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Plant's immune defense revs up for the morning attack
Timing is everything in the long-standing arms race between the flowering plant Arabidopsis and Hyaloperonospora, a downy mildew pathogen. Duke University researchers have found that the little mustard plant cranks up its immune system in the morning to prepare for the greatest onslaught of infectious spores released by the mildew.
It isn't news that plants know what time of day it is and change their activities accordingly, but this is the first time that a plant's defensive systems have been shown to cycle on a daily basis – even when pathogens aren't present. Their work appears in the Feb. 3 edition of Nature.
The powerful chemical compounds Arabidopsis uses to fight mildew infection are expensive to make and also potentially harmful to the plant itself over the long-term, so a daily, or circadian, cycle of production is safer and more efficient than simply having the chemicals on hand all the time, said Duke biology professor Xinnian Dong.
Morning, just as the dew dries, is the right time to have defenses at the ready.
When the mildew has been able to successfully set up housekeeping within Arabidopsis, it produces a flowering body that grows upward from the leaf surface. Bearing its spores for the next generation, it looks very much like a tree covered with apples. As the morning dew dries from the leaf, the mildew's flowering body twists violently, flinging the tiny spores in all directions to be carried on air currents until they settle on a potential new host.
Other researchers who have collected the spores had noted that the morning was the most productive time to catch them, but Arabidopsis apparently already knew that.
Dong and her graduate students Wei Wang and Jinyoung Barnaby discovered this surprising circadian clock connection during a more general search of Arabidopsis immune system genes. They found 22 candidate genes that were a part of the immune response to downy mildew and many of them showed rhythmic expression patterns.
Wang also watched expression patterns of these defense genes in the absence of any pathogens and found them cycling daily. "It suggests that the plants are programmed to anticipate infection according to a circadian schedule," Dong said.
To test this hypothesis, Wang exposed plants to the mildew spores at "dawn" or "dusk" in a greenhouse with artificial 12-hour days. He found infection rates were much higher at dusk when spores were not expected in nature.
To identify the clock components that control this immune defense, Wang began a series of experiments on so-called "clock mutants," which are Arabidopsis plants that lack portions of the circadian time-keeping system. He found that the mutant missing the central clock component CCA1 suffered much higher infection rates than normal plants. Conversely, a plant line expressing CCA1 all the time had heightened resistance.
Over the last decade, plant researchers have identified several systems that work on a circadian clock, including starch metabolism, photosynthesis and frost-resistance, said Robert McClung, a Dartmouth University biologist who was not involved in this research, but is writing an accompanying commentary on the paper for Nature. "This sort of completes the suite of environmental insults that the clock manages," he said.
Although this finding is specific so far to Arabadopsis and its exclusive pathogen Hyaloperonospora, it's likely to be a system that will be found in other plants and pathogens, McClung said.
While it makes logical sense that clock mechanisms would be involved with the plant's immune system, this is still "a remarkable discovery," said Philip Benfey, the Paul Kramer professor of biology at Duke. "This required an experimental tour de force combined with inspired insight to make the connection between gene expression patterns and preparation for pathogen attack."
"It was a huge amount of work, even though the conclusion is quite simple," Dong said.
Source: Duke University
Other sources
- Plant's immune defense revs up for the morning attackfrom Biology News NetFri, 4 Feb 2011, 2:01:45 UTC
- Plant's immune defense revs up for the morning attackfrom Science DailyThu, 3 Feb 2011, 19:34:15 UTC
- Plant's immune defense revs up for the morning attackfrom PhysorgThu, 3 Feb 2011, 19:33:12 UTC


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ADDRESS: 526-528 North First Street (two houses)
NEIGHBORHOOD: North Downtown
SIZE: Main House: 3,869 fin. sq. ft., 905 unfin.
Second House: (526 N. First St.): 1,483 fin. sq. ft.
LAND: 0.25 acres
CURB APPEAL: 10 out of 10
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Let's face it. Looks matter. Studies show that jurors are more sympathetic to attractive defendants. Last weekend, the handsomest guys and prettiest girls were kings and queens of the prom. And all the work with underprivileged children or proficiency with a baton notwithstanding, it's Miss America's slink down the runway in a bathing suit that seals the win.
Houses are no different. This modified "Carpenter Gothic" at the end of First Street has enjoyed all the acclaim a beauty expects: a highpoint of Garden week, a spot on the Meals on Wheels kitchen tour, and prominent mention in UVA prof K. Edward Lay's Architecture of Jefferson Country.
But– as some dates undoubtedly discovered on Saturday night– looks go only so far when you're thinking of a lifetime commitment. As our moms always told us, it's what's inside that counts. And this house wins on that score, too.
For starters, its location among other impressive renovations on one of North Downtown's most desirable streets doesn't hurt. From the shady yard, subtle blues on the exterior lead through double front doors to a large entrance room accented with bright yellow. Symmetry here is a result of the original two-over-two design: formal living room on one side and mahogany library opposite, both with coal-burning fireplaces.
At the end of the hall, the famous kitchen dazzles with cherry cabinets, granite counters, and professional appliances. A formal dining room and powder room complete the first floor. Previous owners seem to have been obsessed with faux marbling on mantels, but that's the only quasi-kitschy touch. There's no fuzzy red wallpaper anywhere.
The front staircase twists to a second-story landing with little steps to three bedrooms (two with coal fireplaces and the funky faux marble of downstairs), a full bath, and an enormous laundry room. Another three-step zigzag leads to a back bedroom with lots of built-in storage.
The eye-popping third floor/attic could have been air-lifted onto the top of the house from some chrome and glass condo in Tribeca. An open clawfoot tub and sky-lighted shower provide glorious urban view of rooftops and steeples across the terraced Tuscan backyard. Myriad cabinets and closets amid sharply angled half-walls would be easy to remove if someone wanted to make this the master bedroom suite– and we can't imagine why someone wouldn't.
Access to the backyard– which has been usurped by a complicated multi-level deck and the au pair house/guest quarters– is through a walk-out basement that's been decorated to be a playroom. Here is more storage, bathroom facilities, and a gardening room that could translate into another self-contained living area.
The terraces down to Second Street are certainly some of the most impressive landscaping in town, with herb gardens, a peony hedge, roses, and a wisteria-covered loggia. The Second Street lot is not developable as currently constituted, but someone who would think of destroying this dramatic backyard for filthy lucre has no business looking at this house in the first place.
A two-story house back here was built in 1930. It has been lovingly cared for and is currently being used for an au pair, but it's a legal rental unit– with potential rent of $1,400/month. This house is not as grand, but shows well with lots of light, hardwood floors, and a livable floor plan.
In addition to the potential rental income, an $88,000 tax abatement that conveys with the house (through 2009) should help to soften the blow of the million-plus asking price. But let's face it (again). People for whom the price is an issue won't be looking at this house anyway.
After all, it's Donald Trump, not Willy Loman, who gets to marry Marla and Melania.

