?Nanoscience and nanotechnology 2012?, Rome, Italy

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2012-10-01 An event entitled ?Nanoscience and nanotechnology 2012? will take place from 1 to 4 October 2012 in Rome, Italy.

Nanotechnology is very large field, ranging from extensions of conventional device physics to molecular self-assembly and the development of new materials with nanoscale dimensions to allow control of matter on the atomic scale. Nanotechnology can be applied to fields of science as diverse as surface science, organic chemistry, molecular biology, semiconductor physics, micro fabrication, etc. It is undoubtedly a key technology for the future.

The conference will address recent developments in nanoscience and its manifold technological applications. It will consist in several tutorials and keynote lectures, as well presentations of research efforts and innovative technologies in the fields of biology, medicine, aerospace, optoelectronics, energy, materials, low-dimensional nanostructures and devices.

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China's lines around islands suggest more conflict

In this Sept. 19, 2012 photo, a costumer picks copies of newly-published maps of disputed islands, called Diaoyu in China and Senkaku in Japan, at a state-owned book store in Beijing, China. China hastily published the map to help maintain public outrage over the Japanese government?s purchase of some of the islands from their private Japanese owners. Beijing also has engaged in another type of mapmaking that may end up escalating the conflict. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT

In this Sept. 19, 2012 photo, a costumer picks copies of newly-published maps of disputed islands, called Diaoyu in China and Senkaku in Japan, at a state-owned book store in Beijing, China. China hastily published the map to help maintain public outrage over the Japanese government?s purchase of some of the islands from their private Japanese owners. Beijing also has engaged in another type of mapmaking that may end up escalating the conflict. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT

FILE - In this Sept. 2, 2012 file photo, the survey ship Koyo Maru, left, chartered by Tokyo city officials, sails around Minamikojima, foreground, Kitakojima, middle right, and Uotsuri, background, the tiny islands in the East China Sea, called Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese. China hastily published a map to help maintain public outrage over the Japanese government?s purchase of some of the islands from their private Japanese owners. Beijing also has engaged in another type of mapmaking that may end up escalating the conflict. It has drawn new territorial markers, or baselines, around the islands, and submitted them to the United Nations. That could lead to a more serious attempt to claim the land, and broad swaths of valuable ocean around it. (AP Photo/Kyodo News, File) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE

In this Sept. 19, 2012 photo, employees of a state-owned book store roll up newly-published maps of disputed islands, called Diaoyu in China and Senkaku in Japan, at a state-run book store in Beijing. China hastily published the map to help maintain public outrage over the Japanese government?s purchase of some of the islands from their private Japanese owners. Beijing also has engaged in another type of mapmaking that may end up escalating the conflict. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT

FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2012 file photo, the Chinese surveillance ship Haijian No. 51, left, sails near a Japan Coast Guard vessel near disputed islands called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, seen in background, in the East China Sea. China hastily published a map to help maintain public outrage over the Japanese government?s purchase of some of the islands from their private Japanese owners. Beijing also has engaged in another type of mapmaking that may end up escalating the conflict. It has drawn new territorial markers, or baselines, around the islands, and submitted them to the United Nations. That could lead to a more serious attempt to claim the land, and broad swaths of valuable ocean around it. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE

BEIJING (AP) ? One of the hottest items in bookstores across China is a map for a place that is closed to visitors, home only to animals such as goats and crabs, and the reason China's relations with Japan are at their lowest point in years.

China calls them the Diaoyus; Japan, the Senkakus. The new map shows a satellite image of a kidney-shaped main island with splotches of green and a list of 70 affiliated "islands" that are really half-submerged rocks.

China hastily published the map to help maintain public outrage over the Japanese government's purchase of some of the islands from their private Japanese owners. Beijing also has engaged in another type of mapmaking that may end up escalating the conflict.

It has drawn new territorial markers, or baselines, around the islands and submitted them to the United Nations. That could lead to a more serious attempt to claim the islands, and broad swaths of valuable ocean around them.

"The status quo has been broken in the last month by Japan's purchase and China's publishing of the baselines," said Stephanie Kleine-Ahlbrandt of the International Crisis Group. She said friction is likely to reach its worst level since the 1980s when China and Japan tacitly agreed to set aside the dispute in pursuit of better overall relations.

Beijing has been firm rhetorically. On Saturday, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said the country must safeguard its territorial integrity at a reception celebrating the upcoming National Day.

State television on Saturday reported that the country's navy and air forces conducted joint military exercises with live fire targeting a small island in the East China Sea.

More than lines on paper are at stake. By submitting the baselines to the U.N., China is spelling out its claim to the waters, the fish in them and the oil, gas and other minerals beneath them. Up until now, China has sought to jointly exploit resources with Japan through negotiation.

Japan says it bought to islands to maintain stability, noting that the nationalist governor of Tokyo had been pushing a more radical plan to not only buy the islands but develop them. China, however, was outraged, and considered Japan's move a violation of their earlier agreements.

The dispute has brought nationalism and patriotism to the fore, and sparked sometimes-violent protests in China targeting Japanese businesses, restaurants and cars. A Chinese man driving a Toyota Corolla was beaten unconscious by a mob in the tourist city of Xi'an and left partially paralyzed, according to state media. Chinese and Japanese coast guard vessels have been facing off in the contested waters.

The dispute is testing perhaps the most important economic relationship in Asia, between the world's second- and third-largest economies.

Japan has claimed the islands since 1895. The U.S. took jurisdiction after World War II and turned them over to Japan in 1972. China says they have been part of its territory since ancient times, and that it opposed and never acknowledged the deal between Japan and the United States. Taiwan also claims them.

The islands make a strange setting for a potential conflict zone. The largest is less than 4 square kilometers (1.5 square miles). It is home to a growing population of goats ? the offspring of a pair brought there by right-wing Japanese activists in 1977 ? as well as moles, crabs, Okinawan ants, albatross and lizards, and plants including azalea.

The islands themselves are remote, "intrinsically worthless features" that were largely forgotten for decades, said Clive Schofield of the Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security at the University of Wollongong.

"The reason why there is uncertainty over the ownership, sovereignty is because they have essentially been ignored over a large period of time," Schofield said.

A U.N. survey in the 1970s that said oil and gas may lie beneath the surrounding waters changed that. Then, the Law of the Sea Convention introduced the idea of 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zones, or EEZs, which give coastal countries sole exploitation rights over all natural resources contained within.

China's new baselines are a prelude to defining that exclusive zone. It has drawn straight lines around the main group of islands and a separate set around isolated Chiwei Island, some 50 nautical miles to the east.

