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CORAL that has been exposed to Ray ban sunglasses fluctuating water temperatures in the past may be able to survive warmer ocean climates in the future, giving hope to the long-term wellbeing of the world's reefs. A team of scientists from the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), the University of British Columbia in Canada and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in the US made the discovery after studying the health of coral in the remote Pacific island republic of Kiribati. Their findings were published in the peer-reviewed online journal PLoS One yesterday. Dr Jessica Carilli, a post-doctoral fellow in ANSTO's Institute for Environmental Research who took part in the research, said the findings suggest that some coral reefs will be able to withstand a predicted rise in sea temperature caused by climate change. When water temperature rises, the algae that gives coral its colour and provides food is expelled in a phenomenon known as coral bleaching. However, in areas where temperatures fluctuate, the coral seems to have adapted for survival. The world's largest best known reef, the Great Barrier Reef, covers such a large region, some areas have stable sea temperatures while others do not. Dr Carilli said it would be hard to predict how the 2600-kilometre long reef would fare overall in rising sea temperatures. In a spring ritual as old as life itself, Steve Ellis' bees return to their hives day after day loaded with pollen from the dandelions and flowering trees that are in full bloom across central Minnesota. But for too many of them, a day of foraging ends in convulsions and death. "You wouldn't think people could Oakley sunglasses get attached to insects," said Ellis, a commercial honey producer from Barrett, Minn. "But it's hard for us to see our bees getting injured like that." Hard enough that Ellis and other beekeepers from Minnesota and across the country this month asked the federal government for a temporary ban on one the most widely used pesticides until its effect on bees is clear. They fear it is contributing to a worldwide die-off and the inexplicable phenomenon known as "colony collapse disorder" that is devastating honeybee hives. "We are asking the EPA to do its job," said Jeff Anderson, a commercial beekeeper from Eagle Bend, Minn. "Give us products that are safe." The beekeepers and several environmental groups argue in an emergency petition filed with the EPA that the agency failed to require some legally mandated field testing before the pesticide was approved in 2003. New research, burberry handbags including two studies published last week in the journal Science, raises serious questions about its effect on pollinators of all kinds, they maintain. The EPA said it has based its continued approval on hundreds of studies. In 2010, the agency said no data shows that bee colonies are harmed by exposure. Nevertheless, it agreed to accelerate its routine review of the pesticide -- meaning it will be completed in 2018. Meanwhile, officials with the manufacturer, Bayer CropScience, say they are confident that the research will continue to prove the product is safe for bees when used appropriately. "I tend to believe that science will win out over emotion," said Jack Boyne, director of communications for Bayer CropScience. The beekeepers and others say they filed the emergency petition because they fear that the EPA's review process will deliver a verdict too late for the nation's honeybees and the farmers who rely on them. "Seventy percent of crops -- apples, burberry watches oranges, zucchini, melons, strawberries -- they all need pollinators," said Vera Krischik, an associate professor of entomology at the University of Minnesota who studies the pesticides and bees. "It's a huge issue." Then there are the unknown numbers of bumblebees, wasps, butterflies and other wild pollinating insects that fill the same role across the natural world. "We are headed in a very dangerous direction," Ellis said. Anderson said beekeepers have always been on the front lines of the nation's pesticide wars; that's how he got into business in the first place. His wife's grandfather moved his California beekeeping business to Minnesota in the early 1960s after another pesticide, Sevin, critically damaged his agricultural pollinating business. Anderson went on to win a landmark case at the Minnesota Supreme Court against the state Department of Natural Resources over pesticide drift that killed his bees. Like Ellis, he is among the gypsy beekeepers who follow the seasons, pollinating almonds, cherries and other crops in the South and West in winter and returning to Minnesota in the spring to make honey. New breed of pesticides The pesticides beekeepers are fighting now are different than those of the past, Anderson said. Those were applied at predictable times, making it easy to keep bees out of harm's way. The pesticides most widely used now are among a class of nicotine-based chemicals called neonicotinoids that are designed to become an intrinsic part of the plant. They were developed in large part because they are much less toxic to humans and other mammals than previous pesticides. But in high doses, they are a neurotoxin to insects. Since their introduction in the 1990s, they have exploded in popularity among farmers and in products for home gardeners. Today, 90 percent of seed corn is coated with the pesticides before planting, and the chemicals are the active ingredient in hundreds of back-yard products. The pesticide is sprayed on plants and, when used as a seed coating, it grows into