Carrie Underwood?s Emotional Song For Tornado Victims At CMT Awards

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Oklahoma native Carrie performed ?See You Again? at the June 5 CMT Awards, as a tribute to the victims of the Oklahoma tornado that devastated Moore last month.

Carrie Underwood?gave probably the most memorable performance of the night at the June 5 CMT Music Awards, when she sang ?See You Again? and her sad and stunning performance got her a standing ovation. Watch the video below.

Carrie Underwood?s CMT Awards Performance

Carrie walked the red carpet in a cute blue shorts suit, and for her performance she wore a stunning dress with her hair pulled back. Her performance was powerful and emotional as she sang for the dozens of people who died and the hundreds who were injured.

The emotional performance from Carrie included screens with images from Oklahoma behind her, while a choir backed her up in a gospel style performance.

Carrie Underwood Reveals Why She Chose This Song

?We really wanted to do something really special with the song,? Carrie told ET Online before the performance, adding, ?The song itself, I think, is really beautiful. I?ve heard the most incredible stories about how it?s affected different people and what it means to them.?

Carrie said her connection to Oklahoma made her pick his song: ?Right now I feel like it?s very timely. There seem to be a lot of things happening where I?m from especially. I?m from Oklahoma.?I really wanted to do kind of a tribute to them.?

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Source: http://hollywoodlife.com/2013/06/05/carrie-underwood-performance-cmt-awards-2013-see-you-again/

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Where trash accumulates in the deep sea

June 5, 2013 ? Surprisingly large amounts of discarded trash end up in the ocean. Plastic bags, aluminum cans, and fishing debris not only clutter our beaches, but accumulate in open-ocean areas such as the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch." Now, a paper by researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) shows that trash is also accumulating in the deep sea, particularly in Monterey Canyon.

Kyra Schlining, lead author on this study, said, "We were inspired by a fisheries study off Southern California that looked at seafloor trash down to 365 meters. We were able to continue this search in deeper water -- down to 4,000 meters. Our study also covered a longer time period, and included more in-situ observations of deep-sea debris than any previous study I'm aware of."

To complete this extensive study, Schlining and her coauthors combed through 18,000 hours of underwater video collected by MBARI's remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). Over the past 22 years, technicians in MBARI's video lab recorded virtually every object and animal that appeared in these videos. These annotations are compiled in MBARI's Video Annotation and Reference System (VARS).

For this study, video technicians searched the VARS database to find every video clip that showed debris on the seafloor. They then compiled data on all the different types of debris they saw, as well as when and where this debris was observed.

In total, the researchers counted over 1,500 observations of deep-sea debris, at dive sites from Vancouver Island to the Gulf of California, and as far west as the Hawaiian Islands. In the recent paper, the researchers focused on seafloor debris in and around Monterey Bay -- an area in which MBARI conducts over 200 research dives a year. In this region alone, the researchers noted over 1,150 pieces of debris on the seafloor.

The largest proportion of the debris -- about one third of the total -- consisted of objects made of plastic. Of these objects, more than half were plastic bags. Plastic bags are potentially dangerous to marine life because they can smother attached organisms or choke animals that consume them.

Metal objects were the second most common type of debris seen in this study. About two thirds of these objects were aluminum, steel, or tin cans. Other common debris included rope, fishing equipment, glass bottles, paper, and cloth items.

The researchers found that trash was not randomly distributed on the seafloor. Instead, it collected on steep, rocky slopes, such as the edges of Monterey Canyon, as well as in a few spots in the canyon axis. The researchers speculate that debris accumulates where ocean currents flow past rocky outcrops or other obstacles.

The researchers also discovered that debris was more common in the deeper parts of the canyon, below 2,000 meters (6,500 feet). Schlining commented, "I was surprised that we saw so much trash in deeper water. We don't usually think of our daily activities as affecting life two miles deep in the ocean." Schlining added, "I'm sure that there's a lot more debris in the canyon that we're not seeing. A lot of it gets buried by underwater landslides and sediment movement. Some of it may also be carried into deeper water, farther down the canyon."

