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Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Cambodian boy suckles from cow after parents leave

YAHOO NEWS:

A Cambodian man says his young grandson has lived partly on milk he suckles directly from a cow since the boy's parents left their rural village in search of work.

Um Oeung says 20-month-old Tha Sophat started suckling the cow in July after he saw a calf do the same.

Um Oeung told The Associated Press he pulled the boy away at first. He relented after his grandson protested loudly and the boy has suckled the cow's milk once or twice a day since then.

Tha Sophat has lived with his grandparents in Siem Reap province in northwest Cambodia since his parents moved to Thailand looking for work.

Um Oeung said Friday the cow doesn't mind the boy suckling but he is worried about his grandson's health if he continues.

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Cambodian boy suckles from cow after parents leave

YAHOO NEWS:

A Cambodian man says his young grandson has lived partly on milk he suckles directly from a cow since the boy's parents left their rural village in search of work.

Um Oeung says 20-month-old Tha Sophat started suckling the cow in July after he saw a calf do the same.

Um Oeung told The Associated Press he pulled the boy away at first. He relented after his grandson protested loudly and the boy has suckled the cow's milk once or twice a day since then.

Tha Sophat has lived with his grandparents in Siem Reap province in northwest Cambodia since his parents moved to Thailand looking for work.

Um Oeung said Friday the cow doesn't mind the boy suckling but he is worried about his grandson's health if he continues.

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Monday, August 29, 2011

Planet made of diamond discovered

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LONDON, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Astronomers have spotted an exotic planet that seems to be made of diamond racing around a tiny star in our galactic backyard.

The new planet is far denser than any other known so far and consists largely of carbon. Because it is so dense, scientists calculate the carbon must be crystalline, so a large part of this strange world will effectively be diamond.

"The evolutionary history and amazing density of the planet all suggest it is comprised of carbon — i.e. a massive diamond orbiting a neutron star every two hours in an orbit so tight it would fit inside our own Sun," said Matthew Bailes of Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne.

Lying 4,000 light years away, or around an eighth of the way towards the centre of the Milky Way from the Earth, the planet is probably the remnant of a once-massive star that has lost its outer layers to the so-called pulsar star it orbits.

Pulsars are tiny, dead neutron stars that are only around 20 kilometres (12.4 miles) in diameter and spin hundreds of times a second, emitting beams of radiation.

In the case of pulsar J1719-1438, the beams regularly sweep the Earth and have been monitored by telescopes in Australia, Britain and Hawaii, allowing astronomers to detect modulations due to the gravitational pull of its unseen companion planet.

The measurements suggest the planet, which orbits its star every two hours and 10 minutes, has slightly more mass than Jupiter but is 20 times as dense, Bailes and colleagues reported in the journal Science on Thursday.

In addition to carbon, the new planet is also likely to contain oxygen, which may be more prevalent at the surface and is probably increasingly rare towards the carbon-rich centre.

Its high density suggests the lighter elements of hydrogen and helium, which are the main constituents of gas giants like Jupiter, are not present.

Just what this weird diamond world is actually like close up, however, is a mystery.

"In terms of what it would look like, I don't know I could even speculate," said Ben Stappers of the University of Manchester. "I don't imagine that a picture of a very shiny object is what we're looking at here." — Reuters

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Planet made of diamond discovered

GMA NEWS:

LONDON, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Astronomers have spotted an exotic planet that seems to be made of diamond racing around a tiny star in our galactic backyard.

Pulsars are tiny, dead neutron stars that are only around 20 kilometres (12.4 miles) in diameter and spin hundreds of times a second, emitting beams of radiation.

In addition to carbon, the new planet is also likely to contain oxygen, which may be more prevalent at the surface and is probably increasingly rare towards the carbon-rich centre.

Its high density suggests the lighter elements of hydrogen and helium, which are the main constituents of gas giants like Jupiter, are not present.

Just what this weird diamond world is actually like close up, however, is a mystery.

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Thursday, August 25, 2011

Steve Jobs resigns from Apple, Cook becomes CEO

GMA NEWS:

Silicon Valley legend Steve Jobs on Wednesday resigned as chief executive of Apple Inc in a stunning move that ended his 14-year reign at the technology giant he co-founded in a garage.

Apple shares were suspended from trade before the announcement. They had gained 0.7 percent to close at $376.18.

The pancreatic cancer survivor and industry icon, who has been on medical leave for an undisclosed condition since January 17, will be replaced by COO and longtime heir apparent Tim Cook.

"I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple's CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come," he said in a brief letter announcing his resignation.