all parts of the plant, including the pollen and the nectar that bees eat. When used properly, say both Bayer and the burberry ties EPA, the toxin levels are not high enough to hurt bees. But many scientists and beekeepers say that, as in all pesticide regulation, the field research is questionable because it's done by the manufacturer. The emergency petition, filed by 30 beekeepers and national environmental groups that includes Beyond Pesticides and the Center for Food Safety, targets just one of the six neonicotinoids, clothianidin, in part because they say the field study for that one was inadequate. Officials from Bayer and the EPA disagree. The attorney for the environmental groups said he hopes the petition will prompt the agency to open up the issue up for public comment and discussion. EPA did not respond to questions about the petition, but it previously announced plans to hold a scientific meeting in the fall to consider the entire class of pesticides, which will include the latest research. All pesticides in the group work the same way, and none of the research underlying their approval by the EPA has taken into account "the cumulative effect" in bees, Krischik said. Beekeepers say it helps explain what they are seeing. "During corn planting we have a light kill on our bees," Anderson said. "And the inability of the colony to produce a good brood." He thinks that as farmers plant millions of acres of corn, dust from the pesticide-coated seeds floats out over the countryside. It lands burberry hats for women on bees and other flowering plants and builds up over time in the soil. "My theory is that some of the things that come up, like dandelions, are coming up toxic," he said. "Every year they come up more toxic." Then, in August and September, when bees forage for pollen in corn tassels, the colonies are weakened just when they need to produce the brood that must be strong enough to survive the winter. Anderson said 15 to 20 percent of his bees used to die in a year. Now, the death rate has doubled, and beekeepers all over the country are seeing the same thing, he said. Meanwhile, honey prices are up significantly, as are the prices he charges to California growers for pollination, Anderson said. Neither beekeepers nor scientists think that the pesticides are the sole cause of bee declines and the collapse of colonies. Other studies have also implicated viruses, parasites and loss of habitat.Carrera sunglasses, cheap porsche carrera sunglasses, 50% sale. "Bees have a host of diseases and parasites that are killing them, in addition to being exposed to pesticides from all classes," said Marla Spivak, a bee researcher at the university who last year won a MacArthur genius grant for her work. But the systemic pesticides could make pollinators vulnerable to other dangers, or, as one the studies in Science last week found, confuse them so much they can't find their way home. But none of that indicates that the pesticides pose an imminent hazard that would justify a ban, said Iain Kelly, director of the Bayer CropScience bee research team. Still, the EPA needs to do risk assessments that are based on solid research, scientists said. That way, said Ellis, the beekeepers louis vuitton mens shoes and the farmers can figure out how to take care of the pollinators -- just like the bees take care of them.

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Republican presidential candidate Ray ban sunglasses Mitt Romney picked up two more big endorsements this week, but neither appears likely to have much impact on sealing the deal for the GOP front-runner. Tea party favorite Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, often touted as a top possibility to be No. 2 on a GOP ticket, endorsed Romney on Wednesday, telling Fox News, "It's evidently and increasingly clear that Mitt Romney is going to become the Republican nominee. We have to come together behind who I think has earned the nomination, and that's Mitt Romney." While Rubio said the GOP primary process has been "very good," and the candidates "have a lot to be proud of," he said having the race undecided going into the Republican National Convention in August would hurt the party in the general election. "I think we are at a stage where two of Oakley sunglasses the candidates have openly admitted the only way they can win a nomination is to have a floor fight in Tampa in August," Rubio said. "I don't think there is anything good about that. There is no way that a floor fight at the convention in Tampa in August is a recipe for a win in November. On the contrary, I think it's a recipe for disaster." Romney also traveled to Houston on Thursday afternoon to pick up the endorsement of former President George H.W. Bush. After a private meeting at Bush's office, the 41st president said Romney should emerge as the victor after "a very good fight" waged by some of his competitors. "It's time when to hold 'em and time when to fold 'em," Bush said, quoting Texas crooner Kenny Rogers. "I think it's time for people to all get behind this good man." The former president's endorsement is no surprise; the Bush family signaled its support for Romney as early as December, when George H.W. Bush told the Houston Chronicle he intended to support Romney. Former first lady Barbara Bush made robocalls for Romney in Ohio in the days leading up to Super Tuesday. The Bushes' son, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, endorsed Romney last week and endorsed Rubio as a good vice presidential pick. Rubio has said in the past that he will not burberry handbags appear on the 2012 Republican ticket, and on Thursday, he