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I recently decided to look into how to add a "Login from Facebook" button to a website, in particular a website protected by Tivoli Access Manager WebSEAL (though this really isn't all that important). Given that Facebook's graph API is based on the draft OAuth 2.0 specification this seemed an interesting technology investigation. The surprise that awaited me was (for a change) a very pleasant one - this integration is very simple, and took just a few hours to implement from start to finish. I also wanted to perform the integration using Java/JSP rather than using python or php which have helper SDK's from Facebook.
My primary piece of required reading was the Facebook Authentication documentation, although this blog post by Facebook developer Luke Shepard was also very useful. My particular area of interest was in authenticating users to a web application and extracting the user's email address from their profile information at Facebook. The email address will be the username to login to WebSEAL. The email address must match a user identity in WebSEAL, or alternatively a Facebook ID can be used just like an Information Card or OpenID to link to an existing account and/or bootstrap a self-registration process as described in these developerworks articles:
- User-Centric Identity with Tivoli Federated Identity Manager, Part 1: Replace Password Authentication on your Web site with an Information Card or OpenID
- User Centric Identity with Tivoli Federated Identity Manager, Part 2: Self registration and account recovery using information cards and OpenID
Of course yet another choice exists, and that is to use the email address in a request to the TFIM STS to build a TAM credential without the user being in the TAM registry as described in my developerworks article on Using WebSEAL without a User Registry.
For ease of understanding in this article I'll just assume that the email address does match an existing Tivoli Access Manager username in WebSEAL, and we'll use the email address as a value in a response HTTP header as part of an EAI application junctioned behind WebSEAL. The important part to understand is how to securely obtain the user's email address from Facebook using OAuth and the graph API - what you do with it after that is up to you.
Registering an OAuth Client Application
The first step to the integration was to register my OAuth client with Facebook and obtain an application key and secret. Interestingly your application URL doesn't even need to be internet-facing as Facebook only ever redirects to it via the browser. As long as your browser can resolve the application URL, that is good enough. As a result you may use a completely internal target application environment provided it can connect out to the internet to contact Facebook. I used a locally hosted WebSEAL and WebSphere to test the integration while writing this article.
To register my OAuth client application, I visited the Facebook Developers Setup link, and registered an application as shown:
|Site Name
|My Test Site
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What comes back is the information about your OAuth client registration, plus example code for people interested in the Javascript integration. The important pieces of information for this integration is the App ID and App Secret.
Understanding the OAuth Message Flow
The OAuth message flow used for this Facebook integration can be broken down into four steps:
- Redirect to Facebook to obtain authorization from the user to access their basic account information and email address
- Allow the user to grant authorization and return with an authorization code
- Use the authorization code to request an authorized access token directly from Facebook
- Use the authorized access token to get the user's profile information directly from Facebook
Putting the Message Flow Into a JSP
I wrote a few small Java helper classes to handle retrieving data from a URL using standard J2SE HttpsURLConnection and some helper code for parsing query string parameters from a response. I also leveraged some free open source for parsing JSON objects from java from http://www.json.org/java/.
My WebSEAL server was addressed via https://www.myrp.ibm.com, with a junction /jct to a WebSphere server where the sample application fb.ear was installed.
Putting these pieces together resulted in this single fblogin.jsp which manages the entire authentication process:
<%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" pageEncoding="ISO-8859-1" import="com.tivoli.am.fim.demo.AccessTokenRetriever" import="com.tivoli.am.fim.demo.ResourceRetriever"%> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> <meta http-equiv="Pragma" content="no-cache"> <title>Facebook Login</title> <% String appid = "122317787817298"; String appsecret = "64935e1806e935301d4a5237b2764fe3"; String redirectURL = "https://www.myrp.ibm.com/jct/fb/fblogin.jsp"; String email = null; String code = request.getParameter("code"); if (code == null) { // initiate authorization flow String authorizeURLStr = "https://graph.facebook.com/oauth/authorize?client_id=" + appid + "&redirect_uri=" + redirectURL + "&scope=email"; response.sendRedirect(authorizeURLStr); } else { // we have an authorization code - first swap it for an access token // then use the access token to get the user's profile information String accessTokenURLStr = "https://graph.facebook.com/oauth/access_token?client_id=" + appid + "&redirect_uri=" + redirectURL + "&client_secret=" + appsecret + "&code=" + code; AccessTokenRetriever atr = new AccessTokenRetriever(accessTokenURLStr); String accessToken = atr.getAccessToken(); String resourceURLStr = "https://graph.facebook.com/me?access_token=" + accessToken; ResourceRetriever rr = new ResourceRetriever(resourceURLStr); email = rr.getEmail(); // use the email address as a response header and redirect to the epac CGI response.setHeader("am-eai-user-id", email); response.setHeader("am-eai-redir-url", "https://www.myrp.ibm.com/cgi-bin/epac"); } %> </head> <body> If you see this, you haven't set the trigger URL properly in WebSEAL's config file. <br /> User email address is: <%=email%> </body> </html>
Installation and Configuration of the Solution
This section covers installation and configuration of the example code provided with this article.
Install the EAR to WebSphere and Update fblogin.jsp
This is quite straight forward - just download and install the example fb.ear to your WebSphere server. When you download the example code your browser may wish to save the fb.ear file as a .zip. If that happens, just rename it to fb.ear after download. You will need to edit the fblogin.jsp file that is part of the application to insert your own application id and secret, and to modify the hostname of the WebSEAL server that is used in both the redirectURL and also in the am-eai-redir-url response header for EAI. Check that the EAI headers in your WebSEAL configuration file match those in the sample application.
