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1. CHINA PLUNGE SCARES GLOBAL MARKETS
Stocks dipped across the world on Monday after the Chinese government announced moves to cool home prices, including higher down payments and mortgage rates on second homes. The news hit Chinese equities first ? sending them into their deepest plunge in months ? then spread. In the U.S., the Dow Jones Industrial Average, lost as much as 0.4 percent in early trading after its third highest close in history on Friday. "The news out of Asia put a bit of a question mark to the U.S. market today," said Rick Fier of Conifer Securities, "and for now we're really just treading water." [MarketWatch]
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2. SLIM TOPS FORBES' GROWING LIST OF BILLIONAIRES
Forbes' annual list of the world's richest people has a familiar group at the top. Mexico's Carlos Slim Helu is No. 1 for the fourth year in a row, followed, unsurprisingly, by Microsoft's Bill Gates. Investment guru Warren Buffett slipped to fourth, falling behind Spaniard Amancio Ortega, founder of Zara fashion stores. This year's list has a record 1,426 billionaires ? 200 more than in 2012 ? who are worth a combined $5.4 trillion, a 17 percent leap since last year. [Forbes]
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3. ANHEUSER-BUSCH REJECTS WATERY-BEER COMPLAINT
Anheuser-Busch InBev launched a newspaper ad campaign Monday to counter a lawsuit accusing the giant beverage company of watering down its beers. The full-page ads show one of the cans of drinking water the company donates to the American Red Cross for disaster relief. The text reads: "They must have tested one of these. We take no shortcuts and make no exceptions. Ever." The lawsuit was filed by two former Budweiser fans who claim the company now adds water, reducing alcohol content, so it can sell more beer and boost profits. [Kansas City Star]
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4. SAMSUNG LAUNCHES TEASER AD FOR GALAXY SIV
Samsung is cranking up already feverish anticipation ahead of the March 14 unveiling of its Galaxy SIV smartphone with a new teaser video. In the spot, a boy named Jeremy is given the task of being the "secret messenger" for the company's Unpacked event on March 14, at which the Korean tech giant is widely expected to lift the curtains off the next incarnation of its wildly popular handset. The Galaxy SIV is reportedly going to boast a 5-inch HD screen, a 13-megapixel rear camera, a 2-megapixel front-facing camera and, and run Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. [The Week,?CNET]
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5. MILLIONS OF EVERNOTE USERS FORCED TO CHANGE PASSWORDS
Digital note-taking service Evernote is urging its 50 million users to change their passwords after the company discovered suspicious activity on its network over the weekend. The company said no stored user content or financial data was changed or lost, but that hackers may have gained some personal information including usernames, passwords, and email addresses. The company said it had "discovered and blocked" in time to avoid serious damage, but it urged people to reset their passwords as a precaution. The attack is the latest in a series of security breaches that affected companies such as Microsoft, Apple, and Facebook, as well as similar incidents at The New York Times and The Washington Post. [CRN, Mashable]

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Getting around the uncertainty principle: Physicists make first direct measurements of polarization states of light

Mar. 3, 2013 ? Researchers at the University of Rochester and the University of Ottawa have applied a recently developed technique to directly measure for the first time the polarization states of light. Their work both overcomes some important challenges of Heisenberg's famous Uncertainty Principle and also is applicable to qubits, the building blocks of quantum information theory.

They report their results in a paper published this week in Nature Photonics.

The direct measurement technique was first developed in 2011 by scientists at the National Research Council, Canada, to measure the wavefunction -- a way of determining the state of a quantum system.

Such direct measurements of the wavefunction had long seemed impossible because of a key tenet of the uncertainty principle -- the idea that certain properties of a quantum system could be known only poorly if certain other related properties were known with precision. The ability to make these measurements directly challenges the idea that full understanding of a quantum system could never come from direct observation.

The Rochester/Ottawa researchers, led by Robert Boyd, who has appointments at both universities, measured the polarization states of light -- the directions in which the electric and magnetic fields of the light oscillate. Their key result, like that of the team that pioneered direct measurement, is that it is possible to measure key related variables, known as "conjugate" variables, of a quantum particle or state directly. The polarization states of light can be used to encode information, which is why they can be the basis of qubits in quantum information applications.

"The ability to perform direct measurement of the quantum wavefunction has important future implications for quantum information science," explained Boyd, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Quantum Nonlinear Optics at the University of Ottawa and Professor of Optics and Physics at the University of Rochester. "Ongoing work in our group involves applying this technique to other systems, for example, measuring the form of a "mixed" (as opposed to a pure) quantum state."

