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Thursday, December 27, 2012
Observatory: Volunteers Helped Piece Together an Asteroid?s Story
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Food & Drink Innovation Network ? MZUZU FAIRTRADE COFFEE ...
December 27th, 2012
With a citrus flavour, floral notes and a toffee finish, the coffee is grown by the Mzuzu cooperative high in the Misuku hills, in the northernmost region of Malawi.
Behind the packaging and flavours is a story of cooperation which has linked organisations on both sides of the world and brought a specialist coffee to the UK.
Three years ago Sainsbury?s joined with Comic Relief coffee traders Finlays and Twin, the fair trade organisation which works with smallholder farming groups, to develop two new African speciality grade coffees, and strengthen the capacity of smallholder coffee producers in marginalised regions.
The project is funded by the Government?s Department for International Development under its Food Retail Industry Challenge Fund (FRICH), which sets out to improve the lives of poor communities in Africa.
The quality coffee is grown from seedlings in nurseries within each village.
Once the roots have developed, the plants are distributed to each small scale Mzuzu farmer who plants them on his farm, which is approximately two hectares.
The coffee trees take around three years to bear fruit and for the beans to be picked.
The hills in northern Malawi are of volcanic formation and the soils contain an abundance of minerals which allows the coffee to flourish as well as the high altitudes around Mzuzu, which slow down the photosynthesis of the plant, allowing the cherries to develop at a slower rate, enhancing the flavour.
Sainsbury?s and FRICH have now been supporting the Mzuzu cooperative for three years and this product is the culmination of all the hard work that the farmers of Mzuzu have done to produce a gourmet coffee using sustainable farming practices.
Ellen Msiska, Fairtrade coffee farmer said:
?I have brought water down to my house from the hills in a pipe which I paid for and laid myself.
?This was paid for from coffee money, and means I have good quality water for my children to drink.?
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Source: http://www.fdin.org.uk/2012/12/mzuzu-fairtrade-coffee-hits-shelves-in-sainsburys/
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Workers Connected To Tyson Charged With Animal Cruelty ...
Posted on: 9:01 pm, December 26, 2012, by Shain Bergan, updated on: 10:38pm, December 26, 2012
Managers at a Wyoming-based pork facility with connections to Tyson Foods have been charged with cruelty to animals, according to a news release from the Humane Society of the United States.
Tyson officials asked a subsidiary to end its business with Wyoming Premium Farms after an undercover video surfaced in May showing facility employees punching, kicking and abusing pigs.
Tyson did not buy any hogs raised on the farm for its pork-processing plants, although a subsidiary company bought animals from the facility, a Tyson official told 5NEWS.
The Platt County Attorney?s Office charged nine employees from the facility with cruelty to animals, including two managers, according to the Humane Society of the United States. An animal cruelty conviction could put offenders in prison for up to two years, coupled with a $5,000 fine.
Much of the alleged animal abuse involved breeding pigs in confined metal cages for the pigs? entire lives.
?In addition to adopting stronger protocols to deter and eliminate animal abuse at the hands of workers throughout their supply chains, Tyson, and other companies and pork industry trade associations that still contribute to this type of abuse, must develop plans to get these inhumane cages out of their operations,? states the humane society?s news release.
Tyson responded Wednesday night to the most recent development in the case, stating in an email to 5NEWS:
?We do not tolerate the mistreatment of animals by any of our suppliers. Since May, when the undercover video shot at this Wyoming farm surfaced, the supplier has been thoroughly investigated by our Office of Animal Well-Being. We were satisfied by the operator?s corrective actions, which included its work with on-site animal welfare consultants?and retraining its workforce in proper animal handling. We also understand the company made management changes and terminated some employees after its own internal investigation.
It should be noted that Tyson Foods does not purchase hogs raised on this farm for our pork processing plants. We have a small, but separate hog buying business that purchases aged sows from this farm; however, these animals are sold to other companies and are not used in Tyson?s pork processing business.?
Source: http://5newsonline.com/2012/12/26/workers-connected-to-tyson-charged-with-animal-cruelty/
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Conservatives can be persuaded to care more about environmental issues when couched in terms of fending off threats to 'purity'
Dec. 10, 2012 ? When it comes to climate change, deforestation and toxic waste, the assumption has been that conservative views on these topics are intractable. But new research from the University of California, Berkeley, suggests that such viewpoints can be changed after all, when the messages about the need to be better stewards of the land are couched in terms of fending off threats to the "purity" and "sanctity" of Earth and our bodies.
A UC Berkeley study has found that while people who identified themselves as conservatives tend to be less concerned about the environment than their liberal counterparts, their motivation increased significantly when they read articles that stressed the need to "protect the purity of the environment" and were shown such repellant images as a person drinking dirty water, a forest filled with garbage, and a city under a cloud of smog.
Published Dec. 10 in the online issue of the journal Psychological Science, the findings indicate that reframing pro-environmental rhetoric according to values that resonate strongly with conservatives can reduce partisan polarization on ecological matters.
"These findings offer the prospect of pro-environmental persuasion across party lines," said Robb Willer, a UC Berkeley social psychologist and coauthor of the study. "Reaching out to conservatives in a respectful and persuasive way is critical, because large numbers of Americans will need to support significant environment reforms if we are going to deal effectively with climate change, in particular."
Researchers conducted a content analysis of more than 200 op-eds published in such newspapers as The New York Times, USA Today and The Wall Street Journal, and found the pro-environmental arguments were most often pitched in terms of moral obligations to care about the natural environment and protect it from harm, a theme that resonates more powerfully with liberals, they added, than with conservatives.
They hypothesized that conservatives would be more responsive to environmental arguments focused on such principles as purity, patriotism and reverence for a higher authority. In their study, the authors specifically tested the effectiveness of arguments for protecting the purity of the environment. They said the results suggest they were on the right track:
"When individuals view protecting the environment as a moral issue, they are more likely to recycle and support government legislation to curb carbon emissions," said Matthew Feinberg, a postdoctoral fellow in psychology at Stanford University and lead author of the study which he conducted while at UC Berkeley.
Scientific consensus on the existence of warming global land and ocean temperatures -- attributed in large part to human activities that produce greenhouse gas emissions -- continues to grow and influence public opinion, especially with such extreme weather events as Hurricane Sandy. A recent Rasmussen poll reported that 68 percent of Americans view climate change as a "serious problem," compared to a 2010 Gallup poll in which 48 percent of Americans said they thought global warming was exaggerated.
In the first experiment, 187 men and women recruited via several U.S. Craigslist websites rated their political ideology on a scale of "extremely liberal" to "extremely conservative." They then rated the morality of such activities as recycling a water bottle versus throwing it in the garbage. The results of that experiment, and a similar one conducted on 476 college undergraduates, showed that liberals are more prone to viewing sustainability as a moral issue than are conservatives.
Next, researchers conducted a content analysis of pro-environmental videos on YouTube and more than 200 op-eds in national newspapers, sorting them under the themes of "harm/care," which they expected to resonate more with liberals, and "purity/sanctity," which they predicted would appeal more to conservatives. They found that most pro-environmental messages leaned strongly toward liberal moral concerns.
