One step closer to rollable, foldable e-Devices

ScienceDaily (Oct. 30, 2012) ? The next generation of electronic displays -- e-Readers, smartphones and tablets -- is closer thanks to research out October 31 from the University of Cincinnati.

Advances that will eventually bring foldable/rollable e-devices as well as no pixel borders are experimentally verified and proven to work in concept at UC's Novel Devices Laboratory. That research is published this week in the journal Nature Communications.

The UC paper, "Bright e-Paper by Transport of Ink through a White Electrofluidic Imaging Film," is authored by College of Engineering and Applied Science doctoral students Matthew Hagedon, Shu Yang, and Ann Russell, as well as Jason Heikenfeld, associate professor of electronic and computing systems. UC worked on this research with partner: start-up company Gamma Dynamics.

Foldable e-Devices Closer Thanks to Electrofluidic Imaging Film

One challenge in creating foldable e-Paper devices has been the device screen, which is currently made of rigid glass. But what if the screen were a paper-thin plastic that rolled like a window shade? You'd have a device like an iPad that could be folded or rolled up repeatedly -- even tens of thousands of time. Just roll it up and stick it in your pocket.

The UC research out today experimentally verifies that such a screen of paper-thin plastic, what the researchers refer to as "electrofluidic imaging film," works. The breakthrough is a white, porous film coated with a thin layer of reflective electrodes and spacers that are then subjected to unique and sophisticated fluid mechanics in order to electrically transport the colored ink and clear-oil fluids that comprise the consumer content (text, images, video) of electronic devices.

According to UC's Hagedon, "This is the first of any type of electrowetting display that can be made as a simple film that you laminate onto a sheet of controlling electronics. Manufacturers prefer this approach compared to having to build up the pixels themselves within their devices, layer by layer, material by material. Our proof-of-concept breakthrough takes us one step closer to brighter, color-video e-Paper and the Holy Grail of rollable/foldable displays."

No Pixel Borders

Importantly, this paper-thin plastic screen developed at UC is the first among all types of fluidic displays that has no pixel borders.

In current technology, colors maintain their image-forming distinctiveness by means of what are known as "pixel borders." Each individual pixel that helps to comprise the image necessary for text, photographs, video and other content maintains its distinct color and does not bleed over into the next pixel or color due to a pixel border. In other words, each individual pixel of color has a border around it (invisible to the eye of the consumer) to maintain its color distinctiveness.

This matters because pixel borders are basically "dead areas" that dull any display of information, whether a display of text or image. Leading electronics companies have been seeking ways to reduce or eliminate pixel borders in order to increase display brightness.

Said UC's Heikenfeld, "For example, the pixel border in current electrowetting displays, which prevents ink merging, takes up a sizable portion of the pixel. This is now resolved with our electrofluidic film breakthrough. Furthermore, our breakthrough provides extraordinary capability to hide the ink when you don't want to see it, which further cranks up the available brightness and color of the display when you do want to see it. With a single, new technology, we have simplified manufacturability AND improved screen brightness."

Foldable e-Devices as Environmental Electronics

Expect that the first-generation foldable e-devices will be monochrome. Color will come later. Eventually, within 10 to 20 years, e-Devices with magazine-quality color, viewable in bright sunlight but requiring low power will come to market. "Think of this as the green iPad or e-Reader, combining high function and high color without the weight of a heavy battery, readable out in the sunlight, and foldable into your pocket," said Heikenfeld.

The device will require low power to operate since it will charge via sunlight and ambient room light. However, it will be so "tough" and only use wireless connection ports, such that you can leave it out over night in the rain. In fact, you'll be able to wash it or drop it without damaging the thin, highly flexible casing and screen.

This latest proof of concept research verifying the functionality of electrofluidic imaging film builds on previous research out of UC's Novel Devices Laboratory. That previous research broke down a significant barrier to bright electronic displays that don't require a heavy battery to power them.

Currently, faster, color-saturated, high-power devices like a computer's liquid-cystal display screen, an iPad or a cell phone require high power (and, consequently, a larger battery), in part, because they need a strong internal light source within the device (that "backlights" the screen) as well as color filters in order to display the pixels as color/moving images. The need for an internal light source within the device also means visibility is poor in bright sunlight.

The new electrofluidic imaging film is part of an overall UC design that will require only low-power to produce high speed content and function because it makes use of ambient light vs. a strong, internal light source within the device.

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The Shoebox Inn: A Family Owned Vacation Home House Tour ...

Name: Carol and Jeff Sayre
Location: Seaview, Washington
Size: 500 Square Ft
Years lived in: 12 years ? own

The Sayre family bought their vacation home in Seaview, Washington twelve years ago. This one bedroom cottage is blocks from the waterfront in a sleepy coastal town just 3 hours south of Seattle. Now spending most of their time up north in the city, the Sayres have opened their home to guests and family friends who need a quiet getaway. Welcome to the Shoebox Inn.

When my friend Mike emailed me about his family vacation home, I realized what an opportunity it would be to show how compact living can be comfortable and functional, even when sleeping up to 6 people. Carol expressed her desire to stay thrifty, cozy and welcoming in the design of The Shoebox Inn. She feels that when designing a home it is most important to have "things around that you love but that also function efficiently. Make sure there are comfortable places to read with adequate lighting. That's what makes me feel most at home in a dwelling."

This cozy small town was like the set of movie; everyone seems to know each other in town, everything is locally grown and supported? and there is no need for glitzy state-of-the-art anything. Most specifically, Carol says the 1957 Zenith Range holds high significance in the home. "I'm sure it was the height of modern luxury and convenience when it was first made. It reigns like the "homecoming queen" in the kitchen, setting just the right mood."

With a home in Seattle and their two sons in Los Angeles, there were many influences and ideas that came together throughout the years in this vacation home. "Both of our sons live in Los Angeles. One works in the film industry and the other in design. I think there is a little bit of a Hollywood set "feel" about "The Shoebox Inn." Because of the great movie tradition of Los Angeles, there probably are few homes that aren't influenced in some way by the culture of Los Angeles, either directly or indirectly."

Apartment Therapy Survey:

Our Style: Vintage Thrift Store Chic.

Inspiration: My Grandma Betty, a woman who had both an atheistic eye and a good sense of practicality.

Favorite Element: The nod to the 50's feel of the kitchen.

Biggest Challenge: Sleeping the whole family in such a small space. There was only one bedroom, so we had to think like we were on a ship. We managed to get two sets of bunks and a full size bed in the room by taking out the only closet and filling in the doorway from the bedroom to the kitchen. We replaced the lost closet space with storage baskets under the bunks. The new wall also gave us a place to put a dining room table in the kitchen.

What Friends Say: We all like to get away and one of my favorite things about owning the house is letting our friends stay. It feels good when they express appreciation for the look of the house, but we love hearing about the fun things they did in the area even more. This corner of the Northwest Washington Coast has really managed to stay unspoiled ? no outlet malls, casinos or massive resorts blot the landscape. Thus the Long Beach Peninsula has the feeling of yesteryear about it. I think our friends appreciate that as much as anything.

Biggest Embarrassment: Booking two friends to stay at "The Shoebox Inn" for the same weekend.

Proudest DIY: Making built-ins so that a 500 square foot house could work for a family of six. I also like the black and white diamond painted porch. My friend Cynthia helped paint it. It was a bit time consuming, but it greatly helped the street appeal of the cottage.

