Monday, December 31, 2012

Road fatality in Christ Church

Barbados has recorded another road fatality.

Police are reporting there was a two-vehicle collision just after 3 this morning on the Adam section of the ABC Highway which resulted in the fatality.

The deceased is Argyle Walker, age 63 of Thyme Bottom, Christ Church, who died at the scene. ?Walker?s car was involved in a collision with another car driven by Anthony Jordan, age 23, of Lewis Gap, Green Hill, St. Michael.? Jordan is being treated for minor injuries at the QEH.?

The police report also states that the accident took place in an area "about midway between the Henry Forde Roundabout and the Kingsland junction).

Anyone who may have witnessed this accident or may have information concerning this accident is asked to call the Oistins Police Station at telephone number 418-2612.

This is a developing story.

Source: http://www.nationnews.com/articles/view/road-fatality-in-christ-church/

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Vanderbilt wins Music City Bowl to cap 9-4 season

Vanderbilt head coach James Franklin, second from right, leads his team onto the field for the Music City Bowl NCAA college football game against North Carolina State, Monday, Dec. 31, 2012, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Vanderbilt head coach James Franklin, second from right, leads his team onto the field for the Music City Bowl NCAA college football game against North Carolina State, Monday, Dec. 31, 2012, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Vanderbilt head coach James Franklin watches from the sideline in the first quarter of the Music City Bowl NCAA college football game against North Carolina State, Monday, Dec. 31, 2012, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

North Carolina State quarterback Mike Glennon (8) passes against Vanderbilt in the first quarter of the Music City Bowl NCAA college football game on Monday, Dec. 31, 2012, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Vanderbilt running back Zac Stacy (2) is stopped by North Carolina State linebacker Rickey Dowdy (34) in the first quarter of the Music City Bowl NCAA college football game on Monday, Dec. 31, 2012, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Vanderbilt quarterback Jordan Rodgers (11) passes against North Carolina State in the first quarter of the Music City Bowl NCAA college football game on Monday, Dec. 31, 2012, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

(AP) ? The Southeastern Conference is so strong that now even Vanderbilt, yes Vandy, is winning like the Commodores haven't in nearly a century.

Jordan Rodgers threw two touchdown passes and ran for another score as the Vanderbilt Commodores capped their best season since 1915 Monday by beating North Carolina State 38-24 in the Music City Bowl.

The Commodores finished 9-4 for their best record since going 9-1 in 1915, and it's only the third time the smallest and only private university in the Southeastern Conference has won as many as nine games in a season. They also finished with seven straight wins, their longest streak since winning eight in 1948.

Vanderbilt forced a season-high five turnovers, including four in the first half, and turned those into 17 points.

N.C. State (7-6) wrapped up the season under interim coach Dana Bible snapping a two-game bowl winning streak. The Wolfpack had their fifth game this season with at least four turnovers, and that helped wipe out a 424-225 advantage in total offense.

This was the 27th bowl all-time for N.C. State, and the Wolfpack had every coach working this game except Tom O'Brien, who was fired at the end of the regular season. But a team that ranked second in the Atlantic Coast Conference in turnovers couldn't overcome its own mistakes, which also included a bad shotgun snap that cost the Wolfpack 21 yards on the opening drive.

Vandy coach James Franklin got a contract extension a month ago for guiding the Dores to a second straight bowl game for the first time in school history. Franklin didn't change anything that got his Commodores here as he went for it on fourth down, used the wildcat repeatedly and even had senior running back Zac Stacy attempt a halfback pass to Rodgers.

The Commodores took control from the opening drive, moving 65 yards for a touchdown that put them ahead to stay. Officials initially called Chris Boyd out of bounds, but review showed the sophomore got the toes of his right foot down for a 5-yard TD pass from Rodgers.

Commodores safety Kenny Ladler picked off a Glennon pass at the North Carolina State 45 for Vanderbilt's fifth interception in three games.

It was just a sign of what was to come in the first half. Johnell Thomas stripped Wolfpack freshman Shadrach Thornton of the ball late in the first quarter, and Derreon Herring stripped N.C. State tight end Asa Watson of the ball after a nice catch. Ladler recovered that ball.

And safety Eric Samuels intercepted Glennon with 54 seconds left in the first half.

Vanderbilt finally converted the third turnover as Stacy, Vanderbilt's all-time leading rusher, carried four straight times with the last three off the wildcat. Stacy scored on a 6-yard run with 10:08 left in the second quarter for a 14-0 lead.

Tony Creecy scored on a 1-yard TD run for the Wolfpack. But Vanderbilt stuck with the wildcat, and Wesley Tate scored on a 7-yard TD run for a 21-7 lead with 3:47 left in the second quarter.

Tobias Palmer, who struggled catching the ball on his first two kickoff returns, caught the next cleanly and ran untouched 94 yards for a TD to keep the Wolfpack within 21-14.

But Vanderbilt led 28-14 at halftime when Rodgers tossed his second TD pass, a screen that Jordan Matthews took 18 yards to the end zone. That matched the most points the Commodores had scored in any of their five previous bowl games. Rodgers ran for a 15-yard TD with 5:11 left that sealed the victory.

Trey Wilson picked off a Glennon pass intended for tight end Charlie Hegedus in the end zone on the opening drive of the third quarter only to be stopped by his own teammate, tackle Jared Morse, at the N.C. State 35. It was the kind of mistake that cost Vandy in years past.

Franklin immediately ran up to Morse yelling at the junior, making it clear that's not allowed at Vandy these days.

Associated Press

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Microsoft Patents Internet Hugs

Sending hugs long distances sounds like the sort of thing wished for in soppy songs, but Microsoft has just taken out a patent for an Internet-enabled pillow that will give you a hug sent across the Web.

US patent application number 8,332,755 filed by Zhengyon Zhang and six other inventors on behalf of Microsoft Corporation is for ?Force-feedback within telepresence?, which doesn?t sound quite so cuddly, but the idea is that two people can use devices connected to the Internet to add a physical interaction such as a hug or a handshake to long-distance communications.

Who says Steve Ballmer hasn?t got a romantic side?

The patent isn?t just about hugs, though. The application discusses ways you could shake hands over the Web, and the feedback goes further than vibrations. The feedback could include ?friction, haptic, tactile, electric feedback, electrical stimulation, three-dimensional feedback, vibration, shaking, physical resistance, temperature change, motion, noise, pressure, texture, a motion, a replication of touching, any combination thereof, and/or any other suitable feedback communicated via a device.?

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That seems to leave quite a lot of long-distance money-making options open, but we leave the details of quite what app you might develop open.

In practical terms, Microsoft might well look to its recent acquisition Skype, and add elements of physical presence to that. The patent also talks about whiteboards and handing over documents, which suggests SharePoint might be another candidate for the technology. On the whole, internet hugs sounds a lot more fun.

The idea is an interesting one with lots of practical potential but is it unique? It reminded us of the Like-A-Hug vest invented by researchers at MIT earlier this year that delivers a hug when its wearers gets a like on Facebook.

However it seems to be yet another software/system patent that aims to grab some obvious ideas just because they can be grabbed. Does anyone really think that this patent is going to stand if another company takes it on? The problem is that it is going to put a lot of smaller companies off trying out similar ideas.? This is clearly another nonsense patent in more ways than one.

