A review of the 2011 SEARCH Conference | Marketing graph

The SEARCH Conference (South East Asian Research Centre for Communication and Humanities) is a multidisciplinary conference whose aim is to bring together practitioners and researchers who are interested in humanity and communication specialities. Held between 28/05/2011 and 29/05/2011, experts in these fields were challenged to introduce and discuss various directions and perspectives in the area of New Media Effects. Organizers of the conference welcomed individuals from different fields and disciplines which relate to the study of humanity and communications to submit papers on various topics. The SEARCH conference held in 2011 featured incredible and insightful speakers drawn from various regions globally. Individuals who participated in the conference got a rare opportunity of acquitting themselves with up-to-date researchin communication and humanity.

Moreover, special focus was directed towards the influences of the new media to the current and future generations. The main topic that resonated during the entire event revolved around social media. However, it is important to note that apart from this topic, there were several sub themes that were covered in the conference. The sub-topics can be divided into six major categories. They include new media governance,ethical issues, creative industries and knowledge economy,thenew media effects on marketing communication; and e-governance, democracy, governance and economics. Dr. Benedict P. Agulto kicked off the event in style with his interactive slides which set the stage for the next presentations. The conference experienced a number of divergent views and there were two plenary sessions which seemed to oppose each other.

The first one was by Prof. Lee from the Murdoch University whose topic covered issues such as governance and regulations of social networks such as Facebook. He presented a number of rogue incidents which are increasingly taking place in social media such as cyber-stalking. He called for increased tightening of media control so as to enhance ethical principles in social networks. The second presenter was Prof. Leeuwen from the University of Technology in Sydney. His speech was about diversifying the learning styles from the traditional solitary scholarship in Europe to the recent types of education systems which were renewed during the medieval era. There were several researchers who were working on unique but interrelated topic on shared and critical uses of new media.

Although most of the research studies seemed to be similar to those being carried out in Western countries, each and every work of individual researchers had specific regional perspectives. For instance, Dr. Adrian and Arnie from the University of Utara in Malaysia presented a paper based on privacy perception and the usage of Facebook. The scholars said that most people in Malaysia were most likely to post their personal and private information on social networks like Facebook. In the Malaysian culture, the notion of property is often taken as a shared concept which can be extended to online content. This presents a huge challenge which may potentially clash in the future between copyrighted material and those for public use. Generally, the new media topics in the conference had a huge level of diversity since they encompassed on various issues of modern life. Not only were the discussion regional in nature but they had also had global perspectives

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Natural gas resumes 3-month surge on hot weather

NEW YORK (AP) ? As the temperature keeps rising, so does the price of natural gas.

Natural gas futures in New York have surged 67 percent since hitting a 10-year low this spring. Power plants are using more of the fuel for electricity generation as homes and businesses crank up the air conditioning. And natural gas companies are finally cutting production after a years-long boom caused a glut that sank prices.

The price jumped another 6.1 percent to $3.199 per 1,000 cubic feet at midday Monday as forecasters predicted the Midwest would see unseasonably warm weather next month.

Still, natural gas is about 35 percent cheaper than at this time last year. And the recent jump in prices probably won't impact utility bills.

Electricity rates are shielded from price spikes in a couple of ways: Utilities lock in gas prices for years at a time to protect themselves from quick shifts in price. And in many states, rates are set by regulators every year or two.

The rise in natural gas has other impacts, however.

As it gets more expensive, utilities will likely burn more coal, independent petroleum analyst Stephen Schork said. Schork noted that natural gas was cheaper than coal from February to May, making it the preferred fuel source for many utilities.

"This is no longer the case," Schork said. Coal is now cheaper than natural gas.

Natural gas prices have been climbing as temperatures rise. Many utilities burn natural gas to generate electricity, and electricity demand jumps during a heat wave as power customers run their air conditioners more often.

Meanwhile, natural gas producers in the U.S. have been shutting down natural gas drilling operations as they focus on more profitable oil wells. The number of natural gas rigs has been declining every month since October, and production has been falling this year.

In other futures trading, U.S. crude prices fell by 50 cents to $89.63 per barrel in New York. Brent crude, which sets the price for imported oil, lost 64 cents to $105.83 per barrel in London. Heating oil lost nearly a penny to $2.8808 per gallon while wholesale gasoline added 2.71 cents to $2.9149 per gallon.

Retail gasoline prices were flat over the weekend at $3.486 per gallon, according to auto club AAA, Wright Express and Oil Price Information Service. A gallon of regular unleaded is about 45 cents cheaper than its peak price in April. It's also 22.4 cents cheaper than it was a year ago.

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On Tuesday evening at the Vermont History Museum in Montpelier, Wind Ridge Publishing (WRP) and the Vermont Humanities Council celebrated the publication of Peter Gilbert?s book ?I was Thinking?Travels in the World of Ideas.? Gilbert is executive director of the Vermont Humanities Council as well as a regular commentator on Vermont Public Radio. One hundred percent of the author?s earnings as well as 10 percent of WRP?s net profit from the sale of the book will benefit the Vermont Humanities Council. Pre-release copies of the book can be purchased directly online at www.windridgepublishing.com/titles or by calling Lin Stone at WRP, 985-3091. General release of the book is scheduled for early fall.

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FaxBack Participates in VoIP Fax Discussion at ITEXPO | Intel ...

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FaxBack, the VoIP Fax Server Company, today announced its agenda for ITEXPO, taking place January 20-22, at the Miami Beach Convention Center.

At the show, FaxBack (booth #707) will display its new HTTPS Fax Platform and embedded HTTPS Fax ATA, which are both specifically designed to address the reliably and security issues of transmitting T.38 over the open internet. This new HTTPS Fax Platform enables fax machines and fax servers to achieve the same cost savings as voice calls, while maintaining the same reliability as a TDM connection over internet-based VoIP, WiFi, cellular, or satellite connections.

FaxBack will discuss its HTTPS Fax Platform and Microsoft Exchange 2010 solution, including its free Exchange connector in detail. FaxBack will also differentiate these solutions from other VoIP fax solutions, in a session entitled, ?Integrating Fax into Your Enterprise UC Experience? ? taking place at ITEXPO on January 21st at 3:00 PM. This session, which also presents the opinions and capabilities of fax providers: FaxSIPit; FaxCore; FaxConnect, and Sagem Interstar; is designed to help attendees understand all of the latest capabilities and solutions in the VoIP-fax industry.????

?Whether it?s a matter of regulation, record keeping, or convenience, many businesses today still rely heavily on fax communications, and these businesses need a solution that will integrate fax into their UC platforms,? said Rich Tehrani, CEO and group editor-in-chief of TMC. ?This session will share the expertise of the leading providers in the fax industry, and it will help attendees learn the best ways to incorporate VoIP fax into a unified communications solution. Anyone attending ITEXPO that is interested in evaluating VoIP-fax technologies should plan to attend this session.?

