Some orbits more popular than others in solar systems

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In young solar systems emerging around baby stars, some orbits are more popular than others, resulting in 'planet pile-ups' and 'planet deserts'

Computer simulations have revealed a plausible explanation for a phenomenon that has puzzled astronomers: Rather than occupying orbits at regular distances from a star, giant gas planets similar to Jupiter and Saturn appear to prefer to occupy certain regions in mature solar systems while staying clear of others.

"Our results show that the final distribution of planets does not vary smoothly with distance from the star, but instead has clear 'deserts' deficits of planets and 'pile-ups' of planets at particular locations," said Ilaria Pascucci, an assistant professor at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory.

"Our models offer a plausible explanation for the pile-ups of giant planets observed recently detected in exoplanet surveys," said Richard Alexander of the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom.

Alexander and Pascucci identified high-energy radiation from baby sun-like stars as the likely force that carves gaps in protoplanetary disks, the clouds of gas and dust that swirl around young stars and provide the raw materials for planets. The gaps then act as barricades, corralling planets into certain orbits.

The exact locations of those gaps depend on the planets' mass, but they generally occur in an area between 1 and 2 astronomical units from the star. One astronomical unit, or AU, marks the average distance from the Earth to the sun. The findings are to be published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

According to conventional wisdom, a solar system starts out from a cloud of gas and dust. At the center of the prospective solar system, material clumps together, forming a young star. As the baby star grows, its gravitational force grows as well, and it attracts dust and gas from the surrounding cloud.

Accelerated by the growing gravitation of its star, the cloud spins faster and faster, and eventually flattens into what is called a protoplanetary disk. Once the bulk of the star's mass has formed, it is still fed material by its protoplanetary disk, but at a much lower rate.

"For a long time, it was assumed that the process of accreting material from the disk onto the star was enough to explain the thinning of the protoplanetary disk over time," Pascucci explained. "Our new results suggest that there is another process at work that takes material out of the disk."

That process, called photo-evaporation, works by high-energy photons streaming out of the star and heating the dust and gas on the surface of the protoplanetary disk.

"The disk material that is very close to the star is very hot, but it is held in place by the star's strong gravity," Alexander said. "Further out in the disk where gravity is much weaker, the heated gas evaporates into space."

Even further out in the disk, the radiation emanating from the star is not intense enough to heat the gas sufficiently to cause much evaporation. But at a distance between 1 and 2 AU, the balancing effects of gravitation and heat clear a gap, the researchers found.

While studying protoplanetary disks, Pascucci found that gas on the surface of the disk was gravitationally unbound and leaving the disk system via photoevaporation, as Alexander had previously predicted. "These were the first observations proving that photoevaporation does occur in real systems," she said.

Encouraged by those findings, Alexander and Pascucci then used the ALICE High Performance Computing Facility at the University of Leicester to simulate protoplanetary discs undergoing accretion of material to the central star that took the effects of photo-evaporation into account.

"We don't yet know exactly where and when planets form around young stars, so our models considered developing solar systems with various combinations of giant planets at different locations and different stages in time," Alexander said.

The experiments revealed that just as observations of real solar systems have shown, giant planets migrate inward before they finally settle on a stable orbit around their star. This happens because as the star draws in material from the protoplanetary disk, the planets are dragged along, like a celebrity caught in a crowd of fans.

However, the researchers discovered that once a giant planet encounters a gap cleared by photo-evaporation, it stays put.

"The planets either stop right before or behind the gap, creating a pile-up," Pascucci said. "The local concentration of planets leaves behind regions elsewhere in the disk that are devoid of any planets. This uneven distribution is exactly what we see in many newly discovered solar systems."

Once surveys for discovering extrasolar planet systems such as the Kepler Space Telescope project become more sensitive to outer giant planets, Alexander and Pascucci expect to find more and more evidence for the pileup of giant planets around 1 AU.

Pascucci said. "As we discover more exoplanets, we will be able to test these predictions in detail and learn more about the conditions under which planets form."

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The research was funded by the National Science Foundation and the UK's Science & Technology Facilities Council.


