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Saturday, April 27, 2013

Women's Track and Field Cleans Up in Terrific Penn Relays Showing

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PHILADELPHIA ? The Cornell women had a very successful two days of competition at the historic Penn Relays on Thursday and Friday, claiming four victories, three top-five individual finishes in Championship races, two school records, a school freshman record and several alterations to the all-time school top 10 lists.
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The Relays got off to an auspicious start in the field events on Thursday as senior co-captain Victoria Imbesi claimed the Eastern Shot Put title, coming through with a clutch sixth (and final) throw of 48' 10 1/4? to win the event, a mark that was easily an ECAC qualifier and an outdoor seasonal best. Imbesi has been on a roll this outdoor season and concluded her collegiate career at the Penn Relays with yet another great performance.
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On the track in the relays, the 4x400 claimed the Heps race for the second year in a row, winning in dominant fashion, six seconds ahead of second-place Princeton. The line-up of freshman Udeme Akpaete (55.4), sophomore Zena Kolliesuah (54.8), sophomore Katie Woodford (57.0) and junior Ebolutalese Airewele (56.3) ran 3:43.72 to add another Penn Relays wheel to the Cornell collection.
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Earlier, two other relays put in good efforts. The 4x100 of freshman Rochelle Forbes, Kolliewuah, Airewele and Woodford ran 47.76 to better the ECAC standard, finishing fifth in their heat. And a young distance medley relay team gained valuable experience, placing 11th in their heat as freshman Sarah Holl (3:41.13 for 1,200), sophomore Emily Woodford (57.85 for 400), sophomore Elyse Wilkinson (2:12.41 for 800) and freshman Kristen Niedrach (4:58.29 for 1,600) teamed up to run 11:49.67.
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Closing out relay action on Friday, the Big Red smashed the school record in the Shuttle Hurdle Relay to win the Eastern Section and earned yet more Penn Relays hardware, placing third overall out of all colleges. The team of sophomore Mina Amick-Alexis (14.3), freshman Hillary Holmes (14.3), junior Zaakirah Daniels (14.1) and freshman Kayla Wong (14.9) ran 57.59, breaking the school record set two years ago by over half a second.
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On Thursday night in the distance carnival, the Cornell women again proved to be among the best in the nation with yet another remarkable showing. All seven women finished in the top 10 of the College Championships sections, claiming Cornell's first ever win in the 3K, a runner-up in the 5K as well as a medal-winning fifth-place effort in the 3K. These performances produced five changes to the school all-time top 10 lists, as well as a school record and a school freshman record.
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Junior Rachel Sorna powered to victory in the women's 3000 Championship to earn a Penn Relays watch, dictating the tempo of the race in setting a school outdoor record of 9:20.36. Placing fifth was fellow All-American senior Genna Hartung, who set an outdoor personal best of 9:32.42 to move to No. 10 all-time at Cornell. And in eighth was freshman Caroline Kellner, who took six seconds off the old outdoor school freshman record with a personal best of 9:37.69, good for eighth place. This is Kellner's second freshman record of the year (to go along with her indoor 5K record), and she joins classmates Liz Crissy (high jump), Dina Iacone (10K) and Claire Devoe (3K steeplechase) in helping re-write the freshman record books this outdoor season.
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Earlier in the evening in the steeplechase, DeVoe had a very good debut at the Penn Relays, placing eighth in the Championship 3K steeple section, running 10:45.42, easily under the ECAC standard.
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Immediately after the 3000 Championship was the 5000 Championship, and for the second race in a row, Cornell had three in the top 10. Senior co-captain Katie Kellner battled fellow All-American Corey Conner of Maine to the very end, running a very strong race to place second, crossing the line in 16:10.85, an outdoor personal record and good for No. 2 all-time at Cornell. Kellner waged a tactical and well-executed race, finishing just behind the defending champion in the event.
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Cornell had two other outstanding performances in the race as senior Kate Rosettie closed strongly to set an outdoor personal mark of 16:35.69 to place ninth (to move to No. 8 all-time at Cornell), and junior Devin McMahon ran very well to set a lifetime personal best of 16:37.15 to place 10th (good for No. 10 all-time at Cornell).
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Cornell had several other good showings on the weekend. In the College Pole Vault, seniors Claire Dishong and Lindsey Patterson both cleared 11' 11 3/4?, while freshman Liz Crissy was over 5' 4 1/2? in the Eastern High Jump. In the College Javelin, sophomore Felicia Reid threw 98'.
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The day after the Penn Relays conclude, Cornell will finish up the regular season by hosting the Big Red Invitational on Sunday, April 28. The meet promises to be a competitive one with several college and top club teams from the Northeast and Canada entered.

Source: http://www.cornellbigred.com/news/2013/4/26/WTRACK_0426135451.aspx

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Monday, April 15, 2013

Guards, detainees clash in pre-dawn raid at Guantanamo

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An unidentified prisoner reads a newspaper in a communal cellblock at Camp VI, a prison used to house detainees at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, March 5, 2013.

By Michael Isikoff, National Investigative Correspondent, NBC News

U.S. military guards raided the largest camp at Guantanamo Bay early Saturday morning and fired four non-lethal shots as they moved detainees into solitary cells to suppress a widening protest, military officials said in a statement.

The unusual pre-dawn raid, ordered by Cmdr. Rear Adm. John W. Smith, was prompted by detainees' efforts to cover surveillance cameras, windows and glass partitions -- blocking views by guards -- amid an ongoing hunger strike that has now spread to more than 40 detainees and required officials to order some prisoners to be force fed through tubes. ??

During the raid, "some detainees resisted with improvised weapons, and in response, four less-than-lethal rounds were fired. There were no serious injuries to guards or detainees," according to the statement released by the Joint Task Force at Guantanamo.

Carlos Warner, a lawyer who represents detainees, said in an email to NBC News the raid was "a major event" and accused military officials of "escalating the conflict."

Warner also said the military timed the raid just after an International Red Cross delegation left the facility.

?They are doing exactly what they shouldn't be doing - provoking men who have nothing to lose and who are ready to die. These actions will drive the men closer to death, so yes the situation is rapidly deteriorating,? he added.

