Egypt president-elect to head to Tahrir Square

Egyptian protesters sit in front of a tent decorated by a poster of Egypt's President-elect Mohammed Morsi in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, June 28, 2012. Mohammed Morsi was declared Egypt's first freely elected president in modern history on Sunday, June 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Egyptian protesters sit in front of a tent decorated by a poster of Egypt's President-elect Mohammed Morsi in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, June 28, 2012. Mohammed Morsi was declared Egypt's first freely elected president in modern history on Sunday, June 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Egyptian protesters sit at a camp fronted by a poster of Egypt's President-elect Mohammed Morsi in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, June 28, 2012. Mohammed Morsi was declared Egypt's first freely elected president in modern history on Sunday, June 24, 2012. The Arabic on the poster reads, "Mohammed Morsi for Egyptian presidency." (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

In this photo released by the Egyptian Presidency, President-elect Mohammed Morsi speaks to newspaper editors in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, June 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Egyptian Presidency)

In this photo released by the Egyptian Presidency, President-elect Mohammed Morsi speaks to newspaper editors in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, June 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Egyptian Presidency)

CAIRO (AP) ? Egypt's president-elect plans Friday to address thousands who have camped out in Cairo's Tahrir Square to demonstrate against the military's hold on power despite the election of a new civilian leader, a nod to the protesters who supported his bid for leadership.

Mohammed Morsi of the Islamist group, the Muslim Brotherhood, is the first president to be elected after the uprising that forced longtime leader Hosni Mubarak to step down. But he is already facing a serious challenge after the ruling generals who oversee the transition took a series of decisions that undermine the powers of his office before his swearing-in.

Morsi's spokesman, Yasser Ali, said the president-elect wants to stand with the thousands who have been in the square for over a week to express concern about the power grabs.

"He wants to confirm that people are the source of his power," Ali said. "He wants to show unity with his people over issues of the transition, which is now ending."

The ruling generals said they will transfer power to an elected president by July 1. But days before Morsi was declared winner, they gave themselves sweeping powers that undercut the authority of the president. The generals' constitutional declaration also designated them the country's legislature, following a court decision that dissolved the country's first freely elected parliament, which was dominated by Islamists.

Protesters took to the streets, demanding that the generals rescind the declaration and reinstate the parliament.

Morsi's first test in his power struggle with the generals will be the venue of his oath-taking ceremony.

He will be sworn in before a high court Saturday. Traditionally, presidents are to be sworn in before parliament. For many of the protesters, Morsi's swearing-in before the court, as dictated by the generals' constitutional declaration, was a concession to the military.

"We demand from the president of the republic that he calls off the constitutional declaration, reinstate the parliament as it was, and to stand here among us to be sworn in and swear he has all his powers," said a preacher in the square who addressed the crowd before Morsi arrived.

"From now on, we make our demands to the president of the republic, not the military council. The military council no longer rules Egypt."

Ali said Morsi's agreement to take oath before the court does not mean the battle to regain his powers is over.

"This is an affirmation that (Morsi) respects the law and constitution," he said. "It doesn't mean approval of the declaration."

Speaking to newspapers editors Thursday, Morsi said there are still discussions on how to on how to implement the law dissolving the parliament. The court decision declared a third of the elected seats unconstitutional and Brotherhood lawyers argue it is still possible to only dissolve that third. Morsi urged patience.

Morsi, the first elected Islamist leader of an Arab country, is also trying to reach out to many of the liberal and secular forces that were behind the uprising. They, along with Egypt's Coptic Christian minority, fear Morsi would work to establish a religious state. Most of those groups have stayed out of the protest in Tahrir.

However, the prominent April 6 youth movement took part in the square protest.

"We should be patient with one another, two, three or four years, and try to live together in this atmosphere of freedom and democracy after the revolution," he told the editors, according to comments published in the state-run Al-Ahram daily. "This is definitely a better atmosphere than before. But there are big challenges."

Before heading to Tahrir, Morsi prayed in Al-Azhar mosque. Al-Azhar is the Sunni world's most prestigious learning institution, and represents moderate Islam. Morsi's visit there is an acknowledgement of respect to the institution.

Protesters in the square chanted, "The military council should leave tonight," and, "The president takes the oath in the square."

Associated Press

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Bigger, Better, And More Beautiful: Home Improvement Advice

June 29, 2012 5:03 am admin ultimate hobbies

You?ve done it. You are ready to start making home improvements in your own home. What perfect timing! You probably have lots of questions on how to start and what to do, but fear not, this article can help you. Listed below are some tips that will help you get started with your home improvement aspirations by bespoke patchwork sofa.Before starting a home improvement project look into how the improvements will affect your property taxes. Filing for a permit will red flag your local municipality that they will want to re-evaluate the value of your property to increase their tax revenue. Be sure you will be able to afford increased taxes before beginning the project.In any home with original wood floors, the homeowner considering home improvement projects make sure you choose patchwork sofas uk, should avoid replacing the floors, at all cost. The older a wood floor is, the less likely it is that it can be replaced with an equally attractive floor. It is much better to refinish existing wood floors. Even in cases of the most extreme damage, laying a new floor over the original one is preferable to removing it.You should make a list of everything you need before heading out to a home improvement store. Making a list of all the items you need to purchase ensures that you will not need to make multiple trips to the store and also helps to keep you organized.As you begin your home improvement project, remember to be flexible. Projects may take longer than you would like, may cost more than you want to pay and may eat up more resources than you planned on using. Be flexible in all stages of the process, and you will find that the project will be a more enjoyable experience for you.Now you should be much more prepared when it comes to home improvement. If you thought that you were ready before, with this information from this article you should now be an expert! The tips that were given should have provided you some advice that can help you get started with improving your own home by sofa patchwork.

