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Apple TV: Coming in 2012? (The Cutline)

Jobs announces the price of the Apple TV in 2010. (AP)

Before Steve Jobs died, he told Walter Isaacson that he finally figured out how to translate Apple's magic with iPhones, iPods and Macbooks to consumer televisions.

"It will have the simplest user interface you could imagine," Jobs said in Isaacson's just-released biography on the late Apple chief.

Jobs had long admitted that Apple's current TV offering--a small, $99 device that plugs into TVs and streams programming from Netflix--was a "hobby" for the company, because there was no way to get an innovative product to market.

But according to a Bloomberg report, the new, integrated Apple TV that Jobs told Isaacson about could hit the market as early as next year.

Apple spokeswoman Trudy Muller declined comment. But Jeff Robbin, the Apple executive behind the iPod and iTunes Store, is "now guiding Apple's internal development of the new TV effort," according to the report.

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Apple has a prototype TV in the works and may introduce a product for sale by late next year or 2013, according to Gene Munster, an analyst with Piper Jaffray Cos. He based that timing on meetings with contacts close to Apple's suppliers in Asia, industry contacts and Apple's patent portfolio. Munster said Apple also is investing in manufacturing facilities and securing supplies of LCD screens.

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Faraway Eris is Pluto's twin

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

In November 2010, the distant dwarf planet Eris passed in front of a faint background star, an event called an occultation. These occurrences are very rare and difficult to observe as the dwarf planet is very distant and small. The next such event involving Eris will not happen until 2013. Occultations provide the most accurate, and often the only, way to measure the shape and size of a distant Solar System body.

The candidate star for the occultation was identified by studying pictures from the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO's La Silla Observatory. The observations were carefully planned and carried out by a team of astronomers from a number of (mainly French, Belgian, Spanish and Brazilian) universities using ? among others ? the TRAPPIST telescope, also at La Silla.

"Observing occultations by the tiny bodies beyond Neptune in the Solar System requires great precision and very careful planning. This is the best way to measure Eris's size, short of actually going there," explains Bruno Sicardy, the lead author.

Observations of the occultation were attempted from 26 locations around the globe on the predicted path of the dwarf planet's shadow ? including several telescopes at amateur observatories, but only two sites were able to observe the event directly, both of them located in Chile. One was at ESO's La Silla Observatory using the TRAPPIST telescope, and the other was located in San Pedro de Atacama and used two telescopes. All three telescopes recorded a sudden drop in brightness as Eris blocked the light of the distant star.

The combined observations from the two Chilean sites indicate that Eris is close to spherical. These measurements should accurately measure its shape and size as long as they are not distorted by the presence of large mountains. Such features are, however, unlikely on such a large icy body.

Eris was identified as a large object in the outer Solar System in 2005. Its discovery was one of the factors that led to the creation of a new class of objects called dwarf planets and the reclassification of Pluto from planet to dwarf planet in 2006. Eris is currently three times further from the Sun than Pluto.

While earlier observations using other methods suggested that Eris was probably about 25% larger than Pluto with an estimated diameter of 3000 kilometres, the new study proves that the two objects are essentially the same size. Eris's newly determined diameter stands at 2326 kilometres, with an accuracy of 12 kilometres. This makes its size better known than that of its closer counterpart Pluto, which has a diameter estimated to be between 2300 and 2400 kilometres. Pluto's diameter is harder to measure because the presence of an atmosphere makes its edge impossible to detect directly by occultations. The motion of Eris's satellite Dysnomia was used to estimate the mass of Eris. It was found to be 27% heavier than Pluto Combined with its diameter, this provided Eris's density, estimated at 2.52 grams per cm^3.

"This density means that Eris is probably a large rocky body covered in a relatively thin mantle of ice," comments Emmanuel Jehin, who contributed to the study.

The surface of Eris was found to be extremely reflective, reflecting 96% of the light that falls on it (a visible albedo of 0.96). This is even brighter than fresh snow on Earth, making Eris one of the most reflective objects in the Solar System, along with Saturn's icy moon Enceladus. The bright surface of Eris is most likely composed of a nitrogen-rich ice mixed with frozen methane ? as indicated by the object's spectrum ? coating the dwarf planet's surface in a thin and very reflective icy layer less than one millimetre thick.

"This layer of ice could result from the dwarf planet's nitrogen or methane atmosphere condensing as frost onto its surface as it moves away from the Sun in its elongated orbit and into an increasingly cold environment," Jehin adds. The ice could then turn back to gas as Eris approaches its closest point to the Sun, at a distance of about 5.7 billion kilometres.

