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Columbus?? A Westerville native is fighting breast cancer while also fighting to raise money for research. Lori Grennan said that while she knows the money raised at Hunt for Hope will not save her life, she hopes it may someday save her daughter. "All I can do is live day to day. I love my life. I love my family. I love my...

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Sunday, October 14, 2012

New studies reveal connections between animals' microbial communities and behavior

Saturday, October 13, 2012

New research is revealing surprising connections between animal microbiomes?the communities of microbes that live inside animals' bodies?and animal behavior, according to a paper by University of Georgia ecologist Vanessa O. Ezenwa and her colleagues. The article, just published in the Perspectives section of the journal Science, reviews recent developments in this emerging research area and offers questions for future investigation.

The paper grew out of a National Science Foundation-sponsored workshop on new ways to approach the study of animal behavior. Ezenwa, an associate professor in the UGA Odum School of Ecology and College of Veterinary Medicine department of infectious diseases, and her coauthors were interested in the relationship between animal behavior and beneficial microbes.

Most research on the interactions between microbes and their animal hosts has focused on pathogens, Ezenwa said. Less is known about beneficial microbes or animal microbiomes, but several recent studies have begun to explore these connections.

"We know that animal behavior plays a critical role in establishing microbiomes," she said. "Once they're established, the microbiomes then influence animal behavior in lots of ways that have far-reaching consequences. That's what we were trying to highlight in this article."

Bumble bees, for example, obtain the microbes they need through social contact with nest mates, including consuming their nest mates' feces?a not uncommon method for animals to acquire microbes. Green iguanas establish their intestinal microbiomes by feeding first on soil and later on the feces of adult iguanas.

"There are a lot of behaviors that animals might have that allow them to get the different microbes they need at different points of their lives," Ezenwa said.

Microbes, in their turn, influence a wide range of animal behaviors, including feeding, mating and predator-prey interactions.

One recent study found that fruit flies prefer to mate with others that have microbiomes most similar to their own. Another found that African malaria mosquitoes were less attracted to humans who had a greater diversity of microbes on their skin, possibly because certain microbes produce chemicals that repel these mosquitoes.

Other studies have focused on understanding the mechanisms by which microbes influence behavior.

"Recent experiments have been able to assess the molecules that are involved in communication between microbes in the gut and the brain of mice, showing that microbes are associated with shifts in things like depression and anxiety in these mice," she said. "There are huge implications in the role these microbes play in regulating neural function."

Ezenwa's own work involves investigating how social behavior and interactions between organisms might increase their likelihood of acquiring parasites and pathogens. She is starting a new project examining animal behavior and microbiomes in relation to infectious disease.

"As in the example of the bumble bees, behavior might control the microbes an animal acquires, and those microbes might then influence the animal's vulnerability to pathogens," she said.

The authors conclude that it will take a combination of molecular and experimental approaches to answer questions about the complex interactions between microbiomes and animal behaviors.

"This is a new, emerging topic that's worthy of much more investigation," Ezenwa said.

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Scratching your head trying to figure out how to advertise on Facebook? A lot of people are looking for the best ways to increase their business results through online advertising. I normally suggest that people focus on free online advertising methods as much as possible. Most new businesses simply don't have a huge advertising budget. But, if you do have a budget, Facebook pay per click is one of the best ways to do paid advertising.

When you research how to advertise on Facebook using PPC, one thing really stands out. You can really zero in on your target market. This is invaluable in the advertising world. Being able to reach exactly the people you want to reach is valuable.

But what's even better is being able to dodge the tire kickers that you don't want to spend time and money advertising to.

Facebook has very clear and concise instructions on how to place PPC ads. Plus they keep changing their systems all the time. Because of this I don't want to go into the technical details on how to set up your PPC ad campaign. It's best for you to go directly to their site for the most up to date instructions.

Instead I want to focus on strategy. There are a few key points to keep in mind. This will help you get the most out of your advertising dollars.

How To Advertise on Facebook Key #1: Know Your Target Market

First, you need to know who you're trying to reach. Be specific. One of the mistakes people often make with PPC is that they try to use a very generic, catch-all approach. They get lots of clicks on their ads, but only a very small percentage of those clicks turn into business deals. That's a very, very expensive approach to advertising!

Once you've decided who you're trying to reach, determine what they need. Find their pain. Then determine how you can fix their pain. Remember the old sales adage. The customer is always tuned into WIIFM. What's In It For Me? They aren't interested in generating profits for you. They're interested in how you can fix their pain.

