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By Larry Shaughnessy
On this Memorial Day when military leaders around the world honor fallen troops, one Army general has retracted a blog post stating he is "fed up" with soldiers who commit suicide, calling it "an absolutely selfish act."
The comments were originally posted online in January by Maj. Gen. Dana Pittard, commanding general of one off the Army's largest posts, Fort Bliss, but have only recently caused a public stir.
Rep. Thomas Rooney, R-Florida, called the comments "upsetting," Friday. Rooney is co-chair of the House Military Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Caucus. He said Pittard's post "displays a complete lack of understanding about the struggles that our troops and veterans with mental illness are facing."
After meeting with a retired military member recently about the blog, Pittard decided this week to retract the blog and explain himself, according to his office.
His retraction reads in part: "In my commentary published January 19, 2012, I stated suicide was a selfish act. Thanks to many of you and your feedback, I have learned that this was a hurtful statement. I also realize that my statement was not in line with the Army's guidance regarding sensitivity to suicide. With my deepest sincerity and respect towards those whom I have offended, I retract that statement."
Pittard wrote the original post the day after attending a January 18 memorial service for a soldier who committed suicide on Christmas Day. As he was leaving the service, according to his office, Pittard was informed that another soldier at the base was suspected of taking his own life. A senior military source at Fort Bliss who would not speak for attribution, the January blog post was written when Pittard was "frustrated" about soldier suicides and that it was "out of character." It reads in part:
"Wednesday, we lost a Fort Bliss Soldier to an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. I heard the tragic news as I walked out of a memorial service for another one of our Soldiers who decided to kill himself at home on Christmas Day so that his family would find him. Christmas will never be the same for his two young daughters he left behind," Pittard wrote at the time.
He continued, "I have now come to the conclusion that suicide is an absolutely selfish act. Soldiers who commit suicide leave their families, their buddies and their units to literally clean up their mess. There is nothing noble about suicide."
Later in the post Pittard wrote "I am personally fed up with Soldiers who are choosing to take their own lives so that others can clean up their mess. Be an adult, act like an adult, and deal with your real-life problems like the rest of us."
But the January blog post also appears to show an officer concerned about his soldiers and preventing suicide.
"I care about each and every one of our Soldiers, family members and civilians at Fort Bliss. I know there are a lot of people hurting out there. ... If you are hurting mentally or emotionally, then seek and get help; but don't resort to taking your own life."
Fort Bliss soldier Sgt. Daniel Taylor disagrees with the idea that suicide is selfish. "I don't think it's selfish, it's their last resort. Anything that's considered last resort is not a selfish act."
Taylor, who admits to having contemplated suicide himself while in Iraq, told CNN that the general's original remarks were likely a result of strong emotions.
"I think that in his frustration a lot of his true emotions may have come out about the situation," Taylor said.
Rep. Rooney said Friday that the entire military needs to focus on the troops. "We should be doing everything we can to encourage our troops who are contemplating suicide to come forward and seek treatment, but Maj. Gen. Pittard's comments can only serve to further isolate our troops who are struggling with illnesses like PTSD and depression and make them less likely to seek the care they need."
Pittard seems to be trying to return the focus to helping soldiers in need, writing in his retraction that, "We can all help by wrapping our arms around our fellow soldiers and showing them a future that is positive and supportive. This takes both leadership and compassion."
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The Laboratory of Biophysics and Surface Analysis (LBSA), a multidisciplinary research division within the School of Pharmacy at the University of Nottingham, is one of the world's leading scanning probe microscopy groups, having published several hundred ground-breaking papers over the last twenty years.
Dr Stephanie Allen (Associate Professor and Reader in Molecular Biophysics) is an academic based within the LBSA. Her research interests focus in single molecule biophysics, and are driven by a desire to understand how biological processes work at the molecular level. Dr Allen also has an interest in exploring how this research can be exploited for the development of new therapeutic approaches within the pharmaceutical and biomedical sectors.
Her work involves the application and development of a range of advanced biophysical tools such as Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), the Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCM-D), the Biomembrane Force Probe (BFP) and Optical Tweezers. Most recently, she has added a new advanced technique from JPK Instruments - the ForceRobot® 300 system, which provides the ability to automate force spectroscopy measurements.
Force spectroscopy is an approach that allows the real-time study of molecular interactions to the single molecule level. Originating from the broad field of AFM, force spectroscopy directly enables the measurement of forces between and within molecules. The sensitivity is high enough to characterize the force required to unfold a single protein molecule or the mechanical strength of a single biomolecular receptor-ligand bond.
Force spectroscopy measurements are being applied at Nottingham in a number of projects (funded by the BBSRC and Pharmaceutical Industry). In single molecule experiments, the group are studying the effects of bacterial DNA binding/remodelling proteins on the mechanical properties of DNA.
Other projects are aimed towards gaining an improved understanding of the molecular basis of diseases, such as those related to the blood protein, von Willebrand Factor (vWF). The ability to record forces between a pair of interacting biomolecules is also being explored as a basis for new screening approaches e.g. for drug-discovery and/or biopharmaceutical formulation development.
