Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Screenshots of redesigned Google Maps surface, show web UI without a sidebar

Screenshots of redesigned Google Maps surface, show web UI without a sidebar

If you can trust a couple of screenshots posted by the unofficial Google Operating System blog this evening, we'll soon see a new Google Maps experience on the web. As shown above, the sidebar is toast, gone in favor of overlays for the necessary information, a move that more resembles its mobile app, the apps / websites of some of its competitors, and even its own Google Maps Engine view. Also noted as different are elements like the icons and colors, but the most major change could be integration with Google+ to filter search results to locations recommended by your friends. With Google I/O just days away this could be a perfect time for changes to roll out from Mountain View, we hope to know by then if one of our most used websites is getting a fresh coat of paint.

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'There is no food': Post-revolutionary economic turmoil ... - World News

Charlene Gubash / NBC News

Hany Sayed, 40, and his wife Layla Ali, 30, sit with four of their five children in the two-room windowless shack they were forced to move into after he lost his job as a carpenter's assistant.

By Charlene Gubash, Producer, NBC News

CAIRO, Egypt ? Egypt?s revolution has not been kind to Hany Sayed and his family.?

When Sayed lost his job as a carpenter?s assistant in the capital six months ago, he, his wife and their five children were forced out of their three-bedroom home and into a two-room shed used to store saddles and tack.

Together the couple earn $143 a month, most of which is spent on food. Still, the children, aged?2 to 13, rarely eat meat or chicken. A doctor at a free clinic told them that the children were calcium and iron deficient and needed extra vitamins, which Sayed said he cannot afford.?

Even the youngest children don?t drink milk, only water and tea, he said.

?Sometimes when we watch them sleep, we just cry,? said the 40-year-old, who now works mucking out stables. ??We see there is no food and we don?t know what to do.? ?

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Eighteen days of popular protest culminated in the downfall of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak on Feb. 11, 2011.

Sayed and his family would be forgiven for expecting better. When the Arab world's most populous country rose up to depose President Hosni Mubarak two years ago, the desire for change went beyond the political ? hopes ran high that a new regime would usher in a revitalized economic era.

Protesters?that helped bring down the old government adopted the slogan: ?Bread, freedom and social justice!???

So when Mohammed Morsi came to power in June on promises of economic and political reform, as well as and help for the poorest, many thought their lot would improve.

But instead of getting better, the economy has stagnated, the country?s currency lost much of its value and inflation bumped up food prices.

While the government subsidizes basic types of bread, other staples are becoming more expensive: Kidney bean prices grew by nearly 24 percent in the year to March, onions were up 12 percent, ?and tomatoes 10.1 percent, according to Egypt Independent newspaper.?

Dr. Nadia Belhaj Hassine, of the International Economic Research Centre, a Canadian organization that supports researchers and experts in the developing world, cited a slew of issues that help ensure families like the Sayeds are stuck in crushing poverty. They include the global downturn, regional turmoil and Islamist rhetoric frightening away international investors.

But she also blamed the ?huge problem of inexperienced government.?

?They are not aware of what has been done in the past and what should be done,? she said. ??They don?t have any vision about what kind of economic reforms to undertake in the short and long term and how to improve the investment environment.?

Officials at Egypt?s planning and finance ministries did not respond to requests for comment.

Some hope a $4.8-billion International Monetary Fund loan will help stabilize the economy, but the deal has not been signed. Foreign reserves, which were $36 billion in 2011, now stand at $13.5 billion, just enough for three months of such crucial imports as wheat and gas. ?

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Egypt holds its first elections since the fall of Hosni Mubarak.

Meanwhile, the Egyptian pound has lost 13 percent of its value against the dollar in the past year. ?This makes essentials more expensive, which hits families like the Sayeds directly.

Life is difficult, and looks to getting worse for many, according to Gian Pietro Bordignon, World Food Program country director. ?

Around a quarter of the population lives below the poverty line, with another 20 percent hovering just above?it. And while there are no statistics for the period 2012/2013, indications are that malnutrition rates of around 30 percent are also on the increase, he said.