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Humane Society Of Clarksville-Montgomery County Pancake Eating ...

G's Pancake House Clarksville, TN ? On October 20th, 2012 at G?s Pancake House Restaurant 803 South Riverside Drive Clarksville, TN from 2:00pm to 4:00pm the community along with several civic organizations, fraternities, sororities, churches, and elected officials will partner to help raise funds for the Humane Society of Clarksville-Montgomery County.

The fundraiser dubbed ?The Ultimate Pancake Eating Challenge Throwdown 3? will feature four contestants going face to face ? Vs. ? G?s 2 Massive Monster 16? Pancakes. The first person to eat the 2 Massive Monster 16? Pancakes will win over $500.00 in Cash and Prizes.

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ASUS teases October 23rd Vivo Book and Vivo Tab event, likens it to world history (video)

Most event teasers have at least some kind of grandiosity; we're not under illusions that they have to be modest. At the same time, ASUS may have crossed a humility barrier with a teaser for an October 23rd event launching its upcoming Vivo Tabs and (possibly Transformer Book-linked) Vivo Books. In the space of 42 seconds, ASUS likens the New York City announcement for its touchscreen Windows 8 devices to the Apollo moon missions, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and having a child -- a bit much for slabs of aluminum and glass, we think. There's not much to see of the systems themselves beyond what we already know, although Notebook Italia has noticed at least one reseller listing a Vivo Book S200 laptop with an 11.6-inch touchscreen, a Core i3, 4GB of RAM and a 320GB hard drive for €499 ($647). That price would go a long way towards ASUS' promise of making touch "available to everyone..." we're just not convinced it's as important as Elvis.

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Saturday, October 13, 2012

Shuttle passes obstacle, heads toward LA museum

The space shuttle Endeavour makes it's way down Manchester Blvd. over a closed 405 fwy in Inglewood, Calif., Friday, Oct. 12, 2012. Endeavour's 12-mile road trip kicked off shortly before midnight Thursday as it moved from its Los Angeles International Airport hangar en route to the California Science Center, its ultimate destination. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

The Space Shuttle Endeavour is slowly moved across Interstate 405 by a Toyota Tundra, Friday, Oct.12, 2012, in Los Angeles. The shuttle is on its last mission ? a 12-mile creep through city streets. It will move past an eclectic mix of strip malls, mom-and-pop shops, tidy lawns and faded apartment buildings. Its final destination: California Science Center in South Los Angeles where it will be put on display. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Spectators gather around the Space Shuttle Endeavour before it is moved along city streets, Friday, Oct.12, 2012, in Los Angeles. Endeavour's two-day, 12-mile road trip to the California Science Center, where it will be put on display, kicked off early Friday. Rolled on a 160-wheeled carrier, it left from a hangar at the Los Angeles International Airport, passing diamond-shaped "Shuttle Xing" signs, and reached city streets about two hours later. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Spectators gather to watch the space shuttle Endeavour in Los Angeles, Friday, Oct. 12, 2012. Endeavour's 12-mile road trip kicked off shortly before midnight Thursday as it moved from its Los Angeles International Airport hangar en route to the California Science Center, its ultimate destination, said Benjamin Scheier of the center. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Slowly surmounting a key obstacle, the shuttle Endeavour maintained a heading Saturday through the streets of Los Angeles toward its retirement home at a museum.

Endeavour's final mission began when it departed from the Los Angeles International Airport before dawn Friday, rolling on a 160-wheeled carrier past diamond-shaped "Shuttle Xing" signs.

Friday evening it stopped as crews spent hours transferring the shuttle to a special, lighter towing dolly. Then around midnight, it traveled over a bridge across Interstate 405, an especially tricky part of the complicated journey because of the size of the space craft and width of the bridge.

The shuttle was pulled across the Manchester Boulevard bridge by a Toyota Tundra pickup, and the car company filmed the event for a commercial after paying for a permit, turning then entire scene into a movie set complete with special lighting, sound and staging.

Police stopped traffic on the freeway below for the duration of the traverse, which took about three minutes.

Crews preparing for the crossing had to take down power lines, leaving about 400 residents of surrounding Inglewood without power for what was expected to be several hours.

Once on the other side, crews began the lengthy process of returning it to the original carrier, before resuming its journey early Saturday.

Another tricky part comes later in the day when Endeavour treks through a narrow residential street with apartment buildings on both sides. With its wings expected to intrude into driveways, residents have been told to stay indoors until the shuttle passes.

