WVU baseball program taking a swing at relevancy

Matt Frazer isn't about to trash Greg Van Zant.

MORGANTOWN - Matt Frazer isn't about to trash Greg Van Zant.????

After all, why? Why throw gasoline on a fire whose embers have all but burned out? Shoot, even the website dedicated to ridding West Virginia of its long-time baseball coach sits idle today, there for perusal but untouched since his firing in May.

"And besides, I'm grateful to him,'' Frazer said. "He's the one who recruited me and gave me a chance to play Division I baseball. I can't knock him.''

Still, as West Virginia's baseball season approaches - the Mountaineers are practicing and begin play in just over two weeks with a three-game series at North Florida - things are just, well, different.

It's not that they're different in what the Mountaineers are doing under new coach Randy Mazey. After all, this is baseball we're talking about. It's not the most complicated of games. You throw, you catch, you field, you hit.

The difference is in attitude. It's in style. And most of all, it's in intensity.

"The intensity is definitely a lot more with Coach Mazey,'' said Frazer, the tight end-sized first baseman from Nitro. "We're always doing something. We're always moving, always doing something. We've done the same things in the past, but this year it's just a lot more intense.''

And, well, if any sport at West Virginia could use a shot of intensity, it's the baseball program.

For years now, WVU baseball has been almost an afterthought. In a way, that's to be expected. After all, cold and rainy days in Morgantown generally outnumber warm and sunny ones, and seldom has there been reason for anyone to go out of their way to pay much attention.

In Van Zant's 18 years, West Virginia was, well, mediocre. There was one NCAA tournament appearance - his second season - and just seven seasons in which the final record was significantly above .500. But it's not as if that was out of the ordinary. Van Zant and Dale Ramsburg have coached the team since 1968. Ramsburg's teams made only four NCAA tournament appearances in 27 seasons.

Throw in Steve Harrick and those were the only three coaches at the school between 1948 and now. There have been just five since 1921, including a 23-year stint by Ira Errett Rodgers. That type of consistency and continuity would be great if the program had been consistently good. But it wasn't. Of the 18 men who have served in the position, Rodgers ranks last on the school's all-time list of winningest coaches by percentage. Van Zant is fourth from the bottom, Ramsburg seventh.

They remained, in part, because they had some good seasons, especially Harrick and Ramsburg, although even Ramsburg had just 10 seasons out of 27 in which his teams finished 10 or more games over .500 and nine in which they were .500 or worse.

The other reason they remained was because no one was really paying much attention. The basketball or football team slides along in mediocrity and people take notice, coaches are replaced. The baseball team does the same and, well, it's just baseball, right?

MORGANTOWN - Matt Frazer isn't about to trash Greg Van Zant.????

After all, why? Why throw gasoline on a fire whose embers have all but burned out? Shoot, even the website dedicated to ridding West Virginia of its long-time baseball coach sits idle today, there for perusal but untouched since his firing in May.

"And besides, I'm grateful to him,'' Frazer said. "He's the one who recruited me and gave me a chance to play Division I baseball. I can't knock him.''

Still, as West Virginia's baseball season approaches - the Mountaineers are practicing and begin play in just over two weeks with a three-game series at North Florida - things are just, well, different.

It's not that they're different in what the Mountaineers are doing under new coach Randy Mazey. After all, this is baseball we're talking about. It's not the most complicated of games. You throw, you catch, you field, you hit.

The difference is in attitude. It's in style. And most of all, it's in intensity.

"The intensity is definitely a lot more with Coach Mazey,'' said Frazer, the tight end-sized first baseman from Nitro. "We're always doing something. We're always moving, always doing something. We've done the same things in the past, but this year it's just a lot more intense.''

And, well, if any sport at West Virginia could use a shot of intensity, it's the baseball program.

For years now, WVU baseball has been almost an afterthought. In a way, that's to be expected. After all, cold and rainy days in Morgantown generally outnumber warm and sunny ones, and seldom has there been reason for anyone to go out of their way to pay much attention.

In Van Zant's 18 years, West Virginia was, well, mediocre. There was one NCAA tournament appearance - his second season - and just seven seasons in which the final record was significantly above .500. But it's not as if that was out of the ordinary. Van Zant and Dale Ramsburg have coached the team since 1968. Ramsburg's teams made only four NCAA tournament appearances in 27 seasons.

Throw in Steve Harrick and those were the only three coaches at the school between 1948 and now. There have been just five since 1921, including a 23-year stint by Ira Errett Rodgers. That type of consistency and continuity would be great if the program had been consistently good. But it wasn't. Of the 18 men who have served in the position, Rodgers ranks last on the school's all-time list of winningest coaches by percentage. Van Zant is fourth from the bottom, Ramsburg seventh.

They remained, in part, because they had some good seasons, especially Harrick and Ramsburg, although even Ramsburg had just 10 seasons out of 27 in which his teams finished 10 or more games over .500 and nine in which they were .500 or worse.

The other reason they remained was because no one was really paying much attention. The basketball or football team slides along in mediocrity and people take notice, coaches are replaced. The baseball team does the same and, well, it's just baseball, right?

Those days appear to be at an end, thus the hiring of Mazey from baseball-rich TCU and a staff of like-minded baseball people. Thus the push for a new ballpark in Morgantown. Thus the road show that will be this WVU baseball season, searching out the best parks in the state to play (11 in Charleston and four in Beckley, as opposed to just four single games and one series at Hawley Field).

And thus at least a bit of emphasis on the sport, some of it in rather nuanced ways.

"In the past, they didn't do anything to promote us,'' Frazer said. "Now it's like they care.''

Whether or not that makes a difference in terms of success remains to be seen, of course. This is a team that returns almost everyone from a year ago - pitchers who started 43 of last year's 55 games and nine of the 11 position players who played in at least half the games - but it's also a team that was 23-32. Mazey has brought in 14 new players, but the level of competition is kicked up a notch or two in the Big 12, as well.

"We've got the offense, we've got the defense and we've got the pitching,'' Frazer said. "We should be right up there.''

There's also the travel factor. A 56-game schedule includes just eight games in which the Mountaineers don't have to bus or fly, a number that is likely to be reduced even further by the elements.

"No, it's not ideal. The travel's hard,'' Frazer said. "But we travel a lot anyway. And it's not like we're losing the home-field advantage [in games at Charleston and Beckley]. We're still playing in front of our fans, just in a different place.''

And, of course, for guys like Frazer there's the need to pretty much start all over again. Frazer played and started 54 of the team's 55 games a year ago. He hit .294 and led or tied for the team lead in doubles and home runs. At 6-foot-5 and 260 pounds, he's certainly an imposing physical specimen.

But he's also a rookie again.

"It's actually fun,'' Frazer said. "It gives you a chance to really dig down deep. You go full speed every time you're out there with somebody new as your coach. They don't know who you are and you don't know who they are. You have to prove yourself.''

And in the end it might make West Virginia baseball relevant.

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Air China has announced that starting?March 31 it will upgrade its aircraft to the state of the art Boeing 777-300ER and increase its frequency from 7 to 11 per week for its nonstop New York-Beijing flights.

?Adding new flights is a response to a consistently growing passenger demand for more convenient nonstop services between New York and Beijing. Business or leisure travelers bound for Beijing or onward to domestic Chinese cities and other destinations in Asia such as Hong Kong, Vietnam, India, the Philippines, Thailand and many others, stand to benefit the most from Air China?s increased capacity and convenient connecting flights,? Mr. Yuelong Zhou, Air China?s General Manager in New York, said.

Air China is the only airline with nonstop service between New York and Beijing. It is also the only airline with first class cabin between these two cities. Current daily flights between New York and Beijing are CA 982 and CA 981. The additional outbound flight, CA 990, departs from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday at 2:50 AM, arriving in Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) at 2:20 PM local time the next day. Inbound, CA 989 leaves Beijing at 9:00 AM also on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, arriving in New York at 10:20 AM local time on the same day. As the largest long-range twin-engine jetliner, the B777-300ER is cleaner and greener. It also brings twin-engine efficiency and reliability to the long-range market and delivers better fuel performance.

