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Monday, February 11, 2013

Snowfall totals: Who got the most in New England?

A woman digs her car out of a snow drift in Portland, Maine, Feb. 9, 2013. (AP Photo)

The winter storm that blanketed the northeast left more than 30 inches of snow in at least 46 cities and towns before heading out to sea. In Connecticut, where more than three feet fell in several pockets of the state, the town of Hamden cracked the 40-inch mark--the most in New England.

Below are the top snowfall totals compiled from National Weather Service data, CBS News and Boston.com.

1. Hamden, Conn. 40.0"
2. Milford, Conn. 38.0"
3. Clintonville, Conn. 37.0"
4. Oxford, Conn. 36.2"
5. North Branford, Conn. 36.0"
5. Meriden, Conn. 36.0"
7. Gorham, Maine. 35.5"
7. East Haddam, Conn. 35.5"
9. Fairfield, Conn. 35.0"
9. Wallingford, Conn. 35.0"
9. Yalesville, Conn. 35.0"
12. West Boylston, Mass. 34.5"
13. New Haven, Conn. 34.3"
14. West Haven, Conn. 34.0"
15. Northford, Conn. 33.5"
15. Medford, New York 33.5"
17. East Haven, Conn. 33.0"
17. Guilford, Conn. 33.0"
17. New Hartford, Conn. 33.0"
17. Stratford, Conn. 33.0"
17. Wolcott, Conn. 33.0"
22. Madison, Conn. 32.0"
22. Manchester, Conn. 32.0"
22. North Guilford, Conn. 32.0"
22. Waterbury, Conn. 32.0"
22. Berwick, Maine 32.0"
22. Centereach, New York: 32.0"
28. Portland, Maine 31.9"
29. Stoughton, Mass. 31.5"
30. Colchester, Conn. 31.0"
30. Weatogue, Conn. 31.0"
30. Spencer, Mass. 31.0"
33. Upton, New York 30.9"
34. Central Islip, New York 30.7"
35. Coventry, Conn. 30.5"
35. Tolland, Conn. 30.5"
35. Framingham, Mass. 30.5"
38. New Boston, N.H. 30.4"
39. Fitchburg, Mass. 30.2"
39. Winchester, Mass. 30.2"
41. Bridgeport, Conn. 30.0"
41. Monroe, Conn. 30.0"
41. Naugatuck, Conn. 30.0"
41. Old Saybrook, Conn. 30.0"
41. Quincy, Mass. 30.0"
41. Mount Vernon, N.H. 30.0"

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/snowfall-totals-nemo-storm-northeast-200457260.html

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6 who defied order to cover up at Grammys

By Anna Chan, TODAY

Rules are made to be broken, right? CBS may have sent out a memo to Grammy talent saying sideboob and other "fleshy" bits were not welcome at the telecast and must be covered up, but more than a few stars decided to ignore the note in the name of fashion. Very sexy fashion.

Here are six celebs who flaunted their bits and the violations they racked up:

Rihanna
The "Umbrella" singer sizzled in a custom Azzedine Alaia dress that for her was demure, but she still broke several of CBS' rules. The sheerness of her gown, which the network warned against, put on display the "problematic" "curvature of the breasts." And although not visible in this photo (check out our red carpet slideshow), the back of her dress went low enough that it almost exposed her "buttock crack," another no-no. The network didn't say anything about showing off tattoos that are in areas often covered by bathing suits, though.

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Kat Dennings
The "Two Broke Girls" star is rather well endowed, and unless she were wearing a turtleneck, she probably would've broken CBS' no-cleavage rule no matter what she wore.

Frederic J. Brown / AFP - Getty Images

Katy Perry
The "Firework" singer and John Mayer's current love squeezed herself into a skin-tight Gucci gown that showed off every inch of her fab body, including the "puffy" exposure in the "genital region." (Is that a Spanx outline we see?) And obviously, her chest is not exactly "adequately covered" -- hello, "bare sides and under curvature of the breasts" -- as CBS requested.

Mario Anzuoni / Reuters

Natasha Bedingfield
The British songstress looks lovely in an Emerson by Jackie Fraser-Swan gown, and at first glance, she seems appropriately covered up, as far as CBS standards go. Or is she? We can't tell for sure whether or not the chest area is appropriately lined, but if not, she could've broken one of the network's big no-no's: possible exposure of " female breast nipples." But as it is, she's exposing some "side and under curvature." Oh my!

Jordan Strauss / AP

Alicia Keys
The "Girl on Fire" songstress was on fire herself, with a fierce performance of her hit tune that included her playing the drums. Unfortunately, all that action in her slinky black dress with the fishnet cutouts nearly led to a wardrobe malfunction, as her "under curvature" started to make an appearance during her act with Maroon 5.?

