Saturday, July 28, 2012

In the shadow of the Games, London celebrates

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Olympic Stadium can be seen in the background as partygoers watch the opening ceremonies on a massive LCD screen in East London.

By Alastair Jamieson and Ian Johnston, NBC News

Updated at 07:43 p.m. ET: STRATFORD, East London ? For billions of people watching around the world, Friday night?s 2012 Olympic Games opening ceremony?signaled the start of two weeks of sporting excitement.

But for nearby residents just outside the main Olympic Park ? within earshot of the spectacular show, but separated by 11 miles of electric fence???the celebrations also marked the end of seven years of planning and redevelopment which has transformed the local area and made an impact on many lives.

Tens of thousands gathered in parks to watch the ceremony on giant screens, or hosted parties in apartments and backyards in the shadow of the stadium. Cheers erupted when British cycling hero Bradley Wiggins rang the bell to begin the display.

?For people living in this area, the Olympics isn?t just about these two weeks???they?ve been living with the anticipation and excitement for years???as well as the noise and disruption,? said Stephen McVeigh, deputy head of residential property at Genesis Housing, whose 700-home development includes a 43-story tower, Stratford Halo, under construction yards from the Games.

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??It is incredible, but also a bit strange, to be so close to the excitement and the action, yet still watching on television.?

As McVeigh spoke to NBC News, the Royal Air Force display team???the Red Arrows???roared overhead, coating the urban skyline in red, white and blue trails that drew a huge cheer from nearby streets.

Although the tower is unfinished, workers and corporate guests gathered on the 38th?floor from where the view included a section inside the stadium.

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Workers and corporate guests watch the opening ceremonies from the 38th floor of Stratford Halo, a 43 story-housing tower still under development in Stratford, London, only a mile from Olympic Park.

Across the River Lea, southwest of the stadium in an industrial zone that has witnessed decades of decline, one local furniture factory decided to make the most of the event by clearing its workspace and yard and converting them into a giant temporary nightclub and bar complex called Fringe 2012.

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A bartender pours a customer a glass of wine at one of the many bars in Fringe 2012, a factory turned nightclub just for the Games, on Friday in East London.

Inside, with the music from the ceremony drifting across the river, revelers who had paid up to 25 pounds ($39)?cheered their favorite points in the ceremony???including the appearance of live cows and comic actor Rowan Atkinson?(best known in America as Mr. Bean) ??and joined the stadium crowd in singing the National Anthem, "God Save The Queen."

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?We decided this was a better business plan so we applied for a (liquor) license and put a giant screen and turned it into a place for people to feel part of the Olympic experience even if they couldn?t be in the ceremony or get tickets for the events," said?Steve Black, whose family has made sofas on the site for generations.

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Partygoers watch the opening ceremonies on a massive LCD screen at Fringe 2012.

?Hopefully this will change the area for good???this all used to be factories but soon it will be bars, restaurants, galleries," he said. "It?s a celebration for the area as much as for the opening of the Olympic Games.?

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Thousands packed into Victoria Park, about two miles west of the stadium, to watch the ceremony on big screens.

There was an ironic cheer when it began to rain, but the best reaction of the night came when a comedy skit depicted The Queen alongside James Bond actor Daniel Craig.

There were spectators sporting flags from all over the world, from Australia to Brazil, Japan to Canada.

Yulia Semakima, 25, from Omsk, in Russia, who is studying law in London, was among those caught up in the mood of the moment.

?I?m not a big fan (of the Olympics), but now I feel like I?m becoming more and more enthusiastic about it,? she said, dressed in a Russia shirt and cap.

?I think we will be third (in the medal table) after China and then the U.S. I hope we can beat France and Germany,? she added.

Referring to a considerable amount of typically British moaning in the months ahead of the Games, she could not understand why Londoners did not seem ?really to be impressed with this.?

One Briton who was definitely enjoying the Games was Lucy Chisholm, 44, from Twickenham, London, who was wearing British flags in her hair, on her T-shirt and had one painted on her cheek.

?I feel very patriotic at the moment. With everything that?s been going on in Britain, it?s been fantastic. We?ve had the (Queen?s) Jubilee and that really brought people together,? she said.

Chisholm said she hoped anyone who had complained about the Olympics ?haven?t got tickets,? adding, ?We?ve had so much moaning, but that?s what Britons do, isn?t it. Everybody should get together and embrace it.?

