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Thirteen members of the East Central University football team claimed 14 All-Great American Conference honors for the 2012 season. Five of the Tigers seniors have been named to the first team, four seniors earned second team honors and five players more were named honorable mentions.
Seniors Armonty Bryant (DE), Jason Catchings (OLB), Norris Wrenn (S), Fred Gaines (S), and Brian Gonzalez (P) were all named to the 30-member All-GAC First Team.
Seniors Titus Mobley (TB), Colter Huff (TE), Tobyn Large (OL) and Tyler McGrew (ILB) were all named to the 30-member All-GAC Second Team.
Seniors Erik Howell (DT), Amos Cherry (ILB), Dustin Lasell (OLB) and Gonzalez (K) and sophomore Qumain Black (CB) were all named honorable mention All-GAC.
Bryant ended his career with 27.5 sacks, good enough to claim the ECU Career Sacks title. The Wichita Falls, Texas, native recorded a total of 10.5 sacks, for 79 yards, his senior season, while adding 54 (27-27) tackles, 17.5 tackles-for-loss (115 yards), seven quarterbacks hurries, three pass break-ups, four forced fumbles, two blocked kicks, and two fumble recoveries (53 yards). Bryant scored one touchdown on a forced fumble and recovery that ended up being the game-winning TD against Southeastern Oklahoma State (Nov. 10).
Catchings finished the season with 56 (32-24) tackles, 13.5 tackles-for-loss (45 yards), five sacks (25 yards), one forced fumble and fumble recovery.
Wrenn claimed the Tigers Career Tackles record in his final game of the season, finishing his career with 278 tackles and breaking a record that had stood since 1978. In 2012, the Lawton, Okla., native tallied 72 (50-22) tackles, one interception, four pass break-ups, and a fumble recovery.
Gaines led ECU and the conference with seven interceptions, for 80 yards. The Fresno, Calif., native also added 63 (46-17) tackles and three break-ups in 2012.
Gonzalez, who was an All-GAC first team punter and an honorable mention kicker, went 14-of-20 on his field goals and 23-of-27 on his extra point attempts in 2012. The Los Angeles, Calif., native also averaged 40.3 yards on his punts and 61.3 on kickoffs. Gonzalez ended his career by hitting a career-long 50-yard field goal against Southeastern.
Mobley recorded eight touchdowns in 2012, six rushing and two receiving, and recorded 959 yards of total offense. Huff added two TD's on 236 yards receiving. McGrew tallied 96 (45-51) tackles and threw one touchdown (four yards) on a fake field goal attempt. Large, an offensive lineman, finished the season with one tackle.
Cherry led the Tigers with 98 (51-47) tackles, including 6.5 for loss. Howell added 28 (13-15) tackles, while recovering two fumbles and forcing three. Lasell garnered 70 (38-32) tackles and recovered two fumbles for ECU. Black scored one defensive touchdown for the Tigers on a fumble recovery and tallied 51 (30-21) tackles.


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'The Walking Dead' Focuses on Survivors in Season 4
After three years and hundreds of scenes of zombie splatter, "The Walking Dead" is beefing up its soft side for a more intensely character-focused season. John Jurgensen has a preview on Lunch Break. Photo: Frank Ockenfels 3/AMC.
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Wi-Fi body wants hotspots to override 3G
Data auto re-route tech in development
The Wi-Fi Alliance has proposed to develop a standard that would allow mobile gadgets to automatically log on to public wireless hotspots.
Most modern smartphones already support Wi-Fi and automatically route data over such connections if they can, to reduce data flow over pricey - and often slower - 3G HSPA links.
The WFA's wants phones to use public hotspots this way, as seamlessly as logging in to the office or home wireless network is.
It also wants the system to allow data already travelling over a 3G link to be automatically and invisibly - to the user - re-routed through a hotspot that has come into range.
The scheme mandates WPA 2 wireless security, and automatic hotspot sign-on using pre-programmed credentials.
The WFA pitches the system as a win for network operators. The technology will lead to reduced congestion on their 3G cells, and will allow them to make more of their partnerships with Wi-Fi zone owners.
Of course, hotspots that support the system will need their ability to do so to be certified, which means work for the WFA's engineers and bureaucrats, so it's a win for the WFA too. ®
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Memorial service on Thursday, Nov. 29.
John H. Corcoran, 69, of Crookston, MN, died late Wednesday evening, November 21, 2012, at the Hillcrest Senior Living Center in Red Lake Falls, MN. John was born and raised in Lowell, MA, and later served hi s country as a member of the U.S. Armed Forces. Through the years his travels took him to various parts of the country, and he was employed as a chef at restaurants in several cities in which he lived. He came to Crookston in 1990 and spent several months living at The Care and Share Center. He had been a part-time employee of the Novel Cup in Crookston for several years before entering the RiverView Nursing Home, and had moved to the Hillcrest Senior Living Center just a few weeks ago. He leaves behind several acquaintances and a very good friend, Marlo Moren, of Crookston. John was an animal lover, and his pet cat was an important part of his life.
A memorial service for John Corcoran will be held at 11:00am, Thursday, November 29, 2012, in the Care and Share Chapel in Crookston with The Rev. Vincent Miller, presiding.
Memorials may given in John's name to The Care and Share Center, 220 East 3rd Street, Crookston, MN 56716. The Stenshoel-Houske Funeral Home is assisting with funeral arrangements.


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Israel's 'moral clarity' letter frustrates Islamic-Fascists and radical leftists so-called "activiists"
Israel's 'moral clarity' letter frustrates Islamic-Fascists and radical leftists so-called "activists"
israel today Israel News Anti-Israel fly-in protest is a bust - israel today
Sunday, April 15, 2012 Ryan Jones
Israel was on alert Sunday for a planned mass fly-in protest, or "flytilla," by foreign anti-Israel activists protesting the Jewish state's control of Judea and Samaria, including the eastern half of Jerusalem. But by the end of the work day, a mere 27 activists had managed to land in Israel. They were quickly detained and deported.
