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Former contemporary Christian music singer Katy Perry has taken to controversy like a black bear takes to an Alaskan salmon stream. Her look. Her lyrics. Her marriage. Her divorce. Her evolving faith. Now she's embroiled in it once again with her Prism track "Roar," but the criticisms this time have nothing to do with her message or her moves or her manners.
Instead, the song had barely hit the airwaves and the Internet before it was singled out for … plagiarism. Online critics cried foul, saying that the beats, instrumentation, tempo and themes all bear more than a little resemblance to Sara Bareilles' recent song " Brave." And if that wasn't enough, the song's lyric video, which features its words being delivered as texts back and forth between friends as Katy goes about a normal day (including texting while eating breakfast, going to the bathroom, riding in a car, working out on a treadmill and taking a bubble bath) resembles a similarly constructed lyric video from a less well-known musician named DJ Dillion Francis.
Well. Methinks I'd be wise to sidestep that clutter and quickly get back to her main meaning … which in this case is completely uncontroversial—as long as you don't apply it too literally to Katy's own personal journey, that is.
What we find here—whether it's original or not—is a playful, upbeat, keyboard-and-drum filled anthem about standing up for yourself. "I used to bite my tongue and hold my breath," Perry confesses at the outset. "Scared to rock the boat and make a mess."
Now, that supposed prior docility certainly wasn't evident in songs like her first big hit " I Kissed a Girl" and many of her hits since then. Still, Perry insists she's been a people pleaser to a fault. "So I sat quietly, agreed politely," she continues. "I guess that I forgot I had a choice/I let you push me past the breaking point/I stood for nothing, so I fell for everything."
OK. It's getting harder to keep Katy's personal life out of this now, considering the fact that she did indeed stand for something in her CCM days, and now, not much beyond sexy getups and sensual dance moves. But for the sake of the song itself, let's persevere, shall we?
"You held me down," she accuses, "but I got up." And now she's moving forward and leaving her traumatic relationship behind. (Katy may well be referring to her short marriage to comedian and actor Russell Brand here, but, again, leaving that bit of interpretive baggage riding around on the carousel will keep us moving toward that better end result we're working toward.) "You hear my voice, you hear that sound," she continues, "Like thunder, gonna shake the ground/You held me down, but I got up/Get ready, 'cause I've had enough/I see it all, I see it now/ … I got the eye of a tiger, a fighter, dancing through the fire/'Cause I am a champion, and you're gonna hear me roar/Loader, louder than a lion/ … You're gonna hear me roar!"
Maybe the song has a tad too much spunk and attitude. Its lyric video certainly shouldn't have shown Katy on the toilet. But taken the right way, and acted on with the right amount of respectful wisdom, this then becomes a Perry anthem that floats very near to the top of anything else she's done (since her aforementioned CCM days, at least). That's because it focuses more on empowerment than on the kinds of frothy, sensual rebellion she's taken to promoting so heavily of late.
Music Video Update: Katy Perry gets in touch with her inner Jane in the full video that's been produced for "Roar." As it begins, she and a narcissistic Indiana Jones-esque partner (he's always shooting selfies on his phone) have crash-landed in a jungle. He's confident. She's petrified. It's a situation that's not improved by the fact that he's soon killed by a rampaging tiger. (We see the cat pounce.) It's not long, though, before Katy acclimates and adapts, doing a lot of roaring herself as she tames the creatures of the jungle and coaxes them, Dr. Dolittle-style, into doing her bidding (like, say, using an elephant to help her shower, a scene in which we glimpse her bare shoulders). Eventually, Katy's jungle queen dispenses with the torn rags of her civilized clothes, exchanging them for a cleavage-bearing tiger-print bikini and grass skirt.
After serving as an associate editor at NavPress' Discipleship Journal and consulting editor for Current Thoughts and Trends, Adam now oversees the editing and publishing of Plugged In's reviews as the site's director. He and his wife, Jennifer, have three children. In their free time, the Holzes enjoy playing games, a variety of musical instruments, swimming and … watching movies.


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McConnellsville firefighter, chief charged with arson (Updated with mugshots)
VIENNA >> Two McConnellsville firefighters, including the chief, have been charged with arson.
On Friday, New York State Police responded to a report of a suspicious fire at a seasonal residence at 8177 Yager Road in Vienna.
The fire had been extinguished by members of the McConnellsville Fire Department, but the residence was heavily damaged by the fire.
The Oneida County Cause and Origin Team determined that the fire had been set.
Investigation by the New York State Police resulted in the arrest of McConnellsville Fire Chief Howard Roache, 35, of Camden, for starting this fire. Roache was charged with fourth-degree arson, a class E felony.
Additionally, McConnellsville Fire Department fire fighter James Goold, 54, of Vienna, has been arrested for starting a separate fire at an abandoned maintenance building in a gravel bed located at 3047 Wheeler Hill Road in Annsville, which occurred on Feb. 2.
Goold was charged with third-degree arson, a class C felony.
On Saturday, both subjects were arraigned and were being held at Oneida County Jail.
Goold's bail or bond was posted at $10,000, and he is still at the Oneid County Jail as of Monday, May 13.
Roache posted as $7,500 bond and was released.
Though no motive has been provided yet, State Police Lt. Michael White said "I get the impression that they wanted to put out a fire, so they started a fire."
Police say investigation into several other suspicious fires in the area is continuing.
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We have seen a huge surge of geocaching-like apps and concepts that focus on digital devices. Games like Munzee where you use your smart phone and scan QR Codes to claim your points. Then there is Geocaching.com who just came out with their new "Challenges" where one takes a photograph (usually with a smart phone) at a specific location or doing a specific thing. Now there is a new twist that I thought interesting called Serentripiti. Here you make individual avatars that get picked up and dropped off based on location just like a travel bug and again all done with your smart phone.
