gma news: December 2011

Saturday, December 31, 2011

Japanese Tsunami Trash Coming to U.S. Shores in 2012 (The Atlantic Wire)

Discovered: Japan's Tsunami debris will hit U.S. shores in the next few months, more proof that our music listening habits are harmful, smelly feet attract mosquitoes, chimps understand each other's mind-sets.?

Related: Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan Resigns

Tsunami garbage is coming our way. We know the disaster happened all the way across the ocean, but as early as this winter, some Japanese tsunami related trash could hit U.S. shores, predict NOAA scientists. Sea-trash is not only nasty, but potentially harmful to ecosystems. "The worst-case scenario is boats and unmanageable concentrations of other heavy objects could wash ashore in sensitive areas, damage coral reefs, or interfere with navigation in Hawaii and along the U.S. West Coast," explains the report. This serves as a good tragedy of the commons teaching moment. If it took less than a year for harmful debris to travel from Asia to America, imagine all the smog, pollution, and carbon dioxide emissions swirling from one country to the next. As for the tsunami debris, even in the best case scenario it will never go away completely. [NOAA]
Headphones are still bad for hearing. More proof that listening to music doesn't do wonders for the ear canal. Israeli research has found that one in four teens is in danger of early hearing loss from blasting music at loud volumes for hours on end. "In 10 or 20 years it will be too late to realize that an entire generation of young people is suffering from hearing problems much earlier than expected from natural aging," warns researcher?Chava Muchnik. But how will we get through our workdays if we can't distract ourselves with Spotify all day? [Eureka]
Smelly feet attract?mosquitoes. Looking for an incentive to shower: certain skin bacteria, particularly the kind that collects on stinky feet, attract malaria borne mosquitoes, found a new study. So that adds showers and frequent pedicures to the list of things one can do to avoid getting bit. That joins, not-drinking?and spraying DEET on both one's body and all over plants.?[Discover]
Chimps are smart. ?For anyone who has followed these things, these things being chimp smarts, the latest discovery should come as no surprise. Studying the way chimpanzees interact, scientists have discovered that chimps not only knew their audience, but knew the mind-set of the other chimp. "Now we have seen that these chimps, human's close relatives, seem to recognise ignorance and knowledge in others," explained researcher?Catherine Crockford. But we already knew that chimps are basically hairy humans. (See: Lucy.) [BBC]

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/atlantic/20111229/ts_atlantic/tsunamitrashwillhitusshores201246775

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Friday, December 30, 2011

New satellites to extend China?s troops reach

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HONG KONG (Reuters) ? China this week reached a miracle in a expostulate to master a troops use of space with a launch of trials for a Beidou satellite global positioning network, a pierce that will move it one step closer to relating U.S. space capabilities.

If Beijing can successfully muster a full 35 satellites designed for a Beidou network on report by 2020, a troops will be giveaway of a stream coherence for navigation on a U.S. tellurian positioning network (GPS) signals and Russia?s identical GLONASS system.

And, distinct a reduction accurate municipal versions of GPS and GLONASS accessible to a People?s Liberation Army (PLA), this network will give China a correctness to beam missiles, intelligent munitions and other weapons.

?This will concede a large burst in a pointing conflict capability of a PLA,? pronounced Andrei Chang, a Hong Kong-based researcher of a Chinese troops and editor of Kanwa Asian Defense magazine.

China has launched 10 Beidou satellites and skeleton to launch 6 some-more by a finish of subsequent year, according to a China Satellite Navigation Management Office.

Chinese and unfamiliar troops experts contend a PLA?s General Staff Department and General Armaments Department closely coordinate and support all of China?s space programs within a sprawling scholarship and aerospace bureaucracy.

As partial of this system, a Beidou, or ?Big Dipper,? network will have an critical troops purpose alongside a country?s fast expanding network of surveillance, imaging and remote intuiting satellites.

China customarily denies carrying troops ambitions in space.

Defense Ministry orator Yang Yujun Wednesday discharged fears a Beidou network would poise a troops threat, observant that all general satellite navigation systems are designed for twin municipal and troops use.

CATCHING UP WITH THE U.S.

China accelerated a troops satellite investigate and growth after PLA commanders found they were incompetent to lane dual U.S. aircraft conduit conflict groups deployed in 1996 to a Taiwan Strait during a time of high tragedy between a island and a mainland, analysts say.

The bid perceived a offer boost when it was shown how essential satellite networks were in a 1991 Gulf War, a 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia and a 2003 advance of Iraq.

While China still lags a United States and Russia in altogether space technology, over a final decade it has fast turn a state-of-the-art aspirant in space-based notice after deploying a operation of modernized satellite constellations that offer troops and municipal agencies.

With a launch of some-more than 30 notice satellites over a final decade, according to space record experts, a PLA can guard an expanding area of a earth?s aspect with increasing frequency, an critical component of arguable troops reconnaissance.

That coverage gives PLA commanders vastly softened capability to detect and lane intensity troops targets.