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Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Share Articles With Your Friends Using Read-Later Services and Save-By-Email

Share Articles With Your Friends Using Read-Later Services and Save-By-EmailIf you're always on the lookout for new things to read, but you don't want to manually save every link your best friend sends you, you can create your own little network for Pocket, Readability, or Instapaper with the Save-by-Email function.

I'm always on the lookout for new things to read, and I really liked Instapaper's "Friends" function that lets you see what your friends have recently read and starred. Unfortunately, as a Readability user, I don't have access to this feature, and not all my friends use Instapaper anyway. Luckily, my brother and I figured out a fun alternative: give out your save-by-email address to people you trust.

Instapaper and Readability both give you a unique email address that, when sent links, will add those articles to your reading queue. So, my brother now has my Readability address, so he can send any article he thinks I'd like directly to my Readability queue, drastically decreasing the number of steps it takes to get an article from him to me. Pocket has a similar feature, but it requires you linking your email address to an account rather than creating a unique email for each person. So, if you both use Pocket, this might not work the way you want it to (but for one non-Pocket user to another, it works fine).

Depending on what service you and your friends use, it can be a fun new way to stumble on articles?much easier than having them manually send you stuff via email, Facebook, or whatever else they used to do. Of course, you only want to do this with people you trust, otherwise you'll just end up cluttering your queue.

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/9qvEnZsrVH0/share-articles-with-your-friends-using-read+later-services-and-save+by+email

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Henna Tattoo Catalog ? TAG Art Company

Henna Tattoos are a fun way to add intrigue to your special event or party. Our artists can draw freehand designs or use stencils.

T.A.G. Art in Action

Scroll through the photos below to see our artists in action and a small selection of our henna tattoo catalog. Click each image to view a larger size.

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The Parenting App You'll Never Download

This holiday season is not awesome for Idaho Senator Mike Crapo, a Republican member of the "Gang of Eight" and a Mormon bishop, after police caught him driving drunk in Virginia. This is what happens when you slug down too many egg nogs, hop in your car, run a red light in front of a police cruiser at 12:45 a.m. and then fail "several" sobriety tests. Police took the senator into custody, charged him with a DUI and released him on a $1,000 bail. ...

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/parenting-app-youll-never-download-045539947.html

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Sunday, December 23, 2012

Mobile Websites Deliver More Customers to SMBs Dubai Chronicle

Go Daddy announced the launch of Go Daddy Website Builder?s mobile component ? a service that automates the integration of Web and mobile websites to save businesses time and expand their customer reach. The addition of mobility to Website Builder enhances Go Daddy?s lineup of mobile-friendly products ready to take any business from an idea to revenue generating in a matter of hours. The aggregate effect is efficiency, productivity and top- and bottom-line growth for SMBs worldwide.

?Go Daddy has been helping millions of small business owners harness the power of the Internet to build their businesses for more than a decade,? said Go Daddy President of Products and Technology Jason Rosenthal. ?With today?s launch of mobility within Website Builder, we?re enabling our customers to instantly optimize their sites for the hundreds of millions of smart phone and tablet owners.?

More than 700,000 existing Go Daddy Website Builder sites will be mobilized as part of the product launch? catapulting Go Daddy to be one of the largest mobile website hosting companies in the world.

Traffic from wireless devices will exceed traffic from wired devices by 2014. Delivering a tailored mobile experience to website visitors is essential to increase loyalty and revenue.

Go Daddy customer and ProAnox Systems President, Joan Gould, whose company creates antioxidant supplements for athletes, has seen the value of going mobile. ?Our growing business realized an astounding 137 percent increase in sales in the first 30 days after adding the beta mobile upgrade to our Go Daddy Quick Shopping Cart. I strongly recommend Go Daddy mobile for simple installation, functionality and most important ? bottom-line results.?

Designed especially for non-techies, the new Website Builder gets small business owners online and mobile in three simple steps. Users select a business category, choose a pre-built website loaded with expert-written content and publish to the Internet instantly. The mobile website version automatically reflects changes to site content, ensuring that, regardless of access point, content is current. Customers using the premium version of Website Builder have the ability to edit the mobile layout, colors and add features like click to call, click to text and mobile maps.

To attract attention to a business, Website Builder also offers enhanced features like search engine optimization (SEO), a social media platform and integrated apps such as Yelp, eBay and Flickr among others.

?We have redesigned the website creation experience at Go Daddy,? said Product Manager Raj Nijjer. ?Our goal is to let a customer have a full-blown Web and mobile site in a matter of hours. Someone could have an idea for a business Saturday night and have it ?mobile by Monday? using Website Builder.?

To learn more about Website Builder, visit GoDaddy.com/WebsiteBuilder.

To learn more about Quick Shopping Cart, visit www.GoDaddy.com/QuickShoppingCart .

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Source: http://www.dubaichronicle.com/2012/12/22/mobile-websites-deliver-more-customers-to-smbs/

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Finding Low Cost Accommodation For France Ski Holiday

The French Alps enjoy as great a reputation as the Swiss Alps if we talk ski resorts. The resorts of the Les Trois Vallees are located at high altitudes and its pistes attract millions of skiers and snowboarders every year. The resorts in Courchevel and Meribel along with resorts in La Tania, Orelle and Brides-les-Bains are tourist's delight as they possess all the elements that add to a perfect ski holiday. The pubs and bars makes evenings lively even as the catered accommodation allows you to bask completely in the holiday feel. There are many skiing and snowboarding schools for first timers, which makes these resorts a big hit, drawing people from all parts of the world.

Indulging in Ice sports

If you this your first time to the French alps and if you thought that skiing or snowboarding are the only two activities that people indulge in, then there is a lot to learn. Fun in the Alps has many dimensions to it. Tourists who stay at Meribel Ski chalets also take air balloon flights over the snowcapped mountains, spend time at casinos, go bowling, socialize in pubs and bars, besides eagerly looking forward to warm massages at spas and beauty salons. If skiing and snowboarding are not your forte then there is ice skating, ice karting, mountain biking, rock ice climbing, wind surfing, water skiing, and paragliding for the sport enthusiast. If that is not enough there is kite surfing and paint ball as well. For many people, the common misconception that the French Alps are only a place for the skiers and snowboarders changes the minute they arrive.

Skiing and snowboarding lessons

You can find schools for skiing and snowboarding in all resorts of the valley. Most schools operate twice during the day; classes in the morning and afternoon. When you look for a school it is important to ensure that it is not far off from Meribel Chalets where you are staying. If you feel you need more personalized attention to quickly get the knack of the sport then you can hire a private instructor. You can easily find instructors for adults and children separately. You can also find lady instructors specifically for women and children. Thousands of people take lessons for skiing and snowboarding in the French Alps and are later able to master it in two seasons or a few more.

Finding the right accommodation

Your holiday in ski resorts of Meribel and Courchevel can be most joyful if you find accommodation that is suitable in every way. If you are considering Chalets in Courchevel or Meribel Ski chalets it is advised to check well in advance as these are in heavy demand during the peak season. Before you choose, make sure to check out if the chalets are self-catered. Catered chalets are expensive but the service offered can make you get more out of your holiday as all services are readily made available to you.

