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Press registration opens for 2013 meeting of world's largest scientific society

Public release date: 3-Jan-2013
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American Chemical Society 245th National Meeting & Exposition

Journalists may now apply for press credentials for the American Chemical Society's 245th National Meeting & Exposition. One of the largest scientific conferences of the New Year will be held April 7-11, 2013, in New Orleans, La.

With more than 13,000 scientists and others expected to gather in the Crescent City for almost 12,000 presentations on new discoveries that span science's horizons from astronomy to zoology ? the meeting will offer print, broadcast and online journalists a rich assortment of spot news and feature possibilities. The topics include food and nutrition, medicine, health, energy, the environment and other fields where chemistry plays a central role. Some of those presentations will connect with the meeting's theme, "Chemistry of Energy & Food."

The ACS Office of Public Affairs will operate a press center in the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. It will include a press conference room and a news media workroom fully staffed to assist in arranging interviews. The press center will have wireless Internet access, telephones, computers, photocopy and fax services and refreshments.

Embargoed copies of press releases, non-technical summaries of newsworthy presentations and a press conference schedule will be available in March. Reporters planning to cover the meeting from their home bases will have access to the press conferences over the Internet in ACS' popular "Live Chat" format.

The American Chemical Society is a nonprofit organization chartered by the U.S. Congress. With more than 164,000 members, ACS is the world's largest scientific society and a global leader in providing access to chemistry-related research through its multiple databases, peer-reviewed journals and scientific conferences. Its main offices are in Washington, D.C., and Columbus, Ohio.

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Press registration opens for 2013 meeting of world's largest scientific society

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Contact: Michael Bernstein
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American Chemical Society

American Chemical Society 245th National Meeting & Exposition

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Source: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-01/acs-pro010313.php

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Car sales surge -- and that may be bad for buyers

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Joseph Szczesny , The Detroit Bureau

Automakers have closed the books on 2012 and appear to be carrying enough momentum to continue their recovery in the year ahead.? That is likely to mean record profits for both Detroit and foreign manufacturers, according to industry experts ? but it could mean fewer discounts and notably higher transaction prices for consumers.

While a few makers have yet to report their final numbers, December appears on track to have yielded a low double-digit gain for the U.S. auto industry, perhaps as much as 15% compared to the final month of 2011.? That will likely mean that the past year, as a whole, was the industry?s best since 2006, just before the automotive market ? and the economy as a whole ? began sliding into recession.

The annualized rate of sales in December came 15.3 million units basically the same as in November. Nonetheless, the year was a good one for the industry as most carmakers posted solid sales gains ? and giving credence to recent forecasts that sales should reach the mid-15 million range for all of 2013.

Meanwhile, average transaction prices soared to an all-time record high last month of $31,228, according to data analyzed by TrueCar.com.

?Pricing and incentives spending in December were almost ideal for manufacturers as the industry spent less money on incentives while attaining higher net transaction prices in the market place compared to year ago levels," said Jesse Toprak, Senior Analyst for TrueCar. "The resurgence of the trucks segment in December helped contribute to the some of the highest average transaction prices we have ever recorded.??

The Detroit Bureau:?Chevy Volt Sales Set Record - But Still Miss Target

Going into December, industry observers picked up signs of strong momentum, The J.D. Power and Associates? Power Information Network and LMC Automotive both forecasting a 15% year-over-year gain.? But as Washington lawmakers gridlocked over how to resolve the tax and spend issues dubbed the fiscal cliff, there was concern the pace of demand might slow drastically as buyers reined in spending.? In the end, shoppers appeared to either ignore the crisis or tough it out.

A slew of manufacturers and individual brands reported record sales for the month including Nissan, Porsche, Hyundai and Jeep. Chrysler delivered its 33rd consecutive monthly gain, and Chevrolet boasted that with a final December surge it tripled sales of the Volt plug-in hybrid for the full year.

BMW emerged as the luxury car leader for the second year in a row while the Camry was the best-selling passenger car in the U.S. despite some stiff challenges from other carmakers eager to claim the crown, notably including all-new versions of the Honda Accord, Ford Fusion and Nissan Altima ? Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn specifically declaring his goal of making Altima the best-seller.

