Deal of the Day ? Laptops under $500

Instead of a single item, LogicBUY is featuring a variety of laptops under $500 as their Saturday Deal, with prices starting at $279.99. ?Looking for a bargain laptop doesn’t mean you’ll have to settle. ?These laptops from Dell, HP, and Lenovo offer a lot of bang for the buck. ?There’s an entry-level Lenovo for $330 […]

Source: http://the-gadgeteer.com/2013/08/03/deal-of-the-day-laptops-under-500/

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Raven Symone Comes Out on Twitter

Raven Symone has officially come out.

In celebration of hearing the Supreme Court?s decision to overturn The Defense of Marriage Act and the recent legalizations of gay marriage in Rhode Island and Minnesota, the actress took to Twitter and tweeted, ??I can finally get married! Yay government! So proud of you.?

Symone was then met with overflowing support and the actress even retweeted some of her favourite responses.

@MissRavenSymone Can I have your spot in the Cheetah Girls? Disney might not like you anymore.

? Thugnificent. (@SilentKoalaBear) August 2, 2013

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She been out, momma just didn?t have time for bullshit. and I LIVVVEEE ?@_BeatrixKiddoo: You better come out sis. @MissRavenSymone?

? Golden Oreo. (@H8teTheeSquares) August 2, 2013

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My childhood remains intact. Because it?s based on her good acting skills and show, not sexuality. Congrats @MissRavenSymone

? Maddie Catanzaro (@MaddieCatanzaro) August 3, 2013

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In the past, the star has said her sexual orientation was a private matter.??My sexual orientation is mine, and the person I?m datings to know. I?m not one for a public display of my life,? she posted Twitter page in May 2012.

But releasing a statement yesterday, she said, ?I was excited to hear today that more states legalized gay marriage. I, however am not currently getting married, but it is great to know I can now, should I wish to.?

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Source: http://www.andpop.com/2013/08/03/raven-symone-comes-out-on-twitter/

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Soldier's body returns to Southeast Texas

Residents and businesses along his arrival route are asked to honor U.S. Army Sgt. Anthony R. Maddox as he returns home to Southeast Texas Friday from Afghanistan, where he was killed last week in a fueling accident.

Maddox's coffin will arrive at Jack Brooks Regional Airport on a 9 a.m. flight Friday, and a procession will accompany his body to Gabriel Funeral Home in Port Arthur.

"We ask that individuals that live or have a business along this route display an American flag in Sgt. Maddox's honor," said Jefferson County Deputy Rod Carroll in an email.

Maddox's funeral has been scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday at Antioch Baptist Church, 3920 West Cardinal Drive, in Beaumont.

Maddox, 22, was a 2009 Nederland High School graduate and Bulldogs football star whose fearsome field presence earned him the nickname "Mad Dog."

After graduation, he found his calling in the Army, where he was promoted to sergeant within 2 1/2 years.

In his last call home on July 19, Maddox told his mother, Glenda Key, he would be returning stateside, possibly by Aug. 15, and would be at Fort Drum in northern New York state for the rest of the year before being posted for four years in Hawaii.

On July 20, Glenda and Roy Key, Maddox's step-dad, got word that he had suffered second- and third-degree burns over 97 percent of his body. He was flown to Germany for medical treatment, but succumbed to his injuries July 22.

The accident is still under investigation.

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Anthony R. Maddox funeral procession route:

Leave Jack Brooks Regional Airport

Left on U.S. 69 Service Road

Right on Spurlock Road

Right on 18th Street (pass in front of Nederland High School)

Right on Canal

Left on 20th Street

Right on Helena

Left on 21st Street (pass in front of Nederland Bulldog Stadium)

Left on Nederland Avenue

Right on Twin City Highway

Right on Gulfway Drive

Left on Woodworth

Right on Proctor

Arrive at Gabriel Funeral Home, 2500 Proctor

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Source: http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Soldier-s-body-returns-to-Southeast-Texas-4701815.php

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Georgia Southern Uses Technology to Prevent Football Concussions

August 1, 2013

Georgia Southern Uses Technology to Prevent Football Concussions

The Georgia Southern University Eagles football team begins fall practice this morning with new equipment designed to protect players from concussions. Georgia Southern is the only collegiate football team in the state to use the Helmet Impact Telemetry System (HITS) which measures and records every hit to the head during practices and games.

