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Friday, May 24, 2013
At tornado-hit school, colored stickers and pencils litter ruins
By Carey Gillam and Alice Mannette
MOORE, Oklahoma (Reuters) - A miniature bookcase with children's books spilling out is among the few furnishings still standing amid the tornado-torn rubble of what once was the Briarwood Elementary School in Moore, Oklahoma.
Pink and green pencils and sparkling colored stickers are scattered amid twisted piles of metal, wood and bricks.
Unlike the Plaza Towers elementary school, where seven children died in a powerful 1.3 mile wide tornado on Monday, no one died at the Briarwood school.
But just as at Plaza Towers, students, parents and teachers huddled in hallways, bathrooms and closets, hiding under books and backpacks. They cried, prayed and hoped, somehow, to survive.
One third-grade teacher at Plaza Towers, only in her first year of teaching, used her body as a shield to protect as many students as she could, Moore Public Schools Superintendent Susan Pierce said. The teacher is still in the hospital and officials believe all the school's children are accounted for.
Others cradled children in their arms, and gently tried to warn them about what was to come.
"Safety is our main priority. We monitored the weather throughout the day and when it was time to shelter we did just that," Pierce said.
More than 600 children are enrolled at Briarwood and approximately 500 at Plaza Towers and both schools were completely destroyed by the twister, which struck about 30 minutes before the school day ended at 3:30 p.m.
PARENTS COULD NOT REACH SCHOOL ON TIME
Many parents, aware of the impending storm, picked their children up early from school. But many could not get there in time.
"The schools were full," said Oklahoma State Police Sergeant Jeremy Lewis.
Rescue workers were surprised there were not more deaths, Lewis said. "They were literally lifting walls up and kids were coming out."
Other schools in the district of 23,000 students suffered damage but only the two elementary schools were entirely demolished. Some school books, small-sized desks and chairs can still be seen amid the rubble, but most outward signs that the schools existed are gone.
Smashed cars are mixed in with sections of roofing and collapsed walls, uprooted trees and shredded glass in areas that once held classrooms.
A total of 24 people died in Moore and neighboring Oklahoma City in the tornado, and ten of those were children, the state medical examiner said.
The cause of death of several nine-year-old children among the casualties is listed officially as "mechanical asphyxia," according to the medical examiner's office, which essentially means they were unable to breathe.
The schools did not have safe rooms, which can cost $600,000 to $1 million to build, but did have a well-rehearsed plan, officials said.
State emergency officials said that they had provided funding for about 100 safe rooms at schools but Moore had not applied for funding for the two affected schools.
That plan is what helped save Rhonda Audette's two daughters, who were among the survivors of Towers Plaza Elementary. Emily, a first-grader, and Mya, a fifth-grader, were uninjured, but shaken by the events, said Rhonda Ramos, who rushed to the school after the storm and found her friend and the two girls wandering amid the debris.
Ramos took the mother and girls to her home as theirs was in shambles, she said. To calm the children, she gave them crayons and paper to color.
"They kept drawing pictures of tornados," Ramos said.
In the aftermath of the storm, some have criticized school officials for not evacuating the children before the tornado hit. Severe weather had been forecast for hours. But officials defended their decisions.
"That tornado was a mile wide," said Anna Trowbridge, a spokeswoman for the Moore public schools. "The sirens were blowing. So they put their crisis plan in place. And it saved lives."
(Reporting By Carey Gillam; Editing by Greg McCune and Grant McCool)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/tornado-hit-school-colored-stickers-pencils-litter-ruins-190548558.html
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Thursday, May 23, 2013
Abandoned 'ghost ship' may have finally sunk
ByMarc Lallanilla
LiveScience
After months of drifting across the North Atlantic, a luckless, abandoned cruise ship spotted drifting off the coast of Ireland may have finally sunk beneath the waves.
The Lyubov Orlova, a 328-foot-long (100 meters) vessel named after a Russian screen siren from the 1930s, was built in 1976 and chartered for expeditions to polar waters.
But after the ship was abandoned in 2010 in Newfoundland, Canada, the Lyubov Orlova was sold for scrap to an outfit in the Dominican Republic, Phys.org reports. [Disasters at Sea: 6 Deadliest Shipwrecks]
While the ship was being towed to its Caribbean destination in January 2013, the towline snapped in rough seas and the crew was unable to reconnect the line, leaving the ship to drift eastward across the Atlantic Ocean.
With no crew, no warning lights and no GPS system, the ship appeared doomed. But in February, the ship was spotted by the Atlantic Hawk, an oil industry supply ship, which managed to attach a towline.
Transport Canada, however, ordered the Atlantic Hawk to release the vessel since it was by then in international waters and no longer under Canadian jurisdiction.
Months passed with no sign of the Lyubov Orlova until it was spotted by the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a Defense Department mapping service, drifting some 1,300 nautical miles (2,400 kilometers) west of the Irish coast, Gizmodo reports.
The ship hasn't been seen in months, and some speculate it may have finally sunk.
The star-crossed ship hasn't had an easy life: In 2006, it ran aground off Antarctica and had to be towed to safety by a Spanish icebreaker.
The Lyubov Orlova was seized in St. John's, Newfoundland, in 2010 because of a financial dispute between the ship's Russian owners and a charter company. The crew, bereft with no pay and nothing to eat, were forced to rely on food donations from Canadians for several months before returning to Russia.
A French environmental organization, Robin du Bois, labeled the Lyubov Orlova an imminent threat to health and safety.
"In case of a collision or sinking or any accident, the Lyubov Orlova will immediately release fuel ? other toxic liquids, asbestos ... mercury and other non-degradable floating waste," the group declared in a statement.
The Irish Coast Guard received a signal in March from the emergency position-indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) of the Lyubov Orlova. An EPIRB is activated when it contacts water, the Irish Examiner reports.
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Cornell University Athletics - Big Red Football Announces Class of ...
ITHACA, N.Y. ? Cornell Head Football Coach David Archer '05 and his staff are excited to announce the newest members of the Big Red Football family. The Class of 2017, featuring 31 members, joins Cornell football at a time when enthusiasm and excitement is at an all-time high with the recent hire of Archer to direct the football program at his alma mater.
DL Adam Basri ? 6-3/235 ? Konstancin-Jeziorna, Poland (Milton Academy)
Basri was a two-way starter at Milton Academy after transferring into the school from the American School of Warsaw. The native of Poland has only been playing organized football for three years. He also competed in wrestling, earning a league title in his weight class as a senior and finishing among the top 12 at prep nationals and finishing second at the Northern New Englad championship and sixth at the New England meet.
