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In pictures: Two generations of Nexus 7
See what Google has changed since its first attempt at a 7-inch tablet
The original Nexus 7 was a serious improvement to Android tablets when it was announced last year, and Google is trying hard to build on its success with the newest iteration of the device. Dubbed the "New Nexus 7", it packs a new set of internals -- Snapdragon S4 Pro processor, 2GB of RAM, rear camera and stereo speakers. We also have the pleasure of seeing a full 1920x1200 display around the front, showing off Android 4.3 in all its glory.
These internal updates are all wrapped in a new casing that adds a few things -- such as a soft touch back and thinner profile -- but drops the charging pins and relocates the headphone jack and microphone. All together we find this to be a leaner and better looking Nexus 7 that is worthy of the name. Hang with us after the break for a full side-by-side comparison of two generations of Nexus 7 hardware from ASUS and Google.
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Omaha mayor stands firm on ongoing budget dispute
Mayor Jean Stothert is not backing down in the ongoing dispute over part of her proposed 2014 budget.
Finance officials briefed the City Council Wednesday on the budget that, in part, sparked a firefighters' union lawsuit.
"I reached out to them, invited them here, asked them to work with me, and it was their choice not to. It was their choice to say, 'We're going to sue the city and the taxpayers,'" said Stothert.
The legal challenge, filed the same day the mayor delivered her 2014 budget plan to the council, claims that the plan's call for layoffs, idled trucks, and demotions violates the union contract. Stothert balked at the lawsuit and its assertion that the city's backing off on abiding by a National Fire Protection Association rule.
"The budget process will continue," said Stothert.
Stothert said the lawsuit is unfortunate, but she's still willing to work with the union and the fire department on a different budgetary solution.
"It's always better to negotiate than to litigate," said Stothert.
City Council members said they were hopeful both sides could come to an agreement soon and avoid future legal entanglements. Council President Pete Festersen said he and his colleagues are monitoring the situation.
"We hope that dispute can be resolved because it's not productive to the situation going forward," said Festersen.
Festersen said the 2014 budget process, already fully in the council's hands, is moving ahead.
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Court-martial of accused leaker Bradley Manning drawing to a close
Patrick Semansky / AP file
Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is escorted to a security vehicle outside a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md., Thursday, July 18, 2013, after a court martial hearing.
By Medina Roshan, Reuters
As the court-martial winds down for the U.S. soldier accused of the largest leak of classified information in the nation's history, military prosecutors will try to portray him as arrogant and reckless, while the defense will seek to show he was well-meaning but naive.
Private First Class Bradley Manning, 25, faces 21 counts of leaking more than 700,000 documents related to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to the WikiLeaks anti-secrecy website. The most serious charge, aiding the enemy, carries a life sentence.
The case has pitted civil liberties groups who seek increased transparency into the actions of the U.S. military and security apparatus, against the government, which has argued that the low-level intelligence analyst, who was stationed in Baghdad at the time, endangered lives.
Army Colonel Denise Lind, who is presiding over the trial, last week rejected a request by the defense to throw out the aiding-the-enemy charge, saying that Manning's military training made it clear to him that any information released on the Internet could get into the hands of enemy agents.
"He was knowingly providing intelligence to the enemy," Lind said.
The case, which saw WikiLeaks publish classified files, combat videos and diplomatic cables, serves as a test of the limits of secrecy in the Internet age.
But it has recently been overshadowed to some degree by the case of fugitive U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden, who revealed to Britain's Guardian newspaper early last month the details of alleged secret U.S. surveillance programs tracking Americans' telephone and Internet use.
The WikiLeaks website has become controversial both for its publishing of secret data and for its founder, Julian Assange, who has been sheltering in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London for more than a year to avoid extradition to Sweden for alleged sex crimes.
Manning was arrested in May 2010 while serving in Iraq.
In February, he pleaded guilty to lesser charges, including misusing classified information, such as military databases in Iraq and Afghanistan and files pertaining to Guantanamo Bay detainees.
Manning chose to be tried by a military judge, rather than have a panel of military jurors hear his case.
The defense attempted to portray Manning as well-intentioned but young and naive, while the prosecution maintained that he was a trained intelligence analyst who knew what the fallout of such a major leak would be.
In February, Manning read from a prepared 35-page statement in an attempt to explain why he released classified information to WikiLeaks.
"I believe that if the general public ... had access to the information ... this could spark a domestic debate as to the role of the military and foreign policy in general," Manning said.
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Reporter: Snowden has 'instruction manual for how the NSA is built'
Glenn Greenwald, a reporter for the U.S. edition of the U.K. Guardian, says Edward Snowden has sensitive "blueprints" that detail how the National Security Agency operates.
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By Jenny Barchfield, The Associated Press
RIO DE JANEIRO - Edward Snowden has very sensitive "blueprints" detailing how the National Security Agency operates that would allow someone who read them to evade or even duplicate NSA surveillance, a journalist close to the intelligence leaker said Sunday.?
Glenn Greenwald, a columnist with The Guardian newspaper who closely communicates with Snowden and first reported on his intelligence leaks, told The Associated Press that the former NSA systems analyst has "literally thousands of documents" that constitute "basically the instruction manual for how the NSA is built."?
"In order to take documents with him that proved that what he was saying was true he had to take ones that included very sensitive, detailed blueprints of how the NSA does what they do," Greenwald said in Brazil, adding that the interview was taking place about four hours after his last interaction with Snowden.?