It also plans to submit a document outlining the outer limits of its sea bed ? those that stretch beyond 200 nautical miles from land ? in the East China Sea to a U.N. commission. The move is a way for China to underscore its claim, but has little real impact. The commission, which comprises geological experts, evaluates the markers on technical grounds but has no authority to resolve overlapping claims.

"That puts a line in the sand, but it doesn't have any legal impact," said Ian Townsend Gault, director of the Centre for Asian Legal Studies at the University of British Columbia in Canada.

He doubts whether the islands would be capable of generating a 200-nautical-mile EEZ because they are too insignificant ? too small and without a population.

"They are not important in the economic sense, no matter how beautiful they look on postcards," he said.

Legal questions aside, China sees the waters within its baselines as its internal waters under Beijing's administration.

That raises the risk of a confrontation in the clear waters around the disputed islands between Japanese coast guard vessels and Chinese fishing boats and law enforcement vessels, and even Taiwanese vessels ? all ostensibly with orders to patrol the area.

Already there has been sparring the past two weeks, with Chinese maritime surveillance vessels entering waters Japan claims, and the Japanese coast guard firing a water cannon at Taiwanese boats approaching the islands.

The parties could legally resolve their dispute if they submit it to the International Court of Justice in The Hague, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in Hamburg, Germany, or their own court.

"Both would be equally terrified of losing on flimsy grounds," said Townsend Gault. "They have snookered each other legally and diplomatically speaking. They have driven each other into a corner. We need some third party to say can you put this to bed so we don't have this enormous disruption in your bilateral relations whereby people are smashing up Toyota dealerships."

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Associated Press writer Mari Yamaguchi in Tokyo contributed to this report.

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Calif. man behind anti-Muslim film ordered jailed

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? The surrounding mystery of the man behind the crudely produced anti-Islamic video that sparked violence in the Middle East took a strange turn after he appeared in court and gave yet another name in a string of aliases.

Arrested on Thursday after authorities said he violated his probation from a 2010 check fraud conviction, Nakoula Basseley Nakoula told a judge his real name was Mark Basseley Youseff. He said he'd been using that name since 2002, even though he went by Nakoula in his fraud case.

The full story about Nakoula and the video "Innocence of Muslims" still isn't known more than two weeks after violence erupted in Egypt and Libya, where Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three others were killed in Benghazi. Violence related to the film has since spread, killing dozens more.

Citing a lengthy pattern of deception and the potential to flee, U.S. Central District Chief Magistrate Judge Suzanne Segal ordered Nakoula to remain in prison without bond until another judge can hold a hearing to determine if he broke the terms of his probation.

"The court has a lack of trust in this defendant at this time," Segal said.

Prosecutors noted Nakoula had eight probation violations, including lying to his probation officers and using aliases. He could face new charges that carry a maximum two-year prison term.

After his 2010 conviction, Nakoula was sentenced to 21 months in prison and was barred from using computers or the Internet for five years without approval from his probation officer, though prosecutors said none of the violations involved the Internet. He also wasn't supposed to use any name other than his true legal name without the prior written approval of his probation officer.

Three names, however, have been associated with Nakoula this month alone.

The movie was made last year by a man who called himself Sam Bacile. After the violence erupted, a man who identified himself as Bacile spoke to media outlets including The Associated Press, took credit for the film and said it was meant to portray the truth about Muhammad and Islam, which he called a cancer.

The next day, the AP determined there was no Bacile and linked the identity to Nakoula, a former gas station owner with a drug conviction and a history of using aliases. Federal authorities later confirmed there was no Bacile and that Nakoula was behind the movie.

Some of the false statements in Nakoula's alleged probation violations had to do with the film, Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Dugdale said. Nakoula told probation officials his role was just writing the script, and denied going by the name Sam Bacile in connection with the film, Dugdale said.

Before going into hiding, Nakoula acknowledged to the AP that he was involved with the film, but said he only worked on logistics and management.

Nakoula, a Christian originally from Egypt, then went into hiding after he was identified as the man behind the trailer, which depicts Muhammad as a womanizer, religious fraud and child molester. He met with federal probation officials two weeks ago, led out of his home in suburban Cerritos in the middle of the night, flanked by Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies and cloaked in heavy clothing to protect his identity.

The public got their first good look at Nakoula on Thursday, although the news media was banned from the courtroom and reporters had to watch the proceedings on a TV in a nearby courthouse.

Nakoula wore beige pants and a collared shirt when he was led into the courtroom handcuffed and shackled. He appeared relaxed, smiling at one point before the hearing and conferring with his attorney.

Nakoula's attorney Steven Seiden sought to have the hearing closed and his client released on $10,000 bail. He argued Nakoula has checked in with his probation officer frequently and made no attempts to leave Southern California.

Seiden was concerned that Nakoula would be in danger in federal prison because of Muslim inmates, but prosecutors said he likely would be placed in protective custody.

Lawrence Rosenthal, a constitutional and criminal law professor at Chapman University School of Law in Orange, said it was "highly unusual" for a judge to order immediate detention on a probation violation for a nonviolent crime, but if there were questions about Nakoula's identity it was more likely.

"When the prosecution doesn't really know who they're dealing with, it's much easier to talk about flight," Rosenthal said. "I've prosecuted individuals who'd never given a real address. You don't know who you're dealing with, and you're just going to have very limited confidence about their ability to show up in court."

Enraged Muslims have demanded punishment for Nakoula, and a Pakistani cabinet minister has offered a $100,000 bounty to anyone who kills him.

First Amendment advocates have defended Nakoula's right to make the film while condemning its content. And federal officials likely will face criticism from those who say Nakoula's free speech rights were trampled by his arrest on a probation violation.

In arguing that Nakoula is a possible flight risk, Dugdale said Nakoula couldn't even reveal something as fundamental as his real name.

"He's a person who simply can't be trusted," he said.

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Associated Press writer Gillian Flaccus contributed to this report.

Associated Press

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Can a plug-in change your political diet?

Balancer / UW / Univ. of Mich.

The Balancer plug-in provides a cartoon character that indicates the balance of your browsing, from conservative red to liberal blue.

By Alan Boyle

If you were told that your online reading habits lean toward the conservative or liberal side of the political spectrum, would you seek out more diversity? Or would you stick with the sources who agree with your point of view? Inquiring researchers want to know ??and to find out, they've created Balancer, a free plug-in for Google's Chrome browser.

"The top question that I'm most interested in is, can having real-time feedback about your online news reading habits affect the balance of the news that you read?" said Sean Munson, an assistant professor of human-centered design and engineering at the University of Washington.

