United, ANA find wire problems on 787 transmitters

Two airlines disclosed issues with the wiring on their Boeing 787's emergency transmitters, the same part of the plane that is getting close scrutiny after a parked jet burned earlier this month.

United Airlines said Friday that it found a pinched wire during an inspection of one of its six 787s. Earlier, Japan's All Nippon Airways found damage to wiring on two Boeing 787 locater beacons. It flies 20 of the jets.

The inspections were mandated by the Federal Aviation Administration for U.S. airlines after the tail of an Ethiopian Airlines 787 caught fire while parked at London's Heathrow airport earlier this month. U.K. investigators said the only thing in the tail section with enough power to fuel a fire like that was the emergency transmitter. That's a metal-cased, battery-operated radio the size of a loaf of bread that activates in a crash to help rescuers find a plane.

The FAA said last week it would require U.S. airlines to look for "proper wire routing and any signs of wire damage or pinching," and to check the transmitter's battery compartment for signs of heating or moisture. It issued a formal order on Thursday. The European Aviatoin Safety Agency issued its own order on Friday.

A wire could short-circuit if it's pinched by metal and the metal cuts through the wire's insulation, exposing the part that carries electricity.

United Continental Holdings Inc. spokesman Christen David said the transmitter with the pinched wire was removed and sent to its maker, Honeywell International Inc. Inspections were carried out without any impact on United's flight schedule, she said. That transmitter was replaced, and United has working transmitters on all of its 787s, she said.

Spokesmen for Honeywell International Inc. and Boeing Co. both declined to comment, citing the ongoing investigation.

So far, the FAA and European orders have only covered 787s. That's Boeing's newest plane, and only 68 have been delivered so far. But those particular transmitters are used on far more planes ? U.K. investigators said they've been installed on some 6,000 aircraft.

The fire at Heathrow happened just when Boeing was hoping to get the 787 out of the news. In January, smoldering lithium-ion batteries on two 787s prompted authorities to ground the plane for almost four months, forcing Boeing to redesign the batteries and their chargers.

The grounding was costly for the eight airlines that flew the 787 at the time. Polish officials have said that LOT Polish Airlines ? which is struggling and trying to reorganize its finances ? lost some $30 million from canceled flights alone.

On Wednesday, Boeing CEO Jim McNerney acknowledged that the grounding created "some instances where we had obligations to customers, and those have all been satisfied." A moment later he added, "We think they are all behind us now."

LOT disagreed on Friday. In a statement, it said its demands "have not been compensated in any form" by Boeing. A Boeing spokesman did not have an immediate response to LOT's assertion.

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Associated Press Writer Monika Scislowska in Warsaw contributed to this report.

Associated Press

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India Readies Aircraft Carrier For Aug. 12 Launch

Indian government officials recently told journalists that the first vessel of the country?s Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) program would be launched Aug. 12. The 45,000-ton, 284-metre INS Vikrant, currently under construction at the Cochin shipyard, is expected to enter sea trials ten months after launch, and would be ready for operational service after another five years, according to a report in Aviation Week. The ship had originally been slated for full operations by 2014, though difficulties with steel supplies and the ship?s gearbox have delayed this until 2018. Aviation Week reports that India?s other aircraft carrier, the 45,000-ton, 262-meter-long INS Vikramaditya, formerly the Russian Kiev-class Admiral Gorshkov, is undergoing trials and will soon join the current sole carrier, the aging INS Viraat, which is approaching retirement. Vikrant is designed as a conventionally-powered short-takeoff but arrested recovery (STOBAR) carrier. Construction of the next ship in the IAC program, INS Vishal, has been delayed, but plans suggest it will weigh-in at 65,000-tons, with a catapult-assisted takeoff, barrier arrested recovery (CATOBAR) configuration.

Source: http://blogs.ottawacitizen.com/2013/07/27/india-readies-aircraft-carrier-for-aug-12-launch/

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Where is the best free online tutorial on Windows 8?

About Windows 8

Windows 8 is an operating system produced by Microsoft for use on tablets, personal computers, and laptops. It succeeds Windows 7, and it features a Start screen with "Live Tiles" in place of the old Start menu. The tile format is best experienced on a touchscreen device, such as the Microsoft Surface tablet. Windows 8 releases on October 26, 2012.

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Bosnian in Vt. accused of lying about war crimes

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) ? A man living in Vermont's largest city has been charged with lying to immigration authorities by denying involvement in war crimes during the conflict in Bosnia two decades ago, federal officials said Friday.

Edin Sakoc, 54, a Bosnian-born man living in Burlington, was involved in war crimes against a civilian Bosnian Serb family in 1992, an indictment said. It says he raped a Serb woman and aided in the killing of the two elderly people she was caring for and the burning of the house they were staying in.

An initial appearance in federal court was set for Friday afternoon in Burlington. Neither the court nor the public defender's office had a lawyer listed for him.

