Source: http://news.feedzilla.com/en_us/stories/politics/top-stories/296065708?client_source=feed&format=rss
facebook organ donor jessica simpson gives birth carrie underwood blown away chk ryan seacrest kentucky derby beltane
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
HTC One tip: Pinch to customize your home screens
The HTC One does things a little different than many other Android smartphones. For one, it's only got two buttons -- back and home. It also changes the way it home screens work -- making it a little more difficult to add apps and widgets. Not grossly so; just an extra step or so.
Here's a little tip that'll speed things up a bit. One way to get to the home screen customization section is to long-press on an empty 1x1 spot on a home screen. But what if that home screen is full? You could swipe over to another home screen that has a blank spot, but that's annoying. Or you could pull down the notification bar and go to Settings>Personalize>Customize home screen. Also a pain.
There's a better way. All you have to do is pinch your fingers together on a home screen -- full or not -- and it goes straight to the customization section. From there you can add widgets or apps all you want.
We've got more HTC One tips after the break. Be sure to collect them all!
 |  |
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/androidcentral/~3/RDnnwhoAieg/story01.htm
blake griffin pau gasol marlins park marbury v. madison 2013 lincoln mkz burger king mary j blige google project glass
Monday, April 1, 2013
Louisville beats Duke 85-63 to reach Final Four
Louisville forward Montrezl Harrell (24) blocks a shot by Duke forward Mason Plumlee during the first half of the Midwest Regional final in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Sunday, March 31, 2013, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Louisville forward Montrezl Harrell (24) blocks a shot by Duke forward Mason Plumlee during the first half of the Midwest Regional final in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Sunday, March 31, 2013, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Louisville guard Peyton Siva (3) goes up with a shot against Duke guard Quinn Cook (2) during the first half of the Midwest Regional final in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Sunday, March 31, 2013, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Louisville players huddle as guard Kevin Ware is treated for an injury during the first half of the Midwest Regional final against Duke in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Sunday, March 31, 2013, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Duke forward Mason Plumlee (5) tries to pass the ball against Louisville forward Chane Behanan (21) and center Gorgui Dieng (10) during the first half of the Midwest Regional final in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Sunday, March 31, 2013, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ? With tears in their eyes and Kevin Ware in their hearts, there was no way Louisville was losing this game.
Russ Smith scored 23, Gorgui Dieng had 14 points, 11 rebounds and four blocks, and top-seeded Louisville put aside the shock from Ware's gruesome leg injury to earn a second straight trip to the Final Four with an 85-63 victory over Duke on Sunday afternoon.
As the final seconds ticked down, Chane Behanan put Ware's jersey on and stood at the end of the Louisville bench, screaming. Cardinals fans chanted "Kevin Ware! Kevin Ware!"
"We won this for him," coach Rick Pitino said. "We were all choked up with emotion for him. We'll get him back to normal. We've got great doctors, great trainers. We talked about it every timeout, 'Get Kevin home.'"
This was the first time Pitino and Mike Krzyzewski had met in the regional finals since that 1992 classic that ended with Christian Laettner's improbable buzzer-beater, a game now considered one of the best in NCAA tournament history.
This game will be remembered, too, but for a very different ? and much more somber ? reason.
With 6:33 left in the first half, Ware, a sophomore who has played a key role in Louisville's 14-game winning streak, jumped to try and block Tyler Thornton's 3-point shot. When he landed, his right leg snapped midway between his ankle and knee, the bone skewing almost at a right angle. Ware dropped to the floor right in front of the Louisville bench and, almost in unison, his teammates turned away in horror. Thornton grimaced, putting his hand to his mouth as he turned around.
Louisville forward Wayne Blackshear fell to the floor and Behanan looked as if he was going to be sick on the court, kneeling on his hands and feet. Luke Hancock patted Ware's chest as doctors worked on the sophomore and Smith walked away, pulling his jersey over his eyes.
