Heading a soccer ball may affect cognitive performance

Feb. 27, 2013 ? Sports-related head injuries are a growing concern, and new research suggests that even less forceful actions like 'heading' a soccer ball may cause changes in performance on certain cognitive tasks, according to a paper published February 27 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Anne Sereno and colleagues from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

The researchers tested the effects of non-injurious head-to-ball impacts on cognitive function using a tablet-based app. They found that high school female soccer players were significantly slower than non-players on a task that required pointing away from a target on the screen, but showed no difference in performance when pointing to the on-screen visual target.

According to the study, tasks that involve pointing away from a target require specific voluntary responses, whereas moving toward a target is a more reflexive response. Based on their observations, the authors conclude that sub-concussive blows to the head may cause changes specifically linked to certain cognitive functions.

The authors say that the app used in their research may be a quick and effective way to screen for and track cognitive changes in athletes. They add that a tablet-based application for such quick screens may also have broader applications in the clinic or the field.

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Self help books and websites can benefit severely depressed patients

Feb. 26, 2013 ? Patients with severe depression show at least as good clinical benefit from 'low-intensity' interventions, such as self help books and interactive websites, as less severely ill patients, according to new research by The University of Manchester.

Depression is a major cause of disability worldwide and effective management of this is a key challenge for health care systems.

The study, funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), confirmed evidence that 'low-intensity' interventions provide significant clinical benefit. Initial severity of depression is one of the key variables determining who gets 'low' or 'high' intensity treatment, but this is largely based on epidemiological studies and clinical experience rather than high quality evidence.

Researchers from an international collaboration carrid out a meta-analysis of several studies involving 2470 patients with depression, all treated in a non-hospital setting. All studies were from the year 2000 or later with a sample size of more than 50 patients. The mean age in all studies was 35-45, and studies included patients with lower levels of depressive symptoms, as well as those with quite severe depression.

'Low-intensity' treatment was defined as interventions designed to help patients manage depressive symptoms such as self-help books or interactive websites, often with limited guidance and support from a health professional. Self-help groups were excluded.

The researchers found that patients with more severe depression at baseline derive "at least as good clinical benefit from 'low-intensity' interventions as less severely ill patients." They recommend including 'low-intensity' interventions in the first step of treating severely ill patients and encouraging the majority of patients to use them as the initial treatment option.

Professor Peter Bower, from The University of Manchester who led the research, said: "To better manage depression in the community, many services seek to provide simple forms of psychological therapy (so called 'low intensity' interventions) to depressed patients. We assessed whether more severely ill patients demonstrated better or worse treatment effects from 'low-intensity' treatments. We found no clinically meaningful differences in treatment effects between more and less severely ill patients receiving 'low-intensity' interventions. Patients with more severe depression can be offered 'low-intensity' treatments as part of a stepped care model."

The researchers also say that an important research question for the future is whether low-intensity treatments are cost-effective and if "initial experience with low intensity interventions could act as a barrier to further treatment."

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Can drones ever be constitutional?

Lyle Denniston looks at the concept that judges or Congress should have some say in the process of using drone aircraft to target suspected terrorists.

The statements at issue:

?No American prosecutor can imprison or execute someone except on the orders of a judge or jury. That fundamental principle applies no less to the suspected terrorists that the executive branch chooses to kill overseas. ? A growing number of lawmakers and experts are beginning to recognize that some form of judicial review is necessary for these killings, usually by missiles fired from unmanned drones. ?Creating a court to approve targeted killings is the first step Mr. Obama can take if he is serious about bringing national security policy back under the rule of law.?

? The New York Times, in an editorial on February 14, titled ?A Court for Targeted Killings.?

?Some politicians, pundits and professors have suggested that ?kill lists,? drone strikes and targeting protocols be submitted for ?independent judicial review??essentially, that federal judges ought to be assigned the task of monitoring, mediating and approving the killer instincts of our government. This is a very bad idea.

? Retired U.S. District Judge James Robertson, of Washington, D.C., in an op-ed column in The Washington Post on February 17, titled ?The wrong venue for drone review.?

?The drone court idea is a mistake. It is hard to think of something less suitable for a federal judge to rule on than the fast-moving and protean nature of targeting decisions. ? Putting aside the serious constitutional implications of such a proposal, courts are simply not institutionally equipped to play such a role.?

? Neal K. Katyal, Washington attorney and former Acting U.S. Solicitor General, in an op-ed column in The New York Times on February 20, titled ?Who Will Mind the Drones??

