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Sunday, February 24, 2013
Washington Redskins Promote Mike McDaniel to WR Coach
The Washington Redskins have promoted from within as the team announced?on their website?this afternoon that current offensive assistant Mike McDaniel the new wide receivers coach. McDaniel joined the organization in 2011 and has a history with offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan.
The 29-year-old McDaniel was a member of the Yale Bulldogs receiving corps while in college from 2001-04, however a search for statistics as a player produced no results. ?After college, he was a coaching intern with the Denver Broncos while current Redskins coach Mike Shanahan was with the club.
He joined the Houston Texans in 2006 as an offensive assistant coach, again forging a relationship with a current member of the Redskins organization as current Redskins offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan was moving up the coaching ranks with the Texans.
A mentor-protege relationship may have developed between Kyle Shanahan and McDaniel as Shanahan moved from wide receiver coach in 2006 to quarterback coach to offensive coordinator with the Texans in a three-year span.
McDaniel remained with the younger Shanahan for three years as an assistant and left to join the California Redwoods of the United Football League (UFL) as the running backs coach. ?He remained with the team in a coaching capacity before teaming up with the Shanahan's and the Redskins in 2011.
Head coach Mike Shanahan released a statement Saturday on the team's website, Redskins.com, stating,?"Mike has a proven track record from his time in Houston and his time here in Washington," Executive Vice President/Head Coach Mike Shanahan said. "I look forward to having him lead our receivers."
McDaniel inherits a receiving corps featuring four receivers who each accounted for more than 500-plus receiving yards in the 2012 season.
Follow on Twitter @JohnBibb?and view previous Bleacher Report?articles?I have authored on the?Washington Redskins?here.
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Saturday, February 23, 2013
Jamie Roberts: Paris was a huge relief ? now the shackles are off as Wales head for Rome
What a game of extremes rugby is: no tournament demonstrates that better than the Six Nations. Week one: hugely disappointing. Week two: hugely encouraging. The difference from week to week can be immense and after that run of games without a win you can see the impact that success in Paris has had around the camp.
Everyone has been playing that little bit more freely in training over the last week but equally everyone, players and coaches, is all too aware that it is only one win, and no matter what an emotional and tough victory it was against France there has been no complacency in our build-up to facing Italy in Rome this afternoon.
We have worked harder in the last week than we have all championship because now it is about raising the bar. What was great about our game in Paris was the intensity we brought from the very first minute, the desire to tackle hard, to get off our lines, to regenerate, to keep going from first to last ? there really was a very emotional desire to get through it. We have to match that in Italy against a passionate home side who will be backed by an equally passionate home crowd ? you could see in the celebrations after they beat France in Rome on the first weekend what victory means to players and supporters over here.
Italy, despite that setback against Scotland, are a much improved side and they caused France real problems. Defensively, we need to be at least on the level we were in Paris to contain the Italians. We have to match that intensity from Paris.
One consequence of that success in France (pictured) is that when you have gone eight games without a victory and then you win one it does throw the shackles off to an extent. Things snowball when you lose a lot on the bounce.
Looking back on it, maybe we became more restricted in the brand of rugby we produced on the field. Perhaps we were going out looking first and foremost not to lose rather than going out there to score tries and win.
This is about balance, though. It's so important with that win secured that we now don't go to the other extreme and try and play sevens rugby, chucking the ball all over the place. International rugby is won by doing the hard work first, making teams tackle, tiring them out and making the right decisions on the ball. Then the chances will come as the match opens up.
I was not surprised Italy beat France but then I didn't expect them to either ? if that makes sense! You knew they had a chance, as they do against anyone in Rome. France went there and played the wrong brand of rugby and came unstuck. We have seen the mistakes they made and have to make sure we get our brand right. It will change over the course of the game, as the match develops. We want to go out and attack and score tries ? but once the platform is there.
Italy's two performances so far have been contrasting ? excellent against France, struggled in Scotland ? but it is their home form we have to concentrate on. When in Rome?
The last two times we have been there the games have been close. Two years ago it was an eight-point win and in 2009 it needed a late try by Tom Shanklin to give us the win.
At home the one thing you will always get from Italy is solidity. They are a tough, physical team and will keep coming at you, keep the hits coming and play to their strengths.
They will miss Sergio Parisse ? any team would ? but it would be a mistake on our part to think that will weaken them. When a player like that is missing the typical response from the rest of the squad is to raise their game to make up for their main man's absence.
