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Looking back to the dawn of time
Only a century ago, the origin of the Universe was a topic where reliable experimental data was lacking. The situation is quite different now. Cosmology, the science that aims to explain how the Universe formed and evolves, has since grown into one of the richest and hottest fields of experimental research.
Key discoveries made during the last eight decades show that in the past the Universe was far denser and hotter than it is today, and that it started to cool and expand — a process that is still going on today — about 13 700 million years ago. This version of events, known as the Big Bang theory, is currently the most accepted scenario. But the picture is still far from complete. Questions such as what triggered the birth of the Universe, or how it will evolve in the future, remain unanswered.
The era of experimental cosmology is in full swing: ongoing experiments on ground and in space have yielded new and exciting results. The field will continue to be enriched with complex space-based instruments specifically designed to tackle fundamental problems.
Planck, a third-generation mission that studied the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), was the most ambitious of these space-based missions. It measured the fluctuations of the CMB with an accuracy set by fundamental astrophysical limits. The mission provides the most precise and reliable data of its kind ever obtained, and take scientists ever closer to the origin of our Universe.
The case for the Big Bang
In the 1920s, astronomers discovered that the Universe hasn't always existed as we see it today. It is in fact continuously expanding. This means that all the matter and energy that it contains was packed into a much smaller and hotter region in the past. This was the first piece of evidence for the Big Bang theory of the formation of the Universe.
Later, scientists learnt that stars are the 'factories' that make most chemical elements in the Universe, including oxygen, carbon and iron. But certain elements must come from elsewhere — those few elements were produced in the earliest epochs of the Universe, when it was still very hot.
These findings formed the basis for the Big Bang theory, but it gained wide scientific support only when the next clue was discovered. In 1964, two researchers accidentally detected radiation coming from all directions in the sky, a uniform glow pervading the Universe. This radiation is the relic of the Big Bang itself.
These three clues supported the theory that the Universe has always been expanding, so there must have been an initial period during which all existing matter and radiation were tightly coupled together in a high-temperature mixture.
With time the Universe cooled down, and at some point it must have reached a temperature low enough for the radiation to be decoupled from matter. Light would then have travelled freely throughout the Universe for the first time. That 'first light' should still be detectable today, and it was, in fact, the glow detected in 1964.
This relic radiation from the Big Bang is called the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). It is an important piece of evidence for the Big Bang theory which has not been studied to its full potential.
Low-energy clues to a high-energy puzzle
The CMB pervades every direction in the sky with almost the same brightness. But measurements of its apparent temperature have revealed that tiny differences do exist — as tiny as one part in a million.
The tiny variations hold clues to profound puzzles, they are actually imprints left behind by matter in the past.
At the beginning of the Universe's life, temperatures were still very high: three minutes after its birth, the temperature was about 1 thousand million degrees K. Under these conditions, matter was ionised and tightly coupled to radiation, i.e. light could not travel freely. By studying the energy distribution of the photons at this early time, we can learn what the properties of matter were back then.
Slowly, as the universe expanded and cooled to below 10 000K, the ions began to recombine—this event is known as 'recombination'. Recombination was complete about 380 000 after the Big Bang, when the Universe cooled to 3000K, and light was able to travel freely.
Most primordial matter is comprised of neutral hydrogen gas. It is transparent, so most of the light originating from this early period of the Universe's history is able to reach us in its almost original state.
With the expansion of the Universe, the wavelength of the light emitted (CMB) has increased, and as a consequence the temperature of the CMB has changed from its original 3000K to 2.7K as is observed today. The ratio by which the wavelength has increased tells us about the factor by which the Universe has expanded since the time the photons were emitted.


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What Is the Windfall Elimination Provision?
The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) reduces the earned Social Security benefits of an individual who also receives a public pension from a job not covered by Social Security.
Who does the Windfall Elimination Provision affect?
The WEP affects people who worked both as public employees in jobs not covered by Social Security and in jobs in which they earned Social Security benefits. For example, the WEP affects educators who do not earn Social Security from their jobs in the public schools, but who work part-time or during the summer in jobs covered by Social Security. The WEP also affects people who change careers, moving from a job in which they earn Social Security benefits to a job, such as teaching, in which they are not covered by Social Security.
How does the Windfall Elimination Provision work?
The WEP reduces the factor by which average earnings are multiplied to determine Social Security benefits. How much the factor is reduced depends on when the individual becomes eligible to retire and how many years of earnings he or she has accumulated.
For example: Bob — a retired educator — worked for 17 years in Vermont, a state in which educators participate in the Social Security system. Bob then moved to Maine, a state in which educators are not covered by Social Security. Bob worked for 14 more years in Maine before retiring. According to the Social Security Administration, he earned monthly benefits of $540 per month for contributions paid into the Social Security system while he worked in Vermont. However, because of the WEP, his actual monthly benefits will be cut by $196 a month. Bob will receive only $344 per month from Social Security instead of the $540 he earned.
What is the impact of the Windfall Elimination Provision?
The WEP causes low-paid public employees outside the Social Security system, like educators, to lose a significant portion of their Social Security benefits. The WEP also impacts the teaching profession, as people are less likely to leave other careers in which they earn Social Security benefits to become educators.
What can be done to address the WEP?
Congress can pass legislation to repeal the WEP. For example, Representatives McKeon (R-CA) and Berman (D-CA) have introduced a bill (H.R. 147) to repeal the WEP.

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Fox: No changes to grisly drama on serial killer
Fox's entertainment chief said Tuesday that the network did not change the content or promotion of "The Following," its upcoming drama about a serial killer, because of the Connecticut school shooting or other real-life acts of violence.
The drama featuring Kevin Bacon chasing a grisly killer who recruits murderous disciples is simultaneously the most stomach-churning and most anticipated new dramas on television's docket. Debuting Jan. 21 on Fox, the Kevin Williamson-created series opens by showing the bloody aftermath of knifed prison guards, has a woman commit suicide by gouging her eye and piercing her skull with an ice pick and shows a man set on fire at a coffee stand.
It's intense, but needs to be to compete in the world of thrillers, said Kevin Reilly, Fox entertainment chairman.