Balancer determines whether your reading diet is fair and balanced by recording your visits to websites on a "whitelist" of 10,000 news sources and blogs. Each website has a rating on the liberal-to-conservative spectrum, typically based?on previous research ? for example, the studies that University of Chicago researchers Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse Shapiro have conducted on media bias and slant. (One of their studies, from 2010, rated the San Francisco Chronicle as the most liberal U.S. newspaper and the Washington Times as the most conservative.) Munson developed ratings for additional news sources, based on the other websites they linked to. (Yes, Cosmic Log is on the list, along with every other news website you've probably ever visited.)

When the Balancer plug-in is installed, a button is added to the browser bar that shows you a cartoon character balancing a conservative-red and a liberal-blue block on a stick. The comparative size of the blocks serves as an indication of how balanced your news diet is. If the stick is tilted way to one side, the cartoon will suggest websites from the other side that would bring your score into balance.

Some of the participants will get the verdict from Balancer right away; others will have to wait for a month while the plug-in gathers control data. That way, Munson and his colleagues can gauge the effect of real-time monitoring.

Personality profile
There's one more data-mining twist: When you sign up for the plug-in, you'll be asked a set of questions about personality attributes: Do you consider yourself liberal or conservative? Are you the life of the party? Do you often forget to put things back in their proper place? The answers to such questions add a dimension to Munson's research.

"It's possible that different personality attributes predict reading behavior, as well as how amenable someone is to being persuaded to change reading habits," he told me. "We have found that some people do in fact seek out diversity, but there are also some people who are 'diversity-challenged' when it comes to online news reading."

The plug-in was developed at the University of Michigan, where Munson earned his doctorate, and works only with the Chrome Web browser. It misses out on anything you read via other browsers, including mobile apps. Funding for the project came from the National Science Foundation.

When Munson put his own reading habits to the test, he was surprised to find out how slanted his news diet turned out to be. So he's curious to find out how inclined other people might be to change their ways. "Even self-discovery is a valuable outcome, just being aware of your own behavior," he said in a news release. "If you do agree that you should be reading the other side, or at least aware of the dialogue in each camp, you can use it as a goal: Can I be more balanced this week than I was last week?"

Of course, most people probably think they're already fair and balanced, no matter how their political views look from the outside. So far, a few dozen people have signed up for the Balancer experiment, but Munson and his colleagues hope to sign up many more between now and the November elections.

Eventually, Munson's findings may influence the design of online search engines and recommendation websites. Today, your browser may ask if you're "feeling lucky." Someday, it just might ask if you feel like hearing a different opinion.

But wait, there's more:
By now, you're probably asking, "What about privacy?" A browser plug-in that keeps track of your reading habits and matches them up with your personality may sound like a big wet kiss for Big Brother. Munson's aware of the concern: He said the plug-in has been designed to anonymize all the data coming in, and will only keep track of the sites on the 10,000-website whitelist. Any other data ? including records of your visits to the naughty parts of the Internet???will go no farther than your own computer, he said.

"We did that partly to minimize the traffic on our servers, and also to protect privacy," Munson told me. "We've tried to collect as little data as necessary for the study."

Do you trust him on that? What do you think about the idea of tracking your Web browsing for research purposes? (Let's face it: That's being done all the time for commercial purposes.) And what do you think about the idea of fair and balanced news browsing? Feel free to go on the record with your comments below.

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PTTEP Approves Issuance of 650 Million Shares ... - LNG World News

The Board of Directors of PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited approved the issuance of up to 650 million new ordinary shares.

The capital increase and the proposed Offering are subject to approval by the Company?s extraordinary shareholders? meeting scheduled for October 29 at the Bangkok Convention Center. The date of determination of the names of shareholders entitled to attend the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders will be October 12, 2012 (Record Date).

The new shares will be offered and allocated to all eligible existing shareholders whose names appear in the share register book as of November 12, 2012. The last day on which investors may purchase PTTEP?s ordinary shares and still be entitled to subscribe for new ordinary shares is on November 7, 2012. There will be no separate tranche allotted to PTT.

All eligible existing shareholders (including US Qualified Institutional Buyers pursuant to applicable US securities law exemptions) will be allocated up to their entire pro-rata entitlements. If there are shares remaining, the remaining shares will be allocated to shareholders who subscribe over their entitlement on a pro-rata basis for at least one more round. In the event that there remain shares from allocation to eligible existing shareholders, the Company may offer such shares to institutional investors.

The final offering price will be the same to all subscribers and will be determined via a bookbuilding method to help achieve a market-driven offering price. The final offering price will be publicly announced ahead of the subscription period, along with the subscription ratio and the final number of shares to be offered. PTT, as the majority shareholder of PTTEP, will not participate in the bookbuilding but will fully support the Company by subscribing for the new ordinary shares.

Proceeds raised from the Offering will be used to repay in full the bridge financing related to the acquisition of Cove Energy; to repay certain other indebtedness; and for general corporate purposes, including funding our exploration, development, production and acquisition activities.

Mr. Tevin Vongvanich, President and Chief Executive Officer of PTTEP, said:? ?Since the Company announced the cancellation of the last shareholders meeting in August, we have revised the allocation structure for clarity and transparency. The Company?s intention for our shareholders to receive preferential rights and subscribe over their entitlements remains unchanged. The final offering price will be determined via a bookbuilding process, which will reflect market demand at the time of subscription, and will be the same for all participants.

The remaining shares, if any, will be allocated to institutional investors. The management team has actively engaged with shareholders to discuss the Company?s business strategies and the rationale behind the capital increase. We are confident that our shareholders share in the Company?s vision. The transaction is an important step towards achieving our goal of sustainable growth, providing the Company with a robust balance sheet, and continuing to deliver on shareholder returns. The offering is expected to be completed by the end of this year. We encourage all shareholders to participate and support the Company at the EGM on October 29, 2012.?

Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank, Finansa Securities, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, Phatra Securities, Tisco Securities and UBS have been appointed as Joint Bookrunners for this capital increase.