Snowden emerged from weeks of hiding in a Moscow airport Friday, and said he was willing to meet President Vladimir Putin's condition that he stop leaking U.S. secrets if it means Russia would give him asylum until he can move on to Latin America.?
Greenwald told the AP that Snowden has insisted the information from those documents not be made public. The journalist said it "would allow somebody who read them to know exactly how the NSA does what it does, which would in turn allow them to evade that surveillance or replicate it."?
Despite their sensitivity, Greenwald said he didn't think that disclosure of the documents would prove harmful to Americans or their national security.?
NSA leaker Edward Snowden remains in a Moscow airport after renewing his plea for asylum in Russia. The request, and ongoing drama, is stoking international tensions between Russia and the U.S., which is reminiscent of the Cold War. NBC's Kristen Welker reports.
"I think it would be harmful to the U.S. government, as they perceive their own interests, if the details of those programs were revealed," said the 46-year-old former constitutional and civil rights lawyer who has written three books contending the government has violated personal rights in the name of protecting national security.?
He has previously said the documents have been encrypted to help ensure their safekeeping.?
Greenwald, who has also co-authored a series of articles in Rio de Janeiro's O Globo newspaper focusing on NSA actions in Latin America, said he expected to continue publishing further stories based on other Snowden documents over the next four months.?
Upcoming stories would likely include details on "other domestic spying programs that have yet to be revealed," but which are similar in scope to those he has been reporting on. He did not provide further details on the nature of those programs.?
Greenwald said he deliberately avoids talking to Snowden about issues related to where the former analyst might seek asylum in order to avoid possible legal problems for himself.?
Snowden is believed to be stuck in the transit area of Moscow's main international airport, where he arrived from Hong Kong on June 23. He's had offers of asylum from Venezuela, Nicaragua and Bolivia, but because his U.S. passport has been revoked, the logistics of reaching whichever country he chooses are complicated.?
Still, Greenwald said that Snowden remains "calm and tranquil," despite his predicament.?
"I haven't sensed an iota of remorse or regret or anxiety over the situation that he's in," Greenwald said. "He's of course tense and focused on his security and his short-term well-being to the best extent that he can, but he's very resigned to the fact that things might go terribly wrong and he's at peace with that."?
Asked about a so-called dead man's pact, which Greenwald has said would allow several people to access Snowden's trove of documents were anything to happen to him, Greenwald replied that "media descriptions of it have been overly simplistic.?
"It's not just a matter of, if he dies, things get released, it's more nuanced than that," he said. "It's really just a way to protect himself against extremely rogue behavior on the part of the United States, by which I mean violent actions toward him, designed to end his life, and it's just a way to ensure that nobody feels incentivized to do that."?
He declined to provide any more details about the pact or how it would work.?
Following Friday's meeting between Snowden and human rights activists, U.S. officials criticized Russia for allowing a "propaganda platform" for the NSA leader.?
White House spokesman Jay Carney said Russia should instead send Snowden back to the U.S. to face the felony charges that are pending against him.?
Carney said Snowden is not a human rights activist or a dissident. "He is accused of leaking classified information, has been charged with three felony counts and should be returned to the United States," the spokesman said.?
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Letter: Outdoors pays off | The Salt Lake Tribune
At the recent Western Governor?s Association conference in Park City, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell talked at length about what drives the West?s economy.
I was pleased to hear her talk about outdoor recreation as a key economic driver for the West and the importance of balancing development with conservation to secure recreational opportunities.
As someone who has dedicated much of my career to protecting and expanding climbing opportunities, this message struck a chord with me. The economic impacts of outdoor recreation are huge ? generating $646 billion in spending every year and 6.1 million jobs, according to the Outdoor Industry Association.
Outdoor recreation and especially active sports such as climbing or mountain biking also present a great opportunity to engage younger generations in the great outdoors.
But as impressive as the industry is and as much promise as it shows for engaging younger Americans, it is essential that leaders like Jewell continue to advocate for policies that advance conservation of these recreational opportunities and our public lands. Some places are too special to drill or develop.
Seeing conservation and recreation as equally important to development will help to ensure these recreational opportunities are here for generations to come.
Brady RobinsonExecutive director, Access Fund
Boulder, Colo.
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Monday, July 15, 2013
Twitter Outs J.K. Rowling As Crime Novelist
The Cuckoo's Calling has been kicked out of the nest a little earlier than anticipated, thanks to a mysterious London-based Tweeter.
If you've heard of The Cuckoo's Calling, a crime novel by Robert Galbraith, you're either a fan of obscure first time writers, or you happen to know - as a London-based Twitter user apparently did - that Galbraith is actually J.K. Rowling, of Harry Potter fame. Rowling had been using Galbraith as an alias, and had hoped that the deception might carry on for a while longer, but it was not to be. Sunday Times columnist India Knight got the tip from someone known only as Jude Callegari - whose Rowling Tweets have since been deleted - and once Knight got hold of the story, Rowling's anonymity was a thing of the past.
"I had hoped to keep this secret a little longer, because being Robert Galbraith has been such a liberating experience," said Rowling. "It has been wonderful to publish without hype or expectation, and pure pleasure to get feedback under a different name." Not that many people were reading The Cuckoo's Calling before this revelation; it sold 1,500 copies, hardcover and ebook, but that was it. No doubt that will change, and Galbraith's second novel - due next year - will get a much wider audience. Nobody seems to know who Jude Callegari is or how Callegari knew Rowling's secret. The account is two years old and hasn't often been used, except for the usual trivia and pictures. Callegari obviously lives in London, and Rowling's publishers are based at Victoria Embankment, but that's a slender thread at best to connect the two.