Hailing from 16 states, the District of Columbia and two countries, the class of 2017 will attempt to help secure the Big Red's first Ivy title on the gridiron since 1990. A class-high five recruits will attend Cornell from California and New York. Massachusetts, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Texas and Virginia will send two student-athletes to Cornell, while nine other states send one player each. Additionally, one player comes from Poland after attending prep school in the United States. In all, 17 of the players will join the offense, 11 will aid the defense and two are special teamers with another player coming in who could play offense or defense.
On the defensive side of the ball, the Big Red brings in three defensive back/safeties, two linebackers, six defensive linemen and a punter. Cornell went for plenty of skill players on the offense, bringing in five wide receivers, one running back, one quarterback, two tight ends and a place-kicker. The offensive line will also be bolstered with the addition of seven offensive linemen.
The 2013 Big Red returns 48 letter winners and 22 total starters (eight offense, 10 defense, four special teams) from last year's 4-6 squad. Record-breaking quarterback Jeff Mathews returns at quarterback, as well as returning freshmen All-Americans Zach Wilk (offensive line) and Luke Hagy (running back). Two-year captains Brett Buehler (linebacker) and Tre' Minor (defensive line) will anchor the defense.
Cornell will put the Class of 2017 to the test when fall practice begins in mid-August. The Big Red opens the 2013 season at home against Bucknell on Saturday, Sept. 21 at Schoellkopf Field.
| Name | ? Pos. | ? Ht. | ? Wt. | ? Hometown | ? Last School | ? Video |
| Basri, Adam | DL | 6-3 | 235 | Konstancin-Jeziorna, Poland | Milton Academy | Link |
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Bland, Nick |
TE | 6-5 | 220 | Milton, Mass. | Milton Academy | Link |
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Brown, Dane |
RB | 5-7 | 190 | Export, Pa. | Franklin Regional HS | Link |
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Deutz, Marshall |
WR | 5-10 | 175 | Manhattan Beach, Calif. | Miramonte HS | Link |
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Diedrich, Drew |
DL | 6-3 | 240 | Ann Arbor, Mich. | Father Gabriel Richard HS | Link |
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Emanuels, Alex |
OL | 6-2 | 265 | Mercer Island, Wash. | Mercer Island HS | Link |
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Foster, John |
OL | 6-5 | 255 | North Scituate, Mass.. | Scituate HS | Link |
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Fraser, Chris |
P | 6-2 | 210 | Potomac, Md. | Saint Albans School For Boys | Link |
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Geier, Flint |
OL | 6-3 | 290 | Alpharetta, Ga. | Mount Pisgah Christian School | Link |
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Gibbs, Jaivon |
DB | 5-11 | 175 | Washington, D.C. | Gonzaga College HS | Link |
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Haddock, Jake |
DL | 6-1 | 280 | Endwell, N.Y. | Maine-Endwell HS | Link |
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Kinikini, Niniva |
OL | 6-3 | 270 | Salt Lake City, Utah | Pleasant Grove HS | Link |
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Lambirth, Jake |
DL | 6-4 | 265 | Stevenson Ranch, Calif. | West Ranch HS | Link |
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Malone, Brady |
WR | 6-3 | 190 | Herndon, Va. | Gonzaga College HS | Link |
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Melin, Mason |
TE | 6-3 | 230 | Danville, Calif. | Monte Vista HS | Link |
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Milo, Nick |
DL | 6-2 | 250 | Columbus, Ohio | Upper Arlington HS | Link |
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Mohamed, Islam |
OL | 6-4 | 265 | Inwood, N.Y. | Lawrence HS | Link |
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Morin, Dan |
OL | 6-3 | 275 | Overland Park, Kan. | St. Thomas Aquinas HS | Link |
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Norris, Miles |
LB | 6-0 | 210 | Baltimore, Md. | Gilman HS | Link |
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Pierik, Joe |
PK | 5-11 | 155 | Corona, Calif. | Notre Dame HS | Link |
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Plummer, Bobby |
ATH | 6-1 | 195 | Scarsdale, N.Y. | Scarsdale HS | Link |
| Shaw, Collin | WR | 6-2 | 195 | Plano, Texas | Plano East Senior HS | Link |
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Solomon, Justin |
DB | 6-2 | 180 | Chandler, Ariz. | Basha HS | Link |
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Somborn, Robert |
QB | 6-1 | 190 | McKinney, Texas | McKinney HS | Link |
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Staples, Michael |
DL | 6-3 | 255 | Wayne, Pa. | Radnor HS | Link |
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Sullivan, Matt |
TE | 6-4 | 230 | Pittsford, N.Y. | Pittsford Mendon HS | Link |
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Uceta, Luis |
WR | 5-10 | 160 | Endwell, N.Y. | Maine-Endwell HS | Link |
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Wahl, Austin |
DB | 6-3 | 180 | Hollister, Calif. | Palma HS | Link |
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Waltman, Jake |
OL | 6-3 | 280 | Ringgold, Va. | Dan River HS | Link |
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Weber, Jackson |
LB | 6-2 | 215 | Whitefish Bay, Wis. | Whitefish Bay HS | Link |
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Young, Jordan |
WR | 5-10 | 175 | Charlotte, N.C. | Davidson Day School | Link |
DL Adam Basri ? 6-3/235 ? Konstancin-Jeziorna, Poland (Milton Academy)
Basri was a two-way starter at Milton Academy after transferring into the school from the American School of Warsaw. The native of Poland has only been playing organized football for three years. He also competed in wrestling, earning a league title in his weight class as a senior and finishing among the top 12 at prep nationals and finishing second at the Northern New Englad championship and sixth at the New England meet.
TE Nick Bland ? 6-5/220 ? Milton, Mass. (Milton Academy)
An all-league selection as a senior at Milton Academy, Bland played tight end, wide receiver, quarterback, defensive end and punter during his three-year varsity career. An All-New England pick, he was invited to compete in the Shriners All-Star game in his final season and was a Patriot Ledge All-Scholastic team member. Bland also played basketball, where he was a senior captain and all-league pick on a league championship team, and lettered three times in lacrosse.
