Worst 'DWTS' costumes of the all-star season

By Anna Chan, TODAY

The celebrities! The dances! The spray tans! "Dancing With the Stars" has all of these things in healthy abundance to add to the glitz and the glam of the show. But one thing the ballroom bash also has plenty of? Not-so-great costumes.

Sure, the folks behind the outfits can and have produced some pretty great looks, but each season, there are more than a handful that aren't worthy of the mirror ball trophy. Take a look at the current all-star season's flops:

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My Chicago Kitchen: Simple Supper Stew

This time of year usually leaves me searching for soup, stew, or chili on the menu each week. It's a sickness. At this point, I just assume that it's going to be OMGCOLD all day, everyday, from now until the end of time. I really need something filling that hits the spot, especially after a long day at work.

If you've spent any time reading this blog, you know that I'm a bit of a crock pot whore. (Also, have I really not posted a crock pot recipe here since 2010? Whaaaa?) I get really excited when crock pot recipes require little more than "dump food in crock pot, go to work, come home, eat". I love those recipes, because I feel like they were developed by people who really understand that I don't have time to sit at home all day and wait for my crock pot to buzz. The phrase "four hour crock pot recipe" doesn't exist in my vocabulary.

This stew comes from Kim, of Feed Me, Seymour (WHY didn't I think of that blog title myself? WHY?) It's everything she promises it will be: simple, comforting, and filling. This was perfect for throwing together before dashing off to work on a Monday.

Beef Stew
(Barely adapted from Kim at Feed Me, Seymour)

1 lb. beef for stew (pre-cut stew meat, or a trimmed and chopped chuck roast, whatever floats your boat)
4 large potatoes, peeled and cubed
4 carrots, peeled and sliced
1 c. beef broth
1 envelope beef stew seasoning
1 10 oz. package frozen peas

Place beef in crock pot. Top with potatoes and carrots. In a measuring cup, mix broth with stew seasonings and pour over the beef and vegetables. Top with frozen peas. Give the whole mixture a big stir. Cover, and cook on low for 8-9 hours.

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Android 4.2 update for Nexus 4 and Nexus 10 adds lock screen widgets and multi-user support

Google just pushed an OTA update to Android 4.2 for our Nexus 4 and Nexus 10 review units. As expected, the update adds lock screen widgets to both devices and multi-user support to the Nexus 10. We've reached out to Google and the company's confirmed that this is the build that will be shipping on its flagship phone and tablet tomorrow. Stay tuned for a screenshot gallery.

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NASA probes exploring radiation belts get new name

Twin NASA probes exploring the harsh radiation belts around Earth have a new name honoring the late James Van Allen ? the pioneering scientist who first discovered the radiation zones, the space agency announced Friday.

The heavily armored spacecraft were initially called the Radiation Belt Storm Probes when they launched in late August. They will now be known as the Van Allen Probes for the remainder of their two-year mission, NASA officials said.

"James Van Allen was a true pioneer in astrophysics," former astronaut John Grunsfeld, associate administrator for NASA?s Science Mission Directorate, said in a statement. "His groundbreaking research paved the way for current and future space exploration. These spacecraft now not only honor his iconic name but his mark on science."

Honoring a Space Age pioneer
The Van Allen radiation belts consist of two regions around Earth where our planet's magnetic field has trapped trillions of high-energy solar particles. James Van Allen discovered the belts in 1958, just one year after the Soviet Union blasted humanity's first-ever satellite, Sputnik 1, into orbit. [ Video: Probes to Investigate Radiation Belt ]

"The Van Allen belts were the first discovery of the Space Age," Rick Fitzgerald, Space Department program area manager at Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory, said during the renaming ceremony today. APL manages the Van Allen Probes mission for NASA.

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James Van Allen was principal investigator for studies on 24 Earth satellites and planetary missions during his long career, NASA officials said.

The physicist worked on the first successful American satellite, Explorer 1, whose observations helped confirm the existence of the radiation belts. He also discovered similar belts around Saturn and detected one of the ringed planet's moons in 1979, among many other accomplishments. Van Allen died in 2006.

Understanding the belts
The inner Van Allen belt usually extends from the top of Earth's atmosphere to about 4,000 miles up (6,437 kilometers), while the outer one runs from around 8,000 to more than 26,000 miles above our planet (12,874 to 41,842 km). The belts are dynamic, however, and can expand greatly during solar storms.

The fast-moving particles trapped in the belts can damage satellites and potentially pose a threat to orbiting astronauts. As a result, scientists are keen to get a better understanding of the belts and their still-mysterious behavior.

That's what the $686 million Van Allen Probes mission aims to do. The nearly identical spacecraft are flying in formation through the belts on highly elliptical orbits, mapping out the regions' magnetic fields and charged particle density with their eight science instruments.

The mission recently kicked off its two-year primary science mission, having completed its 60-day commissioning period on Oct. 28.

"Over the past 60 days, the many complex systems on the probes have come to life and started to work together," Kim Cooper, Van Allen Probes project manager at APL, said in statement. "The spacecraft?s science instrument teams are already recording illuminating data, and they are taking advantage of their best understanding of the mechanics and properties of the radiation belts to date."

