Apple CEO apologizes for error-ridden new map app

In this Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012 photo, Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during an introduction of the new iPhone 5 in San Francisco. Cook says the company is "extremely sorry" for the frustration that its maps application has caused and it's doing everything it can to make it better. Cook said in a letter posted online Friday Sept. 28, 2012 that Apple "fell short" in its commitment to make the best possible products for its customers. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

In this Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012 photo, Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during an introduction of the new iPhone 5 in San Francisco. Cook says the company is "extremely sorry" for the frustration that its maps application has caused and it's doing everything it can to make it better. Cook said in a letter posted online Friday Sept. 28, 2012 that Apple "fell short" in its commitment to make the best possible products for its customers. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

NEW YORK (AP) ? Apple CEO Tim Cook apologized Friday for the company's error-ridden new mobile mapping service and pledged to improve the application installed on tens of millions of smartphones. In an unusual mea culpa, he invited frustrated consumers to turn to the competition.

Cook said Apple "fell short" of its own expectations.

"Everything we do at Apple is aimed at making our products the best in the world. We know that you expect that from us, and we will keep working nonstop until Maps lives up to the same incredibly high standard," he said in a letter posted online.

Apple released an update to its iPhone and iPad operating system last week that replaced Google Maps with Apple's own map application. But users quickly complained that the new software offered fewer details, lacked public transit directions and misplaced landmarks, among other problems.

People have been flocking to social media to complain and make fun of the app's glitches, which include judging landscape features by their names. The hulking Madison Square Garden arena in New York, for instance, shows up as green park space because of the word "garden."

Until the software is improved, Cook recommended that people use competing map applications to get around ? a rare move for the world's most valuable company, which prides itself on producing industry-leading gadgets that easily surpass rivals.

Apple has made missteps in the past ? even under founder and CEO Steve Jobs, whose dogged perfectionism was legendary.

"I think they are clearing the air and, more importantly, clarifying why they had to do their own maps," said Tim Bajarin, a Creative Strategies analyst who's followed Apple for more than three decades.

He recalled an infamous problem with the iPhone 4's antenna that interfered with reception when people covered a certain spot with a bare hand. Jobs apologized, though he denied there was an antenna problem that needed fixing. Apple quickly recovered.

But Cook's remarks went further, saying the company was "extremely sorry" and promising to make swift changes.

Contrast that with Jobs' statement from 2010, when he said the antenna issue had been "blown so out of proportion that it's incredible."

Still, Jobs also acknowledged that Apple was "stunned and upset and embarrassed." But he insisted the antenna issue was not widespread and only a small number of users complained to Apple's warranty service.

On Friday, Cook said the new version of the mapping app was designed to give users the features they've been asking for. It includes turn-by-turn directions, voice integration and a 3-D flyover feature.

Google's map application for the iPhone did not give turn-by-turn directions or voice-guided navigation, although its version for Android devices does.

Google, Bajarin said, wouldn't license the turn-by-turn feature to Apple because Google prefers to give devices running its own Android software an advantage over the iPhone and iPad. Maps and navigation are among the most-used features of smartphones.

Cook said Apple's maps will get better as more people use the app and provide feedback.

That's true for all digital maps. Google's system wasn't perfect when it launched, but it got better over the years as users pointed out mistakes and helped the company collect its vast trove of data.

"Ultimately, what (Apple) discovered early on is that Google had access to 100 million iOS users who helped them build the Google Maps database, Bajarin said. "At some point Apple had to put its foot down."

It came time, he explained, for Apple to own the users of its mapping service, not Google.

But for now, Cook actually recommends that users look at other options ? including Google maps.

"While we're improving Maps, you can try alternatives by downloading map apps from the App Store like Bing, MapQuest and Waze, or use Google or Nokia maps by going to their websites and creating an icon on your home screen to their web app," Cook wrote.

Could Apple have avoided the debacle? Bajarin thinks so, maybe by acknowledging that the map app was a work in progress. That's what the company did when it released Siri, its virtual assistant. Customers understood.

Apple released the iPhone 5 last week and on Monday said it sold more than 5 million of them in three days. Although the number is a record for any phone, it was fewer than analysts expected.

On Friday, shares of Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple Inc. closed down $14.22 to $667.10 amid a broader market decline.

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Conservatives Fund backs Akin in Mo. Senate bid

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) ? A conservative fundraising group backed embattled Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin with as much as $290,000 for his campaign Thursday. But Akin handed new fundraising fodder to his foes by suggesting that Sen. Claire McCaskill had behaved in a less "ladylike" manner than she has in the past.

Akin contrasted McCaskill's demeanor in their first debate last week with her approach six years ago.

"She was very aggressive in the debate, which was quite different than the way she was when she ran against Jim Talent" in 2006, Akin said during a campaign stop Thursday at the state capitol. At that time, he added, "she had a confidence and was very much more sort of ladylike and all."

Akin's comment came moments after the Senate Conservatives Fund announced it was endorsing him. It was the highest-profile financial commitment Akin has netted since his campaign lost millions of dollars of planned advertising by other national groups that aid Republicans. Those groups withdrew their support after Akin remarked last month that women's bodies have ways of averting pregnancy in cases of "legitimate rape."