Is it any good, you ask? Well, not having read it, I can't judge. But if you were wondering what the Harry Potter writer was up to in her spare time, there's an eBook out there which you may be interested in.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
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Swim Teacher Swim Coach Thank You Tag Summer Goldfish Printable :: Laura Winslow Photography
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I whipped up this simple yet fun printable for Jack?s swim coaches last week + thought I would share with both a {Swim Coach} + a {Swim Teacher} version. Kiddos all over are taking swim lessons this summer, and a little token of appreciation is sometimes hard when they have several teachers over the course of the summer. Who doesn?t loooove some Goldfish, though, especially when they are S?mores flavored?!
GRAB + PRINT YOURS HERE!
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1. A pack of your favorite Goldfish crackers ( I bought an assortment of all the new fun flavors?S?mores, Vanilla Cupcake, French Toast)
2. Print the appropriate tag(s) on regular printer paper
3. Cut out the tag
4. Have your child (or you) write their name on the bottom
5. Attach with washi tape or punch a hole + use ribbon!
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Stage Coach Players to hold auditions for 'Annie,' 'A Christmas Carol'
SYCAMORE ? Stage Coach Players of DeKalb will hold fall auditions for ?Annie? and ?A Christmas Carol? from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Aug. 19-20 at Sycamore United Methodist Church, 160 Johnson Ave., Sycamore.
Both shows are looking for men and women, boys and girls age 7 and older. Those auditioning for ?Annie? must sing a song of their choice. Everyone will be asked to read selections from ?Annie? and ?A Christmas Carol.? ?Annie? will run Nov. 6-16 and ?A Christmas Carol? will run Dec. 12-15.
For information: 815-758-1940.
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kluemination commented on corentin's blog post Celebrities React To George Zimmerman's Acquittal On Twitter
Twitter went nuts when news broke that George Zimmerman was found not guilty, you've been heavily commenting, and so were celebrities.
Here is a compilation of some of their tweets on the subject.
Read on.
How do we explain this to children? RT @lolaogunnaike: Apparently walking while black is a crime punishable by death. #TrayvonMartin
? Gabrielle Union (@itsgabrielleu) July 14, 2013
Had a gun-toting Trayvon Martin stalked an unarmed George Zimmerman, and then shot him to death... DO I EVEN NEED TO COMPLETE THIS SENTENCE?
? Michael Moore (@MMFlint) July 14, 2013
Zimmerman not guilty that's some b*******.
? Tony Yayo (@TonyYayo) July 14, 2013
Disgusted
? Lloydbanks (@Lloydbanks) July 14, 2013
Can't even gather words to express my hurt for Trayvon's family. Devastated
? Trey Songz (@TreySongz) July 14, 2013
My heart hurts
? John Legend (@johnlegend) July 14, 2013
I feel sick. #RipTrayvonMartin
? Miley Ray Cyrus (@MileyCyrus) July 14, 2013
knock knock.....who's there? justice....just us who?
? Questlove Jenkins (@questlove) July 14, 2013
i want to rant but its like 1) i'm preaching to choir 2) this is about trayvon's parents not my anger 3) wont we just forget on sunday morn?
? Questlove Jenkins (@questlove) July 14, 2013
i need healing. i wanna be responsible & a model example but there's this voice in my head laughing like "pssh told you that you aint s***"
? Questlove Jenkins (@questlove) July 14, 2013
---whatever the case lets look at the past: rioting got us nowhere (rodney) passiveness got us nowhere (sean bell) america needs healing.
? Questlove Jenkins (@questlove) July 14, 2013
psssh i got nothin to say. im friggin crying. internalizing all this on some cube/dre "hear's what they think about u" ish.
? Questlove Jenkins (@questlove) July 14, 2013
B*******!
? Chris Brown (@chrisbrown) July 14, 2013
Man wut kind of bulshit this is dude strate up man i dnt respect dat #ripTrayvon http://t.co/jmxE5nYS1O
? Kidd Kidd (@ItsKiddKidd) July 14, 2013
Tampa was amazing but kame bak to my bus and saw da news...ain't s*** change, and I may never get to see it do so. I pray 4my kids & yours.
? Lil Wayne WEEZY F (@LilTunechi) July 14, 2013
This is the saddest news ever!!! #whatsjustice #pray4theMartinFamily
? Rihanna (@rihanna) July 14, 2013
George Zimmerman not guilty can u believe that. Wow
? SHAQ (@SHAQ) July 14, 2013
I know many people are very upset about the verdict, but we must remain peaceful. No matter what, remain peaceful.
? Russell Simmons (@UncleRUSH) July 14, 2013
Black Parents hold your kids at home because apparently killing black children is okay
? marlon wayans (@MARLONLWAYANS) July 14, 2013
I'm not happy, our judicial system has once again failed us
? marlon wayans (@MARLONLWAYANS) July 14, 2013
So dogs mean more than blacks do in this country. Mike Vick gets two years and Zimmerman gets off? 4give me PETA But this some B*******!
? marlon wayans (@MARLONLWAYANS) July 14, 2013
MY PRAYERS GO OUT TO TRAYVON'S FAMILY!!!! GOD BLESS THEM!!!!