While it is possible to perform such studies using conventional AFM instruments that are capable of performing force spectroscopy measurements, the experiments are not trivial to perform/optimize and can be very labour and time intensive; many hundreds/thousands of force measurements are typically required per experiment.
The ForceRobot is an automated platform with great flexibility enabling the researcher to plan advanced experiments, with automated procedures allowing the continuous recording of thousands of force measurements and the change of key experimental variables within one experiment, such as measurement surface location, speed of approach and retraction of the probe, and also checks of laser alignment and calibration during the experiment.
Says Dr Allen, "working with the ForceRobot enables my research group to perform more experiments without tying them to the bench to manually adjust parameters between each measurement. The system shows a lot of potential to provide improved statistical data, which I hope will lead to important new results very soon." The ForceRobot 300 has many further options for fluidics and temperature control to enable more reproducible results than achieved on a basic AFM system.


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5 options for solving Onalaska School District overcrowding issue
ONALASKA, Wis. — The start of the new year is just days away, yet the Onalaska school district is already planning for education for 2014 and beyond.
The district is currently looking into how to solve the overcrowding in its elementary school.
Onalaska School District Superintendent Fran Finco said student success in classroom relies partly on the buildings themselves.
"You want children to have enough room, you want them to be able to have access to things like water for the classroom for science projects and other projects (and) you want it to be energy efficient," said Finco.
When students return from winter break, all classrooms in the district's three elementary schools will once again be filled to capacity.
Finco said that could lead to bigger problems in the future.
"What's the result of that?" ask Finco. "Every time you get new kids, you have higher class sizes."17941380
He and other district leaders have been working for months to fix the problem.
He said Northern Hills Elementary could be part of the solution.
"Northern Hills has needs that haven't been met since 2003," said Finco.
Back in the 1970s, Northern Hills Elementary was the premiere elementary school.
Finco now said its heating and air conditioning system, among other things, is outdated and so is the building's layout.
"It has an addition that was built on it that has eight classrooms that have no hallways," said Finco. "So you have to walk through one classroom to get to the next classroom. It's a little interruptive in terms of student learning."
The district has come up with five options: remodel Northern Hills, build a new elementary school on the Northern Hills site, build a new elementary school at the Riders Club Road soccer fields site, use the soccer field site to build a new middle school and move the Northern Hills Elementary students into the existing middle school or do nothing at all.
The district will narrow down the options for a possible referendum question on the February 2014 ballot for the community to decide.
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The school district is also looking into a new operating referendum.
The district is currently in the middle of a more than $4 million operating referendum that is set to end next year.
Finco said the details are still being worked out but district leaders are looking to be as fiscally responsible as possible.
"We've been trying to do that even more so in the last three to five years to make sure that when we have to go to referendum again for operating, it's just enough to keep us going with the programs and the services that we have," said Finco.
Finco said the two referendums are still in the very early stages of planning.
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Canadian Cyclists Break World Speed Records!
On October 13, 2000, at 5:45 pm, Sam Whittingham, riding Mephisto, a human-powered speed bike, became the first person to ride at 72.74 mph under only his own power. This breaks the previous record of 68.728mph set in 1992 by Chris Huber riding Cheetah. On October 9, 2000, at 5:50pm, Andrea Blaseckie set the woman's flying 200m record with a speed of 54.04 mph, riding Bibet, another speed bike. The records were set in Battle Mountain, Nevada on a course of 10km course with a grade of no more than 2/3%. The record speeds are taken over the last 200m of the course, and in order to be valid the wind must be less than 6kmh.
Mephisto and Bibet are two of several speed bikes built by George Georgiev, of Gabriola Island, British Columbia, Canada. George is originally from Bulgaria, but now resides on Gabriola Island, British Columbia. Before moving to the west coast of Canada, George spent some time in Toronto as a sculptor, where many of his works are still displayed. Currently, George spends his time designing and manufacturing custom human powered vehicles. His designs range from recumbents and traditional upright bicycles to hand-cycles for the disabled, adult tricycles, and of course, his record-beating speed bikes.
Sam Whittingham has been riding for George and Team Varna since he first became actively involved in the world of Human Powered Vehicles in 1991. With Varna, Sam has achieved no less than six world records adding to the four records he already had with Team Gold-Rush. Sam, a nationally ranked cyclist, is also a theatre and bike-frame designer and proud father of two. Training out of Victoria, B.C, Sam is currently on the Canadian national development cycling program.
Andrea Blaseckie has been riding for George and Team Varna since 1997. With Varna, Andrea has achieved no less than four world records. Andrea is a full time student studying environmental technology, training also as a runner as well as a cyclist, and is a proud mother of two. In her spare time she intends to pursue kayaking and climbing.
The world's fastest vehicle, Mephisto, is Team Varna's most recent addition to their fleet of human-powered speed bikes. These speed-bikes are based around a carbon-fibre / kevlar composite shell. They are approximately eight feet long and under thirty inches tall. The rider sits in a recumbent position, allowing the bicycle to cut through the air like a bullet. The extreme aerodynamic design is an essential factor in allowing the rider to attain such high speeds.
In addition to the records set by Sam, George has also built machines that hold various records around the globe. These include the high-altitude record for the one-mile, speed records of over 50 km/h for arm-power-only vehicles, and solar-electric records set in Japan, beating such heavyweight companies as Honda and Yamaha. Since the inception of George's most recent design in 1993, Team Varna has won every World Championship they have entered.
