Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Neanderthals 'harvested feathers'

Our evolutionary cousins the Neanderthals were harvesting feathers from birds in order to use them as personal ornaments, a study suggests.

The authors say the result provides yet more evidence that Neanderthal thinking ability was similar to our own.

The analysis even suggests they had a preference for dark feathers, which they selected from birds of prey and corvids - such as ravens and rooks.

Details of the research appear in Plos One journal.

Numerous tribal peoples from history have also adorned themselves with feathers, and the authors stress that they are not suggesting we learned the practice from Neanderthals.

Feather ornamentation could in fact go back even further, to a common ancestor of modern humans and Neanderthals.

Clive Finlayson and Kimberly Brown from the Gibraltar Museum, along with colleagues from Spain, Canada and Belgium, examined a database of 1,699 ancient sites across Eurasia, comparing data on birds at locations used by humans with those that were not.

They found a clear association between raptor and corvid remains and sites that had been occupied by humans.

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They then looked more closely at bird bones found at Neanderthal sites in Gibraltar, including Gorham's and Vanguard cave, near the base of the rock: "The Neanderthals had cut through and marked the bones. But what were they cutting? We realised a lot of it was wing bones, particularly those holding large primary feathers," Prof Finlayson told BBC News.

Co-author Jordi Rosell, from Rovira i Virgili University in Tarragona, Spain, said: "We saw the cut-marks on bird bones at one cave, and then started seeing them in others. I think it's a common aspect to the caves in this rock."

Juan Jose Negro, director of the Donana Biological Station in Seville, Spain, who is another co-author, said: "The wings make up less than 20% of the weight of the body of those birds," adding, "there is no meat in the wings - they were not consuming these animals.

"The only explanation left is the use of those long feathers."

Not only this, but the ancient humans appeared to have a preference for birds with dark or black plumage. Species represented at the sites include ravens, crows, rooks, magpies, jackdaws, various types of eagle and vulture, red and black kites, kestrels and falcons.

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Speaking to me at this year's Calpe conference in Gibraltar, Prof Finlayson explained: "What all this suggests to us is that Neanderthals had the cognitive abilities to think in symbolic terms. The feathers were almost certainly being used for ornamental purposes, and this is a quite unbelievable thing to find."

For much of the last century, Neanderthals were portrayed as knuckle-dragging brutes, whose extinction some 30,000 years ago was the natural outcome of competing with a more intelligent, creative and resourceful human species - Homo sapiens.

In recent years, the Neanderthals - who lived across Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia in Pleistocene times - have come to be rehabilitated amid mounting evidence that their abilities had been underestimated.

"I think this is the tip of the iceberg," said Prof Finlayson: "It is showing that Neanderthals simply expressed themselves in media other than cave walls. The last bastion of defence in favour of our superiority was cognition."

Neanderthals, he said, may have been "different", but "their processes of thinking were obviously very similar".

Dr Negro cautioned that there was no way to tell how the feathers were put to use. But he observed: "Current uses of feathers typically involve the same species. If you think of the Plains Indians in North America, they put those feathers in headdresses and they are signalling. They are signalling power and status. Perhaps the Neanderthals were using feathers in the same way."

Asked how the ancient humans might have caught the birds, Clive Finlayson speculated: "It's possible that these birds were nesting near the caves. Some may have fallen, but there's too much of it to be a random collection of dead animals.

"It's possible the Neanderthals were climbing up the cliffs and collecting birds from nests. But a large proportion of these birds are scavengers.

"An intelligent hominid, aware of this - and who may have used vultures as an indication of food sources - could easily have found ways of ambushing vultures and eagles when they came down to carcasses."

Other evidence of symbolic behaviour in Neanderthals includes the discovery of ochre - used to paint their bodies - at archaeological sites in Europe and the Levant. Earlier this year, another team published evidence of the possible symbolic use of eagle claws by Neanderthals, although they might also have been using the items as tools.

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Risk of developing diabetes higher in neighborhoods that aren't walk-friendly

ScienceDaily (Sep. 17, 2012) ? Whether your neighbourhood is conducive to walking could determine your risk for developing diabetes, according to a new study by researchers at St. Michael's Hospital and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences.

Researchers found this risk was particularly high for new immigrants living in low-income neighbourhoods. A new immigrant living in a less walkable neighbourhood -- fewer destinations within a 10-minute walk, lower residential density, poorly connected streets -- was about 50 per cent more likely to develop diabetes when compared to long-term residents living in the most walkable areas, regardless of neighbourhood income.

"Although diabetes can be prevented through physical activity, healthy eating and weight loss, we found the environment in which one lives is also an important indicator for determining risk," said Dr. Gillian Booth, an endocrinologist and researcher at St. Michael's and lead author of the study published online in the journal Diabetes Care September 17.

