WASHINGTON (AP) ? President Barack Obama is rejecting the notion that an American pope would be too closely aligned with the U.S. government.
Obama says the Catholic bishops in the U.S. "don't seem to be taking orders from me." And he says an American pope would preside just as effectively as a leader of the Catholic church from any other country.
Cardinals are meeting in the Vatican to vote for a new pope. No American has ever served as pontiff and some cardinals worry an American pope's actions would be viewed as serving the U.S. instead of the church.
The president, in an interview with ABC News aired Wednesday, says the new leader of the Catholic church will have "a tremendous and positive impact on the world."
The Pixel takes cloud computing to the next level — but the price should make you think twice before buying
Meet the Pixel. It's beautiful, powerful, filled with the tools the next-generation of the web will need, but it "just" runs Chrome OS. That's the general consensus of everyone with a platform to speak their mind about Google's newest Chromebook, and for the most part it rings true.
It's a beautiful machine. Quite frankly, it's surprising to see Google deliver something this well built and designed, because we're used to more budget-friendly gear from our Mountain View friends. But you need to understand -- this isn't your typical laptop. It's something completely different for most of us. For some, it's going to be the perfect portable computer, but for others it's going to leave you wanting more than Chrome OS can deliver.
It also checks in at $1,300 ($1,450 for the LTE version), so it's something you're not likely to buy on an impulse. That's what tech-reviews are for.
Read on and see the good, the bad, and the ugly that goes with owning a Chromebook Pixel.
Elsevier and Hacettepe University launch event on research performance and evaluation in TurkeyPublic release date: 11-Mar-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Gamze Keskin g.keskin@elsevier.com 90-533-330-5799 Elsevier
Ankara, March 11, 2013 - Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, has announced the meeting: Turkey and Turkish University's Research Outputs in the Context of International Trends in Science and Collaboration Opportunities, which will take place on 12 March at the Congress Center of Hacettepe University, Sihhiye Campus in Ankara, Turkey.
Elsevier has organized the meeting in close collaboration with Hacettepe University. Its main goal is to bring together representatives from government, research institutes, universities, university libraries, experts in public policy and researchers to present and discuss Turkey's research performance. At the same time the event will provide an opportunity for quality dialogue on the topic of research evaluation, innovation and policy management, and share best practices on how to capture and analyse information scientific research output and how it can be used to develop research strategy.
Keynote speakers of the event include: Prof. Dr. A. Murat TUNCER, Rector of Hacettepe University; Youngsuk "Y.S." Chi, Chairman of Elsevier; Prof. Andrea Bonaccorsi, board member of the Italian Agency for the Evaluation of Universities and Research institutes (ANVUR); Dr. John Green, Honorary Researcher, Imperial College; Prof. Mustafa Gden, Rector of Izmir Higher Technology Institute; Prof. Cem Sara, Vice Rector of Hacettepe University; Prof. Hasan MANDAL, Vice Rector of Sabanci University, Director of Research and Graduate Policies and Jrg Hellwig, SciVal Consultant at Elsevier.
"Elsevier is honoured to collaborate with Hacettepe University in organizing this meeting on research evaluation in Turkey," said Tayfun Basal, Elsevier's Regional Director for Turkey, Iran, Middle East and Central Asia. "The event will create opportunities for networking between institutions, universities, organizations and funding bodies on a national and international level. We believe that it will help develop new strategies to increase research performance of Turkey and stimulate international collaboration."
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For more information in Turkish go to the Elsevier Turkey website or follow us on Twitter and Facebook.
About Hacettepe University
The Chair of Child Health, deemed to be the origin of Hacettepe Faculty of Medicine, was founded as a part of Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University by Prof. Dr. ?hsan Do?ramac? on February 2, 1954.
The foundation stone of the university was laid in 1957 with the Child Health Institute and Hospital on the Hacettepe Campus, which launched its training, education and research activities and public services in 1958.
Hacettepe University carries on its activities with 14 faculties, 14 institutes, 2 schools, 1 conservatory, 6 vocational schools, and 45 research and application centers within the scope of Law on Organization of Higher Education Institutions, No. 2809, which was enacted in 1982.
Hacettepe University, as one of the leading universities in the country, keeps contributing to social development and universal values in the fields of science, technology and art. http://www.hacettepe.edu.tr
About Elsevier
Elsevier is a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services. The company works in partnership with the global science and health communities to publish more than 2,000 journals, including The Lancet and Cell, and close to 20,000 book titles, including major reference works from Mosby and Saunders. Elsevier's online solutions include ScienceDirect, Scopus, Reaxys, ClinicalKey and Mosby's Suite, which enhance the productivity of science and health professionals, and the SciVal suite and MEDai's Pinpoint Review, which help research and health care institutions deliver better outcomes more cost-effectively.
