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Tuesday, October 16, 2012
M. Golf. Navy Golf Places 11th at Philly Big 5 Invitational
Oct. 14, 2012
? 2012 Philadelphia Big 5 Invitational - Final Results
HUNTINGDON VALLEY, Pa. ?? Despite shaving a stroke off its first round score on Sunday, the Navy golf team slipped two spots in the final standings to finish 11th at the Philadelphia Big 5 Invitational played at the Philmont Country Club in Huntingdon Valley, Pa. ?
?Philmont Country Club was an extremely difficult golf course that features severely sloping greens and green speeds stimping at 12 or higher,? said Navy head coach Pat Owen.? ?I believe our guys played well from tee to green this weekend, but it was tough to convert any putts.? We have a talented team, and each time they experience conditions like this weekend they will gain valuable experience that will help us in the future.?
Navy opened Sunday?s final round in ninth place with a 34-over par 314, but was overtaken by Fordham and Columbia who both shot a 30-over par 310 over the final 18 holes.? The Mids, meanwhile, turned in a 33-over par 313 in the final round to post a two-day score of 67-over par 627, just a stroke behind both Fordham (316-310=626) and Columbia (316-310=626) who tied for ninth. ?
Navy was led by sophomore Staton Pruitt (Columbia, S.C.) and junior Chris House (Raleigh, N.C.) who tied for 23rd with a 15-over par 155.? Pruitt was the Mids? most consistent player over the weekend with a 78 in the opening round and a 77 in Sunday?s final round.? Meanwhile, House shot Navy?s low round on Sunday with a 5-over par 75, climbing better than 20 spots in the final standings.? Junior Bobby Keating (Garden City, N.Y.) placed 49th with a 19-over par 159 after posting a 10-over par 80 over the final 18 holes.? Junior Drew Selby (Charlotte, N.C.), who began the day in 16th place with a 7-over par 77, dropped to 67th in the standings after registering a 17-over par 87 in the final round.? Rounding things out for the Mids was sophomore August Jonas (Jacksonville, Fla.) who placed 80th with a 26-over par 166.
Hartford sunned the field in the final round, shooting an 11-over par 291 to jump from 13th to first in the final standings.? Hartford edged Sacred Heart, who was tied with Yale for the lead after the opening round, by just a stroke, posting a 49-over par 609 (318-291).? Sacred Heart (306-304=610) held off third-place Binghamton (311-301=612), while Yale (306-308=614) and Princeton (309-306=615) rounded out the top five.
Temple?s Brandon Matthews took medalist honors, coming from 10th place to top Binghamton?s Bryce Edmister by a stroke.? Matthews shot a 1-under par 69 in the final round to post a 5-over par 145 for the weekend, while Edmister turned in a pair of 73s to finish second with a 6-over par 146 alongside Princeton?s Greg Jarmas (71-75).
The Midshipmen will close out the fall season when they compete in the annual Service Academy Classic slated for Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 22 and 23? at Colt?s Neck, N.J.
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Mapping carbon at street level
10 October 2012
Last updated at 02:51 ET
US scientists have developed new software that can accurately measure greenhouse gas emissions down to individual buildings and streets.
The system combines information from public databases with traffic simulations and energy consumption models.
Researchers believe it could help identify the most effective places to cut emissions.
They say it could aid international efforts to verify reductions in carbon.
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End Quote Dr Kevin Gurney Arizona State UniversityWe have to have confidence in the numerical value of something. We have to have the same level of confidence about a unit of emissions?
While the United States has one method of measuring carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases at national level, there is little consistency at city and local level.
Details of the new system are published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology.
According to the scientists from Arizona State University this new measuring system, called Hestia, changes all that.
Continue reading the main storyGreenhouse gases
- The Earth's atmosphere contains 'greenhouse gases', such as water vapour, carbon dioxide and methane
- When sunlight strikes the Earth's surface some of it is reflected back as infrared radiation
- Greenhouse gases absorb some of this radiation and trap the heat in the atmosphere - this is known as the greenhouse effect
- Without the greenhouse effect Earth would be an extremely cold, inhospitable place
Source: BBC Science
The research team used data from a number of sources including air pollution reports, traffic counts and tax offices. This is then combined with a modelling system for quantifying CO2 emissions down to individual building level.
Dr Kevin Gurney is one of the leaders of the project. He told BBC News that his team knows the system is working because it is consistent with existing information on emissions.
"We can go to any city in the US and do the quantification and we know it will be utterly consistent from city to city and consistent from city all the way up to national level," he said.
So far the system has been used on Indianapolis and work is ongoing with Los Angeles and Phoenix. The researchers are learning a great deal about emissions in the urban environment.
"You realise how large a source electricity production is. It tends to swamp the signal in cities. And things like traffic jams and slow downs in traffic, that's what really hits you," said Dr Gurney.
The scientists behind the system say it can be extremely useful for cities, helping them to target where to make emissions cuts.
Once those cuts have been made, the system can verify their effect. Verification is also a hugely contentious issue at international negotiations on a global climate treaty.
Many developed countries are concerned that any cuts in carbon agreed by developing nations might not actually happen. Could this system help? Kevin Gurney believes it would.
"Right now we are exploring the use of remote sensing but the nice thing is that now we can use Hestia to calibrate the remote sensing in the cities we have done. Through that we may be able to infer a lot better estimate of emissions in Rio or Delhi," he said.
The researchers believe that the system can be used to give greater credibility to carbon trading.
"Nobody buys a stock that's ten dollars plus or minus five dollars," said Kevin Gurney. "We have to have confidence in the numerical value of something. We have to have the same level of confidence about a unit of emissions."