For new immigrants, environment is an especially important factor as past research has shown an accelerated risk of obesity-related conditions including diabetes within the first 10 years of arrival to Canada, said Dr. Booth, who is also an adjunct scientist at ICES.

While diabetes is on the rise in Canada, the same trends are occurring globally, even in less industrialized countries. This is due in part to the move from rural to urban living in developing countries -- often associated with increased exposure to unhealthy foods, fewer opportunities for physical activity and a heightened risk of becoming obese and developing diabetes.

The study looked at data from the entire population of Toronto aged 30-64 -- more than 1 million people -- and identified those who didn't have diabetes. It then followed them for five years to see if their risk of developing diabetes increased based on where they live.

To determine which neighbourhoods were more conducive to walking, researchers developed an index looking at factors such as population density, street connectivity and the availability of walkable destinations such as retail stores and service within a 10-minute walk.

Dr. Booth said neighbourhoods that were the least walkable were often newly developed areas -- characterized by urban sprawl -- in part because of the reliance on cars caused by suburban design.

"Previous studies have looked at how walkable neighbourhoods affect health behaviour, but this is the first to look at the risk of developing a disease," said Dr. Booth.

Dr. Booth said the results emphasize the importance of neighbourhood design in influencing the health of urban populations.

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How much product information do consumers want?

ScienceDaily (Sep. 18, 2012) ? A study published online in the Journal of Consumer Research finds that people can differ widely on the level of detail makes them feel they understand something. In experiments, the very same explanations that some subjects required before they would pay top dollar seemed to drive down what others were willing to pay. The natural trick for a marketer would be to figure out which customers are which. The study does that, too.

"The fact is that people differ," said Steven Sloman, professor of cognitive, linguistic, and psychological sciences at Brown University and an author on the paper. "Your advertising, your marketing, and your understanding of people has to be guided by an appreciation of who you are talking to."

The particular difference that lead author Philip Fernbach, assistant professor of marketing at the University of Colorado-Boulder's Leeds School of Business, and Sloman focused on in a series of experiments was the inclination of people to consider details of how products work. Thoughtful "explanation fiends" became more motivated the more the product was explained. More intuitive "explanation foes" felt confident in their understanding when the explanation was superficial but deeper detail eroded that understanding and ultimately their willingness to pay for the product.

In an essential respect these different groups of consumers are actually the same, said Fernbach. Both kinds of consumers want to feel like they understand how a product works before it will gain their trust.

"The more they feel like they understand, the more they will be willing to pay for the product," he said. But the consumers differ sharply on the level of detail that makes them feel informed.

Testing the test

Each of the study's four experiments measured the subjects' tendency to deliberate before responding to a question with a simple, standard quiz called the Cognitive Reflection Test (CRT). The test asks three questions that have intuitive, but wrong, answers. The correct answer requires a little more thought. Fernbach and Sloman thought it might predict each subject's inclination to consider detail. Sure enough, in each experiment the CRT accurately predicted whether the subject would be an explanation fiend or foe.

The first experiment assessed how 127 people who were recruited online rated their understanding of four products as they read four different levels of detail about how the products worked, presented in random order. Then they took the CRT. A low score indicated an intuition-oriented person while a high score indicates someone who thinks deeply.

The result? CRT low-scorers rated their understanding as higher when presented with less detail. High scorers on the CRT said they understood best when they read the greatest level of detail.

"The effect of mechanistic detail on judged understanding was moderated by cognitive reflection," wrote the authors of the study, which began when Fernbach was a postdoctoral researcher in Sloman's group at Brown. In addition to Fernbach and Sloman, the study's other authors are Brown undergraduates Robert St. Louis and Julia Shube.

The second experiment assessed what level of detail would motivate 223 new online volunteers to pay for a premium product with a special feature, compared to a less expensive generic competitor without that feature. The level of explanatory detail for the premium feature varied.

Low CRT scorers were most motivated to buy the premium product when given superficial detail, while high scorers showed an increasing degree of preference for the premium product as the level of detail increased.

The third experiment confirmed that only details explaining how a product works are pertinent to the dichotomy between explanation fiends (CRT high scorers) and explanation foes (CRT low scorers).

The money experiment

For marketers of consumer products, including funders of the research at Unilever, the big question is whether any of this psychology matters to what people will pay. The last experiment found that it can make a big difference and helped explain why.

The researchers again presented subjects with products and explanations of how they worked, but this time they broke them into two groups. Some were shown only a shallow explanation of each of four products and then rated their understanding. Then they indicated what they'd be willing to pay.

The researchers asked the other group to do extra work. After showing the volunteers explanations of two products, they asked them to generate their own explanation, to re-evaluate their level of understanding, and then to say how much they'd be willing to pay. By asking those subjects to explicitly explain the products, the authors forced them to confront whether they really understood or only felt they did.

The idea that people often feel they understand things better than they really do is called "the illusion of explanatory depth." Fernbach and Sloman's hypothesis was that explanation foes are especially prone to this illusion, even after encountering only a superficial explanation. Forcing them to confront their lack of understanding would dispel it, ultimately undermining what they'd be willing to pay.