?Operating the New York-Beijing flight with the new ?triple seven? provides Air China with a significant advantage in the highly competitive New York market. It shows our commitment to provide air travelers with the best product from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Beijing. I?m sure our guests will appreciate the features of the energy-efficient Boeing 777-300ER,? Mr. Zhou commented.

The ?triple seven? has a wider cabin than any competing aircraft. It is designed for maximum passenger comfort and convenience. Air China?s Forbidden Pavilion (first class) features eight luxury suites, 41 full-flat bed seats in the Capital Pavilion (business class) and 259 economy seats with individual monitors and in-seat audio-video on demand (AVOD).

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Emission trading schemes limit green consumerism

Jan. 30, 2013 ? Schemes that aim to regulate greenhouse gas emissions can limit consumers' attempts to reduce their carbon footprints, according to an economist at the University of East Anglia (UEA).

Dr Grischa Perino suggests that some recommendations made by government agencies and environmental NGOs about how individuals can reduce GHG emissions are inappropriate in the European Union because of its Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), which caps emissions from certain industries, such as electricity production and aviation, and allows regulated sources to trade emission allowances.

Advice commonly given to consumers includes reducing the number of flights taken, replacing energy-hungry appliances and lightbulbs with energy efficient ones and eating less red meat.

But in a new discussion paper by UEA's Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Science, Dr Perino says that once the EU ETS cap is in place, installing energy efficient lightbulbs, flying less and some other recommended actions have no impact on total emissions, as they are simply relocated to other sources via the system's trading mechanism. He claims that out of the above examples only eating less meat reduces total emissions, because in contrast to electricity production and aviation, emissions from agriculture are not covered by the EU ETS.

"Buying energy efficient appliances still makes a lot of sense as they often save more on electricity bills than the extra cost incurred in buying them and it reduces other forms of environmental pollution, but it does not reduce greenhouse gas emissions," said Dr Perino, an environmental economist in the School of Economics and member of the Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE) at UEA.

He argues that understanding what polices such as the EU ETS cover is crucial for individuals wanting to contribute to reducing their carbon footprint, otherwise their efforts can "backfire."

"Consumers who want to reduce the climate impact of their consumption and lifestyle should focus on reducing emissions not regulated by the EU ETS, such as road transport, agriculture and other sectors with low energy intensity," he said. "Driving your car less, eating less red meat and improving the insulation of your home substantially reduces your carbon footprint. These unregulated sectors make up more than half of GHG emissions in participating countries and reducing those emissions is important."

The EU ETS is the biggest international system for trading GHG emission allowances and a cornerstone of the EU's policy to combat climate change. Under this so-called cap and trade scheme, emissions by one regulated source can be offset by another and firms that hold more emission allowances than they need can sell these to other firms, which in turn use them to increase their own emissions.

However, Dr Perino says that while this scheme reduces greenhouse gas emissions, it only does so because the cap is lower than the amount regulated sectors would emit in its absence, adding: "The two regional cap and trade schemes in North America, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and the Western Climate Initiative, follow the same basic design and similar results hold for them, as will be the case for the Australian scheme once it is transformed from an emissions tax into a cap and trade scheme in 2015."

Dr Perino recommends that to reduce emissions in EU ETS sectors such as electricity production, people should put pressure on politicians to reduce the cap of the EU ETS. They can also buy and 'retire' emission allowances, thereby having a direct impact on emissions.

He suggests that carbon footprint labels measuring the life-cycle emissions of a product do not give consumers helpful guidance on how to reduce actual emissions, because they do not differentiate between emissions covered by the EU ETS and those that are not

"My analysis shows that basing decisions to reduce carbon footprints on both regulated and unregulated emissions, as recommended by government agencies, NGOs and established carbon footprint labels, can increase total emissions," said Dr Perino, whose findings are based on a mathematical model of consumption choices.

"For example, if you consider making a trip from London to Glasgow, flying has higher physical GHG emissions than a coach journey. However, additional emissions of flights are fully offset by the EU ETS, even without buying the offsets offered by most airlines when buying tickets, while those of the coach are not and therefore are additional. Surprising as it may sound, going by coach increases total emissions more than flying."

Commenting on the paper Prof Ian Bateman, director of CSERGE, said: "This is an interesting and useful study which highlights important implications of the EU ETS. It underlines a simple principle; when designing any regulation one has to recognise that individuals always react to changing conditions. The skilled regulator needs to anticipate that reaction from the outset and design any regulation with that in mind."

Prof Corinne Le Qu?r?, director of UEA's Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, which works to develop sustainable responses to climate change, urged consumers to continue their efforts to reduce their carbon footprint. "It is critical that we significantly reduce our carbon emissions to tackle climate change," she said. "Reducing our individual energy use, particularly that of our travel, our houses, and our appliances, is the quickest and easiest way to reduce our own carbon emissions. This discussion paper takes a viewpoint at the level of individuals on the consequences of the European Emissions Trading scheme, which operates for industry. I strongly urge people to pursue their efforts to reduce their carbon footprint, whether they live within Europe or within any other industrialised economy."

The discussion paper Private provision of public goods in a second-best world: cap and trade schemes limit green consumerism, by Dr Grischa Perino, will be published by the Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Science on January 30.

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Dialling out: Three new ways to make prospecting ... - Natural Training

Essentially, prospecting is like an aeroplane taking off: It uses 50% of its fuel between take-off and landing. The rest of the time it?s flying it mostly uses momentum and air currents to get from A to B.

Prospecting at the start of the year is like that, so the best sales strategies make the most of their fuel in the first 90 days of the year so that they can coast for the rest of the year.

Prospecting and connecting is and always will be a crucial stage of the sales cycle. Without building up the leads and momentum at the start, how will we ever close the great deals at the end? The problem with prospecting is that it has a nasty knack of becoming one of the most laborious and painful jobs going. ?When you consider that the best sales people are at their happiest when they?re negotiating and closing deals, you start to see why long days of prospective ?door knocking? are universally dreaded.

However, at this early stage of the year, it?s essential. Success during the rest of the year is dependent on effective prospecting in January and February.

The way we see it, sales professionals have two choices: Either prospect the same way they always have (usually endless ?smile as you dial? phone calling), or actually inject some variety into the process. How? Simple really, just mix it up and get more creative with the prospecting processes rather than just pinning all your time and hope on one route.

The phone is still an integral part of this process, but it?s only one option. There are plenty of others that will help keep your creative mind buzzing and your engagement levels high.

Here are THREE prospecting methods that will help you tear yourself away from the phone during the prospecting months of January and February?

1. Go [even] further with Linkedin:

Developing a prospect list has got easier with Linkedin. I know we tend to go on and on about Linkedin (we even dedicated a chapter to it in our book ? The Natural Sales Evolution!) here at Natural Training but it is such a useful sales resource you should be using it to its fullest.

When it comes to prospecting, Linkedin allows you to create your own hotlist of potential business ? all you have to do is be precise with who you are identifying as a prospect and then drill down using the search tools.

If you go to the company section you can focus on companies in London, for instance, and get a list of people within each company. The more contacts you have the more people (and potential prospects) you are exposed to. So if you?re a third level contact, you may only get a name or initial, but at first or second level you get a pretty much everything you need. So, spending 30 minutes linking in with as many people as you can, and then creating a list of people to contact and sell to is a great prospecting strategy.

Here?s a great example:

I did some sales training with a business consultancy firm some time ago, and while they were struggling with some areas of the sales cycle, their prospecting methods were innovative and original ? particularly on Linkedin.

Remembering that people love to feel important and that they had a whole heap of potential business logged into Linkedin at any one time, they created a number of groups inviting so-called ?experts? to join. Those ?experts? happened to be their exact target market.

