Developers can now benefit from Facebook's trial and error building Android apps
Following lots of development time creating a new Android build tool to aid in development of its own Android apps, Facebook has decided to open-source it for other developers to use. Developed at a hack-a-thon last summer, the new build tool, named "Buck", was created to better address the needs of Facebook as it moved to making more native apps -- rather than just using WebViews -- for Android. The move to Buck from Ant in August of last year cut down build times for its apps dramatically, leaving no reason to continue using the old tools.
Because it improved the build times and overall development cycle for Facebook's project so notably, the engineers decided to also open-source it, making the entire code base available to check out from GitHub. According to Facebook, Buck will help most when developers are building apps with many small modules rather than just a few large ones. Development-minded folks among us can of course take a look at the tools themselves and see if it could work for their own project at the source link below.
WASHINGTON (AP) ? A subsidiary of an Indian pharmaceutical company has agreed to pay $500 million in fines and civil penalties as part of a plea deal with federal prosecutors.
Ranbaxy USA Inc. has admitted to making and selling adulterated generic drugs at two manufacturing sites in India.
The U.S. Justice Department said Monday that it's the largest financial penalty paid by a generic drug company for violations of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.
Prosecutors say the batches of adulterated drugs included generic versions of an antibiotic and other medications used to treat severe acne, epilepsy and nerve pain.
The company also admitted making false statements to the Food and Drug Administration.
The brothers of accused kidnapper and rapist Ariel Castro have broken their public silence, giving CNN what's billed as an exclusive sit-down interview about the case. Pedro, 54, and Onil Casto, 50, told CNN's Martin Savidge that they had no knowledge of their 52-year-old brother's alleged crimes. "It?s going to haunt me down because people [...]
We're all looking for something that can solve every one of our problems. Unfortunately that's probably a futile effort. Chances are though, there are cheap, easy solutions to at least one of the annoyances each of us run into every day, it's just a matter of figuring out what the hell they are.
So lets collect all our wisdom, and see if we can't come up with a list of cheap, simple solutions to the most irritating problems we all hate. What's your secret little ace in the hole that makes life so much easier that it's worth its weight in gold?
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ? The Indiana Pacers kept everything in front of them Saturday night.
The Pacers didn't let the Knicks get away from them on fast breaks, didn't let the Knicks get good 3-point looks and didn't even give New York a chance to challenge late.
Instead, Roy Hibbert, Paul George and Indiana showed what it can do when it plays its game.
Hibbert finished with 24 points and 12 rebounds, while George nearly came up with another postseason triple double, leading the Pacers to a crucial 82-71 Game 3 victory and a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinals.
"That's how we play Pacers basketball," George said. "We just locked in, and it was just helping one another on the defensive end."
Sure, Indiana could have been sidetracked by the embarrassing 26-point loss at New York in Game 2. Or it could have gotten caught up in the pregame banter about Amare Stoudemire's impending return or J.R Smith's sudden illness.
But the Pacers never got distracted.
Coach Frank Vogel's bunch followed the same game plan it has all season -- locking down defensively, winning the rebounding battle and protecting its home court.
Check, check and check.
Indiana limited the Knicks to 35.2 percent shooting from the floor, allowed just three 3-pointers and forced 15 turnovers. And, of course, the league's No. 1 rebounding team dominated the glass again, finishing with a 53-40 rebounding edge and a 20-10 edge in second-chance points.
It was enough to allow the Pacers to overcome a 28 for 80 shooting performance that included a season-high 33 3-point attempts.
"They outrebounded us, they won the hustle today, the little things," Carmelo Anthony said. "It all came down to us not scoring the basketball. ... We can't beat anyone scoring 71 points."
It's the same formula Indiana won Game 1, and now, if Indiana wins a fifth straight home playoff game Tuesday night, it will head back to Madison Square Garden with a commanding lead over a longtime rival.
How did the Pacers do it again? They relied on scoring balance and in-your-face defense.
HIbbert kept loose balls alive in his best playoff performance of this postseason. Vogel called it his best playoff game ever.
George struggled to score, finishing with 14 points, but he also finished had eight rebounds and eight assists and caused plenty of consternation for Anthony and others on defense.
David West got off to a slow start but finished with 11 points and 12 rebounds and George Hill knocked down five 3s and he finished with 17 points.
"We didn't change much in terms of our physicality," West said. "I just thought we were a little bit more precise defensively in terms of our communication and we shored some things up. We didn't allow them to get some of the things they got in the second game in New York."
The Knicks had only one player in double figures. Carmelo Anthony scored 21, but the NBA scoring champion went j6 of 16 from the field, managed only two points and no baskets in the fourth quarter and finished well below his playoff scoring average of 29.3.
He was hardly alone.
Smith gave it a go although his shooting woes continued. He went 4 of 12, scored nine points and walked directly to locker room when he was replaced midway through the fourth quarter. A few minutes later, he came back into the game and is now just 11 of 42 from the field in the series.
Stoudemire looked rusty in his return, making just 3 of 8 eight shots -- one a dunk, another on a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to end the third quarter -- and finished with seven points and two rebounds.
The Knicks led once in the game, for just 76 seconds, and barely escaped the ignominy of setting a franchise playoff record for fewest points in a game. The all-time low is 67. New York didn't hit 68 until Kenyon Martin's dunk with 1:39 to play.
"Offensively, we just didn't have anything," coach Mike Woodson said. "I thought defensively, we hung in there and did what we had had to do, but we just didn't have any offensive pop and we have to figure that out."
And fast or the second-seeded Knicks will spend the rest of this series playing catch-up.
