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Brown's representative Nicole Perna says the 24-year-old singer will continue treatment for anger issues as an outpatient in Los Angeles and "appreciates all of your encouragement and support." He entered rehab voluntarily after his arrest in Washington, D.C., following a fight with a man that led to a misdemeanor assault charge that puts Brown's probation in jeopardy.
Perna says Brown is working on the community service requirement of the plea deal he agreed to after pleading guilty to attacking then-girlfriend Rihanna in 2009. Brown faces four years in prison if a judge decides to revoke his probation a second time. A judge briefly revoked it in August after a hit-and-run, and ordered him to perform an additional 1,000 hours of community service.


text: Athletic | Bowling | Boxing | Bridge | Country | Cricket | Cycling | Fitness | Football | Golf | Gun | Gymnastics | Nightclubs | Photography | Rugby | Sailing Banham Boxing ClubBanham boxing Club in Norfolk is your typical local boxing club. Usually a boxing club will have a boxing ring in the centre which is effectively a raised platfrom with ropes keeping the competitors in. One of the things about boxing is that it requires dedication, discipline and attention to detail which is great to have customers like that as you are pretty much guaranteed clients returning again and again - because it gets into their blood. Around the ring you will have exercise kit which will include punch bags, focus pads, speedballs, strike shields, skipping ropes, floor mats, and benches. To box you will need the right equipment such as boxing gloves, clothing, footwear, hand wraps, head guards, and gum shields. Boxing is a combat sport in which two people engage in a contest of strength, reflexes, and endurance by throwing punches at an opponent with the goal of out-pointing your opponent or achieving a knockout with gloved hands. Amateur boxing is an Olympic and Commonwealth sport and is a common fixture in most of the major international games - it also has its own World Championships. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of one to three minute intervals called rounds. The result is decided when an opponent is deemed incapable to continue by a referee, is disqualified for breaking a rule, resigns by throwing in a towel, or is pronounced the winner or loser based on the judges' scorecards at the end of the contest. Amateur boxing is vastly different from professional boxing in the fact there are less rounds in a fight - for men it is generally 3 rounds of 3 minutes each and for women is is 4 rounds of 2 minutes each. Judges outside the ring press a button to indicate if a boxer has thrown a decent scoring punch and if 2 of the judges agree then the point is scored. The winner of the fight is the one with the most points at the end of the 3/4 rounds. Other successes for team GB boxing were Anthony Joshua and Luke Campbell winning gold, Freddie Evans winning silver, and Anthony Ogogo winning the bronze medal. Team GB did exceptionally well in the 2012 London Olympics with Nicola Adams achieving the first ever gold medal in Womem's boxing. The birth hour of boxing as a sport may be its acceptance by the ancient Greeks as an Olympic game as early as 688 BC. Boxing evolved from 16th and 18th century prizefights, largely in Great Britain, to the forerunner of modern boxing in the mid 19th century, again initially in Great Britain and later in the United States. |


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Heroic Teacher Fired for Saving Children From Fire
The heat is on a Jacksonville, Florida daycare that fired a teacher for saving her kids from a fire.
When Michelle Hammack walked into the kitchen and noticed some flames coming from the oven in the kitchen at Little Temples Childcare last week, she returned to her classroom, woke up her napping kids and then led them outside to safety.
Not content, Hammack went back inside to make sure there were no children left and, realizing the blaze was small enough for her to handle, she put it out before firemen arrived on the scene.
Hero, right? Nope.
The next day, Hammack showed up at work to learn she had been given her walking papers.
Little Temples owner Olga Rozhaov said, "I fired her only because she left her room. Even though children are sleeping, the teachers are supposed to be there."
She also has no regrets over her decision and warned anyone else who finds him or herself under her employ, by noting, "It's not acceptable, and if anybody else does the same thing, I will fire again. I will fire them. No question."
For her part, Hammack says she's being given the shaft, adding, "I didn't start the fire. I put it out."
What do you think? Was the firing justified or should she have been let go for violating school policy?


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Tim Janzen and I discussing the AncestryDNA features at RootsTech with AncestryDNA staff |
Raw Data Downloads
On Thursday, AncestryDNA fulfilled their promise to allow customers to download their raw data. As Dr. Ken Chahine had assured me back in November, the file is not encrypted and is compatible with third party tools.
I sent my file to a number of third party providers:
- After working with it a bit, John Olson announced on the site that he expects that Gedmatch will be accepting AncestryDNA uploads in about two weeks.
- David Pike told me that he has updated his tools to work with the AncestryDNA files.
- Leon Kull has reportedly updated his HIR search site to work with them as well.
- Dr. Ann Turner has created an Excel macro to convert the AncestryDNA files to 23andMe format.
- Bennett Greenspan told the audience that Family Tree DNA will be accepting AncestryDNA transfers into Family Finder starting on May 1st.
- Dr. Catherine Ball confirmed that the raw data file is not phased and that they are delivering it as they receive it from the chip manufacturer Illumina. She also confirmed what Dr. Ann Turner had already discovered - the data labeled as "Chromosome 25" is from the PAR region. Further, the "Chromosome 23" label refers to the X chromosome data and "Chromosome 24" refers to the Y chromosome.
- Unlike Family Tree DNA, AncestryDNA is not removing any SNPs from the data - medically relevant or not.
- The overlap between AncestryDNA's raw data file and 23andMe's should be around 690,000 SNPs due to the fact that they are both using the same Illumina OmniExpress Plus base chip. The ~10,000 SNP difference can be accounted for due to a different set of poorly preforming probes and test SNPs. Family Tree DNA's should have a similar overlap for the same reasons.
