WHERE do ultra high-energy cosmic rays come from? These charged particles zoom to Earth from outer space, but why is a mystery. Now a possible source - gamma-ray bursts, which seemed to have been ruled out - have received a new lease of life.
Gamma-ray bursts are usually created by exploding stars, which produce neutrinos. So last April, when the IceCube neutrino detector in Antarctica saw no neutrinos accompanying high-energy cosmic rays, astronomers favoured galaxies with active supermassive black holes at their cores as the source of the rays.
But a more recent study found that only one galaxy was powerful enough to have produced cosmic rays with such high energies. The rest appear to come from galaxies that seem too weak.
This posed a "perplexing problem", says Glennys Farrar of New York University, one of the study authors. Then they found a clue: gamma-ray burst GRB110328A, which happened in March 2011. Its afterglow persisted for over a week, instead of a few hours like normal ones. The culprit was most likely a star falling into a galaxy's central black hole. This would make a weak black hole flare up, producing a burst of gamma rays that in turn spits out cosmic rays, suggests Farrar (arxiv.org/abs/1207.3186v1).
The trouble is testing the hypothesis. Gamma rays travel at the speed of light, so would arrive millennia ahead of any cosmic rays. Farrar hopes to strengthen the idea by matching more cosmic ray emissions with weak active galaxies.
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CBS understands your pain, East Coast TV fans -- the fact that its Sunday night programming like "The Good Wife" and "The Mentalist" constantly get pushed back due to professional football games running over is really annoying. That's why they're developing a text messaging system to inform viewers about how long their shows will be delayed.
"We're developing new SMS texting technology to make sure that our audience knows the show is going to be delayed," CBS entertainment president Nina Tassler tells reporters at the 2012 Television Critics Association summer press tour.
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While the NFL brings big ratings to the network, which Tassler says she's happy about, she knows it can be annoying to fans. That's why between texting, online notifications, Facebook updates and more, CBS is trying to get the word out.
"We'll do everything possible to make sure the audience knows the show will be on later because of it," she says.
FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2011, file photo, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. David Camp, R-Mich., talks on Capitol Hill in Washington, before a hearing on three trade bills. Camp says July 28, 2012, he?s been diagnosed with a "very early, highly treatable and curable type" of cancer. He says in a statement that doctors found non-Hodgkin lymphoma during a recent routine yearly physical. Camp says he?ll continue in Congress and retain his committee chairmanship while undergoing chemotherapy. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, File)
FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2011, file photo, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. David Camp, R-Mich., talks on Capitol Hill in Washington, before a hearing on three trade bills. Camp says July 28, 2012, he?s been diagnosed with a "very early, highly treatable and curable type" of cancer. He says in a statement that doctors found non-Hodgkin lymphoma during a recent routine yearly physical. Camp says he?ll continue in Congress and retain his committee chairmanship while undergoing chemotherapy. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, File)
WASHINGTON (AP) ? The chairman of the House's tax-writing committee says he's been diagnosed with a "very early, highly treatable and curable type" of cancer.
GOP Rep. Dave Camp of Michigan says in a statement that doctors found non-Hodgkin lymphoma during a recent physical. Camp says he'll continue in Congress and retain his committee chairmanship during chemotherapy.
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma is a cancer that begins in the cells of the immune system. The 59-year-old Camp says he has large B-cell lymphoma. B-cells are a type of white blood cell that helps fight infections.
Camp, who's served since 1991, has said he wants to combine a push to head off pending tax increases with ways to force Congress to revamp the tax code next year.
THOUSANDS of people are expected to descend on Huddersfield town centre for the annual Food and Drink Festival ? and children are set to get special attention this year.
Free workshops for youngsters will run throughout the festival, giving them the opportunity to get their taste buds tingling.
The four-day event ? from August 9 to 12 ? will feature more than 70 stalls serving up tasty temptations, an hourly programme of free cookery demonstrations by local chefs and producers and opportunities for visitors to try out their culinary skills.
Newcomers this year include Huddersfield restaurant Memsahib, Merrie England, Honley-based restaurant Mustard and Punch and coffee experts Grumpy Mule from Holmfirth.
Hinchliffe?s Farm Shop withdrew from the event last year after a fire at their premises but they are set to make a return this time.
Festival Manager Cathy Burger said:?The festival always has a great family atmosphere which is something we want to grow and develop.
?Building on the success of previous years, we?ve added in more children?s workshops this year and are making sure we promote healthy eating as well as the more indulgent side of food.?
A highlight for any Huddersfield Giants fans will be watching players from the club go head-to-head in a Ready Steady Cook Competition against Wakefield Wildcats on the Friday.
And the festival also aims to promote children to eat healthily and understand what foods are good for them.
Local nutrition expert Gina Battye will be getting youngsters involved in fun games and smoothie making.
They will also be getting stuck in with making chocolate treats with Huddersfield entrepreneur Carl Turner ? known as the Minister of Chocolate ? and making and stretching pizza dough with Pizzatainment.
The festival will also showcase talents of two Moor End Academy student finalists who will go head-to-head in a Young Chef competition.
They are tasked with cooking a breakfast for two people with a budget of ?10.
For full festival details and to book go to www.foodanddrinkfestival.co.uk
Wired received an exclusive (albeit quick) tour of Twitter's new offices in the Mid-Market Street sub-neighborhood of San Francisco on Wednesday. Here are the exclusive pictures!