New York had a chance midway through the third quarter when it closed the deficit to 44-41. But instead of faltering, as the Pacers did in Game 2, they thrived on New York's miscues.
When Tyson Chandler was called for his third foul, he lost his cool and was whistled for a technical foul. That allowed the Pacers to score three points on the possession. West followed that with a 19-foot jumper and after Chandler went 1-of-2 from the free throw line, Indiana seized control with a 9-0 run that made it 58-44.
Stoudemire's buzzer-beater to end the quarter got the Knicks within 62-51 and New York eventually got as close as 65-57 with 9:10 left. But Indiana answered with seven straight points and never let the Knicks challenge again.
"Our guys usually do what you emphasize," Vogel said. "We don't want to do it at the expense of giving up things up at the rim. But we were able to guard the paint and the 3-point line, and that's the goal."
Notes: The Pacers are 4-0 at home with an average victory margin of 16.5 points. ... New York is now 0-3 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse this season. ... Saturday's loss marked the first time New York lost in this year's playoffs while holding a team to fewer than 90 points. The Knicks are now 5-1. ... Movie director Spike Lee showed up inside Bankers Life Fieldhouse for Game 3 in a Knicks jersey and orange hat
It?s reasonable to expect employees to obey your work rules. But employees can also reasonably expect you to apply those rules fairly. If you don?t, you risk a lawsuit.
That?s why it is crucial to be specific when documenting discipline. Identify the rule that was broken and note exactly how the employee violated it.
Be prepared to explain everything to a judge, including what the rule means and why the employee was punished. Avoid generalities, especially if you decide to fire the worker, even though you kept someone else who broke the same rule.
Recent case: Robert, a Hispanic police officer in Greensboro, was disciplined for ?malicious gossip and untruthfulness? after reporting alleged police abuse. The department suspended him.
Robert sued, alleging that a white female officer who also was accused of untruthfulness hadn?t been suspended. She allegedly lied about the number of hours she worked.
That discrepancy was enough for the court to let the case proceed. Now the Greensboro Police Department will have to find some way to distinguish the differing treatments and explain how Robert?s behavior fit into the rule requiring truthfulness. It will then have to distinguish between the two types of ?truthfulness? and justify that Robert?s actions were more serious.
Without good contemporaneous records showing why it concluded Robert?s behavior was more serious than the other officer?s, it will have a tough time winning this case. (Cherry, et al. v. City of Greensboro, No. 12-CV-217, MD NC, 2013)
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St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Adam Wainwright throws during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies Saturday, May 11, 2013, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Adam Wainwright throws during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies Saturday, May 11, 2013, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Jhoulys Chacin throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals Saturday, May 11, 2013, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Adam Wainwright throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, Saturday, May 11, 2013, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
ST. LOUIS (AP) ? Shelby Miller retired the last 27 batters Friday night, finishing with a one-hitter. A day later, the St. Louis Cardinals rookie sat in the dugout and watched Adam Wainwright nearly top that feat.
Wainwright pitched no-hit ball into the eighth inning and finished with a two-hitter Saturday against the suddenly punchless Colorado Rockies in a 3-0 victory.
"I thought for sure he was going to throw a no-hitter," the 22-year-old Miller said. "He was locked in. We both threw well and his was exciting to watch, especially."
Wainwright doesn't mind getting pushed by the team's electric fifth starter who's 5-2 with a 1.58 ERA.
"You follow Roger Clemens a couple times like I have been, it makes you focus a little bit more," Wainwright said. "Once you see Shelby mow through a lineup like he has all year, you want to go out there and do it, too.
"Those guys will think there's a new sheriff in town," Wainwright added.
The Rockies had been hitless in 49 consecutive at-bats before Nolan Arenado lined a clean hit to center field with one out in the eighth. Eric Young led off Friday night's game with a broken-bat single off Miller then failed to put a runner on until Todd Helton walked with one out in the fifth inning a day later.
"I'm just trying to hit the ball hard," Arenado said. "I knew he wanted to get ahead with a strike and he threw one down and away. I got pretty lucky, I guess."
The 49 at-bats is the longest hitless stretch since Sept. 25-27, 1981, when the Los Angeles Dodgers went 50 at-bats without a knock, according to STATS.
"I thought we were going to witness something pretty special," manager Mike Matheny said. "You could see him finishing that off.
"What a great couple of days," Matheny said.
After the hit, Wainwright (5-2) doffed his cap in appreciation during a prolonged standing ovation from a sellout crowd of 43,050, then quickly retired the next two hitters. He gave up a two-out single to Dexter Fowler in the ninth and matched his career best with a two-hitter.
"About the third or fourth inning, I could tell he was throwing everything for a strike and was doing whatever he wanted to do," right fielder Allen Craig said. "You just never know how it's going to go from there, but that was a lot of fun to be out there.
"He was close. Maybe next time," added Craig.
Wainwright struck out seven for his second shutout of the season and sixth of his career. The Rockies have been shut out for 26 consecutive innings since Carlos Gonzalez hit a first-inning sacrifice fly against the Yankees on Thursday, and have had just one runner in scoring position the first two games of the series.
The Rockies entered Saturday as the highest-scoring team in the National League. Manager Walt Weiss wasn't planning a meeting.
"You leave it alone," Weiss said. "You know, everyone gets beat up a little bit in this game at some point, but our guys will keep grinding and we'll to come out and try to turn it around (Sunday)."
Craig had three hits and a sacrifice fly and Yadier Molina had two hits and an RBI for the Cardinals, who have won nine of 10 and are a major league-best 23-12.
