EUROPEAN EQUITY OPENING HEADLINES INCLUDING: Anglo American hit by wildcat strike at its Thembelani mine in South Africa

The Daily European Equity Opening News report is compiled by analysing hundreds of sources to get to you all the relevant market moving information ahead of the European equity open.

STOCKS TO WATCH?

ThyssenKrupp - Co. faces possible write-downs on its Steel Americas subsidiary because of a protracted sales process for the Rio de Janeiro steel mill according to sources. (Focus)?

Lloyds ? Singapore?s sovereign wealth fund, Temasek, has made a preliminary approach to the UK government about buying a GBP 4.5bln stake in Lloyds and is willing to buy about 10% of the bank?s shares. (Sunday Times) In reaction to this article a Temasek spokesman said the co. doesn't comment on market speculation; however, industry sources later said no such approach had been made. (newswires)?

Deutsche Bank - Co. CFO said the bank will reduce liquidity and shrink its derivatives business and change its business model to comply with regulatory requirements. (Newswires)

Asia

Asia equity markets fell overnight, weighed on by concern over the credit squeeze in China following news that Chinese Ministry of Finance has issued a circular ordering China's central government agencies to cut their general expenditures in 2013 by 5%. This consequently saw under-performance in Chinese markets with the Hang Seng trading over 2% lower at one point. The Nikkei 225 (-1.40%) index reversed earlier gains after opening 1% higher. In individual stocks, Asiana Airlines shares tumbled over 6% after a Boeing 777 operated by the Co. crashed, killing two passengers. HTC shares continued to see weakness falling to a seven year low following the Co.?s poor earnings report on Friday.?

Best Performing Sectors in the Nikkei 225: Health Care (-0.80%), Consumer Services (-0.81%), Oil and Gas (-1.05%)

Best Performing Stocks in the Nikkei 225: Tokyo Electric Power (+4.32%), Sumitomo Heavy (+3.22%), Sumitomo Electric (+2.85%)?

Worst Performing Sectors in the Nikkei 225: Telecommunications (-2.90%), Financials (-2.40%), Basic Materials (-1.65%)?

Worst Performing Stocks in the Nikkei 225: Daiwa House (-9.41%), Mitsubishi Estate (-4.56%), Kajima (-4.55%)?

FTSE

Lloyds ? Singapore?s sovereign wealth fund, Temasek, has made a preliminary approach to the UK government about buying a GBP 4.5bln stake in Lloyds and is willing to buy about 10% of the bank?s shares. (Sunday Times) In reaction to this article a Temasek spokesman said the co. doesn't comment on market speculation; however, industry sources later said no such approach had been made. (newswires)?

? Co. has sealed a deal to lower its pension liabilities, reaching an agreement with its two major retirement funds (Independent)

RBS - Co.'s ratings may be cut by Moody's.(Newswires)

UK Banks ? UK chancellor George Osborne will today announce the biggest ever attempt to raise standards in the City, when he promises to implement sweeping cultural reforms proposed by a cross-party banking commission. The proposals to be approved by Osborne include criminal penalties for ?reckless? bankers and tighter control of pay and bonuses. (FT-more)

- Co. said that it had restarted its Sena coal transport rail line in Mozambique. (Newswires) Elsewhere Co. shares are undervalued on range metrics according to . (Newswires) In other news, the Mongolian government has said that the co. will begin exporting copper from its Oyu Tolgoi mine on Tuesday, but it was not clear if the co. will be able to repatriate sales revenue from the mine. (Newswires)?

? Co. hit by wildcat strike at its Thembelani mine in South Africa. (SABC Radio)?

Gulf Keystone ? Co. says it expects to publish its recommendation to shareholders on M&G board candidates shortly. Co. says it is disingenuous for M&G to refer to proposed appointment of Jeremy Asher as an independent non-executive director. (Newswires) ?

OTHER UK COMPANIES?

- Co. is among six companies bidding for Northern Irish gas distributor Phoenix Group according to reports. (Sunday Telegraph)

Nationwide ? Britain?s biggest building society is planning to issue special bonds worth up to GBP 1 bln to help it to comply with new rules being enforced by the BoE. However, sources suggest it could be forced to pay interest of 10% or more on the bonds, costing GBP 100 mln annually, or half its profits last year. (Sunday Times)

? The former Thai PM Thaksin is in talks to buy the 23.8% stake owned by the Bakrie family, who co-founded , although it is unclear how much Thaksin would pay. (Sunday Times)?