This is a big weekend ? the game at Twickenham is set to be one of the key moments of the Championship and I'm not surprised the French have moved Wesley Fofana back to 12. He is the catalyst of everything Clermont do, their go-to man. It's going to be interesting. We still have England to play and have to go to Murrayfield, where Scotland are vastly improved and are playing some lovely rugby. It's going to be an interesting run-in, but just now there can be no thinking any further ahead than this afternoon.
I've put the books aside ? for now
We arrived in Rome on Thursday evening and it was straight back to the medical books for me. I spent the whole of Wednesday, our day off, in the library too. You have to keep the studies and the rugby separate, so the books went away yesterday ahead of the captain's run and my first look at the Olympic Stadium ? our last two games here were in the Stadio Flaminio ? but it will be straight back to revision when we get home. It's getting more intense as the exams get closer. For any exam the pressure of time is probably the best thing for revision ? it makes you get on with it. The next three, four weeks through the exams are going to be pretty hellish but once I reach the other side it will be a good feeling. Hopefully!
Jamie Roberts, Wales centre, launched Guinness Class at Twickenham stadium. For more information on how you can win a trip on a luxury private jet to an RBS Six Nations game for you and your mates, visit facebook.com/GuinnessGB
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Friday, February 22, 2013
Ex-Chicago area police officer gets 38 years for third wife's murder; fourth wife missing
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A judge on Thursday sentenced former Chicago-area police officer Drew Peterson to 38 years in prison for the murder of his third wife, whose death initially appeared accidental until Peterson's fourth wife disappeared.
Will County Judge Edward Burmila sentenced Peterson after rejecting a plea for a retrial in the death of Kathleen Savio. He had faced a maximum of 60 years in prison.
Peterson was convicted last September of killing Savio in 2004 during a contentious divorce and then trying to make her death look like an accident. Savio was found dead in a bathtub, and her death was at first ruled accidental.
Suspicions were raised when Peterson's fourth wife, Stacy Peterson, disappeared in 2007.
After the sentencing, the former police officer's defense team told reporters they would appeal the conviction, saying the trial had been riddled with problems.
"They changed the rules to convict him, they changed the evidence," said attorney Steve Greenberg. "They changed everything."
The Illinois state legislature passed a law, dubbed "Drew's law," in response to the case, loosening requirements for circumstantial evidence.
Peterson, who was a police sergeant in Bolingbrook, Illinois, had waged a high-profile public relations campaign asserting his innocence both in the death of Savio and the disappearance of Stacy Peterson, who is presumed dead. He is the only suspect in her disappearance.
Witnesses testified in the trial that Peterson threatened Savio, tried to hire a hit man and said he could make her death look like an accident.
Prosecutor James Glasgow, asked what he was thinking when looking at Peterson in the Joliet courtroom on Thursday, said: "You're a cold-blooded murderer and I'll stare you down until I die."
Peterson's first and second wives have remarried.
The Peterson case was the inspiration for a popular Lifetime television network movie, "Untouchable," based on the case, starring Rob Lowe.
(Reporting by Nick Carey; Editing by Dan Grebler)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/ex-chicago-area-police-officer-gets-38-years-232118057.html
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Friday, February 15, 2013
NFL ready to get Super Bowl played at Met Life
NEW YORK (AP) -- The NFL says it's ready to get the 2014 Super Bowl played at Met Life Stadium in New Jersey no matter what the weather conditions are early next February.
The NFL has contingency plans for all games, but with a winter storm hitting the Northeast just after this year's Super Bowl in New Orleans, there are concerns about the championship game being played for the first time outdoors at a cold-weather site.
Several reports indicate the NFL has discussed changing the day of game set for Feb. 2 if weather complications arise. NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy would not offer specifics of the contingency plans, but says Wednesday "we will be prepared if we have to make adjustments."
The date of the Super Bowl has never been changed for any reason.
However, dates, times and even sites of several regular-season games have been moved because of weather-related issues.
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Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Canadian Myck Kabongo says he?s ready to play after 23-game NCAA suspension
The Globe and Mail Monday 11th February, 2013
Texas guard Myck Kabongo, left, loses control of the ball as he is defended by Cincinnati guard Cashmere Wright (1) in the first half of a second-round NCAA college basketball tournament game on Friday, March 16, 2012, in Nashville, Tenn. (Associated Press)
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Tuesday, February 12, 2013
SHOW BITS: It's after-party time at the Grammys
Show Bits brings you the 55th annual Grammy Awards through the eyes of Associated Press journalists. Follow them on Twitter where available with the handles listed after each item.
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AFTER THE GRAMMYS? INDIA!