During the expo, which runs from 5:00-7:30 PM on January 20th, 11:00 AM-5:00PM on January 21st, and 11:30 AM-2:30 PM on January 22nd, FaxBack will also showcase its NET SatisFAXtion VoIP-fax server. This award winning fax solution helps:

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?Fax remains a critical component of business and financial transactions that involve contracts, agreements and signatures, and no other electronic medium provides an adequate substitute, especially for industries that must adhere to HIPPA or Sarbanes Oxley-compliance standards,? said FaxBack?s Director of Marketing Brian Keep. ?At ITEXPO, we?ll discuss how our open API, virtualization and our Microsoft Exchange 2010 integration help incorporate Fax into the unified communications mix, and we?ll also discuss why we think our combination of SIP T.38 and HTTPS is the right solution for carriers, enterprises, and small businesses.?????

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One of the early pioneers in fax, FaxBack has developed fax solutions for the world?s technology and telecom leaders including Western Union, Intel, Microsoft, AT&T, ITT WorldCom, Symantec, Dialogic, IBM, and many of the world?s leading companies. FaxBack is the outright VoIP Fax leader for the single user and large scale carrier respectively. FaxBack provides a single source for T.30, T.38 and SIP stack work with the widest variety of VoIP gateways, fax servers, and fax machines. FaxBack?s VoIP fax driver, utilized in its small business, enterprise and carrier solutions, is a key strategic component of FaxBack?s industry leadership. For more information, please visit http://www.faxback.com.

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Seth Davis: College basketball's top coaches sound off on the season ahead

Harvard coach Tommy Amaker doesn't foresee a huge dropoff despite losing Ivy League player of the year Keith Wright and Oliver McNally.

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LAS VEGAS -- They say that hope springs eternal, but in college basketball, the summer is also fertile ground for green shoots of hope. It has been months since anyone has lost a game, and it will be several months before anyone loses another. Meanwhile, every head and assistant coach trolls the country during the July recruiting period to scavenge for the next young player who will provide that hope for their programs. I mean, if a man can't adopt a sunny disposition in the summer, what chance does he have to make it through the hard, cold winter?

So while hundreds of coaches descended upon Las Vegas last week to take in a trio of grassroots tournaments, I came to Sin City hoping to bask in their sunny-side-up luminescence. During my stay, I caught up with 15 head coaches and got their take on what lies ahead for their programs. I've broken those conversations into two parts; eight are described below, the other seven will be posted Tuesday. Even as these coaches acknowledged the challenges ahead, they cheerfully laid out all the ways their teams would overcome them.

One side note: I have done this exercise in the past, but this year the coaches were especially informed about their players because they have had the opportunity to work with them thanks to the "summer access" rule that the NCAA passed in January. The rule allows coaches to work with players who are enrolled in summer school for a maximum of two hours per day and eight hours per week. The fact that there was ever a rule prohibiting coaches from working with their own players in the first place is, of course, ludicrous, but that's a column for a different day. But the upshot is, the coaches have a much better feel for what their players are prepared to contribute in the 2012-13 season.

Here, then, is part one of what I learned during my visit to Vegas. Look for Part 2 on Tuesday.

Tommy Amaker, Harvard. Last season was magical for this program. The Crimson were nationally ranked, they reached their first NCAA tournament since 1946, and they got lots of buzz from that whole Linsanity thing. Though Ivy League Player of the Year Keith Wright and team leader Oliver McNally are gone, Amaker doesn't expect much of a dropoff. "We might be as good as we were last year, but it might not appear that way," he told me. "A lot of pieces fell into place for us. We won 26 games. That's hard to duplicate. But do I think we can be very good? Yes, I do."

Amaker pointed out that for a program like Harvard, the ability to absorb personnel losses depends more on player development than one-and-done recruiting. So while first team All-Ivy forward Kyle Casey is back alongside veteran point guard Brandyn Curry, Amaker will need sophomores such as 6-foot-5 forward Wes Saunders to take advantage of their opportunity for more playing time. "We played 10 guys last year, so we do have guys who, on paper at least, are ready to take their turn," Amaker said. "That will be the signal of how good we can be over the long haul."

Of course, I couldn't resist asking Amaker about Harvard alum Jeremy Lin, who just left the Knicks to sign a lucrative contract with the Houston Rockets. Amaker told me he spoke with Lin several times as he was sifting through his options. "I think the process was exciting and a little unsettling for him," Amaker said. "He wants to be thought of as a really good basketball player, not just a flash or a gimmick. But he's a guy who when the stage is set and the lights are bright, he's prepared and he performs." Meanwhile, Amaker hopes that some of that magic will continue to trickle his way, especially on the recruiting trail. "I don't know that there's a huge difference, but it definitely arms us against something that our league gets knocked for," he said. "If a kid we're recruiting wants us to help him with his professional aspirations, we don't have to feel like we've never done it."

Tad Boyle, Colorado. The Buffaloes' prospects begin with the best-kept secret in college basketball: Andre Roberson, a 6-7 jumping jack who was the nation's third-leading rebounder last season (11.1 per game) while leading the Pac-12 in blocks (1.9). So the first two things I asked Boyle were: How did this kid end up at Colorado, and did Boyle have any idea how good he would end up being?

The second answer is easy. "We had no idea he'd turn into the player he is," Boyle said with a laugh. The first answer comes down to luck (as it often does). Boyle was the coach at Northern Colorado when Roberson's AAU team happened to be playing on Boyle's campus. Roberson, who hails from San Antonio, wasn't a big-time recruit, but he was good enough that Boyle figured he probably couldn't convince him to come to Northern Colorado. When Boyle got the CU job, Roberson was the first recruit he called. "We beat Penn State for him," he said.

Roberson's improvement enabled the Buffaloes to win the Pac-12 tournament and reach the NCAA tournament for the first time in nine years. While Colorado lost three starters, it is bringing back its three most talented players in Roberson, 6-5 sophomore guard Spencer Dinwiddie and 6-1 sophomore guard Askia Booker. "We'll be more talented, but not as experienced," Boyle told me. Six freshmen have also entered the program, most notably Josh Scott, a 6-10 forward from Colorado Springs who Boyle said "can really score it"; and Xavier Johnson, a 6-7 forward who played at Mater Dei High in southern California.

The Buffaloes will be taking a trip to Paris in a couple of weeks, so Boyle has conducted six practices in preparation for that trip. (NCAA rules allow a team to practice 10 times in advance of a foreign trip.) Looking ahead, one of the main questions that needs to be answered is whether Roberson can provide leadership that is commensurate with his talent. "You always want your best player to do that," Boyle said. "In the past he has led by example, but he's not the most vocal person in the world. We've been talking to him this summer about doing that." If Roberson can find his voice, then the Buffaloes will be ready to make some noise in the much-improved Pac-12.

Jamie Dixon, Pittsburgh. When I spoke with Dixon last year at the Peach Jam in South Carolina, I asked him if it was hard to see his team's season end with that bizarre free-throw fest against Butler that eliminated the Panthers from the NCAA tournament. Dixon shook me off, saying it was always tough to see a season end, no matter the circumstances. He evinced that same even keel when I asked him last week how tough it was to watch his team miss out on the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2001.

