If you?re excited for Microsoft?s Surface tablets, rest assured that a release date has been confirmed. Microsoft announced that the Surface tablets will be in stores at the same time Windows 8 is launched, on October 26. If you?re wondering about the price, there is not currently any confirmation as to what it will be, but Microsoft has stated "Suggested retail pricing will be announced closer to availability and is expected to be competitive with a comparable ARM tablet or Intel Ultrabook-class PC." So, it?s good to get a confirmation of an exact date! Tell us in the comments below if you?re planning on purchasing a tablet and what your expectations are!
?You can sell your home even if you owe more than your mortgage?
At Marine View Law & Escrow we receive many calls from homeowners who are behind on their payments and are unsure what to do. There are several options to be considered, but one alternative to consider may be a ?short sale? of the property in question. Due to the real estate downturn which began in 2007-2008, lenders have become more receptive to short sales and in many cases will even pay sellers to complete a short sale. An important tax bill currently expires at the end of this year so it may be best to consider your options as soon as possible.
Frequently asked questions and answers about short sales:
What is a short sale? Answer: A ?short sale? is a real estate purchase where the proceeds of the sale are not sufficient to pay the secured creditors (lenders) of the property, and the seller does not have the funds to pay the difference. Since the lenders are receiving less than what is owed to them, all of the lenders must consent to receiving less than owed in a short sale transaction in order for them to release their lien(s) on the property and allow the sale of the property to close.
How does a short sale work? As the seller, what do I need to do? Answer: First, consult an experienced real estate attorney who is familiar with short sales, and the foreclosure process, who can independently advise clients about their options. Second, be prepared to complete lender forms, as well as a hardship letter, financial worksheet and to submit updated financial documents such as bank statements, paystubs and tax returns. Next, be prepared to list your property for sale.
Can I still sell my property in a ?short sale? if I am in foreclosure? Answer: Yes, if you have chosen a good real estate attorney, it is likely that the attorney can get the foreclosure date postponed if you have received an offer on your property and are in the process of ?short selling? your property. However, there are never any guarantees that the lender will in fact postpone the foreclosure so it is important to receive an offer as soon as possible so the lender has time to review the offer and approve the short sale.
How long does it take to sell property in a short sale? Answer: That depends on how soon you can get your property in the market, and receive an offer. After you receive the offer, and submit your paperwork to the attorney, the process can take from two to five months to get approved and then the buyer will generally need 30 days to close after that. The entire process can be completed in as little as three months or it can take as long as six months. .
Since the bank is getting less than what is owed on the mortgage, will I have to pay it back later? Answer: That depends on the terms of the short sale approval letter you will receive from the lender, and those terms have been negotiated with the bank during the short sale process. Your attorney should carefully review the letter and advise you of the terms under which the short sale has been approved. The lender may be accepting the short sale as full settlement of the amount owed, and has agreed to ?waive the deficiency?. In other cases, the deficiency is not addressed in the letter, and the Seller should understand that the lender may still have the option to pursue you personally for the debt. If you have a second mortgage as well as a first mortgage, the lender will often accept a small amount to release their lien, but may or may not ?waive the deficiency? In cases like this, the lender will accept a settlement or payment arrangements to address the balance. Individual cases vary so it is best to consult an attorney for advice in your particular situation.
How much will it cost for me to sell my property in a short sale? Answer: Generally the lender will pay the traditional seller closing costs involved in the short sale, such as real estate commissions, excise tax, title insurance and escrow. Occasionally there are fees that the lender will not pay, and these may be paid by another party to the transaction. However, if your attorney has negotiated a settlement with one of your lenders, you would be responsible to pay the settlement amount. Most of the time, when our firm represents sellers, they are able to sell their home without making a contribution to the loan payoff. We work directly with the lenders in order to make sure the lenders?waive? the deficiency balance at the conclusion of the short sale.
How do I know if a short sale is the best option for me? Answer: Consult the real estate attorneys at Marine View Law & Escrow, who are experienced at negotiating short sales and advising clients. They will explain your options, and help you make a determination about how to proceed in your particular situation. You can call our office to make an appointment for a confidential consultation. Alternatives discussed may include foreclosure, short sale, bankruptcy, and settlements. There are often additional factors which may influence their recommendations such as whether you occupy your home or whether it is an investment property, how many loans you have on the property, your financial situation, as well as your short and long term goals. After speaking to one of our real estate attorneys, you should also consult an accountant and credit advisor for more information regarding potential tax liability and impact to your credit rating.
Contact Marine View Law & Escrow at (206) 878-8777 or visit their website: www.marineviewlaw.com
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PARIS (AP) ? Chris Marker, the influential French filmmaker whose career spanned six decades, has died, France's Culture Ministry confirmed Monday. He was 91.
