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Realism Needed to Save School System, Philadelphia Archbishop Says
Philadelphia, Pa. — Catholic schools must move forward with hope and realism, Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput said as his education commission announced school mergers and closings in a Jan. 6 report.
"We need to honor the great history of Catholic education in our archdiocese. But we must not be constrained by it," the archbishop said in a letter to the Blue Ribbon Commission. "Nostalgia for the past is a bad foundation if we want to think clearly and build creatively for the future."
He praised the authors of the "Faith in the Future" report for their "courage in facing the hard financial realities burdening many of our schools," nearly 50 of which may be closed or merged.
During hard times, he said, "justice requires that we use our resources to best effect," while pursuing "new forms of governance, government advocacy and foundation funding."
"It is not enough for Catholic education to survive," Archbishop Chaput stated. "It needs to grow, and we cannot make that happen with old behaviors and models of operation."
"The goal of Catholic education remains the same: We need to give our young people a zeal for the Catholic faith and a strong moral character, and in our schools, a superior academic curriculum. But how we achieve that goal should always be open to change."
Major changes are in store after the release of the Blue Ribbon Commission's report, part of a process begun by Archbishop Chaput's predecessor Cardinal Justin Rigali in December 2010.
The commission, which continued its work under Archbishop Chaput, found many schools struggling to survive and lacking plans for recovery. During its consultation process, the group heard from teachers, business leaders, clergy, parents and pastors in monthly meetings.
In his introduction to the report, commission chairman John Quindlen said group members were "unanimous" in their belief that Catholic schools "have a great future — if they are wisely led."
"Commission members are equally unanimous that current financial losses cannot be justified or sustained," Quindlen wrote.
"Strategic decisions about our Catholic schools have already been delayed too long at great cost. Now these decisions are urgent. They cannot in good conscience or sound stewardship be delayed."
The commission found that up to 45 of the archdiocese's 156 elementary or regional schools "cannot be sustained" because of their deficits and the debt accumulated by associated parishes. These schools will merge with others in the archdiocese.
The commission also found declining enrollment and financial challenges in several of the archdiocese's 17 high schools. It supports a plan developed by the Archdiocesan Board of Education, under which four of the schools would close.
Along with these changes, a new governance model will go into effect, with an Executive Board of Education chaired by an auxiliary bishop. Individual boards will be formed to oversee elementary schools, secondary schools, religious education and special education.
Steps will also be taken to strengthen the Catholic identity of schools — which the report said was the "very reason for (their) existence" – and to address parents' concerns about tuition through a new fundraising foundation.
Members of the Blue Ribbon Commission acknowledged that the school mergers and closings "will cause significant pain and change in the lives of children, families and alumni."
Rita Schwartz, president of the Association of Catholic Teachers in the archdiocese, told the Associated Press that the news was "extremely sad" and had sparked a "grieving process" in elementary and high schools.
But the commission members said that closing and merging schools was "not a decision that was made easily or in a vacuum."
Rather, they said, it took into account "the best interest of all the students and parents who are committed to ensuring that Catholic education in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia remains
strong and vibrant."
Archbishop Chaput praised the commission members for their willingness to acknowledge hard realities and develop a forward-looking response.
"Over the next 18 months, in the spirit of the report, we should examine all our education efforts and structures for their effectiveness," he told them in his letter.
The archbishop also noted that "any serious proposal" from donors or community leaders should receive consideration going forward, "so long as we serve our Catholic identity and mission" in the process.
Archbishop Chaput also expressed his closeness to families affected by the closings and mergers, in a separate Jan. 6 letter.
"Please be sure of my understanding and support in what may come as difficult news for your family," he told parents and guardians in the letter. "We are dedicated to assisting you and your family during this time of transition."


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DETROIT – A Texas federal judge will hold a hearing next week on a lawsuit seeking to force General Motors to tell customers to stop driving some recalled cars.
Lawyer Robert Hilliard says Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos in Corpus Christi could rule on April 4. On Monday Hilliard asked the court to make GM tell owners to park the cars until they can be fixed.
GM is recalling 1.6 million older Chevrolet Cobalt, Saturn Ion and other models to replace ignition switches. The switches can slip out of the run position and shut off the engine. That cuts off power steering and brakes.
Hilliard contends the cars aren't safe even if people remove everything from key rings as advised by GM.
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Toshiba Satellite A205-S4617
Toshiba's new line of mainstream laptops manages to add just enough sizzle to keep things interesting, despite being released just weeks before Intel's Santa Rosa platform (and its new CPUs and chipsets) debut. The most interesting feature here is the laptop's built-in 802.11n Wi-Fi antenna. The tipping point may be fast approaching when it will be time to trade in that old 54g router for an 802.11n model. The $1,349 Toshiba Satellite A205-S4617, one of several preconfigured A205 models, also includes Harman Kardon speakers and a Labelflash DVD burner that can burn text and images onto your optical media. These high-end perks help the system stand out from the mainstream crowd and make it worth a look if you're specifically interested in any of them.
|Price as reviewed
|1.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T5500
|2GB of 667MHz DDR2
|Hard drive
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|Mobile Intel Express 945GM (integrated)
|Operating system
|Windows Vista Home Premium
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|Screen size (diagonal)
|15.4 inches
|System weight / weight with AC adapter
|6.2/6.9 pounds
For a 15-inch laptop, the Satellite A205-S4617 looks and feels fairly slim, especially compared with bulkier mainstream systems such as the Dell Inspiron E1505. The A205's design lends it a more sophisticated look than that of the typical 15-inch laptop, such as the Inspiron E1505 or Toshiba's own Satellite A135-S4467. The most striking feature is the single, long hinge that runs almost the entire length of the display and feels sturdier than the typical two-hinge setup on most laptops. The dark-blue speckled lid has a high-gloss coating that makes it especially prone to fingerprints and smudges.
The system's slightly beveled edges make it seem slimmer than it is, although it does weigh nearly half a pound less than the Dell E1505 (and a little more than the A135). At just less than 7 pounds with the AC adapter, it's right at the weight that we wouldn't want to carry it around in a shoulder bag more than once in a while.
The 15.4-inch wide-screen LCD display offers a 1,280x800 native resolution, which is standard for a screen this size and the same as the Toshiba A135. This provides for text and icons that are highly readable, and the screen is bright and stands out against the black screen bezel.
Blue LED lights on the front edge give you updates about battery status and hard drive activity, while a row of media control buttons (play/pause and so on) sit above the keyboard, between the stereo speakers. The speakers have a Harman Kardon logo next to them, which would seem to indicate a better-quality audio experience than standard laptop speakers. The sound quality indeed seemed bright and less brittle than typical laptop speakers--although some of that may be a placebo effect from the high-end logo.
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|Stereo speakers, headphone/microphone jacks
|Four USB 2.0 ports, a mini-FireWire, and a multiformat memory card reader
|Four USB 2.0 ports, a mini-FireWire, and a multiformat memory card reader
|PC Card slot, ExpressCard slot
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|Modem, Ethernet, 802.11 a/g/n Wi-Fi
|Modem, Ethernet, 802.11 a/b/g Wi-Fi, optional Bluetooth
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As the above chart illustrates, the ports and connections on the Satellite A205 are in line with what we'd expect to see on a mainstream laptop. One exception is also one of the main highlights of the Satellite A205, the inclusion of 802.11n Wi-Fi technology; this is one of the first laptops we've seen to include that by default. Of course, you'll need a Draft N router to make use of the increased speed, and Toshiba will sell you one for an extra $139. Bluetooth, however, is not an option, which is disappointing.