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks to reporters in front of 10 Downing Street after meeting with British Prime Minister David Cameron in London, Thursday, July 26, 2012. (AP PhotoCharles Dharapak)
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks to reporters in front of 10 Downing Street after meeting with British Prime Minister David Cameron in London, Thursday, July 26, 2012. (AP PhotoCharles Dharapak)
U.S. Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney, left, and his wife Ann arrive for the Opening Ceremony at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 27, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2008 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks to the Republican Jewish Coalition of Florida in Boca Raton, Fla. Mitt Romney is trying to win over a tiny sliver of a small _ but powerful _ section of the American electorate on a trip to Israel. President Barack Obama is doing the same at home. Romney?s international trip is unlikely to change the broader campaign with Obama but Romney is looking to close the gap among a Jewish electorate. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Avoiding a traffic jam, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is recognized by a bystander as he walks down Grosvenor Place to meet Ireland's Prime Minister Enda Kenny at the Embassy of Ireland in London, Friday, July 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Avoiding a traffic jam, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney walks down Grosvenor Place in London to meet Ireland's Prime Minister Enda Kenny at the Embassy of Ireland in London, Friday, July 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
JERUSALEM (AP) ? Mitt Romney's support for Israel will likely earn the presumptive Republican presidential nominee a warm welcome from Israeli leaders when he visits on Sunday - and a frosty reception from Palestinians, who fear he would do little to advance their stalled statehood dreams.
Romney is visiting Israel as part of a three-nation foreign tour that includes Britain and Poland. He hopes it will boost his credentials to direct U.S. national security and diplomacy.
The visit to Israel comes at a time when its leaders are weighing a military attack on Iran, the neighboring regime in Syria is looking increasingly shaky and Mideast peace talks are going nowhere.
Romney, a longtime friend of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is expected to play up his critique of President Barack Obama's posture toward the Jewish state and his handling of Iran's suspected nuclear weapons ambitions.
Israeli political scientist Abraham Diskin says Romney can expect an "enthusiastic" reception, both because of his solid record of pro-Israel comments - and because he's not Obama.
"What interests Israelis is Israel," Diskin said. "Romney has a very pro-Israel stance. He is very suspicious of the Arab world. (Israelis) are very suspicious of Obama."
In an effort to upstage Romney a day before he landed in Israel, the White House announced it was signing legislation expanding military and civilian cooperation with Israel.
Still, with polls showing a close race, Romney hopes this showcase for his pro-Israel stance will help him to woo votes from traditionally Democratic Jewish voters and evangelical Christians who zealously defend Israeli government policy. Obama has not visited Israel since he became president.
Romney already has stumbled in his first international swing as presidential contender by suggesting that British officials might not be prepared to pull off a successful Olympics. In an interview with NBC News, he called London's problems with games preparation "disconcerting," and the remark sparked sharp responses from Britain's top officials. Romney attended swimming events in London on Saturday morning ahead of his planned flight to Tel Aviv.
In Israel, Romney will be meeting with Netanyahu, Defense Minister Ehud Barak, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, President Shimon Peres and Israeli opposition leaders.
He will not see Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Abbas aide Nimr Hamad said, though he will be sitting down with the Palestinian prime minister, Salam Fayyad, in Jerusalem. The Romney campaign said the likely GOP nominee only had time in his schedule to meet with one Palestinian leader and that Fayyad has an existing relationship with Romney. The Abbas camp did not offer an explanation for why no meeting was planned.
Romney's relationship with the U.S.-educated Netanyahu dates back decades, when they briefly overlapped in the 1970s at Boston Consulting Group, and the two men share conservative outlooks. A Romney bankroller, Sheldon Adelson, is financing a free Israeli newspaper that reflects Netanyahu's views.
Netanyahu has refused to endorse either presidential candidate, although his ties with Obama have been fraught.
"I will receive Mitt Romney with the same openness that I received another presidential candidate, then-Senator Barack Obama, when he came almost four years ago, almost the same time in the campaign, to Israel," he said when asked about the visit last Sunday on Fox News. "We extend bipartisan hospitality to both Democrats and Republicans."
Romney ? like most politicians who make the trek to Israel ? is likely to face questions such as whether he would endorse calls by some fellow Republicans to move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and his stance on Israeli calls for Washington to release convicted spy Jonathan Pollard.
Romney has consistently accused Obama of putting too much pressure on Israel to make concessions to the Palestinians and of being too weak on Iran. He says he wants to present a clearer military threat to the Islamic Republic, with a stronger naval presence in the Gulf. Tehran denies it is seeking nuclear weapons.
At a war veterans' convention in Nevada this week, Romney accused Obama of being "fond of lecturing Israel's leaders."
"He has undermined their position, which was tough enough as it was," Romney said. The "people of Israel deserve better than what they have received from the leader of the free world."
Obama rejects the criticism and points to unprecedented security cooperation with the Jewish state.
Three years after he came into office with Israeli-Palestinian peace at the top of his foreign policy priorities, Obama recently acknowledged that his efforts there have failed. Peace talks have been deadlocked more than three years.
Obama, who tried to persuade the Arab world that he was an honest broker, lost the Palestinians' trust by refusing to follow up tough talk with action when Israel defied his call to halt settlement construction on occupied land Palestinians seek for a future state.
The Palestinian leadership in the West Bank has refused to resume negotiations without a settlement construction freeze and went ahead with a statehood campaign at the United Nations, over the president's objections.
Palestinians fear Romney would be softer on Israel than Obama. Palestinian politician Hanan Ashrawi said that would doom any chance for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and establishing a Palestinian state on lands Israel captured in the 1967 war.
"American foreign policy in the region is shaped by Israel and determined by what's good for Israel, and not even what's good for the U.S.," Ashrawi complained.
Romney "will probably try to take it a notch higher," she said, and if the U.S. refuses to put any pressure on Israel, "then there's no chance for peace."
Obama's tense relations with Netanyahu have created the perception that U.S.-Israeli relations have deteriorated. During one of Netanyahu's White House visits, Obama extended none of the trappings, like a joint news conference, usually accorded to an important ally.
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Associated Press writer Kasie Hunt in London contributed to this report.