The stunt was largely thwarted by Israel loudly publicizing the fact that it would deny entry to the activists, insisting that they were arriving for the sole purpose of provoking unrest. As a result, most airlines cancelled the activists' tickets rather than be billed for their return flights upon deportation from Israel. Unable to even reach Israel, hundreds of the activists demonstrated at an airport in Paris.
Those who did make it to Israel were presented an official letter of welcome by Israel's Foreign Ministry. The wry letter read:
Dear activist,
We appreciate your choosing to make Israel the object of your humanitarian concerns. We know there were many other worthy choices.
You could have chosen to protest they Syrian regime's daily savagery against its own people, which has claimed thousands of lives.
You could have chosen to protest the Iranian regime's brutal crackdown on dissent and support of terrorism throughout the world.
You could have chosen to protest Hamas rule in Gaza, where terror organizations commit a double war crime by firing rockets at civilians and hiding behind civilians.
But instead you chose to protest against Israel, the Middle East's sole democracy, where women are equal, the press criticizes the government, human rights organizations can operate freely, religious freedom is protected for all and minorities do not live in fear.
Therefore we suggest to let you solve first the real problems of the region, and then come back and share with us your experience.
Have a nice flight.
The letter was seen as a public relations victory, as it strongly highlighted the grossly exaggerated attention paid to Israel and its conflict with the Palestinian Arabs, a conflict that pales in comparison with so many other crises around the world. For many, it is that gross exaggeration, that irrational obsession with what "the Jews" are doing, that marks such schemes as anti-Semitic.
Israel to 'thank' fly-in activists in mocking letter
Jerusalem Post
14 Apr 2012
By HERB KEINON, YAAKOV LAPPIN, TOVAH LAZAROFF
Israel plans to bar entry by some 2,000 activists from at least 15 different countries, mostly in Europe, either by preventing them from boarding their flights or by deporting them once they arrive.
The activists want to draw attention to Israel's practice of barring foreigners it believes could cause trouble by engaging in pro-Palestinian activities during their visit.
The letter - drawn up in the Prime Minister's Office - noted, that the activists "could have chosen to protest the Syrian regime's daily savagery against its own people, which has claimed thousands of lives."
Alternatively, they could have chosen to protest "the Iranian regime's brutal crackdown on dissent and support of terrorism throughout the world." Or, if they simply had to come to this part of the globe, they "could have chosen to protest Hamas rule in Gaza, where terror organizations commit a double war crime by firing rockets at civilians and hiding behind civilians."
Instead, "you chose to protest against Israel, the Middle East's sole democracy, where women are equal, the press criticizes the government, human rights organizations can operate freely, religious freedom is protected for all and minorities do not live in fear."
The letter concludes with a suggestion that the activists first solve "the real problems of the region" and then "come back and share with us your experience."
In an indication that Israel will not let the protesters in but will instead deport them back to their countries of origin, the letter ends with the line: "Have a nice flight."
Meanwhile, Foreign Ministry officials said Saturday night that responsibility for dealing with the flytilla was in the hands of the Public Security Ministry, which will be in contact with the consulates of the countries whose nationals are to be barred from entering the country.
The Foreign Ministry has over the past few weeks been in discussions with its counterparts in capitals around the world, explaining Israel's position regarding the fly-in and making clear that those coming to engage in provocative actions would not be given an entry visa.
Israeli authorities circulated to the airlines the names of some 1,200 pro-Palestinian activists expected to participate, in the hope that the companies would prevent them from boarding.
One official explained that if someone flies into a country without the necessary visa or is not given that visa when he or she lands, the responsibility - and expense - for flying the person back falls on the airline.
Already on Wednesday, Amnon Shmueli, who heads the Immigration Authority at Ben- Gurion Airport, sent a letter to all airlines with a list of names of the people it believed were planning on participating in flytilla, according to a document posted on its website.
The document said, "Due to statements of pro-Palestinian radicals to arrive on commercial flights from abroad to disrupt order and confront security forces at friction points, it was decided to deny their entry."
"Attached is a list of passengers that are denied entry to Israel. In light of the above mentioned, you are ordered not board them on your flights," the letter states.
"Failure to comply with this directive will result in sanctions against the airlines."
According to the website, already as early as Tuesday a foreign visitor from Sweden who entered Israel from Eilat was asked to sign a pledge not to be a member of a pro-Palestinian organization, not to be in contact with any pro-Palestinian organizations and not to participate in pro-Palestinian activities.
Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch confirmed Saturday night that Israel had asked airlines not to board fly-in passengers.
"They acted pretty much accordingly," he said.
The public security minister, who is in charge of Israel's response to the flytilla, said a passenger plane with activists could land in Israel as early as Saturday night.
"We've started initial preparations tonight," he said on Saturday.
"Tomorrow is the main day.... Clear instructions have been given to police, the interior minister... to prevent provocations and not allow disturbances at Ben-Gurion Airport."
Those identified by Israel as provocateurs who manage to circumvent the no-fly lists and land in Israel will be "isolated from the central airport," Aharonovitch said.
Activists who get past all of Israel's measures "will be arrested if they cause disturbances," he added.
Two European airlines, Jet2.com and Lufthansa, told passengers on Friday that they planned to comply with Israel's demands, according to the Welcome to Palestine website.
Jet2 advised passengers that Israel had denied them entry and as such they might not be able to board their flights. Lufthansa informed the passengers in question that their tickets had been canceled.
The pro-Palestinian website #Airflotilla2 uploaded a scanned image of one of the tickets canceled by Lufthansa and reported that the same notification had been sent to dozens of activists on Thursday, informing them that their reservations had been canceled "by order of Israel."