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Lakers fire coach Mike Brown after 1-4 start

FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2012 file photo Los Angeles Lakers head coach Mike Brown holds his head before the start of the first quarter during an NBA basketball game in Salt Lake City. A report from USA Today says the Lakers have fired Brown after a 1-4 start to his second season in charge of the team. The newspaper report Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 cited Brown's agent, Warren Legarie, as the source of the information. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2012 file photo Los Angeles Lakers head coach Mike Brown holds his head before the start of the first quarter during an NBA basketball game in Salt Lake City. A report from USA Today says the Lakers have fired Brown after a 1-4 start to his second season in charge of the team. The newspaper report Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 cited Brown's agent, Warren Legarie, as the source of the information. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

FILE - This March 29, 2012 file photo shows Los Angeles Lakers head coach Mike Brown gesturing during the second half of their NBA basketball game against the Oklahoma City Thunder in Los Angeles. A report from USA Today says the Lakers have fired Brown after a 1-4 start to his second season in charge of the team. The newspaper report Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 cited Brown's agent, Warren Legarie, as the source of the information. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

Los Angeles Lakers coach Mike Brown shouts to his team in the fourth quarter of NBA basketball game against the Utah Jazz on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, in Salt Lake City. The Jazz defeated the Lakers 95-86. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

FILE - This July 11, 2012 file photo shows Los Angeles Lakers head coach Mike Brown, left, and owner Jim Buss laughing during a news conference at the basketball team's headquarters in El Segundo, Calif. A report from USA Today says the Lakers have fired Brown after a 1-4 start to his second season in charge of the team. The newspaper report Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 cited Brown's agent, Warren Legarie, as the source of the information. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, file)

FILE - This March 21, 2012 file photo shows Los Angeles Lakers coach Mike Brown arguing a call during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks, in Dallas. A report from USA Today says the Lakers have fired Brown after a 1-4 start to his second season in charge of the team. The newspaper report Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 cited Brown's agent, Warren Legarie, as the source of the information. (AP Photo/Brandon Wade,File)

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Mike Brown followed an 11-time NBA champion coach with the Los Angeles Lakers, taking charge of a roster packed with aging talent and a franchise anticipating more titles.

And after just 71 regular-season games, the Lakers decided Brown wasn't the man for a pressure-packed job.

The Lakers fired their coach on Friday after a 1-4 start to his second season in charge, making one of the earliest coaching changes in NBA history.

Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak announced the surprising move several hours before the club hosted Golden State. Assistant coach Bernie Bickerstaff agreed to run the Lakers against the Warriors while the club's top brass began what's likely to be a swift search for Brown's replacement just 18 months after his hiring.

"The bottom line is that the team is not winning at the pace we expected this team to win, and we didn't see improvement," Kupchak said at the Lakers' training complex in El Segundo.

Los Angeles began the season with sky-high expectations after trading for center Dwight Howard and point guard Steve Nash, adding two superstars alongside Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol. But the Lakers went 0-8 during the preseason last month for the first time in franchise history before stumbling into the regular season with an 0-3 start, losing to Dallas, Portland and the Clippers.

After finally beating Detroit last Sunday for their first win, the Lakers looked listless again in a loss at Utah on Wednesday, dropping to last place in the Western Conference. Los Angeles' defense has been largely poor, and the players acknowledge they still haven't figured out the new offense installed by Brown during training camp.

"They either weren't getting it, or they were going to take too long to get it," Kupchak said. "And we weren't willing to wait to see which of the two it was."

With a combination of an aging core of talent and a massive payroll, Kupchak and owners Jim and Jerry Buss decided they couldn't wait even one more weekend to start winning. Brown was dismissed in a morning meeting before the Lakers began a six-game homestand.

"We're not looking five or 10 years down the road," Kupchak said. "This team was built to contend this year. There's no guarantee that this team can win a championship, but we feel that it can be deeply in the hunt. We're also aware that our players ... are getting older, so our feeling is that we can contend at this level for another couple of years."

Bickerstaff said he was "shocked" by Brown's firing, echoing the feelings of virtually every assistant coach and player. The 68-year-old veteran coach only joined Brown's staff in September, but agreed to take over on an interim basis when Kupchak, his former player in Washington, asked him.

"We have a professional obligation to come to work and do our jobs," Bickerstaff said. "The emotional part of it has to be set aside. ... I just don't want the guys looking over at the bench tonight. I want them to go play and have some fun. You can't make a multitude of changes in six, seven hours."

In his brief news conference, Kupchak did nothing to squelch speculation Phil Jackson could return for a third tenure with the Lakers. The 67-year-old Jackson walked away from the club in 2011 with few apparent hard feelings, and his health has markedly improved after knee replacement surgery during his time away from the NBA.

Kupchak said he hadn't reached out to any candidates for the job, but thinks it's likely the Lakers will hire an experienced coach who isn't currently working. Jackson still spends most of his time in Los Angeles, even visiting the Lakers' offices on occasion ? and Jim Buss' sister, Lakers executive Jeanie Buss, is Jackson's longtime girlfriend.