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No state has been hit harder by the housing downturn than Nevada. Between the end of 2006 and the end of 2011, home values have tanked nearly 60 percent, higher than any other state by 7.2 percentage points.
By Samuel Weigley & Michael Sauter, 24/7 Wall St.
The housing market is projected?to improve in the coming years -- albeit slowly. While we are a long way to full recovery, the signs are there. Indeed, according to a?CoreLogic report?released this month, the number of underwater mortgages has declined from 12.1 million, or 25.2 percent of all mortgages, at the end of 2011 to 11.4 million, or 23.7 percent of all mortgages, at the end of the first quarter of 2012.
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Of course, the recovery isn?t even, and while the housing market in some states already may be improving, other states still have a long way to go before their housing markets recover. Based on?CoreLogic?s?report on negative equity for the first quarter of 2012, 24/7 Wall St. identified the 10 states with the highest percentage of homes with underwater mortgages. The data show that the states with the most negative equity are the ones most severely affected by falling home prices during the recession.
Since the housing bubble burst in 2006, home prices have fallen by 32.6 percent nationwide. In many cases, the decline in the value of a home was so steep that the amount of debt became worth more than home?s market value.
The amount of outstanding debt compared to total property value in these states is staggering. Nationwide, the value of all mortgaged property is $12.2 trillion. Outstanding debt on those properties is $8.6 trillion. In other words, 70.5 percent of the value of all homes is in debt. In five of the worst-off states, this relationship, known as the loan-to-value ratio, is 80 percent or more. In the case of Nevada, it is an unbelievable 114 percent. Negative equity in the state is more than $13 billion greater than total property value.
Of the 10 states with the highest percentage of mortgages with negative equity, nine have among the greatest declines in home value from the fourth quarter of 2006 to the fourth quarter of 2011. All of the top seven states with the largest housing price declines are on this list, including Nevada, where prices plummeted by nearly 60 percent during that time.
Local economic hardships usually coincide with falling home prices. For example, unemployment rates are exceptionally high in these states. Six of the states on our list have unemployment rates higher than the national average, including Nevada and California, which have the first and third highest rates in the country, respectively.
Many of the states with high negative equity also have a high percentage of homeowners on the brink of losing their investment. According to April data from CoreLogic, several of these states have among the highest percentage of homes that have been delinquent on their mortgage payments for 90 days or more. Three are in the top four, including Florida, where the rate was 16.8 percent in April.
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24/7 Wall St. reviewed CoreLogic?s Q1 2012?negative equity report?to identify?the states with the highest percentage of mortgages with negative equity. We measured this alongside?a state?s total property value, mortgage debt outstanding and total home equity. We also looked at the percentage of homes with near negative equity, or homes with the value less than 5 percent more than the debt owed. Because of sample size, seven states were excluded?from the results.
These states, which include Wyoming and Vermont, account for fewer than 5 percent of U.S.? total population. In addition to CoreLogic?s data, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed a variety of additional metrics. We looked at May 2012 unemployment rates provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and at median income, median home value and poverty rates from the U.S. Census Bureau for 2010. Declines in home value from the fourth quarter of 2006 through the fourth quarter of 2011 were provided?by Fiserv. Fourth-quarter 2011 delinquency (90+ days) and foreclosure rates are from CoreLogic. Forecast changes in home value by state are from Fiserv.
These are the states with the most homes underwater:
?Percent mortgages 90+ days delinquent:?12.1 percent (2nd highest)
No state has been hit harder by the housing downturn than Nevada. Between the end of 2006 and the end of 2011, home values have tanked nearly 60 percent, higher than any other state by 7.2 percentage points. In 2011 alone, home prices fell another 9.4 percent. This has left many Nevadans owing significantly more on their homes than they are worth. The average loan-to-value ratio of a Nevada home is 114 percent, 25 percentage points higher than Arizona?s 89 percent (the second highest). In May, 24/7 Wall St. reported that 71 percent of mortgages in the state?s largest city, Las Vegas, were underwater, with values declining 63.2 percent from their peak. The state?s unemployment rate is 11.6 percent, the highest of any state in the U.S., making it that much harder for many Nevadans and dampening hopes of a quick recovery.
?Percent mortgages 90+ days delinquent:?16.8 percent (the highest)
Home prices in Florida were nearly cut in half between 2006 and 2011. By the end of the first quarter, there were more than 1.9 million negative equity mortgages in the state with another 168,000 near delinquency. Homeowners in the state owe about $685 billion in mortgage payments, more than any other state except for California. Florida?s unemployment rate of 8.6 percent is above the national average of 8.2 percent, but it still could help it get out of the mortgage mess quicker than states such as California and Nevada, which have much higher unemployment rates.
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?Percent mortgages 90+ days delinquent: 5.8 percent (20th highest)
While states such as Arizona helped fuel economic growth in the mid-2000s with rising home values and new construction, the housing market began to hollow by 2007 and 2008. Case-Schiller predicts that home prices in Arizona will fall 9 percent in 2012, more than any other state. But other signs are pointing to an improving housing market, albeit modestly. When 24/7 Wall St. looked at underwater mortgages in March, 48.3 percent of Arizona?s mortgages were underwater, the second-highest rate in the country and nearly five percentage points higher than a quarter later. Meanwhile, total property value has risen a modest $6 billion between the fourth quarter 2011 and the first quarter of 2012, while outstanding debt has fallen by about $4.5 billion.
?Percent mortgages 90+ days delinquent:?7.2 percent (8th highest)
In 2011 alone, home prices fell by approximately?12.7 percent in Georgia, more than any other state in the country. Measured from the end of 2006, home prices have plunged nearly 35 percent, and are projected to fall an additional 4.2 percent in 2012. More than 7 percent of homeowners with a mortgage are 90 days or more delinquent on their payments as of April, the eighth-highest rate in the country. In all, total outstanding mortgage debt comes to $246.5 billion, the equivalent of 84.1 percent of the total property value in the state. This is the fourth highest loan-to-value ratio in the country.