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Saturday, December 22, 2012

Obama on gun control petition: 'We hear you'

Following the Newtown, Conn., shooting rampage, the White House releases a video in response to the public outcry for stricter gun regulations.

By NBC News staff and wire reports

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama says his administration has received an outpouring of support for stricter gun laws following last week's elementary school massacre in Connecticut, telling respondents to an online petition: "We hear you."

The president said in a video released Friday that he has been encouraged that many gun owners have said there are steps the nation can take to prevent more deadly shootings, "steps that both protect our rights and protect our kids."

"I will do everything in my power as president to advance these efforts because if there's even one thing we can do as a country to protect our children, we have a responsibility to try," Obama said.

Obama was holding a moment of silence on Friday morning at the White House marking one week since the shooting that killed 20 children and six adults at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school. The National Rifle Association, the country's foremost gun lobby, was holding a news conference on Friday in the aftermath of the shootings.


Full coverage of the Sandy Hook school shooting from NBC News

The president has challenged the NRA to "do some self-reflection" and join a broad effort to reduce gun violence. The organization said Tuesday it would offer "meaningful contributions to help make sure this never happens again."

The men and women who first arrived at Sandy Hook Elementary School tells TODAY's Erica Hill that "this is something that is going to take us a long time to work through."

In Friday's video, the president responded to a "We the People" petition on the White House website that allows the public to submit petitions. Nearly 200,000 people have urged Obama to address gun control in one petition and petitions related to gun violence have amassed more than 400,000 signatures.

Obama has directed Vice President Joe Biden and a team of Cabinet officials to offer concrete proposals by next month on how to tighten gun laws and improve Americans' access to mental healthcare, strengthen school safety and address a culture that glorifies guns and violence.

Biden's group is considering reinstating a ban on military-style assault weapons, which expired in 2004, closing loopholes that allow gun buyers to avoid background checks and restricting high-capacity magazines.

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A nation mourns after the second deadliest school shooting in U.S. history at Sandy Hook Elementary, which left 20 children and six staff members dead.

Gun-control measures have faced strong opposition in Congress for the past decade but Obama has suggested he intends to make it a key part of his agenda next year. In the video, he urged the public to become involved in

"If we're going to succeed, it's going to take a sustained effort of mothers and fathers, daughters and sons, law enforcement and responsible gun owners, organizing, speaking up, calling their members of Congress as many times as it takes, standing up and saying 'enough' on behalf of all our kids," Obama said.

Meanwhile, in a letter addressed to the people of Newtown, Michelle Obama said she was "so proud of the outpouring of love and support that has come from every corner of America" in the wake of the tragedy.

Writing in the Hartford Courant newspaper, she added: "As a mother of two young daughters, my heart aches for you and your families. Like so many Americans, I wish there were something - anything - I could do or say to ease your anguish.

"As my husband has said, in the coming weeks, he will use all the powers of his office to engage citizens from across this country to find ways to prevent tragedies like this one. And please know that every minute of every day, we are thinking of you, and praying for you, and holding you and your families in our hearts as you begin the slow and wrenching work of healing and moving forward."

A massive, unexpected wave of goodwill began online with a simple idea: "Imagine if we all committed 20 acts of kindness to honor the lost children of Newtown." NBC News National and International Correspondent Ann Curry sent the message on Twitter and Facebook. The idea has evolved into a viral effort known as "26 Acts of Kindness," in honor of the students and faculty who died at Sandy Hook Elementary.

The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.

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Source: http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/21/16063999-obama-on-gun-control-petition-we-hear-you?lite

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Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Euro zone rescuer Draghi faces daunting 2013

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - With two short sentences, the head of the European Central Bank took the heat out of the euro zone crisis this year. In 2013 Mario Draghi has to live up to even bigger expectations.

The ECB's own forecasts suggest the euro zone economy will shrink 0.3 percent next year and markets remain skeptical that the bloc's weaker members, such as Spain and Italy, can fund ballooning government deficits without formal aid programs.

Progress towards closer economic and fiscal union -- deemed essential by policymakers to solve the euro zone crisis -- is likely to be painfully slow in 2013 because two of the bloc's top three economies, Germany and Italy, hold elections.

Draghi's inbox will fill up quickly.

"There will be a lot of focus on preparation for the ECB as the new single supervisor," said Nick Matthews, economist at Nomura, referring to new plans for the ECB to take over supervision of the bloc's biggest banks.

"The other big challenge is the performance of the real economy - does confidence return as the ECB is expecting?"

Draghi had only been in office eight months when he pulled the euro zone back from the brink of break-up by saying in July: "Within our mandate, the ECB is ready to do whatever it takes to preserve the euro. And believe me, it will be enough."

Although he began 2012 relatively untried at the European level, with Berlin suspicious, the new ECB president won support from German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her nominee on the ECB board, Joerg Asmussen, for his bold plan to save the euro.

That involved the ECB standing ready to buy government bonds in secondary markets to bring down borrowing costs for stricken countries, provided they signed up to a tough program of economic targets.

Draghi's stroke of genius - or luck - was that during 2012 the mere threat of ECB action sufficed to push borrowing costs down by a critical two percentage points for Spain and Italy, without the need to actually intervene.

This was just as well, since the most influential single ECB council member - Germany's Jens Weidmann - opposed the plan.

Clemens Fuest, research director at Oxford University's Said Business School and an adviser to the German Finance Ministry, explained that Draghi's vow to "do whatever it takes" to save the euro and the development of his plan came at a time when Berlin was under intense pressure to hold the bloc together.

"They didn't like (being pushed to do more) and they knew this would take the pressures away from that area," he added.

For a man who likes to say "the proof is in the eyes of the beholder", Draghi will need to deliver on his pledge next year but without triggering another ECB internal schism that would blow the market confidence he has restored.

The first test is already looming. In Draghi's native Italy, the reforming government of technocrat Mario Monti has collapsed and there is no guarantee that elections early next year will deliver a strong government committed to economic reform.

This threatens to take the three-year-old crisis to a new level and further test Draghi's ability to get a convincing policy response from a fractured ECB Governing Council.

The ECB will likely need to activate its new bond-purchase program - dubbed Outright Monetary Transactions (OMT) - in 2013 to ease Spain's borrowing costs. Any intervention will have to be strong enough to show Draghi's pledge is credible.

Bundesbank chief Weidmann would rather not use the OMT at all. Others at the ECB would, and sooner rather than later.

"We would prefer them to apply," one member of the policymaking Governing Council, speaking on condition of anonymity, said with reference to the request for aid from Europe's bailout fund Madrid must make before the ECB can act.

If juggling these pressures is not enough, Draghi also faces the managerial challenge of building up a banking supervisory body at the ECB next year that is both credible but separate from the bank's main business of setting interest rates.

BANKING BEHEMOTH

The ECB's new supervisory role is part of a vision for a more integrated euro zone that Draghi has pushed for since he succeeded Frenchman Jean-Claude Trichet as ECB president in November, 2011.

Under a landmark deal last week, the ECB will have new powers from 2014 that will give it automatic oversight of around 150 of the euro zone's 6,000-odd banks, and the authority to intervene in smaller banks if there are signs of trouble.