- There is no mitochondrial DNA included in the raw data file because it is not included on the Illumina chip that they are using. (23andMe adds the mtDNA SNPs).
Search Function
As I expected from earlier conversations with AncestryDNA, a search function is next on the list. Kenny Freestone, Product Manager for AncestryDNA, discussed it in his presentation under the heading "What's Next". Although it is already in the works, Kenny could not provide a firm timeline for its availability when I asked.
We will be able to filter our list of matches by surname, location and username. As anyone who has worked with their AncestryDNA matches knows, this is sorely needed. There is no doubt that the many requests from customers pushed this up their list of priorities.
Genetic Ethnicity Update
Later this year, AncestryDNA will be updating their Genetic Ethnicity feature. They will provide more granularity in Europe and West Africa. We can also expect more accurate breakdowns. A number of AncestryDNA personnel acknowledged to me over the weekend that certain "ethnicities" (i.e. - Scandinavian) are overestimated for many customers. However, they also emphasized that much of the perceived problem with their admixture analysis stems from the question of "where and when". What they mean by this is that it is very difficult (and sometimes impossible) to pinpoint where specific DNA signatures were at an exact time in history.
As I always remind my readers, this portion of the science has a long way to go and will improve with more data and time. On the "more data" front, during her speech at the AncestryDNA luncheon on Friday, Dr. Ball was reportedly requesting that genealogists who know that all eight of their great grandparents were born in the same place share this information with AncestryDNA. This seems to imply that, like 23andMe has successfully done, AncestryDNA plans to use customer data to improve their predictions. They are also starting to work on incorporating the coveted SMGF collection into their admixture analysis, which should improve it greatly.
The good news is that AncestryDNA customers don't have to wait for this update to gain more insight into their ancestral origins. Now that AncestryDNA has made the raw data available, customers will be able to upload their raw data file to the various third party sites to try out the admixture calculators and/or send it to Dr. McDonald for his very highly regarded analysis.
AncestryDNA are currently working on an algorithm to improve matching for endogamous populations, specifically Ashkenazi Jews.
As I reported in November, the minimum threshold for matching is 5 megabase pairs. This was reconfirmed in a conversation I had with Dr. Ball on Friday. I also learned that there is no minimum SNP requirement. We discussed the possibility of AncestryDNA switching to centiMorgan measurements in the future.
The test is now $99 for everyone - subscribers and non-subscribers. This was likely in response to 23andMe's recent price drop. Having attracted well over 120,000 customers in less than a year in business, AncestryDNA is proving to be an important player in this field. This new policy to attract subscribers and non-subscribers alike will only improve their market share.
International Customers
It does not appear that AncestryDNA has plans to offer their test to international customers in the near future, instead choosing to focus on the U.S. market for now.
Matching Segment Data and Chromosome Browser
On Friday at RootsTech, Dr. Tim Janzen and I sat down for a meeting with AncestryDNA management. Among others, we were joined by Dr. Ken Chahine, Senior Vice President and General Manager of DNA, and Dr. Catherine Ball, Vice President of Genomics and BioInformatics. (Dave Dowell also attended a portion of the meeting.) I found them to be very receptive to hearing our requests and the reasons behind them. At no time did they state that they had decided not to build a chromosome browser or release matching segment data to their customers in the future. Dr. Ball did express some privacy concerns, but was open to hearing ideas of how this could be addressed.
Tim Janzen explains his feelings while Ken Chahine looks on |
During the meeting, Tim very emphatically explained his feelings on the need for matching segment data (above) and I resorted to begging (below)... {hehe}
Catherine Ball, Ken Chahine, Tim Janzen, me, Dave Dowell and Steve Baloglu |
On Saturday, after attending Kenny Freestone's presentation, four advanced genetic genealogists approached him to discuss the chromosome browser issue. In addition to myself, Tim Janzen, Angie Bush, and Nathan Machula were present for the conversation. Kenny didn't have much to say and mostly listened to the arguments that we presented covering why we feel that it is essential that AncestryDNA offer the matching segment data behind their relative predictions. At no time did he state that AncestryDNA would not offer a chromosome browser or that the delay in doing so was because AncestryDNA didn't think that their customers could understand it. He did, however, confirm that it was not a top priority at this time. He also said that he personally reads all of the requests sent through the feedback button, so if you want them to reassess their priorities, then be sure and let them know.
Tim emphasized that both 23andMe and Family Tree DNA included a chromosome browser feature at the launch of their autosomal DNA product and wondered aloud why AncestryDNA had not done so as well. I explained to Kenny (as well as in my meeting with management) that, as genealogists, we expect conclusions to be evidence based. It is not in line with this principle to simply be told that a certain common ancestor is responsible for a DNA match and be expected to take AncestryDNA's word for it. Where is the proof? Since Kenny had shown a chart during his presentation of his ancestral lines that he claimed were genetically confirmed by AncestryDNA matches, I also pointed out the fact that those lines that he had shaded in weren't really confirmed without the actual genetic data to support that claim. To illustrate, I laid out my experience as follows:
On my AncestryDNA account, I was happy to find a shaky leaf hint a few weeks ago.
The only problem is that this match doesn't appear anywhere on my mother's 47 pages of matches. Do you know what this means? It means that I must have inherited the DNA responsible for the match through my father's side. Since all DNA inherited through my mother's line must come through her, AncestryDNA has identified the wrong common ancestor as the source of the DNA shared between LGB and me. A fluke of the algorithms...? Perhaps. Let's look at some more of my matches.
Once again, as you can see, the common ancestor identified by AncestryDNA is on my mother's side. A thorough search of my mother's matches shows that, once again, this person is not reported as a match to my mother. From this, we can only reach the conclusion that the DNA responsible for this match comes through my father's side - not my mother's. The common ancestor that I share with "Baerion" must be beyond a brick wall in her family tree or on my paternal side. In general, I have had more success filling in the branches of the maternal side of my family tree than the paternal side, so this is certainly possible.