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NHL, players' union open labor negotiations

NEW YORK -- The NHL and the players' union opened negotiations on a new labor deal Friday by meeting for about 2 1/2 hours.

Commissioner Gary Bettman and Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly met with NHLPA Executive Director Donald Fehr, union special counsel Steve Fehr and several player reps at the league's Manhattan offices.

"Members of our League Office staff and several of our owners met today with the NHLPA and various members of the players' negotiating committee at the League Office in New York," Daly said in a statement released after the meetings. "The meeting was very cordial and we hope it was constructive.

"Before breaking, the parties discussed follow-up steps and confirmed plans for future meetings. We have nothing further to report at this time."

Washington Capitals owner Ted Leonsis declined to comment as he left the building and hopped into a waiting car.

"Following today's meeting, we will review the NHL's initial presentation with the Players' committee before reconvening for further talks later next week." Donald Fehr said.

Among the players in attendance were Scott Hartnell of the Flyers, Rick DiPietro of the Islanders and George Parros of the Anaheim Ducks, Chris Campoli of the Canadiens, Dan Winnik of the Sharks, Brandon Dubinsky of the Rangers, Brad Boyes of the Sabres, Ron Hainsey of the Jets.

This was the first formal talks between the two sides. They come after the NHLPA's executive board held a three-day meeting in Chicago earlier this week.

The collective bargaining agreement expires Sept. 15. There is fear the league could be heading toward another lockout.

The owners locked out the players in 2004 and it cost the NHL an entire season. The agreement that came out of that deal put in place a salary cap for teams for the first time.

Fehr, the former head of the baseball players' union who was hired by the NHLPA after the last labor deal was cut, said Wednesday at a news conference in Chicago that the players would be willing to start the season without a deal if negotiations were ongoing.

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Music Review: Arild Andersen, Tommy Smith, Scottish National Jazz ...

In October 2010, a very lucky audience was privileged to hear a concert commemorating some of the amazing music released by the ECM label over the past 40 years. There have been a number of significant events associated with this milestone, and Celebration is one of the finest. Manfred Eicher's vision to release music of the highest quality, and to release it with an attention to detail unmatched in the industry is a truly one of a kind story. Only a handful of former "indies" have made it this far, and none of them have retained their founder's personal vision quite the way ECM has.

For this concert, Arild Andersen is lead soloist, and his double-bass playing is a marvel. He is joined by the tenor sax of Tommy Smith, who also directed the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra. The Stevenson Hall at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland is where the event took place, and the sound is magnificent.

Six compositions by six musicians who have been integral to the history of ECM were chosen for the program. It is certainly hard to argue with the importance of Dave Holland, Jan Garbarek, Chick Corea, Trygve Seim, Keith Jarrett, and Arild Andersen himself to the history of not only the label, but to jazz itself. Listening to this concert, one is reminded of just how much Mr. Eicher and his label opened up the genre over the years.

In 1969, "jazz" meant either trying to "outdo" the powerful redefinition of the boundaries, ala John Coltrane's successors. The other side was fusion, which was being created by Miles Davis and others. There were also the "traditional" outfits, who playing what we now call the "nostalgia circuit," allowing their fans to relive the glory days of swing.

ECM brought a whole new sensibility to the music. Manfred Eicher's ears were wide open, and he heard a whole new form of music. The music released on ECM proved to be a very viable product in the marketplace. Yet, while sales are obviously a consideration, the label has never seemed to be focused on them. Manfred Eicher has taken chance after chance on artists that he obviously saw something in, "commercial" or not.

This concert certainly reflects that sensibility. The set opens with "May Dance," written by Dave Holland. What really stands out is the tenor sax of Tommy Smith on this track. And when the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra comes in, they lift the piece to a whole new level.

The momentum builds with the next track, Jan Garbarek's "Molde Canticle (Part One)" The interplay between Andersen's double-bass and the Orchestra is incredible. I must say that the funky "rubberband" sounds of Arild Anderson's playing in contrast to the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra offers up an amazing experience in diversity.

Chick Corea was certainly a "name" artist when he came to ECM, but that did not stop him from pursuing his own, very distinctive music. He is a performer who has never been content to rest on his laurels, as "Crystal Silence" amply displays. Once again, the interplay between the bass and full orchestra is outstanding. One of the most emotionally engaging moments of the entire concert comes as the song closes. You can literally hear a pin-drop as Arild Andersen's bass takes things out in a most captivating fashion.

The whole performance feels this way. And that may be the key to the success of ECM as a record label all these years. Regardless of any criticisms, commercial success, (or failure for that matter), the label has always reflected the love of music of its founder. Celebration is an album that manages to honor the history of the label and some its greatest artists, while at the same time offering an opportunity for all of this music to be reinterpreted in a most satisfying manner. Celebration is a triumph for everyone involved.

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PlantBricks

The iGEM team that I helped advise a couple years ago recently published a short paper about their project in the Journal of Biological Engineering (open access!). We were inspired to think about plant engineering in the context of iGEM and standardized genetic parts, in part thanks to an interesting passage in Stewart Brand?s book Whole Earth Discipline. In his chapter on genetic engineering, Brand writes:

One can imagine organic crops biotically engineered as Rachel Carson might do it. They would be designed in detail to protect and improve the soil they grow in, to foil the specific pets and weeds that threaten them, to blend well with other organic crops and with beneficial insects, to increase carbon fixation in the soil and reduce the release of methane and nitrous oxide, to be as nutritious and delicious as science can make them, and to invite further refinement by the growers.