Real-time satellite images and information can also be used to coordinate a operations of China?s naval, barb and strike aircraft army in operations distant from a mainland.

?What we are saying is China broadly appropriation a same capabilities in this area as those hold by a U.S.,? pronounced Ross Babbage, a invulnerability researcher and owner of a Canberra-based Kokoda Foundation, an eccentric confidence process unit.

?Essentially, they are creation many of a Western Pacific distant some-more pure to their military.?

In a new essay for a Journal of Strategic Studies, researchers Eric Hagt and Matthew Durnin attempted to guess a capability of China?s space network regulating orbital displaying program and accessible information on satellite performance.

China?s many simple satellites carried electro-optical sensors able of holding high fortitude digital images in a manifest and non-visible wavelengths, wrote a authors.

More modernized satellites launched in new years carried absolute fake orifice radars that could dig cloud and cover most bigger areas in high detail.

Added to that, China was now deploying satellites that could guard electronic signals and emissions, supposed electronic comprehension or ELINT platforms, a authors said.

?Next to China, usually a United States possesses some-more able tactical support systems in space for tactical operations,? they wrote.

(Editing by Don Durfee and Robert Birsel)

Source: http://todaysdefense.com/2011/12/29/new-satellites-to-extend-chinas-military-reach/

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US declines to cite China as currency manipulator (AP)

WASHINGTON ? The Obama administration on Tuesday declined to label China a currency manipulator after seeing recent increases in the value of the yuan compared to the dollar.

The decision angered unions and lawmakers that have accused Beijing of artificially holding down the value of its currency to gain trade advantages. A cheaper yuan makes Chinese goods less expensive when they are shipped to the United States. It also makes U.S. goods more expensive in China. Both could increase the U.S. trade deficit with China, which is on pace to hit a record high this year.

The Treasury Department said the yuan has appreciated 12 percent against the dollar in the past 18 months, after adjusting for inflation. In addition, the department said in a semi-annual report that China promised at two high-level meetings last month to make the yuan's exchange rate more flexible.

Still, yuan is "substantially undervalued" and its appreciation "is insufficient and more progress is needed," the report noted. The department will "press for policy changes that yield greater exchange rate flexibility" and "level the playing field."

The currency report evaluates exchange rate policies of all major U.S. trading partners. It was scheduled to be released on Oct. 15, but the administration delayed its release until after last month's meetings.

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, a leading candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, criticized the administration for refusing to cite China for manipulating its currency. Romney has said that, if elected, he would take that step on his first day in office. That could lead to trade sanctions against China.

Scott Paul, executive director of the Alliance for American Manufacturing, also questioned the decision.

"I'm disappointed that President Obama has now formally refused six times to cite China for its currency manipulation, a practice which has contributed to the loss of hundreds of thousands of American manufacturing jobs," Paul said.

Paul urged the House to pass legislation approved by the Senate that would make it easier to cite China for unfairly manipulating its currency. Many manufacturers argue that China's currency is undervalued by as much as 40 percent.

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, has opposed the measure.

China has recently taken action that could result in the yuan appreciating without prodding from the U.S.

China and Japan agreed this week to accept the others' currency when trading. Currently, they each convert their currency to dollars. That has made trade between the two Asian economic giants more expensive.

The change could reduce the importance of the dollar in Asia, the world's fastest-growing region. But it could also help the yuan trade more freely on international markets, which could result in it appreciating against the dollar.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111227/ap_on_bi_ge/us_china_currency

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Thursday, December 29, 2011

App-y Christmas: 242 Million Downloads Sets New Record [STUDY] (Mashable)

Apparently, a lot of people spent Christmas Day turning on their new smartphones and downloading apps. Assessing the data from the busiest day of the year for activations and app downloads, Flurry Analytics found consumers shattered records for both this year. Activations topped 6.8 million, a 140% jump over Christmas Day 2010's 2.8 million, according to Flurry. Consumers downloaded 242 million apps that day, an increase of 125% over last year. The day caps off a strong year for both iOS and Android. Apple's App Store, which exceeded 10 billion downloads overall in January, is on track to post 10 billion downloads for 2011 alone. The Android Market, meanwhile, surpassed 10 billion downloads overall this month.

[More from Mashable: Infinity Blade 2 Teases Big Update to Make App Go Social]

Unfortunately, Flurry doesn't break down Android downloads vs. iOS. "Frankly, they're neck and neck," says Peter Farago, vp of marketing for Flurry, who adds that the company chooses not to share that data with the public. Android's share of the smartphone market was 43.7% vs. 27.3% for iOS in August, according to comScore.

Flurry also tracked app downloads for all of Christmas Day and found a big increase around 9 a.m. and then another jump around 11 a.m. The amount stayed at that level until about midnight. (Time zones were "normallized" in the research, so 9 a.m. in London, New York and San Francisco were all considered 9 a.m.)

