Death toll of Oklahoma tornado may rise, 237 hurt: governor

(Reuters) - Rescue workers searched the rubble of a school in Moore, Oklahoma, on Monday to find some two dozen missing children following a huge tornado that leveled part of the town, Oklahoma Lieutenant Governor Todd Lamb said. In an interview on CNN, Lamb said rescue workers rushed in fading light to try to find the children at the school, which took a direct hit from a tornado packing winds of up to 200 miles per hour. At least 51 people have been confirmed dead in the tornado, which struck at midafternoon Monday. (Reporting by Greg McCune; Editing by Bill Trott)

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Lawyer: No background check done on Jackson doctor

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? AEG Live LLC did not conduct any background checks or supervise the doctor who was later convicted of killing Michael Jackson, a corporate attorney testified Tuesday in a lawsuit claiming the concert promoter was negligent in hiring the physician.

AEG Live General Counsel Shawn Trell told jurors that no legal or financial checks were done involving Conrad Murray or anyone else who worked as an independent contractor on the "This Is It" shows.

Jackson's mother Katherine is suing AEG claiming it failed to properly investigate Murray, who was deeply in debt when he agreed to serve as Jackson's tour physician in 2009 for $150,000 a month.

Trell said he thought a background check would be appropriate for people working in financial roles, but not tour personnel who weren't employees of AEG.

Murray's employment status is a central issue in the case. Katherine Jackson's lawyers contend he was hired by AEG, but the company denies it hired him and notes the singer died before signing the doctor's contract.

Trell also acknowledged while testifying that numerous people in the company knew of concerns that Jackson's health was declining.

Five days before Jackson died, AEG Live CEO Randy Phillips alerted the promoter's parent company that Jackson had missed a rehearsal and didn't appear to be ready for his comeback concerts.

"We have a real problem here," Phillips wrote in the message to the CEO of Anschutz Entertainment Group.

Trell agreed with a statement by plaintiff's attorney Brian Panish that company executives knew by then there was a "deep issue" with Jackson.

Trell also said he continued discussions with an insurance broker about additional coverage to recoup AEG Live's investment if the tour had to be canceled.

Hours after Phillips sent the warning email, attorney John Branca, who later became co-executor of Jackson's estate, offered to enlist a spiritual and substance abuse specialist to help Jackson, according to an email shown in court.

On that same day, Phillips and others met with Jackson and Murray at the singer's home.

Hours later, Phillips sent an email to tour director Kenny Ortega telling him not to worry. Ortega had expressed grave concerns about Jackson.

"This doctor is extremely successful ? we check everyone out ? and he does not need this gig so he (is) totally unbiased and ethical," Phillips wrote.

Panish called Phillips' statement "a flat out lie" and asked Trell whether he agreed with it or if it signified how AEG did business. Trell said he didn't know what Phillips thought he knew when he wrote the message.

"I know this statement is not accurate, but you'd have to speak with Mr. Phillips about what he thought or meant in saying it," Trell said.

Phillips is listed as a potential witness in the case, and Trell said he expects him to testify later in the trial.

Outside court, AEG's attorney Marvin S. Putnam declined comment on the email or Panish's characterization of it.

Trell also said on Tuesday that no one at AEG supervised or monitored Murray, who was convicted in 2011 of administering a fatal dose of the anesthetic propofol to Jackson.

Trell is considered the most knowledgeable person on numerous issues involving the shows, including contracts and Jackson's health. He has not yet been questioned by AEG's trial lawyers.

Earlier in the day, Trell revised previous testimony in which he told jurors that tour director Ortega worked on "This Is It" without a contract.

The lawyer said Monday that Ortega worked under an agreement forged through a series of emails but didn't have a signed contract.

On Tuesday, he told jurors he was mistaken, and Ortega did have a contract. The agreement was signed in April and included three pages of legal text and several pages of emails laying out the terms.

Trell said he had been reminded of Ortega's agreement by AEG's trial attorneys.

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Anthony McCartney can be reached at http://twitter.com/mccartneyAP

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Google Glass rooted and hacked to run Ubuntu live at Google I/O

Today at Google I/O the company held a session entitled "Voiding your Warranty" where employees demonstrated how to root Google Glass and install Ubuntu on it. What you're seeing above is a screenshot from a laptop running a terminal window on top and showing the screencast output from Glass on the bottom -- here running the standard Android launcher instead of the familiar cards interface. The steps involve pushing some APKs (Launcher, Settings and Notepad) to the device using adb, then pairing Glass with a Bluetooth keyboard and trackpad. After this, it's possible to unlock the bootloader with fastboot and flash a new boot image to gain root access. From there you have full access to Glass -- just like that! Running Ubuntu requires a couple more apps to be installed, namely Android Terminal Emulator and Complete Linux Installer. The latter lets you download and boot your favorite linux distro (Ubuntu, in this case). You're then able to use SSH or VNC to access Ubuntu running right on Glass. We captured a few screenshots of the process in our gallery. Follow the links below for more info -- just be careful not to brick your Glass okay?

Gallery: Glass hacking at Google I/O 2013

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Fund for freed woman in Ohio reaches $480,000

CLEVELAND (AP) ? An official says a charity set up to help the three women freed from a decade of captivity in a Cleveland house has raised more than $480,000 so far.

Lynne Woodman of KeyBank tells The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer (http://bit.ly/10V7Mh8 ) that there have been more than 5,100 donations to what has been named the Cleveland Courage Fund. She says donations have come all 50 states and several foreign countries.

The money will go into four trust funds established for the victims.

Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight ? along with Berry's 6-year-old child born in the house ? were freed from the house on the city's west side last week.

Ariel Castro, the man accused of kidnapping and raping them, remains jailed under a suicide watch.

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Information from: The Plain Dealer, http://www.cleveland.com

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Obama's other problem: He can't draw tigers

(Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images)Following a rough, scandal-filled week in Washington, President Barack Obama got dressed down by a bunch of kids.

During a visit to Moravia Park Elementary School in Baltimore, Md., Friday, the president was asked to do another challenging task: Draw a tiger.

"I got to help with one of the lessons. We were having to draw zoo animals," Obama said in a speech at Ellicott Dredges, a dredging manufacturing plant he went to after his school tour. "And I?ve got to say, my tiger was not very good."

He added, "The kids were unimpressed. They kind of looked at it, they said, 'That doesn?t look like a tiger.' But they were amazing."

The president sat in with a class of 4- and 5-year-olds while visiting Baltimore Friday as part of his "Middle Class Jobs & Opportunity Tours.?

