Angelina Jolie Downplays Brad Pitt Marriage Talk

Are Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie really headed down the altar soon?

That's what could be expected, given Pitt's recent comments about the pressure to - and his desire to - propose, but according to Jolie, that's premature.

"I think anything said tends to be blown out of proportion," Jolie told People Sunday night at the SAG Awards, when asked about "a lot of ring-talk lately."

"Yeah, that was my fault," Pitt admitted with a smile.

Guess we know who wears the pants in that house.

The speculation about wedding bells in the near future for the famous couple stem from Pitt's remark that Brangelina is "getting a lot of pressure from the kids."

"It means something to them," he continued, adding that he would like to marry Angelina, and that "We will [get married] someday, we will. It's a great idea."

"'Please, get mommy a ring.' 'OK, I will, I will.' "

"It seems to mean more and more to our kids," he said. "I don't think we'll be able to hold out … it means something to me, to make that kind of commitment."

Probably not until Angelina demands it, however.

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Hyperactive sun clears space junk ? for now

Low Earth orbit just got a free spring-clean, thanks to the sun. It turns out that increased solar activity in recent years has removed some of the satellite debris that clogs this region, making it temporarily safer for other satellites and astronauts.

The sun will hit an 11-year peak in its activity ? the solar maximum ? in 2013. As this approaches, small increases in solar radiation warm the outer layer of Earth's atmosphere, called the thermosphere, forcing it to expand into space. This places atmospheric molecules in the path of low orbiting debris, which brake their orbital velocity and cause them to re-enter the atmosphere sooner than expected, where they usually burn up.

In the latest edition of NASA's Orbital Debris Quarterly News, the agency's chief scientist Nicholas Johnson notes that the billowing thermosphere has accelerated the rate of burn up of debris from Fengyun-1C, a satellite China destroyed in an anti-satellite missile test in 2007, and from the 2009 collision between Russia's Kosmos 2251 and the US Iridium 33. This is a "welcome, albeit brief, respite from an otherwise growing orbital debris population", he says.

It's a short-lived respite since, in the long term, climate change will warm the planet while cooling the thermosphere ? and so keep junk aloft longer ? says space debris researcher Hugh Lewis at the University of Southampton, UK.

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Strongest solar storm since 2005 hitting Earth (AP)

WASHINGTON ? The sun is bombarding Earth with radiation from the biggest solar storm in more than six years with more to come from the fast-moving eruption.

The solar flare occurred at about 11 p.m. EST Sunday and will hit Earth with three different effects at three different times. The biggest issue is radiation, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Prediction Center in Colorado.

The radiation is mostly a concern for satellite disruptions and astronauts in space. It can cause communication problems for polar-traveling airplanes, said space weather center physicist Doug Biesecker.

Radiation from Sunday's flare arrived at Earth an hour later and will likely continue through Wednesday. Levels are considered strong but other storms have been more severe. There are two higher levels of radiation on NOAA's storm scale ? severe and extreme ? Biesecker said. Still, this storm is the strongest for radiation since May 2005.

The radiation ? in the form of protons ? came flying out of the sun at 93 million miles per hour.

"The whole volume of space between here and Jupiter is just filled with protons and you just don't get rid of them like that," Biesecker said. That's why the effects will stick around for a couple days.

NASA's flight surgeons and solar experts examined the solar flare's expected effects and decided that the six astronauts on the International Space Station do not have to do anything to protect themselves from the radiation, spokesman Rob Navias said.

A solar eruption is followed by a one-two-three punch, said Antti Pulkkinen, a physicist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland and Catholic University.

First comes electromagnetic radiation, followed by radiation in the form of protons.

Then, finally the coronal mass ejection ? that's the plasma from the sun itself ? hits. Usually that travels at about 1 or 2 million miles per hour, but this storm is particularly speedy and is shooting out at 4 million miles per hour, Biesecker said.

