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By Kristina Macro
NeXt Correspondent
As we begin a new year, NeXt takes time to reflect on some of the things that happened in 2012. The year was full of both good and bad, but here's hoping lessons were learned from the bad and the world can move forward into a better new year.
3 – The Iowa caucus started the 2012 presidential election process.
13 – The cruise ship Costa Concordia capsized off the coast of Italy. Eleven people died and 22 remain missing.
1 – 73 people were killed as a result of a fight between fans of two rival teams at a soccer match in Port Said, Egypt.
7 – The California court overturned the state's ban on gay marriage known as Proposition 8.
11 – Whitney Houston died at age 48 in her hotel room the night before the Grammy Awards.
13 – The state of Washington legalized gay marriage.
5 – The short film "KONY 2012" was released online and went viral. Today, it has more than 95 million views on YouTube and a great deal of controversy surrounding it.
10 – A U.S. soldier was accused of going on a rampage that killed 17 Afghan civilians, causing anti-U.S. protests throughout the Middle East.
22 – Chen Guangcheng, a blind Chinese dissident, escaped from house arrest and sought refuge at the U.S. embassy in Beijing.
7 – Vladimir Putin became the president of Russia for the third time.
8 – North Carolina decides to ban gay marriage.
17 – Facebook shares go public at $38 a share, giving the company a value of $104 billion and making it the third-largest public offering. The decision had disappointing results.
8 – The U.N. declared that Syria was in the midst of a civil war.
28 – The Supreme Court upheld the individual mandate in President Obama's health care law.
20 – At the midnight screening of "The Dark Knight Rises" in a theater in Aurora, Colo., 12 people were killed and more than 50 people were wounded after a gunman opened fire. James Holmes was later arrested.
27 – The 2012 Summer Olympic Games began in London.
11 – Mitt Romney introduced Wisconsin representative Paul D. Ryan as his running mate in the presidential election.
10 – 26,000 public school teachers in Chicago went on a strike that lasted for a week.
11 – Gunmen attacked the U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya, and killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, along with three other embassy officials.
17 – The one-year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street was recognized with demonstrations in New York City.
3 – The first presidential debate for the 2012 election was held.
9 – The Taliban shot 14-year-old Malala Yousafzai and two other girls because Malala had spoken out against the Taliban and was determined to receive an education.
29 – Hurricane Sandy made landfall in New Jersey. New Jersey, New York and Connecticut were the hardest hit by the hurricane, with 8 million people losing power, 100 deaths and $30 billion in damages.
6 – President Obama is re-elected, winning both the popular vote and the most votes in the Electoral College.
9 – Gen. David Patraeus resigned as the director of the CIA after evidence of an extramarital affair was revealed.
3 – News that the British royal couple is expecting caused much excitement around the world.
14 – Adam Lanza killed his mother and then killed 26 people at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. The victims included 20 young children.
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BPA may have a part in the development of disorders such as Rett syndrome
BPA, a molecule that mimics estrogen and interferes with the body's endocrine system, can be found in a wide variety of manufactured products including medical devices, compact discs, dental sealants, water bottles, the lining of canned foods and drinks, and more. The chemical can be ingested if it seeps into the contents of food and beverage containers. More than 90 percent of us have BPA in our bodies due to food containers made with BPA but it is also possible to be exposed to BPA through air, dust and water.
More than 200 lab animal tests to date strongly suggest that BPA exposure, even at very low doses, creates risks of dangerous developmental, neural and reproductive health effects in adults, children and infants. In 2012, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that BPA will no longer be allowed in baby bottles and sippy cups but does not apply to other plastics or food packaging, which included cans and baby formula.
BPA is a universal compound that is rising as a possible toxicant during embryonic development. BPA has been shown to epigenetically affect the developing nervous system, but the molecular mechanisms are not clear. This led the researchers from Duke University School of Medicine to develop a series of experiments in rodent and human nerve cells to determine how BPA influences changes that disrupt gene regulation (a process in which a cell determines which genes it will express and when).
During early development of neurons, high levels of chloride are present in cells. These levels drop as neurons mature, thanks to a chloride transporter protein called KCC2, which agitates chloride ions out of the cells. If the level of chloride within neurons remains elevated, it can damage neural circuits and compromise a developing nerve cell's ability to migrate to its proper position in the brain.
Exposing neurons to minute amounts of BPA alters the chloride levels inside the cells by somehow shutting down the Kcc2 gene, which makes the KCC2 protein, thereby delaying the removal of chloride from neurons.
MECP2, another protein (that appears to be essential for the normal function of nerve cells) and was found to be the possible culprit behind this change. When exposed to BPA, MECP2 is more abundant and binds to the Kcc2 gene at a higher rate, which might help to shut it down. This could add to problems in the developing brain due to a delay in chloride being removed.
While both male and female neurons were affected by BPA in the studies, female neurons were more susceptible to the chemical's toxicity. Further research will dig deeper into the sex-specific effects of BPA exposure and whether certain sex hormone receptors are involved in BPA's effect on KCC2.
The research team writes "Overall, our results indicate that BPA can disrupt Kcc2 gene expression through epigenetic mechanisms. Beyond increase in basic understanding, our findings have relevance for identifying unique neurodevelopmental toxicity mechanisms of BPA, which could possibly play a role in pathogenesis of human neurodevelopmental disorders."
These findings bring up the question if BPA could add to neurodevelopmental disorders such as Rett syndrome, the most physically disabling of the autism spectrum disorders that strikes at random in early childhood affecting little girls almost exclusively and is distinguished by mutations in the gene that produces MECP2.
Dr. Wolfgang Liedtke, MD, PHD, Center for Translational Neuroscience, Assistant Professor/Head of Laboratory, Duke University Medical Center and lead author of study commented in a news release from Duke "Our study found that BPA may impair the development of the central nervous system, and raises the question as to whether exposure could predispose animals and humans to neurodevelopmental disorders."
