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Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Confirmed: Pen?lope Cruz and Javier Bardem Expecting Second Child
The actress is "tremendously happy and very excited" to be expecting her second child with husband Javier Bardem, her rep tells Hola!
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
North Korea Chooses Guns Over Google
In testing a nuclear device, North Korea again turns its nose to the international community
[North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un makes an opening address at the Fourth Meeting of Secretaries of Cells of the Workers' Party of Korea, in Pyongyang in this undated picture released by North Korea's KCNA news agency on January 29, 2013. (KCNA/Reuters)] Kim Jong Un had a brief moment this year to change North Korea's trajectory, to choose Google over guns. Instead of experimenting with greater connectivity to the outside world, North Korea has chosen a path of new sanctions, increased pressure from China, and the political impossibility of a negotiated "live and let live" agreement that could have traded nuclear progress for regime stability.
Today's nuclear test continues North Korea's policy of favoring a military-first policy over the needs of its people. This is perhaps not surprising, but it is disappointing.
Though the full impact of today's events will depend on yet-to-be-determined nature of the nuclear technology tested, taking the North Koreans at their initial word means that they sought progress in miniaturizing a nuclear warhead for use with the missile technology it has also recently tested. This growing capacity significantly raises the level of the perceived threat to the United States, Japan and South Korea.
There was another path. Some analysts saw last year some initial signs of attempts at economic opening. After all, the benefits of engagement are compelling. The country's GDP was about $40 billion in 2011. That year, Google's revenue was $37.9 billion. North Korea's leaders had to know that the great needs of their people would remain unmet and the limits on the North's economic potential would remain insurmountable, though, until it found a way to reintegrate with the international community.
But North Korea chose the other path. It was clear at least from January's United Nations Security Council resolution that North Korea could expect a harsh reaction to further nuclear testing. The benefits of an open economy are many, but they are not available to a belligerent North Korea.
Some analysts describe this test as a call from a predictable North Korean playbook -- take provocative action, then negotiate from a position of perceived strength. But static playbooks don't age well, and repeated tactics often yield diminishing returns.
In this case, the international political landscape has shifted to erase any potential gains from a tactic that relies on provocation. New governments in Japan and South Korea are committed politically to significant action -- Japan has already called for "quite severe" sanctions. A third nuclear test is likely to eliminate what little appetite there was in Washington for negotiations. And, a new Chinese leadership's credibility has been challenged by a nuclear test amid widespread reports that China's frustration with North Korea was growing.
Until today, the opportunity for a negotiated solution was still on the table. China had always favored a return to talks, and the American President had prominently committed to offer an open hand to those who would reciprocate. But, after this test, a new Agreed Framework -- which delayed North Korea's nuclear program in return for energy -- or a return to the 2005 agreement is no longer viable. Whether it was trust or hope bringing the international community to the table, North Korea has spent the last of it with this test.
Decisions over the next hours will determine the speed and depth of the measures the international community will take. But we already know the direction.
The most important debates will take place in Beijing. The question Chinese leaders must ask themselves now is whether a provocative North Korea in fact continues to serve Chinese interests. If the policy priorities for China in North Korea continue to be "no war, no instability, no nuclear weapons," it is not obvious that continued support for the current government is the best option.
In the United States, a crippling set of sanctions is likely being prepared. Once these sanctions are imposed, the way forward is more difficult to chart. First, the United States, China, Japan, South Korea and Russia should commission a study by high-level non-government experts on "the day after" a North Korean collapse, seeking ways these nations can act to allay each other's security, economic and other concerns. Such a study was previously impossible, but may now be viable. Second, it should negotiate with these four countries on a package of defined, escalating sanctions for further North Korean actions that threaten peace in the region, along with a generous package of assistance for steps North Korea takes to deescalate, implement its previous agreements and choose international engagement. This should be presented to, not negotiated with, North Korea. Finally, it should start a regional Proliferation Security Initiative dialogue on actions to prevent the spread of nuclear technology from North Korea, and urge Chinese participation.
In 2012, North Korea could have chosen to reconnect with the international community. It chose isolation for its government and want for its people.
What little hope there may have been for an economic opening, and for reforms modeled on China's, has been eliminated. One day, maybe this year, maybe a decade from now, North Korea will collapse under the weight of an unworkable system.
This post also appears at?The Asia Society, an Atlantic partner site.
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AtlanticInternational/~3/rnM2crJV744/story01.htm
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UK sees 10th case of mysterious, SARS-linked virus
LONDON (AP) ? British officials have found the world's 10th known case of a new coronavirus, a mysterious disease related to SARS and first identified last year.
The patient, a U.K. resident who had been in the Middle East and Pakistan, is in the intensive care unit of a Manchester hospital, according to a statement Monday from Britain's Health Protection Agency.
Coronaviruses are a family of viruses that are behind ailments including the common cold and SARS. SARS killed about 800 people in a global epidemic in 2003.
In past cases, patients with the new coronavirus had symptoms including acute breathing problems and kidney failure.
There is no proof the virus spreads easily between humans, but experts suspect humans can catch it from animals such as bats or camels.
All the previous cases have had links to the Middle East, but last year, the World Health Organization said the virus was probably more widespread.
It recommended countries test anyone with unexplained pneumonia for the virus.
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Monday, February 11, 2013
A decade after 'ER,' Edwards back on TV
NEW YORK (AP) ? A decade after Dr. Mark Greene hung up his white lab coat for good on "ER," Anthony Edwards is back as the star of a new television series.