Williamson, creator of the "Scream" movie franchise, said he was traumatized by the events of Dec. 14, when 20 first graders and six educators were gunned down in a Newton, Conn., elementary school.
"I know it affected me," Williamson said. "I know what happens in the real world affects me. So when I take pen to paper, there is a reaction to it and it sort of finds its way into what I do."
He doesn't know how the latest attack will affect his work. "It just happened," he said. "We'll see."
But Williamson said "The Following" is partly inspired by the Columbine school shootings of a decade ago. He said he wonders how people like the Columbine killers are attracted to evil as a way of filling a void in their lives. The serial killer in "The Following" is a charismatic figure who attracts followers by trying to provide them with something they are missing.
Violence in movies, video games and television has received attention since the Newtown shootings, along with the availability of guns and mental health services. Reilly said people "can't be reactionary and you can't draw a direct linkage."
Reilly said he believed there have been more violent shows than "The Following" on broadcast television that haven't been noticed, partly because they were bad. Fox is trying to provide escapist entertainment, which include moments that can make you laugh or be your worst nightmare, he said.
"Of course, these things are on my mind," Reilly said. "But the question is a complex one and a broad one."
The question is also a touchy one for Reilly, who snapped at a reporter who asked about Newtown and said he'd take no more questions on the topic.
Fox has gone through a rough season, failing to mint any new hits or attract an audience to its buzzed-about Tuesday night comedies. It is looking forward to a better second half of the year with "The Following" and the return of "American Idol."
Reilly said Fox needs to make some more noise.
"It's a goal of mine to get the Fox back into Fox," he said. "Before there was cable, Fox was cable."


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The Central Connecticut baseball team dropped a 3-2 decision to Sacred Heart in the its first game in the 2012 Northeast Conference baseball tournament. The third-seeded Blue Devils will face fourth-seeded Fairleigh Dickinson in an elimination game on Friday at 12 p.m.
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The Blue Devils put a pair of runners on in the first inning but a pair of strikeouts ended the threat. Sacred Heart took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the third inning on a sacrifice fly from John Murphy.
Central tied it up in the top of the fourth. Junior Tyler McIntyre singled to lead off the inning and went to third on a single from sophomore Dylan DelaCruz, followed by a fielding error. He scored on an RBI groundout from classmate Anthony Turgeon.
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Central scored one in the ninth on a solo home run from DelaCruz, but were unable to bring home the tying run.
Glynne picked up the loss, dropping to 3-4 on the season. He pitched 6.1 innings and allowed just one earned run, and seven hits. He struck out four and walked two.
Sportman and DelaCruz each had two hits. DelaCruz and Turgeon had an RBI in the loss.
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The H1N1 flu is no longer considered a pandemic. This article provides historical information about pandemic H1N1 flu and will no longer be updated. Please see the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website for the latest information about H1N1 flu.
Most of the information below is specific to the United States. For H1N1 flu vaccine information for the country you live in, please contact or visit the website of your country's health department.
A vaccine is a substance used to protect people from infections caused by bacteria and viruses. The H1N1 flu vaccine is designed to protect you against the pandemic H1N1 flu virus. There are two ways you might receive the H1N1 flu vaccine:
The virus in a vaccine will not make you sick.
Like other flu vaccines, you should not get the H1N1 flu vaccine if you are allergic to eggs.
The live, attenuated vaccine (nasal spray) should not be given to:
Availability differs from country to country. Check with your country's health department to find out if the H1N1 flu vaccine is available. The vaccine is now available in the United States and in the United Kingdom.
In the United States, the CDC will distribute the H1N1 flu vaccine to every state. Each state will then determine how the vaccine is distributed, depending on quantity and need. It will be available to health departments, clinics, hospitals, and businesses in the public and private sectors.
In the United States, the CDC has indicated high-risk groups who will be targeted first:
The Public Health Agency of Canada has similar target groups to the CDC but also include:
People in these target groups who have had flu-like illness not confirmed to be pandemic H1N1 flu should still be vaccinated.
After the target groups, people aged 25-64 years should get the vaccine. Older adults (over 65 years) will be the last group to receive the vaccine. (Older adults have been less likely to become infected with this flu than younger people.)
Flu season can begin as early as October and as late as April or May. The best time to get vaccinated is as soon as the vaccine becomes available. Doing so will protect you before the flu comes to your community. The flu season can extend into the spring, so it is important to still get vaccinated if you did not do so early in the season.
Local public health officials will distribute the H1N1 flu vaccine based on risk and need in the communities.
Target populations would consist of:
The H1N1 flu vaccine will come in different forms such as shot and nasal spray. There will be multi-dose vials for wide distribution to the general public and single-dose vials without preservatives for pregnant women and children.
The United States federal government will buy the H1N1 flu vaccine from the manufacturers.
The H1N1 flu vaccine will be free at public health vaccination clinics. Private healthcare providers and institutions may charge a fee. This fee is usually covered by insurance companies.
The nasal spray will be given in two doses (given one month apart) for children aged 2-9 years and in one dose for persons aged 10-49 years. The shot will be given in two doses (given one month apart) to children aged six months to nine years and in one dose for people aged 10 years and older. Make sure you talk to your healthcare provider about which vaccine is right for you.
Even if you have been vaccinated, you can still get the pandemic H1N1 flu. If you have symptoms, tell your doctor.
Yes, you can get the H1N1 flu vaccine at the same time as other vaccines, including the seasonal flu vaccine.
You can get the following vaccines at the same time:
You should NOT get the seasonal flu nasal spray vaccine and the H1N1 flu nasal spray vaccine at the same time. If you want to have both nasal spray vaccines, you will need to get them at least two weeks apart from each other, one month apart is best.
If both nasal spray vaccines are given less than two weeks apart, you may need another dose of the last vaccine given. For example, if you were given the H1N1 flu nasal spray and then had the seasonal flu nasal spray 10 days later, you will need another dose of the seasonal flu nasal spray at least two weeks (one month is best) after the first seasonal flu dose.
You should also have the pneumococcal vaccine if it is recommended for you.
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Every two weeks the last fluent speaker of a language dies. In fact, it's expected that nearly half the 7,000 world's languages are likely to disappear in the next 100 years.