The U.S. military says guards raided a camp and fired four non-lethal rounds in response to detainees' efforts to cover surveillance cameras and windows during a hunger strike. MSNBC's Mara Schiavocampo reports.

A White House spokesperson said: "We have been monitoring the situation at Guantanamo closely and were informed by DOD in advance of the Task Force's plan to transition detainees at Camp VI from communal to single-cell living to ensure their health and security."

In recent weeks, as the hunger strike has spread among detainees, human rights groups have called on the Obama administration to fulfill its promise to shut down Guantanamo and step? up its efforts to return detainees who have been cleared for release to their home countries.

Lawyers for the detainees said they have been told of detainees losing consciousness and coughing up blood due to the hunger strike.

The Saturday morning raid occurred in Camp VI -- the largest at Guantanamo -- where detainees deemed "compliant" live in communal areas and are given special privileges. But military officials said that, in order to "reestablish proper observation" of the detainees, military forces began moving the detainees back into "single cell" confinement, triggering the resistance that led them to fire shots. Officials have said in the past that guards are equipped with rubber bullets.

Last month, U.S. military officials denied any detainees' lives were in danger but acknowledged that resistance and frustration among the detainees is growing, a development that a senior general said is because they are ?devastated? that President Barack Obama?s pledge to shut down the facility has not been fulfilled.

White House officials say they remain committed to closing Guantanamo but have been blocked from doing so by Congress, leading officials to close the small State Department office charged with finding new homes for the detainees.

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U.S. says agrees with China on peaceful North Korea solution

By Arshad Mohammed and Ben Blanchard

BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States said on Saturday that China had agreed to help rid North Korea of its nuclear capability by peaceful means, but Beijing made no specific commitment in public to pressure its long-time ally to change its ways.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met China's top leaders in a bid to persuade them to push reclusive North Korea, whose main diplomatic supporter is Beijing, to scale back its belligerence and, eventually, return to nuclear talks.

Visiting Beijing for the first time as secretary of state, Kerry has made no secret of his desire to see China take a more active stance towards North Korea, which in recent weeks has threatened nuclear war against the United States and South Korea.

Kerry and China's top diplomat, State Councillor Yang Jiechi, said both countries supported the goal of denuclearizing the Korean peninsula.

"We are able, the United States and China, to underscore our joint commitment to the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula in a peaceful manner," Kerry told reporters, sitting next to Yang at a state guesthouse in western Beijing.

But North Korea has repeatedly said it will not abandon nuclear weapons which it described on Friday as its "treasured" guarantor of security.

Yang said China's stance on maintaining peace and stability on the peninsula was clear and consistent, repeating phrasing used by the Foreign Ministry since the crisis began.

"We maintain that the issue should be handled and resolved peacefully through dialogue and consultation. To properly address the Korea nuclear issue serves the common interests of all parties. It is also the shared responsibility of all parties," he said, speaking through an interpreter.

"China will work with other relevant parties, including the United States, to play a constructive role in promoting the six-party talks and balanced implementation of the goals set out in the September 19 joint statement of 2005."

The United States and its allies believe the North violated the 2005 aid-for-denuclearization deal by conducting a nuclear test in 2006 and pursuing a uranium enrichment program that would give it a second path to a nuclear weapon in addition to its plutonium-based program.

Six-party aid-for-disarmament talks, involving the two Koreas, the United States, Japan, Russia and host China, collapsed in 2008 when the North walked away from the deal.

Kerry declined to comment on what specifically China may do to push for a peaceful solution on North Korea, saying only that they had discussed all possibilities.

At a news conference in Seoul on Friday and in a U.S.-South Korean joint statement issued on Saturday, Kerry signaled the U.S. preference for diplomacy, but stressed North Korea must take "meaningful" steps on denuclearization.

"We don't want to get into a threat for threat or ... some kind of confrontational language here. There's been enough of that," Kerry said in Beijing.

If North Korea got rid of its nuclear capabilities, then the United States would have no reason to maintain recently deployed defensive capabilities - such as a missile defense system sent to Guam - he said.

"Now, obviously, if the threat disappears, i.e. North Korea denuclearizes, the same imperative does not exist at that point in time for us to have to have that kind of robust, forward leaning posture of defense."

The Pentagon has in recent weeks responded to the North Korean threats by announcing plans to position two Aegis guided-missile destroyers in the western Pacific and a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system to Guam.

'CONSTRUCTIVE' TALKS

As the North's main trading partner, financial backer and the closest thing it has to a diplomatic ally, China had a unique ability to use its leverage against the impoverished, isolated state, Kerry said in Seoul before leaving for Beijing.

China, which sided with North Korea in the 1950-53 civil war against the U.S.-backed South, has always been reluctant to apply pressure on Pyongyang, fearing instability if the North were to implode and send floods of refugees into China.

It has also looked askance at U.S. military drills in South Korea.

China's Xinhua news agency said in a commentary that Washington had itself been "fanning the flames" on the Korean peninsula with its shows of force.

"It keeps sending more fighters, bombers and missile-defense ships to the waters of East Asia and carrying out massive military drills with Asian allies in a dramatic display of preemptive power," it said.

Chinese state television quoted Premier Li Keqiang as telling Kerry that rising tensions on the Korean peninsula were in nobody's interests, in apparent reference to both Washington and Pyongyang to dial down the war of words.

"All sides must bear responsibility for maintaining regional peace and stability and be responsible for the consequences," the television report paraphrased Li as saying.

"Disturbances and provocation on the peninsula and regionally will harm the interests of all sides, which is like lifting a rock only to drop it on one's feet."

Still, U.S. officials believe China's rhetoric on North Korea has begun to shift, pointing to a recent speech by China's Xi in which - without referring explicitly to Pyongyang - he said no country "should be allowed to throw a region and even the whole world into chaos for selfish gain".

Kerry's Asia trip, which includes a stop in Tokyo on Sunday before flying home on Monday, takes place after weeks of shrill North Korean threats of war since the imposition of new U.N. sanctions in response to its third nuclear test in February.

North Korean television made no mention of Kerry's visit and devoted most of its reports to preparations for celebrations on Monday marking the birth date of state founder Kim Il-Sung.