Biggest Indulgence: We have a few prints, but try to buy original art as much as possible. We've made a game of collecting art for the beach house by putting ourselves on a thrift store budget. The cottage is cute and cozy, but because nothing is overly valuable, we don't worry about what might happen to the stuff when others stay. With the exception of one picture, we spent no more than $35 on any one piece of artwork in the cottage. Sometimes I'll get a painting at a second hand store and frame it with some great frame from a garage sale to improve the look. A good frame can make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

Best Advice: When decorating a vacation house, put your guests above your possessions. Be willing to share your home. It only increases your joy of ownership.

Dream Sources: My primary home, which has a different feel than the beach house, has an old world European feel ? perhaps even monastic in places. I love the inspiration of many French and English magazines, especially old ones from the 90's, but I try to incorporate the looks in a uniquely American way.

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* Carol noted that everything in the home was either brought over from their home in Seattle or purchased at thrift and vintage shops. She never spent more than $35 on any of the artwork in the home.

Thanks, Carol and Jeff!

(Images: Bethany Nauert)

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Baby Giveaways Galore: Morphology Board Game #Review

"Morphology Games launched in late fall of 2009, quickly selling out its
original units and in 2010, went to the New York Toy Fair where it
received two ?Top New Toys of 2010? nods. In the fall of 2010,
Morphology was selected as TIME?s Top Ten Toys list as the Number 2 Toy
of the Year."
~ From the Morphology website.
{Morphology Product Info}

• The hilarious guessing game where creativity wins!
• 4 or more players
• Ages 13+
• 51 pieces for morphing
• Made in China

?{Morphology Junior Product Info}

• 4 or more players
• Ages 8+

{How to Play}

• Draw a word from the deck (easy or hard side)
• Build the word using the pieces
• Get your teammates to guess the word in one minute.
• Be ready for hilarious twists and turns as you are challenged to build with your eyes closed or only one hand...

{My Review}

I love board games. I think they are a great way to have fun with friends and family during any occasion. Board games are a staple in my house. I think I have close to 20 adult board games. I don't even have any children's ones yet because my sons are not old enough. Once they are interested in board games, watch out, a whole new influx of games will occur!

I am always on the look out for new interesting games. When I got the opportunity to review Morphology, I was super excited. It is the first game that I have reviewed on my blog.

It took me a while to find enough people to play with me. You need 4 players and my husband does not often want to play games. This has always been an obstacle with 4 player games.

I played the game twice in two very different circumstances. The first time was with my mom, sister and cousin during the day with our kids running around. The second time was with my husband and two friends after the kids had gone to bed. It is much easier to play without a toddler trying to steal the colorful pieces!

Morphology is fairly simple at first glance. You pick a card and choose either the "easy" or "hard" words. Then morph the game pieces to try to depict the word and get your teammate(s) to guess.

Depending on where you land on the board you may have to roll the die and perform a twist, such as using the string only or closing your eyes.

I really liked the game but we found some of the words are way too hard to make in only one minute (especially if you have to perform one of the twists mentioned above). For example: hide and seek, farmer, oink, and whistle seemed impossible.

We came up with a few suggestions for improvements:

1. The string should have a "memory" like a pipe-cleaner so it could stay in the position wanted.
2. There should be categories such as: animal, object, verb, person
3. There should be cards for the String Only twist, object that could actually be made with only a string.
4. The rules should be a little more clear. We could not understand how Pick 3 (the last board square) worked.?
5. A longer timer. We decided to allow the morphologists to choose the pieces they wanted before starting the timer, otherwise we rarely had enough time.?

Things we loved:

1. All of the fun colorful pieces.
2. When the word was an object it was much easier and more fun to morph.
3. The large quantity of cards.
4. That you can move the pieces to help your team guess.
5. That expansion packs with more pieces and cards are available.?
6. How creative the game enables you to be.
7. That it is reasonably priced.
8. How it is such a unique idea that builds onto the other "drawing/guessing" games out there.

I really enjoyed playing Morphology and will definitely continue to play in the future. I bet my 12 year old niece would love this. She is very creative. My husband was not a huge fan but he is not much of a board game fan to begin with. I think the expansion packs would make it easier. We altered the rules slightly to allow for more time and if we thought the word was really too hard than we skipped that card.

I would recommend this game to my friends and family. I had a lot of fun playing it. I just feel that it needs a few tweaks to make it a little easier. I will buy Morphology Junior when my kids are old enough because I believe it is a game that kids would really enjoy also.

{Buy It}

Morphology --- $24.99

Morphology Junior --- $29.99

{Connect}

Morphology on:

Facebook? (You can win free games on their page)

Twitter

Pinterest

YouTube

Google+

Source: http://www.babygiveawaysgalore.com/2012/10/morphology-board-game-review.html

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Postcards From An Underwater New York | ZeroHedge

Once the surge levees break, the water level just soars and covers everything in a "reverse Titanic" as the following pictures demonstrate:

Ground Zero (via AP)

Hoboken PATH station (via @garywhitta)

Avenue C and 13th Street (via iWitness Weather):

Lower East Side:

The Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel is flooding... (via @NewsBreaker)

The Belt Parkway fully underwater

Stunning view of the lower manhattan black out (via @nicksummers)

14th Street Transformer exploding! (via @georgeweld)

Floating Cop cars in lower east side (via? David Schulz)

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More as we see it.

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Eyeing elections, India PM adds new blood to cabinet

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh gave his cabinet an overdue facelift on Sunday, bringing in younger ministers in a bid to breathe new life into his aged, scandal-tainted government ahead of state and federal elections.

The reshuffle, which has been on the cards for six months, may be Singh's last chance to significantly change the direction of his government and convince voters the ruling Congress party deserves a third consecutive term in 2014.

He rejigged about a third of his 30-member cabinet, and reshuffled a number of key portfolios, including, oil, foreign policy, railways and justice. As part of the image makeover, he also brought in a raft of new, younger junior ministers who will not have cabinet-level posts.

Notably absent from the new names was Rahul Gandhi, the scion of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty that has governed India for much of the 65 years since independence. Gandhi is expected to be the party's candidate for prime minister in the 2014 election but has so far shied away from a formal role in government.

Singh said after a swearing-in ceremony for the new ministers that he had wanted Gandhi in the cabinet but that the Congress party general-secretary wanted to work for the party. The party is headed by Rahul's mother Sonia Gandhi.

Several of the new junior ministers, however, are closely linked to the 42-year-old Gandhi, which could extend his influence in the council of ministers without directly exposing him to potential damage if the government's popularity fails to pick up.

Singh's shaky coalition has been paralyzed by infighting and policy drift for much of its second term, struggling to drive through major economic reforms long demanded by investors and business leaders even as economic growth has sharply slowed.

"The road ahead is full of challenges. But this is a team, which I hope will be able to meet those challenges," Singh said, according to a Tweet by his office.

Singh's elderly cabinet has also been seen as increasingly out of touch with the country's youthful electorate. Politicians in India generally reach senior positions late in life -- a reflection of a traditional respect for elders.

"MAKING WAY FOR YOUNGSTERS"

Despite the reshuffle, relatively few senior ministers in the cabinet led by 80-year-old Singh are under 65. Outgoing foreign minister, S.M. Krishna, 80, had stepped down ahead of the rejig, saying he was "making way for youngsters".