Hundreds of unarmed police officers will guard the airport on Sunday, when anywhere from 500 to 1,000 activists try to land in Israel, according to police estimates.
Sunday is expected to be one of Israel's busiest air travel days, with some 45,000 passengers landing and taking off from Ben-Gurion.
Central police district chief Cmdr. Bentsi Sao will oversee the operation, which is aimed at ensuring routine at the airport.
Palestinian activist Mazin Qumsiyeh, a professor at Bethlehem University and one of the organizers of the event, said that Israel was only harming itself with its "hysterical" reaction.
"Why do they want people to lie to them at the airport?" he asked. "Why can't they say they are coming to visit us in Bethlehem?"
Jerusalem Post staff contributed to this report.
Tags: "palestine", Anti Israel Bias, Anti Israel Bigotry, anti-peace "peace" activists, apartheid slur, Arab apartheid, Arab oppression, Arab racism, Arabs, Eurabia, fake victimhood, fakestinians, Fatah, flytilla, fraudelant victimhood, Hamas, human rights, Human shields, Iran, Islamic apartheid, Islamic bigotry, Islamic fascists, Islamic Jihad, Islamic oppression, Islamic victimhood, Islamofascism, Israel, Jihad, leftists, Media bias, MSM, Muslims, PA, PA authority, Pallywood, Radical Islam, radical liberals, self infliction, so-called activists, Syria, using civilians, War on terror
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The first thing that should be thrown out there is that a) this only affects ARM tablets (x86 is still wide-open), b) Medfield has brought x86/ARM relatively close in power saving qualities & c) alternative browsers CAN still be installed on Windows on ARM tablets, just not in the desktop mode - where NO apps will be allowed to be installed.
I suspect desktop mode in ARM is being maintained pretty much exclusively for Office - rumor has it Office 15 won't be ready for WinRT (Metro). Bare bones Office (I think Word/PPoint/Excel) will come pre-installed on Windows for ARM. Office contains so many components that rely on IE (or, at least the Trident engine) that it's been thrown in to enhance compatibility with Office on ARM desktop.
.net on ARM doesn't exist, nor does Win32 (at least not one we can use as devs) - WinRT uses C# & JS, but doesn't use the .net framework. There's a completely new set of native libraries for system functions. If .net or Win32 were ever fully ported to ARM, then the restrictions might be different, as more legacy apps would be usable on ARM desktop.
But in reality, the ARM devices we have currently are pretty locked down - this really isn't any different. If Windows for ARM didn't include Desktop mode, there'd be no complaining. Since the Windows desktop is the 'wild west' in terms of what apps are allowed to do, it's no surprise that Microsoft would attempt to limit that in favor of driving developers to another interface (one much more appropriate for touch, no less), in an attempt to maintain the experience.
IE can be removed in Windows 7 & 8 through the Features panel (although I don't if that will happen with WoA), and alternative browsers can be installed via the Windows Store - but they are Metro only on ARM. In fact, if your default browser is set to something other than IE, Metro IE disappears (at least in the x86 CP).
And since NO apps will be allowed to be installed to the desktop mode on ARM (x86 will allow anything), I suspect we'll see the desktop mode go away completely by Windows 9 (maybe even earlier via service pack) on ARM - as soon as Office for Metro is ready to go.
Ultimately, if consumers are hell-bent on Firefox or Chrome or whatever alternative browser they want on the desktop, they should probably buy an x86 tablet.
I quit downloading music when I got Zune Pass. Unlimited streaming for a good price - and much more encouragement to buy an album if it meant supporting the artist. Convenience is a factor too - why go to the mall and spend $14 on a CD when you can get the album online for pennies?
Netflix has shown what will happen when music streaming services take off - the content providers will freak & jack up streaming rates exponentially. We've already seen that happen with Pandora and other internet radio.
Before Virgin was acquired by Sprint, they were an MVNO operating on Sprint's network. I wonder, then, if the rules are cascading - if an MVNO (like Boost Mobile) uses a company's back end, does the host company still maintain those records themselves?
So these people who listen to radio...they must be the same enigmas that click Google ads and pay for online porn.
I had two neighbors in an old apartment complex trade insults over SSIDs. It was quite entertaining.
Netflix has made it clear that they consider themselves a 'streaming business that ships a few DVDs' - this only further solidifies that.
I'd suspect that, when the time is right, Netflix will end DVD by mail distrbution and either a) Buy out RedBox or b) create a RedBox competitor. This consolidates their DVD shipping costs while getting people the new releases they want in HD formats (like BluRay). This will happen, it is inevitable.
I can name at least ten nail salons that use that exact font!
Perhaps he was ignoring her not for the (QWERTY dumbphone) that he is ruthlessly texting on, but perhaps A) that awful music has left him in a state of confusion B) he's texting his wife or C) she talks like a mute. Either way, Microsoft's ad is way better.
...then you shouldn't be sending around briefs with things like 'iTouch' in them.
This is two years old, but I wonder how many cops think iPhones are the only devices that can do this? Would be a boon for those criminals who have eschewed the iPhone for a less-fruity alternative.
If it wasn't for bitching on Twitter, I don't think Time Warner would have ever shown up for my installation.
before we start paying by the number of people in the household.
"Oh, we're sorry, that monthly fee is only for the first four people in your home. You'll need to pay a surcharge for all people over four."
Saab's new in-car 'infotainment' platform will be based on Android, and will give developers read-only access to 'over 500 sensors' in the car...which is awesome. In fact, this would make me replace my current Saab with a new one over something else.
http://newsroom.saab.com/news/news/worldfirstfromsaabsaabiqonopeninnovationincarinfotainmen t.5.741c75ab12da7f448807ffe719.html
Yet another company I had never heard of, that I will remember to never do business with in the future.
Time Warner Cable Whining. You could have stopped there.
