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Thursday, February 28, 2013
Chuck Hagel will be secretary of Defense. What did GOP opposition accomplish?
The Senate approves former Sen. Chuck Hagel as Defense secretary after weeks of Republican opposition. Hagel emerges politically weaker as he prepares to fight pending budget cuts.
Secretary of Defense nominee Chuck Hagel testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee last month. A deeply divided Senate is moving toward a vote on President Obama?s contentious choice.
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Following weeks of bitter partisan fighting over Mr. Hagel?s nomination for the Pentagon post, he won Senate confirmation with surprising ease, passing a key Tuesday cloture vote by 71 to 27. Among those voting ?yea? were Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and John McCain of Arizona ? two lawmakers who?d battered Hagel, a former GOP senator from Nebraska, over his past statements on Israel, Iran, Libya, and various other national security issues.
The final vote on Hagel's confirmation came Tuesday evening, with the Senate voting 58 to 41. Four Republicans backed Hagel, but Graham and McCain voted "no."
So what did the GOP opposition to Hagel produce? If nothing else, it?s likely to prevent the administration from pointing to Hagel as evidence that President Obama?s Cabinet is bipartisan. It?s possible that was one reason Obama chose Hagel in the first place, but the fierce GOP opposition to his nomination made clear that his former colleagues consider him a turncoat due to his criticism of the Bush-era troop surge in Iraq, and other issues. Democrat John Kerry?s path to confirmation as secretary of State was all flowers and lollipops by comparison.
And Hagel emerges politically weaker. His fumbling answers during his Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing surely caught the notice of all the high-ranking generals and admirals he?ll be dealing with. To them, he?ll have to prove he?s got the stuff to handle a very tough job at a time when sequester cuts are about to whack their budgets. Plus, he?ll have to come back and appear before the very same Armed Services panel for further budget and authorization hearings.
?Hagel has been stripped of the patina of competence and will go into his job with zero credibility even on his own side,? wrote Washington Post "Right Turn" blogger Jennifer Rubin, who?s helped lead the rhetorical charge against Hagel?s nomination.
But the fact is the Republican opposition lost. Hagel gets the big paneled office on the Pentagon?s outside E ring. And the opposition lost because in the end it was not cohesive. Some lawmakers truly wished to prevent Hagel from getting the job, and appeared willing to go to the barricades to that end. Others did not want to continue what was in essence a filibuster of the nomination.
Eighteen Republicans voted for cloture. If 12 of these GOP Senators had gone the other way Hagel would have been blocked and remained in nominee limbo, short of the 60 votes needed to proceed to a final, majority-rules vote on the nomination.
McCain, for instance, voted for cloture despite having called Hagel ?unqualified? for the Senate post.
?Hard to overstate the courage of the Senate Republicans who delayed Chuck Hagel?s confirmation by a few days. Think Thermopylae,? tweeted National Review Online news editor Daniel Foster, sarcastically.
McCain and others weren?t willing to continue to block Hagel in large part because the Senate has traditionally given presidents deference in regards to picking cabinet members. No secretary of Defense nominee has ever previously been filibustered. Now that Hagel has been semi-kind-of-filibustered, will that precedent continue to hold? The next Republican president will have to get his picks past Democratic senators, after all. In that sense the cabinet confirmation battles may be just beginning.
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013
CSN: Gio hurt himself playing with his dog
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Since arriving in camp two weeks ago, Gio Gonzalez has found himself talking more about off-the-field developments -- his connection to the Biogenesis clinic under investigation, his addition to Team USA's roster for the World Baseball Classic -- than anything having to do with actually pitching a baseball.
Tonight, then, offered Gonzalez the opportunity to return to his comfort zone. He took the mound at Tradition Field for his first start of the year, and all was right with the world again.
Even if he was surprisingly nervous in that moment.
"It's good to get on that mound again and get back at it," the left-hander said. "Especially with the fan support I was getting out there. It's good to hear that fans still support you and still love you. There were butterflies. You get the butterflies again. That's a good thing."
Those butterflies manifested themselves into a somewhat shaky first inning for Gonzalez, who was unable to locate his fastball with much consistency and wound up needing 25 pitches to complete the frame. But a mechanical adjustment between innings helped him keep his front shoulder closed and allowed him to start peppering the strike zone with his mid-90s fastball and allowed him to end his brief evening on a high note: 2 scoreless, hit-less innings against the Mets.
"It's trying to pick up the target and stay back. It's trying to stay closed," he said of his mechanical approach. "Just like a hitter, you want to stay compact and not fly open. That's the same thing as a pitcher. You want to stay compact, stay closed and pick up your target on time."
Gonzalez's trademark curveball had no glitches whatsoever; he fired off a couple of knee-bucklers in the first inning, catching both David Wright and Ike Davis.
"Just a gifted athlete, a gifted pitcher," manager Davey Johnson said. "His fastball runs all over the place. And his curveball is unhittable. He's right where he left off."
The only blemish on Gonzalez's night wasn't from his pitching line but on his forehead, where a large red spot emerged out of nowhere. The lefty's explanation: His dog, a French bulldog named Hollywood, did it.
"She gave me a rug burn," he said. "I hate her. And then I love her. And then I look in her face and I love her again."
Gonzalez was loose and carefree as ever, happy to talk about pitching and his dog for a change instead of the Biogenesis story.
He was especially happy to talk about the positive reaction he got from fans who cheered his name when he took the mound for the first time in what has already been an eventful spring.
"You don't know what the reaction is going to be like out there with the fans, when you're in somebody else's ballpark," Gonzalez said. "But when you got a lot of people showing love and supporting you, I think that means a lot to someone. They appreciate it. And I appreciate it."
