Construction workers have continued their outdoor building projects in Marshall County despite this winters harsh temperatures.

People who have to work outside should wear lots of clothing and keep moving, local contractors say.

A warmup is expected this week, with temperatures reaching the mid-50s by the weekend and settling into the upper 40s early next week. That should make outside working conditions more tolerable.

During the cold snap, some contractors moved their work indoors, but others continued outdoor projects.

To keep warm when working outside, the crew members dress as warmly as they can, Fox said.

When it is extremely cold, the production level slows down, he said. We have quite a bit on the books, and when spring hits, we have some siding, roofing and window replacement projects scheduled on places hit by the storm last October.

JD Construction, Marysville, has two custom homes, two commercial projects, two agriculture buildings and remodeling projects under way in addition to construction work at Fort Riley.

Co-owner Jarrod Smith said the frame crew at Fort Riley moved inside to help the trim crew during the cold weather.

Work continues on the outside construction projects in the county despite the cold weather, Smith said.

We want to keep the customers satisfied, he said. We have heaters in our work trailers. If it is really cold or snowy, the crew moves inside to build headers, help trim crews, hang insulation or do other indoor work.

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The adapters in the Linksys AV2 networking kit were the only ones in their class to be outfitted with three prongs (the Zyxel AV2 MIMO adapters do, too, but theyre MIMO adapters). Avoid these if your home doesnt have grounded wiring, because you wont be able to plug them in. Whats more, their chunky form factor (they have a smaller footprint than D-Link's DHP-601AV, but the Linksys are thicker) makes it difficult to use the second outlet in a duplex.

The Linksys performance was almost identical to that of D-Link's AV2 adapters, between 65- and 70 Mbps, with good-quality video streaming. And like D-Link's, the Linksys adapters have LEDs to show connections to power, a power-line network, and an Ethernet device, plus passwords and push-button security options.

The Linksys PLEK500 HomePlug Ethernet adapters deliver a mediocre price/performance ratio.

Linksys does provide a pair of five-foot Ethernet cables (D-Link's were much shorter, but other vendors use longer cables) and an installation CD (which many people might not be able to usemy notebooks don't have optical drives).

Linksys must think these extras are precious, or maybe it just has an outsized opinion of its own brand: The kit's $130 MSRP is half again as much as that of the D-Link kit, and its higher than any of the HomePlug AV contenders. The price difference narrows on the street, but its still tough to justify the premium if longer cables and a CD are the only significant advantages.

Contributing Editor Yardena (Denny) Arar is a San Francisco-based freelance writer, avid online shopper, media junkie, consummate foodie, and proud possessor of a private pilot's license. More by Yardena Arar

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By KATHY CLEVELAND

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A couple of weeks ago, someone living in the outskirts of Brookline got very lucky.

A passerby noticed smoke coming from the front porch and called for help, and fire damage was confined to a small area of the porch.

The problem was wood ashes a common cause of winter fires when they arent disposed of properly, Brookline Assistant Fire Chief Scott Knowles said.

January is a peak month for house fires, and local fire officials have some tips for avoiding the devastation of a winter fire.

These fires are usually caused by heating equipment, and on average, wood stoves, fireplaces and other forms of alternate heat are involved in more than 60,000 U.S. home structure fires a year, according to the National Fire Protection Association.

While these numbers are frightening, nearly all of these fires are preventable, J. William Degnan, state fire marshal, said in one of his recent newsletters.

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MILTON KEYNES, UK -- January 14, 2015: Volkswagen Retailers in the UK will begin taking orders for the Street up! and Club up! today, ahead of first deliveries in March, with prices starting from 11,995 (RRP OTR).

Both models are based on the flagship High up! trim which includes front fog lights, heated front seats and a Maps & More portable infotainment device, however, the Street and Club up! are loaded with more styling features for only an extra 610.

The stylish Street up! adds 16-inch Upsilon alloy wheels, standard Pure White, Black Pearl or Reflex Silver paint, 65 per cent tinted glass from the B-pillar back, Street badging, decals on side, bonnet, boot and roof, wing mirrors in silver (except for the Reflex Silver models on which they are black), body coloured bumpers with chrome moulding on the front fog lights, leather steering wheel with up! logo, up! scuff plates with yellow stripe, black roof lining, carpet mats and unique Street cloth upholstery.

The sophisticated Club up! adds 16-inch Triangle alloy wheels, standard Blueberry metallic (unique to the Club up!) or Black Pearl paint, 65 per cent tinted glass from the B-pillar back, Club badging, decals on side panels in silver, wing mirrors in silver, up! scuff plates, black roof lining, carpet mats and unique Club Tartan Tonic cloth upholstery.

Both new cars are powered by the up!s most powerful 1.0-litre petrol engine. Delivering 75 PS at 6,200 rpm, the three-cylinder engine is mated to a five-speed manual gearbox. It returns 60.1 mpg on the combined cycle and emits 108 g/km of CO2. The up! produces a maximum torque of 95 Nm (70 lbs ft) between 3,000 and 4,300 rpm.