Here in NC, a small town called Wilson started a city-owned true fiber-to-the-home network. Shortly thereafter, my hometown of Salisbury started the process as well - and TWC spent years lobbying and complaining to the state about how they couldn't compete and blah blah blah.
Ultimately, they showed they could compete, by offering 50mb/5mb internet, whereas before, the highest tier wasn't even considered broadband because the upload was too slow.
In short - to hell with TWC. They cost $200/mo and I still can't watch ESPN3 on my Xbox.
Cue Streisand Effect in 3..2..1
Wait, artists make money nowadays?! It certainly won't be from album sales. This should be an easy exercise.
It's like a You Don't Know Jack Gibberish Question
Perhaps the music industry should crank out a product worth paying for. Not condoning piracy or anything, just saying that what is being produced can hardly be called music.
Perhaps they would rather the .lackingMusicalContent gTLD?
Seems most of the music worth stealing is being given away by artists anyway (Radiohead, Reznor, etc).
He asks for 50 million 'dollors' in punitive damages, but writes '500,000.00.' 500k != 50,000,000. Is that the dollar to dollor exchange rate?
Pathetic. What's worse is that there are so many ill-informed people that they just took the stuff down. It'd be nice if someone would challenge these fools sometime. Especially lawsuit-happy whiners like Monster. I guess I wouldn't want someone getting their feet in my 8000% markup either.
The guy Tognotti is on Twitter & LinkedIn too. Looks like a major douche.


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Medical News
Recent Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Infection and the Risk of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Acquisition in India
June 10, 2003
A note from TheBody.com: The field of medicine is constantly evolving. As a result, parts of this article may be outdated. Please keep this in mind, and be sure to visit other parts of our site for more recent information!
Herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) infection is the most common cause of genital ulcer disease in both developed and developing countries. A clear relationship has been established between genital herpes and HIV acquisition, but almost all studies have evaluated prevalent genital herpes infection. In the current study, researchers assessed the impact of prevalent and incident HSV-2 infection on the acquisition of HIV-1.Adapted from:
HIV-1-seronegative patients attending three referral STD clinics and a reproductive tract infection clinic were enrolled in a prospective study of HIV infection in Pune, India, from May 1993 through April 2000. The study population represented a mix of male patients with STDs, female partners of male STD patients, female commercial sex workers, and women with reproductive tract infections.
Of 2,732 persons enrolled, 2,260 were male, 9 were hijra (eunuchs), and 463 were female; 1,175 participants (43 percent) had HSV-2 antibodies. Median duration of follow-up was 10.7 months, and the median number of follow-up visits was three.
During the study, 217 participants seroconverted to HSV-2 positive, resulting in a crude HSV-2 incidence rate of 11.4 cases/100 person-years. Risk factors for HSV-2 in the unadjusted analysis included earlier calendar period of follow-up (1993-1996), younger age, female sex worker, lower education level, living away from family, lack of condom use, genital lesion at the current or a previous visit, and coincident HIV-1 infection.
Independent predictors of incident HSV-2 infection included the presence of a genital lesion at a previous clinic visit, a current visit, and both visits. When the group of male STD patients was used as a reference in the multivariate model, hijras and female sex workers had significantly higher HSV-2 incidence rates.
The unadjusted rate ratio of HIV acquisition among participants exposed to prevalent HSV-2 infection was 2.07. Of the 224 participants with incident HIV-1 infection, 28 were found to have both incident HSV-2 infection and incident HIV-1 infection during the follow-up period. For the majority (n=22), serologic evidence of these two infections was detected simultaneously. The unadjusted rate ratio of HIV-1 acquisition among participants exposed to remote incident HSV-2 infection was found to be 2.08; among participants exposed to recent incident HSV-2 infection, the rate ratio was 6.26. The adjusted HR of HIV-1 acquisition increased with relative timing of HSV-2 infection, from 1.67 among those exposed to prevalent HSV-2 infection to 1.92 among those exposed to remote incident HSV-1. Exposure to recent incident HSV-2 infection conferred a 3.81-fold increased hazard of HIV-1 acquisition.
Of the 217 incident HSV-2-infected participants, 51 (23.5 percent) had a genital lesion documented at the same visit at which seroconversion was demonstrated. A presence of asymptomatic HSV-2 infection (no clinically apparent or self-reported genital ulcer) conferred an adjusted HR for HIV-1 infection of 2.14. Symptomatic prevalent HSV-2 infection conferred an adjusted HR of 5.06.
"Individuals with serologic evidence of recent incident HSV-2 infection in our study had the highest HIV-1 incidence (adjusted HR, 3.55) when the analysis was controlled for other sexual risk behaviors, which illustrates that incident infection with this common sexually transmitted virus is independently associated with HIV-1 acquisition," the authors concluded. "... The elevated risk of HIV-1 acquisition ... provides a strong argument for the prioritization of HSV-2 vaccine development and other HSV-2 prevention strategies as key components of the current global HIV prevention research agenda."
Journal of Infectious Diseases
05.15.03; Vol. 187; No. 10: P. 1513-1521; Steven J. Reynolds; Arun R. Risbud; Mary E. Shepherd; Jonathan M. Zenilman, Ronald S. Brookmeyer, Ramesh S. Paranjape, Anand D. Divekar; Raman R. Gangakhedkar; Manisha V. Ghate; Robert C. Bollinger; Sanjay M. Mehendale
A note from TheBody.com: The field of medicine is constantly evolving. As a result, parts of this article may be outdated. Please keep this in mind, and be sure to visit other parts of our site for more recent information!
This article was provided by CDC National Prevention Information Network. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update.


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LOS ANGELES-UCLA Anderson School of Management today announced a new curriculum design for its full-time MBA academic program, effective September 2011. The revised core curriculum, as well as elective courses, were designed with one goal in mind -- to better prepare MBA students for their chosen career tracks.