Source: http://www.csnwashington.com/baseball-washington-nationals/talk/gonzalez-back-his-comfort-zone-mound
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Hands-free Fruit Ninja: NUIA makes it easier to code PC apps with eye control (hands-on)
We know what you think this hands-on is about. That laptop you see up there has a Tobii eye-tracking sensor affixed to it, and you're probably wondering why we're still dwelling on it after getting hands-on twice at CES 2012 and once more at CES 2013. But that's not what we're here to show you today. While wandering the halls of Mobile World Congress, we came across NUIA (Natural User Inter Action), a German company whose software is designed to make it easier for developers to code apps that make use of eye tracking sensors, such as Tobii's. In particular, devs will only have to write one extension, even if they're making use of multiple sensing devices (e.g., eye control and gesture recognition).
That comes in handy for a game like Fruit Ninja, as the required gestures extend beyond the bounds of what Tobii can do by itself. (Tobii lets you do things like zoom in, select objects and scroll, but not swipe flying fruit.) If you venture past the break, you'll see yours truly trying (and occasionally succeeding) at Fruit Ninja, though obviously this game is just one use case (albeit, a very fun one). There's nothing stopping developers from applying this to creative, productivity or even enterprise apps, too. As for availability, well, it's pretty clear the hardware will have to come before the software -- a NUIA spokesperson told us she doesn't expect its kit will be commercially available until sensing devices like Tobii become integrated into Windows 8 PCs. And if Tobii is any indication, that might not happen until next year at the earliest.
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Van Cliburn, pianist and Cold War hero, dies at 78
FILE - This Sept. 21, 2004 file photo shows pianist Van Cliburn performing during at a concert dedicated to the memory of the victims of the recent Beslan school massacre in Moscow. Cliburn, the internationally celebrated pianist whose triumph at a 1958 Moscow competition helped thaw the Cold War and launched a spectacular career that made him the rare classical musician to enjoy rock star status died early Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, at his Fort Worth home following a battle with bone cancer. He was 78. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev, file)
FILE - This Sept. 21, 2004 file photo shows pianist Van Cliburn performing during at a concert dedicated to the memory of the victims of the recent Beslan school massacre in Moscow. Cliburn, the internationally celebrated pianist whose triumph at a 1958 Moscow competition helped thaw the Cold War and launched a spectacular career that made him the rare classical musician to enjoy rock star status died early Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, at his Fort Worth home following a battle with bone cancer. He was 78. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev, file)
FILE - This April 11, 1958 file photo shows pianist Van Cliburn performing in final round of Tchaikovsky International Piano & Violin competition in Moscow. Cliburn, the internationally celebrated pianist whose triumph at a 1958 Moscow competition helped thaw the Cold War and launched a spectacular career that made him the rare classical musician to enjoy rock star status died early Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, at his Fort Worth home following a battle with bone cancer. He was 78. (AP Photo, file)
FILE - This July 12, 2003 file photo shows pianist Van Cliburn after performing with the Boston Symphony Orchestra as the Orchestra plays "Happy Birthday," on his 69th birthday at Tanglewood in Lenox, Mass. Cliburn, the internationally celebrated pianist whose triumph at a 1958 Moscow competition helped thaw the Cold War and launched a spectacular career that made him the rare classical musician to enjoy rock star status died early Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, at his Fort Worth home following a battle with bone cancer. He was 78. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, file)
FILE - This March 2, 2011 file photo shows President Barack Obama presenting a 2010 National Medal of Arts to pianist Van Cliburn during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Cliburn, the internationally celebrated pianist whose triumph at a 1958 Moscow competition helped thaw the Cold War and launched a spectacular career that made him the rare classical musician to enjoy rock star status died early Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, at his Fort Worth home following a battle with bone cancer. He was 78. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, file)
FILE - This Sept. 18, 2008 file photo shows pianist Van Cliburn at the presentation ceremony of the Liberty Medal that was presented to former President of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev in Philadelphia. Cliburn, the internationally celebrated pianist whose triumph at a 1958 Moscow competition helped thaw the Cold War and launched a spectacular career that made him the rare classical musician to enjoy rock star status died early Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, at his Fort Worth home following a battle with bone cancer. (AP Photo/Tom Mihalek, file)
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) ? For a time in Cold War America, Van Cliburn had all the trappings of a rock star: sold-out concerts, adoring, out-of-control fans and a name recognized worldwide. He even got a ticker-tape parade in New York City.
And he did it all with only a piano and some Tchaikovsky concertos.
The celebrated pianist played for every American president since Harry Truman, plus royalty and heads of state around the world. But he is best remembered for winning a 1958 piano competition in Moscow that helped thaw the icy rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Cliburn, who died Wednesday at 78 after fighting bone cancer, was "a great humanitarian and a brilliant musician whose light will continue to shine through his extraordinary legacy," said his publicist and longtime friend Mary Lou Falcone. "He will be missed by all who knew and admired him, and by countless people he never met."
The young man from the small east Texas town of Kilgore was a baby-faced 23-year-old when he won the first International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow just six months after the Soviets' launch of Sputnik embarrassed the U.S. and inaugurated the space race.
Cliburn returned to a hero's welcome and the ticker-tape parade ? the first ever for a classical musician. A Time magazine cover proclaimed him "The Texan Who Conquered Russia."
But the win also showed the power of the arts, creating unity despite the tension between the superpowers. Music-loving Soviets clamored to see him perform. Premier Nikita Khrushchev reportedly gave the go-ahead for the judges to honor a foreigner: "Is Cliburn the best? Then give him first prize."
In the years that followed, Cliburn's popularity soared. He sold out concerts and caused riots when he was spotted in public. His fame even prompted an Elvis Presley fan club to change its name to his. His recording of the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 with Russian conductor Kirill Kondrashin became the first classical album to reach platinum status.