RB Dane Brown ? 5-7/190 ? Export, Pa. (Franklin Regional HS)
Brown graduated as the all-time leading rusher at Franklin Regional HS, posting 4,159 yards and 69 touchdowns during his career. A three-time all-conference pick and team offensive most valuable player, he earned first-team accolades as both a junior and senior. Brown was a three-time member of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette's Fabulous 22 team and a two-time member of the Pittsburgh Tribune Review's Terrific 25. A team captain as a senior, he was part of a conference championship squad as a junior in 2011. He rushed for 1,960 yards and 34 scores in helping his team to the state semifinals that season. Brown was a two-time All-WesternPaFootball.net Big School team member.
WR Marshall Deutz ? 5-10/175 ? Manhattan Beach, Calif. (Miramonte HS)
Deutz was a first-team all-league selection at both wide receiver and defensive back as a senior at Miramonte HS. Deutz caught 49 passes for 665 yards and eight touchdowns and scored four more times on the ground. Defensively, he made 21 tackles with three interceptions and a pair of fumble recoveries. He earned honorable mention all-league accolades as a junior. Deutz also was a three-year letter winner in track as a sprinter and played one year of rugby.
DL Drew Diedrich ? 6-3/240 ? Ann Arbor, Mich. (Father Gabriel Richard HS)
Diedrich was a two-team all-league and all-county selection on the defensive line at Father Gabriel Richard HS. The three-year letter winner played on both lines and also saw time at tight end during his four-year career. He was a Michigan HS All-Star nominee as a senior after helping lead the team to district and regional titles, as well as a Prep Bowl championship. Diedricj posted 43 tackles, including 12 for a loss with six sacks, and forced three fumbles during his junior season. Diedrich also lettered on the basketball and golf teams.
OL Alex Emanuels ? 6-2/265 ? Mercer Island, Wash. (Mercer Island HS)
Emanuels was a first-team Associated Press all-state member as a senior at Mercer Island HS. A first-team all-league and all-area pick, he was a finalist for the Seattle National Football Foundation Award and was selected to play in the 2012 Washington East-West Senior All-Star Game. Elected team captain as a senior, he was twice named the team;s Offensive Lineman of the Year. As a junior, Emanuels was named honorable mention all-county. The three-year letter winner on the gridiron played on both lines and also earned a varsity letter in basketball.
OL John Foster ? 6-5/255 ? North Scituate, Mass. (Scituate HS)
A three-year starter on both lines at Scituate HS, Foster was a two-time selection to the all-league and Patriot Ledger All-Scholastic teams. A team captain as a senior, he was part of a league championship squad as a sophomore. A four-year starter and letter winner on the basketball court as well, he was a two-time team captain and was part of four straight league championship squads and one sectional title team. Foster was a three-time Patriot Ledger All-Scolastic team member in basketball.
P Chris Fraser ? 6-2/210 ? Potomac, Md. (Saint Albans School For Boys)
Fraser was a three-sport athlete at Saint Albans School for Boys, competing in football, basketball and track. The three-time all-league selection lettered three seasons on the gridiron, playing wide receiver, safety and punting and kicking. He was an all-district pick as a junior and was part of a league championship team his sophomore season. As a senior, Fraser's 18 punts yielded a 47.7 yard per kick average. He caught 33 passes for 616 yards and eight touchdowns and made 72 tackles with four interceptions and eight pass breakups. Fraser was a sprinter in track and lettered once in basketball.
OL Flint Geier ? 6-3/290 ? Alpharetta, Ga. (Mount Pisgah Christian School)
Geier was named first-team all-state as a senior at Mount Pisgah Christian School in 2012. A first-team all-league and all-region and second-team all-county pick, he served as team captain in his final season. Following his senior year, Geier was invited to compete in the county's senior all-star game. He was named second-team all-region as a junior. Geier played on both the offensive and defensive lines and also was the long snapper. He was a four-year letter winner on the track and field team where he was the team's top athlete in the shot put and discus.
DB Jaivon Gibbs ? 5-11/175 ? Washington, D.C. (Gonzaga College HS)
Gibbs was a two-time all-league selection in the defensive backfield at Gonzaga College HS, including a first-team pick as a senior. Gibbs registered 63 tackles in his final season. He was a second-team all-conference pick as a junior after recording 47 tackles, with three interceptions, 13 pass breakups and a pair of fumble recoveries.
DL Jake Haddock ? 6-1/280 ? Endwell, N.Y. (Maine-Endwell HS School)
Haddock captained a pair of state championship teams at Maine-Endwell HS while playing defensive tackle and center. The two-time first-team all-state pick earned state player of the year accolades by both the New York State Sportswriters and the Football Coaches Asssociation for Class B. Haddock was a three-year letter winner who earned the team's most valuable defensive player in each of his final two seasons and earned all-region honors as both a junior and senior. He was named the Offensive Line MVP of the state championship game as a senior and Defensive Line MVP at the state semifinals as a senior and of the state championship game as a junior. Haddock also lettered in lacrosse four times and was a two-time team captain.
OL Niniva Kinikini ? 6-3/270 ? Salt Lake City, Utah (Pleasant Grove HS)
Kinikini was a two-time all-region pick on the offensive line at Pleasant Grove HS. The team's Offensive Linemane of the Year as a senior, he was a three-time academic all-region pick. Kinikini earned second-team all-region accolades during his sophomore year and played on both the offensive and defensive lines during his four-year varsity career.
DL Jake Lambirth ? 6-4/265 ? Stevenson Ranch, Calif. (West Ranch HS)
Lambirth earned first-team all-league and second-team all-area honors on the defensive line as a senior at West Ranch HS. He was the team's defensive MVP as a senior captain, earning a spot in the East-West senior all-star team in southern California. Lambirth ended the season with 55 tackles, a pair osacks and eight quarterback hurries. He led the team's defensive linemen in tackles as a junior and senior and paced the squad in sacks as a sophomore. The three-year letter winner played on both the offensive and defensive lines and also served as the squad's long snapper. He was also a three-year member of the track and field team who competed in both the shot put and discus.
WR Brady Malone ? 6-3/190 ? Herndon, Va. (Gonzaga College HS)
Malone was the league leader in receiving as a sophomore and junior before an illness-shortened senior season at Gonzaga HS. The three-year starter compiled 92 catches for 1,520 yards and 13 touchdowns. A three-time all-league selection, he was ranked as one of the top 10 players in Washington, D.C. by ESPN? and as one of the top 10 wide receivers at the Riddell All-American Training Camp Showcase. Malone caught the game-winning touchdown and two-point conversion in overtime to send his school to its first league championship appearance in 10 years.