President Francois Hollande led tributes to the director, whose large body of work includes the 1962 classic "La Jetee" ? an award-winning post-apocalyptic movie that's often ranked among the best time-travel films ever made.
In a statement, Hollande said the 28-minute black and white film comprised almost entirely of stills "will be remembered by history."
Set in a post-World War III nuclear-devastated Paris, "La Jetee" tells the story of a prisoner sent to the past and future to save the present. The film was one of the first to use sci-fi notions of circular time and has since spawned a myriad of references.
"La Jetee" will probably be best remembered as the inspiration behind Terry Gilliam's 1995 feature "Twelve Monkeys," but many critics say its influence stretches as far as James Cameron's 1984 and 1991 "Terminator" movies.
Marker ? born Christian Fran?ois Bouche-Villeneuve and still active into his 80s ? was also known for the documentary style seen in his other famous work 1983's experimental essay-film "Sunless," which again takes up the time themes used in his earlier material.
In "Sunless," the thoughts of a world traveler are narrated and used to look at the failings of human memory; especially in creating world history.
Marker's work was often politically engaged, and in 1967 he produced "Far from Vietnam," a documentary film featuring pieces by Jean-Luc Godard and Alain Resnais that opposed U.S. involvement in southeast Asia.
Cannes Film Festival President Gilles Jacob on Monday called Marker an "indefatigable filmmaker."
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Filmmakers Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris on making ?Ruby Sparks?-- the follow up to their hit ?Little Miss Sunshine.? Plus, the linguist who created the language Dothraki for the HBO Fantasy series ?Game of Thrones.?
Main Topic
?Ruby Sparks? Filmmakers?
Filmmakers Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris talk with Kim Masters about the pressure to follow their 2006 indie sensation ?Little Miss Sunshine? with just the right second film. They had many starts and stops on other projects over the last six years and often went back to directing commercials to pay the bills. But in the end this married couple-- who compares co-directing with parenting-- landed the job directing the new romantic comedy ?Ruby Sparks.?
Guests:
Links:
Banter
The Hollywood News Banter?
Michael Schneider,Bureau Chief of TV Guide Magazine joins John Horn, Film Writer for The Los Angeles Times, to banter about some of this week?s top Hollywood News stories.
?Gangster Squad? release date is pushed in wake of the movie theater massacre. ?American Idol? reboots with Mariah Carey as new judge ?Modern Family? cast sues producing studio over contracts Peter Jackson wants to make a third ?Hobbit? movie
Guests:
Main Topic
?Game of Thrones? Linguist?
Saul Gonzalez visits Berkeley-trained linguist, David Peterson in his Orange County apartment and finds the brain behind the ?Game of Thrones? warrior language, Dothraki. Peterson explains how he got the gig writing for the HBO fantasy series and how he works with the production-- translating and recording the Dothraki lines for actors. He also joyfully announces he?s recently helped another member of the LanguageCreation Society get a gig on an upcoming blockbuster movie.
p>Centuries by Arjun Yadav (136) and Ahmed Quadri (106) went in vain for Hyderabad CA who conceded a 215-run lead to Rajasthan CA in the Shafi Darash cricket tournament here Sunday.
Replying to Rajasthan?s first innings total of 626, Hyderabad were all out for 411 on the penultimate day of the four-day match.
In Alur, Baroda CA, trailing by 112 runs to Bangladesh ?A?, were 388 for five in their second knock, courtesy half-centuries by Ambatti Rayudu (86), Pinal Shah (76), Kedhar Devdhar (67 batting) and Anupam Gupta (67).
Brief scores:
Bangalore: KSCA Colts: 406 all out in 127.5 overs and 262 for 2 in 78 overs (KB Pawan 125 batting, Amit Verma 61 batting, R Samarth 61) vs KSCA XI: 190 all out in 59.1overs (Rajoo Bhatkal 52 not out, Parappa M 3/45, P Magizhendan 3/33, Sunil N Raju 2/47).
Alur: Baroda CA 202 all out in 70.3 overs and 388 for 5 in 101 overs (Ambati Rayudu 86, Pinal Shah 76, Kedhar Devdhar 67 batting, Anupam Gupta 67, Forhad Hossain 3/54, Enamul Hoque 2/113) vs Bangladesh ?A? 314 all out in 86 overs.
Mysore: Rajasthan CA 626 all out in 153.5 overs and 3 for no loss in 6 overs vs Hyderabad CA 411 all out in 106.1 overs (Arjun Yadav 136, Kanishk Naidy 34, Ahmed Quadri 106, Deepak Chahar 3/94, Anket Chaudhary 2/90,Rajesh Bishndi Jr. 5/97).
