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If you look set to be affected by Hurricane Sandy, there's plenty you can do to prepare. While we're updating live about the storm's progress, Google's Crisis Map is also worth keeping open in a tab.
The map provides layers and layers of detail, tying together data from a bunch of separate sources. It's pretty useful. It's obviously got the basics, like the storm's current position and three-day forecast, but there's plenty more there too: river flood outlooks, storm surge probabilities, radar precipitation data, locations of emergency shelters, evacuation routes, and even links to webcams and YouTube video.
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[Joe Budden]
Give it away now! Uhh
I mean, make sure the light's on in this muh'fucker
Is that supposed to be though, let's make it hot
L-look look look look look; I can't call it
I always seem to take one step backward and five steps forward
Nothin to gain, it's like everything's mortgaged
Y'all can love me or y'all won't, go 'head and talk shit
Cautious, report shit (I mean) live out of hell
Since all my dudes either alive or out of jail (ohh!)
Won't fold, won't curl - no wonder all this weight's on my shoulders
I'm sittin on the bottom of the world!
They say, tears are words that your mouth can't speak (ohh!)
Rubber on every arm could fire but can't reach
I say, streets learn you what the schools can't teach
My job's to get a gospel that the church won't preach
Somethin like a rock star, keep the live band
Just sub my True Religions for those skin-tight pants (yeah!)
Ass on my wife, no nice implants
I mean no accessories, the crime's been an accessory
It's a thinkin man's world, shit is chess to me
So let the king move, meantime let it be
My blood is on FIRE in this muh'fucker!
Pack your bags, packin up for the weekend
We 'bout to do this! Let's GO!
[Hook: Dub B]
Adrenaline's rising
You could feel the fire rush right through the veins
Look on the horizon
You could see the sun, but the night still controls the pain-yay-yay-yain
[Drew Hudson]
Yo... it's the Junk Yard Gang, Drew Hudson reppin Jersey
Reverse the psyche on life and do the mic dirty
Tired, hungry and thirsty, motherfuck fame
Matter fact, when this verse ends forget my name
It's the message not the man, the vision not the plan
No glitz or glam, just pure connection with the fans
Half your downloads get deleted with the spam
These dudes keep it so real, they come across fake
Straight boring, ignore these wack bastards
Approach us too forward, these frauds is ass backwards
I just vividly spit it to pick it differently
Rip all the vodka, swig it then pissin on negativity
The pen's mightier than the trigger, strike 'em when I spit
Real catchy, huh? I don't even like that shit
What I like, a rock flow that's lava
Melodic, with a high dose of more fire
The fire and the rain, the fire in my veins is hot
Can't be stopped with fire brigades
UHH! No image, I'm livin every synonym twisted
In this syllable spliff six of them hits'll leave you lifted
All heart and gut, feelin the hunts
Adrenaline rush, c'mon! Shit's heatin up
[Joe Budden]
Uh-huh, l-look look; I wear a K as a weapon
Eye through scope case my foes at the top of my stairway to heaven
And I, pop a big step, dressed in my fly shit
IPod, headphones on bumpin my shit
I never cared, I was careless
Fear bein afraid (or) or maybe I'm afraid to be fearless
(Or) Or fear bein fearless but fearful
So even in my carelessness, gotta be careful
I'm like, who's that lookin threw my peephole?
When did my alter-ego get a ego?
He wants the rims chrome
Me I'm tryin to push the pedal 'til my FOOT'S on the ground like a Flintstone
Bluetooth, my girl on the horn bickerin
But even though when she SCREAM I hear it like whisperin
I been around noise all my life
I've been poised baby all my life, just let me live my life!
Live yours, make your own highlight
Then meet me at the top like a butterfly knife
Then you'll, learn how to see without eyesight
If, at first you don't succeed then try twice
See I don't write it I will it, reel it, real shit
Paint a masterpeice then unveil it, come I'm 'bout to reveal it!
Destroy it, rebuild it
Then conceal it before another nigga steals it (I mean)
Milk shit, not a pessimist, I'm a realist
When you think you on, I go and hit the killswitch
See I'm somethin they gotta deal with!


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An Honest to Goodness Loss!
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Yen Baet, an award-winning Filipina photographer, has been named as among the Top 10 Travel photographers by the travel blog Thomson UK. She's named along with Steve McCurry, the NatGeo photographer who took the iconic Afghan girl photo.
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This month, NPR's been looking at some of the numbers that bring 2013 into focus. Today, the number 10. That's how many cities and states have passed laws guaranteeing access to some kind of family leave this year, according to the National Partnership for Women and Families. That group's long championed such leave policies. And joining us now to talk about such trends is Vicki Shabo, the partnership's director of work and family programs. Welcome.
VICKI SHABO: Thank you, Jennifer. It's so great to be here.
LUDDEN: So, explain this number 10. What laws have these various states and cities passed?
SHABO: This year, as you said, 10 cities and states have passed paid sick days or family leave or expansions to family leave laws. New York City put in place a paid sick days law which covers every worker in the city, guarantees more than one million access to paid sick time and the rest access to unpaid sick time. That means you can't lose your job if you're sick or a family member is sick or needs medical care. Portland and Jersey City did the same things. Then Rhode Island, most significantly, became the third state in the country to have a family leave insurance program in place. Which means that workers there would be able to take time when a new child joins the family or when a family member is seriously ill.
LUDDEN: This seems really counterintuitive. I mean, our economy is still weak. We still have many Americans unemployed. A lot of people have been losing benefits over the past few years. Why do you think this is happening now?
SHABO: The states have always been laboratories for innovation. So, before the Family and Medical Leave Act passed, for example, in 1993, there were 23 states that had already put family leave laws in place. The same trend is happening here. States and cities are recognizing a need. They're recognizing that families need income. Given all of the changes in the workforce and the dual demands of caregiving and breadwinning - and politicians are increasingly seeing that this is an issue that's winning for them. This was a winning issue for Dan Malloy in Connecticut in 2011; this was a winning issue for Bill de Blasio in 2013 in New York City. And as we move towards 2014, it is in elected officials' interest to look at these policies as something that's good for workers, good for businesses and good for their communities.
LUDDEN: Now, chambers of commerce and business groups have been among the most vocal opponents. And you can certainly understand. At a time of a bad economy - if you're a business owner - and suddenly someone can call in sick, you do have more costs associated with these leave policies. Isn't this a burden at a really bad time?
SHABO: Actually, we can tell from the data from San Francisco, which put the nation's first paid sick days law in place in 2006, from D.C., which has had a paid sick days law on the books since 2008, from Seattle, which implemented paid sick days in 2011 and from Connecticut, that actually businesses don't suffer when paid sick days are in effect and that the very jobs that you would expect to retract because of paid sick days burdens are actually growing in numbers in all of those places. So, this idea that what's good for workers is bad for business actually turns out not to be true if you look at the evidence. And it's very much in businesses' interests to make sure that workers can take the time they need and come back to work without getting their co-workers sick, while they're being more productive and where they can take care of themselves and their families without worrying.