But with the rise of digital technology, humanity has a unique opportunity to record and share these ancestral tongues, preserving hundreds of generations of knowledge encoded within them.
This is the guiding principle of Voces Duraderas, a workshop that will be held in Santiago from January 7 through 11, 2013. Hosted by Enduring Voices – a joint initiative of the Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages and the National Geographic Society – the event will include speakers of indigenous languages from Chile and around Latin America.
"In a lot of indigenous languages, native speakers are growing old, and we want to empower young indigenous activists from those communities to take digital technology and create material in their own language, which can serve as an archive," Living Tongues Latin American Projects Coordinator Anna Luisa Daigneault told This is Chile.
"Our goal is to teach the participants to make recordings, how to use software editing media, and create audio archives and digital films that they can host on the internet," Daigneault said.
The workshop is the third of its kind and the first held in Latin America, after conferences in India and the United States.
"Chile was a pretty easy choice, firstly because we've done several field trips to Chile, so we have a network of people in Santiago, but also because the Mapudungun revitalisation movement is really strong," Daigneault said.
"Chile is a place where indigenous people are stepping up, there are language classes and the scene is very dynamic. Also logistically it's a good place to get computers and technical equipment and set up a workshop – it's safe and easy to get around the city," she said.
Twelve activists have been invited to take part in the seminars, all of whom have worked with the Enduring Voices team before, or have been recommended due to their outstanding work in the field.
Three will come from Chile; Anselmo Nuyado Ancapichun and her son Jonattan Laoiza Ancapichun, speakers of Tsesungun from Southern Chile, and María Inés Huenuñir Antihuala, Mapudungun poet from Santiago.
From El Salvador comes Carlos Enrique Cortez, the first person to create a video archive of Nahuat-pipil, and from Paraguay, Andres Ozuna Ortiz, a Yshyr-chamacoco speaker who published a book with the support of Living Tongues.
Other participants include; Espíritu Bautista and his son Elmo, Yanesha (Amuesha) speakers from the Peruvian Amazon; Judith Condori Gavilán, a Quechua Ayacuchano speaker from Perú; Emiliano Cruz Santiago, Zapoteco Miahuateco speaker and Verónica Fidencio Núñez, Mazahua speaker from México; José Reginaldo Pérez Vail speaker of Mam from Guatemala; and Ignacio Tomicha Chuve, a Chiquitano speaker from Bolivia.
"What we are trying to do is put them all together in one room, and create a think tank of some of the best projects that young people are doing in the region, and motivate them to learn from each other, and help them all move forward at once," Daigneault said.
Running the workshops will be Living Tongues founder and director Dr. Gregory D. S. Anderson and Daigneault herself, Eddie Avila from Rising Voices, and Luis Godoy Saavedra from Chile's Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana.
How to get involved
The workshops are invitation only events, however Voces Duraderas will open up to the public on January 11, 2013, between 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Biblioteca de Santiago. Featuring performances from Mapuche artists, the closing ceremony will give everyone a chance to meet the participants and see what they have done over the five-day event.
Within a few weeks of the workshop, Enduring Voices will begin publishing the material gathered in the Santiago workshop – to follow that progress, check out the Living Tongues blog.
Eventually, organizers will add six new languages to its Talking Dictionaries project, a webpage which archives endangered and extinct languages and allows users to search for words and hear them spoken by native speakers.
For more on the state of Chile's indigenous languages, check out Enduring Voices field report from Chile in 2011.
Voces Duraderas is also supported by the Fundación Imagen de Chile.
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Impending budget cuts will require managers to remain flexible, panelists say.
The Defense Department needs to be more agile in the face of new and upcoming budget constraints, department officials and military experts said at a panel discussion Tuesday.
"The security challenges remain high, budgets are going down. We have no choice but to adapt," Peter Flory, former assistant secretary for defense investment for NATO, told attendees at a PwC event produced in cooperation with Government Executive.
The officials stressed the need to remain flexible and be willing to throw out bad processes that stand in the way of quick results. The panel discussed the importance of a top-down, leadership-driven shift toward a new paradigm that encourages agility.
"I don't believe there is sustainable change," said James Craft, chief information officer of the Defense Department's Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization. "By definition change changes. The point is to maintain the culture and the continual and rational change toward objectives."
Beth McGrath, deputy chief management officer at Defense, said setting clear goals and deadlines helps foster greater flexibility.
"If you can define 'this is what I want to accomplish and why,' then you focus on the outcome instead of how to get there," she said. "Creating the focus with a time frame is what will enable speed."
She added that to identify bad procedures and policies, managers must constantly monitor their office's practices.
"Someone [must] challenge the status quo because without the constant 'but why are we doing it?' we will just continue to do what it has done," she said. "If you don't question the policy and the process, it will continue."
U.S. international partners are similarly looking to make their militaries more adaptable.
"We wanted to remain a global player with . . . capabilities across the full spectrum," said Ian Wallace, an officer in the British embassy in Washington, "but at the same time contribute significantly to reducing our national debt. We pretty much concluded the only way we can do that is to be more agile."
The key to promoting this agility, the panel agreed, is to encourage competition.
"Competition of ideas is good," Craft said, "and if you drive all competition of ideas and approaches out of government . . . you will stifle creativity and innovation."


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As soon as Monty Seawright graduated from college and landed his first job, he started buying Mustangs, mainly 1960s muscle cars and well-preserved Fox-bodies. Today, his collection includes cars like a '69 Boss 302, '79 Pace Car, and '85 Twister II. Last year, he bought one of Ford Racing's new Cobra Jet drag cars, storing it in his backyard building near Columbia, South Carolina, with his other Mustangs and memorabilia.
But like most of us, Monty reserves a fond place in his memory for his first car. "It was a wrecked Mustang II," Monty says. "My dad bought it from an insurance sale. We repaired it so I could drive it."
But with his collection incorporating mostly unique and special Mustangs, Monty didn't want a base Mustang II like his first car. Instead, he was looking for something special, like a King Cobra. He found it in an advertisement for a Kruse Auction sale in Auburn, Indiana: a Midnight Blue '78 King Cobra with less than 10,000 miles.