It's the plasma that causes much of the noticeable problems on Earth, such as electrical grid outages. In 1989, a solar storm caused a massive blackout in Quebec. It can also pull the northern lights further south.

But this coronal mass ejection seems likely to be only moderate, with a chance for becoming strong, Biesecker said. The worst of the storm is likely to go north of Earth.

And unlike last October, when a freak solar storm caused auroras to be seen as far south as Alabama, the northern lights aren't likely to dip too far south this time, Biesecker said. Parts of New England, upstate New York, northern Michigan, Montana and the Pacific Northwest could see an aurora but not until Tuesday evening, he said.

For the past several years the sun had been quiet, almost too quiet. Part of that was the normal calm part of the sun's 11-year cycle of activity. Last year, scientists started to speculate that the sun was going into an unusually quiet cycle that seems to happen maybe once a century or so.

Now that super-quiet cycle doesn't seem as likely, Biesecker said.

Scientists watching the sun with a new NASA satellite launched in 2010 ? during the sun's quiet period ? are excited.

"We haven't had anything like this for a number of years," Pulkkinen said. "It's kind of special."

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Physicists use ion beams to detect art forgery

Saturday, January 21, 2012

University of Notre Dame nuclear physicists Philippe Collon and Michael Wiescher are using accelerated ion beams to pinpoint the age and origin of material used in pottery, painting, metalwork and other art. The results of their tests can serve as powerful forensic tools to reveal counterfeit art work, without the destruction of any sample as required in some chemical analysis.

Their research is featured on the front cover of the current issue of Physics Today in an article titled, "Accelerated ion beams for art forensics." Wiescher and Collon say, "Art experts play an important role in identifying the style, history and context of a painting, but a solid scientific basis for the proper identification and classification of a piece of art must rely on information from other sources.

"A host of approaches with origins in biology, chemistry and physics have allowed scientists and art historians not only to look below a painting's or artifact's surface, but also to analyze in detail the pigments used, investigate painting techniques and modifications done by the artist or art restorers, find trace materials that reveal ages and provenances, and more," Wiescher and Collon continue.

The information that is revealed can shed light on trading patterns, economic conditions and other details of history. For example, the amount of silver in Roman coins can indicate the degree of inflation in the ancient economy.

Laboratories in Europe, including several in Italy and one in the basement of the Louvre in Paris, have accelerators dedicated to the forensic analysis of art, and archaeological artifacts. These accelerator-based techniques have allowed not only to analyze the works themselves, but also to determine origin, trade and migration routes as well as dietary information. As an example, the analysis of the ruby eyes in a Babylonian statue of the goddess Ishtar using the Louvre's accelerator showed that the rubies came from a mine in Vietnam, demonstrating that trade occurred between those far-apart regions some 4,000 years ago.

At Notre Dame, researchers are using proton-induced x-ray emission (PIXE) and Accelerator Mass Spectroscopy (AMS) to study artifacts brought by local archeologists, Native American cultures in the American Southwest and the Snite Museum of Art extensive collection of Mezzo-American figurines.

Wiescher, the Frank M. Freimann Professor of Physics, and Collon, associate professor of physics, are using their findings to teach undergraduates. Wiescher initially developed the undergraduate physics class called Physical Methods in Art and Archaeology, and now Collon teaches the class which attracts students from nearly every major. The course covers topics such as X-ray fluorescence and X-ray absorption, proton-induced X-ray emission, neutron-induced activation analysis, radiocarbon dating, accelerator mass spectroscopy, luminescence dating, and methods of archeometry.

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Regina Weinreich: Richard III: The Winter of Discontent Full Blown at BAM

The picture on the Richard III poster shows the actor Kevin Spacey, mangled like a piece of John Chamberlain's chrome sculptures, his left leg in a brace turned inward, his epaulets woefully off kilter, his dark glasses barely grazing his nose, his crown cocked like a smartass cartoon. At BAM where the Bridge Project's stunning production of Shakespeare's play is thus advertised, the image only begins to tell you what's in his heart. Having just murdered Lady Anne's father and husband, he woos her, Shakespeare's language suggesting everything you can possibly do with a cane. Its noise announces Richard's writhing gestures, producing dread and glee. You don't know where he will thrust it, including a gratuitous jab at a severed head in a bloody box. Ooooh!

