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Familiar face takes mayor's gavel in Pinole

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Automotive Instruments for that Road Warrior | End The Heat

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Japan PM tells China's Wen both want stable Korean peninsula

BEIJING | Sun Dec 25, 2011 4:03pm IST

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(Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda told his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao on Sunday their two nations share an interest in preserving stability on the Korean peninsula after the death of Kim Jong-il, North Korea's long-time leader.

"Peace and stability of the Korean peninsula is in a common interest for both Japan and China," Noda told Wen at the start of talks in Beijing, where Noda is on a two-day visit.

Noda is the first regional leader to visit Beijing since Kim Jong-il's death was announced on Monday, leaving his youngest son Kim Jong-un as leader of the reclusive, communist state. Kim's death rattled the region, with fears of nuclear tests and military confrontation.

China is North Korea's sole major economic and diplomatic partner, and the United States and its regional allies have long pressed Beijing to use its influence to rein in Pyongyang.

Constraining North Korea is especially important for Japan, which is well within range of the North's long-range missiles and wants Pyongyang to resolve the emotive issue of the fate of Japanese citizens kidnapped to help train spies decades ago.

(Reporting by Chris Buckley; Editing by Paul Tait)

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A new way of approaching the early detection of Alzheimer's disease

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APOE is the main genetic risk factor for this disease, but that is not the whole story; The University of the Basque Country is looking for complementary genetic factors

One of our genes is apolipoprotein E (APOE), which often appears with a variation which nobody would want to have: APOE?4, the main genetic risk factor for sporadic Alzheimer's disease (the most common form in which this disorder manifests itself and which is caused by a combination of hereditary and environmental factors). It is estimated that at least 40% of the sporadic patients affected by this disease are carriers of APOE?4, but this also means that much more still remains to be studied. The researcher at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) Xabier Elcoroaristizabal has opened up a channel for making a start by analysing candidate genes which, always in combination with APOE?4, could help to explain more cases. His thesis is entitled "Molecular markers in mild amnestic cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease" (Marcadores moleculares en deterioro cognitivo leve tipo amnsico y enfermedad de Alzheimer). An initial article on this can be read in the journal BMC Neuroscience.

The long-term aim is to contribute towards the early detection of Alzheimer's disease by identifying signs that could be detectable in the very early phases. And, as Elcoroaristizabal explains, while there is no cure for this disorder, the alternative is to get ahead of it and delay its development: "Certain preventive measures involving cognitive stimulation delay its appearance. There are even new drugs that could start to be used earlier. Today there is no solution, but the more we maintain a person's correct cognitive state, the better."

Mild amnestic, cognitive impairment

The individuals who develop Alzheimer's go through a transition period first of all, and this could be the key moment for the effective application of preventive measures. This is mild cognitive impairment (MCI), in which slight cognitive alterations take place but do not affect everyday activities. Among the different types of MCI, one affects memory almost exclusively (amnestic MCI), and those people who suffer from it have a high probability of developing the disorder. The difficult and interesting part is knowing which genetic components are linked to this impairment and also in determining by what percentage the risk of developing the disease increases, a task which Elcoroaristizabal has set himself. "If we can identify which genes are involved and what susceptibility factors there are, preventive measures could be taken," he explains.

So a contrast study has been carried out among a sample of patients with MCI, ones with Alzheimer's and healthy people. This can be used to observe the changes and narrow down the field for the zones to be studied, so that candidate genes can be sought there. Elcoroaristizabal himself notes one example among the many others identified: "It has been observed that the brain's capacity to control cholesterol levels seems to play a key role throughout the illness. So, protein encoding genes linked to this control have been analysed."

In this quest for candidate genes, Elcoroaristizabal has confirmed that the APOE?4 genetic variation is, in fact, the main risk factor for developing Alzheimer's disease. But it does not end there; he has identified several genes which, as long as they are manifested in combination with APOE?4, could take us one step further towards the early detection of this disorder. "Genes that in some way are connected with neurotransmission channels, oxidative stress or the effectiveness of oestrogens seem to be linked to a greater risk for APOE?4 carriers," he explains. Specifically, the candidate genes are as follows: COMT (neurotransmission), SOD2 (oxidative stress elimination) and ESR1 and ESR2 (oestrogen action facilitators).