The changes resulted from intense research and discussions with employers about how they develop their leadership pipeline.
"Employers expect MBA graduates to be ready, from day one, to add value to their organizations," says Judy Olian, Dean of UCLA Anderson. "They want to avoid investing time and resources to retrain new MBA hires. With the new curriculum customized around their career needs, UCLA Anderson graduates will be ready to enter the market with deep expertise in their chosen fields when they finish their MBA.
"One size does not fit all," Olian adds."The program is designed to give our students the flexibility they want, and the critical preparation they need."
Based on market information, expert opinion, and insights from recruiters, students and faculty, the new curriculum is built around four key components:
- A customizable core course sequence;
- Tracks that enable students to deepen their knowledge in marketing, finance or consulting, while adding certificate programs in areas of interest;
- Development of leadership and communication skills through specialized courses at the start of the first year;
- Team-based Applied Management Research (AMR) projects conducted over 6 months, in organizations in the US and globally.
Students will have the flexibility to design their MBA program in a sequence that best accommodates their career objectives. It is a novel approach, intended to give MBAs the most expedient and comprehensive means of preparing for employment opportunities by accelerating preparation for the summer internship interviews in students' chosen career track, and later, by enabling certificate completion in areas of particular interest.
The academic experience opens with two separate classes in leadership and communication, each led by thought leaders in their fields. Next, students can choose when to take Marketing, Finance and Strategy in the first year, which ensures that they accelerate their learning in the field that most interests them.
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Lindsay Lohan: reality reject
Oh you know it's bad when…
You can't even get on a reality tv show.
Donald Trump is putting together a new Celebrity Apprentice. Here's who he's recruited: LaToya Jackson, Lisa Rinna, Hope Dworaczyk, Nikki Taylor, Star Jones, Dionne Warwick, Meatloaf, Gary Busey, Mark McGrath, David Cassidy, Richard Hatch, Jose Canseco, John Rich, Lil Jon, Nene Leakes, and Marlee Matlin.
I am sad that Marlee Matlin has to resort to this.
I have no idea what a Hope Dworaczyk is. Also, at some point will we be able to tell LaToya from Lisa? Because, sh-t, between them that is a lot of cutting and injecting. Looks like Lindsay, pictured here leaving a restaurant the other night, fits right in between them. But the point is this…
Lindsay Lohan asked to be a part of it.
Lindsay Lohan, once Hollywood A, PUT HER NAME DOWN for Celebrity Apprentice, and they said, hell no.
They said Yes to Meatloaf! And David Cassidy! They said yes to that half-hit wonder Mark McGrath! And still Trump told Lilo to piss off.
"[The Lohans] approached me, and we did talk about it. It's just not the right time. Lindsay has to straighten herself out first. And I know Dina, she's a really lovely woman. I don't think she gets very much credit – she's tried. I know Michael a little bit. It could happen in the future, but right now we need to see Lindsay get straightened out."
Please. Like billionaire television producers have souls?
They don't have souls. They just didn't want HER. If you can believe it, Celebrity Apprentice is too upscale for her.
Dancing With The Sh-ts? It's time.
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Apple has just sent out a letter to developers introducing in-app purchasing for free apps.
UPDATE: Developers Erica Sadun on TUAW, and Marco Arment delve deeper into the subject, as does Techcrunch (twice).
ORIGINAL: Here's what Apple had to say:
In App Purchase is being rapidly adopted by developers in their paid apps. Now you can use In App Purchase in your free apps to sell content, subscriptions, and digital services.
You can also simplify your development by creating a single version of your app that uses In App Purchase to unlock additional functionality, eliminating the need to create Lite versions of your app. Using In App Purchase in your app can also help combat some of the problems of software piracy by allowing you to verify In App Purchases.
Visit the App Store Resource Center for more details about how you can add In App Purchases to your free apps.
So in one email, Apple ends the clutter of Lite apps, provides a real possibility for demoware (a developer can provide 1 level of a game, for example, for free, and 10 more via in-app purchase), and offers developers the carrot of anti-piracy measures at the same time.
Previously, Apple was resolute about "free apps stay free" so as to avoid user confusion. What changed their mind, all of the above? And will in-app purchases in free apps be extra-carefully marked to avoid just such confusion?
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Over the past decade, ocean scientists have built underwater systems that have greatly expanded their capacity to collect images from under the sea. But the value of such instruments remains limited by the lack of efficient tools to extract information from millions of images gathered each day—and then make this potential treasure trove of scientific data readily accessible to many users.
In a significant step toward designing innovative solutions to organize and analyze the incoming flood of scientific data from new ocean sensors, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has received a $2.17 million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to develop ocean imaging informatics tools.
"Informatics has been described as the art and science of organizing knowledge and making it useful for problem solving," said WHOI information systems specialist Andrew Maffei, who will co-lead the project with WHOI biologist Heidi Sosik. "I'm most excited about learning how to build ocean scientist / computer scientist partnerships." The work will be done in collaboration with the Tetherless World Research Constellation group at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
The project will focus on three innovative underwater imaging systems WHOI has developed in recent years to study fisheries, corals, and harmful algal blooms. The Imaging FlowCytobot, an automated underwater microscope system developed by Sosik and colleagues, has been recording high-resolution images of hundreds of millions of phytoplankton at the WHOI Martha's Vineyard Coastal Observatory (MVCO) for more than four years. HabCam, a vehicle-mounted camera system, is towed over the ocean bottom, taking high-resolution images and each day creating continuous 100-nautical-mile-long ribbons of images like the one above. SeaBED, developed by WHOI engineer Hanumant Singh, is an autonomous underwater vehicle that can swim slowly or hover over the seafloor to depths of 6,561 feet (2,000 meters); it collects highly detailed sonar and optical images of the seafloor, which can be made into photomosaics.