?Percent mortgages 90+ days delinquent:?5.5 percent (24th lowest)
Despite more than one in three homes with negative equity, there are some positive signs in Michigan. The state was the only one on the list with rising home prices in 2011, with prices increasing a modest 1.7 percent. Meanwhile, Michigan?s unemployment rate of 8.5 percent ranked 12th in the U.S. in May. This is quite?the improvement from the long period -- until June 2010 -- that Michigan held the dubious title of having the highest unemployment rate in the nation, topping out at more than 15 percent at the height of the recession.
Click here to read the rest of 24/7 Wall St.'s States with the most homes underwater.
(Reuters) - An Austrian daredevil jumped from a balloon flying at an altitude more than 18 miles (29 kilometres) above Earth on Wednesday, falling at speeds topping 500 miles per hour (805 kilometres per hour) in a training run for his attempt to make the world's highest skydive.
Felix Baumgartner landed safely in a desert near Roswell, New Mexico after leaping from an estimated 96,940 feet (29,547 metres) wearing a pressurized space suit equipped with an oxygen supply.
The test parachute jump was the second for Baumgartner, who is on a quest to complete a record-breaking skydive from 120,000 feet (36,576 metres) in the coming weeks. He also hopes to become the first man to break the speed of sound at 700 mph (1,126 kph) in a free fall.
"Only one more step to go," Baumgartner said in a statement.
The current record for the highest altitude skydive is 102,800 feet (31,333 metres). It was set 52 years ago by U.S. Air Force Captain Joe Kittinger, who is serving as an adviser to Baumgartner.
A 43-year-old former member of the Austrian military, Baumgartner has jumped from Malaysia's Petronas Towers and Taiwan's Taipei 101, two of the world's tallest buildings.
A helium-filled balloon lifted Baumgartner into the sky on Wednesday carrying him in a pressurized capsule.
He executed a free fall of 3 minutes and 48 seconds, reaching speeds of 536 mph (862 kph), according to Red Bull Stratos, a project using the jumps to gather medical and scientific research data.
In the next jump, the size of the balloon that will carry Baumgartner will rise as tall as a skyscraper.
(Reporting by Kevin Gray; Editing by Jackie Frank)
Do your interior design in stages. There are lots of advantages to this approach. You can afford it more easily if you divide the project into separate steps. You can fit the work into your schedule more seamlessly if it is spread out over time. You are also much less likely to wear yourself out or injure yourself if you do a little at a time.
When you are putting window treatments in your living room you should always buy them long enough to brush or hang on the floor. Something that people often do is to hang curtains that are too short and do not reach the ground. Your room will end up looking out of whack.
Use texture to add visual and sensory interest to a space. Not only is your color palette important when designing a room, but it is important to consider your textures. Upholstery and curtain fabrics are a great way to incorporate textures. You can also use wall treatments or carpets to create large areas of texture.
Arrange your furniture smartly. Walk around your rooms and take different paths: are you able to easily go from one room to the other? Furniture should not be in your way, and yet some items should be made central if you wish to create a theme or a color pattern based on a piece of furniture.
If you have children you should take them into consideration before planning your interior design project. For example, you will probably want to stay away from furniture pieces that have extremely sharp corners, as your children can easily harm themselves on them. It would be a waste if you were to purchases pieces that end up breaking or causing harm to your children.
Use slipcovers. If you have old sofas and couches that you are getting bored with, think about simply buying a slipcover to cover them with. Slipcovers come in all designs and colors, so you are sure to find one that suits the decor in your home. Make sure to wash the slipcover regularly.
Incorporate art into rooms in your house, whether they are paintings, pictures or posters. This can go along with the theme of the house that you choose and will help to improve the overall appearance. If you are a young homeowner, you can frame classical artwork to add to the elegance of your home.
One thing that you can do to better prepare for the interior design project is to watch television shows, read magazines or search the internet for different design ideas. There are many sites that allow you to view rooms when they are fully furnished or manually alter the style to your liking.
When you are choosing the paint to use in your child?s bedroom, consider pastel colors. These colors include yellow, blue, green and different shades of lavender. Pastel colors are great for a child?s room as they are very serene and can help to put your child to bed in the nighttime.
Don?t be afraid of color! So many people keep white walls in their home simply because they are unsure what colors would work for them. You don?t have to go crazy with color?even painting one wall a vibrant color will change the feel of a room. If you are afraid to paint, start with throw pillows in bright colors and see what you think.
When you are decorating your children?s room, try to look at things from their perspective. Decor in their room should be practical and age-appropriate. If you have young children, get down and look at things at their eye level. This will help you decide how to make the most of the space in their room.
You do not have to spend a fortune on curtain rods. You can use old golf clubs in the den. Broom sticks can be used in the kitchen and copper piping can be used in any room of the house. Look around the house to find things that could work, and you could be quite pleased with the look when you have your curtains on them.
When you are decorating your living room you will want to create a focal point in the room and arrange furniture from there. Your focal point can be a large window or perhaps a fireplace. If you work to have your furniture compliment this focal point you will have a room you will be proud of.
If you want to create those spaces in your home that truly wow, you need the right information. With a bit of know-how, some elbow grease and a touch of creativity, you can turn your visions into reality. Use the advice and tips you have learned here to help you get started.
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) ? In one of his most expansive responses yet to gun crime, President Barack Obama on Wednesday embraced some degree of control on the sale of weapons but said he would also seek a consensus on combating violence. He said some responsibility also rests with parents, neighbors and teachers to ensure that young people "do not have that void inside them."