For the Grammy Awards official after-party, celebrants went to India.
Actually, they just went to the Los Angeles Convention Center, right next door to the Staples Center where the 55th annual Grammy ceremony was held, but the space inside was transformed into a Bollywood party.
Belly dancers writhed rhythmically on various stages beneath lanterns and bright pink canopies, while aerial gymnasts dangled overhead. The massive ballroom was dotted with such stages and food stations boasting fare from Asia and America.
The B-52s and Estelle performed, drawing partygoers to the dance floor.
Multiple Grammy-winner Skrillex was among the celebrants, but he made an early exit ? likely to attend one of many private post-Grammy parties planned for throughout the city.
? Sandy Cohen, www.twitter.com/APSandy.
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GRAMMY PREZ ON CLOTHING COVER-UP
The Recording Academy's president says this year's great clothing cover-up kerfuffle was "much ado about nothing."
A memo from CBS surfaced earlier this week advising Grammy participants to avoid wearing see-through clothing and to make sure "buttocks and female breasts are adequately covered" during the show's broadcast.
"For some reason people thought this was something new or different or even foreboding as far as being restrictive," Neil Portnow said backstage after the show.
What was outlined in the memo was simply the standard the show has followed every year for at least a decade, he said.
What's more, he added, every TV network has to communicate its standards and practices to anyone appearing on its shows.
Jennifer Lopez and Kelly Rowland, who both wore only slightly revealing outfits, joked about the memo.
? Beth Harris ? Twitter http://twitter.com/bethharrisap___
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JUANES PLANS BILINGUAL ALBUM
Colombian rocker Juanes has been so inspired by performing the songs of his idols at Grammy events this week that he plans to include a few English tracks on his new album.
"Now I can sing in English easier than before," he said backstage after performing a bilingual version of Elton John's "Your Song." "Probably I'm going to do some tracks. Maybe four."
Juanes also performed Bruce Springsteen's "Hungry Heart" at Grammy's MusiCares event honoring The Boss over the weekend.
"It was such a great opportunity for me," he said. "I just met Elton John tonight. I met Bruce last year. ... They are an inspiration to me. I grew up listening to all this music when I was a teenager, and now I understand them a lot more so I love them even more."
? Sandy Cohen ? www.twitter.com/APSandy .
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QUICKQUOTE: ZAC BROWN
"It's been like I've been hanging out with my entire CD collection." Grammy winner Zac Brown backstage on performing with legendary musicians during Grammy week.
? Sandy Cohen ? www.twitter.com/APSandy .
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CARRIE UNDERWOOD's PROJECTOR DRESS
Carrie Underwood used the huge skirt of her gray dress as a digital projector during her Grammy Awards performance.
As she sang "Blown Away" and " Two Black Cadillacs" various images flashed on her dress.
"They can do a lot of amazing things with projectors these days," she said backstage, holding her trophy for best country solo performance. "We had a dress especially made. I said I should take that home and we can watch movies on it."
Underwood said she had to stand in a specific spot on the Staples Center stage to make it work.
"It took a lot of precision," she said.
? Beth Harris ? Twitter http://twitter.com/bethharrisap
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KEEP ON BIEBVIN'
Justin Bieber can't catch a break.
Not only was the superstar singer not nominated for a Grammy, but a Ustream session that Bieber launched at the same time as the ceremony Sunday to answer questions from fans crashed because it was overloaded. The technical snafu immediately began trending on Twitter, inspiring such popular hashtags as (hash)ThankYouForTryingJustin and (hash)JustinUseRedTube.
Bieber tweeted to fans that "livestream is over capacity it not letting me in the room." He apparently couldn't overcome the blunder and later promised to upload a video.
? Derrik J. Lang ? Twitter: http://twitter.com/derrikjlang
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RICK ROSS WORKS IT
Rick Ross is a businessman as much as he is a rapper.
"There's a lot of networking to be done here," he said on the red carpet at Sunday's Grammy Awards, adding he had already done "three or four deals."
Ross likes how his genre has taken what he sees as its rightful place at the annual ceremony.
"I feel like hip hop is most definitely more present at the Grammys," he said, noting the presence of what he called such "underground legends" as Nas.
? Beth Harris ? Twitter http://twitter.com/bethharrisap
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THE BROWN-OCEAN STANDOFF
Chris Brown clapped ? but didn't stand ?when Frank Ocean beat him for the urban contemporary album Grammy.
The standing ovation snub between the pair, who brawled last month over a parking space at a West Hollywood studio, was clearly captured in a screenshot posted on Twitter by the site BuzzFeed.
