Friday, August 31, 2012

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Boy discovers a bonanza in whale vomit

Daily Echo via BNPS.co.uk

Eight-year-old Charlie Naysmith shows off the piece of ambergris he found on the beach at Hengistbury Head on the coast of southern England.

By Alan Boyle

An 8-year-old boy in England could be up to $63,000 richer, thanks to a piece of solidified whale vomit he picked up on the beach. The chunk may look like a yellow-brownish rock, but it's actually a primo piece of ambergris, an expensive perfume ingredient that is, um, spewed out by whales.

Charlie Naysmith stumbled upon the loaf-sized lump at Hengistbury Head, on the southern coast of England, the Bournemouth Echo reported over the weekend.

As far as Charlie was concerned, it was just a seaside curiosity.?But after doing some research, he and his family determined that the curious lump could be worth somewhere between??10,000 and ?40,000 ($15,850 to $63,350).


"We have discovered it is quite rare and are waiting for some more information from marine biology experts," the boy's father, Alex, told the Echo.

Charlie is reportedly thinking about using the money to build a house for animals. But first, he and his parents might want to get that expert opinion. It turns out that the ambergris trade can get pretty sticky.

'Floating Gold'
Ambergris is a waxy, bile-like substance that builds up in the intestines of sperm whales, apparently to ease the passage of hard material such as squid beaks through a whale's digestive tract. It's often characterized as whale vomit, and although that's fine as a family-friendly description, the stuff is more widely thought to come out of the whale's back end rather than its front end.

Fresh ambergris smells like fresh whale poop, but after a long period of seasoning and hardening in the ocean, it takes on a more delicate odor. It's been variously compared to the aroma of tobacco, the scent of an old wooden church, the fragrance of seaweed, or the smell of rubbing alcohol without the pungency.

"The problem with trying to describe the smell of ambergris is that it really only smells like ambergris," Christopher Kemp, a biologist and neuroscientist who's written a book about the substance, told Bloomberg Businessweek's Eric Spitznagel.

The title of Kemp's book? "Floating Gold."

The scent of ambergris is what makes it so valuable. The substance has been used as an incense, fragrance, flavoring, remedy or aphrodisiac in many cultures, going back to ancient Egypt and China. Herman Melville devoted a whole chapter of "Moby Dick" (Chapter 92) to a discussion of ambergris and how highly prized it was in 19th-century society. "Who would think, then, that such fine ladies and gentlemen should regale themselves with an essence found in the inglorious bowels of a sick whale!" Melville wrote.

More recently, ambergris?? or ambrein, a compound extracted from ambergris?? has been used as a fixative or fragrance amplifier rather than the main ingredient in perfumes. Ambergris' selling price has been quoted at $10 to $50 per gram, depending on the quality of the specimen. (The Echo estimates that the lump found at Hengistbury Head weighs about 600 grams, which suggests that Charlie shouldn't count on building a $63,000 house for his animals.)

Underground trade
The bad news is that the trade in ambergris isn't what it used to be, in large part due to the endangered status of sperm whales. By some accounts, it's illegal to sell the stuff in many jurisdictions, including the United States. There are some traders who dispute that interpretation of anti-whaling laws, but the stigma has driven perfume companies to look for plant-based substitutes such as labdanum,?or synthetic scents such as?Ambrox. (University of British Columbia researchers reported earlier this year that a balsam-fir gene may provide a path to cheaper ambergris-like compounds.)

Maybe it's the whiff of illegality, or maybe it's just that the stuff is so expensive ? but for whatever reason, there's a clandestine character to the modern-day ambergris market. One of the subjects Kemp interviewed for his book is a full-time dealer on New Zealand's North Island, named Adrienne Beuse. Last year, she was involved in a huge ambergris deal that probably saw hundreds of thousands of dollars change hands. "It was a lot of money ? that's all I can say," one of the sellers said.