In closing Dr. Liedtke commented "Our findings improve our understanding of how environmental exposure to BPA can affect the regulation of the Kcc2 gene. However, we expect future studies to focus on what targets aside from Kcc2 are affected by BPA." "This is a chapter in an ongoing story."
This study appears in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Information on Bisphenol A (BPA) can be found online at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Slideshow; BPA and Health Conditions
Assoicated Article; BPA exposure holds a future of renal impairment and heart disease for children

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Write-in votes could hold the key to several contested races in Lycoming County from Tuesday's primary elections.
In Montoursville Borough, Republican Kimberly A. DiRocco received 316 votes to 281 write-in votes in unofficial results. Many of those votes may have been for incumbent Republican Mayor John Dorin, who staged a late-game write-in campaign to retain his office after earlier announcing his retirement, but both candidates may have received write-in votes in the Democratic ticket.
Candidates who get at least 10 write-in votes in the opposite party can go on the November general election. However, only the candidate who receives the most write-in votes goes on the November general election ballot on the opposite party.
There were 202 write-in votes for Montoursville mayor on the Democratic ticket, according to unofficial results.
"I won't know until the final results," Dorin said Tuesday night.
Sandy Adams, county director of elections and voter services, said unofficial write-in votes would be tabulated today.
The same case holds true for Republican David Shirn, who challenged incumbent Old Lycoming Township Supervisor John W. Eck.
Shirn received more votes than Eck - 289 to 197 - but Eck said he may have enough write-in votes on the Democratic ticket to make it to the November election.
Shirn said he was pleased with the results he saw Tuesday.
"I'm happy about it and I feel like the taxpayers have spoken. I think they want change," he said.
In Loyalsock Township, where two supervisor seats are up for grabs, Richard Caschera Jr. led Democratic votes for township supervisor with 142. He and Jennifer Black, who received 130 votes, move on to the November election.
Black ran a dual campaign with Christopher Benson, who finished third with 114 votes.
"It's kind of bittersweet," Black said. "I said it would work out however it was supposed to. I look forward to the fall."
On the Republican side, Paul Nyman received 579 votes for Loyalsock Township supervisor. Incumbent supervisor John Bower staged a write-in campaign to preserve his seat and most likely received at least 10 such votes out of the 196 write-in votes on the Republican ticket to move to the general election this fall.
In Jersey Shore, incumbent Republican Mayor Dennis Buttorf held off a challenge from Dennis Thompson. Buttorf received 143 votes to Thompson's 70 in unofficial results.
"To me, it's like a report card after four years how the people feel," Buttorf said about his nomination.
Montgomery Mayor Andrew Onufrak II held on to his seat over a 43-to-20 vote victory over challenger Terry E. Turner in unofficial results.
In Plunketts Creek Township, James W. Lewis came out on top of a four-person race on the Republican ticket and beat incumbent township supervisor Marvin F. Springman in unofficial tallies. Lewis received 35 votes to Springman's 19 votes. Casey Parker received eight votes to Randy L. DeVinney's seven votes, according to unofficial results.


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What if SCEA tries to settle?Lets just say, I want the settlement terms to include OtherOS on all PS3s and an apology on the PlayStation blog for ever removing it. It'd be good PR for Sony too, lord knows they could use it. I'm also willing to accept a trade, a legit path to homebrew for knowledge of how to stop new firmwares from being decrypted.
quote: Then you should have been way upset that that old lady took McD's to court over coffee being hot.
quote: And the fact that now Sony is using it the same way is not the isssue. The issue is that the suit is allowed to go forward.
quote: Liebeck sought to settle with McDonald's for $20,000 to cover her actual and anticipated expenses. Her past medical expenses were $10,500; her anticipated future medical expenses were approximately $2,500; and her loss of income was approximately $5,000 for a total of approximately $18,000.[14] Instead, the company offered only $800. When McDonald's refused to raise its offer, Liebeck retained Texas attorney Reed Morgan.
quote: The reality was that it actually caused quite a bit of injury due to how incredibly hot the coffee was above McD's normal standards, and that they declined to pay for the damages it caused, instead trying to shoo her away with 800 dollars.If they dropped something that sounded a little more dangerous than coffee, yet at the same temperature, people wouldn't have batted an eye. People just misconstrued the suit as frivolous because of the headlines.


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The New York Yankees started the party off with a win over the Detroit Tigers. It's Opening Day for Major League Baseball.
Bust out the hot dogs, nachos and beer. For one day, we can sit back, and enjoy the grandeur of the nation's past time. No worries if your team drops game one, we have 162 of these things to go.
The Bronx Bombers got off on the right foot. You don't want to play these guys in New York on Opening Day. They never seem to lose in that situation.
Yet the Detroit Tigers showed up and fought the good fight. They might have gotten the better of the pinstripes had they not looked so sloppy.
And on cool day in Kansas City, the Royals are taking on the Anaheim, sorry, Los Angeles Angels. They are behind to the Halos at the moment. There is hope as Mike Aviles just hit a shot to right.
Will this be the Royals year? No. It doesn't matter, though. The beauty of Opening Day is that every team has a shot.
It's games two through 162 that gives clubs like the Royals trouble.
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Email Breakups: Good, Bad or Ugly?Carolyn Castiglia
Amanda Hess has an interesting piece on Slate in defense of email breakups. Not only are they favored almost equally by both genders (with women sending them slightly more often than men), she says they provide an opportunity for a more civil split in potentially explosive situations. She writes, "In the context of some strained relationships, it's perfectly reasonable to refuse to be alone with a person who you expect may become very angry at you in the near future. And even in more conciliatory breakups, it can be ultimately helpful for both parties to give the dumper a chance to fully assemble his or her thoughts in a message window before contending with the dumped's demands and appeals."
I don't disagree with those points, but I think I'm just old enough that I would probably be pretty shocked to be dumped over email, and I don't think I'd send a break-up email, either. Then again, I suppose that depends on what we're talking about when we're talking about breaking up. If you've only gone on a few dates with someone, and they ask you out mostly over text, is it okay to decline over text, adding in a final, 'I don't think this is going to work out'? I went on four dates with a guy that I made plans with mostly online or via text, and when I realized I didn't think we were a match, I called him to say so. He took it like a champ, and the whole thing was very pleasant.