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Death was last stop on journey for packed pickup's immigrants
BERCLAIR — Bloodstained pavement, gashed tree trunks and a twisted barbed-wire fence marked the end of a desperate journey.
On Sunday night, 22 Central Americans and their Mexican-born driver piled into a white Ford F-250 for what would be the last stage on their trip north. They crammed themselves into the truck's cab and lay down in its bed — one atop another — as the vehicle cruised along U.S. 59 between Beeville and Goliad.
By Monday, more than half were dead. Most died at the scene, and the others died at hospitals to which they'd been rushed after the overloaded truck careened off the road and slammed into a large, twin-trunked oak tree.
"It's certainly disturbing when you walk up and see the yellow and blue blankets that you know are covering victims, and realize that there are still five or six bodies in the vehicle because it's so badly damaged that they can't get them out," Goliad County Judge David Bowman said.
It was the county's deadliest incident in recent memory, said Bowman, who performed the gruesome task of pronouncing 11 people dead at the scene. Three more died at hospitals Sunday and Monday. Among the dead was the driver.
Ten men and three women, two of them juveniles, all believed to be in the country illegally, traveled thousands of miles from Central America to have their lives end on this rural stretch of highway. Nine more were in hospitals across the state Monday evening, including five in San Antonio. According to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, they came from Guatemala and Honduras. Officials said they were still working to identify the victims.
"Some of them are crossing on their own and are crossing the border on their own in very dangerous situations," said Father Stan DeBoe, pastor of Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church in Victoria. "Some die of exposure, and others are left to the elements. And then I would assume much like the group that was in the wreck, they were probably paying people very large amounts to bring them across. They come across in very large groups in dangerous vehicles."
Berclair is about 40 miles from Victoria, the site of one of the country's deadliest smuggling incidents.
In 2003, 19 immigrants died in a trailer after the driver abandoned them at a truck stop. Trapped inside, they died of asphyxia, dehydration and hyperthermia.
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One person was killed and 17 were hospitalized west of La Joya when a Plymouth passenger van rolled over after the driver lost control.
Later in the week, nine people were killed and seven hospitalized after a minivan driven by a suspected smuggler fleeing border agents flipped near Palmview in the Rio Grande Valley.
February 2011
A suspected immigrant smuggler died in Brooks County when a tire blew out on his pickup and it rolled. At least 10 people were ejected from the vehicle, but survived.
August 2011
A Falfurrias woman was killed when an SUV loaded with immigrants crashed into her home while she slept.
February 2010
Two immigrants were killed and six injured when their vehicle rolled over during a police pursuit in Jim Wells County.
November 2008
Three immigrants were killed near Natalia after their car crashed during a police chase.
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Three people were killed after an SUV packed with 18 immigrants crashed during a police chase on the outskirts of San Antonio.
June 2007
Seven people were hospitalized after a pickup packed with 16 people crashed during a police chase on Interstate 10 in Guadalupe County.
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The driver, Tyrone Mapletoft Williams, 41, a Jamaican immigrant, was sentenced to life in prison.
In April, nine immigrants were killed near Palmview in the Rio Grande Valley when the van in which they were being smuggled rolled over while fleeing the Border Patrol.
State officials charged a 15-year-old with murder, saying he was the vehicle's driver.
In both cases, ICE agents went on to round up and charge others they alleged were part of the smuggling organizations.
Like many highways in South Texas, U.S. 59 is used by human and drug smugglers, Goliad County sheriff's Capt. Tom Copeland said.
"It is a corridor from Laredo to parts north," he said. "As far as it being a big smuggling corridor, it's easy access for them."
The crash shut down U.S. 59 for hours north of Berclair, a ranching and oil town about 100 miles southeast of San Antonio.
DPS Trooper Gerald Bryant said tire failure might have caused the wreck.
The truck, registered to an owner in Houston who said he sold it a couple of months ago, wasn't being pursued, Bryant said.
Two adults and a young boy remained at University Hospital, a spokeswoman said Monday, but their conditions weren't available. Two other men were in critical condition at San Antonio Military Medical Center, a hospital spokesman said.
Most of the passengers were in the truck's bed, which didn't have a shell or any other covering, said Mary Jane Martin, public information officer for emergency management for the city and county of Goliad.
Bryant told the Associated Press that "this is the most people I've seen in any passenger vehicle, and I've been an officer for 38 years."
The passengers in the truck's bed were "very cramped, lying on top of each other, in any which way they could fit," Bryant said.
"With human smuggling, that is very common — just to load in as many people as they can," he said.
Bowman, the county judge, included the victims in a prayer that opened Monday's Commissioners Court meeting.
He said a crisis intervention session was planned Monday night in Goliad to help emergency responders cope with what they saw.
"Any time you go out and you have to handle broken bodies, that can be traumatic for even the most seasoned responder," he said.
The crash also shook nearby residents.
"It was just shocking for the whole town," said Norma Jean Garcia, a clerk at the Berclair Country Store, which stayed open late Sunday to serve the law enforcement officers who worked the wreck.
"They had never seen something so ugly," said Garcia, 51, who gave bottled water to the officers who reopened the highway after midnight.
The tragedy made national news of the town formerly best known as a favorite hunting site of then-President George H.W. Bush and for a supposedly haunted local mansion, said Country Store customer Dela Galindo, 62.
Now it will be known for one of the worst crashes in Texas history, residents said.
"It was horrible, especially since little children were involved," Galindo said.
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The man who shot and killed John Lennon has been denied parole for a sixth time.
Mark David Chapman was denied parole today after an interview at Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York.
It was Chapman's sixth appearance before the parole board since becoming eligible for release in 2000. He's eligible again in 2012.
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The former maintenance man from Hawaii has been in prison nearly 30 years for gunning down the former Beatle on an Upper West Side sidewalk in 1980. He was sentenced to 20 years to life after pleading guilty to second-degree murder.
Lennon's widow Yoko Ono has repeatedly opposed Chapman's appeals and recently submitted a letter reiterating her stance to the parole board, according to her attorney, Peter Shukat.
"Her position has not changed," he told the New York Daily News.
That letter said in part that if Chapman were released, it would "...bring back the nightmare, the chaos and confusion once again. Myself and John's two sons would not feel safe for the rest of our lives."
Even before the decision came down, a representative the Correctional Association of America, a prisoners' rights group, doubted Chapman, 55, would be released due to possible public backlash.
"Given that he committed a high profile crime and he killed one of the most famous and most beloved figures literally in the world, it's highly unlikely three parole commissioners would vote to grant him release," Robert Gangi told the News in July.
At his last parole hearing, in 2008, Chapman told the panel he was ashamed and sorry for what he had done and had since developed a deeper understanding of the value of a human life.
Chapman was informed of the panel's most recent finding a few hours after the hearing. The state Division of Parole is expected to release a transcript of the interview within the next several days.
Lennon would have turned 70 this October.


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More People Recognizing That Media iPad Adaptations Feel Like CD-ROM Media
from the don't-recreate-paper deptEarlier this year, we pointed to an excellent Danny O'Brien blog post comparing the media's mad dash for the iPad as a "savior" to the media's similar mad-dash to CD-ROMs as a savior. I'm reminded of that after Tom Teshima pointed us to Michael Gartenberg's review of Wired's well-hyped iPad app, where he, too, notes the similarities to CD-ROMness:
In the mid 90s, a friend of mine was involved in a project to recreate magazines like Time on CD-ROM for the multimedia PCs of the era. The results were pretty cool, but the CD-ROM versions of the publications hardly replaced their print counterparts. Content has since moved from optical disk to the web, and now the allure of tablet devices has created a market for specific newspaper and magazine apps -- the number one paid app for iPad is a digital version of Wired, which sold about 1,000 copies an hour the first day it was launched. While it's a much better effort than some of the other efforts, more than anything Wired for iPad shows the weaknesses of media apps and demonstrates how the tablet remains a still-imperfect medium to deliver this type of content.Gartenberg notes that the iPad version is, in some ways, a worst of both worlds. It's not like the website, which is easily shared or emailed or discussed with others. Most of that functionality is effectively missing, which is really quite limiting for folks who are used to sharing the news as a part of experiencing it. Second, it doesn't allow physical notations or markup the way an actual paper magazine does -- or, again, the ability to easily share the magazine with others. You could share your iPad, but that's not quite the same thing...
Wired's efforts, like the CD-ROM efforts of the past, by has some cool features. A video clip of Toy Story 3 graces the cover and there are various interactive features, but more than anything else, it feels like a scanned in copy of the paper mag. Although navigation is better than most iPad magazines, it's still never clear when a screen should be scrolled down or just swiped horizontally.
He then goes on to point out the ridiculous economics. We've already seen other media publications come out with crazy pricing, but Wired unfortunately followed suit, and it makes little sense given the economics involved (which, Gartenberg points out is ironic, given editor-in-chief Chris Anderson's last book on "Free" in business models:
Even worse, the price point is hard to swallow. Charging the full cover price for a digital magazine makes no sense when I can subscribe to the paper edition of Wired for a year at a much lower cost per issue -- especially given that there's no paper, ink, shipping or distribution charges. Given the lack of flexibility, I'd assume there would at least be some incentive to get me to make the digital purchase, and even more so in light of the fact that the bulk of the content is already available online at Wired's website for free. It's ironic that Editor-in-chief Chris Anderson famously wrote a book called "Free" -- the Wired iPad app is the perfect case to try out some of those business models.Of course, the obvious retort is the damn thing sold like hot cakes when it was released. The real question, though is how sustainable will that really be in the long term? As more people realize how much they're paying, they may wonder why. And I'm still confused as to why publications like Wired hype up all these special features for the iPad... but don't offer the same functionality on the web -- which they easily could.