"Every season is a challenge," Dixon said with a smile. "We won 22 games. There's not a lot of sympathy for us throughout the country."

Will Pitt be able to bounce back? The answer depends largely on the health of veteran point guard Tray Woodall, who had surgery to fix the sports hernia that sidelined him for 11 games last season. Woodall came back for the final stretch of the season, but he wasn't nearly the same player he was before he got hurt. Dixon told me that Woodall is "pretty close" to being cleared for practice. Also, 6-6 junior forward J.J. Moore is still recovering from the broken foot he sustained during a pickup game after the season was over.

If Pitt is going to be a ranked team again, it will need production from its new players. Dixon caught a break when the NCAA granted 6-5 junior guard Trey Zeigler a hardship waiver after his previous school, Central Michigan, fired his father as its coach. That allowed Zeigler to transfer to Pitt and be eligible to play right away. Dixon also signed two highly-rated freshmen, 7-foot New Zealand native Steven Adams and 6-3 guard James Robinson. Adams is particularly intriguing because of his height and skill set, but Dixon tried to downplay expectations that Adams will be a high-scoring center. "The main thing he does well is guard the post," he told me. "But he'll be a bigger story because of the type of kid he is. He's mature. He's all about the team. He's there for the right reasons. It's very refreshing to coach a kid who is like that even though he's coming in with a lot of hype."

New Illinois John Groce coach is a firm believer in encouraging frantic, up-tempo basketball.

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John Groce, Illinois. The Big Ten has a well-earned reputation for playing stodgy basketball, but Groce is going to help change that. He already generated buzz with the revelation that he instructed his players to use a 24-second shot clock during their informal pickup games, but he told me that is only one method in his madness. "We want pace and tempo to everything we do," he said. "Open gym, skills, weight room. Everything has to have pace."

If you look at the list of coaches whom Groce has worked with and for (Thad Matta, Todd Lickliter, Herb Sendek, Sean Miller, Brad Stevens), you don't see names associated with frantic, up-tempo basketball. Groce told me he adopted this philosophy after he became the head coach at Ohio four years ago. "I just thought it was important to be myself," he said. "What do you believe? What do you teach the best? Where are your convictions? This just fits who I am."

The problem is, Groce's system requires playing nine guys double-digit minutes. That won't be easy with his current roster -- especially considering that his best player, 6-4 senior guard Brandon Paul, still has his jaw wired shut after breaking it at the beginning of summer school. Groce said that Paul has been very disciplined about keeping on weight -- "He bought a blender. He blends sub sandwiches." -- but despite that he has still lost about 15 pounds. Groce is also hoping that at least one (if not both) of his untested frontcourt prospects -- Sam McLaurin, a 6-8 transfer from Costal Carolina, and 6-11 sophomore center Nnanna Egwu -- will provide the depth he needs to run his system.

Regardless of how this pans out, the Illini will be entertaining to watch. I believe it's only a matter of time before Groce gets this program up and running.

Ben Howland, UCLA. The summer of hope in Westwood clearly springs from the nation's top-ranked recruiting class, but that excitement is tempered by injuries to the two headliners. Kyle Anderson, a 6-7 forward from New Jersey, had surgery on his thumb in April and is still a week away from being cleared to practice with full contact, and 6-5 guard Shabazz Muhammad is still working his way back from a high ankle sprain. Howland told me that Muhammad has a history of ankle sprains, so Howland is being very cautious about how quickly he brings him back.

Howland also pointed out that there are a lot of good pieces on this roster beyond the freshmen. He said the Wear twins, David and Travis, are nearly 20 pounds heavier (all muscle) than they when they first got to UCLA after transferring from North Carolina. He also spoke highly of another UNC transfer, Larry Drew, who will step in to replace the graduated point guards Jerime Anderson and Lazeric Jones. The biggest question -- literally -- is once again whether 6-10 junior Josh Smith will finally shed the extra weight that has always, well, weighed down his considerable talent. "Josh has been working hard, but he still has a long way to go," Howland said. "The key for him is his ability to change his diet. That has always been his challenge. He needs to be really disciplined, and he's not where he needs to be with that yet."

Howland hopes that his team will be at full strength by the time it begins practicing in earnest later this month in preparation for a trip to China. While the freshmen will clearly play a big role, Howland is not guaranteeing starting positions for anyone just yet. Anderson and Muhammad (as well as the other two frosh, 6-9 forward Tony Parker and 6-5 swingman Jordan Adams) can score, but if Howland is the coach, then nobody will get on the floor unless he's ready, willing and able to defend. "A lot of it is learning and experience," Howland said. Nodding toward the ragtag basketball being played in front us on the court of Bishop Gorman High, Howland added sarcastically, "It's a lot different than this fine basketball being played right now."

Josh Pastner, Memphis. Ever since Pastner took over for John Calipari three years ago, his rosters have been among the youngest in the country. This season, the Tigers are all growns up. "This is going to be the first time since I've been a head coach that we have an older team," he said.

That may sound odd considering that Memphis' core nucleus of 6-1 junior point guard Joe Jackson, 6-4 junior guard Chris Crawford, 6-6 sophomore forward Adonis Thomas, and 6-2 junior point guard Antonio Barton does not include a senior. But except for Thomas, who was injured for most of last season, those guys have played a lot of games. Pastner especially needs Jackson to continue his development. He got off to a shaky start as a sophomore, briefly considered transferring, and then came back to the team and finished strong. "It's important for him to put a whole year together from start to finish," Pastner said. "He has a much better mental outlook right now. He has a tremendous sense of peace."

Pastner knows that, as usual, it will be important for Memphis to bank some house money during the nonconference season because, as he put it, "our league doesn't get the respect it deserves." That won't be the case next year, when Memphis moves to the Big East. Since there are still so many unanswered questions about scheduling, Pastner told me he does not yet know how he's going to adapt, but there is no doubt this is a positive move for this storied program. "It will be great exposure for us," he said. "It has already opened doors for us to recruit different areas of the country."

Oliver Purnell, DePaul. The Blue Demons only won three Big East games last season, so the good news is there's nowhere to go but up. Purnell will be in his third season at DePaul, which means he'll be coaching players who have been around a little bit. "The biggest difference for us will be experience," he said. "We had a lot of close losses last year. Now all of our sophomores and freshmen are juniors and sophomores."

Heading the list is Cleveland Melvin, the 6-8 junior forward from Baltimore who has been one of the better players in the Big East the last two years (17.5 points, 7.4 rebounds as a soph) but has received little notoriety because the team has been losing so much. When I asked Purnell if he expected Melvin to make a significant jump, he smiled and said, "If he makes a significant jump, we'll in great shape." Rather, Purnell is just looking for some steady progression -- better shot selection, more efficiency, better rebounding. Purnell is hoping for that same kind of improvement from 6-5 junior Moses Morgan ("It's time for him to be one of the best guards in the Big East") as well as 6-9 junior forward Donovan Kirk, who transferred from Miami but was limited by back problems last season. "He has to be a feature guy for us," Purnell said. "He's capable of that."