LUDDEN: Are there other states or cities that you see gearing up to maybe pass leave policies in the next year?
SHABO: Yes. Massachusetts will be considering paid sick days both in the legislature, and if that doesn't work, it will go to the ballot. Cities like Newark are poised to pass paid sick days very early in the year. There are campaigns going on in Tacoma, in Vermont and really across the country. So, I think that this is an issue that is one to watch as we move towards 2014.
LUDDEN: Vicki Shabo is director of work and family programs at the National Partnership for Women and Families. Thank you so much.
SHABO: Thank you, Jennifer. Happy New Year.
LUDDEN: And you too. And we would like to know what number tells your story this year. Online, use the hashtag NPRNOTY.
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News from the Committee to Protect Journalists
|'Free Society' campaign seeks freedom for jailed Iranians
CPJ and a coalition of leading press freedom groups have launched a campaign called "Our Society Will Be a Free Society," which seeks the release of journalists, writers, and bloggers being held in Iran. CPJ, which has been conducting monthly surveys of journalists imprisoned in Iran, documented 52 writers and editors behind bars on March 1. The number of jailed journalists is the highest CPJ has recorded in a single country since December 1996, when it documented 78 imprisonments in Turkey.
The campaign's name comes from a pledge that Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini made on the eve of the 1979 Iranian Revolution: "Our future society will be a free society, and all the elements of oppression, cruelty, and force will be destroyed."
We are gathering signatures for a letter to be sent to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on March 20, the Iranian New Year. You can sign the campaign's petition at www.oursocietywillbeafreesociety.org or access our page on Facebook. We need your help to gather signatures.Please visit the site and sign-and please pass the links to any and all who support this vital cause. The more unified a front we present, the more our voice will be heard.
|Shamsolvaezin, a CPJ Press Freedom Awardee, is released in Iran
CPJ campaigned hard to win the release of imprisoned editor Mashallah Shamsolvaezin, recipient of CPJ's International Press Freedom Award in 2000. We were delighted to learn this month that he was released on bail along with at least three other Iranian journalists. While this is very good news, there is much more to be done.
|Attacks on the Press launched worldwide
CPJ's international launch of Attacks on the Press, our annual survey of press freedom conditions around the world, was an unprecedented success. With coordinated events in six cities across the globe-New York, Tokyo, Brussels, Cairo, Nairobi, and Bogotá-CPJ reached a vast international audience. The press freedom issues highlighted in Attacks on the Press attracted regional and international attention.
|Highlights from the CPJ Blog
Earthquake in Haiti Series:French weekly gives issue over to Haitian journalists
CPJ trip to Morocco reveals gap between rhetoric and reality
Japanese journalist-turned-lawyer fights media control
Senior Chinese editor forced out for controversial editorial


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AURORA, ON--(Marketwire - Dec 14, 2012) - Helix BioPharma Corp. (
The termination of the agreement between Merck and Helix means that Merck will no longer have the option to license Helix's Biphasix™ technology and phases out Merck's supply commitment with respect to interferon-alpha 2b. The termination allows Helix to seek alternate suppliers of interferon-alpha 2b to meet supply needs for Helix's planned U.S. Phase II/III and European Phase III clinical trials. In addition, the termination allows Helix to seek a strategic partner to whom Helix could grant rights to license and commercialize any products developed using TIFN alpha-2b combined with Helix's Biphasix™ technology.
Helix is developing products containing TIFN alpha-2b for the treatment of certain skin/mucosal lesions caused by human papilloma virus (HPV) infections. HPV is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections, causing ano-genital warts and cervical dysplasia and is linked to the development of a variety of cancers. Helix's patented Biphasix™ technology is designed to facilitate the dermatological delivery of macromolecules such as interferon.
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Helix BioPharma Corp. is a biopharmaceutical company specializing in the field of cancer therapy. The company is actively developing innovative products for the prevention and treatment of cancer based on its proprietary technologies. Helix's product development initiatives include its novel L-DOS47 new drug candidate and its Topical Interferon Alpha-2b. Helix is currently listed on the TSX and FSE under the symbol "HBP."
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Former Sen. Jim Jeffords, I-Vt., died Monday at Knollwood, a military retirement home in Washington, D.C., a former aide said. He was 80.
A navy veteran, Jeffords made a name in politics as a state senator and attorney general before he was elected to seven terms in the U.S. House, once splitting with his fellow Republicans in opposing a President Reagan tax cut plan. Vermonters voted him into the Senate in 1988, where he was a champion for environmental causes.
The moderate, even liberal, Republican shocked Washington in 2001 when he said the GOP had drifted too far to the right for him. He quit the party, became an independent, and caucused with democrats.
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"I am confident it is the right decision," Jeffords said upon making his famous "jump." "I hope that the people of Vermont will understand it."
Jeffords announced in 2005 he would not seek re-election the next year, citing declining health.
"I think we have to bring back people like Jim Jeffords, who say running for office is really a form of public service," former Vermont Governor Madeleine Kunin said Monday.
Kunin remembered Jeffords as a good-hearted guy who just wanted to do what he thought was right; not tow some party line. "The comparison is rather painful, where we now have a Congress that prides itself on doing nothing, where in those days, people really went there to get things done and to improve the lives of the public," Kunin said.
"He's going to be very sorely missed," said Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who was in the U.S. House when Jeffords was in the Senate. "He was a guy who, I think, much preferred to be around Vermonters here in Vermont than among the big shots in Washington. It wasn't who he was."
Tom Vogelmann, the University of Vermont's agriculture and life sciences dean, told New England Cable News he thinks of Jeffords as "one of the giants." The University of Vermont College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is housed in the building that bears Jeffords' name.
"He was a very strong supporter of education, a very strong supporter of environmental legislation, and that's the curriculum that's basically taught in this building," Vogelmann told NECN. "So we have thousands of young people who are training here and that's all adding to his legacy."
Reflections on the life and legacy of Jim Jeffords poured in Monday. Here are several of those:
President Barack Obama:
Michelle and I send our deepest sympathies to the family of Senator James M. Jeffords on his passing. Jim devoted his life to service - as a Naval officer, a local leader in his hometown of Shrewsbury, and eventually as a U.S. Senator representing his beloved Vermont. During his more than 30 years in Washington, Jim never lost the fiercely independent spirit that made Vermonters, and people across America, trust and respect him. Whatever the issue - whether it was protecting the environment, supporting Americans with disabilities, or whether to authorize the war in Iraq - Jim voted his principles, even if it sometimes meant taking a lonely or unpopular stance. Vermonters sent him to Washington to follow his conscience, and he did them proud.
Our prayers are with the Jeffords family, including his son Leonard and daughter Laura. And we're grateful to Jim for his legacy of service to Vermont and the United States of America.