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Nationals pound Cubs 13-0
Gio Gonzalez pitched eight sparkling innings and Ryan Zimmerman tied a career high with four hits and drove in three runs as the Washington Nationals roughed up the Chicago Cubs without recently traded Jeff Samardzija for a 13-0 victory Saturday.
Jayson Werth and Anthony Rendon added three hits and two RBIs for the Nationals on a day the Cubs were forced to start Carlos Villanueva (4-6) following the trade of Samardzija, the scheduled starter, and Jason Hammel to the Oakland Athletics.
Washington posted a season high in runs and hits (19), including eight doubles but no home runs.
Gonzalez (6-4) allowed four hits, while striking out seven and walking one. He's now thrown 29 consecutive scoreless innings against Chicago and 22 overall.
After spending a month on the disabled list with shoulder inflammation, Gonzalez is 3-0 in four starts since his return.
Villanueva was pulled after the first four Nationals reached base in the third innings. He was charged with four runs on five hits.
Chris Rusin, called up Sunday from Triple-A Iowa, was roughed up for five runs on nine hits over 3 2-3 innings.
Justin Ruggiano had two hits for Chicago, which had won four straight.
Washington manager Matt Williams flipped left-hander Bryce Harper and right-hander Rendon in the batting order, putting Rendon back in the 2-hole and Harper sixth against righty Villanueva.
"Bryce is a little tick off (his timing)," Williams said before the game.
Harper (1 for 3 with a walk Saturday) is 4 for 18 since returning from the disabled list.
After Scott Hairston hit for Denard Span in the seventh, Hairston went to left field and Harper shifted to center.
Harper helped build the game's first run Saturday. After Zimmerman singled leading off the second, Harper bunted him to second base and Zimmerman scored on Desmond's single.
Washington sent 10-men to the plate in the third as they broke the game open and chased Villanueva. It was his fifth start of the season in 23 appearances.
The first five Nationals reached base safely as they scored six runs on six hits, including three doubles.
Span started the inning off with a single, and Rendon, Werth, Zimmerman, Ian Desmond and Wilson Ramos had RBI hits. Adam LaRoche scored on Rusin's wild pitch.
Washington added two more in the sixth when Rendon scored on a double by Werth and LaRoche's single brought Werth home.
When Gonzalez singled in the seventh, every Washington starter had hit safely. He scored on a single by Kevin Frandsen.
NOTES: Washington's Danny Espinosa pinch hit in the eighth, his first at-bat since June 28. Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III attended the game. Chicago's RH Jake Arrieta (5-1, 1.81) opposes RH Jordan Zimmerman (6-4, 2.95) in today's series finale.


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Marathon debate as GOP pushes ahead on health bill
WASHINGTON — Determined House Republicans pushed ahead Thursday with divisive legislation to undo former President Barack Obama's health care law, holding marathon all-night voting sessions in key committees despite Democratic protest and intense opposition from doctors and consumer groups.
The GOP scored a pre-dawn triumph in the Ways and Means Committee after nearly 18 hours of debate along party lines, as the panel approved legislation to reshape the way millions of Americans pay for medical care, including abolishing the tax penalty Obama's statute imposes on people who don't purchase insurance.
Elsewhere at the Capitol, lawmakers on the Energy and Commerce Committee struggled past the 24-hour mark, with pressed suits and coiffed hair giving way to rumples and wrinkles. The lawmakers guzzled coffee and took breaks in their private cloakrooms but couldn't stray far out of fear they could miss a vote.
Republican Richard Hudson of North Carolina said, "I cheated. I snuck down to the gym at five and took a shower and put on a clean shirt."
Earlier, Republicans claimed progress as the Ways and Means Committee voted its approval. Said panel chairman Kevin Brady of Texas: "We voted repeatedly to end Obamacare's crushing taxes and mandates and ensure patients have more power over their own health care."
But the panel's top Democrat, Richard Neal of Massachusetts, protested that the GOP bill "would drastically increase costs and lower coverage and quality care."
The intense effort underscored GOP leaders' desire to keep the momentum on their drive to undo Obama's health law after seven years of promises to voters. President Donald Trump is telling lawmakers he's all-in on the endeavor, and he assigned Vice President Mike Pence to travel to Louisville, Kentucky, on Saturday, home state of one of the most prominent GOP critics, Sen. Rand Paul.
The White House and Republican leaders confront a GOP and outside groups badly divided over the party's high-stakes overhaul campaign, including conservatives like Paul who say the party should simply pursue a straight-forward repeal bill.
GOP Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas weighed in over Twitter Thursday against the House GOP effort, which leaders hope to send to the Senate in time for final passage by early April.
"House health care bill can't pass Senate w/o major changes. To my friends in House: pause, start over. Get it right, don't get it fast," Cotton wrote, contending that Republicans are making the same mistake Democrats did when they passed the Affordable Care Act in the first place by moving forward with little time for review and without official cost estimates from the Congressional Budget Office.