? Diddy (@iamdiddy) July 14, 2013
And our taxes paid for that trial. We just paid to see a murderer walk free after killing an innocent unarmed little boy. #GodBlessAmerica
? Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) July 14, 2013
Sad.. The Florida court system made a major fail. #RipTrayvonMartin #JusticeForTrayvon.. So unfortunate things like this happens everyday
? Christina Milian (@ChristinaMilian) July 14, 2013
SMH! #RipTrayvonMartin it's sad how history continues to repeat itself.The ultimate judge [Jehovah God] will serve justice believe that!
? OMARION (@1Omarion) July 14, 2013
#riptrayvonmartin Very sad. I just heard about the verdict. We need justice.
? Lil' Kim (@LilKim) July 14, 2013
A man killed an unarmed child and got off? Saddest part about this whole deal is that Trayvon?s parents will never see their son again.
? Nick Cannon (@NickCannon) July 14, 2013
*Tomorrow on CNN* #BREAKING George Zimmerman has been shot to death walking home from getting a Vanilla Coke & a Little Debbie snack cake
? Meek Mill (@MeekMilli_MMG) July 14, 2013
Plaxico Burress shoots himself and gets 2 years in jail and George Zimmerman is free? #notright #NoJusticeForTrayvon
? Diddy (@iamdiddy) July 14, 2013
I have no words for the verdict. But I know God is in charge. No words.
? Keri Hilson (@KeriHilson) July 14, 2013
Every African American in the United States need to move their money, family, knowledge back to Africa? http://t.co/gYiO6y8zjB
? AKON (@Akon) July 14, 2013
I would love to know what some of our brave men and women in our military think about this verdict?
? Nelly_Mo (@Nelly_Mo) July 14, 2013
#WAKEup #wakeUP #wakeUP #WAKEup #whatTHEfuck!!!! http://t.co/rF8Wo6V6l1
? will.i.am (@iamwill) July 14, 2013
This is worse than Rodney king So crazy
? QTip (@QtipTheAbstract) July 14, 2013
Guess we know wut the theme song is....
? Tity Boi (2 Chainz) (@2chainz) July 14, 2013
Wow smh!!!
? obietrice (@realobietrice) July 14, 2013
. We helpless .. Point blank them people's do what they want however, to whoever.
? Wale Folarin (@Wale) July 14, 2013
#ZIMMERMAN #NOTGUILTY!! GOD GOT A GREATER PUNISHMENT 4 THIS F*** BOY THAN THE COURT SYSTEM!! #Staytuned... WE WILL LIVE 2 SEE HIM PAY!!
? Busta Rhymes (@BustaRhymes) July 14, 2013
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Baytex Energy Corp. Oil & Gas Exploration and Production Operations and Cost Analysis - Q1, 2013 - New Study Released
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Sunday, July 14, 2013
iPhone app Flirtomatic has "put the fun back into flirting", according to its developer
(PRWEB UK) 13 July 2013
The wildly popular iPhone app. Flirtomatic has changed the way people flirt and begin dating, according to the developer, Handmade Mobile Entertainment. It is now available for free through the Apple App Store, having already firmly established as the dating and flirting mobile app of choice among the latest generation of single daters looking for fun and romance. The company spokesperson said: ?Part of the appeal is that the current generation of young singles like our search and location service, which includes maps and GPS to find flirty hotspots helping them find people they are attracted.? He further added that: ?Flirtomatic is basically a great way to meet and flirt with strangers, or meet up and flirt with friends, it makes it easy to see who's out there, send and receive flirty messages and chat live, we believe we have put the fun back into flirting.?
One of the most popular current features is the pulse dashboard. This allows members to see out what is going on in any given area as well as who has rated them and browsed their profile. Flirtomatic also allows for real time status updates, which provides features similar to those found on popular social networking sites. Additionally it allows user to update and share their statuses on Facebook and Twitter.
Additionally, the increasing popularity can be put down to the fact that the app is now currently available free of charge through the Apple App store, where additional in app purchases available, their spokesperson said: ?There are extras on the site that we charge for but users are under no obligation to spend. Flirtomatic is a safe and secure service with customer support by phone and email.? It is also available for download on the Android and Blackberry mobile platforms meaning it is available for almost all smartphone users.
About Flirtomatic:
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China says Japan defence paper 'ignores facts': Xinhua
China has lashed out at Japan over an official defence report by Tokyo, calling it untruthful and wrongly labelling Beijing a threat, state media reported on Friday.
The new Japanese defence white paper is the first since a long-simmering dispute with China and Taiwan over uninhabited islands in the East China Sea heated up last year.
It "deliberately ignores facts and plays up 'China's military threat'", the state-run Xinhua news agency quoted Chinese defence ministry spokesman Geng Yansheng as saying.
The document, approved by Tokyo on Tuesday, is an annual report on Japan's defence capabilities and regional security.
It rebuked Beijing for behaviour Tokyo said could trigger an incident.
"China... has taken action described as coercive, which includes risky behaviour," the report said.
Examples included intrusions into Japan's territorial waters and violation of airspace "and even dangerous actions that could cause a contingency", it said.
China has the world's largest military and has dramatically increased its capabilities in recent years, with its first aircraft carrier going into service in 2012.
Geng called China's conduct legitimate in safeguarding national sovereignty and said that Japan's paper made groundless accusations.
He also described China as being on a peaceful development path.
Japan administers the Senkaku islands, though Beijing claims them for itself as the Diaoyu and Taiwan also declares ownership.
Tensions have spiked in the past year and have led to Chinese and Japanese ships and aircraft playing cat and mouse with each other.
The white paper said Japanese fighters were scrambled more than 300 times against Chinese planes flying near Japan's airspace in the year to March, a new record.