Every day the groups grew in size ? their prospect list organically developed and grew on its own.

2. Creative posting:

Sending a letter in the post to your target market may sound like a backwards step in the digital world we live in. But, I still think there is a place for it in the prospecting process ? even today. The reason I say that is because of a rather clever direct mail campaign that I was sent a short while ago from a confectionary company.
The engaging and innovative letter told me all about their latest chocolate bar, but to get my hands on the free sample I had to go online to the company?s website.

The beauty of online is that it naturally captures and records the actions of your prospects in a way that offline will never be able to. However, if you can grab attention offline then drive your prospects to take action online, you?re leveraging the best of both worlds. Another productive way to burn up the prospecting hours that doesn?t involve endless phoning!

3. Email marketing:

Often, the problem with hitting the phones with a cold list of prospective customers for hours on end is that you have little idea where the interest really is. You could make 100 calls before someone even gives you the two minutes you need to deliver your well-oiled pitch.

Enter the world of email marketing. Email marketing software allows you to send emails to your list of prospects and actually see who opened, clicked and forwarded your email on.

And, while database-wide newsletters will remain the responsibility of the marketing team, sales professionals should look at opportunities to send emails to their own list of potential prospects and customers. Go through your contact list, business cards and emails, find all your potential business for 2013 and devise an engaging email to send out.

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You can instantly see which areas of your email were ?interesting? to your database and then when you go back to the phone calling you can be far more targeted with what you say and who you say it to. Plus, spending an hour or two writing an engaging newsletter with links to your online brochures or relevant web pages will be a fruitful and productive break from the traditional smile and dial approach.

In truth, prospecting should be an exciting part of the sales cycle ? it?s an opportunity to try out new methods of reaching out to customers, being creative and developing a strategy to keep you ahead of your competition.

The moment it gets boring and monotonous, change it up.

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Slow-release 'jelly' delivers drugs better

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Duke University biomedical engineers have developed a new delivery system that overcomes the shortcomings of a promising class of peptide drugs ? very small proteins ? for treating diseases such as diabetes and cancer.

There are more than 40 peptide drugs approved for use in humans and more than 650 are being tested in clinical studies. One example is the hormone insulin, a peptide that regulates the metabolism of carbohydrates in the body and is used as a drug to treat diabetes.

Despite their effectiveness, peptide drugs cannot achieve their full potential for a number of reasons. They are rapidly degraded in the blood stream and they are cleared rapidly from the body, which requires multiple, frequent injections. Because of this, peptide concentrations in the blood can rise precipitously just after injection and fall dramatically soon thereafter, causing unwanted side effects for patients.

One popular method to solve this problem involves loading peptide drugs into polymer microspheres that are injected under the skin and slowly degrade to release the peptide drug. Microsphere-release technology has proven useful, but has many issues related to its manufacture and ease of patient use, the researchers said.

"We wanted to know if we could create a system that does what the polymer microspheres do, but gets rid of the microspheres and is more patient-friendly," said Ashutosh Chilkoti, Theo Pilkington professor of biomedical engineering in Duke's Pratt School of Engineering.

The new approach involves making a "fusion protein" that consists of multiple copies of a peptide drug fused to a polymer which is sensitive to body heat. The fusion molecule is a liquid in a syringe but transforms into a "jelly" when injected under the skin. Enzymes in the skin then attack the injected drug depot and liberate copies of the peptide, providing a constant and controllable release of the drug over time.

Miriam Amiram, former Chilkoti graduate student and first author on the paper, dubbed the new delivery system POD, for protease-operated depot.

In the latest experiments, published on-line in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the researchers fused glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), a hormone that regulates the release of insulin, with a genetically engineered heat-sensitive polymer to create the POD.

"Remarkably, a single injection of the GLP-1 POD was able to reduce blood glucose levels in mice for up to five days, which is 120 times longer than an injection of the peptide alone," Chilkoti said. "For a patient with type 2 diabetes, it would be much more desirable to inject such a drug once a week or once a month rather than once or twice a day.

"Additionally, this approach avoids the peaks and valleys of drug concentrations that these patients often experience," Chilkoti said.

Unlike peptide-loaded microspheres, PODs are also easy to manufacture, because the peptide drug and the heat-sensitive polymer are all made of amino acids. They can be built as one long stretch of amino acids by engineered bacteria.

"This new delivery system provides the first entirely genetically encoded alternative to peptide drug encapsulation for sustained delivery of peptide drugs," Chilkoti said.

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Which Exercise Equipment is Best for Your Health? : Ideas For ...

Exercise and fitness is a major consideration for most Americans. Finding the right equipment can be a challenge. Clearly what works for one woman may not be what is best for you. What equipment is best and how do you choose?

Exercise equipment is complicated. Some equipment can do more than one thing for your health while others only help you do one activity. Cost, performance, portability, convenience, and the room for your equipment all plays a part in your decision about which equipment to buy. You can also shop around for used equipment in good condition depending on your needs.

?A treadmill for instance helps you to build endurance and increase cardiac health by letting you walk inside in all kinds of weather. You may be able to change speeds or inclines but you still stay in one place to perform the exercise. For some this can be boring, for others it doesn?t tackle their problem flabby spots. Often you can find used treadmills in your local paper.

Other equipment may offer weight training, endurance training, and a combination of pullies and benches. These may offer many different ways to improve your health but may be bulky and costly.

Stationary bikes take up less room and work your legs and abs but may not offer you the upper body exercise you desire. Bicycling outside is another solution but may be hindered if you have small children and can?t get away.

Walking is the least costly exercise available and can be enhanced by the addition of leg or arm weights and a good pair of shoes.

Deciding which exercise equipment is best for your personal health means you ask yourself these questions. What can I afford? What exercise is realistic for my personal ability and goals? What kind of space do I have to store the equipment or do I have an area to keep it up all the time? What is my personal fitness goal? to increase strength, endurance, or to loose weight? Answering these questions before you buy will help you to choose the right exercise equipment for your needs. It is a matter of your health.

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Charter schools, fireworks, guns popular subjects for legislation ...

AUGUSTA, Maine ? Bonds, charter schools, fireworks and the state?s weapons laws are likely to be common themes in legislative debate in the coming months as lawmakers wade through more than 1,600 bill submissions.

A legislative office Monday released a list of titles for the numerous pieces of legislation proposed by lawmakers in time for their Jan. 18 bill submission deadline. The specific proposals will emerge in the coming weeks as the Legislature?s Office of the Revisor prepares the official bill text.

Lawmakers in the House and Senate have proposed more than 30 separate bond measures that propose to fund job-creation initiatives, research and development projects, road improvements, a commuter rail, and a variety of projects at the state?s universities, community colleges and Maine Maritime Academy.

The bond measures would also fund a handful of local projects, including an initiative to expand the Portland Fish Exchange and another to develop Lewiston?s Riverfront Island area.

The list of bill titles also shows that lawmakers are interested in revisiting a handful of laws that passed during the past two years by a Republican-controlled Legislature.

Legislators submitted more than 15 measures targeting charter schools, which Maine now allows following a 2011 law passed by the last Legislature and signed by Republican Gov. Paul LePage. The law made Maine the 41st state to allow the independently run public schools; similar bills had failed in previous Legislatures controlled by Democrats.

One measure, proposed by Democratic Sen. Linda Valentino of Saco, would prohibit so-called virtual charter schools, which would allow students to complete all or a majority of their coursework remotely. Three separate bills proposed by Democrats Rep. Victoria Kornfield of Bangor, Senate President Justin Alfond of Portland and Rep. Michael Devin of Newcastle establish moratoriums on the approval of virtual schools.

Democrats have raised concerns about the ties between nonprofit groups proposing to start virtual charter schools in Maine and for-profit companies the schools would rely on to provide curriculum, teaching and management services.