That's exactly what happened.

"Low CRT participants began with a high feeling of understanding, which was subsequently shattered when they attempted to explain," the authors wrote. "High CRT participants were more conservative initially [about their level of understanding] and their judgments did not change after explanation."

What did change was how much fiends and foes of explanation were willing to pay before and after they were asked to explain how the products worked. Averaged over the two products, foes dropped their prices from $8 to less than $6 after their illusions were shattered. Explanation fiends, however, raised what they were willing to pay to about $8.50 from less than $6 after being asked to explain the products.

Sloman said he was struck by how strongly explanation foes harbor illusions about their understanding.

"We were actually shocked by how powerfully the data came out, that the effect really is almost entirely carried by the low CRT scorers," he said. "The people who do think before they respond don't seem to suffer from this illusion."

Fernbach said the lesson from the study for marketers -- how to vary the level of detail for different customers -- is particularly important for companies seeking to introduce novel products.

Getting it right could make a real difference in what customers are willing to pay.

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Saturday, September 15, 2012

Grim factory sales darken Canada outlook

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian manufacturing sales dropped sharply in July on weakness across most industries, data showed on Friday in a troubling omen that analysts say may result in the economy failing to grow in that month.

Factory sales fell 1.5 percent in July from June versus market expectations of a 0.4 percent gain, dragged down mainly by a drop in sales of aerospace products, motor vehicles, and machinery, Statistics Canada said.

In volume terms, sales fell 2 percent in July.

"The decline in volumes will weigh on monthly industry gross domestic product. Though we require additional data to make a more accurate estimate, GDP may be hard-pressed to register growth," Mazen Issa, macro strategist at TD Securities, wrote in a note to clients.

"With weak foreign demand and a sub-trend rate of domestic economic growth expected to persist over the balance of the year, manufacturing activity will likely be subdued," he said.

Canada's economy recovered from the 2008-09 recession more quickly than that of the United States but the manufacturing sector remains weaker than its pre-recession peak because of slow demand from the sluggish U.S. economy and a strong currency.

Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney has been hinting that he'll hike interest rates if the economy continues to absorb excess slack, but the manufacturing and other data indicate the economy may not be strong enough to warrant such a move.

Overall 11 of 21 industries, representing 60 percent of total manufacturing, reported lower sales in July.

"A look at the details is even more discouraging," said Emanuella Enenajor, economist at CIBC World Markets, referring to declines in bellwether sectors such as autos, primary metals and machinery.

She said third-quarter growth could track below the Bank of Canada's estimate of an annualized 2 percent unless lost ground is made up in the rest of the quarter.

After four months of gains, the transportation sector contributed most to the July weakness with a 6.4 percent drop in sales. The aerospace product and parts sector was mainly to blame, registering a 22.1 percent slide in sales, while motor vehicles fell 3.2 percent.

Machinery sales also sank 2.4 percent.

The petroleum and coal products industry, among the largest in the survey by sales, reported flat sales in July.

Inventories bounced back from a dip in June, gaining 1 percent and the inventory-to-sales ratio -- a measure of how many months it would take to exhaust inventories at the current pace of sales -- rose to 1.36 from 1.32.

New orders for factory goods tumbled 5.6 percent, due largely to weak demand for aerospace products, which can swing dramatically from month to month, and unfilled orders decreased 1.2 percent.

(Reporting by Louise Egan and Alex Paterson,; Editing by Dave Zimmerman; and Peter Galloway)

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Portland Approves Adding Fluoride to Water by ?14

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Social and health policy melded as residents and elected officials debated whether adding fluoride to the city?s water reflected the liberal social goals that the city had become famous for.

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Google Fiber announces 180 qualified fiberhoods, sets approximate rollout schedule

As promised, the complete list of 180 (no more, no less) fiberhoods which qualified for Google Fiber service has been announced. With it, the approximate construction schedule has also been posted online, confirming Hanover Heights in Kansas (October) and Crown Center in Missouri (Spring 2013) will lead off the deployment for their respective areas. If you live in a qualifying area and have not signed up yet, you will be able to sign up or change plans when installations actually begin, which will be October 2nd in Hanover Heights. All of the info about Google's gigabit internet service and how to get it is at the blog and if you're still waffling, remember -- it has ESPN now.

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Thursday, September 13, 2012

Review: Reunion pic not as funny as advertised

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? A high-school reunion story that spreads attention among its high-profile cast members more evenly than the average film of this sort, Jamie Linden's "10 Years" is dedicated to the urge to believe that a single get-together can afford closure on everything from prom night disappointments to misguided life choices. More bittersweet than funny but not a downer overall, the pic has reasonable prospects with young viewers who haven't seen many of its thematic ancestors.

