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By Simon Evans MEXICO CITY, March 27 (Reuters) - United States central defenders Omar Gonzalez and Matt Besler went into Tuesday's game against Mexico at the Azteca Stadium with just two World Cup qualifying starts between them, but looked like they had been alongside each other for years in a spirited 0-0 draw. Gonzalez, making his third start in a qualifier and Besler making his first, held Mexico at bay in front of more than 95,000 fans as the U.S earned just their second point ever at the home of their arch-rivals. ...

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Gun in shootout is the one used in Colo. prison chief slaying

By Keith Coffman

DENVER (Reuters) - The gun used by a white supremacist ex-convict who was killed in a shootout with police near Decatur, Texas, last week was the same weapon used to kill Colorado's prison chief two days earlier, law enforcement officials said on Monday.

Evan Spencer Ebel, a 28-year-old parolee from Denver, was killed in a gun battle with Texas police last Thursday after a high-speed chase through Decatur.

Ballistics tests established that his gun was used to kill Tom Clements, executive director of the Colorado Department of Corrections, the El Paso County, Colorado, Sheriff's Office said on Monday. Clements, 58, was shot dead on Tuesday when he answered the door at his home south of Denver.

Ebel, who according to law enforcement sources was a member of a white supremacist prison gang known as the 211 Crew, has been named as a suspect in the killing.

"The analysis done by ballistics experts has concluded the gun used by Evan Ebel in Texas was the same weapon used in the shooting death of Tom Clements," the sheriff's department said in a written statement.

"The confirmation goes well beyond acknowledging the same caliber and brand of ammunition being used, but rather is based on unique, and often microscopic markings left on the casings at both scenes," the sheriff's department said.

The department said investigators were seeking to determine whether Ebel acted alone in the shooting of Clements or if others were involved.

Ebel has also been identified by police as a suspect in the killing of pizza delivery man Nathan Leon in Denver last Sunday, two days before Clements was slain.

A Domino's pizza deliverer's shirt or jacket and pizza carrier were found in the trunk of Ebel's Cadillac following the gun battle with police, according to a search warrant filed in the case and posted online by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram newspaper.

A Denver police spokesman said detectives were meeting on the case on Monday afternoon.

Meanwhile, authorities have been looking for ties between the death of Clements and the January killing of Mark Hasse, a prosecutor in the Kaufman County District Attorney's Office. Kaufman County is east of Dallas.

Ebel was paroled in the Denver area in January.

Emergency personnel carry the driver of a black Cadillac with Colorado plates who was involved in a high speed chase and shootout with police in Decatur, Texas, Thursday, March 21, 2013. The driver ... more? Emergency personnel carry the driver of a black Cadillac with Colorado plates who was involved in a high speed chase and shootout with police in Decatur, Texas, Thursday, March 21, 2013. The driver led police on a gunfire-filled chase through rural Montague County, crashed his car into a truck in Decatur, opened fire on authorities and was shot, officials said. Texas authorities are checking whether the Cadillac is the same car spotted near the home of Colorado prisons chief Tom Clements, who was shot and killed when he answered the door Tuesday night. (AP Photo/Wise County Messenger, Jimmy Alford) MANDATORY CREDIT, MAGS OUT less? Hundreds of mourners packed into a church in Colorado Springs on Monday to pay tribute to Clements, among them his widow, Lisa, and Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper.

Lisa Clements recalled how she and her husband were watching television at their home last Tuesday when their doorbell rang and her "life changed forever."

Hickenlooper, who was visibly moved as he spoke, called Clements, "without question, one of the most remarkable people I've ever known in my life."

(Reporting by Keith Coffman; Writing by Dan Whitcomb; Editing by Scott Malone, Kevin Gray and Bernard Orr)

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As coastal population grows, so does risk of severe storms

Everyone wants to live near the beach, it seems.

Nearly 11 million more Americans will move to the coasts by 2020, putting more of the population at risk from extreme coastal storms, according to a report released today (March 25) by the National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration. The nation's shorelinesalready hold the most densely packed communities in the country, with 446 people per square mile versus the national average of 105 people per square mile (excluding Alaska), found the NOAA National Coastal Population Report. The population density is six times greater at the coast than inland. (One square mile is about 2.5 square kilometers.) ?

"The coast is substantially more crowded than the U.S. as a whole," report editor Kristen Crossett, of NOAA's National Ocean Service said in a statement. "And the projected growth in coastal areas will increase population density at a faster rate than the country as a whole."

The coastal population also grew older between 1970 and 2010. During that time, there was an 89 percent increase in people older than 65 and a 4 percent drop in people younger than 18 years old, the report found. [Infographic: US Coastal Population]

Shoreline communities include those next to oceans, major estuaries and the Great Lakes. As the planet warms, these cities, towns and villages face a double threat of rising sea levels and more severe storms. The oceans are expected to rise up to 6.6 feet (2 meters) by 2100 due to thermal expansion (water expands as it warms) and glacier melt, according to the most recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the international body charged with assessing the future impact of climate change.

Global warming could also result in more extreme coastal storms, such as Hurricanes Sandy and Isaac, which caused severe damage last year, though the number of storms may not change, according to the IPCC and climate scientists.

The population pressures may affect coastal areas, Holly Bamford, assistant NOAA administrator for the National Ocean Service, said in a statement.

"As more people move to the coast, county managers will see a dual challenge: protecting a growing population from coastal hazards, as well as protecting coastal ecosystems from a growing population," Bamford said.

In 2010, 123.3 million people ? 39 percent of the U.S. population ? lived in shoreline counties, according to the report, which is based on data from the U.S. Census and NOAA. Since 1970, the shoreline population grew by 39 percent.

The number of people living near the nation's watersheds is even larger, NOAA found. A watershed county is an area in which water, sediments and dissolved material drain to a common coastal outlet, like a bay or the ocean.

From 1970 to 2010, the U.S. coastal watershed population increased by 45 percent. In 2010, 52 percent of the U.S. population lived in coastal watershed counties, although these regions account for less than 20 percent of the country's total land area (excluding Alaska).

Email Becky Oskin or follow her @beckyoskin. Follow us?@OAPlanet, Facebook?or Google +. Original article on LiveScience's OurAmazingPlanet.

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FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski to step down 'in the coming weeks' (update: his departing words)

Julius Genachowski will be stepping down when he reaches the end of his term as FCC Chairman, according to a brief message on the FCC's webpage. We're expecting to hear more in a live announcement at 10am, but this was no big surprise: four-year terms are the norm for a chairman and it was widely expected that he'd be amongst the officials replaced during Obama's second stint in office. The Wall Street Journal actually broke the news yesterday, and speculation over Mr. Genachowski's tenure has lingered ever since an awkward exchange where he refused to commit to his future at this year's CES.

