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RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) ? U.S. Secretary of State Kerry says "real progress" has been made on Mideast talks but more work is needed.
Kerry told reporters on Sunday that there have been "positive discussions" and "very important discussions" toward peace between the Israelis and Palestinians during the past few days.
Kerry, who has been shuttling between meetings with leaders of both sides, spoke after a two-hour meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/kerry-progress-made-peace-talks-103707946.html
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Kent Senter is a man racing against time.
The 59-year-old resident of Burlington, N.C., has terminal multiple myeloma, a cancer that attacks bone marrow. Despite that, this weekend, he'll be focused on the number one item at the top of his bucket list: to organize, sponsor and host an international UFO conference.
It's no easy task. Adding to the daily challenges of his illness, Senter has quickly pulled together an intriguing symposium over the past few months in a competitive climate where, between now and the end of the year, another dozen UFO-related conferences are scheduled around the U.S.
On June 29 and 30, 12 speakers -- with backgrounds in science, military, academia, sociology, investigative journalism, including government officials of Chile and France -- will come together for Senter's 2013 Symposium On Official And Scientific Investigations Of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, at the Greensboro War Memorial Auditorium in Greensboro, NC.
Senter, a former zone manager for the Lowe's home improvement retailer, started having problems with his shoulder in 2007, and after numerous check-ups, was informed he had cancer. Along the way, his cancer was misdiagnosed and Senter ended up with a tumor on his spine that developed into multiple myeloma.
"The doctors gave me six months to three years, but I responded well to the chemo," Senter, seen above with his wife, Patty, told The Huffington Post. "I've been out of remission for about six months now, but I need to start treatments again, so we've got to get to the doctor once this conference is over and decide whether to go with the chemo again or go straight for a stem cell transplant."
Two previous sightings of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) in his life -- first at age 10 and later at 33, while living in Durham, N.C. -- shaped Senter's interest and passion about UFOs. The latter encounter involved three yellow, silent hovering circles in a row spotted by Senter. When he shined a flashlight at the objects, clicking it on and off several times, the balls disappeared. They were replaced in the sky by a rectangle of light, which also momentarily hovered before flying away.
A few years later, in 1989, Senter and a well-known UFO investigator, George Fawcett, co-founded the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) North Carolina chapter.
For many years, Senter was frustrated by what he believes is an overwhelming taboo in media and government about UFOs and the ridicule of people who report them. He's always wished he could do something to change that, and he feels blessed that his whole family, including two daughters and two sons, support his efforts.
"It's unbelievable! I've got 110 percent support. I couldn't do any of this without them. Patty is probably the strongest woman I've ever met. She's the most supportive, kind person. I've tried to teach them all to pay attention, look at the details and don't believe everything you hear -- just do the research on it.
"There are so many things I wish I could've gone back to do," said Senter, who is currently on disability. "I would love to have gone to college and taken physics. It's the scientists who will have to get rid of the taboo [surrounding UFOs] and not be scared about [losing] their jobs."
In January of this year, a sizeable settlement from his cancer misdiagnosis finally allowed him to consider putting together his own UFO conference.
"We're a non-profit, and this conference is something that's on my bucket list, to show the serious side of UFOs or UAP," said Senter, who recently founded the Center for UFO Research, or CUFOR. "I just want to get the word out that there's another side to this -- it's not just all kooky and alien head dolls. I've had a lot of vendors call, wanting to set up booths and tables to sell things, and I'm not allowing any of that."
Watch this 1990 TV report, featuring Belgian Gen. Wilfried De Brouwer, one of the key speakers at the North Carolina symposium:
Another key element of this weekend's conference is that there won't be many statements or theories that presume extraterrestrials are already on Earth, communicating with humans.
"I think before you can get on any fringe side or talk about extraterrestrials, you've got to first prove the existence of craft flying there in the first place," said Senter. "You need to take baby steps at this point. Nothing else seems to have worked. If you can at least acknowledge that something's flying up there that our jets can't keep up with, let's go by what we can prove."
When the money became available to Senter five months ago, he was spurred on by Patty to pursue his dream of creating a serious UFO conference.
"I would support Kent no matter what he did," Patty, 54, told HuffPost. "I see him getting worn down because he devotes 150 percent of his energy into what he's doing, so it wears him out and when the pain really kicks in, I can't take it away from him, and that's what breaks my heart. There are certain things that I just can't do. I'm just so proud of him and couldn't be happier to be his wife -- it's just the best thing that ever happened to me."
To help him organize this conference, which he's paying for out of his own pocket, Senter turned to investigative reporter Leslie Kean, author of the New York Times bestseller "UFOs: Generals, Pilots and Government Officials Go On The Record."
"Kent is really unbelievably inspiring with the amount of work he's done, given the odds and the suffering he's going through. He's doing this conference for all the right reasons with a lot of integrity, because he believes in it. It's sort of like his last wish," Kean told The Huffington Post.
Last September, in Santiago, Chile, at the headquarters of the DGAC (Chile's equivalent of America's FAA), Kean was invited to speak before many active military personnel, university scientists, aviation specialists and foreign attaches -- it was the first time an American had ever been invited to address such high-level people in Chile. (See image below showing Kean in the front row, preparing to speak).