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A quick moving witness managed to capture this video footage of a lightly disguised 2012 Porsche 911 prototype. Codenamed the 991, this new 911 was spotted in Stuttgart, Germany, the home of all things Porsche. We won't get to see the final version of the new Porsche until next month's Frankfurt Auto Show.
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Here we are in July and its time for another monthly challenge. We have been having fairly peaceful challenges lately and I've decided that its time to stir things up a bit. The topic this time is Conflict. Wars, raids, seiges, ambush, domestic squabbles, arm wrestling, its all fair game!
Show us what you have up your sleeve and get those bricks a-fightn'!
Remember, there are no rules in the monthly challenge. Build whatever strikes your fancy and show it off. Get ready...get set...go!


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ONE premieres Kuss' China-influenced piece (video)
NEW HAVEN -- Orchestra New England ends its subscription season Saturday at 8 p.m. at Battell Chapel, with a concert featuring the premiere of a work by Mark Kuss, professor of music at Southern Connecticut State University and ONE's composer in residence.
The piece, called "Sounds. Distant." explores "the challenges of community displacement resulting from the Three Gorges Dam project in China."
Jennifer Chang, a master of the guzheng, a Chinese zither, and violinist Hsiao-Mei Ku are the featured performers for the piece, written for violin, guzheng and orchestra -- a combination of instruments Kuss said has "no active history."
Kuss' last premiere work with ONE was 2009's Cello Concerto.
The rest of the program includes Schubert's Overture in C Minor, Bartok's "Rumanian Folk Dances," the Charles Ives hymn, "Largo cantabile," Elgar's Serenade in E minor, Op. 20 and Copland's "Two Pieces" (Lento and Rondino).
Ku is a professor in Duke University's department of music and a member of the Ciompi Quartet. She made her debut at age 7 in her native China, and three years later entered the Central Conservatory in Beijing.
Kuss, in an email, talked about working with the two guest artists, who on Thursday will visit SCSU to discuss the music and Chinese music in general and also the politics of women in today's China.
He said the genesis for the work came from a conversation Kuss had with Ku about music both here and in China.
"I found her ideas fascinating. Her thoughts about the role of harmony and melody and variety, psychology and change were truly engaging."
It was she who suggested the idea of writing for violin and guzheng. They started planning the project working in conjunction "with the Nasher Museum of Art (at Duke) and an upcoming exhibition based around the Three Rivers dam project and the idea of displacement," which has happened to thousands of people there.
Then Chang came to New Haven and spent some time "playing literature for her instrument and showing me methods of playing and tuning."
That led to the production of a short work for guzheng and violin that they expanded into a larger piece for strings, horn, oboe and the two women soloists -- the one which ONE will play in its entirety for the world Saturday night.
Tickets are $35, reserved, $20 general admission, $10 parents, guests of students, $5 students. Because of the orchestra's special partnership with Southern Connecticut State University, a limited number of complimentary tickets for the concert are available to SCSU students. Contact Orchestra New England for more information at 203-777-4690 or email@example.com
ONE will next play its traditional Memorial Day concert May 29 at 5 p.m. at the Shubert Theater.
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Hello my lovelies! Are you ready to get your creative wheels rolling?! Cuz Joanna Pierotti is coming to Chateau Grenzer for a little weekend workshop. And she has some pretty delicious tricks to share with you. I know her pieces speak for themselves, so if you wanna hold your spot, the payment buttons are located to the right of my blog. If you're wondering, there are just 12 seats for each of these fun filled workshops. For a full class bio, supply list, material fees etc, please email me, and I'll get those right over to you. Can't wait!!!!
Joanna Pierotti: Embossed Case
In this workshop we will create a special little embossed case measuring 3" x 4" that opens up to a little work of art. Using a soldering iron, we will create a pattern of your choice on the cover. You will have a few choices on how to patina and age the solder to your style using a few different methods. Inside the book, embellish it using various materials and wax expressing your little treasures.
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Joanna Pierotti: Nature Expressed
We will create a beautiful wall hanging using plaster and encaustic wax, embellished with watercolor paints and oil pastels. Enhance your piece in your own style with the extra elements you bring with you. You will have a choice of special printed images to use in your piece. No previous experience necessary.


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i wonder if there's a german project of Barca running. since it is based on the engine of Poco, i think there shouldn't be so much to translate (Poco stuff already translated; only Barca additional stuff to translate). i saw also it is done through an external file (.DE.lng). i've tried to recognize the file format, but it is no PE format neither a plain-file (LZ00 header). it wouldn't be also a good idea to translate the resources of barca directly i guess because this wouldn't be a good thing for future versions. also you can't get all strings this way.
is there a german version of barca planned / already in progress?


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It is very slow-going out there this Friday morning as profit-taking picks up and buyers stand aside. The downside is still well-contained, but at this point I'm not seeing much enthusiasm for buying. Stocks are still a bit extended, and further consolidation would not be a bad thing as we wait for earnings season and prepare for a market run at the September highs.
Some flat action in the SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) would actually provide for a decent looking cup-and-handle pattern as earnings start to hit. Keep in mind that a failed cup-and-handle transforms into a double-top formation very quickly. But, at the moment, the action is still constructive, and the bearish arguments are not working.
Amid this sort of action, I try to tighten up stops and not let anything gain too much downside momentum. You have to tolerate some pullbacks if you want to stay invested here, but I'm always ready to re-buy anything I may sell. A good example is in Magnachip (MX). I sold this down into strength a few days ago -- but the stock is now pushing back to challenge recent highs.
We're seeing some action in China-related names, such as in Baidu (BIDU), Sohu.com (SOHU) and Sina (SINA). But, for the most part, the market is just drifting on lighter volume. It isn't great action, but in the overall context of the market it is probably healthy.


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TOWSON, Md. (AP) Michael Murray scored four of his 15 points in the final 25 seconds to help Coppin State earn a 64-61 nonconference victory over Towson Wednesday night.
Towson (4-8) pulled within 60-59 on Jerrelle Benimon's layup with 1:38 left, but Murray re-extended the lead to 62-59 with a fall-away jumper with 25 seconds left. Marcus Damas hit a layup for the Tigers with 11 seconds remaining, only to have Murray conclude the scoring with two free throws with 9 seconds left. Damas got off a 3-pointer with 3 seconds remaining but missed.
Murray added nine rebounds, while Patrick Cole had 16 points for the Eagles (3-9).
Damas led Towson with 16 points, and Benimon had 13 points and 12 rebounds.
Andre Armstrong snapped a 49-all tie with a 3-pointer for Coppin State with 5:07 left, and Cole followed with his own trey to put the Eagles up for good.


