4 men charged in alleged terror plot trained, created cover stories

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Three California men excited at the prospect of training in Afghanistan to become terrorists prepared, authorities say, by simulating combat with paintball rifles, wiping their Facebook profiles of any Islamic references and concocting cover stories.

Just two days before they were going to board a plane bound for Istanbul ? and then onto Afghanistan ? FBI agents thwarted plans that officials said included killing Americans and bombing U.S. military bases overseas.

The arrests last week in the U.S. and of the man said to be the ringleader, 34-year-old American Sohiel Omar Kabir, in Afghanistan was laid out in a 77-page affidavit, which included references to the group's online video conversations and audio recordings.

While authorities don't believe there were any plans for an attack in the U.S., two of the men arrested told a confidential FBI informant they would consider American jihad, according to the court documents unsealed in federal court Monday.

The arrests are the latest in a series of cases where U.S. residents were targeted to become terrorists. Last month, a Minneapolis man was convicted of helping send young men to Somalia to join the al-Qaida-linked terrorist group al-Shabab.

Along with Kabir, Ralph Deleon, Miguel Alejandro Santana Vidriales and Arifeen David Gojali are facing charges of providing material support to terrorists. The charges can carry a maximum 15-year prison sentence.

Defense attorneys did not immediately return calls for comment.

Federal investigators said Kabir met Deleon and Santana at a hookah bar and introduced them to the radical Islamist doctrine of the U.S.-born extremist cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who was killed last year in an American airstrike in Yemen.

Kabir, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Afghanistan, served in the Air Force from 2000 to 2001. He spent some time at Davis Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Ariz., pulling aircraft or vehicle parts from a supply store. He was administratively separated for unknown reasons and was given an honorable discharge, the military said.

"It was a standard enlistment that ended early but not for reasons of misconduct," said Air Force spokeswoman Ann Stefanek.

According to the court documents, Deleon said meeting Kabir was like encountering someone from the camps run by al-Awlaki or Osama bin Laden, who was killed in a U.S. raid last year on his compound in Pakistan.

Kabir was "basically a mujahid walking the streets of LA," Deleon said, using the term for holy warrior, according to court documents. "He was just waiting to get his papers. And I met him at the point of his life where he was about to go."

Authorities wouldn't say how the investigation began, but they tracked Kabir's travels last year and flagged violent extremist messages posted online by Santana. Covert FBI agents had conversations with Santana online where he expressed his support of jihad and desire to join al-Qaida.

"We were on them for quite a while," said FBI Special Agent David Bowdich.

In video calls from Afghanistan, Kabir told the trio he would arrange their meetings with terrorists, investigators said. Kabir added they could sleep in mosques or the homes of other jihadists once they arrived in Afghanistan.

Stateside, Deleon and Santana were eager about the prospects of being terrorists. When asked by the FBI informant if both men had thought about how it would feel to kill someone, Santana responded, "The more I think about it, the more it excites me."

The two men also discussed where they could do the most damage. After considering going to Palestine and the Philippines, Santana said he preferred Afghanistan because the military bases there could easily be ambushed.

Santana said he was easily influenced by people growing up and spent time around gangs. He said converting to Islam was a good move for him because he could fit in and "actually fight for something that's right," according to court documents.

Santana, 21, was born in Mexico, while Deleon, 23, was born in the Philippines. Both are lawful, permanent U.S. residents.

Jen Collins, who lives two doors down from Santana's apartment in Upland, east of Los Angeles, said at least a dozen FBI agents swarmed his unit early Friday. "It was like something coming out of the movies or TV," Collins said.

The apartment was shuttered on Tuesday, but someone inside removed a sign that read "Don't burn the Qur'an, READ IT!" from a shuttered upstairs window as reporters gathered outside.

Deleon studied business administration at California State University, San Bernardino, but withdrew in September after first enrolling five years ago, said university spokesman Joe Gutierrez.

Court documents show the men talked about their propensity for violence.

Santana, who claimed he went to Mexico to learn how to shoot different kinds of guns and how to make explosives, wanted to be a sniper. Deleon said he hoped he could be on the front lines or use C-4, an explosive, in an attack.

Gojali, a U.S. citizen, was recruited in late September and he said he would be willing to kill, court documents state.

"I watch videos on the Internet, and I see what they are doing to our brothers and sisters. ... It makes me cry, and it gets like I'm, like, so angered with them," Gojali said.

Gojali's father, Ghazali Musa, said he hadn't heard from his son for three months when he suddenly showed up at the family house last week and said he was leaving on a long trip with a friend.

Musa said he had growing concern about his son's friend, whom he had never met but who seemed to be spending more and more time with Gojali at mosques around Riverside County. Musa said he didn't know his son had been arrested until he heard about it on the news.

This past summer, plans to travel to Afghanistan became clearer for the group.

They talked about how they would avoid detection. They talked about opening an Afghan orphanage or possibly posing as cologne salesmen. They finally devised a cover story that they were going to attend Kabir's fictional wedding.

It's unclear whether Kabir actually made contact with Taliban or al-Qaida fighters, but in an August video conversation with Deleon, Kabir was with a shiekh or an imam, the complaint said.

Kabir also had intended to go on a suicide mission earlier this month but got sick, according to the court documents. He indicated he would wait for the group, which included the FBI informant, before staging an attack, according to the affidavit.

Court documents also show the confidential informant had been working with the FBI for more than four years and received more than $250,000 and unspecified immigration benefits. The informant had been previously convicted of trafficking pseudoephedrine.

Before going, Deleon said he was going to leave parents a farewell letter. Asked by the informant if Deleon could lie about his true intentions in the letter, Deleon said, it's OK to lie in war. "I believe right now ... we are in a state of war," he said.

Using the informant's debit card, Deleon bought four tickets for a flight from Mexico City to Istanbul scheduled to leave this past Sunday. Had the men made it to Afghanistan, they would have initially joined the Taliban and then graduate to al-Qaida, Bowdich said.

"They saw this as jihad. They saw this as their way to push out the aggressors," Bowdich said.

Even if he failed in a terrorist training camp, Santana said, he would continue trying.

"If for some weird reason, if I can't handle it, I'm not going to give up," he said, according to court documents. "Like, because, this is my strong intention. This is what I desire of doing in this life."

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Associated Press writers Gillian Flaccus, Julie Watson, Raquel Maria Dillon and Shaya Tayefe Mohajer contributed to this report. Watson reported from San Diego.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/fbi-4-calif-men-charged-alleged-terror-plot-052920195.html

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How does antibiotic resistance spread? Scientists find answers in the nose

ScienceDaily (Nov. 20, 2012) ? Antibiotic resistance results from bacteria's uncanny ability to morph and adapt, outwitting pharmaceuticals that are supposed to kill them. But exactly how the bacteria acquire and spread that resistance inside individuals carrying them is not well-established for most bacterial organisms.

Now, University at Buffalo microbiologists studying bacterial colonization in mice have discovered how the very rapid and efficient spread of antibiotic resistance works in the respiratory pathogen, Streptococcus pneumoniae (also known as the pneumococcus). The UB team found that resistance stems from the transfer of DNA between bacterial strains in biofilms in the nasopharynx, the area just behind the nose.

In a paper published in last month's mBio, the authors found that genetic exchange of antibiotic resistance occurs about 10 million times more effectively in the nose than in the blood of animals, an efficiency far higher than expected.

