School Gunman's Downward Spiral

The Wall Street Journal:

After Christmas 2010, Adam Lanza had no contact with his older brother, Ryan, who had moved away for a job in New York City, according to records and a person with knowledge of the family.

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Gaming chair keeping eye on Davenport casino developments ...

The chairman of the state?s gaming regulatory board said? Friday that he?s watching what happens in Davenport ?very closely? as the city makes moves to operate a casino there, but he doesn?t think other casino operators have to worry that the acrimony that erupted in Sioux City will spread to other casinos.

?That was just a very unique set of circumstances,? said Jeff Lamberti, a former state senator and attorney from Ankeny. ?Licenses are privileges, they are not a right.?

Four partnerships are bidding for the Sioux City casino license held by Penn Gaming Co. which runs the Argosy Casino. The license was put up for bid after the nonprofit license holder pushed to replace the boat with a land-based casino.

Lamberti made his comments during a taping of Iowa Public Television?s ?Iowa Press? show, which is scheduled for broadcast on Dec. 28 and Dec. 31. He was joined on the show by Wes Ehrecke, president of ? and chief lobbyist for ? the Iowa Gaming Association.

Iowa has 15 casinos, three race tracks and two Native American-run casinos. The 15 state casinos accounted for more than $1 billion in adjusted gross revenue in the 2012 fiscal year that ended this summer.

In Davenport, the city has proposed creating a city-appointed nonprofit board to run its casino, which would be a unique relationship for a city and gaming company in the state. Lamberti said he?s reserving judgment on the idea until he gets a specific proposal from the city, but he doesn?t like the idea of splitting casino operations between downtown Davenport and one near Interstate 80.

?I will tell you and I?ve told (city officials), I have some concerns about the location, because I believe an interstate location is the prime location there,? he said. ?The difference is while we have to take into account what happens in the local community ? that?s a big part of what we do ? the commission represents the state of Iowa. We have to see what?s going on in the rest of the world, so to speak.?

Ehrecke said his clients also are watching what happens in Davenport with concern, especially if it leads to other municipalities wanting to take a larger role in their licenses.

?We?re certainly watching this with some interest, that whole idea of a municipality managing and running a casino, that would be unprecedented. It?s raised a lot of questions,? he said. ?There?s a lot of unknowns right now. We just have members raising a lot of questions.?

Source: http://thegazette.com/2012/12/22/gaming-chair-iowa-may-be-near-critical-mass-for-casino-licenses/

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The Home Building Industry Continues Improvement | Pacific Mutual ...

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We recently?heard some good news for everyone working in the building industry, as well as all current and potential clients in need of millwork products here in Kansas City, MO. Seventy-six additional locales have now been added to the NAHB/First American Improving Markets Index. That brings the total of improving markets in the nation above 200.

To be included in the Index, a market must be increasing in size according to various parameters, such as home prices and employment for six months in a row. The housing markets currently listed hail from 44 states and the District of Columbia, and although the current number is just barely exceeding 200 at 201, improvements are expected to continue into the new year. This marks the fourth consecutive month of improvement according to the Index, and over half of the area housing markets in the nation are now listed as improving on the NAHB Index.

Our team at Pacific Mutual Door & Window is eager to provide the best millwork, door and window products Kansas City has available to area builders and designers who are taking on more jobs.?Contact us today with any questions or requests regarding our products.

Source: http://blog.pacificmutualdoor.com/2012/12/21/the-home-building-industry-continues-improvement/

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Consumer spending rises by most in three years

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Consumer spending rose in November by the most in three years and a gauge of planned business spending jumped, signs that households and companies are shrugging off some of the fears tighter fiscal policy could cause a recession.?

The Commerce Department said on Friday inflation-adjusted consumer spending rose 0.6 percent, while after-tax income climbed 0.8 percent when adjusting for changes in prices.?

Many economists think business and consumers are wary of automatic government spending cuts and tax increases scheduled to kick in early next year, a scenario known in Washington as the "fiscal cliff."?

