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Finishes based on the newer polymers can be applied in marginal application conditions without encountering the same recoat issues that may be present with conventional coatings.
In addition to gloss retention characteristics and tolerance to marginal application conditions, the newer polymers based on multiple crosslinking technologies incorporated into single polymer matrices furnish low odor, an excellent balance of detergent resistance and removability and respond to all types of maintenance conditions.
Formulations based on these polymers combine low volatile organic compound (VOC) content with other desirable environmental benefits to produce important performance properties, including high gloss, resistance to harsh cleaners, excellent removability and, most importantly, durability.
The polymeric vehicles employed in floor finish coatings must provide a remarkably diverse set of performance properties.
The list of these expected attributes includes an attractive appearance, protective durability, water and detergent resistance and ease of removability.
However, these properties represent only a starting point.
The formulation that will be used to coat floors demands other features from the coating vehicle.
Floor polishes are applied in some instances to a vinyl-based substrate that is categorized as being resilient.
Consequently, the vehicle must supply flexibility and adhesion so the coating will not be damaged when the floor is exposed to normal pedestrian traffic and floor maintenance.
The polymer must also impart significant measures of aqueous resistance and toughness so the coating can endure repeated cleanings and other assaults that normally occur during the life of the coating.
Over the last several decades, waterborne acrylic polymers based on zinc-crosslinked acrylic emulsions have made significant inroads in floor care coating markets.
Offering exceptional recoat characteristics, resistance to marring, scuffing and black heel marking, zinc-crosslinked acrylic-based emulsion polymers have been employed successfully to meet the varied needs of the floor care market.
With the advent of "green cleaning" and eco-labeling becoming more prevalent in the building maintenance industry, zinc containing acrylic-based polymers used in floor polishes may not be the vehicles of choice.
Despite the growing need for environmentally preferred floor finishes, custodians and maintenance crews who apply finish to flooring substrates generally elected not to use "green" formulations.
The reluctance of professional maintenance personnel to use environmentally preferred formulations may have been due to the perceived or actual experience the building maintenance crews had of the "green" formulations not performing to the level expected.
The traditional waterborne acrylic zinc-free vehicles that have been in the market for many years provided a reasonable level of gloss and recoat characteristics, but they lacked the gloss retention properties of the zinc cross-linking counterparts.
Recently, the situation has changed dramatically with the introduction of unique acrylic-based vehicles that can meet the demanding needs of environmental responsibility and provide performance.
The fruit of new and innovative approaches to polymer design and the use of multiple crosslinking technologies within the same polymer network, these vehicles enable manufacturers to produce aqueous acrylic-based floor finish compositions with a much higher level of gloss retention than ever before for zinc-free finish compositions.
As a result, floor finish manufacturers can provide custodians and building care specialists with the advantages of current zinc-crosslinking finishes as well as maintaining low VOC capability and meeting environmental standards.
Achieving Gloss Retention
The key differences between the newer polymers and other waterborne zinc-free floor finish vehicles lie in the new products'' superior film formation properties.
The unique polymer composition and crosslinking technologies allow finishes based on the newer technologies to release water and coalescent more rapidly than coatings formulated from conventional zinc-free polymers.
As a result, films formed from the newer chemistries develop properties more rapidly than films based on conventional zinc-free coatings and, consequently, reach ultimate film integrity properties very quickly.
The ease and speed of the film formation process are critical to the appearance of floor finishes.
Conventional zinc and zinc-free polymers employed as vehicles in floor finish compositions are typically made extremely hard — a minimum film formation temperature greater than 50 degrees Celsius — for resistance to marring and scuffing.
They require high levels of coalescing and plasticizing solvents for film formation, and in the case of traditional zinc-free vehicles, they release the coalescent slowly.
On older floors based on vinyl composite materials, the flooring substrate may generally be porous to some degree and, consequently, tends to absorb some of the solvent.
If the flooring substrate soaks up enough solvent, the film may not form properly.
Instead of forming a continuous film, the coating may have irregularities where it interfaces with the substrate.
In some instances, these voids may produce an opaque haze that blurs the surface of the underlying floor and gives it a whitish appearance.
Floor finishes based on the newer zinc-free vehicles do not suffer from this problem.
These formulations form much better films — more continuous and uniform — under conditions that would cause film deficiencies with some conventional zinc and zinc-free technologies.
The exceptional integrity of the films manifests in outstanding appearance properties when conditions are not optimal for coating, such as when variations in humidity and temperature occur.
Floor polishes formulated with the new polymers match or exceed the standards of leading commercial formulations in this respect better than any previous zinc-free waterborne coatings designed for the floor care market.
Waterborne Floor Finish Vehicles
Of course, appearance properties such as gloss, clarity and defect-free appearance are not the only features required in a floor finish; formulations should be resistant to detergents.
They should also be able to tolerate exposure to water and aqueous cleaning products without deteriorating.
They should not develop soil impregnation issues when exposed to repeated treatments with detergent cleaners during maintenance operations.
And, finally, they should withstand repeated burnishing operations and be removable without damaging the underlying substrate.
The latest products that have recently been introduced into the marketplace provide these features as well.
However, in addition, to furnishing the properties expected of today''s floor finish vehicles, the newer polymers do it without the reliance of zinc as the crosslinking technology.
Long-term gloss retention is another benefit of superior film integrity properties.
Because films derived from the newer emulsions develop film integrity properties rapidly, the time needed for finishes based on them to develop ultimate film properties is essentially the same as with conventional finishes based on zinc-crosslinking chemistries.
As a result, floor finishes based on these recent polymers can be coated on floors and opened to traffic in a similar timeframe as expected with conventional finishes.
The exceptional gloss retention properties of formulations based on these newer emulsions derive mainly from their unique crosslinking and polymer chemistries.
Their unique polymer designs make them much more resistant to film damage that typically would result from maintenance operations as compared to older zinc-free chemistries present in the marketplace.
Their unique polymer design makes them more resistant to film damage than their hardness would imply.
As a result, films based on the newer polymers and exposed to maintenance operations — repeated exposure to disinfectant detergents and abrasive repair via cleaning and burnishing — will not soften the polymeric film and leave soils that typically detract from the appearance of the floor.
Conventional waterborne zinc-free coatings simply do not have this capability.
As far as performance features are concerned, the coatings are flexible and adhere well to typical resilient flooring substrates such vinyl, vinyl composition tile (VCT) and linoleum.
Maintenance contractors and floor care experts will also be drawn by the fact that these waterborne finishes can be stored for extended periods without stability problems.
Dr. Theodore Tysak is a technology manager for the floor and surface care business at the Dow Chemical Company. For more information concerning this article, Tysak may be reached at email@example.com.
Dr. Theodore Tysak is a technology manager for the floor and surface care business at The Dow Chemical Company. For more information concerning this article, Tysak may be reached at email@example.com.


