Mexico Aztec headdress could go home from Austria. 27 April 2012Last updated at 22:53 ET Details of any loan need to be finalised, including how to protect the fragile quetzal feathers in transit A headdress said to have been worn by an Aztec emperor could temporarily go back to Mexico from Austria after the Mexican Senate changed its rules. The headdress is believed to be a gift from Moctezuma to 16th Century Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes. It is made of quetzal and other feathers mounted on a base of gold studded with precious stones. Mexico usually sees pre-Conquest relics as national property, and if returned must stay in the country. After agreeing to the change of rules, the headdress could be returned on an extended loan from the museum in Vienna where it is currently on display.
The amendments approved by the senate would allow for temporary loans, while acknowledging Austria's ownership rights. Fragile feathers It is thought Cortes sent it to the Spanish king in Europe. Top 10 Most Popular Stories over the Past Week. Maintain your brain: The secrets to aging success. Aging may seem unavoidable, but that's not necessarily so when it comes to the brain. So say researchers in the April 27th issue of the Cell Press journal Trends in Cognitive Sciences based on counterintuitive evidence that it is what you do in old age that matters when it comes to maintaining a youthful brain rather than what you did earlier in life. "Although some memory functions do tend to decline as we get older, several elderly show well-preserved functioning and this is related to a well-preserved, youth-like brain," says Lars Nyberg, Professor of Neuroscience at Umeå University in Sweden.
Education won't save your brain -- PhDs are as likely as high school dropouts to experience memory loss with old age, the researchers say. Don't count on your job either. "There is quite solid evidence that staying physically and mentally active is a way towards brain maintenance," Nyberg says. Elderly people generally do have more trouble remembering meetings or names, Nyberg says. Pirate Party Presents ACTA Alternative to European Parliament. Pirate Party MEP Christian Engstrom and the Pirate movement's founder Rick Falkvinge presented their views on copyright reform to the European Parliament this week. The Pirates want to bust the myth that their ideas only center around legalizing file-sharing and offer what they see as sensible alternatives to draconian legislation such as ACTA and SOPA. “Today’s copyright legislation is out of balance, and out of tune with the times. It has turned an entire generation of young people into criminals in the eyes of the law, in a futile attempt at stopping technological development.”
These are the first words of a new book that two Pirate Party icons shared with all members of the European Parliament this week. In a time where copyright laws increasingly violate basic human rights, Pirate Party MEP Christian Engstrom and Rick Falkvinge want to break this trend. In the early years the Pirate Party was often jokingly characterized as a bunch of spotty nerds who simply want free stuff. 3 dead, 1 missing in mishap during California yacht race. April 27, 2012: Boats tack for position before the start of the Newport Ocean Sailing Association's Newport to Ensenada yacht race.AP A yacht racing off the coasts of California and Mexico apparently collided with a much larger vessel, killing three crew members and leaving one missing, a sailing organization said early Sunday.
The Newport Ocean Sailing Association was hosting the 125-mile Newport, California to Ensenada, Mexico yacht race when the collision occurred late Friday or early Saturday several miles off the coast near the border. "An investigation was continuing, but it appeared the damage was not inflicted by an explosion but by a collision with a ship much larger than the 37-foot vessel," association spokesman Rich Roberts said in a news release early Sunday. Three crew members of a sailboat were found dead and a search was under way early Sunday for a fourth, in the state's second ocean racing tragedy this month. Bill banning employer Facebook snooping introduced in Congress. Two members of Congress have introduced a bill that would ban the practice of requiring job applicants, employees or students to provide their social networking information.
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UK Court Bars 51.5 Million People From Accessing The Pirate Bay. If you're an Internet user in the United Kingdom, you're about to be in for a surprise when you try to access file-sharing website The Pirate Bay: nothingness. The UK High Court has ruled that the country's Internet Service Providers (ISPs) must block their users from accessing the Swedish site, according to the BBC. Sky, Everything Everywhere, TalkTalk, O2 and Virgin Media — the UK's top ISPs — are all under order to block users' access to The Pirate Bay. Based on 2009 figures, this means that roughly 51.5 million internet users in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will be affected by the ruling.
The Pirate Bay is a longstanding and controversial website which hosts "magnet links" that allow users to find files being shared by others across the web. It launched in 2003 and has since been the target of numerous copyright infringement lawsuits. Many of the sites users share pirated music, movies and software. Do you live in one of the areas affected by the ruling? Made in America: Semiconductor Company Brings Jobs, Training to N.Y. Town. <br/><a href=" US News</a> | <a href=" Business News</a> Copy When Global Foundries was seeking a home for its new $7 billion factory, it skipped over Germany and Singapore, where it already has facilities, and settled on the small town of Malta in upstate New York.
"We got a call from folks in New York who had been investing in infrastructure and workforce and everything," said Travis Bullard, a spokesman for the company, which is 100 percent owned by ATIC of Abu Dhabi. "We came up and looked at a few sites around New York and ultimately decided to build here. " Now the semiconductor-making site employs about 1,300 people, with plans to reach 1,600 by the end of the year. "These machines, our technicians, are doing extremely advanced manufacturing work," he said about the process of making silicon wafers.
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Bless those of you who are—and damn those of you who are immune to hangovers altogether! Apparently you exist, and you are lucky. But while I am working on my to-don't list (new rule: don't drink before dinner), I've also concluded that the only thing worse than a hangover is the guilt and self-loathing that can come with it. And where does that take most of us? Got any to add? Have some miso soup with your eggs. Take a handful of omega 3s—and then repeat. Drink kombucha tea. Have sex or just a good cuddle. Get some body work. Try some hydrotherapy. Do some exercise—but just a little bit! Have a banana/blueberry/kale/lemon smoothie. Drink coconut water from a coconut. Enjoy your hangover.