Pitino had tears in his eyes as he tried to console his players. Dieng draped an arm around the shoulders of Smith, who repeatedly wiped at his eyes and shook his head. The Cardinals gathered at halfcourt to try and regroup before Pitino called them over to the sideline, saying Ware wanted to talk to them before he left.
News of the injury dominated social media. Joe Theismann whose NFL career ended with a horrific broken leg, said on Twitter, "Watching Duke/ Louisville my heart goes out to Kevin Ware."
Fans chanted "Kevin! Kevin" as Ware was loaded onto the stretcher, and Pitino wiped away tears again as Ware was wheeled off the court.
The Cardinals struggled to put the horrific injury behind them, missing four of their next five shots along with two free throws after play resumed. They regrouped after a timeout, with Smith's finger roll sparking a 12-6 run to finish the half that gave them a 35-32 lead.
Smith picked up where he left off at the start of the second half, making all three free throws after being fouled on a 3-point attempt to give Louisville a 38-32 lead, its largest of the game to that point.
But just as he did against Michigan State, Duke star Seth Curry got hot after halftime, making two 3s in the first three minutes. Mason Plumlee dunked to tie the game at 42.
That, however, was all Louisville needed. Clawing for every rebound, diving on the floor for loose balls and cranking the intensity up even higher on their ferocious defense, the Cardinals were not going to lose.
And everyone, Duke included, knew it.
Smith made a layup, Siva made a nice jumper at the top of the key and then followed with a layup. Just like that, the Cardinals were off on a 20-4 run that sealed the victory.
Associated Pressmarquette university Chris Porco march madness cbs sports ncaa tournament kids choice awards ncaa
2 in China first known deaths from H7N9 bird flu
BEIJING (AP) ? Two Shanghai men have died from a lesser-known type of bird flu in the first known human deaths from the strain, and Chinese authorities said it wasn't clear how they were infected but there was no evidence of human-to-human transmission.
A third person, a woman in the nearby province of Anhui, also contracted the H7N9 strain and was in critical condition, China's National Health and Family Planning Commission said in a report on its website Sunday.
There was no sign that any of the three, who were infected over the past two months, had contracted the disease from each other, and no sign of infection in the 88 people who had closest contact with them, the medical agency said.
H7N9 bird flu is considered a low pathogenic strain that cannot easily be contracted by humans. The overwhelming majority of human deaths from bird flu have been caused by the more virulent H5N1, which decimated poultry stocks across Asia in 2003.
The World Health Organization is "closely monitoring the situation" in China, regional agency spokesman Timothy O'Leary said in Manila.
"There is apparently no evidence of human-to-human transmission, and transmission of the virus appears to be inefficient, therefore the risk to public health would appear to be low," O'Leary said.
The 87-year-old victim became ill on Feb. 19 and died on Feb 27. The other man, 27, became ill on Feb. 27 and died on March 4, the Chinese health commission said. A 35-year-old woman in the Anhui city of Chuzhou became ill on March 9 and is being treated.
The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention conducted tests and confirmed Saturday that all three cases were H7N9, the health commission said.
Scientists have been closely monitoring the H5N1 strain of the virus, fearing that it could mutate into a form that spreads easily among people, potentially sparking a pandemic. So far, most human cases have been connected to contact with infected birds.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/2-china-first-known-deaths-h7n9-bird-flu-092118642.html
basketball wives manny ramirez easter 2012 jeremy lin espn sassafras mardi gras 2012 the secret world of arrietty
Budget Crisis Threatens Severe Military Readiness Impact | Albany ...
U.S. Marine Corps reconnaissance men engage targets with an M240B medium machine gun near Camp Schwab during training on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, March 25, 2013. The Marines adjusted their point of aim based on the the impacts of their last burst of fire to put rounds on target. The Marines are assigned to the 3rd Reconnnaissance Battalion. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Mark W. Stroud
By Albany Tribune -- (March 31, 2013)
By Donna Miles
The Pentagon comptroller painted a sobering picture of the Defense Department?s fiscal landscape today, telling members of the financial community that unless sequestration is de-triggered soon, military readiness will suffer deeply.