"The economy is holding in here at the end of the year despite the concerns about the fiscal cliff," said Gary Thayer, an economic strategist at Wells Fargo Advisors in St. Louis.?

Economists have been expecting economic growth will slow in the fourth quarter as companies slow the pace at which they re-stock their shelves, but the data on spending suggests consumers are offsetting some of that drag.?

Consumer spending grew at just a 1.6 percent annual rate in the third quarter. Real spending declined in October, but November's gain was the strongest since August 2009.?

That suggested purchases by consumers were not taking the hit many expected due to growing fears that going over the fiscal cliff will push the economy into recession. However, consumer confidence declined sharply in early December.?

Late on Thursday, a Republican proposal for averting the fiscal cliff was abandoned, further eroding optimism that a deal would be reached quickly.?

U.S. stocks were sharply lower after the proposal was dropped.?

Spending before taking into account changes in prices rose 0.4 percent. Economists polled by Reuters had expected nominal consumer spending would rise 0.3 percent last month.?

In a separate Commerce Department report, a gauge of planned U.S. business spending rose much more than expected in November, a hint that worries over tighter fiscal policy may not be holding back the factory sector as much as feared.?

Non-defense capital goods orders excluding aircraft, a closely watched proxy for investment plans, jumped 2.7 percent last month, the second straight month of solid gains.?

Economists had expected so-called core capital goods orders to rise just 0.3 percent. The reading for October was upwardly revised to a 3.2 percent gain from a previously reported 2.9 percent increase.?

Shipments of non-defense capital goods orders excluding aircraft, used to calculate equipment and software spending in the gross domestic product report, gained 1.8 percent.?

Many economists believe businesses, wary of the fiscal cliff, have been cutting back on capital spending.?

Going over the cliff could drain about $600 billion from an already fragile economy.?

Overall durable goods orders rose 0.7 percent in November, with increases posted for machinery, fabricated metal products, and computer and electronic products offsetting a drag from aircraft.?

Economists polled by Reuters had forecast orders for durable goods, items from toasters to aircraft that are meant to last at least three years, rising 0.2 percent last month.?

Excluding transportation, orders rose 1.6 percent in November. Transport orders were down 1.1 percent. Previously, U.S. manufacturer Boeing reported new orders for its aircraft fell in November to 124 from 152 in the prior month.?

New orders for autos jumped 3.5 percent. U.S. auto sales in November raced to a five-year high for that month on a rebound from storm-ravaged October and the need to replace aging vehicles.?

The Commerce Department gave no indication that Superstorm Sandy, which lashed the East Coast in late October, had any impact on either of the economic reports.?

Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/business/economywatch/consumer-spending-rises-most-three-years-1C7659307

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Clays on Mars: More plentiful than expected

Dec. 20, 2012 ? A new study co-authored by the Georgia Institute of Technology indicates that clay minerals, rocks that usually form when water is present for long periods of time, cover a larger portion of Mars than previously thought. In fact, Assistant Professor James Wray and the research team say clays were in some of the rocks studied by Opportunity when it landed at Eagle crater in 2004. The rover only detected acidic sulfates and has since driven about 22 miles to Endeavour Crater, an area of the planet Wray pinpointed for clays in 2009.

The study is published online in the current edition of Geophysical Research Letters.

The project, which was led by Eldar Noe Dobrea of the Planetary Science Institute, identified the clay minerals using a spectroscopic analysis from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The research shows that clays also exist in the Meridiani plains that Opportunity rolled over as it trekked toward its current position.

"It's not a surprise that Opportunity didn't find clays while exploring," said Wray, a faculty member in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. "We didn't know they existed on Mars until after the rover arrived. Opportunity doesn't have the same tools that have proven so effective for detecting clays from orbit."

The clay signatures near Eagle crater are very weak, especially compared to those along the rim and inside Endeavour crater. Wray believes clays could have been more plentiful in the past, but Mars' volcanic, acidic history has probably eliminated some of them.