Along with genetic BioBricks, let there be AgriBricks to finesse crop genomes for local ecological and economic fitness. (If Monsanto throws a fit, tell them that if they?re polite, you might license back to them the locally attuned tweaks you?ve made to their patented gene array. Pretty soon they?or some company that replaces them?will be providing you with lab equipment.)

Our project and the final paper were obviously of much much smaller scope, but we hope that other iGEM teams will be inspired to work with plants and to use our BioBricks to build something great. Here?s the abstract:

Background
Plant biotechnology can be leveraged to produce food, fuel, medicine, and materials. Standardized methods advocated by the synthetic biology community can accelerate the plant design cycle, ultimately making plant engineering more widely accessible to bioengineers who can contribute diverse creative input to the design process.

Results
This paper presents work done largely by undergraduate students participating in the 2010 International Genetically Engineered Machines (iGEM) competition. Described here is a framework for engineering the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana with standardized, BioBrick compatible vectors and parts available through the Registry of Standard Biological Parts (www.partsregistry.org). This system was used to engineer a proof-of-concept plant that exogenously expresses the taste-inverting protein miraculin.

Conclusions
Our work is intended to encourage future iGEM teams and other synthetic biologists to use plants as a genetic chassis. Our workflow simplifies the use of standardized parts in plant systems, allowing the construction and expression of heterologous genes in plants within the timeframe allotted for typical iGEM projects.

And you can download the paper (currently only a ?provisional PDF?) from the Journal:

• Boyle PM, Burrill DR, Inniss MC, Agapakis CM, Deardon A, DeWerd JG, Gedeon MA, Quinn JY, Paull ML, Raman AM, Theilmann MR, Wang L, Winn JC, Medvedik O, Schellenberg K, Haynes KA, Viel A, Brenner TJ, Church GM, Shah JV, and Silver PA. ?A BioBrick Compatible Strategy for Genetic Modification of Plants.? Journal of Biological Engineering, 2012, 6:8.

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When Someone Shows Me Who They Are, I Believe Them ...

One of the most oft-quoted sayings from the great Maya Angelou is this one: ?The first time someone?shows you who they are, believe them.? It is a very critical lesson of life. Unfortunately, many of us don?t?necessarily?apply this statement the very first time we meet someone. Here, at Madame Noire, while mulling over story ideas, we thought about this quote more and how it applied to ourselves. I, for one, can say that as I have gotten older I?ve paid more attention to the actions and words of those around me.

It?s apparent that Angelou?s lesson can be applied to all types of relationships and situations, but it most clearly resonated with me in the case of friendships. Looking back, I can see how certain disappointing friends actually revealed their character to me, only for me to ignore them. Nonetheless, those same friends continued to show me who they were, causing a rift between us. Two examples include Sharita and Eve (names changed for obvious reasons).

?Sharita?

Known for: Lies, lies and more lies

A few years ago, I reconnected with an old associate when she moved to the city I was residing in at the time. We became fast friends. Within months, I would consider her one of my closest friends and it was apparent that we had started to build a level of trust with each other that wasn?t so common in my post-college life. Six months later, that friendship evaporated. What happened? I became a victim of the little white lies I had seen her purge with others. At first, I didn?t mind those seemingly innocent lies. She would tell co-workers she had pre-existing obligations that prevented her from doing after work outings, she told her cousins she?d be out of town when they asked to come and visit her, etc. Needless to say, I ended up catching her in a hurtful lie that I should?ve seen coming. If she was so quick to tell lies to cover up these small incidents, you can imagine what she was capable of.

?Eve?

She is: The one you shouldn?t bring around a man of interest

Another friend of mine turned out to be more boy-crazy than I thought. I always knew she liked getting attention from men but I didn?t understand that her need could potentially cross the line. Mind you, she has yet to cross the line with me personally but recently I peeped behavior that definitely caused concern. A friend in the?circle, who happens to be a married man, constantly flirts with her. Although I?ve repeatedly told her that it?s not appropriate for him to do so, and that she should set him straight verbally, she excuses his behavior as ?innocent.? But this wasn?t the first time that I got a clear clue about Eve. She ?s told me that she had dated a married man once who was?separated?from his wife. I realize that situations are more complicated than they may seem on the surface but if I were to heed Angelou?s words, I would?ve made noted that story about her affair with a?separated-yet-still married man and understood what it was meant to communicate: that she is not someone who 100 percent respects the relationships of others. Could I eventually trust Eve around my own husband? If I do, I have to understand my own part in any potential wrongdoings.

It?s true that when you pay attention to what someone is communicating about themselves, it saves you a lot of pain and trauma in the long run. If a man tells you he?s not ready to settle down: believe him. When a co-worker tells you ?all?s fair in business and war?; be careful around him. When a new girlfriend tells you that women are not to be trusted, watch out for that chick.

I?ve obviously had more great friends than I?ve had questionable friends, but I don?t know if most people can say the same. We?ve all met the person who is so jaded on people because of terrible experiences with family, friends, and lovers. But I?m of the mind that all adults have a part to play in their negative experiences. Oftentimes, many of those experiences can be avoided by paying attention Maya Angelou?s words.

As for myself, although I haven?t discarded every person that has come into life and who I?ve judged (rightfully so), I do keep a healthy distance from those that I know I can?t fully trust.

What?s your story? Are you good at protecting yourself against those with unhealthy attributes or intentions?

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Robot beats humans at rock-paper-scissors every time

Sara Reardon, reporter

The robot wars have begun, and no matter how fast you choose your weapon - rock, paper, or scissors - the robot will beat you every time.

The three-fingered robotic hand developed by Ishikawa Oku's lab at the University of Tokyo has a dirty secret: it cheats. A high-speed video camera runs at over 1000 frames per second and watches your wrist and fingers as you begin to form the shape. The robot's visual recognition program needs only one millisecond to figure out which shape your hand will take, and choose the one that will beat you.