We checked the Constitution, and?

checkFrom the time of the Constitutional Convention until now, the separation of powers lodged in the national government was understood to be essential to Americans? liberty. James Madison went so far as to suggest, in Federalist No. 47, that ?the accumulation of all powers ? in the same hands ? may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.?

Of course, the three branches are not sealed off entirely from each other, but there are some core functions of each that cannot be shared. No matter how eagerly some policymakers want to put some legal restraints on the Obama administration?s policy of targeted killing by drones in waging war on terrorism, it is a near-certainty that the idea of handing to a civilian court the power to decide who could be killed, and when, would not withstand constitutional scrutiny.

It would turn judges into functioning adjuncts to the president?s ?war cabinet,? and give them a veto power over a policy that, however audacious or questionable, is still a part of the process of waging war.

Courts can judge the constitutionality of some exercises of war powers, when someone claiming to have been wronged can bring a lawsuit, but that is judicial, not military, work. The Supreme Court, for example, overturned President Harry Truman?s seizure of the nation?s steel mills in 1952 in the midst of the Korean War, because the steel industry went to the judicial branch with a constitutional grievance.

And the Supreme Court, during the war on terrorism, ruled in 2008 that Guantanamo Bay detainees have a constitutional right to challenge in a regular civilian court their prolonged confinement?in a case filed by detainees through their American lawyers.

One of the reasons that the Supreme Court can exercise that kind of power is that it has remained detached from the waging of war, and it can exercise an independent judgment over the constitutional dimensions of war.

Some say that setting up a drone court would be no different from giving judges the power to approve search warrants, or the power to judge life-or-death issues raised in capital punishment cases. But those, again, are judicial functions, carried out in the context of genuine legal ?cases or controversies,? in constitutional terms.

Imagine what would have happened in 1945, when the U.S. government chose to use atomic bombs as way to try to bring an end to the war against Japan, if the B-29 bomber, Enola Gay, could not be dispatched until an ?atomic bomb court? signed off on the flight plans and the target. That would have been a constitutional anomaly, indeed.

About Constitution Check

• In a continuing series of posts, Lyle Denniston provides responses based on the Constitution and its history to public statements about its meaning and what duties it imposes or rights it protects.

The administration?s drone policy has produced a yearning among some, perhaps many, for some independent review of the use of the power to call for the execution of an individual, even an American citizen, when suspected of being a terrorist threat. In an internal administration ?white paper? that was leaked to the media recently, the Justice Department strongly resisted any form of judicial review, and that was hardly surprising.

Under the Constitution, if there is to be some oversight of the use of drones, and especially of the choice of individuals to be killed by such methods, that has to be done by Congress?another branch that is politically accountable. Congress would have the option (and this was an alternative suggestion by attorney Neal Katyal in his column in The Times) of creating a quasi-independent review panel within the executive branch, to function rather like the ?inspector generals? do within executive agencies.

It is sometimes too easy, when a problem of governance newly arises, to forget the Madisonian view that concentration of government power is constitutionally dangerous. If there is a problem of accountability and transparency with the current targeted killing program, the answer lies with the political, not the judicial, branches?that is, until the unlikely day that a targeted individual can get into court before a drone strikes.

Lyle Denniston is the National Constitution Center?s Adviser on Constitutional Literacy. He has reported on the Supreme Court for 55 years, currently covering it for SCOTUSblog, an online clearinghouse of information about the Supreme Court?s work.

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Microsoft Says Windows Phone Store Now Features More Than 130K Apps, 40K New Developers Registered Since WP8 Launch

Microsoft only provides sporadic updates to how the Windows Phone Store is doing, but today, it used the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona to offer a few new numbers. According to Microsoft, there are now over 130,000 apps in the Windows Phone Store, and the average Windows Phone user has now downloaded 55 apps. App downloads, the company says, have increased by 75 percent since the Windows Phone 8 launch late last year, and paid app revenue has increased 91 percent. The Windows Phone developer ecosystem, too, is growing quickly, according to Microsoft. More than 40,000 new developers registered with the company in the first 90 days since the launch of Windows Phone 8, and there are now over 15,000 apps in the store that leverage features only available in Windows Phone 8. SDK downloads, too, are up and have now topped 500,000 ?since October 30, 2012. One thing that’s worth noting when looking at the number of new developers is that Microsoft reduced the price of registering as a developer from $99 per year to $8 for the first year during the eight days after the Windows Phone 8 launch, so the numbers may be a good bit higher because of this. New Dev Center App Microsoft also launched a mobile version of its Dev Center dashboard today. The Dev Center app?provides developers with easy access to all the key metrics about their app, including download data, crash trends and reviews. The app, of course, also features a live tile and lets developers share a link to their apps with others without having to go into the store first. To make Windows Phone even more attractive to developers, the company also teamed up with services ?like Box, mobile backend provider Buddy?and Photon Cloud, a service for game developers, to offer Windows Phone developers a number of special offers like free API calls and free service for a limited time.