"The high efficiency of genetic transformation that we observed between bacteria in the nose has a direct clinical implication, since this is how antibiotic resistance spreads, and it's increasing in the population," explains lead author Anders P. Hakansson, PhD, assistant professor of microbiology and immunology in the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. "The bacteria 'borrow' each others' DNA in order to become more fit in the host environment and more elusive to the actions of antibiotics."

Hakansson, who also is affiliated with the Witebsky Center for Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology and the New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, performed the study with co-authors Laura R. Marks, an MD/PhD candidate, and Ryan M. Reddinger, a PhD candidate, both in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at UB. Hakansson explains that the work has opened up a novel direction into the mysteries of how bacteria organize during colonization and how this organization promotes antibiotic spread and the evolutionary fitness of Streptcoccus pneumoniae.

Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major colonizer: It's carried in the nasopharynx by essentially everyone by about one year of age. Only occasionally do people get sick from it, but often enough to make it a leading cause of morbidity and mortality from respiratory tract and invasive infections in children and the elderly worldwide.

"It's rampant in daycare centers and the cause of many childrens' ear infections," Hakansson says. "In developing countries, where fresh water, nutrition and antibiotics are lacking, it is a major cause of disseminating pneumonia leading to sepsis and death of about a million children worldwide, often in combination with virus infections, such as the flu."

The research exposes what Hakansson describes as the puzzling history of studies into the transformation of genetic material between bacteria.

He explains that natural transformation or genetic exchange of DNA in infected mice was first described in 1928 by Frederick Griffith who was studying Streptococcus pneumoniae, because of its role in the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918-1919. Genetic transformation also helped identify DNA as the hereditary material and thus figured in the milestone research of James D. Watson and Francis Crick in determining the structure of DNA.

"Since then, all experiments with pneumococcal transformation have been done artificially in test tubes or in blood infection models," says Hakansson, "even though it's known epidemiologically that genetic exchange occurs almost exclusively when the organism exists in the nose.

"For some reason, no one had looked at how resistance spread in the environment where it really happens, in the nasopharynx," he continues." So we decided to do that. When we did, we found that the efficiency with which antibiotics spread in the nasopharynx was way above what we expected."

And last summer, the UB researchers published in Infection & Immunity findings showing that when they colonize the nose, pneumococci form sophisticated, highly structured biofilm communities.

"We found that the bacteria make biofilms in the nose that protect against the action of antibiotics, which have a hard time destroying biofilms," says Hakansson. "In addition, we know that some of the bacteria have to die in order to develop good biofilms. So dead bacteria help create good biofilms and provide DNA that other bacteria can take up and use, which is how bacteria spread antibiotic resistance and become more fit."

The mBio paper shows that the environment in the nasopharynx provides ideal conditions for these phenomena to occur.

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Ex-Cameron aide to be charged over royal data bribes

LONDON (Reuters) - David Cameron's former media chief Andy Coulson will be charged with conspiring to pay officials for private information on the royal family during his time as a tabloid editor, prosecutors said on Tuesday.

The prosecutor's decision is a blow to the reputation of the British prime minister who has been forced to defend his hiring of Coulson since a phone-hacking scandal exploded last year at the Rupert Murdoch-owned News of the World tabloid.

Critics say that Eton-educated Cameron - who meets Queen Elizabeth once a week - ignored warnings about Coulson's reputation to appoint him to shape his media strategy to connect better with ordinary voters.

Since resigning in 2011, Coulson has been charged with conspiracy to hack into phone messages and perjury, possible first steps to what would be politically charged court cases. He said in a statement he would fight the latest charges in court.

Another Cameron friend, the former boss of Murdoch's British newspaper business, Rebekah Brooks, was also told on Tuesday that she would be charged with conspiring to authorize payments of around 100,000 pounds ($160,100) to a member of the Ministry of Defence to generate stories.

Police said later in the day that Brooks, described as 44-years-old and unemployed, had attended a south London police station and been charged. She will appear at Westminster Magistrates Court on November 29.

Her lawyers were not immediately available to comment but she has previously denied any wrongdoing.

"Following charge, these individuals will appear before Westminster Magistrates' Court," said public prosecutor Alison Levitt.

FALL FROM GRACE

Brooks, a former Sun and News of the World editor, has already been charged with conspiring to hack into phones and with attempts to pervert the course of justice.

Instantly recognizable for her long, curly red hair, Brooks had previously been courted by prime ministers from Tony Blair to Cameron.

The string of charges have marked the fall from grace for two of Britain's most connected media executives, and have embarrassed both Cameron and their boss Murdoch.

"This is a man (Cameron) with a red face over Coulson that is now turning from crimson to scarlet," Roy Greenslade, author of several books on the British press and a former senior editor at the Sun, told Reuters.

The new charges stem from a wider investigation into the British press that was sparked by revelations that journalists at the News of the World had hacked into phone messages on an industrial scale.

Facing a public backlash, Murdoch closed the mass-selling Sunday title last year and formed an internal committee to cooperate with the police.

In a worrying development for the rest of Murdoch's British business, prosecutors also charged, for the first time, an employee of the daily Sun newspaper. John Kay, the paper's chief reporter from 1990 to 2011, declined to comment.

Prosecutors said they would also charge the former Royal correspondent of the News of the World, Clive Goodman, for conspiring to pay public officials for the so-called "Green Book" of Royal contact details.

"We have concluded, following a careful review of the evidence, that Clive Goodman and Andy Coulson should be charged with two conspiracies," Prosecutor Levitt said.

A spokesman for the Royal Family and a spokeswoman for Murdoch's British newspaper arm, News International, declined to comment.

Police have arrested 52 people in connection with making payments to public officials, including staff from The Sun, the police and a member of the armed forces. ($1 = 0.6284 British pounds)

(Editing by Robin Pomeroy)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/uk-charge-coulson-brooks-over-illegal-payments-104213542--finance.html

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16 Paleo Holiday Tips ? PaleoNonPaleo

Those of us in the US are at the starting blocks. The rest of the world are warming up.? The Canadians already have a headstart.

The holiday season is upon us. All our planning, strategizing and learning from past months will be tested. And many of us anticipate the holiday season with baited breath as paleo and non-paleo worlds collide.

Questions, questions?

Will we be able to resist our formerly favorite holiday treats? Will Uncle Joe?s beady eye follow us as we pass on the bread rolls? Will there be stress, too much alcohol and not enough sleep? Will we forage for food we can eat or let it all hang out for a day, then haul ourselves back on the wagon after that?

Last week I asked Paleo/NonPaleo readers for their best tips to manage the holiday season. My inbox was overwhelmed with over 80 pieces of advice! Paleo/NonPaleo readers are clearly seriously smart and have strategies in place to manage the non-paleo onslaught.

Wise words, none of them mine

I thought there was too much collective wisdom here to pass up so I?m sharing the advice. I?ve provided the list of tips at the top but included the comments and examples provided by Paleo/NonPaleo readers below that. You can jump down to the comments for each tip by clicking on the links for each tip.

I suggest you get a cup of tea and read everything partly to learn what others are doing, partly to steal some ideas that work for you and finally to stimulate new ideas of your own. And don?t forget to share ? let?s spread the paleo word.

Have a great holiday season, everyone!

Super-Smart Holiday Tip #1. Take your own food to a gathering.

Super-Smart Holiday Tip #2. Send notice of your dietary preferences ahead of time.

Super-Smart Holiday Tip #3. Be the host.

Super-Smart Holiday Tip #4. Remind yourself of how bad non-paleo food makes you feel.

Super-Smart Holiday Tip #5. Plan ahead.