On the whole, Toyota Motor Sales, USA gained 13.2% for December.? The Japanese giant reported full-year sales of 2,082,504 ? including both the Scion brand and Lexus, which fell to third in the luxury segment? -- a collective gain of 26.6% over last year.

?We have a lot of momentum that should carry over into 2013,? said Toyota Motor Sales president Jim Lentz.?

The Detroit Bureau:?German Stylist Schreyer Becomes 1st Foreign Pres. in Korean Auto Industry

Meanwhile, BMW posted a 39% sales increase in December to again nose out Mercedes-Benz, which held a small lead at the end of December but posted only an 11% sales increase for the month. The two makers have been battling ? along with Lexus ? for luxury supremacy in recent years. But early last month, Mercedes? US CEO Steve Cannon told TheDetroitBureau.com the maker was not going to make another all-out push to topple BMW.

Nissan North America, Inc. reported record U.S. calendar year sales of 1,141,656 units versus 1,042,534 in 2011, an increase of 9.5% and the first time that the Nissan brand sold more than 1 million units in a calendar year.

After its best December sales since 1994, Mazda reported a 10% sales increase for the year. ?Honda saw sales rise 24% for the year and Subaru posted a 26% sales gain in 2012.??

The holiday season appears to have been particularly good for Detroit?s automakers. With Chrysler in the lead with a 10% December increase, they collectively enjoyed their best December in five years.

?Chrysler Group ended 2012 (with) our best December sales since 2007,? said Reid Bigland, President and CEO ? Dodge Brand and Head of U.S. Sales. ?Looking back on 2012, we were again one of the fastest growing automakers in the country with total sales up 21%.??

The Detroit Bureau:?First Look: 202 MPH Bentley Continental GT Speed Convertible

?The Jeep brand, in particular, reported a 13% sales increase in the U.S. and saw its global sales climb to an all-time record in 2012. Jeep is one of a select number of brands the Fiat/Chrysler alliance now plans to market worldwide.

Cross-town rival Ford Motor Co. also had reason to crow. Though its sales were up just a modest 1.9% year-over-year, it nonetheless said that yielded its strongest December since 2006. The Ford brand, in particular, ended 2012 with 2,168,015 vehicles sold ? the only brand to top 2 million U.S. sales.

?Ford finished 2012 strong, with retail sales showing improved strength as more customers returned to dealer showrooms,? said Ken Czubay, Ford vice president, U.S. Marketing, Sales and Service. ?Ford?s fuel-efficient cars and hybrid vehicles showed the most dramatic growth for the year, and we achieved our best year for commercial vehicle sales since 2008.?

Analysts have been watching the industry?s inventory numbers of late to see if unsold vehicles were beginning to pile up on dealer lots, which would indicate the growth of new vehicle sales was beginning to slow. There were signs of that in November, especially at General Motors, where dealers were saddled with more than a 150-day supply of full-size Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickups.?

The Detroit Bureau:?Clear of the Cliff, Automakers See Boom Coming

?Mark Reuss, GM?s president for North American operations, acknowledged the maker had ?misread? the competition and was forced to increase incentives in the hotly competitive pickup segment last month, but the move appears to have paid off.

General Motors Co.?s dealers delivered the company?s highest December sales in five years, with deliveries up 5% year-over-year to 245,733 vehicles. December was also GM?s best retail sales month of 2012. Incentive spending was ?competitive? with industry-wide levels, the maker contended.

?All four GM brands increased their sales year over year in December and we were strong across the board in cars, crossovers and pickup trucks,? said Kurt McNeil, vice president of U.S. sales operations.

The Chevrolet brand also reported that it had set a new record for its Volt plug-in hybrid, but while the full-year total was triple 2011 volume it still came to barely half the 45,000 target Chevy had originally set.

Most observers anticipate that with Washington finding ways to work around its gridlock and with new signs of an improved economy, such as housing starts on the rise, 2013 should be a good year for the auto industry.

A new forecast from R.L. Polk, a Detroit consultancy that closely tracks vehicle registrations, sees overall demand for 2013 reaching the 15.3 million market, with the number likely to grow to 16 million by 2015.