Just to demonstrate that this isn't an isolated occurence, here is another one:
This match doesn't appear on my mother's match list either! So, out of my ten matches that have shaky leaves attached, three of them apparently have common ancestors wrongly identified as the source of our matching DNA. Do you see the problem here? Does AncestryDNA? If this match were, instead, at 23andMe or Family Tree DNA, I could check the DNA segment that we share and compare it to my other matches and/or my chromosome map. This would provide additional information and/or evidence to help me determine through which of my ancestral lines this segment of DNA was inherited. Might there be other explanations for these discrepancies? It is certainly possible, but without the underlying genetic data, it is impossible to say.
I am in the fortunate position to have tested my mother at AncestryDNA in addition to myself, so I can clearly see there is an issue. What about all of those people who have not tested a parent and are blindly accepting AncestryDNA's shared ancestor hints because they don't know otherwise? Isn't that kind of like copying someone's tree and just taking their word for it that it is correct with no sources or evidence attached? For now, those of us who do understand the finer points of autosomal DNA matching will have to do our best to convince our matches to upload to Gedmatch so they can see for themselves what they are missing.
As much as I, too, am disappointed that AncestryDNA has not yet provided the matching segment data, it is clear to me that the reasons behind this decision are far more complex than what others may claim is an attempt to dumb down the product because Ancestry.com thinks its customers are stupid. From my many conversations with Ken Chahine and others from AncestryDNA over the past year, I have come to appreciate that working within the framework of this 1.6 billion dollar corporation comes with its own set of challenges.
The Future
Tim Sullivan, CEO, has made it clear that Ancestry.com is committed to the DNA business and Ken Chahine has always been upfront with me and come through with his promises. So, I am going to give them the benefit of the doubt. From our very first conversation, I have advocated for the genetic genealogy community and looked out for our best interests and I won't stop doing so. I believe that they will do the right thing for their customers and the genetic genealogy community eventually. It may not happen as quickly as we would all like (yesterday!), but they are not the big bad wolf and I think it does us all a disservice to continually paint their intentions in a negative light. We are in early days yet. Let's give them a break.


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If you're the type to worry, don't click here — especially if the type of worrying you do is about things that sound really, really scary and that you have absolutely no control over. Clicking on that site you really shouldn't click on will take you to a page on NASA's Near-Earth Object Program website, which lists every comet or asteroid of any size at all that will be passing through Earth's orbital neighborhood in the upcoming days, months and years. The fact is, there are a whole lot more of them than you likely know: from Feb. 5 to May 5 of this year, no fewer than 77 space rocks that could, in theory have Earth's name on them, will be whizzing by. On March 20 alone, when you may have been planning to celebrate the first day of spring, there will be seven.
Errant space rocks, of course, can do a lot of damage. Our moon is believed to have been created when a Mars-size planetesimal sideswiped the Earth 4.5 billion years ago. The dinosaurs were all but certainly wiped out by a direct hit by a far smaller projectile 65 million years ago. As recently as June 30, 1908, an asteroid measuring up to 330 ft. (100 m) across famously exploded in the skies over the Tunguska region in Siberia, unleashing a blast with the equivalent of 30 megatons of TNT and destroying 770 sq. mi. (2,000 sq km) of forest.
(MORE: Alert Bruce Willis! Two Asteroids Pass Close to Earth)
What has a lot of cosmic worriers glancing skyward this month is the announcement that on Feb. 15, a 148-ft.-long (45 m) asteroid known as 2012 DA 14 will pass just 17,200 miles (27,7000 km) above the Earth. And if 17,200 miles sounds like a lot, consider that it's only one-thirteenth of the distance to the moon and actually below the 22,000 miles (35,800 km) altitude at which some of our satellites orbit. That leaves awfully little margin for error in NASA's cosmic calculations. So there's plenty of reason to worry, yes? Well, no, actually. But making that call for any one object — knowing which space bullets are likely to hit us and which ones we're likely to dodge — can be a complicated business.
Near-Earth objects (NEOs) are very particular things. They're bodies that at some point in their orbit through the solar system dip within 1.3 AUs (astronomical units) from the sun. A single AU is the sun-Earth distance, or 93 million miles (150 million km), so 1.3 AU would be 121 million miles. There are untold thousands of NEOs at large — 9,668 of which have so far been counted and cataloged by NASA and other space agencies and observatories around the world. Most are comparatively small, but 861 have a diameter of at least 1 km (.62 miles), which could pack quite a wallop.
Still, just being within 1.3 AUs is only part of the danger equation. Some NEOs circle the sun either entirely within Earth's orbit or entirely outside it, and while they may pass close by, they pose little hazard, since a collision is likely only when the orbits of two bodies cross. Others do cross Earth's orbit with varying degrees of proximity. Of all the known objects, 1,376 are classified Potentially Hazardous Asteroids, based both on their size and on an approach distance that brings them within .05 AU, or 4.65 million miles (7.5 million km), of us.
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The amount of damage an asteroid could do if it clobbered us is determined largely by its mass. Anything that's up to 40 m (131 ft.) across or, as NASA puts it on its website, "smaller than a modest office building," would be incinerated by the atmosphere before it hit the ground. At most, its remains would produce a blast equivalent to three megatons — very bad news for anyone in the vicinity but not the kind of Earth-cracking disaster they make bad action movies out of. Asteroids from 40 m to 1 km could do "tremendous damage on a local scale," NASA says. A hit by a 2-km or larger asteroid would cause a million-megaton blast and "produce severe environmental damage on a global scale. The probable consequence would be an 'impact winter' with loss of crops worldwide and subsequent starvation and disease."