Krishna's replacement was the 59-year-old Salman Khurshid, who until the shakeup, was law minister. Khurshid has been battling allegations leveled by anti-corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal that involve the misappropriation of funds in an NGO. Khurshid has strongly denied any wrongdoing.

Other key appointments are: Veerappa Moily (oil), Ashwani Kumar (law and justice), Dinsha Patel (mines) Jyotiraditya Scindia (power) and Sachin Pilot (corporate affairs). Scindia and Pilot are both seen as close to Rahul Gandhi.

The reshuffle follows a slew of economic reforms that improved investor sentiment about Asia's third-largest economy and restored some credibility to Singh's flagging leadership.

P. Chidambaram was reinstated as finance minister in August, his third stint in the post. He has been widely credited with helping to push through a number of politically tricky reforms to revive investor sentiment.

Corruption scandals have damaged the government's image over the last two years, and at times ministers seem more focused on fighting accusations of graft than running their portfolios.

The main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) paralyzed the last session of parliament over a report by the auditor-general that raised questions about sweetheart coal deals.

A scandal over the sale of telecoms spectrum licenses triggered street protests last year and led to the jailing of the telecoms minister, Andimuthu Raja.

"You need to have people who are free from some of these issues, and who can give time to actual governance," said Subhash Agrawal, editor of India Focus. "There is a pressing need in the country for people who can just work."

(Writing by Frank Jack Daniel and Ross Colvin, additional reporting by Nigam Prusty, C.K. Nayak)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/eyeing-elections-india-pm-adds-blood-cabinet-104727291.html

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Tsunami hits Hawaii after Canada earthquake; first waves smaller than initially feared

HONOLULU (Reuters) - At least 100,000 people in Hawaii were ordered to move from the shoreline to higher ground late on Saturday after a tsunami warning, but the first waves were less forceful than had been feared and no damage was initially reported.

The tsunami, triggered by a powerful earthquake off Canada's Pacific coast, began shortly after 10:30 p.m. Hawaii time, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, as motorists clogged roadways in a mass exodus from low-lying areas.

"The tsunami arrived about when we expected it should," Senior Geophysicist Gerard Fryer told reporters at a news conference, saying: "I was expecting it to be a little bigger."

The height of the first surge initially was put at 3 feet, but the warning center subsequently reported that early tsunami wave activity peaked at just 2.5 feet at the island of Maui.

There were no immediate reports of serious flooding or damage, but officials warned that additional waves were still possible and that wave heights of up to 6 feet could be reached in some places.

Following the initial surge, Honolulu Mayor Peter Carlisle said it was unclear if the worst had yet passed.

"All of these events are capricious, and you can't really tell which wave is going to be packing the most punch, and sometimes it's the second, third or even the very last one," he told CNN, adding that it might be several hours before officials could give the all-clear and cancel the evacuation.

Tsunami warning sirens in the islands were activated on short notice due to initial confusion among scientists about the quake's undersea epicenter and the extent of the tsunami threat posted by the temblor.

Honolulu Mayor Peter Carlisle announced that all police and emergency personnel were being pulled out from potential flood zones shortly before the first wave, leaving anyone defying evacuation orders to fend for themselves. He urged motorists who remained caught in harm's way due to gridlocked roads to abandon their vehicles and proceed on foot.

"If you are stuck in traffic, you might consider getting out of your car and consider walking to higher ground. You will have to assess your own situation, depending on where you are right now. Right now it is critical," he said

Vindell Hsu, a geophysicist at the Tsunami Warning Center said an estimated 100,000 to 150,000 people who live in Hawaii's coastal zones had been urged to move to higher ground until after 10:30 p.m.

Governor Neil Abercrombie issued an emergency proclamation for the state.

The tsunami center cautioned that wave height could not be predicted and that the first wave "may not be the largest".

It said: "All shores are at risk no matter which direction they face".

CANADA QUAKE

The warnings followed a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7 that hit Canada's Pacific coastal province of British Columbia late on Saturday [ID:nL1E8LS03H].

The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was centered 123 miles south-southwest of Prince Rupert at a depth of 6.2 miles.

The Earthquakes Canada agency said the quake was followed by numerous aftershocks as large as magnitude 4.6 and that a small tsunami has been recorded by a deep-ocean pressure sensor.

On Oahu, Hawaii's most populous island, tsunami warning sirens could be heard blaring out across Honolulu, the state capital, prompting an immediate crush of traffic, with many motorists stopping at service stations to top up with gasoline. At movie theaters, films were halted in mid-screening as announcements were made urging patrons to return to their homes.

The last time Oahu had a tsunami warning was after the devastating Japanese earthquake of March 2011.

On Honolulu's famed Waikiki Beach, residents of high-rise buildings were told to move to the third floor or higher for safety.

Stephany Sofos, a resident of Diamond Head near Waikiki, said most people had either evacuated or relocated to a higher floor.

"I moved my car up the hill, packed up my computer and have my animals all packed and with me," Sofos said, saying that she had not yet seen any obvious receding of the surf, a telltale sign that a tsunami wave is imminent.

"I'm pretty confident because we have a lot of reefs out there and that will prevent any major damage. Maybe it's a false confidence, but I'm not really worried," she said, adding, "It is nerve-wracking."

Tsunami Warning Center Geophysicist Gerard Fryer said the tsunami had caught scientists by surprise.

"We thought that the earthquake was on land and when we learned that it was deeper undersea and we gathered more information, we had no choice but to issue a warning," he said

As residents scrambled to reach higher ground on Oahu, at least four major road accidents were reported by the state Emergency Medical Services. More accidents were also reported on the outer islands.

A tsunami advisory was also posted for coastal areas of northern California and Oregon, where a maximum sea level rise was estimated at 6 inches, the National Weather Service said. The agency said no significant flooding was expected.

(Reporting by Jorene Barut and Suzanne Roig in Honolulu; Writing by Steve Gorman and Tim Gaynor; Editing by Andrew Osborn)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/tsunami-warning-issued-hawaii-british-columbia-quake-072144007.html

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Stay-at-home transcription factor prevents neurodegeneration

Monday, October 29, 2012

A study in The Journal of Cell Biology shows how a transcription factor called STAT3 remains in the axon of nerve cells to help prevent neurodegeneration. The findings could pave the way for future drug therapies to slow nerve damage in patients with neurodegenerative diseases.

In Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS) and other neurodegenerative diseases, nerve cells usually die in stages, with axons deteriorating first and the cells themselves perishing later. Axon degeneration may represent a turning point for patients, after which so much nerve damage has accumulated that treatments won't work. Researchers have tested several proteins for their ability to save axons. One of these molecules, CNTF, rescues axons in rodents and extends their lives. But it caused severe side effects in patients during clinical trials. "Acting on the same pathway but farther downstream could be an ideal way to improve the situation for motor neuron disease" and possibly for other neurodegenerative diseases, says senior author Michael Sendtner from the University of Wuerzburg in Germany.