Configure WebSphere for SSL Trust
The helper classes that connect to Facebook via HttpsURLConnection will leverage WebSphere's J2SE SSL implementation including server certificate verification. Configuration is needed in WebSphere to install the SSL signer certificate of https://graph.facebook.com otherwise a "No Trusted Certificte Found" error will result. There are many ways to do this and the technique I show here is not the best but probably the quickest for setting up a test environment (for a more robust solution investigate WebSphere Dynamic outbound endpoint SSL configurations). In the WebSphere administration console, navigate to:
Security->SSL certificate and key management->Key stores and certificates->NodeDefaultTrustStore->Signer certificates
You will see a list of default signer certificates including default, dummyclientsigner and dummyserversigner. Click on the button: Retrieve from port
Enter settings as shown, then click: Retrieve signer information
You will then see the facebook certificate information. Press OK to save the alias in the NodeDefaultTrustStore. After the Save, your updated signer certificate list should include the facebook alias as shown:
Configure WebSEAL Junction, TAM policy and Trigger URL for EAI
The WebSEAL server requires a junction to the WebSphere. In this example I created /jct as shown:
pdadmin sec_master> server task default-webseald-sles10.ibm.com create -t tcp -h localhost -p 9080 -c all /jct
Unauthenticated access is required to access the application as it will be used to initiate authentication:
pdadmin sec_master> acl create unauth pdadmin sec_master> acl modify unauth set group iv-admin TcmdbsvaBRrxl pdadmin sec_master> acl modify unauth set group webseal-servers Tgmdbsrxl pdadmin sec_master> acl modify unauth set user sec_master TcmdbsvaBRrxl pdadmin sec_master> acl modify unauth set any-other Trx pdadmin sec_master> acl modify unauth set unauthenticated Trx pdadmin sec_master> acl attach /WebSEAL/<server_root>/jct/fb unauth
Updates are needed to the WebSEAL configuration file (typically webseald-default.conf) to enable EAI authentication:
[eai] # HTTPS recommended for EAI eai-auth = https # Header variables eai-pac-header = am-eai-pac eai-pac-svc-header = am-eai-pac-svc eai-user-id-header = am-eai-user-id eai-auth-level-header = am-eai-auth-level eai-xattrs-header = am-eai-xattrs eai-redir-url-header = am-eai-redir-url # Indicates that any login with a PAC completely replaces existing login credential retain-eai-session = no [eai-trigger-urls] # The trigger URL for the EAI application. trigger = /jct/fb/fblogin.jsp* [authentication-mechanisms] # Change according to your particular platform - this example is for Linux. ext-auth-interface = /opt/pdwebrte/lib/libeaiauthn.so
Testing the Solution
To initiate the test, simply access the fblogin.jsp in a browser via WebSEAL. In my case this was using the URL:
The first time I access the page, authorization is required at Facebook. After authentication (if needed), you should be prompted with a Facebook authorization page similar to this:
After allowing authorization, authentication should complete automatically. Provided you have an account in WebSEAL matching your email address and the epac demo application is properly configured, the very next page you see should be the epac program as an authenticated user:
Subsequent tests should not require explicit authorization as Facebook will remember your first decision. If you wish to "unremember" this decision, login to Facebook and proceed to the Account->Privacy Settings page, then under Application and WebSites click on Edit your settings, as shown:
From this page you can click on Remove unwanted or spammy applications and delete your remembered authorizations.
The Facebook graph API utilizes the OAuth 2.0 (draft) specification to provide a simple interface to allow a user to delegate authorized access to parts of their user profile. The interface is very straight forward for consumers to use as evidenced by the short time in which I was able to develop a solution. A lot more information can be accessed than just the user's basic profile and email address that I have shown here. There are also optomizations that could be implemented around caching authorization tokens for performance reasons. Error flows should also be considered in more detail should you wish to use this solution yourself. Many further integration scenarios are possible including using Facebook information for account linking and self-registration at a website just like OpenID and Information Cards. I believe this is just the tip of the iceberg and am looking forward to working more on a variety of OAuth integration scenarios.


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The following is an industry press release...
(GILBERT, AZ) – TEAM Arizona, the premier motorcycle rider training organization in Arizona, will coach its 100,000th student in the next 45 days. This is a milestone achieved by few other motorcycle riding schools.
To celebrate this accomplishment, TEAM Arizona will give away a Kawasaki motorcycle to its to-be-determined 100,000th student. Kawasaki Motorcycle Corp., along with its local dealerships -- Kelly's Kawasaki, RideNow Peoria, North Valley Kawasaki, Arizona Kawasaki and RideNow Goodyear -- is funding the prize.
In addition, Fulmer Helmets and Riding Apparel is donating a riding jacket, pants and gloves to the motorcycle winner, and Allstate representative Rusty Creed will provide a new helmet.
Meanwhile, the impending arrival of Team Arizona's 100,000th student sums up the school's mission of the past 23 years: to deliver a safe, fun and consistent motorcycling experience to riders of all backgrounds and all skill levels. For more than two decades, TEAM Arizona has helped new riders earn their motorcycle endorsements, and experienced riders improve their skills through advanced training.
"I would have never imagined that from our humble beginnings with two trailers and a few motorcycles that we would train this many riders," said Ron Arieli, president of TEAM Arizona. "This really is a testament to everyone involved with TEAM Arizona. Our patient, friendly, and passionate RiderCoaches make all the difference."
TEAM Arizona is encouraging current and former students to visit the TEAM Arizona Facebook page, facebook.com/teamarizona, to share their rider training stories. They hope these stories will inspire other riders and hopeful riders to take the time to learn from professionals before trying to ride on their own or with non-professional instruction. Ongoing commitment to one's riding is critical, as the sport of motorcycling presents a number of challenges -- all of which are more ably overcome by riders who dedicate themselves to continued training.

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May 31, 2016
BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) -- Kyle Busch won his first career pole at Bristol Motor Speedway with a track record qualifying lap.
Busch turned a lap at 129.535 mph in his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota to take the top starting spot for Sunday's race. It beat the record of 128.709 set by Ryan Newman in 2003, which had been the first sub-15 second lap at Bristol.
Busch's lap was 14.813 seconds, besting Newman's lap of 14.908.
Kasey Kahne qualified second in a Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports with a lap at 128.995, and Busch's teammate Denny Hamlin was third at 128.960. Brian Vickers was fourth in a Toyota for Michael Waltrip Racing and Paul Menard was fifth in a Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet.
Defending series champion Brad Keselowski was the highest qualifying Ford driver in seventh.
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Recently, New York City officials broke ground on Phase 1 of the new Governors Island Park, with over 30 acres including Liggett Terrace, a six acre plaza with seasonal plantings, seating, water features and public art; Hammock Grove, a ten acre space that is home to 2,000 new trees, play areas and hammocks; and the Play Lawn, 14 acres for play and relaxation that includes two turf ball fields sized for adult softball and Little League baseball. Also to be built will be welcome areas, a re-graded Parade Ground and key visitor amenities, including lighting, seating and signage throughout the Historic District.
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Global smart meter use to surge by 2020
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- 11 August 2011
LONDON: New data from Pike Research forecasts that smart meter adoption will reach 963 million units by 2020, owing to recent acceleration of use across the world, especially in China.
The report, Smart Meter Market Forecasts, also more imminently calculates that the global installed base of smart meters will reach 535 million units by 2015, which far exceeds Pike Research's earlier 2009 forecast of 251 million for the same year.
According to the research, this larger estimate is due to global electric utilities driving the use of devices as part of wider smart grid initiatives, as well as surging use in the Asia Pacific region. This is especially the case in China, where 70% of global smart meters were shipped in the first quarter of 2011.
In the report, market forecasts of the smart meter industry are measured in terms of total installed bases, revenues, costs and unit shipments.