So what is missing in this geocaching picture? For the most part... The Geocaches.
One of the great things about geocaching to me is the ability to go out and geocache. As general as that sounds the idea of going out and finding physical treasures is what it is all about when it comes to "treasure hunting". Yet look what is happening. Once again we are going from a time where we finally are getting people out and into nature (yes urban caches I mean you too) and now we are finding all these concepts to make geocaching quick and easy and click & shoot and in most cases you practically don't have to get out of your car to do it. What's the fun in that?
Now what did just occur to me is that geocaching as a whole has a demographic with the older set. In fact I am right smack in the middle of the main age group (most put it at 45 - 55). That doesn't mean there aren't tons of other ages involved we know there are but the mean is about there. So my thought is this, are these newer, applications and concepts geared for age groups that are younger, say younger than 45? Is it more appealing to the hip and electronic era to not mess with all that dirt, sticks and animals out in nature, cuz who wants to get dirty? Better to keep things hoppin' and just do everything on our phones. Heck most are glued to our hands like a Borg appendage anyways...
So is there a danger to geocaching being overwritten with simplistic, non-adventurous, arm chair applications of the future? Geez I hope not. Lets face it, you can't get the feeling of a cool breeze coming off a lake in the middle of a forest by sniffing your on/off button.
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The Beckhams and another rumour
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Victoria and David Beckham were at the Portrait Gala last night, seen here leaving hand in hand, reassuring the Beckham worriers out there that all is fine despite yet another rumour about whether or not he's been faithful. The Beckhams were a heatscore last spring when some story started circulating Full Story
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Paris Jackson was in London this week for Fashion Week and she was hanging out with Cara Delevingne. They were photographed leaving some parties and holding hands. Full Story
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Potentialist Reader Stories
For as long as I can remember, I've known that I was a photographer. Though my parents did not support this career choice, I went to photography school and got my BA degree, then moved to NYC where I lived as a starving artist. Literally. I loved my life in New York, difficult as it was, but moved to San Francisco for two years to help care for my godson when his parents were self-destructing. As their lives got back on track, I felt free to move back to NYC, and, on a wild whim, decided to ride my 150cc Vespa scooter across the country, from SF to NYC. It was a solo trip, just me and my sparkly little Vespa, 6000 miles and two month to the day. My journey took me through Wyoming and I immediately fell deeply, wholly, in love with Wyoming; specifically, the Bighorn Mountains. When I arrived in NYC, I knew my heart was still in Wyoming and within a month I had moved to a tiny town at the base of the Bighorns, population 300. I knew no one, didn't know how I would make a living; I just knew I had to be there.
Within months, I had fallen in love with a cowboy and one spring day, he stopped by my rustic one-room cabin (no indoor plumbing, woodstove as only form of heat) with a baby coyote pup in the pocket of his coat. The coyote pup was about ten days old, orphaned after his parents had been shot for killing sheep. My cowboy asked me if I wanted it. To be completely honest, I didn't! I had never raised a dog puppy, much less a wild creature, and yet I could not stand by and let this baby die, and so I took the coyote into my home. I was immediately entranced - by him, by the experience. I photographed Charlie daily, simply because I was so compelled to, and sent out one picture each day via email to my friends and family. My 90 year old grandmother soon made it clear that she could no longer start her days without her picture of Charlie; my photog friends in NYC would pull out their phones during breaks in photo shoots and share my Charlie pics with the models and crew. About three months into this, my best friend from third grade called me and said, "Your pictures are amazing, Charlie is amazing, I forward the images to my friends and they forward them on to their friends, and Shreve, you really should be getting paid for doing this." And so I started a blog, archiving my past photographs of Charlie, and opened up a subscription list for the daily emails.
Six weeks after my blog went live, Dooce.com linked to me. My hits went through the roof. My blog was linked all over the place. A week later, I received emails from four different publishing houses requesting a book, a memoir. I signed with Simon & Schuster in January of 2008.
Charlie is now 3 1/2 years old and he is still with me. He is house trained, he walks on a leash, and I feed him meat every evening, piece by piece, by hand, as he sits patiently in front of me. Working with him has required me to grow into my own strength as an individual in ways I would have never imagined, and he has opened my heart to love in a way no human ever had. And with him by my side, I now make my living doing what I love most ~ sharing my writing and photography with the world. My book has been translated into three languages to date, and I am consistently blown away by the responses people have to my work. I think Charlie and I give people license to dream, to believe in possibility, in whatever form it might take in their own lives.
As a somewhat-tangent, I've been wanting to write to you with the offer of sending you a copy of my book "The Daily Coyote" because, based on our very similar taste in books and the way you speak of Marcus, I think you would enjoy it. So, if you're interested, please do email me a mailing address and I will pop one in the mail!
And thank you for your blog ~ I am out in the boonies here, and I love keeping up on pop culture through your site and your intelligent analyses.
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I'm not writing this for myself. I'm writing this in support of my mom, who, despite her liking of Tori Spelling, is a rather interesting example of someone who gives to the community.
My mom a (cough cough) 60 year old something - works full time in social services. Not just any type of social services; rather, the city's largest homeless shelter for men. Heart strings tug for children in need, animals, but the man sleeping on the subway grate is always hurried past with an averted gaze. My mother has been there for almost 16 years now and it must tell you something when you're downtown together and she stops and says hi to a 6'5 panhandler who affectionately calls her 'mom'.
It's not easy employment for someone in their 20s, hell, forget someone who is in her 60s. It's rough, harsh, constantly dealing with tragedy, yet my mom is still able to find the humour in every day situations and look at every day as if it is truly a gift, and not to be wasted. She spends her free time doing what makes her happy, not what society says someone in her age should enjoy. How she came to this, is itself a bit of a take the situation by the balls and squeeze.
