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LOS ANGELES — As it searches for a star, The X Factor hopes it has finally found itself.
For the third time in three seasons, Fox's singing competition (Wednesday and Thursday, 8 p.m. ET/PT) is back with a different judging panel that features two newcomers, singers Kelly Rowland and Paulina Rubio. They join returning singer Demi Lovato and Simon Cowell, who created the show in England and brought it here.
Based on early tapings, "it's probably the closest so far to the show we wanted to make," Cowell says. "It just felt different. It felt more fun. It definitely had more of the feel of the British show. It was everything I wanted — funny, bad, good. I thought the chemistry was good."
In addition, the show will revert to a single host, Mario Lopez, after the departure of his Season 2 partner, Khloe Kardashian. And there will be changes to a middle round to surprise the competing singers, who are divided into four sets: Girls, Boys, Over 25s and Groups.
Cowell says he was intrigued by the new dynamic of a male judge sitting with three women. They aren't afraid to stand up to him, as Rowland, a solo artist and founding member of Destiny's Child, proved during a middle-round taping Sunday at Shrine Auditorium, where the floor was taken up by two sleek, black, crossing runways that created an X .
When an impressed Rowland mentioned that a singer silenced the rollicking crowd with her performance, Cowell responded, "That's because they didn't like it very much."
Rowland immediately shot back. "She silenced the room with her pitch."
Cowell says Rowland, who was a judge on the British X Factor, "has got real charisma, knows what she's talking about and is really interested in the contestants." Rubio, who's from Mexico and has sold more than 20 million albums, is "very over the top, laughing and different from people I've worked with in the past. She's really funny, warm, unpredictable (and) a bit loopy, which I like."
Rubio acknowledges the unpredictability. "I'm just really me. I'm not pretentious. Just my hats and my sunglasses."
Cowell, who's "excited" about becoming a father, says that the three female judges have become friends and that they sometimes gang up on him. "That's what my normal life is like, as well with all my girlfriends," he says. "If they cross the line, then they cross the line. I've taken everything with a good sense of humor this year."
Lovato enjoys the new company. "It's not just me picking on Simon," she says. "We're all very outspoken."
Cowell, the biggest judging name in the reality business after his long-running star turn on American Idol, brought the British hit to the USA in 2011 with high hopes, telling The Hollywood Reporter he would be disappointed if the show didn't draw 20 million viewers.
That never happened. The show averaged a respectable 12.6 million viewers in Season 1 but dropped to 9.8 million last fall, putting it well behind competitors Idol and The Voice. X Factor's young-adult rating dropped by 16%, but it held steady among young women and grew among teenage girls.
"We can always do better," Cowell says of the show's quality and ratings in its first two seasons. "But the first two seasons of the U.K. show, they weren't amazing. They weren't anywhere near where we wanted them. And then, over the years, as the show got better, the contestants got better, then the show grew into something huge."
Rowland and Rubio replace L.A. Reid, who left to resume his career as a record executive, and Britney Spears, a performer and celebrity who Cowell feels wasn't comfortable in the judges' role.
"Being a judge is not as easy as you think," he says. "She had an issue on the first day. She found it very difficult, particularly when people shouted back at her. She's shy," he says. "She's a great girl. She's super-talented, but being a judge was much harder than she thought it was going to be."
The female judges say they will be straightforward and constructive with singers.
"We are not here cutting any wings. We want them to understand if they have the value or not. That doesn't mean we're not going to hurt any feelings, (but) we try not to," Rubio says.
They acknowledge that Cowell, who is famed for an acid tongue, may not share that exact approach.
"He has a different way of being constructive. 'Never sing again.' 'Fire your manager,' " Lovato says. "But he has moments where he says, 'I think it's too gimmicky right now. I think if you were to do this, I'd take you more seriously.' Or, 'This is the wrong song choice for you.' "
Grammy winner Rowland is impressed with the Season 3 talent and appreciates the opportunity to be a mentor, which is part of the judges' role.
"Everything that you feel you've grown to know about the industry or yourself, you can give those things that you've learned away as gifts," she says. "I feel like we have some people that are so different, and there are spaces in the industry that are wide open for them to come through and bust it wide open."
The U.K. version has spawned One Direction and Leona Lewis, and Cowell hopes he can break out groups from the U.S. version, including Season 2's Fifth Harmony and Emblem3, though none have yet materialized.
Making a star remains a goal, and Cowell points out how his presence separates it from competitors with all-performer panels.
"I feel if you haven't found at least one great artist every year, then you've completely wasted your entire year. And it's always what I strive for, because that's my record-company background," he says. "You've got to remember, artists don't really like finding other stars. People who run record companies do. That's the difference."