Kevork Djansezian / Getty Images

Kelly Rowland
The former Destiny's Child member looked fantastic in a cutout gown by Georges Chakra Couture, but boy, did she ignore the CBS memo or what?! The sexy black frock broke almost every one of the network's "please cover up" guidelines, from the boobage to the sheerness to the "puffy bare skin."?Hey, if you've got it, flaunt it -- and the rules!

Mario Anzuoni / Reuters

Source: http://todayentertainment.today.com/_news/2013/02/11/16921760-6-stars-who-defied-cbs-order-to-cover-up-at-grammys?lite

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Sunday, February 10, 2013

Rock pioneer Patti Smith receives Hepburn medal

FILE - This May 29, 2012 file photo shows rock musician and writer Patti Smith in New York. Smith is being honored by Bryn Mawr College with a medal named after the late actress Katharine Hepburn. Smith accepted the 2013 Katharine Hepburn Medal on Thursday night, Feb. 7, 2013 in a ceremony at the college in suburban Philadelphia. (AP Photo/John Carucci, File)

BRYN MAWR, Pa. (AP) ? Rock musician and writer Patti Smith was honored by Bryn Mawr College with a medal named after the late actress Katharine Hepburn.

She received the 2013 Katharine Hepburn Medal on Thursday night in a ceremony at the women's liberal arts school in suburban Philadelphia.

Smith is recognized as a rock 'n' roll trailblazer whose work as a musician, writer, performer and visual artist influenced multiple generations. Her 1975 debut album, "Horses," is considered one of rock's greatest albums and she received the 2010 National Book Award for non-fiction for her memoir, "Just Kids."

Smith said when the college approached her about receiving the award, "I enthusiastically accepted without hesitation."

"Bryn Mawr is helping shape the futures of young women and providing them with the tools to be dominant forces in our society," she said.

Smith said her career has always been colored by the written word.

"My love of literature permeates my songs, poems and is certainly prevalent in my photography. Sometimes it may be a stylistic influence and at times a direct reference," she said in an email to The Associated Press. "I have taken photographs of Virginia Woolf's bed, Sylvia Plath's grave, Hermann Hesse's typewriter, Victor Hugo's desk. I have recently written a song and lengthy poem in homage to the great Chilean writer Roberto Bolano. My song 'My Blakean Year' gives a nod to William Blake and 'Easter' was written for Arthur Rimbaud and his siblings.

"One can find such references all through my work," she said. "Literature has always been in the center of my existence. I loved books so much that I worked in book stores right up to the recording of 'Horses.'"

College President Dr. Jane McAuliffe said Smith "conveys enormous passion and continues to transform herself throughout her artistic journey."

The college comprises 1,300 female undergraduates, two coeducational graduate schools and a coeducational pre-medical program.

The medal named after Hepburn, a Bryn Mawr alumna, honors women who change their worlds and whose work and embodies the intelligence and independence of the four-time Oscar winner.

It was awarded by the college's Katharine Houghton Hepburn Center, which memorializes Hepburn and her mother, an early feminist activist who shared the same name, with programs focusing on the arts and theatre, civic engagement, and women's health.

Associated Press

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The best Twitter apps: Comparing timeline views

Twitter

Twitter apps are funny things. Few Android applications invoke such passion -- furor, at times -- from users. And this coming at a time when Twitter itself is trying to de-emphasize applications for the mobile web. Third-party developers have a few more weeks before stricter API rules go into effect, limiting future growth. And even Twitter's own official app doesn't have all the bells and whistles that have been packed into any number of Twitter clients.

Everyone has a favorite Twitter app. Or two. Maybe even three. Like we said, Twitter apps are funny things. Even deprecated apps retain strong followings.

After the break, we put some 17 Twitter applications side by side in the timeline view. Most have the same basic functionality, and it's interesting to see how one app might have influenced another. We've throw in one outlier as well -- more on that app later.

So have a look, and see how your favorite Twitter application stands up against some other greats.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/androidcentral/~3/r5VHzKhyD6I/story01.htm

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Saturday, February 9, 2013

Histone modification controls development: Chemical tags on histones regulate gene activity

Feb. 8, 2013 ? Every gene in the nucleus of an animal or plant cell is packaged into a beads-on-a-string like structure called nucleosomes: the DNA of the gene forms the string and a complex of proteins called histones forms the beads around which the DNA is wrapped. Scientists of the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Martinsried near Munich, Germany, have now established that adding chemical tags on histones is critical for regulating gene activity during animal development.