Time magazine's 1958 cover story quoted a friend as saying Cliburn could become "the first man in history to be a Horowitz, Liberace and Presley all rolled into one."
Russian pianist Denis Matsuev, who won the Tchaikovsky competition in 1998 at an age of 23, the same age as Cliburn, said Cliburn's "romantic style captured the hearts of Soviet audience."
"Everyone was in love with him," Matsuev said. "And he loved the Soviet Union, Russia and the Russian public."
Matsuev, who knew Cliburn personally, described him as an "incredibly delicate, kind and gentle man who dedicated his entire life to art."
He also used his skill and fame to help other young musicians through the Van Cliburn International Music Competition, held every four years. Created in 1962 by a group of Fort Worth teachers and citizens, it remains among the top showcases for the world's best pianists.
"Since we know that classical music is timeless and everlasting, it is precisely the eternal verities inherent in classical music that remain a spiritual beacon for people all over the world," Cliburn once said.
President George W. Bush presented Cliburn with the Presidential Medal of Freedom ? the nation's highest civilian honor ? in 2003. The following year, he received the Order of Friendship of the Russian Federation from Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"I still have lots of friends in Russia," Cliburn said at the time. "It's always a great pleasure to talk to older people in Russia, to hear their anecdotes."
After the death of his father in 1974, Cliburn announced he would soon retire to spend more time with his ailing mother. He stopped touring in 1978.
Among other things, touring robbed him of the chance to enjoy opera and other musical performances.
"I said to myself, 'Life is too short.' I was missing so much," he told The New York Times in 2008. After winning the competition, "it was thrilling to be wanted. But it was pressure, too."
Cliburn emerged from his sabbatical in 1987, when he played at a state dinner at the White House during the historic visit of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Gorbachev leapt from his seat to give the pianist a bear-hug and kisses on the cheeks.
Cliburn was born Harvey Lavan Cliburn Jr. on July 12, 1934, in Shreveport, La., the son of oilman Harvey Cliburn Sr. and Rildia Bee O'Bryan Cliburn. At age 3, he began studying piano with his mother, herself an accomplished pianist who had studied with a pupil of the great 19th century Hungarian pianist Franz Liszt.
The family moved back to Kilgore within a few years of his birth.
Cliburn won his first Texas competition when he was 12, and two years later he played in Carnegie Hall as the winner of the National Music Festival Award.
At 17, Cliburn attended the Juilliard School in New York, where fellow students marveled at his marathon practice sessions that stretched until 3 a.m. He studied under the famed Russian-born pianist Rosina Lhevinne.
Between 1952 and 1958, he won all but one competition he entered, including the G.B. Dealey Award from the Dallas Symphony, the Kosciusko Foundation Chopin Scholarship and the prestigious Leventritt. By age 20, he had played with the New York Philharmonic and the symphonies of most major cities.
Cliburn's career seemed ready to take off until his name came up for the draft. He had to cancel all shows but was eventually excused from duty due to chronic nosebleeds.
Over the next few years, Cliburn's international popularity continued as he recorded pieces ranging from Mozart to a concerto by American Edward McDowell. Still, having been trained by some of the best Russian teachers in the world, Cliburn's heart was Russian, with the Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff concertos.
After 1990, Cliburn toured Japan numerous times and performed throughout the United States. He was in the midst of a 16-city U.S. tour in 1994 when his mother died at age 97.
Cliburn, who made his home in Fort Worth, endowed scholarships at many schools, including Juilliard, which gave him an honorary doctorate, and the Moscow and Leningrad conservatories. In December 2001, he was presented with the prestigious Kennedy Center Honors Medallion at the televised tribute held in Washington.
He practiced daily and performed limited engagements until only recently. His last public appearance came in September at the 50th anniversary of the prestigious piano competition bearing his name.
Speaking to the audience in Fort Worth, he saluted the many past contestants, the orchestra and the city: "Never forget: I love you all from the bottom of my heart, forever." The audience responded with a roaring standing ovation.
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Associated Press Writer Vladimir Isachenkov in Moscow contributed to this report.
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Online:
Van Cliburn Foundation: http://www.cliburn.org
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For Sale: One Nobel Prize Medal (Slightly Used, By Francis Crick)
It's also worth noting that Francis Crick wished to give Rosalind Franklin greater credit, but didn't due to the personality conflicts between Maurice Wilkins and Rosalind Franklin:
Moreover, she became great close friends with Watson and with Crick. But she?(TM)s unlikely?"if in fact she felt they had stolen her discovery. She must have known that they were using her data because there were no other data?"her data are acknowledged in Crick?(TM)s paper. And again, in the second paper he published in Nature a month later. What prevented Crick from giving a much fairer acknowledgment to Rosalind Franklin in the original Nature paper, which he wished to do, was that he to negotiate this with Wilkins.
So in his original draft is, he says, "We thank Rosalind Franklin for her beautiful uh photo of DNA," which makes quite clear that this was what he was relying on. Now, at Wilkins?(TM) suggestion he crossed out the phrase "beautiful photo." So it was not an adequate acknowledgment but it was a very different story than stealing her discovery, which is the way it has been portrayed.
Elkin: Nicholas, you are absolutely right. There was an earlier, more accurate acknowledgment. It wasn?(TM)t to Franklin, it was to Wilkins and Franklin and it did say "very beautiful photographs" which only meant Franklin?(TM)s. And Wilkins was the one who crossed it out. There are actually six drafts. Very interesting to see that.
And also to see how weak, false, even the first two or three were, before Wilkins got it to decimate it more compared to the draft they wrote about the first model, where they very very clearly acknowledged Franklin.