"It was also surprising to find clays in geologically younger terrain than the sulfates," said Dobrea. Current theories of Martian geological history suggest that clays, a product of aqueous alteration, actually formed early on when the planet's waters were more alkaline. As the water acidified due to volcanism, the dominant alteration mineralogy became sulfates. "This forces us to rethink our current hypotheses of the history of water on Mars," he added.

Even though Opportunity has reached an area believed to contain rich clay deposits, the odds are still stacked against it. Opportunity was supposed to survive for only three months. It's still going strong nine years later, but the rover's two mineralogical instruments don't work anymore. Instead, Opportunity must take pictures of rocks with its panoramic camera and analyze targets with a spectrometer to try and determine the composition of rock layers.

"So far, we've only been able to identify areas of clay deposits from orbit," said Wray. "If Opportunity can find a sample and give us a closer look, we should be able to determine how the rock was formed, such as in a deep lake, shallow pond or volcanic system."

As for the other rover on the other side of Mars, Curiosity's instruments are better equipped to search for signs of past or current conditions for habitable life, thanks in part to Opportunity. Wray is a member of Curiosity's science team.

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China Now Blocking Encryption (Schneier blog)

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China Now Blocking Encryption

The "Great Firewall of China" is now able to detect and block encryption:

A number of companies providing "virtual private network" (VPN) services to users in China say the new system is able to "learn, discover and block" the encrypted communications methods used by a number of different VPN systems.

China Unicom, one of the biggest telecoms providers in the country, is now killing connections where a VPN is detected, according to one company with a number of users in China.

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Hmmm. I wonder if they are able to tell the difference between a VPN service and a corporate VPN connection back to a home office. If not, going to make for some fun times in the IS departments of many multinational companies doing business in China.

@Dan
however much we expect/fear the death of freedom it doesn't meant an event - even in China - should go uncommented on.
Having said that I'm slightly surprised they blocked rather than broke.

@Brett: Recently, our corporate VPN that we're using to communicate with our Chinese partner has been blocked off regularly. We tried changing the port, but it kept on getting blocked off.

So I guess the answer is no, or at least not for the small companies.

Are there any VPNs that internally use steganography?

Whilst this has been expected for some time, there are numours solutions that could be used to get around the block as currently described.

However that is perhaps not the main point to consider...

Tthe assumption is that China is doing this to stop it's citizens seeing or communicating with entitiess the Communist Party has issue with.

However there may be a more serious issue from the point of businesses with entities in China. It may be a move designed to perform espionage by trying to force company secrets out into the open. Forcing companies off of VPN's is in the sshort term cause ad-hoc solutions that will in effect open up corporate firewalls thus also aiding in APT type activites.

Does this block https too?

I heard somewhere that China will regularly do man in the middle attacks on https connections. But if you can get the certificate, that would show.

Are they killing ssh/port 22?

If not, a simple work-around is to set up an encrypted tunnel over ssh. Not distinguishable from a vanilla ssh connection.

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Interestingly, I've been to China last week and my VPN worked fine... so I'm not sure that it is already working.

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Nintendo DS Becomes World's Best Selling Video Game Console ...

Sony Corp.?s PlayStation 2 was one of the most advanced and feature-rich game platforms of all times and until recently it was also the world?s best-selling game console of all times. However, Nintendo?s DS, which is still available after over a year since the new-generation 3DS debut recently managed to outsell the legend and now ranks as the world?s most popular game system ever.

According to VGChartz web-site, which monitors sales of video game hardware and software using reports and data from leading-edge market trackers, life-to-date sales of Nintendo DS totaled 153.69 million recently, whereas LTD shipments of Sony PS2 totaled 153.68 million. Considering that both consoles remain on the market in many countries, they may continue to swap places going forward, but they will unlikely be challenged anytime soon as the only alive platform approaching 100 million unit sales is Nintendo Wii with 98.05 million units sold so far.