"When there's a coach like Phil Jackson, one of the all-time greats, and he's not coaching, I think you would be negligent not to know that he's out there," Kupchak said.

Mike D'Antoni also is a likely candidate for the job, given the former Phoenix and New York coach's ties to the Lakers' roster. Nash enjoyed a long stretch of success in D'Antoni's up-tempo offense with the Suns, winning back-to-back MVP awards, and Bryant was a big fan of D'Antoni as a player while he grew up in Italy.

Brown, the longtime Cleveland Cavaliers coach, was hired in May 2011 to replace Jackson, signing a four-year deal worth roughly $18 million. Kupchak said the eight-figure payout they'll have to make on Brown's contract wasn't a factor in their decision.

"It's a pretty direct message to all of us," Gasol said while leaving the Lakers' shootaround Friday morning in El Segundo. "There's no messing around. It's time for all of us to step it up."

Bryant, in his 17th season with the Lakers, posted his thoughts on Facebook after shootaround.

"Tough day," Bryant wrote. "I've seen coaches as well as friends come and go. No matter how many years I've been playing, it's still hard to deal with. I had a good relationship with Mike and I will continue to have one. ... I'm not sure what direction we are heading in next. All I can do is focus on the here and now."

Brown's players all were fully behind him in public, with Bryant vocally suggesting critics of the Lakers' new offense should give them time to get it working. Bryant missed a significant portion of training camp while dealing with minor injuries, and Nash has a small fracture in his leg that has kept him out of the lineup since the Lakers' second game. Nash could be sidelined into December.

Yet the Lakers had given no indication they might demolish their coaching staff until Kupchak gathered the players Friday morning to inform them of the decision.

While Lakers fans reacted with their usual panic whenever the 16-time NBA champions lose a few games in a row, Kupchak and Buss publicly appeared to stand firmly behind Brown, who had pleaded for patience, saying the Lakers might not hit their stride until January after so many changes.

"I have great respect for the Buss family and the Lakers' storied tradition, and I thank them for the opportunity they afforded me," Brown said in a statement issued by the Lakers. "I have a deep appreciation for the coaches and players that I worked with this past year, and I wish the organization nothing but success as they move forward."

Coaches reacted with surprise around the league after Brown's dismissal was announced. He is thought to be the first NBA coach to make it fewer than six games into a season since Dolph Schayes left the Buffalo Braves after one game in 1971.

"When you see one of your coaching peers, part of your fraternity, not getting an opportunity, it's tough," Miami coach Erik Spoelstra said. "We know that this business is like. At the same time, really, we just want an opportunity when you're coaching, a full season, health, et cetera, all those factors to be right. Mike is an excellent coach. He's proven it. He's got a track record. That's a shame that it came down to that."

Boston coach Doc Rivers said the firing was "awful," noting he had similar feelings when Orlando fired him following a 1-10 start in late 2003. Pistons coach Lawrence Frank sarcastically suggested five games "was enough of a sample" to judge the Lakers, saying he thought Brown "would have done a great job."

"Look, all of us in coaching understand the drill, so it's not a sympathy card," Frank said. "You just really wish for anyone that you're given a legitimate shot."

Along with the usual urgency accompanying any Lakers season, Howard is under contract for just one more season before the six-time All-Star center can become a free agent. The Lakers' core players around Howard are all over 30, and the 38-year-old Nash barely made his debut before getting sidelined.

Los Angeles went 41-25 and reached the second round of the playoffs last season in Brown's debut, losing to Oklahoma City. Brown received criticism even for that largely successful season, with Magic Johnson predicting Brown would be fired if the Lakers lost to Denver in the first round.

Brown implemented a new offensive scheme this fall that didn't appear to suit his players' talents, yet the Lakers also played spotty defense, Brown's specialty. The Lakers' Princeton-inflected offense received ridicule, but Bryant and his teammates largely defended the motion scheme, saying they needed time to implement it.

"I don't think we lost faith at any moment," Gasol said. "I think we all believed in what we were trying to do. We also understood it was going to take a little bit of time to do things the way they should have been done. As far as our game, it wasn't happening as fast as we all wanted it to."

The 42-year-old Brown has won just about everything except a title. He led Cleveland to the 2007 NBA Finals and went 272-138 over five seasons with the Cavaliers, becoming the most successful coach in franchise history.

Bickerstaff was a head coach in Charlotte, Seattle, Denver and Washington, going 415-517.

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AP Sports Writers Paul Newberry, Howard Ulman and Jeff Latzke contributed to this report.

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Easy Tips On How To Go About Interior Decorating At Home |

Whether your house is a design disaster, or you only needs a few minor adjustments, this article can help. Interior planning can be an intimidating subject, but with the right advice, it can be surprisingly easy to make your home look perfect.

Developing a library is a quality addition to your home office or living room. This can help you achieve a sophisticated look, no matter if you collect reference books or literature on these shelves. also, always ensure that any bookends and blankets match the overall color scheme of the room.

