Editor's desk: Big Apple Apple

I've been in New York City all week at the temporary Mobile Nations HQ working on some amazing stuff. We're not finished yet, which means I can't announce it yet, but I also can't wait to tell you all about it. In the meantime, here's some catch-up on the CrackBerry party, the Facebook event, and what Apple's up to with iOS 7 and the iPhone 5S...

Facebook angst

Who could have predicted the post-Facebook not-a-phone launch would be even more annoying than the pre-Facebook not-a-phone launch? My only guess is that the reality was less interesting than the tease, and analytical desperation followed.

1. We kinda knew what it was going to be going in
2. What it means for HTC, who currently earns almost no profit off mobile, is unclear but certainly sub-optimal. Why not brand the phone with Facebook front-and-center and get some of that halo?
3. It's not an Android fork, but that doesn't mean it's not an Android intermediation. Google made Android the way it is to grow market share quickly at the expense of keeping control. Facebook is taking advantage of that. Clever girl.
4. The target audience for a Facebook not-a-phone was never unclear -- it's for people for whom Facebook is, in large part, the primary purpose of the internet. For others, it will be less breakthrough experience and more deal-breaker.
5. Person-centric interface may not be new but it's also not a panacea. Sometimes I'm thinking apps. Sometimes I'm thinking people. Both approaches force me into a model that may not fit my requirements for the moment. Ultimately, we need better interface, not just different.
6. The Facebook not-a-phone means absolutely nothing to Apple or the iPhone right now. No. Period. Thing. Period. If you're posting BS Apple-is-doomed linkbait based on what Facebook did or didn't say or do last week, please stop it. Maybe surrender your keyboards for the good of journalism, the internet, and our collective sanity.
7. The Facebook phone means a lot for Facebook. Social has always been migratory, and Facebook was web-centric in an increasingly mobile-centric world. Google's Android may eventually be Google+ and Google Now. If Facebook doesn't want to be the next Friendster (ask your grand parents), they need to adapt. This was the next stage of that.
8. No, I don't get the point of Facebook's first commercial either.
9. Phil Nickinson and the Android Central crew killed it at the event, and are doing a great job on follow up. Check them out.

iOS 7, iPhone 5S, and beyond

In case you missed it earlier in the week, a bunch of Apple reporters got together on Branch to discuss what we'd heard about [iOS 7, iPhone 5S, iPad 5, upcoming events, and more.

Here's my take, with links to all the good stuff.

New Crack City

The big news for everyone not-us this week was the CrackBerry party at 1 Oak. First, I don't know how they got that venue, but it was fantastic. It was also filled to over-capacity, as 260+ CrackBerry faithful flooded the place. BlackBerry was nice enough to set up a booth in the back and show off the as-yet-unreleased BlackBerry Q10 full-QWERTY keyboard device.

A ton of iMore readers showed up as well -- it's a cross-platform world now, folks, get used to it! -- and I got to spend a great evening talking mobile with the incredibly engaged, incredibly intelligent Mobile Nations community. Nothing in the world better than that.

Maybe we should start thinking about an iMore event...?

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GE to acquire oilfield services provider Lufkin for $3 billion

(Reuters) - General Electric Co said it will buy oilfield services provider Lufkin Industries Inc for about $2.98 billion to boost its presence in the energy business.

GE, the world's biggest maker of jet engines and electric turbines, has expanded in the energy industry with a series of acquisitions of companies that make equipment used in oil and gas production, while divesting assets in finance and media industries.

The company has spent about $11 billion in acquisitions since 2007 to boost its presence in the oil and gas business, which is the conglomerate's fastest-growing and which contributes about 10 percent of its total revenue.

Lufkin will broaden GE's artificial lift capabilities beyond electric submersible pumps.

Artificial lift refers to the use of external means to help lift hydrocarbons to the surface in reservoirs with low pressure, as well as to improve the efficiency of naturally flowing wells.

"The artificial lift segment is at the heart of critical changes that are helping producers maximize well potential, which translates into increased output at lower operational cost," Daniel C. Heintzelman, CEO of GE Oil & Gas, said in a statement.

The global artificial lift sector is expected to approach $13 billion in 2013, according to Spears & Associates, GE said.

Lufkin's fourth-quarter profit beat analysts' estimates on demand for its pumping equipment from companies operating in energy-rich shale fields such as Bakken and Eagle Ford, despite a slowdown in overall drilling activity.