"HabCam provides an expansive view of the seafloor, but we are swamped in images—we collect a half million every day," said WHOI biologist Scott Gallager, who co-developed HabCam, along with WHOI engineers Johathan Howland and Lane Abrams, Commercial Fishermen Richard Taylor and Norman Vine, and other members of the HabCam Group including Amber York (WHOI), Arnie DeMello and Captain Paul Rosonina (Arnie's Fisheries), and the crew of the F/V Kathy Marie. "Extracting information from those in an automated and efficient way is essential to addressing long-standing science questions" and could eventually be used to survey sea scallops, ground fish, and other commercially important species for fisheries management.
"It is the beginning of a long-term strategy that involves a close partnership with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to help generate image informatics tools that have broad academic and societal impact," said Susan Avery, president and director of WHOI. "WHOI is known for having a strong connection between scientists and engineers, who together tackle the challenges of working in the marine environment. Informatics is the next essential technological advance that will ensure the rapid production of scientific output."


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Utah State Women Win 2012 WAC Indoor Championship; Men Take Second
Monday, Feb. 27, 2012
Utah State University's women track and field team collected 144 points to win the 2012 Western Athletic Conference Indoor Championships at Jacksons Indoor Track in Nampa, Idaho, Saturday, Feb. 25, while the USU men took second-place.
The win marks the first ever WAC track and field title for the Aggie women as well as it being the first conference indoor title since the USU women won the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation indoor title in 1994. Idaho's women came in second-place with 110 points followed by New Mexico State (94), Louisiana Tech (89), Nevada (86), Fresno State (71) and Hawai'i (67).
Utah State's men came back from an early hole to pressure Idaho for the men's title as only one point separated the two going into the 4x400 meter relay, the final event of the championship. In the end, Idaho was able to out leg the Aggies to take first-place in the relay race and claim the WAC title with 217.5 points. Utah State ended up with 212.5 points followed by Louisiana Tech with 77.
USU's men and women's team were the only teams to have an athlete score in each event during the three-day championship.
During Saturday's action, Utah State tallied five event champions as part of 21 first-team all-WAC honorees. USU also had 19 student-athletes garner second-team all-WAC honors on the final day. Aggie veteran head coach Gregg Gensel was awarded his eighth women's Coach of the Year award and 34th overall Coach of the Year award at Utah State.
"I think the women's victory was accomplished by a combination of things," Gensel said. "We have a complete track and field team, and you can tell that by the fact that we had an athlete score in every event on both the men and women's sides. With the amount of women's teams in the championship, that was very impressive."
In 2011, the Aggie women were extremely disappointed when they saw their lead vanish only to lose by one point to Louisiana Tech.
"The ladies had a goal coming into this championship that they wanted to try to win the indoor title after losing by one point last year and they have been working very hard all year to accomplish that," said Gensel. "I am proud of what they accomplished."
Freshman Nic Bowens finished second in both the 60m and 200m to garner the honor of being voted the 2012 WAC Men's Freshman of the Year. "Nic deserves this freshman of the year award. He has done well all season, and he knew his fellow teammate (Silas Pimentel) was sick coming into the championships and Nic really stepped up his game."
Winning the WAC individual title in their respective events were seniors Katelyn Heiner (400m), Chio Lopez (mile) and Daniel Howell, (3,000m) along with sophomore Bryce Hall (weight throw). The women's 4x400 meter relay team also finished in first-place. The team consisted of Heiner, juniors Bailee Whitworth and Aubrie Haymore along with sophomore Kylie Hirschi.
For Howell, this is his second title at the 2012 WAC Indoor Championships as he won the 5,000m on Friday. It is also his second-straight WAC indoor 3,000m, title while Lopez won his second WAC mile title as he also won in 2009. For Heiner, Hall and the women's 4x400 meter relay this marks their first WAC indoor event title. With the time of 3:43.59, the women's 4x400 meter relay team ranks at No. 5 in Utah State history.
Those who qualify will return to Nampa, Idaho, March 8-11 for the 2012 NCAA Indoor Championships. The field for the championships will be announced March 5 by the NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Track and Field Committee. The Aggies will also be in action on March 3 at some last chance meet yet to be determined.
A full list of the awards and team scores can be found in the complete story on the Athletics website.
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Reprinted from The Huffington Post
Part of leadership is conveying an air of optimism and confidence. Any management book, any memoir by a general, politician or basketball coach will tell you that. But what does it mean when leaders are more optimistic than the people they're supposed to be leading?
That's certainly been the situation in Washington over the past year. As part of a project to track attitudes about the national debt, Public Agenda has been using a Harris Interactive survey to examine the views of "Beltway influencers" -- which include executive and legislative staff, media, and executives in nonprofits and interest groups who shape policy. And these policymakers are significantly more confident that the country is "moving in the right direction," as opposed to being "seriously off on the wrong track," than the general public.
About half of the leaders we've surveyed since March 2010 say the country's moving in the right direction (48 percent said this in our most recent round of research, completed in April).
By contrast, 70 percent of the public told the CBS/New York Times survey in April that America is on the wrong track: a more than 20-point gap. What's more, this gap has widened: in February and October 2010, the CBS/Times survey (which uses the same wording as Harris) showed about six in 10 saying the nation's "seriously off on the wrong track."
The right direction/wrong track formulation has been around for decades now, and one reason why pollsters love it is that it's a gut-check question. You don't need to follow the news closely to answer it. Even the image is powerful and clear: is the country going off the rails or not?
Americans have always seen themselves as an optimistic nation. We've had generation gaps, credibility gaps, all kinds of divides between how leaders and experts look at problems compared to the public at large. But an optimism gap is something fundamental. There are multiple signs that the nation is in an uneasy mood, and has been for a while. The CBS/Times survey hasn't found a majority of the public saying we're moving in the right direction since 2003. Just last week, Gallup reported that fewer than half of Americans say young people today will have a better life than their parents, the first time that's happened in 30 years.
