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Tuesday, May 8, 2012
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Monday, May 7, 2012
Blue Origin dishes more details on its Bezos-backed spacecraft
Blue Origin typically keeps pretty tight-lipped about its projects. The private space-travel firm claims it prefers to talk about what is has done, rather than what it hopes to do. As such, We recently heard about its "Space Vehicle" (that's its actual name,) having completed wind-tunnel testing, and now the firm (partly funded by Amazon's Jeff Bezos) has revealed a little more. The craft in question is a seven-seater, and it took 180 rigorous tests to get to the final design. Blue Origin has been working with NASA under the agency's CCDev program, which awarded the firm $22 million to develop the project. Under the same initiative, Blue Origin is about to start testing on its BE-3 engine thrust chamber, which will help give the BE-3 rocket motor its 100,000 pounds of thrust. Once complete, this engine will be used in the company's multi-launch vehicle, and is currently on the test stand at NASA's Stennis Space Center, Mississippi. We'll spare you the puns about it not being "rocket science".
Blue Origin dishes more details on its Bezos-backed spacecraft originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 06 May 2012 02:05:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Sunday, May 6, 2012
EPA official resigns over 'crucify' flap
Al Amerdariz, the top EPA official for Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana, has drawn fire for referring to Roman?crucifixions?in saying he'd make examples of environmental offenders.
The Obama administration's top environmental official in the oil-rich South Central region has resigned after Republicans targeted him over remarks made two years ago when he used the word "crucify" to describe how he would go after companies violating environmental laws.
Skip to next paragraphIn a letter to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson sent Sunday, Al Armendariz says he regrets his words and stresses that they do not reflect his work as administrator of the five-state region including Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana.
The environmental engineer apologized last week for his remarks. A senior administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the subject, told The Associated Press that Armendariz has since received death threats. His resignation was effective Monday. Sam Coleman, a career official who led the agency's response to Hurricane Katrina and served as Armendariz' deputy, took over as acting regional administrator.
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"I have come to the conclusion that my continued service will distract you and the agency from its important work," Armendariz wrote in the letter, which was obtained by the AP.
Republicans in Congress had called for Armendariz' firing after Oklahoma Sen. James Inhofe highlighted the May 2010 speech last week as proof of what he refers to as EPA's assault on energy, particularly the technique of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.
President Barack Obama appointed Armendariz in November 2009 at the urging of Texas-based environmental groups.
The agency, perhaps more than any other, has found itself in the GOP's crosshairs. Republicans ? including presidential contender Mitt Romney, who has called for Jackson herself to be fired ? have blamed the agency for high gasoline prices and clamping down on American energy.
Armendariz, who was based in Texas, frequently found himself at odds with the state government and the oil and gas industry, which are often aligned.
The scientist and environmental activist had long been frustrated by the government's inability to clean up Texas' notoriously polluted air, and he had testified on behalf of activist groups about just how badly the EPA and state environmental agencies had botched things.
Ken Kramer, director of the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club, said "the only people who will celebrate his resignation are the polluters who continue to foul Texas air and the politicians who serve those special interests."
Several disputed contamination cases in Texas in which Armendariz was involved helped stoke environmental concerns over fracking, a technique in which oil and gas producers inject water, chemicals and sand underground at high pressures to fracture rock so gas can come out.
In one case, the EPA issued an emergency order in 2010 accusing Range Resources of contaminating an aquifer west of Fort Worth and giving it 48 hours to provide clean drinking water to residents. Armendariz said he went around the state because it wasn't responding quickly enough. The order later was withdrawn after a state court ruled evidence that fracking had caused the contamination had been falsified.
"He was flat wrong," wrote more than two dozen lawmakers in a letter to Jackson sent Friday, calling for Armendariz' firing.
Armendariz' speech was made in Dish, a small town northwest of Dallas, where testing has shown some groundwater contamination and elevated toxic air pollution after operators began fracking.
Referring to how the Romans once conquered villages in the Mediterranean, Armendariz said, "...they'd find the first five guys they saw and they'd crucify them."
"And so you make examples out of people who are in this case not complying with the law," he said. "Find people who are not complying with the law and you hit them as hard as you can and make examples of them."