DePaul graduated two senior starters in guard Jeremiah Kelly and center Krys Faber, but Purnell hopes those losses will be offset by the arrival of freshman Durrell McDonald, a 6-2 guard from Las Vegas whom Purnell described as a "tremendous athlete." Sounds like the kind of kid who can help a program take a badly-needed leap forward.

Brad Stevens, Butler. When a midmajor school wins 22 games and finishes in tie for third in its league, it is typically thought to have had a pretty good season. Butler, however, is not a typical midmajor. Last season, which ended with a loss to Pittsburgh in the semifinals of the CBI, was a difficult comedown for a school that had played in two consecutive NCAA finals. "Historically, if you look at Butler over 110 years, it was a good year," Stevens said. "But we were a little spoiled there for a while."

There is no mystery as to what the Bulldogs' biggest problem was: They finished 340th nationally in three-point percentage. That's why all eyes will be on Rotnei Clarke, the 6-foot gunslinger who sat out last season following his transfer from Arkansas. Clarke shot 44 percent from three-point range and 86 percent from the foul line during his junior season in Fayetteville. Stevens said that Clark is one of the top three shooters he has ever coached, but because he has such a quick release, "he's the best game shooter I've ever coached."

Stevens was quick to add that Clarke's game involves much more than just firing away. "He's a better ballhandler and passer than I thought," Stevens said. "And he works at it. He's probably in the gym right now." The addition of 6-5 freshman guard Kellen Dunham, whom Stevens described as a "ridiculous shooter" who makes 80 percent shooting threes in a gym by himself, will also help.

Stevens is also hoping for significant improvement from 6-8 sophomore swingman Kameron Woods. "You can tell he has worked on his game. He's more confident." But the biggest difference will be the move from the Horizon League to the Atlantic 10. That means a significant upgrade in competition, but it also means exposure to large media markets along the east coast. "It's a great opportunity to get Butler's footprint into a different area," Stevens said. "The school wanted to extend its reach to the east, and this helps us do that. But from a competitive standpoint, there's no question it's going to be difficult."

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EYES ON LONDON: Doing the Amanar, stamp prize

U.S. gymnast Gabrielle Douglas performs on the vault during the Artistic Gymnastics women's qualification at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 29, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

U.S. gymnast Gabrielle Douglas performs on the vault during the Artistic Gymnastics women's qualification at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 29, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Tarlan Karimov of Azerbaijan (in blue) competes against Musa Mogushkov of Russia during the men's -66kg judo competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 29, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Mexican gymnast Elsa Garcia Rodriguez Blancas performs on the balance beam during the Artistic Gymnastics women's qualification at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 29, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Brazilian gymnast Ethiene Cristina Gonser Franco reacts after her performance on the balance beam during the artistic gymnastics women's qualifications at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 29, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

United States' Missy Franklin starts in a women's 100-meter backstroke swimming heat at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Sunday, July 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

LONDON (AP) ? Around the 2012 Olympics and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of the games to you:

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YOU'RE THROWING THAT AWAY?

The U.S. women's gymnastics team wasted no time showing why they're the best vaulters in the world.

All four vaulters do the Amanar, considered the hardest vault in the world. They breezed through the routine in Sunday's Olympic debut, and in qualifications, only the top three scores count.

So it was Aly Raisman's score that was thrown out ? and every other country would kill to have gotten her 15.8.

Meanwhile, McKayla Maroney did not appear to be slowed by her broken toe. The reigning world champion in vault qualified for the event finals.

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UK STAMP OF APPROVAL

Most national Olympic committees are giving their athletes financial incentives to win a medal ? members of Malaysia's badminton team could even get a bar of gold bullion each worth $600,000 if they win the gold.

But for the hometown Brits, philatelic fame will have to do.

British medal winners receive no prize money from their federation, but the Royal Mail has promised to produce a stamp overnight honoring each of the country's gold medal winners. The stamps will be sold at 500 Post Offices in books of six for 60 pence (94 U.S. cents) each stamp.

Still, it could be worse. Some countries refuse to put you on a stamp until you're dead.

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CREDITING KIM

It was a Herculean lift ? and Om Yun Chol is crediting former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

Om joined an exclusive group of weightlifters on Sunday to have lifted three times their body weight in the clean and jerk.

"How can any man possibly lift 168kg? I believe the great Kim Jong Il looked over me," according to the internal news agency at the Olympic Games.

"I am very happy and give thanks to our Great Leader for giving me the strength ... It is all because of him."

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GATOR CHOMP

The University of Florida marching band made an appearance on the Mall during the women's road race, entertaining a few hundred people suffering through intermittent showers.

The band had to wait nearly an hour to perform because of one particularly strong downpour.

An official at the cycling venue said that 216 members of the Gators' band made the trip from their campus in Gainesville, Fla. The band will return home in the coming days and begin preparing for Florida's first home football game, scheduled for Sept. 1 against Bowling Green.

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PINNING THEIR HOPES

Kim Rhode's family thought of everything before the London Games ? even bringing their own Olympic pin for the trip.

To commemorate her quest to become the first American to win an individual-sport medal in five straight Olympic Games, Rhode's family made a small number of pins. The image: She's standing on London Bridge, larger than life, taking aim at an unseen target, with the U.S. and British flags below.

The family said it received approval from the U.S. Olympic Committee to use an image of the Olympic rings on the pin.

Rhode's signature is etched on the back, as are the years of her now-five Olympic appearances.

And since she's a shooter, it comes with a twist ? push the button on the back, and yep, "bullets" (red flashes of light, actually) come out the barrel of the gun.

See a picture of the pin here: http://t.co/s5d4FVYA

? Tim Reynolds ? Twitter http://www.twitter.com/ByTimReynolds

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OH, THE CACOPHONY

We are, apparently, talking too much. Electronically, at least.

The IOC says social media users helped cause problems for traditional broadcasters during the first big event of the London Olympics.

Television viewers watching the men's cycling on Saturday got little information about the riders' location and timings on the 250-kilometer (155-mile) road course. Broadcasters, whose commentators were also deprived of information, blamed the Olympics Broadcasting Service for the glitch with GPS signals.

IOC spokesman Mark Adams says the OBS service was jammed by "hundreds of thousands" of people sending texts, pictures and updates to social networks such as Twitter and Facebook. Acknowledges Adams: "We should have foreseen that."

The problem appeared to be solved for the women's road race Sunday.

? Graham Dunbar ? http://twitter.com/gdunbarAP

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FLAMESPOTTING

Want to see the Olympic cauldron? Got a helicopter?

London Mayor Boris Johnson had an answer for people who said, hey ? wait a minute ? I can't see the Olympic flame at all from outside the stadium. Just ascend the Orbit, the towering structure in Olympic Park with an observation deck at the top.