The included DVD burner is a Labelflash drive, which means it can burn grayscale text and images onto specially coated media, which cost around $20 for a five-pack of DVD-R discs. It's essentially similar to HP's LightScribe drives, which do the same thing, also using proprietary media. We've seen some very professional-looking results from LightScribe discs in the past.
Toshiba offers several fixed-configuration versions of the Satellite A205, ranging from less than $1,000 to more than $1,500. A customizable version, called the Satellite A200, is also available. The $999 Satellite A205-S4577 is the cheapest of the A205 systems and skips the 802.11n action. Otherwise, the A200 features a fairly standard set of specs for the money, including an Intel Core 2 Duo T5300, 1GB of RAM, a 160GB hard drive, and a basic DVD burner (no Labelflash, either).
At the higher end, the $1,549 Satellite A205-S4639 upgrades from Vista Home Premium to Vista Ultimate, adds a second hard drive (it's only 280GB total, but the drives are of the faster, 5,400rpm variety), and more importantly, adds a Nvidia GeForce Go 7300 graphics card, which surpasses the integrated graphics in the other models.
The Toshiba Satellite A205-S4617 model that we tested beat out its corporate cousin, the Satellite A135, on our Photoshop CS2 image-processing and iTunes encoding tests, owing to the A205's slightly faster processor and 2GB of RAM (vs. 1GB in the A135). Both systems fell behind another 15.4-inch mainstream laptop, the Dell Inspiron E1505, which has a higher-end Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 CPU but was also a more expensive configuration, coming in at around $400 more than the A205. Using the Satellite A205 for Web surfing, basic productivity, and media playback, it performed well, with no obvious slowdown or stuttering, which included during multitasking scenarios.
The Satellite A205-S4617 ran for 2 hours, 8 minutes on our DVD battery drain test, using the included six-cell battery. That's acceptable for a laptop of this size, but not as impressive as the Dell E1505, which lasted almost 30 minutes longer. Our DVD battery drain test is especially grueling, so you can expect longer life from casual Web surfing and office use.


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The South Korean warship that was torn apart by an explosion nearly three weeks ago was hoisted to the surface Thursday amid growing suspicions that North Korea was responsible. The blast left 46 sailors dead in the aft of the ship, while 58 escaped the much larger forward portion, which stayed afloat long enough for them to don safety gear and leap into the cold waters of the West Sea, also known as the Yellow Sea.
Officials said publicly that they're waiting for the findings of an international team as pressure mounts for the government to state just what happened, who did it, and why.
"We do not know exactly if it was a torpedo or a mine," says Song Tae Sung, president of the Sejong Institute, an influential think tank with close ties to the government. "We say there is some connection with North Korea," he continued, reflecting the widely held view of Koreans scrutinizing daily and hourly reports of the episode.
TV images of the raising of the ship reveal little beyond a gaping hole in the side caused by a gigantic blast that ripped it open so wide that the stern sank in less than one minute. The hole appears to be the sort that could have been blasted by a torpedo or a floating mine, but officials are not saying so.
While the government resists pointing the finger at North Korea, analysts see the sinking of the Cheonan, launched in 1989, as a bargaining ploy and an act of revenge.
"It is 99 percent certain the ship was sunk by North Korea," argues Kim Kisam, a former South Korean intelligence agent now living in the United States. Mr. Kim believes a North Korean submarine may have been responsible.
South Korean president critical of North
President Lee Myung-bak, unlike the two presidents who led South Korea for a decade before his inauguration more than two years ago, has been highly critical of the North.
Mr. Lee has repeatedly said North Korea has to give up its nuclear program as a precondition for resumption of the aid given the North before he took office. His hand may be strengthened since South Korea was chosen at the Global Summit on Nuclear Strategy in Washington this week as the host of the next such summit in 2012.
That year is significant as the 100th anniversary of the birth of Kim Jong-Il's father, Kim Il-Sung, who died in July 1994 but remains officially the North's "eternal president." North Koreans celebrated the 98th anniversary of his birth on Thursday with fireworks, rallies, and electronic signs saying "General Kim Il-Sung is our sun" and "we will live forever with the president," according to Pyongyang's Korean Central News Agency.
Difficult to retaliate
Analysts say Lee may be reluctant to hold North Korea responsible if only because South Korea might then have to retaliate.
The sinking "was most obviously perpetrated by North Korea," argues Jeon Jae Wook, chief strategy officer for a scientific research firm here. "What's wrong with the government in coping with the emergency is they're not really talking about what to do when it becomes proven."
Mr. Jeon says North Korean strategists carefully selected a target that was large enough to demonstrate the North's strength in the disputed West Sea waters, but not so large as to bring about a war.
"They carefully calculated what would be tolerable in terms of numbers," he says. "We still have an option of a limited strike, but everyone says we may have to wait until the truth comes out."
Choi Young-jae at the National Unification Advisory Council, which plays a consulting role for the Blue House, the center of presidential power, says "we cannot retaliate with military action," but will have to bring the case before the United Nations and the International Court of Justice in the Hague. "Mr. Kim Jong-Il is a war criminal," he says.
Whatever happens, the sinking of the Cheonan has completely stymied the protracted process of persuading North Korea to return to six-party talks on its nuclear weapons program.
North Korea appeared to be about to return to the talks, last held in December 2008, before the ship went down while on routine patrol south of the Northern Limit Line, set by the UN Command in 1956, below which North Korean boats cannot venture.
North Korea refuses to recognize the line, and in recent years has challenged its validity in bloody clashes, most recently in November when a South Korean corvette similar to the one that was sunk poured cannon fire onto a North Korean patrol boat, sending it back to port in flames. A North Korean boat was sunk with possibly 40 sailors aboard in June 1999, and six South Korean sailors were killed when North Koreans opened fire on their patrol boat in June 2002. Both battles were in the same area.
North Korea has remained officially silent on the incident, but groups working on behalf of North Korean defectors in South Korea are reporting that North Koreans are speculating privately that the North Korean Navy may be responsible. One defector has been widely quoted as talking about a meeting in February in which the top North Korean naval commander in the region said North Korea had to avenge the incident in November.
"North Korea is very frustrated with South Korea and wants to pressure the US," says Choi Jin-wook, North Korean analyst at the Korea Institute of National Unification. "The six-party talks were almost agreed on, but now everything is ruined, collapsed."
At the Sejong Institute, long-time analyst Paik Hak-soon warns that President Lee "should be very alert about disruptive aspects" of acting prematurely. "This is a very unstable situation," he says. "People are losing trust in the government."


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Can Cisco make a comeback?November 9, 2012: 12:11 PM ET
Is cash (or caysh if you pronounce it like Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers) king? We may find out Tuesday. Cisco (CSCO) reports earnings after the closing bell on Tuesday.
It's been a tough year for the networking giant. Shares are down 6.5%, despite the fact that it has nearly $50 billion in caysh on its balance sheet and is putting a lot of it to use with a dividend. Cisco's quarterly payout now yields 3.3%. That's more than double the rate of a 10-year U.S. Treasury note!
Shares did gain nearly 1% Friday even though the stock was downgraded by analysts at JPMorgan. And to be fair, Cisco is hardly the only company in its sector that is struggling. Shares of smaller networking competitors Juniper (JNPR), F5 Networks (FFIV) and Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) have all taken a bigger beating in 2012. But it has to sting Cisco longs that the company has fared so poorly while most big tech stocks are having a solid year.