TE Mason Melin ? 6-3/230 ? Danville, Calif. (Monte Vista HS)
Melin was a first-team all-league selection at tight end as a senior at Monte Vista HS. Melin caught 36 passes for 690 yards and nine touchdowns while stretching the field, averaging a healthy 16.4 yards per catch. He was named one of the top 25 high school players to watch prior to his senior year by the San Jose Mercury News after earning second-team all-league accolades as a junior.
DL Nick Milo ? 6-2/250 ? Columbus, Ohio (Upper Arlington HS)
Milo earned all-league and all-district first team honors as a senior at Upper Arlington HS. He posted 53 tackles, six sacks and a fumble recovery in his final season. The senior captain was part of a state playoff team as a junior and earned three letters as a two-way starter at defensive end and offensive guard. He also lettered once in baseball.
OL Islam Mohamed ? 6-4/265 ? Inwood, N.Y. (Lawrence HS)
An all-county selection as a senior, Mohamed started at left tackle for? apair of championship teams at Lawrence HS. AS a senior, he was part of a 12-0 squad that won the Long Island championship, while his 2011 squad was county champs. He was invited to participate in the Empire Challenge in the summer of 2012 and was named one of the top 100 players on Long Island as a senior by MSGVarsity.com. Mohamed also competed for one year in track and field as a shot putter.
OL Dan Morin ? 6-3/275 ? Overland Park, Kan. (St. Thomas Aquinas HS)
Morin was a first-team all-state pick on both the offensive and defensive lines as a senior at St. Thomas Aquinas HS and was named to the Kansas All-Class Top 11 in 2012. A two-time first-team all-league selection, he earned a spot on the Kansas Shrine Bowl and Kansas vs. Missouri All-Star teams. Morin was a three-year starter on both lines. His brother, Jake, played two seasons of football at Air Force.
LB Miles Norris ? 6-0/210 ? Baltimore, Md. (Gilman School)
Norris was a two-time all-state linebacker at the Gilman School, earning second-team honors as a senior. A two-time Baltimore Sun All-Metro pick, Norris was part of three MIAA championship football teams and served as team captain his senior year. A two-time all-league pick, he was selected to the Big 33 and Chesapeake Bowl all-star teams. Norris was a two-star recruit according to Sout.com recruiting service. He also competed in track and field in the discus, long jump and shot put.
PK Joe Pierik ? 5-11/155 ? Corona, Calif. (Notre Dame HS)
Pierik was league Special Teams MVP as a senior at Notre Dame HS. For his career, Pierik made 12-of-18 field goals (long of 45) and 73-of-85 extra-point kicks. He also served as the team's punter for three years. The starting kicker at the 2012 Inland Empire All-Star Football Classic, he was the field goal champion at the Chris Sailer Annual National Spring Event and the kickoff-champion at both the Kohl's Western Showcase and the Snap, Hold, Kick Los Angeles chapter competition. Kohl's ranked him as the No. 52 high school kicker nationally as a senior. Pierik also lettered in tennis, where he was a two-time league doubles champion, and in soccer.
ATH Bobby Plummer ? 6-1/195 ? Scarsdale, N.Y. (Scarsdale HS)
Plummer was an all-league selection in both football and track and field as a senior at Scarsdale HS. A running back and kick returner, he earned the team's Rich Paladino Award. In track, he earned all-county honors and placed first in the section in the long jump while also running the 100, 200 and 400 meters and competing in the triple jump and high jump. The team captain as a senior, he placed fifth in the long jump at the Emerging Elite at the New Balance outdoor national championships in 2012. Plummer also lettered three times in basketball.
WR Collin Shaw ? 6-2/195 ? Plano, Texas (Plano East Senior HS)
A two-time all-county and all-district selection, Shaw was named academic all-state as a senior wide receiver at Plano East Senior HS. Shaw was the team's leading receiver as a senior with 52 catches for 888 yards and 10 touchdowns. As a junior, Shaw caught 35 passes for 755 yards and six touchdowns en route to all-district and academic all-district honors. He also lettered on the basketball team.
DB Justin Solomon ? 6-2/180 ? Chandler, Ariz. (Basha HS)
Solomon was a first-team all-district pick as a senior at Basha HS. He recorded 45 tackles, five interceptions, 16 pass breakups a forced fumble and two fumble recoveries as a hard-hitting defensive back.
QB Robert Somborn ? 6-1/190 ? McKinney, Texas (McKinney HS)
Somborn was a two-time first-team all-disctrict selection at McKinney HS. A three-year team captain and four-year letter winner, Somborn completed 197-of-310 passes for 2,891 yards and 31 touchdowns in his final campaign. He completed 64 percent of his passes overall and threw for better than 300 yards five times in his 10 starts as a senior.? Somborn threw for 2,245 yards and completed 61 percent of his passes as a junior with 24 touchdowns and posted career totals of 6,508 passing yards and 69 scores through the air. He also ran for five career scores in his three years as a varsity starter. Somborn also played one season of basketball.
DL Michael Staples ? 6-3/255 ? Wayne, Pa. (Radnor HS)
Staples earned second-team all-state honors as a senior at Radnor HS. A first-team all-league and all-area selection, he was ranked as the fifth-best defensive end in Southeastern Pennsylvania by the Philadelphia Inquirer. He was an honorable mention all-Eastern Pennsylvania pick by EasternPAFootball.com. The three-year starter on both the offensive and defensive lines, he was also a three-year letter winner on the lacrosse team.
TE Matt Sullivan ? 6-4/230 ? Pittsford, N.Y. (Pittsford Mendon HS)
Sullivan was a first-team all-state pick as a senior tight end at Pittsford Mendon HS. The two-time all-county selection served as team captain as a senior and earned All-Greater Rochester accolades in his final season after catching 36 passes for 575 yards. Sullivan is the school's all-time leader in both receptions (69) and receiving yards (1,006). He was a three-year varsity letter winner who saw action at defensive end, quarterback, punter and place-kicker in addition to his tight end duties. Sullivan was also a two-time all-county basketball player as a three-year starter on the hardwood. He also captained the basketball squad.
WR Luis Uceta ? 5-10/160 ? Endwell, N.Y. (Maine-Endwell HS)
A second-team all-state running back as a senior at Maine-Endwell HS, Uceta was part of a pair of state championship teams. The most valuable player of the 2011 state championship game after running for 117 yards and a touchdown, he rushed for 426 yards on 9.9 yards per carry with 10 touchdowns and two receptions for 95 yards and another score. He totaled 935 rushing yards and nine touchdowns as a junior, caught two more scores and returned a kickoff for another. Uceta ended that season with four 100-yard games.?