But Rodong Sinmun, the ruling Workers' Party's newspaper, issued a fresh denunciation of joint U.S.-South Korean military exercises, saying: "If the enemies dare provoke (North Korea) while going reckless, it will immediately blow them up with an annihilating strike with the use of powerful nuclear means."

South Korea's Yonhap news agency, quoting a government source, said North Korea had not moved any of its mobile missile launchers for the past two days after media reports that as many as five missiles had been moved into place on the country's east coast. It said this suggested no launches were imminent.

(Additional reporting by Terril Yue Jones in BEIJING and Ronald Popeski in SEOUL; Editing by Nick Macfie and Vicki Allen)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/kerry-meet-chinas-top-leaders-discuss-north-korea-035019792.html

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Detune's Korg M01D for Nintendo 3DS sparks nostalgia, lands in May (video)

This isn't the first time a Korg synth has been re-imagined in software form, it's not even the first (or second) time on Nintendo's DS. But, when Detune releases its M01D for the handheld console, it'll spark more than a little nostalgia for synth enthusiasts. Why? Because it's heavily inspired by Korg's legendary M1 synth, complete with all its sounds (and yes, the famous piano patch included), plus some new ones thrown in for good measure. The DS version includes a step sequencer (eight tracks with up to 64 steps per sequence) that you can compile together in "scenes." Borrowing from other parts of the Korg family, the M01D app also offers a KAOSS mode, too, no doubt using one of those screens serving as the touchpad. You can preserve your creativity by saving to SD card, or the usual internet sharing options, and heck there's even a 3D viewing mode too. Lordy! How that will actually look, we don't know, or at least we won't until its May release in Japan, before reaching the rest of the world in Summer.

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Sunday, April 14, 2013

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'Vatican Quest' Video Game Causes Major Controversy In Spain

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RECROP OF VAT114 - In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Mons. Franco Comaldo, a pope aide, left, looks at Pope Benedict XVI as he reads a document in Latin where he announces his resignation, during a meeting of Vatican cardinals, at the Vatican, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. Benedict XVI announced Monday that he would resign Feb. 28 - the first pontiff to do so in nearly 600 years. The decision sets the stage for a conclave to elect a new pope before the end of March. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, ho)

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In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI, center, reads a document in Latin where he announces his resignation, during a meeting of Vatican cardinals, at the Vatican, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. Benedict XVI announced Monday that he would resign Feb. 28 - the first pontiff to do so in nearly 600 years. The decision sets the stage for a conclave to elect a new pope before the end of March. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, ho)

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Britain's Prince Philip (L) watches as his wife Queen Elizabeth talks with Pope Benedict XVI during an exchange of gifts in the Morning Drawing Room, at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, Scotland on September 16, 2010. Pope Benedict XVI urged all parties involved in Northern Ireland to work for a 'just and lasting peace' in his first speech of an historic state visit to Britain on Thursday. AFP PHOTO / DAVID CHESKIN / POOL (Photo credit should read DAVID CHESKIN/AFP/Getty Images)

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Pope Benedict XVI receives a picture from US President George W. Bush during a tete-a-tete in the medieval St John's Tower in the Vatican Gardens on June 13, 2008. US President George W. Bush had a special audience with Pope Benedict XVI, who was returning the hospitality he enjoyed at the White House in April. AFP PHOTO / Filippo Monteforte (Photo credit should read FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images)

In this photo released by the Vatican newspaper Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI, seated in his studio at the Vatican City, uses an iPad device to light up one of the world's largest electronic Christmas trees in Gubbio, central Italy, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Osservatore Romano, HO) EDITORIAL USE ONLY

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VATICAN CITY - MAY 30: Pope Benedict XVI meets Gerry and Kate McCann during his weekly audience at St. Peter's Square, May 30, 2007 in Vatican City. The parents of four-year-old Madeleine McCann discussed the plight of their daughter, who vanished 27 days ago whilst holidaying in Portugal. (Photo by Arturo Mari L'Osservatore Romano Vatican Pool via Getty Images)

The Pope Meets With President Obama

VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - JULY 10: US President Barack Obama (L) meets with Pope Benedict XVI in his library at the Vatican on July 10, 2009 in Vatican City, Vatican. Obama was meeting with The Pope for the first time as President following the G8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy. (Photo by Vatican Pool/Getty Images)

The Pope Meets With President Obama

VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - JULY 10: US President Barack Obama (L) and First Lady Michelle Obama meet with Pope Benedict XVI in his library at the Vatican on July 10, 2009 in Vatican City, Vatican. Obama was meeting with The Pope for the first time as President following the G8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy. (Photo by Vatican Pool/Getty Images)

In this photo released by the Vatican newspaper Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI, seated in his studio at the Vatican City, uses an iPad device to light up one of the world's largest electronic Christmas tree in Gubbio, central Italy, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Osservatore Romano, HO) EDITORIAL USE ONLY

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Pope Benedict XVI clicks on a tablet to send his first twitter message during his weekly general audience on December 12, 2012 at the Paul VI hall at the Vatican. Pope Benedict XVI sent his first Twitter message from a digital tablet on Wednesday using the handle @pontifex, blessing his hundreds of thousands of new Internet followers. AFP PHOTO / VINCENZO PINTO (Photo credit should read VINCENZO PINTO/AFP/Getty Images)

Tony Blair Meets With Pope Benedict XVI

VATICAN CITY - JUNE 23: Pope Benedict XVI meets outgoing Prime Minister Tony Blair in a private audience at his library, on June 23, 2007 in Vatican City. (Photo by L'Osservatore Romano Vatican Pool/Getty Images)

Tony Blair Meets With Pope Benedict XVI

In this photo released by Cubadebate, Pope Benedict XVI, right, meets with Cuba's Fidel Castro in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday March 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Cubadebate)

Pope Benedict XVI Makes First Visit To Cuba

HAVANA, CUBA - MARCH 29: Pope Benedict XVI meets with former Cuban President Fidel Castro (L) at the Vatican embassy on March 29, 2012 in Havana, Cuba. The Pope is finishing up his first trip to Cuba, fourteen years after Pope John Paul II visited the communist country. (Photo by L'Osservatore Romano Vatican-Pool/Getty Images)

