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Mac App Store Now Allows Old App Downloads
In a letter to Mac developers, Apple has announced a significant change in Mac App Store policy — users can now download older versions of apps for Macs that aren't OS X Mavericks compatible. That said, the mothership seems to have learned from the mistakes it made when adopting a similar "last compatible version" on the iOS App Store policy.
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Users who have already purchased your Mac app are now able to download previous versions, allowing them to use your app with Macs that may no longer be supported by OS X Mavericks.
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When Apple rolled the "last compatible version" policy out to the iOS App Store, developers were caught unaware and without recourse. Yes, Apple tweaked the policy to make things right, but folks naturally we peeved nonetheless.
This time 'round, however, Apple offers devs the ability to tweak app availability, pricing, support, etc via "Manage iCloud download…", all of which are good things…
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ADVISORY: Cecilia Muñoz Joins CAP to Discuss Investments in Early Childhood Education
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Washington, D.C. — On Friday, June 1 Cecilia Muñoz, director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, will join the Center for American Progress and a panel of distinguished experts to discuss increasing the impact of federal and state investments in early childhood education.
Access to high-quality early childhood education is linked to significant improvements in children's long-term educational and economic outcomes. That's why it's good news that enrollment in early learning programs is growing—and to some extent so too is federal investment in these programs. The potential gains from federal early childhood investments can more readily be realized by improving how the federal government manages and supports its investment in these programs.
At the event a new report from the Center for American Progress will be released detailing the needed improvements and providing suggestions for how to successfully implement them. The changes outlined in the report hold the potential to significantly increase the efficiency and efficacy of federal early childhood education programs and can help ensure that more American children receive the high-quality early interventions they need.
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Cynthia Brown, Vice President for Education Policy, Center for American Progress
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Sunday's NFL roundup, Dec. 30
Colts 28, Texans 16
- At Indianapolis, the Colts made Chuck Pagano a winner in his return to the sideline.
Andrew Luck threw for two touchdowns and Deji Karim swung the game with a 101-yard kickoff return in the third quarter. It was Pagano's first game back as coach since starting treatment for leukemia Sept. 26.
The Colts (11-5) will open the postseason next weekend against the Baltimore Ravens.
Slumping Houston (12-4) lost three of their past four games and the No. 1 seed. The Texans will host the Cincinnati Bengals next week in the playoffs.
The Texans' J.J. Watt failed to break Michael Strahan's single-season sacks record.
Bengals 23, Ravens 17
- At Cincinnati, Carlos Dunlap returned an interception 14 yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter. The Ravens (10-6) had already clinched their second straight AFC North title.
The Ravens let quarterback Joe Flacco and running back Ray Rice play only two series. Quarterback Andy Dalton and receiver A.J. Green sat out the second half for the Bengals (10-6).
Bears 26, Lions 24
- At Detroit, Jay Cutler threw for 257 yards and a touchdown and helped seal the game with a late scramble. But Chicago (10-6) will not make the playoffs, as Minnesota beat Green Bay to knock the Bears out of the postseason.
The Lions (4-12) lost their last eight games and turned the ball over four times in the finale. Calvin Johnson fell short in his attempt to become the first player with 2,000 yards receiving in a season.
Giants 42, Eagles 7
- At East Rutherford, N.J., there will be no Super Bowl repeat for the Giants (9-7). Not even a playoff berth despite Eli Manning's career-high five touchdown passes. The Giants' playoff hopes ended minutes after routing the Eagles in what was coach Andy Reid's final game for Philadelphia.
Three people familiar with the decision told the Associated Press that Reid, who coached the Eagles for 14 years, was fired after the game.
Reid is scheduled to meet with owner Jeffrey Lurie today to discuss his future and an official announcement will come afterward, according to one person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because a final agreement hasn't been reached.
Philadelphia closed the season 4-12.
Buccaneers 22, Falcons 17
- At Atlanta, the Falcons couldn't follow through with their plan to gain momentum for the playoffs as Josh Freeman threw a touchdown pass to Mike Williams and Doug Martin ran for 141 yards.
The Falcons (13-3) had little to play for as they already have home-field advantage through the NFC playoffs. The game might prove costly for the Falcons, as defensive end John Abraham, Atlanta's best pass rusher, left with an apparent left ankle injury in the fourth quarter. Cornerback Dunta Robinson suffered a head injury in the first quarter and did not return.
Panthers 44, Saints 38
- At New Orleans, Drew Brees made more NFL history, but so did the Saints' porous defense in a loss to Carolina.
DeAngelo Williams rushed for 210 yards, including touchdown runs of 54 and 12 yards, for Carolina (7-9).
Brees passed for 396 yards, giving him 5,177 this season. That makes him the first player to eclipse 5,000 yards three times.
The Saints (7-9) also gave up 530 yards, raising their season total to 7,042 to break the record of 6,793 allowed by the 1981 Baltimore Colts.
- At Denver, Peyton Manning threw for 304 yards and three touchdowns to lift Denver into the No. 1 seed for the AFC playoffs. Manning finished the season with 4,659 yards, 41 short of his career high.
Denver (13-3) won its 11th straight and leaped past Houston for the top seed.
The Chiefs finished their season 2-14 and will get the top pick in April's draft.
- At Minneapolis, Adrian Peterson came within 9 yards of Eric Dickerson's rushing record, finishing with 199 yards and powering Minnesota into the playoffs. The result forced a rematch with the Packers (11-5) next weekend in a wild-card game -- this time at Lambeau Field.
Peterson rushed for 36 yards on the last drive, plenty for rookie Blair Walsh's 29-yard field goal as time expired to put the Vikings (10-6) in the playoffs.
- At San Francisco, Michael Crabtree caught touchdown passes of 49 and 7 yards as the 49ers won a second straight NFC West title.
Colin Kaepernick threw for a career-best 276 yards and two TDs as the Niners (11-4-1) earned a No. 2 seed thanks to Green Bay's loss.