AURORA, Colo. (Reuters) - Some residents are moving out of the building where Colorado shooting suspect James Holmes is accused of booby trapping his apartment with explosives that a law enforcement source said could have destroyed the complex if detonated.
"I'm still kind of in shock," said resident Tori Everhart, 27, ducking under yellow police tape surrounding the building on Friday, her arms full of luggage. "I just want to get out of here."
Since Holmes allegedly opened fire July 20 in a crowded Denver-area movie theater, killing 12 and wounding 58 more, his Paris Street apartment building has become a macabre tourist attraction.
Throughout the day, cars slow as they pass the building that has 12 apartment units on three floors. Some of those passing lean out car windows to snap pictures, while others park their cars and get out to stare up at Holmes' third-floor corner apartment, whose windows were nailed shut this week with boards.
The apartment building is a block from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, where Holmes took classes. According to court documents released on Friday, Holmes sought psychiatric treatment from Dr. Lynne Fenton, director of the school's student mental health services.
Police hurriedly evacuated the apartment complex after learning that Holmes' apartment had been rigged to explode if someone tried to enter it.
A federal law enforcement source told Reuters last week that triggering the bombs could have destroyed the building.
PLANNED TO MOVE
Everhart said she had been planning to move out next Wednesday, when her one-year lease expires.
But after learning of the bomb plot, Everhart said she never wanted to spend another night there.
"I've been thanking my lucky stars that we all didn't come to a different end," Everhart said of herself and fellow residents, some of whom have told her they are moving out.
On Saturday, a couple who live on the second floor said they, too, would probably move out, but had not made a final decision. They declined to give their names.
Everhart and other residents said Holmes was an unremarkable neighbor who did little to call attention to himself.
"I don't think anyone will ever know what was really going through his mind," she said.
Dmitry Shchekochikhin, a University of Colorado medical student who lives on the first floor of the building, remembered Holmes as being less than neighborly.
"Whenever I would say hello or would greet him, he would never say anything back," Shchekochikhin said.
He said he was still deciding whether to move out, but that neighbors told him they planned to leave as soon as possible.
General Keith Alexander, head of the National Security Agency, addressed an audience at the Defcon hacking conference in Las Vegas Friday, saying the Internet needed fundamental defenses against foreign incursion.
It's the first time an NSA official has spoken at the world-famous conference, where the attendees are often engaged in unquestionably illegal activities like attempting to breach the security of government agencies. But General Alexander seemed to regard them as kindred spirits as well as experts.
"Sometimes you guys get a bad rap. From my perspective, what you're doing to figure out vulnerabilities in systems is great," he told the crowd, according to a report from CNET.
But it wasn't all civilities. Alexander said that the Internet as it is today is "at great risk from exploitation, disruption and destruction." Tracking Internet activity is a massive task and even the NSA can't do it without some kind of fundamental access.
He compared the Internet's traffic to a toll?highway, and said he'd like the NSA to act as the monitor. Most traffic would barely be paid attention to, like a car with an "EZ Pass" cruising through without being stopped. But suspicious traffic would be identified and tracked.
As MIT's Technology Review points out, NSA has prototyped a version of an Internet monitoring system, with 17 defense contractors participating. If an internal alarm is tripped, presumably in the event of a breach, telemetry from the event is relayed automatically to the NSA. Alexander would like to see something like this applied more broadly.
Naturally an audience of hackers would be skeptical of giving a government agency such broad access to all the U.S.'s Internet traffic, but Alexander assured them that their interest was strictly to investigate threats from abroad. "Our job is foreign intelligence. We get oversight by Congress," he said, also taking time to say that recent reports that the NSA had a file on every American citizen were "absolute nonsense."
He also exhorted the audience of technically proficient hackers to get involved. With a tacit nod to the bumbling efforts of some legislators in regulating the Internet and security issues, he suggested that the Defcon attendees should be helping from the inside, not just taking pot shots at it from outside.
General Alexander is head of perhaps the largest and most invasive intelligence and security agency in the world, and whether it's?despite that or because of that, his overtures to the hacking community seem reasonable. He and the occasionally lawless?hackers may in some ways seem to be natural enemies, but?as one hacker told MIT, when it comes to advancing the field of cybersecurity, "Our interests overlap."
Devin Coldewey is a contributing writer for NBC News Digital. His personal website is coldewey.cc.