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(FILES) This recent file picture taken on February 6, 2013 at the Paul VI hall at the Vatican shows Pope Benedict XVI arriving for the weekly general audience. The Vatican spokesman announced that Pope says he will resign on February 28. AFP PHOTO / FILES / VINCENZO PINTO (Photo credit should read VINCENZO PINTO/AFP/Getty Images)

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Pope Benedict XVI (R) and his personal secretary Georg Gaenswein arrive for the weekly general audience on February 06, 2013 at the Paul VI hall at the Vatican. AFP PHOTO / VINCENZO PINTO (Photo credit should read VINCENZO PINTO/AFP/Getty Images)

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Pope Benedict XVI gets up after kneeling for a prayer during his visit at the Roman seminary, in Rome Friday, Feb. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT 'AFP PHOTO / OSSERVATORE ROMANO' - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS Italy's president Giorgio Napolitano (2nd R) sits flanked by Pope Benedict XVI (C) at a concert by the Orchestra del Maggio Fiorentino, directed by Indian conductor Zubin Metha, to celebrate the 84th Lateran pact's anniversary on February 4, 2013, at the Sala Nervi in Vatican city. AFP PHOTO / OSSERVATORE ROMANO' (Photo credit should read OSSERVATORE ROMANO/AFP/Getty Images)

In this photo provided by Vatican paper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI receives a Lazio soccer team's jersey from club's president Claudio Lotito, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano)

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Pope Benedict XVI (C) leads his weekly general audience on January 30, 2013 at the Paul VI hall at the Vatican. AFP PHOTO / ANDREAS SOLARO (Photo credit should read ANDREAS SOLARO,ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP/Getty Images)

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Pope Benedict XVI releases a dove from the window of his appartment at the end of his Sunday Angelus prayer in St. Peter's square at the Vatican on January 27, 2013. The Pontiff and youth of the Catholic Action released two doves, symbol of peace. AFP PHOTO / VINCENZO PINTO (Photo credit should read VINCENZO PINTO/AFP/Getty Images)

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Pope Benedict XVI arrives to lead the celebration of the Vespers of the Solemnity of the conversion of Saint Paul, in conclusion of the week of prayer for christian unity at the Saint Paul basilica in Rome on January 25, 2013. AFP PHOTO / VINCENZO PINTO (Photo credit should read VINCENZO PINTO/AFP/Getty Images)

Pope Benedict XVI Celebrates Baptisms In Sistine Chapel

VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - JANUARY 13: Pope Benedict XVI (L) performs a baptism in the Sistine Chapel on January 13, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. The Vatican reiterated its opposition to same-sex marriage on January 13, after an Italian court ruling it was prejudice to assume a child would have a detrimental upbringing living with a gay couple. (Photo by L'Osservatore Romano-Vatican Pool via Getty Images)

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Pope Benedict XVI welcomes Prince Albert II of Monaco and his wife Princess Charlene on January 12, 2013 prior to a private audience at Vatican. AFP PHOTO / VINCENZO PINTO (Photo credit should read VINCENZO PINTO/AFP/Getty Images)

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Pope Benedict XVI (C) talks to Prince Albert II of Monaco and his wife Princess Charlene on January 12, 2013 during a private audience at Vatican. AFP PHOTO / VINCENZO PINTO (Photo credit should read VINCENZO PINTO/AFP/Getty Images)

Pope Benedict XVI Receives Prince Albert II of Monaco and Princess Charlene

VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - JANUARY 12: Pope Benedict XVI meets HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco and HSH Princess Charlene of Monaco during a private audience at his library on January 12, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Photo by Vatican Pool/Getty Images)

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Pope Benedict XVI (L) is greeted by Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti and his wife Elsa (both not pictured) as he disembarks from a helicopter in Arezzo stadium on the start of a one day pastoral visit on May 13, 2012. The Pope will lead a Holy Mass and will also visit the Shrine of La Verna and address citizens of Sansepolcro. AFP PHOTO / POOL / VINCENZO PINTO ALTERNATIVE CROP VERSION (Photo credit should read VINCENZO PINTO/AFP/GettyImages)

In this photo provided by the Vatican paper L'Osservatore Romano, Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti, right, and Pope Benedict XVI meet during an official visit at the Vatican Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. Premier Mario Monti has met with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican in their first formal talks since Monti took over as head of a government of experts in November to tackle Italy's debt crisis. The Vatican said the two sides discussed Italian and European issues as well as the need to protect religious minorities in some areas of the world, and confirmed their interest in continuing "constructive cooperation." (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano)

Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti, right, and Pope Benedict XVI meet during an official visit at the Vatican Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Max Rossi, Pool)

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Pope Benedict XVI (R) is greeted by Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti and his wife Elsa (L) as he disembarks from a helicopter in Arezzo stadium on the start of a one day pastoral visit on May 13, 2012. The Pope will lead a Holy Mass and will also visit the Shrine of La Verna and address citizens of Sansepolcro. AFP PHOTO / POOL / VINCENZO PINTO (Photo credit should read VINCENZO PINTO/AFP/GettyImages)

Pope Benedict XVI meets Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti

VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - JANUARY 14: Pope Benedict XVI exchanges gifts with Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti during a meeting at his private library on January 14, 2012 in Vatican City, Vatican. This is the first time the Pope has received the new Italian President. (Photo by Stefano Dal Pozzolo - Vatican Pool via Getty Images)

Pope Benedict XVI and German Chancellor

Pope Benedict XVI and German Chancellor Angela Merkel pose for a picture after an oecumenical service at the protestant monastery of St. Augustin in Erfurt, eastern Germany, on September 23, 2011, on the second day of the Pontiff's first state visit to his native Germany. The 84-year old pope, German born Joseph Ratzinger, has a packed program, with 18 sermons and speeches planned for his four-day trip to Berlin, Erfurt in the ex-German Democratic Republic and Freiburg. AFP PHOTO / POOL BUNDESREGIERUNG GUIDO BERGMANN (Photo credit should read GUIDO BERGMANN/AFP/Getty Images)

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Benedict XVI speaks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, and her husband Joachim Sauer, left, in the house of the German Bishops Conference in Berlin, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011. Pope Benedict XVI is on a four-day official visit to his homeland Germany. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, pool)