Wainwright has won five of his last six starts, recapturing his form as the staff ace in his second season coming off reconstructive elbow surgery. He has thrown a pair of two-hitters, the last on Aug. 6, 2010 at Florida.
Wainwright bounced back from his lone poor outing when he gave up five runs in 5 1-3 innings at Milwaukee his last time out. He's 5-1 against the Rockies.
"I wanted to get back to the basics after the last start," Wainwright said. "I wanted to attack the strike zone right away. Keep it simple, that was my focus today."
Wainwright and Miller retired 40 consecutive batters with 18 strikeouts before Helton walked. He was stranded when Arenado fouled out and Reid Brignac grounded out.
All things appeared headed toward the no-hitter after Matt Carpenter made a sliding stab of a grounder about 10 feet onto the outfield grass behind second base for the first out in the eighth. Wainright smiled broadly at the play. Arenado, though, then singled.
The Cardinals loaded the bases with one out in the second and fourth, both times with the eighth and ninth-place hitter coming up. Both times, Jhoulys Chacin (3-2) escaped by striking out Pete Kozma and Wainwright.
They loaded them again in the fifth on singles by Carpenter, Jon Jay and Matt Holliday and took the lead on Craig's sacrifice fly, with Matt Adams adding a two-out RBI single.
Matt Holliday, Craig and Molina hit consecutive singles off Josh Outman in the seventh to make it 3-0.
The Cardinals haven't thrown a no-hitter since Bud Smith at San Diego in 2001, and haven't had one at home since Bob Forsch threw the second of his career on Sept. 26, 1983, against the Expos.
Gonzalez and Troy Tulowitzki have each struck out five times the first two games.
NOTES: Carlos Beltran, 1 for 8 with double-play balls against Chacin, was not in the lineup. ... Lefty Jaime Garcia (4-1, 2.25) faces Jorge De La Rosa (3-3, 3.52) in the series finale Sunday. .. Chacin's comebacker to end the third ended a string of eight straight strikeouts by the pitcher's spot on both teams to start the series. ... At the start of Miller's one-hitter on Friday, the Rockies' 3-4-5 hitters took eight consecutive called strikes. ... Michael Cuddyer missed his third straight game with neck stiffness.
What's the point of owning an iPad if you're not going to let yourself get a little artsy with it? Good thing we've got plenty of apps down here to let your creativity roam wild. Plus a little inspiration if you need it, as well.
iFontMaker: While designers may suffer this the most, pretty much anyone who's typed anything, well, ever has struggled to find the perfect font to suit their means. Normally, you'd be forced to settle for something that only approximates your vision, but rarely will you find exactly what exists so clearly in your imagination, which, let's face it, may vainly just be your very own handwriting. But with iFontmaker for iPad and now Windows 8 or Windows RT, you can take total control of your typographical needs. [$7]
The Doors: Doors fan or not, their new iPad app created by Warner Music Group is a fascinating journey through the rise of one of the most iconic bands in history. You get detailed accounts of 275 major events along a timeline, intimate looks at the kind of equipment they used, tidbits about all the people in their lives, and of course, lots and lots of music. With 44 video commentaires and six full-length Doors videos all held within the app, this should keep you busy for a while. [$6]
Adobe for iOS: Hot on the heels of Adobe's announcement yesterday that Creative Suite is going to get a lot more cloud, they've made Adobe Ideas, a vector-based drawing app for iOS, absolutely free. The app also received a hefty update, adding several of the Creative Cloud features announced yesterday and a slew of new brushes. Of course, there's also a few new in-app purchases to unlock full pro-level functionality, but the app was $10 yesterday, and now it's free. And if you bought it in the past three months, you can get a refund here. [Free]
2 prestigious recognitions awarded to UCR Medical School Official Phyllis A. Guze, M.D.Public release date: 2-May-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Iqbal Pittalwala iqbal@ucr.edu 951-827-6050 University of California - Riverside
Medical education leader selected for honors from nation's second-largest physician organization and international organization for medical education residency programs
RIVERSIDE, Calif. Phyllis Guze, M.D., associate vice chancellor, health affairs and executive dean for the School of Medicine at the University of California, Riverside, was awarded the Dema C. Daley Founder's award by the Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine (APDIM) on May 1 at the APDIM Spring Conference held in Buena Vista, Florida.
In April, Dr. Guze received the Mastership designation by the American College of Physicians (ACP) during that organization's annual meeting held in San Francisco, California.
"Both of these are very high honors and much-deserved recognitions of Dr. Guze's accomplishments and contributions to medicine and medical education. It is an honor to have her as a founding member of the School of Medicine leadership" said Founding Dean G. Richard Olds, M.D., also a Master with the ACP as of 2009.
In awarding the Dema C. Daley Founders Award to Guze, APDIM recognized her career dedication to exemplary teaching and innovative educational program management. She is well-known for her teaching as well as educational innovations, including being the first to develop a longitudinal ambulatory, or outpatient, educational experience for internal medicine residents.
APDIM is the professional organization of accredited internal medicine residency programs. Its core mission is to support program directors in the pursuit of excellence in graduate medical education for internal medicine.
Guze's involvement with APDIM began during the 1980s when she became the internal medicine program director for the West Los Angeles Veterans Association Medical Center. She has since served on several APDIM committees over the years, becoming president of the organization in 2003.
In April, Guze concluded her yearlong appointment as Chair of the Board of Regents of the ACP, the national professional organization of internal medicine physicians and the second-largest physician group in the United States. Its membership of 133,000 includes internists, internal medicine subspecialists, and medical students, residents, and fellows. She has been a Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP) since 1980, an honorary designation that recognizes ongoing individual service and contributions to the practice of medicine, and was recently awarded the Master designation.