Hess says she's "not convinced that breaking up electronically is more traumatic than experiencing it in person," but I don't know. A lengthy email might not sting as much as a short one might not sting as much as seeing "Wnt a dvrce" over text, but I think they're all more hurtful than at least a phone call. Then again, everything is relative when it comes to the pain of romantic rejection. I have friends who have been dumped by guys who just simply ghost, and in that scenario, a closure text would feel like a major boon. ("Sry.") I can understand not wanting to be near someone you're breaking up with, especially if relations have been tense, but if there's enough history for things to have gotten tense (or the relationship was so intense that it got tense quickly), you probably want to honor everything that came before the end by at least being a voice on the phone, if not a body in the same room.
Then again, sometimes being a voice isn't really enough, either. My first boyfriend, who I lost My Big Catholic Virginity to, broke up with me in a one-sided conversation over the radio while he was DJing at our hometown college radio station. I heard his voice loud and clear that night, and so did everyone else listening. I think I would have preferred an email.
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Sichuan Province, China: Sunday is International Children's Day, and this year people around China have one common concern: children in the earthquake-hit regions. We know that many children suffered in the devastating quake but there are still many of them who survived, and they are eager to get back to study and playing with their friends. Children are the most vulnerable group in our community and much attention needs to be paid on them.
On this special day, IFRC staff also visit children who were hurt in the quake. Though children are vulnerable they are innocent and always happy, playing and smiling, and they give people around hope and courage to overcome the difficulties ahead.
We see pupils are studying in the camp school, playing on the ground near the emergency tents, and still interested in everything happening around them. People are suffering from the quake, but the children there are the hopes for reconstruction of homes, towns and spirits. Good luck to the children and happy children's day.


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text: Explore Lombardy and the Lakes Milan Southern Lombardy Northern Lombardy: lakes and mountains Share Among the rice fields around 40km south of Milan, one of the most extravagant monasteries in Europe, the Certosa di Pavia (Charterhouse of Pavia), was commissioned by the Duke of Milan, Galeazzo II Visconti in 1396 as the family mausoleum. Visconti intended the church here to resemble Milan's late-Gothic cathedral and the same architects and craftsmen worked on the construction. It took a century to build; by the time it was finished tastes had changed (and the Viscontis had been replaced by the Sforzas). As a work of art the monastery is one of the most important testimonies to the transformation from late-Gothic to Renaissance and Mannerist styles, but it also affords a wonderful insight into the lives and beliefs of the Carthusian monks. You can see the church unaccompanied, but to visit the rest of the monastery you need to join a guided tour of just under an hour (free but contributions welcomed), led by one of the monks released from the strict vow of silence. Tours run regularly – basically when enough people have gathered. They're in Italian, but well worth doing – even if you don't understand a word – as it allows you to visit the best parts of the monastery complex. The church The monastery lies at the end of a tree-lined avenue, part of a former Visconti hunting range that stretched all the way from Pavia's castello. Encircled by a high wall, the complex is entered through a central gateway bearing a motif that recurs throughout the monastery – "GRA-CAR" or "Gratiarum Carthusiae", a reference to the fact that the Carthusian monastery is dedicated to Santa Maria delle Grazie, who appears in numerous works of art in the church. Beyond the gateway is a gracious courtyard, with the seventeenth-century Ducal Palace on the right-hand side and outbuildings along the left. Rising up before you is the fantastical facade of the church, festooned with inlaid marble, twisted columns, statues and friezes. Despite more than a century's work by leading architects, the facade remains unfinished: the tympanum was never added, giving the church its stocky, truncated look. The interior Inside, the Gothic design of the church was a deliberate reference to Milan's Duomo, but it has a lighter, more joyous feel, with its painted ceiling, and light streaming in through the one hundred windows high up in the walls. The elaborate seventeenth-century gates to the transept and highly decorated altar, at the far end, are opened when a tour is about to start. The sculptural highlights of the church lie in the two wings of the transept. In the centre of the north transept lies the stone funerary monument of the greatest of the dukes of Milan, Ludovico il Moro, and his wife Beatrice d'Este, neither of whom is actually buried here. The exquisite detail of the statue is an important document of sixteenth-century fashions with its tasselled latticework dress and glam-rock platform shoes. The south transept contains the magnificent mausoleum of the founder of the monastery, Gian Galeazzo Visconti, by Cristoforo Romano, including a carving of Gian Galeazzo presenting a model of the Certosa to the Virgin. Both he and his wife, Isabella di Valois, are buried here. The monastery Opposite the mausoleum is the door to the delightful small cloister, with fine terracotta decoration and a geometric garden around a fountain where monks shared the communal part of their lives, meeting here to pace the courtyard during their weekly ration of talking time. In the adjacent refectory, the monks would eat together in silence on Sundays and holy days; the Bible was read throughout the meal from the pulpit (with a hidden entrance in the panelling). The dining room is divided by a blind wall, which allowed the monastery to feed lay workers and guest pilgrims without compromising the rules of their closed order. Further on, the great cloister is stunning for its size and tranquillity. It is surrounded on three sides by the monks' houses, each consisting of two rooms, a chapel, a garden and a loggia, with a bedroom above. The hatches to the side of the entrances were designed to enable food to be passed through without any communication. The final call is the Certosa shop, stocked with honey, chocolate, souvenirs and the famous Chartreuse liqueur.


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NEW RIEGEL - They are two of the Midland Athletic League's top offenses and two of the top 10 teams in the state. But when Mohawk traveled to face New Riegel Friday, hits were hard to come by.
That's how good the pitchers were.
Through five innings, the teams were evened up at two, with New Riegel's Taylor Kirian and Mohawk's Julie Adelsperger matching each other pitch for pitch.