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(CNET) In 1971, the KH-9 Hexagon was the United States' most advanced spy device - a brand-new photographic reconnaissance satellite as large as a school bus and carrying more than 60 miles of high-resolution photographic film for surveillance missions.
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The 6-inch wide Hexagon film frame captured a field of view of about 370 miles, with a resolution of about 2 to 3 feet, according to the National Reconnaissance Office.
Before today's digital technology, the film images were sent back to Earth in recoverable return capsules. Having entered the Earth's atmosphere, the canisters deployed a parachute, and were then snagged by a plane in midair and returned to base for processing and analysis.
On July 10, 1971, the third re-entry vehicle from the first Hexagon photo-satellite mission was lost when the parachute broke, sending the canister into the Pacific Ocean with an impact of about 2,600 G's at about 310 miles per hour. The bucket, crashing into the ocean, sank on impact to a depth of more than 16,400 feet. This was sensitive info - high-resolution photographs of the Soviet Union's submarine bases and missile silos - and the decision was made to attempt to recover the valuable intelligence data.
This week, the CIA released documents relating to the spy satellite incident and the recovery mission, including photos of the capsule on the ocean floor, pictures of the Trieste II, and internal cables on how the U.S. Navy undertook one of the deepest undersea salvage efforts ever attempted.
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"Over 40 million people with Medicare – 90 percent of all beneficiaries – now have comprehensive prescription drug coverage and over 29 million beneficiaries are enrolled in a Part D plan. With a wide range of coverage options and a competitive market structure that yields great value for beneficiaries and Medicare overall, Part D is leading to healthier patients and lower overall health costs.
"For example, a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) showed that improved access and adherence to medicines driven by Part D saves about $1,200 per Medicarebeneficiary in hospital, skilled nursing facility and other costs for each senior who previously lacked comprehensive prescription drug coverage. A study by researchers at Harvard Medical School found that nearly 11 million seniors gained comprehensive prescription drug coverage as a result of Part D. Together, these findings show overall savings equaled over $13 billion in 2007, the first full year of Part D. This represents more than one quarter of Part D's total cost during that time.
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About 3 years ago, I began blogging at my website, http://www.thesquigglyline.com. I always had the intention of redesigning a custom template 'soon' after launch - but it never happened. I've continued to blog consistently over those three years, building a similarly consistent readership.
I would now like to redesign my blog. This project means a lot to me.
You can see my current blog here: http://www.thesquigglyline.com and read more about me in the about section (http://www.thesquigglyline.com/about).
My audience tend to be:
- Predominantly male, but it's probably 60:40 males:females.
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As the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) sets September 10 as the day it will begin its strike, another group of Chicago teachers say they are being unfairly pressured into signing a weak contract, which they argue will make them pawns in the propaganda game against the CTU. A group of more than 1,000 full-time professors at the City Colleges of Chicago, represented by the American Federation of Teachers Local 1600, are currently in discussion with the City Colleges of Chicago on a tentative agreement that the union administration hopes will be concluded as early as this weekend.
But a group of teachers against the agreement, including Hector Reyes, a science professor at Harold Washington College, say it is too coincidental that there is a push for them to agree to a new contract this weekend when theirs does not expire until 2013. The tentative agreement has striking similarities to the one being rejected by the CTU, said Reyes.
The sticking points are issues of merit pay, removal of "steps and lanes" that would help teachers earn increased pay as they gain seniority and a proposed pay raise that teachers argue is a "pittance," said Reyes. Some of the central issues in the collective bargaining discussions with the CTU are wage increases tied to student performance that will be determined by standardized testing as well as curbing "steps and lanes."
"Its pure propaganda," said Reyes. "It's valuable for the mayor to claim 'See, it's not like the CTU has been saying, look at how quickly I made a deal with these other reasonable teachers.'"
The city college teachers and the CTU share another similarity – they teach primarily the same students. Roughly 82 percent of the students in CPS receive free lunches, meaning they are below the poverty line, and then go on to make up the majority of students at the City Colleges of Chicago. Faculty in both places has similar complaints about their working conditions and administration – overly large administrative salaries for those at the top, classrooms with too many students and not enough resources.
In a recent report on the City Colleges, NBC tallied its realities: "The $659 million budget for City Colleges this year shows a 300-percent increase in money allotted for travel, a newly created Central Office department with a budget totaling just nearly $7 million, almost all of that for salaries, according to the FY2013 budget and a teaching staff made up largely with adjunct or part-time professors." In addition, the district administration has pioneered a "Plan for Reinvention," which will include bringing in a more vocational curriculum and the much-maligned Central Office
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The City College professors were only given details of the tentative agreement early last week, said Reyes, and by Tuesday many had not yet received their paper ballot in the mail. He told Truthout that this didn't allow many members enough time to fully consider the impact of being rushed into the contract.
The union's administration recommended a "yes" vote on the contract. Caitlyn Rowney, director of communications for Local 1600, said she was unable to discuss the details of the tentative agreement. However, she said, "we are thrilled with the contract. We think it's a great agreement for members of the union."
The text of the tentative agreement is not the exact language that will be voted on, but the key issues are:
- There will no longer be a pay rate that goes along with the degree of academic achievement of the educators, a process known as "steps." The tentative agreement would remove "steps" entirely in the second year of the contract. Critics argue this will also remove seniority rights.
- Instead, teachers will get an increase in their base pay through a cost of living allowance (COLA) worth 2.5 percent a year as well as the opportunity to earn merit pay depending on how students perform. The merit pay increase of a potential 1 percent bonus would, however, only be based on student performances in one particular year and not carry on to the next year.
Merit pay issues based on student performance hit those against the contract particularly hard.
Sheldon Liebman, chair of the humanities at Wright College, sees the community college system as providing a service that can't be quantified. "The City Colleges provide a very useful service for students in the city by giving them, the graduates of a lousy public school system, one of the worst in the country, what is really a last chance for many of them."
In addition, said Liebman, not all students come with the intention of graduating. "Community colleges have multiple functions. People might be coming in to brush up on several skills, or because they are intellectually curious, not always to graduate with a degree."
Reyes said the contract is being forced through on pain of a worse agreement for City College teachers.
"The bogeyman is that we could get an even worse contract," said Reyes. "They are hoping that people will feel scared by that, but for the most part we have encountered people willing to fight for a better contract."
Both the Harold Washington Chapter and the Wright College Faculty Committee, two of the seven campuses of the City Colleges in Chicago, have come out urging their members to vote "no" on the agreement.
In addition to being against the tentative agreement as it stands, the Wright College Faculty Committee also noted that some essential issues were not on the table at all: "The proposed changes do not address issues of class size, academic freedom, shared governance, ranking promotion or a commitment to hire full-time faculty. We are disappointed that we have not been provided with a comprehensive contract draft. We are disappointed that we are not allotted sufficient time to review an agreement that will affect our students and us five more years. Given the unresolved issues, we recommend a NO vote."