High-quality paint is integral towards forming a wonderful color scheme in your house. The cheap stuff will simply fade away over time and can even damage your walls. As a result, you?ll end up spending more money over the long term. When you use a trusted brand of paint, you?ll be able to enjoy it for a long time.

You should try painting your ceiling white if you are trying to create the illusion of space. It?s a popular color that designers use to help reflect light to make a room look different than it really is. The paint will result in much more light in whatever room you use it in.

If you?re planning on keeping your furniture for a while, it?s best not to purchase furniture that?s part of a trend. Timeless furniture will hold up from a style standpoint as well as being durable. You can always give a room a modern touch with smaller accessories.

If the walls of a bathroom are vibrant colors, it is a good idea to use plain white tiles on the floor. Because of this, you should consider painting your walls with a bright green, red, or blue color to blend well with your plain white tiles. You will make your white space seem brighter and more clean. White tiled flooring is extremely versatile, making it ideal for anyone whose taste in colors changes frequently.

For an interior decorating project that fully conveys your taste, style and personality, it helps to stay involved in every step as much as possible. You can still ask others for help, just make sure they work with you and don?t take over the entire workload. The outcome is much more satisfying when you have an active role in the design process.

A great way to update an older area of your home is to add a skylight. Bathing a room in natural outdoor light creates a feeling of openness. The skylights that are being manufactured today are beautiful and can really bring the outdoors into your home.

Place a mirror on the wall opposite a window to make a dull room brighter. The light will reflect on the mirror and create the illusion of two windows being present in the space. This will also make the room feel like it has double the natural light.

When you are dealing with a small space it is important for various elements of a room to fit together, For example, certain homes have the living room and dining room in a single space. If your home is like this, make sure the dining room table matches the coffee table. Shopping for both spaces at once is a great idea. Try to find pieces that coordinate.

If you are considering re-designing the interior of your home you should investigate the current trends. Nobody wants to find themselves with a room that appears stuck in time, complete with tacky wallpaper or furnishings. Therefore, you should search around and discover how others are renovating their homes nowadays.

Walls are very important, make sure that they are taken care of. Undecorated, or bare, walls are not very attractive. Therefore, you should put some artwork and other decorations on your walls so that your room looks better. Balance any artwork with other features in the room. Don?t use any black velvet paintings, however.

Your ceiling should be brighter than your walls if you want a positive color flow. If you paint the ceiling the same shade as the wall, the room will feel constricting. Brighter ceilings can make a room appear bigger.

Using pretty area rugs on concrete or tile floors will provide a cozy surface for your feet. Rotate rugs regularly to keep wear and tear evened out. Moving the rugs around can give your rugs a new and fresh appearance.

Add artwork to your walls. Art can transform a dull, incomplete room into an exciting, complete room. Consider your room?s mood and find artwork that works with it. Position the pictures at eye level for maximum impact.

Do not feel scared or nervous when figuring out how to design your home. Whenever you have a general idea of what it is you want to accomplish, improving your home?s interior is simple. Use the tips and tricks above to help you get started.

Rhonda Morin is the owner of MyInteriorDecorator.com and loves helping others decorate the home of their dreams through her articles, tips and tricks on her blog and through her store at http://myinteriordecorator.com/store. Rhonda wrote an ebook all about decorating your home so you can do it yourself. � This knowledge comes from thousands of homes decorated and years of perfecting her skill. � She gives this all to you in her book The Decorating Bible.

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Video: Nanocrystals and nickel catalyst substantially improve light-based hydrogen production

Video: Nanocrystals and nickel catalyst substantially improve light-based hydrogen production

Friday, November 9, 2012

Hydrogen is an attractive fuel source because it can easily be converted into electric energy and gives off no greenhouse emissions. A group of chemists at the University of Rochester is adding to its appeal by increasing the output and lowering the cost of current light-driven hydrogen-production systems.

The work, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, was led by chemistry professors Richard Eisenberg, Todd Krauss, and Patrick Holland, and included graduate students Zhiji Han and Fen Qiu. Their paper will be published later this month (Nov. 23) in the journal Science.

The chemists say their work advances what is sometimes considered the "holy grail" of energy science?efficiently using sunlight to provide clean, carbon-free energy for vehicles and anything that requires electricity.

One disadvantage of current methods of hydrogen production has been the lack of durability, but the Rochester scientists were able to overcome that problem by incorporating nanocrystals. "Organic molecules are typically used to capture light in photocatalytic systems," said Krauss, who has been working in the field of nanocrystals for over 20 years. "The problem is they only last hours, or, if you're lucky, a day. These nanocrystals performed without any sign of deterioration for at least two weeks."

Richard Eisenberg, the Tracy H. Harris Professor of Chemistry, has spent two decades working on solar energy systems. During that time, his systems have typically generated 10,000 instances?called turnovers?of hydrogen atoms being formed without having to replace any components. With the nanocrystals, Eisenberg and his colleagues witnessed turnovers in excess of 600,000.