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520-626-4402
University of Arizona

In young solar systems emerging around baby stars, some orbits are more popular than others, resulting in 'planet pile-ups' and 'planet deserts'

Computer simulations have revealed a plausible explanation for a phenomenon that has puzzled astronomers: Rather than occupying orbits at regular distances from a star, giant gas planets similar to Jupiter and Saturn appear to prefer to occupy certain regions in mature solar systems while staying clear of others.

"Our results show that the final distribution of planets does not vary smoothly with distance from the star, but instead has clear 'deserts' deficits of planets and 'pile-ups' of planets at particular locations," said Ilaria Pascucci, an assistant professor at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory.

"Our models offer a plausible explanation for the pile-ups of giant planets observed recently detected in exoplanet surveys," said Richard Alexander of the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom.

Alexander and Pascucci identified high-energy radiation from baby sun-like stars as the likely force that carves gaps in protoplanetary disks, the clouds of gas and dust that swirl around young stars and provide the raw materials for planets. The gaps then act as barricades, corralling planets into certain orbits.

The exact locations of those gaps depend on the planets' mass, but they generally occur in an area between 1 and 2 astronomical units from the star. One astronomical unit, or AU, marks the average distance from the Earth to the sun. The findings are to be published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

According to conventional wisdom, a solar system starts out from a cloud of gas and dust. At the center of the prospective solar system, material clumps together, forming a young star. As the baby star grows, its gravitational force grows as well, and it attracts dust and gas from the surrounding cloud.

Accelerated by the growing gravitation of its star, the cloud spins faster and faster, and eventually flattens into what is called a protoplanetary disk. Once the bulk of the star's mass has formed, it is still fed material by its protoplanetary disk, but at a much lower rate.

"For a long time, it was assumed that the process of accreting material from the disk onto the star was enough to explain the thinning of the protoplanetary disk over time," Pascucci explained. "Our new results suggest that there is another process at work that takes material out of the disk."

That process, called photo-evaporation, works by high-energy photons streaming out of the star and heating the dust and gas on the surface of the protoplanetary disk.

"The disk material that is very close to the star is very hot, but it is held in place by the star's strong gravity," Alexander said. "Further out in the disk where gravity is much weaker, the heated gas evaporates into space."

Even further out in the disk, the radiation emanating from the star is not intense enough to heat the gas sufficiently to cause much evaporation. But at a distance between 1 and 2 AU, the balancing effects of gravitation and heat clear a gap, the researchers found.

While studying protoplanetary disks, Pascucci found that gas on the surface of the disk was gravitationally unbound and leaving the disk system via photoevaporation, as Alexander had previously predicted. "These were the first observations proving that photoevaporation does occur in real systems," she said.

Encouraged by those findings, Alexander and Pascucci then used the ALICE High Performance Computing Facility at the University of Leicester to simulate protoplanetary discs undergoing accretion of material to the central star that took the effects of photo-evaporation into account.

"We don't yet know exactly where and when planets form around young stars, so our models considered developing solar systems with various combinations of giant planets at different locations and different stages in time," Alexander said.

The experiments revealed that just as observations of real solar systems have shown, giant planets migrate inward before they finally settle on a stable orbit around their star. This happens because as the star draws in material from the protoplanetary disk, the planets are dragged along, like a celebrity caught in a crowd of fans.

However, the researchers discovered that once a giant planet encounters a gap cleared by photo-evaporation, it stays put.

"The planets either stop right before or behind the gap, creating a pile-up," Pascucci said. "The local concentration of planets leaves behind regions elsewhere in the disk that are devoid of any planets. This uneven distribution is exactly what we see in many newly discovered solar systems."

Once surveys for discovering extrasolar planet systems such as the Kepler Space Telescope project become more sensitive to outer giant planets, Alexander and Pascucci expect to find more and more evidence for the pileup of giant planets around 1 AU.

Pascucci said. "As we discover more exoplanets, we will be able to test these predictions in detail and learn more about the conditions under which planets form."

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The research was funded by the National Science Foundation and the UK's Science & Technology Facilities Council.