The establishment of this single supervisory mechanism is a first step towards a banking union that will lay a cornerstone for closer economic integration.

The Governing Council member, speaking on condition of anonymity, described the banking union as being of "existential importance for the euro zone". It will later include a fund to wind down problem banks and a deposit guarantee scheme,

But he and others at the ECB still worry about how the central bank will handle its new supervisory role without compromising its independence on setting interest rates - for instance by keeping rates low to keep banks alive.

"This institution is starting to be overburdened," said the Council member, who wanted tight rules to delineate the bank's new supervisory role and to separate it from monetary policy.

Draghi's challenge here is two-fold: he needs to put the right structures and people in place to ensure the supervisor operates effectively. But he must also separate it from ECB monetary policy business or risk losing the bank's independence.

Draghi's solution is to keep himself out of the supervision business - a strategy that poses a risk of its own as the ECB must make the new body credible without the authority he brings.

"It's not going to be me who is going to take care of this," he told European lawmakers on Monday. "We have to make sure that monetary policy and supervision are rigorously separated."

TIGHTROPE WALK

One tightrope walk Draghi cannot opt out of its monetary policy: in the past this was mainly the business of setting interest rates to keep inflation in check. This year, Draghi took ECB's monetary policy to a new level with his OMT plan.

In Germany, however, the OMT plan has led to worries that Draghi is moving the ECB away from the Bundesbank model of fierce independence. Before the ECB can intervene under the program, a country must seek help from Europe's bailout fund.

"This means the ECB becomes dependent on fiscal policy decisions, and gives up its independence to a degree," said Fuest, who in March takes over as head of German think tank ZEW.

These concerns echo the views of Weidmann. The resignations last year of his predecessor, Axel Weber, and German chief economist Juergen Stark in protest at the ECB's previous bond-buying plan rocked the young central bank.

While Weidmann has indicated he will not resign, 65-year-old Draghi was only able to secure his OMT plan by isolating the Bundesbank chief. Draghi needs to keep him in a minority of one, or else risk his signature policy plan losing value.

This means Draghi may have to forgo the interest rate cut some at the ECB would like in 2013 to help the euro zone's recession-hit southern economies, just to avoid other hardliners - or hawks - joining Weidmann in opposing use of the OMT.

Euro zone rates are currently at 0.75 percent, higher than Britain's 0.5 percent and the Fed's rate of close to zero.

"Draghi's key task for 2013 is keeping the sharpest weapon the ECB has - the OMT - as sharp as possible by keeping as many of the Governing Council hawks on his side as possible," said Christian Schulz at Berenberg Bank, a former ECB economist.

"If there is a gradual recovery, as expected, his chances are good because another rate cut, which the hawks would not like, would not be needed."

(Editing by Michael Stott)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/euro-zone-rescuer-draghi-faces-daunting-2013-125605380--finance.html

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Synthetic and biological nanoparticles combined to produce new metamaterials

Synthetic and biological nanoparticles combined to produce new metamaterials [ Back to EurekAlert! ] Public release date: 19-Dec-2012
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Contact: Mauri Kostiainen
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Aalto University

Scientists from Aalto University, Finland, have succeeded in organising virus particles, protein cages and nanoparticles into crystalline materials. These nanomaterials studied by the Finnish research group are important for applications in sensing, optics, electronics and drug delivery.

Layer structures, or superlattices, of crystalline nanoparticles have been extensively studied in recent years. The research develops hierarchically structured nanomaterials with tuneable optical, magnetic, electronic and catalytic properties.

Such biohybrid superlattices of nanoparticles and proteins would allow the best features of both particle types to be combined. They would comprise the versatility of synthetic nanoparticles and the highly controlled assembly properties of biomolecules.

The research group also discovered magnetic self-assemblies of ferritin protein cages and gold nanoparticles. These magnetic assemblies can modulate efficiently spinspin relaxation times of surrounding protons in water by enhancing the spin dephasing and consequently provide contrast enhancement in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

The gold nanoparticles and viruses adopt a special kind of crystal structure. It does not correspond to any known atomic or molecular crystal structure and it has previously not been observed with nano-sized particles.

Virus particles the old foes of mankind can do much more than infect living organisms. Evolution has rendered them with the capability of highly controlled self-assembly properties. Ultimately, by utilising their building blocks we can bring multiple functions to hybrid materials that consist of both living and synthetic matter, Kostiainen trusts.

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The results have just been published in the respected journal Nature Nanotechnology.

Article link (free access!): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2012.220.

Youtube video link (also free access): http://youtu.be/lkkUe5xntNw

Link to images and photo caption: http://aalto.digtator.fi:80/Landing.aspx?exid=b4a64f8bc83C (available until 18.1.2013).


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Synthetic and biological nanoparticles combined to produce new metamaterials [ Back to EurekAlert! ] Public release date: 19-Dec-2012
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Contact: Mauri Kostiainen
mauri.kostiainen@aalto.fi
358-503-627-070
Aalto University

Scientists from Aalto University, Finland, have succeeded in organising virus particles, protein cages and nanoparticles into crystalline materials. These nanomaterials studied by the Finnish research group are important for applications in sensing, optics, electronics and drug delivery.

Layer structures, or superlattices, of crystalline nanoparticles have been extensively studied in recent years. The research develops hierarchically structured nanomaterials with tuneable optical, magnetic, electronic and catalytic properties.

Such biohybrid superlattices of nanoparticles and proteins would allow the best features of both particle types to be combined. They would comprise the versatility of synthetic nanoparticles and the highly controlled assembly properties of biomolecules.

The research group also discovered magnetic self-assemblies of ferritin protein cages and gold nanoparticles. These magnetic assemblies can modulate efficiently spinspin relaxation times of surrounding protons in water by enhancing the spin dephasing and consequently provide contrast enhancement in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

The gold nanoparticles and viruses adopt a special kind of crystal structure. It does not correspond to any known atomic or molecular crystal structure and it has previously not been observed with nano-sized particles.

Virus particles the old foes of mankind can do much more than infect living organisms. Evolution has rendered them with the capability of highly controlled self-assembly properties. Ultimately, by utilising their building blocks we can bring multiple functions to hybrid materials that consist of both living and synthetic matter, Kostiainen trusts.

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The results have just been published in the respected journal Nature Nanotechnology.

Article link (free access!): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2012.220.

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Synthetic and biological nanoparticles combined to produce new metamaterials

Dec. 19, 2012 ? Scientists from Aalto University, Finland, have succeeded in organising virus particles, protein cages and nanoparticles into crystalline materials. These nanomaterials studied by the Finnish research group are important for applications in sensing, optics, electronics and drug delivery.

Layer structures, or superlattices, of crystalline nanoparticles have been extensively studied in recent years. The research develops hierarchically structured nanomaterials with tuneable optical, magnetic, electronic and catalytic properties.

Such biohybrid superlattices of nanoparticles and proteins would allow the best features of both particle types to be combined. They would comprise the versatility of synthetic nanoparticles and the highly controlled assembly properties of biomolecules, according to the authors.