[More from Mashable: The 10 Best Android Games of 2011]

The "appy Christmas" is expected to continue. Flurry is predicting that between Christmas and New Year's Day, consumers will download 1 billion apps.

What do you think? Did you spend your Christmas Day at the App Store or at Android Market? Tell us your story.

Image courtesy of iStockphoto,sjlocke

This story originally published on Mashable here.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/personaltech/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/mashable/20111227/tc_mashable/appy_christmas_242_million_downloads_sets_new_record_study

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Roethlisberger has a "shot" to play against Browns (AP)

PITTSBURGH ? Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin believes injured quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and center Maurkice Pouncey both have "a shot" to play in Sunday's regular season finale at Cleveland.

"It is our intention right now that if those guys are healthy enough to practice and prepare, then we will play them," Tomlin said Tuesday.

Given the way backups Charlie Batch and Trai Essex handled themselves in a 27-0 win over St. Louis last Saturday, the Steelers (11-4) may not need Roethlisberger or Pouncey to hurry back from their badly sprained left ankles to keep the team's hopes of an AFC North title alive.

Batch played effectively against the Rams, passing for 208 yards while showing there's still some life in his 37-year-old legs. He extended plays with his mobility and even threw the ball downfield, hitting Mike Wallace for a 46-yard gain in the fourth quarter that set up the clinching touchdown.

"I thought he did some really good things," Tomlin said of Batch. "(But) his performance has no bearing on how we go about making the decisions that are right for us this week. A lot of the decisions center around Roethlisberger's health. But I like the way Batch played, not only the way he performed but the way he led and communicated."

It's what Batch has done with consistency while subbing for Roethlisberger through the years. The Pittsburgh native is 5-2 when starting in relief and had the Heinz Field crowd chanting "Charlie! Charlie!" after a handful of plays.

The moment wasn't lost on Batch.

"I think that they have appreciated what I have done, and what I am doing to help this team win," he said. "I embraced it."

And he'll embrace trying to do it on the road against the Browns (4-11) if necessary.

Pittsburgh can win the division with a victory in Cleveland and a loss by Baltimore in Cincinnati. It can even gain the top overall seed in the AFC with a win and losses by both the Ravens and Patriots.

It's why Tomlin isn't quite ready to rule out Roethlisberger. The coach isn't sure if Roethlisberger will be able to practice this week, but even if the quarterback doesn't, Tomlin expects to wait until the last minute before making a decision.

"There are some scenarios that can unfold, where we can improve our playoff position," Tomlin said. "We are aware of that. We are also aware that all of those scenarios include us winning this football game. We are going to do what we deem necessary for us to put ourselves in position to do that."

And even Batch understands that when relatively healthy few quarterbacks can do what Roethlisberger can do.

"This is Ben's team," Batch said. "This team moves with him and to see him do everything in his power to get back on the field is really something special to watch."

Pouncey sat out the last two games and backup Doug Legursky went out early against the Rams with a left shoulder injury. Enter Essex, who hadn't taken a snap at center all season. He performed admirably, helping the Steelers gash St. Louis for 169 yards on the ground.

"It was under unusual circumstances," Tomlin said. "To have a guy come in and deliver the way he delivered for us, not only in terms of snapping the football but declaring fronts and blocking people in the run game, it was just a special afternoon for him."

Legursky is out for Sunday, and if Pouncey can't play Essex will get the call again, though Tomlin sounded optimistic Pouncey will be ready.

Linebacker LaMarr Woodley (strained left hamstring), and wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders (right foot) could also play in Cleveland.

Tomlin will not rest players just to rest them, but could modify the amount of playing time depending on how things shake out elsewhere, particularly if Baltimore gets up big on Cincinnati and the Steelers know they'll have to start the playoffs on the road the weekend of Jan. 7-8.

"Those are the easy decisions I can make as the game and situations unfold," Tomlin said. "Some of them are obvious. ... That's not rocket science as far as we're concerned."

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111227/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_steelers

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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Colder weather arrives in South Florida Tuesday night

Thanks to a cold front, South Florida should enjoy cooler drier air this week, starting with temperatures dipping into the 50s by late Tuesday night.

Tuesday?s forecast otherwise calls for partly sunny skies and breezy conditions with afternoon highs in the low 80s. There is a 40 percent chance of rain.

On Wednesday, afternoon temperatures should only reach the low 70s, while nighttime readings are forecast to drop into the upper 40s and low 50s.

It won?t be the arctic blast many are hoping for, but it should be beautiful weather nonetheless.

The rest of the week, through New Year?s Day, also should be pleasant with lots of sun, mild afternoons and cool evenings.