As I mentioned, she's been at this shelter for almost 16 years, which would mean she started working there in her 40s. When I was finishing up my last two years of high school, my mother looked around the small town we were living in and realized there wasn't anything there for a single woman of her age once I went away to school. A voracious reader, she had to leave high school in grade ten and with some nudging, she earned her high school diploma. Good for her, right? It gets even better. Remember, we're talking small town early 90s. Was there really such an option as night school or online courses to earn your high school diploma? Of course not. My mother had no choice but to attend the same high school as me, in the day. Once the students got past the sight of seeing an adult who wasn't a teacher in their classes, she seemed to fit right in (damn woman knew more of the gossip than I did!). A lot of the students seemed to find in her an adult who wouldn't judge, who would just listen and I think this is what has served her so well working where she has. She sees these men as actual men; not a scrap of clothing on the sidewalk to be kicked aside in the rest of the world's haste.
Dear Lainey,
I must be a relatively new follower of your blog (when I say follower, I mean I follow it religiously) because I had not yet heard the story behind how it all came to be. I'd like to thank you for sharing your story, as it resonated strongly with my own experiences with my mother. It is comforting to hear how these terrible events can eventually lead to such positive changes. Here's to many more years of your mother driving you crazy, and to the immense enjoyment these entertaining stories will provide for your readers!
I would like to share my own story with you below:
At my mother's funeral, I was inundated with questions about what I would do now. While I managed to deflect these inquiries with adequate answers, inside I found myself screaming, 'I don't know!' For the first time in my life, I didn't know. More importantly, for the first time, I didn't care. I could only be sure that everything had changed for me in ways I couldn't fully comprehend at the time. It had been only four weeks earlier that I sat in my flat in South East London as my mom told me she had only two months to live.
The story behind my living in London is likely a common one. I had finished my undergraduate degree and it suddenly became overwhelmingly evident that I had lived only in Canada for 22 years. It was time to live somewhere else for a while, so I moved to England and spent a year struggling to make ends meet while travelling throughout Western Europe. I loved it so much that I decided it was a necessity that I stay there. But, I had taken a year off to have my fun; it was time to set the wheels in motion towards making something of myself, so I decided to pursue a Master's degree in London.
Upon arriving back in London after visiting with my parents in Canada over the summer of 2009, we found out that my mom had been diagnosed with a rare form of stomach cancer. The news left me completely crippled, and all I could think about was going home to be with her.
My mom insisted that I not panic and was adamant that I continue on with my studies in London. It was a particularly difficult and invasive form of cancer, but her doctors seemed optimistic, so I conceded to her appeals and remained in London. Luckily, over the course of her numerous rounds of chemo and therapy my professors allowed me to take time off to be with her for over two months.
Most people diagnosed with her form of cancer do not end up qualifying for surgery. When my mom was done with her first rounds of grueling treatment, she did qualify, and her Oncologist declared that she was, ?one tough lady.? Her surgery was horrendous. They removed her entire stomach, part of her liver, diaphragm, and esophagus. She was in the hospital for nearly a month and had whittled down to 84 pounds. When I hugged her Goodbye, as I was on my way back to London, I thought she may crumble. I had never felt so much pain and longing leaving home before.
As I embarked on summer in London, we couldn't have been more positive, as her treatments had proven to be a success and she was deemed 'cancer free.' But, a mere few months later I sat flummoxed only the phone, attempting to process the notion that I was going to lose my mom.
When I arrived home, on her 57th birthday, it was shockingly clear that the process of dying had already begun to take hold of her. Up until that point I thought that to suffer was to lack the cash-flow to buy a pair of bad-ass designer jeans. Fulfilling her palliative care myself at home, watching her deteriorate and die from this nightmare of a disease, and having to wake up to the reality that she is gone every single morning has humbled me to a point that was once unfathomable to me.
In the weeks following her death, I felt terrifyingly lost and confused, with an inexplicable lingering anxiety. I was having a crisis of confidence as I struggled to finish my dissertation from home. Suddenly, my years of education seemed to mean so little to me. My life was on a particular path. I was ticking all the right boxes on my way to becoming a success. It would have been easy for me to continue on this path, to delve into a Phd, go to medical school, or enter the job market, but what would have enriched my life prior to my mother's death, I am utterly certain, would not enrich it now.
So, I began to entertain ideas about how I could find fulfillment in what I actually want to do, and not with what would be considered successful on paper. I had always wanted to travel throughout Africa, but I knew that travelling for the sake of travelling would not be enough for me right now. Instead, I have made plans to set off for Africa after the holidays on a volunteer mission for a few months. I am going to travel and get behind a cause, see how others live, and gain perspective on my life in Canada. My volunteer program will focus on orphans and community development, and for the first time since my mother died, I can look forward to my future.
I don't have any grand illusions about my mother's death; I don't indulge in any sort of thoughts about a cozy after-life or seeing her again. At this point, I find solace in not much else other than that her death brought an end to her suffering. I am far too cynical a person for much else. But I am a cheerful pessimist, and know that her death will prove to be an important demarcation in my life. That as I move forward without her I will be able to trace everything back to the fact that I lost her. And as time goes, positive aspects that can be tied back to his terrible occurrence will begin to reveal themselves. I am hoping that this adventure to Africa will be the first in a series of such events.
So, am I a Potentialist? Well, I am 25, I have a mountain of student debt, and I am years away from owning a car, let alone a house. I don't have any immediate plans to get married, have kids, start my own business, write a novel, or solve world hunger. My mother's death has changed nearly everything for me, but my ambition and drive have remained completely intact. I always held a very private admiration for my mother and I know, although she was always subtle about it, that she held certain expectations for me. So if anything, I am more determined than ever to fulfill those expectations, but my notions about what will truly make me happy in life have changed.