The American Medical Association, the American Hospital Association and AARP, the nation's largest advocacy group for older people, were arrayed against the measure. Seven years ago their backing was instrumental in enacting Obama's health care statute.
A national association of hospitals — major employers in many districts — wrote lawmakers complaining about the bill's cuts in Medicaid and other programs and said more uninsured Americans seem likely to result, adding, "We ask Congress to protect our patients." Groups representing public, children's, Catholic and other hospitals also expressed opposition.
America's Health Insurance Plans, representing insurers, praised the legislation's elimination of health industry taxes but warned that proposed Medicaid changes "could result in unnecessary disruptions in the coverage and care beneficiaries depend on."


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Basic IV (also referred to as "First Adult") Plumage. Essentially adult plumage with minor buffy flecking on head and/or slight termian dark band to tail.
Basic I Plumage (March bird at the start of its 3rd calendar year). Note ragged trailing edge to wing, with some retained juvenile secondaries (longer and more pointed feathers). Note whitish mottling on upperwing coverts, tan crown and pale brown eye.


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If you're a fan of Patrick Rothfuss' wonderful The Name of the Wind and The Wise Man's Fear, the first two books of The Kingkiller Chronicles, you know two things: 1) it's a wonderfully grounded tale set in an elaborate world of high fantasy, and 2) it seems like it's going to be completely impossible for Rothfuss to finish Kvothe's story in just one more book.
Kvothe is a young magician and troubadour who's already a legend in his world, but has since mysteriously retired to become a humble innkeeper with the name of Kote. He is reluctantly telling his life history to a Chronicler over the course of three days (one day per book), but at the end of The Wise Man's Fear, Kvothe seems to have barely begun his story. But unlike other authors (*cough*GRRM*cough*) Rothfuss is sticking firm to his three-book structure — meaning Kvothe has so much he needs to do in the eventual final volume The Doors of Stone, a.k.a. "day 3."
Here are the 10 things we hope Kvothe crosses off his "To Do" list whenever The Kingkiller Chronicles finally concludes. Spoilers ahead...
1) He's got to kill a king.
The books are called The Kingkiller Chronicles after all, and now that Kvothe has told two-thirds of this story — although he's only up to his late teens — he hasn't met a single king yet, let alone killed one. The popular rumor on the internet is that Kvothe's archnemesis at the University, the noble brat Ambrose, will end up being king, although as it stands Ambrose is so far the way down the line of succession Kvothe can fight him pretty significantly and not get himself beheaded (not that Ambrose wouldn't like to).
2) He has to figure out the mystery of the Amyr and the Chandrian.
In a story about a story about stories, there are tons of tales that remain half-told, but the one that has to reach some sort of conclusion is what is going on with the Chandrian, the mysterious, seemingly cursed, possibly immortal group of seven who serve as the Chronicles' main antagonists — as well as the Amyr, the order of church knights that had fought them until they also seem to have inexplicably disappeared. While most people regard the Chandrian as legends, Kvothe has first-hand knowledge of them — so it stands to reason the Amyr exist, too. But what happened, and where did they go?
3) He has to confront Cinder.
Kvothe's search for the truth behind the Chandrian isn't just out of curiosity. He and his parents were Edema Ruh, a gypsy-esque, wandering people who often travel from town to town as wandering minstrels and entertainers. Kvothe's father began composing a song about the fall of the ancient hero Lanre, who lost his love, went mad and became the first of the seven Chandrian. But since the Chandrian are determined to erase (violently, if need be) almost all mention of themselves, Kvothe's entire troupe was murdered by them, and his parents killed specifically by than Chandrian named Cinder. Kvothe has been hunting him down ever since - only to randomly defeat a group of bandits who he later learned was led by Cinder. But for what possible purpose?
4) He has to talk to Gods (probably).
In Kvothe's famous quote to the Chronicler at the beginning of his story, he says:
"I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. I was expelled from the University at a younger age than most people are allowed in. I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day. I have talked to Gods, loved women, and written songs to make the minstrels weep. You may have heard of me."
So far he's burned down the town of Trebon (more or less; he actually stuffed a dragon full of heroin accidentally, and the dragon burned down the town), he's been expelled from the University (the bastion of education and magic on Kvothe's world, although the expulsion was almost instantly repealed) and slept with the faerie queen Felurian (not a metaphor, he went to the Faerie realm and did a lot of sex). But talking to Gods? We're not sure that's happened yet. Unless Kvothe is referring to the time he talked to Ctaegh, the hateful faerie tree that destroys the lives of everyone it speaks to (you really need to read these books).
5) He has to confront Denna's patron.
The beautiful Denna isn't quite the love of Kvothe's life — they haven't slept together or anything, but they're entwined in pretty much every other way. Denna seems to have some connection to the Chandrian through her mysterious patron she refers to as "Master Ash," who Kvothe has sworn not to track down, even though the Ctaegh cruelly told him that Ash beats Denna. More confusingly, Master Ash had Denna compose a song about the fall of Lanre — again, the first Chandrian, who also destroyed seven entire cities — where Lanre is solely portrayed as a hero. What gives? (Note: If you've realized the possible connection between the Chandrian named Cinder and "Master Ash," go ahead and clap yourself on the back, but I promise there's no way Rothfuss is being that on-the-nose).