However, the company estimated that a slow recovery in the stalled U.S. onshore drilling will dent profits this quarter.

GE's offer values Lufkin at $88.50 per share, a premium of 38 percent to the stock's Friday close. Lufkin shares rose to $87.97 in premarket trading.

The offer is higher than Lufkin's intrinsic value of $70.98 per share as measured by Thomson Reuters StarMine.

The StarMine model is a measure of a stock's current value when considering analysts' growth estimates for five years, and then modeling the typical growth trajectory over a longer period of time.

The acquisition, valued at about $3.3 billion including debt, is expected to close in the second half of 2013.

Simmons & Co advised Lufkin, while Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank advised GE.

(Reporting by A. Ananthalakshmi and Garima Goel in Bangalore; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/ge-acquire-oilfield-services-provider-lufkin-3-3-110131881--finance.html

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NY moves toward adopting wind, other green energy

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- A new study says New York could get the power it needs from wind, water and sunlight by 2030 with a concerted push, though the state's decade-long effort to significantly boost green energy shows how challenging that could be.

The study, led by researchers from Stanford and Cornell universities, provides a theoretical road map to how New Yorkers could rely on renewable energy within 17 years. It would require massive investments in wind turbines, solar panels and more from the windy shores off Long Island to sun-exposed rooftops upstate.

"It's doable," said co-author Robert Howarth, a Cornell professor of ecology and environmental biology. "It's way outside of the realm of what most people are talking about ... But I think people have been too pessimistic about what can be done."

In fact, New York has been committed to significantly increasing green energy production for the past nine years under its renewable portfolio standard, which is funded by a surcharge of less than a dollar on monthly electricity bills. Then-Gov. George Pataki began the program in 2004 with the goal of New York relying on renewable resources for a quarter of its electricity by 2013.

That goal, tweaked three years ago, is now for the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority to support the production of about 10.4 million megawatt-hours of energy from hydro, wind, solar, biomass and landfill gas annually by 2015. The authority reported this week that it was 46 percent of the way to the goal at the end of last year.

The goal could lead to roughly 30 percent renewables by 2015, once clean-energy purchases by consumers and resources added by the Long Island Power Authority are factored in.

With two years to go, clean energy advocates say it will be difficult for New York to hit the 2015 renewable target. But they believe the larger point is that New York is making progress.

"To me, the long-term commitment to continue to invest in resources is more important than the particular target you set," said Valerie Strauss, interim executive director of the Alliance for Clean Energy New York, a group that represents renewable energy interests.

Looking at energy generated in New York, which excludes imported power that can be used for the energy authority's targets, about 20 percent came from hydro, which includes decades-old projects along the Niagara and St. Lawrence rivers. Wind accounted for 2 percent, and other renewable sources accounted for another 2 percent, according to 2011 figures from the operators of the state's power grid.

"Exclusive of hydropower, the state has developed more renewable energy than any other state in the Northeast," said authority spokeswoman Kate Muller. "Including hydropower, New York's renewable energy capacity is comparable to the entire renewable energy capacity of the other eight states in the Northeast."

New York has made a lot of progress in harnessing wind power, jumping from 48 megawatts of wind capacity in 2004 to more than 1,600 megawatts now, including large-scale development on the windy Tug Hill Plateau east of Lake Ontario.

The university researchers say half of the state's renewable power in 2030 could come from wind, mostly from 12,700 off-shore turbines. But wind power demonstrates some of the challenges of swapping out fossil fuels for green energy.

Industry watchers say wind development slowed down when the economy soured and natural gas prices dropped. There's also uncertainty over the future of a federal tax credit for wind installations.

Offshore wind farms can be particularly costly and controversial. The New York Power Authority in 2011 nixed a plan to put up to 150 turbines offshore between Buffalo and Chautauqua County, citing costs. The authority is now working with downstate power providers to explore the feasibility of wind turbines off the shore of Long Island.

Clean energy advocates point out the switchover to renewables often has less to do with available technology and more to do with market forces and political choices.

"It depends on the political will we can muster and our ability to invest in these resources," said Katherine Kennedy, of Natural Resources Defense Council.

Strauss said an important step would be for the state to extend its renewable program beyond 2015. The state will consider the program's future as part of a review this year.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/ny-moves-toward-adopting-wind-150002201.html

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Remote reefs can be tougher than they look

Friday, April 5, 2013

Remote reefs can be tougher than they look Western Australia's Scott Reef has recovered from mass bleaching in 1998.