Linden's script spreads the subplots around heavily, the movie's main identification is with Jake (Channing Tatum, who just so happens to be a producer), who loves girlfriend Jess (Tatum's wife, Jenna Dewan-Tatum) but can't decide when to pop the question. Bringing Jess along to his 10-year reunion, he's flustered to see high school sweetheart Mary (Rosario Dawson) and the husband (Ron Livingston) he didn't know she had.

Buzzing around Jake in a flurry of "so good to see you!"s are old classmates who became rock stars (Oscar Isaac), moved to the big city (Justin Long), or simply decided to grow up and stop bullying nerds (Chris Pratt, helped by unusually tolerant wife Ari Graynor). As usual with a large ensemble, recounting the subplots (and even the characters) would take a while, but only a couple of key cast members get lost in the shuffle (sorry, Anthony Mackie).

Among the more successful through-lines is a second-chance courtship between Isaac's rock star and the only girl at the reunion (Kate Mara), who isn't fawning over him, and, it turns out, has never even heard his hit song. Among the least pleasing is one in which Pratt tries to make amends with every nerd he ever belittled, winds up making them deeply uncomfortable, and eventually drinks himself into a full reversion to jerk mode. If anybody could keep this ball rolling, it's Pratt, who in previous roles has trained viewers to love him despite many faults. Though we're with Pratt for a while, Linden soon forces him to be more of a boor than we can take.

It wouldn't be a party without some drunken unpleasantness, of course. And "10 Years" benefits from actors (like Dawson) who can generate enough distractingly warm-hearted vibes to keep the overall mood positive. This isn't a new generation's "Big Chill" and doesn't try to be ? but it's a good deal more genuine-feeling than "American Reunion," whose characters graduated just a couple of years earlier than this crew but seem much closer to settling into dull adulthood.

"10 Years," an Anchor Bay Entertainment release, is rated PG-13 for language, alcohol abuse, some sexual material and drug use. Running time: 100 minutes.

Motion Picture Association of America rating definition for PG-13: Special parental guidance strongly suggested for children under 13. Some material may be inappropriate for young children.

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Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Single-family L House in Scharten, Austria

by Simona Ganea, posted in Architecture, on September 10th, 2012



House L is a single family home located in Scharten, Austria. It was built in 2008 and the circumstances were quite unusual. There was a competition, something that is very unconventional for a single-family home, and the winner was Schneider & Lengauer. They then tried to respond to the client?s specific requirements.The client?s request included the demand for a residential and working environment that takes full advantage of the qualities of the site.

Also, another request specified the great importance of an energy-efficient design. The final major request was for the house to reflect the clients? passion and love for the color white. It?s very easy to see that this last request was respected throughout the design. As for the rest of them, we need to take a closer look.

The house has become the home of a family of four and their two pet cats. The same building also houses the graphic design studio of the client and displays the owner?s personal photo collection. Moreover, since the house sits on a hilltop, it also benefits from wonderful views of the piedmont and the peaks of the Northern Limestone Alps. The internal structure is functionally organized. The upper floor includes the bedrooms, the bathrooms and the ancillary rooms. The house also has an open living area in the basement and a two-car garage. In addition, the main level includes dining and living areas as well as a music room and a library.{found on archdaily and pics by Kurt Hoerbst}.

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Semiconductors grown on graphene could fundamentally change semiconductor industry

ScienceDaily (Sep. 10, 2012) ? Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have patented and are commercializing GaAs nanowires grown on graphene, a hybrid material with competitive properties. Semiconductors grown on graphene are expected to become the basis for new types of device systems, and could fundamentally change the semiconductor industry. The technology underpinning their approach has recently been described in a publication in the American research journal Nano Letters.

The new patented hybrid material offers excellent optoelectronic properties, says Professor Helge Weman, a professor at NTNU's Department of Electronics and Telecommunications, and CTO and co-founder of the company created to commercialize the research, CrayoNano AS. "We have managed to combine low cost, transparency and flexibility in our new electrode," he adds.

The patented method of growing semiconductor nanowires on atomically thin graphene uses MBE (Molecular Beam Epitaxy) to grow the nanowires.

"We do not see this as a new product," Weman says. "This is a template for a new production method for semiconductor devices. We expect solar cells and light emitting diodes to be first in line when future applications are planned."

Sunny outlook for nanowires

"Graphene is experiencing tremendous attention worldwide," Weman says. "Companies like IBM and Samsung are driving this development in the search for a replacement for silicon in electronics as well as for new applications, such as flexible touch screens for mobile phones. Well, they need not wait any more. Our invention fits perfectly with the production machinery they already have. We make it easy for them to upgrade consumer electronics to a level where design has no limits."

This invention is thus thought to be an enabler for a future platform for electronics and optoelectronics devices. One possible device with very large market potential is a nanowire solar cell. This type of solar cell has the potential to be efficient, cheap and flexible at the same time. The invention also makes it possible to imagine a future with self-powered nanomachines and advanced 3D integrated circuits built on graphene and semiconductor nanowires, enabling smaller and more efficient electronics.