The image shows Nicole Kidman, Keith Urban, Jennifer Lopez, Adele and several others on their feet while Brown remains seated.
BuzzFeed's photo of Brown's diss was retweeted hundreds of times just a few minutes after it was posted.
? Derrik J. Lang ? Twitter: http://twitter.com/derrikjlang___
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SKIRTING THE GRAMMY DRESS CODE
Kelly Rowland, in a revealing long black dress, says she just barely skirted this year's Grammy dress code. Sort of.
"I almost broke the code," the R&B singer joked backstage Sunday.
"If I turn to the side I might," she added to laughter.
Rowland was referring to the memo that CBS, the show's broadcaster, put out this week asking that participants make sure "buttocks and female breasts are adequately covered."
Rowland's Georges Chakra dress had portions that are see-through.
? Mesfin Fekadu ? Twitter http://twitter.com/MusicMesfin
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ADELE: NO TIME TO BE COOL
Adele says she's been so busy singing nursery rhymes to her new baby son that "I don't really remember what's cool and what's not."
Still, she was cool enough to add another Grammy to last year's six-award sweep when she won Sunday night for pop vocal performance for "Set Fire to the Rain (Live)."
That may have to hold her for a while.
She's set to perform her Golden Globe-winning song from the James Bond film "Skyfall" at the Oscars in a couple weeks, and says she's been so busy she's had little time to work on her new album.
"I'm not very far along at all," Adele confessed backstage at the Grammy Awards. "I've been out of the loop really."
? Sandy Cohen ? www.twitter.com/APSandy
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QUICKQUOTE: NATE RUESS
"I don't know what I was thinking writing the chorus for this song. If this is in HD, everybody can see our faces, and we are not very young." ? fun. lead singer Nate Ruess as the band accepted the song of the year Grammy for "We Are Young."
? Sandy Cohen ? http: www.twitter.com/APSandy
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GRAMMYS DON'T WAIT FOR ANYONE
The Grammy Awards show started at 8 p.m. EST. Not at 8:05 or 8:07 or 8:10
The late-arriving celebrity crowd quickly learned that fact when they were kept in a vestibule with all the regular folks until the first commercial break. Only then were they allowed to take their seats.
That meant Drake, Jenna Jameson and Tito Ortiz had to cool their heels while Taylor Swift opened the show with her exuberant performance of "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together."
The waiting continued as host LL Cool J greeted the audience and on through Ed Sheeran and Elton John's performance.
The stars' handlers did manage to move them to the front of the line that was waiting to get in.
? Nekesa Mumbi Moody ? Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nekesamumbi .
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TAYLOR SETS TWEETERS ATWITTER
Did Taylor Swift just launch World War III?
After Swift broke into a faux British accent during her Grammy-opening performance, several One Direction fans took to Twitter to voice their disdain at the apparent dig at one of the singer's former flames, One Direction member (and native Brit) Harry Styles.
The English-accented flourish came when Swift started speaking in the middle of an "Alice in Wonderland"-like performance of her Grammy-nominated song "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together."
Reaction was swift.
"Did Taylor Swift just do an English accent?" director Judd Apatow tweeted immediately after it happened.
? Derrik J. Lang ? Twitter: http://twitter.com/derrikjlang
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QUICKQUOTE: BONNIE RAITT
"I was up against all these guys who had much bigger records and a bigger splash. It makes an old girl feel good." ? 63-year-old singer-songwriter Bonnie Raitt, who earned her 10th career Grammy in the best Americana album category for "Slipstream," beating out a field that included Mumford & Sons, The Lumineers and The Avett Brothers.
? Beth Harris ? Twitter http://twitter.com/bethharrisap
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QUICKQUOTE: TAYLOR SWIFT
"So he calls me up and he's like, 'I still love you.' And I'm like, 'I'm sorry, I'm busy opening up the Grammys.'" ? Taylor Swift, during her show-opening performance of her Grammy-nominated song "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together."
? Anthony McCartney ? http://twitter.com/mccartneyAP
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KIMBRA WAS THE CHARM
After Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" won the Grammy for best pop duo/group performance, he revealed that Kimbra wasn't his first, or even his second, choice for the song.
He had already gone through two female singers for the track and was waiting on another vocalist when "she called out."
"I built so much expectation with that vocalist that I was feeling a little crushed," he said backstage after collecting the Grammy.
It came down to Kimbra to sing on the song that was recorded in her apartment. It was last year's biggest hit.