When the human player in the video above tries to change his shape at the last minute, it still can't fool the robot at the game, which is called janken in Japan. Its timing is so precise that it never shows its hand too early, and it wins 100 per cent of the time.

This kind of high speed vision may have a more practical use than arming robots so they'll always get to bat first at robot baseball. Robots can recognize speech in real time by the forms the human mouth takes, cooperate with humans performing precision tasks that take two, and maybe intervene in an accident before it happens. The janken game is an early example of what Oku's lab calls "meta-perception": the Sherlock Holmes-like ability of machines to pick up information humans would miss.

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Teen Talk: 'Brave' big on animation, but humor flops

Hey there, SWRNN fans! Here?s my review for the new Pixar movie, ?Brave.??

?Brave? is about a young princess named Merida who, determined to change her fate, defies a custom that wreaks havoc throughout the kingdom.

She must rely on her amazing archery skills and bravery to undo the bad that she has done.

The film was directed by Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman, and features the voice talents of such stars as Kelly MacDonald as Merida, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, Julie Walters, Robbie Coltrane, Kevin McKidd, and Craig Ferguson.

For those who may not have noticed, this is the first Disney-Pixar film that features a female lead.

The animation in ?Brave? is just beautiful. I?d say it?s some of the best animation that I?ve ever seen in a children?s film. Every shot looks beautiful and realistic and makes me feel like a child again.

Now, I saw this film in 3D, and it was just okay. The 3D didn?t take away from anything, but it just wasn?t amazing.

The voice work in ?Brave? was great, just like every other Pixar film. Kelly MacDonald did a great job as Merida, and her natural Scottish accent blended in perfectly to the movie.

Billy Connolly was also great as Merida?s father, delivering some of the funniest lines in the entire film.

Now, the biggest problem that I and a lot of other film critics have with ?Brave? was that, after a certain point in the movie, things started getting way too slapstick-oriented.

There was a reasonably large twist that happened about 30 minutes into the story, and from that point on the humor started to dumb down quite a bit. I?m not saying I?m above this type of humor, because I?m not. But I am saying that I?ve seen Pixar make some of the funniest and most heartwarming scenes ever put on film, so I had some halfway decent expectations for this one.

This was not a bad film by any means. It was actually a pretty good family movie. It was a little disappointing for me, I?ll admit, but overall, I give ?Brave? a 3.5 out of 5.

Adam Rolseth is a teen movie reviewer and regular guest contributor to SWRNN.

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Exposure to environmental chemicals in the womb reprograms the rodent brain to disrupt reproduction

ScienceDaily (June 26, 2012) ? Prenatal exposure to the environmental contaminants polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, causes long-term changes to the developing brain that have adverse effects on reproductive function later in life, a new study finds.

Results will be presented Saturday at The Endocrine Society's 94th Annual Meeting in Houston.

The study used rats, whose genes and molecules in the hypothalamus -- the region of the brain important for reproductive function -- are virtually identical to those in humans, according to co-author Andrea Gore, PhD, professor of pharmacology and toxicology at the University of Texas at Austin. These PCB-induced brain changes delayed puberty in male offspring and disrupted reproductive cycles in adult female offspring, she reported.

In addition, the researchers identified five genes that PCB disrupted. Gore said that all five are critical to the normal hypothalamic control of reproduction.

"By identifying five genes that are most perturbed by PCBs in the developing rat brain, we may one day be able to develop targeted interventions or therapeutics for reproductive problems, focusing on these molecular endpoints," Gore said.

PCBs are industrial chemicals used in many plastics, insulation materials, floor finishes and electrical equipment before their ban in 1979, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Still present in air, water and soil, PCBs are known endocrine disruptors, compounds in the environment that interfere with hormones and their actions in the body.

In this study, funded by the National Institutes of Health, the investigators exposed rats late in pregnancy to low levels of a mixture of PCBs, as one might encounter in the environment, Gore said. Control rats received an inactive substance. After birth, the offspring had monitoring throughout their life to determine if their reproductive development was disrupted. The research team also examined the brains of some of the animals at different ages to determine whether and how prenatal exposure affected gene expression in the hypothalamus.

Effects on gene expression depended on age, the scientists found. Effects were most profound on day 15 in the life of males and day 45 in females, corresponding roughly to childhood and after puberty, respectively.

In females, PCB exposure also resulted in altered reproductive cycles in adulthood, and in males, puberty was delayed, compared with the offspring of nonexposed control rats.

Depending on age and sex, five genes in the hypothalamus were affected by PCB treatment: Kiss1 (which stands for kisspeptin 1), Kiss1r (kisspeptin 1 receptor), Gper (G-protein-coupled estrogen receptor), Tac2 (neurokinin B) and Pdyn (prodynorphin). These genes are known to be very important for the control of reproduction. However, because the effects of PCBs on the brain were specific to age, sex and developmental stage, Gore suggested that PCBs might alter development of the hypothalamus, rather than just altering individual genes.

"We can look gene by gene, but it's the big picture of how these genes are affected in concert that's important to development," she said.

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Greenland ice may exaggerate magnitude of 13,000-year-old deep freeze

ScienceDaily (June 25, 2012) ? Ice samples pulled from nearly a mile below the surface of Greenland glaciers have long served as a historical thermometer, adding temperature data to studies of the local conditions up to the Northern Hemisphere's climate.

But the method -- comparing the ratio of oxygen isotopes buried as snow fell over millennia -- may not be such a straightforward indicator of air temperature.