Speaking just six days after the shooting in Aurora, Colo., movie theater that left 12 dead, Obama pledged to work with lawmakers of both parties to stop violence, not only the sudden massacres that have bedeviled the nation, but the steady drip of urban crime that has cost many young lives.
"We should leave no stone unturned and recognize that we have no greater mission that keeping our young people safe," Obama said in a speech to the National Urban League.
Obama called for stepped-up background checks for people who want to purchase guns and restrictions to keep mentally imbalanced individuals from buying weapons. He says those steps "shouldn't be controversial, they should be common sense."
But he also added: "We must also understand that when a child opens fire on other children, there's a hole in his heart that no government can fill."
Just a quick heads up for those of you with Onkyo receivers that the Onkyo Remote Android application has been updated for improved compatibility with a few models. Here's the breakdown:
Home Media Function added for the TX-NR414/515/616
Added compatibility for the TX-NR1010, TX-NR3010 and the TX-NR5010.
College biology courses can be demanding, and you're certainly not alone if you have trouble with one or more concepts. Don't be afraid to ask questions in online or traditional class sessions.
College biology classes are among the most popular science classes at the college level. They're required for many majors, and many college students find biology to be a more interesting field than other science classes. After all, we are biological beings, and it's easy to see how biology connects with real world issues like disease transmission and the development of health care technology. Whether you're taking an online community college class in biology or are attending a traditional classroom, here are some tips for success in your college biology class.
Look it Up
Keep a search engine handy or bookmark the glossary of your textbook. Even if you took high school biology, you will encounter terminology that is new. If you can't catch the meaning from context, take a moment to look up the term in your glossary or with a search engine. It is also helpful to write down definitions because the act of putting words on paper reinforces what you have read.
Keep Up
Don't fall behind on your reading assignments. Maybe you're having a busy week and don't feel like you have the time to really read and understand your assignment. Don't put it off. If nothing else, skim the reading and take note of topic headings so you can take some of the concepts to your class meeting. Getting behind on assignments is a sure path to a lower grade.
"Read" the Pictures
Remember that the graphics in your textbook are important too. It's all too easy to think you "only" have 10 pages of reading rather than 15 because there are five pages of illustrations, graphs, and charts. However, these graphics are very important for reinforcing the concepts you learn through reading. Give them the attention they deserve, and you will find your course work easier.
Get Help
Ask for help if you need it. College biology courses can be demanding, and you're certainly not alone if you have trouble with one or more concepts. Don't be afraid to ask questions in online or traditional class sessions. Chances are there are several other students with the same questions. If this isn't enough, contact your instructor during office hours or speak with your school's tutoring center. Getting help before you get behind is the best way to ensure you overcome your difficulties.
Give It Time
Devote sufficient time to studying. In general, count on spending two hours reading and studying for every one hour of classroom time. This isn't a hard and fast rule: some concepts won't require that much studying, while others will require more. But if you devote sufficient time to your biology assignments, you will almost certainly earn a higher grade, and you will avoid having to "cram" the night before tests.
Online Doesn't Mean "Easier"
Some students, when they first take an online community college class, think they will always have time later to do reading and assignments. But online classes are just as demanding as traditional classes, even if they allow you more leeway with your schedule. Use these tips whether you're taking your biology class online or in person and you will give yourself the best possible chance of success.
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Spanning 1980s Midwest to imperial court China, our second installment of Bricolage?a salon-style multimedia show-n-tell?takes us into the brilliant minds of novelists on journeys of recovery. American Book Award-winner Don Lee?s The Collective is a gripping tale of friendship, loss, and the ?melancholy burden of unfulfilled dreams? (Publishers? Weekly). After a tragic suicide, the novel retraces the struggles of three aspiring artists from nascent college years to their travails as working artists of color in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Aimee Phan?s multigenerational novel The Reeducation of Cherry Truong skips across three continents of the Vietnamese diaspora, following a young woman?s mission to uncover family secrets blurred by war, betrayal, and fickle human memory. Described by Library Journal as an irresistible ?blend of the highbrow literary and guilty summer pulp,? Pauline Chen?s The Red Chamber re-imagines the Chinese classic in a retelling of opulence and excess in aristocratic women?s quarters of 18th century Beijing. Join us for a night of inquiry in examining memory that lapses time and straddles continents.
This event is co-sponsored by Guernica Magazine of Art and Politics
Pauline A. Chen earned her B.A. in classics from Harvard, her J.D. from Yale Law School, and her Ph.D. in East Asian studies from Princeton. She has taught Chinese language, literature, and film at the University of Minnesota and Oberlin College. She is also the author of a novel for young readers, Peiling and the Chicken-Fried Christmas and lives in Ohio with her two children.
Don Lee is the author of the novels Wrack and Ruin and Country of Origin and the story collection Yellow. He has received an American Book Award, the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction, the Edgar Award for Best First Novel, an O. Henry Award, a Pushcart Prize, the Fred R. Brown Literary Award, and was a finalist for the Asian American Literary Award in Fiction. His stories have appeared in The Kenyon Review, GQ, The Southern Review, American Short Fiction, The Gettysburg Review, and elsewhere. For nineteen years, he was the principal editor of the literary journal Ploughshares. He is currently the director of the MFA program in creative writing at Temple University.
Aimee Phan grew up in Orange County, California, and now teaches in the MFA Writing Program and Writing and Literature Program at California College of the Arts. A 2010 National Endowment of the Arts Creative Writing Fellow, Aimee received her MFA from the University of Iowa, where she won a Maytag Fellowship. Her first book, We Should Never Meet, was named a Notable Book by the Kiryama Prize in fiction and a finalist for the 2005 Asian American Literary Awards. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, USA Today, Guernica, The Rumpus, and The Oregonian, among others.