Studies over the past two decades revealed that many proteins that control the activity of genes are enzymes that add small chemical tags on histone proteins but also on a variety of other proteins. With their studies the researchers have now shown that it is the tags on the histones that control if genes are active or inactive.

Their results were published in the journal Science.

Histone proteins can be modified by a number of different chemical tags at very specific sites. The researchers in the Research Group 'Chromatin Biology' of J?rg M?ller focused on the histone tag that is added by an enzyme called Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2). PRC2 is essential for a variety of different cell fate decisions in animals and plants. PRC2 functions to keep genes inactive in cells and at times where they should remain inactive.

Using the model organism Drosophila -- the fruit fly -- the scientists now generated animals with cells expressing an altered histone protein to which PRC2 can no longer add the tag. These cells cannot keep genes inactive anymore and many cell fate decisions go awry, exactly like in cells that lack the PRC2 enzyme.

"This observation demonstrates that the business end is the tag on the histone and not on some other protein" says Ana Pengelly, the PhD student who conducted the experiments. Her colleague Omer Copur adds: "The approach we used permits us to now also investigate the function of other tags on histone proteins that have a different chemical nature." The insight gained from the work on PRC2 provides a strong impetus to figure how this tag alters the beads-on-a-string structure of genes and thereby controls gene activity.

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A. R. Pengelly, O. Copur, H. Jackle, A. Herzig, J. Muller. A Histone Mutant Reproduces the Phenotype Caused by Loss of Histone-Modifying Factor Polycomb. Science, 2013; 339 (6120): 698 DOI: 10.1126/science.1231382

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State Of The Union Sneak Peek

By MICHAEL FALCONE ( @michaelpfalcone )

NOTABLES

WHAT OBAMA WILL SAY: With the State of the Union less than a week away, President Obama yesterday outlined a laundry list of priorities that he plans to address in the speech. "I'm going to be talking about making sure that we're focused on job creation here in the United States of America. It means that we're focused on education and that every young person is equipped with the skills they need to compete in the 21st century. It means that we've got an energy agenda that can make us less dependent on foreign oil, but also that we're cultivating the kind of clean energy strategy that will maintain our leadership well into the future," he told House Democrats at their retreat in Virginia on Thursday, according to ABC's Mary Bruce. Obama added, "It means that we're going to talk about, yes, deficits and taxes and sequesters and potential government shutdowns and debt ceiling - we'll talk about that stuff, but all from the perspective of how are we making sure that somebody who works hard in this country - a cop, or a teacher, or a construction worker, or a receptionist - that they can make it if they work hard, and that their kids can make it and dream even bigger dreams than they have achieved." http://abcn.ws/XaUFop

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS ANSWERS YOUR STATE OF THE UNION QUESTIONS. President Obama's State of the Union address - the first of his second term - comes less than a month after the president's second inaugural address. Many of you had questions about the speech and the policy that's expected to flow from it. Olivier Camet tweeted: Why is there always one member of the cabinet that is not present during the State of the Union address? Angie Antonopoulos wrote in on Facebook: How confident is he in getting Congress to address the threat of sequestration and come up with a viable compromise? And Ray Blanchard asked: Will the teleprompter be loaded correctly? WATCH the answers from ABC's George Stephanopoulos: http://abcn.ws/12y8Qb8

THE STATE OF THE UNION IS? BY CARLY FIORINA. Each day leading up to President Obama's State of the Union address, ABCNews.com will bring you a different newsmaker's thoughts on what "The State of the Union is ?" Carly Fiorina, former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, described the state of the union as "not particularly good" and expressed her hope that President Obama uses his address next Tuesday to "strike a genuinely bipartisan tone." "The state of the union is not particularly good. Our economy is sort of grinding along at one and half percent which is certainly not success for the American economy. We have long term structural problems whether it's lack of new business creation or education or immigration," Fiorina told ABC News. "What I hope is that President Obama will actually strike a genuinely bipartisan tone, put forward his view of how to solve these fundamental problems, whether it's entitlement reform or immigration reform, and then work with everyone to come up with a win-win solution which will actually allow us to make some progress," Fiorina said. http://abcn.ws/14XLVp7

THIS WEEK ON 'THIS WEEK': Two powerhouse roundtables join George Stephanopoulos to tackle the latest challenges at home and abroad, Sunday on "This Week." Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla.; Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn.; Republican strategist and ABC News political analyst and contributor Nicolle Wallace; and Obama 2012 deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter debate all the week's politics, with the latest reporting from ABC's Jonathan Karl and Martha Raddatz. Plus, in this week's Sunday Spotlight, author George Saunders discusses his critically praised short story collection, "Tenth of December." Tune in Sunday: http://abcnews.go.com/thisweek

THE ROUNDTABLE

ABC's RICK KLEIN: Date night is so 2012. The news that Rep. Jim Langevin, D-R.I., has been lobbying his colleagues to give tickets to victims of gun violence means this will be the third straight State of the Union where the optics will in some way be adjusted to respond to a tragic shooting. The message in 2011 and 2012 was more about bipartisanship than gun control, though we know the outcome (or lack thereof) when it comes to substantive gun legislation in the last Congress, after the shooting of former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz. For this moment to be different, it will take a commitment by those pushing new and stricter laws to keep it prominent on the national agenda; a State of the Union is a good start.