Super-Smart Holiday Tip #6. Don?t have non-paleo food available.

Super-Smart Holiday Tip #7. Eat before you go.

Super-Smart Holiday Tip #8. Make smart choices, relax, enjoy.

Super-Smart Holiday Tip #9. Make it a fun challenge.

Super-Smart Holiday Tip #10. Respect others food preferences.

Super-Smart Holiday Tip #11. Bake extra.

Super-Smart Holiday Tip #12. Communicate your needs clearly.

Super-Smart Holiday Tip #13. Set goals.

Super-Smart Holiday Tip #14. Prepare mentally.

Super-Smart Holiday Tip #15. Exercise in the morning.

Super-Smart Holiday Tip #16. Offer paleo substitutions with a non-paleo ?essence.?

Super-Smart Holiday Tip #1. Take your own food to a gathering.

Don?t just show up ? make your own food to take to family gatherings! Not only do you ensure that you have good, wholesome paleo food to eat, but you just may convince others to give paleo eating a shot. Especially after they try some delicious gluten-free, dairy-free pies and bread-free stuffing. ~ Amy A.

Best tip for me is to make sure I make a few dishes that everyone will like that I know are paleo-friendly? Then I know there are several items I can enjoy myself. For example, marinate broccoli florets in olive oil and balsamic vinegar overnight (or a paleo-friendly vinaigrette or Italian dressing like Braggs). I do it in a ziploc bag and flip it over often to rotate the marinade. After a day of marinating, it is more tender than raw and very flavorful! ~Marilyn S.

Bring my own foods to eat, even if that means a main dish, side dish and dessert. At least then I know it?s something I can eat. ~Mandy F.

Honestly, my survival tip is having something there I can indulge on ? like a paleo pumpkin pie or something similar. ~ Shannon P.

My first tip is that I bring my own sea salt with me. Also, in my family, we all bring something. I have a huge sweet tooth- and it?s SO hard for me to not give in and have dessert, so I volunteer to make the desserts. I bring a couple of wonderfully incredible paleo desserts (coconut cream pie, pumpkin pie, etc) and that way, I still get to indulge. Plus, my family loves it, because they find out that they?re extremely low in ?bad? food. Rachel T.

Actually, this will be my first paleo holiday, but on other outings where food was involved this year, I?ve just brought lots of paleo-friendly foods, enough to share with anyone interested. We?ll be bringing most of the side dishes for Thanksgiving, so it should work out OK as most of them probably could be made paleo-friendly. I always take a dish or two (or three!) to any food gathering so I know I will have something to eat, and also to introduce folks to the paleo lifestyle and what truly yummy food I eat. This year at Thanksgiving, I am taking a cranberry relish, a paleo sausage/apple/dried cherries ?stuffing?, and a paleo pumpkin pie! ~Mindy K.

No Thanksgiving or Christmas is complete without a holiday dessert ? volunteer to make it paleo so you can enjoy it too! ~Anya

I offer to bring the dish that would be the most tempting for me to stay away from. For example, I love sweet potato casserole, but the way my mom makes it is loaded with sugar and marshmallows on top! So I offer to bring this and make it paleo-friendly. No one misses the marshmallows! ~Kathy M.

I plan to bring several paleo dishes that I can fall back on. ~Dorothy H.

My holiday tip is to offer to make the stuffing and dessert and that way you can bring a paleo version for everyone to enjoy! ~Michelle

When going to a Christmas party, take a platter of paleo delights (eg. veggie sticks and dip, meat shish kebabs, baked goodies, fruit chunks, etc.) to share, if possible ? that way if nothing else is appropriate you know you always have something to eat, and you continue to spread the word about how delicious and party-friendly the paleo lifestyle can be! ~Sally C.

I always volunteer to bring a side or appetizer. I bring an assortment of veggies and dip. ~Mara S.

Volunteer to bring things that are PALEO?- that way, you KNOW there will be something for you to eat. Especially desserts!! ~Jennifer E.

To avoid temptations at the party I always make sure to bring a Paleo dish whether it?s an appetizer, main dish or a dessert that way I am confident that I will be able to eat at least ONE item during the event. ~Melissa

I bring sparkling water with me and usually a side that I won?t feel guilty eating. Plus it is usually the only healthy option besides meat. ~Kathy M.

If you?re eating potluck with friends choose the dish you will bring based on how high it is on your favorites list so you can be sure you?ll be satisfied at dinner. That way if your favorite is pumpkin pie you?ll know you can have a big slice without derailing your lifestyle because you?ll know exactly what?s in it. ~Angie

I have been invited to someone?s home for Thanksgiving so have offered to bring a side dish that I know will work for me. So, at least I can eat turkey and one side! ~Sharon K.

Every traditional dish I make will have a Paleo counterpart and maybe I can sneak in a few without anyone even guessing! ~Darlene M.

You can get (or make) marzipan made with honey (just ground almonds and honey!). Roll the marzipan into a small ball then dust with cocoa. This are a typical christmas sweet from Germany (called marzipan potatoes). Take them as a hostess gift or to the office party so there is at least one sweet thing you can safely munch on. ~Jill B.

I make and bring primal sides to the potluck dinners we?re going to. ~Donna

I have found the best way to survive any gathering is to make sure the person(s) involved know your dietary needs, and to bring lots of good stuff with you! Who would turn down an offer for multiple potluck dishes? Some homemade salad dressing, a few paleo friendly sides and you?re good to go. It helps that I?ve lost 55 lbs in the last 6 months since I started eating paleo and my extended family is very supportive. ~Joy L.

My favorite paleo tips for the holidays are to teach others how to make some dishes or bring your own because I think ?paleo holiday food? could pass as ?normal holiday food? basically undetected. And we get to use real butter on the turkey, so I mean, come on! ~Sara G.

I LOVE love LoVe lOvE to cook, so I usually manage the holidays okay by bossing everyone else out of the kitchen, but that really only works if the feast is centered at our place. When my partner and I go to my familys for Thanksgiving we employ a three-part strategy to stay true to ourselves while still enjoying the chaos:

1. We always volunteer to bring dessert, and make two or three different, yummy paleo options, giving us control over how much sugar the meal contains. This year I made a) ground almond super-dark brownies sweetened with honey, b) chilled and whipped coconut-date and coconut-pumpkin frosting shots and c) cashew butter fudge, made by blending equal parts coconut oil and cashew butter and then freezing hard.

2. We stay in the kitchen and do prep and serving duty until everyone has their meals in front of them, so that we don?t spend the hungry pre-dinner time sitting next to bowls of frosted nuts, Grandma June?s shortbread cookies or any of FOUR types of roll/bread. When we sit down, it?s with a plate of food in front of us.

3. Since there?s never enough room on the kids? table for any serving dishes, and since there?s never enough room at the adults? table for everyone, we sit with the kids. It does make for some truly in-the-moment thanksgiving conversation. A gem from this year ?I?m thankful for mashed potatoes and the chair on the end and because T. promised not to pick his nose in front of me.? ~Lindsey P.

My favorite tip for staying paleo is to bring my own food, but make sure there?s enough to share! My food is amazing and I look great so people gobble it up! (Pun intended!) ~Jen.

Bring dishes you CAN eat! Last year my husband and I brought a HUGE platter of roasted veggies and EVERYONE loved them. Great excuse to try new recipes too. ~Karen N.

