13 Tech Terms You Should Never Say Again

You?d never describe your USB Flash drive as a floppy disk, even though it serves the same purpose. You wouldn?t think of referring to the network admin who runs your servers as a "keypunch operator." So why did you tell your daughter that you are "filming" her dance recital on a digital camera?

Upgrade your thought-to-speech engine by avoiding these 13 confusing or outdated tech terms.

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Dial (verb)

Rotary phones were on their way out when Ronald Reagan took the oath of office for the first time. Today, landline phones with physical push buttons are all but dead too. Every time you say that you're dialing someone's number, Alexander Graham Bell turns over in his grave. Just say you're calling, inputting or entering a phone number any time you try to initiate a call.

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Tune In / Stay Tuned

Remember the last time you had to adjust the tuning on your TV? You knew there was a problem with the picture, because Tom Selleck had snow in his moustache and it never snows in Hawaii. You wanted to switch channels during the commercial break, but there was a chance you might come back too late and miss the exciting conclusion so you had to "stay tuned."

Today, most young adults have never even seen a rabbit ear. So please, I'm begging you. Don't tell online users to "tune in" to your live streaming video. And for Jobs' sake, don't tell people to "stay tuned" when you want them to wait for more information after a period of delay (ex: "Will Apple really release an iPhone 6 this year? Stay tuned.").

Tape (verb)

I haven?t owned a VCR in 10 years, but for some reason the verb " tape," referring to the act of capturing a TV show for later viewing, is stuck to my brain like a Wacky Wall Wacker. Don?t make my mistake. You?re either ?recording? a show or you?re "DVRing" it. Also, if you're using the word "TiVo" and you don?t own one, stop it.

More: 10 Future-Proof Gadgets You'll Still Love Next Year

Webcam

When you think about it, the word "webcam" has never made sense. Yes, you can conduct a video chat through your browser using tools like Google Talk, but for the most part, people have always conducted video chats through standalone applications such as Skype, ooVoo and FaceTime.

A camera that?s designed for chats should be called a "connected camera" or a "video-conferencing cam" but not a webcam. Or just call it camera. It?s not like the camera doesn?t work when you?re not online.

More: Action Cams Tested: What's the Best Outdoor Camera?

Blog (noun)

We need to stop using the term "blog" to refer to news sites. First the earth cooled and the dinosaurs came. Then personal web pages appeared on hosting sites like Geocities, but adding new content to them was a hassle. Then, in the early 2000s, blog platforms such as Blogger and Wordpress emerged and made it so easy to publish articles that both professional writers and amateur ranters started using them.

Unfortunately, even though it?s nothing more than a type of CMS, the term "blog" has developed a very negative connotation. Google ranks sites it thinks are "blogs" lower in search and if you tell people you work for a blog as opposed to a website, they may wrongly assume that there?s no real journalism going on.

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Desktop Computer

Back when I was in grade school, every computer was horizontal and sat on top of a table. Then, at around the same time that Vanilla Ice topped the charts, manufacturers started producing tower cases that you put on the floor. In the quarter century since, the term "desktop computer" has come to define any PC that isn?t portable, no matter where it stands.

Whether it?s an All-in-One with the screen built-in, a tiny ITX case that sits on a flat surface or a mid-tower that lives on the floor, it?s a "stationary PC" not a desktop.

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Film (verb)

Unless you?re an old-school Hollywood director who insists on using 65mm reels to shoot his next blockbuster, you capture all your videos and photos digitally. So don?t say you?re going to "film" anything, unless you?re taking the reels or cartridges to Fotomat for processing. Instead say that you are "shooting," "recording" or "capturing video."

Smartphone

You wouldn't call your car a mobile air conditioner. You'd never refer to your microwave oven as a digital clock with heating ability or your PC as a Skype box. So why on earth do you still call your pocket computer a "smartphone?"

According to a recent study by UK Carrier O2, typical smartphone users spend 128 minutes a day actively interacting with their devices, but only 12 of those minutes involve voice calls, with the rest of the time split between emailing, text messaging, social networking and consuming on-device content apps. So you need to call that item in your hand a "pocket computer," "a communicator" or something else that reflects its primary purpose.

More: Top 10 Smartphones

Surf the Web

In the mid-nineties, when the web was new, people thought of browsing through sites as a lightweight pastime with little practical value. I'm sure this conversation happened a lot back then:

"What were you doing this afternoon?"
"Oh, I was just surfing the web, killing time."

Today, we use web sites for shopping, banking and doing serious productivity through web tools. You can "use" the web, "browse" the web or "navigate" to a website, but please don't say that you "surfed" the web.

More: In-Flight Wi-Fi: 5 Essential Tips

Desktop Publishing

In the days of yore, magazines and newspapers were laid out on giant lightboxes with glue and exacto knives used to move stories around on the page. Then, in the 1990s, better computers with programs like QuarkXpress and Adobe PageMaker allowed anyone to design printed works with the click of a mouse. This new, computerized form of production was named "desktop publishing" because you could do all the work, right from your desk, without whipping out the wax.

In 2013, however, all layout occurs on computers. There's no more "non-desktop pufblishing" so it's time to call this process simply "publishing."

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Personal Cloud

GE couldn't get away with calling its refrigerators "personal supermarkets" just as Honda could never refer to its minivans as "personal MTA buses." So how can storage vendors such as Iomega and Seagate call their network-attached hard drives "Personal Cloud" devices?

When it comes to Cloud storage and services, the hardware and software aren't the responsibility of the user. Somewhere a team of network engineers is burning the midnight oil to keep the server with your Dropbox account on it running, but as far as you know, it all just works. A hard drive that's plugged in to your router is not a Cloud unto itself; it's a connected storage device.

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Super Phone

It's a bird. It's a plane. No, it's an HTC Droid DNA! As if the term Smart Phone weren't bad enough, some say that high-end handsets are "Super Phones." Don't even think of writing those two words next to each other.

It's presumptuous to roll out the big superlatives for an entire class of gadgets, based on their specs alone. I'll decide whether your handset is super or not; thank you very much.

And when today's $299 quad-core iPhone killer becomes next month's "free with contract" budget special, how will you explain the change to your children? Will you tell them that the Super Phone was hit with Kryptonite?

More: The 7 Worst Smartphone Injustices and How to Fight Them

Set-Top Box

When I was growing up, our old Zenith TV was deep enough to double as dining room table for a family of four, with room to spare for a cable box. Today, you'd be lucky if you could balance a USB stick on top of most peoples' flat-panels. It's time you stopped calling peripherals like the Roku and Apple TV set-top boxes.

Call them "TV peripherals," "Streaming Media Boxes" or even "Set-Bottom Boxes," but don't pretend they can fix on top of the tube when they can't. Heck, the Roku Streaming Stick is the size of a thumb drive and plugs right into your big screen.

More: 8 Essential Cloud Services to Sync Your Life

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UVA Students Seek Postgraduate Jobs at Career Fair

Graduation may be months away, but for fourth-year students at the University of Virginia there is no time like the present to get a head start.

Hundreds of students took advantage of the spring career fair Wednesday, all trying to answer one question: where are the jobs?

"Until you have the like, ?yes, we want you' job offer there's always going to be a sense of anxiety," said fourth-year student Josiah Case.

The long lines at the job fair said it all; students hope that postgraduate job is just a handshake or a conversation away.

And students aren't looking exclusively for their dream jobs.

