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Updated with video; Apple has released its newest iPhone and Southwest Georgia is just as excited as the rest of the country. ...
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Reports today indicate that AT&T is considering a sale of its cell towers to other companies for upwards of $5 billion in order to fund other initiatives in the company. According to sources of Bloomberg, AT&T is partnering up with financial firms TAP Advisors LLC and JPMorgan Chase to explore the merits of selling off the 10,000 cell towers the carrier owns in the US.
These towers currently generate about $326 million in annual revenue from roaming and leasing agreements for AT&T, but reports indicate that an all-out sale of the towers could net it up to $5 billion. The expected buyers of so many towers are expected to be some of the largest tower operators in the country such as American Tower and Crown Castle.
Now a sale of the towers by AT&T doesn't mean that customers will lose coverage area, however. The structure of such agreements usually involves a sale of the physical tower sites as well as an agreement to lease back the use of the towers for its network. Similar deals from T-Mobile in the past netted the company $2.4 billion in 2012, and a similar move by AT&T could give it extra cash it needs to further its other initiatives.
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Raleigh, N.C. (September 4, 2013) ? When the International Bluegrass Music Association announced in May 2012 that they would be moving their annual World of Bluegrass program from Nashville to Raleigh, many North Carolinians celebrated. And a group of hard-working, dedicated community leaders got to work, forming a Local Organizing Committee to help IBMA connect with local, regional, and state resources; and to make sure the local community was ready to welcome IBMA members and bluegrass fans from around the world.
From the North Carolina Pork Council, whose Whole Hog State Barbecue Championship is a key piece of the Wide Open Bluegrass Festival that will cap off the week-long bluegrass celebration, to the United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County, partnering with IBMA to bring bluegrass musicians into schools during World of Bluegrass, and so many more local partners, North Carolina will be infused with bluegrass this month even more so than normal!
Working closely with the IBMA Board of Directors, the Raleigh Convention Center and the Greater Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau created the local organizing committee with four primary goals:
The LOC is made up of 48 members, representing 22 organizations, including media outlets, members of local bands, record label representatives, local business owners, downtown Raleigh organizations, and more. IBMA?s North Carolina-based Board Members also serve on the Local Organizing Committee.
Among some of the LOC?s many initiatives:
And the Signature Event Committee has been hard at work creating the Wide Open Bluegrass StreetFest, which will feature more than 50 bands on three stages along Fayetteville Street on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 27-28. Performers include a broad mix of local, national, and international talent. The dance tent will feature clogging performances, participatory square dances, and late-night open dancing Friday and Saturday nights. On Saturday near the convention center, don?t miss the youth music stage ? situated on the outdoor plaza at the Convention Center. Bands performing here are being selected by the IBMA Youth Council. Additionally, the street festival will contain vendors, concessions, an Exhibit Hall and a Masters Workshop Stage in the Raleigh Convention Center.
Adding to the excitement of the StreetFest is the North Carolina Whole Hog Barbecue State Championship?a weekend of bluegrass-flavored fun for the whole family. The Pork Council will make a contribution of up to $10,000 in barbecue sales income to IBMA. More details about this event can be found at www.ncpork.org.
The Wide Open Bluegrass StreetFest would not be possible without generous supporters: Presenting sponsor PNC Bank; all-stages sponsor R.A. Jeffreys featuring Big Boss, Bud Light and Lone Rider; Rex Health Care and UNC Health Care; Downtown Raleigh Alliance, Martin Guitars, NC Railroad, Clarion Raleigh, Marriott Raleigh City Center, Sheraton Raleigh, Red Hat, Duke Energy, Curtis Media, KIX 102.9, The News & Observer, Our State Magazine, VisitNC.com, WRAL, and WTVD ABC-11. The StreetFest is brought to you by a collaboration among the City of Raleigh, Wake County, PineCone, and Greater Raleigh Convention & Visitors Bureau.
The free Wide Open StreetFest is one of several ways that music fans can experience bluegrass in Raleigh the weekend of September 27-28: in addition to the free StreetFest stages, there are ticketed shows which take place at the Red Hat Amphitheater and the Raleigh Convention Center Ballroom. While reserved tickets for both Friday and Saturday?s shows at the Red Hat Amphitheater are sold out, general admission tickets for that venue are still available, and can be purchased at ETix.com or www.ibma.org.