Nonetheless, it's hard to find too many fans of Cisco these days. Traders on StockTwits seem to think that the company's transition from growth stock to value stock is now fully complete. With shares trading for less than 9 times fiscal 2013 earnings estimates, it would appear they are right. And the problem for investors throughout tech is that Cisco remains a bellwether. If Chambers issues a gloomy forecast for his company, that could mean bad news for a lot of companies.
stephanie_link: JPM d/g $CSCO on weak govt and enterprise spend. No surprise here.
sm_sears: Mark your calendars for $CSCO earns on Tuesday. JPM says often sets tone for tech sector. UBS Tech Conference sked for Nov 14/15.
As dominant as Cisco is in its area, it can't overcome the fact that there is little growth in the business right now. Analysts are only predicting annual sales increases of 6% in fiscal 2013 and 2014. So investors that might find Cisco attractive have to keep hoping for more dividend increases. And some worry that could be in jeopardy due to President Obama's re-election and the battle over the fiscal cliff.
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And now for the Reader Comment of the Week. Sure, there was a lot of chatter about that election thing and the fiscal cliff. But many of my Twitter followers seem to be far more interested in the recent train wreck that is Apple's (AAPL) stock. Shares are now more than 20% below their all-time high from September, putting the iEverything maker into bear market territory.
One follower pointed out that Apple is now a victim of lofty expectations. Even though opening weekend sales of the comapny's iPad Mini and 4th generation iPad were strong, investors still hunger for more. For perfection.
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An affordable medical alert option for seniors and their families
The SafetyChoice® Personal Emergency Response System G4000 is an affordable medical alert console that can preserve the independence of seniors while offering an immediate response in the first critical moments of an emergency with hands-free, two-way communication. It works with the auto fall sensor accessory.
The system operates with a rechargeable back-up battery in the event of a power failure. It also sends a warning signal for a low battery. Comfort Keepers®, and whomever you wish, will be notified of emergency alerts, and alert activity reports are made available to help keep health care providers informed.
- The built-in speakerphone allows hands-free, two-way voice communication within seconds after pendant is activated.
- Visual and audible alarm indicators are perfect for both hearing and visually impaired users.
- A rechargeable backup battery and warning signals for low battery power help make sure the system is always functioning.
- The lightweight, waterproof button on pendant is convenient and easy to use.
- Friendly, caring, well-trained professionals provide outstanding service when a user contacts the SafetyChoice Centralized Monitoring Station.
- The system provides a transmission range of 200 feet, depending on structural variances.
Auto fall sensor
Sudden falls can have serious consequences, and not everyone can push a button after falling. Now with the SafetyChoice auto fall sensor, seniors at risk of falling can confidently preserve their independence knowing that help will be notified automatically and will respond to their immediate need even when they are unable to call for help.
The SafetyChoice auto fall sensor works with the SafetyChoice G4000 Personal Emergency Response System (PERS). The lightweight, easy-to-wear, water-resistant pendant contains a sensor designed to detect a rapid movement toward the ground or a sudden impact.
Personal Emergency Response System G2000
Features a recording function for personalized messages or reminders
This system is great for people with dementia or Alzheimer's disease, or other special needs who need the use of accessories, such as pressure mats or pillow switches. It is easily expandable as conditions change or more care and oversight of the senior are necessary.
With the simple push of a button on a wrist band or pendant, a caring, professionally trained representative at the SafetyChoice® Centralized Monitoring Station will answer the alert through the two-way, tabletop PERS console and respond to the call for help.
The SafetyChoice Centralized Monitoring Station will then dispatch the appropriate help and stay on the phone until help arrives, whether an ambulance, neighbor, family, or friends.
For added safety and security, the SafetyChoice PERS G2000 can monitor up to 16 safety devices. These include motion detectors, window/door contacts, and pressure-sensitive floor mats that can provide home security or monitor people who wander. Smoke and carbon monoxide detectors also can be added to the PERS.
- This system is great for loved ones who need an interconnected medical alert and monitoring system, which could include pendants, pressure mats, and door and window sensors as well as smoke, carbon monoxide, and motion detectors.
- Family members can record up to eight reminder messages.
- Rechargeable backup batteries help keep the system running during a power outage.
- The emergency call button is always within reach on the lightweight, waterproof pendant and can be worn on the wrist or around the neck at all times, even in the shower.
- Friendly, professional representatives are on duty at the SafetyChoice Centralized Monitoring Station 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and stay on the line until help arrives.
- Visual and audible alarms make PERS G2000 ideal for hearing and visually impaired subscribers.
- The unit has an expected transmission range of 200 feet, depending on structural variances.
Personal Emergency Response System G1150
Offers flexible, protective care for those with dementia or Alzheimer's disease
This handy unit is great for helping to care for loved ones with dementia or Alzheimer's disease who may wander or attempt activities that could endanger them. It supports zone-specific needs for floor mats, motion detectors, and window and door sensors.
- This system allows a combination of up to 24 monitors, such as pendants, pressure mats, motion detectors, and window and door sensors.
- Friendly, professional representatives at the SafetyChoice® Centralized Monitoring Station are on duty 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and stay on the line until help arrives.
- The G1150 has an expected transmission range of 200 feet, depending on structural variances.
- Zone alerts can be turned on or off to allow for different caregiver and family schedules.
- The system can be set to chime during day or alarm at night.
- The help button is wireless and waterproof and may be worn during showering or bathing.
Personal Emergency Response System LM5000 with 2-Way Voice Pendant
Perfect for active seniors, both inside and outdoors
The SafetyChoice® PERS LM5000 with 2-way voice pendant is great for active seniors looking for monitoring inside and outside of their homes. The pendant range offers security on the opposite side of the home, or in the driveway, or yard. The microphone and speaker in the pendant provide crisp, clear alerts in the palm of a hand.
The 2-way voice pendant is designed to offer security at the touch a button. Upon activation, a well-trained care representative will immediately answer the signal and stay on the line until help arrives.
- A smart choice for active seniors with larger homes, this unit provides extended 500-foot range and lifestyle flexibility.
- Users can choose to wear it as a pendant, bracelet, or belt clip.
- The help button is wireless and water resistant, and can be used outdoors within range of the console.
- The base unit has a rechargeable backup battery for use in the event of a power outage, and contains a separate compartment to charge a spare (included) pendant battery with four to six months of battery time.
- The rechargeable, water-resistant pendant offers six-plus months of battery time.
- The blue emergency button is easily visible in case of emergency.
- A system test button on back of unit makes it easy to confirm proper functioning.
Personal Emergency Response System Libris1
Keeping Active Seniors on the Go
With Comfort Keepers® SafetyChoice® Mobile Personal Emergency Response System (PERS), active seniors no longer need to stick close to home to feel safe and secure. This PERS unit is equipped with GPS tracking and locating, providing the wearer with safety monitoring from virtually anywhere via cellular networks.
The device's adaptive, multi-sensor fall detection automatically contacts the monitoring center in the event of a fall, so help is available whenever and wherever it is needed. Adaptable and portable, Comfort Keepers SafetyChoice Mobile PERS gives seniors the freedom they want with the safety they need.
SafetyChoice Mobile PERS Features:
- The Mobile PERS (Libris1 model) offers easy-to-use, single-button operation and hands-free, two-way communication.
- The unit is equipped with adaptive, multi-sensor fall detection technology.
- The PERS offers an immediate connection to the monitoring center, so assistance is available anytime and anywhere.
- The unit provides reliable, nationwide coverage to keep wearers on the go.
- The Mobile PERS can be worn around the neck or can be clipped onto a belt.