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Network to Air "I Play Because" Special in Celebration of Active Play, Featuring Appearances by First Lady Michelle Obama, David Beckham, U.S. Olympic Gold Medalists Nastia Liukin and Apolo Ohno, Jennette McCurdy, the Cast of Victorious, Lucas Cruikshank and Performances by The Wanted and Rachel Crow
NEW YORK–Sept. TK, 2012 – For the ninth consecutive year, Nickelodeon is empowering kids to get up and get active when its TV channels and websites go off-air and offline for its annual Worldwide Day of Play (WWDoP) on Saturday, Oct. 6, from 12 to 3 p.m. (all times ET/PT). The network's channels – Nicktoons, Nick Jr. and TeenNick – and their companion sites – Nick.com, NickJr.com, Nicktoons.com and TeenNick.com will also participate in the network's commemoration of play. At 5 p.m., Nick will premiere "I Play Because," an action-packed special highlighting how kids around the world celebrated WWDoP. The half-hour special will be hosted by Nickelodeon stars and will feature appearances by First Lady Michelle Obama, David Beckham, U.S. Olympic Gold Medalists Nastia Liukin and Apolo Ohno, among others and musical performances by The Wanted and Rachel Crow.
Let's Move London! and will culminate with thousands of events taking place in commemoration of Worldwide Day of Play."
Nickelodeon kicked off its health and wellness messaging with the "Road to Worldwide Day of Play" onair campaign, featuring spots encouraging kids and organizations across the country to get up and get active on Oct. 6. The network also launched the "I Wanna Play" sweepstakes on www.thebighelp.com, giving kids an opportunity to submit what their schools or community organizations are doing to celebrate play for a chance to win a grand prize $100,000 custom Nickelodeon playground. Nickelodeon will award secondary prizing of five $10,000 grants to local organizations across the country working to promote active play. The grand prize winner of the "I Wanna Play" sweepstake will be announced on the "I Play Because" special, airing on Nickelodeon on Oct. 6, at 5 p.m.
At 9 a.m., on Oct. 6, Nickelodeon will kick start its on-air celebration with Jeff Sutphen, host of Nickelodeon's hit game show Figure It Out, from the Big Brothers Big Sisters Race for the Kids in New York City. At 12 p.m. (ET/PT), the channel will be "turned off" by Sutphen, encouraging kids and families to get outside and get active. When the network goes dark, a message encouraging viewers to go play will appear on a loop.
At 3 p.m., Nickelodeon will "turn" the network back on, followed by the premiere of "I Play Because" at 5 p.m. The half-hour special will showcase how kids across the country and around the world celebrated Worldwide Day of Play. In addition to First Lady Michelle Obama, David Beckham, Apolo Ohno and Nastia Liukin, the special will also feature a roster of Nickelodeon stars, including Jennette McCurdy, Ariana Grande, Daniella Monet, Leon Thomas III, Matt Bennett, Lucas Cruikshank, Halston Sage, Gracie Dzienny and Jeff Sutphen. Nick stars will check in from several events taking place around the world, including Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York's Race for the Kids, Let's Move London!, a United States Tennis Association (USTA) event for kids, a health and wellness event hosted by NFL's Play 60 and Rob Dyrdek's Street League Skate Championship. "I Play Because" will also include special musical performances from international sensations, The Wanted and rising star, Rachel Crow of X Factor fame.
Nickelodeon and a roster of more than 25 partner organizations will encourage their locals affiliates to host events in markets across the country leading up to and on Worldwide Day of Play (Oct. 6).
Organizations participating this year include Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Let's Move!, Kiwanis-Key Club, National Environmental Education Foundation, NFL Play 60, President's Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition, National Park Foundation, National Park Service, Ability Path/Best Buddies, ASPCA, Association of Children's Museums, National Association for Sports and Physical Education, National PTA, National Wildlife Federation, Outdoor Foundation, Paralympics, Playward, Special Olympics, UN Foundation/Girl Up, YMCA of Greater New York, Youth Service America, US Youth Soccer, Natural Resources Defense Council, Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City, The First Tee and JAM School Program.
In conjunction with Nickelodeon's WWDoP, the USTA is encouraging tennis clubs, tennis facilities, schools, parks and recreational organizations throughout the country to host USTA Free Tennis Play Days. The USTA Free Tennis Play Days began September 1 and will run through October 6, and are open to the public. During these events, kids will have the opportunity to play tennis as well as participate in a variety of tennis skill and game challenges that can be done individually or in teams. To date, more than 1,000 events have been scheduled across the country. For more information on local USTA Free Tennis Play Days visit www.youthtennis.com.
Additionally, Kids Foot Locker is partnering with Nickelodeon by encouraging parents to sign the "Get Active" pledge in celebration of Worldwide Day of Play. Customers who bring their signed pledge to any Kids Foot Locker store nationwide on Sunday, September 30th will receive a 15% discount to gear up for WWDoP. Kids Foot Locker outreach will include in-store signage and messaging on their social media platforms. Starting September 24th, go to www.kidsfootlocker.com/WWDOP to download the pledge
WWDoP began in 2004 as a part of Nickelodeon's The Big Help initiative, a kid-led movement for positive change that focuses on issues that are important to kids, including health and wellness, the environment, education, and community service. Through the Big Help health and wellness component, kids are encouraged to be more active for healthier lifestyles. On October 6, kids in every state across the U.S. and worldwide are expected to participate in Nickelodeon's WWDOP at the more than 4,000 expected local events.
For more information about Nickelodeon's WWDoP, visit www.thebighelp.com. Click on resources for WWDoP event planning materials.
Nickelodeon, now in its 33rd year, is the number-one entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The company includes television programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer products, online, recreation, books and feature films. Nickelodeon's U.S. television network is seen in almost 100 million households
and has been the number-one-rated basic cable network for 17 consecutive years. For more information or artwork, visit http://www.nickpress.com. Nickelodeon and all related titles, characters and logos are trademarks of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIA.B).
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Saturday, September 29, 2012
Nickelodeon USA's Television Channels Go Dark For Ninth Annual Worldwide Day Of Day On Saturday 6th October 2012
Below is a Nickelodeon Press Release with Nickelodeon News about Worldwide Day of Play 2012 from Nickelodeon USA's "Nickelodeon Kids And Family" press website, NickPress.com:


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So much for free speech.
An Oklahoma City driver was pulled over by cops and visited by the Secret Service last week because of an anti-Obama sticker attached to the bumper of his vehicle, NewsOK.com reported.
The Oklahoma City Police Department officer who pulled over driver Chip Harrison thought the "Abort Obama, Not the Unborn" sticker on his car could be interpreted as a threat to the newest commander-in-chief.
The officer confiscated the sign and told Harrison that "abort" meant "to kill" -- and slapped Harrison with a piece of paper saying he was part of an official investigation.
After the officer left, Secret Service agents called Harrison and said they were at his house. When Harrison returned home, two agents were waiting with his wife and 2-year-old daughter.
The Secret Service left when they discovered no proof of any attempt to harm the President.
"I pulled over, not knowing I'd done anything wrong," Harrison told NewsOK.com.
Harrison said the sign was simply his attempt to voice his disagreement with President Barack Obama's views on abortion.
"It's not a threat," Harrison said.
OCPD Captain Steve McCool said confiscating the sign was a mistake.
"That was [Harrison's] First Amendment right to voice his concern," McCool said.
Harrison is in contact with lawyers but is not sure if he will press charges, he said. The OCPD later returned the sign to Harrison.
Anti-Obama Sticker Brings Secret Service, Cops Running
An Okla. man was pulled over and visited by the Secret Service for an anti-Obama decal on his vehicle
So much for free speech.


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Assisted Living Locators Named a 2017 Top Franchise
by Franchise Business Review
Independent Survey Shows Franchise Owners Are Highly Satisfied with Assisted Living Locators' Performance
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Assisted Living Locators was recently named a top franchise by Franchise Business Review in its 2017 Top Franchises Report.
Assisted Living Locators offers "free service" for seniors and their families providing expert advice on short-term and long-term care options including in-home care, assisted living, memory care and retirement apartments. It generates revenue from the fees paid by the assisted living facilities per placement and from in-home care referrals.
The company touts itself as the "E-Harmony of senior living providers," trademarking its tagline, "Matchmaking Seniors with Caring Providers for Over a Decade™."
In 2016, the company exceeded its 50th franchise mark. The milestone comes off of consecutive years of positive growth trends since the company first began franchising in 2006 as the first placement and referral franchise business in the U.S. The company has now signed 62 franchisees in 20 states and the District of Columbia.
Franchise Business Review, a national franchise market research firm that performs independent surveys of franchisee satisfaction, provides the only rankings of franchises based solely on actual franchisee satisfaction and performance. Franchise Business Review publishes its rankings of top franchises in its annual Guide to Today's Top Franchises, as well as in special reports throughout the year that name the top franchises in specific sectors.
Assisted Living Locators was among 334 franchise brands, representing over 30,000 franchise owners, that participated in Franchise Business Review's research, which was conducted between May 2015 and November 2016. Assisted Living Locators franchisees were surveyed on 33 benchmark questions in the areas of financial opportunity, training and support, leadership, operations and product development, core values (e.g., honesty and integrity of franchisor), general satisfaction, and the franchisee community. An additional 16 questions asked franchisees about their market area, demographics, business lifestyle, overall enjoyment running their franchise, and role in the franchisee community.
"We are committed to expanding Assisted Living Locators services into new markets all over the U.S. and we encourage those interested in a franchise to apply," said Angela Olea, RN, CEO of Assisted Living Locators. "Franchisees train at the company's headquarters in Scottsdale and then replicate the company's operations in their city or state. The franchise fee is $49,500 with a monthly royalty fee at $500 per month or 8%, greater of the two for the 1st year."
"Franchises that survey their franchisees realize that transparency and openness contributes to a trusting relationship," says Eric Stites, CEO of Franchise Business Review. "Franchisee satisfaction ratings show you whether or not a franchise opportunity is really as good as it appears and fits your values and vision by providing insight into a system's culture, training, leadership, financial outlook, franchisee community, and much more."
The following are key findings on franchisees' perceptions of franchising from Franchise Business Review's overall research for it's 2017 Top Franchises list.
- 89% enjoy operating their business
- 87% enjoy being part of their franchise
- 84% respect their franchisor
- 81% believe their franchisor acts with a high level of integrity
- 81% are satisfied with their franchise overall
- 89% would "do it again" knowing what they know today
- 88% are satisfied with their franchisor and the opportunity provided
- 81% would recommend their franchise brand to others
- 60% agree or strongly agree that their financial expectations are being met
For more information on Assisted Living Locators, call 800-267-7816 or visit the website at www.assistedlivinglocators.com .