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Adult home takes unusual approach to elderly care

CHESTNUT RIDGE, N.Y. (AP) ? At the Fellowship Community's adult home, workers are paid not according to what they do, but what they need; aging residents are encouraged to lend a hand at the farm, the candle shop or the pottery studio; and boisterous children are welcome around the old folks.

It's a home for the elderly in a commune-like setting, 30 miles from Manhattan, that takes an unusual approach, integrating seniors into the broader community and encouraging them to contribute to its welfare.

"It's a great place to live, and I think there's probably no better place in the world to die," says Joanne Karp, an 81-year-old resident who was supposed to be in her room recovering from eye surgery but instead was down the hall at the piano, accompanying three kids learning to play the recorder.

The 33-bed adult home is at the center of Fellowship Community, a collection of about 130 men, women and children founded in 1966 that offers seniors ? including the aging baby boom generation ? an alternative to living out their final years in traditional assisted-living homes or with their grown sons and daughters.

At most adult homes, a resident in decline would eventually have to go to a hospital or nursing home. But Fellowship has an exemption from state law that allows dying residents to stay there because "people have wanted to stay, and we have wanted to keep them," said administrator Ann Scharff, who helped found the community.

"We provide a space in which people can prepare to die in a way that is accepted and nourishing to them and fraught with meaning," Scharff said. "It's not something you run away from, but it's part of the whole spectrum of life, just as birth is part of life and is prepared for."

Situated on a hilltop in suburban Rockland County, Fellowship looks a bit like a village out of the past. Besides the farm and the pottery and candle shops, there are a dairy barn with 10 cows, a print shop, a metal shop, a "weavery" and a wood shop.

The 33-acre farm goes beyond organic, running on "biodynamic," or self-sustaining, principles, as much as a small farm can, said Jairo Gonzalez, the head gardener. Solar panels sparkle on the barn roof, and cow manure becomes compost.

Most of the adult home workers live in buildings surrounding it, as do about 35 independent seniors who don't yet need the services but plan to live out their days in the community. At meals, elders, workers and children dine together.

"We don't subscribe to 'Children should be seen and not heard,'" Scharff said.

Caring for the elderly is the main activity, but all the workers also have other responsibilities.

"In a typical work week, someone will be inside helping the elderly, meaning bringing meals, bathing, meds," said Will Bosch, head of the community's board of trustees. "But they'll also be doing building and grounds maintenance, planting, harvesting, milking."

Organizers decline to call it a commune but concede the spirit is similar. The philosophy behind it is called anthroposophy, "a source of spiritual knowledge and a practice of inner development," according to The Anthroposophical Society in America.

Elder care is practiced in somewhat similar fashion in at least two other anthroposophy-inspired communities: Camphill Ghent in Chatham, N.Y., and Hesperus Village in Vaughan, Ontario, near Toronto.

The area around Fellowship has several other organizations with ties to anthroposophy, including a private school, a bookstore and a co-op grocery that sells some of the community's crops. Fewer than half the adult home residents at Fellowship Community have any connection to anthroposophy, at least when they enter, Scharff said.

"We're an age-integrated community built around the central mission of care of the elderly," Bosch said. "The members want to be of service. They come because they know this is a place where they can contribute."

So Karp, the 81-year-old, teaches music and entertains the community at the piano.

"I think the reason people really appreciate this place is because they can be active and they can contribute and there's always something that needs doing," Karp said. "And it's nice when kids are glad to see you."

Other residents, or members, as they're called, have found similar niches.

Gwen Eisenmann, 91, a retired poet, leads poetry discussions and also likes to set the table before meals. Larry Fox, 74, a psychologist, treats patients at the Fellowship's medical office and said, "Where could I be at my age and be so happy to get up in the morning and look forward to the day?"

It's difficult, Bosch said, to find people to sign up for the communal life and work. It appeals to "people who are dismayed with the materialism of the world and are trying to get above it," he said. "People who are interested in an alternative lifestyle , not based on pocketing the most money they can for the least amount of work."

When elders come in, they pay a "life lease" of $27,500 to $50,000, depending on the space they will occupy in the adult home or the "lodges" surrounding it. In addition, they pay $700-$1,500 per month in rent, and up to $3,000 a month for care, depending on what they need.