People will remember Kevin Spacey's richly physical performance -- one of his best -- the way they do Olivier's, Ian McKellan's, and Al Pacino's. The character himself is a gift, unremittingly narcissistic, conscience-free, who after a bad dream wakes up to one, in time to die. For political gain, he will murder anyone; the line up of his corpses -- including his nephews, children played to Tweedledum and Tweedledee perfection by two women (Katherine Manners and Hannah Stokely) -- seated at a last supper banquet is one splendid vision in director Sam Mendes's production featuring a minimal, excellent set of many doors designed by Tom Piper, with Paul Pyant's lighting. Overseeing these proceedings is the ghost of Queen Margaret (Gemma Jones); a chorus of drummers accompanies the battles; it's the Night of the Living Dead to percussion.

Of the supporting cast, let's face it, few vie with Richard to successfully unseat his power, as king or dramatic presence. Chuk Iwuji is good as the Duke of Buckingham, staging photo ops for William, Lord Hastings (Jack Ellis) in Act I. Haydn Gwynne as Queen Elizabeth brings her own chilling agenda to a scene in which Richard wants to marry her daughter. But one, that of Henry, Earl of Richmond should have been more imposing. Parallel to Richard, he stands atop a table suggesting an equal as opposite force which, red jacket notwithstanding, he is not. Deposed and dead, Richard has more life.

Early on, the word NOW was projected onto a scrim, and this week it is easy to think of the Republican candidates clawing to bring one another down state by state. But in the larger picture of rage against bad rulers -- those dethroned in the Arab spring for example -- this play is a potent spectacle of just how bad bad leadership can be.

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Megaupload File Sharing Site Shut Down By FBI, Swizz Beatz Investigated

Federal prosecutors have pulled the plug on Megaupload, a massive file sharing operation allegedly helmed by Alicia Keys' husband, producer Swizz Beatz.

Four executives were arrested in New Zealand and an indictment charging seven people with content piracy causing $500 million in losses was issued.

The indictment prompted hackers to seek immediate cyber revenge, with the shadowy Anonymous group claiming it crippled the Department of Justice.

The government site was inaccessible for hours Thursday.

"The Department is working to ensure the website is available while we investigate the origins of this activity, which will be treated as a malicious act until we are able to fully identify the root cause of the disruption," said spokesman Laura Sweeney.

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) said it was also hacked in retaliation for Megaupload being shut down, but was back up Thursday night.

Beatz, whose real name is Kasseem Dean, was not named in the government's five-count indictment, despite being listed by Megaupload as its CEO.

The Beatz-master, who married Alicia Keys in 2010, was in recent talks to take a high-powered job at Megaupload, but a final deal was not reached.

Probably for the best in his case.

"He was in conversations to be named CEO," lawyer Ira P. Rothken said. "His involvement in the company was highly attenuated. There were discussions and he was involved in a promotional video and in brainstorming future projects."

Swizz Beatz's association with the cloud sharing site surfaced only recently after he and buddies Sean "Diddy" Combs, Kanye West and Will.i.am touted the site in a video that prompted backlash from the artists' label, Universal Music Group.

The four-minute clip, part of Megaupload's recent December 9 relaunch, was all original material and not subject to ownership by UMG, Rothken said.

The government's 72-page indictment, which alleges copyright infringement as well as conspiracy to commit money laundering and racketeering, claims Megaupload rewards people who uploaded pirated content and turned a blind eye to copyright claims.

The case comes just days after the SOPA blackout signified the ongoing legal battle between corporations' copyright claims and Internet freedom.

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Live from Apple's education event!