? Co. says a court hearing with union NUM has been set for 10th July, and that it hopes the issue of union status at its operations will be resolved peacefully, and as quickly as possible. (Newswires) ?

Companies paying dividend: WPP (GBP 0.1971)

DAX

Deutsche Bank - Co. CFO said the bank will reduce liquidity and shrink its derivatives business and change its business model to comply with regulatory requirements. (Newswires)

ThyssenKrupp - Co. faces possible write-downs on its Steel Americas subsidiary because of a protracted sales process for the Rio de Janeiro steel mill according to sources. (Focus)

Siemens - Co. and Stadler Rail Group are considering a joint venture that would combine their local and long-distance transportation businesses according to sources. (WirtschaftsWoche)

Deutsche Telekom ? Co. has short-listed at least five bidders for stake in its Scout24 Holding digital classifieds business. (FT-more)?

Daimler ? German authorities decide to waive measures against the co., even though the automaker used non-compliant air conditioning refrigerants in approximately 47,000 vehicles. (Automobilwoche)?

OTHER GERMAN COMPANIES

German Utilities ? German electricity costs may rise more than expected. (Focus)?

Deutsche Postbank - Co. aims to increase operating profit to as much as EUR 3.6bln by 2015 'even though this has become more difficult in the current economic environment' according to the co. CEO. (Welt am Sonntag)

ProSiebenSat.1 ? Financial investors in the TV broadcaster see little opportunity to sell it. (Spiegel)?

CAC

Vivendi - Co. is exploring how to extract cash from its Activision Blizzard subsidiary after discussions with the games maker to sell part of its holding in the business have fallen apart. (FT-more)

Renault ? CEO Ghosn predicted the European car market will probably shrink further in 2014 and 2015 as rising unemployment continues to sap consumer demand. (Newswires)?

OTHER FRENCH COMPANIES

Air France-KLM - KLM CEO Eurlings rules out co. sale of Dutch airline as the two companies are independent. (De Telegraaf) Meanwhile co. plans to start talks in September with unions to increase savings starting from 2014, according to the co. CEO. (Newswires) ?

Soitec ? CEO sees sales rising more than 10%. (Newswires)?

Companies paying dividend: EDF (EUR 0.68), Rubis (EUR 1.84)

Pan-European

Caixabank - Moody's affirmed Co's ratings at Baa3/Prime-3. (Newswires)?

Piraeus Bank/Hellenic Postbank - Piraeus Bank will make offer to buy Hellenic Postbank according to sources. (Real News)

Companies paying dividend: OPAP (EUR 0.57)

Companies going ex-dividend: Voestalpine (EUR 0.90)

SMI

- ?Co. says all primary and secondary endpoints met in head-to-head phase 3 ?psoriasis study and secukinumab demonstrated superiority to Enbrel. (Newswires)?

Swatch - H1 is much more difficult than a year ago according to the co. CEO. (NZZ)

Companies going ex-dividend: Bankinter (EUR 0.02)

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US

US equities finished in positive territory after rebounding from the lows as strong non-farm payrolls data gave credence to near term fed tapering fears and drove equities lower. As Thursday was the Independence Day holiday the US participants had their first opportunity to respond to dovish statements from both the BoE and ECB, this meant a continuation of the USD strength seen which weighed on equities pre NFP. The session then slowed down and equities managed to pull away from the lows as market participants questioned if 195K was enough to justify tapering in the near term.

Best Performing Sectors in the S&P 500: Financials (+1.76%), Industrials (+1.47%), Health Care (+1.32%)

Worst Performing Sectors in the S&P 500: Utilities (-0.41%), Consumer Goods (+0.32%), Telecommunications (+0.48%)?

Boeing - A Boeing 777 operated by Asiana Airlines crash-landed at San Francisco international airport, killing two passengers. The plane was carrying 291 passengers and 16 crew members. (Newswires)

Sprint - Softbank plans USD 16bln CAPEX at the Co.over the next 2 years. (Nikkei)

United Health ? Co.?s stock could rise as much as 40% over the next two years as revamps to the US health care system implemented by the Obama administration take place, according to business weekly Barron?s. (Newswires)?

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Three dead after Canada train crash

Police sifting through the site of a horrific cargo train crash in Quebec say they have discovered two more bodies, and anticipate 'many more' fatalities.