DB Austin Wahl ? 6-3/180 ? Hollister, Calif. (Palma HS)
Wahl was a first-team all-league and all-county selection as a safety at Palma HS. He led the team with five interceptions and also caught 14 passes for nearly 200 yards on offense at receiver. He served as team captain in his final season, helping the Big Red to a league and sectional title. Wahl lettered twice in baseball as a pitcher.
OL Jake Waltman ? 6-3/280 ? Ringgold, Va. (Dan River HS)
Waltman earned first-team all-state recognition as a senior offensive lineman at Dan River HS. A two-time all-district and all-metro pick, he was first-team all-section pick in his final season. Waltman was named the district's Offensive Lineman of the Year and was selected for the state's East-West Senior All-Star Game. He was ranked among the state's top 20 offensive line prospects and top 100 high school players overall by both VirginiaPreps.com and the Roanoke Times. Waltman recorded 77 pancake blocks in his final twoyears and was part of an offensive line that blocked for teammates that rushed for? nearly 11,000 yards during his varsity career. A three-year captain, the led the team to its first playoff appearance in 11 years as a junior and to the program's first district crown in 17 years as a senior. He was a four-year letter winner and starter. A four-year letter winner in track and field and a one-year letter winner in basketball, he was an all-metro selection as one of the state;s top discus throwers. In basketball, he was part of a state quarterfinalist team that went 25-1.
LB Jackson Weber ? 6-2/215 ? Whitefish Bay, Wis. (Whitefish Bay HS)
A three-year varsity captain, Weber was a two-time all-state selection while playing both defensive back and linebacker at Whitefish Bay HS. A three-time all-area pick by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, he was a three-time first-team all-league pick on defense and a two-time second-team pick on offense at tight end/wide receiver. As a senior, Weber posted 121 tackles (77 solo), five interceptions, and 11 pass break-ups. He returned one of those interceptions for a touchdown and also blocked two kicks. The conference's scholar-athlete of the year as a senior, Weber was chosen to compete in the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association Senior All-Star Game in recognition of a career that included 433 tackles. He was a two-time team MVP and a three-time team defensive MVP who helped his squad to a conference title and a spot in the state semifinals as a senior. Weber also started three years on the varsity baseball team, earning a pair of all-conference nods. His hit .472 as a junior when he made academic all-state. Weber also spent on season on the track and field team.
WR Jordan Young ? 5-10/175 ? Charlotte, N.C. (Davidson Day School)
Young was a two-time all-state player for a pair of state championship squads at Davidson Day School. He was selected to play in the Oasis Shriners All-Star Bowl. A two-star prospect according to Rivals.com, Young was a three-year letter winner on the gridiron while playing receiver, corner and serving as a kick returner. As a senior he caught 50 passes for 1,007 yards and nine touchdowns, and added 28 tackles, five interceptions and 11 pass breakups on the defensive side of the ball. He caught 51 passes for 680 yards and 13 touchdowns as a junior. Young won a pair of state championships in track and field as a member of the school's 4x200 (2011) and 4x400 (2012) relay teams. He was a four-year member of the track squad as a sprinter. He also played one season of basketball.
Source: http://www.cornellbigred.com/news/2013/5/9/FB_0509131651.aspx
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Insomnia may cause dysfunction in emotional brain circuitry
May 22, 2013 ? A new study provides neurobiological evidence for dysfunction in the neural circuitry underlying emotion regulation in people with insomnia, which may have implications for the risk relationship between insomnia and depression.
"Insomnia has been consistently identified as a risk factor for depression," said lead author Peter Franzen, PhD, an assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. "Alterations in the brain circuitry underlying emotion regulation may be involved in the pathway for depression, and these results suggest a mechanistic role for sleep disturbance in the development of psychiatric disorders."
The study involved 14 individuals with chronic primary insomnia without other primary psychiatric disorders, as well as 30 good sleepers who served as a control group. Participants underwent an fMRI scan during an emotion regulation task in which they were shown negative or neutral pictures. They were asked to passively view the images or to decrease their emotional responses using cognitive reappraisal, a voluntary emotion regulation strategy in which you interpret the meaning depicted in the picture in order to feel less negative.
Results show that in the primary insomnia group, amygdala activity was significantly higher during reappraisal than during passive viewing. Located in the temporal lobe of the brain, the amygdala plays an important role in emotional processing and regulation.
In analysis between groups, amygdala activity during reappraisal trials was significantly greater in the primary insomnia group compared with good sleepers. The two groups did not significantly differ when passively viewing negative pictures.
"Previous studies have demonstrated that successful emotion regulation using reappraisal decreases amygdala response in healthy individuals, yet we were surprised that activity was even higher during reappraisal of, versus passive viewing of, pictures with negative emotional content in this sample of individuals with primary insomnia," said Franzen.
The research abstract was published recently in an online supplement of the journal SLEEP, and Franzen will present the findings June 5, in Baltimore, Md., at SLEEP 2013, the 27th annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies LLC.
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine reports that about 10 to 15 percent of adults have an insomnia disorder with distress or daytime impairment. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, 6.7 percent of the U.S. adult population suffers from major depressive disorder. Both insomnia and depression are more common in women than in men.
Source: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/mind_brain/depression/~3/IrmW2MF6920/130522131208.htm
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Advance in nanotech gene sequencing technique
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
The allure of personalized medicine has made new, more efficient ways of sequencing genes a top research priority. One promising technique involves reading DNA bases using changes in electrical current as they are threaded through a nanoscopic hole.
Now, a team led by University of Pennsylvania physicists has used solid-state nanopores to differentiate single-stranded DNA molecules containing sequences of a single repeating base.
The study was led by Marija Drndi?, an associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the School of Arts and Sciences, along with graduate students Kimberly Venta and Matthew Puster and post-doctoral researchers Gabriel Shemer, Julio A. Rodriguez-Manzo and Adrian Balan. They collaborated with assistant professor Jacob K. Rosenstein of Brown University and professor Kenneth L. Shepard of Columbia University.
Their results were published in the journal ACS Nano.
