Gametris Stoneheart: February 2013

Monday, February 25, 2013

'SpaceLiner' aims to fly passengers in 2050 | Redux

'SpaceLiner' aims to fly passengers in 2050

We must get back to the future by TRF_Mr_Hyde
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Meeting the people and exploring the inventions that are shaping our horizons. Click here to check out our ongoing Future of Tech video series.

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'SpaceLiner' aims to fly passengers in 2050

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Cyborg cockroach obeys your tweets | Essentials

Cyborg cockroach obeys your tweets

in tense, in time by TheAlieness GiselaGiardino²³
License (according to Flickr): Attribution-ShareAlike License

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Meeting the people and exploring the inventions that are shaping our horizons. Click here to check out our ongoing Future of Tech video series.

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Police: NYC man planned to 'blow up' park arch | Reduction

Police: NYC man planned to 'blow up' park arch

Samuel at Greene 2008 Day 6 by dremiel
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Police spokesman Paul Browne said the acquaintances told investigators they saw Aaron Greene sprinkle a white powder in the park and then ignite it. Browne says police believe the powder was HMTD, a bomb-making material they found in the couple's apartment last month. The new details emerged after police searched the Orangeburg, N.Y. home of Greene's friend. They found 21 guns, brass knuckles, two stun guns and a switchblade knife. Browne said police went there after Greene said he had given some of his weapons to the man. Greene's lawyer did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment.

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Aaron Greene

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Sunday, February 24, 2013

Police: Ohio Kin Spat Spills Human Ashes From Urn | Essentials

Police: Ohio Kin Spat Spills Human Ashes From Urn

St Mary the Virgin - The Parish Church of Acocks Green - Gravestones and a column topped by an urn by ell brown
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An Ohio man has been accused of bashing his brother over the head with a cremation urn, breaking the urn and creating a cloud of human ashes. Police say officers responding to a domestic-violence report in Lorain on Friday saw Joel Perez threaten to kill his brother and smash the urn against his head, knocking him unconscious. Officers say Perez fought them when they tried to arrest him and they zapped him with a stun gun before taking him into custody. Cleveland's WEWS-TV said Monday (http://bit. ly/WA0oBE) that Perez has been charged with domestic violence, felonious assault and resisting arrest. Perez is in custody and can't be reached for comment. There's no telephone listing for him at the address given by police. It's unclear what the brothers were arguing about or whose ashes were in the urn.

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Critics aim to delay NYC sugary drink limits | Redux

Critics aim to delay NYC sugary drink limits

Our Lady of Czestochowa by jimbowen0306
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NEW YORKOpponents are pressing to delay enforcement of the city's novel plan to crack down on supersized, sugary drinks, saying businesses shouldn't have to spend millions of dollars to comply until a court rules on whether the measure is legal. With the rule set to take effect March 12, beverage industry, restaurant and other business groups have asked a judge to put it on hold at least until there's a ruling on their lawsuit seeking to block it altogether. The measure would bar many eateries from selling high-sugar drinks in cups or containers bigger than 16 ounces. "It would be a tremendous waste of expense, time, and effort for our members to incur all of the harm and costs associated with the ban if this court decides that the ban is illegal," Chong Sik Le, president of the New York Korean-American Grocers Association, said in court papers filed Friday.

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Mayor Michael Bloomberg

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Thomas Merrill

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Chong Sik Le

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-0.0327724	"It would be a tremendous waste of expense, time, and effort for our members to incur all of the harm and costs associated with the ban if this court decides that the ban is illegal," Chong Sik Le, president of the New York Korean-American Grocers Association, said ...
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President Lynn Dyer

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0	"16-ounce" cups that are actually made slightly bigger, to leave room at the top, is expected to take cup manufacturers three months to a year and cost them anywhere from more than $100,000 to several millions of dollars, Foodservice Packaging Institute President Lynn Dyer said ...
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Mike Redman

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Christopher Gindlesperger

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0.155399	"the impacted businesses would like some more certainty on when and how they might need to adjust operations," American Beverage Industry spokesman Christopher Gindlesperger said ...
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Mark Muschenheim

Overall Sentiment: 0.0524366

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0.0560212	"The obesity epidemic kills nearly 6,000 New Yorkers each year. We see no reason to delay the Board of Health's reasonable and legal actions to combat this major, growing problem," Mark Muschenheim, a city attorney, said ...
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Robert Sunshine

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New Hampshire officials rescue bald eagle from animal trap | Reduction

New Hampshire officials rescue bald eagle from animal trap

The American Eagle (Sculpture) [3D Dubois Anaglyph] by 狐☯忠 ❂ Fidelis
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SALEM, N.H. – A bald eagle found in an animal trap on Thanksgiving Day was freed by police who watched it fly away apparently unharmed beyond a small cut on its leg, Salem police said Friday. On Thursday afternoon James Ransom of Metheun, Mass. , who was scouting hunting locations, called police to report he'd found the eagle next to the recently skinned remains of a beaver. "It is being considered a rare and unfortunate incident that fortunately had a happy ending."- Sgt. Mike Wagner Police said it appeared the eagle was attempting to feed on the beaver and got caught in the trap. Officer John O'Donnell covered the eagle with a blanket while Ransom worked to untangle the bird's wing from around a small tree and to release the jaws of the trap.

