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Our View: California should invest in college preparation

At last week?s Cal State University Board of Trustees meeting, Gov. Jerry Brown and Cal State Long Beach President F. King Alexander argued where California should invest its money.

Brown said the state should invest in K-12 education in an attempt to fix what he called the ?K-12 failure,? or the failure of schools to prepare students for college-level courses.

Alexander said higher education still needs funding to help lower-income students get a college degree.

Both Brown and Alexander made valid points as to where California should focus its financial efforts for education.

We at the Daily 49er decided to weigh in on the idea on where more money should be spent.

Brown believes investing more into K-12 will better prepare students for life after high school. Whether it be a continuation into higher education or the workforce, Brown said this is an area of need for financial backing.

Alexander, however, said the state needs to give low-income students a chance at a college education. By helping these students afford their degrees, these students can pay to go to institutions like CSULB.

Alexander also explained more money is needed to cover the cost of remedial courses that universities have to offer.

These classes are expensive to run and impacted, and they cover material that most students should have learned in high school.

This brings us back to Brown?s argument. By spending more money in K-12, Brown hopes to eliminate the K-12 failure.

This makes more students prepared for college and thus cutting the need for remedial courses.

However, being prepared to attend college does not mean the student will be able to afford college.

Our editorial board had a tough time deciding which side to take. Being 49ers, we want to give every worthy student a chance to come to CSULB, even if they cannot afford the costs. Yet, we cannot ignore how much money is being spent on repeat courses.

The editorial board chose to lean towards Brown?s plan. A majority of people get their high school diplomas and not their bachelor?s degrees. We feel it would be more productive to make sure the majority of Californians are properly educated.

We understand not all high school graduates go to college. However, they still need to be prepared for their entry-level jobs. In order to have a more productive workforce, we must focus on the time during which most people are educated, at K-12 levels. In doing so, we hope putting more money toward these schools will properly educate the students who choose to go to college, thus making remedial classes unnecessary ? and cutting the course cost. ?

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Egypt opposition leader wants national dialogue

CAIRO (AP) ? Egypt's liberal opposition leader has called for a broad national dialogue with the Islamist government, all political factions and the powerful military after the latest eruption of political violence left 60 dead over the past week.

Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohamed ElBaradei made the appeal on Wednesday, a day after the military warned the country could collapse under the weight of this turmoil.

President Mohammed Morsi, who was making a brief visit to Germany on Wednesday despite the crisis at home, has declared a state of emergency and night curfew in three restive provinces along the Suez Canal. But residents have defied the curfew since it took effect.

Morsi authorized governors of the three provinces to either cancel or limit curfew hours in an attempt to assuage public anger.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/egypt-opposition-leader-wants-national-dialogue-102014575.html

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Gnomes to stay on Calif. utility poles for now

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) ? Small paintings of gnomes that have popped up on utility poles have become a community sensation in Oakland, prompting Pacific Gas & Electric Co. to say Tuesday that it will keep them in place for now.

The hand-painted portraits on 6-inch blocks of wood began going up last year in an apparent effort to brighten up the blue-collar California city. There are currently more than 2,000 of the images on utility poles, with many screwed to the bases.

The gnomes have red hats, white beards and brown shoes. Some of the images contain a mushroom.

Word that PG&E planned to remove the paintings sparked an outpouring of support from residents who said the gnomes add character to the city.

PG&E spokesman Jason King planned to meet Tuesday with the artist, who requested to remain anonymous, and a member of the City Council. The utility hopes to eventually relocate the gnome paintings from the poles to other spots in the same neighborhoods.

"We've received a lot of feedback from residents who love the gnomes," King told The Associated Press. "We're looking for solutions. We'll keep them where people can enjoy them."

King said PG&E did not want to encourage such installations, explaining a proliferation of such images could cause damage or make it difficult for crews to access the poles.

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Senate hearing pits NRA, gun-control supporters

FILE - In this Friday, Dec. 21, 2012 file photo, The National Rifle Association executive vice president Wayne LaPierre, speaks during a news conference in response to the Connecticut school shooting in Washington. ?Law-abiding gun owners will not accept blame for the acts of violent or deranged criminals,? LaPierre said in his statement prepared for the hearing but released on Tuesday Jan. 29, 2013. ?Nor do we believe the government should dictate what we can lawfully own and use to protect our families.? (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

FILE - In this Friday, Dec. 21, 2012 file photo, The National Rifle Association executive vice president Wayne LaPierre, speaks during a news conference in response to the Connecticut school shooting in Washington. ?Law-abiding gun owners will not accept blame for the acts of violent or deranged criminals,? LaPierre said in his statement prepared for the hearing but released on Tuesday Jan. 29, 2013. ?Nor do we believe the government should dictate what we can lawfully own and use to protect our families.? (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

FILE - Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, left, and her husband, former astronaut Mark Kelly, wave at the start of a memorial vigil remembering the victims and survivors one year after the Arizona congresswoman was wounded in a shooting that killed six others, in this Jan. 8, 2012 file photo taken in Tucson, Ariz. Among those testifying Wednesday Jan. 30, 2013 at the year's first Senate hearing on what lawmakers should do to curb gun violence, will be Mark Kelly, husband of Giffords and a retired astronaut. Giffords, an Arizona Democrat, received a severe head wound in a 2011 shooting as she met with constituents outside a Tucson supermarket. Six people were killed and 12 others wounded. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

WASHINGTON (AP) ? The National Rifle Association and gun-control advocates, including the husband of wounded former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, are facing off at the year's first Senate hearing on what lawmakers should do to curb gun violence.

The two sides were squaring off Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee, whose own members are divided in a microcosm of the debate that gun limits will face on their way through Congress. The hearing is a direct response to the Dec. 14 shooting rampage that killed 20 first-graders and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., and transformed gun control into a top-tier issue in the capital.

"The time has come to change course," Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., one of Congress' leading gun-control advocates, said Tuesday. "And the time has come to make people safe."

Feinstein, a Judiciary Committee member, has already introduced her own legislation banning assault weapons and magazines of more than 10 rounds of ammunition.

Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said he would listen to proposals and agreed that reviewing the issue was timely.

"But I'm a strong supporter of the Second Amendment," he said Tuesday, citing the constitutional provision that describes the right to bear arms, "and I don't intend to change."