During his time at the Commission, Genachowski worked to speed up the roll-out of broadband to rural communities, voiced concerns about the current phone unlocking policy and pushed to allocate more spectrum to WiFi use. With senior Republican Robert McDowell also departing the commission in the next few weeks, two places on the FCC's five-person board will need filling -- with names like Tom Wheeler, Karen Kornbluh and Catherine Sandoval being bandied about as replacements.

Update: Genachowski just made his formal announcement and used his minutes on the podium to thank the FCC's staff for helping to "get big things done" and "improve the lives of all Americans." He says the US has gone from "laggard to leader" in telecoms, with as many 4G subscribers as the rest of the world combined.

Update 2: The White House has now issued a statement on the matter, saying in part: "Over the last four years, Julius has brought to the Federal Communications Commission a clear focus on spurring innovation, helping our businesses compete in a global economy and helping our country attract the industries and jobs of tomorrow. Because of his leadership, we have expanded high-speed internet access, fueled growth in the mobile sector, and continued to protect the open internet as a platform for entrepreneurship and free speech."

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Oregon blows past Saint Louis 74-57 in 3rd round

Oregon guard Damyean Dotson (21) drives to the basket against Saint Louis guard Kwamain Mitchell (3) during the first half of a third-round game in the NCAA college basketball tournament Saturday, March 23, 2013, in San Jose, Calif. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)

Oregon guard Damyean Dotson (21) drives to the basket against Saint Louis guard Kwamain Mitchell (3) during the first half of a third-round game in the NCAA college basketball tournament Saturday, March 23, 2013, in San Jose, Calif. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)

Oregon forward Carlos Emory (33) takes a shot past Saint Louis forward Rob Loe (51) during the first half of a third-round game in the NCAA college basketball tournament Saturday, March 23, 2013, in San Jose, Calif. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)

Saint Louis guard Jordair Jett, left, recovers a loose ball during the first half of a third-round game in the NCAA college basketball tournament against Oregon Saturday, March 23, 2013, in San Jose, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Oregon's Arsalan Kazemi, left, steals the ball from Saint Louis forward Cody Ellis during the first half of a third-round game in the NCAA college basketball tournament Saturday, March 23, 2013, in San Jose, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Saint Louis forward Dwayne Evans, left, shoots over Oregon's Waverly Austin (20) during the first half of a third-round game in the NCAA college basketball tournament Saturday, March 23, 2013, in San Jose, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) ? Oregon is riding its much-debated No. 12 seed all the way to the round of 16.

Damyean Dotson scored 23 points, Carlos Emory added 14 points and the hot-shooting Ducks sprinted past fourth-seeded Saint Louis 74-57 in the NCAA tournament Saturday night.

Dotson made his first five 3-pointers to carry Oregon (28-8) into the second weekend for the first time since 2007, when it lost to eventual repeat champion Florida in the regional final. The Ducks made 8 of 11 shots from beyond the arc, while the Billikens finished 3 for 21 from long range.

Oregon will play No. 1 overall seed Louisville in the Midwest Regional in Indianapolis next. The Cardinals routed Colorado State 82-56 in Lexington, Ky.

Kwamain Mitchell scored 18 points and Dwayne had 16 points and nine rebounds for the Billikens (28-7), who set a school record in wins this season following the death of coach Rick Majerus in December. Instead of a storybook finish, Saint Louis lost in the round of 32 for the second straight year.

Oregon's size and speed just overwhelmed Saint Louis.

The Ducks' defense extended into a full-court press, forcing Saint Louis to play faster than it wanted. With a series of stops providing easy breakaways, Oregon's bright black-and-yellow uniforms blurred all over the court.

The open space played perfectly into what the Ducks do best: find seams and shoot. Dotson, Emory and E.J. Singler (14 points) each made a 3-pointer before Johnathan Loyd capped the 25-8 run to end the half with another from the top of the arc in the final seconds, lifting his hand in the air after giving Oregon a 35-19 lead at the break.

The Billikens blitzed the Ducks in the first few minutes of the second half. Evans converted two quick layups and Mitchell made a 3-pointer to slice Oregon's lead to 37-26.

The small sprinkling of blue-and-white faithful that sat behind the Saint Louis bench stood and cheered. A few brief bursts withstanding, the arena had an overwhelming Pac-12 flavor as Oregon and California ? which was facing Syracuse in the night session as part of the East bracket ? flooded the facility with fans.

The Ducks built back a 44-28 lead carried by its defense, including Loyd stealing the ball from blue-haired Cody Ellis and finishing strong with a layup on the other end. Saint Louis made a couple of late runs but never got closer than 11 points.

The Billikens had to endure a few late highlights that will surely illuminate Oregon's run even more. The Ducks just about put the game away when Dotson tossed a midair bounce pass down the sideline for Emory, whose corner 3-pointer put Oregon ahead 58-39 with 8:16 remaining.

Dotson is 16 of 30 from beyond the arc since the start of the Pac-12 tournament. He had been 0 for 12 from long range in the five previous games.

Arsalan Kazemi had eight points and 16 rebounds for Oregon. The Iranian-born player added to the rout by finishing a late alley-oop from Loyd. Kazemi has 33 rebounds in the two tournament games.

The Quack Attack has been at its best this March.

While the selection committee turned some heads for seeding Oregon so low, there is no doubting this team anymore. All the Ducks have done is tie for second place in the Pac-12 in the regular season, win the conference tournament and beat No. 5 seed Oklahoma State 68-55 before sending Saint Louis home.

The Billikens lost in the round of 32 year to No. 1 seed Michigan State last year after snapping a 12-year NCAA tournament drought. The deepest run the school ever made was to the quarterfinals in 1952, when there were only 16 teams in the tournament.

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Bank loans to infra projects to be treated as secured lending: FinMin ...

New Delhi: The Finance Ministry today said loans extended by banks to infrastructure projects, especially in the roads and power sector, will be treated as secured finance even in the absence of tangible collaterals.

?This implies that the rights, licences, authorisation, etc., charged to the banks as collateral in respect the debts of infrastructure projects being implemented under PPP mode and having model concession agreements will now be treated as secured lending,? the Finance Ministry said in a statement.

However, the earlier notification of RBI did not reckon intangible securities such as rights and licence, it said. Reuters

However, the earlier notification of RBI did not reckon intangible securities such as rights and licence, it said. The move is aimed at boosting infrastructure financing, especially for the projects in roads and power sector as debt to such projects are costly, as well as risky and unsecured, it said.

The new projects will be immediate beneficiaries, as banks will find them more comfortable and attractive for financing, it added. Earlier this week, Finance Minister P Chidambaram had called the stalled projects worrying.

He had said steps were being taken to ensure that the impediments are removed and credit flow takes place. As many as 215 projects with an investment of Rs 7 lakh crore are currently stalled and banks have disbursed about Rs 54,000 crore loan towards it, Chidambaram had said.