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This is the translation of the article I wrote on my blog Nos Ancêtres in February 2011.
Someone had written me about Sophie Gauthier and Jean-Baptiste Couture. Michel Lauzon is related to Rose Gauthier, Sophie's sister.
As I discovered, some descendants whose name were Seymour were in fact descendants of Guillaume Couture.
I have found out since 2007 that when you start digging for your roots you come across other people's ancestors. This blog has now more that 280 articles, 288 articles to be exact.
So here we go with the translation of my article…
Guillaume Couture was John Seymour's ancestor. John Seymour's name was in fact Jean-Baptiste Couture. In 1845 he married Sophie Gauthier whose sister was Rose Gauthier, aka Larosae Gotié.
Guillaume Couture
I could not resist the temptation when Michel Lauzon sent me this e-mail…
Hi Pierre
When Sophie Couture was baptized (the daughter of Jean-Baptiste Couture and Sophie Gauthier) on February 13, 1850, in Coteau-du-Lac (St-Ignace ), the child is 4 weeks-old. It is written that the father is a laborer at Trout River. This would be in New-Brunswick…, but is there another place with the same name?
Is there a Trout River in Ontario? Often those guys would work for lumber companies… And Zéphirin Morel, I believe, also had done such a work…
Often when someone is found somewhere, other members of the family are close by.….
See you
So many questions…
There is a Trout River near Huntingdon, the town of mayor Stéphane Gendron.
Nicolas Gendron
This has to be the place where Jean-Baptiste Couture was working in 1850 when little Sophie was born.
Jean-Baptiste Couture emigrated to the United States like 900,000 other French-Canadians. Several descendants of Guillaume Couture are found in Michigan and probably most of them ignore their French-Canadian roots.
This is the case of the descendants of Albert D. Seymour, a son of Jean-Baptiste Couture.
Albert D. Seymour was born around 1855 and he died on February 22, 1920 in Grand Ledge, in Eaton County, Michigan.
He was married to Laura Cramer on July 3, 1883 in Mt Pleasant, in Isabella County, Michigan. Laura remarried on July 11, 1920 with George P. Bartlett.
The Couture-Cramer couple had at least eight children.
Floyd M. Seymour
Mary Lavine Seymour
Lloyd M. Seymour
Clarence L. Seymour
Albert D. Seymour
Viva Seymour
George W. Seymour
Fred B. Seymour
Viva Seymour married George H. Roop on June 8 juin, 1918, in Mason, in Ingham County, in Michigan.
As I wrote on Monday…
This will never stop…
Next time, more on the Seymours.


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Scotland is famous for kilts, bagpipes, and the Loch Ness monster, but did you know it has been an important center of miniature book production since the 19th century? Neither did we!
In the 1870s, Glasgow publishing firm David Bryce & Son found that poorly selling books flew off—or perhaps blew off—the shelf when reformatted in miniature. The National Library of Scotland is exhibiting their collection of Bryce's tiny tomes and other minuscule masterpieces, which they define as less than 3 inches in height and width. Bryce sold his books with a locket and magnifying glass for ease and accessibility. Yes, that's right; people actually read the tiny volumes!
The library's collection includes the first miniature book on record at 2 inches high and 1.8 inches wide. The library used to have the world record holder for smallest book: an edition of Old King Cole, a children's nursery rhyme at 0.035 inches. Tokoyo-based Toppan Printing holds the current record with a needle-eye sized 22 page-illustrated guide to Japanese flora created using nanotechnology printing techniques. We think that'll require a microscope!
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CES 2010: Curtains close at LVCC
The towering banks of LCDs have come down and the last of the exhibits have been packed away. CES 2010 came to a close Saturday night, and we're taking a look back at some of the odds and ends from the show. The Kodak Slice gets some hands-on treatment and we take it slow with the Casio Exilim EX-FH100 in 30fps mode as we bid the Consumer Electronics Show goodbye for another year.
Kodak Slice and Playsport
Alongside the announcement of four new EasyShare models, Kodak stepped into touch screen territory for the first time. The Kodak 'Slice' is a slim, ultracompact unit with a 3.5 inch touch panel on the back. A tiny zoom toggle rests on the top deck next to the shutter release, on/off button, and farther down, an image playback button. That's the total button count, making this a nearly touch-only camera.
Press materials announced that the camera would be arriving in black, nickel, and radish hues. Radish, as it turns out, is a purplish pink. The whole unit feels solid, though not too weighty. A demo of the touch interface in playback mode shows that photos can be advanced with a swiping motion, a feature we've seen in several touch cameras to date.
In our brief hands-on time, the display seemed to be bright and sufficiently sharp. When the camera comes to full production, we'll be interested to see how well the touch interface works compared to those on board existing touch cameras.
The Kodak Playsport was also introduced for the show. It's a ruggedized 1080p HD video recorder. As the name would suggest, it's designed for a tougher customer than the Zi8 before it. The Zi8 proved in our own review to record decent video for a very attractive price, so it seems reasonable to assume that the Playsport will do the same in much rougher conditions.
Both the Slice and Playsport will be available in April.
Casio keeps fast pace with Exilim FH100
Under the strobing lights of the Casio booth, we got a demo of the Casio Exilim EX-FH100's 30 fps capture mode. The 10x zoom lens is pushed out to the telephoto end in our video of a small roller coaster taking a plunge down a hill.
The Exilim FH100 employs mechanical image stabilization to the 10x optical zoom range, giving a longer reach than previous compact high-speed Casio cameras. It will shoot videos in a slo-mo 1000 fps at a reduced resolution.
Panasonic pursues 3D
The head of Panasonic's booth was dominated by a large 3D theater, complete with a line of eager viewers, velvet ropes, and a wall of flickering 3D glasses.
Inside was a program that invited viewers to step into their "3D World." The darkened room was treated to an impressive display of 3D footage captured with their new 3D video camera, one of which was parked at the side of an aisle.
Sony announced their commitment to 3D video as well. A retro-fitted 3D Jimi Hendrix video played at their booth alongside their promotion of a Sony-branded 3D Blu-ray player.
Megapixel wars go on… and on…
The LVCC turned out to be another battleground in the megapixel wars as manufacturers pumped out compact camera after compact camera with 14 megapixel sensors. Consumers may need to start investing in those SDXC cards announced by Panasonic – at this rate, image files will quickly become too unweildy for their standard memory cards.
There is light at the end of the tunnel, though. Samsung's NX10 hosts 14.6 effective megapixels on a much larger APS-C sized sensor. Canon's most recent advanced point and shoots toned down pixel density too. It looks for now that manufacturers are keeping pixel count lower on their high-end point and shoots and continuing to push for More Megapixels on their entry-level cams.
See you at PMA
CES is behind us, but the road to PMA 2010 in Anaheim is short. Though we won't see Canon there this year, we'll get to catch up with the imaging companies that didn't have a big presence in Las Vegas. Look for more cameras and more trade show coverage from California at the end of February.