The overall risk any one asteroid poses is calculated on what's known as the Torino Scale, a grid with the probability of impact — from effectively zero to effectively 100% — on its x axis and the size of the object on the y. After objects are given a Torino score, they are ranked on a five-color chart — think of the department of Homeland Security's now defunct terrorism-threat level — going from white (no hazard) through yellow ("meeting attention of astronomers") to red (certain collision, capable of causing at least regional devastation of a kind seen only once every 10,000 to 100,000 years). And what is the Torino rating for 2012 DA 14, which will whiz by on Feb. 15? A reassuring white — or no hazard at all.
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None of this means that the bright red rocks aren't out there, and the world's space agencies have a lot of smart minds working on ways to deflect or destroy them. Advanced tracking and trajectory-modeling computers allow us to know sometimes centuries in advance just where any object will be at any time. And NASA has already proved itself adept at rendezvousing with asteroids: the Dawn probe is in the midst of a multiyear asteroid pas de deux, having orbited Vesta — the second largest object in our solar system's asteroid belt — from 2011 to 2012, then peeled off to visit Ceres, the largest, with an arrival date set for 2015. In 2001, the NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft actually touched down on the asteroid Eros.
There will be no such attention paid to 2012 DA 14 when it passes, though stargazers with telescopes in Australia, Eastern Europe, Asia and especially Indonesia will be able to see it, moving south to north at an apparent speed of 1 degree per minute. The little sky show belies the dangers 2012 DA 14's bigger, deadlier cousins pose, something that keeps NASA scientists lying awake at night — partly so that you don't have to.


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Most universities have codes of conduct banning marijuana use, and they get millions of dollars in funding from the federal government, which still considers pot illegal.
With the money comes a requirement for a drug-free campus, and the threat of expulsion for students using pot in the dorms.
"Everything we've seen is that nothing changes for us," said Darin Watkins, a spokesman for Washington State University in Pullman.
So despite college cultures that include pot-smoking demonstrations each year on April 20, students who want to use marijuana will have to do so off campus.
"The first thing you think of when you think of legalized marijuana is college students smoking it," said Anna Marum, a Washington State senior from Kelso, Wash. "It's ironic that all 21-year-olds in Washington can smoke marijuana except for college students."
Voters in November made Washington and Colorado the first states to allow adults over 21 to possess up to an ounce of marijuana, and exit polling showed both measures had significant support from younger people. Taxes could bring the states, which can set up licensing schemes for pot growers, processors and retail stores, tens or hundreds of millions of dollars a year, financial analysts say.
But the laws are fraught with complications, especially at places like college campuses. At Washington State, students who violate the code face a variety of punishments, up to expulsion, Watkins said. The same is true at the University of Colorado Boulder, where the student code of conduct prohibits possessing, cultivating or consuming illegal drugs.
"If you possess marijuana and are over 21, you still may face discipline under the student code of conduct," Huff said.
Gary Gasseling, deputy chief of the Eastern Washington University police department, said that while they await guidance from the state Liquor Control Board, which is creating rules to govern pot, one thing is clear.
"The drug-free environment is going to remain in place," he said.
Even if conduct codes did not exist, marijuana remains illegal under federal law, another key reason that campuses will remain cannabis-free.
The Drug Free Schools and Communities Act requires that any university receiving federal funds adopt a program to prevent use of illicit drugs by students and employees, much in the same way other federal funding for law enforcement and transportation comes with clauses stipulating that recipients maintain drug-free workplaces.
Washington State, for instance, receives millions in federal research funds each year, which prohibits them from allowing substances illegal under federal law on campus.
College dormitory contracts also tend to prohibit possession of drugs, officials said. Dorms and other campus buildings also tend to be smoke-free zones, which would block the smoking of marijuana, officials said.
At Eastern Washington, there is a student-led movement to ban smoking even outside across the entire campus, Gasseling said.
In addition, NCAA rules prohibit student-athletes from consuming marijuana or other illegal drugs.
With all these complications, it is reasonable to expect that some students will be confused by the new laws.
"Some type of communication is going to come out from the university to clarify this," said Angie Weiss, student lobbyist for the Associated Students of the University of Washington.
Derrick Skaug, student body vice president at Washington State, said he believes most students will understand they cannot consume marijuana on campus.
"I don't see it likely that people will be smoking marijuana while walking around campus," Skaug said. "Most people do understand that just because it is no longer banned by state law, it doesn't amount to a get-out-of-jail-free pass."
Skaug acknowledged that some students might feel they should be allowed to consume marijuana on campus if it is legal everywhere else.
"It may be something worth starting a discussion on," Skaug said. "But there are a lot of issues that need to be addressed."
Colleges in Washington already dealt with this issue in 1998 when the state approved the use of medical marijuana, which was also banned on campus, Watkins said.
Students who wanted to use marijuana for medical reasons had to live off-campus, and Washington State waived its requirement that all freshmen had to live in dorms to accommodate them, Watkins said.
Of course, pot has been illegally used on college campuses for decades, and students for decades have been getting busted for possession.
Marum said that many Washington State students who have medical marijuana cards are allowed by their residence hall advisers to consume marijuana brownies, even though the drug is banned on campus.
"People in dorms now who want to smoke, they do it," Marum said. "I do think more people will be smoking in the dorms when marijuana is legal for use."
One thing that will change: Some off-campus police departments have said they will no longer arrest or ticket students who are 21 and older and using marijuana.
In Boulder and Seattle, prosecutors have said they will not prosecute criminal marijuana cases for less than an ounce for people age 21 and over.