The crash of an oil-laden train and subsequent explosions that shook the village of Lac-Megantic on Saturday have so far claimed three lives, said police spokesman Michel Brunet, who added at a press conference that 'we know that there will be many more' deaths.

Fires are preventing rescuers from reaching part of the 73-car train, and billowing black smoke could still be seen long after it derailed.

The eruptions early on Saturday morning sent residents of Lac-Megantic scrambling through the streets under the intense heat of towering fireballs and a red glow that illuminated the night sky.

A fire chief likened the charred scene to a war zone.

The multiple blasts came over a span of several hours in the town of 6000, which is about 250 kilometres east of Montreal and about 16km west of the US border.

About 30 buildings were destroyed after tanker cars laden with oil caught fire.

The derailment caused several tanker rail cars to explode in the downtown district, a popular area packed with bars that often bustles on northern summer weekend nights.

Police said the first explosion tore through the town shortly after 1am local time.

The fire then spread to several homes.

Brunet said he couldn't say where the bodies were found exactly because the families have not been notified.

Source: http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2013/07/08/Three_dead_after_Canada_train_crash_885995.html

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Poutsch for iPhone and iPad review: Ask questions, get answers from friends or from around the world!

Poutsch for iPhone and iPad is a new social service that allows you to ask any question you'd like to either your friends or the entire Poutsch community. You can embed videos and photos as well as links to sources to get an opinion on them. From there the community can answer your polls and debate the topic in one easy to access place. In some ways, Poutsch can function as an online democracy of sorts and double up as a pretty valuable tool for data seekers at the same time.

Upon launching Poutsch you can choose to either register or sign in with Facebook or Twitter. You can then search for friends that already have Poutsch or you can add people already in the community based on who's active. From here you can simply get to asking questions or answering other questions.

Your main feed in Poutsch will show you what questions are being asked. Just tap into one in order to view the question, the options, and to answer it. You can also tag questions accordingly with hashtags in order for users to easier find questions and discussions they're interested in being a part of. If you answer a question on Poutsch you can then join in on debates about that topic and add some personal input.

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Unfamiliar faces join Djokovic, Williams in Week 2

Novak Djokovic of Serbia reacts after beating Jeremy Chardy of France in their Men's singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Saturday, June 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

Novak Djokovic of Serbia reacts after beating Jeremy Chardy of France in their Men's singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Saturday, June 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

Jerzy Janowicz of Poland reacts after defeating Nicolas Almagro of Spain in their Men's singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Friday, June 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Karin Knapp of Italy reacts as she plays Michelle Larcher De Brito of Portugal during their Women's singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Friday, June 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

Sabine Lisicki of Germany celebrates after beating Samantha Stosur of Australia during their Women's singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Saturday, June 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

LONDON (AP) ? There they were on the practice courts during Wimbledon's traditional off day, all preparing for whatever Week 2 might have in store.

Not unusual to see Novak Djokovic, a six-time Grand Slam champion, getting ready for the fourth round, but not far away was Jerzy Janowicz, winner of a grand total of six matches at major tournaments before this one.

No surprise that 2011 French Open champion and two-time Slam runner-up Li Na was still around, but so was 19-year-old Laura Robson, the first British woman to get this far at the All England Club since Sam Smith in 1998.

With early exits by Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, and Maria Sharapova long gone, too, after a chaotic first week, the Wimbledon draws were dotted with unfamiliar names after Sunday's traditional mid-tournament break, names such as Kenny de Schepper and Adrian Mannarino, Karin Knapp and Monica Puig.

Five of the remaining 16 men were set to make their fourth-round Wimbledon debuts Monday. Six never have reached a Grand Slam quarterfinal: de Schepper, Ivan Dodig, Janowicz, Lukasz Kubot, Mannarino, and Andreas Seppi. Perhaps not coincidentally, each of those relatively unknown half-dozen players benefited from at least one of the record-tying 13 walkovers or mid-match retirements from injury or illness so far.

Four of the 16 women left also were hoping to reach a major quarterfinal for the first time: Robson, Knapp, 19-year-old Puig of Puerto Rico, and 20th-seeded Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium.

Djokovic, for one, liked the idea of some players getting a chance to introduce themselves to a wider audience.