Previously, a technique called quantum tomography has allowed researchers to measure the information contained in these quantum states, but only indirectly. Quantum tomography requires intensive post-processing of the data, and this is a time-consuming process that is not required in the direct measurement technique. Thus, in principle, the new technique provides the same information as quantum tomography but in significantly less time.

"The key to characterizing any quantum system is gathering information about conjugate variables," said co-author Jonathan Leach, who is now a lecturer at Heriot-Watt University, UK. "The reason it wasn't thought possible to measure two conjugate variables directly was because measuring one would destroy the wavefunction before the other one could be measured."

The direct measurement technique employs a "trick" to measure the first property in such a way that the system is not disturbed significantly and information about the second property can still be obtained. This careful measurement relies on the "weak measurement" of the first property followed by a "strong measurement" of the second property.

First described 25 years ago, weak measurement requires that the coupling between the system and what is used to measure it be, as its name suggests, "weak," which means that the system is barely disturbed in the measurement process. The downside of this type of measurement is that a single measurement only provides a small amount of information, and to get an accurate readout, the process has to be repeated multiple times and the average taken.

Boyd and his colleagues used the position and momentum of the light as the indicator of the polarization state. To couple the polarization to the spatial degree of freedom they used birefringent crystals: when light goes through such a crystal, there is a spatial separation introduced for different polarizations. For example, if light is made of a combination of horizontally and vertically polarized component, the positions of the individual components will spread out when it goes through the crystal according to its polarization. The thickness of the crystal can control the strength of the measurement, weak or strong, and determine the degree of separation, correspondingly small or large.

In this experiment, Boyd and his colleagues passed polarized light through two crystals of differing thicknesses: the first, a very thin crystal that "weakly" measures the horizontal and vertical polarization state; the second, a much thicker crystal that "strongly" measures the diagonal and anti-diagonal polarization state. As the first measurement was performed weakly, the system is not significantly disturbed, and therefore, information gained from the second measurement was still valid. This process is repeated several times to build up accurate statistics. Putting all of this together gives a full, direct characterization of the polarization states of the light.

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Video: Mexican authorities up security for spring break

>> thanks. it's spring break time when college students take off for r & r in the sun. there is so much drug violence in mexico , but it remains a major destination, with so many headed to the beach in cancun . authorities there are going all out to keep them safe.

>> some 43,000 people, many of them spring breaking college students, will hit the beaches of cancun over the next week. and when they do, an unusual sight. marines walking the beach and extra tourist police all over the town. with increased violence in terrorist areas like acapulco, where six spanish tourists were raped last month, cancun wants to maintain its reputation as safe.

>> it's about how you travel to places, and the places that people go to in mexico , like cancun , are some of the safest places in the country.

>> reporter: the cancun convention and visitors bureau say none of its visitors were victims of violent crime . but they say we always amplify our response during peak times. it's an all-out effort to keep the area safe.

>> translator: spring breakers will be totally protected now that we have implemented various initiatives for their safety.

>> reporter: other popular mexico destinations have had reports of increasing violence in spots like acapulco, visitors are advised not to venture outside the tourist zone.

>> there has been a huge increase of drug-related deaths in mexico . there is no escaping that. most of that is in place where is tourists don't go to.

>> tourist destinations can be hotspots for petty crime , like cell phone and camera theft. and generally, spring breakers are more likely to be hurt after overindulging than being a crime victim . but travelers should always keep their guard up. for today, janet shamlian , nbc news, houston.

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Program increases contraceptive use in at-risk teens ... - Health.am

Long after completing an 18-month program designed to teach about contraception and healthy relationships, teenage girls at high risk for unwanted pregnancy were using contraceptives more often and maintaining other safer sexual practices, according to a new study.

Researchers in Minnesota tested an approach to preventing teen pregnancies that is based on providing access to birth control methods and information as well as building girls? sense of connectedness to family and society.

?Our study shows that when we invest in young people through ongoing one-on-one relationships, through opportunities to lead and access to sexual health services, we really support the next generation of citizens,? said Renee Sieving, the study?s lead author from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 31 out of every 1,000 teenage girls between 15 and 19 years old gave birth to a baby in 2011.

That is a record low, but still the highest teen pregnancy rate in the developed world, Sieving and her colleagues point out in the journal JAMA Pediatrics. They add that black and Hispanic teens bear most of the burden of these teen pregnancies.