Source: http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/12/27/2563222/colder-weather-arrives-in-south.html

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Japan probe finds nuclear disaster response failed

FILE - In this April 10, 2011 file photo released by Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), workers in protective suits watch monitors as they operate remote-controlled rubble removing equipment to clear debris in the compound of the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, northeastern Japan. A report reveled Monday, Dec. 26, said Japan's response to the nuclear crisis that followed the March 11 tsunami was confused and riddled with problems, including an erroneous assumption an emergency cooling system was working and a delay in disclosing dangerous radiation leaks. (AP Photo/Tokyo Electric Power Co., File) EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, right, receives an investigation report from Yotaro Hatamura, chairperson of the Investigation Committee on the Accident at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Stations of Tokyo Electric Power Co., at Noda's official residence in Tokyo, Monday, Dec. 26, 2011. Japan's response to the nuclear crisis that followed the March 11 tsunami was confused and riddled with problems, including an erroneous assumption an emergency cooling system was working and a delay in disclosing dangerous radiation leaks, a report revealed Monday. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, Pool)

FILE - In this March 22, 2011 file photo released by Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) , workers in protective suits conduct cooling operation by spraying water at the damaged No. 4 unit of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex in Okumamachi, northeastern Japan,Tuesday, March 22, 2011. A report revealed Monday, Dec. 26, said that Japan's response to the nuclear crisis that followed the March 11 tsunami was confused and riddled with problems, including an erroneous assumption an emergency cooling system was working and a delay in disclosing dangerous radiation leaks. (AP Photo/Tokyo Electric Power Co., File) EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Yotaro Hatamura, left, chairperson of the Investigation Committee on the Accident at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Stations of Tokyo Electric Power Co., and Kunio Yanagida, right, a member of the investigation committee, react during the committee meeting in Tokyo, Monday, Dec. 26, 2011. Japan's response to the nuclear crisis that followed the March 11 tsunami was confused and riddled with problems, including an erroneous assumption an emergency cooling system was working and a delay in disclosing dangerous radiation leaks, a report revealed Monday. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

TOKYO (AP) ? Japan's response to the nuclear crisis that followed the March 11 tsunami was confused and riddled with problems, including an erroneous assumption an emergency cooling system was working and a delay in disclosing dangerous radiation leaks, a report revealed Monday.

The disturbing picture of harried and bumbling workers and government officials scrambling to respond to the problems at Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant was depicted in the report detailing a government investigation.

The 507-page interim report, compiled by interviewing more than 400 people, including utility workers and government officials, found authorities had grossly underestimated tsunami risks, assuming the highest wave would be 6 meters (20 feet). The tsunami hit at more than double those levels.

The report criticized the use of the term "soteigai," meaning "outside our imagination," which it said implied authorities were shirking responsibility for what had happened. It said by labeling the events as beyond what could have been expected, officials had invited public distrust.

"This accident has taught us an important lesson on how we must be ready for soteigai," it said.

The report, set to be finished by mid-2012, found workers at Tokyo Electric Power Co., the utility that ran Fukushima Dai-ichi, were untrained to handle emergencies like the power shutdown that struck when the tsunami destroyed backup generators ? setting off the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.

There was no clear manual to follow, and the workers failed to communicate, not only with the government but also among themselves, it said.

Finding alternative ways to bring sorely needed water to the reactors was delayed for hours because of the mishandling of an emergency cooling system, the report said. Workers assumed the system was working, despite several warning signs it had failed and was sending the nuclear core into meltdown.

The report acknowledged that even if the system had kicked in properly, the tsunami damage may have been so great that meltdowns would have happened anyway.

But a better response might have reduced the core damage, radiation leaks and the hydrogen explosions that followed at two reactors and sent plumes of radiation into the air, according to the report.

Sadder still was how the government dallied in relaying information to the public, such as using evasive language to avoid admitting serious meltdowns at the reactors, the report said.

The government also delayed disclosure of radiation data in the area, unnecessarily exposing entire towns to radiation when they could have evacuated, the report found.

The government recommended changes so utilities will respond properly to serious accidents.

It recommended separating the nuclear regulators from the unit that promotes atomic energy, echoing frequent criticism since the disaster.

Japan's nuclear regulators were in the same ministry that promotes the industry, but they are being moved to the environment ministry next year to ensure more independence.

The report did not advocate a move away from nuclear power but recommended adding more knowledgeable experts, including those who would have been able to assess tsunami risks, and laying out an adequate response plan to what it called "a severe accident."

The report acknowledged people were still living in fear of radiation spewed into the air and water, as well as radiation in the food they eat. Thousands have been forced to evacuate and have suffered monetary damage from radiation contamination, it said.

"The nuclear disaster is far from over," the report said.

The earthquake and tsunami left 20,000 people dead or missing.

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Baylor still No. 1 in AP women's basketball poll (AP)

Baylor is still the unanimous choice as the No. 1 team in The Associated Press women's college basketball poll as the first five teams remained unchanged.

The Lady Bears received all 40 first-place votes Monday for the fourth straight week after blowing out McNeese State in its only game. UConn remains second, with Notre Dame, Stanford and Maryland following.

Kentucky, Tennessee, Duke, Ohio State and Texas A&M round out the Top 10. There was little movement in the poll as most teams had a light schedule for the holidays.