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013
There's No ?I? in Team | Hyde Park Weddings
For good reason, every woman feels over the moon and elated when she is asked ?the big question.? It is common to immediately start choosing a date, dreaming of the perfect dress, deciding on a guest list etc. While every aspect that goes into a wedding is special and exciting, it is important to remember that the well-planned details and the celebration last only a day while the commitment made to one another lasts a lifetime. Often, when in a long-term relationship, couples assume that they are on the same page regarding some critical issues without taking time to actually converse about them. Here are some important topics to consider and discuss prior to walking down the aisle in order to minimize conflicts in the future.
Finances and Spending: ?Typically, before you are married, whether you live together or alone, finances are kept separate so that each of your assets and earnings are your own. When you want to spend money, you are free to do so without having to consult one another in reference to what it is or how much it costs. Once you are married, however, the financial arrangements are likely to change. Some couples maintain separate accounts for assets prior to the wedding and have joint accounts for subsequent earnings, some merge all finances and yet others keep everything individually. It is imperative that you and?your fianc??agree on this issue before your wedding as finances are one of the most prevalent sources of difficulty and discord in a marriage.
Building a Family: ?Usually, as people progress in relationships and in age, it is simply assumed (and perhaps not discussed) that you both want to and will have children. However, some people are not interested in following that path. The number of children each of you want, the lengths you are both willing to go to in order to make that happen and the point at which you are ready to start a family are among the topics that must be addressed. They should be approached with complete honesty and an open mind because differences regarding family can quickly cause resentments that can be nearly impossible to overcome.
Roles and Responsibilities: ?Another issue that many couples don?t address prior to their wedding is the role that each partner will assume. When in a dating relationship, most people work in order to take care of life?s necessities and are financially independent. However,? sometimes expectations of a partner shift after you are married. Who will make dinner? Which one of you will be responsible for taking the dog out or making sure the bills are paid? Think of all the things that each of you take care of on your own and talk about how those will be divided so that neither one of you is solely in charge of everything.
Family:??It is important to consider what role each of your respective families will play in your relationship. While where you will spend Thanksgiving or Christmas may seem like a minor (or even unimportant) detail, surprisingly, it can easily become a source of contention and lead to arguments and/or resentment. How much weight?and influence will their opinions have? Do you want to live close to them or?have a little distance? It can be very important that,?especially in the beginning of your marriage, the two of you create a?bit of space so that you have the time and?are able to?focus on?adjusting to the new chapter?in your lives and seeing how?all of the pieces fall into place.
While it?takes work?to find the one person you are meant to spend the rest of your life with, once you have, the work is not over.?Being married doesn?t mean that you no longer have to put in at least the same amount, if not more, effort. However, it is the most rewarding work you will ever do. It is easy to overlook or not address some very important issues when you are dating, but for every conversation you have in order to fully understand where each of you stands and come to an agreement on, the more likely you are to have a happy and successful marriage with fewer conflicts.
Source: http://hydeparkweddings.com/2013/02/25/theres-no-i-in-team/
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Job Front: Thaw Seen In Sacramento Area's Hiring Plans
The Sacramento Bee:
The regional recovery continues to be slow going. "Sluggish," the University of the Pacific's Business Forecasting Center called it earlier this month.
But one longtime local employment watcher said there is room for optimism.
Read the whole story at The Sacramento Bee
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Animal Hospital Provides Care for Exotic and Pocket Pets in Toledo
TOLEDO, Ohio, Feb. 24, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Toledo veterinarian Dr. Alan Moore of Trilby Animal Hospital provides a unique service in the area: care for exotic and pocket pets. According to Dr. Moore, it is often difficult for exotic pet owners to find veterinarians with an extensive knowledge of the basic housing, dietary and climate needs of lizards, snakes, sugar gliders, rats, birds and so on. He urges pet owners with such pets to fully research the needs of their particular species before bringing one home, and to come in to the animal hospital for pet wellness care.
According to Dr. Gina Lopez, veterinarian with the hospital, (whose own pets include a dog, two cats, three dwarf hamsters, three turtles, two geckos, a bearded dragon, two hermit crabs, two African dwarf frogs and two betas), exotic and pocket pets are becoming more popular with pet owners all the time. "These animals are all intensely fascinating, but unless you do your homework about their needs beforehand, bringing one home can end sadly. Reptiles of all types have their own very specific climate, feeding and housing needs to thrive. Small mammals like hamsters, gerbils and sugar gliders can become ill on the wrong types of food or bedding," she said.
The Toledo veterinarians mention the sugar glider, an increasingly popular pocket pet. Dr. Moore explains that these marsupials are highly social animals that have very particular dietary requirements that are difficult to meet with ordinary pet store pet foods. He says they often suffer bone diseases and other health problems from calcium and phosphorus imbalances in their diets, so they need a special mix of ingredients to meet all of their dietary needs.
Dr. Moore adds that owners of reptiles and birds need to do very species-specific research in order to provide the proper pet wellness care for these types of pets. For example, he says, most species of turtles do best when they hibernate over the winter. Most reptiles, he adds, need to be fed a specific diet and their housing needs to provide the cooler and warmer end of their habitable temperature range. Also, he warns, even small droplets of cleaning spray that would not hurt a cat or a dog could kill a bird.
Both veterinarians urge pocket and exotic pet owners to call their animal hospital if they have any questions about any species. Dr. Lopez stresses, "Being fully educated about the needs of your exotic pet can help him or her live a long, happy life. I bring my own pets in to be treated by Dr. Moore because I know that his experience with treating exotics is invaluable."
Trilby Animal Hospital in Toledo provides pet wellness care, sick care, pet dental, pet surgery and dermatology for cats, dogs and pocket and exotic pets of all kinds. For more information, visit their website at http://www.trilbyanimalhospital.com or join their Facebook page.