The Cardinals (5-11) lost for the 11th time in their past 12 games.
- At Seattle, Russell Wilson tied Peyton Manning's record for most touchdown passes by a rookie with 26, and his 1-yard TD run with 1 minute, 39 seconds left allowed Seattle to finish as the only unbeaten team at home. Seattle (11-5) will be the No. 5 seed and face the NFC East winner next weekend.
The Rams (7-8-1) sacked Wilson six times, but couldn't come up with their first winning record since 2003.
- At Foxborough, Mass., Tom Brady threw two touchdown passes and No. 2 seeded New England (12-4) earned an AFC playoff bye.
The Dolphins (7-9) finished with a losing record for the fourth straight season.
Titans 38, Jaguars 20
- At Nashville, Tenn., Tennessee (6-10) became the first NFL team with two players scoring twice on returns in closing out the season with two wins in its final three games.
Darius Reynaud scored on two punt returns and rookie linebacker Zach Brown returned two interceptions for touchdowns.
The Jaguars (2-14) wrapped up their worst season with their 12th loss in 13 games.
- At San Diego, Micheal Spurlock returned the opening kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown on a wet, gloomy day in what's expected to be Norv Turner's final game as Chargers coach.
Turner and general manager A.J. Smith are expected to be fired because the Chargers (7-9) missed the playoffs for the third straight season.
The Raiders finished 4-12.
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Junior Bernal, then just a freshman at Chelsea High School in New York City, had potential.
On the basketball court, Bernal displayed the talent to play at the NCAA's Division I level. In the classroom, Bernal had potential, too, but he failed to realize it.
Bernal needed structure and, at that point in his life, he had none. Bernal's mother and father were both in jail. He had been living with an aunt. He skipped school and his performance suffered, putting a possible basketball scholarship in jeopardy.
"I wasn't really going to school," Bernal said. "I wasn't making the right decisions. I just played basketball."
Bernal's AAU coaches saw the teen squandering his future. They put him in a program that sent him to a boarding school in Maine.
Bernal is now a senior at the University of Maine where he has been a starter for the Black Bears since his freshman year. Bernal, a 6-foot-5 point guard, leads Maine in both assists and steals while averaging 6.0 points per game. Maine, which beat Colgate 76-66 on Thursday night to run its record to 3-3, will face No. 8 Syracuse (7-0) at the Carrier Dome tonight.
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Bernal left the Washington Heights section of Manhattan for the forests of Maine thanks to the New Heights organization, which takes city kids in at-risk situations and places them in schools outside the city where they can fulfill their academic promise.
"I had people around me who saw that if I focused on school and basketball that I could do something good," Bernal said. "My AAU coaches helped me get out of the city and into the boarding school."
Bernal wound up at the Hyde School, a private boarding school in Bath, Maine. The culture shock proved to be exactly what Bernal needed.
"It was real tough at first," Bernal said. "Being at Hyde, it's a different type of school anyway. I went from a public school in New York City to a boarding school with strict rules. We had to wear a shirt and tie and slacks. I wasn't used to it, but it helped me gain discipline, which was something I needed."
After three years at Hyde, Bernal received several scholarship offers from colleges, including Iona, Delaware, San Francisco and Cal Poly. In a decision that showed how comfortable he had become in his new home, he chose the University of Maine in Orono.
"It's definitely different from New York, but it's not bad," Bernal said. "There's the university and there's a lot of people. I'm enjoying it. I don't have any complaints."
In addition to being a four-year starter for the Black Bears, Bernal, a child development and family relations major, has also been named to the America East Conference's All-Academic team in each of the last two years.
"Once you get a little older, you put your priorities in perspective," he said of his focus on academics. "Some things are more important to me now than just hanging out like I used to do."
While Bernal's father remains in prison, his mother, Dancalis Garcia, gained her release five years ago. When she can, she attends Maine's games, including the Black Bears' season-opener at Fordham.
"She's always been proud of me," Bernal said. "She knows that through the adversity I kept my head and tried to succeed no matter what."
Bernal is the only senior on the Maine roster this season, but coach Ted Woodward does return four starters from last year's 9-21 squad.
"We're doing pretty good," Bernal said. "We've got talent. I think we'll do well. We have to play together and stay focused."
Bernal expects to graduate next spring. He would like to work with kids, helping them fulfill their potential.
"People have to deal with all sorts of situations," he said. "Kids can have a difficult time dealing with situations. I'd like to work with kids. There are so many different options, maybe a guidance counselor. I just want to help kids like others helped me."
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We picked 10 reader tips for publication this month! And we're giving the authors E-Lacrosse Rage III DVDs! WARNING: Ovens, lighters, matches, knives, and other tools called for in this tips section can be dangerous when not properly used. If you intend on trying any of these tips at home, you must tell your parents exactly what your plans are before proceding. Improper use of some of the tools suggested can result in cutting, burning or staining yourself or your family's property. So ask FIRST, and be careful!
Dave's Corner Submitted by Dave
This is a version of the corner pocket that I have done for alot of the kids on my team.
Tweaked Torque Submitted by Derek
This is a small dye job done for a friend. I strung it by myself and I found the best head for the highest pocket and no whip. The Gait Torque. Try it out.
Recycling Lax Style Submitted by Trevor from Frederick, MD
Basically, anything and everything I've strung has been based on something from E-Lacrosse. One of the things I noticed on a lot of the cusryana stringing guides was the use of those pocket doctors or pocket ponders. Well I don't have one and I assume a lot of other people are in the same boat as me. An easy substitute is to shove a water bottle between the stringing and the head to set up the pocket where you want and string around that. Thanks for all the other tips! GO TOWSON TIGERS!
The Glacier Submitted by Donny and Josh
Hi my name is Donny and me and my friend Josh strung and dyed Josh's liquid custom to what we call "the Glacier" and we strung a custom pocket and we called it the "Hot Pocket". We couldn't have done all of this without the help of E-Lacrosse. Keep on truckin.