Nintendo's results for the latest quarter reveal growth in profit for the Japanese games maker. Gross profit totaled 24.9 million yen -- more than double that made from last year's Q1. Operating income remains negative, but substantially reduced since last quarter's statement -- presumably due to strong 3DS sales. Today's results tie in with the launch of both the 3DS XL and Nintendo's first downloadable titles for the 3DS, with sales of the handheld reaching 1.86 million units during the last quarter. Conversely, sales of the Wii have tailed off, with only 710,000 units sold in Q1, down from 1.56 million sold in the same period last year. Fortunately, according to the press release, Nintendo still aims to launch its Wii successor by the end of this year.
The European meltdown is weighing heavily on the U.S. economy, with states that rely heavily on exports most at risk from the deepening crisis overseas.
An analysis by Wells Fargo estimates that Utah and West Virginia economies face the biggest risk from the problems in the eurozone, while many Western states including Wyoming and Colorado are unlikely to see much impact.
?The impact of the eurozone recession on each state varies considerably with the mix of goods and services produced and exported,? Wells Fargo economist Mark Vitner said in the analysis.
The European and U.S. economies are linked through numerous ties. The most direct ? and most easily tracked ? impact centers on a trade relationship that is "the largest and most complex in the world," according to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. Those ties generate trade flows of about $3.6 billion a day and account for more than 7 million jobs.
But that money flows unevenly within the U.S., leaving some state economies more vulnerable than others. States with the highest risk of slowing exports are those heavily concentrated in transportation equipment, commodities and chemicals, according to Vitner's analysis.
Those include South Carolina, where more than 250 transportation-related companies employ more than 32,000 workers. Vitner estimates the slowdown in exports over the last year has shaved roughly 1.4 percent off the state?s GDP.
The drop in exports has been partly offset by continued investment in new plants, including a new Boeing aircraft factory. In Alabama, the fourth-biggest vehicle exporting state, weaker demand for cars and trucks is being offset by plans for expanded production by Mercedes-Benz, Honda and Hyundai.
The drop in transportation exports has also been offset by orders from the rest of the world, which has helped blunt the impact on states that rely heavily on aircraft manufacturing. But Washington state, where the aircraft industry makes up 71 percent of exports, remains vulnerable to a further slowdown. With nearly two-thirds of its exports coming from sales of aircraft and related equipment, Connecticut is also vulnerable.
States that rely heavily on exports of commodities face the greatest risk, according to Vitner. Those include Utah and Nevada, with large exports of gold and silver, and West Virginia, a major coal exporter. Slowing chemical exports have hit Louisiana hard. Louisiana?s exports to the eurozone fell 31 percent in the first five months of the year.
The European recession also hurts states that rely heavily on industries such as financial services and tourism.
?European visitors account for around 40 percent of all international?visitors to the United States, and the volume of visitors has slowed noticeably over the past few months,? according to Vitner. ?
Top U.S. destinations include New York, Los Angeles, Miami, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Orlando, Fla., and Washington, D.C. The eurozone slowdown is hitting East Coast destinations the hardest, Vitner said.
The crisis also hurts the financial centers of New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and Boston. As of June 30, the six largest U.S. financial firms by assets had cut more than 18,000 jobs in the past year, or 1.6 percent of the total, according to?The Wall Street Journal.
Eurozone woes add to existing troubles The slowdown comes as states are already struggling with weaker economic growth and persistent pressure on state budgets. Last year, six states ? Wyoming, Alabama, Mississippi, New Jersey, Maine and Hawaii ? saw their economies shrink.
States with positive growth are still feeling the hangover from the 2007-09 recession, which cut deeply into revenues just as newly unemployed people turned to their services for help in large numbers. Other costs, including for healthcare and public employee pensions, are rising rapidly, forcing cuts in basic services such as law enforcement, schools and transportation.
The budget crunch shows no signs of easing, and states' current spending, taxation and budget practices cannot be sustained, according to an independent bipartisan committee.
As aging populations drive health care and pension costs higher, revenue from sales and gas taxes is shrinking, the group said in a report last week.?Meanwhile, grants from the federal government, which provide about a third of state revenue, are likely to shrink, the report said.
The State Budget Crisis Task Force, headed by Volcker and former New York Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch, studied six key states.
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New species of ancient rodents hint at what could be world's oldest grasslandsPublic release date: 23-Jul-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Kendra Snyder ksnyder@amnh.org 212-496-3419 American Museum of Natural History
Analysis of fossilized teeth indicate early open, dry environment in Chilean Andes
A paleontological team that includes scientists from the American Museum of Natural History; University of California, Santa Barbara; and Case Western Reserve University has described two ancient species of South American rodents, including the oldest chinchilla, a discovery that substantiates what might be the earliest grasslands in the world. The two new species lived near a chain of volcanoes about 32.5 million years ago in what are now the steep slopes of a river valley in the Chilean Andes. Studies of the teeth of the ancient chinchilla support evidence from other species in the concurrent fauna indicating that the animals inhabited an open and dry environment 15 million years before grasslands emerged elsewhere in the world. The research is published this week in American Museum Novitates, a peer-reviewed scientific journal of the American Museum of Natural History.
"The new chinchilla fossil provides important new evidence that early rodents joined other South American mammals in evolving ways to cope with an abrasive diet long before horses, sheep and other mammal groups on other continents 'invented' similar adaptations for making their teeth wear out more slowly while eating tough grasses," said John Flynn, Frick Curator of Fossil Mammals and dean of the Richard Gilder Graduate School at the American Museum of Natural History, who is a co-author of the paper.
Flynn and colleagues have explored the fossil history preserved in the Chilean Andes for the past 25 years. In the Tinguiririca River valley, an area near the border of Chile and Argentina once thought to be inhospitable to fossils because of the dominance of volcanic rocks, the researchers have uncovered hundreds of specimens, including the two newly named species of early South American rodents.