The research group also discovered magnetic self-assemblies of ferritin protein cages and gold nanoparticles. These magnetic assemblies can modulate efficiently spin-spin relaxation times of surrounding protons in water by enhancing the spin dephasing and consequently provide contrast enhancement in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

The gold nanoparticles and viruses adopt a special kind of crystal structure. It does not correspond to any known atomic or molecular crystal structure and it has previously not been observed with nano-sized particles.

Virus particles -- the old foes of humankind -- can do much more than infect living organisms. Evolution has rendered them with the capability of highly controlled self-assembly properties. Ultimately, by utilising their building blocks we can bring multiple functions to hybrid materials that consist of both living and synthetic matter, Kostiainen trusts.

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  1. Mauri A. Kostiainen, Panu Hiekkataipale, Ari Laiho, Vincent Lemieux, Jani Seitsonen, Janne Ruokolainen, Pierpaolo Ceci. Electrostatic assembly of binary nanoparticle superlattices using protein cages. Nature Nanotechnology, 2012; DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2012.220

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Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Google Maps For iOS Was Downloaded Over 10M Times In Its First 48 Hours After Launch

5614303876_639582ce47_zAccording to Google’s Jeff Huber, Google Maps for iOS is a runaway success, having seen over 10M downloads in just 48 hours after its launch. This is a pretty huge number, and rare that a company as large as Google would share such numbers. Still, it’s impressive in every way. The app stands atop the free app leaderboard on Apple’s App Store, clearly suggesting that the people have spoken. They prefer Google’s offering to Apple’s, bundled with iOS 6. We knew it was coming, the question was just when. We hinted that it would be coming before Christmas, and Google waited until the last possible moment to do so, as Apple freezes its App Store over the holidays, when it comes to new releases and submissions. This is what Huber had to say: More than 10 million downloads in less than 48 hours after release! We’re excited for the positive reception of Google Maps for iPhone around the world. Congratulations to the Maps Team on the recognition for the passion and hard work they poured into it, for this release and over the last 7+ years. If you’re an iPhone user and haven’t downloaded the Maps app yet, get it on the App Store or visit: https://itunes.apple.com/app/id585027354?mt=8. If you already have it — thank you, and please tell a friend. Any feedback you have is welcomed, here in G+ or in the app (just shake it). You can read our entire run-through of Google Maps for iOS here, and it seems like the feedback from users has been mostly positive. The Maps team told me that the company will be iterating on it quickly, meaning that some of the features that were left out at launch, such as biking directions, might find its way into the app in the new year. The future is bright for Google’s mobile apps, having also released a massive overhaul to Gmail and Google+ on iOS as well. It looks like the “borg” has found its design heart.

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Monday, December 17, 2012

Four Ways That Social HR Will Transform Business in 2013

?Tis the season for decking the halls and finalizing 2013 budgets.

As you and your company crunch the figures for the year ahead, there?s something that can dramatically alter your bottom line to get on your radar: Social HR. Over the coming months and years, businesses that don?t embrace social HR will not only struggle to retain employees but companies that don?t understand what this is all about, will struggle to survive at all.

The year 2013 will be the year that social HR shifts from being a buzzword to a business imperative.

Social HR is so much more than letting your employees tweet or use Facebook. It?s way more than social recruiting.

Social HR, if done right, has the potential to transform your business and your employees into a powerhouse of productivity, motivation and actionable insights. So stop thinking of human resources as a department for hiring and firing and start thinking about these four ways social HR can transform your business in 2013.

1. Employees in charge

First, management needs to recognize that there?s been a confluence of events that are putting more power in the hands of employees than ever before. The spread of bring-your-own-device (BYOD) movements and the new norm of allowing social networking to be part of day-to-day work provides employees with more control. For instance, a recent Cisco study found that more than half of millenial?s say wont work at a company that bans social networking.

Also, economic timing plays a role in this shift of power. We?re coming out of a recession, and the political focus in North America is all about getting people to work. Recruiting will be back on the rebound, which means there will finally be more power in the hand of job seekers.

Tech companies saw it earlier, but more employers will realize in 2013 that individual employees are now brands? social ambassadors and they play an essential role in not only bringing new clients and talent onboard but also in conveying awareness of your organization and your company culture to the world.

2. Make corporate culture part of onboarding

Whether or not you acknowledge it, your company already has a culture. All businesses have one, either by design or (more commonly) by default.

The challenge lies in fostering a culture that is truly exceptional from the moment an employee walks in for an interview. Why? Because companies with exceptional cultures attract and retain the best employees, nurture strong and lasting customer relationships, and deliver consistently solid business results.

It is generally accepted that an idea that gets buy-in from key stakeholders from the get-go has a better chance of success than something that is introduced in the middle of things. With that in mind, it is best to start on day one by defining your company culture before the new employee does it on their own.

Provide them with language on how to talk about values and what the company does best. Give suggestions on when to share things about the company, like events, milestones, or even job openings and recognition, on their personal social channels. And, most importantly: live up to the values you establish to set an example.

3. Reinventing performance management

A recent study published by Ventana Research found that 77 percent of executives and managers say the performance of the workforce is the most important metric, and performance reviews are the most regularly applied type of analytics in half of organizations. But tradition has us only sitting down once a year and hearing how the boss thinks you stack up.

In 2013, everything of value is done in ?real-time? and your employee review process should be done that way, too.

To get a more complete picture of employee performance, managers should collect feedback on an ongoing basis from peers, direct reports, and other workplace associates. Making this a regular occurrence across levels and departments makes it more social and actionable.

Continuous feedback allows for faster recognition of a problem facing an employee but also for the success of a particular employee. If there is something being done well, this also provides managers an opportunity to give kudos to a deserving employee, maybe even sharing the recognition across an employee?s network.

To take the review process one step further, companies should think about creating a review system that ties back to company culture. A SHRM/Globoforce study found that 51 percent of HR professionals say their company?s recognition program does not currently relate to corporate values. Adding these elements to the review process will build a culture of positive reinforcement and real-time accountability that leads back to the beliefs at the core of your organization.

4. Unlock HR intelligence

Big data isn?t just for sales and accounting anymore. In 2013, harnessing the power of large sets of data is a best practice for forward thinking HR departments. One area where data ? social data in particular ? is making a difference is in the hiring process.

According to another recent survey by SHRM, 56 percent of HR professionals said they use social networking sites to recruit candidates, up from 34 percent in 2008. A whopping 95 percent of HR professionals in this poll said they use LinkedIn; 58 percent use Facebook. About 42 percent use Twitter.

It is also advantageous for businesses to take a step back and analyze their own personnel data to pull out trends both positive and problematic to illuminate areas for improvement. Recently we published a report, which found that at over 2,000 small and medium sized businesses women received more raises than men, but men received larger raises. By taking the time to spot trends like this in their own data before they impact their corporate culture, companies will save time, money and potentially their reputation.

Making HR more social means constantly working to quantify social intangibles, sharing performance data within and across departments, letting employees take charge of their own performances, developing ongoing feedback processes, and promoting a culture and common set of values that employees actually believe in. Companies that want to be well positioned need to make these HR management strategies real in 2013.

Joseph Fung is co-founder and CEO of TribeHR, pioneer of the industry?s first social HR platform and headquartered in Boston and Waterloo, Ontario. Connect with him at info@tribehr.com.