said his plans haven't changed. Asked whether that Shermanesque-sounding "under no circumstances" response that he gave earlier this year still applied, Rubio said, "Yeah, I'm not going to be the vice president." Whether these Romney endorsements will help bring the nominating contests to an end is unlikely. CNN senior political analyst Gloria Borger said having establishment figures like Bush back Romney's candidacy doesn't help him with some of the rank-and-file. "Within the Republican Party in particular, the power now is with the grass-roots. The power does not reside in Washington," she said. "Washington power brokers have been completely discredited because of the amount of deficit spending, for example, that occurs in Washington." "So when you take a look at the establishment, the establishment really cannot deliver anymore because the rank and file doesn't follow anymore," Borger added. "So there is no sort of smoke-filled burberry watches room into which these people can go and come out with a solution. It is not happening and it's not going to happen. And that's why Mitt Romney has had such a hard time locking it up, because goodness knows he's got the establishment rooting for him." A CNN/ORC International Poll released Tuesday showed most Republicans would like to see Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul end their White House bids, but favor Rick Santorum staying in to present a conservative challenge to Romney. Gingrich and Romney held a private meeting Saturday in Louisiana that was pleasant and productive, sources told CNN's John King. Four days later, the former House Speaker's communications director said Gingrich is determined to stay in the race for the Republican nomination -- even though he has laid off one-third of his staff and faces burberry ties increasing calls to cede the contest to Romney. Joe DeSantis said Gingrich's decision to lay off staff and replace his campaign manager was a reorganization that would enable him to fight on to the Republican National Convention in the summer and win the nomination there. DeSantis said the poll "showed that Gingrich dropping burberry kids sale out of the race would help Mitt Romney dramatically more than it helps Rick Santorum." This would "virtually guarantee Mitt Romney the nomination," he said, as he urged conservatives to rally behind Gingrich to keep the former Massachusetts governor from victory. According to CNN's latest estimate, Romney has secured 569 delegates and needs 575 more to reach the 1,144 required to clinch the GOP nomination. Santorum, the former Pennsylvania senator, has 262 delegates, with Gingrich at 136 and Paul at 71. Meanwhile, a big Gingrich backer said the former House speaker was nearing the end.Chanel sunglasses - cheap chanel designer sunglasses sale 2012. "It appears as though he's at the end of his line," casino mogul Sheldon Adelson said in a video posted on YouTube by the Jewish Journal on Wednesday. "Because I mean mathematically, he can't get anywhere near the numbers and is unlikely to be a brokered convention." Adelson, who along with other members of his family channeled contributions into the pro-Gingrich super PAC Winning Our Future over the last few months, said Gingrich is the only GOP candidate in the race who is a "decision maker." He took issue with Santorum's history as a lawmaker, saying he has no experience "creating anything or taking risks." And he compared Romney's past to that of President Barack Obama. 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US doctors have carried out what Ray ban sunglasses they say is the most extensive face transplant ever performed. The operation at the University of Maryland gave Richard Norris a new face, including jaw, teeth and tongue. The 37-year-old has lived as a recluse for 15 years after being severely injured in a gun accident, and wore a mask whenever he went outside. The surgery was funded by the US Navy, which hopes the techniques will help casualties from Iraq and Afghanistan. Surgeons who carried out the 36-hour operation was say it was part of a series of transplant operations lasting 72 hours, using organs from one donor in five patients including Mr Norris. He lost his lips and nose in the Oakley sunglasses accident, and only had limited movement of his mouth. The lead surgeon says Mr Norris will now get his life back. "Our goal is to restore function as well as have aesthetically pleasing results," said Eduardo Rodriguez. The team at the University of Maryland say Mr Norris is now brushing his teeth and shaving, and has regained his sense of smell. The US government estimates that 200 wounded troops might be eligible for face transplants. The first face transplant was performed in France in 2005, on a woman who was mauled by her dog. In 2010 surgeons in Spain carried out the world's first full face transplant. Adding to the confusion is that the new burberry handbags mysterious species seems to have a large range. It was originally discovered off the eastern U.S. Now a paper in the April issue of Marine Biology mentions it's been found more than 4,300 miles away near the coast of southern Brazil. The look-alike species may face the same fishery pressures as the real scalloped hammerhead, which is being fished unsustainably for its highly prized fins. “It’s a classic case of long-standing species misidentification that not only casts further uncertainty on the status of the real scalloped hammerhead but also raises concerns about the population status of this new species,” Mahmood Shivji said in a press release. He oversaw the new research at the Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center's