Isolated coral reefs can recover from catastrophic damage as effectively as those with nearby undisturbed neighbours, a long-term study by marine biologists from the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies (CoECRS) has shown.

Scott Reef, a remote coral system in the Indian Ocean, has largely recovered from a catastrophic mass bleaching event in 1998, according to the study published in Science today.

The study challenges conventional wisdom that suggested isolated reefs were more vulnerable to disturbance, because they were thought to depend on recolonisation from other reefs. Instead, the scientists found that the isolation of reefs allowed surviving corals to rapidly grow and propagate in the absence of human interference.

Australia's largest oceanic reef system, Scott Reef, is relatively isolated, sitting out in the Indian Ocean some 250 km from the remote coastline of north Western Australia (WA). Prospects for the reef looked gloomy when in 1998 it suffered catastrophic mass bleaching, losing around 80% of its coral cover. The study shows that it took just 12 years to recover.

Spanning 15 years, data collected and analysed by the researchers shows how after the 1998 mass bleaching the few remaining corals provided low numbers of recruits (new corals) for Scott Reef. On that basis recovery was projected to take decades, yet within 12 years the cover and diversity of corals had recovered to levels similar to those seen pre-bleaching.

"The initial projections for Scott Reef were not optimistic," says Dr James Gilmour from AIMS, the lead author on the publication, "because, unlike reefs on the Great Barrier Reef, there were few if any reefs nearby capable of supplying new recruits to replenish the lost corals at Scott Reef.

"However, the few small corals that did settle at Scott Reef had excellent rates of survival and growth, whereas on many nearshore reefs high levels of algae and sediment, and poor water quality will often suppress this recovery.

"We know from other studies that the resilience of reefs can be improved by addressing human pressures such as water quality and overfishing," says Dr Gilmour. "So it is likely that a key factor in the rapid recovery at Scott Reef was the high water clarity and quality in this remote and offshore location."

Dr Andrew Heyward, Principal Research Scientist at AIMS, highlights another conclusion from their findings.

"Previously we've tended to factor proximity to other reefs as a key attribute when estimating the resilience of a reef following a major disturbance, but our data suggests that given the right conditions, reefs might do much of the recovery by themselves." This finding could have implications for the management of marine protected areas.

In their publication the team also draws attention to the important role played by climate change in the longer-term prospects for coral reefs, as Prof Morgan Pratchett of CoECRS explains.

"While it is encouraging to see such clear recovery, we need to be mindful of the fact that the coral recovery at Scott Reef still took over a decade. If, as the climate change trend suggests, we start to see coral bleaching and other related disturbances occurring more frequently, then reefs may experience a ratcheting down effect, never fully recovering before they suffer another major disturbance.

"By preventing illegal fishing and enhancing water quality on coral reefs in all regions we will give these reefs a greater capacity to recover from major disturbances."

The highly detailed, long-term data set makes Scott Reef the best studied reef in Australia's Indian Ocean territory. The study provides valuable new perspectives on ecosystem function and resilience of coral reefs situated in the northwest Australia, and in other contexts such as the Great Barrier Reef, and illustrates the importance of AIMS' research collaborations with its industry partners.

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The paper "Recovery of an isolated coral reef system following severe disturbance", by J. P. Gilmour, L. D. Smith, A. J. Heyward, A. H. Baird and M. S. Pratchett appears online in Science on Friday, 5th April, 2013.

ARC Centre of Excellence in Coral Reef Studies: http://www.coralcoe.org.au/

Thanks to ARC Centre of Excellence in Coral Reef Studies for this article.

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Hillary Clinton to headline NY women's conference

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton addresses the Vital Voices Global Partnership 2013 Global Leadership Awards gala at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Tuesday, April 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton addresses the Vital Voices Global Partnership 2013 Global Leadership Awards gala at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Tuesday, April 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

NEW YORK (AP) ? There's been plenty of star power already at the Women in the World summit in New York: Angelina Jolie and Meryl Streep both were part of the opening night program.

But a different sort of star is sure to get a rapturous reception Friday at the annual two-day conference, which focuses on global women's issues: Hillary Rodham Clinton.

It is her second high-profile speech this week, following one at the Vital Voices Global Leadership Awards in Washington, and it coincides with the announcement Thursday of her new memoir about her years as secretary of state. She's addressed this forum before, but now there's the added excitement of all the speculation: What's next for her?