Akin has apologized repeatedly since then but defied demands from top Republicans ? including presidential nominee Mitt Romney ? to quit the race. He's hoping his campaign can gain momentum now that he has let pass Tuesday's final deadline to drop out of the race. But staying in the contest has left Romney, running mate Paul Ryan and the rest of the GOP hierarchy in an awkward position.

The "ladylike" comment complicated Akin's efforts and the broader contest for control of the Senate. Republicans need to gain four seats to win the majority, a task that seemed within reach a few months ago but has now grown uncertain, in part because of Akin's campaign.

At the Missouri Capitol on Thursday, Akin said he believes he will get the votes of Republicans and Romney supporters and defeat McCaskill, who has close ties to President Barack Obama. Akin said thinks McCaskill believes he can win, too. He cited as evidence McCaskill's demeanor in a Missouri Press Association debate Sept. 21, contrasting it with the way she debated then-Sen. Jim Talent in 2006.

"In the debate we had Friday, she came out swinging, and I think that's because she was threatened," Akin said.

McCaskill's campaign did not immediately comment about the remark, but others quickly denounced it. Washington Sen. Patty Murray, who is chairwoman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, called it "demeaning to women and offensive to all."

Emily's List, which backs Democratic candidates who support abortion rights, quickly incorporated the remark into an email fundraising plea to finance more TV ads against Akin.

"Ladylike?! This is a Senate race, not a beauty pageant, Todd," the group's new media director Emily Lockwood said in the email.

The Senate Conservatives Fund said it endorsed Akin because he is the Republican nominee, the race against McCaskill remains competitive and Missouri is important to Republican efforts to gain the four seats necessary to win control of the Senate. The organization said its members had pledged $290,000 toward Akin's campaign, and it hopes to get $100,000 to Akin by Sunday, which is the cutoff for the quarterly financial reporting period.

Akin said he was thankful and "very enthusiastic" about winning the group's support.

"I think it's logical_I am a conservative, they're conservatives, I think it's a common-sense type of thing," Akin said.

The fund has gained prominence in recent years with the aid of Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., a favorite among tea party activists. Among other things, the Senate Conservatives Fund supports a ban on congressional spending earmarks, which use legislation to direct particular amounts of money to specific entities in a particular state or congressional district.

Akin has used earmarks in the past to direct funding to such things as highway projects and military armor, although he and Matt Hoskins, the executive director of the Senate Conservatives Fund, both have said Akin supports the group's ban on earmarks.

Akin said Thursday that he's against amendments that are slipped into bills at the last moment that direct money to specific projects, particularly if joint House and Senate conference committees add items that weren't in versions that originally passed the chambers. But he added: "Don't take the definition (of earmark) so broadly that the members of Congress don't have any input into the budget process."

The aid from the Senate Conservatives Fund follows Akin's endorsement Wednesday by DeMint and former Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum, whose Patriot Voices political action committee said it was contributing money to Akin and hiring staff to work in Missouri. The Freedom's Defense Fund, which backs conservative candidates, also said earlier this week that it planned a $250,000 advertising campaign benefiting Akin.

But Akin will need even more outside help to keep pace with Democratic-leaning groups supporting McCaskill.

Emily's List and the Service Employees International Union issued a joint statement Thursday saying they had bought $1 million in ads in support of McCaskill to run in the state's largest TV markets.

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, which already has spent about $1 million on TV ads in Missouri, has reserved $4.3 million of additional advertising to begin running Oct. 9.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/conservatives-fund-backs-akin-mo-senate-bid-221042849--election.html

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Useful Tips to Choose an SEO Friendly Domain Name | Geek ...

If you want to make your presence felt online, then the first and foremost thing you need to do is create a website that will highlight your company. Prior to building the site, you have to find a name for your domain. That?s the website URL. It is highly significant because this website URL is what that is going to represent your company. In addition to this, a domain name that favors SEO should be chosen. This will be one of the deciding factors which determine the page rankings your site will receive. This domain should also include keywords that will help generate significant traffic to your site.

• One of the most important tips to keep in mind is the pattern of your Domain name. If you take a look at the top rated sites such as Apple, Google or NY Times. You will notice that they all follow the .com pattern. The good thing about this extension is that it is very easy to remember and it is also very simple. Even though you might come across certain other extensions that are equally attractive, the .com pattern is the most famous one and it helps you to get easily recognized online.
• When you choose a company name, it should register well in your mind. In other words, the domain name should be simple yet attractive. For this reason, it is advisable not to go for domain names that are lengthy and complicated. In case you have already chosen a long name, try to reduce it by making use of abbreviations. For instance if the name of the company is Douglass, Franklin Associates, you can shorten it to dfassociates. One more thing that you need to keep in your mind is to avoid the usage of symbols and numbers.
• The age of a Domain plays a significant role in increasing the visibility of your site. I know that it might be a little surprising for you. If you are wondering the link between the age of a domain to its visibility, you should know that search engines follow the practice of prioritizing old domain names to new ones. That?s because, older domains are believed to be more active than the newer ones. So naturally, there lies the tendency to receive better ranking. And at the end of the day, that is what all the companies strive for.
• The sequence in which keywords are chosen is important. For this you need to spend some time and effort in analyzing what type of words your target audience would love. You should be able to strike a chord with their ideas and know the type of words they use while searching for a particular topic. Normally, they would use a particular logic and you have to choose your domain name accordingly. In a nutshell, the order of words matter a lot.
• The keywords that you choose for the domain should be linked to your business. That is the only way by which you can get your website indexed by noted search engines. This is one of the quick ways to get better page rankings. When the ranking is good, your site holds a better chance to be placed in the top page. Not only this, but viewers also be able to remember your site easily.