I usually take a number of paleo food items that I can snack on to avoid eating what ever is put out for everyone else. This way I can fill up on snacks that are processed and empty calories. ~Tami

My tip for the Holidays is to make it simple and pure. Best quality real food to satisfy my taste buds. I prepare a few different healthy Christmas cookies for dessert. So I feast on good food and feel great and happy. ~Romy

If it?s a get-together, I will always bring a dish or 2 that I can eat. That way, if there?s nothing else, I know I?m eating something good for me! Plus you can show all the non-paleo folks out there that eating paleo doesn?t mean you are missing out! ~Vicki

I make my all time favorite paleo recipes on holidays so I am not tempted to eat the other stuff. If I have my favorite paleo dessert, which is usually reserved for special occasions anyway, I will eat that instead. ~Rachel S.

I also plan on bringing a paleo pumpkin pie (or a pumpkin-ish dessert) to keep me from binging on all the goodies that are available after dinner. ~Cyndi

Bring something that looks festive and non-paleo to share and enjoy. You feel less judged and can stick to your diet! ~Ashley B.

Super-Smart Holiday Tip #2. Send notice of your dietary preferences ahead of time.

I sent ?legal? recipes to my mom so she can still cook for me and watch me eat and enjoy it. I?ll have all the traditional dishes, just Paleo versions. ~ Dara

Also helpful to give the host a heads up, especially if family. I always remind my mom of my dietary restrictions so she won?t be offended if I?m not eating what she makes?with a reminder that I don?t expect her to change what she?s making to accommodate me. ~Ashley B.

Super-Smart Holiday Tip #3. Be the host.

This will be my first Paleo Thanksgiving and am ?surviving? it by hosting it myself. There are many wonderful recipes out there that are Paleo and those that I?ve tried out on friends were well-received and surprised at the healthy ingredients. ~Dawn D.

Host! I offered to host again this year and I bet no one will even notice the white flour yeast rolls (I like to call them disease rolls) are missing! There are so many yummy paleo goods there?s no way this Thanksgiving will mean missing out in holiday goodies. ~Arielle L.

This year I am trying new paleo recipes and pray the family loves them! ~Tanya

I am newish to paleo, so I haven?t seen it through a holiday yet. But I successfully convinced my mom to let me cook Christmas Eve dinner, so I know I will survive that one! ~Megan

I plan to cook this year! That is how I will survive. ~Amanda

What I?ve done is this: since my mom?s list of no-no?s is shorter than mine (she?s eschewed all red meat,) I do the cooking and she enjoys a home-cooked meal by a private chef (me) That way, she doesn?t tire herself doing the cooking, we still eat together, and we both respect our eating habits ~Simon P.

So far our plan is to stay home and cook! ~Misty

Super-Smart Holiday Tip #4. Remind yourself of how bad non-paleo food makes you feel.

This will be my first holiday season as a paleo eater. I began my journey about 8 months ago. My health transformation has been amazing. Every time I am tempted to eat something I no longer eat, I just remember how poor my health was before and how I suffered, and the temptation passes! ~Kay P.

Stop, breathe and realize how bad you will feel if you go off the range and eat non-paleo. I drink a large glass of water walk away and distract myself. Sometimes it works, sometimes I falter. Bottom line do your best and don?t beat yourself up. ~Christine

I remind myself that I don?t like having upset guts for a week or two when trying to heal from some grain (always gluten free) or dairy treat I may have had!! ~Shannon

I don?t have too much trouble staying on track. I just remember that when I stray from my Paleo lifestyle, I end up feeling horrible physically. The holidays are when I need my energy, my focus and my mental clarity the most. ~Regina

Super-Smart Holiday Tip #5. Plan ahead.

The key for me is to plan ahead. I am going to a Thanksgiving potluck dindin. Knowing the basics of what?s on the menu, I will decide ahead of time what I WILL eat, and I will bring a really terrific dessert option that suits my diet and share it with others. I also have a mantra? ?I really love feeling good. I am soooo worth taking good care of.? But having a determination and a plan ahead of time? is about making a decision and honoring it/me. ~Laura T.

My strategy is to shop early for ingredients in order to be prepared ahead of time. It?s not that different from my regular cooking and I also have favorites that I look forward to making every Thanksgiving, so I keep those recipes with notes from the previous year. ~Rebecca R.

I find it?s important to have all your food planned well in advance. For me that includes having some side dishes ready to cook or bake, easy to prepare appetizers, lots of veggies (or cheese) to nibble on until the main course is prepared. I also try new recipes in advance of serving them for a holiday. ~Kathy M.

My suggestion for surviving a paleo ? or any ? holiday is to be involved in planning the menu for dinner. By being one of the people planning Thanksgiving dinner, I am able to ensure that things I can eat and will enjoy will be in good supply, and that there will be fewer of the trigger foods that I am trying to stay away from. I can also ensure that my sister and mother are getting foods they enjoy and aren?t being deprived at the same time. ~Lynne M.

My paleo survivor tip is command the kitchen! I would also recommend cooking recipes before festivities. I always have my non-paleo fianc? try everything and get her take on things. ~Brendon M.

I?ll have my almonds ready in case there isn?t enough paleo food for me to eat. They always make me feel satisfied after I?ve had a few. ~Cyndi

I carry a Lara bar in my purse at all times so that if I?m starving and there are no paleo options, I have something to hold me over until I can get to a full paleo meal. ~Niccole K.

Super-Smart Holiday Tip #6. Don?t have non-paleo food available.

Make sure to have plenty of paleo food choices and fewer non-paleo choices ? more nuts, cheeses and fruits, fewer cookies and no candy (M&M?s) ~Bonnie V.

Make up paleo food that you like for yourself (and others.) As usual have your fridge filled with cooked, or cut Paleo foods. Make up some Paleo treats so that when everyone is having dessert at the end of the big turkey dinner?you can too! If I?m having family for any of the Holiday dinners everyone will be pure Paleo?it?s never been an issue as there are so many amazing recipes out there. Start your new Family Favorites!! ~Carleen

Super-Smart Holiday Tip #7. Eat before you go.

My favorite holiday paleo tip is have a big nutritious paleo breakfast ? especially if you?re going to a feast later. There is nothing that makes me so grateful, even-tempered and unlikely to fall into a SAD pecan pie as a belly full of protein and good fats and veggies. ~Sally B.

The last few years I have learned to eat a full meal at my house before I attend a party, that way I am not starving when I arrive. ~Melissa

Eat a healthy snack before leaving the house and always follow it with a spoonful of coconut oil before heading out the door. Something about that coconut oil keeps me very satisfied! ~Nikki W.

If I know I?m going to an event that is less than paleo friendly, I?ll intentionally eat a paleo meal beforehand. This means a lot less temptation when the non-paleo food is passed around. I just tell the hosts or other guests who ask why I?m not eating that I ate before coming by. It?s such a shame because the food looks amazing, but I just don?t have any room in my stomach. People will often give me non-paleo foods to take home with me or as gifts. With those items, I either toss them (out of sight of the giver, obviously) or pass them along to someone who will enjoy them. ~Niccole K.

Eat a small, paleo-approved snack (like a handful of almonds or jerky) before leaving the house for any parties or holiday meals. ~Samara

Eat beforehand and have a lot of water before going to someone?s house. ~Mandy F.

Filling up with appropriate protein in the a.m. makes me less hungry and craving the usually sweet suspects at the holiday meal. I?m far less likely to want the sugary non-paleo foods. ~Jodi H.

Super-Smart Holiday Tip #8. Make smart choices, relax, enjoy.

