2013年1月16日星期三

11 visit to the Ministry of foreign affairs

The families of New Zealand earthquake requirements of the Ministry of foreign affairs access support
in 2011 February by the New Zealand earthquake building collapsed and lost her family of 3 people, 11 visit to the Ministry of foreign affairs, New Zealand on reason and recurrence of government buildings collapsed prevent drive requirements.Family 10, Tokyo Tokyo Shibuya District of New Zealand Embassy Ambassador visit, find out the reason for submission of documents, and the person in charge of the Ministry of foreign affairs in the same file and give it to him.Died in Toyama foreign language school (Toyama city) to the students, Mr. Yamase Na = was (19), Toyama County Takaoka = father, Mr. Xiaki (54) "lack of personal power, the Japanese government to support.".
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Association report] Lady Gaga the world's most worthy of love people

David Bowie after 30 years of singles 1!
David Bowie, the UK singles chart first, was 1983 the "last dance".However, 10 years after the sale of the new album "The Next Day" single cut the "Where Are We Now?", January 8th morning 5 point iTunes is on sale, 1 feat iTunes chart was completed in 24 hours.

[Photos] "Where Are We Now?" iTunes chart 1 made David Bowie

in addition, the song PV Youtube in more than 200000 reading, has been the current Bowie return, Lady Gaga and other celebrities enthusiastic support to.

"lying" in bed listening to Bowie.Never feel happy moments.It was Bowie's new song, when I first heard the "Gaga will push, male · George's new song" Bowie I cry!Tears of joy ah, of course, "twitter.

Bowie's new song about all the four thousand one hundred and eighty-five, only the sale notice him on twitter fans wrote "did not think of, hide the short message secret meetings.".However, after a few minutes, Bowie new message spread to the world.This new song, Bowie's album "The Next Day" in March is scheduled to launch.[Britain] [the first master / Brady: Association report] Lady Gaga the world's most worthy of love people!Johnny · Depp (MovieWalker) are also included in the Lady Gaga, calto comedy film "for RA," museum for sequel starred in?(MovieWalker) the rolling stones, David Bowie are the Olympic Games Closing Ceremony declined in (MovieWalker) Paul · Mccartney et al. The Olympic Games opening ceremony performance of about 120 yen!(MovieWalker) SF's tribute to the full!Work advanced topic, don't you?(MovieWalker)
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6 city "East Japan REDLINE Tour" first BiS, T. C. L 4 group
each fall held LIVE Tour "REDLINE Tour" a "REDLINE BEGINNING tour 2013" East Japan in March, 6 live at house.The first bullet artists was published.

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application, SWELL AIR, T. C. L, BiS THE CHERRY COKE dollars, a total of 4 sets, each artist's performance schedule and performance venue.The official website today began in January 11th January 17th 18: 00 tickets for the first appointment, reception.

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first reception: January 11, 2013 (gold) from 00 to January 17th 0: 18: 00 (wood)

* report first, the March 29th Sapporo conference KLUB COUNTER action and record, KLUB COUNTER MIYAKO error.Correct, I'm very sorry.Related articles], [BiS Ryogokukokugikan premiere held one-man travel CD shop candidate MWAM, central to tile, androp other 10 works album "THE WORLD" fairy tale 6th & individual concert will be held in BiS technology of personal as usual!50000 yen notes are also full of HighApps premium "women's" SEBASTIAN X, BiS contest
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Historical Ebisu Premiere Saito Urakazuyoshi debut!Their cost and enthusiastic singing
the history of the national tour "historical relics tour ~ this go?~ "Tokyo · LIQUIDROOM Ebisu concert, January 11th was held yesterday.

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opening shellfish sound together, the history that appeared on the stage, in front of Ikeda Takashi - full audience said "please ah this!(laughter) "shock.The enthusiasm of the audience filled the floor, to the latest album "√ you" song, revealed.

composing. "Love plunge into the wilds and flee warrior feat. Full light teacher", as the mystery guest ashigaru teacher (Ito,: U) called Ikeda. Yu or breathe together launched.Ito is the end of the song "See you again!"And say hello, after the new chance Xiong guys side left the stage.

Encore Ikeda gorgeous hair ornaments and red T-shirts to wear the "Princess"."This tour, has been, a piece of men's kimono do.But different?This song to do so, princess?Then the second called the guests!?"This day, second people as the mystery guest, Saito Mara Saito Urakazuyoshi to attract.Said

own clothes kimono Saito debut floor craze.The audience came to Ikeda front, "easy to understand high, please stop!(laughter) "and the calf, and Saito together" Princess Shake!Feat Saito Mo Luo Wei door "announced.Saito Kaishi or woman guitar while singing, enthusiasm, Ikeda epoch-making stage show "do as one pleases. (laughter)" smile.Saito left the stage Ikeda the warm gesture by the wonder: how to think?Very happy, but warm think?"And, the band members asked.

the last song "hunting rice", from the Ito and guests of the mysterious Ninja · Sha Lang debut.Ikeda sand Lang "suddenly don't come!(laughter) "side to keep on good terms with each other, and with three people on the.The trip was in January 18th Sendai Darwin concert finally usher in Miyagi prefecture.[] Association reported new tour!Ando Yuko, "RA, & history in concert DVD Fukuoka field live recording of" CIRCLE "selfish, Hosono, Mukai, history, should master, wonderful trip finally get real about historical Akasaka BLITZ in case of Shiina Ringo," Saito Atsumon "debut" historical Princess Dancing Princess Shake!Feat Saito Mo Luo Wei door "PV
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Movie American music industry has now become the recorder "legendary neve 8028", the United States of America come first on the list of the studio, to open in 1969 more friend Wood · Macneil Yang, Tom · PE, volatile metal band, Nirvana, Noyes, literature, and,,, number, with the engineering group, and other modern the history of rock into the legendary singers determines the captive unknown studio "works and declining history forward sound city" glory and prosperity in the era of technology.Elements of music aesthetics in the spotlight is non - and losing of analog recording guess documentary.