When I return from Africa, surely I will be bombarded with questions concerning, 'what now'? I may very well find myself again without a plan, but I am confident that my ambition and willingness to take the less traditional path will not have faltered.
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I come from a traveling family so it's in my blood. My mom travels more than anyone I know (sometimes for fun, sometimes for work as a doctor in Malawi or Zimbabwe) and she brought me and my siblings up traveling with her. She was the single lady taking her three kids to places most wouldn't think of visiting: horseback camping trips in the Yukon when I was 13, camel safari in Kenya when I was 15, remote Scottish castles when I was 19. I know I'm immensely lucky to have had such experiences and I owe my current need for travel to my mom – a gift she's given me that's worth the world (literally) and absolutely has defined who I am as an adult..
I took my first 'alone' trip when I was 15 to Italy and France for two weeks. Although this was 'alone' in the sense that I wasn't with my immediate family, I was however with my entire high school band, so… not alone at all. In fact very, very not alone most of the time. My best friend since grade 1 and I were inseparable the whole time (and still are to this day).
Next major trip 'alone' was 6 months in New Zealand, Australia and Thailand when I was 23. Although again, I wasn't truly alone, I was with my sister. My sis was 5 years younger than me and we had zero in common, except for that travel bug gift from our mother. My friends said "You're going with your sister? You guys can't stand each other". My family said "You guys are going to kill each other!". My sister and I said "Let's try this out – if it doesn't work, we'll go our separate ways". It worked remarkably well. I won't say it was smooth sailing the whole time (MAJOR fights did happen) but you can't break up with your sister like you can a boyfriend or a girlfriend so we made it work. We now know each other better than anyone in the world and are much closer than we ever were pre-'Down Under Adventure'. Plus I've got a lot of dirt on her now for blackmail purposes… although she had just as much on me.
In 2007 I decided I was ready for a trip again. A really big one this time. I was going to go… somewhere… and not return until either: 1. I ran out of money or 2. I got super homesick. Turns out I have a great tolerance for homesickness.
I decided on Asia. I was open to going with someone but having travelled in the past with people I couldn't break up with (my mom, my best friend – she's family too – and my sister) I knew whoever I went with would have to be 'un-break-upable-with'.
I settled on myself.
It's pretty hard to dump yourself on the other side of the world.
I scrimped and saved for two years – serious, serious saving. Every dollar saved was another meal away (for real, this is how cheaply I was planning on traveling). I quit my job and moved out of my apartment.
I booked a one way ticket, leaving Christmas Day 2008.
I taught English in Korea for a month and somehow accidentally taught my class that a garbage is called a 'come back'… I'm not entirely sure how this happened and I wasn't able to properly explain the correct translation so I'm responsible for some confused kids!
I had to explain to a disgruntled airport security officer why I was accidentally trying to board a plane in Vietnam with a bullet in my pocket. Truly an accident!
I spent lazy days on the Mekong River restaurants in Laos talking to whoever sat at the table next to me.
I cycled 40 kms a day for three days in Cambodia to see all the ruins of Angkor Wat (tourist central) and volunteered for two weeks in a remote village orphanage (no tourists to be seen).
I spent a month on a remote island in Thailand where I got to know the locals and the long-term visitors – all who were there for the beautiful sunsets and the supremely relaxed pace of island life (no cars, no electricity, no worries). It was here I ate a birthday cake made for me by my friend Gyn out of what I understood to be… jellyfish.
I was on another island in Malaysia for so long everyone assumed I'd moved there permanently.
I marveled at all the luxuries of Singapore, especially considering my usual accommodations and transportation.
I visited temples in Indonesia my parents had visited 35 years before, and they were just as spectacular as they told me they'd be.
I answered all the questions in the Philippines of why I was travelling alone: "You lonely?" Not at all! "Your boyfriend leave you?" Uh, no but thanks for the concern. "Your husband at home making money?" Um, no, no… don't even have one of those. . I answered these questions at least daily. After explaining myself, everyone was fascinated that I'd choose to travel alone. It was a great conversation starter and an eye opener for me. I knew solo travel wasn't for everyone, but I didn't know it was SO misunderstood. I decided to go alone, it wasn't just my fall-back plan. I wasn't sad I was alone. Although to be fair, I was rarely alone.
I met some of the funniest, exciting, interesting people to walk this planet. Some I speak to regularly, some I'll never hear from again but I took a bit of each of them with me (cheesy but true). Their adventureous ways spurred me on.
I roughed it. Who needs toilet paper? Not me. Toilets? Nah. A mattress? Nope.
I spent the max amount of time in each country my visa would allow.
Me and my beaten up backpack went to 9 countries
Took 2041 pictures
Filled 1 fat diary with brutally honest and colourful stories
Read 64 books
Had 3 amazing friends travel to visit me while I was overseas… and try their hand at roughing it to hilarious results.
Wore 1 (one!) pair of sandals the whole time (yes crocs are ugly but they are amazing traveling shoes!)
And after 11 months and two days, finally ran out of money. It was time to go home; on November 27, 2009 I landed to an amazing welcome home celebration and my request of a Spicy Ceaser and lots of cheese delivered to the airport. It'll be my coming home anniversary this week!
On this solo backpacking adventure I learned to trust my gut, and when the gut-check came back positive, to trust others.
I now know I'm comfortable in pretty much any random situation you can throw me in, because, well, I've already been thrown into it before.
I know I'm a better person for having gone on this trip, and I'll be a better person still after getting back from my next. Now I just have to decide on where that'll be.