The way Beuse tells it, New Zealand's choicest hunting grounds for ambergris are ruled by a gang of aggressive collectors and traders ? a gang that doesn't shy away from violence to defend their turf.?"They're called the Beach Mafia up here," Kemp quotes Beuse as saying. "They claim a proprietary interest in the beach. They are defending, I guess in their minds, their territory. And it's worth a lot of money. If a piece worth $50,000 washes up, they don't want anyone else to find it."

It sounds as if Charlie is lucky to live in southern England rather than northern New Zealand. But he better watch his back.

More about whales:


Alan Boyle is NBCNews.com's science editor. Connect with the Cosmic Log community by "liking" the log's Facebook page, following @b0yle on Twitter and adding the?Cosmic Log page?to your Google+ presence. To keep up with Cosmic Log as well as NBCNews.com's other stories about science and space, sign up for the Tech & Science newsletter, delivered to your email in-box every weekday. You can also check out "The Case for Pluto," my book about the controversial dwarf planet and the search for new worlds.

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Doris Railsback, 84, Paso Robles, California

If roses grow in Heaven,
Lord, please pick a bunch for me,
Place them in my Mother's arms
And tell her they're from me.
Tell her I love her and miss her,
And when she turns to smile,
Place a kiss upon her cheek
And hold her for a while.
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Review | Lyle Lovett and his band make a large impression ...

There are songwriters, there are musicians and there are entertainers. Few people can pull off all three with refinement, humility and charm. Lyle Lovett is one of them.

Tuesday night, he and his Large Band filled Yardley Hall on the campus of Johnson County Community College, where they gave an audience of 1,300-plus two hours of song, humor and world-class musicianship.Lovett is touring off his latest album, ?Release Me,? a collection of covers, and he showcased that record early, starting with the title track. By show?s end, he had performed 11 of its 14 tracks. A few of those were highlights: the reworking of Chuck Berry?s ?Brown Eyed Handsome Man?; the dark but gorgeous ?Dress of Laces?; ?Night?s Lullaby,? a song he wrote for a performance of ?Much Ado About Nothing?; and one of his closers, Townes Van Zandt?s ?White Freightliner Blues.?If not for his stellar band, however, the first part of the show could have become an exercise in generic bar-band blues. But Lovett is backed by an all-star cast, starting with his rhythm section, which belongs in some hall of fame: bassist Leland Sklar and drummer Russ Kunkel. It also includes Sean Watkins of Nickel Creek, who sang harmonies and played guitar and electric mandolin. Watkins joined Lovett and fiddler Luke Bulla huddled around one microphone for a few numbers old-time bluegrass-style.Lovett shared plenty of the spotlight with his mates. Bulla performed a song from his self-titled CD, and so did Arnold McCuller, who filled in as a background vocalist on several tunes.And the band itself showed off its chops, including Jim Cox, who dazzled at the piano. The sound in Yardley Hall was impeccable this evening. It wasn?t hard to pick out each instrument, even when the entire band was jamming, or each vocal, even when the harmonies were in four parts.Lovett is a wry, dry, funny guy, and he sweetened the night with several moments of humor, much of it self-effacing. He also started a conversation with an 8-year-old girl in one of the front rows that was as tender as it was amusing.The second half of the show was stronger; that?s where the hits and favorites were stored: ?L.A. County,? ?Private Conversation,? ?I Live in My Own Mind? and ?If I Had a Boat,? which elicited as many audible sighs as it did cheers. They ended with ?White Freightliner Blues,? which included a round-robin jam among everyone in the band, then returned for one encore: the rousing ?Church,? a song about salvation and sustenance: our need for nourishment both spiritual and physical. It seems safe to say that most of the 1,300 in that room left the hall feeling sated on several levels.

Source: http://www.kansascity.com/2012/08/29/3785131/review-lyle-lovett-and-his-band.html

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Thursday, August 30, 2012

Movie Reviews: Will 'Lawless' Be a Box-Office Hit?

From Lawless to The Possession, get the scoop on what's playing in theaters!