"It was a no-reserve auction," Monty relates, "so I figured I could get it for a reasonable price. My wife and I flew up on Sunday because the car was scheduled to cross the block on Labor Day Monday. Unfortunately, another guy was bidding on it so I paid more than I thought it was worth."
The King Cobra was auctioned by its original owner, who told Monty afterwards that the car was always garaged and driven only on weekends as a pleasure vehicle. He handed Monty the original paperwork, including the window sticker, which showed that the King Cobra sold for $5,191 from Timmerman Sales Company in Lima, Ohio.
For collectors and Mustang II enthusiasts, the King Cobra is the most coveted of all '74-'78 Mustang IIs. Built as the top-of-the-line model for '78 only, it was definitely the king of Mustang stripe kits with its huge Cobra hood decal and abundant pin striping. Additional dress-up included a front air dam, rear fender flares, Cobra II rear spoiler and reverse-facing hoodscoop, black-out grille, and 13-inch "lacy spoke" aluminum wheels with white-letter tires. The handling suspension (heavy-duty springs, adjustable shocks, and rear stabilizer bar), four-speed, power steering, and power brakes were standard. And even though it was the first Mustang to use the 5.0 engine designation (on the hoodscoop), the 139hp 302 with two-barrel carburetion was nothing like the High Output 5.0s that would come a few years later. The King Cobra option added just over $1,250 to the Mustang II's window sticker but only 4,960 were sold during the Mustang II's last year of production.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. – More than five weeks after getting hamstrung by injuries in a U.S. Open Cup tie, the San Jose Earthquakes are almost back to full strength.
Arturo Alvarez – the last player to heal from a spate of injuries in last month's Cup ouster by Real Salt Lake – is finally ready to return as San Jose travel to Seattle on Saturday.
The 25-year-old has missed the last five matches with a hamstring strain and is far from ready for a full 90 minutes, but said he could give the Quakes 20 minutes of attacking soccer at game's end.
"I've just been working on my fitness, and thankfully, my hamstring's been responding well," said Alvarez, who had an MRI last week that showed no serious damage. "I'm 100 percent. I'm feeling good. I've just got to get back to [match] fitness."
In addition to the trio of forwards, the Quakes have also seen defenders Ike Opara and Steve Beitashour knocked out of the lineup with hamstring problems. Both were available for coach Frank Yallop to select for the traveling 18-man squad, although neither will reclaim his starting spot until they get back into shape.
The team underwent a more rigorous training camp regimen, but it's not clear if that extra work was a contributing factor.
"I think it's just one of those unlucky things that it all happened at once," Yallop said. "There might be something in it, but we haven't identified it."
The Quakes still have one injury-related absence: Striker Eduardo, who has played only 31 minutes all season, is not expected to play because of a strained oblique.
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"We have the fastest sailors in the world and they are sailing arguably the fastest boats in the world," said America's Cup CEO Stephen Barclay. "Designers are pushing things to the limit."
As San Francisco prepares for its first America's Cup competition, the sailing world is waiting to see how far designers will go.
The Cup's U.S. defender, Larry Ellison's Oracle Team USA, set the bar high for the mega race which kicks off this week with the Louis Vuitton Cup. That competition will determine which challenger will race against the US in the America's Cup in September. Ellison successfully pushed for rules mandating entrants race newly designed 72-foot hydrofoiling catamarans. The boats can reach speeds of over 40 miles an hour.
"Suddenly the San Francisco Bay seems incredibly small," said Mickey Ickert, a race veteran who is designing sails for Oracle. "The first question the guys have is, 'Where's Alcatraz?' They are afraid of running into it at 40 miles an hour."
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President Obama's planned August vacation is still a week away, but a rough ride for global financial markets this week has already sparked discussion about his plans. Specifically, should Mr. Obama ditch his beach plans and focus on the economy?
There's something a bit unseemly, after all, about the idea of America's chief executive lounging on Martha's Vineyard when stock markets are tanking – especially when one of the reasons for investor concern is doubt about the ability of political leaders to resolve government-debt challenges in Europe and the US.
At the same time, the media buzz may be premature.
Pressure on the issue eased temporarily, at least, as the US stock market staged a strong upward bounce on Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 423 points to close at 11,143, as investor fears about conditions in Europe – particularly France – eased.
Some political analysts say the idea of cancelling the vacation would be misguided, unless there's something specific the president expects to announce or achieve by staying in Washington.
"If he does decide to change his plans, he needs a definite reason," says Robert Schmuhl, a professor of American studies at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind. "Otherwise you're in a situation where the vacation is cancelled, but nothing extraordinary happens."
If markets continue to stabilize, the views of vacation-spoiling pundits could be forgotten by next Thursday. That's when the Obama family expects to head to the Vineyard, the same island where they (and President Clinton before them) have had getaways in the past.
The vacation question came to the forefront Wednesday, when White House press secretary Jay Carney fielded a query on a day of steep stock-market declines. He said Obama won't be walking off the job during his time away. "The presidency travels with you," Mr. Carney said.
A parallel question in recent days has been whether Obama could do anything more about the markets in the near term – perhaps some public statement designed to reassure businesses and investors.
Obama met Wednesday with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, one sign of the president wanting to show he's on the case.
On Monday, the first trading day after Standard & Poor's downgraded its rating of US Treasury debts, Obama made public remarks designed to calm a diving stock market. For whatever reason – perhaps the president's manner, his message, or the absence of concrete new policies – stocks losses worsened as he spoke.
Making more public remarks aimed at financial markets, without a different message, could be counterproductive, Professor Schmuhl says. "He runs a danger of not being listened to when it is important."
Obama's main message earlier this week was that the US economy still maintains bright potential, but that needed fiscal reforms are held up by "a lack of political will in Washington."
On Thursday, during a Michigan appearance focused on clean cars, the president amped up that theme.
"There is nothing wrong with our country. There is something wrong with our politics," Obama said. Seeking to cast himself as aligned with the frustrations of voters outside the nation's capital, he went on to lament "the worst kind of partisanship, the worst kind of gridlock" in recent bipartisan talks over public debt and deficits.