The researchers managed to overcome other disadvantages of traditional photocatalytic systems. "People have typically used catalysts made from platinum and other expensive metals," Holland said. "It would be much more sustainable if we used metals that were more easily found on the Earth, more affordable, and lower in toxicity. That would include metals, such as nickel."

Nanocrystals and nickel catalyst substantially improve light-based hydrogen production. Credit: Matthew Mann/University of Rochester

Holland said their work is still in the "basic research stage," making it impossible to provide cost comparisons with other energy production systems. But he points out that nickel currently sells for about $8 per pound, while the cost of platinum is $24,000 per pound.

While all three researchers say the commercial implementation of their work is years off, Holland points out that an efficient, low-cost system would have uses beyond energy. "Any industry that requires large amounts of hydrogen would benefit, including pharmaceuticals and fertilizers," said Holland.

The process developed by Holland, Eisenberg, and Krauss is similar to other photocatalytic systems; they needed a chromophore (the light-absorbing material), a catalyst to combine protons and electrons, and a solution, which in this case is water. Krauss, an expert in nanocrystals, provided cadmium selenide (CdSe) quantum dots (nanocrystals) as the chromophore. Holland, whose expertise lies in catalysis and nickel research, supplied a nickel catalyst (nickel nitrate). The nanocrystals were capped with DHLA (dihydrolipoic acid) to make them soluble, and ascorbic acid was added to the water as an electron donor.

Photons from a light source excite electrons in the nanocrystals and transfer them to the nickel catalyst. When two electrons are available, they combine on the catalyst with protons from water, to form a hydrogen molecule (H2).

This system was so robust that it kept producing hydrogen until the source of electrons was removed after two weeks. "Presumably, it could continue even longer, but we ran out of patience!" said Holland.

One of the next steps will be to look at the nature of the nanocrystal. "Some nanocrystals are like M&Ms ? they have a core with a shell around it," said Eisenberg. "Ours is just like the core. So we need to consider if they would they work better if they were enclosed in shells."

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Malaysians lose bid to halt rare earths plant

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) ? Malaysian activists lost a court battle Thursday to halt Australian miner Lynas Corp. from firing up a rare earths plant that has sparked health and safety concerns.

After months of delay, Lynas in September obtained the Malaysian government's approval to start processing rare earths, which are minerals crucial for manufacturing high-tech products.

But villagers and civic groups took the case to court, calling for the Australian company's operating license to be suspended until the court rules on whether it would permanently block production.

Coalition leader Tan Bun Tet said the High Court refused Thursday to suspend Lynas' license before a final decision on the plant's fate is made.

"The court ruled that our fears are premature because the plant is not in operation yet. We are disappointed with the decision but we will appeal. We will fight to the end," Tan told The Associated Press.

The court ruling paves the way for Lynas to start operations immediately but it can still face obstacles later on if the court rules in favor of the villagers.

Lynas Malaysia managing director Mashal Ahmad told AP that the company plans to start operations "as soon as possible, definitely by this year."

The 2.5 billion ringgit ($818 million) refinery in northern Pahang state is to be the first in years outside China, which has restrictions on rare earth exports.

Rare earths are 17 minerals used in the manufacture of hybrid cars, weapons, flat-screen TVs, mobile phones, mercury-vapor lights, and camera lenses. China has about a third of the world's rare earth reserves but supplies about 90 percent of what is consumed.

Residents living nearby the plant and civic groups have staged protests for months over fears of health and environmental risks posed by potential leaks of radioactive waste. Lynas has said its plant has state-of-the-art pollution control.

Controversy over the project poses a headache to the government with general elections expected to be called by April.

The Lynas plant is expected to meet nearly a third of world demand for rare earths, excluding China. It will refine ore from Australia. Lynas said output for the first phase has been sold out for the next decade.

Malaysia's last rare earths refinery ? operated by Japan's Mitsubishi group in northern Perak state ? was closed in 1992 following protests and claims that it caused birth defects and leukemia among residents. It is one of Asia's largest radioactive waste cleanup sites.

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NHL labor talks extended to Friday

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2012 file photo, National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman announces the NHL Winter Classic hockey game at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Mich. The NHL has canceled the 2013 Winter Classic at Michigan Stadium. The signature event between the Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs, is the latest casualty from the labor dispute that has put the season on hold, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2012 file photo, National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman announces the NHL Winter Classic hockey game at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Mich. The NHL has canceled the 2013 Winter Classic at Michigan Stadium. The signature event between the Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs, is the latest casualty from the labor dispute that has put the season on hold, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

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NEW YORK (AP) ? No one on either side of the NHL labor fight stormed out of the room, broke off negotiations, or made inflammatory remarks as they left the building.

Quite the contrary, actually.

While negotiators for the league and the union declined to say whether significant progress was made on Day 54 of the lockout, owners and players agreed to return to the bargaining table on Friday for the fourth straight day of talks.

"I am not going to characterize it except to say, as I have before, that it's always better when you're meeting than when you're not," players' association executive director Donald Fehr said Thursday night after the sides wrapped up more than five hours of talks.