Follow these simple tips to drive maximum traffic to your site.

This is a guest post by Samantha Kirk of mytechhelp.com, a site that offers savings and current information on Remote Tech Support.

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HBT: Wright now Mets? all-time hits leader

David Wright smacked an RBI single in the bottom of the third inning of Wednesday?s game against the Pirates, pushing the Mets to an early 2-0 lead and becoming the franchise?s all-time leader in hits.

Ed Kranepool held the high-mark previously, having netted 1,418 total hits between the 1962 and 1979 seasons. He was a .261/.316/.377 career hitter.

Wright, 29, entered play Wednesday with a .301/.381/.506 career batting line in eight-plus major league seasons. He?s hitting .306/.391/.493 with 20 home runs and 88 RBI through 642 plate appearances this year.

The next franchise record that Wright should break is Daryl Strawberry?s home run total. Wright currently has 203. Strawberry tallied 252 in his eight years wearing a Mets uniform and 335 in his career.

Wright already owns franchise highs in total bases, runs scored, extra-base hits, walks and RBI.

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The Teacher's A-Z Guide To Important Education Resources

Topics: arts, ed school, education, guide, harvard, links, literacy, tools, Trends

While browsing some of the terrific resources at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, I happened across a fabulous list of useful links and resources that I wanted to pass on to Edudemic readers. It?s hundreds of links to just about everything a teacher needs to know. Literally. From Adult Education to Testing and Standards, it?s all here.

The following links are perfect for bookmarking and referring back to if you?re looking to enhance your understanding of the world of education. These links are chosen and maintained by Gutman Library Research Services staff at Harvard GSE.

Adult Education and Literacy

The Arts

Bilingual Education / ESL

Charter Schools

Children?s Literature

Colleges and Universities

Comparative/International Education

Counseling and Guidance

Curriculum Resources (K-12)

Distance Education

Diversity

Early Childhood

Education Administration and Policy

Education Associations, Organizations, and Conferences

Conferences:

Education Journals (Open access)

Education Law

Education Libraries (Selected)

United States:

• Cubberley Education Library, Stanford University
• Bridgewater State University (Textbooks)
• Framingham State College (Textbooks)
• Lesley University (Textbooks)
• Indiana University, Bloomington, Education Library
• Gottesman Libraries, Teachers College Columbia University
• National Library of Education
• Peabody College, Vanderbilt University Education Library
• University of California, Berkeley, Education-Psychology Library
• University of Florida, Education Library
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Education and Social Science Library
• University of Kentucky, Education Library
• University of Virginia, Education Library

International:

Education Reform

Educational Technology

Employment Opportunities

ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center)

• ERIC (unrestricted access via the Education Resources Information Center)

Foreign Languages

Gifted and Talented

Grants and Financial Aid

Higher Education

History of Education

Home Schooling

K-12 Schools

Language Arts

Listservs

Massachusetts

Media

Music

Philosophy of Education

Prevention Science and Practice

Psychology

Reading

Reference Resources

Science & Mathematics

Social Studies/Social Sciences

Special Education

Statistical Data

Polls:

Teaching and Pedagogy

Testing, Assessment, Evaluation, and Standards

United States Government

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MIT's real-time indoor mapping system uses Kinect, lasers to aid rescue workers

We've seen the Kinect put to use to help you find your groceries, but the sensor's image processing capabilities have some more safety-minded applications as well. The fine minds at MIT combined the Kinect with a laser range finder and a laptop to create a real-time mapping rig for firefighters and other rescue workers. The prototype, called SLAM (for Simultaneous Localization and Mapping) received funding from the US Air Force and the Office of Naval Research, and it stands out among other indoor mapping systems for its focus on human (rather than robot) use and its ability to produce maps without the aid of any outside information, thanks to an on-board processor.

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Fine Arts, Meet Pop Culture: the Art of Jos? Villarubia | The Clyde ...

Jos? Villarubia

Plenty of people make their own rules in the medium of comics and graphic novels (present company guilty as charged)?it?s one of the joys of working in a very elastic medium.

But one thing is quite rare: a combination of mainstream comics success, superheroes and all; indie cred, working with the likes of comics grand mage Alan Moore; and stature within formal and classical art forms like photography, illustration, and curation. Add to this mix status as a respected art and art history educator, and you?re down to one: Jos? Villarubia.

I first encountered Villarubia?s work when I read his graphic novel Veils, written by Pat McGreal. The book stood out because, rather than conventional hand illustration, it used digitally manipulated photographs?composites of scenes shot with actors and props, digitally rendered environments, and painterly effects.

