain would release heat, which, in turn, might disrupt the flow of wind and call the eye wall to fall apart. If the eye wall reformed with a larger radius, the winds would slow down.
Joe Golden, now a senior government scientist, was a graduate student working with Storm Fury in its early days. He remembers learning from the pilots that the research planes would be pushed to the limit into potential danger.
JOE GOLDEN, FORMER MEMBER OF PROJECT FURY: Do I really want to be here? That's what my reaction was. Do I really want to be here? ZARRELLA: But excitement won out.
GOLDEN: Everybody involved knew that this was -- we were blazing some new trails here. This was cutting edge science.
ZARRELLA: The experiments began in 1961.
SIMPSON: We felt that we had, through the first three to four experiments, gotten very encouraging results.
ZARRELLA: Even a small reduction in wind speed would be significant.
GOLDEN: 10 to 15 percent reduction in wind speed, the damage reduction on that is in the millions of dollars for every hurricane.
ZARRELLA: But the research made officials nervous. What if cloud-heating backfired, caused a hurricane to strengthen?
SIMPSON: After each experiment, we had more and more constraints put on us as to where we could seed.
ZARRELLA: In 1969, the work seemed to pay off. Project Storm Fury seeded a strong hurricane twice. Both times, the eye wall changed, and the wind slowed as much as 30 percent. It was the strongest evidence yet that cloud seeding could work.
SIMPSON: I was overjoyed. I said, now we're ready, we're getting a really clear-cut example of what appears to be a response to the seeding.
ZARRELLA: Bob Sheets, who later directed Storm Fury, says news of the success generated public interest and support.
SHEETS: There was a strong push from people to say, "you must go out and seed a storm if it's heading toward Miami Beach. In fact, you're be in derelict of your duties if you don't."
ZARRELLA: But Storm Fury also had critics. The government of Mexico charged that tempering with hurricanes would deprive Mexican agriculture of rain. Fidel Castro fueled anti-American sentiment with accusations that Storm Fury would divert hurricanes into Cuba. And when Hurricane Fifi hit Honduras, there was immediate suspicion that American research was to blame, a charge that was laid to rest.
SHEETS: Fortunately for us, in 1974, when Fifi occurred, we did no flying into hurricanes, period.
ZARRELLA: There were also challenges to the science of Storm Fury. As researchers learned more about the natural fluctuations of hurricanes, some questioned whether the cloud seeding had any effect. Storm Fury was on the defensive.
SHEETS: What we were never able to document, was it a result of the actual seeding, or was it a natural sequence of events that took place. ZARRELLA: The Storm Fury scientists fought for money year after year, but the combination of concerns over liability, political relations with U.S. neighbors and challenges to the underlying theory were too much. Storm Fury was shut down in 1983, with inconclusive results and with a ripple effect on other research.
SIMPSON: It essentially ended up drying up all government funds for weather modification research, and I think that that was wrong.
ZARRELLA: Now, nearly 20 years later, a report by the National Academy of Sciences says our understanding of weather has improved enough that weather modification research should resume, including hurricanes. The call for government funding raises hopes once again of finding tiny triggers that would make an invincible storm vulnerable.
SIMPSON: I think we should be looking for the small areas where we can make a difference. And in many small individual areas, we may make a lot of differences.
ZARRELLA: When we come back.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The hurricane watch is extended from (UNINTELLIGIBLE).
ZARRELLA: Can experts learn enough to prevent a tragedy, like the 1935 hurricane that claimed hundreds of lives?
ZARRELLA: The most powerful hurricane ever to hit the U.S. mauled the Florida Keys on Labor Day, 1935. Warnings went out and a train from Miami was sent to bring people to the mainland. But the wind, 200 miles an hour, blew the train off its tracks.
WILLOUGHBY: And the train picked the folks up, but never made it back to Miami.
ZARRELLA: No one at the weather bureau predicted how rapidly the storm would intensify. Hundreds of people were washed away and died.
WILLOUGHBY: They didn't have a good idea where it was going the hit, how strong it was going to be, or that all these people were going to die.
ZARRELLA: Hugh Willoughby, who directs NOAH's hurricane research division, says forecasters today are not much better at figuring out which storms will intensify.
WILLOUGHBY: The fact of the matter is, the science is not there to handle these situations.
ZARRELLA: October, 1995, hurricane Opal is in the Gulf of Mexico, a category two storm, relatively weak. WILLOUGHBY: It was a minor hurricane and it was a long ways away. They weren't calling for an evacuation at all. For the media, Opal is barely on the radar. A more exciting story dominates the news.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Mr. Simpson, would you please stand and face the jury?