France and Chile are among a growing number of countries that have internal, official agencies which investigate UFOs. The CUFOR conference will present Xavier Passot, a computer scientist who is also the head of France's UFO investigative agency, GEIPAN. Joining Passot to share information about what their countries know about UFOs will be his Chilean counterpart, Jose Lay, the international affairs director of Chile's UAP/UFO investigation agency.
"I'm in charge of trying to establish links and communications with other countries that have the same interest we have on the subject of UAP or UFOs," Lay told HuffPost. "I also participate in the federal investigations with a staff of four people, including our director, retired air force Gen. Ricardo Bermudez [and] a retired former air traffic controller."
In the image above, Lay is seen sitting to Kean's left.
When Lay steps to the podium at this week's UFO symposium, it will be his first time ever speaking in the United States. He adds that, according to the latest survey, 85 percent of the Chilean population believes the UFO/UAP phenomenon is real.
"We have enough reasons, enough evidence, to satisfy us of the fact that the phenomenon exists! It is there and worthwhile investigating. And that's why we have a scientific committee, and they are all skeptical. However, as true scientists, they recognize there is something there that deserves to be investigated."
Senter's roster of speakers guarantees serious UFO discussions at his upcoming conference. In fact, he was surprised when such a high caliber group of people agreed to come to his bucket list event.
"I was shocked! It's unbelievable, and I'm thankful. I just wanted to get this group together. It's important that my children know the truth and what's going on. I would love to have an answer by the government that yes, there's something flying around out there, and to at least get pilots to acknowledge what they see.
"I'd like to see this happen before I pass away. I don't want to have been interested in this and researched all these years and just go to my grave with no answers."
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LOS ANGELES (AP) ? The "Terminator" is coming back.
Paramount announced Thursday that it is rebooting the "Terminator" franchise and planning for a new trilogy of films, but it's keeping mum on whether Arnold Schwarzenegger would play a role.
Schwarzenegger starred as the title character in the original 1984 movie. It spawned a trilogy that earned more than $1 billion at the box office worldwide.
Paramount says it will release the new "Terminator" in July 2015.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/paramount-announces-plans-terminator-trilogy-000841755.html
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Rapper Eminem admits in a new documentary that his abuse of prescription drugs almost killed him. "My bottom was going to be death," the rapper said in an interview in "How to Make Money Selling Drugs," a 2013 documentary.
(Warning: The film excerpt is expletive-filled.)
The musician talks about how his first Vicodin was a revelation for him since it made him feel "mellow" and also took away his pain.
Friends tried to warn him that he was in trouble, Eminem said, but he pushed them away since he didn't view prescription drug abuse as the same as using crack or heroin.
?I would say, ?Get that (expletive) person outta here,? ? he said in the film. ?I can?t believe they said that (expletive) to me. ... I literally thought I could control (my drug problem)."
Soon the specific drugs didn't matter. "You're taking things that people are giving you that you don't even know what the (expletive) they are," Eminem said. "Xanax, Valium, tomato, to-mah-to."
The drugs caught up to the rapper and he had to be hospitalized. "Had I got to the hospital about two hours later, I would have died," he recalls in the film. "My organs were shutting down. My liver, kidneys, everything. They were gonna have to put me on dialysis, they didn?t think I was gonna make it. My bottom was gonna be death."
After leaving the hospital, Eminem relapsed within a month. "I remember just walking around my house and thinking every single day, like, I'm gonna (expletive) die." The rapper said he didn't sleep for three weeks, "not even for an (expletive) minute," and had to regain the ability to walk and speak.
"I just couldn?t believe that anybody could be naturally happy or naturally function or be just enjoying life in general without being on something," he said. "So I would say to anybody, ?It does get better.'"
"Entourage" star Adrian Grenier is one of the producers of the film, which includes interviews with Susan Sarandon and Woody Harrelson.
Source: http://www.today.com/entertainment/eminem-drug-use-my-bottom-was-going-be-death-6C10486210
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The Daily Caller?s former Communications Aide Pat McMahon starts his new job at Reason Magazine this week. As some may be aware, McMahon was replaced by Clark Hennessy, who, in his first few weeks on the job, went viral when he tweeted out that H.N.I.C. lyric about RNC Chairman Reince Priebus.
McMahon told us he left The DC on good terms and will miss all his pals there. He looks forward to attending their parties as a guest.
?I?m excited about my new role at Reason, as a communications specialist,? he told FishbowlDC. ?Everyone has been very welcoming and helpful during my first week. I?m looking forward to working with an awesome group of people!?
Source: http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowldc/daily-caller-communications-aide-to-reason_b108972
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Sometimes it takes a feature-length documentary to stitch together a story we think we already know.
A real-life cyber-thriller with real-life consequences, Alex Gibney's We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks is a riveting and revelatory documentary ...
Gibney builds a remarkable level of suspense, given how exhaustively WikiLeaks has been covered in the media.
Engaging, kinetic, revelatory and unexpected.
At once an awkward mingling of two complex life stories and a gripping, necessary look at how information is gathered, shared and, yes, stolen.
