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Michigan International Speedway (MIS) was chosen as one of six venues in the country to host U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) testing of wireless vehicle-to-vehicle safety communication technologies.
The first in a series of six Light Vehicle Driver Acceptance Clinics will be at MIS Aug. 8-12. The clinics will help the federal government and automobile industry learn how drivers respond to communication-based safety warnings that are intended to reduce traffic accidents and save lives.
"Research and development is critical to the growth of this technology and its value in reducing the number of accidents, injuries and fatalities. The potential impact on the automotive sector and job creation is remarkable," MIS President Roger Curtis said.
The Connected Vehicle Drive Clinics at MIS are part of the DOT's research program with several government agencies, the Crash Avoidance Metrics Partnership (CAMP) and Vehicle Safety Communications 3 Consortium (VSC3). The consortium is comprised of eight auto manufacturers including Ford, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai-Kia, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Toyota and Volkswagen.
The program is aimed at developing technologies that will help vehicles avoid crashes by communicating with nearby vehicles and with roadway infrastructure such as traffic signals, grade crossings and dangerous road segments. It is achieved by alerting the driver when there is risk of a crash or other driving hazard.
"Connected vehicle technology has the potential to address 81 percent of all unimpaired driver-related crashes. We must take a look at how this technology will work in the real world to create a safer transportation system," Peter Appel, administrator of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) of the DOT, stated in a press release.
Before real world testing is undertaken, agencies must test in a safe, controlled environment and this is where the MIS facility serves this critical role, Curtis said.
MIS was chosen because of its existing road infrastructure and status as a private, neutral environment, according to Kevin Kelly, director of business development at MIS.
Auto company researchers are willing to collaborate on such projects but don't want competitors working at their research facilities, Curtis said.
Testing will occur on several road courses at MIS, both inside and outside the oval racetrack, outfitted with temporary traffic signals to simulate city streets and roads. Movable traffic signals will allow the agency to test anywhere on the track's pavement throughout the 1,400-acre-site at MIS.
Approximately 100 experienced drivers will be recruited locally for the clinic at MIS. Each clinic will include about 16 vehicles equipped with technology applications which drivers will evaluate as they operate the vehicles in the controlled environment designed to simulate real roads and intersections.
"It is one of Michigan International Speedway's goals to work with the public and private sectors to use our facility as a closed, safe and neutral environment with our location here in the heart of the automobile industry," Curtis said.
He said MIS has been working on safety issues with the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) since 2006. That work evolved into this project with the U.S. DOT.
"We want to make sure that technology testing and any jobs created by it happen in Michigan and this region by providing the assets and tools to companies developing it," Curtis said.
Located in Brooklyn, Mich., MIS is among a list of other sites for the DOT testing in Dallas, Orlando, San Francisco, Minneapolis and Blacksburg, Va.
The results of the clinics and testing will help the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration decide in 2013 if the technology is sufficiently advanced to begin a series of rulings that could eventually require manufacturers to provide vehicle-to-vehicle communications capabilities in vehicles.
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Dalié Jiménez's scholarly interests include empirical and policy work in consumer financial protection, bankruptcy, credit and debt collection markets, and the financial distress of American families. She is currently working on a large-scale, randomized control trial evaluating the effectiveness of legal and counseling interventions to help individuals in financial distress.
Professor Jiménez spent the 2011-2012 academic year at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), a federal agency established in 2010 with the assistance of Elizabeth Warren, for whom Jiménez was a teaching assistant in Contracts at Harvard Law. At the CFPB, Jiménez served as a policy fellow in the Deposit, Cash, Collections & Reporting Markets group, where her work focused on credit reporting, debt collection and debt relief. While there, she co-authored two reports to Congress on credit scoring issues.
Prior to her academic career, Professor Jiménez clerked for the Honorable Juan R. Torruella of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, was as a litigation associate at Ropes & Gray, L.L.P. in Boston, and worked on consumer protection issues at the Massachusetts State Senate.
Professor Jiménez is a cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School, where she was a recipient of the American Bankruptcy Institute Award for Outstanding Bankruptcy Student and was senior editor of the Harvard International Law Journal. In addition, she holds B.S. degrees in political science and electrical engineering/computer science from MIT.
Dalié Jiménez, The Distribution of Assets in Consumer Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Cases, 83 Am. Bankr. L.J. 795 (2009) (peer-reviewed) (Winner, Judge John R. Brown Award for Excellence in Legal Writing)
Dalié Jiménez, D. James Greiner, Lois R. Lupica, and Rebecca L. Sandefur, Improving the Lives of Individuals in Financial Distress Using a Randomized Control Trial: A Research and Clinical Approach, 20 Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law & Policy 449 (2013)

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This community is for questions and support regarding Nutrition for your pets.
Dehydration is defined as an excess loss of body fluids. Usually it involves loss of both water and electrolytes (which are minerals such as sodium, chloride, potassium). Electrolytes aid in a number of vital bodily processes. They are directly involved in heart and nerve functions, muscle control and coordination, and the body's ability to absorb fluids all depend on a healthy balance of electrolytes. A delicate balance must be maintained for proper functioning of the nerves and muscles.
Unfortunately, the delicate balance of electrolytes can be easily disrupted. Dehydration in cats occurs pretty quickly because of their usual small size. It is extrememly important for kitty owners to realize how rapidly fatal this condition is.
Causes of Dehydration
· Vomiting
· Diarrhea
· Increased urination, due to various reasons
· Diabetes
· Kidney problems
· Heatstroke and fever
· Shock, which is a lack of blood flow
· Not drinking enough water
· Only eating dry cat food. Cats eating only dry foods tend to drink more water than cats eating moist canned foods.
Signs of Dehydration
1)Loss of skin elasticity: test this by picking up your cat's skin along her back. Let it go. It should spring right back into place. If not, that is a sure sign of illness and dehydration.
2)Thick saliva: touch your cat's gums. They should be wet with liquidy saliva, not jello-like saliva.
3)Fatigue and lethargy
4)Constipation may be a sign of not enough fluids in bowels.
5)Increased heart rate may indicate dehydration. Call vet for consultation.
