February 2013 story tips from Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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HEALTH Neutron imaging breast cancer . . .

More precise optical imaging is vital for better diagnosis of breast cancer, which strikes one in eight women annually in the United States alone. Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee are using the neutron imaging beam line at ORNL's High Flux Isotope Reactor to evaluate neutron imaging as a powerful new tool for early detection. The study, led by Dr. Maria Cekanova of UT, working with imaging instrument scientist Hassina Bilheux, is using tissue from dogs treated at the UT College of Veterinary Medicine. Canine cancers have a similar composition to human cancers, and researchers noted that no animals were hurt or euthanized for this study. [Contact: Agatha Bardoel, (865) 574-0644; bardoelaa@ornl.gov]

MATERIALS Grand-scale graphene . . .

In the race to make graphene available for flexible touch screens, smart phones, flat-panel displays, solar panels and more, researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and New Mexico State University have produced a graphene sheet 40 inches in diagonal. This sheet, the largest demonstration in the United States, was made using an atmospheric pressure setup that eliminated significant difficulties with the approach previously used, known as low-pressure chemical vapor deposition. Team leader Ivan Vlassiouk noted the achievement represents a major step toward the goal of industrial roll-to-roll graphene manufacturing that could produce literally miles of graphene. The process is highlighted in a paper titled "Large scale atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition of graphene" published in the journal Carbon. The paper is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2012.11.003. [Contact: Ron Walli, (865) 576-0226; wallira@ornl.gov]

CLIMATE Adapting to change . . .

By studying the effects of climate change on the Gulf Coastal region's economy, agriculture and energy production, ORNL researchers are addressing key questions posed by the Department of Energy while designing a tool that the scientific community can use to predict how climate change will impact small localized areas elsewhere. Researchers are using information gained from computer modeling to assess the effects of sea level rise, increases in hurricanes, higher temperatures, sporadic droughts and more on individuals living in particular regions of the United States. [Written by Jennifer Brouner; media contact: Ron Walli, (865) 576-0226; wallira@ornl.gov]

TECH TRANSFER -- Bridging the Gap event . . .

Several of Oak Ridge National Laboratory's most promising applied R&D capabilities will be in the spotlight March 5-6 as dozens of entrepreneurs, investors and scientists gather at the lab's third annual Bridging the Gap conference. "This is a great opportunity for the region's business community to receive capability briefings from some of the lab's most dynamic researchers and to explore commercialization and collaboration opportunities," said Tom Rogers, ORNL's director of Industrial Partnerships and Economic Development. Last year's conference attracted 135 attendees. The agenda includes talks on energy, advanced materials and big data and tours of ORNL's new Carbon Fiber Technology Facility and Manufacturing Demonstration Facility. Registration info can be found at http://www.ornl.gov/adm/partnerships/events.shtml. [Contact: Morgan McCorkle, (865) 574-7308; mccorkleml@ornl.gov]

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HEALTH Neutron imaging breast cancer . . .

More precise optical imaging is vital for better diagnosis of breast cancer, which strikes one in eight women annually in the United States alone. Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee are using the neutron imaging beam line at ORNL's High Flux Isotope Reactor to evaluate neutron imaging as a powerful new tool for early detection. The study, led by Dr. Maria Cekanova of UT, working with imaging instrument scientist Hassina Bilheux, is using tissue from dogs treated at the UT College of Veterinary Medicine. Canine cancers have a similar composition to human cancers, and researchers noted that no animals were hurt or euthanized for this study. [Contact: Agatha Bardoel, (865) 574-0644; bardoelaa@ornl.gov]

MATERIALS Grand-scale graphene . . .