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These days "Lost" plot secrets are at a premium, so you'd think Michael Emerson's wife, "True Blood" actress Carrie Preston, would have the skinny.
Think again. According to Emerson she doesn't want to know a thing -- much less the answer to a key mystery. She's too big a fan of the show.
"She won't even let me tell her anything," Emerson told PopcornBiz. "She's such a purist. She only wants to learn things as they are broadcast.
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"Sometimes you'd like to talk about the amazing thing you did that day on the set. But who can I talk to?" said Emerson. "She'll be like, 'Shut up, I don't want to hear it.'"
Preston even turns away once the actual episodes air.
"She doesn't watch the previews for the next show and she won't watch a commercial for it," said Emerson. He admits not being able to talk about the show has thrown him into the arms of Hurley, "Lost" actor Jorge Garcia.
"I can always go to Jorge," said Emerson, "because he's always trying to figure the show out. None of us have any answers."


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Sorry Smash, must've missed your post. I got it in a mail was how I saw it.
So... how many differnt "Clone Cash" coupons are out there?I thought I read somewhere that the Clone Cash was for vehicle purchases this time, but the one I got today in my CW Ki-Adi-Mundi was "Save $5 on any Hasbro Star Wars Lightsaber purchase of $15 or more".
Thank Ook... I'm out of ink or I'd likely pounce on this one.
IDK if this was posted but Kmart has a coupon for $5 off a toy purchase of ONLY $5! You can get a TVC fig for only $4 and change. I got Han today. I almost boguht SW "Beanz" for $5.99 before discount. Unfortunately tomorrow is the last day. I only heard about this today. http://www.printablecouponfeed.com/kmart/25734
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Two firefighters managed to corral a lake-area man who took off on foot across Route 5 in Camdenton late Wednesday afternoon.
Two firefighters managed to corral a lake-area man who took off on foot across Route 5 in Camdenton late Wednesday afternoon. The firefighters were on duty at Mid-County Fire Protection District headquarters when a disturbance across the street drew their attention. As the situation unfolded, a passenger in a vehicle being pursued by a Camdenton police officer jumped out of the moving car and attempted to get away on foot. But he ran into problems as he neared the firehouse when two firefighters dropped what they were doing and took off in hot pursuit. As one firefighter chased the suspect around the building, the second one cut through the building and exited through the back door. The two firefighters managed to cut the suspect off and were able to tackle him to the ground until the police could catch up with them. The firefighters said they were just going about their daily business when the ruckus started. The driver, according to Camdenton Police Sgt. Jeff Beauchamp, did stop just around the corner from where the first suspect took off on foot. The driver was cited for operating without a license and a routine traffic violation. The suspect who fled is being held on outstanding city warrants and is expected to be charged with resisting arrest by fleeing. He was taken to the Camden County Jail. Lake Sun Leader


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Installing a fuel injected engine into an older car is a popular conversion. However, when it comes time to service your new engine, you may find yourself unsure or confused as to what spark plugs to use, what oil filter you need, or how to route the belt. These engine service decals indicate the factory specifications for the specific engine you just installed. They also add a finishing touch to your engine compartment, making it seem like your vehicle came from the factory with your newly installed engine. They each list the following information:
These are quality, durable decals designed to survive in the harsh underhood environment. They are waterproof, heat resistant and are tear resistant. Each decal is 4" wide, and 2 1/2" tall. Decals are warrantied for 90 days against fading. We recommend installing them on a clean, flat metal or plastic surface. Note: Each decal is intended for a specific engine application in stock form. Custom or modified engines may render decal information inaccurate. Please make sure you order the appropriate decal for your engine based on year, original vehicle, and engine type or displacement. Photo shows a sample decal, the actual decal you will receive will vary depending on the application.
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Hey everyone!!!! Probably all of you or at least most of you watched the Movie Juno few months ago. To be honest, I wasnt dying to watch it, but then I just happened to be at the right place at the right time, the movie was there, I had nothing else to do, so I watched.
My opinion was: I LOVED IT!!!! It is H-I-L-A-R-I-O-U-S! A must see, defenetely.
Ok so back to Fashion, lol, there is a scene, where she is at the park, sitting with a friend, and then is where I spotted the collest pair of vintage sunglasses I´ve ever seen.
It was a bit chaotic to be honest! It nearly drive me mad, trying to find them on the Internet so I could buy them!!!! After few months of agony, literally, my boyfriend (THANKS BABY!!!!!!!!) Found them in a trip to the states and got them for me.
I am the happiest!!! As I get to wear them every single day, my Ray.Bans are SOOOO jealous!! but what can I do, they have to give eachother a chance and wait for their turn to be worn!!! lol
Here some pics of my gorgeous pair fo shades!!!
au revoir! and stay glam people!!!!


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What does Russia-sponsored political influence look like on Facebook?
An Associated Press analysis of the content on a now-shuttered Facebook page called "Being Patriotic" shows it's colored with words like "illegal," ''country" and "American" and phrases like "illegal alien," ''Sharia law" and "Welfare state."
"Being Patriotic" was among 470 pages and accounts that Facebook shut down in recent weeks in response to a congressional probe into Russian meddling in last year's election.
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While Facebook says it deleted the posts this week, the AP was able to perform a content analysis based on the 500 most popular posts on the page, which was one of six Russia-influenced Facebook pages examined by Jonathan Albright, research director at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University.
Albright downloaded posts and metrics including the pages' followers and interactions using Facebook's analytics tool, CrowdTangle. The company has since disabled that functionality for deleted posts.