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ALTERNATIVE CROP - German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) looks on as Pope Benedict XVI has his robe blown in the face by the wind after arriving on September 22, 2011 at the Tegel airport in Berlin, where he starts his first state visit to his native Germany. The 84-year old pope, German born Joseph Ratzinger, has a packed program, with 18 sermons and speeches planned for his four-day trip to Berlin, Erfurt in the ex-German Democratic Republic and Freiburg. AFP PHOTO / PATRIK STOLLARZ (Photo credit should read PATRIK STOLLARZ/AFP/Getty Images)

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FILE - In this Friday, June 6, 2008 file photo, Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi shows one of the gifts he received from Pope Benedict XVI, a pen commemorating St. Peter, on the occasion of their meeting at the Vatican City. Premier Silvio Berlusconi resigned in Rome, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011, after the Parliament's lower chamber passed European-demanded reforms, ending a 17-year political era and setting in motion a transition aimed at bringing Italy back from the brink of economic crisis. The 75-year-old billionaire media mogul, who came to power for the first time in 1994 using a soccer chant "Go Italy" as the name of his political party, became Italy's longest-serving post-war premier.(AP Photo/Alessandro Bianchi, pool, file)

The Pope Meets With President Obama

VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - JULY 10: US President Barack Obama (L) and First Lady Michelle Obama exchange gifts with Pope Benedict XVI in his library at the Vatican on July 10, 2009 in Vatican City, Vatican. Obama was meeting with The Pope for the first time as President following the G8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy. (Photo by Vatican Pool/Getty Images)

The Pope Meets With President Obama

VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - JULY 10: US President Barack Obama (R) meets with Pope Benedict XVI in his library at the Vatican on July 10, 2009 in Vatican City, Vatican. Obama was meeting with The Pope for the first time as President following the G8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy. (Photo by Vatican Pool/Getty Images)

British Prime Minister David Cameron (L)

British Prime Minister David Cameron (L) bids farewell to Pope Benedict XVI at Birmingham International Airport, England, on September 19, 2010, after a four day visit to Britain by the Pope. Pope Benedict XVI flew out of Britain Sunday after an historic four-day state visit, as Prime Minister David Cameron said he had made people 'sit up and think.' AFP PHOTO/CARL COURT (Photo credit should read Carl Court/AFP/Getty Images)

His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI Pays A State Visit To The UK - Day 4

BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 19: Pope Benedict XVI is escorted by PM David Cameron as heads to board his Alitalia jet to Italy on September 19, 2010 in Birmingham, England. Pope Benedict XVI has conducted the first state visit to the UK by a Pontiff. Earlier in the day he beatified Cardinal Newman at an open air mass in Cofton Park. (Photo by Carl Court - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Pope Benedict XVI (R) meets with British

Pope Benedict XVI (R) meets with British Prime Minister David Cameron at Archbishop's House, in central London, on September 18, 2010. Pope Benedict XVI is 'very calm' and 'no one felt threatened' despite the arrest of six men linked to an alleged plot to launch an attack during his visit to Britain, a Vatican spokesman said Saturday. AFP PHOTO/Stefan Rousseau/POOL (Photo credit should read STEFAN ROUSSEAU/AFP/Getty Images)

Pope Benedict XVI strokesa lion cub as he greets circus artists and workers, during an audience he held in the Pope Paul VI hall, at the Vatican, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012. Benedict clapped and watched amused as circus workers flipped, flopped, juggled and twisted before him in what the Vatican has called a historic audience to make street performers and other itinerant entertainers feel like they belong to the church. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Benedict XVI strokes a lion cub as he greets circus artists and workers during an audience he held in the Pope Paul VI hall, at the Vatican, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012. Benedict clapped and watched amused as circus workers flipped, flopped, juggled and twisted before him in what the Vatican has called a historic audience to make street performers and other itinerant entertainers feel like they belong to the church. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Benedict XVI Celebrates The Vespers And Te Deum Prayers To Mark The End of 2012

Pope Benedict XVI is helped by assistants as he celebrates the Vespers and Te Deum prayers in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on December 31, 2012. AFP PHOTO / ANDREAS SOLARO (Photo credit should read ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP/Getty Images)

Pope Benedict XVI Celebrates The Vespers And Te Deum Prayers To Mark The End of 2012

Pope Benedict XVI celebrates the Vespers and Te Deum prayers in Saint Peter's Basilica the mark the end of 2012 at the Vatican on December 31, 2012. AFP PHOTO / ANDREAS SOLARO (Photo credit should read ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP/Getty Images)

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Pope Benedict XVI blesses as arrives for the prayer with the ecumenical christian community of Taize during their European meeting, on December 29, 2012, in St.Peter's square at the Vatican. The Taize community, based in the eastern French village of Taize, was created in 1940 by Brother Roger, from Switzerland. The group draws tens of thousands of young people for prayer workshops held across the year at its base, and similar numbers at its annual gathering in a European city, traditionally held between Christmas and the New Year's eve. AFP PHOTO / ALBERTO PIZZOLI (Photo credit should read ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP/Getty Images)

FILE - In this June 28, 2011 file photo, Pope Benedict XVI touches a touchpad to send a tweet for the launch of the Vatican news information portal "www.news.va", at the Vatican. The Vatican said Monday, Dec. 3, 2012, that Pope Benedict XVI will start tweeting in six languages from his own personal handle (at)Pontifex, on Dec. 12. The pontiff will be using a question and answer format in his first Tweet, focusing on answering questions about faith ? in 140 characters. (AP Photo/Osservatore Romano, File) EDITORIAL USE ONLY

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FILE - In this Tuesday, March 15, 2011 file photo, the newly elected Maronite Patriarch Bechara el-Rai gestures as he is surrounded by supporters shortly after his election at the Maronite church's seat in Bkirki, northeast of Beirut, Lebanon. Pope Benedict XVI has named six new cardinals Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012, adding prelates from Lebanon, the Philippines, Nigeria, Colombia, India and the United States to the ranks of cardinals who will elect his successor. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)

Benedict XVI

Pope Benedict XVI blesses the faithful as he arrives in St. Peter's square to bless the nativity scene at the Vatican, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011. The Pontiff marked the end of 2011 with prayers of thanks and said humanity awaits the new year with apprehension but also with hope for a better future. "Another year approaches its end, while we await a new one, with the trepidation, desires and expectations of always," Benedict said at the traditional New Year's Eve vespers service, as he delivered his homily from the central altar of St. Peter's Basilica on Saturday evening. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)

Pope Benedict XVI delivers his blessing as he arrives for the weekly general audience in the Pope Paul II hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

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Saturday, April 13, 2013

Lion Air plane crashes into sea in Bali; 22 hurt

BALI, Indonesia (AP) ? A Lion Air plane carrying more than 100 passengers and crew overshot a runway on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on SaturdAsay and crashed into the sea, injuring nearly two dozen people, officials said.