As for the unnamed singer, Gotye said she makes wonderful music on her own and "shouldn't be mad."
Gotye also won the Grammy for best alternative music album for "Making Mirrors."
? Mesfin Fekadu ? Twitter http://twitter.com/MusicMesfin
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DRESSING ROOM MATES
Kelly Clarkson is in good company backstage at the Grammys.
The original "American Idol" champion, who's performing at Sunday's ceremony, posted a photo to Instagram of her dressing room door, which featured the names of her roommates: Alicia Keys and Miranda Lambert.
"Our dressing room rules!" wrote the "Stronger" singer.
Clarkson later uploaded photos of her glam squad curling her hair, as well as a close-up of her glittery custom nail polish.
"Should we call it 'Stronger'?" she asked.
? Derrik J. Lang ? Twitter: http://twitter.com/derrikjlang
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QUICKQUOTE: FRANK OCEAN
"It would mean my name changes in the press forever." ? Frank Ocean, speaking on the red carpet about what winning a Grammy would mean to him.
? Nekesa Mumbi Moody ? http://www.twitter.com
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QUICKQUOTE: JOHN PAUL WHITE
"I think it's appropriate that Taylor thanks us. We've been carrying her for a while and it's getting a little tiring," John Paul White of the Civil Wars, who won a Grammy for the song "Safe & Sound" from "The Hunger Games," which he co-wrote with Taylor Swift.
? Sandy Cohen ? Twitter http://www twitter.com/apsandy
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ESPERANZA SPALDING LEARNED LESSON WELL
Last year's best new artist, Esperanza Spalding, is back winning Grammys again this year ? with a little help from the music teacher who began training her when she was 8.
The jazz star and her teacher, Thara Memory, claimed the award for best instrumental arrangements accompanying vocalist(s) for "City of Roses" at Sunday's Grammy pre-telecast.
Spalding escorted Memory to the stage to accept the award and was moved when speaking about their student-teacher relationship. She also noted the "City of Roses" composition features some of Memory's 16-year-old students.
Spalding also won a Grammy Sunday for best jazz vocal album for "Radio Music Society."
? Mesfin Fekadu ? Twitter http://twitter.com/MusicMesfin
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EDITOR'S NOTE: Show Bits brings you the 55th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles through the eyes of Associated Press journalists. Follow them on Twitter where available with the handles listed after each item.
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Monday, February 11, 2013
PFT: Broncos will bring back Bailey next year
Getty ImagesOne of the biggest problems with the Lions of late is that they have too few players on the roster who can or will lead from within.
G.M. Martin Mayhew realize the team needs those qualities.? He blames the absence of in-house leadership in 2012 on the fact that the guys who would have provided leadership were injured.
?That was tested last year in a big way because of [safety Louis] Delmas being injured and not on the practice field,? Mayhew said, via Anwar Richardson of MLive.com.? ?You guys know how much energy he brings to practice, and the tempo he played with, and he was sorely missed.? Not just the games he missed, but also the practices.? He barely practiced last year.?
Mayhew also mentioned defensive lineman Corey Williams, receiver Nate Burleson, and defensive end Kyle Vanden Bosch, who started every game but was injured during training camp and the preseason.? Vanden Bosch already is gone, and Williams and Burleson may not be far behind.
Mayhew acknowledges that more leaders need to be development from within.? ?That is an area that we need younger players who are developing with us to take more of a leadership role, but there also can be some opportunities that we may need to bring in some guys that have some of those qualities,? Mayhew said.
?Part of developing as a player is not just developing on the field, but it?s developing leadership, locker room, off-the-field, and you start to feel a little bit more comfortable every year.? We need some guys to step up that way, also.?
He didn?t mention them by name, but Mayhew possibly is referring to players like quarterback Matthew Stafford, defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh, and receiver Calvin Johnson.? All are talented, well regarded, and highly compensated.? It?s time for each of them to take real ownership in the team and to hold their teammates accountable.
And also to urge Mayhew and coach Jim Schwartz to avoid the temptation to draft or sign talented but troubled players like Titus Young.
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Sunday, February 10, 2013
Gunfire, explosions heard in Mali's Gao: residents
The Evad3rs Jailbreak Team on Monday released their evasi0n jailbreak tool for Apple?s (AAPL) iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch devices running iOS 6.0 or iOS 6.1. Jay Freeman, the man behind the jailbroken app store known as Cydia, announced that nearly seven million iOS devices have been freed from Apple?s walled garden in only four days, Forbes reported. The astonishing number makes evasi0n the fastest-adopted jailbreaking solution of all time. As of Thursday night, numbers from Freeman?s alternative app store revealed that 5.15 million iPhones, 1.35 million iPads, and 400,000 iPod touches were jailbroken with evasi0n. Jailbreaking an Apple device is similar to rooting an Android smartphone or tablet, and allows greater customization and opens the door to features such
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Saturday, February 9, 2013
IHeart Organizing: UHeart Organizing: Creative and Unexpected ...