Among the more detailed market forecasts for the global smart meter market, estimates from the report include:
- Smart meters will represent the majority of all installed electric meters by 2018, reaching 59% penetration rate by 2020
- The North American market will peak at just over 100 million units in 2015
- Asia Pacific will peak in 2015 and Europe will peak in 2017
- There will be more gradual long-term growth in Africa, Latin America and the Middle East
Bob Gohn, Research Director, Pike Research says: "Smart meters represent a compelling value proposition for utilities around the world. [...] The industry has made significant headway during the past two years, and the growing installed base of smart meters will be an important precursor of more diverse energy management solutions in the years to come."
Molly Webb, Head of Smart Technologies, The Climate Group says of the increase in metering: "More data for consumers could mean greater control of energy by consumers, and should enable the innovation we need in energy services. But we need to ensure the meter data is accessible not only by utilities, but in electronic form by consumers and third parties to whom they entrust their data. As more services like EVs become available, and prices for power go up, this kind of control will become more and more important in driving the Clean Revolution."
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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - The New York Mets have finished fourth in
the National League East in four straight seasons, so the franchise clearly
must turn its eye to the future.
The Mets made sure that David Wright will be part of those plans and also sold
high on 2012 NL Cy Young Award winner R.A. Dickey, sending the knuckleballer
to the Toronto Blue Jays to acquire some more young prospects to fill holes.
Though New York did not land a big-name free agent for a third straight winter
as it continues to emerge from the rubble of the Bernie Madoff fraud scheme,
it feels it replaced Dickey with an adequate arm in Shawn Marcum while
securing a short-term solution behind the plate in John Buck via the Blue Jays
That deal also brought in big-time catching prospect Travis d'Arnaud and
highly-regarded right-hander Noah Syndergaard, who is all of 20 years old,
stocking the Mets minor league shelves alongside 22-year-old Zack Wheeler.
Wheeler was acquired from the San Francisco Giants for aging outfielder Carlos
Beltran in 2011 and is ranked as the eighth-best prospect according to
MLB.com, two slots behind d'Arnaud.
The rest of New York's moves this offseason were meant to field a team in 2013
as they brought in 33-year-old reliever Brandon Lyon, 40-year-old bullpen arm
LaTroy Hawkins and outfielder Marlon Byrd.
The fact that Hawkins and Byrd, 35, are likely to make the team after signing
minor league contracts shows just how early on the Mets are in their
rebuilding effort. The disaster that was Jason Bay, signed to a four-year, $65
million deal back in 2010 didn't help much either and New York finally lasered
the wart by buying out the disappointing outfielder for $21 million early in
the offseason.
The Mets have not made the playoffs for six straight seasons and have seen
their win total decrease from 79 to 77 to last season's 74-88 campaign. The
presence of Wright and first baseman Ike Davis mashing homers out of the
corner infield positions gives hope, as does the young arms coming up through
the system, but 2013 could be a long one in Flushing.
Below we take a capsule look at the 2013 edition of the Mets, with a personnel
evaluation and prognosis included therein:
2012 FINISH (74-88) - Fourth Place (NL East)
KEY OFFSEASON ADDITIONS: Shaun Marcum (RHP), John Buck (C), Brandon Lyon
(RHP), Brandon Hicks (INF), Collin Cowgill (OF), Anthony Recker (C), Travis
d'Arnaud (C), Marlon Byrd (OF), LaTroy Hawkins (RHP)
KEY OFFSEASON SUBTRACTIONS: R.A. Dickey (RHP), Jason Bay (OF), Jon Rauch
(RHP), Ramon Ramirez (RHP), Andres Torres (OF), Josh Thole (C), Mike Pelfrey
(RHP), Ronny Cedeno (SS), Scott Hairston (OF), Kelly Shoppach (C), Manny
Acosta (RHP)
PROJECTED LINEUP: Collin Cowgill/Jordany Valdespin (CF), Daniel Murphy (2B),
David Wright (3B), Ike Davis (1B), Lucas Duda (LF), Marlon Byrd (RF), John
Buck (C), Ruben Tejada (SS)
PROJECTED ROTATION: Johan Santana (LHP), Jon Niese (LHP), Matt Harvey (RHP),
Shaun Marcum (RHP), Dillon Gee (RHP)
PROJECTED CLOSER: Frank Francisco (RHP)/Bobby Parnell (RHP)
MANAGER: Terry Collins
Having a Cy Young winner in your rotation is usually a good thing for the
future, but Dickey is 38 years old and had won just 41 games in his first nine
seasons before last year's 20-6 record.
Yes, Dickey's 2.73 earned run average in 2012 was a career best and
knuckleballers do have longevity, but giving the righty the long-term deal he
wanted would still have been a gamble. While it was probably hard to deal a
starter who went 39-28 with a 2.95 ERA in three seasons with the Mets, the
return haul for New York puts it in a better position down the road.
Of course, the loss of Dickey would be easier to sell if Johan Santana was
ready to take the ball on Opening Day, but that won't be the case because of
left shoulder fatigue.
Santana, a two-time Cy Young winner, pitched himself into Mets lore by
throwing the franchise's first ever no-hitter on June 1 and appeared to be on
his way to returning at full strength from a left shoulder surgery that held
him out of the entire 2011 campaign. But after throwing a career-high 134
pitches in his no-hitter, Santana went 3-5 with a 6.54 earned run average in
eight starts and eventually landed on the disabled list due to a sprained
right ankle. He returned for two more starts and yielded 14 runs over 6 1/3
innings before missing the rest of the campaign due to a back injury.
The Mets didn't anticipate any problems with Santana, who has a $25 million
club option for next season, going into 2013, but they were also displeased
with the shape that the left-hander came into camp in and he could begin the
season on the DL.
That leaves Marcum, Opening Day starter Jon Niese, Matt Harvey and Dillon Gee
to fill out the rotation, with Wheeler likely to join the mix midseason like
the 23-year-old Harvey did last year.
Marcum, who like Dickey doesn't blow hitters away and excels with control,
went 7-4 with a 3.70 ERA in 21 starts last season, but missed just over two
months of action due to an elbow injury. Gee, meanwhile, hasn't pitched in the
majors since July 7 following emergency surgery due to a blood clot in his
right shoulder.
He better, because the star third baseman is already primed to begin the
season battling a strained left intercostal muscle that knocked him out of the
World Baseball Classic early.
Wright, a six-time All-Star and two-time Gold Glove winner, was plagued by a
back injury in 2011, but hit .306 with 21 homers and 93 RBI in 156 games a
season ago. That was good enough for the Mets, who locked up their all-time
leader in hits, runs, walks and runs batted in with an eight-year, $138
million contract over the winter and also named him the fourth captain in team
history just prior to the start of the season.
New York will hope that his latest injury won't linger all season and that he
can get some help in a lineup that was middle of the road last season with a
collective .249 average, 139 homers and 625 RBI.