Authorities said Sakoc lied when he applied for refugee status and later for permanent residency and then citizenship in the United States by denying any past crimes of persecution.

Sakoc is a Bosnian Muslim and his alleged victims were Orthodox Christian Bosnian Serbs.

The Bosnian Serb family had moved from a home in the southern Bosnian municipality of Capljina to the home of a Bosnian Croat family nearby, the indictment said. Most Bosnian Serbs in the village had fled to safer areas, but a woman remained to care for two people who were too old to travel far, it said.

On or around July 9, 1992, Sakoc and an unnamed co-conspirator went to the home where the victims were staying, took the woman from the home, raped her and took her to the Dretelj prison camp, the indictment said.

Later that night or early the next day, Sakoc and the co-conspirator returned to the home, the indictment said. With help from Sakoc, the co-conspirator fatally shot the two elderly people, burned the home down and separately burned the victims' bodies.

The two-count indictment did not include charges directly tied to those alleged war crimes, but charged that Sakoc had lied three times to immigration authorities when asked if he had participated in crimes of persecution and moral turpitude: once when he applied for refugee status in the U.S. in 2001, again when he applied for permanent legal residency in 2004, and again when he applied for citizenship in 2007.

The indictment was based on a probe by Homeland Security Investigations, a division of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Those investigators were aided by the federal Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Center and the FBI.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/bosnian-vt-accused-lying-war-crimes-160608743.html

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T-Mobile nixes down payments, ups monthly fees

NEW YORK (AP) -- T-Mobile said Friday that it is temporarily eliminating upfront payments on new phones, but it is increasing the prices for some models through higher monthly payments.

Unlike rival carriers, T-Mobile charges the full retail price of phones, spread over two years, but reduces monthly service fees for voice, text and data. AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and others typically charge $200 or so up front for high-end phones and make up for the rest of the phone's cost through higher service fees over the life of a two-year contract.

Under a new payment plan introduced in March, T-Mobile charges a down payment for the phone and monthly installments until the device is paid off in two years. For instance, customers pay $146 up front for an iPhone 5 and $21 a month for two years for a total cost of $650. That's about the same price Apple charges when someone buys the phone without a two-year contract for use at another carrier.

In eliminating the down payment, starting Saturday, some phones will be cheaper. For instance, customers will be paying $600 overall for Samsung Electronics Co.'s Galaxy S4, compared with $630 currently. Apple's iPhone 5 will be $2 cheaper, at $648 overall.

But HTC Corp.'s One will cost $600, up $40. Other higher-priced devices include Sony Corp.'s Xperia Z and BlackBerry Ltd.'s Q10. T-Mobile said it was revising prices to reflect demand and other factors.

"Every time we have a chance to change pricing, we always make adjustments," said Mike Sievert, chief marketing officer at T-Mobile. "Some are going up. Some are going down. Each and every one is going to zero down."

The promotion follows the introduction of new upgrade plans at three of the four national wireless carriers. T-Mobile started the wave about two weeks ago with its $10-a-month Jump program. For that fee, you get insurance to cover loss and damage and the right to upgrade up to twice a year. You pay a new down payment for the new phone when you upgrade, but remaining installments on the old phone are waived. As a result, it can cost you hundreds of dollars more than keeping the same phone the entire two years.

T-Mobile's elimination of down payments is part of a limited-time promotion. T-Mobile hasn't announced an end date, but Sievert described it as a "summer promotion." That means down payments are likely to return by the time the first of the Jump participants will be eligible to upgrade, six months from when they first sign up, or next January at the earliest.

Under AT&T Inc.'s Next and Verizon Wireless' Edge upgrade programs, customers pay the full retail prices for phones over 20 or 24 months, instead of the traditional way of paying just $200 up front. Unlike T-Mobile, however, neither has reduced the service fee component of phone bills, meaning customers effectively pay for the same phone twice. There's no additional monthly fee, but there's no insurance, either.

Even though Next and Edge require customers to pay more overall for phones, both waive the down payment and make T-Mobile look bad in charging it. Sievert said T-Mobile's zero-down promotion is a direct response to that perception.

The promotion applies to phones bought through T-Mobile's website, over the phone or at its retail stores. It doesn't apply to phones bought through resellers and other retailers, such as Sony's store for the Xperia Z.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/t-mobile-nixes-down-payments-151227918.html

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Retailer group seeks remedies - The Nation

The association's members now look for only a 9-per-cent increase in business, down from its 12-per-cent estimate from early this year, due to the squeeze in consumer purchasing power from payments on car loans as well as other car-related expenses, said Busaba Chirathivat, president of the association.

1. The government should act immediately to ease the cost of living by keeping prices of necessities such as food, fuel and fares unchanged.

2. It must enact measures to support retailers strongly in expanding both at home and overseas. This will help boost the overall economy.

3. The government should come up with a clear strategy to lead retailers into the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) in 2015. Thousands of suppliers could benefit greatly from this regional integration.