In the last experiment, 308 men and women, again recruited via Craigslist, were randomly assigned to read one of three articles. The harm/care-themed article described the destruction wreaked on the environment by humans and pitched protection of the environment as a moral obligation. Images accompanying the text were of a forest with tree stumps, a barren coral reef and drought-cracked land, which are more typical of the visuals promoted by pro-environmental groups.
The purity/sanctity-themed article stressed how pollution has contaminated Earth and people's bodies, and argued for cleaning up and purifying the environment. To enhance those themes and elicit disgust, the accompanying images showed a person drinking filthy water, a city under a cloud of pollution and a forest full of garbage. The neutral article talked about the history of neckties.
Participants were then asked to rate how strongly they felt certain emotions, including disgust, in response to what they'd read. Next, they reported how strongly they agreed or disagreed with such statements as "It is important to protect the environment," "I would support government legislation aimed at protecting the environment" and 'I believe humans are causing global warming."
Overall, the study found that the purity-themed message inspired conservatives to feel higher levels of disgust, which in turn increased their support for protecting the environment.
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Saturday, December 8, 2012
Supreme Court will hear same-sex marriage cases
WASHINGTON (AP) ? The Supreme Court plunged into the contentious issue of gay marriage Friday when it agreed to take up California's ban on same-sex unions and a separate dispute about federal benefits for legally married gay couples.
The court's action gives the justices the chance to say by late June whether gay Americans have the same constitutional right to marry as heterosexuals. Several narrower paths also are open to the justices as they consider both California's voter-approved Proposition 8 and the provision of the federal Defense of Marriage Act that denies to legally married gay Americans the favorable federal tax treatment and a range of federal health and pension benefits given to heterosexual couples.
The court is embarked on what could be its most significant term involving civil rights in decades. In the area of racial discrimination, the justices already have agreed to decide cases on affirmative action in admission to college and a key part of the Voting Rights Act. The gay marriage cases probably will be argued in March and decisions in all the court's cases are likely by the end of June.
The order from the court extends a dizzying pace of change regarding gay marriage that includes rapid shifts in public opinion, President Barack Obama's endorsement in May and votes in Maine, Maryland and Washington in November to allow gay couples to marry. Same-sex couples in Washington began picking up marriage licenses on Thursday.
Yet even as gay marriage is legal, or soon will be, in nine states ? Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and Vermont are the others ? and the District of Columbia, it is banned by the state constitutions of 31 others. Federal courts in California have struck down the state's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, but that ruling and thus gay unions remain on hold while the issue is being appealed.
The high court's decision to hear the federal benefit question was a virtual certainty because several lower courts struck down the provision of the 1996 law and the justices almost always step in when lower courts invalidate a federal law.
There is nothing that compelled a similar response from the court in the case over California's Proposition 8, the state constitutional ban on gay marriage that voters adopted in 2008 after the state Supreme Court ruled that gay Californians could marry. Indeed, the gay marriage supporters who prevailed in the lower courts urged the Supreme Court to stay out of the case and allow same-sex unions to resume in the nation's largest state.
Even some gay rights activists worried that it was too soon in the evolution of views toward same-sex marriage to ask the justices to intervene and declare that same-sex couples have the same right to marry as heterosexuals. But Theodore Olson, the Washington lawyer who represents Californians who sued over Proposition 8, said he will argue that there is a "fundamental constitutional right to marry for all citizens."
Opponents of gay marriage said Friday they are heartened by the Supreme Court's action.
"We believe that it is significant that the Supreme Court has taken the Prop 8 case. We believe it is a strong signal that the court will reverse the lower courts and uphold Proposition 8. That is the right outcome based on the law and based on the principle that voters hold the ultimate power over basic policy judgments and their decisions are entitled to respect," said John Eastman, chairman of the National Organization for Marriage and a law professor at Chapman University in Orange, Calif.
On the other side of the issue, advocates for same-sex unions said the court could easily decide in favor of gay marriage in California without issuing a sweeping national ruling to overturn every state prohibition on marriage.
In striking down Proposition 8, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals crafted a narrow ruling that said because gay Californians already had been given the right to marry, the state could not later take it away. The ruling studiously avoided overarching pronouncements.
"I think the court can easily affirm the 9th Circuit's decision and leave for a later day whether broader bans on marriage are unconstitutional as well," said James Esseks of the American Civil Liberties Union.
The other issue the high court will take on involves a provision of the Defense of Marriage Act, known by its acronym DOMA, which defines marriage as between a man and a woman for the purpose of deciding who can receive a range of federal benefits.
Four federal district courts and two appeals courts struck down the provision. Last year, the Obama administration abandoned its defense of the law, but continues to enforce it. House Republicans are now defending DOMA in the courts.
The justices chose for their review the case of 83-year-old Edith Windsor, who sued to challenge a $363,000 federal estate tax bill after her partner of 44 years died in 2009.
Windsor, who goes by Edie, married Thea Spyer in 2007 after doctors told them that Spyer would not live much longer. She suffered from multiple sclerosis for many years. Spyer left everything she had to Windsor.
There is no dispute that if Windsor had been married to a man, her estate tax bill would have been zero.
The U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in New York agreed with a district judge that the provision of DOMA deprived Windsor of the constitutional guarantee of equal protection of the law.
In both cases, the justices have given themselves a technical way out, involving the legal issue of whether the parties have the required legal standing to bring their challenges, which would allow them to duck all the significant issues raised by opponents and supporters of gay marriage.
The cases are Hollingsworth v. Perry, 12-144, and U.S. v. Windsor, 12-307.
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Associated Press writer David Crary in New York contributed to this report.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/supreme-court-hear-same-sex-marriage-cases-232901450--politics.html
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Apple CEO Tim Cook Talks Transparency, $100M U.S. Mac Manufacturing Investment, Forstall, Maps And More
In one of the most candid, and certainly most extensive interviews with Apple CEO Tim Cook on record, Bloomberg Businessweek today got the executive to open up about Apple and discuss some of the recent hot button issues facing his company. The result is an incredible look behind the curtain at the operating principles of the man who took over for Steve Jobs, which provides some terrific insight into many of the decisions he's made while in charge.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/g6jOOtHzCCg/
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Executive Spotlight: Carolyn Brownawell, MITRE HR Director, on ...
Carolyn Brownawell, MITRE
For the last 25 years, Carolyn Brownawell has been with the MITRE Corp.?a not-for-profit organization that manages research and development centers for the government.
During her tenure, Brownawell has worn many hats, most recently serving as executive director of human resources. ?
In an in-depth interview with ExecutiveBiz, Brownawell discusses what makes MITRE a unique place to work with many long-term employees, the various benefits of a phased retirement program, and the organization?s newly developed performance metrics.
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ExecutiveBiz:? Can you describe your position and the human resources team you are in charge of?
Brownawell:? I started at MITRE as a compensation analyst.? In my time with the organization, I?ve managed a number of areas including compensation, benefits, and HR information technology.? I currently oversee our HR business partner and talent acquisition functions ?totaling about 45 people.? I also serve in an integration role around all of our HR management functions, helping to coordinate, communicate and share HR knowledge and best practices across our entire HR team of about 120 people.
I?ve spent a lot of my time at MITRE working on development of the HR organization. About 12 years ago, we put in place an HR business partner model, where each of our business units has a dedicated business partner organization to meet their needs.