Revenue from the adult home provides 60 percent of the nonprofit Fellowship Community's $3 million operating budget, with the rest coming from donations and the sale of produce, milk and crafts, home officials said. Donations completely fund the capital budget, make up any annual shortfall and subsidize the adult home.

The adult home is licensed and inspected by the state and is in good standing. It doesn't accept federal or state aid. Workers are paid according to need, and their housing, food and transportation ? there are community cars ? are included.

"Two people doing the same job might get very different stipends," Bosch said. "One might have children, one might not."

Matt Uppenbrink, 44, a former businessman in the fashion world who now lives at Fellowship with his wife and two children, is on the community's "financial circle" but also does his bit in the adult home.

"When I got my MBA, I didn't think I'd be helping somebody to go to the toilet," he said. "But years ago, with Grandma and Grandpa in the house, that's how it was done. What we do here is like helping a friend or helping a loved one. My dad is in a nursing home, and I wish he had this instead."

Rachel Berman, a 47-year-old former New York City teacher, lives at the community with her 10-year-old daughter.

"We cook, we farm, we care for the elderly," Berman said. "I was in the Peace Corps, and I lived for a while on a kibbutz in Israel, so community life was important to me."

The workers "get to see the stages of an elder's journey, different approaches to the end of life," Uppenbrink said. "You get to see the process happen. It gives you something to work with in terms of your own future."

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EDITOR'S NOTE _ Aging America is a joint AP-APME project examining the aging of the baby boomers and the impact of that so-called silver tsunami on society.

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Qualcomm announces Gobi chipset with LTE Advanced and Carrier Aggregation

Qualcomm, well known for both its radio chipsets and processors, is announcing today that its latest Gobi chipsets -- the MDM9225 and MDM9625 -- are capable of LTE Advanced and Carrier Aggregation for higher data speeds. Carrier Aggregation (which isn't what you'd think) is a technology that allows the LTE radio in a device to pull down data across multiple bands of spectrum. This means that a device could simultaneously receive data over two (or more) different frequencies, combining it to give data speeds similar to what it would be over a larger chunk of a single frequency. For example, if a carrier has deployed 10MHz of spectrum in one frequency and 10MHz in another, the chip could combine those two and give users the same experience as if the carrier had deployed 20MHz of continuous spectrum in one band.

This is some nerdy radio stuff, but the end result is very important. There's a lot of spectrum out there, but it's not always allocated to each operator in the most efficient way. As networks transition between older 3G technologies and LTE, the spectrum may not be allocated in complete 20MHz blocks for use by a single network. These new Qualcomm chips let devices connect to these disjointed bands simultaneously.

These new MDM9x25 chips are manufactured using a 28nm (nanometer) process, and offer LTE Advanced with downlink speeds up to 150mbps on top of extensive 2G and 3G (including DC-HSPA+) support all in one chip. The process has already been shown off inside of a Sierra Wireless mobile hotspot, and Qualcomm says that OEM partners began sampling the chips in November of last year to make it into consumer products in late 2013.

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New Albany set to get aquatics center, sports complex

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Updated yesterday at 11:21 PM

NEW ALBANY, Ind. (WHAS11) ? The New Albany community is set to get healthier thanks to a new aquatics center and sports complex.

The city council approved a lease agreement that will allow the city to issue a bond up to $19 million to help pay for the project.

The aquatic center would be built at the former Camille Wright pool site on Daisy Lane.

The sports complex would be off Silver Street while the soccer fields will be located in Binford Park.

New Albany?s redevelopment commission must give the final approval for the bond.
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NYPD Creates Special Apple Task Force to Catch iPad and iPhone Thieves

Thieves that go after Apple iPhones and iPads have become such a huge issue in New York that the NYPD has assigned a team of cops to work with Apple to get the stolen goods returned to their rightful owners. In December, it was reported that crime in the city had risen, with a significant increase in Apple product thefts.

The partnership between Apple and the NYPD is remarkable because Apple does not typically get involved in the retrieval of stolen goods, so this new task force could potentially mark a shift in the Cupertino-based company?s policy of non-involvement.

According to the New York Post, when an Apple device is stolen, NYPD detectives try to get tracking numbers, either from the victim or from online records. These numbers, which are otherwise known as the International Mobile Station Equipment Identity, are then passed onto Apple.

Apple takes the numbers and uses them to locate the stolen devices? current locations, which are then relayed back to the NYPD. Apple can track the devices even after they have been registered with a different wireless provider, which could mean Apple devices will get a lot harder to steal.