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About the author

Xabier Elcoroaristizabal-Martn (Barakaldo, Basque Country, 1980) is a graduate in Biology and Biochemistry and has a Master's in Forensic Analysis, all from the UPV/EHU. He wrote up his thesis under the supervision of Marian Martnez de Pancorbo Gmez, Professor of Cellular Biology at the UPV/EHU, leading researcher of the BIOMICs Consolidated Research Group, and scientific adviser to the DNA Bank. He defended his thesis at the Department of Zoology and Animal Cellular Biology. The research was carried out at the UPV/EHU and at the Neurology Departments of the Hospitals of Cruces and Txagorritxu; he collaborated with the University of Salamanca (Spanish National DNA Bank, Cancer Research Centre); the San Prudencio Centre for the Care of the Elderly (Vitoria-Gasteiz), and the Orue Nursing Home (Amorebieta). He also had the invaluable help of the Associations of Relatives of Alzheimer's Patients in Bizkaia and Araba. Elcoroaristizabal is on the Research Personnel recruited by the BIOMICs Group at the Lucio Lascaray Centre for Research and Advanced Studies.



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34-943-363-040
Elhuyar Fundazioa

APOE is the main genetic risk factor for this disease, but that is not the whole story; The University of the Basque Country is looking for complementary genetic factors

One of our genes is apolipoprotein E (APOE), which often appears with a variation which nobody would want to have: APOE?4, the main genetic risk factor for sporadic Alzheimer's disease (the most common form in which this disorder manifests itself and which is caused by a combination of hereditary and environmental factors). It is estimated that at least 40% of the sporadic patients affected by this disease are carriers of APOE?4, but this also means that much more still remains to be studied. The researcher at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) Xabier Elcoroaristizabal has opened up a channel for making a start by analysing candidate genes which, always in combination with APOE?4, could help to explain more cases. His thesis is entitled "Molecular markers in mild amnestic cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease" (Marcadores moleculares en deterioro cognitivo leve tipo amnsico y enfermedad de Alzheimer). An initial article on this can be read in the journal BMC Neuroscience.

The long-term aim is to contribute towards the early detection of Alzheimer's disease by identifying signs that could be detectable in the very early phases. And, as Elcoroaristizabal explains, while there is no cure for this disorder, the alternative is to get ahead of it and delay its development: "Certain preventive measures involving cognitive stimulation delay its appearance. There are even new drugs that could start to be used earlier. Today there is no solution, but the more we maintain a person's correct cognitive state, the better."

Mild amnestic, cognitive impairment

The individuals who develop Alzheimer's go through a transition period first of all, and this could be the key moment for the effective application of preventive measures. This is mild cognitive impairment (MCI), in which slight cognitive alterations take place but do not affect everyday activities. Among the different types of MCI, one affects memory almost exclusively (amnestic MCI), and those people who suffer from it have a high probability of developing the disorder. The difficult and interesting part is knowing which genetic components are linked to this impairment and also in determining by what percentage the risk of developing the disease increases, a task which Elcoroaristizabal has set himself. "If we can identify which genes are involved and what susceptibility factors there are, preventive measures could be taken," he explains.

So a contrast study has been carried out among a sample of patients with MCI, ones with Alzheimer's and healthy people. This can be used to observe the changes and narrow down the field for the zones to be studied, so that candidate genes can be sought there. Elcoroaristizabal himself notes one example among the many others identified: "It has been observed that the brain's capacity to control cholesterol levels seems to play a key role throughout the illness. So, protein encoding genes linked to this control have been analysed."

In this quest for candidate genes, Elcoroaristizabal has confirmed that the APOE?4 genetic variation is, in fact, the main risk factor for developing Alzheimer's disease. But it does not end there; he has identified several genes which, as long as they are manifested in combination with APOE?4, could take us one step further towards the early detection of this disorder. "Genes that in some way are connected with neurotransmission channels, oxidative stress or the effectiveness of oestrogens seem to be linked to a greater risk for APOE?4 carriers," he explains. Specifically, the candidate genes are as follows: COMT (neurotransmission), SOD2 (oxidative stress elimination) and ESR1 and ESR2 (oestrogen action facilitators).