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ASUS FonePad official: 7-inch tablet with phone functionality, priced at $249 (hands-on)
We already knew ASUS was prepping a product called the FonePad, a 7-inch tablet with built-in phone functionality (yes, just like the new Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0). Well, ASUS just formally unveiled it here at Mobile World Congress, which means we've got a few more details to share than we did previously. First off, the speculation about its specs was all true: this does indeed have an Intel processor -- a 1.2GHz Atom Z2420, to be exact -- along with 1GB of RAM, a PowerVR SGX540 GPU, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and an HSPA+ radio. What's more, the 4,270mAH battery is said to get up to nine hours of runtime, which would put this in the same league as other Atom tablets we've tested recently.
In terms of hardware features, the FonePad has a smooth metal back (available in gray and gold), making it drastically different in appearance from the similarly sized Nexus 7. 'Round back you'll find a panel where all the usual antennae are, and hidden underneath are both the micro-SIM slot and the microSD reader. That microSD slot, by the way, supports 32GB cards, which should come in handy considering this has just 16GB of built-in storage. Additionally, the tablet has a 3-megapixel rear shooter and a 1.2-megapixel front camera, attached to a 7-inch, 1,280 x 800 IPS display.
The FonePad will be available in Europe for £179 / €219. Here at MWC, ASUS also confirmed a US dollar price of $249, though we had heard rumblings it wouldn't actually be sold there. In any case, the on-sale date will be confirmed at some later time. We're hoping to test one ourselves soon enough, but until then, stay tuned for the usual round of hands-on shots.
Update: Our hands-on photos and video are in! Enjoy!
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/25/asus-fonepad-announced/
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Monday, February 25, 2013
Study says too many Americans still drink too much
(Reuters) - On any given day in the United States, 18 percent of men and 11 percent of women drink more alcohol than federal guidelines recommend, according to a study that also found that 8 percent of men and 3 percent of women are full-fledged "heavy drinkers."
That means the great majority of Americans stay within the advised limit of two drinks a day for men and one for women, according to the study that appeared in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
"And in fact, most adults don't drink at all on any given day," said lead author Patricia Guenther, a nutritionist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion.
"But the fact remains that it is a significant public health problem that many people do drink to excess."
Guenther said that members of the committee that drafted the current USDA guidelines on alcohol consumption wanted to know how many adults exceeded the limits.
She and her colleagues collected data from a nationally representative survey on health and nutrition, which included about 5,400 adults over age 21. Among other things, each was asked how much alcohol they drank the previous day.
The researchers found that 64 percent of men and 79 percent of women said they drank no alcohol at all that day, and another 18 percent of men and 10 percent of women drank within the recommended amounts.
Nine percent of men said they had three to four drinks the day before and 8 percent of women said they drank two to three alcoholic beverages, the researchers said.
The heaviest drinkers of all were the 8 percent of men who had five or more drinks, and 3 percent of women who had four or more.
"Overall the study confirms that rates of unhealthy alcohol use in the U.S. are significant," said Jennifer Mertens, a research medical scientist at Kaiser Permanente Division of Research in Oakland, California, who was not part of the study.
Regularly drinking more than recommended levels is "linked to increased alcohol-related problems," Mertens wrote in an email to Reuters Health.
"Binge drinking (more than four drinks on any one day for men and more than three on any one day for women and older adults) even one time can increase the risk of injury from falls, motor vehicle accidents and other accidents," she added.
Among men, the 31-to-30-year-old age group had the most heavy drinkers, at 22 percent. Ammonal women, the heaviest drinkers - 12 percent - were between 51 and 70 years old.
Guenther said that's important to note because it highlights that heavy drinking is not just part of life among the college set.
"People need to be aware that there are people of all ages who drink to excess," she told Reuters Health, adding that the new study is also important because it may help people recognize whether they themselves are drinking more than recommended.
"There are people who don't realize that they are drinking more than what's beneficial to their health," she said. SOURCE: http://bit.ly/X1NVtW
(Reporting from New York by Kerry Grens at Reuters Health; editing by Elaine Lies)
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Saturday, February 23, 2013
Air Menzies Int'l opens new division in India
A meeting of like minds at the Combined Logistics Networks annual meeting in Bangkok from May 25-30, 2010, aims to be a good start to rebounding quickly from the impacts of the Global Financial Crisis.
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Obama urges GOP to act on spending cuts
In another plea for congressional action, President Barack Obama on Saturday warned of the pitfalls should a series of automatic, across-the-board spending cuts go into effect late next week.
The president faulted Republicans for not acting and urged lawmakers to avert the crisis by drawing up a deficit-reduction plan that has both spending cuts and revenue.
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BRACING FOR IMPACT:Va. Military Community Preps for Defense Cuts
Hampton Roads, like so many communities in Virginia, has an economy that centers around the military -- in their case, the Navy.
And with eight days left for Congress to act to halt looming budget cuts known as the sequester, residents are increasingly worried that Naval Station Norfolk -- the lifeblood of the community -- will be hard hit.
Tom Taylor, who runs MF&B Marine Warehouse in Hampton Roads, is already watching contracts with the Navy dry up at his small ship-repair business.
"It's not like turning on a spigot. You don't turn it on and turn it off," Taylor said in an interview with Fox News. "These (contracts) are months or years in the planning stage, so if they are canceled, you know, they don't come right back. ... So that's pretty alarming."
Like many small business owners in Virginia, Taylor will be directly impacted by the freeze in defense spending. Seventeen percent of the sequester defense cuts will come from Virginia's Hampton Roads area. Estimates show that the entire state, factoring in major defense contractors in Northern Virginia, could lose as many as 200,000 jobs. ?