I don't know if I've yet realized my full potential but each travel adventure gets me closer and closer… and I don't at all mind the wait.


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Before a disease can be treated, it must first be identified. But that's not always easy, especially in the case of Johne's disease, which affects cattle, sheep, goats, deer, and other ruminants.
Johne's disease—also known as "paratuberculosis"—is a costly, contagious disease that causes diarrhea, reduced feed intake, weight loss, and sometimes death. Annual estimated losses to cattle producers range from $40 to $227 per infected animal. For the U.S. dairy industry alone, losses exceed $220 million each year.
For years, scientists have been hampered by the fact that any antibody—a protein produced by the immune system to fight infections and foreign substances—used to detect the Johne's disease bacterium also reacted to other environmental bacteria or maybe the pathogen responsible for bovine tuberculosis. This caused false-positive test results.
"You may think cattle are infected, based on a positive antibody test result, but they may simply have been exposed to nonpathogenic mycobacteria that's ubiquitously present in the environment," says microbiologist John Bannantine at the Agricultural Research Service's National Animal Disease Center (NADC) in Ames, Iowa.
That problem, however, is now history. Bannantine and his colleagues at NADC have found an antibody that's 100 percent specific in detecting Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP)—the cause of Johne's disease.
"No one else in the world has been able to find such a specific antibody that binds only to MAP strains, until now," says Bannantine, who's in NADC's Infectious Bacterial Diseases Research Unit.
A Wild Goose Chase
After identifying the new antibody—called "17A12"—from mice immunized with MAP strain K-10, scientists decided to dig a little deeper to determine the protein this novel antibody binds to.
Initially, researchers believed they had found a new gene encoding the antibody-binding protein that was not originally identified in the MAP K-10 genome. They called it "UP1" (Unique Protein 1).
"In 2005, we sequenced the genome of a MAP cattle strain, and then annotated it—finding all the genes and identifying where they start and where they stop," Bannantine says. "But the 17A12 antibody bound to a protein encoded by a gene that was not annotated in the MAPgenome. This was unusual, but we were excited about finding a potentially new gene."
To confirm this unusual finding, Bannantine developed additional monoclonal antibodies to the UP1 protein. Only one of these new antibodies reacted with the native protein produced by MAP. It also happened to bind to the same area of the protein as the initial antibody—17A12.
"When we expressed the UP1 proteinin E. coli, it reacted with the monoclonal antibody, and we saw this as confirmation that UP1 was real, even though it wasn't annotated in the genome," Bannantine says.
Finding the Right Protein
But some of the data just didn't add up. After additional experiments, it turned out that UP1 was not a real gene after all.
"It completely blew my mind. I had never had a day in the lab like that where there was such a revelation," Bannantine says. "When we first got the results contradicting UP1 as a real gene, it was scary because we thought we had made some big mistakes. Then slowly all the pieces started to fit together, and we knew what we actually had. It was incredible."
Although UP1 was not a gene, it had an epitope—a portion of a molecule to which an antibody binds. This epitope mimicked a similar epitope in the real gene.
In fact, Bannantine says, out of the seven amino acids that make up the epitope in UP1, one amino acid was different from the real epitope encoded by MAP1025, a gene that was annotated in the MAP genome.
With this new discovery, scientists not only found the real antibody-binding protein, but could now focus on the reason why the new antibody was so specific to MAP.
Solving the Mystery of Specificity
A sequence analysis showed that the MAP1025 gene was present in the non-MAP strains, which did not explain why the antibody was specific to M. paratuberculosis and not to environmental contaminants. To find the answer, Bannantine sequenced MAP1025 from several paratuberculosis and non-paratuberculosis strains.
He found a single nucleotide change in the sequence encoding the epitope. This change affected the first amino acid out of the seven that make up the epitope, which is what created the specificity of M. paratuberculosis, Bannantine says.
Researchers can now accurately detect the Johne's disease pathogen and know for certain that it's not a contaminant.
"We finally have a specific antibody to detect live mycobacteria in the tissues or feces of cattle. This could never have been done before," Bannantine says.
Scientists have received a patent for the new antibody and are moving forward to develop diagnostic tests that will confirm the presence of the Johne's disease bacterium.
"We can now use this antibody to enrich the bacterium when it is present in low concentrations, such as in unpasteurized milk samples," Bannantine says. "Improved testing and diagnostics is really the big benefit of this antibody."—By Sandra Avant, Agricultural Research Service Information Staff.
This research is part of Animal Health, an ARS national program (#103) described at www.nps.ars.usda.gov.
John Bannantine is in the USDA-ARS Infectious Bacterial Diseases Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, 1920 Dayton Ave., Ames, IA 50010; (301) 337-7340.
Vaccines play a critical role in reducing the severity of Johne's disease, but using them can become a balancing act if the vaccine cross-reacts with tests for other cattle diseases like bovine tuberculosis (TB)—an issue in states where wildlife are tracking TB back into dairy herds.
"Producers are concerned that if they vaccinate against Johne's, they will not be able to discriminate whether their herd has bovine tuberculosis or Johne's," says microbiologist Judy Stabel, in the National Animal Disease Center's Infectious Bacterial Disease Research Unit.
Stabel looked at the cross reactivity of an effective U.S. commercial vaccine with TB diagnostic tests. Several calves were vaccinated against Johne's disease, and blood samples were taken over a period of 1 year. Immune and serological responses of calves were then measured using novel TB diagnostics that will be available in the future.
"These new serology tests for TB diagnostics are very promising," Stabel says. "They're similar to the stick pregnancy tests for humans, except you use serum."
The tests consist of small sticks coated with bovine TB antigen. The antibody in the serum reacts to the antigen if it is positive.