While the launch of Nintendo 3DS, the successor of the DS, was rather bumpy, its life-to-date sales are 24.35 million, just a little lower than global unit shipments of the original Microsoft Xbox (24.65 million) throughout its lifespan and well ahead of that of Nintendo GameCube (21.74 million).

Nowadays both portable and non-portable game consoles are challenged by smartphones, tablets and cloud video game streaming services. In the coming years the competition will get even more intense, therefore, it is unlikely that future game consoles will be able to reach sales of 100 ? 150 million during their life-cycle.

Nintendo did not comment on the news-story.

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VGChartz hasn't updated PS2 figures in over a year, despite the fact its still selling. As of March 2012 Sony said it has shipped 155.1 million, and it continues to sell, particularly in poorer markets, whereas Nintendo has said that it has shipped 153.69 million as of 8 Dec 12. So I think VGChartz article is premature at least.

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Cool I must wonder how much mine must be worth as it is one of the earliest batches (pre-order) the year it first came out.

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N64 was better than the Wii and sold 3x less! I don't think sales are necessarily indicative of how good the console is in terms of exclusives, etc. Also, the SNES killed Genesis in sales but in terms of quality games and overall console quality, it wasn't as bad as their respective sales show. Both of those consoles were awesome. And of course the obvious, Wii outselling PS3/360...

N64 was better than the Wii and sold 3x less!

You must be kidding. Wii games are far better than N64.

Personally I think the N64 had far better games for its time. At least I enjoyed my N64 way more than I have ever enjoyed my Wii.

A lot of enjoyment out of my N64 simply comes from good memories and nostalgia, something my Wii doesn't have yet and I doubt it'll ever have.

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Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office West Bank crime report, Dec. 19 ...

This information reflects initial calls for service reported by the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office for the west bank of Jefferson Parish. Locations are approximate due to automated location methods and address inconsistencies, the Sheriff's Office says. Burglar alarm calls are excluded.