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2013年1月13日星期日

although no 12 day has 6000 or more readers to be registered.

The Pope of Rome to "automatic speaking" in the year the official account
the Pope of Rome Hall (Vatican) reports officer in 12 days before, in micro-blog site "Twitter" Pope Benedict sixteenth Century official account opened within the revealed.About 1200000000 people were Catholic believers of the apex of the Pope, the network world also has "tens of thousands" (Reader).Reuters news agency, the Pope's Wednesday weekly general audience and Sunday prayer rallies to lecture content "Twitter" is expected to.In fact, I wrote, but relationship author, papal approval and announcement.The pope in June last year, the Vatican's news website twitter information business, personal account is not.The Pope was talking about things and the account, a word is "murmur", although no 12 day has 6000 or more readers to be registered.(common)
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fabric Small World PV

Fuji fabric, after 1 and a half years album "VOYAGE" launched in March
Fuji fabric's new album "VOYAGE" (waiting for the detector) published in March 6th published.

[other] Fuji Photo's newest single "fabric Small World PV

separated by about 1 and a half years, a total of seventh works now works, the new system after the single hit song "in black and white", "streamline", "Light Flight," "Small World" 4 songs of all the 12 song.

the initial production limit plate, single piece 4 Music Videos and, members of the voice attachment in 2012 path searching document film "DOCUMENT 2012 - Part 2 -" included the bonus DVD.This image, the February 6th issue of the new single "Small World" first print limited disk to obtain "DOCUMENT 2012 Part 1" "the sequel album production process, personal content as center.

beginning in April, the leitmotiv throughout the first hall Tour "Fuji fabric HALL tour 2013" VOYAGER "" was held. Also determines, ticket is March 16th (soil) than the general sale begins.

in addition today January 11th (gold), the new song "Small World" music video of the official YouTube channel open."The earth is the four angle" concept originally, director Shika Takumi's unbelievable visual world, the completion of the works.


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About · WAL-MART wooden maze "volume eighth release, bonus is two of a kind
about · WAL-MART wooden maze "Volume 8 was released to commemorate, part of the bookstore depicting down illustrations of the concessions, buyers, exudes.

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DVD illustration, cartoon ZIN and other bookstore distribution 2 general types.General purpose paper the widely scattered, issued?Is the bookstore gradually.Treatment with no shops confirm.[] [] Association reported in January 12th released today [June 13th] party list today issued separate list of wooden maze "volume seventh DVD paper and Fairfax's shop newspaper issue comic dragon reopened Memorial, about · WAL-MART signature magazine comic dragon reopened for deciding, winter Doujinshi fair book mail order began
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the new MV popular singers will starred friendship Saka Yamashitachiku

Saka Zhiku's new song "our song", "the vast garden hurricane" piece, tonight for the first time.
"WEB bound Prince" about Saka Zhiku's new single "our song" (launched in January 30th), MBS TBS animation "the vast garden hurricane" run-out bend first broadcasting began in January 10th.

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"our song", "friends, lovers, family and other important people's feelings, while listen to emerge to" love jam music, this production sessions with incense himself animation "the vast garden hurricane" heroine Takigawa Yoshino and do not break it, two side, making the.Animation and music shows how collaboration, rub one's eyes and wait.

in addition, "our song" music video, his friend also has the singer playing it, KOMA 'n, I ah, officer G starred friendship, and YouTube with the letter began just 2 weeks 30000 regeneration of more than.

January 9th (water) was broadcast "Fuji TV" in "this year on the singer", third were elected, sweet Tomohisa Yamashita.Further leap forward surge.

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Beyonce, President Obama's inauguration on second degrees.
Beyonce, Barack, President Obama's second inauguration of the ceremony.President Obama took office in 2009 for the first time when performing a re-election campaign, she also support activities, this ceremony the United States National anthem.

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Beyonce more presidential inauguration Executive Committee, January 21st (month) Washington Federal Parliament. Don West, held before the ceremony, Kylie Claisen "Mae test, have, at an",, have ", James · Taylor" an, St. have "at the suitable for American patriotic songs such as" disclosure and USA today revealed.President Obama announced that the "Vice President Biden and I, the inaugural ceremony, full of wit music artists stage very honored to see.Their music is the United States National Heart, all the people tell you".