With vaccinated calves, no reactivity was found using the TB tests, which is good because it means that those tests will not wrongly identify cattle with Johne's disease as being positive for bovine TB, Stabel says.
"We also did skin testing, which is one of the main tests in the field for bovine tuberculosis, and found similar results," she adds.
The results of these studies showed that calves could be vaccinated against Johne's disease without interfering with bovine TB diagnostics.
A major advantage of the new serologic tests is the cost and ease of use, Stabel says. "Animals can be handled one time to obtain a blood sample rather than being handled twice to administer and read a skin test. That reduces veterinary costs."—By Sandra Avant, Agricultural Research Service Information Staff.
Judy Stabel is in the USDA-ARS Infectious Bacterial Diseases Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, 1920 Dayton Ave., Ames, IA 50010; (301) 337-7304.
"New Discovery Makes Detecting Johne's Disease Easier" was published in the April 2013 issue of Agricultural Research magazine.


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Don't like the taste of your tap water? You're not alone. In fact, it's the number one reason more exercisers drink flavored water. Be careful, though-some flavored waters can deliver as much sugar as soda while others contain potentially problematic artificial sweeteners. Do yourself a favor and filter your tap water. You'll be surprised just how good your water can taste!
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Fourteen of the 50 movies with the all-time largest U.S. box office totals are based on high-profile books from four series. The Harry Potter franchise accounts for seven of them, collectively generating more than $2 billion in U.S. ticket sales. The three Lord of the Rings films spurred ticket purchases of more than $1 billion, and the Twilight Saga (three movies to date) almost $900 million. The newest addition to the list, The Hunger Games, took in over $400 million in theaters this year. And the release of Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2 and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will certainly add to these totals.
All four franchises were already bestselling book series prior to the films. Still, with their massive publicity and wide demographic appeal, blockbuster movies can boost the fortunes of the publishers upon whose books they are based.
"Both Harry Potter and the Hunger Games books were well established and hugely successful before the movies ever came on the horizon," says Ellie Berger, president of Scholastic trade publishing, which publishes those two series in the U.S. Global sales of Harry Potter alone have exceeded 450 million units, with 150 million copies in print in the U.S. "But the buildup to the movie release can bring in new fans," Berger says. "We get good placement in stores and the buzz from the movie leads to a bump in sales."
Fourth-quarter 2012 sales in Scholastic's book publishing and distribution group more than tripled over the same quarter the previous year, due to the release of the Hunger Games movie. "When a movie comes out based on a first book in a series, we see a spike in sales of the next book," Berger adds. "New people are hooking onto the series and want to read on."
Tie-in Opportunities
Films offer the potential for tie-ins ranging from photo companions and movie editions of the original novels to formats for younger readers. "Movie tie-ins are a relatively small part of the franchise, with less than 10% of sales," Berger reports. There are more than 50 million copies in print of the original Hunger Games trilogy, including more than 23 million of the first title, for example, compared with about two million copies of tie-ins to the first film.
But tie-ins help bring in new readers and excite existing fans. "The film tie-in titles serve as a bridge between the novel and the films," says Ken Carpenter, v-p at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, U.S. publisher of The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings trilogy. "Titles like The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Visual Companion and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Official Movie Guide bring fans of The Hobbit closer to the characters and setting they know and love from the novel. They also get a look behind the scenes to see how the filmmakers bring the world of the book to life."
Master publisher HarperCollins and its sublicensees, including HMH, have sold 150 million copies worldwide of Hobbit and LOTR books collectively over the past 75 years. Franchise sales increased tenfold for HMH as a result of the LOTR films in the early 2000s.
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers has published tie-in editions, with movie-based cover art and pullout posters, for all the Twilight films. With Breaking Dawn Part 2, it is in the unusual position of rereleasing the same novel as for Part 1, but with Part 2 artwork. "It's the same book," says Andrew Smith, v-p and deputy publisher. "But it provides our accounts with a new product that they can merchandise."
In conjunction with Breaking Dawn: Part 2, LBYR is publishing a $40 gift book with pullouts, photos, and behind-the-scenes information on all the films, in lieu of the trade paper photo film companion format it released with the other Twilight movies. All told, it has sold a robust 1.8 million copies of its Twilight photo film companion series. Twilight books in all formats have sold 116 million copies globally.
"The appeal of the movie tie-in edition varies based on the film and the audience," says Patricia Bostelman, v-p of marketing at Barnes & Noble. "Movie tie-in editions are very popular for films appealing to a younger audience. Several titles based on films are on our bestseller lists." Meanwhile, backlist titles often sell well in advance of the movie release, she says.
Retail Expansion
Film releases provide a reason for book retailers to promote both tie-ins and the backlist. Barnes & Noble is supporting the Hobbit franchise in stores, online, and in conjunction with the Nook. Among its initiatives: featuring books along with collectible figures, paperweights, T-shirts, and wall maps. "B&N has created a destination display in stores and a boutique online," says Bostelman. "We feature books and licensed merchandise during the full arc of the films, from theatrical opening to DVD release." B&N also will feature the Hobbit books and merchandise in customer marketing, e-mails, and social media.
"Most accounts carry Tolkien on an ongoing basis," says Laurie Brown, HMH's senior v-p of sales and marketing, "but this multiyear film schedule enables massive expansion, both in terms of breadth and depth of product, and to some specific specialty channels (i.e., supermarkets) where Tolkien titles would not generally be found."
For The Hunger Games, movie studio Lionsgate partnered with Barnes & Noble for in-store events and product giveaways, such as complimentary tickets to advance screenings and free-with-purchase Hunger Games Nook books to customers who bought a Nook device. The chain began promoting the book series about four months before the movie release, and brought in T-shirts, journals, bookmarks, and other products.