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Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out--and Accidentally Discover LSD [Excerpt]

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Ergot is the name given to the spore, the sclerotium, of the parasitic filamentous fungus Claviceps purpurea, which attacks various cereal grains and wild grasses, especially rye. The sclerotium is a black-violet, slightly curved, conical body, a few millimeters to up to six centimeters in length that can develop in place of a pollen grain. The name ergot (Mutterkorn in German) derives from its earlier use as an abortifacient and a midwife?s aid, since the components trigger labor. The ergot of rye, Secale cornutum, is primarily used medically. Depending upon the habitat, host grass, and climate, the fungus contains different ergot alkaloids, for the most part lysergic acid derivatives. It was long used medicinally in many areas of the northern hemisphere.

Ergot first figured in the historical record during the early Middle Ages when it caused the mass poisoning of thousands. The poisoning was caused by consuming bread that, in extreme cases, contained up to twenty percent ergot. Most affected were the poorer classes who ate rye bread in quantity, whereas the wealthier had more wheat at their tables. Epidemics of ergot poisoning occurred in different regions of Europe and North America. St. Anthony was the patron of the sick and the Antonines the order which cared for the afflicted. Because of the terrible effects of ergot poisoning, known as St. Anthony?s Fire or Ergotism, it was deemed to be divine punishment until the true cause was discovered in the 17th century. This knowledge, along with improved planting methods, led to the decline of such epidemics.

The healing effect of ergot was discovered quite early. The first written record of its medical use is found in Herbal, published in 1582 by Frankfurt?s city physician, Adam Lonitzer. He recommends it for labor pains and mentions that ergot extracts have long been used by midwives to promote contraction of the uterus and to speed up birth. In 1907, the English chemists George Barker and Howard Carr isolated an ergot alkaloid mixture that affected the uterus. Because of its toxic side effects, it was named ergotoxine and was never used medically. After 1932, the English gynecologist Chassar Moir used aqueous ergot extracts which strongly affected the uterus.

Albert Hofmann?s superior, Arthur Stoll, began investigating ergot in 1917 and by the following year had succeeded in isolating pure alkaloids of ergotamine. The compound was brought to market in 1921 as Gynergen^?. After that, Stoll ended his research in this area.

In 1935, Hofmann was looking for a new project and suggested to Stoll that he resume investigation of ergot alkaloids. Based on what was known about them so far, Hofmann believed things looked promising. His objective was to continue Stoll?s work and develop new medicines out of ergot. Stoll approved, but warned about the difficulty of working with these unstable substances. The required ergot was grown by farmers in the Emmental region as a secondary income and shipped to Sandoz in Basel in one hundred kilogram barrels. There, it would be milled, extracted with benzene, and concentrated. The components would be fractionated6 and delivered to the experimental laboratory to be tested for purity before further processing. Safety measures in laboratories of the thirties did not compare to present day standards. The workers had no effective protection against highly poisonous chemicals and solvents. Consequently, there were frequent accidents and health hazards, especially with toxic and highly volatile solvents that often led to fainting.

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AdvSecret.com Tips On How To Start A Home Based Business ...

By Bonny Blake

Plenty of people are already earning a steady income through their own home business. While owning a home business enterprise can be a profitable endeavor, knowing where to start can be difficult. To be successful, you need to learn everything that you can about online business. The information presented in this article will help you in this learning process.

Starting a home business enterprise can be exciting, but it also takes a ton of initiative and a burning desire to bring your dreams into reality. Many counties place stringent regulations on business environments, so you may need to segregate a part of your home to be used only for business. This is also helpful for drawing a clear line between your work and your personal life.

Running a home based business takes hard work and dedication. One thing you must remember to do when running a business is finding a niche. Your niche can be anything, though it helps if you are familiar with the subject first. Do your homework before making a commitment to any one project. Network with other people who have built prosperous home businesses.

You should start your business from home while keeping your old job. Don?t quit your day job too quickly; it takes time for new venture to start turning a profit. There are advantages to this, including having a steady income while you wait for your business to turn a profit.

Keep family interruptions to a minimum while working from home. Because interruptions are impediments to productivity, tell folks when you plan to be working and when you will be free. Let them know that by giving you your much needed privacy, you will finish quicker, leaving you more time to spend with them. Be sure that your kids have supervision and you?re able to be reached in case something goes wrong.

Write a short description of your business, focusing on your values and goals. Putting this in writing will give people a clear idea of what your company is about. These few sentences should let people know what makes your business unique and what its goals are.

Your business name should be strong and mean something to you. Select an appropriate domain related to this business name as soon as you think of it. Most domains are fairly inexpensive, and it is a good idea to establish one as soon as possible. When you are still trying to decide whether you need a full website, post a page that has all of your business information on it.

Always manage your financial records properly through accuracy and organization. If you are ever audited by the IRS or local revenue authorities, you will need to show proof of your business income and expenses. Keeping good records also helps you keep track of how well your business is doing from one month to another.

When you borrow money, investors may feel entitled to ask more questions than you are willing to answer. Use the money you have available right now to your advantage.

While jogging your brain for ideas about your home business products, be sure to to find something that meets certain needs you have. In most cases, people are drawn towards products that satisfy common, everyday needs. If you develop a solution to a common problem you face, your product is sure to be a success.

The information found here will help you keep ahead of your competitors. One way to keep ahead of the pack is to always be willing to learn new things about running your home based business. Information is power to a work from home business owner. Research often, discuss strategies with other business owners, and continually form new strategies that apply to your own business.

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Modular Beach Pavilions Are Replacing the Ones Hurricane Sandy Ruined

It's been seven months since Hurricane Sandy ravaged New York City-area beaches, decimating facilities like lifeguard stations and changing rooms, and it's been a race against the clock to get the beaches back in shape for the summer season. As part of the rebuilding effort, Garrison Architects were tapped to create 37 modular beach pavilions to replace the ones that were washed away?and starting next week, they'll be popping up at destinations like Rockaway Beach and Coney Island.

There are three types of structures: one for comfort stations, one for lifeguards, and one for offices. Each unit will sit on concrete stilts, which raise the rooms off the ground to meet FEMA's storm standards, and they're accessed by stairs and ramps from the boardwalk. Each one's 15 feet high by 12 feet wide, jibing with interstate shipping limitations since they're being driven up to NYC from Pennsylvania.

As rebuilding efforts generally go, the new modules are better and stronger than the buildings Sandy swallowed back in October. They're made of galvanized steel frames designed to withstand severe weather, in the event we're hit with another beach-bombing natural disaster. Finished with high-grade stainless steel and reinforced concrete, they also have rain screen cladding systems and double ventilated roofs with solar panels on the top to save on energy consumption. And most importantly, they'll be at the beach just in time for summer. [Garrison Architects via Architizer]

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Beartown State Park, near Hillsboro, W. Va., (304) 653-4254, beartownstatepark.com. We know West Virginia bills itself as ?wild and wonderful,? but that?s no reason to scare people by suggesting there is a commune of bears in your state park. The park features more than 100 acres of trails, boulders, and cliffs for your hiking pleasure, with nary a bear in sight.