Those who study sleep believe that our encounters with light affect the way our body works. For example, too much exposure to artificial light can affect the release of melatonin, which helps us through our nightly sleep cycles. As such, one young design student dreamed up the Luminarium, a lamp which mimics the movement of the sun to help recalibrate our biological clocks. More »
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RIT leads development of next-generation infrared detectorsPublic release date: 26-Jul-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Susan Gawlowicz smguns@rit.edu 585-475-5061 Rochester Institute of Technology
RIT and Raytheon Visions Systems collaborate on advancing infrared detectors
Cheaper, larger and better infrared detectors grown on silicon wafers could give more scientists access to infrared astronomy and further spur the hunt for exoplanets and the study of the universe's acceleration. Closer to home, the same technology could also advance remote sensing and medical imaging.
The National Science Foundation has awarded Rochester Institute of Technology $1.2 million to develop, fabricate and test a new family of detectors grown on silicon wafer substrates by Raytheon Visions Systems.
"If this is successful, the astronomy community will have a ready supply of affordable detectors that could be deployed on a wider range of facilities," says Don Figer, director of the Center for Detectors at RIT and lead scientist on the project. "Right now infrared detectors are so expensive that there are only a few on the world's biggest telescopesKeck, Gemini, the Very Large Telescope. Those are the only facilities that can afford them, and then they can only afford a few. They have big telescopes with big focal planes and tiny detectors in the middle."
Building and using advanced astronomical instrumentation is one of the strategic goals of the Center for Detectors, Figer says.
Advancing infrared detectors using silicon wafers will leverage the existing infrastructure built around the semiconductor industry and drive down the cost of building detectors. Silicon wafers are commonly used for semiconductor circuits found at the heart of electronic devices. Their wide commercial application makes silicon wafers attractive for a number of reasonsthey are produced in high volume, are readily available in large size and are inexpensive.
"The collaboration with RIT leverages over a decade of technological advancements Raytheon has made in manufacturing large format MBE/Si focal planes," says Elizabeth Corrales, program manager at Raytheon Vision Systems. "Infrared detectors with lower cost focal planes and improved performance will push the boundaries of infrared astronomy and continue Raytheon's 30-year service to the astronomy community."
Cost constraints limit the availability and scale of the current detector technology, which use small, scarcely produced Cadmium Zinc Telluride wafers.
"Today, a typical state-of-the-art device has 2,048 by 2,048 pixels at a cost around $350,000 to $500,000," Figer says. "Detectors on large telescopes can cost a significant fraction of the total instrument budget. Very large, affordable infrared arrays will be essential for making optimum use of the proposed 30-meter class ground-based telescopes of the future."
"The key to making largerup to 14,000 by 14,000 pixelsand less expensive infrared detectors lies in using silicon wafer substrates, since large silicon wafers are common in the high-volume semiconductor industry and their coefficient of thermal expansion is well-matched to that of the silicon readout circuits," Figer says.
For the last 15 years, scientists have pursued the use of silicon substitutes in the quest for large infrared detectors. Until now, the crystal lattice mismatch between silicon and infrared materials has stymied advancement, causing defects that generate higher dark current, and thus higher noise, reduced quantum efficiency and increased image persistence.
Atoms in a silicon crystal are spaced closer together than those in infrared light-sensitive materials. When the infrared material is grown on the silicon, defects are generated. Photo-generated charge that represents the signal can get stuck and lost, or pop out of the lattice and show up as a phantom signal. The difference in atomic spacing can create the false signal.
Raytheon has developed the prototype detector technology using a method of depositing light-sensitive material onto silicon substrates while maintaining high vacuum throughout the many steps in the process. The material growth is done using a technique common to the semiconductor industry and known as molecular beam epitaxy.
"Raytheon has come up with an innovation to combine the silicon wafer with the mercury cadmium telluride light-sensitive layer in a way that eliminates all these bad effects," Figer says. "Our proposal is to do a fabrication run of parts based on this new technology and then evaluate the technology in the laboratory and on a telescope."
RIT and Raytheon will design and fabricate arrays of 1,024 by 1,024 pixels and 2,048 by 2,048 pixels and test them in the laboratories of the Center for Detector.
"Not only are silicon wafers much more affordable, but they can be made in much larger sizes because the wafers are now big," Figer says. "Instead of being a four-inch wafer, it can be 12 inches, for instance. We can make a 14,000-by-14,000-pixel detector. That has not been done. It could end up dominating the field in infrared detectors for the next 20 years."
Noise can obscure signals coming from the faint objects in the universe. Figer's team will measure the detector performance using a system based on one he designed for the Space Telescope Science Institute to measure the performance of detectors to be flown on the James Webb Telescope.
Figer will also develop a new light-tight detector housing to keep the detector optically and thermally isolated from everything around it. The box-within-a-box design is cooled to 60 Kelvin (-350 F) to reduce the glow, or blackbody radiation, emitted from warmer objects around the detector and prevent additional noise.