Film and DVD releases can bring books into nonbook retailers as well. "Our sales team works with the other licensees and the studio to get books into the licensees' accounts," says Smith, citing Hot Topic as one retailer that has supported the Twilight books. LBYR has also included inserts for the original books and some tie-in titles in Twilight DVDs.
In addition to Hot Topic, Target, Toys R Us, Wal-Mart, Claire's, Nordstrom, and Fred Meyer are among the retailers that have tied in with one or more of these book-based movie franchises, hosting in-store events, offering exclusive items, and developing other promotional elements such as contests and giveaways.
"We were among the first retailers to support The Hunger Games by selling the largest selection of licensed merchandise, including T-shirts, action figures, and key chains, to coincide with the theatrical release," says Toys R Us spokeswoman Adrienne O'Hara. The Toys R Us catalogue for tweens featured Hunger Games products in March, and 100 stores held midnight DVD release parties in August. "Bringing in the actual books has been and is part of our merchandising plan, in most cases. To support the launch of the Hunger Games merchandise at Toys R Us, we cross-merchandised the licensed products with the books, and they sold very well."
Studios Take the Lead
Publishers work closely with the movie studios to promote the books with the DVDs or licensed products, release film news through their social media and online channels, or participate in other marketing initiatives. The specifics, including timing and scope, vary depending on a studio's objectives.
HMH provided Warner Bros. with 600 copies of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Visual Companion to be used as prizes in radio station promotions and as an introductory guide for media outlets, and supplied copies of all five of its tie-ins to Warner Bros. for other initiatives, such as a sweepstakes on Imax.com and a prize pack for Movietickets.com. It also included movie trailers and posters with 75th- anniversary materials for The Hobbit that were sent to bookstore accounts.
"Sales were amazing already, but the movie brings even more awareness to the franchise," LBYR's Smith says. "We're able to work with the studio to let even more people know about the original books that started it all."


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For the millions of freelancers, entrepreneurs, and travelers who desire a flexible work environment, coworking has become a way to maintain productivity, build community, and get out of the coffee shop.
Thousands of spaces in cities around the world are inviting people in to share work space, wi-fi, and coffee. Spaces that were created as coworking spots are leading the way, but in the spirit of Airbnb, people in a variety of office situations are renting out desks, sofas, and studios to people seeking a place to work.
But with a growing number of spaces to choose from, how does one find the one that is right for them?
Enter Loosecubes. A "global office-sharing community," Loosecubes helps people find spaces that suit the "vibe" they're looking for and to fill spaces with people they think would be a good fit for them. Going beyond simply listing available co-working options in a given area, Loosecubes seeks to connect people with shared interests, encourage relationships, and to create a network for the thriving co-working community.
What follows is a Q&A with Loosecubes founder Campbell McKellar, in which she talks about her motivation to create Loosecubes, the growth of the mobile workforce, the benefits of workplace flexibility, and how co-working can propel us out of the recession.
Loosecubes grew out of your own need to find a place, or various places, that you could work out of. Can you talk a bit about your own inspiration and the importance of having workplace freedom?
The idea for Loosecubes was born one summer when I decided to cut a deal with my (then) employer and work remotely from Maine. Though I enjoyed our cabin escape and the ability to do my job hundreds of miles away from my company's office, I found that barking dogs, crying babies, and other perils of vacation homes didn't make for a sustainably productive work week. I dreamed of a nearby artist's studio where I could plug in just a day or two a week and be really productive. And if that was possible, why couldn't I tap into other such spaces pretty much anywhere in the world? A passionate traveler at heart, I decided that I wanted to make that vision a reality: to create opportunities for a fulfilling and mobile work life, whether that be in Brooklyn or Bhutan.
Co-working spaces are springing up all over and have become a vital part of the new economy. Through Loosecubes, people now have a way to connect with spaces in hundreds of cities around the world. What do you think is driving people toward a more mobile work life and where do you see this trend headed?
A fundamental shift in the way people work is occurring. Although a number of factors are contributing to this sea change, technology, women's role in the workforce, and the rise of the freelance and independent workforce are making significant impacts on the way we work. The Internet, smart phones, and cloud computing allow us to do work just about anywhere. At the same time, family dynamics are shifting as women become household breadwinners. Parents struggle to balance dual incomes with child-rearing duties, and opt for work-at-home arrangements and flexible work policies. Meanwhile, more people are opting to ditch careers at large companies in favor of gaining flexibility as a freelancer. The independent workforce is 42 million strong and continues to grow. With no corporate office to report to, mobile work is quickly becoming the norm — coffee shops, co-working spaces, and other third places serve as ad hoc workspace. I think we're only going to see these trends accelerate in the coming years.
Through Loosecubes, people can find not just co-working spaces but a variety of office or work situations. That seems to open up the possibilities, whether someone wants a small corner in a quiet office or to be in the middle of a large, buzzing co-working space. Was that your intention from the beginning?
As a college student, I studied wherever I felt most productive — whether that be in the library, in my dorm room, or at a coffee shop. When I graduated into the world of traditional employment, I quickly realized that the notion of selecting the environment that would allow me do my best work wasn't the norm. At Loosecubes, we're focused on curating a network of spaces that aren't homogeneous, rather, that meet the different needs of our community — whether that be a co-working space or a company office. Tackling an email inbox or writing a blog post might require a quieter, less social space (and a spot on the sofa), while strategy and product-development work might be best achieved in a gregarious space where coworkers are up for providing feedback and problem solving.
Loosecubes provides a way for businesses and organizations to invite people to work in their space. This is a bit of a twist on the co-working concept. What was your motivation to open it up in this way?