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Saudi Shi'ites fear spy arrests will exacerbate local tensions

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia risks worsening already-tense relations with its Shi'ite Muslim minority if it charges 16 detained Shi'ites with spying in a case linked to rival Shi'ite power Iran, community leaders said on Wednesday.

The government has previously blamed unrest among Shi'ites in the Qatif district of oil-producing Eastern Province on an unnamed foreign power, seen as code for Iran, a charge local activists have denied. Sixteen people have been killed in Qatif in clashes with police in the past two years.

Shi'ite activists said several members of their community had been arrested in the past four days across Saudi Arabia and their families had not been able to contact them.

Late on Tuesday the Interior Ministry said the intelligence service had detained an Iranian, a Lebanese and 16 Saudis for spying. Saudi Arabia and Iran are locked in a struggle for influence across the region.

Those detained, in the four cities where the government said it arrested the espionage suspects, included two clerics, a banker and a university professor, Shi'ite activists said. They were arrested in Riyadh, Mecca, Jeddah and Eastern Province.

"These people are not at all known as politically active. They are active only in normal religious practices. So these accusations are really strange. This whole story is damaging relations with the community," said one Shi'ite leader, Jafar al-Shayeb.

Saudi Shi'ites complain they face persistent discrimination in getting public sector jobs and worshipping freely, charges the government of the Sunni-majority kingdom denies.

Shi'ites also say they are often unfairly portrayed by officials and Sunni clerics as having loyalty to Iran.

On Tuesday the local Arab News daily reported that three Saudis had been sentenced to prison for spying on Saudi Arabia's state oil company by stealing hard drives. It was not clear whether that case was related to the alleged spy ring.

Investigators said in September that a cyber attack intended to stop production at Saudi Aramco was carried out by insiders. Aramco later linked the attack to hackers in foreign countries.

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Slabs of ancient tectonic plate still lodged under California

Mar. 18, 2013 ? The Isabella anomaly -- indications of a large mass of cool, dehydrated material about 100 kilometers beneath central California -- is in fact a surviving slab of the Farallon oceanic plate. Most of the Farallon plate was driven deep into the Earth's mantle as the Pacific and North American plates began converging about 100 million years ago, eventually coming together to form the San Andreas fault.

Large chunks of an ancient tectonic plate that slid under North America millions of years ago are still present under parts of central California and Mexico, according to new research led by Brown University geophysicists.

Around 100 million years ago, the Farallon oceanic plate lay between the converging Pacific and North American plates, which eventually came together to form the San Andreas fault. As those plates converged, much of the Farallon was subducted underneath North America and eventually sank deep into the mantle. Off the west coast of North America, the Farallon plate fragmented, leaving a few small remnants at the surface that stopped subducting and became part of the Pacific plate.

But this new research suggests that large slabs from Farallon remain attached to these unsubducted fragments. The researchers used seismic tomography and other data to show that part of the Baja region and part of central California near the Sierra Nevada mountains sit atop "fossil" slabs of the Farallon plate.

"Many had assumed that these pieces would have broken off quite close to the surface," said Brown geophysicist Donald Forsyth, who led the research with Yun Wang, a former Brown graduate student now at the University of Alaska. "We're suggesting that they actually broke off fairly deep, leaving these large slabs behind."

The findings are published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Geologists had known for years about a "high velocity anomaly" in seismic tomography data near the Sierra Nevada mountains in California. Seismic tomography measures the velocity of seismic waves deep underground. The speed of the waves provides information about the composition and temperature of the subsurface. Generally, slower waves mean softer and hotter material; faster waves mean stiffer and cooler material.

The anomaly in California, known as the Isabella anomaly, indicated that a large mass of relatively cool and dehydrated material is present at a depth of 100 to 200 kilometers below the surface. Just what that mass was wasn't known, but there were a few theories. It was often explained by a process called delamination. The crust beneath the eastern part of the mountains is thin and the mantle hot, indicating that part of the lithospheric plate under the mountains had delaminated -- broken off. The anomaly, scientists thought, might be the signature of that sunken hunk of lithosphere, which would be cooler and dryer than the surrounding mantle.

But a few years ago, scientists detected a new anomaly under the Mexico's Baja Peninsula, due east of one of the known coastal remains of the Farallon plate. Because of its proximity to the Farallon fragment, Forsyth and Wang thought it was very likely that the anomaly represented an underground extension of the fragment.

A closer look at the region showed that there are high-magnesium andesite deposits on the surface near the eastern edge of the anomaly. These kinds of deposits are volcanic rocks usually associated with the melting of oceanic crust material. Their presence suggests that the eastern edge of the anomaly represents the spots where Farallon finally gave way and broke off, sending andesites to the surface as the crust at the end of the subducted plate melted.

That led Forsyth and his colleagues to suspect that perhaps the Isabella anomaly in California might also represent a slab still connected to an unsubducted fragment of the Farallon plate. So they re-examined the tomography data along the entire West Coast. They compared the Baja and Isabella anomalies to anomalies associated with known Farallon slabs underneath Washington and Oregon.

The study found that all of the anomalies are strongest at the same depth -- right around 100 kilometers. And all of them line up nearly due east of known fragments from Farallon.

"The geometry was the kicker," Forsyth said. "The way they line up just makes sense."

The findings could force scientists to re-examine the tectonic history of western North America, Forsyth said. In particular, it forces a rethinking of the delamination of the Sierra Nevada, which had been used to explain the Isabella anomaly.

"However the Sierra Nevada was delaminated," Forsyth said, "it's probably not in the way that many people had been thinking."

His research colleague asnd co-author Brian Savage of the University of Rhode Island agrees. "This work has radically changed our understanding of the makeup of the west coast of North America," Savage said. "It will cause a thorough rethinking of the geological history of North America and undoubtedly many other continental margins.""

The work was supported by the National Science Foundation. Other authors on the paper were Brown graduate student Christina Rau, Brown undergraduate Nina Carriero, Brandon Schmandt from the University of Oregon, and James Gaherty from Columbia University.

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Qatar University opens international conference on public ...

Qatar University?s (QU) Social and Economic Survey Research Institute (SESRI) today (Monday 18^th) opened its second international conference ? The Rise in Public Engagement: The Region and the World ? highlighting the importance of engaging the public and of recording changes to society since the Arab Spring.

Experts from across the world gathered at Qatar University?s library auditorium for the three-day conference, which covers issues including identity, democracy and governance, economic change and development, women and gender issues, religion, sustainability and human security, and electoral integrity ? the problems and progress in holding free and fair elections.

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QU President Professor Sheikha Al-Misnad highlighted the importance of surveys in the Gulf and Middle East as a means of charting the social and political transformations which have been taking place in the Arab world over the last few years. She said: ?Now, more than ever before, academics and researchers are called upon to wield their measurement and analytical tools to document and help us understand the changes that are happening in societies, not only in Arab countries, but in this globally inter-connected world.?