?We want to do everything we can to prevent our student athletes from suffering a head injury,? said Georgia Southern President Brooks Keel, Ph.D. ?After the University received a $385,000 National Institutes of Health grant in 2011 to study concussions, we wanted to do more to get a better understanding of these injuries. The addition of this monitoring equipment will hopefully reduce the risks our Eagle players face on the field.?

With funding from the Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development, Georgia Southern has equipped 40 helmets with the Riddell HITS system. There are six sensors inside each helmet that measures the severity of a hit to the head. A typical impact in football lasts about 15 milliseconds, and in that instant, measurements from the sensors will be transmitted in nearly real-time to a laptop computer being monitored on the sidelines of all practices and games.

?While this is not a diagnostic piece of medical equipment, it is an early warning system,? explained Tom Buckley, Ed.D., professor of athletic training. ?Each time a player gets hit in the head, which can be 30-40 time per practice and game, we can get the calculations on exactly what happened and see how severe the impact was.?

If a hit reaches a certain threshold, a pager worn by a graduate research student and the head athletics trainer will receive a notification. ?If I get a message saying a player took a hard hit, I?m going to be keeping a close eye on that player,? said Eagles Head Athletics Trainer Brandy Clouse. ?If that player displays any unusual behavior, I?m coming over to do a clinical evaluation to make sure that he?s not trying to hide it or downplay the hit and that it?s safe for him to continue playing.?

Each impact will also be time stamped and can be synchronized with game video so coaches, athletics trainers and researchers can better evaluate the hits. ?We can look at the body position, see what the athlete is doing and examine the force they experience,? said biomechanics professor Barry Munkasy, Ph.D. ?We can then consider what can be done to reduce those hits by possibly changing techniques or teaching players what to do to lower their risks that will help improve their performance.?

Georgia Southern University, a Carnegie Doctoral/Research University founded in 1906, offers 125 degree programs serving more than 20,500 students. Through eight colleges, the University offers bachelor?s, master?s and doctoral degree programs built on more than a century of academic achievement. ?Georgia Southern is recognized for its student-centered approach to education. Visit:?www.georgiasouthern.edu.

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Source: http://news.georgiasouthern.edu/pressrelease.php?id=2496

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Here?s How Republicans Can Take Over the Senate

One difference between professional athletes and fans, and between coaches and cheerleaders, is that while all of them see opportunities for their teams, the athletes and coaches are more likely to also see, and at least privately acknowledge, potential pitfalls. The 2014 Senate races, which are really a fight over who will hold the majority in the chamber, provide plenty of pitfalls for political professionals in both parties to worry about.

On its face, the math certainly creates opportunities for Republicans. Twenty Democratic seats are up in 2014, compared with only 15 for Republicans, although by the time of the election the numbers will be 21 and 14. (That?s because the New Jersey seat of the late Democrat Frank Lautenberg is now held by appointed Republican Jeffrey Chiesa, and it will almost certainly flip back to the Democrats in October.) As a result, while the current 54-46 partisan split (with independents Angus King of Maine and Bernie Sanders of Vermont caucusing with Democrats) means that Republicans need only a five-seat gain to reach a majority, the bar will be raised to six seats after the New Jersey special election. So, for the sake of discussion, let?s assume that Democrats will have 21 seats to defend and that Republicans will need a six-seat gain.

Here is how the math works. Democrats have 34 seats that aren?t up in 2014. Of the 21 that are up, seven are sure bets, meaning that Democrats can count on 41 seats going into the election. Republicans have 31 seats that aren?t up, plus 11 more on the ballot next year that are done deals. That means Republicans can count on 42 seats. Democrats currently have a clear edge in four races: Edward Markey in Massachusetts, Brian Schatz in Hawaii, Jeanne Shaheen in New Hampshire, and Mark Udall in Colorado. Republicans have one analogous incumbent?Susan Collins in Maine. That brings the Democrats up to 45 seats they can feel comfortable about, to the Republicans? 43.

Next, let?s look at the expected-loss category. Republicans don?t have any seats that currently look like goners. In contrast, Democrats have three?the open seats in Montana, South Dakota, and West Virginia. Of course, surprises can occur; that?s what elections are for, but they would be true upsets in these states. Pushing those three into the GOP column puts the new Senate breakdown at 45 Democrats to 46 Republicans.