The 55-year-old CEO had briefly emerged from his medical leave in March to unveil the latest version of the iPad and later to attend a dinner hosted by President Barack Obama for technology leaders in Silicon Valley.

Jobs' often-gaunt appearance has sparked questions about his health and his ability to continue at Apple.

"I will say to investors: don't panic and remain calm, it's the right thing to do. Steve will be chairman and Cook is CEO," said BGC Financial analyst Colin Gillis. --Reuters

Steve Jobs and Apple: A timeline

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Steve Jobs and Apple: A timeline

JM TUAZON and TJ DIMACALI, GMA News

08/25/2011 | 04:13 PM

Since coming back to Apple's fold in 1997, Steve Jobs has been the iconic face of what is now deemed the most valuable technology company in the world.

As the creative visionary that brought to life such revolutionary gadgets as the iPod music player and the iPad tablet, Jobs is not so much revered as he is worshiped by his legion fans.

Many have credited Jobs for being the creative genius behind Apple's intuitive products, most of which have been runaway market successes around the world.

To most observers, the future of Apple depends so much on what new innovation Jobs will bring to fore, so much so that Apple shareholders would pin their investment decisions on Jobs' capability to lead Apple.

This became evident in October 2008 when Apple's stocks took a slight dip after an erroneous report said Jobs had a major heart attack.

While news of Jobs' pancreatic cancer didn't stave off investors in 2004, many became worried when he announced that he will be taking his first medical leave in 2009, causing Apple stock prices to slightly fall.

In the same manner, every time Jobs made a public appearance after months of avoiding the limelight, Apple stocks would also bounce back, just like what happened when Jobs took the time to unveil the iPad 2 this year.

GMA News Online culled the following timeline, showing significant points in Jobs' decades-long tenure as the inimitable Apple chief executive, highlighting how he had steered Apple out of his garage in 1976 and into the multi-billion dollar business it has become today.

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http://www.gmanews.tv/story/230542/technology/steve-jobs-and-apple-a-timeline
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Steve Jobs resigns from Apple, Cook becomes CEO

GMA NEWS:

Silicon Valley legend Steve Jobs on Wednesday resigned as chief executive of Apple Inc in a stunning move that ended his 14-year reign at the technology giant he co-founded in a garage.

Apple shares were suspended from trade before the announcement. They had gained 0.7 percent to close at $376.18.

The pancreatic cancer survivor and industry icon, who has been on medical leave for an undisclosed condition since January 17, will be replaced by COO and longtime heir apparent Tim Cook.

Jobs' often-gaunt appearance has sparked questions about his health and his ability to continue at Apple.

"I will say to investors: don't panic and remain calm, it's the right thing to do. Steve will be chairman and Cook is CEO," said BGC Financial analyst Colin Gillis. --Reuters

Steve Jobs and Apple: A timeline

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Home > Infotech > Top Stories

Steve Jobs and Apple: A timeline

JM TUAZON and TJ DIMACALI, GMA News

08/25/2011 | 04:13 PM

Since coming back to Apple's fold in 1997, Steve Jobs has been the iconic face of what is now deemed the most valuable technology company in the world.

As the creative visionary that brought to life such revolutionary gadgets as the iPod music player and the iPad tablet, Jobs is not so much revered as he is worshiped by his legion fans.

Many have credited Jobs for being the creative genius behind Apple's intuitive products, most of which have been runaway market successes around the world.

This became evident in October 2008 when Apple's stocks took a slight dip after an erroneous report said Jobs had a major heart attack.

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Saturday, August 13, 2011

Casey Anthony is most hated person in America; VIEW LIST

BY NEWS GATHER:

Casey Anthony is officially the most hated person in America. This comes as the result of a poll by E-Poll Market Research. Some other notable people made the list that Anthony tops.

According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Reuters reports that of the 53% of the people polled who knew Anthony, 93% of them hated her. Alas, there is an entire list of these hated people—and you're likely familiar with most of them, too.

Following Casey Anthony, in the #2 most hated person in America spot is Spencer Pratt—husband of the famed (for what, no one is quite sure, besides multiple cosmetic surgeries) Heidi Montag. Following Spencer in spot #3 is the Octomom, Nadya Suleman.

The infamous O.J. Simpson comes in at #4, but maybe if he gives in and agrees to an interview confession with Oprah Winfrey, he won't be hated quite so much. He'll probably still make the most hated person in America list, however.

Jon Gosselin comes in at #5, and believe it or not, that probably strikes a lot of people as rather strange—not so much that the former Jon and Kate Plus 8 star is on the list, but rather because his ex-wife Kate Gosselin isn't. It would seem that far more people dislike her (hate just feels like such a harsh word, doesn't it?) than Jon Gosselin.