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Sgt. Mike Wagner

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0.339309	"It is being considered a rare and unfortunate incident that fortunately had a happy ending," Wagner said. ...
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James Ransom

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Officer John O'Donnell

Overall Sentiment: 0.203518

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Prince William photos briefly removed from his website over security concerns | Reduction

Prince William photos briefly removed from his website over security concerns

Journey to the rooftop of Wales (Explore) by Bert Kaufmann
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Britain's Ministry of Defense says the photos were taken down after an "administrative oversight" meant that they had not received proper military clearance. William, 30, is a Royal Air Force search-and-rescue pilot based in Anglesey, Wales. The pictures, which showed him going through his daily routine, included images of unclassified user names, passwords and computer screens. The ministry said in a statement that passwords and user names were reset as a precaution and that the photos were reissued. The 10 images on the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's official website show him getting himself a cup of tea and making his own bed, among other routine tasks.

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William

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City: Cambridge

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Country: Britain

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Country: Wales

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Saturday, February 23, 2013

'Whale Wars' star-activist resigns | Reduction

'Whale Wars' star-activist resigns

Presidents Polk, Jackson and Johnson by jimbowen0306
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(CNN) -- "Whale Wars" TV conservationist Paul Watson quit his conservation society Tuesday because of a recent federal court injunction against him and his group's anti-whaling activities. Last month, the Japanese research foundation Institute of Cetacean Research and the Japanese firm Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha Ltd. secured a U.S. District Court injunction against Watson and his Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, according to the institute's website. The injunction prohibits Watson and his group from coming within 500 yards of the plaintiffs on the open sea, according to a copy of the court document on the institute's website. Watson has become renowned for his attempts to disrupt Japanese whalers on the open water through Animal Planet's "Whale Wars" TV show.

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Paul Watson

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0.135173	"As a United States citizen, I will respect and comply with the ruling of the United States 9th District Court and will not violate the temporary injunction granted to the Institute for Cetacean Research," Watson said ...
0.109483	"As a United States citizen, I will respect and comply with the ruling of the United States 9th District Court and will not violate the temporary injunction granted to the Institute for Cetacean Research," Watson said in a statement Tuesday. "I will participate as an observer within the boundaries established by the 9th Circuit Court of the United States."
-0.05401	"For the 35 years since I founded the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, I have strived to act non-violently and within the boundaries of the law," Watson said.
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The Standard Deviation, when there are enough quotes, will indicate an individual's consistency of sentiment (i.e. a Standard Deviation of 0 would mean they were very consistent in their sentiment and 1 would mean they were very inconsistent).

Note that quote stats are likely to be meaningless beyond the aggregate score due to the tiny sample size. However, they are always provided just in case you find something useful there.

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Organization: Sea Shepherd Conservation Society

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Cold Snap Shakes Up Winter Weather Outlook | Synopsis

Cold Snap Shakes Up Winter Weather Outlook

The end is near: Pollution at the Arctic polar circle of Norway by mskogly
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Unusual activity in the atmosphere over the Arctic Circle is triggering snow and frigid temperature levels across Canada, the U.S. and parts of Europe. Climatologist Jeff Weber, of the University Corporation of Atmospheric Research, describes why this winter could possibly load a punch. Copyright © 2013 NPR. For individual, noncommercial use just. See Terms of Use. For other uses, prior consent needed. This is SCIENCE FRIDAY. I'm Ira Flatow. I was having a déjà vu this week. Looking back at our information archives, I uncovered that almost precisely two years ago to this day, in 2011, we were hit by a freezing cold snap in the same parts of the country, the same parts of the U.S. that were hit this week. We're seeing freezing temperature levels stretching from Midwest to the Northeast, snowstorms across the pond in England.

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Jeff Weber

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Region: Arctic

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Relevance: 0.478127

Continent: Europe

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Country: U.S.

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Video: NRA: Congress should put armed police in every school | Redux

Video: NRA: Congress should put armed police in every school

Sandy Hook, Connecticut by Dougtone
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The National Rifle Association held a press conference in Washington, DC, and looked for Congress to put armed law enforcement agents in every American school to safeguard kids from school shootings like the one that occurred at Sandy Hook Elementary, in Newtown, Conn.

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Video: NRA: Congress should put armed police in every school

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