4th Street and Avenue L - Dec. 19, 7:13 a.m., vehicle wreck.
4th Street and Pine Street - Dec. 19, 3:49 a.m., suspicious person.
Acre Road and Silver Lily Lane - Dec. 19, 3:33 a.m., suspicious person.
1600 block of Alexander Court - Dec. 19, 6:41 p.m., residence burglary.
400 block of Allo Avenue - Dec. 19, 8:22 a.m., vehicle wreck.
4100 block of Ames Boulevard - Dec. 19, 12:58 p.m., vehicle wreck.
Ames Boulevard and Ehret Road - Dec. 19, 4:23 p.m., vehicle wreck.
Ames Boulevard and Field Street - Dec. 19, 3:15 a.m., suspicious person.
10 Ann Louise Street - Dec. 19, 10:31 a.m., assault.
1500 block of Avenue A - Dec. 19, 11:47 a.m., disturbing the peace.
500 block of Bannerwood Drive - Dec. 19, 1:40 p.m., theft.
500 block of Bannerwood Drive - Dec. 19, 2:52 p.m., suspicious person.
500 block of Behrman Highway - Dec. 19, 12:01 p.m., battery.
500 block of Behrman Highway - Dec. 19, 5:35 p.m., disturbing the peace.
500 block of Behrman Highway - Dec. 19, 6:51 p.m., disturbing the peace.
Behrman Highway and South Monterey Court - Dec. 19, 8:16 p.m., suspicious person.
200 block of Bishop Drive - Dec. 19, 10:37 p.m., suspicious person.
2800 block of Blk Destrehan Avenue - Dec. 19, 10:41 a.m., vehicle wreck.
1000 block of Blk Estalote Avenue - Dec. 19, 8:59 p.m., suspicious person.
7200 block of Blk Leo Kerner Parkway - Dec. 19, 6:57 a.m., vehicle wreck.
1000 block of Blk Manhattan Boulevard - Dec. 19, 11:34 a.m., vehicle wreck.
1000 block of Blk Manhattan Boulevard - Dec. 19, 11:13 p.m., suspicious person.
2600 block of Blk Manhattan Boulevard - Dec. 19, 9:01 p.m., suspicious person.
800 block of Blk Seven Oaks Boulevard - Dec. 19, 6:14 p.m., vehicle wreck.
800 block of Blk Seven Oaks Boulevard - Dec. 19, 6:19 p.m., vehicle wreck.
6700 block of Blk Westbank Exp - Dec. 19, 7:36 p.m., vehicle wreck.
1800 block of Bridge City Avenue - Dec. 19, 10:51 a.m., suspicious person.
Bridge City Avenue and U South 90 Highway - Dec. 19, 3:45 a.m., suspicious person.
1800 block of Brown Avenue - Dec. 19, 1:55 a.m., suspicious person.
East Clark Lane and East Krueger Lane - Dec. 19, 10:21 p.m., disturbing the peace.
600 block of Deerfield Road - Dec. 19, 4:01 p.m., disturbing the peace.
600 block of Deerfield Road - Dec. 19, 8:15 p.m., disturbing the peace.
Destrehan Avenue and Lapalco Boulevard - Dec. 19, 3:06 p.m., suspicious person.
1000 block of Di Marco Drive - Dec. 19, 11:57 a.m., suspicious person.
Eiseman Street and Field Street - Dec. 19, 2:59 a.m., suspicious person.
Fisher Street and Jean Lafitte Boulevard - Dec. 19, 10:26 a.m., suspicious person.
2500 block of West Friendship Drive - Dec. 19, 8:16 p.m., disturbing the peace.
800 block of Garden Road - Dec. 19, 6:15 p.m., drug law violation.
1500 block of Gaudet Drive - Dec. 19, 12:04 a.m., theft.
Glen Della Drive and Cathedral Street - Dec. 19, 9:37 a.m., suspicious person.
1800 block of Hector Avenue - Dec. 19, 10:36 a.m., auto theft.
Holmes Boulevard and Oakwood Drive - Dec. 19, 7:06 p.m., vehicle wreck.
600 block of Hunterbrook Drive - Dec. 19, 7:31 p.m., vehicle burglary.
4000 block of North Indigo Drive - Dec. 19, 7:38 p.m., suspicious person.
700 block of Jean Lafitte Boulevard - Dec. 19, 1:04 p.m., suspicious person.
Jean Lafitte Boulevard and Fisherman Boulevard - Dec. 19, 4:19 a.m., suspicious person.
5800 block of Lacombe Avenue - Dec. 19, 8:32 p.m., battery.
1600 block of Lancaster Drive - Dec. 19, 2:29 p.m., battery.
4000 block of Lapalco Boulevard - Dec. 19, 4:55 p.m., vehicle wreck.
4800 block of Lapalco Boulevard - Dec. 19, 12:44 p.m., theft.
4800 block of Lapalco Boulevard - Dec. 19, 5:05 p.m., theft.
4900 block of Lapalco Boulevard - Dec. 19, 7:41 p.m., suspicious person.
5900 block of Lapalco Boulevard - Dec. 19, 6:33 p.m., theft.