Most of the nation's naval fleet is maintained from ports in Norfolk and San Diego. The Pentagon has already canceled the deployment of the carrier fleet USS Harry S. Truman to the Persian Gulf citing fiscal constraints. Pentagon officials say ship maintenance is one of the first items on the chopping block come March 1, the day the sequester takes effect. ?
Taylor says that every day Congress stalls puts added stress on him and his community.
"It does keep you up at night," Taylor said. "When you have a small business, it's more of a personal nature. People become your friends. You know them, you've been with them through ups and downs, birth of children, weddings, graduations -- whatever it may be. And it's not like a big company, when they lay people off they have an outside firm do it, or the HR department does it. ... I have to look these people in the eye."
Meanwhile, on Wednesday the Pentagon also announced that by late April it will have to furlough more than half of its 800,000 civilian employee staff. ?
And on Thursday the deputy defense secretary warned that by the end of the year "two-thirds of all Army units will not be ready to fight other wars."
Virginia Rep. Bobby Scott told a community forum in Hampton Roads that he wants Congress to cancel the sequester. "Our nation is facing a serious, self-inflicted crisis that could cost our economy millions of jobs across the nation, and hundreds of thousands of jobs here in Virginia, if sequestration takes effect on March 1st." ?Until then, Scott said, "we have total confusion, and no one knows exactly what's going to happen."
Randy Windley, who owns Doumar's diner near the naval station, says everyone in the area is at risk.?"I think it's going to have a trickle-down effect," Windley said. "We're a small business and the military is so tied to this area that it's going to hurt the economy and the surrounding cities."
Steve Jackson, a local resident and truck driver, spoke to Fox News after the community forum with Scott and said he's frustrated by the whole process. "I want to know, when am I ... getting laid off in March, or in April. And I think that's what a lot of people want to know, and the answer to that, tonight, is -- we don't know from the higher ups."
"A lot of people on the outside of the military and the government will lose their jobs all the businesses around here will be affected restaurants, car lots, grocery stores -- everyone's going to be affected by this," said Phil Swain, a retired Pentagon civilian employee who lives the Hampton Roads area with his wife Jeanee, also a retired DoD civilian.
"I think we're all worried about it," Jeanne said. ?"The military supports us either indirectly or directly. ?It affects all the businesses, the real estate, our tax base -- it's our lifeline."
Source: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/02/21/virginia-community-braces-for-impact-defense-cuts/
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Judge blocks shareholder vote on Apple proposal
NEW YORK (AP) ? A federal judge is blocking Apple from conducting a shareholder vote on a package of governance proposals, handing a victory to a rebel investor who is trying to persuade the company to share more of its cash with its investors.
U.S. District Judge Richard Sullivan in New York ruled Friday that Apple was wrong to bundle four amendments to its corporate charter into one proposal for a vote at next Wednesday's annual meeting. Shareholders should get to vote on the amendments separately, he said. Although the ruling was preliminary, before both sides had a chance to fully make their case, Sullivan said Apple was likely to lose. He granted dissident investors a preliminary injunction against Apple pending a full trial.
Greenlight Capital, a hedge fund run by Wall Street maverick David Einhorn, sued Apple over the proposal because it would remove the board's ability to issue preferred stock without shareholder authorization. Einhorn wants Apple to issue "iPrefs," preferred shares with a guaranteed dividend, as a way of committing the company to sharing its massive profits with shareholders.
Einhorn has been trying to rally Wall Street to vote against the Apple proposal as a way of showing their displeasure with the company's capital-allocation policies. Right now, Apple hands only a small amount of its profits to shareholders through dividends and stock buybacks. The rest of the money goes in the bank, where Apple's cash hoard amounted to $137 billion at the end of last year. That amount grows by about $40 billion every year, much of it from selling trend-setting gadgets such as the iPad and the iPhone.
Investors almost universally want Apple to hand out at least some of that cash, but Einhorn hasn't gotten much support for his "iPrefs" idea or his "No on Proposal 2" campaign.
Apple didn't immediately respond to requests for comment Friday.
Last week, Apple CEO Tim Cook said the company's proposal puts more power in the hands of shareholders, making it difficult to understand why a shareholder would fight it. Calling Greenlight's campaign a waste of time, Cook said Apple wouldn't squander money by mailing letters to shareholders to persuade them to vote for the proposal.
The California Public Employees' Retirement System, the country's largest pension fund, had said it would vote for Apple's proposal, because it would have strengthened shareholder rights. Among other measures, it would let shareholders vote against directors.
Apple's stock fell 31 cents to $450.50 in extended trading after the ruling came out.
"This is a significant win for all Apple shareholders and for good corporate governance," Greenlight said in a statement. "We are pleased the court has recognized that Apple's proxy is not compliant with (federal securities) rules because it bundles different matters in Proposal 2. We look forward to Apple's evaluation of our iPref idea and we encourage fellow shareholders to urge Apple to unlock the significant value residing on its balance sheet."
A company with excess cash will usually reward shareholders by raising its dividend or issuing a one-time dividend. It could also buy back more shares. Einhorn believes none of these routes would yield as much shareholder value as the iPrefs, because their 4 percent annual dividend yield would make them attractive to investors that otherwise wouldn't look at Apple shares, such as pension funds and endowments.
Greenlight has been an Apple shareholder since 2010 and has 1.3 million shares worth about $580 million.
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Six tanks at Hanford nuclear site in Washington state leaking
SEATTLE (Reuters) ? Six underground tanks at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation on the Columbia River in southern Washington state are leaking radioactive waste, but there is no immediate risk to public health, Governor Jay Inslee said on Friday.