?We?re looking for ways to find individuals who have stolen Apple products and return the products to their original owners,? said NYPD spokesman Paul Browne. ?It is being done to learn the pattern who is stealing.?

Apparently, one iPad was tracked all the way to the Dominican Republic and returned via an officer who had been assigned to Santo Domingo. The new partnership was also used to track a man who had been selling stolen iPads at a city bus stop.

Though there?s no word on whether law enforcement agencies in other states plan to work alongside Apple to find stolen devices, iPads and iPhones in New York may soon be far safer as potential iDevice thieves get wind of the partnership between the NYPD and Apple.

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After election win, Anastasiades faces Cyprus bailout quagmire

NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cypriot president-elect Nicos Anastasiades faces weeks of difficult talks with foreign lenders on a financial rescue for the island nation after sweeping to a resounding victory in a run-off election on Sunday.

Eight months of inconclusive talks on a bailout package have turned tiny Cyprus into a big headache for the euro zone, triggering fears of a financial collapse that reignites the bloc's debt crisis.

In his first comments after his victory, Anastasiades pledged to hammer out a quick deal with foreign lenders and bring Cyprus closer to Europe, in a shift from the policies of the outgoing Communist government that first sought aid from Russia before turning to the EU.

"We want Europe on our side. We will be absolutely consistent and meet our promises. Cyprus belongs to Europe," Anastasiades told jubilant supporters blowing horns. "We will restore the credibility of Cyprus in Europe and internationally. I promise you."

Anastasiades, who will be sworn in on Thursday and assume power on March 1, will have little time to celebrate.

European officials want a bailout agreed by the end of March, but the 66-year-old lawyer will first have to overcome German fears that Cyprus is a hub for Russian money laundering and worries that it will never be able to pay back its debt.

Known for his no-nonsense style and impressive access to key European policymakers like German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Anastasisades took 57.5 percent of the vote, 15 points ahead of his anti-austerity Communist-backed rival Stavros Malas.

The decisive outcome showed a clear mandate from Cypriots for an aggressive, pro-bailout approach to resolving the nation's financial quagmire, despite growing despondency over austerity measures that will have to accompany any such rescue.

Financial markets had been hoping for an Anastasiades victory to speed up a joint rescue by the European Union and International Monetary Fund before the island runs out of cash and derails the fragile confidence returning to the euro zone.

Talks to rescue Nicosia have dragged on since June, after a Greek sovereign debt restructuring saddled its banks with losses. It is expected to need up to 17 billion euros in aid - about the size of its entire economy.

Virtually all rescue options - from a bailout loan to a debt write-down or slapping losses on bank depositors - are proving unpalatable because they push Cypriot debt to unmanageable levels or risk hurting investor sentiment elsewhere in the bloc.

German misgivings about Cyprus's commitment to fighting money laundering and its strong financial ties with Russia - which has already extended a 2.5 billion euro loan to the nation - have further complicated the negotiations.

CLOSER TO EUROPE

Anastasiades takes the reins of a Mediterranean nation ravaged by its worst economic crisis in four decades, with unemployment at a record high of 15 percent. Pay cuts and tax hikes ahead of a bailout have further soured the national mood.

His most immediate task will be to appoint a finance minister who can convince Europeans to agree a swift bailout. The favorite for the post is former finance minister Michael Sarris, a respected former World Bank economist.

Anastasiades has stressed his pro-EU credentials make him more likely to seal a bailout deal than the outgoing president, who was the EU's only Communist leader.

EU Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso said he spoke to Anastasiades after the victory and assured him that the bloc was committed to helping Cyprus overcome its problems.

In a clear shift with the policies of his predecessor who objected to any links with NATO, Anastasiades said one of his first tasks would be to apply for Cypriot membership of the NATO-affiliated Partnership for Peace.

Cyprus's Communist government held NATO responsible for what it says was a conspiracy to split the island in 1974, when it was ethnically divided between Greek and Turkish Cypriots.

"We need a government with weight that can talk to (EU) partners, that is cooperative, that can be heard and do what it pledges to do," Christopher Pissarides, a Cypriot who won the Nobel prize in economics in 2010 told Reuters.

"We hadn't been doing this until now."

(Additional reporting by Stelios Orphanides; Writing by Deepa Babington; Editing by Stephen Powell)

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Military suicides taken seriously - Sat, 23 Feb 2013 PST

As a member of the Military Suicide Research Consortium, I?d like readers to know four?things:

1) Your tax dollars now support a new research mission to reduce military suicides. Civilian applications could follow. Seven studies are under way; more are?planned.