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Kirian held the powerful hitting Warriors to just one hit at the time.
But with eight hitters in her lineup hitting better than .350, Mohawk coach Jenny Weinandy said she was confident her offense would come around.
Finally in the sixth she got what she was looking for.
In a game dominated by pitching and defense, Clara Adelsperger's bat became the difference. With two on, she knocked a single to left field scoring both to break the deadlock.
Although she was thrown out trying to reach third, the damage was done, and Mohawk went on to score a 4-3 victory over its rival.
"It's always fun to play New Riegel; they're a good team," Weinandy said. "Kirian has matured a lot on the mound and we knew what we were facing. I have eight girls on the team that are in the MAL leaders in batting. So I knew we would open it up. I knew we would come back and start hitting. We had some key players get on base, then I had all the confidence in Clara to get a base hit. She's consistent."
"I just wanted to get ahead in the count and I hit it," Adelsperger said of her winning hit. "My adrenaline was running and I didn't really slide, but I knew it was a big hit."
The inning started innocently with Sarah Runion blooping a single just over the head of New Riegel second baseman Cassandra Acree. Cambria Kohlenberg followed by lacing a single up the middle.
After the game, Clara Adelsperger said she knew there was no better time to break out.
"I knew that since we were tied we had to get something going because it was so close every inning," she said. "So I knew we had to start something there. It's important we got people on base first."
After Clara put her team on top, it was up to sister Julie to shut the door.
Despite allowing a walk to Kirian in the bottom half of the sixth, she set down the Blue Jackets without much problem. In the seventh she struck out Lauren Zoeller, but gave up a monstrous home run to Hailey Theis that cut the score to 4-3. Adelsperger, though, wasn't deterred and responded with a strike out and a fly out to right to end the game.
"I just had to stay focused," she said. "Just shut everything else out. Concentrate up there and hit my spots.
"And I had great defense behind me. They did an awesome job tonight."
Adelsperger allowed just five hits and struck out eight on the day.
New Riegel jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the third. Acree executed a bunt single for the game's first hit, her first of two hits on the day. She stole second and came home on an RBI hit from Morgan Noftz. Noftz came home when Kirian laced a double to the fence in right center.
Mohawk responded in the fourth when Runion and Kohlenberg reached base to start the inning. They moved up on a steal then came home when Acree couldn't come up with a ball hit by Taylor McClain. Runion scored off the hit and Kohlenberg motored around to score on the throw back to the pitcher.
"Once Cambria, my second batter gets on base, she's quick," Weinandy said. "She went in and scored there on a routine (play). They weren't expecting it. That's Cambria. She's unexpectable. She gets the job done."
New Riegel coach Jamie Lininger said the fourth inning was one of the key factors in the game.
"They're a nice team but what hurt us was that (fourth) inning," he said. "We got up 2-0 and thinking we're in really good shape. And we pretty much gave them one run on an error. I told the girls when you make an error you can't compound that by making a mental mistake on top of it."
Mohawk improves to 11-2, 4-0, and Weinandy likes how her team stands in the conference.
"It's huge," she said of the win. "We got Lakota out of the way, we got New Riegel out of the way. I'm not sitting back saying it's a smooth ride because North Baltimore's out there, Carey's out there, St. Joe's out there. We can have one of those games and not do well, but I'm betting on my hitting right now."
The loss snaps New Riegel's eight game win streak as its falls to 10-5, 3-1. Lininger though is already looking forward to a potential postseason rematch with the Warriors.
"I told the girls, I said 'We need to play these guys again, and make sure it happens,'" he said. "That's pretty much what I ended my little speech with, 'make sure it happens.'"


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Law enforcement agencies around the country are increasingly embracing biometric technology, which uses intrinsic physical or behavioral characteristics—such as fingerprints, facial features, irises, tattoos, or DNA—to identify people, sometimes even instantly. Just as the technology that powers your cell phone has shrunk both in size and cost, mobile biometric technologies are now being deployed more widely and cheaply than ever before—and with less oversight.
A day in the life of the surveillance state
Often, the discussion on government surveillance in the US is all about the NSA or the FBI. But the feds aren't the only ones spying on you. Local law enforcement has been getting in on the action, and it's not good.
A day in the life of the surveillance state
Often, the discussion on government surveillance in the US is all about the NSA or the FBI. But the feds aren't the only ones spying on you. Local law enforcement has been getting in on the action, and it's not good.
While some police departments and sheriff's offices are left to oversee themselves, many cities and counties around the country have adopted civilian oversight bodies. Often composed of everyday citizens, these boards and commissions are charged with investigating misconduct complaints against law enforcement, from intense police brutality to minor violations of departmental policies.
In the last few years, the FBI has been dramatically expanding its biometrics programs, whether by adding face recognition to its vast Next Generation Identification (NGI) database or pushing out mobile biometrics capabilities for "time-critical situations" through its Repository for Individuals of Special Concern (RISC). But two new developments—both introduced with next to no media attention—will impact far more ordinary Americans than anything the FBI has done on biometrics in the past. Read about the second development below and the first here.