"I've heard a lot of people looking into fields that they never considered looking into as an undergrad, but they want to look into now just because it's a little bit tight with the economy, and they just want to have some security before they graduate," said fourth-year student Lauren Loffredo.

That's what the career fair means for most students: options.

"I'm an American government and Spanish major; I have always been interested in both of those: politics and Spanish. I'm not sure what I'll end up doing with either one of them," said fourth-year student Lane Stickley.

While technology and healthcare are booming industries, there's another field that's catching the eye of young graduates market researchers.

"We've talked to a lot of people today. History majors, psychology majors, finance majors. The good thing about research is you can be in any field and still be successful doing research," said Niki Price, a recruiter Hanover Research.

Many of the recruiters at the job fair were based in consulting, research, and sales. Price says these jobs allow flexibility regardless of a student's major.

"What do you like doing, what do you want to do? Make it up. We support you; we want you to be great," Price said.

More than 100 organizations participated in the event. It's sponsored by UVA's University Career Services.

Source: http://www.nbc29.com/story/20875798/uva-students-seek-postgraduate-jobs-at-career-fair

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Fuel of the future: Cheap hydrogen from water one step closer

Jan. 30, 2013 ? Hydro?gen has tremen?dous poten?tial as an eco-friendly fuel, but it is expen?sive to pro?duce. Now researchers at Prince?ton Uni?ver?sity and Rut?gers Uni?ver?sity have moved a step closer to har?ness?ing nature to pro?duce hydro?gen for us.

The team, led by Prince?ton chem?istry pro?fes?sor Annabella Sel?l?oni, takes inspi?ra?tion from bac?te?ria that make hydro?gen from water using enzymes called di-iron hydro?ge?nases. Selloni's team uses com?puter mod?els to fig?ure out how to incor?po?rate the magic of these enzymes into the design of prac?ti?cal syn?thetic cat?a?lysts that humans can use to pro?duce hydro?gen from water.

In this lat?est paper, Sel?l?oni and co-authors present a solu?tion to an issue that has dogged the field: the cat?a?lysts designed so far are sus?cep?ti?ble to poi?son?ing by the oxy?gen present dur?ing the reac?tion. By mak?ing changes to the cat?a?lyst to improve the sta?bil?ity of the struc?ture in water, the researchers found that they had also cre?ated a cat?a?lyst that is tol?er?ant to oxy?gen with?out sac?ri?fic?ing effi?ciency. What is more, their arti?fi?cial cat?a?lyst could be made from abun?dant and cheap com?po?nents, such as iron, indi?cat?ing that the cat?a?lyst could be a cost-effective way of pro?duc?ing hydrogen.

Sel?l?oni and her team con?ducted their research in sil?ico -- that is, using com?puter mod?el?ing. The goal is to learn enough about how these cat?a?lysts work to some?day cre?ate work?ing cat?a?lysts that can make vast quan?ti?ties of inex?pen?sive hydro?gen for use in vehi?cles and elec?tric?ity production.

The team included Patrick Hoi-Land Sit, an asso?ciate research scholar in chem?istry at Prince?ton; Roberto Car, Princeton's Ralph W. *31 Dornte Pro?fes?sor in Chem?istry, and Mor?rel H. Cohen, a Senior Chemist at Prince?ton and Mem?ber of the Grad?u?ate Fac?ulty of Rut?gers Uni?ver?sity. Sel?l?oni is Princeton's David B. Jones Pro?fes?sor of Chemistry.

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5 Ways to Cut Moving Costs - Chris Farkas Real Estate

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Between closing costs and property taxes, buying, selling and owning a home is an expensive ordeal. But moving doesn?t have to be. Below are five ways to save money when making a move.?

1. Time it right.?Most people move in the summer, because the kids are out of school, the weather is ideal for packing and, in general, most people are less stressed out. This means movers often charge less during the off season. If it?s at all possible to postpone your move, attempt to relocate between October and April to score those off-peak discounts.

2. Look into delivery.?There are a handful of companies that will deliver a portable storage unit to your place. You will save money by packing it yourself, and then the company will come back to pick up the unit and bring it to your new place.

3. Use what you have.?When it comes to packing supplies, you can save money by using what you have. Pack in suitcases, bags and bins you already own before buying supplies. And if you do need more, try purchasing your packing material from a recycled box company or ask local businesses for old boxes they plan on tossing. Moving companies often overcharge on packing supplies, so use them as a last resort.?

4. Rent your own truck.?While it requires more work, renting a truck and doing the move yourself from start to finish is the cheapest way to move. Ask friends and family to help, or hire neighborhood teens to help with the packing and lifting. Be sure to look into all the fine print before choosing a rental company. Fuel and mileage charges can differ immensely, so do your research.

5. Don?t forget to deduct.?Many people don?t realize they can deduct moving expenses from their taxes. If you relocated for work, you may be eligible to deduct packing, transporting and storing costs from next year?s taxes, so be sure to save your receipts!

Copyright? 2013?RISMedia, The Leader in Real Estate Information Systems and Real Estate News. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be republished without permission.

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Source: http://www.realbellingham.com/Blog/5-Ways-to-Cut-Moving-Costs

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The 3.8% question: Is your rental property a ?trade or business ...

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The IRS isn?t saying.

It matters for real estate operators. The proposed regulations on the Obamacare ?Net Investment Income Tax? impose the 3.8% levy on rental income, but not for ?material participants? in a rental ?trade or business.? Tax Analysts reports ($link) that IRS attorney David Kirk weasels out of saying what ?trade or business? means:

?On one end of the [section 469(c)(7)] spectrum, you have the real estate pro that owns one-tenth of lower Manhattan and lives, breathes, and dies by occupancy, building up, renting out,? Kirk said, adding that that individual would be considered to be in the trade or business of renting real estate.

Kirk declined to say whether someone on the other end of the spectrum ? the real estate broker who not only lists houses but also owns a couple of townhouses or condos ? would be considered to be in the trade or business of renting real estate. ?I?m not really comfortable coming out and saying what a trade or business is,? he said.

The term ?trade or business? has been defined some under Section 108(a)(1)(D), which allows taxpayers to exclude debt cancellation income if the debt was on ?trade or business? real property. The IRS discussed the issue in PLR 9840026 (some citations omitted):

The rental of even a single property may constitute a trade or business under various provisions of the Code. However, the ownership and rental of property does not always constitute a trade or business. The issue of whether the rental of property is a trade or business of a taxpayer is ultimately one of fact in which the scope of a taxpayer?s activities, either personally or through agents, in connection with the property, are so extensive as to rise to the stature of a trade or business. Bauer v. United States, 168 F. Supp. 539, 541 (Ct. Cl. 1958); Schwarcz v. Commissioner, 24 T.C. 733 (1955); See Higgins v. Commissioner, 312 U.S. 212 (1941) (management of taxpayer?s own investment portfolio not a business).

In Rev. Rul. 73-522, 1973-2 C.B. 226, the Service held that rental of real property under a ?net lease? does not render the lessor engaged in a trade or business with respect to such property for purposes of section 871 of the Code

It was unwise to make ?trade or business? status key to this tax; it makes it difficult for taxpayers to know whether it applies and it encourages taxpayers to be agressive. They should just say that if you achieve non-passive treatment as a real estate professional, you don?t pay the tax.