He plays Hank Galliston, a magazine publisher wrapped up in an historical mystery after his wife is kidnapped on ABC's "Zero Hour," which premieres Feb. 14 at 8 p.m. EST. The action thriller requires an audience to concentrate as the story unfolds layer by layer.
The road back to series television took Edwards many miles to travel ? literally thousands upon thousands.
Edwards' character Greene was the heart of what was then television's most popular drama before the actor bowed out after eight years. Upon leaving, "I didn't really have a plan other than I knew I wasn't going to jump into a series again and I knew that I was really tired and burnt out," he said.
Professionally, maybe. Personally, Edwards had a clear strategy. The California native moved his wife and four children to New York. He was going to spend time raising his kids and give his artist wife time to establish her career, before they took off on a dream adventure.
While fellow actors George Clooney and Julianna Margulies left "ER" quickly to try other things, Edwards committed himself to a four-year contract. At the time, the commitment seemed huge ? four years seems a lot longer at age 36 than it does now, when he's 50 ? but the decision set him up financially for life.
He bought a plane and took the family (and two teachers) on a 310-day trip around the world, through Africa, India, Southeast Asia and just about every exotic place you could imagine.
"It sounds like 'Howdy Doody,'" Edwards said. "But I've never met the older man who wishes he had spent less time with his kids while they were young. You don't meet anybody who says, 'God, I wish I had worked harder and was gone more.'"
He had an opportunity that few people have.
"I've always been able to pay for what I needed and always done what I've wanted," he said. "It got crazy when it was, yeah, we can buy a plane and go around the world, but that wasn't the goal. That was no more excessive than when I was 20 and I could buy a $150 pair of boots because I wanted them. It feels extravagant in the same way."
He didn't leave the business. Edwards was always comfortable behind the scenes, and had been close to leaving acting for directing before getting the "ER" job. He has his own production company, Grand Central Entertainment, and was an executive producer of HBO's "Temple Grandin." He did some film acting, in "Zodiac" and the memorable flop "Motherhood."
Showtime's loss proved ABC's gain. Grand Central developed a series about a high-end public relations firm that Edwards had planned to act in and when Showtime passed, he found himself with free time. Edwards started looking at other scripts and found "Zero Hour" to be "a total page-turner."
Zack Estrin, one of the show's four executive producers, couldn't believe his luck.
"It's an honor when somebody who could have his choice of shows chooses yours," he said. "It's like, the prom queen chooses you to have a dance."
Having a well-known actor attach himself to your project has its obvious benefits, and Estrin hopes some viewers try out "Zero Hour" just to see what Edwards is doing. The danger is that television has its cases of actors being so defined by an overwhelmingly successful role that viewers have a hard time seeing them do something else. Edwards believes the characters he has chosen guard against that.
"My career has never been based on the fact that I was an action hero or a specific kind of comedian," Edwards said. "What's fun about it is it appears a little bit boring, but for me the subtleties of what is going on is what makes it fun."
In many ways, Mark Greene was designed to be a person that viewers can relate to. Same thing with Galliston. The show needs a character to steady the boat, Estrin said.
"That's what Anthony is," he said. "He's somebody who's solid and dependable, somebody the audience can trust. On a show where you don't know who you can trust and who you can believe, it's important to have somebody at the center you know you can."
Keep your eyes open for an inside joke. In one episode where Galliston is depicted escaping from pursuers he puts on a lab coat and walks through a medical facility. Mark Greene lives!
The young actor who once learned by example from Hal Holbrook and Sean Penn is now leading the same way himself, demonstrating to younger cast members the importance of showing up on time and knowing your lines. Edwards enjoys the comfort of being back on a television set.
"I understand how a day on a set is supposed to go and it makes perfect sense," he said. "It's my playground. A question from a 12-year-old? That's when it gets tough. Raising kids is hard."
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EDITOR'S NOTE ? David Bauder can be reached at dbauder"at"ap.org or on Twitter (at)dbauder.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/decade-er-edwards-back-tv-124516715.html
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Sunday, February 10, 2013
NASA and Lockheed Martin finish MAVEN probe, hope to study Mars' upper skies
Us humans are surprisingly familiar with Mars' surface, yet we haven't studied its higher altitudes -- an odd discrepancy when the sky plays as much of a role as the soil in determining the planet's climate. We'll get a better balance in our research now that NASA and Lockheed Martin have finished constructing the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution probe, or MAVEN. The robot craft will learn how quickly the Martian atmosphere is escaping into space and give us a better idea of how the planet's arid landscape came to be. Lockheed Martin still needs to conduct space simulation tests and ship MAVEN to the Kennedy Space Center, but the ship should launch in November and deliver results roughly a year later; that's a quick turnaround for a probe that could answer riddles spanning millions of years.
Source: NASA
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/09/nasa-and-lockheed-martin-finish-their-maven-probe/
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Phone cos: Cell service holding up after storm
NEW YORK (AP) ? Cellphone companies say their networks are largely up and running after a blizzard dumped up to 3 feet of snow on New England.
Not all cell towers have backup power, so natural disasters can take out cell service through power outages. Last fall's Superstorm Sandy had a major impact on cell service in flooded areas of the Northeast.
This week's snowstorm had much less effect. AT&T Inc. says the "vast majority" of its cell towers in the hardest-hit states are operating fine, and work is under way to restore service in some areas. Verizon Wireless, which prides itself on providing backup power to nearly all sites, says its network is performing well. Sprint Nextel Corp. says the storm's impact was "minimal."
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