In the race to make graphene available for flexible touch screens, smart phones, flat-panel displays, solar panels and more, researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and New Mexico State University have produced a graphene sheet 40 inches in diagonal. This sheet, the largest demonstration in the United States, was made using an atmospheric pressure setup that eliminated significant difficulties with the approach previously used, known as low-pressure chemical vapor deposition. Team leader Ivan Vlassiouk noted the achievement represents a major step toward the goal of industrial roll-to-roll graphene manufacturing that could produce literally miles of graphene. The process is highlighted in a paper titled "Large scale atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition of graphene" published in the journal Carbon. The paper is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2012.11.003. [Contact: Ron Walli, (865) 576-0226; wallira@ornl.gov]

CLIMATE Adapting to change . . .

By studying the effects of climate change on the Gulf Coastal region's economy, agriculture and energy production, ORNL researchers are addressing key questions posed by the Department of Energy while designing a tool that the scientific community can use to predict how climate change will impact small localized areas elsewhere. Researchers are using information gained from computer modeling to assess the effects of sea level rise, increases in hurricanes, higher temperatures, sporadic droughts and more on individuals living in particular regions of the United States. [Written by Jennifer Brouner; media contact: Ron Walli, (865) 576-0226; wallira@ornl.gov]

TECH TRANSFER -- Bridging the Gap event . . .

Several of Oak Ridge National Laboratory's most promising applied R&D capabilities will be in the spotlight March 5-6 as dozens of entrepreneurs, investors and scientists gather at the lab's third annual Bridging the Gap conference. "This is a great opportunity for the region's business community to receive capability briefings from some of the lab's most dynamic researchers and to explore commercialization and collaboration opportunities," said Tom Rogers, ORNL's director of Industrial Partnerships and Economic Development. Last year's conference attracted 135 attendees. The agenda includes talks on energy, advanced materials and big data and tours of ORNL's new Carbon Fiber Technology Facility and Manufacturing Demonstration Facility. Registration info can be found at http://www.ornl.gov/adm/partnerships/events.shtml. [Contact: Morgan McCorkle, (865) 574-7308; mccorkleml@ornl.gov]

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Harden gets triple-double as Rockets beat Bobcats

HOUSTON (AP) ? James Harden had 21 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists for his first career triple-double in the Houston Rockets' 109-95 win over the Charlotte Bobcats on Saturday night.

Bobcats rookie Michael Kidd-Gilchrist was taken off the court on a stretcher in the fourth quarter after teammate Jeff Taylor collided with him going for a rebound. Kidd-Gilchrist was fitted with a neck brace and taken to the hospital.

Charlotte coach Mike Dunlap said after the game that Kidd-Gilchrist was moving his extremities and talking as he was wheeled off the floor. Dunlap did not know if Kidd-Gilchrist would be kept in Houston overnight.

Chandler Parsons and Patrick Patterson scored 24 points apiece for the Rockets.

Kemba Walker scored 24 points and Ramon Sessions had 20 points for Charlotte.

The Rockets scored 28 fast-break points and shot 51 percent (42 of 82) from the field.

Parsons sank two 3-pointers, and then finished another breakaway with a layup as the Rockets repeatedly beat the Bobcats down the floor for easy baskets early.

Charlotte held Harden to four points in the opening quarter and cut the deficit to 32-27 heading to the second.

Parsons swooped in for a putback dunk after Omer Asik missed a free throw early in the second quarter as the Rockets started stretching the lead again. Parsons already had 17 points with eight minutes left in the half, then zipped a cross-court pass to Harden for a layup and a 44-32 Rockets lead.

Houston had 16 assists on 24 first-half field goals and led 62-51 at the break.

Harden scored seven points, including a 3-pointer, in the first five minutes of the third quarter. He also earned a technical foul for mouthing off at a referee over a call.

The Bobcats rallied late in the third quarter, cutting a 15-point deficit to two by the end of the third quarter. Walker sank a 3-pointer and Taylor finished the quarter with a dunk to make it 79-77 heading to the fourth.

The Rockets led 81-80 early in the fourth when Kidd-Gilchrist was injured. He was trying to block Toney Douglas' driving layup and Taylor came in behind him going for the rebound.