One possible reason is that the public sees a slipping of fortunes in their lives that they haven't seen before. In another Public Agenda survey, we found a significant number of Americans, even the four in 10 who say they're "struggling a lot" in the current economy, are more concerned about sliding down the ladder in the long term than about getting by today. They're more worried about paying for college and having a secure retirement than about paying the rent or mortgage in the short term. They also say that doing something about higher education costs, job training and preserving Social Security and Medicare would help them more than short-term fixes.
Another explanation may be about the leaders. President Obama likes to say "we are the people we have been waiting for," and people in Washington may take this to heart. Whatever their partisan differences, people believe they're inside the Beltway for a reason. They believe their policies are right and will work -- and if their party has been elected to office, they believe the public is behind them. This is just as true of Obama supporters as it is for the Tea Partiers. So if your side holds the reins of power -- and in a divided government both parties can make that claim -- then you've got reason for optimism. You might win. The world you're trying to create may still come to pass.
Plus, at least the Washington elites are at the table, and they generally understand the choices they face. That isn't always true of the public -- and that's not entirely the public's fault.
The problem is that the obsessive maneuvering, the bitter rhetoric, the obscure parliamentary tactics that are all part of "winning" the Beltway game don't look like progress to the public. They look confusing, off-putting, and not particularly relevant to what's worrying most Americans. At any given moment, it's very difficult for the average American who isn't obsessed with politics to figure out how any of this debate will really improve their lives. They don't get much help in sorting through the options before them, or the challenges the country faces. They're not sure whether a better world is on the way, because the way politicians and the media operate make it difficult to choose between different visions, or even see if what they're being offered is a better world at all.
That, in the end, may be the real threat in the optimism gap. It's another sign of a broader disconnect between leaders and the public. Leaders who can't make the public share their sense of optimism and promise may be managing the country, but they're not leading it. And unless those inside the Beltway do a better job of conveying why what they're doing matters -- why there's grounds for optimism -- then it's hard to see how that inside-the-Beltway sense of progress will carry over into outside the Beltway support.


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Before the 2013 season began, it seemed likely if not inevitable that, come February of 2014, the 49ers would be figuring out how to come up with the cash and cap space needed to give big-money contracts to quarterback Colin Kaepernick and linebacker Aldon Smith, both of whom will be eligible for new deals after completing their third NFL seasons.
Now, for entirely different reasons, it seems likely if not inevitable that both players will play the 2014 season under their current contracts.
For Smith, a string of troubling off-field issues will keep the guy who has 38 sacks in 37 career games from getting the kind of contract he would have gotten in 2011 but for the adoption of a new rookie wage scale. It became obvious once Smith took a leave of absence to enter rehab that the 49ers won't be breaking the bank until he shows that he has overcome his various predicaments.
For Kaepernick, there's only one predicament. And it's a big one. Goes like this: Kaepernick suddenly stinks.
OK, he doesn't stink in comparison to the quarterbacks who truly stink (and they know who they are). But Kaepernick stinks in comparison to the high bar he established last year.
It didn't appear it would be that way, way back in Week One. With the Packers still skittish about Kaepernick running wild in the 2012 playoffs — and with coach Jim Harbaugh rope-a-doping Green Bay into thinking more of the same was coming — Kaepernick threw for 412 yards, three touchdowns, and no interceptions.
In the nine games since then, he's averaging a measly 154.4 passing yards per game, with eight touchdowns and seven picks. And the 49ers have won five games and lost four.
If that trend continues, Kaepernick will get a new deal after the season only if he's willing to do something based not on his 2012 coming-out party but on his 2013 coming-down-to-earth performance. Which means that Kaepernick is now likely to play out his rookie deal (at $973,766 in base salary next year), with the 49ers having the franchise tag available in 2015 to keep him from leaving.
Based on how he's played so far in 2013, it's currently hard to imagine anyone offering him more money than the 49ers will.
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The photo above is a privately owned lighthouse near Buchanan Dam. It can be seen as you drive along at the south end of Lake Buchanan on Hwy 29.
Lake Buchanan is the largest of the first four Highland Lakes in Central Texas with a length of 30 miles and a width at the widest point of just under 5 miles and has a shoreline of 124 miles. When it was built, Buchanan Dam was considered to be the longest multiple-arch dam in the U.S. with a length of just over two miles.
There are three towns close to Lake Buchanan. Burnet is 15 miles to the east of Inks Lake. Kingsland is 6 miles south and Llano is 15 miles to the west.
RV Parks, motels, bed & breakfast inns, cabins for rent and campgrounds are available along the lake. There are several cafes near the lake: one specializes in catfish, another in good old Texas B-B-Q and some with Texas home style cooking.
The lake is very popular with boaters, fishermen, campers and swimmers. The lake is so large that you will never feel crowded on the lake. There is always plenty of "elbow room" on each of the Highland Lakes. In 1995 over 1 1/2 million Striper Bass were stocked in Lake Buchanan. Fishing Guides are available to take you out on the lake.
There is a nice granite gravel shore around the lake providing an ideal beach for swimming, wading and sun bathing.
There is a popular winery on the west side of the lake where you can stop in for a little wine tasting and buy a bottle or two of Texas wine.
Striped Bass caught in Lake Buchanan
Lake Buchanan is famous for its Striped Bass. You will love fishing here.
At Buchanan Dam you will find a Chamber of Commerce office and visitors' center that can provide you with information on tourists attractions and activities in the area. A museum is also located at the dam.
Lake Buchanan is located 60 miles northwest of Austin and 95 miles north of San Antonio. It is about 200 miles south of Dallas and Fort Worth and 200 miles west of Houston.
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Stress: "Is It Worth Losing a T Cell?"