Save Our Seas Shark Center and Guy Harvey Research Institute. “It’s very important to officially recognize, burberry watches name and learn more about this new hammerhead species and the condition of its populations through systematic surveys,” he added. “Without management intervention to curtail its inadvertent killing, we run the risk that overfishing could eradicate an entire shark species before its existence is even properly acknowledged.” At least 7 percent of the sharks in U.S. waters originally thought to have been scalloped hammerheads now turn out to be the new species. This means that the population of the endangered real scalloped burberry ties hammerhead in American waters is probably smaller than originally thought. NEWS: Top 100 Shark Facts This latest discovery about the twin species could (and should, in my opinion) influence how the U.S. National Marine Fisheris Service classifies the scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini). Depending on what's decided, this shark could be cheap kids sweater listed as threatened or endangered. The species is already on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species. The new "twin" shark may also be endangered, but it's not officially protected yet. Shivji concluded, “We hope that during this important scalloped hammerhead status review, the new look-alike species will be recognized, and possible impacts of historical mix-ups between the two species on past scalloped hammerhead stock assessments will be considered." Keep in mind that we are part of this food chain too, with our bad decisions coming back to bite us. Carrera sunglasses, cheap porsche carrera sunglasses, 50% sale. Human overfishing of scalloped hammerheads has caused the cownose ray population to rise. The rays, in turn, are eating more of their fave food, bay scallops. These are the same scallops that many humans like to eat, so the supply of scallops for us is now in jeopardy.

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We don't know if we just saw the burberry ties last game on the sidelines for Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt. We are unsure of how to write or talk about this -- it has been that way the past few months -- but now the 2011-12 Lady Vols have finished this season with their legendary mentor. This particular journey ended with a 77-58 loss to top-seeded Baylor on Monday in the NCAA tournament's Elite Eight in Iowa's capital city, a place that has had a girls' high school state basketball tournament that dates back all the way to 1925. And that somehow seems appropriate, as this felt like a historical game for many reasons. Since Summitt made the announcement last August that she had been diagnosed with early-onset dementia, Alzheimer's type, observers have kept an eye on her demeanor and speculated about the future. For the most part, Summitt has not spoken much to the media other than in gathering in Knoxville, Tenn., with local burberry handbags outlet reporters about the topic of this year's team, not her health. Associate head coach Holly Warlick has handled news conferences, with assistants Mickie DeMoss and Dean Lockwood always available for insight as well. The players, of course, have been asked again and again about Summitt as well, but they don't have a crystal ball, either. They only know that they still saw her every day and heard her voice in practice and during games, places were Summitt's famous presence can still manifest itself. How much longer that might be is what no one knows. The loyalty to Summitt of both her staff and the Tennessee administration is boundless. You won't find anyone in a position of power in athletics who is more revered and respected both by those for whom she works and those who work for her. Whenever she has been asked this season about Summitt continuing as head coach, Warlick has given essentially the same answer that she did Sunday before the Elite Eight. "As a team, we do not address it," Warlick said. "Pat Summitt is going to make a decision for Pat Summitt. Right now, I will tell you that she is going to be back next year." All that meant was that nothing has been decided, and Warlick would never try to be the one who decides it anyway. There has been plenty of burberry sneakers women speculation about what might happen, including the idea of Summitt moving to a head coach emeritus position that would allow her to still have a role with the team. But none of this has come from Summitt or Tennessee women's athletics director Joan Cronan. Admirably, Tennessee has formed a tight circle around Summitt -- trying to do whatever possible to help her maximize her energy and focus -- but yet has not avoided acknowledging the issue. It's obvious that all involved have been working their way emotionally through this as it has been happening. Ultimately, it is not a matter of anyone's loyalty, because that has already been proven a thousand times over. It's about Summitt's health and comfort level in continuing to be on the job. Tennessee women's basketball is Pat Summitt, and those involved should be trusted to help her make the best decision for herself and the program. What all who follow the sport -- and even those who don't but appreciate grand accomplishment in any endeavor -- know is that we've been fortunate to see one of the greatest sports figures in American history at work. Baylor coach Kim Mulkey's statement Sunday that there will never be another Pat Summitt is true, because the circumstances in which Summitt became who she is will never occur again. 