So we did. And what did we find? If you really peer out and stretch your neck, you can see a little bit of the cauldron and its flames, sitting in the distance looking like a small rubbish-bin fire. The mayor, it seems, wins on a technicality.

Plans are under way to move it to a more prominent location, albeit one still within the stadium.

? Yesica Fisch and Masha Macpherson

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ALL IN THE HANDS

Take a close look at the fingers in this photo by AP's Chris O'Meara.

Many volleyball players use tape as support, but U.S. opposite Destinee Hooker uses it to keep her loved ones close.

In the team's opening match against South Korea, she spelled out "VET" on the tape, a nod to sister Marshevet Hooker, who was on the gold medal-winning 4x100 U.S. relay team in the Beijing Olympics. Destinee also wrote "STEVE" for fiance Steven Coulter. And she's not limited to her finger tape: Hooker has "Mom and Dad" written on her shoes.

? Anne M. Peterson ? Twitter http://twitter.com/anniempeterson

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SLOW SWIMMING

At the Olympic Aquatics Centre, swimmers from developing countries populate many early heats and fans are applauding them all.

Jennet Saryyeva, an 18-year-old from Turkmenistan, took third in the first heat of the women's 400-meter freestyle Sunday at 5 minutes, 40.29 seconds, well behind the other two swimmers.

By comparison, leading qualifier Camille Muffat of France touched in at 4:03.29.

Still, Saryyeva says her time was a personal and national record, and she only began training for the event last year.

Saryyeva said Turkmenistan, a former Soviet republic in Central Asia that borders Afghanistan and the Caspian Sea, has about 10 professional swimmers in all.

"Here it's just me and one boy and my coach," she said.

? Beth Harris ? Twitter http://twitter.com/bethharrisap

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ROWING ON EMPTY

He only learned to row three months ago and yet there he was, competing in the Olympics in the grueling single sculls repechage.

He slumped over the finish line, cheered on by the home crowd and with an announcer imploring: "You can do it!"

Nobody cared that he was about 100 seconds behind the winner.

Djibo Issaka is 35 and from Niger in west Africa. He received a wild card to the Olympics to "strengthen the principle of universal representation."

? Steve Douglas ? Twitter http://www.twitter.com/sdouglas80

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OUT OF STEP

One woman stood out during India's walk through Olympic Stadium at the opening ceremony. That's because she wasn't supposed to be there.

Friday night's party crasher was not wearing the yellow and white dress that every other Indian woman was wearing in the group, yet still managed to situate herself next to flag bearer Sushil Kumar at the front of the line as they walked around the stadium.

Sebastian Coe, chairman of the London organizers, says he plans to meet with the Indian delegation to discuss what happened.

"She was a cast member who clearly got slightly overexcited," Coe says. "She shouldn't have been there."

Coe also insists she posed no danger to the Indian team or the proceedings because, as a cast member for the opening ceremony program, she had to go through all the security measures to get into the park that everyone else does.

"She shouldn't have been in the opening ceremony," Coe says, "but don't run away with the idea that she walked in off the street."

?Jon Krawczynski ? Twitter http://www.twitter.com/APkrawczynski

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EYES FOR HER NATION

When it comes to showing patriotism, Daniele Hypolito gets bonus points for originality.

The Brazilian gymnast wore eye shadow in the colors of her flag during Sunday's qualifying session ? green in the corner, yellow in the middle and a big swath of blue on the outer edge. AP Photographer Matt Dunham caught her in a moment with her eyes closed to showcase the color display.

? Nancy Armour ? Twitter: http://twitter.com/nrarmour

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THAI HIGH HOPES

One family from west London visiting the ExCel on Sunday are more than a little excited to be here ? they couldn't get tickets in the British balloting system and had almost given up hope. Then friends back in Thailand told them about a Thai agency with tickets available, and they jumped on them.

"The price of the ticket was a little bit higher than from the British ticket website, but it is a once in a lifetime experience," says Vichayaporn Varasit, 13, as her family surrounds her and chants, "Thailand, Thailand!" The group of 10 are all heading into Arena 2 to see Thai boxer Saylom Ardee take on Gani Zhailauov from Kazakhstan.

"We live in London," Vichayaporn says, "but we are definitely here to see Thailand."

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? Fergus Bell ? Twitter http://twitter.com/fergb

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ROYAL SNAPSHOT

Now that's a photo op.

An Olympic technician got a special souvenir from Britain's Zara Phillips, granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II, just after she rode her dressage test Saturday in the equestrian eventing competiton at Greenwich Park.

He stopped a relaxed and smiling Phillips as she walked back to the stables with her husband, British rugby star Mike Tindall, and asked for a picture with her. Tindall obliged by taking the camera himself and making the snap.

Phillips had just performed her dressage test in front of an enthusiastic and partial British crowd hoping for another medal for the home team. While Phillips' dressage score was respectable, she asserted that her horse High Kingdom was looking forward to jumping the cross-country course Monday, a specialty of his.

"I think he wants to get out there now," Phillips said to reporters. "He's a bit bored with dressage."

? Margaret Freeman

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15 magical pieces of tech that need to stop

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They were supposed to make everything better. And maybe they did, a little. But it's time for them to go away now. Sorry, QR codes. It's been real.?

?1. QR Codes

Imagine a hyperlink, except instead of actual readable text that you can type in, it's some weird ziggurat that gives no hint of where it's going. Also, instead of clicking on it, you have to take a picture of it with your camera, and you're probably going to have to take that picture three or four times before it works, and a lot of the time it's going to send you to either a non-mobile site or a dead link. If they all disappeared tomorrow, not one person in the entire world would care, not at all.

2. Routers

For some reason, they all look like they were made in 1995 and most of them act that way too. Everything they do would be much better in a scaled down, Airport-Express-style dongle. Time to burn this one down and start again.

3. Browser plugins

Flash is pulling out of the mobile world (after years of trying to break in) and Silverlight is ruining lives on a daily basis. Soon HTML5 will replace them entirely ? browser plugins don't exist on the iPhone or iPad and they won't exist on Windows 8 RT ?? but in the meantime there are a lot of websites with gaping holes in them, like a newspaper attacked by old lady clipping coupons.

4. Traffic cameras

The?rule was, if a cop caught you speeding, you got a ticket. It was a great system, both for the Smokey-and-the-Bandit factor and because, if you were only a little bit over the line, the officer would usually let it slide. Mailing tickets to people just because they got from point A to point B a little ahead of the curve is cheating, and it moves us towards a creepy automotive panopticon where the force of law is both intangible and omnipresent. But mostly, it's just lame.

5. Inductive charging?

Another idea that's been kicking around for a while without ever taking off. If it's not built into the phone, like the Palm Pre, it's not any easier than plugging it in.

6. Bluetooth audio

This started out as a good idea ? especially the speakers ? but it took 15 years to produce a decent product. Time to call it a day. We're better off with speaker wire.

7. The remote control

True story: I recently visited a friend who was housesitting, and it took us 10 minutes to figure out how to turn on the TV. There were three remotes, and each one had 40 buttons on it, except for the Apple TV remote, which didn't have a power button. Just put it in an app.