In the same areas where they saw trash on the seafloor, the researchers also saw kelp, wood, and natural debris that originated on land. This led them to conclude that much of the trash in Monterey Canyon comes from land-based sources, rather than from boats and ships.

Although the MBARI study also showed a smaller proportion of lost fishing gear than did some previous studies, fishing gear accounted for the most obvious negative impacts on marine life. The researchers observed several cases of animals trapped in old fishing gear.

Other effects on marine life were more subtle. For example, debris in muddy-bottom areas was often used as shelter by seafloor animals, or as a hard surface on which animals anchored themselves. Although such associations seem to benefit the individual animals involved, they also reflect the fact that marine debris is creating changes in the existing natural biological communities.

To make matters worse, the impacts of deep-sea trash may last for years. Near-freezing water, lack of sunlight, and low oxygen concentrations discourage the growth of bacteria and other organisms that can break down debris. Under these conditions, a plastic bag or soda can might persist for decades.

MBARI researchers hope to do additional research to understand the long-term biological impacts of trash in the deep sea. Working with the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, they are currently finishing up a detailed study of the effects of a particularly large piece of marine debris -- a shipping container that fell off a ship in 2004.

During research expeditions, researchers occasionally retrieve trash from the deep sea. However, removing such debris on a large scale is prohibitively expensive, and can sometimes do more damage than simply leaving it in place.

Schlining noted, "The most frustrating thing for me is that most of the material we saw -- glass, metal, paper, plastic -- could be recycled." She and her coauthors hope that their findings will inspire coastal residents and ocean users to recycle their trash instead of allowing it to end up in the ocean. In the conclusion of their article, they wrote, "Ultimately, preventing the introduction of litter into the marine environment through increased public awareness remains the most efficient and cost-effective solution to this dilemma."

Source: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/top_news/~3/nkLeWFuIWuw/130605144328.htm

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'Temporal cloaking' could bring more secure optical communications

June 5, 2013 ? Researchers have demonstrated a method for "temporal cloaking" of optical communications, representing a potential tool to thwart would-be eavesdroppers and improve security for telecommunications.

"More work has to be done before this approach finds practical application, but it does use technology that could integrate smoothly into the existing telecommunications infrastructure," said Purdue University graduate student Joseph Lukens, working with Andrew Weiner, the Scifres Family Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Other researchers in 2012 invented temporal cloaking, but it cloaked only a tiny fraction -- about a 10,000th of a percent -- of the time available for sending data in optical communications. Now the Purdue researchers have increased that to about 46 percent, potentially making the concept practical for commercial applications.

While the previous research in temporal cloaking required the use of a complex, ultrafast-pulsing "femtosecond" laser, the Purdue researchers achieved the feat using off-the-shelf equipment commonly found in commercial optical communications.

Findings are detailed in a research paper appearing in the advance online publication of the journal Nature on June 5. The paper was authored by Lukens, senior research scientist Daniel E. Leaird and Weiner.

The technique works by manipulating the phase, or timing, of light pulses. The propagation of light can be likened to waves in the ocean. If one wave is going up and interacts with another wave that's going down, they cancel each other and the light has zero intensity. The phase determines the level of interference between these waves.

"By letting them interfere with each other you are able to make them add up to a one or a zero," Lukens said. "The zero is a hole where there is nothing."

Any data in regions where the signal is zero would be cloaked.

Controlling phase allows the transmission of signals in ones and zeros to send data over optical fibers. A critical piece of hardware is a component called a phase modulator, which is commonly found in optical communications to modify signals.

In temporal cloaking, two phase modulators are used to first create the holes and two more to cover them up, making it look as though nothing was done to the signal.