On Friday, hundreds of camera-toting spectators, some with pajama-clad children in tow, gaped as the 170,000-pound Endeavour inched by with its tail towering over streetlights and its wings spanning the roadway.

Over two days, it will trundle 12 miles at a top speed of 2 mph to its final destination ? the California Science Center where it will be the centerpiece of a new exhibit. It's expected to reach the museum sometime Saturday evening.

After an initial bumpy ride and a brief delay, the shuttle pulled off a massive feat of parallel parking by backing into a shopping center parking lot for a layover as crowds cheered on.

"This is unlike anything we've ever moved before," said Jim Hennessy, a spokesman for Sarens, the contract mover.

Spectators flocked to the parking lot in the Westchester neighborhood to get a glimpse of Endeavour, which was guarded by an entourage of police, private security and construction crews.

Janet Dion, a family therapist from nearby Manhattan Beach, marveled at the shuttle, its exterior weathered by millions of miles in space and two dozen re-entries.

"You can sense the magnitude of where it's been," Dion said, fixated on the heat tiles that protected the shuttle during the return to Earth.

James Nieuwdorp, a technician for a transit agency, saw Endeavour's aerial victory lap around California last month and traveled to see it again before it becomes a museum piece.

He enjoyed how the shuttle brought strangers together. There was "lot of camaraderie ? something that's hard to be seen these days," he said.

Shuffling a five-story-tall shuttle through urban streets was an undertaking that took nearly a year to plan. Because the 78-foot wingspan hangs over sidewalks in some locations, police enforced rolling street and sidewalk closures along the route.

The limited access frustrated some businesses that counted on huge crowds lining the curbs to boost business.

Saturday is typically the busiest day for James Fugate, who co-owns Eso Won Books in South Los Angeles. But with Endeavour expected to pass through, Fugate braced for a ho-hum day in sales.

"We don't close because we're slow. That's when you pull out a book to read," he said.

The baby of the shuttle fleet, Endeavour replaced Challenger, which exploded during liftoff in 1986, killing seven astronauts. It thundered off the launch pad 25 times, orbited Earth nearly 4,700 times and racked up 123 million miles.

Transporting Endeavour required a specialized carrier typically used to haul oil rigs, bridges and heavy equipment. The wheels can spin in any direction, allowing the shuttle to zigzag past obstacles. An operator walks alongside, controlling the movements via joystick. Several spotters along the wings are on the lookout for hazards.

Before Endeavour could travel through the streets, some 400 trees were chopped down, cable and telephone lines were hoisted, and steel plates were laid down to protect the streets and underground utilities.

Endeavour will mostly travel on wide boulevards with some boasting as many lanes as a freeway. While there have been advance preparations, there was remaining work to be done during the move, including de-energizing power lines.

The route was selected after ruling out other options. Dismantling the shuttle would have ruined the delicate heat tiles. Helicoptering it to its destination was not feasible. Neither was crossing on freeways since the shuttle is too big to fit through the underpasses. The cost of transporting it cross-town was estimated at over $10 million.

As complex as the latest endeavor is, Southern California is no stranger to moving heavy things.

In 1946, Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" aircraft was built in sections and hauled from Culver City to Long Beach, 30 miles away. In 1984, an old United Airlines DC-8, with its wings and tail disassembled, was towed from Long Beach to the science center.

Earlier this year, a two-story-tall chunk of granite was hauled 105 miles from a rock quarry to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

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Associated Press Writer Raquel Maria Dillon in Los Angeles contributed to this story.

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ExecuNet Professionals & Executive Network Group 10/18 ? 40plus ...

October 18, 2012
1 p.m. ? 4 p.m.

ExecuNet presents its

Professionals & Executive Network Group

in Vienna/Tysons Corner

with facilitator Peter McCarthy

Learn the nuances of a successful job search including managing a timeline for your search and the search process. How to develop, grow, manage and importantly, keep your network energized.

Learn how to best communicate your message and targets be it through your commercial, your resume or your ?one pager.?

When you leave our event you will be able to say, ?I gained some valuable ?pearls of wisdom.? I have some good leads/market intelligence; I am comfortable communicating my commercial; and I have a new network.?

We meet for informal, stand-up networking, snacks and beverages at 1 p.m.

Around 1:20 p.m. we start the formal program.

-Learn how to package your message so it resonates and gets results

-Receive some good job search ?pearls of wisdom?