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The invasion of physics by information theory
Speaker(s): Robert Spekkens
Abstract: When we think of a revolution in physics, we usually think of a physical theory that manages to overthrow its predecessor. There is another kind of revolution, however, that typically happens more slowly but that is often the key to achieving the first sort: it is the discovery of a novel perspective on an existing physical theory. The use of least-action principles, symmetry principles, and thermodynamic principles are good historical examples. It turns out that we can refine our understanding of many of these principles by characterizing certain properties of physical states as resources. I will discuss some of the highlights of two resource theories: the resource theory of asymmetry, which characterizes the relations among quantum states that break a symmetry; and the resource theory of athermality, which characterizes the relations among quantum states that deviate from thermal equilibrium. In particular, I will discuss how Noether's theorem does not capture all of the consequences of symmetries of the dynamics, and how the second law of thermodynamics does not capture all of the constraints on thermodynamic transitions. Finally, I will show that both asymmetry and athermality are informational resources, and that rehabilitated versions of Noether's theorem and the second law can both be understood as constraints on data processing. Considerations such as these---as well as evidence from other fronts of the invasion---make a compelling case for the revolutionary cause of reconceiving physics from an information-theoretic perspective.
Date: 26/03/2014 - 2:00 pm
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Valencia County deputy faces kidnapping and extortion charges.
Former sheriff's daughter faces counterfeiting charges.
Drunk driver drinks in front of cops during traffic stop.
Lawyer wants to see cops' Facebook pages.
Interpol issues alert for Gadhafi.
Basketball player dies after winning shot.
'River of Blood' reported inside Libyan city.
Burqa ban goes in effect in France next month.
Child molester to be castrated so he can get parole.
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How Good Are the Foreign Cars? (Jan, 1947)
How Good Are the Foreign Cars?
Endlessly people keep asking. "Why are the foreign cars better than ours?" Here is the true dope.
BY TOM McCAHLL
WHICH are really the best?" I've often been asked, "American or foreign automobiles?" And readers have written and asked flatly, "Why is it we can't build as good cars as they do in Europe?"
If you have been around automobile enthusiasts, you know that arguments on this subject have been going on for over 30 years. There is only one truthful answer when asked if imported cars are better than ours, and that is, "Yes and no."
I will explain. I have never felt more qualified to write any article than I have this, because I don't believe any one in this country has ever, over a period of years, personally owned more imported cars of various makes than I have, in addition to owning cars made by every leading manufacturer in this country.
In America today we only build one type of car, the American family car. In Europe there are two distinct types and a hybrid—the family car, the sport car and the semi-sport car. The family car, like ours, is designed for family use, and the sport car is designed primarily for sport driving and contests. Now, don't start hollering that some of our American cars are sport sedans or sport convertibles, because this is only a stretch of the manufacturer's imagination. There is no such thing as an American sport car being made today, outside of race cars. The "sport"-labelled convertibles we make would show up like battleships in the Gold Cup races in a real sport event. Are they better? No. They are different, But, as we are comparing our one type of car with their two and a half types, let's make the comparisons one at a time.
First, let's compare their family car to ours. Are the cars the same? For the most part, no, and for good reasons. In Europe the price of gasoline averages four to five times more than here, so that economy becomes a much more important factor that it does with us, and the manufacturer catering to the low-priced-car buyer must stress economy of operation. To accomplish this he must sacrifice some of the features our manufacturers shout about, such as performance and horsepower and roominess. And what have they given in their place? Usually workmanship and quality. These are far superior to ours. The doors of their low-priced cars fit like the doors of our expensive ones, and the assembled parts in general are of a much higher quality than those we turn out. The upholstery is often genuine leather of the finest quality, even in the cheapest cars.
So, how do the products of America and Europe stack up? Does the little, jewel-like car of superb workmanship surpass our big, low-priced cars put together for the most part by stamping machines? The answer is still, "Yes and no," Yes, they are a much better car to own in a country where gasoline costs around a dollar a gallon, and they are just as sensible to own where the majority of roads are narrow and winding and where excess horsepower couldn't be used in safety anyway, For this type of driving, typical of European conditions, the fine little continental car seems the best.
But for America, no. This car is not for the American driver who thinks nothing of driving 400 miles in a day's run, in contrast to most Europeans who couldn't drive 400 miles from the center of their country without crossing an international boundary line! Nor is it for the American business man who has a lot of stops to make and must travel fast regardless of bad road conditions. The American driver wants comfort for his family, horsepower and snap for his long trips, and a car that can be used 365 days in the year irrespective of location or weather. For Americans, no other car in the world will give the service we get out of our own cars today.
"Hold on," you say, "how about the big foreign cars such as the Rolls Royce, Minerva, Hispano, Lan-chester or Bentley?" My friends, now you are thinking about the world's unquestionably best-built automobiles, but these are strictly luxury products. There isn't an American car that can hold a candle to any of them from the standpoint of workmanship and comfort—but then, look what they cost! and remember I just said best-built automobiles, not best automobiles for Americans. These cars are made to give years of service and in this nothing we build can approach them. I could take you in front of the Plaza Hotel in New York or the Breaker in Palm Beach and show ! you quite a number of cars of this type ranging in age from 20 to 25 years and they'll all look like new and be in perfect condition; but think how many Cadillacs you could have owned in this time for the $20,000 one of them would have cost you, delivered here! If we are not considering price, only quality, then the Rolls must get the nod, even though a Lincoln or Cadillac would beat the pants off it in a performance test.
What really starts all these "Which is better?" arguments is the contest between the American (all purpose) car and the foreign sport car. The foreign sport car is primarily a racing car-meaning road racing, not track. In performance it is so far superior to the best American stock car that comparison is ridiculous. These cars run in price from the poor man's sport car, equal to our low-priced machines, to the double SS Mercedes Benz which costs from $20,000 up. They are usually so underslung that in getting in you feel as though you were getting into bed, but they are often much longer in wheelbase than some of our largest limousines. For the most part the expensive sport cars are supercharged, and the great majority are either four-place open phaetons or roadsters, which doesn't assure much comfort on a sub-zero night unless you are an Eskimo. About the performance difference: when you hear an American car owner brag that he was doing a hundred you may rest assured he's either stretching the truth to the breaking point or he has a very slap-happy speedometer, but when you hear about a Talbot, Maz-zaratti, Alfa Romeo or Mercedes Benz doing close to 150, don't smirk, because they can do it. If you owned one of the fastest American stock cars and the owner of a Bugatti, for example, offered to bet you that on Park Avenue, New York City, he could go two blocks from a dead standstill while you were going one, don't bet him, because you would lose. These cars are supercharged dynamite that can whip up close to a hundred before you get out of second, and if it wasn't for the law they could do 20 laps around Central Park before you went 10. Does this make them better, you ask? The answer is, far better for this type of driving.
Just a few years ago on Roosevelt Raceway, Long Island, a track was built for an international road race, and what happened? Some of our best drivers who competed with American cars looked like kids from the soap box derby against the German and Italian drivers and cars. The course twisted and turned and did everything but loop the loop, and the foreign drivers made our boys look like the rank amateurs they were at the contest of shifting gears, fast acceleration, and fast braking called road racing. Several oceans of water have gone over the dam since any foreign entrant has won the famed Indianapolis classic, however— an almost top-speed race all the way. There were several foreign cars in the first ten this year, but only one foreign driver, and he finished seventh; so you see it's a case of making the car and driver fit the conditions.
If you still ask how we can compare our cars to such machines of super-performance, the answer is easy. The others are made, as pointed out, for sport driving—something we would almost call an obstacle race—but the biggest difference is seen in their normal life, so get a grip on your hats, foreign car fans, here it comes. The average sport car, regardless of how much it costs, is through, washed-up, worn out, useless, before it has gone 20,000 miles. I don't mean it needs an overhaul, I mean it is through! Compare this with many American cars that have gone several hundred thousand miles and are still going. Exceptions are found only among high-priced semi-sport cars that are never raced, but used like American family cars.
My objection to the semi-sport foreign car for American use centers around its cost of upkeep and temperamental nature. We in America expect to walk out to our garage on a cold winter morning, turn on the ignition and start. The semi-sport job may start right off, but then it may not. These cars are made like fine Swiss watches, compared to our dollar ones, and a little thing like a moist day or a drop of twenty degrees in temperature sometimes makes it almost impossible to get them running right. I used to own and operate a machine shop that specialized in servicing expensive foreign cars, and I can tell you, they are as temperamental as prima donnas. If you are an expert automobile man you might get a lot of fun out of catering to their whims, but if you are not, they can cost you a mint of money. In fact, they are just too fine a piece of machinery to be hacked around on trips to market or station or to the movies after dinner. To give an idea, I drove a Mercedes Benz to the West Coast one time, and on cold days at high altitudes I often had to change the spark plugs to a hotter type, to say nothing of making complete carburetor adjustments for every change of altitude and weather. It was fun being able to cruise at 100 in open country and it was fun to hear the roar of the engine that always announced my arrival to some prairie town five miles before I got there, but such fun has to be paid for, either in money or in hours under the hood.
No one ever loved sporty cars more than the late composer, Vincent Youmans, and few men have known how to drive them better. Vince, when he died last spring, owned a Lincoln Continental, a Rolls Royce and a Mercedes Benz, the last, one of the fastest cars ever built. Twice a year, usually, he would drive from New York to Los Angeles in four and a half days; it was a game with him to try and beat the train's time. He would drive at night, from six P.M. until seven or eight the next morning; then he would sleep all day until it was time to go again. Which car do you think he used? That's right, the American Lincoln Continental, in spite of the fact that his own Mercedes won one of the last great road races held in Germany before the war. He knew the Lincoln Continental would keep going, hour after hour, without any fits of temperament. Even though he couldn't cross the prairies at a cruising speed of 100 or better with it, he could hold a steady 75 to 80 most of the night, and brother, that gets you places.
I'd like the chance to bet on our three most popular low-priced family cars, in a race from coast to coast against three of the best foreign sport cars. They'd streak far ahead when it came to high-speed cruising; but the steep climbs to high, cold altitudes, the sudden descents, the western mountains, the searing deserts which go on for hundreds of miles—these would produce just about every known driving condition. I'd back our cars every time. fo the cars that take old Doc Jones to meet the stork at three on a Vermont winter morning; they're the cars that deliver the mail along the Rio when the temperature is well over 100; and they're the cars that take thousands of Americans to work and back five days a week the year round. They are American cars, rough, tough and full of fight, not so fast and maybe not so pretty, but they keep going somehow even after the last fender has fallen off.
This is America and our cars are right for Americans.