8. The cable box?

Speaking of which, here's a strange box that requires another remote control. Destroy! Or get it over with and shove it inside of an?Xbox or Apple TV already.

9. Software license keys?

Hard to enter, easy to crack. Authentication shouldn't be this difficult.

10. Cables For everything

Too many cables. Toomanycables. Too many, cables. Too.?Many cables.

11. The printer/scanner/fax

A surprising number of people still get one of these when they buy a computer, even though there's no reason to do any of these three things, and if you ever run out of ink or toner you will suffer the tortures of the damned. The sooner we stop expecting paper copies of things, the better.

12. Blu-Ray?

A lot of loose copies of Transformers 3 were handed out trying to make this one happen. And the movie looked great! Unfortunately, nobody you know owns a Blu-Ray player, and nobody wants to make a computer that deals with them. You're better off streaming.

13. The power brick

It's enough to make you wish we'd stuck with direct current.

14. Facebook comments

Designed to bring civility to web comments by attaching real people's names to them. Because if you know Richard Morris here is the person saying crazy things, he won't say them, right? Wrong. It continues to be a bottomless will of spiritual death and plain-old web-design misery.

15. Standalone anti-virus software?

It's crazy that this still exists. Just bake it into the OS already.

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Chattanooga Football Club is one win away from National Premier Soccer League title

Chattanooga Football Club coach Bill Elliott

Just like two years ago, the Chattanooga Football Club is a win away from its first National Premier Soccer League championship.

In 2010, playing a short distance from home in Madison, Ala., the then second-year club fell to the Sacramento Gold in the title game. Now, much further away at Del Norte High School in San Diego, CFC gets another shot.

This time the opponent is FC Sonic, of Lehigh Valley, Pa. The game will start at 3 p.m. EST and can be watched online at SDSPSoccermarketing.com. Chattanooga FC is trying to give the Southeast Conference back to back champions after Jacksonville United FC won the NPSL title last season.

"The players really want to win for the [CFC board of directors] and the fans," first-year coach Bill Elliott said. "They know how much the fans and the board have put into supporting the team. ... I'm sure everyone would be extremely excited to get that payoff that you always want.

"We can do that with a win."

CFC (8-1-3) beat the Bay Area Ambassadors 3-2 on Friday night. Phil Beene had a goal and an assist on Grant Rardon's header that gave CFC a 2-0 lead at the half. Luis Trude scored what proved to be the game-winner in the second half.

After having the upper hand throughout the first half, CFC had to deal with a different Bay Area squad in the second.

"They started playing with four forwards, only three defenders, and were playing obviously very aggressive -- desperate, even," Elliott said. "No matter how good you are, that's always tough to defense. But, when you do that it also leaves the other team open to attack and that's when Luis got his goal."

FC Sonic reached today's game with a 2-0 win over the Madison (Wis.) 56ers, scoring both goals in the second half. Goals for CFC might be tough to come by because it will be facing Charlie Sales, who on Friday was named the NPSL Goalkeeper of the Year.

Unlike the semifinal game against Bay Area, in which Elliott knew virtually nothing about CFC's opponent, the first-year coach was able to do some scouting Friday. Of course, FC Sonic was also able to see what CFC could do.

"I was able to see them play [Friday] and they're a good team, just like you'd expect to see when you're playing for a national championship," Elliott said. "They were completely superior to their opponent [in the semis]."

Elliott said the team planned to do some light jogging and stretching at the beach Saturday, a "Chariots of Fire" moment, perhaps, before playing its last game of the season.

about John Frierson...

John Frierson is in his fifth year at the Times Free Press and fifth year covering University of Tennessee at Chattanooga athletics. The bulk of his time is spent covering Mocs football, but he also writes about women?s basketball and the big-picture issues and news involving the athletic department. A native of Athens, Ga., John grew up a few hundred yards from the University of Georgia campus. Instead of becoming a Bulldog he attended Ole ...

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Enbridge races to clean up Wisconsin oil spill, restart line

GRAND MARSH, Wisconsin (Reuters) - Canada's Enbridge Inc. on Sunday raced to repair a major pipeline that spilled more than 1,000 barrels of oil in a Wisconsin field, provoking fresh ire from Washington over the latest in a series of leaks.

The spill on Friday -- almost two years to the day after a ruptured Enbridge line fouled part of the Kalamazoo River in Michigan -- has forced the closure of a major conduit for Canadian light crude shipments to U.S. refiners and threatens to further damage the reputation of a company that launched a more than $3 billion expansion program just two months ago.

Enbridge said it intended to begin repairs to Line 14 late on Saturday after making "excellent progress" in clean-up, allowing for visual inspection of the line. But it still did not know what had caused the incident and provided no estimate on when the 318,000 barrels-per-day Line 14 would resume service.

An official with the U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) said two inspectors were at the site on Sunday, and that all of the pooled oil had been cleaned up.

"The line has been uncovered to begin removing the failed section and send it to a metallurgical lab for examination," PHMSA spokesman Damon Hill said.

Officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources are also on site, Enbridge said in a statement.

An image of the area posted on Enbridge's website showed a patch of damp, blackened earth near a stand of trees about one-third the size of a football field. It found some oil on two small farm ponds, but said they did not connect to moving waterways and that drinking wells did not seem to be affected.

Although the spill appeared to be relatively small and quickly contained, it comes at a delicate time for Enbridge, which suffered another leak in Alberta, Canada, a month ago and endured a scathing report from U.S. safety regulators over its handling of the Michigan incident in 2010, with employees likened to the "Keystone Kops" for their bungled response.

"Enbridge is fast becoming to the Midwest what BP was to the Gulf of Mexico, posing troubling risks to the environment," U.S. Representative Ed Markey, the top Democrat on the Natural Resources Committee, said in a statement.

"The company must be forthcoming about this entire incident, and deserves a top-to-bottom review of their safety culture, procedures and standards," said Markey, an outspoken critic of increasing imports of Canada's heavy oil sands crude.

Canada is the largest source of foreign crude for the United States, supplying over 2.4 million bpd of the more than 8.3 million bpd of imported by the nation on average in July. Enbridge's lines, the world's largest crude oil pipeline system, carry the lion's share of those shipments.

Just two months ago, Enbridge kicked off one of the most sweeping expansions in its history, announcing a multibillion-dollar series of projects aimed at moving western Canada and North Dakota oil to Eastern refineries and eliminating costly bottlenecks in the U.S. Midwest.

Line 14 is a 24-inch diameter pipe that was installed in 1998, making it a relatively new line. Enbridge said it had been inspected twice in the past five years.

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Analysts said that the move, which comes as oil inventories in the Midwest hit record highs, may have a limited impact on crude oil futures when trading opens in Asia.

"I think that the pipeline (outage) is more likely to have a greater company impact that it will on the oil (futures) market -- I think that global growth and geopolitics will be more important than the pipeline," said Jason Schenker, president of Prestige Economics LLC in Austin, Texas.