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Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Lenovo announces ThinkPad Edge Twist, a business-oriented convertible coming this month for $849
Lenovo was first out of the gate with a form-shifting Windows 8 machine when it unveiled the IdeaPad Yoga at CES. Now the company's back with a convertible for its business customers, the ThinkPad Edge Twist. In many ways, it's a convertible in the most conventional sense of the word: unlike the Yoga, whose screen folds all the way back, the Twist has a 12.5-inch display that can swivel all the way around and fold down into tablet mode. As a member of the Edge family, in particular, it blends design elements from Lenovo's business and consumer lines, with metal accents, rounded edges, an island-style keyboard, a magnesium frame and, of course, that signature soft-touch finish.
Stealing the show is that 12.5-inch, 350-nit, Gorilla Glass-coated display, which uses IPS technology for wider angles. On the inside, the Twist runs your choice of a Core i5 or i7 processor, with up to 8GB of RAM and either a 128GB SSD or a 7,200RPM hard drive (320GB or 500GB). Battery life, meanwhile, is rated at up to seven hours. At 3.48 pounds, it's heavier than some larger-screened Ultrabooks, but at least that 0.79-inch frame makes room for a full-sized Ethernet jack. (It also has a memory card reader, two USB 3.0 ports, mini-HDMI output and a mini-DisplayPort.) As for business-friendly features, the laptop offers TPM and can be configured with an optional 3G radio. Look for it on October 26th, starting at $849. Until then, enjoy those hands-on shots below.
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Facebook pitches new $20 million "Sponsored Stories" settlement
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Tip #2: Keep control of charge card balances: The most common mistake that Americans make when using charge cards is loosing control of the balances on their credit card accounts. With that said, it is important that Americans avoid overspending on their charge cards at all costs! It is a best practice for Americans to keep their credit card balances below 50% of the spending limit offered on the charge card account. This does a couple of things. First, it helps to ensure that Americans will be able to pay their charge card account debts back by ensuring that they don?t spend more money than they can afford to pay. Also, studies show that the average people who spend more than 50% of their credit limit may be facing the early stages of financial hardship. Therefore, Americans who spend less than 50% of their charge card account spending limits will enjoy better credit scores as a result!
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What?s To Come As Jive?s Tony Zingale Appears On Stage at Boxworks With Box CEO Aaron Levie?
Jive CEO Tony Zingale zinged Zynga, Yammer, Oracle and you name who else in an interview with Box CEO Aaron Levie at Boxworks. But the real story comes with Zingale appearing as a mystery guest for the company's annual event -- fueling speculation that the two young enterprise challengers may have some news to share as the week goes on.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/ThKja2oUKHU/
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Monday, October 1, 2012
'A surprise': Weather on Mars surprisingly warm
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is enjoying some nice, warm weather on the Red Planet ? and spring hasn't even come to its landing site yet.
Curiosity's onboard weather station, which is called the Remote Environment Monitoring Station (REMS), has measured air temperatures as high as 43 degrees Fahrenheit (6 degrees Celsius) in the afternoon. And temperatures have climbed above freezing during more than half of the Martian days, or sols, since REMS was turned on, scientists said.
These measurements are a bit unexpected, since it's still late winter at Gale Crater, the spot 4.5 degrees south of the Martian equator where Curiosity touched down on Aug. 5.
"That we are seeing temperatures this warm already during the day is a surprise and very interesting," Felipe G?mez, of the Centro de Astrobiolog?a in Madrid, said in a statement. [7 Biggest Mysteries of Mars]
Curiosity's main goal is to determine if the Gale area is, or ever was, capable of supporting microbial life. Most researchers think present-day Mars is too dry and cold to host life as we know it, but they may have to rethink some of their assumptions if temperatures climb considerably through the spring and summer.
"If this warm trend carries on into summer, we might even be able to foresee temperatures in the 20s [Celsius], and that would be really exciting from a habitability point of view," G?mez said. "In the daytimes, we could see temperatures high enough for liquid water on a regular basis. But it?s too soon to tell whether that will happen or whether these warm temperatures are just a blip.?
While Curiosity's days are relatively pleasant weather-wise, the same can't be said for the rover's nights. Air temperatures drop dramatically after the sun goes down, plunging as low as minus 94 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 70 Celsius) just before dawn, scientists said.
Such big swings occur because the effects of solar heating are much more pronounced on Mars than they are on Earth. The Red Planet's surface is much drier, and its atmosphere is just 1 percent as thick as Earth's.
REMS measurements also suggest that atmospheric pressure is on the rise at Gale Crater, researchers said. This information is in line with mission scientists' expectations.
In winter, Mars gets cold enough for carbon dioxide at the poles to freeze, forming seasonal "dry ice" caps. Since carbon dioxide dominates the Red Planet's thin atmosphere, this freeze-out process causes pressures to vary from season to season.
Models and data from previous missions had predicted that Curiosity would land when pressures were around their lowest. The rover's measurements have borne this out, rising from a daily average of around 730 pascals during Curiosity's first three weeks on Mars to about 750 pascals more recently, researchers said.
?The pressure data show a very significant daily variation of pressure, following a fairly consistent cycle from sol-to-sol," said REMS principal investigator Javier G?mez-Elvira. "The minimum is near 685 pascals and the maximum near 780 pascals."
Even that maximum value is nowhere near what we're used to here on Earth. Average atmospheric pressure at sea level on our planet is 101,325 pascals ? about 140 times what Curiosity is experiencing inside Gale Crater.
REMS sustained some minor damage during landing, when rocks kicked up by the engines on Curiosity's sky crane descent stage apparently knocked out wind sensors on one of the instrument's two booms.
But wind sensors on the other boom are working fine, so mission scientists don't anticipate too much of an impact.
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