The CTU's negotiations have had similar roadblocks over issues that the union argues are essential to the negotiations, but are not officially on the table – large class sizes, lack of arts programs and school closures.
"Most of us [teachers] are less interested in the bread and butter issues then classroom issues. We'd like to build up the quality of the program," said Liebman.
This is not the first time the full-time City College professors (adjuncts are represented by a different union) with Local 1600 have disagreed with their contract. In October 2004, the union went on strike, with workload issues being a central disagreement.
An anonymous blogger who has been vocal on the City Colleges contract fight noted the differences between then and now:
"When Local 1600 went on strike back in 2004, a significant factor propelling the strike was that the old, corrupt leadership of the CTU refused to fight back, rolled over and sacrificed their members in their contract negotiations the year before. The onus was placed then on 1600 to hold the line, which they did then despite numerous shortcomings. Roll the film forward to 2012. Now CTU has a leadership and a membership ready to fight. The same types of disgusting concessions are being demanded from both unions. The best chance they stand to win this fight is by joining together, shoulder to shoulder. There is no good reason why Local 1600 should be voting on a new contract ahead of the outcome of the CTU contract fight. Particularly because it's current contract doesn't expire for another 10 months. A victory by CTU, will only make it harder for Emanuel to impose onerous concessions on1600."
How will the vote go this coming weekend?
Reyes said he has "high hopes that we have a very strong chance of defeating this horrible contract." Liebman said he didn't know how it will go, but he is slightly inclined to think it will pass.
Until then, the Local 1600's solidarity options are the same as any other union supporter's, said Eric Fink, a labor lawyer and professor. "They can essentially do what any other union supporter can do when they are not at work – join the picket line."


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Hope College will name a new center for musical arts, which will be constructed on its campus, in honor of Jack H. Miller for his lifetime of generosity to the college.
The "Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts" will include two performance venues, classrooms, practice rooms, faculty studios and office space for the department of music. The 64,000-square-foot complex will be built along Columbia Avenue between 9th and 10th streets.
Miller's major gift to the $35 million project, which includes construction costs and an endowment for maintenance, will enable the college to begin construction in the coming school year. The center will play an important role in both music performance and music education at Hope, in addition to serving as a venue for performances by community organizations.
The building is a significant component of the college's $175 million comprehensive campaign, "A Greater Hope", now nearing completion. It was inspired by an initial lead gift to the campaign from Richard and Helen DeVos and brought to fruition by a major gift from Jack H. Miller.
"I am excited and proud to make this gift to Hope College. The students of Hope deserve a new world class facility for music instruction and performance." Miller said. "I have had a lifelong love of all arts, especially music. This gift is for the students of Hope so they can use their talents and grow and go on to do wonderful things with their lives."
Jack H. Miller, who resides in Grand Haven, MI and Naples, FL, is a 1954 graduate of Hope College. He led the Howard Miller Company for 48 years until retiring in 2002. The company was founded by his father, Howard C. Miller, in 1926.
The "Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts" will be located directly across the street from the Martha Miller Center for Global Communication, which was made possible by a gift from Martha Miller's estate and other contributions from members of the Miller family in honor of their mother and grandmother.
The Miller family's involvement with Hope spans more than 90 years. Martha, who died in May 1999, was a 1924 Hope graduate. Jack's siblings, Connie Miller '58 Johnston and Philip Miller '65, and all of Jack's children: Sue Miller '81 DenHerder, Buzz Miller '84 and Meg Miller '86 Willit are also alumni.
"Both Hope and the Holland community have dreamed of an acoustically
superior concert hall for many years, and our music students and faculty have long deserved better space for instruction, rehearsals and performance," said President James E. Bultman. "We are grateful to the many donors whose support has made the center possible, and especially appreciate now the transforming legacy gift from Jack H. Miller that makes what was once a dream a reality."
The centerpiece of the new building will be an 800-seat concert hall featuring both main-floor and balcony seating. The facility will also house a smaller recital hall seating approximately 125 for more intimate performances.
Instructional space will include dedicated rehearsal space for the college's several choral and instrumental ensembles, 17 individual practice rooms, an updated piano lab, a computer lab, a percussion studio, a recording studio and two general-use classrooms. The building also includes 24 faculty teaching studios and offices.
The department of music presents more than 125 performances, clinics, workshops and recitals each year. Hope also features concerts through programs such as the long-running Great Performance Series. In addition to hosting performances, the space will support learning by hundreds of students each semester.
Hope is making a priority of developing partnerships with community organizations like the Holland Symphony Orchestra, Holland Chorale and Grand Rapids Symphony that could benefit from the performance space. The vision is for the center to become not only a venue for professional groups, but also a resource for area music teachers and area schools for conferences, competitions, and recitals.
The "Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts" will be an anchor of the developing arts corridor along Columbia Avenue between 9th and 14th streets. The arts corridor includes the college's Dow Center - home to the department of dance, DeWitt Center - home to the department of theatre and Hope Summer Repertory Theatre, De Pree Art Center and Gallery, the Martha Miller Center for Global Communication, and the Kruizenga Art Museum (soon to be under construction).
The "Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts" will replace Nykerk Hall of Music which was constructed in 1956 when Hope's enrollment was 1,100 students. Enrollment this past year was more than 3,300. Hope College and Holland have never had a venue dedicated strictly for music performance. Over the years, musicians and ensembles have performed at the Holland Civic Center, area high schools, large churches, Dimnent Chapel, Wichers Auditorium in Nykerk Hall of Music, and the Knickerbocker Theatre.
Groundbreaking could be as early as October of this year with completion anticipated in the fall of 2015.
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This blog has been posting information on the U.S. use of Drones for many years. See past articles under "Drones".
From The Guardian:
The director of the American Civil Liberties Union's national security project talks about why the Obama administration's drone assassinations are not just illegal in many cases, but are becoming increasingly risky for the US itself. She states that what the U.S. has been using as the grounds for its use of Drone attacks on persons on the "Kill List" will be used by other countries as the basis for them using Drones for their "Kill Lists". If the U.S. believes it has the right, so will other countries. Then What? READ AND VIEW THE VIDEO HERE.
And from "The International Business Times, here's an interactive list of countries with Drones, and also a list of which of those countries have "Armed Drones" READ AND VIEW THE COUNTRIES HERE.
We have let the cat out of the bag. What will the future look like? And sucking up all human correspondence in all countries, the U.S. is turning into a "watch all citizens and track them" state. Change we can believe in, yes Mr. President?


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Benchmarking Women's Leadership
Colorado Women's College recently released a groundbreaking study evaluating women in leadership positions across a range of for- and not-for-profit organizations. The study, Benchmarking Women's Leadership in the United States, 2013 is helping to further Colorado Women's College's mission to educate and empower women to boldly lead in the communities where they live, work and engage.
Benchmarking Women's Leadership in the United States, 2013 marks the first time that women in leadership roles across 14 sectors were examined, with the results compiled into one comprehensive report that can be found HERE.