4 years ago the presidency Memorial ETA· James's "freedom", the last song for Beyonce, President Obama's enthusiastic supporters have, re-election campaign a T-shirt design trade activities are put into force.

so Beyonce, held in November 2012 of the American presidential election, President Obama praised wrote a letter."Every day, we are your spirit and the character of the understanding.You are honest about their inspired us.You is that we need to place, let us take the guidance.Thanks to you, my daughter and nephew wondering what to expect things, I believe will grow.""Is the sincere respect and worship, Beyonce" [] Beyonce new association reported, "ratchet" Lady Gaga again?Beyonce, PV shoot while wearing a gold dress · set auction contributions, on the new Beyonce Beyonce album in Neo and collaboration, to 2013 February Super Bowl before singing new issue?Beyonce Miguel and cooperation of the song, is his new album with?
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2013年1月7日星期一

【産経・FNN合同世論調査】安倍内閣支持率55% 最も期待する政策は景気対策

【産経・FNN合同世論調査】安倍内閣支持率55% 最も期待する政策は景気対策
産経新聞社とFNN(フジニュースネットワーク)が26、27両日に合同で実施した世論調査で、26日に発足した第2次安倍晋三内閣の支持率は55・0%となり、不支持率の28・2%を大きく上回った。安倍内閣に期待する政策では、景気対策が40・3%で最も高く、デフレ脱却を最大の目標に掲げた新政権への期待の高さがうかがえる。 安倍内閣の顔ぶれについて「期待する」は49・2%で、「期待しない」の30・7%を上回った。最も期待する閣僚は麻生太郎副総理・財務相の15・2%だった。 景気対策に続いて期待が高かった政策は、社会保障改革(12・5%)、財政再建(10・5%)、震災復興(7・5%)の順。「安倍内閣は憲法改正に着手するべきか」との質問では、「思う」が51・1%と過半数に達した。 今回の内閣支持率は、平成18年9月に発足した第1次安倍内閣の支持率(63・9%)よりは低かった。小渕内閣以降の10政権の発足時と比べても7番目の水準だった。 ただ、安倍内閣が今回「どれぐらい続くか」については、42・4%が「3年以内」と回答。「それ以上」の25・5%と合わせ約3分の2が「長期政権」になるとの見通しを示した。 政党支持率トップは自民党の33・7%。衆院選直前の前回調査(8、9両日実施)と比べ11・6ポイントの大幅増で、衆院選圧勝の勢いが続いている。2位は日本維新の会の13・7%(前回比0・2ポイント減)で、民主党は8・1%(同3・2ポイント減)だった。 来年夏の参院選についても、自民が単独過半数を獲得することを48・0%が「よいと思う」と答え、「思わない」の42・7%を上回った。一方、衆院選で自民が「積極的に支持されたか」との質問には、「思う」が28・1%、「思わない」が65・5%だった。 維新と民主を比較し、政権交代可能な第二党になるのはどちらかを尋ねたところ、維新34・7%、民主15・5%だった。 民主の海江田万里新代表に「期待する」は34・6%にとどまり、「期待しない」が56・0%。民主の政権復帰についても「期待する」は24・9%と低調だった。
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「海猿」5作目 女の子から、たくましい母に成長 加藤あい

「海猿」5作目 女の子から、たくましい母に成長 加藤あい
DVD情報「BRAVE HEARTS 海猿」8190円から 昨年7月に劇場公開され、興行収入73・3億円と邦画最大のヒットを記録した「BRAVE HEARTS 海猿」(羽住(はすみ)英一郎監督)は、連続ドラマを含めたシリーズ第5作。すさまじい海難現場の最前線を見せながら、仲間や家族との絆を色濃く描いている。18日にブルーレイとDVDがリリースされるのを前に、主人公の海上保安官を支える妻を演じた加藤あい(30)に聞いた。 (市川雄二) 300人超を乗せたジャンボ旅客機が海上に着水、機体が傾き始める…。この観客を戦慄させる場面が象徴するように、スケールの大きい映画となった。 「現場に見学に行っておけばよかった」と残念そうに語る加藤は、第3管区海上保安本部の特殊救難隊隊員、仙崎大輔(伊藤英明)の妻、環菜(かんな)役。今回は“自宅待機組”で、救助に向かうチームとは撮影現場が違うため、完成作を「自分が出ているシーン以外は、お客さんのような感じで見ていた」と別作品の感覚を味わったという。 大輔の後輩の救急救命士、吉岡(佐藤隆太)には客室乗務員の美香(仲里依紗)という恋人ができていた。そんな折、美香の搭乗するジャンボ機が羽田空港を目指して飛行中、エンジンが炎上し、海保の下川救難課長(時任三郎)は前代未聞の東京湾への着水を提案。成功しても浮かんでいられるのは20分だが、機長(平山浩行)は降下を始める…。< 前のページ12次のページ >
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2012年の“がっかり”なITニュース12選

2012年の“がっかり”なITニュース12選
アップルの地図アプリ、様々なサーヴィスで起こったセキュリティの問題、大コケした新端末など。そんな2012年の失敗作や落胆をもたらした出来事の数々を取り上げたい。Photo: Alex Washburn/Wired 2012年も、テクノロジーの世界には新たなプロダクトやサーヴィスがたくさん登場した。しかし、そのいっぽうで多くの失敗作やがっかりする出来事があったのも事実。 たとえば、アップルのiOS 6に搭載された地図アプリは多くの人々を戸惑わせ、様々なサーヴィスで起こったセキュリティの問題からは、オンライン上の個人情報やパスワードの管理についての大きな懸念が持ち上がった。また、カラフルで魅力的なデザインで巻き返しを狙ったノキアは、いまだ浮上できていない。 今回、WIREDではそんな2012年の失敗作や、落胆をもたらした出来事の数々を取り上げたい。iOS 6の地図アプリ アップルの地図アプリは、9月にリリースされたiOS 6で、それまでのグーグルマップに代わるデフォルトの地図アプリとして登場した。しかし場所の誤表示など多くのバグが見つかり、ユーザーの不満が続出した。 
  「iOS 6」マップで世界のユーザーが混乱 アップルは「iOS 6」で、「Google Maps」を自社製のマップに置き換えたが、間違った場所が示される、3D画像が歪んでいるといったユーザーからの不満が世界中で沸き起こっている。アップルのコメントも紹介。 
  
