Morning - iPad 2 Tastic! Video not so though.....

Hi there Forum!

My wife got a new iPad 2 16GB for Xmas as a gift, and is enjoying it greatly .

However, there is an annoyance with video playback that neither she or I can figure out, and I'd be grateful for advice / solutions. I've had a hunt around, but can't find any relevant posts, so here's my first (re)post.

She has installed BBC iPlayer for iPad, to watch (amongst other things EastEnders - sigh), and was midway through the New Years day episode when the video started cutting out. It would play for a few minutes or a few seconds - then the video would cut out but the audio would continue. To continue, she'd have to stop, close the app, rewind, then replay the video to get the video stream back again. It happens with EastEnders, but other shows on iPlayer as well. Apparently, it also happens when she views iPlayer from within Safari on her iPad (same issue), but not when she uses iPlayer in Safari on her MacBook. Apparently, video also drops on her dad's iPad 1 (same issue). What's annoying is it's not a definable period before the video cuts out, sometimes it's literally a few seconds, other times we watched 45mins of Great Expectations before the video dropped out.

What I have done to address this? Here's the list:
- Updated all the apps to latest versions.
- Restarted the iPad several times.
- Disabled the auto-sleep and auto-lock options in settings.
- Changed the iPlayer video quality to SD from HQ.
- Set the iPad to connect to both our protected wifi networks (MAC access control).
- (There is plenty of bandwidth on our network available - we have 8GB broadband).

Any thoughts on what to do about this? Surely iPlayer on iPad is able to stream without video dropping? Happy to try other suggestions and report back.
Many thanks for any advice in advance.
Cheers.
Jeremy. (husband of iPad owner)

Source: http://www.ipadforums.net/new-member-introductions-site-assistance/59546-morning-ipad-2-tastic-video-not-so-though.html

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Theme Parks in Japan

There are many fun amusement parks and theme parks across Japan. Below is a list of popular ones to visit. They are listed in alphabetical order.

_{All information on this page is subject to change.}

Edo Wonderland (Nikko Edomura)

It recreates the streets and buildings of the Edo era.
Address: 470-2 Karakura Nikko-city, Tochigi
Access: About 20 minutes by bus from Tobu Kinugawa Onsen Station.

Fuji Q Highland

It's a popular amusement park which features many thrilling rides. It's located at the foot of Mt. Fuji near Lake Kawaguchi.
Location: 5-6-1 Shin-Nishihara Fujiyoshida-city Yamanashi Prefecture
Access: Fuji Kyuko Line Fujikyu Highland Station

Nagasaki Huis Ten Bosch

It recreates medieval towns of Holland with canals running through the park and is filled with flowers throughout the year. It offers entertainment attractions, restaurants, shops, museums, hotels, and more.
Location: Sasebo-city, Nagasaki
Access: JR Omura Line Huis Ten Bosch Station

Nagashima Spaland

It's a fun amusement park located in Nagashima Resort which consists of hotels, hot springs, sport facilities, and lots more.
Address: Nagashima-cho Urayasu Kuwana-city, Mie
Access: 20 minutes by Mie Kotsu bus from JR Kuwana Station to Nagashima onsen

Shima Spain Village PARQUE ESPA?A

Shima Spain Village is a large resort consists of a Spanish-themed park called Parque Espa?a, hotels, and a hot spring facility.
Address: Sakazaki Isobe-cho Shima-city, Mie
Access: Take 13 minutes by bus from Kintetsu Shima Line Ugata Station to Shima Spain Village.

Space World

It's a space-themed amusement park.
Address: 4-1-1 Higashida Yahata-Higashi-ku Kitakyushu-city, Fukuoka
Access: JR Kagoshima Honsen Line Space World Station

Tobu World Square

It consists of many miniaturized versions of well-known buildings from around the world.
Address: Kinugawa Onsen Ohara Nikko-city, Tochigi
Access: 5 minutes by bus from Tofu Line Kinugawa Onsen Station

Tokyo Disneyland

It's located right outside of Tokyo. Tokyo Disneyland is filled with people throughout the year.
Location: Tokyo Disney Resort
Maihama Urayasu-city, Chiba
Access: JR Keiyo Line Maihama Station

Tokyo DisneySea

Tokyo DisneySea is located right next to Tokyo Disneyland. It consists of seven theme ports, presenting stories of the ocean for the guests.

Location: Tokyo Disney Resort
Maihama Urayasu-city, Chiba
Access: From JR Keiyo Line Maihama Station, take the Disnay Resort Line to Tokyo DisneySea Station.