Stretching Goalie Mesh Submitted by Cory from PA
First, I look at this site a lot. I like to use some of the tips I find on here. Anyway, I string many of the sticks on my team, especially goalie sticks. It is so important that a goalie's mesh is stretched to its maximum before beginning. I have found that the best way to make this happen takes two people. Each person sticks a finger in a hole in the mesh opposite each other, but on the same row of diamonds. Pull with all of your might in opposite directions. Do this on every row of diamonds and then begin stringing.
Great Advice Submitted by Adam
I have been looking at your web site and it has given me some great ideas. I hope to get some more ideas from your site in the future. These are just a few sticks that my dad and I have died. It would be awesome if these were posted on the web page. I'm 10 years old and have played Lacrosse for 2 years, A good tip for beginning dyers is to have fun with the design. AND some "mistakes" make the coolest looking heads.
New Buttheads Submitted by Ryan
Hey E-Lacrosse just wanted to say thanks for the butthead and tapejob tutorial! I picked up some plasti-dip and have done at least 10 sticks! I do some different designs too! Here are a few!
E3 Turtle Submitted by Josh from UC Berkeley
I've read a lot on e-lacrosse, and it was this website that inspired me to string traditional pockets. I do a lot of original work and also copies. The pocket that seems to ALWAYS work for me is the Turtle Shell pocket on a Brine E3.
Unlike the tutorial pictures, I usually use a lot more "twists", usually about 5 down the center channel and two to three twists for the side strings. This makes every section stiffer and less likely to move. I always cut strings of equal length To help me measure the symmetry of my stringing. For example, for the middle channel, I'd cut two 7 piece strings and keep on comparing the amount of slack left after every couple minutes of stringing. This insures a perfect pocket.
Instead of using a butter knife (since they can cut through the sidewalls) I use a chopstick. It won't cut through the sidewall. Cross lace lasts a lot longer than sidewall also. Sidewall string always snapped on me every couple weeks, but my last E3 strung with a Turtle Shell lasted for 8 MONTHS!!! That's playing every day, also.
Shooting strings are MOST important in this pocket. I've tried various combinations, and the one pictured is the simplest and the best for WHIP. I can still pass easily and ACCURATELY (surprise, that's why I love the turtle shell). A mid high pocket allows to ball to stay put and to snap when coming out of the pocket. AWESOME. Thanks E-Lacrosse!
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Goalie Reaper Submitted by Alec in Atlanta
Let me say that your web-site has been really helpful. Any way, I thought you might like to see the second pocket I have strung I call it the Goalie Reaper.
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Father's Day is this Sunday. If you're just realizing that, don't worry, you still have a few days to pick up a gift for dear old Dad.
Sometimes the tough part is what to get. Options are slim, especially if your father isn't into fishing, golfing, cars or tools.
Books were always a good gift idea for my late father, Edward Lucas, Sr. Like many of his generation, he had to interrupt his schooling to help take care of his family during the Great Depression. Though he lacked a formal education, he was a self-taught, avid reader. It was rare to find my father without a Bible, dictionary or encyclopedia nearby. He loved the printed word so much that he even took a job as a pressman at the old Alco Gravure plant in Hoboken.
Dad also had a passion for baseball. Luckily, there were — and still are now — hundreds of books released every year covering the subject.
And 2014 is no exception. Ron Kaplan's "501 Baseball Books Fans Must Read" is a great resource to begin your search. If you are looking for some baseball books in stores right now, here are some of the best available.
Two local legends released autobiographies this year. Mariano Rivera's "The Closer" covers the Yankee dynasty years of the late 90s and early 2000s. Mo goes into great detail about the many important games in which he played a crucial role. That would be good enough, but number 42 also recounts his road in life, from Panama to the big leagues. Mariano's deep faith in God, which sustained him through triumph and tragedy, comes through in each stirring chapter.
Willie Randolph's "The Yankee Years" chronicles his rise from the housing projects of Brooklyn to the captain of the Yankees. Always one of the most popular players, his book reads like a personal conversation with a friend.
Despite the title, the story doesn't only take place in the Bronx. Randolph also discusses his days as a player and manager of the Mets.
When Randolph took over as Mets skipper in 2005, he made history, as the first African-American to manage a New York team. Fifty-one years before that, Willie Mays and Larry Doby led the Giants and Indians to the first World Series match to feature prominent African-American stars. And 1954 marked a turning point for baseball, as a flood of former Negro League players began to change the game for the better. Hall of Fame columnist Bill Madden expertly summarizes the events surrounding that watershed season in his new book,"1954."
Summer is meant for long journeys, especially road trips. Wouldn't it be great to see 30 Major League ballparks in 30 days by car? Sounds crazy, right? Not for authors Ben Blatt and Eric Brewster. Their book, "I Don't Care if We Never Get Back," is a humorous journal of their 22,000 mile month-long voyage, done by driving an average of 750 miles a day across America. It reads like a mix of Jack Kerouac, Hunter S. Thompson, Neil Simon and National Lampoon. You'll laugh the whole way through. It's the next best thing to making the trip yourself.
Another unusual take on baseball is Steve Rushin's latest, "34 Ton Bat." In it, the Sports Illustrated columnist covers the ephemera that make up the fabric of the game. He also actually writes about fabric, detailing uniforms as well as the equipment, food, music and other things that often go unnoticed while enjoying our national past time. Like Randolph's book, it's very conversational and an easy read.
Finally, for an inside look at what it takes to be a Major League umpire, pick up a copy of "Called Out But Safe," the autobiography of Al Clark, who spent three decades officiating in the Major Leagues. Co-written with Dan Schlossberg, the author of "Designated Hebrew" and "The 300 Club," Clark pulls no punches in portraying the highlights and lowlights of his life and career. More than anything else, this book makes the point that there are actually three teams in each game. Umpires are meant to be invisible, but they work just as hard as the players on the field on a daily basis, even on holidays like Father's Day.
To all the dads out there, relax, enjoy your special day and happy reading!