"It's interesting ... to see new faces ? for the crowd, for (the) tennis world, in general," said Djokovic, who might not feel quite the same way if he were among the 11 men and women seeded in the top 10 who no longer are playing.

Truth is, there hasn't been much variety of late in the men's draws at Grand Slam tournaments, especially at the very end: Federer, Nadal and Djokovic have won 31 of the past 33 titles.

"It's good (to have) change, in a way, because it's always expected, obviously, from top players to reach the final stages of major events. When it doesn't happen, it's a big surprise," said the top-seeded Djokovic, the only past Wimbledon champion left among the men. "It's a bit (of a) strange feeling not to have Federer or Nadal at the second week of a major. In the last 10 years, it was always one of them."

In recent years, it's also always been Djokovic, who is scheduled to face 35-year-old Tommy Haas on Monday. Djokovic has played in 16 consecutive Grand Slam quarterfinals ? the longest active streak now that Federer's 36-major run is done. At the past 10 Slams, he's also reached at least the semifinals, picking up five trophies and three runner-up finishes.

Second-seeded Andy Murray, meanwhile, has been a finalist at the last three major tournaments he entered and won the U.S. Open in September, only increasing the expectation among locals that he can be Britain's first male champion at Wimbledon in 77 years.

Nothing is guaranteed right now, though.

"Second week of a Grand Slam is a new start, especially here, where you have (time) off," said 15th-seeded Marion Bartoli, the 2007 Wimbledon runner-up who faces the 104th-ranked Knapp, an Italian making her first appearance in a major's fourth round. "It's really a new tournament starting."

All 16 men's and women's fourth-round matches were on Monday's slate ? no other Grand Slam tournament sets things up this way ? so fans will get the chance to discover some folks they might not recognize immediately.

They also could simply watch No. 1-ranked Serena Williams, an overwhelming favorite to win the title, take on 23rd-seeded Sabine Lisicki of Germany.

Williams is a five-time Wimbledon champion, including last year. She owns 16 Grand Slam titles all told, while the other 15 women in the tournament own two among them: Li's at Roland Garros, and Petra Kvitova's at Wimbledon in 2011.

This season, Williams is 46-2 with 34 victories in a row, the longest winning streak for a woman since older sister Venus' 35-match run in 2000.

Consider this, too: Williams has won six titles in 2013, the same total as the other 15 remaining women combined.

While Lisicki is a mediocre 17-15 at other Grand Slam tournaments, she is 16-4 at Wimbledon, where her powerful serve is nearly as much of a threat as Williams' is on grass.

Of the women in action Monday, Lisicki leads the way by having won 93 percent of her service games in the tournament (Williams is next at 91 percent). Lisicki's 202 aces this season rank second on tour only to Williams' 292.

Lisicki reached at least the quarterfinals the previous three times she appeared at the All England Club, including a semifinal run in 2011 that featured victories over Li and Bartoli. A year ago, Lisicki beat 2004 champion and No. 1-ranked Sharapova in the fourth round.

When it was pointed out that everyone is pretty much ready to hand Williams the trophy, Lisicki smiled and recalled: "I was in that situation last year, when everybody was saying that Sharapova was the favorite. I'm probably going into that match being the underdog, but I like that."

"Probably" the underdog against Williams?

"Well, you have to play your best to beat her, that's for sure," Lisicki said. "But, you know, everybody's (a) human being."

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Skype for Android gets redesigned as app hits 100 million installs

Skype's starting off July with the release of a brand new version of its Android app. The overhauled 4.0 update borrows a good deal from the Microsoft-owned VoIP company's Windows 8 app, bringing conversations to the top. Log in, and you'll see recent chats -- from there, you can give one a tap to replay. You can also start a fresh one with a swipe and a tap on a contact name. Skype's promising a faster and more reliable app this time out, released as the Android version passes 100 million installs. Check out a celebratory video after the break.

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Best US Coastal Hikes: Escape The City Hiking 10 Of America's Best Seaside Trails (PHOTOS)

Looking to escape the city this summer? Get away from the urban grind and enjoy some of the stress-relieving benefits of nature with a relaxing weekend trip exploring some of the country's most scenic coastal destinations by foot.

Ranging in length and difficulty level from one-mile walks around the Everglades to 15-mile excursions through Northern California coastal headlands, these trails showcase some of the most spectacular coastlines in the US. Click through the slideshow below for 10 hikes to check out this summer -- or add to your travel bucket list.