In this technique, known as DNA translocation measurements, strands of DNA in a salt solution are driven through an opening in a membrane by an applied electric field. As each base of the strand passes through the pore, it blocks some ions from passing through at the same time; amplifiers attached to the nanopore chip can register the resulting drop in electrical current. Because each base has a different size, researchers hope to use this data to infer the order of the bases as the strand passes through. The differences in base sizes are so small, however, that the proportions of both the nanopores and membranes need to be close those of the DNA strands themselves ? a major challenge.
The nanopore devices closest to being a commercially viable option for sequencing are made out of protein pores and lipid bilayers. Such protein pores have desirable proportions, but the lipid bilayer membranes in which they are inserted are akin to a film of soap, which leaves much to be desired in terms of durability and robustness.
Solid-state nanopore devices, which are made of thin solid-state membranes, offer advantages over their biological counterparts ? they can be more easily shipped and integrated with other electronics ? but the basic demonstrations of proof-of-principle sensitivity to different DNA bases have been slower.
"While biological nanopores have shown the ability to resolve single nucleotides, solid-state alternatives have lagged due to two challenges of actually manufacturing the right-sized pores and achieving high-signal, low-noise and high-bandwidth measurements," Drndi? said. "We're attacking those two challenges here."
Because the mechanism by which the nanopore differentiate between one type of base and another is by the amount of the pore's aperture that is blocked, the smaller a pore's diameter, the more accurate it is. For the nanopore to be effective at determining a sequence of bases, its diameter must approach the diameter of the DNA and its thickness must approach that of the space between one base and the next, or about 0.3 nanometers.
To get solid-state nanopores and membranes in these tiny proportions, researchers, including Drndi?'s group, are investigating cutting-edge materials, such as graphene. A single layer of carbon atoms in a hexagonal lattice, graphene membranes can be made a little as about 0.5 nanometers thick but have their own disadvantages to be addressed. For example, the material itself is hydrophobic, making it more difficult to pass strands of DNA through them.
In this experiment, Drndi? and her colleagues worked with a different material ? silicon nitride ? rather than attempting to craft single-atom-thick graphene membranes for nanopores. Treated silicon nitride is hydrophilic and has readily allowed DNA translocations, as measured by many other researchers during the last decade. And while their membrane is thicker, about 5 nanometers, silicon nitride pores can also approach graphene in terms of thinness due to the way they are manufactured.
"The way we make the nanopores in silicon nitride makes them taper off, so that the effective thickness is about a third of the rest of the membrane," Drndi? said.
Drndi? and her colleagues tested their silicon nitride nanopore on homopolymers, or single strands of DNA with sequences that consist of only one base repeated several times. The researchers were able to make distinct measurements for three of the four bases: adenine, cytosine and thymine. They did not attempt to measure guanine as homopolymers made with that base bind back on themselves, making it more difficult to pass them through the nanopores.
"We show that these small pores are sensitive to the base content," Drndi? said, "and we saw these results in pores with diameters between 1 and 2 nanometers, which is actually encouraging because it suggests some manufacturing variability may be okay."
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Unity Game Engine Goes Free For iOS, Android And BlackBerry 10 Developers
The barrier to entry for the Unity game rendering engine for developers on iOS and Android has gotten lower, as use of Unity tech is now free on both mobile platforms. Unity CEO David Helgason announced the changed terms today during the Unite Nordic trade conference, according to Pocket Gamer's Keith Andrew. The dropping of licensing fees for the engine's basic tier means that features which once cost $800 now carry no charge at all.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/lW07B_QXmxI/
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Committee nears final big immigration decisions
WASHINGTON (AP) ? The Senate Judiciary Committee hopes to nail down an elusive compromise on high-tech visas and may punt a controversy over gay marriage to the full Senate as it makes final drafting decisions on immigration legislation that grants a shot at citizenship to millions living in the country illegally.
The high-tech issue involves a negotiation at arm's length between industry, which relies on ever-increasing numbers of skilled foreigners, and organized labor, which represents American workers, according to lawmakers and officials close to the talks.
As drafted, the bill would raise the current cap on so-called H-1B visas from 65,000 annually to 110,000, with the possibility of a further rise to 180,000. At issue in the talks are the costs that companies must bear to bring foreigners into the United States, the steps they must first take to seek out American citizens for the jobs and other conditions.
Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, whose state has a large high-tech industry, told reporters on Monday he will vote in favor of the legislation in committee if agreement is reached on the issue. He has been negotiating with Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., who said in late afternoon no deal had been sealed.
On the other major remaining unresolved issue, officials said there was a growing if unspoken expectation that the measure would likely emerge from committee without a provision granting same-sex spouses the same access to legal status as heterosexual spouses are entitled to.
Sen. Patrick Leahy, the Vermont Democrat who chairs the Judiciary Committee, has introduced a proposal to give equal treatment under the bill to same-sex couples, a provision gay rights groups seek. Several lobbyists and others noted during the day he has not yet said definitively said if he will seek a vote on it before the panel completes its work, and neither the White House nor other Democrats on the committee have made a strong push for its inclusion.
A vote on the proposal could create political difficulty for Democrats on the committee who support gay rights and are also members of the so-called Gang of Eight which negotiated the main features of the legislation. That includes Sen. Chuck Schumer or New York and Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois.
Durbin has told outside groups he will back the change if it is offered. Schumer hasn't said which way he would vote.
All eight have pledged to maintain the essential outlines of the legislation. A vote to add the gay rights provision could lead to approval on a party-line vote in committee, but lead to the collapse of Republican support on the Senate floor and the bill's demise.
In addition, the Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling by early July that could render the issue largely moot.
At its core, the legislation would provide an opportunity of U.S. citizenship to millions of immigrants living in the country illegally, create a new visa program for low-skilled workers and permit a sizeable increase in the number of high-tech visas, at the same time it mandates new measures to crack down on future unlawful immigration.
Final committee approval is expected by midweek, with the full Senate likely to begin debate next month.
The measure is one of President Barack Obama's top domestic priorities, although the administration has generally let the committee work on its own.
In a show of support, though, Obama and Vice President Joe Biden arranged to meet Tuesday in the Oval Office at the White House with individuals directly affected by the measure.
In a long day of drafting on Monday, the panel voted to begin phasing in a requirement for foreigners to undergo fingerprinting when they leave the country. Lawmakers also agreed to make an immigrant's third drunk driving conviction a deportable offense in some cases.
The committee rejected other proposals that backers of the bill said were unworkable.
Among them was one by Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., to require that every application filed as a first step toward seeking citizenship be done so online.
Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, sought to include a provision requiring applicants to disclose any Social Security numbers they had used previously, but that fell on a party-line vote.
Democrats, too, were forced to scale back some of their proposals to win support.
Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, dropped a provision making Pell Grants available to individuals who have embarked on the path to citizenship. She won agreement for more limited benefits, such as access to financial aid.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/committee-nears-final-big-immigration-decisions-065959620.html
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Monday, May 20, 2013
Welcome To Laptop Week
Laptops are the new desktops. While you can buy a solid tower PC for about $500, this price represents how little manufacturers care about the desktop world. Barring a few huge gaming rigs, laptops are where it's at. We have been arguably remiss in avoiding formal laptop reviews and so we're trying to remedy that with a series we're calling Laptop Week. This week we will focus on some of the best laptops available today alongside a few gems that popped up over the past year or so. We will run the gamut from Chromebooks to Windows 8 and take a few detours on the way.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/lPaIRkADieM/
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Nine Hangout Fest Vines That Put You Right On The Sand
These video snippets of Afrojack, Macklemore and more give you a taste of all the on-demand coverage MTV and VH1 have to offer.
By Katie Atkinson
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Tumblr's Loss Is WordPress' Gain As Thousands Of Users Jump Ship Before Yahoo Takes Over
In what can only be called an exodus, WordPress? co-founder Matt Mullenweg posted on his blog Sunday night that over 72,000 new blog posts were imported within a single hour. This is a massive spike considering that WordPress usually just sees 400 to 600 imported posts on most Sundays. It's a tiny percentage of Tumblr's 50.9B posts but it's an important consideration that Tumblr - and now Yahoo - cannot ignore.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/2loPlLGr_Zg/
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Exclusive: EU to warn China it may levy duties against Huawei - sources
By Ethan Bilby
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission plans to send a formal warning to China that it is ready to levy sanctions against telecoms equipment makers Huawei and ZTE Corp over illegal subsidies, people close to the matter said.
EU trade chief Karel De Gucht is set to win support from the bloc's executive on Wednesday to send the warning letter and show China's new president, Xi Jinping, that Brussels is serious about countering what it says is state support.
"We want to send a warning to the Chinese, a letter of intent that if they don't change their practices, there will be duties," said one person involved, adding that De Gucht had the full backing of European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso.
The decision will mark an intensification of the European Union's efforts to guard against what Brussels says is dumping by China, the EU's second-largest trading partner. From June, the Commission will also levy duties on billions of dollars of solar panels from China, EU officials have told Reuters.
Huawei was a little known telecoms firm less than a decade ago but today, along with its smaller rival ZTE, it holds almost a quarter of the European market.
That poses a security risk, the Commission says, because European industries ranging from healthcare to water utilities are becoming reliant on cheaper Chinese wireless technology.
An internal EU report last year recommended that the 27-member bloc should take action against Chinese telecoms equipment makers as their increasing dominance of mobile networks made them a threat to security as well as to home-grown companies.
COLLECTING EVIDENCE
A Huawei spokeswoman in Brussels declined to comment on the move, but the company denies receiving unfair subsidies. It says its advantages are due to low-cost manufacturing and that its products are secure. There was no comment ZTE on Tuesday, but it also denies allegations of illegal subsidies.
De Gucht told Reuters in February there were serious concerns about China's growing presence in mobile telecoms networks, noting that the United States and Australia had effectively shut Huawei out of their markets.
Last year, Germany excluded Huawei from supplying the infrastructure for a national academic research network.
But European manufacturers Ericsson, Alcatel-Lucent and Nokia Siemens Networks fear retaliation in China if they push to launch an anti-subsidy case, so the Commission has been collecting evidence on Huawei and ZTE with a view to launching a case on its own initiative.
Division between EU countries over the telecoms issue meant De Gucht has trodden cautiously. Britain and the Netherlands have embraced Huawei as a major job provider, while France and Italy have been backing De Gucht on going ahead with sanctions.
Officials say they now have proof of Chinese subsidies.
"This is a political decision tomorrow," said another person briefed on the Commission's thinking. "It's basically saying, we have all the evidence we need, we don't need to launch an investigation," the person said.
The Huawei spokeswoman noted that the company had offered several times to meet the European Commission but was rebuffed.
"We are open to talking with stakeholders. Because there are allegations, there are misunderstandings and misperceptions, that's why we are always keen to discuss with all the stakeholders," Tina Tsai said.
(Additional reporting by Robin Emmott and Luke Baker; Editing by Alison Williams)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-eu-warn-china-may-levy-duties-against-162617958.html
Thought Experiment: Build a Supercomputer Replica of the Human Brain
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Leap in leukemia treatment
May 13, 2013 ? Doctors at Dartmouth-Hitchcock's Norris Cotton Cancer Center (NCCC) have found a combination of drugs to potentially treat chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) more effectively. The research was published online on May 3, 2013, and it will appear as a letter in the journal Leukemia, a publication of the Nature Publishing Group. The study helps address a basic problem of treating CLL.
CLL lives both in the blood in circulation, and in lymph nodes and bone marrow. The former is relatively easy to kill, but the disease recurs because of resistant CLL cells in the lymph nodes and bone marrow. The researchers found an innovative drug combination that targets the stubborn CLL cells.
"We have been studying the mechanism in the cancer cells that causes the resistance to treatment," says Alan Eastman, the senior researcher on the team and a professor of pharmacology and toxicology at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, "and that in turn, led us to find drugs that target the resistance." Eastman led the team at Dartmouth-Hitchcock's Norris Cotton Cancer Center that also included Ryan Soderquist, Darcy Bates, and Alexey Danilov.
The researchers found a very effective drug combination of gossypol plus navitoclax to kill CLL cells. "Both drugs have been given to patients, but never in combination, because no one had the mechanistic rationale for doing that. Now we have what we think is the most promising drug combination so far for the treatment of CLL," says Eastman.
CLL cells in the lymph nodes have an increased level of a protein known as BCL-X. Gossypol likely inhibits this protein, which allows the navitoclax to work more effectively to kill the cancer cells. Eastman and his team tested this drug combination on CLL immediately after they came out of the patients.
The willingness of the patients to participate was integral to this study," Eastman adds. "After 40 years of research, I think this is the most promising idea I have had that might truly impact patient outcome." The researchers hope a clinical trial will soon follow.