Individuals are awarded Mastership designation by the ACP based upon "personal character, positions of honor, contributions towards furthering the purposes of the ACP, eminence in practice or in medical research, or other attainments in science or in the art of medicine" according to the ACP's organizational bylaws. Masters typically list the designation "MACP" after their names and degree listings.
Masters must be highly accomplished individuals. Evidence of their achievements can come from many types of endeavors such as research, education, health care initiatives, volunteerism, and administrative positions. A Master is distinguished by the excellence and significance of his or her contributions to the field of medicine.
Dr. Guze became a founding member of the the UCR School of Medicine leadership team in 2008 as acting vice chancellor of medical sciences and dean of the UCR medical school. Prior to that, Dr. Guze had been a professor of medicine at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine since 1985. She was chair of medicine at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System from 1986-2005.
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The University of California, Riverside (http://www.ucr.edu) is a doctoral research university, a living laboratory for groundbreaking exploration of issues critical to Inland Southern California, the state and communities around the world. Reflecting California's diverse culture, UCR's enrollment has exceeded 21,000 students. The campus will open a medical school in 2013 and has reached the heart of the Coachella Valley by way of the UCR Palm Desert Center. The campus has an annual statewide economic impact of more than $1 billion. A broadcast studio with fiber cable to the AT&T Hollywood hub is available for live or taped interviews. UCR also has ISDN for radio interviews. To learn more, call (951) UCR-NEWS.
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2 prestigious recognitions awarded to UCR Medical School Official Phyllis A. Guze, M.D.Public release date: 2-May-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Iqbal Pittalwala iqbal@ucr.edu 951-827-6050 University of California - Riverside
Medical education leader selected for honors from nation's second-largest physician organization and international organization for medical education residency programs
RIVERSIDE, Calif. Phyllis Guze, M.D., associate vice chancellor, health affairs and executive dean for the School of Medicine at the University of California, Riverside, was awarded the Dema C. Daley Founder's award by the Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine (APDIM) on May 1 at the APDIM Spring Conference held in Buena Vista, Florida.
In April, Dr. Guze received the Mastership designation by the American College of Physicians (ACP) during that organization's annual meeting held in San Francisco, California.
"Both of these are very high honors and much-deserved recognitions of Dr. Guze's accomplishments and contributions to medicine and medical education. It is an honor to have her as a founding member of the School of Medicine leadership" said Founding Dean G. Richard Olds, M.D., also a Master with the ACP as of 2009.
In awarding the Dema C. Daley Founders Award to Guze, APDIM recognized her career dedication to exemplary teaching and innovative educational program management. She is well-known for her teaching as well as educational innovations, including being the first to develop a longitudinal ambulatory, or outpatient, educational experience for internal medicine residents.
APDIM is the professional organization of accredited internal medicine residency programs. Its core mission is to support program directors in the pursuit of excellence in graduate medical education for internal medicine.
Guze's involvement with APDIM began during the 1980s when she became the internal medicine program director for the West Los Angeles Veterans Association Medical Center. She has since served on several APDIM committees over the years, becoming president of the organization in 2003.
In April, Guze concluded her yearlong appointment as Chair of the Board of Regents of the ACP, the national professional organization of internal medicine physicians and the second-largest physician group in the United States. Its membership of 133,000 includes internists, internal medicine subspecialists, and medical students, residents, and fellows. She has been a Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP) since 1980, an honorary designation that recognizes ongoing individual service and contributions to the practice of medicine, and was recently awarded the Master designation.
Individuals are awarded Mastership designation by the ACP based upon "personal character, positions of honor, contributions towards furthering the purposes of the ACP, eminence in practice or in medical research, or other attainments in science or in the art of medicine" according to the ACP's organizational bylaws. Masters typically list the designation "MACP" after their names and degree listings.
Masters must be highly accomplished individuals. Evidence of their achievements can come from many types of endeavors such as research, education, health care initiatives, volunteerism, and administrative positions. A Master is distinguished by the excellence and significance of his or her contributions to the field of medicine.
Dr. Guze became a founding member of the the UCR School of Medicine leadership team in 2008 as acting vice chancellor of medical sciences and dean of the UCR medical school. Prior to that, Dr. Guze had been a professor of medicine at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine since 1985. She was chair of medicine at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System from 1986-2005.
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The University of California, Riverside (http://www.ucr.edu) is a doctoral research university, a living laboratory for groundbreaking exploration of issues critical to Inland Southern California, the state and communities around the world. Reflecting California's diverse culture, UCR's enrollment has exceeded 21,000 students. The campus will open a medical school in 2013 and has reached the heart of the Coachella Valley by way of the UCR Palm Desert Center. The campus has an annual statewide economic impact of more than $1 billion. A broadcast studio with fiber cable to the AT&T Hollywood hub is available for live or taped interviews. UCR also has ISDN for radio interviews. To learn more, call (951) UCR-NEWS.
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DENVER (Reuters) - Lawyers for accused Colorado theater gunman James Holmes are questioning the constitutionality of the state's insanity defense law, court records released on Tuesday show, and raising the possibility that they may enter an insanity plea over his objections.
Public defenders for Holmes, 25, said in a filing that there is "significant uncertainty and confusion" in Colorado law surrounding an insanity defense in the context of a case where prosecutors are seeking capital punishment.