Poverty and malnutrition has visible and long-term effects, he added.

?Without essential nutrients, minerals, vitamins, children cannot grow their brain potential. They have a lower academic performance,? he said. ?Malnutrition is not only a personal problem of human suffering but impacts the nation as a whole.??

It isn?t only meat, milk and new clothes that have disappeared from the Sayeds? lives. The chance of a better future is also fading: All five children stopped going to school when even the meager expenses needed for free education became too much. ?

?I feel sad when I see my friends go to school,? daughter Fatma, 13, said.

Her father has darker thoughts: ?Sometimes, I even think of selling my kidney to live.?

Related:

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Source: http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/05/18001075-there-is-no-food-post-revolutionary-economic-turmoil-dashes-hopes-in-egypt?lite

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Anti-depressant link to Clostridium difficile infection

May 7, 2013 ? Certain types of anti-depressants have been linked to an increase in the risk of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) finds a study in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Medicine. Awareness of this link should improve identification and early treatment of CDI.

CDI is one of the most common hospital acquired infections and is responsible for more than 7000 deaths annually in the USA alone. Several types of medications are thought to increase risk of CDI, including anti-depressants, and given that depression is the third most common medical condition worldwide a team from the University of Michigan investigated the exact nature of this risk.

Firstly the team studied Clostridium difficile infection in people with and without depression and found that people with major depression had a much higher chance of CDI (a 36% increase) than people without depression. This association held for a variety of depressive disorders and nervous or psychiatric problems. Age and family support also impacted risk of CDI. Older, widowed Americans were 54% more likely to catch C. difficile than their married peers. Just living alone increased risk by 25%.

Secondly they looked to see if there was an association between antidepressant medication and hospital acquired CDI. They found that use of most types of antidepressants did not affect CDI risk -- out of the twelve drugs tested only mirtazapine and fluoxetine increased risk of CDI, in each case the risk was doubled.

People who have been prescribed these types of anti-depressants need to keep taking them unless otherwise advised by their physician. The researchers stress that it is not yet known whether the increase in CDI is due to microbial changes in the gut during depression or to the medications associated with depression.

Dr. Mary Rogers who led this study explained, "Depression is common worldwide. We have long known that depression is associated with changes in the gastrointestinal system. The interaction between the brain and the gut, called the "brain-gut axis" is fascinating and deserves more study. Our finding of a link between depression and Clostridium difficile should help us better identify those at risk of infection and perhaps, encourage exploration of the underlying brain-gut mechanisms involved."

Disclaimer: This article is not intended to provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Views expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of ScienceDaily or its staff.

Source: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/top_news/top_health/~3/6menTD7yQfw/130507061048.htm

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Monday, May 6, 2013

Delaware to vote on becoming 11th state to allow gay marriage

By Edith Honan

(Reuters) - Delaware lawmakers will take up a gay marriage bill on Tuesday in a bid to make the state the 11th to allow same-sex couples to wed.

The scheduled vote in the state's Democrat-controlled Senate follows the General Assembly's passage of the bill several weeks ago. Governor Jack Markell, an outspoken supporter of gay marriage, has vowed to sign the bill into law if it clears the Senate.

The vote follows a string of victories for advocates of same sex marriage. Last Friday, lawmakers in Rhode Island gave final approval to a marriage bill, which Gov. Lincoln Chafee quickly signed into law.

Last November, voters in Maine, Maryland and Washington state approved ballot measures legalizing gay marriage, marking the first time voters in any state extended marriage rights to same-sex couples in a popular referendum.

Meanwhile, the U.S. Supreme Court is considering a legal challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act, which bars federal recognition for same-sex couples.

Other states that allow same-sex marriage are: Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New York and Iowa. Delaware has allowed same-sex couples to enter into civil unions since 2011.

A majority of U.S. states, including much of the South, have approved constitutional amendments that define marriage as a union between one man and one woman. The amendments effectively bar those states from formally recognizing same-sex relationships.

(Reporting by Edith Honan; Editing by Paul Thomasch)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/delaware-vote-becoming-11th-state-allow-gay-marriage-050127136.html

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10 Tech-Savvy Hotel Innovations | Travel News from Fodor's Travel ...