6)If your cat shows sunken eyeballs you need to bring her to the vet ASAP.
Please note that only moderate to serious dehydration is easily detected. Your cat is most likely to be affected by dehydration before you notice any obvious signs.
Preventing and treating dehydration in cats
Keep your cat hydrated at all times. Especially before stressful events (even "good stress") you may want to overhydrate your cat. Stressful events may reduce your cat's sensation of thirst.
For mild feline dehydration...
*add a little liquid to food
*offer an electrolyte solution to help your cat retain fluids (pedialyte or Gatorade can be combined with water and then offered.)
*offer ice chunks to encourage slow water intake
*give water by medicine syringe, right into the mouth.
(Note, if your cat has not been drinking enough, offer water frequently but only a little at a time as your cat may not be able to hold much water at the beginning.)
*for severe dehydration, especially if you see sunken eyes, get your cat to the vet asap.
Finally,fresh filtered water may help encourage your finicky cat to drink water.
Treatment: A cat that is showing severe symptoms of dehydratation should receive prompt veterinary attention. Treatment is directed at replacing fluids and preventing further losses.
In mild cases without vomiting, fluids can be given by mouth. If the cat won't drink, give an electrolyte solution by syringe into the side of the mouth. Pedialyte or if kitty has a sweet-tooth, Gatorade can be used for treating dehydration. They are given at the rate of two to four milliliters per pound body weight per hour, depending on the severity of the dehydration (or as directed by your veterinarian).


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(Sports Network) - A preseason matchup between the two worst teams in the NFL from last season normally wouldn't hold much appeal, but that won't remotely be the case when the Indianapolis Colts welcome the St. Louis Rams to Lucas Oil Stadium in the 2012 exhibition opener for both outfits.
The Colts will officially usher in the Andrew Luck era in Sunday's clash of opponents that are beginning massive rebuilding efforts under new head coaches, with the heralded No. 1 overall pick of this year's draft immediately installed as the starting quarterback in the team's first outing in 15 years where Peyton Manning won't be part of the organization.
Luck, widely considered as the most pro-ready signal-caller to come into the league since Indianapolis made the course-changing decision to select Manning with the first overall choice in the 1998 draft, clearly has some incredibly large shoes to fill. In his predecessor's 13 seasons as the Colts' field general, the team reached the playoffs 11 times while capturing eight division titles, reaching a pair of Super Bowls and claiming the 2006 world championship, with Manning garnering a record four NFL Most Valuable Player awards along the way.
Manning's unavailability for the entire 2011 season due to a serious neck injury, a prime factor in the Colts' unpopular decision to release the iconic quarterback in March, caused Indianapolis to spiral to a 2-14 finish and edge out the Rams for the right to grab Luck.
The Colts plan to play Luck for all or most of the first half in Sunday's test as they break in an offense that will have several other new parts. Coby Fleener, Luck's Stanford teammate whom Indianapolis snared in the second round of April's draft, will team with third-rounder Dwayne Allen as the starting tight ends, while a rebuilt front line will feature three regulars -- center Samson Satele, right guard Mike McGlynn and right tackle Winston Justice -- brought in through free agency.
Wholesale changes are taking place on the defensive side as well with the Colts shifting to a 3-4 alignment under first-year head coach Chuck Pagano. The most notable move involves the accomplished pass-rushing duo of Dwight Freeney and Robert Mathis, both of whom are transitioning to outside linebacker after spending their entire careers as ends.
Pagano is also holding an open audition at one of the cornerback spots, with ex-Ram Justin King emerging as the early favorite over Cassius Vaughn and Terrence Johnson. King played the previous four seasons in St. Louis and started 12 games for the Rams last year.
Coming off a tumultuous two-win season of its own, St. Louis has its share of position battles going on as well after extensively reshaping its roster under head coach Jeff Fisher, the longtime Tennessee Titans sideline boss who's returning to the NFL wars after a one-year hiatus. The Rams could have as many as seven new starters on defense, with a few of the reinforcements expected to come from a draft class that's laden with both talent and uncertainty.
Raw rookie Michael Brockers, St. Louis' first-round pick, is projected to start alongside free-agent acquisition Kendall Langford at defensive tackle, while second-round cornerback Janoris Jenkins could prove to be a steal and instant starter if he can overcome maturity issues that caused his draft stock to fall. Feisty cornerback Cortland Finnegan and linebackers Jo-Lonn Dunbar, Mario Haggan and Rocky McIntosh were also added via free agency to help upgrade a unit that ranked 31st against the run a year ago.
The Rams also made wide receiver a priority during the offseason, with veteran Steve Smith and 2012 draftees Brian Quick (2nd Round) and Chris Givens (4th Round) joining returnees Brandon Gibson, Danny Amendola, Greg Salas and Danario Alexander in a wide-open competition for starting jobs.
Another notable free-agent signee was Pro Bowl center Scott Wells, though the former Packer will sit out at least a portion of the preseason while recovering from an arthroscopic knee procedure.
These teams also faced one another in Week 1 of the 2011 preseason, a 33-10 home triumph for the Rams. St. Louis also bested the Colts at the Edward Jones by a 19-17 count in 1996, the only other exhibition encounter between the clubs.


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The Area Agency on Aging District 7 announced they will be moving their office from Portsmouth to Wheelersburg this week.
The last day of operation in their current office located at 1644 11th Street will be Tuesday.
The first day of operation in their new location is anticipated to be Friday, Dec. 21. The new office will be located at 8058 Ohio River Road next to Little Caesar's Pizza.
"Consumers, caregivers, families, or the community who need to stop by the Scioto County location, should take note of the moving information and visit the AAA7 at the Wheelersburg Office starting on Friday, December 21st. The office will remain open in Portsmouth until close of the business day on Tuesday, December 18, 2012. Those who need to contact the office before the Wheelersburg Office is operational, can always call the Agency's toll-free phone number at 1-800-582-7277," said Jenni Dovyak-Lewis, Communications Manager for the Area Agency on Aging District 7.
according to www.aaa7.org, "The Area Agency on Aging District 7, (AAA7) Inc. administers programs for the elderly funded by the state and federal governments. Federal funds under the Older Americans Act and the Health Care Financing Administration, as well as all state funds, are received through the Ohio Department of Aging. The Agency contracts with agencies and then channels funds through this network of service providers. These agency providers include senior centers, community action agencies, home health agencies, health departments, etc. The Area Agency on Aging District 7, Inc. (AAA7) consists of the following ten counties: Adams, Brown, Gallia, Highland, Jackson, Lawrence, Pike, Ross, Scioto, and Vinton."