Huff said University of Colorado police will no longer ticket people who are legal under state law to possess marijuana.


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SUSE's Liberty Linux support offering now includes CentOS 7, which means businesses won't be forced to migrate those servers for some time.
Ubuntu's App Center Finally Supports Local Installs Again
If you regularly download .deb files and would prefer a GUI method of installing, Ubuntu has your back.
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Shereen Marisol Meraji tries to find the humor and humanity in reporting on race for the NPR Code Switch team.
Her stories center on the real people affected by the issues, not just experts and academics studying them. Those stories include a look at why a historically black college in West Virginia is 90 percent white, to a profile of the most powerful and most difficult-to-target consumer group in America: Latinas.
Prior to her time with Code Switch, Meraji worked for the national business and economics radio program Marketplace, from American Public Media. There, she covered stories about the growing wealth gap and poverty in the United States.
Meraji's first job in college involved radio journalism and she hasn't been able to shake her passion for story telling since. The best career advice Meraji ever received was from veteran radio journalist Alex Chadwick, who said, "When you see a herd of reporters chasing the same story, run in the opposite direction." She's invested in multiple pairs of running shoes and is wearing them out reporting for Code Switch.
A graduate of San Francisco State with a BA in Raza Studies, Meraji is a native Californian with family roots in Puerto Rico and Iran.
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DETROIT (AP) - Chrysler is recalling more than 919,000 older-model Jeep SUVs worldwide because the air bags can inflate while people are driving them. The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says the recall affects Jeep Grand Cherokees from the 2002 through 2004 model years.
Also covered are Jeep Libertys from model years 2002 and 2003.
A part can fail in the air bag control computer, and the front and side air bags can inflate while the SUVs are being driven.
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Chrysler, which makes Jeeps, will install an electrical harness to fix the problem. The company will begin notifying owners of the recall in January.


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About three years ago, we received a much-needed wake-up call from our brilliant, 20-something friends and interns.
Meet Lauren: We were sitting at the conference table late in the afternoon. Lauren's friend Kara called and they talked about meeting for dinner, but didn't decide on a place or a time. Instead, they agreed to call each other back. Five conversations later and no plans on the books, we were both getting stressed and silently annoyed.
Meet Cassie: While dropping off a big project, Cassie received a text message from Dominika that said, "Do you want to go running?" Cassie texted back, "sure." Dominika was less than 30 feet away in the next room.
Meet Carmen: Her computer screen was exploding like fireworks. Instant messages were popping up at an alarming rate. "How many people are you talking to right now?" we asked. "Six," she said nonchalantly. Six separate conversations, all on IM. She was also browsing through the campus networking site, Facebook, there was music blaring from the computer speakers, and she was surfing the 'Net while reading a magazine.
Question: What do you do when you realize that an entire generation's behavior is utterly baffling? When do you say, "my instincts about this group are probably way off?" How do you address a growing gap that will only widen over time?
Answer: You dive off a cliff and join the happy ruckus. You suspend judgment and attempt to understand. You get in the game, join the party, start asking better questions and get your hands dirty.
Meet the connected generation
They've got technology. They've got friends. They've got the tools to overhaul your business, and they're already using them. From MySpace to iTunes to YouTube, the connected generation is behind the hottest headlines, the biggest business deals, and the most talked-about cultural phenomena on the continent. Baby boomers may still hold the purse strings, but the connected generation is changing the way we all do business.
Why do we call today's 18-to-40-year-olds the connected generation? Because they're connected to technology and their social networks around the clock. They are also seeking a peer-like connection with the brands they love.
These young consumers are a powerful group because they will quickly spread the news about ideas, brands and services that they love – and hate. This generation is incredibly sophisticated about media and advertising, so they will bypass all forms of unwanted push marketing and instead, only pull into their lives what they need and more importantly, what they crave.
Instead of fighting this shift, we need to say that yes, the market has changed and I'm willing to change, too. The old push model (go big, go loud and get in front of them often) has turned upside down. The connected generation is active, not passive. They're highly engaged and they're creating their own solutions. It doesn't matter whether you're a rock band, a fashion designer, a nonprofit organization, or a sporting goods outlet, you and your team need to understand what makes the connected generation tick.
As we researched our new book, Mind Your X's and Y's, we studied brands that were experiencing success beyond anyone's expectations – fueled by a young, connected community that became unofficial brand ambassadors. These breakaway companies achieved major underground buzz by tapping into cravings, not big advertising budgets. Conversations with the members of the connected generation and the breakaway brands they loved helped us crack a code and uncover the 10 core cravings that drive this group of renegade rule-changers, industry flippers, innovators and technology-lovers.
The following 10 cravings are helping brands large and small learn how to satisfy their market and attract the most savvy, hard-to-reach consumer group in history.
1. Shine the spotlight: Extreme personalization gives marketing a new face
The connected generation is clamoring for personal recognition. They're itching to stand out, stand up, and be celebrated with their names in lights (or print or pixels). Brands that tap into this powerful need with highly creative efforts will get not only great buzz, but a whole new level of loyalty and brand ownership to match. For example, the University of Oregon's football recruiting program created superhero personas, logos and personalized comic books to fuel the dreams of young athletes and successfully capture what insiders called "the surprise recruiting class of the year."
2. Raise my pulse: Adventure takes its place as the new social currency
There is a new premium placed on venturing into the world, collecting exotic adventures and memories, and pushing personal limits. Customers are seeking highly interactive encounters that teach and challenge and in the process, give them personal insight and explore who they are. Today, more brands are responding to this craving for adventure by offering fresh, unique, and easy-to-access experiences. From stiletto shoe-making classes to test-driving new careers during a Vocation Vacation, it has never been easier to raise your pulse.