The continuing resolution that President Barack Obama signed into law this week provides slight relief in authorizing the Defense Department to shift funds between certain accounts, Undersecretary of Defense Robert F. Hale told the American Society of Comptrollers and the Association of Government Accountants in a webcast presentation.
The resolution, which provides DOD funding through September, allows the department to move more than $10 billion of its fiscal 2013 appropriation to operations and maintenance accounts. It also loosened restrictions on new weapons programs, weapons purchases and military construction projects.
?But it did not solve all our problems? in funding department operations through the rest of the fiscal year, particularly in light of sequestration, Hale said.
The mandatory budget cuts that began taking effect March 1 also are having an impact across the military, he said, with deeper ones to come next month.
Anticipating fiscal challenges through the rest of fiscal 2013, which ends Sept. 30, the department took near-term actions to limit the impact, Hale said. It imposed civilian hiring freezes in all but mission-critical jobs, laid off temporary and term employees, cut back sharply on travel and conferences and ?essentially stopped all facilities maintenance at bases,? he said.
?We are in triage mode in terms of getting through this year,? Hale added. ?But these near-term actions won?t solve the problems of sequestration.?
Throughout the budget planning process, DOD has taken pains to support wartime operations, he said. ?You can?t leave troops in Afghanistan without the funds needed to protect themselves and wind down the war responsibility,? Hale said.
But with wartime costs far higher than anticipated two years ago, Hale said, the only way to offset them has been through deeper cuts in the base part of the budget that pays for other day-to-day activities.
?When you add up all these effects, instead of an 8 percent cut, you are talking 15 to 20 percent for the remaining part of fiscal year 2013,? he said. The percentage of these cuts varies by service, with the Army taking the deepest ones, he added.
Sequestration will begin cutting even more deeply next month, with Hale projecting ?a real crisis? in the operations and maintenance budget, with the potential for ?severely adverse effects on our military readiness.?
?I think you will, unfortunately, see a number of Air Force squadrons stand down training entirely for their pilots,? he said, noting that restoring lapsed flying certifications will take time and money. ?You will see significant training cutbacks in the Army and other services. You will see maintenance cutbacks as we stop maintaining our weapons systems.?
These actions would directly affect readiness ? a real concern, Hale said, particularly if military forces are called on to confront another contingency later this year. ?We won?t have forces that are adequately ready and will either have to make the choice to deploy with less-trained forces or take extra time to get them ready,? he said.
This year?s fiscal crisis will spill into fiscal 2014, which DOD will start in ?a state of damaged readiness,? Hale said.
In addition to wartime operations, DOD will continue to prioritize other top-priority missions, including wounded warrior programs and nuclear deterrence efforts, to ensure they are fully funded, he said. Meanwhile, planners will strive to limit cuts that affect forward-deployed forces, particularly in South Korea and other high-threat areas, and the availability of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets in critical theaters.
The budget also will protect family programs to the greatest extent possible, although Hale acknowledged that it won?t be across the board. The DOD Education Activity, for example, won?t be exempt from civilian furloughs, but DOD will limit the number of furlough days to ensure students meet the minimum required school days to qualify for a credible year, he said.
Departmentwide civilian furloughs, as unsavory as they may be, are essential in dealing with the formidable fiscal 2013 budget challenges, Hale said. Without them, DOD would have to take even deeper training and maintenance cuts, he explained.
Furloughs will be instituted consistently and fairly across the department, Hale said, with ?some very limited exceptions? for civilians serving in the combat zone or in jobs that directly impact life and property.
Hale expressed hope that Congress and the president can reach a deal that ends sequestration and lifts at least part of the challenge of working through ?very difficult times.?
Source: American Forces Press Service
Source: http://www.albanytribune.com/31032013-budget-crisis-threatens-severe-military-readiness-impact/
Talk Like a Pirate Day raiders Demi Lovato iOS 6 Features big brother iOS 6 bank of america
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)