Source: http://www.tlnt.com/2012/12/17/four-ways-that-social-hr-will-transform-business-in-2013/

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Woman with quadriplegia feeds herself chocolate using mind-controlled robot arm

Dec. 17, 2012 ? Reaching out to "high five" someone, grasping and moving objects of different shapes and sizes, feeding herself dark chocolate. For Jan Scheuermann and a team of researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC, accomplishing these seemingly ordinary tasks demonstrated for the first time that a person with longstanding quadriplegia can maneuver a mind-controlled, human-like robot arm in seven dimensions (7D) to consistently perform many of the natural and complex motions of everyday life.

In a study published in the online version of The Lancet, the researchers described the brain-computer interface (BCI) technology and training programs that allowed Ms. Scheuermann, 53, of Whitehall Borough in Pittsburgh, Pa. to intentionally move an arm, turn and bend a wrist, and close a hand for the first time in nine years.

Less than a year after she told the research team, "I'm going to feed myself chocolate before this is over," Ms. Scheuermann savored its taste and announced as they applauded her feat, "One small nibble for a woman, one giant bite for BCI."

"This is a spectacular leap toward greater function and independence for people who are unable to move their own arms," agreed senior investigator Andrew B. Schwartz, Ph.D., professor, Department of Neurobiology, Pitt School of Medicine. "This technology, which interprets brain signals to guide a robot arm, has enormous potential that we are continuing to explore. Our study has shown us that it is technically feasible to restore ability; the participants have told us that BCI gives them hope for the future."

In 1996, Ms. Scheuermann was a 36-year-old mother of two young children, running a successful business planning parties with murder-mystery themes and living in California when one day she noticed her legs seemed to drag behind her. Within two years, her legs and arms progressively weakened to the point that she required a wheelchair, as well as an attendant to assist her with dressing, eating, bathing and other day-to-day activities. After returning home to Pittsburgh in 1998 for support from her extended family, she was diagnosed with spinocerebellar degeneration, in which the connections between the brain and muscles slowly, and inexplicably, deteriorate.

"Now I can't move my arms and legs at all. I can't even shrug my shoulders," she said. "But I have come to the conclusion that worrying about something is experiencing it twice. I try to dwell on the good things that I have."

A friend pointed out an October 2011 video about another Pitt/UPMC BCI research study in which Tim Hemmes, a Butler, Pa., man who sustained a spinal cord injury that left him with quadriplegia, moved objects on a computer screen and ultimately reached out with a robot arm to touch his girlfriend.

"Wow, it's so neat that he can do that," Ms. Scheuermann thought as she watched him. "I wish I could do something like that." She had her attendant call the trial coordinator immediately, and said, "I'm a quadriplegic. Hook me up, sign me up! I want to do that!"

On Feb. 10, 2012, after screening tests to confirm that she was eligible for the study, co-investigator and UPMC neurosurgeon Elizabeth Tyler-Kabara, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Neurological Surgery, Pitt School of Medicine, placed two quarter-inch square electrode grids with 96 tiny contact points each in the regions of Ms. Scheuermann's brain that would normally control right arm and hand movement.

"Prior to surgery, we conducted functional imaging tests of the brain to determine exactly where to put the two grids," she said. "Then we used imaging technology in the operating room to guide placement of the grids, which have points that penetrate the brain's surface by about one-sixteenth of an inch."

The electrode points pick up signals from individual neurons and computer algorithms are used to identify the firing patterns associated with particular observed or imagined movements, such as raising or lowering the arm, or turning the wrist, explained lead investigator Jennifer Collinger, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R), and research scientist for the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System. That intent to move is then translated into actual movement of the robot arm, which was developed by Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Lab.

Two days after the operation, the team hooked up the two terminals that protrude from Ms. Scheuermann's skull to the computer. "We could actually see the neurons fire on the computer screen when she thought about closing her hand," Dr. Collinger said. "When she stopped, they stopped firing. So we thought, 'This is really going to work.'"

Within a week, Ms. Scheuermann could reach in and out, left and right, and up and down with the arm, which she named Hector, giving her 3-dimensional control that had her high-fiving with the researchers. "What we did in the first week they thought we'd be stuck on for a month," she noted.

Before three months had passed, she also could flex the wrist back and forth, move it from side to side and rotate it clockwise and counter-clockwise, as well as grip objects, adding up to what scientists call 7D control. In a study task called the Action Research Arm Test, Ms. Scheuermann guided the arm from a position four inches above a table to pick up blocks and tubes of different sizes, a ball and a stone and put them down on a nearby tray. She also picked up cones from one base to restack them on another a foot away, another task requiring grasping, transporting and positioning of objects with precision.

"Our findings indicate that by a variety of measures, she was able to improve her performance consistently over many days," Dr. Schwartz explained. "The training methods and algorithms that we used in monkey models of this technology also worked for Jan, suggesting that it's possible for people with long-term paralysis to recover natural, intuitive command signals to orient a prosthetic hand and arm to allow meaningful interaction with the environment."

In a separate study, researchers also continue to study BCI technology that uses an electrocortigraphy (ECoG) grid, which sits on the surface of the brain rather than slightly penetrates the tissue as in the case of the grids used for Ms. Scheuermann.

In both studies, "we're recording electrical activity in the brain, and the goal is to try to decode what that activity means and then use that code to control an arm," said senior investigator Michael Boninger, M.D., professor and chair, PM&R, and director of UPMC Rehabilitation Institute. "We are learning so much about how the brain controls motor activity, thanks to the hard work and dedication of our trial participants. Perhaps in five to 10 years, we will have a device that can be used in the day-to-day lives of people who are not able to use their own arms."

The next step for BCI technology will likely use a two-way electrode system that can not only capture the intention to move, but in addition, will stimulate the brain to generate sensation, potentially allowing a user to adjust grip strength to firmly grasp a doorknob or gently cradle an egg.

After that, "we're hoping this can become a fully implanted, wireless system that people can actually use in their homes without our supervision," Dr. Collinger said. "It might even be possible to combine brain control with a device that directly stimulates muscles to restore movement of the individual's own limb."

For now, Ms. Scheuermann is expected to continue to put the BCI technology through its paces for two more months, and then the implants will be removed in another operation.

"This is the ride of my life," she said. "This is the rollercoaster. This is skydiving. It's just fabulous, and I'm enjoying every second of it."

In addition to Drs. Collinger, Tyler-Kabara, Boninger and Schwartz, study co-authors include Brian Wodlinger, Ph.D., John E. Downey, Wei Wang, Ph.D., and Doug Weber, Ph.D., all of PM&R; and Angus J. McMorland, Ph.D., and Meel Velliste, Ph.D., of the Department of Neurobiology, Pitt School of Medicine.

The BCI projects are funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, National Institutes of Health grant 8KL2TR000146-07, the U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs, the UPMC Rehabilitation Institute and the University of Pittsburgh Clinical and Translational Science Institute.