LNG World News Staff, September 27, 2012

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AP-GfK Poll: Most see health law being implemented

FILE - In this March 23, 2010, file photo, participants applaud in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, March 23, 2010, as President Barack Obama, flanked by Macelas Owens of Seattle, left, and Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., right, signs the health care bill. Americans may not be all that crazy about President Barack Obama?s health care law, but a new poll shows they don?t see it going away. The Associated Press-GfK poll finds that about 7 in 10 Americans think the overhaul law will go into effect fully, with some changes, ranging from minor to major alterations. Behind the president, from left are, Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., Vice President Joe Biden, Vicki Kennedy, widow of Sen. Ted Kennedy, Rep. Sander Levin, D-Mich., Ryan Smith of Turlock, Calif., Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md., Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., House Majority Whip James Clyburn of S.C., and Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

FILE - In this March 23, 2010, file photo, participants applaud in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, March 23, 2010, as President Barack Obama, flanked by Macelas Owens of Seattle, left, and Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., right, signs the health care bill. Americans may not be all that crazy about President Barack Obama?s health care law, but a new poll shows they don?t see it going away. The Associated Press-GfK poll finds that about 7 in 10 Americans think the overhaul law will go into effect fully, with some changes, ranging from minor to major alterations. Behind the president, from left are, Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., Vice President Joe Biden, Vicki Kennedy, widow of Sen. Ted Kennedy, Rep. Sander Levin, D-Mich., Ryan Smith of Turlock, Calif., Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md., Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., House Majority Whip James Clyburn of S.C., and Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Chart shows answers to health care questions

WASHINGTON (AP) ? They may not like it, but they don't see it going away. About 7 in 10 Americans think President Barack Obama's health care law will go fully into effect with some changes, ranging from minor to major alterations, an Associated Press-GfK poll finds.

Just 12 percent say they expect the Affordable Care Act ? "Obamacare" to dismissive opponents ? to be repealed completely.

The law ? covering 30 million uninsured, requiring virtually every legal U.S. resident to carry health insurance and forbidding insurers from turning away the sick ? remains as divisive as the day it passed more than two years ago. After surviving a Supreme Court challenge in June, its fate will probably be settled by the November election, with Republican Mitt Romney vowing to begin repealing it on Day One and Obama pledging to diligently carry it out.

That's what the candidates say. But the poll found Americans are converging on the idea that the overhaul will be part of their lives in some form, although probably not down to its last clause and comma.

Forty-one percent said they expect it to be fully implemented with minor changes, while 31 percent said they expect to see it take effect with major changes. Only 11 percent said they think it will be implemented as passed.

Americans also prefer that states have a strong say in carrying out the overhaul. The poll found that 63 percent want states to run new health insurance markets called "exchanges." They would open for business in 2014, signing up individuals and small businesses for taxpayer-subsidized private coverage. With many GOP governors still on the sidelines, the federal government may wind up operating the exchanges in half or more of the states, an outcome only 32 percent of Americans want to see, according to the poll, which was developed with researchers from Stanford University and the University of Michigan.

Finally, the poll found an enduring generation gap, with people 65 and older most likely to oppose the bill and those younger than 45 less likely to be against it.

"People are sort of averaging out the candidates' positions," said Harvard School of Public Health professor Robert Blendon, who tracks polling on health care issues. "The presidential candidates are saying there's a stark choice, but when you ask the voters, they don't believe that the whole bill will be repealed or implemented as it is today in law."

Republicans remain overwhelmingly opposed to the overhaul and in favor of repeal. But only 21 percent said they think that will actually come about.

Romney supporter Toni Gardner, 69, a retired school system nurse from Louisville, Ky., said that until a few weeks ago she was sure her candidate fully supported repeal, as she does.

But then Romney said in an interview there are a number of things he likes in the law that he would put into practice, including making sure that people with pre-existing medical problems can get coverage. The Romney campaign quickly qualified that, but the candidate's statement still resonates.

"If Romney gets in, he'll go with parts of it," Gardner said, "and there are parts of that he won't go with."

Gardner thinks expanding coverage will cost too much and may make it harder to get an appointment with a doctor. Besides, she doesn't believe the government can handle the job. She's covered by Medicare ? a government-run health system ? but says "that wasn't a choice that I had."

At 26, Santa Monica, Calif., web developer Vyki Englert has only bare-bones health insurance coverage. Her parents, a preschool teacher and a self-employed photographer, are uninsured. Englert says she thinks the law will largely go into effect as passed. (Among 18- to 29-year-olds, 60 percent think it will be implemented with only minor changes or none at all.)

Englert says that she supports guaranteeing coverage to people with health problems and that provisions such as broader coverage for birth control will help younger women such as her.

"I kind of see a day-to-day way where this law could benefit me," she said. Englert says the health care law dovetails with a trend toward consumerism in her generation. Older Americans "don't have the context of the young people," she added. "They are looking more at the theoretical impact on the budget and the country."

Overall, the poll found Americans divided on the question of repeal, with neither side able to claim a majority. Forty-nine percent said the health care law should be repealed completely, while 44 percent said it should be implemented as written.

The notion that the law will be implemented with changes, captured in the poll, mirrors a discussion going on behind the scenes in Washington, particularly among some Republicans.

"Whoever wins the election, the (health care law) is going to be modified," Mark McClellan, who ran Medicare under former President George W. Bush, said in a recent interview.

Congressional Republicans say if tax increases are on the table in a budget negotiation with a re-elected Obama next year, changes to the health care law ? including possible delays in implementation ? also must be considered. For now, White House officials refuse to be drawn in on that question.

Some parts of the law already are in effect; its big coverage expansion for the uninsured doesn't come until 2014.

Public opinion about the law itself has barely budged since the summer of 2010, soon after it passed. At the time, 30 percent supported the law. It's now 32 percent. And 40 percent opposed the overhaul. That's now 36 percent.

And misconceptions about the law that reigned two years ago continue to live on, including former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's widely debunked charge that it would create "death panels" to decide on care for the elderly and disabled. In 2010, 39 percent believed the law would set up committees to review individual medical records and decide who gets care paid for by the government. Forty-one percent currently hold that view, according to the poll.

The poll asked people to say whether 18 different items were in the law or not and to rate how certain they were about their answers. Just 14 percent were right most of the time and sure of it.

Still, knowledge about what the law actually does is growing. More people are aware of provisions that allow adult children to stay on their parents' coverage until age 26, impose insurance mandates on individuals and businesses, and protect those with pre-existing medical conditions.

The poll was conducted Aug. 3-13 and involved interviews with 1,334 randomly chosen adults nationwide. It has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.4 percentage points.

The survey was conducted online by GfK using its KnowledgePanel sample, which first chose people for the study using randomly generated telephone numbers and home addresses. Once people were selected to participate, they were interviewed online. Participants without Internet access were provided it for free.

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AP News Survey Specialist Dennis Junius contributed to this report.

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Dropbox teams up with Facebook to let folks share stuff within Groups

You never really know what to expect when two of the bigger names in tech join forces and announce something fresh. In some cases you may see an end result of things like that RAZR i, but when Dropbox and Facebook are involved, you can surely bet it has to do with sharing something with your pals -- and such is the case today. Dropbox announced earlier that it's now allowing folks to share files with their friends inside Facebook Groups, giving users the ability to instantly post anything from notes to videos with a couple of simple clicks. Of course, those on the other side will be able to like what you share, leave comments, as well as be updated automatically as soon as an edit has been made. At the moment, not everyone's seeing the changes just yet, though Dropbox has said it shouldn't be too long before most people can spot the new feature.

