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U.S. Navy Captures 5 Pirates After Gun Battle in Indian Ocean

The USS Nicholas reported taking fire from a suspected pirate skiff and the returned fire before pursuing it and eventually disabling it.

Suspected Somali pirates fired on a U.S. Navy warship off East Africa early Thursday in what appeared to be a ransom-seeking attack on an American guided missile frigate, the officials said.

The USS Nicholas returned fire on the pirate skiff, sinking it and confiscating a nearby mothership. The Navy took five pirates into custody, said Navy Lt. Patrick Foughty, a spokesman. International naval forces have stepped up their enforcement of the waters off East Africa in an effort to thwart a growing pirate trade.

Last May, pirates chased a U.S. Navy warship and fired small arms fire at it. The ship, which had recently served as a prison for captured pirates, increased speed and evaded the attack. French and Dutch naval ships also have been attacked by pirates, said Roger Middleton, a piracy expert at the British think tank Chatham House.

“If you think of the kind of young men who are doing this, they go out into the middle of the ocean in a tiny boat. They might not always make rational decisions, and they often attack things that are bigger than they should (attack),” said Middleton. “It’s also quite possible that they don’t have a full understanding of the targets they are attacking. Perhaps they just see a big ship they think is a worth a lot of money,” he said.

Thursday’s attack came just shy of a year since pirates attacked the U.S.-flagged Maersk Alabama and took American Richard Phillips hostage. Phillips was rescued five days later when Navy SEAL snipers shot three pirates in a lifeboat.

The U.S. Africa Command said the five pirates seized Thursday would remain in U.S. custody on board the frigate for now. The Nicholas is home-ported in Norfolk, Va. Experts say piracy will continue to be a problem until an effective government is established on Somalia’s lawless shores. The country has not had a functioning government for 19 years.

Meanwhile, the Taiwan government said it fears a Taiwanese fishing boat may have been hijacked by pirates off the Somali coast. Officials lost contact with the 79-ton Jih-chun Tsai 68 fishing trawler on Wednesday.

uss nicholas

U.S. Navy Captures 5 Pirates After Gun Battle in Indian Ocean

The USS Nicholas reported taking fire from a suspected pirate skiff and the returned fire before pursuing it and eventually disabling it.

Suspected Somali pirates fired on a U.S. Navy warship off East Africa early Thursday in what appeared to be a ransom-seeking attack on an American guided missile frigate, the officials said.

The USS Nicholas returned fire on the pirate skiff, sinking it and confiscating a nearby mothership. The Navy took five pirates into custody, said Navy Lt. Patrick Foughty, a spokesman. International naval forces have stepped up their enforcement of the waters off East Africa in an effort to thwart a growing pirate trade.

Last May, pirates chased a U.S. Navy warship and fired small arms fire at it. The ship, which had recently served as a prison for captured pirates, increased speed and evaded the attack. French and Dutch naval ships also have been attacked by pirates, said Roger Middleton, a piracy expert at the British think tank Chatham House.

“If you think of the kind of young men who are doing this, they go out into the middle of the ocean in a tiny boat. They might not always make rational decisions, and they often attack things that are bigger than they should (attack),” said Middleton. “It’s also quite possible that they don’t have a full understanding of the targets they are attacking. Perhaps they just see a big ship they think is a worth a lot of money,” he said.

Thursday’s attack came just shy of a year since pirates attacked the U.S.-flagged Maersk Alabama and took American Richard Phillips hostage. Phillips was rescued five days later when Navy SEAL snipers shot three pirates in a lifeboat.

The U.S. Africa Command said the five pirates seized Thursday would remain in U.S. custody on board the frigate for now. The Nicholas is home-ported in Norfolk, Va. Experts say piracy will continue to be a problem until an effective government is established on Somalia’s lawless shores. The country has not had a functioning government for 19 years.

Meanwhile, the Taiwan government said it fears a Taiwanese fishing boat may have been hijacked by pirates off the Somali coast. Officials lost contact with the 79-ton Jih-chun Tsai 68 fishing trawler on Wednesday.

uss nicholas

U.S. Navy Captures 5 Pirates After Gun Battle in Indian Ocean

The USS Nicholas reported taking fire from a suspected pirate skiff and the returned fire before pursuing it and eventually disabling it.

Suspected Somali pirates fired on a U.S. Navy warship off East Africa early Thursday in what appeared to be a ransom-seeking attack on an American guided missile frigate, the officials said.

The USS Nicholas returned fire on the pirate skiff, sinking it and confiscating a nearby mothership. The Navy took five pirates into custody, said Navy Lt. Patrick Foughty, a spokesman. International naval forces have stepped up their enforcement of the waters off East Africa in an effort to thwart a growing pirate trade.

Last May, pirates chased a U.S. Navy warship and fired small arms fire at it. The ship, which had recently served as a prison for captured pirates, increased speed and evaded the attack. French and Dutch naval ships also have been attacked by pirates, said Roger Middleton, a piracy expert at the British think tank Chatham House.

“If you think of the kind of young men who are doing this, they go out into the middle of the ocean in a tiny boat. They might not always make rational decisions, and they often attack things that are bigger than they should (attack),” said Middleton. “It’s also quite possible that they don’t have a full understanding of the targets they are attacking. Perhaps they just see a big ship they think is a worth a lot of money,” he said.

Thursday’s attack came just shy of a year since pirates attacked the U.S.-flagged Maersk Alabama and took American Richard Phillips hostage. Phillips was rescued five days later when Navy SEAL snipers shot three pirates in a lifeboat.

The U.S. Africa Command said the five pirates seized Thursday would remain in U.S. custody on board the frigate for now. The Nicholas is home-ported in Norfolk, Va. Experts say piracy will continue to be a problem until an effective government is established on Somalia’s lawless shores. The country has not had a functioning government for 19 years.