ZARRELLA: The Gulf Coast goes to bed with the acquittal.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Not guilty of the crime of murder.
ZARRELLA: It wakes up with a monster storm, almost a category five heading its way.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: People did get more or less blindsided by the rapid development of this hurricane overnight.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Massive evacuation of all residences within 500 yards of shore...
ZARRELLA: One hundred thousand people raced to evacuate.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They're all in a hurry. It is all bumper to bumper. Everybody is mad at one another. It is a war out there right now.
ZARRELLA: Opal weakens just before landfall. Had it not, some experts envisioned victims trapped on a highway of death.
WILLOUGHBY: Frankly, the failure to forecast rapid intensification is the way the next hurricane catastrophe is going to happen unless we learn how to do it.
ZARRELLA (on camera): Predicting which hurricanes will grow and which will fizzle is one of the big challenges in meteorology.
But many experts say that without increased spending on research, the answers will be hard to find.
(voice-over): They point the hurricane Bret, which hit Texas in 1999. NOAA research planes were in the air just as the storm exploded.
WILLOUGHBY: This is actually the flight track of the airplane. This is good data and a valuable step on the road of understanding what goes in rapid intensification.
ZARRELLA: But two years after the storm, Willoughby's staff is just beginning to analyze the information. The delay, he says, is a result of a budget that has not increased in nearly 20 years.
WILLOUGHBY: We've been losing staff, and a lot of times they were people who were leaders in the organization and not replacing them. ZARRELLA: Many scientists say forecasts will improve when they can improve the mathematical models that run on computers. Money for that effort has also been hard to get. About a year ago four government agencies tried. They proposed a joint effort and a 10 million a year budget increase for 5 years.
The project is entering its second year, getting about one-fourth of what the agencies said they needed.
In contrast, earthquake research gets seven times as much federal money as hurricanes, according to a 1995 study. That's in large part because Congress passed a law that created a stable base of funding to study quakes.
SHEETS: We ought to be able to do that with Texas, and Florida and North Carolina. Those three states ought to be able to put together a similar act for the hurricane program and keep stable funding.
ZARRELLA: But others say a big infusion of research money will only come after a catastrophe.
GRAY: Then money will be thrown at the problem. People will jump to get that money, many with not much background in the field. And the money won't be spent as well.
ZARRELLA: While more accurate forecasts may, some day, provide more credible warnings and limit the economic damage from over evacuating, they will not stop hurricanes. That's why the experts warn, don't wait on science or government. Paradise will never be perfect.
BAKER: Government cannot meet your every need on a daily basis and in a disaster we certainly are not going to be able to.
MAYFIELD: Take that individual responsibility. Develop your own hurricane plan. Know what you're vulnerable to, know exactly what you are going to do the next time a hurricane comes.
ZARRELLA: But to a large degree it's not happening. A Red Cross poll found that 50 percent of people living where hurricanes are most likely to hit, have neither a home disaster supply kit, nor a plan for evacuation.
If there's anything worse than an era of more frequent and more powerful hurricanes, it may be the news that so many of us are not prepared for the big one.
BROWN: Like six of the last seven Atlantic hurricane seasons, this year's expected to be a busy one. Six to eight hurricanes are forecasted, and that would be an above-average season.
But if you're wondering whether the frequency of today's hurricanes has anything to do with global warming -- experts who study hurricane cycles say this is one thing that probably can't be blamed on the greenhouse effect.
That's this edition of CNN PRESENTS. I'm Aaron Brown. Thanks for joining us. We'll see you next week.
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Every once in a while, our sales staff gets an email reminder to make sure that customers really measure the size of the opening when buying a refrigerator.
Unfortunately, the reminder comes on the heels of enough deliveries of refrigerators that failed to fit into a customer's space that it merited mention. And that's too many.
Laugh now, but you'd be surprised how easy it is to make the mistake of thinking your refrigerator size is "standard" or that you've properly measured your space.
Once you give us accurate dimensions, we'll help you find a fridge to fit. A good rule of thumb is at least 1/2-inch larger opening than the refrigerator. This allows for stuff you just can't see, like unlevel flooring and bowing refrigerator sides, to name a few.
There are oddities that you just might not consider…
I can't believe I'm admitting this, but my new refrigerator (installed New Year's Eve) only fit because our delivery crews are like the appliance version of Bear Grylls: amazing in difficult situations. I measured the width of my opening from my lower cabinet, never dreaming that the upper cabinet actually narrowed my space by about an inch — weird.