Ready to get smart in the Big Apple? We are, and so is Apple. Since announcing today's event we've heard talk of a focus on digital books and personal publishing tools. Basically, Apple's looking to do to the textbook publishing market what it did to the music industry with iTunes. Is today a day that will change history for trees worldwide? Join us as we find out. We'll be starting at the time below.

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Russian billionaires' huge legal battle closes (AP)

LONDON ? A legal battle between two feuding Russian billionaires has ended in a London court.

Judge Elizabeth Gloster reserved judgment Thursday on the case between exiled oligarch Boris Berezovsky and fellow Russian Roman Abramovich, the Chelsea Football Club owner.

The date for the verdict has not been set.

Berezovsky sued Abramovich for several billion dollars, saying the soccer club owner had intimidated him into selling shares in their jointly-owned Russian oil giant Sibneft at a fraction of their value. He alleged breach of contract and claimed more than 3 billion pounds (US$4.6 billion) in damages.

Abramovich denied that, saying Berezovsky never owned the stakes.

The trial, which began in October, is one of the most expensive legal fights London has seen.

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Which Movie Should You See This Weekend?

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BP: We shouldn't bear cost of Deepwater Horizon oil spill

HOUSTON - BP said all of its costs and damages from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill should be paid by Halliburton, its cement contractor for the Macondo well project.

BP had paid more than US$21 billion (S$27.2 billion) in cleanup costs and economic damages to individuals, businesses and governments harmed by the spill as of Dec 1, the company said on its website. BP reserved more than US$40 billion to cover costs related to the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig.

The oil company seeks "the amount of costs and expenses incurred by BP to clean up and remediate the oil spill, the lost profits from and/or diminution in value of the Macondo prospect, and all other costs and damages incurred by BP related to the Deepwater Horizon incident and resulting oil spill", according to the filing yesterday in federal court in New Orleans.

BP and Halliburton accuse each other's employees of making critical mistakes that caused the blowout of the London-based oil company's well off the Louisiana coast in 2010. The explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon killed 11 workers and caused the worst offshore spill in US history.

BP, which owned the Macondo lease, and Halliburton, which provided well-completion services for the project, jointly face more than 500 lawsuits by coastal property owners, businesses and governments claiming billions of dollars in damages from the drifting oil. The lawsuits have been combined for pretrial processing in federal court in New Orleans, where a judge is scheduled to begin a trial next month to determine liability for the spill.

Halliburton, based in Houston, has said in court papers that its cementing-services contract requires BP to indemnify it from all damage claims, even if its employees were found to have shared blame for the disaster.

BP, rejecting that argument, accused Halliburton in yesterday's filing of gross negligence. That level of misconduct "will suffice to eliminate any indemnity obligation for damages of any kind", said the filing.

Halliburton has said in court filings that the actions of BP's employees caused the explosion on the rig.

"Halliburton believes it is fully indemnified by BP against any loss resulting from the Macondo incident and any penalties arising from the violations," a Halliburton spokeswoman said yesterday.

The defendants in the lawsuits over the spill also include Switzerland-based Transocean, the owner of the Deepwater Horizon; Cameron International, the maker of the blow-out prevention equipment used on the well; Anadarko Petroleum, which owned 25 per cent of the Macondo prospect; and Mitsui's Moex Offshore unit, which owned a 10-per-cent stake in the well.

Cameron, Anadarko and Mitsui have reached settlements with BP. Transocean, along with Halliburton, has not. BLOOMBERG

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With focus on Iowa, Huntsman continues NH effort

Republican presidential candidate, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, accompanied by his wife Mary Kaye, stops to shake hands while touring businesses in downtown Nashua, N.H., Monday, Jan. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter)

Republican presidential candidate, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, accompanied by his wife Mary Kaye, stops to shake hands while touring businesses in downtown Nashua, N.H., Monday, Jan. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter)

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NASHUA, N.H. (AP) ? Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman said Monday that his intense focus on New Hampshire is paying off and went after rival Mitt Romney in unusually sharp language.