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Researchers at the University of Scranton (Pa.) ran a lab analysis on the content in several types and brands of popcorn and found that the crunchy hull is rich in polyphenols — antioxidants that prevent damage to cells. Polyphenols also may have disease-fighting properties.Louis Vuitton shoes, cheap louis vuitton sunglasses sale, 60% off "The hull is where the most nutritional goodies (polyphenols) are — not the white fluffy part," says chemistry professor Joe Vinson, senior author of the study, which was partially funded by a popcorn company. Vinson also has studied chocolate, coffee, spices and cereals. The popcorn findings were presented Sunday at a meeting of the American Chemical Society in San Diego. Vinson says polyphenols are concentrated in hulls because popcorn doesn't have a lot of water and because it's 100% whole grain. Some other foods that have polyphenols, such as fruits and vegetables, contain a lot more water. Popcorn is usually minimally processed, he says. "We know whole grains are good for us in fighting a number of chronic diseases, but we don't know why yet. People thought it was just the fiber that made popcorn a healthful choice, but in my opinion, it's the combination of fiber and polyphenols." Fruits and vegetables also contain polyphenols, along with vitamins and minerals not found in popcorn, he says. "I don't want people to think they can just eat popcorn to get all the polyphenols they need. I don't want them to think of popcorn as an alternative to fruits and vegetables." Researchers are still investigating the effect of polyphenols on the body, Vinson says. "Just measuring something in the food is easy to do. It creates some information, but the proof in the pudding is what happens in the body." Kantha Shelke, a spokeswoman for the Institute of Food Technologists and a food chemist in Chicago who has studied popcorn, says the latest findings confirm other research on the subject. "Popcorn has an antioxidant called ferulic acid that's also found in beans, corn, rice, wheat, barley and many other grains," she says. "Ferulic acid exhibits a wide range of therapeutic effects against cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular and neuro-degenerative diseases (Alzheimer's) largely because of its strong antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activity." Still, there's no guarantee that the polyphenols are in the body long enough to have an effect, she says. "It's possible that popcorn goes through the body really fast. If the polyphenols reside largely in the hull, which is principally insoluble fiber and not digested, they are not sitting in our digestive system for an extended period of time, and we may not absorb all the antioxidants," Shelke says. "The hull may be loaded with nutrients that go right through us. The hull acts like a Roto-Rooter."

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Two 16-year-olds from Troy, Mich., Dorothy Chen and Sara Ma, formed the other winning team, with an experiment that will look at whether a fungus-killing bacterium will become even more effective at burberry shirts for women cheap killing fungus when it gets back from a trip that will make it temporarily weightless. Scientists already know that salmonella bacteria become more virulent in zero gravity, and the bacterium in their experiment, Bacillus subtilis, contains the same protein that caused that change in salmonella. “The idea, that having your experiment in the space station, is so surreal and so literally out of this world,” said Ms. Chen shortly after the winners were announced on Thursday. As for the zebra spiders, Mr. Mohamed does not think they will figure out how to catch fruit flies in space. These spiders do not spin webs, but they do attach a silk lifeline to themselves before leaping; this will allow them to reel themselves in and try again and again to aim themselves at fruit flies sharing their space station habitat. Both experiments are already being designed and constructed at BioServe Space Technologies, a research center run by the University of Colorado at Boulder, and are scheduled to fly to the space station on a cargo ship launched by the Japanese space agency. Sunita Williams, a NASA astronaut, is to perform the experiments, which will be broadcast online. For their grand prize, Ms. Chen and Ms. Ma will go to Japan for the launching of their experiment. Mr. Mohamed chose the other option: He will go to Star City in Russia for a week of the same training that Russian astronauts undergo. Goodell has not yet disciplined the 22 to 27 players the league’s investigation says were involved in the bounties. Among them is the Saints’ defensive captain, Jonathan Vilma, who the N.F.L. said put up $10,000 that would have been paid to anyone who knocked Brett Favre out of the N.F.C. championship game in January 2010.Ray ban sunglasses, cheap gucci sunglasses, burberry sunglasses sale. “N.F.L.P.A. leadership looks forward to meeting with the commissioner to discuss the league’s ‘bounty’ investigation,” a union statement said. “To date, neither the league, nor the Saints, have helped us facilitate interviews with members of management or the coaching staff. We expect the league to provide all information so that we can ensure a fair process for all who were involved.” According to a person briefed on the conversations between the league and the union, the N.F.L. told union representatives that Saints coaches and other employees were free to speak to the union if they wanted to. The union has no disciplinary authority over players, coaches or front-office executives in this situation. But several weeks