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SPSCC's Early Learning and Education Programs: Educating ...

By Stacee Sledge

Four years ago, inspiration struck South Puget Sound Community College professor Chris Moon.

?A colleague and I had gone to a parenting talk and we said, we should bring this to our community,? says Moon, who is also the program lead for SPSCC?s Early Learning and Education Programs, which includes Education, Early Childhood Education, and the Parenting Education Program.

Moon and her Parenting Education Program team envisioned bringing parenting information to the wider community through lectures and family events.

Moon and her SPSCC colleagues teach early childhood education and parenting classes, both on-campus ? for parents in the community and enrolled SPSCC students going into the field of teaching ? and through four area cooperative preschools.

?We wanted to promote that parents need to have fun with their kids. Not only do they need information on how to be the best parent they can be, we also wanted them to recognize that having fun with your kids is part of parenting.?

?We also wanted it to be free to the community, with free childcare, and bring in quality speakers,? says Moon. ?And then we wanted to also have one family concert every year.?

Working with Shelly Willis, executive director of Family Education and Support Services, Moon and her Parent Education Program colleagues created the Parenting Tools Lecture Series.

The objective of Parenting Tools is to work as a collaborative effort between Thurston County agencies and groups to provide support to parents through free lectures and family events.

?We want to destigmatize the idea that parents need help,? Moon says. ?We want to offer this information that gives parents a shot in the arm a couple times a year, gives them a night out.?

Different local agencies pulled together money and the Parenting Tools Lecture Series started gathering sponsors. ?It was really, truly a community collaboration,? says Moon.

The organization is now sponsored by more than a dozen local organizations and businesses. ?We couldn?t do it without the generous financial and in-kind support of many sponsors,? says Moon.

The Parenting Tools Lecture Series schedules two lectures per academic year, with the Hands On Children?s Museum and the YMCA providing free on-site childcare.

And for the past four years, Seattle?s popular Recess Monkey has performed to a packed SPSCC theater of dancing children and toe-tapping parents.

The next Parenting Tools Lecture Series event takes place this Wednesday, March 21st, with best-selling author Ellen Galinsky. Thurston Early Childhood Coalition is a major sponsor of the event.

?We?re really excited to have her, because she?s such a well-known speaker,? Moon says of Galinsky. ?It?s kind of a coup for our community because there?s been a lot of activity in the early childhood world around her information.?

Galinsky is a national best-selling author of Mind in the Making and will speak about the seven essential skills that kids and adults need to be successful.

The seven life skills she identifies as essential to success in school, the workforce, and life, are:

  1. Focus and control
  2. Perspective-taking
  3. Communicating
  4. Making connections
  5. Critical thinking
  6. Taking on challenges
  7. Self-directed, engaged learning

Galinsky will speak on Wednesday, March 21, 2012 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Kenneth J. Minneart Center for the Arts at South Puget Sound Community College. The Hands On Children?s Museum and YMCA will provide free on-site childcare for children ages 3-12 (registration required; call HOCM at 360.956.0818 x0).

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For more information, call 360.596.5293.

Teachers of Tomorrow Club will also be collecting food for the Thurston County Food Bank.

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Related posts:

  1. Thurston County Cooperative Preschools: An Alternative Take On Early Childhood Education
  2. SPSCC?s MLK Week: Inspiring Students to Be Active in Their Communities
  3. Proposed Budget Cuts Leave SPSCC?s Running Start Students Wondering
  4. Braniffs Build Sports Perfected Training Center With Athletes And Parents In Mind
  5. The Education Evolution; Doing More with Less

Source: http://www.thurstontalk.com/2012/03/18/spscc%E2%80%99s-early-learning-and-education-programs-educating-parents-through-parenting-tools-lecture-series-and-events/

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All About Kids' Fitness Camps

Th? kid?s fitness camps ?r? designed f?r kids wh? h??? completed first through sixth grade. Th? program lays stress ?n nutrition ?nd physical activity choices ?nd less ?n weight control ?r developing a particular body size ?r shape. Th? kids fitness Camp schedule ?? generally ?f ?b??t three hours duration, ?nd th? kid ??n attend 5 days ?n a row. M??t kid fitness camp programs include jump ?t?rt?, fitness challenge w?th th? aid ?f DVDs, health activities, field trips ?nd small eats.