The chairman of the panel, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said little Tuesday about the direction his committee's legislation might take. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., indicated that whatever the committee produced wouldn't necessarily be the final product, saying the package would be debated by the full Senate and senators would be allowed to propose "whatever amendments they want that deal with this issue."

Despite the horrific Newtown slayings, it remains unclear whether those advocating limits on gun availability will be able to overcome resistance by the NRA and lawmakers from states where gun ownership abounds. Question marks include not just many Republicans but also Democratic senators facing re-election in red-leaning states in 2014. They include Max Baucus of Montana, Mark Begich of Alaska and Mark Pryor of Arkansas.

Knowing that television cameras would beam images of the hearing nationally, both sides were drumming up supporters to attend Wednesday's session.

A page on an NRA-related website urged backers to arrive two hours early to get seats, bring no signs and dress appropriately. The liberal BoldProgressives.org urged its members to attend, saying the NRA "will try to pack the room with their supporters to deceive Congress into believing they are mainstream."

Earlier this month, President Barack Obama proposed a package that includes banning assault weapons, requiring background checks on all firearms purchases and limiting ammunition magazines to 10 rounds.

Among those testifying will be Mark Kelly, husband of Giffords and a retired astronaut. Giffords, an Arizona Democrat, received a severe head wound in a 2011 shooting as she met with constituents outside a Tucson supermarket. Six people were killed and 12 others wounded.

Kelly and Giffords, a gun owner, formed a political action committee called Americans for Responsible Solutions to back lawmakers who support tighter gun restrictions.

In testimony prepared for the hearing but released Tuesday, Wayne LaPierre, NRA executive vice president, said such steps had failed in the past. He instead voiced support for better enforcement of existing laws, beefing up school security and strengthening the government's ability to keep guns from mentally unstable people.

The massacre in Newtown has also set off a national discussion about mental health care, with everyone from law enforcement leaders to the gun industry urging policymakers to focus on the issue as a way to help prevent similar mass shootings. The issue of mental health has arisen in four recent mass shootings, including Sandy Hook, the Tucson shooting, the incident in an Aurora, Colo., movie theater last year and Virginia Tech in 2007.

"Law-abiding gun owners will not accept blame for the acts of violent or deranged criminals," LaPierre said in his statement. "Nor do we believe the government should dictate what we can lawfully own and use to protect our families."

While not yielding on specifics, much of LaPierre's statement had a milder tone than other remarks the NRA has made since Newtown.

That includes an NRA television ad calling Obama an "elitist hypocrite" for voicing doubts about having armed school guards while his own children are protected that way at their school. While Obama's children have Secret Service protection, officials at their school have said its own guards don't carry guns.

Feinstein said Tuesday that she will hold her own hearing on gun control because she was unhappy that three of the five witnesses testifying Wednesday are "skewed against us."

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Tuesday he would wait to see what legislation Democrats produce. Republican leaders of the GOP-run House have expressed similar sentiments.

Associated Press

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Lenovo profit boosted by smartphones, tablets

BEIJING (AP) ? Personal computer maker Lenovo Group said Wednesday its quarterly profit rose 34 percent on strong sales of smartphones and tablet computers but warned this year's market will be tough.

The company, vying with Hewlett-Packard Co. to become the world's biggest PC maker, said it earned $205 million in the three months ending in December. Global revenue rose 12 percent to a record $9.4 billion.

The results reflected a rapid shift in global consumer tastes toward mobile services. That is forcing traditional technology leaders to scramble to roll out new products and diversify into services as well as hardware.

Sales by Lenovo's mobile and digital home unit soared 77 percent to $998 million, though that was only 11 percent of total revenue.

The company said its smartphone business in China was profitable for the first time and handsets were launched in India, Indonesia, Russia and other markets. Shipments of media tablets rose 77 percent.

"Lenovo has not only achieved record revenue, profit and global PC market share last quarter, but also our smartphone and tablet businesses have delivered hyper growth," said chairman Yang Yuanqing in a statement. "We are confident that we can win through differentiation and will be the innovation leader in the PC Plus era."

Revenues in the bigger but slower-growing PC market rose 7 percent to $7.9 billion.

Lenovo, which is based in Beijing and in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, warned PC demand "remains challenging" due to weakening global economic conditions but said it plans to expand its cloud, services and other businesses.

In its home China market, PC shipments rose 2 percent, down from the previous quarter's 8 percent. Lenovo said that outpaced an industry-wide decline of 2 percent in China, raising its market share by 1.4 percentage points to a record 36.7 percent.

Shipments in the United States and the rest of North America rose 11 percent over a year earlier.

Lenovo released a new version of its ThinkPad notebook computer, the X1 Carbon, in August that it said was lighter and quicker to mimic the convenience of a tablet. Lenovo acquired the ThinkPad brand with IBM Corp.'s personal computer unit in 2005.

Associated Press

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Wonder No More. Yandex Pulls Social Discovery App After Facebook Closes Door On Graph API Use + Says It?s A Competing Search Engine

Some closure on the story of how Yandex -- the Russian search giant -- built a social discovery app that relied on Facebook interconnection to gather data, and then found Facebook blocking its service within hours of launching. Today Yandex said that after discussions with the social network, Facebook has finally, terminally said that the app violates its Platform Policies, specifically on the point of Wonder being a competing search engine. Facebook will not reinstate the ability to use Facebook's Graph API, so as a result, Yandex is planning to pulll the app from the app store and put it on hold for now.

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Lucasfilm pushes pause on 3-D 'Star Wars' prequels

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? The force isn't with the 3-D versions of the "Star Wars" prequels.

Lucasfilm said in a statement Monday that it's postponing the scheduled 3-D releases of "Star Wars: Episode II ? Attack Of The Clones" and "Episode III ? Revenge of the Sith" this fall to instead focus its efforts on "Star Wars: Episode VII."

The Walt Disney Co. confirmed Friday that J.J. Abrams, creator of the TV series "Lost" and director of 2009's "Star Trek" movie, will direct the seventh installment of the franchise, set for a 2014 release.

Disney bought "Star Wars" maker Lucasfilm last month for $4.06 billion.

"Episode I ? The Phantom Menace" was released in 3-D last February and earned $22.4 million domestically its opening weekend.

The original prequels were released from 1999 to 2005.