Who is "We" in the title We Steal Secrets? There's no need for a spoiler alert, but it's neither Gibney nor Assange.
Which is the real Assange? This movie cannot say. It's as if Gibney threw up his hands, put the whole mess in the audience's lap and said, "Here, YOU figure this guy out."
A psychological suspense film with an open ending that's more haunting than the tricky climaxes of most post-Hitchcock thrillers.
With an approach that feels like a thriller, Gibney looks at both sides of the debate over the site's purpose and effectiveness.
Smart and opinionated, it's a great introduction to this ongoing story.
Gibney continues his run as the premier nonfiction filmmaker working today.
Arguably furthers WikiLeaks' stated purpose, but with a necessary whiff of the investigative filmmaker's instinctive skepticism.
The film is fascinating and provocative, deftly navigating complex personalities and shifting allegiances.
Who decides what stays secret? This brilliant documentary explores that question, itself a meta-narrative as the documentarian exposes the secrets of the secret-sharers.
Works...as a saga of self-destructive behavior by capable people whose judgment was perverted by smugness about their own oprinciples.
A fascinating account of a man who loved stirring the pot until he was the one sitting in it.
Gibney has created one of the signature discussions on the signature debate of the post-9/11 information-security age, namely: Who needs to know?
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Math! It can solve a lot of problems. It can be made deliberately fuzzy. It can help us break down complicated things. Like artist music royalties from streaming music stations. When David Lowery revealed that
Whip smart writer Michael Degusta put a bunch of numbers together like which royalties go where, what percentage goes to the songwriter as opposed to the publisher and calculated the performance royalty to come up with the number actually paid for 1 million streams on Pandora. His math figured that:
The total for the entire song is a good amount of money (or okay-ish depending on your perspective) but the total that Lowery received for the song isn't exactly rock star material. It's better than 16 bucks to be sure but still not exactly sustainable income.
How did Degusta come to this math? The biggest chunk of it was in a royalty for the performance itself (and not the songwriting royalty). That performance royalty was $0.0011 per streamed song and for 1,159,000 streamed song, the math works to $1274.90 (it should be noted that this royalty gets split with the label, bandmates, etc.). So maybe the performer of the song gets a bit of money but the songwriter still definitely gets stiffed. The total songwriting royalty was a $42.23 payment. Party on.
You can read more of the math at Michael Degusta's The Understatement. Spurred by this discussion, co-founder of Pandora Tim Westergren also released a statement about how much they pay artists. [The Understatement, Pandora]
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I was listening to a radio interview with a psychotherapist who is critical of the so-called Bible of Psychiatry: the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders or DSM. One of his criticisms is that psychiatry as a practice tries to make the diagnoses in the DSM like medical diagnoses, which have their basis in biology. He said something like ?Depression isn?t like diabetes, where there?s a biological disorder that can be treated with insulin.?
His point was that while a medical diagnosis is based on something objective?namely, a patient?s biological condition or the action of some biologically active agent?a psychotherapeutic diagnosis is a construct devised by authorities without reference to any biological process. So a diagnosis such as schizophrenia cannot lead to a treatment in the same way that a diagnosis of diabetes leads to treatment with insulin.
This view ignores, for example, the significant effect that malnutrition has on mind and mood. It also ignores the effect of environmental exposures such as wireless technologies. Sounds like biology to me.
The heart of the critique is that a psychotherapeutic condition is more complicated and patient-specific than a diagnosis such as diabetes. This ignores the fact that diabetes (as well as the growing number of other chronic diseases) is more complicated than ?just take some insulin? and is very patient specific.
I run across this contrast frequently: some health condition isn?t like diabetes because it doesn?t have a simple and dramatic treatment like insulin. I?m diagnosed as diabetic and I find this it?s-not-like-diabetes argument mildly offensive because it displays a profound ignorance of both my condition and the politics of diagnosis generally.
As far as I?m concerned, psychotherapeutic and medical diagnoses are cut from the same cloth. There are two reasons for this.
The first is that a diagnosis is about what they are going to do to you. It?s not what you do for yourself. It?s about how professionals experience your condition, not how you experience that condition.
I say this not as criticism but as critique: a diagnosis isn?t about you, it?s about whatever it is that went wrong.
The second reason that all diagnoses are cut from the same cloth is that the politics of what can go wrong is in the hands of the professionals, not you. In other words, a medical as well as a psychotherapeutic diagnosis is a matter of institutional politics. The typical narrative of a diagnosis obscures that it is political (?politics? meaning the social process by which people use power). The typical narrative tells a story about a few scientists discover that diabetes is this thing and schizophrenia is that thing and the rest of the scientific community agrees. It seems a rather murky process.
What really goes on is shown by the recent decision by the American Medical Association to classify obesity as a disease. There were internal and external critics of the decision.
Proponents presented a resolution to the delegates at the AMA?s annual convention. The delegates voted in favor.