Related: Real Estate Professional Status ? Becoming More Important ? Very Hard To Prove (Peter Reilly)

Tags: Net Investment Income Tax, Obamacare, passive activity, Peter Reilly, real estate professional

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Source: http://rothcpa.com/2013/01/the-3-8-question-is-your-rental-property-a-trade-or-business/

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Family Party: 30 Great Games Obstacle Arcade Review - Nintendo Life

Obstacle to fun, maybe

If you were to poll gamers at large and ask them what they felt were the worst things about the Wii, chances are you'd hear "waggle" and "bad minigame collections" pretty frequently. In fact they often went hand in hand, and Family Party: 30 Great Games Obstacle Arcade is trying its hardest to make sure both of things carry over into the Wii U generation. We can only hope that they don't.

Family Party: 30 Great Games Obstacle Arcade ? it just rolls off the tongue, doesn't it? ? is, as you might guess, a collection of short games that you can play with up to three friends. You might also guess that the games would revolve around an "obstacle" theme, but you'd be wrong; many of them are standard rounds of target practice, hide and seek, or, erm, picking the balloon with the number two on it after the game tells you to pick the balloon with the number two on it. That last one's not much of a game really, but there you go.

The collection is given a sort of theme park approach, with the games broken up into smaller, unlockable areas. Again, you'd expect the space area to contain space-themed games and the Western area to host games with a cowboy flair but by and large everything is just thrown at the wall with no regard for where it lands, and there's no telling what you'll encounter where. Fortunately, we guess, whatever you encounter will be reliably awful, so there's that to look forward to.

The games are hosted by a dead-eyed teddy bear with a stare so cold and creepy that we were constantly on edge for that inevitable moment when he'd pull out a knife. Half of his face is frozen in a bizarre semblance of what we can only assume is the developer's attempt at "'tude", while the other half just passively smiles. This, combined with the fact that his lips don't move when he talks, makes it seem like we've walked in on the bear in the middle of a massive coronary that's doomed to go untreated.

The entire package feels like a holdover from the previous generation; none of the graphics come anywhere near the capabilities of Nintendo's newest console, and the Wii U GamePad barely factors in at all, with each of the games requiring instead a Wii Remote and, often, Nunchuk. This means Family Party: 30 Great Games Obstacle Arcade plays identically to every other poorly-responsive, uninteresting, lazily slapped together mini-game collection you've been doing your best to avoid since 2006.

Every game supports four players; if there are fewer human players than that, the CPU will fill the void. Human players can enter any name for themselves that they like, but oddly the game also requires you to choose a separate name for the bear to call you by. This is because the developers only gave the bear a limited bank of audio files from which to draw, so you may tell the game that your name is William, but then you'll have to choose whether it calls you Chano or Shamus or Julio instead. It's bizarre to say the least.

In each game you'll compete against the other three for points. This nearly always involves waggling as quickly as possible, but sometimes it can rely on maneuvering crosshairs around the screen instead. No game is any more complicated than that, and it often feels as though the developer went out of its way to assign the most frustrating control schemes possible. Some games, for instance, are races that see you hopping from platform to platform. Despite the fact that each player has a perfectly good D-Pad and A button to use, Family Party: 30 Great Games Obstacle Arcade requires you to thrust the Wii Remote in the direction you wish to jump. Not that it cares where you actually thrust; it's a crapshoot whether or not the game will ever recognise your input. It's a needless and mandatory use of the least reliable control scheme possible, which is pretty much par for the course here.

The Wii U GamePad only comes into play during the bonus rounds. The rest of the time it features the glass-eyed bear glowing creepily at you and loudly narrating minor gameplay developments without moving his mouth. During the bonus rounds the winner of the previous game spins a roulette wheel, which determines what the bonus game will be. Here the GamePad is used differently than the Wii Remotes, but it's certainly no more fun, and it really does feel like a tacked on addition to what's essentially a low budget Wii cash-in.

The sound effects are beyond terrible, as the four players on-screen avatars laugh and hoot and holler over each other throughout every event, turning everything into a clamorous, cluttered aural monstrosity. The bear barks meaningless platitudes about every minor thing that happens ? from a player grabbing a coin to a player not grabbing a coin ? and while you're not likely to come away from this game feeling fulfilled you're more or less guaranteed a headache.

We'd like to close on a positive note of some kind, but we genuinely can't. This is an absolutely terrible game, and you don't want it. Trust us.

As clunky and poorly considered as its title, Family Party: 30 Great Games Obstacle Arcade is awful. Relying entirely on the shallow and repetitive waggle that should have died along with Wii, there's absolutely no reason to recommend this obnoxious, screaming, clattering monstrosity at all. It's mindless entertainment at its worst, but, on the bright side, it might be the perfect way to cure your childrens' burgeoning video game addiction.

Source: http://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/wiiu/family_party_30_great_games_obstacle_arcade

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Video: Sideshow: Taft joins the race!

>>> back to "hardball." now to the "sideshow." the "snl" factor i have been saying for a while one person who could really have an affect on the future of joe biden comes in the form of parody. his name is jason sudeikis . take this is weekend's biden bash.

>> this past monday millions of americans watched as barack obama took the oath of office for a second term. this coming monday, the party really starts.

>> it's me your vp joe biden and i'm inviting you all to join me this monday at the dover meet speedway in dover, delaware, for a little party i like to call the biden bash. forget the pageant tri, forget the ib spir rational speeches, this one is about fun. we're going to have cotton candy , amateur dog show . be sure to join me for my kung fu exhibition.

>> biden time,o w! almost got it.

>> as the saying goes, what happens in delaware --

>> all proceeds go to biden 2016 presidential ex employertory committee.

>> i don't think that will matter if biden launches a 2016 presidential campaign ? remember what chevy chase on "snl" did to jerry ford . he killed him.

>>> here is what fox news found to be missing from the obama/clinton " 60 minutes " interview.

>> i think for some reason they just didn't dig into anything at all.

>> 30 minutes , come on?

>> i would like to know -- did she pass out and hit her head, was she pushed? how did she hit her head and get a concussion?

>> she said, quote, i still have some lingering effects from falling on my head. there was no follow-up.

>> you're right.

>> okay. she was injured. she had a concussion --

>> that's one of the questions i have.

>> how did you fall on your head.

>> she passed out i think was the story.

>> the questions have morphed there. you just saw them from did she really have a concussion to what she pushed?

>>> finally move over teddy roosevelt or the mascot version of him pr not past few years we've watched the four presidential mascots of the washington nationals compete in a midgame race. teddy lost every game until this past october over 500 losses in row np now things are getting interesting. a new competitor was introduced over the weekend.

>> ladies and gentlemen , please welcome the newest racing president, william howard taft .

>> taft was much bigger than that actually. but there you have it. the famously complicated history of roosevelt and taft means there's a lot to work with between roosevelt helping taft get elected back in 1908 , then running against him just four years later. taft has his own tie to baseball. the first president to ever throw out the ceremonial first pitch, meaning he started a long history of good, bad, and awkward. the subject was even the topic of an nbc sports special back in the '60s.

>> who is that man in the picture?

>> you better not let your history teacher hear you ask that question. that's president taft , bobby. the first of our presidents to throw out the ball on opening day . since then they have all done it. that's woodrow wilson , that's franklin d. roosevelt . that's president eisenhower . you know, just before he came home from europe, he said the first thing he wanted to do was see a ball game , and he did. and that's mr. kennedy, bobby. but i know that you knew that. he used to go to the ballpark and eat hotdogged and drink soda pop and this year president johnson will take his turn from pitching from that pitch.