Miami had the biggest fall, dropping five places to No. 12 after a 25-point loss at then-No. 17 Georgetown on Wednesday. The Hoyas moved up two spots to 15th.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111226/ap_on_sp_co_ap_po/bkw_t25_women_s_bkb_poll

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C&L's Top 50 Videos of 2011: #33 GOP Audience Boos Gay Soldier

Randi Rhodes famously rants to her listeners that when people show you who they are, believe them. Not who they say they are, but who they show themselves to be.

Republicans love to wrap themselves in the jingoistic mantle of "supporting the troops". They bravely stick yellow ribbon magnets on their cars and courageously serve multiple tours of duty as armchair warriors, furiously typing up comments on the intertoobz accusing liberals of siding with the terrorists.

But what do they show us? When a servicemember filmed a video question for the Fox News GOP Debate in September, he identified himself as a gay soldier, asking Rick "Please Don't Google My Name" Santorum if he had to worry about losing his job, what was the audience's reaction to this revelation?

They booed him.

A man--unlike them--who faced the very real dangers of death and dismemberment in Iraq constantly, who simply wanted to be treated without regard for his sexuality was not honored for his sacrifices and bravery. He was booed because he flew in the face of their prejudices.

When they show you who they are, believe them.

Source: http://crooksandliars.com/nicole-belle/cls-top-videos-2011-33-gop-audience-b

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Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Police say neighbor confessed in death of Indiana girl (Reuters)

(Reuters) ? The Indiana man accused of killing a nine-year-old neighbor he was watching told investigators he beat the girl with a brick, dismembered and dumped most of her body but kept her head, hands and feet in his freezer over the Christmas weekend, according to an affidavit filed on Tuesday.

It said that authorities arrested 39-year-old Mike Plumadore, who was watching Aliahna Lemmon and her two sisters when she went missing near Ft. Wayne last week, on Monday after he confessed to killing the little girl, cutting her up with a hacksaw and disposing of most of her body in a nearby dumpster.

Plumadore told police where they could find the child's remains, according to the affidavit filed in state court, and police technicians sent to his trailer in the mobile home park where victim's family lived found "what they believed to be human body parts, including a head," in his freezer.

The girl, who was allegedly killed on Thursday and reported missing on Friday, had been staying with Plumadore, a family friend, for about a week.

He will be formally charged with murder on Tuesday.

(Reporting by Susan Guyett; Editing by James B. Kelleher and Jerry Norton)

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PFT: Move over, NFC West -- AFC South is worst

During Saturday?s loss to the Eagles, Cowboys owner Jerry Jone went down to the sideline to talk to head coach Jason Garrett, to make sure Garrett knew the Giants had won earlier in the day and therefore the Cowboys didn?t have anything to play for.

Some fans and media members have suggested that Jones was out of line by doing that, but Jones says he can?t understand why anyone would think the owner of a business shouldn?t be involved in every element of that business.

?It has amazed me to be criticized for really walking down on the floor of the company,? Jones said on KTCK-AM 1310, via the Dallas Morning News. ?The more involved your top management, the more involved ownership can be, I?ve always thought made the best way for it to work.?

Jones says he doesn?t act any differently on game days now than he did in the 1990s, and that it worked out pretty well then.

?You didn?t see that kind of criticism very early on, but we were winning Super Bowls,? Jones said. ?And it was the same exact way that we handled our decision-making and the exact same way that we handled our ultimate information gathering system. We?ve been doing it ever since I owned the team. The exact same way.?

Jones says he doesn?t tell Garrett who can play and who can?t, but he did want to make sure Garrett understood that quarterback Tony Romo didn?t need to take any chances by playing in an essentially meaningless game against the Eagles.

?That?s Jason?s decision, but he doesn?t need to be making that one by himself,? Jones said. ?So I wanted to, very briefly, step down there with just a few minutes gone in the first quarter, sit there and say, ?Here?s the lay of the land. Romo?s got a hand injury, but it looks like we?re going to have him for New York.??

And if Jones thinks his coach might not know the lay of the land, Jones is going to make sure his coach knows the lay of the land. That?s going to be the case as long as Jones owns the Cowboys.

Source: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/26/the-afc-south-is-the-worst-division-in-football/related/

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4 charged in shooting death at LDS Church parking lot

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Two families are celebrating what they call a Christmas miracle, with a mother and a father receiving another chance at life.

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Murder charges were filed Friday in the case of the shooting death of Hairam Torres, who was found dead in the back seat of a rental car parked at an LDS Church parking lot in West Valley City on Dec. 10.

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Four members of a family, including two boys ages 1 and 3, were critically injured in a head-on collision Christmas Eve that also left the driver of the other vehicle with life-threatening injuries.

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Under current Utah law, if a resident of a nursing home ridicules, swears at or yells at another resident, the operator of the facility is required to submit a report to state human services authorities.

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Utah's new immigration enforcement law "threatens the human and civil rights" of Mexican nationals, attorneys for the government of Mexico wrote in a friend of the court brief filed in U.S. District Court in conjunction with a lawsuit that challenges the law's constitutionality.

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Just days after Brigham City doctor Dewey MacKay was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a federal judge, an appeals court upheld the revocation of the man's registration to dispense controlled substances.

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To watch them interact, the two women appear to be old family friends.

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Bradley Begent has put on his fur-trimmed red coat and pants dozens of times in the past nine years, but never before has it meant as much as it did on Wednesday night.

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While they can't do much to enforce it, the city officially and unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday encouraging local businesses to verify the legal status of new workers.

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Consumer prices along the Wasatch Front declined slightly in November.?

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Curtis Garner has withdrawn his nomination by Gov. Gary Herbert for a 3rd District Court judgeship.

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A 30-year-old Midvale man was charged in 3rd District Court on Friday after stabbing his wife and his dog.

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Similar to an initiative conducted at Thanksgiving, the Utah Highway Patrol will up its manpower on the state's roadways over the Christmas holiday weekend.

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Knicks edge Celtics 106-104 on Anthony foul shots

New York Knicks forward Amare Stoudemire, left, gets tangled up with Boston Celtics power forward Kevin Garnett (5) in the first half of an NBA basketball game at Madison Square Garden in New York, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

New York Knicks' Carmelo Anthony, left, fouls Boston Celtics' Rajon Rondo during the first quarter of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011, at Madison Square Garden in New York. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)

Boston Celtics' Rajon Rondo, right, loses the ball as he is fouled by New York Knicks' Carmelo Anthony during the first quarter of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011, at Madison Square Garden in New York. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)

Boston Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo, on floor, holds onto the ball as he slips in front of New York Knicks guard Toney Douglas (23) and Knicks center Tyson Chandler in the second quarter of their NBA basketball game at Madison Square Garden in New York, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

NEW YORK (AP) ? Carmelo Anthony and the Knicks know it will never be easy against the Celtics.

Not beating them in one game, and certainly not beating them for a division title.

But pulling out the kind of nail biter that's long gone Boston's way in this rivalry only reinforced the Knicks' belief that they can do it ? and even the Celtics see a difference.

Anthony scored 37 points, including a pair of free throws with the game tied and 16 seconds left, and New York survived a seesaw season opener Sunday to edge the Celtics 106-104.

"Most importantly for us, as a new team, we showed something," Anthony said. "We came together as a team. Even when we got down, there wasn't no frowns. Nobody was down. Mentally everybody was still up about it, and we willed our way to this win."

Amare Stoudemire added 21 points and Toney Douglas had 19 for the Knicks, who led by 17 in the first half, trailed by 10 in the fourth quarter, then pulled out a thrilling Christmas victory in the delayed opener to the 2011-12 season. Tyson Chandler blocked six shots in his Knicks debut.

Rajon Rondo had 31 points and 13 assists, nearly leading the Celtics back without an injured Paul Pierce. But Kevin Garnett missed a jumper just before the buzzer, the kind of shot Boston always seems to make against the Knicks.

"They seem to have a little swag and confidence behind them," Garnett said. "It's good for the city. It's good for the Knicks. I'm going to see how consistent they are with that, but for the most part Carmelo played really well."

Brandon Bass had 20 points and 11 rebounds in his Celtics debut, and Ray Allen added 20 points.

Garnett finished with 15 points. He and Allen had a sleepy Christmas start, with Rondo keeping the Celtics in the game until they got going in the second half.

"I thought we were as soft as you could be in the first quarter and then I thought we joined in to the 2011-12 season, and from that point on I was pretty happy with the way we played," Celtics coach Doc Rivers said. "I thought we competed well."

But it wasn't enough against the Knicks, who withstood a costly knee injury to first-round pick Iman Shumpert to beat the team that swept them out of the first round of last season's playoffs. Shumpert will miss two to four weeks with a sprained right knee ligament.

Pierce has a bruised right heel but hopes he can return Tuesday when the Celtics visit the Miami Heat.

Even without him, the Celtics fought back to tie it at 69 on Rondo's layup midway through the third quarter. They surged ahead by eight going into the final period after Bass scored the final six points, then extended it to 89-79 on Bass' jumper to open the fourth.

Anthony, who scored 20 in the second half, tied the game at 100 on a 3-pointer with 3:25 to play. It stayed tight until he was fouled on a drive with 16.3 seconds left, making both for a 106-104 lead. Rondo grabbed the rebound of Marquis Daniels' potential go-ahead 3-pointer to give the Celtics a final chance, but Garnett was off on his jumper, then appeared to shove the Knicks' Bill Walker away.

Coming off their first winning season in a decade, the Knicks added a defensive presence by signing Chandler away from the NBA champion Dallas Mavericks and have loftier expectations than they've seen in years. The original NBA schedule had them opening against Miami, but instead they got a chance to see if they've closed the gap against Boston.