Universal Studios Japan

It opened in 2001 as the first Universal Studios outside the US. It's located in Osaka. The park features fun rides, show attractions, theater-style attractions, and more.
Location: 2-1-33 Sakurajima Konohana-ku, Osaka-city
Access: JR Yumesaki Line Universal City Station

Source: http://gojapan.about.com/od/themeparksinjapan/tp/aatp_themeparks.htm

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East Nigeria clashes kill at least 50: state government (Reuters)

ONITSHA (Reuters) ? Clashes between rival ethnic groups in eastern Nigeria's Ebonyi state on Saturday killed at least 50 people, the state government spokesman said, and police said mobile units had been sent to the state to quell the violence.

The clashes erupted from a long running rivalry between the Ezza and Ezilo people of Ishielu district that periodically flares up.

There was no suggestion it had anything to do with wider security problems in the country stemming from a violent Islamist insurgency that set off a wave of deadly bombs on Christmas Day.

But they are likely to add to President Goodluck Jonathan's mounting security woes at a time when his forces are stretched.

"Up to 60 people died in the violence. It is difficult to give the exact figure because when we visited Ezilo community, which was the scene of the incident today ... villagers were still bringing out corpses," Ebonyi state spokesman Onyekachi Eni told Reuters by telephone. "Fifty corpses were shown to us."

Violent disputes over land are common in Africa's most populous country because the majority of its 160 million people are subsistence farmers living in rural areas with few means of arbitrating disputes.

Hundreds of people are killed every year in such clashes, many going unreported because of a lack of reliable information about them.

State Commissioner of Police Adeola Adeniji said the divisional crime officer for the area was killed in the violence. "Mobile police have been sent there and the inspector general has directed more to come," Adeniji said.

Chioma Oke, an Ezilo who survived the clashes, said they started around 5 a.m.

"We heard sporadic gunshots and we began to run. They burned our houses. They said they were retaliating for an attack on them last year," she said.

(Reporting by Anamesere Igboeroteonwu; Writing by Tim Cocks; Editing by Alison Williams)

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Mubarak trial resumes amid acquittal speculation (AP)

CAIRO ? The trial of Hosni Mubarak resumed on Monday amid speculation that a recent acquittal of policemen tried for killing Egyptian protesters could be a prelude to the dismissal of charges against the ousted leader.

Mubarak faces charges of complicity in the killing of more than 800 protesters during last year's uprising that toppled his 29-year regime.

The 83-year-old ailing Mubarak was brought by helicopter to the Cairo courthouse from a hospital where he is held in custody. He was then taken into the defendants' cage on a gurney, wearing dark sunglasses and covered by a green blanket.

Another Cairo court on Thursday acquitted five policemen of charges of killing five protesters during the Jan. 25-Feb. 11 uprising in the capital's district of el-Sayedah Zeinab. The court said three of the defendants were not at the site of the killings while the other two fired against protesters in self defense.

The ruling angered families of the victims. Activists demanded that the killers be brought to justice and complained that similar cases are languishing in courts in several Egyptian cities.

On trial with Mubarak are his two sons, Gamal, his one-time heir apparent, and Alaa, along with the ousted leader's former security chief and six top police commanders. The Mubaraks face additional corruption charges in the same case.

The trial began Aug. 3 but has since been bogged down in procedural matters, including a demand by lawyers for the victims that the presiding judge, Ahmed Rifaat, be removed. That request alone took a separate court about three months to rule on.

The acquittal of the police officers in el-Sayedah Zeinab and the relatively long time the Mubarak trial is taking before even starting to deal with the core of the charges against him have led many activists to brand the proceedings a farce, organized by the generals who took over power when the longtime leader was ousted.

The generals are led by Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, Mubarak's defense minister for the last 20 years he spent in office.

The activists believe the generals remain beholden to the Mubarak regime, and only placed the former president and his two sons under arrest after mounting pressure by protesters. The Mubaraks were arrested in April, two months after the ouster of the regime. Activists believe this was long enough for the three to conceal evidence of their alleged involvement in either the killings or corruption.

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San Diego spoils Oakland's playoff dreams

Chargers' 38-26 win gives Denver AFC West title and postseason berth

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Shaun Phillips tackles Oakland receiver Denarius Moore.

By JOSH DUBOW

updated 7:39 p.m. ET Jan. 1, 2012

OAKLAND, Calif. - For all the talk about what it would take to send Oakland to the playoffs, the Raiders were unable to accomplish the one part they could control.

Philip Rivers threw three touchdown passes and Richard Goodman returned a kickoff 105 yards for another score as the San Diego Chargers ended Oakland's playoff hopes by beating the Raiders 38-26 on Sunday.

The Raiders (8-8) went into the final day of the season needing to win and get help to end an eight-year playoff drought. They got the assistance they needed when Denver (8-8) lost 7-3 at home to Kansas City but were unable to do their part by beating the Chargers (8-8). The Broncos won the division based on record versus common opponents.