The main focus of the women's conference, though, is the plight of women across the globe, and Jolie had the most emotional moment Thursday, introducing ? via video from Britain ? Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager who was shot in the head by the Taliban for advocating for girls' education.

"Today I'm going to announce the happiest moment of my life," the 15-year-old said in the brief video, wearing a bright red headscarf and at one point shyly covering her face with her hands. She said that thanks to the new "Malala's Fund," which she will administer, a new school in her homeland would be built for 40 girls. "Let us turn the education of 40 girls into 40 million girls," she said.

Malala has garnered huge global attention since she was shot in the head in October by Taliban attackers angered by her activism. She was brought to Britain for treatment and surgery, including skull reconstruction. She's now started attending school there. She recently signed a deal to write her memoir, and she was also shortlisted for Time Magazine's "Person of the Year" in 2012.

Jolie gave a poignant rendition of her story. "Here's what they accomplished," she said of Malala's attackers. "They shot her point blank range in the head ? and made her stronger. The brutal attempt to silence her voice made it stronger."

After Jolie's introduction, Tina Brown, the Newsweek/Daily Beast editor who created the Women in the World summit, now in its fourth year, told the audience that Jolie had just committed $200,000 personally to the fund, which was established by Vital Voices, with a donation from the Women in the World Foundation.

Jolie was not the only Hollywood star on the stage of Lincoln Center's David H. Koch Theater Thursday. Streep was there to honor another activist, Inez McCormack of Northern Ireland, who died in January of cancer. At the first summit in 2010, Streep had played McCormack in a short play, called "Seven," with McCormack herself watching from the audience. Streep spoke some lines from the play on Thursday evening ? in a flawless Irish accent.

The evening began with a dance performance by Michaela DePrince, who grew up as an orphan in war-torn Sierra Leone, where her father was killed and her mother starved to death, as she explained in an accompanying film. She was adopted by an American family and now dances with the Dance Theater of Harlem.

Barbara Walters moderated a panel on Syria, Charlie Rose interviewed South African political activist Mamphela Ramphele, and Christiane Amanpour led a panel on "The Next Generation of Malalas," featuring two other young women fighting for girls' rights in Pakistan.

Jolie, who is a special envoy for the U.N. refugee agency, told an anecdote about Malala that had the audience smiling. She said the girl's father had shown his daughter, in the hospital, a poll that said she was the sixth most influential person in the world, and that President Barack Obama was seventh. But the girl, according to the story, said she wasn't so happy ? she didn't think human beings should be categorized like that.

"So there's a lot we can learn from this little girl," Jolie said with a grin.

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Online: http://womenintheworld.org/pages/women-in-the-world-summit-2013

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PGA Leaderboard - Valero Texas Open Golf Tournament, 2013 Masters on Deck

Rory McIlroy

The PGA leaderboard for the Valero Texas Open is crowded at and near the top as play is underway on Saturday as the tournament before the 2013 Masters heads into golf's traditional moving day.

Many eyes were on Rory McIlroy to start the day, the former number 1 golfer on the PGA Tour is playing this weekend in San Antonio to try to win and to prepare for the 2013 Masters golf tournament next weekend in Augusta, Ga.

Rory finished with a 5-under-par 67 and moved within three shots of leader Billy Horschel yesterday.

On Friday, Horschel had six birdies, including a stretch of four in five holes midway through the round, and he did so despite hitting only seven of 14 fairways.

A group of three players -- Daniel Summerhays, Charley Hoffman and Steven Bowditch -- were two shots back at 6 under and six others were tied at 5 under (including McIlroy).

Play is underway Saturday, see a current leaderboard below and a live leaderbaord here.

US golfer Charley Hoffman has taken the lead with an early 3 under par score for Saturday's play so far.

Overall, Hoffman now stands alone at the top at minus 9.