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Firefighters contained the blaze to the garage. It sustained "extensive damage," the Lansing Fire Department said in a news release.
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Other options I can think of, in no particular order:

1) Wi-FI network bridge (a router with DD-WRT installed acting as a "client bridge" mode)

2) Buy a sufficienty long CAT6 Ethernet cable

3) Buy a network switch and then follow #2

4) Buy a Wi-Fi network adapter

Also do check to see your Blu-Ray player supports Wi-Fi - it might have that capability.

A great resource you may want to look into is VideoHelp.com, a really good site with instructions, technical documentation, etc.

However, my favorite features on the site include how-to guides for doing a repair work yourself, as well a database of players and recorders, with detailed information, varying from model to model, what video and audio formats they support, etc.

They also have unlock codes for many years, some models may have it, some might not.

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 I have a ZyXEL MWR102 that serves as either an AP or router. I have used it as a client bridge for streaming media to and from a Blu-Ray drive and to a TV. I have also used it as a wireless access point for printers.

 Very small, runs off USB power (it comes with a power supply and a usb cord,) and nice setup via web interface. It is much like a small version a DD-WRT router.

 Nice unit to keep in a go bag for those times you need flexibility in Internet connections too.

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METUCHEN — It's bad news, bears.
Two black bears appeared Monday in the eastern part of New Jersey, where they were a rare and unwelcome sight. They learned it's tough going for the adventurous.
One spent most of the day about 75 feet up a tree in Metuchen, and was still there late Monday night — before lowering himself down to the ground and disappearing into the darkness — with curious residents watching from below. Another bear stayed on the ground in Union Township, and was killed by police when it wandered too close to schools.
State officials say these were probably young bears heading out on their own, making annual sojourns into a world not their own.
Police in Union, in Union County, first saw a bear there around 6 a.m. yesterday, said police Director Daniel Zieser. Officers tracked it through Hollywood Memorial Park, Biertuempfel Park to near Lincoln Technical School.
The roughly 125-pound animal came close to two grade schools and within two blocks of the high school, Zieser said.
After consulting with state wildlife officials who were involved with the bear in Metuchen, officers shot and killed the animal about 10:30 a.m. in a yard on Burnett Avenue, the director said.
"That was the last resort, but we knew the half day of school was coming up. The kids were getting out," he said. "The one we had would not climb a tree. He just kept running. What are you going to do?"
He said a former chief told him the last such sighting was 25 years ago. Union is bordered by urban areas of Elizabeth and Irvington, as well as more suburban communities, like Springfield, where there had recently been a bear sighting.
In Metuchen, police were waiting out an approximately 2-year-old bear about the same size as the one in Union.
At 7 a.m. Monday, Metuchen dispatchers got reports of two young bears, but later determined it was one animal that romped across the borough, crisscrossing busy Route 27 before climbing about 75 feet up a tree behind a home on West Chestnut Avenue.
"I've been living in this town my whole life and I've never seen a bear in this town," said Mark Elberger, 56, looking up at the bear in the tree behind his home.
Metuchen Police Officer David Liantonio said state wildlife officials advised leaving the bear alone because it was up so high it could be hurt from a fall if tranquilized. "If we try to bring it down, it could cause more harm," Liantonio said.
Two news helicopters buzzed overhead throughout the morning and dozens of residents gathered in backyards to see the bear, causing enough commotion to discourage the animal from leaving its perch, said Lawrence Ragonese, a spokesman for the state Department of Environmental Protection.
The bear remained in the tree into the evening, but shortly after 9 p.m., the animal descended from the tree and took off, neighbors said. Police called for backup units and cleared West Chestnut Avenue from onlookers, said Mark Elberger, the Metuchen resident whose tree had served as a temporary home for the black bear.
Yesterday's sightings came four days after an adult bear was captured in a tree near the Forsgate Country Club in Monroe Township, Middlesex County.
That male bear, apparently looking for a mate, had been tagged in Parsippany years early, and had twice been seen in New Brunswick. It was captured and released in the Assunpink Wildlife Management Area in Allentown.
Each spring young bears leave their dens, Ragonese said.
"We have bears in all 21 counties. This is the time of year bears spread out a bit. Every year you occasionally you get bears where you don't normally see them," Ragonese said.
"It's not likely a black bear will come after you. If you put pies out on a window ledge, it might come after them," he said.
Last year's bear hunt, the first in five years, culled 562 bears from the northern and western parts of the state, where the population densities are the highest. Another hunt is scheduled this year.
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The YaaKofiAma Nia House began with Geraldine Walker and her husband David, who desired to make a positive impact in their home town of Harrisburg. Together with Geraldine's long-time friend Bryan Alston and Rosa Watson, they planned to create a community center that would help to preserve the cultural values of people of African descent.
The December 2003 purchase of the 1800 Market Street building coincided with the fifth day of Kwanzaa, upon which day the virtue of "purpose," or "nia," is celebrated. Taking the West African translations of Walker's, Alston's and Watson's "soul names" and combining them along with the "nia" virtue, the YaaKofiAma Nia House was christened.
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To embrace or not to embrace? Events leave son puzzled
By Mike Haynes
I wasn't born with an inclination to hug other men. I grew up in a close-knit family that didn't show a lot of emotion. To me, our home was for the most part so fun and comfortable and accepting that nobody needed to walk around touching each other or saying the obvious.
A Walk to Emmaus showed me that hugging can be pretty neat. For one thing, if you're not good at finding the right words to say you appreciate somebody, all you have to do is put your arms around them. They get the message.
My dad attended a Walk where I was one of the workers. With all the talk of loving God and overcoming past hang-ups, it was a situation that encourages hugging. So Dad and I did - several times.
The same thing happens at Promise Keepers events. Guys hugging guys. You've seen the pictures in the paper.
I don't want to scare any of you reserved guys away from signing up for Emmaus or a PK rally. Nobody makes you hug anybody. There are enough who don't that you aren't the only guy there thinking, "I just want to sit here, listen to the speaker, maybe sing a little and go home."
But part of the liberation of Emmaus and PK is letting go of that reserve, finally being in an environment where, when you actually touch another person of the same sex, you don't feel like you're gay or a face-kisser from France.
Dad and I actually continued occasional hugs for a few months after that Walk. Gradually, though, our old selves came back. Now it has regressed to, "Hi. How was the drive? What do you need to do while you're in Amarillo? Want Mexican food?"
I still remember Emmaus, though. I think, "OK, right after our Walk, we would have hugged here." Then I notice that Dad takes a half-step forward. "Uh, oh," I think. "He may be uncertain, too. But hugging is too "mushy" now. Here, I'll just stick my hand out."
Actually, that's more than we used to do, so for us, we're being pretty demonstrative. And it's a chance to carry on my great-granddad's tradition of firm handshakes.
Some families do grow up without showing a lot of emotion. Not that there's anything wrong with that. I think my family members have as much love and respect for each other as any family alive.
But with the exception of a couple of sisters-in-law who came from more expressive backgrounds, you don't hear many "I love you's." For most of us, they're just not necessary; they're embarrassing.
Like the old man said of his wife after 50 years of marriage, "I told her when we got married I loved her, and if that ever changes, I'll let her know."
Love shows through in tough times like funerals and illnesses. All it takes for my sister to drive up from Lubbock is for one of us to have surgery. It could be day-surgery, exploratory surgery, ingrown-toenail surgery. It doesn't matter; she's there.