Also, I forgot that having a bottom freezer means that the drawer now would pull straight out instead of a door swinging over, meaning that the window frame on the opposite side of the cabinets a few inches in front of my refrigerator would basically block that function. Because of the narrower width of the upper cabinet, I couldn't just move my fridge to the left. Oops.
Thankfully, the crew was able to subtly shift the refrigerator, say, 15 degrees.
You don't notice that my fridge isn't straight, and the drawer cheats the window frame by a hair 🙂
So, even Appliance Retail Royalty make mistakes in their measurements. Be thorough.


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Irrigation system backflow prevention devices are used to protect water supplies from contamination or pollution.
Irrigation backflow devices are designed for installation on potable water lines to protect against both back-siphonage and back-pressure of contaminated water into the potable water supply. Backflow assemblies provide protection where potential health hazards exist.
Sprinkler system backflow prevention devices are safety mechanisms to prevent contaminants from entering water supplies. These devices connect to your sprinkler system and are an important safety feature. They are required by law in many areas, but even if not required, they are still a good idea. The on and off valves included in sprinkler systems are not enough to prevent backflow. These valves can break or develop leaks, and if this happens to a sprinkler system without a backflow preventer device, all the chemicals from the irrigation water (fertilizers, pesticides, animal wastes, etc.) will flow back into the water supply. The chemicals in irrigation systems are potentially toxic and can be hazardous or even deadly. Our
Sprinkler School is a great source for additional information on backflow prevention and devices, how they protect our water supply, and choosing a backflow device.
Backflow prevention devices are offered in four different types here at Sprinkler Warehouse: Double Check Valve Assemblies, Pressure Vacuum Breaker assemblies, Reduced Pressure Zone Assemblies, and Atmospheric Vacuum Breakers. Each type is suited to different needs, from small home lawn irrigation systems to large commercial property irrigation.
Double check valve assemblies (DCVA) are the most commonly approved type of device for inline underground sprinkler systems, and a good choice for interior or underground installations. These backflow preventers are less susceptible to frost damage because they are usually installed below ground or in a basement. This makes sprinkler system winterization much simpler. Double check assemblies are also less expensive than reduced pressure zone assemblies. However, double check valve assemblies are not approved as a backflow prevention device for water systems containing hazardous substances. There is some debate as to whether irrigation systems contain hazardous substances (chemicals or toxins which pose a serious health risk), or water which is merely objectionable (looks, tastes, or smells bad, but doesn't pose a health risk). Double check assemblies are generally considered safe for sprinkler systems which do not have chemicals injected into the water.
Pressure vacuum breaker assemblies (PVBA) are the most commonly used and least expensive type of whole-system backflow prevention valve. The benefits of this type of sprinkler backflow preventer valve are its low cost and simplicity. These assemblies are easy to install, maintain, and repair. Some models of pressure vacuum breaker assemblies include built-in freeze protection valves; however, pressure vacuum breakers only protect the assembly itself, not the water lines. These breakers will also occasionally eject some water, so it is important to purchase a spill-resistant model for indoor installation, or for any area where water spillage would create a nuisance. Air gap drains are also required when installing indoors.
Reduced pressure zone assemblies (RPZ), also sometimes called reduced pressure principle assemblies, are the industry standard for any type of commercial property, including apartment buildings and condominiums, because they provide the highest level of protection against pollutants and toxins. Reduced pressure zone assemblies are the most expensive and complicated backflow valves to install; however, when installed correctly, these are the safest and most reliable backflow valves available. They are also usable for any type of plumbing or water system which requires a backflow device, not just irrigation systems.
Atmospheric vacuum breakers (AVB) are the simplest design of backflow preventer. If you have less than six control valves, they are also the least expensive option. These devices are not designed as a whole-system backflow prevention valve; one must be installed at every control valve.
In addition to backflow prevention valves, Sprinkler Warehouse also carries a wide assortment of backflow prevention accessories. These accessories include backflow prevention system attachments, backflow device enclosures, test kits, and repair parts.
Backflow prevention system attachments include Y-type strainers and Aqualine hose-end vacuum breakers. Y-type strainers are filters which protect backflow devices by filtering sediment from the system. Hose-end vacuum breakers attach to the end of your garden hose to prevent water which has passed through it from re-entering the system.