Cellular Personal Emergency Response System (GSM PERS)
A convenient, cellular-based medical alert system
The GSM SafetyChoice® Personal Emergency Response System (PERS) helps preserve the independence of seniors while offering an immediate response in the first critical moments of an emergency with hands-free, two-way communication over a cellular network.
With the simple push of a button, a kind and well-trained care representative at our SafetyChoice Centralized Monitoring Station will immediately answer the call and stay on the phone until help arrives, whether it is an ambulance, family member, friend, or neighbor.
- This is a smart option for those who do not have a traditional phone landline.
- It features a slim, attractive, lightweight design.
- The system offers a transmission range of 200 feet depending on structural variances.
- The alert activator is available as either a necklace or bracelet.
- The help button is wireless and waterproof and may be worn while showering or bathing.
Home Safety Assessment
Comfort Keepers can provide an in-home assessment to evaluate your safety needs and recommend the right medical alert products. Comfort Keepers will visit the home, work with the family to determine the specific needs, and demonstrate how these home medical alert devices can help seniors stay safe and independent at home.


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CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) Shane Larkin and Durand Scott scored 18 points each to lead Miami to a 76-59 victory over La Salle Wednesday night.
The Hurricanes (9-3) broke the game open with a 16-2 run midway through the second half. Larkin hit consecutive 3-pointers during the surge. The second of those, with 8:32 remaining, gave the Hurricanes their first double-digit lead at 57-47.
Erik Swoope's basket with 7:02 remaining ended the surge and increased Miami's lead to 61-47.
Trey McKinney Jones and Kenny Kadji finished with 14 points each for the Hurricanes, who snapped a two-game losing streak. Miami lost the final two games of the Diamond Head Classic in Hawaii against Arizona and Indiana State on Dec. 24 and 25.
Tyrone Garland scored 20 points to lead La Salle. The loss snapped a three-game winning streak for the Explorers (9-3).


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Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Celebrate Christmas with Elf Magic! (Giveaway)
Last year, we started a new holiday tradition at our house. After Thanksgiving, my twins wrote a note to Santa, asking him to send some elves to visit during the holiday season. Lo and behold, they woke one morning to find two elves sitting on the couch! The elves came with a special poem and magic "snowflakes." The poem told them that sprinkling the snowflakes on the elves would bring them to life each night so they could go on adventures while the kids were sleeping. Before they went to bed, the boys would leave crackers and water out for the elves. (They had heard that elves love crackers because they sound like snow crunching underfoot and water because it reminds them of melted snowflakes!) That would ensure that the elves would return for their treat each morning. When they woke up, the boys would race out of bed to see if their elves had returned! Elves love to play games, so they would hide in a different spot each day, and the boys had so much fun trying to figure out where they were. They found them sitting in the refrigerator (after all, elves do like the cold!), sticking out of the Christmas tree, and even in bed with them! During the day, the elves hung out with the boys (when they were home from school), playing, watching TV, and getting lots of hugs. At bedtime, the ritual would start all over again. The boys knew they had to get lots of playtime in with the elves because the elves would go back to the North Pole with Santa on Christmas Eve and not return until the following year. Needless to say, as we get closer and closer to Thanksgiving this year, my boys are eagerly awaiting the return of the elves!
Don't tell the kids, but this wonderful tradition was introduced to our household by Elf Magic. I was so impressed with the beautiful quality of their elves and the tradition that goes with it. And, of course, they encourage families to develop their own variations on the Elf Magic tradition! You can also get accessories for your elves, like sleeping bags, pajamas and slippers, clothes, and even a reindeer friend! Please watch this adorable video to learn more about Elf Magic. (Email subscribers may need to click onto my blog to see the video.)
Visit www.Elf-Magic.com to pick up some adorable elves for your family. This is a wonderful tradition that you and your children will look forward to every year! Thanks to Elf Magic, we'll have more elf friends visiting our household this year. I can't wait to see the look on my boys' faces when they see the new elves! It will definitely be a memorable moment!
Four readers of this blog now have the opportunity to win an Elf Magic elf of their very own! I have two boy and two girl elves to give away. These are the two newest elves to join the Elf Magic family just this year, so you'll be one of the first to receive them! (They're pictured below.) How can you be one of the lucky winners?
REQUIRED ENTRY: You must be a subscriber to Susan Heim on Parenting, either via RSS or email. Then, head on over to Facebook and become a fan of Elf Magic. If you're not on Facebook, please sign up for their newsletter at www.Elf-Magic.com. Leave me a comment with:
1) Your subscription method (RSS or email)
2) Your Facebook name or email address that will receive the newsletter
3) Your preference of a boy or girl elf
You can earn optional, additional entries by:
- Following me and Elf Magic (@ParentingAuthor and @ElfMagic) on Twitter and tweeting this giveaway. You can do this daily. Leave a separate comment each time you tweet with the direct URL to the tweet.
- Sharing Elf Magic's video on Facebook or tweeting the link to the video, which can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GaKRffPp7w. Leave a comment with your Facebook name and/or the URL to your tweet.
- Blogging about this giveaway with a link to this page and www.Elf-Magic.com. Leave a direct URL to the post.
- Following Susan Heim on Parenting on Networked Blogs. Click on "Follow This Blog" on the left sidebar.
- Following Susan Heim on Parenting through Google Friend Connect. Click on the "Follow" button on the left sidebar.
- Putting a button for Susan Heim on Parenting on your blog (the code is in the upper right-hand column of this site) or a text link on your blog roll. Post a comment with your blog's URL.
- Listing Susan Heim on Parenting as one of your Favorites on Technorati. (See "Add this Blog to My Technorati Favorites" banner on the left sidebar.) Leave a comment with your Technorati user name.
Four winners will be randomly selected from the qualified comments received by Tuesday, November 24, 2009, at midnight ET. Please leave an email address on one of your comments if it's not available on your Blogger profile. Winners must respond within 72 hours or another winner will be drawn. U.S. residents only.
CONTEST CLOSED. Congratulations to the winners: Shelly, kngmckellar, Garner5, and Angela C.!
DISCLOSURE: I received two new Elf Magic elves as a thank-you for helping to spread the word about this wonderful tradition!
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These are so adorable.
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Boy elf (1st choice)
Our elves arrived last year the day after Thanksgiving - the kids love them! They are so mischievous - one morning we found our underwear all over our Christmas tree!! Another morning we found they toilet papered our bathroom and another time we found them on our deck in the snow!!! Santa thanked my kids and took them back to the North Pole on Christmas Eve with the promise they will return this year. The kids are very excited and anxiously awaiting for them. We created a journal last year where each day we wrote about their nightly escapade and included a photo of their 'mess'. The elves have added a special 'magic' to our holiday season - hope they do the same for everyone else!!ReplyDelete
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Facebook fan-Peggy Gorman
The elf girl is so sweet
These elves and the tradition behind them are so delightful! What fun to interact with the elves as a family.ReplyDelete
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Many thanks, Cindi
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Love the Girl Elf.
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I would LOVE a girl elf!
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My daughter, Abbi would love a girl but she would be happy with a boy. She is blind, and gets into mischief on her own. :) I imagine the two of them together will be causing all kinds of mayhem. :)
Thanks and Have A Great Day!!!
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BOYCOM CEO Tells Senate Panel Government Can Act To Reduce Burdens On Rural Cable Firms
PITTSBURGH, April 9, 2013 – American Cable Association Board Member Patricia Jo Boyers today testified before the Senate Commerce Committee in support of new communications laws and policies that need to reflect the unique challenges faced by independent cable operators in providing rural America with the most advanced communications services.