First note that the AMA?s own Council on Science and Public Health recommended against the designation. Then note that it was only the delegates present, not the entire membership of the AMA; that most doctors are not members of the AMA; and that the population of MDs from which the AMA membership is composed constitute of a fraction of all health care providers. Finally note that there is no generally accepted definition of what constitutes obesity and that health effects seem to occur only with very high or very low ratios of weight to height.
So what was the force behind the delegates? approval?
?Some doctors and obesity advocates said that having the nation?s largest physician group make the declaration would focus more attention on obesity. And it could help improve reimbursement for obesity drugs, surgery and counseling.?
We have long known that to name a thing is to have power over it. In this case, to name obesity as a disease is to have power over the people diagnosed. But not always.
About a year ago, the clinic I use started writing and phoning about how, as a diabetic, I needed to have tests and checkups every three months. I ignored them. I?ve been managing my condition quite well for decades. They didn?t give up. I told them to buzz off.
Now they leave me alone. One of the things I told them is that I know more than they do about my condition. Which doesn?t mean I spend my days in reckless disregard of my compromised energy metabolism and endocrine system. On the contrary, I pay very close attention to the things you?d expect: nutrition and physical activity in particular. I also pay attention to things outside the conventional bag of tricks, in particular environmental exposures.
This is all to say that what?s gone wrong with me is not a deficiency of insulin. Even if I did use insulin, I?d be a fool to think that?s all I need to do. It?s just ignorant to think otherwise.
That?s why my condition isn?t like diabetes?despite the diagnosis.
Source: http://www.yourownhealthandfitness.org/?p=12909
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It's probably not a huge stretch to say that Samsung's Galaxy S 4 running stock Android was the biggest surprise to come out of Google I/O last month. The handset -- officially called Samsung Galaxy S 4 Google Play edition -- is now on sale in the Play store for $649 alongside a special version of the HTC One. Spec-wise, the phone is identical to AT&T's 16GB model and supports the same bands (including LTE). It's powered by Qualcomm's 1.9GHz quad-core Snapdragon 600 processor with 2GB or RAM and features a 5-inch 1080p Super AMOLED display, 13-megapixel camera with flash, removable 2600mAh Li-ion battery and microSD expansion. While we briefly handled the phone at I/O, it wasn't until yesterday that we got to spend some quality time with it. Hit the break for our first impressions and hands-on video.
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Zeebox is clearly busy these days. It just added automatic show syncing and recommendations to its second screen app a few days ago, and it's back with a new developer portal that opens the Zeebox APIs to everyone, not just partners. Those building mobile and web apps can now integrate Zeebox's guides, social networking and tagging into their projects, as well as create synchronized widgets for Zeebox's own release. If you're inclined to build on the company's TV experience, it's free to try the programming tools you'll find at the source link.
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SS is generally a super laid back kid! He is just so sweet.
I did have to do an attitude adjustment on SD yesterday evening. I heard her say something that was just VERY unacceptable to me. She was in the middle of a meltdown. DH had taken the kids to the park to play some baseball. SD was mad that SS had gotten a little more time at bat than she did even though she had gotten more chances to hit the ball, and did hit the ball more times. When DH brought them home he had them go up and play in their rooms. SS in his room and SD in her room. I heard her say something to the effect of "He said he would do more with me and he's not. He's doing less. I'm never going to trust him again!" I was REALLY mad by this for a few reasons, including the fact that, to me, it doesn't sound like something an 8 year old comes up with on their own. It sounds like something they heard and learned in their living environment. I asked her if it bothered her when her brother gets something and she doesn't. She said yes. I then asked her if it bothered her that the other day DH bought her something at the store, but her brother didn't get anything, which she said no. I told her that sometimes her brother is going to get something that she doesn't and other times she will get things and he won't. I also told her that sometimes Daddy needs to give some attention to her brother, and that she can't be the center of attention all the time. It doesn't mean that we love her any less, but we also have to give love to her brother too. And that we want them both to grow up to be loving, smart, beautiful adults. This was right before dinner. I needed a few minutes to cool down a bit. I was really upset by what she said. A lot of that had to deal with the issues that I have with my father. I don't talk to him because of the way he treated me for MANY years (He claims it was because he was "whipped" by my step-mother, but telling me "don't call me, don't write to me, don't even refer to me as your father" is rather difficult to forgive and forget). I just can't let an 8 year old child act like a spoiled brat purely because she didn't get what she wanted at the time, especially when in the overall picture she actually get more attention than her brother does.
While the kids were at my in-laws house, SD threw a SERIOUS meltdown because my MIL wouldn't wash SD's hair for her. MIL was talking SD through taking a shower. It's something that we started working on teaching the kids while they were at our house for spring break. SD really had gone off the deep end on this one. Screaming about how Mommy does it for her, and literally trying to pull her clumps of her hair out and screaming about how it hurt while she was pulling her hair. It was a bit frightening for my MIL that SD was acting like that.