Enjoy your family and don?t stress about food, make smart choices, but don?t deprive yourself. ~Diane H.

My tip for paleo holiday ? don?t stress out! I relax the ?rules? a bit for the holidays, otherwise I will go hog wild and wake up in January 40 pounds heavier! LOL. ~Kathy

Choose the protein-rich foods at a party, like meats and eggs and if I?m going to cheat a little, I?m going to do it right and choose a dessert. I try to go for something small like a brownie or cookie and skip the big slices of pie and cake. ~Mandy F.

My tip is indulging a little and counteracting with T-Tapp?especially Hoe Downs!

Keep a glass of club soda in hand at all parties. ~Samara

Sometimes I?ll splurge and enjoy a glass of wine (or two) which then leads to the munchies so I?ll head to the veggie platter for a filler. ~Melissa

My tips are to be prepared (like you always write) and when you are with family or friends, offer to cook the main dish yourself. I will spend Christmas with my parents, grandparents, etc. so I can?t cook myself because I?m invited *yay* so I think I will say no to the extreme non-paleo dishes and use the 80/20 rule of Mark to relax and enjoy the holidays. Because it isn?t all about food but also about stress, sleep and fun. ~Victorien

Super-Smart Holiday Tip #9. Make it a fun challenge.

Buy everything beforehand and make meals a challenge to create a fully paleo creation ~Andrew S.

Challenge yourself to 12 hikes over the 12 days of Christmas. ~Alison

Super-Smart Holiday Tip #10. Respect others food preferences.

I found that my non-paleo family members aren?t extremely fond of paleo desserts, so one survival skill I?ll remember is that the food is not all about me. They will want to enjoy traditional pumpkin pie; and I can have an alternative, in addition to that.

And, for the past twenty years, I?ve created food traditionally for the holidays such as a super-sweet sweet potato casserole, so that will also be there (maybe less sweet?..). And, while I?ve finally eaten some different vegetables this year, they haven?t integrated into the family?s taste preferences, so I?ll be respectful of that. ~Kathy M.

Super-Smart Holiday Tip #11. Bake extra.

I?ve found in the last few years that the key to keeping our family (two young kids included) on the paleo track is to do a little extra baking. There always seems to be some suitable main dish and veggie alternatives that are paleo (or near enough) but the sweets are another story! I make sure I make a few extra batches of muffins or coconut truffles or at the very least a container of dates on hand so when we?re tempted by the extra ?goodies? we can eat something that?s much better for us and won?t have so many unwanted side effects! ~Ginger

Super-Smart Holiday Tip #12. Communicate your needs clearly.

I think the most important tip to surviving the Paleo Holidays is communication. In our house, we decided to stay home with just our immediate family because that way I had total control over what was being served. I know this doesn?t work for everyone (and it doesn?t work for Christmas with our family) so a person/people need to be very upfront about what their needs are. Don?t judge what others are choosing to do, and expect that they won?t judge you. Make enough to share, but be firm on what you will be eating. Be kind and loving. Have a plan ahead of time for when you are faced with foods that aren?t so good for you. ~Susan P.

I don?t feel defensive when people ask me about why I eat the way I do so I might ask them a few questions in return to determine their real level of interest &/or their motivation for asking? and depending on the situation, I?m happy to share knowledge about the thinking behind why I eat as I do. ~Laura T.

Gracefully say ?Thank you, but no thank you.? Trying to explain Paleo to people who don?t want to change (not that you are trying to change them) wont hear the benefits?They?ll only hear ?no pasta?!? ~Samantha P.

Super-Smart Holiday Tip #13. Set goals.

Even though we?ll travel to our family?s home and I won?t be totally in charge, my primary goal is to avoid gluten (1st) and sugar (2nd). I?m taking a couple of side dishes and a Paleo bread loaf so I don?t feel so left out and tempted to graze the dessert table! ~Traci

My tip is to try not to overeat and have some ?treats? that are Paleo- friendly so I don?t overeat those that aren?t! ~Mel

Super-Smart Holiday Tip #14. Prepare mentally.

Be prepared to be tempted but stay strong and determined. ~Mandy F.

During the holidays, stick to your guns and do what you know is right for your food choices (AKA paleo) regardless of comments from friends or relatives. It?s very difficult to fight the tide (or to row up-river), but whenever I do it I am happier and feel better about myself and my food goals ? regardless of comments from my mother or my aunt or my friends. They all have their varied opinions about my eating choices, but they don?t live inside my body. So, I choose to not let the hoopla of the holidays spoil my inner-self nor what I am fighting so hard to achieve.? ~Jeff J.

A few days ahead of time, write down exactly what you are going to eat at the holiday meal. Post the list on your fridge, or bathroom mirror, or wherever you will be sure to see it. Whenever you look at the list, reaffirm your committment to how you are going to eat on the day of the feast. ~Ruth

What I add during winter-time is a cover photo of my abs on my iPhone and iPad. Every time I use them I see my abs and they remind my how I want to look like in Spring when bikini time is back. ~Romy

Super-Smart Holiday Tip #15. Exercise in the morning

I survive by running the local Turkey Trot first thing in the morning. Then I?m much more able to say no to non-paleo temptations because I?m feeling so good from racing! ~Marnie

I?m going to move more during the holidays to compensate for all the long dinners and I?m going to suggest dimming all the lights and to use candlelight during the holiday dinners so there is less artificial light. ~Victorien

Super-Smart Holiday Tip #16. Offer paleo substitutions with a non-paleo ?essence.?

When I am craving something sweet, I drink hot tea. It keeps me occupied. If I choose a ?sweet? flavor it usually does the trick. And this is so easy to do in the winter, when it?s freezing outside!!! ~Michelle

Instead of having a bowl of chocolate treats, I will have bowls of different types of nuts. ~Bonnie V.

I?m not American so I don?t know much about Thanksgiving, but from what I get so far I think mashed potatoes seems to be part of the dinner ? that would be easy to trade for a mashed root celery (with lots of butter from grass fed cows!! Yummy!) When it comes to Christmas, for us as a Swedish(-German) family the Swedish baked goods are always important ? but what I?m doing this year is simply to use the same spices and tastes and convert it to paleo friendly recipes. This way, we don?t miss out on the taste experience and don?t crave the ?bad stuff?. I also made a ?Christmas muesli? with the spices of Swedish Christmas cookies so we can start our mornings with that Christmassy feeling (recipe is on my blog if you are wondering what I mean with Christmas muesli ? www.lieselathome.com) ? so my tip is to add the tastes and smells that we normally have ? but use them in other things. I think if we just give ourselves alternatives ? and still eat good and tasty food, the cravings won?t come as easily. ~Lisa

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What a great wealth of knowledge! I know I got some new ideas. Did you?

Do you have any tips to share? Will you adjust your holiday eating to fall in paleo or throw caution to the wind and get back in the saddle later? What paleo behaviors will you wrap into the holidays? Tell us in the comments!

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Written by Alison Golden

My name is Alison Golden, a paleo, clutter-averse writer, blogger, life coach, T-Tapper, Brit, California resident, apparently conventional mom of twin boys who is, in fact, a superhero. :-)

I write about living paleo in a non-paleo world at Paleo/NonPaleo.