To discover how CNTF works, Sendtner and his colleagues studied mice with a mutation that mimics ALS. The researchers found that CNTF not only prevented shrinkage of the rodents' motor neurons, it also reduced the number of swellings along the axon that are markers of degeneration. It is known that CNTF indirectly turns on the transcription factor STAT3, so the researchers wanted to determine if STAT3 is behind CNTF's protective powers. They tested whether CNTF helps motor neurons that lack STAT3 and discovered that, in the mutant mice, axons lacking STAT3 were half as long as those from a control group after CNTF treatment

Once it has been activated, STAT3 typically travels to the nucleus of the neuron to switch on genes. But the researchers were surprised to find that most of the axonal STAT3 did not move to the nucleus and instead had a local effect in the axon. Specifically, the team found that activated STAT3 inhibited stathmin, a protein that normally destabilizes microtubules. When the team removed stathmin in motor neurons from the mutant mice, the axons grew at the same rate as axons from normal mice but didn't elongate any faster after doses of CNTF. These results indicate that CNTF mainly stimulates axon growth by thwarting stathmin and suggests that drugs to block stathmin could slow neuron breakdown in patients with neurodegenerative diseases.

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Selvaraj, B.T., et al. 2012. J. Cell Biol. doi:10.1083/jcb.201203109

Rockefeller University Press: http://www.rupress.org/

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San Francisco Buttermilk Biscuits from TV Food and Drink - Brought ...

On Friday, everyone asked me at work with vibrant hopeful faces, ?What are you gonna do in San Francisco, Gary??

?I?m gonna sit on Sean?s couch, drink coffee and watch tv.?

Then everyone at work looked at me with sadness and pity slivers.

Why they expected more out of me is a mystery. When regularly asked, ?What are you doing this weekend, Gary?? I always answer the same: ?I?m going to stay home and put things away where they belong!?

Because I don?t travel well, I close my eyes once I?m in my seat on the plane and imagine all the fun things I can do in San Francisco? bay cruise, cable car museum, Coit Tower, Castro Theatre. ?I continue to think about them as I sit on Sean?s oversize Crate and Barrel end chair and watch Food Network all Saturday long in my bedtime stretchy shorts and a slightly rough Indian blanket wrapped around my legs while Sean suggests activities for us:

?We could walk around Haight and see parts of the city we don?t normally see.?
?No.?
?Let?s go to Union Square and look for New Year?s clothes.?
?Why??
?We can go to Pearl?s and get hamburgers.?
?Stop talking. ?I can?t hear Pioneer Woman.?

From time to time, I?ll play with the new cat, Toby. ?He gets his weekend exercise flailing around trying to catch a bushel of colored feathers attached to the end of a plastic stick. ?I get my exercise shaking the stick.

I would have slept in until noon, but because I don?t drink anymore, that?s nearly impossible now. My eyes opened at 8am. So I dragged myself into the living room, closed all the curtains Sean had opened to let the sun shine in, plopped down in my usual spot and looked for the remote control. It was on the far side of the couch, so when Sean got back from picking up everything he needed to make buttermilk biscuits, I asked him to ?hand it to me.

I like San Francisco. ?But more than San Francisco I like Sean. ?He says things like, ?I?m never eating pizza again!? and ?The Pioneer Woman looks like a fat Molly Ringwald,? and makes me breakfast so I have more time to channel surf. ?It?s in the mid-seventies in San Francisco today. I?m totally gonna get caught up on The Mindy Project.

San Francisco Buttermilk Biscuits
Found at Completely Delicious
Adapted from The Gourmet Cookbook
(Makes 8 large biscuits)

• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, cold and cut into cubes
• 3/4 cup buttermilk, chilled, plus additional for brushing

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

In a medium bowl mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Mix in the butter with a pastry cutter or a fork until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add the buttermilk and stir until the dough comes together in a ball.

On a lightly floured surface, gather the dough into a bowl and knead gently 6 times. Pat dough into a 10 inch circle about 1/2 inch thick. Cut dough into three inch rounds with a lightly floured cutter. Place on the prepared baking sheet about 2 inches apart. Brush with buttermilk.

Bake until golden brown, about 12 to 15 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.

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Suicide bomber hits north Nigeria Catholic church

KADUNA, Nigeria (AP) ? A suicide bomber rammed an SUV loaded with explosives into a Catholic church holding Mass on Sunday in northern Nigeria, killing at least seven people and sparking reprisal violence that left another two dead outside the worship hall, witnesses said.

The attack happened in the Malali neighborhood of Kaduna, a city on the dividing line between Nigeria's largely Christian south and Muslim north where religious rioting has killed hundreds in recent years. Police and soldiers surrounded St. Rita Catholic church after the 9 a.m. attack, but angry Christian youths had already beaten to death two Muslims riding past on motorcycles, an Associated Press reporter at the scene said.

Authorities did not immediately offer a casualty figure, but the AP journalist saw the bodies of four worshippers lying on the floor of the church after the blast, surrounded by broken glass. The body of the suicide bomber had been blasted into nearby rubble. An official at a nearby military hospital said his facility received at least three other bodies from the attack.

Kaduna state police commissioner Olufemi Adenaike told journalists at the church that authorities had urged those living in the neighborhood, which has both Christians and Muslims, to return home and stay indoors to halt any further revenge attacks. Saidu Adamu, a spokesman for Kaduna state government, said the rest of the city was peaceful.

The blast likely injured others, though authorities declined to immediately offer any estimates.

No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, which comes as the Muslims in the nation are celebrating the Eid al-Adha holiday in Nigeria. In recent days, rumors have circulated that the radical Islamist sect known as Boko Haram, which is responsible for hundreds of killings this year alone, might try to launch an attack during the holiday. The sect has demanded the release of all its captive members and has called for strict Shariah law to be implemented across the entire country. However, the group, which speaks to journalists in telephone conference calls at times of its choosing, could not be immediately reached for comment.

The sect has used suicide car bombs against churches in the past, most noticeably a 2011 Christmas Day attack on a Catholic church in Madalla near Nigeria's capital. That attack and assaults elsewhere in the country killed at least 44 people. An unclaimed car bombing on Easter in Kaduna killed at least 38 people on a busy roadway after witnesses say it was turned away from a church.

After the April 2011 presidential election, protests in Kaduna over Christian Goodluck Jonathan winning quickly turned into ethnic and religious violence that saw hundreds killed in that state alone. On Oct. 14, gunmen armed with assault rifles attacked a rural Kaduna state village, killing at least 24 people, including worshippers leaving a mosque after prayers before dawn. Officials said the attack likely came from a criminal gang angry over the village killing some of their men. In another attack Sept. 30, gunmen detonated a bomb near an Islamic school in Zaria.

Three church bombings in June claimed by Boko Haram and retaliatory violence after the attacks in Kaduna killed at least 50 people.

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Jon Gambrell reported from Lagos, Nigeria, and can be reached at www.twitter.com/jongambrellAP .

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Future of Technology in Education ? Saloni from Sanskar Academy ...