Inslee said he was informed of one leaking tank at the decommissioned nuclear weapons plant last week by outgoing U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu ? but was told by Chu on Friday that radioactive waste was seeping out of a total of six tanks.
?There is no immediate or near-term health risk associated with these newly discovered leaks, which are more than 5 miles from the Columbia River,? Inslee said in a statement released by his office. ?But nonetheless this is disturbing news for all Washingtonians.?
The governor said Chu told him that his department initially missed the other five leaking single-shell tanks because staff there did not adequately analyze data it had.
?This certainly raises serious questions about the integrity of all 149 single-shell tanks with radioactive liquid and sludge at Hanford,? he said.
Representatives for the U.S. Department of Energy did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Friday afternoon.
In a press release issued a week ago, the Department of Energy said that declining liquid levels in tank T-111 at Hanford showed it was leaking at a rate of 150 to 300 gallons (568 to 1,136 liters) per year.
The department said in the release that monitoring wells have not identified significant changes in concentrations of chemicals or radionuclides in the soil.
THE MANHATTAN PROJECT
The Department of Energy said T-111 is a 530,000 gallon-capacity underground storage tank that was built between 1943 and 1944 and put into service in 1945. It was classified an ?assumed leaker? in 1979 and an interim stabilization project was completed in 1995.
The tank currently holds approximately 447,000 gallons of sludge, a mixture of solids and liquids with a mud-like consistency, the DOE said.
It was not immediately clear if the other five tanks that had been identified as leaking were the same size as T-111 or leaking at a similar rate.
?Secretary Chu has a long-standing personal commitment to the clean-up of Hanford,? Inslee said. ?He has assured me he will do all he can to address the issue of the leaking tanks. He also assured me there will be immediate additional monitoring of the single-wall tanks.?
?The secretary and I agree that the state of Washington and the federal government must have a thorough and candid discussion about the need for additional storage tanks,? he said.
The 586-square-mile Hanford Nuclear Reservation was established near the town of Hanford along the Columbia River in 1943 as part of the Manhattan Project, the U.S. government program that developed the first atomic bombs.
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, production ended at the site in 1989 and work shifted to cleanup of nuclear and chemical waste at Hanford, which is considered one of the largest and most complex such projects in the country.
Weapons production at the site resulted in more than 43 million cubic yards of radioactive waste and 130 million cubic yards of contaminated soil and debris, according to the EPA, which says that approximately 475 billion gallons of contaminated water have been discharged into the soil. (Reporting by Eric Johnson, Steve Gorman and Dan Whitcomb; Writing by Dan Whitcomb; Editing by Paul Thomasch, Cynthia Johnston, Andre Grenon and Lisa Shumaker)
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Friday, February 22, 2013
Show Your Love With Pearl Earrings | Solo Professionals ...
For most men, anniversaries may be pretty stressful. It is a period of high expectations and suspense. Why? It can get quite suspenseful simply because your loved one may worry that you have forgotten that special day. Hey, it happens to the best of us. Considering how demanding life could get, numerous guys have found themselves on the receiving end of some industrial-grade drama once they get caught up in their daily activities and didn?t remember their anniversaries. Supposing you remember what day it is, your focus then switches over to expectations.
Selecting the proper anniversary present involves a lot of second-guessing and hand wringing worry. Will she like it? Will my gift show just how much I care? Will my present break the bank? So many thoughts cross many guys? minds as they eventually pull the trigger and go with a particular present. Next comes the gift unwrapping or giving. It?s anyone?s guess at this point. Frequently, guys will get a dull ?thanks? or ?I like it? but her eyes say otherwise. If you want to successfully overcome the double whammy described above, try offering your significant other pearl jewelry. In particular, give her a nice sparkling pair of pearl earrings.
Pearls symbolize maturing relationships
Unlike other gemstones and jewelry pieces, pearls are all-natural. Unlike diamonds, it doesn?t take hundreds of years and a lot of pressure to create a pearl. What is needed is some fine sand and an oyster. When an oyster gets a little bit of sand or perhaps a tiny pebble trapped in its shell, the oyster?s soft-tissue body will get quite irritated. To cope with the fine sand or pebble, the oyster secretes a fluid known as nacre which coats the irritating foreign item. As time passes, the oyster keeps secreting nacre over the previous layer and what started out as a small pebble or few grains of sand develops into a great pearl.
There is a poetic quality to this organic gem?s beginning-from an inconvenient and irritating annoyance, it develops into a thing of pure beauty. Perhaps a small amount of that alteration is found in your relationship? Things that used to irritate you about each other at the moment are inside jokes between the two of you? Perhaps offering pearls for anniversaries is a great way to symbolize the reality that the things that used to irritate you about each other at the moment are things you can?t leave without?
Akoya pearls are very versatile
Because of contemporary pearl culture, what took random chance and many years to create can be created regularly. Cultured pearls start out with beads placed into oysters. One particularly nice-looking culture pearl is the Akoya pearl. These pearls are created when oysters found mainly in China and Japan are beaded. What sets these pearls apart is their versatility.? They go with practically any women?s outfit. From rugged jeans to smart casual to office formal to formalwear, you might constantly find a pearl piece that will not only complement the outfit but complete it as well.
Akoya pearl earrings, for instance, are excellent because they are available in various sizes, designs, and colors. This variety alone ensures that whatever outfit she?s wearing, your pearl gift could manage to keep up. Furthermore, nearly all pearl earrings follow a traditional and basic design. This means your present will not be stashed in a dresser drawer somewhere since tastes and fashions transform. Talk about a gift that stays in style! Show your wife, girlfriend, or special friend just how much you care today and offer her pearl earrings.