"It's a potentially higher level of security because it doesn't even look like you are communicating," Lukens said. "Eavesdroppers won't realize the signal is cloaked because it looks like no signal is being sent."

Such a technology also could find uses in the military, homeland security or law enforcement.

"It might be used to prevent communication between people, to corrupt their communication links without them knowing," he said. "And you can turn it on and off, so if they suspected something strange was going on you could return it to normal communication."

The technique could be improved to increase its operational bandwidth and the percentage of cloaking beyond 46 percent, he said.

The technology is reminiscent of recent advances in cloaking using new "metamaterials," assemblies that contain features, patterns or elements such as tiny antennas or alternating layers of oxides that enable an unprecedented control of light and that could make possible a cloak of invisibility. The temporal cloaking, however, does not require metamaterials, just commercially available phase modulators and optical fibers. The effect is called temporal cloaking because it hides data being transmitted over time, as opposed to "spatial" cloaking to hide physical objects.

The project was supported in part by the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School under the National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellowship program. Financial support also came from the U.S. Department of Defense through a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship.

Source: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/top_news/~3/MkDaTPkipR0/130605190556.htm

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U.S. Army sergeant pleads guilty to murdering 16 Afghan civilians

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A U.S. Army sergeant accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians in cold blood last year pleaded guilty on Wednesday to premeditated murder and other charges under a deal with military prosecutors to avoid the death penalty.

Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, a decorated veteran of four combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, is accused of roaming off his Army post in the Afghan province of Kandahar last March and gunning down unarmed villagers, mostly women and children, in attacks on their family compounds.

The shootings marked the worst case of civilian slaughter blamed on a rogue U.S. soldier since the Vietnam War and further eroded strained U.S.-Afghan relations after more than a decade of conflict in that country.

(Reporting by Eric M. Johnson; Writing by Steve Gorman; Editing by Paul Thomasch)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/u-soldier-expected-plead-guilty-killing-afghans-cold-103223591.html

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'Now You See Me' beats 'After Earth' at Thursday box office

By Brent Lang

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The magic-themed thriller "Now You See Me" pulled off a neat trick by edging out the bigger budgeted "After Earth" in Thursday night screenings.

The caper film made off with $1.5 million at 2,100, while the Will Smith futuristic adventure attracted a meager $1 million in ticket sales at 3,401 locations, according to studio estimates.

Neither film is projected to be crowned the box-office winner, however. That honor goes to "Fast and Furious 6," which is on track to make off with more than $40 million in its second weekend of release.

Though "Now You See Me"s' accomplishment is notable - coming as it did on fewer screens and armed with less star power - it did have one extra set of showings to rack up those numbers. "After Earth" began its screenings at 9 p.m. while "Now You See Me" started showing at 7 p.m.

"After Earth" is projected to finish the weekend with a $35 million haul, according to industry analysts, but it's not clear if its relatively weak showing on Thursday will mean that those estimates will need to be revised downward.

The $130-million film is being released by Sony and co-stars Smith's son Jaden. Given Will Smith's track record of releasing blockbuster event films like "Hancock" and "Men in Black" in the height of summer, the sluggish opening is surprising.

Reviews have been savage, however, and promotional materials leaned heavily on the less-tested Jaden. Moreover, even with a star as appealing and recognizable as Smith, launching an original film in a sea of sequels is always a challenge.

"Now You See Me" was produced by Summit/Lionsgate and is expected to generate as much as $20 million in its debut weekend.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/now-see-beats-earth-thursday-box-office-004757307.html

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U.S. rebalance to Asia-Pacific gaining steam, Pentagon chief says

By David Alexander

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The U.S. military will devote more air power, ground troops and high-tech weaponry to the Asia-Pacific region as it moves ahead with a strategic rebalance, the U.S. defense chief said on Saturday in a speech that accused China of cyber incursions.

In remarks laying out his vision for regional security, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel assured allies and partners at the annual Shangri-La Security Dialogue in Singapore that the United States was fully able to continue its strategic pivot to the region despite budget constraints at home.