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symptoms of skin cancer | Cool Things


Skin cancer is often too late to treat, because the symptoms are not recognized by most people. Then, how to distinguish spots that are common to spot the symptoms of skin cancer? Health.com gives some instructions below.

1. Mole
Normal moles are harmless and can be found anywhere in the body. This sign usually start growing from childhood to adulthood. Moles are smaller than a pencil eraser, round, and symmetry, and has a smooth edge and color.

2. Actinic keratosis
Actinic keratosis is a precancerous skin growth that can be found on the scalp, face, hands, and forearms. This sign is colored pink or red meat itchy and rough. Such signs must be removed because of 5-10% actinic keratoses can become cancerous.

3. Basal cell carcinoma
Basal cell carcinoma is the damage to the skin caused by the sun and mostly in the face. Usually looks like a pimple pink or red that can bleed and cause scab. It is a type of skin cancer that can be cured easily if treated promptly.

4. Squamous cell carcinoma
This type of cancer usually appears in many parts of the body, legs, or hands and can be cured if treated early. This form of cancer that grows and resemble warts may bleed. Cancer also has a shape like blisters on the edges.

5. Melanoma
Melanoma is a type of cancer are dangerous and can spread quickly. However, melanoma can be cured if detected early. In women, melanoma often appears in the legs, and rarely on the face. While the men usually appear in the body. You should be wary when looking at such signs of fungal disease but black. Black spot will usually grow bigger is brown, reddish brown, or black permanent.

Those are some signs you should look for when looking at existing spots or warts on your skin. Look closely and be alert. Knowing skin cancer early can be very helpful in the healing process. Do not forget to continue to protect your skin.

Source: http://www.coolthings38.com/2012/08/symptoms-of-skin-cancer.html

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Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Student Development & Support Services Director - NACUBO


Student Development & Support Services Director POSTED: Aug 28
Salary: Open Location: New York, New York
Employer: Say Yes to Education Type: Full Time - Experienced
Categories: Academic Administration, Student Services Required Education: Masters

About Say Yes to Education

Say Yes to Education, Inc. (SYTE) is a national, non-profit education foundation committed to dramatically increasing high school and college graduation rates for our nation's inner-city youth. Say Yes to Education provides comprehensive supports, including the promise of a full college or vocational education, aligned with what research indicates is needed to enable every child in the program to achieve his or her potential. The Say Yes promise and supports begin when a child enters kindergarte....more info

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Position Summary: The Student Development & Support Services Director functions as a key member of the Say Yes to Education (SYTE) Student Development & Support Services Team to: 1) strengthen students? identification with the NYC Teachers College SYTE Chapter, 2) identify students? academic, social/emotional, and talent development needs and appropriate services, programs, and resources to address those needs, 3) monitor and support individual student?s progress and achievement of academic, social/emotional, and talent development goals in preparation for admission to selective high schools and college, 4) provide targeted services to achieve those goals (e.g. advisory, theme-based groups, crisis intervention, individual, group, family counseling, and adolescent literacy activities), and 5) collaborate with members of the Student Development & Support Services Team to design high school interventions where needed.

The successful candidate will have strong knowledge of and demonstrated experience in: 1) secondary school counseling and social work services and/or secondary school teaching and/or coordination and/or administration 2) implementing high school appropriate academic, social/emotional, and talent development services and programs necessary for student progress and achievement, 3) the New York City public high school admissions process and choice system, 4) NY State academic standards, curriculum, instruction, and social expectations for students, 5) a case management/case conferencing approach to monitoring student progress, and 6) a highly collaborative, interdisciplinary work environment.