LePage has also stoked the controversy by publicly criticizing the Maine Charter School Commission for not approving applications to start virtual charter schools. Earlier this month, he called on the commission?s seven members to resign after they rejected four of five applications for new charter schools, including two proposals for virtual schools. The commission members said they would not resign in response to the governor?s call.

Lawmakers have also proposed measures that would affect the funding stream for charter schools, including a measure by Rep. Bruce MacDonald, D-Boothbay Harbor, that would eliminate the requirement that local public school funding follow each student who attends a charter school. Under Maine law, charter schools receive funding from the home school districts for each student they enroll.

Meanwhile, LePage is preparing legislation that would remove the 10-school cap on the number of state-approved charter schools.

Fireworks are another popular theme on the list of lawmakers? bill proposals. Legislators in 2011 reversed Maine?s 60-year-old ban on the sale and use of the consumer explosives.

This year, lawmakers are proposing at least a half-dozen measures to establish restrictions on their use, protect farm animals from noisy fireworks and require local permits to set off fireworks. One measure, from Democratic Rep. Michael Lajoie of Lewiston, would completely repeal the law allowing the possession and sale of fireworks.

The state?s weapons laws are another frequent subject of legislation following last month?s deadly school shooting in Newtown, Conn.

One bill, sponsored by Rep. Paul Davis, R-Sangerville, would provide funding to allow Maine to expand its reporting to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. While Maine is required by state and federal law to report the names of people who have been involuntarily committed to psychiatric hospitals ? and, therefore, unable to legally own a gun ? to the national database, it hasn?t had the funding to do so.

Other weapons measures on the list of bill titles would require additional training before someone can obtain a concealed weapons permit, ensure that the names of concealed weapons permit holders are kept confidential and ban guns with high-capacity magazines. A handful of bills would also prohibit the enforcement in Maine of federal restrictions on gun ownership.

Source: http://bangordailynews.com/2013/01/28/politics/charter-schools-fireworks-guns-popular-subjects-for-legislation/

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U.S. Death Rate From Cancer is Dropping Fast | WebProNews

Though cancer hasn?t been completely cured, it?s clear that treatments for the disease have improved over the past two decades. A yearly report from the American Cancer Society has shown that the death rate from cancer in the U.S. is declining among all Americans and for the most common types of cancer.

The report, published recently in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, shows that the death rate from all cancers combined has been falling since the early 1990. From 2000 to 2009, combined cancer death rates have fallen an average of 1.8% among men and 1.4% among women. Black men and black women saw the largest declines in cancer deaths from 2000 to 2009, though their cancer death rates from 2005 to 2009 were still highest when compared to other racial groups.

Though death rates for cancers such as lung cancer , breast cancer, and colon cancer are declining, the rate of diagnoses for some cancers is increasing. The rate of new cases of pancreas, kidney, thyroid, liver, melanoma, and myeloma cancers have all increased in men from 2000 to 2009. For women, rates of new cases of thyroid, melanoma, kidney, pancreas, liver, leukemia, and uterus cancers increased during the same period. The report points out that excess weight and lack of physical activity are risk factors for many of these cancers.

?The continuing drop in cancer mortality over the past two decades is reason to cheer,? said John Seffrin, CEO of the American Cancer Society. ?The challenge we now face is how to continue those gains in the face of new obstacles, like obesity and HPV infections. We must face these hurdles head on, without distraction, and without delay, by expanding access to proven strategies to prevent and control cancer.?

A special section of the report highlighted trends related to human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated cancers. From 2000 to 2009, HPV-associated oropharyngeal (throat) cancer rates increased among white men and women, while anal cancer rates among all men and women increased. Rates of vulva cancer were up among women, though cervical cancer rates declined among all women except Native Americans. The report shows that fewer than one-third of girls aged 13 to 17 had received all 3 recommended doses of the HPV vaccine. Girls in the Southern U.S., those who live in poverty, and those who are hispanic were less likely to get all three doses.

?While this report shows that we are making progress in the fight against cancer on some fronts, we still have much work to do, particularly when it comes to preventing cancer,? said Dr. Thomas Frieden, Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). ?For example, vaccinating against HPV can prevent cervical cancer, but, tragically, far too many girls are growing into adulthood vulnerable to cervical cancer because they are not vaccinated.?

Source: http://www.webpronews.com/u-s-death-rate-from-cancer-is-dropping-fast-2013-01

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NRA says more gun control not a serious proposal

WASHINGTON (AP) ? A top National Rifle Association official says proposing more gun control laws without better enforcement of those already on the books is not a serious solution to crime.

In testimony prepared for a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday, Wayne LaPierre says a ban on certain assault weapons has been tried before and failed. He says background checks will never be universal because criminals won't submit to them. Both are among measures that President Barack Obama is seeking.

LaPierre is executive vice president of the NRA. His prepared testimony is milder in tone than some of his earlier comments in the wake of the shooting deaths of 20 elementary school students in Newtown, Conn., late last year, without any change in position.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/nra-says-more-gun-control-not-serious-proposal-182641377--politics.html

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Tuaregs say they seized Mali towns from Islamists

SEVARE, Mali (AP) ? Tuareg fighters in northern Mali say they have seized control of the strategic city of Kidal and seven other northern towns from Islamist extremists.

The website of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad ? the Tuaregs' name for northern Mali ? made the claim Tuesday.

It was not possible to independently verify the Tuareg movement's claim. The Tuaregs' statement comes as French and Malian forces say they control the fabled desert city of Timbuktu.

The Tuareg group said it is "fully subscribed to the fight against terrorist organizations" and will work with French troops.

But it "categorically refuses" to allow the return to the north of the Malian army, which it accuses of summary executions of civilians.

Associated Press

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Jet delivered just 3 weeks before battery fire

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WASHINGTON?--?Federal investigators say the Boeing 787 Dreamliner that experienced a battery fire earlier this month was delivered to Japan Airlines less than three weeks before the fire.

The National Transportation Safety Board said Sunday in an update of its investigation of the incident that the airliner was delivered on Dec. 20. It had only recorded 169 flight hours and 22 flights when the fire erupted in one of the airliner's two lithium ion batteries on Jan. 7.

The fire occurred at Logan International Airport shortly after the plane landed. NTSB said the battery was manufactured by GS Yuasa of Japan in September 2012.

A second battery incident led to an emergency landing by another 787 in Japan on Jan. 16. The 787 fleet worldwide has since been grounded.?

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Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/business/boeing-787-delivered-just-3-weeks-battery-fire-1C8124836

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AP Source: Titans interested in hiring Williams

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ? Gregg Williams may be a step closer to returning to the NFL after being suspended indefinitely for his role in the Saints' bounty program.

Titans coach Mike Munchak has talked with Williams and is interested in adding him to his Tennessee staff, said a person familiar with the situation. The person spoke Sunday to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because the Titans do not discuss personnel moves until they are finalized.

Before the Titans could hire Williams, he must be reinstated by the league. Commissioner Roger Goodell suspended him indefinitely for his role in the New Orleans Saints bounty program, and NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said Sunday the league has not yet addressed Williams' potential reinstatement.

Munchak did not immediately answer a message left by the AP on Sunday. The Titans coach has not talked with the media about his team since the day after the season ended.

How quickly the league considers reinstating Williams may take at least a week with the San Francisco 49ers arriving in New Orleans on Sunday to kick off festivities leading up to the Feb. 3 Super Bowl.

Williams is the only coach or player who has yet to return to the NFL in the wake of the bounty scandal.

Goodell just lifted the suspension for New Orleans coach Sean Payton on Tuesday, nearly two weeks earlier than expected. Saints general manager Mickey Loomis was suspended for eight games and assistant head coach Joe Vitt for six. Four current or former Saints players were also suspended after an investigation found the club had a performance pool offering cash rewards for key plays, including big hits. The player suspensions eventually were overturned.

Williams was the Saints defensive coordinator from 2009-11 and was hired by St. Louis in January 2012 by former Titans coach Jeff Fisher before being suspended indefinitely in March 20112. Williams' son, Blake, also was on Fisher's staff as the Rams' linebacker coach ? but his contract was not renewed earlier this month.

Munchak has known Williams since 1990. Munchak was playing for the then-Houston Oilers when Williams became an assistant coach with the team. They also coached together with the Oilers; Munchak oversaw the offensive line starting in 1994 and Williams rose from defensive assistant to coaching special teams, then linebackers and finally defensive coordinator.

Williams left the Titans to become head coach of the Buffalo Bills in 2001 before becoming defensive coordinator with the Washington Redskins from 2004-07. He also was defensive coordinator in Jacksonville in 2008 before being hired by the Saints in 2009.

Williams also has a relationship with Munchak's current defensive coordinator, Jerry Gray. When Williams left for Buffalo, Gray went with him and served as Williams' defensive coordinator with the Bills.

Even though Gray currently has the job, the Titans' defense needs help and Munchak will be coaching for his job in 2013 after going 6-10 in his second season as head coach. One reason for the losing record was Tennessee's inability to stop anyone; the Titans set a franchise record allowing 471 points in 2012. The only change Munchak has made to his defensive staff was letting linebackers coach Frank Bush go and moving Chet Paralavecchio into the job from assisting with special teams.

In Williams' last season with the Titans, Tennessee ranked first in the NFL in fewest yards allowed, first in passing yards allowed and third in rushing defense. The Titans also set a franchise-record for fewest points allowed with 191 with an aggressive defense.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/ap-source-titans-interested-hiring-williams-164240212--nfl.html

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Internet Article Marketing Insight from a Pro: How to Effectively ...

Even though many say it's old hat and that search engines like Google don't like it, I still use article marketing quite effectively to market my products (eBooks) and services (SEO writing company) online.

How Effective Has Article Marketing Been for Me

Well, it's kept me on the first page of Google for many keywords relevant to my niches. For example, if you google the phrases "SEO writing"; "what is SEO writing" and "sell eBooks online" (without quotes) ? all keyword phrases that are relevant to my online businesses -- I'm on the first page as of this writing.

Note: Search results change all the time, but I've consistently been on the first three pages of Google for these keyword phrases since 2009-2010. And it's all because article marketing is one of the most consistent weapons in my online marketing arsenal.

What Is Article Marketing?

For those who may be new to internet marketing, article marketing is when you write an article and submit it to article directories so that others can publish it -- for free -- in their newsletter, on their blog / website, in their off-line newspaper, etc.

Why would you give away free content? Because at the bottom of each article is a resource box (ie, "About the Author" section) where you have a link to your website/blog/online store, etc. This drives traffic back to your site.

And, just how much is this traffic worth ? especially if you can parlay it into a first-page listing on Google?

How Much Is a Listing on the First Page of Google Worth?

Apparently, a lot. According to the SeoPledge.com article, How Much Is First Page Google Worth?:

If you able to perform some SEO on your site and move to #10 from #11 you should see a 143% jump in traffic. . . . As you move up the first page, the jumps do get larger.

Where to Submit Articles

As mentioned above, you submit articles to free article directories. There are hundreds of them (just?Google?"article directories" to find a list. FYI, EzineArticles.com is the number one rated article directory on the web. It can be cumbersome to get an article approved there, but it's worth it ? especially if you submit on a regular basis. I've submitted close to 400 articles to this site over the years.

Article Marketing ? The Reason I Sell 5 Figures Worth of eBooks Per Year

I sell four figures worth of eBooks per month (five figures per year). And my number one eBook marketing tactic is article marketing. Now that I've hopefully convinced you of how effective article marketing can be, following are four things you can do to make it effective in 2013 ? and beyond.

4 Effective Article Marketing Strategies for 2013

1. Say Something: As in, write BENEFICIAL information. Article marketing is just another form of content marketing, which means dispensing helpful information to assist web surfers in making an informed buying decision.

Many get frustrated with article marketing; saying it "doesn't work."

Baloney!

It works ? if your article is helpful, meaning you can't just throw together a 300- or 400-word article of generic information that can be found all over the web. That type of info doesn't work; it doesn't move consumers to buy.

But if you invest some time into writing clear, concise, helpful articles to distribute, not only will they generate sales, you'll get greater distribution because prospective publishers will come to rely on the fact that you dispense great info.

2. Write Longer Articles: I remember when an article only had to be 250 words or so to be distributed by article directories. Now, most of them require an article to be at least 400 words. Mine tend to be in the 400 to 600-word range.

FYI, I started my own article marketing directory last year. The link to it is in my bio below; there are tons of samples there.

3. Don't Keyword Stuff: Search engines like Google are moving away from rewarding keyword stuffed content to rewarding what's known as themed SEO content. So, strive for a keyword density of only between 1-2%.

4. Create/Leave a Web Footprint: With Google's emphasis on "Authorship," it's more important than ever to create/leave a footprint on the web. This way, search engines know who you are ? and can reward your content. One of the quickest ways to develop/leave a web footprint is via social media.

So, create and start interacting on social media ? especially the biggies like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google Plus.

I got on the first page of Google recently for a keyword phrase I'd been trying to rank for for at ?least six months (SEO content writing) ? all because I shared a piece of content with that keyword phrase in it via my Google Plus profile. Now, I'm in two spots on the first page of Google for this phrase. Go figure!

Article Marketing: Conclusion

You'll come across a lot of negative stuff about article marketing on the web ? especially since Google's Panda and Penguin updates.

SEO Article Marketing: Over 1,000 Articles Written!

Once I learned how to write SEO content in 2007, I upped my article marketing game because knowing SEO is like having the keys to the online marketing kingdom. I've been using this form of online marketing since 2002, and have written over 1,000 articles to promote my own products and services (and a few thousand more for clients via my SEO writing company's article marketing services).

In short, hands down, article marketing is some of the most effective internet marketing you can do. And the best part of all ? it's free!

Author Bio:
Yuwanda Black is an online entrepreneur who has written and distributed over 1,000 articles. Get free articles for reprint at YuwandaBlack.com. Content covers a wide variety of topics, eg, selling eBooks online, freelance writing, internet marketing, SEO writing, etc. Learn everything you need to know to earn four figures per month online using article marketing.?

Source: http://www.e-junkie.info/2013/01/internet-article-marketing-insight-from.html

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IRL: HTC 8X, Google Now and the iPod shuffle

Welcome to IRL, an ongoing feature where we talk about the gadgets, apps and toys we're using in real life and take a second look at products that already got the formal review treatment.

We swear we didn't plan it this way, but it looks like we've got a little trifecta this week, with write-ups pertaining to Apple, Google and, last but not least, Microsoft. On the pessimistic end of the spectrum, Dana would rather have the third-generation iPod shuffle than the model she's using. Terrence is hooked on Google Now and Jon likes the HTC 8X -- just not as much as the Lumia 920.

HTC 8X

What's this? Another Windows Phone 8 test? Yes, while I was trying the Lumia 920 and before I reviewed the ATIV S, I felt it was only fair to give the third flagship of the platform, HTC's Windows Phone 8X, a proper shakedown. I spent a few weeks with one to gauge the differences and came back with the impression that HTC has a worthy flagship -- but not necessarily the one I'd choose for myself.

If you talk solely about ergonomics, the 8X is undoubtedly my first pick. It's much lighter and grippier than the Lumia 920, and the smaller screen makes it easier to reach every corner with one hand than the ATIV S. About the only reservations I have are that hard-to-press power button and the relatively sharp edges. The stand-out appearance can't help but sway me, too. If you get the phone in one of the bolder colors (read: not black), it's simply iconic. No one will mistake an 8X for another phone, while both the ATIV S and Lumia 920 have familiar-looking peers.