It reiterated accusations a Chinese frigate locked weapons-targeting radar on a Japanese destroyer in January -- a claim Beijing has previously denied.
Since coming to power in December, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has cast doubt on Japan's commitment to pacifism enshrined in a constitution imposed on the country by the United States after the Second World War.
Abe's calls for constitutional revision have raised the ire of neighbouring China, South Korea and North Korea, where memories of Japanese military and colonial occupation remain sensitive.
Source: http://www.spacewar.com/reports/China_says_Japan_defence_paper_ignores_facts_Xinhua_999.html
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Saturday, July 13, 2013
Canada advances to quarterfinal against Brazil at 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia
Sports clich?s are almost as old as the competition itself.
Pick your favourite: ?We just take it one game at a time?, or ?We just have to play our game?, and on, and on.
Such maxims sound good, but aren?t always stated with true conviction.
That?s not the case at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia, where Edmonton?s Mangisto (Manny) Arop and his teammates on the Canadian men's basketball team back up exactly what they say.
Team Canada finished first in its pool with a 5-0 record, and has advanced to play Brazil in a quarterfinal game Sunday. The Canadians punctuated a perfect preliminary round with a rousing
94-85 win Friday over the United States, on Friday eliminating the two-time defending Universiade champs from medal contention.
?I just look at it like another game ... I don?t really reflect on it in terms of how big it is,? says Arop, a six-foot-six swingman who attended Ross Sheppard. ?In my eyes right now, it?s just one game out of the way and we?re a step closer to our goal.?
The objective is to bring Canada its first Universiade gold medal in men?s basketball. So far, Canada has looked every bit a contender, winning by an average of more than 30 points, unfazed by powerhouse opponents like the USA and Australia.
?There?s no intimidation at all,? says Arop. ?We?re just (working) to accomplish a goal that we set and we just worry about what we do, not things we can?t control, like what other teams do, or who they have.?
Arop scored 14 points while shooting five-for-five from the field and three-for-three from beyond the arc against the United Arab Emirates in Canada?s second game. He has been sidelined since spraining his ankle against Australia on Wednesday, but is poised to return in the quarterfinals.
While Arop is a veteran of the Canadian junior team, Universiade is the first international multi-sport event he has been part of. It comes on the heels of his breakout first season at Indiana State, where Arop led the Sycamores in rebounding (5.1 per game) and ranked second in scoring (12 per game).
?It was good for me to find a place where I was able to play my game and ride that momentum,? says Arop, who played two seasons at Gonzaga in Spokane before transferring to ISU and sitting out the 2011-12 season as a redshirt. ?The biggest thing was just getting an opportunity to work on things that I need to improve. It was a great year.?
Led by former Toronto Raptors coach Jay Triano, the Canadian team has been together since early June, and went 9-0 at the Four Nations tournament in China last month. The lineup includes future NBA prospects like Jordan Bachynski (Arizona State) and Kevin Pangos (Gonzaga).
?This is a very tight-knit group, we have (great) players and we also have great coaches,? says Arop. ?It?s a group that works really hard and plays well together.?
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What Would We Do If Aliens Just Showed Up Tomorrow?
It seems unlikely?impossible, even?that aliens would just happen to make contact today. Or tomorrow. Or the day after. But what if they did? How do you even deal with something like that?
Vsauce digs into the details of our global plan, or more accurately the total lack thereof, to scoop out the sparse details and make a few conjectures. It might seem like a sort of ridiculous question to ask, but someone should be thinking about it, right?
Source: http://gizmodo.com/what-would-we-do-if-aliens-just-showed-up-tomorrow-767233907
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Friday, July 12, 2013
Azerbaijans Israel diplomacy tests Iran
A Turkish company delivered two mobile hospitals to Azerbaijan's Ministry of Defense ANKARA - A Turkish manufacturer delivered two mobile hospital units to Azerbaijan's Ministry of Defense. Hospitals are to serve during disasters and other emergency situations with intense care, trauma and surgery units. Speaking to the Anadolu Agency, an official from the manufacturer company said ...
Hollywood Kazakhstan Russia United by ?Hardcore? Movie
the entertainment news website The Wrap reported . "Hardcore" will be directed by Ilya Naishuller from his own script. Naishuller, lead singer of the Russian punk band "Biting Elbows," won global attention after directing a music video for his band, which has racked up more than 15 million views on Youtube since it was posted in March. The video won praise from acclaimed ...
Azerbaijans Israel diplomacy tests Iran
By Shahin Abbasov BAKU - Azerbaijan in late April crossed a self-imposed "red line" in its relations with southern neighbor Iran by dispatching Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov to Israel, Tehran's arch-foe. Reasons for the timing of the move are not clear, but, so far, Tehran appears to be biding its time with a response. While Israel and Azerbaijan - like Iran, a majority ...
Caucasus jihadis feel Boston shocks
By Dmitry Shlapentokh The Boston bombing is still in the process of investigation and could have a variety of repercussions in both the short and the long run. Many of these repercussions cannot be predicted, but some can be seen. One is connected with the North Caucasus jihadis' involvement in the Syrian conflict, and their relationship with the US. While several months ago the North ...
Inner Mongolias Weird and Wonderful Genghis Khan Marathon
Rolling grasslands served as the backdrop of China's Genghis Khan marathon. (Debra Bruno) These days if you don't host a marathon, you're not on the map. Disney World, New Orleans, and South Africa -- among countless other places -- have the event. Even Antarctica, which doesn't even have full-time residents, has one. And why not? Marathons are a way to attract tourism and ...