Taylor's right hip connected with the back of Kidd-Gilchrist's head and Taylor came down on top of his teammate. Kidd-Gilchrist lay motionless for several minutes and medical staffs from both teams came out to check on him.

With the entire Charlotte bench huddling around him, medical personnel lifted Kidd-Gilchrist onto a stretcher. He was wheeled off the floor to applause from the crowd and taken to a local hospital for tests.

The Rockets took control again over the final nine minutes. Patterson sank a pair of 3-pointers and Harden finishing them off with a layup and a long jumper.

Notes: The Bobcats have lost their last eight games in Houston. ... Sessions scored at least 20 points for the fourth time in five games. ... Rockets F Carlos Delfino strained his right elbow in the second quarter and did not return to the game. ... The Rockets has scored at least 60 points in 18 first halves this season. ... Asik had 19 points and 15 rebounds for Houston.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/harden-gets-triple-double-rockets-beat-bobcats-034702091--spt.html

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Panetta, Dempsey to testify on Libya attack

WASHINGTON (AP) ? The Senate Armed Services Committee says Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will testify on Thursday about the deadly assault on the U.S. Consulate in Libya last September.

The Sept. 11 attack in Benghazi killed U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.

Republicans have pressed for Obama administration officials to testify on the raid. Hillary Rodham Clinton, then secretary of state, defended the administration in her appearance last month.

The testimony by Panetta, who is stepping down, could be his last on Capitol Hill. President Barack Obama has nominated former two-term Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel to replace him, a choice that has faced GOP opposition.

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Pioneering research helps to unravel the brain's vision secrets

Feb. 3, 2013 ? A new study led by scientists at the Universities of York and Bradford has identified the two areas of the brain responsible for our perception of orientation and shape.

Using sophisticated imaging equipment at York Neuroimaging Centre (YNiC), the research found that the two neighbouring areas of the cortex -- each about the size of a 5p coin and known as human visual field maps -- process the different types of visual information independently.

The scientists, from the Department of Psychology at York and the Bradford School of Optometry & Vision Science established how the two areas worked by subjecting them to magnetic fields for a short period which disrupted their normal brain activity. The research which is reported in Nature Neuroscience represents an important step forward in understanding how the brain processes visual information.

Attention now switches to a further four areas of the extra-striate cortex which are also responsible for visual function but whose specific individual roles are unknown.

The study was designed by Professor Tony Morland, of York's Department of Psychology and the Hull York Medical School, and Dr Declan McKeefry, of the Bradford School of Optometry and Vision Science at the University of Bradford. It was undertaken as part of a PhD by Edward Silson at York.

Researchers used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) equipment at YNiC to pinpoint the two brain areas, which they subsequently targeted with magnetic fields that temporarily disrupt neural activity. They found that one area had a specialised and causal role in processing orientation while neural activity in the other underpinned the processing of shape defined by differences in curvature.

Professor Morland said: "Measuring activity across the brain with FMRI can't tell us what causal role different areas play in our perception. It is by disrupting brain function in specific areas that allows the causal role of that area to be assessed.

"Historically, neuropsychologists have found out a lot about the human brain by examining people who have had permanent disruption of certain parts of the brain because of injury to it. Unfortunately, brain damage seldom occurs at the spatial scale that allows the function of small neighbouring areas to be understood. Our approach is to temporarily disrupt brain activity by applying brief magnetic fields. When these fields are applied to one, small area of the brain, we find that orientation tasks are harder, while disrupting activity in this area's nearest neighbour only affected the ability to perceive shapes."

Dr McKeefry added: "The combination of modern brain scanning technology along with magnetic neuro-stimulation techniques provides us with a powerful means by which we can study the workings of the living human brain.

"The results that we report in this paper provide new insights into how the human brain embarks upon the complex task of analysing objects that we see in the world around us.

"Our work demonstrates how processing of different aspects of visual objects, such as orientation and shape, occurs in different brain areas that lie side by side. The ultimate challenge will be to reveal how this information is combined across these and other brain areas and how it ultimately leads to object recognition."