ago, when the investigation first came to light, Goodell asked the union’s executive director, DeMaurice Smith, for his recommendation about player discipline. The league has not received an answer. Disciplining players is a more delicate matter for Goodell, who said in a statement Wednesday that he was troubled that players were enthusiastically involved in a program that encouraged injuring opponents. But the union would probably fight any discipline it deems overly harsh, a situation Goodell, and perhaps the union, would probably prefer to avoid. Given the severe penalties leveled against members of management and the coaching staff, most observers expect a suspension for Vilma. Another tricky wrinkle: the former Saints linebacker Scott Fujita, who is now with the Cleveland Browns and is active in union matters, has become enmeshed in the scandal. The manner in which discipline is issued will affect how appeals can be made. 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The updated web portal, unveiled Monday, features the full inventory of the Einstein archives, publicizing for the first time the entirety of what's inside the collection and giving scholars a chance to request access to items they previously never knew existed. "Knowledge is not about hiding. It's about openness," said Menachem Ben Sasson, president of the Hebrew University. Einstein, a Nobel Prize-winning burberry shirts for women cheap physicist whose theory of relativity revolutionized science, was one of the founders of the university. He contributed the original manuscript of his famed theory to the university when it was founded in 1925, four years after he was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics. He bequeathed the rest of his papers — and the rights to the use of his image — to the university upon his death in 1955. The portal now offers a close look at an initial 2,000 documents, or 7,000 pages total, from Einstein's personal and public life up to the year 1921. In the coming years, archivists will slowly upload the remainder of the collection. The online project is part of an initiative with Princeton University and the California Institute of Technology to publish annotated scholarly work on all of Einstein's papers. The Hebrew University's Einstein collection includes 14 notebooks filled with research notes in small cursive handwriting, letters to Einstein's contemporaries on his physics research, and a handwritten explanation of his theory of relativity and its summarizing equation EMC2 (energy equals mass times the speed of light squared). It also includes lesser-known papers, including a postcard to his ailing mother, private correspondence with his lovers, and a pile of fan mail Einstein received about his wild hairdo. "I saw your picture in the paper. I think you ought to have your haircut," one 6-year-old girl wrote in large block print. 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Eastern European Jewish refugees in Germany had been denied entry to universities after World War I, and Einstein saw it as an injustice. "He couldn't fix it in Germany, so he worked burberry ties hard to find another solution — for fine young Jews to study in a university in Jerusalem," Grosz said. The curator said the university would publish a copy of Einstein's grades as a young student, hoping it would dispel a popular myth that Einstein did poorly in school. The university is also posting a 20-year-old Einstein's correspondence with scientists, showing how advanced his research already was at that early age. Other parts of the collection expose the scientist's private life, especially a trove of letters to his half dozen lovers, and his interest in a host of social issues, from nuclear disarmament to African-American rights and burberry hats for women the Arab-Jewish conflict. In a letter to an Arab newspaper before the establishment of the State of Israel, displayed to the public for the first time since its publication, Einstein outlined his proposal for Mideast peace: An eight-member "secret council" of Arab and Jewish physicians, judges, clergy and labor representatives which would negotiate a settlement to the conflict that divided them. The Hebrew University holds rights to Einstein's image, and prohibits advertisers from inappropriately using his likeness. In 2010, the university sued General Motors Co. for grafting the scientist's head onto the body of a well-toned, shirtless man in an ad in People magazine. The ad had the slogan "Ideas Are Sexy Too." Hanoch Gutfreund, former president of the Hebrew University and now responsible for Albert Einstein's intellectual property, said the collection's online exposure put Einstein's best face forward. "More than anyone else, burberry ties he expressed his views on every agenda of mankind," Gutfreund said. 