Weman himself envisions flexible self-powered consumer electronics integrated into everything from clothes to notepads, and of course traditional cell phones, tablets and exercise accessories.

"Semiconductors grown on graphene could become the basis for new types of device systems, and could transform the semiconductor industry by introducing graphene as a preferred substrate for many applications," he says.

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Scotiabank pumps $4.5M to support children's programmes

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Monday, September 10, 2012

South Korea called "courageous" for investigating Samsung's patent ...

Samsung?s ?enormous political clout? in South Korea speaks well of the decision by the nation?s Fair Trade Commission to investigate allegations of its standards essential patent abuse.

Apple has charged that Samsung is abusing the standards essential patents it has already committed to fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory licensing terms, and instead using them to block Apple?s products from the market, notes patent blogger Florian Mueller

Mueller wrote in a report at FOSS Patents that South Korea?s regulatory agency has joined the European Commission in looking into Samsung?s efforts to use its standards essential patents to seek injunctions against older iPhone models.

The move follows a Korean court determination that both Apple and Samsung had infringed the other?s patents, resulting in national sales injunctions against older models of devices from both companies.

While the injunctions are likely to be stayed while the ruling is being appealed, the decision created the impression that Korea was seeking to maintain an appearance of fairness while also seeking to protect Samsung, a massive conglomerate that makes up 15 to 20 percent of the country?s Gross Domestic Product.

Mueller described the decision by Korea?s FTC to investigate Samsung as ?courageous,? given the what he called the ?enormous political clout? Samsung has in its home country. He added that it ?shows that the Korean government is not prepared to turn its country into a FRAND rogue state only because it may suit Samsung?s short-term tactical needs in a global patent spat.?

Who is abusing patents?

Mueller also noted a report by the Korean Times that cited U.S. Department of Justice antitrust chief John Read as diplomatically telling Korean delegates at a antitrust conference his ?hope? that Samsung ?can sell its products in the United States despite the verdict? reached by a U.S. District Court jury that awarded Apple over one billion dollars in damages and returned profits over its patent infringements.

Apple?s more outspoken critics (including those who oppose any legal protection for intellectual property) have vilified that jury and its decision, with well known Groklaw blogger Pamela Jones recently castigating the jurors as ?little patent fascists? that ?failed to fulfill their function,? for not determining that all of Apple?s patents were invalid.

Jones grew famous for her detailed coverage of the SCO lawsuits which alleged broad copyright claims against Linux users, and has since written extensively about the legal battle between Oracle and Google over Android?s infringement of Java copyrights, in both cases conveying a highly negative view of intellectual property holders and a heroic portrayal of the open source projects those cases targeted as infringing.

Blurred lines in the vilification of patent holders

However, the legal battles between Apple and Samsung aren?t as easy to simplify down to an open source David fighting back against a dominant Goliath armed with proprietary patents and other intellectual property rights. Both Apple and Samsung are asserting patent rights against each other, and both are seeking sales injunctions against each other?s products.

The difference is that Apple is seeking to protect what it views are its original inventions, while Samsung is attempting to leverage its patented contributions to open standards (such as 3G and LTE mobile networking specifications) to extract punitive sales bans and monetary awards that Apple insists are neither fair, nor reasonable nor nondiscriminatory, in hopes that these demands will force Apple to give up all of its intellectual property rights and allow Samsung to continue to use the successful results of Apple?s research and development in place of its own, less successful ideas.

While becoming a symbol of ?patent oppression? among the critics of patents, trade dress and other forms of intellectual property following the adverse $1 billion verdict in its case with Apple, Samsung itself has also recently taken on its South Korean neighbor LG, alleging that the firm has stolen its own proprietary technology secrets related to OLED HDTV panels, and is demanding millions in damages.

Similarly, while critics of both intellectual property and Apple have painted Samsung?s Android software partner Google as the hero in fighting off Apple?s intellectual property cases, Google?s own Motorola subsidiary has, like Samsung, increasingly stepped up its efforts to block Apple?s product sales through standards-essential patent licensing demands, the same behavior that has resulted in patent abuse investigations in the US, EU and now Korea.

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Effectively Teaching the Mathematics Lesson Plan

September 8th, 2012 by admin

I am going to have to do some research this weekend and try to find the right mathematics lesson plan for my class on Monday. I have to teach a difficult concept and I want to get it right the first time. I have a really unique group of learners this year, so I have worked very hard to think outside of the box when planning my lessons. I hope that I am able to teach this lesson very effectively.

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Egypt says Sinai campaign coordinated with Israel

(AP) ? Egypt's military spokesman says Cairo has coordinated its ongoing offensive in the Sinai peninsula with Israel and that the campaign does not violate the two nations' peace treaty.