The new specimensAndemys termasi, for which the genus name means "mouse of the Andes" and the species name refers to the nearby town of Termas del Flaco, and Eoviscaccia frassinettii, named for the late Daniel Frassinetti, who was a longtime collaborator and head of paleontology at Chile's National Museum of Natural Historyare the second-oldest rodents ever discovered in South America. The oldest are recently discovered 41-million-year-old rodents from Peru. The new species are distinguished from the older rodents by many features of their teeth.
Rodents are known and named for their ever-growing incisors, which they use for gnawing. Yet the back or "cheek" teeth, used for grinding, have a special story to tell in this case: one that focuses on the crown, the portion of the teeth protected by long-wearing enamel. While the Peruvian rodents had cheek teeth with a crown extending only to the gum line, one of the new ancient Chilean rodents has high crowns that extended underneath the gums, enabling it to eat gritty foods like grass.
"The Tinguiririca chinchilla replicates a dental pattern appearing in many other South American herbivores such as Notoungulateshooved animals that are now extinctat that time. This pattern is called hypsodonty," said lead author Ornella Bertrand, who conducted the research through the Museum's Annette Kade Graduate Student Fellowship Program.
Hypsodonty, the quality of having high-crowned teeth, is a trait that emerged in multiple kinds of animals, such as horses, goats, and cows. Hypsodonty is generally interpreted as an adaption that arose in response to the spread of grassy environments.
The age of the fossils and the high-crowned teeth of the new chinchilla and many other mammals in the same fauna suggest to researchers that the mountainous Tinguiririca River valley was a grassy plain at the time the debris from a volcanic eruption buried them. This means that the Chilean Andes supported plains environments some 15 million years before such ecosystems are known on other continents.
"In addition to being preserved in unusual volcanically derived sediments, the new rodent species are notable for coming from what is assuredly one of the most spectacularly scenic and rugged sequences of fossil mammal localities in the world," said co-author Andr Wyss, of the University of California, Santa Barbara.
The new rodent species indicate that there was explosive diversification on South America when it was an island continent, before the formation of the Isthmus of Panama about 3.5 million years ago.
Eoviscaccia frassinettii, which is related to the modern chinchilla, and, Andemys termasi, related to a lesser-known group that includes the agoutis, a group of short-tailed rat-like species also native to South and Central America, belong to what originally was an exclusively South American group of rodents called caviomorphs.
Caviomorph rodents include the New World porcupines, capybara, guinea pig, and many others. Based on the fossil record and evolutionary relationships, the ancestors of these animals are thought to have come to South America from Africa on rafts of debris. Once on the massive island, caviomorphs diversified into some of the unique species we see today.
"The island continent of South America represented a land of evolutionary opportunity for the ancestors of chinchillas and other caviomorph rodents," said co-author Darin Croft of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. "These remarkable rodents came to fill an amazing variety of ecological niches and today are among the most characteristic Neotropical mammals."
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The specimens of both new species are part of the collections of the National Museum of Natural History of Chile. The Andemys termasi specimen is featured in the American Museum of Natural History's exhibition Extreme Mammals, which is currently being shown at The Field Museum in Chicago. Funding for this work was provided by U.S. National Science Foundation collaborative research grants to A.R. Wyss (DEB-0317177) and J. J. Flynn (DEB-0317014 and DEB-0513476).
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New species of ancient rodents hint at what could be world's oldest grasslandsPublic release date: 23-Jul-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Kendra Snyder ksnyder@amnh.org 212-496-3419 American Museum of Natural History
Analysis of fossilized teeth indicate early open, dry environment in Chilean Andes
A paleontological team that includes scientists from the American Museum of Natural History; University of California, Santa Barbara; and Case Western Reserve University has described two ancient species of South American rodents, including the oldest chinchilla, a discovery that substantiates what might be the earliest grasslands in the world. The two new species lived near a chain of volcanoes about 32.5 million years ago in what are now the steep slopes of a river valley in the Chilean Andes. Studies of the teeth of the ancient chinchilla support evidence from other species in the concurrent fauna indicating that the animals inhabited an open and dry environment 15 million years before grasslands emerged elsewhere in the world. The research is published this week in American Museum Novitates, a peer-reviewed scientific journal of the American Museum of Natural History.
"The new chinchilla fossil provides important new evidence that early rodents joined other South American mammals in evolving ways to cope with an abrasive diet long before horses, sheep and other mammal groups on other continents 'invented' similar adaptations for making their teeth wear out more slowly while eating tough grasses," said John Flynn, Frick Curator of Fossil Mammals and dean of the Richard Gilder Graduate School at the American Museum of Natural History, who is a co-author of the paper.
Flynn and colleagues have explored the fossil history preserved in the Chilean Andes for the past 25 years. In the Tinguiririca River valley, an area near the border of Chile and Argentina once thought to be inhospitable to fossils because of the dominance of volcanic rocks, the researchers have uncovered hundreds of specimens, including the two newly named species of early South American rodents.
The new specimensAndemys termasi, for which the genus name means "mouse of the Andes" and the species name refers to the nearby town of Termas del Flaco, and Eoviscaccia frassinettii, named for the late Daniel Frassinetti, who was a longtime collaborator and head of paleontology at Chile's National Museum of Natural Historyare the second-oldest rodents ever discovered in South America. The oldest are recently discovered 41-million-year-old rodents from Peru. The new species are distinguished from the older rodents by many features of their teeth.
Rodents are known and named for their ever-growing incisors, which they use for gnawing. Yet the back or "cheek" teeth, used for grinding, have a special story to tell in this case: one that focuses on the crown, the portion of the teeth protected by long-wearing enamel. While the Peruvian rodents had cheek teeth with a crown extending only to the gum line, one of the new ancient Chilean rodents has high crowns that extended underneath the gums, enabling it to eat gritty foods like grass.