What are your favorite oceanside trails? Share your top picks in the comments or tweet @HuffPostTravel.

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From tiny to massive: Mammal size evolution explained

June 25, 2013 ? Scientists have added another piece to the evolutionary puzzle to explain why certain mammal families evolved to be very large, while others remained tiny.

In research published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, an international group of scientists including Monash University's Dr Alistair Evans proposed a new theory explaining the diversity of mammal sizes -- from the Etruscan shrew which weighs around two grams, to the blue whale which clocks in at almost 200 tonnes. Surprisingly, baby weight relative to adult body mass is key.

Dr Evans, of the Monash School of Biological Sciences, said size impacts on all aspects of an animal's physiology and anatomy, and the roles it can play in ecosystems.

"Size is fundamental to your life and your body -- how fast your heart beats, how much food you need to eat, and how you move," Dr Evans said.

Following the extinction of the dinosaurs, mammals flourished and their size increased dramatically. The study examined the maximum size of groups including whales, elephants, primates and rodents over this period to examine the constraints on size.

The researchers found that species that matured more quickly and produced a larger mass of young each year relative to body weight were able to evolve to a larger maximum size. Further, they are likely to reach that size in fewer generations.

This high rate of biological production is vital, regardless of whether many small young or just one large offspring are born in a year.

Dr Evans said whales were an excellent example of the theory.

"The blue whale is the largest animal to have evolved, even larger than dinosaurs, and it reached this size at the fastest rates we recorded. Key to this success is that they produce large young that mature quickly, reaching around 30 metres in eight to 10 years," Dr Evans said.

Lead author of the study, Dr Jordan Okie from Arizona State University, said primates were at the opposite end of the spectrum.

"Primates have a low production rate and have evolved very slowly. They have never got bigger than about 500 kilograms," Dr Okie said.

The study also linked maximum size to mortality rate. Because larger animals tend to breed less frequently than smaller animals, if the mortality rate doubles, the maximum size is predicted to be 16 times smaller.

"This is a really surprising finding," said Dr Evans.

"It points to why many of the large animals went extinct after the last Ice Age, as changing climates probably increase mortality rates. Large animals are also at high risk of extinction in modern environments because it takes a long time for their population to rebound from disasters."

In the future, this work will be extended to help explain how extinction risk may be reduced in the face of climate change.

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PFT: 'Phins owner blames Sparano for dysfunction

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Here are the terms of trades completed on Saturday, April 27, the third and final day of the 2013 NFL Draft. All draft choices are 2013 selections unless otherwise noted:

The Jaguars traded a fourth-round pick (No. 98) to the Eagles. In exchange, the Eagles sent fourth- and seventh-round picks (Nos. 101, 210) to Jacksonville. With pick No. 98, the Eagles selected Southern California quarterback Matt Barkley. Three picks later, the Jaguars selected South Carolina wide receiver Ace Sanders at No. 101. With pick No. 210, the Jaguars took Appalachian State cornerback Demetrius McCray.

The Buccaneers acquired a fourth-round pick (No. 100) from Oakland. The Raiders, in turn, received fourth- and sixth-round selections (Nos. 112, 181) from Tampa Bay. The Buccaneers took Illinois defensive tackle Akeem Spence at No. 100. The Raiders selected Arkansas quarterback Tyler Wilson at No. 112 and UCF running back Latavius Murray at No. 181.

The Giants traded for a fourth-round pick (No. 110) belonging to Arizona. In exchange, New York sent fourth- and sixth-round selections (Nos. 116, 187) to the Cardinals. The Giants took Syracuse quarterback Ryan Nassib at No. 110. With No. 116, the Cardinals took James Madison offensive guard Earl Watford, and with No. 187, they selected Clemson running back Andre Ellington.

The Steelers acquired a fourth-round pick from Cleveland (No. 111). In return, the Browns will get the Steelers? third-round pick in 2014. The Steelers selected Syracuse safety Shamarko Thomas at No. 111.

The Packers traded for Denver?s fourth-round pick (No. 125), giving the Broncos fifth- and sixth-round picks (Nos. 146, 173) in return. The Packers selected UCLA running back Jonathan Franklin at No. 125. At No. 146, the Broncos selected Western Kentucky defensive end Quanterus Smith. At No. 173, the Broncos took Virginia Tech offensive tackle Vinston Painter.