3. Make loose connections: The new shape of "families" and social networks
The connected generation has embraced technology to build social and professional networks with a brave new structure. This generation is rejecting traditional associations and club-style memberships in favor of loose connections through sites including MySpace and Facebook, which more accurately reflect their interests, lifestyles, and busy days. Brands need to understand how to interact with these powerful new social structures if they want to stay hot and stay in the loop.
4. Give me brand candy: Everyday objects get sharp, delicious, intuitive design
Design has emerged as a sign of the good life. The look and feel of objects, places, and things is becoming increasingly important. Design is shifting paradigms and spurring people everywhere to rethink established products and industries. Consider how struggling cell phone pioneer Motorola used the ultra-thin Razr model to get its mojo back. Design, along with its strategic twin innovation, has become a vital tool to stand out and stay strong in an increasingly competitive market.
5. Filter out the clutter: Editors and filters step into a new role of prominence
In a world that's inundated with choices, editing is a critical market phenomenon and an important process in our daily lives. Consumers rely on editors to sift through the raw data and identify the top picks. As a result, many savvy brands are learning to build editing mechanisms like top 10 lists, expert bloggers and collaborative filters (think Amazon.com) into their brands, products and websites. In today's globalized world, it feels good to be "in the know" and to avoid costly and frustrating purchases.
6. Keep it underground: The rejection of push advertising and the rising influence of peer-to-peer networks
The connected generation has grown up feeling saturated with advertising and marketing messages. They are suspicious of ordinary "push" campaigns and gravitate toward integrated, contextual offerings from trusted friends and members of their networks. A select group of people discovers something new, from shoes to bands to politics to neighborhoods, and translates it to satisfy a much wider audience. This is the way of the underground. Toyota's Scion brand successfully tapped into an underground network of young urban males by fanning their artistic flames, showcasing their talent, and respecting their underground street culture.
7. Build it together: Connected citizens explore their creative power and influence change
There are currently one billion people connected online around the world. With so many people conducting large portions of their lives online, we've only just begun to tap into the power of web-based networks. If you've made a phone call on Skype or researched a topic on Wikipedia, you have connected citizens to thank. The connected generation is becoming intoxicated by their growing ability to spark change – both as consumer groups and end users. This awareness is spurring mass creativity and launching a power shift away from companies and into the hands of consumers.
8. Bring it to life: Everyday activities are orchestrated to deliver a dramatic sense of theater
From designer coffee beverages to "make it with friends" dinnertime solutions, brand theater is popping up in virtually every industry, as savvy organizations deliver compelling and entertaining new experiences. Brand theater allows companies of all kinds to create emotional connections with their customers. It takes typical experiences a few steps forward by engaging the senses, the imagination and the spirit, and transforms routine tasks into riveting entertainment.
9. Go inward: Spiritual hunger and modern media find common ground
Increasingly, the meaningful life is defined as the spiritual life, and spirituality has become a dominant value among today's consumers. Companies and media channels are introducing new products, services and forums to support this spiritually hungry generation. Relevant Media Group, for example, explores "God, life and progressive culture" through a 20-something's spiritual lens. Their active online community, magazines, podcasts and books have quickly made them the leading publisher for spiritually engaged members of Gen X and Y. The connected generation has embraced modern media and blurred the lines between secular and sacred, finding spirituality in all aspects of their lives.
10. Give back: Redefining volunteerism and the meaning of contribution
There's a new spirit of volunteerism in the air, led by a young, connected generation that has new ideas about how to give back. Today's volunteers want to give their time and talent instead of simply writing a check. Modern volunteer associations combine fresh structures with fun people and a chance to make direct, meaningful connections with the community. Websites such as Donors Choose match everyday citizens who want to give back with teachers who need help funding class projects. A $70 check might buy a used microscope for Mrs. Peters' 3rd grade science class in New Jersey. In return, donors receive not only a receipt, but also a package of drawings, pictures and handwritten thank you notes from the grateful teacher and her class. These new giving models are igniting a whole generation and making their volunteer efforts convenient, high impact and more emotionally satisfying.
The 10 cravings are a market code and a roadmap for navigating the modern marketplace. They spur new questions and fresh concepts. Savvy brands across all industries and supply chain segments are using these powerful tools to gain significant competitive edge. Bring your most innovative ideas and put the cravings to work for your brand.


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Veterans of the war in Iraq will be honored Saturday morning in St. Louis in what organizers say is the first major welcome home parade in the nation.
Local KSDK-TV reports that "75 floats, two marching bands and the Budweiser Clydesdales" will be involved.
According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, two friends — Craig Schneider and Tom Appelbaum — came up with the idea.
The Associated Press says that Appelbaum, a 46-year-old lawyer, and Schneider, a 41-year-old school technology coordinator, said they were puzzled by the lack of celebrations marking the war's end. But, they wondered, if St. Louis could host thousands of people for a parade after their beloved Cardinals won the World Series, why couldn't there be a party for the troops who put their lives on the line?"
After they created a Facebook page and website to promote the idea, help and donations (including $10,000 from Anheuser-Busch and $7,500 from Mayflower) came in.
Events actually start this evening, at 9:11 p.m. CT, when volunteers will begin reading the 6,000+ names of American military personnel killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Also getting involved in the events: The Mission Continues, which describes itself as "the only national nonprofit challenging post-9/11 veterans to rebuild a sense of purpose through community service."
The weather should be good for tomorrow's parade: Weather.com says it should be around 40 degrees and Sunday when the parade kicks off at noon local time.
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Setting up a NexStar GPS scope is a cinch, but sometimes finding the right spot to set the telescope onto the tripod in the dark can be a bit tricky! The Landing Pad makes installing a NexStar GPS simple, even in the dark.