Leaderboard Valero Texas Open (Apr 4 - 7)

Course: AT&T Oaks Course Par: 72 Yardage: 7,435

Pos Name 1 2 3 4 Today Thru Total Strokes
1 Charley Hoffman 71 67 29 - -3 8 -9 167
2 Billy Horschel 68 68 32 - E 8 -8 168
T3 Bob Estes 72 69 52 - -4 14 -7 193
T3 Jim Furyk 69 70 34 - -2 9 -7 173
T5 Ryan Palmer 71 71 59 - -4 16 -6 201
T5 Steven Bowditch 69 69 36 - E 9 -6 174
T7 Padraig Harrington 68 73 49 - -2 13 -5 190
T7 Rory McIlroy 72 67 40 - E 10 -5 179
T7 Daniel Summerhays 69 69 33 - +1 8 -5 171
T10 Marcel Siem* 76 67 60 - -3 16 -4 203
T10 Martin Laird 70 71 50 - -1 13 -4 191
T10 Jeff Overton 69 72 50 - -1 13 -4 191
T10 K.J. Choi 72 67 37 - +1 9 -4 176
T10 Ben Kohles 69 70 37 - +1 9 -4 176
T15 Bud Cauley 71 71 62 - -1 16 -3 204
T15 Nathan Green 69 72 48 - E 12 -3 189
T17 Martin Flores* 71 72 62 - -1 16 -2 205
T17 Nicholas Thompson* 71 73 61 - -2 16 -2 205
T17 David Lynn 72 70 60 - E 15 -2 202
T17 Ken Duke 73 68 57 - +1 14 -2 198
T17 Charl Schwartzel* 72 73 45 - -3 12 -2 190
T17 D.J. Trahan 70 71 45 - +1 11 -2 186
T17 Brendon de Jonge 70 69 39 - +3 9 -2 178
T24 Jason Kokrak 74 68 68 - +1 17 -1 210
T24 Shane Lowry 70 72 64 - +1 16 -1 206
T24 Steve LeBrun 72 69 62 - +2 15 -1 203
T24 Joe Durant 70 71 50 - +2 12 -1 191
T24 Jason Gore 69 71 47 - +3 11 -1 187
T24 Lee Janzen 70 69 44 - +4 10 -1 183
T24 Joe Ogilvie* 71 74 38 - -2 10 -1 183
T24 Andres Romero* 69 76 38 - -2 10 -1 183
T32 William McGirt 70 72 69 - +2 17 E 211
T32 Paul Haley II* 73 70 64 - +1 16 E 207
T32 Kevin Chappell* 75 69 60 - E 15 E 204
T32 Fredrik Jacobson* 70 74 60 - E 15 E 204
T32 Aaron Baddeley* 74 70 56 - E 14 E 200
T32 Richard H. Lee* 74 70 52 - E 13 E 196
T32 Brendan Steele* 72 72 52 - E 13 E 196
T32 Matt Bettencourt 67 73 44 - +4 10 E 184
T32 Ben Curtis* 74 71 39 - -1 10 E 184
T32 Henrik Norlander* 74 71 39 - -1 10 E 184
T32 Retief Goosen 70 69 41 - +5 9 E 180
T43 Justin Leonard 72 71 74 - +2 F +1 217
T43 Brad Fritsch* 70 73 65 - +2 16 +1 208
T43 Jeff Gove* 71 73 61 - +1 15 +1 205
T43 Bryce Molder 68 74 63 - +3 15 +1 205
T43 Brian Harman 72 69 55 - +4 13 +1 196
T43 Seung-yul Noh* 73 71 53 - +1 13 +1 197
T43 Matt Kuchar* 74 70 53 - +1 13 +1 197
T43 Charlie Beljan* 71 74 48 - E 12 +1 193
T43 Alistair Presnell 69 72 52 - +4 12 +1 193
T43 Brian Gay 71 70 52 - +4 12 +1 193
T43 Peter Tomasulo 67 73 49 - +5 11 +1 189
T43 Neal Lancaster* 75 70 45 - E 11 +1 190
T43 John Mallinger* 73 72 45 - E 11 +1 190
T43 Gary Woodland* 71 74 40 - E 10 +1 185
T43 Russell Knox* 73 72 40 - E 10 +1 185
T43 Todd Baek* 73 72 36 - E 9 +1 181
T59 Scott Stallings 73 70 75 - +3 F +2 218
T59 Harris English 68 75 70 - +3 17 +2 213
T59 Luke List* 73 71 62 - +2 15 +2 206
T59 Stuart Appleby* 75 69 58 - +2 14 +2 202
T59 Chris DiMarco* 75 69 58 - +2 14 +2 202
T59 Brian Davis 69 72 61 - +5 14 +2 202
T59 Peter Hanson 70 71 56 - +5 13 +2 197
T59 John Merrick* 74 71 49 - +1 12 +2 194
T59 John Peterson* 70 75 41 - +1 10 +2 186
T59 Justin Bolli* 76 69 37 - +1 9 +2 182
T69 John Huh* 74 69 67 - +4 16 +3 210
T69 Troy Matteson* 76 69 50 - +2 12 +3 195
T69 Matt Every* 70 75 47 - +2 11 +3 192
T69 Brendon Todd* 73 72 42 - +2 10 +3 187
T73 Cameron Percy 72 71 77 - +5 F +4 220
T73 Scott Langley 73 70 72 - +5 17 +4 215
T73 Jimmy Walker* 71 73 56 - +4 13 +4 200