The National Science Foundation funding to develop the technology will carry Figer and his team to the second phase of the project and the design of a much bigger device on the scale of 4,000 by 4,000 pixels. An international consortium of organizations is needed to fund the fabrication of these larger detectors.
"I am going around the world talking to directors of observatories currently in existence and future observatories and asking them if they'd like to join a consortium of organizations, each of which contributes to, and benefits from, the development of the first run of 4K parts," he says. "This is the intermediate step before having a final product."
During the third and final phase of the program, Figer foresees RIT and Raytheon building an instrument for a large telescope. "One of the strategic goals for the Center for Detectors is to start a big astronomical instrumentation program at RIT," he says. "There are only a handful of programs like that in the world. It's very competitive but it's also very fulfilling to both deploy the technology and use it for science in an astronomical instrument.
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RIT leads development of next-generation infrared detectorsPublic release date: 26-Jul-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Susan Gawlowicz smguns@rit.edu 585-475-5061 Rochester Institute of Technology
RIT and Raytheon Visions Systems collaborate on advancing infrared detectors
Cheaper, larger and better infrared detectors grown on silicon wafers could give more scientists access to infrared astronomy and further spur the hunt for exoplanets and the study of the universe's acceleration. Closer to home, the same technology could also advance remote sensing and medical imaging.
The National Science Foundation has awarded Rochester Institute of Technology $1.2 million to develop, fabricate and test a new family of detectors grown on silicon wafer substrates by Raytheon Visions Systems.
"If this is successful, the astronomy community will have a ready supply of affordable detectors that could be deployed on a wider range of facilities," says Don Figer, director of the Center for Detectors at RIT and lead scientist on the project. "Right now infrared detectors are so expensive that there are only a few on the world's biggest telescopesKeck, Gemini, the Very Large Telescope. Those are the only facilities that can afford them, and then they can only afford a few. They have big telescopes with big focal planes and tiny detectors in the middle."
Building and using advanced astronomical instrumentation is one of the strategic goals of the Center for Detectors, Figer says.
Advancing infrared detectors using silicon wafers will leverage the existing infrastructure built around the semiconductor industry and drive down the cost of building detectors. Silicon wafers are commonly used for semiconductor circuits found at the heart of electronic devices. Their wide commercial application makes silicon wafers attractive for a number of reasonsthey are produced in high volume, are readily available in large size and are inexpensive.
"The collaboration with RIT leverages over a decade of technological advancements Raytheon has made in manufacturing large format MBE/Si focal planes," says Elizabeth Corrales, program manager at Raytheon Vision Systems. "Infrared detectors with lower cost focal planes and improved performance will push the boundaries of infrared astronomy and continue Raytheon's 30-year service to the astronomy community."
Cost constraints limit the availability and scale of the current detector technology, which use small, scarcely produced Cadmium Zinc Telluride wafers.
"Today, a typical state-of-the-art device has 2,048 by 2,048 pixels at a cost around $350,000 to $500,000," Figer says. "Detectors on large telescopes can cost a significant fraction of the total instrument budget. Very large, affordable infrared arrays will be essential for making optimum use of the proposed 30-meter class ground-based telescopes of the future."
"The key to making largerup to 14,000 by 14,000 pixelsand less expensive infrared detectors lies in using silicon wafer substrates, since large silicon wafers are common in the high-volume semiconductor industry and their coefficient of thermal expansion is well-matched to that of the silicon readout circuits," Figer says.
For the last 15 years, scientists have pursued the use of silicon substitutes in the quest for large infrared detectors. Until now, the crystal lattice mismatch between silicon and infrared materials has stymied advancement, causing defects that generate higher dark current, and thus higher noise, reduced quantum efficiency and increased image persistence.
Atoms in a silicon crystal are spaced closer together than those in infrared light-sensitive materials. When the infrared material is grown on the silicon, defects are generated. Photo-generated charge that represents the signal can get stuck and lost, or pop out of the lattice and show up as a phantom signal. The difference in atomic spacing can create the false signal.
Raytheon has developed the prototype detector technology using a method of depositing light-sensitive material onto silicon substrates while maintaining high vacuum throughout the many steps in the process. The material growth is done using a technique common to the semiconductor industry and known as molecular beam epitaxy.
"Raytheon has come up with an innovation to combine the silicon wafer with the mercury cadmium telluride light-sensitive layer in a way that eliminates all these bad effects," Figer says. "Our proposal is to do a fabrication run of parts based on this new technology and then evaluate the technology in the laboratory and on a telescope."