Jamaica supporter Richard Woodburn, 32, from London?s East End, was wearing a Jamaica sports shirt and proudly showed a picture on his cellphone of his house bedecked with Jamaican flags.

?They (Jamaica) are going to clean up in the athletics???100 meters, 200 meters, 400 meters, 400 meters relay, men and women,? he said.

?The Games are here???just enjoy it. There?s so many people enjoying it,? he said gesturing to the crowd of thousands around him. ?Just run with it.?

Mark Townsend, 46, who was born in Britain, grew up in Canada and whose wife Mariko is from Japan, was similarly upbeat, saying he hoped the Games slogan of ?Inspire a Generation? would come true for his children, age 11 and 5.

?My 11-year-old daughter is going to play (soccer) for Canada, Japan or Britain,? he said.

Paul Meikle, a cub scout leader from Castle Rock, Northern Ireland, with a group of more than 40 cub scouts, explorers and adults, said the beginning of the Opening Ceremony was ?really, really good? and ?well put together.?

He welcomed the decision to start the ceremony with songs from the four parts of the United Kingdom???England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales???saying it was ?inclusive of everyone.?

?It?s really, really exciting to be here,? Meikle said. ?We?ve come across to spend the first couple of days of the events here.?

He said the scouts planned to watch the cycling road race Saturday, with Britain?s Mark Cavendish among the favorites to win.

At Forman?s Smokehouse, a family-run fish processing company that was forced to relocate to make way for the Olympic Park, managers transformed the forecourt into a spectacular temporary beach-themed bar complete with beach volleyball court, palm trees and champagne counter.

When Sir Paul McCartney performed 'Hey Jude' the crowd mirrored those inside the stadium by singing along with their hands in the air.

?London is so buzzing at the moment, and the atmosphere here is incredible,? said Amy Loudon, 25, who traveled across London with her friends Anna Celeste Walters and Alex Sinclair to party nearer the Olympic site. ?People seem to be in a much better mood now, after all the moaning.?

Gary Bott, 31, a construction worker, traveled two hours from the city of Cambridge in order to celebrate in London. He was unable to get into the public screening at Victoria Park because it was too crowded.

?It?s much better to be closer to the action, even if we?re watching on a screen,? he said. ?There ceremony made us really proud to be British.?

Paco Lima, a 35-year-old soldier from Mexico, was also soaking up the atmosphere at Forman?s ? and cheering on his country when Mexican athletes joined the parade.

?The ceremony was great ? like a Hollywood production,? he said.

Among those performing in the spectacular show was dance student Jack Ludwig, 22. He told NBC News before the ceremony began: ?I don?t think I?ll ever get to do anything like this in my lifetime again, so to be part of it is incredible.

?During rehearsals I was looking up at various spots in the crowd and thinking ?that?s where the Queen will be sitting, that?s where all the world leaders will be.'?

NBC News' Jim Seida contributed to this report.

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Inmates build satellite parts for NASA

The NASA Ames Research Center is known for establishing innovative partnerships and Pete Worden, the former Air Force general who serves as the center?s director, is known as a maverick. Still, the latest joint venture to come to light has caught even some longtime NASA observers by surprise.

Under supervision from NASA Ames, inmates working in the machine shop at California?s San Quentin State Prison are building Poly Picosatellite Orbital Deployers (PPODs), the standard mechanism used to mount tiny satellites called cubesats on a variety of launch vehicles and then, at the appropriate time, fling them into orbit.

"Only Pete Worden would do something like that," said Bob Twiggs, who was one of the inventors of the cubesat while he was a professor at Stanford University. "He is a real independent hero to me in blazing new trails rather that sticking close to the safe road," Twiggs, who now serves as a professor at Kentucky?s Morehead State University, said by email.

Worden got the idea for the partnership with San Quentinwhile he was at a party, talking to the spouse of a NASA employee who happened to work as a guard on the prison?s death row. When the guard mentioned the prison?s critical need to establish innovative education and training programs, Worden, a former University of Arizona professor, said, "How about building small satellites??

A couple of weeks later, NASA Ames officials visited the prison and confirmed that inmates had access to the type of machine tools they would need to build PPODs. That led to a two-year, non-reimbursable Space Act Agreement that senior officials from NASA Ames and San Quentin signed in June 2011.

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As part of that agreement, NASA Ames officials developed the educational plan to train inmates to build the small satellite components. The partnership program is designed primarily to help "a few select inmates develop their machining skills to make them more employable in the aerospace industry upon release," Adriana Cardenas, NASA Ames associate director of engineering, said in an emailed response to questions. "The components will never fly in space," said Cardenas, who also serves as NASA Ames' liaison to San Quentin.