###

About the author

Xabier Elcoroaristizabal-Martn (Barakaldo, Basque Country, 1980) is a graduate in Biology and Biochemistry and has a Master's in Forensic Analysis, all from the UPV/EHU. He wrote up his thesis under the supervision of Marian Martnez de Pancorbo Gmez, Professor of Cellular Biology at the UPV/EHU, leading researcher of the BIOMICs Consolidated Research Group, and scientific adviser to the DNA Bank. He defended his thesis at the Department of Zoology and Animal Cellular Biology. The research was carried out at the UPV/EHU and at the Neurology Departments of the Hospitals of Cruces and Txagorritxu; he collaborated with the University of Salamanca (Spanish National DNA Bank, Cancer Research Centre); the San Prudencio Centre for the Care of the Elderly (Vitoria-Gasteiz), and the Orue Nursing Home (Amorebieta). He also had the invaluable help of the Associations of Relatives of Alzheimer's Patients in Bizkaia and Araba. Elcoroaristizabal is on the Research Personnel recruited by the BIOMICs Group at the Lucio Lascaray Centre for Research and Advanced Studies.



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Kim son called 'supreme leader' of NKorea military

Mourners use a bus to stay warm as many gather around a portrait of the late leader Kim Jong Il hanging outside the Pyongyang Circus Theater in Pyongyang, North Korea on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011. The sign on the bus window reads "Warm rest area. Warm water also available". North Korea on Saturday called Kim Jong Il's son "supreme leader" of the military, dramatically ramping up its campaign to install the young man as next leader even as millions continued mourning the father. (AP Photo)

Mourners use a bus to stay warm as many gather around a portrait of the late leader Kim Jong Il hanging outside the Pyongyang Circus Theater in Pyongyang, North Korea on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011. The sign on the bus window reads "Warm rest area. Warm water also available". North Korea on Saturday called Kim Jong Il's son "supreme leader" of the military, dramatically ramping up its campaign to install the young man as next leader even as millions continued mourning the father. (AP Photo)

A North Korean mourner receives hot drinks at a tent set up for people braving the cold to gather and pay their respects around a portrait if the late leader Kim Jong Il, at the April 25 People's Army House of Culture in Pyongyang, North Korea on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011. North Korea on Saturday called Kim Jong Il's son "supreme leader" of the military, dramatically ramping up its campaign to install the young man as next leader even as millions continued mourning the father. (AP Photo)

North Korean medics, left, stand by in case they are needed to care for people braving the cold to gather and pay their respects around a portrait if the late leader Kim Jong Il, at the April 25 People's Army House of Culture in Pyongyang, North Korea on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011. North Korea on Saturday called Kim Jong Il's son "supreme leader" of the military, dramatically ramping up its campaign to install the young man as next leader even as millions continued mourning the father. (AP Photo)

Mourners gather around a portrait of the late leader Kim Jong Il, hanging outside the Pyongyang Circus Theater in Pyongyang, North Korea on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011. As the grieving continued for Kim Jong Il, state media also emphasized successor Kim Jong Un's bloodline and legacy in carrying out the Kim family claim to lead and protect the North Korean people. (AP Photo)

Mourners gather around a portrait of the late leader Kim Jong Il, in Pyongyang, North Korea on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011. As the grieving continued for Kim Jong Il, state media also emphasized successor Kim Jong Un's bloodline and legacy in carrying out the Kim family claim to lead and protect the North Korean people. (AP Photo)

(AP) ? North Korea hailed Kim Jong Il's son as "supreme leader" of the 1.2-million strong military, ramping up its campaign to install the young man as the nation's next leader even as the mourning for his father continued a week after his death.