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She's No Oprah, But We'll Watch Kris Jenner's Talk Show!

The latest move in the Kardashian family's ongoing bid to dominate the world? Fifty-seven-year-old matriarch Kris Jenner has signed a deal to host her own talk show, Kris. Several Fox-owned stations in cities such as New York and L.A. will air the daily one hour gab fest (with celeb interviews and discussions on lifestyle, fashion and beauty trends) for six weeks this summer.

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Tear Down the Swing Sets

Imagination Playground in New York

Photograph courtesy of Imagination Playground.

In 1888, the psychologist Stanley Hall published a story about a sand pile. A minor classic, it describes how a group of children created a world out of a single load of sand. These children were diligent, they were imaginative, they were remarkably adult.

More than a century later, at the architect David Rockwell?s Imagination Playground in lower Manhattan, small humans scurry back and forth all day long, carrying Rockwell?s oversized blue foam blocks from self-devised task to self-devised task. These children are intent, they are cooperative, they are resourceful. The scene resembles nothing so much as Stanley Hall?s sand pile?with each grain of sand much bigger and much bluer. (Except for the bits of actual sand, that is.)

More than any playground in recent memory, the Imagination Playground has inspired an outburst of excitement. It?s a hit with the hip parents who take their kids to Dan Zanes concerts, and is just as crowded as one. But it also represents something much more mundane: the triumph of loose parts. After a century of creating playgrounds for children, of drilling swing sets and plastic forts into the ground, we have come back to children creating their own playgrounds. Loose parts?sand, water, blocks?are having a moment.

The resurgence of loose parts is an attempt to put the play back in playgrounds. The late 1960s and early 1970s were a time of exuberant playground design, culminating in the great Richard Dattner adventure playgrounds in New York City. Then the grownups got skittish. Down came the merry-go-rounds and the jungle gyms, and in their place, a landscape of legally-insulated, brightly-colored, spongy-floored, hard-plastic structures took root. Today, walking onto a children?s playground is like exiting the interstate: Regardless of where you are, you see the exact same thing.

A lot of people agree that playgrounds are now too boring, and for years there?s been talk about how we should make them more challenging, more risky. But so far, that talk hasn?t turned into more interesting playgrounds. The most adventurous playgrounds tend to be singular projects, often built through fundraising, for the rich. (A genuine exception is this amazing project in Philadelphia.) ?People talk about making playgrounds more risky,? says Susan Solomon, the author of American Playgrounds, which charts their demise. ?But there?s this sense that if you talk about it, that?s enough. There?s this very real reluctance to get involved in anything that might at least potentially cause an injury.?

In Europe, the assumptions are radically different. Even the head of play safety at England?s Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents?a man whom you?d assume would be paranoid about preventing all accidents?has said that ?children should be exposed to a certain degree of risk, not because an activity is risky per se but because it is fun, exciting, and challenging.?

As the psychologist Ellen Sandseter has pointed out, the American attitude is a fundamental miscalculation of the risks: Kids who are bored stay inside and staying inside is ultimately far worse for your health than a broken arm. Talk about why we can?t have nice playgrounds here typically begins and ends with lawsuits. But potential legal action is too easy an excuse for not rethinking playgrounds, says Darell Hammond, head of the play-promoting nonprofit KaBOOM!. Change ?requires all of us doing something different, not just a few law changes.? In short, it requires all of us to be a little less panicked, and honestly, that?s probably too much to ask, at least in the short term. Which is why loose parts may be the best hope for the future of playgrounds right now.

Rockwell?s playground is still an adventure playground?a construction site with all the splintery edges sanded down. It?s what an adventure playground looks like in a risk-averse culture. And it promotes the kind of play we think children should be doing now: not with just their bodies, but with their minds. The Imagination Playground is a much more cognitive vision of the playground. No one would confuse it with a jungle gym.

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Timbuktu, ancient seat of Islamic learning

SEVARE, Mali (AP) ? Timbuktu, the fabled desert city where retreating Muslim extremists destroyed ancient manuscripts, was a center of Islamic learning hundreds of years before Columbus landed in the Americas.

It is not known how many of the priceless documents were destroyed by al Qaida-linked fighters who set ablaze a state-of-the-art library built with South African funding to conserve the brittle, camel-hide bound manuscripts from the harshness of the Sahara Desert climate and preserve them so researchers can study them.

News of the destruction came Monday from the mayor of Timbuktu. With its Islamic treasures and centuries-old mud-walled buildings including an iconic mosque, Timbuktu is a U.N.-designated World Heritage Site.

The damage caused by the fleeing Islamists was limited, but irreplaceable treasures were lost.

Most of the manuscripts, which are as many as 900 years old, were gathered between the 1980s and 2000 from all over Mali for the Ahmed Baba Institute for Higher Learning and Islamic Research, which moved into its new home in 2009.

The library held about 30,000 manuscripts of which only about one third had been catalogued, according to its Web site. The world may never know what it has lost.

The manuscripts cover subjects ranging from science, astrology and medicine to history, theology, grammar and geography. All are in Arabic script, in the Arabic language and African languages.

They date back to the late 12th century, the start of a 300-year golden age for Timbuktu as a spiritual and intellectual capital for the propagation of Islam on the continent.

Michael Covitt, chairman of the Malian Manuscript Foundation, called them "the most important find since the Dead Sea Scrolls."

Tens of thousands more manuscripts ? no one knows how many ? were kept at other libraries and private homes in Timbuktu. Some are believed to have been secreted against the Islamist fighters, who began their desecration of the city by systematically razing the 15th-century mausoleums of several Sufi saints in July. Among the tombs they destroyed is that of Sidi Mahmoudou, a saint who died in 955, according to a UNESCO website.

The International Criminal Court at The Hague has described the destruction of Timbuktu's heritage as a possible war crime. Timbuktu has been attacked and conquered in the past, most recently in 1591 by Moroccan troops who sacked the city and burned libraries. But the city recovered and gained fame as a place where people from different races and creeds could live together harmoniously.

Even before Europeans landed in the Americas, Timbuktu had a population of 30,000.

The nomadic Tuareg tribe first set up their camel-skin and palm-mat tents there in the dry season, attracted by its location where the Niger River flows toward the southern brink of the Sahara Desert, prompting some to call it the point where "the camel meets the canoe." The tents gave way to sun-dried terracotta-colored mud brick buildings built in the Moorish style as traders, medical doctors, clerics, artists, poets and others settled there.