Vice President Joe Biden:
Jim Jeffords was a personal friend, a great senator, and a good man. He was not only beloved by the people of Vermont, but by anyone who ever worked with him. For the nearly four decades I served in the United States Senate, nearly half were spent with Jim as a colleague. Jim knew that with a country as diverse as ours, there is a need for consensus to move the country forward. He was a man who dealt with his colleagues without pretext and with complete honesty. And he always knew what he was talking about—and his colleagues and constituents always knew where he stood on an issue. Jim was a reflection of Vermont—independent and non-ideological and always about solving problems. Jill and I are saddened by his passing and join his family, friends, and his former staff in remembering all that he stood for: basic fairness and principled independence.
Former President Bill Clinton:
Hillary and I are saddened by the passing of our friend Senator Jim Jeffords, who served the people of Vermont and the United States for more than 30 years. Jim was one of our strongest advocates for better health and education, a cleaner environment, and increased opportunities for people with disabilities. I will always be especially grateful for his support of the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Brady Bill, and our 1993 health care reform effort. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and his many friends across the country.
Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.:
He was a partner in our work for Vermont, and he was a friend. He was a Vermonter through and through, drawn to political life to make a difference for our state and nation. Part of his legacy will also stand as an enduring chapter of the Senate's history.
Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt.:
I know I share the view of all Vermonters today in expressing condolences to the family of Senator Jim Jeffords on his passing, and our gratitude to him for his life of service.
While Jim would certainly wave away the notion, he was indeed a legend in Vermont and the nation. With characteristic decency, humility and civility, and a dogged persistence, he made his mark in Congress. Millions of children with disabilities are better off today because he lead the charge for their equal access to education. Americans are breathing cleaner air and drinking cleaner water because of his fierce advocacy for the environment and clean energy. And budding artists across the nation receive the boost of his encouragement every year thanks to his legacy as the founder of the annual Congressional Arts Competition.
And, in 2001, the world saw what his fellow Vermonters already knew: Jim Jeffords, above all, had the courage of his convictions.
Jim and his wife, Liz Daley Jeffords, were mentors to me in my early days in the House of Representatives. I am deeply grateful to them both for their friendship, their support and their contributions to Vermont and our country.
Gov. Peter Shumlin, D-Vt.:
I join Vermonters and citizens nationwide today in celebrating the life of Jim Jeffords, a true gentleman and an independent-minded maverick in the best tradition of our state. Jim followed in the footsteps of Senators Bob Stafford and George Aiken, always putting the interests of Vermonters and the nation ahead of partisan politics. He followed his sense of right in all that he did, and was never afraid to seek compromise by reaching across the aisle for the good of our country. Jim's contribution to Vermont spanned his service in the Vermont House, as Attorney General, and as Vermont's Representative in the U.S. House, where he developed his passion for high quality public education that forged his policy work on behalf of our kids and continued throughout his career. The passing of Senator Jim Jeffords will be felt throughout Vermont and our country. We need more like Senator Jeffords. My heart goes out to his children and extended family.
Lt. Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vt.:
The story of Vermont politics cannot be told without Jim Jeffords. He served in the most honorable way a person can serve: Selflessly, and always with the best interests of others at heart. He did what he felt was right, not what he felt would make him popular. Whether it was during his time in the Vermont Senate, or as Attorney General, or in the United States House of Representatives, or in the United States Senate, Jim valued the voices of Vermonters and leaves a legacy we can all learn from: Respect over rhetoric, pragmatism over pandering, and love for Vermonters overall.
In our large, and largely faceless, system of government, he demonstrated the power that one person speaking for their constituents can have. His example of moderation and independence is what I've tried to model my own career off of. My sincere condolences go out to Laura, Leonard, and the entire Jeffords family.


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Best Moves To Get Beach-Ready Body: The Abs, Butt And Thighs Focused Workout
Cover models aside, most of us dread the thought of slipping on a bikini (especially at the beginning of the season). Well, get ready to kiss your swimsuit phobia goodbye. This workout, created by Los Angeles-based trainer Patrick Goudeau, tames your biggest trouble zones through a series of circuits. "Circuits are designed to strengthen muscles while adding a fat-burning cardio element in a very time-efficient manner," says Jan Schroeder, PhD, senior exercise physiologist for IDEA Health and Fitness Association. So even while you're performing the weight moves, your heart rate remains elevated to boost your overall fitness level.
Personalize Your Workout
Circuits can be intense, since you don't have a lot of time to catch your breath between moves. Modify the workout to suit your level. You'll need a set of dumbbells and a step bench. Do each exercise for one minute, except where indicated. Try just one 15-minute circuit to zap a particularly persnickety body part, or do all three and burn up to 450 calories.
- Use 5- to 8-pound dumbbells where noted.
- Skip the one-minute cardio burst after the first and last moves, doing just the two-minute interval after the second move.
- Use 8- to 15-pound dumbbells and choose the more challenging options where noted.
- Do the one-minute cardio burst after the first and last moves; include a two-minute interval after the second exercise.
- Warm up with a few minutes of low-impact cardio; cool down and stretch when you're done.
- Do each circuit twice.
- Do any or all of the circuits two or three times a week, but don't work the same trouble zone on consecutive days.
Circuit 1: Firm Your Butt
1. Straddle Squat
- Hold a dumbbell in each hand and stand straddling a step positioned vertically (use two risers underneath each end) with toes and knees pointed forward (not shown).
- Bend knees 90 degrees, squatting down; keep chest lifted.
- Place weights on the ground outside your feet.
- Return to standing position, then squat down again to grab the weights; stand up and repeat for 1 minute.
Cardio Burst (intermediate/advanced only): Run as hard and as fast as you can in place for 1 minute, raising knees to hip height.
Tip: Get more out of lower-body moves by contracting your abs — you'll improve your balance and stability, so you can work harder.
2. Weighted Bridge
- Lie on bench with heels on the ground about hip-width apart.
- Hold one dumbbell in each hand with arms extended, thumbs pointed in toward middle of chest (not shown). Keep the weights parallel to your chest and lift hips into a high bridge, tightening glutes.
- Hold this position for 1 minute and alternate slow-motion punches over your chest.
Cardio Burst (everyone): Run in place for 2 minutes.
Tip: A beginner? Do just one complete circuit all the way through, then add another round as you get stronger.
3. Sit Squat
- Stand with feet hip-width apart, facing away from the end of the step; extend arms in front to chest height.
- Shift body weight back into heels and find your balance (not shown).
- Squat low until you're sitting on top of the step or hovering just above; squeeze glutes hard to stand back up. Repeat for 1 minute.
Advanced Option: Hold a dumbbell in each hand at your sides.
Cardio Burst (intermediate/advanced only): Run in place for 1 minute.
Circuit 2: Bikini-Ready Abs
1. Toe Taps
- Lie back on ground with arms at sides.
- Bend both knees 90 degrees over abdominals, feet lifted.
- Slowly lower one bent leg at a time to quietly tap your toes to the ground, then lift leg back to start.
- Alternate legs in slow motion for 1 minute. (If you feel lower-back pain, don't lower toes all the way down.)
Advanced Option: Do side-to-side bicycle crunches with hands supporting the head for an additional minute.