I Made Krisna Maharta, an official with Bali's search and rescue agency, said all of the passengers and crew were safely rescued and that 22 people were taken to three different hospitals with various injuries. He said initial reports showed there were 101 passengers and seven crew members aboard the plane.

TV footage showed police and rescuers using rubber boats to evacuate passengers and crew members. A photo on local channel TV One showed the plane with a large crack in its body sitting on top of the water.

The Transportation Ministry's director general of aviation, Harry Bakti Gumay, said the plane overshot the runway and fell into the sea from a height of about 50 meters (55 yards). The cause of the accident was unclear, and Gumay said an investigation was under way.

Hospital officials and paramedics said at least seven passengers were taken to Sanglah hospital with head wounds and broken bones. Many passengers arrived there with wet clothes and bruises.

"The aircraft was in landing position when suddenly I saw it getting closer to the sea, and finally it hit the water," Dewi, a passenger who sustained head wounds in the crash, told The Associated Press. "All of the passengers were screaming in panic in fear they would drown. I left behind my belongings and went to an emergency door. I got out of the plane and swam before rescuers jumped in to help me."

Bali Police Chief Arif Wahyunadi said the plane ? a Boeing 737-800 Next Generation with 180 seats ? originated from Bandung, the capital of West Java province, and was landing in Bali.

Lion Air is a rapidly expanding low-cost carrier that holds about a 45 percent market share in Indonesia, a sprawling archipelago that's seeing a boom in both economic growth and air travel.

Air travel safety issues are a longtime problem in Indonesia, and just how fast the country's airline market is growing came under a spotlight with last year's deadly crash of a Sukhoi Superjet-100 plane during a demonstration flight. While both the plane and the pilot were Russian, the flight was packed with representatives of local airlines that the manufacturer hoped would purchase the jetliner.

Lion Air signed a $24 billion deal last month to buy 234 Airbus planes, the biggest order ever for the French aircraft maker. It also gave Boeing its largest-ever order when it finalized a deal for 230 planes last year. The planes will be delivered from 2014 through 2026.

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Associated Press writers Niniek Karmini and Ali Kotarumalos in Jakarta, Indonesia, contributed to this report.

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Tuesday, April 9, 2013

The Daily Roundup for 04.08.2013

You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past 24 hours -- all handpicked by the editors here at the site. Click on through the break, and enjoy.

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Monday, April 8, 2013

Gulf of Mexico has greater-than-believed ability to self-cleanse oil spills

Apr. 8, 2013 ? The Gulf of Mexico may have a much greater natural ability to self-clean oil spills than previously believed, an expert in bioremediation said on April 8 in New Orleans at the 245th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS).

Terry C. Hazen, Ph.D., said that conclusion has emerged from research following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, which by some estimates spilled 4.9 million barrels (210 million gallons) of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. His research team used a powerful new approach for identifying microbes in the environment to discover previously unknown bacteria, naturally present in the Gulf water, that consume and break down crude oil.

"The Deepwater Horizon oil provided a new source of nutrients in the deepest waters," explained Hazen, who is with the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. "With more food present in the water, there was a population explosion among those bacteria already adapted to using oil as a food source. It was surprising how fast they consumed the oil. In some locations, it took only one day for them to reduce a gallon of oil to a half gallon. In others, the half-life for a given quantity of spilled oil was 6 days. This data suggests that a great potential for intrinsic bioremediation of oil plumes exists in the deep sea and other environs in the Gulf of Mexico."

Hazen spoke at a symposium, "Environmental Fate of Petroleum Oils and Dispersants in the Marine Environment," that included other reports relating to the Deepwater Horizon spill.

Oil-eating bacteria are natural inhabitants of the Gulf because of the constant supply of food. Scientists know that there are more than 600 different areas where oil oozes from rocks underlying the Gulf of Mexico. These oil seeps, much like underwater springs, release 560,000-1.4 million barrels of oil annually, according to the National Research Council.

Hazen's team used a powerful new approach for identifying previously recognized kinds of oil-eating bacteria that contributed to the natural clean-up of the Deepwater Horizon spill. In the past, scientists identified microbes by putting samples of water into laboratory culture dishes, waiting for microbes to grow and then using a microscope to identify the microbes. The new approach, called "ecogenomics," uses genetic and other analyses of the DNA, proteins and other footprints of bacteria to provide a more detailed picture of microbial life in the water.

"The bottom line from this research may be that the Gulf of Mexico is more resilient and better able to recover from oil spills than anyone thought," Hazen said. "It shows that we may not need the kinds of heroic measures proposed after the Deepwater Horizon spill, like adding nutrients to speed up the growth of bacteria that breakdown oil, or using genetically engineered bacteria. The Gulf has a broad base of natural bacteria, and they respond to the presence of oil by multiplying quite rapidly."

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Tributes pour in for Spanish filmmaker Bigas Luna

MADRID (AP) ? Spaniard Josep Joan Bigas Luna was lauded as a brilliant and "truly special" filmmaker a day after his death, with some of the highest praise coming from actors Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz, two stars whose film careers he launched.

Bigas Luna, 67, died Saturday in northeast Spain after a long battle with cancer.

The filmmaker was regarded as having had an excellent eye for spotting talent and a knack for stimulating on-screen chemistry between actors. His 1992 film "Jamon, Jamon" received unanimous praise as "a classic" in the Spanish press on Sunday,

The director discovered Cruz and Bardem, who married in 2010, as well as a giving early boosts to a host of other now well-known film muses, including Leonor Watling, Angela Molina, Francesca Neri and Valeria Marini.