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Google Maps Goes Diving, Provides ?Seaview? Of Great Barrier Reef, Hawaii and Philippines

Thanks to a partnership with The Catlin Seaview Survey, Google Maps now displays Street View-ish images of the Great Barrier Reef and popular underwater spots around Hawaii and the Philippines. Clear your calendar. Forward your emails. It's time for an undersea adventure. As Google explained in a blog post today you can now use Google Maps to swim with a turtle, follow a manta ray or lose yourself watching the sun set over a reef. You can go diving in Maui's Molokini crater or join snorkelers in Oahu's Hanauma Bay. And of course all this is possible without swim lessons or sunscreen thanks to the magic of Google Maps.

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The Importance of Interdisciplinary Branding

Branding means putting a cohesive face and personality on your business that connects to your customers emotionally. So when a client sees something from that company, he or she connects emotionally with it.?
? Darcy Flanders

Darcy Flanders

Interdisciplinary branding isn?t new. ?You used to do it with printed collateral, advertising and direct mail,? says branding expert Darcy Flanders, founder and chief design officer at Baseline Group NY, which specializes in branding, interactive design and strategic marketing.

Flanders is also the founder of Metro Commuter Network, which connect New York?s Westchester County commuters with the businesses along their route.

These days, print is secondary to the internet, Flanders says. But a cross-disciplinary strategy among the various ways you reach your audience ? from e-commerce and social media to mobile apps and eblasts ? remains the heart of good branding.

Flanders says the biggest mistake a company can make is calling a design firm and saying, ?I need a website? or ?I need a brochure.? Strategy is the first step, before you spend a dime on design or content. ?You have to understand who your clients are, where they find information, and what?s going to end up in their inbox that they will look at,? Flanders says. She adds, ?A website isn?t going to help you if you haven?t done the research to see what your website needs to do to connect you with your audience.?

She adds, ?There has to be a reason for everything you do now. You don?t want to build the wrong things ? or build the right thing the wrong way.? For example, some companies need a facebook presence. ?If you?re a cupcake company, it?s totally appropriate,? she says. Prospective clients are likely to find you there.

Facebook strategy for a services company is different. Her company is a case in point. Yes, Baseline Group NY has a facebook page to reinforce the company?s creditability, showcase its products and secure its status as a thought leader. So facebook is part of her branding strategy ? but she doesn?t expect to win clients via that channel.

Flanders believes every company ? no matter how small ? should have a branding strategy. ?If you are really small, you won?t get bigger if you don?t spend some money on marketing and branding,? she advises.

Source: http://www.womencentric.net/the-importance-of-interdisciplinary-branding/

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Computer Glitch Delays Cargo Ship's Undocking from Space Station

An unmanned European cargo ship as large as a double-decker bus inside will have to wait a bit longer before leaving the International Space Station due to computer problems, NASA officials say.

The robotic Automated Transfer Vehicle 3 (ATV-3) spacecraft was slated to undock from the space station Tuesday evening (Sept. 25), but a technical glitch with a laptop computer inside the station prevented to orbital departure. The two spacecraft were scheduled to part ways at 6:35 p.m. EDT (2235 GMT).

"We're not undocking today, that's been canceled," a flight controller in Mission Control told the station's three-person crew. ?

The computer glitch apparently interrupted signals from a laptop computer inside the station that serves as a command panel for the departing ATV-3 spacecraft. The computer is inside the Russian-built Zvezda module, the rear-most module that serves as the docking port for ATV spacecraft and visiting Russian spacecraft. [Photos: Europe's Robotic ATV Spaceships]

Station commander Sunita Williams of NASA told Mission Control that commands sent from the laptop apparently were not reaching the ATV spacecraft. Engineers are expected to meet early Wednesday to discuss the malfunction and determine when the next undocking attempt can be made, NASA officials said.

The space station's current Expedition 34 crew includes Williams, Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko.

The ATV-3 spacecraft, which is also known as Edoardo Almadi in honor of the late Italian physicist of the same name, is the third unmanned cargo ship built by the European Space Agency to send food, water, science gear and other supplies to the International Space Station. The spacecraft launched to the station in late March and delivered 7.2 tons of food to the orbiting lab.

The cylindrical ATV spacecraft are 32 feet long (10 meters) and nearly 15 feet wide (4.5 m). They are disposable spacecraft designed to fly themselves to the space station, and then be jettisoned at mission's end to burn up in Earth's atmosphere somewhere over the Pacific Ocean. The European Space Agency commands the spacecraft from a mission control center in Toulouse, France.

The fourth ATV mission will launch the ATV-4 Albert Einstein to the station in April 2013. ?

Europe's ATV vehicles are part of a robotic spaceship fleet that regularly haul supplies to the space station. Russia's unmanned Progress vehicles and Japan's H-2 Transfer Vehicles ?have also made delivery flights to the station. NASA has contracted the private spaceflight companies SpaceX, of Hawthorne, Calif., and Orbital Sciences Corp., of Dulles, Va., to build unmanned cargo ships for station deliveries.

SpaceX performed the first test flight to the station using its Dragon cargo ship in May and is expected to launch the first official delivery flight to the orbiting lab on Oct. 7. SpaceX has a $1.6 billion contract with NASA to provide 12 Dragon delivery flights. Orbital Sciences has a $1.9 billion contract with NASA for eight delivery missions using its Cygnus spacecraft.

You can follow SPACE.com Managing Editor Tariq Malik on Twitter?@tariqjmalik?and?SPACE.com on Twitter?@Spacedotcom. We're also on?Facebook?&?Google+.?

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Barnes & Noble to introduce Nook Video service

NEW YORK (AP) ? Barnes & Noble Inc. says it will launch a video service this fall that lets users buy and watch movies and TV shows on their mobile devices and televisions.

The New York-based company says users of Nook Video will be able to shop an extensive collection of movies and shows from major studios including HBO, Sony Pictures, Viacom and Warner Brothers. The move into video puts Barnes & Noble more directly into competition with other online video providers, including Amazon.com and Apple Inc.

Users will be able to download videos and view them on Barnes & Noble's Nook tablets and other devices with the Nook Video app, which the company plans to launch soon.

A company representative said in an emailed statement that prices for movies and shows have not been determined but that they will be competitive with other leading services. There are no plans for an unlimited streaming service similar to Netflix Inc.