Boyers, President and Chief Executive Officer at BOYCOM Cablevision, Inc. in Poplar Bluff, Mo., appeared before the panel's Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet. Led by Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) and Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), the panel provided a forum for a leader of the independent cable community to identify problems and propose solutions that would spark investment in advanced technologies, especially broadband Internet access, in communities at risk of being left behind.
"Each issue requires Congress' attention so that small cable operators like BOYCOM can continue to compete and can invest in modern networks that are capable of providing faster broadband to greater numbers of rural communities," Boyers said in prepared remarks.
Boyers started her company with her husband in 1993, taking a second mortgage on their home as collateral for their capital investment. The company has five core systems in rural Missouri that provide video to about 2,000 subscribers and broadband to 3,000 customers over fiber-to-the-home networks to ensure customers have the broadband performance capabilities they need for their businesses, education, and healthcare.
In her testimony, Boyers urged continuation of government's regulatory light touch over broadband services, voicing support for reasonable network management and billing practices tailored to address those few customers who use excessive amounts of bandwidth.
She backed state and federal programs designed to bring broadband to all communities, with the caveat that government not subsidize competitors to build their networks in areas where ACA Member companies already provide broadband.
"When we spend our own capital to bring broadband and other services to communities, there is absolutely no reason for the government to step in and aid others. Not only does this discourage private investment, it is a waste of taxpayer dollars," Boyers said.
With regard to the Federal Communications Commission's Connect American Fund (CAF) program, which will provide about $9 billion in broadband support in rural areas over the next five years, Boyers said the agency should distribute support efficiently, providing only the amount necessary to deliver the level of broadband service required by the rules. She said all broadband providers, including cable operators, should have a fair opportunity to access support when the FCC holds reverse auctions.
Under current law, Boyers said, only so-called Eligible Telecommunications Carriers (ETCs) may participate in reverse auctions. Few cable operators are ETCs because the state-run process to become an ETC is so onerous and ETC status comes with burdensome requirements. ETC status is irrelevant to reverse auction participation because it is the FCC that establishes all the requirements to obtain CAF support.
"The FCC can remedy this problem. We ask that Congress encourage the FCC to take steps to make it easier and less burdensome for cable operators to become ETCs so that they may participate in the reverse auctions when such auctions are used," Boyers said.
Boyers highlighted other problem areas for small cable operators that require government attention. She said the country needed to upgrade not only last-mile broadband connections to the home, but also the "middle-mile," which carries traffic from local networks to an Internet backbone access point. In rural areas, she said, often there is only one middle‐mile link available and it is often an outdated technology with limited capacity.
"This in turn limits the data speeds we can provide to our customers. It also means we often pay much higher prices for each byte we transmit," Boyers said. "Some of us have explored constructing our own middle-mile links, but because the distances involved are extremely long and the density of our users too low, the cost is prohibitive."
Boyers said that the federal Pole Attachment Act of 1978 exempts from regulation the fees charged by poles owned by municipalities and electric cooperatives. These groups have set high fees and delayed access, driving up costs and making broadband deployment even more uneconomical in rural areas.
"The FCC's National Broadband Plan wisely suggested that Congress should eliminate the exemption for cooperatives and municipalities to restore fairness and competitive rates to the market. We encourage Congress to take action to deal with the obvious shortcomings in the existing law," Boyers said.
BOYCOM and other ACA members, she said, face many restrictions, delays, excessive fees, and competitively discriminatory policies imposed by private and public entities that control rights-of-way.
"BOYCOM does not have a team of lawyers and consultants to deal with all these gatekeepers," Boyers said. "We are pleased that President Obama issued an executive order requiring federal agencies to develop new uniform policies and practices for accessing the federal government's assets for the purpose of broadband deployment."
Boyers concluded by noting that the cost of video programming has been increasing sharply, particularly for retransmission consent and sports networks offered regionally and nationally. While video revenue has increased for most cable operators, she said her video expenses have grown faster, sending video margins to historic lows five years running.
"Our subscriber base simply cannot afford to pay another dime. We're eating the cost increases. The reduced profit from video puts pressure on cable operators, particularly smaller ones, and reduces available capital for broadband," she said.
She added that since October 2005, the number of cable systems has declined by 26% (from 7,208 to 5,312) and that for systems with fewer than 10,000 subscribers, the percentage drop in the number of systems has been even greater.
About the American Cable Association
Based in Pittsburgh, the American Cable Association is a trade organization representing nearly 850 smaller and medium-sized, independent cable companies who provide broadband services for more than 7 million cable subscribers primarily located in rural and smaller suburban markets across America. Through active participation in the regulatory and legislative process in Washington, D.C., ACA's members work together to advance the interests of their customers and ensure the future competitiveness and viability of their business. For more information, visit https://acaconnects.org/


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To me it seems that what this application is, in effect, claiming is the use of 1-context-sensitivity to increase the precision of data-flow analyses for factory methods. This is the most trivial possible application of the general concept of context-sensitive data-flow analysis, which has been known since more than 35 years, as can be seen in this article: https://archive.org/details/twoapproachestoi00shar So how is this a novel invention by the IBM?
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- A system comprising: a bottleneck identifier configured to identify a data-flow bottleneck within a first data-flow propagation graph; and
a static analyzer configured to:
apply a first level of abstraction to model a plurality of run-time objects of a computer software application, thereby producing a set of object abstractions, and perform static data-flow analysis of the computer software application using the set of object abstractions, thereby producing the first data-flow propagation graph;
apply a second level of abstraction to model any of the run-time objects having in the set of object abstractions a corresponding object abstraction that is traceable to the data-flow bottleneck, where applying the second level of abstraction decomposes the corresponding object abstraction into a plurality of object abstractions, thereby modifying the set of object abstractions, and perform static data-flow analysis of the computer software application using the modified set of object abstractions.


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For 30 years, the United States has been Egypt's weapons supplier, military trainer and financier.
Along the way, top U.S. military officers built close relationships with their Egyptian counterparts. But for all those connections, the Pentagon is finding that it can exert only limited influence as it watches events play out in Cairo.
The resignation Friday night of President Hosni Mubarak left the Egyptian military in charge of the country. Vice President Omar Suleiman announced that Mubarak had decided to step down and "has mandated the Armed Forces Supreme Council to run the state."
The shift to military rule, even if temporary, makes the intimate familiarity of U.S. officers with their Egyptian counterparts such as Gen. Sami Anan, chief of staff of the armed forces, all the more important.
By coincidence, Anan was in the middle of annual bilateral talks at the Pentagon with Assistant Secretary of Defense Sandy Vershbow two weeks ago just as the Cairo protests were starting to shake the foundations of the Mubarak regime.
Top stories: Turmoil in the Middle East
A spectacular symbol of the enduring U.S.-Egyptian military relationship appeared early in the crisis on Jan. 30, when U.S.-made Lockheed Martin F-16 jets (each worth about $40 million) swooped over Cairo, in an apparent show of force by the Mubarak government.
How that military-to-military relationship might change in the post-Mubarak era is one of the biggest unknowns for the Obama administration.
The day before Mubarak's resignation, U.S. foreign policy experts were emphasizing the scant ability of American officials to nudge events in the direction of a stable democratic regime.
"The limits are clear," Richard Haas, a former top State Department official under President George W. Bush and now president of the Council on Foreign Relations, said on Thursday. "The U.S. military can communicate messages, as they have been doing and are doing, to their Egyptian counterparts. But at the end of the day, the Egyptian military is going to act in ways that they believe are necessary for their institutional requirements and for their national requirements."