D?Addario Strings is the national sponsor for the ticketed portion of IBMA?s Wide Open Bluegrass festival; half of the proceeds will go to the Bluegrass Trust Fund, which helps members of the bluegrass music community in times of emergency need. The remaining proceeds help IBMA with marketing and professional development efforts throughout the year.
Fans can also attend the ?Bluegrass Ramble? showcases all week, from Tuesday-Saturday evenings, in six venues throughout downtown Raleigh, 10 pm-2 am: The Lincoln Theatre, Long View Center, Pour House Music Hall, Tir Na Nog, Kings, The Architect Bar & Social Club. Public participation is encouraged; showcases are ?the ticket? for bluegrass fans.
And tickets are also available for the International Bluegrass Awards show, which will be held in Raleigh?s historic Memorial Auditorium in the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday, Sept. 26. NC?s own Steep Canyon Rangers will host the event, and announced performers include all five of 2013?s ?Entertainer of the Year? nominees ? Balsam Range, Blue Highway, Dailey &Vincent, The Gibson Brothers and The Del McCoury Band ? as well as Female Vocalist nominee Rhonda Vincent and her band the Rage, among many others.
For more details and to purchase tickets for Wide Open Bluegrass, visit www.wideopenbluegrass.com, or stop by the Raleigh Convention Center on Tuesday, Sept. 24 for on-site World of Bluegrass registration and tickets to the Awards Show and Bluegrass Ramble. Additional information is also available at www.ibma.org or call 1-888-GET-IBMA.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Scientists have been debating for more than a year whether NASA's 36-year-old Voyager 1 spacecraft has left the solar system and become the first human-made object to reach interstellar space.
By a fluke measurement, they now know definitively it has.
"We made it," lead Voyager scientist Edward Stone, from the California Institute of Technology, told reporters on Thursday.
The key piece of evidence came by chance when a pair of solar flares blasted charged particles in Voyager's direction in 2011 and 2012. It took a year for the particles to reach the spacecraft, providing information that could be used to determine how dense the plasma was in Voyager's location.
Plasma consists of charged particles and is more prevalent in the extreme cold of interstellar space than in the hot bubble of solar wind that permeates the solar system.
Voyager 1, now 13 billion miles (21 billion km) from Earth, could not make the measurement directly because its plasma detector stopped working more than 30 years ago.
"This was basically a lucky gift from the sun," Stone said.
Extrapolating from the measurements, scientists believe Voyager actually left the solar system in August 2012. That summer, the spacecraft radioed back another tantalizing piece of information, showing a huge spike in the number of galactic cosmic rays from outside the solar system and a corresponding decrease in particles emanating from the sun.
Scientists had been reluctant to conclude last year that Voyager had reached interstellar space because it was still picking up magnetic field measurements that were very similar to the sun's magnetic field.
Computer models had predicted a significant shift in the interstellar magnetic field's alignment.
"The magnetic field is still something that puzzles us considerably," said physicist Gary Zank, with the University of Alabama in Huntsville.
Scientists now believe the interstellar magnetic field is somehow draped around and twisted by the heliosphere, the bubble of space under the sun's influence.
Understanding how that happens is just one of the questions the Voyager team will attempt to figure out while the probe still has power. Voyager 1, and a sister spacecraft Voyager 2, use heat released by the natural decay of radioactive plutonium to generate electrical power for their instruments.
'TRULY ALIEN ENVIRONMENT'
After 2020, scientists expect they will have to start turning off instruments, until around 2025 when the probes will be completely out of power and fall silent.
Voyager 2, which is heading out of the solar system in another direction, has five to seven more years before it reaches interstellar space, said Donald Gurnett, a longtime Voyager scientist at the University of Iowa.
"We're in a truly alien environment," Zank said. "What Voyager is going to discover truly beggars the imagination."
The two Voyager probes, which were both launched in 1977 to study the outer planets of the solar system, contain gold phonographic records etched with music, greetings, sounds and images from Earth. The project was spearheaded by astronomer Carl Sagan, who died in 1996.
With Voyager 1 having left the solar system, the next time it will encounter a star is in 40,000 years, when it flies about 1.7 light years away from a star in the constellation Camelopardalis called AC +79 3888. The spacecraft is traveling nearly 1 million miles (1.6 million km) a day.
"Voyager has once again joined the ranks of the great human journeys of exploration," Gurnett said. "This is the first journey into interstellar space."