"We don't believe the ice cores can be interpreted purely as a signal of temperature," says Anders Carlson, a University of Wisconsin-Madison geosciences professor. "You have to consider where the precipitation that formed the ice came from."

According to a study published June 25 by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the Greenland ice core drifts notably from other records of Northern Hemisphere temperatures during the Younger Dryas, a period beginning nearly 13,000 years ago of cooling so abrupt it's believed to be unmatched since.

Such periods of speedy cooling and warming are of special interest to climate scientists, who are teasing out the mechanisms of high-speed change to better understand and predict the changes occurring in our own time.

In the case of the Younger Dryas, average temperatures -- based on the Greenland ice -- plummeted as much as 15 degrees Celsius in a few centuries, and then shot back up nearly as much (over just decades) about 1,000 years later.

"In terms of temperature during the Younger Dryas, the only thing that looks like Greenland ice cores are Greenland ice cores," Carlson says. "They are supposed to be iconic for the Northern Hemisphere, but we have four other records that do not agree with the Greenland ice cores for that time. That abrupt cooling is there, just not to the same degree."

Working with UW-Madison climatologist Zhengyu Liu, collaborators at the National Center for Atmospheric Research and others, Carlson found their computer climate model breaking down on the Younger Dryas.

While it could reliably recreate temperatures in the Oldest Dryas -- a similar cooling period about 18,000 years ago -- they just couldn't find a lever in the model that would simulate a Younger Dryas that matched the Greenland ice cores.

"You can totally turn off ocean circulation, have Arctic sea ice advance all the way across the North Atlantic, and you still will have a warmer climate during the Younger Dryas than the Oldest Dryas because of the carbon dioxide," Carlson says.

By the time the Younger Dryas rolled around, there was more carbon dioxide in the air -- about 50 parts per million more. The warming effects of that much CO2 overwhelmed the rest of the conditions that make the Oldest and Younger Dryas so alike, and demonstrates a heightened sensitivity for Arctic temperatures to rising greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

The researchers zeroed in on the Northern Hemisphere's temperature outlier, Greenland ice cores, and found that the conversion of oxygen isotope ratio to temperature typically used on the ice cores did not account for the sort of crash climate change occurring during the Younger Dryas. It assumes prevailing winds and jet streams and storm tracks are providing the moisture for Greenland precipitation from the Atlantic Ocean.

"The Laurentide ice sheet, which covered much of North America down into the northern United States, is getting smaller as the Younger Dryas approaches," Carlson says. "That's like taking out a mountain of ice three kilometers high. As that melts, it allows more Pacific Ocean moisture to cross the continent and hit the Greenland ice sheet." The two oceans have distinctly different ratios of oxygen isotopes, allowing for a different isotope ratio where the water falls as snow.

"We ran an oxygen isotope-enabled atmosphere model, so we could simulate what these ice cores are actually recording, and it can match the actual oxygen isotopes in the ice core even though the temperature doesn't cool as much," Carlson says. "That, to us, means the source of precipitation has changed in Greenland across the last deglatiation. And therefore that the strict interpretation of this iconic record as purely temperature of snowfall above this ice sheet is wrong."

By the study's findings, Greenland temperatures may not have cooled as significantly as climate headed into the Younger Dryas relative to the Oldest Dryas, because of the rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide that had occurred since the Oldest Dryas.

"You can say at the end of the Younger Dryas it warmed 10, plus or minus five, degrees Celsius. But what happened on this pathway into the event, you can't see," Carlson says. It's a fresh reminder from an ancient ice core that climate science is full of nuance, according to Carlson.

"Abrupt climate changes have happened, but they come with complex shifts in the way climate inputs like moisture moved around," he says. "You can't take one difference and interpret it solely as changes in temperature, and that's what we're seeing here in the Greenland ice cores."

The National Science Foundation and Department of Energy funded the research.

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After a school sunscreen ban left two elementary students severely burned, their mother is taking on the school district. And it could happen elsewhere: 49 states have laws on the books barring schools from letting kids use sunscreen without a doctor's note.

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Wildfires leave Colorado tourism high and dry

More than 11,000 residents in Colorado were ordered to evacuate their homes as more than 700 firefighters fought flames. NBC's Michelle Franzen reports.

By Jack Chesnutt
NBC News

FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- ?After two weeks of around-the-clock work, firefighters are starting to gain the upper hand on the High Park fire near Fort Collins, Colo. But even as some of the residents are allowed to return to their homes, there is another casualty from the 100-square-mile blaze: Northern Colorado?s annual influx of summer visitors seeking clean air and whitewater rivers.

Jim Clark, executive director of the Ft. Collins Convention and Visitors Bureau, can see a smoky haze over the Roosevelt National Forest from his location downtown.

?The bad news is...we?re known for our outdoor recreation," he said. "A lot of that at the present time is closed.?

Clark?s office is handling many out-of-state calls from people who have questions about the smoke from the fire.? For the past several?weeks?the Colorado Department of Public Health has issued air quality health alerts because of the dense smoke along a 200-mile corridor from Colorado Springs in the south up to the Wyoming border. This week, the smoke has been less of an issue.

?We have lots of things for them in town -- breweries, shops ... everything is still open," Clark said. "But, there are some folks who would have visited us that probably will stay away.?

Over the weekend, new flames near Colorado Springs forced thousands to evacuate -- one of several fires emptying campgrounds and hotels across the parched state.?

Clark says it will be weeks or even months before any hard numbers are available to calculate the loss of visitors due to the fire.

Rafting companies high and dry

The losses have already started for Pat Legel, owner of Wanderlust Adventure Rafting in Bellevue, Colo. Legel has spent what should have been a busy start to the rafting season dusting off his rafts and life jackets. ?This is historical. This is the longest we?ve been out of business.?