RIT and Raytheon will design and fabricate arrays of 1,024 by 1,024 pixels and 2,048 by 2,048 pixels and test them in the laboratories of the Center for Detector.
"Not only are silicon wafers much more affordable, but they can be made in much larger sizes because the wafers are now big," Figer says. "Instead of being a four-inch wafer, it can be 12 inches, for instance. We can make a 14,000-by-14,000-pixel detector. That has not been done. It could end up dominating the field in infrared detectors for the next 20 years."
Noise can obscure signals coming from the faint objects in the universe. Figer's team will measure the detector performance using a system based on one he designed for the Space Telescope Science Institute to measure the performance of detectors to be flown on the James Webb Telescope.
Figer will also develop a new light-tight detector housing to keep the detector optically and thermally isolated from everything around it. The box-within-a-box design is cooled to 60 Kelvin (-350 F) to reduce the glow, or blackbody radiation, emitted from warmer objects around the detector and prevent additional noise.
The National Science Foundation funding to develop the technology will carry Figer and his team to the second phase of the project and the design of a much bigger device on the scale of 4,000 by 4,000 pixels. An international consortium of organizations is needed to fund the fabrication of these larger detectors.
"I am going around the world talking to directors of observatories currently in existence and future observatories and asking them if they'd like to join a consortium of organizations, each of which contributes to, and benefits from, the development of the first run of 4K parts," he says. "This is the intermediate step before having a final product."
During the third and final phase of the program, Figer foresees RIT and Raytheon building an instrument for a large telescope. "One of the strategic goals for the Center for Detectors is to start a big astronomical instrumentation program at RIT," he says. "There are only a handful of programs like that in the world. It's very competitive but it's also very fulfilling to both deploy the technology and use it for science in an astronomical instrument.
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Dodder vines are parasitic plants that suck water, nutrients and information from other plants as they spread over them. Plant biologists at the University of California, Davis, have now shown that they can make plants resistant to dodder by attacking the junctions where the parasite taps into the host.
"We think that this will translate into other parasitic plants," said Neelima Sinha, professor of plant biology at UC Davis, who led the project. The work was published online July 20 by the journalPlant Cell.
Sinha's lab uses dodder as a model for more serious parasites such as Striga, which attacks the roots of maize, sorghum and other African crops.
In earlier work, Sinha and colleagues found that when dodder taps into a host plant, it takes up RNA molecules that can act as chemical messengers in the host along with water, sugars and other nutrients. These circulating RNA molecules act as messengers inside plants, for example coordinating growth and flowering.
The researchers wondered if they could exploit this to attack the parasite. It is possible to switch off a gene with a short piece of RNA with which it pairs. This technique is called RNA interference or RNA silencing, and it won the Nobel Prize in medicine in 2006.
To use RNA interference against dodder, the team looked for genes that could affect the parasite but not the host.
"The answer turned out to be genes I've worked on all my career," Sinha said, describing a group of genes that control the activity of other genes involved in shoot and root growth.
Parasitic vines like dodder are major pests. UC Davis plant biologist Neelima Sinha talks about her work which helps plants fight off these parasites by attacking the connections where they tap into the host. Credit: Andy Fell, UC Davis
These genes are active in both the host plant meristem (an area of active growth in roots and shoots) and in the haustoria, the junctions where the parasite penetrates the host, Sinha said. So the researchers identified regions that were unique to the parasite, and used them to make a short DNA construct. Tobacco plants carrying this construct make short pieces of RNA that match the genes of the parasite, but not the host.
Dodder did not grow as well on the engineered plants as on control plants, Sinha said. At the same time, the dodder showed high levels of stress signals and flowered early -- a reaction to stress.
The work was initiated by Steven Runo and spearheaded by Amos Alakonya, two African graduate students who have now returned to Kenyatta University in Kenya, Sinha said. They hope to develop the technique to control Striga in African maize crops.
"This is the proof of concept, and now we can take it into the field," she said.
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The Coronation of the Maine Sea Goddess is one of the highlights at the Maine Lobster Festival. ?Eighteen young women from the local midcoast area vie for the Sea Goddess crown, scholarships, and prizes. The Maine Sea Goddess represents the Maine Lobster Festival, the lobster industry, and Rockland, Maine for the year with appearances at other events and associations throughout New England. ?This year?s Sea Princesses competing for the crown are:
Brighde Curtin of Rockland is a 2012 graduate of Oceanside High School. She is the daughter of Laurie Curtin. Her school activities included Varsity Soccer, One Acts, Fall Musical, Key Club and Drama Club. Her hobbies are theater, reading, sports and community service. She is employed at the Bricks Restaurant of Rockland. Her future plans are to attend the University of Southern Maine for theater and a theater-teaching degree. Brighde?s sponsors are The Embroidery Shop, Planet Toys, Bricks Restaurant, Marge Grinnell, Michael Curtin of Rockland, and FV-Moonrise of Spruce Head.