Steven Cook, a Council on Foreign Relations specialist on Egypt who returned from Cairo two weeks ago, said Thursday, "I would go so far as to say President Mubarak retains the loyalty of the senior command even though he is transferring power to Vice President Omar Suleiman. ... The military remains committed to defending the Egyptian state. I can't emphasize enough how deeply intertwined they are" with the Mubarak regime.
Middle East expert Anthony Cordesman at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington cautioned in a memo Thursday that, "There is no one military, and a careful distinction needs to be made between the real military" which is under the Defense Ministry, and the security forces that are under Ministry of the Interior.
"These latter forces are the primary source of the oppression documented in the annual U.S. State Department human rights report, and of the growing authoritarianism and abuses that Egyptians are now protesting," he said.
But some regular military officers, he said, "do have every reason to be loyal to the status quo. There are significant numbers of retired senior military officers in Mubarak's inner circle who have been given sinecures and senior posts in the civil government and state industries, and who will want to continue to benefit from the regime," he said. But the bulk of retired senior officers "don't enjoy these privileges."
The implication is that a division could exist in the Egyptian military, both active and retired, between those who backed Mubarak and those who supported change.
In fact, U.S. officials told NBC News that Egyptian military officials turned on President Hosni Mubarak Thursday night, when some senior military officials threatened to take off their uniforms and join the protesters.
Asked if this was a military coup, an official said, "Call it clear military pressure."
The most dramatic action Obama and Congress could take to break with the new military regime would be to cut off the $1.3 billion the United States has given Egypt annually under the Foreign Military Financing program to allow it to purchase U.S.-made jets, helicopters, missiles and other hardware.
Haas counseled against that step Thursday. "I think the administration is wise to not be talking any longer about potentially threatening aid cutoffs," he said. "The Egyptian military is obviously the pivotal institution. Why do you want to cut off, or in any way threaten to cut off, one of your ties to that institution?"
Jason Brownlee, an Egypt expert at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Texas, points out that if the Obama administration threatened the Egyptian government —either the current one or a future one — with a cutoff of military hardware, the Egyptians could respond by saying, "You know your nuclear-powered aircraft carriers that we've been letting pass through the Suez Canal without any inspections? We're going to have start inspecting those now, because we're always worried about a nuclear accident happening in the Suez Canal."Story: 'Egypt is free,' crowds cheer after Mubarak quits
That could cause U.S. Navy movement from the Mediterranean to the Persian Gulf to grind to a halt, Brownlee said.
Any advice Defense Secretary Robert Gates or U.S. officers are giving to the Egyptians is now being given in private, said Haas, "and that's exactly the way it should be. ... But the bigger reality is the limits of U.S. influence and the limits of U.S. knowledge."
Haas said he worries that "the longer this drags on, the more the army 'gets out of the barracks.' I see two fundamental risks: the more the army becomes a political actor, it loses some of its 'above politics' or 'beyond politics' legitimacy. Secondly, it could be forced into situations where it needs to takes sides and that could ultimately mean the use of force against one (side) or another."
On Tuesday, Gates lavished praise on Egyptian officers, saying "I think that the Egyptian military has conducted itself in an exemplary fashion during this entire episode. They have acted with great restraint. Frankly, they have done everything that we have indicated we would hope that they would do. ... They have made a contribution to the evolution of democracy and what we're seeing in Egypt."Video: Obama slammed over tactics in Egypt crisis
A shared history
In the past, the U.S.-Egyptian relationship was based largely on a decades-long familiarity — American officials became accustomed to repeated dealings with one president and his military complex.
Gates underscored the personal nature of the alliance during a 2009 visit to Cairo, saying, "I first met President Mubarak nearly 20 years ago," — when Gates was director of Central Intelligence — "and over the years multiple American presidents and administrations have benefited from his wise counsel.
"Our own military has benefited from the interaction with the Egyptian armed forces, one of the most professional and capable in the region," he added.
That connectivity runs through the top ranks of U.S. and Egyptian military officers, who "are interwoven in their personal connections through the training that they've done and through their common strategic vision for the Middle East," said Brownlee.
"It's quite a close relationship, with influence that can go in both directions," he said. "We talk about leverage. Leverage is mutual. I think one of the reasons why the U.S. has difficulties, not just right now, but over the past decade, getting more political reform through (in Egypt) is because any discussion of political change in Egypt is circumscribed by what the Pentagon and American intelligence agencies need from the Egyptian government."
From the point of view of top Pentagon officials, Brownlee, it's a case of, "We know these people, we've had a good working relationship with them, and we'd like to continue it. To the extent, we're nudging them at all, we're nudging them in a way that will try to maintain the relationship, not in a way that is going to transform it."
For a relationship that might appear right now to provide the United States with only limited influence, the American investment in Egypt has cost billions of dollars and taken many forms.
Last year, for example, the Obama administration awarded a $213 million contract to Lockheed Martin for production of 20 new F-16s for Egypt, which already owns 240 of the planes. "This is a great day for Lockheed Martin and a testament to the enduring partnership and commitment we have made to the government of Egypt," said Lockheed Vice President John Larson.
Other recent Defense Department investments range from $210 million for refurbishment and upgrading of four U.S.-made frigates in the Egyptian Navy to $145 million for anti-ship missiles made by Boeing.Video: Protesters deeply distrustful of Mubarak
Egyptian officers train at American military staff colleges under the International Military and Education Training program, funded at about $1.4 million a year.
U.S. Marines and Navy forces conduct biannual joint training with Egyptian and other forces as part of Exercise Bright Star, established in 1981 as a result of the Camp David Peace Accords.
In 2009, U.S. Marines stormed Egyptian beaches near Alexandria during an amphibious assault demonstration as part of Bright Star. "It's been really crucial for preparing U.S. forces for battles in a desert climate," said Brownlee.
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The investment in the Egyptian military as a bulwark of regional influence has made sense for U.S. strategic needs: preserving the Egypt-Israel peace accord and projecting U.S. military forces into the Persian Gulf to safeguard energy supplies.
"Egypt is incredibly cooperative when it comes to U.S. vehicles, personnel and materiel going through its territory and going through the Suez Canal," Brownlee said.
From 2001 to 2005, the Egyptian government provided on average 20 overflight permissions per day to U.S. military aircraft, as well as preferential access to the Suez Canal, Brownlee said.
And even though Mubarak publicly opposed the Iraq war "he was operationally fully cooperative" in the U.S. effort to move and re-supply troops, Brownlee noted.
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Caffeinated energy drinks, heavily marketed to young people, have exploded in popularity in recent years, with the market growing by triple digits and projected to reach $20 billion in sales next year.
But new questions are being raised about their safety, and the lack of government oversight of these popular beverages.
Reports released last week by the US Food and Drug Administration bring to 13 the number of deaths possibly connected to two popular brands of the drink, Monster Energy and 5-Hour Energy, since 2009. Federal officials had previously linked 7,000 emergency room visits to caffeinated energy drinks between 2004 and 2009.
The reports do not mean that the drinks caused any deaths — just that people drank the beverages before falling ill — and it's unclear at this point what might cause the drinks to be dangerous. But the reports have led critics, including two US senators, to call for federal regulators to take a closer look at the drinks.
"The existence of an adverse event report does not necessarily mean that the product identified in the report actually caused the adverse event," FDA spokeswoman Shelly L. Burgess wrote in an e-mail. "FDA assesses the relationship, if any, between a product or ingredient and the reported adverse event."