Legel?s company offers trips down the Cache la Poudre River, one of the most popular whitewater rivers in Colorado. The fire has cut off access to the river where it runs through the burn zone. Wanderlust is one of six local outfitters which have suspended rafting on the Poudre since June 9.

Legel said his heart goes out to the more than 200 residents who have lost their homes to the fire.? But, for his business, the hardest part is making the daily calls to customers to let them know the river canyon is closed and to arrange refunds on their rafting fees.

?It?ll be a survival season, if we can get back some time early July. If not, we?ll have to maybe lay some people off and get a loan to carry us through next year.?

Legel started the company in 1982. He?s now 65.

"I don?t think I will see the landscape along the river recover in my lifetime,? he said.?

Tourists changing plans

Jane Servi had house guests for the weekend at her Larimer County home and had to?scramble to make new plans for weekend activities. ?She was looking forward to showing the visitors from Boston a Colorado whitewater adventure. But her Poudre River rafting trip was one of hundreds cancelled by the fire. Eventually she found an alternative rafting location nearly 70 miles away.?It was disappointing, she said, but she's more concerned "about the people who are up there whose houses have been destroyed, and people who have been displaced."

Last week "NBC Nightly News" found Grant Houx, owner of St. Peter?s Fly shop in Fort Collins, standing thigh-deep in the Poudre River about 10 miles downstream from the fire. He was whipping a seven-foot-long fly rod through air that tastes like smoke. The water runs clear and cool here, for now. But when late summer rains come, the soot, ash and charred underbrush from 70,000 scorched acres will wash down the Poudre and smaller streams like a black tide.? Not good for trout and other native fish.

?'Concern? is one word. We don?t know exactly what the effects of that soot will be,? he said.?

Houx?s fishing guide service has had ?a few? fire-related cancellations. He explains that fishing is still good on several other rivers in the area unaffected by the fire.

Fires of 2012 follow record year for Colorado tourism?

According to the Colorado Tourism Office, 59.7 million visitors came to the state in 2011. They spent $10.7 billion. Larimer County, where the High Park Fire continues to burn, represents 2.7 percent of statewide visitor spending.

Colorado Tourism Office chief Al White says statewide reservations are up ?double-digits over last summer? but acknowledges the impact of the fires in northern Colorado and Fort Collins. The hope is that tourists understand that even a 100 square mile fire represents less than one tenth of one percent of the state of Colorado.

?The High Park fire is a tragedy, but there is still a lot to see and do in Colorado," White said. "And for now, people are still making plans to come here.?

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White Sox acquire Youkilis from Red Sox

Boston Red Sox's Kevin Youkilis, left, hugs teammate Dustin Pedroia as Youklis comes off the field after hitting a triple and being replaced with a pinch runner in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves in Boston, Sunday, June 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Boston Red Sox's Kevin Youkilis, left, hugs teammate Dustin Pedroia as Youklis comes off the field after hitting a triple and being replaced with a pinch runner in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves in Boston, Sunday, June 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Boston Red Sox's Kevin Youkilis (20) raises his arms to the crowd as he comes off the field after hitting a triple and being replaced with a pinch-runner in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves in Boston, Sunday, June 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Boston Red Sox's Kevin Youkilis tips his helmet as he comes off the field after hitting a triple and being replaced with a pinch runner in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves in Boston, Sunday, June 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

BOSTON (AP) ? Kevin Youkilis took off his batting helmet, waved to the crowd and blew a kiss to his adoring fans.

A favorite at Fenway Park for so long, he wanted a final chance to say so long.

The Boston Red Sox traded away the hard-nosed Youkilis on Sunday, sending the three-time All-Star infielder and cash to the Chicago White Sox for utilityman Brent Lillibridge and right-hander Zach Stewart.

"Bobby (Valentine) wanted him to have that moment of walking off the field," Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington said.

A member of Boston teams that won the World Series in 2004 and 2007, the 33-year-old Youkilis had seen his playing time drastically cut lately. He now joins the AL Central-leading White Sox, who wanted a regular third baseman.

"I just got off the phone with him, he's very excited to join our club and he's got a little edge to him that I like," White Sox general manager Kenny Williams said. "I can't tell you exactly what he said, but he wants to come in and prove some people wrong."

Youkilis had a rousing end to his days with the Red Sox. He was unavailable after the game, leaving behind a locker without his nameplate above it.

After hitting an RBI triple in the seventh inning of a 9-4 win over the Atlanta Braves, he was lifted for a pinch runner. Longtime pal Nick Punto came out to replace him and the pair hugged.

Youkilis saluted the crowd and was rewarded with a standing ovation. His teammates, coaches and Valentine all were on the top step of the dugout cheering for him, and they urged Youkilis to take a curtain call.

Youkilis' time in Boston became limited because of the play of rookie Will Middlebrooks, hitting .326 with nine homers and 34 RBIs in 41 games.

"The way Middlebrooks was playing, he needs to be in the lineup every day," Cherington said. "Bobby's done a good job of shuffling everyday."

But the GM said the veteran Youkilis will long be remembered for his hustle and grit.

"He was a very passionate player that played very, very hard," Cherington said. "He sort of willed himself to being an All-Star and obviously was a huge contributor for us in the middle of the lineup. He did a lot of good things."

The Fenway faithful should get to see Youkilis soon. The White Sox visit Boston a week after next month's All-Star game.

The season started kind of rocky between Youkilis and first-year manager Valentine.

In April, Valentine questioned Youkilis' commitment to the game in his weekly television interview, then later apologized to him a day later.

Youkilis, who can play both of the corner infield spots, is a career .286 hitter with 133 homers and 563 RBIs.

Longtime teammate Dustin Pedroia said it was a tough day.