Yet there are a few ingredients missing that make it hard to call HTC's creation my perfect Windows Phone 8 device. Simply speaking, the camera just isn't as good as it needs to be in early 2013. While the 8X is sometimes a better pick for up-close photography than the Lumia 920, it falls apart in low-light situations where the Lumia is a champ. Apps matter, as well. Nokia Drive and Nokia Maps aren't vital, but I missed their navigation when I switched devices. And I'll have to admit that being Canadian skews my preferences towards the Nokia phone's glove-friendly screen: it's great to avoid the binary choice of making a phone call versus preserving my fingers. While I'd be inclined to choose the 8X over the ATIV S as long as storage wasn't a priority, I would still give Nokia the ultimate nod as the most relevant to real-world use.

-- Jon Fingas

Google Now

Pretty much from the moment I first launched Google Now it changed the way I interacted with my phone. I've used Siri and toyed with S Voice, but Now is the only virtual assistant that seems like more than an occasionally useful gimmick. Truth is, at this point I unlock directly into it almost as often as I go to the home screen. Sure, in the early days its functionality was fairly limited (and still is), but there was enough information presented by default to keep me coming back. When Gmail was added to its repository of information, the app became a true game-changer for me. While other "assistant" apps are little more than voice commands with personality, Now actually helps track information for you and presents it at valuable times. I don't have to ask what the weather is like or how long it'll take me to get to my next appointment -- it just tells me without prompting.

Of course, things aren't perfect. Now still has a lot of rough edges to work out. For one, the mobile boarding pass feature has yet to work as advertised for me, though, its flight tracking feature turns out to be quicker and more accurate than United's own app. It also stumbles a bit on tracking packages. I like that it recognizes tracking numbers and presents them to me with a quick link, but Now doesn't actually do any tracking itself. Instead it simply shows the card to you for a predetermined amount of time. That's fine if you're enjoying free two-day shipping thanks to Amazon Prime, but if your delivery takes more than a couple of days the card disappears before the box hits your doorstep. It also has an unfortunate habit of presenting me directions to a "new place" almost any time I perform a web search. Oh, and some higher-res icons for the sports score cards would be greatly appreciated.

None of that is enough to ruin the experience, however. If I need to know when my bus is coming, what the temperature is, if my flight is on time or even how many steps I took this month I simply swipe up on my Nexus lock screen and let Google do the work for me. What's more, things can only get better as the company improves its algorithms, opens up new sources of data and, hopefully, develops an API to let other apps tap into the power of Now.

-- Terrence O'Brien

iPod shuffle (fourth generation)

We runners are a superstitious bunch. In my training group, "Nothing new on race day" is our mantra, and it's one to which I've adhered earnestly. It goes without saying that new shoes, running shorts and Snozberry-flavored energy gels are out of the question, but I even get antsy about wearing my Spibelt around my waist instead of my hips. Yeah, I'm neurotic, but running 26.2 miles is scary, yo.

So I was none too pleased when I had a gadget emergency the week before the 2011 New York City Marathon. I'd been training with the Sansa Clip Zip for two months when it abruptly began having mood swings. It started repeating songs, even when I had set my library to shuffle. Sometimes, if it encountered a song it didn't like, it just froze. On a good day, I could side-step the issue by selecting a different artist or song. At its worst, the only way to revive it was to perform a hard reset.

Obviously, that wasn't going to cut it for my epic run, so I did what any desperate person would do: I went to Best Buy and spent $50 on an iPod shuffle. Truly, I would have preferred something like the nano, which would have let me choose specific songs, but I wasn't about to drop $149 on what was essentially an impulse buy. Fifty bucks was about as much as I was willing to spend without having had the opportunity to hem and haw over my purchase.

So I used it. And it was okay. The clip doesn't feel as strong as on the third-generation model. Also, it came with regular headphones (i.e., ones without inline controls), which meant I had to press the player on the device to pause the music and skip tracks. To this day, I find the keys a bit too small, and I often hit the wrong one, mistaking pause for fast-forward, etc. Fortunately, I've since subbed in a pair with an inline remote, which means I barely have to touch the device anymore (except, perhaps, to reposition it in a place where the clip will stay put). Battery life was initially awesome -- I got through that nearly six-hour marathon (oof) with plenty of juice to spare. It's since seen better days, though, to the point where I now have to recharge it several times a week. Faint praise, if ever you've heard it, but at least it doesn't force me to listen to the same Madonna song over and over. That would just be cruel.

-- Dana Wollman

Filed under: Misc, Apple, HTC, Google

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Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/27/irl-htc-8x-google-now-ipod-shuffle/

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2013 Moon Little League Baseball - Spring Registration | Robinson ...

Today, January 26, 2013, 10:30 am

904 Beaver Grade Rd, Moon Township, PA | Get?Directions??
FREE

Moon Township Little League Baseball is currently accepting registration online for the 2013 season.?

To register, select Online Registration . Online registration is easy to complete and accepts most major credit cards through PayPal.

If you are unable to register online, you may register in person on one of the following days:

Date - Saturday, Jan. 26^th

Time - 10:30am ? 2pm

Location - Moon Middle School Lobby

The age of your child on April 30, 2013 determines which league he or she will participate.

Leagues

T-Ball - 4 & 5 year olds - $75.00

Modified T-Ball - 6 year olds - $75.00

Midget- 7 & 8 year olds - $95.00

Minor - 9 & 10 year olds - $95.00

Little - 11 & 12 year olds - $95.00

Pony - 13 & 14 year olds - $95.00

Colt - 14, 15 & 16 year olds - $125.00

Legion - 17, 18 & 19 year olds - $125.00

Family Discount
If you are registering multiple children, $40.00 is deducted from each additional child. There is a $160.00 maximum registration fee per family.

Raffle Ticket Fee
A raffle ticket fee of $25/child ($50/family) will be added to all registrations. Raffle tickets will be handed out by your child's team manager.

Registration Information

• A $10 late fee will be added to anyone registering after 2/10/2013.
• First time registrants will need to submit their Birth Certificate. Birth Certificates can be uploaded if registering online or a copy can be submitted if registering in person.
• Eligibility is open to all residents of the Moon Area School District. Proof of residency may be required.

Please direct any questions regarding registration to

info@moonbaseball.com.

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Somali government arrests 3 over scholarship fraud

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) ? Three officials have been arrested for mismanaging a scholarship scheme that sends Somali students to Turkey, Somalia's education minister said Saturday, a sign that the fledgling government is committed to fighting the corruption that contributes to the country's failed-state status.

Minister Maryan Qasim Arif said the officials were arrested for offering the scholarships to undeserving students. The officials include the ministry's former director general, who faced widespread accusations that he took bribes, Arif said.

"We are aware of the arrest of the ministry's former director general and two other persons after public complaints about fraud," Arif said.

A probe into the scam is under way, she said.

Ranked as the world's most corrupt country by Transparency International, Somalia is now recovering from decades of war and strife. Somalia held elections last year following the success of Somali and African forces in ousting Islamist extremists from the capital, Mogadishu, a city that is now coming to life for the first time in 20 years. The city government has repaired potholed streets and installed streetlights, and Western-style restaurants are opening, including near Mogadishu's beach front, where men and women swim together without fear of punishment from militants.

In a sign of the country's progress, the United States last week officially recognized Somalia's government for the first time in two decades. The U.S. hadn't recognized a Somali government since warlords toppled dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991.

At his inauguration in September Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud vowed to fight official corruption and to create "an effective justice system" that serves all Somalis.

"I promise (that) my government will deliver a new democratic beginning," Mohamud said at the time.

The arrest of the education officials suggests that Mohamud's government will at least try to combat the kind of graft that, along with prolonged war, contributed to Somalia's reputation as a dysfunctional state.

In a similar case of suspected corruption, Somalia's chief justice has suspended three appellate court judges for unlawfully releasing a defendant charged with the killing of two foreigners who worked for the aid group Doctors Without Borders.

"They were demoted and suspended because they have released a criminal without due process," Chief Justice Aideed Ilko Hanaf said in an interview with The Associated Press.