Results revealed that women are outperforming men, but they are not earning salaries or obtaining leadership roles commensurate with their higher levels of performance.
It is difficult to believe that this is still the case in the 21st century. According to Colorado Women's College Dean Lynn M. Gangone, the call to action for our nation – if it wants to reap better results, improve performance and realize the benefits of diversity – is for all leaders to be intentional about who they hire and promote, and this should be based primarily on qualifications and performance. By putting performance measures in place, we can ensure we are maximizing results. Only then will we see a shift in progress, productivity and placement.
What we learned while conducting this extensive research is that at the highest levels of leadership, women -- who now comprise more than half of U.S. college graduates -- continue to be inadequately represented, yet when diversity is present, results significantly improve. This study proves the point that including women in leadership teams is a smart investment for any organization to make.
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Choosing the perfect senior dating site in Gloucester is the most important step towards finding a new companion or just new friends. There's no reason why age should be a barrier to embracing the adventure of finding love and having fun. Unlike many free senior dating sites, the ones we've reviewed are dedicated in their goal of creating meaningful relationships for senior singles.
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Interview by Izaura Avdulaj, ICRP | Discussion with Regina Rusz, Director of the Austrian Cultural Forum Budapest As an organisation focusing on international relations with a special emphasis on culture, the Institute for Cultural Relations Policy initiated a series of interviews with top people of leading cultural institutions. Such...Read more
Is this just another Brexit article? We have been reading many of those in the past three years, assessing the future prospects of EU-UK relations, speculating about the political and economic hardships of a British departure from the European family, or simply doubting the feasibility of an orderly Brexit...Read more
In most of the countries in the world, voting is a right and it is not compulsory. But in other countries, for example in Belgium, it is compulsory. Whoever over the age of eighteen does not go to vote without a legitimate reason, has to pay a fine. This...Read more
India is one of the most emerging country among the world's major economies. The current government is trying to launch new initiatives. An example is "Make in India", an ambitious project that embraces 25 sectors, including electronics, aviation, textiles, telecommunications, food processing and others that also aim to raise...Read more
We live in a world where more than ever the race toward the atomic bomb has increased. And, with this, also the tension between the main international actors. In the last few decades the relationship among Russia and the European Union has risen, almost to the level of the...Read more
The 2018 year was the fourth hottest year ever since we have data about that, or rather since 1880. That is what NASA said with its most important entity, the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration). Temperature is only a part of the story; extreme weather and high temperatures...Read more
It is obvious that globalisation has a huge impact on every part of the world – including the most remote corners of it. Globalisation can be defined as a complex of political, cultural, economic and geographic processes, in which process the mobility of people, capital, organisations and discourses take...Read more
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The Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Newtown, Conn., gripped national headlines as the country learned of a mass shooting that left 20 children dead.
But how many people have died since then?
Slate teamed up with the anonymous creator of the Twitter feed @GunDeaths to figure out how many people have been killed by guns since Dec. 14.
The pair created an interactive map and this shocking illustration, both of which really drive home the point that far too many Americas are victims of gun violence:
@GunDeaths tweets about every gun death in the country, soliciting followers to send him information about gun deaths that he compiles one large database.
While data charts show gun ownership in America has actually dropped since the 1970s, the U.S. still has way more guns than most developed countries.
And those guns were used in 68 percent of all homicides committed in America in 2011, according to the FBI.
The real-life stories behind figures like that have prompted everyone from President Barack Obama to an emergency room physician to beg for an end to gun violence.
Head over to Slate to check out its full dataset as well as an interactive map showing where every gun death since Dec. 14 has happened in America.
Slate cautions that the data is incomplete. Suicides, which make up as much as 60 percent of gun deaths, often go largely unreported, Slate pointed out.
DON'T MISS: Newspaper Hires Armed Guards After It Enraged The Community By Publishing Info On Local Gun Owners >


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No, this is not a deleted scene from King of the Hill; this is a real life scene in which two Texan generations do their best to defile Tony Romo's name (in Sunday's loss to the Lions: 331 yards on 34-47 passing, 3 TDs, 3 interceptions).
Pop's message, announced over chillingly demonic child laughter: Tony, you hafta quit throwin' innerceptions! There's also the implicit message here that $60 NFL jerseys grow on trees and can be burned in flower pots for good-natured family fun. And that is not true, kids. That is not true at all.
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Oneida School Board OKs $40 million budget with 4.9% tax increase and 3 teacher cuts
ONEIDA >> Emotions ran high at Tuesday night's Oneida City School District Board of Education meeting as more than 200 students, alumni, parents, and current and retired teachers voiced concern for the board's plan to reduce the music education department by another position to help balance a budget shortfall for the 2013-14 budget.
Board President John Elberson commended those who addressed the board and the passion they displayed for trying to keep the music department staff to the current nine teaching positions. "Decisions such as these are always difficult. More times than not we make decisions that we have to make over what we want to make," Elberson said.
The budget sent to the board for approval Tuesday night represents $40.46 million in expenses for 2013-14 with a tax levy increase of 4.9 percent. Superintendent Ronald Spadafora said this would equate to approximately $1 in additional taxes for every $1,000 of assessment. "If someone had a $100,000 home, they would see their taxes increase by an additional $100 a year without STAR reductions," Spadafora said.
OHS junior Michael McCormick told the board that music does not only have an academic influence; it also teaches students how to take direction and learn respect for others. McCormick spoke about an active music program in Utica eliminated due to budget cuts. Within one year, three of the top students in the program had been sent to jail, he said.
McCormick was one of more than 370 individuals who signed a petition presented to board members Tuesday urging them to reconsider the staff reduction to the music department. While public comments are traditionally limited to 20 minutes during board meetings, the board let everyone who had a comment to speak. For more than 90 minutes students, alumni, parents and teachers spoke passionately about what the music department at Oneida has done for them.
Elementary level music educator Carol Allison spoke on behalf of the music department faculty, saying music teachers are stretched too thin. "I now have over 400 students that I teach. That is a far cry from what I was able to do just three years ago," Allison said.
In 2010, the board eliminated one position from the music department. In 2011, the position vacated by the retirement of Jeff Welcher was not filled. The current proposal favors not replacing another position when Timothy Watson retires at the end of the year.
Total state aid for the district for 2013-14 is estimated at $20.96 million. The increased tax levy would generate an additional $735,000. Spadafora said a $464,460 budget gap still exists. He proposes to eliminate one music teacher position along with one math teacher position and one kindergarten teaching position at North Broad Elementary School.
The 2013-14 budget also includes a contractual salary increase for teachers at 2.25 percent. "This is the last year of a 3-year contract agreement," Spadafora said.
Administrative personnel are in the last year of a 2-year contract with a 1.5 percent salary increase each year. Spadafora said negotiations for these contracts will resume in the spring.