Many of the roles in his films were explosively steamy, even erotic. Yet they often explored with great insight aspects of modern Spain's quirkiness.

"He was charming, intelligent, ironic, and possessed of an utterly contagious hedonism," said Ferran Mascarell, culture spokesman for the government of Bigas Luna's native Catalan region.

"I don't know where to begin," Bardem said, adding that he owes Bigas Luna "the woman I love," and "a career that I never dreamed I could have."

Bardem's first film role was in Bigas Luna's "The Ages of Lulu" (1990), but it is his role, co-starring with Cruz in "Jamon, Jamon" that many consider one of his most searing and memorable.

He later went on to win an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as psychopathic assassin Anton Chigurh in Ethan and Joel Coen's "No Country for Old Men" and has also played villain Raoul Silva in "Skyfall," the latest Bond movie.

In a heartfelt statement, Cruz said an early casting for "The Ages of Lulu" changed her life.

"In walked a man with a rascal's face: Bigas Luna," she said. "The first thing he asked me was my age (she was 14). I said I was 17 and he, always very gently and without making me feel too bad, laughed in my face and said: 'Well, you won't make this movie, but I'll call for another when you're older.'"

The actress said she was astonished when, three years later, the phone rang and it was Bigas Luna asking her to try out for "Jamon, Jamon."

"When I was with him I felt time stood still," Cruz said. "He was truly special."

Bigas Luna died while still working on his latest film, "Segon Origen."

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Sunday, April 7, 2013

A White Guy's Honest Opinion About Black Women?and Their ...

Here?s a warning: Ladies who are doggedly defensive about anyone ever saying anything critical about their physique might want to scroll on to the next post, because this guy is giving an honest (and somewhat raw) opinion that I?m sure is going to offend some-dang-body.

The man who wrote this to me is in his forties and gorgeous. He very much keeps himself in shape and is committed to a healthy lifestyle. He only recently started dating black women, but observed something on an online dating site dedicated to BW/WM dating?most of the back women wishing to connect with him were overweight or downright obese.

As a white guy who takes good care if his body, I desire the same thing in my mate. I keep a trim fit body because I know it?s sexually attractive, and by that same token a girl?s trim fit body is sexually attractive to me. Honesty why would I put this amount of energy into my body and then want to be with someone who didn?t care about hers? Keeping yourself trim and fit shows me you care about pleasing me visually, and?to be honest, sexually.

Men are visual creatures, that?s why porn sells. We like to like what we see. Why wouldn?t you want to put all your effort into creating the best visual experience for us? Especially when we put so much energy into doing it for you.

I know how good it feels to be wanted and see that look on your face when your enjoying what you see and what you feel. I also know it heightens the sexual experience a lot when I?m enjoying your body and am extremely sexually attracted to it.

And ladies, let me tell you, there?s nothing more beautiful then the graceful muscle structure of a finely tuned black female body? OMG! Can I just tell you? Athletic is it. And I?m not talking about big and round, go look at some of those Olympic sportswomen?Muscle tone, a six pack, that?s athletic.

And I?ll be honest girls, when you friend me on Facebook, the first things do is troll all your pics to see how big you are. It?s such a disappointment when I see this beautiful face approach me and then as I scroll through I see you?re bigger than me.

I know you?ve all had it engrained upon your mind that you need to eat and put some pounds on and whatever else your culture has tonight you but listen, your trying to cross cultural lines here, I don?t go to Japan and demand cheeseburgers, I go for the sushi. If you want this sushi you gotta meet me on what I find attractive. My culture values thin and trim and athletic. If this is the culture you want to be a part of you can?t try to force me to like something I?m just not sexually attracted too? It?s a chemical thing and all the booksmarts and intelligence in the world isn?t going to change the fact that I like someone who takes care of themselves?

Footnote: You can do one or two things with this information..dismiss this guy as a jerk, or take it in and maybe take what you can use as leave the rest. I know a few of you are going to bristle because of this man?s sexual references to the female body type, and I understand that because maybe you?re not used to seeing that type of talk, but I can assure you that imagining sex with women is on the mind of most red-blooded heterosexual men 50-11 times a day. Waistline of a black woman

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New guardian of French tongue is (gasp!) British

In this photo taken Tuesday, April 2, 2013, Michael Edwards poses for a photograph during an interview with The Associated-Press at his office at the College de France in Paris. The man who will soon become the newest official guardian of the French language has spoken: English, he says, is jumping the barricades and threatening the language of Moliere. Edwards should know. He's British - the first to become one of the 40 esteemed ?immortals? of the Academie Francaise, the institution that has watched over the French language since 1635. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

In this photo taken Friday, March 22, 2013, jury member Michael Edwards, third from left, listens to a contestant during the 21st annual poetry recitation competition at the Maison d'Education de la Legion d'Honneur in Saint Denis, north of Paris. The man who will soon become the newest official guardian of the French language has spoken: English, he says, is jumping the barricades and threatening the language of Moliere. Edwards should know. He's British - the first to become one of the 40 esteemed ?immortals? of the Academie Francaise, the institution that has watched over the French language since 1635. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

In this photo taken Friday, March 22, 2013, contestants watch as a fellow participant competes in the 21st annual poetry recitation competition at the Maison d'Education de la Legion d'Honneur in Saint Denis, north of Paris. Michael Edwards, who will soon become the newest official guardian of the French language has spoken: English, he says, is jumping the barricades and threatening the language of Moliere. Edwards should know. He's British - the first to become one of the 40 esteemed ?immortals? of the Academie Francaise, the institution that has watched over the French language since 1635. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

In this photo taken Tuesday, April 2, 2013, Michael Edwards speaks during an interview with The Associated-Press at his office at the College de France in Paris. The man who will soon become the newest official guardian of the French language has spoken: English, he says, is jumping the barricades and threatening the language of Moliere. Edwards should know. He's British - the first to become one of the 40 esteemed ?immortals? of the Academie Francaise, the institution that has watched over the French language since 1635. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

In this photo taken Friday, March 22, 2013, U.S. filmmaker Fred Wiseman, left, Britain's Michael Edwards, center, and New Zealand's Ambassador to France, Rosemary Banks, attend the 21st annual poetry recitation competition as jury members at the Maison d'Education de la Legion d'Honneur in Saint Denis, north of Paris. The man who will soon become the newest official guardian of the French language has spoken: English, he says, is jumping the barricades and threatening the language of Moliere. Edwards should know. He's British - the first to become one of the 40 esteemed ?immortals? of the Academie Francaise, the institution that has watched over the French language since 1635. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

PARIS (AP) ? The newest official guardian of the French language has spoken: English, he says, is jumping the barricades and threatening the language of Moliere.