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  1. Jennifer L Collinger, Brian Wodlinger, John E Downey, Wei Wang, Elizabeth C Tyler-Kabara, Douglas J Weber, Angus JC McMorland, Meel Velliste, Michael L Boninger, Andrew B Schwartz. High-performance neuroprosthetic control by an individual with tetraplegia. The Lancet, 2012; DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61816-9

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Sunday, December 16, 2012

Connecticut Shooter Adam Lanza's Guns Were Registered To Mother Nancy Lanza: Official

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    Cynthia Alvarez (R) is comforted by her mother Lilia as people gather for a prayer vigil at St Rose Church following an elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, December 14, 2012. A young gunman slaughtered 20 small children and six teachers on Friday after walking into a school in an idyllic Connecticut town wielding at least two sophisticated firearms AFP PHOTO/Emmanuel DUNAND

  • Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting

    A young girl's message (bottom) is lposted on a memorial board as people gather for a prayer vigil at St Rose Church following an elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, December 14, 2012. A young gunman slaughtered 20 small children and six teachers on Friday after walking into a school in an idyllic Connecticut town wielding at least two sophisticated firearms. AFP PHOTO/Emmanuel DUNAND

  • Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting

    People gather for a prayer vigil at St Rose Church following an elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, December 14, 2012. A young gunman slaughtered 20 small children and six teachers on Friday after walking into a school in an idyllic Connecticut town wielding at least two sophisticated firearms AFP PHOTO/Emmanuel DUNAND

  • Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting

    People gather for a prayer vigil at St Rose Church following an elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, December 14, 2012. A young gunman slaughtered 20 small children and six teachers on Friday after walking into a school in an idyllic Connecticut town wielding at least two sophisticated firearms. AFP PHOTO/Emmanuel DUNAND

  • Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting

    NEWTOWN, CT - DECEMBER 14: Connecticut State Police spokesman Lt. J. Paul Vance (L) and Lt. George Sinko of the Newtown Police Department brief the media on the elementary school shooting during a press conference at Treadwell Memorial Park on December 14, 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut. According to reports, 27 are dead, including 20 children, after a gunman identified as Adam Lanza in news reports, opened fire in at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Lanza also reportedly died at the scene. (Photo by Jared Wickerham/Getty Images)

  • Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting

    People gather for a prayer vigil at St Rose Church following an elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, December 14, 2012. A young gunman slaughtered 20 small children and six teachers on Friday after walking into a school in an idyllic Connecticut town wielding at least two sophisticated firearms AFP PHOTO/Emmanuel DUNAND

  • Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting

    People gather for a prayer vigil at St Rose Church following an elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, December 14, 2012. A young gunman slaughtered 20 small children and six teachers on Friday after walking into a school in an idyllic Connecticut town wielding at least two sophisticated firearms. AFP PHOTO/Emmanuel DUNAND

  • Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting

    People gather for a prayer vigil at St Rose Church following an elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, December 14, 2012. A young gunman slaughtered 20 small children and six teachers on Friday after walking into a school in an idyllic Connecticut town wielding at least two sophisticated firearms. AFP PHOTO/Emmanuel DUNAND

  • Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting

    A woman comforts a young girl during a vigil service for victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, at St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church in Newtown, Conn. (AP Photo/Andrew Gombert, Pool)

  • Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting

    In this photo provided by the Newtown Bee, a man stands with his hands on his head outside of Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., where authorities say a gunman opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Newtown Bee, Shannon Hicks)

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    A mother runs with her children as police above canvass homes in the area following a shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. where authorities say a gunman opened fire, leaving 27 people dead, including 20 children, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

  • Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting

    Mourners gather inside the St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church at a vigil service for victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that left at least 27 people dead, many of them young children, in Newtown, Conn. Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Police have identified the gunman as Adam Lanza, whose mother was a teacher at the school. (AP Photo/Andrew Gombert, Pool)

  • Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting

    A man carries a child away from the area of a shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., about 60 miles (96 kilometers) northeast of New York City, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. A man opened fire Friday inside two classrooms at the school where his mother worked as a teacher, killing 26 people, including 20 children. The killer, armed with two handguns, committed suicide at the school and another person was found dead at a second scene, bringing the toll to 28, authorities said. A law enforcement official identified the gunman as 20-year-old Adam Lanza. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

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    In this frame grab provided by WCBS in New York, Ryan Lanza, the 24-year-old brother of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooter Adam Lanza, is escorted by police into a cruiser in Hoboken, N.J., Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Adam Lanza, 20, killed his mother at home and then opened fire Friday inside the elementary school where she taught, massacring 26 people, including 20 children, as youngsters cowered in fear to the sound of gunshots echoing through the building and screams coming over the intercom. (AP Photo/WCBS-TV)

  • Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting

    Connecticut State Police Lt. J. Paul Vance speaks at a news conference on the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary school, where a gunman opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. (AP Photo/The Journal News, Frank Becerra Jr.)

  • Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting

    Brenda Hernadez of Enfield Conn., comforts her daughter Crystal at a makeshift shrine on the Enfield Town Green, Friday evening, December 14, 2012, after a candlelight vigil in Enfield, Conn. The vigil was organized by social media in memory of the school shooting victims in Newtown as residents in Enfield, 70 miles from Newtown, and in through out the state, feel the grief of the mass shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School Friday morning. (AP Photo/Journal Inquirer, Jim Michaud)

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    In this photo provided by the Newtown Bee, paramedics and others rush toward Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., where authorities say a gunman opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Newtown Bee, Shannon Hicks)

  • Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting

    Mourners gather inside the St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church at a vigil service for victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that left at least 27 people dead, many of them young children, in Newtown, Conn. Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Police have identified the gunman as Adam Lanza, whose mother was a teacher at the school. (AP Photo/Andrew Gombert, Pool)

  • Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting

    Mourners gather for a vigil service for victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, at the St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church in Newtown, Conn. Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. A man killed his mother at their home and then opened fire Friday inside the elementary school where she taught, massacring 26 people, including 20 children, as youngsters cowered in fear to the sound of gunshots reverberating through the building and screams echoing over the intercom (AP Photo/Andrew Gombert, Pool)

  • Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting

    Mourners gather at a vigil service for victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, at the St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church in Newtown, Conn. Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. A man killed his mother at their home and then opened fire Friday inside the elementary school where she taught, massacring 26 people, including 20 children, as youngsters cowered in fear to the sound of gunshots reverberating through the building and screams echoing over the intercom (AP Photo/Andrew Gombert, Pool)

  • Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting

    Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy bows his head during a moment of silence during a vigil service for victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, at the St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church in Newtown, Conn. Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Andrew Gombert, Pool)

  • Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting

    Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy speaks to mourners at a vigil service for victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, at the St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church in Newtown, Conn. Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. A man killed his mother at their home and then opened fire Friday inside the elementary school where she taught, massacring 26 people, including 20 children, as youngsters cowered in fear to the sound of gunshots reverberating through the building and screams echoing over the intercom (AP Photo/Andrew Gombert, Pool)

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    This July 2010 photo provided by the Newtown Bee shows Dawn Lafferty Hochsprung, principal at Sandy Hook Elementary School, in Newtown, Conn. (AP Photo/Eliza Hallabeck) MANDATORY CREDIT: NEWTOWN BEE

  • Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting

    Mourners gather for a vigil service for victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, at the St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church in Newtown, Conn. Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. A man killed his mother at their home and then opened fire Friday inside the elementary school where she taught, massacring 26 people, including 20 children, as youngsters cowered in fear to the sound of gunshots reverberating through the building and screams echoing over the intercom (AP Photo/Andrew Gombert, Pool)

  • Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting

    Mourners look in from outside during a vigil service for victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, at the St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church in Newtown, Conn. Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. A man killed his mother at their home and then opened fire Friday inside the elementary school where she taught, massacring 26 people, including 20 children, as youngsters cowered in fear to the sound of gunshots reverberating through the building and screams echoing over the intercom (AP Photo/Andrew Gombert, Pool)

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    Across the street from the elementary school in Sandy Hook, Conn. neighbors hoisted an American flag and created a make-shift prayer for the deceased inside the school late Friday Dec. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Robert Ray)

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    A car drives past the town line as the sun breaks the horizon, a day after a school shooting tragedy, in Newtown, Conn., Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012. The massacre of 26 children and adults at Sandy Hook Elementary school elicited horror and soul-searching around the world even as it raised more basic questions about why the gunman, 20-year-old Adam Lanza, would have been driven to such a crime and how he chose his victims. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

  • Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting

    A U.S. flag is covered with numbers representing the people that died when a gunman opened fired at Sandy Hook Elementary School during a shooting rampage a day earlier, Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012, in Sandy Hook village of Newtown, Conn. The massacre of 26 children and adults at Sandy Hook Elementary school elicited horror and soul-searching around the world even as it raised more basic questions about why the gunman, 20-year-old Adam Lanza, would have been driven to such a crime and how he chose his victims. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

  • Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting

    A woman waits to hear about her sister, a teacher, following a shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.

  • Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting

    Two unidentified nuns on December 14, 2012 leave the scene at the aftermath of a school shooting at a Connecticut elementary school that brought police swarming into the leafy neighborhood, while other area schools were put under lock-down, police and local media said. Local media quoted that the gunman had died at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, northeast of New York City. At least 27 people, including 18 children, were killed on Friday when at least one shooter opened fire at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, CBS News reported, citing unnamed officials. AFP PHOTO/DON EMMERT

  • Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting

    An unidentified woman on December 14, 2012 leaves the scene at the aftermath of a school shooting at a Connecticut elementary school that brought police swarming into the leafy neighborhood, while other area schools were put under lock-down, police and local media said. Local media quoted that the gunman had died at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, northeast of New York City. At least 27 people, including 18 children, were killed on Friday when at least one shooter opened fire at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, CBS News reported, citing unnamed officials. AFP PHOTO/DON EMMERT

  • Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting

  • Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting

    People leave the scene, on December 14, 2012, from the aftermath of a school shooting at a Connecticut elementary school that brought police swarming into the leafy neighborhood, while other area schools were put under lock-down, police and local media said. At least 26 people, including 20 young children, were killed when a gunman assaulted a US primary school on Friday and another body was found dead at a second linked crime scene, police said. Police spokesman Lieutenant Paul Vance told reporters that the attacker killed 20 children and six adults, including someone that he lived with, at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. The gunman also died at the scene, and a 28th body was found elsewhere. - AFP PHOTO / Don EMMERT

  • Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting

    WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 14: U.S. President Barack Obama wipes tears as he makes a statement in response to the elementary school shooting in Connecticut December 14, 2012 at the White House in Washington, DC. According to reports, there are 27 dead, 20 of them children, after Adam Lanza opened fire at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Reports say that Lanza is dead at the scene and his mother, a teacher at the school, is also dead.

  • Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting

    NEWTOWN, CT - DECEMBER 14: People walk on Dickson Street near the scene of an elementary school shooting on December 14, 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut. According to reports, there are about 27 dead, 18 children, after a gunman opened fire in at the Sandy Hook Elementary School. The shooter was also killed. (Photo by Douglas Healey/Getty Images)

  • Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting

    Parents walk away from the Sandy Hook Elementary School with their children following a shooting at the school, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012 in Newtown, Conn. A man opened fire inside the Connecticut elementary school where his mother worked Friday, killing 26 people, including 18 children, and forcing students to cower in classrooms and then flee with the help of teachers and police. (AP Photo/The Journal News, Frank Becerra Jr.)

  • Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting

    A woman waits to hear about her sister, a teacher, following a shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., about 60 miles (96 kilometers) northeast of New York City, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. A gunman entered the school Friday morning and killed at least 26 people, including 20 young children. (AP Photo/The New Haven Register, Melanie Stengel)

  • Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting Police Audio

    Police scanner audio from the Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting.

  • Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting

    Parents walk away from the Sandy Hook Elementary School with their children following a shooting at the school, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012 in Newtown, Conn. A man opened fire inside the Connecticut elementary school where his mother worked Friday, killing 26 people, including 18 children, and forcing students to cower in classrooms and then flee with the help of teachers and police. (AP Photo/The Journal News, Frank Becerra Jr.)

  • Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting

    School children wait for their parents at the Sandy Hook firehouse following a mass shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/The Journal News, Frank Becerra Jr.)

  • Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting

    A man reacts following a shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., about 60 miles (96 kilometers) northeast of New York City, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. A gunman entered the school Friday morning and killed at least 26 people, including 20 young children. (AP Photo/The New Haven Register, Melanie Stengel)

  • Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting

    A young girl cires following a shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., about 60 miles (96 kilometers) northeast of New York City, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. A gunman entered the school Friday morning and killed at least 26 people, including 20 young children. (AP Photo/The New Haven Register, Melanie Stengel)

  • Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting

    A mother hugs her daughter following a shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., about 60 miles (96 kilometers) northeast of New York City, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. A gunman entered the school Friday morning and killed at least 26 people, including 20 young children. (AP Photo/The New Haven Register, Melanie Stengel)

  • Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting

  • Sandy Hook School Shooting Newtown

    Schoolchildren wait for their parents at the Sandy Hook firehouse following a mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012 in Newtown, Conn. (AP Photo/The Journal News, Frank Becerra Jr.)

  • A young girl is comforted following a shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., about 60 miles (96 kilometers) northeast of New York City, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. A gunman entered the school Friday morning and killed at least 26 people, including 20 young children. (AP Photo/The New Haven Register, Melanie Stengel)

  • A mother hugs her daughter following a shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., about 60 miles (96 kilometers) northeast of New York City, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. A gunman entered the school Friday morning and killed at least 26 people, including 20 young children. (AP Photo/The New Haven Register, Melanie Stengel)

  • Sandy Hook School Shooting Newtown

    A woman weeps as she arrives to pick up her children at the Sandy Hook Elementary School, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012 in Newtown, Conn. A man opened fire inside the Connecticut elementary school where his mother worked Friday, killing 26 people, including 18 children, and forcing students to cower in classrooms and then flee with the help of teachers and police. (AP Photo/The Journal News, Frank Becerra Jr.)

  • Sandy Hook School Shooting Newtown

    Parents walk away from the Sandy Hook School with their children following a shooting at the school Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. A man opened fire inside the Connecticut elementary school where his mother worked Friday, killing 26 people, including 18 children, and forcing students to cower in classrooms and then flee with the help of teachers and police. (AP Photo/The Journal News, Frank Becerra Jr.)

  • Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting

  • Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting

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