She praised SESRI and its collaborations with the World Values Survey and Arab Barometer which have advanced research in Qatar and the wider region, providing key statistics to help formulate policy and set priorities.

In his opening remarks, SESRI Director Dr Darwish Al-Emadi spoke about the growing importance of engaging public, particularly in states which have non-elected governments. He said: ?The Arabic Spring started from a lack of public engagement in most of the countries? Public engagement is a way for individuals or groups to have an effective role in decision making in society ? they can debate topics and influence policies.?

He argued that while societies can develop somewhat without public engagement, it is a short-term measure. Such engagement is crucial for long-standing, meaningful development of society, he said.

Leading the first panel discussion, on the issue of ?Why we need surveys in the Gulf?, Dr Al-Emadi said: ?Gulf societies are in transformation. Changes are happening so fast ? in Qatar we can observe big changes in just three years. Surveys are a good channel of bottom-up communication. We can create awareness of local and regional issues. We can provide windows to the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.

?By bringing issues to the surface, you can start debate, not just in the one country, but across others with similar issues.?

University of Michigan?s Ronald Inglehart continued this theme in his address, saying: ?Things are changing ? what people think is changing. Running a society like Qatar without research means that you miss an important component of reality.? He said that, from research across the world, an intrinsic part of economic development is changes to gender equality. However, he added: ?I don?t think that gender equality will result in Arab women becoming like French or Japanese women. Cultural heritage shapes these things. Women?s role [in the Arab world] will become more active but will be affected by the surrounding culture.?

Dr. Darwish Al-Emadi

Other panel discussions on the opening day centered on the issues of identity and democracy and governance. SESRI?s Dr Abdoulaye Diop and Dr Kien T. Le, and Trevor Johnston from the University of Michigan outlined the findings of a survey undertaken in December 2012 on Qataris? attitudes towards foreign workers. They reported that:

• 89% of respondents say it?s true (very/somewhat) that foreign workers help to build Qatar?s economy

• 84% of the respondents say it?s true (very/somewhat) that foreign workers strengthen Qatar because they work hard

• 77% of respondents say it?s true (very/somewhat) that foreign workers make Qatar open to new cultures

• 73% of respondents say it?s true (very/somewhat) that foreign workers strengthen Qatar because they bring talents to Qatar

• 94% of respondents say it?s true (very/somewhat) that foreign workers increase traffic congestion in Qatar

• 75% of respondents say it?s true (very/somewhat) that foreign workers threaten traditional Qatari customs and values?

• 72% of respondents say it?s true (very/somewhat) that foreign workers put a strain on Qatar?s health services.

SESRI?s Justin Gengler also presented findings based on a survey undertaken in January 2013 of 800 Qatar nationals asking ? Does Economic Satisfaction Really Breed Political Apathy among Gulf Citizens? Using Qatar as a model, the results showed that while economic considerations are important, providing ?non-material? goods is also important for a society. In Qatar?s case, those were: protection of conservative values and cultural heritage and gaining international credibility and prestige.

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Line Game d?passe les 100 millions de t?l?chargements en sept mois, sur iPhone et Android

[Pockett.net] - Line (filiale de NHN Japan) est ? la base une plate-forme de messagerie avec une dimension sociale. La soci?t? a ?galement lanc? 16 jeux sur son service Line Game pour iPhone/iPad et Android. Elle revendique plus de 100 millions de t?l?chargements de ces jeux en seulement sept mois.

Line Game permet de partager ses scores avec ses amis, mais ?galement de les affronter, comme de nombreux autres services du genre. Line met en avant sa popularit? croissante dans des pays comme la Tha?lande, Ta?wan et l'Asie de l'Est en g?n?ral. Des jeux de Line Game se sont retrouv?s en premi?re place des applications et jeux gratuits de l'App Store dans 12 pays. Sur Google Play, cette premi?re place a ?t? atteinte dans 10 pays pour les applications gratuites et 14 pays pour les jeux. Ces pays sont, en vrac, le Japon, la Chine, le Vietnam, l'Indon?sie... En fait, rares pays sont les pays hors de cette r?gion o? Line Game remporte le m?me succ?s : Australie, Kirghizistan, Arabie Saoudite et Alg?rie. En r?alit?, 45 % des t?l?chargements sont au Japon, les 55 % restant repr?sentant tous les autres pays.

Le jeu le plus populaire est Line Pop (match-3) avec ses 20 millions de t?l?chargements au 16 janvier, soit 58 jours apr?s son lancement. Le jeu aurait ?t? 3e dans le monde pour les revenus mensuels g?n?r?s en d?cembre 2012. Line Bubble (Puzzle Bobble-like) a r?alis? 10 millions de t?l?chargements au 19 janvier, soit 28 jours apr?s son lancement. Derri?re arrivent Line Birzzle, Line IceQpick et Line Cartoon Wars.

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Florida rallies to reach SEC Tournament final

Published: Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 3:03 p.m.

Last Modified: Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 8:10 p.m.

Down 10 early in the second half Saturday, the teetering Gators appeared headed for a second straight semifinal exit in the Southeastern Conference Tournament.

But Florida managed to get a few stops. And slumping senior guard Kenny Boynton finally heated up.

Boynton scored all of his team-high 16 points in the second half, carrying the No. 13 Gators to a 61-51 win over Alabama in the SEC Tournament semifinals. The win advanced Florida to the tourney final for the sixth time in 17 seasons under coach Billy Donovan.

Donovan was proud of the resiliency the Gators showed in the second-half comeback.

?There is nothing easy about getting here, and as a group or as individuals, you have to accept, embrace and really be driven by that challenge,? Donovan said.

The Gators (26-6) will try for their first SEC Tournament title since 2007 against Ole Miss (25-8), which beat Vanderbilt 64-52 in the second semifinal game.

?To have a chance to play for another championship, it feels great,? said Florida junior center Patric Young, who also stepped up with 13 points and nine rebounds. ?We know it's going to be a 40-minute game, and we're going to do what it takes to bring that trophy home.?

Florida also could join the 2007 Gators as the second team in school history to win both the SEC regular-season championship and SEC Tournament championship.

Playing for a championship didn't look promising when Trevor Releford made a pair of free throws to put Alabama (21-12) up 37-27 with 16:05 left. But Florida showed the same toughness it showed in rallying from down eight points to beat Alabama on March 2 in Gainesville.

Florida responded with a 15-0 run, which began with a pair of free throws from Will Yeguete and continued with 11 straight points from Boynton. For the much maligned former McDonald's All-American, it was a big breakout. Boynton's first 3-pointer in two SEC Tournament games cut Alabama's lead to 37-36 with 13:45 left, and he followed it up with a driving layup in transition with 13:07 left to give the Gators a 38-37 lead.

Back-to-back baskets from Boynton and Young extended UF's lead to 42-37 with 11:14 left. From there, Florida made all the effort plays to close out the game. The Gators out-rebounded Alabama 18-12 in the second half, which included big putback baskets from Young and Casey Prather. Florida outscored Alabama 12-8 in second-chance points.