Who might you have expected to see on this most hated person list? Would your #1 choice have been Casey Anthony?

Here's a few more who made the list. See if you think they belong on there as well. Levi Johnston. Well, Sarah Palin is likely gloating over that one. Paris Hilton. She's too stupid to hate. Heidi Fleiss. Does anyone even remember who she is any more? Probably the men in that little black book were counted in this poll. And last but not least, there's Howard Stern. Does anyone at all even like him a little bit?

How do you think it must feel to be one of the people on this list? You can't very well ask Casey Anthony, because no one seems to know where she is. Do you think she'll remain the most hated person in America or will the public soon forget their hatred for her, and choose yet another victim to top their list?

Here is the complete Top 10 list of the Most Hated People in America:

1. Casey Anthony – the Florida woman who was found not guilty recently of murdering her two year-old daughter.

2. Spencer Spratt – former “The Hills” star.

3. Nadya Suleman – the unemployed single California woman who gave birth to octuplets in 2009 despite already having six children.

4. O.J. Simpson — who was acquitted in 1995 of murdering his ex-wife and a friend in 1994.

5. Jon Gosselin – a reality-TV star famous for his eight kids and a public divorce from his ex-wife Kate Gosselin.

6. Levi Johnston — the former fiance of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s daughter Bristol.

7. Jesse James – a TV personality and and CEO of West Coast Choppers. He was the host of the reality TV series Jesse James is a Dead Man on Spike TV.

8. Paris Hilton – Hotel chain heiress, socialite and actress. Star of the reality show “The World According to Paris.”

9. Heidi Fleiss – Former Hollywood madam, and also a columnist and television personality.

10. Howard Stern – Radio shock jock.

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Casey Anthony is most hated person in America; VIEW LIST

BY NEWS GATHER:

Casey Anthony is officially the most hated person in America. This comes as the result of a poll by E-Poll Market Research. Some other notable people made the list that Anthony tops.

Who might you have expected to see on this most hated person list? Would your #1 choice have been Casey Anthony?

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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Sun unleashes the largest solar flare in years

An extremely powerful solar flare, the largest in more than four years, rocked the sun early Tuesday, but is unlikely to wreak any serious havoc here on Earth, scientists say.

"It was a big flare," said Joe Kunches, a space scientist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Prediction Center. "We lucked out because the site of the eruption at the sun was not facing the Earth, so we will probably feel no ill effects."

Tuesday's solar flare began at 3:48 a.m. ET, and was rated a class X6.9 on the three-class scale scientists use to measure the strength of solar flares. The strongest type of solar eruption is class X, while class C represents the weakest and class M flares are medium-strength events.

The flare is the largest one yet in the sun's current cycle, which began in 2008 and is expected to last until around 2020. Solar activity waxes and wanes over an 11-year sun weather cycle, with the star currently heading toward a solar maximum in 2013.

"This flare had a GOES X-ray magnitude of X6.9, meaning it was more than 3 times larger than the previous largest flare of this solar cycle — the X2.2 that occurred on Feb 15, 2011," scientists with NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, a space observatory that monitors the sun, wrote in an update.

Before the Feb. 15 storm, the largest recent solar flare occurred in December 2006, when an X9-class solar storm erupted from the sun.

Solar flares occur when magnetic field lines on the sun get tangled up into knots, building potential energy until they reach a tipping point. Then, that energy is converted into heat, light and the motion of charged particles.

While all X-class solar eruptions are major events, they pose the greatest threat to Earth when they are aimed directly at the planet. During those events, the sun often releases a cloud of plasma called a coronal mass ejection into space. This ejection hurls charged particles that can damage satellites, endanger astronauts in orbit and interfere with power systems, communications and other infrastructure on the planet.

Tuesday's solar flare and the resulting coronal mass ejection were not aimed at us.

"Because of its position the CME is going to shoot out into space and not be Earth-directed, and we don’t expect any big geomagnetic storm with this," Kunches told Space.com.

However, some VLF and HF radio communications blackouts have been reported, according to SpaceWeather.com, a website that monitors space weather events.

Whatever particles do head our way should reach us in a few days.

"The cloud will probably miss Earth," SpaceWeather.com wrote. "At this time, however, we cannot rule out a glancing blow from the flank of the CME on or about Aug. 11th."

The plus side of such a collision is often unusually spectacular auroras, or northern and southern lights, which occur when charged particles interact with Earth's magnetic field.

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Information Courtesy of MSNBC / Clara Moskowitz

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