Meanwhile, the Taiwan government said it fears a Taiwanese fishing boat may have been hijacked by pirates off the Somali coast. Officials lost contact with the 79-ton Jih-chun Tsai 68 fishing trawler on Wednesday.

Flux500 Winners!

We're extremely happy and delighted to all be members of the winning team of Flux500 2010! The University Of Bedfordshire beat close to 40 other UK universities for the title! As if the accolade and experience was not enough, we each pocketed a cool £500 (invaluable as students!) ;)

The 2011 website will be live soon: Flux500
The main sponser of the event was Experian, it was held at Nottingham Trent University and based around a business solution for Remploy.

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Download Miegakure Demo Video: 4D Puzzle Game For PC and Mac

Miegakure game is an online puzzling game, which is about exploring the fourth dimension to solve puzzles. The game is completely designed and programmed in 4D. It allows for four-dimensional movement at the press of a button one of the dimensions is exchanged with the fourth dimension, otherwise it plays like a regular three-dimensional plat former. This game is wonderful and a real brainteaser.

People can only perceive and move along three spatial dimensions, but are allowed by pressing a button to “swap” one regular dimension with the fourth, invisible dimension. To see inside closed objects, walk through walls, move objects from one dimension to another, hide under 3D shadows of 4D objects, and more, this ability can be used by protagonist. The mathematical concept’s Fourth dimension is made easier to understand by the games medium by being allowed to experience it first-hand, using trial and error, as opposed to being told about it.

For example if there is a wall in the shape of a circle around an object in 2D, it is essentially closed-off, since to reach it one would have to leave the 2D plane. It is also impossible for an outsider to know what is inside.

But us 3D beings can see the object from above, and also simply lift it off the ground to move it outside, essentially teleporting it. Now by analogy, a four-dimensional being could perform many similar miracles to us living in only three-dimensions. This game allows you to perform these "miracles."

Presently, the game is in development and is aimed to release in downloadable form for consoles and PC/Mac. However, there is no announced date and platform even there is no publicly released demo at this point.

How to link two rings without breaking them in four easy steps

Step 1: pull ring “up” into the 4th dimension
Step 2: Place ring directly “above” its desired position
Step 3: “Lower” Ring back “down” into original world
Step 4: Marvel

Video of Miegakure Online Game from youtube:

miegakure

Download Miegakure Demo Video: 4D Puzzle Game For PC and Mac

Miegakure game is an online puzzling game, which is about exploring the fourth dimension to solve puzzles. The game is completely designed and programmed in 4D. It allows for four-dimensional movement at the press of a button one of the dimensions is exchanged with the fourth dimension, otherwise it plays like a regular three-dimensional plat former. This game is wonderful and a real brainteaser.

People can only perceive and move along three spatial dimensions, but are allowed by pressing a button to “swap” one regular dimension with the fourth, invisible dimension. To see inside closed objects, walk through walls, move objects from one dimension to another, hide under 3D shadows of 4D objects, and more, this ability can be used by protagonist. The mathematical concept’s Fourth dimension is made easier to understand by the games medium by being allowed to experience it first-hand, using trial and error, as opposed to being told about it.

For example if there is a wall in the shape of a circle around an object in 2D, it is essentially closed-off, since to reach it one would have to leave the 2D plane. It is also impossible for an outsider to know what is inside.

But us 3D beings can see the object from above, and also simply lift it off the ground to move it outside, essentially teleporting it. Now by analogy, a four-dimensional being could perform many similar miracles to us living in only three-dimensions. This game allows you to perform these "miracles."

Presently, the game is in development and is aimed to release in downloadable form for consoles and PC/Mac. However, there is no announced date and platform even there is no publicly released demo at this point.

How to link two rings without breaking them in four easy steps

Step 1: pull ring “up” into the 4th dimension
Step 2: Place ring directly “above” its desired position
Step 3: “Lower” Ring back “down” into original world
Step 4: Marvel

Video of Miegakure Online Game from youtube:

miegakure

Download Miegakure Demo Video: 4D Puzzle Game For PC and Mac

Miegakure game is an online puzzling game, which is about exploring the fourth dimension to solve puzzles. The game is completely designed and programmed in 4D. It allows for four-dimensional movement at the press of a button one of the dimensions is exchanged with the fourth dimension, otherwise it plays like a regular three-dimensional plat former. This game is wonderful and a real brainteaser.

People can only perceive and move along three spatial dimensions, but are allowed by pressing a button to “swap” one regular dimension with the fourth, invisible dimension. To see inside closed objects, walk through walls, move objects from one dimension to another, hide under 3D shadows of 4D objects, and more, this ability can be used by protagonist. The mathematical concept’s Fourth dimension is made easier to understand by the games medium by being allowed to experience it first-hand, using trial and error, as opposed to being told about it.

For example if there is a wall in the shape of a circle around an object in 2D, it is essentially closed-off, since to reach it one would have to leave the 2D plane. It is also impossible for an outsider to know what is inside.

But us 3D beings can see the object from above, and also simply lift it off the ground to move it outside, essentially teleporting it. Now by analogy, a four-dimensional being could perform many similar miracles to us living in only three-dimensions. This game allows you to perform these "miracles."

Presently, the game is in development and is aimed to release in downloadable form for consoles and PC/Mac. However, there is no announced date and platform even there is no publicly released demo at this point.

How to link two rings without breaking them in four easy steps

Step 1: pull ring “up” into the 4th dimension
Step 2: Place ring directly “above” its desired position
Step 3: “Lower” Ring back “down” into original world
Step 4: Marvel

Video of Miegakure Online Game from youtube: