DearMYRTLE's Genealogy Blog: DEADLINE: Share A Memory ...

DearREADERS,
Just a reminder to submit your entries for the 2012 "Share a Memory" Contest. Carrie Keele, of Not Your Mother's Genealogy and Ol' Myrt of DearMYRTLE's Genealogy Blog will tell accept entries through midnight Pacific US Time 30 September 2012, and announce winners on 5 October 2012 during Family History Month here in the USA. But thanks to the internet, you don't have to live in the USA to "Share a Memory".
It could be a child's memory, an ancestor's story, a reunion memory, a recipe story, a back to school memory, a family ski vacay story, a camping trip memory, a water-skiing story, a miracle memory, a do-it-yourself project story, a favorite thing memory, a cousin story, a birthday memory...?

GET IT??! Any story to preserve the memory for your family members can be submitted to this contest.

In this video we share several ideas to get you started:

but you could also do something like:

• Remind a 5 year old how proud you are he can ride his bike without the training wheels by sharing the video clip on YouTube for the world to see.
• Blog about how you made that family photo quilt.?
  
• Use Instagram to begin sharing ancestor photos with your siblings and cousins, preserving family history?
• Share a joke your Dad always used to tell via FB or your blog.?
• Create a short video clip about that old family heirloom.

ALL PROJECTS are designed to "Share a Memory" with other members of your family. (Even if they don't like traditional family history work, they'll get a kick out of your work on this project!)?

HERE'S HOW:

Enter? the 2012 "Share a Memory" Challenge:

1. Create your "Share a Memory" project using any sort of technology to preserve the story.
2. Send us the the info with a link to your project, via Carrie's Facebook page:
   https://www.facebook.com/NotYourMothersGenealogy

   If it is an Instagram, or Twitter be sure to include:
   @NYMGenealogy?

   (for Not Your Mother's Genealogy!)
   @DearMYRTLE
   
   Simply copy/paste the following text to make it easy:
   
   @DearMYRTLE @NYMGenealogy #shareamemory Here's the link to my contest
3. Your entry post on Facebook must explain why you've chosen to share this particular memory, and how the rest of the family reacted to your "share".
4. Limit one project per "share".
5. More than one project "share" may be submitted.
6. By entering the contest, you agree to allow us to "share" your "share" in our blogs and on our Facebook pages.

DEADLINE: 30 Sept 2012, so we can begin to share your "shares" during October 2012, Family History Month in the USA.

JUDGING:

The decision of the judges will be purely arbitrary, chocolate bribes are welcome. No seriously -- the winner will be chosen at random, and the decisions of the judges are final.
PRIZES: The Prizes will be announced on 5 October 2012. The winners must submit a valid US mailing address to receive the grand prize, unless Amazon.com delivers to your address in other parts of the world. The prizes include:

GRAND PRIZE

2nd PRIZE - $50 Amazon.com Gift Certificate

3rd PRIZE - $25 Amazon.com Gift Certificate


Happy family tree climbing!
Myrt ? ? :)
DearMYRTLE,
Your friend in genealogy.


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Source: http://blog.dearmyrtle.com/2012/09/deadline-share-memory-contest-tomorrow.html

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Solid advice, but no magic bullet for keeping breast cancer at bay

There is no surefire way to prevent breast cancer, the experts say, no magic bullet to keep it at bay. But there are steps women can take to minimize their risk. And if they get the disease, there are things they can do to keep it from becoming life-threatening and lessen its impact on their quality of life.

Knowing the risk factors is a good place to start. First on everyone?s list should be family history. If you have breast cancer in your family background ? particularly in a ?first degree? relative such as a mother or sister ? you?re at risk.

?About 70-75 percent of breast cancers occur sporadically, with no family history,? said Stephanie Hines, a doctor of internal medicine and assistant professor of medicine at Mayo Clinic. ?Probably 5 to 10 percent of all breast cancers are caused by some gene that is being inherited through the family that we can track.?

When family history suggests higher risk, the doctor may recommend that a woman undergo genetic testing. ?If the test comes back positive,? Hines said, ?it?s because of a gene mutation such as BRCA 1 or BRCA 2 and a known level of risk. And that?s when we tend to be more proactive in terms of screening and prevention.?

A negative result can still give important information to doctors. ?It means we don?t know why they developed breast cancer. The woman is still likely to be at higher risk because of family history.?

While there?s not much women can do about their family history, they can take control of their overall health to reduce their risk. ?One thing that has been linked to breast cancer is alcohol,? said Hines. ?There have been some studies that suggest that women who drink regularly may have a slightly higher risk of breast cancer than women who don?t.?

Some studies also show a correlation between excess weight and breast cancer. ?I usually discuss with patients the importance of healthy weight, exercising regularly, eating plenty of fruits and vegetables and minimizing alcohol,? Hines said.

A healthy lifestyle can help fend off cancer, she said. ?Some studies have found that women with breast cancer who eat lots of fruits and vegetables and exercise regularly have better survival outcomes than women who don?t.?

Regular mammograms, breast exams and breast self-awareness are very important to ensuring that if woman does get breast cancer, it is found early and treated. Troy Guthrie, Jr. medical director of the Baptist Cancer Institute, encourages women to follow the American Cancer Society?s guidelines, beginning annual mammograms at age 40.

?There?s no question that early detection saves lives,? he said. ?Early in my career, we mostly saw advanced breast cancer and most of those women were destined to ultimately die. Nowadays, we?re finding women who have smaller tumors and are being cured. Early detection doesn?t prevent breast cancer; it just finds it in an early stage where it is unlikely to do harm.?

Medication is also used in the fight against breast cancer in high-risk women or to prevent reoccurrence in women who have been treated for the disease. Tamoxifen for premenopausal women, and raloxifene or exemestane for postmenopausal women, when taken for a number of years, can reduce cancer risk significantly.

Some women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer opt for a surgical approach to reducing their risk. These women?s cancer is small enough to be treated with a lumpectomy, where just the malignancy and tissue around it is excised, but they instead choose a mastectomy, where the entire breast is removed.

?Sometimes young women want to do this for peace of mind,? Hines says. ?They?ll say, ?I?m more comfortable this way, because if I go back for another mammogram and something?s there and I need another biopsy, my nerves are not going to handle that very well. I?ll have better quality of life just knowing this has been done.???

Peace of mind is also often the goal of a woman who chooses a bilateral mastectomy, in which a healthy breast is removed in addition to the diseased one. Bilateral mastectomy ?reduces risk for women by 90 to 95 percent,? said Hines. ?And while it?s not 100 percent, it?s the most definitive thing we can do to reduce risk.?

However, bilateral mastectomies are not recommended lightly.

?Because this surgery is irreversible, and considering the psychological consequences of not having breasts and the surgical risks of infection and anesthesia, we reserve bilateral mastectomies for women who have cancer or those who have an extremely high risk, such as BRCA genetic mutations,? Hines said.

Source: http://jacksonville.com/news/health-and-fitness/2012-09-30/story/solid-advice-no-magic-bullet-keeping-breast-cancer-bay

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My Town: Internet Auction of Surplus Property | FOX8.com ...

Posted on: 11:24 am, September 28, 2012, by Jennifer Winot, updated on: 11:37am, September 28, 2012

LAKE COUNTY, Ohio ? Audio visual, office and landscaping equipment, vehicles and more will be for sale during Lake Metroparks? sixth online auction.

The auction begins September 29 and will continue for a minimum of 15 days.

Potential bidders must make an appointment if they wish to inspect items prior to bidding. Items are located throughout the park district, so bidders need to contact Purchasing Manager Mark Evangelista at (440)639-7275 to make arrangements.

All items will be offered for sale ?as is, where is? with Lake Metroparks making no guarantee as to the condition of the items.

Buyers must pay within 10 business days and be responsible for removal of all items within 10 business days of the close of the auction.

Bidders may view and bid on items at the Lake Metroparks? auction website www.lmpauction.com.

Source: http://fox8.com/2012/09/28/my-town-internet-auction-of-surplus-property/

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Leading your Business to Its peak with Jade Scrivener | Web Design

Category: Internet Friday, September 28th, 2012 at 5:37 am

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Most web-based businesses get satisfied with just being on the internet for exposure. Indeed, this internet publicity is much wider in scope compared to other media when it comes to popularizing a trade. But since most people have already taken advantage of the internet visibility and accessibility, businesses belonging to the same genre are left with a stiff struggle for dominance. Here come the marketing and consulting powers of Jade Scrivener which have already made a hundred of trades earn their targeted profits.

Jade is expert in many search engine optimization techniques. He employs several efficient strategies that boost the chances of a business to earn its maximum leads. It is a common knowledge that when a business does not have enough leads, it?s potential for earning profits is trimmed down. Jade aids those who are having a hard time marketing their own sites and promoting their goods and services. He is trained and skilled at different areas of marketing and sales consulting even including sales leads, direct marketing, search engine optimization, database marketing, marketing consultant, marketing outsourcing, consulting in general, and direct marketing.

Jade Scrivener will satisfy business and clients? needs through Business to business marketing, leads generation and marketing communications. He will consistently make you reach prospects while beating your competitors down. He is also empowered to convert inquiries and mere clicks into sales and profits. How Jade does this is still a mystery knowing that there are already a lot of expert consultants thriving in the online market. But jade is a consultant who does his analysis according to current market trends. Knowing the condition of the market leads him to finding reasonable solutions to client problems. He can also address concerns about strong rivalry that pushes a business out of the mainstream.

Through the help of Jade, business owners need not to worry about anything because he handles the marketing from the beginning until its end and yet until the time that the business maintains a significant post in the search engine rankings. Jade consultancy is the key for businesses to earn what it deserves.

Source: http://createawebsiteeasy.com/leading-your-business-to-its-peak-with-jade-scrivener/

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Mitchell 2011 Chevrolet Impala Used Sedan near Sioux Falls, SD Brookings, SD Vern Eide Ford Lincoln for $14,945

• Color: Red
• Interior: Gray
• Stock#: F91684B
• Engine: 3.5L V6
• VIN: 2G1WG5EKXB1286677
• Transmission: Automatic 4-Speed
• Odometer: 45,153 mi.
• Body Style: FWD Sedan (4 Door)

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• Convenience

• • Compass
  • Tachometer
  • Power mirrors
  • Trip computer
  • Rear defogger
  • Cruise control
  • Power steering
  • Air conditioning
  • Tilt steering wheel
  • Remote power door locks
  • Interior air filtration
  • Clock - In-radio display
  • External temperature display
  • Power windows with 1 one-touch
  • Audio controls on steering wheel
  • Front air conditioning zones - Dual
  • Center Console - Full with covered storage
  • Multi-function remote - Trunk/hatch/door, remote engine start

• Technical

• • 4 Doors
  • 211 hp horsepower
  • Front-wheel drive
  • 3.5 liter V6 engine
  • Remote engine start
  • Automatic Transmission
  • Fuel economy EPA highway (mpg): 29 and EPA city (mpg): 19

• Safety

• • Passenger Airbag
  • Stability control
  • 4-wheel ABS brakes
  • Daytime running lights
  • Dusk sensing headlights
  • Front fog/driving lights
  • Traction control - ABS and driveline
  • Head airbags - Curtain 1st and 2nd row

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• • 6-way power adjustable drivers seat

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A Hot Chocolate to Drink Every Day - The Village Voice Blogs

Dish #19, a simple hot chocolate that's lovely on a rainy day (or any day)

Welcome to 100 Dishes to Eat Now, the tasty countdown leading up to our "Best of 2012" issue. Tune in each day (weekends too!) for a new dish from the Fork in the Road team.

Hot chocolate, $4

You probably already know Nunu, the charming Boerum Hill chocolate shop, for its dark, smoky, chocolate-covered caramels, sprinkled with sea salt. They're wonderfully rich and chewy, but on drizzly days like this, a hot chocolate is in order.

Nunu adds their 65% dark chocolate shavings to steamed milk for a frothy, well-balanced drink that's spot on -- not too sweet or thick, and tasting purely of good chocolate. You can pick up a bag of the shavings ($12) to whisk into hot milk at home, too.

Nunu Chocolates
529 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn
718-834-1818

Read the most recent posts on our food blog or check our longer weekly reviews. Contact the writer at trao@villagevoice.com.

Source: http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/2012/09/a_hot_chocolate_everyday.php

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Effects of Alcohol Consumption | Bodybuilding, Supplements, Diets ...

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Effects of Alcohol Consumption: Excessive consumption of alcohol can cause a lot of health problems, which include strokes, cirrhosis, accidents, sleep disturbances, and suicide. There are several adverse health problems that can arise because of excessive alcohol consumption. It is advisable to know about the risks before opting to drink.

Safe drinking: You need to know if the amount of alcohol that you consume is safe for you or not. If you are pregnant or have any medical problems, then you should not drink. Research has also shown that moderate consumption of alcohol can reduce the risk of heart disease.

The safe amount is two drinks per day for men and a drink a day for women. If you drink more than this per day or even binge over the weekends, then drinking can be hazardous to your health.

Alcohol Related Health Problems:
Accidents ? If you drink a lot, then it leads to motor skill impairment. This means that people become more prone to accidents and injuries can be serious.

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Studies have shown that several car accidents in the United States happen because of drunk driving.
Cancer ? Alcohol can also increase the risk of certain cancers of the liver, breast, esophagus, mouth, lips, larynx, pharynx, and gastrointestinal tract.
Cirrhosis ? Heavy drinking can cause cirrhosis of the liver and a lot of people die of this.
Digestive disturbances ? Digestive problems and heartburn are some of the problems that people suffer from if they drink heavily.
Heart disease ? Binge drinking and drinking too much can increase the chances of heart disease. People who already suffer from cardiovascular disease can die suddenly if they drink heavily.
Hemorrhagic stroke ? People who drink a lot are more at risk of getting hemorrhagic strokes.
High blood pressure ? People who drink more than three or four drink a day have a higher risk of getting high blood pressure.

Immune system suppression ? The immune function is suppressed because of excessive consumption of alcohol. So people who are heavy drinkers often take more time to recover from diseases and infections.
Neurological disorders ? Neurological disorders and alcohol-related dementia can lead to memory loss and cognitive impairment in heavy drinkers.
Obesity ? There are a host of other health problems that can happen because of obesity. Since alcohol has high sugar content, diabetes is one of the main health problems that can happen.
Pancreatitis, performance deficits, and poor judgment are some of the health problems that can happen because of excessive consumption of alcohol.

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Hints of consumer confidence emerge, but finances are still shaky for many

For some Americans, clues of confidence in the economy are unmistakable:

? In Davis, Calif., Jennifer Wolfe's family is seeing renewed curiosity in its music-teaching business. The local community is approving bonds and tax increases to support public schools. She's noticing gains in her retirement accounts.

? A movie theater near Eloah James' home in Columbia, Tenn., was a ghost town months ago. Now she says its business is bustling. Nearby storefronts that shuttered during the recession have reopened and are thriving.

? Morris Armstrong, a financial advisor in Danbury, Conn., says clients' interest in divorce and its financial repercussions is (strangely enough) a telltale sign that folks are feeling better economically.

These are just anecdotal nods to an awakening economy, for sure. But these snippets of consumerism do mirror a report released on Tuesday that says consumer confidence has hit a seven-month high. Still, increased morale hasn't seeped into all corners of the country. (For example, Maggie O'Leary of Oklahoma City says hiring still seems weak; her brother can't find full-time automotive work that would've been a cinch in a stronger economy.)

To get a sense of how Americans are feeling about the economy, and if they share the confidence found in Tuesday's survey, Yahoo News asked people across the country to offer their perspectives on their local economies.

Artist feels renewed confidence

For Robin Raven, more confidence in the economy allowed her to return to her chosen career?not just one that pays the bills. It also means not fretting about finding money to pay for health insurance or cover $3,000 worth of needed dental work.

"I was worried about having a freelance career," the Alabama resident writes in a story for Yahoo News. "Now I feel confident enough to soon leave the other job behind and continue with my full-time career as a writer and actress. I feel confident enough that I have founded my own publishing and production company. I feel confident enough buying journals, books, pens, stickers, and other little luxuries that I enjoy as an artist."

The rundown economy and a series of personal setbacks had forced Raven to take a job merely for the security it provided. Now that the country?to her, at least?seems to be rebounding, she says she feels safer.

"Every consumer has her own reasons for regaining the confidence to spend. I know that I feel more confident because of the increasing chances I see opening up for me in the near future. As more people are willing to support the arts, I am grateful for every opportunity I have to do what I love and hopefully give back to others in the process."

Indications of consumers' confidence abound

Eloah James, the Columbia, Tenn., resident, sees a marked difference in her hometown.

"Consumer confidence in the economy is at a recent high?and so is mine," she says. "To me, there are several clear and recent indications that Americans, at least here, are spending more money. And if they are spending more, that means they have more to spend."

For James, the measures of confidence are the local shops. In addition to the movie theater's resurgence, dependent businesses?like the local ice cream shop?are seeing more customers.

"While this is an isolated example, I see similar changes all over town and in the other cities where I spend much of my time. Store parking lots have more cars in them every day; store checkout lines have more people in them."

Not everyone shares the optimism

The economic boom eight years ago in Oklahoma City seems long ago to Maggie O'Leary.

"I don't feel any more confident than I have over the last few years," she writes, pointing out litany of lingering problems: no steady work, lost homes, temp jobs that don't lead to permanent positions, and jobs without benefits. Add in no health insurance, no life insurance and no short-term disability coverage, and O'Leary says it paints a bleak picture.

"People are struggling, and I don't see an end to this," she writes. "My brother worked a temp job for a year at a major automotive manufacturer. Last month he was laid off because the employer was required to bring him on as a permanent employee after a year and give him benefits. One month after he was laid off, they called him to come back to work. As much as he hates to do this, he has a family to feed so he's going to swallow his pride and go back to work."

O'Leary says her brother isn't the only one affected; her friends and other family share the experience. "So while the economy may be improving elsewhere, it's not here."

Economic confidence level related to the divorce rate

It's certainly an odd barometer. But financial advisor Morris Armstrong says divorce may mean renewed economic confidence. In 2009 and 2010, he says, there was a sharp decline in clients interested in divorce's financial implications.

Today, they feel it's in their means: "Now that portfolios have recovered and home prices have stabilized, many people are now readdressing the issue of divorce. I had clients this year remind me that, three years ago, they had spoken with me over the phone about divorce. But the economy prevented them from divorcing and now, they felt that they could afford it."

His business revenue is increasing because of it. But he notes, "It is sad that such a traumatic event may be a gauge of economic confidence, but we have to look for signs wherever we find them."

Consumer confidence is short-lived

Paterson, N.J., resident Dana R. Arevalo is unemployed and facing about $100,000 in student loans after earning her bachelor's degree and an MBA.

She's not confident: "Seven months is not long enough to believe the economy is changing for the better. Unemployment still remains a huge issue. The economy cannot change until individuals feel secure with employment and proven job growth. Families and individuals cannot afford to spend without being gainfully employed. Borrowing will lead one deeper into debt and hardship."

She notes August's unemployment rate of 9.9 percent in New Jersey, almost-$4 gas prices in nearby Pennsylvania and skyrocketing student loan debt.

"Does anyone recall that student-loan debt, talked about repeatedly throughout the year, is higher than credit card debt?" she asks. "We cannot afford to pay for school and leave school owing thousands of dollars with no jobs available in our fields."

"I live day to day," she says.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/hints-consumer-confidence-emerge-finances-still-shaky-many-221405532.html

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Apigee Builds New API Management Service For The Programmable Data Center

To address the new reality of our data driven world, we need better ways to manage the network. Google and later Amazon Web Services (AWS), embarked on that journey long ago. Now the market is beginning to catch up with new networked environments that are controlled more by software than physical switches, routers and controllers. Apigee is now providing management for these Software-Defined Networking (SDN) environments with a new API management offering needed to build, manage and scale applications for the programmable data center.

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Glance: A look at how the Nook HD stacks up

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FOR KIDS: Pathways to research: Connecting with scientists

Budding researchers get ahead by spending their free time working side by side with real scientists

Web edition : 4:48 pm

Not many scientists begin their careers with a busted knee. But that?s exactly how Evan Olin, now 18, got his start. While a freshman at Ossining High School in New York, this competitive runner ran so fast and so hard that he sustained serious injuries to both legs. It kept him off the track for months. Rather than becoming discouraged by his limping gait, however, Olin turned to science. He started exploring how intense activities ? like his long jogs ? could harm the human body.

The summer before his sophomore year, Olin landed a spot working in the lab of Gregory Gutierrez at New York University. Gutierrez studies how human joints develop and function. Eventually Olin started plopping experienced joggers onto treadmills to see how they ran when forced to jog barefoot ? a type of running that?s become popular among exercise fiends.

He and other students profiled here show how even high school students can begin to participate in interesting and important research.

Visit the new?Science News for Kids?website?and read the full story:?Pathways to research: Connecting with scientists

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Packers' loss ripples from Lambeau to White House

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) ? Entire stadiums have booed them. The Patriots' Bill Belichick grabbed one by the arm and the Redskins' Kyle Shanahan was so hopping mad he followed one into the tunnel after the game.

But it took the team that Vince Lombardi built, playing in a "Monday Night Football" headliner, to put the NFL's latest labor headache ? locked-out officials and their struggling, under-fire replacements ? front and center for the nation. Even President Barack Obama, a Bears fan slogging through a re-election campaign, weighed in Tuesday, saying, "We've got to get our refs back."

Is this where the NFL's lockout of its regular refs comes to an end? On a call that many believe cost the Packers and their Cheesehead-wearing followers a win at Seattle?

The NFL stood fast, giving no sign Tuesday that it was close to reaching a new labor pact with the referees' union. But the outrage grew beyond NFL players (risking fines for speaking out) like Falcons tight end Anthony Gonzalez, who tweeted: "How do you miss that? Pop Warner refs would have gotten that right."

LeBron James tweeted he was "sick" about it and Dirk Nowitzki said he was "not gonna watch another nfl game until real refs" return, while fans pretty much everywhere except Seattle concluded that Green Bay was robbed. Some threatened to boycott until order is restored and others tried to pull the plug on their NFL satellite television packages, only to be told that they can't cancel in the middle of the season.

"I don't really want to give them money if they're going to be greedy about things," said Packers fan Chris Kroening, who lives in Milwaukee. "It's just not that fun to watch any more. I can find better things to do on a Sunday afternoon than watch refs make bad calls."

For all their outrage, Kroening and Michael Mantuano, a Packers fan in Pine Bluff, Ark., both acknowledged that they would probably be watching on Sunday when Green Bay hosts the Saints.

"Yeah, I'm going to watch the game because I still love the Packers," Mantuano said. "But it's a bitter pill to swallow on Tuesday morning when it just clearly wasn't the right call."

It all started when Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson's last-gasp pass into the end zone appeared to be hauled down by Packers defensive back M.D. Jennings while Seahawks receiver Golden Tate also got his hands on the ball.

Two replacement officials made contrasting signals ? one indicated a touchdown, the other an interception ? and they eventually ruled on the field that Tate had simultaneous possession with Jennings, which counts as a reception by the offensive player.

Touchdown, Seattle. Game over, Packers.

The NFL acknowledged Tuesday that Tate should have been flagged for offensive pass interference earlier on the play, which would have ended the game with a Packers victory. But league officials said the referee was correct that no indisputable visual evidence existed on a replay review to overturn the touchdown call.

The result of the game, 14-12 Seattle, was final.

That's certainly not how the Packers saw it, insisting that Jennings clearly had intercepted the pass.

Quarterback Aaron Rodgers called it "awful" in his postgame interview and he didn't let up Tuesday. He called the league's conclusion "garbage" and said the officials were responsible for a "phantom" pass interference call earlier against the Packers before having "zero communication" after the final play.

"I've got to do something that the NFL is not going to do: I have to apologize to the fans," Rodgers said on his weekly radio show on ESPN 540-AM in Milwaukee. "Our sport is generated ? the multibillion-dollar machine ? is generated by people who pay good money to watch us play. And the product that's on the field is not being complemented by an appropriate set of officials.

"The games are getting out of control, and like I said in the first week, I said this, I'm OK with the replacement refs as long as they don't have a direct impact on the game," Rodgers said. "Obviously, last night, there was a direct impact on the game."

He added: "The game is being tarnished by an NFL who obviously cares more about saving some money than having the integrity of the game diminished."

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones told KRLD-FM in Dallas that he didn't catch the end of the game.

"I cut it off about halftime," he said. "I just read a little note in the paper that the Seahawks pulled it out."

Packers guard T.J. Lang posted a message on his Twitter account criticizing the call, then challenged the NFL to "Fine me and use the money to pay the regular refs." On Tuesday, Lang apologized for using profanity in his posts ? but said that was the only thing he regretted.

Fellow Packers offensive lineman Josh Sitton used his Twitter account to call on the NFL to come to Green Bay and apologize to the Packers.

"The NFL needs to get the refs back (before) we strike and they make no money!" Sitton posted after the game.

Rodgers, a players' union representative during the lockout, expressed skepticism about that happening and said, "Let's remember who we're dealing with."

"We're dealing with an NFL who locked out the players and said we're going to stand firm on our position," he said on the radio show. "... This is an NFL who gambled on some low-level referees, including the guy who makes the most important call last night, who's never had any professional experience."

After the so-called "Inaccurate Reception," a small Facebook group advocated an "Occupy Lambeau" protest movement before Sunday's game against New Orleans. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker used his Twitter account to call for the return of the regular officials ? a public show of support for locked-out unionized workers, an odd juxtaposition given his national reputation for going after public employee unions last year.

For all the bluster, few expect many empty seats or unwatched television sets on NFL Sundays.

"I mean, it's not the Packers' fault," Kroening said. "I pretty much live and die by watching them."

Mantuano, the other fan, said he was concerned that a team will miss the playoffs or a star player will get hurt because of a replacement official's mistake. He wondered aloud about the health of Rodgers, Tom Brady and Tony Romo.

Oddsmakers said millions of dollars changed hands on that now-famous play.

"Due to one call by the replacement refs, the bettors lost $150 million, and the bookie won $150 million for a total swing of $300 million on one debatably bad call," said RJ Bell of Las Vegas-based Pregame.com.

___

AP Sports Writer Rachel Cohen in New York and Associated Press writers Oskar Garcia in Honolulu and Scott Bauer in Madison, Wis., contributed to this story.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/packers-loss-ripples-lambeau-white-house-225741324--nfl.html

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Sudan, South Sudan leaders meet to discuss border security, oil deal

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Leaders from Sudan and South Sudan will meet on Sunday for the first time in a year to try to agree on border security so that South Sudan can start exporting oil again, a lifeline for both economies.

Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir and South Sudan's Salva Kiir will wrap up two weeks of negotiations in Ethiopia where the African Union (AU) has been mediating to try to end fighting along the 1,800-kilometre (1,200-mile) border.

The two countries must reach a comprehensive peace deal this weekend or risk incurring U.N. Security Council sanctions.

Such a deal would provide both nations with oil revenues needed to avoid economic collapse although they must also sort out other issues left outstanding at secession in July 2011.

The two reached an interim deal in August to restart oil exports from landlocked South Sudan through Sudan to its Red Sea ports after Juba had turned off wells in a row over export fees. But Sudan insists on first reaching a security accord.

The summit was due to take place in the southern capital Juba in April but was cancelled when the fighting broke out and South Sudan briefly seized an oilfield vital to Sudan's economy.

On Saturday, Sudan conditionally accepted an AU-brokered agreement, already agreed by South Sudan, for a demilitarized border zone along the entire border.

Bashir and Kiir are also expected to sign deals to boost trade and grant citizens of both nations residency in the other country, ending uncertainty for southerners stuck in the north.

South Sudan, where most follow Christianity and animism, seceded from the mainly Muslim north in July 2011 under a 2005 peace agreement that ended decades of civil war.

Secession left a long list of issues unresolved such as marking the border, fees for southern oil fees and ending accusations of rebel support in each other's territory.

The two have failed to implement previous agreements and have not made much progress at the talks over five disputed border areas. This will be left to a future round or possible lengthy arbitration.

The presidents are also expected to discuss a solution for the disputed border region of Abyei, where previous attempts to hold a referendum have failed because neither can agree on who is eligible to vote.

There was also no sign of progress in indirect talks held in Addis Ababa between Sudan and the rebel group Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-North) which is fighting the Sudan's army in two areas bordering South Sudan.

Khartoum accuses Juba of supporting the SPLM-North. South Sudan accuses Sudan of supporting militias in the new republic.

(Editing by Louise Ireland)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/sudan-south-sudan-leaders-meet-discuss-border-security-084341306.html

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Pay Day Loans the Crack Cocaine of Personal Finances

I said it! I meant it!

Yup, if you look down the side of this post, you will find ads for Pay Day Loans, for that I apologize, I need to look into Adsense on how to turn those off, but yes, Pay Day Loans are the Financial Equivalent of Crack to your finances.

I have no idea how Crack feels, and I do not wish to ever learn (I have much the same view on Pay Day Loans too), however, prevailing opinions is that Crack is highly addictive, and it?s high diminishes over time so you have to use it more but you still don?t ever reach that initial high, much like a Pay Day Loan. Pay Day Loans are highly financially addictive, and once you start using them, your financial well-being goes down hill quickly, and they are hard to kick as a habit.

Modern Day Loan Sharks

Why am I bitching about this still? Where I live in Ottawa is a relatively affluent area (although it does have a food bank), but it has more than a few Cheque Cashing/Pay Day Loan ?stores?. All I can ask is What the Hell is Going on?

Interest rates are ridiculously low and these places are spreading faster than the black death in the middle ages, what happens when interest rates start going up? There are more regulations on these places, but I just don?t understand why there are so damn many of them.

Please feel free to comment on this (any comments about how I am a hypocrite for having ads on my site for these parasites, expect a colourful reply, but take your arguments to Google for allowing them to advertise) topic, and any insight as to why they are multiplying in a Fibonacci sequence would be helpful too.

Source: http://www.canajunfinances.com/2012/09/24/pay-day-loans-the-crack-cocaine-of-personal-finances/

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GlobeChadFinn: RT @AmalieBenjamin: Here's both the bad and the ugly on the NFL's replacement officials: http://t.co/o2ZmGwpe

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There's a personal finance message in 'gangnam ... - Business Insider

The video for ?Gangnam Style,? a pop song by Korean rap star Psy (short for Psycho), has been raging across the world.

It has racked up 221 million YouTube views as of this writing and is the number one song downloaded on iTunes. Psy himself has been on a media tear in the United States and has appeared on the?MTV Video Music Awards,?Ellen?(twice),?The Today Show?and?Saturday Night Live.

And if you haven?t yet seen him, his addictive video or any of the many parodies it has spawned (by the?Oregon Duck mascot,?Naval Academy cadets, a?wedding party,?lifeguards?and?more), get ready to see more of him, because he has signed with Scooter Braun, the man who made stars of Justin Bieber and Carly Rae Jepsen.

But there?s no reason for a personal finance site to be writing about a silly song known for its horse-riding dance, right? Well, actually, it turns out this addictively catchy song and its accompanying video relay a lesson that could help you with your own spending habits.

What Gangnam Style Is All About

The words ?gang? and ?nam? literally mean ?south of the river,? but Gangnam with a capital G is an upscale neighborhood of Seoul (you guessed it) on the south side of the river. As the Beverly Hills of South Korea?s biggest city, it also occupies a psychic place in the minds of Korea?s 99% and represents the luxurious life for which they strive.

The neighborhood is just seven square miles but holds 7% of Korea?s GDP. For comparison, New York state, which is 3,000 times the size of Gangnam holds 7% of U.S. GDP. Forty-one percent of students at the nation?s most prestigious college, Seoul University, come from Gangnam, which in the U.S., would be like having 41% of Harvard students come from Manhattan.

The neighborhood is full of high-rise apartment buildings, high-end department stores, the city?s trendiest boutiques and hottest clubs, and a lot of plastic surgery clinics. As U.S.-based Korean blogger Jae Kim says in?her analysis of the song, ?In short, it?s like the U.S. Upper East Side plus Beverly Hills minus tradition; or I?d rather say it?s more like ?Dubai???and here, she refers to the area?s recent development??built on Korean cabbage and Korean pear fields.?

What ?Gangnam Style? The Song Is About

But Psy?s rendering of ?Gangnam Style? highlights the superficiality of this dream. In the opening scene, Psy is lounging on a beach, dreaming he is being fanned by a beautiful girl. As the camera pans out, you realize he is actually lying on a chair in a sandy children?s playground.

Then you see him in a tux with a girl on each arm, strutting as though down a red carpet, except they appear to be in an underground parking lot, and instead of confetti fluttering down upon them, trash is flying at them with blizzard-like force.

In another scene, he parties like a rock star in a bus outfitted with disco balls, but his fellow partygoers are retirees wearing sun visors.

Meanwhile, in all these scenes, he?s dancing as though he?s riding an invisible horse, almost as though he?s the knight of his own imaginary Camelot.

The Truth Behind This Lifestyle

While the video is hilarious and seems to offer a sharp critique of the Gangnam lifestyle, it is also based on some hard facts of the personal finances of South Koreans, as?The Atlantic?points out.

Many families appear to be pursuing the Gangnam lifestyle whether or not it fits within their budget. For instance, Psy states his ability to drink coffee in one gulp and expresses a desire for a woman who drinks coffee too. What is so special about coffee, which is cheap? Well it turns out that in Korea, there?s a popular joke about women who eat $2 ramen for lunch in order to afford a $6 coffee at Starbucks, mocking women who spend more than they can afford.

And indeed, spending more than you can afford seems to be the trend in Korea.?The Financial Times reports?that household debt in South Korea has reached a perilous high: 155% of disposable income, which is higher than the U.S. figure before the subprime mortgage crisis (138%).

The country?s obsession with achievement drives people to buy luxury handbags and cars and pay for expensive tutors that will get their children into the top universities, according to?The Washington Post.?Sadly, these aspirations outweigh any lessons that Koreans might have learned from?the credit crisis?the country endured in 2002, when Koreans had an average of almost five cards per person, and the government had to step in to bail out the country?s largest credit-card issuer.

While credit card ownership dropped to an average of about three per person afterward, it is back up to almost five again. A little over a year ago, the South Korean government and economists rolled out several policies to get Korean consumers to be more cautious about their spending before a crisis does it for them.

What You Can Learn From ?Gangnam Style?

So, now that you know the price Koreans pay for pursuing the Gangnam lifestyle, here?s what you can learn from this silly song:

• Don?t live beyond your means. If you want to buy something out of your reach, remember that studies show that while we often think that buying or owning something will make us happier, what actually happens is that after an initial spike, our happiness level reverts to what it was before the purchase. Also, when you feel tempted to buy something you can?t afford, ask yourself whether the joy you?ll get from this object is really worth the pain and stress of paying off the debt. And if your spending problem is simply not knowing where your money is going, then?set up a budget?in LearnVest's Money Center and?start tracking your expenses.
• Don?t try to keep up with the Joneses. Remember that everyone has a different life path and circumstances are constantly changing. You may envy your friend?s lifestyle now, but in a year, the tables may be turned. Besides, you never know: Your friend?s fabulous lifestyle may not be funded by cash, but by debt.
• Don?t get into credit card debt. While debt is debt, there are some kinds that are worse than others. Credit card debt is one of them because the interest compounds, meaning that with every day you don?t pay it off, it grows bigger. And unlike a student loan, a mortgage or a business loan, what you get out of it doesn?t appreciate in value or increase your earning power. (If you?re working your way out, try LearnVest's?Get Out of Debt Bootcamp.)
• Finally, remember that there are so many ways you can enrich your life for free. For instance, you can?underindulge,?because the less you have of something, the more you enjoy it;?savor?so you fully enjoy each experience;?and regularly express?gratitude, so you remember how much?you already have.

As Psy shows as he traipses around Gangnam, the more we try to live lives outside of our means, the more ridiculous we look?while also probably feeling worse about ourselves:?Psy himself said?of his experience filming the ridiculous scenes in ?Gangnam Style,? ?Human society is so hollow, and even while filming I felt pathetic. Each frame by frame was hollow.?

So, enjoy doing the horse-riding dance, but don?t forget the price of having Gangnam Style.

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Twenty-three nuclear power plants found to be in tsunami risk areas

ScienceDaily (Sep. 21, 2012) ? Tsunamis are synonymous with the destruction of cities and homes and since the Japanese coast was devastated in March 2011 we now know that they cause nuclear disaster, endanger the safety of the population and pollute the environment. As such phenomena are still difficult to predict, a team of scientists have assessed "potentially dangerous" areas that are home to completed nuclear plants or those under construction.

In the study published in the journal Natural Hazards, the researchers drew a map of the world's geographic zones that are more at risk of large tsunamis. Based on this data, 23 nuclear power plants with 74 reactors have been identified in high risk areas. One of them includes Fukushima I. Out of them, 13 plants with 29 reactors are active; another four, that now have 20 reactors, are being expanded to house nine more; and there are seven new plants under construction with 16 reactors.

"We are dealing with the first vision of the global distribution of civil nuclear power plants situated on the coast and exposed to tsunamis," as explained by Jos? Manuel Rodr?guez-Llanes, coauthor of the study and researcher at the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) of the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium. The authors used historical, archaeological, geological and instrumental records as a base for determining tsunami risk.

Despite the fact that the risk of these natural disasters threatens practically the entire western coast of the American continent, the Spanish/Portuguese Atlantic Coast and the coast of North Africa, the Eastern Mediterranean and areas of Oceania, especially in South and Southeast Asia are at greater risk due to the presence of atomic power stations.

For Debarati Guha-Sapir, another coauthor of the study and CRED researcher, "the impact of natural disaster is getting worse due to the growing interaction with technological installations."

China: a nuclear power in the making

Some 27 out of 64 nuclear reactors that are currently under construction in the world are found in China. This is an example of the massive nuclear investment of the Asian giant. "The most important fact is that 19 (two of which are in Taiwan) out of the 27 reactors are being built in areas identified as dangerous," state the authors of the study.

In the case of Japan, which in March 2011 suffered the consequences of the worse tsunami in its history, there are seven plants with 19 reactors at risk, one of which is currently under construction. South Korea is now expanding two plants at risk with five reactors. India (two reactors) and Pakistan (one reactor) could also feel the consequences of a tsunami in the plants.

The ghost of Fukushima

"The location of nuclear installations does not only have implications for their host countries but also for the areas which could be affected by radioactive leaks," as outlined by Joaqu?n Rodr?guez-Vidal, lead author of the study and researcher at the Geodynamics and Paleontology Department of the University of Huelva.

According to the study, we should learn our lessons from the Fukushima accident. For the authors, prevention and previous scientific studies are the best tools for avoiding such disasters. "But since the tsunami in 2004 the Indian Ocean region is still to take effective political measures," warn the researchers.

The Fukushima crisis took place in a highly developed country with one of the highest standards in scientific knowledge and technological infrastructure. "If it had occurred in a country less equipped for dealing with the consequences of catastrophe, the impact would have been a lot more serious for the world at large," claim the experts.

Therefore, Professor Rodr?guez-Vidal recommends the drafting of more local analyses that consider the seismic amplification of each nuclear power plant and determine the adaptation of installation identified in the study.

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1. Joaquin Rodriguez-Vidal, Jose M. Rodriguez-Llanes, Debarati Guha-Sapir. Civil nuclear power at risk of tsunamis. Natural Hazards, 2012; 63 (2): 1273 DOI: 10.1007/s11069-012-0162-0

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Libya attack work of terrorists, says U.S.

A panel is set to determine whether security around the U.S. Consulate in Libya was sufficient when it was attacked on Sept. 11. The attack killed U.S. Ambassador?Christopher Stevens and three others.

By Susan Cornwell and Mark Hosenball,?Reuters / September 20, 2012

In this file photo, a Libyan man holds a placard in English during a demonstration against the attack on the U.S. consulate that killed four Americans, including the ambassador, in Benghazi, Libya.

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The?Obama administration?on Thursday described last week's assault on the?U.S. Consulate?in?Benghazi, Libya, as a "terrorist attack" and announced a panel to investigate the events that took the lives of the ambassador and three other Americans.

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Secretary of State?Hillary Clinton?gave lawmakers a classified briefing as more questions were raised in?Congress?about whether sufficient security was in place before the Sept. 11 attack in which the Americans, including Ambassador?Christopher Stevens, died.

Clinton said the investigating panel would be chaired by?Thomas Pickering, a retired diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to?Russia,?India,?Israel,?Nigeria,?El Salvador,?Jordan?and at the?U.S. Mission?to the?United Nations.

The?White House?said it agreed with an assessment made a day earlier by a senior counterterrorism official that the violence in?Benghazi?was an act of terrorism.

"It is self-evident that what happened in?Benghazi?was a terrorist attack,"?White House?spokesman?Jay Carney?told reporters traveling with President?Barack Obama. Carney did not go any further in clarifying whether the administration believed the attack was planned.

Some Republicans said they saw a shift in emphasis from the?White House's earlier presentation of the violence as a protest outside the?Benghazi consulate?that got out of control.

Debate over whether militant groups planned the assault or whether the violence resulted from protests against a film insulting to Islam has become U.S. election-year fodder.

"The story now has been changed. There was a planned, premeditated attack," Republican Representative?Howard McKeon, chairman of the?House Armed Services Committee, told reporters on Capitol Hill.

The investigative panel, whose creation is generally required by law when someone is killed or seriously injured at a?U.S. mission?abroad, is made up of four people chosen by the secretary of state and the?U.S. intelligence?community. It is expected to write a report on whether security systems and procedures were adequate, and could recommend improvements.

Its work is separate from an FBI probe of the?Benghazi?attack, which happened on the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on the?United States.

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Silly science can be improbably practical

Watch the 2012 Ig Nobel Prize ceremony starting at 7:15 p.m. ET today.

By Alan Boyle

As the impresario behind the Ig Nobel Prizes, Marc Abrahams is skilled at sniffing out what seems to be silly science ? but often, there's a practical point behind the seeming silliness.

Take Elena Bodnar's bra, for example. No, really. Take it. The bra that Bodnar invented can be converted into two filter masks in the event of a Chernobyl-style radiation leak or other emergency. That combination of laughability and practicality is what earned the Ukrainian physician an Ig Nobel Prize for Public Health in 2009.

Abrahams recounts Bodnar's achievement and many other Ig-worthy innovations in a newly published book, "This Is Improbable," and he'll be adding to the store on Thursday night during the 2012 Ig Nobel Prize ceremony at Harvard University. The webcast gets under way at 7:15 p.m. ET. There'll be paper airplanes flying, Nobel laureates officiating, and opera singers premiering a work titled "The Intelligent Designer and the Universe."

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You can expect this year's prizes to highlight improbable but not totally impractical scientific findings such as these nuggets from "This Is Improbable":

??Which ear is better for detecting when someone is telling a lie? If you can only afford to listen with one ear, make it the left one. A 1993 study published in the journal Neuropsychologia found that people did marginally better at discerning truth and lies when they heard it with the left ear only, as opposed to the right ear only. "It works, to the extent it works, only when a man does the lying," Abrahams writes.?

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??How can you keep your stamina up when singing at a karaoke bar? A 2003 study published in the Journal of Voice found that karaoke singers who kept themselves hydrated and took one-minute breaks between songs were able to keep singing for more than 100 minutes, as opposed to the 85-minute average for those who weren't allowed to have rest or rehydration. However, the scientists found that there was no difference in the quality of the singing.

??What's the best way to choose up sides for a basketball team? If team captains take alternate turns, the captain who chooses first gets an unfair advantage. It's fairer to go with an ABBABAAB pattern: Captain A makes choice No. 1, Captain B chooses No. 2 and 3, A chooses 4, B chooses 5, A chooses 6 and 7, B chooses 8. The same rule applies to pouring cups of coffee from a coffeepot, by the way. The research was published by the journal Complex Systems in 2003.

??Which restroom stall should I choose? This is one of the great unresolved questions of sanitation science, along with the perennial controversy over toilet-paper orientation. One study suggested that in a four-stall restroom, the stalls on the end are most used. A different study saw indications that there was more action in the middle stalls. "The traces of these intellectual expeditions, deposited over many years in layers upon the ground, form a sort of mental compost," Abrahams writes. "It sits, ripening, for future scholars to uncover."

Abrahams chuckled when I brought up the restroom-stall research during a telephone chat this week. "I think back to that study, and it really doesn't matter," he said. "There are lots of decisions in life you're asked to make every day where it doesn't matter. No matter what stall you choose, there's paper in all of 'em."

Marc Abrahams, founder of the Ig Nobel Prizes and author of "This Is Improbable," talks about his approach to science. For more information, check out http://www.improbable.com/

But in some cases, even Abrahams derives practical benefit from the strange studies that wind up on the Ig Nobel list. For example, Stanford University philosopher John Perry won the Literature Prize last year for his theory of structured procrastination. Simply put, if you're avoiding the No. 1 task on your to-do list, do task No. 2, 3 or 4 instead. It's even better if the unpleasant task on the top of your list is something you don't really need to do after all.

"When I read that, it really did change things for me," Abrahams said. "I adopted that as one of my personal guides every day. All day long, I'm cheating myself, happily."

The lesson is that seemingly silly science can change your life. That came through loud and clear in last week's Golden Goose Awards, which honored the folks behind the development of lasers, glow-in-the-dark proteins and coral-inspired bone grafts. All three of those innovations sprang from research projects that were at one time or another written off as frivolous or useless. Who knows? Maybe the same story will be told about Thursday night's Ig Nobel Prize winners.

"When anybody looks at any of these people and what they've done, however stunning the story is that you're seeing, that really is just the start of a much better and longer story," Abrahams said. "Unless that person got killed while doing it."

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