You probably used some form of technology to book your room. You're Instagramming like a maniac. You've brought along your favorite travel gadgets. So it's only fitting that modern hotels jump on the tech bandwagon themselves. We started taking note of some ways that technology is making your hotel stay even easier; herewith some of our favorite tech-savvy accommodations across the country.

1. Check In Easier

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In addition to the traditional front desk experience, the Hyatt Regency Chicago offers check-in via a lobby ambassador holding a special iPad. Guests can also use a nearby kiosk to select a room, inquire about an upgrade, and obtain an RFID key. (That's a card key with a fancy chip inside, so it can't become demagnetized, saving you those frustrating calls/trips back to the front desk!)

Similarly, Radisson is currently experimenting with kiosks at four pilot locations (La Crosse, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, and Seattle). Guests can virtually check in online 24 hours ahead, receive a confirmation email with a barcode, scan that barcode in the lobby, and receive their key.

What to do if you're ready, but your room isn't? ARIA Las Vegas will take your cell number, give you your key, and text you the room number when it's all set. That way you're not tied down to waiting around and can head right to it without having to wait in another line.

2. Connect and Charge Your Gadgets

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Building on the work of whatever genius thought to place an electrical outlet in the base of a lamp, all ARIA rooms feature a desk-side panel with a multitude of multimedia connections. It starts with two adapter-friendly electrical outlets plus two USB ports, to flexibly power your devices. Then you've got HDMI, VGA, RCA, and S-Video ports, so you can view images from a computer, camcorder, or any other video device through your room's TV. Likewise, you can pipe audio in through a standard 3.5mm jack or a docked iPod/iPhone connection. And in case you don't feel like going wireless for whatever reason, there's also a wired Internet port.

3. Remotely Control Everything in Your Room

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One of the best features of the LodgeNet service (that powers the TV menu in your room) is that you can use its free companion app (available for both Android and iOS) in over 630,000 hotel rooms across North America. With it loaded, you can use your own phone or tablet to power the TV on/off; change the channel; browse, order, and control in-room movies.

When you first enter your room at ARIA, you're greeted with lights automatically turning on, the curtains parting, and your TV turning on to display all your control options. From there, you can use the special remote?or one of the room's conveniently located interactive touch displays?to operate the TV, lights, air conditioning, and motorized curtains from pretty much anywhere in the room. The system has a few one-touch options for quickly setting the mood. You can even have an alarm wake you up not just at a specific time, but also with your desired temperature, curtain position, light intensity, and music playing!

4. Be Your Own Concierge

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The new Radisson iConcierge app (launched early April on Android and iOS) allows guests to access a wide variety of services including the ability to order room service, book a spa appointment, set a wake-up call, get your luggage picked up, and grab a taxi.

Every guestroom at Tallahassee's boutique Hotel Duval comes equipped with a 23-inch Interactive Customer Experience (ICE) touch screen display. In addition to ordering housekeeping, dining, and valet services, guests can use them to check email, look up the weather, print boarding passes, and search local events and attractions. Other nice touches include the ability for brides and grooms to record a welcome video for their guests to play back on ICE-equipped in-room iPads.

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Boston's Revere Hotel features a couple of iPads preloaded with the iKnow Concierge. In six different languages, the tablets help guests to access a wide variety of services, from finding a tailor to snagging tickets at a concert. Whether you're into finding food, spa, or sports, these devices can help you self-serve.

Grand Traverse Resort & Spa's New Digital Concierge app enables guests with a smartphone, tablet, or laptop to find exclusive on- and off-property deals and discounts; reserve tee times and view scores at one of their three golf courses; pull up meeting and event agendas; and access a plethora of other helpful information about the hotel and surrounding area.

Guests of the one-year old all-suite Conrad New York (and any of the other 20-plus Conrad locations) can take advantage of the just-launched Conrad Concierge (for Android, iPad, and iPhone). Features include the ability to arrange airport transportation, choose designer bath amenities, and time a meal to arrive in your room right as you do.