After listening to the public comments, the board unanimously approved the proposed $40.46 million budget. Every board member made it clear that all he or she was doing was approving a budget figure. "My vote is for the number and not the specifics," board member Alica Lippet said. "With that number, trade-offs can be made. My vote is not for or against anything specific - it is just for the budget figure."
Spadafora will be attending several community events over the coming weeks to discuss the 2013-14 budget. The public will also have a chance to discuss the budget during a public hearing May 14 at 7 p.m. at the Oneida High School. District residents will have their chance to vote for or against the proposed budget from noon until 9 p.m. on May 21.


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WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) - A deadly winter storm packing ice, sleet, and heavy snow hit the southeastern United States on Wednesday, threatening road and air travel and widespread power outages, forecasters said.
The worsening storm stretched from eastern Texas to the Carolinas, and is likely to reach up into the Middle Atlantic states by late on Wednesday, National Weather Service meteorologist Roger Edwards said.
"It's unusual to have an ice storm that far east in the Deep South," he added.
President Barack Obama signed an emergency declaration for Georgia, where the state government will be closed on Wednesday, and governors in other southern states declared weather emergencies.
Officials were quick to make plans for dealing with the weather after facing criticism when a storm two weeks ago paralyzed Atlanta-area roads and forced more than 11,000 students in Alabama to spend the night at their schools.
Conditions worsened overnight as a swath of the Deep South from Alabama through South Carolina was hit with rain, sleet, and snow, and residents were steadying themselves for freezing rain and slick roads, Edwards said.
"The morning commute is just going to be horrendous," Edwards said, warning of impassable roads, traffic accidents, and thick ice bringing down trees and power lines.
"Folks who are not accustomed to handling these conditions are best served by staying out of them - staying indoors, staying off the roads."
The last significant ice storm in the region was in January 2000, when up to half an inch of ice left more than 350,000 people without power, weather service meteorologist Dan Darbe said. With the latest storm, "we're talking a much larger area and a much larger amount of ice", he said.
The storm dumped 2 to 6 inches of snow in north Georgia on Tuesday.
But ice was the larger concern on Wednesday as a quarter to three-quarters of an inch was expected in a broad section of Georgia including metropolitan Atlanta. Some areas could see more than 1 inch.
The Interstate 20 corridor from north central and northeastern Georgia into South Carolina would be among the hardest hit by icy conditions, Edwards said.
The storm has already caused two weather-related traffic deaths in Mississippi, and three in northern Texas, authorities said.
More than 2,500 U.S. flights were canceled and scores more delayed early on Wednesday, according to flight-tracking website FlightAware.com.
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Let them know that your actions are always... FOR THE HORDE! Whether you be Tauren, Orcs, Trolls, Undead, Blood Elf, or even liberated Death Knight, the Horde races will always stand for courage, power, and defiance. Not that you really need much of that to take on a few measly Alliance.


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Anthony Boggan grew up in a tough section of America in a tough time.
Anthony Boggan grew up in a tough section of America in a tough time.
Now a New Bern resident, Boggan was born in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y.
He grew up with professional athletes such as basketball legend World B. Free and boxing immortal Mike Tyson.
In the week of Feb. 25 - Mar. 1 at the 2014 CIAA basketball tournament in Charlotte, Boggan will be inducted into the CIAA Hall of Fame.
Boggan played at St. Augustine�s University from 1977-81, scored 1,785 career points and was the CIAA Player of the Year in the 1980-81 season.
�I grew up in the projects in Brooklyn. For me to ever imagine being in a hall of fame of anything was a dream,� Boggan said. �I started playing basketball at the age of nine to escape the crime and drugs that were around me. Basketball was just that � my escape.�
Boggan says he was taught the game by his friend, �Free.�
�(Free) definitely taught me a lot about the game. He always gave me pointers and we would go to Jersey sometimes and I played against guys like Dr. J (Julius Erving), Darryl Dawkins and Joe Bryant (Kobe Bryant�s father) before Kobe was even thought about,� Boggan said. �We had a saying growing up that you either played at Penn State or at the state pen.�
Boggan left Brooklyn in 1977 to play basketball at St. Augustine�s after a friend referred him to the coach.
He played four years for the Falcons, met his wife (who is from New Bern) and has lived in N.C. ever since.
In 1981, he signed a free agent contract with the Seattle Supersonics (now the Oklahoma City Thunder) of the NBA.
Boggan said that he was overcome with happiness and joy upon hearing of his acceptance into the CIAA Hall of Fame.
�It was such a feeling of accomplishment in addition to the happiness and joy,� Boggan said. �While I was happy, I was also sad that my mother and father couldn�t be here to see it and share the moment with me. The best thing about it is that it shows that people enjoyed watching me play and perform and that all of the running and weightlifting and hard work paid off.�
The CIAA, established in 1912, has grown substantially over the years from when Boggan played in the late 70s to what it is now.
�I�m amazed that it has grown so tremendously,� Boggan said. �Games are on television now and the players are terrific, which they have always been.�
Boggan said one of his favorite memories was playing against Hampton Institute (now Hampton University) and former Detroit Piston �Bad Boy� Rick Mahorn.
�Rick was bigger than me, he was 6-foot-10 and I�m 6-foot-2,� Boggan said. �We went at each other that game and he scored 48 and I scored 43, but we got the win.�
After college and his time in Seattle, Boggan went into the United States Navy and was stationed in San Diego.
He moved back to New Bern with his wife and retired after 15 years of working for the City of New Bern.
�New Bern is a peaceful, little town and I love living here,� Boggan said. �I�m excited for the induction ceremony in Charlotte and to accomplish what I have from where I come from, it makes me so happy and proud.�
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Apart from my favourite Chanel Rouge Allures, Lancome L'Absolu is fast becoming another of my favourites. It has a creamy and moisturising formulation that is gentle on the lips. You can read my detailed revew of L'Absolu here. I love the colour I was given and I was ready to try out more.
I went straight for my favourite lip colour, coral.
Orange Legende isn't really an orange. It is more of a coral shade with hints of gold.
Here are my coral lipstick swatches.
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Orange Legende (Lancome), Sari Dore (Chanel) , Exotic (Chanel) and Coral (Korres)
On me, it is a soft gold coral, very wearable. I love this!
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Changes in the newborn at birth
Changes in the newborn at birth refer to the changes an infant's body undergoes to adapt to life outside the womb.
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Birth - changes in the newborn
The mother's placenta helps the baby "breathe" while it is growing in the womb. Oxygen and carbon dioxide flow through the blood in the placenta. Most of it goes to the heart and flows through the baby's body.
At birth, the baby's lungs are filled with fluid. They are not inflated. The baby takes the first breath within about 10 seconds after delivery. This breath sounds like a gasp, as the newborn's central nervous system reacts to the sudden change in temperature and environment.
Once the baby takes the first breath, a number of changes occur in the infant's lungs and circulatory system:
- Increased oxygen in the lungs causes a decrease in blood flow resistance to the lungs.