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As well as the mobile phone design and manufacturing capability, Google will also be acquiring over 17,000 wireless related patents, and an estimated 7,500 pending patents. Motorola had been talking about leveraging its patent portfolio to generate licence revenues from other phone makers, including other Android phone manufacturers.
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Eugene Morris Jerome, the precocious hero of the new Broadway hit Biloxi Blues, loses his virginity during World War II in Gulfport, Miss, under the tutelage of a platinum-hearted hooker. (She also conveniently black-markets perfume and silk stockings on the side.) Marvin Neil Simon, Eugene's creator and alter ego, lost his after the war in a Manhattan hotel room with a prostitute hired by his benevolent younger brother, Danny. Both character and playwright did their basic training in Biloxi, Miss. and later wrote for Army and Air Force publications. Both felt guilty ever after that their literary careers were enhanced by the military. And both hate lima beans and liver.
As the similarities suggest, Neil Simon, 57 (he dropped the Marvin), is adept at semiautobiographical writing—a term he approaches with the same caution Eugene uses in sniffing the "mystery meat" in the Biloxi mess hall. "People want to know, 'What part is true?' If you say it's true, it means more to them. But that's not what it's all about," explains the playwright. "What I do is like creating an abstract painting. The tree doesn't have to be where the tree is in the park."
With 22 plays to his credit in 24 years, Simon has proved to critics and fans alike that he knows exactly where to put the tree. His 23rd play, an all-female reprise of his 1964 hit, The Odd Couple, starring Sally Struthers and Rita Moreno, opens in New York this week. Now Broadway is Simonized with three of Neil's plays, including a saga of his early childhood, Brighton Beach Memoirs, and its sequel, Biloxi Blues, which has just earned him the 1985 Tony for best play.
Simon tries to keep such success in proper perspective. "I'm grateful but not overwhelmed," he says of his Tony. "I put more emphasis upon longevity than awards. We don't know if Shakespeare ever won one. Did they say, 'Best Play 1594: Taming of the Shrew?' "
When he drops such wry asides, Neil looks a little sheepish behind his tortoiseshell glasses—as if he had said something naughty. Generally he is a solemn-minded, straitlaced kind of guy who could pass for your accountant or podiatrist. "You don't go around being funny gratuitously," he explains. "It's a private thing—like being loving."
And love is on Simon's mind these days. A year and a half ago at a movie screening in California, he met Ann Bell, 35, who was working with Hollywood superagent Sue Mengers. "This is going to sound like a line I've written," warns Simon, "but she opened the door for me like a cool breeze coming in." At the time they met Ann was getting divorced from actor Craig (Four Friends) Wasson, who is the father of her daughter, Sarah, 3. Neil was recovering from the breakup of his 10-year marriage to actress Marsha Mason, whom he wed after his first wife, Joan Baim, died of cancer in 1973. "Neil was going through a lot of stuff about Marsha," remembers Ann. "I felt he wasn't as strong as I was then. Mothering is my calling in life. I'm a nurturer."
The nurturing has continued ever since, and Simon—for the first time—is exercising some caution. "I'm doing it really slow and smart this time. I knew Joan only two months before the wedding. Marsha and I got married 22 days after we met." The courtship with Ann, glacial by Simon standards, will, he predicts, lead to living together. As for marriage, "I don't think about it as being important anymore."
What is important, Simon says, is exploring his feelings about having a 3-year-old child around in these mellow middle-aged years. Neil's daughters by Joan, Ellen Simon Bishop, 28, a choreographer, and Nancy, 22, an aspiring director, are long gone from the Bel Air home and the Manhattan duplex, and Simon is wary about starting over. "I can't read Mother Goose anymore," he laments. "My own stories are better." And then there's the matter of mobility. "I would have been on the French Riviera with Ann the night after Biloxi opened, if she didn't have her baby. It's a blessing and a problem."
Such domestic quandaries sound like the makings of a Broadway comedy, though so far Neil isn't tempted. "He says he has only about 10 minutes worth of material," explains Ann. "We don't have conflict in our relationship. With Marsha, Neil had guilt over Joan's death. This has been too easy."
For now the author is preoccupied with future projects—the filming of Brighton Beach Memoirs, a new play about Eugene's apprenticeship as a writer, a movie script for Eddie Murphy called Mr. Bad News—not to mention Simon's consuming relationship with Ann and the troublesome flotsam of everyday life. Neil's back is bothering him badly, his thyroid is acting up and he is tired of California, where he now spends about half the year. "It's all about work out there," he gripes.
Manhattan also irks him as he sits in his New York living room, a scene typical of a Simon stage set with its muted modern furniture and giant potted palms. He stares lugubriously at the two high rises under construction that threaten to blot his panorama of the skyline. "I'm buying the air rights to the World Trade Center," the playwright warns. "It's my only chance for a view of Manhattan." He smiles his naughty smile, waits the proper interval for laughter and—bidding his audience farewell—saunters offstage left.
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Janice Sue Riley, 75, of Maui, Hawaii and Mount Vernon, Virginia, passed away on December 1, 2012, on the Hawaiian island of Maui. She was born on June 27, 1937 in California.
Private services will be held.
Janice, the daughter of Edgar and Virginia Benninger, was raised in San Francisco, California, and graduated with honors from Stanford University. During her career in laboratory medicine, Janice managed immunology departments at several hospitals. The majority of her career was spent at Alexandria Hospital, where she was recognized consistently and annually, over a 25 year period, with the highest possible performance reviews.
Janice was an avid singles and doubles tennis player, and won numerous tournaments, trophies and awards during her time at Stanford and well into her post-graduate years. She retained lifelong ties with many college classmates and their respective families as well as numerous extended family members. In later years, Janice enjoyed traveling, reading, bicycling, walking, doting on her beloved grandchildren, and exploring various corners of Mount Vernon as well as the beaches, coves, and other hidden treasures and paradises of her beloved Hawaiian Islands.