A global business headquartered in Amsterdam, Elsevier employs 7,000 people worldwide. The company is part of Reed Elsevier Group PLC, a world leading provider of professional information solutions in the Science, Medical, Legal and Risk and Business sectors, which is jointly owned by Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV. The ticker symbols are REN (Euronext Amsterdam), REL (London Stock Exchange), RUK and ENL (New York Stock Exchange).
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Elsevier and Hacettepe University launch event on research performance and evaluation in TurkeyPublic release date: 11-Mar-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Gamze Keskin g.keskin@elsevier.com 90-533-330-5799 Elsevier
Ankara, March 11, 2013 - Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, has announced the meeting: Turkey and Turkish University's Research Outputs in the Context of International Trends in Science and Collaboration Opportunities, which will take place on 12 March at the Congress Center of Hacettepe University, Sihhiye Campus in Ankara, Turkey.
Elsevier has organized the meeting in close collaboration with Hacettepe University. Its main goal is to bring together representatives from government, research institutes, universities, university libraries, experts in public policy and researchers to present and discuss Turkey's research performance. At the same time the event will provide an opportunity for quality dialogue on the topic of research evaluation, innovation and policy management, and share best practices on how to capture and analyse information scientific research output and how it can be used to develop research strategy.
Keynote speakers of the event include: Prof. Dr. A. Murat TUNCER, Rector of Hacettepe University; Youngsuk "Y.S." Chi, Chairman of Elsevier; Prof. Andrea Bonaccorsi, board member of the Italian Agency for the Evaluation of Universities and Research institutes (ANVUR); Dr. John Green, Honorary Researcher, Imperial College; Prof. Mustafa Gden, Rector of Izmir Higher Technology Institute; Prof. Cem Sara, Vice Rector of Hacettepe University; Prof. Hasan MANDAL, Vice Rector of Sabanci University, Director of Research and Graduate Policies and Jrg Hellwig, SciVal Consultant at Elsevier.
"Elsevier is honoured to collaborate with Hacettepe University in organizing this meeting on research evaluation in Turkey," said Tayfun Basal, Elsevier's Regional Director for Turkey, Iran, Middle East and Central Asia. "The event will create opportunities for networking between institutions, universities, organizations and funding bodies on a national and international level. We believe that it will help develop new strategies to increase research performance of Turkey and stimulate international collaboration."
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For more information in Turkish go to the Elsevier Turkey website or follow us on Twitter and Facebook.
About Hacettepe University
The Chair of Child Health, deemed to be the origin of Hacettepe Faculty of Medicine, was founded as a part of Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University by Prof. Dr. ?hsan Do?ramac? on February 2, 1954.
The foundation stone of the university was laid in 1957 with the Child Health Institute and Hospital on the Hacettepe Campus, which launched its training, education and research activities and public services in 1958.
Hacettepe University carries on its activities with 14 faculties, 14 institutes, 2 schools, 1 conservatory, 6 vocational schools, and 45 research and application centers within the scope of Law on Organization of Higher Education Institutions, No. 2809, which was enacted in 1982.
Hacettepe University, as one of the leading universities in the country, keeps contributing to social development and universal values in the fields of science, technology and art. http://www.hacettepe.edu.tr
About Elsevier
Elsevier is a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services. The company works in partnership with the global science and health communities to publish more than 2,000 journals, including The Lancet and Cell, and close to 20,000 book titles, including major reference works from Mosby and Saunders. Elsevier's online solutions include ScienceDirect, Scopus, Reaxys, ClinicalKey and Mosby's Suite, which enhance the productivity of science and health professionals, and the SciVal suite and MEDai's Pinpoint Review, which help research and health care institutions deliver better outcomes more cost-effectively.
A global business headquartered in Amsterdam, Elsevier employs 7,000 people worldwide. The company is part of Reed Elsevier Group PLC, a world leading provider of professional information solutions in the Science, Medical, Legal and Risk and Business sectors, which is jointly owned by Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV. The ticker symbols are REN (Euronext Amsterdam), REL (London Stock Exchange), RUK and ENL (New York Stock Exchange).
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An artist's conception shows a comet streaking through Martian skies.
By Alan Boyle, Science Editor, NBC News
It sounds like an "Armageddon" sequel, set on Mars instead of Earth: A supermassive doomsday comet is heading toward the planet in 2014, and there's nothing anyone can do about it. Not even Bruce Willis.
The comet presents a good-news, bad-news situation for the Red Planet, and for us earthlings as well. NASA says Comet 2013 A1, also known as Comet Siding Spring, is almost certain to miss Mars on Oct. 19, 2014. However, there's still a chance ? a less than a 1-in-600 chance ? that Mars could be hit, due to the remaining uncertainty about the comet's path. That uncertainty is likely to be cleared up over the next few months, eventually resulting in an all-clear.