Beaver Dam Swimming Club, 10820 Beaver Dam Road, Cockeysville, (410) 785-2323, beaverdamswimmingclub.com. Pools just not cool enough for you? Too many stupid rules to prevent you from injuring yourself, am I right? Well, hop down the road for this swimming hole that aims to bring the fun back into jumping into really large puddles. Cliffs, rope swings, you name it. And when you?re done, you can head over to the volleyball and basketball courts for some dry fun. Downside: All of the fun will be dry, as alcohol is strictly verboten.

Blackwater Falls State Park, near Davis, W. Va., (304) 259-5216, blackwaterfalls.com. So that thing about black water: They?re not kidding. It?s actually black, thanks to ?tannic acid? from some local plant life. Anyways, they?ve got waterfalls, gorges, and anything else nature-related you might want. Entrance is free, and you can pay for lodging if you like.

Big Run State Park, 349 Headquarters Lane, Grantsville, (301) 895-5453, dnr.state.md.us. Want to head to a park but haven?t decided what to do yet? That?s where Big Run fits in. You can go fishing, boating, swimming, and camping, among other things. So you can argue with your family the entire way there until you finally decide to just Turn This Car Around.

Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, 2591 Whitehall Neck Road, Smyrna, Del., (302) 653-6872, bombayhook.fws.gov. Oh boy. This sanctuary covers more than 16,000 acres of shoreline along the Delaware Bay and features an auto-tour, walking trails, observation towers, hunting opportunities, and nature and educational programs. Sounds great (and exhausting).

Cabin John Regional Park, 7400 Tuckerman Lane, Rockville, (301) 299-0024, montgomeryparks.org. Picnicking, camping, hiking, ice skating. Wait, what? Yeah, this park has a year-round ice rink too. And miniature train rides. So if you want some serious physical activity along with nature-surveying, this is the place.

Cascade Lake, Snydersburg Road, Hampstead, (410) 374-9111, cascadelake.com. Need to cool off but don?t feel up to arduous physical activity like swimming? In addition to a 6-acre lake, Cascade offers everything from waterslides to a water ?playground? with geysers and other highfalutin sprinklers.

Casselman River Bridge State Park, 349 Headquarters Lane, Grantsville, (301) 895-5453, dnr.state.md.us. The Casselman River bridge, originally constructed in 1813, has been closed to pedestrian traffic lately due to some renovations to make sure it remains really old yet structurally sound. But officials say that work will be done by the end of May, so be sure to stop by for all your picnicking, fishing, and history-loving needs.

Carroll Park Skateboarding and Bike Facility, 800 Baynard St., (410) 245-0613, baltimorecity.gov. Tired of your favorite skate spots getting upgraded by those indignant property owners, preventing you from executing totally sweet grinding tricks? Stop by Carroll Park, where x-treme activities are not only allowed but encouraged. Admission is $2, or $15 for a year-long pass, and you have to wear a helmet, elbow pads, and knee pads. Tubular! Kids still say that, right?

Catoctin Mountain Park, 6602 Foxville Road, Thurmont, (301) 663-9388, nps.gov/cato. A park rich in history, from traces of Native Americans to the early mining industry and the work of New Deal Civilian Conservation Corps, but even richer in nature, with more than 5,000 acres of streams, geology, trails, and rock climbing.

Cunningham Falls State Park, 14039 Catoctin Hollow Road, Thurmont, (301) 271-7574, dnr.state.md.us. The park?s namesake is a 78-foot waterfall. SEVENTY-EIGHT FEET. It also has a ton of hiking, fishing, swimming, and boating options. Just make sure to avoid that waterfall when you try the two latter options. And if you like some powerful coattails to ride, they had a G8 Summit here last year, which is kind of neat.

Dan?s Mountain State Park, 17410 Recreation Area Road, Lonaconing, (301) 722-1480, dnr.state.md.us. Who knew all you had to do to get a mountain named after you was knock yourself unconscious and nearly be eaten by a bear? That?s what happened to Daniel Cresap, an early Allegeny County settler who was saved from said bear by a Native American. So celebrate hunting incompetence with hiking, swimming, and camping in this 481-acre park and 16-mile-long mountain.

Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park, near Hillsboro, W. Va., (304) 653-4254, droopmountainbattlefield.com. Everyone knows about Gettysburg and most people know about Antietam. But over in West Virginia is another major Civil War battlefield, marking a series of battles over a railroad line, which, we understand, is how they transported stuff in the olden days. This park is part of the Civil War Discovery Trail, which links more than 300 sites in 16 states and is ripe for hiking.

Druid Hill Park, 2600 Madison Ave., (410) 396-0616, ci.baltimore.md.us. One of the oldest urban parks in the country, Druid Hill Park is both beautiful and convenient for city residents. Rumor has it there?s a zoo nearby too?

Fort Frederick State Park, 11100 Fort Frederick Road, Big Pool, (301) 842-2155, dnr.state.md.us. Originally constructed in 1758 as a stronghold during the French and Indian War, the fort was also used during the Revolutionary War to hold British prisoners. Although it was farmed a bunch after that, state preservationists have restored the site to its original 1758 appearance and host annual artillery firings and have boating, camping, fishing, and the like.

Gambrill State Park, 8602 Gambrill Park Road, Frederick, (301) 271-7574, dnr.state.md.us. Yep, another park in the Catoctin Mountains. This one has some sweet natural stone overlooks of the mountain range, along with the typical hiking, camping, and fishing. Fun fact: most of the park?s buildings and amenities were built in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps, where youngsters would get paid money to restore parks and other natural resources during the Great Depression.

Garrett State Forest, 1431 Potomac Camp Road, Oakland, (301) 334-2038, dnr.state.md.us. Billed as the ?birthplace of forestry conservation in Maryland,? the 1,900-acre park was donated to the state back in 1906 by the Garrett brothers. The forest as it stands today is 7,000 acres, full of all kinds of oak, pine, and hemlock (WATCH OUT!) trees, and the pristine forest is perfect for camping, hiking, and nature-gawking.

Gathland State Park, 900 Arnoldstown Road, Burkittsville, (301) 791-4767, dnr.state.md.us. Journalism must have been a lucrative profession at one time: Gathland State Park is home to the mountain house of Civil War journalist George Alfred Townsend, which implies that he also had a city or at least suburban home elsewhere! The main draw of the park is a giant stone monument dedicated to Civil War correspondents. Wait, old journalists got fucking monuments too? That?s it, we?ll live with the polio and the amputation as cure for all injuries; just get us back to a time when we writers could be rich.

Green Ridge State Forest, 28700 Headquarters Drive, Flintstone, (301) 478-3124, dnr.state.md.us. Wowsa. The largest contiguous piece of state-owned land, Green Ridge clocks in at 47,560 acres. Needless to say, with a park this big, there?s tons to do. Camping, hiking, hunting, fishing, biking, etc., etc., etc. They even have a shooting range if you prefer your targets to be less cute and more papery.