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There are many more than nine reasons you might be healthier when sharing your life with cats, and for $9 you can become part of a nationwide life-saving movement.
Adopt a feline friend from the Aiken County Shelter during the special "9 Lives for $9" event and become part of something big taking place across the country.
If you missed them yesterday at the FATZ benefit breakfast for the shelter cats, come meet the adoptable cats and adolescent kittens, 9 months or older, available in C.A.T.S. (Cats at the Shelter) adoption colony. Friday begins a 10-day promotion from June 21 to June 30 across the United States, supported by national animal welfare organization Best Friends animal Society with some funding from PetSmart Charities.
As part of the month long adopt-a-shelter-cat jamboree, FOTAS volunteers will also be at Petsmart on Whiskey Road on Saturday, June 22, with our adoptable cats (and dogs, too!)
Aiken County always offers cats for $35, half the normal $70 adoption fee, but for this event they are making it even easier for people to meet the fabulous felines ready to go home. For just $9, you can save a cat who could end up saving you.
Research has supported the claims of many health-related benefits to having a cat as part of your household and family, such as:
• Reduced blood pressure
• Lower triglycerides, cholesterol, risk of cardiovascular disease and reduced risk of heart attack and stroke
• Improved immune function, decrease chance of developing allergies and help prevent asthma in children
• Reduced loneliness, stress, anxiety, depression and generally improved mood
• Fewer health care visits, and a better, longer life!
Every day 9,000 animals are killed in shelters across the country simply because they don't have responsible loving homes. Although FOTAS efforts to rehome our shelter pets and promote the many benefits of spay/neuter are making steady gains (see "Comparing Numbers" Chart), we have a good ways to go.
When you adopt a cat (or two) you save their lives, but your life is also better. If laughter is good medicine, cats can provide a daily dose with their comic antics, or just by snuggling up and letting you know everything's going to be OK.
This 9 Lives for $9 adoption event is part of Best Friends Animal Society's national mission of No More Homeless Pets, which aims to end the killing of dogs and cats in America's shelters. FOTAS is a participating member of the No More Homeless Pets Network, a program of Best Friends Animal Society, offers help and support to animal rescue groups that save lives in their communities.
Of course, not everyone can or should add a feline family member. If you are unable to provide a home for a deserving cat, perhaps you could help by donating your time at C.A.T.S, help us identify more foster homes for kittens (and puppies!), or make a generous donation to FOTAS that will help us continue to improve the condition of their innocent lives. Thank you.
FOTAS volunteers work with the Aiken County Animal Shelter, 411 Wire Road. For more information, contact email@example.com or visit www.fotasaiken.org.
Aiken County Animal Shelter: "Comparing Numbers"
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Rescued 26 80 21 108
Euthanized 294 264 248 164
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LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The New Mexico State athletics department announced Tuesday that the 59 student-athletes from football, cross county, soccer and volleyball make up the highest number of Academic All-WAC honorees of any other school in the conference for the second straight year.
"I'm especially proud that we were able to finish first the last two fall semesters with the most Academic All-WAC honorees," NM State Athletics Director Dr. McKinley Boston said. "This obviously shows consistency of effort from our student-athletes, coaches and academic support people, that we are performing at a very high level both competitively and in the classroom."
"I'm extremely proud of our student-athletes academic success and it's truly an honor and privilege to work with so many dedicated students-athletes who represent NM State with the utmost respect," Associate Athletics Director/Sport Administrator James Hall said.
The NM State football team landed 18 student-athletes on the list, followed by the soccer team with 15, women's cross country with 13, men's cross country with nine and the volleyball team with four.
"This is a testimony to our players and coaches that we take not only winning on the field seriously but we also take the work we do in the classroom seriously as well," head football coach DeWayne Walker said. "Obviously our players are students first and we take a lot of pride in that."
"I was really happy when I saw that we had 15 out of 26 players named Academic All-WAC, it is a great thing for our program," head women's soccer coach Blair Quinn said. "Last year we had 10 honorees and this year we had more than 50% of our team. We had five players with 4.0 GPAs this fall semester and our team GPA continues to rise each year. I'm extremely proud of our accomplishment in the classroom."
"We are really proud of our Academic All-WAC honorees this year," head volleyball coach Mike Jordan said. "They work really hard off and on the court and they represent our program and this University very well."
"With both cross country and track and field we really stress the importance of academics, so when our athletes are recognized for their accomplishments in the classroom it is a proud moment for our program," assistant track and field/cross country coach Chris Huff said.
At the end of the fall 2012 semester, 259 student-athletes, 63 percent of the total student-athlete population, achieved a semester GPA of 3.00 or higher while 260 student-athletes, 64 percent of the total student-athlete population, maintained a cumulative GPA of 3.00 or higher. Among the scholar student-athletes, 55 posted a perfect 4.00 GPA for the semester while 22 maintained a perfect 4.00 cumulative GPA.
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Educated at Wellesley (B.A., 1961, Durant Scholar), Oxford University (St. Anne's College, 1963, Philosophy, Politics and Economics - First Class Honours) and Yale University (Ph.D., Political Science, 1967 - Sterling Fellow), Keohane served on the faculties of the University of Pennsylvania, Swarthmore College and Stanford University.
She has published the Renaissance to the Enlightenment (1980) and Higher Ground: Ethics and Leadership in the Modern University (2006), as well as essays on feminism, the history of political thought and higher education.