5. Have Peace of Mind

The Hyatt Regency Chicago is blanketed with a network of high-megapixel cameras. The security team can monitor all the property's public areas either from their base station or their mobile devices. It's a big place (Chicago's biggest hotel!), but it's under control.

Downtown Atlanta's Ellis Hotel is a posh haven for female travelers, offering a women-only floor with keyed access. Along with a selection of amenities like hair straighteners and curling irons, each room offers an online "kiss cam" to help keep in touch with friends and family. Just hook it up to your laptop, follow the on-screen instructions, and you're virtually face-to-face with your loved ones.

6. Stay Online Everywhere on Property

Long gone are the days of "free Wi-Fi" meaning single-bar coverage only on that one special cushion of the couch in the lobby. The Hyatt Regency Chicago has planted over 800 wireless access points around the hotel. So you can stay connected pretty much everywhere.

As soon as you walk into Bellagio Las Vegas, a friendly welcome message automatically pops onto your device, letting you know you're both on the property and online. WiFi hotspots are cleverly hidden, but there is even plentiful access by the pool. Guests (and visitors) can benefit from complimentary service at a reasonable speed (3 Mbps) or may also pay for faster service (up to 10 Mbps).

7. Find Your Way

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In fact, Bellagio has so many Internet hotspots, their app (about to upgrade to version two, with all sorts of new bells and whistles) can triangulate your exact indoor location and give you step-by-step directions to whatever fun, trendy (and tangible) hotspots you choose to visit within and around the upscale casino/resort.

Over 100 interactive plasma displays (along with rotating digital convention signage) make navigating the spacious Hyatt Regency Chicago easy. And additional touchscreens with Google Maps allows guests to precisely locate meeting spaces and also find their way around the city.

Eight of Hotel Indigo's locations around the US have been testing Interactive Media Displays, with nearly a quarter million guest interactions to date. That includes 30,000 local secrets shared within the Indigo community, as guests seek to discover the hotels' surrounding neighborhoods and pass along their best tips of what to see and taste. More than 7,000 photos have been taken at the displays, which can upload pics right to Facebook.

8. Borrow Spare Gadgets

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If you forget toiletries, many hotels offer a kit. But what about if you leave a gadget at home? The "Business Bar" at Eventi in New York can help pick up the tech slack. Grab a tablet, laptop, e-reader, still or video camera, headphones, wires, chargers, or other digital lifesavers for business or leisure. Honestly, with all that gadgety goodness at your disposal, you can afford to pack less?or at least not stress about having every single device on hand.

9. Do Your Business in Style

A perfect blend of fun and practical, the uber-luxurious Aria Sky Suites feature Washlets, fancy toilets with heated temperature-control seats that automatically raise as you approach; gentle aerated warm water bidet with warm air dryer; and automatic self-cleansing dual-action spray and air deodorizer. It's just one amongst many technological advances in the suites, but definitely a crowd pleaser.

10. Take Off

Simple but useful, the ARIA also pulls a direct feed from nearby McCarran International Airport and displays it right on the TV in your room. So you can confirm the timing of your flight. Especially helpful, so you don't preemptively leave the comforts of your room before you have to.

Fodors.com Travel Technology Columnist Scott Tharler is an expert in gadgets, gambling, and travel. He's written four books, hundreds of mobile and wireless tips, and dozens of freelance articles. Find links to other gadget articles, social feeds and lists of his current favorite gadgets at about.me/gadgetfans.

Photo credits: Hyatt Regency Chicago courtesy of Hyatt Regency Chicago; ARIA Las Vegas room and remote courtesy of ARIA Las Vegas; Radisson app screens courtesy of iTunes/Radisson; Bellagio app screens courtesyof iTunes/Bellagio; Eventi Business Bar courtesy of Scott Tharler

Source: http://www.fodors.com/news/10-techsavvy-hotel-innovations-6750.html

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Colombia's Santos opts for diplomacy in Uribe, Maduro spat

By Helen Murphy

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Monday refused to be drawn into a war of words between his predecessor - and harshest critic - and Venezuela's new president, Nicholas Maduro.