Veils tells the story of a Victorian Englishwoman, Vivian, who is brought by her husband to an unnamed Middle Eastern sultanate. The book toys with Victorian conceptions of exotic Arabia, juxtaposing Western fantasies with harshly realistic elements taken from actual history. I found it enchanting, all the more so because it was so visually experimental. It helped that the writing was (dare I say it) many-layered and richly textured, and measured up to Villarubia?s?beautiful and entrancing images. There is far too much work done even in indie comics that resorts to exotic tropes, with no sense of awareness of the implications of doing so. I was delighted to find one that used them ingeniously as a narrative device, both visually and verbally.

Years later, I had the pleasure of meeting Villarubia in person, and of being on a panel with him at ComicCon. We bonded as intellectuals obsessed with the literary potential and rich history of visual narrative, and on our love of the medium and its wonderful flexibility for experimentation. I?ve followed his work closely ever since, all the more so because Villarubia, a native of Madrid, draws upon a wealth of visual material, and his modes of storytelling and favored themes are inherently cross-cultural, a specific fascination of mine.

One of many haunting images from Voice of the Fire, Jos? Villarubia?s collaboration with Alan Moore.

Much more recently than Veils,?Villarubia has worked on a number of intriguing projects. His collaborations with Alan Moore include Voice of the Fire, an illustrated narrative that takes place over the course of 6,000 years in Moore?s native Northampton, and The Mirror of Love, a book of illustrated poems that celebrates the history of homosexual love through the ages. Few get to work with the notoriously reclusive Moore even once, much less twice, to say nothing of visiting him in his home. But Villarubia is an artist?s artist, his range of technique and interpretation suitable for one of the most demanding, controversial, and gifted writers currently working in visual storytelling.

Also noteworthy is Villarubia?s work in mainstream comics titles. Superheroes are generally an all-or-nothing genre: if you?re working in that field, you?re not usually also doing things like The Mirror of Love. Villarubia?has worked on everything from X-Men to The Fantstic Four to Spider Man, most often as a colorist. He?s also recently illustrated an interesting commercial crossover: celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain?s foray into the comics medium, Get Jiro, a story set in a dystopian future L.A. ruled by?you guessed it?master chefs, who also serve as crime lords.

All this, and Villarubia also finds time to be an educator. He?s the chair of the illustration department of the Maryland Institute College of Art, having previously taught at Towson University, the Baltimore School for the Arts, and the Walters Art Museum, and has lectured at institutions around the world.

Some (both insiders and outsiders) consider comics to be a somewhat anti-intellectual medium. You?re someone who crosses freely between award-winning work in mainstream comics, as well as indie projects of a more literary sort. What?s it like to do this? And what?s your view of comics as literature as well as entertainment?

I do not think that anyone would say that a comic like Asterios Polyp is anti-intellectual, but yeah, comics have a bad rep among people that don?t know them. I like all different genres of comics, I always have. When I was very young I started by reading superheroes, children?s comics, comic strips and soon Robert Crumb and Metal Hurlant! And I thought they were all great. I still do, so it is logical I am involved with all kinds.

So, we?ve talked about this, because I couldn?t resist asking you when I last saw you a few years ago. What was it like to work with Alan Moore, and on those two projects specifically, Voice of the Fire and The Mirror of Love?

It was great! I love Alan, and I loved working on these. For Voice of the Fire he marked off Northampton and told me where he imagined each chapter taking place. I drove around in a taxi with Melinda Gebbie and photographed the sites. Later, back home in Baltimore, I did portraits of some of the characters.

An image from The Mirror of Love.

The Mirror of Love was a very personal project. I designed the book as well as illustrated and, with Alan?s blessing, had complete freedom to visualize it as best I knew how. I am thrilled it has been translated to Spanish, French and Italian.

You?re known for your work as a photographer?your fine art photography has been widely exhibited. Tell me a little about how you integrate photography into your work, and how you pair it with illustration.

At first I did this in Veils, Promethea and even a pin up I did of ?The Sentry? that was widely used, but I am no longer interested in using photographs directly in comics. I like looking at what other people do, and it was fun to do when it was new, but I am not so much into doing it any more.

The way I integrate my photography work into my comics is the same way I integrated my painting experience into photography: through the application of a learned aesthetic. Specifically, composition, light, color, and other formal values, as well as other image making aspects.

You were one of the first pioneers, as far as I know, of digital illustration and coloring, and certainly you?ve pushed the medium very far using digital tools in works like Veils. More and more comics work is being done digitally these days. What?s your take on this?

It makes sense, since the computer expedites the coloring process tremendously and allows for the timely production of what is mostly a periodically published medium. Also as computers and Photoshop have gotten better, the tools to color comics are very accessible. After twenty years or so, there is a ?method? to coloring comics and digital illustration that did not exist at first. Plus drawing on the tablet directly is becoming a better method of image making every day.

We?ve bonded on the subject of book craft. My copy of Veils has artwork printed on acetate, and I am sure you?ve experimented with other techniques.

When I first began in comics, I did not know Photoshop. I did ?color guides? that were then interpreted by another artist, who knew Photoshop. I know that instead of copying, my colors could be scanned and incorporated directly and this artist said that that was not possible, so I took a class, learned Photoshop and figured out a way to do it myself.