Davis, who was hitting just .208 at the end of July before batting .264 with
12 homers and 30 RBI over his final 57 games, is the most likely to help and
will hit cleanup behind Wright but needs to find consistency.
There are a lot of questions after that. New York will try to find a leadoff
hitter out of center fielder Collin Cowgill, shortstop Ruben Tejada or even
infielder/outfielder Jordany Valdespin and the outfield as a whole lacks an
impact bat.
Some excitement could come when d'Arnaud is given a shot at the big-league
level. Like Wheeler, d'Arnaud is expected to get some more seasoning in the
minors, where he hit .333 with 16 homers in 67 games at the Triple-A level
last season before a knee injury, and should take over for Buck by midseason.
Frank Francisco was slotted to be the club's closer again in 2013, but his
season will be delayed due to inflammation in his right pitching elbow. That
came after he had surgery over the winter to remove bone spurs from the area.
The Mets converted just 36 of their 55 save chances last season, with
Francisco going 1-3 with a 5.53 ERA and 23 saves in 26 opportunities in 48
games. Meanwhile, Bobby Parnell blew five of his 12 save chances and
jettisoned reliever Jon Rauch only converted half of his eight chances.
New York has long hoped that Parnell will emerge as a possible ninth-inning
solution, but the 28-year-old posted a 5.75 ERA in save situations a season
ago and is 14-for-31 lifetime in save chances. Still, he'll get the first
crack at filling in for Francisco and could keep the job full-time.
The Mets parted ways with a number of their bullpen arms walk after the 2012
season, including Rauch, Ramon Ramirez and Manny Acosta and brought Lyon in to
fill a set-up spot after he posted a combined 3.10 ERA in 67 games last season
with the Houston Astros and Blue Jays.
Duda occupied this spot last season too but only hit .239 with 15 homers, 57
RBI and 120 strikeouts in 121 games. That earned him some time in Triple-A and
with the Mets devoid of a spark in the outfield they would really love for the
27-year-old to take a big step forward and finally fill the void left by the
2011 Beltran trade.
Duda, coming off right wrist surgery in November, struggles on defense and
he'll need to produce at the plate to make up for those deficiencies. Finding
his power stroke will help and New York appears to hoping that will be the
case after not bringing in any real competition for his spot in left field.
The Mets are making small steps towards turning things around, but a lot of
that is dependent on youth. The pressure is off in keeping Wright happy now
that he has signed on for the rebuilding so 2013 will be all about the young
guys. It is also likely to be the final year for Santana in the Big Apple and
his pending exit after the season will completely turn the page. New York's
bullpen could be decent if Parnell finally realizes his potential and
Francisco comes back healthy, while the likes of Davis, Duda, Niese and Harvey
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seem to be there, though, for the Mets and they will mostly just be eating up
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This might not be Old MacDonald's farm, but there were certainly plenty of animals to be found at FFA's annual Barnyard Day. Alex Bohlender looks on as fellow first grader Tony Dominguez gets up close and personal with one of the birds. The Barnyard Day was one of several events planned in recognition of this year's National FFA Week held Feb. 21-28. —Enterprise photo


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Damage from Hurricane Irene has forced the Sheraton Atlantic Beach to close for the remainder of the year.
"After carefully reviewing the situation with repair and restoration companies, insurance and safety inspectors, and a host of others, we have regretfully concluded that the safest option for our guests and associates is to temporarily close the hotel in order to thoroughly and efficiently complete the work," said Hal Barnes, general manager.
The hotel is now contacting all the groups and individuals who were booked through December 31.
An employee meeting is being held this afternoon. Ninety employees will be furloughed during the repair process, according to Barnes.
"We will be communicating with employees twice a week regarding our process and sincerely look forward to the opportunity to welcome everyone back after the first of the year, " Barnes said. "Until then, we are working to place our employees in temporary positions and we welcome calls from employers who are looking for quality staff."
"We regret the inconvenience this has caused our guests and our employees and are eager to reopen as quickly as possible," Barnes said, "once we can assure the comfort and safety of all concerned."
Two of WITN's crews stayed in the hotel during Hurricane Irene and saw first hand the damage to the pier, the front doors and driving rains causing issues in rooms. The Sheraton is always very accommodating to media during hurricane coverage as crews seek safe shelter in which to report to our viewers.
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ROSA KHUTOR, Russia (Reuters) – Double halfpipe Olympic champion Shaun White has pulled out of the slopestyle event at the Sochi Games, U.S. Snowboarding said on Wednesday.
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New York, NY (Sports Network) - Seattle Seahawks defensive end Bruce Irvin has
been suspended without pay for the first four games of the 2013 regular season
for violating the league's policy on performance enhancing substances.
Irvin will be eligible to return to the Seahawks' active roster on Monday,
September 30 following the team's September 29 game against the Houston
Texans. He can participate in all offseason and preseason practices and games.
The West Virginia product had 16 tackles and eight sacks in 16 games as a
rookie last season.
"I want to apologize to my teammates, coaches and Seahawks fans for making a
mistake when I took a substance that is prohibited in the NFL without a
medical exemption," Irvin said in a statement. "I am extremely disappointed in
the poor judgment I showed and take full responsibility for my actions. I will
not appeal the discipline and instead will focus my energy on preparing for
the season so I can begin earning your trust and respect again. I look forward
to contributing to the team the moment I return."
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Virosomes are reconstituted viral envelopes that can serve as vaccines and as vehicles for cellular delivery of macromolecules. The prospect of drug delivery and targeting using virosomes is an interesting field of research and development. Because virosomes are biocompatible, biodegradable, nontoxic, and non-autoimmunogenic, attempts have been made to use them as vaccines or adjuvants as well as delivery systems for drugs, nucleic acids, or genes for therapeutic purposes. Influenza virus is the most common virus of choice. The success of virosomal drug delivery depends on the methods used to prepare the encapsulated bioactive materials and incorporate them into the virosomes, as are characterization and formulation of the finished preparation. Virosome technology could potentially be used to deliver peptides, nucleic acids or genes, and drugs like antibiotics, anticancer agents, and steroids.
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UCLA bigs fly first class, stay in luxury
- Story by Erica Perez and Agustin Armendariz
Thirteen years ago, the University of California changed its ban on flying business or first class on the university's dime, adding a special exception for employees with a medical need.
What followed at UCLA was an acute outbreak of medical need.
Over the past several years, six of 17 academic deans at the Westwood campus routinely have submitted doctors' notes stating they have a medical need to fly in a class other than economy, costing the university $234,000 more than it would have for coach-class flights, expense records show.
One of these deans, Judy Olian of the Anderson School of Management, has at least twice tackled the arduous 56-mile cycling leg of the long course relay at Monterey County's Wildflower Triathlon, according to her expense records and race results. She described herself in a 2011 Los Angeles Times profile as a "cardio junkie."