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1. Edward H Silson, Declan J McKeefry, Jessica Rodgers, Andre D Gouws, Mark Hymers & Antony B Morland. Specialized and independent processing of orientation and shape in visual field maps LO1 and LO2. Nature Neuroscience, 2013 DOI: 10.1038/nn.3327

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Beatles Tribute Band at Dix Hills Performing Arts Center Saturday ...

Mostly Moptop, a Beatles tribute band, will perform at the Dix Hills Performing Arts Center on Saturday.

Here's all the details from bandmember Anthony Pomes:

In shared commemoration of Sir Paul McCartney?s 70th birthday and the annual February anniversary of when The Beatles first came to America in 1964, the Dix Hills Performing Arts Center and The John Lennon Center for Music & Technology will present ?Two of Us: The Ballad of John & Paul,? the ambitious and sensitively-prepared new show from Long Island?s top Beatles tribute band Mostly Moptop.

The concert will explore the legendary songwriting partnership of John Lennon and Paul McCartney?a fascinating interpersonal and creative relationship that began when the two were just boys in Liverpool, England.

?Through the songs in the show, the audience will see and hear how John and Paul thrived and matured as they grew into manhood?only to then maintain separate but equal lives as artists, husbands, and fathers on their own up to the time that Lennon was tragically killed in 1980,? says Anthony Pomes, frontman for Mostly Moptop and Advisory Board member of The John Lennon Center for Music & Technology at Five Towns College. It was Pomes who planned and created the newest of the group?s ?concept concerts? primarily with fellow bandmate John Tabacco.

When asked about how the new show was planned, Pomes recalls that ?John and I spent months this past summer compiling notes and sifting through every song that John and Paul wrote or sang before, during, and after the Beatle years and leading up to Lennon?s death.? The songs were selected, according to Pomes, ?very carefully with an ear aimed towards how the music worked together as a whole?as a result, the show is very much a call-and-response between the words and music of each composer . . . particularly when those words and music signal direct collaboration between the two Beatles.? Examples of this special musical kinship between Lennon and McCartney will be heard throughout the show in songs like ?She Loves You,? ?We Can Work It Out,? ?A Day in the Life,? and ?I?ve Got a Feeling,? among others.

The occasion of Paul McCartney?s 70th birthday this past June 18th held a special poignancy for Tabacco, who traditionally handles most of the McCartney vocals when the band performs. ?I felt the time was right,? Tabacco says, ?to also shine a light more fully on the special contributions that Paul brought to the music and memories of The Beatles.? A good example, according to Tabacco, is the song ?Tomorrow Never Knows? from the 1966 album Revolver: ?While the song isdefinitely a Lennon track,? observes Tabacco, ?the psychedelic tape loops heard throughout were definitely brought to the table by McCartney, who had been experimenting with London?s avant-garde movement for months before Lennon?s track was even recorded.?

Just as Lennon and McCartney could not be the Beatles without George Harrison and Ringo Starr, both Pomes and Tabacco knew that the intricacies of the new show would not be possible to execute until they started to work and rehearse the material with their Mostly Moptop bandmates Edward Franz and Paul Michael Barkan.

?It?s one thing to plan a show in your mind and on paper,? states Pomes, ?but it?s something else completely once you throw that show out into the air and try to make everything flow smoothly.? Pomes and Tabacco both commend the talents of Franz, who they credit with ?keeping us aware of how the material would work?or not?in front of a live audience,? and with Barkan, whose deeply visionary work with his own excellently-reviewed Beatles Magical Orchestra concerts was key to the band?s collective grasp of all song details.

Barkan was also responsible for bringing a new musical guest to the party on this show. In addition to longtime Moptop concert collaborators Don Larsen and Barbara Maurer-Raniere, the group will be joined by brilliant local multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Andrew Lubman, whose own inspired series of YouTube videos (in which Lubman is shown performing classic Beatles tracks note-for-note, and instrument-by-instrument) have achieved their own unique and quickly-growing popularity.