Cardio Burst (intermediate/advanced only): Mountain Climbers. Get into full push-up position, hips low and abs tight. Bring right leg toward chest, tapping foot on ground; switch legs quickly and repeat for 1 minute.
Tip: If you're struggling with the advanced options, choose the beginner moves. You'll see better results and lower your risk of injury.
2. Abdominal Hold
- Sit tall at edge of step with knees bent and toes touching ground in front of you, hands on step outside your hips with fingers pointing forward.
- Tighten abs and bring toes 2 to 4 inches off the ground.
- Lift butt off step. Hold for as long as you can (aim for 5 to 10 seconds); lower and repeat.
Beginners: Keep one foot on the ground to start.
Cardio Burst (everyone): Mountain Climbers; 2 minutes.
3. Half Boat
- Sit tall on ground with knees bent 90 degrees, arms extended at chest level with palms down.
- Lean back slightly, engaging your abs, then lift both knees to chest level while continuing to reach forward with arms.
- Hold here, breathing deeply, for 10 to 20 seconds; contract abs.
- Lower feet to ground for 1 or 2 counts and repeat. Do 4 or 5 more reps over the course of 1 minute.
Cardio Burst (intermediate/advanced only): Mountain Climbers; 1 minute.
Circuit 3: Jiggle-Free Thighs
1. Deep Side Lunge
- Stand with feet parallel and hip-width apart, holding one dumbbell horizontally between both hands at chest height, elbows bent.
- Take a slow but giant step (at least 2 feet) out to the right side.
- Keep both feet on the same line (not shown).
- Bend right knee 90 degrees, keeping knee aligned over second toe.
- Place dumbbell on ground by right foot and hold for 2 counts.
- Step back to start.
- Repeat side lunge to right, this time picking up the dumbbell.
- Continue deep side lunges for 1 minute, lowering weight and picking it up; switch sides and repeat.
Cardio Burst (intermediate/advanced only): Plyo Step Lunge. Stand on bench with arms at sides. Touch right toes to ground behind you, bringing arms overhead. Bring right foot up and lower arms, then quickly switch sides, hopping left foot down while raising arms. Continue, switching sides explosively, for 1 minute.
2. One-Legged Deadlift
- Stand with feet hip-width apart and hold dumbbells with palms facing up in front of thighs.
- Find your balance and bend right knee behind you (not shown).
- Lean forward, lowering torso parallel to ground while lifting right leg behind you.
- Keep left knee slightly bent, thigh contracted and back straight, bringing weights toward ground. (Beginner option: Rest weights on step.)
- Return to standing and repeat for 1 minute; switch sides and repeat.
Cardio Burst (everyone): Plyo Step Lunge; 2 minutes.
3. Balancing Hamstring/Biceps Curl
- Stand with feet hip-width apart and parallel, holding weights at sides with palms up (not shown).
- Curl weights toward shoulders while lifting left heel toward your butt.
- Hold for 2 counts, squeezing heel toward glutes, then lower foot toward ground without touching; at the same time, lower arms to start.
- Repeat for 1 minute; switch sides.
Cardio Burst (intermediate/advanced only): Plyo Step Lunge; 1 minute.


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Mobes to slurp messages, links over NFC
Optional mailbox feature added to specs
NFC devices are to get an optional open mailbox into which messages and requests can be dropped by other NFC devices, hopefully leading to cross-platform P2P applications.
The near-field communications standard is largely concerned with devices reading passive tags, or interacting with point-of-sale kit, but peer-to-peer applications are cooler right now. So the standard has been extended to incorporate an open inbox into which devices can push messages in the hope that an app on the receiving device will read them.
The new standard is called SNEP (Simple, NFC Data Exchange Format, Exchange Protocol), and the NFC Forum suggests it could be used to push an address book entry into someone else's handset or bung a hyperlink into every passing NFC handset without immediately bothering the user. The receiving handset decides what to do with the incoming message.
In the hyperlink example the forum optimistically suggests it might lead to a film clip, which could be viewed by tapping the phone against a TV remote control. The exact behaviour, or contents of the messages dropped into the mailbox, isn't specified by SNEP: the standard just allows devices to be open to reception without being triggered by the user.
The new specification, which is available with the minimum of form filling, brings the forum's document count up to 16, and is being promoted as bringing cross-platform compatibility to NFC - so an Android handset can talk to an iPhone handset. Such compatibility already exists, of course, but the protocol provides that open mailbox functionality on those platforms that chose to implement it.
Which even forum members have no obligation to do. The NFC Forum takes responsibility for the standards, and continues to refer to them as "NFC" standards despite previously admitting it has no control or ownership over the term. The NFC Forum controls only the "N-Mark" logo that few people have heard of and even fewer would recognise; the reality is that anyone can call anything "NFC Compatible" as the term has no meaning at all.
Apple, for example, isn't even a forum member but will likely be supporting something along the lines of NFC in the near future, while China Mobile happily deployed several million "NFC" devices on a different frequency entirely, so there's still plenty of room for market confusion despite the solid standards getting published. ®
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There are some great comments about getting rid of slop in it and other things, but for a POC, very cool.
I'm looking at doing something like this, not for a gun, but to track license plates with GPS location one of these days. I started drafting out the idea awhile back, but haven't bothered moving forward too fast with it. Main thing is going to be to determine what camera to use and see if I need anything to "track" or just take stills.
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CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama and his family visited South Africa's bleak former prison of Robben Island on Sunday to pay tribute to ex-inmate Nelson Mandela, now critically ill in hospital.
Obama was expected to later cite the legacy of Mandela, who was imprisoned on the windswept island for most of the 27 years he spent in jail before becoming the country's first black president, in a speech at the University of Cape Town.
Current South African President Jacob Zuma was also held at the notorious jail off Cape Town's coast under the apartheid regime, which ended in 1994 with Mandela's election victory.
In sunny weather, the U.S. president flew by helicopter with his family to the island, which is surrounded by the frigid, shark-infested waters of the South Atlantic.
His party drove a short distance to the former prison's lime quarry, where Mandela and other prisoners toiled for years.
Their guide, 83-year-old former inmate and anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Kathrada, spoke about his time there with Mandela and other African National Congress prisoners.
Obama told his daughters the idea of non-violent resistance, an important tactic in the U.S. civil rights movement, had taken root in South Africa where its chief proponent Mahatma Gandhi worked as a lawyer before returning to India.
On Robben Island, Obama also again visited Mandela's cell, repeating a previous visit he made as a U.S. senator in 2006.
After touring the former prison, Obama and his wife Michelle signed a guest book in which Obama wrote: "On behalf of our family we're deeply humbled to stand where men of such courage faced down injustice and refused to yield.
"The world is grateful for the heroes of Robben Island, who remind us that no shackles or cells can match the strength of the human spirit."
The 94-year-old Mandela's struggle with a lung infection has been a somber backdrop to Obama's eight-day Africa trip. South Africa says his condition is "critical but stable".