Significantly, that would be well short of the 17.5 million vehicles sold in the U.S. in 2005 but Polk senior analyst Tom Libby called that an ?artificial? high created by give-away incentives that sharply reduced industry profitability and nearly destroyed the Detroit Big Three. With capacity trimmed sharply during the recession, he says makers are now in a position to post record earnings on lower, but more natural, sales levels.

Data from TrueCar.com seem to support that. The auto tracking service found the average transaction price for a new vehicle purchased in December surged to $31,228, a $542, or 1.8%, increase year-over-year and a $396, or 1.3%, jump from November 2012. ?Incentives for the month, meanwhile, dropped 9.0% industry-wide, to an average $2,409 compared to December 2011.

Paul A. Eisenstein contributed to this report.

Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/business/car-sales-surge-may-be-bad-buyers-1B7812450

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Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Acts of Kindness: Key to Happiness for Children & Teens ...

Most parents and teachers want children to be happy.

To that end, parents find themselves doing things for kids to make them happy, like buying gifts, taking them for ice cream, playing games together, or helping with homework.

Teachers are constantly doing for children too. In addition to understanding the link between knowledge and happiness, teachers often buy supplies from their own paychecks, bring treats to class, plan fun excursions, and support students in other immeasurable and enduring ways.

Do acts of kindness toward children make us happier parents and teachers? Of course they do.

In fact, studies consistently show that we feel happier when we perform acts of kindness ? for our children, students, families, friends, and communities. Not only do good deeds make us feel better, but as David Brooks explained in the New York Times article Nice Guys Finish First, people who are kind and compassionate are usually the most successful.

The Kindness Dilemma ? Receiving vs. Giving

Unfortunately, we don?t make children happy by simply enabling them to be receivers of kindness. We increase their feelings of happiness and well-being, reduce bullying, and improve their friendships by teaching them to be givers of kindness.

The truth is that children are born to be altruistic givers. But somewhere between birth and 4^th grade, they are socialized to think more about themselves than others. (Yes, we all play a role in how this occurs.)

How do we change this trajectory and improve children?s well-being?

A recent study, Kindness Counts, conducted by researchers from the University of British Columbia and the University of California, Riverside, broke new ground by showing the benefits derived by tweens when they were taught happiness-increasing strategies.

For a month, several hundred 9-11 year-olds performed and recorded three acts of kindness each week for anyone they wished. Another several hundred kept track of three pleasant places they visited during the week.

Not surprisingly, the results were consistent with adult studies. When kids performed acts of kindness or took notice of the pleasant places they visited during the week, they significantly increased feelings of happiness and satisfaction.

But those who performed acts of kindness received an additional benefit.? Measuring how well children were liked or accepted by their peers, the study showed those who performed acts of kindness gained an average of 1.5 friends during the four-week period ? good support for the idea that ?nice guys finish first.?

Like many others, this study demonstrated that being kind to other people benefits the giver. For children, it earns them increased well-being and also popularity and acceptance among peers.

Threads of kindness are interwoven with many other positive behaviors and benefits for youth. Well-liked tweens exhibit more positive, less bullying behaviors when they become teens. Happier children are more likely to have higher academic achievement. And the list goes on.

Four Steps to Create a Culture of Kindness

It?s easy to apply the Kindness Counts study and achieve similar results at home or in the classroom. The goal is to help kids become more mindful about doing acts of kindness and aware of feelings of gratitude when they experience pleasant activities.

Follow these four steps to increase happiness for children ? and all of us!

Educate Yourself
Learn about the importance of kindness and its benefits for children and adults. The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation website is a great place to begin. You?ll find classroom and home activities for all ages of children.
Create a Family or Classroom Activity
Devise a month-long activity where the whole family or classroom (including parents and teachers) record ONE act of kindness or ONE pleasant activity per day. You might call it your ?Happiness Project? or ?Happiness Diary.? These activities might include helping with dishes, letting someone else go first, going out of way for a friend, taking care of an animal, hugging someone to make them feel better, etc. Or they might include visits to places and experiences that make us feel good, like visiting grandparents or the park.
Share on a Weekly Basis
Each week, take time to share as a family or classroom. It?s not important to share everything in one?s diary. What?s important is to share enough so that everyone learns from each other?s acts of kindness and begins to understand the kinds of experiences that bring gratitude to life. Sharing encourages reflection and helps bring meaning to our actions.
Find Ongoing Opportunities to Practice
It may not be practical to keep up a ?Happiness Diary? and share it on a regularly basis for much more than a month at a time. But is it possible to choose one month a year for this project? Are there other opportunities to reinforce and instill kindness throughout the year?