Greenbrier State Park, 21843 National Pike, Boonsboro, (301) 791-4767, dnr.state.md.us. Over the years, humans have shown various ways that we control nature. Pollution, aqueducts, man-made lakes. Well, Greenbrier State Park features a big man-made lake for swimming, boating, and the like. What?s next, a weather-control device?

Gunpowder Falls State Park, 2813 Jerusalem Road, Kingsville, (410) 592-2897, dnr.state.md.us. The state Department of Natural Resources says this park was created to protect Gunpowder Falls, but we wonder: What does gunpowder need to be protected from? Shouldn?t we be protected from gunpowder? Anyways, this 18,000-acre park has 120 miles? worth of trails with various themes and points of interest. It?s also got access to a marina and archery activities.

Gwynns Falls Trail, Leakin Park, (410) 396-0440, gwynnsfallstrail.org. Snaking throughout West and Southwest Baltimore, we guess it wouldn?t be accurate to call the Gwynns Falls Trail an oasis. But it?s all over the place, easily accessible, and beautiful, so head over on your day off for a stroll or a bike or whatever you like to do.

Herrington Manor State Park, 222 Herrington Lane, Oakland, (301) 334-9180, dnr.state.md.us. A lot of these parks offer the typical nature fare of hiking, camping, and maybe some swimming or fishing. But Herrington Manor strives for more. If you show up at the right time, you?ll be heading home with some apple butter. THAT YOU MADE YOURSELF (with some help). Traveling, touristing, and tasty treats, my friend.

Jones Falls, various spots along the Falls, from Falls Road near Chestnut Avenue in Hampden to the Baltimore Streetcar Museum. Stop dumping in the Jones Falls. Just stop. Every piece of garbage threatens to detract from the awesome (as in inspiring awe) sight of a great blue heron hangin? out on its banks.

Marshy Point Nature Center, 7130 Marshy Point Road, (410) 887-2817, marshypoint.org. This nature preserve, when combined with adjoining county, state, and federal land, encompasses 3,000 acres of wetland and Chesapeake Bay coast and is a hotbed for local wildlife. Check the website for festivals and other events, like birdhouse workshops.

New Germany State Park, 349 Headquarters Lane, Grantsville, (301) 895-5453, dnr.state.md.us. New Germany has almost everything: camping, cabins, hiking, boating, fishing, and on and on. But we guess you?ll have to bring your own sauerkraut. Bummer.

Oregon Ridge Nature Center, 13555 Beaver Dam Road, Cockeysville, oregonridge.org. Oregon Ridge Nature Center isn?t content to simply exist, allowing you to enjoy it at your leisure?it wants to pummel you with knowledge through various programs it hosts throughout the year, from Stone Age technology to music in the woods to folklore tied to full moons. Most events are free or really cheap, so go learn something.

Patapsco Valley State Park, 8020 Baltimore National Pike, Ellicott City, (410) 461-5005, dnr.state.md.us. Patapsco Valley is an odd park. It?s not contiguous, so if you live in or near Ellicott City, you could literally be walking from your yard into the park. Depending what part of the park you?re in, you could do some hiking, fishing, canoeing, or even horseback riding.

Patterson Park, 27 S. Patterson Park Ave., (410) 276-3676, pattersonpark.com. One of the oldest parks in Baltimore, it was on Hampstead Hill in 1814 that 20,000 troops set up shop and literally scared the British away. It?s also got tons to do nowadays, from swimming at the pool to playing at the playgrounds or just hanging out by the fountain.

Patuxent River Scenic Trail at Queen Anne, 18405 Queen Anne Road, Upper Marlboro, (301) 627-6074, pgparks.com. Part of the larger Patuxent River Park, this 4-mile trail through woodlands offers options for hiking, bicycling, and horseback riding. There are various stops to rest or check out a scenic view of the river along the way.

Potomac-Garrett State Forest, 1431 Potomac Camp Road, Oakland, (301) 334-2038, dnr.state.md.us. In case archery just isn?t real enough for you, Potomac-Garrett State Forest has a solution for you: 3-D archery. You don?t put on silly plastic glasses or anything like that. The targets are three-dimensional and life-sized, like deer, turkeys, and bears. The park also offers opportunities for things like hiking and horseback riding, too, in case being able to shoot arrows at plastic prey somehow isn?t enough for you.

Quiet Waters Park, 600 Quiet Waters Park Road, Annapolis, (410) 222-1777, friendsofquietwaterspark.org. In addition to the usual trails?paved, this time?for biking and jogging, Quiet Waters Park offers community gardens for the green thumb in everyone.

Robert E. Lee Park, entrances off of Lake and Bellona avenues, (410) 396-7931, baltimorecountymd.gov. This park, named after the Confederate general, boasts canoeing and kayaking, numerous trails, environmental programs, and pavilions to meet your every nature-oriented desire. And it?s got a full one-acre off-leash dog park to let Fido actually enjoy himself with the other canines.

Rocks State Park, 3318 Rocks Chrome Hill Road, Jarrettsville, (410) 557-7994, dnr.state.md.us. This park?s 190-foot natural rock formation, known as the King and Queen seats, is a sight to behold. It was once a ceremonial gathering place for the Susquehannock Indians and now is the feather in the cap of a great park for rock climbing and other activities. So bust out that chalk and get bouldering.

Rollingcrest-Chillum Splash Pool, 6122 Sargent Road, Chillum, (301) 853-9115, pgparks.com. Whoa, whoa, whoa. An INDOOR pool for splashing and waterslides and the like? That alone should spark your interest. But it also offers regular classes for water aerobics with all kinds of equipment (read: toys) from flotation belts to water dumbbells, and, of course, foam noodles. Definitely worth the $7 non-resident and $6 resident admission price.

Rosaryville State Park, 8714 Rosaryville Road, Upper Marlboro, (301) 856-9596, dnr.state.md.us. Trek down to Upper Marlboro to indulge your inner Nuge with deer bow hunting. Or you can go all Doris Kearns Goodwin with presidential history and check out the Mount Airy Museum, a home owned by the Calverts and visited by George Washington.

Savage River State Forest, 127 Headquarters Lane, Grantsville, (301) 895-5759, dnr.state.md.us. There?s not much room for us to be clever with this one. There?s too many activities to be had along this 54,000-acre river: biking trails, boating, cross-country skiing, camping, fishing, canoeing, hiking, historic stuff, hunting, picnicking, snowmobiling, and white-water canoeing.

Seneca Creek State Park, 11950 Clopper Road, Gaithersburg, (301) 924-2127, dnr.state.md.us. This park offers activities for people of varying skill levels. You can go boating, hiking, fishing, and whatnot. But if you dare, you can also trek along the 16.5-mile Greenway Trail that runs the entire length of the creek.

Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area, 5100 Deer Park Road, Owings Mills, (410) 461-5005, dnr.state.md.us. Soldiers Delight is a safe haven to more than 39 rare, threatened, or endangered plants and also hosts rare insects, rocks, and minerals. It has 7 miles of hiking trails, but bikes and horses are verboten due to the sensitive plants and insects and the like. A site for those interested not only in visiting nature, but preserving it.

South Mountain State Park, 21843 National Pike, Boonsboro, (301) 791-4767, dnr.state.md.us. Part of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail, South Mountain boasts 40 miles of park land and trails. And there?s plenty of history behind it, with influences on the site ranging from General Edward Braddock and George Washington to William McKinley and Civil War generals Robert E. Lee and George B. McClellan.

Swallow Falls State Park, 222 Herrington Lane, Oakland, (301) 387-6938, dnr.state.md.us. Swallow Falls is for the hardcore adventurist. Waterfalls, rapids, swift currents, slippery rocks, and tough terrain are all in store for the canoer or hiker who wants to push him or herself to the limit. And it has some more leisurely hiking and picnicking activities for the newbies.

Youghiogheny Scenic and Wild River, 898 State Park Road, Swanton, (301) 387-5563, dnr.state.md.us. This river is not for the faint of heart. It boasts white-water rafting that takes you down 280 feet of drop over 4 miles. Sounds scary?and fun, if you?re able to handle it.

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Basquiat painting fetches record $48.8M in NY

NEW YORK (AP) ? A Jean-Michel Basquiat (zhahn mee-SHEHL' BAH'-skee-aht) painting has set a new auction record for the graffiti artist at a sale of postwar and contemporary art in New York.

Christie's says "Dustheads" sold for $48.8 million on Wednesday.

His "Untitled," a painting of a black fisherman, held the previous record when it sold for $26.4 million last November.

Also breaking world auction prices for artists were works Roy Lichtenstein and Jackson Pollock.

Lichtenstein's "Woman with Flowered Hat" fetched $56 million. A classic example of pop art, the 1963 painting is based on Pablo Picasso's portrait of his lover Dora Maar.

An important drip painting by Pollock, "Number 19," realized a record $58.3 million.

Christie's says Wednesday's auction brought in $495 million, the highest total at any art auction.

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Beyonce Cancels Belgium Concert Due to Exhaustion

Doctor's orders to take a break further fuels pregnancy rumors.
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Jimmy Iovine, Dr. Dre fund new music academy at USC - LA Observed

Music industry executive Jimmy Iovine and the hip-hop star Dr. Dre are donating $70 million for USC to create a new academy for students "who challenge conventional views of art and industry." The unveiling will officially be tomorrow at Interscope Geffen A&M Records in Santa Monica, where Iovine is chairman. But USC put out the release tonight. Last week, USC announced it had lured away UCLA's Laboratory of Neuro Imaging and top scientists Arthur Toga and Paul Thompson to the USC Keck School of Medicine.

Entrepreneurs and music industry icons Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre (Andre Young), already known as forward-thinking visionaries in music and business, are giving $70 million to the University of Southern California to create a unique undergraduate experience.

The duo?s gift will establish the USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy for Arts, Technology and the Business of Innovation, an exceptional environment for those rare undergraduate students whose interests span fields such as marketing, business entrepreneurship, computer science and engineering, audio and visual design and the arts. This program will prepare them to become a new generation of inspired innovators.

The goal of the academy is to shape the future by nurturing the talents, passions, leadership and risk-taking of uniquely qualified students who challenge conventional views of art and industry. The academy will attract students who are motivated to explore and create new art forms, technologies and business models ? and who will benefit from a stimulating environment that fosters exploration and discovery beyond traditional educational and disciplinary boundaries.

?The vision and generosity of Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young will profoundly influence the way all of us perceive and experience artistic media,? said USC President C. L. Max Nikias. ?USC provides an extraordinarily rich academic, research and artistic environment. We are committed to encouraging our students to use their intellectual and creative resources to effect change in all segments of society. Our goal is to ensure that the academy is the most collaborative educational program in the world.?

To meet student interests and to meld inspiration with education, the academy?s specially designed new courses will provide students with a solid background in the integration of technology with all aspects of creativity along with a thorough understanding of existing and potential business, marketing and distribution strategies.

Drawing on the expertise of top faculty from the USC Marshall School of Business, Roski School of Fine Arts, Viterbi School of Engineering and Thornton School of Music, the academy also will host industry icons and innovators as visiting faculty and guest speakers. It will offer a highly select group of students an integrated, four?year course of study that will provide in-depth learning in, engineering and computer science, fine arts and graphic design, business and leadership models. Team-taught interdisciplinary courses will be developed and adapted specifically for the program.

The Iovine and Young Academy will focus on four core curriculum areas: Arts and Entrepreneurship; Technology, Design and Marketability; Concept and Business Platforms; and Creating a Prototype.

The four-year academic program will include one-on-one faculty mentoring, opportunities to interact with luminaries from the arts and entertainment industry serving as guest speakers and lecturers, and a broad array of internship opportunities for students.

During their fourth and final year, academy students will take up residence in a uniquely designed experiential setting, the ?Garage.? Grouped into self-directed teams, which may include non-academy students from across the university, these students will determine a project that can be developed into a prototype over the course of the year.

Appropriate faculty members, other artists and business leaders will serve as mentors to each group, and venture capitalists and other real-world experts will be introduced to give students advice and direction. All of these elements will combine into one extraordinary educational experience, where working together, students will challenge one another to take even greater risks in innovation.

"Flexibility is a hallmark of USC, and the academy?s curriculum is incredibly adaptive," said Erica Muhl, dean of the USC Roski School of Fine Arts, who will serve as inaugural director of the USC Iovine & Young Academy. "The curriculum was created to take full advantage of a newly designed, revolutionary educational space that will offer students very powerful tools. Academy students will have the freedom to move easily from classroom to lab, from studio to workshop individually or in groups, and blow past any academic or structural barriers to spontaneous creativity.

"The academy?s core education will create a common, multi-lingual literacy and fluency across essential disciplines. This ?big picture? knowledge and skill will equip graduates with a leadership perspective that is unparalleled in an undergraduate degree, and that will be applicable to virtually any industry," said Muhl.

USC?s strategic location in Los Angeles, widely viewed as the creative and media capital of the world, provides an unrivaled opportunity for students to take advantage of a living laboratory where music, film and visual arts are deeply intertwined. In addition, the university?s proximity to the city?s burgeoning ?Silicon Beach? as well as Northern California?s Silicon Valley provides access to a vast array of technological advances from which students can draw inspiration.