It also comes through in good times. Ten of 11 of our immediate family, plus six kids, showed up at my cousin's wedding in Roswell, N.M., two weeks ago. One sister-in-law was missing only because she was at a shower for her future daughter-in-law.
When we can, we're there for less momentous occasions, too. I couldn't count the number of basketball and football games, golf tournaments, track meets, tennis matches and spelling bees (well, actually only one spelling bee) my parents have attended in the past 40 years to support their children. Now it's grandchildren. Even when my sister, the coach, has a basketball game within driving distance, it's a chance for a family reunion.
But usually, the only hugging that goes on is between mother and son or sister and brother, that sort of thing. I'm pretty stiff even then. Maybe I still can't get over the three outgoing aunts from Oklahoma who used to come at us with arms open and lips smacking. We would get enough loving from them to last 'til next year.
I don't know why I'm writing this. Everything had settled back down to a fairly non-traumatic handshake.
Now, after Dad and brothers and who knows else read this, the tension will be back. Should we hug? Should we save hugs for weddings and funerals, or for Emmaus events, or for when we haven't seen each other for six weeks? Is there a hug quota?
Probably, next time I see Dad I'll say, "Hi," and he'll say, "Hel-looo," and he'll add, "I saw your column in the paper. That was good." And I'll say,
"Well, thanks. It just kind of popped into my head." I'll say "hi" to Mom and give her a half-hug and then say, "Well, where do y'all want to eat?"
Mike Haynes is a journalism instructor at Amarillo College.
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BAY CITY, MI — Health care-associated infections can be devastating or deadly, and McLaren Bay Region officials say preventing them is a priority.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, every day, about one in 20 hospitalized patients has an infection caused by receiving medical care.
Some states require hospitals to report rates of health care-associated infections, such as:
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA.
- Clostridium difficile infection, also known as C. diff.
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infection, or CAUTI.
- Central line-associated bloodstream infections, or CLABSI, and surgical site infections, or SSI.
Michigan does not.
Still, some Michigan hospitals voluntarily report these rates to MHA Keystone, a private program of the Michigan Health & Hospital Association, which collects data from participating members, and/or Surveillance for Healthcare-Associated & Resistant Pathogens, or SHARP, a unit operated by the Michigan Department of Community Health. The individual results are not released to the public.
Some hospitals, including McLaren Bay Region, also provide the information to the federal government in order to receive Medicare reimbursements. That information can be found online at the Medicare.gov Hospital Compare website, though critics say it is difficult to find, limited in detail and not as transparent as if the hospitals or Michigan Department of Community Health posted the results, which most do not.
McLaren Bay Region patients also can find a link to the hospital's data on the Medicare site by visiting mclaren.org/bayregion and clicking on "HCAHPS The Patient Experience."
A group of infection prevention experts, doctors and other McLaren Bay Region officials sat down with The Bay City Times to talk about the infection rates the hospital reports to various agencies and the practices and procedures the hospital has implemented to prevent infections.
Karen Frahm, infection preventionist at McLaren Bay Region, 1600 Columbus Ave. on Bay City's East Side, said the hospital reports to the National Healthcare Safety Network what it is required to report to receive Medicare reimbursements, including positive central-line associated bloodstream infections for critical care patients, catheter-associated urinary tract infections for the rehabilitation unit and critical care units, and surgical site infections related to colon and hysterectomy surgeries.
The National Healthcare Safety Network is run by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Katie Roberts, also an infection preventionist at McLaren Bay Region, said the hospital makes that same information available to the Michigan Health & Hospital Association, though the group does not release the results.
Magen Samyn, vice president of marketing and public relations added, "We follow and work very closely with MHA, and they're very progressive in the different initiatives that they're involved in from a quality standpoint, and so I think that we're ahead of the curve."
Multifaceted infection prevention
The experts agree hand hygiene is the No. 1 prevention tool, but Roberts said there are a variety of other things that go into infection prevention.
"Overall, we really focus on proper disinfection of equipment … instruments, environmental cleaning, hand hygiene, making sure our staff are up to date with the national recommendations related to preventing infections," she said.
In addition, McLaren Bay Region has implemented various projects specific to patients who are at higher risk, such as those with urinary catheters, as well as a separate surgical initiative focused on the things that can be done before, during and after surgery to prevent infections, she said.
Related: Health-care infections: See what Great Lakes Bay Region hospitals report
Dr. Mark Komorowski, chief of staff, said the surgical site infection campaign McLaren Bay Region started in December 2012 borrows from renowned health care institutions.
"We have mimicked such institutions as the Cleveland Clinic, the Mayo Clinic, Johns Hopkins — all reputable health care systems — and have taken their findings and implemented it here," he said.
Komorowski, a surgeon, said in his practice, patients are taught how to wash properly in preparation for a surgical procedure, patients who smoke are educated about smoking cessation because medical literature shows smokers have higher incidents of wound infections, and staff work with patients who have diabetes to help get their blood sugar under control before surgery if possible.
In addition, jewelry no longer can be worn in the operating room, and staff have been re-educated on how to do a proper prep, he said.
Roberts said educating staff and patients, alike, and focusing on risk factors of individual patients all are important elements of infection prevention.
Patients also are encouraged to speak up and be their own advocates.
"We're really focused on getting our patients involved in their care and asking questions and not being afraid to say, 'You know, I still have this catheter, do I need it?' " she said.
Contact precautions and MRSA
Frahm said McLaren Bay Region follows the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's recommendations for preventing MRSA, such as placing patients in contact precautions — sometimes referred to as isolation — meaning hospital staff must wear a gown and gloves in the room; keeping track of people who have histories of it so they can be placed in contact precautions; and screening critical care and surgical patients so they can be treated accordingly.
Frahm said MRSA exists outside of hospitals.
"It's out in the community, so just because they might have it doesn't mean they got it from here," she said.
Komorowski agreed, "One thing we can't control is the family member who comes in with MRSA. We can't screen them. And what was thought to be a hospital-born infection, MRSA, is really a community-acquired infection."
He added, "You saw that about five or six, seven years ago when children were showing up with MRSA and they didn't have an open wound, they didn't have contact. And it slowly became evident that this is outside in the community. And so those are the kind of things we try to educate families about, but we actually can't stop that, unfortunately."
An ongoing team effort
Sandy Garzell, director of patient services, said infection prevention is a team effort.
"We have the full support, as you can tell, of (not only the) medical staff, but the board," she said. "They approve these initiatives and are very interested in all of these different initiatives and keep informed of how we're doing."
Samyn added, "McLaren Bay Region has voluntarily taken extra precautions to make sure we're providing the best atmosphere and level of quality and care for our patients. It's everybody working together. … Infection control, it is truly, truly a very important initiative that our organization works on on a daily basis."
— Heather Jordan covers business for MLive/The Bay City Times/The Saginaw News. She can be reached at 989-450-2652 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow her on Twitter and Facebook.