T73 Ian Poulter* 70 75 51 - +3 12 +4 196
T73 D.A. Points* 74 71 51 - +3 12 +4 196
T78 Greg Chalmers 72 71 73 - +6 17 +5 216
T78 Wes Short Jr. 71 71 74 - +7 17 +5 216
T78 Kyle Stanley* 74 70 57 - +5 13 +5 201
T78 Johnson Wagner* 74 70 57 - +5 13 +5 201
82 Joey Snyder III* 72 73 65 - +13 13 +14 210
T83 Chad Campbell 75 71 MC MC - - - 146
T83 Will Claxton 76 70 MC MC - - - 146
T83 Donald Constable 76 70 MC MC - - - 146
T83 John Daly 76 70 MC MC - - - 146
T83 Tim Herron 77 69 MC MC - - - 146
T83 Robert Karlsson 73 73 MC MC - - - 146
T83 Michael Letzig 77 69 MC MC - - - 146
T83 Nick O'Hern 74 72 MC MC - - - 146
T83 Rod Pampling 71 75 MC MC - - - 146
T83 Chez Reavie 75 71 MC MC - - - 146
T83 Chris Stroud 73 73 MC MC - - - 146
T83 Cameron Tringale 77 69 MC MC - - - 146
T83 Aaron Watkins 78 68 MC MC - - - 146
T96 Robert Allenby 75 72 MC MC - - - 147
T96 Jonathan Byrd 73 74 MC MC - - - 147
T96 Zack Fischer 75 72 MC MC - - - 147
T96 Tom Gillis 74 73 MC MC - - - 147
T96 James Hahn 76 71 MC MC - - - 147
T96 J.J. Henry 73 74 MC MC - - - 147
T96 Jerry Kelly 73 74 MC MC - - - 147
T96 Jin Park 74 73 MC MC - - - 147
T96 Tim Petrovic 74 73 MC MC - - - 147
T96 Jordan Spieth 71 76 MC MC - - - 147
T96 Lee Williams 76 71 MC MC - - - 147
T107 Jamie Donaldson 74 74 MC MC - - - 148
T107 Scott Gardiner 76 72 MC MC - - - 148
T107 Justin Hicks 77 71 MC MC - - - 148
T107 Brandt Jobe 74 74 MC MC - - - 148
T107 Colt Knost 74 74 MC MC - - - 148
T107 D.H. Lee 73 75 MC MC - - - 148
T107 David Lingmerth 77 71 MC MC - - - 148
T114 Gary Christian 77 72 MC MC - - - 149
T114 Gonzalo Fernandez-Casta 75 74 MC MC - - - 149
T114 Ross Fisher 76 73 MC MC - - - 149
T114 Tommy Gainey 72 77 MC MC - - - 149
T114 Bobby Gates 76 73 MC MC - - - 149
T114 Andres Gonzales 75 74 MC MC - - - 149
T114 Morgan Hoffmann 73 76 MC MC - - - 149
T114 Billy Mayfair 77 72 MC MC - - - 149
T114 Dicky Pride 76 73 MC MC - - - 149
T114 Patrick Reed 74 75 MC MC - - - 149
T114 Duffy Waldorf 76 73 MC MC - - - 149
T125 James Driscoll 76 74 MC MC - - - 150
T125 Hunter Haas 79 71 MC MC - - - 150
T125 Scott McCarron 77 73 MC MC - - - 150
T125 Tag Ridings 73 77 MC MC - - - 150
T125 Vaughn Taylor 75 75 MC MC - - - 150
T130 Ricky Barnes 79 72 MC MC - - - 151
T130 Scott Brown 75 76 MC MC - - - 151
T130 David Duval 79 72 MC MC - - - 151
T130 Troy Kelly 78 73 MC MC - - - 151
T130 Steve Marino 76 75 MC MC - - - 151
T135 Cameron Beckman 78 74 MC MC - - - 152
T135 Jason Bohn 76 76 MC MC - - - 152
T135 Eric Meierdierks 77 75 MC MC - - - 152
T135 James Shindler 74 78 MC MC - - - 152
T135 Darron Stiles 79 73 MC MC - - - 152
T135 Robert Streb 77 75 MC MC - - - 152
T135 David Toms 75 77 MC MC - - - 152
T142 Rich Beem 76 77 MC MC - - - 153
T142 Roberto Castro 79 74 MC MC - - - 153
T142 Shawn Stefani 78 75 MC MC - - - 153
T145 Arjun Atwal 76 78 MC MC - - - 154
T145 Derek Ernst 80 74 MC MC - - - 154
T145 Jim Herman 79 75 MC MC - - - 154
T145 David Mathis 76 78 MC MC - - - 154
T145 Charlie Wi 77 77 MC MC - - - 154
150 Carl Cooper 80 75 MC MC - - - 155
151 Mathias Gronberg 82 74 MC MC - - - 156
152 Heath Slocum 80 77 MC MC - - - 157
153 Bill Lunde* 79 31 CUT CUT - - - 110
154 Andrew Svoboda* 12 CUT CUT CUT - - - 12
155 Sang-Moon Bae 83 WD WD WD - - - 83
156 Jeff Maggert* 15 CUT CUT CUT - - - 15