Obama met Mandela's relatives in Johannesburg on Saturday to deliver a message of support instead of directly visiting the frail former president at the hospital where he has spent the last three weeks.
The U.S. leader describes Mandela as a "personal hero", and has reminded audiences in Africa that his first political activism was to urge his U.S. college to divest itself of South African investments to protest against apartheid.
In his speech at the university, Obama was expected to look back to an address U.S. Senator Robert Kennedy gave in Cape Town in 1966 comparing the struggle to overcome apartheid with the U.S. civil rights movement.
Some protesters gathered outside the University of Cape Town ahead of Obama's speech, holding placards attacking U.S. foreign policy reading "Obama mass killer" and "End drone wars now".
Obama, the first African American president, is expected to remind a young audience at the university that Mandela and the U.S. civil rights movement persevered against daunting obstacles in bringing social change that many thought impossible.
The U.S. president will then challenge his audience not to be content with progress so far but to push ahead with battles to lift Africans out of poverty, combat government corruption and improve health and living standards across the continent.
He will also aim to restore some of the luster of the U.S. relationship with Africa by stressing the U.S. desire to move beyond being an aid donor toward greater economic partnerships.
The speech comes in the middle of an Africa trip taking Obama to Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania.
Obama has sought to use the trip to emphasize Africa's potential as a business partner for the United States and to overcome the perception that he has ignored the continent.
Many Africans are disappointed that despite the U.S. president's Kenyan ancestry, his only previous visit to the continent while in office was to Ghana in 2009.
In his speech, the president will unveil a $7 billion U.S. initiative to double access to electric power on a continent where only one in three people have electricity.
While in Cape Town, Obama will also visit a health centre to highlight U.S. efforts to combat HIV/AIDS on the continent, which have contributed to a 32 percent drop in the number of AIDS-related deaths in Sub-Saharan Africa from 2005 to 2011.
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To All Jefferson County School Parents,
On Tuesday, March 7th, Jefferson County voters will be asked to approve the renewal and continuation of $100 million in education revenue county-wide. These are existing taxes currently paid to provide critical, local support to our school system. This election is NOT about a tax increase: it is about maintaining what we currently have.
With the lack of state financial support and uncertainty as to the level of federal financial support, our local tax revenues take on a greater significance to ensuring the financial stability of Jefferson County Schools. Over the last couple of years, we have made great improvements. We have been able to balance our budget, revise our salary schedule, add additional programs and invest in significant building improvements throughout the county with no additional taxes. We have been making great progress but we cannot afford a setback like this.
You will hear more about this over the coming weeks from your school and community leaders but we need your help spreading the word. In this election, there's more than $62 million for the exclusive use of OUR schools at Jefferson County Board of Education. Without these funds we would be forced to make devastating cuts in current services and programs being provided to our students. While we are hopeful our communities will choose to renew these taxes, it is vital that our parents, friends and colleagues vote for and ask others to vote for these renewals.
I ask that you accept an active role in spreading the word about these tax renewals to encourage all community stakeholders to vote. Some of the most important points we need to share are:
Approval of these vital existing education taxes:
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Baskind and Cyr scored two goals apiece to lead the Crimson to a 7-5 win at Yale (Craig Cyr).
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Harvard women's lacrosse team picked up its second straight win over Yale on Saturday with a 7-5 victory in New Haven, Conn.
The Crimson (3-4, 1-2 Ivy League) scored seven straight goals to open the game and took a 7-0 lead into the half. Micaela Cyr began the scoring less than three minutes in and Jennifer VanderMeulen followed with a goal at the 5:08 mark. Melanie Baskind and Jamie Potter made it a 4-0 run before Danielle Tetreault found the back of the net for a 5-0 lead. Cyr scored her second goal of the half off a feed from VanderMeulen and Baskind capped off the frame with her second score for the 7-0 lead.
Yale (2-5, 0-3 Ivy League) responded with a big second half, scoring five unanswered goals to cut Harvard's advantage to 7-5. The Bulldogs got two goals early from Devon Rhodes and Ashley McCormick, and Cathryn Avallone made it a four-goal game with 14:44 to play off a free position attempt. Rhodes notched her second score of the day before Caroline Crow moved the score to 7-5 with 10:20 remaining.
The Crimson's defense held firm over the final 10-plus minutes, however, preventing Yale from getting any closer. Harvard forced three turnovers in the final moments while allowing just one Yale shot to hold on for the win.
Baskind and Cyr led Harvard on both the offensive and defensive ends of the field as each tallied two goals and two ground balls. VanderMeulen recorded one goal, one assist and one draw control while Mariel Jenkins registered a game-high three ground balls. Kelly Weis made seven saves in goal to pick up the victory. Harvard's five goals allowed were the fewest since allowing just three goals in a 19-3 win over the Bulldogs last season.
Harvard owned an 8-6 advantage in draw controls and was successful on 12-of-17 clear attempts. Yale, however, outshot the Crimson 25-21 and went 11-of-12 in clears. Rhodes scored two goals to lead the Bulldog attack as Erin McMullan made 11 saves in goal.
Harvard returns to action Wednesday, March 28 when it hosts Stanford at 4 p.m. in Harvard Stadium.
Game Notes: Harvard's victory over Yale evened the all-time series at 20-20-1 … Harvard's win marked its second straight over Yale and its first in New Haven since 2006 … Harvard's five goals allowed were the fewest given up by the Crimson since a 19-3 victory over Yale last season … Melanie Baskind has scored multiple goals in four games this season while Micaela Cyr has done so three times.


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Obama meets with Putin amid Syria dispute
President Obama met Friday with Russia counterpart Vladimir Putin, but the two leaders apparently did not resolve their dispute over what to do about Syria.
Putin, the host of the G-20 summit in St. Petersburg, told reporters he spoke with Obama for 20 to 30 minutes; he called the meeting constructive, but he still opposes Obama's call for military action in Syria over chemical weapons.
The White House confirmed the Putin meeting but provided no details.
In wrapping up a summit that spotlighted global divisions over Syria, Obama touted the support of France and other nations for a military strike designed to degrade Syria's chemical weapons capability.
"Any action that we contemplate, and partners like France might contemplate, will be limited, proportionate and appropriate – and will be focused on deterrence of the use of chemical weapons in the future and degrade the Assad regime's capacity to use them," Obama said after meeting with French President Francoise Hollande,
"I value very much President Hollande's strong international response to these grievous acts," he said.
While leaders of Russia, China and other G-20 nations echoed their opposition to a strike against Syria, Obama said it's "clear that many countries agree with us that international norms must be upheld."
Obama spoke as divisions among world leaders over the conflict in Syria persisted on the final day of the Group of 20 summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, despite lobbying efforts by the U.S. president and his aides in favor of military action.
Obama is scheduled to return to Washington on Friday night and will spend the coming days urging members of Congress to support a resolution authorizing military action. Some lawmakers said that project faces an uphill battle. Votes are expected next week.