But Huntsman, the former Utah governor, is still being met by some blank looks with the primary just eight days away.

Watching Huntsman enter a Nashua diner surrounded by television cameras, voter Jimmy Pacheco at first mistook the former Utah governor for New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch, and not a flicker of recognition crossed his face when he heard Huntsman's name. But by the time Huntsman reached his booth, the former truck driver greeted him like an old friend, complimented him on his "pretty wife" and said afterward that he probably would vote for Huntsman.

Noting that Huntsman is skipping Iowa's Tuesday caucuses and staking his hopes on a strong showing in New Hampshire's Jan. 10 primary, Pacheco said, "He cares about us."

Two minutes earlier, Pacheco had said he was leaning toward Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, who has long been the front-runner in New Hampshire.

After stopping by several Nashua businesses and restaurants, Huntsman told reporters that New Hampshire is a place where an underdog can come from behind and beat expectations.

"It happens time and time again here in New Hampshire. It's where message matters, it's where grass-roots politics is rewarded, and this is a state that is finely tuned to finding leaders and then sending them south," he said.

While he lags far behind Romney in polls, the usually positive Huntsman went after Romney by name while speaking to voters in Dover later in the day.

"You can do what the establishment wants you to do. You've got a good candidate in Mitt Romney," Huntsman said. "If you have 47 members of Congress supporting you, as he just announced today, you think you're going to be to do what needs to be done in terms of reforming Congress? No how, no way."

He also suggested Romney couldn't reform the banking system because he's receiving too many donations from Wall Street.

"We cannot afford a status quo presidency," Huntsman said.

At another restaurant, GOP voter Matt Dobski said he was closer to backing Huntsman after meeting him but remained undecided. He said he likes Romney but doesn't like the health care law he enacted in Massachusetts, finds former House Speaker Newt Gingrich too polarizing, and thinks Texas Rep. Ron Paul is too extreme.

Huntsman, in contrast, "is probably one of the only candidates who's been consistent in all his policies and what's needed to change America," Dobski said. "That's important because, right now, everybody's waffling to say what they need to say to get votes. ... So a guy like Huntsman could really come through and steal the show, if he gets the media exposure he needs."

After having the state to himself last week, Huntsman soon will have plenty of company. Only seven days separate the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary

Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann plan to head straight to South Carolina after Iowa and then return to New Hampshire for two debates just before the primary.

Huntsman downplayed those debates, saying there have been too many already.

"I think with each passing debate, they're less and less important," he said. "People see them more as show business."

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'Help,' 'Bridesmaids' earn nods for producer award

In this film image released by Disney, Jeremy Irvine is shown in a scene from "War Horse." Producers Kathleen Kennedy and Steven Spielberg were nominated for nominated Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012, for the 23rd Annual Producers Guild Awards for the film "War Horse." The winners will be announced on Jan. 21. (AP Photo/Disney, Andrew Cooper)

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LOS ANGELES (AP) ? The historical epic "War Horse," the Deep South drama "The Help," the silent film "The Artist" and the wedding comedy "Bridesmaids" are in the running for top honors from the Producers Guild of America.

Also nominated Tuesday for the guild's big film prize are two George Clooney tales: the family drama "The Descendants" and the political saga "The Ides of March." Two Paris stories made the cut, the family adventure "Hugo" and the romantic fantasy "Midnight in Paris."

Rounding out the 10 nominees are the thriller "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" and the sports tale "Moneyball."

Animated contenders for the Jan. 21 awards are "The Adventures of Tintin," ''Cars 2," ''Kung Fu Panda 2," ''Puss in Boots" and "Rango."

Along with honors from other Hollywood professional groups such as actors, directors and writers guilds, the producer prizes help sort out contenders for the Academy Awards, whose nominations come out Jan. 24.