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Dad? Dad? Dad! Funny how I won't be "addressing" anyone by that name anymore. These are the little things you think about after losing a parent. The service is behind us now. All the preparation is over. The family and friends who gathered to give tribute have said goodbye and gone home. To give honor was our goal. I think our mission was accomplished, but I'm not done talking about him yet. I want to say more. Eight minutes just can't be it – not after 87 years.
I reflected a couple of years back in this column about being part of the sandwich generation. I was taking care of my parents while simultaneously taking care of my kids. I noted how overwhelming it was at times. How I wanted to just be the daughter again, instead of the caretaker. I talked about going over to their house and getting assaulted with the sound of blaring TVs. They are silenced now. The house is so cold, after always being so unbearably hot. I am free now to open up all the windows and let in as much fresh air as I want. Funny, now I'm missing the "Dad" smell.
The stillness is so impregnated with what was. A lifetime. We sorted through and discerned what to dispose of, and felt a sense of betrayal when something didn't make the cut. We went through all of my parents' possessions, arranged their life nicely on tables for all to "pick through." At the last minute, I just couldn't part with some things. People were gracious, sharing with me their journeys through the same. The house is about to have new owners now.
I try to reflect back on the few months prior. There are funny little moments that will stay with me always: When the nurse told me how she laughed hysterically after Dad's dissertation of his Cream of Wheat. How he fought two nurses off when they tried to put an NG tube down his throat. The chart read: "combative patient." Great. How he overshared when asked to give his medical history. How aides used to linger to listen and laugh about his stories from the past. Dad didn't try to be funny – it was just his dry, unrestrained commentary that left a trail of laughter.
Why didn't I take the time to sit down more and have that cup of coffee with him? Why is it so clear to me now that doing that far outweighed the necessities of pills, bills, food, etc.? It's that time thing again. How does one use it, as each day goes by, so as not to regret? How do we keep perspective with the daily mundane?
So how do I keep honoring Dad? By taking care of his wife of almost 60 years. Mom lives with us now. I am reading her his journals that he meticulously kept, filled with little endearments. And by sharing memories of him with my kids. I also try to drive safely. "Take it easy on the road. It can all change in a moment," his words echo back to me. I will, Dad.
As we battled with the degeneration of his body at the end, the visiting nurses, numerous trips to doctors, 24-hour clinics and the hospital, he would say, "Soon this will all be over and you'll be able to get on with your life." I knew it would happen some day, but at the time I was overwhelmed. Now it is over and there is a hole that can never be filled.
I miss you so much, Dad. How comforted I am that I can say, "I will see you later." In the meantime, I will immerse myself in your treasured big band music and reflect on the "sentimental journey" we had.