For the new study, Sieving?s team recruited 253 sexually active girls between 13 and 17 years old from clinics in St. Paul and Minneapolis, to be randomly placed in one of two groups.

All would get standard care at the clinic, but half would also be enrolled in the researchers? ?Prime Time? youth development program.

At the study?s outset, just over half of all the girls in both groups (around 56 percent) were using condoms on more than half of the occasions that they had sex. More than 40 percent said they used condoms less than half of the time.

Girls in each group were also on some other type of birth control for two of the past six months.

One group of 127 girls did not receive any special attention - other than the clinic?s standard care and guidance. The other 126 girls were assigned to the new program.

Prime Time assigned each girl participating in that program a case manager who taught about healthy relationships, contraceptive use and how to become more involved with school and family.

The Prime Time teens also went through training to become leaders and teachers who could educate others about what they were learning.

The program took 18 months to complete, and the teens were then asked about their behaviors six months after it the program?s end.

The researchers found that the girls who did not go through the program ended up using a condom during sex less consistently than they had two years earlier.

Girls who went through the program, however, ended up doing about 50 percent better at using a condom every time they had sex than at the beginning of the study.

The use of other contraceptives also increased in both groups, but more in the group who went through the Prime Time program.

The girls who went through the program were also more likely to say they were close with their family, and were more confident in turning down unwanted sex. In addition, the Prime Time teens were also more likely to go to college or technical school, according to Sieving.

?The kids we?re working with are oftentimes struggling in school - the kid in the back of the room you don?t often hear from, and we give them tools,? Sieving said.

?You watch them move from ?I don?t really have anything that?s of any use to anybody,? to ?Wow, I have stuff to contribute!? So it?s really cool to see that shift in how they see in themselves,? she added.

Amy Bleakley, who studies teen sexual behavior and reproductive health at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, said the results are promising.

?I think that investment in youth development programs such as this could yield positive results for high-risk adolescent girls,? said Bleakley, who was not involved with the new study.

Sieving told Reuters Health that compared to the approximately $10.9 billion teen pregnancy cost U.S. taxpayers in 2008, investing in this type of program also makes financial sense. The Prime Time program costs about $2,800 per teen, she said.

?I just think when you invest in ways that help kids to thrive, it?s good for our next generation and there is some cost saving involved,? she added.

SOURCE: JAMA Pediatrics, online February 26, 2012.

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Sexual Health Outcomes at 24 Months for a Clinic-Linked Intervention to Prevent Pregnancy Risk Behaviors

This study contributes to what has been a dearth of evidence regarding youth development interventions offered through clinic settings, where access to high-risk adolescents is plentiful but few efforts have emphasized a dual approach of strengthening sexual and nonsexual protective factors while addressing risk. Findings suggest that health services grounded in a youth development framework can lead to long-term reductions in sexual risk among vulnerable youth.