"I think we wanted to come out and set the tone early," Stoudemire said. "It's a long year but this game was very important for us to get off to a great start."

Though the Celtics won all eight meetings last season, the Knicks have been listed some places as the favorites in the Atlantic Division, which the Celtics have ruled since their Big Three came together in 2007.

"Everybody knows how optimism kicks in before the season starts, but then once reality sets in after the first month of the season, we'll see," Pierce said before the game. "But it's definitely a possibility. I mean, they have the talent, but we have the talent, too."

But the Knicks will be without newcomer Baron Davis for a few weeks because of a herniated disc in his back, and now Shumpert is out, leaving little depth in the backcourt.

The Knicks led 49-32 with 7? minutes left in the first half before the Celtics cut it to 62-52 at halftime.

The first game since renovations began at Madison Square Garden included the usual cast of celebrities such as Alicia Keys, Chris Rock and John McEnroe, and some new confusion, as at least one Celtics player had to ask how to get to the court from the new visitors' locker room.

Notes: Rivers said Pierce may come off the bench when he does return, since he's had only one practice so far. ... The Knicks were without Mike Bibby, who dressed but didn't play because of a sore back. Reserve Jared Jeffries was lost during the game to a sore right calf and will miss a week or two. ... Stoudemire provided pregame breakfast to MSG staff in appreciation of the support in his first season with the team.

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Japan urges China to help keep North Korea in check (Reuters)

BEIJING (Reuters) ? Japan urged China on Monday to shoulder a big role in ensuring North Korea avoids volatility after the death of its leader, Kim Jong-il.

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda also urged Chinese President Hu Jintao to share information about developments in North Korea, where the succession of Kim's youngest son, Kim Jong-un, has fanned speculation about who will really control the secretive one-party state and its nuclear program.

"It is important that we will not let the death of the chairman of the National Defense Commission Kim have a negative impact on the peace and stability of the Korean peninsula," Noda was quoted by a Japanese official as telling Hu while on a visit to in Beijing.

Kim Jong-il's many positions included head of the important military commission.

"Under these circumstance, the role of China, which is the chair country of the six-party talks and has a big influence on North Korea, is extremely important," said Noda, according to the official who briefed reporters but declined to be identified.

The so-called six-party talks involve the two Koreas, China, Japan, the United States and Russia and are aimed at getting North Korea to give up its efforts to develop nuclear weapons.

The Japanese prime minister is the first regional leader to visit China since Kim Jong-il's death was announced a week ago.

China is the North's only major ally and the North has long relied on China for diplomatic and economic support.

Chinese state news agency Xinhua said Hu told Noda that it was in the interests of all sides to maintain stability on the Korean peninsula.

"China is ready to make joint efforts with all relevant parties, including Japan, to maintain peace and stability on the Korean peninsula and to achieve lasting peace, security and order on the peninsula and (in) northeast Asia," Xinhua cited Hu as saying.

Noda urged China to be forthcoming about what it learned about the North's transition.

"I would like vigorous information sharing between Japan and China, and intend to address the situation calmly and properly," the Japanese official cited Noda as telling Hu on the second and final day of his visit.

North Korea has alarmed the region with two plutonium-based nuclear test blasts, a succession of military altercations, and declarations that it was developing uranium enrichment, which could open another path to assembling atomic weapons.

Constraining North Korea is especially important for Japan, which is within range of the North's missiles and wants it to resolve the issue of the fate of Japanese citizens kidnapped and taken to North Korea to help train spies decades ago.

But China is wary about upsetting North Korea, especially during a delicate transition, and has restricted its public comments about the implications of Kim's death to broad calls for stability and calm.

"Both sides agreed that preserving the peace and stability of the Korean peninsula serves the interests of all sides," the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in its account of talks on Sunday between Noda and Premier Wen Jiabao.

(Additional reporting by Chris Buckley and Ben Blanchard; Editing by Robert Birsel)

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Monday, December 26, 2011

Denver coach Joe Scott building a better basketball program

Scott tapping into Denver's basketball history with an eye on fans and winning.

DU coach Joe Scott's enthusiam is contagious as he tries to get the Pioneers into position to take the Front Range. (Andy Cross, Denver Post file)

The more Joe Scott learns about the University of Denver's distant basketball past, the more driven he becomes for what he wants to see in the future.

On a trip to Utah State in November ? a 67-54 Denver victory ? Scott discovered there's some DU history to build on. The Pioneers have the fourth-longest series on Utah State's schedule. They met for the first time in the 1922-23 season, but they have met just twice since 1978.

Then Monday, the Pioneers played their 148th game in the series with Wyoming. There's Division I men's basketball history at DU, but it needs a dusting.

Scott, who was hired at DU in March 2007 after coaching stops at Air Force and Princeton, hopes to build the Pioneers program into a consistent contender for postseason play. However, they are postseason poor.