Even if the comet did hit, there'd be no negative effect on Earth. However, the "Marsageddon" scenario is already adding to the concern that was generated by last month's Russian meteor blast and a near-miss by a larger asteroid.
The case of Comet Siding Spring led Henry Vanderbilt, founder of the Space Access Society, to ask a scary what-if question. "If it was coming straight at us (no more or less likely than it coming straight at Mars), and given our existing space capabilities, could we do anything about it other than prepare to die?" he wrote in a posting to the Moon and Back blog. "The short answer is: Maybe."
The comet's size is the most worrisome part of the story. Based on its observed brightness, astronomers estimate that the iceball could be anywhere from 9 to 30 miles (15 to 50 kilometers) in diameter. In comparison, the asteroid that's been blamed for killing off the dinosaurs 65 million years ago is thought to have been 6 miles (10 kilometers) in diameter.
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A direct hit on Mars' backside wouldn't tear the planet apart, but it would produce an explosion that Bad Astronomy's Phil Plait estimates at somewhere around a billion megatons of TNT. That would create a huge crater, blast tons of debris into space and perhaps set off a flood reminiscent of the one that washed over Marte Vallis millions of years ago.
On Earth, the impact would be a civilization-killer.
How do you stop something like that? Scientists have proposed a variety of deflection techniques for smaller objects, when the collision threat can be detected years or even decades in advance. Those techniques range from space-based gravity tractors, to paintball shooters, to laser blasters, to?laser bees, to solar sails, to "Armageddon"-style nuclear bombs. Just this week, Iowa State University's Asteroid Deflection Research Center proposed a $500 million mission to test a nuclear-armed asteroid interceptor.
"It's not a laughing matter," center director Bong Wie said in a news release.
There would definitely be no one laughing if a 20-mile-wide comet were coming at us with less than two years of advance warning. In that scenario, the only realistic option would be hydrogen bombs, and lots of them. Vanderbilt estimates it would take about 250 megatons' worth of energy to divert an object like Comet Siding Spring. At 1 to 5 megatons per bomb, that would mean 50 to 250 bombs from the nuclear powers' stockpile.?
"Whether we can effectively apply that energy to successfully divert the comet, we just don?t know," Vanderbilt wrote. "The problem has been studied a fair amount, and the answers vary. Nobody?s actually tested it. We would, under the circumstances, have little choice but to try."
For the time being, Comet Siding Spring is shaping up as a huge near-miss: NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory's latest estimate has it missing Mars by about 31,000 miles (50,000 kilometers)?? and at that distance, not even the debris flying off the comet is expected to affect the Red Planet or the probes flying around it. It helps that the comet's tail will be pointing away from the planet, as explained in this blog posting by the Planetary Society's Emily Lakdawalla.
The comet would make an impressive sight if you were watching it from Mars (magnitude zero or brighter), and NASA's rovers will likely be doing just that. But it isn't expected to reach naked-eye brightness for earthly observers. Chances are that Comet Siding Spring will make its biggest impact as another reminder that we have to address the perils posed by cosmic threats sooner or later.
Considering what's happened over the past month, how many more reminders do we need?
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The origin of guerrilla warfare used strategically in organised conflict can be found in Sun Tzu's famous Chinese work, the Art of War, a collection of battlefield strategies and anecdotes for planning and waging war. Sun Tzu's writings were guarded as shrine relics for centuries by the Buddhist temples in Japan, from which the ninja (shinobi-no-mono) originated during the Chinese Tang dynasty, circa 700-900 A.D. Despite many references to alleged "Chinese ninja" (lin-kuei/moshuh nanren), no such thing exists outside roleplaying and video games. There never was a lin-kuei, such allegations are purely fictional. However, there is a Chinese reference to "tiangou" being driven from the country during the Tang dynasty by Zhang Xian, one of the legendary eight immortals. These "tiangou" gave rise to the Japanese legend of the "tengu" (demons) who guarded ninja temples, suggesting a migration from China to Japan around that time period. Concerning the Bujinkan which is supposedly the only legitimate ninjutsu organisation, I can tell you for certainty that only 3 of the 9 schools of Bujinkan actually derive from ninjutsu. The rest of Bujinkan's schools are derived from samurai lineages, not from actual ninja schools. One style which the Bujinkan does not recognize is Fuma-ryu, which is perhaps the only "true" legitimate style of ninjutsu. Takeda Shingon (koga-ryu), Fuma Kotaro (fuma-ryu) and Hattori Hanzo (iga-ryu) all have families originating in the Wu kingdom of China, and even the Bujinkan itself states that many of its ninjutsu styles originated from Tang, China during the time of its collapse. Now leaving Japan and going back to China, it is said that the Tang dynasty ended when Zhu Wen, the leader of a gang of bandits, joined the armies of Huang Chao and became a famous general. Zhu Wen was captured by the Tang army and promoted to their ranks when he betrayed Huang Chao to his death. Zhu Wen became Emperor Ai's personal advisor and bodyguard, before poisoning him to death in 907 A.D. and becoming emperor himself. Going back further to Sun Tzu, he makes reference to "gokan" (spies) in his Art of War, and uses them successfully in service to Wang Helu of the Wu kingdom. Sun Tzu was indeed an excellent strategist, but true credit to Wu's victory belongs to Wu Zixu, the person who recommended Sun Tzu in the first place. Wu Zixu also recommended several famous "ci'ke" (assassins) to Wang Helu including Zhuan Zhu, Yao Li, and the rebel warlord Fugai. However, there is one Chinese assassin and guerrilla warlord strategist who far predates all of them. Yi Yin was the very first Chinese assassin for which there is any historical evidence of credibility. Yi Yin was the prime minister of the Shang dynasty (c. 1050 B.C.) and military advisor of Shang Tang, having helped him to defeat Wang Jie of the Xia kingdom. Yi Yin was also the retainer of Wang Chen and according to one account, Yi Yin snuck into Wang Zhou's castle at night and assassinated him. Another legend tells how Yi Yin assumed the throne after Shang Tang's death by murdering his son, Shang Taijia, although some records show him as Taijia's mentor instead.