Essential Functions/Job Responsibilities: ? Provide regular assessment and monitoring of student academic performance, talent development, and social/emotional well being. o Utilize research based assessments and monitoring data to determine students? needs and to monitor students? academic, social, emotional, and talent development progress toward SYTE goals ? Provide direct academic and social-emotional support services o Facilitate individual and regular small group advisory sessions o Facilitate individual, group, and family counseling o Facilitate advisory sessions for students that focus on but are not limited to the following content areas: high school transition and adjustment, high school admissions, career pathways, talent development, academic habits of mind and work, school demands, peer and adult relations, and adolescence issues. o Provide crisis intervention and follow-up for youth as needed ? Provide referrals to youth and their families for long term counseling o Identify and facilitate referrals and linkages to academic and social community resources and the appropriate agencies and services; monitor implementation of referrals and services. ? Lead counseling groups to help students achieve positive academic and social/emotional outcomes. ? Manage relationships between students and various stakeholders o Act as an advocate and liaison with high school contacts at multiple assigned school sites. o Communicate and coordinate services with multiple school leadership teams, including but not limited to high school counselors, principals, and other service providers to develop and monitor individual growth plans that support SYTE academic, social-emotional, and talent development goals and growth plans. o Collaborate closely with teachers to develop academic improvement plans and academic advancement plans in school and on Saturday for diverse students: struggling students, students who are on track, and students who are thriving academically. o Communicate regularly with families to inform them of student progress, high school preparation plans, and other related information. ? Collaborate with the Student Development & Support Services Team to design and facilitate a high school family engagement program including but not limited to parent retreats and forums, recreational/social activities, referrals for support services, and parent advisement and advocacy for the purpose of enhancing students? progress and success. ? Navigate the high school application process and collaborate with the Student Development & Support Services Team and appropriate school staff to design a high school counseling, application, and admissions program. ? Implement and maintain an online SYTE student networking system. ? Conference on a weekly basis and collaborate with the Student Development & Support Services Team and the Assistant Director of Academic Services & Programs to analyze student data, to identify student and family needs, effectively plan student services and programs, share best practices, and to respond to changes in the educational and social-emotional field. ? Collect student/family data and maintain student/family records and other documents required by SYTE (e.g., report cards, progress reports, assessments, attendance, academic progress, and other pertinent records) and update the SYTE data management system for student/family case load in accordance with SYTE deadlines. ? Participate in all Say Yes meetings and professional development. ? Perform additional duties as needed which may require working evenings and weekends.

If you are interested, please send your cover letter, resume, and three references to sytejobs@gmail.com and indicate for which position you are applying in the subject line of the email. Please include day/evening contact numbers and email address. NO PHONE INQUIRIES PLEASE.


Minimum Qualifications: ? Masters in Social Work or Education with at least five years relevant experience post-masters; experience working in a social work or education capacity with adolescents and teens and their families. ? Minimum of 3 years experience working in a social service or education capacity in or with schools ? Knowledgeable of research based assessments appropriate to adolescent academic, social/emotional, and talent development. ? Demonstrated knowledge of adolescent development and psychology ? Demonstrated track record of success working with at risk students, families, and schools on the design and implementation of interventions to improve and/or accelerate students? social/emotional behaviors and performance in academic and/or the arts ? Demonstrated experience implementing case management processes and collaborating with colleagues ? Demonstrated experience leading individual and group counseling and advisory sessions ? Demonstrated experience developing individualized action plans for student progress ? Demonstrated experience implementing formal assessments, analyzing results, and using data to inform determination and application of interventions ? Demonstrated ability to manage a case load of students with diverse needs so that all students are served ? Knowledgeable about the NYC high school admissions process ? Knowledgeable in MS Office, email, and internet ? Excellent written, organizational, and time management skills ? Demonstrated experience in data based decision making ? Ability to communicate effectively in settings with multiple stakeholders ? Demonstrated sensitivity to a diverse population of high school students and their families ? Must be a team player and enjoy working in a highly collaborative environment (able to take initiative and perform in a fast paced, fluid environment)

Preferred Qualifications: ? Clinical social work experience in an educational setting ? SIFI certified ? Knowledge of and experience using psychotherapeutic processes and providing crisis intervention ? Proficient in Spanish ? Experience working with ELL and Special Education students ? Demonstrated initiative in problem solving ? Strong analytic decision making skills ? Demonstrated experience implementing a strengths based approach to problem solving ? Experience accessing social networks and other service providers and organizations ? Demonstrated ability to collaborate and to plan strategically with colleagues in order to meet annual organization and chapter goals.