>> gee, joe, after all these things, i guess my book at home is right when they say baseball is a in accordance game.

>>> up next, president obama said he honed his re-election would break the republican fever of obstructionism, but even he admits that hasn't happened, and now paul ryan says the president wants to destroy the republican party . usual of whatting "hardball," the place for politics. as

Source: http://video.msnbc.msn.com/hardball/50620319/

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iSlayTheDragon | Board Games, Board Game Reviews, and a ...

Big news this week. Read on!

Toy Vault acquires Firefly license [Link] Geek worlds converged last week when Toy Vault announced that it had acquired the Firefly license to create tabletop games in Joss Whedon's 'verse. I'm not terribly excited about this news, but only because licensed games don't excite me much. (This is the themeless, soulless Euro part of me coming out.) And I'm especially not too excited when the tabletop games announcement came in the same breath as novelty plush figures and pillows based on the characters. Still, time will tell.


Days of Wonder cancels Kickstarter, plans to respawn in March [Link] Days of Wonder has canceled their Kickstarter campaign for Small World 2 for iPad, citing confusing rewards and underestimated enthusiasm for the Android platform. They play to relaunch their campaign in March targeting Steam and Android platforms for Small World. I really respect this decision--namely because I wholeheartedly agree on both counts. (The tier levels were confusing, and it was also disappointing to be funding a game that was already happening on another platform just for the chance that it might happen on Android.)?Anyway, I plan to put my money where my mouth is once they relaunch, hoping that other board game companies follow suit in Android development.?

Queen Games hosts Escape design contest [Link] One of my favorite games from 2012 (and that's saying something, as I received it in December) was Escape: The Curse of the Temple, a real-time cooperative dice-rolling game that plays in exactly ten minutes. Well, Queen Games (Escape's publisher) is soliciting the Board Game Geek community for ideas for upcoming expansions. The ten best ideas receive a stack of games and the chance of getting published. Now if only I had a great idea...

Tom Gurganus of Go Forth and Game interviews TC Petty III (VivaJava)?[Link]?This is a good, laid-back interview, and it explores what is involved in publishing a game with a smaller publisher. An interesting read.

Ten literary board games for book nerds [Link] Some notable absences here (Pillars of the Earth), but hey, when you only have ten spots, you have to include the Christmas Carol board game. (I once thought about designing a board game based on Don Quixote, my favorite book. I still may do so. It focuses not so much on the events of the book, but on [what I deem] a funny thought experiment within the book. But I'm lazy. Maybe someday.)

James Mathe of Minion Games details the Kickstarter process [Link] Mathe calls this the "10,000-feet" approach, a bird's-eye view, and that's true. This was very helpful for me, someone who has zero interest in ever running a publishing endeavor, to understand what all is involved (and why so many Kickstarter projects are delayed). I also respect Mathe's doing this, as Minion has had a number of successful products published, through Kickstarter and outside of it (and the ones I've played have been very good). I expect Mathe's point about always using Kickstarter will ruffle some feathers, but when I consider what all is involved, and what the cost is for missteps, there's certainly an argument for his view. I'd be interested if he did, as he mentions in the article, go into depth about some of these points.

Board game myths busted [Link] Okay, okay: two articles by James Mathe right in a row. I'm sorry, but this is good stuff and deserves to be shared. This is straight to the point about the realities involved with designing and shopping around a game from a publisher's perspective. If you're working on your own game, this is a must-read.

How Many Prototypes Does It Take? [Link] Phillip duBarry (Revolution, Kingdom of Solomon) shows the many iterations of his upcoming game Family Vacation. I've only kind of?designed one game, and the process was enough to deter me from dabbling. Game design is serious business.

Dungeons & Dragons backlist now available electronically [Link] Wizards of the Coast has partnered with DriveThru RPG to make their backlist of D&D products available. I'm not an RPGer myself, but I'm sure that many a fanboy (or fangirl) is rejoicing at this announcement.

In case you missed it... [News, Board game glossary, Gauntlet of Fools review, Tahiti review, My year in games 2012] We had a full week on iSlaytheDragon last week. Here's what we posted. The article that's gotten the most traffic is the board game glossary. If you have any ideas for terms that need to be added, leave us a comment. It's meant to be a dynamic article.

Kickstarters of Note
We're hitting another wave of lots of good stuff on Kickstarter:

• Formula E:?An elephant racing game from Bruno Faidutti and Clever Mojo Games. This has beautiful art and really looks like a great production. The Kickstarter window on this one is short, so you should act soon. $45 buy-in ($20 if you just want the elepheeples).
• Hegemonic:?Another epic space game. This one looks pretty good, and I've liked Minion's track record in the past. The buy-in is high at $69, but this includes the print-and-play files early. This has already been funded.
• Crokinole:?Wait, hasn't that game been around for ages? Well, yes, but Mayday Games is Kickstarting their newest line of Crokinole boards. (You can read my review of their last line?here, which looks much the same.) Mayday is also offering several accessories, like a carrying case and a clock (for when the board is hanging on your wall, obviously). $95-100 gets you a board; $150 gets you the whole package.
• The Dice Tower: Season 9:?The Dice Tower is looking to up its coverage of board games this year. They have some sweet swag for contributors, mostly promos and, you guessed it, dice/dice towers, but also some dinners with the hosts. Various pledge levels.
• Compounded:?This is the fourth game from Dice Hate Me Games, this one about combining elements into chemical compounds. The look, feel, and theme is appealing to me. $42 gets you the game.
• Gunrunners: This is a new game from Stephen Finn (Biblios, Scripts & Scribes: The Dice Game). I like Finn's other games, and I love the look of this one. $20-25 gets you the game.

What I'm Playing
@Futurewolfie had his monthly large-gathering game night on Friday. Here's what I played:

• Tsuro: This game was the surprise of the night for me. I've seen it many times on shelves, and I love the artwork and components, but it looked too simple to be any good. Shame on me for my prejudice--this game is a lot of fun. Is it simple? Yes. But it's not worse for being that. I really enjoyed my plays of this and wouldn't turn down another game if it were offered.
• The Resistance: Avalon: After not playing for over a year, I decided it was time to give this another try. I'm glad I did. This update to the original is fantastic. All of the additional roles can be a bit much for new players, but I enjoyed it quite a bit. In fact, this was my favorite game of the night (we played several rounds), and there was nothing surprising about that. Also, I lost every single game of this. Oh well.
• VivaJava: I backed this on Kickstarter enthusiastically and was very excited to get this one to the table. Unfortunately, getting eight people together who are interested in sitting through a decently lengthy rules explanation to play a 90+-minute game is a rarity (it failed to launch with my family at Christmas), so this one has been sitting on my shelf since October. The stars aligned, and we played this on Friday with the full complement of eight players. I liked the game, but didn't love it as much as I thought I would. I think I would have enjoyed it much more with a different, more Euro-friendly group (indeed--I can imagine just the kind of group this game would be perfect for). The game likely also gets better over multiple plays, which isn't likely at this time of my life (large groups of committed players are hard to come by). Still, I had a good time with this and l-o-v-e the theme and look of this game.
• Glory to Rome: My Friday lunch game group chose Glory to Rome this past Friday. My first play of 2013 was a loss, but a respectable one. Two players tied for first, and one player won by the tiebreaker (more cards in hand)--just barely: he ended the game by drawing the last card. It was an excellent round of a great game. I'm glad I have enthusiastic players for this one, even if I lose.