4. The government should designate the Board of Investment as the focal point for investors in dealing with various government agencies in ASEAN and provide a one-stop service like the Japan External Trade Organisation (Jetro) to help Thai retailers capitalise on the AEC.

5. It should promote cross-border trade by opening more checkpoints and making it more convenient for Thai investors and traders to operate in each country.

6. It should make an intense effort to restore consumer confidence as fast as possible to create a more conducive investment and consumption atmosphere.

7. The government should hurry up approvals for the Bt350-billion flood-management programme so that money will come into the economy.

8. It should facilitate the Government Savings Bank and Small and Medium Enterprise Development Bank in providing fast-track liquidity to grass-roots businesses and new entrepreneurs.

9. The government should push for sustainable tourism growth by lowering import duties on luxury brands of apparel, leather and footwear, cosmetics and fragrances to 0-5 per cent. Then foreign tourists would spend more money here instead of in other countries.

According to Switzerland-based shopping-tourism company Global Blue, Thai tourist shopping for duty-free products in Europe increased by 56 per cent in January, 18 per cent in February and 38 per cent in March.

Tourist spending in Thailand could jump by 20 per cent this year with a record 12 million visitor arrivals in the first half.

Supercentres, convenience stores and department stores are expected to be the group feeling the most pain from the sluggishness in retail consumption. First-half growth in supercentre sales was 7 per cent compared with 2012 growth of 10 per cent. Convenience-store growth was 12 per cent, down from 18 per cent, and department-store growth was 7.5 per cent, down from 12 per cent.

Supercentres and convenience stores generate the highest sales volume, so when their growth tapers, they impede the performance of the whole industry.

Faith in stimulus

At the beginning of 2013, almost all organisations predicted gross domestic product growing at about 5.5-6.0 per cent this year, while the Thai Retailers Association was figuring on 12-per-cent growth for the retail industry out of confidence in the government's economic stimulus schemes worth between Bt500 million and Bt600 million, which were in addition to the annual budget.

However, government spending appears not to be as effective at stimulating consumption as expected. Retail and wholesale business growth in the first half declined by 3-4 percentage points from the forecast of 12 per cent. The loss in consumption was more than Bt1.2 billion or about 1-2 per cent of GDP.

The Retailers Association calls for the government to consider additional approaches, besides monetary policy (interest rate) and fiscal policy (income-tax reduction) to boost economic growth in the second half. Every business is tending to grow slowly, except cross-border trade and tourism.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/business/Retailer-group-seeks-remedies-30211185.html

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Burglars steal from tornado victims' storage unit in Norman

TORNADO VICTIMS WHO LOST NEARLY EVERYTHING ON MAY 20TH BECOME VICTIMS ALL OVER AGAIN. BURGLARS STOLE SOME FAMILY TREASURES FROM A STORAGE UNIT IN NORMAN...AND NOW THE FAMILY IS BEGGING TO GET THOSE BACK. NEW AT 6 KOCO'S PATTI MOON HAS THE STORY. Sequence...opening locker THE MAYHLE FAMILY OPENED UP THEIR LOCKER ON WEDNESDAY...ONLY TO FIND BURGLARS HAD NEARLY EMPTIED IT OUT. CLIP 200:41: The part that they broke into. They actually cut the metal and broke that and broke in. KRISTY JONES SHOWED US THESE PICTURES. HER MOTHER AND SISTER LIVED IN A 3 BEDROOM HOME NEAR BRIARWOOD ELEMENTARY...BUT AFTER THE MAY 20TH TORNADO ...THIS IS ALL THAT WAS LEFT. CLIP 302:34: We were so thankful to get some things out because when we got there, we didn't think there was going to be anything left. TWO TRUNKS...A BLUE ONE AND BLACK ONE... THAT LOOK JUST LIKE THIS MIRACULOUSLY STAYED IN TACT. INSIDE THEM WERE IRREPLACEABLE FAMILY TREASURES. CLIP 303:03: My sister had her baby book and her going home outfit and all her birthday cards growing up. Just all her childhood mementos were in these trunks. THE ITEMS HAVE NO CASH VALUE...BUT KRISTY SAYS THEY MEAN EVERYTHING TO HER FAMILY. CLIP 303:54: It's just not fair. It's not fair. It's disgusting. It absolutely disgusts me that somebody could do this to victims who have lost so much. The Mayhle family is hoping that whoever has their trunks returns them either to this American Self Storage in Norman or to our television station no questions asked. They say they just want to be reunited with the precious family mementos. R in Norman, PM, KOCO 5 News. THE FAMILY ISN'T ALONE... ANOTHER UNIT WAS ALSO BROKEN INTO AT THE SAME FACILITY. JONES SAYS HER FAMILY FILED A POLICE REPORT, BUT SO FAR OFFICERS DO NOT HAVE ANY SUSPECTS.

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