The Chargers could only celebrate playing the role of spoiler in what may have been coach Norv Turner's final game in San Diego. If this was his last game, he ended his tenure with an offensive masterpiece as San Diego did not punt, committed just one turnover and gained 463 yards.

Rivers completed 19 for 26 passes for 310 yards and was at his best on a key drive in the fourth quarter after Oakland cut San Diego's lead to 31-26 with 9:37 to go.

After Goodman mishandled the kickoff to force the Chargers to start from inside their 1, Rivers completed a 20-yard to Malcom Floyd, Mike Tolbert ran for 40 yards and Rivers threw a 43-yard TD pass to Floyd to make it a two-score game.

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Antoine Cason then intercepted Carson Palmer with 4:36 to go at the San Diego 20 to seal the victory for the Chargers and provide a disappointing finish to what had been a promising season for the Raiders.

Oakland seemed in control in the AFC West after beating Chicago 25-20 on Nov. 27 to improve to 7-4. But they lost four of their final five games, including squandering a late 13-point lead at home to Detroit two weeks ago to finish out of the postseason for the ninth straight year.

Palmer, brought in at midseason after starter Jason Campbell broke his collarbone, delivered the kind of performance the Raiders expected, throwing for 417 yards and two touchdowns.

But Oakland had to settle for four field goals by Sebastian Janikowski, mismanaged the clock late in the first half and could never stop Rivers and the Chargers offense.

The Raiders did set single-season records for penalties and yards penalized by committing eight for 64 yards. That gave them 163 for 1,358 yards, surpassing the totals of 158 for 1,304 set by the 1998 Chiefs. The record-setting penalty was a hold by Rock Cartwright on the opening kick of the second half.

The day got off to a bad start for the Raiders, who were eliminated from the wild-card chase when Tennessee held on to beat Houston 23-22 and the New York Jets lost 19-17 at Miami. But there were no score updates given all day at the Coliseum as Raiders coach Hue Jackson wanted his team to keep focused on the task at hand.

The game started off well as Oakland drove 95 yards on its first possession to score on Palmer's 3-yard TD pass to Darrius Heyward-Bey. The drive was aided by a pair of personal fouls against San Diego, including one that got San Diego's leading sacker Antwan Barnes ejected for unsportsmanlike conduct.

But Oakland then allowed a 38-yard TD pass from Rivers to Antonio Gates, a 1-yard run by Tolbert after a pass interference call in the end zone against Stanford Routt tied the single-season penalty record and Goodman's return.

The Raiders trailed 24-13 at the break, missing a chance at points in the closing seconds when they completed a 6-yard pass to Louis Murphy inbounds with 8 seconds and were unable to stop the clock.

? 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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Ravens' win also boosts Bengals

??Ray Rice ran Baltimore to a 24-16 victory over Cincinnati and clinched the No. 2 seed in the playoffs, but the Bengals also got into the postseason thanks to other teams' losses.

Steelers escape against Browns

??Isaac Redman replaced an injured Rashard Mendenhall and ran for a touchdown as Pittsburgh limped into the AFC playoffs with a 13-9 win Sunday over Cleveland, the Steelers' 16th victory in 17 games against the Browns.

Source: http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/45843313/ns/sports-nfl/

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Nuclear energy, 2011: ?The year of Fukushima?

Nuclear energy, 2011: ?The year of Fukushima?

December 31st, 2011, 12:00 am ? ? posted by Teri Sforza, Register staff writer

The tragedy at Japan?s crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant dashed hopes for a nuclear renaissance.

In America, there has been bitter conflict at the highest levels of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission -- the folks charged with keeping disaster at bay.

In California, signatures are being gathered for an initiative that would?effectively?shut down the San Onofre and Diablo Canyon plants.

The city of San Clemente is seeking partners in its quest to get decades? worth of spent nuclear fuel out of its back yard.

But the federal government has approved a new reactor design for American plants, and industry officials feel the future is bright.

We?re going to bring you views of the future of nuclear power, both from the nuclear industry?s standpoint (Saturday), and from the standpoint of those opposed to nuclear power (Sunday).

?For the nuclear energy industry, 2011 will be remembered as the year of Fukushima,? says the year-end review from the?Nuclear Energy Institute,?an industry trade group. ?The combination of a powerful earthquake and a massive tsunami that overwhelmed the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear energy facility was a significant event for our industry. Although a similar event in the United States is highly unlikely, the experience raised questions about the safety of U.S. nuclear energy facilities in the face of extreme events. It also caused some countries to rethink their energy strategies. The industry is compiling lessons learned from Japan that will have a lasting impact on our industry?s approach to safety worldwide. But while some nuclear energy critics predicted that Fukushima would signal a pivotal shift away from nuclear energy, it has not happened. Here is a snapshot of the situation in Japan and the state of America?s industry as we look toward 2012.?