With a medical waiver granted by UCLA, however, she has an expense account that regularly includes business-class travel. She spends more on airfare and other travel expenses per year than any other UCLA dean or the chancellor, and she also far outpaces her counterpart at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business.
Olian's travel is part of a pattern of lavish spending at the public university, which routinely bends its rules for its top academic officials, according to an analysis by The Center for Investigative Reporting of documents obtained through the state Public Records Act.
Officials have taken flights costing more than $10,000, taken chauffeured town cars to the airport and spent nights at a Four Seasons hotel at university expense.
The UCLA officials added luxury and comfort to their travels while the UC system underwent one of the worst funding crises in its history. Undergraduates have seen tuition and fees increase nearly 70 percent since the 2008 school year.
Overall, Chancellor Gene Block and 17 deans who oversee the schools of business, film and theater, law, medicine and others spent about $2 million on travel and entertainment from 2008 to 2012. About half a million went to first- or business-class airfare for the six deans with medical exemptions, according to documents.
UCLA is not the only place within the state's public university system with liberal spending on executives. The UC Board of Regents this month approved an annual car allowance of $8,916 and a moving allowance of $142,500 for incoming President Janet Napolitano, the departing Department of Homeland Security chief.
Considered one of the best universities in the country, UCLA justifies its expenses as a way to personally connect with wealthy donors and compensate for years of declining state support.
Patrick Callan, president of the nonprofit Higher Education Policy Institute in San Jose, Calif., said no one would deny that university officials need to travel. But well-compensated administrators, he said, do not need to live luxuriously to raise money.
"Maybe we have to throw fancy parties sometimes for them (donors)," he said. "But that we have to live that lifestyle ourselves as senior higher education administrators seems to me to be pretty questionable."
The UCLA expense reports were submitted for attending meetings with donors, stoking new educational partnerships in foreign locales and attending academic conferences and film festivals.
For all six deans with medical exemptions, UCLA spent $486,000 on 130 business- or first-class airfares from 2008 to mid-2012, university records show. UCLA could have saved at least $234,000 by purchasing economy-class tickets based on an analysis of typical fares from the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics and the Airline Tariff Publishing Co., which provides fare data.
Overall, the university paid about $296,000 for Olian's premium airfares from 2008 to May 2012. Airfare for a June 2010 multistop trip to Washington, D.C., and Asia cost the university $12,000.


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3.1: Introduction to the Writing Section
The SAT allots in total for the writing section. The writing section of the SAT consists of an essay and three types of multiple-choice questions:
- The Essay
- Identifying the Error
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You have for the essay, and two sections are split between (35 questions) and (14 questions).
In total, the writing section consists of raw marks that are used to determine your scaled score of points. The essay accounts for points (practically a third of your writing score), and the remaining points are decided by the three multiple choice sections. Here is the distribution of raw marks:
- The Essay ( raw marks; two scorers provide a score between and this sum is doubled)
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You can see how important each type of writing question is; however, you want to earn the maximum points possible and not pick and choose your favorite problems!
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THOMASVILLE | Lisa Renee Harris Snyder, 55, of Thomasville, died Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013, at Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center
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IBM Launches Digital Marketing Network in the Cloud to Help Companies Improve Marketing Performance in Real-Time
IBM recently joined by more than 100 business partners, launched the IBM Digital Marketing Network in the cloud to help chief marketing officers (CMOs) and their teams more quickly and easily integrate new marketing services to measure and improve their effectiveness in real-time.
IBM Digital Marketing Network provides customized dashboards for e-commerce, mobile, and digital marketers allowing them to view how their marketing campaigns are performing across paid, earned and owned channels.
Part of IBM's Smarter Commerce initiative, the IBM Digital Marketing Network can syndicate real-time analytics to any marketing service such as Google Display Network, Doubleclick Search and Badgeville, to help marketers create a more consistent and compelling customer experience based on individual buyer behaviors. Creating a relevant experience is critical; the IBM 2013 State of Marketing Survey cites $83 billion in sales is lost each year due to poor, inconsistent customer experiences.
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15 fun facts about Sarah Palin's new reality show.
You betcha! It's official. Discovery Communications, home of 'Shark Week,' 'Mythbusters,' 'Dirty Jobs,' 'Man vs. Wild,' has officially purchased Sarah Palin's new reality show, tentatively titled 'Sarah Palin's Alaska.'
'Alaska' is being billed as a part travelogue, part documentary series. Mark Burnett, the svengali behind 'Survivor,' will produce. Filming is set to start this the summer, and the final result will air on Discovery's satellite channel TLC, at a date to be determined later.
There will be eight episodes in all, with a budgeted cost of about $1 million per episode.
Details are sketchy but what's clear is what 'Alaska' will not be. It will not be the Palin family version of 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians,' and it won't be a Palin-esque spin on 'Jon & Kate Plus Eight.' It's being promoted as a straight travelogue, like 'Over British Columbia,' but with the former Alaska state governor as host.
Here are 15 other fun facts about what 'Sarah Palin's Alaska' might entail.
• A reality TV show set in Alaska adds whole new meaning to the term "Hollywood North."
• That title ain't so bad. It could have been 'Woman vs. Wild.'
• It's eight episodes, people, not 80. Count your blessings.
• TLC was originally called The Learning Channel. There's still a whole lot of learnin' goin' on over there, evidently.
• 'Sarah Palin's Alaska' is not reality TV's first venture to the U.S.'s northernmost state. In 2002, 'Looking for Love: Bachelorettes in Alaska' followed a gaggle of husband-seeking men north of the 58th parallel in search of true love with a real man. Sadly, they all went home empty-handed. As the philosopher Mick Jagger famously noted, you can't always get what you want.
• 'Sarah Palin's Alaska' will deliver a lot more than the title promises. Now, you'll not only be able to see a TV travelogue about Alaska; you'll get to see a TV travelogue about Russia as well. Two for the price of one.
• Palin shares the same surname as Michael Palin, the great BBC explorer, travel documentary filmmaker, one of the founding members of the Monty Python comedy troupe and current president of Britain's Royal Geographical Society. How can you go wrong?
• Discovery's COO said 'Alaska' will "reveal Alaska's powerful beauty as has never been filmed . . . as told by one of the state's proudest daughters." Sadly, the Anchorage Daily News doesn't seem to share Discovery's enthusiasm. "Is Palin's reality TV gambit worth the risk?" read a heading on the newspaper's website Thursday.
• 'Sarah Palin's Alaska' qualifies as "feel-good" programming because, as she's famously stated in the past, the cause of global warming "kinda doesn't matter." Who needs a downer when they flip on the TV?
• At last, an Alaska nature documentary that doesn't feature any wolves, polar bears or moose, unless they're mounted on somebody's wall.