Say Yes to Education

New York NY

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Dolphin for iOS Updates with a Completely New Interface, Enhanced Smoothness [Dolphin]

Dolphin for iOS Updates with a Completely New Interface, Enhanced SmoothnessiOS: Dolphin browser is one of your favorite iOS web browsers, and it just got a lot better: the entire interface has been redesigned, with tabs available in a side panel, a better home screen, and a lot of smooth, fancy animations.

The new interface looks fantastic, and it's super easy to use. You have a new speed dial page with a search bar and bigger, prettier icons, a tab sidebar that you can access with a swipe from the right edge, a reformatted bookmarks bar, menu button loaded with extra settings (like opening links in the background), and more. Check out Dolphin's full rundown of the new version by hitting the link below, or just head to the App Store and update your copy to see it for yourself.

Dolphin Browser: Improved Usability Design on iPhone | Dolphin Blog

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Want to lose weight? Drink milk!

Many people who go on low fat diets skip dairy because of its high fat content. What these people may not realise is that they need the calcium from dairy to keep fit and maintain healthy bones and teeth. What even fewer people realise is that calcium can actually help you to lose weight, so cutting some high calcium foods when you are on a diet could actually stop you from losing body fat, instead of helping you.

The research

A 15 week study conducted on obese women looked at the effect of calcium on weight loss. Before the study the women had an average of 600mg of calcium a day, where the recommended amount was 1000mg. Throughout the study the women followed a low calorie diet and each took two tablets a day, either 1200mg of calcium or a placebo. The results showed that the women who took the calcium lost an average of 13.2 lbs., whereas women who took the placebo lost just 2.2 lbs. over the 15 week period.

Another study found that a high-calcium (but low fat) diet resulted in an average 24 lb. weight loss over 16 weeks, making a high calcium diet more effective for weight loss than many weight loss drugs, and much better for you too.

Other studies show that, while calcium supplements can make you lose 5 times as much weight, eating a medium calcium diet can make you lose 8 times as much fat and a high calcium diet results in 9 times as much fat loss over time.

Reducing the appetite

Researchers think that our bodies know when they don?t have enough calcium, so they respond by being hungry, in order to take on more food and increase calcium levels. A high calcium intake means that the body doesn?t look for more food, reducing an individual?s appetite, making dieting much easier.

Burning fat

A high calcium diet can actually change the way in which our bodies burn fat. They think that the more calcium there is in a fat cell, the more fat it will burn. This is because, when a person goes onto a low calorie diet their body thinks that it won?t be getting much food, so hangs on to their fat stores just in case. As a result people on low fat diets don?t always see as much weight loss as they would expect. A high calcium, low-fat diet makes the body believe it is getting enough, so it is happy to burn fat cells for energy. ?What?s more, high calcium dieters tend to lose more weight around their middles, where the body stores a lot of excess weight. Losing fat on the waist makes you look better but also increases your health, by reducing your Waist Hip Ratio.

Don?t dump the dairy!

For most dieters the first thing to go in a low fat diet is dairy; milk, cheese and yoghurt, which are all very high in naturally occurring calcium. What they should be doing is swapping high-fat dairy for low fat or non-fat alternatives, such as fat free milk or yoghurt. This will help you to feel full for longer and burn fat at the same time.

Non-dairy calcium

If you don?t eat dairy there are lots of non-dairy natural calcium sources, such as enriched rice or soya milk, almonds, green leafy vegetables, soy beans, tofu and sesame seeds. Even if you do eat dairy, these other calcium sources will help you to keep a varied, high calcium diet.

Increasing your calcium intake isn?t a magic cure but by eating more calcium-high foods such as non-fat dairy and green leafy vegetables as part of a balanced diet you will increase your health and bone strength and could help weight loss.