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For Lynch, big prize still out there in Heisman
DEKALB, Ill. -- For Jordan Lynch, one big prize is still out there.
Northern Illinois' star quarterback will find out Saturday in New York if he's the Heisman Trophy winner.
Lynch was one of six finalists invited Monday to the ceremony along with overwhelming favorite Jameis Winston of Florida State and last year's winner Johnny Manziel of Texas A&M.
"I don't think it will all sink in until I actually give it time to sink in and really look back," Lynch said.
Lynch led No. 24 Northern Illinois (12-1) to within a victory of a second straight BCS berth after making the Orange Bowl last season.
That possibility got doused with a 20-point loss to Bowling Green in the Mid-American Conference championship game, but the big prize still is out there for a senior who set the major college rushing record for yards rushing by a quarterback.
Lynch finished seventh in the Heisman voting last year in his first season as a starter while the Huskies became the first MAC team to land in a BCS game.
No MAC player has won the Heisman, and the only others to be invited to the ceremony were Marshall quarterback Chad Pennington and wide receiver Randy Moss.
"I'm not going there to come in last place or second place," Lynch said. "I'm going there to win."
Win or lose, it'll be a memorable trip.
He'll be visiting New York for the first time -- "The Big Apple. That's what they call it, right?" Lynch said. He's looking forward to meeting the other candidates and past winners, such as Bo Jackson. And he's happy to carry the torch for the mid-majors, for the players who were passed over or overlooked by the big boys -- just like him.
Purdue and Illinois invited him to camps, but Lynch said, "I'm sure every kid gets asked to come down to camp."
Few get an invitation like this.