As the two-day G-20 summit wound down, leaders issued a declaration to work to strengthen the global economy, the main agenda topic at the meetings of members. It was clear that the leaders would not issue any sort of main statement on Syria.
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Earlier, Thursday night dinner discussions between Obama and his counterparts on Syria extended into Friday morning. The U.S. president returned to his hotel at 2 a.m. local time. British Prime Minister David Cameron and Putin were only starting a private talk on Syria around that time.
Italian Prime Minister Enrique Latta tweeted early Friday morning, "The G-20 has just now finished the dinner session at which the divisions about Syria were confirmed."
Obama's push for a military strike against Damascus does have its supporters. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki on Thursday listed G-20 members France, Canada, Turkey and Australia as among nine countries now supporting military action.
However, most nations seem opposed, led by Russia. Samantha Power, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said Thursday that "even in the wake of the flagrant shattering of the international norm against chemical weapons use, Russia continues to hold the council hostage and shirk its international responsibilities."
Power added: "We have seen nothing in President Putin's comments that suggest that there is an available path forward at the Security Council ... (But) it is in our interest, and the interest of all member states of the U.N., to respond decisively to this horrific attack."
Russian officials seem confident that momentum for the U.S. effort is lacking. "It is impossible to say that very many states support the idea of a military operation," said Dmitry Peskov, Putin's spokesman, according to Reuters.
Syria is only the latest source of friction between the Obama and Putin governments.
Obama had canceled a planned summit with Putin because of those disputes, including Russia's decision to grant asylum to National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden.
The president's efforts at the G-20 included a one-on-one conversation Friday with China's Xi Jinping.
The president has also canceled a planned trip to California that was set for Monday and Tuesday to focus on lobbying members of Congress in Washington.
China has so far given support to Russia's position at the Security Council and Peskov said those attending a meeting Thursday between Putin, Xi and the leaders of India, Brazil and South Africa expressed concern that an attack on Syria "could have an extremely negative effect on the global economy".
Meetings on Friday began with a discussion of humanitarian aid for those affected by the Syrian conflict. The U.K.'s Cameron, whose parliament voted not to back military action, chaired the session and announced £52 million ($81 million) in new humanitarian aid, including training for antidotes for chemical attacks, medical workers and civil defense teams on responding to them, and decontamination equipment. Russia Today reported that the meeting was followed by another on Syria involving the U.K., France, Italy and EU leaders that ended inconclusively.
Peskov, meanwhile, denied to London's Telegraph newspaper that he had said earlier that "Britain is just a small island (so) no one pays any attention to them." His remarks had sparked a spirited assertion of the U.K.'s importance by Cameron on Friday morning.
"Definitely (the comment) is nothing to do with reality," Peskov said.
Cameron later ruled out any possibility of agreement over Syria during the summit.
The G-20 leaders will sign a final communique that is not expected to mention Syria as it has not been a part of the formal meeting agenda, which is focused on economic issues.
The Interfax news agency reported Friday that Russia was continuing to boost its naval presence in the Mediterranean near Syria while the State Department ordered its diplomats in Lebanon to leave the country, citing security concerns. Hezbollah, an ally of Syria, is based in Lebanon.
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A Scituate man had to jump out of his boat after it ignited because of a gas leak Saturday afternoon.
SCITUATE – Fire officials say a Scituate man had to jump out of his boat after it went up in flames Saturday afternoon on Hawley Road.
Alex Hearnan had just cleaned and fueled his boat and was preparing to put it in the water when a gas leak caused a fire around 12:30 p.m., Capt. William Sestito said.
"It was an intense little fire," Sestito said about the flames, which reached 15-feet high. Sestito said the boat was declared a total loss and that Hearnan was "devastated."
Sestito said the boat wasn't brand new, but that Hearnan had just purchased it a week ago.
He said Hearnan was in the boat when it ignited and that he had to jump out of the boat. Hearnan suffered minor burns, but was treated by paramedics at his house. He was not taken to the hospital.
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From Wikipedia:Codec:
- A codec is a device or computer program capable of encoding and/or decoding a digital data stream or signal.
In general, codecs are utilized by multimedia applications to encode or decode audio or video streams. In order to play encoded streams, users must ensure an appropriate codec is installed.
Playing multimedia content requires two components:
- A capable media player
- The appropriate codec
This article deals only with codecs; see Common Applications#Multimedia for a list of media players (MPlayer and VLC are popular choices).
Common codecs
- Template:Package Official: liba52 is a free library for decoding ATSC A/52 streams
- Template:Package Official: FAAC is an AAC audio encoder
- Template:Package Official: ISO AAC audio decoder
- Template:Package Official: Free Lossless Audio Codec
- Template:Package Official: A software-based implementation of the codec specified in the emerging JPEG-2000 Part-1 standard
- Template:Package Official: An MP3 encoder and graphical frame analyzer
- Template:Package Official: Free library for decoding DTS Coherent Acoustics streams
- Template:Package Official: The Quasar DV codec (libdv) is a software codec for DV video
- Template:Package Official: A high-quality MPEG audio decoder
- Template:Package Official: libmpeg2 is a library for decoding MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video streams
- Template:Package Official: An open video codec developed by the Xiph.org
- Template:Package Official: Vorbis codec library
- Template:Package Official: X11 Video extension library
- Template:Package Official: Audio compression format with lossless, lossy, and hybrid compression modes
- Template:Package Official: Free library for encoding H264/AVC video streams
- Template:Package Official: XviD is an open source MPEG-4 video codec
From http://www.gstreamer.net/:
- GStreamer is a library for constructing graphs of media-handling components. The applications it supports range from simple Ogg/Vorbis playback, audio/video streaming to complex audio (mixing) and video (non-linear editing) processing.
Simply, GStreamer is a backend or framework utilized by many media players.
GStreamer uses a plugin architecture which makes the most of GStreamer's functionality implemented as shared libraries. Since version 0.10 the plugins come grouped into three sets (named after the film The Good, the Bad and the Ugly).[1]
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For the most complete solution:
# pacman -S gstreamer0.10-{base,good,bad,ugly}-plugins gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg
From http://www.xine-project.org/about:
- xine is a free (gpl-licensed) high-performance, portable and reusable multimedia playback engine. xine itself is a shared library with an easy to use, yet powerful API which is used by many applications for smooth video playback and video processing purposes.
As an alternative to GStreamer, many media players can be configured to utilize the xine backend:
# pacman -S xine-lib
Note that the xine project itself provides a capable video player, Template:Package Official.
Tips and tricks
Install MPlayer binary codecs
As an ultimate solution, you can try to install MPlayer binary codecs.
If you are not able to play some files go to http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html, read the instructions and install the codec you need to play your files.
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Although spatial thinking and the use of new forms of geospatial data have grown rapidly in the social sciences, their implementation in the demographic sciences has lagged. This meeting will bring together specialists from demographic and health research, spatial statistics, and GIScience to discuss challenges and new directions for spatial demography. The objective will be to identify and define gaps in current knowledge regarding innovations in geospatial data and spatial statistical methods, including the integration of data and models. An overarching goal will be to prioritize a research agenda to enhance the science of spatial demography in population and health research.
