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• Montgomery police charge officer with thefts during ... - al.com (blog)
• Mathematical model to help in installation of tsunami detection buoys - Gaea Times (blog)
• Debt crisis fuels clash of cultures in Europe - Nashville Tennessean
• SF Multi-Cultural Board Had Concerns Back In '08 - KSFY.com

Montgomery police charge officer with thefts during ... - al.com (blog) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 08:52 AM PDT By The Associated Press April 29, 2010, 9:50AM MONTGOMERY -- A city police officer has been charged with stealing during traffic stops, and the city's police department says it will contact the FBI to investigate possible civil rights violations because the victims are Hispanic. Police Chief Arthur Baylor says 28-year-old Phillip T. Moultrie was arrested on Wednesday. He says Moultrie resigned on Monday after more than two years on the job. Moultrie is charged with four counts of theft of property first degree and is being held at the Montgomery County Detention Facility on $120,000 bond. Baylor says the complaint was made to the department's cultural unit, which was created about five years ago to reach out to people from other cultures. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

Mathematical model to help in installation of tsunami detection buoys - Gaea Times (blog) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 02:54 AM PDT April 29th, 2010 WASHINGTON - Australian scientists have come up with a mathematical model that promises to pin point ten optimal sites for the installation of tsunami detection buoys and sea-level monitors. The quick and cost-effective installation of a detection system could provide warning for the maximum number of people should a potentially devastating tsunami occur again in the Indian Ocean. The author of the study, Layna Groen and Lindsay Botten of the Department of Mathematical Sciences, at the University of Technology, and Katerina Blazek previously at Sinclair Knight Merz, in Sydney, NSW, Australia, suggest that their model has significant implications for the construction and maintenance of the tsunami warning system in the Indian Ocean. The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) planned the establishment of the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (IOTWS). The detection/alert system is the crucial component consisting of seismic detectors, sea-level monitors and deep-sea pressure sensors attached to deep ocean buoys. Groen and colleagues have focused on the latter two components as being critical to an adequate warning system. They point out that relatively few detection buoys are yet in place and a number of sea-level monitoring stations are still to be constructed. Their study, which uses the well-known modelling tool "Mathematica", should help the IOTWS decision makers in determining where the remaining buoys should be placed. The team's analysis supports the positioning of the 40 proposed buoys, but points out that just 1o buoys would be adequate for warning the maximum number of people. They add that the same mathematical modelling approach could be applied to tsunami detection in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean, Caribbean, and Black Seas. The study has appeared in the International Journal of Operational Research. (ANI) Filed under Science and Technology | Tags: Washington | Comment Below Tsunamis spawned by Chile quake were tiny, say experts March 1st, 2010 WASHINGTON - Experts have said that the tsunamis spawned by the devastating earthquake in Chile were relatively tiny. The giant quake that stuck Chile on February 26 was one of the most powerful ever recorded, killing more than 700 people and leveling cities. Math may explain a good night's sleep February 26th, 2010 WASHINGTON - Researchers have turned to the principles of mathematics to further their understanding of the sleep-wake cycle and how it can go awry. Experts at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have come up with a new computer model using mathematical equations to predict how different environmental, medical, or physical changes to a person's body affects their sleep. Soon, undersea Internet cables to detect tsunamis January 27th, 2010 LONDON - A novel approach may see scientists using undersea internet cables to detect tsunamis. Existing warning systems use pressure sensors on the seafloor to detect the weight of a tsunami in the water column above. How human hands evolved to make and manipulate stone tools January 19th, 2010 LONDON - A mathematical model may have solved the mystery of how human hands became nimble enough to make and manipulate stone tools. According to a report by BBC News, the team of scientists that developed the model said that changes in our hands and fingers were a side-effect of changes in the shape of our feet. Maths model aids in making simulations of early universe January 6th, 2010 WASHINGTON - In a new research, scientists have come up with a mathematical model that aids in developing simulations of the early universe. Daniel R. Reynolds, assistant professor of mathematics at SMU (Southern Methodist University), collaborated with astrophysicists at the University of California at San Diego as part of a National Science Foundation project to simulate cosmic reionization, the time from 380,000 years to 400 million years after the universe was born. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

Debt crisis fuels clash of cultures in Europe - Nashville Tennessean Posted: 29 Apr 2010 12:10 AM PDT ATHENS — It's known as the cradle of Western civilization, but these days cash-starved Greece is viewed as more of a miscreant. This nation where ancient infuses the modern, where buses and motorcycles whiz past stone remnants from classical times, has become a symbol of fundamental cracks in European unity. At the opposite pole lies Europe's economic engine, Germany, whose people vehemently oppose bailing out the Greeks. The turmoil over Greek debt has hammered the markets, hinting at another round in the global financial crisis just as it seemed to be fading. It also raises fears that troubled Portugal and Spain are next, highlighting a North-South divide in Europe that challenges the viability of the European Union and its common currency. Even if Greece avoids the worst — no sure thing, with some predicting it will be forced to restructure debt even after a multi-billion dollar infusion of European and IMF funding next month — the cultural rift will stay. Germany and France are European Union linchpins; Greece is generally viewed as problematic, relying on its partners' largesse and loose with statistics. "They apparently treated their capital like waste," said Ilona Reichelt, a German retiree standing Wednesday near the Brandenburg gate, the Berlin landmark. "It's not like they've suffered an earthquake or a natural disaster. It's a man-made disaster." Greeks, Germans clash Modern Greeks take pride in their ancestors, pioneers of law and politics that shaped Western society, while also relishing a good life of carefree spending, lax enforcement and early retirement. The retirement age in Greece is 65 for men and 60 for women — similar to Germany, where it's 67. But the Greeks shave off an extra 10 years for a wide range of jobs considered physically strenuous or hazardous. These include miners and port workers, as well as hairdressers (they have to stand all day and are exposed to potentially harmful chemicals), musicians, bakers and radio presenters. In trying to explain how Greeks think, some point to Zorba the Greek, the fictional, free-spirited figure of dance. He's not the type to get his finances in order. "I wouldn't say that all Greeks are Zorba, but part of every Greek is this love of life and this love of enjoyment," said Nikos Dimou, a 75-year-old Greek author. "The Greeks have a rather negative view about the Germans because they work too much." Dimou attributes the differences between southern and northern Europe to the lack of a "Protestant work ethic" in the south — as well as the sun-splashed Mediterranean climate, which slows the pace and encourages corner-cutting. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

SF Multi-Cultural Board Had Concerns Back In '08 - KSFY.com Posted: 27 Apr 2010 08:04 AM PDT Board members of the troubled Multi-Cultural Center of Sioux Falls told a consultant in 2008 that the center's director was dominating, narcissistic and hostile. The Argus Leader obtained a copy of the September 2008 report, in which board members said they had to be approved by Director Qadir Aware and that they knew virtually nothing about the center's finances and operations. Minnehaha County Commissioner Jeff Barth says he's alarmed at that. Aware, who recently returned to work after being suspended, declined to comment about the report. The center has been under scrutiny. Board members have recently resigned, and a University of South Dakota report criticized the facility. A city audit of the publicly supported center is being expanded, and county officials have asked Gov. Mike Rounds to help give them more oversight. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

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