"It would be unwise and short-sighted to conclude ... that our commitment to the rebalance cannot be sustained," he said in prepared remarks, noting the United States represented 40 percent of global defense spending even under the "most extreme budget scenarios."

Hagel sketched out some of the region's thorniest security issues, including North Korea's effort to develop nuclear weapons and missiles, competing territorial claims in the seas around China and disruptive activity in space and cyberspace.

While noting U.S. concerns about cyber intrusions linked to the Chinese government and military, Hagel underscored his belief that resolving many regional security issues would require closer cooperation between Washington and Beijing.

"Building a positive and constructive relationship with China is ... an essential part of America's rebalance to Asia," he said. "While the U.S. and China will have our differences ... the key is for those differences to be addressed on the basis of a continuous and respectful dialogue."

The speech to the Asian security summit was Hagel's first as defense secretary. But as a U.S. senator he was an early supporter of the event, led the U.S. congressional delegation to the inaugural session a dozen years ago and has addressed the group several times.

Hagel emphasized U.S. efforts to deepen ties with allies and partners in the region through both bilateral and multilateral engagement. He announced he was inviting defense ministers from the ASEAN grouping of nations to a first-ever U.S.-hosted meeting in Hawaii next year.

"Relationships, trust and confidence are what matter most in the region," Hagel said.

The U.S. defense chief used the speech to underscore his long experience with Asia - from his military service in Vietnam, to business travels in China as a cell phone executive to later visits to the region as a U.S. senator.

"What I took away from all these experiences was a firm belief that the arc of the 21st century would be shaped by events here in Asia," Hagel said, adding that was clear the United States would need to rebalance its resources toward the region once it ended its wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Hagel's predecessor, Leon Panetta, told the Shangri-La gathering last year that the United States would commit 60 percent of its naval forces to the Asia-Pacific by 2020, a shift of about eight ships from the current deployment.

Building on that, Hagel told the conference the U.S. Air Force would commit 60 percent of its overseas-based aircraft and airmen to the region - about the same level as now - while U.S. Army troops and Marines would resume their Asia-Pacific roles as they draw down following the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Hagel said in the future the Pentagon would "prioritize deployments" of its most advanced weapons systems to the Pacific, including the radar-evading F-22 Raptor jet fighter, the stealth F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and the Virginia-class fast attack submarine.

He indicated the region could soon see other advanced systems as well, noting the Navy planned to deploy a directed energy laser weapon on the USS Ponce next year and last month successfully launched an experimental jet drone from an aircraft carrier for the first time.

"Combined with new concepts, doctrine and plans that integrate these new technologies and other game-changing capabilities, we will ensure freedom of action throughout the region well into the future," Hagel said.

(Reporting By David Alexander; Editing by Michael Perry)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/u-rebalance-asia-pacific-gaining-steam-pentagon-chief-013740332.html

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Braves can't capitalize on Strasburg's early exit

Washington Nationals' Denard Span (2) follows through with a triple as Atlanta Braves catcher Brian McCann looks on in the sixth inning of a baseball game in Atlanta, Friday, May 31, 2013. It was Span's second triple of the game. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Washington Nationals' Denard Span (2) follows through with a triple as Atlanta Braves catcher Brian McCann looks on in the sixth inning of a baseball game in Atlanta, Friday, May 31, 2013. It was Span's second triple of the game. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Washington Nationals starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg throws in the first inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves in Atlanta, Friday, May 31, 2013. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Julio Teheran throws in the first inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals in Atlanta, Friday, May 31, 2013. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

A ball hit for a triple by Washington Nationals' Denard Span gets past Atlanta Braves left fielder Justin Upton in the first inning of a baseball game in Atlanta, Friday, May 31, 2013. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Washington Nationals' Denard Span, bottom, is doubled up at first base by Atlanta Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman on a line drive by Stephen Lombardozzi in the first inning of a baseball game in Atlanta, Friday, May 31, 2013. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

ATLANTA (AP) ? Freddie Freeman thought the Atlanta Braves would capitalize on an early exit by Washington ace Stephen Strasburg.