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"There is an urgent need for this media campaign," Matthew Myers, president of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, said in a statement. One of the print ads features Shawn Wright from Washington state who had a tracheotomy after being diagnosed with head and neck cancer four years ago. The ad shows the 50-year-old shaving, his razor moving down toward a red gaping hole at the base of his neck that he uses to speak and breathe. An advertising firm, Arnold Worldwide, found Wright and about a dozen others who appear in the ads. The participants developed cancer or other health problems after smoking. Federal health agencies have gradually embraced graphic anti-smoking imagery. Last year, the Food and Drug Administration approved nine images to be displayed on cigarette packages. Among them were a man exhaling cigarette smoke through a tracheotomy hole in his throat, and a diseased mouth with what appear to be cancerous lesions. Last month a federal judge blocked the requirement that tobacco companies put the images on their packages, saying it was unconstitutional. For the first time, scientists have used neutrinos – the exotic fundamental particles that routinely pass right through Earth – to send a message through the ground. Researchers have long been intrigued by the communication possibilities of neutrinos, because these particles can easily burberry beige handbag travel through matter, including a planet, without stopping, slowing down or being misdirected. Neutrinos are extremely tiny particles with almost zero mass and neutral charge. Thus they are impervious to electromagnetic forces and respond very weakly to gravity. They almost never collide with other particles, generally passing straight through the atoms that make up matter. Now, scientists have successfully harnessed neutrinos to send a message from one place to another, spelling out the word "neutrino" in a particle binary code. Particle telephone The researchers used the NuMI particle accelerator at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Ill., to create beams of neutrinos, which result when speeding protons collide into a wall of carbon atoms. (NuMI stands for "Neutrinos at the Main Injector.") The scientists then sent this beam toward a neutrino detector about 1 kilometer (0.6 miles) away, buried in a cavern. Because neutrinos so rarely interact with other particles, they are extremely difficult to detect. The detector, called Minerva, contains layers of different materials, including carbon, lead and iron. As the neutrinos pass through it, occasionally a neutrino will collide head-on with the nucleus of one of these atoms, creating other particles that are visible to the detector. 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The results are reported in a paper submitted to the journal Modern Physics Letters A. Though it's just a first step, Stancil says the technique eventually could be useful in situations where normal methods of sending communications don't work. For instance, Stancil told LiveScience, "it's really almost impossible and impractical to communicate with a submarine when they're at depth. The seawater has some electrical conductivity, and as a result radio waves don't penetrate very deeply. So I believe that having some way of getting messages through would be of interest." The molecules in the water around a submarine potentially could serve well as a neutrino detector. Because creating neutrinos currently requires a powerful particle accelerator, the sub would be able only burberry kids skirts cheap to receive messages, not send them. Stancil also said a neutrino communications device could be useful as a backup during a catastrophe that destroyed existing infrastructure. "In principle, you could have straight-line communication right through the center of the Earth, without satellites or cables," Stancil said. "I can imagine there could be certain strategic situations where that could be very valuable." However, neutrino communication is a long way from being practical, the scientist said. In addition to requiring particle accelerators, such systems would be hampered by the fact that the signal intensity decreases with distance, so much denser beams than are currently available would be needed to send a message very far. And neutrino detectors themselves are complex affairs that would need to be simplified to make a usable communication device. A team of physicists at the CERN laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland, reported last year that they'd seen neutrinos apparently traveling faster than light. The controversial finding stood to disprove one of the most successful theories of physics, Einstein's general theory of relativity, which states that nothing can move faster than the speed of light. Advertise | AdChoices Because of the weird relationship of space and time, objects that could break this cosmic speed limit would have to travel backward through time, according to the theory. So if neutrinos are that speedy, they may also be time travelers, physicists have suggested. And if neutrinos can travel faster than light, that means a neutrino communications system could potentially send messages back in time. However, most experts think the burberry bags outlet CERN results were an anomaly caused by an error in analysis or the experimental setup. "The latest sense is the neutrinos did not in fact go faster than light," Stancil said. "Certainly we'd have to think through the implications for communications, but I don't anticipate that anything like that would be possible." 