Despite European nations backing away from nuclear power, the global outlook for nuclear energy remains strong, the NEI says:?There are?63 new nuclear plants under construction?in 14 countries, and 152 new reactors on order or planned.

The International Energy Agency?s?World Energy Outlook?projects a 70 percent increase in nuclear energy generation by 2035, led by China, Korea and India; and warns that decreased use of nuclear energy would raise the cost of electricity globally and virtually foil any attempt to contain carbon dioxide emissions.

Here?s the rest of the wrap-up from the NEI:

Fukushima Daiichi

• Reactors 1-4 have been stabilized with all four in a cold shutdown condition (i.e., reactor coolant system below boiling point and no longer releasing significant amounts of radiation). Reactors 5 and 6, which were not significantly damaged, have been in cold shutdown mode since March 20. Tokyo Electric Power Co. plans to decommission reactors 1-4 and will provide compensation to those affected.
• Eighty thousand people who were relocated or evacuated have been unable to return to their homes. Radiological testing indicates that the radiation dose to people near the power station has been relatively low. Of the nearly 200,000 people who were checked for radioactive contamination, 102 were found to exceed the screening level. After decontamination, none exceeded the screening level.

U.S. Response to the Fukushima Accident

• In the weeks immediately following the accident, U.S. nuclear energy facilities verified their readiness?via site inspections, procedural reviews and training programs?to safely respond to extreme events, regardless of their cause.
• U.S. industry also established The Way Forward framework to coordinate and integrate response activities industrywide. The executive-level committee, which includes representatives from the Nuclear Energy Institute, Electric Power Research Institute, Institute of Nuclear Power Operations, senior electric utility executives and reactor vendors, is overseeing ongoing activities to apply lessons learned from Japan.
• Based on separate analyses of the events in Japan, the U.S. nuclear energy industry and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission identified near-term priorities for U.S. facilities that are generally aligned. Key actions include an enhanced ability to cope with an extended loss of AC power at the site and improved monitoring of water levels in used fuel pools. The industry has proposed to the NRC a flexible and diverse strategy to implement key recommendations that is designed to achieve a greater safety benefit quicker.

Other U.S. Developments

• U.S. nuclear energy facilities responded well to a number of natural challenges, including the Aug. 23 earthquake centered only miles from the North Anna power station, Hurricane Irene, record flooding in Nebraska and tornadoes in the Southeast.
• The NRC approved operating license renewal applications for 10 reactors after reviews that ranged from 22 months to more than five years. The 10 reactors have a combined electric generating capacity of 6,700 megawatts.
• Electric generating capacity uprates at four reactors were approved by the NRC. The uprates will increase the industry?s electric generating capacity by 208 megawatts. Uprates providing an additional 1,145 megawatts of electric capacity?the equivalent of a new reactor?have been approved by the NRC over the past five years.
• The industry made steady progress toward the construction of new nuclear energy facilities. NRC approval of Westinghouse?s application for certification of its advanced-design AP 1000 reactor is expected within weeks. Similarly, the NRC is expected to finalize by early 2012 its review of construction and operating licenses for two sites in Georgia and South Carolina where electric utilities are preparing to build four AP 1000 reactors that will commence operations later this decade. The final safety evaluation reports for the Plant Vogtle expansion in Georgia and the V.C. Summer expansion in South Carolina were issued by the NRC in August.
• The NRC in October issued a license to AREVA Enrichment Services LLC to build and operate a gas centrifuge uranium enrichment facility in eastern Idaho. Approval followed a 34-month review.
• The Tennessee Valley Authority made continued progress on construction of the Watts Bar Unit 2 reactor in eastern Tennessee, where 3,500 workers are on site. Project completion is expected in 2013.
• The Blue Ribbon Commission on America?s Nuclear Future in July released its draft report of recommendations on future management of used nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. Key recommendations include: establishment of one or more consolidated interim storage facilities for used nuclear fuel; development of a permanent underground repository for commercial used fuel and high-level radioactive waste from U.S. defense programs; creation of a new management organization that will assume the U.S. Department of Energy?s role in managing this material; and legislation providing full access to Nuclear Waste Fund revenues of more than $800 million per year.
• Capping several years of development that included pilot projects at four plant sites, the industry in October began implementing at all sites an initiative designed to help sustain operational focus on safety by standardizing a program to assess and implement practices that foster an enduring safety culture. The industry?s chief nuclear officers approved implementation of the safety culture initiative in December 2010.

The Global Outlook for Nuclear Energy

• There are 63 new nuclear plants under construction in 14 countries, and 152 new reactors on order or planned.
• NEI in December commented on the U.S. Department of Energy?s Part 810 regulation governing the export of nuclear energy technology. Modification of the regulation to provide U.S. suppliers greater access to the expanding global marketplace, estimated at $500 billion to 740 billion over the next 10 years, is an industry priority.

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