?Andrew is like a long-lost Moptop brother to us,? quips Pomes, who knew Lubman was perfect for the show within 30 seconds of their first spirited rehearsal together. ?He thinks the same way we do about all things Beatle,? Pomes goes on to say, ?and his obsessive attention to detail mirrors that of everyone in our band. People are going to be blown away when they hear what we are doing with Andrew aboard.?

In the end, however, the true center of the concert comes from those two most crucial of emotional states?sadness and joy. ?When John met Paul all those years ago, the mutual loss of their mothers brought deep sadness to them both,? says Pomes.

?Out of that shared inner place of loss, I like to think that John and Paul helped each other to find a special kind of joy through music.? In the months following the assassination of President Kennedy in 1963, the joy of Beatlemania helped wipe away much of the nation?s sadness. ?In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, which has caused so much damage and heartache recently,? Tabacco says, ?we hope to bring some of the joy that John and Paul found together to our audience.?

MOSTLY MOPTOP is comprised of: Anthony Pomes (rhythm and lead guitar, bass, piano, and vocals); John Tabacco (drums, piano, and vocals); Edward Franz (lead and rhythm guitar, bass, and vocals); and Paul Michael Barkan (bass, keyboards, miscellaneous instruments, vocals).

Tickets for the February 2, 2013, 7:30 p.m., performance range?from $25 to $35. For more information and ticket sales, please contact the Dix Hills Center for the Performing Arts Box Office at (631) 656-2148 or visit online at http://www.dhpac.org/

Source: http://halfhollowhills.patch.com/articles/beatles-tribute-band-at-dix-hills-performing-arts-center-saturday

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Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur: Kawasaki's 3 Steps to Success ...

I just interviewed Guy Kawasaki, the former Apple evangelist, social media master, and author of 12 books.?We met up at the New Media Expo in Las Vegas and talked about how to grow your following and self promote without being icky. He, in particular, was very keen to talk about self-publishing?understandably because his second self-published book, APE: Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur ? How to Publish a Book is out now. So he is on the speaking circuit and busy self-promoting.

Luckily, Guy is charming and has some unusual ideas, once you get past the basics. He cautions authors that writing won?t make you rich:

?The best 2 motivations for writing a book are because you have something to say that is of value?what a concept! The second is because it?s on your bucket list; it?s an intellectual challenge.?

I certainly learned this lesson myself. Read about what happened to me in the 6 months after self-publishing Camera Ready: How to Present Yourself and Ideas On Air or Online.

But Guy has 3 publishing plans for authors?and number 3 hadn?t occurred to me:

Plan A) Traditional

Find an agent, find an editor, cut a deal. ?They give you an advance, they publish you, the publicist gets you on all the shows, life is good. That?s plan A. Never happens. Even if you get acquired then you get the attention of your publicist for 4 weeks. Sink or swim,? says Kawasaki.

Plan B) Self-publishing

You write it, you publish it, you market it all yourself.

Plan C) B + A

Kawasaki explains, ?You self-publish it, you market it , you do the best you can. God help you it takes off. Then a traditional publisher, who is with it, says, ?Ah, this self-published book is doing well! I should acquire this book and the rights to the next 2 books!??

I didn?t think about going backwards, i.e. publishing and THEN getting a publisher, but I guess that?s what EL James did with 50 Shades of Grey.

So, other than God helping you, how to market yourself?

Kawasaki says to position yourself as an expert to a small segment of followers in a niche, genre, or sector. Let?s say you are writing a Southern cookbook and plan to put it out in 9 months?

Step 1: Link to and write about other content.

For example, tweet an NPR profile of Julia Child, Facebook a special YouTube of Bobby Flay, blog about a Wired article on the science of cooking, and Pinterest great recipes you?ve found and tested.