Bulgarias Levski Fire Coach after Shock Defeat in Kazakhstan
Bulgarian football club Levski Sofia have fired coach Nikolay Mitov after the team's surprising defeat at the hands of Kazakhstan's Irtysh Pavlodar in the first qualifying round of UEFA Europa League. "One thing is sure - Mitov will not be Levski's coach any longer. I talked with him, we made the decision unanimously. We should seek another decision for the team," ...
Investor Central Honoured at Asian Publishing Awards for RealityCheck Reports
Wins Excellence Award for "Content Development: Expressing Editorial Personality Across Channels" SINGAPORE and MANILA, Philippines, July 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Investor Central, the news service which keeps your investments honest, is proud to announce it has been honoured at the Asian Publishing Awards in Manila tonight for its RealityCheck reports on Singapore and ...
Fitch Uzbek Banks Demonstrate Stable Growth in Domestically-Funded System
Celebrating our first 100 years For 100 years, Fitch Ratings has been making the future a little more predictable. We'd like to thank the world's investors for putting their confidence in us. And we look forward to continuing our pursuit of answers in the century to ...
Deputy education minister of Azerbaijan dismissed
Deputy Education Minster of Azerbaijan Gulu Novruzov in his interview with APA confirmed that he has been removed from his post. "Remaining true to political course of Heydar Aliyev, which is continued today by President Ilham Aliyev, using my knowledge and experience, I intend to continue my activities in the area where I'll be useful to the state," he ...
Putins policies hurting Gazprom
By Tom Balmforth MOSCOW - Russia's biggest company turned 20 this year. But at Gazprom, there appears to be little cause for celebration. The state-controlled natural gas monopoly, which was established as a publicly traded corporation in 1993, recently announced that its net profits fell by 11% last year and its valuation dipped below US$100 billion for the first time since 2009. ...
There is no need for unfair observing missions to come to Azerbaijan
If a fair position is shows to Azerbaijan, Western organization will not need to send observing missions to our country. The statement came from the deputy and department head of the Presidential Administration, Novruz Mammadov, while commenting on the statement of MP Elkhan Suleymanov that the European Parliament will not send a monitoring group to Azerbaijan at the presidential elections, ...
Scandal undermines Karimov succession
By Alexander Kim The issue of power succession in Uzbekistan has gained momentum as a serious investigation has been launched in Sweden against Gulnara Karimova, the 40-year-old daughter of Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov. She is suspected of receiving a US$320 million bribe, paid to her company Takilant Ltd in exchange for a 3G mobile license and frequency, thus granting the ...
Azerbaijan should support the Moldovan ombudsman ? political scientist
Support of Azerbaijan for the parliamentary advocate, ombudsman of Moldova Aurelia Grigoriu, which in Yerevan accused Armenia of occupation of Azerbaijani lands and the genocide of the Azerbaijani people, should be long-term, political scientist Rasim Musabayov believes. The support should not be short-lived, because Armenians are vindictive, he told 1news.az. "We need to mobilize the ...
Turkish president ratifies agreement on joint military exercise with Azerbaijan
President of Turkey Abdullah Gul ratified an intergovernmental memo of mutual understanding on joint military exercise with Azerbaijan in anticipation of the visit to Baku scheduled in mid August. The text of the memo signed by the high military officials of the two countries in early June is published in the official newspaper of the Turkish government-Resmi Gazete and is thus considered ...
Kazakhstan rumoured to hire banks for international bond
By Davide Scigliuzzo Fri Jul 12, 2013 5:09am EDT LONDON, July 12 (IFR) - The Republic of Kazakhstan, rated Baa2/BBB+/BBB+, is rumoured to have hired Citigroup, HSBC and JP Morgan to lead the issuance of an international bond, according to market sources. Kazakhstan's finance minister said in late May that the country hoped to return to the international debt markets in September with a ...
How Jews navigated Bolshevik currents
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Azerbaijani mugam group performs in Tajik city
Mugam group Karabakh has given an Azerbaijani-Tajik mugam concert in the Tajik city of Porshinev. The event was dedicated to the 90th anniversary of Azerbaijani national leader Heydar Aliyev, AzerTAj reports. According to the Azerbaijani Embassy in Tajikistan, the two-hour concert featured People's Artist Mansum Ibrahimov and winner of the Second International Mugam Festival Ayran ...
Azerbaijan successfully represented at intl festival in Tajikistan
From 5 to 7 July, Khorog, Tajikistan, hosted The Roof of the World V International Music Festival. Our country was represented at the event by Karabakh group led by People's Artist Mansum Ibrahimov, according to the Azerbaijani Embassy in Tajikistan, AzerTAj reports. The performances of Ibrahimov and winner of the Second International Mugam Festival Aytan Maharramova were welcomed ...
Turkmenistan goes green and is happy
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As Mongolia's biggest national festival, Naadam, begins on Thursday, controversy is mounting over the way unprotected young riders are risking injury and even death. Horses are at the core of Mongolian culture -- there are dozens of words for the colours of an equine coat, and children learn to ride almost as soon as they can walk. Horseracing is one of the "three manly sports" -- ...
Russia and Azerbaijan should be together as strategic partners
Deputy chairman of the Russian State Duma Ljudmila Shvetsova told AzerTag that relations between Russia and Azerbaijan have deep roots. "Our relations have formed not for years but centuries. We have a common history and borers. Though new independent states have appeared on the new political space with their laws and rules, it is very important that Russia and Azerbaijan be together as ...