  地図アプリの「新参者」:アップルの課題とは 「地図関連の技術は生やさしいものではない」と語るのは、調査会社ガートナーのアナリスト、ブライアン・ブラウ。ナヴィゲーションソフトウェアを手がけるWaze社のノーム・バーディンCEOによれば、「TomTom社が持つ米国の地図データは最低限の品質」だという。 
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『真・北斗無双』プレイアブルキャラ「アミバ」「ハン」「名もなき修羅」配信決定

『真・北斗無双』プレイアブルキャラ「アミバ」「ハン」「名もなき修羅」配信決定
コーエーテクモゲームスは、PS3/Xbox360/Wii Uソフト『真・北斗無双』の最新情報を公開しました。

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今回はプレイアブルキャラクター「アミバ」「ハン」「名もなき修羅」が、PS3/Xbox360版では2013年1月31日より、Wii U版では2月14日より有料ダウンロードコンテンツとして配信されることが発表となりました。

アミバは、レイの元同門。あらゆる拳法を習得した自称天才で、トキに成りすまして、人体実験を繰り返していました。

ハンは、北斗琉拳の使い手で第三の羅将。野心のない人間を嫌い、本人曰く「百人から先、何人殺してきたか覚えていない」ほどの実力者。シャチからリンを受け取ると、彼女を迎えに来たケンシロウと戦いました。

そして名もなき修羅は、修羅の国の戦士。15歳にも満たないときに、赤鯱率いる100人の兵を1人で殺し、赤鯱の右目右脚を奪いました。

価格は、PS3/Wii U版が1人800円、Xbox360版が1人640MSPとなります。さらに3人セットも用意されており、こちらはそれぞれ1800円、1440MSPとなります。

なお、今後は「幻闘編」追加クエストの配信も予定されているとのことです。

『真・北斗無双』PS3/Xbox360版は、現在発売中で、価格は8190円(税込)、『真・北斗無双TREASURE BOX』が1万3440円(税込)、『PlayStation3真・北斗無双LEGEND EDITION』が3万3170円(税込)です。Wii U版は、2013年1月31日に発売予定で価格は8190円(税込)、ダウンロード版が7,100円(税込)です。

『真・北斗無双』は、好評発売中で価格は8,190円(税込)です。Wii U版は2013年1月31日に発売予定。価格はパッケージ版が8,190円(税込)、ダウンロード版が7,100円(税込)です。

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3歳牝馬クラシック三冠の最終戦、GI第17回秋華賞は10月14日に京都競馬場(芝2000メートル、フルゲート18頭)で開催される。最大の注目は、ジェンティルドンナが史上4頭目の牝馬三冠の栄冠を獲得するかだ。前走の秋華賞トライアル、ローズS(GII)で2着のヴィルシーナに0秒2差の着差以上に強い競馬を見せての1着。2009年に三冠を逃したブエナビスタは凱旋門賞を目指した出走過程から急遽(きゅうきょ)計画を変更しての参戦と違い、順調な出走過程を踏む。ただ、最近7年で1番人気が1着に来たのは10年のアパパネだけ。3着以内には来るが、優勝を逃すジンクスを破れるかが鍵だ。1日に行われた最終登録を基に秋華賞を展望した。 ■実績断然、牝馬三冠に注目 本命は、やはりジェンティルドンナを推す。前走のローズSでは道中、2番手を追走。桜花賞、オークス2着のヴィルシーナの目標になりながら、しっかり折り合って、最後の直線ではヴィルシーナにいったんは迫られながら二の足を使って突き放しての1着。手綱を取った岩田康騎手は「京都の2000メートル内回りは後ろから行く馬が落とす(傾向がある)ので、こういうレースができることを馬に教えてあげないと」と本番を見据えた競馬を展開。それにきっちり対応する能力の高さを示した。 前走まで【5・1・0・1】と成績は抜群。唯一の着外は熱発による影響で、除外していいだろう。今年1月に牡馬混走のシンザン記念で1着。07年にダービー馬ウオッカを抑えて秋華賞を勝ったダイワスカーレットはシンザン記念で2着だったことを考慮すると、ダイワより能力は上か。2400メートルのオークスではヴィルシーナに0秒8差をつけての圧勝だけに、2000メートルの距離に問題はない。アクシデントがない限り、三冠は間違いないとみる。< 前のページ123次のページ >
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2013年1月5日星期六

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    LAS VEGAS (AP) — A blackjack dealer was charged with kidnapping and murder Wednesday in the death of her ex-boyfriend's daughter, adding to existing felony charges she faces in a slashing attack hours later against a co-worker at a Las Vegas Strip casino.

    Brenda Stokes Wilson, 50, picked up 10-year-old Jade Morris to go Christmas shopping last month, but instead took her to a vacant lot and killed her, according to police.

    Prosecutor Robert Daskas told a judge that DNA tests found the child's blood on clothing Stokes Wilson wore that day and on the driver's door handle and steering wheel of the car she borrowed.

    "She had blood on her hands," Daskas said.

    Stokes Wilson's lawyer, Tony Liker, said his client intends to plead not guilty to the charges against her.