The new results also allow the team to make a new measurement for the surface temperature of the dwarf planet. The estimates suggest a temperature for the surface facing the Sun of -238 Celsius at most, and an even lower value for the night side of Eris.

"It is extraordinary how much we can find out about a small and distant object such as Eris by watching it pass in front of a faint star, using relatively small telescopes. Five years after the creation of the new class of dwarf planets, we are finally really getting to know one of its founding members," concludes Bruno Sicardy.

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Cult of LEGO Book Review

Even though I’m a big fan of eBooks, I still love browsing through honest to goodness physical books. I find that there are some types of books that I prefer to be of the dead tree variety. One of these types is the large format, picture rich, coffee table book. I have a great example [...]

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Mexican grocery store leads Indianapolis to drug bust (Reuters)

INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) ? More than five tons of marijuana and $4.3 million in drug money were confiscated in Indianapolis after authorities noticed unusual activity at a Mexican grocery store, officials said on Monday.

United States Attorney Joseph H. Hogsett said the drug bust was the biggest in Marion County and one of the largest, if not the largest, in Indiana's history.

Hogsett praised the efforts of the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Metropolitan Drug Task Force and other officials at a morning news conference for taking the marijuana off the streets and millions away from "Mexican drug lords."

The investigation started last March when police suspected illegal activities at an Indianapolis Mexican grocery store. A tractor-trailer leaving the store was found to have $2.6 million in drug assets hidden in a false roof.

Surveillance efforts led officials to an Indianapolis warehouse containing five large metal storage containers filled with plastic-wrapped marijuana.

Jairo Ramirez, 26, Efren Perez, 20, Julio Cesar Castaneda, 36 and Tomas Toledo, 29, face charges for conspiracy to possess drugs with the intent to distribute and distributing 1,000 kilograms or more of marijuana. Castaneda and Toledo were also identified as being in the United States illegally.

(Writing and reporting by Susan Guyett; Editing by Mary Wisniewski and Greg McCune)

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U.S. pulls ambassador out of Syria (Politico)

Amid escalating protests in Syria after Muammar Qadfafi?s death, the United States pulled Ambassador Robert Ford out of Syria over the weekend due to concerns for his personal safety and accused the government of incitement against him, the State Department said Monday.

?Ambassador Robert Ford was brought back to Washington as a result of credible threats against his personal safety in Syria,? State Department Deputy Spokesperson Mark Toner said in a statement.

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?At this point, we can?t say when he will return to Syria. It will depend on our assessment of Syrian regime-led incitement and the security situation on the ground. We hope that the Syrian regime will end its incitement campaign against Ambassador Ford,? Toner added.

The withdrawal of the American ambassador, which according to Reuters occurred over the weekend, comes during the seventh month of an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.

Demonstrations in Syria escalated over the weekend after the death of Libyan dictator Muammar Qadhafi.

?Gadhafi is gone, and you?re next, oh butcher,? Syrian protesters chanted Friday in protests, according to the AP, adding, ?Your turn is coming, Bashar.?

Assad has responded to demonstrations against his government with violence, leading to an increasingly hostile American response. The weekend?s demonstrations led to the deaths of 24 people nationwide, according to activists.

The decision to yank Ford comes after multiple incidents in which the ambassador and the U.S. embassy were attacked and harassed.

In late September, Ford was pelted with tomatoes by Assad supporters as he met with a Syrian opposition leader. About 100 protesters tried to storm the office building where the meeting was being held, but they were prevented from entering.

In August, Ford was harassed by another group of protesters, one of which tried to wrap him in a poster of the Syrian president. Ford?s security team was able to rush the ambassador into a waiting car.|

Ford had also been making surprise and unauthorized visits to areas where anti-Assad opposition is strongest. The ambassador made earlier visits to Jassem and Hama, which have been flashpoints of anti-government sentiment.

The State Department said Monday that they were pleased with Ford?s efforts in Syria.

?Ambassador Ford?s presence is a benefit to our mission in Syria as he has worked diligently to deliver our message and be our eyes on the ground. This decision was based solely on the need to ensure his safety, a matter we take extremely seriously,? said Toner.

The U.S. has aggressively called for the Syrian president to step down, and has tightened sanctions against the Middle Eastern country over the past few months.

?His calls for dialogue and reform have rung hollow while he is imprisoning, torturing and slaughtering his own people,? President Obama said in August. ?For the sake of the Syrian people, the time has come for President Assad to step aside.?