This "it's not fair to me" attitude is something that we (DH, my in-laws, and I) have been dealing with for years now. This is something that has been an issue for several years. My in-laws use to have the kids for the summer when DH's Navy schedule made it difficult for him to have his visitation with the kids. SS's birthday in in July. In-laws would have a birthday party for him and SD would have a meltdown because he was getting gifts and stuff and she wasn't. We can't help to feel that she is getting preferential treatment at her mother's. I understand that with having a child with special needs, sometimes they need more attention, and you want to make up for it with the other one and give them a little extra attention. But, I really can't help but think that their mother is taking to too far and making sure everything is fair towards SD, but not being fair to SS. Because, honestly, SS doesn't make an issue out of it. He doesn't mind at all, and sometimes I think he likes, having time to himself just playing in his room and generally doing his own thing. You can tell when he's starting to get agitated with SD being in his face, or if he's trying to do something for himself and people are trying to much to help him. It's kind of nice when SS tells DH to "wait" because SS wants to do it himself and DH keeps trying to help him. I think their mother is overcompensating way too much. I understand she's doing the single parent thing and it's tough. But, I think it's leading to her overcompensating too much. And we all think that their mother gives SD way too much attention, automatically siding with SD when there is an issue between the children, and generally treating her better than SS. I have seen their mother when we bring the kids back to her, just gush over SD but though she gives SS a hug and a kiss and tell SS how much she's missed him, she doesn't talk with him as much. But their mother will sit and just chat away with SD. Now, true, SS doesn't talk as well as SD does. We have to tell SD to stop talking for her brother a lot. We tell her often that we are talking to Logan and helping him with talking better. Though we appreciate her help and if we need her help we would rather ask her for it.
I just wish I could figure out a way to help her understand and see that she really does get more than Logan does. Everyday so far we have had a couple minor meltdowns and at least on major meltdown. This is really wearing on my patience, and it concerns me for when Sprout is here and how SD is going to react with the baby.
Hopefully DH will learn how to use his stern voice with the kids. I'm sure he has one, I'll bet he has used it with the sailors that work for him. He has used it with me on a few rare occasions. I understand that he wants them to want to come spend time with us and enjoy their time, but he needs to be reminded on the regular basis. He's their parent and not one of their friends.
Source: http://www.mymommyboard.com/general-parenting/22741-step-parenting.html
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With all the work that Google's put into Hangouts lately, it'd be a shame to miss out when you're pinged to join one, no? If you happen to be sporting a Pebble smartwatch that scenario will be less likely, as version 1.8.2 of its Android app has arrived with notifications for the chat service. Though Pebble supports Google Talk notifications (along with call alerts, text messages, calendar reminders and email previews), Mountain View recently said that Hangouts is the future of Google Voice, making it a prime candidate for alerts. Apart from the extra wrist nag, the update also brings improved stability and developer enhancements. To grab it, check the source below or head to Google Play on your Android device.
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June 24, 2013 ? New research shows that to prevent starvation at night, plants perform accurate arithmetic division. The calculation allows them to use up their starch reserves at a constant rate so that they run out almost precisely at dawn.
"This is the first concrete example in a fundamental biological process of such a sophisticated arithmetic calculation." said mathematical modeller Professor Martin Howard from the John Innes Centre.
Plants feed themselves during the day by using energy from the sun to convert carbon dioxide into sugars and starch. Once the sun has set, they must depend on a store of starch to prevent starvation.
In research to be published in the open access journal eLife, scientists at the John Innes Centre show that plants make precise adjustments to their rate of starch consumption. These adjustments ensure that the starch store lasts until dawn even if the night comes unexpectedly early or the size of the starch store varies.
The John Innes Centre scientists show that to adjust their starch consumption so precisely they must be performing a mathematical calculation -- arithmetic division.
"The capacity to perform arithmetic calculation is vital for plant growth and productivity," said metabolic biologist Professor Alison Smith.
"Understanding how plants continue to grow in the dark could help unlock new ways to boost crop yield."
During the night, mechanisms inside the leaf measure the size of the starch store and estimate the length of time until dawn. Information about time comes from an internal clock, similar to our own body clock. The size of the starch store is then divided by the length of time until dawn to set the correct rate of starch consumption, so that, by dawn, around 95% of starch is used up.
"The calculations are precise so that plants prevent starvation but also make the most efficient use of their food," said Professor Smith.
"If the starch store is used too fast, plants will starve and stop growing during the night. If the store is used too slowly, some of it will be wasted."
The scientists used mathematical modelling to investigate how such a division calculation can be carried out inside a plant. They proposed that information about the size of the starch store and the time until dawn is encoded in the concentrations of two kinds of molecules (called S for starch and T for time). If the S molecules stimulate starch consumption, while the T molecules prevent this from happening, then the rate of starch consumption is set by the ratio of S molecules to T molecules, in other words S divided by T.
This research is funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
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This isn't too big of a surprise given a preceding leak earlier this month, but Verizon and Casio have now gotten official with their latest, and suitably rugged, G'zOne phone. As the name suggests, the Commando 4G LTE adds some faster data not found in its predecessor, although the differences are less readily apparent beyond that. You'll get an "enhanced G'zGear multi-sensor tool" that promises to deliver accurate information of the world around you, as well as a couple of upgraded cameras to capture that world (8-megapixel with 1080p recording 'round back, plus a 1.3-megapixel front-facing cam). You can also take advantage of a Glove Mode to use the touchscreen without exposing your hands in particularly harsh conditions, although specs remain a bit light beyond that. Look for this one to be available starting June 27th for $99.99 on the usual two-year contract (and after a $50 mail-in rebate).