Survivors include Janice and William's twin children, William Edgar Riley, of Troy, Michigan, and Nancy Shannon Okeson, of Atlanta, Georgia; their respective spouses, Debra Yvette Gutierrez-Riley and Nils Holman Okeson; four loving grandchildren, Nils Holman Okeson, Jr., Katherine "Riley" Okeson, Brendan Anders Okeson, and Patrick Dario Gutierrez-Riley; a sister, Sally Ann Herbert and her husband, Larry F. Herbert, of Copperopolis, California, a brother, Jeffery Edgar Benninger of Maui, Hawaii, and a sister-in-law, Doreen E. Markson.
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During the first of three presidential debates Wednesday night, the hottest topic on social media wasn't the economy. It wasn't job creation. It wasn't even the word "trillion" – although that word got thrown around a lot.
It was the 8'2" yellow feathered Muppet, Big Bird.
While debating President Barack Obama, Republican candidate Mitt Romney said he would cut programs funded by borrowed dollars from China – PBS included. "I like PBS, I love Big Bird," Romney said, "but I'm not going to keep on spending money on things, to borrow money from China to pay for it."
The comment ignited a firestorm, with parody accounts for Big Bird and his fellow, presumed unemployed Sesame Street residents springing up immediately, and Twitter's best snarkologists – and celebrities – took to the social network to share their thoughts on the childhood icon's endangered status.
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Spartanburg County Coroner Rusty Clevenger said 59-year-old Yvonne Ford McMillian was found dead in her home Saturday afternoon.
McMillian had not been rechable by phone since Wednesday morning. Her family last spoke with her that day, Clevenger said.
Officials said McMillian was found in her secured apartment, which had fire and smoke damage. She appeared to have been overcome by smoke, causing her to lose consciousness, officials said.
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A father-son firefighter duo from the region are getting ready for the climb of their lives.
John Yonkin, an assistant chief with the Dushore Volunteer Fire Co., and his paramedic-firefighter son, Brian Yonkin, a member of the Willing Hand Hose Co. No. 1 in Montoursville, are training to climb 69 floors of a Seattle high-rise to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
The two will join 1,500 firefighters from around the world next month to compete in the 21st annual Scott Firefighter Stair Climb.
The event is a timed race up the Columbia Center Tower by firefighters wearing full turnout gear and carrying a self-contained breathing apparatus on their backs.
Joining the father and son team is a third Yonkin, John's brother, Tom, fire chief in Sayre, who will serve a key supportive role for his brother and nephew.
On the 40th floor of the tower, Tom will be among those changing the firefighters' used air bottlers for fresh full bottles of air as quickly and as safely as possible.
For the Yonkins, the climb is personal for many reasons.
John and Tom's sister, Kathy Yonkin-Brown, of Somers, Conn., was diagnosed in 2003 with chronic myelogenous leukemia.
"She's a rock and has kept on fighting," John Yonkin said in describing his sister and her tough attitude and approach in battling the disease.
She has been on an experimental medication that has put the disease in remission for six years, he added.
The Yonkins also will be climbing in honor of Jake Gavitt, of Eagles Mere, a 16-year-old cousin who is a student at Sullivan County High School. He was diagnosed with leukemia at age 5, but has been in remission since 2004.
In his climb, John Yonkin also will honor fellow lifetime Dushore fire company member Robbie Shenk, who was diagnosed last year with leukemia.
The climb is sponsored by Scott Health and Safety, a leading manufacturer of air packs used in the fire service.
It is a tradition that participants display on their helmets - or carry with them - photos of those they are honoring in the climb. It will be no different for John and his son.
Brian also will carry a photo of Ruth Johns, of Montoursville, who died of leukemia in November 2010 and was the grandmother of his girlfriend, Sara Johns.
On the day of the climb, the Yonkin family also will very much keep close to their hearts the memory of Larry Yonkin.
He is John and Tom's brother who died in the line of duty in 2003 when he suffered a heart attack at home one day after directing firefighting operations at a fatal house fire as chief of the Forest View-Gang Mill Volunteer Fire Co. in Painted Post, N.Y.
John Yonkin suggested to his son last year that he sign up for the Columbia Center Tower climb.
"In late November or early December, Brian sent me an email, telling me he signed up, and I said 'Great,' " the elder Yonkin said.
"He then came back with a challenge. 'Why don't you do it?' I didn't have a good reason not to. I've always looked at life as an adventure, and this is really a great cause," Yonkin, a retired health company executive, said.
"It's been great to get back in shape," Yonkin said.
Both he and his son have been training hard for the climb.
Brian practices going up and down the stairwell at the Montoursville firehouse on Broad Street, his father uses a Stepmill machine at home.
"The machine gives you the full effect," Yonkin said.
"It's been a great challenge, and a lot of fun, but I'll be glad when it's over," he added.
"My goal is to finish and not to get hurt. I've got to find the right pace and stay focused," Yonkin said.
The climb is on March 11.
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As EU leaders prepare to gather in Brussels for their spring summit, they continue to undermine the European project by prolonging the financial and social crisis and alienating millions of people across the union.
"We in the trade union movement do not believe that the crisis is over. What we have to ask is, who is out of trouble? The financial system or the people?" "Europe is extremely weak on its social dimension. Citizens do not agree with the kind of path the EU is going down. Such a Europe will be not be regarded kindly by its citizens, if it doesn't change course."
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MONTGOMERY, Alabama - State schools Superintendent Tommy Bice today said he is talking with the U.S. Department of Justice about the Hoover school board's decision to eliminate buses for most students in the next school year.
However, Bice said he still believes the decision about whether to provide transportation for students (other than special education students) is up to the Hoover school board.
State schools superintendent Tommy Bice answers Hoover resident Trisha Crain's questions about the Hoover bus situation.
Bice told Trisha Crain, a Hoover resident who is helping lead the push to restore public school bus service, that he spoke with Hoover school officials Wednesday because he knows there's an even greater concern about the issue now than there was previously.