Barnes & Noble, the largest traditional U.S. bookseller, is facing tough competition from online retailers such as Amazon.com, which sells the Kindle tables and e-readers, as consumers increasingly move away from traditional books in favor of electronic books, and from DVDs to streaming video.

That has prompted the company to invest heavily it its Nook e-reader and e-books, with digital content playing a key role in its last quarters.

Last month, the company said its Nook unit ? which includes e-readers, digital content and accessories ? had basically flat revenue at $192 million in its fiscal first quarter. Sales of digital content surged 46 percent. This content includes digital books, digital newsstand and the apps business.

Barnes & Noble has 689 stores in the U.S. The company's stock rose more than 3 percent to $13.20 in morning trading.

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The Great Umbrella Heist: Day Four: Urgent Care

Or hell.

We returned to the resort and Allie rested in bed while Rich took Anna and Emily for a swim. ?Why didn't we rush her directly to a doctor? ?Well, she wasn't having any trouble breathing, she wasn't in pain?and she was acting lucid when she was awake and after her nap at Crystal Palace, she was awake.? There was no in and out of consciousness thing going on.? And her temperature was only 99.1 degrees.?

Allie has had two incidents that have caused the area around her eyes to swell and puff up.? The first was when she scratched to death a mosquito bite on the top of her head and it became infected.? The second was very, very, mild compared to the first.? She had had a cold for almost two weeks and her pediatrician diagnosed it as a sinus infection.

After about an hour or so of rest for Allie and swimming for Anna and Emily, we headed out the door.? When asked about the best way for Allie to be seen by a doctor, concierge provided us with a brochure and directions to Centra?Care, an urgent care facility located a few minutes?outside of Downtown Disney.??It was now almost late afternoon?so we all decided to go because we would need to eat dinner at some point.??I was trying to convince myself that?Allie had?a?basic ear infection.? The doctor would prescribe an antibiotic and we would be on our merry way.

Yeah.? Not so much.

Grammy stayed in the van with Anna and Emily to reduce the risk of them picking up germs.? I must have been at Disney too long because the receptionist was not happy to see us.? She almost seemed annoyed by our appearance. ?There's a large sign on the wall stating that they accept most insurances.? If you don't have insurance, costs were broken out by "level."? So Level 1 was (approximately) $122, Level 2 was $220 and Level 3 was $308.? There were no explanations regarding what?types of services would be covered by each of these levels.

After briefly explaining to the receptionist why we were there, she asked for my insurance card and my license.

"Harvard Pilgrim?? We don't take Harvard Pilgrim and we're really expensive today."

Excusemewhat?

"Well, how much would it be for us to pay out of pocket?"

"308 dollars."

Yeah, love those levels.

Rich and I had a brief discussion on what we should do.? The waiting area was fairly empty so presumably, Allie wouldn't have to wait very long to see a doctor.??If we left, where were?we going to go?? The ER?? The wait there?could be hours?upon hours?and whose to say whether or not they would even accept our insurance.? We decided to stay.

I had to complete Allie's registration online in a cubby where someone had left a snot filled tissue.? After about 15 minutes or so of waiting, I realized that I couldn't find my license.? I went back up to the receptionist to see if I had accidentally left it up there.? "I have it.? I'll give it back to you once we finish your registration."? I still can't figure out what she?had to do?because I?was the one who filled out the?20 screens online and since they were not going to take our insurance, I could have said I was Snow White and it wouldn't have mattered.? So give me back my freaking license.

We waited and waited.? A bad feeling came over me and I told Rich that I knew the doctor was going to say that it was "just a virus."

We waited some more. ?I finally asked how many people were in front of us. ?One person.

So apparently Disney sends employees there for random drug testing. ?There were two Disney employees dressed in what looked like captain uniforms. ?Maybe they run some of the boats or ferries. ?Anyway, they were having a painful experience as well. ?They emerged from the back area where the patients were seen and waited and waited next to us. ?One of them began chuckling while reading his email. ?"Listen to this spam email I just got. ?My contact in Dubai tells me that you are dead. ?Is this the case? ?Well, I've been here for so long, I sure feel dead."

I watched a man I hadn't seen earlier emerge from the back and start shuffling through papers behind the desk. ?My spirits rose when he walked through the doors and came out into the waiting area. ?We were next. ?Was he going to call us? ?No. ?He was checking the inventory of potato chips for sale. ?Finally, one of the Disney employees approached him and explained that they were just waiting to hear that their paperwork was all set. ?The man was like, "Oh, I just got here. ?I don't know what's going on with your paperwork. ?We'll look into it." ?I wanted to jump up and yell, "They are waiting for you and you've been checking on potato chips!"

After about an hour, we were called back. ?Well, Alicia-anne was called back. ?Sorry about your hard to pronounce name, Allie! ?A nurse took her temperature and weighed her. ?(She's still a peanut at 31 pounds.) ?We explained what was going on with her and waited some more. ?Finally, the doctor came in to examine her. ?Her ears were fine. ?(Crap?) ?She tried to open her mouth for him to look at her throat but she couldn't figure out how to get her tongue out of the way. ?I finally told him that she hadn't been complaining of a sore throat. ?He asked a few times if she had been coughing. ?No. ?Runny nose? ?No. ?Diarrhea? ?No. ?Throwing up? ?Once but it was random.

He ordered the nurse to conduct a flu test and if I had known what it entailed, I would have told them no because I knew that she didn't have the flu. ?They shoved a swab up both her nostrils and she cried hysterically for 20 minutes. ?And guess what? ?That's right. ?She did not have the flu. ?So the doctor comes back in and tells us that he doesn't know what's wrong and she must have a virus. ?I asked him why her eyes were swollen. ?What? ?What do you mean her eyes are swollen? ?Okay, did this man listen to me when I gave her symptoms?

He looked at her eyes and because there was no puss or anything, he said he didn't know. ?Now, what I should have done was shown him Anna and Emily and said, "THIS is what she is supposed to look like." ?He told us that it could be from being tired and that we should continue to give her whatever we had been giving her for the fever. ?(I had told him it earlier that it was Advil.) ?And of course, they never told us what her temperature was.

If I had given my $300 to a psychic, I would have had better results.

Because we had to drive by Downtown Disney on our way back to the resort, we stopped and picked up sandwiches at Earl of Sandwich to bring back to our rooms for dinner. ?Following doctor's orders, I gave Allie another dose of Advil. ?She did not sleep well that night, which means that I didn't sleep well either. ?It took her forever to fall asleep and then she was restless. ?I was awake in the middle of the night with her for about 2 hours. ?She wanted a cracker and then some water to drink and then she had to go to the bathroom and she was so weak I had to help her on and off of the toilet. ?I couldn't sleep because I needed to figure out what was wrong with her. ?This wasn't a virus.