It wasn't clear if the NHL responded favorably to a pair of offers the league received from the union on Wednesday or if it made counterproposals to players on Thursday. Both sides held internal meetings to go over the latest developments and make preparations for another set of talks on Friday.

"I am not going to discuss the negotiations or the substance of what we're talking about," NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said Thursday on a wind-blown street corner. "I really don't think that would be helpful to the process.

"We have work to do, and my hope is that we can achieve the goal of getting a long-term, fair agreement in place as quickly as possible so we can play hockey."

The atmosphere was positive enough that Fehr didn't rule out the possibility that talks could stretch into the weekend, too.

"All I can tell you is we have been meeting, and we will be meeting again (Friday)," he said. "I can't say more than that. We haven't talked about (the weekend), but if there is something to talk about then I expect we will be."

This week is considered critical for the season to be saved. The work stoppage is threatening to force the second cancellation of an NHL season in seven years.

Even if an agreement is reached soon, it isn't clear if any of this season's games that have been called off through Nov. 30 can be rescheduled. The NHL has already said a full 82-game season won't be played.

"Every day that passes, I think, is critical for the game and for our fans," Bettman said.

During a second consecutive day of marathon negotiations Wednesday, the players' association made an offer on revenue sharing, in which richer teams would help out poorer organizations, and another proposal regarding the "make-whole" provision that would guarantee full payment of all existing multiyear player contracts.

"There have been discussions over a wide range of topics," Fehr said, while occupying the same location on the street that Bettman did. "We're recessed for the night and we will be getting back together tomorrow. I am not going to comment on the substance of the discussions."

Fehr also declined to say if he felt progress was made in the latest long round of discussions at a Manhattan law firm ? the location of the negotiations that had been kept secret until Thursday.

Thursday's discussions marked the fourth time in six days that face-to-face negotiations have taken place after both sides rejected proposals Oct. 18. The lockout, which began Sept. 16 after the collective bargaining agreement expired, has forced the cancellation of 327 regular-season games, including the New Year's Day Winter Classic in Michigan.

It was unclear if the NHL made counterproposals to offers it received from the union on Wednesday. The belief is that the players' association has agreed to a 50-50 split of hockey-related revenues, but that even division wouldn't kick in until the third year of the deal.

"Collective bargaining is a process, and it has peaks and valleys and ebbs and flows," Bettman said. "It is very tough to handicap."

It was also difficult for the NHL and the union to keep the location of the talks hidden. On Thursday it was revealed that negotiations were being conducted at the law offices of Proskauer Rose ? the firm of NHL lead counsel Bob Batterman.

Revenue sharing and the make-whole provision are major hurdles in the way of making a deal. On Wednesday, the sides spent more than five hours dealing with the most contentious areas. Coupled with the more than seven hours they spent negotiating Tuesday, owners and players were together about 13 hours this week before reconvening Thursday.

There is clearly still much to be done to work out the differences to reach a deal that will allow the delayed and shortened season to begin.

Along with a handful of team owners, eight players attended Wednesday's talks, five fewer than Tuesday. Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby and others left New York to try to avoid the impending snowstorm that hit the area, the union said.

On Thursday, seven players were in attendance, according to the NHLPA, and at least three owners.

In October, the players' association responded to an NHL offer with three of its own, but all of those were quickly dismissed by the league. That led to nearly three weeks without face-to-face discussions, although the parties kept in regular contact by phone.

Both sides have made proposals that included a 50-50 split of hockey-related revenues. The NHL has moved toward the players' side in the "make-whole" provision and whose share of the economic pie that money will come from.

Along with the split of hockey-related revenue and other core economic issues, contract lengths, arbitration and free agency also must be agreed upon.

The union accepted a salary cap in the previous labor pact, which wasn't reached until after the entire 2004-05 season was canceled because of a lockout. The union doesn't want to absorb the majority of concessions this time after the NHL had record revenue that exceeded $3 billion last season.

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U.S. Court Orders Apple To Pay $368 Million Damages For ...

Apple can?t catch a break in the courts right now. In the latest legal blow for Cupertino, a U.S. court has ruled its FaceTime videocalling technology infringes four patents owned by technology company VirnetX. A U.S. Court for the Eastern District of Texas has ordered Apple to pay more than $368 million in damages?to VirnetX.

The patents in question are?U.S. Patent Nos.?6,502,135,? 7,418,504, 7,921,211 and 7,490,151 ? which include a way of establishing a secure comms link.

Apple has the option to appeal the decision. We?ve reached out to Apple and VirnetX for further comment and will update with any response.

Commenting on the win, Kendall Larsen, VirnetX CEO and President, said in a statement: ?We are extremely pleased with the outcome of our suit with Apple. This victory further establishes the importance of our patent portfolio.?

The BBC?reports that the damages award is around half the amount VirnetX had originally sought. It also notes that?VirnetX has previously secured a $200m settlement from Microsoft over similar claims.

The company, which has a patent portfolio of 20 U.S. and 26 international patents, has also brought cases?against Cisco, Avaya and Siemens for allegedly infringing the same patents.