What strategies do you use with your children or students to increase acts of kindness and teach gratitude?

Marilyn Price-Mitchell, PhD, is a developmental psychologist and researcher working at the intersection of leadership, youth development, and education. Follow her on TWITTER or FACEBOOK

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Source: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-moment-youth/201301/acts-kindness-key-happiness-children-teens

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Observatory: Same Grapes Can Vary by Location in Vineyard

[unable to retrieve full-text content]The surfaces of grapes may harbor different species of yeast microbes, which could be related to variances in sun exposure and temperature.

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/01/science/same-grapes-can-vary-by-location-in-vineyard.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

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Topsail News Online ? Winter sports in Surf City

by Contributor

SURF CITY ? Winter is a great time for indoor youth sports at Surf City Parks & Recreation!? Cheerleading signups are now underway for a six-week program slated to start January 15 on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. The instructor is Nora Cunning whom is affiliated with both Dixon schools and Dixon Gridiron Club where she is cheerleading commissioner. The cost is only $50 and including t-shirt and shorts!

Surf City?s inaugural Youth Basketball program has already started age group practices on Saturdays with U-6 at 11, U-9 at 12 Noon and U-12 at 1 pm the rest of December. The cost is only $30 for U-6 which will practice and scrimmage Friday nights from 5 to 7 and $35 for the other two age groups which will play games on Saturday mornings in January and February.

The season will start with a Meet & Greet for the U-6 Little Dribblers Division where they will meet their coaches and get their first taste of basketball at 5:30 pm, January 4.? The U-9 and U-12 will have a Kickoff Clinic on Saturday January 5 from 9 ? 11 pm under direction of Surf City Basketball coaching advisor Bob Bartlett.? Bartell will also be hosting a Coaches Clinic on Tuesday, January 8 from 5:30 to 7 pm.

Finally, Youth Indoor Soccer, playing international futsal rules, will begin league play on Saturday afternoon, January 5.? Age group practices are already underway and for the rest of December they will be held Saturday afternoons at 2 pm (U-9), 3 pm (U-12) and 4 pm (U-16). Again, the cost is only $35 for an eight-game season.

?We are extremely pleased to be offering this programs to kids in our area,? says Surf City Parks & Recreation Director Kristie Grubb.? ?More and more people are discovering our facilities and what we have to offer.?

Registration for all three programs is through www.townofsurfcity.com with payment accepted online or at the Community Center office at 201 Community Center Drive.? Potential coaches and referees can also register through the site. For more information call 910-328-4887 or e-mail athletics@townofsurfcity.com. Also, see Surf City Athletics on Facebook for frequent program updates.

Source: http://www.topsailnewsonline.com/?p=8729

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Gaming newcomers have little staying power on App Store's paid ...

It's getting harder for original gaming properties to gain a foothold on the App Store's top paid charts, according to a report by BGR. The site points out that a majority of the best-selling paid gaming apps are either a year (or more) old or based on franchises that were established on iOS several years ago. Fresh new titles do make the top 10, but are soon pushed back out by old standbys.

The Angry Birds franchise holds three of the top 20 spots, counting the spin-off Bad Piggies. Other "oldies" such as Plants vs. Zombies, Cut the Rope and Fruit Ninja are regularly among the top 10.

It's worth noting that the makeup of the free gaming apps chart changes frequently, with a steady stream of new and sometimes innovative titles popping in and out. That's due to the fact that App Store shoppers feel they can take a chance on these no-risk titles, while when money's concerned they like to stick with sure things. BGR makes the point that the ability for a more varied slate of titles to stand out in the free chart is likely why many game developers are opting to take the freemium route with their releases.

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