The city is on an old caravan route where Arab traders brought salt and other goods that reached North Africa's Mediterranean shores and traded it in Timbuktu for gold and Islamic books. It served as a major crossroads between Africa's Arab north and black West Africa, bringing together black Africans, Berbers, Arabs and the Tuareg people that consider Timbuktu their town. Its dynamism has been overlooked by the English expression "from here to Timbuktu" ? conjuring up an end-of-the-earth remoteness.

Islamist extremists decimated tourism in 2011 when three Europeans were taken hostage from a Timbuktu restaurant in November that year, frightening away visitors. In April 2012, Tuareg nationalist rebels seized control of Timbuktu from government troops. A day later Islamist insurgents elbowed their way into the city. They banned music, insisted women cover themselves and began carrying out public executions and amputations.

On Tuesday, Timbuktu was in control of French and Malian troops, including some 250 French paratroopers dropped from the sky. The extremists melted into the desert without firing a shot. Townspeople were jubilant at the city's liberation from intolerant Islamist extremists.

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Faul reported from Johannesburg

Online: www.tombouctoumanuscripts.org

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The Wham Spot | Why You Need Auto Insurance

insurance St Clair Shores MI There are more cars hitting the road every year. With countless vehicles on the road, crashes can happen. The difference between a small aggravation and large obstacle can be car insurance. How can you determine what type of insurance you require and where you should go to buy it? Car crashes can lead to a variety of different expenses, which your car insurance can pay for based on the type of insurance you have purchased. Electing to drive without insurance could mean you have to repair or replace a stolen or damaged vehicle or pay the cost of all the damage for which you might be responsible. Liability: It pays for damages due to personal injury and damage to property that you are responsible for. Damages from bodily injury include medical fees, lost wages, and pain and suffering. Property damage includes car repair costs and loss of property use. It can also cover your legal fees if you are sued. Recommended, higher levels of liability insurance are available that cover more events than the lower, state-mandated insurance. Personal Injury Protection: This type of insurance pays for hospital bills and other medical treatment for you or other people in your car, no matter who was at fault in the crash. It is occasionally called no-fault coverage. The minimum amount of this insurance is typically set by local government. Medical Payments: This coverage can be purchased in states that are not considered no-fault; it pays regardless of who may have been at fault. If you purchase this type of coverage, you will receive coverage for all types of medical or funeral expenses. Collision: Damages that occur from a car accident will be covered under this type of car insurance. Comprehensive: This applies if your vehicle is stolen or damaged by something other than a collision, including fire, wind, hail, flood or vandalism. Uninsured Motorist: Pays for repair and replacement costs when someone with insurance is in a crash caused by another person who does not have liability insurance or by a hit-and-run driver. Under-Insured Motorist: Similar to uninsured motorist protection, this type of insurance covers you from drivers without sufficient insurance protection. Emergency road service, car rental, and other varieties of coverage can also be purchased.

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The Bachelor Sneak Peek: Tierra LiCausi is Insane

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We?ll Publish Your Story If CNET Won?t

Editorial independence is kind of a polemic?at TechCrunch. When our corporate parent, a sister or an advertiser might have an issue with story, we write it anyways. So, we have an offer to make to the writers at CNET. Its parent company CBS?has decreed that CNET's latest Aereo review, barring something changing,?will be its last. A disclosure statement on a recent news article about the Aero states bluntly:

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'2-D' electronic devices, may be possible: Fine patterns made with single-atom-thick graphene and boron nitride

Jan. 27, 2013 ? Rice University scientists have taken an important step toward the creation of two-dimensional electronics with a process to make patterns in atom-thick layers that combine a conductor and an insulator.

The materials at play -- graphene and hexagonal boron nitride -- have been merged into sheets and built into a variety of patterns at nanoscale dimensions.

Rice introduced a technique to stitch the identically structured materials together nearly three years ago. Since then, the idea has received a lot of attention from researchers interested in the prospect of building 2-D, atomic-layer circuits, said Rice materials scientist Pulickel Ajayan. He is one of the authors of the new work that appears this week in Nature Nanotechnology. In particular, Ajayan noted that Cornell University scientists reported an advance late last year on the art of making atomic-layer heterostructures through sequential growth schemes.

This week's contribution by Rice offers manufacturers the possibility of shrinking electronic devices into even smaller packages. While Rice's technical capabilities limited features to a resolution of about 100 nanometers, the only real limits are those defined by modern lithographic techniques, according to the researchers. (A nanometer is one-billionth of a meter.)

"It should be possible to make fully functional devices with circuits 30, even 20 nanometers wide, all in two dimensions," said Rice researcher Jun Lou, a co-author of the new paper. That would make circuits on about the same scale as in current semiconductor fabrication, he said.

Graphene has been touted as a wonder material since its discovery in the last decade. Even at one atom thick, the hexagonal array of carbon atoms has proven its potential as a fascinating electronic material. But to build a working device, conductors alone will not do. Graphene-based electronics require similar, compatible 2-D materials for other components, and researchers have found hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) works nicely as an insulator.

H-BN looks like graphene, with the same chicken-wire atomic array. The earlier work at Rice showed that merging graphene and h-BN via chemical vapor deposition (CVD) created sheets with pools of the two that afforded some control of the material's electronic properties. Ajayan said at the time that the creation offered "a great playground for materials scientists."

He has since concluded that the area of two-dimensional materials beyond graphene "has grown significantly and will play out as one of the key exciting materials in the near future."

His prediction bears fruit in the new work, in which finely detailed patterns of graphene are laced into gaps created in sheets of h-BN. Combs, bars, concentric rings and even microscopic Rice Owls were laid down through a lithographic process. The interface between elements, seen clearly in scanning transmission electron microscope images taken at Oak Ridge National Laboratories, shows a razor-sharp transition from graphene to h-BN along a subnanometer line.

"This is not a simple quilt," Lou said. "It's very precisely engineered. We can control the domain sizes and the domain shapes, both of which are necessary to make electronic devices."