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Tech Companies Seek Out Entrepreneurial Students
As Silicon Valley technology companies ramp up hiring and some venture-capital firms boost their investing, many are actively wooing students, both as hires and potential entrepreneurs to back. Some of the most intense courtship is taking place among budding entrepreneurs at Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley.
Stanford's student-entrepreneur association, dubbed Bases, counts about 80 core members, while Berkeley's Haas Entrepreneurs Association has about 400 members. Both host speakers and events related to entrepreneurialism.
While Silicon Valley tech and venture firms have done some outreach to Stanford and Berkeley's entrepreneurial groups in the past, the activity has ramped up markedly this year, say students in the groups.
At Stanford's Bases group, co-president Yin Yin Wu said she gets two emails a day from start-ups that want to recruit hires from the association. In addition, venture-capital firms and others that help sponsor Bases have stepped up their sponsorship amounts to around a total of $300,000 this year, nearly double that of years past, she said. Among the group's main sponsors is venture firm Sequoia Capital, said Ms. Wu, a senior majoring in computer science.
"We've definitely noticed this year that there's been an incredible outreach from start-ups and venture firms," said Ms. Wu, a 22-year-old who plans to work on her own video-advertising start-up after she graduates. "Generally, the Valley is really wanting to get access to Stanford students."
At Berkeley, meanwhile, Brandon Yahn, co-president of the Haas Entrepeneurs Association, said the group plans eight or nine events this year, up from five previously, driven by interest from venture firms and start-ups. Venture firms also have invited Berkeley students to mixers and have ponied up more sponsorship dollars to the group, he said.
"Even without us reaching out to people, venture capitalists have reached out to us," said Mr. Yahn, 26, who is in the first year of a master's of business administration program.
One firm that has boosted its activities on both campuses is Morgenthaler Ventures, which last month held a mixer at its Sand Hill Road office in Menlo Park for Stanford and Berkeley students. The mixer, intended for about 40 people, ultimately ballooned to around 85, including start-up companies on the hunt for employees, said Ching Wu, Morgenthaler's vice president of marketing.
Gary Little, a Morgenthaler venture capitalist, added that some of the students landed internship and job interviews through the event and that his firm is considering giving several of them start-up funding.
"It really is a battle for the best and brightest," said Mr. Little. "The best students are in such demand that you have to keep looking, looking, looking."
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Ryan Madera scored 16 points and two Lahainaluna High School teammates also finished in double figures in a 57-27 win over Kalaheo on Wednesday in a Hawaiian Airlines Boys Basketball Division I State Championship game at the McKinley gym on Oahu.
Cyrus Kama had 14 points and 13 rebounds for the Lunas (9-6), who will play top-seeded Iolani today in the quarterfinal round. Calvin Chapital made both of his 3-point attempts on the way to scoring 13 points, and Peni Taufa had seven points and 14 rebounds.
Baldwin, the No. 3 seed, will play a quarterfinal game today at Radford against Maryknoll, which beat Moanalua 59-54 on Wednesday.
In the eight-team Division II tournament, third-seeded Seabury Hall will face Damien today at Kaimuki.
Lahainaluna outrebounded Kalaheo 44-13 - the Lunas had 22 offensive rebounds.
The Maui Interscholastic League runners-up led 10-8 after one quarter, then opened the second period on a 13-2 run.
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State Championships
Wednesday's Results
First Round
At McKinley
Campbell 46, Leilehua 35
Lahainaluna 57, Kalaheo 27
At Radford
Mililani 70, Waiakea 62
Maryknoll 59, Moanalua 54
Today's Games
At McKinley
Seventh-place semifinal: Kalaheo vs. Leilehua, 3 p.m.
At Radford
Seventh-place semifinal: Waiakea vs. Moanalua, 3 p.m.
At McKinley
No. 4 Konawaena vs. Campbell, 5 p.m.
No. 1 Iolani vs. Lahainaluna, 7 p.m.
At Radford
No. 2 Farrington vs. Mililani, 5 p.m.
No. 3 Baldwin vs. Maryknoll, 7 p.m.
Today's Games
At Kaimuki
No. 3 Seabury Hall vs. Damien, 5 p.m.
No. 2 Kaiser vs. Hawaii Prep, 7 p.m.
At Kalani
No. 4 Kohala vs. Kauai, 5 p.m.
No. 1 Saint Francis vs. Kalani, 7 p.m.
Lahainaluna led by at least 13 the rest of the way.
Kekai Smith and Alexander MacLeod each had nine points for the Mustangs (11-5), who won last year's state championship. Only three other players scored for Kalaheo, none with more than four points.
Alexander MacLeod 9, Kekai Smith 9, Dario Del Castillo 4, Kupaa Harrison 3, Zachary Marrotte 2, Ladara Barnes 0, Andrew Hernandez 0, Kennedy Quinn 0, Christian Graham 0, Abel Kanehe 0, Kela Thomas 0, Thomas Focht 0, Micah Koyama-Holeso 0, Peter Santiago 0.
Ryan Madera 16, Cyrus Kama 14, Calvin Chapital 13, Peni Taufa 7, Marvin Sidon 3, Kalalani Kaaikala 2, Zac Carlton 1, Joshua Corpuz 1, Willem Thorbecke 0, Scott-Isaac Medeiros-Tangatailoa 0, Lauren Corpuz 0, Brandon Agapay 0, Nicolas Vierra 0.