-Develop a good network and keep it energized

-Have a good time

Roundtable questions and comments are addressed.

Education piece ? We take a relevant topic each month and give you tips and techniques.

Follow-on networking.

What else do you need?

-Bring 30 copies of your ?one pager?

-The ?one pager? is the most important tool for your search in this venue; it is a synopsis of your resume: Header, Career Summary; Business/Professional Experience (includes whom you worked for; when and where, title but no responsibility/accomplishment detail; Education, Other relevant data; AND lastly, Target Companies or Organizations. List your target companies or organizations. These can be ?companies like ??

-Bring business cards and 6 resumes to distribute selectively

-Be ready to share information you have for others

cost: guests $25 in advance, $30 at the door
members $20 in advance, $25 at the door

get a discount if you bring a friend ? $35 for two attendees if both register and pay in advance

contact: Peter McCarthy
mccarthy@careertran.com
703-671-4300

Please forward a hard copy of your resume with payment or by email.

location:
National Glass Association
1945 Old Gallows Rd.
suite 750
Vienna, VA 22182

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LePage pledges more tax cuts as Tax Foundation says Maine's rating

AUGUSTA, Maine ? Gov. Paul LePage says the improvement in Maine?s business tax climate as measured by the Tax Foundation is only the beginning. He will propose further tax cuts, including the elimination of the corporate income tax, to spur job growth in the state.

?We are moving in the right direction and I am pleased to see it,? he said in an interview Thursday. ?In my mind, it?s so far away from where we need to be, it?s really symbolic.?

LePage said he wants to be in the ?middle of the pack? when it comes to the overall tax burden.

The Tax Foundation released its State Business Tax Climate Index this week, moving Maine from 37th in the nation to 30th. But, LePage said, overall Maine?s tax burden is ninth highest among the states and that has to be lowered for the state to compete with what he calls the ?prosperous states.?

?I think the state of Maine should have no corporate tax at all and that the United States of America should be around 20 percent,? he said. ?Then we could compete worldwide.?

LePage said it is a global marketplace and Maine needs the federal government to adopt tax policies that encourage growth and that state changes are not enough. He said the Tax Foundation ranking next year should improve again with the further Maine tax reductions that take effect Jan. 1, 2013.

?Maine had the most sizable rank improvement this year, as a repeal of the alternative minimum tax and a change in treatment of net operating losses launched the state from 37th to 30th best overall,? the report stated.

The index compares all of the states in five areas of taxation that affect business: corporate taxes; individual income taxes; sales taxes; unemployment insurance taxes; and taxes on property, including residential and commercial property.

LePage said he made it clear when he proposed the tax changes after his election that they were only a beginning. He said he is looking at several tax cut proposals as part of the two-year budget he will submit in January, but has not decided which reductions to propose.

?[Maine Revenue Services] are giving me a whole lot of different proposals, what ifs,? he said. ?We are looking to see how they all would fit into the bigger picture.?

The bigger picture is the new zero-based budgeting process that is still under way and what savings it may yield. Another issue is the structural budget gap of $756 million the state is facing and how the governor proposes to resolve that.

The governor?s promise of further tax cut proposals and elimination of the corporate income tax brought a sharp response from Rep. Seth Berry, D-Bowdoinham, the lead Democrat on the Taxation Committee.

?The direction that the governor is taking our tax code in takes money out of the pockets of the middle class and that is my great concern and that of most Democrats,? he said Thursday.

Berry said for the state to see its economy grow, the incomes of the middle class need to increase. He said the focus of any tax reductions should be on the middle class, not corporations and the wealthy.

Rep. Gary Knight, R-Livermore Falls, the co-chairman of the Tax Committee, said the governor is on the right track to propose further tax reductions. He said the challenge will be how to pay for any of the tax reductions in a sluggish economy.

?I am hopeful in the next two years we can come out with a package that Mainers can accept,? he said. ?I am an optimist; I think we can find something that works by working across the aisle with both parties.?

Knight said that, as with the tax cut package that was passed during the current legislative session, there will have to be compromises and a realization that all the goals may not be achievable in a single legislative session.

?To really claim that I was successful as a governor is to leave this office having Maine?s taxes at 25th in the nation,? LePage said.

Source: http://bangordailynews.com/2012/10/11/news/state/lepage-pledges-more-tax-cuts-as-tax-foundation-says-maines-rating-improves/

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Dems in Coal States Diverge on Obama Policies

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