She became president and professor of political science at Wellesley in 1981, and led the largest fundraising drive in the history of American private colleges, overturning conventional wisdom that women would not become heavily involved in a major philanthropic effort and were not supportive of higher education. Also during Keohane's tenure at Wellesley, she implemented an improved affirmative action program and increased both minority student enrollment and faculty hiring. She became President and Professor of Political Science at Duke University in 1993, where she championed increased faculty diversity and promotes the hiring and advancement of women faculty. She is currently the Laurance S. Rockefeller Distinguished Visiting Professor of Public Affairs at Princeton University.
As a political theorist, her major teaching and research interests are in leadership and inequality, with a particular emphasis on gender issues and the role of institutions, law and public policy in creating (or obstructing) opportunities for women around the world.
Keohane has been active in the field of political science, holding various positions in the American Political Science Association and serving as an editor of its journal. She serves on the Trilateral Commission, the Council of Foreign Relations, and on the boards of directors of IBM, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Director's Advisory Committee of the National Institutes of Health. She is also a member of the Harvard Corporation, and chairs the Board of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
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It is nearly August and you are still working in your student or summer job or have no job at all. How can you move into a job in your field of interest?
Finishing school and not being able to find a job can be very frustrating. There are a variety of resources available to help new graduates move into paid positions. Some students use the years immediately after graduation to "give back" to their communities. Many organizations offer paid or unpaid internships that can help you build your skills and your resume. One website that lists these opportunities is Idealist.org. Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA), the Peace Corps, City Year and Teach for America are all part of the AmeriCorps program. These various programs offer participants a living stipend and other benefits, depending upon the program. Requirements and application deadlines vary, so check the sites.
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"He could drop to 205 and get a shot at the title in my opinion, on day one," he said. "Look at the guys he's beat at heavyweight."
It is not yet currently known if the 34-year-old Cormier could make the number due to kidney issues he sustained during his amateur wrestling career while cutting weight. In his last three fights, he has checked in at 235, 230 and 238 pounds, respectively. To make the light heavyweight championship fight limit, he would have to get down to 205 or less.
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When I questioned his wisdom, the principal said, "Just give the kids some sound graduation advice." I asked, "Should I tell them I hear the Monsanto plant is hiring?" "No," said the edu-crat, "encourage them. Tell them they can do anything they want." "So I should lie? Have you seen most of these kids? They can't do anything." "No, we don't see it that way. Give them hope," he said.
That's the problem. Kids are getting pie-in-the-sky advice and, judging by obesity rates, they are also eating the pie.
Should I turn into Maya Angelou and tell entitled kids who graduated because of grade inflation, who think Mao Tse-Tung is the Asian equivalent of French kissing, who don't read newspapers and who can't find
Guess which one I am going with.
No kid who has been a doped-out, video game-playing slacker his whole adolescence turns it around because the town's poet laureate tells him to "reach for the sky but keep your feet on the ground."
John Maloney is right about the misinformation we get as kids. Growing up, I really thought from watching cartoons that quicksand was going to be a bigger problem than it turned out to be. I was not prepared for real-life problems, like relatives who want to borrow money.
The top 5 percent of students in that class do not need me telling them they can do anything. They get it. The damage comes in pandering to the bottom half of the class who are led to believe
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That sort of coddling, false confidence is why half of American workers are unhappy and disappointed when they have to work hard at something. They inevitably view themselves as "victims" (a.k.a. Democrats). Intuition tempts us to call this "compassion," which is really feel-good lies told to kids that take the onus off them and put the blame on others. It becomes a perpetual excuse.
Boys go to work out of school and are blindsided by reality. They never know what hit them; it's like marrying a Kardashian.
Unrealistic expectations may be the reason suicide rates are up among middle-aged Americans, now outnumbering automobile accident deaths. Suicides are up a staggering 40 percent from 1999 to 2010 among whites. This is the generation of 9th place participation ribbon recipients who post the sandwich they had for lunch on Facebook.
They confuse any effort with success. And their parents often don't have the guts to let their kids face consequences.
Students are victims of a giant fraud: the government-run education system that has molded them for 12 gullible years. Public schools are government-run; teachers are government-hired; and government determines standards, pay, curricula and graduation requirements. Government seeks to produce compliant citizens it can someday rule without much pushback. Smart, independent thinkers are not wanted. Blowing smoke up your graduation gown serves government well.
The result is kids who are not prepared for life or for the workforce. About 22.6 million young "adults" between the ages of 18 and 34 still live at home with their parents. Twenty-six percent of parents have taken on debt to support their adult offspring.
These kids drive right by "Help Wanted" signs at Starbucks and play video games all day. They have been conditioned to believe that hard work is for chumps. "Why work? The government or my parents will take care of me." Kids watch reality TV shows like the "Deadliest Catch" and marvel at men who work hard each day at their job catching fish.
Few lessons in school teach the value of hard work, ingenuity, gumption and entrepreneurship. Those lessons are as rare as Romney or Ron Paul bumper stickers in the faculty parking lot.
Our system lowers the standards of education and raises students' sense of entitlement. A student in
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We're starting off 2014 in the throes of a lot of viral illness. This is typical for the New Year with January and February notorious months for the peak of flu, RSV and common colds. Despite these historical statistics, my patients, their parents and even my friends continue to ask, "why is everyone sick?'" and "why do my kids get sick so often, this can't be normal?".
One thing that continues to be true, young kids do get sick quite often during the toddler years. That means a "normal" toddler may get 7-10 viral infections in a year, with the majority of these occurring during the fall and winter months. Infants who are still being carried, "up in their parent's arms" don't get sick as often, but once they hit the ground crawling, I can almost guarantee a trip or two to the pediatrician for fever, cough, runny nose, and congestion. By the time a child is walking and is now 12-24 months old their "germ" load is at its peak. I lovingly call this age group "little germ", while some parents refer to their children as "a petri dish".
Parents will often ask me, "how do I keep my toddler from catching so many illnesses?" One way you keep your child healthy is by immunizing them against all of the diseases that you can! Vaccines continue to prevent serious disease and illnesses like meningitis, hepatitis, measles , polio......just to name a few. But vaccines don't protect against the common cold, which is caused by so many different viruses (RSV, rhinovirus, adenovirus).