Kim Jong Un made a third visit Saturday to the palace where his father's body is lying in state ? this time as "supreme leader of the revolutionary armed forces" and accompanied by North Korea's top military brass, according to the official Korean Central News Agency.

The new title and public show of support from the military leadership sent a strong signal that the nation will maintain Kim Jong Il's "military first" policy for the time being.

Earlier Saturday, the newspaper Rodong Sinmun, mouthpiece of the ruling Workers' Party, urged Kim Jong Un to accept the top military post: "Comrade Kim Jong Un, please assume the supreme commandership, as wished by the people."

Kim Jong Un, who is in his late 20s and was unveiled in September 2010 as his father's choice as successor, will be the third-generation Kim to rule the nation of 24 million. His father and grandfather led the country under different titles, and it remains unclear which other titles will be bestowed on the grandson.

Kim Il Sung, who founded North Korea in 1948, retains the title of "eternal president" even after his death in 1994.

Son Kim Jong Il ruled as chairman of the National Defense Commission, supreme commander of the Korean People's Army and general secretary of the Workers' Party.

Kim Jong Un was promoted to four-star general and appointed a vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party. He had been expected to assume a number of other key posts while being groomed to succeed his father.

His father's death comes at a sensitive time for North Korea, which was in the middle of discussions with the U.S. on food aid and restarting talks to dismantle the North's nuclear weapons program. Chronically short of food and suffering from a shortfall in basic staples after several harsh seasons, officials had been asking for help feeding its people even as North Koreans prepared for 2012 celebrations marking Kim Il Sung's 100th birthday.

North Korea has emphasized the Kim family legacy during the sped-up succession movement for Kim Jong Un. State media invoked Kim Il Sung in declaring the people's support for the next leader, comparing the occasion to Kim Jong Il's ascension to "supreme commander" exactly 20 years ago Saturday.

At the Kumsusan Memorial Palace, Kim Jong Un and senior commanders paid silent tribute to Kim Jong Il, "praying for his immortality," KCNA said. The military also pledged its loyalty to Kim Jong Un, the report said.

"Let the whole army remain true to the leadership of Kim Jong Un over the army," KCNA reported ? a pledge reminiscent of those made when Kim Jong Il was named supreme commander.

The call to rally behind Kim Jong Un, dubbed the "Great Successor" in the wake of his father's death on Dec. 17 from a heart attack, comes amid displays of grief across North Korea. The official mourning period lasts until after Kim's funeral Wednesday and a memorial Thursday.

In Pyongyang, mourners waited in line Saturday to bow and lay flowers at Kim's portrait at plazas and government buildings, including the Pyongyang Circus Theater and the April 25 People's Army House of Culture, even as temperatures dropped to 14 degrees below Celsius (7 degrees Fahrenheit).

Workers at beverage kiosks handed steaming cups of water to shivering mourners, including children bundled up in colorful thick parkas. A sign urged mourners to thaw out inside a heated bus. The order to provide food and warming huts for mourners came from Kim Jong Un, officials said.

Earlier, a throng of North Koreans climbed steps and placed flowers and wreaths in a neat row below a portrait of Kim Jong Il as solemn music filled the air and young uniformed soldiers, their heads shaved, bowed before his picture.

A sobbing Jong Myong Hui, a Pyongyang citizen taking a break from shoveling snow, told AP Television News that she came out voluntarily to "clear the way for Kim Jong Il's last journey."

For days, life in Pyongyang had come to a standstill, with shops and restaurants closed. Downtown Koryo Hotel, one of several in Pyongyang catering to foreigners, was nearly empty.

But there are signs that the country is beginning to move on.

"Streets, buses and the metro are all crowded with people going to their work. They are not giving way simply to sorrow," KCNA said. "They are getting over the demise of their leader, promoted by a strong will to closely rally around respected Comrade Kim Jong Un."

Among the mourners Saturday was a son of the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, founder of the South Korean-based Unification Church, which has longstanding ties with North Korea. The Rev. Hyung-jin Moon helped carry a wreath to the main mourning site at Kim Il Sung Square in central Pyongyang.