2) The vast majority of service men and women are resourceful, psychologically and emotionally sound, able and resilient. While military and veteran suicide rates make headlines, thousands of at-risk soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines receive help, support and competent treatment within the military. We wish we could say the same for all our veterans, but it should??

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As a member of the Military Suicide Research Consortium, I?d like readers to know four?things:

1) Your tax dollars now support a new research mission to reduce military suicides. Civilian applications could follow. Seven studies are under way; more are?planned.

2) The vast majority of service men and women are resourceful, psychologically and emotionally sound, able and resilient. While military and veteran suicide rates make headlines, thousands of at-risk soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines receive help, support and competent treatment within the military. We wish we could say the same for all our veterans, but it should be remembered that most veterans who die by suicide are not receiving services from the Veterans Administration ? the only health care system in America paying serious attention to suicide?prevention.

3) We train our warriors to be self-reliant, 10-feet tall and bulletproof. Expecting Rambo to call a crisis line is counter not only to boot camp expectations, but to the evolutionary history of human?males.

4) Lesson: Don?t wait for a solider or veteran to ask for help; if you see signs of distress, reach out, now, and offer help in any way you?can.

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I updated CM10 on my AT&T Galaxy S3 to the 4.2.1 version from the 4.1.1 version and it worked fine except I lost all my contacts, so then I found out that I needed to flash Gapps, which I did but then as soon as I booted the phone it wouldn't load and kept telling me all the Gapps stuff has stopped working so then I made it to the settings screen and then reboot into recovery and reflashed the CM10 nightly and now the phone won't boot past the rotating CyanogenMod logo and recovery won't work and nor will download mode. I have no idea what to do and I am going nuts as I need the phone tomorrow. PLEASE HELP.

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Source: http://androidforums.com/t-galaxy-s3-all-things-root/692036-help-galaxy-s3-fubar.html

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Running Together, Not Apart: Couples exercise means physical ...

Aline Potvin

It?s not just the candy companies that seek to target couples this Valentine?s day. One of the hottest new topics in medicine and primary care is the impact social interactions can have on our overall health and health behaviors. It can?t be denied that our most intimate romantic relationships can greatly impact our overall activity, self-esteem, and motivation. What they are learning now is that we affect our significant others in a measurable way and can influence overall success in physical health and weight loss. So how exactly does exercising with your partner make the process that much easier?

• You actually stick to your exercise regimen: A 2007 study proposed that couple and family oriented approaches to physical health and weight loss in primary care had the potential to be much more successful in reaching objectives. Anyone that has a gym buddy knows sticking to a routine is much easier when you have someone keeping you accountable.

• Your intimate life can be improved: It?s no secret that physical activity has many health benefits, and that couple intimacy can be greatly improved when both partners are feeling healthy and vital. When individuals are stressed out or are experiencing low self-esteem, typically sex drive is the first thing to fall off the wagon.

• You?ll increase your odds of losing/maintaining your weight: Marriage or cohabiting with a partner has the potential to increase one?s waistline, several studies have observed. In fact, as of 2006 approximately 70 percent of married men and 54 percent of married women were overweight. Luckily, exercising together and implementing healthy dietary habits can just as easily allow us to lose weight.

• You?ll get all the other benefits of exercise: Stronger than any pill or supplement, exercise is, in most cases, the real ticket to increasing overall energy, regulating sleep, enhancing cognitive ability, and managing stress. It?s measurable too. A 2007 study showed significant decrease in female heart rate and cortisol (stress hormone) levels when couples were physically active and in contact with each other.

But let?s take a trip back to reality. Everyone knows people have busy lives, kids to take care of, and schedules to align. What are some quick tips for couples trying to integrate more exercise into their mutual activity list?

• Start small: Sometimes it?s impossible to integrate earth-shattering schedule changes to a bustling family. If you and your partner can only afford a 20 minute walk when you?re talking about the latest fuel bill, it?s better than nothing. Over time, you?ll still notice a difference in your overall wellbeing. Start with small goals, like walking/running a local 5K together that benefits your kids school or a favorite charity.

• Find a mutual activity: Sometimes its difficult to find activities you both will enjoy, and you may have to try multiple things. It?s important to remember, however, that you will be more successful if you can support each other in your efforts.

• Don?t compete: When couples work out together, sometimes it?s tempting to start having a ?weight loss race.? However, it?s important to remember that love and support will provide much more long-term benefit than bragging to your spouse about your superior athletic abilities. The effort should be mutual and have a foundation of respect.