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Photoshop World 2012: Behind the Scenes with "Face Off" Champion Rayce Bird
At Photoshop World, passion for photography and digital imaging are at every corner. Artist Rayce Bird isn't just here for his interest in Photoshop, digital imaging or Wacom tablets. In preparation for a Westcott photo shoot on the show floor, Rayce gave model Thomas Williford the look of a steampunk monster with ingredients like foam latex, acrylic paint and glue.
You may remember Rayce from the second season of "Face Off," a reality television show on the SyFy network. Rayce competed with 13 artists and went on to become the grand prize winner. That's when Adobe Sr. Creative Director Russell Brown and his wife started following his design career. "It was clear that he had the skills in sketching and conceptual design."
Soon after, Russell came up with the idea to integrate the theme of classic movie monsters into Adobe's participation at Photoshop World. Brown reached out to Rayce on Facebook about three months ago. "I noticed that he was using Photoshop in combination with the Wacom tablet to do his sketches, so I contacted him." Rayce wrote back with interest in working with Adobe, which led to his trip to Photoshop World to create a subject for attendees to photograph at the show.
Rayce says some of his makeup is inspired by movies he watched growing up like Aliens and Predator. Though he has recently been recognized for his conceptual art, Rayce considers himself an all-around artist, with skills in graphic design, makeup, tattooing, oil and acrylic painting, airbrushing, digital painting, sculpting, photography, film and more. He uses inspiration from other pieces of art to develop his concepts. "In graphic design, the way you push and pull things to make things pop out and draw your attention is similar to what we do in makeup."
A big thanks to Rayce for taking the time to speak with us! We'll be sharing a time lapse video of Rayce's makeup design early next week, so stay tuned.


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For the last two weeks he's been adjusting to the different water conditions in Cyprus, the location of the AIDA Depth Diving World Championship happening this weekend. Is world champion freediver William Trubridge now ready to battle his great rival Alexey Molchanov?
When Will Trubridge arrived in Cyprus two weeks ago to prepare for the AIDA Depth Diving World Championship, he got a surprise. He discovered he's about 300g lighter in the water of Cyprus than in the Caribbean, his home turf.
"The waters of Cyprus are the saltiest in the Mediterranean," Will explains.
Saltier water means denser water, which is made denser again due to the water in Cyprus being cooler than the Caribbean.
"This means I am more buoyant than I am in Dean's Blue Hole at the same depth," Will says. "This makes my descents a lot longer here, 14 seconds longer for the same depth."
During one recent dive, Will was 20 seconds slower than he would have been in the Caribbean and, as a result, he had his first surface blackout since April.
But, after some mathematical calculations – something Will enjoys – he worked out that diving with an extra 300g lead weight on his neck balances out his extra buoyancy – problem solved. He's now ready to battle his great rival, Russian freediver Alexy Molchanov.
Click here to read more about Will Trubridge and his love of the ocean
Alexy has just arrived in Cyprus after training for some time in Croatia where the water condition is similar to Cyprus.
"I'm sure Alexy is going to give me a good run for my money," Will says. "We get on very well, but we definitely want to beat each other."
Despite wishing he had more time to train before the competition this weekend, Will's confident he will do well in FIM and CNF, the Free Immersion and Constant Weight Without Fins disciplines of freediving.
"My fundamental goal is to do three clean dives," Will says. "If I do that, then I'm guaranteed three medals. I would like to win gold if possible."
Aside from winning, Will's most looking forward to seeing how he responds to the extra pressure of diving in a high profile competition.
"In training, my dives are discovery of my potential," he says. "In competition it's more about staying focused and steady in mind and stepping up to the plate to win under tough psychological conditions.
"In most other sports, the adrenalin you get from performing in front of spectators and media can be used to your advantage, whereas in freediving anything that lifts your heart rate isn't helpful.
"That's the big psychological test of competing at this level."
The AIDA Depth Diving World Championship is from September 11 to September 20. Stay tuned for the competition results!


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Stoner rockers Queens of the Stone Age and indie favourites Vampire Weekend have been revealed as the two main headliners for the Squamish Valley Music Festival Aug. 9-10.
The festival (formerly known as Live at Squamish) will also include Seattle rockers Band of Horses, rappers Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Vancouver singer-songwriter Dan Mangan, and New York City Gypsy party band Gogol Bordello, among others.
Organizers made the announcement during a special concert at the Commodore Ballroom Friday night.
The concert featured two of the festival's 35-plus performers — Vancouver rockers Yukon Blonde and Toronto electro-pop artist Diamond Rings — who will play on one of the festival's four stages at Squamish's Hendrickson Fields and Logger Sports Grounds this summer. Now in its fourth year, festival organizers brand.LIVE and Live Nation hope 2013 will be the event's biggest edition yet.
"We're extremely pleased with the continued growth and tremendous support we're seeing for the festival," brand.LIVE festival director Paul Runnals said in a press release.
"This year's festival promises a well-rounded showing of local, regional and international artists," added Erik Hoffman, Live Nation Canada's vice-president for talent.
Queens of the Stone Age will be releasing their sixth album before hitting the festival circuit this summer, and the record will feature the added presence of drummer Dave Grohl, bassist Nick Oliveri and vocalist Mark Lanegan, who were all part of the band for classic 2002 album Songs for the Deaf. The album will also feature Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor, Scissor Sisters' Jake Shears and Sir Elton John.
At this point it is unconfirmed if Grohl, Oliveri or Lanegan will be performing with the band in Squamish.
Afropop-loving Brooklynites Vampire Weekend's third album Modern Vampires of the City will be released May 6.
Tickets for the Squamish Valley Music Festival go on sale March 8 via Ticketmaster. Full weekend tickets are priced at $149 plus taxes and charges.
VIP packages, camping and VIP glamping passes will also be available, as well as a shuttle services from Vancouver and Whistler to Squamish.
For complete lineup details, ticket details and information on camping and accommodations, visit squamishfestival.com.
The full lineup includes:
Queens of the Stone Age
Vampire Weekend
Band of Horses
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Dan Mangan
Gogol Bordello
Divine Fits
Young The Giant
Childish Gambino
Pretty Lights
Fitz and The Tantrums
Jurassic 5
Said the Whale
Yukon Blonde
Diamond Rings
Capital Cities
Deap Vally
The Heavy
The Matinee
A Tribe Called Red
Bear Mountain
Skratch Bastid
Dustin Bentall and the Smøkes
The Ballantynes
The Funk Hunters
Dear Rouge
Jordan Klassen
Dominique Fricot
Gang Signs
The Chantrelles
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KODIAK, Alaska — On a cool evening before the onset of winter, beer drinkers met to toast to the latest installation of the Kodiak Island Brewing Co. With Xtratuf boots and windbreakers still on, these craft-brew lovers sampled the likes of Liquid Sunshine, Night Watch Porter and the ever-cheeky Sarah Pale Ale — all beers that can't be found anywhere else.
Launched in 2003, the newly located and expanded brewery is the first and only in the remote fishing town of Kodiak. The overwhelming community response was what prompted its recent move to a larger locale.
Ben Millstein is the man behind the mission. Having started home-brewing while ski-bumming in Crested Butte, Mont., he moved to Kodiak and has set up shop with a very green approach.
"I never had a thought about the business; it was about the beer and community first," he said, sipping on his own brew.
Though Millstein orders yeast, hops and other ingredients from the Pacific Northwest — part of doing business in Kodiak, he said — all water comes directly from the island. The brewmaster also specializes in making his brews organic and unfiltered.
For the brewery decor he recycled metal siding from an old cannery, reclaimed wood for the bar and a copper door to serve as a backsplash to the wooden taps.
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But what makes this brewery unique? Well, it isn't cheap. If you're in the Lower 48, a taste test will cost you about $1,000 — the price of a round-trip ticket to Kodiak. In other words, the brewery doesn't bottle or ship its beer off the island. This limited distribution allows Millstein to better serve the local community while minimizing his carbon footprint, he said.
"If every local brewery tried to ship their beer," he explained, "we would have beer stores as big as Wal-Mart. That can be fun, but that's not what I do."
The brewer hopes his brewery will become a destination: Visiting Kodiak is part of the deal. "There's something wonderful about going to a place and knowing that you can't buy this beer in the next town," he said. "That's what makes it special."
Kodiak Island Brewing Co., 907-486-2537, kodiakbrewery.com