?We didn't want to go into the locker room knowing we played that hard only to come away with a loss,? said Florida junior point guard Scottie Wilbekin, who finished with four points, four assists and three steals. ?We had felt that before in close games, and it hurts. We don't want to go through that again.?

Young was particularly active on the boards. His nine rebounds were the most since grabbing 11 rebounds against Kentucky on Feb. 12

?I was just really locked in,? Young said. ?Just trying to really work hard, get good positioning. I felt like I could have even had a few more.?

In a battle between the SEC's top two defenses, Florida struggled to score early. The Gators tried to establish Young inside, but he missed his first two shot attempts from close range. Yeguete and Erik Murphy also failed to convert on shots in and around the basket. Florida also missed its first six 3-point attempts and finished the first half 1 of 8 from beyond the arc.

?I thought our team got deflated in the first half,? Donovan said. ?And not that they were frustrated with each other, frustrated with missing layups. Patric Young misses a couple of layups, I can see it in his face. He feels like he's letting the entire world down. But you've got to stay with the struggle.?

Alabama, meanwhile, rode the inside-out combination of Nick Jacobs and Trevor Lacey to a 28-25 halftime lead. Jacobs scored nine of his 11 points in the first half, while Lacey's eight first-half points included a couple of deep 3-pointers with a hand in his face. Alabama finished the first half shooting 55 percent from the floor (11 of 20) and 60 percent from 3-point range (3 of 5).

?I kinda thought maybe they had a box of Lucky Charms behind the bench or something,? Young said. ?They were hitting so many crazy shots. But we knew as long as we worked hard on the defensive end it would start to level out.?

To start the second half, Florida fell behind 37-27. But as momentum started to shift, Alabama players admitted they felt the same sinking feeling they did in letting an eight-point lead slip away in Gainesville. The loss dropped Alabama coach Anthony Grant to 0-6 against his mentor. Grant worked 12 seasons as an assistant under Donovan at Marshall and Florida.

?Me and Andrew (Steele), we were talking about it on the bench,? Lacey said. ?When we went up 10, we were talking about we need to keep what we were doing, keep it on them, keep attacking them and just try to make plays.?

But it was the Gators who made the plays in crunch time.

?Our guys tried to fight everywhere,? Donovan said.

Contact Kevin Brockway at 352-374-5054 or brockwk@gvillesun.com. Also check out Brockway's blog at Gatorsports.com.

FLORIDA PROBABLE STARTERS

G Kenny Boynton 6-2 Sr. 12.3 ppg, 3.1 rpg

G Mike Rosario 6-3 Sr. 12.2 ppg, 2.4 rpg

G Scottie Wilbekin 6-2 Jr. 9.1 ppg, 5.0 apg

F Erik Murphy 6-10 Sr. 12.7 ppg, 5.4 rpg

C Patric Young 6-9 Jr. 10.6 ppg, 6.3 rpg

OLE MISS PROBABLE STARTERS

G Marshall Henderson 6-2 Jr. 20.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg

G Derrick Millinghaus 5-10 Fr. 5.6 ppg, 1.4 rpg

F Terry Brutus 6-6 Fr. 1.4 ppg, 1.8 rpg

F Reginald Buckner 6-9 Sr. 9.5 ppg, 7.5 rpg

C Murphy Holloway 6-7 Sr. 14.4 ppg, 9.6 rpg

Notes: Florida will be going for its fourth SEC Tournament title in school history. The Gators have won previous SEC Tournaments in 2005, 2006, 2007. ? The Gators rank first in the SEC and third in the nation in scoring defense, holding opponents to 53.3 points per game. The Gators have held 12 opponents under 50 points and 23 opponents under 60 points. ? Offensively, Florida senior guard Kenny Boynton broke out of a recent slump with a team-high 16 points against Alabama. Patric Young (13 points) and Mike Rosario (10 points) also reached double figures against the Crimson Tide. ? Ole Miss starting point guard Jarvis Summers is questionable for the game with a concussion. If Summers is out, look for Ole Miss to turn to sophomore guard LaDarius White for help off the bench. White is averaging 6.6 points with 37 assists. ?. Florida beat Ole Miss 78-64 in the only previous meeting between the two schools Feb. 2 at the O'Connell Center in Gainesville.

Source: http://www.gatorsports.com/article/20130316/articles/130319640

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Why Intel Isn't Building The Apple 'A' Chips... Yet

For the past year I have been thinking that in a rational world Apple (AAPL) and Intel (INTC) would have established a manufacturing partnership as soon as Intel's 22nm Trigate manufacturing process was announced in 2011. Yet they haven't. Speculation and rumor run rampant. Articles on Seeking Alpha and elsewhere offer perfectly reasonable arguments, for and against, Intel manufacturing for Apple. One thing that everyone agrees is that the Apple/Samsung foundry relationship is not sustainable.

Yesterday I was poking around on the Internet and it came to me! Memory. It's all about memory.

Let me explain:

Every Application Processor in every smartphone is part of a PoP (Package on Package) assembly. The PoP assembly is made up of the Application Processor on the bottom and two Mobile DRAM chips mounted on top of the processor. The reason for this is often thought to be for the required miniaturization, which is true, but this kind of assembly contributes a great deal to the speed performance and the low power requirements of mobile devices. Tablet computers, where real estate for mounting components, is much larger still use PoP assemblies for the performance reasons cited above. Smartphones and tablets can't be made without mobile DRAM.

The mobile DRAM business is made up of Samsung, Hynix, Elpida, and very little from Micron (MU). The consensus a year ago was that Elpida would go out of business, leaving Samsung and Hynix as an effective duopoly in mobile DRAM business.

To Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, a duopoly made up of arch enemy, Samsung and another Korean company, in a commodity that will require 600 million devices to be shipped to Apple is simply unacceptable.

Fast forward to today; Micron is in the final stages of acquiring Elpida. Check the timing on the following events: on February 27, 2012, Intel and Micron announce an "enhanced" joint venture that adds other memory technologies. Part of the enhanced joint venture seemed to beef up Micron's balance sheet to prepare for the Elpida acquisition. On May 8, 2012, it was announced that Hynix, Toshiba and others had walked away from the deal and Micron had won the competition to buy Elpida out of bankruptcy. On May 16, 2012, rumors emerged of large Apple mobile DRAM orders being placed with Elpida at the expense of Samsung.

Without a reliable and capable supply of mobile DRAM there is no way that Apple could move the production of "A" chips away from Samsung. At least for the time being Apple could depend on Samsung to continue supplying, since Apple is thought to have largely funded the Samsung factory in Austin, Texas.

The Bondholders of Elpida have about two more weeks to file an appeal to the Japanese bankruptcy court approval of the Micron acquisition. After that time expires, Micron believes they can complete all the paperwork in another 30 days and close the Elpida acquisition.