6500 block of Lapalco Boulevard - Dec. 19, 11:57 a.m., suspicious person.
Lapalco Boulevard and Barataria Boulevard - Dec. 19, 3:31 p.m., vehicle wreck.
Lapalco Boulevard and Manhattan Boulevard - Dec. 19, 6:02 p.m., vehicle wreck.
Lapalco Boulevard and Vulcan Street - Dec. 19, 3:11 p.m., vehicle wreck.
Lapalco Boulevard and Woodmere Boulevard - Dec. 19, 11:26 p.m., suspicious person.
6600 block of Leo Kerner Parkway - Dec. 19, 4:45 p.m., suspicious person.
6800 block of Leo Kerner Parkway - Dec. 19, 2:52 p.m., suspicious person.
Leo Kerner Parkway and Taffy Drive - Dec. 19, 10:54 p.m., vehicle wreck.
4900 block of Liberty Oak Drive - Dec. 19, 5:23 p.m., vehicle burglary.
4900 block of Main Road - Dec. 19, 1:18 p.m., disturbing the peace.
2200 block of Manhattan Boulevard - Dec. 19, 7:56 a.m., suspicious person.
900 block of Manhattan Boulevard - Dec. 19, 12:16 a.m., suspicious person.
Manhattan Boulevard and Apache Drive - Dec. 19, 1:56 p.m., suspicious person.
Manhattan Boulevard and Brighton Place - Dec. 19, 10:14 a.m., suspicious person.
Medical Center Boulevard and 10th Street - Dec. 19, 1:53 a.m., vehicle wreck.
500 block of Meyers Boulevard - Dec. 19, 9:12 p.m., battery.
Morningside Drive and Mink Street - Dec. 19, 11:45 a.m., disturbing the peace.
3200 block of Nature Drive - Dec. 19, 9:17 p.m., theft.
Nine Mile Point Road and Seven Oaks Boulevard - Dec. 19, 5:01 p.m., vehicle wreck.
Oakwood Drive and Holmes Boulevard - Dec. 19, 5:40 p.m., vehicle wreck.
4300 block of Patriot Street - Dec. 19, 9:13 a.m., robbery.
Portola Via and Mars Street - Dec. 19, 4:26 p.m., vehicle wreck.
Pritchard Road and Tulip Court - Dec. 19, 12:28 p.m., suspicious person.
1700 block of Promanade Boulevard - Dec. 19, 6:44 p.m., vehicle burglary.
Ramsey Street and Leo Kerner Parkway - Dec. 19, 12:21 p.m., suspicious person.
10800 block of River Road - Dec. 19, 2:15 p.m., vehicle wreck.
2100 block of Sauvage Avenue - Dec. 19, 10:21 p.m., criminal damage.
Senate Drive and Capitol Drive - Dec. 19, 9:21 p.m., suspicious person.
1000 block of Seven Oaks Boulevard - Dec. 19, 8:10 p.m., disturbing the peace.
5200 block of Sharpe Road - Dec. 19, 8:53 p.m., suspicious person.
200 block of Southwood Drive - Dec. 19, 11:07 a.m., suspicious person.
1000 block of Tallow Tree Lane - Dec. 19, 10:08 a.m., suspicious person.
U South 90 Highway and Coretta Drive - Dec. 19, 8:05 p.m., suspicious person.
U South 90 Highway and Live Oak Boulevard - Dec. 19, 11:15 p.m., vehicle wreck.
U South 90 Highway and Live Oak Boulevard - Dec. 19, 11:15 p.m., vehicle wreck.
200 block of Wall Boulevard - Dec. 19, 7:33 a.m., suspicious person.
200 block of Wall Boulevard - Dec. 19, 1:35 p.m., disturbing the peace.
400 block of Wall Boulevard - Dec. 19, 6:45 p.m., suspicious person.
500 block of Wall Boulevard - Dec. 19, 1:38 p.m., disturbing the peace.
500 block of Wall Boulevard - Dec. 19, 2:38 p.m., battery.
7300 block of Wedmore Drive - Dec. 19, 7:51 a.m., suspicious person.
100 block of Westbank Exp - Dec. 19, 12:30 p.m., vehicle wreck.
100 block of Westbank Exp - Dec. 19, 1:05 p.m., suspicious person.
100 block of Westbank Exp - Dec. 19, 5:55 p.m., robbery.
4500 block of Westbank Exp - Dec. 19, 1:34 p.m., criminal damage.
4600 block of Westbank Exp - Dec. 19, 5:27 a.m., theft.
4700 block of Westbank Exp - Dec. 19, 7:50 a.m., suspicious person.
6100 block of Westbank Exp - Dec. 19, 11:30 p.m., suspicious person.
Westbank Exp and Barataria Boulevard - Dec. 19, 10:07 a.m., vehicle wreck.
Westbank Exp and Manhattan Boulevard - Dec. 19, 8:39 a.m., suspicious person.
Westbank Exp and Terry Parkway - Dec. 19, 5:00 p.m., vehicle wreck.
Woodmere Boulevard and Post Drive - Dec. 19, 3:19 p.m., suspicious person.