The Seahawks acquired the Lions? fifth-round selection (No. 137). In return, the Lions received fifth- and sixth-round choices (Nos. 165, 199) from Seattle. At No. 137, the Seahawks took Alabama defensive tackle Jesse Williams. The Lions took Appalachian State punter Sam Martin at No. 165 and Notre Dame running back Theo Riddick at No. 199.

The Colts acquired the Browns? fifth-round pick (No. 139) in exchange for Indianapolis? 2014 fourth-round pick. At No. 139, the Colts selected Tennessee-Martin defensive tackle Montori Hughes.

The Falcons acquired the Bears? fifth-round selection (No. 153), sending fifth- and seventh-round picks (Nos. 163, 236) to Chicago. The Falcons selected Texas Christian defensive end / outside linebacker Stansly Maponga. The Bears took Louisiana Tech tackle Jordan Mills at No. 163 and Washington State wide receiver Marquess Wilson at No. 236.

The Rams traded back into Round Five, sending sixth- and seventh-round picks (Nos. 184, 198) to the Texans for Houston?s fifth-round pick (No. 160). The Rams took Vanderbilt running back Zac Stacy at No. 160. The Texans exercised pick No. 198 on Bowling Green defensive tackle Chris Jones. The Texans dealt selection No. 184 to Oakland (see next entry).

The Texans acquired a sixth-round pick from Oakland (No. 176). In return, Houston sent sixth- and seventh-round selections to Oakland (Nos. 184, 233). The Texans selected San Jose State offensive tackle David Quessenberry at No. 176. The Raiders used selection No. 184 on Tennessee tight end Mychal Rivera and selection No. 233 on Missouri Western State defensive end David Bass.

The Buccaneers traded running back LeGarrette Blount to the Patriots for running back / kick returner Will Demps and a seventh-round pick (No. 229). The Buccaneers traded the No. 229 pick to Minnesota (see next entry).

The Buccaneers acquired a sixth-round pick from Minnesota (No. 189). In return, the Vikings received sixth- and seventh-round picks (Nos. 196, 229). The Buccaneers took Miami (Fla.) running back Mike James at No. 189. The Vikings selected UCLA offensive guard Jeff Baca at No. 196 and Florida State defensive tackle Everett Dawkins with pick No. 229.

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Stephen Wolfram says he almost had a deal with Google, but it 'blew up'

As you may recall, Wolfram Research signed a deal with Microsoft a few years back that saw some Wolfram Alpha functionality integrated into Bing. As it turns out, it very nearly found its way into a certain other search engine as well. In an interview at The Next Web conference in Amsterdam today, Stephen Wolfram revealed that his company had tried to work with Google and "almost had a deal," but it "blew up." Unfortunately, he didn't provide any further details about when those talks took place or exactly what the potential deal entailed, and it doesn't sound like we can expect that deal to be revived anytime soon -- especially considering Google's own efforts that are increasingly overlapping with Wolfram Alpha. As Wolfram himself notes, though, the two companies do have something of a longstanding connection: Google co-founder Sergey Brin was actually an intern at Wolfram way back in 1993.

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Rare galaxy found furiously burning fuel for stars

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Astronomers have found a galaxy turning gas into stars with almost 100 percent efficiency, a rare phase of galaxy evolution that is the most extreme yet observed. The findings come from the IRAM Plateau de Bure interferometer in the French Alps, NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer and NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.

"Galaxies burn gas like a car engine burns fuel. Most galaxies have fairly inefficient engines, meaning they form stars from their stellar fuel tanks far below the maximum theoretical rate," said Jim Geach of McGill University, lead author of a new study appearing in the Astrophysical Journal Letters.

"This galaxy is like a highly tuned sports car, converting gas to stars at the most efficient rate thought to be possible," he said.

The galaxy, called SDSSJ1506+54, jumped out at the researchers when they looked at it using data from WISE's all-sky infrared survey. Infrared light is pouring out of the galaxy, equivalent to more than a thousand billion times the energy of our sun.

"Because WISE scanned the entire sky, it detected rare galaxies like this one that stand out from the rest," said Ned Wright of UCLA, the WISE principal investigator.

Hubble's visible-light observations revealed that the galaxy is extremely compact, with most of its light emanating from a region just a few hundred light-years across.