Maduro, elected last month to replace the late Hugo Chavez, said on Friday he had evidence that Alvaro Uribe, president of Colombia from 2002 until mid 2010, was conspiring with the Venezuelan opposition to kill him.

Santos was reprimanded on social media and by another former president for not responding to Maduro's explosive comments, which also included an allegation that Uribe could have been involved in the death of a Venezuelan journalist.

Santos said he would not comment publicly on the dispute - a veiled poke at Uribe, who has used his Twitter account to defend himself against Maduro's attacks that he is a "Mafioso" and "murderer."

"The dignity of former presidents is defended better - not with shouts or public insults - but through the corresponding diplomatic channels," Santos said on his Twitter account.

While Santos is playing it safe, Maduro's outburst against the former head of state threatens to disrupt the diplomatic peace between the two nations, formed by Chavez and Santos after years of cross-border bickering.

Caracas broke off diplomatic relations with Uribe's government in 2010 after he accused the leftist Chavez of harboring FARC rebel leaders inside Venezuela.

Santos, who has frequently sparred in public with Uribe, was chided by former President Andres Pastrana for not responding to Maduro's comments.

"What's at stake is Colombia's dignity," said Pastrana, who held office before Uribe. "We can't let a former president be insulted because there are discrepancies between Santos and Uribe."

For many Colombians, it was not surprising that Santos did not jump to defend Uribe, his former boss when he served as defense minister, since the two have been at loggerheads for the best part of his presidency.

A conservative and staunch U.S. ally, Uribe has been Santos' fiercest and most public critic, most rabidly against his ties with Caracas and his bid to reach a peace accord with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.

Maduro, the self-professed "son of Chavez," has made a series of accusations since taking office last month.

He has accused the United States of seeking to kill opposition leader Henrique Capriles to stir chaos and spark a coup. He later said he himself was the target of an assassination plot by mercenaries from El Salvador.

Uribe on Sunday urged Colombia's attorney general to investigate Maduro over the "irresponsible slanders and threats," in case the Venezuelan leader ever visits Colombia.

(Editing by Doina Chiacu)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/colombias-santos-opts-diplomacy-uribe-maduro-spat-184544977.html

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The Fence Junkies

Glenn Spencer of American Border Patrol stands along the section of fencing right in front of his 104-acre compound. Glenn Spencer of American Border Patrol stands along the section of fencing right in front of his 104-acre compound

Photo by David Weigel.

HEREFORD, Ariz. ? Glenn Spencer wakes every day in pitch dark, at 3 a.m., a habit he picked up in the last couple of years. ?I do my best thinking in the morning,? he explains. The early morning is also when he usually gets an audio tape intercepting chatter between U.S. border patrol agents, which he edits for public consumption. He always uses this information to plot a map of border crossings. Spencer?s group, American Border Patrol, will release all of this online.

I wake up at 4 a.m. in the ?Coronado house? that Spencer opens for visitors to his 104-acre property on the U.S.-Mexico border. The property abuts a border fence that sinks six feet into the ground and shoots up 18 feet above it. I got there at sundown the day before, which meant turning off I-92, past a wary border patrol agent, and driving five miles of dirt roads past dozens of ranches. All of them sport sturdy fences around the dirt and brush. Many of them are for sale.

Years ago Spencer bought this compound from one of those sellers, a retired colonel who couldn?t put up with the drug cartel shootouts. Four years after the construction of that fence, there aren?t any shootouts. It?s a ?gated community,? a ?little Shangri-la,? says Spencer. The rehabbed guesthouse sits in front of a landscaped pond, and Spencer keeps a sound system and laptop outside, piping jazzy covers of pop-rock hits. At night the only light comes from the stars, the Mexican mining town of Cananea, and from a border patrol floodlight so intense you could sit on your porch and read by the glow.

But this isn?t what wakes me up. Spencer owns seven German Shepherds, and some of them have started howling for attention. At 7 a.m. sharp, Spencer drives from his place to the guesthouse on an ATV. Seventy-five years old, with the cheerful look and vocal rasp of Santa Claus in some Rankin/Bass animation, he speculates that the dogs staying with him were disagreeing with the dog staying with me. The dog that spent the night in my quarters is covered in black-and-white spots and named Migra?as in la migra, immigration police.