The new technique also began with CVD. Lead author Zheng Liu, a Rice research scientist, and his colleagues first laid down a sheet of h-BN. Laser-cut photoresistant masks were placed over the h-BN, and exposed material was etched away with argon gas. (A focused ion beam system was later used to create even finer patterns, down to 100-nanometer resolution, without masks.) After the masks were washed away, graphene was grown via CVD in the open spaces, where it bonded edge-to-edge with the h-BN. The hybrid layer could then be picked up and placed on any substrate.

While there's much work ahead to characterize the atomic bonds where graphene and h-BN domains meet and to analyze potential defects along the boundaries, Liu's electrical measurements proved the components' qualities remain intact.

"One important thing Zheng showed is that even by doing all kinds of growth, then etching, then regrowth, the intrinsic properties of these two materials are not affected," Lou said. "Insulators stay insulators; they're not doped by the carbon. And the graphene still looks very good. That's important, because we want to be sure what we're growing is exactly what we want."

Liu said the next step is to place a third element, a semiconductor, into the 2-D fabric. "We're trying very hard to integrate this into the platform," he said. "If we can do that, we can build truly integrated in-plane devices." That would give new options to manufacturers toying with the idea of flexible electronics, he said.

"The contribution of this paper is to demonstrate the general process," Lou added. "It's robust, it's repeatable and it creates materials with very nice properties and with dimensions that are at the limit of what is possible."

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Injecting botox into stomach does not promote weight loss

Jan. 28, 2013 ? Gastric injections of botulinum toxin A (BTA) can delay gastric emptying but do not make obese individuals feel more full, alter their eating behaviors, or cause them to lose weight, according to the February issue of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

In attempts to help people lose weight, researchers have tested ways to slow gastric emptying (movement of food from the stomach to the small intestine) and increase satiation (feeling full). Gastric injections of BTA have been reported to delay gastric emptying, increase satiation, and reduce body weight, but with inconsistent results.

Botulinum toxin -- a protein and neurotoxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum -- reduces muscle activity by blocking the release of acetylcholine from neurons.

Mark Topazian et al. compared the effects of injecting different doses of BTA into the stomachs of 60 individuals with mild-to-moderate obesity.

Study participants were each given 1 injection of BTA (100, 300, or 500 U), or placebo, in the gastric antral muscularis propria, guided by endoscopic ultrasound. Gastric emptying of solids was measured by scintigraphy. Topazian et al. also measured participants' body weights every 2 weeks, along with satiation (based on maximum tolerated volume in a caloric liquid drink test), calorie intake (based on a questionnaire), gastrointestinal symptoms, and psychological aspects of eating.

Two weeks after the injections, the mean half-time for gastric emptying of solids increased by 0.8, 14, 24, and 14 minutes among subjects given placebo, 100, 300, or 500 U BTA, respectively.

Sixteen weeks after the injections, mean body weights were reduced by 2.2, 0.2, 2.3, and 3.0 kg in these groups, respectively -- not a statistically significant difference.

Nor were there significant differences among groups in satiation volume, caloric intake, gastrointestinal symptoms, or psychological aspects of eating among groups.

So, although stomach injection of BTA slows gastric emptying, it does not increase the feeling of fullness or lead to loss of body weight. The authors say is unlikely that higher doses of BTA than those tested would induce additional delays in gastric emptying or weight loss.

Previous studies have associated gastrointestinal symptoms with eating behaviors. Topazian et al. did observe that a higher maximum tolerated volume, a physiological measure of satiation, correlated with less control over eating. They propose that educating obese patients about physiological differences in stomach volume might help them improve their ability to control how much they eat.

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The dung beetle as celestial navigator

Only humans, birds, and seals are known to navigate using stars. But the dung beetle does use the Milky Way to chart its path, say scientists.

By Joseph Castro,?LiveScience.com / January 25, 2013

Dung beetles have been shown to use the Milky Way to navigate.Researchers have known for several years that the inch-long insects use the sun or moon as fixed points to ensure they keep rolling dung balls in a straight line - the quickest way of getting away from other beetles at the dung heap. Pictured here, a South African dung beetle.

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Despite having tiny brains, dung beetles are surprisingly decent navigators, able to follow straight paths as they roll poo balls they've collected away from a dung source. But it seems the insects' abilities are more remarkable than previously believed. Like ancient seafarers, dung beetles can navigate using the starry sky and the glow from the Milky Way, new research shows.

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"This is the first time where we see animals using the Milky Way for orientation," said lead researcher Marie Dacke, a biologist at Lund University in Sweden. "It's also the first time we see that insects can use the stars."

After locating a fresh pile of feces, dung beetles will often collect and roll away a large piece of spherical dung. Last year, Dacke and her colleagues discovered the beetles climb on their dung balls and dance around in circles before taking off. This dance is not one of joy, however; the insects are checking out the sky to get their bearings.

"The dorsal (upper) parts of the dung beetles' eyes are specialized to be able to analyze the direction of light polarization ? the direction that light vibrates in," Dacke told LiveScience. So when a beetle looks up, it's taking in the sun, the moon and the pattern of ambient polarized light. These celestial cues help the beetle avoid accidentally circling back to the poo pile, where other beetles may try to steal its food, Dacke said. [Photos of Dung Beetles Dancing on Poop Balls]

In addition to these cues, Dacke and her team wondered if dung beetles can use stars for navigation, just as birds, seals and humans do. After all, they reasoned, dung beetles can somehow keep straight on clear, moonless nights.

To find out, the researchers timed how long dung beetles of the species Scarabaeus satyrus took to cross a circular arena with high walls blocking views of treetops and other landmarks. They tested the insects in South Africa under a moonlit sky, a moonless sky and an overcast sky. In some trials, the beetles were fitted with cardboard caps, which kept their eyes to the ground. Overall, the beetles had a difficult time traveling straight and took significantly longer to cross the arena if caps or clouds obstructed their view of the sky.

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Two Sources of Cash to Grow Your Retail Business | FundWell

Often people seeking to open a small retail business, such as a clothing store, in a lower-income community face challenges.

Low-income individuals often have a more difficult time obtaining financing for their small businesses. Low-income communities tend to lack infrastructure that small businesses need to grow, such as safe business corridors that enjoy foot traffic. Because it is often hardest to start and maintain small businesses, such as retail stores, in the areas in which they are most needed, federal, state, and local governments have developed programs to assist small business owners gain access to capital and to attract small businesses to lower-income areas. There are many different kinds of incentive programs across the country. Below is a general overview of two different types of financial assistance that may be available to your small retail business.