6) He has to figure out what the deal with the Doors are.
Kvothe has encountered some very mysterious doors in his journey — the door covered with four plates of copper in the University library, the "lockless" door at the Lackless estate, the doors of stone that the man who stole the moon was put behind (thus tearing the normal and Faerie worlds apart — seriously, read these books) and more. We have no idea what their deal is. However, since the third book in The Kingkiller Chronicles is titled The Doors of Stone, I think it's safe to assume we'll be getting some sort of answer.
7) He has to steal a princess from a "sleeping barrow-king."
If there's one part of Kvothe's quote that we can be sure he hasn't done, it's "steal a princess from a sleeping barrow-king." We have met no kings, no princesses, and even less barrows. Now, there is a girl named Auri - seemingly a former University student who got in a magical accident, went a bit mad, who now lives on the roofs of the University buildings and in the labyrinths below — but whether she'll be the princess in question is anybody's guess.
8) He has to transform into a humble, hidden Innkeeper.
When the Chronicler first comes to the Waystone Inn, he meets Kvothe is in disguise as Kote, an exceedingly average innkeeper. Given the importance of words in this series, the change is more than in just his name — Kote seems to have lost his ability to do magic, fight, and a great deal more from his younger days.as Kvothe. There's a lot of things that need to happen to get from Kvothe at the end of The Wise Man's Fear to the subdued Kote of the present, almost all of it bad — with the possible exception of Bast, Kvothe's student and apprentice. But Bast is also a Faerie, and how he came to meet Kvothe is unknown... as are his current intentions, as he clearly has his own agenda in getting Kvothe to tell his tale and remember who he is.
9) He has to screw up the entire world.
The world of The Kingkiller Chronicles is in bad shape when The Name of the Wind begins- - there are wars, conscripts, not enough food, general hardship, and, oh, giant, razor-sharp spider-monsters wandering towards civilization from the Stormwal mountains. As Kvothe/Kote flatly states in NotW, "All of this is my fault. The scrael, the war. All my fault." What the hell did Kvothe do?
10) He has to try to fix the present.
It wouldn't be much of a tale if The Doors of Stone ended with Kvothe finishing his story then going back to work behind the bar of the inn while war and giant razor spiders tear the country apart. Chances are he's at least going to try to put things right, although whether perhaps Kvothe's future adventures might be better suited to another book set in the same world (just not part of The Kingkiller Chrionicles). Which would be fine, because these 10 things aren't even close to settling all the questions and mysteries presented in Rothfuss' fantastic series. I doubt we'll ever get all the answers, but it would be a shame for Kvothe's story to truly stop at The Doors of Stone.
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NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- If you're wondering how Facebook is going to do ahead of their first quarterly earnings report since entering the public market, the news from its close ally Zynga isn't a promising sign.
Zynga's second quarter results missed analysts' expectations and the company cut its outlook. That news pushed shares of Zynga (ZNGA), which has a lot riding on the continued success of Facebook, down more than 35% in after hours trading. Shares of Facebook (FB) fell 8% following the report.
Zynga, the casual gaming pioneer best known for FarmVille and its other -Ville franchises, reported sales of $332 million for the quarter ended June 30. That fell short of the $344 million in sales that analysts polled by Thomson Reuters were predicting.
The company reported a net loss of $22.8 million. But excluding stock compensation costs, Zynga reported a profit of 1 cent per share, lower than the 6 cents a share analysts were expecting.
Zynga also indicated that users aren't shelling out as much to play games on Facebook, the platform for some of Zynga's most popular games. The company's online gaming revenue in the second quarter was down compared to the previous quarter.
Zynga is part of Facebook's payments business -- which accounts for 18% of Facebook's revenue. Buy a cow on FarmVille and Facebook takes a cut.
While Facebook's biggest source of revenue stems from advertising, the payments business raked in $186 million last quarter -- an indication that a company like Zynga plays a vital role in Facebook's business and vice versa.
Zynga also lowered its outlook citing "delays in launching new games, a faster decline in existing web games due in part to a more challenging environment on the Facebook web platform, and reduced expectations for Draw Something."
Prior to its previous earnings report in March, Zynga snatched up gaming company, OMGPop, the maker of Draw Something, in an effort to widen its net.
But its an investment that has yet to pay off. On the company's earnings call, Zynga CEO Mark Pincus said the game has "underperformed versus our early expectations."
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Walk-on A.J. Barker emerges as Gophers' go-to wide receiver, with a 'growing' chip on shoulder
MINNEAPOLIS – A.J. Barker is third in the Big Ten with 231 yards receiving through three games. He's tied for third in the league with four touchdowns.
His next accomplishment will be getting a scholarship to go with those gaudy statistics.
"I'm probably one of the crazy people out there who did believe that I could do that," Barker said after three of his five catches for Minnesota on Saturday went for scores in a win over Western Michigan.
With the departure of Da'Jon McKnight, who finished in the top 10 in the conference in yards receiving each of the last two years, the Gophers had an opening for a go-to guy.