U.S. and global oil prices have been balancing the risks of a large-scale disruption in Iranian crude against the struggling world economy this year. A surge in production from North Dakota and Canada has built up inventories in the U.S. Midwest due to a shortfall of capacity to move the oil into the Gulf Coast refining region.

Schenker said the impact of the Enbridge disruption on Chicago refineries will depend largely on how much crude they have stockpiled as well as the length of the outage. Total Midwest crude inventories have hit a record high over 110 million barrels over the past two months, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

TWO LANDOWNERS, ONE HOUSE 'COVERED'

In most cases, smaller pipeline leaks can be repaired quickly, although regulators may require significant work if they find any cause for alarm. Following the leak in Michigan two years ago -- which spilled roughly 15 times more oil than the Wisconsin leak if initial estimates of the Friday incident prove correct -- one line was shut for more than two months.

Enbridge said two landowners had been affected and that one family had been relocated for their safety and comfort, but that most of the spill was restricted to the pipeline right-of-way. It kept its estimate of the spill at around 1,200 barrels -- about as much as would fit in six very large oil tanker trucks.

"The house right next to where the pipeline broke got covered with oil," said Patrick Swadish, who lives about a mile northwest of the spill site in a rural area of mostly farmland, some 80 miles north of the college town of Madison.

Oil trucks, Enbridge vehicles and about a dozen crews were working in the area, which had been cordoned off by sheriff deputies. Local law enforcement officials said they had been told it may take up to 30 days to clean the area.

Enbridge also said it had briefly shut down two larger adjacent lines -- the 400,000 bpd Line 61 and the 670,000 bpd Line 6A -- but both were pumping again within a day. Together with Line 14, they form the backbone of Lakehead, a 2.5 million bpd network that is the main route for Canadian exports.

Another line, the 180,000 bpd Line 13, which carries diluents from Chicago to Edmonton, Alberta, would be restarted once it was confirmed the release had not had an impact on it, it said.

PREVIOUS SPILLS

Just weeks ago, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board blasted Enbridge's handling of the July 2010 rupture of its Line 6B near Marshall, Michigan, which led to more than 20,000 barrels of crude leaking into the Kalamazoo River.

The NTSB said it found a complete breakdown of company safety measures, and that Enbridge employees performed like "Keystone Kops" trying to contain it. The rupture went undetected for 17 hours.

U.S. pipeline regulators fined it $3.7 million for the spill, their largest ever penalty.

The incidents, plus the most recent spill in Alberta, have caused furor just as the company seeks approval for its C$6 billion Northern Gateway pipeline to Canada's West Coast amid staunch opposition from environmental groups and native communities that warn against oil spills.

(Additional reporting by Timothy Gardner and Russ Blinch in Washington; Jeff Jones in Calgary; Writing by Jonathan Leff and Matthew Robinson; Editing by Anthony Boadle and Maureen Bavdek)

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Book Review : A Black Hole is Not a Hole by Carolyn Cinami DeCristofano

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Lombardozzi's triple lifts Nats past Brewers, 8-2

Washington Nationals' Steve Lombardozzi watches his three-run triple against the Milwaukee Brewers during the second inning of a baseball game Thursday, July 26, 2012, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

Washington Nationals' Steve Lombardozzi watches his three-run triple against the Milwaukee Brewers during the second inning of a baseball game Thursday, July 26, 2012, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

Washington Nationals starting pitcher Edwin Jackson throws to a Milwaukee Brewers batter during the first inning of a baseball game Thursday, July 26, 2012, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

Washington Nationals' Bryce Harper makes a running catch on a ball hit by Milwaukee Brewers' Jonathan Lucroy during the second inning of a baseball game Thursday, July 26, 2012, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

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MILWAUKEE (AP) ? Edwin Jackson pitched seven scoreless innings and Steve Lombardozzi hit a three-run triple in the Washington Nationals' 8-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday night.

The Nationals have won six consecutive games, matching a season-high, and improved to 59-39. The last time a Washington-based team was 20 games over .500 was 1933, when the American League Senators finished 99-53 and lost the World Series in five games to the New York Giants.

Milwaukee's seventh straight loss came on the day general manager Doug Melvin acknowledged he was working to trade ace Zack Greinke, effectively signaling that the Brewers are giving up hopes of reaching the postseason a year after advancing to the NL championship series.

Jackson (6-6) scattered eight hits and a walk while striking out four. The Brewers were 2 for 12 with runners in scoring position against the right-hander.

Milwaukee starter Yovani Gallardo (8-8) put his team in a hole early, allowing the Nationals to score four runs in the second. The right-hander gave up seven runs on seven hits and two walks with six strikeouts in five innings.

Every Washington starter reached base except for Danny Espinosa, who went 0 for 4 in snapping his 11-game hitting streak.

Adam LaRoche hit the first pitch of the second inning for his 19th home run of the year to make it 1-0. He has homered in three consecutive games.

With two outs, Roger Bernadina walked. Washington put on the hit-and-run, and Jesus Flores hit a routine grounder to second, but Rickie Weeks had vacated his spot to cover second. The ball bounced into the outfield and Flores reached on a single to keep the inning alive.

Gallardo then walked Jackson to load the bases. Lombardozzi followed with a hard grounder past a diving Corey Hart at first that went down the right-field line for a triple and a 4-0 Washington lead.

The Nationals scored three more off Gallardo in the fifth. Jackson led off with a single and moved to third on a one-out single by Bryce Harper.

Ryan Zimmerman then hit an RBI single to score Jackson, and LaRoche's slow groundout to first scored Harper for a 6-0 lead.

Michael Morse hit an RBI single that drove in Zimmerman for a 7-0 lead.

Morse added another RBI single in the eighth for an 8-0 lead.

Carlos Gomez hit a two-run home run, his eighth of the year, off reliever Henry Rodriguez in the eighth for Milwaukee.

NOTES: Brewers C Jonathan Lucroy was reinstated from the 15-day DL and the contract of RHP Jeff Henderson was selected from Triple-A Nashville. To make room on the roster, C George Kottaras was designated for assignment and INF Jeff Bianchi was optioned to Nashville. ... Washington had lost eight consecutive games at Miller Park, but it was the first game between the teams since May 2011.

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Apple airs three new Genius based commercials during the Olympic Games opening ceremony

Apple aired three new style commercials during the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games; which is currently being held in London. The new style commercials are quite cheeky and unlike anything we have seen from Apple before. They are quite tongue in cheek and show a blue shirted Apple genius in each advertisement, coming to the rescue of customers.

The first ad shown is called ?Basically? and shows the Apple Genius laughing at PC?s and showing the customer all the add on value of using a Mac. The second ad is called ?Labor Day? and shows an expectant Father knocking up the Genius at 4am; asking for assistance with a birth announcement card. Finally the last new ad is called ?May Day? and is set on a plane; a customer has forgotten his anniversary and asks for help making an iMovie.