The Korean peninsula has remained in a technical state of war since the Koreas' 1950-53 conflict, but two groups from South Korea have permission from the South Korean government to visit the North to pay their respects, Unification Ministry spokesman Choi Boh-seon said Saturday in Seoul.

One group will be led by the widow of former President Kim Dae-jung, who held a landmark summit with Kim Jong Il in 2000, and the other by the wife of a late businessman with ties to the North.

Citizens in Pyongyang, meanwhile, received a last gift from the late Kim Jong Il: fish. State-run media said Kim was worried about the supply of fish and had looked into the matter the day before he died.

Rodong Sinmun showed a photo of a woman covering her mouth as she watched herring and walleye being distributed at a crowded grocery store where they were piled up in baskets.

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Associated Press writer Foster Klug in Seoul, South Korea, and AP Korea bureau chief Jean H. Lee contributed to this report. Follow them on Twitter at twitter.com/newsjean and twitter.com/APKlug.

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New Relic Joins OpenStack Community to Provide Proven Application Performance Management for Organizations Leveraging Open Source Cloud

SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - Dec 22, 2011) - New Relic, Inc., the SaaS-based cloud application performance management provider, today announced that it has joined the OpenStack? community, a global collaboration of developers and technologists producing the open standard cloud-computing platform for both public and private clouds. Organizations deploying web applications on OpenStack can use New Relic to automatically monitor web apps in production and proactively identify and eliminate potential bottlenecks.

"We are witnessing first hand the accelerating adoption of the cloud and many of our customers and partners are taking full advantage of open platforms like OpenStack," said Bill Lapcevic, New Relic's vice president of business development. "Having a performance monitoring solution that deploys in minutes on OpenStack, is easy to use, and has been proven effective on OpenStack provides a huge benefit for organizations that want to ensure application performance and scalability. We are thrilled to be joining OpenStack's growing community of cloud leaders."

With over 140 participating companies, OpenStack is building an expert community that is shaping the future of cloud computing. OpenStack is an open source project that strives to deliver standards-based solutions for all types of clouds by being simple to implement, massively scalable, and feature rich. The OpenStack technology consists of a series of interrelated projects delivering various cloud infrastructure components, including compute, storage and networking.

"As the OpenStack community continues to grow rapidly, we are pleased to see the addition of solution providers like New Relic who, together, are providing a robust ecosystem of tools that make OpenStack platform easier to adopt and manage," said Mark Collier, vice president of marketing & business development at Rackspace.

New Relic works automatically with the OpenStack Platform, enabling app deployment teams to monitor the health and availability of web applications from the user experience, through the infrastructure, down to the application line of code. Additionally, New Relic has tested its solution on the OpenStack-based HP Cloud Services private beta and has successfully deployed and monitored an application on that platform.

Organizations deploying applications on OpenStack can simply sign up for New Relic, follow the two-minute implementation process and begin monitoring and managing web application performance.

About New Relic
New Relic, Inc. is the all-in-one web application performance management provider for the cloud and the datacenter. Its SaaS solution, which combines real user monitoring, application monitoring, and availability monitoring in a single solution built from the ground up, changes the way developers and operations teams manage web application performance in real-time. More than 14,000 organizations use New Relic to optimize over 6 billion transactions in production each day. New Relic also partners with leading cloud management, platform and hosting vendors to provide their customers with instant visibility into the performance of deployed applications. New Relic is a private company headquartered in San Francisco, Ca. New Relic is a registered trademark of New Relic, Inc. To learn more, www.newrelic.com.

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2012 Watch: One-year countdown begins

INAH

The Maya Long Count calendar and its connection to 2012 have long been topics of controversy.

By Alan Boyle

What is it about doomsday that draws a crowd?

Time after time, doomsayers have predicted the breakdown of society on a date certain, stirring up a buzz that builds to a crescendo and ends in a crash when doomsday doesn't come. 1844 brought the Great Disappointment, 1999 brought the Y2K alarm, 2011 brought the Rapture ruckus, and exactly a year from today, we're due for the Maya apocalypse.