Then there are the races that are competitive but where the party now holding the seat has a clear advantage, although it?s an advantage that could evaporate if the opposition party fields a strong candidate. Republicans have no seats in this column, while Democrats have three?the Minnesota race featuring incumbent Al Franken, and the open seats in Iowa and Michigan. The real coup would be if Republicans can lure House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp into running in the Motor State. Camp will be term-limited out of his current chairmanship after this Congress, making a Senate race potentially more enticing to him. For now, all three seats tilt Democratic, giving the party a 48-46 edge.

That brings us to the final half-dozen seats, four held by Democrats and two by Republicans. For Democrats to keep their majority with 50 seats (Vice President Joe Biden would break a 50-50 tie), they must win two of the six. In four of the races, Democratic incumbents will face stiff challenges: Mark Begich of Alaska, Kay Hagan of North Carolina, Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, and Mark Pryor of Arkansas. Republicans have two seats in this category?the one held by Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in Kentucky and the open Georgia seat.

Larger version

That Democrats need to win only two of the six most competitive races would suggest that they have a comfortable edge?or that Republicans? path to a majority is very narrow, as they must win five of the six to claim 51 seats. But two potentially offsetting factors could make the Democrats? task more difficult.

First, the six most-competitive contests are in states of varying shades of red. By this measure, Hagan may be in the best shape, since GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney won North Carolina by only 2 points. Romney carried Alaska (Begich) by 14 points, Arkansas (Pryor) by 24 points, and Louisiana (Landrieu) by 17 points, making them tough states for Democrats these days. Romney also won the two states with competitive races for GOP-held seats: Georgia backed Romney by 8 points, while Kentucky gave him a whopping 23-point advantage over President Obama. Keep in mind that even though the Republican Party is suffering from some real ?brand? image problems nationally, it is far better off in these six states.

The final consideration is that the voter groups that were so helpful to Obama in 2008 and 2012?unmarried women, young people, and minorities?are far less likely to turn out in a midterm election when Obama?s name won?t be on the ballot.

The bottom line: While Republicans have a narrow path to the majority, the seats they must win are in friendly states, and turnout will work in their favor because this is a midterm election. It?s going to be a heck of a fight.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/republicans-over-senate-060647046.html

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Wanted: SA's worst VoIP setup | IT-Online

Telecommunications firm Tele-Enterprise wants to turn around the bad reputation that voice over IP (VoIP) has ? by issuing a challenge to find South Africa?s worst VoIP implementation.
Riaan Pietersen, Tele-Enterprise CMO, says many companies have had their fingers burnt by VoIP implementations that left them with unstable and unreliable connections and cost them money in the long run. The poor quality of VoIP calls has also served to give the technology a bad reputation, he says.

To change perceptions of VoIP as a communications channel, Tele-Enterprise has launched a challenge seeking the worst VoIP implementation story in the country. Companies with telephony expenses of at least R15 000 a month, at least 25 phone extensions and a good story to tell about how VoIP let them down, are invited to enter.

The prize for the winner is a trial implementation of VoIP that works, followed by a preferential deal on a next generation system.

?Communications is the lifeblood of any business, irrespective of sector. But too many businesses buy in to vendor smoke and mirrors without a full understanding of the technology behind the solution,? Pietersen says.

VoIP is a case in point, he says: ?VoIP has a negative association because so many companies have tried it and had it fail and cost them money.?

But there are many reasons why a VoIP implementation could fail, and none of them are because VoIP is inherently a poor communications tool, he says.

?In some cases, technicians are not experienced enough and don?t have the experience to understand the full requirements of different VoIP implementations. VoIP is not a plug ?n play or cut ?n paste implementation.?

Many VoIP implementers also make the mistake of focusing on savings for the client rather than service and added value, says Pietersen.

?VoIP will save clients money in the long run ? but the main objective should be about control, functionality and extended features,? he says.

The three most common reasons VoIP fails, says Pietersen, are that VoIP services are implemented without a full pre-installation assessment of the complete network and office environment; that sub-standard VoIP equipment such as gateways, connectivity mediums and routers are used; and that inadequate or no assessment of call performance is done after implementation.

Source: http://www.it-online.co.za/2013/08/01/wanted-sas-worst-voip-system/

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Evolution 'punishes mean people'

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Evolution 'punishes mean people'
Evolution does not favour selfish people, according to new research that challenges a previous theory that suggests it is preferable to put yourself first.

Source: BBC News
Posted on: Friday, Aug 02, 2013, 8:09am
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Source: http://www.labspaces.net/129324/Evolution__punishes_mean_people_

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