The Producers Guild field represents a heavy-hitting lineup of Oscar winners and nominees, including Steven Spielberg ("War Horse" and "Tintin"), Martin Scorsese ("Hugo"), Woody Allen ("Midnight in Paris"), David Fincher ("Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"), Alexander Payne ("The Descendants") and Bennett Miller ("Moneyball").

Besides starring in "The Descendants," Clooney multi-tasked on "Ides of March," directing, producing, co-starring and co-writing.

Among other Producers Guild nominees:

? Film documentary: "Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest"; "Bill Cunningham New York"; "Project Nim"; "Senna"; "The Union."

? TV comedy series: "30 Rock"; "The Big Bang Theory"; "Glee"; "Modern Family"; "Parks and Recreation."

? TV drama series: "Boardwalk Empire"; "Dexter"; "Game of Thrones"; "The Good Wife"; "Mad Men."

? Long-form television: "Cinema Verite"; "Downton Abbey"; "The Kennedys"; "Mildred Pierce"; "Too Big to Fail."

? Live entertainment and talk TV: "The Colbert Report"; "The Ellen DeGeneres Show"; "Real Time with Bill Maher"; "Saturday Night Live"; "The 64th Annual Tony Awards."

? TV competition series: "The Amazing Race"; "American Idol"; "Dancing with the Stars"; "Project Runway"; "Top Chef."

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Dec. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Commodities posted the first annual drop since 2008, paced by declines in cotton, copper and cocoa, on concern that the sovereign-debt crisis in Europe and a cooling Chinese economy will sap demand for raw materials. ...

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Swaziland withdraw from 2013 Africa Cup of Nations

Posted: 2012-01-01 14:53

Swaziland have withdrawn from the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, just a week before the preliminaries are due to get underway.

Swaziland were due to meet the Seychelles in a two-legged first round tie over the next fortnight but have pulled out because of financial constraints, Swaziland FA officials said.

They now face a fine from the Confederation of African Football and the possibility of being banned from the 2015 event.

The qualifying competition for next year's Nations Cup starts less than two weeks before the 2012 Finals, which are being played in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon from January 21 to February 14.

From next year, the African championships, held every two years, reverts from every even year to every odd year to avoid future clashes with World Cup years.

The 2013 Nations Cup has been awarded to South Africa, 2015 to Morocco and 2017 to Libya. The qualifiers for the 2013 tournament will played on a knockout basis over three rounds between January and October.

With the Swaziland-Seychelles tie now called off, the only first round game is that between Lesotho and Sao Tome e Principe. They meet in the first leg in Sao Tome on January 8 and play the return tie in Maseru on January 15.

Seychelles advance to the second round to meet the Democratic Republic of Congo over two legs in March.

Mzansi Football and KickOff.com

Source: http://www.kickoff.com/news/26252/

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Try a?refreshing?swig of New Year's Eve science

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Scientists found that several factors were key to the fluid dynamics of wine swirling.

By Alan Boyle

I don't advise playing any drinking games on New Year's Eve, but when scientists play with their drinks, the results can make for interesting cocktail-party conversation.

Here's a recap of research relating to the physics and chemistry of liquids in a glass:

Tweak your twirl: Swirling red wine in the glass aerates the vintage and facilitates the release of all those wonderful aromas that distinguish a Rothschild from rotgut. The ideal is to have one smooth wave breaking around the bowl of the glass, and?this year physicists at the ?cole Polytechnique F?d?rale de Lausanne in Switzerland?figured out the fluid dynamics of the perfect swirl.

They used glasses of different shapes plus a healthy supply of cheap merlot to study the factors that determined the shape of the wave rolling around the glass. Three factors emerged, as described in this ScienceNOW summary: the ratio of the level of the wine poured in to the diameter of the glass; the ratio of the diameter of the glass to the width of the circular shaking; and the ratio of gravitational force pushing downward to the centrifugal force pushing outward.

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A smooth wave can be achieved in glasses of widely varying sizes, as long as the three ratios are preserved. To get a feel for the right level of slosh, study the video below. Be careful not to swirl too vigorously, though: The researchers found that when the merlot was accelerated at 40 percent of the force of gravity, the slosh turned into an unwelcome splash.