The new style ads with a touch of humor are certainly different to the recent ads we have seen from Apple. Having said that, Apple has often tried to inject a bit of humor into its commercials; the ?Get a Mac? commercials were hugely successful when they were aired.

The new ads are all embedded below for your viewing pleasure. When you have watched them, let us know what you think of this new style of ad.

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The Elka Almanac: Product Review: Kong Squeezz

Ever since our recent Gummy Bear success, Elka has been a lot more interested in squeaky toys. She no longer seems to think that she's hurting the toys when they squeak, and will actually play by herself with one. This is nothing short of miraculous, I assure you. Elka is a sharer, of the highest caliber.

So, when I received an email asking if we'd like to review the Kong Squeezz with rope toys, I said "Yes please!" We love new toys at Casa Elka, and I love Kong toys pretty much as a rule. They're durable, they don't smell funny, and Elka tends to react well to them.

The fact that these were squeaky toys with ropes made me think Elka would like them especially, because she will try to play tug with just about any toy. Not these, surprisingly! My second prediction, though, was correct. At least for the dumbbell one. See, if Elka doesn't want to play tug with a toy, she wants to chew it. What will she chew first? Ropes.

Really, though, the Dumbbell is just as amazing to her, if not more so, without the rope. It bounces erratically, it's just the right chewable texture, and it squeaks! The clever thing about the squeaker is that the hole the "noise comes out of" is inside the tube through which the rope was threaded. So, Elka can't chew on just that area the way she normally would.

I in fact watched her, on two separate occasions, play with the dumbbell without soliciting human interaction for half an hour or more. She chews it, shakes it, throws it around, and every once in awhile stomps on it with her paws when it's on the ground. At least one of our friends has remarked that he's never seen a dog go after things with her paws the way Elka does. Whenever she's mouthing it or moving her with her nose, she's also mumble-growling at it, which is completely adorable. I mentioned it on Twitter, and now I have to try and get a video of it.?

It alos amused me greatly to realize, belatedly, that this is yet another green toy for Elka. The other one is blue, though. Elka doesn't much want to tug with this one, either, and plays with it in much the same way. The way the ropes are looped, though, has preserved them so far. There isn't a single knot for her to focus on and destroy.

One of the balls mysteriously doesn't squeak already; I guess she chewed on the edges just enough that the air escapes from more than just the squeak valve. Or whatever technical term you might want to use for it is. This one Elka will bring to a person, so that they throw it. The double ball design means that it bounces erratically as well, something she never much seemed to care about with the plain ol' food holding Kongs. When it squeaks and bounces though, it's a hit.?

Elka even fell asleep with it in her mouth (of course her eyes opened when I got the camera, but I still got the shot).

It isn't very many toys that Elka will fall asleep with, or seek out to bring with her to different rooms of the house. Gumby is still a strong contender. But the blue Kong Squeezz with rope is one too, apparently. When I leave it out, that is. Because the rope has survived so far does not mean that I trust Elka implicitly and unsupervised with it! Additionally, the double ball one flops a good deal more when she shakes it, so that is another bonus in the Doberman book.

In conclusion, I think that the Kong Squeezz with rope, at least in these two iterations, is a pretty rocking product. It's durable, and I've mentioned before that Miss Elka isn't exactly gentle with her toys, especially toys that she loves (seems counter-intuitive, doesn't it? For all her remarkable qualities, I sometimes need to remind myself that she is still "just" a dog). They squeak, but miraculously, the noises that are produced aren't completely obnoxious. They don't smell bad. And they keep her attention all on their own, without having to share the play! Definite thumbs up, Kong. Well played.

FTC disclaimer: I received the two Kong Squeezz with rope toys pictured to test, but was not compensated in any other way for this review.

Source: http://theelkaalmanac.blogspot.com/2012/07/product-review-kong-squeezz.html

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Colorado Massacre Mailing Recalls Virginia Tech, Columbine Pattern

RJ Sangosti-Pool/Getty Images(AURORA, Colo.) ? Investigators are analyzing a notebook believed to be written by James Holmes, the accused gunman in last Friday?s Colorado movie theater shooting, which could be a roadmap to a massacre.

If it is, it would not be the first of its kind.? Experts say detailed, meticulously written plans are often a hallmark of mass murderers.

?Universally, mass shooters [are] all about revenge,? said Brad Garrett, a former FBI special agent and an ABC News analyst.? ?He wanted to pay society back for what he believed society had done to him.? And I think the notebook will talk about that.?

Holmes is reported to have walked into an Aurora, Colo., theater showing The Dark Knight Rises around midnight July 20 dressed in riot gear and brandishing at least three weapons.? He allegedly set off two smoke bombs before opening fire on the movie theater patrons with an assault rifle, shotgun and a handgun, killing 12 and wounding dozens of others.

When investigators first found the Holmes package on Monday in the mailroom at the University of Colorado, where Holmes recently dropped out as a neuroscience student, they were so concerned it ? like Holmes? apartment ? would be rigged with explosives that they sent in a robot to handle it.

Inside the notebook, they reportedly found plans for a massacre, including drawings of a stick-figure gunman mowing down his victims.

In America?s overcrowded history of mass murder, nearly every perpetrator has left behind documentation.

Seung-Hui Cho, the student who killed 32 people and himself at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., in 2007, mailed photos, a letter and video clips of himself reciting a garbled rant at unnamed and perhaps unknowable wrongdoers.

?Thanks to you, I die like Jesus Christ, who inspired generations of the weak and defenseless people,? he said in the video.

?You had 100 billion chances and ways to avoid today.? But you decided to spill my blood,? he said.? ?You forced me into a corner and gave me only one option.? The decision was yours.? Now you have blood on your hands that will never wash off.?

In his letter, Cho even expressed admiration for fellow mass murderers Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, the Columbine High School killers.

?We martyrs, like Eric and Dylan, will sacrifice our lives to ? you thousand folds for what you apostles of sin have done to us,? Cho wrote.

Those Columbine seniors, who on April 20, 1999, killed 13 people in a shooting spree in Colorado, left voluminous diaries, diagrams of the school, and ominous videos before their killings and suicides.

More recently Jared Lee Loughner, accused in a shooting spree on Jan. 8, 2011, at a Tucson, Ariz., community event held by Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, that killed six people and wounded others, including Giffords, posted incomprehensible videos about his community college, calling it ?my genocide school.?

The video contained such strange narration as this: ?If the student is unable to locate the external universe, then the student is unable to locate the internal universe.?

The writings and videos of mass killers often seem bizarre and short on rational arguments, but they nevertheless may shed light on the motivations for the crimes.

?These attackers may be trying to be understood,? said Marisa Randazzo, an expert on threat assessment and targeted violence.? ?Because at the time they carry out the attack they don?t feel understood.? This may be part of what is driving this personal desperation ? the feeling that they have no options left.?

Copyright 2012 ABC News Radio

Source: http://www.wbobradio.com/2012/07/27/colorado-massacre-mailing-recalls-virginia-tech-columbine-pattern/

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