Centcom Prepares for New Normal in Mideast Central Asia
By Donna MilesAmerican Forces Press Service TAMPA, Fla., July 11, 2013 ? After 12 years of sustained conflict in their area of responsibility, officials at U.S. Central Command are preparing for what they expect to be the "new normal" -- a strategic environment that albeit unpredictable, supports long-term stability and ultimately, ...
Source: http://www.tajikistannews.net/index.php/sid/215796646/scat/929bcf2071e81801
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WNBA players congratulate Mystics Coach Mike Thibault for win record
(Katherine Frey/The Washington Post)
The Kastles aren?t the only D.C. team making news with their record. With the win over Seattle this past weekend, Mystics Coach Mike Thibault became the winningest coach in WNBA history. The team, along with some other players around the league and Thibault?s family, put together this congratulatory video to honor the achievement. Skinny Ted alert at the 3:05 mark.
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University Internet TV service Tivli raises $6 million to expand
Tivli, a Boston start-up that provides an Internet TV service for university students, has closed a $6.3 million round of funding to fuel its expansion to more campuses.
Venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates led the Series A financing round, joined by Felicis Ventures and Rho Ventures, Tivli said Wednesday.
Tivli gives students access to live and on-demand television through?Internet-connected devices, including smartphones and tablets.?
This comes as cord-cutting, in which people choose to give up traditional TV subscriptions, becomes an increasing concern for pay-TV companies. ?
PHOTOS: Tech we want to see in 2013
As research has repeatedly shown, many cord-cutters pick up the no-TV habit when they move away to college, resorting to services like Netflix and Hulu, as well as piracy.?
The service was created at Harvard University by Nick Krasney and Ho Tran. Along with Harvard, Tivli is available to students at Yale, Texas A&M University, the University of Washington,?Wesleyan University and others.
"Students tell us that Tivli makes their on-campus living experience even better," said Tivli Chief Executive Christopher Thorpe, in a statement.?"We?re proud to have earned the support of our world-class investors and look forward to working with them as we build a great company.?
Strategic investors involved in the funding round included CBC New Media Group of Raleigh, N.C., Time Warner's HBO, Mark Cuban?s Radical Investments and Hollywood talent agency WME.??
ALSO:
What the TV industry can learn from cable-cutters and pirates
Cord-cutting learned in college, as is stealing Netflix and HBO Go
San Francisco cord-cutters are adept at piracy, want Netflix cheap
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Alain de Botton deleted domestic violence tweet | Homo economicus ...
I have mentioned to Alain de Bolton in the past that some of his tweets are just right for parody, but now and again he comes up with a gem that makes him worth following. He tweeted to me I will put the gun down then ? which he deleted shortly after.
However, he has just made a tweet which made concerned followers worry there really was a domestic violent incident happening and he should call the police immediately.
After about ten comments urging he do something other than tweet about it he deleted it.
The context of tweets from the two preceding tweets make me think it was a thought poorly worded.
Relationships can start well and change. Domestic violence needs to be taken seriously ? even if sweet at the start what matters is the safety of the abused partner now. Reminiscing on what might have been is contemplative but the moral philosopher must act to ensure the violence they hear is dealt with justly.
I did tweet asking Alain de Botton to comment where he was trying to go with the tweet but there was no reply.
UPDATE: Alain de Botton has come back to me after reading post
So it was literal after all not a thought experiment, with situation under control.
Which is a relief. I quite like the idea of philosopher action man ?
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Use redistricting maps to make organ allocation more equitable, Johns Hopkins researchers advocate
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'It's not fair that where you live so vastly affects your ability to get a transplant'
Using the same type of mathematical formulas used to draw political redistricting maps, Johns Hopkins researchers say they have developed a model that would allow for the more equitable allocation of livers from deceased donors for transplantation.
Currently, in the United States, where you live dictates the availability of a liver transplant. Studies show that geography can mean the difference between a 10 percent chance of dying while on the waiting list for a donor liver, and a 90 percent chance, the researchers say. The new model depends not on the longstanding relationships among medical centers used to create the current unbalanced system, but on making the distribution of organs as equitable as possible, they say.
"This is gerrymandering for the public good," says study leader Dorry L. Segev, M.D., Ph.D., an associate professor of surgery and epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. "We have applied to transplantation the same math used for political redistricting, school assignments, wildlife preservation and zoning issues." A report on the research is published in online in the American Journal of Transplantation.
"Some geographic areas have very good access to donated organs and some have desperate gaps between organ supply and organ demand," says co-author Sommer Gentry, Ph.D., a research associate in the department of surgery at Johns Hopkins and an associate professor of mathematics at the U.S. Naval Academy. "Our model helps decrease geographic disparity. It's not fair that where you live so vastly affects your ability to get a transplant. We want to fix that."
Currently, patients with the most severe disease go to the top of the liver transplant waiting list. But the list isn't a single national list; instead, it is subdivided according to location. Thus, the sickest person in one region may be much sicker than the person in a nearby region who gets a new liver, simply because the second region has a greater supply or smaller demand for organs.
In 2009, the late Apple founder Steve Jobs, who lived in Northern California, famously underwent a liver transplant in Memphis, Tenn. There, he had put himself on one of the shortest waiting lists in the country. In Tennessee in 2006, it took 48 days to receive a liver transplant, compared with 306 days nationally. Jobs was able to do this because he had the financial resources to immediately fly to Tennessee when the liver became available. His situation brought national attention to the large geographic disparities in liver transplantation.