That puts defense attorneys in a quandary, they wrote, because they cannot vouch for "the cognitive ability of their mentally ill client to understand complex legal concepts that few lawyers understand."
"That is one reason why Colorado's insanity statute provides a mechanism for entering (an insanity plea) over the objections of a defendant in some circumstances."
Holmes is charged with multiple counts of first-degree murder and attempted murder for opening fire inside an Aurora, Colorado, cinema in July during a midnight screening of the Batman film "The Dark Knight Rises."
The shooting rampage killed 12 moviegoers and wounded 70 others. Prosecutors said they will seek the death penalty for the California native if he is convicted.
The judge overseeing the case at the time entered a standard not guilty plea for Holmes in March, but said public defenders could change that to not guilty by reason of insanity if they show sufficient cause.
Holmes' lawyers previously sought to have the state's insanity defense law declared unconstitutional, arguing that it could require Holmes to divulge information that could be used against him at trial and at sentencing if there is a conviction.
Such disclosures, they argued, violate his constitutional right against self-incrimination, but the judge rejected that argument as premature.
Prosecutors last week outlined the aggravating factors that make Holmes eligible for the death penalty, including lying in wait, killing a child under age 12, and committing murder in an "especially heinous, cruel or depraved manner."
May 1 (Reuters) - Post position for Saturday's 139th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs after Wednesday's draw (listed as barrier, HORSE, jockey, trainer) 1. BLACK ONYX, Joe Bravo, Kelly Breen 2. OXBOW, Gary Stevens, D. Wayne Lukas 3. REVOLUTIONARY, Calvin Borel, Todd Pletcher 4. GOLDEN SOUL, Robby Albarado, Dallas Stewart 5. NORMANDY INVASION, Javier Castellano, Chad Brown 6. MYLUTE, Rosie Napravnik, Tom Amoss 7. GIANT FINISH, Jose Espinoza, Tony Dutrow 8. GOLDENCENTS, Kevin Krigger, Doug O'Neill 9. OVERANALYZE, Rafael Bejarano, Todd Pletcher 10. PALACE MALICE, Mike Smith, Todd Pletcher 11. ...
A fast rise in U.S. home prices has some in the housing market murmuring the dreaded "B" word. New numbers out Monday only add to that "bubble" hypothesis. The nation's top 10 and top 20 market composites on the latest S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index recorded their highest annual growth rates since May 2006 -- up 8.6 percent and 9.3 percent respectively. "It is a solid rebound," said S&P's David Blitzer in an interview on CNBC. "I would not call it a bubble, but I'll admit a bubble is one thing you don't see when you're in it. You only see it after it occurs."
Looking back on the index, the biggest home price jumps were in 2004 and 2005, when values were up as high as 16 percent annually. Those prices were fueled by cheap and easy credit, which certainly does not exist today. They were also fueled by speculators who bought and flipped homes at a fast clip, putting no skin of their own in the game.
The concerns today are in certain local markets where gains in home prices look meteoric. In Phoenix, home prices rose 23 percent from a year ago, on the S&P/Case-Shiller index, but you have to put that in perspective. From the peak of the housing boom to the trough in August of 2011, home prices there fell a whopping 56 percent. They are still down more than 40 percent from that peak, despite double-digit percentage gains.
On the other hand, some markets are nearly back to their housing boom peaks, only because they didn't boom all that much back then. Dallas home prices fell 9 percent peak-to-trough and are now just 2 percent below their peak in April 2007. Does that make Dallas a bubble market and not Phoenix?
It all depends, again, on what is driving the gains. Dallas, and much of Texas for that matter, is seeing strong employment growth and an influx of companies and workers to the state. Phoenix is seeing a better employment picture, but the gains in home prices can be attributed largely to investors who came in and bought up an enormous supply of distressed properties. Phoenix was foreclosure-central due to heavy overbuilding during the housing boom.
The difference this time around is that the investors are not flipping homes, they are holding them to rent. They are also using mostly cash, and therefore they have all their skin in the game. The reason prices are rising so fast? There is very little to buy and demand is coming back. Inventories are down significantly across the nation, and even in the supposedly busy spring season, fewer new listings are coming on than normally do this time of year.
"From my perspective, prices have not gotten out of line with incomes yet," said Eric Belsky of the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies. "When you look at the extent to which prices fell and they've come back, while some of the double-digit gains are sort of eye-popping, both the fundamental price-to-income level and when you layer in mortgage interest rates, I don't see any market being that frothy or that inflated now."
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It's hardly been a secret that Apple's Jony Ive is exploring some more radical changes to iOS since taking the design reins for software in addition to hardware, but Bloomberg is now reporting some new details that paint a better picture of just what's going on in the lead-up to iOS 7. As previously reported, that includes what's sure to be iOS' biggest visual overhaul to date, with a decidedly more flat and minimalist design replacing Apple's current skeuomorphic tendencies. What's more, Bloomberg is also reporting that Ive is exploring "more dramatic changes" to the e-mail and calendar apps, and that he's "methodically" reviewing all the new designs himself to avoid a repeat of the Maps fiasco.
Also as previously rumoured, Bloomberg reports that Apple is pulling people from the Mac team to work on iOS in order to get it done in time, and that Ive has been encouraging collaboration between the software and hardware teams -- which, as Bloomberg notes, have previously been operating in separate silos. That all comes as Apple is apparently pushing things closer to the deadline than usual; while Bloomberg reports that iOS 7 is still on track for a release "as soon as September," internal testing dates are reportedly being set later than they have in the past, and the sweeping changes Ive has embarked on are said to have put Apple "at risk of falling behind." Of course, Apple does have one upcoming date that's now set in stone: WWDC on June 10th, when it has already promised to show off new versions of both iOS and OS X.