ABC's MICHAEL FALCONE: Once again, Hillary Clinton is coming out on top. Exactly a week after she officially departed as Secretary of State, the former top diplomat is getting high marks in a new Quinnipiac University national poll released today. She enjoys a 61 percent favorability rating among registered voters, according to the survey - that's 10 points higher than President Obama and 15 points above Vice President Joe Biden, who like Clinton, might run for president in 2016. Three points from today's poll stick out: First, Clinton appears to have weathered the inquiry over her role in the Benghazi terrorist attacks virtually unscathed. Second, as Quinnipiac pollster Peter Brown notes, Clinton has shown an "ability to win thumbs up from many more independent voters and Republicans" even than President Obama. And finally, 45 percent of voters who had a favorable opinion of Clinton cited this reason for their view: "job performance, experience and competence."

WHAT WE'RE READING

-"WHY UNDERSTANDING THE GUN CONTROL DEBATE MEANS UNDERSTANDING DEMOGRAPHICS," by the Cook Political Report's Amy Walter. "According to a recent Gallup study, the highest rate of gun ownership was among white, southern, married men at 64 percent. Fifty percent of white men say they own a gun. More than one-third of Americans between the ages of 50 and 64 have a gun in the home. The lowest rate of gun ownership was among non-married women at 13 percent. Just 21 percent of African Americans, 18 percent of Hispanics and 20 percent of 18-29 year olds say they own a gun. In other words, the political profile of a gun owner looks a whole lot like the profile of a traditional Republican voter, while that of a non-gun owner looks a lot like a Democratic voter. What's more, those gun owners/Republicans don't trust the federal government when it comes to the issue of gun ownership. ?The Senate may be controlled by Democrats, but there are more Democrats who represent red states than there are Republicans who represent blue ones. ? So, while the President and his former campaign arm, renamed Organizing for Action from Obama for America may be using campaign-style events to pursue his agenda, rallying the "middle" is not particularly effective tool for passing legislation. In an era where partisanship drives policy, nothing can pass the GOP-led House or a Senate with plenty of red-state Democrats unless it has the support of Republican voters."

-"IS A FRANKEN-BACHMANN SHOWDOWN ON THE HORIZON?" by Real Clear Politics' Scott Conroy. "Politically, 2012 was not exactly a banner year for Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann. In January, the Tea Party-backed Republican finished a distant sixth in the Iowa presidential caucuses ? Bachmann ended her White House bid the next day and set to work on winning a fourth term in Minnesota's 6th Congressional District. ? Though widely expected to win comfortably in her state's most conservative district, Bachmann instead eked out a less-than-5,000-vote victory over Democratic businessman Jim Graves, who had made it close in part by raising doubts about his opponent's commitment to her district. But despite that presidential fade-out and close call back home, Bachmann is again being mentioned as a candidate for higher office - this time as a potential challenger to first-term Democratic Sen. Al Franken in 2014. Bachmann has not signaled publicly her interest in such a race, but her advisers do not deny that she might consider it down the road. . And no one doubts that she could again raise enormous sums of money in a personality-driven general election battle that would draw tremendous attention outside the state." http://bit.ly/125ksOc

BUZZ

GEORGE H.W. BUSH GETS HACKED. Former president George H.W. Bush was the victim of a computer hacker who gained access to confidential emails and other electronic correspondence between members of the Bush family and friends, the U.S. Secret Service confirmed to ABC News' Jonathan Karl. Authorities have begun an investigation into the incident, a spokesman for Bush told ABC News. The spokesman could not confirm the content of the emails that were hacked. "The Secret Service is investigating this matter," said Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan. The unidentified hacker claims to have gained access to three years of personal emails dating back to 2009. The hacker has posted several of the personal photos online, including one of the elder Bush in the hospital. The hacked material also includes telephone numbers, home addresses for dozens of Bush family members, including both former presidents. It also includes the security code for George W. Bush's home in Dallas. This story was first reported by the website The Smoking Gun. http://abcn.ws/V3xZpA

TODAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE: President Obama honors Defense Secretary Leon Panetta this afternoon. Just before 4 p.m., the president he delivers remarks at an Armed Forces farewell tribute for the outgoing Secretary at Joint Base Myer-Henderson. But ABC's Mary Bruce notes that despite the formal ceremony, Panetta isn't leaving just yet since the vote on former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel's confirmation to succeed Panetta has been postponed.