This 2-day specialist meeting is organized by the Center for Spatial Studies (http://spatial.ucsb.edu) at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) and the Population Research Institute (http://www.pop.psu.edu) at The Pennsylvania State University (PSU). The meeting will include invited plenary presentations by experts on the state of the science of spatial demography, emergent geospatial data and measurement issues, and spatial modeling. Smaller breakout sessions will facilitate intellectual exchange on the core conceptual, data-related, and methodological issues that arise from the plenary sessions.
Based on an open call for applications, approximately 30 researchers will be invited to participate in the meeting. The organizing committee is chaired by Michael F. Goodchild (UCSB), Donald Janelle (UCSB), and Stephen Matthews (PSU).
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Usher is standing by Justin Bieber's side.
The former Voice coach has been rushing to his mentee's defense ever since two videos from years ago were released showing the Biebs making racist remarks.
Usher posted an Instagram pic Saturday morning, showing him posing with the young pop star and vented his feelings about growing up in the spotlight.
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"At my core, I am a person that supports growth and understands without judgment, that growth often comes as a result of pain and continues effort," he wrote.
"As I have watched Justin Bieber navigate difficult waters as a young man, I can tell you that he hasn't always chosen the path of his greatest potential, but he is unequivocally not a racist."
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Usher continued, "What he was 5 years ago was a naive child who did not understand the negative power and degradation that comes from playing with racial slurs. What he is now is a young man faced with an opportunity to become his best self, an example to the millions of kids that follow him to not make the same mistakes."
And during a recent interview with Nylon Guys, Usher echoed his sentiments regarding the "Confident" crooner.
"I gave every bit of advice and always told him it was up to him if he really wanted this. Now that he has it, as an adult, it's his to manage. Do I turn my head in shame based off of what I see, what I know? Nah, I don't because it's all part of life's process," he explained.


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Welcome to Watch List, where we identify five things on TV to watch while you stay at home and finish putting together that desk set you bought at IKEA. If you just do one step a day, it'll only be three more years until it's finished! LET'S GO!
PROJECT RUNWAY – 9:00PM (Lifetime) Oh, thank heavens they got rid of Greenwich bowler hat boy last week. Jason was, hands down, the worst contestant this show ever had. It was a shame that Nick, who was a horrid designer but a sweet little guy, had to be tossed along with him. Surely, they could have given him one more week to concoct something no sane person would wear while walking down the street. Also, in other contestant news, I'd like Peach to be my neighbor. ANTICIPATION: CATTY!
AMERICAN CHOPPER: SENIOR VS. JUNIOR – 9:00PM (Discovery) Paul Jr. and Paul Sr. of the original "American Chopper" series used to work together in the same bike shop. But now, Paul Jr. has moved across the street and opened his own joint. It seems the pupil has become the MASTER! Anyway, tonight marks the season premiere of the new version of this series pitting the two shops against one another. Even though they don't work together anymore, I'm sure these two will still find a way to lovingly curse each other out and get all red-faced. ANTICIPATION: MUSTACHES!
SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE – 8:00PM (FOX) It's the season finale of FOX's underrated summer dance competition. The lack of celebrities among the contestants means you get people who can, you know, actually dance, which is nice. And really, I could watch Cat Deeley read Ayn Rand books for two hours. And I have! Long story. ANTICIPATION: JAZZY!
BOSTON MED – 10:00PM (ABC) In the season finale of this hospital documentary series, the doctors perform the second face transplant ever performed in the United States. Yes, that's correct. A face transplant. I thought "Face/Off" was a ludicrous movie. Turns out it was utterly plausible. Anyway, tune in and watch as a patient gets a new face, then inevitably turns into a violent criminal who gets into lots of gunfights with doves flying around him. ANTICIPATION: FACIAL!
BIG BROTHER – 8:00PM (CBS) I still think this show would be vastly improved if the house were littered with booby traps. Yeah, it's fun to watch these guys get all testy with one another, but what if a man-hungry Bengal tiger were lurking somewhere in a broom closet? Surely, the Japanese have a show like this already on the air. ANTICIPATION: CLAUSTROPHOBIC!


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ARLINGTON - A week after shaking up the Bowl Championship Series, the Baylor Bears are finally bowl eligible themselves.
"We got players, and we got a team that fights," quarterback Nick Florence said. "A month ago, people were writing us off, and this team fought hard. It means a lot."
In their 11th game, the Bears overcame three missed field goals - including one on the final play of a wild fourth quarter - before winning 52-45 in overtime against Texas Tech on Saturday at Cowboys Stadium.
Baylor (6-5, 3-5 Big 12) didn't lead until Eddie Lackey's 55-yard interception return for a touchdown on the first play of the fourth quarter. Lackey had another pick with 1:46 left, but Aaron Jones, whose 22-yard field goal a minute before that turnover tied the game, missed wide left on a 48-yard kick.
Glasco Martin scored on a 4-yard run in overtime for the Bears. The game ended on a fourth-down incompletion by Seth Doege after Texas Tech (7-5, 4-5) started its ensuing drive with a holding penalty.
Baylor was coming off a 52-24 victory over Kansas State, then the No. 1 team in the BCS standings.
With Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Robert Griffin III watching from the Bears sideline, two days after the rookie led the Washington Redskins to a victory over the Dallas Cowboys, Baylor got bowl eligible for the third consecutive season. That's a first in school history.
"It's real big. When we first got here, we wanted to turn the program around, which we did," senior receiver Lanear Sampson said.
"Reflect on it? No. Appreciate it? Yes," coach Art Briles said. "I'm appreciative of our team becoming bowl eligible in what I think is the toughest conference in America."
The teams combined for 1,241 total yards (674 for Baylor and 567 for Tech).
Florence completed 22 of 37 passes for 396 yards and three touchdowns. Doege was 30 of 40 for 359 yards with three TDs and three interceptions.
It was the third overtime game this season for the Red Raiders. They won in triple overtime at TCU on Oct. 20, and have won only one of their five games since - in double overtime against Kansas two weeks ago.
"We knew this would be a high-scoring game. We felt we would have to score 45, that was our number, 45 to win the game," Red Raiders coach Tommy Tuberville said. "What can you say? Holding in overtime. That's one thing we talked about, no penalties in overtime."
The holding call made it first-and-25. After two incompletions, Doege hit Austin Zouzalik for 15 yards. But the fourth-down pass was incomplete to Eric Ward, who was well-defended by Joe Williams, who had two interceptions against K-State.
"Throughout the game, we were struggling a few times. Eddie Lackey made some huge plays. At the end, Joe Williams was in the perfect spot," nickelback Ahmad Dixon said. "We learned from it in the first half and moved on from it. That helped us come up with the big win."
Jones kicked a 22-yard field goal with 2:48 left in regulation to tie the game at 45. The Red Raiders got the ball back and already had picked up a first down when Doege threw a short pass that deflected off the helmet of offensive lineman Terry McDaniel, the same player called for holding in overtime.