It ?? indeed a fact th?t children nowadays play less ?nd spend more time sitting before television ?r playing video games. Th?? total inactivity ?? th? result ?f advances ?n entertainment technology. Present day kids surf th? web, watch TV, ?r play video games wh?l? people ?f ??r generation d?d n?t h??? such outlets f?r entertainment. Indolent children ??n develop health problems ?t a later date ?nd th?t ?? th? reason wh? ?t ?? critically ?m??rt?nt f?r children t? attend fitness camps.

Though ?t ?? a child?s nature t? b? active, r?n around ?nd indulge ?n fun, today th?? m?? need motivation t? even d? th??? things.

Th?r? ?r? several machines ?n kid?s fitness camps ?nd each machine ?? specially designed t? h?l? th? child t? reach ??rt??n fitness level ?n a f??t ?nd safe manner. Wh?n operating th??? machines, th? child w?ll never b? challenged w?th resistance ?t? current level ?f strength. Kid?s fitness camps ?r? designed t? build th? child?s self esteem, l??? ?f physical activity ?nd playing skills. Kids w?ll ?n??? receiving training ?nd guidance fr?m experienced professional coaches, teachers ?nd counselors.

Once th? kid?s interest ?? aroused, ?t w?ll look forward t? heading ?ff t? camp ???r? year ?nd a gr??t variety ?f specialty kid fitness camps ?r? today available.

It ?? natural f?r parents t? want th??r children?s fitness camp experience t? b? fun-filled ?nd purposeful, offering n?t ?nl? instruction ?nd ?????t?n?? w?th improvement ?n physical activities, b?t ?l?? opportunities f?r positive social interaction w?th ?th?r kids. Kid fitness camps ?r? becoming more ????l?r th?n ???r ?? th?? offer kids opportunities t? hone th??r skills ?n th??r favorite activity.

It needs t? b? mentioned th?t ?lm??t ?ll fitness camps ?r? seriously addressing th? concerns ?b??t th? kids eating th? r?ght foods. At kid?s fitness camp, thoughtful menu ?l?nn?ng-along w?th physical exercise-?? helping t? avert weight gain ?m?ng children. Organizers ?f fitness camps ?r? aware th?t ?n today?s society, importance m??t b? attached t? childhood obesity ?nd eating disorders. A fitness camp experience ??n provide th? structure ?nd activity needed t? keep kids healthy year-round.

M??t fitness camps arrange th? kids t? m??? ?n t? a hour ?f games ?nd physical activities ?ft?r th? learning process ?n th? camp gets over. Circle Chat, t? promote social interaction, ?? invariably th? final 30 minutes ?f th? camp. Th? kids ??n ??k q???t??n?, share ?t?r??? ?r th??ght? ?b??t th??r experience w?th exercise, food ?nd diet. In a nutshell, kids? fitness camp ?? meant t? b? a ?l??? wh?r? physical activity ?nd nutrition ?r? both promoted ?n a healthy, fun-filled, enjoyable ?nd non-competitive environment.

Source: http://www.cruisingforthekids.com/all-about-kids-fitness-camps.html

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Crowder leads Marquette past Murray State, 62-53

Marquette forward Jamil Wilson (0) fights for a rebound with teammate Marquette guard Todd Mayo (4) and Murray State forward Edward Daniel (2) in the second half of their NCAA third-round tournament college basketball game in Louisville, Ky., Saturday, March 17, 2012. Marquette defeated Murray State 62-53. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

Marquette forward Jamil Wilson (0) fights for a rebound with teammate Marquette guard Todd Mayo (4) and Murray State forward Edward Daniel (2) in the second half of their NCAA third-round tournament college basketball game in Louisville, Ky., Saturday, March 17, 2012. Marquette defeated Murray State 62-53. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