Backflow prevention device enclosures provide everything from theft-prevention to heated insulation. If you are concerned about theft of your backflow device (which can be an issue, especially during unexpected cold snaps when everyone�s backflow devices break and supplies are limited), or you want to winterize your backflow device with a heated insulation enclosure, or you simply want something more pleasing to the eye than a pipe sticking out of the ground, our backflow device enclosures are the thing for you.
Backflow prevention test kits and repair parts are a must for the avid do-it-yourselfer. Our backflow test kits are compatible with all reduced pressure principle, double check valve, spill resistant, and pressure vacuum breaker type backflow preventers. All our kits are compact and portable, and come with the necessary gauges, hoses, and adapter fittings. Sprinkler Warehouse also supplies backflow prevention repair parts compatible with double check assemblies, pressure vacuum breakers, and reduced pressure assemblies, from a variety of manufacturers.


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Arkad wrote:It isn't clear what is meant by ADM Rogers' comment here. Does this mean he doesn't think the organizations are ready for the split/separation?
He remains of the mind that the organizations are not yet ready. As he stated publicly many times, "NSA doesn't need CYBERCOM, but CYBERCOM most definitely needs NSA."
I'd love to have been a fly on the wall during the conversations with his four-star colleagues when this was discussed.


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Catmoon,catmoon wrote:I am worried the people here are putting jhana up on some inaccessible pedestal.
I assert that it is accessible, at least the first few jhanas, and accessible to the average practioner as well.
I agree. I suspect the rupa jhanas are probably attainable by a diligent practitioner, but I'm not certain what "average practitioner" means in this context.
Regards: AdvaitaJ


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itsolinc needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 87 designs submitted by 24 freelance designers.
Who we are:
We are a team of insurance experts who want to create the most comprehensive, the best, modern car insurance website online.
Why we want to create a website:
We are convinced that current car insurance websites are outdated and there is room for a website that can help consumers find information they are looking for and in an easy to use modern website. User interface of most car insurance websites makes people think where to click to find information they are looking for.
People in the United States ages 18 and up.
For requirements I will show what I like in different websites and each of these feature in that website that should be on our website.
Not all these websites are related to car insurance, but we want to show them to you as example of websites that we like and want them to be an inspiration for this new website that we want you to design.
http://www.farmers.com/ (we like that quote box stands out on this website. On our website create a quote box that stands out.)
http://www.lifeinsuranceagency.com/ (we like that this website has enough space for a lot of text. We will have a lot of text on our website. Have enough space for text on our website.)
http://www.mino.pl/ (we like social media icons of this website. Add these to our website.)
http://www.pscars.com/ (we like the bottom of the website where the map of US is. This is a great section to have on our website where we can add links and map of us. We want our footer to look similar.)
http://www.vehix.com/ (we like that background color fades. We want to have background color (any) that fades.)
http://rememble.com/ (we like the font of this website. Use this kind of font for our website.)
http://www.2insure4less.com/ (we like that this website shows VeriSign, McAfee, Compare Rates from Insurance Companies. we want to have VeriSign, McAfee, Compares Rates from Insurance Companies sections on our website. Add these to our website.)
http://annuityratesquotes.com/ (we like the how it works section. Add similar How it Works to our website.)
Also pleasure see page details for requirements.
We only require that you design 1 page, home page of the website.
Top menu should have the following links:
Car Insurance 101
Coverage Types
How To Save
How to Choose
Ask a Question
Add a testimonial somewhere on the website. Use any text for the testimonial, we will change it to real testimonial later.
Use any text for the body of the website. We will change the text later.
Website should have images related to car insurance (cars, people).
We don't have a logo yet. Don't worry about the logo, just put the name of the website.
Our website is brand new. We don't have an existing design.
See requirements.


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October 23, 2010
The 2010-2011 swimming and diving season started this weekend for the Little Giant program with the Wabash competing at the annual North Coast Athletic Conference Relays. The Little Giants finished seventh out of nine teams.
Wabash posted four top-ten finishes. Adam Barnes, David Phillips, and Chad Woods combined to finish eighth in the 1500-yard freestyle relay with a time of 15:09.08. The quartet of David Birrer, Bradley Wise, Adam Current, and Logan Falley took ninth place in the 200-yard butterfly relay with a time of 1:39.63. Little Giant divers Jake Schild and Jacob Anderson finished third in both the one- and three-meter diving competitions. The duo combined to score 297.20 points on the one-meter board and 244.25 points in the three-meter event.