• Look on the bright side of climate change. Coming soon: Tea plantations in Alaska.
• Palin's "going Hollywood" will give Jon Stewart something to get exercised about all over again. When he returns from vacation, that is.
• If 'Sarah Palin's Alaska' shows it has legs, it could prove a perfect companion series for TLC's 'Police Women of Broward County.'
• As that late-night sage Craig Ferguson pointed out recently, critics who say Palin can't last on TV because she's "an over-emotional woman who gets her facts wrong" are themselves wrong. After all, as Ferguson noted, it's working great for Glenn Beck, so what the heck?
• 'Sarah Palin's Alaska' hails from Mark Burnett, producer of a show called 'Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?' Discuss.
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A new prostate cancer treatment could provide more effective treatment with fewer side effects according to a new report.
The study was the first to use an experimental treatment known as HIFU (high-intensity focused ultrasound) to treat areas of cancer which are only a few millimetres in size, a technique known as focal therapy.
Focal therapy is similar in principle to the 'lumpectomy' operation commonly used as an alternative to a full mastectomy in breast cancer.
One year after treatment none of the 41 men in the trial had incontinence, and just one in 10 suffered from poor erections - both common side effects of conventional treatment. The majority (95%) were also cancer-free after a year.
Researchers concluded that: "focal therapy of individual prostate cancer lesions, whether multifocal or unifocal, leads to a low rate of genitourinary side-effects and an encouraging rate of early absence of clinically significant prostate cancer".
The results of the phase 1 study, funded by the Medical Research Council and conducted by researchers at University College London, are published in the journal Lancet Oncology.
Dr Hashim Ahmed, who led the study at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and UCL, said: "Our results are very encouraging. We're optimistic that men diagnosed with prostate cancer may soon be able to undergo a day case surgical procedure, which can be safely repeated once or twice, to treat their condition with very few side-effects. That could mean a significant improvement in their quality of life.
"This study provides the proof-of-concept we need to develop a much larger trial to look at whether focal therapy is as effective as the current standard treatment in protecting the health of the men treated for prostate cancer in the medium and long term."
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men. In the UK, more than 37,000 men are diagnosed each year and the condition leads to approximately 10,000 deaths.
Standard therapy currently involves treating the whole prostate, either with radiotherapy or surgery to remove it completely.
Both methods cause damage to surrounding healthy tissue and can lead to side effects such as urinary incontinence requiring one or more pads a day (5-25%), erections insufficient for sexual intercourse (30-70%) and rectal problems (diarrhoea, bleeding, pain; 5-10%).
Owen Sharp, Chief Executive of The Prostate Cancer Charity told HuffPost Lifestyle: "We welcome the development of any prostate cancer treatment which limits the possibility of damaging side effects such as incontinence and impotence. These early results certainly indicate that focal HIFU has the potential to achieve this in the future.
"However, we need to remember that this treatment was given to fewer than 50 men, without follow up over a sustained period of time.
"We look forward to the results of further trials, which we hope will provide a clearer idea of whether this treatment can control cancer in the long term whilst ridding men of the fear that treating their cancer might mean losing their quality of life".
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- Cancer patient has prostate tumour removed by a robot
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A twice-daily skin cancer drug almost doubles the survival times of advanced cancer patients, American scientists have discovered. Researchers from the Jonsson Cancer Center at the University of California, found that advanced melanoma cancer sufferers lived on average of 16 months after receiving the vemurafenib drug. Read the full story here. Read the full story here
Scientists have discovered five new genes that cause heart attacks and strokes and hope these findings will enable them to pinpoint when the attacks will strike. The researchers, from Queen Mary University of London, identified five generic variants that trigger heart attacks and strokes after investigating blood pressure measurements of 25,000 participants. The aim of the study was to look into the role that genes play in hypertension and high blood pressure. Read the full story here.
American scientists have discovered a potential new drug that could help fight against Alzheimer's disease. Neuroscientists from the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine discovered that a skin cancer drug called bexarotene appears to reverse cognitive and memory deficits associated with Alzheimer's when tested on lab mice. Read the full story here.
A "personalised" pill for advanced skin cancer that can extend life has been approved for use in the UK. The drug, vemurafenib, only works for patients with a specific variant of the BRAF gene. Read the full story here.
The genetic code of the most common form of hereditary breast cancer has been mapped for the first time, offering hope for diagnosis and treatment of the disease in the future. Researchers say they have "fully sequenced" the DNA of two breast cancers caused by a faulty BRCA1 gene, which is responsible for aggressive and highly drug-resistant tumours. Read the full story here.
Scientists from the Northwestern University in Chicago have come one step closer to developing a potential cure for peanut allergies, by creating an immune system tolerant to peanuts. The researchers found that they can switch off potentially deadly peanut allergy attacks by tricking the immune system into tolerating nut proteins, and not seeing them as a threat to the body. Read the full story here.
A breakthrough lung cancer detection test is set to be trialled on smokers for the first time in Scotland. If successful, cancers could be identified five years earlier than by current detection methods. Read the full story here.
Sleepless nights could soon be a thing of the past as scientists discover a key chemical trigger that suppresses sleep and wakes people up. Researchers from Boston University found that when the body has too little of the calcium kinase enzyme, it causes the brain to nod off to sleep. Read the full story here.
A new treatment for breast cancer has been discovered after scientists found that breast tumours can be killed in minutes - by boiling them. The latest treatment, known as Preferential Radio-Frequency Ablation, uses a targeted electrical current that heats, or 'boils' the tumour to 70 to 90c (160 to 190f). Read the full story here.
British scientists have developed a revolutionary breast-screening system that uses anti-landmine technology to detect cancer in seconds. The radio-wave scanner is safer, cheaper and less painful than traditional mammogram X-rays, and unlike the current system, can be used on women of all ages. Read the full story here.
Breakthrough research involving a brain transplant of stem cells could offer hope for the treatment of both autism and Parkinson's disease. The study, from Harvard University, has already proven successful with mice. Scientists transferred healthy stem cells from mouse embryos into the brains of adult mice who were unable to use leptin, a hormone that tells the body when to stop eating. Read the full story here.
A stomach implant that can trick the brain into thinking the stomach is full is the latest hi-tech gadget that experts hope will help fight the flab and beat obesity. The Abiliti, or 'Gastric Pacemaker', is a credit card-sized implant, inserted using keyhole surgery, which detects when food has been eaten and sends signals to the brain to create the feeling of fullness. Read the full story here.
Scientists from the Imperial College London have discovered a 'fertility switch' that could help treat infertility and miscarriage in the future. The study, published in the Nature Medicine journal, discovered an enzyme in the body that determines infertility and the chances of miscarriage, as it acts like a 'switch'. Read the full story here.