Brandon Green is the senior in the group, but he's been bothered by knee problems. Jamel Harbison turned heads in August practice but tore his anterior cruciate ligament in the opener and will miss the season. Fellow freshman Andre McDonald has missed the last two games recovering from a leg infection. Sophomore Marcus Jones is coming off an ACL injury of his own. Isaac Fruechte is in his first year in the program after playing for a junior college last season. Another speedy sophomore, Devin Crawford-Tufts, hasn't been able to stay healthy.
Tight end John Rabe has three touchdowns himself. And junior Derrick Engel, a transfer from Division II Winona State, has emerged with some valuable catches.
But none has had the impact of Barker, leading the unbeaten Gophers with 10 receptions despite his pay-his-own-way status.
"I can't pull it out of the hat right now," coach Jerry Kill said. "When there's something available and he continues to do what he's doing right now, then we certainly have rewarded everybody, I think, in my coaching career."
Barker, a native of St. Paul and second team Associated Press all-state selection as a senior at DeLaSalle High School in Minneapolis in 2008, redshirted his first year after being invited to walk on then-coach Tim Brewster's staff. He caught a 17-yard pass against Iowa in 2010, but that was it. Last season, his opportunity for more was hindered by a lingering hamstring injury, and he appeared in only two games.
"Looking back on it, I think it turned out to be a positive. It allowed the chip on my shoulder to continue to grow, and I think it'll keep growing," said Barker, who is also the team's primary punt returner.
Kill told Barker during preseason camp that he had to prove his durability in order to work his way up. He still is, essentially, since the official two-deep position chart doesn't even list him on it. Finally able to run at full speed with his hamstring problems behind him, Barker has shown his speed. He has instincts to snag the ball in the air, as he displayed with an NFL-like adjustment for a throw to the edge of the end zone on Saturday in Minnesota's 28-23 victory. And he runs such sharp routes that Engel singled Barker out as one to emulate when he joined the program last year.
"I know he's had the talent to do what he's doing, and it's cool to see he's finally getting the opportunity to do what he can do and perform the way he's performing," Engel said.
That status sure doesn't matter.
"We don't even really look at the walk-on-scholarship thing. We're all just a team. You couldn't walk around and point out who's a walk on and who's a scholarship guy," Engel said. "Obviously the majority are on scholarship, but we just show up every day with the attitude that we're on the Gophers and that we're going to try to come out and get the next win."
Minnesota (3-0) hosts Syracuse (1-2) on Saturday night to close the nonconference portion of the season.
"Syracuse is going to be a tough opponent. We've got a beautiful stadium so obviously everyone likes to come here and play. So we've got to give them our best bullet," Barker said.
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Same-sex couples began pronouncing their wedding vows Sunday morning at Seattle City Hall, ceremonies in front of volunteer judges that were for the newlyweds an affirming of personal love and a long overdue act of justice.
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The usually arid, modernistic building became a joyous place, decorated in roses and with a pianist playing Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata as the first newlyweds arrived at a cupcake reception for themselves and close family.
A few moments after Judge Linda Portnoy pronounced them married, eight-year partners Danielle Yung and Robin Wyss talked about how love has conquered prejudice in families across Washington -- and America.
"I was having a debate in my family eight years ago about whether to tell my grandmother we were together," said Yung. "She was wonderful. It's through people who are open, family members for whom it comes down to, 'You love me, I love you'."
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"When you love a person, your love unconditionally, you love every part of them," added Wyss.
Keith Bacon and Corianton Hale, partners for six years, joked that they have spent 2012 getting hitched. "We've been celebrating all year. This is our fourth wedding related event," said Hale. The happy couple had a commitment ceremony in August at the Sleeping Lady retreat near Leavenworth. They've held receptions for family and loved ones up at Birch Bay and in Phoenix.
Still, standing before Judge Karli Jorgensen was "an incredibly moving experience," Bacon said. "For me, it means I can use the words 'my husband' without having to make an explanation," Hale added.
The festivities at City Hall would seem remarkable to someone looking back, say, to 2004, when 11 states overwhelmingly adopted ballot measures defining marriage as between a man and a woman. But in 20 years, predicted Hale, "I won't be able to explain what all the fuss was about."
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Washington, Maine and Maryland, last month, became the first states to legalize same-sex marriage by popular vote: Marriage equality had hitherto gone 0-for-32 at the polls. The three states bring to nine, plus the District of Columbia, those that permit those of the same gender to wed.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to take up two landmark cases involving marriage equality and discrimination against same-sex couples. A pair of national polls, released last week, showed a plurality of Americans now in support of marriage equality. The support level among citizens 30 and under approaches 75 percent.
"The younger generation is more understanding and accepting of diversity -- it makes us stronger," said Mayor Mike McGinn, moments after witnessing the Keith Bacon-Corianton Hale nuptuals.
Seattle City Councilwoman Sally Bagshaw and her friend, King County District Court Judge Johanna Bender, mused about the sea change of attitude that has taken place.
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"In some ways, we're incredibly fortunate in the speed with which this has happened, but to some of us personally involved, it was not so fast," said Bender, one of the judges volunteering to perform ceremonies.
Bagshaw smiled and observed: "We've just relaxed as a country: What we've really done is embrace the right of people to love each other."
Susan Hopkins and Marjorie Lynn, tying the knot after 16 years together, took a moment from discussing pets -- they're standard poodle lovers -- to reflect on what made the celebration at 5th Avenue and James Street possible.