"He pushes me everyday," the Boston second baseman said. "I want to go out and play hard just like he does. He's always out there trying his best to do whatever he can to help us win. I appreciate him so much for that."

The White Sox have been looking for a third baseman with Brent Morel plagued by back problems.

"I think it's good for him. A good change of scenery, I'm sure," White Sox star Paul Konerko said. "Guy's a good player and he's been a great player in Boston for a long time so you can play at that level you can play anywhere."

The 25-year-old Stewart is 1-2 with a 6.00 ERA in 18 games with the White Sox this season. Lillibridge, 28, is hitting .175 with two RBIs and seven stolen bases in 48 games.

Cherington was excited to get Stewart.

"He's a good thrower and looks like he can be a major league starter," he said. "He just needs a little more time in the minors."

Lillibridge is expected to join the Red Sox in a utility role.

"I loved playing here, I enjoyed it so much," Lillibridge said after the White Sox beat visiting Milwaukee 1-0 in 10 innings. "I'm excited to see where my career will go and I'm excited to help the Red Sox."

Associated Press

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Thousands evacuate after shooting sparks Utah fire

SARATOGA SPRINGS, Utah (AP) ? Thousands of residents whose homes were in danger of being threatened by a Utah wildfire have had to find shelter elsewhere as strong winds fueled a blaze that officials believe was started by target shooters.

Residents of at least 2,300 homes in northern Utah were evacuated Friday, a day after the more than 6-square-mile fire started near the Saratoga Springs landfill, about 40 miles south of Salt Lake City. High winds then helped fan the flames onto tinder-dry grasslands.

Authorities were initially worried as flames moved toward property owned by an explosives company, but the focus turned to saving homes as winds kicked up and the fire moved toward Saratoga Springs.

Forecasters expect strong winds to persist through the weekend.

On Friday, fire officials were calling in additional aircraft and extra ground crews.

Utah County Sheriff Jim Tracy said he feared the fire could take down the area's power grid, shutting off electricity to up to 7,000 homes.

"Several power poles and transformers ... up and down the fire lines have burned," Tracy said Friday evening. "If the fire gets a couple more critical poles and drops that grid, wires down on the ground, it will black out this entire area."

Bureau of Land Management spokeswoman Teresa Rigby said the 2,300 houses evacuated include residents who voluntarily left, along with those ordered to leave.

BLM officials say they believe the blaze was caused when a bullet hit a rock and sparked the fire. This is the 20th target-shooting related fire this year in Utah, they said.

One firefighter had suffered minor burns, and no structural damage had been reported, said Jason Curry, a spokesman for the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands.

A continued mix of hot, windy and extremely dry conditions has raised the fire danger across Utah and parts of Wyoming, Arizona, Nevada and Colorado.

At a wildfire burning on more than 69,000 acres in northern Colorado, some homes were being evacuated Friday because of several spot fires started by winds outside the main fire. Some of those residents were evacuated after the fire flared up on Sunday and had only returned home Wednesday.

The mix of conditions that makes it easy for new fires to start and spread and cause existing fires to flare up is expected to last through Saturday there.

The fire west of Fort Collins has now destroyed at least 191 homes. It's also blamed for the death of a woman found dead at her ranch.

In southern Colorado, a new 300-acre fire near Mancos was threatening at least 10 structures and prompted officials to evacuate some homes east of town, federal officials said.

Gov. John Hickenlooper's office said he signed executive orders releasing $6.2 million more in state disaster money to fight the fire and two others.

The northern Colorado fire will have $5 million more available, on top of $20 million made available by a previous order. The fire has qualified for 75 percent federal reimbursement for firefighting costs, Hickenlooper's office said. A fire near Lake George will get $1 million, and the Stuart Hole fire in Larimer County will receive $200,000. The disaster money is coming partly from reserve funds.

Elsewhere:

? In Colorado, heat and low humidity is also a concern at the 1,150-acre wildfire burning near Lake George, which is 57 percent contained. A fire burning for over a month near Pagosa Springs has grown by about 1,300 acres. Two ranches have been evacuated.

? In Nevada, a wildfire that has charred nearly 12,000 acres of rugged terrain in northeast Nevada near the Utah line is 60 percent contained. It was started by a planned burn that escaped June 9.

? In Wyoming, crews were preparing safety zones where firefighters can flee in case a wildfire that has scorched more than 4.5 square miles in Medicine Bow National Forest makes a run. It's 10 percent contained.

? In New Mexico, a fire that has destroyed 242 homes and businesses, the largest in state history, has blackened 463 square miles in the Gila Wilderness and is 80 percent contained. Meanwhile, a 360-acre fire along the Rio Grande on the northern edge of Albuquerque was 50 percent contained. Nearby residents were on alert, but no one has been evacuated.

? In Arizona, officials battling a wildfire in eastern Arizona say they're prepared for high winds and low humidity. Firefighters have created containments lines around the community of Young and burned out fuel ahead of the fire. Crews are reinforcing those lines and patrolling for spot fires. The Poco Fire is nearly 12,000 acres and 25 percent contained. More than 740 people and several helicopters are fighting the fire.

? In Hawaii, the largest wildfire of the season has scorched at least 5,200 acres on the Big Island.

___

AP writers Brian Skoloff and Paul Foy contributed to this report from Salt Lake City.

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With rumors swirling over Ann Curry's upcoming exit on The Today Show, a couple of poorly-timed incidents this week made life extra difficult for the NBC reporter.

First, there was the following caption, which ran underneath an interview Curry was conducting yesterday morning and which was meant to tease an appearance by Steve Carell - but which clearly, accidentally, also had a double meaning:

Then there's the latest cover of Ladies' Home Journal. It features Curry and the accompanying story finds her discussing The Today Show's recent ratings woes.