Kaitlen Allese Cutchens of Rockland is a 2012 graduate of Oceanside High School. She is the daughter of Daniel Wayne Cutchens, and Karla Sue and Kenneth Lee Johnson. Her school activities included Talent Show, Plays and Chorus. Her hobbies are community service, singing, working and spending time with family and friends. She is employed by PenBay Medical Center. Her future plans are going to Empire Beauty School. Kaitlen?s sponsors are Airwaves Inc., James Caven and Time Out Pub.
Alexandra Dienesch-Calamari of Owls Head is a 2012 graduate of Oceanside High School. She is the daughter of George Calamari and Karen Dienesch-Calamari. Her school activities include soccer, cheerleading, honors chorus, Key Club, News Team, National Honor Society and theater.Her hobbies are camping, singing, reading and sculpture. Her future plans are to attend Stetson University and pursue a career in dentistry. Alex?s sponsor is O?Hara Corporation of Rockland.
Christina Ashley Feener of Northport is a 2012 graduate of Belfast Area High School. She is the daughter of Frank and Elaine Feener. Her future plans are nursing. Christina?s sponsors are Feener?s Tractor Service and Knight Marine Service.
Rachel Lynne Freeman of Owls Head is a 2012 graduate of Oceanside High School. She is the daughter of Scott and Diana Freeman. Her school activities included Field Hockey, Tennis, Project Graduation, Diversity Club, Yearbook, etc. Her hobbies are field hockey and tennis. Her future plans are to attend Husson University in the fall. Rachel?s sponsors are Cushing Diesel, employees of JBI of Owls Head, and N. S. Giles of Bangor.
Annie Nicole Gagn? of Rockland is a 2012 graduate of Oceanside High School. She is the daughter of Sherry Gagn? of Rockland and Patrick Gagn? of Augusta. Her school activities included National Honor Society and Yearbook Committee. Community services included Youthlinks Program, Junior Executive Board for the Hospitality House, Pen Bay Healthcare Events Volunteer and Animal Shelter Volunteer. She is employed by Clan MacLaren. Her future plans are to attend the University of Maine in Orono in the fall. Annie?s sponsors are PDQ ? Prints Done Quickly, Barry Manor Inn, and FMC Corp. (all of Rockland), as well as Brooks Trap Mill of Thomaston and F/V Deduction of Wheeler?s Bay, St. George.
Emma Mason of Owls Head is a 2012 graduate of Oceanside High School. She is the daughter of Rodney and Anna Mason. Her school activities included In and Outdoor Track, Math Team, National Honor Society, Soccer and Tiger Outreach. Her hobbies are photography, reading, running, cooking, camping, scrapbooking, volunteering, traveling, canoeing, gardening, making sea-glass jewelry, and spending time with friends and family. Her future plans are to attend the University of Maine in Orono majoring in bioengineering with a minor in pre-med. Then wants to go to medical school and become a pediatric oncologist. Emma?s sponsor is Ship to Shore Lobster Company in Owls Head.
Ashley McNeilly of Owls Head is a 2012 graduate of Oceanside High School. She is the daughter of Marc and Launa McNeilly. Her school activities included softball and Big Brothers Big Sisters. Her hobbies are lobstering, softball, piano and guitar. Her future plans are to complete her education, get financially secure and buy a house. Ashley?s sponsors are F/V Ole Jude out of Owls Head and Dead River Company of Bangor.
Shani Marie Morris of Camden is a 2012 graduate of Camden Hills Regional High School. She is the daughter of Theresa Withee and Charles Weidman. Her school activities included Independent Study, Student Teaching, Field Hockey and Clay. She loves field hockey, clay, spending time with her family and friends, skiing, baking, teaching and going on walks. Her future plans are to attend the University of Maine in Orono majoring in elementary education to become a first-grade teacher. Shani?s sponsors are Graffam Bros., Seafood Market of Rockport, Beggar?s Wharf and Black Bros. Builders Inc. of Rockland.
Megan Elaine Peabody of Rockport is a 2012 graduate of Camden Hills Regional High School. She is the daughter of Kimberlee Graffam and Leni Gronros, and Gary and Kim Peabody. Her school activities included Wrestling, School Musicals, Chamber Singers and International Club. Megan spent 11 months in Peru as a Rotary Youth Exchange student. Her hobbies are dancing, photography, travel, spending time with family and Interact Club. Megan?s sponsor is Graffam Bros. and Harborside Restaurant in Camden.