Instead, the Braves scored just once against the Nationals' bullpen in a 3-2 loss on Friday night.

Freeman accounted for both Atlanta runs. His fifth homer, a solo shot in the second, came off Strasburg, and his RBI single in the seventh came off Tyler Clippard. But Freeman credited Craig Stammen with setting the tone for the game after replacing Strasburg, who strained his right oblique, to start the third.

"He mowed right through us, and we weren't able to get to him," Freeman said. "But we got into the bullpen, so maybe that will help us out the next two games."

Atlanta managed just one baserunner in the seventh off Drew Storen, and nothing against Nationals closer Rafael Soriano in the ninth.

The Braves have lost two of three and five of six. Their lead over second-place Washington was trimmed to 4? games.

For the Nationals, Stammen pitched four perfect innings, and Denard Span tripled twice and scored two runs to help Washington snap a two-game skid.

Strasburg left with a 2-1 lead. He allowed two hits and one run with no walks and two strikeouts. The Nationals are sending him back to Washington for an examination of his right oblique.

"He was complaining of discomfort warming up, and it was more severe than the last time out," Nationals manager Davey Johnson said. "He's a gamer. He wanted to continue. But something like that ? I'm not going to take a chance with his arm. That's the main concern."

Stammen (3-1) shut down the Braves by striking out three and allowing no baserunners through the sixth.

In the seventh, Clippard escaped a bases-loaded jam that he created by allowing Freeman's single that cut the lead to 3-2 and by hitting the next two batters he faced.

Clippard settled down, though, to strike out Dan Uggla and Chris Johnson.

"We couldn't put the ball in play and we couldn't hit a fly ball," Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "That's just the way it goes sometimes."

Storen pitched a scoreless eighth for the Nationals, and closer Soriano converted his 15th save in 18 chances by retiring Freeman on a flyout, striking out B.J. Upton and getting Brian McCann to ground out in the ninth.

The Nationals took the lead in the first off Julio Teheran (3-2) when Span led off with a triple and scored on Steve Lombardozzi's sacrifice fly.

Washington went up 2-0 in the second. Roger Bernadina singled, advanced to third on Danny Espinosa's single and scored on Kurt Suzuki's fielder's choice RBI.

Stammen retired all 12 batters he faced. He was replaced by a pinch-hitter in the top of the seventh.

The Nationals took a 3-1 lead in the sixth when Span tripled again and scored on another sacrifice fly by Bernadina.

Teheran's night ended when Anthony Varvaro replaced him with a runner on second. Teheran allowed seven hits, three runs, one walk and a career-high nine strikeouts.

"With Strasburg going out, I thought we had a better chance, but Stammen came in and shut us down," Freeman said. "Against Clippard, we were able to get to him, but Storen and Soriano kind of shut us down. But it was a good game. It's always going to be close when we're playing each other."

NOTES: Freeman's RBI single raised his average with runners in scoring position to .487, best in the NL. ... Braves LF Justin Upton went 0 for 4 with two strikeouts. ... His struggling brother, B.J. Upton, entered the game as a pinch-runner in the seventh, and his average dropped to .145 with 62 strikeouts in 159 at-bats. ... Jason Heyward was in the leadoff spot for the second time in his four-year career and for the first time since June 27, 2011. He finished 0 for 4, dropping his average to .146. ... Nationals OF Bryce Harper missed his fifth straight game with left knee bursitis. Johnson said he won't play this weekend. ... Washington RF Jayson Werth is on a rehab assignment and hopes to return on Tuesday. ... The Nationals have won three straight against Atlanta after dropping nine consecutive to the Braves.

Associated Press

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