Completely Unrelated Awesomeness of the Week
This geeklist. Similar to the Cheapass Games model, it shows you which games use common parts so you can make your own versions at home. However, while I think this is a great way to try?new games, I do advocate that you buy the published version if you like it and it's available. Most designers aren't cashing in on this hobby, and "the one who works deserves his pay."

But really, that's not unrelated. This is unrelated. And awesome. (Warning: Downton Abbey niche humor ahoy!)

Source: http://www.islaythedragon.com/2013/01/news-bits-1282013.html

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Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group president Kevin Tsujihara named CEO

Looks like Yakko, Wakko, et al. have been overlooked for yet another executive level position at their namesake corporation. Instead, Time Warner has opted to promote Kevin Tsujihara to CEO at Warner Bros. Tsujihara, who will be replacing Barry Meyer, has been at the company since 1994. Since 2005, he's served as the president of the company's Home Entertainment Group. The transition will occur in March, leaving Meyer in the chairman role at least through the end of the year. Tsujihara, who also sits on the MPAA's board of directors, "currently oversees the company's home video, digital distribution, video games, anti-piracy and emerging technology operations," according to a press release issued by Time Warner.

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Time Warner Announces Kevin Tsujihara to Become CEO of Warner Bros.

Time Warner Inc. TWX -0.37% Chairman and CEO Jeff Bewkes and Warner Bros. Chairman and CEO Barry Meyer today announced that Kevin Tsujihara will become the next Chief Executive Officer of Warner Bros. Entertainment. Mr. Tsujihara will become CEO beginning March 1, 2013, succeeding Mr. Meyer, who will remain as Chairman through 2013.

In making the announcement Mr. Bewkes said, "Kevin is one of the most effective and respected executives within Time Warner, and the right leader to ensure Warner Bros.' preeminence into the future. He brings the perfect combination of strategic thinking, financial discipline, digital vision, and management style to build on Warner Bros.' track record of success under Barry Meyer."

Mr. Meyer added, "In working with Kevin for nearly 20 years, I've come to know and value a talented executive with a passion for this company and its people. He has skillfully guided one of the most complex businesses at Warner Bros. during a time of transition in the home entertainment sector, and has a deep appreciation and respect for the films and TV shows we create. Kevin has a rare combination of extraordinary business acumen and a love for the art of storytelling, and I'm confident he will be a great leader for Warner Bros."

Over the next several months, Mr. Meyer and Mr. Tsujihara will work together with other members of Warner Bros. senior executive team, including Warner Bros. Television President Bruce Rosenblum and Warner Bros. Pictures President Jeff Robinov, to ensure an orderly transition.

As President of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group since 2005, Mr. Tsujihara currently oversees the company's home video, digital distribution, videogames, anti-piracy, and emerging technology operations.

Mr. Tsujihara said, "It is an honor to have the opportunity to lead this storied business. We're at a pivotal moment in the histories of Hollywood and entertainment: technology is changing the canvas we use to create theatrical releases; home entertainment is rapidly evolving; and the definition of television now includes viewing across a wide range of devices and services. But in my mind one thing remains clear and constant: Warner Bros.' unmatched ability to tell stories that inspire, educate, and entertain global audiences. We are extremely fortunate to have strong relationships with some of the industry's most gifted talent and together we will continue to use those relationships, our scale, and our passion to build on Warner Bros. great legacy."

Mr. Tsujihara joined Warner Bros. in 1994 as Director, Special Projects, Finance to assist in the management of the company's interest in Six Flags. Across his nearly two decades with the company he has served as Executive Vice President, Corporate Business Development & Strategy, Warner Bros. Entertainment and, Executive Vice President, New Media, responsible for the oversight of all Warner Bros.' new media endeavors.

Mr. Tsujihara received his bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Southern California and his MBA from Stanford University. He sits on the Board of Directors for the MPAA, City Year Los Angeles, an education focused, nonprofit organization, the Los Angeles Sports & Entertainment Commission, Kabam, the Verdugo Hills Hospital Foundation, and the Entertainment Software Association.

About Time Warner Inc.

Time Warner Inc., a global leader in media and entertainment with businesses in television networks, film and TV entertainment and publishing, uses its industry-leading operating scale and brands to create, package and deliver high-quality content worldwide through multiple distribution outlets.

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Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/28/warner-bros-ceo/

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Iran and world powers need to stop bickering: Russia

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Global powers and Iran should "stop behaving like little children" and agree a date and place for new talks on Tehran's nuclear program, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday.

European officials have accused Tehran of stalling on arranging a meeting with the six nations, including Russia, that are trying to prevent Iran developing atomic weapons. Tehran says its nuclear program is entirely for peaceful purposes.

"Some of our partners in the six powers and the Iranian side cannot come to an agreement about where to meet," Lavrov told a news conference after talks with Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders.

"We are ready to meet at any location as soon as possible," Lavrov said. "We believe the essence of our talks is far more important (than the site), and we hope that common sense will prevail and we will stop behaving like little children."

Three rounds of talks in the first half of last year between Iran and the six powers - Russia, the United States, China, Britain, France and Germany - produced no breakthrough, increasing speculation Israel could attack Iranian nuclear installations.

Talks had been expected to resume after the U.S. presidential election, possibly as early as this month. An Iranian news agency reported this month that talks might resume on January 28 and 29, but the EU said there was no agreement.

(Reporting by Alissa de Carbonnel,; Writing by Steve Gutterman, Editing by Timothy Heritage)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/iran-world-powers-must-stop-bickering-russia-090317971.html

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Coldfront ? This Week in NYC: Featured Readings

Every week, Coldfront features five cross-borough readings in NYC. Here are this week?s picks.
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Boog City presents d.a. levy lives: celebrating the renegade press
Tuesday, January 29 @ 6:30 pm
Sidewalk Caf?, 94 Ave. A, New York, NY
$5 suggested

Event will be hosted by Hyacinth Girl editors Margaret Bashaar and Sarah Reck.

Curated and with an introduction by Boog City editor David Kirschenbaum.

Hyacinth Girl Press is a micro-press founded in 2011 that publishes poetry chapbooks. They specialize in handmade books of smaller press runs. They consider themselves a feminist press and are particularly interested in manuscripts dealing with topics such as radical spiritual experiences, creation/interpretation of myth through a feminist lens, and science. They think outer space, in particular, is pretty darn cool. Hyacinth Girl Press is edited by Margaret Bashaar and designed/laid out by Sarah Reck.

Margaret Bashaar?s second chapbook, Letters from Room 27 of the Grand Midway Hotel, was released by Blood Pudding Press in 2011. Her poetry has also appeared in or is forthcoming from journals such as Caketrain, Copper Nickel, Menacing Hedge, New South, and RHINO, among others. She edits Hyacinth Girl Press and lives in Pittsburgh with her husband, her son, and far too many typewriters.

Sarah Kain Gutowski?s poems have been published in Epiphany, So to Speak: A Feminist Journal, The Gettysburg Review, The Southern Review, The Threepenny Review, and Verse Daily. She keeps a record of her writing life, experience in academia, and motherhood at the above url.