The Little Giants scored a total of 76 points. Denison won the team competition with 168 points, followed by Kenyon (160), Allegheny (98), Hiram (84), Wittenberg (82), and Wooster (78). Oberlin (70), and Ohio Wesleyan (48) completed the team scoring.
Wabash returns to action on Friday, October 29 with a dual meet against Kalamazoo College. The meet will take place at the Notre Dame pool in South Bend, Indiana with Saint Mary's College serving as hosts for the meet.


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'Game of Thrones' Season 3: Set Pics Reveal Two Major New Characters
'Game of Thrones' makes for one of our favorite and least favorite series on TV these days, given how long news takes to emerge and how worth the wait each season eventually feels. Filming continues abroad in preparation of a March 31 debut, but there's little hiding from set photos, particularly when fans want a glimpse of new characters! So who's ready to meet Daario Naharis and Missandei, two major new faces from 'Game of Thrones' season 3?
The wait for 'Game of Thrones' season 3 feels ever longer with each passing day, but we make do when set pictures and candids emerge from production. The latest looks from the Morocco set (courtesy of actor Rickard Nordstrand's Twitter account) not only bring us more looks at Daenerys Targaryen and Ser Jorah Mormont, but also new characters Daario Naharis (Ed Skrein) and Missandei (Nathalie Emmanuel)!
For those unfamiliar with the characters, Captain Daario Naharis and his band of mercenaries (the Stormcrows) will find themselves in the employ of Daenerys Targaryen in season 3. As predicted, however, HBO's adaptation seems to have eschewed the book character's flashy dress, dyed-blue hair and beard braided into three points. Missandei acts as Daenerys' servant and translator in these affairs.
Check out the brand new photos below, and tell us if you feel cheated by the character's new look in the comments! What 'Song of Ice and Fire' aspects do you hope make it into 'Game of Thrones' season 3?


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Join the weekly Classic Castle set review discussion. Please post your opinions on the set play ability, piece selection, design, etc. Which sets stand up to our catapult of critique and which ones crumble in shame!
This week's set is 15 Castle Mini-Figures.
This six pack of figures was one of two sets released in 1983. 15 is one of the most rare castle sets and was released in the United States. The set features four knights and two soldiers with accessories. Similar knights and soldiers can be found in sets 383 and 677.
Evidence of this set can only be found in catalogs so there is some debate on the leg and hip colors of these figures. LEGO does not have a copy of this set in their "vault" at Billund.


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ATHENS, Ga. (Dec. 1, 2008) - The Georgia women's basketball team entered Monday night's contest on the verge of making history, and after walking away with a 77-57 victory over the ETSU Lady Bucs inside Stegeman Coliseum, the Lady Bulldogs did just that as they joined an elite group of collegiate programs.
With the victory,
Junior post Devin Thompson (
The Lady Bucs kept it close early in the first half as they trailed by three, 11-8, after Belcher nailed a jumper with 15:03 on the clock; however, things quickly went south for ETSU as the size of
For the half, ETSU made only nine of its 32 shot attempts and missed all 10 off its shots from beyond the arc.
Georgia used the first 10 minutes of the second half to extended its 19-point halftime lead to 25, 57-32, when Robinson laid one in for her 15th point of game. Despite having Thompson showcase a season-best performance it was still not enough to chip into the Lady Bulldog lead. Thompson scored 10 of the first 13 second half points for ETSU, but Georgia still led by 21 after the
Again poor shooting hurt the Lady Bucs' chances for pulling off the upset against the perennial SEC power. For the game ETSU shot a season-low 30.3 percent (20-of-66) and the Lady Buccaneers have yet to eclipse the 40-percent clip on the year. In addition, the Lady Bucs didn't record a 3-pointer, going 0-for-11 in 40 minutes of play. On the other hand,
The Lady Bucs have little time to dwell on this loss as they gear up for their quest of a second straight Atlantic Sun Championship run, beginning Friday evening at Mercer. ETSU's conference-opening tip is set for 5 p.m. inside the
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It's been such a busy month that I almost forgot this TWD post was even due! Good thing I caught myself. And good thing for you because I experimented a bit and came up with a fun, festive, scrumptious biscotti. Enter: Cranberry Pistachio Biscotti.
For the month of October, we actually have three recipe options to choose from. But due to time, I decided to go with the last post due for the month, which was a Recipe Rewind. This meant that the TWDers got a second chance to make a recipe that got bypassed in earlier months.
I absolutely adore the sweet and salty flavors in this biscotti, which isn't too overly sweet nor plain tasting. However, next time around I'll add a white chocolate drizzle because 1) it's pretty 2) I do like my biscotti a touch more sweet and 3) because I can. So there. How festively holiday would that look though?! Right? Right.