It was hard, but I do love a challenge and working with my friend Jae Lee, I had tremendous freedom. Then working with my friend Stephen John Philips, I did Veils. I did tight layouts for that book, he photographed the models in costume, and I combined them with bits and pieces to make the finished pages. It was complicated, but, again I had a lot of freedom. Later on I figured out other styles that made sense for individual projects and some artists, like Paul Pope, asked me to develop new ways to color their work with unique color palettes.

Is there a specific challenge you?ve faced working in this medium, something you?d do differently in hindsight?

I have no complaints. I actually had a great mentor in my friend Jae Lee, who, although younger, was very much knowledgeable about the comics industry?which I found at first shockingly different from the fine art world I was accustomed to. I have no regrets; I have worked hard, tried to be creative and professional and pursued my dreams? I still do!

Whose work do you find interesting these days, and who would you recommend to our readers?

Jaime Hernandez is to me the master of American comics. His last two issues of Love and Rockets are perhaps the best comic stories I have ever read. ?Browntown? and ?The Love Bunglers? should be mandatory reading to anyone interested in comics as art.

Adrian Tomine is just incredible. The most recent issue of Optic Nerve has two great, unique stories, not to be missed.

Daniel Clowes, Charles Burns, and Chris Ware never disappoint. Their work, when it comes out, is always a gem and becomes indispensable to me.

There are also European comics, mainstream comics, even some manga that I read and enjoy?too many to mention.

What are you working on the moment, and what?s coming up in the near future?

At the moment I am wrapping up two DC series: Captain Atom, which is part of The New 52, and Sweet Tooth, a Vertigo series I have been doing for three years. I am also coloring Frankenstein Agent of S.H.A.D.E. Next year I will do King Conan again and launch a new series with Jeff Lemire.

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Jai Sen is a Brooklyn-based graphic novelist and digital media consultant.

Source: http://www.clydefitchreport.com/2012/09/fine-arts-meet-pop-culture-the-art-of-jose-villarubia/

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Human brains develop wiring slowly, differing from chimpanzees, GW University professor finds

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WASHINGTONResearch comparing brain development in humans and our closest nonhuman primate relatives, chimpanzees, reveals how quickly myelin in the cerebral cortex grows, shedding light on the evolution of human cognitive development and the vulnerability of humans to psychiatric disorders, a GW professor finds. Myelin is the fatty insulation surrounding axon connections of the brain.

Recent research by Chet Sherwood, associate professor of anthropology in Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, along with Daniel Miller, a former GW graduate student, and other colleagues, reveals this key difference in brain development between human and chimpanzee. The findings were recently published in the September 24th edition Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). In the article, Dr. Sherwood and co-authors write that the development of myelin from birth to adulthood in humans is protracted in comparison to chimpanzees. In humans, myelin develops slowly during childhood, followed by a delayed period of maturity beyond adolescence and into early adulthood. In contrast, in chimpanzees, the development of myelin already starts at a relatively more mature level at birth and ceases development long before puberty.

"These observations indicate that a marked delay in the development schedule of the human neocortex may play an important role in the growth of connections that contribute to our species-specific cognitive abilities," wrote Dr. Sherwood and co-authors.

The developmental timing of myelination is important because it establishes connectivity among parts of the growing brain, which is essential to higher-order cognitive functions, such as decision-making and emotional regulation. These cognitive functions are known to mature relatively late in humans, after the time of adolescence. Also, this period of persistent myelin development during early adulthood in humans is a time of particular vulnerability to neuropsychiatric diseases, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression.

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The Columbian College

Established in 1821 in the heart of the nation's capital, The George Washington University Columbian College of Arts and Sciences is the largest of GW's academic units. It encompasses the School of Media and Public Affairs, the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration and more than 40 departments and programs for undergraduate, graduate and professional studies. The Columbian College provides the foundation for GW's commitment to the liberal arts and a broad education for all students. An internationally recognized faculty and active partnerships with prestigious research institutions place Columbian College at the forefront in advancing policy, enhancing culture and transforming lives through research and discovery.

The George Washington University

In the heart of the nation's capital with additional programs in Virginia, the George Washington University was created by an Act of Congress in 1821. Today, GW is the largest institution of higher education in the District of Columbia. The university offers comprehensive programs of undergraduate and graduate liberal arts study, as well as degree programs in medicine, public health, law, engineering, education, business and international affairs. Each year, GW enrolls a diverse population of undergraduate, graduate and professional students from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and more than 130 countries.

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WASHINGTONResearch comparing brain development in humans and our closest nonhuman primate relatives, chimpanzees, reveals how quickly myelin in the cerebral cortex grows, shedding light on the evolution of human cognitive development and the vulnerability of humans to psychiatric disorders, a GW professor finds. Myelin is the fatty insulation surrounding axon connections of the brain.

Recent research by Chet Sherwood, associate professor of anthropology in Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, along with Daniel Miller, a former GW graduate student, and other colleagues, reveals this key difference in brain development between human and chimpanzee. The findings were recently published in the September 24th edition Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). In the article, Dr. Sherwood and co-authors write that the development of myelin from birth to adulthood in humans is protracted in comparison to chimpanzees. In humans, myelin develops slowly during childhood, followed by a delayed period of maturity beyond adolescence and into early adulthood. In contrast, in chimpanzees, the development of myelin already starts at a relatively more mature level at birth and ceases development long before puberty.