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TAHOE/TRUCKEE, Calif. - The Boys & Girls Club of Truckee Meadows Afterschool Program will sponsor a Lights On Afterschool rally, Oct. 18 at 4:30 p.m. The rally will be one of more than 7,500 such events around the nation that day, the 13th annual Lights On Afterschool, organized by the Afterschool Alliance. The event calls for expanding afterschool opportunities so every child who needs a program has access to one.The Boys & Girls Club of Truckee Meadows event showcases after school programming activities including Halloween arts & crafts, Book give-away, bounce houses, face painting and dinner by the Club Caf. The event also features a resource fair with community partners including: Boys Scouts of America, Northern Nevada DUI Task Force, WCSD Team Up, ACCEPT, TMCC, Morrison University, The First Tee of Northern Nevada, WCSD Volunteer Services, The Holland Project, The Children's Cabinet, Washoe County School District, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Ken-Ju-Bo-Ai Kenpo Karate, American Lung Association, JTNN, SOS Outreach, Kiwanis and KNPB Channel 5.This is a free event and open to the public, 4:30-6:30 p.m. For more information please call 775-331-KIDS (5437).In Chandler, Ariz. on Thursday, parents will join their children and community members at a "Family Science Explorers Night." In Carmichael, Calif., afterschool students will hold an expo featuring exhibits about world culture, including that of Europe, Asia, Africa, and North and South America. Students and parents in Albion, Ind. will interact with storybook characters while they explore the program's service learning project on Charger Trail. The Boys & Girls Club of Eden, N.C. will hold a "Lights On Afterschool Spelling Bee" for community leaders, families and elected officials. These are just a few of the more than 8,000 Lights On Afterschool events that will take place in nearly every community in the country, and at U.S. military bases worldwide, this week. A million people are expected to join these events, which will feature everything from children's performances to youth art exhibits to science experiments and robotics demonstrations. This year marks the 13th annual Lights On Afterschool, organized by the Afterschool Alliance. For the sixth year in a row, the Empire State Building will be lit up in yellow to commemorate Lights On Afterschool. Special preview screenings of the award-winning documentary film "Brooklyn Castle" will be held in Austin, Dallas, New York City, Philadelphia and Portland, Ore. The film chronicles the story of a Brooklyn afterschool chess program, home to the nation's most winning chess team, as the afterschool program credited for the school's "culture of success" struggles for survival after budget cuts decimate city programs. Across the country, parents, children, educators and others will also take the opportunity to urge lawmakers not to deny or divert crucial federal funds from the afterschool programs upon which families rely.Several hundred event descriptions are at http://www.afterschoolalliance.org/loaEvents2012.pdf.Find a complete list of 7,500 events at www.afterschoolalliance.org/loaFindEvent.cfm.The Afterschool Alliance is a nonprofit public awareness and advocacy organization working to ensure all children and youth have access to quality afterschool programs. More information is available at www.afterschoolalliance.org.
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While in Lake Tahoe, I'll be renting a car for about a week and the usual Collision Damage Waiver (insurance) cost approximately $15/day and they're generally regarded as a waste of money because most credit cards will cover you as a secondary insurance (your primary auto insurance comes first). I saw that my Costco American Express TrueEarnings card has a Car Rental Loss and Damage Insurance policy as a free benefit for all cardholders but was concerned at the fine print: "Coverage is determined by the terms, conditions, and exclusions of Policy AX0925 and is subject to change with notice." Try to find Policy AX0925 anywhere online… guaranteed you won't. (don't bother, I asked a CSR and he said it's not online anywhere).
I called them up and got a full explanation of both their standard car rental loss and damage insurance, free for all TrueEarnings card members, and their premium car rental loss and damage insurance, which has a $24.95 fee per car rental.
Essentially the standard coverage is identical to the car rental agency's Collision Damage Waiver, which covers any damage or loss to the vehicle (not your items inside!). Some highlights:
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Does anyone else think that the CNN/Youtube debates are a good forum for THR members to get involved in the political discourse? Seems to me that we could flood the debate with questions that we want answered...and who knows, CNN might actually choose good ones!
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The Risk in Republican Hostility Toward Big Business
Amid the fight for the soul of the Republican Party, some elements of the GOP coalition have become overtly hostile to Big Business.
Defeating crony capitalism has become the battle cry of libertarian conservatives.
The Export-Import Bank has become the latest in a long line of targets that include highway funding, terrorism risk insurance and "too big to fail" banks.
Big Business wants immigration reform and higher academic standards for elementary and secondary schools–policy priorities that drive the hard right into conniptions.
The fight has manifested itself in heated primaries from Mississippi to Idaho, on Twitter and in campaign ads, and in pitched battles between reliably pro-business groups such as the Chamber of Commerce and conservative think tanks such as the Heritage Foundation.
What would happen if Big Business decided to change sides? What would happen if the Chamber of Commerce suddenly stopped being a huge fundraising machine for the Republican Party and started financing pro-business Democrats?
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That is the dream of Sen. Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.)–and the nightmare scenario for House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio).
Could Democrats make a coalition of big business and labor work? How could the Republicans survive as a purely populist/libertarian political party?
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Samsung Galaxy S IV to introduce touchless gestures for screen navigation
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Remember the "floating touch" tech on the Sony Xperia sola, that lets you hover your finger over the screen and select links or pictures in websites without actually touching the display..?
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1. luckysrinu (Posts: 14; Member since: 04 Sep 2012)
Nice job Sammy! Love you !
19. Nathan_ingx (Posts: 3757; Member since: 07 Mar 2012)
Ughh... Talk about technology love, you sound too "Tay" (Technology meets gay...no offence ).
I like the feature though...sounds futuristic.
But can't help but think, when and where do i implement it?
23. wendygarett (unregistered)
I always love Sammy, and managed to keep their promise to make the world most beautiful, sturdy, and most color accuracy on galaxy s3, not to mention, Sammy always be transparent and give us the accurate leak just like these features, they love their customers and we always love you Sammy :)
62. CanYouSeeTheLight (Posts: 1116; Member since: 05 Jul 2012)
Are you bipolar? You always praise Apple and ocasionally Android OEMs and diss Apple?
79. SleepingOz (unregistered)
He's just a troll.
31. Wiki_jaan (Posts: 704; Member since: 24 Jun 2012)
too many sammy haters are here....
40. Nathan_ingx (Posts: 3757; Member since: 07 Mar 2012)
I don't know...i've been observing PA for sometime and it seems like there are some groups of people painting the town red for no reason.
It's not just here.
47. Nathan_ingx (Posts: 3757; Member since: 07 Mar 2012)
Thank you...whoever gave that downer.
You just proved my point.
63. Jonathan41 (Posts: 532; Member since: 22 Mar 2012)
I think the pun is what's warranting all the thumbs down. No offense.