    Prosecutors haven't disclosed a motive for the attacks.

    Police and family members, however, think the actions were sparked by jealousy. They have said Stokes Wilson thought the child's father, Philip Morris, had recently begun dating Joyce Rhone, the woman slashed at the casino.

    "It was just her imagination," said the girl's grandfather, Philip Tucker, who said he spoke with Rhone by telephone a day after the attack at a Bellagio casino blackjack table.

    "There was nothing going on" between his son and Rhone, Tucker added.

    Attempts to reach Rhone, 44, on Wednesday were unsuccessful.

    Stokes Wilson was a trusted family friend who dated Jade Morris' father for about four years, police have said.

    Stokes Wilson picked up the girl about 5 p.m. Dec. 21, returned the car to its owner a little after 7 p.m. and was wrestled to the ground at the Bellagio about 9:30 p.m. with razor blades in each hand and three more razors in a bag, police said.

    She told police she asked her doctor days earlier to admit her to a hospital because she felt like she wanted to hurt someone. She also told police she had stopped taking prescribed anti-anxiety medication.

    Liker, Stokes Wilson's lawyer, declined to say Wednesday whether he might seek an insanity defense.

    He said Stokes Wilson was a single mother of three who had a steady job as a blackjack dealer. Liker said Stokes Wilson had a clean previous criminal record, and he believes she's innocent.

    "She doesn't meet the profile of someone who would kill a 10-year-old girl," the defense attorney said.

    Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Deborah Lippis set an evidence hearing for March 28 on murder, kidnapping, burglary, attempted murder, battery causing substantial bodily harm and mayhem charges — each with use of a deadly weapon — that could get Stokes Wilson life in prison or the death penalty.

    At the prosecution's request, the judge ordered Stokes Wilson held without bail.

    Stokes Wilson stood in shackles and blue jail scrubs in court Wednesday, flanked by armed police and court officers, while Liker lost a bid to allow her to wear street clothes and a wig during court appearances.

    The judge said jail garb was sufficient in Justice Court, and that Stokes Wilson would be entitled to wear her customary wig and street clothes if the case reaches a jury.

    Liker alleged the DNA evidence against his client was inconclusive and that the girl's parents should be considered suspects.

    Outside court, the girl's grandmother, Brenda Morris, repeated the belief that Stokes Wilson plotted to kill the child to hurt Philip Morris, who was in Billings, Mont., at the time.

    Philip Morris did not attend Wednesday's court hearing.

    Brenda Morris said family members are planning a Jan. 9 funeral.

    In the court hallway, Brenda Morris' fiance, Terrance Williams, dismissed Liker's allegations as "trying to build a smoke screen to blame someone else."

  • Russia and India.

    FDA Approves 39 New Drugs in 2012

    Both pharmaceutical companies and officials at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have been busy -- the drug companies compiling statistics from clinical research trials and the FDA going through its vetting process to ensure the safety and efficacy of proposed new medications. The most recently approved medication, Sirturo, was developed for the treatment of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis, MDR-TB, an infection rarely seen in the United States but prevalent in China, Eastern Europe, Russia and India.

    FDA 2012 Approval Numbers

    In the last 20 years, the greatest number of new approvals occurred in 1996 when 53 new medications were added to the marketplace. In 1997, 39 new drugs met FDA approval. Approvals slowed for some years until 2004 when 36 approvals were awarded by the FDA, then slowed again until the 39 approvals in 2012.

    Newest Tuberculosis-Fighting Drug Fast-Tracked by FDA for Approval

    Johnson & Johnson's drug Sirturo, or bedaquiline, intended for the treatment of drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis, received a speedy go-ahead to market, a process used by the FDA when preliminary clinical research demonstrates positive results.

    Tuberculosis, caused by bacteria that most often affects the lungs, is rarely seen in the United States but is rampant in other areas of the world. As many as 1.4 million people die worldwide annually from the illness, with approximately 150,000 of those deaths from MDR-TB.

    Sirturo, the first new anti-tuberculosis drug to market in more than 40 years, is not without its concerns. Designed to be used in conjunction with the older anti-tuberculosis medications, Sirturo carries a boxed warning on its label that it can interfere with the heart's electrical system, something that could result in fatal arrhythmia .

    Bedaquiline is not intended as a first line of defense against tuberculosis infection, but rather when all other available treatments have been ineffective. Left unabated, the tuberculosis could lead to death and at that point in the illness health care providers would need to weight the possible side effects of a medication that could save the person's life by clearing the infection.

    New Medications Approved by FDA in 2012

    The FDA provides a listing of new and generic drugs the agency approved in 2012. Drugs in the listing include Eliquis, a blood thinner for people with atrial fibrillation not related to a heart valve problem; Juxtapid, an anti-cholesterol medication for people with an uncommon genetic disorder affecting LDL cholesterol levels; and Iclusig, another medication that received fast-track approval, for the treatment of two rare types of leukemia. Thirty-six other drugs also received approval.

    Bottom Line

    The discovery and clinical research that are behind each new drug is often long, arduous and expensive. MedCityNews.com reported that major pharmaceutical companies took a big financial hit in 2012 due to patents expiring on many large money-making medications, with cheaper generic drugs taking up the slack to the tune of $21 billion for U.S. drug makers and $10 billion for European drug makers.

    As difficult as it can be to feel sympathy for the drug companies, the truth is manufacturing and distributing medications is a business. If profits fall too much, it is difficult to fund the discovery and research phases for potential new cures.