"The Tinguiririca chinchilla replicates a dental pattern appearing in many other South American herbivores such as Notoungulateshooved animals that are now extinctat that time. This pattern is called hypsodonty," said lead author Ornella Bertrand, who conducted the research through the Museum's Annette Kade Graduate Student Fellowship Program.
Hypsodonty, the quality of having high-crowned teeth, is a trait that emerged in multiple kinds of animals, such as horses, goats, and cows. Hypsodonty is generally interpreted as an adaption that arose in response to the spread of grassy environments.
The age of the fossils and the high-crowned teeth of the new chinchilla and many other mammals in the same fauna suggest to researchers that the mountainous Tinguiririca River valley was a grassy plain at the time the debris from a volcanic eruption buried them. This means that the Chilean Andes supported plains environments some 15 million years before such ecosystems are known on other continents.
"In addition to being preserved in unusual volcanically derived sediments, the new rodent species are notable for coming from what is assuredly one of the most spectacularly scenic and rugged sequences of fossil mammal localities in the world," said co-author Andr Wyss, of the University of California, Santa Barbara.
The new rodent species indicate that there was explosive diversification on South America when it was an island continent, before the formation of the Isthmus of Panama about 3.5 million years ago.
Eoviscaccia frassinettii, which is related to the modern chinchilla, and, Andemys termasi, related to a lesser-known group that includes the agoutis, a group of short-tailed rat-like species also native to South and Central America, belong to what originally was an exclusively South American group of rodents called caviomorphs.
Caviomorph rodents include the New World porcupines, capybara, guinea pig, and many others. Based on the fossil record and evolutionary relationships, the ancestors of these animals are thought to have come to South America from Africa on rafts of debris. Once on the massive island, caviomorphs diversified into some of the unique species we see today.
"The island continent of South America represented a land of evolutionary opportunity for the ancestors of chinchillas and other caviomorph rodents," said co-author Darin Croft of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. "These remarkable rodents came to fill an amazing variety of ecological niches and today are among the most characteristic Neotropical mammals."
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The specimens of both new species are part of the collections of the National Museum of Natural History of Chile. The Andemys termasi specimen is featured in the American Museum of Natural History's exhibition Extreme Mammals, which is currently being shown at The Field Museum in Chicago. Funding for this work was provided by U.S. National Science Foundation collaborative research grants to A.R. Wyss (DEB-0317177) and J. J. Flynn (DEB-0317014 and DEB-0513476).
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I cannot underscore the importance of a supportive spouse, partner, or mother?s helper when you?re a work-from-home parent of a mobile baby or preverbal toddler.
Just this week, my seven-month-old son has learned to climb the few steps between the family room, where my office is located, and the kitchen. I had hoped the steps would serve as a barrier between the two rooms for a little while longer, since the gap is too wide for a baby gate. After all, he wasn?t even rolling over consistently only a month ago. In just the last four weeks, he not only learned how to roll over but also how to scoot, sit up, and pull himself to a standing position. I?m envisioning him leaping off the couch in a couple months. I hope I?m not right.
As such, I?m finding it a little difficult to do certain types of projects without a second person keeping track of the baby ? projects that require deep thought for more than the couple minutes it takes for my baby to cross the room and scale the steps before I need to get up to fetch him. Understandably, his five- and four-year-old sisters do not want this responsibility ? and they shouldn?t have to, anyway ? although I am grateful when they play in the family room, as the baby stays put when his sisters are near.
So, these projects have been relegated to mostly overnight hours, when baby is asleep, or when my husband is home. Certainly, my husband can?t be on danger watch every moment he?s home, as he needs to do things like mow the yard and work on the cars, so I try to work it out with him a couple days in advance so he can adjust his to-do list for the week. But as a parent, he does share the responsibility.
It doesn?t mean your spouse or partner isn?t being reasonable if he or she doesn?t want to watch the kids while you work every night. It?s one of those things you have to work out. For some families, it works out better to hire a mother?s helper than to rely on a spouse or partner, just because they?re so tired after a long day?s work themselves. But that might make you feel resentful. Both of you need to voice your expectations and concerns regarding your work-home situation, and find a solution that works for both of you.
When my girls were young, being only a year apart, I hired a mother?s helper during the day, as working with two babies at home is a bigger deal than with one baby. Or maybe, I think it?s easier now because I?ve finally got the hang of it? Either way, I found a mother?s helper to be critical when I was working on tough projects. I requested a mother?s helper ? usually my mom, although I have a grandmotherly neighbor and a teen from church who also like the job ? as needed, and basically she served the purpose of an extra pair of eyes. I still cuddled with my kids, fed them, and changed their diapers, but when I needed an extra minute to finish my thought, my mother?s helper would fill in the gap. She would also prepare meals, throw in the laundry, pick up the toys, and do other odds-and-ends so that when I took a break from the project, I could spend it giving undivided attention to my kids rather than on some chore. While she was here, my babies were always in the same room with me.
I know some work-from-home parents who do use a nanny or babysitter or put their children in daycare while they work, and that?s OK. I also know of some single parents who are able to work from home without hiring help. That?s amazing! But, it doesn?t mean you?re any less of a parent if you do need an extra pair of eyes, or hands. A mother?s helper, or at least help from your parenting partner, may be just what you need to balance work with home while keeping your attachment bond as a priority.
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CBS understands your pain, East Coast TV fans -- the fact that its Sunday night programming like "The Good Wife" and "The Mentalist" constantly get pushed back due to professional football games running over is really annoying. That's why they're developing a text messaging system to inform viewers about how long their shows will be delayed.
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I cannot underscore the importance of a supportive spouse, partner, or mother?s helper when you?re a work-from-home parent of a mobile baby or preverbal toddler.