"These observations indicate that a marked delay in the development schedule of the human neocortex may play an important role in the growth of connections that contribute to our species-specific cognitive abilities," wrote Dr. Sherwood and co-authors.

The developmental timing of myelination is important because it establishes connectivity among parts of the growing brain, which is essential to higher-order cognitive functions, such as decision-making and emotional regulation. These cognitive functions are known to mature relatively late in humans, after the time of adolescence. Also, this period of persistent myelin development during early adulthood in humans is a time of particular vulnerability to neuropsychiatric diseases, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression.

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The Columbian College

Established in 1821 in the heart of the nation's capital, The George Washington University Columbian College of Arts and Sciences is the largest of GW's academic units. It encompasses the School of Media and Public Affairs, the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration and more than 40 departments and programs for undergraduate, graduate and professional studies. The Columbian College provides the foundation for GW's commitment to the liberal arts and a broad education for all students. An internationally recognized faculty and active partnerships with prestigious research institutions place Columbian College at the forefront in advancing policy, enhancing culture and transforming lives through research and discovery.

The George Washington University

In the heart of the nation's capital with additional programs in Virginia, the George Washington University was created by an Act of Congress in 1821. Today, GW is the largest institution of higher education in the District of Columbia. The university offers comprehensive programs of undergraduate and graduate liberal arts study, as well as degree programs in medicine, public health, law, engineering, education, business and international affairs. Each year, GW enrolls a diverse population of undergraduate, graduate and professional students from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and more than 130 countries.

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NHL, union to resume talks Friday in New York

FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2012, file photo, NHL hockey commissioner Gary Bettman listens as he meets with reporters after a meeting with team owners, in New York. The NHL locked out its players at midnight Saturday, becoming the third major sports league to impose a work stoppage in the last 18 months. The action also marks the fourth shutdown for the NHL since 1992, including a year-long dispute that forced the cancellation of the entire 2004-05 season when the league held out for a salary cap. The deal which ended that dispute expired at midnight, and Commissioner Gary Bettman followed through on his longstanding pledge to lock out the players with no new agreement in place. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2012, file photo, NHL hockey commissioner Gary Bettman listens as he meets with reporters after a meeting with team owners, in New York. The NHL locked out its players at midnight Saturday, becoming the third major sports league to impose a work stoppage in the last 18 months. The action also marks the fourth shutdown for the NHL since 1992, including a year-long dispute that forced the cancellation of the entire 2004-05 season when the league held out for a salary cap. The deal which ended that dispute expired at midnight, and Commissioner Gary Bettman followed through on his longstanding pledge to lock out the players with no new agreement in place. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

An empty Buffalo Sabres locker room is shown at the First Niagara Center, home of the Buffalo Sabres NHL hockey team, in Buffalo, N.Y., Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. The NHL and its union are to return to the bargaining table Friday, the first negotiations since the lockout began Sept. 15. (AP Photo/David Duprey)

Los Angeles Kings scout Denis Fugere gets set to present the Stanley Cup during a charity street hockey game, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012, in Saint Jerome, Quebec. Fugere brought the cup to his hometown for the day. The NHL locked out its players last weekend, its fourth shutdown since 1992. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, /Ryan Remiorz

TORONTO (AP) ? The NHL and its players' union are to resume bargaining Friday for the first time since the lockout began, although the talks will concentrate on secondary economic issues.

Deputy commissioner Bill Daly and NHL Players' Association special counsel Steve Fehr met Tuesday in Toronto and set up the session, which will be in New York. These will be the first formal negotiations since Sept. 12, when the players and owners exchanged proposals.

The lockout started Sept. 16, when training camps were to open. This is the third lockout since Gary Bettman became commissioner in 1993. The last lockout wiped out the 2004-05 season and ended when players accepted a salary cap.

With the league and union far apart on money, both sides decided to discuss other economic issues that also are necessary for an agreement. Fehr said the topics will include pension and medical plans, schedule rules, drug testing and the grievance procedure.

Top officials from the NHL and NHLPA met Monday to review last season's economics and complete escrow payments due players. The labor contract was not discussed.

"Obviously, we've got to talk before you can get a deal, so I think it's important to get the talks going again," Daly said Monday. "But you also have to have something to say. I think it's fair to say we feel like we need to hear from the players' association in a meaningful way because I don't think that they've really moved off their initial proposal, which was made more than a month ago now."

The St. Louis Blues laid off what is believed to just under 20 front-office workers, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Tuesday. The Florida Panthers and Ottawa Senators already have had layoffs. Other teams have said they could do so depending on how long the lockout lasts.

It took three months for the NHL and NHLPA to resume bargaining after the lockout began in 2004. Since this lockout started a handful of players have expressed concern that it could last the entire season. Detroit Red Wings forward Danny Cleary said Monday he was "just trying to be realistic."

The NHL has $3.3 billion in annual revenue. The league wants to reduce the players' share of hockey related revenue from 57 percent to a range between 49 percent and 47 percent, up from 43 percent in its original proposal. Players think management's alleged financial problems could be addressed by re-examining the teams' revenue-sharing formula.

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The FIDM Blog: Culturewatch SF: A Curated City Tour

This is the first post in a series on sightseeing in San Francisco by FIDM Instructor H Hughes.?