Segev, a transplant surgeon, says that if a patient from San Francisco or New York City needed a liver transplant, it would be difficult to recommend one of the great transplant centers in those cities because the wait is so long.
In developing their new allocation model, the Johns Hopkins researchers essentially redistricted the regions by analyzing supply, demand and access factors for 6,700 deceased donors, 28,063 liver transplant candidates and 242,727 changes in 2010 to what is known as MELD (Model for End-Stage Liver Disease), a score that categorizes the sickest patients on the list at any given time.
The optimal regional sharing map they created would reduce geographic disparity by half, while significantly reducing waitlist deaths.
Segev, the director of clinical research for transplant surgery at Johns Hopkins, says that the geographic disparity in the current allocation system violates government rules that say geography shouldn't affect organ supply.
He says he hopes the United Network for Organ Sharing, the private, nonprofit organization that manages the nation's organ transplant system under contract with the federal government, will act on this new model.
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The research was supported by an American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grant from the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (RC1 1RC1DK086450-01) and a Health Resources and Services Administration contract (#HHSH250201000018C).
Other Johns Hopkins researchers involved in the study include Allan B. Massie, Ph.D.; Eric K.H. Chow, M.S.; and Corey E. Wickliffe, B.S.
For more information: http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/doctors/results/directory/profile/0008001/dorry-segev
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'It's not fair that where you live so vastly affects your ability to get a transplant'
Using the same type of mathematical formulas used to draw political redistricting maps, Johns Hopkins researchers say they have developed a model that would allow for the more equitable allocation of livers from deceased donors for transplantation.
Currently, in the United States, where you live dictates the availability of a liver transplant. Studies show that geography can mean the difference between a 10 percent chance of dying while on the waiting list for a donor liver, and a 90 percent chance, the researchers say. The new model depends not on the longstanding relationships among medical centers used to create the current unbalanced system, but on making the distribution of organs as equitable as possible, they say.
"This is gerrymandering for the public good," says study leader Dorry L. Segev, M.D., Ph.D., an associate professor of surgery and epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. "We have applied to transplantation the same math used for political redistricting, school assignments, wildlife preservation and zoning issues." A report on the research is published in online in the American Journal of Transplantation.
"Some geographic areas have very good access to donated organs and some have desperate gaps between organ supply and organ demand," says co-author Sommer Gentry, Ph.D., a research associate in the department of surgery at Johns Hopkins and an associate professor of mathematics at the U.S. Naval Academy. "Our model helps decrease geographic disparity. It's not fair that where you live so vastly affects your ability to get a transplant. We want to fix that."
Currently, patients with the most severe disease go to the top of the liver transplant waiting list. But the list isn't a single national list; instead, it is subdivided according to location. Thus, the sickest person in one region may be much sicker than the person in a nearby region who gets a new liver, simply because the second region has a greater supply or smaller demand for organs.
In 2009, the late Apple founder Steve Jobs, who lived in Northern California, famously underwent a liver transplant in Memphis, Tenn. There, he had put himself on one of the shortest waiting lists in the country. In Tennessee in 2006, it took 48 days to receive a liver transplant, compared with 306 days nationally. Jobs was able to do this because he had the financial resources to immediately fly to Tennessee when the liver became available. His situation brought national attention to the large geographic disparities in liver transplantation.
Segev, a transplant surgeon, says that if a patient from San Francisco or New York City needed a liver transplant, it would be difficult to recommend one of the great transplant centers in those cities because the wait is so long.
In developing their new allocation model, the Johns Hopkins researchers essentially redistricted the regions by analyzing supply, demand and access factors for 6,700 deceased donors, 28,063 liver transplant candidates and 242,727 changes in 2010 to what is known as MELD (Model for End-Stage Liver Disease), a score that categorizes the sickest patients on the list at any given time.
The optimal regional sharing map they created would reduce geographic disparity by half, while significantly reducing waitlist deaths.
Segev, the director of clinical research for transplant surgery at Johns Hopkins, says that the geographic disparity in the current allocation system violates government rules that say geography shouldn't affect organ supply.
He says he hopes the United Network for Organ Sharing, the private, nonprofit organization that manages the nation's organ transplant system under contract with the federal government, will act on this new model.
###
The research was supported by an American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grant from the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (RC1 1RC1DK086450-01) and a Health Resources and Services Administration contract (#HHSH250201000018C).
Other Johns Hopkins researchers involved in the study include Allan B. Massie, Ph.D.; Eric K.H. Chow, M.S.; and Corey E. Wickliffe, B.S.
For more information: http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/doctors/results/directory/profile/0008001/dorry-segev
JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE
Johns Hopkins Medicine (JHM), headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, is a $6.7 billion integrated global health enterprise and one of the leading health care systems in the United States. JHM unites physicians and scientists of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine with the organizations, health professionals and facilities of The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health System. JHM's mission is to improve the health of the community and the world by setting the standard of excellence in medical education, research and clinical care. Diverse and inclusive, JHM educates medical students, scientists, health care professionals and the public; conducts biomedical research; and provides patient-centered medicine to prevent, diagnose and treat human illness. JHM operates six academic and community hospitals, four suburban health care and surgery centers, more than 38 primary health care outpatient sites and other businesses that care for national and international patients and activities. The Johns Hopkins Hospital, opened in 1889, was ranked number one in the nation for 21 years by U.S. News & World Report.
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