"It's hard not to take it personally," Curry tells the magazine. "You worry, Am I not good enough? Am I not what people need? Am I asking the right questions? When people say negative things or speculate, you can't help but feel hurt. I know NBC pays my salary but I have never doubted who I work for. I think about the people who watch. They're the ones who matter to me. I want to feel I haven't dropped the ball when it comes to them."

She seems like a nice, professional woman. NBC should really do Curry the favor of not dragging out this firing any longer than it has to.

Earlier this week, sources claimed Meredith Vieira was asked to come back to her old job, but turned Today down.

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Tips for Buying Your First Home | Tucson Real Estate for Sale

When we write about Tucson real estate, we sometimes forget that first time buyers might want a basic overview of the steps to go through when looking to own your first property. These are basic steps most first-time homeowners have to deal with, today we examine them.

Be sure to hire an agent

The most important thing that an agent gives you is peace of mind and free time. Especially if you have to go through all the houses online or attend countless open houses, you are going to realize that it is much easier to have an experienced person do this for you instead.

• An agent can send you listings that actually fit what you are looking for. This means that you do not waste time searching through homes that you would never be interested in or able to afford.
• Oftentimes there is a little bit of time between a listing being for sale and actually being published on the market. Agents often know about listings beforehand.
• An agent can advise you on undesirable locations and overpriced listings. You cannot expect to know everything the first time that you are buying a home. Take advantage of the knowledge of others.

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Make sure financing is taken care of

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Do not forget about the home inspection

Many states are different; there are states where a home inspection is a?contract contingency. This means that if the buyer sees the state of the home after inspecting it, they have the right to cancel the contract if it is undesirable. For example, you do not want be stuck purchasing a home with a faulty foundation. It is important to remember that while they are not obligated to perform repairs, they often will for the risk of ruining a deal.

Head Start: Scientists Trace a Wiring Plan for Entire Mouse Brain

News | Mind & Brain

The first images from a rodent research project that has set out to map the whole mouse brain are now publicly available

By Saswato R. Das ?| June 20, 2012?|

WIRING DIAGRAM: A single mouse brain imaged by researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory at light-microscope resolution. It produces about a terabyte (1 trillion bytes, or 1000 GB) of data. Image: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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One of the items high on the big science project to-do list is to devise a wiring diagram for the human brain. Its 100 billion neurons and the hundreds of trillions of connections among these cells consign this goal and the specifics of achieving it to the long-term bin. A first step, though, is a complete diagram of the mouse brain.

Scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) in Long Island, N.Y., have started making public detailed images of mouse brain circuitry, releasing on June 1 the first installment of about 500 terabytes. The goal of the effort, called the Mouse Brain Architecture Project (MBA), is an entire rodent brain wiring plan that would represent the first such mapping of the circuits of a vertebrate brain.

"Current knowledge of brain circuitry is incomplete," says Jonathan Pollock, chief of genetics and molecular neurobiology research at the National Institute on Drug Abuse. "The lack of knowledge about neural circuitry has led to recognition by the scientific community of the need map the brain at the macro-, meso- and microscopic scale."

The MBA complements other efforts, such as the National Institutes of Health's Human Connectome Project and the ALLEN Brain Connectivity Atlas. Pollock says that because the mouse serves as a general model for mammal genetics, the knowledge gleaned could help in the study of diseases such as Alzheimer's, autism, schizophrenia, depression and addiction. In recent years researchers focusing on mammalian brains have placed much attention on individual synapses, connection points between neurons, using electron microscopy. This approach is too complex and currently impractical for application to the whole mouse brain

"I wanted an approach that could pragmatically approach the architecture of the whole nervous system. Our project utilizes tracer injections to delineate the wiring diagram of the whole brain," says Partha Mitra, a bio -physicist at CSHL and the leader of the project.

The CSHL researchers use four injected tracers to delineate the circuitry. Two of these are "classical" tracers?choleratoxin subunit B and biotinylated dextran amines. Additionally, there are two viral tracers?the adeno-associated virus and a modified version of the rabies virus.

The project produces high-definition images (each image is approximately one billion pixels) of mouse brain sections. Each brain is represented in some 500 images, with each image showing an optical section through a 20-micron-thick slice of brain tissue. Information from other data sources publicly available over the Internet are added to the images and everything is made available to neuroscientists as well as interested members of the general public at http://mouse.brainarchitecture.org. The site can be used as a "virtual microscope" to look inside a mouse brain, with the ability to zoom in to show individual neurons and their processes. Users have access to a multi-resolution viewer that allows them to progress from the front of each brain to the back and follow in 3-D the actual neuronal pathways.

Mitra says the intention was to share data with the community, akin to how the astronomy data of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey was made publicly available. "I come from a physics background where open distribution of results prior to publication via a preprint archive (arXiv) has been standard practice for a long time and predates the current growth in open-access journals," he says. Because it can take months?sometimes years?to get a paper published in a journal, he prefers an approach where "scientific communications can be made much more directly and quickly by posting data and results on the Web as they become available."

Mitra's team intends to provide tutorial materials that would allow any curious person to engage with data on the Web site. They have already put up one tutorial so far on major brain pathways, using one of the myelin stained brains displayed on the site. "This is a good entry point to thinking about the overall connectivity structure of the brain," Mitra says. "During the Renaissance," he notes, "artists carried out detailed studies of anatomy, and they were able to do this because the structures were visible to the naked eye. The same is not true for neurons; however, with the virtual microscope that we are providing, it should be possible even for the layperson to engage in some degree of neuroanatomical study. We will be working on tools to enable this further."

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