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Web Development and Internet Marketing to help you Business Grow

Website design has become the keyword nowadays. Every business needs a great deal of publicity because there is rigid competition. With the coming of the Internet age, it has therefore become essential to use all the offered tools of marketing, similar to blogs, websites, articles and even video and social networking sites. If your customers are an online business, the need for net based marketing solutions is increased. The best policy is always to hire a professional Search engine optimization or search engine Optimization Company which may offer a wide range of world wide web related marketing services, like web designing, e-commerce answer, lead generation, corporate id, link building and much more. When any such decision can be taken, it must be valued that there are plenty of phony websites out there, which can be run by spammers who are just running a rip-off. These people often idiot those looking for Search engine marketing support. Again, there are lots of web marketing companies that use what is commonly called black hat marketing strategies, like meta data and spin posting. These are usually regarded as unethical. Besides, repetitive and mirror putting up is also not considered acceptable as per general or international criteria. Because your ultimate target will be to get your website as much publicity and coverage as possible, around the major search engines like Google, you must ensure that the company that you hire for Search engine optimisation purposes does not utilize any black cap or unethical means of marketing for your website or company. This could actually negatively affect your corporate identity. In fact, it could even result in the termination of your record and visibility in the major search engines like Google that immediately strike down any such unethical sites. There are plenty of acceptable way of improving the chances of good results in business, whether you are inside New York or Ohio or Chicago, while all you would need is Web design Miami, Website design New York or Web design Chicago. You should check the setting and profile of the SEO company you are employing. Hopefully, the company will also provide some of it?s portfolio, as an example of exactly what the company has done pertaining to other companies.

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You can even try to find an SEO company that will look after your internet commerce New York business. Whatever be the type of organization or business you own, there are several time-tested marketing strategies, which will absolutely increase traffic to your website and hence bring more potential prospects at your doorstep. For example, most of the Web design Las vegas companies will be employing techniques like enhancing the graphics and standard look of your website, by adding better photographs, colors, backgrounds and other special features just like analytics or stats to help you keep track of that?s visiting your website along with from which source. Aside from, these SEO businesses also specialize in making targeted or area of interest customer set for you. This can be done by using mailing lists and social networking sites. Through aggressive article marketing in which back-link to your website and then adding these articles to the top article publication sites can do a world of impact on your business.

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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Pets in politics | Have dog blog will travel

August 27, 2012 ? 4:57 pm

If you share your politics with your pooches?

Send pictures of your pets wearing election-year flair to Pet Lovers for Obama?

and you can also send photos to Dogs Against Romney? if you are against animal abuse? both Romney and Ryan have shown that they disregard animals and/or abuse them? Ryan kills fish with his bare hands and hunts deer? Romney strapped his Irish Setter on the roof of his car for a 12 hour drive to Canada and laughs about it?

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The fur is flying and will continue to do so during the Conventions this week. ?Hurricane Isaac has already ruined some of the GOP?s plans? Divine intervention? some say a big uterus is on its way to Tampa? after all of the horrific anti-choice, Akins/Ryan?s pro-rape, rapists have rights but women don?t rhetoric and bills and platform of the GOP, GOP: Don?t Mess with MOTHER God Nature?

Historically, pets have played a very important role in the lives of many presidents and lawmakers.

  • FDR?s dog?Fala?helped him win re-election
  • President Ford would often signal his dog?Liberty
  • President George Bush?s dog?Millie?and her puppies entertained many of the White House?s visiting guests
  • President Clinton?s dog?Buddy?kept him company in the dog house during the?Lewinsky?scandal
  • President George W. Bush?s dogs?Barney and Miss Beazley??hosted annual video tours of the White House?s Christmas decorations.

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Harry S. Truman once said?

?If you want
a friend in Washington, get a dog.?

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Samsung takes wraps off of Windows 8 desktop PCs

(AP) ? Samsung will offer three different choices to people interested in buying a desktop computer equipped with a redesigned version of Windows going on sale this fall.

The personal computers previewed Tuesday by Samsung at a technology conference in Germany provided one of the first glimpses at the Windows 8 machines scheduled to hit the market on Oct. 26.

