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Were you 'Seen' at the Earl Thomas football camp?

  • Seattle Seahawks safety Earl Thomas, right, is holding his second annual youth football camp on Friday and Saturday of this week. Here he is working with some of the smaller kids who were trying to bring him down. Friday's camp ran from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., at West Orange-Stark High School. On Saturday, in addition to the workout for kids, adult teams, including one with Earl, will play in a 7-on-7 football tournament beginning a 1 p.m.. Dave Ryan/The Enterprise

    Seattle Seahawks safety Earl Thomas, right, is holding his second annual youth football camp on Friday and Saturday of this week. Here he is working with some of the smaller kids who were trying to bring him down. Friday's camp ran from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., at West Orange-Stark High School. On Saturday, in addition to the workout for kids, adult teams, including one with Earl, will play in a 7-on-7 football tournament beginning a 1 p.m.. Dave Ryan/The Enterprise

    Seattle Seahawks safety Earl Thomas, right, is holding his second...

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    NFL says no to promoting Obamacare (Washington Post)

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    Microscopy technique could help computer industry develop 3-D components

    June 28, 2013 ? A technique developed several years ago at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for improving optical microscopes now has been applied to monitoring the next generation of computer chip circuit components, potentially providing the semiconductor industry with a crucial tool for improving chips for the next decade or more.

    The technique, called Through-Focus Scanning Optical Microscopy (TSOM), has now been shown able to detect tiny differences in the three-dimensional shapes of circuit components, which until very recently have been essentially two-dimensional objects. TSOM is sensitive to features that are as small as 10 nanometers (nm) across, perhaps smaller -- addressing some important industry measurement challenges for the near future for manufacturing process control and helping maintain the viability of optical microscopy in electronics manufacturing.

    For decades, computer chips have resembled city maps in which components are essentially flat. But as designers strive to pack more components onto chips, they have reached the same conclusion as city planners: The only direction left to build is upwards. New generations of chips feature 3-D structures that stack components atop one another, but ensuring these components are all made to the right shapes and sizes requires a whole new dimension -- literally -- of measurement capability.

    "Previously, all we needed to do was show we could accurately measure the width of a line a certain number of nanometers across," explains NIST's Ravikiran Attota. "Now, we will need to measure all sides of a three-dimensional structure that has more nooks and crannies than many modern buildings. And the nature of light makes that difficult."

    Part of the trouble is that components now are growing so small that a light beam can't quite get at them. Optical microscopes are normally limited to features larger than about half the wavelength of the light used -- about 250 nanometers for green light. So microscopists have worked around the issue by lining up a bunch of identical components at regular distances apart and observing how light scatters off the group and fitting the data with optical models to determine the dimensions. But these optical measurements, as currently used in manufacturing, have great difficulty measuring newer 3-D structures.

    Other non-optical methods of imaging such as scanning probe microscopy are expensive and slow, so the NIST team decided to test the abilities of TSOM, a technique that Attota played a major role in developing. The method uses a conventional optical microscope, but rather than taking a single image, it collects 2-D images at different focal positions forming a 3-D data space. A computer then extracts brightness profiles from these multiple out-of-focus images and uses the differences between them to construct the TSOM image. The TSOM images it provides are somewhat abstract, but the differences between them are still clear enough to infer minute shape differences in the measured structures -- bypassing the use of optical models, which introduce complexities that industry must face.

    "Our simulation studies show that TSOM might measure features as small as 10 nm or smaller, which would be enough for the semiconductor industry for another decade," Attota says. "And we can look at anything with TSOM, not just circuits. It could become useful to any field where 3-D shape analysis of tiny objects is needed."

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    The DNA Data Deluge

    Please... entire DNA genomes are tiny... on the order of 1Gb, with no compression. Taking into account the huge similarities to published genomes, we can compress that by at least 1000X. What they are talking about is the huge amount of data spit out by the sequencing machines in order to determine your genome. Once determined, it's tiny.

    That said, what I need is raw machine data. I'm having to do my own little exome research project. My family has a very rare form of X-linked color blindness that is most likely caused by a single gene defect on our X chromosome. It's no big deal, but now I'm losing central vision, with symptoms most similar to late-onset Starardt's Disease. My UNC ophthalmologist beat the experts at John Hopkins and Jacksonville's hospital, and made the correct call, directly refuting the other doctor's diagnosis of Stargartd's. She though I had something else and that my DNA would prove it. She gave me the opportunity to have my exome sequenced, and she was right.

    So, I've got something pretty horrible, and my ophthalmologist thinks it's most likely related to my unusual form of color blindness. My daughter carries this gene, as does my cousin and one of her sons. Gene research to the rescue?!? Unfortunately... no. There are simply too few people like us. So... being a slashdot sort of geek who refuses to give up, I'm running my own study. Actually, the UNC researchers wanted to work with me... all I'd have to do is bring my extended family from California to Chapel Hill a couple of times over a couple of years and have them see doctors at UNC. There's simply no way I could make that happen.

    Innovative companies to the rescue... This morning, Axeq, a company headquartered in MD, received my families DNA for exome sequencing at their Korean lab. They ran an exome sequencing special in April: $600 per exome, with an order size minimum of six. They have been great to work with, and accepted my order for only four. Bioserve, also in MD, did the DNA extraction from whole blood, and they have been even more helpful. The blood extraction labs were also incredibly helpful, once we found the right places (very emphatically not Labcorp or Quest Diagnostics). The Stanford clinic lab manager was unbelievably helpful, and in LA, the lab director at the San Antonio Hospital Lab went way overboard, So far, I have to give Axeq and Bioserve five stars out of five, and the blood draw labs deserve a six.

    Assuming I get what I'm expecting, I'll get a library of matched genes, and also all the raw machine output data, for four relatives. The output data is what I really need, since our particular mutation is not currently in the gene database. Once I get all the data, I'll need to do a bit of coding to see if I can identify the mutation. Unfortunately, there are several ways that this could be impossible. For example, "copy number variations", or CNVs, if they go on for over a few hundred base pairs, are unable to be detected with current technology. Ah... the life of a geek. This is yet another field I have to get familiar with...

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    CompuLab MintBox 2 unveiled with four times the power, same Linux Mint flavor

    CompuLab previews MintBox 2 four times the power, same Linux Mint flavor

    Now that Linux Mint 15 is available, it's only fair that we get a new MintBox to match. The CompuLab and Linux Mint teams won't disappoint us on that front: they've just previewed the MintBox 2, a big upgrade to their open source mini PC. The new version drops AMD processors in favor of an Intel Core i5 that's reportedly four times faster than the AMD T56 in the MintBox Pro. The refresh also doubles the storage to 500GB while adding a second gigabit Ethernet jack for server duties. CompuLab and Linux Mint haven't said how soon they expect the MintBox 2 to ship, but they're expecting a $599 price at Amazon.

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    Family & Friends Pay Final Respects to James Gandolfini

    Friends and family attended the funeral service of James Gandolfini Thursday morning at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in Manhattan to pay their final respects.

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    ITC judge rules against InterDigital in first round of 3G patent case

    After two long years, the International Trade Commission has finally come to a decision in favor of Huawei, Nokia and ZTE in a 3G patent case brought by InterDigital in 2011. According to an ITC judge, the three phone manufacturers did not violate the seven InterDigital-owned patents that covers various WCDMA and CDMA2000 technologies used to make their devices. InterDigital even went so far as to request the ban of US sales of these devices pending a decision. The Pennsylvania-based company filed a similar complaint against LG, which chose a settlement instead of going through the courts. Still, this is just a preliminary ruling; the final decision of the case is expected in October.

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    Target cuts ties with Deen; drugmaker distances

    NEW YORK (AP) ? Paula Deen's multimillion-dollar merchandise and media empire continues to unravel following revelations that she used racial slurs in the past.

    Target Corp., Home Depot Inc. and diabetes drug maker Novo Nordisk on Thursday became the latest companies to distance themselves from the Southern celebrity chef.

    Home Depot, which sold Paula Deen-branded cookware and kitchen products only online, said it pulled the merchandise off its website on Wednesday. And Target said that it will phase out its Paula Deen-branded cookware and other items in stores and on its website.

    "Once the merchandise is sold out, we will not be replenishing inventory," said Molly Snyder, a Target spokeswoman.

    Meanwhile, Novo Nordisk said it and Deen have "mutually agreed to suspend our patient education activities for now." Deen, who specializes in Southern comfort food, had been promoting the company's drug Victoza since last year when she announced she had Type 1 diabetes.

    These are the latest blows dealt to Deen since comments she made in a court deposition became public. Last week, the Food Network said that it would not renew her contract. On Monday, pork producer Smithfield Foods dropped her as a spokeswoman. Then, on Wednesday, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's biggest retailer, said it too was cutting ties with Deen following a tearful "Today" show interview in which she said she's not a racist.

    On the same day, Caesars Entertainment announced that Paula Deen's name is being stripped from four buffet restaurants owned by the company. Caesars said that its decision to rebrand its restaurants in Joliet, Ill.; Tunica, Miss.; Cherokee, N.C.; and Elizabeth, Ind., was a mutual one with Deen.

    The stakes are high for Deen, who Forbes magazine ranked as the fourth highest-earning celebrity chef last year, bringing in $17 million. She's behind Gordon Ramsay, Rachel Ray and Wolfgang Puck, according to Forbes.

    Deen's empire, which spans from TV shows to furniture and cookware, generates total annual revenue of nearly $100 million, estimates Burt Flickinger III, president of retail consultancy Strategic Resource Group.

    But Flickinger says that the controversy has cost her as much as half of that business. He also estimates that she could lose up to 80 percent by next year as suppliers extricate themselves from their agreements.

    "The accelerating domino effect is commercially disastrous for Paula Deen's empire," he said.

    It's a dramatic fall from a woman who overcame her humble Southern roots and personal hardships to build a merchandising and media empire.

    Deen, who grew up in Albany, Georgia, was grappling with a failed marriage, the death of her parents and a prolonged battle with agoraphobia when she started her home-based catering business called The Bag Lady in June 1989, according to her company website.

    Then a mother of two teenage boys, Jamie and Bobby, and on the verge of homelessness, she used her last $200 to start the catering business. She describes the business as delivering "lunch-and-love-in-a-bag." Five years later, she opened her first restaurant called The Lady and Sons in Savannah, Georgia. Her first cookbook, "The Lady and Sons Savannah Country Cookbook," came out in 1998.

    Soon after, she had her first TV appearance on QVC. But it was when "Paula's Home Cooking," began airing on the Food Network in 2002 that she started to hit stardom, according to her site. Deen now has two shows airing on the Food Network: In addition to "Paula's Home Cooking," there's "Paula's Best Dishes," which made its debut in 2008.

    Deen's empire has continued to grow over the years as her brand has blossomed.

    In addition to her The Lady and Sons restaurant, Deen owns with her brother, Bubba, a seafood restaurant in Savannah called Uncle Bubba's Oyster House. Deen is the author of 14 cookbooks that have sold more than 8 million copies and her bimonthly magazine "Cooking with Paula Deen" has a circulation of nearly 1 million, according to her website. And Deen's product lines span from a full line of cookware to assorted food items to furniture.

    Not every company Deen does business with has severed ties with the celebrity chef. Among other stores that sell her products, Kohl's Corp. declined to comment, while Macy's Inc. and Sears Holdings Corp. said they're evaluating the situation. QVC, meanwhile, said it's reviewing its deal with Deen.

    And book-buyers are so far standing by Deen. As of Thursday morning, "Paula Deen's New Testament: 250 Recipes, All Lightened Up," ranked No. 1 on Amazon.com. The book is scheduled for October. Another Deen book, "Paula Deen's Southern Cooking Bible," was at No. 13. Several other Deen books were out of stock.

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    AP National Writer Hillel Italie contributed to this report from New York.

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    Shooting Challenge: Summer

    Shooting Challenge: Summer

    Kool-aid. Sunscreen. Swass. It's summer, that time we dream about all year, only to bitch about when it's finally here. And for this week's Shooting Challenge, capture the feeling of summer, in a single frame.

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    Instagram for BlackBerry, Windows Phone not coming ?anytime soon?

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    Big name companies such as Path, Facebook, Tumbler and Twitter were quick to develop applications for Google?s wearable computing device. Popular photo-sharing service Instagram, however, is in no rush to jump on the Google Glass bandwagon. Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom said in an interview with Fast Company that before the company can even think about a Google Glass app, it must first get on BlackBerry and Windows Phone. He noted that those two platforms will likely ?come before Google Glass.? Systrom was quick to warn, however, that those apps may not be released ?anytime soon.?

    [More from BGR: iOS 7 might be more innovative than we think]

    ?I?m just saying that in order of priority, the way we evaluate where to expand to is really simply where our users are, and where the growth is,? the executive explained. ?It took us a very long time to get to Android.?

    [More from BGR: Sony reportedly had methodical plan to poison the well for the Xbox One]

    Instagram has more than 100 million monthly active users on Android and iOS. The company recently added a video-sharing feature to help the service better compete with Twitter?s popular Vine app.

    This article was originally published on BGR.com

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    Kelli O'Hara and Steven Pasquale join 'Bridges'

    NEW YORK (AP) ? The Broadway-bound musical "The Bridges of Madison County" has its new lovers ? Kelli O'Hara and Steven Pasquale.

    Producers said Wednesday that O'Hara, last on Broadway in "Nice Work If You Can Get It," will star opposite Pasquale, who was in "Reasons To Be Pretty."

    The show, with songs by Jason Robert Brown and a book by Marsha Norman, will debut at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Massachusetts this August and then land at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theater in January. Previews begin Jan. 13.

    Based on Robert Waller's best-selling novel, the story features Iowa's covered bridges as the focal point for a romance between a woman and a photographer.

    Norman won a Tony for writing "'night, Mother" and Brown wrote the Tony nominated "Parade" and "The Last Five Years."

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    TWC Is Installing Another 1000 Free Wi-Fi Hotspots in Manhattan

    TWC Is Installing Another 1000 Free Wi-Fi Hotspots in Manhattan

    We're not always the biggest fans of Time Warner Cable; it's unreliable, expensive, and they don't seem to care two hoots about improving it. But we applaud the company's plan to beef up the free Wi-Fi coverage it offers customers?especially in the congested airspace of New York. Beyond the 1700 hotspots already out there in Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island, the company will have 1000 ready to go in Manhattan by mid-July. [TWC]

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    Explosions, fire clear downtown St. Louis building

    ST. LOUIS (AP) ? One of the largest office buildings in downtown St. Louis has been evacuated amid a fire and a series of explosions in the street outside in an area where construction work has been underway.

    Occasional fireballs shot out from a hole in the pavement Tuesday evening as firefighters battled flames that appeared to come from underground. The cause was not immediately known.

    There were no reports of injuries. The blasts happened just before 5 p.m. outside the One US Bank Plaza building, located across from the St. Louis Convention Center.

    Several hundred people work in the office building, including bank employees, lawyers and other professionals.

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    Want to Bulk Up Fast? Try German Volume Training! | Diet & Fitness ...

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    Want to Bulk Up Fast? Try German Volume Training!


    Have you ever thought about what to do to add muscle mass in a short time without the use of steroids or other drugs? If you haven?t found an answer yet, here it is: German Volume Training (GVT)!

    From my own experience and the experiences of others it can be said that you can add up to 11 lbs (approx. 5 kg) during the first part of GVT which lasts 6 weeks. That?s really a lot, isn?t it?

    There are several rumours about the origin of this method but in common it originates in Germany (which is the reason why it?s called German Volume Training).
    The principle of GVT is to use an extensive volume (10 sets of 10 reps) with some basic exercises (4 exercises each session) in a 3-day split which works your muscles so hard that they are forced to grow rapidly to stand the load. If you search the internet for GVT you?ll find several different varieties. I?ll explain the one I used (which is inspired by the one recommended by the famous strength coach Charles Poliquin aka ?The Guru of GVT?).

    Here?s how it works:

    Guidelines:

    In every session you perform 10 sets of 10 reps of two main exercises as supersets (meaning 1 set of exercise 2 is directly following 1 set of exercise 1 then 90 seconds rest) and then 3 supersets of 10-12 reps of two supplementary exercises (only rest 60 seconds between the supersets here).? If you don?t want to train with supersets, do the exercises alone; exercise 1 with 10 sets followed by exercise 2 with 10 sets (in that case rest time should be only 60 seconds between the sets). Use 60 percent of your 1 rep maximum load (the load you can lift only once) for the main exercises (which represents approximately the load you can lift 20 times to failure).

    For the supplementary exercises use the load you can lift 12 times to failure. Don?t change the weight during a session, even if you think it?s too light during the first sets (what you probably will think when starting with the first sets of the main exercises) or too heavy (probably the case in the last sets of the main exercises). If you can?t manage the 10 rep target in the last sets that won?t be a problem (in fact it?s quiet normal in the beginning). Once you?re able to perform 10 sets of 10 reps increase the load by 4-5 percent and go on.?

    Regarding the cadence: 4020 for example means that you lower the weight for 4 seconds and directly lift it for 2 seconds (no short rest at any position).
    The first 6 weeks

    Day 1 ? Chest and Back:

    Main exercise 1 ? (Decline) Dumbbell presses (or Bench Press); 10 sets of 10 reps; cadence 4020
    Main exercise 2 ? Chin-Ups (or Lat Pulldowns if you can?t do chin-ups); 10 sets of 10 reps; cadence 4020 (Lat Pulldowns vice versa)
    Supplementary exercise 1 ? (Incline) Dumbbell Flyes; 3 sets of 10-12 reps; cadence 3020
    Supplementary exercise 2 ? One-Arm Dumbbell Row; 3 sets of 10-12 reps; cadence 3020

    Day 2 ? Off

    Day 3 ? Legs and Abs:
    Main exercise 1 ? Barbell Squat; 10 sets of 10 reps; cadence 4020
    Main exercise 2 ? Lying Leg Curls; 10 sets of 10 reps; cadence 4020
    Supplementary exercise 1 ? Leg Raises (or Bent Leg Raises); 3 sets of 10-12 reps; cadence 2020
    Supplementary exercise 2 ? (Seated) Calf Raise; 3 sets of 10-12 reps; cadence 2020

    Day 4 ? Off

    Day 5 ? Arms and Shoulders:

    Main exercise 1 ? Parallel Bar Dips; 10 sets of 10 reps; cadence 4020
    Main exercise 2 ? Hammer Curls; 10 sets of 10 reps; cadence 4020
    Supplementary exercise 1 ? Dumbbell Lying Rear Lateral Raise; 3 sets of 10-12 reps; cadence 2020
    Supplementary exercise 2 ? Dumbbell Lateral Raises; 3 sets of 10-12 reps; cadence 2020

    Day 6 ? Off

    Day 7 ? Off

    Use a stop watch to control rest times and use a training log to control improvements!

    After 6 weeks you can either follow another workout routine or you can continue with GVT. I used to switch to another routine afterwards, but if you want to continue you can find a lot of possible workout designs in the internet.

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    Source: http://healthmeup.com/opinion-diet-fitness/want-to-bulk-up-fast-try-german-volume-training/22391

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