When Anna was sick back in August, I found myself awake one night watching over her. ?I prayed to a god I don't understand and asked for Anna to be better. ?It was the only thing that I could think to do. ?Here I was again. ?Praying. ?I didn't know what else to do.

I don't remember my thought process but I began to focus on the Advil. ?She's never had Advil before. ?My mom can't take Advil because she's allergic to aspirin. ?And then it all clicked. ?She could be reacting to the Advil!!! ?She has to be reacting to the Advil!!!!

We have since discussed all of this with Allie's pediatrician and he agrees that it sounds like she had a bad reaction to Advil. ?I've done some reading with Dr. Google and interestingly enough, facial swelling is of the first symptoms listed under allergic reactions. ?Also, excessive sleepiness can be a side effect of Advil. ?(I won't list out all of the symptoms and side effects but Allie definitely displayed many of them.) ?Thankfully, she only had about 6 doses of it over those 4 days. ?I feel so very guilty that this happened. ?If we hadn't given her anything, I think she would have been fine on Monday and none of this would have happened.

Also, Rich called our health insurance provider when we returned home and explained what happened. ?We were told that we could submit a claim for reimbursement. ?I'm not sure how much they will reimburse but the woman he spoke to said that it is fairly common to have to pay upfront for services outside of Massachusetts and then submit a claim. ?It would have been nice if Centra Care had told us that inside of telling us that they were expensive that day. ?And what does that mean anyway? ?Are there days when they aren't expensive?

Source: http://thegreatumbrellaheist.blogspot.com/2012/09/day-four-urgent-care.html

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Apple sells over 5 million of its iPhone 5 on first weekend

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The iPhone 5 started shipping (and hitting store shelves) on Friday, Sept. 21. According to Apple, the company has sold more than?five million of the new iPhone model in the three days since its debut.

?We are working hard to get an iPhone 5 into the hands of every customer who wants one as quickly as possible," Apple CEO?Tim Cook said?in a press release from the Cupertino-based company. "While we have sold out of our initial supply, stores continue to receive iPhone 5 shipments regularly and customers can continue to order online and receive an estimated delivery date. We appreciate everyone?s patience and are working hard to build enough iPhone 5s for everyone."

Folks who try to order an iPhone 5 at this point will find that the device won't ship for three to four weeks, but based on calls to a random selection of Apple's own stores as well as several carriers' retail locations, there still appears to be a small amount of stock in the brick-and-mortar shops. (And as Cook said, stores are regularly receiving additional?shipments of devices.)

If you are in a rush to get an iPhone 5, we suggest that you lace up your boots and pound the pavement. As?Verizon Wireless spokeswoman Brenda Raney points out, you should not only?get to a store early (in hopes of snagging a device from a recent product replenishment), but also strategize as to which store you will visit.

"Select a store away from the center of the city or places where commuters and shoppers congregate," she told NBC News. "A?stand-alone store on the outskirts of town may be a better bet than the one in a mall.

In case you somehow missed all the excitement about the device, let's review the basics about the iPhone 5,?the latest generation of Apple's popular smartphone. In appearance, it is similar to the iPhone 4S, its predecessor, though it has?a 4-inch display (rather than a 3.5-inch display) and is a bit thinner.?The iPhone 5 offers 4G LTE connectivity (meaning users will see faster data speeds), improved battery life, a faster processor, and a lighter body.?

Out of the box,?the new smartphone will run iOS 6, the latest version of Apple's mobile operating system, which means that it will have?an improved version of Siri, a new app called Passbook (which will store boarding passes, discount cards, and similar items), and about 200 other?new features.?

Much to the dismay of many, the new operating system does not offer a Google-powered Maps app, but instead uses Apple's own creation (which is not earning much praise so far).

In better news, the iPhone 5 is considered to be "easier than ever" to repair, much to the relief of those who?live in constant?fear of dropping their iPhones and damaging the devices.

Want more tech news?or interesting?links? You'll get plenty of both if you keep up with Rosa Golijan, the writer of this post, by following her on?Twitter, subscribing to her?Facebook?posts,?or circling her?on?Google+.

Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/gadgetbox/apple-sells-over-5-million-its-iphone-5-first-weekend-1B6042213

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MONEY? News ? Portland Exotic Veterinarian Joins Up With Animal ...

PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 23, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) ? Paws and Claws Pet Medical Center, one of the only Portland animal vet clinics to provide exotic veterinary care, announced the addition of a visiting exotic and avian veterinarian. Dr. Ross Weinstein will be joining the vet center as a temporary visiting veterinarian starting in late September. Dr. Weinstein will be at the veterinary hospital every Monday throughout the month of October. Dr. Weinstein will be assisting the hospital?s veterinarians, Dr. Pollock and Dr. DeRemer, in providing exotic and avian pet care for the Portland East County pet community.

Portland avian veterinarian Dr. Ken DeRemer announced that an additional exotic and avian veterinarian will be temporarily joining Paws and Claws Pet Medical Center. Dr. Ross Weinstein, formerly with the North Portland veterinary hospital, will be assisting in avian and exotic pet care on Mondays, starting September 24, and every Monday in October.

?We are excited to welcome Dr. Weinstein to assist in providing additional exotic vet care,? said Dr. DeRemer. ?Dr. Weinstein is a talented exotic and avian veterinarian and will be a tremendous asset to our veterinary hospital. With Dr. Weinstein?s addition, Paws and Claws will be one of the only Portland exotic veterinarians to have three exotic and avian veterinarians on staff.?

The clinic?s Portland exotic veterinary services include wellness exams, vaccinations, emergency care, and pet surgery. Dr. DeRemer and exotic veterinarian Dr. Pollock see all types of avian and exotic species. Veterinarian Dr. Huntsinger also provides care for pocket pets.

The Gresham exotic veterinary care team recommends regular exams for exotics. According to Dr. DeRemer, many pet owners do not realize that an annual exam is just as important for birds and exotic pets as it is for dogs and cats.

?Owning birds or other exotic pets can be an exciting and rewarding experience,? said Dr. DeRemer. ?Like cats and dogs, exotic pets require regular wellness care to stay healthy. Paws and Claws Pet Medical Center is one of the only Portland veterinary hospitals to provide comprehensive care for exotic animals.?

Exotic services include physicals, diagnostic exams, and nutrition counseling. For example, a fecal exam helps ensure that reptiles, such as iguanas and snakes, are parasite-free.