However, PPODs manufactured in San Quentin?s machine shop will be handed over to NASA Ames and "depending on the quality, we may consider the possibility that they could be used as test articles." Center officials have not yet made any plans to use the PPODs built at San Quentin for testing, she added.

Nevertheless, Worden said the hardware produced at San Quentin has been "top notch." In addition to providing training for the inmates, Worden said he has promised to help a couple of them find employment when they are released from prison.

This story was provided by Space News, dedicated to covering all aspects of the space industry.

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Friday, July 27, 2012

Microsoft kicked off public beta for 2012 Xbox Live update, but quickly ran out of space

Microsoft kicked off public beta for 2012 Xbox Live update, but quickly ran out of space

And just like that, it was all over. Shortly after the well-known, always-informative Major Nelson announced that this year's upcoming Xbox Live update had officially opened its beta doors to the public, he soon followed up with a note saying it was already "full and no longer accepting sign-ups." For the lucky ones, though, the public beta will give them early access to a slew of anticipated Xbox Live features, such as personalized dashboard recommendations, improved category / discovery features and, best of all, a look at Internet Explorer on Microsoft's entertainment console. Sadly, Major Nelson didn't say whether or not there's going to be more spaces opening up soon, but we'll keep you in the loop in case anything changes.

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The surf's been 'up' for 4000 years Dude!

Did you know that surfing did not start on the California beaches in the 1960's? Surfing is one of the oldest practiced sports in the world, and is a beautiful blend of athleticism as well as the recognition, and appreciation of the power of nature.

The board was used by fishermen

It all started about 4000 years ago on the Polynesian coastline. The sport stared out as what we would now call body surfing and evolved from that into what we recognise today as surfing - board and all. As far as we know, the board was introduced into Western Polynesia around 3000 years ago. Fishermen found that it was an easy way of bringing their catch back to shore - surf wax only came along a lot later.

Kings and queens in the waves No-one is sure when surfing was classified as a sport. We do know that 15th century kings and queens of the Sandwich Isles loved to surf, as did their people. Surfing appears in historical records in the late 1700s, this is when the English first came into contact with the Polynesians. Captain Cook wrote " I saw a man paddling in a small canoe so quickly and looking about him with such eagerness of each side. He then sat motionless and was carried along at the same swift rate as the wave, till it landed him upon the beach. Then he started out, emptied his canoe, and went in search of another swell. I could not help concluding that this man felt the most supreme pleasure while he was driven on so fast and so smoothly by the sea."

They said surfing was indecent

Surfing was forbidden by Christian Missionaries in the early 1820s. It was seen as indecent and a waste of time. Luckily for surfers everywhere this opinion changed in the early 20th century when the Hawaiian Duke Kanahamoku,-swimming gold medallist- spread the sport throughout the world.

How surfing came to Hawaii

Surfing was brought to Hawaii by the Polynesians who settled there in the fourth century and was known as "he'enalu" or wave-sliding. In ancient Hawaiian, "he'e" means to change from solid to liquid form, and "nalu" is the motion of the wave. The Polynesian men and women have great knowledge and a great love for the ocean and brought many customs with them to their new home, including spending time in the waves with their "paipo" (belly boards). Although they stood on their "paipo" from time to time, the Hawaiian people are responsible for perfecting the art of surfing upright.

The 1907 revival

By the turn of the 20th Century surfing had all but disappeared in the Hawaiian Islands until in 1907 Jack London spent a holiday in Waikiki, Hawaii. There were a few surfers on the beach including, the most famous Waikiki beach boy at that time, George Greeth and Alexander Hume Ford, an eccentric journalist and wanderer. They introduced London to the joys of surfing. Although the three men had very different backgrounds and careers, by the end of London's time on the island they had one thing in common - surfing. It was these three men who, through their combined talents, breathed new life into the sport.

Surfin' USA

The growth of the sport was relatively slow from 1779 through to 1960. That's when the surfing boom exploded big time. With this renaissance surfing music was born. Bands like the Beach Boys rocketed to the number one spot. Surfing was cool, surf magazines filled the shelves, the music was popular and the beaches were crowded.

The days when kings and their subjects rode the waves together are long gone. Today the international surfing circuit is a multi-million dollar industry. The tour runs from Hawaii to South Africa to Tahiti.

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Thursday, July 26, 2012

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