?She doesn?t get along with the others,? says Spencer.

Spencer, who has devoted the last 20 years of his life to the immigration wars, kicks his doors wide open for the media. When the Southern Poverty Law Center designates you ?anti-immigrant? and a ?vitriolic Mexican-basher,? what choice do you have? He?s showed up to legislative hearings in Phoenix and Democrats have walked out. He?s been in touch with the office of his congressman, Democratic Rep. Ron Barber, but apart for that he?s ?persona non grata.?

So he talks to the press?and, he says, to defense contractors. Spencer initially invited me to the border to watch a trial run of a new gyroscopic surveillance drone designed by his team. The nucleus of the Spencer operation is actually Border Technology, Inc., headquartered a short walk from the guesthouse (just past a horse stable), and made famous in 2003 and 2004 when it started running homemade Border Hawk planes on the American side of the U.S.-Mexico fence. Two years ago, Spencer buried seismic sensors, the kind that he used to find oil deposits in his private sector days, to test whether they could trace border movements.

?I was a good systems engineering thinker,? he says. ?That?s what I?m applying right now. Here I am trying to present technology trying to solve the border problem, and the whole thing is about what a hateful guy I am! What the hell is happening in this country??

What Spencer thinks is happening is that waves of illegal immigrants from Mexico have weakened America, and could weaken it further. This is specifically why he bothers the Southern Poverty Law Center. In the 1990s, while living in his native California, Spencer worked to pass Proposition 187 (which denied state benefits to the undocumented), and recoiled in horror when it was stymied by politicians and the courts. He started warning of a ?Mexican takeover of the southwestern United States,? and in 2001 he delivered a homemade video about this, Bonds of Our Nations, to every member of Congress. DVDs of Spencer?s videos about ?Aztlan? sit around Border Technology?s workrooms, right next to the CubeX 3-D printer the company just bought, to make plastic components for the new drones.

Glenn Spencer stands near a five foot "Normandy-style" fence near his property, on the US-Mexico border. Glenn Spencer stands near a five foot "Normandy-style" fence near his property, on the U.S.-Mexico border.

Photo by David Weigel.

?I moved here because it was clear that California was just gone,? says Spencer. His old state went socialist, thanks to immigrants who grab at benefits, hospital care, and food stamps that we pay for. ?Here?s a question. Why are 50 percent of the students at UCLA from Asia? Why are they not 70 percent Latinos? That?s because of a different attitude [toward] education. Instead of being launched into a brave new world of science and technology, we?re going backward. We keep this up, we?re going to be a Third-World country?the only one with nuclear weapons. Nobody?s ever thought of that? Us, turning into a third world country??

This is rhetorical: Plenty of people have thought about that. That?s why the grand project of closing down the border with technology is such a risk. The senators currently trying to legalize millions of immigrants are in on the plan?not Spencer?s plan, exactly, but an impressive-sounding matrix that borrows from what we?ve learned in foreign wars. If they get their way, we?ll have a secure border and a growing immigrant population.

So Spencer and his team keep the discussion to two main topics: The reality of the border and the technology that could close it. The American Border Patrol?s compound is a short walk from the border itself, separated by rough red desert, bushes, and tufts of brown grass.

They estimate that the Identiseis project, the burying-sensors-in-the-ground plan, would cost $100,000 per mile. Sensors could be buried up to 6-feet deep, run on solar power?a massive green jobs initiative that tracks the footsteps of people trying to walk from Mexico into Texas or Arizona. The total price tag?maybe $200,000,000 to secure the entire border?sounds ludicrous, and apart from the defense contractor that Spencer can?t name (?one of the big five?), no one could verify it, but it?s roughly 5 percent of the cost of the border fence, and less than Boeing was going to ask for its own scheme?known as the Secure Border Initiative?had it actually worked before a disappointed Department of Homeland Security scrapped it in 2011.

Source: http://feeds.slate.com/click.phdo?i=54f703644f16b3e0587abc6fe2c9b178

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