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Obama Holds Fire on Syria, Waits on Russia Plan
President Presses Case for Syria Strikes but Asks Congress to Delay Votes
WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama told Americans Tuesday he would pursue a newly energized diplomatic course to try to resolve the standoff with Syria, but he insisted that the U.S. must conduct military strikes, if needed, in response to the Assad regime's alleged use of chemical weapons.
Mr. Obama said in a televised address that he asked Congress to postpone a vote on a resolution to authorize military force, which he looked likely to lose. Instead he said he would reserve the option of military strikes while pursuing a Russian proposal for Syria to hand over its chemical weapons under an international agreement.
"It's too early to tell whether this offer will succeed," Mr. Obama said, "and any agreement must verify that the Assad regime keeps its commitments."
Mr. Obama's address, which showed no immediate sign of changing minds in Congress, came on a day of fast-moving developments in which U.S. lawmakers and officials from France, Russia and other nations scrambled to develop proposals under which Syria would relinquish its chemical weapons.
Syria for the first time directly admitted that it possesses chemical weapons and said it would cease their production and disclose the locations of the stockpiles to the international community, including the United Nations and Russia, which is at the center of the negotiations.
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While Mr. Obama agreed to explore the possibility of a Syrian chemical-weapons handover, his administration expressed skepticism that a deal could be reached, and a dispute emerged quickly among members of the U.N. Security Council over how such a measure could be enforced, with France seeking language that leaves military action on the table and Russia rejecting such a move.
Secretary of State John Kerry, who will meet Thursday with his Russian counterpart in Geneva to continue talks, told Congress Tuesday that reaching any agreement on details of a chemical-weapons plan would be "exceedingly difficult."
Mr. Obama made the possibility of a military strike a central element of his 15-minute address as he discussed the Syrian regime's alleged chemical-weapons attack on Aug. 21 that the U.S. says killed more than 1,400 of its own citizens, including children, outside Damascus.
"Let me make something clear: The United States military doesn't do pinpricks,'' he said. "Even a limited strike will send a message to Assad that no other nation can deliver." He said he had ordered the military "to maintain our current posture and to be in a position to respond if diplomacy fails."
At the same time, Mr. Obama acknowledged that the limits of U.S. power to resolve the Syrian civil war and that military action, "no matter how limited, is not going to be popular'' after the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He said any U.S. action would be constrained: "I will not put American boots on the ground in Syria,'' he said. "I will not pursue an open-ended action like Iraq or Afghanistan…This would be a targeted strike to achieve a clear objective: deterring the use of chemical weapons and degrading Assad's capabilities."
Initial reaction to Mr. Obama's speech suggested that he hadn't changed minds in Congress, where support for a resolution authorizing force had been eroding.
Rep. Trey Radel (R., Fla.) said the speech hadn't altered his stance that taking military action against Syria would be a mistake. "It still leaves me and the American people confused," Mr. Radel, a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said after the speech, pointing to what he described as conflicting descriptions from the administration of how much force would be used in Syria. "Is this a slap on the wrist or is it an actual bombing campaign?"
Sen. Joe Manchin (D., W.Va.), who had opposed a Senate resolution authorizing military force in Syria, said his position hadn't shifted. "If you think military might and money will change the outcome in that part of the world, then we'd have done it by now," Mr. Manchin said in an interview after the speech. He said he was encouraged by the president's talk of diplomatic options.
Senate Armed Services Chairman Sen. Carl Levin (D., Mich.) said he supported the president's diplomatic efforts but that Congress should still vote to support a military strategy to keep up pressure on Syria.
After the diplomatic opening materialized Monday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) canceled an initial test vote in the Senate for Wednesday. On Tuesday, after meeting with the president and Senate Democrats at the Capitol, Mr. Reid said the vote has been put on hold indefinitely, pending the outcome of diplomatic efforts.
The timing of any Senate vote will be dictated by international "developments taking place, not some artificial timeline," Mr. Reid said.
Sen. Dick Durbin (D., Ill.) said the president asked senators to give him time to size up the diplomatic opportunity. "He needs a number of days," said Mr. Durbin. "The president was not overly optimistic about it."
U.S. military officials said Tuesday that the latest developments wouldn't prompt them to move any forces or take American ships off alert. "We aren't taking a deep breath," said a military official. "If we stand down, this whole thing evaporates."
Pentagon officials said they were aware of potential plans for a U.N. resolution, but they didn't know that it would materialize.
The reaction showed that Mr. Kerry's off-the-cuff comments Monday—which opened the door to the latest diplomatic scramble by saying the U.S. would be receptive to a plan under which Syria turned over its chemical weapons—wasn't coordinated across the government.
"It was an accident on one hand, and not an accident on the other," said a senior U.S. official.
Amid the move to delay votes in Congress, a bipartisan group of senior senators began reworking the language of a potential resolution on the use of force, reacting to eroding support among lawmakers and developments at the U.N.
They were drafting an amendment that would call for the U.N. to pass a measure declaring that Syria had used chemical weapons and to remove them by a certain date, which lawmakers were still negotiating, a person familiar with the effort said. If the weapons weren't removed by that deadline, the resolution would authorize the president to launch limited military action.
"This is a way of both keeping the pressure on Syria and on Russia to get rid of the chemical weapons, which is the goal of this whole effort. But, secondly, if they fail, then it would keep the authority to launch a strike," said Sen. Carl Levin (D., Mich.), one of the lawmakers working on the measure.
The bipartisan group included John McCain (R., Ariz.), Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.), Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.), and Bob Menendez (D., N.J.).
Authors of the bill hoped that the changes would build support among lawmakers who were opposed to force, or on the fence, by putting more emphasis on diplomatic efforts. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D., N.D.), who had opposed the initial Senate resolution, said she was open to an alternative.
"While I'm still waiting to learn additional details about this new resolution, if it means we're closer to a diplomatic solution addressing the use of chemical weapons in Syria, that's a good thing," she said.
The rapid turn of events from Moscow to Damascus to Washington followed two weeks of remarkable twists in Mr. Obama's push to follow through on a red line he set last year against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad using chemical weapons.
The U.S. was on the brink of unilateral military strikes against Syria when Mr. Obama made the surprise announcement on Aug. 31 that he would seek the backing of Congress.