"It was actually a gradual process: What has changed it is at the personal level, having a gay person as a brother, sister, cousin, son or daughter . . . It made people reassess what had been a knee-jerk reaction," said Hopkins.
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City Hall is hosting 142 marriage ceremonies Sunday. Other venues during the day include Seattle First Baptist Church (which had long recognized same-sex unions), the King County Courthouse, and (tonight) Benaroya Hall.
Not everyplace in America would be celebrating. After all, marriage equality has not yet come to 41 states. A majority of Washington counties voted against Referendum 74 in November: Marriage equality was powered into law by a two-third affirmative vote in populous King County.
Still, as Seattle City Councilman Tim Burgess observed, "Washington is a pioneer in many social and reform movements. This is another one."


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I Found An iPhone At The Big Mobile Conference Apple Decided To Ignore
Apple is notorious for skipping big tech conferences like the Mobile World Congress happening this week in Barcelona.
But its carrier partners are not.
China Mobile, the largest carrier in the world with more than 700 million subscribers, has a booth at MWC and it's showing off the iPhone 5S. The carrier started selling the iPhone for the first time in January, and many expect its partnership to boost Apple's sales in China. Right now, Apple is only in fifth place in smartphone market share in China. Samsung is number one.
China Mobile had a gold iPhone 5S display and it was loaded with a few carrier apps for messaging and managing your account. (However, I'm told those apps don't come preinstalled on the phone.)
While Apple's device was at a tiny booth at MWC, Samsung has dominated the show so far, announcing its new flagship phone the Galaxy S5, which has a gorgeous 5.1-inch screen. Samsung also announced an attractive fitness tracker/smart watch called the Gear Fit that everyone has been going nuts over.
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TNW ran a test of Instacart just the other week, finding its service to be quite excellent.
It works in the following way: Provided that you live in a good city, the service lets you order groceries and other such supplies, and then brings them to you for a small fee. It costs $3.99 to have your items delivered in 3 hours, and $14.99 for one-hour delivery.
You pick your items, pay for them with a card, and the service will then text you a time to expect the goods. It's fast simple, well priced, and easy. TNW digs.
However, it had a large issue in its execution: It was, until today, a mobile experience. That was oddly limiting, as scrolling through groceries on a mobile screen means that you can only see so much do the pixel constratints of phones. On a computer, the problem is utterly ameliorated.
Today Instacart launched its Web interface, and TNW has tested it. Happily, this means I get to expense the delivery fee, and have beer brought to me. Just like last time.
Here is a shot of the interface in action:
As you can see, Instacart has put what I suspect are its bestelling items at the top. It's impossible to ignore the fact that the Instacart team has built a booze delivery service that will also bring you bacon. Instacart recently raised more than $2 million to help grow its business.
How does the firm profit? As TNW wrote previously:
As it turns out, the company simply wants to become the place where its users buy all their groceries. The $99 [all-inclusive delivery] option is a method to get people invested in the platform, after which the firm profits on a per-item basis. In short, you will pay a touch more for groceries through the app than if you went to the store near your house.
Don't forget to tip your delivery person.
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Wichita are to celebrate their seventh year with the release of a new compilation.
There's Only One T in Wichita will feature 14 tracks - half of which are exclusives - from some of the label's most prominent acts; including Bloc Party, CYHSY and Simian Mobile Disco.
Newer signings Les Savy Fav, Those Dancing Days and XOXO Panda also contribute to the comp, which is out on the 24th of September.
The alphabetic tracklisting, writ below, was left 'un'-sequenced - Wichita request that you, with your stinking ipod shuffles, decide the running order for yourselves.
Bloc Party - 'Hunting For Witches' (Dave P & Adam Sparkle Remix)*
Blood Brothers - 'Spit Shine Your Black Clouds'
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - 'Sword Song' *
Espers - 'Moon Occults The Sun'
Euros Childs - 'Outside My Window'
Les Savy Fav - 'Raging In The Plague Ages' *
Los Campesinos! - 'We Throw Parties, You Throw Knives'
Meg Baird - 'Riverhouse in Tinicum'
Peter Bjorn And John - 'Let's Call It Off' (Girl Talk Remix) *
Simian Mobile Disco - 'State Of Things' *
The Bronx - 'Mouth Money'
The Cribs - 'Girls Like Mystery'
Those Dancing Days - '1000 Words' *
XOXO Panda - 'The New Kid Revival' *
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Only One T... will be Wichita's 151st release.


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Ways of Picking the Appropriate Worker's Compensation Attorney
A worker's compensation lawyer is a professional who deals in providing some legal services to workers who wish to have their services. A worker's compensation lawyer has skills on how to give the services to their clients. Employees may want to seek repayment when they have been injured either emotionally or physically while they are at their daily business activities. It is wise that you check out for the employee compensation attorneys so that you will be helped through the repayment process. This report illustrates the tips that you need to check when you are searching for the appropriate employee compensation lawyer.