Amy Proulx of South Thomaston is a 2012 graduate of Oceanside High School. She is the daughter of Debby and Peter Ames and the late John Proulx. Her school activities included Yearbook, One Act Drama Competitions, Musicals and Tennis. Her hobbies are reading, photography, and spending time with friends and family. Her future plans are to attend Thomas College for a bachelor?s degree in criminal justice. Amy?s sponsors are F/V Traditions, F/V Daily Double, F/V Twilight, the Keag Store and Jess?s Market.
Kyla-Rae Robinson of Rockland is a 2012 graduate of Oceanside High School. She is the daughter of Scott Robinson and Tracy Thompson. Her school activities included Work-study Program volunteering with Youthlinks Leadership Program, Knox County Humane Society Monthly Dish (helping the homeless), Downeast Dog News, Tiger Pals, Knox Center for Long Term Care and Toboggan Competition (came in third place, high-school level). Her hobbies include arts and crafts, four-wheeling, camping, spending time with family, and working with the elderly, young children and animals. She is employed at Hannaford in Rockland. Her future plans are to attend school to become a dog groomer and own her own business like her family. Kyla-Rae?s sponsors are Fuller Chevrolet and GMC and Robinson?s Waste Service of Rockland.
Jessica Ruppert of Waldoboro is a 2012 graduate of Homeschooling. She is the daughter of Trisha Demers and John Ruppert. Her hobbies are volunteering, kayaking, reading, hiking, and spending time with family and friends. Her future plans are to attend the University of Southern Maine to get a bachelor?s degree in social and behavioral sciences. Jessica?s sponsors are Dad?s Place in Friendship and Jeaga Systems of Brunswick.
Ciara Renee Smalley of Thomaston is a 2012 graduate of Oceanside High School. She is the daughter of Brian and JeanAnn Smalley. Her school activities included Field Hockey. Her hobbies are field hockey, photography and reading. Her future plans are to attend Husson University and earn a master?s degree in occupational therapy. Ciara?s sponsors are Harold C. Ralph, MaryAnn and Larry Olson, and Brian Perry, all of Waldoboro; Lyman Morse Boat Builders; Thomaston Boat & Engine Works Inc.; Thomaston Grocery; Athens Mediterranean Pizzeria; McDonald?s; and Nicole Janczura and Brian and Jean Smalley, all of Thomaston.
Rose Marie Smith of Cushing is a 2012 graduate of Oceanside High School. She is the daughter of Michael and Rhonda Smith. Her school activities included Skills USA Maine, basketball, and soccer. Her hobbies are cooking, volunteering, fishing, shopping, traveling, camping and walking the beach for sea glass. She is employed at Linda Bean?s Maine Lobster. Her future plans are to pursue a career as a nurse at Southern Maine Community College. Rose?s sponsors are Kinney Rentals, Stubby?s Auto of Thomaston and JC Penney of Rockland.
Crystal Gail Tyndall of South Thomaston is a 2012 graduate of Oceanside High School. She is the daughter of Tonya Bess and Tyson Tyndall. Her school activities included Varsity Field Hockey and Life Skills Peer Helper. Her hobbies are paint, field hockey and athletic activities. Her plans are to attend the University of Maine in Augusta and receive her bachelor?s degree. Crystal?s sponsors are Brooks Trap Mill, Myrtle Street Tavern, Auto Master, J&J Lobster and Garden Island Tanning.
Chelsea Upham of Waldoboro is a 2012 is a graduate of Medomak Valley High School. She is the daughter of Al and Deb Upham. Her hobby is drawing. She is employed at Lie-Nielsen Toolworks, Inc. Her future plan is to attend the University College at Rockland. Chelsea?s sponsors are Lie-Nielsen Tooworks of Warren, Bequ Chemin Preservation Farm, Creamer Fishing, Prock, Medomak River Community Market, and Shelley?s Flowers & Gifts (all of Waldoboro), as well as Redlon & Johnson and Bar Harbor Bank & Trust of Rockland.
Amanda Rose Walker of Camden is a 2012 graduate of Camden Hills Regional High School. She is the daughter of Ken and Sonia Walker. Her school activities included Mid-Coast Interact Club, Peers, Empty Bowl, Yearbook Club, and more. Amanda was also voted 2012 Prom Queen. Her hobbies include photography, jewelry making, baking, music, painting and traveling. She is employed at Earthborn Gifts in Camden and is vice president of The Meals and Dreams Foundation; a non-profit organization that helps impoverished Brazilian teens and families. Her future plan is to attend the University of Tampa in Florida to study international business. Amanda?s sponsor is Luce Transportation of Hope.
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