Renee E. Sieving, RN, PhD, FSAHM; Annie-Laurie McRee, DrPH; Barbara J. McMorris, PhD; Kara J. Beckman, MA; Sandra L. Pettingell, PhD; Linda H. Bearinger, RN, PhD, FAAN, FSAHM; Ann W. Garwick, RN, PhD, FAAN; Jennifer A. Oliphant, EdD; Shari Plowman, MPH; Michael D. Resnick, PhD, FSAHM; Molly Secor-Turner, RN, PhD
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Children may be most vulnerable.Wed, 27 Feb 2013 12:19:19 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130227121903.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130227102022.htm A look at how the brain processes information finds distinct pattern in autistic children. Using EEGs to track the brain's electrical cross-talk, researchers found structural difference in brain connections. Compared with neurotypical children, those with autism have multiple redundant connections between neighboring brain areas at expense of long-distance links. The study, using "network analysis" like with airlines or electrical grids, may help in understanding some classic autistic behaviors.Wed, 27 Feb 2013 10:20:20 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130227102022.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130227101951.htm Oocytes of lions, tigers and other cat species survive the preservation in liquid nitrogen. 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The findings have fascinating implications, both in evolutionary terms and for future research into the biological underpinnings of memory, as well as the treatment of diseases marked by memory failure such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's, or disorders such as schizophrenia, PTSD and depression.Wed, 27 Feb 2013 08:59:59 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130227085944.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130227085942.htm Scientists are using a novel fabrication process to create ultra-efficient solar energy rectennas capable of harvesting more than 70 percent of the sun's electromagnetic radiation and simultaneously converting it into usable electric power.Wed, 27 Feb 2013 08:59:59 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130227085942.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130227085842.htm Continuing a tradition stretching back more than 25 centuries, astronomers have used the new 2.3-meter 'Aristarchos' telescope, sited at Helmos Observatory (2340m high) in the Pelοponnese Mountains in Greece, to determine the distance to and history of an enigmatic stellar system, discovering it to likely be a binary star cocooned within an exotic nebula.Wed, 27 Feb 2013 08:58:58 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130227085842.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130227085838.htm Pregnant women should avoid taking vitamin D supplements, new research suggests. Substitution appears to raise the risk of children developing a food allergy after birth.Wed, 27 Feb 2013 08:58:58 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130227085838.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130226194006.htm A study finds an increased risk of narcolepsy in children and adolescents who received the A/H1N1 2009 influenza vaccine (Pandemrix) during the pandemic in England.Tue, 26 Feb 2013 19:40:40 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130226194006.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130226141233.htm An international team led by the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) has documented a 78 percent decline in the number of nests of the critically endangered leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) at the turtle's last stronghold in the Pacific Ocean.Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:12:12 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130226141233.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130226134259.htm Researchers are testing the power of holography to artificially stimulate cells in the eye, with hopes of developing a new strategy for bionic vision restoration. Computer-generated holography, they say, could be used in conjunction with a technique called optogenetics, which uses gene therapy to deliver light-sensitive proteins to damaged retinal nerve cells. In conditions such as retinitis pigmentosa (RP), these light-sensing cells degenerate and lead to blindness.Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:42:42 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130226134259.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130226120551.htm Plentiful food can accelerate the spread of infections, scientists have shown in a study of water fleas. Scientists studying bacterial infections in tiny water fleas have discovered that increasing their supply of food can speed up the spread of infection.Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:05:05 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130226120551.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130226114023.htm Glass doesn't have to be brittle. Scientists propose a way of predicting whether a given glass will be brittle or ductile -- a property typically associated with metals like steel or aluminum -- and assert that any glass could have either quality.Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:40:40 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130226114023.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130226114021.htm Scientists have developed a new method that better preserves the units necessary to power lightning-fast electronics, known as qubits. Hole spins, rather than electron spins, can keep quantum bits in the same physical state up to 10 times longer than before, the report finds.Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:40:40 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130226114021.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130226113830.htm Fresh insights into the protective seal that surrounds the DNA of our cells could help develop treatments for inherited muscle, brain, bone and skin disorders. Researchers have discovered that the proteins within this coating -- known as the nuclear envelope -- vary greatly between cells in different organs of the body.Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:38:38 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130226113830.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130226113828.htm Researchers have demonstrated a stretchable lithium-ion battery -- a flexible device capable of powering their innovative stretchable electronics. The battery can stretch up to 300 percent of its original size and still function -- even when stretched, folded, twisted and mounted on a human elbow. The battery enables true integration of electronics and power into a small, stretchable package that is wirelessly rechargeable.Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:38:38 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130226113828.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130226101454.htm Firefighters now have a new tool that could help save lives. A team of researchers have developed a new technique using digital holography that can "see" people through intense flames -- the first time a holographic recording of a live person has been achieved while the body is moving. The new technique allows imaging through both.Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:14:14 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130226101454.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130226101400.htm Scientists have long been dreaming about building a computer that would work like a brain. This is because a brain is far more energy-saving than a computer, it can learn by itself, and it doesn't need any programming. Scientists are experimenting with memristors -- electronic microcomponents that imitate natural nerves.Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:14:14 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130226101400.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130226092142.htm Researchers have successfully generated human kidney cells from human embryonic stem cells in vitro1. Specifically, they produced the renal cells under artificial conditions in the lab without using animals or organs. This has not been possible until now.Tue, 26 Feb 2013 09:21:21 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130226092142.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130226092128.htm Researchers have succeeded in showing experimentally that vacuums have properties not previously observed. According to the laws of quantum mechanics, it is a state with abundant potentials. Vacuums contain momentarily appearing and disappearing virtual pairs, which can be converted into detectable light particles.Tue, 26 Feb 2013 09:21:21 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130226092128.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130226081155.htm During sleep, our brains store what we have learned during the day a process even more effective in children than in adults, new research shows.Tue, 26 Feb 2013 08:11:11 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130226081155.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130225181536.htm Results of a major study aimed at assessing the efficacy of the Mediterranean diet in the primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases show that such a diet supplemented with extra-virgin olive oil or tree nuts reduces by 30 percent the risk of suffering a cardiovascular death, a myocardial infarction or a stroke.Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:15:15 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130225181536.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130225162231.htm Researchers have found significantly higher levels of toxic metals in children with autism, compared to typical children. They hypothesize that reducing early exposure to toxic metals may help lessen symptoms of autism, though they say this hypotheses needs further examination.Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:22:22 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130225162231.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130225153130.htm For decades scientists around the world have attempted to regenerate primary liver cells known as hepatocytes because of their numerous biomedical applications, including hepatitis research, drug metabolism and toxicity studies, as well as transplantation for cirrhosis and other chronic liver conditions. But no lab in the world has been successful in identifying and growing liver stem cells in culture -- using any available technique -- until now.Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:31:31 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130225153130.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130225153128.htm The world has suffered from severe regional weather extremes in recent years, such as the heat wave in the United States in 2011. Behind these devastating individual events there is a common physical cause, propose scientists in a new study. It suggests that human-made climate change repeatedly disturbs the patterns of atmospheric flow around the globe's Northern hemisphere through a subtle resonance mechanism.Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:31:31 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130225153128.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130225153126.htm Particles from the upper atmosphere trapped in a deep pile of Antarctic snow hold clear chemical traces of global meteorological events, climate scientists from France have found. Anomalies in oxygen found in sulfate particles coincide with several episodes of the world-wide disruption of weather known as El Nino and can be distinguished from similar signals left by the eruption of huge volcanoes, the team reports.Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:31:31 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130225153126.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130225153124.htm Scientists have concluded that during the Late Archaic, maize (corn) was a primary component in the diet of people living in the Norte Chico region of Peru, an area of remarkable cultural florescence in 3rd millennium B.C. Up until now, the prevailing theory was that marine resources, not agriculture and corn, provided the economic engine behind the development of civilization in the Andean region of Peru.Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:31:31 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130225153124.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130225153122.htm Environmental exposure to bisphenol A (BPA), a widespread chemical found in plastics and resins, may suppress a gene vital to nerve cell function and to the development of the central nervous system, according to a new study.Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:31:31 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130225153122.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130225131618.htm Even dying stars could host planets with life -- and if such life exists, we might be able to detect it within the next decade. This encouraging result comes from a new theoretical study of Earth-like planets orbiting white dwarf stars. Researchers found that we could detect oxygen in the atmosphere of a white dwarf's planet much more easily than for an Earth-like planet orbiting a Sun-like star.Mon, 25 Feb 2013 13:16:16 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130225131618.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130225131532.htm People become more politically liberal immediately after practising a spiritual exercise such as meditation, researchers have found.Mon, 25 Feb 2013 13:15:15 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130225131532.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130225122045.htm New maps by scientists show how rising sea temperatures are likely to affect all coral reefs in the form of annual coral bleaching events under different emission scenarios. If carbon emissions stay on the current path most of the world's coral reefs (74 percent) are projected to experience coral bleaching conditions annually by 2045, results of the study show.Mon, 25 Feb 2013 12:20:20 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130225122045.htm