Update: All Things D is now offering its own confirmation of much of what Bloomberg is reporting, and quotes one source who describes iOS 7's new look as "de-glitzed."
FILE - In this April 30, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama answers questions during his new conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. The president aims to assure Latin America that the U.S. is serious about immigration reform when he travels to Mexico and Costa Rica, beginning Thursday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
FILE - In this April 30, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama answers questions during his new conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. The president aims to assure Latin America that the U.S. is serious about immigration reform when he travels to Mexico and Costa Rica, beginning Thursday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
WASHINGTON (AP) ? President Barack Obama is headed to Mexico with a domestic ambition at the top of his travel agenda. To sell his immigration overhaul back home, he needs a growing economy in Mexico and a Mexican president willing to help him secure the border.
Obama was to fly to Mexico City on Thursday to meet with President Enrique Pena Nieto, eager to promote Mexico's economic success and the neighboring country's place as the second largest export market for U.S. goods and services. Mexicans will be hanging on the president's words, but Obama also has in mind an important audience back in the United States.
Though the role played by Latino voters in last year's U.S. presidential election gets much credit for the current momentum for changing immigration laws and providing a path to citizenship for 11 million immigrants in the U.S. illegally, another reason for the change in attitudes is that stronger border protections and the recession have been disincentives to cross into the U.S. As a result, illegal immigration has declined.
"With Mexico, first and foremost, they are critical to our ability to secure the border," said Ben Rhodes, an Obama deputy national security adviser. "All the immigration plans that have been contemplated put a focus on securing the border as an essential priority and starting point for immigration reform."
Even better than a strong border is an economy that keeps people from fleeing.
"If the Mexican economy is growing, it forestalls the need for people to migrate to the United States to find work," Rhodes added.
Eager to focus on the economy and immigration, the administration is downplaying Pena Nieto's recent steps to end the broad access Mexico gave U.S. security agencies to help fight drug trafficking and organized crime under his predecessor, Felipe Calderon. Still, the changes are likely to be a subject during the two leaders' private talks. Obama said this week he wouldn't judge the new moves until he heard directly from Mexican officials.
Pena Nieto took office in December, and for Obama the trip is an opportunity to take his measure of the Mexican leader early in his tenure.
"It's really important to go there while this new president is forming his own plans and judgments about what he's going to do about the border, about where he's going to be on immigration, about where he is on trade," U.S. Chamber of Commerce President/CEO Thomas Donohue said in an interview.
The chamber long has worked to improve U.S.-Mexico trade, noting that now about 6 million U.S. jobs depend on commerce with Mexico.
Striking the right note on border security is key, Donohue said, because it is a central to winning support in Congress for the rest of the immigration legislation.
"That's what everybody wants to hear, and we have to do that in a way that makes these guys down there feel like we're doing it in conjunction with them and for them, so we can do this thing on immigration well, so we can expand our trade, so we can deal with our political issues as they are trying to deal with theirs," Donohue said.
Still, with 33 million U.S. residents of Mexican origin, Obama's message in Mexico is also bound to resonate in the U.S., where Latinos could increase pressure on Congress to act.
"It helps keep these passions alive as far as an issue to promote for the administration," said Carl Meacham, a former senior Latin America adviser on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
But Meacham, now director of the Americas program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, cautioned that despite some bipartisan support to create a path to citizenship in the immigration bill, there is skepticism in Latin America. "They've been brought to the altar so many times by different American administrations that there's a little bit of a lack of trust," he said.
For Pena Nieto, Obama's visit is a chance for him to showcase his country's economic gains. After suffering along with the U.S. during the recession, its economy is now growing at a better clip than that of the U.S. Per capita income has gone from an annual $7,900 two years ago to $10,146. But Diana Negroponte, a Latin America expert at the Brookings Institution, says corruption remains endemic, human rights are still a problem, and efforts to change and improve the judicial system have been too slow.
"There is concern on our side of the border that greater help needs to be given in order for Mexico to reform its system," she said.
Pena Nieto's changes in the security relationship with the U.S. have prompted some U.S. officials to speculate that the new president might be embracing the policies of his Institutional Revolutionary Party, which long has favored centralized political and bureaucratic control.
Among those watching the new steps is Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., who has held up $228 million sought by the Obama administration for Mexico under a security cooperation agreement. Under the agreement, known as the Merida Initiative, Congress has already given Mexico more than $1.9 billion in aid since 2008.
But Leahy, chairman of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee that oversees the State Department budget, has been a critic of how the money has been used and with the results.
"Congress has been asked for a significant new investment, but it's not clear what the new Mexican government's intensions are," Leahy said in a statement to The Associated Press. "We're in a period of uncertainty until we know enough to be able to reset that part of our relationship. I'm not ready to sign off on more money without a lot more details."
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) ? A top literary journal founded in 1925 has hired a Library of Congress director to be its new editor.
The Virginia Quarterly Review announced Wednesday that W. Ralph Eubanks will take over as editor, effective June 3.
Eubanks is director of publishing at the library and becomes the Review's first black editor. There has been no permanent editor at the Review since last year, when Ted Genoways (JEHN'-uh-wayz) resigned.
The Review is published by the University of Virginia and has had a brilliant and tragic history. It has received numerous awards and published many top writers. But in 2010 managing editor Kevin Morrissey committed suicide. Allegations quickly emerged that Genoways had been harassing Morrissey. The university concluded it could find no proof of wrongdoing, and Genoways denied the allegations and remained as editor.