87. SleepingOz (unregistered)
You know what they say; baseless hatred is all about jealousy, which is just confused admiration. =]
32. PhoneArenaUser (Posts: 5498; Member since: 05 Aug 2011)
I don't see a practical purpose of it.
37. wendygarett (unregistered)
Sammy invented world 1st revolutionary svoice & spen, and everyone loves it ... And now Sammy released the world 1st revolutionary sscreen to show how much health care to us :)
128. protozeloz (Posts: 5396; Member since: 16 Sep 2010)
I don't care for svoice... As a mater of fact only camera and snooze features are nice.. I would burn the rest with fire... Snote on the other hand... Is actually cool
41. _Bone_ (Posts: 2154; Member since: 29 Oct 2012)
Think about mouse. You hover over a drop-down list, an email, small print text or link, anything that holds extra information or needs extra precision, it became so easy with the S-Pen. Now you can do it without an S-Pen. It's awesome!
Just navigate on this site via mouse and see the benefits, text, articles, options popping up, changing color or background, extra info on front page when hovering over top articles, think about this stuff currently, and everything it can be used for on a phone.
46. groupsacc (Posts: 232; Member since: 28 Feb 2012)
Yep definitely. That's the whole purpose of hovering. Just goes to show the intellectual level of PA readers not being able to understand that. Look at the number of posts saying that this is a useless feature. Ridiculous.
49. _Bone_ (Posts: 2154; Member since: 29 Oct 2012)
Doubt they have the ability of comprehensive reading, they are like bots looking for keywords "Samsung... new feature" vote down "iPad... update" vote down "Sony... hype" vote up.
Of course they use mouse hover on this very site, they just don't understand that the article is related.
ZOMG what's the point!!!!
123. PhoneArenaUser (Posts: 5498; Member since: 05 Aug 2011)
The only one advantage I see at the moment is that you actually don't have to touch screen and it may be handy when your hands are dirty, everything else is the same as you touch screen with your fingers in usual way.
130. groupsacc (Posts: 232; Member since: 28 Feb 2012)
Are you really serious man? or are you really this ignorant lol I'm really sorry, but it's really frustrating.
Let me give you a specific example so it's very simple for you to understand.
1. Go to nba.com
2. On the top menu, it gives you menus, such as Tickets, Teams, Scores, News, etc etc
3. Now hover your mouse over 'Teams'.
4. It gives you list of NBA teams without clicking anything.
Now this is not possible on smartphones, because you HAVE TO CLICK IT, AND YOU CAN'T HOVER YOUR FINGER OVER IT.
136. PhoneArenaUser (Posts: 5498; Member since: 05 Aug 2011)
Sorry, I was wrong, there is some more advantages. :)
98. belovedson (Posts: 988; Member since: 30 Nov 2010)
Think of minority report
134. iDroidWin (Posts: 117; Member since: 07 Dec 2012)
You use mouse to see where to skip to in the video. To read the full name of the file (for instance to distinguish between movie and sample video in the same folder). To read lots of unread messages without going into each of them seperately or mails without opening it. And over a period of time I believe apps will be able to use this feature. Sometimes one has to hover its mouse on an option in a website to access it, instead of clicking it. It can help. I can help to stop us from taking out our S-Pen every time for these simple exercises. And not to forget, reduced finger prints.
122. RiseAgainst94 (Posts: 281; Member since: 03 Mar 2012)
Put this technology on Windows 8 touch screen devices. It will reduce fingerprinting and the need for strong hinges. Will also satisfy the skeptics who claim touch screens are physically taxing.
2. emadshiny (Posts: 1144; Member since: 05 Dec 2012)
i don't get the point!! whats the use of this feature?
4. darkskoliro (Posts: 1076; Member since: 07 May 2012)
Don't know. But consumers love extra features like these.
5. emadshiny (Posts: 1144; Member since: 05 Dec 2012)
exactly. if it was useful, Sony would continue using it.
83. ReaperChief (Posts: 31; Member since: 21 Dec 2012)
If Sony had money they WOULD continue to use it.. Too bad they are going down..
86. emadshiny (Posts: 1144; Member since: 05 Dec 2012)
haha, troll
142. ReaperChief (Posts: 31; Member since: 21 Dec 2012)
Am I still a troll if I mention the official profit/revenue figures from Sony for 2012?
9. AamirSIII (banned) (Posts: 187; Member since: 04 Oct 2012)
u r right! thats because accourding to a research the dumb level has doubled all over the world since 90s...
114. nasznjoka (Posts: 402; Member since: 05 Oct 2012)
it's funny how you guys are hypo.. you are praising your laumia 920 that you can use the touch even with gloves on. dont you see that this is the alternative? your hands are dirty you don wanna touch the phone dont you see this as the best choice in such circumstances? like your hands are watery........?????
trolllll go enjoy your brick with no apps on its PRIMITIVE OS
125. MrJerry (Posts: 403; Member since: 05 Oct 2012)
Well said
Folks gatta be smarter to be able to use Smartphones.
I naver understand people who don't like extra features..so dumb
6. groupsacc (Posts: 232; Member since: 28 Feb 2012)
It actually addresses the problem where it's impossible to hover over a menu item on an website with normal touchscreens.
120. Twisted247 (Posts: 282; Member since: 12 Oct 2012)
Yes this function among many. Like browsing with an S-Pen is more PC like. Being able to use drop downs, highlight, preview video portions on the play bar(like on YouTube on your PC). Sing hire Samsung already has the tech for this which is implemented within the S-Pen. So I can see how they would shift it to the s4 for the user without the pen.
11. anywherehome (Posts: 971; Member since: 13 Dec 2011)
Unlike Apple fans we understand that one part of the year is winter and we wear gloves ;-)
17. thephoneguy92 (Posts: 191; Member since: 29 Dec 2011)
That didn't make any sense..
22. techspace (Posts: 1036; Member since: 03 Sep 2012)
then why didn't you buy a lumia 920?....... infact, the lumia 920's touchscreen is what you need for the winter,this new tech wouldn't be as useful as you are expecting it to be.......i like android, but your comment doesn't make sense...