Do you love to craft and DIY?? What do you do with all of those paint bottles and glue guns?? My pal Megan from Honey We're Home is here today to share how she keeps her craft supplies tucked away and tidy.? And what I adore? most is that it isn't in a typical way that you would often think of or expect!?
It's so great to be with your readers again Jen! ?My love of keeping things organized extends all the way to my craft supplies. ?I can get way more excited about a simple craft project when I know that I've got all my supplies organized and I know exactly where they are. ? It's so annoying to be in the middle of a project and be all, "uh, where is my hole punch??"
It's so great to be with your readers again Jen! ?My love of keeping things organized extends all the way to my craft supplies. ?I can get way more excited about a simple craft project when I know that I've got all my supplies organized and I know exactly where they are. ? It's so annoying to be in the middle of a project and be all, "uh, where is my hole punch??"
To keep my craft supplies organized, I use what is supposed to be a tall jewelry stand. ?I got mine years ago half-off at Pier One Imports. ?It?fits perfectly on a small wall in my home office but could easily fit inside a closet or garage.
My chest has five drawers, the bottom "two" is actually one deep drawer, perfect for storing larger things like rolls of duct tape, a paper cutter, 3-hole punch and rulers.?
I've organized the drawers by putting like-things together and I used an old calendar to line the drawers to make it prettier. ?The sharp things like nailhead trim, tacks, cutters and scissors go in the top drawer.?
All my glue, spray adhesive, glue gun and glue sticks are contained in one drawer.?
And my glitter and craft paint fit in one drawer too.?
I do have a separate place in my garage for extra craft paint, spray paint, and paint brushes. The top part of my storage chest opens and has a mirror, but I like to keep things on the top surface, so I don't utilize that storage space. ?I figured it would be more annoying to have to remove everything to get inside each time I need something. ?On top now are fresh flowers, an adorable rocking bird, and my fabric covered books. ?I also made the polka dot inspiration board in the background.? {I snapped this picture before I started pinning inspiration pics!}If you can't find my jewelry stand at Pier One, the Ikea Alex could definitely work to hold craft supplies. ?You could also paint it or decoupage it with cute fabric, scrapbook paper, gift wrap. ?And decorative pulls would be cute too.
How do you store your craft supplies? ?Do you prefer drawers over bins and baskets? ?You can visit?HERE?to see more of how I keep things organized in my home.??Thanks so much for having me Jen!Source: http://iheartorganizing.blogspot.com/2013/02/uheart-organizing-creative-and.html
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Thursday, February 7, 2013
Iran airs images allegedly extracted from US drone
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) ? Iran's state TV has broadcast footage allegedly extracted from the advanced CIA spy drone captured in 2011, the latest in a flurry of moves from Iranian authorities meant to underline the nation's purported military and technological advances.
Iran has long claimed it managed to reverse-engineer the RQ-170 Sentinel, seized in December 2011 after it entered Iranian airspace from its eastern border with Afghanistan, and that it's capable of launching its own production line for the unmanned aircraft.
After initially saying only that a drone had been lost near the Afghan-Iran border, American officials eventually confirmed the Sentinel had been monitoring Iran's military and nuclear facilities. Washington asked for it back but Iran refused, and instead released photos of Iranian officials studying the aircraft.
The video aired late Wednesday on Iranian shows an aerial view of an airport and a city, said to be a U.S. drone base and Kandahar, Afghanistan. The TV also showed images purported to be the Sentinel landing at a base in eastern Iran but it was unclear if that footage meant to depict the moment of the drone's seizure.
In addition, the TV also showed images of an Iranian helicopter transporting the drone, as well as its disassembled parts being carried on a trailer.
In another part of the video, the chief of the Revolutionary Guard's airspace division, Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, said that only after capturing the drone, Iran realized it "belongs to the CIA."
"We were able to definitively access the data of the drone, once we brought it down," said Hajizadeh.
He described the Sentinel's capture as a huge scoop for Iran, saying that at the time, Tehran did not rule out a possible punitive U.S. airstrike over the drone.