    Everyone, from infants to baby boomers to centenarians, benefits from the continued science of pharmacy.

    Abbas' main political rival.

    Israeli undercover raid sets off violent protests

    RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Israeli undercover troops broke into a West Bank apartment building in a failed arrest raid Thursday, igniting a violent protest and signaling that Israeli-Palestinian security coordination may be in trouble, officials said.

    Thursday's raid targeted a suspected Islamic militant and marked the second time this week an army operation sparked clashes. Palestinians accused Israel of taking provocative actions in retaliation for their successful bid in November to win U.N. recognition of a state of Palestine in the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem, the territories Israel captured in 1967.

    Israel's military denied it was walking away from coordination with the security forces of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, whose self-rule government administers just over one-third of the West Bank, where more than 90 percent of the Palestinians live.

    Palestinian officials said Thursday's operation began when undercover troops, followed by uniformed soldiers in more than a dozen jeeps, broke into an apartment building on the outskirts of the West Bank town of Jenin. The apparent target, an activist in the militant Islamic Jihad group, was not in the area.

    The Israeli military said several hundred Palestinians began throwing stones, and that some in the crowd hurled firebombs and rolled burning tires toward the soldiers. Troops fired warning shots, and also used tear gas, stun grenades and rubber-coated steel pellets to quell the protest, the military said.

    Talal Dweikat, the Palestinian governor of the Jenin district, put the number of stone throwers at several dozen. He said a Palestinian was shot in the leg and an elderly woman was bitten by an army dog. The military confirmed a woman was bitten and taken for medical treatment.

    In recent years, the West Bank has been relatively calm, in part because of Israeli-Palestinian coordination in tracking Islamic militants. The coordination came in response to the 2007 takeover of Gaza by the Islamic militant Hamas, Abbas' main political rival.

    Trying to prevent a similar takeover in the West Bank, Abbas began cracking down on Hamas and found his interests aligned with Israel's. Abbas has long argued that violence is counterproductive, since Palestinians are bound to lose any armed confrontation with Israel. Hamas believes Israel will make concessions only in response to force.

    Security coordination with Israel is unpopular in the West Bank, especially at a time when peace talks are frozen and Palestinian independence appears unlikely anytime soon. U.N. recognition gave the Palestinians a diplomatic boost but changed little on the ground.

    Palestinian officials alleged Thursday that the recent Israeli raids are part of Israel's retaliation for the statehood bid. Israel strongly opposed the U.N. recognition, saying it was an attempt to bypass negotiations.

    A Palestinian security official said Abbas has ordered his security forces to avoid any confrontations with Israeli troops. Abbas is concerned about an unwanted escalation he believes will not serve Palestinian interests, said the official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss internal deliberations with reporters.

    Adnan Damiri, a spokesman for the Palestinian security forces, said Israeli troops have increasingly entered Palestinian-run areas without coordination since November. "There has been an escalation in Israeli raids into our territories since the U.N. bid," he said.

    Earlier this week, another undercover raid targeting suspected Islamic Jihad militants in the West Bank prompted clashes that left 10 Palestinians wounded.

    Lt. Col. Avital Leibovich, an Israeli army spokeswoman, said Israel has not abandoned security coordination with the Palestinians. "As far as we are concerned, the coordination has not changed," she said. "Our activities are in relation to threats (by militants), and nothing else."

    2013年1月4日星期五

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    (Reuters) - The National Collegiate Athletic Association on Wednesday said a lawsuit by Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett appeared "without merit" and was "an affront to all of the victims" of convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky.

    Corbett said he would sue the NCAA in federal court to challenge the sanctions it levied against Penn State University over the Sandusky child sex-abuse scandal.

    "We are disappointed by the governor's action today," the NCAA said in a statement.

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  • the "Quads" are notoriously unpredictable.

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    One of the best displays of "shooting stars" will peak overnight tonight and early Thursday morning (Jan. 3), but unfortunately will run into some stiff competition this year from a bright moon. 

    The celestial fireworks display is the Quadrantid meteor shower (pronounced KWA-dran-tid), which kicks off the annual meteor shower schedule every January.To paraphrase Forrest Gump: The Quadrantids are like opening up a box of chocolates; you never know what you're going to get!  Indeed, the "Quads" are notoriously unpredictable.

    This year, the meteor shower is peaking while the moon is in its bright gibbous phase, just days after the recent full moon on Dec. 28, which may interfere with the cosmic light show.

    The Quadrantids provides one of the most intense annual meteor showers, with a brief, sharp maximum lasting but a few hours. Adolphe Quetelet of Brussels Observatory discovered the shower in the 1830's, and shortly afterward it was noted by several other astronomers in Europeand America. [Amazing Quadrantid Meteor Shower Photo of 2012]

    The meteors are named after the obsolete constellation Quadrans Muralis the Mural or Wall Quadrant (an astronomical instrument), depicted in some 19th-century star atlases roughly midway between the end of the Handle of the Big Dipper and the quadrilateral of stars marking the head of the constellation Draco. (The International Astronomical Union phased out Quadrans Muralis in 1922.)

    NASA will provide a live webcast of the 2013 Quadrantid meteor shower each night this week through Friday (Jan. 4). You can follow the meteor shower on SPACE.com here courtesy of the NASA feed.

    Difficult to see

    Unfortunately, many factors combine to make the peak of this display difficult to observe on a regular basis: 

    A brief peak period: The Quadrantids’ meteor rates exceed half of their highest value for only about six hours (compared to two days for the Perseid meteor shower in August). This means that the stream of particles that produce this shower is a narrow one — apparently originating from a small comet within the last 500 years.