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Ask Engadget: best lens for wedding photography?
We know you've got questions, and if you're brave enough to ask the world for answers, here's the outlet to do so. This week's Ask Engadget inquiry is coming to us from Van, who needs some help recording his sister's wedding. If you're looking to send in an inquiry of your own, drop us a line at ask [at] engadget [dawt] com.
"I'm supposed to be shooting my sister's wedding in June, with an outdoor ceremony and an indoor reception. I've got a Canon T2i (550D, non-Americans) with the kit 18-55mm lens and a 50mm f.18 prime lens. I'm looking for suggestions for an additional lens I could rent for the day, would a 200mm or a telephoto be worth it? Also, if anyone can suggest a good filter for an afternoon shoot, that'd be very welcome. Thanks!"
That's the second wedding-related query we've had this year -- there must be something in the water. We're sure plenty of you want to help Van's sister's big day go perfectly, so any photogs, camera buffs and bridezillas with an opinion, please add them below.
Ask Engadget: best lens for wedding photography? originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 05 May 2012 22:08:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Saturday, May 5, 2012
Justin Bieber Jokes Kanye West Is 'Taking My Women'
'She didn't even call me!' Bieber laughs to MTV News about onetime crush Kim Kardashian.
By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Sway Calloway
<P><a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/bieber_justin/artist.jhtml">Justin Bieber</a> recently hit the studio with <a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/west_kanye/artist.jhtml">Kanye West</a> to get some <a href="/news/articles/1684085/justin-bieber-kanye-west-studio.jhtml">Yeezy magic for his <i>Believe</i></a> album. While fans will have to wait until June 19 to hear what the pals cooked up in the studio, Bieber <i>did</i> tease what it's like to record with the MC.</P><P>"Just being in the studio with him, he's just so creative and everything he says, he means it, and he's just really smart," Bieber told MTV News on Thursday during the "MTV First" premiere of his <a href="/news/articles/1684454/justin-bieber-boyfriend-mature-video.jhtml">"Boyfriend" video</a>. "So I think it's always great to get into the studio with those people.</P><P></p><div class="player-placeholder right" title="Justin Bieber Talks Working With Kanye West" id="vid:765692.id:1684329" width="415" height="255"></div><p></P><P>"Basically, he was just talking about going out of the box and doing things that are different," he continued. "And he's like, 'I want to just make you cool.' He wants to just basically do records that people wouldn't necessarily think I would do."</P><P>He added that West was incredibly kind to him while they worked together, never criticizing him, but instead giving him lots of props. "He never gave me advice on my rapping, but every rap record that I played him, he's like, 'Yo, that's your best one!' He's never said, 'I don't like that.' He's always been super supportive."</P><P>Recently 'Ye started dating <a href="/news/articles/1647590/kim-kardashian-talks-justin-bieber-beef-with-chelsea-handler.jhtml">reality starlet Kim Kardashian</a>, who just so happens to be a former crush of Mr. Bieber's. So are there any hard feelings between the two pals over their shared romantic interests?</P><P>Bieber laughed that Kanye was "just taking my women," adding that Kardashian didn't even give JB the head's-up that she was seeing 'Ye. "She didn't even call me! It was crazy," Bieber joked.</P><P>Kanye addressed his feelings for Kim on the song <a href="/news/articles/1683747/wiz-khalifa-kanye-west-way-too-cold-lyrics.jhtml">"Way Too Cold"</a> and Bieber is taking a page from the Yeezy book. He tackled his own tabloid drama on <i>Believe,</i> including last year's <a href="/news/articles/1683817/justin-bieber-believe-paternity-scandal-song.jhtml">headline-making paternity scandal</a>.</P><P>"I'm just talking about what's relevant in my life and different stories that have come out," he explained. "I've talked about that on my album: different situations that I've been in and things that I'm feeling. That's what I wanted to talk about. The whole the baby situation, where they said I had her baby — totally not true by the way — [I] wrote a song about that, so that's on there. It's like my 'Billie Jean.'</P><P>"At the end of the day, I'm human," he added. "I want to talk about that. That's kind of what my whole motive is with this album."</P><P><b>Stick with MTV News as we roll out more from our exclusive "MTV First" interview with Justin Bieber!</b></p>
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