Marquette forward Jae Crowder, front, battles Murray State forward Ivan Aska (42) for a rebound in the first half of their NCAA third-round tournament college basketball game in Louisville, Ky., Saturday, March 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

Marquette guard Darius Johnson-Odom (1) dunks the ball over Murray State forward Stacy Wilson in the first half of their NCAA third-round tournament college basketball game in Louisville, Ky., Saturday, March 17, 2012. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Marquette forward Jamil Wilson, left, fights Murray State forward Stacy Wilson in the first half of their NCAA third-round tournament college basketball game in Louisville, Ky., Saturday, March 17, 2012. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Marquette forward Jae Crowder (32) drives against Murray State forward Edward Daniel (2) in the first half of their NCAA third-round tournament college basketball game in Louisville, Ky., Saturday, March 17, 2012. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

(AP) ? Marquette has perfected the art of the comeback.

Down late yet again, Jae Crowder scored six points during a decisive 14-2 run, and the third-seeded Golden Eagles pulled away from Murray State for a 62-53 victory Saturday that sends the Golden Eagles into next weekend's West Regional semifinals.

Crowder finished with 17 points, 12 in the second half, and also had 13 rebounds. Darius Johnson-Odom also had 17 for Marquette (27-7).

"When you're playing a team like Murray State, they're going to keep throwing punches and throwing punches, and you have to find a way to slow them down," Johnson-Odom said. "We did a great job of that today."

Isaiah Canaan had 16 points and six rebounds for the sixth-seeded Racers (31-2), who fell just short of their first trip to the regional semifinals for the second time in three years. This one is sure to sting, too, even if it wasn't as gutwrenchingly close. Murray State lost to Butler 54-52 in 2010 when Gordon Hayward forced a Canaan turnover with about 10 seconds left.

The Racers have come a long way since. They won their first 23 games of the season, were the last team in the country to lose and showed against Marquette they can play with anyone.

"We proved today that we belong, and we belonged on a national stage," Racers coach Steve Prohm said. "We just weren't good enough the last seven minutes."

Give Marquette some credit for that.

Despite a decided size advantage ? Prohm joked Crowder and Johnson-Odom were missing spring practice somewhere ? the Golden Eagles could never quite get in sync against the speedy, aggressive Racers. That Marquette was essentially playing a road game couldn't have helped. Plenty of Racers fans made the three and a half hour drive for the game, and Kentucky fans jumped on the bandwagon in a show of state solidarity. When Jewuan Long made a layup to put the Racers up 46-41 with 7:43 to play, the crowd responded with the kind of roar usually reserved for that other Kentucky team.

But the Golden Eagles had plenty of practice at rallying during the regular season, when they came back to win six games after trailing by 11 or more points, and never doubted they could come back against the Racers.

"Eight minutes," Johnson-Odom said, "is like 30 minutes."

Todd Mayo made a pair of free throws, and Crowder banked in a jumper off the glass. Davante Gardner, who missed eight games at the end of the season with a left knee strain, followed with a layup and a pair of free throws to put Marquette back in front 49-46.

Ivan Aska briefly halted the Marquette run with a putback, but the Golden Eagles kept right on going. After another Gardner layup, Crowder took a charge and then came down to the other end and coolly drilled a 3, sending the outnumbered Marquette fans into a frenzy.

Even the university president, the Rev. Scott Pilarz, was pumping his fist and screaming, "We are! Marquette!"

"We were a couple plays from closing the game out, and I just wanted to make the next big play," said Crowder, the Big East player of the year. "I really wanted to make that play defensively, and it worked out in my favor. I just wanted to try to get a steal, a charge, a rebound, something. I just wanted to make that play. I knew at that time it was big in the game, and it was the next big stop that we needed."

Crowder added another free throw before Long was able to end a four-minute scoring drought. But it was too late. The Racers were just 2 of 12 with five turnovers over the last 7:43.

"I told them in the locker room that I just ? I wish I could have figured out a way to get them through the last seven minutes," Prohm said. "I don't think we wore down. We've got a tough, resilient group ... We just didn't finish some plays on the offensive end that we had to do in order to withstand some of their run-outs and some of their execution, and we didn't."