Col. Ahmed Mohammed Ali also told reporters Saturday that five weeks into the operation Egyptian forces have killed 32 people, arrested 38 and destroyed 31 tunnels along the border with Gaza. He did not provide details on those killed or detained.

Egypt launched the offensive following an Aug. 5 militant attack near the border with Israel and Gaza that killed 16 Egyptian soldiers.

The operation has included unprecedented numbers of troops and heavy weapons in Sinai, chunks of which are demilitarized according to the 1979 peace treaty between Egypt and Israel.

Associated Press

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Sunday, September 9, 2012

Apple in talks to create internet radio station

?It is an acknowledgement by Apple of the success of the ad-funded web radio model and the impact that is having on the download-to-own market,? he said. ?This would control the market and steal away some of the thunder that is being sucked up by Spotify and Pandora.?

The new station could work on Apple hardware as well as Windows PCs, the Wall Street Journal claimed.

It would monitor which songs a customer chooses to compile a personalised ?station? of similar tracks. Adverts would interrupt the soundtrack and generate revenue.

Apple is thought to be in negotiations over licensing, although talks are still at an early stage and it could take months to launch the service.

But it could struggle to turn a profit. Pandora last week reported its revenue increased in the most recent quarter but it still lost $5.4m because of royalties.

Apple declined to comment.

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Saturday, September 8, 2012

Rescuers focus on remote areas as China quake toll at 89

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Rescuers in southwestern China tried on Saturday to reach remote communities rocked by back-to-back earthquakes that killed at least 89 people and damaged many thousands of buildings, state media reported said.

Shallow 5.6 magnitude quakes struck an impoverished, mountainous part of the country with poor infrastructure and communications on Friday and the death toll could rise as news trickled in from cut-off areas, the Xinhua news agency said.

The quakes cut off electricity and triggered landslides that blocked roads, hampering rescue efforts. Adding to rescuers' difficulties was rain which forecasters said was expected for the next three days.

State television showed crumbled walls and roads strewn with rubble and rocks.

More than 200,000 people in Yunnan province were relocated after the quakes leveled more than 6,600 houses and damaged many more thousands of buildings. Up to 740,000 people had been affected in Yunnan's six worst-hit counties, officials said.

In neighboring Guizhou province, more than 11,700 houses were damaged and the lives of nearly 28,000 people were disrupted, the state news agency and officials said.

Buildings in China's less developed regions are often built with little regard for construction standards, making them susceptible to earthquakes.

Xinhua said more than 800 people were injured.

Most of the victims were from Yiliang county in Yunnan province, near the epicenter.

Premier Wen Jiabao held an emergency meeting on his plane as he flew to the disaster zone late on Friday. He reached Yiliang just after midnight and spent the night visiting quake survivors in villages and hospitals, Xinhua said.

State broadcaster CCTV also showed Wen talking to victims in a tent settlement set up for the displaced.

Rescuers in Yunnan said they had reached most of the worst-hit areas and the province's civil affairs department was quoted as putting direct economic losses at 3.5 billion yuan ($552 million).

The first quake hit at 11:19 a.m. (0319 GMT) on Friday and the second one about 45 minutes later at a depth of about 10 km (6 miles), according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Earthquakes with an epicentre less than 70 km (45 miles) below the surface are considered shallow and can cause significant damage, even at lower magnitudes.

In 2008, about 87,600 people were killed in the southwestern province of Sichuan when a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit. Many of the victims died in the rubble of homes and schools built without adequate steel reinforcement.

($1 = 6.3428 yuan)

(Reporting by John Ruwitch; Editing by Robert Birsel)

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Well Spoken | Andy's Words & Pictures

Sometimes it is best to let those who have already expressed ideas speak.? I have gathered some quotes that speak to me as a writer (and a creative) to share with you.


On some days writing can be devilishly difficult. Writers, I think, love to bemoan the fact that inspiration can be fleeting, ideas?at least good ones?can be far and few between. There are times when the energy is not there, times when the passion is sleeping, times when distractions invade, times when nothing works.? To that notion I offer these two quotes:

?Writing is a dreadful Labour, yet not so dreadful as Idleness.?
?Thomas Carlyle

?I am most drawn to writing when I have something else urgent to do.?
?Mason Cooley

A novel is in the neighborhood of 80,000 words, or maybe 350 pages. It may have taken you a year or more to write. The scope of a story may take place over several months, years or generations, or the plot might take place entirely in one day.? You took time to tweak, polish, market and schlep it around trying to generate interest in it and finally make it available.? I think that Natalie Clifford Barney got it right when she said:

?Novels are longer than life.?
? Natalie Clifford Barney

Truth and honesty are some popular words.? Write the truth. Be honest to yourself. George Orwell had a slightly different take:

?For a creative writer possession of the ?truth? is less important than emotional sincerity.?
?George Orwell

Nietzsche had a similar bent on Orwell?s thought and extended it to others:

?A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends.?
?Friedrich Nietzsche

While truth, honesty, sincerity and spirit are all admirable qualities for a writer, Ernest Hemingway saw something completely different as being essential:

?The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shock-proof, shit detector?all great writers have had it.?
?Ernest Hemingway

While, as noted earlier, Natalie Clifford Barney thought novels to be longer than life, Gertrude Stein felt writing was life:

?Writing and reading is to me synonymous with existing.?
? Gertrude Stein

As a writer and a visual artist I was also drawn to this quote about the art of writing

?? often when I write I am trying to make words do the work of line and colour. I have the painter?s sensitivity to light. Much (and perhaps the best) of my writing is verbal painting.?
?Elizabeth Bowen

I have talked about the inconsistencies of inspiration and her willingness to take flight.? I have found, though, that when she returns it is usually in the middle of the night and with plenty of noise and clatter.? An idea that hits at midnight must be committed to paper or it will rob me of precious sleep:

?Writing about an idea frees me of it. Thinking about it is a circle of repetitions.?
? Mason Cooley

Lastly one of my favorite quotes is an unattributed one but a good bit of advice:

?It is a poor craftsman who blames his tools.?
?Anonymous

Whomever said that successfully admonishes us not to cast about for excuses for our own failings; rather own up to it and make it better. Speaking of improvement, certainly you can improve upon the few quotes I have assembled here.

Question: What is your favorite quote?? Whose words inspire you?

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Friday, September 7, 2012

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US Supreme Court to decide if non-generic crimes trigger Armed ...

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Thursday, September 6, 2012

BofA exec loses millions after mooning bosses

By John Carney, CNBC.com

You almost have to admire Jason Selch.

Back in 2005, Selch ended a meeting with his bosses at Bank of America by pulling down his pants and mooning them.

Most of us would, at the very least, understand that this would be not just the end of the meeting but the end of our job. You can get away with a lot of things in corporate America, but mooning your boss isn't one of them.

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The self-confidence of Selch, however, is made of sterner stuff than that. Selch not only thought he shouldn't be fired. He took Bank of America to court when they fired him for the mooning.

Selch had been a Chicago-based employee at Wanger Asset Management for more than decade when it merged with Columbia Asset Management, a subsidiary of Bank of America, in 2005.

As so often happens in these Wall Street mergers, some of the employees of Wanger weren't happy with the way the new bosses planned to pay them. Bank of America, in particular, has a bad reputation for trying to squeeze the compensation packages of bankers and advisers at firms it acquires.

CNBC.com: Post-Wall Street jobs

According to court documents, Selch's friend Chris O'Dea was fired after he refused to accept lower compensation. This ticked Selch off. (Hat tip: Court House News.)

Selch burst into a conference room where executives from Columbia were meeting to give them a piece of his mind. He wound up giving them a piece of something else as well.

First Selch asked if he had a non-compete agreement, which on Wall Street is usually a way of threatening to quit and go to work for a competitor.

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After the executives said he didn't have a non-compete, Selch mooned them, told one of the New York-based executives never to return to Chicago, and left the meeting.

Extraordinarily, Selch wasn't fired. Instead he was issued a formal warning. Selch?s boss testified that while 99 percent of employees would have been immediately fired, Selch was one of the one percent who could be granted a one-free-mooning reprieve. The executive actually fought for Selch to keep his job.

When Columbia CEO Brian Banks found out about this incident, he insisted that Selch be fired. The behavior was too ?egregious? to allow Selch to continue at Columbia. No free mooning at Bank of America, Banks decided ? even if you are in the one percent.

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The firing meant that Selch lost a multi-million contingent bonus package that would have vested if he had remained at the company a few months more. Because he was fired, Bank of America got the keep the money.

Selch sued, arguing that firing him after issuing warning was a breach of contract. The warning had said he could be fired if he misbehaved in the future ? yet after that one mooning, by all accounts Selch was well-behaved. What?s more, Selch argued that because the mooning didn?t interfere with his official duties, he couldn?t be fired ?for cause.?

The trial court granted summary judgment to the defendants in the suit. Last Wednesday, a 3-judge appeals panel upheld the trial court, describing the mooning as ?insubordinate, disruptive, unruly and abusive.?

So, just in case it was unclear, you can?t moon your boss and expect to keep your job. Or your bonus.?

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Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Don?t Just Post, Create: Irrive Debuts Collaborative Social Scrapbooks

trip-2Joining a new group of companies looking to build services on the backs of users' social networks,?Irrive is debuting its social scrapbooking website, soon to be followed by its mobile apps. The company was founded by Steven Cohn, whose previous startup?BuyYourFriendADrink was acquired by LivingSocial back in 2009, helping LivingSocial to enter the daily deals market. Irrive's focus - although playing in the same general social space - is a bit different, however. It's focused on automatically organizing content from networks like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Foursquare and Flickr into attractive virtual scrapbooks centered around life events, like vacations, holidays, weddings, parties and more.