Then, on Monday, the White House found itself inadvertently in negotiations with Russia over a diplomatic endgame after Mr. Kerry opened the door to the talks in unscripted comments.
U.S. lawmakers and administration officials remain skeptical any such proposal would work.
Mr. Kerry cautioned Tuesday that the U.S. wouldn't delay action indefinitely for Syria to meet the international community's conditions for giving up its chemical weapons. "We're waiting for that proposal, but we're not waiting for long," he said in testimony before the House Armed Services Committee.
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem said in a statement he read to a pro-regime Lebanese TV station, al-Mayadeen, that Damascus would cease production of chemical weapons and disclose the locations of its stockpiles to the United Nations, Russia and others.
France said it would submit a resolution to the U.N. Security Council aimed at forcing Syria to give international inspectors full access to its chemical stockpile and allow for its swift dismantlement.
Russia called the resolution "unacceptable," citing the French proposal's use of a U.N. measure that would potentially authorize the use of force, as well as language that laid blame for using chemical weapons on Syria's government. Russia said it would instead propose a draft declaration backing an initiative to put Syria's chemical weapons under international control.
The White House, although skeptical, embraced the overtures from Damascus and Moscow. Mr. Obama spoke separately with President François Hollande of France and U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron Tuesday.
All three agreed to work "closely together, and in consultation with Russia and China, to explore seriously the viability of the Russian proposal to put all Syrian chemical weapons and related materials fully under international control in order to ensure their verifiable and enforceable destruction," a White House official said.
—Julian E. Barnes, Kristina Peterson, Siobhan Hughes, Sam Dagher and Gregory L. White contributed to this article.
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The late Carolyn Westbury never had any children, but her husband Brunson wanted to make sure she was remembered. And so on Tuesday at 5 pm, a group of friends gathered to honor Carolyn at the ARK, Alzheimer's Family Support Services.
During the short ceremony, it was announced that Westbury has seeded an endowment with a $25,000 donation in Carolyn's memory, with a pledge of $45,000 total to the fund.
According to Cheryl Moniz, Development Director for the ARK, the endowment is a designated fund endowment, which means anyone can add to the fund at any time.
Westbury says he wanted to see Carolyn's legacy carried out and to see that she was remembered.
ARK board member Marlena Myers spoke of how Carolyn grew up in Holly Hill, one of four children, and how she treasured that family and spoke with her siblings every day.
After she married Brunson, she worked beside him to found Westbury Veterinary Clinic in 1960, and grow the business.
When her parents needed her care, she phased out her work at the clinic to care for them until their passing.
Myers spoke of Westbury as "…a woman of many talents: seamstress, gardener, cook, devoted church member, and Sunday school leader" who mastered any task she undertook.
"Carolyn Westbury loved life, and she loved the trips she and Brunson undertook."
Myers then spoke of the "thief" (Alzheimer's disease) that starts with the little things, such as being forgetful, and then moves on to the bigger things, such as robbing sufferers of their memories.
But through it all, Brunson stayed by her side.
Brunson told Myers it had been "a pleasure to take care of his wife, because she was so grateful for all that he did for her."
Brunson said although Carolyn was never able to have children, her legacy would be to take care of the participants of the ARK's programs who suffer from Alzheimer's as she did, with the endowment.
The ARK provides a range of services to families dealing with Alzheimer's disease and related memory disorders. The endowment will help provide scholarships for respite care and other services to families who otherwise could not afford it.
Carolyn Westbury passed away in February 2011, but her life and her legacy will live on. Brunson has taken care of that.
As he loved and cherished her in life, her husband Brunson continues to cherish her memory and her legacy two years after her passing.
His generosity will benefit those in need of the ARK's services for many years to come.
Friends of the Westbury's, those interested in Alzheimer's disease and dementia, and the public are invited to contribute to the Carolyn R. Westbury Endowment. The endowment will be managed by Coastal Community Foundation (CCF). For information contact CCF, (843) 723-3635.
For information on The ARK, call 843-832-2357 or email email@example.com.
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The 2012 annual district report cards were released this morning and while graduation rates across the state went up for the second straight year, Aiken County was below the state averages on all of the Palmetto Assessment of State Standards tests.
Statewide, the 74.9 percent graduation rate is the highest it has been since the 2007-08 school year. In Aiken County, the graduation rate of 75.6 percent, although it raised by 2 percent from last year, is slightly lower than the average of similar districts at 76.3.
The Aiken County School district stayed at "Average" for its absolute rating, but saw its growth rating jump from "Below Average" to "Good."
The "Good" rating means that school performance exceeds the standards for progress toward the 2020 SC Performance Vision. Out of the 23 districts similar to and including Aiken County, 11 were awarded "Excellent" absolute ratings, six earned "Good," five earned "Average" and just one was named "At-Risk."
Among the highest performing Title I schools in the state, seven are from Aiken County. Those schools are Leavelle-McCampbell Middle, New Ellenton Middle, Byrd Elementary, Clearwater Elementary, Gloverville Elementary, Jackson Middle and Oakwood-Windsor Elementary.
The only school in the area to be named a priority school, or among the lowest 5 percent in the state, was Wagener-Salley High.
The percentage of students in Aiken County who failed to meet the grade level standards in the PASS tests was above the average of similar districts across the board. The worst tested subject locally was Social Studies, where 32 percent of Aiken County students failed to meet the PASS grade level standard.
The graduation rate and drop-out rate in Aiken County fell from last year, but the number of students per teacher rose from 23.2 to 24.5. Aiken County also saw its opportunity in the arts grade dropped from "Excellent" to "Poor."
Editor's note: There is currently a discrepancy in scores reported by the state and those reported by Aiken County. We will update this web story as soon as the Aiken Standard receives updated information from the State Department of Education.
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The USC Aiken mens basketball team has had a week to lick its wounds following its first Peach Belt Conference setback of the season, a 95-90 overtime loss at Columbus State. Now, the Pacers (7-4, 3-1) return to action in the Convocation Center tonight for a game against a surging Montevallo team. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
The Falcons (8-4, 4-1) are winners of three games in a row, and their 19-point victory over North Georgia on Thursday vaulted them into first place in the PBC West Division standings ahead of the Saints. Sophomore Troran Brown led the Falcons in that win with a career-high 26 points, showing the teams balanced scoring attack.