The academy will enroll its first class of 25 students in fall 2014. Applicants will be accepted based on a rigorous review process encompassing demonstrated academic excellence as well as proven ability for original thought. Students who complete a course of study in the academy will graduate with a degree that recognizes each individual?s ability to truly engage and to succeed in an educational experience that is constantly asking the question, ?Why not??

In 2006, Iovine and Dr. Dre (real name Andre Young) co-founded Beats Electronics, a high-performance headphone and sound transmission company. Young grew up in Compton.

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Flu in pregnancy may quadruple child's risk for bipolar disorder

May 14, 2013 ? Pregnant mothers' exposure to the flu was associated with a nearly fourfold increased risk that their child would develop bipolar disorder in adulthood, in a study funded by the National Institutes of Health. The findings add to mounting evidence of possible shared underlying causes and illness processes with schizophrenia, which some studies have also linked to prenatal exposure to influenza.

"Prospective mothers should take common sense preventive measures, such as getting flu shots prior to and in the early stages of pregnancy and avoiding contact with people who are symptomatic," said Alan Brown, M.D., M.P.H, of Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute, a grantee of the NIH's National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). "In spite of public health recommendations, only a relatively small fraction of such women get immunized. The weight of evidence now suggests that benefits of the vaccine likely outweigh any possible risk to the mother or newborn."

Brown and colleagues reported their findings online May 8, 2013 in JAMA Psychiatry.

Although there have been hints of a maternal influenza/bipolar disorder connection, the new study is the first to prospectively follow families in the same HMO, using physician-based diagnoses and structured standardized psychiatric measures. Access to unique Kaiser-Permanente, county and Child Health and Development Study databases made it possible to include more cases with detailed maternal flu exposure information than in previous studies.

Among nearly a third of all children born in a northern California county during 1959-1966, researchers followed, 92 who developed bipolar disorder, comparing rates of maternal flu diagnoses during pregnancy with 722 matched controls.

The nearly fourfold increased risk implicated influenza infection at any time during pregnancy, but there was evidence suggesting slightly higher risk if the flu occurred during the second or third trimesters. Moreover, the researchers linked flu exposure to a nearly sixfold increase in a subtype of bipolar disorder with psychotic features.

A previous study, by Brown and colleagues, in a related northern California sample, found a threefold increased risk for schizophrenia associated with maternal influenza during the first half of pregnancy. Autism has similarly been linked to first trimester maternal viral infections and to possibly related increases in inflammatory molecules.

"Future research might investigate whether this same environmental risk factor might give rise to different disorders, depending on how the timing of the prenatal insult affects the developing fetal brain," suggested Brown.

Bipolar disorder shares with schizophrenia a number of other suspected causes and illness features, the researchers note. For example, both share onset of symptoms in early adulthood, susceptibility genes, run in the same families, affect nearly one percent of the population, show psychotic behaviors and respond to antipsychotic medications.

Increasing evidence of such overlap between traditional diagnostic categories has led to the NIMH Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) project, which is laying the foundation for a new mental disorders classification system based on brain circuits and dimensional mechanisms that cut across traditional diagnostic categories.

The research was also funded by NIH's Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).

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Minnesota Gov. Dayton signs gay marriage bill

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) ? Gov. Mark Dayton on Tuesday signed a bill making gay marriage legal in Minnesota, the 12th state to take the step, as thousands of onlookers cheered.

"What a day for Minnesota!" Dayton, a Democrat, declared moments before putting his signature on a bill. "And what a difference a year and an election can make in our state."

Rainbow and American flags flapped in a sweltering breeze during the ceremony, held on the Capitol's south steps. The crowd, estimated by the State Patrol at 6,000, spilled down the steps and across the lawn toward downtown St. Paul.

Dayton thanked legislators for "political courage" before signing the bill just a day after it passed the state Senate. It passed the House last week.

The push for gay marriage was a rapid turnabout from just six months ago, when gay marriage supporters had to mobilize to turn back a proposed constitutional amendment that would have banned gay marriage. Minnesota already had such a law, but an amendment would have been harder to undo.

But voters rejected the amendment, and the forces that organized to defeat it soon turned their attention to legalizing gay marriage. Democrats' takeover of the Legislature in the November election aided their cause.

The two main sponsors of the bill, Rep. Karen Clark and Sen. Scott Dibble, were among the onlookers as Dayton signed, capping their long and often discouraging struggle to advance gay rights.

Clark, 67, was first elected to the Legislature in 1980, a decade after she came out of the closet to her parents. In 1993, her by-then elderly parents marched with her in the Minneapolis gay pride parade a few weeks after she led the effort to extend Minnesota's civil rights protections to gay people.

But by 1997, the same Legislature passed the "Defense of Marriage Act," which restricted marriage to only opposite-sex couples. A year later, Clark introduced a bill to repeal it and allow gay marriage.

It took 16 years to get to this week, which comes two years after the 2011 Legislature ? then controlled by Republicans ? put an amendment on the statewide ballot asking voters to cement the existing gay marriage ban in the state constitution.

"I thought it would happen someday, but I didn't know I would be able to be here to be part of it," Clark said hours before the ceremony.

While on the House floor last week defending her quest to legalize gay marriage, she won plaudits even from Republicans opposed to the bill.

"I don't know of a kinder, more gentle woman on this floor that has a bigger heart for the environment, the underprivileged, the downtrodden, the American Indian, especially the women. I admire you," said Tony Cornish, a longtime Republican representative from rural southern Minnesota.

"It was hard because it was very personal," Dibble said of the 2011 vote. "People whom I had counted as very, very good friends voted for it."

Dibble, 47, graduated from high school in the Minneapolis suburb of Apple Valley and came out in college. He cut his teeth politically in the late 1980s as a member of the Minnesota chapter of ACT UP, a gay civil rights group that engaged in civil disobedience out of anger toward government neglect of AIDS and HIV sufferers. He got an early chance to join the establishment from Clark, who tapped him to run one of her re-election campaigns.

"I pulled him from street politics," she said. Dibble was elected to the House in 2000, and in 2002 to the state Senate. He holds the southwest Minneapolis seat once occupied by the late Allan Spear, who in 1974 became one of the very first U.S. elected officials to come out of the closet.

While Dibble's district includes many of the city's trendiest neighborhoods, Clark's just to the east is marked by public housing towers and large populations of new immigrants.

"She is a huge, huge voice for the poor and the disenfranchised and the dispossessed," Dibble said. But she continued through her career to make a mark for gay rights: During former Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty's 2006 State of the State speech, Clark stood up on the House floor and turned her back to the governor as he endorsed a constitutional ban on gay marriage.

Not long after that, the first stirrings of legal same sex marriage started to surface around the country. In 2008, Dibble and his husband, Richard Levya, were married in California, where Levya is still a part-time resident. While a judge later struck down gay marriage in that state, marriages that already occurred were not nullified.

Dibble said they won't remarry in Minnesota, but will have an affirming ceremony.