So, about May 1, 2013 there should be noisy celebrations at Apple, Intel, and, of course, Micron.

After the close of the Elpida acquisition, Apple will be free to move the "A" chip fabrication anywhere they desire. They will desire to put the business with Intel because any other potential supplier is a technology dead end. Intel will have access to a long trusted partner, Micron, to cooperate in supply and development of new memory technology for mobile, server, and storage application.

I expect the second half of 2013 will be very interesting for Apple, Intel and Micron.

Buying any or all of these stocks should be very rewarding in the next 18-24 months.

Disclosure: I am long INTC, MU. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article. (More...)

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Dot Earth Blog: The Long Shadow of Sequester Cuts on U.S. Science Investment

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John Broder has reported that President Obama will today try to push forward with a State of the Union pledge:

With few options available for financing his clean-energy ambitions, President Obama on Friday will propose diverting $2 billion in revenue from federal oil and gas leases over the next decade to pay for research on advanced vehicles, White House officials said. [Read the rest]

The article notes this is seen by the White House as a way to sustain energy science and technology development even as the automatic spending cuts kick in under what?s being called sequestration ? a euphemism for forced cuts in all programs because of political deadlock over changes in taxes and entitlements.

The president is scheduled to announce the financing plan at the?Argonne National Laboratory?near Chicago, which received money in early stages of the stimulus spending during the recession for research aimed at improving vehicle batteries.

The laboratory?s director,?Eric D. Isaacs, co-authored an article in The Atlantic this week warning that the cuts would cancel all new research efforts at the lab for two years or more.

The piece includes this sobering line:

Less than one percent of the federal budget goes to fund basic science research ? $30.2 billion out of the total of $3.8 trillion President Obama requested in fiscal year 2012. By slashing that fraction even further, the government will achieve short-term savings in millions this year, but the resulting gaps in the innovation pipeline could cost billions of dollars and hurt the national economy for decades to come.

For much more, read ?Eroding Our Foundation: Sequestration, R&D, Innovation and U.S. Economic Growth,? by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation.

It was clear long ago that the pulse of stimulus spending devoted to research was a blip. [See "Short-Termism and Energy Revolutions."] It?s clearer than ever now. America?s decades-long bi-partisan slumber party on basic research in sciences related to energy continues.

This is what that slumber party looks like as of the 2013 budget:

Resource: Click for background from the American Association for the Advancement of Science on the impact of cuts that would come with sequestration.

10:40 a.m. |Update

In an e-mail, Roger A. Pielke, Jr., of the University of Colorado pointed me to his critique of ?R and D mythology,? repeated in The Atlantic piece cited above, on the connection between research spending and economic growth.

Source: http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/15/the-long-shadow-of-budget-cuts-on-u-s-science-investment/?partner=rss&emc=rss

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WWE hosts a be a STAR rally benefiting The Rotary Club of Stamford

Brodus Clay & Kaitlyn participate in a be a STAR rally in Stamford, Conn.The Bella Twins make a surprise return to WWE: Raw, March 11, 2013Kaitlyn vs. Tamina Snuka: SmackDown, March 8, 2013Layla asks to help Kaitlyn out during her match: WWE App ExclusiveKaitlyn answers your question: WWE App Exclusive, March 4, 2013Ask Kaitlyn any question: WWE App Exclusive, March 4, 2013Sheamus vs. Cody Rhodes: WWE Main Event, Feb. 27, 2013

STAMFORD, Conn. ??WWE, The Creative Coalition and The Rotary Club of Stamford hosted a special be a STAR anti-bullying at Westover Elementary School Thursday night!

Divas Champion Kaitlyn, Brodus Clay and announcer Josh Mathews hosted the special event, which featured an anti-bullying rally for WWE Universe members of all ages, as well as a silent auction benefiting The Rotary Club of Stamford. Auction items included tickets to the March 15 WWE Live Event in Bridgeport, Conn., tours of WWE headquarters, a WWE Championship replica title and more. (PHOTOS)

Other special guests included The Creative Coalition CEO Robin Bronk; Clinical Director at Child Guidance Center Dr. Larry Rosenberg; Stand Up to Bullying President Michael Dreiblat; Clinical Director at Kids in Crisis Kimberly Lisack; and Dr. Bob Goldman of the Rotary Club. Also in attendance were representatives from Stamford?s Turn of River Middle School for Rachel?s Challenge Program.

The Superstars and other honored guests talked to the WWE Universe about the different forms of bullying, such as cyber, physical and verbal, and encouraged everyone in attendance to be a STAR by not being bystanders and by standing up to bullies.

?Bullying is not just something that happens as part of growing up,? Clay said. ?Bystanders are sometimes the gasoline in the fire. It?s just as bad if you ignore bullying.?

The speakers shared personal stories about being bullied. The Funkasaurus led the audience in the be a STAR Pledge and encouraged the children and parents to download the anti-bullying materials and tools available from the be a STAR Alliance.?

Kaitlyn, who was proud to take part in her first be a STAR rally, shared a story about how bullying has affected her family. Her brother, who is much shorter than her, once told the Diva he was upset that she laughed at a joke about his height. It?s a moment she wishes she could take back.

?Looking back, I wish I hadn?t just been a bystander and that I stood up for him,? the Divas Champion said. ?You can speak up. You can make a difference.?

One out of every four children is bullied, and a child is bullied every seven minutes. Through WWE and The Creative Coalition?s campaign, children around the globe are encouraged to ?be a STAR: Show.Tolerance.And.Respect.?

For more than a year and a half, WWE Superstars and Divas have visited more than 40 schools to spread the be a STAR message, affecting 20,000-plus children! This is in addition to the 25,000 people who have taken the be a STAR pledge online at beastaralliance.org.

Be a STAR is made up of more than 50 alliance partners, including Scholastic Inc., YMCA of America, Girl Scouts of America, GLAAD, RAINN and STOMP Out Bullying. For more information, visit?beastaralliance.org, the?be a STAR Facebook page and on Twitter @beastaralliance. Also, log on to?beastaralliance.org to take the official be a STAR pledge and to download a free be a STAR teacher?s aide and be a STAR toolkit to start your own local chapter.

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'I?ve got to believe it?s worth it'

On the Radar

?Ten years after the start of the Iraq War, former US Army Vice Chief of Staff Peter Chiarelli is still raw with emotion talking about the soldiers he lost during the war and says he'll "never forget" the day his troops came under fire on April 4, 2004, and he found himself powerless to help them.

"When that fight took place, I basically had to sit in my tactical operation center, listen to the radio, listen to my soldiers, some dying, and many being wounded, and I really couldn't do anything," recalls Chiarelli, who was not able to command his troops during the battle due to a rule that prohibited him from doing so until the completion of a command transition that was underway.

The retired general says he's "got to believe" the Iraq War was worth the sacrifice the United States made, but also says he saw things "no one should ever see."