"This galaxy is forming stars at a rate hundreds of times faster than our Milky Way galaxy, but the sharp vision of Hubble revealed that the majority of the galaxy's starlight is being emitted by a region just a few percent of the diameter of the Milky Way. This is star formation at its most extreme," said Geach.

The team then used the IRAM Plateau de Bure Interferometer to measure the amount of gas in the galaxy. The ground-based telescope detected millimeter-wave light coming from carbon monoxide, an indicator of the presence of hydrogen gas, which is fuel for stars. Combining the rate of star formation derived with WISE, and the gas mass measured by IRAM, the scientists get a measure of the star formation efficiency.

The results reveal that the star-forming efficiency of the galaxy is close to the theoretical maximum, called the Eddington limit. In regions of galaxies where new stars are forming, parts of gas clouds are collapsing due to gravity. When the gas is dense enough to squeeze atoms together and ignite nuclear fusion, a star is born. At the same time, winds and radiation from stars that have just formed can prevent the formation of new stars by exerting pressure on the surrounding gas, curtailing the collapse.

The Eddington limit is the point at which the force of gravity pulling gas together is balanced by the outward pressure from the stars. Above the Eddington limit, the gas clouds would be blown apart, halting star formation.

"We see some gas outflowing from this galaxy at millions of miles per hour, and this gas may have been blown away by the powerful radiation from the newly formed stars," said Ryan Hickox, an astrophysicist at Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., and a co-author on the study.

Why is SDSSJ1506+54 so unusual? Astronomers say they're catching the galaxy in a short-lived phase of evolution, possibly triggered by the merging of two galaxies into one. The star-formation is so ferocious that in a few tens of millions of years, the blink of an eye in a galaxy's life, the gas will be used up, and the galaxy will mature into a massive elliptical galaxy.

The scientists also used data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, the W.M. Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea, Hawaii and the MMT Observatory on Mount Hopkins, Arizona.

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UK advertising watchdog bans Trump's ad warning about threat of wind farms in Scotland

LONDON (AP) ? Britain's Advertising Standards Agency has ruled that Donald Trump's anti-wind farm advert should be withdrawn in its current form.

The independent advertising regulator said Wednesday that the ad from Trump International Gold Club Scotland is misleading and cannot be substantiated.

The ad warns that wind farms would hurt Scottish tourism and mar Scotland's beauty. It features a photograph of a wind farm development overlooking a crowded highway in California.

Trump has been fighting the wind energy project, which he believes may mar the view from his luxury golf resort in Scotland.

The standards agency said the Trump resort had been told not to make claims that could not be proven and not to use "misleading imagery."

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Insights into deadly coral bleaching could help preserve reefs: Surprising result from study of 1893 World's Fair corals

Apr. 23, 2013 ? Coral reefs are stressed the world over and could be in mortal danger because of climate change. But why do some corals die and others not, even when exposed to the same environmental conditions?

An interdisciplinary research team from Northwestern University and The Field Museum of Natural History has a surprising answer: The corals themselves play a role in their susceptibility to deadly coral bleaching due to the light-scattering properties of their skeletons. No one else has shown this before.

Using optical technology designed for early cancer detection, the researchers discovered that reef-building corals scatter light in different ways to the symbiotic algae that feed the corals. Corals that are less efficient at light scattering retain algae better under stressful conditions and are more likely to survive. Corals whose skeletons scatter light most efficiently have an advantage under normal conditions, but they suffer the most damage when stressed.

The findings could help predict the response of coral reefs to the stress of increasing seawater temperatures and acidity, helping conservation scientists preserve coral reef health and high biodiversity.

The study of nearly a hundred different species of reef-building corals, including many from the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago, was published this week in PLOS ONE. The open-access, online journal is published by The Public Library of Science.

"We have solved a little piece of the puzzle of why coral reefs are bleaching and dying," said Luisa A. Marcelino, who led the study. "Our research is the first to show light-scattering properties of the corals are a risk factor."

Marcelino is a molecular biologist and research assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Northwestern.

The unusual research involved marine biology, the physics of light transport, the biophysics of how corals handle light and unique technology originally developed for medical applications. The team included Vadim Backman, a physicist and professor of biomedical engineering at Northwestern, and Mark W. Westneat, a coral reef fish biologist and curator of zoology at the Field Museum.