Assistance Gaining Access to Capital (CDFIs)

Understanding that small businesses seeking financing in traditionally underserved communities faced significant financing barriers, the federal government created the Community Development Financial Institutions (?CDFI?) Fund in 1994. Administered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the CDFI Fund does not itself loan money to individuals, rather it provides financing, including capital and tax credits, to CDFIs?banks, credit unions, venture capital funds, and nonprofit community lenders?which in turn lend money to individuals which meet the CDFI?s criteria. Not every bank is a CDFI. In order to be designated a CDFI, an institution must submit a CDFI Certification Application to the Fund for review and approval. To be eligible for certification, the institution must be located in an underserved or under-developed part of the country, and ?Have a primary mission of promoting community development.? There are more than 1,000 CDFIs operating in the United States.

CDFI?s provide financing to people in low-income urban and rural areas who would otherwise have a difficult time obtaining capital at competitive rates. CDFI?s provide more than financing, however. CDFI?s provide financial education and counseling services to their customers as well. Each CDFI sets its own programs and criteria for financing eligibility, so to determine if CDFI funds might be available for your small retail business, you need to contact individual CDFIs. The CDFI Fund maintains a searchable database of CDFIs at http://www.cdfifund.gov/awardees/db/index.asp. The experts at FundWell (www.thefundwell.com) can also help you determine what CDFIs might make sense for your business. When applying, remember that the mission of CDFIs are to promote community development, so be sure to have considered how your small retail business will help the CDFI meet that goal by lending to you, and be ready to demonstrate your commitment to the community.

Tax Increment Financing (TIFs)?

Tax Increment Financing or ?TIF? is a tax revenue tool used by state and local governments to spur economic development in blighted areas. TIF uses anticipated future gains in property tax revenue (the ?tax increment?) to subsidize the current development and improvements necessary to bring about the higher property values that will generate those future gains in property tax revenue. For example, in order for a city to attract a developer to a blighted area, the city may help finance some or all of the developer?s eligible project costs (such as sidewalk improvements, environmental remediation, site grading), using capital it borrows against the future increases in the property-tax revenue that will result by virtue of the development.

Jurisdictions establish their own TIF programs and establish criteria to determine what geographic areas and projects are eligible for those programs. Some of these programs could be especially helpful to a small retail business. In Chicago, for example, the Department of Housing and Economic Development?s Tax Increment Financing program developed TIFWorks. TIFWorks is a workforce development initiative that funds workforce-training costs for businesses located in TIF districts. Types of eligible training include technology skills, management, and sales. Other jurisdictions have created their own programs, so be sure to investigate what options are available in your area.

If you think that your small retail business might be eligible for CDFI financing or TIF, let the experts at thefundwell.com help you make sense of the alphabet soup. FundWell (www.theFundwell.com) can also help you learn more about all of your financing options?public and private, traditional and alternative. Visit us today!

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Bond, James Bond: Real spy gadgets to be auctioned

A remarkable catalogue detailing top-secret designs for James Bond-esque gadgets used by British soldiers during the Second World War is to go up for auction.

The extraordinary designs includes coat buttons and gold teeth containing hidden compasses, cameras disguised as cigarette lighters and concealed hacksaws.

The catalogue was put together by inventor Christopher Clayton-Hutton, a real-life 'Q', who was an intelligence officer for MI9, a secret department of the War Office.

MI9 provided British troops with potentially life-saving equipment that looked like ordinary everyday objects.

Hutton's designs shed light on the inventive methods some British prisoners of war adopted to fool the enemy.

The highly creative designs included cloth maps - printed on silk with non-running ink - which could be hidden in a chess piece or a pack of cards, and uniforms which could be tucked and folded into business suits.

An estimated 400,000 maps were printed during the war and about 17,000 Allied escapees carried them around.

Lionel Willis, collectors specialist from Bonhams auctioneers said: "Very few of these catalogues are known to have survived and the remaining copies form rare pieces of secret service history.

"They give a fascinating insight into the ingenuity employed to assist the war effort."

The 79-page catalogue, titled 'Per Ardua Libertas' - which means Liberty Through Adversity - was put together especially for American intelligence officers in 1942.

Having just entered the war, the American group were keen to learn of MI9's covert techniques.

Fewer than 100 of the precious catalogues were printed.

The rare catalogue will go under the hammer at Bonhams Gentleman's Library sale on January 30.

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Controlled crumpling of graphene forms artificial muscle

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Duke University engineers are layering atom-thick lattices of carbon with polymers to create unique materials with a broad range of applications, including artificial muscles.

The lattice, known as graphene, is made of pure carbon and appears under magnification like chicken wire. Because of its unique optical, electrical and mechanical properties, graphene is used in electronics, energy storage, composite materials and biomedicine.

However, graphene is extremely difficult to handle in that it easily "crumples." Unfortunately, scientists have been unable to control the crumpling and unfolding of large-area graphene to take advantage of its properties.

Duke engineer Xuanhe Zhao, assistant professor in Duke's Pratt School of Engineering, likens the challenge of controlling graphene to the difference between unfolding paper and wet tissue.

"If you crumpled up normal paper, you can pretty easily flatten it out," Zhao said. "However, graphene is more like wet tissue paper. It is extremely thin and sticky and difficult to unfold once crumpled. We have developed a method to solve this problem and control the crumpling and unfolding of large-area graphene films."

The Duke engineers attached the graphene to a rubber film that had been pre-stretched to many times its original size. Once the rubber film was relaxed, parts of the graphene detached from the rubber while other parts kept adhering to it, forming an attached-detached pattern with a feature size of a few nanometers. As the rubber relaxed, the detached graphene was compressed to crumple. But as the rubber film was stretched back, the adhered spots of graphene pulled on the crumpled areas to unfold the sheet.

"In this way, the crumpling and unfolding of large-area, atomic-thick graphene can be controlled by simply stretching and relaxing a rubber film, even by hands," Zhao said.

The results were published online in the journal Nature Materials.

"Our approach has opened avenues to exploit unprecedented properties and functions of graphene," said Jianfeng Zang, a postdoctoral fellow in Zhao's group and the first author of the paper. "For example, we can tune the graphene from being transparent to opaque by crumpling it, and tune it back by unfolding it."