Ambitious

Golden Gate Bridge

Some said it couldn?t be done, while others said that it shouldn?t be done. Completed in 1937, the Golden Gate Bridge is one of those rare times when humanity adds to the beauty of nature. It is so breathtaking that the French have been known to spontaneously applaud upon seeing it for the first time. While sunny days are undoubtedly the best for viewing from afar, foggy days offer an eerie opportunity to watch the bridge seemingly appear and disappear before one?s very eyes.

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Cable Cars

Starting service in 1873, these thoroughly ?un-modern? millies are the last manually operated cable cars in the world.? The cars have no engines, and are propelled by gravity or gripping onto a constantly moving underground cable. Another curious fact:? They are the only moving national monument in the world.

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?Unique

Lombard Street

Simply put, this one-block stretch known as ?The Crookedest Street in the World? is the most well-known address where no one well-known resides.

• Between Hyde & Leavenworth

FIDM Instructor H Hughes, an observer of SF culture, art, food, and lifestyle will be posting on the city's landmarks and little known spots. Hughes has a long career as a Visual Merchandiser for Saks Fifth Avenue and Broadway department stores and currently works in the industry as a freelance Creative Director for clients including Oscar de la Renta. He teaches in the Graphic Design, Visual Communications, General Studies, and Interior Design programs at FIDM SF.

Source: http://blogs.fidm.com/my_weblog/2012/09/culturewatch-sf-a-curated-tour.html

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Giants wrap up West with plenty of time to spare

By JANIE McCAULEY

AP Baseball Writer

Associated Press Sports

updated 2:06 p.m. ET Sept. 23, 2012

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Angel Pagan let out a cheer as he ran in from center field with both arms raised after catching the final out to secure San Francisco's second NL West crown in three seasons.

Sure, the outfield around him looks a whole lot different these days than it did a month and a half ago when suspended All-Star game MVP Melky Cabrera was still around leading the way.

The Giants were never fooled. They knew full well that much of the baseball world figured this club would flop after losing its best hitter to a 50-game suspension in mid-August for a positive testosterone test.

Hardly. The Giants forgot about it in a hurry and kept on winning.

Now, they have plenty of time to put together their playoff roster and rotation.

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Report: Israel denies it obstructed Jordan's nuclear energy plans

TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma'an) -- Israeli officials say they assisted Jordan in establishing a civil nuclear energy program, contesting comments by the Jordanian king that Israel had tried to obstruct the program, Israeli media reported on Sunday.

King Abdullah of Jordan said in an interview last week that Israel tried to pressure countries not to cooperate with the nuclear initiative.

David Danieli, deputy director of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission, told Israeli newspaper Haaretz that on the contrary, Israeli supplied geological data, on Jordan's request, about a site near Israel's southern border where Jordan was considering putting nuclear facilities.

Danieli said the information influenced the Jordanians to move their plant location to the north of the country.

"Israel believes in the peaceful use of nuclear energy in the Middle East, as long as states fully honor their international nonproliferation obligations," he told the paper.

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Harry Domash, Online Investing: Five stocks for a strong economy ...

Thanks to the Federal Reserve's recently announced economic stimulus plans, the stock market as well as the overall economy should be fairly robust for at least the next few months.

Here are five stock ideas that should do well in everything goes as planned. However, as I often do, I've limited my list to dividend paying stocks. That way, if I'm wrong about the market, you'll still get paid while you wait out any unforeseen bumps.

Rentech Nitrogen Partners (RNF)

A November 2011 IPO, Rentech produces nitrogen fertilizer products at its facility in Illinois. Natural gas accounts for most of the cost of producing nitrogen fertilizers. Although U.S. natural gas prices are near historic lows, that is not the case in Europe and Asia where natural gas prices remain high. Thus, it's cheaper to produce fertilizers in the U.S. than overseas, giving Rentech a cost advantage over fertilizers produced overseas.

Rentech is organized as a Master Limited Partnership (MLP). Although not corporations, MLPs trade just like regular stocks. They don't pay federal income taxes; instead they distribute their earnings to shareholders. The way MLPs are structured, a general partner runs the business, while individual investors are limited partners. In most instances, the general partner receives a percentage of the profits before the limited partners get their cut. However that is not

the case for, Rentech, its general partner does not take a cut. The fertilizer business is famous for its ups and downs. That said, most analysts expect farmers, striving to make up for the drought-ravished 2012, to plant a lot of corn next year. So fertilizer demand should be high. Estimated dividend yield 8.4 percent.

Telular (WRLS)

Telular makes communications equipment that connects residential and commercial security systems to alarm monitoring facilities via wireless networks. Telular also makes products that petroleum and chemical companies use to track storage tank gas or liquid levels. In March, Telular acquired a company that tracks the location of shipping containers, rail cars, rental equipment, and trucks. With a market-capitalization (value of shares outstanding) of $160 million, Telular is a small company, and thus a relatively risky compared to our other picks. Dividend yield 4.5 percent.

Valero Energy (VLO)

While it's hard to believe when you're filling your tank, oil refineries have been only marginally profitable in recent years. But that is changing. Crude oil production volumes in the U.S., especially in North Dakota and Texas, have increased to the point where we are starting to export gasoline to South America, thus opening new markets. Also, natural gas is what powers oil refineries; so lower natural gas prices are translating into higher profit margins.