Long finished with 12 points, and Ed Daniel tied a career high with 14 rebounds. Murray State shot just 31 percent, including 9 of 35 in the second half.

Donte Poole, Murray State's second-leading scorer, managed only seven points, half his average. Poole was playing with a nose broken by an inadvertent elbow during Thursday's game.

"We thought we would come out with a win," Poole said. "So for it to end like this, you're upset, but you've just got to look at all the great things we've done this season, as well."

Marquette now looks to Phoenix, where it will play the winner of Norfolk State-Florida on Thursday. The Golden Eagles also made it to the regional semifinals last year before getting routed by North Carolina, and many expect them to go further this year now that Missouri is out of the way.

Not that the Golden Eagles want to hear any of that.

"I think it's even harder," Johnson-Odom said, who began shaking his head as soon as he heard the word "Missouri. "I don't think those seeds really mean too much of anything for us. We were an 11 seed, and we weren't expected to do anything last year. I think for us we're going to just have to stay focused on what we want to do, what's the goal for our team, things that we've been doing to continue the success we've been having."

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Fans, entrepreneurs among first buyers of new iPad

MADISON, Wis. (AP) ? Apple's latest iPad drew the customary lines of die-hard fans looking to be first and entrepreneurs looking to make a quick profit.

Many buyers lined up for hours, and in some cases overnight, as the tablet computer went on sale in the U.S. and nine other countries. They did so even though Apple started accepting online orders a week ago.

The new, third model comes with a faster processor, a much sharper screen and an improved camera, though the changes aren't as big as the upgrade from the original model to the iPad 2.

As with the previous models, prices start at $499 in the U.S.

"I don't think it's worth the price but I guess I'm a victim of society," Athena May, 21, said in Paris.

Dan Krolikowski, 34, was first in line at a Madison, Wis., mall. He arrived 14 hours before the store's opening and was buying an extra one to sell on the "gray market."

"Last year I sold one on eBay and made over $500 in profit," Krolikowski said, leaning back in a reclining lawn chair he brought. "I'm hoping to do that again this year."

Those who ordered iPads online started getting them delivered Friday. However, Apple now says there's a two- to three-week shipping delay for online orders. There's also demand in countries where the new iPad isn't available yet.

In Hong Kong, a steady stream of buyers picked up their new devices at preset times at the city's sole Apple store after entering an online lottery.

The system, which required buyers to have local ID cards, helped thwart visitors from mainland China, Apple's fastest growing market. A release date in China has not yet been announced. Apple will begin selling the iPad in 25 additional countries next Friday, mostly in Europe.

At Apple's flagship retail store on New York's Fifth Avenue, the composition of the line, and the way many customers were paying for two iPads each with wads of cash, suggested that many of the tablets were destined to be resold abroad.

The gadget also drew entrepreneurs of a dubious nature. In Orlando, Fla., authorities arrested a Best Buy employee and a former worker early Thursday on accusations they schemed to rob a store at gunpoint and steal more than $1 million in iPads and other Apple products, according to the Orlando Sentinel.

About 450 people lined up outside Apple's Ginza store in downtown Tokyo. Some had spent the night sleeping outside the store.

Dipak Varsani, 21, got in line in London at 1 a.m. Thursday local time and said he was drawn by the new device's better screen.

"You've got clearer movies and clearer games," he said. "I use it as a multimedia device."

Despite competition from cheaper tablet computers such as Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle Fire, the iPad remains the most popular tablet computer. Apple Inc. has sold more than 55 million iPads since its debut in 2010.

Apple says the iPad is propelling us into a "post-PC era," with computers that work very differently from the traditional laptops and desktops.

Two years after the debut of the first iPad, the device's launch has become the second-biggest "gadget event" of the year, after the annual iPhone release. In Atlanta, one kid in line carried a sign that read "Happy iDay!"

Many said they lined up for the atmosphere, rather than ordering online.

"Sure, it's a marketing ploy, but I still love the experience," said Pam Johnson, 58, a Portage, Wis., writer who traveled about an hour to the Madison store. "You have great conversations. You learn a lot. You don't get that when you just sit at home and wait for it to be delivered to your doorstep."