Eviplera, a new once-daily pill for the treatment of HIV has been made available in 27 countries of the European Union following approval by the European Medicines Agency. The new drug, from Gilead Sciences, combines three antiretroviral treatments in a single tablet so HIV patients only need to take one tablet a day to treat their condition. Read the full story here.
Scientists believe that a potent Alzheimer's vaccine jab could be the secret to preventing the disease developing from its early stages. Researchers from Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington found that an antibody for Alzheimer's disease is more likely to trigger inflammation in the brain the later it is given and that it could potentially be prevented, as long as the vaccine is taken during the very early stages of the disease. Read the full story here.


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Election results in India surprised political observers on May 16, as many predicted the country's ruling Congress party would suffer significant losses and perhaps lose control of the government. Instead, some 400 million voters handed the Congress party a resounding victory that secures its ability to press for its progressive agenda in a country of 1 billon people. Two groups lost big: Communists and members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the main opposition party. Communists had long opposed the Congress party's efforts to move away from socialist policies and toward capitalism. But Communists lost more than half their Parliament seats. The BJP-a Hindu nationalist group-also lost seats and failed to tip power in their favor. That failure pleased Christian groups worried that the BJP would continue a campaign against religious minorities.
Astronaut Mike Massimino took Twitter into space with him, along with about 324,000 followers from the social messaging site, on the May mission aboard the space shuttle Atlantis. It was the second Hubble repair mission for the 46-year-old mission specialist, who spent several hours on two spacewalks this time, but his first with an online audience:
- From orbit: Rendezvous and grapple were great, getting ready for our first spacewalk - 7:59 AM May 14th from web
- From orbit: Just flew over the US, Baja to Miami in about 10 minutes! Beautiful Day!! - 11:35 AM May 18th from web
- From orbit: Hard to sleep last night after my spacewalk, images of the work and the views still vivid in my mind. - 11:36 AM May 18th from web
- From orbit: Eating chocolates in space, floating them in front of me then floating and eating them like I am a fish - 4:26 AM May 19th from web
- From orbit: We see 16 sunrises and sunsets in 24 hrs, each one spectacular as the sun lights up the atmosphere in a spectrum of colors - 6:06 PM May 19th from web
- From orbit: Finished packing up our big white spacewalking suits and securing them for a safe landing. - 9:51 AM May 21st from web
Murphy's lawlessness
Documents revealed in an ongoing fraud case against the Milwaukee archdiocese show evidence of a cover-up in one of the worst molestation scandals to rock the Catholic Church. The documents indicate that former priest Lawrence Murphy, who died in 1999, abused as many as 200 children over a two-decade period. They further disclose the attempts of former Archbishop Rembert Weakland to suppress public awareness of such crimes. The Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests (SNAP) contends that the church has never fully acknowledged the extent of Murphy's actions at St. John's School for Deaf, which no longer exists. The archdiocese claims that it has long since acknowledged and condemned Murphy's acts as "a horrendous betrayal of his priestly vows." The church insists that necessary measures and policies are now in place to prevent any such conduct in the future.
Out of jail
Former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick walked out of federal prison May 20, but his debt to society and the NFL, along with considerable debts to creditors, aren't fully paid. The superstar athlete, who spent 21 months behind bars after pleading guilty to charges of bankrolling a dog-fighting ring out of his home, must now spend two more months in home confinement, convince NFL commissioner Roger Goodell of his contrition, and submit a new plan to emerge from bankruptcy after a judge rejected an initial proposal for Chapter 11 in which Vick would maintain possession of two houses and three cars. Should Vick successfully navigate all such waters, the question remains as to whether any team will sign him. In the meantime, Vick plans to work with the Humane Society in a campaign to discourage young people from dog-fighting.
Idol upset
American Idol fans cast a record-breaking 100 million votes May 20 to hand Kris Allen a surprise victory over Idol favorite Adam Lambert. Although never referenced on the show, many commentators believe Allen's Christian faith was a factor in helping the 23-year-old church worship leader triumph over the theatrical Lambert, 27. As one of television's more family-friendly shows, Idol draws Christian viewers who may have sided with Allen after fellow Christian Danny Gokey was voted off the show.
Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh shouted, "I challenge you, MSNBC!" to his talking-head rivals. Irked by overexposure on the network, Limbaugh is asking his "good friends" at MSNBC to go a full month without discussing him on the air: "It is clear to me that MSNBC is hoping to build its ratings on my back." No word if MSNBC's evening tag-team of Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann, both removed from NBC's presidential election coverage last fall for their bias, will consent to Rush withdrawal. But Limbaugh gave them some advice: "Stand on your own two feet. Stand on liberalism. Stand on what you believe."
The war fund
Congress passed the first spending bill with strong Republican support in May, a war spending supplemental.
What's in it:
- A healthy $85 billion for ongoing military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan;
- aid to countries around the world, like Israel and Egypt;
- $900 million for Gaza and the West Bank for redevelopment of Palestinian territories;
- nearly $2 billion in aid to Pakistan; 0 and $2 billion to fight the global flu pandemic.
What's not in it:
- The House and Senate denied the president funding to close Guantanamo Bay until he presents a "comprehensive plan" on the "proposed disposition" of the military prison. President Obama had requested $80 million to close the facility.
Notre Dame
As President Barack Obama greeted a crowd of 12,000 at the University of Notre Dame's commencement ceremony in South Bend, Ind., a quieter ceremony unfolded across campus where two dozen seniors gathered at the Catholic university's outdoor Grotto, refusing to attend their own graduation. They said a Catholic school shouldn't honor a pro-abortion politician who opposes traditional Catholic teaching. Obama addressed the abortion controversy directly: "I do not suggest that the debate surrounding abortion can or should go away." He said both sides could agree that this is "a heart-wrenching decision for any woman to make" and called for programs to help reduce unintended pregnancies and promote adoption. Police arrested dozens of people who entered the school's private grounds to protest Obama's May 17 visit. Many pro-life seniors attended the ceremony with nearly 2,900 graduates, but the two dozen wearing caps and gowns in the Grotto instead heard a Catholic priest offer a prayer and call the graduates' names while family members looked on.
Marriage debate
Hispanic Christians rallied to protest a bill legalizing same-sex marriage May 17 as the New York legislature debated the measure. "There's no human law that can deteriorate divine law," said Kittim Silva, board member for Radio Vision Cristiana International, which sponsored the rally along with the New York Hispanic Clergy Organization. Demonstrators played Dominican music and carried bilingual signs: "Un Hombre and Una Mujer = Voluntad de Dios. One Man and One Woman = God's Will." The New York State Assembly passed a bill legalizing same-sex marriage the week before, sending it to the New York State Senate, where Democrats hold a slender majority and Democratic Sen. Ruben Diaz leads vocal opposition to the bill. New Yorkers are evenly divided on the issue of same-sex marriage, according to a recent Quinnipiac University poll, although almost two-thirds support same-sex civil unions. A similar bill passed the New York State Assembly in 2007 but died in the Senate.