Source: http://paleononpaleo.com/paleo-holiday-tips/

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tayla-may'd: wine, dancing and more wine

I love summer! It?s without a doubt my favourite time of the year. I love the weather, the food, music, festivals, Christmas, the beach, and lots of drinking! On Sunday we went to Toast Martinborough and had the best day experiencing all the things I love about Summer! Set across 10 different vineyards in Martinborough, buses take you to all the different vineyards where each one offers award-winning wines, delicious (but expensive) food, bands, music and stunning locations. I went with Dave and a big group of friends and although we only managed to make it to four of the ten vineyards, we had the most amazing time!

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We kicked off the morning with some champagne, breakfast (I went out last week without having a proper dinner and that was a very, very bad mistake) and pre-event photos!

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It was raining when we arrived there, so I?m so glad my friend Gemma had bought us some ponchos the day before to protect us from the rain. All the others got these really nice, colourful, thick ponchos with draw strings and buttons and Dave and I got stuck with these black ?All Blacks? ones that looked like rubbish bags haha, but at least we were dry!
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So the first vineyard we went to, I?m pretty sure was for all the oldies because we were the youngest group there, there was some 50-something-year-old DJ playing some classic rock and plenty of cougars and old men dancing in the marquee ? but the sun started to come out, and after we downed our first glasses of wine, a few of us purchased some $10 hot-dogs and we had a big of a boogie to ?I will survive? we decided to head over to the next vineyard.

This is where I got the camera out and the sun started to shine! (And where my memory starts to get rather hazy) but the locations were just so beautiful and it was so nice to be in a completely different environment drinking good wine, not cheap $7.99 bottles (I am a student to don?t judge me).

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The rest of the day was filled with more drinking, and lots of dancing as we made our way through the last two vineyards we visited! We saw plenty of drunk people at this stage, one girl getting carried out over a guys shoulder, with her shoes falling off etc.
The last vineyard was definitely the best and we stayed there the longest! We met up with all our friends at this place and danced for hours to the 'Beat Girls', I actually had the most amazing time here! To be honest, I don?t remember a whole lot of it! By this stage I lost my voice, and it?s still recovering now, but it was so worth it! I took about 200 photos at this one location.

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Dave?s best friend got so much attention for the day because he looked so much like PSY (can you tell which one he is)?? It was hilarious, and when Gangam Style came on everyone went nuts dancing with him ? omg one of the highlights of the day!!

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When it was time to leave, I really didn?t want to! The bus ride home was so much easier than the one on the way because everyone was so drunk and happy that it was just a really good atmosphere! I ended the day with a feed from McDonalds (standard) and was asleep by 9.30! Yesterday morning, I got a message from my friend saying there was a photo of me in the newspaper ? so I went out to buy it and found this!

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It?s kind of ironic that I have spent this whole year bagging on PDA couples and this winds up in the paper, but I don?t care! It?s super cute (even if my sunglasses are halfway down my face) and was taken as we were leaving to go home,? we didn?t even know the photo was being taken!

It was seriously the most amazing day and we all had such a good time! Such high spirits, great food, great wine, music and people! It was the first time going and I will definitely be going back every year now!
Happy beginning of summer everyone!

Source: http://blog.tayla.co.nz/2012/11/wine-dancing-and-more-wine.html

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New super-Jupiter shines in rare planetary portrait

Joanna Carver, reporter

A false-colour near-infrared image shows the ? And system after most of the light from the host star has been digitally removed, revealing the new exoplanet (top left) (Image: NAOJ)

Jupiter has a new reason to be jealous. The latest picture of an exoplanet features a super-Jupiter that's nearly 13 times as massive as our largest world. The heavyweight orbits a star that is about 2.5 times the mass of the sun, making it the most massive star to host a directly imaged exoplanet.

Of the roughly 850 known planets, fewer than a dozen have had their picture taken. That's because today's telescopes have a hard time picking out the light of a planet from the glare of its host star.

"It's kind of like seeing a firefly next to a lighthouse," says Joseph Carson, an assistant professor of astronomy at the College of Charleston in South Carolina.

Carson and colleagues want to find out how massive a star can get and still form planets. It's thought that planets are born in discs of debris left over from a star's formation. Some theories hint that more massive stars should have a greater amount of this planetary starter material and so should develop more giant planets. But massive stars would also shine brighter, so their intense radiation might blast away the debris discs before planets have time to form.

During a recent survey of massive stars using the Subaru telescope in Hawaii, the team focused on the young star Kappa Andromedae (? And), which sits about 170 light years away. Aided by custom software written by Carson's students, the researchers digitally removed light from the star, revealing a bright object nearby. Based on its motion, the team could tell that the object is orbiting ? And.

A signal-to-noise ratio map of the ? And system after most of the starlight has been removed. Coloured spots are leftover light from the host star, while the bright white dot shows the high confidence level for the new exoplanet (Image: NAOJ)

Technically the newfound world is near the boundary between giant planets and brown dwarfs, "failed" stars that are not massive enough to ignite hydrogen fusion in their cores. Carson admits that this object may be a brown dwarf, but he thinks that is unlikely. Brown dwarfs are massive enough to burn deuterium, and it seems this object is just below the threshold.

"Our best guess for the mass of this, which depends on a number of theoretical models, is that we wouldn't expect this to have any nuclear burning in its core at all. But there's a lot of uncertainty," says Carson. "If it was a brown dwarf, it would be on the lowest-mass end of a brown dwarf."

Journal reference: arxiv.org/abs/1211.3744

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Vyacheslav Senchenko surprised over Ricky Hatton making it back ...

Vyacheslav Senchenko surprised over Ricky Hatton making it back to welterweight ? Boxing News

Former WBA welterweight titlist Vyacheslav Senchenko admits he was surprised to see Ricky Hatton losing 5st to get back to the welterweight division. Vyacheslav Senchenko revealed that he thought he would only be able to fight Hatton at heavyweight but no more.

Vyacheslav Senchenko reveals Hatton had become huge following his knockout loss to Filipino fight champion Manny Pacquiao.

?Just over a year ago I saw Ricky when he went to Panama for an award and we had a picture taken of us together,? said Senchenko, who will be facing Hatton soon.

?Ricky was so big that I never thought at that time he would come back and I would have an opportunity to fight him,? he added.

?When the fight was proposed I thought it can?t be at welterweight ? surely it must be a few divisions higher! I thought that guy is too big for me.?

Hatton will take on Senchenko this Saturday at the Manchester Arena on Saturday. It will be his comeback bout after almost two years of retirement from professional boxing.

Hatton has previously stated that the reason of his return is not to avenge his defeat at the hands of Floyd Mayweather Jr and Manny Pacquiao, but to relive his legacy which most people have forgotten. According to Hatton, the major reason why he wanted to come back was to prove to himself that he still is the person who is capable of winning world title.

The former welterweight title has admitted that winning world titles is still his goal but it does not mean the world to him right now. Hatton is focused on defeating Senchenko this Saturday. If he wins, he wants to go ahead with a fight against WBA welterweight titlist Paulie Malignaggi.

For now, Senchenko and Hatton both are ready to rumble in the ring. Hatton will perform in front of his home crowd, which would be a factor of pressurising for him. However, the Hitman is confident that he will not disappoint fans this time. According to him, even if he is knocked out in the ring, he would feel good about the fact that he tried.

Source: http://blogs.bettor.com/Vyacheslav-Senchenko-surprised-over-Ricky-Hatton-making-it-back-to-welterweight-Boxing-News-a202433

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Local Writers Recognized at VSA Poetry Celebration

November 19, 2012

Nearly 90 local writers celebrated the launch of VSA Charlottesville-Albemarle's latest book at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Performing Arts Center in Charlottesville on Monday.