That very gridlock, some observers say, could mean that a vacation is actually the best thing now for Washington politicians. The recent debt-ceiling negotiations tested the patience of everyone involved, from the White House to both parties in Congress. A break now could help both parties clear the mental air for a scheduled second round of fiscal reform talks.
The public won't necessarily view the pols in a worse light.
According to a recent poll, "82 percent of Americans disapprove of the job Congress doing," says Amy Bree Becker, a political communications expert at Towson University in Maryland. "It's almost like the American people need a vacation from Congress."
Taking vacation time can be a balancing act for any president.
Getting away can be as healthy for them as for anyone else, but sometimes the demands of the job intervene in unexpected ways. For years, presidents have cancelled vacations or cut them short because of events in Washington or beyond. President Bush came off holiday early – although not early enough, in hindsight – after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans.
"Obama is seen as being much more responsive [than Bush] when something like that happens," Professor Becker says.
The president has also taken some hits for the place he has chosen. Martha's Vineyard is viewed by many as a destination for the elite, perhaps not the ideal public-relations move at a time of high unemployment.
But like Mr. Clinton, Obama doesn't have his own ranch or seashore home for a natural retreat, as the Bushes and President Reagan had.


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WHO: Sasha Alexander and Clark Gregg will join SAG-AFTRA President Ken Howard to announce nominees.
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(Pocket-lint) - Get ready with those new year resolutions. If one of them is going to include trying for a fitter, healthier you in 2012, Jawbone is here to help. Jawbone is best known as the maker of excellent Bluetooth headsets and a great portable speaker, the Jambox.
Its latest innovation is a wristband with built-in motion sensor. The idea is that if you're trying to be healthy, just being conscious of your daily activity is likely to increase how active you are. The Up aims to be your fitness assistant.
What is it, exactly?
It's a light, comfortable rubbery band that flexes open to put it on and off your wrist. To make the most of it, you need a smartphone. Right now, there's an iPhone app, with Android to follow. There's no Bluetooth on board this doohickey, so you connect it to your iPhone by popping off the little silvery Jawbone cap that sits on one end of the band.
Inside is a headphone connector that plonks into the phone so you can synchronise the Up's data. You see, every step you take is noted by the Up, and recording the number of daily steps you take is one of its main functions. You can decide to start off low with a 5,000-steps-a-day target, or aim higher with 10,000, say. Synchronise the Up with your phone at the end of the day and it'll give you the good or bad news. Manage 100 per cent of your target and the screen shows the achievement bathed in sunbeams.
If you're going cycling, where your arm may not move much at all, you can use the iPhone's GPS to measure your exercise accurately. And you can create challenges which other Up users can contribute to – walking to the moon (or the equivalent distance, obv) seems a big ask but if there are 1,000 of you, it's doable. The idea is that communal challenges inspire you more.
Keeping track of sleep and food
There are two other elements Up manages – food and sleep. Food is average at best: when you have a meal, take a picture of it on the phone's camera and a couple of hours later the phone will ask you to judge whether you're energetic, stuffed, tired etc. The plan is you'll get a clearer idea of what makes a good and nutritious meal.
Better is the sleep element. Press the end of the bracelet and it'll switch to sleep mode, measuring your movements in that context. It knows when you're awake, lightly asleep or deeply asleep just from the motion sensor. This gives you a clear analysis when you transfer the data the following morning. It's excellent, confirming that you really did have a good night's shut-eye or that you have good reason to feel bleary-eyed if you didn't.
Wakes you up gently
And there's another neat wrinkle: you can set a smart alarm. The best time to wake is when you're coming out of deep sleep into lighter sleep. So if you set your alarm for, say, 7.30am, it'll start monitoring your movements for the half hour before that. As soon as it senses you're going from deep to lighter sleep, the bracelet starts vibrating. It has woken us with utter reliability, and has the advantage that if your significant other is waking later, this is a silent wake-up call that needn't disturb everybody.
The problem is that in reality, it has almost always woken us 30 minutes before the alarm time, so we now set it 15 minutes later than we need to get up.
You can only set the smart alarms at 15 minute time differences: greater precision would be better. On the other hand, there have definitely been times when it has woken us at just the perfect moment, sleep-cycle-wise. If you have problems feeling lively in the morning, it may help.
A few little niggles
It's a very cool device that has a lot going for it. But there's one big downside and that's the band itself. The silver cap that hides the earphone jack pops off easily. We've already lost one, and nearly lost a replacement cap about 20 times. It's just not secure enough. Sure, it'll work without the cap but it doesn't look so pretty.
And the other end of the band has four sharp edges to the tip which scrape down the lining of your sleeve as you take a jacket on or off. It's not hard to remember to take it off before you make this movement, but a less abrasive end would have been better.
If you need a nudge to become more active, the Jawbone Up is great to use, offers lots of detailed information. It can really help you to stay conscious of how active you are, what you're eating and the quality of your sleep.
It's light, comfy to wear for extended periods (make sure you get the right size) and even comes in a bunch of colours to suit your taste.
UPDATE: On the 8th of December, Jawbone announced that it is stopping production of the Up temporarily. It has taken this action because a number of users have reported serious problems with their units.
Our review was written before this recall, but published after and our testing showed none of the more serious problems that some users have found.
As a result of these issues, Jawbone has offered all current users of the Up a full refund. They don't have to give their units back either and are free to carry on using them. The company says that the Up will go back in to production in 2012, with changes that should solve the problems.
We'd like to thank users who pointed these issues out to us. Although it's clear this product has its problems, our reviewer liked the product and found it useful. Indeed, he is still using it with no problems. Hopefully, when the problems with production are resolved everyone will have the same positive experience we did.


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Asking: $459,950
Contract price: $459,950
Days on market: 30
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Thomas L. and Stephen B. Calloway to Mary V. Thomas, 739 Orangedale Avenue, $62,000.
Margaret Ann Jackson to William J. Clark and Jonathan Dinh, 737 Prospect Avenue, $66,000.
Charles H. and Anita L. White to William J. Clark and Jonathan Dinh, 739 Prospect Avenue, $71,500.
Leonard and Frances Lenoci to Rebecca Goodwin, 777 Prospect Avenue, $71,200.