Update: Verizon has now confirmed some additional specs in a press release (also found after the break), including a dual-core 1.5GHz processor and, unfortunately, the same 480 x 800 resolution as before.
Source: Verizon
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Public release date: 25-Jun-2013
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trevor.phillips@hermesfinancialpr.co.uk
Hermes Financial Public Relations
London, June 25, 2013. Haydale, a leader in facilitating the commercial application of graphenes announces that with its development partner, Gwent Electronic Materials ("GEM"), it has developed graphene based inks with properties that now quickly enable its customers to use graphene in a wide range of applications. This breakthrough has been possible due to the ability of Haydale to supply quality graphenes in commercial quantities at a viable price.
These new graphene inks enable the commercialisation in the near future of smart packaging, printed batteries, electrochemical sensors, flexible displays and potentially touch screens. The inks are launched today at the Graphene Commercialisation & Applications Summit in London.
Haydale's Graphene based inks were first announced at the Printed Electronics USA conference in December 2012, since then Haydale has been working in close collaboration with specialist ink manufacturer GEM. This has resulted in the rapid improvement of the ink formulations, and enhancement of conductivity performance.
Martin Williams, Haydale Technical Manager and co inventor of the patented plasma process said:
"The development of graphene inks with conductivity better than normal carbon based inks is a major step forward in enabling a myriad of commercial applications of graphenes to take place now. Applications that were previously only thought possible with 'yet to be developed and commercialised' CVD processes are now immediately accessible with our HDPlas graphene inks."
Haydale's metal free HDPlas Graphene Ink Sc213 is specifically formulated for screen-printing applications. It has been optimised for ideal viscosity and solid contents ensuring excellent coverage and exceptional conductivity. The inks are fully customisable and can be modified with development partners for specific requirements including:
Sample batches from 100gms to 5kg are available now. Technical Data for the SC213 Ink and prices can be found at http://www.haydale.com/product/hdplastm-gnp-ink/#tab-description
GEM's Technical Director Robin Pittson said:
"Haydale's HDPlas graphene nano-materials have proved to be ideally suited for ink formulation. The consistent high quality of the material combined with the range of surface functionalities and the ease of dispersion into the formulated ink base has significantly cut development time. We are very excited to be working with this new material and the Haydale technical staff."
Ray Gibbs, Commercial Director at Haydale added:
"Graphene has been described as a zero billion dollar market, mainly because many of the applications that have been discussed are dependent on production technologies that are yet to be developed commercially. The immediate use of HDPlas materials now in place of other future possible Graphene offerings allows many of the key applications to be realised in the near term.
At Haydale we have been working on the ability to commercialise graphene technology for 2 years and today is a significant milestone for us. The key to having commercial products using Graphenes is the ability to homogeneously disperse it into the host material. We are especially pleased that the performance can be achieved with no metal additives. Today, our annual production capability of graphene nano materials is 1 tonne, but is scheduled to increase substantially this year in response to known demand.
The ability to address the conductive ink market now, with a new Graphene product has been achieved through close collaboration with a specialist ink manufacturer. It is exactly that type of association we are seeking across a range of manufacturing sectors where our graphene technology can be applied using our patented technology."
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Contacts for Further Information:
Ray Gibbs (Haydale Commercial Director) Tel +44 (0)7836 776128
Trevor Phillips (Media Relations Officer) Tel +44 (0)7889 153628
http://www.haydale.com
Notes for Editors
About Graphene
Graphene is a form of carbon that exists as a sheet, one atom thick with its atoms arranged into a two-dimensional honeycomb structure. Atom for atom it is at least 100 times stronger than steel; conducts electricity better than copper and has been suggested as a possible replacement for silicon in electronics.
About Graphene Inks
Many of the applications of graphene such as flexible displays or stretchable mobile phones are dependent on the availability of large areas of graphene. While the ability to produce large sheets of graphene and transfer them to a substrate such as glass or polymer large enough to create a TV screen is not currently possible on a commercial scale, inks provide an immediate alternative solution. By dispersing graphene platelets as an ink, large areas of graphene can be screen or ink jet printed as required. The annual revenue for the conductive ink market is estimated at $2.86bn.
Haydale's HDPlas plasma processed graphene, inks and carbon nanotubes are available in a variety of formats. They can be purchased directly at http://www.haydale.com
About Haydale
Haydale, a wholly owned subsidiary of Innovative Carbon Limited, is a global leader in facilitating the commercial application of graphenes. Haydale's patented "Split Plasma" technology is a scalable and environmentally friendly method of consistently producing high quality graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) avoiding the harsh, wet chemical functionalization methods that are more commonly employed.
Because the "Split Plasma" process does not damage material in the way that acid treatments do, Haydale's graphenes can be tailored to specific customer requirements.
Now housed in a new 1m nano safe production and lab facility, Haydale, combined with a scalable production technology, is facilitating the application of graphenes in fields such as inks, sensors, energy storage, photovoltaics, composites, paints and coatings.