Coke side of life & taxes
Congressional lawmakers are looking at taxing sodas and other sugary drinks as a way to pay for pending health-care reform, according to a recent Senate Finance Committee report saying the move will help fight obesity-a big driver of the nation's escalating health-care costs. Soft drink industry officials hope the soda tax quickly falls flat: "It's an overreach when government uses the tax code to tell people what to eat and drink," Kevin Kean with the American Beverage Association told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Flu, cont.'d
As of May 20, 26 schools in New York City were closed due to an increase in flulike illnesses possibly linked to swine flu, and the virus claimed the life of a 55-year-old assistant principal at a Queens public school. But so far, victims of the virus in the United States are people with underlying health conditions. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported over 5,700 confirmed or probable swine flu cases and over 200 hospitalizations. Eight people in the United States have died, each with underlying health conditions, including lung and heart conditions. As of May 20, the World Health Organization reported 10,243 cases around the globe, including 80 deaths.
Missile launch
U.S. defense experts confirmed that Iran test-fired a new advanced missile May 20. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced the launch of the solid-fuel Sajjil-2 surface-to-surface missile with a range of about 1,200 miles, capable of reaching Israel and U.S. bases in the Middle East. The announcement came just weeks before Iran's presidential election and two days after President Barack Obama met with Israeli president Benjamin Netanyahu and declared a readiness to seek deeper sanctions against Tehran. Experts believe continued provocation from Ahmadinejad, who has promised to wipe Israel off the map, could prompt a preemptive strike by Israel on Iranian nuclear facilities.
The State Department started a fundraising campaign via text messaging for the UN Refugee Agency working in Pakistan, along with pledging $110 million in additional aid to Pakistan May 19. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the funds will be directed toward 2 million people who have fled their homes in the wake of the Taliban takeover of the Swat Valley and other areas northeast of Islamabad and the Pakistani Army's assault to drive out the militants. The Taliban is increasingly pressuring Christians and other religious minorities in Swat to live according to Islamic customs. Christians try to blend in with Muslim residents by growing beards and wearing Islamic attire. Mano Rumalshah, Bishop of Peshawar, told Barnabas Fund he visited one church in Bannu, North West Frontier Province, desecrated by the Taliban last month. "Save Christianity in Pakistan or it will be eradicated," he said.
Pass the plate
Amid the limping economy, a North Texas church is taking an unusual approach to bolster giving: Pastor Toby Slough of Cross Timbers Community Church in Argyle, Texas, began telling parishioners earlier this year to take from the offering plate as they have need. Slough says the first Sunday he made the announcement the church took in its largest offering ever. And the initiative has helped spark a churchwide movement of generosity that's resulted in the giving of half a million dollars to various individuals and charities over the past two months.


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39th Annual Kingdom of the Sun
Published: Friday, December 28, 2012 at 9:24 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, December 28, 2012 at 9:24 p.m.
Forest's boys basketball team ran into a buzzsaw in the consolation bracket of the 39th annual Kingdom of the Sun boys basketball tournament.
39th Annual Kingdom of the Sun
At Vanguard High School
Championship Game
Deerfield Beach vs. Louisville (Ky.) Ballard, 7:30 p.m.
Third-Place Game
Cincinnati LaSalle vs. West Gadsden, 6 p.m.
Fifth-Place Game
Orlando Boone vs. Morgan County (Ga.), 3 p.m.
Consolation Final
Orlando Dr. Phillips vs. Coral Springs Christian, 1:30 p.m.
Deerfield Beach 49, LaSalle 41
Ballard 75, West Gadsden 35
Morgan County (Ga.) 64, Vanguard 42
Boone 80, Gainesville 57
Coral Springs Christian 65, Springfield Rutherford 61, OT
Dr. Phillips 69, Forest 33
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The Wildcats had no answers for Class 8A power Orlando Dr. Phillips and fell 69-33 on Friday afternoon at Vanguard High School.
The Panthers, ranked third in Class 8A, scored the first 14 points of the game and led by 17 after a quarter, before pushing their advantage to 25 by halftime.
Playing in their first Kingdom since 1981, the Wildcats went 1-2.
Dr. Phillips (10-4) got 22 points from Tyriefe Beard on 9-of-11 shooting, while Memphis signee RaShawn Powell scored 10.
David Stephen (13 points) and Pedro Lalor (10 points) also contributed in the win for the Panthers, who forced turnovers on seven of Forest's first eight possessions.
The Wildcats went the first 4 minutes and 32 seconds without a point, and had 13 turnovers in the opening quarter.
For the game, Forest committed 27 turnovers and saw the Panthers take advantage with numerous easy shots, which enabled them to make 28-of-55 for the game.
Jordan Smith (nine points, seven rebounds) and Geron Christian (eight points) and five rebounds led the way for the Wildcats (10-3).
MORGAN COUNTY (GA.) 64, VANGUARD 42: The Knights (6-5) were unable to solve a tough defensive effort by the Bulldogs (8-3) in the consolation bracket.
Morgan County held Vanguard to a 16-of-43 shooting effort and forced 19 turnovers.
The taller Bulldogs also held a 33-20 edge in rebounding, as 6-foot-9 junior C.J. Thurman (14 points, five rebounds) and 6-foot-7 Josh Sallette (seven rebounds, three blocks) clogged the middle.
Mike Williams (12 points) joined Thurman in double figures for Morgan County, which also limited the Knights to a 1-of-12 effort from beyond the arc.
Thurman, meanwhile, has made 20-of-24 shots during the first three games of the tournament and averaged 15.3 points and 9.7 rebounds.
Raheem Freeman led Vanguard with 18 points, but no other Knight player scored more than six points.
Freeman made 5-of-11 shots and knocked down 7-of-8 from the foul line.
The senior also grabbed six rebounds.
Vanguard led early 6-2, but the Bulldogs closed the opening quarter on a 7-2 run and lead 13-10.
From there, Morgan County got four points from Thurman during a 10-3 run, as it was able to lead by as many as 12 in the first half and went to the locker room at halftime up 31-21.
"We did some good things in the first half, but (Morgan County) really picked up the pressure in the second," Vanguard coach Phillip Small said. "They're a good team."
For the half, the Bulldogs made 13-of-29 shots and held the Knights to a 10-of-25 mark.
Vanguard was unable to get any consistent momentum in the second half and was unable to get under double-digits in being eliminated from the tournament.
Despite going 1-2 in the event, the Knights were a buzzer-beater basket away by West Gadsden's Brandon Shingles from playing in the championship semifinals.
"There's a lot of positives that we can take away from the way we played during the tournament," Small said. "We showed a lot improvement and we've got to just keep working to get better."
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