On the season, five different Montevallo players are averaging 9.9 points per game or more. Brown, a sophomore point guard, is averaging 6 assists and more than 15 points per game, second on the squad to Drico Hightower. The senior forward is posting close to 17 points per game on 63 percent shooting from the field. Other Falcons capable of big scoring games include senior forward Marvin Fitzgerald (14 points, 10 rebounds per game), the teams leading 3-point shooter senior guard Jonas Brown (more than 10 points per game) and sophomore guard Ryan May (9.9 points per game).
As a team, the Falcons are connecting on slightly less than 50 percent of their field goal attempts. That could be an issue for the Pacers, who have struggled when their opponents have connected on better than 41 percent in games this season.
While USCA is trying to find consistency on defense, it has leaned on its ability to score. In its seven wins, its averaging more than 89 points per game, good enough to leave it in a tie for second place in the PBC East Division standings. The Pacers top scorer is Ronald Zimmerman, whos averaging 18 points per game this season and tallied a team-best 27 in the overtime loss last Saturday.
Other Pacers scoring in double figures for the season include Santoine Butler, Remon Nelson and Paul Larsen, while Jesse Seilern and Kinley Branch are averaging better than nine points per game. USCA has also gotten a boost of the bench in recent games with the return of reserve guard DeVontae Wright. He allows Nelson, the programs all-time leader in steals and approaching the mark in assists, to play off the ball and even get the occasional breather. The Pacers will need to be firing on all cylinders to prevail but have the advantage of playing at home, where theyre 5-1.
Noah Feit is the sports editor for the Aiken Standard and has been a professional journalist for more than a dozen years after graduating from Syracuse University.
Todays Game
What: USC Aiken mens basketball
Who: USCA (7-4, 3-1 PBC) vs. Montevallo (8-4, 4-1 PBC)
When: Today, 7:30 p.m.
Where: Convocation Center
Star Watch
USCA: Ronald Zimmerman, Jr. G. Zimmerman has had many more hot nights than cold ones this season, and is coming off a 27-point performance to push his season average to 18 per game.
Montevallo: Marvin Fitzgerald, Sr. F. Fitzgeralds averaging a double-double this season with more than 14 points and 10 rebounds per game.
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Academic student achievement and hard work was celebrated on Thursday, May 6, when 288 fifth grade Sheboygan Area School District (SASD) students will be receiving the President's Award for Educational Excellence.
The awards ceremony was held in the Sheboygan South High School auditorium. Each student received a lapel pin and a certificate signed by President Barack Obama, the U.S. Secretary of Education, and the student's building principal.
Seth Harvatine, Longfellow Elementary School principal and organizer of the event, read a letter sent from President Obama. Joe Sheehan, SASD Superintendent, was the guest speaker for the event. Sheehan commented, "We congratulate the students and their parents for the accomplishments that these students have achieved. These students are positive role models for their classmates and for their younger brothers and sisters." Sheehan added, " We congratulate the students and their moms and dads on this outstanding accomplishment."
Since 1983, the program has provided individual recognition from the President and the U.S. Secretary of Education to those students whose outstanding efforts enable them to meet challenging standards of excellence. To qualify for this award, students must meet two requirements. Students must earn at least a B+ average during fourth grade and first semester of fifth grade. Students also needed an advanced score in reading and/or mathematics on the Wisconsin Student Assessment System Knowledge and Concepts Examination (WKCE) taken in fourth grade and an advanced score in reading and/or mathematics on the Measure of Academic Progress (MAPS) test in the fall of 5th grade.
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How to quit and kill (force quit) apps in iOS 7
From iOS 4 to iOS 6 you quit apps apps by double clicking the Home button, holding down on the icons in the fast app switcher tray until they jiggled, and then tapped the X to shut them down. Now there's not fast app switcher any more, there a card view, and holding down creates no jiggles and presents no X. So how do you kill apps in the new, carded, iOS 7 world?
- Double click Home to launch the multitasking cards interface
- Touch and hold a card and then toss it up and away.
- Touch and hold multiple cards to toss multiple cards away. (Up to three - the maximum shown on screen at any time).
Any app tossed off screen is shut down. There's still no option to "quit all apps", because you don't ever need to "quit all apps" even if sometimes it's a fast way to troubleshoot rogue processes. But given all the new multitasking APIs, and the higher chance for weirdness post update, it's worth knowing how to do.
Watch the video above to see how it works.
Killing (force quitting) an app in iOS 7 is probably the same as it's always been. (I haven't had an app freeze yet, so I haven't tested it.)
- Hold down the Sleep/Wake button until the Slide to Power Off control appears
- Hold down the Home button until the screen blanks and you're returned to the Home screen
I haven't needed to do that in years, so if you ever do, let me know if it works for you.
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How to quit and kill (force quit) apps in iOS 7
not sure why to the left of the desktop card they couldn't have just put a "kill all" button.
Yes! WebOS must live on :)
How is it more intuitive than being the same way you delete applications? You hold until shaking then press the X. Now it's different and not clear... Shall we have a different way of swiping screens now in different areas too? Maybe up and down instead of left and right depending on where you are? Swirly? Maybe a different way of cutting and pasting depending on the application? It's not a good decision IMHO.
Rene, In the last part of your article you talk about Killing (force quitting) an app in iOS 7. Did you mean a soft reset? If so there is an easier way to do this. All you need to do is hold the home button and the sleep button at the same time until you see the apple logo then release both.
"There's still no option to "quit all apps", because you don't ever need to "quit all apps"
Reason to quit all apps: OCD.
Maybe I'm crazy, but I'm of the opinion that OCD is a perfectly valid reason to want something. If I want all these apps out of my iPad's memory, then why not give me a way to do that? I am apparently not the only person to have this thought.
I understand the line of thinking that the only way to please nobody is to try and please everybody... but, if you can add a function which makes some people happy and doesn't bother anybody else, then why wouldn't you do it?