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By Errol Castens/NEMS Daily Journal
OXFORD – The city of Oxford will host a public hearing at 5 p.m. May 15 at City Hall on a proposal to address downtown parking.
"The (Downtown Parking) commission decided to implement paid parking as a way to manage downtown parking," said Tim Akers, city planner. After interviewing three companies, the commission is recommending a contract with Standard Parking, a nationwide parking services company, to manage the process at a base of $38,000 per year, with up to four $5,000 bonuses for exceeding performance measures.
Beginning Aug. 1, the plan is to charge $1 per hour for a maximum of two hours for storefront parking spaces on the Square and nearby blocks. If aldermen agree with the proposal, Standard will install payment kiosks about every eight parking spaces, where motorists may use either coins, credit/debit cards or prepaid cards to pay the fee. Compliance would be assured through a time-printed receipt to be displayed on one's windshield.
Free parking would still be available under the proposal. City lots behind and northwest of City Hall, behind the Oxford University Club, southwest of the Square and by the city water tower would continue to be free, as would streetside parking more than a block or two from the Square.
"The goal of all this was never paid parking; the goal was managed parking," said commission member Ron Hipp. "The goal was to give everybody in this room a chance to go downtown at 12:03 this afternoon and have a decent chance to find a parking space. We don't have that now."
One promised benefit is that Standard's on-site employees will aim more at helping motorists with the new system than at writing tickets. As planned, the first and possibly second tickets will be free, a 10-minute grace period will be built in and handicapped parking will remain free. New wayfinding signage and Standard employees will also direct motorists to free off-Square parking and to Oxford tourist sites.
"There is almost an interconnect between what Standard is going to do and what tourism does," Hipp said.
"We very strongly believe in the ambassadorial approach to this effort," said Dan Martin, who is proposed as Standard's Oxford manager.


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on February 16, 2013 - 1:00 AM
What comes after Olympus?
Magnus Carlsen is only 22 years old. But even when listed among the greatest chess players ever, he seems in a class of his own.
Where will he be a decade from now? It's hard to conceive.
Successive FIDE international rating lists indicate an increasingly widening gap between Carlsen and other elite grandmasters.
His most recent rating of 2,872 is 61 points higher than the No. 2 man, the former world champion Vladimir Kramnik. That means that Carlsen would be an approximate 58 percent favorite if the two played a reasonably long match of 10 or 20 games.
But it gets even better. Carlsen's advantage would jump to 63 percent and 64 percent respectively if he were to play similar matches with two players rated 92 and 101 points lower than he: the current world Champion Viswanathan Anand and another former champion Veselin Topalov.
Carlsen is so formidable that his opponents seem hardly able to conceive the possibility of beating him - even when they have better positions on the chessboard.
This is not merely a lack of confidence or fear of a formidable opponent. Carlsen, despite often playing with considerable abandon, has lost only one of his last 100 games.
Blessed with superb chess intuition and exceptional physical stamina, he is tough as nails. A draw looks good when he is on the other side of the board.
Below is a win by Levon Aronian against Teimour Radjabov from the SportAccord Blitz tournament in Beijing, China.
Sport Accord Blitz
Aronian Radjabov
1. d4 ...... Nf6
2. c4 ...... g6
3. Nc3 ..... Bg7
4. e4 ...... d6
5. Nf3 ..... O-O
6. h3 ...... c5
7. d5 ...... e6
8. Bd3 ..... Nh5
9. g4 ...... Nf6
10. Bf4 ..... Na6
11. Qd2 ..... exd5
12. cxd5 .... Nb4
13. Bb1 ..... Re8
14. Kf1 ..... c4
15. Kg2 ..... Na6
16. Re1 ..... Nc5
17. Bh6 ..... Bh8
18. Bc2 ..... Bd7
19. Qf4 ..... Qb6
20. Bg5 ..... Qxb2
21. Bxf6 .... Qxc2
22. Re2 ..... Nd3
23. Qxd6 .... Bxf6
24. Rxc2 .... Black resigns