I also manage the executive compensation process, working with the Compensation Committee of our board of trustees. That has been a fascinating journey.
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ExecutiveBiz: What is the most interesting work you have conducted during your long career at MITRE?
Brownawell: In the last couple of years, we developed a set of enterprise performance metrics. This entailed creating an organizational ?scorecard? that provides a framework for evaluating company, as well as individual executive performance.
The scorecard goes well beyond the traditional financial and operational measures of corporate health.? We?ve incorporated measurements of customer engagement and outcomes, effective program and resource management, as well as employee engagement.
As part of developing the metrics, we?ve embarked on a process to assess all of our internal work based on the extent to which our contributions provide ?game changing? solutions to our customers.? This is really interesting, and very difficult to measure, but over time, as we refine our measurement methodology, it will help us to ensure we are providing the highest possible value to our customers.? We?re in a process now of learning how to measure, and how to refine those measurements. The metrics also contribute to the integrity of our executive compensation process, since we are beginning to tie rewards to performance against the measures.
We?re also in the midst of a transformation here at MITRE toward a more customer outcome-driven model, and this is going to impact all areas of our HR service delivery over time. We?ve brought in a new chief HR officer from the outside, Karen Quinn-Quintin, who is helping to align our HR strategies with the MITRE?s strategic priorities.
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ExecutiveBiz:? What goes into figuring out an executive?s compensation, and what is your role in that process? How is it different at MITRE than it is at other firms??
Brownawell:? I serve as the liaison to the compensation committee of the board of trustees. In that role, I work with the committee as well as our third-party executive compensation consultant to assess the competitive external market and ensure we have reward programs that help us to attract and retain the type of quality executive talent we need.
I have a role in integrating the organizational and individual officer assessments, and pulling together all of those pieces to help the CEO and the board of trustees sort through the data and make well-grounded decisions around executive rewards.
At MITRE, we have to meet a very high standard of due diligence around all of our executive compensation processes.? We?ve put in place very strong governance processes on the part of our board of trustees to ensure that we?re meeting the reasonable pay standards for an organization in our industry.? We?ve worked to build a very high degree of rigor into the process in the past couple of years.
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ExecutiveBiz:? Where do you draw your talent from??
Brownawell: More than half of our hires come from employee referrals, followed by Internet job board applications and college recruiting.
MITRE tends to focus on mid-career hires, just given the nature of our work. But we?ve recently ramped up our college recruiting. For all hires, we look for staff who are mission-oriented, have deep domain or technical expertise and are multi-disciplined so they can be moved across projects and organizations.
One way we differ from others is that we don?t hire solely for the project or the contract.? We hire people who can be leveraged across many areas at MITRE. We tend to retain people much longer, and we actually look for people who can contribute to MITRE over the course of a career as opposed to hiring to a particular task or project.? The majority of our positions require security clearances, and as most people in this space know, that bring its own recruiting challenges.
About 70 percent of our staff come from industry, 15 percent from former government or military organizations, agencies or the military services, and another 10 percent directly from college campuses.
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ExecutiveBiz:? Some companies offer high salaries, others offer strong benefits.? How do you communicate the full scope of your compensation to employees??
Brownawell:? We have a very competitive total compensation package at MITRE. One difference for us is that we generally deliver our compensation in the form of base salary, whereas many other companies deliver their compensation in the form of base salary plus an annual bonus.? Our base salaries are designed to be competitive with ?total cash,? or base plus bonus, in other companies.
We are particularly strong with respect to our benefits packages. We have a strong retirement program (which includes a phased-retirement option). We also have flexible, paid time-off benefits, and other differentiators like civic time, which many of our employees use to give back to the community?particularly in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) areas.
Another major strength of our benefits program is our commitment to education. We provide world-class educational reimbursement, and we have many educational opportunities available internally. We also provide bonuses for employees who earn their masters or doctorate, and we have a special program called the ?Accelerated Graduate Degree Program? where individuals who are accepted into the program can pursue their advanced degree and take one paid day off a week, for studying, as well as receiving educational reimbursement.
Our communications challenge is to make sure that employees have a full view of their total reward package. We maintain an online site on our intranet that is tailored for each employee, which gives them a real-time look at their total rewards. We push this information out several times a year, as well as during our annual benefits open enrollment period.
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ExecutiveBiz:? You mentioned the phased-retirement program. ?I was wondering if you could explain the program and how it boosts the employee retention rate at your company.
Brownawell: Our Phased Retirement Program is unique.? We introduced the program in the early 1980s.? We recognized that it?s often difficult for people to make the leap directly from working into retirement status ? many employees don?t really want to ?go cold turkey? when they retire. So we put in this program, which is a flexible option to phase into retirement.
If you have at least 10 years of service with the organization and you?re aged 59? or more, you can participate. In the program, employees can transition from a full-time to a part-time schedule, and withdraw assets from the retirement plan without incurring IRS penalties to supplement their income.
It allows people to gradually reduce the hours they work each week while shifting toward full-time retirement.
Click Here, to read an executive spotlight with Mark Kontos, MITRE CFO.
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ExecutiveBiz:? What lessons have you learned in management positions that have helped you thrive at MITRE??
Brownawell:? When I was a new leader, I was pretty convinced that I knew what I was doing. The more time I spend in a leadership role, the more I?m convinced that I don?t know as much as I thought. This has actually been a very valuable insight as I?ve taken on different roles serving the organization, as it allows me to always be in a listening and questioning mode.
Over time, I?ve learned about the importance of partnering with your teams and your colleagues.? It?s critical to understand everyone on the team as an individual, they each have unique abilities, and you really have to appreciate what drives each individual, in order to leverage the whole team and produce quality work.
Another lesson I?ve learned is to hire people who are smarter and more talented than you are.? Then, trust them to do their jobs; don?t micromanage them.
And one of the most important lessons I?ve learned is to be flexible, especially with respect to managing people.? There are a lot of people out here who will tell you what you want to hear, but not many who can deliver consistently while also maintaining collegial and collaborative working relationships with the people around them.? And those are the employees who are the gems.? Those are the ones you want to get on your team and keep on your team.
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Monday, November 12, 2012
Russia's MegaFon gets nod for $2 billion IPO - sources
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's No.2 mobile phone company, MegaFon
MegaFon had aimed to raise around $2 billion (1 billion pounds) from its initial public offering this year, but several sources have said it would have to delay the share sale until 2013 if it did not get the nod from the UK Listing Authority (UKLA) in time.
MegaFon has cleared and resolved any material issues with the UKLA, a source familiar with the situation said on Saturday. Official approval is expected when MegaFon's IPO prospectus has been completed, the source said.
?The company is expected to make a formal statement on the IPO launch in the coming weeks. The deal could happen in late November or early December, before capital markets wind down for the end of the year, sources have said.
The float by MegaFon, which is controlled by Russia's richest man Alisher Usmanov, would rank as the biggest by a Russian company since Internet search firm Yandex
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LISTING CRITERIA
The UKLA approves an IPO prospectus when it is satisfied a company has met its listing criteria. Among issues the UKLA typically examines is the shareholder structure. Any particular concerns are typically listed in the 'risks' section of the prospectus.