NASA's twin Pioneer spacecraft, launched in the 1970s, also are leaving the solar system, but they have run out of power to relay information back to Earth.
The research is published in this week's journal Science.
(Editing by Jane Sutton and Peter Cooney)
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Philadelphia Eagles running back LeSean McCoy celebrates has he crosses the goal line for a touchdown during the second half of an NFL football game against the Washington Redskins in Landover, Md., Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
Philadelphia Eagles running back LeSean McCoy celebrates has he crosses the goal line for a touchdown during the second half of an NFL football game against the Washington Redskins in Landover, Md., Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III (10) tries to get off a pass as he wrapped up by Philadelphia Eagles outside linebacker Mychal Kendricks during the first half of an NFL football game in Landover, Md., Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick, right, scores a touchdown on the quarterback keeper under pressure from Washington Redskins strong safety Bacarri Rambo during the first half of an NFL football game in Landover, Md., Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III rolls onto his head after he is tackled by Philadelphia Eagles outside linebacker Mychal Kendricks during the first half of an NFL football game in Landover, Md., Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III walks through the players entrance before a NFL football game against the Philadelphia Eagles in Landover, Md., Monday Sept. 9, 2013. This will be Griffin's first game as a starter since his injury last season. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
LANDOVER, Md. (AP) ? After Michael Vick kneeled down for the final time, having sapped the life out of the Robert Griffin III welcome back party, the exhausted Philadelphia Eagles offense exchanged the usual pleasantries with the even-more-spent Washington Redskins defense.
"The Redskins were like, 'Next time we play you guys, you need to slow it down a bit,'" Eagles center Jason Kelce said.
Good luck with that. RG3 and the Redskins just couldn't keep up with Vick, LeSean McCoy and the frenetic offense unleashed by coach Chip Kelly on the NFL on Monday night. The Eagles crammed 53 plays into a 30-minute first half, took a 26-point lead in the third quarter and held on for a 33-27 upset of the defending NFC East champs.
"You have great dreams and you have nightmares," said Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie, describing the first half. "That was a great dream."
Running the don't-take-a-breath attack that won 87 percent of the time during Kelly's four years at the University of Oregon, Vick completed 15 of 25 passes for 203 yards and two touchdowns, and he also ran nine times for 56 yards and a score. McCoy piled up 184 yards on 31 carries, including a 34-yard TD. DeSean Jackson had seven catches for 104 yards and a TD.
"I've never been a part of anything like it," Vick said. "When the first quarter was over, I thought we was about to go to go into halftime. It was unreal. The only thing I could tell myself was, 'It's going to be a long season.'"
Perhaps the most remarkable accomplishment by the Eagles: They managed to upstage Griffin. The game was played eight months to the day since the Redskins quarterback had major knee surgery, and his return was the culmination of a dedicated, high-profile rehab that included a public clash with Washington coach Mike Shanahan that barely put a dent in the fans' fervent adoration for their franchise player.
Griffin was the undisputed star of the show ? at least until kickoff. He arrived at the stadium wearing an autographed T-shirt from Les Dauphins de Nice, the American football team in France that welcomed him for a workout during his honeymoon in July. When he threw warm-up passes at the 45-yard line, three camera crews were at the 40. He led a team huddle at the 10, just 5 yards from the spot where his knee gave out in January. He was greeted by baseball legend Tommy Lasorda on the sideline, then made a spectacle of an entrance when the starting lineups were announced, carrying the Redskins flag all the way to the end zone for an extended kneel-down for all to see.
That's the sort of attention that Vick once commanded. And, when the game began, Vick was the better quarterback. At 33, he's 10 years older than Griffin and had to fight for his starting job in training camp, but he's still got game. It would have been a bigger rout if Vick's lateral on first-and-goal at the 4 hadn't been tipped by linebacker Ryan Kerrigan and returned 75 yards for a Redskins touchdown.
Meanwhile, the masses didn't get much of a chance to chant "R-G-3!" ? because the Redskins offense couldn't stay on the field. Their first seven plays: lost fumble by Alfred Morris, 3-yard loss by Morris, penalty for illegal shift, screen to Morris that got back some yards, interception thrown by Griffin into triple coverage, pass dropped by fullback Darrel Young, safety that occurred when Morris bobbled a pitch in the end zone.