The Society of Automotive Engineers has its annual World Congress in Detroit every spring (well, at least the calender says it?s spring). One of the many nice things about the SAE is that the organization takes the history of automotive engineering seriously. The Society has a Mobility History Committee for just that purpose. At each Congress the SAE Mobility History Committee has a display of historic automotive artifacts and presents a series of talks on automotive history. In recent years, they?ve had century-old electric cars, like the 1916 Detroit Electric owned by EV enthusiast Jack Beatty, or Mrs. Henry Joy?s own Detroit Electric. This year?s congress had the theme of ?Achieving Efficiency,? so it was appropriate that the history committee invited respected author Karl Ludvigsen to talk about Lotus founder Colin Chapman, a man known for the aphorism ?simplicate and add lightness.? In conjunction, they also had a race-prepped 1960 Lotus Elite, Chapman?s first production street car, on display at Cobo Hall.
Ludvigsen has written almost 50 books on cars, marques, drivers and automotive technology. Many of them will be used as standard references for decades to come. In 2010, Haynes published Ludvigsen?s Colin Chapman: Inside the Innovator, a look at the manifold ways in which Chapman, his original ideas and those of others that he embraced and championed, influenced racing in particular and the world of cars in general. Ludvigsen first met Chapman in the paddock at Monza just before the 1958 Italian Grand Prix. He knew the man and his associates personally, and with Ludvigsen?s training in mechanical engineering and industrial design ? as well as his work within the industry for GM, Fiat and Ford of Europe ? he?s well suited for an honest assessment of Chapman and his work. It should be noted that Ludvigsen does not shy away from discussing Chapman?s less admirable character traits like his questionable business ethics and what some have said was a lack of regard for his racing drivers? safety. Ludvigsen related a dinner conversation he?d had with John DeLorean. Lotus had been brought in to do most of the engineering on the production De Lorean DMC-12, essentially a rear-engined Esprit with a French V-6 and stainless steel skin. At the time, Chapman had proposed to DeLorean that they merge their companies. DeLorean told Ludvigsen that he had his lawyers and accountants perform some due diligence and they reported that if what they discovered became public knowledge Chapman would have ?gone to jail immediately.?
Inside the Innovator is almost 400 pages long and delves into, as I said, the many areas of technology where Chapman was a pioneer. That won?t all fit in a 40-minute lecture, so Ludvigsen kept his remarks mostly to how Colin Chapman embraced aerodynamics and thereby changed racing forever. Woven into his presentation is how much Lotus?s efforts at the Indianapolis 500, where it won with Jim Clark in 1965, influenced the development of its aerodynamic Formula One cars.
While developing its Indy cars, Lotus and Ford (which powered Lotus?s Indy cars) experimented with what had to have been one of the earliest uses of data sensors on a race car?s suspension. They were looking to see how much the centrifugal force on the car caused by the track?s banking forced the car to settle down onto the suspension. They were surprised to find out that wasn?t happening, the car never lowered. On the contrary, the body was acting like a wing and generating lift.
Thus began a journey that started with wedge-shaped race cars, high-mounted wings that would get banned due to flimsy construction, front- and rear-mounted multi-element wings, and eventually the discovery of ground effects with downforce-generating side pods. Ludvigsen also discussed some of Chapman?s ideas that never got off the ground, so to speak, like a car with solid axles and de Dion suspension front and rear, or ideas that worked so well (or could have if they were allowed to be developed) that they were banned, like the twin-chassis Lotus 88. Another pioneer in the use of aerodynamics and downforce, Jim Hall of Chaparral fame, had similar experiences with sanctioning bodies banning his innovations.
As noted, Ludvigsen didn?t confine his remarks to technology. In response to a question, he stressed the important role that Hazel, Mrs. Chapman, had in her husband?s life and career. He also taught a little bit of linguistic history, giving the background of both ?simplicate and add lightness? (a phrase that Ludvigsen traces back, interestingly enough, to Detroit and a student of engineer and aircraft designer William Stout), and the Lotus brand name. You?ll have to watch the videos after the jump to find out the answer to that particular mystery.
Ronnie Schreiber, a native Detroiter, spent two decades working for DuPont Automotive. He edits?Cars In Depth, a realistic perspective on cars and car culture and the original 3D car site. If the 3D thing freaks you out or if you think it?s a conspiracy to get you to buy yet another new TV set, don?t worry, all the photo and video players used at the site have mono options.
It seems that the US withdrawal of its draft resolution to expand the mandate of the MINURSO to monitor human rights in the Sahara was disillusioning and traumatic to the Polisario and Algeria. Following the adoption by the UN Security Council of the resolution on the Moroccan Sahara by consensus?the resolution that makes no mention of a human rights monitoring mechanism in the Moroccan Sahara?the separatists in the southern provinces went into riots in Laayoune and Boujdour to provoke the security forces and instigate violence.
The US withdrawal of its draft resolution, which is perceived as a political victory for Morocco, puts Algeria and Polisario in an embarrassing situation. In response to this political victory, Algeria and Polisario plan to sow the seeds of discord and anarchy in the Moroccan Sahara by ?inciting minors to engage in clashes with Moroccan security forces to promote the claim that Morocco does not respect human rights,? the mayor of Laayoune Khalil Eddakhil said in a press conference on Monday.
The mayor added that there is information indicating that a number of ?young men benefit from training in the Tindouf camps (of Polisario in the Algerian territory) and then infiltrate Morocco?s southern provinces to carry out acts of sabotage.?