Usmanov told Reuters in September that he would fold his stake in MegaFon and other assets into a new holding company, co-owned by one of his partners Vladimir Skoch, father of billionaire Russian lawmaker Andrei Skoch, who helped build up iron ore miner Metalloinvest.?
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?The UKLA was now satisfied with the information provided with regard to the new holding company structure, one of the sources said.
?The UKLA gave the go-ahead for the offering on Friday, said a second source familiar with the situation, meaning the float can happen this year. A third market source also said the IPO had received the green light but gave no more details.?
?A fourth source familiar with the matter said work still remained to be done on the prospectus, indicating a final sign off may not yet have been received.
?"We intend to complete the IPO this year and that will be on the basis of an approved prospectus from the UKLA," said a spokesman for MegaFon. He declined to comment further.?
?A spokesman for the UKLA declined comment.?
MegaFon announced plans for the offering in early October but later said it would put off launching the roadshow until it had published its third-quarter results.
Those results, released on Thursday showed gains in revenues, earnings and margins that analysts said would boost MegaFon's goal of achieving a valuation comparable with its competitors, MTS
Sources have said a stake of around 15 percent in MegaFon could be offered to investors in London and Moscow, with Nordic telecoms firm Teliasonera
MegaFon also plans to pay down some of the debts it took in on in a restructuring deal in April that saw tycoon Mikhail Fridman exit the business and Usmanov secure overall control.
(Reporting by Megan Davies; Editing by Douglas Busvine and Sophie Hares)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/russias-megafon-gets-nod-2-billion-london-ipo-191841210--finance.html
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Springsteen Sandy telethon raises $23 million, ABC more than $10 million
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Thursday, November 1, 2012
Chloroplast breakthrough could help unlock key to controlling fruit ripening in crops, research suggests
ScienceDaily (Nov. 1, 2012) ? Biologists may have unearthed the potential to manipulate the functions of chloroplasts, the parts of plant cells responsible for photosynthesis.
Researchers in the University of Leicester's Department of Biology discovered that chloroplasts are affected by the ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS) -- a process which causes the breakdown of unwanted proteins in cells, previously thought to only act on central parts of the cell.
As a result, the researchers believe they may be able to use specific proteins to regulate the functions of chloroplasts -- such as the conversion of chloroplasts into highly-pigmented chromoplasts during the ripening of fruit.
Their paper, Chloroplast Biogenesis is Regulated by Direct Action of the Ubiquitin-Proteasome System, is due to be published in the journal Science on? November 2.
The paper identifies a gene (SP1) in the nuclei of plant cells that codes for a protein called a ubiquitin E3 ligase which is able to regulate chloroplast development through the UPS process.
The team are already investigating the potential for harnessing the SP1 gene in crop plants, for example to affect the ripening of fruits such as tomatoes, bell peppers and citrus.
The University's Enterprise & Business Development Office has filed a patent application with a view to developing practical applications for the research.
Professor Paul Jarvis, of the University's Department of Biology, has led the project since its inception in 2000.
He said: "Our work shows that the UPS also acts on subcellular compartments in plant cells called chloroplasts, which are responsible for the light-driven reactions of photosynthesis that power almost all life on Earth.
"Identification of this previously-unsuspected link between the UPS and chloroplasts constitutes a major breakthrough in biology, and may enable the manipulation of chloroplast functions in crops.
"It is incredible to get to this point -- it has been a long journey. We have known for some time that this was going to be a big breakthrough."
The research has been funded by grants from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).
Professor Douglas Kell, Chief Executive of BBSRC, said: "To ensure that we have enough healthy, sustainable food for a growing population, we need to find a range of novel solutions to challenges such as improving crop yields and reducing food waste. This research highlights one of the many ways in which science can help.
"The ripening process can happen quickly, and it can take just a few days for a fruit or vegetable to be considered inedible. This unavoidable process means big losses to both farmers and consumers. This discovery brings us one step closer to greater control over ripening so that we have greater flexibility for farmers when supplying produces in the best condition."
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Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Marigny community rallies around chef who lost savings in home ...
"It's a pretty valuable life lesson, that's for sure." -- Tres Barnard
On Oct. 19, Tres Barnard, a young New Orleans chef, was riding high. His new weekly soul food pop-up restaurant at Marie's Bar in?Faubourg Marigny, We've Got Soul, had done its best business yet, selling out all the food within?a few hours.
At the end of the night, Barnard walked his cash -- about $1,400 - around the corner from the bar to his house in the 2600 block of Burgundy Street, then headed back to the bar to clean up.
When Barnard returned home a few hours later, his flat-screen TV was missing. So was his laptop. And?all his cash, a total?of $2,100, was gone, too.
"That was the most crippling feeling I've ever felt in my life," Barnard, 26, said?a few days later. "I put in all that hard work and time, just to have it all taken away by some a--hole."
While burglary is not a violent crime and thus?does not?usually make headlines, it is one of New Orleans' most common. At least 75 burglaries have been reported in New Orleans in the last week, according to New Orleans Police Department data.
Officers came out to Barnard's house and took fingerprints. But, as with most burglaries, there was little other evidence.
A neighbor told police he had noticed a young man knocking on Barnard's door earlier that night. The man appeared to be in his early 20s and was wearing a green and white striped T-shirt, the neighbor said.
When the neighbor asked the stranger whom he was looking for, the?man responded, "I'm looking for James." The neighbor?told him?no one named James lived there. The man shrugged, got into a car but did not drive away. The car sat there, idling.
The burglar?apparently entered through Barnard's back door. There were no signs of forced entry, so Barnard thinks he may have left the door unlocked. That's the last time?he will make that mistake, he said.
"It's a pretty valuable life lesson, that's for sure," he said. "I'm going the extra mile from now on. I bought a safe, bolted it down to the floor. I changed all my locks. I'm doing everything I possibly can to make sure this doesn't happen again."
After losing all his money, Barnard thought he wouldn't be able to open his pop-up restaurant again for at least six months.
But his friends and neighbors,?upon hearing what Barnard had lost, rallied to help. Bill Walker, a co-owner of Lost Love Lounge on Franklin Avenue, hosted a fundraiser for Barnard and his girlfriend, Emily Reichley, who helps run the pop-up.
Another friend started a Facebook page seeking donations and help for the couple. They collected money through their website. All told, they received about $900 in donations, Barnard said.
And so, on Friday night, thanks to all the support -- including 80 pounds of donated shrimp -- Barnard and his girlfriend were able to open their pop-up again and make enough money to be back in business.
"It's pretty heartwarming, to say the least," Barnard said. "The community stood up for us. It was just amazing. It was one of those great things that happened in New Orleans and would never happen anywhere else."
Source: http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2012/10/marigny_community_rallies_arou.html
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Monday, October 29, 2012
Smart tips to expand your online business | SEM and SEO News
Expansion of an industry in the competitive world can be a challenging job and it requires much effort and investments. The main purpose of online business is to increase traffic to their websites and to attract the customers by promoting their products and services in various techniques. The majority people who uses internet spend an average of 40 to 50 seconds for any website. Therefore an entrepreneur should attract the client and make the deal in these pr?cised seconds.
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If you?re opening a new industry or you?re already in this field and looking to expand your online business there are so many tips that can increase traffic to your web page.