About Gwent Electronic Materials
Gwent Electronic Materials is a worldwide supplier of sophisticated electronic materials such as inks and pastes for electronic and sensor applications. GEM has a production capacity of up to 100,000 Kg of ink paste per year.
All ink pastes are made in the fully computer controlled dispersion equipment which is complemented by an extensive range of testing and analysis equipment to ensure that all products meet the highest quality standards. Gwent hold ISO 13485 which is a medical device qualification and ISO16949 which is an automotive quality standard. http://www.gwent.org
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Public release date: 25-Jun-2013 Share ] Contact: Trevor Phillips
trevor.phillips@hermesfinancialpr.co.uk
Hermes Financial Public Relations
London, June 25, 2013. Haydale, a leader in facilitating the commercial application of graphenes announces that with its development partner, Gwent Electronic Materials ("GEM"), it has developed graphene based inks with properties that now quickly enable its customers to use graphene in a wide range of applications. This breakthrough has been possible due to the ability of Haydale to supply quality graphenes in commercial quantities at a viable price.
These new graphene inks enable the commercialisation in the near future of smart packaging, printed batteries, electrochemical sensors, flexible displays and potentially touch screens. The inks are launched today at the Graphene Commercialisation & Applications Summit in London.
Haydale's Graphene based inks were first announced at the Printed Electronics USA conference in December 2012, since then Haydale has been working in close collaboration with specialist ink manufacturer GEM. This has resulted in the rapid improvement of the ink formulations, and enhancement of conductivity performance.
Martin Williams, Haydale Technical Manager and co inventor of the patented plasma process said:
"The development of graphene inks with conductivity better than normal carbon based inks is a major step forward in enabling a myriad of commercial applications of graphenes to take place now. Applications that were previously only thought possible with 'yet to be developed and commercialised' CVD processes are now immediately accessible with our HDPlas graphene inks."
Haydale's metal free HDPlas Graphene Ink Sc213 is specifically formulated for screen-printing applications. It has been optimised for ideal viscosity and solid contents ensuring excellent coverage and exceptional conductivity. The inks are fully customisable and can be modified with development partners for specific requirements including:
Sample batches from 100gms to 5kg are available now. Technical Data for the SC213 Ink and prices can be found at http://www.haydale.com/product/hdplastm-gnp-ink/#tab-description
GEM's Technical Director Robin Pittson said:
"Haydale's HDPlas graphene nano-materials have proved to be ideally suited for ink formulation. The consistent high quality of the material combined with the range of surface functionalities and the ease of dispersion into the formulated ink base has significantly cut development time. We are very excited to be working with this new material and the Haydale technical staff."
Ray Gibbs, Commercial Director at Haydale added:
"Graphene has been described as a zero billion dollar market, mainly because many of the applications that have been discussed are dependent on production technologies that are yet to be developed commercially. The immediate use of HDPlas materials now in place of other future possible Graphene offerings allows many of the key applications to be realised in the near term.
At Haydale we have been working on the ability to commercialise graphene technology for 2 years and today is a significant milestone for us. The key to having commercial products using Graphenes is the ability to homogeneously disperse it into the host material. We are especially pleased that the performance can be achieved with no metal additives. Today, our annual production capability of graphene nano materials is 1 tonne, but is scheduled to increase substantially this year in response to known demand.
The ability to address the conductive ink market now, with a new Graphene product has been achieved through close collaboration with a specialist ink manufacturer. It is exactly that type of association we are seeking across a range of manufacturing sectors where our graphene technology can be applied using our patented technology."
###
Contacts for Further Information:
Ray Gibbs (Haydale Commercial Director) Tel +44 (0)7836 776128
Trevor Phillips (Media Relations Officer) Tel +44 (0)7889 153628
http://www.haydale.com
Notes for Editors
About Graphene
Graphene is a form of carbon that exists as a sheet, one atom thick with its atoms arranged into a two-dimensional honeycomb structure. Atom for atom it is at least 100 times stronger than steel; conducts electricity better than copper and has been suggested as a possible replacement for silicon in electronics.
About Graphene Inks
Many of the applications of graphene such as flexible displays or stretchable mobile phones are dependent on the availability of large areas of graphene. While the ability to produce large sheets of graphene and transfer them to a substrate such as glass or polymer large enough to create a TV screen is not currently possible on a commercial scale, inks provide an immediate alternative solution. By dispersing graphene platelets as an ink, large areas of graphene can be screen or ink jet printed as required. The annual revenue for the conductive ink market is estimated at $2.86bn.
Haydale's HDPlas plasma processed graphene, inks and carbon nanotubes are available in a variety of formats. They can be purchased directly at http://www.haydale.com
About Haydale
Haydale, a wholly owned subsidiary of Innovative Carbon Limited, is a global leader in facilitating the commercial application of graphenes. Haydale's patented "Split Plasma" technology is a scalable and environmentally friendly method of consistently producing high quality graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) avoiding the harsh, wet chemical functionalization methods that are more commonly employed.
Because the "Split Plasma" process does not damage material in the way that acid treatments do, Haydale's graphenes can be tailored to specific customer requirements.