Windows 8's release has been widely anticipated because it's Microsoft's most dramatic overhaul of the operating system in at least 17 years. It's also coming out at a time when PC sales have been slowing as more people rely on smartphones and tablets to surf the Web.

Microsoft Corp. reprogrammed Windows 8 so it looks and works more like the touch-based systems on mobile devices. The three new Windows 8 desktops from Samsung will come with a high-definition touch display.

Several other major PC makers are expected to unveil their Windows 8 product lines in the upcoming weeks.

Samsung Electronics Co.'s Windows 8 computers for the desktop will have suggested prices of $749, $1,099 and $1,699 ? depending on the size of the storage drive, the amount of system memory and the size of display screen.

All three models will run on Intel Corp. processors.

Windows 8 can be controlled by swiping the applications on the display screen or by using a keyboard or computer mouse.

The touch controls will be available through a mosaic of tiles to show applications and services that can be continuously connected to the Internet.

When relying on a keyboard, users will usually switch to a part of the operating system that looks much like earlier versions of Windows. However, Microsoft left out the familiar "start" button typically found in the bottom left corner of the display screen.

In an effort to minimize the potential frustration caused by Windows 8's new look, Samsung built its own optional start button that be used to pull up a menu of applications. This feature won't be found on all Windows 8 PCs and laptops from other manufacturers.

Samsung is expected to introduce its Windows 8 line of laptop computers later this week.

Associated Press

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Monday, August 27, 2012

Divorced parents in hostile relationships use technology to sabotage communication

ScienceDaily (Aug. 27, 2012) ? Separated and divorced couples are increasingly using emails, texting and social media to communicate with their ex-partners about their children. However, when ex-spouses use that technology to withhold or manipulate information, the children are the ones who suffer most, according to a University of Missouri family studies expert. A new study suggests divorce counselors should teach separated parents effective ways to use communication technology in order to maintain healthy environments for their children.

Lawrence Ganong, a professor of human development and family studies at MU, found that ex-partners who were cooperative with one another used emails and texting to facilitate effective co-parenting, while couples who did not get along used communication technology to avoid confrontations and control their former partners' access to their children.

"Technology makes it easier for divorced couples to get along, and it also makes it easier for them not to get along," said Ganong, who also is a professor of nursing at MU. "Parents who use technology effectively can make co-parenting easier, which places less stress on the children. Parents who use communication technology to manipulate or withhold information from the other parent can cause pain to the child."

Ganong and his colleagues interviewed 49 divorced parents individually about the quality of their relationships with their ex-partners.

Parents who had cooperative relationships saw communication technology (email, texting) as an effective tool to coordinate exchanges of their children, and some even used online calendars to share information about their children's activities. However, separated parents who had hostile relationships used the same technology to manipulate their ex-spouses and limit communication. For example, some parents in the study pretended they never received emails from their former partners. Regardless of how the couples got along, nearly all of the divorced parents used communication technology to maintain household boundaries and establish records of decisions.

When divorces end with some hostility between the parents, Ganong suggests that divorce counselors focus on teaching the couples effective ways to use technology to communicate with one another. Doing so will help children transition more smoothly between the two homes and keep them from being caught in the middle of their parents' conflicts, he said.

"Parents who are hostile need to set their feelings aside and understand that they need to communicate effectively in order to protect the emotional well-being of their children," Ganong said. "Email is a great resource for hostile parents who can't talk face-to-face. They can communicate essential information while editing what they say to avoid conflict. Also, the parents have a record of what was agreed upon."

Ganong is a professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies in the College of Human Environmental Sciences and also is a professor in the Sinclair School of Nursing.