Here are the few smart tips that you can get started:
- Search engine optimisation: It is a tool to increase visibility of your webpage on search engines like Google, Bing, and Yahoo etc. This is a good technique that helps to get a higher rank to your blog compared to several millions of other blogs in response to any query and it is followed by many in the industries. Here the content plays a major role for your website; depending on the unique and fresh content you will get the rankings. A good ranking implies more number of customers. This way you can increase your sales by SEO technique.
- Planning is the important for any business person. The main advantage of proper planning is that you can achieve your short-term and long-term goals with ease. Select the best time for expanding your enterprises.
- Use the latest technique Social media optimisation (SMO) for increasing the visibility and brand value. You can advertise your products on the social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube etc. This process is better than SEO for increasing traffic because these days more number of people are using social networking sites.?
- Create your own page or account on Facebook and start sharing your services to your friends and their friends. You can also get pros and cons from the customers so that you can update your services according to the client?s choice.
- Nowadays customers always look for discounts and offers. Provide necessary discounts and offers on your services in a smart way that your sales can increase with gaining profits. Provide customer care services through the internet so that if a customer visit your website and have queries, they can be sorted out easily with this facility. This way you can appeal the customers from not visiting other sites.
- Use your creativity or hire an expert and design your site in an attractive manner. Implement some of the stunning collaterals that ads to gain users' attention. Better to make some videos and advertise on the YouTube.
- Opt for cash loans UK if you require immediate cash for meeting your needs. These are short-term loans that can be acquired easily without checking any credit report.
- There is another process for internet marketing known as pay per click. This will give the best result on the search engines depending on the keyword. The only drawback of this process is you will get charged for every click by the users.
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Hello I?m Michelle, a tech writer from Manchester UK. My passion is to write articles on numerous topics for example Finance, technology, and Business. You can catch me @financeport.
Source: http://semandseo.blogspot.com/2012/10/smart-tips-to-expand-your-online.html
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The Basics Of Buying Properties In The Real Estate Market | Eric - First
A real estate purchase can be intimidating for pretty much anybody. The whole process of buying real estate can seem overly complicated if people aren?t familiar with it, especially the complex paperwork and an unstable real estate market. Because of this, it?s important to learn as much about real estate as you can. In this article, you?ll find advice that will help educate you.
Before you begin the home buying search, you will want to hire a reliable real estate agent. The BBB (Better Business Bureau) and the Internet are good resources in determining which Realtor to use. However, the best way to find a reputable Realtor is through the suggestions made by friends and family members.
If you are uncertain about your financial future, you should be careful when considering purchasing a house. Once you commit to a mortgage, you?re responsible for that monthly payment, regardless of your current situation. If your work prospects are uncertain, at least have enough in the bank to cover several months of payments.
TIP! There are a lot of programs that can assist people with their down payment, and it is smart to first look to see if you qualify for any of them. That, along with getting the seller to pay closing costs, will mean that the money you must save before buying a house can be greatly reduced.
While shopping for a new home, it is very important that you not be tempted into a purchase based on aesthetic reasons. A home should be bought for the shape and manner it?s built. If you buy for decor, you may overlook a serious problem that can cost you later.
When you?re looking to buy real estate, consider doing remodel or repair work. You?ll have a rapid return on investment, thanks to a little elbow grease. Often you will make quite a bit more than the cost of the repairs.
This is a great time to spend some money on real estate. The housing bubble has finally popped, so house prices are at sane levels again. This presents a perfect opportunity for you to move out of your apartment, and purchase your own home. The market will go up again, and your investment will be very profitable.
TIP! When you are looking into real estate, understand that this could be your home for a long time. Although your family situation may be that you don?t have children when making the purchase, take the education options in the neighborhood into consideration.
Make an offer only after researching the comparable home sales in the area, the condition of the home and how long the house has been on the market. The seller can help you settle on an ultimate selling price you will both be satisfied with.
Make sure you do adequate research on rental properties. If you are thinking about buying a rental property, look at the records for this pertaining to the property for a couple years back or more. You need to find out if the person who is selling it to you is giving you the right info about what income it can generate. In addition, you need these records to prove that a rental property has generated income in the past before you can get a mortgage on the property.
TIP! Make sure you know what?s happening in your local housing market. You need to check with certain websites that can tell you about the average prices of foreclosed homes, listings, and backlogs as well.
Doing your homework about the community a home is located in is a must prior to considering making an offer. If the home is not going to suit your needs, then the purchase will be a long term disappointment to you. It?s essential to research the neighborhood, so you truly understand what you are buying into.
The first step to shopping for real estate is organization. Organize your information in a notebook. When you get information from classified ads, websites, your agent or just acquaintances, keep it all together in one place. This way, all of your data can be found in one place when you need to reference it.
Remember your goals when investing in the real estate market. You have a goal in mind, and likely a target date for recouping your investment. Only consider investments that will help you reach your goals. Many property owners fail to make sure their needs are met and end up with a losing investment.
TIP! Before you begin a search for a new home, get a copy of your credit report and look it over. Once you have your credit report in your hand you need to thoroughly look over it and see if there are any problems with it; report any discrepencies.
Save up enough of a down payment to satisfy your lender. Without a proper down payment, you will have to pay for private mortgage insurance (PMI). This is a hefty addition to your monthly mortgage payments that you have to pay to your lender. You can avoid it by demonstrating your financial security by meeting the minimum down payment.
Thanks to the Internet, it is easy to research a home and a neighborhood without stepping foot outside your current home. There is plenty of information available to you, even if you are thinking about moving to a small town. Take into account factors such as cost of living, unemployment rates, population makeup and density to ensure you?re moving to a place with a lifestyle that?s suited to your needs.
Always do your homework before buying property. Many people jump into the property market too quickly, make bad purchases, and end up losing a lot of money and time. Always try to understand as much about your area and all the real estate info available before you even consider buying a property.
TIP! If buying a home that has a beautiful view is important to you, be careful not to spend more than you should. While the view may be amazing to you and worth the extra money, it may not be to a prospective buyer if you decide to sell.
You should already understand how to locate valuable sources of information and additional resources that can improve your realtor experience. You will be able to watch the entire process of buying and selling and begin to understand the transparency, and find what trends benefit you. These are the necessary steps that must be taken if you wish to become comfortable with the market, and actually begin to pull in a sustainable profit.
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Monday, October 1, 2012
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Friday, September 28, 2012
Security Feel Better, The Leading Anti-Hangover Drink, Showing At ...
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SECURITY FEEL BETTER: the reference drink on a highly growing market
Security Feel Better has become in the space of a few years no.1 of the detox & ?anti-hangover?
Thanks to its unique properties which implied 6 years of research, Security Feel Better has thrilled consumers all over the world and captivated more than 25 countries.
The reason of this success? Security Feel Better meets the consumers? requirements:
The bottlette helps to relieve the effects of excess food and drink. The product naturally stimulates the digestive process, speeding up the elimination of toxins and preventing hangovers.