HOUSE DEMOCRATS UNVEIL PLAN TO CURB GUN VIOLENCE. House Democrats unveiled its task force's plan to crack down on gun violence yesterday, calling on Congress to enact an assault weapons ban, outlaw high-capacity assault magazines, and put in place universal background checks for every firearm sale, notes ABC's John Parkinson. Fifty-five days after the Newtown elementary school shooting, the 12-member task force devised its package as an unabashed attempt to capitalize on growing frustration over the recurring trend of high-profile gun crimes throughout the country. "Every person who holds public office takes that oath to protect and defend," House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said. "It is our first responsibility." The plan, which consists of 15 proposals, largely mirrors the steps suggested by President Obama and Vice President Biden last month. "We can't relive what just happened in Newtown, we can't relive what happened in Aurora, we can't relive any of the major tragedies, nor can we continue to live in a society where 32 people a day are killed with firearms," Rep. Mike Thompson, the chairman of the task force, added. "We have a responsibility. It's time to act." http://abcn.ws/XTK13E

CORY BOOKER STARTS DIET PROGRAM IN NEWARK (AHEM, CHRIS CHRISTIE). Weight loss, obesity struggles and the state of New Jersey were hot issues this week with Gov. Chris Christie openly discussing his struggle and then blasting a former White House physician who publicly expressed her concern about his weight. But Christie isn't the only one discussing the issue, notes ABC's Shushannah Walshe. Thursday, it was that other television savvy New Jersey politician: Newark Mayor Cory Booker launched a new initiative with Weight Watchers to combat obesity in his city. The program-already launched in Austin, Boston and Pittsburgh-offers discounted Weight Watchers memberships to more than 3,100 City of Newark employees. They get the first month free and can attend meetings at a discounted rate for up to one year. At 26 percent, Newark has a higher obesity rate than the rest of the state (24 percent). Booker isn't new to the issue. He is constantly tweeting about his vegetarian diet, as well as his own efforts to exercise and lose weight, and is a vice -chair on the First Lady's Partnership for a Healthy America initiative. He even launched a Let's Move! Newark in 2010 to try and cut down on childhood obesity rates. Last year he also embarked on a highly publicized food stamp challenge, eating only what he could buy on a food stamp budget for a week, to bring attention to the necessity of social programs like food stamps. http://abcn.ws/TQMbD5

WILL VIRGINIA START MINTING MONEY? It's an idea worth considering, according to the state's House of Delegates, reports ABC's Chris Good. The lower chamber passed a bill Monday to study the possibility. The legislation, proposed by Manassas Republican Del. Robert Marshall, would create a new joint subcommittee made up of lawmakers, plus two outside experts, to "study the feasibility of a metallic-based monetary unit." The committee could spend up to $17,440 and would present its recommendations before the legislative session starts in 2014. Translation: Ten people would advise Virginia on whether to start making its own currency on a gold or silver standard. It's not the first time Marshall has proposed such legislation. Versions of this bill have been floating around since 2011. Its preamble is rife with damnations of the Federal Reserve and its "unprecedented monetary policy actions" and "activist intervention in banking and credit markets," the point being that Virginia can no longer trust federal fiat money, and might need "a more stable money unit consistent with limited government." The heavily Republican House of Delegates passed it 65 to 32 Monday. http://abcn.ws/V1JAp8

WHO'S TWEETING?

@daveweigel: If you read one thing today, read @Slate's reported profile of the late Aaron Swartz. http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2013/02/aaron_swartz_he_wanted_to_save_the_world_why_couldn_t_he_save_himself.html ?

@samsteinhp: George W. Bush's artwork is fascinating http://www.thesmokinggun.com/file/bush-family-photos?page=5 ?

@CPHeinze: Jonathan Capehart builds his perfect presidential candidate for Prez16. http://www.prez16.com/2013/02/jonathan-capehart-builds-candidate-for.html ?

@jakerubindc: #ff for the fantastic guests in my #socialmedia class at @SMPAGWU: @msarahl @NolandCC @JenNedeau @adamconner @michaelpfalcone

@matthewjdowd: Wonderful day! There is a divine part of each of us that is drawn to other kindred spirits for a higher purpose in this world. Listen to it.