"We saw murders every single night. We didn't really see them at night, we saw them in the mornings when we went on patrol. We would find men with hands tied behind their back and shot between the eyes, and there were days where we would find a hundred bodies out in the streets of Baghdad," says Chiarelli of the violence in Iraq during 2006.

And he finds himself still thinking about the letters he wrote to the families of fallen soldiers over the course of the war.

"I just didn't sign them, I wrote them, at least as a division commander I wrote to every parent and spouse," Chiarelli says, tearing up. "Almost 500, or more than 500 in 2006, so that was a very difficult time."

Now retired from the military, Chiarelli works at a non-profit organization One Mind for Research, researching traumatic brain injuries and post traumatic stress in hopes of improving treatment for these brain disorders that affect many veterans, as well as civilians.

"We have not done what is necessary to understand it to come up with better diagnostics and better treatments," Chiarelli says of these disorders. "We've got to put the resources against it, or quit saying that we are. Because that to me is absolutely critical. And I can tell you that in the area of traumatic brain injury, post traumatic stress, we as a nation have not."

While Chiarelli is hopeful that more research can result in improved treatment for these brain disorders, he is not optimistic that the government will lead the way.

"I don't think the government's going to do it. So we have to put together public-private partnerships. We have to take what government money we can get, we have to appeal to private philanthropy," says Chiarelli, an ABC News Consultant.

To hear more of the interview with retired Gen. Peter Chiarelli, including more details about his time in Iraq, check out this episode of On the Radar.

ABC's Eric Wray,?Betsy Klein, Alexandra Dukakis, Tom D'Annibale, and Mark Barnes contributed to this episode.

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Follow the debate over de-extinction

Johnathan Blair / National Geographic

A museum worker inspects a replica of a woolly mammoth, a species that went extinct 3,000 to 10,000 years ago. In March 2012, scientists in Russia and South Korea announced a partnership to try to clone the mammoth and generate a living specimen.

By Alan Boyle, Science Editor, NBC News

If scientists can use genetic engineering to bring back the woolly mammoth, should they do it? How about the passenger pigeon? Or the western black rhino? Do we humans have a responsibility to restore at least some of the species that our ancestors wiped out? And if we bring them back, will they really be the same?

Such questions are the focus of TEDxDeExtinction, a public forum that's being presented on Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET at National Geographic's Washington headquarters. You can watch the whole thing online via LivestreamTEDx and National Geographic's De-Extinction website, which also has loads of articles and resources on the issue. The event has been organized by Revive & Restore, a nonprofit clearinghouse for worldwide de-extinction work that's under the aegis of the Long Now Foundation in San Francisco.

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"De-extinction"? What's that?

"It's using new technologies like cloning and genome sequencing to reconstruct a species that went extinct," science writer Carl Zimmer explained. Zimmer's talk at Friday's TEDx event will help set the scene for the de-extinction debate, and he's also written a cover story on the topic for National Geographic's April issue.

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National Geographic's cover story for the April issue focuses on the prospects of reviving ancient species.

De-extinction has been in the works for more than a decade, basically ever since Dolly the Sheep demonstrated in 1996 that mammals could be cloned from cells in a lab dish. Spanish and French scientists worked for years on an effort to bring the Pyrenean ibex back from extinction, by cloning cells that had been preserved from the last known animal of the species. They succeeded only in producing a deformed kid that died 10 minutes after birth.

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That brief de-extinction (and re-extinction) took place in 2003 and was reported in 2009. Since then, significant advances have been made in cloning and in other technologies for DNA sequencing and gene splicing. That's allowed scientists to think about what previously was unthinkable. Russian and Korean researchers, for example, are looking through the tissue of a woolly mammoth that was preserved in the deep freeze of Siberia's permafrost, in hopes of finding cells that are suitable for cloning.

Geneticist George Church, meanwhile, is working on a technique for inserting snippets of reconstructed DNA code from an extinct species into stem cells for a closely related living species. The coding for the traits of a passenger pigeon could be reintroduced, bit by bit, into a breed of common rock pigeon. Over the course of many generations, the rock pigeons would become more and more like passenger pigeons.

"George Church's method will open up a whole new range of possibilities," Zimmer said. "You're not actually grabbing an intact molecule that was inside an animal that was alive 1,000 years ago."

This type of reverse engineering could also open up a whole new range of questions. "Is a regular rock pigeon that's been given the traits that passenger pigeons had really a passenger pigeon, or is it a hybrid, or whatever?" Zimmer asked.

In a similar vein, plant researchers are sorting through the genome of Asian chestnut trees, with the intention of picking out the specific strings of DNA coding that can make American chestnuts more resistant to a species-killing fungus. The trick could save American chestnut trees from extinction, even though it's debatable whether they'd still be American chestnuts. "It's not the original thing, it's better," Zimmer said. "But should be we be doing that?"

It's not such a giant leap to think about looking through the Neanderthal genome as well, to find out whether it contains the coding for traits that could make humans "better." Church's reflections on that subject sparked all sorts of exaggerated reports a couple of months ago, replete with references to Neanderthal babies being spawned by human surrogate mothers-for-hire.

Zimmer said the last thing that Church and his colleagues want is a genetic free-for-all over de-extinction. "They want this to be something where there's a strong consensus," he said. "This is not an off-the-reservation project."

Friday's event could represent a significant step toward building that consensus. Tune in the webcast and see for yourself. National Geographic's webcast portal includes the day's schedule.

Photographer Joel Sartore, one of the scheduled speakers at TEDxDeExtinction, has been documenting species on the brink of extinction for his Photo Ark project. Here are three of the species he has included in his portfolio. For more about Sartore, check out this Daily Nightly blog posting:

Joel Sartore / National Geographic

The golden pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus) is a species native to mountainous forests of western China.

Joel Sartore / National Geographic

The striking panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) is native to tropical forests of Madagascar. The reptile is highly prized by collectors for its bold colors and relatively large body size (up to 9 inches or 23 centimeters long).

Joel Sartore / National Geographic

The Mexican gray wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) is the most rare subspecies of gray wolf in North America. It is listed as critically endangered by the IUCN.

More about the genetic frontier:

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Installing the Nest Learning Thermostat - Bounce Energy

By Vernon, March 13, 2013, Energy Efficiency, Green, News, Save Money

The most compelling reason to buy and install a programmable thermostat is that they can save you money. EnergyStar.gov estimates that a properly used programmable thermostat can save $180 off energy costs annually.

Of course, some folks are put off by the ?programmable? part. We?re not talking about NASA-level programming, but depending on your home, your schedule, and your comfort requirements, programming your thermostat can be tricky. Wouldn?t just be nice if there was one that could learn and adapt to your lifestyle?

What a coincidence! Tony Fadell and Matt Rogers, both formerly of Apple, have designed a learning programmable thermostat called the ?Nest?. The best part about this bit of technology is that you personally don?t need to program anything, because the device will learn your usage habits and program itself.