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When asked why Howard told several teammates and members of the organization earlier in the day that he had, indeed, decided not to opt out of his contract, the source insisted Howard "didn't fully understand the ramifications" of surrendering his ETO and did so largely because Magic officials warned him that he would be traded by Thursday's 3 p.m. deadline if he did not take that step. The Magic, meanwhile, continued throughout the day to field calls from teams interested in trading for Howard -- starting with the New Jersey Nets -- because the earlier verbal pledges from Howard to waive his ETO would not have become binding unless both he and Fegan formally signed a waiver. Mike D'Antoni decided Wednesday he wasn't that guy. And so, he resigned, surprising even his bosses. ''It wasn't just Carmelo,'' interim general manager Glen Grunwald said. ''I think it was our whole team was not playing burberry handbags outlet up to where we thought they could be and I know Mike was as frustrated as anyone about that and that's what led him to that decision, that maybe there needs to be a new approach and look at it.'' Assistant Mike Woodson will serve as interim head coach, starting with Wednesday night's game against the Portland Trail Blazers at Madison Square Garden. The Knicks' brief resurgence in a wave of Linsanity last month has been replaced by a six-game losing streak that has dropped them into a tie for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, along of speculation of friction between D'Antoni and his All-Star forward. D'Antoni ran the Knicks through their morning shootaround, but not before stopping into Grunwald's office at the Knicks' training center and telling him and fellow executive Allan Houston of his intentions. Grunwald called MSG chairman James Dolan, who went up to the Westchester training center for what he called a ''very honest'' conversation with the D'Antoni. He later said the parting was mutual. ''He clearly felt it was best for the organization if he were not to continue as coach of the team. He did offer to stay,'' Dolan said during a press conference. ''After a long discussion, we did agree it was best for the organization to have new voice moving forward.'' Dolan made it clear that he believes in the players and still expects a playoff berth. D'Antoni said before the season that the Knicks should be a contender, but they haven't looked like one in the last 10 games - all since Anthony returned from a groin injury. New York is just 2-8 in that span, and D'Antoni wasn't the only one who couldn't figure out why the Knicks couldn't win with their best player. ''It's hard to explain why we have struggled and I don't really don't want to get too deep on that,'' Woodson said. ''I think what's more important is that we move forward.'' A message was left with D'Antoni seeking comment. He seemed upbeat after the morning practice burberry beige handbag and gave no indication of his plans. Asked the last thing he said to players, rookie Iman Shumpert said: ''Well, this morning it was, `See you tonight.' So like I said, it's a shock to us.'' Anthony said after the shootaround he supported the coach ''100 percent,'' denying a New York Post report that he would like a trade before Thursday's deadline. D'Antoni acknowledged the media frenzy around the sinking club but believed the Knicks would handle it. ''You battle against it. I think we're cohesive enough to battle through this, and we expect to do that,'' he said. His departure comes less than a month after he seemed rejuvenated by the emergence of Jeremy Lin, the undrafted point guard from Harvard who came off the end of the bench and proved to be the player who could properly run his offensive system. But that was short-lived. Lin has still played well, but the defensive was struggling and D'Antoni said the team wasn't giving a consistent effort after a home loss to Philadelphia on Sunday. Woodson, the former Atlanta Hawks coach who was hired this summer, is a longtime friend of Grunwald and former Knicks coach Isiah Thomas. Dolan said Woodson understood he would be evaluated at the end of the season. Perhaps a call will go out to Phil Jackson or John Calipari. The latter, preparing his top-seeded Wildcats for the NCAA tournament, wrote on Twitter that he was committed to Kentucky and reaffirmed that commitment at a press conference in Louisville. ''Every job that's open, including high school jobs and AAU jobs, my name is mentioned,'' he said. ''But I just wanted to say I have a great job. The best in this profession.'' Never able to duplicate his success in Phoenix, D'Antoni was headed to his third losing season since signing a $24 million, burberry scarves four-year contract in 2008 that made him one of the NBA's highest-paid coaches. He never won a playoff game in New York, where the Knicks were focused on the future during his first two years and made numerous changes that didn't give him much of a chance to compete. But they spent big this season, bringing in Tyson Chandler to play between Anthony and Amare Stoudemire, while adding players such as Baron Davis and JR Smith during the season. New York returned to the playoffs last season for the first time since 2004 but lost to the Boston Celtics in the first round. In the offseason, the Knicks radically changed the team, waiving point guard Chauncey Billups through the amnesty clause to free up salary cap space to sign Chandler. They sputtered through January while trying three point guards to replace him. D'Antoni finally turned to Lin on Feb. 4 and the Knicks took off, winning seven games in a row and looking like a threat to the top teams in the East. But it all came to a halt when Anthony returned, reinforcing the notion that his burberry kids skirts cheap desire to get the ball in isolation didn't fit in D'Antoni's offense that focused on pick-and-rolls and quick ball movement. D'Antoni averaged 58 wins in four full seasons in Phoenix before he was hired to replace Isiah Thomas on May 13, 2008, walking right into a two-year rebuilding plan with an eye toward clearing salary cap space for the summer of 2010. D'Antoni always supported the plan, even though it came at the cost of his won-loss record. He was 267-172 when he arrived in New York but went 121-167 with the Knicks. Even Grunwald said he thought it had been a ''rough go'' of it for D'Antoni. 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