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Multi-tasking whales sing while feeding, not just breeding

Dec. 19, 2012 ? Humpback whales are famed for their songs, most often heard in breeding season when males are competing to mate with females. In recent years, however, reports of whale songs occurring outside traditional breeding grounds have become more common. A new study may help explain why.

Humpbacks sing for their supper -- or at least, they sing while they hunt for it.

The research, published December 19 in PLoS ONE, uncovers the whales' little-understood acoustic behavior while foraging.

It also reveals a previously unknown behavioral flexibility on their part that allows the endangered marine mammals to balance their need to feed continuously with the competing need to exhibit mating behaviors such as song displays.

"They need to feed. They need to breed. So essentially, they multi-task," said study co-author Ari S. Friedlaender, research scientist at Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment. "This suggests the widely held behavioral dichotomy of breeding-versus-feeding for this species is too simplistic."

Researchers from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, the University of California-Santa Barbara and Duke tracked 10 humpback whales in coastal waters along the Western Antarctic Peninsula in May and June 2010. The peninsula's bays and fjords are important late-season feeding grounds where humpbacks feast on krill each austral autumn before migrating to warm-water calving grounds thousands of miles away.

Using non-invasive multi-sensor tags that attach to the whales with suction cups, the researchers recorded the whales' underwater movements and vocalizations as they foraged.

All 10 of the tags picked up the sounds of background songs, and in two cases, they recorded intense and continuous whale singing with a level of organization and structure approaching that of a typical breeding-ground mating display. The song bouts sometimes lasted close to an hour and in one case occurred even while sensors indicated the whale, or a close companion, was diving and lunging for food.

Humpbacks sing most frequently during breeding season, but are known to sing on other occasions too, such as while escorting mother-calf pairs along migratory routes. Though the reasons they sing are still not thoroughly understood, one distinction is clear: Songs sung in breeding grounds are quite different in duration, phrase type and theme structure from those heard at other locations and times.

"The fact that we heard mating displays being sung in late-season foraging grounds off the coast of Antarctica suggests humpback whale behavior may be more closely tied to the time of year than to physical locations. This may signify an ability to engage in breeding activities outside their traditional warm-water breeding grounds," said Douglas P. Nowacek, Repass-Rogers University Associate Professor of Conservation Technology at Duke's Nicholas School.

As the region's climate warms, sea ice cover around the Western Antarctic Peninsula has thinned in recent years and the water stays open later in the foraging season, he explained. Whales are remaining there longer into austral autumn to feast on krill instead of heading off to warm-water breeding grounds, as many scientists previously believed.

"Mating may now be taking place at higher latitudes," Nowacek said. "This merits further study."

Alison K. Stimpert, research associate in oceanography at the Naval Postgraduate School, was lead author of the new study. Lindsey E. Peavey, a PhD Student at the University of California at Santa Barbara's Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, co-authored it with Stimpert, Friedlaender and Nowacek.

Audio of whale: http://www.plosone.org/article/fetchSingleRepresentation.action?uri=info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0051214.s001

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Boehner: Obama should support fiscal cliff plan

WASHINGTON (AP) ? House Speaker John Boehner says President Barack Obama should support a Republican plan to avoid January tax increases on everyone but those earning over $1 million. Boehner says if Obama doesn't support the measure, the president will be responsible for what he calls "the largest tax increase in American history."

Boehner spoke to reporters Wednesday at the Capitol after Obama said he believed a deal with the speaker was close to avoid the "fiscal cliff" ? huge tax boosts and spending cuts taking effect in January unless lawmakers head them off.

Obama and Boehner have yet to produce a compromise. Boehner plans a House vote Thursday on his Plan B ? which would head off most of the tax increases. The White House says Obama would veto that measure.

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