The suspect, Ahmed Salad Hassan, was charged with the murder of Belgian Philippe Havet and Indonesian Andrias Karel Keiluhu inside the aid group's compound in Mogadishu in December 2011.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/somali-government-arrests-3-over-scholarship-fraud-124955960.html

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CES 2013 through the eyes of our contest winner (video)

Many entered, but it was Daniel Orren who sent in a great green-screened video that snagged him a temporary spot on the Engadget crew at this year's CES. Hanging with the team in our trusty trailer, getting comped meals, roaming the floor, wearing mind-controlled cat ears -- honestly, it's probably just easier to list all of the things the photographer didn't do the other week in Vegas.

With the dust settled, we asked Orren how he enjoyed the trip. "The showroom floor was a lot bigger than I had anticipated originally, so naturally this was great as there were more gadgets." Amongst the highlights: "My favorite times would have to be hanging with the Engadget crew, it's nice just chatting with everyone about all the cool stuff you've seen that day/week and just geeking out." And as for that inevitable question, the one we ask ourselves right around this time each year, " I'd love to go back to CES if given the chance, and who knows, maybe I'll just go on my own in a few years."

Also included in the prize package was an Engadget Show segment to call his very own. When he wasn't occupied with the Steambox and 4K TVs, our film crew was following Orren around to find out what it's like going to CES as a first-timer. Check in after the break for the results.

This segment originally appeared in episode 40 of The Engadget Show.

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PlayMakers Repertory Company Presents - Triangle Arts and ...

The ?Raisin in the Sun? cast includes (standing from left) Miriam Hyman as Beneatha Younger, Mikaal Sulaiman as Walter Lee Younger, Dee Dee Batteast as Ruth Younger, and Victor Waddell as Travis Younger, plus Kathryn Hunter-Williams (seated) as Lena Younger (photo by Jon Gardiner)

PlayMakers Repertory Company, the University of North Carolina?s professional-theater-in-residence, will ring in the New Year ? and help celebrate Black History Month in February ? with an invigorating twin bill of A Raisin in the Sun (1959) by Lorraine Hansberry and Clybourne Park (2010) by Bruce Norris, performed in rotating repertory, on Tuesdays-Sundays, Jan. 26-March 3, in the Paul Green Theatre in UNC?s Center for Dramatic Art.

Raelle Myrick-Hodges will direct Hansberry?s tragic tale of the African-American Younger family?s attempt to integrate a Chicago subdivision in the Fifties, and Tracy Young will direct Norris? sequel about the white family that sold them the house.

The first play by a black woman to be performed on Broadway, A Raisin in the Sun was nominated for four 1960 Tony Awards?, including Best Play. Clybourne Park also earned four 2012 Tony Award nominations, and won the Tony for Best Play as well at the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

?This is my first time working on A Raisin in the Sun,? Raelle Myrick-Hodges confesses. ?I was not one of the youth that read it in high school. The first time I read it was when PlayMakers producing artistic director Joe Haj wanted me to do the play. I initially said no, but Joe was adamant that I read it. And, of course, I fell in love with the language and the characters?.?

Myrick-Hodges adds, ?My desire to direct the play was a direct result of reading [it]. The stage directions envelope you, taking you to a very specific family in a specific time. And it is so gorgeous in its dreaming for its lead character Walter [played at PlayMakers by Mikaal Sulaiman] as well as its disillusionment.

?Honestly, if it wasn?t going to be a PlayMakers production, I doubt I would have wanted to direct it,? she says. ?[But t]he script and the producer made my need to direct the play very high.?

Clybourne Park director Tracy Young recalls, ?I had heard about Clybourne Park when it was running at Playwrights Horizons in New York City. I then read it, and was very excited to direct it at PlayMakers.?

Young adds, ?The writing is thrilling ? very human, very funny, very disturbing, and also very compassionate in its own brutal way (which will make sense when you see the play).

?The play is very astute in depicting what we all struggle with in the areas of identity ? racial, gender, sexual, socioeconomic ? and how we negotiate (often very clumsily) with others in these areas,? claims Young. ?The play is about human imperfection and how in a way, the more things change, the more they stay the same. It challenges the perception that we are living in a post-racial America, and it does that in a way that is both disturbing and, ultimately, enlightening.?

Young adds, ?[Clybourne Park] is a comedy. There are strong language and mature themes. It?s a play worth seeing. If possible, audiences should see Raisin first, as it will greatly inform the Clybourne experience.?

Raisin in the Sun director Raelle Myrick-Hodges says, ?There is much to this play and to ?describe? the plot to you takes away from the truth that theater is about what each individual audience member sees in the play. There are several plots. But, basically, Walter Lee Younger and his family grapple over the choice of what to do with insurance money they have inherited because of the death of their father. The family struggles with poverty vs. gentrification, racism, sexism, and how to balance each family member?s role in the family. I really don?t wish to give away the plot. It?s a classic.?

In addition to Mikaal Sulaiman as Walter Lee Younger, the PRC cast for A Raisin in the Sun includes Dee Dee Batteast as Ruth Younger, Matt Garner as Karl Lindner, Kathryn Hunter-Williams as Lena Younger, Miriam A. Hyman as Beneatha Younger, Nilan Johnson as Bobo, Patrick McHugh as Moving Man, J. Alphonse Nicholson as Joseph Asagai, Daniel Morgan Shelley as George Murchison, Allen Tedder as Moving Man, and Victor Waddell as Travis Younger.

The ?Clybourne Park? cast includes (from the left) Josh Tobin as Tom, Rasool Jahan as Lena, Nilan Johnson as Kevin, Kelsey Didion as Lindsey, and Constance Macy as Kathy (photo by Jon Gardiner)

Clybourne Park director Tracy Young recalls, ?The first act takes place in 1959, in the home of Russ (Jay O?Berski) and Bev (Constance Macy). They have recently sold their home and, with the help of their maid Francine (Rasool Jahan), are packing and preparing to move.

?The neighborhood minister Jim (Josh Tobin) drops by for a farewell visit, and attempts to console Russ about the death of his and Bev?s son Kenneth (later played by Josh Tobin), who was a soldier in the Korean War and committed suicide two years after returning home. Russ resists Jim?s consolation, and asks him to leave.?

Young adds, ?Bev pleads with Jim to stay, and reveals that she has serious concerns about Russ? ability to cope with the loss of his son. Francine?s husband Albert (Nilan Johnson) arrives to pick up Francine, and is enlisted by Bev to bring Kenneth?s footlocker downstairs from the upper floor of the house. Soon after, Karl Lindner (Matt Garner) arrives with his deaf and pregnant wife Betsy (Kelsey Didion) in tow, and confronts Russ about the selling of his home to a ?colored family? (the Younger family from A Raisin in the Sun).

?Karl warns Russ that a black family moving in to the Clybourne Park neighborhood will result in ?white flight? and property values dropping,? Young explains. ?Russ responds that he doesn?t care, because the community shunned his son because of his involvement in war crimes and the shunning led to the boy?s suicide,? says Young. ?Despite much urging from Karl, Russ refuses to reconsider the sale of the home to the Younger family.?

Young adds, ?Act II takes place in the same home, but now 50 years have passed. In the ensuing years, the Clybourne Park neighborhood evolved into a predominately black neighborhood, and suffered the effects of poverty, drugs, and urban blight. Now the area is becoming gentrified; and a white couple, Steve and Lindsey (Matt Garner and Kelsey Didion), has purchased the house with the intent of demolishing it and rebuilding a substantially larger house in its place. This time, it is a black couple from the neighborhood, Lena and Albert (Rasool Jahan and Nilan Johnson) who are aiming to stop the white couple from tampering with the history of the historic home by having the home assigned landmark status.