Ann S. Crute to Charles G. and Joanna W. Tolson, parcel on N. Baker Street, $131,250.
Woodrow W. Wyant to Isdra Lake, 1118 Meriwether Drive, $115,000.
Sidney W. and Becky P. Atkinson to Daniel W. and Graham Kent, 307 Robertson Avenue, $160,000.
Stephen C. and Kerry Ann Hendrix to Kandi K. Kerns, 1003 Fern Court, $232,500.
Beverly Jean Carwile to Christopher M. and Jeanne C. Carter, 1116 East Jefferson Street, $175,000.
Iris M. Coiner, Brenda Doner, and Sandra C. Wooten to Matthew M. Bloxsom and Devon G. Knott, 707 Shamrock Road, $160,000.
Patricia S. Dabney to Robert C. and Diane D. Price, 2117 Morris Road, $425,000.
Florence H. Linskey and Joan T. Doherty, Trustees, to Whitehall Investors V LLC, unit in the Venable Condominium, 312 13th Street NW, $49,000.
Charles P. and Melody M. Swartz to Whitehall Investors V LLC, unit in the Venable Condominium, 312 13th Street NW, $49,900.
Jeffrey G. Dreyfus to Michael H. Herzog and Todd Toms, 2622 Jefferson Park Avenue, $270,000.
David R. and Hana K. Eskra to Stephen C. and Kerry A. Hendrix, 1008 Ashby Place, $255,000.
David H. and Tamara B. Williams to Robert E. McConchie, 109 Apple Tree Road, $245,000.
Kenneth P. and Ruby L. White to Joel M. and Ruth L. Harp, 5964 St. George Avenue, Crozet, $180,000.
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to James River Real Estate, 5 acres on Route 618, $60,000.
George Simpson, Trustee, to Vicki G. and Gary P. Bibb, two condominium units in Solomon Court, $73,800.
Craig Enterprises Inc. to Roger Mahloch, 1990 River Inn Lane, Forest Ridge, $306,000.
Sylvia Waller Boyd to Weather Hill Homes, 8.0991 acres at 4300 Three Notch'd Road, $130,000.
Michael Lugar to Catherine Tyler, 7038 Porters Road, Esmont, $52,370.
A.M. Nichols, Trustee, to Southland Homes Inc., parcel in Fontana, $70,000.
James R. and Patricia Cooke to Sharon E. Miller and Alvin R. Powell, 210 Monacan Drive East, Carrsbrook, $308,000.
Marjorie Louise Gardner to Aleeta A. Gardner, interest in two parcels, $16,000.
Clara Rybarczyk to Ronald Wyncott, 41.47 acres on State Route 618, gift.
David J. Hartman to Chris P. and Linda Sue Pullig, 1956 Heather Glen Road, Forest Lakes, $205,000.
William A. Cooke to Canterbury Building Company, 10.57 acres on State Route 22, $40,000.
Brenda G. Wright and R. Baxter Griffith to John S. and Becky Ellwood, 2290 Westover Drive, $219,500.
Robert Hauser Homes Inc. to Ali A. and Zainab J. Haider, 338 Pleasant Ridge Road, $344,000.
David G. and Tracy D. Aglio to Stuart V. and Melissa N. Fielding, 1820 Steeplechase Run, Forest Lakes, $232,000.
Howard B. and Mary J. Craddock to Sandra S. and Burnet V. Brooks, 1771 Hearthglow Lane, Fieldbrook, $275,000.
Todd H. and Kristen E. Barnett to Kristen E. Smith, 12.466 acres at 4496 Stony Point Road, gift.
David K. Kannan to Melissa L. Kayser and James H. Baird, 947 Southampton Drive, Stonehenge, $111,100.
Bruce W. and Bonnie M. Kirtley to John L. and Juana E. Tang, 250 Yancey Mill Lane, $215,000.
Anne M. Briggs to Peter H. Briggs, 876 Chapel Hill Road, no price given.
Duane D. Morris to Anthony C. Morris, .779 acre at 5934 Railroad Avenue, $105,000.
Wayland R. Barnette to Rex C. Barnette, 2 acres at 12365 Kendall Road, gift.
Forest Lakes Associates to Robert Hauser Homes Inc., parcel in Forest Lakes, $81,013.
William M. and Brandi N. McCall to Thomas L. and Suzanne C. Pace, 979 Devon Spring Court, Redfields, $149,000.
Kalisankar and Krishna Malik to Linda E. Loughman, 12 Waterwheel Drive, Mill Creek, $137,500.
Eugene J. Carmody to Mark E. and Jacquelyn Ragland, 2073 Tavernor Lane, $86,500.
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What is this project?
It is a project to install 370 feet of new concrete sidewalk on the north side of Patrick St. from Boxley Ave. to Lonesome Dove.
Why is it important?
This new segment will provide a connection to Red Oak Park.
What is the current status?
This project is complete.
How is this project being funded?
Funding for this project comes from the Street Fund. The Street Fund is financed through two sources:
1) Turn-back revenues from the State of Arkansas. The State collects motor fuel taxes, which are returned to the City on a per-capita basis.
2) Turn-back monies received from the County Road Millage Tax. The City receives 80% of the road millage levied by the Quorum Court on real and personal property located within the city.


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NGSS Standards
2-PS1-2 Analyze data obtained from testing different materials to determine which materials have the properties that are best suited for an intended purpose.
Students test materials to see which is the best material to use for sound insulation.
Science Practices
- Planning and Carrying Out Investigations (SP 3)
Students identify the variable to be tested and the variables that should remain the same for each test.
- Analyzing and Interpreting Data (SP 4)
Students use a decibel chart to help them determine how well their sound insulation is working, or if available, an app that measures dB.
Here is a link to compare dB for different activities, could be used as reference. There are free dB measurement apps to use on the iPad. I will be using Decibel to the 10th.
- Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions (SP 6)
Students review their data to explain which material makes the best sound insulation. This information is used to build a class bar graph. Subsequently students make conclusions bout the material's attributes that make it suited for soundproofing
Cue the sound power point
Collect materials to test for sound proofing; possible items:
felt, cotton balls, packing peanuts, bubble wrap, newspaper
Make a chart to identify material with label
The teams choose 4 materials to test. I provided a number of items for possible insulation materials so teams would be encouraged to discuss which materials would work the best. By providing the students with choice encourages them to think for themselves and defend their reasons.