What?s more:

• It is compatible with 95% of 24 volt-powered home heating and air conditioning systems, including systems that use gas, electric, oil, solar, hot water, geothermal, forced air, heat pump, and radiant energy.
• There?s no need for expensive energy provider plans to setup, use, or remotely access your Nest.
• You don?t need a Ph.D from MIT to install when you do it yourself. Just a screw driver.

To install the device yourself, first make absolutely certain that your thermostat wiring is compatible. Go to your current thermostat and turn the system off. Next, go to your circuit breaker box and turn off your heat, ventilation, and air conditioning system (HVAC). Return to your current thermostat. If you have an older programmable thermostat, all you need to do is lift-off the faceplate and this will expose the terminals that connect the thermostat wiring.

If you have one of the old dome-shaped thermostats then you?ll need to disassemble it a little:

1: Remove the plastic cover.

2: Inside, there?s a bi-metal spring with a mercury bulb switch attached to the end. As the temperature drops, the spring tightens. This causes the mercury to roll from one end of the bulb switch to the other end where it touches the contacts and turns on the system. **Remember that mercury is toxic so you want to avoid breaking the switch bulb.**

3: On either side of the dial, there is a single slotted screw that holds the dial mechanism onto the circuit plate. Unscrew these and set the dial aside.

4: Identify the thermostat wiring connections. When your install it yourself, it?s important to note that the wire color usually has nothing to do with the letter on the terminal it?s connected. In the photo, I have a red wire connected to the R terminal, black wire to W terminal, green wire to G terminal, and orange to the Y terminal.

Generally, home HVAC systems have a furnace, an air conditioner, and a fan which all are powered by a 24 volt AC transformer. On instances where there are five wires, one is a ground wire. Even though Nest learning thermostat provides an on-line compatibility wiring helper, when you do it yourself, it?s still a good back-up plan to write down thermostat wiring setup. Draw a diagram of each wire?s color and the letter of the screw terminal it connects to on a piece of paper. You can also just take a photo.

Installation: here?s how you can acutally do it yourself.

1: Same as before, turn off your HVAC system at the circuit breaker box.

2: Next, dismantle and disconnect your current thermostat. As before, for the newer ones, remove the faceplate and for the older dome-shaped ones, remove spring and mercury bulb mechanism (remember to dispose of it properly because of the mercury).

3: Remove any jumper wires. On some thermostats, these are short connecting wires from the RH to RC terminals. The Nest just requires the R wire connected to either of its RH or RC terminals.

4: The Nest comes with some easy-peel self-adhesive blue and white wire labels. One by one, disconnect and label each wire so you know what they are.

5: Remove the old thermostat?s mounting frame. to avoid losing the thermostat wiring into the hole in the wall wrap all of it around a pencil. If the wires are too short, twist-tie them to a pencil.

6: Get out the new Nest base and place it on the wall. Use a bubble level to align this plate and also mark where the mounting screws will go. An optional trim plate is included if you should need to cover up large holes.

7: After the baseplate is secured to the wall you can connect the wires. There are snap connectors on the base plate. Just push on one and insert the corresponding wire into the little hole.

8: Attach the Nest display by pressing it gently until it clicks into place.

9: Turn on the circuit breakers.

10: You?re done! The Nest will turn on and then guide you through the set-up process, including how to connect to Wi-Fi so you can control it with your phone or tablet from anywhere.

Because the Nest records your daily rhythm of how you set your home?s temperature, it delivers better customized and efficient climate control options than a plain-old programmable thermostat.

Now, you may have noticed that one our competitors,?Reliant Energy, has created the ?Learn and Conserve? plan where customers can sign up for a 24-month fixed-rate plan and receive a Nest Learning Thermostat for free. However, it seems that they?ve marked up the rate per kWh for this plan significantly in order to pay for mailing you that Nest for ?free.? Why not buy the Nest yourself, and then?pay less for electricity and earn rewards for making on-time bill payments with Bounce Energy? Specifically, if you bought and installed that Nest?yourself, and then selected the Tremendous 24 plan from Bounce Energy, you?d be saving serious money. Here?s the math**:

Reliant Energy ?Learn and Conserve? Plan:

• 2,000 kWh of usage * 7.9 cents per kWh to Reliant = $158.00.
• $9.45 flat monthly delivery charge to CenterPoint.
• 2,000 kWh of usage * 3.4869 cents per kWh to CenterPoint = $69.74.
• $158.00 + $9.45 + $69.74 = $237.19 per month.
• $237.19 per month x 24 months = $5,692.56 (estimate does not include state / local taxes).

Bounce Energy Tremendous 24 Plan:

• 2,000 kWh of usage * 6.8037 cents per kWh to Bounce = $136.07.
• $9.54 flat monthly delivery charge to CenterPoint.
• 2,000 kWh of usage * 3.4862 cents per kWh to CenterPoint = $69.72.
• $136.07 + $9.54 + $69.72 = $212.33 per month.
• $212.33 per month * $24 months = $5,095.92.

So, when I subtract Reliant?s 24-month estimate of $5,692.56 from Bounce?s 24-month estimate of $5,095.92, we arrive at $596.64 in savings. And when you subtract the $250.00 that it would cost to buy the Nest Learning Thermostat yourself, you arrive at $346.64 in savings: $596.64 ? $250.00 = $346.64! That?s a rather substantial bit of savings, money that you could then use to other home improvement projects!

Bounce Energy firmly believes in the technology represented by the Nest, especially in regards to how much money it can help you save and how it helps improve the energy efficiency of your home. We just believe that you don?t have to get locked into a 24-month plan with Reliant to take advantage of all the Nest has to offer you. We simply provided our 24-month plan as a basis of comparison ? we have plans that range from 3 to 36 months in length. However, since you?re already the DIY type that is comfortable installing your own programmable thermostat, you?ll probably be interested in our brand-new, first-of-its-kind ?Build Your Own Energy Plan? feature.

Learn more about the Nest Learning Thermostat at the company?s homepage, and learn more about Bounce?s energy plans in Texas here. You can also call our helpful Customer Service Department at 1-888-452-6862.

**Rates and prices in example based upon rates in CenterPoint TDSP area as on 03/07/2013. Rates are subject to change, based upon energy market demand.

About Vernon

Vernon Trollinger is a writer for Bounce Energy

A native of Wyomissing Hills, PA, Vernon Trollinger studied Theatre Arts/Communications and English at the University of Iowa, later earning his Master of Arts in English at Iowa as well. After a brief career in archeology, he now writes about green energy technology, home energy efficiency, the natural gas industry, and the electrical grid.

Tags: Energy Efficiency, HVAC

Source: http://www.bounceenergy.com/blog/2013/03/instal-nest-learning-thermostat/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=instal-nest-learning-thermostat

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