"We're in a unique place that makes it somewhat precarious for the state department in that city systems aren't required to provide transportation, so the fact that they've made the decision not to is theirs to make," Bice said in a recorded interview.
However, Bice said it is still his responsibility to consider the safety and welfare of students. "That will be my major focus as this plays out ... to make sure that the safety and welfare of kids is the predominant decision maker," he said.
Bice said Hoover parents who are upset about the issue are doing exactly what they need to do in a democracy - express their concerns. However, parents should also be coming forward with viable solutions, he said.
"Sometimes the folks that are trying to make the best decisions they can have exhausted the ones they have available," Bice said. "So I would urge parents as they express their concerns, which they well have the right to do, also to come with viable solutions to be considered."
Bice said he is having conversations with the Justice Department so that school officials and the Justice Department are sharing information to be able to help make the best decision possible.
Malissa Valdes-Hubert, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Education, said the Justice Department contacted Bice. "We did not call them or specifically ask for involvement," she said.
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Sweden offers courses and programmes at the bachelor, master and doctoral levels.
Bachelor's level is also known as first cycle in the European Region. You may also be familiar with the term 'undergraduate'. In Sweden, there is a wide range of international courses available at this level, but a limited number of study programmes. These courses and programmes are taught in English. Very basically, a student must have completed upper secondary studies in order to be qualified for study at this level. There are also English language requirements.
The next level is master's, also knows as second cycle in the European Region. The term 'graduate level' can also be used. Universities in Sweden offer a large range of international master's programmes where the language of instruction is English. These programmes are open to both Swedish and international students who have earned a bachelor's degree (equivalent to a Swedish kandidatexamen). There are English language requirements at this level as well.
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Updated from 7:04 p.m. ET to include additional information about after-hours action, Family Dollar's quarterly report.
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- It seems bulls and bears alike would welcome a pullback at this point.
A little slippage in consumer confidence tripped up U.S. stocks on Tuesday but it's hard to complain about such polite selling after Monday's strong rally.
Still, as winter gives way to spring, the inevitable comparisons with last year's market action are cropping up. While 2011 didn't start out as well as 2012 has, the similarities are undeniable. Sameer Samana, international investment strategist at Wells Fargo, listed a few in commentary released after market close, most notably the winding down of QE2 in 2011 vs. Operation Twist this year and the low volatility trading environment.
"All these factors give us a sense of déjà vu, as the current rally has barely paused within its uptrend," Samana wrote. "This suggests an environment where, in the short term, the easy money has probably been made and the bulk of the rally is probably behind us. We this as an opportunity for traders to trim positions and take profits. As the market works off its overbought condition, we believe a better opportunity to increase equity exposure will present itself."
Binky Chadha, chief global strategist at Deutsche Bank, is also of the mind that stocks need to go down some before making another move higher. He said Tuesday that stocks are likely due for a 3-5% decline "but also a significant further rally."
"The magnitude, breadth and duration of the rally across risk assets and the corresponding collapse in volatility have taken market participants by surprise," he wrote. "Many observers have expressed concerns that it represents a quick reversion to complacency, yet another manifestation of the bipolar risk-on/risk-off behavior typical of the last few years."
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke juiced stocks on Monday by hinting that more stimulus may be necessary to combat the problem of long-term unemployment but there's still plenty of skepticism out there that QE3 will come to pass, so it's just prudent to prep a portfolio for what happens when/if the risk-on trade ends.
That goes double when considering how far some of the more shaky market leaders -- names like Bank of America (BAC) , up 79%; Netflix(NFLX) , rising 76%; and Sears Holdings (SHLD) , soaring 125% -- have run in 2012.
The major U.S. equity indices peaked in late spring last year, eventually being knocked down by Greece's debt problems, the end of QE2 in June, and the repercussions of the U.S. government's game of chicken over the debt ceiling, among other factors. At the very least it makes sense for investors to take a hard look at the fundamentals of the individual stocks they're holding and consider how much upside may be left in the near term.


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Stephanie Lee knows the meaning of change — especially when it coincides with progress and success.
Lee, the mainstay center for the University of Northern Colorado women's basketball team, changed her game to complement her soft hands under the basket last season and became one of the top scoring centers in the nation.
Her standout season on the court and in the classroom have earned her The Tribune's UNC Female Athlete of the Year.
Now, the 6-foot-1 Lee is preparing for another change, albeit one of the biggest of her career as she prepares for her senior season.
Shortly after last season ended, UNC head coach Jaime White left to take the top coaching position at Fresno State University.
Enter Kamie Ethridge, who said she likes everything she's seen and heard about Lee.
"Stephanie Lee is an important player," Ethridge said. "Anybody who averages 17 points per game on a team that's styled to spread the floor and get her open in the post ... she did it.
"I think she can really be a hard matchup with a good 15- to 17-foot shot," Ethridge added.
Lee welcomes the opportunity to add another element to her game.
"In high school, I actually played more of a power forward position" Lee said in an email from Europe where she's participating in a "Business in Culture" program arranged by the Monfort School of Business, visiting businesses in Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Austria and the Czech Republic.
"The idea of becoming an outside presence appeases to me," Lee added. "There is no doubt that I would love to perfect my outside game. It would help me become a better rounded player is I was able to shoot a left-handed hook and then step out and shoot a 3 (-pointer)."
Lee finished the season averaging 19 points and 2.3 blocked shots per game. She was good for 514 points, the third most in UNC's Division I history and seventh all-time.
Her 61 blocked shots wiped out her own UNC Division I mark of 48 in her freshman season.
Lee came to UNC as a gangly freshman, fresh out of Natrona High School in Casper, Wyo. She was a standout at a UNC summer camp, where she was offered a scholarship after her junior season in high school.
She lurked in the Bears' lineup as a freshman before being the team's go-to player last season, running her scoring average as high as 21.6 points — ranking her 26th in the nation and first among centers.