The Redskins were trailing 33-7 late in the third quarter before three consecutive touchdowns ? the last coming with 1:14 to play ? made the score more respectable.
Wearing a brace on his right knee, Griffin completed 30 of 49 passes for 329 yards, but 169 yards came in the fourth after the Eagles had taken control. He was also intercepted twice ? the first multi-interception game of his career. He ran only five times for 24 yards.
Washington didn't run a play in Philadelphia territory until the second half. At one point, the Eagles were outgaining the Redskins 146-3. Even Kai Forbath, who made 17 of 18 field goals in his rookie year, was wide right in the third quarter. Shanahan's team also committed 10 penalties for 75 yards.
"Had a serious case of the can't-get-rights," Griffin said. "Penalties, hurting ourselves. I don't throw picks, Alfred doesn't fumble, and Kai doesn't miss field goals. All three of those happened tonight. So we'll get better, no doubt."
There was a moment in the second quarter when the weary Redskins defense had more cramps (two) than their offense had first downs (one).
The first-half stats resembled something from an Oregon opener against a creampuff, not a game between NFC East rivals. Total yards: 322-75. First downs: 21-3. Time of possession: 20:20-9:40. Philadelphia's 53 plays were the second-most in a first half by any NFL team since 1991.
"That was the first time I've used oxygen since college. It wears on you, but I think it wears on the defense a lot more," Kelce said. "I think we'll see a few more guys coming up with cramps, regardless of whether those are real or not."
NOTES: Kerrigan left in the fourth quarter with concussion symptoms. ... McCoy finished one yard shy of his career high in yards rushing. ... Redskins S Brandon Meriweather missed the game with a groin injury.
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BANGKOK (AP) ? Asian stock markets advanced Tuesday after the likelihood of an imminent, U.S.-led attack against Syria faded and manufacturing rebounded in China.
President Barack Obama has faced difficulty trying to amass support for U.S. military intervention in Syria, where an alleged chemical attack by government forces killed scores of civilians outside of Damascus. Britain's parliament voted against involvement, and Russia and China have been critical of the idea.
Obama announced over the weekend that he would seek approval from Congress for military strikes, but he faced skepticism among many U.S. lawmakers about the intelligence regarding the chemical attack and the value of an intervention to United States interests.
"To be sure, a Syria strike no longer being imminent is reason for relief; but that does not mean that Syria has dropped off the geo-politics radar," said Vishnu Varathan of Mizuho Bank Ltd. in Singapore.
Japan's Nikkei 225 index jumped 2.5 percent to 13,917.64. South Korea's Kospi rose 0.7 percent to 1,936.86. Australia's S&P ASX/200 added 0.2 percent to 5,198.90. Hong Kong's Hang Seng advanced 1 percent to 22,384.67.
Sentiment was boosted Monday by two surveys that showed China's manufacturing sector improved last month after prolonged weakness.
The HSBC purchasing managers' index rose to 50.1 points in August, a level that indicates expansion as output and new orders edged up slightly and order backlogs rose at the fastest pace in two years. The official China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing PMI rose to 51.0 from July's 50.3, which was the highest level and biggest increase this year.
Both indexes use a 100-point scale on which numbers below 50 indicate a contraction.
Traders will be waiting for Wall Street to reopen later Tuesday after a three-day Labor Day weekend as well as the latest data from the Institute for Supply Management on U.S. manufacturing for August.
On Monday, Britain's FTSE 100 gained 1.5 percent to close at 6,506.19, thanks to cellphone company Vodafone, which said it was with in talks with Verizon to sell its U.S. mobile business. Confirmation of the $130 billion deal came after trading in London had finished for the day, but Vodafone's shares closed up 3.4 percent on expectations of the purchase.
Germany's DAX index ended the day up 1.7 percent to 8,243.87 while France's CAC-40 jumped 1.8 percent to 4,006.01. Italian and Spanish stocks were also up after surveys showed manufacturing activity rose in the two countries, which are in recession and have been focal points of Europe's debt crisis.
Benchmark crude for October delivery was down $1.01 to $106.64 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange as fears of military strikes on Syria continued to fade. The contract fell $1.15 to close at $107.65 on Friday.
In currencies, the euro rose slightly to $1.3189 from $1.3187 late Monday. The dollar fell to 99.31 yen from 99.56 yen.
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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/asia-stocks-china-output-syria-fears-fade-032200359--finance.html
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