Apple?s recent legal woes include a U.S. judge dismissing a patent licensing case against Motorola Mobility, a U.K. court sticking by a ruling that Samsung?s Galaxy Tab tablets do not infringe the design of the iPad, and a Dutch court ruling that Samsung does not infringe an Apple multitouch patent. Apple also recently got into hot water over the wording of a legal statement it was required to carry on its U.K. website.

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Markets Plummet After Obama Victory Puts &#39;Fiscal ... - Yahoo! Finance

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Stocks fell sharply Wednesday with the Dow closing down 312.95 points, or nearly 2.4%, and below 13,000 for the first time since early August. The S&P 500 Index dropped 33.85 points, over 2%.

Coming on the heels of Tuesday's re-election of Barack Obama, the decline could be viewed as a "sell the news" reaction to what most on Wall Street expected. Others claim the market is showing its displeasure with the incumbent, even though the S&P is up more than 50% since Obama took office in 2009.

"I'm not so real convinced this is some kind of reaction to Obama reelection," says my Breakout colleague Jeff Macke. "If you bet on the favorite which is what Obama was you don't get to gloat after. The market expected this."

Rather than the election news, stocks are taking their cues from those time-tested catalysts: Europe's debt crisis and the dollar.

Ahead of a critical austerity vote in Greece, European bourses and the euro were down sharply Wednesday. Cautious comments by ECB President Mario Draghi about Germany's economy and the European Commission cutting its growth forecast for the eurozone to just 0.1% for 2013 vs. 1% in May cast a further pall on the continent.

In response, the euro hit a two-month low at $1.2734 and the U.S. Dollar index hit a two-month high. Generally speaking, so-called risk assets such as stocks and commodities have been moving in opposition to the dollar, so dollar strength is the enemy of the bulls -- at least for now.

Markets are also trading on the prospects of a resolution for the so-called fiscal cliff.

As I discuss in the accompanying video with Macke, Henry Blodget and Michael Santoli, the market is fearful that Obama's reelection means a continued stalemate in Washington, where the Republicans maintain control of the House.

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) is expected to give a statement this afternoon that will call on both sides to seek "common ground," The Hill reports.

But with President Obama already saying he'll veto any agreement that doesn't raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans ? one of his key campaign promises ? and Republicans saying they won't agree to any tax hikes (period), it's hard to see a consensus emerging anytime soon.

The consensus remains that some deal will be reached prior to Dec. 31 -- when automatic spending cuts and tax hike take effect.

"This is not an organic economic or budget problem, it's self created by Congress; therefore it can be deferred," Santoli says. "But ultimately, a deal is the only thing that's possible whether after a cliff, before a cliff or instead of a cliff. It's just a matter of what mixture of negative outcomes we're going to have to swallow."

With two sides seemingly still very far apart and the calendar getting short, market participants are getting a sample of the bitter pill they'd have to swallow, even if Europe wasn't starting to come unraveled yet again.

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Historic coral collapse on Great Barrier Reef

ScienceDaily (Nov. 7, 2012) ? Australian marine scientists have unearthed evidence of an historic coral collapse in Queensland's Palm Islands following development on the nearby mainland.

Cores taken through the coral reef at Pelorus Island confirm a healthy community of branching Acropora corals flourished for centuries before European settlement of the area, despite frequent floods and cyclone events. Then, between 1920 and 1955, the branching Acropora failed to recover.

Scientists from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at the University of Queensland say the rapid collapse of the coral community is potential evidence of the link between human-made changes in water quality and the loss of corals on the Great Barrier Reef.

It adds weight to evidence that human activity is implicated in the recent loss of up to half of the corals on the Great Barrier Reef, says Professor John Pandolfi of CoECRS and UQ.

The destruction of branching corals coincided with wide-spread land clearing for grazing and agriculture which took place in the nearby Burdekin River catchment in the late 19^th Century, causing an increase in the amount of mud and nutrients into the GBR lagoon, says the lead author of a new study on the collapse, Dr George Roff, of CoECRS and UQ.

"Corals have always died from natural events such as floods and cyclones, but historically have shown rapid recovery following disturbance. Our results suggest that the chronic influence of European settlement on the Queensland coastline may have reduced the corals ability to bounce back from these natural disturbances" he says.

The team took cores from dead coral beds on the western side of Pelorus Island and then analysed their coral species composition and their age, using high-precision uranium dating methods pioneered by a team lead by one of the study's co-authors, Jian-xin Zhao at the University of Queensland's Radio Isotope Facility. They then aligned this with records of cyclones, floods and sea surface temperatures over the same period.

"Our results imply ? a previously undetected historical collapse in coral communities coinciding with increased sediment and nutrient loading following European settlement of the Queensland coastline," the researchers report in their paper.

"Significantly, this collapse occurred before the onset of the large-scale coral bleaching episodes seen in recent decades, and also before detailed surveys of GBR coral began in the 1980s.

"And, even more significantly, we found no similar collapse occurring at any time in the previous 1700 years covered by our cores. Throughout this period the branching corals continued to flourish -- despite all the cyclones and natural impacts they endured."