Name of Applicant:?Saloni Yadav
Grade:?IX
School:?Sanskar Academy
City:?Rajgarh
State:?Madhya Pradesh
Country: India

Introduction Education Today For over a century, education has remained largely unchanged. Classrooms full of students deferring to the wisdom of an all-knowing professor has, is, and many believe, will continue to be the accepted mode of instruction. Despite many technological advances and the introduction of new pedagogical concepts, the majority of today?s classrooms continue to utilize this traditional mode. Educators have thrived in a bubble immune from advancements in technology, but the increasing rate of change of these advances now look to be threatening to burst this bubble. The world is changing ? it is getting both smaller and bigger at the same time. Our world shrinks as technologies now allow us to communicate both synchronously and asynchronously with peers around the world. Conversely, the explosion of information now available to us expands our view of the world. As a result of the ability to communicate globally and the information explosion, education must change. Most educators might not want to change, but the change is coming ? it is a matter of when not if. The challenge is to prepare the children of today for a world that has yet to be created, for jobs yet to be invented, and for technologies yet undreamed. As we will see, the driving forces of Moore?s Law, Metcalfe?s Law, technology fusion, and a changing world economy are redefining the way our children need to be taught. The current teaching paradigm of the teacher as the possessor and transferor of information is shifting to a new paradigm of the Disclaimer: The research materials are collated from web based resources. teacher as a facilitator or coach. This new teacher will provide contextual learning environments that engage students in collaborative activities that will require communications and access to information that only technology can provide. It is no secret that education is slow to change, especially in incorporating new technologies. This is described by Jukes and McCain (1997) as paradigm paralysis, the delay or limit in our ability to understand and use new technology due to previous experiences. It takes new experiences to replace the old ones, and this simply takes time. Unfortunately, education can no longer take the time it wants. The trends in technology are creating a future that is arriving faster than education is preparing for it. We must therefore ask what are these trends and how will education adapt to them? To answer these questions, the techniques of H.G. Wells will be used. Wells, the father of futures studies, ?had a gift for seeing how all the activities of humankind ? social, cultural, technological, economic, political ? fit together to produce a single past, and by extension a single future? (Wagar, 1993, pg. 52). First we will take a brief look at our past to formulate an understanding of the trends of today. This will be followed by a detailed analysis of these trends. Finally, we will peek into the crystal ball and predict the future of technology and education. The Trends of Today Computers and Moore?s Law In order to understand today?s technological trends, it helps to take a look at how they have developed over the years. Even in education, computers have a long history. For example, the ENIAC, built at the University of Pennsylvania?s Moore School of Electrical Engineering between 1944 and 1946, was the first large-scale general-purpose electronic computer (Goldschmidt & Akera, 1998). It weighed 30-tons, contained 19,000 vacuum tubes, 1,500 relays, and consumed almost 200 kilowatts of electrical power (Weik, 1961). Designed to calculate trajectory tables for new guns, the ENIAC failed on an average of every seven minutes, but when it worked it could compute 10-digit multiplication in 3/1000th of a second ? a huge accomplishment for its day (Jukes & McCain, 1997). More recently, the 1980 model Cray supercomputer was the fastest machine of its day. It cost $12 million, weighed five tons, and consumed 150kW of electricity ? all this and it had only 8MB of RAM and operated at speed of 80 MHz (Jukes & McCain, 1997). By comparison, a used computer today with the same capabilities can be purchased for under $300. Since the popularization of the desktop computer in the 1980s, we have become painfully aware of how quickly computers become outdated. Many of today?s educators point to this trend in their argument against the use of computers. This trend of increased power at lower cost is likely to continue well into the next century and has popularly become known as Moore?s Law, after Gordon Moore, the cofounder of Intel Corporation. In 1965 he suggested (half in jest) that technology doubled in processing power approximately every 18 months and at the same time the price for that technology declined by about 35% a year relative to this power. The accuracy of Mr. Moore?s prediction has proven to be frighteningly accurate. The table below (Tab. 1) illustrates the effects of Moore?s Law from 1984 to 1999, with some minor adjustments. In a 1993 speech, Randall Tobias, the Vice Chairman of AT&T, put Moore?s Law in perspective when he said, ??if we had had similar gains in automotive technology, today you could buy a Lexus for about $2. It would travel at the speed of sound, and go 600 miles on a thimble of gas. It would be only three inches long?but easy to parallel park!? (pg. 244). Disclaimer: The research materials are collated from web based resources. (Assumptions: Every 18 months RAM doubles in size, HD increase 275% in size, CPU speed increases 40%, and cost drops 10%). Moore?s Law 1984 1990 1999 RAM (in Megabytes) 0.13 2 131 HD (in Megabytes) 0.4 23 10000 CPU (in MHz) 10 51 411 Cost $4,000.00 $2,600.00 $1,400.00 Table 1 ? Moore?s Law Taking the reverse stance of education, business and industry have adopted the approach of staying up-to-date with technology. The current economy appears to support the notion that this approach is valid, yet the majority of our schools continue to adopt the approach of remaining several technological generations behind business and industry. The Graphical Interface and Educational Resistance I see no advantage whatsoever to the graphical user interface ?Bill Gates, 1981 The graphical user interface was first developed by Xerox?s Palo Alto Research Center. After a visit to this lab, Steve Jobs, the chairman of Apple Computers, bought the idea and named it Macintosh. ?For many, this event has been heralded as the most significant conceptual breakthrough in the history of PCs? (Jukes & McCain, 1997). Eventually, even the recalcitrant Bill Gates adopted the graphical interface into his Windows operating system. During the 1990s, the graphical interface environment has allowed the general public to use computers in a variety of ways never imagined possible. The skills in operating a computer have become much like those necessary to play a video game ? point there, click the button, and something happens! The generation of video game players, our youth, effectively has become the best audience for computers, yet educators resist using them. Since the large-scale induction of computers into America?s schools in the early 1980s, there has been reluctance of educators to implement them. Teachers can hardly be blamed for this reluctance. A major barrier has been a lack of a universal agreement on how teachers should be prepared to use the technology (Willis & Mehlinger, 1996). This is not cause to write off the personal computer for classroom use. In reference to preparing pre- and in-service teachers, Bull and Cooper (1997) believe, ?it is important to be realistic about the time frame that will be required to accomplish this [integration of technology] in the depth that may be eventually desired? (pg. 101). In fact, the last 15 to 20 years might be viewed more as a time of courtship Disclaimer: The research materials are collated from web based resources. between computers and K-12 educators. Clearly, in order for educators to adopt current technologies an emphasis must be placed on adequately preparing pre- and in-service teachers. Telecommunications/Networks and Metcalfe?s Law As the power of the computer increases, so do the capabilities of communications media including glass fibers, copper wires, and wireless communication systems. For example, scientists at Fujitsu and other companies have demonstrated the capacity to send data over a single strand of glass the diameter of a human hair at a speed of one trillion bits per second (Thornburg, 1997). At this rate the entire Library of Congress could be transmitted in seconds (Molitor, 1998), or 70 million simultaneous voice conversations could be sent on a single fiber (Tobias, 1993). Conventional copper wires cannot compete with these rates of transmission, but by using an Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) transmissions in excess of six million bits per second can be achieved. Many cable television providers are providing broadband services of up to ten million bits per second over copper wire systems as well. Much like the phenomenon with computer memory, as these speeds increase, the cost of using these services decreases. Take for example the consistent decrease in long distance telephone rates over the last few years; the ability to transmit enormous numbers of calls through one wire has driven prices down substantially. The combination of better, cheaper computers and increased bandwidth has caused a boon in the network community (i.e. the Internet). Bob Metcalfe, inventor of the Ethernet, suggested that the power of a network increases proportionally by the square of the number of users. Over time this has become known as Metcalfe?s Law. Like Moore?s Law, Metcalfe?s Law has played a major role in shaping the business