What's more impressive is that Lee improved her shooting percentage to 51.7 percent from the floor. She averaged 4.4 rebounds per game.
Ethridge is crossing her fingers that those numbers don't change much, except with some coming further from the basket.
If all goes well, Lee's 18.4 percent from beyond the arc will move up the ladder in the same fashion the rest of her game has in just two seasons.
"Stephanie's versatility is impressive," Ethridge said. "If she can establish a 3-pointer, she'll be a big threat from all over the floor."
Midway through Lee's freshman season she realized her toughness would have to improve, forcing her to even put a little latitude in her easy-going attitude.
A self-proclaimed gym rat, Lee conceded that during her first days at UNC she was "scared and timid ... and excited."
In three seasons, she's not only added some pizazz to her game, she's thrown confidence into the mix.
"When it hit me was when we played Portland State who had this big girl," Lee explained midway through last season. "I went in and figured I can hang with her, but when she threw me I told myself that she was a bit bigger than me. Then I realized that the pace of the game from high school to college was a big difference."
Lee hasn't been thrown for a loop since.
Last season was as close to a coming-out season as any UNC player has had in recent years.
» She broke UNC's Division I record for blocked shots in a season with 61.
» Her 19-point-per-game scoring average is the second best in the school's Division I history.
» Lee's 131 made free throws is second most in one season in UNC's Division I history.
» Lee's field goals made, 187, total points of 514 and free throws attempted (162) are the third highest totals in a season.
» Lee's 17.3 scoring average was the third best in the Big Sky Conference, earning her second-team All-BSC honors.
» Also in BSC statistics, Lee was second in blocked shots (39), fourth in field-goal percentage (52.4) and fourth in free-throw percentage (79.5).
» Lee scored in double digits 23 times, scoring more than 20 points 13 times.
» She pulled down nine rebounds in two games — against Air Force and Nebraska-Omaha — both nonconference games.
» In a two-game span, Lee was good for 36 points and 12 rebounds, earning College Sports Madness Player of the Week honors.
» Lee, a finance major, earned her BSC All-Academic team honors.
"My feeling that I have now, heading into my senior year with a whole new coaching staff is not scared or timid," Lee explained. "It's determined, excited and ready to do whatever it takes to have a successful season."
Though Lee established a loyalty to the previous coaching staff, she labeled playing for Ethridge as "an opportunity rather than something my teammates and I have to get used to.
"I am really looking forward to learning from Coach Ethridge and her staff and developing my game to a higher level," Lee added. "Having faith and knowing Coach Ethridge and her staff are going to help my teammates and I be the best we can be."


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The subjects had all opted to skip conventional surgical or radiation treatment in favor of a "watchful waiting" approach. The researchers say it is too early to tell whether the lifestyle changes kept the cancer cells in check. But they say the study indicates that exercising, improving nutrition and limiting stress may prompt "profound" differences in the behavior of genes. Among them: some genes believed to be tumor suppressors turned on or became more active, whereas certain disease-promoting ones, including oncogenes (in the so-called RAS family that are implicated in both prostate and breast cancer), were down-regulated or switched off.
In 2000, 10 million people worldwide developed malignant tumors, and 6.2 million people with cancer died. By 2020, 15 million people could be afflicted, according to the World Cancer Report. How many of these people will die? Some kinds of cancer, such as of the skin or the breast, already have relatively high cure rates, and as techniques improve, those rates should get better. But former American Association of Cancer Research president Tom Curran, a neurobiologist at St. Jude's Hospital in Memphis, says two research themes hold the promise of actually vanquishing cancer altogether. "The first theme is individuation; that is, an appreciation that cancer is many, many diseases," he says. As researchers dig into the genetic basis of cancer, they will decode its signaling pathways—the chemical messages cancer cells send to other cells. "In the future, instead of telling someone, 'You've got liver cancer,' we may say to that person, 'Your cancer is a defect in the ras pathway and in p53 signaling, so you need these compounds that are effective for those pathways."
It is now known that K-ras mutations occur long before the formation of the actual cancer. They form in the precancerous stages, within lesions termed PIN, or Pancreatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia. These are ducts with clones of early neoplastic cells which have not yet invaded through the duct wall. In reality, these lesions are among the most common neoplasms of humans, occurring in nearly a third of elderly people. They are often unfortunately called "hyperplasias", a term which implies the lack of neoplastic character. Indeed, a rough estimate suggests that less than 1% of the lesions ever become invasive, which is to say, become a cancer. Thus, in many respects, they are similar to the adenomas of the colon; nearly a third of people will develop adenomas, yet only a small proportion will progress to colon cancer. A major effort of the Kern laboratory is to determine which of the genetic changes in PIN mark the lesions at high risk for invasion. K-ras mutations are uncommon in the early forms of PIN, but are found in the majority of advanced lesions. PIN having K-ras mutations will probably develop in 10% of persons during life.
Mutations of the K-Ras gene occur in over 90% of pancreatic carcinomas. No other human tumor comes close in mutational frequency. The ras pathway is important in the transmission of growth-promoting signals from the cell surface receptors, eventually toward the nucleus where these signals affect the production and regulation of other key proteins. It is interesting that although most mutations in genes are expected to cause their inactivation, with the Ras genes the opposite happens - they become more active in signalling. This is because of the engineering design of the protein.
Researchers from several institutions, including the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center and Arizona State University, applied a potent skin cancer-causing agent found in cigarette smoke to the skin of mice, some of which had been pretreated with avicins. The pretreated rodents were 60 and 40 percent less likely to develop benign papillomas (an early sign of progressing cancer), depending on how the cancer-causing agent was applied, and had far fewer tumors than their untreated counterparts. These animals showed a marked decrease in mutations of the H-ras gene, changes in chromosome number, DNA damage from oxidative chemicals and inflammation, as well.