Crystal J. Hoffman was raised by a biker and a truck driver in the woods outside of a dead mining town. This explains why her most important accomplishments to date are having been reprimanded for climbing trees on three continents and nearly freeing a monkey within one week of assuming her first full-time teaching post. Her poems have appeared in or are forthcoming in Arsenic Lobster, Redactions: Poetry and Poetics, Strange Horizons, Whiskey Island, and WomenArts Quarterly. She cofounded and directed the TypewriterGirls Poetry Cabaret with Hyacinth Girl Press editor Margaret Bashaar for five years and spent the past year inducing the Cabaret Voltaire spirit in the Middle East while teaching creative writing at the American University of Beirut.

Niina Pollari wrote two chapbooks, Book Four (Hyacinth Girl Press) and Fabulous Essential (Birds of Lace). A full-length translation of the work of Tytti Heikkinen is due out from Action Books in spring 2013.

Sarah Reck?s short stories have appeared in Elephant Tree and The Tributary. She is co-founding and managing editor of Litterbox Magazine (on hiatus), and blogs at the above url. She lives in New York City and works as a web publicist for a major publishing house.

J. Hope Stein is the author of [Talking Doll] (Dancing Girl Press), [Mary] (Hyacinth Girl Press), and Corner Office (H_ngm_n Bks). She is the editor of Poetry Crush.

Boog City is a New York City-based small press now in its 22nd year and East Village community newspaper of the same name. It has put out approximately 200 publications, including 35 volumes of poetry and various magazines and a newspaper, featuring work by Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti among others, and theme issues on baseball, women?s writing, and Louisville, Ky. It hosts and curates three regular performance series?d.a. levy lives: celebrating the renegade press, featuring a non-NYC small press, its writers, and a musical act; the new BoogWork series, which features two poets reading, followed by a musical performance, and then the featured poet giving the gathered a poetry workshop; and Classic Albums Live, where up to 13 local musical acts perform a classic album live. Past albums have included Elvis Costello, My Aim is True; Nirvana, Nevermind; Sleater-Kinney?s, Dig Me Out; and Liz Phair, Exile in Guyville. All of these series are hosted at Sidewalk Cafe.

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Fledge: A Tribute to Stacy Doris
Wednesday, January 30th @ 8pm
The Poetry Project, 131 E. 10th Street, New York, NY

Join us at The Poetry Project for readings of work by internationally acclaimed poet and translator Stacy Doris, with special attention to her final book?Fledge?(Nightboat Books). Doris?s previous books of poetry in English are?Kildare, Paramour, Conference, Knot, Cheerleader?s Guide to the World: Council Book, and?The Cake Part. She also wrote three books in French and translated three volumes of French poetry into English. She died on January 31, 2012 at her home in San Francisco, where she taught in the Creative Writing Programs at SFSU. With?Chet Wiener, James Sherry, Lee Ann Brown, Rob Fitterman, Kim Rosenfield, Nada Gordon, Jena Osman, Ann Lauterbach, Cole Swensen, Laynie Browne, Charles Bernstein, Carol Mirakove, Julie Regan and Daria Fain.
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Sorry House Book Release
Thursday, January 31st @ 7pm
Housing Works Bookstore, 126 Crosby Street, New York, NY

Poet Mira Gonzalez is joined by Kool A.D., Giancarlo DiTrapano, Spencer Madsen, Melissa Broder, Willis Plummer, and Marshall Mallicoat for a reading & celebration. Drinks, books, limited-run zines & prints will all be available.

Sorry House?is a Brooklyn-based independent publisher of books in print. The first title?I will never be beautiful enough to make us beautiful together?by Mira Gonzalez will be released and sold for the first time at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe on January 31st.

All proceeds benefit Housing Works.

Flyer by?Erik Carter.
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Brenda Shaughnessy and Craig Morgan Teicher
Friday, February 1st @ 5 pm
Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House, 58 West 10th St, New York, NY

Brenda Shaughnessy?s new collection is Our Andromeda (Copper Canyon Press, 2012). To Keep Love Blurry, Craig Morgan Teicher?s latest title, was published by BOA Editions in 2012.

Sponsored by NYU Creative Writing Program
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The Death and Life of American Cities
Friday, February 1st @ 10pm
The Poetry Project, 131 E. 10th Street, New York, NY

In the tradition of?Floating Bear,?Try!,?Rolling Stock?and other hyperactive journals before it,?The Death and Life of American Cities?is couched in the necessity of materializing writing?s frequency in all its cantering grime.? Please join us for a one night procedural intervention in this circuit to parse the first 10 months of publication/gestation with readings by?erica kaufman, Jennifer Nelson, Jamie Townsend, Andrew Durbin, Josef Kaplan and others.

Liquor will flow (though you may want to bring forth from the earth, etc); myna birds will sing; there will, with god?s grace, be karaoke.

And, of course, the new Death and Life of American Cities will be available.
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Source: http://coldfrontmag.com/news/nyc-featured-readings-3

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Al-Qaida-linked group claims deadly Syria blast

BEIRUT (AP) ? An al-Qaida-linked group fighting alongside Syrian rebels claimed responsibility Monday for a suicide car bombing that reportedly killed dozens of President Bashar Assad's loyalists last week.

In Paris, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius pleaded for countries to honor their pledges of funding and other aid to the Syrian opposition to keep the country out of the hands of Islamist militant groups.

"If we don't give the means to the Syrian people to go achieve their freedom, there is a risk, and we all know it exists, that massacres and antagonisms amplify, and that extremism and terrorism prevail.

"Chaos is not tomorrow, it is today, and we need to end it. We need to end it in a peaceful way and that means increased and concrete support to the Syrian National Coalition."

Islamic militants have been the most organized fighters battling government troops in the 22-month-old conflict in which more than 60,000 people have been killed. Their growing prominence has fueled fears that Muslim radicals might try to hijack the revolt, and has contributed to the West's hesitance to equip the opposition with sophisticated weapons.

In Beirut, U.N. humanitarian chief Valerie Amos said the situation in Syria was getting worse ? that entire neighborhoods are being destroyed by the fighting.

Amos, who just returned from Syria, also reported human rights abuses.

"I listen to the women who talk about what happened to them, to their families, the sexual abuse they have faced," Amos said in an interview with The Associated Press.

"The indiscriminate shelling. The indiscriminate killing of people. This is a conflict that is happening essentially in towns and cities," she said.

Amos said she went last year to the once rebel-held neighborhood of Baba Amr in the central city of Homs. She said the entire neighborhood was destroyed and more than 70,000 people had left, but no one knew where they had gone.

"There was not a single building left standing," she said. "This is being repeated across Syria. It's a terrible thing."

Jabhat al-Nusra, which the U.S. says has ties to al-Qaida and has declared a terrorist organization, said in a statement posted online that one of its suicide bombers detonated a car bomb last Monday at the headquarters of a pro-government militia in the central province of Hama. It said the bomber drove a truck packed with explosives to the militia's complex in the town of Salamiya and blew himself up "to give the tyrannical regime a taste" of violence it has been inflicting on the Syrian people.

Activists said at least 42 people, mostly pro-Assad militiamen, were killed in the blast. The government did not say how many people were killed, although state-run SANA news agency published photographs of what it said was a funeral procession for the blast's victims on Wednesday. In one of the photographs, a dozen men are seen standing behind 11 caskets, wrapped into a Syrian flag.

Jabhat al-Nusra has previously targeted government institutions in Damascus with suicide bombers and has led successful attacks on military bases and strategic territory in the country's north.