world, and now it is beginning to affect education. Simply put, Metcalfe?s Law states that the more people that are connected to a network, the more powerful that network becomes. As millions connect to the Internet, the Network of networks, the power of sharing information and ideas grows. Education is in the business of sharing information and ideas, making Metcalfe?s Law a force that will play a major role in shaping the institution in the years ahead. Internet and the Web The merging of Moore?s Law, Metcalfe?s Law, and easy-to-use graphical interfaces form the foundation of the communication revolution we are now experiencing. The International Data Corporation (IDC) forecasts that 320 million people will be able to access the World Wide Web by 2002. In 1997, 78 million devices connected to the Web; by 2002 this number will increase to 515 million (WISTA, 1998). In 1996, the U.S. Postal Service delivered an astonishing 185 billion pieces of first class mail, yet in that same year the Internet handled about one trillion e-mail messages. Federal Communications Committee Chairman Reed Hunt has said, ?The communication age is connected to the greatest revolution in the history of education since the invention of the printing press? (Thourburg, 1997). Technology Fusion Another event that will likely have a significant impact on education is technology fusion. Twenty years ago we saw sharp distinctions between computers, photos, publishing, TV/video, and telecommunications. Now the distinctions between these media are blurring (see Fig. 1 below). In Disclaimer: The research materials are collated from web based resources. a few more years there will be virtually no distinction between them (Jukes & McCain, 1997) (Land & Portway, No Date). The result of this fusion is the manufacturing of computers that can perform all of the functions that not long ago needed separate devices. The Education Coalition (TEC) considers the merger of computing, television, printing and telecommunications as the most significant trend in education and technology. ?Bringing them together results in the whole having greater impact than each individual part?? (Land & Portway). 1978 1998 2001 Figure 1 (adapted from Jukes, 1997) Economy If education is responsible for preparing its students to be contributing members to the world economy (it is the opinion of the author that this is a responsibility of education), we must consider what type of an economy these students will be entering. In October 1998, The World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WISTA) published a report entitled, Digital Planet, the Global Information Economy. WISTA commissioned International Data Corporation to perform this study which presents the broadest view of current levels of customer spending on information technology and communications ever assembled. The study concluded that spending on information and communications technology (ICT) is a critically important element of the worldwide economy. Below are some of the study?s findings (WISTA, 1998): ? ICT was responsible for $1.8 trillion in spending in 1997. ? In 1997, ICT spending was nearly 40% larger than in 1992. ? ICT spending is growing 27% faster than the overall worldwide Gross Domestic Product. ? Spending on ICT is a key accelerator, catalyst, and multiplier of a wide variety of social and economic measures, including company and job growth. ? An average of 7,200 new tax-paying ICT companies have been added in the United States during each of the last five years. ? 380,000 ?software and service? jobs have been added in the United States during the past five years. ? ICT increases overall economic activity. Disclaimer: The research materials are collated from web based resources. With the world economy so intricately tied to information and communications technologies, the careers of today and tomorrow are directly related to these technologies. The Thornburg Center recently conducted a study of the 54 jobs identified by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics as having the highest numerical growth between now and the year 2005. Of the 54 jobs, 46 required technological fluency, and none of the remaining eight paid more than double minimum wage (Thorburg, 1997). Technological fluency is more than technological literacy; it requires that an individual be as comfortable using technology as they are reading the newspaper. The lack of technologically fluent workers is already a problem. The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) has warned that one out of ten jobs requiring information technology skills is going unfilled (Thornburg, 1997). Clearly, our educational system is failing to adequately prepare technologically fluent workers, so we must ask what does education need to do to address this problem? The Role of Education Being a Webmaster is one of today?s hottest careers, yet five or six years ago Webmasters did not even exist. This is an example of how education must consider preparing students for jobs that have yet to be created. Alan Greenspan, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, recently said (1997), ?One of the most central dynamic forces [in the economy] is the accelerated expansion of computer and telecommunications technologies?clearly our educational institutions will continue to play an important role in preparing workers to meet these demands? (pg. 98). He also stated, ?workers are facing the likelihood that they will need retooling during their careers?education is increasingly becoming a lifelong activity? (pg. 100). To prepare students to be lifelong learners requires a new approach to teaching, one in which students are taught how to learn on their own. Unfortunately, we don?t have to look hard to find teachers utilizing new technological tools to replicate old educational models. For example, most uses of distance education employ the same instructor delivering the same lecture to the same audience, only now the audience can be larger. This distance education model does nothing to address the concept of lifelong learning. This traditional model still places the student in a passive role, merely absorbing as much information as possible. Instead, more collaborative models of distance education could be employed. For example, The Center for Technology and Teacher Education at the University of Virginia uses live video connections with partner universities to bring together professors and students in a forum where all parties contribute and benefit from the collaborative learning experience. However, the overall dependence on the traditional instructional model dominates the majority of today?s educational system. Much of the failure to utilize technology in education today is, as Thornburg puts it, ?the assumption that content [is] king?in a world of rapid information growth, it is context that matters?context is king? (in Thorburg, 1997, pg. 5). Thornburg advocates that rather than teach students a stockpile of facts to use ?just in case? they might need them some day, that instead learning be put in context ? i.e. master the ability to gather the appropriate facts and then creatively leverage those facts towards the learning objective. Teachers should create situations where the students are required to locate the facts and information specifically related to the context of the question at hand, and then to utilize that information effectively. An example is the Jasper Mathematics series created by the Vanderbilt University?s Peabody College of Education. In these multimedia presentations, students are introduced to characters that are faced with a Disclaimer: The research materials are collated from web based resources. mathematical dilemma that the students help the characters solve. Rather than having students learn facts ?just in case? they might need them some day, the series promotes ?just in time? learning; collaborative learning environments where groups of students find solutions to realworld scenarios. The 1995 Congressional Office of Technology Assessment report entitled Teachers & Technology: Making the Connection, encourages this type of teaching and explained how technology facilitates it (OTA, 1995, pg. 1-2): ?Using technology can change the way teachers teach. Some teachers use technology in ?teacher-centered? ways?On the other hand, some teachers use technology to support more student-centered approaches to instruction, so that students can conduct their own scientific inquiries and engage in collaborative activities while the teacher assumes the role of facilitator or coach.? When the rate of change inside an institution is less than the rate of change outside, the end is in site? Jack Welch, CEO of General Electric Right now, education is moving along at a snail?s pace, while the world outside is speeding by at a supersonic rate. According to Fulton (1989, pg. 12), ?Classrooms of today resemble their ancestors of 50 and 100 years ago much more closely than do today?s hospital operating rooms, business offices, manufacturing plants, or scientific labs.? If you put a doctor of 100 years ago in today?s operating room, she would be lost, yet if you placed a teacher of 100 years ago into one of today?s classrooms she wouldn?t skip a beat. Does this mean that the end is in sight for education? The answer is YES, if your asking if it means the end of education as we know it today. Let us take a peek at what the future might look like. The Future Order Out of Chaos Many factors or ?wild cards? contribute to forecasting a possible future. Many futurists have likened these wild cards to the ?butterfly effect? of chaos theory. The premise in the butterfly effect is that a butterfly flapping its wings in Singapore could cause a rippling effect that would eventually lead to a hurricane in the Caribbean. The premise behind chaos theory is that there can be