Homemade and Wholesome or Baking with Boys for the Hazelnut Biscotti recipe. And if you decide to go my route, check out my notes below for the measurements I used.
And be sure to check out the other TWD members' posts, they're always a good time!
On to November! .
- Instead of using the hazelnuts, I used a scant 1/3 cup of both the pistachios and cranberries. Depending on your preference, you can add or decrease this amount. Also, don't be afraid to try any combination you like. Get crazy!


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September 29, 2011
Contact: Bryan Hubbard
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Mortgage Delinquencies Rose During Second Quarter of 2011
WASHINGTON—The performance of first-lien mortgages serviced by large national banks and federal savings associations declined slightly during the second quarter of 2011, according to a report released today by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC).
The quarterly OCC Mortgage Metrics Report showed that 88 percent of the 32.7 million loans in the portfolio were current and performing at the end of the second quarter, down from 88.6 percent at the end of the first quarter, but up from 87.3 percent a year earlier. The decline in portfolio quality is mainly attributable to an increase in early stage delinquencies—mortgages 30-to-59 days delinquent—which increased 0.4 percent from the previous quarter to represent 3 percent of the servicing portfolio. The increase in early stage delinquencies reflects seasonal effects as well as a sluggish economy and elevated unemployment. The percentage of mortgages that were seriously delinquent, as well as mortgages that were 60 or more days delinquent and delinquent mortgages to bankrupt borrowers, increased slightly to 4.9 percent of the portfolio from 4.8 percent in the first quarter of 2011, after decreasing during each of the previous five quarters. While early stage delinquencies and serious delinquencies both increased from the previous quarter, they decreased from a year earlier.
The percentage of mortgages that were in the process of foreclosure remained steady at 4 percent of the mortgages serviced by the reporting banks and savings associations. Although completed foreclosures decreased by more than 30 percent from a year earlier and increased only 1.2 percent from the previous quarter, completed foreclosures may continue to increase in future quarters as a large number of foreclosures work through the process and alternatives to foreclosure are exhausted.
Mortgage servicers continued to seek alternatives to foreclosure for delinquent borrowers in the second quarter, implementing 456,397 home retention actions compared with 287,145 new foreclosure proceedings. Although modifications under the Home Affordable Modification Program increased by 31.6 percent during the quarter, other home retention actions declined, causing an overall decrease of 18.1 percent in new modification actions from the previous quarter.
Other key findings of the report included:
The report covers about 63 percent of all first-lien mortgages in the United States, worth $5.7 trillion in outstanding balances. The complete report can be downloaded from the OCC Web site, www.occ.gov.
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Cinematographer, director Mac Ahlberg dies
Worked with John Landis on films including 'Beverly Hills Cop III'
By Variety Staff
Swedish-born cinematographer and director Mac Ahlberg, who worked in both low-budget genre films and high-budget studio fare such as "Beverly Hills Cop III," died on Oct. 26 of complications from congestive heart failure in Cupra Maritima, Italy. He was 81.
As a director of photography, Ahlberg shot dozens of features, documentaries and television productions throughout Europe including the five-part documentary "Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie."
In 1965 he directed his first feature, the Danish erotic film "I, a Woman," a box office success that spawned two sequels.
He moved to Los Angeles in the late '70s and served as cinematographer on several films for producer Irwin Yablans including "Hell Night" (1981) and "The Seduction" (1984). Ahlberg was d.p. for more than 30 of producer Charles Band's Empire and Full Moon Pictures including "Re-Animator" (1985), directed by Stuart Gordon, with whom Ahlberg worked on seven films.
Ahlberg's major studio projects included "Striking Distance" (1993) and "The Brady Bunch Movie" (1995); for director John Landis, he shot feature films "Oscar," "Innocent Blood" and "Beverly Hills Cop III," episodes of the Landis-helmed HBO series "Dream On" and the Michael Jackson video "Black or White."
His television work also included Joe Dante's "The Second Civil War" for HBO and "The Wonder Years" for ABC.
Born in Stockholm, Ahlberg began as a camera assistant in the 1950s.
He is survived by his wife Mary and a daughter.
AHLBERG, Mac
Born: 6/12/2012, Stockholm, Stockholms län , Sweden
Died: 10/26/2012, Cupra Maritima, Marche, Italy
Mac Ahlrberg's western – cinematographer:
Ghost Town - 1988