But Clark and Jacquelyn Zita, her partner of 24 years, plan to make it official in Minnesota. They haven't picked a date, but Clark envisioned a wedding on the farm they own north of Minneapolis.

"It will be small, probably just friends and family," Clark said. "We're actually very private people."

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NTT Docomo announces the Sony Xperia A

Mid to high-end handset looks like an Xperia ZR for Japan

As rumored, Japanese carrier NTT Docomo has announced a new handset from Sony today. The Xperia A looks set to fit in Docomo's range somewhere below the Xperia Z -- despite sharing many design features with Sony's 5-incher, the Xperia A is a smaller handset with a little less going on under the hood. In fact, the specs and design are all but identical to the Xperia ZR, a device announced globally just a couple of days ago.

That means you're dealing with a 1.5GHz quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro CPU, a 4.6-inch 720p display on the front and a 13-megapixel Sony Exmor RS shooter around the back. Like the ZR it's also waterproof, and rated IP55/58. You'll also get some Japan-specific features like digital terrestrial TV capabilities and FeliCa mobile payment support. On the software side, it's still Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and the Sony Xperia UI running the show.

The Sony Xperia A on NTT Docomo will go on sale this Friday, May 17 in white, black, pink and "mint" colors.

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Learn About Different Ways To Get Self Help | MySpareTime.net

Personal development means doing things that improve both your identity and awareness. The field is all about knowing yourself better, becoming a better person, and reaching your goals. Steps for improving yourself are available in the below article. Taking steps can help you find a better understanding of yourself.

Stress can greatly interfere with your mood. When our minds are stressed, our mental and physical bodies are harmed. So that we think clearly and work toward our goals in life, it is important that we eliminate stress from our minds. Have some time every day when you can relax and meditate in solitude. Having a time to refresh can give you peace and improve your self-image.

Leadership is the first step to self improvement. There are many different facets of leadership, but the one people talk about most is the ability to win friends and influence people. Examine your own past for the things that have affected your leadership potential. Think about the circumstances that have had the most influence in your life. How have these events transcended the life that you live? What personality characteristics define you as a team player? By considering these questions, you can determine how to fit into a team-related setting.

Regular exercise is necessary to your personal development. Always keep a healthy routine that includes exercise, diet, and sleep in order to be successful. It may seem easy, but it can be quite difficult to properly care for yourself.

It is important to compliment other people. Being nice to others will help you learn to be nicer to yourself.

Always have an emergency fund. The only constant in life is change, and sometimes those changes require use to take on unexpected expenses. Just by simply investing a couple dollars per week, the amount will quickly grow into a large emergency fund. This money can help out in the short and long term because debt continues decreasing.

It is impossible for you to properly care for the ones you love, unless you take care of yourself first. Take time for rest and relaxation, whether your health is good or poor.

You should always treat others with respect, regardless of their relationship to you or your goals. The way you interact with people, and the respect you show, says a lot about you.

Dealing with situations rationally is a skill that you can learn from others or teach yourself. If you can learn how to stay cool during high-stress situations, you are likely to gain the confidence that you need to conquer just about anything in your daily life. Rhythmic deep breathing will help you regain control and remain self-assured.

Make a list of your priorities, and plan your life around these elements. When it comes to focusing your feelings and emotions, strive to apply them to the important aspects of your life that build happiness, and do not waste them on the negative aspects that weigh you down and prevent inner peace.

Make an honest effort to become more organized. When you are organized you have much more of a feeling of being in control, and this will help you gain self confidence. In addition, you won?t stress out anymore from the messes. Having everything in its own place instills a calming energy.

You can boost your personal development by being selfless. It might be hard at first, but do your best to make sacrifices and help others. If you are able to sacrifice for others, you will begin to become the person you want to be.

Self discipline is a requirement for successful self improvement. Make sure you exhibit self control over what you most desire. For example, you may need to overcome the urge to eat more than you should or to refrain from consuming too much alcohol. By implementing self control and restraint you will be able to prevent harmful vices from having a negative effect on your mind and body.

If you like to talk a lot, you might have heard that you need to zip those lips and listen more. This is definitely true during personal development. Ensure you are taking time to listen to yourself. When you do not hear yourself, you will lack the ability to know what you really need, and this makes it difficult to improve yourself.

Everybody makes mistakes, and making healthy food choices is definitely one field in which mistakes get made. Stress is as bad for your body as a piece of cake, so remember that life is too short to sweat the small stuff.

Personal development programs should have measurable goals, and you need to keep track of how you are doing. Apply the insights from this article to determine just what specific steps you need to consider and take. Writing in your personal journal can help you keep track of what new behaviors you?re implementing and what changes you notice in yourself as a result.

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Runtastic brings a GPS watch, fitness monitors and more to the US

Most app developers have few incentives to build their own hardware, let alone the resources. With 25 million mobile users, Runtastic has both -- so it only makes sense that the company is bringing a slate of complementary exercise gear to the US for the first time. The initial catalog won't shock cyclists and runners who have ever toyed with tracking their progress, but it's certainly complete. Along with Runtastic's take on a GPS watch ($150), there's also an app-friendly heart rate monitor ($70), a speed sensor ($60), an armband and a bike mount. While the peripherals only truly make sense for Runtastic loyalists, they're available today through Amazon -- and they might seal the deal for athletes who want a harmonious blend of hardware and software.

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FBI: New Orleans shooting likely 'street violence'

NEW ORLEANS (AP) ? Gunmen opened fire on dozens of people marching in a neighborhood Mother's Day parade in New Orleans on Sunday, wounding at least 17 people, police said.

The FBI said that the shootings appeared to be "street violence" and weren't linked to terrorism.

Many of the victims were grazed and most of the wounds weren't life-threatening, police spokeswoman Remi Braden said in an email. No deaths were reported.

Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas told reporters that a 10-year-old girl was grazed in the shooting around 2 p.m. She was in good condition. He said three or four people were in surgery, but he didn't have their conditions.

Mary Beth Romig, a spokeswoman for the FBI in New Orleans, said federal investigators have no indication that the shooting was an act of terrorism.

"It's strictly an act of street violence in New Orleans," she said.

Officers were interspersed with the marchers, which is routine for such events. As many as 400 people joined in the procession that stretched for about 3 blocks, though only half that many were in the immediate vicinity of the shooting, Serpas said.

Police saw three suspects running from the scene in the city's 7th Ward neighborhood. No arrests had been made as of late afternoon.

Second-line parades are loose processions in which people dance down the street, often following behind a brass band. They can be impromptu or planned and are sometimes described as moving block parties.

A social club called The Original Big 7 organized Sunday's event. The group was founded in 1996 at the Saint Bernard housing projects, according to its MySpace page.

The neighborhood where the shooting happened was a mix of low-income and middle-class row houses, some boarded up. As of last year, the neighborhood's population was about 60 percent of its pre-Hurricane Katrina level.