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Girl fights same rare form of cancer father had as a boy
As a child, Lucas Post was cured of a rare type of cancer called Wilms' tumor. Now, 30 years later, Post is watching his 4-year-old daughter, Mia, wage the same battle.
CBS-Minnesota reports that Mia is undergoing a difficult and frightening treatment. But, the girl hopefully will suffer fewer side effects as a result of a study that her father participated in as a child.
Dr. Emily Greengard, who is treating Mia, told CBS-Minnesota that when Lucas Post participated in the trial as a child, doctors learned that they could use a lower dose of radiation and still get the same outcomes. That trial has had a direct effect on Mia's treatment.
Wilms' tumor is a rare childhood cancer that attacks the kidneys, CBS-Minnesota reports. About 500 cases are diagnosed in the United States each year. The American Cancer Society writes that Wilms' tumor is uncommon in children aged 6 and older.
Mia has been cancer-free for 16 weeks, according to CBS-Minnesota. Doctors will continue to monitor her with the hopes that the cancer does not return.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/girl-fights-same-rare-cancer-father-had-boy-173441164.html
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Make Your Own Invisibility Cloak With a 3D Printer
Read up on how they work
In short, no, they're not like blackholes.
The principle behind them is that emmissons heading into the cloak are routed around the object and then leave, and here's the clever bit, in a direction and intensity equal to what would happen if the invisible object wasn't there.
A drawback of this is, if you were building your cloak on the observable spectrum, if your inside the cloak you can't see anything outside of it (as all the incoming light gets diverted around you)! Admittedly it's only a draw back if looking around you is important, there's good reasons not to care and cool applications e.g. building a sea platform that is invisible to incoming waves (google it, my brain hurts from remembering so much already)
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Monday, May 6, 2013
New efforts to curb cellphone theft
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? Disturbed by the nationwide epidemic of cellphone robberies and thefts, law enforcement officials across the country are looking to the wireless industry to help find a cure.
In San Francisco, where half the robberies were phone-related last year, District Attorney George Gascon is calling on major companies in nearby Silicon Valley to create new technology such as a "kill switch" to permanently and quickly disable stolen smart phones, making them worthless to thieves.
The prosecutor said he's recently had two discussions with Apple, maker of the popular iPhone, and has talked informally with Google, creator of the Android, the world's most popular operating smartphone platform. And, he also wants to meet with Samsung, the global smartphone market leader.
"We know that the technology can be developed to prevent this. This is more about social responsibility than economic gain," Gascon said.
The stakes are huge in the battle to combat cellphone theft. Nearly 175 million cellphones ? mostly smartphones? have been sold in the U.S. in the past year and account for $69 billion in sales, according to IDC, a Massachusetts-based research firm.
And, now almost one out of three robberies nationwide involves the theft of a mobile phone, reports the Federal Communications Commission, which is coordinating formation this fall of a highly-anticipated national database system to track cellphones reported stolen.
The FCC is also working with officials in Mexico to crack down on the trafficking of stolen mobile phones that make it across the border.
San Francisco's district attorney is not the only high-ranking big-city law official seeking solutions.
In Washington D.C, where than 40 percent of its robberies in 2012 involved cellphones, police Chief Cathy Lanier said new federal laws are necessary to require all wireless providers to participate in the national stolen phones database, which is now done by choice.
"This is a voluntary agreement and the decision makers, heads of these (wireless) companies may transition over time and may not be in the same position five years from now." Lanier said in an email. "Something needs to be put in place to protect consumers."
On the theory that an inoperable phone is as useless as a "brick," Lanier and Mayor Vincent Gray also have urged residents who have their phones stolen to call their carriers and ask that the device be "bricked," or disconnected remotely to prevent resale on the black market.
In New York City, police have created a smartphone squad and partnered with Apple to track down stolen iPhones using the device's tracking number. For example, when an iPhone is stolen, Apple can report to police where the phone is located, even if it's been switched to a different carrier.
Police said the city's overall crime rate last year increased three percent mostly due to the more than 15,000 thefts of Apple-related products ? a majority of them iPhones ? said Paul Browne, a police spokesman.
"We would've had a one percent decrease in overall crime if you subtracted the Apple thefts," said Browne, adding that police have coined the phenomenon, "Apple-picking."
"We're trying to protect the orchard, so to speak," Browne said.
He added that police often use officers as decoys using their own iPhones to catch would-be robbers and stings to catch those who sell them on the black market. About 75 percent of the stolen devices stay within the city's five boroughs and some have been tracked down as far as the Dominican Republic.
In addition, New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly has been working with U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-New York, the FCC and CTIA, a trade group for wireless providers, on the national stolen phone database, along with six of the largest wireless companies.
Computer security expert Darren Hayes said law enforcement agencies, major corporations and the wireless industry have responded slowly to the spike in mobile phone thefts, leaving individuals as well as businesses vulnerable.
"Smartphones have become such an extension of our lives with all of our personal information on them and criminals recognizing its mass appeal," said Hayes, a professor and computer information systems program chair at Pace University in New York. "Professionally, there are some corporate network administrators who can control their company servers from their smartphone. While it's convenient, it could also put them at risk and could be the biggest source of data loss if they are stolen.
"We could see a potential nightmare emerging," Hayes said.
Jamie Hastings, a CTIA vice president, said the national stolen phone database is a step in the right direction and deserves a chance.
"To suggest that our members don't care about their consumers is completely inaccurate," Hastings said. "Our members are now focusing their energies on the database and achieving the start-up goal by November. The important thing at this stage is to allow our members to execute the plan that all of the stakeholders agreed upon."
The national database will be similar to a global database devised by GSMA, a wireless trade group based in the United Kingdom. Nearly 100 wireless companies across 43 countries participate in the overseas database for reported stolen mobile phones, said Claire Cranton, a GSMA spokeswoman in London.
But Gascon said a national network to track stolen phones comes up short and he is adamant that a kill switch is the best strategy to render a phone useless.
In March, he met with Apple's government liaison officer Michael Foulkes to talk about creating a kill switch technology. He described the encounter as "disappointing" but said a subsequent phone conversation with Apple's general counsel Bruce Sewell last month led to plans for talks that would include Apple's technical people.
Representatives of the tech giant did not respond to requests for comment.
"For me, a technical solution is probably better than just a criminal solution," Gascon said. "We can always create more laws, but look at how long it already takes to prosecute somebody at the expense of the taxpayers?
"If a phone can be inoperable at the flick of a switch, then a database will become moot."
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