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Peter Svensson reported from New York. Kelvin Chan in Hong Kong, Robert Barr in London, Sharon Chen in Singapore, Malcolm Foster in Tokyo, Kathy Matheson in Philadelphia, Thomas Adamson in Paris and Johnny C. Clark in Atlanta contributed to this report.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/fans-entrepreneurs-among-first-buyers-ipad-174911884.html

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Meizu Flyme Store surpasses 100 million downloads, now boasts 10,000 apps

Meizu Flyme Store surpasses 100 million downloads, now boasts 10,000 apps
It looks like Apple isn't the only company that has some boasting to do for its app store. Meizu, the company behind the eponymous Meizu MX smartphone and the Flyme OS (based on Android), has just shouted from the figurative rooftops that its Flyme Store has now surpassed 100 million downloads. Most impressive about this achievement is that of the total sum, a full 90 million took place in the last year alone. Unlike Apple's App Store, which now contains more than 550,000 titles, the Flyme Store currently offers just 10,000 applications, which makes the achievement all the more impressive. To mark the event, Meizu rewarded its 100 millionth customer with a 10,000 yuan credit for the Flyme Store -- which means a shopping spree is definitely in order. You'll find the celebratory PR after the break.

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'Survivor: One World' Breaks In Half

MTV News talks to Rob Cesternino about the end of the same-sex tribes and the emergence of one supervillain.
By Josh Wigler


Monica Culpepper in "Survivor: One World"
Photo: CBS

Battle of the sexes? That's so last week. This week on "Survivor," it's all about gods and peasants.

The original conceit of "One World" — two same-sex tribes, one beach — was cast aside this week in favor of a new twist: The men and women have swapped tribes, resulting in two mixed-gender teams. On one side is Salani, composed of the game's smartest, sexiest players.

On the other side of the aisle is Manono, consisting of ... well, everyone else. Season villain Colton Cumbie continues to dominate the orange-wearing Manono even (and especially) through adversity, going so far as to convince his defeated tribe to oust their strongest member, Monica, because she was his "biggest threat." In short, Colton and his men remain on top with villainess Alicia in tow, making what's already a cluster-cluck season of "Survivor" all the more confounding.

But the episode was not without its strategic upsides. On Salani, a new alliance bridging the gender gap seems to have emerged between Troyzan, Jay, Sabrina, Chelsea and Kim. It's that last name in particular who stands out as the most valuable player of the week, even if Manono wins the award for most entertaining player of the week.

Get all that and more in our weekly "Survivor" post-game with two-time contestant Rob Cesternino.

MTV: We've been talking for a while about a split happening this season, Rob. It was inevitable. But I didn't expect the "One World" twist to end so soon. Were you surprised?

Rob Cesternino: Yeah, I was not expecting that on a season called "Survivor: One World," that we would have a whole new world. That seemed a bit out of left field. But I think it's definitely going to be more interesting than if anyone was still on the same beach. What's the point in dividing a tribe if people get to stick together? At first, I didn't think it made a lot of sense. But in a switch, you want to see people get screwed by it. If everyone could still go back and talk to the people on their original alliances, it would not screw people over as bad. That's the whole fun of shaking things up.

MTV: I thought it was interesting, that when the camera zoomed out of the One World beach and you see where the new Manono is, it didn't seem like it was an insurmountable distance between the two. If they really wanted to put in the effort, maybe Manono could hoof it back to the Salani tribe.

Cesternino: I guess so, but I bet that would be very frowned upon by production.

MTV: Fair enough! [Laughs] Let's look at the split — we're looking at the Greek Gods versus the Peasants now, right?

Cesternino: Or the Village People, I thought! [Laughs] It was not exactly a fair tribal split, was it? It's almost like you couldn't make these two teams more unfair. All of the genetically superior people are on one team, and all of the also-rans are on the other team. This seems like it's going to get lopsided very quickly. Plus, you have Colton, the most destructive force to ever meet "Survivor," who is going to drive his tribe into the ground.