Police vowed to make swift arrests. Serpas said it wasn't clear if particular people in the second line were targeted, or if the shots were fired in a random fashion.

"We'll get them. We have good resources in this neighborhood," Serpas said.

In the late afternoon, the scene was taped off and police had placed bullet casing markers in at least 10 spots.

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Contributing to this report were Associated Press writers Michael Kunzelman and Kevin McGill in New Orleans and AP Radio reporter Jackie Quinn in Washington.

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World's 'most beautiful' eternal flame reveals potential new gas source

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A gas-fired flame shines through a waterfall at Chestnut Ridge Park in Erie County, N.Y.

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By Douglas Main, LiveScience

Nestled behind a waterfall in western New York state is an eternal flame whose beauty is only surpassed by its mystery. It is one of a few hundred "natural" eternal flames around the world, fed by gas seeping to the Earth's surface from underground, said Arndt Schimmelmann, a researcher at Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind.

But even within this rarefied group, this flame is special. Perhaps lit by Native Americans hundreds or thousands of years ago, it is fed by a new type of?geologic process?that hasn't been recorded before in nature, Schimmelmann told OurAmazingPlanet.

Typically, this type of gas is thought to come from deeply submerged, ancient and extremely hot deposits of shale, a kind of rock. Temperatures have to be near the boiling point of water or hotter to break down the large carbon molecules in shale and create smaller molecules of natural gas, Schimmelmann explained. [Image Gallery: One-of-a-Kind Places on Earth]

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In this case, though, the rocks that feed the flame are only warm ? "like a cup of tea" ? as well as geologically younger than expected, and shallow, Schimmelmann said. Those findings suggest the gas is being produced by a different process, whereby some sort of catalyst is creating gas from organic molecules in the shale, he said.

"This mechanism has been proposed for many years, but it was a curiosity that nobody believed in," Schimmelmann said. "We think there's a different pathway of gas generation in this location and that there probably is elsewhere as well." If that's true, and gas is naturally produced this way in other locations, "we have much more shale-gas resources than we thought," he added.

Originally, Schimmelmann and his colleague Maria Mastalerz, of the Indiana Geological Survey, were tasked by the U.S. Department of Energy to estimate the total amount of methane that seeps out of the ground in parts of the eastern United States. To help, they recruited Giuseppe Etiope, a researcher at the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology in Italy, and world expert on natural?gas seeps?and eternal flames, Schimmelmann said.

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The eternal flame behind the veil of a waterfall in Chestnut Ridge County Park in New York State (top) and in Cook Forest State Park in northwestern Pennsylvania (bottom).

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Etiope guided the researchers to the aforementioned eternal flame in Chestnut Ridge Park in western New York, calling it "the most beautiful in the world," Schimmelmann said. They also looked at a "permanently burning pit" in Cook Forest State Park in northwestern Pennsylvania, although this eternal flame is not as special because it?s supplied by an old gas well, Schimmelmann said. The team reported their findings on the New York eternal flame in a study?published in the May issue?of the journal Marine and Petroleum Geology.

Their results were consistent with estimates that about 30 percent of all methane emitted worldwide comes from natural sources such as these gas seeps. When possible, it can actually be beneficial to set fire to these gas seeps to create "eternal flames." Fire converts methane to carbon dioxide, which?traps about 20 times less heat than methane?in the atmosphere, Mastalerz told OurAmazingPlanet.

However, "macro seeps" that can be lit and form eternal flames remain rare. In most cases, gas percolates through soil ? where?methane-eating bacteria?convert it into carbon dioxide, Schimmelmann said ? or it comes out in a location that can't sustain combustion. In the case of the New York flame, gas percolates in a naturally hollowed-out chamber, where the flame flickers eternally.

The New York gas seep also features the highest concentration of ethane and propane of any seep in the world, according to the study.

Email?Douglas Main?or follow him on?Twitter?or?Google+. Follow us?@OAPlanet,?Facebook?or?Google+. Original article on LiveScience's OurAmazingPlanet.

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Tamerlan Tsarnaev burial in Virginia appears legal, sheriff says ...

By Jeff Black, Staff Writer, NBC News

The burial of Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev in a Muslim cemetery in Virginia appears to be legal, according to the county sheriff who investigated the secretive undertaking.

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Tsarnaev, 26, was buried at the Al-Barzakh Cemetery in Doswell, Va., last week after relatives and a funeral director in Worcester, Mass., unsuccessfully sought a burial place for more than a week.

Tsarnaev?s remains were washed and ready to be buried, but cemeteries in several cities refused to take the body, fearing protests and desecration. And as a Muslim, the 26-year-old?s body could not be cremated. Attempts to send the body back to his native Russia also failed.

Disgusted by all the furor, a Christian woman, Marsha Mullen of Richmond, Va., stepped in as a gesture of kindness. She emailed religious leaders and others to find a final resting place for Tsarnaev.

Al-Barzakh offered a plot.

Tsarnaev?s uncle, Ruslan Tsarni, took possession of the body and moved it to Virginia. On Thursday of last week, it was revealed the suspect in the bombings that killed three and wounded more than 200 others had been buried.

?I buried him with my own hands,? Tsarni told NBCWashington.com on Friday. ?It?s over.?

In the first congressional hearing on the Boston bombings many questions remained unanswered, such as why the FBI didn't involve Boston's law enforcement when assessing whether Tamerlan Tsarnaev was a terrorist threat. The FBI investigated Tsarnaev two years ago after receiving a tip from Russian authorities. NBC's Pete Williams reports

Hours after the burial, Caroline County officials asked the state to investigate whether it was done properly or if laws had been broken. Neighbors protested a police presence at the cemetery.

Late Saturday, Caroline County Sheriff Tony Lippa issued a statement, saying his office had reviewed the death certificate, burial permit, transportation permit for movement of the body from Massachusetts to Virginia as well as other documents. He consulted with David Storke, mayor of the county seat of Bowling Green, who also happens to be a funeral home owner.

?It would appear that all paperwork is in order at this point. I am still awaiting return phone calls from the Islamic Society of Greater Richmond, Islamic Funeral Services and Worcester Police Chief Gary J. Gemme,? Lippa?s statement said.

Lippa said some security was provided at the gravesite on Friday. There were no reported incidents. He vowed not to divert limited government resources to protect the gravesite, ?especially one belonging to that terrorist.?

?Unfortunately we now find ourselves forever connected to this tragedy in the most unsavory way,? he said in his statement, ?as the final resting place of one of the alleged terrorists."

His brother, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, is in a prison hospital in?Massachusetts?awaiting trial on federal terrorism charges.

This story was originally published on Sun May 12, 2013 10:22 PM EDT

Source: http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/12/18216229-tamerlan-tsarnaev-burial-in-virginia-appears-legal-sheriff-says

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