If the past is any indicator, we'll be intently blogging, tweeting and indulging in black humor as the clock ticks?down to Dec. 21, 2012. Then, on Dec. 22,?we'll look?around?for the next doomsday.

It's just human nature, says Oregon State University sociologist?Richard Mitchell, author of a book about survivalist?trends titled "Dancing at Armageddon."?Telling stories and trading tips?for making it through the catastrophe that's ahead of us are pursuits that go back to ancient times.


"The attraction of all of these 'final crisis' tales is in the re-narration, the puzzling out of the details, the putting of fragmented facts into a coherent narrative," Mitchell said.

There are plenty of fragmented facts to choose from for 2012's "end of the world" narrative, including?the?Maya Long Count calendar, which supposedly winds down to the end of a 5,126-year-long cycle next Dec. 21. Today the?city?of Tapachula in southern?Mexico is?turning on a digital clock for the yearlong countdown, and Mayan priests?are performing a ceremony at a nearby archaeological site.

They're dramatizing the doomsday date?largely to drum up tourism. "If people are interested, we have to take advantage of this," Manolo Alfonso Pino, the regional tourism director for?Mexico's Chiapas state, told The Associated Press.

Other angles include the recent string of natural disasters?and extreme weather events,?the upswing in solar activity, and even the ramp-up of the Large Hadron Collider. The narrative gets embellished with additional twists from seemingly ancient lore, such as the?feared approach of a mysterious unseen planet, or a prediction that "30?hours of blindness" will beset us.

Some of the?concerns should be taken seriously ? for example, heightened solar storms really can have a negative effect on power grids and communication satellites, and the link between global warming and?wild weather is truly a valid topic of scientific debate. But there's no need to worry about Planet X or the LHC, and even the real concerns?aren't any cause for catastrophic talk. Don Yeomans, who heads the Near Earth Object Program at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, addresses the 2012 hype in this video:

Mitchell doesn't expect the hard-core prophets of doom to accept the assurances of NASA ... or, for that matter, Cosmic Log. "They don't trust the media or academia, because we do in fact pose a real threat ??not to their physical well-being, but to their storytelling," he said.

Any potential for panic?
Is there a danger in doomsday stories? Based on his studies of survivalists, Mitchell doubts that 2012 worries will touch off?mass panic. He told me that folks who are worried about the collapse of society usually shy away from group activities. "There aren't any 'groups,' though one will pop up every once in a while, just to see and be seen," he said. "It's just a myth to suggest that groups exist, other than online mailing lists that nudge electrons back and forth. Largely, it's individual activity, if there's any activity at all."

But Rosanna Guadagno, a social psychologist at the University of Alabama, worries that websites and apocalyptic chatter on the Internet could create a "tipping point" for 2012 hysteria. "I think it's going to ramp up as we get closer to next December," she told me.

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Guadagno's research focuses on the effect that computer-mediated communication has on social interaction and?influence.

"The one thing that we have going against us is the way that information spreads online," she told me on Tuesday. "For example, yesterday half the world thought Jon Bon Jovi was dead, just because one person set up a website."

What if?someone decided to go viral with the apocalypse?

"It won't take that many?people to take advantage of the Internet, to basically spread a lot of misinformation and cause panic among greater numbers," Guadagno said. "Hopefully the general public will be forewarned that this is all?bunk."

That's what we're here for. And we'll be here?whenever the bunk hits the fan during 2012. So whatever you do, DON'T PANIC!

Extra credit: After 2012, what's the next doomsday to watch for? Here are a few dates that are popping up:

  • 2014, when the LHC is due to reach full power. Some folks believe the second decade of any century is a rough time, just because it historically has been. Nicholas Boyle, a professor specializing in German literature and history at Cambridge University (and no close relative of mine), has already written a book?on that theme?titled "2014: How to Survive the Next World Crisis." Not sure what that has to do with German, but OK.?
  • 2029, when futurist Ray Kurzweil expects machine intelligence to equal human intelligence.
  • 2045, when Kurzweil foresees a global transformation?dramatic enough to be classified as a "singularity."
  • 2060, the?"no-earlier-than" date for Isaac Newton's predicted doomsday.