Meanwhile, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) suggested on Sunday that the United States should consider a military intervention in Syria.

?Now that military operations in Libya are ending, there will be renewed focus on what practical military operations might be considered to protect civilian lives in Syria,? McCain said at the World Economic Forum in Jordan. ?The Assad regime should not consider that it can get away with mass murder. Qadhafi made that mistake and it cost him everything.?

Speaking just days after the death of Muammar Qadhafi, the Arizona senator said that Bashar al-Assad has ?spilled too much blood to stay in power,? and suggested that the Syrian leader will continue to murder more of his people.

The Obama administration has denounced Assad as having lost his legitimacy but has made no indication of taking military action in Syria by drawing clear distinctions between Libya and Syria.

?I understand the desire to make analogies and comparisons. One thing that we have said from the beginning, this whole year, is that circumstances in each country is different,? White House press secretary Jay Carney said last week. ?Every country is different, and I think we have been absolutely clear about our position with regards to Syria, with regard to the Syrian regime.?

MJ Lee contributed to this article.

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House Speaker Boehner assails Obama "reset" with Russia (Reuters)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) ? The top Republican in Congress on Tuesday assailed President Barack Obama's "reset" policy with Russia as contrary to U.S. interests and values, and urged him to rethink his approach in light of Vladimir Putin's impending return to the Kremlin.

House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner, in a rare speech on foreign policy, warned that Russia's response to Obama's much-vaunted outreach was "nothing short of an attempt to restore Soviet-style power and influence."

Pushing for a tougher line, Boehner pressured Obama not to agree to Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization until Moscow settles a territorial dispute with neighboring Georgia, a U.S. ally, stemming from their brief 2008 war.

In an address to the conservative Heritage Foundation think tank in Washington, he also urged the administration to do more to "compel" Russia to curb its ties with Iran, particularly on nuclear and missile technology, and called for a stronger effort to get Moscow to address human rights concerns.

"The United States should insist Russia 'reset' its own policies. If those appeals require teeth, the House stands ready to approve them," Boehner said.

Taking aim at the reengagement with Russia that Obama has touted as one of his top foreign policy achievements, Boehner voiced suspicion harbored by many U.S. conservatives over the decision by Putin, a former KGB spymaster, to reclaim the presidency next year.

"Soon, Russia will be officially led by someone known to harbor intense Soviet nostalgia," he said.

Boehner's speech, at a time when Republicans are deadlocked with Obama over domestic policy, sought to raise fresh doubts over the Democratic president's global leadership and broaden the assault on his record beyond his economic stewardship.

There was no immediate White House reaction.

But polls show foreign policy is likely to gain little traction in the 2012 election campaign, when concerns over the stagnant U.S. economy and high unemployment are expected drive voters' decision whether or not to give Obama a second term.

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Boehner said that since Obama took office nearly three years ago, Russia "has been the beneficiary of American outreach and engagement."

He said Russia, in response, has "continued to expand its physical, political and economic presence," uses its vast energy resources as a political weapon and "plays ball with unstable and dangerous regimes."

With Putin -- who held the presidency from 2000-2008 -- apparently assured of returning to office in the March election, Boehner said: "It's only appropriate to ask whether the Obama administration will now reconsider its policy toward Russia."

The White House has insisted that the reset in relations would remain on track despite the looming leadership reshuffle in Moscow.

Analysts say that even though Putin has been the power behind the scenes, his return to the presidency could undermine some progress achieved under his protege, President Dmitry Medvedev, in reconciling the former Cold War foes.

There are also doubts whether Putin, known for a more nationalistic tone and strident anti-U.S. rhetoric, will be able to develop much of personal rapport with Obama, who worked well with the technocratic Medvedev.

"I'm not here to argue for open conflict, or against productive engagement," Boehner said, citing potential cooperation on arms control, counterterrorism and trade.

But he made clear his view that Obama's approach had neglected human rights and political reform in Russia.

"We cannot sacrifice values or get away with walling off our interests from our moral imperatives," Boehner said. "Instead of downplaying Russia's disregard for democratic values and human rights, we should call on them and call them out on it. Publicly, forcefully, frequently."

International human rights activists have criticized the administration for not taking a strong enough stand on the issue with world powers like Russia and China.

The White House insists that Obama speaks out when necessary while reserving some of his toughest language for private talks with leaders.

(Editing by Todd Eastham)

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