"Coral reefs are like the rain forests of the oceans -- the consequences will be catastrophic if coral reefs are lost in great numbers," said Backman, who invented the optical technique used by the team. "Corals are also optical machines. By identifying how much light the skeletons of individual coral species reflect, we have learned which species are more resilient under stress."

Algae provide nutrients to the corals and receive shelter and light for photosynthesis in return. When stressed, the corals can lose their algae. The corals often die of starvation shortly afterward, exposing their white skeletons.

The team used LEBS to measure light transport and light amplification inside the skeletons of 96 different coral species. How fast the light amplification increases with the loss of algae depends on the light transport at the microscale. This was impossible to measure until Backman's low-coherence enhanced backscattering (LEBS) technique became available, which is one of the reasons why this phenomenon has never been studied before.

The specimens were from long-held collections of corals from the Field Museum, including dozens retained from the original Chicago Columbian Exposition and World's Fair of 1893, and the Smithsonian Institution.

The researchers created a family tree of corals that showed bleaching is associated with the physics of light scattering across the entire evolutionary history of corals. Living reef corals are thought to have originated about 220 million years ago, and corals living today are descendants of various branches of these older lineages.

"We found that bleaching and light scattering are associated across the history of reef corals," Westneat said. "This important mechanism occurs repeatedly in all major coral groups, regardless of relationship or evolutionary age."

Corals have evolved to scatter light efficiently. Corals whose skeletons scatter light the most efficiently have an advantage under normal conditions. They also tend to grow faster as this leads to a skeletal structure that is more conducive to scattering.

However, when some of the algae are lost due to stress, the limestone skeletons amplify the light so much that remaining algae have to deal with even more light, thus being at an even greater risk of damage. This creates a vicious cycle forcing more and more algae to leave the coral. Less scattering-efficient corals, on the other hand, do not create the vicious cycle.

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Phone call between Obama and Mohammed VI behind withdrawal ...

Morocco World News

New York, April 23, 2013

The efforts made by the Moroccan diplomacy at the highest have finally paid off, and just two days before the adoption by the Security Council of a new resolution on the MINURSO, the US decided to withdraw its proposal on the establishment of a human rights monitoring mechanism in the Sahara.

In addition to the efforts exerted by Moroccan diplomats, another factor that played a key role was the phone call between the US President Barack Obama and Moroccan King Mohammed VI.

According to some news reports, the two heads of state held consultations on the substance of the draft resolution proposed by the United States and on means to further reinforce the relations between the two countries.

Since the announcement by Washington of its intention to propose a draft resolution to establish a mechanism of human rights in the Sahara, Morocco expressed its total rejection of such a step, and intensified its diplomatic campaign in order to lobby for the withdrawal of the American proposal.

France, Russia, and Spain all members of the Group of Friend of the Secretary General on the Sahara showed their opposition to the establishment of such a human rights monitoring mechanism.

On Sunday Spanish Foreign Minister Jos? Manuel Garc?a-Margallo said that Spain expects ?a new U.S. resolution? to renew the mandate of the UN mission in the Sahara and ?could get the consensus? of the members of the Group of Friends of the Sahara.

He went on to say that the new U.S. proposal ?has not been accepted by two members of this group,? which ?makes it difficult to adopt, knowing that the rule in the group is consensus.?

Over the past years the UN Security Council and the General Assembly ensured to adopt its resolutions on the question of the Sahara with consensus with the aim to push the parties to the conflict to engage in a genuine process of negotiations leading towards reaching a long-lasting a mutually acceptable solution for the conflict.

Win-win approach

In April 2007, Morocco presented an Autonomy Plan that was described as ?serious and credible? by the Security Council. The said plan proposes significant autonomy for the Sahara with a local government and a parliament, within the Moroccan sovereignty.

The Polisario Front, supported by Algeria, rejects the Moroccan plan and claims the people of the Sahara have a right to self-determination through a referendum.

In his annual report on the ?Situation concerning Western Sahara?, the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, called on the parties to move beyond their stern positions and pave the way towards finding a solution to the conflict.

Moreover, Ban makes it clear that no party can expect to obtain the totality of its demands, hence, the need that the two parties, Morocco and the Polisario, ?move beyond presenting and defending their respective proposals.?

?Each party must accept that neither will obtain the totality of its demands, but rather has to engage in a logic of give and take?, said the report in a direct message to the parties to show more flexibility and realism in the negotiation process.

The Council is scheduled to adopt a new resolution on the Sahara on Thursday.

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