Iranian officials have accused the U.S. of stepping up its espionage activities against Iran as part of intensified Western efforts to force Tehran to abandon its uranium enrichment program, a key aspect of its disputed nuclear program. The U.S. and its allies suspect Iran may be trying to develop atomic weapons, a charge Tehran denies.
In an attempt to embarrass Washington, Iran has claimed to have captured several American drones, most recently in December, when Tehran said it seized a Boeing-designed ScanEagle drone ? a less sophisticated aircraft ? after it entered Iranian airspace over the Persian Gulf.
U.S. officials said there was no evidence that the latest claims were true.
The latest Sentinel footage came as the U.S. tightened sanctions to pressure the Iranian government to limit its nuclear program and restrictions on institutions that Washington says are stifling political dissent and censoring speech.
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Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Drug manufacture: Going green with iron
Jan. 31, 2013 ? Safe and inexpensive iron catalysts provide a 'greener' alternative to typical pharmaceutical production methods.
More than one-quarter of all known pharmaceuticals contain the chemical group known as amides: carboxylic acid derivatives derived from ammonia or amines. Most methods for synthesizing amides, however, are inefficient and use hazardous reagents. New work from Anqi Chen and co-workers at the A*STAR Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences in Singapore promises to make amide chemistry more economical and sustainable than before1. The team has uncovered a way to convert aldehydes and amine salts into amides using iron(II) sulfate -- a harmless, inexpensive substance as the catalyst to perform this transformation efficiently and with little waste.
Most alternative methods to produce amide molecules use expensive noble metal catalysts such as palladium and ruthenium, which are incompatible with industrial demands for cost-efficiency. Funded by a GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)-Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) endowment on sustainable drug manufacturing, the researchers investigated a different approach known as 'direct oxidative amidation'. This method couples an aldehyde and an amine salt in the presence of a catalyst and an oxidant, generating an amide in one step.
Nontoxic and cheap catalysts with sufficient chemical activity for amide transformation are hard to find. To identify an efficient and inexpensive catalyst, the team screened a range of iron compounds and discovered that iron(II) sulfate (see image), a supplement for anemia that costs less than a dollar per kilogram, has strong potential to catalyze amide formation from aldehydes with amine salts.
Apart from the environmentally benign iron catalyst, the transformation uses an inexpensive oxidant known as tert-butyl hydroperoxide and very cheap calcium carbonate, the main composition of limestone, as a base. By combining these inexpensive ingredients together, the researchers achieved excellent amide yields under conditions convenient for both laboratory and industrial operations.
Further experiments revealed the versatility of this amide synthesis. A range of amine salts and aldehydes with different structural and electronic features could be transformed into amides with good-to-excellent yields. Importantly, salts derived from natural amino acids such as valine and proline also underwent oxidative amidation without disrupting their chirality or 'handedness' -- a critical structural phenomenon for drug molecules and peptides.
The team demonstrated the potential of this iron-catalyzed amidation for drug manufacturing by synthesizing the antiarrhythmic drug N-acetylprocainamide in a one-step procedure that is more efficient than previous multiple-step routes. "This environmentally benign method has significant advantages over conventional techniques," says Chen, "and we intend to identify pharmaceutical targets where this promising method could bring about significant cost-savings and improved sustainability."
The A*STAR-affiliated researchers contributing to this research are from the Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences
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- Subhash Chandra Ghosh, Joyce S. Y. Ngiam, Christina L. L. Chai, Abdul M. Seayad, Tuan Thanh Dang and Anqi Chen. Iron-catalyzed efficient synthesis of amides from aldehydes and amine hydrochloride salts. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, Volume 354, Issue 8, May 21, 2012, Pages: 1407%u20131412 DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201200020
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Monday, February 4, 2013
Affleck's 'Argo' wins Directors Guild top honor
LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Ben Affleck has won the top film honor from the Directors Guild of America for his CIA thriller "Argo," further sealing its status as best-picture front-runner at the Academy Awards.
Saturday's prize also normally would make Affleck a near shoo-in to win best-director at the Feb. 24 Oscars, since the Directors Guild recipient nearly always goes on to claim the same prize at Hollywood's biggest night.
But Affleck surprisingly missed out on an Oscar directing nomination, along with several other key favorites, including fellow Directors Guild contenders Kathryn Bigelow for "Zero Dark Thirty" and Tom Hooper for "Les Miserables."
Affleck's Oscar snub has not hurt "Argo" and may even have earned it some favor among awards voters as an underdog favorite. "Argo" has dominated other awards since the Oscar nominations.