If my battery goes to 20% (Which happens) I want to be able to kill everything running in the background to stretch out the remaining battery. Thus a KillAll would be great!
it's however you've stored their names as contact. I have even added emoticons to some of my friends/family (red heart, blue heart, etc...) and it shows up in my texting, too...
Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Contacts: Short Name. You can then choose a variation for short names (e.g. First Name & Last Initial) or turn it off entirely.
Thanks so much I was this close to throwing my phone off a wall and getting a Galaxy!
Thanks for the info. I was SO frustrated by this... seems harder though/slower. Hmmmmmm......
You should share one important distinction when posting about killing apps in iOS 7. Unlike iOS 6, killing an app in iOS 7 disables any background processing that app might be able to do until the user launches the app again by tapping it's icon. In iOS 6, killing an app would terminate the process, but iOS would launch it again if it needed to in order to let the app respond to a system notification. That's no longer the case.
Killing an app in iOS 7, using the multitasking switcher, will cause problems for many apps. Here are some examples of the kind of things that won't work if you kill the app this way:
1. Geofencing. Any app that is monitoring a geofence will not respond to fence crossings if you kill it.
2. Significant location monitoring. Any app that registers for significant location change monitoring (cell tower triangulation) will not be woken up to respond to such a change if you kill it.
3. Background Refresh. Any app that uses the new iOS 7 background refresh APIs to do things like update your feeds will not be given any time slices if you kill it.
4. Push notifications. Any app that uses the new iOS 7 APIs to be able to actually respond to a push notification with some kind of action (instead of just posting the notification to NC) will not be given any time slices if you kill it.
There are countless more situations, surely. These apps will not do any of these features until the user launches them again. That means, if you ask an app (a 3rd party app, using normal APIs, not an Apple app) to remind you about something when you are near it, but then you kill it from the multitasking switcher, *it will not remind you, ever* until you launch that app manually again.
Now, the apps that appear in the multitasking switcher, they are not apps that are running and "in-memory." This has *never been the case* not even in iOS 6. They are the apps that are "runnable." That means, they are expected to be active. iOS can terminate them at any time due to memory or other resource pressure. Going through the switcher and killing all apps to "free up memory" is a silly thing to do. The OS already does that as needed.
In iOS 6, there was no difference between iOS terminating an app to save resources and the user killing it themselves. That's no longer the case. In iOS 7, when the user terminates an app, the app is effectively disabled from executing ANY CODE, for ANY REASON, until the user launches the app via its icon again.
I've already had many support emails caused by this poorly communicated change in behavior of the multitasking switcher. Combined with Apple's failure to train users about how the OS already manages memory intelligently and how they don't need to mess with killing apps for resource management issues, this new behavior is causing many users to have geofencing failures in my app, HoursTracker, because they are so used to killing apps "just to be sure" and they don't know that now in iOS 7 that disables HoursTracker from responding to any fence crossings. In fact, the app never receives the geofencing notifications *at all*
This was all discussed in detail at WWDC 2013 in the multitasking talk. I urge you to watch it, Rene, and maybe put up a story to help your readers avoid these pitfalls :)
Hi Marc,
That's a good question. The way it was described at WWDC, the answer would be yes. No code from Skype's app bundle will run after you kill it and before you launch it yourself. That would rule out launching it on boot. But, maybe there's exceptions to these rules. I don't use Skype, but I'd love to hear what the behavior is...
This is certainly the case for apps registered for background location... they are not launched on system start if you kill them. They are as good as uninstalled until you run them again. I believe in the WWDC talk it was described that the user expects killing an app will prevent it from doing anything so that's how it works now.
Just like windows 8 but upward
Thank you so much I needed to know this I have been trying to figure it out and couldn't and it's something so simple!! Now I know why my phone has been running slow too!!


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Google has the world calling it evil once again. (That's at least the third time in 2012. Kudos, Google.) This time it's thanks to a blog post Tuesday by Google's director of privacy announcing the company's plans to turn its 70+ privacy policies into just one that will apply to all of Google's products, from Gmail to Picasa to YouTube. Along with simplifying its privacy policy, Google is planning to have more overlap in your information from different services:
Our new Privacy Policy makes clear that, if you're signed in, we may combine information you've provided from one service with information from other services. In short, we'll treat you as a single user across all our products, which will mean a simpler, more intuitive Google experience.
via Official Google Blog: Updating our privacy policies and terms of service.
Google has already given us a taste of that with the awkwardly-named "Search Plus Your World" (SPYW) — which merges Google+ with Google search to give you more personal results. In a blog post tearing Google a new one and transforming Sergey Brin and Larry Page into evil demons via Photoshop, Mat Honan at Gizmodo calls this a "privacy policy shift." Actually, it's not.
Google keeps an archive of its privacy policies. Since at least October 2005 (!), the company has stated in the "Information you provide" section: "We may combine the information you submit under your account with information from other Google services or third parties in order to provide you with a better experience and to improve the quality of our services."
What's changing is not Google's privacy policies but its practices. By combining information from across all of its services, Google will be able to better target users with ads, offer more innovative features, and, importantly for Google, better compete with Facebook. Fellow Forbes writer David DiSalvo says Google is "saying goodbye to user privacy." I hate to tell you all, but Google already knew all these things about you — to get a sense of how much Google knows about you, check out the Dashboard — and already had permission to combine that info, they're just now actually going to do that. And kudos to them for being so explicit about that.
Over at TechCrunch, Devin Coldewey says the quick leap to calling Google evil shows that the tech press is currently biased against them.
Everyone wants so badly for Google to do something truly evil (instead of just questionable or inconvenient) that their perceptions of Google actions are actually being affected. Casting events systematically in a non-objective light is the exhibition of bias, and the continual presentation of policies one disagrees with as evidence of "evil" seems to fall under that category.
Google going evil has become the Godwin's Law of tech commentary.
When Google starts bundling everything it knows about its users and selling that to insurance companies, background check companies, and the Department of Homeland Security, that's when I'll trot out the "evil label." But using information from Gmail to suggest more appropriate YouTube videos or reminding an Android smartphone user that they have a Google calendar appointment in a half hour on the other side of town doesn't strike me as the work of Lucifer.