    The parentage of the Quadrantids had long been a mystery until astronomer Peter Jenniskens, a meteor expert with the SETI Institute at Mountain View, Calif., noticed that the orbit of 2003 EH1 — a small asteroid discovered in March 2003 — ''falls snug in the shower.'' He believes that the 1.2-mile-wide (2 kilometers) asteroid is the source of the Quadrantids. The asteroid, in turn, is possibly the burnt out core of the lost comet C/1490 Y1. [Quadrantid Meteors in the Night Sky (Video)]

    You have to be an early-bird (or extreme night owl): As viewed from mid-northern latitudes, we have to get up before dawn to see the Quadrantids at their best. This is because the radiant (the part of the sky from where the meteors to appear to originate) is down low on the northern horizon until about midnight, rising slowly higher as the night progresses. The growing light of dawn ends meteor observing usually by around 7 a.m.  So, if the "Quads" are to be seen at all, some part of that eight-hour active period must fall between 2 a.m.and 7 a.m.

    It’s winter in the north: Over northern latitudes, early January often sees inclement or unsettled weather.

    The moon interferes: In one out of every three years, bright moonlight spoils the view and unfortunately, 2013 is one of those years. According to British meteor expert Alastair McBeath: "The waning gibbous moon causes severe problems for detailed observations of the Quadrantid maximum in 2013."

    It is not surprising then, that the Quadrantids are not as well-known as some of the other annual meteor showers.

    Quadrantid meteor shower viewing tips

    According to Robert Lunsford of the American Meteor Society, here is what to expect during the Quadrantid meteor shower’s peak: "A bright gibbous moon (will be) located near the Leo-Virgo border. Activity can be still seen from the Quadrantids if your skies are clear and transparent. It would also be wise to keep the moon out of your field of view by facing the north to east quadrant of the sky."

    In 2013, Western North Americawill be favored to view of the peak of the Quadrantids. Maximum activity this year is expected on Thursday morning, Jan. 3 at 5 a.m.Pacific Standard Time. For those in the western United States, the meteor shower's origin radiant will be about two-thirds of the way up in the east-northeast sky. 

    The farther to the north and east you go, the higher in the sky the radiant will be. To the south and west the radiant will be lower and the meteors will be fewer. 

    Quadrantid meteors are described as bright and bluish with long silvery trains. As McBeath and Lunsford have pointed out, the moon's presence will make seeing the maximum number of meteors problematic.  Without the bright moon, western observers likely would see as many as 60 to 75 meteors per hour; a very dark sky might even yield 100 or more per hour. 

    But this year, the moon will be the big obstacle. For every magnitude of naked eye stars hidden by moonlight or light pollution, the number of meteors is cut by roughly 60 percent.

    You can check how bright your moonlit sky is by looking for the Little Dipper star pattern. The four stars in the bowl are of magnitudes 2, 3, 4 and 5 (the lower the number, the brighter the star). So, if you can see only three of the four stars in the bowl, your limiting magnitude would be 4, meaning you would see only about one-tenth the meteors you would if you were under a very dark, moonless sky.    

    Quadrantid meteor rates will be lower across the central and eastern United States, as well as other places north of the equator where the peak of the shower will occur either after sunrise or with the shower radiant very low in the sky. Observers south of the equator will have little chance of seeing any "Quads" since the radiant will not clear the horizon before morning twilight interferes.

    Editor's Note: If you snap an amazing photo of the Quadrantid meteor shower and would like to share it with SPACE.com, send images and comments, including name, location and equipment used to managing editor Tariq Malik at spacephotos@space.com.

    Joe Rao serves as an instructor and guest lecturer at New York's Hayden Planetarium. He writes about astronomy for The New York Times and other publications, and he is also an on-camera meteorologist for News 12 Westchester, New York. Follow SPACE.com on Twitter @Spacedotcom. We're also on Facebook & Google+.

    Meteor Shower Quiz: How Well Do You Know 'Shooting Stars'? January Skywatching: Ancient Constellation, Quadrantid Meteors and More | Video How Meteor Showers Work (Infographic) Copyright 2013 SPACE.com, a TechMediaNetwork company. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
  • The spill risk from the drillship is limited to the 143

    Runaway Alaska oil rig dragged two tugs for miles

    LONDON/ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - The runaway oil rig that ran aground in Alaska on New Year's Eve dragged two vessels trying to control it more than 10 miles toward shore in just over an hour before the crews cut it loose to save themselves in "near hurricane" conditions.

    Details were still emerging on Wednesday from the U.S. Coast Guard and Royal Dutch/Shell, the company at the center of a controversial and accident-prone Arctic oil drilling program of which the Kulluk drillship is a vital part.

    They paint a frightening picture of the 28,000-tonne, saucer-shaped rig being thrust toward the shore on waves up to 35 feet high driven by winds up to 62 mph, pulling its main towing vessel, the Aiviq, and a tug, the Alert, behind it.

    "We are talking about near hurricane-strength conditions," said Darci Sinclair of the Kulluk Tow Incident Unified Command, set up by the U.S. Coast Guard and the companies involved. "Regaining control became extremely challenging."

    The unified command said the Kulluk was still aground on Sitkalidak Island in the Gulf of Alaska, but "upright and stable". Updates were available at www.kullukresponse.com.