You must ensure that you schedule for a consultation with the advocate you want to hire for the legal services that you want. Make sure that you inquire more about the categories of services that they provide if you get a chance to talk with them. Make sure that you ask them the number of clients that they have helped with a similar problem as yours. Make sure that you ask them if the services they gave these clients were of any assistance to them. Check out the period they have been giving their services so that you will be sure about their services. Make sure that you also ask them for the costs of the services that they give so you will also check if they are affordable.
You must ensure that you seek a worker's compensation advocate online. There are sites where you can get these worker's compensation lawyers, so you have to look for them. Check out for the history of the worker's compensation lawyers that you will come across. You must analyze the services that the advocated you will find provide so you will get to choose the one you want from them. However, there are worker's compensation lawyers who you will find are advertised on other sites. Make sure that you check out on them as well.
Make sure that you look for an advocate who has been licensed. You need to know that even an attorney should be approved by the law like other individuals. There are set rules that every worker's compensation attorney has to follow so that he or she will be allowed to operate legally. You must search for an employee compensation attorney who has their approval documents so that you will prove on their certification.
You must select an employee compensation attorney who has effective ways of communicating so that they will increase the chances of winning the case. You should check on their communication when you will be interviewing the employee compensation attorney and choose them if you feel comfortable with him or her.
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Elizabeth Stewart recounts her father's cocktail of choice, pink gin, and his predilection for the good stuff (and we don't disagree.) With a single ice cube or neat, we think you'll enjoy this charming bevvie.
"Never drink cheap gin."
This is more or less the only piece of advice my father gave me. I'm not sure what might have ensued had I chosen to ignore it. Public drunkenness? Health problems? Foaming at the mouth delirium? It didn't occur to me to drink gin for many years after receiving this piece of paternal wisdom—he laid it on me when I was about 15 years old—although when I did begin to partake, I always passed up the drugstore brands, no matter how strapped my state.
My English father had descended from a long line of seamen. As a Navy man, his drink of choice was a pink gin. Far from impugning the masculinity of its taster, the barely discernible "pink" in the drink—it always seemed a shade of orange to me—comes from Angostura bitters, an herbal concoction marketed by a German doctor in the late 1800s as a remedy for queasy stomachs. The namesake cocktail came to be when the aromatic bitters—also effective at countering seasickness—was adopted by the Royal Navy and added to the gin they took when the sun was over the yard-arm. Or before.
Dad's method in making his cocktail was to swirl a few drops of Angostura around an old-fashioned glass, and then shake out any excess. He'd fill the glass with a couple of glugs of gin and a sliver of lemon peel. No ice—of course, no ice. We're talking of a time (the 1950s) and place (Britain) where domestic refrigeration was rare. Since central heating was just as rare, there really was no problem, as it was every bit as cold inside as it was outside—possibly colder. The bitterness of the herbs, he'd once explained, offsets the oiliness of the gin, making for a palatable—indeed, what I'm told is a really nice—drink. It's a drink to soothe and fortify, so long as the booze ain't cheap. Father knows best.–Elizabeth Stewart
LC Delicate American Palate Note
We're all for authenticity—in most instances, anyways—although we'd rather take our Pink Gin on ice, thank you. One cube is all it needs, just enough to take the edge off those gin-bound botanicals. Blame it on our delicate American palates.
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Pink Gin
- Angostura bitters
- Gin
- Splash a generous few drops of Angostura bitters into an old-fashioned glass and tilt it around until the inside is coated. Shake out any excess. Pour in the gin.
- Drink and repeat.
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Note: This recipe will work with any aged, semi-hard cheese like Comté, Cheddar, or Tomme.
Recipe Facts
- 2 ounces coarsely grated aged Comté cheese (see note)
- 1 teaspoon instant flour (like Wondra)
- 2 teaspoons heavy cream or milk
- 1/4 teaspoon vegetable oil
- 8 ounces of freshly ground beef, formed into two 4-ounce balls
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 2 toasted hamburger buns
- Toppings and condiments as desired
Combine cheese, flour, and milk in a small bowl and toss with a spoon to combine. Divide mixture evenly between two small ramekins and set aside. Set a steamer insert into a large saucepot with 1 inch of water. Bring water to a simmer over medium-high heat and cover pot.
Heat vegetable oil in a 10-inch cast iron or stainless steel skillet over high heat until smoking. Add beef balls to skillet and smash firmly with a stiff spatula into 4- to 4 1/2-inch patties. Season generously with salt and pepper.
While patties cook on first side, transfer cheese cups to steamer and close lid. After the first side is well browned (about 1 1/2 minutes), carefully scrape patties up from bottom us skillet using a stiff spatula and flip. Season top side with salt and pepper. Continue to cook until second side is browned, about 1 minute longer.
Transfer patties to toasted bun bottoms. Carefully pick up a ramekin full of cheese with a pot holder and stir with a spoon until homogenous and completely smooth. Scrape cheese out of ramekin over burger. Repeat with second burger. Serve immediately with condiments and toppings as desired.


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Are You Really Sure Your Team Is Aligned? The Truth: Only 2 Percent of Companies Are Actually Aligned
According to a Build survey, 64 percent of the 600 respondents from emerging growth companies think their executives teams are aligned with regard to strategic priorities. In truth, in listing their companies' top three priorities, executive team members matched up in … Continue reading