The 136-page book is a combination of poetry, prose, photographs and drawings, all written by people with disabilities and their caretakers.

Writers of all ages lined up to pick up their own copies of the book before sharing their pieces with the crowd.

"Some people with disabilities may not be able to express themselves verbally or orally," said VSA co-chair Sarah Blech. "So, writing is just a different way of doing that."

Rose Williams, a VSA self-enrichment educator, has contributed to all 12 books the group has released. She also encourages students to learn the power of the pen by teaching writing workshops at schools.

"I always tell my students, whatever feelings they have -- whether they're good or bad or in between -- if you take them from your heart and put them on paper, and you go back and read it later, it's wonderful," said Williams.

VSA committee member Mary Miller said the poetry book and celebration helps some of the writers find their voice.

"Through poetry, a lot of people are able to express sentiment and feelings that they otherwise might be too shy to share just straightforward," said Miller.

And the VSA community gives them the chance to share their thoughts in a positive atmosphere.

"In this group, everybody supports every poem, every thought, every word that people are willing to share," said Miller.

The local VSA group is part of an international organization that celebrates art and disabilities. VSA Charlottesville-Albemarle's next big event is a visual arts show in January.

Source: http://www.newsplex.com/home/headlines/Local-Writers-Recognized-at-VSA-Poetry-Celebration-180053271.html