The strengths of SECURITY FEEL BETTER:
- Made from plants extracts (with a pear flavour)
- Non alcoholic
- Effective within 45 minutes
- Dual functions: hangover prevention and powerful digestive properties
- Easy to carry around (3-cl format)
SECURITY FEEL BETTER: great sales results in 2011 for the leading detox & anti-hangover drink
Thanks to its extensive knowledge of and solid experience in the distribution sector both in France and abroad, Security Feel Better retained its number 1 position in 2011 with a continued development of the brand in France and all across the world.
Security Feel Better is the only drink of its category listed nationally in France?s major supermarket chains such as CARREFOUR or AUCHAN and is also sold within great worldwide references, like 7ELEVEN and WALGREENS.
SECURITY FEEL BETTER, the bottlette with great business potential, showing at SIAL 2012 in Paris
Exported to more 25 countries across the world (from the USA to Japan, through Argentina and Russia,?), the anti hangover drink will be present at SIAL Paris 2012 (October 21st-25th 2012 ? Paris Villepinte ? France) to expand even more the list of distributors.
The product will be exhibited in Hall7, Aisle C, stand n?171.
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Mars rover finds first evidence of water: a river of it
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA's Mars rover, Curiosity, dispatched to learn if the most Earth-like planet in the solar system was suitable for microbial life, has found clear evidence its landing site was once awash in water, a key ingredient for life, scientists said Thursday.
Curiosity, a roving chemistry laboratory the size of a small car, touched down on August 6 inside a giant impact basin near the planet's equator. The primary target for the two-year mission is a three-mile (five-km) -high mound of layered rock rising from the floor of Gale Crater.
Scientists suspect the mound, known as Mount Sharp, is the remains of sediment that once completely filled the crater. Analysis of a slab of rock located between the crater's north rim and the base of Mount Sharp indicate a fast-moving stream of water once flowed there.
Images taken by Curiosity and released on Thursday show rounded stones cemented into the rock, which rises like a piece of jack-hammered sidewalk from the planet's surface.
The stones inside the rock are too big to have been moved by wind, Curiosity scientist Rebecca Williams, with the Planetary Science Institute in Tucson, Arizona, told reporters on a conference call.
"The consensus of the science team is that these are water-transported gravel in a vigorous stream," she said.
The rock is believed to be from the floor of an ancient stream which was once between ankle- and knee-deep.
The analysis is based on telephoto images taken by the rover, which is en route to a patch of land named Glenelg where three different types of rock intersect.
Scientists have not yet decided if the slab of rock warrants a chemical analysis, or if there are better targets for Curiosity to look for the building blocks of life and the minerals to preserve it.
"The question about habitability goes beyond the simple observation of water on Mars," said lead scientist John Grotzinger at the California Institute of Technology.
"Certainly flowing water is a place where microorganisms could have lived. This particular kind of rock may or may not be a good place to preserve those components that we associate with a habitable environment," he said.
The $2.5 billion Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity mission is NASA's first astrobiology mission since the 1970s-era Viking probes.
(Editing by David Adams and Eric Walsh)
Source: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/scienceNews/~3/NbpIcQ_1p1A/us-space-mars-idUSBRE88Q1SM20120927
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Players, coaches now testing replacement officials
Denver Broncos head coach John Fox, right, shouts to the referee in the fourth quarter of an NFL football game against the Houston Texans, Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)
Denver Broncos head coach John Fox, right, shouts to the referee in the fourth quarter of an NFL football game against the Houston Texans, Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)
FILE - This Sept. 17, 2012 file photo shows Denver Broncos head coach John Fox gesturing while speaking to officials during the first half of an NFL football game against the Atlanta Falcons, in Atlanta. The numbers say there isn't much difference between NFL games worked by the regular officials and the ones being worked this season by their replacements. Comments from players and coaches say otherwise. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, FIle)
Denver Broncos head coach John Fox, left, speaks to officials during the first half of an NFL football game against the Atlanta Falcons, Monday, Sept. 17, 2012, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, left, looks on during the first half of an NFL football game against the Baltimore Ravens in Baltimore, Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)
Washington Redskins head coach Mike Shanahan yells on the sidelines during the second quarter of an NFL football game against the St. Louis Rams, Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Tom Gannam)
NEW YORK (AP) ? New England coach Bill Belichick was confused about a decisive field goal he thought was off-target. Detroit's Jim Schwartz couldn't understand a 27-yard penalty walk-off for unnecessary roughness. Philadelphia's Andy Reid felt ignored while trying to decline a penalty.
The furor over the work of replacement officials reached something of a fevered pitch during Week 3 in the NFL, when even deciphering downs and distance became a challenge.
In Sunday night's Ravens-Patriots game, shoving matches followed even insignificant plays. One TV analyst called it the substitute-teacher syndrome: See how much you can get away with before the real thing returns.
Broncos coach John Fox was fined $30,000 Monday and defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio $25,000 for verbal abuse of the officials during a Monday night game against Atlanta on Sept. 17.
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SHOW BITS: Stewart drops f-bomb; Party starts
Show Bits brings you the 64th annual Primetime Emmy Awards through the eyes of Associated Press journalists. Follow them on Twitter where available with the handles listed after each item.
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JON STEWART DELIVERS AN F-BOMB
It wouldn't be an awards show without an f-bomb.
Actually, it would be, but an f-bomb always adds spice, even when bleeped.
The man who did the honors at Sunday night's Emmy show was Jon Stewart, excitedly accepting his 10th consecutive trophy for best variety series.
He began his acceptance speech by noting that "The Daily Show" deals in topical comedy, "which has the shelf life of egg salad." He added that the Emmy does indicate "The Daily Show" has some value.
In some future age, he went on to say, holding his Emmy aloft, aliens arriving on Earth "will find a box of these."
"And they will know how predictable these (bleeping) things are," he added.
? Frazier Moore ? Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tvfrazier .
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WE'RE OUT OF HERE!
Tina Fey was the first celebrity out of her seat after "Modern Family" won the last Emmy of the night and Jimmy Kimmel threatened to continue the show for another hour.
The "30 Rock" star and several others bolted for the doors closest to the stage, the most direct route to the posh Governors Ball across the street at the LA Convention Center.
Those not invited to the lavish after party had to exit through the back doors.
There was an alternate third route, however, for the last winner of the night.
That's the one the "Modern Family" crew used, winding their way through the pressroom, past the backstage area and into an elevator that held most of them.
"I'm going to latch onto one 'Modern Family' person for the rest of the night," said the show's kid star, Nolan Gould, as he was the last to make it in.
? Derrik J. Lang ? Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/derrikjlang .
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'GAME CHANGE' FOR TOM HANKS
Tom Hanks shakes his hands, perhaps to get a good grip, as he prepares to select his take-home Emmy from the backstage trophy table.
"What do I do?" asks Hanks, who collected a trophy as one of the producers of "Game Change," honored as best miniseries or made-for-TV movie at Sunday's Emmys.
"Now what?" he asks after signing for the trophy. He's directed to a bank of ready photographers.
"Come on Rita, get in here!" A fellow "Game Change" producer shouts to Hanks' wife, Rita Wilson, as flashbulbs pop.
? Sandy Cohen ? Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/apsandy
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QUICKQUOTE: JULIANNE MOORE
"Hurry up, hurry up! I need my Emmy." ? Emmy winning "Game Change" actress Julianne Moore, waiting in line behind Emmy winning "Game Change" director Jay Roach backstage at the Emmy trophy table.