By Elizabeth Lombino
May 26, 2011
I probably don't need to tell you that our lives are full of tons of stress. Money, relationships, terror alerts, traffic, unemployment, poverty, the endless circus of GOP candidates, finding out your partner had a child with your maid 10 years ago (okay, maybe that one is specific to a certain Kindergarten Cop).
When you are living with HIV/AIDS, stress can be intensified. Okay, that's a total understatement. Stress can be like a tornado swirling with HIV-related debris coming at you from every angle. Doctor's appointments, endless blood work, waiting for results of blood work, HIV medications, additional medications to off-set the countless side-effects of HIV medications, financial strain, treatment fatigue, stigma, discrimination, disclosure issues ... I could go on with this list, yet that would mean this blog post would be insanely long. Plus, we need to move on to the part where we help you relieve the stress.
There is abundant research that shows a clear connection between our minds and bodies, especially as it pertains to stress. Think about it -- when you experience stress, you feel it in your body. Maybe your muscles tighten, your heart races, your stomach gets upset, you have trouble sleeping. These are just some of the ways stress can impact our bodies.
Just as our bodies feel the stress of our minds, we can use our bodies to help relieve the stress. Something as simple as taking a deep breath can work wonders in reducing the impact of stress on our bodies. Try it right now. Take a nice, deep, cleansing breath. It helps us to slow down, to provide our muscles with much-needed oxygen, and to slow our heart rate. Of course, the stressful situation is still here, yet our minds and bodies are much better equipped to deal with the stress.
For those living with HIV/AIDS, using your bodies to minimize stress is essential. The impact of stressful issues can be detrimental to your overall health and well-being. Stress not only negatively affects your body and mind, it also can further compromise your immune system. When feeling excessive stress, your T-cell count can lower. This is true for those without compromised immune systems as well. Yet, if the goal is to raise your T-cell count, how you handle stress can be counter-productive in this goal.
In one of the therapy groups I ran, I had a client who talked about stress relief as a necessity for her. She had a saying that has stuck with me: "Is this situation worth me losing a T cell over?" She would talk about her life, the stress she encountered, and always ask that question. As others would be discussing their stressors, she would ask them the same question. It was incredibly powerful and helped everyone see their lives in a new way.
Now of course I realize this is all easier said than done. "Relieve stress, no problem!" I realize it's not this easy. If it were, there would not be a Self-Help aisle in every single book store across the country. Stress relief is something that takes practice and requires you to be in touch with your body and mind. Do you know where you feel stress in your body? Take a moment to think about it. I listed some of the places above. Maybe you feel stress in all of those places. Maybe your neck tightens, or your jaw locks, or your back aches. Stress settles in our bodies. Only when we pay attention to our bodies can we tell where our stress is and take steps to relieve it.
For me, my muscles tighten and ache. All of my muscles. My face, my hands, my back, even my feet. If I let the stress settle in these places, clearly I would have some trouble getting around. So for me, exercise, stretching and breathing work wonders. As I breathe in, I focus my breath to the muscles that are tight. I breathe out and focus on relaxing those muscles. It helps so much. Of course I've been doing this for years now. It took a ton of practice. So it's okay if you don't feel relief on the first try.
In addition, it's perfectly fine if a strategy doesn't work for you. For some people, breathing doesn't work very well. Especially if you are the type of person who has difficulty focusing or slowing down. It may take more practice, or it may not work effectively at all. That's okay. What works for one person may not work for another. That's the beauty of stress relief -- it's personal and there are a ton of options to try. Keep trying something until you feel some relief.
Here's a brief and not comprehensive list of some stress relieving strategies: breathing, exercise, light stretching/yoga, listening to music, playing music, dancing, quiet time, looking at a calming picture, closing your eyes and visualizing a calm place (like the forest or beach), calling a friend, humor, taking a walk, chocolate, prayer, writing, therapy, reading a good book, taking a bubble bath, massage.
Remember, none of these will take stress away completely. Sorry, I wish I could wave a magic wand and all stress would vanish. These strategies are meant to reduce the impact of stress on your mind and body. To assist you in feeling refreshed, energized, and better equipped to deal with the stress. To help you not lose excess T cells but rather, assist you in feeling healthier and happier.
Try one or more and see what works for you! I plan to discuss many of these more specifically in future posts. Please also feel free to share some of your favorite stress-relieving tips in the comments! The more ideas and tools we all have, the healthier and happier we will all be. So always ask yourself: Is this situation worth losing a T cell over?
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Elizabeth Lombino
As a Social Worker, I have been providing mental health treatment to HIV-positive adults for over 10 years. I received my master's in Social Work from Columbia University. Also, I write about HIV/AIDS advocacy and present at national conferences on the issues related to HIV/AIDS to professionals and students. Through writing and presenting, I can better advocate for the issues that I see with my clients every day. Living with HIV/AIDS can be a daily struggle with many unique challenges. My goal with this blog is to provide a sort of cyber therapy space for you to learn some skills and tools to better cope with these challenges. Hopefully you will gain confidence and look at life in new ways. Through humor, hope, sarcasm, education, and other therapeutic tools, let me help you live a happier life! So sit back, relax, and let's start relieving some stress!
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Recent Posts:
June 27, 2012 - Let's Talk About Sex, Drugs and HIV: A Blog Entry by Elizabeth Lombino
May 4, 2012 - Addiction Treatment and Las Vegas, Perfect Together?! A Blog Entry by Elizabeth Lombino
March 20, 2012 - The Invisible Lives of Homeless LGBTQ Youth: A Blog Entry by Elizabeth Lombino
June 22, 2011 - Breaking the Silence Again: Why We ALL Need to Care About HIV/AIDS -- A Blog Entry by Elizabeth Lombino
June 3, 2011 - Hope for the Future: The 30th Anniversary of AIDS -- A Blog Entry by Elizabeth Lombino
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