Step 2: Be consistent

?When you are known as an expert in food you get retweeted, you get shared, you get followed so it becomes an upward spiral,? says Kawasaki.

Step 3: Deliver your product

Tell your followers, ?Guess what! Now I have a book and for 9 months you?ve been grooving on my curation so you know I know what I?m talking about,? he says.

So where are YOU in this 3-Step process?

I found it very ironic that Guy told me he?d go back to a real publisher in a heartbeat because self-publishing is such a hassle. He also was very honest about his use of social media:

?For me, social media is a means to an end and that end is at times promotion of products.?

With 4 million followers, he?s done quite a job at it.? Meanwhile, I?m going to pitch my already self-published book to a couple of niche publishing houses. I?ll let you know what happens.

Author:

Manoush Zomorodi is the host of WNYC?s New Tech City and the author of Camera Ready: How to Present Yourself and Ideas On Air or Online. Download the show on iTunes, get the book on Amazon or iBooks, and follow her on Twitter @manoushz. She also blogs at manoushz.com/blog and for The Huffington Post.

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West Nile virus spreading due to mosquitoes in orchards and vineyards, experts warn

Jan. 30, 2013 ? Washington State University researchers have linked orchards and vineyards with a greater prevalence of West Nile virus in mosquitoes and the insects' ability to spread the virus to birds, horses and people.

The finding, reported in the latest issue of the journal PLOS ONE, is the most finely scaled look at the interplay between land use and the virus's activity in key hosts. By giving a more detailed description of how the disease moves across the landscape, the study opens the door to management efforts that might bring the disease under control, says David Crowder, a WSU entomologist and the paper's lead author.

Since it was first seen in New York in 1999, West Nile virus has reached across the country and shown few signs of abating. Last year, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control had the highest number of reported cases -- 5,387, including 243 deaths -- since 2003.

Roughly one in five infected people experience a fever, headache, body aches and, in some cases, a skin rash and swollen lymph glands. One in 150 people can get a high fever, headache, neck stiffness, disorientation and neurological problems.

Most efforts to figure out the ecological workings of the virus have focused on reports of infected people, "a crude indicator at best," says Crowder. Almost all victims have no symptoms or are misdiagnosed, while others can be infected far from where they file a report, he says.

Agricultural areas have seen higher percentages of infected people, but that still does not get at the underlying mechanism.

"Is that because there are more birds there?" says Crowder. "Is that because there are more mosquitoes there? That hasn't really been linked together."

Crowder, working with fellow entomologist Jeb Owen, other WSU colleagues and the state Department of Health, merged data from a variety of sources, including West Nile infections in humans, horses and birds, surveys of virus-bearing mosquitoes, breeding bird surveys, and detailed land use maps and climate data from around the Northwest.

The researchers found that habitats with high instances of the disease in horses and birds also have significantly more mosquitoes -- as well as American robins and house sparrows, the two bird species implicated the most in the disease's transmission.

"These same habitats are also resulting in much higher rates of infection within mosquitoes themselves," said Crowder.

"We find that all three of these things -- abundances of house sparrows and American robins, abundance of mosquitoes and the actual prevalence of West Nile in mosquitoes -- are increasing in landscapes with a higher proportion of land in orchard habitats." These habitats, says Crowder, include both orchards and vineyards.

It's still unclear why the habitats would create such a perfect storm for the virus. The researchers speculate that mosquitoes are drawn to orchards for plant nectar during flowering, while robins and house sparrows use them for nesting and feeding. Together, the insects and birds become focal points for the disease.

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1. David W. Crowder, Elizabeth A. Dykstra, Jo Marie Brauner, Anne Duffy, Caitlin Reed, Emily Martin, Wade Peterson, Yves Carri?re, Pierre Dutilleul, Jeb P. Owen. West Nile Virus Prevalence across Landscapes Is Mediated by Local Effects of Agriculture on Vector and Host Communities. PLoS ONE, 2013; 8 (1): e55006 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055006

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