Baby your bubbly: French researchers reported last year that the best way to baby?that New Year's Eve champagne is to pour it gently down the side?of your glass. This is one kind of wine you don't want to slosh: If you do, a lot of the carbonated bubbles are released before you bring the glass to your lips. And it's the bubbles that make champagne so pleasurable.?The researchers found that?champagne is best served when it's cold (39 degrees Fahrenheit, or 3.8 degrees Celsius). Warmer temperatures cause faster CO2 loss. And besides, who wants to drink warm champagne?

When it comes to serving champagne, narrow-mouthed flutes are currently preferred to wide. saucer-shaped glasses for similar reasons. The greater surface area of the saucer bowl leads to faster CO2 dissipation.

The same research group found that smooth-walled flutes tend to tone down the bubbles in?poured champagne, while scratches in the glass promote bubble nucleation. Some glassmakers intentionally put microscratches in the?inner surface to?create showier special effects. If you want to do?something similar, try wiping the inside of the flute with a cloth towel; the?tiny fibers that are left behind produce a similar effect on nucleation. This video from the American Chemical Society tells you more about the chemistry of champagne:

Shaken or stirred? Physics and chemistry often determine whether an alcoholic drink takes flight or flops, as Harvard physicists Naveen Sinha and David Weitz explain this month in a report on cocktail physics for PhysicsWorld (free access with registration).

Straight shots of aquavit, vodka or other spirits are best served cold ? zero degrees F, or -18 degrees C ? because that reduces the burning sensation you get in the throat and chest when you toss the shot down the hatch. But?low temperatures also make it harder to savor the taste and aroma of other ingredients, which is why mixed drinks are usually served at higher temperatures.

A nice chill helps balance the taste of a gin martini, though. If it's anywhere close to room temperature, the gin?tends to?overwhelm the vermouth.

Speaking of martinis, The Straight Dope provides some words of wisdom about the "shaken-vs.-stirred" debate. The way Cecil's pals tell it, a gin martini is best stirred, not shaken???because shaking dissolves more air into the mix,?"bruising" the gin and?supposedly giving the martini more of a bitter taste.

On the other hand, a vodka martini (which some drinkers refuse to?recognize as a martini at all) is best served as cold as possible, and shaking?with?ice is a?more effective?way to cool down the drink. Also, shaking breaks down?the oils in the vermouth more completely.?In case you've forgotten,?Agent 007 James Bond preferred his martinis with vodka???and "shaken, not stirred." A decade ago, researchers found that shaking deactivates the hydrogen peroxide in?a martini?better than stirring does, producing more of an?antioxidant effect.?They?concluded that "007's profound state of health may be due, at least in part, to compliant bartenders."

If?you're making a manhattan, don't follow 007's lead. Sinha and Weitz observe that "a manhattan, which contains whisky, vermouth and bitters, can become cloudy when shaken."

"This results from small air bubbles introduced into the beverage while shaking, which are then stabilized by the bitters," they write. "A stirred manhattan, in contrast, is clear, which is why it is typically served stirred, not shaken, unlike James Bond's martinis."

For more about the physics of mixology, including a high-tech recipe for a hot and cold gin fizz, check out the full report from Physics World. Whatever you do, drink responsibly ... and have a happy and safe New Year's Eve.

More about the science of alcoholic drinks:

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Source: http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/30/9839500-sip-some-science-on-new-years-eve

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comScore: Apple Grows Mobile Marketshare From 9.8% To 11.2%, But Samsung?s Still Top OEM

comScore has just released its latest numbers regarding the mobile landscape, finding that Samsung is still the top OEM with a 25.6 percent marketshare, up just .3 percentage points from the three month period ending in August. Meanwhile, Apple's price drop on the iPhone 4 along with the introduction of the iPhone 4S has taken its share of the market from 9.8 percent to 11.2 percent.

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