In the early years, DU made appearances in the Regional AAU Tournament, and there were appearances in the NAIA and NCAA Division II tournaments, but the only postseason appearance in Division I was in 2004-05, when the Pioneers took a 20-10 record into the National Invitation Tournament.

Scott's fifth Pioneer team seems headed in the postseason direction. At 10-2, it has established itself as one of the program's best ever.

"Denver's known as a sleeping college basketball town," Scott said. "Maybe if we can keep our season going, the people here who like college basketball will show they're not sleeping anymore."

If the Pioneers defeat Troy in their Sun Belt Conference opener Thursday night at Magness Arena, going 11-2 would equal DU's best start in Division I, set in 1942-43.

Scott has put together an interesting mix of players he hopes will continue the program's rise. There's veteran leadership with forward Rob Lewis, guard Brian Stafford and brothers Chase and Travis Hallam. But maybe the most exciting parts of the team are the younger players headed by sophomore Chris Udofia, who has established himself as one of the best college players in the area. Udofia (13.9 points per game) and Stafford (14.1) are in a close battle for the team scoring lead.

Guard Brett Olson, out of Highlands Ranch High School, is starting as a freshman. Senior forward Justin Coughlin, sophomore forward Blake Foeman and freshman forward Royce O'Neale are providing effective play off the bench.

Scott often credits his players with accepting and fulfilling their roles.

The coach also has accepted a role, albeit risky for coaching tenure, in building the Pioneers' basketball image. He put some gusto into the nonconference schedule by playing perennial postseason contenders St. Mary's, California, Iona and Utah State along with continued rivalries with Wyoming, Northern Colorado and Colorado State.

"Our nonconference schedule has gotten more difficult every year," junior guard Chase Hallam said. "It has made us a better team. If you play well against the better teams, it builds confidence."

Scott sees a beneficial circle.

"People are smart, they know when you're a good team," Scott said. "They know if you're playing good teams. The more you play good and you play good teams, the more college basketball fans you find. They're just waiting to be turned on here."

More than 7,000 fans turned out for the Wyoming game.

"I grew up watching rivalry games," Scott said, pointing to his roots in New Jersey. "I watched Providence and Holy Cross, Princeton and Rutgers. Those are huge rivalry games. The schools are older on the East Coast, and there's a lot of college basketball tradition."

Scott isn't a novice at building a program. Eight years ago, his fourth Air Force team went 22-7 and won the Mountain West Conference regular season at 12-2 to advance to the 2004 NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1962. That was the Falcons' first winning season since going 15-10 in 1977-78.

"I'd like to bring Notre Dame to play us in Magness Arena," Scott said of future goals. "I'd go there twice if we could get them to come here once."

Scott sees college basketball picking up steam in the area, and DU is part of it.

"I think all of the programs are better than they were five years ago," Scott said. "We're building better programs, and that raises the specter of college basketball. We're all concerned about our own teams, but we also care about the game of basketball."

Irv Moss: 303-954-1296 or imoss@denverpost.com

Growing into elite level

A look at the University of Denver's basketball history, outside of Division I play:

NAIA: 1979-80 season through 1989-90

NCAA Division II: 1990-91 season through 1997-98

Division I: 1998-99 season to present

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Jamie Dupree's Washington Insider: Only Romney & Paul on Virginia Ballot

By Jamie Dupree

Officials in the Commonwealth of Virginia have announced that only Mitt Romney and Ron Paul qualified for the Super Tuesday ballot, dealing a setback to the campaigns of both Rick Perry and Newt Gingrich.

Backers of both Perry and Gringrich submitted more than the 10,000 signatures needed, but not all were judged to be valid by Virginia elections officials.

?Only a failed system excludes four out of the six major candidates seeking access to the ballot," said Gingrich spokesman R.C. Hammond, referring to the fact that Michele Bachmann, Jon Huntsman and Rick Santorum also won't be on the Virginia ballot. ?

"Voters deserve the right to vote for any top contender, especially leading candidates," Hammond said in a Saturday morning statement.

While Hammond vowed to wage a write-in campaign, this news was clearly a victory for Mitt Romney's campaign, at least for now.

But what if Romney stumbles early? Then the Old Dominion could truly be up for grabs in early March.

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Holiday hazard: Kids turning into spoiled brats

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Sunday, December 25, 2011

Option XYfi mobile hotspot tours the FCC, HSUPA in tow

What you're looking at above is a render of Option Wireless' XYfi mobile broadband hotspot; currently being reviewed by the folks over at the FCC. Dawning the model number GI0643, the XYfi packs quad-band 2G and tri-band 3G GSM radios -- complete with UMTS, HSDPA and HSUPA goodness. The filing doesn't clue us in on which network (if any) will be carrying the XYfi, but it does indicate that your WiFi-enabled peripherals will be able to connect via 802.11b/g/n. The request letter was submitted this past July, but now that it's in the public's view, it ought not be too long before you find the unit gracing a store shelf. One burning question remains: who let Motorola Mobility's marketing team name this thing?

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