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Conquest Real Estate Emphasizes Benefits of Having an Agent ...

Submitted by preethi1989 on Wed, 09/05/2012 - 20:05.

Locally based company Conquest Real Estate highlights the benefits of having a trustworthy real estate agent to help new construction Livonia MI buyers.

Livonia, MI ? Locally based company Conquest Real Estate outlines and emphasizes the importance of having real estate agents when it comes to buying new construction Livonia MI houses. Purchasing a new home is different than buying a resale house, even though most of the rules are almost the same.

Generally, the process is often full of tricks, which can deceive the non-cautious, non-expert home buyer. Even those who have long been in the business sometimes fall for the same traps. Thus, it is important that one should have a professional by their side, especially for those who are new to the trade.

Conquest Real Estate (http://www.ConquestRealEstateGroup.com) suggests interested investors to look for real estate agents to help them, particularly buyer-biased real estate agents. In this post, the company lists how these professionals will be able to help those who are intending to buy new construction Livonia MI.

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Real estate agents will provide sound advice for new construction buyers, which will be vital for accounting their finances. Usually, these professionals will insist that one should be pre-approved for a mortgage before their home search. Having the right connections, these agents will be able to lead the buyer in specific companies which can follow through the buyer?s particular needs.

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Aiding the buyers to discover their specific preferences and needs, the real estate agents will also assist them in finding the right builder for their new construction homes. This is very important, for there are particular builders and developers that can address specific investor needs.

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The agent will also be able to produce a list of suitable communities for a particular new construction projects. Making the whole investment more valuable, real estate agents can derive available amenities which can be used to the fullest, depending on the location.

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One of the most crucial parts of new construction buying process is the contract, and this is where the real estate agent can help greatly. Through their assistance, investors can discover discounts, incentives and credits.

Not all agents are equal, says Conquest Real Estate. The group has been among the leading dynamic real estate teams in Michigan, and they share that many agents are incapable of quality service. In their Trulia account, the company provides free consultation to those in need of new construction homes Livonia MI advice. Get to know more in http://www.trulia.com/profile/Conquestrealestate.

About Conquest Real Estate Group: The Conquest Real Estate Group helps people looking to purchase real estate within the City of Detroit and the surrounding Metro Detroit suburbs. The group helps first time home buyers and experienced real estate investors. Currently, they provide service for real estate properties in Detroit, Southfield, Lathrup Village, Oak Park MI, Farmington Hills, Livonia, Redford, Eastpointe, Harper Woods, and Warren MI.

Conquest Real Estate has different divisions, which helps investors with the entire real estate investing process, including identifying investment properties, rehabbing properties, marketing and tenant placement, and property management. They have people who understand the entire local Section 8 process, including helping real estate investors pass their Section 8 property inspection and selecting the right tenants with Section 8 payment vouchers.

You can learn more about them by visiting their website at http://www.ConquestRealEstateGroup.com or calling them at (248) 809-4372.

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Faces of Point2 ? Veena Mankidy | Point2 Agent Real Estate ...

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Title: Product Manager
Started at Point2: October 2007

Veena is our organizational guru. ?Without her, we wouldn?t know what we are developing and releasing, never mind when! ?She works with our development team to keep everything organized and running smoothly, and thanks to her, we are able to have a clear understanding of when each bug fix and new feature will be going live.

We interviewed Veena to find out a little bit more about her (besides the fact that she?s a walking calendar). Here?s what she had to say:

What is your favorite type of music?

Anything that is not overly loud! I like listening to music from different parts of the world, and being from India I listen to a lot of Bollywood music.

What is your favorite book of all time and (optional: why)?

I don?t have one particular favourite, but I enjoy thrillers authored by John Grisham and Robin Cook.

What is your favorite movie of all time?

I can watch the Back to the Future series anytime!

If you have an hour of free time to spare, what do you do with it?

Some family activity ? being outdoors, board games or working through a puzzle with my daughter.

What kinds of food do you like?

I am biased towards Asian foods, especially Thai, and enjoy anything fried!

What is the most interesting place you?ve ever traveled?

This was a difficult one for me. I have not traveled extensively, but I have had many memorable trips. One of the coolest places for me is the Mystery Spot in Santa Cruz, CA.

Do you speak any other languages, and which ones?

I speak Hindi fluently, and enough Marathi to be able to communicate. I understand Marathi, Gujarati and Punjabi.

What are some things on your bucket list??

Travel ? No specific locations, I just want to see the world icon smile Faces of Point2   Veena Mankidy

What was your last Do It Yourself project?

I helped my husband build a shed this spring. This was a first for the both of us for building something from the ground up, and it turned out very well.

What?s something about you that few people know?

I have been to 5 of the 7 continents ? I would love to visit South America but I don?t think I?m going to make it Antarctica!

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