Source: http://www.nationalledger.com/pop-culture-news/pga-leaderboard-valero-texas-406062.shtml

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'Gate to Hell' unearthed among Turkey's ancient ruins (+video)

'Gate to Hell' unearthed in Turkey: Italian archaeologists have discovered what they believed to be the remains of an ancient cave that was the entrance to the underworld in Greek and Roman legends.

By Mai Ng?c Ch?u,?Contributor / April 2, 2013

Archaeologists discover Pluto's 'Gate to Hell' in Turkey

Archaeologists say they have pinpointed an ancient ? and lethal ? cave that was once believed to be the entrance to the underworld.?

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Working at?the World Heritage Site of Hierapolis in southwestern Turkey, Francesco D'Andria of the Italian University of Salento and his team found a cave featuring Ionic semi columns with inscriptions dedicated to Pluto and Kore, the underworld's deities.

D'Andria and his team also found the remains of a temple, a pool, and multiple steps placed above the cave, which is said to closely fit the ancient writings on the site.

"This is an exceptional discovery as it confirms and clarifies the information we have from the ancient literary and historic sources,??Alister Filippini, a researcher in Roman history at the Universities of Palermo, Italy, and Cologne, Germany, told Discovery News.?

Writing in the first century BC, the Greek geographer Strabo portrayed the cave as follows: "[T]his space is full of a vapour so misty and dense that one can scarcely see the ground.? Now to those who approach the handrail anywhere round the enclosure the air is harmless,?since the outside is free from that vapour in calm weather, but any animal that passes inside meets instant death.? At any rate, bulls that are led into it fall and are dragged out dead; and I?threw in sparrows and they immediately breathed their last and fell.???

Strabo's deadly "vapour" ? actually CO2 gas ? remains in the cave, said D'Andria, who presented his findings at a recent conference on Italian archaeology in Istanbul.

"We could see the cave's lethal properties during the excavation. Several birds died as they tried to get close to the warm opening, instantly killed by the carbon dioxide fumes,? he said.

In the ancient world, the gate served as a destination for?sacred rites.?Small birds were given to pilgrims to test the deadly effects of the cave, while hallucinated priests sacrificed bulls to Pluto. The ceremony included leading the animals into the cave, and dragging them out dead.

According to Filippini, the cave survived until the 6th century AD, when the Christians were believed to have abolished it. A series of earthquakes may have put a complete end to so-called Gate to Hell.

But the fiery underworld, it seems, has more than one entrance. In Turkmenistan, a huge flaming crater in the?Karakum Desert is known as the "door to hell."

The fiery pit, which measures some 60 meters wide and 20 meters deep, was created in 1971, when?Soviet geologists drilling for oil and natural gas accidentally exposed a huge methane reserve. They decided to burn the gas off, and it has been burning continuously since then.

Source: http://rss.csmonitor.com/~r/feeds/science/~3/hd-ibB56G7M/Gate-to-Hell-unearthed-among-Turkey-s-ancient-ruins-video

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