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  1. Lawrence H. Ganong, Marilyn Coleman, Richard Feistman, Tyler Jamison, Melinda Stafford Markham. Communication Technology and Postdivorce Coparenting. Family Relations, 2012; 61 (3): 397 DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2012.00706.x

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LG teases that Optimus G will have 768p gapless display, long-lifespan battery

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LG must know that word of the Optimus G has been spoiled, even if it's not quite ready to put all its cards on the table. While it's only acknowledging the phone's identity under a 'G' codename, the Korean electronics giant is willing to talk a lot about what's under the hood. Among the truly new revelations: that uncommonly wide 1,280 x 768 screen, now called the G2 Touch Hybrid Display, is a 30 percent thinner gapless panel that puts the LCD right near the glass in a way that just might be familiar to HTC One X owners. We don't know for certain if it's one of those newly-shipping in-cell touch panels, but that name certainly suggests LG is setting aside a few of those cutting-edge LCDs for itself. There's also a treat in store for those who work their phones to the bone -- a newly refined battery can go through 800 full recharge cycles before it gives up the ghost, or about 60 percent more than we've seen in the past. Combine these with the quad-core 1.5GHz Snapdragon S4 Pro we already knew was coming, and the Optimus G could be quite the technology showcase for both LG's native South Korea as well as the US through a possible Sprint model.

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University of Virginia Declines to Host Obama Campaign Rally

The University of Virginia has declined a request to host President Obama for a campaign rally next week, complicating his planned tour of swing-state college campuses to court younger voters.

The school cited the impact of a presidential visit on the university's academic schedule and strained finances as reasons for turning Obama away.

The president's re-election campaign had hoped to rally students on the Charlottesville campus Wednesday on the final stop of a two-day tour aimed at countering the Republican National Convention in Florida.

On Tuesday, Obama will rally with students on the campuses of Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, and Colorado State University in Ft. Collins, Colo. Classes at both schools began Monday. Classes at UVA are scheduled to begin Tuesday.

Obama campaign officials visited UVA last week to scout possible venues, submitting a formal proposal with the school for two options, university spokesman Carol Wood said. Neither was deemed acceptable.

"The use of either of the desired sites would require closing buildings adjacent to the sites for the entire day," Wood explained in a statement. "The cancellation of 186 classes would occur. ? This would result in an extraordinary disruption of the second day of the new semester."

Wood said the university would also have had to foot the bill for added security measures on campus and along the presidential motorcade route. Because of the school's nonpartisan status, it would have to offer "the same accommodations and bear the same costs" for Mitt Romney, she said.

"While there are certainly financial implications to a state university that has seen faculty and staff salary freezes for the past five years, the primary reasons for declining the offer were related to disruption of the first days of classes," Wood said.

The Obama campaign announced Saturday that the president would still travel to Charlottesville on Wednesday but hold an off-campus rally at the nTelos Wireless Pavilion instead. The venue is roughly 20 blocks from the center of campus.

Wood said Obama campaign officials "completely understood" the decision and justification for not approving the request.

The president's tour, meant to counter the Republican convention in Florida, will highlight "the choice for young voters in this election" and push voter registration and turnout, the Obama campaign said.

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A freed Lebanese member of a group of 11 Shiite pilgrims taken hostage by Syrian rebels three months ago flew back home to Beirut via Turkey on Saturday.

"All the other pilgrims are safe and sound. We have been very well treated, as if we were at home," Hussein Ali Omar told reporters at Beirut airport, thanking all those involved in securing his release, including Turkey.

Omar, who was kidnapped with his fellow Shiite pilgrims on May 22 while on their way home from Iran, had earlier appeared in footage aired by Al-Jazeera television crossing the border into Turkey.

The Turkish foreign ministry welcomed Omar's release and voiced hopes that the remaining pilgrims "will be released as soon as possible."

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Unverified Lebanese media reports had said some of the pilgrims were killed in an air strike on the northern Syrian town of Aazaz earlier this month, triggering a spate of violence against Syrians in Lebanon.

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A Lebanese member of a prominent Shiite clan has also been seized by a rebel group in Syria, prompting retaliatory kidnappings in Lebanon of Syrian nationals and a Turk.

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"This has nothing to do with the release of one of the 11 hostages in Syria, clan spokesman Maher Muqdad told AFP, adding that four other Syrians and the Turkish national were still being held.

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