The ball ricocheted into the hands of Lackey, who also recovered a fumble.
Ward had nine catches for 113 yards, but Tech was led by Darrin Moore's 13 catches for 186 yards and two touchdowns in the fourth quarter.
"I wouldn't say it's bittersweet. It's bitter that we took the (loss)," Moore said.
Moore's 6-yard fade catch with 6:19 left put Tech up 45-42. That came after a 4-yard touchdown catch by Terrance Williams, who had seven receptions for 175 yards while setting a Baylor single-season record for receiving yards (1,693).
Lache Seastrunk ran for 136 yards on 19 carries for Baylor, and Martin had 23 carries for 98 yards.
After Florence had a 4-yard run with 5 minutes left in the third quarter to get Baylor within 24-21, Jakeem Grant returned the ensuing kickoff 97 yards for a touchdown. Florence then threw a 27-yard TD to Lanear Sampson, who reached over the defender to make the catch.
Texas Tech was up 21-7 about to score again late in the first half when a scrambling Doege was hit from behind and fumbled. Baylor recovered and went 93 yards in eight plays, scoring on Florence's 39-yard pass to a wide-open Levi Norwood with 5 seconds left.
Along with two missed kicks by Jones before the half, Martin was stuffed for a 3-yard loss on a fourth-and-1 from the 2.
"We just made mistakes. We left points on the board," Florence said. "We were moving the ball well and not finishing. It was frustrating. But again, this team kept fighting."
Doege went 19 yards on his first rushing TD of the season, and Kenny Williams had a 5-yard run to put Tech up 14-0 in the first quarter.
Martin scored on a fourth-down run from the 1, but the Red Raiders then needed only three passes to cover 75 yards, getting a 23-yard TD from Ward for a 21-7 lead.
"We played hard, we'd like to have a couple of these games back," Tuberville said. "This is not a conference you want to coach in if you're a defensive coach."


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Blue Valley Schools plan safety upgrades
Changes expected to be ready for 2014 fall semester
The Blue Valley School District said it is accelerating plans to make its school buildings safer.
The district shared its plans with students at nine schools slated to get improvements.
Assistant Superintendent Mike Shagle said the district is focusing on bolstering security at school entrances. He said at one of the schools, he wanted to look for ways to make it easier for people in the front office to see who is at the door or in the hallway.
Like many schools now, Blue Valley Schools lock every door except the front door during school hours. Visitors are expected to report to the office first.
"(We're) trying to be vigilant," said Pleasant Ridge Middle School Principal Brett Potts. "We've got a camera here that views the front. That helps us see who's coming in."
The district said it's likely to reconfigure office windows in the district schools to improve the visibility for people in the office.
"But once they get into the building, there is a second set of locked doors. Visitors have to go to the office first to get into the building," Shagle said.
The Blue Valley School District plans to make the improvements before the start of school in the 2014-15 school year. Some schools will see improvements as early as March.
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prisoner of war, in international law, person captured by a belligerent while fighting in the military. International law includes rules on the treatment of prisoners of war but extends protection only to combatants. This excludes civilians who engage in hostilities (by international law they are war criminals; see war crimes) and forces that do not observe conventional requirements for combatants (see war, laws of).
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September 6, 2012
Disability Services offers training on new literacy software
Columbus State's Disability Services will hold training sessions for students, faculty and staff on their new software called "Read & Write GOLD." The product is support software that helps individuals with reading or writing difficulties, learning disabilities, or those who speak English as their second language. This literacy software can read online courses, textbooks, websites, placement tests, and more. It can enlarge and highlight text as it reads aloud and increase reading comprehension. It can speak and translate many different languages and has a phonetic spell checker and a word-prediction tool. Training times are on Friday, September 7 at 8:00 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. in Eibling 101. Register by emailing Lori Trent.
Think fall with Weight Watchers
Get ready for fall with Weight Watchers! Columbus State's next Weight Watchers at Work program session will start Tuesday, September 11, at 12:00 p.m. in the DX Conference Room, 3rd floor. Columbus State needs a minimum of 20 participants to sign up in order to keep this opportunity for employees. If you are interested in joining Weight Watchers at Work please contact Nichole Bowman-Glover, Wellness Coordinator, at firstname.lastname@example.com by noon on Monday, September 10.
Last PBJ jazz concert of year is Saturday
The PBJ & Jazz summer series will present their final concert in the Topiary Park at noon on Saturday, September 8. The Topiary Park is located at 480 E. Town St. The free one-hour concert will feature the Vernon Hairston Trio with Mary McClendon. The concerts are sponsored by the Discovery Special Improvement District, The Columbus Foundation, The Topiary Park, and the Friends of the Library.
Joel Nelson
Joel Nelson, video web developer in Columbus State's Instructional Technologies department, will graduate Sunday with a Master of Science in Marketing and Communication from Franklin University. His program included learning communication techniques using new media, emerging technologies, and visual design principles.
Lots of lots closed Sunday
The Columbus State grounds crew will be painting many parking lots on Sunday, September 9, in case you might be on campus this weekend. The lots to be closed for painting are: 11-S, 12-S, 14-S, 16-S, 18-V, 19-H, 24-E, and 21-S.


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High School: A 2012 graduate of Antioch High School in Antioch, Calif…a four-sport athlete for the Panthers, she competed four years of cross country, two seasons of both soccer and softball, and one year of track and field…was an all-league selection in the 1,600 during her lone season on the track and field squad…helped the cross country team to a Bay Valley Athletic League championship in 2009 as the lone freshman on the varsity squad…was anointed a North Coast Section Scholar-Athlete on seven occasions during her high school career…recipient of the school's Distinguished Female Athlete Award as a senior.
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I was never much of a salad person back home. I don't ever remember having a salad in or as part of a meal unless it was in the form of some kind of a raita. During my initial years here, I was pretty rigid food-wise, and our meals comprised largely of rice along with curd/yogurt in some form or the other which was due, in part, to the fact that it was my all time favorite meal. Also, I was only just learning (rather unwillingly) to cook and that seemed the simplest thing to prepare. My eating habits have since changed over time, and I am a bit more flexible and open to new tastes now than I was when I first got here. There's a lot more variety in the meals I make these days. However, curd-rice with pickles (the Indian kind) continues to remain my ultimate comfort food to this day.
If I'm making a salad, I prefer going for something that is hearty and filling. I put together this bean salad for dinner the other day, which we had along with some cold soup.
1 can of Roman beans
½ cup frozen corn, thawed
½ cucumber, peeled & diced
1-2 scallions, chopped (white and green parts)
For the dressing:
1 Tbsp olive oil
Juice of a lemon
½ tsp lemon zest
1 tsp Dijon mustard
2 Tbsp honey
Salt & Pepper
Place all the ingredients in a large bowl. Pour the dressing over it. Toss to combine. Chill and serve.
This goes to Lisa for the June edition of No Croutons Required. The theme this month is soups or salads featuring legumes.


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