- Blood flow resistance of the baby's blood vessels also increases.
- Fluid drains or is absorbed from the respiratory system.
- The lungs inflate and begin working on their own, moving oxygen into the bloodstream and removing carbon dioxide by breathing out (exhalation).
A developing baby produces about twice as much heat as an adult. A small amount of heat is removed through the developing baby's skin, the amniotic fluid, and the uterine wall.
After delivery, the newborn begins to lose heat. Receptors on the baby's skin send messages to the brain that the baby's body is cold. The baby's body creates heat by burning stores of brown fat, a type of fat found only in fetuses and newborns. Newborns are rarely seen to shiver.
In the baby, the liver acts as a storage site for sugar (glycogen) and iron. When the baby is born, the liver has various functions:
- It produces substances that help the blood to clot.
- It begins breaking down waste products such as excess red blood cells.
- It produces a protein that helps break down bilirubin. If the baby's body does not properly break down bilirubin, it can lead to newborn jaundice.
A baby's gastrointestinal system doesn't fully function until after birth.
In late pregnancy, the baby produces a tarry green or black waste substance called meconium. Meconium is the medical term for the newborn infant's first stools. Meconium is composed of amniotic fluid, mucus, lanugo (the fine hair that covers the baby's body), bile, and cells that have been shed from the skin and intestinal tract. In some cases, the baby passes stools (meconium) while still inside the uterus.
The developing baby's kidneys begin producing urine by 9 to 12 weeks into the pregnancy. After birth, the newborn will usually urinate within the first 24 hours of life. The kidneys become able to maintain the body's fluid and electrolyte balance.
The rate at which blood filters through the kidneys (glomerular filtration rate) increases sharply after birth and in the first 2 weeks of life. Still, it takes some time for the kidneys to get up to speed. Newborns have less ability to remove excess salt (sodium) or to concentrate or dilute the urine compared to adults. This ability improves over time.
The immune system begins to develop in the baby, and continues to mature through the child's first few years of life. The womb is a relatively sterile environment. But as soon as the baby is born, they are exposed to a variety of bacteria and other potential disease-causing substances. Although newborn infants are more vulnerable to infection, their immune system can respond to infectious organisms.
Newborns do carry some antibodies from their mother, which provide protection against infection. Breastfeeding also helps improve a newborn's immunity.
Newborn skin will vary depending on the length of the pregnancy. Premature infants have thin, transparent skin. The skin of a full-term infant is thicker.
Characteristics of newborn skin:
- A fine hair called lanugo might cover the newborn's skin, especially in preterm babies. The hair should disappear within the first few weeks of the baby's life.
- A thick, waxy substance called vernix may cover the skin. This substance protects the baby while floating in amniotic fluid in the womb. Vernix should wash off during the baby's first bath.
- The skin might be cracking, peeling, or blotchy, but this should improve over time.
Carlo WA.The newborn infant. In: Kliegman RM, Stanton BF, St. Geme JW, Schor NF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 20th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2016:chap 94.
Olsson JM. The newborn. In: Kliegman RM, Stanton BF, St. Geme JW, Schor NF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 20th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2016:chap 9.
Rozance PJ, Rosenberg AA. The neonate. In: Gabbe SG, Niebyl JR, Simpson JL, et al, eds. Obstetrics: Normal and Problem Pregnancies. 7th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2017:chap 22.
Review Date:10/18/2017
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The Broome County Mental Health Department is responsible for planning, developing, and evaluating mental hygiene services in Broome County. These mental hygiene services include alcoholism and substance use services, mental health programs, and services for persons with developmental disablities. Beyond its regulatory role as the local governmental unit, the Department of Mental Health operates various programs.
If you have a mental health emergency, please contact the Crisis Center at 762-2302
If you are seeking a mental health provider, you may contact any of these local OMH Licensed Agencies:
If you are in need of your medical records, please mail your request to:Broome County Mental Health Department 36-42 Main Street, Binghamton, NY 13905
Or you may fax your request to 607-778-6189
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The Chicago Blackhawks got a 27-save performance by rookie goaltender Antti Raanta and scored twice on the power play to beat the Nashville Predators 3-1 at Bridgestone Arena on Tuesday night.
Duncan Keith opened the scoring 1:29 into the game on Chicago's first shot on goal. The defenseman beat Predators goalie Carter Hutton blocker side with a slap shot from the top of the circles for his third goal.
Nashville captain Shea Weber tied the game via the power-play goal 1:34 later. Weber ripped a one-timer off a pass from Roman Josi with Marcus Kruger in the penalty box for a faceoff violation.
The Blackhawks capitalized on their first power-play chance to go into the first intermission with a 2-1 lead despite being outshot 17-10 in the opening period. Patrick Kane reached the 20-goal mark with 3:46 to go on a nifty backhander into the top right corner over Hutton's shoulder off a give-and-go with Patrick Sharp. It was his ninth goal on the power play, second in the League to Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin (12).
"I thought we had a real good first period; you know, maybe one of our better first periods of the year and we're down 2-1. That's ironic how it is," Nashville coach Barry Trotz said. "They're a good, high-executing team."
Nick Leddy scored Chicago's second power-play goal at 11:33 of the second to extend the lead to 3-1. He one-timed the rebound of a Brandon Saad shot past Hutton from the bottom of the left circle.
The Blackhawks went 2-for-5 on the power play.
"Two big goals tonight, especially getting that lead and them coming right back and scoring a power-play goal on us and answering with two of our own," Kane said of Chicago's power play. "You know, it's been hot for us, so hopefully we can keep it up."
The Predators were 1-for-7 with the man advantage against Chicago, which entered the game with the NHL's 29th-ranked penalty kill. Nashville failed to score during 3:07 of power-play time late in the second after Sharp was whistled for high sticking.
"It was huge. Obviously we gave up one early in the game and I thought we did a good job of bearing down after that on the penalty kill," Keith said. "It was good to see. Our penalty kill has kind of struggled throughout the year, but I think over our last four or five games, it's been a little bit better."
Not happy his team took two early penalties and seven overall, Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville was pleased by his team's overall performance.
"I liked our game. I liked the attention to detail, very business-like, getting off to a good start, and getting back in after the penalties," he said. "But we did a nice job, and our power play was big for us again."
The loss snapped Nashville's three-game winning streak. Trotz felt the game tilted in Chicago's favor when the Predators took four penalties in the second period.
"They drew some penalties and we had those long changes, and we had guys who were playing hard minutes," he said. "We turned pucks over at their blue line. We had two too-many-men penalties in that period. We gave them all of the momentum. Those are hard minutes on guys, and it sort of took a little steam out of our bench too."
The Blackhawks lead the League with 55 points. The game was Raanta's fifth straight start since he relieved injured Corey Crawford and earned a win Dec. 8 against the Florida Panthers. He improved to 7-1-1.