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Do you have special movies that you watch to celebrate certain times of the year? For me, the winter holiday season (including Christmas & New Years) is never complete without watching It's a Wonderful Life. Oh, and of course I can't forget The Sound of Music and The Ten Commandments at Easter.
But I can't remember watching many children's shows, with the possible exception of Charlie Brown who always had some ubiquitous holiday special going on throughout the year.
So I think it is exciting that PBS has announced that the first-ever Cat in the Hat Christmas special, THE CAT IN THE HAT KNOWS A LOT ABOUT CHRISTMAS! is scheduled to air on November 21st. The adventure finds the Cat in the Hat, Nick and Sally on a journey around the world to help a lost reindeer find his way home to Freezeyourknees Snowland in time for Christmas. On the way, the Thinga-ma-jigger breaks down, and they depend on a variety of animals – from African bush elephants to bottlenose dolphins to red crabs – and their remarkable abilities to help them make an amazing journey home.
My kids watched it already and it was awesome. We love the rhyming dialogue and the songs and the science. My kids are science and nature geeks (as befitting any former zookeeper's child), so of course they love The Cat in the Hat series which is written to introduce children to science concepts. And mixing science with holidays is even better. Take a look ...
This one-hour special premieres on Wednesday, November 21 on PBS KIDS, with encore presentations throughout Thanksgiving weekend and in December (check local listings).
But in addition to the show, PBS has launched a new online game Freezeyourknees, Follow Me, Please! featuring Ralph the Reindeer who is a long way from Freezeyourknees Valley. The Cat in the Hat is giving the lost reindeer a ride home when the Thinga-ma-jigger suddenly loses its power and makes an emergency landing. Only you can guide Ralph back to his family in time for Christmas – with help from some amazing animal friends! Grounded in an animal science curriculum, Freezeyourknees, Follow Me, Please! offers players three levels of game play, each level with its own animal-themed "Follow Me" challenge.
PBS has graciously offered a THE CAT IN THE HAT KNOWS A LOT ABOUT CHRISTMAS! Prize Pack that includes a DVD of the new episode, a copy of "Walkin' in a Sticker Wonderland!" (a new sticker book based on the show), and a Cat in the Hat mug. Wouldn't this be a great Christmas gift?
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With Republicans blaming his energy policies for higher gas prices and rising fears that U.S. gas prices could hit an average of $5 a gallon, President Obama on Thursday will renew a call Democrats make whenever oil prices rise that Congress repeal tax breaks for oil companies.
Mitt Romney said his misunderstanding of an interviewer's question accounted for why he said he opposed the Blunt amendment that would let employers refuse to provide contraceptive coverage in the health insurance offered workers. He actually does support the amendment, the Republican presidential candidate said.
Romney won the Wyoming straw polll with 38.99 percent of the vote compared with the runner-up, Rep. Ron Paul with 20.83 percent, according to results from the state's Republican Party.
Andrew Breitbart, the blogger behind who had become a voice of growing influence in conservative media circles and was known for his role in several political controversies, died at age 43 Thursday morning. His death was said to be from "natural causes" according to the web site.
A superPAC has formed with the express purpose of unseating incumbents of either party. National Journal reports the group plans to wade into about a dozen primaries to help defeat incumbents it views as symbols of what's wrong with Washington.
A new poll by Opinion Dynamics gave Sen. Scott Brown, the Republican, a 10-percentage point lead over his Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren. Another recent poll by Suffolk University indicated Brown had a similar lead.
A federal judge in Montana explained he wasn't a racist even though he sent an email with a racist joke involving President Obama's mother from his work account to several people.
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You and your pet will normally see a veterinary technician first who will take a history and gather some data for the doctor. A veterinarian will see you next, examine your pet, answer your questions and plan further diagnostics or treatment as necessary. The veterinary technician will usually come in after the doctor to wrap things up, answer your questions and provide you with additional information if needed. Our client care specialists will handle billing and schedule any needed follow up.
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Mathematica has built-in plot legends on all visualization functions. In this talk from the Wolfram Technology Conference, MinHsuan Peng uses a number of examples to explain the functionalities of the legends and how to use them with plots.
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So what did we learn from Secretary of Defense nominee Chuck Hagel's sometimes rocky confirmation hearing Thursday before the Senate Armed Services Committee?
1) We learned that the former two-term Republican senator from Nebraska with the reputation for speaking his mind and not sticking to his party's talking points has through the years said lots of things that could be used against him in such a setting.
And they were. Repeatedly.
Past statements opposing the U.S. troop surge in Iraq, discussing the influence of the pro-Israel lobby in Washington, and questioning U.S. sanctions policy toward Iran — all were used as cudgels in a long day of what looked suspiciously like political revenge.
Sen. John McCain skewered Hagel for opposing the U.S. troop surge in Iraq, which McCain strongly supported from its early days.
The GOP senator from Arizona's grilling of Hagel, in fact, provided one of the more dramatic moments for political payback at the hearing.
With Hagel finally before him, McCain pressed his former Senate colleague on whether he still thought the surge, widely viewed as a success for reducing violence in Iraq in 2007 and beyond, was a mistake.
McCain: I would like [you] to answer whether you were right or wrong, and then you are free to elaborate.
Hagel: Well, I'm not going to give you a yes or no answer on a lot of things today.
McCain: Well, let the record show that you refused to answer that question. Now please go ahead.
Hagel: Well, if you would like me to explain why --
McCain: Oh, I actually would like an answer. Yes or no.
Hagel: Well, I'm not going to give you a yes or no.
McCain: OK.
But it wasn't OK, as Hagel was reminded by nearly every Republican senator who questioned him.