18. BillyG (Posts: 305; Member since: 24 Sep 2012)
the point is this: samsung loves to copy and paste...
45. _Bone_ (Posts: 2154; Member since: 29 Oct 2012)
It's AirView without S-Pen. Their technology, paid for it.
109. nnaatthhaannx2 (Posts: 820; Member since: 19 Oct 2011)
3. lee480 (Posts: 197; Member since: 24 Sep 2012)
Sony! Time to sue Samsung!!
8. XPERIA-KNIGHT (unregistered)
no no dont sue em.......that would only distract sony from making better devices! but make it known who samsung gets some of its "ideas" from so these ignorant samsung fans cant have braggin rights like they think they have..... thats for sure
16. HouTexan (Posts: 439; Member since: 08 Jan 2012)
Every company gets ideas from each other, smart guy. smh You sound mighty bitter. You don't even know what Samsung's take on this technology will bring. Relax...
21. XPERIA-KNIGHT (unregistered)
yea and you dont know me dude sorry if im exposeing your beloved company...
27. HouTexan (Posts: 439; Member since: 08 Jan 2012)
You're not exposing anything, my good sir. And I'm not a fanboy of any company. You're just bitter about nothing. It'll be okay, lol.
30. XPERIA-KNIGHT (unregistered)
im not bitter about it but it does sound like you cant handle the TRUTH.......but "it'll be ok " lol cuz the truth dont care about how you feel to be honest with you...
33. HouTexan (Posts: 439; Member since: 08 Jan 2012)
haha, I swear it'll be okay. You just have to relax.
35. XPERIA-KNIGHT (unregistered)
why relax now the truth makin you a bit insecure?
82. SleepingOz (unregistered)
Haha he has always been bitter about Samsung's success, since Samsung is killing the competition with sony in front line.. But well, who cares.. Haters gonna hate anyway. =]
133. zazori08 (Posts: 113; Member since: 21 Dec 2011)
and potatoes gonna potate right?
20. thephoneguy92 (Posts: 191; Member since: 29 Dec 2011)
It sounds to me that while Sony did have a similar idea, Samsung seems to have taken a completely different approach, whereas Sony used the front camera to do gesture control, and Samsung, from what I understand, is taking a different approach that is more user and battery friendly.
24. XPERIA-KNIGHT (unregistered)
thats not the point .....the point is this is exactly what samsung has always done........they "look" around at whats going on and take others ideas and change it up a bit to make it not look like an EXACT copy.....in order to elude payin the consequences like they have with apple...........THATS THE POINT
Look we know everyone copies but its samsung fans that seem to be in denial about these things and they will lie about it just because samsung "gives them what they want"..............So its like they're saying we dont care HOW and why you do it ........as long as you give me what i want! ........and i think thats a bit selfish dont you?
48. shuaibhere (Posts: 1986; Member since: 07 Jul 2012)
And the point is they had airview before sony...they where first to think on this...you are such a samsung hater...
53. XPERIA-KNIGHT (unregistered)
whats airview?.......and which phone does sony use that on?
59. jstahl (Posts: 79; Member since: 03 Sep 2012)
So basically you don't know s**t about the competing phone, and you're writing all these dumb shiit here? You're giving bad name to true Sony loyals. You are not even Japanese, so go away idiot. You sound like Chinese. Go stick with Huawai or whatever junk they make.
Samcrap can have their airview feature. I'll stick with my Xperia Z. Case closed.
64. XPERIA-KNIGHT (unregistered)
seems to me like he cant tell me which phone sony uses to copy samsungs "air view" feature .........so it also seems to me like hes lying about sony copying in the first place
124. shuaibhere (Posts: 1986; Member since: 07 Jul 2012)
Hey you...I'm here...it's was night in my country so was sleeping....airview is basically the same thing like sony's floating touch but with spen...it has a wide range of functionality than sony's tech...it was another key point for note 2's success...
60. iushnt (Posts: 1687; Member since: 06 Feb 2013)
Doesn't matter if someone copied from someone else but consumers want excellent features. Seems like s4 is gonna be a bomb.. And by the way air view is the technology that is used by spen on note 2 to hover on screen without touching... Samsung is trying to put this technology without spen and if it's true then we cannot call it a copy but it's just a development of their existing technology. PA played well to confuse users by including Sony here.. But I'll try to find out good if it's copied or not rather than being a fan boy like you.
115. techtruth (Posts: 30; Member since: 07 Feb 2013)
you are such an idiot man.. airview is a feature that is available in all galaxy note devices.. sony got inspired from it and named it as ''floating touch''.... know your s**t before commenting troll!!!
90. rusticguy (Posts: 2828; Member since: 11 Aug 2012)
They haven't paid Apple yet. As for copying well improving upon competitor's idea is what lean manufacturing also talks :)
139. alexzibrit (Posts: 67; Member since: 15 Jan 2013)
Last Time I checked that's how Innovation works if not we wouldn't even have smartphones at the level of excellence we have now


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The European Court of Auditors (ECA) is poised to offer 'landscape reviews' on the risks to EU public financial management on EU accountability and audit arrangements, says Lazaros S. Lazarou, member of the European Court of Auditors, in an essay included in a new report from ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) called Breaking out: public audit's new role in a post-crash world.
Explaining developments in the ECA's role, Mr Lazarou refers to the ECA's 2013-2017 strategy which states that: 'The ECA will use its unique powers and perspective and the knowledge, expertise and partnerships it has built up over 35 years to contribute. It will help other parties in the EU accountability process to identify risks to EU accountability and facilitate their use of audit results; enhance its professionalism by contributing to and applying new audit standards and good practices; further streamline its processes for producing its reports and opinions; and improve its performance and accountability framework.'
Mr Lazarou joins other public audit experts in this report, who all offer an upbeat reflection of the auditor's role in accountability and improving public service from Australia to Jamaica, Scotland to Bhutan. The writers speak about improving public engagement and strengthening scrutiny and public service effectiveness.