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Hot, dry winds raise fire danger for San Diego

By Monica Garske, Tony Shin and Steven Luke , NBCSanDiego.com

With hot, dry, Santa Ana winds expected to blow into San Diego through Saturday, fire officials are warning locals to be on high alert for the next few days.

A high-wind warning was to take effect Thursday night, followed by a red flag warning, which means fire danger is high. As a result of the dangerous weather conditions, more local firefighters will be on duty through Saturday.

?We?re getting our first traditional offshore Santa Ana wind event,? California Fire Capt. Mike Mohler said. ?(That means) humidity in the single digits, a temperature increase and then an offshore flow.

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"The warm temperatures, low humidity and strong winds are an East County formula for disaster. One only needs to look at the calendar to know we?re in the heart of fire season."

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Thursday marks the nine-year anniversary of the destructive 2003 Cedar Fire, which ripped through neighborhoods from Scripps Ranch to Harbison Canyon.

Officials say some of the strongest winds are expected along Interstate 8 and will peak Saturday morning, causing potential problems.

Experienced local residents are not taking the red flag fire warning lightly.

?We?ve just come from Palm Desert and the wind is really blowing there and it?s hot. It?s coming,? Alpine resident Charles Caldwell told NBC 7.

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At sunset Thursday, the wind could be heard rustling through the trees in Santa Ysabel. That gusting wind is supposed to grow stronger and stronger throughout the night.

?We know all about the danger,? said Dean Thornbury, a Ramona resident.

Thornbury has lived in the Ramona area for 30 years and said he doesn?t like the winds associated with San Diego fire season.

Back in 2007, Santa Ana winds fanned the flames that leveled his ranch home. He watched it burn to the ground, as he fought to rescue his horses.

?Some of them had their eyelids burned off. The trailer door knocked me down. The winds were like 90 miles per hour,? Thornbury recalled.

The fear of a wind-fueled fire happening again has Cal Fire officials ready to react fast.

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Officials said an additional air tanker, flown in from Northern California, is now waiting in the wings with two others at Ramona Airport, also ready to spring into use at the first sign of smoke.

Officials have also increased staffing levels around the county to accommodate more fire engines and ground crews -- just in case.

In addition, some residents in fire danger zones are getting an emergency voice message from San Diego Gas & Electric alerting locals to be ready for the worst.

The message warns, in part: ?This is SDG&E with an important message. High wind associated with red flag warnings could cause outages or require SDG&E to turn off power for public safety.?

Officials said safety should always be the first priority and that means having plenty of defensible space around your home.

?There are a lot of people that don?t pay attention to that and they ought to because it?s amazing to everything burnt to the ground,? Thornbury said.

Officials also said residents should not barbecue through Saturday, just in case, and be extremely careful with cigarette butts.

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"Super storm" Sandy heads toward U.S. northeast coast

MIAMI (Reuters) - Hurricane Sandy was downgraded on Saturday morning but remained highly menacing as it pulled away from the Bahamas, making a slow path toward the U.S. northeast coast where it threatens to become one of the worst storms in decades.

The late-season storm has been dubbed "Frankenstorm" by some weather watchers because it will combine elements of a tropical cyclone and a winter storm and is forecast to reach the U.S. coast close to Halloween.

Forecast models show it will have all the ingredients to morph into a so-called "super storm", stirring memories of the 1993 'Storm of the Century', whose impact in the United States was particularly destructive.

Governors in states along the U.S. East Coast declared emergencies on Friday, with officials urging residents to stock up on food, water and batteries.

The U.S. Navy ordered all ships in the Norfolk, Virginia, area, including a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, out to sea to ride out the approaching storm.

"We're expecting a large, large storm," said Louis Uccellini, director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Center for Environmental Prediction. "The circulation of this storm as it approaches the coast could cover about the eastern third of the United States."

Sandy battered the Bahamas southeast of Florida on Friday after causing widespread destruction in eastern Cuba a day earlier. The storm was expected to crawl northward on Saturday and Sunday and then turn toward the U.S. coast.

On its current projected track, Sandy could make landfall on Monday night or Tuesday somewhere between North Carolina and southern New England, forecasters said.

The storm has the potential to cause widespread power outages and to unleash flooding and even dump snow as far inland as Ohio. It also threatens to disrupt air travel along the U.S. East Coast.

Early Saturday morning, Sandy was about 350 miles southeast of Charleston, South Carolina, packing sustained winds of 70 miles per hour (110 km per hour), just below hurricane strength according to the Saffir-Simpson scale of storm intensity.

It had picked up a little speed overnight but was still moving slowly over the Atlantic at 10 mph, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

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Sandy was forecast to speed up over the weekend as it moved parallel to the U.S. coast, possibly strengthening into a Category 1 hurricane again on Sunday.

Despite being downgraded, the storm continued to grow in size with tropical force winds extending 450 from its center, forecasters said.

Coming in the final weeks before the U.S. presidential election on November 6, the storm was presenting a challenge to the campaigns of U.S. President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney.

Romney canceled a rally scheduled for Sunday evening in Virginia Beach, Virginia, while President Obama's re-election campaign announced that Vice President Joe Biden had also canceled a Saturday trip to Virginia Beach.

Ahead of the election, millions of Americans are taking advantage of early voting arrangements to cast their ballots. State officials said they had put in place contingency plans in case Sandy caused extended power outages or other problems that could disrupt voting.

In New York City, officials were considering shutting down the country's largest mass transit system because they were worried the storm's impact could cause flooding or high winds that might endanger subways and buses.

Much of Florida's northeast coast was under a tropical storm warning and storm watches extended up the coast through South Carolina.

Along North Carolina's Outer Banks, which jut out into the Atlantic, vacationers in large camper trailers and motor homes streamed off the barrier islands.

Many forecasters are warning that Sandy could be more destructive than last year's Hurricane Irene, which caused billions of dollars in damage across the U.S. Northeast.

Sandy's powerful winds and rains were blamed for 41 deaths in several Caribbean countries, including 11 in Cuba. Most were killed by falling trees and building collapses.

In eastern Cuba, the authorities continued clearing streets in the historic city of Santiago which was struck on Thursday by 110-mile-per-hour winds.

(Additional reporting by Tom Brown in Miami, Desmond Boylan in Cuba, Neil Hartnell in Nassau, Patricia Zengerle in Washington, Barbara Goldberg in New York and Gene Cherry on Hatteras Island, North Carolina; Editing by David Adams, Lisa Shumaker and Andrew Osborn)

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BizBuySell.com report: For-sale small business trends improved in ...

Better economic conditions and healthier small businesses in the Dallas-Fort Worth area translated into higher sales prices in the third quarter, according to a new report by BizBuySell.com., the largest online business-for-sale marketplace.

Mike Handelsman, group general manager of BizBuySell.com, said third-quarter trends here and nationally likely were influenced by an urgency to sell before an expected increase in the capital gains tax rate starting next year.

Here are some statistics for small businesses for sale in the D-FW area from San Francisco-based BizBuySell.com:

* The median asking price for a business was $249,500 as of Sept. 30, up from $240,000 a year earlier.

* Businesses for sale had median revenue of $417,897 in the third quarter, down from $420,000 a year earlier.

* The median cash flow over the course of a year was $100,000, compared with $102,000 last year.