2) We learned how easy it is to slip up during a confirmation hearing. Hagel, who already was being accused of being soft on Iran by his Republican critics, at one point referred to Iran as a "legitimate government."
He immediately realized how that could sound to some people and explained he was merely saying that the Iranian government was recognized by the U.N. and in the community of nations. Later, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, a New York Democrat, gave Hagel a chance to further clarify the remark.
3) We were reminded, once again, that all politics remain local.
Sen. Deb Fischer, a Nebraska Republican who just joined the Senate in January, gave no quarter to her fellow Nebraskan. She went to a place where even Sen. James Inhofe of Oklahoma, one of the Senate's most unbridled conservatives, didn't tread.
"You continue to hold, I believe, extreme views far to the left of even this administration," she charged, when discussing Hagel's positions on Iran sanctions.
Coincidentally or not, Hagel had supported Fischer's Democratic opponent, former Sen. Bob Kerrey, in the 2012 Nebraska Senate general election.
4) We learned that even during a time of federal budget austerity, a confirmation hearing lets senators show the folks back home that they are fighting to keep their piece of the defense pie.
Richard Blumenthal, a Connecticut Democrat, and Kelly Ayotte, a New Hampshire Republican, urged Hagel to support a higher number of Ohio-class submarines than some experts believe necessary
Blumenthal's state is home to a major submarine base as well as General Dynamics' Electric Boat division. Ayotte, Democrat Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire and Angus King, a Maine independent, all mentioned the shipbuilding facilities in their states.
5) We learned that for all the talk among policymakers in recent years about the rising military power of China and the U.S. pivot toward Asia, there was almost no attention during the hearing to the Asian economic superpower. Not one senator asked Hagel a single question about China. It was a notable omission.
6) We learned that Hagel might be looking to increase his book sales, judging by the times he mentioned it — more than a dozen.
7) As to the most important question coming out of the hearing, whether Hagel has the votes to be confirmed, he certainly appeared to have strong support among Democrats on the Armed Services Committee.
Assuming his nomination is approved by the committee, which is likely, he would need 51 votes in the entire Senate for confirmation unless someone threatens to filibuster.
The Democratic caucus has 55 votes, including two independents who vote with the majority. So if only a simple majority is needed, he should be confirmed.
But virtually every controversial vote in the Senate requires 60 votes to get past a filibuster threat. In that case, Hagel would need the votes of five Republicans. Where he gets those votes is certainly something we didn't learn from the hearing.
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James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. He is often considered to be the greatest electric guitarist in the history of rock music by other musicians and commentators in the industry, and one of the most important and influential musicians of his era across a range of genres.After initial success in Europe, he achieved fame in the United States following his 1967 performance at the Monterey Pop Festival. Later, Hendrix headlined the iconic 1969 Woodstock Festival and the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival. Hendrix often favored raw overdriven amplifiers with high gain and treble and helped develop the previously undesirable technique of guitar amplifier feedback. Hendrix was one of the musicians who popularized the wah-wah pedal in mainstream rock which he often used to deliver an exaggerated pitch in his solos, particularly with high bends and use of legato based on the pentatonic scale. He was influenced by blues artists such as B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Albert King, and Elmore James,rhythm and blues and soul guitarists Curtis Mayfield, Steve Cropper, as well as by funk and some modern jazz. In 1966, Hendrix, who played and recorded with Little Richard's band from 1964 to 1965, said, "I want to do with my guitar what Little Richard does with his voice."
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Hendrix won many of the most prestigious rock music awards in his lifetime, and has been posthumously awarded many more, including being inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005. An English Heritage blue plaque was erected in his name on his former residence at Brook Street, London, in September 1997. A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (at 6627 Hollywood Blvd.) was dedicated in 1994. In 2006, his debut US album, Are You Experienced, was inducted into the United States National Recording Registry, and Rolling Stone named Hendrix the top guitarist on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all-time in 2003.He was also the first person inducted into the Native American Music Hall of Fame.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
* Are You Experienced (1967)
* Axis: Bold as Love (1967)
* Electric Ladyland (1968)
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* Band of Gypsys (1970) (live)
Posthumous studio albums
* The Cry of Love (1971)
* Rainbow Bridge (1971)
* War Heroes (1972)
* Loose Ends (1974)
* Crash Landing (1975)
* Midnight Lightning (1975)
* Nine to the Universe (1980)
* Radio One (1988)
* First Rays of the New Rising Sun (1997)
* South Saturn Delta (1997)
* Valleys of Neptune (2010)


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Music producer Phil Ramone, who worked with top artists to create some of the most unforgettable music of our era, has died. He was 79.
Once dubbed "The Pope of Pop," Ramone was hospitalized in late February with an aortic aneurysm, Billboard reports. His son, Matt, confirmed the music producer's death Saturday morning.
Ramone was one of the most prolific music producers of his time, as NPR's Sami Yenigun says:
"The list of musicians Phil Ramone produced reads like a who's who of 20th century musical icons: Paul McCartney Tony Bennett, Barbara Streisand, Paul Simon, Aretha Franklin, Etta James, Burt Bacharach, Bono, Ray Charles, Andre Previn, Renee Fleming and BB King.
"In a career that spanned over five decades, Ramone racked up 14 Grammy awards and a technical Grammy for a lifetime of innovation in the industry. He was a classical violin prodigy, who got his start in the industry as a recording engineer. He went on to work in a diverse range of media, producing for film, Broadway and TV."
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Ramone was born in South Africa and quickly demonstrated his musical chops, taking up the violin and piano at age 3. As a teenager, Ramone studied at the Juilliard School in New York, the AP reports, and by age 20 had opened his own recording studio.
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" 'Players are like prodigies, thoroughbreds,' he added. 'You have to handle them with care.' "
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