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AN EMMY KODAK MOMENT
It's Kodak Moment time backstage at the Emmys, with "The Daily Show" winners taking photos of each other holding their Emmys.
"Do they still ship these if you ask?" inquired the show's head honcho, Jon Stewart.
"Yeah, because I have two children with me," he added, noting the statuette's pointy wings.
But he borrowed a trophy so he could pose for a photo with his writing team. He promised to return it before leaving the theater.
? Sandy Cohen ? Twitter: www.twitter.com/apsandy
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'MANDY PATINKIN, HOLLA!'
Claire Danes came up with the catchphrase of the night when she saluted her "Homeland" co-star during her Emmy acceptance speech thusly: "Mandy Patinkin, holla."
Danes, taking the stage after winning best actress in a drama for the Showtime series, mentioned several names before matter-of-factly calling out Patinkin in the most unexpected way.
Twitter went nuts, with many people suggesting that this saying needs to become a meme, and soon.
As the pop-culture site (at)Gawker put it: "'Mandy Patinkin, holla' is the new Angelina Jolie's leg." From New York Magazine's (at)Vulture site: "'Mandy Patinkin, holla' is the best thank-you ever." And from NPR's (at)nprmonkeysee: "If the Internet doesn't remix 'Mandy Patinkin, holla' by tomorrow morning, it is a failure."
Others suggested that Jewish delis begin baking Mandy Patinkin challah. Still others made references to Patinkin's Broadway bona fides with "Evita" jokes.
If someone can figure out a way to incorporate Patinkin's famous line from "The Princess Bride" ? "Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die" ? then the Internet might truly be worthwhile after all.
? Christy Lemire ? Twitter: https://twitter.com/christylemire
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'HOMELAND' STAR JOKES ABOUT PLAYING HOUSE
Married actor Damian Lewis joked to reporters that he might be doing some extra celebrating with "Homeland" co-star Claire Danes, who is also married and came to the Emmys with a baby bump.
"We're going away to a romantic island together," the red-headed British actor joked. "When that baby is ginger you guys are going to have a field day."
The comment may have gotten some members of the press too excited, one of whom asked Danes a few moments later how she viewed the win in light of giving birth.
"Thank god I am not giving birth," said Danes, who's in an earlier stage of pregnancy.
The pair reunited later in another backstage area, looking very platonic and like two friends enjoying each other's success.
? Anthony McCartney ? Twitter http://twittter.com/mccartneyAP
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KIMMEL EVENS THE SCORE
Don't ever cross Jimmy Kimmel.
The Emmy host warmly introduced his parents, who were seated in the audience, and told viewers they had always been supportive of their son.
"They always told me I could do anything I set my mind to," he said, "and this year I set my mind to winning the Emmy.
"And guess what? I didn't," he went on. "You told me I could, and I didn't, and I'm devastated. You lied to me!"
Egged on by Tracy Morgan, who was seated beside them and stated, "I don't trust them," Kimmel summoned security to remove Mom and Dad from the auditorium.
"It's OK if you Taser them if you need to," he told the security men.
? Frazier Moore ?Twitter http://www.twitter.com/tvfrazier
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DANES PROUD OF OBAMA BEING A FAN
Claire Danes loves that President Barack Obama is a fan of her show "Homeland."
"No pressure," the actress said backstage after her win for lead actress in a drama series at Sunday's Emmy Awards. "It's way cool that he is a fan. It speaks to the relevancy of the show and it's hugely validating.
Obama has said the Showtime series about a Marine returning home after being held as a POW, and who is now suspected by a CIA agent as working for al Qaeda, is his favorite.
? Beth Harris ? Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/bethharrisap
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JIMMY KIMMEL AT TWO-THIRDS MARK
As he neared the two-thirds mark of his Emmy hosting marathon, Jimmy Kimmel hadn't broken a sweat. Nor had he broken any records for laughter or hosting finesse.
Perhaps his most notable achievement was a prank: Inviting "30 Rock" star Tracy Morgan to lie on the stage, then asking viewers to post on Facebook and tweet that Morgan "just passed out" and turn on ABC right now to see it. It worked, with the message going viral and maybe even boosting the Emmy audience for a few moments.
Otherwise, Kimmel keep the show moving, with a few forgettable jokes greasing the skids.
Oh yeah ? he offered up a parody of the "In Memoriam" fixture that's a part of all awards shows. But this one was meant to salute someone still living, "to the life and work of someone everyone in this room admires, respects and loves."
The person, of course, was Kimmel, who was displayed in slow-motion video clips while Josh Groban sang a sonorous song.
Too bad Kimmel's best Emmycast moments were a practical joke and silly self-promotion.
? Frazier Moore ? http://www.twitter.com/tvfrazier
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TIME FOR A NEW TATTOO
Damian Lewis was so over the moon at winning an Emmy that he says he's thinking of having "Emmy Winner" tattooed on, well, somewhere on the back of his body.
"I'm overwhelmed that I am here!" said the winner of the best actor award for a drama series for "Homeland."
When told backstage that he could have the trophy engraved with his name at the Governors Ball after the show, he contemplated complementing that with body art.
But first he had to sign for his award, and as he did couldn't hold his hands still.
"It's like my grandmother used to write ? all shaky," he said.
"Just tell me what to do," he continued. "I'm out of my mind."
? Sandy Cohen ? Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/apsandy .
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OMG! KIMMEL HIJACKS TWITTER
So this is how time-wasting celebrity rumors get started.
Emmy host Jimmy Kimmel instructed people to go on Twitter and Facebook and write something along the lines of: "OMG, Tracy Morgan just passed out at the Emmys. Turn on ABC right now!" as a prank, just to see how quickly the information would spread (and inspire new viewers). Morgan, who was in on the gag, complied.
And, true to the pack mentality that develops instantaneously on social media, untold thousands of people actually did this. Many others simply read the words "Tracy Morgan" and "passed out" and thought Morgan truly had passed out.
Even Stephen Colbert (at)StephenatHome and Rosie O'Donnell (at)Rosie got in on the action, which prompted thousands more retweets.
Morgan was committed to the act, though: Not only did he lie down on stage, he actually stayed there through the commercial break and was hauled away, rambling to himself.
? Christy Lemire ? Twitter: https://twitter.com/christylemire
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CRYER IS NOW TOP DOG
The changing of the guard is complete.
Jon Cryer truly was shocked to win an Emmy Sunday in his first outing as a nominee for lead actor in a comedy series.
That category used to belong to Cryer's former "Two and a Half Men" co-star Charlie Sheen. But with Sheen famously dumped from the CBS program, Cryer was elevated to top dog status.
"I will be impossible to live with," he quipped backstage after collecting his award. "I will be brandishing this regularly."
Cryer said he figured Jim Parsons of "The Big Bang Theory" would repeat as the winner.
"Clearly 'Big Bang' is just at the top of its game right now and unfortunately he's not gotten any worse," Cryer said. "I just did not think this was going to happen, so I apologize for my speech."
?Beth Harris ?Twitter http://twittter.com/bethharrisap
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KAT'S CURVES
It's a happy fact of life for male viewers that "Mad Men" star Christina Hendricks and "Modern Family" star Sofia Vergara are, well, curvy.