In addition, the Duke engineers layered the graphene with different polymer films to make a "soft" material that can act like muscle tissues by contracting and expanding on demand. When electricity is applied to the graphene, the artificial muscle expands in area; when the electricity is cut off, it relaxes. Varying the voltage controls the degree of contraction and relaxation.

"The crumpling and unfolding of graphene allows large deformation of the artificial muscle," Zang said.

"New artificial muscles are enabling diverse technologies ranging from robotics and drug delivery to energy harvesting and storage," Zhao said. "In particular, they promise to greatly improve the quality of life for millions of disabled people by providing affordable devices such as lightweight prostheses and full-page Braille displays."

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Homeschooling Requirements | Reference & Education Skypnosis ...

Taking into consideration the compensation that homeschooling offers, a lot of parents are looking send on to it as a suitable selection for educating their brood. Preparatory a home-made train is no uncertainty a challenging chore for the reason that you could do with to supply your rib each and every one individuals services that are fondly set cheery in a freely available train. You moreover could do with to abide by the laws implemented for homeschooling and the criterion of your learning ought to be in par with the official chain schools.

Parents permanently aspire to supply the unsurpassed capital to their kids, so that they suit fondly authorized. While, the belief of educating your kids exclusively beneath your protection is horrendous, homeschooling entails a proportion of responsibilities. At the outset, you requirement be mentally organized to deduct cheery this challenge and then proceed slowly to kind it a star. We shall account for you the a good number of great consequence homeschooling rations in excess of at this time.

1. Contract the Laws

You ought to be fondly experienced of the laws obligatory by the Official a propos homeschooling. In selected states, the laws are incredibly stringent and next the policy enforced by the lawful federation is mandatory. The laws be valid to the reasoning of training, the attendance of your kids, qualification of parents, the subjects being skilled, conducting exams and twelve-monthly news. Along these lines, you could do with to consult a lawful advisory federation in the past locale cheery a homeschooling. On the obstinate, in selected states nearby are no policy at each and every one for establishing a home-made train.

2. Qualification of Parents

You ought to be fondly authorized to educate your brood. The itinerary and program ought to be in conjunction with that followed by normal schools. You ought to moreover be accustomed with the training methodologies. The chore becomes hard as your son grows and reaches a upper grade. You could do with to upgrade your training abilities constantly so that your brood do not be in front of slightly stumbling block. Having a fjord learning in all branch of learning is not in your ambit. Along these lines, you tin can hire teachers (remunerated or voluntary) for the drive of training your kids the subjects in which you do not have a great deal enfold. You ought to offer as much as necessary phase to your kids to kind the training sessions of use. And bear in mind, that drawn teachers could do with to do a proportion of grounding to meet the expectations of their students.

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Maintaining correct indoors the train is the a good number of great consequence face to ponder. The policy tin can be any enforced as for each the official laws or you tin can put into practice your admit guidelines. You ought to examine your rib through category hours and you requirement make sure that he does his grounding on normal base. Conduct normal tests and interactive sessions to discovery not in whether he is contract the subjects being skilled to him. Exams, exhibitions and assignment moving parts ought to be an twelve-monthly thing that would donate to the promotion of your rib to the upper grade. You ought to moreover avow a profile of his attendance and accomplishment indoors the category.

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Georgia GOP Sen. Chambliss won't seek re-election

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Georgia Sen. Saxby Chambliss announced Friday he will not seek a third term next year, saying "this is about frustration" with Washington gridlock that he doesn't see changing in a divided government.

"After much contemplation and reflection, I have decided not to run for re-election to the Senate in 2014," the 69-year-old Chambliss said in a statement.

The lawmaker rejected suggestions he couldn't have survived a likely GOP primary fight with the tea party, insisting he has a proud conservative record and noting he received more votes than any other statewide official in Georgia history in 2008.

Instead, he cited his dismay with both Democratic President Barack Obama and the lack of meaningful legislation in Congress, especially in addressing the nation's economic woes.

"The debt-ceiling debacle of 2011 and the recent fiscal-cliff vote showed Congress at its worst, and sadly, I don't see the legislative gridlock and partisan posturing improving anytime soon," Chambliss said. "For our nation to be strong, for our country to prosper, we cannot continue to play politics with the American economy."

His strong words of disappointment echoed those of former Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe, who also complained about the partisan divide and Washington dysfunction in announcing she wouldn't run again last year.

Chambliss, 69, has been a GOP loyalist for much of his House and Senate career, but he earned the wrath of some in his party for participating in a bipartisan Senate "Gang of Six" intent on finding a way to reduce the deficit. The group advocated a mix of tax increases, anathema to many in the GOP, and spending cuts. But the group failed to reach agreement and produce a bargain.

"Leadership is about taking risks when you don't have to. That's why I respect Saxby Chambliss for his willingness to partner with me and other members of what became known as the Gang of Six as we worked for bipartisan solutions on debt and deficits," said Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va.

Although no major Republican candidate had announced a challenge to Chambliss, he was facing the distinct possibility of a tough race. His decision was certain to set off a GOP scramble for the seat.

Rep. Jack Kingston, R-Ga., an 11-term House veteran, said he was considering seeking the seat. Kingston, 57, said his knowledge of defense and agriculture, important issues in Georgia, would help him in a race.

"Regardless of what happens, it's going to be a 10-person race," Kingston said in a telephone interview from Israel, where he was traveling with other lawmakers. "And I think you'll probably have a self-funder in there, and you can have a mad scramble."

Among other potential Republican candidates is four-term Rep. Tom Price from a district north of Atlanta.

Other possible Republican candidates are two other House members ? Reps. Paul Broun and Phil Gingrey, both physicians. Broun gained national attention last year when he described evolution as a lie "from the pit of Hell." Gingrey claimed the spotlight earlier this month when he defended controversial statements about abortion made last year by failed Missouri Senate hopeful Todd Akin.

Chambliss was first elected to the House in the 1994 Republican wave. He moved up to the Senate after a bruising 2002 campaign in which he defeated Democratic incumbent Max Cleland, a triple amputee from his Vietnam war service.

He was criticized for a slashing campaign against Cleland that included an ad, featuring terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden and Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, criticizing the Democrat ? a decorated Vietnam War veteran ? for his record on defense and homeland security issues. Even some of Chambliss' fellow Republicans said it went too far.