The suicide bombings are part of relentless violence that has engulfed Syria since the uprising against Assad began in March 2011.

On Monday, activists said troops battled rebels in several towns and villages around Damascus, including in Daraya, Arbeen and Zabadani. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the regime's forces also shelled several of the capital's suburbs.

The areas outside Damascus have been rebel strongholds since the uprising began. In recent months, the rebels have used them as a base from which they have been trying to push into central Damascus, the seat of Assad's power.

In the north, troops clashed with rebels in al-Hasaka province along Syria's border with Turkey, the Observatory said, adding that at least 10 rebels were killed in the fighting that erupted Sunday after the opposition fighters attacked a government checkpoint.

International efforts to stop the bloodshed in Syria have repeatedly failed and both sides fighting in the civil war are convinced they can defeat the other on the battlefield.

In France, Fabius pleaded for countries to keep their promises of financial aid to the Syrian opposition or risk compromising the legitimacy of the Syrian National Coalition in the eyes of the people fighting the Assad regime.

The opposition coalition was formed in November. More than 100 countries have back the umbrella group, decreeing it the sole legitimate representative of the Syrian people. France was the first to confer such recognition.

"We have to give the Syrian people a clear signal: We are at your side," Fabius told representatives of some 50 nations.

Not all the promises of funding and other aid made at the Friends of Syria group's conference in December in Marrakech, Morocco, have materialized. France, which has spearheaded the formation of a viable opposition in exile, wants to make sure that backing that has been promised actually comes through.

More than $100 million was promised in Marrakech, but it's unclear how much has been sent.

Three Syrian National Coalition's vice-presidents attended the Paris gathering, which comes two days before a donor conference in Kuwait.

Amos, the U.N. official, said she went to Syria from Lebanon by land on Sunday because of insecurity around the Damascus International Airport that has witnessed fighting and air raids for weeks.

In recent months, several officials, including special U.N.-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, have flown to Beirut and then traveled by land to Damascus because of the fighting.

Amos hoped that Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq or Jordan don't close their borders with Syria. She said funds are needed to help refugees and those countries that are receiving them.

Amos spoke two days ahead of a donor conference for Syria that will be held in Kuwait. More than half a million Syrians have fled to neighboring countries and there are hundreds of thousands who are internally displaced.

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Associated Press writer Elaine Ganley in Paris and Bassem Mroue in Beirut contributed to this report.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/al-qaida-linked-group-claims-deadly-syria-blast-104123839.html

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UFC on Fox 6 results: Demetrious Johnson retains title, ?Rampage? loses in Octagon finale

CHICAGO -- The UFC's stop in the Windy City had two great knockouts, a champion holding onto his belt, and the last fight of a one-time champ.

Despite a strong start by John Dodson, Demetrious Johnson held onto his championship belt with a unanimous decision. The judges saw it 48-47, 49-46, 48-47 for Johnson.

Unsurprisingly, Johnson and Dodson fought a fast-paced first two rounds. Johnson tried to slow things down in the first round with a takedown. While he did get Dodson to to the ground, the challenger popped back to his feet quickly.

Dodson dropped Johnson twice in the second round, and shook off Johnson's take down attempts with a great sprawl. Johnson seemed to have a hard time even getting close to Dodson to land a punch.

[Related: T.J. Grant and Ryan Bader shine at UFC on Fox 6]

A Johnson knee in the fourth round caused a small fight stoppage. Dodson's hand was on the ground as Johnson threw a knee to Dodson's head, which is an illegal strike. The bout was stopped as doctors checked Dodson's eye and Johnson was warned. The fight went on, but not without plenty of boos from the crowd in Chicago.

When the fight restarted, it was all Johnson. He controlled Dodson against the cage, and threw knees that busted up Dodson's face. Johnson was able to get a takedown at the beginning of the fifth round, too. Though boos rained down, Johnson kept the fight against the cage.

Later, the crowd got behind him as Johnson elevated, tightened his legs around Dodson's torso and threw elbows. It was a creative move that likely could only happen in the flyweight division. Johnson finished the round with Dodson against the cage, and knee after knee after knee to the body and face.

Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson vs. Glover Teixeira

If this really was Quinton "Rampage" Jackson's last fight in the UFC, it wasn't one to remember. He was outstruck and outwrestled by Glover Teixeira throughout their bout. Teixeira took the fight 30-27, 30-27, 29-28 on the judges' cards.

Teixeira's first round was his best, as he was able to take Jackson down early and mount him and take his back. Late in the round, Teixeira knocked Jackson down with a punch and looked close to finishing, but wasn't able to end the fight.

The rest of the fight featured a worn out Jackson trying to avoid Teixeira's takedown attempts unsuccessfully. Jackson threw some big punches, and even jawed at Teixeira during the bout, but he wasn't able to score any big offense.

While this fight will be remembered for being Jackson's last UFC bout, Teixeira scored his third straight UFC win on Saturday night. He looked impressive against the former champ.

Anthony Pettis vs. Donald Cerrone

Anthony Pettis won his much anticipated bout with Donald Cerrone by landing big, memorable strikes. Pettis was getting the better of their striking exchanges early, which set him up for a big finish. Pettis threw a kick that landed hard on Cerrone's body, then finished with a punch. Cerrone fell to the ground in a heap, and the fight was stopped at 2:35 in the first round.

Pettis lost his first fight in the UFC after coming from the WEC as the champ, but he's been winning ever since. He has wins over Joe Lauzon, Jeremy Stephens and now Cerrone. After the fight, he made a pitch to UFC president Dana White.

"I want my title shot. I should have had it years ago. People say I can?t wrestle because of the Guida fight, but I had a serious shoulder injury. Now I am 100 percent. No one can do in the Octagon what I can do."

While lightweight champion Benson Henderson has a fight set up with Gilbert Melendez, a shot for Pettis isn't unwarranted. It would be a rematch of their WEC title fight, which Pettis won in the promotion's final fight.

Ricardo Lamas vs. Erik Koch

Lamas won the first round by constantly pressuring Koch against the cage. It wasn't exactly the most thrilling round to have start a card on network television, but it led to a thrilling second round. Lamas took advantage of Koch's slip, and then finished the fight with nasty, nasty ground and pound. Lamas started with elbows, then started with strikes that cut open Koch's face. Koch had no answer for Lamas' relentless strikes, and the bout was stopped at 2:32 in the second round.

Lamas thought his performance warranted a title shot.

"I?ve beat Cub Swanson, I?ve beat Hioki and now I?ve beat Koch. All those guys were supposed to be fighting for the title at one point. I beat them all. We?re all here to be world champ and I am no different. I want the winner of Aldo vs Edgar next week. I don?t care who wins, I want the winner."

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Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/ufc-fox-6-results-demetrious-johnson-retains-title-032827859--mma.html

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Afghan police: Suicide bomber misses NATO, kills 5

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) ? Afghan police say a suicide car bomber has killed five civilians and wounded another 25 in a botched attempt to hit a convoy of NATO supply trucks in eastern Afghanistan.

Gen. Faziluddin Ayar, who is responsible for the east, says the bomber missed the convoy, which suffered no damage. The attack took place Friday in the Tagab district of eastern Kapisa province.

The Ministry of Interior says in a statement that the bomber instead rammed into a residential home, killing those inside. It says four of the dead were from the same family.