And their curves were on ample display at Sunday's night Emmy telecast.
But the night's big surprise: Kat Dennings in a gown that exposed much of what had only been hinted at in her "2 Broke Girls" waitress uniform.
Her bustline had viewers' jaws dropping and tweeters madly tweeting.
? Frazier Moore ? Twitter http://www.twitter.com/tvfrazier
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NO BOW TIE FOR KEVIN COSTNER
Kevin Costner went against the bow tie fashion trend at this year's Emmy Awards, sporting an open collar look that at least beat the searing heat on the red carpet.
The nominee for lead actor in a miniseries or movie for "Hatfields & McCoys" kept his arm around the waist of wife Christine Baumgartner as he arrived for the show. Asked to describe her gown, Costner said, "I can't wait to go home and close the door."
Stephen Colbert whipped out a blotting paper to make the sweat on his upper lip disappear before facing the throng of TV cameras.
Christine Baranski of "The Good Wife" shimmered under the relentless sunshine in a gold-and-silver sequined short dress. She eschewed a gown, saying she didn't want people stepping on it all night.
"I tried this on and it rocks," she said.
? Beth Harris ? Twitter: http://twittter.com/bethharrisap
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QUICKQUOTE: STEVEN LEVITAN
"I'm a little bit in shock, to tell you the truth." ? Steven Levitan, who won for directing, comedy, for "Modern Family"
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ZOOEY NAILS IT
Zooey Deschanel played up her "adorkable" persona on the Emmy red carpet with a quirky, sparkly manicure featuring television sets on her thumbnails.
The silver, gold and black accessories were a huge hit on Twitter.
A photo of an (at)ZooeyDeschanel digit was retweeted 964 times and favorite 1,135 times as of this writing. They were the work of nail technician Tom Bachik (at)RedCarpetMan.
Glamour Fashion called it "the mani we've been waiting for!" The "New Girl" star, who was a presenter Sunday night, is famous for her red-carpet nail numbers.
? Christy Lemire on Twitter: https://twitter.com/christylemire
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A MAD MAN MOMENT IN EMMY LOBBY
It was life imitating art just off to the side of the red carpet outside the Nokia Theatre entrance as "Mad Men" newbie Ben Feldman caught a smoke.
The resourceful first-time nominee discovered a corner tucked away from the scads of cameras and celebrities that was the perfect spot for a quick pre-show cigarette.
Unfortunately, there weren't any bottles of scotch nearby for him to wash it down with, but just inside the lobby of the Nokia Theatre attendees were lined up at the concession stand for $10 cocktails.
Feldman's "Mad Men" leading man Jon Hamm held court on the other side of the lobby, attracting a line of attendees who wanted a photo with the veteran nominee.
? Derrik J. Lang ? Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/derrikjlang .
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MOMS GOT THEIR DUE FROM THE RED CARPET
Moms weren't forgotten on the red carpet.
Rico Rodriguez, young star of "Modern Family," brought his mother as his date, presenting her to the world as "the beautiful ma-ma."
The pair were even featured in a prerecorded bit that tracked their progress in a limo from home to the Emmycast.
And earlier Stephen Colbert, while being interviewed with his wife at his side, took a moment to phone his 91-year-old mom on his cellphone to say hello.
"I've shouted at her 'We're on ABC!'" he told interviewer Josh Elliott.
? Frazier Moore ? Twitter http://www.twitter.com/tvfrazier
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A RED CARPET PROPOSAL
One Emmy attendee used the red carpet for more than just walking ? he got down on one knee and proposed to his date.
Security initially tried to shoo him off, but saw him reaching into his pocket for a ring and let the moment happen. With throngs of people cheering, he presented the ring and received a kiss, and presumably an answer "Yes," as those nearby applauded the mystery couple.
? Anthony McCartney ? Twitter http://twittter.com/mccartneyA
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FROM 1 JIMMY TO ANOTHER
Jimmy Fallon is playing musical chairs at this year's Emmy Awards, in more ways than one.
The 2010 Emmy host, interviewed on the red carpet, noted he has passed hosting duties on to another Jimmy this year, name of Kimmel.
As a result, Fallon said, he doesn't even have a ticket to the 2012 show.
"But Clint Eastwood said he was going to save me a chair," Fallon cracked.
His advice to this year's Jimmy: "Don't make out with Betty White. There's cameras everywhere and you'll get caught. And definitely go to Honey Boo Boo's after-party, cause that's gonna be where it's at."
? Frazier Moore ? Twitter http://www.twitter.com/tvfrazier
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SEEING STARS ON THE RED CARPET
At the Emmys there's the red carpet and then there's ? well ? the other red carpet.
As the main red carpet fills up, security tries to keep the line moving by directing the big stars down the carpet where cameras are lined up to film them and entertainment journalists are waiting to interview them.
Meantime, the less famous are directed down a parallel red carpet closer to the fan bleachers.
"Please continue walking," security guards continuously say.
Sometimes they'll also give a gentle nudge to someone on the B-list red carpet who lingers too long taking pictures of the folks on the A-List red carpet.
? Anthony McCartney ? Twitter http://twittter.com/mccartneyA
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QUICKQUOTE: JESSE TYLER FERGUSON
"It's so warm I thought a nice flannel tux would be appropriate." ? Jesse Tyler Ferguson of "Modern Family" on the Emmy red carpet.
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GETTING THE STARS' ATTENTION
"Jesse Jesse Jesse!" the crowd chants trying to get the attention of "Modern Family" star Jesse Tyler Ferguson. He obliges with several waves to the bleacher crowd.
Before the first stream of stars arrived on the Emmy Red Carpet, a show producer told them to "make everything personal" if they wanted to get their attention.
It may take several chants, but the stars often answer with a wave, a smile or the occasional fist pump.
? Anthony McCartney ?Twitter http://twittter.com/mccartneyAP
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KEEPING COOL IN THE FAN BLEACHERS
Fran and Elmer Armstrong are awards show veterans, joining throngs of fans for at least their sixth Emmy Awards Show on a sweltering Sunday afternoon.
The retired St. Louis couple's quest for a front row seat in the fan bleachers beside the red carpet began when they lined up outside the Nokia Theatre around 7:30 a.m. Sunday. As the day progressed, and temperatures rose, they hung in there, cheering as the cameras from E! Entertainment television filmed pre-show segments.
"Goodbye Giuliana," 70-year-old Elmer Armstrong shouted to anchor Giuliana Rancic as the E Entertainment crew wrapped up.
With temperatures topping 90 degrees, he and his 71-year-old wife were like many in the stands ? trying to keep cool with water and wet paper towels. At least this year's stands are shaded. Elmer Armstrong recalled one year when fans were forced to sit in the blazing sun.
That's not the only change to this year's fan seating ? a tall wall keeps fans from glad-handing or even getting autographs from cooperative celebrities.
Elmer Armstrong remains at the ready, however ? keeping his digital SLR camera and telephoto lens handy to get shots of the stars.
? Anthony McCartney ? Twitter ? http://twitter.com/McCartneyAP
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EDITOR'S NOTE ? Show Bits brings you the 64th annual Primetime Emmy Awards through the eyes of Associated Press journalists. Follow them on Twitter where available with the handles listed after each item.
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