With 14 refineries, Valero is the largest independent petroleum refiner headquartered in the U.S. Moreover, Valero enjoys a competitive advantage because its refineries are able to process lower grades of crude oil (sour oil) than most refineries. Valero pays a lower dividend yield (2.1 percent) than our other picks, but has stronger capital gains prospects.

SeaCube Container Leasing (BOX)

SeaCube, a November 2010 IPO, has been operating under the Seacastle Container Leasing name since 2006. SeaCube buys refrigerated (reefers) and non-refrigerated (dry) steel shipping containers, as well as diesel-fueled generators used to power reefers when transported by truck, and leases the containers and generator sets to shippers.

Reefers are the fastest growing segment of the shipping container market, and SeaCube, with a 26 percent market share, is the biggest player. Dividend yield 6.2 percent.

Triangle Capital Resources (TCAP)

Business Development Companies (BDC)s were created by congress to encourage the flow of public equity capital to private businesses too small to go public. BDCs don't pay corporate income taxes as long as they invest at least 70 percent of assets in private or thinly traded, public U.S. corporations and pay out at least 98 percent of income to shareholders in the form of dividends.

Out of the more than 30 publicly traded BDCs, Triangle Capital is my favorite. A BDC's profit margin is essentially the spread between what it pays to borrow money and its lending rates. Because Triangle targets smaller businesses than most BDCs, it is able to raise cash by selling bonds that are insured by the U.S. Small Business Administration, thus giving it access to cheaper money, and thus higher potential profit margins. Dividend yield 8.3 percent.

As always, stocks that look good to me may not suit your investing needs. So do your own due diligence. The more you know about your stocks, the better your results. Also, I picked these stocks assuming an improving economy and strong stock market. Don't buy them if those assumptions don't play out.

Harry Domash of Aptos publishes the Winning Investing and the Dividend Detective websites. Contact him at www.winninginvesting.com or Santa Cruz Sentinel, 1800 Green Hills Road, Suite 210, Scotts Valley, CA 95066.

Source: http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/business/ci_21604356/harry-domash-online-investing-five-stocks-strong-economy?source=rss

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Creativity and Motherhood | the creative mama

Being a mother is a truly amazing experience. As any mom knows, however, it can be draining, and messy, and you can easily find yourself baffled at how drastically your life has changed in such a short time. Often the routines of caring for children can feel anything but creative. It is easy to wonder if you will completely lose yourself in the midst of motherhood?s daily grind.

How do you stay creative, when time is always short and someone always needs you??Unfortunately, I?m not writing this because I have the answer. In my three short years of mothering experience, I have come to learn that there is truly no magic formula. Feeling creative and in touch with my deeper self tends to ebb and flow with the various seasons of my life, but I have found some small ways to?help myself feel more inspired and remind me- even on the craziest days- of the creative being I am apart from all my other roles in life.

Journaling?- For me this is essential. I organize my thoughts through writing them. I express my inner voice and clear my head on paper, and it never fails to help me feel lighter. Even if writing isn?t your thing, maybe art journaling would be. It?s such a great way to allow creative energy to flow without getting involved in a huge project.

Curating my home ? Surround yourself with?touches?of?uniqueness?and beauty, and you will automatically feel more inspired. I try to approach the things in our home like the curator of a collection, with the goal of each item having meaning and saying something about our family.?I display items I love, such as seashells and driftwood, vintage finds, treasures from my travels, plants and fresh flowers, art, and prints of quotes or words that speak to me.

Consuming inspiration ? Identifying the things that inspire me, and making sure that they are part of my routine, helps me to feel more connected to myself and my creative side. Nature is one of my biggest inspirations, which is wonderful since kids love to be outside.

Getting away sometimes ? It can be so hard, both logistically and mentally, but having something in your life that is just yours and is separate from the kids is so valuable to your well-being and will in turn make you a better and happier mom. It could be a class, or regular time alone to work on creative endeavors. Work only counts if your career is something that fulfills you creatively- and even then, sometimes we need to do something that is completely without obligation or boundaries. It?s okay if you don?t have a specific niche or genre you?re drawn to; just dabble and experiment- you might just find a new passion.

A friend once told me, after listening to my laments about feeling lost in baby land, that motherhood itself is creative. Simply the act of being a mom- of bringing new people into the world and guiding them each day as they grow- is a creative act. This has stuck with me ever since she said it, and it has impacted how I approach our days and how I see myself. Daily life with little ones may not match up to ?a?glamorous?mental image of long days in a studio or at a writer?s desk, but what we?re doing matters, and I believe that each and every mother?possesses?an incredible amount of creativity.

I would love to hear how you bring creativity into your everyday life as a mom, and the ways you?ve found to stay in touch with yourself while raising children. Please share your thoughts in the comments!

About Hannah

Hannah is a lifestyle portrait photographer, a visual storyteller and finder of beauty. She lives in West Palm Beach, Florida with her husband and two beautiful boys. Hannah loves shooting film, chatting in coffeeshops, browsing thrift stores, being by the ocean, running, reading, and any creative outlet she can find- including writing her online journal.

Source: http://thecreativemama.com/creativity-and-motherhood/

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