A few brands of energy drinks have labels that warn children and pregnant women not to consume them, though the actual risk is unclear, because the safety of the drinks hasn't been carefully studied. Many of the drinks contain high levels of caffeine — though many have less caffeine per ounce than a cup of brewed coffee — as well as sugar and small amounts of ingredients like the amino acid taurine, which may improve athletic performance, and plant extracts guarana and ginseng, which are possible stimulants.
"It's hard to believe that 200 or so milligrams of caffeine could cause deaths, so much more information is needed," said Marion Nestle, a professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University. "That's why investigations are essential at this point."
Many energy drinks are sold as "dietary supplements," not food, so unlike sodas, they do not come under federal caffeine limitations, although they must report any adverse events related to their products and the government does review claims made on the products' labels.
The FDA is considering several citizen petitions requesting limits on caffeine in foods and requiring that labels state these limits, according to Burgess, a team leader for Food, Veterinary and Cosmetic Products.
It can be challenging to figure out how much caffeine is in energy drinks. In a report in its December issue, Consumer Reports found that 11 of 27 energy drinks tested do not list their caffeine content, and five of the products that did — Arizona Energy, Clif Shot Turbo Energy Gel, Nestlé Jamba, Sambazon Organic Amazon Energy, and Venom Energy — had 20 percent more caffeine than was listed on their label.
People with certain medical problems, such as heart disease, vascular conditions, and panic and seizure disorders, have long been told to limit or avoid caffeine. A 14-year-old girl who died last year after drinking two Monster Energy Drinks within 24 hours had a heart condition that may have made the drinks particularly dangerous for her.
Dr. Richard Church, an assistant professor of emergency medicine and a medical toxicologist at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, said he believes that the drinks are generally safe. But he says people need to be smarter about drinking them.
Young people tend to pound back energy drinks, quickly increasing their blood concentrations — and the strength — of caffeine. They also often drink more than one serving, thinking of it like a soda, and not realizing its potency.
"When you drink a cup of coffee, you sip it," Church said. "I don't know of anybody who chugs more than one espresso."
Because body weight also determines concentration, young people are considered more vulnerable to caffeine than adults, said Ted Kallmyer, a biologist and editor of the website Energyfiend.com, which tracks caffeine and calculates lethal doses of the popular chemical. (To consume a fatal amount of caffeine, a 150-pound person would have to drink 64 16 oz. cans of Monster Energy, and a 100-pound person 43 cans, according to the site.)
Obviously, there are also personal variations in how people respond to caffeine, too. Some can drink coffee all day with little effect; others can't sleep at night if they have caffeine after noon.
"What is clear is that [some] people increase their wakefulness by drinking caffeine," said David Elmenhorst, a neuroscientist at the Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine in Jülich, Germany.
A new study also suggests that the drinks may be putting soldiers at risk. Forty-five percent of American service members in combat units in Afghanistan consume energy drinks every day — many drinking them for free in military cafeterias. The 14 percent who drank at least three a day were more likely to sleep under 4 hours per night, report stress-related sleep problems, and fall asleep on guard duty than those who drank less, the study showed.
Experts say it's also possible that other ingredients in caffeinated energy drinks or the combination of those ingredients with caffeine are causing or contributing to the reported health problems.
"You have to look at a product in its totality," said Gerry David, president and CEO of Celsius, another energy drink company. "Things work differently when they're together."
Celsius contains no sugar — though many other energy drinks are loaded with it — and has been shown safe in seven separate studies, David said.
It's possible that the risk increases when energy drinks are mixed with other substances. Combining alcohol with energy drinks has been shown to be dangerous. In 2010, the Food and Drug Administration sent warning letters to four companies that the caffeine added to their alcoholic beverages was unsafe. The companies removed the caffeine and now market their drinks as alcoholic, rather than energy products.
The federal Drug Abuse Warning Network reported last year that 7,301 emergency department visits were connected to caffeinated energy drinks between 2004 and 2009. Of those, 44 percent had alcohol, medications or illegal drugs in their bloodstream in addition to the energy drink..
It's possible that the drinks are only dangerous when consumed a certain way by vulnerable people, said Church, who has energy drinks occasionally when he needs to pull night shifts at the hospital.
"You need to know what you're putting in your body," he said. "It's just about being smart."
Nestle, of NYU, said the problem is we really don't know whether they are dangerous or not, because they haven't been studied.
Still, many people are sticking with their energy drink habits.
Seth Hall, 23, of Smithfield, R.I., said he's not worried about the safety of Monster Energy Drinks, which he's consumed daily since age 11.
The community college student said he likes Monster's sweetness and the extra edge he gets — especially around midterms and finals time.
"It doesn't really work," to improve his grades, he said, "but I try anyway."
Although he's cut down to just two cans a day, he would happily go back to his six-a-day habit — if, at $2.50 per can, he could afford it.
"Money's tight right now," he said.
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The National Science Foundation is funding a project at N.C. State University [pictured above] to develop a video game that helps improve computer science knowledge retention in middle school kids.
The NSF called the $1 million grant to State necessary in light of the decline in students enrolled in the so-called STEM fields - science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The NSF noted that projections say American high tech employers will have more computer science job openings than can be filled by competent graduates.
The funding is meant to create a game that encourages students to pursue a career in computer science. The lead researcher at State also built one teaching scientific concepts to fifth graders.
This is all well and good, but if we're talking about a computer game designed to spur video gamers' interest in the applied sciences, and encourage them to enroll at a university that teaches them, I think the NSF should pay EA Sports a couple million to make State the preseason No. 1 every year in NCAA Football.
State Gets $1 Million Grant for Educational Game [Game Politics]
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Time Warner Cable Gives Charter Cold Shoulder
Jan 15, 2014 4:25 PM PT
Charter Communications is pursuing the acquisition of Time Warner Cable, but it seems unable to offer a price the cable giant can accept. Now, with its third offer made and spurned, the dialogue between the two companies has gone public and become somewhat nasty in tone.
Charter on Monday offered to acquire Time Warner Cable for US$132.50 per share, or $62.35 billion. That followed a previous offer of $127 per share in October, up from a bid of $114 per share in June. Like the earlier overtures, Charter's latest offer was swiftly rejected by TWC as "grossly inadequate."
Charter promptly took its case to shareholders -- and the public at large. CEO Tom Rutledge appeared on CNBC shortly after the rejection, calling Time Warner a broken company that required fixing.
In explaining its rejection of the offer, Time Warner noted that Charter had sent a letter generally proposing a price in the "low $130s." The company learned further details from a Bloomberg report that pegged the offer at $132.50, consisting of $83.00 in cash and $49.50 in Charter stock.
$75 Billion or Bust
Rob Marcus, Time Warner Cable's chairman and chief executive officer, spelled out exactly what Charter would have to offer for the company: $160 per TWC share, with $100 in cash and $60 per share of Charter common stock. That would translate to $75 billion.
The $160 price represented a mere forward multiple of approximately 8X, he noted.
"We gave Charter our bottom line, but rather than pursuing this path, Charter has chosen to go public with its third low-ball offer, trying to pressure TWC's board into selling the company at a grossly inadequate price," Marcus said.
Where the negotiations will go from here is unclear.
"No one can really say what the value is unless they have dived deep into TWC's books," said Dan Rayburn, an analyst with Frost & Sullivan.
"Even then, it is a matter of the companies coming to an agreement," he told the E-Commerce Times.
Still, TWC's Marcus seemed to have a fairly concrete idea of the value of Charter's offer.