"He seems confident in the net. He seems like nothing really gets to him," Kane said of Raanta. "He's stepped in and done a really nice job for us."
Hutton, the NHL's Third Star of the Week, made 24 saves in the loss.
Blackhawks forward Bryan Bickell returned to the lineup after missing the past 14 games with a lower-body injury. He got 9:40 in ice time on 13 shifts, registering one shot on goal.
Chicago begins a three-game homestand Friday against the Vancouver Canucks. Nashville will visit the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday before beginning a stretch of four of five games at home.


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WASHINGTON – Maryland health officials reported the first hypothermia-related death of the winter Thursday.
The man died in Frederick County and was at least 65 years old. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner confirmed the cause of his death during the past week.
State health officials released no other details.
Fifteen hypothermia-related deaths were reported last winter. One death had been reported by this time in December 2011, according to the medical examiner's office.
With winds gusting Thursday and another round of snow headed for the region this weekend, health officials remind Marylanders to bundle up before heading outside.
"A few extra moments to prepare could keep you safe as we head into the coldest months," said Laura Herrera, a deputy secretary with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
Hypothermia occurs when the body temperature drops below 95 degrees. Frostbite destroys frozen body tissue. Areas most likely to freeze are toes, fingers, ears, cheeks and the tip of the nose, the health department says.
Those with poor circulation, the elderly, very young children and anyone who stays outside for prolonged periods of time are at greater risk for these conditions. Staying outside while wet increases the danger, the health department says.
The health department offers these tips to stay warm in cold weather:
- Cover your head to retain body heat.
- Wear several layers of lightweight, loose-fitting clothing. The air between the layers help insulate you from the cold.
- Cover your mouth with a scarf. Also cover your ears and the lower part of your face.
- Wear mittens instead of gloves as the close contact of fingers keeps your hands warmer.
- Wear warm leg coverings and heavy socks or two pairs of lightweight socks.
- Wear waterproof boots or study shoes to keep your feet warm and dry.
For more winter safety tips and related health information click here.
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Syrian army kills dozens of al Qaida-linked rebels in ambush
The Syrian army ambushed a group of al Qaida-linked fighters Wednesday east of Damascus, killing more than 60 and handing the group a setback after a string of victories this week.
Syrian state television and opponents of President Bashar Assad confirmed the ambush, which decimated a unit of about 70 members of the Nusra Front, a rebel group that's sworn allegiance to al Qaida leader Ayman al Zawahiri and that the United States declared an international terrorist organization last year.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a London-based organization that tracks violence in Syria, said the ambush occurred as the Nusra fighters were moving into place to attack Syrian army positions in the town of Adra, about 20 miles east of Damascus. At least 62 Nusra fighters were killed when the army units – backed by heavy weapons – opened fire, the human rights observatory reported. It said eight fighters remained missing, though other pro-rebel activists suggested that only three rebels survived the encounter.
Pro-regime media outlets widely reported the one-sided battle. Video from the scene showed many dead bodies in uniform, and state television reported that identification cards recovered from the dead showed that many hailed from other Arab countries, including Tunisia, Libya and Saudi Arabia.
Mohammed Saeed, an anti-Assad activist based near Damascus, told the Associated Press that 65 rebels had been walking along what they thought was a secure, hidden road.
"The regime forces riddled them with heavy machine-gun fire," Saeed said, speaking via Skype, the AP reported. "It seems that the regime discovered the secret road that the rebels were using."
A statement from the government-run Syrian Arab News Agency said that "all members of the group were killed and their weapons and ammunition were seized, which included Israeli-made rifles and machine guns, BKC machine guns and RPG launchers."
The Syrian regime often has claimed that a combination of Israeli, American and Saudi Arabian interests back the rebels. Although many fighters from Arab countries have joined the rebels under the banner of al Qaida-linked groups, and the American government has promised to begin aiding some rebel units with weapons, there's been little evidence of Israeli involvement in the conflict, beyond several airstrikes targeting the regime's allies in the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.
The ambush came after a week that saw al Qaida-linked rebels at the lead of several significant victories, including overrunning a long-besieged military air base in the northern part of the country, as well as an offensive targeting villages in the western coastal province of Latakia, where support for Assad is strong.
The presence of foreign fighters in Nusra Front units had been common earlier in the year, but an April split between the group and its close ideological allies in the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria, another al Qaida group, had been thought to have divided the groups into a primarily Syrian Nusra Front and primarily foreign Islamic State.
If the regime claims of foreigners among the dead in Wednesday's ambush bear out, it would highlight the often-nebulous and mixed nature of both groups, which remain very tightly aligned even amid some disagreement over organizational structure.


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Sun Belt Commissioner Wright Waters has been urging teams in his conference to wean themselves off money games, arguing that it hurts more than it helps.
And it appears that his message is sinking in, as many Sun Belt teams have cut back games they play for big paydays against teams from the major conferences.
"Athletic directors have done a really good job of being more realistic," Waters said this week. "It used to be teams were playing three or four games they had no chance of winning."
Florida Atlantic had cut down on money games, but this year is playing three due to a glitch in the scheduling.
"We want to be at two money games a year," said Athletic Director Craig Angelos. "With the money some teams are willing to pay, we think that is doable.
In 2006, FAU got a total of $1.8 million for playing games at Clemson, Kansas State, Oklahoma State and South Carolina. In 2012 they will get nearly $2 million for two games – at Georgia and at Auburn.
With eight conference games, FAU has four non-conference games per season, and Angelos would like to fill two of those with teams from conferences like the MAC or Confernce-USA.
But this season FAU is at Florida, Michigan State and Auburn to start the season, and that likely means being 0-3, which will make reaching 6-6 and being bowl eligible that much tougher.
Most teams in the Sun Belt are playing at least two money games this season.
Here are the Sun Belt team's non-conference schedules for this season (rankings are from AP preseason poll).
FAU: at No. 22 Florida, at No. 17 Michigan State, at No. 23 Auburn, UAB
Louisiana-Monroe: at No. 6 Florida State, Grambling, at No. 14 TCU, at Iowa
Middle Tennessee: at Purdue, Georgia Tech, Memphis, at Tennessee
Louisiana-Lafayette: at No. 9 Oklahoma State, at Kent State, Nicholls State, at Arizona.
Troy: at Clemson, at No. 15 Arkansas, UAB, at Navy
North Texas: Houston, at No. 1 Alabama, Indiana, at Tulsa
Western Kentucky: Kentucky (in Nashville), Navy, Indiana State, at No. 4 LSU
Arkansas State: at Illinois, Memphis, at No. 13 Virginia Tech, Central Arkansas
FIU: at Louisville, UCF, Duke, at Akron


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(CNN) -- A trove of documents the U.S. Navy SEALs took from the Pakistan compound where they killed Osama bin Laden in 2011 was published Thursday morning on the website of the Combating Terrorism Center.