It's interesting that these dates?are?all about 15 years apart. Is there a 15-year doomsday activity cycle, analogous to the 11-year solar activity cycle??That's one more thing to mull over in the comment section below.

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Alan Boyle is msnbc.com's science editor. Connect with the Cosmic Log community by "liking" the log's Facebook page, following @b0yle on Twitter and adding the Cosmic Log page to your Google+ presence. You can also check out "The Case for Pluto," my book about the controversial dwarf planet and the search for new worlds.

Source: http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/20/9592763-2012-watch-the-countdown-begins

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Taylor auction a real gem as sales top $157M

Auctions of Elizabeth Taylor's collection of jewels, gowns, art and memorabilia broke records last week on their way to totaling more than $150 million worth of live and online sales, Christie's said on Monday.

Four days of live auctions in New York and a 10-day online auction from the Hollywood film legend's collection took in a total of $156,756,576, or more than three times expectations.

Taylor's world-renowned collection of diamonds, rubies, sapphires, pearls, emeralds and more accounted for the vast majority of the haul, selling for a combined $137 million and becoming by far the most valuable jewelry sale ever.

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Records were set for pearls, emeralds, and Indian jewels, while per-carat records were broken for a rubies, yellow, and colorless diamonds.

"My mother always acknowledged that she was merely the temporary custodian of the incredible things she owned," said Taylor's son Chris Wilding, who is a member of the Elizabeth Taylor Trust.

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"My family is proud that our mother's legacy as a celebrated actress, tireless AIDS activist, and accomplished businesswoman touched so many people's lives that they wanted to have a part of it history," he said.

Taylor's couture gowns and apparel sale also set a record for the most valuable private collection ever sold at auction, taking in more than $5 million including commission.

The marathon sales' statistics spoke for themselves and highlighted the worldwide interest in the Hollywood legend who rose to fame as a young star of the movie "National Velvet" and went on to claim two acting Oscars for "BUtterfield 8" and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf."

Taylor, who died in March at age 79, lived a glamorous life of numerous marriages to often wealthy and powerful men who lavished her with jewelry and other fine things.

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Among the highlights of the sale: every one of the 1,778 lots offered sold; 26 items sold for more than $1 million and six sold for over $5 million; final prices soared to as many as 400 times their pre-sale estimates; bidders at the live auctions spanned 36 countries.

Since September, some 58,000 visitors viewed highlights of the collection on a world tour that stopped in Moscow, London, Dubai, Paris and Hong Kong, with nearly half that total paying $30 to see the offerings at New York's 10-day exhibition.

The online component alone took in nearly $10 million, with more than 57,000 bids.

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Even catalogs ? some signed, limited edition offerings priced at more than $2,000 ? were a hot item. Proceeds of a portion of the exhibition, catalog and other related events went to the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation.

The top price paid during the series of auctions was $11,842,500 for the historic La Peregrina, a 203-grain (equivalent to 55 carat) pear-shaped 16th-century pearl once owned by England's Mary Tudor and later by Spanish queens Margarita and Isabel.

Taylor's husband Richard Burton bought the pearl in 1969 at auction for $37,000, and Taylor commissioned Cartier to design a ruby-and-diamond necklace mount. The piece was estimated to sell at $2 million to $3 million.

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Taylor's famous 33-carat diamond ring, another Burton gift now renamed The Elizabeth Taylor Diamond, went for $8.8 million, setting a per-carat record for a colorless diamond.

Even the star's charm bracelets drew intense competition, with one estimated at $30,000 soaring to more than $325,000.

Similarly, the top lot of the online auction ? Hiro Yamagata's "Portrait of Elizabeth Taylor" from 1991 ? sold for $108,000, against a pre-sale estimate of about $250. Other top prices paid online for ranged from $45,000 $78,000.

Among memorabilia, Taylor's script from "National Velvet" fetched $170,500, against a $2,500 estimate.

More artwork from Taylor's collection will also be offered in February at Christie's in London during its auctions of old master paintings and Impressionist and modern art.

Source: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/45751135/ns/today-entertainment/

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