The Street up! and Club up! are available to order in three and five-door bodystyles. The up! range starts at 8,765 (RRP OTR) for the entry-level 60 PS 1.0-litre Take up!.

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Even though traffic on Pacific Coast Highway whizzes by Point Dumes newly rebuilt county fire station at speeds over 50 mph, its hard to miss the new tile mural out front.

The vibrantly colored work of art is eight feet tall in some spots, 45 feet long and depicts Malibu scenery while wrapping around a corner of the new station. Tapestry of Dreams begins with a brightly colored rolling carpet that turns into the scenery of Malibu.

I had to be respectful about not doing something too crazy, local tile artist Matt Doolin said. Im surprised at how far they let me go with the bright colors.

Doolin, co-owner of Topanga Art Tile, spent over eight months designing, creating and installing the new mural. When the county first sent out requests for proposals to artists for the project in 2012, Doolin said he thought, Wow, this is perfect for me, even though he knew hed have plenty of competition.

I sent a very passionate letter of interest that got me in the door, Doolin said. It referred to the local community, the fact that Ive grown up here and that Im connected to the local environment by spending a lot of time in Malibu surfing, hiking and camping.

Doolin also thought it helped that Topanga Art Tile was well known locally after being founded by his mother in 1978, and that he also designed a countyproject for the Topanga Library in 2006.

Dozens of contenders for the art project were given the opportunity to look at drawings of the future fire station before submitting proposals. The county encouraged submissions by tile artists because of Malibus history of manufacturing art tiles, and because of the tilework in the historic Adamson house.

It took a committee of 12 people to review the proposals, including members of county administration, the Malibu community, contractors and the fire department.

Nature was the big theme that everybody wanted sun, sand and surf, Doolin said. Many times, the theme [for fire station art] is firefighters fighting a fire, and they really wanted something else.

Malibu Arts Commission member Scott Hosfeld said he really liked the fact that L.A. County allowed them to be part of the vetting process. He thinks the finished mural is gorgeous.

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At its second Module Developers Conference, Google showed a video of Project Ara's second prototype phone, Spiral 2. Google ATAP

At its second Module Developers Conference, Google showed a video of Project Ara's second prototype phone, Spiral 2.

Project Ara is Google's modular phone project. Spiral 2 would consist of a skeletal frame and 11 modular tiles that snap on via electro-permanent magnets. Google ATAP

Project Ara is Google's modular phone project. Spiral 2 would consist of a skeletal frame and 11 modular tiles that snap on via electro-permanent magnets.

With Ara, a cracked screen doesnt force anyone into buying an entirely new phone. You just get a new screen. Google ATAP

With Ara, a cracked screen doesnt force anyone into buying an entirely new phone. You just get a new screen.

Now, it looks like Google's push to market Project Ara will also hinge on ultra-customization, because buyers can design their own tiles. Google ATAP

Now, it looks like Google's push to market Project Ara will also hinge on ultra-customization, because buyers can design their own tiles.

Technically, this can happen because the modules will be made from injection-molded polycarbonate plastic that can withstand high resolution printing. Google ATAP

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ANN ARBOR, Mich. - New research from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center helps explain why pancreatic cancer is so lethal, with fewer than a third of patients surviving even early stage disease.

The researchers found a gene known to be involved in nearly 90 percent of pancreatic cancers promotes cancer growth and spread. The gene, ATDC, plays a key role in how a tumor progresses from a preinvasive state to an invasive cancer to metastatic cancer.

"We know that patients with the earliest stage of pancreatic cancer have a survival rate of only 30 percent. This suggests that even in that very early stage of invasive cancer there are already cells that have spread to distant parts of the body," says study author Diane M. Simeone, M.D., director of the Pancreatic Cancer Center at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.

"This study sheds important light on what it is about pancreatic cancer that makes it so aggressive early in the game," she adds. The study appears Jan. 15 in Genes and Development.

Researchers used a mouse model to replicate pancreatic cancer as it appears in humans. They also studied pancreatic cancer tissue samples and samples of pre-invasive pancreatic lesions. They found ATDC was expressed in a subset of the pre-invasive cells and played a role in the development of pancreatic cancer stem cells, the small number of cells in a tumor that fuel its growth and spread. This suggests that ATDC promotes a tumor's invasiveness and spread early in the course of disease.

The researchers suspect that ATDC may be a potent drug target. No drugs currently exist to target this pathway in part because researchers do not understand the crystal structure of the protein. Simeone's team, working with the University of Michigan Center for Structural Biology has made crystals of the protein and begun to create a three-dimensional structure that they can use as a model for drug development.

Preliminary data suggests that ATDC may also play a role in other cancer types, including bladder, ovarian, colorectal and lung cancers and multiple myeloma. But, Simeone notes, it's particularly critical to find new treatment options for pancreatic cancer. About 46,400 Americans will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer this year, and more than 39,000 will die of the disease. Pancreatic cancer is expected to become the second-leading cause of cancer death in the United States by 2030.

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