The nominal valuation in Charter's offer was far too low, he pointed out, and because a significant portion of the purchase price would be in Charter stock, "the actual value delivered to TWC shareholders could be substantially lower given the valuation, operational, and significant balance sheet risks embedded in Charter's stock."
Another influence on the negotiations is Liberty Media Chairman John Malone, a cable industry pioneer and the largest Charter shareholder. It has become clear he wants to re-enter the U.S. market, and TWC apparently is the vehicle he intends to use.
What John Malone Wants
In fact, Malone is the driving force behind Charter's pursuit of TWC, said Val Wright of ValWright Consulting.
"Liberty Global acquired Virgin Media in England in July 2013," she told the E-Commerce Times. "Now that he has the UK's No. 2 pay TV operator, he is seeking consolidation of the U.S. market to compete with new players like Google and Amazon."
As Malone sees it, customers are spending more money and time watching content on Netflix and Amazon Prime, and that is shifting the power for content houses like Disney and Fox -- which are then negotiating tougher deals with cable operators like Time Warner Cable and Comcast, Wright explained.
"Further consolidation would give the cable operators more power to negotiate better deals," she said.
If Malone wants to cut a deal with TWC, he is going to have to do a lot more persuading, Wright said. "Right now, the high mix of Charter stock in the deal probably won't cut it."


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Are you wondering what happened to the Bastille Day Festival? Well, it's gotten bigger and better, and is now the Seattle French Fest, celebrating all things Francophone. Read on!
Oui à la Francophonie!
Seattle Center Festál: Seattle French Fest
Seattle Center Festál presents Seattle French Fest: A Celebration of French-Speaking Cultures, 11 a.m. – 6 p.m., Saturday, March 24, in Seattle Center Armory. Explore and experience the French way of life as it is lived throughout the world through performing and visual arts, hands-on activities, cars, and a lively marketplace.
This first annual Festál event features A Celebration of French Speaking Cultures to promote and raise awareness of Francophone cultures and traditions. Live music, theater and dance well as international food and wine add to the celebration of French culture and regional presence. This inaugural celebration of la Francophonie in Seattle, will feature many of the over 70 member states included in Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie.
Performance highlights include:
Tahitian dance by Te Fare O Tamatoa, Louisiana Cajun music from Folichon, French-Canadian tunes and percussive dance by Podorythmie, gypsy jazz from Pearl Django, and traditional French language songs from around the world by the Alliance Française Choir and the Théâtre Français Choir.
Festival-goers are also invited to informational seminars on French fashion in Seattle with Seattle's Fashion Incubator, the Canadian Métis in the Pacific Northwest with Robert Foxcurran, the Francophone world with University of Washington French and Italian Studies Chair Richard Watts, French politics with Deputy Consul General of France Corrine Pereira, and readings of French language poetry from around the world with Misa Bourdoiseau of Éducation Française Greater Seattle. Also on the schedule are performances by many of the area's French language schools, traditional French dictation exercises for both beginner and intermediate levels organized by University of Washington French Studies students, and chef demos from around the French-speaking world.
Creative activites for children of all ages organized by the Alliance Française de Seattle and booths hosted by Biot-Tacoma Sister City Association, Canoe Island French Camp, Éducation Française Greater Seattle, the French American School of Puget Sound, the French Bilingual Association, the French Immersion School of Washington, Maison de France, Seattle International Film Festival, Seattle-Nantes Sister City Association, Théatre Français de Seattle, Vive la France and more will compliment these interactive performances and seminars.
Au menu in the international bistro festures: Louisiana fried oyster po'boy sandwich, sandwich Parisian (ham baguette sandwich), bisque de tomate (creamy tomato soup), salade de crudités (trio of fresh salads) and Belgian moules frites (steamed mussels with fries).
Seattle Center Festál, a series of 22 celebrations presented by community organizations in partnership with Seattle Center, considers themes of importance to ethnic cultures in our region, revealing their common forms of tradition and expression, while highlighting their unique contributions to the Pacific Northwest and the world.
Seattle French Fest is produced in partnership with France Education Northwest under the auspices of the Consular Agency of France. For more information on Seattle French Fest, visit www.fenpnw.org. Click on www.seattlecenter.com or call 206 684-7200 to learn more about Seattle Center Festál and other outstanding public events offered at Seattle Center.
About Seattle Center Festál
Seattle Center Festál 2013 presents a series of 22 world festivals on weekends throughout the year highlighting the distinct cultures and common threads of ethnic communities in our region through traditional and contemporary art, music, foods, youth activities, workshops and more. This collection of cultural events is produced with the generous support of Coca-Cola, The Boeing Company, T-Mobile, Wells Fargo, Real Networks, and KUOW 94.9 Public Radio. Additional support is provided by 4Culture, Washington State Arts Commission and the City of Seattle.


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PRINCESS ANNE, MD - With a mission that blends academics and art, the Mosely Gallery at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore manages a year-round program of exhibits, with artists using a variety of media, from across the world and within the region.
The artists contributing to the gallery's next exhibit are close to home. The members of the Artists' Co-Op are all from the greater Salisbury area. At this point, the membership is also all female, though not necessarily by design.
Art lovers who visit area private galleries will recognize the names of many of those whose work will be on display. They include: Marie Cavallaro, April Devlin, Ann Eelman, Paula Hepburn, Angela Herbert-Hodges, Nancy Mysak, AinaNergaar-Nammack, Gloria Smith, Betty Sur, Sue Thomas and Marge Violetta.
The exhibit opens with a reception from 4 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, November 2. It will remain in the Mosely Gallery through Thursday, December 21.
For more information, please contact the Gallery Director Anke Van Wagenberg at the UMES Department of Fine Arts at 410- 651-7770.
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vs. THE CHIEFS: The Herd picked up their first win in nine tries against the Chiefs last night. The Chiefs began the 2009 season series by winning eight straight. Last year, Buffalo lost the first give games of the season series before winning seven of their final 11 games against the Chiefs. A victory tonight would be the Bisons 100th win over Syracuse since rejoining the International League in 1998 (most wins against any one team: 2nd – vs. Rochester (98)).
THE RETURN OF REYES: INF Argenis Reyes returned to action yesterday after missing 15 games because of a groin contusion. The infielder went on the disabled list riding a nine-game hit streak and picked up right where he left off. Reyes went 2-4 with a double in the second game of last night's double dip. Now at 10 games, his hit streak actually began back on May 19. During the streak, Reyes has averaged .359 (14-39).
BIG WILLY STYLE: INF/OF Wily Mo Pena had two hits in both games of yesterday's doubleheader. The slugger has now hit in 18 of his last 20 games, averaging .329 (25-76) since May 25. During that hot stretch at the plate, Pena has driven in 12 runs and raised his season average 70 points to .270.
ROSTER MOVES: RHP Tobi Stoner was added to the Bisons roster yesterday. Stoner was 2-2 with a 2.86ERA in seven starts with Binghamton. INF Javier Valentin was placed on the disabled list with a right shoulder strain. INF Jonathan Malo was also transferred to Binghamton (AA) yesterday.
FIGGY HONORED: Yesterday, the IL named RHP Nelson Figueroa the league's Pitcher of the Week for June 8-14. Figueroa was 1-0 with a 1.98ERA in two starts last week. He struck out 16 batters in 13.2 innings of work, including a season-high nine in a 126-pitch effort against Durham on Saturday. Figueroa's 2.90ERA on the season is the 12th lowest mark in the IL.


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A professional photographer from Western's Visual Production Center will take a photo as you receive your diploma cover, and University Television will capture the moment on video.
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