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Points To Ponder When Considering Commercial Real Estate

By June Barrack

Brokers and transactions and closing costs and everything that else that goes into real estate, cause some people to be totally confused when it comes to dealing with commercial properties. In this article, you will learn some great tips and tactics to use, whenever you?re dealing with commercial real estate.

Suppose you have found a new building for your business and think you have checked everything out. You may want to do one more thing before you buy. Go to the city planning office and find out if changes in traffic patterns are planned that will affect this location. Otherwise, you may find your would-be customers rerouted elsewhere.

Don?t get too set on one type of commercial real estate as an investment. You may be thinking that buying an apartment building would be the best investment because people always need a place to live, but look at storefronts, office buildings and warehouses, too. You might get just as much income with a lot less hassle!

The cap rate in commercial real estate refers to calculate the overall value of income producing properties. Great examples for determining cap rates would be a strip mall, several in a row office buildings, and apartment complexes that have more than at least 5 units. Cap rates will help determine that amount of cash flow you can expect from your acquired commercial real estates.

Keep your home office uncluttered and your commercial real estate paperwork stored away in an organized manner. That paperwork can be hugely important to a deal, so having it in a place that is easily accessed and in a format that is simple to search through will be key to your peace of mind.

When you are ready to make the leap from residential to commercial real estate investing, think outside the box. Many people limit their scope to apartments and modular home parks because of their familiarity with the world of residential real estate. Keep in mind that there are a host of options in commercial real estate beyond residential housing, including commercial office buildings, retail establishments, warehouses, vacant land and industrial parks. Learn more about these options to see if they hold the key to your investment success.

Avoid permitted use clause at all costs. If your landlord insists on it, make it a broad one to ensure room to grow your business. At the time of leasing, you might use the office for a very defined and narrow purpose. Your goal is though to grow and improve your business which might be impossible if your permitted use clause is too narrow and significantly limits your use.

Weigh all of your property options before choosing what to invest in. Apartments are an easy choice, but there are a lot of people who are already in the apartment market. Look into other types of commercial properties such as office buildings, commercial land, etc. It may be best to step out of your comfort zone and find a unique goal.

Before you invest in something, you should be an expert on this type of real estate. For instance, if you want to invest in apartments, you should know about legislation, safety requirements and have a good idea of what being a landlord means. If you are thinking about investing in an office building, you should understand what a company needs.

Hopefully you have found the information and the advice that you were looking for. An investment in commercial real estate could haunt you for years if you make a mistake, but it could be quite profitable for you if you are educated about the process. Use the information and advice that you have learned here to make the wisest choices for your investment.

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Game Input MultipleXer v1.00 - Control your console via a PC - PSX ...

Published on 03-01-2013 06:23 PM

A developer by the name of Matlo, has been developing a piece of software that will control a video game console with the use of a PC. The application has matured to version v1.00, it supports the PS3 and experimental support for the XBOX360. How does this work? The application gets data from PC peripherals such as mice keyboard or joysticks and sends the controls to the PS3 over Bluetooth (Bluetooth dongle required) or USB (USB adapter Required) connections, which then translates the actions from the peripherals to the console. For all the details of this very interesting project checkout the official details below.


GIMX stands for Game Input MultipleXer or Game Input MatriX. The purpose of this software is to control a video game console with a PC. It works with the PS3 and there is experimental support for the Xbox 360.
It operates:

• over bluetooth: works with Linux (PS3) only. A compatible bluetooth dongle is required.
• over usb: works with Linux (PS3, 360) and Windows (PS3). A DIY USB adapter is required.

The application gets data from the PC peripherals (mice, keyboards and joysticks) and sends controls to the PS3 over bluetooth or usb. Other controls such as gesture or voice are possible through the use of external software that emulate PC peripherals. GIMX 1.00

GIMX was deeply modified for this release. Expect a few bugs!

• Save your configs before upgrading to this version.
• In case of critical issues, just downgrade to version 0.51.
• Please report issues through the googlecode page: link.

Note for Raspbian users: my Raspberry Pi is broken... so there sadly is no package yet

Windows users have to move the config directory to C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\emuclient\conf ig.
Linux users have to move the ~/.sixemugui-serial to ~/.gimx-serial.

Known issues

Fixed issues.

Downloads.

Enhancements

• issue 192: Macro activation
• This allows to specify which macro file should be read for each config file.
• It also gives the possibility to change the macros without restarting emuclient.
• issue 197: [Linux] Get input events directly from evdev
• More about this in this blog post.
• issue 199: Mouse driving mode
• This allows to precisely control a stick with a mouse, which is very useful for driving vehicles.
• issue 205: [Linux] Sort the config files alphabetically in gimx-serial and gimx-bluetooth
• issue 206: [gimx-serial] Do not display serial ports not supporting raw transmission and 500kb/s
• This will hide RS232 serial ports in windows. This kind of serial port is not compatible with GIMX.

Bug fix

• issue 98: [Windows] Some mouse buttons are not working
• This adds support for the horizontal wheel buttons. It may work or not work depending on the mouse.
• If it doesn't work for your mouse, you should try to assign a keyboard button using the manufacturer's software.
• issue 194: Wrong device id for events generated by macros
• issue 198: [gimx-fpsconfig] Bindings not correctly updated
• issue 201: Wrong default parameters for joystick axes
• issue 202: [Windows] Empty device name with "multiple mice and keyboards" enabled
• issue 207: [Linux] Use xdg-open instead of gnome-open
• issue 208: [Windows] Config files should not be stored in C:\Program Files
• Config files are now stored in C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming. This is more compliant with Windows programming rules.
• issue 209: Wrong button states with controller type joystick or 360Pad

Downloads: Link

Source: http://forum.gimx.fr

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Source: http://psx-scene.com/forums/content/game-input-multiplexer-v1-00-control-your-console-via-pc-3052/

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