"I don't think that this makes me a real director, but I think it means I'm on my way," said Affleck, who won for just his third film behind the camera.
The Directors Guild honors continued Hollywood's strange awards season, which could culminate with a big Oscar win for Affleck's "Argo." The guild's prize for best director typically is a final blessing for the film that goes on to win best-picture and director at the Oscars.
Affleck can go only one-for-two at the Oscars, though. While "Argo" is up for best picture, the director's branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences overlooked him for a directing slot.
Backstage at the Directors Guild honors, Affleck said he had nothing but respect for the academy and that "you're not entitled to anything."
"I'm thrilled and honored that the academy nominated me as a producer of the movie," Affleck said. "I know our movie, we're a little bit underdog and a little bit the little engine that could, and you take me out of it maybe helps ... it's just about that picture. I feel like it's OK, I'm really lucky, I'm in a good place."
With 12 Oscar nominations, Steven Spielberg's Civil War saga "Lincoln" initially looked like the Oscar favorite over such other potential favorites as "Argo," ''Les Miserables" and "Zero Dark Thirty," since films generally have little chance of winning best picture if they are not nominated for best director. Only three films have done it in 84 years, most recently 1989's best-picture champ "Driving Miss Daisy," which failed to earn a directing nomination for Bruce Beresford.
But Affleck's "Argo," in which he also stars as a CIA operative who hatches a bold plan to rescue six Americans during the hostage crisis in Iran, has swept up all the major awards since the Oscar nominations. "Argo" won best drama and director at the Golden Globes and top film honors from the Screen Actors Guild and the Producers Guild of America.
Many of the same film professionals who vote in guild awards also cast ballots for the Oscars, so all the wins for "Argo" are a strong sign that the film has the inside track for best picture.
Milos Forman, a two-time Directors Guild and Oscar winner for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and "Amadeus," received the group's lifetime-achievement award. Guild President Taylor Hackford let the crowd in a toast to Forman, who was ill and unable to attend.
Malik Bendjelloul won the guild's documentary award for "Searching for Sugar Man," his study of the fate of critically acclaimed but obscure 1970s singer-songwriter Rodriquez. The film also is nominated for best documentary at the Oscars.
Jay Roach won the guild trophy for TV movies and miniseries for "Game Change," his drama starring Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin in her 2008 vice-presidential run.
Roach said that he watched John McCain rush to choose Palin as his running-mate, potentially putting her second in line for the presidency.
"I said, 'We gotta talk about this,'" Roach joked.
"Girls" star Lena Dunham earned the guild honor for TV comedy, while Rian Johnson won for drama series for "Breaking Bad."
Dunham won for directing the pilot of "Girls," which focuses on the lives of a group of women in their 20s.
"It is such an unbelievable honor to be in the company of the people in this room, who have made me want to do this with my life," Dunham said.
Filmmaker Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu ("Babel," ''Amores Perros") won for best commercial for a Procter and Gamble spot he directed.
Among other TV winners:
? Reality program: Brian Smith, "Master Chef."
? Musical variety: Glenn Weiss, "The 66th Annual Tony Awards."
? Daytime serial: Jill Mitwell, "One Life to Live."
? Children's program: Paul Hoen, "Let It Shine."
Affleck's win Saturday nicks the Directors Guild record as a strong forecast for the eventual directing recipient at the Oscars. Only six times in the 64-year history of the guild awards has the winner there failed to follow up with an Oscar. This will be the seventh, since Affleck is not up for the best-director Oscar.
Peer loyalty might play in Affleck's favor at the Oscars. The acting branch in particular, the largest block of the academy's 5,900 members, might really throw its weight behind "Argo" because of Affleck's directing snub. Actors love it when one of their own moves into a successful directing career, and Affleck ? who's rarely earned raves for his dramatic chops ? also delivers one of his best performances in "Argo."
Affleck has had no traction in acting honors this season, and he's joked that no one considered it a snub when he wasn't nominated for best actor. So a best-picture vote for "Argo" might be viewed as making right his omission from the directing lineup and acknowledging what a double-threat talent he's become in front of and behind the camera.
A best-picture prize also would send Affleck home with an Oscar. The award would go to the producers of "Argo": George Clooney, Grant Heslov and Affleck.
But it's not as though Affleck has never gotten his due at Hollywood awards before. He and Matt Damon jump-started their careers with 1997's "Good Will Hunting," for which they shared a screenplay Oscar.
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AP Entertainment Writer Sandy Cohen contributed to this report.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/afflecks-argo-wins-directors-guild-top-honor-063830435.html
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