Now housed in a new 1m nano safe production and lab facility, Haydale, combined with a scalable production technology, is facilitating the application of graphenes in fields such as inks, sensors, energy storage, photovoltaics, composites, paints and coatings.
About Gwent Electronic Materials
Gwent Electronic Materials is a worldwide supplier of sophisticated electronic materials such as inks and pastes for electronic and sensor applications. GEM has a production capacity of up to 100,000 Kg of ink paste per year.
All ink pastes are made in the fully computer controlled dispersion equipment which is complemented by an extensive range of testing and analysis equipment to ensure that all products meet the highest quality standards. Gwent hold ISO 13485 which is a medical device qualification and ISO16949 which is an automotive quality standard. http://www.gwent.org
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Source: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/hfpr-hab062513.php
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By Chikako Mogi
TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares fell to a fresh 9-1/2-month low on Monday as investors worried about China's economic and financial stability and markets scrambled to price in the Federal Reserve's plan to tone down its stimulus drive starting later this year.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan <.miapj0000pus> slipped 1.2 percent to its lowest since early September, after posting its worst week since May 2012 with a drop of 4.5 percent last week.
China's money market rates remained elevated and volatile, keeping investors jittery about the intentions of the Chinese authorities, as the recent spike in market rates compounds fears of a sharper-than-expected slowdown in the world's second-largest economy.
China's weighted average overnight bond repurchase rate, a measure of the cost of funds, fell to a low of 6.1 percent earlier in the day but briefly crawled back up again to 9.1 percent, slightly above Friday's close at 8.89 percent.
China shares extended losses with banks leading the downward spiral after official news reports over the weekend suggested Beijing will crack down on shadow banking, blamed for the cash crunch in the mainland. Hong Kong shares <.hsi> fell 1.4 percent and Shanghai shares <.ssec> shed 2.1 percent, with the financials sub-index tumbling nearly 6 percent.
Many analysts saw the People's Bank of China's withholding of money market funding as a strategy to force banks to stop channeling cash into the informal banking sector, known as shadow banking, which authorities worry is creating significant credit risks.
"The Chinese authorities are purposefully doing this to let investors be aware of pains that must accompany structural reforms the government is trying to pursue, so investors shouldn't be complacent about the government avoiding a hard landing," said Xiao Minjie, an independent economist in Tokyo.
Australian shares <.axjo> tumbled 1.6 percent, weighed by concerns about slowing China growth, while South Korean shares <.ks11> fell 0.7 percent, extending Friday's losses to a fresh 11-month low.
Japan's Nikkei stock average <.n225> gave up early gains on the back of a weaker yen as investors remained skittish after last week's global market rout. It was marginally weaker by midday.
"The weaker yen certainly is the main driver today. Nevertheless, investors are hesitant to buy into exporters because the external situation, especially that of the emerging markets, is uncertain," said Ryota Sakagami, chief strategist at SMBC Nikko Securities.
DOLLAR SOLE OUTPERFORMER
Financial markets sold off last week after Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said that with the U.S. economy showing signs of recovery, the central bank may start scaling back its huge monthly bond-buying plan which was aimed at keeping bond yields down and supporting the economy. The Fed's strong accommodative stance has also encouraged investment in riskier assets such as shares.
"The valuation adjustment for tapering of Fed stimulus is well underway," said Ric Spooner, chief market analyst at CMC Markets.
The dollar was the sole outperformer, gaining broadly amid improving U.S. economic prospects and rising yields.
The dollar was up 0.4 percent against the yen at 98.25, slowly extending gains and moving away from its 10-week low of 93.75 yen hit earlier in the month.
Traders said the prospect of diverging yield directions will support the dollar against the yen.
U.S. Treasuries prices slipped in Asia on Monday, extending last week's dismal performance with the benchmark 10-year yield posting its biggest weekly rise since November 2001 after the Federal Reserve signaled it might scale back its stimulus.
The yield on 10-year notes added 2.6 basis points to 2.5684 percent, its highest in almost two years.
"A better economic outlook will eventually need to be priced into the short end of the yield curve. This suggests that there is a catch-up trade for the USD versus low-yielding currencies (such as the yen)," Barclays Capital said in a research note.
Against a basket of major currencies, the dollar index <.dxy> rose 0.32 percent to a two-week high after ending last week up 2.2 percent for its biggest weekly gain since early November, 2011.
Spot gold fell 0.4 percent to $1,291.65 an ounce, after touching its lowest since September 2010 of $1,268.89 on Friday and ending the worst week in nearly two years.
U.S. crude futures eased 0.2 percent to $93.55 a barrel and Brent fell 0.3 percent to $100.60.
Going into the Fed's June meeting, investors continued to take money out of emerging-market fund groups in the week ending June 19, with redemptions from EPFR Global-tracked emerging markets bond funds hitting a 90-week high and more than $3 billion leaving emerging markets equity funds, EPFR said on Friday.
(Additional reporting by Thuy Ong in Sydney and Tomo Uetake in Tokyo; Editing by Eric Meijer)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/fed-outlook-bolsters-dollar-caps-asian-shares-003746943.html
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