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Treatment with lithium bypasses the defect in mice and reduces the hydrocephalus.Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:35:35 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119163502.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119163500.htm A team of scientists studied the hydrogen in water from the Martian interior and found that Mars formed from similar building blocks to that of Earth, but that there were differences in the later evolution of the two planets. This implies that terrestrial planets, including Earth, have similar water sources.Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:35:35 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119163500.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119163349.htm Chronic pain in parents appears to be associated with chronic nonspecific pain and chronic multisite pain in adolescents and young adults.Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:33:33 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119163349.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119163337.htm One of the first studies to compare patients who see their doctors in person to those who receive care through the Internet, known as an e-visit, underscores both the promise and the pitfalls of this technology. Researchers found that patients who used e-visits for sinusitis and urinary tract infections (UTIs) were no more likely to need follow-up care than those who saw doctors in person.Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:33:33 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119163337.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119163331.htm Pregnant women who have higher levels of vitamin D in their blood may have a lower risk of developing multiple sclerosis than women with lower levels, while their babies may not see the same protective effect, according to a new study.Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:33:33 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119163331.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119163301.htm DNA sequences obtained from a handful of patients with multiple sclerosis have revealed the existence of an ?immune exchange? that allows the disease-causing cells to move in and out of the brain.Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:33:33 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119163301.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119163251.htm Supercomputer simulations have revealed that a type of oddly dim, exploding star is probably a class of duds?one that could nonetheless throw new light on the mysterious nature of dark energy.Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:32:32 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119163251.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119163248.htm A study using a unique new instrument on the world's largest optical telescope has revealed the likely origins of especially bright supernovae that astronomers use as easy-to-spot "mile markers" to measure the expansion and acceleration of the universe.Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:32:32 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119163248.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119151322.htm Serendipity proved to be a key ingredient for newly created nanoparticles. The new "lava dot" particles were discovered accidentally when researchers stumbled upon a way to use molten droplets of metal salt to make hollow, coated versions of a nanotech staple called quantum dots.Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:13:13 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119151322.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119151320.htm Creative new technologies could change our sources of energy, change our use of energy, and change our lives.Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:13:13 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119151320.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119151318.htm Researchers have resolved the evolutionary relationships of Necrolestes patagonensis, a paleontological riddle for more than 100 years. Researchers have correctly placed the strange 16-million-year-old Necrolestes in the mammal evolutionary tree, unexpectedly moving forward the endpoint for the fossil's evolutionary lineage by 45 million years and showing that this family of mammals survived the extinction event that marked the end of the Age of Dinosaurs.Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:13:13 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119151318.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119151316.htm The first in-depth investigation of whether youthful happiness leads to greater wealth in later life reveals that, even allowing for other influences, happy adolescents are likely to earn more money as adults.Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:13:13 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119151316.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119151314.htm New and powerful cells first created in the laboratory a year ago constitute a new stem-like state of adult epithelial cells with attributes that may make regenerative medicine truly possible. Researchers report that these new stem-like cells do not express the same genes as embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) do. That explains why they don't produce tumors when they grow in the laboratory, as the other stem cells do, and why they are stable, producing the kind of cells researchers want them to.Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:13:13 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119151314.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119151311.htm Chimpanzees and orangutans can experience a mid-life crisis just like humans, a study suggests.Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:13:13 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119151311.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119151308.htm Pluripotent stem cells are nature's double-edged sword. Because they can develop into a dizzying variety of cell types and tissues, they are a potentially invaluable therapeutic resource. However, that same developmental flexibility can lead to dangerous tumors called teratomas if the stem cells begin to differentiate out of control in the body.Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:13:13 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119151308.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119151220.htm Hsp104, an enzyme from yeast, breaks up both amyloid fibrils and disordered clumps. For stable amyloid-type structures, Hsp104 needs all six of its subunits, which together make a hexamer, to pull the clumps apart. By contrast, for amorphous, non-amyloid clumps, Hsp104 required only one of its six subunits.Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:12:12 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119151220.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119151218.htm Researchers report the successful use of a form of MRI to identify what appears to be a key biochemical marker for cognitive impairment in the brains of people with multiple sclerosis (MS). In follow-up experiments on mice with a rodent form of MS, researchers were able to use an experimental compound to manipulate that same marker and dramatically improve learning and memory.Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:12:12 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119151218.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119151216.htm Chemists have discovered a family of anti-freeze molecules that prevent ice formation when water temperatures drop below 32 degrees Fahrenheit. Their findings may lead to new methods for improving food storage and industrial products.Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:12:12 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119151216.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119140627.htm Scientists have unveiled a revolutionary new technology that uses nanoparticles to convert solar energy directly into steam. The new "solar steam" method is so effective it can even produce steam from icy cold water. The technology's inventors said they expect it will first be used in sanitation and water-purification applications in the developing world.Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:06:06 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119140627.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119140625.htm New research on posttraumatic stress disorder in soldiers challenges popular assumptions about the origins and trajectory of PTSD, providing evidence that traumatic experiences in childhood - not combat - may predict which soldiers develop the disorder.Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:06:06 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119140625.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119140621.htm Astrophysicists have discovered a 'super-Jupiter' around the massive star Kappa Andromedae. It represents the first new imaged exoplanet system in almost four years, has a mass about 13 times that of Jupiter and an orbit somewhat larger than Neptune's. The star around which the planet orbits has a mass 2.5 times that of the Sun, making it the highest mass star to ever host a directly observed planet.Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:06:06 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119140621.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119140545.htm The structure of the universe and the laws that govern its growth may be more similar than previously thought to the structure and growth of the human brain and other complex networks, such as the Internet or a social network of trust relationships between people, according to a new article.Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:05:05 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119140545.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119132311.htm Greenland's viking settlers, the Norse, disappeared suddenly and mysteriously from Greenland about 500 years ago. Natural disasters, climate change and the inability to adapt have all been proposed as theories to explain their disappearance. But now a Danish-Canadian research team has demonstrated the Norse society did not die out due to an inability to adapt to the Greenlandic diet: an isotopic analysis of their bones shows they ate plenty of seals.Mon, 19 Nov 2012 13:23:23 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119132311.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119132309.htm Hydrogen can easily dissolve and migrate within metals to make these otherwise ductile materials brittle and more prone to failures. Now, researchers have shown that the physics of hydrogen embrittlement may be rooted in how hydrogen modifies material behaviors at the nanoscale. Scientists have now presented a model that can accurately predict the occurrence of hydrogen embrittlement.Mon, 19 Nov 2012 13:23:23 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119132309.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119132305.htm Researchers have developed what they call a one-size-fits-all polymer system that can be fabricated and then specialized to perform healing functions ranging from fighting infection to wound healing.Mon, 19 Nov 2012 13:23:23 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119132305.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119132226.htm Many of the world's most unfamiliar species are just sitting around on museum shelves collecting dust. That's according to a new report showing that it takes more than 20 years on average before a species, newly collected, will be described.Mon, 19 Nov 2012 13:22:22 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119132226.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119114300.htm Researchers have identified a genetic factor that prevents blockages from forming in blood vessels, a discovery that could lead to new therapies for cardiovascular diseases. Researchers found that a shortage of the genetic factor KLF4, which regulates endothelial cells lining the interior of blood vessels, makes the lining more prone to the buildup of plaque and fat deposits. Further, the deficiency made the blood vessel more susceptible to clot formation.Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:43:43 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119114300.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119114249.htm A new tool for neuroscientists delivers a thousand pinpricks of light to individual neurons in the brain. The new 3-D "light switch", created by biologists and engineers, could one day be used as a neural prosthesis that could treat conditions such as Parkinson's and epilepsy by using gene therapy to turn individual brain cells on and off with light.Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:42:42 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119114249.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119104529.htm A new approach to invisibility cloaking may one day be used at sea to shield floating objects ? such as oil rigs and ships ? from rough waves. Unlike most other cloaking techniques that rely on transformation optics, this one is based on the influence of the ocean floor?s topography on the various ?layers? of ocean water. At the American Physical Society?s (APS) Division of Fluid Dynamics (DFD) meeting, being held November 18-20, 2012, in San Diego, Calif., Reza Alam, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, will describe how the variation of density in ocean water can be used to cloak floating objects against incident surface waves.Mon, 19 Nov 2012 10:45:45 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119104529.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119104527.htm Sound waves are commonly used in applications ranging from ultrasound imaging to hyperthermia therapy, in which high temperatures are induced, for example, in tumors to destroy them. In 2010, researchers developed a nonlinear acoustic lens that can focus high-amplitude pressure pulses into compact ?sound bullets.? In that initial work, the scientists demonstrated how sound bullets form in solids. Now, they have done themselves one better, creating a device that can form and control those bullets in water.Mon, 19 Nov 2012 10:45:45 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119104527.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119104525.htm Owls have the uncanny ability to fly silently, relying on specialized plumage to reduce noise so they can hunt in acoustic stealth. Researchers are studying the owl?s wing structure to better understand how it mitigates noise so they can apply that information to the design of conventional aircraft.Mon, 19 Nov 2012 10:45:45 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119104525.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119104522.htm Mosquitos have the remarkable ability to fly in clear skies as well as in rain, shrugging off impacts from raindrops more than 50 times their body mass. But just like modern aircraft, mosquitos also are grounded when the fog thickens.Mon, 19 Nov 2012 10:45:45 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119104522.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119094627.htm Digging through nearly 10 years of data from billions of BaBar particle collisions, researchers found that certain particle types change into one another much more often in one way than they do in the other, a violation of time reversal symmetry and confirmation that some subatomic processes have a preferred direction of time.Mon, 19 Nov 2012 09:46:46 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119094627.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119094512.htm Is there a link between the risk of breast cancer and the working environment? A new study provides further evidence on this previously neglected research topic, confirming that certain occupations do pose a higher risk of breast cancer than others, particularly those that expose the worker to potential carcinogens and endocrine disrupters.Mon, 19 Nov 2012 09:45:45 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119094512.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119094510.htm Can breast cancer cells? reaction to cancer drugs be predicted? The answer is yes. Researchers have developed a solution for predicting responses of breast cancer cells to a set of cancer drugs. The prediction is based on the genomic profiles of the cancer cells. Harnessing genomic profiles of cells in choosing the best treatment is considered the holy grail of personalized medicine.Mon, 19 Nov 2012 09:45:45 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119094510.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119093853.htm Scientists are pioneering a technique to predict when an ecosystem is likely to collapse, which may also have potential for foretelling crises in agriculture, fisheries or even social systems. The researchers have applied a mathematical model to a real world situation, the environmental collapse of a lake in China, to help prove a theory which suggests an ecosystem 'flickers,' or fluctuates dramatically between healthy and unhealthy states, shortly before its eventual collapse.Mon, 19 Nov 2012 09:38:38 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119093853.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119093654.htm Addiction to pain medication is creating new challenges for physicians. Would you believe -- hydrocodone was the most prescribed drug in America in 2011?Mon, 19 Nov 2012 09:36:36 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121119093654.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121118141528.htm Bioengineers have isolated the neurons that carry split-second decisions to act from the higher brain to the brain stem. In doing so, they have provided insight into the causes of severe brain disorders such as depression.Sun, 18 Nov 2012 14:15:15 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121118141528.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121118141524.htm The prevailing wisdom has been that every cell in the body contains identical DNA. However, a new study of stem cells derived from the skin has found that genetic variations are widespread in the body's tissues, a finding with profound implications for genetic screening.Sun, 18 Nov 2012 14:15:15 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121118141524.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121118141520.htm Researchers have designed the fastest, most accurate algorithm yet for brain-implantable prosthetic systems that can help disabled people maneuver computer cursors with their thoughts. The algorithm's speed, accuracy and natural movement approach those of a real arm, and the system avoids the long-term performance degradations of earlier technologies.Sun, 18 Nov 2012 14:15:15 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121118141520.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121118141516.htm In a breakthrough for nanotechnology and multiple sclerosis (MS), a biodegradable nanoparticle delivers an antigen that tricks the immune system and halts MS in mice. The approach, the first that doesn't suppress the immune system, is being tested in a clinical trial for MS patients, but with white blood cells delivering the antigen. The nanoparticle is an easier, cheaper option and can be used in other immune-related diseases including Type 1 diabetes, food and airway allergies.Sun, 18 Nov 2012 14:15:15 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121118141516.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121118141432.htm Geneticists, pediatricians, surgeons and epidemiologists have identified two areas of the human genome associated with the most common form of non-syndromic craniosynostosis premature closure of the bony plates of the skull.Sun, 18 Nov 2012 14:14:14 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121118141432.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121118141430.htm The?structure and processes of United Nations climate negotiations are "antiquated", unfair and obstruct attempts to reach agreements, according to new research.Sun, 18 Nov 2012 14:14:14 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121118141430.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121118141408.htm An eating disorders research team has developed a successful bulimia nervosa therapy that can provide patients an alternative for treating this debilitating disorder.Sun, 18 Nov 2012 14:14:14 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121118141408.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121118141406.htm A virtual reality test might do a better job than pencil-and-paper tests of predicting whether a cognitive impairment will have real-world consequences. The test uses a computer-game-like virtual world and asks volunteers to navigate their ways through tasks such as delivering packages or running errands around town.Sun, 18 Nov 2012 14:14:14 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121118141406.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121118141403.htm By fabricating graphene structures atop nanometer-scale ?steps? etched into silicon carbide, researchers have for the first time created a substantial electronic bandgap in the material suitable for room-temperature electronics.Sun, 18 Nov 2012 14:14:14 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121118141403.htm

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