At two sites the Acropora corals vanished completely while at a third there was a marked shift in coral species from Acropora to Pavona, which the researchers say parallels similar observations of human impacts in the Caribbean.

"On a global scale, our results are consistent with a recent report from the Caribbean region, where land use changes prior to 1960 were implicated in a significant decline in Acropora corals in near-shore reefs."

The research has raised another realistic possibility -- that current coral surveys may significantly underestimate the possibility of major 'unseen' shifts such as these having taken place in the period before effective coral records began, the researchers suggest. In other words, the GBR may be more degraded than it appears to today's eyes.

"We know that at some sites in the region, branching Acropora was the dominant reef builder until recent times. This raises the question of why some inshore reefs appear resilient, while others failed to recover from disturbance" says Dr Roff.

"The research underlines that there is a very strong link between what we do on land -- and what will happen to the Great Barrier Reef in future. It encourages us to take greater and more rapid steps to control runoff and other impacts on land," says Prof. Pandolfi.

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Conservation + Agriculture = True Food Security ? News Watch

By Emile Frison , Cristi?n Samper and Ken Wilson

The Volcanica Central Talamanca Corridor in Costa Rica is one of several biological corridors in Central America created to ensure the movement of critically endangered species across the region. It was difficult to motivate struggling local farmers to support this effort based solely on conservation, but they depend on the land for many uses. Broadening the corridor effort beyond conservation to provide livelihood benefits and improved ecosystem services like clean water was the key to success.

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization has estimated that to feed the world?s growing population over the next 40 years we must find ways to increase food production by 60 percent. Most proposed solutions target demand alone by increasing crop yields. An alternative approach gaining increased attention recognizes the mutual dependency of agriculture and conservation. The results are promising ? putting more food on more tables while bringing additional benefits to the environment and rural communities.

Terraced agroforestry system in Konso, Ethiopia shows how conservation and agriculture can work together - The Christensen Fund

Integrating biodiversity conservation and ecosystem restoration in Costa Rica is providing healthier and cheaper ways to make vital crops more resilient ? for example, by controlling coffee pests. Market initiatives such as the Rainforest Alliance and Starbuck?s C.A.F.E. certification help ensure that landscapes are managed to protect wild biodiversity while providing income for local communities maintaining productive agroecosystems.

Another initiative ? Seeds for Needs, A Bioversity International project that won the World Bank?s 2009 Development Marketplace Award ? shows that access to agricultural biodiversity is critical in adapting food production to climate change. Sweet potato and taro are the most important staple crops in Papua New Guinea. Working with farmers, gene banks, and local partners, varieties of these plants were identified that can withstand the temperature, rainfall extremes, and predicted shifts in pest and disease outbreaks that are expected with a warming planet. Pre-selected varieties were then matched with locations where they should produce good yields under those circumstances.

Quinoa growing in wild areas of Peru - Bioversity International, Danny Hunter

These are just two examples that demonstrate how conservation and agriculture can complement each other. We know from our combined experience working for many years, and in many parts of the world, that there are numerous other cases in which conservation and use of agricultural biodiversity by farmers tending fewer than 2 hectares of land has proved successful.

Momentum is building for this approach. New collaborations like the Landscape for People Food and Nature Initiative, led by Ecoagriculture Partners, are informing new thinking on how to scale-up whole landscape approaches that meet conservation and agriculture goals. That work will play a critical role in engaging the attention of policymakers.

Funders are also playing their part. Both traditional conservation-focused groups and new multi-donor entities such as the International Fund for Amplifying Agro-Ecological Solutions are starting to recognize the interconnectivity between conservation and food production, biodiversity, nutrition, and livelihoods. They increasingly support projects that deliver on several levels rather than concentrating on one specific objective.

Farmers in the Luangwa Valley in Zambia grow vegetables with a rural development model linking agriculture and local markets to natural resource management. WCS's COMACO business model rewards farmers with increased commodity prices for adopting improved land management and farming practices that can sustain higher food crop yields while reducing potential conflicts with natural resources - Julie Larsen Maher, WCS

One of the outcomes of the recent 2012 IUCN World Conservation Congress was the ?Call to Action for Agriculture and Conservation to work together.? This call needs to be followed by a commitment to work with a broad range of partners to gather evidence about what works on the ground. It will be vital to analyze and draw lessons from these experiences and present them in a way that will compel decision-makers to rethink policies.

If we are to find long-term sustainable solutions to food and nutrition security and biodiversity conservation, the policies we need in the future require conservation and agriculture sectors to collaborate. It is not enough just to increase production. Agriculture and conservation have to come together to work with rural communities if we are to have a food secure future.
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Emile Frison is Director General of Bioversity International, the world?s leading research-for-development organization on agricultural and tree biodiversity. Cristi?n Samper is President and CEO of the Wildlife Conservation Society and an international authority on conservation biology and environmental policy. Ken Wilson is Executive Director and CEO of The Christensen Fund, a private foundation supporting the resilience of living diversity at landscape and community level around the world.

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Election over but final Florida results still not in

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