* Business owners asked for an average revenue multiple of 0.96 (up from 0.89 a year earlier) and a cash flow multiple of 3.46 (up from 3.36 a year earlier).

The Dallas area information is based on listing data, not completed sales, for businesses using a local business brokers and those ?for sale by owner.?

Handelsman expects the online business sales to continue along ?the same slow yet bumpy road to improvement? as seen in the last two years.

Source: http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2012/10/bizbuysell-com-report-small-business-sales-and-prices-rose-in-the-third-quarter.html/

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L.A. Pet Shops Won't Be Able To Sell Pets From Puppy Mills ? The ...

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Following similar bans by smaller municipalities in the U.S. and Canada, the Los Angeles City Council has tentatively adopted a ban on pet stores? sales of many animals obtained from commercial breeders.

The ban, which still must pass a final vote by the council, would limit the city?s pet stores to selling dogs, cats, and rabbits obtained from shelters, humane societies and rescue groups. The first violation would mean a $250 fine for the store; that amount would increase with further violations.

If passed, L.A. would become the largest city in the country to enact such a ban.

Consumers can still purchase animals directly from breeders, as the ordinance is targeted at so-called ?puppy mills? that supply a large volume of pets to stores, many of which have to be euthanized every year.

One pet store owner tells the L.A. Times that the law, which would be reviewed and possibly extended after three years, is unfair, claiming that she has been purchasing her dogs from a local breeder who does not mistreat the animals.

Source: http://consumerist.com/2012/10/25/l-a-pet-shops-wont-be-able-to-sell-pets-from-puppy-mills/

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In rare show of unity, CEOs call for deficit fix

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chief executives of more than 80 big U.S. corporations, including Goldman Sachs, Cisco Systems and Boeing, joined forces to press Congress to reduce the federal deficit in a rare show of broad corporate unity.

Though the list largely excludes the energy and technology sectors, an omission organizers say they are trying to fix, the U.S. corporate chiefs who did take part said it was urgent to put in place a bipartisan plan to shrink America's debt.

"We are one deal away from fixing the debt and putting our nation back on a stronger economic footing that can restore us to greater job growth," Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini said in a statement on Thursday backed by 86 other CEOs.

"If the Congress can commit to a plan outline as early as possible after the election, it will restore business confidence in our economy and investment will follow," he added.

If Congress fails to reach a deficit reduction deal by the end of the year, it will automatically trigger big spending cuts and tax increases in 2013. This so-called "fiscal cliff" would hit the still-recovering U.S. economy hard.

Economic data out Thursday indicated that business investment showed signs of stalling in September, with new orders for nondefense capital goods, excluding aircraft, unchanged in the month.

While it is too early to know how much impact the CEOs could have on the public debate, their unified message might strike a chord with an electorate dismayed by the deeply divided Congress. Only one in five Americans approve of the job Congress is doing, according to the latest Gallup poll.

Congressional sources said the CEO call was unlikely to hurt matters but may not have much influence either.

"I don't think it really changes anything. The business community has never been the stumbling block when it comes to revenues, it's always been the Tea Party. Hopefully it helps, but we'll see," said one senior Senate Democratic aide, speaking on condition of anonymity.

'A POTENTIAL DISASTER'

In a conference call featuring a number of the CEOs, Honeywell boss Dave Cote said Congress should reach an agreement during the "lame-duck" session after the election to come up with a more long-term solution early next year.

Washington observers broadly assume that that is precisely what Congress will do, essentially a "down payment" of some kind during the post-election session to buy time until the presidential inauguration and start of a new Congress.

"From my perspective, there's a potential disaster, or a potential opportunity here," Cote said. "If we go off the fiscal cliff, we could have a recession that in my view is worse than any economist is forecasting today."

The U.S. deficit this year will top $1 trillion for a fourth straight year, pushing the national debt past $16 trillion. While the United States currently borrows at record-low interest rates, investors worry this will change.

President Barack Obama said this week he expected to have a "grand bargain" deficit-reduction deal within six months of starting a second term, a bold prediction that does not seem to have dissuaded the CEOs from pushing harder for a solution.

One element of that solution, which has been anathema to Republicans, is more revenue. While not expressly calling for higher taxes as such, the CEO group is endorsing the principle of a broader tax base that generates higher revenue.

Such an openness to more taxation may seem antithetical, but a growing number of corporate chiefs, including Goldman's Lloyd Blankfein and GE's Jeff Immelt, have said in recent months they were willing to pay that price to solve the problem.

It also stands in some philosophical contrast to business groups like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which has described the fiscal cliff as a "Taxmageddon" that would lead to the largest tax increase in history.

'FIX THE DEBT'

The CEOs' statement was organized by a group called "The Campaign to Fix the Debt," which is urging Washington to set aside partisan differences.

The group is essentially a single-issue coalition, comparable to others that have cropped up over the years on other controversies. Its leaders include big-name political and business figures from both parties, and former government officials, among them Robert Zoellick, former president of the World Bank, and Alice Rivlin, former head of the White House Office of Management and Budget.

Billionaire investment banker Peter Peterson, who has devoted millions of dollars to raising public awareness of the deficit, has been the major underwriter of the coalition.

Other trade associations and business groups, such as the Business Roundtable and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, are lobbying on the cliff as well. But such existing organizations tend to be constrained by the sometimes conflicting views of dues-paying members and corporations.

The new group came in for immediate criticism from one of the Senate's most outspoken members.

"There really is no shame," said Senator Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent, in a statement. "The Wall Street leaders whose recklessness and illegal behavior caused this terrible recession are now lecturing the American people on the need for courage to deal with the nation's finances and deficit crisis."

MORE CEOS

This new campaign is now working on adding more CEOs, particularly in sectors that are not well represented like energy and technology. Some prominent names in those spaces say they have not even been approached.

"We never got a call. We never were invited," said John Roper, spokesman for Houston energy company Apache Corp.

While some doubt how receptive companies like Apache might be to a plan that includes higher taxes, the Silicon Valley high-tech community is expected to be more open to the pitch.

The group said any fiscal plan must be bipartisan, tackle all areas of the budget and include tax reform. It also urged the government to reform and improve the efficiency of healthcare programs like Medicare and Medicaid.

"This is about putting the country back on a path that's sustainable for us and for our children," Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, said on the conference call. MacGuineas, known as a key Washington budget player, is thought to add an extra gravitas to the new organization.

The CEO group said recommendations of the bipartisan Simpson-Bowles Commission provided an effective framework for a fiscal plan. The proposal has several options, including trimming tax rates for all income groups.

Simpson-Bowles also calls for slashing many popular tax deductions and adding them back only selectively. Honeywell's Cote, who was a member of that panel, said something like Simpson-Bowles should become a mandatory fallback if Congress cannot reach an agreement on its own soon.

A spokesman for the group said the $30 million raised so far would fund digital, print and TV ads, as well as 20 to 25 state chapters planned nationwide. Chapters are already open in Tennessee and New Hampshire, he said.

(Reporting by Sakthi Prasad in Bangalore, Susan Heavey and Fred Barbash in Washington, Anna Driver in Houston and Lisa Baertlein in Los Angeles; Writing by Sakthi Prasad and Ben Berkowitz; Editing by Mary Milliken and David Gregorio)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/u-ceos-call-action-reduce-federal-deficit-061009008--sector.html

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