He should know. He's British ? the first from his nation to become one of the 40 esteemed "immortals" of the Academie Francaise, the institution that has watched over the French language since 1635.

Is he a fox in the hen house ? as one might think given the history of mutual disdain between England and France? "No," Michael Edwards assures. "Nor am I the Trojan Horse. I don't want to stir things up."

But he just might.

Edwards, a Cambridge-educated poet, writer and translator married to a French woman, says that while he became a French citizen a decade ago, his British identity is "essential."

"I don't stop being British. No," he said in an interview this week in his office at the august College de France, where he holds a chair in the Study of Literary Creation in the English Language. For example, he wonders why there are no French words to express certain concepts. One can descend in French, "descendre," but one cannot "ascendre," or ascend ? as Edwards has to his illustrious seat.

The British scholar, who will be 75 later this month, was voted into the Academie Francaise in February ? on his third try, with his first candidacy in 2008. Becoming an "immortal," which takes lots of real-world networking, is for him something akin to entering the celestial realm of the gods of French literature.

"When I was a student, the Academie Francaise was a kind of unreal paradise in which lived people like Racine and La Fontaine and Voltaire and Hugo and Claudel and Valery."

It's unusual in the extreme for an outsider like Edwards to be elected to the elite French club ? but not without precedent.

Another Anglo-Saxon, Julien Green, born in Paris to American parents and schooled in the French system, preceded Edwards at the Academie Francaise. But Edwards, born outside London, is the first member from Britain speaking French as an adopted language. He is not, however, the only foreign-born member of the Academie Francaise. In fact, one of them ? Chinese-born Francois Cheng ? encouraged Edwards to seek a seat. It took three tries and lots of networking to gain backers among the members ahead of this year's victory vote.

And while winning recognition from the French language elite was a battle for Edwards, there were no signs that French snobbery regarding his British origins played a role in the process.

Edwards chuckles when asked why he wanted to become a so-called immortal. "It's like asking someone, why did you want to play in the World Cup?"

Unlike owning the World Cup soccer trophy, however, becoming a member of the Academie Francaise is an honor that lasts for life. Immortals are only replaced when one of the 40 dies. The graying institution ? where more than half of its members are over 75 and only five of them women ? currently has four vacant seats.

Edwards will take Seat No. 31, replacing writer Jean Dutourd, in November. Then, he will don a gold-embroidered green suit and take up his ornamental sword in an elaborate ceremony, and deliver a lengthy speech ? to be published word-for-word in some French newspapers.

But this lover of Shakespeare already has some clear thoughts about the French language's biggest enemy: English, which has become the world's lingua franca.

"I don't think it's paranoia. I think they're right. English is a threat," he said. But it's not "real English" that threatens the French language, he quickly added.

The real problem? Bad English ? "the sort of universal lingua-anglica which is not proper English and which invades French through all sorts of expressions which are unnecessary," he said.

Edwards also spies what he says is a deeper, more insidious threat: the growing demand on the French to write in English for professional reasons. He sees that as potentially "very dangerous" to philosophers and scientists, for instance, where language can have an impact on the work itself.

"A language is a living organism. It's a way of thinking, a memory," Edwards said. "It's important that a French philosopher think in French," he said. If not, that person "might, to put it crudely, become a British philosopher."

French, once the official language of international diplomacy, has steadily lost ground to English. That's despite two laws, enacted in 1975 and 1994, to ensure the French language holds its own in the work place, in businesses and at international conferences in France.

In 2006, then-President Jacques Chirac walked out of a European Union summit to protest a particularly offensive affront to the French tongue: a French business executive addressing EU leaders in English. In a sign of the changing times, France's finance minister last month fielded questions in French at a news conference in Sweden ? and happily answered them in English to satisfy the international crowd.

Academicians, as members of the gold-domed Academie Francaise are called, don't make laws. They simply hand down judgments, which the French are expected to abide by to keep their language pure. That's a hard task in a globalized world in which foreign languages constantly intrude. Most English words are kicked out for a French equivalent, for example eco-friendly should be "respectueux de l'environnement" (respectful of the environment). That contrasts with the English who "like foreign sounds in English."

"The French believe that the French language should be controlled from above, and the Academie Francaise has a mission to do precisely that," said Edwards. He gave assurances that the Academie is not "trying to embalm French" but it does "take very seriously the beauty of the French language."

Edwards writes poetry and essays in English and French and speaks French with a slight, almost elegant English accent. He began studying French at age 11 in England and recalled that as his studies advanced, the French language opened a door into another world ? one which he has spent decades contemplating through his poetry, essays and lectures. "Le Rire de Moliere" (Moliere's Laugh) published last year, offers a new way to interpret the writings of the man whose name for many is synonymous with the French language.

Edwards hopes to get a spot on the commission that has been revising the French dictionary since the time of Cardinal Richelieu, the institution's founder.

The Academie Francaise is a rarefied society that includes not just literati but scientists and even a former French president, Valerie Giscard d'Estaing. Ironically, some great French writers never got their foot in the door ? including Moliere.

Edwards was careful not to wreck his reputation by saying anything too radical before taking his seat in November. But, he ventured, the English language might have a lesson for the French. "I do feel ... a language is alive when it changes, and English is aware of other languages and borrows from them when it is useful to do so."

Then he let go with one more, perhaps truly renegade, thought: "The language really under threat is English."

Today, he explained, two non-native English speakers will often communicate in a mangled, hybrid English.

"The language chatted around the world is poor English," Edwards said.

Associated Press

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