The papers paint a picture of a terror mastermind who had grown increasingly worried he could not get control of the many al Qaeda affiliates that had sprung up across the globe. Yet bin Laden, the papers reveal, still had grand ambitions for al Qaeda, and he wanted to see another major terror attack in the United States.
The documents also reveal bin Laden as a man of vain impulses -- such as dying his hair. They show him joking about having multiple wives yet being concerned for one of them, and especially worried about his children's safety. He seemed to appreciate that he was enemy No. 1 in the West.
The Combating Terrorism Center at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York, posted the original Arabic-language notes on its site. CNN is reviewing the documents and will update this report.
The documents were found on the five computers, dozens of hard drives and more than 100 storage devices, such as thumb drives and discs. U.S. officials have described the cache as the single largest collection of senior terrorist material ever obtained. It included digital, audio and video files, printed materials, recording devices and handwritten documents.
CNN terrorism analyst Peter Bergen had access to some of the materials while researching his new book, "Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden From 9/11 to Abbottabad."
"The documents paint a portrait of a man who was simultaneously an inveterate micromanager, but was also someone almost delusional in his belief that his organization could still force a change in American foreign policies in the Muslim world if only he could get another big attack" in the United States, Bergen said this week.
Bin Laden appreciated that al Qaeda's brand name was in deep trouble, in particular, because the group and its affiliates had killed so many civilians.
Bin Laden warned smaller splinter groups against attaching themselves to the al Qaeda franchise.
"Rather than a source of strength, bin Laden was burdened by what he viewed as the incompetence of the 'affiliates,' including their lack of political acumen to win public support, their media campaigns and their poorly planned operations which resulted in the unnecessary deaths of thousands of Muslims," according to an analysis by the Combating Terrorism Center posted Thursday.
"He was at pains advising them to abort domestic attacks and ... instead focus on the United States, 'our desired goal.' "
Bergen's reporting stresses that bin Laden was chiefly concerned about franchise activities.
"On (August) 7, 2010, he wrote to the leader of the brutal al-Shabaab militia in Somalia to warn that declaring itself part of al Qaeda would only attract enemies and make it harder to raise money from rich Arabs," Bergen notes.
But seven months later, al-Shabaab did just that, announcing a merger with the organization now headed by Ayman al-Zawahiri.
A U.S. intelligence bulletin obtained by CNN after the two terror groups announced the merger suggested that relationship could "undermine" efforts by al-Shabaab supporters in the United States.
They also contain advice to the leader of Al-Shabaab not to identify his group as being part of the larger terrorist network so it wouldn't put off potential financial donors.
Bin Laden "was frustrated by what he viewed as the incompetence of the affiliates, including their failure to win public support as well as their poorly planned operations that resulted in the deaths of thousands of Muslims," said Lt. Col. Liam Collins, acting director of the Combating Terrorism Center and one of the authors of the center's analysis.
Unlike the terror leader's public statements "focusing on the corrupt governments in the Muslim world as well as enemies such as the United States," Collins said, bin Laden's "private letters lamented at Muslims' suffering at the hands of his jihadi brothers."
Nothing could conclusively be gleaned about Pakistan's possible involvement with bin Laden in the documents, he said.
"There are no explicit references to any institutional Pakistani support for al Qaeda or its operatives," he said.
The papers reveal intimate details about bin Laden's personal life and concerns.
Bin Laden wrote about his son Hamza and Hamza's mother, asking that their security be given extra care. Bin Laden suspected they were under watch.
He wrote: "Regarding my son Hamzah and his mother, I wish you take all the security precautions that were mentioned before in order to disrupt surveillance on him. He should move only when the clouds are heavy.
"As for Hamzah, if you find my companion that we talked about, please send him (to) Peshawar and the surrounding area and ask him to arrange a house that can hold two families in addition to his family. He should stay there with Hamzah," bin Laden wrote. "If you did not find him yet, then please have a trusted Pakistani brother accompany him. Make sure to tell Hamzah that I am of the opinion that he needs to get out of (Waziristan) if he is there, and he should not go there if he is not there. ..."
Michael Birmingham, a spokesman for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, would not say this week what percentage of the overall material is being made public.
However, Birmingham said some documents will remain classified for security and operational reasons. Others will not be released because they have been determined to be limited in substantive value or are what Birmingham described as "household clutter" -- written materials on mundane issues.
CNN's Pam Benson and Joe Sterling contributed to this report.
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15th June 2018
As the Apple iPhone App Store approaches its 10th anniversary, Cody Edwards, Account Executive in the Edinburgh PR team, looks at how apps in particular have aided communications…
The future of the app store is a topic which has been widely debated for some time now. When Apple's iPhone first launched in 2007, its accompanying App Store did not exist, nor did Steve Jobs have any intention to establish it.
Jobs originally touted the integration of app software inside the web browser, however it wasn't long until the development of the first SDK (software development kit) was announced.
Following its launch in July 2008, the App Store became a defining moment for Apple as well as the tech world. There are currently over two million apps available to download via the App Store which demonstrates the receptive global audience it has developed over the years.
Although this wasn't an entirely new venture, a combination of the growing technology and 3G network provided a timely driving force and offered users a consistent and seamless interactive experience.
As the now famous advertising slogan said, "there's an app for that," but when it comes to the communications industry, is that true? And just how useful are they and will they exist at all in the next decade?
Social media applications have changed how we communicate and source our information. For those managing multiple social media platforms for clients, apps such as Facebook and Twitter allow users to seamlessly switch between accounts in order to update feeds and track relevant real-time news.
It's a form of digital communication which has taught us to be engaged and reactive while on the move. Several news publications are also moving with this digital wave which further blurs the line between the native app and a website. In fact, over 40 companies now regularly curate digital editions of their publications on Snapchat Discover.
Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat feature in the top 10 list of most used smartphone apps however the wider view of the App Store at present is that the market is becoming increasingly saturated. It's becoming harder to retain customer attention and developers are finding it more challenging than ever before to get recognition for their software amidst an array of similarities.
So what will the next 10 years look like for the App Store? There is a real possibility that native apps will become obsolete and replaced entirely with Progressive Web Apps (a PWA), which could mean cutting out a trip to the App Store altogether.
Cody Edwards
15th November 2016
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Nixon Seeks to Expand Mo. Child Care Subsidies
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) - Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon wants to expand subsidized child care to more than 2,800 children whose parents are gradually moving up the pay scale at work.
Nixon's proposed budget includes a $6.3 million funding increase for what's described as "transitional child care." The money would allow low-income parents who get raises to continue receiving a reduced child care subsidy instead of losing the aid altogether.
Missouri currently provides a full child care subsidy to families earning up to 122 percent of the poverty level. It also provides a transitional benefit for those earning up to 133 percent of poverty, or about $25,000 annually for a family of three.
Nixon wants to extend a transitional child care subsidy up to 175 percent of poverty, or about $33,000 for a family of three.


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