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what performs most of the task the body needs to function?
(made from amino acid monomers, which then make polymers)
what does a DNA nucleotide consist of?
a sugar- deoxyribose
a phosohate group
a nitrogenous base- A, T, C, G
what is helicase
an enzyme that un zips the double helix of dna by breaking hydrogen bonds durign the steps of DNA replication
why would cause there to be a mutation in DNA
the occasional mistake in the replication of the dna
EX: the bases match up wrong
what does dna replication do
copys gentic material and enssurs it can be passed down from generation to generation
what is DNA polymerase andw hat does it do
its a enzyme that serves as a catalyst for repairing damaged DNA and it makes the covalent bond between the nucleotide and the new DNA strand
why is it so easy to make new DNA strands?
because the bases are bonded by a hydrogen bond snf hydrogen bonds are very weak
what is different from RNA compared to DNA
it is single stranded,
has 1 LESS oxygen and
has ribose sugar
has uracil instead of thymine
made in the nucleus and moved to the cytoplasm
the group of 3 nucleotide bases that codes for 1 amino acid
(the series of three based words written in DNA/RNA that holds the genetic intructions for the amino acid sequence)
a nucleotide polymer, can be very long and have any sequence of nucleotides
EX: a sugar phosphate backbone
building a protein from RNA
the translation from RNA to a protein
the translation of the nucleotide language to an amino acid language
silent mutation
a mutation which there is no change in the amino acide
EX: the codones change but they still code for the same amino acid
missense mutation
a nucleotide substitution where a nucleotide is replace with the wrong letter and it then codes for a different amino acid, which CAN change the ability of that amino acid to function
EX: sickle cell anemia
nucleotide deletion
a nucleotide is deleted causing all teh codons from that point on misread which coudl result in the whole polypeptide being NONfunctional-depending on where the deletion is
nucleotide insertion
a nucleotide is inserted which dissrupts the order of codons that followwhich coudl produce a NONfunctional polypeptide- DEPENDING on where the insertion is
physicall or chemical agents that are sources of mutations.
EX: X-rays & UV light- PHYSICAL
anti-aids drugs that stops the replication of DNA-CHEMICAL


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Maureen F. McClain, associate director of Disability Services at The University of Texas-Pan American, was recently appointed by Texas Governor Rick Perry to the Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities.
McClain was one of five individuals in the state, whose terms will expire Feb. 1, 2010, to be chosen for the committee that works to ensure Texans with disabilities may live their lives with integrity, independence and productivity.
"It is an honor and a privilege to be in a position to serve the needs and interests of individuals with disabilities throughout the state of Texas and be able to be an advocate to promote and influence policy that will directly improve the awareness of those with disabilities and enhance their opportunities through education," McClain said.
She has been employed with UTPA for more than three years. McClain earned her bachelor's degree in rehabilitative services and a master's in rehabilitative counseling from UTPA. She is a member of the Association of Higher Education and Disabilities, and was appointed to the Academic Advisement Council. She is a past member of the Rio Grande Valley Habitat for Humanity Board of Directors.
"I strongly believe that education is the key to improving the lives of individuals with disabilities and it is important that institutions of higher learning take a more aggressive role in assisting individuals with disabilities in achieving their maximum potential and in doing so, society will be better served," she said.
According to the Web site for the Governor's Committee, the organization, which was established in 1949, recommends changes in disability policies and programs in the areas of accessibility, communication, education, emergency preparedness, health, housing, recreation, transportation, and workforce. The Committee also supports a network of committees on people with disabilities, issues awards to promote greater awareness, and promotes compliance with disability related laws.