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Thursday, February 21, 2013
India on high alert: Twin bike bombs kill at least 11 in southern Indian city of Hyderabad
The explosions, which injured scores of market goers, come amid ongoing tensions in India over its recent execution of convicted terrorist Mohammad Afzal Guru.
Fire fighters extinguish a fire at the site of an explosion in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad February 21, 2013. Two bombs placed on bicycles exploded in a crowded market-place in Hyderabad on Thursday, and the federal home minister said at least 11 people were killed and 50 wounded.
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Reuters reports that India has gone on high alert after the explosions, which local television stations report may have killed up to 15 people and wounded at least 50.?The last major bomb attack in India was a blast in September of 2011 outside the high court in New Delhi that killed 13 people.
"Both blasts took place within a radius of 150 meters," federal Home (Interior) Minister Sushil Shinde told reporters, adding the explosives were placed on bicycles parked in the crowded marketplace. "Eight people died at one place, three at the other."
The explosions come less than two weeks after India hanged a Kashmiri man for a militant attack on the country's parliament in 2001 that had sparked violent clashes.
Witnesses told Reuters they heard at least two explosions in the Dilsukh Nagar area of Hyderabad just after dusk but there could have been more.
The Hindustan Times reports that Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde told reporters that "it was too early to say anything" about whether it was a terrorist attack, but that the government was investigating. But the Times notes that the country had already been on alert for attacks due to the recent execution of Mohammad Afzal Guru, a convict in the 2001 terrorist attack on the Indian Parliament.
The Monitor reported earlier this month that Mr. Afzal Guru's death sentence, though handed down in 2002, was carried out on Feb. 9 without advance warning, and appears to involve a significant political impetus.
The execution is being seen by analysts as the ruling Congress party?s way of regaining public confidence in the wake of several corruption scandals and protests over the recent Delhi gang-rape. Political commentator Seema Mustafa says the sudden decision to execute Afzal Guru, after years of dilly-dallying, is part of a Congress party effort?to improve its position for the 2014 general elections. ?The Congress in its usual cynical manipulation of the votes is trying to eat into the majority constituency with this action,? she says.
Executions had become more rare up until [that of Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist in the 2008 Mumbai attacks] ? the first in India in eight years. Like Kasab's hanging in November, Azfal Guru's?came just ahead of a parliament session. ?I would just say it's extremely tragic if Indian democracy is going to survive on executing someone or the other before every Parliament session,? says lawyer Vrinda Grover. Congress party spokesman?Abhishek Manu Singhvi called such suggestions about the timing "irresponsible and childish."
The execution led to days of protest in Kashmir, where Afzal Guru was from.
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The Union Minister for Rural Development, Shri Jairam Ramesh presenting the IPI India award for excellence in Journalism-2012 to the Tribune, in New Delhi on February 21, 2013.
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013
New insight into dogs' fear responses to noise
Feb. 18, 2013 ? A study has gained new insight into domestic dogs' fear responses to noises. The behavioural response by dogs to noises can be extreme in nature, distressing for owners and a welfare issue for dogs.
The research by academics from the School of Veterinary Sciences at the University of Bristol, and funded by the RSPCA, is published in Applied Animal Behaviour Science. The study provides an important insight into dogs' fear of noises, and could improve our understanding of behavioural signs of fear or anxiety.
In the study two approaches were taken to investigate the occurrence of, and risk factors for, these behaviours: a postal survey of dog owners to investigate general demographic factors and a structured interview of a sub-set of owners to gather more detailed information.
Almost half of the owners who were interviewed reported that their dog showed at least one behavioural sign typical of fear when exposed to noises such as fireworks, thunder and gunshots, even though only a quarter had reported their dog as 'fearful' of noises.
This suggests that whilst they are aware of their pet's behavioural response when exposed to a loud noise, owners do not necessarily recognise this as being indicative of fear or anxiety. This has relevance both for awareness of compromised welfare, and the methodology for surveying such behaviour.
The most commonly reported behavioural signs were vocalising, trembling/shaking, hiding, vocalising and seeking people. It is thought trembling and shaking are more often reported by owners than other behaviours because they are similar to fearful behaviours in humans.
Other behavioural signs, such as decreased activity or salivation, may not be as easily recognised by owners as signs of fear, and may be under-reported. Also, signs of urination, salivation and destruction may make owners disappointed or angry, and this may influence their interpretation that such behaviours are associated with fearfulness.
Responses to fireworks were the most common, but fear responses to loud noises such as fireworks, gunshots and thunder appear to commonly co-occur, suggesting generalisation between salient stimuli.
The risk factors for owner-reported fear of noises included breed, although 12 breeds or breed types were less likely to show fear responses to noises than cross-breeds, including popular gundog breeds such as the Labrador, Cocker Spaniel and Springer Spaniel; age, where risk increased with age; and origin, where dogs living with the owner who bred them had a reduced risk compared to dogs purchased from the breeder by a second owner, supporting the view that an early environment that is very similar to the environment experienced in adulthood is advantageous.
The researchers suggest a dog's early life experience is an important factor in the development of fear responses to specific loud noises.
Dr Rachel Casey, European Specialist in Veterinary Behavioural Medicine and Senior Lecturer in Companion Animal Behaviour and Welfare at Bristol University, said: "Our results suggest that the characteristics of dogs, their early environment, and exposure to specific loud noises are involved in the development of fear responses to noises. Interestingly, less than a third of owners sought professional advice about treatment for their pet's response to noises."
Disappointingly, less than a third of owners currently seek professional advice about treatment for their pet's fear. The researchers recommend there is a need for veterinary surgeons to increase awareness among the general dog owning public that treatment is both available and effective in dealing with fears of loud noises, and to direct them towards appropriate sources of help.
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