• Value your rest time: If you?re both working so hard, remember your weight and physical health is greatly influenced by how well you are both sleeping. Research has shown a strong correlation between sleep duration, quality, and weight gain. Make sure your nest provides all the right conditions for restorative rest. Create a room with total darkness, minimal background noises, and have at least a half hour of wind-down time free of tv and internet surfing before you try to hit the hay.

So as many celebrate Valentine?s Day this week, consider what impact you and your partner can have on each others? health. What better way to honor a relationship than to ensure you both are happy, healthy, and supported.

Any other thoughts or questions on couples health? Leave a comment below or email Dr. Potvin at arp.naturod@gmail.com. Cheers!

Source: http://www.dailybulldog.com/db/health/running-together-not-apart-couples-exercise-means-physical-fitness-success/

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In Timbuktu, al-Qaida left behind strategic plans

TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) ? The Associated Press has discovered a confidential letter written by a senior al-Qaida commander, spelling out the terror network's strategy for conquering northern Mali.

The nine-page letter, found on the floor of a house occupied by the fighters, is signed by Abdelmalek Droukdel, the leader of al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb.

The document reveals that al-Qaida recognized its own vulnerability in the face of the pending military intervention, launched by France in January to oust the extremists. It also shows a sharp discord within al-Qaida's local chapter over how strictly to apply Islamic law, with Droukdel expressing dismay over the whipping of women and the destruction of Timbuktu's shrines. It indicates the cell is willing to make short-term concessions on ideology to gain the allies it acknowledges it needs.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/timbuktu-al-qaida-left-behind-strategic-plans-171226606.html

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India inflation drops to 3-year low of 6.6 percent

MUMBAI, India (AP) ? India's stubbornly high inflation eased to a three-year low of 6.6 percent in January, a glimmer of good economic news that adds to expectations the central bank will further reduce interest rates to boost slowing growth.

Wholesale price inflation released Thursday was down from 7.2 percent year-on-year in December.

India's economy is expanding at its slowest pace in a decade, with gross domestic product predicted to grow as little 5 percent in the fiscal year ending in March. That's down from 9 percent in early 2011, and it's paired with rising budget and current account deficits.

Worrisomely high inflation has been the main reason that the Reserve Bank of India has hesitated to cut interest rates to stimulate investment and spending.

The easing of inflation pressure ? the index has now inched down for four months ? gives the central bank more scope to lower borrowing costs but many analysts say the cuts won't be large as inflation is still higher than the RBI would like. The bank has pledged to bring wholesale inflation down to below 4.5 percent.

Manufactured goods led the drop in overall inflation, with price rises slowing to 4.8 percent in January over a year earlier. Fuel and power costs were up by 7.1 percent, but that was down from 9.4 percent in December. Food prices, which are more volatile, recorded some sharp increases. Pulses were up 16.9 percent and potatoes surged 79.1 percent.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/india-inflation-drops-3-low-6-6-percent-081844638--finance.html

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Humanitarian aid workers in Uganda show signs of stress, depression, and burnout

Feb. 1, 2013 ? The latest research points to the high risk for mental health problems among staff working in humanitarian organizations in northern Uganda, due in large part to their work environment. A new study by researchers at Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health examined the mental health of 376 Ugandan workers at 21 humanitarian aid agencies and found that a significant number of the staff at these organizations experienced high levels of symptoms for depression (68%), anxiety disorders (53%), and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (26%), respectively.

Research up to now has focused on international or expatriate staff; the new study looks at humanitarian workers who are nationals of the country where they work. Workers in Gulu, Northern Uganda, are of particular interest because of their high exposure to chronic and traumatic stress following many years of conflict between the Lord's resistance Army (LRA) and the Government of Uganda forces.

Findings are published in the Journal of Traumatic Stress.

The study, based on self-reported symptoms, showed that female workers reported significantly more symptoms of anxiety, depression, PTSD, and emotional exhaustion than males. Between one-quarter and one-half of all respondents reported symptom levels associated with high risk for burnout. Chronic stressors such as financial hardship, uncertainty whether peace will continue, separation from close family, and unequal treatment of expatriate and national staff were among those cited for causing these adverse mental health effects.

"While women reported higher levels of distress than men on four of the outcomes, greater risk of poor mental health among women has been indicated by a number of studies in northern Uganda," says Alastair Ager, PhD, Professor of Clinical Population and Family Health and the study author. Therefore, he cautions against interpreting this trend purely in relation to the demands and exposures of humanitarian work.