Guy Cecil, executive director of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, said Democrats will try to win back the seat.

"Georgia will now offer Democrats one of our best pick-up opportunities of the cycle," Cecil said. "There are already several reports of the potential for a divisive primary that will push Republicans to the extreme right. Regardless, there's no question that the demographics of the state have changed, and Democrats are gaining strength. This will be a top priority."

Democrats hold a 55-45 advantage in the Senate but will be defending more seats next year ? 20 to the GOP's 13. Democrats will be scrambling to hold onto the seat in GOP-leaning West Virginia, where five-term Democratic Sen. Jay Rockefeller recently announced he would not seek re-election. Republican Rep. Shelley Moore Capito is running for the Senate seat.

Democratic incumbents also face tough re-election races in Arkansas, Louisiana, Montana, North Carolina and Alaska ? all states that went Republican in the last presidential election.

An open seat in Georgia, which has trended Republican, presents a legitimate opportunity for Democrats, especially if the GOP faces a divisive primary. Potential Democratic candidates are conservative Rep. John Barrow, who has survived redistricting in his House races, and Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed.

Pizza mogul Herman Cain, the failed presidential candidate in 2012 and a tea party favorite, said he would not seek the seat but rather focus on his radio show.

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Associated Press writers Andrew Taylor and Alan Fram in Washington and Bill Barrow in Atlanta contributed to this report.

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Watch live: Kerry poised for easy confirmation as State pick

Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry was poised for an easy confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Thursday as President Barack Obama's nominee to be the next secretary of state.

Kerry, a Democrat who chairs the committee hearing his nomination, was introduced by a star-studded panel?his Massachusetts colleague, Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren; Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain; and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who is stepping down.

"John is the right choice to carry forth the Obama administration foreign policy, and I urge his speedy confirmation," Clinton said. "He will bring a record of leadership and service that is exemplary."

Clinton, who a day earlier testified before the committee on the Sept. 11, 2012, terrorist attack on the U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya, in which U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans were killed, said Kerry was "committed to doing whatever it takes to prevent another attack and protect our people in posts around the world."

Kerry praised Clinton for serving "above and beyond the call of duty" at State and said he would work hard to meet the standard she had set. "I can pledge to you that with the consent of the Senate I will do everything in my power, summon every energy and all of my focus to build on her record and the president's vision," Kerry said.

A 28-year Senate veteran, Kerry implored the panel to set a model for the rest of the world by putting aside political dysfunction and working to improve the economy.

"The greatest challenge to America's foreign policy will be in your hands, not mine," Kerry said. "The first order of business ... as we work to help other countries create order, our first priority will be that America at last puts its own fiscal house in order."

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For new mothers, nursing bras are one with the most important pieces to add to one?s postpartum wardrobe. Nursing bras add ease and comfort to one?s day, as they ensure one is able to provide uncomplicated and discreet nursing in any situation. Created especially for one?s changing physique, they?re comfy and functional though still hunting chic. There are numerous well-known maternity clothing designers who concentrate specifically on them, and every single 1 has some terrific choices readily available.

Bravado Styles, who for eighteen years has been outfitting mothers in amazing nursing bras, is recognized for their long-lasting, comfy whilst being fashionable. When in search of a go-to alternative, their Original?nursing bras is the way to go. You?ll find three styles offered, every one particular made slightly differently according to one?s pre-pregnancy bust size. On the other hand, all 3 styles have a number of of the exact same characteristics. Made out of cotton and spandex, the fabric is super breathable, stretchy, and molds conveniently to help one?s altering breast shape. For wonderful support, wide-under elastic adds all that is definitely necessary without having the discomfort of underwire. For uncomplicated nursing access, flat-lying clips on the straps are adjustable and very easy to open. With full frontal access it?s a great solution. If a single is trying to find a bit of a sexier appear although nevertheless keeping the function of a nursing bra, Bravado?s Sublime Nursing Bra is the answer. In dark cherry or French vanilla, the lace front screams femininity and style. Nonetheless functional, the double cup enables area for one?s changing shape plus the bra clips enable for effortless and discreet nursing access. For that additional hint of sexiness the Sublime Nursing Bra is a great option.

Melinda G is another renowned nursing bra designer whose products exude comfort and style. A single good selection is their Nursing Sports Bra. Frequently occasions it may be challenging for nursing mothers to find a sports bra developed just for their requires, as there exists limited support provided. Nevertheless, this sports bra is really a fabulous option. With full coverage, the double ply cups supply exceptional help with out compressing the breasts. Also seamless, there is certainly no chafing or uncomfortableness. The nursing clips on the front give straightforward access whilst also permitting one to adjust the cup size before and following nursing. A pretty lace inlet ensures that femininity is not forgotten! One more problem that nursing mothers usually have is acquiring a nursing bra that will be worn below a best with a deeper neckline. Melinda G?s Front-Snap Soft Cup Bra solves this dilemma beautifully. The deep V-neckline operates properly under dresses or reduce cut tops. The front snap inside the center offers super straightforward nursing access. Produced out from the extremely soft pima cotton and spandex, one is positive to become comfortable all day extended.

Started in 1991, Noppies has develop into 1 from the most renowned maternity designers internationally. Their nursing bras are coveted by mothers about the globe as a result of their comfort and high-quality fabrics. The Bella Materna Ruched Clip Nursing Bra is really a favored in the nursing community. A simple, one-handed clasp offers quick nursing access even though the adjustable straps and hook back permit it to be adjusted to your altering shape. A strong band underneath the bust presents necessary assistance although the ruching in the front supplies a hint of feminine detail. Obtainable in black, white, nude, and slate, there is a selection to choose from. Noppies?s Feeding Bra is another fantastic choice. The complete nursing access tends to make it effortless for one?s baby to nurse, and is supplied by straps unfastening within the front. Focusing on assistance, the adjustable band hooks in the back present a fantastic fit whilst the powerful nevertheless stretchy fabric adds a lot more help. With function and comfort in a single, it?s a excellent alternative.

Discovering the best nursing bra is essential, as it one thing a single is going to be wearing every day. Comfort and function are of your utmost significance whilst nevertheless maintaining a feminine touch, and there are many designers with good possibilities. From morning till night, one particular will look and feel nursing bras?reviews!

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