All it took was a trio of tough drives from Aaron Craft and a sensational defensive performance sparked by Shannon Scott and, all of a sudden, Indiana, who many believed to be the best team in the country heading into Tuesday night, no longer had themselves locked into a No. 1 seed.
The No. 14 Buckeyes stymied Indiana?s powerhouse offense for 40 minutes, getting timely buckets from Craft and a huge three from Deshaun Thomas with four minutes left as they beat No. 2 Indiana 67-58 on Senior Night for the Hoosiers.
That drops the Hoosiers, who held a commanding two games lead in the Big Ten race entering the day, to just one game ahead of the four teams currently sitting tied for second place. And with a trip to Ann Arbor to take on Michigan on Sunday, Indiana is going to have their work cut out for them.
Win, and Tom Crean?s club will earn an outright Big Ten regular season title.
Lose and, well, they?ll fall into a first place tie with as many as three other teams, lose control over the top seed in the Big Ten tournament and potentially cost themselves that No. 1 seed in the Big Dance.
That?s concerning, especially when you consider that Indiana has now lost two of their last three games with a less-than-inspiring win over Iowa in Assembly Hall being sandwiched by losses at Minnesota and at home to Ohio State. Or that for the first time all season, Victor Oladipo struggled in a marquee game. Or that for the second time in the span of a week, Cody Zeller got pushed around in the paint; his 17 points on Tuesday will help mask the fact that he didn?t play all that well.
The Hoosiers have some kinks to work out, but they?re going to be fine. Tonight was more about how well Ohio State played defensively than any massive issue with the Hoosiers moving forward.
But it does go to show you: even if Indiana is the best team in the country, they are anything-but unbeatable.
And right now, they are anything-but a lock for a No. 1 seed.
More than anything, that?s where the concern should lie. The Hoosiers have a chance to play in Indianapolis in the Sweet 16 and the Elite 8. That may not be a ?home game?, but it would be a crowd made up of roughly 90% Hoosier fans. Pretty ideal, eh?
The National Association of Real Estate Editors (NAREE) is now accepting entries for its sixth annual Robert Bruss Real Estate Book Awards Competition.
WASHINGTON, D.C. ? March 5, 2013 ? (RealEstateRama) ? If you wrote a real estate-related book that was published 2012, postmark and mail your entry for NAREE?s prestigious Robert Bruss Book Awards by April 1, 2013. Entries must be received by April 5, 2013.
Authors of books published in 2012 in the broad field of real estate ? including finance, mortgage lending, foreclosures, investing, green building and sustainable design, as well as home buying and selling and commercial real estate ? are invited to enter.
NAREE, a non-profit association of writers and editors founded in 1929, will name gold, silver and bronze award-winners, plus a first-time author award.
NAREE?s Bruss Book Awards, which include $2,000 in cash prizes, will be presented at the NAREE Real Estate Journalism Conference in Atlanta, Ga. in June. The Bruss Awards presentation will be a highlight of the 47th Annual NAREE Spring Conference, June 5-8, headquartered at the downtown Atlanta Hilton.
Entrants should submit three copies of their book and a 5,000-word excerpt. Many authors choose a key chapter or two. Download NAREE?s Bruss Book Award entry forms on www.naree.org under the ?Book Contest? tab.
NAREE?s book awards are named for the late Bob Bruss, syndicated real estate columnist, prolific writer and NAREE leader. Bruss frequently wrote reviews of realty books.
For more information: Mary Doyle-Kimball, NAREE Executive Director 561-391-3599
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