Gillian Fawcett, ACCA's Head of Public Sector and a fellow contributor in the report, said: 'As the boundaries of public audit widens, the role of the public sector will need to expand to play a more crucial role in correcting the way public money is spent and accounted for.
'Auditor generals around the world need to remain vigilant in their roles as guardians of public confidence through greater transparency, being clearer about the long-term consequences of decisions, identifying opportunities for improvement and always being seen as being independent and representing the public interest.'
Ms Fawcett concludes: 'Auditors must intervene earlier in the processes by which money is allocated to departments. A strong argument has been made that it is only by doing this that problems can be nipped in the bud. Providing assurance in the early stage of a project can limit the administrative failures, preventing them from spiralling into significant value for money failures.'
Mr Lazarou concludes: 'External audit is an important element in the governance structure of the EU. The ECA is addressing the challenges from developments in the EU public sector environment and will continue to contribute effectively in strengthening EU democratic accountability, building EU citizen's trust.'


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The following information will help you maintain your water heater.
Has your pilot light gone out?
Normally your water heater will have lighting instructions on the front of it. Sometimes the instructions get worn off the water heater making them difficult if not impossible to read.
To light pilot first turn the knob on the front of the gas valve clockwise until it stops. Then turn the knob on top of the gas valve to "off" position for 5 minutes. This gives the gas valve a chance to reset. While waiting, take the metal cover at the lower front of the water heater off. There will be another metal cover. Remove it.
You will see three lines going into the burner area. The one on the right is the pilot tubing. Follow that tube into the burner area until you see the pilot assembly. Now you know where to light the pilot when you are ready.
After 5 min. turn the same knob to the "pilot" position and push down. While pushing down on the knob, (using a long match or striker) reach into the burner area to the pilot assembly and light the pilot. Continue holding the button down for 60 seconds then release it. The pilot should stay lit.
Turn the knob on top of the gas valve to the "on" position. Put the metal covers back on the water heater. Turn the knob on the front of the gas valve to its original position or close to it. If the water is cold in the water heater the burners should be on.
Is there the smell of sulfur and or rust in your water?
Complaints of smelly and rusty water are frequent in the heating industry. Waterborne bacteria that flourish in a warm environment such as a water heater, hot water storage tank, or connected to plumbing cause these conditions.
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The most common cause of smelly water is non-toxic sulfate reducing bacteria called Divibrio Sulfuricans. These bacteria convert sulfates into sulfides that when mixed with hydrogen create Hydrogen Sulfide Gas. The associated "rotten egg" odor may be quite strong.
Along with the sulfur bacteria, required elements are high concentrations of sulfates, active hydrogen, and water with little or no dissolved oxygen. Sulfates provide the food for the bacteria. Hydrogen is already present in the water, and can be enhanced by the water heater anode rod. Permanent removal of the anode rod is not an acceptable solution, since that would leave the water heater without it's second line of defense against corrosion, and will void tank warranty. Examples of water heating systems often low on dissolved oxygen are those with long standby periods and municipal water systems with large reserves and low flow conditions.
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Water heaters and storage tanks are often blamed for rusty or discolored water. In fact, it is very unusual for today's high quality glass lined tanks to have a lining failure significant enough to allow water to contact enough bare metal to discolor the contents of even a small tank.
The most common cause of rusty water is iron reducing bacteria called Leptothrix. Iron bacteria are commonly found in soil, water wells, water treatment plants and water distribution piping systems where soluble iron exceeds 0.2 parts per million. Higher levels make conditions even more favorable. Soluble iron in the water provides food for the bacteria. Rusty or discolored water is the result of a bacterial feeding process. Laundry, tableware, and plumbing fixtures can be stained if the condition is left unchecked. The affected water can be red or brown, and may have a black sediment.
Heaters and tanks with iron bacteria usually require new anode rods as presence of iron bacteria causes premature anode failure.
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It detects genetic abnormalities in lymphocytes. In CLL abnormal lymphocytes are produced and can accumulate in the circulatory system, restricting normal cell function and weakening the immune system.
Several published studies and the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines suggest that chromosomal abnormalities associated with CLL are valuable prognostic tools, Abbott points out. "Genetic aberrations are found in 80 percent of CLL cases," according to Stafford O'Kelly, head of Abbott's molecular diagnostics business.
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Former Durango and Breen resident Laurie Bridwell died Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012, at her home in Santa Fe. She had turned 53 one month earlier. The cause of death was not disclosed.
Ms. Bridwell was born to Anthony and Lorraine Bridwell in 1959 in Highland Park, Ill. After spending her early years in Deerfield and Evanston, Ill., she graduated from high school in Rochester, Minn.
Ms. Bridwell graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1981. After earning her paralegal certification at the Denver Paralegal Institute in 1984, she moved to Telluride to ski and then to Durango to work. Ms. Bridwell was the coordinator of the Southwest Colorado Legal Aid Office for six years. She lived here from 1984 to 2001.
In June 1988, she married Jack Tepe at the Fort Lewis College Chapel in Durango. The couple were separated at the time of her death.
Ms. Bridwell lived with her husband and son on Wildcat Canyon Road (County Road 141) in the home they built, raising her son, supporting the Hesperus Ski Area and local Montessori and Durango School District 9-R elementary schools.
After moving to Tucson, Ariz., with her family for a decade, she spent her final two years in Santa Fe in order to ski at Taos Ski Valley as much as possible.
�An avid homemaker, reader, traveler, proud liberal activist, skier and cook, she loved Durango and the Southwest and fulfilled her cowgirl destiny,� her family said.
Ms. Bridwell is survived by her son, Samuel Tepe of Eugene, Ore.; parents, Anthony and Lorraine Bridwell of Rochester; brothers Bruce Bridwell of Fairbanks, Alaska, and Geoffrey Bridwell of Rochester; and husband, Jack Tepe of Phoenix.
Ms. Bridwell was remembered at a universal service and balloon launch on Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012, at Rivera Funeral Home in Santa Fe.


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