Cancer develops in steps. In skin tumors the process can start with a change in a single gene, such as H-ras. Oxidizing chemicals such as hydrogen peroxide accumulate, causing more mutations and changes in chromosome number, while inflammation sets in. Eventually, apoptosis, orderly cell suicide, fails, and these altered cells cut loose. But if the brakes are put on this process early enough, cancer need never arise
The study of S. cerevisiae aging, and of the RAS genes in particular, may help to illuminate some of the features of brain aging related to metabolic control and stress resistance. However, the utility of these studies does not stop with the RAS genes. The human homolog of the yeast longevity gene, LAG1, is expressed in the brain. The LAG1 protein affects glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored protein transport. Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored proteins include plasma membrane proteins, such as N-CAM, that are important in the development and function of the nervous system.
The genetics of aging in yeast is a well-developed discipline, with some 14 genes that influence longevity identified. The first genes implicated in yeast longevity were RAS1 and RAS2, the homologues of mammalian HRAS. The divergent roles of these two genes in determining yeast life span was later demonstrated. The pleiotropic effects of yeast RAS are well known. The role of RAS in metabolic control and in resistance to stress was instrumental in proposing the importance of these physiological mechanisms for aging and in their perceived interrelatedness, particularly given the emerging outlines of similar responses in other organisms.
Two trout ras genes expressed in liver differ from human c-Ha-ras and c-Ki-ras genes genes by 11-19 changes at third positions of codons with the first 100 nucleotides of exon 1. A recently described ras gene from goldfish also differs from human c-Ha-ras and c-Ki-ras genes by 13 and 19 nucleotides, respectively, within this same exon 1 region. Since all fish last shared a common ancestor with mammals about 400 million years ago, one expects all fish and mammallian ras genes to show about the same degree of divergence, especially because the changes allowed by selection within these ras exon 1 regions have been entirely silent... codon third-changes, which are known to accumulate at an average rate of 1% per million years in diverging bacterial as well as mammalian genes.
Although AFB1 [a potent food-borne hepatocarcinogen] is a potent genotoxin, its interaction with specific gene targets in human cancer has not been established. Among the possible targets are ras proto-onco-genes, which have been found to carry activating point mutations with variable frequency in many human cancers and in many tumors induced by chemical carcinogens in experimental animals. Point mutations in ras genes occur with very high frequency in some human cancers, such as pancreatic adenocarcinoma, but have appeared infrequently in the few human hepatic tumors so far examined.


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I can understand that some people would need breakfast and that IF does not work for them. Sometimes I even prefer breakfast myself and my stumach can tolerate mostly any food at any time.
But I generally take a long shower before I eat. After the shower I feel much more in touch of rather I'm hungry or not. If I'm hungry or I feel I can't make it back home before hunger strikes (eating at college or work sucks) I eat.
I see how high proteine would be prefered, heck, I prefer high proteine with every meal. But me taking the shower means my breakfast is about one hour after I wake up. I don't see how this could be hurtfull. I don't see Tim Ferris giving any explanation why it needs to be within 30 min except for his father's weight loss slowing down when he stopped doing it. And this can be for so many other reasons.
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Its just like Mark's Carb Pyramid. It says that 150 grams of carbs is insidious weight gain. This is for the typical person and is simply an average. I can eat 200 grams of carbs every day and I will not get fat.
Same thing with Tim's theory on protein within 30 minutes. For most people this is probably ideal. You have to remember that Tim is referring to people who are way overweight and have been eating a ton of carbs.
Intermittent Fasting is NOT AT ALL recommended for people on a SAD diet. You have to be fat adapted first. And Tim is talking to the SAD people. So protein within an hour, preferably 30 minutes is probably ideal.
Do you understand what I am saying here?
Think about this for a second....
Let's say Grok eats 3 eggs with bacon cooked in bacon fat with a side of 1 cup of Blueberries. I would say this is a typical primal/paleo breakfast and I think at least 80% can agree with me. Let's say Grok takes 15 minutes to consume the entire meal.
Now lets take that food and add it to a blender. You will have yourself a smoothie. I have no idea how it would taste but thats not the point. Let's say this person sips on the smoothie and finishes it in 15 minutes.
Now, do you honestly think that the smoothie is going to effect your insulin more than the meal? I HIGHLY DOUBT IT. If you can prove me wrong then please do. I am in the middle of creating a Primal Smoothie Recipe eBook and if it truly is way worse than chewing food then maybe I will disregard it.
What do you think now?
P.S. This example is NOT a typical smoothie. But, I may try it... I am just illustrating an example. Most of my smoothies are going to be below 20 grams and still have over 300 calories. This is why I believe they will only have positive effects with very minor negative if any.
Foods that have have been more processed, like whizzed in a blender, are digested more quickly, so if the foods are going to raise blood sugar, they'll probably do so more quickly if consumed in a smoothie. However, a bacon & egg smoothy might not raise BS that much. FWIW.
I don't really agree with needing to consume protein 30 mins to 1 hr after you wake up in the morning. But saying that it is just part of Tim's weight loss program. He mentioned when his dad introduced the morning protein shake his weight loss plateau ceased and he started losing again.
one paper that just barely mentions it but I'll keep trying to find something more on the topic.
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SET 2: Golgi Apparatus, The Squirming Coil, Brother, Sparkle, The Landlady > Destiny Unbound, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Lawn Boy > Chalk Dust Torture
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"Masterminds" is "Toy Soldiers" meets "Hackers," and since just about everyone remembers how well those two films did at the box office (if they remember them at all), the sky seems to be the limit for director Roger Christian and his crew of reality-disabled actors.
The plot is that Ralph Bentley (Patrick Stewart) takes over a school of rich kids on the same day that Ozzie (Vincent Kartheiser), a computer whiz kid, is escorting his sister to school. Ozzie gets stuck inside and, armed with a walkie-talkie, his magic decoder circuit board and his amazing systems knowledge, is the only thing standing in the way of Ralph and his dreams of successful extortion. Since Ralph is a former British Secret Service agent and all his men are loaded with automatic weapons, they naturally react by standing around screaming at each other while Ozzie thwarts their plans.
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