Collect cardboard tubes; one tube per team
If possible have an app or device that can measure dB
Copy 'Sound Insulation Lab'; one per team
Make teams
Science starts with a question, usually written on the board. This allows time for students to consider today's topic before the lesson has officially begun. I have established this routine with the kiddos to keep transition time short and effective and redirect student's attention back to content while allowing time for focused peer interaction.
Question for the Day: When would we want to block or muffle sound?
Our school is by a busy urban airport, so sound quality can be an issue. I wanted to choose a situation that students could connect to.
Students turn to share ideas with their neighbors. When students have signaled that they are finished with their discussion by turning to face me, I invite volunteers to share what their neighbor said.
This encourages active listening when partners share and when volunteers repeat what their partner said.
I write answers on the board.
"Since our community is close to an airport, when builders build homes, they want to make sure that they use materials that will help block out noise of jets engines. These materials can be soundproofing insulations. Do you remember what we call a scientist that looks at materials to test for certain properties? Yes, a materials engineer!"
"As material engineers, you will work in teams of 4, to select and test materials to 'hear' which insulation blocks sound the best."
I use the random sorter to make groups. Then I direct students to sit with their team.
This helps me get a visual on who is in each group, in case I see some combination of students would not promote a productive lab.
For this next section I use the Power Point - sound insulation to guide the discussion.
Slides 1- 3 Define Sound Insulation
"Material Engineers, what is our question that we want to test and answer? Right, what material would be the best sound insulation."
I introduce 'insulation' to help develop students' academic language.
Slide 4 Sound Insulation Materials
"Remember when you built your erosion models we discussed that we would need to keep the slope, water and amount of soil the same so that we would only be testing for the one variable, the erosion design?
"What is the variable we want to test for? Right the best material that will insulate sound. Testing different materials is the only part of the test you will change.
"Let's make a list of materials you could test. I have gathered some materials you could use on this table, but if you have ideas for other materials that we can find in the classroom, please share those ideas too."
I use this opportunity to name the materials so that all students are familiar with the material names. I also want to give students an opportunity to include their ideas of materials.
"The materials you choose to test for sound isolation, is the only part of your test that will change."
Slide 5 Variables to Remain the Same
"Let's think about what needs to stay the same each time you test, so you are testing the materials. Please turn to your table partner and discuss your thoughts about what will have to be the same for each test."
I walk around the room to listen to student conversations. I note which students mention that the sound volume will need to be the same for each test so that I can call on them to share with the class.
If the following variables are not mentioned by the students, through a guided discussion, the following variables are reviewed:
The variables are animated on the slide when I tap on the screen.
- distance between sound produced and received; Students use a cardboard tube to keep the distance consistent
- volume; Students discuss that the volume needs to be the same for each test and that the same noise/sentence should be said by the same person
- measuring the volume at the other end of the tube; We discuss that the same person needs to be the listener and use the decibel chart to compare how loud the sound is.
Slide 6 Procedure
I show students how they will place the material in the tube. (show video). Then review the following with the slide:
Volume: Select one person from your team to say the same sentence in a 'presenters' voice. The same person speaks for each material test.
The students and I discuss the pros and cons of telling the sentence to the listener. I let the teams decide whether or not the listener will know the sentence.
Distance: Use the cardboard tube to place material in. Person speaks into the tube.
Measure Volume: (this will be subjective, unless I can use a dB reader, a possible app for the iPad) Select one person from your team to listen to the speaker and 'measure' the sound. The same person listens for each test.
Afterward the procedure for testing sound insulation materials are summarized. I invite students to discuss the procedure with their team.
Slide 7 Chart to Compare Decibels to Common Sounds
"Volume is how loud sound is, which is measured in decibels. This is a chart that shows you the decibel rating for some common sounds. After the listener listens to the sound, you will use the chart to help you decide what decibel score you will write for the material."
"You will write your observations and your best guess decibel score, Your observations could include a description of what you heard, maybe you only heard some of the words. All of the words...
I review some of the sounds with the kiddos.
I found a decibel app for the class ipads which I chose to use instead of the decibel chart Slide 7 was a great segue to decibel readings on the app.
I pass out the lab form students will use. It includes a space for them to write their hypothesis and observations.
I also pass out a cardboard tube to each group so they can explore how their voices sound without any insulation.
While teams are exploring the properties of sound and the tube, I lay out the testing materials on the back table.
I provide teams with samples of each material to help them decide which materials they will test.
I signal for students' attention, "After you have selected and written 4 materials you want to test, choose one person from your team to pick up the first material you will test fromthe back table.
"Teams will test a material, write your data and observations and then return the material to the back table. The material person will pick up the material you want to test next."
While students are testing I ask teams about their results. I ask them about their procedures, if the results would be different if the materials were placed in the tube in another way? What do they think is happening to the sound waves?
10 minutes before science is over, I signal students' attention and direct them to write their conclusion based on the data they have. I remind them to use our 'anchor conclusion chart' to help them write their conclusion. Together we discuss the lab topics that would be addressed with the conclusion anchor chart.
I will be collecting the lab forms to check that observations were written and that the conclusion is based on their observations.
"Once your team has finished writing their conclusion and turned it in, please take a seat on the rug. You will help me make a bar graph to show which material your team determined was the best sound insulator."
I intended for the students to make a bar graph, but they needed the entire science time to complete their.
As in previous lessons, students could write their results and conclusions during the language arts time, which allows more time to review and discuss results. See the reflection for this section.
I have made a bar graph on tag board. Students use post-its to indicate which material their team tested to be the best sound insulator. We discuss what we can learn from the bar graph and students thoughts on the lab.
Instead of the bar graph, the next time we meet for science, I tallied the top insulating materials based on the teams' results. This information and discussion is used to develop a class conclusion for the lab.
Creating the bar graph with my students provides an opportunity for me to show them how scientists can summarize their notes. It provides a visual way for us to compare which materials were the best insulators.