    The 30-year-old Kulluk is operated by Noble Corp and was refitted by Shell for its summer 2012 drilling expedition in the Beaufort Sea off northern Alaska.

    Shell spent $4.5 billion preparing for extraction activities there and in the Chukchi Sea further east, but has yet to complete a single well, while facing some embarrassing setbacks.

    Headlines that raise questions about the wisdom of drilling so far north in such a environmentally delicate and technically challenging place were not expected so early in 2013, given that activity stopped for the season two months ago.

    Any Kulluk damage could threaten Shell's 2013 drilling program because its oil-spill plans require a second rig to be available at all times in case a relief well needs to be drilled to kill the well. That is the Noble-owned Discoverer, which would also be unable to drill without another rig nearby.

    David Smith, spokesman at the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement in Washington DC, said his division would not yet speculate on the summer. The earliest date that the drilling season could have started last year was July 1.

    On Tuesday, the U.S. Coast Guard said the Kulluk's hull appeared sound after a few over flights. More were planned on Wednesday, with more than 600 people supporting the response.

    "This is a very large and complex response and it is important that the American public and our elected officials understand the dangerous and difficult challenges being faced by the response crews," Rear Admiral Thomas Ostebo, commander of the Coast Guard in Alaska, said in the statement.

    The Kulluk was on its way south for the winter. It had been towed east from the Beaufort, and then south through the Bering Strait that separates the northernmost U.S. state from Siberia.

    On December 28, about half way to its winter destination in Seattle, and 50 miles south of Kodiak Island in the Gulf of Alaska, engine failure struck the Aiviq - an icebreaker that is less than a year old, and whose name means "Walrus".

    The weather was already rough and the Kulluk's 18-strong crew was lifted off, when a doomed four-day battle to keep the Kulluk off the rocks began.

    The effort ran into deeper difficulty a few hours after nightfall on December 31, with the shore less than 19 miles away.

    Aiviq, one of two vessels attached at the time, lost its line. It was re-attached, and battled on against the elements along with the Alert, but the coastline kept getting closer as the storm pushed all three vessels north-eastwards.

    At 8:15 p.m. on Monday (January 1, 0515 GMT), the order came to cut the Kulluk lines to save the Aiviq, the Alert and the crews.

    At 8:30 p.m., the lines were cut, and by 8:48, a trajectory map on the unified command website shows, the Kulluk was aground about 1,600 feet from the shore on Sitkalidak Island, near the larger Kodiak Island. The Kulluk, the wind, and the waves had dragged Aiviq and Alert more than 10 miles in just over an hour.

    The vessel settled on what one Coast Guard official described as "loose rock and sand".

    Noble had no immediate comment. Shell in London has made a series of statements on the progress of the operation, but had nothing to add on Wednesday, and referred calls to the unified command. Shell in Houston could not be reached for comment.

    "ONE DISASTER TO THE NEXT"

    The spill risk from the drillship is limited to the 143,000 gallons of ultra-low-sulfur diesel and 12,000 gallons of other oil products on board. Still, opponents of Arctic drilling said the accident showed Shell was unable to keep the Arctic safe.

    "Shell has lurched from one Arctic disaster to the next, displaying staggering ineptitude every step of the way," Greenpeace campaigner Ben Ayliffe said on Wednesday.

    "Were the pristine environment of the frozen north not at risk of an oil spill it would be almost comical. Instead it's tragic," Ayliffe said. "We're moving closer to a major catastrophe in the Arctic and the U.S. government appears unwilling to provide either the needed oversight or emergency backup the company's incompetence requires."

    Shell's Arctic campaign has been bedeviled by problems. The Coast Guard briefly detained the Discoverer in December in Seward, Alaska, on safety concerns. A mandatory oil-containment barge, the Arctic Challenger, failed for months to meet requirements for seaworthiness, and a ship mishap resulted in damage to a key piece of equipment intended to cap a blown well.

    Asked why the Kulluk was still at sea two months after work stopped, one contract drilling source said the "demobilization" process after drilling can take days or weeks depending on the rig model and its anchoring. It was also possible the weather was rough enough over the last few months to delay transit.

    Replacing the Kulluk, if it ends up being badly damaged, would add to the cost of the accident for Shell, which must reimburse the federal and state governments for response costs.

    The Discoverer, which it has under a contract with Noble, costs Shell $240,000 per day - or a few-hundred million dollars over the life of the two-year contract. Shell had to spend $292 million upgrading the Kulluk, when was built in 1983 and had been slated to be scrapped before Shell bought it in 2005.

    (Additional reporting by Braden Reddall in San Francisco; Editing by Leslie Gevirtz, David Gregorio and Andre Grenon)

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    which poses the biggest obstacle to advances by opposition fighters.

    Fighting rages around strategic Syrian military air base in the country's north

    BEIRUT - Syrian activists and state media are reporting intense fighting around a strategic air base in the country's north.

    The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says rebels stormed parts of the Taftanaz air base in the northwestern province of Idlib before withdrawing.

    The state-run SANA news agency said government forces protecting the base "repelled the terrorists' attempt to attack the airport" and inflicted heavy losses.

    The Observatory says attacks by the rebels resumed early Thursday in an attempt to capture the base. Several efforts in recent months to take the Taftanaz facility have failed.

    Syrian rebels have been attacking five air bases in Idlib and the nearby province of Aleppo, trying to chip away at the government's air power, which poses the biggest obstacle to advances by opposition fighters.