?Some exotic pets, including reptiles and birds, can live a very long time, while others, such as pocket pets, have a shorter life expectancy,? said Dr. DeRemer. ?Preventative care ensures that a pet?s unique nutrition and habitat needs are met, and that they are free from parasites or diseases.?

In addition to preventative care, the animal hospital provides surgical care and urgent care for exotic and avian pets. The temporary addition of Dr. Weinstein to the exotic veterinarian care team will allow the clinic to provide more appointments and services for exotic pets.

Pet owners may schedule an appointment by calling the hospital or visiting http://pawsandclawsvet.com/.

CONTACT: Paws and Claws Pet Medical Center, 1-888-667-5235

Source: http://money.ca/money/2012/09/23/portland-exotic-veterinarian-joins-up-with-animal-hospital-to-provide-additional-exotic-services/

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Treasures of Antique Row

By ANDREA GRANAHAN
WEST COUNTY CORRESPONDENT

An antiques crawl is an entertaining way to spend a weekend afternoon, and there is no better place to crawl than Sebastopol?s Antique Row on Gravenstein Highway South. If you think of antiques as dusty furniture or fussy old glass and china, you are in for a surprise.

Everyone knows Sebastopol does things in a slightly different way, and antiques are no exception. On this crawl, prepare to meet Jar Jar Binks, honor the oceans? tomb and see an electric chair in action.

Toni Ann Secrest browses for antiques Tuesday at Trader Buck's in Sebastopol. (BETH SCHLANKER / The Press Democrat)

Kathy?s Antique Furniture is the first stop, on Gravenstein Highway South just after South Main Street empties into it.

Kathy Minter has been in business 21 years, four at this location, and sells mostly European furniture from England and Scotland. Most of it is from the Art Deco period, but occasionally she acquires a piece she can?t resist, such as a 200-year-old Empire chest.

Kathy?s Antique Furniture, 810 Gravenstein Highway S, 823-9223, call for hours.

Next comes Trader Buck?s. There really is an (Edward) Buck, a retired San Francisco cop who got tired of being retired and opened the shop seven years ago. He and his business partner Ty Harrison like the odd and unique.

The first thing you see when you walk in the door is a bronze life-sized statue of two topless Egyptian ladies holding an urn. The price tag on the Paris-made piece is $12,000, but that?s not his most expensive piece. That would be a $14,000 solid marble huge Greek nude. Buck doesn?t care if they don?t sell.

?I used to have two Roman statues and after they sold, I was lonely until I acquired these,? he said, pointing to some very affordable 200-year-old European furniture pieces. ?We sell high-end furniture for low-end prices.?

One piece of furniture he won?t sell is an antique electric chair with a dummy all strapped in, ready to roast.

Trader Buck?s, 1140 Gravenstein Highway S., 829-7722, is open daily.

A little farther down the road is the Antique Society. With between 100 and 125 dealers in the 22,000-square-foot building, it is the supermarket of antiques.

?We?ve got something for everyone, from mid-century furniture to whale harpoons. Men like to shop here,? said Judy Donatelli, a dealer and longtime employee. Moby Dick, here we come.

Antique Society, 2661 Gravenstein Highway S., 829-1733, is open daily.

Across the street is the nonprofit FFT Antiques, which raises money for the Food For Thought Food Bank and is exempt from collecting state sales tax.

They rent space to dealers who specialize in lots of things from mid-century furniture to Victorian jewelry, but they also sell their own donations.

?We never know what?s coming in,? said manager Allen Chivens. He is assisted by the store dog, Jack, who likes to wear pearl chokers.

The strip?s oldest items are here. They include some 200 BC Chinese Han dynasty statues someone donated, including funerary sheep that are just $75 each, and a larger fishmonger statue at $4,000.

FFT has a garden with rusted farm implements and a very odd tombstone that laments the death of the world?s oceans. It was made for Ramparts Magazine in the ?60s and comes complete with the magazine that featured it on the cover.

FFT Antiques, 2701 Gravenstein Highway S., 823-3101, is open daily.

Windmill Antiques earns its name. Outside there is a vine-covered Aeromotor windmill, the kind that won the West. This one doesn?t look like it?s prepared to pump any water soon.

The building used to be a piece of history itself. It was Jim?s Bar, a true Wild West thirst parlor. Billie Spencer and Ron Bell have been there 17 years, and they use the old bar to display some of their collection.

They carry lots of interesting furniture, including a child?s rolltop desk for $125.

?This is only the second one I?ve seen in all my years here,? Spencer said. She also is proud of her Native American jewelry, especially two spectacular antique squash blossom necklaces, but she will part with them for a price.

?If I don?t want to sell it, I keep it at home,? she said.

Windmill Antiques, 2830 Gravenstein Highway S., 823-7954, is open daily.

Ray?s Trading Co.? is made for men. He carries antiques and salvage, meaning period doors, windows, hardware and a huge collection of old tools.

But don?t try to buy his huge elk antlers, the little cigar store Indian or any of the top row of his enameled metal old signs. They are not for sale. They are there for him to enjoy while he works.

His son is the songwriter and vocalist for Frobeck, so enjoy being serenaded while you prowl through doorknobs that are works of art.

Ray Burrows is semi-retired after 30 years in the business and is only open Thursday through Saturday 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 3570 Gravenstein Highway S., 829-9726.

Motley Treasures is the new kid on Antique Row, having been there just two years, owned by Denis Rioual. A 7-foot-tall replica of ?Star Wars?? Jar Jar Binks greets you as you come in. Don?t even ask. He is not for sale.

You can?t predict what this whimsical shop will have, from an old barber?s chair to a hand-carved Australian didgeridoo to a huge statue of Chief Tawonka (he said, ?I was free until I stopped fighting. Now no one has freedom?).

Motley Treasures, 3920 Gravenstein Highway S., 824-1907, closed Wednesdays

The last on Antique Row is the historic Llano House, once a stage stop. Ernie Haskell and Hilary Burton have been in business there for 30 years.

They specialize in American oak and Depression glass, but the shop holds some surprises as well. Our forbears loved cast iron, and a red painted hand pump will make some nostalgic.

Llano House is also home to a stupendous collection of cast iron banks. The Victorians were great savers and wanted their pence and pounds surrounded by enough cast iron to call it a safe. They are in all shapes and sizes, from dollhouses to bizarre animals.

Incidentally, Llano House has a huge furniture inventory off site in a 53-foot-long trailer and a 10-car garage, so if you don?t see what you want, just ask. They probably have it.

Llano House, 4353 Gravenstein Highway S., 829-9322, is closed Tuesday through Thursday.

Source: http://sebastopol.towns.pressdemocrat.com/2012/09/news/treasures-of-antique-row/

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