MTV: It's not even that Salani is just physically dominant, though. It seems like they have the players who are best equipped for conventional "Survivor" strategy.

Cesternino: Right. They're not just physically superior, they have all the players who know what they're doing in the game, like Chelsea and Kim and Sabrina and Troyzan and Jay. All of the levelheaded strategists are on this team, making an alliance. I won't be surprised if the Colton tribe not only runs themselves into the ground, but then just totally gets picked off at the merge.

MTV: Looking at the most valuable players on these two teams, Kim's pretty hard to beat, making a new alliance, finding an immunity idol, sharing the information only with Chelsea ...

Cesternino: It's hard to come away from tonight's episode and not think that Kim isn't the front-runner to win. She just has everything you're looking for in a winner. She has Chelsea, she has an alliance, she has the idol, she's talking about how easy this is, and not even in a cocky way. After tonight, if Kim isn't in the final three, I'll be very surprised.

MTV: She's looking pretty good.

Cesternino: Both aesthetically and strategically!

MTV: Well, let's look at who isn't doing well, namely, Manono. That's a schlubby group of Survivors if I've ever seen one.

Cesternino: They are a disaster. But they're lovable! They're lovable losers. Except for Colton. They're a ragtag bunch of lovable losers with this delusional leader at the head of the team. I mean, poor Monica. I couldn't figure out for the life of me why no one would want to be in an alliance with her. She was one of the most capable women on the show, and when Manono's biggest difficulty going forward is winning challenges, they go and get rid of the one person who could help them win? I think not only was Colton in a hurry to get to tribal council last week, but I'm pretty sure he'll be going every single week until he's voted off the show.

MTV: But if there's one great thing that came out of the split, purely on an entertainment level, it's that the two worst people in this game are officially allies. Colton and Alicia are in tandem now. What do you think of this terrible twosome?

Cesternino: I think Alicia might be in the worst position in the entire game. She's riding shotgun with Colton as his car is going off the cliff. There's no way for [her to do well]. What is the scenario where she thinks her old tribe will take her back? They're going to get to the merge, and they're going to get back together? It's not going to happen. Or somehow, is Colton going to stick with her and keep her until the end? That's not going to happen either. For Alicia, I don't think this ends well in any way, shape or form.

MTV: On a similar note, again on an entertainment level, I'm pretty certain that you and I both walked away with a newfound appreciation for Tarzan.

Cesternino: I am loving everything about Tarzan. I love that it's day 14 and he doesn't know the names of the people on his tribe. I love that he's able to make up new words. I love his shirt. I love everything about Tarzan. But the one thing that irks me: He's not on Twitter, at least to my knowledge! I need Tarzan on Twitter going forward.

MTV: I think that with this column, we can officially start the campaign to readers out there: Get Tarzan on Twitter. We can co-sign that, right, Rob?

Cesternino: Look, if we can get Betty White on "Saturday Night Live," I think we can get Tarzan on Twitter. [Laughs]

MTV: Wrapping up as usual, who looks best leaving this week's episode? I think that's got to be Kim, right?

Cesternino: Yeah, Kim. Really, everybody on Salani. I would sign on right now that the final five is Kim, Chelsea, Jay, Troyzan and Sabrina.

MTV: You think that alliance will stick? You think men versus women, that's totally done?

Cesternino: I do. I think that's done. I think that's the new alliance going forward. I almost wish the show would mess with these guys and switch the tribes again, because I almost think it's so unfair that these five people have found each other. I think they're just going to cakewalk to the end.

MTV: Well, if this season has been anything, it's been unpredictable. I would not put a second switch past the powers that be.

Cesternino: I think another switch would be genius on the part of producers. It's never been done before, a double switch. The teams are so lopsided. Unless we just want to see Colton run this tribe into the ground and ultimately come in sixth, I think a second switch would be amazing to see.

Get more of Rob's thoughts on "Survivor" at his website.

What did you think of the latest "Survivor"? Tell us in the comments section or hit me up on Twitter !

Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1681116/survivor-one-world-episode-5-recap.jhtml

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