The plan to drag the region into instability, of which Morocco is fully aware, is carried out by the separatists in the cities of the Moroccan Sahara. These individuals were not arrested despite the damage that they caused to public property in these cities. ?No one was arrested despite the acts of vandalism and serious damage that occurred to public property, as well as the injury of a number of members of the security forces who were pelted with stones,? says Mr. Khalil Eddakhil who also stressed that ?Morocco is committed to the policy of restraint so as to not give the opponents of its territorial integrity excuses that they later may use against it.?
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During UFC 159, UFC commentator Joe Rogan interviewed Tommy Rowlands, a former world team member for USA Wrestling and a two-time national champion for Ohio State. Rowlands talked about wrestling's big role in mixed martial arts and how the UFC was supporting the effort to keep Olympic wrestling alive. The sport, a mainstay of the Olympics since the ancient games, was not kept as a core sport for the 2020 Olympics and will have to fight to keep its spot after the 2016 Olympics.
The UFC and the Committee to Preserve Olympic Wrestling announced the start of a partnership weeks ago, and Rowlands' appearance was part of that partnership. It turns out the whole discussion between the two groups started after a terse Twitter conversation between Rowlands and UFC president Dana White.
Rowlands told Cagewriter he read the headline of a story that indicated White viewed the Olympics dropping wrestling as an opportunity. He tweeted White his disgust with this view, and White responded.
@tommyrowlands how is it an OP for me if it goes away!!! U have no idea what I have done for wrestling over the last 13 years.
"For me to say I regretted it would be a lie, when I thought was I saw wrestling was boring, I felt the need to defend my sport," Rowlands said.
"He admitted he was emotional, he was able to say I would never dis wrestling. I said if you?re up for it, give me a call and we can talk."
Rowlands, White and members from CPOW met a week later in Las Vegas to discuss the ways they can support each other. Rowlands appearance on the UFC 159 telecast was the first step. Since the relationship is new, they are still developing their next steps.
Bill Scherr, the chairman of CPOW, said White's open relationship with MMA fans is what allowed this relationship to begin.
"To his credit, Dana has an open door policy with fans, and Tommy was able to walk right through," Scherr said. "We're still figuring out what we can offer them and what we can learn from them."
Apr. 30, 2013 ? Scientists have identified a gene that keeps our nerve fibers from clogging up. Researchers in Ken Miller's laboratory at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) found that the unc-16 gene of the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans encodes a gatekeeper that restricts flow of cellular organelles from the cell body to the axon, a long, narrow extension that neurons use for signaling. Organelles clogging the axon could interfere with neuronal signaling or cause the axon to degenerate, leading to neurodegenerative disorders.
This research, published in the May 2013 Genetics Society of America's journal Genetics, adds an unexpected twist to our understanding of trafficking within neurons.
Proteins equivalent to UNC-16 are present in the neurons of all animals, including humans and are known to interact with proteins associated with neurodegenerative disorders in humans (Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia) and mice (Legs at Odd Angles). However, the underlying cause of these disorders is not well understood.
"Our UNC-16 study provides the first insights into a previously unrecognized trafficking system that protects axons from invasion by organelles from the cell soma," Dr. Miller said. "A breakdown in this gatekeeper may be the underlying cause of this group of disorders," he added.
The use of the model organism C. elegans, a tiny, translucent roundworm with only 300 neurons, enabled the discovery because the researchers were able to apply complex genetic techniques and imaging methods in living organisms, which would be impossible in larger animals. Dr. Miller's team tagged organelles with fluorescent proteins and then used time-lapse imaging to follow the movements of the organelles. In normal axons, organelles exited the cell body and entered the initial segment of the axon, but did not move beyond that. In axons of unc-16 mutants, the organelles hitched a ride on tiny motors that carried them deep into the axon, where they accumulated.
Dr. Miller acknowledges there are still a lot of unanswered questions. His lab is currently investigating how UNC-16 performs its crucial gatekeeper function by looking for other mutant worms with similar phenotypes. A Commentary on the article, also published in this issue of GENETICS, calls the work "provocative," and highlights several important questions prompted by this pioneering study.
"This research once again shows how studies of simple model organisms can bring insight into complex neurodegenerative diseases in humans," said Mark Johnston, Editor-in-Chief of the journal GENETICS. "This kind of basic research is necessary if we are to understand diseases that can't easily be studied in more complex animals."
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S. L. Edwards, S.-c. Yu, C. M. Hoover, B. C. Phillips, J. E. Richmond, K. G. Miller. An Organelle Gatekeeper Function for Caenorhabditis elegans UNC-16 (JIP3) at the Axon Initial Segment. Genetics, 2013; 194 (1): 143 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.112.147348
Q. Zheng, M. L. Nonet. UNC-16/JIP3/Sunday Driver: A New Cop on the Organelle Highway. Genetics, 2013; 194 (1): 35 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.113.150490
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Looking back on the index, the biggest home price jumps were in 2004 and 2005, when values were up as high as 16 percent annually. Those prices were fueled by cheap and easy credit, which certainly does not exist today. They were also fueled by speculators who bought and flipped homes at a fast clip, putting no skin of their own in the game.
During UFC 159, UFC commentator Joe Rogan interviewed Tommy Rowlands, a former world team member for USA Wrestling and a two-time national champion for Ohio State. Rowlands talked about wrestling's big role in mixed martial arts and how the UFC was supporting the effort to keep Olympic wrestling alive. The sport, a mainstay of the Olympics since the ancient games, was not kept as a core sport for the 2020 Olympics and will have to fight to keep its spot after the 2016 Olympics.