The Taliban claimed responsibility in a text message sent to news media.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/afghan-police-suicide-bomber-misses-nato-kills-5-065337943.html

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'Cool' kids in middle school bully more

Friday, January 25, 2013

Bullying, whether it's physical aggression or spreading rumors, boosts the social status and popularity of middle school students, according to a new UCLA psychology study that has implications for programs aimed at combatting school bullying. In addition, students already considered popular engage in these forms of bullying, the researchers found.

The psychologists studied 1,895 ethnically diverse students from 99 classes at 11 Los Angeles middle schools. They conducted surveys at three points: during the spring of seventh grade, the fall of eighth grade and the spring of eighth grade. Each time, students were asked to name the students who were considered the "coolest," the students who "start fights or push other kids around" and the ones who "spread nasty rumors about other kids."

Those students who were named the coolest at one time were largely named the most aggressive the next time, and those considered the most aggressive were significantly more likely to be named the coolest the next time. The results indicate that both physical aggression and spreading rumors are rewarded by middle school peers.

"The ones who are cool bully more, and the ones who bully more are seen as cool," said Jaana Juvonen, a UCLA professor of psychology and lead author of the study. "What was particularly interesting was that the form of aggression, whether highly visible and clearly confrontational or not, did not matter. Pushing or shoving and gossiping worked the same for boys and girls.

"The impetus for the study was to figure out whether aggression promotes social status, or whether those who are perceived as popular abuse their social power and prestige by putting other kids down," she said. "We found it works both ways for both 'male-typed' and 'female-typed' forms of aggression."

The research is published online in the prominent Journal of Youth and Adolescence and will be appear in an upcoming print edition of the journal.

The study implies that anti-bullying programs have to be sophisticated and subtle to succeed.

"A simple message, such as 'Bullying is not tolerated,' is not likely to be very effective," Juvonen said, when bullying often increases social status and respect.

Effective anti-bullying programs need to focus on the bystanders, who play a critical role and can either encourage or discourage bullying, said Juvonen, who has conducted research on bullying since the mid-1990s and serves as a consultant to schools on anti-bullying programs. Bystanders should be made aware of the consequences of spreading rumors and encouraging aggression and the damage bullying creates, she said.

Juvonen's current research is federally supported by the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

Juvonen and her colleagues reported in 2003 that bullies are popular and respected and are considered the "cool" kids.

The rumors middle school students spread often involve sexuality (saying a student is gay or sexually promiscuous) and family insults, she said.

Like middle school students, Juvonen noted, non-human primates also use aggression to promote social rank (although gossiping is obviously limited to humans).

Co-authors of the new study are former UCLA psychology graduate student Yueyan Wang and UCLA psychology doctoral student Guadalupe Espinoza.

In previous research, Juvonen and her colleagues have reported that nearly three in four teenagers say they were bullied online at least once during a recent 12-month period, and only one in 10 reported such cyber-bullying to parents or other adults; that nearly half of the sixth graders at two Los Angeles?area public schools said they were bullied by classmates during a five-day period; that middle school students who are bullied in school are likely to feel depressed, lonely and miserable, which in turn makes them more vulnerable to further bullying incidents; and that bullying is pervasive.

"Bullying is a problem that large numbers of kids confront on a daily basis at school; it's not just an issue for the few unfortunate ones," Juvonen has said. "Students reported feeling humiliated, anxious or disliking school on days when they reported incidents, which shows there is no such thing as 'harmless' name-calling or an 'innocent' punch.'"

Juvonen advises parents to talk with their children about bullying before it ever happens, to pay attention to changes in their children's behavior and to take their concerns seriously.

Students who get bullied often have headaches, colds and other physical illnesses, as well as psychological problems.

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Fresh Galaxy Note 8.0 photos emerge showing S Pen, software

Just a day after we got our first look at the Galaxy Note 8.0 in leaked spy shots, a couple more photos of the 8-inch tablet have emerged online. Today's pics come via French Android community Frandroid, showing apparently the Note 8.0 alongside its 5.5-inch sibling, the Galaxy Note 2. As with yesterday's images, we see a tablet with a curved design and a phone-style three-button setup on the bottom bezel instead of traditional on-screen keys. And this time around we get to see the larger "S Pen" stylus, which was docked away in yesterday's images.

Yes, there's also an earpiece up top for making calls, as we saw in yesterday's shots. But that's nothing new -- 7-inch Samsung tablets have been doing that since the original 2010 Galaxy Tab.

Today's pics reveal a little more about the device's software. Unsurprisingly, the Note 8.0 is running Samsung's TouchWiz UI, but it also seems to be using a "phone-style" launcher, similar to the direction taken with the stock tablet launcher in Android 4.2 -- which this device is rumored to be running. The presence of floating windows suggests that Samsung's included its multi-window tech in the Note 8.0, too. In addition, we can also clearly see a notification bar up top in both shots.

Samsung's expected to make the Note 8.0 all officially official at Mobile World Congress at the end of February. Leaked spec sheets suggest we can expect similar internals to the Galaxy Note 2 -- a 1.6GHz Exynos 4 Quad CPU, 2GB of RAM and 16 and 32GB storage options, expandable via microSD slot. Stick with Android Central for full coverage of the Note 8.0 and other Samsung devices at MWC, and be sure to check out our latest podcast for more discussion on this device.

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Setting the dark on fire

Thursday, January 24, 2013

In space, dense clouds of cosmic gas and dust are the birthplaces of new stars. In visible light, this dust is dark and obscuring, hiding the stars behind it. So much so that, when astronomer William Herschel observed one such cloud in the constellation of Scorpius in 1774, he thought it was a region empty of stars and is said to have exclaimed, "Truly there is a hole in the sky here!"

In order to better understand star formation, astronomers need telescopes that can observe at longer wavelengths, such as the submillimetre range, in which the dark dust grains shine rather than absorb light. APEX, on the Chajnantor Plateau in the Chilean Andes, is the largest single-dish submillimetre-wavelength telescope operating in the southern hemisphere, and is ideal for astronomers studying the birth of stars in this way.

Located in the constellation of Orion (The Hunter), 1500 light-years away from Earth, the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex is the closest region of massive star formation to Earth, and contains a treasury of bright nebulae, dark clouds and young stars. The new image shows just part of this vast complex in visible light, with the APEX observations overlaid in brilliant orange tones that seem to set the dark clouds on fire. Often, the glowing knots from APEX correspond to darker patches in visible light -- the tell-tale sign of a dense cloud of dust that absorbs visible light, but glows at submillimetre wavelengths, and possibly a site of star formation.

The bright patch below of the centre of the image is the nebula NGC 1999. This region -- when seen in visible light -- is what astronomers call a reflection nebula, where the pale blue glow of background starlight is reflected from clouds of dust. The nebula is mainly illuminated by the energetic radiation from the young star V380 Orionis lurking at its heart. In the centre of the nebula is a dark patch, which can be seen even more clearly in a well-known image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.

Normally, a dark patch such as this would indicate a dense cloud of cosmic dust, obscuring the stars and nebula behind it. However, in this image we can see that the patch remains strikingly dark, even when the APEX observations are included. Thanks to these APEX observations, combined with infrared observations from other telescopes, astronomers believe that the patch is in fact a hole or cavity in the nebula, excavated by material flowing out of the star V380 Orionis. For once, it truly is a hole in the sky!

The region in this image is located about two degrees south of the large and well-known Orion Nebula (Messier 42), which can be seen at the top edge of the wider view in visible light from the Digitized Sky Survey.

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