[WARNING: SPOILERS] ?With the help of their lawyer Tom (Josh Tobin) and the white couple?s lawyer Kathy (Constance Macy), the two opposing groups meet at the house to argue about [its] fate ?,? notes Tracy Young. ?Lena reveals that her great aunt was in fact Lena, the matriarch of the Younger family, and that because of this, the house holds a special meaning for her. Throughout the negotiations around the house, many underlying racial biases are alarmingly and humorously revealed. When a worker, Dan (Jay O?Berski), hired by Lindsey and Steve, unearths Kenneth?s military foot locker and reveals its contents, the play comes full circle.? [END OF SPOILERS]

Raisin in the Sun director Raelle Myrick-Hodges says the deep thrust stage of the Paul Green Theatre complicates the staging of Lorraine Hanserry?s landmark drama. ?? It is as if you are directing a piece in the round,? claims Myrick-Hodges. ?How to make sure the play is staged in a naturalistic way without leaving the audience (or in a thrust situation, half the audience) without enough information to stay engaged in the play.?

Clybourne Park director Tracy Young declares, ?The play continually traverses outrageous and biting humor and searing and painful tragedy. The interplay between these two extremes is the tonal essence of the piece and capturing that has been an exciting and rewarding challenge.?

In addition to director Raelle Myrick-Hodges and PlayMakers Repertory Company producing artistic director Joseph Haj, the creative team for A Raisin in the Sun includes production manager Michael Rolleri, scenic designer Robin Vest, lighting designer Kathy A. Perkins, costume designer Jan Chambers, sound designer/engineer Robert Dagit, vocal coach John Patrick, movement coach Craig Turner, dramaturg Mark Perry, and stage manager Charles K. Bayang.

PlayMakers Rep?s creative team for Clybourne Park is much the same, except for director Tracy Young, costume designer Jade Bettin, dramaturg Gregory Kable, and stage manager Sarah Smiley.

?Because the play in running in repertory with A Raisin In The Sun, both Clybourne and Raisin have the same scenic designer, Robin Vest,? notes Clybourne Park director Tracy Young. ?Act I of Clybourne takes place at the same time of Raisin, inside the house that the Younger family purchases. The Stoller family are the current owners; and as the play opens, they are packing up and moving out.?

Young adds, ?So much consideration was given to creating the kind of house that Lena describes in Raisin: a larger two-story home with a backyard. We wanted to give a sense of openness and of some kinds of ?natural? elements. The house has natural wood floors and the wallpaper and curtains are decorated in floral patterns.

?We were also interested in the notion of family and shared memory,? Young explains, ?and so there are enlarged picture frames that stand in for architectural elements of the house in both Raisin and Clybourne.?

Tracy Young reports, ?In Act II of Clybourne, we flash forward 50 years and see that the house has fallen into disrepair. The new owners are a white couple who are planning to demolish the house in order to rebuild a substantially larger house in its place. The current residents of the surrounding neighborhood are working to oppose this expansion and to preserve the historic nature of the older home and that conflict is what drives the second act of the play.?

The costumes for A Raisin in the Sun and the first act of Clybourne Park are 1950s fashions, Young notes. She adds, ?In Raisin, much is said about how the small apartment the family lives in is deprived of natural light. We wanted the Clybourne house to be light and bright, with many windows. Both acts of the play take place during the late summer between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. (but 50 years apart), so the lighting reflects that.??

SECOND OPINION: Jan. 24th Chapel Hill, NC Daily Tar Heel preview by Josephine Yurcaba: http://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2013/01/PlayMakers-confronts-prejudice-in-shows, Jan. 16th multimedia preview by Colleen McEnaney, Delia D?Ambra, and Lily Fagan: http://www.dailytarheel.com/multimedia/15797, and Jan. 16th preview by Josephine Yurcaba: http://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2013/01/PlayMakers-tackles-issues-of-gentrication-in-new-plays; and Jan. 8th Chapel Hill, NC Chapel Hill Weekly & Magazine preview by Jessie Ammons: http://www.chapelhillmagazine.com/blogs/chapel-hill-magazine-blog/PlayMakers-presents-a-raisin-in-the-sun-and-clybourne-park/.

PlayMakers Repertory Company presents A RAISIN IN THE RUN at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 26 Preview, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 29 and 31 Previews, 2 p.m. Feb. 2 Opening Performance, 2 p.m. Feb. 3, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 5-8, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Feb. 9, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 13, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 15 and 16, 2 p.m. Feb. 17, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 19, 2 p.m. Feb. 23, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 27, 2 p.m. March 2; and CLYBOURNE PARK at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 27 Preview, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 30 and Feb. 1 Previews, and 7:30 p.m. Feb. 2 Opening Performance, 2 p.m. Feb. 10, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 12 and 14, 2 p.m. Feb. 16, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 20-23, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 26 and 28, 7:30 p.m. March 1, and 2 p.m. March 3 in the Paul Green Theatre in the Center for Dramatic Art, 120 Country Club Rd., Chapel Hill, NC 27514, on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus.

TICKETS: $15-$50, except $10 UNC students, $12 all other students, and $15 general admission on Tuesdays (Community Night).

BOX OFFICE: 919/962-PLAY or http://www.playmakersrep.org/tickets.

GROUP RATES (15+ tickets): 919/843-2311, miwashin@email.unc.edu, or http://www.playmakersrep.org/tickets/groupsales.

SHOWS:

A Raisin in the Sun: http://playmakersrep.org/raisin.

Clybourne Park: http://playmakersrep.org/clybournepark.

NEWS RELEASE: http://www.playmakersrep.org/media/story.aspx?id=fb1dbeca-e7dc-4f13-9ba3-66b9bf2efdf4.

SEASON: http://www.playmakersrep.org/season1213.

PRESENTER: http://www.playmakersrep.org/.

BLOG: http://playmakersrep.blogspot.com/.

VENUE: http://www.playmakersrep.org/aboutus/paulgreen.

DIRECTIONS/PARKING: http://www.playmakersrep.org/visitorinfo.?

NOTE 1: The 2 p.m. Feb. 9th performance of A Raisin in the Sun and the 2 p.m. Feb. 16th performance of Clybourne Park will be an Open-Captioned Performances. For details, click http://www.playmakersrep.org/opencaption.

NOTE 2: There will be FREE post-performance discussions with the creative team of A Raisin in the Sun on Feb. 11th and 17th and with the creative team of Clybourne Park on Feb. 24th and 28th.

NOTE 3: Arts Access, Inc. (http://www.artsaccessinc.org/) of Raleigh will audio-describe an All-Access Performance of A Raisin in the Sun on Feb. 19th and of Clybourne Park on Feb. 26th, which will also feature sign-language interpretation and Large-Print and Braille programs and ? if requested in advance by e-mail to whitneywhite@unc.edu ? a tactile tour of the set.

NOTE 4: At 2 p.m. on March 2nd (A Raisin in the Sun) and at 2 p.m. on March 3rd (Clybourne Park),, the N.C. Psychoanalytic Foundation (http://www.ncpsychoanalysis.org/), the Lucy Daniels Foundation (http://ldf.org/), and the N.C. Psychoanalytic Society (http://www.ncpsasoc.org/).will sponsor FREE post-show 50-minute ?Mindplay? discussions, led by Harold Kudler, MD, who will speak on?Raisin d??tre: The Long View of People and Community.?

OTHER LINKS:

A Raisin in the Sun (background): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Raisin_in_the_Sun (Wikipedia).

A Raisin in the Sun (script): http://books.google.com/ (Google Books).

Lorraine Hansberry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorraine_Hansberry (Wikipedia).

Clybourne Park (background): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clybourne_Park (Wikipedia).

Clybourne Park (script): http://books.google.com/ (Google Books).

Bruce Norris: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Norris_(playwright) (Wikipedia).

EDITOR?S NOTE:

Robert W. McDowell is editor and publisher of Triangle Review, a FREE weekly e-mail arts newsletter. This preview is reprinted with permission from Triangle Review.

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