Loosecubes was started in New Work City (NWC), a community co-working space in Lower Manhattan. One of the things I loved most about NWC was the serendipitous connections made by virtue of sitting next to someone working on something different than me. Through casual conversation, I connected with people that helped me solve problems, get advice, and motivate me. The ability to tap into the collective expertise of the group without having to attend a networking event was invaluable.
Taking the lessons learned from traditional co-working spaces and applying them to company office environments lends many of the same effects. By hosting coworkers, companies reinvigorate their work environments, meet potential collaborators, hires, and friends, and embrace a new work culture. Even more exciting is the potential for host companies to help shape our economy — by offering a desk or two to entrepreneurs and small-business owners, they can incubate the companies and build businesses that will propel us out of the recession.
Having a personal workspace, with all the resources you need to be productive, anywhere in the world is new experience of work and place. Can you talk about the social network of workers and spaces that is growing out of Loosecubes? How does Loosecube's new mobile app add to this movement?
As opposed to just connecting people to space, we're focused on connecting people to people. We're working to create a network of friendly offices around the world that also results in relationships being formed on a broader scale. Through each coworking experience, our members make connections that they then impart to other Loosecubes (and Loosecubers). It's a bit of a network effect. Our integration with Facebook (LinkedIn coming soon!) also allows people to work where they have mutual connections, thus accelerating those delightfully serendipitous aspects of co-working.
In building our platform and community, we strive to help our members be as productive as possible, both from a professional and social standpoint. Our mobile site, for example, helps on-the-go and traveling coworkers find and book a convenient place to work in 42 countries. What's more, those coworkers are then able to meet potential collaborators, hires, and new friends wherever they go – just by walking into a Loosecube.
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According to the latest issue of Nintendo World, Shifting World is on its way to 3DS. The original flash game appeared on Armor Games and is on the way to full retail release thanks to Aksys. The action puzzler allows players to turn the level upside-down, switching solid black areas to white space. It boasts […]


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O2 averts strike action over mass Capita outsourcing deal
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The Communication Workers' Union has called off its strike ballot, scheduled to close today, following a last-minute deal with O2 and outsourcing giant Capita, the details of which haven't been released.
The union called the ballot last week, following O2's announcement that call centre staff would be transferred to outsourcing giant Capita before the end of the year.
Those staff were promised two years of employment, but the CWU wanted assurances on the location of that employment and on what would happen beyond the guaranteed 24 months. Unsurprisingly, the union credits its public threat of strike action with having gotten workers what they wanted:
"Since the ballot opened, Telefonica and Capita have intensified discussions with us in an attempt to reach an agreement and to avoid industrial action. Today we have concluded negotiations on a package which includes job security; pay protection; protection on terms and conditions of employment; redeployment and union recognition."
No fewer than 1,000 O2 staff opted for redundancy rather than going to work for Capita. The mobe operator said at the time the "terms of [voluntary redundancy] have proved an attractive option for a number of people".
During the negotiations, the union had managed to conjure Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls and Ivan Lewis MP (Labour, Bury South) to meet with Telefonica (the Spanish owners of the O2 brand) and argue the workers' case.
Given the CWU's previous stance – that the outsourcing was a betrayal of the staff who made the company great – The Register is keen to hear what assurances it has gained to prompt the withdrawal of the ballot. If the concessions are significant, then, at the very least, the union's public muscle-flexing has proved effective. ®
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Hello again people and welcome back to another drawing lesson of mine that was created for your drawing pleasure. For my first teaching, I will show you how to draw a baby boy step by step. Why did I choose to do a baby you ask? Well mainly because one of my friends from DragoArt wanted a lesson on how to draw a baby. When my mother came home from her weekend getaway, I showed her what I had done for tutorials, and when she seen the baby she said "OMG that is so adorable". So anyways, I know for a fact that this lesson will warm the hearts of many of you members because when you start this tutorial you will realize that playing with a baby and drawing a baby are very similar in feeling. When I started out the sketch of the baby I wasn't quite sure what kind of pose I wanted to put him in. So what I did was look at some of my baby sister's pictures to use as a reference. And wouldn't you know it; low and behold a pose appeared to me. I did a trial sketch to see if the position would work and it did. I drew a typical blonde headed curl and added a diaper. I also wanted to give character to the little boy so I drew a pacifier in his mouth. In general this tutorial is pretty simple and will remain under the novice category. I will show you how to draw a baby boy step by step. I will be back in a bit with more drawing fun so stay tuned gang, I shall return.
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Target just effectively ended the practice of showrooming in its stores by saying it would match Amazon's prices year-round.
The discount chain said it would match prices of some online competitors all year, instead of just over the holidays. In addition to Amazon, Target will match prices from itself, Best Buy, Walmart and Toys R Us, Reuters reported.
By matching Amazon's prices, Target is ensuring that customers won't check out a product in a retail store and then order it for cheaper from Amazon.
The announcement comes after Target reported that sales in December were flat from a year earlier.
"Target said that throughout the year it will match the price when a customer buys an eligible item at one of its stores and finds the same item at a lower price in the following week's Target circular or in a local competitor's printed ad," according to Reuters. "It will also match the price if the customer finds the same item at a lower price within a week on Target's website or the websites of Amazon, Walmart, Best Buy and Toys R Us."
Best Buy, Walmart and Toys R Us have also been impacted by showrooming in the past.
While the move is bold, it may not have a huge impact on Target's earnings. In November, CEO Gregg Steinhafel downplayed the significance of the company's holiday price-matching policy.
"We don't see a lot of price match activity in our stores," he said on a conference call with analysts. "We've been price matching for a long time. Our value proposition is so good day in and day out, and our circular price offering is so good that we don't expect this to be meaningful."
Still, the announcement sends a strong message that Target sees Amazon as a major competitor.
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