The post-its allow students to participate with building the bar graph without time needed to color in another section of the bar.
My kiddos will be moving into a graphing unit in math. This activity provides a way for me to front load some of the learning.
Lab work is collected.
I will review lab papers for completeness and that their conclusions address the bullet points on the 'conclusion anchor chart.'


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Over 30 years ago Lee Farms Excavating Inc. of Onarga, Ill. started out on farm site clean-ups. With the support of their Cat® dealer, the company has grown into a successful demolition operation, taking down grain elevators all over the U.S.
"Years ago, my dad and I were just farmers who started a small family business doing a little demolition work on the side and we bought a used D7E tractor," said owner Ken Lee. "Now we have a fleet of powerful Cat machines, and we work all over the country taking down old wood and concrete grain elevators and doing all the other site demolition tasks that come with it."
Lee recalls being invited to Peoria, Ill. back in the 1970s to try out a used 325L Hydraulic Excavator. That first visit made a lasting impression on Lee, and by his own account, "got me going." He never forgot the way the Cat dealer salesperson treated him, and to this day invests in only Cat equipment.
Encountering towering concrete grain elevators as high as 120 feet, Lee was in need of higher reach machines for many of the larger demo jobs at the producer operations. So he invested in the 385C L Ultra High Demolition (UHD). With its well-balanced counterweights, rugged, reinforced upper frame and designed-in tool cylinder protection, the UHD excavators are the most reliable machines for demolition applications.
Operator comfort and safety are critical in demolition applications. The UHD excavator models include a tiltable, high-visibility demolition cab and falling-object guard.
At a recent job for Cargill in Topeka, Ill., Lee Farms won a contract to tear down and remove eighteen 120-foot high grain bins. Though the sites can appear somewhat chaotic, they are far from it—and are actually precise, carefully orchestrated operations.
UHD machines begin by tearing down the tops and working about halfway down the elevator with the larger 385C UHD machine equipped with an MP 20 multi-processor and then switching to a 345C L UHD equipped with an MP 30 multi-processor. Two other excavators, a 345C L and 345D L equipped with claw buckets load the steel and other scrap materials into trucks. Meanwhile, the concrete is recycled on site.
Other Cat machines in the Lee Farms' fleet include a 304 mini excavator, four 330's, three 336's a couple of D6s, a D8 and some scrapers on rental.
Lee Farms is proud of its outstanding safety record and the surgical precision of its demolition operations. "We meet every morning on the jobsite to conduct a daily, complete Job Hazard Analysis (JHA). Cargill involved their team members, too, as a safety-conscious partner. "Safety is an on-going learning experience and we strive to be as safe as we can," Lee says.
A Cat 279C2 Compact Track Loader is dedicated to cleaning up the entire jobsite all day, every day. "It's his only job," Lee adds. Cleanliness is a high priority on Lee Farms jobsites, "to be safe, a site must be clean." Work areas and access roads that are kept clear of debris also help prevent tire damage and enable safe, swift passage of work vehicles. As an added precaution, Lee Farms equips a Cat 320D L with a thumb and a magnet that sweeps the entire jobsite at the end of each day to remove any hazardous metal or rebar.
"As we move around the country, there's always a Cat dealer close by," Lee says. "That means we're always assured of good service and parts availability no later than the next day. Cat dealer product support is excellent and it means the world to us to have that advantage. Whether it's Saturday, Sunday or whenever, our salesperson is right there. We count on him. Along with his support team at Altorfer, they have made life easier for us."


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Lately, cutting-edge rockers have engaged in a musical debate over how much to revive underused old sounds and how much to actively engage with the new. Consequently, all the ideological positioning makes it difficult to hear new records without mentally filing them somewhere on the continuum. The Rosebuds' debut album The Rosebuds Make Out stands apart, since its power-pop-informed rock isn't strictly retro or futurist. The North Carolina band has a few sonic tricks–some violin drone on the charging-but-elegiac "Back To Boston," a chorus of "whoa whoa whoa"s on "Drunkards Worst Nightmare"–but most of the clever arrangements are situationally inspired, not statements of purpose. Singer-guitarist Ivan Howard and his co-writer, keyboardist Kelly Crisp, clearly believe that big hooks and catchy choruses sound better when played loud and sloppy, and their exuberance supersedes questions of influence. "Wishes For Kisses" has a classic '50s slow-dance structure, but filtered through The Rosebuds, it comes out slightly warped and even more like a teen anthem. The rollicking, bratty "Kicks In The Schoolyard" quotes The Smiths in its lyrics and apes The B-52's in its feel, but like the similarly brisk "My Downtown Friends" and "Boys Who Love Girls," it's mainly just fresh and invigorating, ideal for punk clubs and short car rides. The Rosebuds Make Out is clearly meant to recall the first Modern Lovers record or Marshall Crenshaw's debut, and though it's not quite in that class, it's still pretty amazing. Just as vital is Constantines' second album Shine A Light, which is arguably engaged in the new-rock discourse, given the Ontario band's simultaneous embrace of classic-rock bravado and splatterpunk nightmarishness. Singer-guitarist Bry Webb sounds like he's been shouting across a room for an hour and can now only hoarsely grunt and squeak while the rest of his quintet zooms hard, sweating up front so as to give an excuse for the lengthy, bass-led instrumental interludes to come. The group frequently wanders into still valleys before chugging back up, properly balancing bounce and punch–Constantines may be the best band since Archers Of Loaf to marry intelligence and brute force. Shine A Light can be practically celebratory, as on "Young Lions," which opens with surging guitar akin to a ramshackle version of Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart." It can also knock listeners down, as on the harsh-edged bounder "On To You," which starts with kicks and coos and ends in rasp and accusation. As Webb breathlessly intones lines like "I'm learning to survive / on earthworms and houseflies," and drops obsessive references to pigeons, dogs, fire, and poison, Constantines generates a jarring-but-tuneful vision of desolation. It's music for an overheated, off-the-books hideaway, with its doors barricaded to stave off impending doom.
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What's News: Google wins its fight over the word "ungoogleable." Buick unveils a new Regal and LaCrosse. Citigroup improves its anti-money laundering controls. Barrick Gold begins successor search. Photo: Ap
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