Workers with the United Nations and its related agencies reported fewest overall symptoms. In comparison, those working for international NGOs reported significantly more signs of depression. Dr. Ager points to the structure of the UN and related organizations that serves as a protective function for national humanitarian workers.

"Although increased exposure to stressors is an inevitable consequence of working in humanitarian contexts, these findings clearly demonstrate that the characteristics of the organizational environment significantly influence the mental health and wellbeing of staff in such settings," noted Dr. Ager, who is also Director of the Program in Leadership in Global Health and Humanitarian Systems at the Mailman School.

The findings also show that over 50% of workers experienced five or more categories of traumatic events. Higher levels of social support, stronger team cohesion, and reduced exposure to chronic stressors were associated with improved mental health.

There are therefore a number of practical measures that the humanitarian agencies can do to help lessen the adverse mental health reported by workers and fortify social support mechanisms, according to Dr. Ager. These actions are:

? enabling access to the telephone or Internet for personal communications

? discouraging "presenteeism" and excessive hours spent at work

? training managers to explicitly recognize good work performance, resolve conflict within teams, and show a commitment to employee welfare

The research was facilitated through collaboration between Child Fund International, the Antares Foundation (a Dutch organization addressing stress issues in humanitarian workers), the Fuller Theological Seminary and the Centers for Disease Control.

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1. Alastair Ager, Eba Pasha, Gary Yu, Thomas Duke, Cynthia Eriksson, Barbara Lopes Cardozo. Stress, Mental Health, and Burnout in National Humanitarian Aid Workers in Gulu, Northern Uganda. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 2012; 25 (6): 713 DOI: 10.1002/jts.21764

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Lil Wayne Did Not Cut His Dreads

Despite numerous online reports, MTV News confirms that Lil Wayne did not cut his iconic hairdo.
By Rob Markman

Lil Wayne at a pre-Super Bowl party in New Orleans on Friday
Photo: Kelley Carter

Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1701233/lil-wayne-dreads.jhtml

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Calendar Views, Frozen Macs, and Address Bar Shortcuts

Readers offer their best tips for making Google Calendar easy to read, finding out when your Mac has frozen, and getting to Firefox's address bar quickly.

Every day we receive boatloads of great reader tips in our inbox, but for various reasons?maybe they're a bit too niche, maybe we couldn't find a good way to present it, or maybe we just couldn't fit it in?the tip didn't make the front page. From the Tips Box is where we round up some of our favorites for your buffet-style consumption. Got a tip of your own to share? Add it in the comments, email it to tips at lifehacker.com, or share it on our tips and expert pages.

Use a Customized Background to Differentiate Weekends in Google Calendar

CSGeek shares a couple of custom backgrounds for Google Calendar:

I uploaded this background to my Google calendar to help differentiate between weekdays and weekends (weekends are blue). These are PNGs images so it's easy to alter the colors to suit your taste. Three flavors for the three different day grouping preferences:

Unfortunately, Google Calendar keeps a white background over all of your events (as you can see in the image), which is kind of annoying, but it is a handy little tweak.

Discover Freezes on Your Mac with a Flashing Clock

Judacris can tell when his Mac has frozen nearly instantaneously:

My Mac freezes sometimes and I've learned that a frozen clock on a menubar can mean a frozen Mac. Having the time separators blink will cut questioning yourself if your Mac is not responding down to a second.

(Blink the time separators by heading to Date & Time in System Preferences.)

Simplify Awesome Bar Uses the Address Bar Whenever You Start Typing in Firefox

Brett discovers a handy little extension for Firefox:

Just found a cool Firefox extension called Simplify Awesome Bar. After you install it, you can just start typing anywhere to start typing in Firefox's address bar. No need to hit Ctrl+L or click on the bar! You can also select text to copy it to the address bar, integrate it with bookmark keyboards, and do a lot more.

Turn The Placket from an Old Shirt Into a Tie Straightener

Nundango tells us another way to keep your tie straight:

Another alternative for tie keeping? Cut off the placket (the doubled-over fabric edge where the buttons fasten through the front of the shirt)-2 button holes works great-from an old shirt. Pass the placket through tie's loop label, and fasten your shirt's buttons through the holes on the placket. Voila! Instant tie holder! You can even tuck the tail in between the loop label and placket to keep it out of the way!

You could just use a tie clip of course, but if you aren't a fan of that look, this could work too I suppose. Photo by Quinn Dombrowski.

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/1L-GEYWUYvo/calendar-views-frozen-macs-and-address-bar-shortcuts

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